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THE RABBIT.
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NOVEL TRICK WITH MATCHES
By Placing In Form ef Crew .One
May Be Moved to Qlve Perfect
Square Solution la Given.
t Placo four matches in the form of
a cross exactly ftB they are placed In
the illustration, and challenge a friend
to movo ono match to form a perfect
Form of Croat.
equate. One match, and ono match
only, mny be moved, nnd it must not
bo bent or broken in any way. All
four matches aro required to complete
the square.
Tho match to movo is shown in the
illustration. The square, is tho tiny
Solution of Puzzle.
ipbt in tho confer of the cross formed
y the end of the four matches.
TOY REQUIRES MUCH SKILL
Object Is to Collect All Three Feath
ers, In Receiving Cup at Same
Time Patience Needed.
Both little pcoplo and big -will lind
amusement in the toy devised by a
New York man and shown in tho illus
tration. Anybody will find that it re
quires all the patienco and skill he
possesses, or, maybe, a llttlo more, to
get all threo feathers into tho receiv
ing cup at once. The. cut explains
itself, but. any person 'wishing .to make
tho toy may want more detailed de
scription. A squaro box-like affair of
wire is fastened to a handle from
which a twisted wlro support, boarlng
u receiving cap of soml-clrcularly
, An Amusing Toy.
curved metal, rises to tho center of
the box. The object of the game is
to get the three feathers into tho cup
nnd, it is far from as simple as it
sounds. It Ja easy to.getone'lnand only
a llttlo bit harder to. get two, but the
third makes plenty at trouble. The
difficulty .lies in keeping the feathers
in tho cup while tilting the box about
to capture tho lost ono.
A Doll's 8llver Set.
A set of silver for the doll's dress-
lng table can be mado from tinfoil, so
it is a good plan to save all the tinfoil
that comes around candy, etc., and
smooth it out nicely. You may make
a mirror for tho drawing room or tho
doll's boudoir of the tinfoil -with a
border of gold paper. Cut out a pieco
of cardboard in any shape you desire
and then cover it with tinfoil. Tho
gilt border should not bo plain, but
should bo cut into ornamental cor-
ners or used to cover a raised frame
of cardboard. If you are going to use
tho mirror for the dining room or li
brary of tho doll's houso make the
mirror In tho samo manner with a
doublo cardboard frame around the
edge and cover this frame with dark
paper in the wood tones.
Even the' Octopus Blushes.
The octopus frequently changes in
color like a marine chameleon, says
Harper's Weekly. It would appear,
from recent studies of this creature,
that the colored pigments whoreby
this chango in color Is effected is con
tained In envelopes in its skin, in the
tissue of which aro muscular fibers
actuated by nerves. Should these
libers become relaxed, a dark pig
mont appears. The phenomenon ia
suld to be analogous, to blushing.
Some of Moon Left Over.
Edith' (aged three, for tho first time
noticing the new moon) Oh, look nt
tho star!
Herbert (aged five) No, that is not
u star. That's just what is left over
from last night's moon.
HaaBKil
Tho rabbit Is a cheerful boast.
lie has enormous cam.
Ho nover kom I pa, Rati or tells
One-lmit the things lie hears.
Ill-natured talk and mean remarks
Ho nover passes on,
That's why he Is by all his friends
Ha highly looked upon.
HOW TOY PUPPIES ARE 'MADE'
Little Fellows Are Given but Half
Teaspoonful of Raw Meat Each
"Day Alcohol Alto Used.
Tho ordinary public is under the
impression that "toy dogs" are a apo
dal breed of themselves. Mrs. Ken
ingdnlo Cook exposes this cruel trado
in tho hop that It will kill the de
mand for such unhappy "pots."
Tho exhibitor of a champion toy dog
at a recent great dog show explained
to the newspaper reportprs that it was
'Uho broeiilng that did it." ThU is a
misleading statement It Is not the
breeding but unnatural inbreeding
which produces degenerates. Some
times tiny dogs are obtained from old
parents. This Is -one of tho raothods
adopted among others oven more re
pulsive. The smallest puppy of tho
Utter is picked out and fated for a
special caroor; he Is to be "brought
on" as a show dog, and only to be
sold at a high price. Ho is specially
fed on a teaspoonful of chopped raw
meat for a meal.
It is well known to veterinary sur
goons that raw moat "creates an ap
petite," which means that it causes a
flow of gastric Julco. Thoy use It with
sick dogs, who do not care to eat, and
gonorally find that aftor a little raw
meat thoy aro willing to cat a whole
some and sufficient meal. But tho
valuable toy puppy has tho raw meat
in small quantities half a tenannnn.
ful for a meal and nothing more; the
result, la that tho gastric Julco cor
rodos the walls of tho stomach and
causes permanent gastritis. Some
breeders novo tho puppy that is on
this special diet weighed every morn
lng, and if he shows onv incrnnen in
weight ho has no food at nil thnt Hnv
.not even the half teaspoonful of raw
meat, somotlmes alcohol also is giv
en.
Most owners of dogs of this kind
find that their pet is 111 when first in
their change: and thev wilt turhm
boast with pride that they have cured
mm; nut, alas, if Is gonorally added
with regret. "Ho has erown hi irirnr! "
Thoy have no idea that ho always has
Doon more or less 111 from want of
natural feodlng. Many die Bonn nftnr
thoy pass into now ownership, and
people tninlc it is because thoy did not
know how to take caro of them. In
any case, they aro Bhort llvod. nnd
succumb with great suffering to any
attacK or illness, becauso they ore de
generates from the start, and nr n
reared as to havo no constitution.
WRESTLING MAT FOR YOUTHS
Denver Club Members Arrange Six
Bed Mattresses In Such Manner aa
to Prove Satisfactory.
Tho cost of a wrestllntr mnt In n
great that few small clubp can af
ford to own one. Ah WO did mnt nnn
our way clear to purchase such n mat,
ra
Made of Bed Mattresses.
I made ono of six used bed mattresses
(Fig. 1) purchased from a second
hand dealer, writes Walter W. Whlto
of Denver, Colo., In the Popular Me
chanics. I ordered a canvas bag, 12
feet 3 inches by 12 feet 9 inches, from
a tent company to cover tho mat
tresses. The bag consisted of two
pieces, with the seams along each
edge. The mattresses were laid side
by side and end to end and tho bag
placed on and laced up as shown in
Fig. 2.
Woods Full ef Trees.
Little Gertrude was visiting in tho
country, where she saw many unfa
miliar things. "Grandpa," she queried
ono day as they were passing through
a grove, "why is it that a woods is
alwuys full of trees?"
Meaning -of Charity.
Sunday School Teacher What is
the meaning of charity, Stella T
Small Stella It's when somebody's
got a cold and you lend them you
handkerchief.
4vWILBUR P. NESB1T
may
road lav hv thn hrnnk
Where, drooping branches (lung- a. shade;
It loafed beside tho leafy nook 3 v
Where butterflies In summer played; ,
It creptCalong among- thealfldi.
Where birds Wang- welcomes to theyhiim
And where, , proud wth tts clashing
shields, " , , t
There stood' the army of the corn."' !
. :. ' -
Tho little road, roamed Idly on ,
Across the valley oweet tho dew.'.
Until tho silver sky of dawn i
Changed Into ono of deepest blue;"
Tho rugged clIfTs forgot to frown
Upon the little road thnt wound
Around them to the little town
The solemn cliffs asked: "Whlthel
bound?"
It rambled through the village street '
Where swaying fences hemmed .it-lh
The roses, tremulous and sweet
Asked what the goal It thought to wln
Dut on the little road now wont
With newer dreams and newer will
Until at last well nigh forspent.
It climbed atop the highest hill. i
And then It ran awayl It ran
To where there gloomed the city's
smoke:
It heard tho rumble of the van,
It heard the hanimer, stroke on stroke;.
And now tho little road was seised,
Was curbed, and held, and fashioned
straight "
Ah. It recalled1 the breeze thnt teased '
The roses at the swaying gate)
And It remembered all the nooks
Where laty trees through drowalna
noons
Bent, listening to little brooks
That lulled thn flowers with thell
croons;
nnu u inougiu 01 me poppies bold -ft
That flung their banners In the whcat-i
Now it was flrmly in the .hold
Of city wall and city street.
.And day and night and night and day
It heard the roses calling low;
Prom far and far and far away
Called all the joys It used to know;
The grass that bothered It one time
Called to tho road that It come home
And And the hills It used to climb
I3efora .lt thought that It must roam.
The little road would often yearn
To seek ngnln the meadows fair.
But It was never let return,
Was forced tho city's toll to bear
And there be men who make their moat
Of binding way nnd grinding load., ,
And dream of Joys they once have known
Aa does the foolish little road.
POPULAR GAME.
"Phwhero hov yez been this ave
nln'?" asks O'Tunder of O'Toolo.
"Sure, I've been playln' Bridget
whist. TIb a folno game, It is."
"Bridget whist? An' how do yei
play.thot?"
"I sit In the kitchen wld Bridget on'
ato pie an' cake an' chicken, an' whin
Bridget hears th missus comln' she
naya 'Whist!' an' I hide, in th' pan
Uiry." Not Prepaid.
"I," said the eminent lecturer, poli
tician, candidate, and magazine writ
er, after half an hour of glowing elo
quence, "I cannot help but bellovt
that I have a message for tho world,
nnd "
"And you aro delivering It collect!'
Interrupted a man with a peaked nose,
and sharp eyes, who sat somewhere
In the middle of the house.
The Course of Sprouts.
"It is asserted," says the Visitor to
Experience, "that you are a dear
teacher."
"And so I am," explains Experience,
"excopt to those who do not learn
their lesBon well and have to come to
me for a poBt graduato course."
Candor.
"Do you know, when we went Jnto
the conservatory I was afraid you
would "propose to me?"
"How odd! I meant to, but I was
afraid you would accept me."
mi1
Five Per Cent Commission
By LAWRENCE
(Copyright, ibii. tr
Miss Magfilo Raines and her mother
sat facing each other and saying never
a word. They had talked for an how.
They had talked all there was to talk.
They bad tears in their eyes aa they
talked.
For a year past Magglo had had a
steady place as a stenographer at 12
per weok, and she had done wonders
with her salary; rent, fuel, provisions,
clothing and. car faro, and they did not
owo a dollar,, Tho avorago working
s;lrl Is twice tho financier that tho
average worUlrig man is.
Things had gono very well with tho
little family, but now troublo had
como. Mngglo'had lost her placo nt a
day's notice. She wasn't despairing,
but discouraged, Sho know all about
answering advertisements nnd tramp
ing from office to offlco. It might ha
weeks beforo she was settled again,
and what of tho income?
Down at the corner where tho girl
had takon the car every morning nnd
lolt it every evening, was a real es
tate office. The proprietor wns a mid-dlc-agod
man, and ho looked to bo a
good man. That Is, ho scorned to
Maggie to havo an honest faco, and
she thought there might he sympathy
thero for ono in trduble. Sho didn't
want charity, and she didn't want pity.
She wanted -a' chance to help horsolf,
Just aB it would bo "given to a young
man.
"Well?" queried tho mother aftor a
long silence.
"I was wondering if I was as smart
as most other girls," was the reply.
"Ono of our stenographers quit hor
placo two months ago and went to
soiling real estate on commission. Sho
has made a hundred dollars a week."
"Just think of that, Magglo!"
"I am thinking of It, In the morn
ing I; am going down to have, a' talk
with tho real estato man on the cor
ner. If I can make $26 a weok it will
bo a great thing."
"But how does any ono sell real es
tato, doar?"
"I don't exactly know, but I guess
most of it 1b dono by talk. You ninko
a porson think ho wants to buy, and
thon keep at him until ho docs buy."
"Well, you, have a coaxing way
about you. You got the landlord to
come .down five dollnrs a .month on
tho rent, and the grocer will sell you
a pound of prunes a cent cheaper than
he will me."
Noxt morning Magglo Raines vis
ited the real estato office. Mr. Stryker
had Just npenod his mail and seemed
perturbed, but he gayo her his atton
Hon.' lnan 'embarrassed way, and yet
with underlying confidence, she said
sho believed she could soli real estato,
nnd she wanted a chance to try, Mr.
Stryker didn't smllo doubtfully nor
sarcastically. Ho hod been trying to
sell roal ostatc for a good many yenrs,
and had had poor luck at it, but he
didn't oven ask himself how a young
stenographer who didn't .know the
value of a load of sand was going to
mnko a succoss at it. He gavo a
minute or two to thought nnd then re
plied: "I will glvo you a chance, and a
splendid one. I own 80 acres of tim
ber land at Walnut Point, on Lake
Huron. I have about closed a deal
with a party in Buffalo. In fact, the
deed is made out, and" If handed to him
the money would bo passed."
"And aro you going there to close
tho deal?" Miss Magglo askod.
"I was, but my wlfo has been taken
seriously 111 and I cannot loavo hor. 1
can give you power of attornoy and
send you, If you can go this ovenlng
and. close tho affair tomorrow, I will
pay your .expeusos and glvo you five
per cent, commission. You will net
92G0 for threo days' work."
"Oh, Mr. Stryker, but thnt'a too
much altogether too much," ex
claimed the astonished girl. "I'll be
glad to, go for 60."
"Your comlmsslon will be the sum
I havo named. You will take along
tho doeds and a letter from mo. You
will, of courso, say that you are con
nected with this offlco. You can sny
that other parties aro after tho land.
If asked about my standing you can
say it is of tbo highest You can say
that on a part of tho land is a quarry
of purest granite that when developed
will bo worth twenty tlmefl my asking
price for the land. I havo been told
that tho walnut treos nlono on the
land are worth half the prlco, and you
can mention that Incidentally. You
must talk, Miss Raines you must
talk."
"I cortaluly will."
"And bring back a certified check
for tho amount. Make the party un
derstand that he Is getting the bargain
of his life, and that I am selling moro
to accommodate him than for any
other reason. John D. Rockefeller
would snap up Wnlnut Point in a
minuto nt the price asked, but I havo
refused to deal with him. You may
have seen -him hero at the door of
the office the other day. You had best
bo ready to take tho four o'clock
train."
Thore was rojolclng In tho house
of Raines. Tho salo was suro to go
through and that $250 would solvo
many problems, it would bo a starter
for other vales, and aftor a bit Miss
Maggie might be riding around In her
own auto to hunt up customers. She
rodo all-night, but she didn't sleep a
wink. Over and ovor a hundred
times over sho repeated her lesson,
and after hor arrival and breakfast
In Buffalo sbe sought tho office or Mr.
George McLane with the utmost con
ALFRED CLAY
AuocUttd Utertiy l'mt.)
fidence. She hadn't bees told whether
ho was old or young, but she had im
agined 'White hair and chfa whiskers,
and a benign countenance.
She was therefore aurprtaed to be
ushered into an officii -where sat a
young man of less than twenty-five,
who had half a dozen letters from the
morning mall beforo him. No chla
whiskers no benign! A very keen,
good-looking young marl she called
him, and she suddenly found that sbe
had temporarily forgotten oven her
own name. Ho opened two more let
ters to glvo hor a chauco to got her
memory back, and then she began on
hor first real cistate sale. Yes, Mr.
McLane had hnq some correspondence
with Mr. Stryker about Walnut PolnL
Yes, ho bad about decided to close
tho deal. Yes, ho had heard some
thing about that granite, and some
thing about Mr. Rockefeller. Yes, It
was very kind of Mr, Stryker to offer
ntm such a bargain.
Miss Maggie Raines was exultant
That fivo per cent, commission wbb
as good as in her purse. Sho was an
unqualified succesB as a real estato
seller. And then Mr. McLane showed
her a letter from tho west throo days
old. A part of It road;
"Tho big, storm caused tho lake to
cut through the Point and make a
channel 200 foot wide. The .gain did
not loavo fifty trees standing on the
whole tract. I know that tho old shark
Stryker has neon written to, and you
look out that ho don't stick you!"
Miss Maggie laid down the letter
and then covered her face with her
hands and wept.
"Of coilrso, you didn't know," said
tho young man kindly,
"Will you you believe t didn't?"
sho asked.
i"l. urn. sure you didn't. Stryker was
trjlng to use you to swindle me. He
was afraid to come himself. That's all
fudgo about a sick wife."
"And I I am an Idiot?" she Bald
as her toari came again.
"Ob, no, no, nol It was five per
cent commission, you see. I shall be
up your way In a. day or two, and may
I call and talk it over with you?"
''But what is there to talk about?
Strykor is a villain and I'm I'm "
But yet when Mr. McLane called
they found lots to talk about11, and
mother nnd daughter were glad that he
came. Miss Magglo dropped real es
tato and took up stenography again,
and Mr. McLane. Woll, when a
young man will nmko railroad Jour
ney of 4Q miles every wo weeks In
order to spend four hours In the com
pany of a young lady, It Is to be con
cluded that there Is something doing,
nnd that Buffalo's next census will
show at least another happy homo.
First English Play.
Nicholas Udall's "Ralph Rolstor
DolBtor," which was printed In 1600,
wns probably tho first English play,
and of tho second of such comedlos.
"Gammer Gurton's Noodlo," which
was performed at Cambrldgo In tho
same year. Careful students of tho
history of the English drama rccog
nizo tho impracticability of drawing
distinct lines of separation between
tho old mtraclo playu which were re
ligious, the moralities which were
transitional, and tho plays of the dis
tinctly secular stago. Tho earliest as
certained date of miraclo plays in
Englnnd is approximately 1110, in the
reign of Henry I. At thnt time the
miraclo play of St. Catherlno was act
ed at Dunstable. It Is mentioned by
Matthow Paris under Its Latin name
"Ludi'iB do Sancta Katb'arlna" as per
formed under tho direction of a
monk, Geoffrey, who later became ab
bot of St. Albans, Tho aubject of
tho beginnings of English drama Is
presented In nn interesting manner
in Manley's "Specimens of tho Pre
Shakespearean Drama."
Europe's First Parrot.
So far as known, the first Introduc
tion of parrots into Europe occurred
In the fourth contury B, O., when, tt
Is related, one of, the generals of Alex
ander's army, roturnlng from India,
brought with him specimens of the
ring-necked parrakeet These parra.
hoots, which were called "Alexandrian
parrakeets," after tho monarchs in
whose reign thoywcre introduced, are
still very popular with bird-fanciers,
and are so common in India that Bail
ors .continually bring them to Europe
and America. Thoy aro docile, and
while slow In acquiring speech, finally
make excellent talkers. Roman writ
ers inform us that they wero not eat
on in India, but wero held sacred be
cause of their ability to reproduco hu
man speech.
There Wero Others.
A couple were engaged to be mar
ried the other day In Chicago, and ev
ery preparation was mado to celebrato
tho nuptials, but tbo bridegroom -did
not appear. A messenger, however,
brpught the news to tho waiting party
that ho had business occupation In
New York, and could not leave. Tho
reply of the young lady wns worthy
of the occasion. With tear-drops
glistening In her eyes, and her heart
ready to burst with grief, sho turned
to tho company and said: "I don't
kcer a darn, there's plenty more men
in the World, anyhow 1"
The first system of police was In
augurated in England by Sir Robert
Peel in 1814.
EXCELLENT RATION FOR EGGS
Prof. Chambers Ascribes His Suecee
to Intelligent Feeding, Seed Care
and Trap' Nesting.
At a poultry Institute, heW by ta
CeloraAe 'grlctHsl eelrege laet
summer, Prof. W. O. ChamBers1 exhlb
Ited a ttkede Ishutd Jted hen tht fee
laid 200 egga la one year,
Prof. Chambers keeps from ferty
to fifty bean or s, iurtn lot and fcaa
to buy all his feed. He keeps an ac
curate account ef all expenses', ansi
last year for feed, louse killer, straw
and all Incidentals, the coot was on
dollar per hen. Ho uaos" trap nest
nnd keeps no hen that lays lo?a than
120 ggB In twelve months. The av
erage for his entire flock Is a little
over twelvo dozon pggs a hon net
annum.
Tho avcragp price In the open Hum
kct for tho year for eggs has heen'IS
conts a dozon. This makes at market
prlco an Income of three dollars a
hen for the year two dollars a hen
moro than the cost of feed where all
feed has to be purchased,
Prof, Chambers has mado moro thaa
this amount because ho has sold some,
of his eggs for batching. He anqrlbee
his BticceBs to intelligent feeding,
good caro and trap-nesting. Ills hens
are given dry feed entirely. He give
a light feed of whole wheat and cora
threo times a day,-scattering )he grta
in tho litter.
He keeps before his hens all the
tlmo in self-feeding 'hopper- a 4ry
mash mado of tho following mixture:
. Pounds.
Bran L 20e
Alfalfa meal , 200
Corn meal..., , 100
Bhorts 10ft
Linseed meal 109'
Meat, bone and blood. , .
With this is mixed little aa)t and.
cayenne pejipor.'' ' ' ;'
SOME TROUBLES WITH DUCKS
Usually Caused by Ignorance and Be
cause Nature ef the Bird la Net
Fully Understood.
When there is trouble In raising
ducks it is usually because the nature '
of the duck Is not understood. Ducks
should not be allowed water to swim
In until matured and" , then the-market .
ducks do not need it, although it la
an aid to fertility,, vigor1 and condi
tion. It Is quite possible to make
Flock of White Peklns.
money by raislng and selling ducks
without water.
Do not try to ralso chicks and duck
lines together; the ducklings will soil
tho water i till the chicks cannot ana
should not drink It, and will gobble up
all the food. The duck should be
fed soft food and not too much grain.
It has no crop, tho food passing direct
ly Into tho gizzard, henco the Impor
tance of haying water at hand when
tho ducks eat. Mako sure that they
havo an abundance of green food arid
sand. When ducks orn keut drv. hrl.
ded In a clean place, glveh'plenVy of
water nnd tho right JIndof food, they
grow llko weeds, and rarely suffer
from dlscaso tor lico, though lice will
occasionally infest them.
Keep the. chicks free from lice. The
cannot' grow well rfmr fight lice atnhe
same time.
Old geese lay a greater number
nnd larger eggs" and are more rellabl
than young geese.
Young geoso do not lay as many te
tlle'eggs or produce as many goslings
in tho first breeding season aa they
do in the socond.
Fresh air and sunshine are the heel
disinfectants thnt the poultry raiser
has at his disposal, and ought to be
moro often used In hla work.
Tho Indian Runner ducks are not
very good sitters, although thoy arc
often Inclined to lncunnto.. TheJri.esjfci
are generally put Into Incubators or
under hens for hatching.
There is no doubt that if the guinea
lion is properly cared for at all times
that It will prove almost as profitable
as any of tho ordinary breeds of chick
ens.
Ducks aro not very useful after the
fourth or fifth year for breeding pur
poses. Hens bred for laying, properly cared
for and properly fed ought to produce
125 to aB high as 200 eggs per year
per hen.
The ducklings should have a great
deal of shade Extreme hot weather
willful them.
When chicks become very uctt
crowded thoy are liable to sweat la
jme broder at night and take cold, he
pome chilled, and this cause trouble.
..i' ... Jit.