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I have ) , n little neighbor whom I very
often meet
. He wears ; 1. coat of nedtIlsh fur nt home
mill on till street.
" ' 0 often stop tn haa chat Oil sunny
wlntf1r dny ,
Ills mannel"s very plf'lUmnt-hul I can't
tell what he all'H
I thin I he tallls about the woods \ and
how the beechnuts taste ,
, And how he loves the hrf'IHIcl'llsts that
J'm rather apt to WIIst ( ' ,
And how he wl\hes spl'llIJ would come-
there ! I must confess
I cannot IIllel'HIII n tvurd , antI so I
have to gUe s ,
- ' ' _ . My sister studles German and my broth-
1'1' udles Cheek ,
Hilt those are not the languages thaI I
should care to speak ) ,
I I.'or none of all their lexicons CHn male
It clear !
to the
! 1 Just what the little squirrel means hr
,
t "Chi ! " ulld 'hlt'-I'-I' ! " HIII1 'C'hef' !
' ' , ' -Hannah 0 , Fernald In YOlllh's Com-
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, Some Well-Known Expre&slons.
. . 'fho expression "me , too , " means
" . "I will do as you have done " It was
first used by 01' about United Stales
Senator Thomus C. Platt. Because
President Garfield would not appoint
his man collector of the port of New
York , United States Senator Roscoe
Conl.llng resigned. Ills colleague ,
Senator Platt , also resigned because
Conldlng had done so , hence he was
called " 1\le Too Platt. "
"To go on It wild goose chaso"
means "to go after something you cannot .
not get " "Sour grapes" Is used when
wo accuse a person of not IIIdng a
thing which he cannot have It Is de
rived from the fable of "The Fox and
the Grapes " The fox wanted to get
, the grapes , but they were out of his
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reach , and ho said , " 0 , I do not care
for them , anyway . "
The expression " 'Volt ! Wolf ! " Is i
. . . . C' used whenever any one hoops : con
tlnually } warning us that some fate Is
to befall us. It Is based on the fable
of the boy who frequently notified the
shepherd that a wolf was after his
sheep. The boy did It for fun , just to
fool the shepherd , as the sheep were
not troubled by ; the wolf At last
when the wolves did come for the
sheep and the boy notified the shep
herd , the shepherd would not pay and '
attention to him The result was the
shepherd lost his sheep.
, , t. . Eye Errors and Ghosts.
A few experiments with the eyes
will be found very Interesting , and , to
the uninitiated , very queer. If you i
will hold up your forefinger about a
foot from your face , and look at a tree
beyond It or at any tall object , you 1
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will see your finger double. 'I'hen loot c
directly at your finger and you wl11 1
see the tree douhle.
The explanation Is that each Oy 'e
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The First Experiment.
sees separately , and when both arc
looking at the finger the right eye
sees the tree on the right side of the
finger and the left eye sees it on the
left When , however , you look at the
, tree directly with both eyes , each ey 'o
sees the finger apparently In a dl f .
ferent place If you will cover one
eye and look with the other you cannot .
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not see either the tree or the fingel'
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double , which Is the proof of the ex-
periment.
Place two hits of white palter about
a foot apart on n tuhle. Cover the
right eye mid look steadily at the
right . lunul piece of paper with the
left eye. 13y stepping hacltward ) 'ou
will reach n spot where the left.hand
piece of paper will disappear. You
can mnl\O the rlght.hand piece of 111\-
1101' dhHtppeul' by looking at the left-
hand pleco of paper with the right
eye ,
When you have made one disappear
In this tt'uy , move your hl'I\(1 ever so
slightly bllclwal'd 01' forward , und the (
paper will Instantly renppeu' 'rhe
reason of this Is that every 1I00'son's
eye plus u 111111(1 spot on the retina
and when un Image of the piece of " pa-
pel' ) faIls on the spot It cannot be seen
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The Ghost.
Physicians use this principle In the
correction of vision.
Place on a gray background a piece
of colored paper In any design , and
Dolt ] steadily at It for a minute or so
Snatch the colored piece away , Ilnd a
design exactly IIIto It will be seen In
the same spot , but In a different col.
or If the design was green the replt-
ca will be red ; If yellow , the replica
will he violet
Instead of snatching the ( paper
away after looking Ilt It steadily , look I
up at the ceiling , and the Image will I .
be seen there. These "gho : ts , " as.
they are sometimes called } , arc caused
by the action of light on the retina of
the eye.
Look at the accompanying Illustration .
tlon steadily for a little while , and
then look up at the ceiling ; you will
see the Image In black , Instead of
white , on a white bacgrounc1. ] The
"ghost" will always appear In the op
poslte or complimentary ] color of the
original
A Few Conundrums.
When a Illlhllc speaker has had
the misfortune to lose one of his
hands , what appellation ] would ex
press his condition ? Offhand speak
el' .
Why Is a lame dog like a schcolboy
adding six and seven together ? Because -
cam he puts down three and carries
one.
one.When .
When Is a boat like a heap of snow ,
When It Is adrift.
What three letters change boy into
than ? AGE.
Who can speak all languages ?
Echo.
Why Is gooseherr pie like counterfeit -
felt money ? Because It Is not cur
rant.
rant.Why
_ Why arc corn and potatoes like certain -
tamp sinners of old ? Because , having
cars , they hear not , and , having eyes ,
they sec ! not.
What Is } the difference between a
man looking upstairs and one going
gl
downstairs ? One stares : up stops ] and l
the other steps up stalrs.-Exchange. ,
Usefulness of School.
Boys why do you go to school ?
First , that you may reckon yon r
wages a . Saturdnys ; second , that yet t
may think accurately and rapidly ] ;
1lrd , that yon may enjoy the "beanti
fl ' , l , the true , and the good.-'rhe
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Dpys' World.
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SIIns Angry
"h' 1111 bnllll'UH real mud 10-l1l1r , "
Hllitl Atts , SIIIII GIII\ ,
" Outeun ' Jol tall It'11 III her rope ,
All' I'holll'd herself ! to'llay
\\1'\1. \ Ila hind tune cloII to the shIre ,
I Hl'1. 10 little IJI'I :
'HIIII tell 'I'I' daddy \tout \ the coW ,
All' lull hllll III COIIIU quick < < ( , '
"Whl'lI Dlel found I pa lit HllII\lly \ HCZ :
"I'hl''l' ! , HOIIII ' , '
8011113 keep rUI' head ,
\ \ ' 0'11 \ tulle 1111' gll I nllolhl'l' COW ,
Ir our ole 'Iar 15 I cll'ml , '
111' led the ' '
youngster lIollll' tight
But by that tllIIU 0111 Airy
IInli got herself ttntiuigled an'
\\'us 11111I1) l'lItllI' kitty ,
" \\'hull Sllll saw lint ( 11111111111 ,
l\ly salves ! bill hI' twits nail ,
iIe SI1. : ' 1Io1.:011I1'11 : It she 1I111't dead ? '
A II' spy : ; he tool out hnll
'NI x' time , ' hI' HI'1. , 'yut futl'lI IIIU home
\Vhun that ole cow gets Hll'I .
Ef she gets \\\1 \ 'I'm'u 1 IIlTh'u.
You better kill her lIuleI . ' .
-KnIlHIIH City 'rimes.
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Shipload of Soldiers' Brides
The ngllsh ] , a homely nation , arc
so fond of seeing their soldiers "set-
tied dowlI" to the comforts of home
Milt ( hey even go to the trouble and I
expense ] of sending brides to the
furthurlllost corners of the earth for
'Pommy AlIlns.
The recent dispatch of 30 young
woolen 1'01' India In the troopship ]
Plussy , on mUITlage bent , teas by no
means an IInCOll1mon ' ' '
oC'I1I'1'ence.
'fhe good.behaved soldier , when he
has peen In tIre service Il specified
time , usually finds that he Is In love ,
ancI whether he Is stationed on the
sandy ] plates of Egypt , 01' In India , his
lady love wl11 bo Invited to take pits- ]
sage on a troopship to share his lot
In life.
The old troopship ] Himalaya } , now
In use as a coal storeshlp , holds the
record of having conveyed the greatest .
cst number of sollIers' ( wives and
sweethearts abroad.-Stray StOl'les.
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Cent for Every Horseshoe.
Ralph 11 . Whitney , one of Houlton's
enterprising hluc'l.smlths , has a unique
method In regard to keeping account
of the number of horseshoes he nllils
on each 'ear.
For cvety shoe that he places on n
horse's hoof he gives his wife 1 cent ,
uncI at the end of the year he can
easily tell the ( exact numher. lie haH
followed this method ever since start
lug In business , and the umount of
money whleh his better half has saved
Is not smull.
In lie year 1:103 ! : the numher of
shoes was something like 14,000 , und
during lh ! . ' year ] 190.1 ! the whole l1um.
her ! was 12,101.-Kennebec JCJIII'nal.
Alarm Clock Centuries Old.
In the town of Schmmhorg , In the
Black Forest there Is an alarm clod
which warned sleepers It was time to t
get up when Charles II. was king of
Ellgland. It was made In 1680 ( . and 1
Is an Ingenious IJlcce of worlmanshlp ,
In form It resemhles a lantern In i
hitch Is a lighted candle , t10 ! wlcl ,
of which Is automatlcall lllliled ( }
every minute hy u pair of scissors ,
The candle Is slowly llllshed upward I
by a spring , which also controls the
ILechanlsm of the clock , and at the
required hour of waking an alarm Is
unded , and ut the some time the
movable sides of lie lantern full and l
the room Is flooded with light
Concert in a Well.
For many years there has been a
scarcity of water at Woolley , hunt
ingdoasliire , the result being that
te
when at lust a new weB wus dug the
villagers thought it a most Imllortunt
event.
A religious service was conducted 1
around the swell on Thursday alter
noon , all at the women and children
afterward being entertained at tea. In I
lie evening the men of the llamle 1
assembled at the bottom of the well ,
which was , of course , dry. After a
] prayer by the Rev A. I : , 'urmr , the
rector , there were songs and slleeches
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und refreshments were hnlll1ed I'OUUI1 L
-London Dally 1\1 all.
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Strange Ending of a Concert
In the mllllllo of 11 charity concOI'l al
Dtcltel-on = Thames ( HI 1'uesdny nlgnt
the nceol1llI\nlst ] , mstnllng ! his cue ,
struck up "Gud Save lie King , "
Before any one of the performers
realized what hind hUlllCned ] , the hull t
was empty , the audience having gone
home with the Idea that the concert
was 0\01' . As a consoruonco comic
singers / timid ballad vocalists , HOIIIO of
whom had traveled long distances to
l'l'ndOl' their services ! , coulll not give
their tm'ns , and yesterday the OJ'gan-
Izers of the concert were walking
about the village ! apologizing to o\'er y -
lJOd ' . -London Chronicle.
Man Broke Shark's Jaw.
According to a letter front John
GInder , street commissioner ! , a Hhnrk
attacked him wit lie he \\'us butt hiiuig In
lie ( surf ut Palm Beach , Flit with
Walter : Phares and II' . P. llolz ; also
01' this city.
Holz } nnd Phares , being expert
sWhl1merH , made for the shore , hut
the shurlt mllde for Ginder. Seeing
he could not escape ho dived timid ] seized '
ed the shm'l 'h I the jaw Being n Hercules -
cules In strength ho broke ] the jaw of
the shark and carried the "manelltol' "
ashore. The jaw has over seventy
teoth-T'enton ) ( N. J. ) COl' New
Ycrlt World.
Waistcoat as Autograph Album.
A gentleman named Cook possesses
a white waistcoat bequeathed to him
by his father , who had used It for the
reception of literary celehrlties' au-
togi'll phs. Upon the front are written
the names of the legatee's favorite
authors , among which figure those of
Thr.cltcrny and Dlcken3. ! The back
IS devoted to such as were not 80
hijli ; In favor , while the Inside Is lined
with a perfect patchworlc i of lead au-
thor's signatures , cut from letters and
other documents purchased ! hy this
eccentric collector at various tlmeH.-
London Tit . Bits.
Introduced New Vegetable.
A new vegetable has been Introduced
into France by 1\1. Labergerle , and
1\1. G. DonnieI' has reported on It to
the Academy of ' Science . It Is a spe-
ccs : of wild potato which grows
where there Is plenty of molstul'o ,
it bile the ordinary potato docs better
In dry solI. The plant Is a native of
' ' the which Is
Uruguay , und species ,
l\IIown : as the solanul11 oommetanl ,
will yield more than DOOOO pounds nn
acre on ground which suits It.
To Explode Tons of Dynamite.
People arc wondering 'how far the
shock will ho felt when the fifty
tons of dynamite Is exploded under
the harbor at Portsmouth , N. 11 . The
dynamite Is now being / placed and
the explosion Is expected to result In
the loosening of thousands of tons of
rock many fact under water , and this ,
when removed by dredges and divers ,
will add 250 feet to the harbor entrance -
trance and make It one of thin best :
along the coast.
Shot Gray Eagle on Wing
A gray eagle , measuring ( 7 feet Is !
h.ches from till to tip , was shot recently -
cently hy George L. Fraser of Egypt ,
Mo" , while ho was aboard a train
that was backing up at the rate or
twenty-n\'o miles an hour and while
the bird was flying Time bullet , from
a ,38 caliber revolver , entered the
hlrd's neck and came out between its
eyes , Idlllng It Instantly. 'rho remar1t-
able shot was witnessed hy thirty
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Remarkable Birth Record
A Bavarian mother has a record
which should delight the opponents of
race suicide. The Munich Neusto
Nachrlchten announces that Fran Hi-
gen of 'I'raRlhcrg , In Bavaria , has
borne no less than six chllliren In one
'ear. She was delivered of triplets
last , January and bore triplets again
In December The case Is attracting
much nttentlon from the medical Jlro-
feHslon.
