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My C:1t.
Our n'lghhol"R cat Is Persian , the Jones'A
, Is Maltese ,
AuntY'R big Angora has feathers to her
, tutees
( At least , they look like feathers ) and a
, tall so big lllll white
\\'hen that kitty meets a puppy dog , I
tell you , It'H a sight !
But when 1 ask : "What breed Is I11lne-
my pussy , sleek and fat ? "
'J'hcy . lough . , mini pull my curls and say :
"J fl'at'-jURt ( 'a t. " .
It's true her eyes nt'en't yellowand her
tall 1M 'UtileI' ! small ,
J don't know If she : ! ever hall 11 pc -I-gree
at 1111.
f - : - ( 'I'hnt 1111 word menus her mother , her
grandma . too , they say ,
: That they all took prizes at a show , were
, marked ! a special way ) ,
: r What do J care for mat kings , for prIzes
I fillll all that
r- My ltltty's just aH 11I'cclous If she Is just
f" cat !
r _ She was the dearest kitten , all scamper
. and all fur !
Not one 01' all my path could make me
, , laugh at her ;
She be ' ' but I know
may be'CI'Y common , I
sho's good and ! 11'111'
For she meets mo when I come from
1 . school with loving little mew :
And when shes' 'IOUlHI we never sec n
naughty mouse 01' rat ,
I And I 1I'lIl'I love her better 'cause she's
I just plain cat !
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I' ' The ' String and Vase Trick.
a See who can hold the greatest num'
b her of peanuts In his left hand without .
\ ' out the aid of his right In putting
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: Fasten a peanut to a thread , and on
' the floor place a vase with a mouth
( just large enough for a Jenhut ] to pass
, tht'ough. Let each take a turn nt
: holding the peanut by the thread
about a foot above the vase , and then
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( dropping It. The one who succeeds In
dropping the peanut Into the vase
wins If no one succeeds In the first
Inning , let aB th ngaln If more
than one succeeds , they must try
again until there Is only one.
Place a large hatpin upright on the
floor , and let each contestant throw
five peanuts at It , one at a time ; the
one who makes a peanut go nearest
the pin , and romaln there \\'Ins.
Strew peani"1 over the room about
a foot apart , and let each contestant
take n. turn at going from one to the
other and back again The one who
. , does this In the least time by the
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q watch , without stepping on n. peanut ,
wins.
Give each contestant ten peanuts ] ,
and nt a signal let all begin to shell
them , removing also time Inner sl\n. !
The one who finishes first , without
breaking n. kernel , wins. It one breaks ,
. Into more than two natural divisions
" ' 3C of the nut , another peanut must bo
shelled In its plnco.
Recoloring Flowers.
One of the popular fads of late
years Is to have flowers of peculiar
colors different from those that nature .
. ' tme gives them. A "freak" of thIs
kind Is considered a great curiosity
and Is valued nccordlngl Many
growers of flowers have sought n
method of changing the color of the
lac , the heliotrope , 01' time red roso.
I parent stalk by treating the roots
with various chemical processes ,
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I' sometimes with S1l111l'Ising results.
lloys and girls would hnrdly care to
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undertake all 'thlllg so serious I\S the
attempts of the florists , hut Ilorhapb
they would like to } snow how they
the colors In ' '
may change It perfectly
simple War
Pour a little ether Into n. small
glass and to It add ono-tenth of Its
quantity of strong ammonia water
With this simple and easily made
mixture you may change to a bright
green any flower that Is red 01' vlolel.
All you have to do Is to dip the flower .
or Into the mixture and the change
will ! ut once take l1lace.
Try , for Instance , the violet , the
periwinkle , the rOIl geranium , the 11.
These will ! nB respond to the treat-
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mont , and you will ! have a novel specimen ! .
men of each , one to excite wonder
among those to whom you show them
A beautiful ! variation of the experi
mont Is to dip the violet colored sweet
pea Into the mixture , when the UPIJCI'
petal will ! become a dark lime amid
the lower one green Try the streaked
carnation and you will ! see It turn to
brown and green ,
Yellow flowers are not changed hy
this process , hut white ones usually
turn to a yellow 01' a deep orange
tone.
'rho action of the fluid Is almost instantaneous -
stantaneous , and you may vary the
experiment by sprlnllIng some flowers '
ers , Instead of dipping them , which
will ! give n. spotted offoct.
Somewhat similar results may he
produced by using ammonia only , but
the process Is a longer ono.
You are all familiar ! with the aster ,
the handsome fall flower that heralds
the coming of the larger Chl' 'santho'l
mum , and know that It has no odOJ' I
To give It one pleasantly aromatic ,
Jour ! ammonia Into a pinto or fiat dish
and cover It with an Inverted dish con-
taining asters. When you take the
blossoms out you will find that they
have a distinct odor. 'rho fumes of
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the ammonia effect the change
"Pious" Parrots.
Parrots are such close observers and
keen mimics that It would bo surpris-
Ing If birds In time households of e1er
gymen and ministers did not repeat !
special phrases nt proper times. In-
deed , it would ho as well not to hold
family worship with a speaking parrot
In the room There was no harm In
the bird that sang In good time and
tune "Thero Is a Happy Land " But
ether feats of Imitativeness might
easily ! fend. Parrots , uttering rev
sponses , or hits of the creed , 0) scraps
01 pra 'or-as several have been
known to do-ospecla11r unseasonable .
able moments , are apt to vex rather
than amuse , though , of course , the
birds do not mean to bo Irroverent.
A bishop's parrot used to ejaculate
"Let us pray , " sometimes In devout
tones , at other times mockingly , and
the bishop could hardly have liked ! It.
Seven Pieces In Two Cuts
Draw a big U on cardboard or stiff
paper , and then , with n. sharp knife or
scissors , cut It out. Laying It on the
table , ask who can In two cuts , divide
It Into seven plecos. That seems a
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difficult thing to do , oesn't It ? But
It Is quite easy 'rho picture shows
how you may do it First ; , cut across
from 1 to 2 , which will divide It Into
three pieces. Then lllaco the pieces
side hy side , and one cut where you
see the dotted IIno will give you seven
pieces
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111 the days of the erenthin / ,
Says he 1 'II'lIl1sIH' : Il'lutllIlI ,
'l'hcl' wet ! creatures of the most appalling -
ing mll'n
g'l'lI the fabled klmthyosaurus 1 ,
Would he IlItlIII angel shot us .
IC WO'II s'l'n the Cl'CIIIlIl'eM Allnm must
IlIl \0 Hl'II
And I pity li1ste ' Adam
If the fellow ever IUIII 'I'm ,
After hn11I1Hlllllhy \ drinks of forty per
lie , 11\ visions IWlltlIII' ,
ill uat ha\1' seen Homo IhllllS tunlll ,
h' he saw Ihllll worse than what thesl'
really Wet e.
I shoulll deism It rather risky ,
After ll1'phlslol'le whisky ,
1I1l\'IIIg alphabetic lIellls before his eyes ,
lie trust have n hl'oll1o seltzer ,
J\lanufllctulo : ! wl1othltlgelHe , 01'
have 11 hen next 1I10l'II111g or tremendous : !
HIe.
'I'hl'm waR RIIII this one advantage
In that no-'oal-shll't-ol'-PUIII age ,
\\'hll'h , I fear . ho didn't quite ( npPJ'eclutl'
\\'hell he cllllell for number seven ,
Al II mltllllu past eleven ,
'I'hel'o was 110 one then to tell him , "Just
too late ! "
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Food of Various Natlol1J.
In France the sea anemone Is used
as food ; stuffed like peppers ) timid boiled .
ed It caBs to mind crab OJ' crayfish
The echlnl of various species Is also
used , cooked In the shell , like an egg ,
anti eaten with a spoon. In nearly alI
the old countries of Europe of time
type of Spain and Italy , the poor are
so poor thut everything in time nature
of food Is utilized Absolutely nothing -
Ing Is wasted and meat Is ral'o. ' The
writer recalls the surprise ' of nn Italian ,
an fisherman who landed In Cnlifol'nla
after ' a trill around the horn , and was
amazed , not at the country , hut with
thin abundance of food lIe found his
countrymen eating meat twice , per'
hnlS three times a day , when ho rarely .
Iy had It once a month , Ho saw lnmf-
dreds of pounds of fish wasted , and
discarded merely because the people ]
did not care for It , when In Italy even
the heads woulll ho belled and enton.
Ho saw big tunnlos towed out to sea
anti thrown away because they were i
tough , when In his own humid every
scrap of this fish was savcd. America
was Indeed the land of plenty ] to the
poor oC othOl' nlltlons.-\lontl'oal : Iler-
al(1.
Lobster Mortality High.
A lobster lays thousands of eggs ,
most of which hatch , hut few ever
live to grow UII. This Is not the
fault of the mother , for she carries
thom about with her for nearly a yen ,
and with admirable Instinct guards
them as she does her own IIfo. 'Vhon
the young are set free , her duty Is
done , for they must then shift for
themselves Though hardly larger
than mosquitoes , being about one-thlnl
of nn Inch long , the little ones leave
their parents on the bottom and swim
toward the light-to the surface ,
where , for one or two months , If for'
tune favors them , they lead a free ,
roving IIfo. The open sea Is a poor
nursery for such weaklings ! , which
become time sport ] of every storm und
the prey ] or nurnber less hungry
mouths Out of a brood of 10,000 It
would bo a rare chance for more than
one or two lobsters to reach maturlt
or finally to end their career In the
kitchen 01' time chafing dlsh-St.
Nicholas
Queer Tricks of Engine.
"Ono of the strangest mishaps I ;
ever saw on a rallrond happened to a
train I was riding on , hound from
Augusta to Bath , " said the old rail-
rondoI' "This wns a good many years
ago when the engines were not built
as they are to-day and such an occurrence .
ronco now would he a wonder of the
ago. Wo had been going along at a
good rate of speed when the train
suddenly came to It stop ) I know wo
were not near any station , so I went
ahead through the baggage cur to the
engine to see what was the mattem
\\'elI , sir , tl.o . drive wheels / on one I
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Hldo : of that engine lay In the snort
ulongshlll time tl'flcl , still connected
wit h the engine ' the piston ] roll ,
balt thin axles , which WOI'O nearly nix
IncHes through and rolld Iron , were
Snl1llell ) oft short. 'l'ho engine was
still on time iron nail did not appear to
bo injured to any other WI1J' Wo got
word to Brunswick amid were towed
111 after a few hOlll's' walt
"Jag" Too Much for Horsc.
Tim , a speedy horse , who suffered
four days 1'1'0111 OXIIOSIII'O and famine
In a SWIlIIIII , died ! lust night In Spring'
lIeltl , near ! here says n Jl1l1\alca , N.
Y. , dispatch , niter having the time
of his life ,
When ,11111 wes discovered ho was
Tilled 111 ] with wlislcy : to ward of an
inevitable ehl1 ! I1. reslllted In his 110'
quirking It glorloll8 jag. Forgetting
his troubles , ho began first to , stand
on his loud legs , then Oil his forolega i
Then ho oXlel'lnwnled ] , atnudlng on
his head , but landed on his neck ,
'rhen ho started : other stlllltS.
When ) ho began trying to climb ! liP
a ladder lelllllng to 11 hayloft bin attendants .
tondnn tied Finally Jim tired ot ! '
his circus ring acts and lay down
IJel1cel1hl ) In his stlll1. Blankets were
thrown over him , but ho never 1'0' ;
covored.
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Woman Sews with Her Mouth.
It would rCOIII ; that the use of tune :
hands would bo a lIocesslty to n
seamstress , yet there Is IUI expert ]
In noedlccl'aft living In Sag IIl1rbllJ' ,
11. ) I. , who has no use of either hi much !
01' feet. Sumo docs lute most exqlllHllc
"orl holding her needle In her mouU
When shin wants to thread u noodle
she sticks It Into the soft wood 01
I her work table with her mouth and
then , hltlllg off time cotton the right
I'ngth , passes ] It through lie eye with
hOl' : lips with more quickness ) and dexterity .
torlty than most nimble fingered women -
men show. She can tie knots In liar
thl'enll with her tongue and works
unite raI1I,11y. , One of the specimens
or her sl(1II Is a crazy quilt which
cOlltalns over 300 dlfferont fancy
Htltches. She Is also an artist of some
sltlll In the use of brush and crayon.
Tobacco and Coffee In Spain.
Even of wine , so cheap and abund
ant : In Spain , the natives seem to use
very little. They are frightfully In :
temperate , however , In their use ot
tobacco and coffee , 'rho cleric who
tacos ! hit morning cup ut ii J has any
other at his desk un hour later , purr
chased from a street vonder. The
business mon , passing througfi the
tl'eots , pause while a fellow who car )
ries hot coffee , hot milk ! , sugar and (
31:00118 harnessed upon him serves
them on the sidewalk . If the Spaniard
does not smoke In his sleep It Is his !
only respite from the habit.
Changes In Common Glass
Common clear glass , left exposed ( )
In certain desert regions of the onrth }
soon changes greatly In appearance
and acquires ) color , sometimes rose
purple ] ) 11nd sometimes a1l10th 'sl. 'rhle
change has been attributed hy sons
observers to alkaline soils , but others !
mnlntnln that such changes occur
where there Is no alkali , und that It
must he due to the grem. activity of
the actinic rays of the sun where the
atmosphere Is very cleul'
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Yankee Skippers Hard to Down
A yankee sea dog , having lost a rudder .
del' In a gal , sailed his null storm
ioromost several hundred miles to n.
port where he could rofit. More than
ono of them , In charge of cotton ships ,
which were liable to take fire , tore In'
to Liverpool under all sail , with the
deck burning hot under his feet and
all hands living on the qunrter.decl In
Jrdt'I' to he to wlnwnl'll of the smolo ,
which made the shill look like u lit'
ernl flying cloud.
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Engineers Imprisoned by Sea.
On hel' latest trip from the orient
to Sun Francisco , the steamer Algoa
encountered spas that kept ) one watch
down 111 her engine room two days ,
'fin ) ! men could not erne ill allll JlOIJO
'oulet go IIc.WJl 10 J'f'IIC\'l' 1111'11'
