The at (try Ilotlie Tola1.
NE stormy day when Pottle could
o
not go wit to piny, she took
lansy Blossom and Honey Hud,
her two dolls, up to her little
room and Informed thrm tliut If
"TO?
they wore very good she would tell them a
Story. They didn't aay whether they would
bo good or not. but somehow. In a most
mysterious manner, Dottle understood' that
they would Bit quietly against the wall and
behave aa well-bred dolls should. So Dot
tle began:
"Well, one time there waa a dlttle Kail
who didn't have no bruvern or aisUra only
den herself an' she livid in a ureal b'g
house wlv her muver and fahaer. They
were awful fond of their diltle gall und
buyed her ran'y an' doddlea an' on' oh
flurofltiK nice, 'most every time they went
down town. An' whatdo loo link. Honey
Ilud? One duy din dittie gull's niuvtr biuir
her sumling wlv booful paper all over 1L
Booful blue paper wlv a stwlng all Roldy.
Pes like fulrlea bring good peoplea. Muver
any a fairiea wuv dlttlo galls when theya
good. 80 loo must mln' when my tells loo
too. Honey Bud." (Honey Bud waa the ntw
est rug doll with the reddest checks and
received much mora attention than Pansy
Blossom, who wax a bit dilapidated and
decidedly dirty.)
"Pis dlttle gall wna 80 glad to get the
blue paper and goldy stwlng ahe fordot
what was Inidde on' blmby, when ahe was
playing wlv It, the of Ping bunted and the
stwlng corned off an' oh, Pansy B'.osi-om,
there waa loor diltle sister. Honey Hud,
the boobulleat doddlo loo ever s:iwed."
1 Here Iotllo reached for Honey Bud, up
setting I'anay Blossom, and smocked ma
ternal kiaaea all over her highly painted rig
fare. Poor Panay Bloss-om lay on the foor,
taring at the celling aa If ahe did not
notice the partiality ahown her younger
later. And we are inclined to think that
even if Pansy Blossom waa old and dirty
and only had one arm ahe munt have had
a sweet and amiable disposition, which
really counts for more than red rheeka and
flaxen curia. "Pretty la aa pretty doea,"
you know.
It wan an hour or bo later when Mamma
Piddles peeked into her little daughter's
room to see how ahe waa amusing herself
this atormy day, and there on the floor lay
Pottle, fast asleep, with a "doddle" in each
arm.
Played n. Juke on a Hawk.
,Iawks, writes the author of "Travels in
a Treetop, have an unusual amount of
curiosity. They are trapped, he saya, al
most as often through their curiosity aa
through tholr fear. Sometimes in winter.
When there Is little to attract their atten
tion, an unbatted trap, if of a new shape or
variety, la quite aa likely to land a victim
aa If It held a moat appetising mouse.
.Once a trick was played upon a splendid
black hawk that had been mousing over
the fields for half the winter. It often
perched upon a straw stack, Instead of in
the Km hickory treo that stood sentinel
llko In the renter of the Meld. Karly one
morning a plump meadow mouse, with an
Inflated bladder attached to It by a string,
waa placed on the top of the stack. The
bladder and cord were concealed by the
straw. The hawk was apparently a little
suspicious when he first noticed the mouse.
He waa not used to seeing a mouse re
main perfectly still in that way, especially
when he btin to circle about with hJa
great block wings cloae down to the atack.
Presently he alighted In a wary way on
one end of the stack; then he walked
nearer, eyed the mouse sharply, and pecked
at It. At last he seised It In his talons and
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made off for the hickory. Halfway there,
however, he noticed the Madder attached,
and gave the mouse a violent Jerk to free
it. from the strange appendage. This only
served to make the bladder bob up and
down more furiously, and with a scream
of terror the hawk dropped the mouse and
all and fled to the woods. It was some time
before tie was again seen In the neighbor
hood of the straw stack.
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TVo Welcome Wa(.
A gentleman waa walking with, hts
youngest son at the close of the day anil
In passing the cottage of a German la
borer the boy's attention was attracted
to the dog. It waa only a common cur,
but tlie boy took a fancy to blm, and
asked his parent to bay the animal for
him.
JiiHt then the owner of the dog came
home and was demonstratively met by the
dog. The gentleman said to the owner:
"My little boy has taken a fancy to your
dog and I should like to buy him. What
do you ask for him?"
"I cur.'t .-,ell dat dog," said the German.
"Look here," said the gentleman," that
Is a poor dog, but as my boy wants him
I will give you a sovereign for him."
"Yuas," said the German. "I knows he
la verry poor dog, and not vort ainch; but
der lull van leetle ding mlt dat dog I can't
ell I can't sell de vag of his tall Ten 1
cornea homo at night."
Simple Kxperlnienta.
Tho other day a little girl went to have
her hair cut at a fashionable pi ice
downtown, and when the big scarlet bow
that ahe always wears was taken off and
the man begun to comb her hair, there was
a queer cracking sound and the little girt
Immediately said: "Listen! It's Just full
of electricity!"
10 very body laughed, because It was such
a big word for such a little girl to say.
When you hear paper crack like that, or
see big blue sparks flying off the trolley
wires yon know that electricity la there.
Just as the little girl did. But isn't It odd
to think that nobody, not even very wise
people, can tell what electricity is what
it really la! They know what causes it,
however, and know how to control It.
Electricity la the result of chemical
change, or what ia called chemical, and It
ia produced In two ways, either by elec
trical machines or electric batteries. If you
take a cushion in each hand and rub vig
orously with both on each side of a piece
of glass, you are doing just what the ma
chine does; that is, you are producing elec
tricity by friction.
Batteries are quite different and much
more complicated. Suppose you take sev
eral copper pennies, several disks of tine
and several disks of cloth, all the aamo
size as the pennies, and pile them up first
the penny, .then the cloth, then the cine.
Faaten them together, dip them In strong
vinegar for a few moments, wipe them and
lay them on a plate. Next fasten to them
two brass wires, one touching the sine at
the top, the other the copper at the bottom
of the pile. The acid of the vinegar at
tacks the sine, chemical reaction Is pro
duced, and you have electricity. Fasten to
gether the two wires and test the current,
which, of course. In this case, will be very
weak.
Place the ends of the wires on the tip of
the tongue, and what do you notice? A
sort of saltish taste? Yes. And your
tongue trembles a little, does It not? Of
course. It la the passage of the e'.ectrlo
current which you fr?l.
You know what a compass la? The tblng
Bailors use to steer. Well, take a compass
and kur the wlrva, still fastened together.
across It, in the same direction aa that la
which the needle) happens to be pointing.
You will then see the needle start, and
after an Instant's quivering, settle In a
position crossing the wires.
Another experiment can be made by
placing the wires in a glass of salt water.
Looking very closely, you will soon see
bubbles forming- at the tips of each and
rising to the surface. This is caused by a
change In the water produced by the elec
tric current.
By taking your small battery into a room
which la quite dark and brushing the two
er.da of the wires against each other you
can see a tiny spark of electricity.
To succeed In these experiments you
should use not lees than ten pennies, with
the same number of disks of zinc and
cloth.
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Parrot Aroused the- Cook.
A new parrot story la being told In the
pleasant suburb of Bala, Pa, It seems that
there Is a young woman In Bala who has
a parrot that Is a remarkable talker.
The young woman sat reading In her
dressing room the other day, when her
cook bounced In upon her, white with
suppressed rage, "So. ma'am," said the
000k, "you was determined to make me
come upstairs to you, eh? Well, I've
come, but I warn you that my comln'U
burn the pastry." The mistress, at a loss,
said: "What do you mean?"
"I mean, madam," said the cook, "that
for once you might have forgiven me a
trip upstairs, when you knew how Im
portant it was that I should mind the
cookln'."
"You needn't have come up," said tlie
puzzled mistress.
"Why. then," the other asked, "did
you pretend you couldn't hear me?"
"I didn't hear you," said the mistress,
"Did you call?"
"Ah, now!" cried the cook; "listen to
you! Did I call? Why, havn't I been
callln' for the last ten minutes, and
haven't you been answerln' 'Hello! What
Is It?' "
"No," said the mistress; "nothing of
the kind. It must have been the parrot."
An Investigation proved that it had, in
deed, been the parrot, which, with "Hello!
What Is It?" a dozen times repeated, had
Incensed the cook.
A Hat and u Cola.
A very neat trick may be performed with
a hat and a silver quarter. The quarter
may be brand new, just from the mint,
but the hat had better be an old one or
at least one that Its owner Is not very
particular about, for It is likely to get a
little rough handling.
It must be of the pattern known as
a "stovepipe," either silk or beaver. Lay
It on Its Bids on top of a glass tumbler
and on the upper side of the hat place the
quarter.
Now what ywu wish the company to do is
to knock the hat from under the quarter
so that the latter will fall In the tumbler.
Kvery one that tries it will be sure to
strike the hat on its brim, but that will
only Bend it across the room and the
quarter somewhere on the floor.
When the feat has been pronounced Im
possible you may make a few feints, as If
you, too, were going to strike It on the
brim, and then suddenly you give it a
smart tap on the inside of the crown, when
It will jump quickly out and let the
coin fall directly Into the tumbler.
Ma arte with a St ring-.
Some remarkable effects are obtainable
from the nss of a strong string about two
Mtp
yards long. At one end of the string make
a loop big enough to go easily over & per
son's head, and at the other a tiny loos
only Mg enough to hold an ordinary pen
cil. Ask someone to cover his ears with,
his flat hands. Now pass the largo loop
of string over his head and draw it tight
across the backs of his hands. Keep tha
string taut and gently turn the pencil In
the small loop round and round. The per
son with the loop about his head will hear
a noise like the firing of a battery of
guns. Then gently flick the string with
one hand, when he will hear the boom of
a heavy gun.
Still holding the pencil in one hand, fold
a piece of paper over tho string with ths
other and pass It gently backward and for
ward along the string. The listener hears
a magnificent representation of the wash
ing of the waves on the seashore. Now
take a spoon or anything hard and wltti
It scrape the tightened string spasmodi
cally. The effect is that of heavy thunder.
Expert Telegrapher at 11.
Robert T. Baird, aged 11 years, the sort
of Robert L. Baird, of Grovanla, Ga., holds
a unique place among the bright youths
of Georgia.
He Is a fast and accurate telegraph oper
ator, and has already done regular worlt
In Western Union offices. At one time ha
was In charge of tho office at Vienna as
day operator.
Young Baird seems to have taken to ths
key by instinct. When only 7 he could
sit at trie Instrument and send before
his father knew he was acquainted with
tho alphabet At 9 he could receive and
now he Is considered a competent operator.
"If f Waa President."
"If I wa onlv president,"
Said little Billlo Scarles,
"I wouldn't 'low no schools to start,
Rxceptln' fer the Rials.
They uJn't no use to cdercats
A kid with any sense.
He'll learn hisself; they's somethln' wron
With all our presidents.
"Now. what's the use of breakln' In
On a feller's fun.
An' pen 'im up In school Jes' when
The nuttin' time's begun?
An' what's tho use to load Mm down
With things like 'rlthmetics?
He'd great deal ruther be outdoors,
A-flshing in the cricks.
"Now, what's th tuw of grammar? Pshaw!
They ain't none I kin see.
And as for spellln' why, it comes
Jes' natural fer me.
I wisht thct I was runnln' things.
You bet yer bottom cent
They wouldn't be no schools fer boys
If I wus president."
Boy Wanted.
Wanted, a boy that ia manly,
A boy that Is kind and polite,
A boy you can ulwaya depend on
To do what be knows to be right.
A boy that is truthful and honest
And faithful and willing to work.
But we have not a place that we cars ta
disgrace
With a boy that Is ready to shirk.
Wanted, a boy you can tie to.
A boy that is trusty and true, ,
A boy that Is good to old people
And kind to the little ones, too.
A boy that Is nice to the home folks
And pleasant to sister and brother,
A boy who will try whto things go awry
To be helpful to father ond mother.
These are tho boys who are wanted
In the workshop, the home and the storej
The world needs such boys In its business,
for them there are places galore.
These are the hoys we depend on
Onr hope for the future, and then
Grave pmblcma of state and the world
work await
Such boys when they grow to be men.
' Normal Instructor.
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