OUR YOUNG FOLKS The Land of Anyhow, Bevond the Isle of What's-the-use, Where Slipshed Point is now, i There used to be, when [ was young, The land of Anyhow. Don't Care was King of all this realm A cruel king was he! For those who served him with good art treated shamefollyf! ht He When boys and girls their task would slight, hrow it's And cloud poor mother's He'd say. “Don’t eare! good enough! anvhow.” Just do it tut fter life they longed i Rg To make proud fortune bow, He let On work done when in them find that fate ne'er smiles anyhow For he who would the harvest reap Must learn to use the plow, And pitch his tent a long, long way From the land of Anyhow! How to Make Black ink. blacl hottie it five conts selling at hardly nk or Qa SOG IS wort for the black fing recipe, however, fo 1 that means while home-made ink, bat not Ole all black ink 1s The ch, trouble is AR Dv tiny follow why, Is some 206 years old, k is dead to make a black ink that fade, and Here is ne how whiel black the rainwater 1 iO quart of 3 \ x x ClOose-Woven 1 ti, through a of br ONNees rnlls, one aml one half ounces ron (ETE half ywider the galls copperas), two and on 0 Coarsely pu gum arabi 1 the of add add hottie amd put inte a ttle with np the water. and top “fir in the sunlight tting the place tle stand until and eras has dissolved, occasionally per 3 1 tov bring this about hh day add ring the contents Shake the bottle en for a month six weeks, then gome twenty or drops ol nold, and your lying Leap. 3 weil fort from tel Be this Hoss rests stiity er fron ping sixty top of a pine-tres and bh randmother ane of that fo throw {i} «ix hundr vreatiire was tout ie + LE matter the boys wanted squirrel down a precipice rf interfersd to secure fair The pillow the squirrel odd elitr, take his choles play prisonet in on ase to Lhe and then let Was Conves f ti of the that edge ont. hie Kivity ALC looked down the abyss, amd then might between cap and the terrible leap backward and sideways, his eyes glis tening. his form crouching took a fy fluttered, fell. ute the abyss below. escape excem front. he in ing leap inte space, and rather than Hix legs began to work like those of a swimming pose dog, bit faster and faster, while his tail, slightly elevated spre ad out HKe a fenther fan. ile landed ledge where could be seen squatting on his hind legs and smoothing his ruffled fur, after whieh he made for the creek on fn of limestone he willow thicket. He deserved his free. wi, — Youth's Cempanion. Trick With Eggs. “What you can cnriour fact English magazines is; do with an egg’ One about an egg I= this: If you cook an egg in the ordinary way, so as to leave the yolk Hauid, while the white js somewhat Haot,"' boil it thereafter ax much as you please—for an hour or more but by “hard.” it ix easy to tell a hard boiled egg it shioll If you take each egg by the ends and spin it vigorously on a plate, or on some smooth wsarface, the hard-botled egg and the egg will rise on end. t HR ERS prevents it rising on end, Iere ix another plan of distinguish- across with a plece of tape, Insert a plece of string between the tape at the end of each egg, so that they may be suspended. Now twist the strings round and round, revolving the egg, and let go. The hard holled will spin round, and winding the up again the other way, will, when the impetus is exhausted, reverse rir ous tr rin Te = = and spin round the other way, and so until it standstill, Not go the raw egg, which will simply wrig itself the twist and hang quite passive. The inertia of the Hquid the on comes on gle free of in SRE OVErcomes the tendency to string Here 18 an experiment with an empty egg shell--that an egg from which the contents have been withdrawn, Make the hole somewhat Inrge, and by introduce in- and close the of i iN, means of a folded paper to it a Hitle quicksilver hole by securely g imming a piece if you now stand the egg at the top a sloping board, lay the egg on side and release it, It in running account of the quicksilver, cannot of its will turn a series the ight of somersanits down slope. Also, on the we of minke without you le down It th the } h CER at olding it. like the nny in fact, little conjuring time ER a sort of lmp © toys which are shops a pretty experiment with a blown egg Is to suspend it by means of oe of it wax, without cotton attached to with and then cause being touched, The shoet attraction, doubled warmed electrical « supplied by a and made ght upper arm, nrown paper, ctrical by bel ith ng held ti Iv against 4 \ body Ww the whil is drawn with the other hand ot Phe brown paper, which will give a i iri to the swing n spar knuckle, Pe 1 ny briskly drawing the egg to It wry powerful magne but in un pieces of iron, triking manner that is, shell, wil a complet ch mE pty wie hav ns using water ill float widing cold if dissolve a little If wie sone Tt Ww to Ww dissolve Cold salt of nore: mix a solution fron 1% slowls egeshell and choose which hole too larg ir 11 «hell has not nade vou now put supty make plunge it In a the oven, so as {o and 1 for a ft very Lien J few minutes, the the of the bowl of yeril owing to water i aneck water, cou w some of in the contraction tained air in cooling Dro this once or twice unt il you have gwahell just sufficient water for experiment, which requires that shell shall just be able to float on that is, that a very «light touch w inl send it down, to bob t the o Lis byes water and no more un again directly afterward ut it in a large, narrow mouthed ckle jar, nearly full of water, Pot our hand over the mouth i the palm of § The egg will sink to the bottom, Lift will rise quickly compression of of the partially filled eggshell, If yon don't mind making rather a mess in the fire. utilize this shell with it for another striking vy € The the hand and the to the suriace. place you ean the water In trick Cover the hole with a piece of paper well gummed on and gummed over and In a few vio lently to pieces by the steam from the water, Stand well back from the grate or you may be scalded. In the next trick it is not necessary to allow the onlookers either to wit | joss the preparations or to be aware of the fact that it Is an empty egg that Is being used. Take a little piece of good muslin and soak it In strong | heine. Let it dry and repeat the pro- | cons three or four times, Then, by | attaching a plece of wire to each cor. | per of the muslin make a little eradle | to hold the shell, Do not do this un- i tthe muslin i= thordughly dry. | If yon now set fire to the muslin so | that it may bur the eggshell will not, gu the bystanders expect fall, The trick I% a very surprising one and its The salting of the 3 i ; explanation simple. | elontly strong to support a light ob : Golden Days aa Speaking of polities, a parrot swal THE CODFISH INDUSTRY. DUTCH CLAIM HONOR OF DISCOVER- INC ITS FOOD VALUE, Next to Herring It is the Most Important i System of Trawling and Curing. next to herring, the cod is important fish This may be partially due th Perhaps. mankind tn its extbn wiobe, | northern divisions and Pacific and «en to a distance beyond the most fo 3 sive dixtribution or it over nhabits both of th of the Atlantic the polar the Arctic ol The Dutch claim hie ng been the food value, and t it in the ever, we Ju the 0 OCeHus even rele honor of hay firs! race to discover iis radition says they How- that fourteenth centary. Ave ards of Newfoundland Were the French 1504 and by the Spanish about a dozen years later.” It Is that Cod first so called by Bartholomew Gosnold 1602, fish off his deck authentic re Banks hy earls visited ans i= suid Cape wus who caught so that "he in the many const tered that gallant explorer, Capiain John Smith, was much ¢« sulted over nck while in 1614 What sj 12 content fishing at the » of Bbouls in ar Saye ontempts her fisher proves iis us alone When is Be saonth ponds igh ove ¥ rom we and twenty five 10 caught those gh fifty Two in pounds are more « Mnmon can catch upward of HOO fish off the Newfoundland county are estimate, Const. Nouth fishermen their more oon gservative in we Bich Is of hiro ing the 1 Chri of “long” or “hand” lines cast off from the from a bom When months previous to «tipas. It is then conghbt by means shore or warm to deeper water-—asually from twenty- five to fifty fathoms as it ie strictly a cold fish, Here it foods upon worms, sand eels, shell fish, crastacea and small fish of variour kinds Daring this season, which may last from April until fall, the men rough shanties along the coast, in order to be pear their work. as the voestion occupies all their time, Since the fish pow dwell in too deep water for the sede or hand lines to be used advan tageonsly they are canght by a process water ot hey introduced into this country about 1860 hy the Freuch, A trawl of a main line about 3,000 feet in length, having short. or ones, which are generally 36 inches long. with a strong iren hook tied to aach. attached to the main line from three to six feet apart, so that every trawl hag from O00 to 1.000 hooks apon it. Bach end of the main line bas a small anchor attached to It, and two buoys, which may be nothing more than empty kegs, are also fasten: ol, one at slither end, by means of long ropes. It Js customary to put a short pole in the head of each buoy to which {a attached a fag bearing the luitinls of the bwrner of other trade mark by which he ean tell his property at a short distance, Clams, lobsters, squid, herring and other «mall fish are used to bait the hooks with, Bach fish will bait foyr of five hooks. Bquid is preferable to all the others but cannot always be ob- taised. As fast as the hooks are bait: consists od the trawl is coiled up in a tub made out of a barrel that has been sawed in The main ne is wound against the sides of the tub, and the baited hooks fall toward the center. To bait a trawl usually takes from one to iwo two and one-half hours, but it is sometimes done during the fisherman's gpare moments, When the men are ready to trawl Is put into the boat along to be used In case rebnit the A carried go out the with it any of hooks on the trawl lines already set is 10 NOCeRKAry jug water js customarily Hl skeptical men dollar as 1 safeguard against shipwreck upon off Eystem and a few conceal stern, in the surreptitiously under the a half in thelr trousers pocket the coast of South of trawl a desert The follows county. ng is somewhat row 10 a In and approach ins The men wood which may four ot five miles from the coast a buoy whose flag bears their When it the trawl to the hooks examined by one m the The are tak from the hooks an mark ot reac hed 1 i has been that is insignia the end of atten and while up the surface, iii, the hee 1 qari f fie the length ol hoot fish other FOWS fis Hue, nr a thie 1 tnd 1h NOOK re ain find caught thrown into brougint HOWeYe? Mame hake, and even amd then turn uj Ow mere slimy npss thie hooks Ir of 1 Feurs ola Process HH il the ently ai Cycling by Moonlight. experiences v of the o5¢ t A io ht, and fhe weird, wp lhiere hang Ln country at ng thes wt Fares & 3 1 4 4 £1 1 the strange sounds of woods that might almost riding through an en fairyviand that, at have such disturb the alr, yon ii Aine you were chanted I advise ity. 3 the earliost opportan t Write to 1 oy inn in some vil miles away, asking a jaun fin them to have a room ready for you on arrival on a particular morning. Start off with a companion and proceed eas aml gently on yout it is to stop now and then wood sides jnst to appreciate the beantiful stillness of the night. When and the whole world inte new life. and the moon hax tam the tions of whizzing along the silent lanes way. by morning Aprings bled towards the horimon i] You will probably arrive at your inn you are of my temperament, you will not be at all disposed to turn into bed, quivering with song. until the afternoon that you will feel drowsy and be inclined to turn In for a few hours’ rest - London Sketeh, Served Him Right He carefully prepared the small gar. den plot, while his wife, deeply inter. ested in his labor, stood watching him. After he had put in the seeds and smoothed over the bed, his wife took Liz arm to sccompany him to the house, and on the way she asked: “Wheti will the seeds come up, John?’ Laying his hand carcleseingly on her shoulder, the smart man said: “I don't expect them to come up at all, my dear” “You don't!” she exclaimed. “Then why have you gone to all that trou. bla?" With a smile that springs from su. perfor knowledge, he answered: “The seeds won't come up, but the plants and flowers will, by and by” Yet he was wrong: for his neigh bor's hens got into his gavden, and the seeds did come up. i | WOMEN AID SCIENCE Uenersus Patronesses Geperally Have Been Influenced by Men. The recent patron the of the astronomer is Mist Alice Bache Gould, who has given $20,000 American National Academy of 8 The of this sum devoted aiding such most for to income to CHeeH, be researches of competent professors, The nos woman who gives oftenest generously to the Miss Bruce cause 18 Catherine Now she gives ¥ to buy a small instrument for some de voted of the in the ronomer in a faraway Island Again it is $25,000 removal of Bea o aid a big observatory to a better location, She wil HRY to | devote £540),- the purchase of a new photo- graphic telescope for one establishment and $1.500 to anoihwy af to pay for print the results valuable astronomi eal researches, which results puprinted otherwise, but a oa must g These tems small benefactions 1 portion of her o the science in its Seldom does Miss Bruce a deaf ear to a ous branches turn no matter from what quarter of the globe {it Last vard emanaies, Har hy My Year the resources of the ghservatory wer augmented wut of th ye Maria Havens, a £25 Appleton Havens, two wry 20.000 from He) from sisters d in the work of t Mort the founding 16 IK ROH NON obs ryadory at Coluimi {OWA hie servatory at Albany Hans Mrs Henry Draper of New York ¢ ven valuable instru ard observatory and oconis ms of mones department and spe from the al 3 elopment he work the science Baroness Damolsean ha al work ARITONOmMK bestowed i patrons El " who founded one IRiMOnoOmy was { onntess izabeth Puzzoina y§ Poland. wo 1s observatories all danghters, with © Nearly thos won were the glisters or wives of ax men socin ted astronomical gifts the gealous for the good of the canse through influence of bounty in some measure compensates oilers in the field that the actoal 1 Olive § re Gunby, in Chicago Ree ord. Only Catat the Dog Show, fng the recent dog show, says the Chi cago Inter Ocean A lone black started the excitement of the day at a ing into the big armory and attempt cat had been in the ballding three min tes a solemn. faced caught a glimpse of him fraction of a second the Then be un than it takes to tell about It | chalng: they barked, yelped and growl in anything but a pleasant frame of mind. Heedloss of the turmoil, the black ent showed his nerve by walking down the aisle and carefully inspecting his friends, the enemy. Finally the dus ky feline was captured by an attend ant and removed, but the dogs did not recover from the shock for several hours, and as a result were snappy and churiish for the remainder of the day. Accounting For Our Heroes. War makes a fow heroes, but mar ried life makes all the rest.-New York Press. Measurements by scopist to test the ferent races have failed to show any a an American micro. # Looking For Revenge. looking that man of gall the newly-married man “When we meet there is go “I'm for Trent nine” ing to be blood shed! What is the mat Matter enough! Didn't my wife and I plan for two months to have our to newly married pndge one whenever a couple appear on the scene, And didn't fool of a best fp go and upset all our cherished map, just 10 dans and have us followed around ¥ a couple of prize monkeys in a di museum? “SNe nu to the uli Ie gle our trunks wmiged to smug depot without having them tied over with white ribbon and other and that was vic Hum bed front te Phen, af nnd everyous ve wax walting on the porch with rice and old shoes to throw nt managed to slip through the us and make 1 fool miserable, we back door knowing root and g away without their ber two, and ow] it That was victory num that that end We old and thought ne ned onr wedding + wis not the slightest doubt about our being successful If we had been alone The Work of a False Prophet. rtions of 4 fow out the gave Lat on temple and that uo cul weeded 10 sre flour arl We TW het ween he woul srt pede got He Wanted to Be Twins {me day Ja kK. overMome Wi ness, sald “Ooh. 1 wish 1 had mamma. if yon had a would Mamma bay, and mamma would be his amd Lo very kind and unselfish with him. Disheartened at dreadful pros pect, the little fellow ex lated: “1 don’t want a little brother. 1 wish { was twins so 1 counld play with my Youth's Companion, Molasses for cavalry horses will in future be one of the items of expense for the maintenance of ihe army in the Well” sald brother. Iw be toms, you would have be the The Member's Bear Sorry. “Rears,” said the member just back “Yes: saw one. Walt tall I tell you. Ball, the guide, wanted to go and look at a bear trap before we went down the river, and 1 went along with him. He had his axe and 1 carried a gun. As we came in sight of the trap there was the bear ‘We've got nim? said Ball, in the werds of the Winchester Calendar. 1 was raising my rifie, but Ball suid: ‘Don’t shoot: he's safe” We walked up close and the bear stood up. Ball aimed a crack at him with the axe, and the bear Aodged to one side and trotted off. He wasn't in the trap at all, and I forgot to shoot, Bal sald--Never mind” Forest and Stream. RD | aa As Anxious Mamma (anxiously watching ber iit tle boy at dinner): “My dear child, you really should not eat your pudding so quickly.” Small Child: “Why not, mamma?" Mamma: “Becanse it ia dangerous. 1 once knew a little boy your age who that “And what did they do with of his pudding, mamma?”
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