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. THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. POtlTLAND, SUT4DAY MCFMJNG, 3, J9CX5 DUE B Polly Evens' Puzzles "WIDOW who bad two , daughters lived In cer - tain country, on the edge Of a certain village. : boys and girls. One was ; homely, in-tempered and I my, but the mother oved her, while for the 'although thW .ugW - .seetttUuV kind and willing to work. .. Ths beautiful daughter bad to work, wsry hard from sunrise till sunset, and part of her' work was to sit by a well out on the highway and spin. Now the spindle cut her fingers, and one day it was so cover., with blood "drops that she dipped It in'the Well to rinse It clean. But. alas! shs missed her hold on it. and It foil to tbs' bottom. -Knowing how her- stepmother would - scold her If aha found the spindle was.: lost, the poor girl threw herself Into ths well after the spindle. .- Tom Tit's ih MT JENKS writes Tom Tit ths ; J -?ri,.rSX ianoln? wuTu sVouUln. skstch for oth boy. to fot- , I following account of ' a squirt gun "I mads m aquirtgun oat 01 a joint from an old fishing polo (a cans ons). 389 Into ons' snd I carefully put a quill " toothpick (which Is hollow, you know, and makes first-rats tubs). "I mads a pusher or plunger, for 1 tber and out of a pins stick whittled It r with my Ja. Jxlfe, and wound a rag ' around ons snd of It thick enough to make a good, cloee-nttlng swab. Then' I put the pusher into tbs other snd of , the squlrtgun. r . "You. know how to use a aquirtgun, of -course. Put ths quill end In water, push the pusher clear In, then pull It out slow ': ly until the gun Is filled up. Then aim 1 It at 'something and give ths pusher a . good push, which will send ths water out through the quill in a splendid , squirt. Ths quill makes ths water go s " long way." - . ' Another boy, who has written to Tom ; Tit. describes a whipbow that hs has made. - Ts-grturnay.' hs- says.1 -It Is nut quite like an ordinary bow, nor very dif. fersnt, either. I made the bow part llks an ordinary bow, only mors pointed at iff . a r'lj.wu , , :::he Bixker's Dbzen COURSE, yon boys and girls exclaimed, "The spsll is broken; from M havs heard ot "ths baker's this time one dosen Is thlrteenr Tak - y dosen" that Is, thirteen count- ,lng from ths counter a ginger-bread ed as one dosen. ' ' ,' effigy. of Bt. Nicholas, shs made ths But, how do you suppose It orlgt- . subdued Dutchman lay his hand npon hated? it end swear to glvs more liberal Ons might guess That Iher IS S"good'",oJej-ln the future.- Ulnee that story about Its origin, and so there 1s, vma thlrten has been called a baker's told In the baker's great book in the Astor Library, of New York. Jan Pletersen, of Amsterdam, was a , good churchman, but nevertheless, he was afraid of being bewitched. On ' the last night of ItH he sat In his baker shop trying to keep out ths evil spirits by priming himself with a glass of good spirits. Sales had been brisk. - There - were no customers In tbs shop for ths moment and he sat back, meditating on - ths - gains hs would make on ths morrow, when thSv fresh New Year's eakes were put on sale. He was startled by a sudden rap. An ugly woman pushed' the door : open. : - - - ' " ' "Give me a dosen New Year's cook ies!" shs cried in a shrill voioe. ' The shrillness of her voice did not mean anything ' to his slow Dutch mind. - It only annoyed him. " W ell... then. .310 u neadn'X. . speak-so Iniirtl" sslit Jsn "I'm not deaf" "A dosen!" she sor earned. "Give me a dosen. Hers ars only twelve I" , "Well, then, twelve Is a dosen!" "One morel I want a dosen!" ... "Well, then, If you want another go to ths Devil and get It!" I The hag left the shop, but from that night Jan had trouble. The shop teemed to be bewitched. His cakes were stolen. Either his bread wee so light that It soared up the Chimney, or so heavy that tbs supports of the oven gave way beneath the burden. ' His wife became deaf; his children went wild. His trade took wings and settled In the shops of kls rivals. . Three times ths old woman returned, and each time was dlrsotsd to ths i Devil's sanctum. At last. In despair, ths baker called upon t- Nicholas to assist him. Ths -nrab)s patron of Dutch feasts de livered a lecture -on charity, telling ,the trembling man to be more gener lie In the future. Tnen he vanished, end is his plars stood the hag, 'Who -r-nated her demand for one more cake. Jan -acceded, whereupon she Then everything turned black and the knew nothing more until after while she opened bur eyes, to find herself In a, beautiful meadow . all ' covered, with pretty flowers.- . Aa she walked wonderlngly across It. he aaw a baker's oven which was tun of delicious-smelling new bread. "Oh, beautiful cirL null ua Out. please.' cried the loaves', -pall ua out, or wj - . wjtt-; .$uf lor :e brown already. -BUN And the beautiful girl willingly open ; ed ths oven and took all of the loaves out.- Then shs walked on ' and 1 presently cam to an apple tree, which called nut "Oh benutiful elrl. shake me. -pteaser.tor-my- appies ajw Tips." ' .. Bo shs shooa the tree and- brought 1 Of the apples down to ths around. t - At last shs cams to a house where : lived old Dams Holley, who- spied her from the door and smiled at her, bat her hugs teeth looked so frightful that iments ons snd. llks a whtphandls, from a pleos Vrn ! -TVoS SJM&S&Z Of sapling (wnicn u eiasuc. nnint driven in to make them snarp. And in ons side of each arrow I cut a little notch, like the notch In mammas spools of cotton and silk, to keep ths tiiread irom ubwjivu "I knotted the end of my bowstring snd ' -slipped - the . - string.. Into ths notch. Ths knot keeps ths arrow - on the string-""- am ready to throw ' It. ' ' ' "' "I " bold ths bow aa I would a hlp- handls, In my right -hand, and ths arrow - at ths notch In my left hand swung back to ths left as far as ths string Will . Stretch. "Thsn I sway tny body from left to right (to gather force, you ' know) - while -1 -am taking , aim and suddenly- let go with my left band, at ths - same time swinging out my right as far and for . cibly aa i possibly, can. . "it makes ths ar row shoot llks a rocket My I it would kill a kid If hs happened to be In the way." , ery careful not to use them where body" ny danger of hurting any- dosen. Games of Mesmerism P VERTBODY, big and IlttJs, enjoys an exhibition of mesmerlo power, and surprisingly few people know the "trick." t - . Oame I After an elaborate speech describing your unusual power of mes merism, ask your assembled friends for the privilege of trying your powers on tbem. ... Tell them to select a certain playing card out of a puck, hide -it, and then call you In.-. - Ask them all to be thinking-about It while you go around the circle, pressing your nanos on escn one s tempies ana brow in turn. Unknown to them, there must be one of the company who to your confederate By sWprearranged -system. ks will signal to yu thus: by jt w ng jus joacjge, t n ngnujrtpxeuicc. ana tnen relaxing mem ne can cause the muK'W of bis temples to counteract . so that you can plainly feel It under the fressure of your fingers. Let one con-, raotion Indicate hearts, two diamonds,' three spades, four clubs. Then a pause. Then one, two or three, etc, to corre- spond with tbs number of spots on ths card. Or If It is a picture card, four quick contractions for the king, three for the queen and two for the knave. uame Ji xnia comes near to Doing exnlaln how it 1 ciae out of a mesmerism. No one can works, but In ninety-nine hundred It does work. -. Choose five cards out of a pack, select one In your rhlnd, then spread all five 1 out fan fashion, faces down, and, grasp- Ing soras one's right hand In your own, tell blra to close his ayes and command him to draw the particular card you havs In mind. Somehow or other he will almost invariably ,plck out ths Very card yon commanded him to draw. ' :.L : "Half ths Truth, - "Whstelyt Half ths truth will vsry often amount to aosoiuts falsehood. 1-7, , WD. the girl's heart fairly quaked with fear. ' - "Come live with me. my girl, and do my work." said the dame. 1 8o the girl did, and she worked very hard and very well, shaking the old Dame's feather beds till the feathers ': flew about like snow. The dame was ' very ' much pleased, and treated her very' kindly, giving her plenty of good - food and wtne also."'' "v - " ' But the beautiful' girl love, her step mother, despite . her unklndness, and ' 3-finally grew so homesick that she spoke v to the dame. -.. . i .- Instead of being displeased, the Dame .m; "Tmi r m good glrL indeed, and . I, will myself show you now to gel oacx. . to your home." - - ' Just as she was being led out. to the highway the girl found herself beshow-v" ered with gold which, covered her from bead to foot and clung to her.' . ."Your reward, my. dar." smiled the j dame, and then she surprised the girt . by giving her the long-lost spindle as "Sttall, ' . A short walk brought the girt horns. , and when the cock spied ber from the gatepost he crowed loudly. "Cock-a-doodle-doo 1 here comes our golden girl home sgainl" - .'...' ,-'.- ,. TJie stepmother was filled with wonder and Joy, and for once bad kind words for . her beautiful atepdaughter. When she heard what had happened to the gin and how she got her gold, she hastened out to her own daughter and. placing a . epindle In her hand, told her to try her fortune with Dams Holley. 80 the homely, cross-tempered, lasy girl went and spun by the well, put In order to produce spots of blood shs ne Iioeratety pncaeo, ner y Theh she dropped her spindle down the well and threw herself down after it. Like her beautiful stepsister, she soon found herself on a charming, flower- me decked meadow andpresentiytwut ot Ceylon and American spin- loaves In the baker's oven plead w oe gter ? , taken out. But she shook J,f, n2 .,! 4. Why. la a pair of skates llks the ap waikad neat, not caring to soil her uiy . ".r" . ... ' fingers by touching the sooty oven. . , which day of the week Is best for When the apples pegged to be nBnaklng paaeekeaf down she shrugged ner "' declined o-dthm that wul '"il.rri And when at laet shs came - oey "Vw- hues axrald wnen-sno saw r ..wid teeth, but did not oven wait to b asked , to v with he or work for her. In- stead ot that, she offered her services, .not because she wanted to work, but be en nM she was greeajrior- vu- t The dame accepted her offer, ""J ths first day the girl proved so fv ana lll-temoered u4 nenilly uaeleM ana th feather beds were so neglecteo. tnaj the dame told her to go back horns and offered to show her the way. . With great gl.th srf Ing ths dams out to the fhway. wnsn she suddenly fcunu herself bf?w?r?2 -not with gold, but with dreadful drops of nwty black: pitch, which covered her fronv head to foot and stuck there. "YoupunUhment!'- Jh ' Old dams, and closed the gate on her. "tk l.ir lrl cxeut home, and wnen : " thiToock coled her frorr the wiu., , - . . comes our goosey ".'"'-.--... And as long as sns -uvea '"?,lh"tSck I''V' T w rlothea. awn Mil OI infj UIWU w - T v U3 urn mn - June Entert&anment Q some' X&ISSL 'ST! b SSr1 OMB weeks ago Polly Evans gavs m auraestlons for a June euppow next, after the active game v,ik ... lut nronosed. you have a restful gams? Invite all your guests ilo the plaasa or some other suitable place -and havs a gams of flower conundrums. Scatter articles of many sorts about on chairs, tables, steps, e Us -each one bearing -nomher. . - ... u v. th. novi Mna Kill. wum. , each number what flower they think is , represented by the article bearing the corresponding number.--- : ' Here are suggested articles for your conundrums: . ..... a littls clock "four-o'-clock." Cupful of butter "butUrcup. Gilt paper sun "daisy" (day's eye) Patr-of slippers "lady's slippers." Box of nllls marked "qulnlns liv assess bitter sweet" P"lece of rose-colored tissue paper' "pink." -Shelled pess dusted with sugar After this havs some fortune telling. Have all your guests congregate on w ' lawn, where the fortune teller should be seated In a daisy-decorated chair or settee, wearing a wreath of daisies and even more elaborately decorated with , daisies If you wish. In her hand shs should have a bunch of large paper AmimtMm which vau r. n buv readv-madel and every one should be Invited to go to ' her to havs his character read and for- J each one 'In turn pull off a petal from the first flower. This tells what bis chief virtue Is. Hs will find it print ed on ths undsr side of ths petal. Next have each one pull a petal from the second flower. This tells sack ons -kis -greatest fault - The next flower's petals tell them their favorite occupations. . The next tells their fates or fortunes. A Delightful Little CHrL TWO good stories are told of a little ' Eneliah a-irl: Enslish cirl: She was riding with her aunt outside One of the Haatina-a elect rin trama. Aa pencils,, and ask-them., to - write afterj,three feet-longv bow long-4a II ws-sevk, a ' I ', 1 , 1 0 . ... ,, It was proceeding at a rather good pace VTOT far from Washington there lives a down a steep declivity ths aunt was ob. boy who hss to bear the heavy bur Viously a little nervous. Th child, ob. den of deformity, but so bravalv Aa ha " Mrvln this, looked up sweetly Into her, ... ""' Uc Ja mWi "Ar ou 'right-- - v-mw, 7U- mmu utaw noia 01 my nana n you arer On another occasion this Httls sirl'a grandmother had the misfortune - to have the leg of the sofa on which shs was reclining give way, and although It was repaired, it gave way a second time. Thereupon a chair sufficiently firm to support the sged and rather Infirm woman was bought a fact which her grandchild remembered In her prayers that evening, as follows: "I thank Thee, good Lord, for having at last found a chair that my dear grannls can sit oown upon. rHO of you 'boys and girts- can give uie correct answers to these Ave picture pussiest Three of them renresent three of Dickens' works, one a work of Du- HUflglr J . NUMftE -V mas, and one the nam . of a famous Western writer. . - ; ... - Conundrums, " ' :. " Csn you answer the following conun drum T L Who wss Jonah's guardian? -2. Why Is a dirty man like flannel T dies In summer, and grows with Its root upward t 4. Why is a pleasure trip to Egypt nt -on my for oM eentlemea? What is the difference between 8. How can a Juggler sit on a chair . "And take off his headraOir leaving tna"preacEer for ' uhJ -t - " - ghK,i.i hen. how. taklna a monker on his lap, . Can he add a new head and make a short wrap? v,; 10. Then, explain how small dog he could take, --Add a mere vowel, yet ft remedy aka, Biddl. Here Is -a rhymed' puxxle: v Who can answer It tin rhyme) f - Can you tell ms why A hypocrite's sys '- --r - i Can better' descry T.-.rhan you or I On how many toes ' ''"jA. pussy' cat goes? tZ -- 1 Asothsr Blddla. v What num swer-to-thU riddle? My number, definite and known. Ie ten times ten, told ten itlraeso'sr; Though half of me is ons alons. M M 1 1 - UM " "a-. A Vomeral XUddle. ' ( ; Twlcs ten and six of ua. Six ara but three of us, Nins are but four of us. t ; ' " What can wo possibly be? Would you know mors of us, I'll tell you more of us: 1 ' Twelve are but six of us. Five are but four; do you see? (Ths above apparently difficult pus gls Is really very simple.) . How Long" is the Tishf Can any of f ou boys and girls work out this pussle-problem? - If a flah's head Is aa long as Its tall and half its body, and Its body Is aa long as Us hsad and tall, and Its tall fish? ww Ug ytaW X5 --, AntWf tfl MftV 27 Plf TT-lfVl c ; Wiajr , ruaiCj Chicken and Wolf Fuzde. By reaching the sixth space from the coop ahead of tbem, ne wolf can keep all three chickens from reaching the .coop. . ; ., ..,.'' - 8ting. - - L Resting. S, Feasting, ft. Dusting. 4. ' Roasting. 6. Jesting. I. Boasting. 7. Rusting. 8. Toasting, t. Interesting. 10. TesUng. U. AdJusUng. 12. TrusUng. Kaslcnl Taring.' ; ' -t In space. k Staff. J.RMt. Measure. 6. Bars. . Scale, 1. Signa ture, s. Major, ft. Repeat. 10. Minora, LL Hymns. IX Key, li. Beats. . . ., Tlvwtxn. ."v'''' , L Violet, l' Hyacinth. i Mignonette. 4. Aster, ft. ' Clematis. C Anemone. Gardenia. . Honeysuckle, s. Bweet pea. . 10. Chrysanthemum. 11. Gera nium. - u. fetunia. ai.i i. Horse. 1 Mongoose, ft. Pussy eat 4. Bear. 6. Donkey, s. Bison. 7. Musk rat. - s. Woodchuok. ft. Leopard. 10. Llama. 1L Alligator. IX Qreyhound. U. Serpent, . 14, Bullfrog. U. Peacock. 14. Pig. 17. Boar, ,1ft. Cat 1. Mouse. 20. Opossum. . - , . . Enlgvift. Ths answer Is "A noted explorer. Answer: Testsrdey. .' Charade. Rob-in Hood. Finds the World Kind. bear it that be is ths very heart of his home, ths brightest and ths cheeriest wiiu moat nviptui vnw in tot nousenoia. A k. 1 1. . . . a... . 1- . - or a situation for himself, so that he. . might pay his share of ths family ex penses. ' 'Somebody asked hIm,'Don't you find' t It rather disagreeable, going about as you havs to now?". . He looked up with his bright, flashing 1 smile, and answered quickly, "Oh, no: everybody Is kind to a fellow In my fix,'' , with a slight gesturs toward his back. There Is plenty of love and sympathy . In ths world after all. If your syes ars open to see them. Selected, r- ' if 1 11 ARNUM'8 circus had been to town, and everybody ' except Parson Gay and a few old deacons had been to see It every body, that is, who by ' good fortune wss not a member of the parson's family, or one of tbs dea cons'. , . Among t h -unfortu-- . nates, sad . to 'say, was the brightest. . liveliest boy in town, uamuei Oay, the parson's son, . - popularly n o w n- as-- "Pqueeohy." & . ' Gaming, tearful - and ecstatic, at the . gorgeous show pictures blasoned on blll boards and fonces, barns snd the sides of store buildings, how Squeecby had regretted his unfortunate birth as a ': 'parson's son! How he had envied 'Bug1 Jernlganr who, though only thsT- son of a poor shoemaker, had the prlv ' liege of walking Ui with the rest of ths ' town to see the, thrilling stunts dons' .within the mysterious, . enormous tent, It was some consolation, however, to bo able to rise early , the following morn ing and go with . "lnny" Orlgge to watch the circus pack up and pre pare to leave town. "Ool Hear the - Hons roar!" cried Squeechy. ecatetlo- llv. "Tes b there's one of the els ' rhants trum umpoting! M -" UearT aa 'N' see that al- sffe's long, long neck!" exclaimed Buueechr. Ah, there's ths crack tightrope-walk- -or, ' cried Len, suddenly, pointing out one of the men who were passing by. " N there's the fellow that tumbled to beat the band, and phT looky. Bqueechl'. there s the Jim-crack bareback rider I " VVIIIII 1 J VII B DOUl ! "llonlj anythins but m - . a. father!"-- groaned, -enormity of ths self-denial which ths accident of his birth had forced upon him, "then I might have seen alt those glorious things!" :. t-.:--- l- "It Is too bad!" sympathised Len, walking back home for breakfast. after preliminary dip 4n th swlmmlnsri - hole, a . sudden thought popped Into ' Bqueechy's mind. - . , . .. . ."Whsrer . , "In yoxr barn. That big, empty loft is just- ths placel" - - V "Sure It 1st Alt right, Squeecb, I'm tn for li." - -M W we'll charge pins, won't ws?'r oure: .-8 " iitmcimnn - right away, 'n' that we'll pick out the best of them for our 1 performers'." H it was settled, ,- and' the new ex cltement did much ' to sweeten the - bitterness in .Bqueechy's heart, all the word spread over town, and by night every boy with tne least apera or ooy in mm ; tlclng for all he was worth back of the barn, on his bed In the house, on the clothesline stretched tight between the -fence post and the lawn hydrant,or In the woodhouse, . r . Next day every boy was. swapping notes with every other boy. 1 "Hello, Bugl bet you can't do my stunts!' . 1 1 ' BlclTSheep Hornet KB hot July morning ths chil dren were, sitting on ths porch with their Aunt Amelia trying -n ir.n moI when, buss! a hor net flew by tbem, almost graslng Hel en's, nose. "Jh, ths horrid hornet!" shs ex claimed, striking at It with her fan. and at once there was a scamper for the hall door.' After remaining in the hall a little while.- upon peering cautiously out and not seeing the hornet anywhere around, they all ventured out and sat down again, Aunt Amelia and Helen re suming their fancy work. Presently Joe spied the dreaded hornet on the celling, twirling a fly In his front feet which doubtless be was preparing for a baby hornet In one of the cells of a paper nest not far distant - ' ' . The children were about to beat again a hasty retreat fearing thsy might be tune, when Aunt Amelia said , "Why, children, there la no need for alarm; so long as you do not molest ths hornet hs will not trouble you. He is simply going about hla, business and ' not minding us." ' "Yes, but. Aunt Amelia, everybody Is sfrald of hornets, and you know they -havs a reputation for bad temper and -toeing mad all ths time." said Helen. "That is quits true, they have a bad reputation, but they really do not de serve It. The hornet has suffered very much from prejudice; tn fact he Is un- , der the lien, an Outlaw and the black sheep of the Insect fraternity a source ' of suspicion, shunned by man and stoned by boys. In short Josh Billings voiced ths popular verdict of the hornet when he said: . "Tbs hornet Is a red-hot child of Na- , ture, ov sudden lmpreshuns snd a sharp konkluslon. Tbs hornets alwus fltes at short range and never argy a case. They ; v settle all ov their disputes bl letting their Javelin fly,' an' ara as certain an' as anxious tew hit as a mula la. Hornets blld their nest wherever they take a noehun to, an' seldom are asked to : move; for what good la It tew murder n hornets an' havs the one hundred one hit you with his Javelin! 1 kan't tell you. . just tew a oay now long a noroei nan ' live, but I know from experience that every- bug,-be he hornet or somebody 1 1 ' en 1 1 1 -iUsrt. im ma r f m m eise, wno is nu an tne time, an stings the nest Dy nuiiaing a tiny como, in eacn every chance hs kan git, generally out- - cell of Which an egg la laid, soon batch lives all ov his -nabors.' " - ng Into a minute white grub, the sides un, wnat m luwij ueavripuou 01 tne hornet!" exclaimed Helen, and she and.. . iQ'iJA"gh,i'" you clalmTnarTne nornet nft soms . ' cood In him. after all? "Indeed, I do," answered Aunt Ami -lis, "although 'as mad as a hornet' has passed Into a proverb, which dates back perhaps hundreds of years, for the an- - dent Greeks and Latins appreciated tbs ' 'warlike hornet.' Of course, hs is msd and will sting when his nsst Is attacked ; by mischievous boys." . "Yon bet I'm not around rhying any ' stones at a hornets' nest" said Joe, "I ' did that once, one day, when John Hun- -ter and I were fishing, and we hap pened to spy a big nest hanging to a tree along ths creek. Those hornets -certainly did make a beellns for us, snd ws bad to run for dear life. It's a won der we didn't get more stings thsn ws . did." .... ...... - "Well, Just ss I told you," said Aunt Amelia, "if you let ths hornet alone, ho will go on about his business and let you slons. And his business Is about ths sams s that of other insects get- - ting something to sat; building his nest ' and caring for the young." , "What do hornets fsed . upon. Aunt Whatf "Turn a handspring, 'n' skin the cat" " "Hub! Just look at ms do 'em!" -And Bug both turned a handspring and skinned the cat three times. "Oh, but you changed handal" criti cised the other boy "Only once Ilka to ses YOU akin ths -'rat three Umes without changing your r hands ones, anyway. Try It!" ' " ' - But the other boy wisely "shut up," icontentlug himself with. a resolution to practice until be could beat Bug "all to 'pieces."' ..-,-"..' "' ' "r" Alt ths while Squeechy and Len kept , their eyes open and apotted the moat promising candidates for ths final hon- ore; but when they cams to ths point' - of telling this boy hs could perform and that boy that HE couldn't perform In ths circus, they found themselves In All aorta of trouble. . : "Why jcan.1. L Xd like to kno noandttd an angry rejected candidate. '"Cause Tim does better n you!" ex plained Leo. He don't! You're.' favoring - him. Who cares for your old circus any way? I'll get up ons of my own." .-; "Ah. come now," . , .' ' Coaxed Bqueechy, "you can be gate- keeper and take in -tlcketsr-r-w " no. 'Ltnf ."Yes, and hs csn one 1 of wy white mice." . added l-n, snd hie extra generosity quits won, the recreant- over to their side. .Th. r.., 4 r "ifne'' circus arrived; and by 3 P M. boys JLA -1-1. .u on tlptoa of - excite ment, filed psst ths Important g a t s keeper, delivering the ' tickets "which they had purchased at twenty plni apiece, and clam - bored up the stairs to the . hayloft. they stood sides. or .sat around . along IllM Whll. h fltlLtk Mas Kflva,. A k.. ' if where ' ByTalluu uurtam-behtnd-whtch-fnystertJ . 0us motions and excited whispers couia now ana men ds aetectea. W. WVMM , . . 0 Vllll., .1111.111 shouted: J'Ths circus Is ready!" and with an elaborate flourish drew ths eurlalrv ta ; one .. side, . disclosing Bqueecny in a cast -ore silk hat and top boots of his parson father's, with a long whip In hand, In tbs part of chief ringmaster. - "Billy Helaer, first performer," he announced, and Billy cams out in his shirt sleeves and stocking feet, deliv ered s short bow. then, hoe In hands aa a balancer, gave a neat exhibition of tight-rope , .walking, which brought forth richly merited applause from the enthuslastlo audience. "Next, Jimmy Gates ' announced Squeechy. Jimmy - waddled out, his little head and short legs almost hid den by an enormously padded body. "Oh. what a fine fatty." squealed the dellgnteq audience. And-then Jimmy FunWith-Musical-Stgns 1 OMR . time ago Polly Evans talked I with you boys and girls about ths funny pictures that can be mads I 1 . Amelia?" asked Helen. "Largely upon other insects flies, big . blue-bottle files, caterpillars and sven butterflies fall a prey to him, his eclm-Itar-llks Jaws cutting from the body the beautiful wings In a twinkling." "I wonder where they get the paper for their nests?" said Jos. "They look, llks big gray paper balls." ' - ' 'The nests ars mads by the females who survlvs ths winter, and the papery material used Is a mixture of saliva and timber scraped from old gray boards and fences; and, by ths way, these In-' sects wars .' the first makers ot paper known to the world.' In ths spring these hornets, or, mors properly, wasps, begin.. of the celts oeing continued 10 aocom- modate its growth and the comb-being . The grubat maturity closes ths celTJ with a silken veil and In a few days emerges a perfect hornet. Several broods are reared in a sesson, the combs being extended In - several layers, each sus pended by a single stalk from the cen tre of the one above. A nest sometimes contains as many as six or seven tiers." "Is this the hornet which stings ths cicada?" aaked Helen. "I havs read that they ars sometimes killed by hor nets." . "Oh, no: that Is the sand hornet, a much fiercer Insect They are veiled Band hornets because they make their nests in the ground. generally in a sandy , solL The female digs a burrow, rather narrow, except at the bottom, where It widens into a chamber. ''Her homo being ready, shs starts out for prey; perhaps she gets a spider or caterpillar or an unfortunate cicada In . I 1 - a hi. -Krlll .... mwA . . lyslng them with her terrible sting, shs Armmm the luckless insects Into linr nest, k where they become food for her young tones. "There are many Interesting wasps In gave them an exhibition ot hta pow ers as an ear and scalp wlggler. After Jimmy came Ray Graham, who took hold cf the trapeze and whirled -around It like greased lightning, then reversed, and finally hung by the toes. -lie could do other and mora difficult fctuuts, but was saving them until his -second appearance on the programme. " Seven other boys were down on- ths programme to follow "Bug' Jernigan. whose turn was now called out by illngmaater Squeechy. , . . But ths. cruel Fates ordained that ths r; seven -snd Ray Graham, too, should meet with bitter disappointment through r the altogether unexpected and ungener- - ous actions of "Bug" Jernigan. V What do you suppose hs did? ' - He' Was Onlv down In the nrnrr.tnm. to 'give an exhibition of handsprings snd skinning the cat, which he did, but after that was done. Instead of giving place nvpi ua ana ata pmer stunts tnat no body had asked hfci to do! Jie walked on" nis hands; hs stood on his bead a whole half minute: he straddled ths "floor so wide everybody " wondered he didn't spilt; hs did all every blessed one! of Ray Qraham'a ... reserve trapese performances, and more, too. for he chinned ths trapese, and -hung by his knees, and by one elbow. and swunn himself rouftd-wth-bls-fef between his bands. "That's my stunt!" walled one qut- raged performer "aYter' ' 'another, as 1 "Bug" performed hie way-through very boy's cherished repertory. . - . , "You mean thinglll snapped all seven. and Ray Graham, too. when "Bug' finally, breathless and triumphant, bow--ed hime.lf out -of -the presence .of .the 1 thundering sudlence and backed into the . hostile circle of his wrathful fellow- performers, - 1 ' . .. -4 , "You've spoiled the circus, groaned ,. In. whose duties had consisted chiefly in coaching the performers,, but who had been billed for ths straddling stunt ; . himself. "Hadn't you any more sense- n' to show off Uke thatr v ' "I wasn't showln" off!" yelled Bug, and there would have been a fight right there If Squeechy had not dragged Len : away and .made him help explain to the dlsarusted audience that the show wss over. , "And we paid twenty whola-plns-to- -- see Just four performers!"- sniffed Helen --- Hight - - - - f- - " "Tour show's bo good ! cried Benny. Dais. "Come on, kids, let's go." - Bo the audience shuffled out- and thus ended Bqueechy's jelrcus. u. -j. -: - simply by combining musical signs. Hsre ars several more examples whlcH you will enjoy looking at this and other countries, and their nests vary greatly In construction, but some time again -I will tell you move about them." - JESSB BOWLES FISHER. Game of Pass Along . THIS Is a first-rate outdoor game. Arrange two lines of boy and , f rl Players, each headed by s, .captain. . At ths right of sach captain place a clothes basket or hamper full of all sorts of odds and ends books, balls, clothespins, pencils, tlnoups, tinpans, cushions, spools, brushes, thimbles, buttonhooks, etc At the other end of each line place an empty clothes bas ket or hamper. Behind each lino placa a guard. -At a siKnal from lha hn.t... th : two tines get furiously busy. Each captain snatches anything -at all front. passes It play- er standing next to him, and that ons passes it along to the next eta. The ena piayer tnrows It Into bis empty, basket 1 Meanwhile, the guard watches close ly, and If any player, through nervous ness or carelessness, drops ths article that has been handed him to pass along, ths guard pounces down upon -It and takes It back to ths full bas ket to be passed over again. ' The side which first transfers every thing from Us full basket to Its empty basket wins. ' The more "rooters'" there ara to encourage the rival sides the Jollier the contest Each member of the winning aide should receive a eouventr ae a prise. ; . t i - 7 Nailed to rt. Goose's Egjr. - A Hungarian blacksmith recently sent ae a present to the Emperor of Austria a horseshoe, a oslr of Dinners. & fll ami IrnlV all InmninitBlv naii .tn - egg without ths egg being brdken. The emperor sent m return his photograph, a gold medal and thirty ducats. a V- t - - - v jt .' V .... ' ' .: -i A,'