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PA oyir m (Copyright. 1911, by The North American Company.) g OOAtHtoofnnT&NDGI r. dfffkoa' : : - ft R30 QO -watch Tl rV (iIvAXDPA'S watch M heavy and round, And jjops with a "tick, tick, tick." And one little hand is awfully slow. And one little hand is quick. J It's a funny old watch, with a case of gold, And winds with n little key; And grandpapa pays when I'm big and old He's poinpr to give it to me. L. B. L JARALD.ING f W TTARALD FAIR jfXZ?V H HAIR was one of King Kings 01 ssot way. He became the foremost kins of Norway by rea son of the great power he exercised In conquering all the minor kings of the realm and making tthem his serfs. He succeeded to the throne, which was only a small one at that time, When he was 10 years of age. He grew strong and tall and became a very wise and handsome man. He was still very young when he fought and vanquished Ave kings ori one field of battle. Now, Harald loved a beautiful prin cess called Gyda, and after this victory he sent some of his men to request her band In marriage, for he wished to make her his queen. But Princess Gyda was ambitious; Bhe despised a petty king, wishing to marry the man who should conquer the whole of Norway. "Tell your king," said she to the messenger, "that I agree to become his wlfa when he shall have conquered all Norway and mado him self king of lier people." In fear and trembling his followers told Harald what Gyda had said, ex pecting, of course, a great burst of rage. But Harald only looked thoughtful and, pondering her worcla. wondered why he had never thought of doing this thing before. Then, standing up before his nobles, he said: "I make a solr-mn vow that never Will I cut or roifib my hair until either I have conquered Norway or died in the unsuccessful attempt. So hear me. ye gods of Valhalla." Seashell Grotto JUST beyond the popular English watering resort, Margate, a won derful grotto was discovered tome 'Jew years ago. The walls of the Inner chambers of the t.AV are uet with thousands of ee;i ahelle. Access Is gained to It from the seashore, and its discovery was by No one can tell whn carried the shells "terns, or who the long-dead artist that Worked out the arltatlc designs. . It Is supposed to have len the tomb of one of the old northern sea kings. although some jnc4lne to the belief tliit It' Is the work of the ancient Druids. .The work ha been lard' ojt and exe cuted with the most marycii us care, snn me numwr is neauurui enougn to he the pleasure room of a living Hon dead. I butt . tt3cx rx: en i is y La. (.1 Of tip yiKINGS lthout waste of time or words Har ald" gathered about hint a great force and prepared to conquer all the smaller kings who ruled in Norway. In those early days communication between the little kingdoms was very interrupted, and so It often happened that there was no warning of the approach of Harald and his devastating force, which Bwept till before It. Many fled the country, manning huge ships and setting out on viking expedi tions. Others made treaties of peac with Trlnce Harald and became his vassals. Over -every district Harald placed an earl, whom he called a Jarl, 'whose duty it was to see that Justice was done and that the "scat" on taxes to which he was entitled werVcollected. For tills service the Jarls received one third of all funds collected. So they were delighted to take service with Harald Falrhulr. It took King Harald ten years to conquer Norway, and in the interval many bands of vikings were formed and sailed forth over the seas, refusing to become Harald's prey. The expeditions went far west to Shet land and the Hebrides, to England, Scot land and Ireland. Here they stayed safely during the winder; but spring saw'thern headed for the coast of Norway, where they wrought much damage, growing daily bolder. They ravaged Inland villages and burned and plundered to their heart's content. But the invincible Harald's iron hand descended often and forcefully upon them and was always' victorious. Har ald had his wonderful yellow hahr clipped and combed, in token that ho had fulfilled his vow. Nr did he forget Gyda, for love Of whom he had swore the vow. Very gladly she came at his request to marry the great king of all Norway. Height and Weight A MAN 5 feet 1 inch high should weigh 120 pounds. A map 5 feet 2 inches high should weigh 126 pounds. A man 5 fret :i inches high fihould weigh. 133 jiotmis. A man 5 feet 4 Inches high should weigh lati pounds. A man 5 feet 5 Inches high should weigh, 112 pounds. A man a ffet G inches high should weigh 145 pounds. A man H feet 7 Inches high should weigh 148 pounds. i A man 5 feet 8 Inches high should weigh 155 pound). A man 5 feet 9 inches high should weigh ltij pounds. . A man 5 feet lo Inches high should weigh 16!) pounds. , Welsh Women AMONG the rugged Welsh mbun talns the hat worn by the women Is made of very coarse, strong straw, with a very large hut rather shallow crown and nhrrow brtm. This Is found to bo the. most con venient shape for carrying loads. On top of the head is placed the torch, which consists of a stocking Bluffed with wool. This makes a kind of pad, over which the hat Is fastened. it is not an unusual thing for a woman to walk five or six miles to the nearest town, purchase groceries or other necessities, load them on her head and with her baby strapped to her back walk up and down the steep mountain paths, her hands all the while .occupied with her endless knit tins'. ONG. long ago there dwelt in Germany, In the village of Sltten dorf, a very poor man who was ' called Peter Claus. Now Peter was a very worthy man; but he dis liked hard work more than, any thing else In the world. "For a 1 1 the treasure In the world," he used to declare. "I would not spend my life Indoors at a trade." Now Peter was a good fellow and well known for many miles around. Hence (t came about that his neighbors, knowing his fondness for an outdoor life, hired him to watch their goats. Every morning saw him driving the herds up the side of Kyffhauser moun tain; every evening the setting sun saw him returning with his charges to Slt ter.dorf. One morning Peter, as usual, drove his goats up the mountain; but of a sud den he paused, for he missed one of the most valuable animals of the herd. Peter threw up his hands and called her loudly, but no sound arose from the underbrush. He climbed the highest peak and strained his eyes in search of her, but not a glimpse rewarded his anxious gaie. Evening came on and the goatherd , was In despair. How should he tell the owner that he had lost one of the moet valuable animals? Disconsolately he rounded up the herd, when what was his surprise to observe the lost nannygoat In the lead! For many days the same thing hap pened. In the morning the goat disap peared, only to rejoin her fellows at sunset and run with them back to Slt tendorf. Peter Claus racked his brains to think what the creature could do with her self during the long day. Finally he de cided to solve the mystery by not taking his eyes from her the whole day long. He watched very sharply, and he dis covered that when the herd passed the wall at the foot of a hill she very quietly dropped behind It and away out " of sight. Peter ran to the wall and ex- amlned it closely. Finally he discov ered a hofe, concealed by a hawthorn bush, large enough for a goat or a man to crawl through. Next day when the goat repeated her disappearance Peter slyly followed her on hands and knees. After hehad gone some distance he found himself in a lofty cavern. The sunlight streamed through holes In the rock and made the place quite light. At the further end Peter discovered Tho Ffcvolvin& Sorpont HISRK Is a very nmuslnjf and In structive experiment which con clusively proves that heated air rises To construct one, take a piece of cardtKjard and cut it In spiral form, as In iiKure A. It may then bo painted to represent a serptnt. Now prepare a stand as at B, having a needle in the upper end, and suspend the ser pent -from its center on the needle, when it "will assumo tho H position If this be placed over a stove, or the tail of the serpent be suspended by a piece of thread over a lamp, the heated air ascending through it will cause it to revolve in a very laughable manner. Two of these serpents may be made to turn in opposite directions-by pulling one out from one, side and the other in the reverse dlrectlifu so that their heads will 'point toward each other when susoended. the goat eating some oats, which' fell in a thin but tedy stream, from above. Peter could not reason out'1 where the oats came from. As he approached he was startled to hear the stamping of heavy feet overhead. "Aha!" quoth Peter. "There Is a stable overhead. But how is it that I have not seen it, before this? On these hills there is not a single bouse." He ' stood wrapped In thought, when sud denly a small door In the side of the cavern opened and admitted a queer little old man, with an enormous head and big eyes. "Good-day to you," stammered Peter. The little old. man made no answer, but beckoned to the frightened goatherd to follow him. A little frightened. Peter obeyed, following his guide up a long flight of steps,' until the welcome sun light fell like a benediction on his head and his feet trod the soft green grass. ' Looking about, he saw that he was lh a square courtyard surrounded by trees and hedged in by a stone wall. The queer little man led him through another cavern and out upon a green lawn, which was fenced in upon all sides by rocky cliffs. At one end of the lawn were twelve old knights like himself playing at ninepins. Peter paused In amazement, for they were clad in long hose and wore quaint gold-buckled shoes. Their long white hair fell almost to their bent ' little knees. Not one of them spoke to Peter, but the guide motioned him to pick up the fallen ninepins and return the bowls to the planters. Thoroughly frightened. Peter Jumped about nimbly to serve the knights as be was bidden. He noticed that the bowls rolling over the lawn sounded like thunder. By and by, however, he ceased to be so frightened and began to take his time and do about as he pleased. On a table there was a pitcher of ABlRDCffiff PROBABLY Jhe most curloun little cart In the world was presented to the queen of Holland by Prince Pokoe Alane VII, sovereign of one of the East Indian states. It Is for the use of the little Princess Juliana, and is the most costly child's cart In existence. The body Is in the shape of a garoedo a rnvsterlous bird which Is sacred to the Hindu religion. The entire cart Is en tirely hand carved and most artistic. In a Half Century ALL-these things took place with in a short space of fifty years: The Spanish-American war and the establishment of the Cuban re public. - The discovery of the Roentgen .rays. The -discovery of the sources of the Nile and the Niger and the explora tion 'of interior Africa. Rise- and fall of Napoleon HI and the establishment of the present French republic. The unification of Germany and the Franco-German war. The civil war and the abolition of slavery in the United States. The extension of the Russian pow ers over Central Asia. The establishment of ocean steam I navigation. ' Tho discovery of the electric tele graph. The discovery of the telephone. The laying of the, huge ocean cables. ' The discovery of modern phetog-ranhjr. m 1 illii wine and twelve golden goblets. He was very thirsty and, running up, he drank a long draught from the pitcher. His head grew heavy. Very gently be fell over on the grass and went to sleep. When Peter Claus awoke he found 'that he was lying on the grass where he had often fed. his goats. Everything was ' familiar, yet strange. The trees and bushes looked many times larger than those which he remembered and there were many new ones. Staring up, he called his goats, but they were nowhere In sight. Alarmed, he set out to seek them, but the well known paths were covered with grass. His legs were stiff and he stumbled awkwardly over everything. By and by he cams to the spot whence he could see the village spread out before him. He breathed a sigh of relief. This, at least, was not changed or strange. Before he got to the village he met many people, but not one of them did he recognize. They looked so strangely at him that he hurried along faster than ever. He put his hand to his chin and found that he had a beard a foot long. By and by he came to his own house. But what a change! It was absolutely tumbling down. He called loudly to his wife and chil dren, but not a sound answered him save the echo of his own voice. Soon a motley crowd had gathered about him. Jeering and laughing. "Where is Kurt Steffen. the black smith?" queried Peter. An old woman cried out that he had gone to the war when she was a bloom ing maiden. "And where is Valentine Meyer?" asked Peter. Lying in a house he will never leave," cried a toothless crone. Dimly Peter remembered the faces of both. Tney had been young and hand some women when last he had seen them. Down the street tripped a pretty young. matron who strongly resembled Peter's own wife. "Where Is Peter Claus, the goatherd?" he cried. "My father" asked the matron. "He was lost twenty years agone on the mountains when I was but 4 years old." "I am yeur father!" cried Peter. "I am the lost Peter Claus." "Welcome home!" cried his daugh ter, and "Welcome home!" cried the villagers. Soon the old men and women were gathered about Peter talking of all that had transpired since he had left them twenty years before. "How.tlme Mies!" they cried. "But you are welcome, neighbor welcome home after twenty years." MWMW IN A small retort plate an ounce of very' strong liquor .of potash, that , Is, pure potash dissolved in water, together with a dram of phosphorus. Allow the neck or beak of the" retort to dip into a saucer of water, which is perhaps half an Inch deep. Now gently " heat the liquid In the retort with a spirit lamp until it boils. In a short space of time the retort will be filled with a white cloud, when the gas generated will' begin to bubble at the end of the saucer. A minute more and each bubble as it issues from the boiling fluid will epontaneoualy take fire as It comes into the air, forming, the -philosopher's ring of phosphoric acid. Great care should be exercised In the handling of phosphorus but, then, care should be exercised, in conducting all chemical experiments, however simple. ' i?8 HE " ragged , man who left the tav ern looked fear fully to right and ' left before he turned again ,to the open road. Hungry and weak he was, for be had not tasted food for a long time. - At the very least, he must cover thirty miles before he could possibly feel safe.' iff As he swung out, he thought of the reward of fifty guinea for the capture of the Yankee spy. whom he knew to be himself. Robert Hart was returning frorn Can ada with valuable Information for his superior officers, and was more than surprised to learn that his mission was known and a price set upon his head. Suddenly the thundering of a horse's hoofs broke the stillness. Hart's mind worked quickly. He knew well that shelter was far away, and so, putting up a bold front," he trudged doggedly along in the open. The rider of the horse studied his face keenly as he passed; but the trem bling man only looked up with a cur sory glance. Evidently satisfied, the horseman did not speak, and in a few minutes had left the fugitive far behind. Hart pulled himself together with a little sigh of relief and looked about him. He was on the edge of a clear ing. In the center of this stood a log house, while behind it loomed two barns. All, about brushwood was piled high. While be stood making up his mind as to what to do, he caught the sound of an approaching party on horseback. Like a flash Hart thought of the man whom he had lately passed. . More than likely it was he, returning with help to search for the spy. Grim ly thinking of the reward. Hart looked about for a place of concealment. The stumps were too low to be safe. ( Swiftly he tore apart a heap of brush snd hastily covered himself Just as the searching party appeared. A dog made tracks Immediately for the brush pile, barking furiously. The heart of the concealed man leaped into his throat; but the party, evidently thinking that he had merely started a woodchuck, paid not the slightest heed, but passed on, conversing eagerly. When the men were safely past. Hart drew his hunting knife and as quietly as possible plunged it into the ani mal's body. He .watched the' men Intently. First they made the horses fast In the barn, then returning entered the log house. Hart sank down again in his hiding place with a curiously faint feeling. His empty stomach revolved and the world seemed turning round and round in dizzy circles. An hour's wait forced upon the fam ished man the knowledge that he must have food and that quickly. Through the narrow windows the conversation of the men floated out to him distinctly and from Its general trend he knew that they were about to set out again In the endeavor to catch him. Again and again he heard his name, and mention made of the fifty guineas reward offered for his apprehension. Hart now realised that he could no longer stay where he was with safety. The barn seemed the only solution to his problem. Slowly and painfully he dragged himself in Its direction. At last he managed to open the heavy door. The fastened horses whinnied a welcome, but the man knew he could not stay hero. Above him was the crude hay loft. Up the rickety wooden ladder which led to the "top he dragged him self, though every step was torture, and had Just succeeded in covering himself with hay when the men ap peared on the scene. Seizing the horses, they were quickly out of sight. In an exhausted condi tion Hart lay, suffering untold agonies for an hour; then his mind was quick ly made up. ' As swiftly as possible he descended the ladder. Then on hands and knees began his painful Journey toward the log house. After an eternity of ef fort he pulled himself to the kitchen door and rapped. Presently a woman Queer Foods IN EGYPT certain portions' Of , the camel are : regarded as great deli cacies. In Arabia the horse Is considered very fine article of food. , The folk In Cochin China greatly pre fer rotten eggs to those which are fresh. In India the flesh of the elephant Is a favorite article of food. , Borne South Americana eat lizards, serpents and centipedes. '' The Chinese like cats, rats, dogs and .serpents; bears' paws and birds' nests appeared on the threshold. The face whloh the turned to the famished man ,was kindly, and in stammering, halting words Hart told her ill, begging her for the take Of his wife and daughter , at home to help and succor him. Without ruU of time or words Dame Howard assisted the famished man to enter. With deft hands she prepared some gruel and made him eat It When be had satisfied his hunger, she made him lie down in the spare bed for a good nap. Slumber had just claimed him when he felt the hand of the good woman shaking him with the energy of despera tion. "There is not a moment to be lost," she cried, "My husband and his party are returning. Here," she added, pull ing open the door of a good-sized closet in one end of the room, "get in here quickly, and be quiet, for your lsfe!" Hart concealed himself among the haqglng garments as best he could. Soon the stamping of feet was heard, and he knew that the men were in the outside room. He could hear -the woman's low-toned questions and the loud voices of the men. "Yes, we're going to set out again, Honora." said Howsrd. "I Just returned for my powder horn. It is in yonder clcaet." "Let me get it for you," said his wife. But the man laughed, and thrusting her playfully aside entered the closet. Lower crouched the concealed man, the beating of his heart sounding In his terrified ears as the pounding of the surf on a beach. Howard groped from one hook to another, but failed to find his horn. With a scornful ejaculation, his wife . pushed him out of the way, and laying an accustomed band on the right book, brought out the horn and shut the door . quickly behind her. The party, laughing and confident of success, started away again. When they were fairly away Dame Howard returned to the closet. "You have escaped this time by a miracle," breathed she. "You will never do ame to ao it again, nowever. "I have a plan. Out beybnd the clear ing there Is an unused woodshed. You shall go there, and I will feed you daily until you have waxsd strong enough to go on your way. Come at once, for the i return of the party may be at any minute." With strong, tender hands the woman assisted Hart to the place of refuge, and, true to her word, nursed him care fully. for five long days, until he had re covered his strength. At the end of the fifth day he left the home of good Dame. Howard. His voice choked with the words he could not say; his heart raised up in thankfulness for the good ness of the noble woman who had been his tender nunse. All night he traveled with renewed strength, and the dawn found him safely within his own lines. A short time afterward Dame Howard, to the utter mystification of her bus band, received a bag containing fifty guineas and not containing the nam of the sender. " And particular favor with them. There is a large 'caterpillar found In ' the West Indies on palm trees which Is considered a great dainty. ' The nests of Java swallows are so rare a luxury that a dish of them would cost around $75 in our money. . In many parts of the earth a curious taste prevails for clay.- Women on the Magdaleha river while shaping their earthen vessels frequently put lumps of the clay Into their mouths and consume It with relish. In Sweden and in Finland the natives consume targe quantities of bread whica is made of a kind of earth.