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Il
When Nature made the flying squirrel she
seems to have whispered a hint or promise
of the same gift to the red squirrel. At least
there is a distinct suggestion of the same
power In the latter When hard pressed
the red squirrel will trust himself to the air
with the same faith that the flying squirrel
does, but, it must be admitted, with only
fraction of the success of the latter. BE
makes himself into a rude sort of parachute,
which breaks the force of his fall very much.
The other day my dog ran one up the side of
the house, through the wocdbine upon the
roof As opened fire upon him with hand
fuls of gravel. to give him to understand he
was not welcome there, he boldly launched
out into the air and came down upon the
gravel walk, thirty feet below, with surpris-
ing lightness and apparently without the
least shock or injury, and was off in an in
slant beyond the reach of the dog. On an
other occasion / saw one leap from the top
of a hickory tree and fall through the air at
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the sky lark The nightingale also finishes
series which starts with the hedge warbler,
and includes the robin red breast. Our
ground-SparrOw songs probably reach their
highest perfection in the song of the fox
sparrow; our inches in that of the purple
finch, etc.
The same thing may be observed in other
fields. The idea of the flying-fiSh. the fish
that leaves the water and takes for moment
to the air. does not seem TO have exhausted
itself till we reach the walking fish of
tropical America, or the tree-climbing fish
Of India. From the protective colofing of
certain insects, animals and birds the step
is not far to actual mimicry Of certain special
forms and colors. The naturalsts find in
Java spider that exactly copies upon a
leaf the form and color OF bird droppings.
How many studies of honey-gathering bees
did Nature make before she achieved her
masterpiece in this line in the honey bee Of
our hives?
A western correspondent writes me that
she once put looking-glass down on the
floor in front of the canary birds cage. The
poor canary had had no communication with
his own kind for years. " He used often to
watch the ugly sparrows-the little pleblans
from his aristocratic gilded palace.
opened his cage and he walked up to the
looking-gas and. it was not long before be
made up his mind. He collected dead
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WAITING FOR YOU.

lin loving remembrance Of Raymond W. Lewis.
One little lamb in the upper fold.
From the heat Of summer and winters cold,
Safe from earth'S guile
Aud Its dreams untrue;
One precious baby
Is waiting for you.
One little darling. whose patterlng feet.
With the prophets of old. tread thegolden street.
Or wander forever.
Mid Eden's bowers,
Waiting for you,
Through the golden hours
One little angel. who only came
Earthward to lisp its parents name,
Luring their hearts
To the home above
In the broken accents
OF baby love.
One precious child, from all sorrow free
Through the long years of eternity,
From the heat OF summer
And winters cold
IL waiting for you
In the upper fold.
Oakland. april. 1891. MISS F. NJ. D.
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4 teiescoptc vie,o Of M,rc,lr,.

thereafter. In the immediate neighborhood
of New York the transit will commence
only eight minutes before the sun disap-
pears in the west.
That the reader may know exactly at
what point on the suns limb to look for the
intrusion of the planet have drawn a dia-
gram which viii give a pictorial view of
the affair. Mercury will first appear at the
point marked "a" in Figure 8. Hold the
page upon which the cut appears in front
and the top slightly inclined toward you
with your face toward the south. Mercury
is on the eastern side of the sun and is NOV
ing toward the west and south. The mo-
tion of the earth causes the sun to appear to
move toward TIE east and north. Combin-
ing these two motions the path OF Mercury
across the suns disk will be that shown by
the dotted line and in the direction indicated
by the arrow.
This view is as it would appear to the
naked eye. If the telescope to be used
gives an inverted image then the cut must
be turned upside down tn obtain the proper
point. GEORGE A. HILL
United States Naval Observatory. Washing
ton, ID. &.
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ne Eleven.pfece Combination.

skies must come into play; next, there is tho
difficulty of selecting eleven pieces that will
match readily when certain number OF
them is taken on compusion, and lastly, the
certainty that che total will come out right.
The diagram shows the simplicity OF this
arrangement, although this simplicity was
not made apparent for some time after the
problem was given out for solution. The
trick was done finally by a young lady after
twenty-five minutes pretty hard work.
1t will be seen that the whole thing hinges
on the employment Of the double six as a
center-piece. This enables the PLAYER to
hang all the other SKIES from this one, and a
careful selection OF the end pieces gives the
correct total.
A more simple arrangement OF pieces and
one which gave those who were unsuceess-
full with the first problem chance to score
q victory Is the forty-four trick.
This is trick pure and simple, In that its
completion does not come about by the
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where, after the excitement of the special
game played has palled on the majority of
the company, some more than usually
clever young man pushed himself or was
pushed forward to exhibit his select, if
meagey, stock of card tricksP Card tricks
are many, and almost universally interest
ing. because so much depends on skill in
manipulation, and, like the work of the pro-
fessional magician. the play of the amateur
Is valued in proportion to the skill with
which he aecomplshes his purpose.
young man who attends a great many
card parties and who has been responsible
Tor the introduction at many New York
houses Of the old-fashioned game of DOM
mos, has by long and probably weary ex-
periments with the oblong blocks been en-
abled to build them into queer and striking
combinations.
To any one at all familiar with the sub
iect the difference between cards and DOM
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on his travels also and we met in the middle
Of a mountain lake. l was casting my hy
there when l saw just sketehed or etched
unon the CLASSY surface delicate V-shaped
figure, the point of which reached about
the middle of the lake, while the two sides
as they diverged faded out toward the
shore. / saw the point of this Y was being
slowly pushed toward the opposite shore.
l drew near in my boat and beheld littlo
mouse swimming vigorously for the oppo-
site shore. His little legs appeared
like swiftly revolving wheels beneath
him. AS came near he dived under the
water to escape me, but came up again like.
cork and just as quickly. 1t was laugh
able to see him repeatedly duck beneath
the surface and pop back again in twink
ling. He could not keep under water more
than second or two. Presently / reached
him my oar, when he ran up it and into the
palm of my hand. where he sat for some
time and arranged his fur. and warmed him
self. He did not show the slightest fear. Is
was probably the first time he had ever
shaken hands with human being lie was
what we call mead0w-mousr, but he had
doubtless lived all his life in the wovds and
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Ingress of Mercury.
PLACE OF
OBsER VATION.
I Exterior IL Interior
Contact. Contact.
THE FIRsr sIGHT OF MERCURY.

The first view by man Of this fiery god
the Egyptian month Troth, answering to
N0vem Der 18th in the year 265 before the
Christian era, says George A. Hill of the
United States Naval Observatory at Wash
ingtOn, D. c.
Mercury, as seen in the telescope. is dis
appOintment-an expression that has often
been repeated to me by those who, for the
first time, obtain a view of the planet.
The accompanying diagram gives an idea
Of the form of the wandereT, showing him
SIS q crescent. Though much larger in size
than the moon, Mercury's distance from the
earth and the bright glare from the sun by
which lie is generally surrounded all 90 to
rob him Of much clearness Of outline. When
usually seen this celestial race horse is more
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THE SINGER.

He stood where the Caslight softly fell
On his Young form tall aud stately,
On his clustering eurls OF raven hair.
On his lashes dropped sedatey;
I watched his strong breast rise and Gal
with Its deep breath comlng-going;
felt my soul his charms enthralI
With power beyond all knowing
rose-red lips. You are sweet, so sweet
peariy teeth fair cleaning
o dear white hands with you tortuous veins,
How lovely you were seemingl
o eyes with your loveliZht sli chilly yelled,
Bow you flashed tn youthful splendort
swift changing color that came and wentl
smile that was so tender!
From out my breast, like a singing bird,
Ny heart few swift in greeting:
And my soul to me bseathed low the word,
"our very thoughts are meeting"
But what he sang on that long lost eve,
When he dawned on my rapt SOULS vision.
cannot tell. for my charmed sense
Seemed wandering In life's elysians
Whether bis song was soft or low,
Or clear and loud upbringing,
Whether he sang OF joy or woe,
As still he stood there singing,
Whether his measure was short or long,
That to me was the message-brlnger,
cannot tell, nay naught OF the song.
But my heart was won by the singer.
LeGdUdte, Colo, AI'riL, 1891. RUTH WARD KAHN.
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A BOON TO WOMEN.

Headache Dissipated by the Thorough
Application of Hot Water.
In case of the ordinary nervous headache,
from which women suffer so much, says an
authority, remove the dress waist, knot the
hair high up ON the head out OF the way,
and, while leaning over the basin place
a sponge soaked in hot water. as hot as it
can be borne, on the back of the neck. Re-
peat this many times, also applying the
sponge behind the ears and, If the asser-
ton of the writer is not a mistaken
one, in many cases the strained muscles
and nerves that have caused so much misery
will be felt to relax and smooth themselves
out deiciously, and very frequently the pain
promptly vanishes i'll consequence. Every
woman knows the aching face and neck
generally brought home from a hard days
shopping or from a long round of calls and
afternoon teas. She regards with intense
dissatisfaction the heavy lines drawn around
her eyes and mouth by the long strain
on the facial muscles, and when she
must carry that worn countenance : to
some dinner party or evenings amuse-
ment it robs her of all the pleasure
cure, or bromides or the many nerve Sc
datiyes to be had at the drug-shop. Here,
again, the sponge and hot water are adj
viSed by the writer quoted, bathing the face
in water as hot as can possibly be borne;
apply the sponge over and over again to
the temples, throat and behind the ears,
where most OF tho nerves and muscles of
the head center, and then battle the face IN
water running cold from the faucet Color
and smoothness of outline come back to the
face, an astonishing freshness aud comfort
is the result, and If nap OF ten minutes
can fellow, every trace OF fatigue will
vanish,
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The TRAVAUX POST.
The sole Means Of Transportation Of an Indian
Camp.

The travaux post furnishes the sole means
of transportation of the Indian camp ex-
cept sometimes dog hltched to diminu-
tive tranieau, and, weight for weight, drags
on his tepee poles more than the best mule
in Uncle Sans service does on an army
wagon. When camp is broken, the squaw
strips the tent poles of their buffalo-skin
coverings and IL is these poles which furnish
the wheels of the Indian vehicle.
The BlackfOot makes the neateSt trap
pings for the travauX ponies and pack sad
dies. The pony is fitted with huge leather
bag, heavily lringed, and gaudy with red
and blue flannel strips and beads OF many
colors. Over this goes the pack-saddle.
which is not very diSsimiar to the riding
saddle, and has perpendicular pommel and
cantle; and in the pOmmel is a notch to
receive one end of the tepee poles,
which are sometimes bound together.
trailing past each flank of the pony.
are held in place by two pieces of
wool dashed to the poles just behind
his tail. In the socket so made rides the
parfeehe, sort of raw-hide trunk and this
receives the camp utensils, plunder, chill
dren, sometimes an old man or woman. pup
pies, and all the other camp impedimenta
while squaw rides behind the pack-sad
on the pony, indiferently astrde or SIDE
wise with her feet on the poles, and per-
haps youngster astride on its neck. Thus
laden, the wonderful little beast, which is
rarely up to fourteen hands, plois along all
day, covering unheard-of distances, and liv-
ing on bunch-grass. with moutbful Of
water now and again.
There are apt to be several ponies to carry
the punder of the occupants of one tepee.
and often one OF them is loaded down with
the rOugher stuff, while second my be
decked with the fineTy and carry only one
squaw; particularly If she happens to be a
new purchase and a favorite OF the chief.
A squaw is usually about as good horse
man as her buck, and rides his saddle OF
bareback with as much ease as city wo-
man rocks In her chair. Indeed, il IS not
uncommon to find women in the fighting
ranks and doing mans full duty.-From
american Riders" by Colonel L. A. Dodge,
in Harper'S Magazine for May.
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mos. as material for trick manipulation, Ia
known to be a wide one.
Cards, to borrow the words of an amateur
entertainer, can be called when in pack
"a coherent mass" and so compact as to be
held and manipulated with one hand. 1t is
entirely different with domnOs. They can
not be manipulated while hidden or re-
versed. At least no definite purpose can
be accomplished with them by this sort of
handling.
Our yonng expert, therefore, was obliged
to make his tricks on the basis of arrange
ment and matching. His first public expert
ment with the little obIong blocks took the
form of suggesting to the company the max
ing Of certain things with given number Of
dGminos. He did not make the mistake of
working out his trick for the reward of
mOmentary expression of surprise or adj
miratOn, bpt tried to give the company
longer spell of pleasure by doing the tricks
themselves.
A number of his operations will be here
explained AS they can be memorized
rather easily, they may come in handy at
some little family gathering. The subject
Is a broad one, and with four sets Of domi-
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nos to work with-this being the stock and
trade of the young man we are exploiting
there are plenty of clever folks who can ex-
pertinent to an extent of almost unlimited
success.
As is the case with many card tricks. the
domino trick is very easily done when you
know how to do it.
Take, for instance. what might seem q
very simple ana easily reached result based
on the direction OF the trick-maker that
some one take eleven dominos. from one set,
all of the skies to be included in the num-
Der, and so arrange that whenever they
were hung to one another they should
match. Doubles must be laid erosswise, ac-
cording to the rules of the games as ordinar-
lily played. The whole lot were to match. and
the total number of spots on them must az
gregate So.
Before seeing the result this problem. as
1t might be called. is somewhat mysterious,
because there ale three distinct things that
must be borne in mind outside of the limit
set as to the amount of pieces. First, all the
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WHY MoRrALs MOURN.

Why mortals mourn? Yes. that's the theme
The which. are things all what they seem2
Have human beings power supreme
To break their chain
OF that which conscious fear extreme
May drive insane?
Could we but see the old grimace
That's written on each subtle face,
That's masked with virtues health and grace,
Our hearts would burn.
1t would teach us why the human race
Are brought to mourn.
why was my being ever fraught
With dissipation, bunting thought,
Which passion, binding, fighting, fought
And soon undone?
All nature. reason teaching, taught
Me l should shun.
Thus thought l, cropping into night
When 10 / saw halo bright
Approaching till its golden light,
Rejecting out,
EnwOund and gave me second sight
OF truth without. G. j. PRESTON
. MERGED, Cal, april 81, 1881.
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HARVEST TIME.


Through the fields where fragrant clover
Scents the ripening breath of June.
Wandering with my loyal lover
All the golden hours of noon,
Mid starry-centered 0x-eye daisies,
Rose vines wreath ing DER the wall;
Heard the redbird's CHEEKY whistle,
Answering its mates love call.
Naught to us the mornings labor,
Nor the evenings wearying care.
While our hearts were young and loving
All the world seemed pure and fair
Down where dainty. dropping grasses
Fringed the pathway to the brink
OF the softly murmuring river
Where the water lilies drink.
Through the crimson-erowned clover.
Softly stirred by softest breeze.
Birdnotes eehOlng family distant.
MIngling with drowsy hum of bees.
On we wandered happy, careless,
Sunburnt youth and nnt-brown lass.
Gathering lilies. treadIng sweetness
From tie flowers mid the gr4ss.
Years agone. that welI-oved harvest,
With It's wealth of bios oms fair,
Time has left his deeP-drawn burrows
And has sfIvered golden hair.
But the treasures VIII Oh we gathered
In our hearts that long gone noon
Ever bloom a blessed summer,
Ever seem a royal June.
FRANK A REYKoLDs
Mdripoia. Cal. April. 1891
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A SPRING SONG.

Oh harkl a song OF gladness
Is rising loud and clear;
Away with grief and sadness,
The happy spring IS here!
The skies are gray no longer:
The sullen clouds have fed;
The world grows younger. stronger;
Grim winters king is dead
The birds come northward flying
From sunny southern climes,
Each with the other wing
To voice the sweetest chimes
The flowers at last are waking
From out their slumber deep;
Forth from their prison breaking
Into the light they creep.
Who now could harbor sorrowi
Who now could think of ilIY
Or fear for the to morrow
While hope ali earth doth rlIf
Now through the blue veins flowing
The blood doth course like wine;
1t sets the pulses glowing
And makes the duh eyes shine.
And every heart grows lighter;
The Old again feel young;
Now that the days are brighter,
Dark care aside is fang.
For bark a song o. gladness
Is rising loud and clear.
Away with grief and sadness.
The happy spring is herel
Francisco, lfGV, 1891. SELMA ScHHIpT.
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GEORGE WHITEHEAD.

Some Curious Characteristics of the Great
Methodist Divine.
The boy Whitefeld was father to the
man. There were contradictory traits in
the boy that correspond to certain contra
dicti0ns In the man. He would steal
money from his mothers purse, but was
sure to give generous part to the poor.
He stole books but they were books of de-
votion. de would disturb church service
by shouting ifreverently the name of the
preacher, and yet when asked what he ex-
pected 10 be when man promptly
and in all sincerity replied: A min
ister." Hasty and violent In his temper,
he would use the inprecatory psalms for
cursing. There was no question as to the
divinity within him, but there was for a
long time warning of the members. He
was sent to Oxford, and here he met the
Wes!eys. Under their influence lie was led
in the direction OF ascetlsnI, but went much
farther than they were disposed to go. In
trOspection, self-examnation, heart search
ing was his business for awhile, but his
practical mind could not tolerate the spir-
ltual subtleties of the mystical mind, and
John Wesley urged HIM to resume external
religious exercises, such as acts of devotion
and charity, which were far more suited TO
his energetic nature.
He preached his first sermon In Gloucester
In the church OF his boyhood- to a congrega-
ton that had come to listen to him out of
mere curiosity. So powerful was the effect
of his preaching that a complaint came to
the Bishop that he had driven fifteen per-
sons mad. The Bishop replied that he hoped
the madness might not be forgotten before
another Sunday. The sermon which he
preached had been prepared for another
society, but before delivering it Whitefeld
sent 1t to neighboring Clergyman to show
him how unfit he was to preach. The cler-
gyman kept it fortnight and sent it back
with guinea for the loan of it, saying that
he had divided 1t into two and preached it
to his people morning and evening. Chi
cago Herald.
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usual means, or those employed in the trick
explained above. The company were told
to make forty-four with four pieces. Simple
as this may appear. when you look at the
diagram its solution becomes laborious af-
fair. 1t had to be arranged by the enter
tainer finally.
line OF entertaining this simple little trick,
the solution OF which hinges on the employ
ment OF the backs of two dominos as L,
will be guide to numbers of others of the
same sort
The simpler the trick which eludes solu-
ton by bright pc ople after they have given
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AT PARTING.

A kiss he took and backward look,
And her heart grew suddenly lighter;
A trife, you say to color a day,
Yet the duh gray mora seemed brighter,
For hearts are such that tender touch
May Danish look OF sadness.
A small. slight thing can make us sing,
But frown Will check our gladness
The cheeriestr ray along our way
Is the little act OF kindness,
And the keenest sting some careless thing
That was done in Oment OF blindness.
We can bravely face lite In home where strife
No foothold can discover
And be lovers still IL we only will,
Though youths bright days are over.
All, sharp as swords cut the unkind words
That are FAR beyond recalling,
When face lies hid meath cofnn-lId,
And bitter tears are falling
We fam would give half the lives we live
To undo our idle Scorning;
Then let us not miss the smile and kiss
When we part in the light OF morning.
LILLIAN PLUNKETr.
San Francisco, April 1891
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Make Haste !.

There is nc time to be lost when the Kidneys and
bladder neglect their duty. Renal disease adj
vances with giant strides Bright's disease and
diabetes are dread foes to human life subdue
them in their infancy with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, the purest diuretIc in existence. Itcon-
quers likewise malaria, constipation. dyspepsia
and biliouspess. 1s
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THE VALLEY OF ENcHANrmENr.

A SONNET DEDICATED To -, Los GuILLIcos VAI
ley, SoNoMA COUNTY.
What calm and fair reIreatl
Gay butterflies on airy wing
Are poised DER blossoms OF the spring,
brook OF silver at my feet
Murmurs ever low and sweet
JoyOusy the birds are trllling
All the air with music filling
As they-their little comrades greet.
But hark what else comes to mine ear
Amerry laugh-I turn around
What vision this that doth appeari
Well may this be enchanted ground;
Twill ever be to me more dear
Since have the enchantress found.
april "a, 1891 LEIGH LYNDES.