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zles in squares. With twenty-four picks
make nine squares, all touching each other.
Remove four picks and leave five squares.
This can be done in two ways, which, al
though the diagrams tell the story. it may
be well to explain briefly. In the first in
stance take away the four central picks,
thus leaving the large outside square and
smaller square in each corner. In the Sec
Ond case remove the middle pick on each of
the four sides and the deed is done.
In performing the next trick the novice
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likely wonder why you failed to do the
trick more quickly.
1t is done in this manner: Lay three
picks on the table in the form of triangle.
ners of the first figure, elevate them and
bring the ends together. This also demands
steady hand, but when You succeed in
making them stand alone all the triangles
will be visible.
Another nerve tester is 'the cross" or ''the
double brace" This needs but two picks.
All you have to do is to hold them crossed
with the thumb and forefnger of either the
right or the left hand.
Many people have undertaken to do this,
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over and under their fellows until they bind
That completes the sash, but by a very slight
twist it can be instantly transformed into
THE Five Diamonds"-the large one on
the outer side and the four little ones within.
THE Lift" is the next problem. 1t is a
catchy" little affair and will undoubtedly
prove confusing to many. Make slight
Slit in the end of one pick in it put the ex-
tremity Of another, wedging it in until they
hold together; stand them on end and in
cline third against them in such a manner
that they will not fall. The trick is to raise
all three at one time with another tooth
pick. The fingers must not come In contact
with the pile. All that is necessary to be
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done is to thrust q
pick under the loose
one standing erect
and press against the
others until the end
OF the first falls clear !;
then permit the crotch
to return, catch the
free end of the loose
pick and you will be
able to elevate the
three at will.
Here are two puz-
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More survivors of Waterloo,

Three or four weeks ago had para
graph in these talks" relative to the death
of survivor of the battle of Waterloo.
Since then another death of q Waterloo
veteran, George Thomas Keppcl, Earl OF
Albemarle, is announced. He was born
in 1899. and was, therefore, well along in
years" when he died. Another survivor.
General Whichcote, is mentioned as being
in his ninety-seventh year, and his death
may be looked for at any moment. There
is one woman, Lady de Ros, still living, who
danced at the Waterloo ball, which is de-
scribed by Byron in the lines with which
few schoolboyS are unfamiliar. the ball
where soft eyes looked love to eyes that
spake again, and all went merry as q mar
riage-bell." Lady de Ros' friends have
been in the habit of calling On her on Water
leo day. Last year she celebrated the IA
nous anniversary by calling on the Earl OF
Albemarle and presenting him with laurel
wreath which she wore Mt the military
tournament held the same day.
gNGu
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1t is not generally known that Henry
Y, 900 robbers, thieves and yagabonds. aud
that Good Queen Bess" WAS in the latter
part OF her reign responsible for the slaug
ter of 800 or AGO criminals yearly. Turning
to the year 1866. for example, we find that
in the county of Somerset alone 40 persons
were executed, 30 burned in the hand and 81
severely whipped.
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will meet with trouble 1t is called Twist
and Pass" and requires but two picks, One
is placed next to the left-hand thumb ana
held by pressing it against the hand, and the
ether is similarly secured by the right-hand
thumb The trick is 10 transfer them from
one hand to the other and return them TO
their original positions. First with the right
forefinger and thumb seize the ends OF the
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them form four TRAN
giles. That is all there
is to il. Y"u may
place them in any po-
sition you please, but
the figures must be
goGd. honest looking
trfangleS, otherwise
you fail TO do the lit
tie feat. Ii you chance
to find the solution
without aid you will
be surprised to see
how pretty a figure it
makes. and will very
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lertaken to do this.

ldJlLS u idlo nav e
been forced TO admit
themselves defeated.
Yet it is not very
difficult to accom-
pliSh - if you only
know how. This is
the way it is done;
Cross the picks aud
hold them firmly
with the fOrefinger
and thumb. Place
the other foreinger
upon the end of enc
pick, press down
gently at the same
time lDrapinp the m
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1t can be formed with
eight picks in this man
ner: First. cross two
picks. place one pick
on top and hold the
three firmly with your
thumb and forefnger;
then insert another
pick under the two at
the top and over the
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fashion: Hold one pick in the left hand, place
the end of another on it near the bottom, in
Ginning it upward at an angle of about thirty
degrees; at the same angle insert third
pick under the first near the top and wedge
a fourth under and over the ends on the
right, and The deed is done. With a little
patience and steady hand it is easily per
formed. The next one, however, is likely
to prove q regular teaser.
it will probably make the uninitiated tired
before he succeeds in reaching Il solution.
Here it is: Take six IoOthpicks ana with
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way the negative is Section Through Camera
m1de and is the principle on which all ca
meras are formed complicated or simple.
In making things at home one object is to
save expense as we'll as TO have the salts
faction OF making your own outfits. There
fore We are contented with less handy arti-
cles sometimes, provided we get as good re-
suits. so the camera about to be described
VIII be OF the simplest possible form, but
with the aid OF an ordinary opeTa-glaSs lens
fine picture can be obtained with it.
a few pieces of pasteboard, bits of wood.
a small piece Of boOkbinders' cloth and a
pill box are all that is necessary besides the
lens. AS the lens is the all-importaut part
this should be procured first. Ii an old
pair oil opera glasses IS at hand, or q good
pair even, as this will not hurt them in tine
least, and The lens can be quickly replaced
uuScreW one OF the front lenses from the
frame. When this is secured there is no
further difficulty in the way of complete
success. Ii one is not accessible other sub
stitutes for regular tense can be used, as
viii be described later.
the size Of the smallest regular dry plate
is called quarter plate, 81 XIX inches. As
the ordinary opera-glasS lens would not be
likely TO cover larger plate than this it will
be best to make the camera for this size.
Obtain the focus of the lens by holding it I'D
to the window and throwing the image that
II casts on sheet OF paper carefully shaded.
When the picture is clear and sharp mea-
sure the distance from the lens to the pic
ture and set it down for future reference.
Now make u box of thin wood 81 by Az
inches square on the outside and onc-quar-
ter inch longer than the focal distance of
your lens just measured. Paint this box
black inside. Get little shellac and
cents worth of lampblack at the paint
store and mix it as used This makes
handy black to use, as it dries very quickly.
Now cnt piece of thin wood to the exact
n nd bnl
in the center in which to fit the lens. Paint
this black also aud fit in place a quarter OF
an inch from one end.
The diagram at Figure 1 shows how to put
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Ell I# H688 s Sc E
Original Form. FIRST Solution. Second Sotutie

Original Form. First Solution. Second Solution.
described If the directions are not i'm
pictly followed the picks cannot be traus-
ferred. for they will catch upon each other
in transit.
If the trick is done with dexterity the
picks are made to exchange places almost
as if by magic. 1t also heigh:ens the illu-
sion somewhat to backen one of the picks
in order to convince your friends that there
is no deceptiOn about the work.
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From Greenland's icy mountains,
From IudiaiS coral strand,



From the south of India comes the report
that an English officer was killed recently
by rogue" elephant, which 'he had shot
at and wounded. The reader may possibly
ask in what way "rogue" elephant differs
from any other, and how he obtained his
name. This l will endeavor to explain. A
rogue elephant is one that has been separ-
ated from his herd and forced 10 90
by himself. Ii he tries to enter any
herd lie is repulStd; even should he
happen to be captured along with
other elephants in drive" all his fel-
low captiYes shun him, no matter how great
may be their excitement while seeking to
escape from their prison, or their grief and
despair when they find themselves bound
and starved into submission. The "rogueS"
are vicious in the extreme, very hard to
conquer when captured, and very de-
ternined fighters when at large. They wan
der about the country, always single aud
alone, and devastate plantations and gar
dens in great number. One rogue elephant
will do more damage than herd OF ten or
twenty ordinary elephants, as he destroys
from pure malice, while the herd destroys
only for the sake Of food Nobody knows
the reasons for the separations of these
creatures from the herds, but it is sup
posed to be in consequence OF their bad
tempers, or possibly for the commission Of
what their fellows consider crimes, Just as
a human criminal is OstraclZed IN civilized
countries generally. In South Africa there
are rogue buffaloes, which are kept out OF
the buffalo herds in the same way that tine
rogue elephants are tabooed. The rogue
buffaloes are quite ds vicious and dangerous
as the rogue elephants, and when a hunter
encounters one Of them he runs great risk
in assuming the offensive. Rogue elephants
and butfaloes viii generally, though not
ALWAYS, mind their own business if let
alone, but woe betide the man who dis
turbs them unless he is a first-class shot,
has weapons suited to the necessities of the
occasion and can run at great speed.
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landscape views, how Ho,o The Spectacle Lens
ever. Is Ae'n M Ftdce-
The lens should be used just the reverse to
what it is in the opera glass. e., with the
rounding or curveX side toward the plate.
If one is not acquainted with photography
at all, one of the many handboUks on the
subject shodld be procured before attempt
ing the use of the camera, so as to know how
to handle the plates and develop them.
When an opera-glasS lens cannot be pro-
cured some substitute must be obtained. A
very good picture can be made with an
ordinary spectacle glass for lens. Any boy
can obtain one Of these, so the camera is
within the reach of all. For convenience,
one of short focus should be used, a No. 5
or 6. or even shorter. These can be oh
tanned at any store where glasses are sold at
an expense of not over q quarter OF a dollar
The camera should be made exactly as for
the operas glass lens, only the spectacle glass
should be fastened over the hole in the par
tition f. Figure 3 shows a good way to
fasten it in place by sticking slips of paper
across the ends.
If the glass will not make a picture the
full size of the plate, cut circular mask
out of black paper and put over the plate,
the size of the circle being governed by the
size Of the picture that appears clear on the
ground glass when placed across the end of
the box. The result is a circular picture in
the center of the plate, la Kodak. When
prints with broad, clear margin are made
from these negatives they make very pretty
and attractive pictures. A circular mask
will also he necessary in the printing frame.
N. Y Herald
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FACILITIES for
THE AMBITIOUS.
How Amateurs Can Make Cameras With
Which TO Take Pictures.
What May Be Accomplished With Dry Plates,
a Few Pieces of Pasteboard, Pill-Box
and an opera-Glass Lens.

Since the advent of the dry plate, which
made it possible for any one with little
practice and fair apparatus to make a good
picture, the interest in it has rapidly in
creased until now cameras are almost as
plenty as flies in summer time. Probably
many OF the young readers of this paper
already possess an outfit and have made
many pictures, but there are doubtless also
many who have not yet been initiated into
the mysteries of the fascinating art.
camera can easily be made at home at
very small expense, and knowledge of
how to make one will enable many TO enter
the ranks of the amateurs who would other
wise have to stay outside.
The principle of photography is, to ex-
press it plainly, as follows: A glass plate is
coated with preparation of gelatine in
which are mixed compounds of silver salts
and other chemicals, SO that when it is eX-
posed to the light the plate is acted on by it.
Ii the plate is ext osed 10 the light for an
instant and then is flooded with another
mixture Of chemicals called the develop
crit will rapidly turn black. Now if The
plate is shut up in dark box and the only
light that is allowed TO touch it comes
through lens which throws an image of
the object pointed at II on the plate it is
plain to see that some parts of it will be more
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TALKS FOR BOYS.
XII
By Colonel Thomas ". Knox.
The Spicy Rreezes of Cey1on.

The Spicy Breezes of CeyIon.
A letter from young man who is now
making the tour of the world says that while
passing the shores of Ceylon he could per-
ceive distinctly the smell of cinnamon on the
wind that was waited from the land. am
afraid he has been the victim OF practical
joke that has been frequently perpetrated in
that region ever since Bishop Heber wrote
those famous lines:
What! though the spicy breezes
Blow soft Ger Ceylon's isle.
1t is the trick Of the locality to entice the
stranger below deck for few minutes, and
while he is absent the rail of the ship near
est the land is literally sprinkled with es-
sence OF cinnamon and other fragrant pro-
auctions of Ceylon. When everything is
ready the stranger is called up to smell the
spice-laden breeze, and his movements are
so directed that he looks over the rail at the
very spot where the essences have been dis
tributed. The joke is helped along by sew
eral conspiratorS, who snuff the air IKE
foX-hounds and declare that the atmosphere
is densely charged with the grateful odor.
Under all his surroundings it is no wonder
that the victim is deluded. Many letter
has been written under the circumstances
described, and the writers have developed q
very natural enthusiasm on the subject.
Bishop Heber and His Missionary Hymn.
Bishop Heber was appointed to his post
in India in 1923. and from the time of his ar
rival there until his death in 1896 he travelled
extensively, and made an intelligent study
of the British possessions in Asia His
tomb is at Madras, and few travellers who
visit the city fail to see the spot where the
famous divine is buried. His repute for
learning, liberality, kindness, industry and
tolerance was very wide, but he is best
known as the author of the hymn COM
menclDg-
From Greenland's icy mountains,
From Indias coral strand.
Few pieces of verse are better known in
the English language than this. The story
goes that the good bishop was to preach
missionary sermon one Sunday, and when
the morning cane he looked through the
hymn-boOk to find something suitable for
the occasion. He found nothing satislac-
tory, and in an hour lie was to start for the
church where he was TO 0fficiate. Sitting
down at the desk in his study, he seized
pen and dashed off the lines which have be-
come so famous throughout the English
speaking and church-soing world. AS he
entered the church he handed the manu-
script to the leader of the choir, and at the
end of the sermon the hymn was suug with
an effect that must have been highly pleas
ing 10 its author.
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affecIed than others,
SO that in develop
ing" the plate, as it is
called, some parts
will be almost clear
glass and some will
almost, if not quite,
be black. Ihis is the
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I'm II lnefe Is any prospect
III ul1 l 4sas ysa it. Ti j, wish i ,i i:
FTo. case Of borrowed
The Camera Complete. glass. The distance
from A to B in the diagram should be the
same as the distance between your lens
and picture when measused at the WIN
dow. A piece of ground glass placed over
the end of the box will show whether the
lens is rightly placed, and it is very easy to
cut off little from the box, or if too short
to tack some strips OF wood OH.
From the druggist get an ordinary
nasteboard pill-box about an inch and a
quarter or an inch and half in diameter.
Cut piece of pasteboard just the size OF
the end of the camera box and make hole
in the center of it just large enough to push
the pill-box through. The small rim of the
box will hold it from going clear through
Glue in place and paint the box black
both outside and inside. Punch a small hole
an eighth of an inch in diameter in the bot
tom of the pill-boX, as at ID Fig. l: The
bottom of the box thus serves as diaphragm
for the lens and the cover as cap.
Procure from the bO0kbinder some black
cloth, such as is used TO cover books, or, of
course, most any other dark colored cloth
will do, only this looks nice. Cut piece an
inch larger, all around, than the pasteboard
containing the plll-boX and cut a round hole
in it so it will slip down over the box.
Cover one side with glue or paste, and alter
laying the pasteboard over the end of the
box containing the lens fold the edges of
cloth down over and stick them there. This
makes light tight end for the box, the
light going through only the small hole in
the bottom of the pill-box. and then only
when the cover cap is removed This hole,
by the way, should be made to come as near
opposite the center of the lens as possible,
as in Fig. /.
To complete the camera make paste
board box just large enough to slip on over
the wooden box, and cover it with some of
the book binders cloth. Paint this black
inside also, and everything is in readiness
to take picture Figure shows the camera
complete as described above.
To use it put dry plate, film side up, in
the bottom of the outside box and slip the
wooden box in as far as it will go. If the
outer box is made to fit tight no light will get
TO the plate. The position of the plate is
indicated in Figure /, which shows the
camera in outline ready for exposure.
Point the camera at any object, resting it
on something to keep it steady, remove the
cap FOR a second, no longer, replace and the
picture is taken. Don't hold the cap off too
long or the picture is lost. In taking views
with this lens be careful not to have
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THE FISHERS
OF YARMOUTH.
What Kind Of Stuff the People Who
Live There Are Made Of
A NIGHT With TIE HERRING FLEET.

Tossed On the Waves Of the North Sea.
Laying On" The E8ts-A Very Plain
Blt Very T0OthS0ms Meal in The
Den Spinning Yarns and Watching
The Many NightLighB - The Daily
Drawing Of the Sea Lottery = Good
CatChsS-P00T Catches.
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straight lines, like a
fence or the sidewalk,
across the foreground,
as it diStorts things
somewhat,an straight
lines appear curved.
This would not be
nntinnd in nrdinarN
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What We Know ofthe Antarctic Continent.
AT present we know very little about the
region surrounding the South Pole, and that
little is not at all pleasing. The few voyages
that have been made in extreme southern
waters show that there is wide extent of
land there, and that it abounds in immense
masses of ice aud snow, and great numbers
of active volcanoes. All along the coast as
far as it had been examined, there are fields
and foes of ice often extending many miles
from shore, rendering access to the land
matter of great difficulty, ana generally i'm
possible. There have been ten or twelve
expeditions to explore the Antarctic
Continent; no fewer than four of
these were fitted out by the Enderby
Brothers, two wealthy men of Lon
don, the first three entirely at their
cwn expense, and the last OF the four in con-
petuated in Enderby Land. which was dis
latitude go 30 south and longitude 500 east.
Inasmuch as Captain Bscoe, who discovered
1t, was not able to approach nearer than
within twenty miles OF the shore on ac-
count of the ice and The intense cold, he was
not able to examine it carefully. The Wild
est of spectators is not likely to propose to
establish a colony IN Enderby Land and sell
corner and other lois to intending settlers.
The object of the Australians is to fiDd if
there may possibly be islands in these waters
that abound in fur seals, which are rapidly
increasing in value, owing 30 the destruction
of those animals in the North Pacific, and
to settle other questions that have either a
practical or a scientific side.
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Exploration of the South Pole.

The people ofLAustralia are greatly inter
ested in the expedition which is to sail from
Melbourne in July next for the exploration
of the icy region surrounding the South
Pole. 1t is TO be commanded by Baron Nor
densk jold, the first and thus far the only
navigator TO sail around Europe and Asia by
passing through the Arctic Ocean, from
North Cape to Behring Straits. The Vega,
that made the famous voyage in 1879, is
to be the principal ship of the Antarctic eX-
petition, and the cost Of the enterprise will
be largely betrayed by private liberality and
public contribution. An effort was made to
induce the colonial governments in Austria
LA to make a grant Of money, but the
movement is not likely TO succeed. The ex-
petition is TO start from Melbourne, and the
people of the city are specially enthusiastic
on tue subject; as they are noted for their
generosity, it is quite probable that they
will make up the desired sum in ample time
for it to be applied TO the purpose deslg-
mated They have given grand
bali, at which several thousands of
dollars were raised through the
sale of tickets, and at last accounts there
was to be great race at Pennington, the
Jerome Park Of Melbourne, the proceeds of
the admission fees and the purses won by
the racers being given to the exploration
enterprise.
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it in place, EE being the PARTITION and c the
lens. Tack the partition firmly in place
tS-Sa--@----4e>. and don't have the
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