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ing them to believe that they cannot be
deceived. Now close your hand upon the
brick dust and put it on the bottom of
the pail and ask everyone to convince
himself that the sand and brick dust are
at the bottom of the pail, covered with
water.
You put your hand in the water and
bring up some of the sand, which you
blow upon, and 1t flies of as dry as IL
was before you put it in the water You
can do the same with the brick dust II
you like.
Then You take a magic wand ard stir
tho water briskly. when the remaining
brick dust will rise to the top Of the
water, upon which it will rest, forming an
impenetrable curtain. Now you will pro-
duce and show to the company an oval
piece of brick, about as large as quail's
egg and about that shape. Take this in
your fingers and at arms length slowly
deposit it at the bottom OF tho pail Now
you must begin your incantation speech,
by which you coax your little egg, which
you will have dignifled by some high
sounding East Indian name, out OF the
water. 1t is a good plan to sing a weird
song or get some one TO play such an air
for you on the piano, or II you play on a
violin or flute you can make your own
music.
buI every lew StEOliS make rest IN
the music, and in pathetic tones coax
the egg to come forth. Step of little
farther and beg most pathetically that the
little egg make the experiment big sue
cess. Your audience will notice a small
commotion at the bottom of the pail,
when. 10 their immense astonishment, the
egg will jump out into your hand.
Now for the secret of the sand and the
brick dust. Take about two quarts of sea
sand, which you must make perfectly
clean by washing 1t number OF times
in very hot water, after which you dry 1t
in the hot sun. Then you put it in a fry
ing pan, with a lump of fresh lard about
the size of q walnut. and constantly agi-
tate 1t over a hot fire until the lard has
burned away. The brick dust is treated
in the same way. This renders them i'm
pervious TO water, and, although there is
no grease on them TO the perception OF
the touch, there is enough TO make the
grains adhere when you press them at the
bottom of the pail Of water.
When you draw the last handful of sand
out OF the water you must drop to the
bottom OF the bucket a stiff, strong steel
spring, made like the illustration, which
the carpet OF brick dust on the top OF
the water will conceal from the view
of your audience. The catch of this
steel spring you nave released by small
wedge 81 rock salt, vcu place the spring
in the middle OF the pail and carefully
deposit the egg on it.
During your incaHtation speech and the
music the water will be dissolviug the
salt. The spring will be released and
throw the egg out into your hand.
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II the Car OF Russia, the Sultan Of
Turkey or even the Emperor Of China
should say that Tommy Todd was not a
nice boy, they would none of them know
what they were talking about, and that
| Is all there is to 1t.
Everybody liked Tommy. He was kind,
obliging, and generous. Yet with all these
good and lovable qualities he had one bad
ha bit, which made his dear mothers life
| miserable. He would stand on his head
whenever he had chance, in the most
extraordinary places and at the most un-
| expected times. 1t seemed to be natural
to him to be wrong side up. When he was
| five years old he could stand on his head
anywhere. He could have stood on his
head in the middle Of the largest prairie
in the world just as easily as he could
in small yard. He stood on his head
so much that the hair on top was worn
down almost as short as II 1t had been
shaved.
If he was in the room with his mother
and became very quiet, she did not look
around to see what he was up to, she just
told him to get down. One day some lady
friends called upon her. They petted
Tommy, said he was a bright-eyed boy,
and all that, but as soon as their eyes
were off of him he was on his head and
yelled. "Whoop la" There he was with
his feet waving in the air. His mother
tried to laugh it off as joke, but she
was terribly embarrassed.
They hired new servant and Tommy's
mother sent her to clean the parlors. In
few moments the girl returned, very
much fustered, and said there was the
queerest, funniest looking little man in
there that ever was. Tommy's mother
went to the parlor to Investigate The
shutters were closed, and in the dim light
Tommy made a strange figure. His kilt
had fallen down the wrong way, Just
showing his head underneath, and, with
his arms on the side of the chair he ap-
peared to be little dwarf sitting on his
head, and his two legs stretched out
looked exactly like two arms. His mother
hesitated moment, but when Tommy, In
smothered voice, said, This Is bully.
could stand on my head all day on this
soft cushion she had him down in an
instant.
Matters had become serious, and Tom
my's father and mother and aunt and
sister Lucy (whom they had forgotten to
put TO bed) sat up until midnight, trying
10 devise some scheme to stop Tommy
from standing on his head. None OF them
could think of thing except to put heavy
weights on his feet SO that he could not
lift them up. =
The next morning, after great deal of
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hired girl there was a disturbing sus-
picion (not without cause) that both of
them not only allowed him to stand ON
his head. but encouraged him in it. Az
| fairs were in this distressing state when
one day Tommy complained of feeling un-
well-be had the measles.
It was three weeks before Tommy re-
covered. In the meanwhile he was very
i'll and his old habit seemed to be for
gotten. excepting that he would occasion
ally murmur in his sleep that he could
beat any boy in town standing on his
head.
While Tommy was sick his hair had
chance to grow. After the measles left
he was thin and pale, and was kept in
his room two weeks longer. At the end
Of that time he had head of the most
beautiful, short, curly. chestnut hair, and
was as handsome and manly a looking
little chap as anyone would want to see.
When his mother combed and brushed
his hair nicely Tommy took great delight
in looking at it in the hand glass. Tho
first day he was left alone he was going
to stand on his head when he caught sight
Of his hair in the mirror. Nope" he
said, Il amt going to spoil my nice hair"
When he was we'll enough to get around
the ladies all spoke of his lovely hair. and
the boys said his new hair was bang up"
but Tommy was unhappy. He wanted to
stand on his head. but he didn't want to
spoil his nice hair.
The boys next door had show In their
woodshed 1.-TWO pins admission), and they
offered Tommy fifty pins to stand on his
head just once. Tommy said 'Noper
but he went to the show. Unfortunately.
a keg they had to walk On caught Tom
mys fancy. 1t was beautifully painted
with red and white stripes. Tommy said:
Il can stand on my head on that keg, and
no other boy in town can do 1t. I'll do
it just once" So the keg was rolled out.
Tommy got ready, and slowly balancing
himself. stood up just like little statue.
1t was a fine sight and worth a whole
paper of pins to see him. but when he got
down there was trouble.
The varnish On top of the keg was not
dry, and Tommy's hair stuck fast. The
harder he pulled the more it hurt. Some
big boys tried to help him, but they only
made matters worse. All the children ran
away, excepting the boys who had the
show.
They got Tommy On his feet. with tb~
keg on top of his head, stood hip h h.er in
q corner and went for his r1s',ar yb.n
Tommy's mother came with a pair of
scissors. he looked SO miserable she couid
not scold hip. While the boys steadied
the keg s1e cut his hair any way to get it
loose.
After they reached home his mother
gazed Mt Tommy and said: Il haven't any
handsome little boy any more. You look
like a wild Indian" Tommy hung his
head for moment and then looked up
with grin and said: ''I amt going to
stand on my head any more" and hs
hasn't to this very day.
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You don't say so," exclaimed Skee-
ticks. THAT gives me an idea. / will
put her picture on the baking powder
boxes and print under it in large red let
ters: As good as the Princess Alice Is
beautiful. II you don't believe II, try it,
Don't you think that would make people
buy it?'
We'll, should say it would" replied
his friend. But you will have to take a
picture of her yourself, for she has never
had one taken. She says that she is
afraid it would not be as beautiful as she
is So Skeezicks packed his magic wand
and box of baking powder in his valise
aud started of to take q picture of the
Princess Alice.
The Princess was sitting on the froct
lawn Of the palace, letting crowd ofcour-
tiers look at her and see how beautiful
she was, when Skeezicks came up and
wanted to take her picture. "oh, my good
ness, Gracious me! Why, the idea, Put my
picture on your horrid baking powder
boxes? / never heard of such a thing, Seize
him. guards.' Two hundred guards seized
him at once and they took his baking pow
der away and then boxed his ears for dar-
| ing to speak of the Princess Alice and bak-
ing powder in the same breath. 1t is
very unpleasant to have your ears boxed
| by 200 guards, and Skeezicks was so
angry that as soon as they let him go
he changed himself into a huge black
cloud. Then he swooped down on the
Princess and carried her away to his
castle, where he shut her up. with only
two or three servants, and locked all the
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PUT ALL THE SLIPS IN A BOX.

The players provide themselves with a
receptacle of some sort-a box or lunch
basket will do-and some slips of paper.
Each one assumes some character of his
tory and writes on his or her slip some
thing that character did and then signs
his or her own name, but is very careful
not to write the name Of the character
represented. For instance, Jeremy jerks
might take Christopher Columbus. He
would write on his slip of paper. Il dis
covered America. Jeremy Jenks" The
rest follow suit until each slip is COM
plete.
When all are ready the slips are folded
and put into the lunch basket. This is
closed and shaken well. Then it is opened
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

Ii these sharp. cold days. when winter
has at last fastened its hold upon us and
made playing out of doors very uncom-
Portable, the old indoor games are prime
favorites, but they are apt to grow slow
and monotonous when the weather obliges
little folks to stay indoors for several
days in succession.
Here is new game that can be played
by any number. both boys and girls. and
while 1t is great fun, it also helps you
with your history, as you will find at ex-
animation time If you play it much. It
is almost as good as a review in history,
and any boy or girl who has studied his
tory at all will have no trouble in making
4 very good score at it.
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~ nee there was princess so beau
tiful that everyone who saw her
said she was the most perfect i'm
age of perfection that one could
imagine. and these who had not seen her,
but had heard CT her, said so. too, for
they wanted their friends to think that
they were fashionable and moved in the
best circles of society. OF course, as
everyone praised her beauty and no one
denied it, the fame OF her good looks
soon spread all over the world. until
there was no enc, however distant, that
had never heard of the Princess Alice.
The last person to hear Of this exquisite
young lady was a very powerful magician,
who lived on the edge Of the world, and
so, of course. you see, he could not hear
of her as soon as the rest.
One day this magician, whose name was
Skeezicks. invented a new kind of baking
powder, that. he said. was better than
any baking powder ever used before He
began to tell all of his friends about it
and brag about what ii could do, and after
they had listened awhile one of them
said: why. it must be as good as the
Princess Alice is beautiful
''oh, it is a great deal better than that"
said Skeezicks. for if the Princess Alice
was one-millionth as pretty as my baking
powder is good she would be the hand
soonest young lady in the world
That is just what she is" said his
friend; and, what is more. she is the
most beautiful person that ever lived
Everyone says so, and If you don't believe
It, just ask them
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King was so glad to see his daughter that
he had her marry the young man at once.
and named him Prince Dragonkiller He
said he could have whicheter half OF the
kingdom he wanted. so Prince Dragon
killer chose the land and told the King
he could keep the water, and they all
lived happily ever after
Skeezicks was very much disappointed
when he found the Princess had escaped,
but he found the dragon all swallowed
and put picture of him on his boxes of
baking powder, and underneath il he
printed in lnrge red letters: It's as good
as the dragon, who was so good that he
swallowed himself" OF course, that at
tracted great deal of attention. and
Skeezicks sold SO much baking powder
that he was just as we'll satisfied after
ALL
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on running to Tommy they found him sit
ting on the floor looking very sheepish.
After that it would not work at all, as
Tommy thought 1t was great fun to tap
the bell with his hand, just to see the
whole family rush for him. They vera
greatly discouraged, and concluded the
only thing to do was to watch Tommy all
the time. This was all right as long as
his mother or his aunt had an eye on him,
but when he was trusted to Lucy or the
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and each one takes out slip. OF course,
you will each get some one else's slip.
Then each tries to guess what character is
represented by the slip he or she now
has. The name of the character is writ
ten on the slip, which is then returned to
It's owner. II you have guessed right you
score one point, but if you are wrong you
are minus one point, but if he or she is
wrong and guesses something else you
score one point. In this way you may
make two points on one shuttle of the
slips, or you may lose two points, or you
may gain one point and lose one point, not
scoring anything. The game is seven
points.
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TopSy YUruy Tommy Todd.
BY FRANK G. STARK.

fuss and trouble, they managed to fasten
flatiron on each of Tommy's feet, but
they found this would not do, as he could
not walk. While they were at breakfast
Tommy's mother tapped the bell for the
girl, when his father exclaimed: "I have
solved the problem! We will tie the bell
on top of Tommy's head so that every
ring, and he can be stopped"
The first day this worked wei, enough.
There were three rings of the bell, and
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A Puzzle.

Ny first is in why,
But not in do.
Nv second is in blue,
But not in pink.
Nv third Is IN sigh,
But not in trouble.
Ny fourth is in two,
But not in one.
Nv fifth is in man,
But not in beast.
Ny sixth is in iron,
But rot in steel.
NV seventh is in new,
But not in old.
Nv eighth is in in,
But not in out.
Ny ninth is in star,
But not in moon.
Nv tenth is in tree,
But not in shrub.
My eleventh is in eve,
But not IN morn.
Ny twelfth is in run,
Rui nnt in YAK.
And all form together q
Church OF which We talk.
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and hearts? The pattern for the SER
want Of the people Is not the imperious
Elijah; John Knox might have render
ed more effectual service had he been a
gentleman in Queen Mary's presence.
The man who does the work Of Isaiah S
servant will not proceed as one who
tramples and brushes the reeds on the
banks of the Jordan, or who invades
society ike raw gust of wind, putting
out the Pickering wick. The man for
the people, In the true sense Of the
words, must be Christian gentleman.
Another Characteristic stands out in
this portrayal; the servant is an irwin
chile Optimist. He shall not fail or be
discouraged till he have set judgment
in the earth" The true optimist is the
man who believes in the day after to-
morrow. Tomorrow may be day Of
storm, the signs of the times may be
ominous as the red evening sky: but the
day after tomorrow shall show the re-
newed earth and the clear sky after the
storm. We are facing dark and omi-
nous problems; thfey may stir within
us the Joy Of strong action; the coming
storm may prove to be the opportunity
of generous and noble youth; but some
day after tomorrow shall be Gods new
fair day for man.
DR.. Smyth spoke with great earnest
ness, in conclusion, of the obligations
of religious men and the call of the
church to do this work of rebuIsing ap-
athy, and calling upon men in their
several stations and the church to
bring forth the right now to truth, if
we would not deserve these scathing
reproaches of Isaiah: who is blind
but my servant, or deaf as my messen-
ger that l send? Who Is bland as he
that is at peace with me, and blind as
the Lords servant? Thou seest many
things, but thou observest not; his ears
are open, but he hearth not. Therefore
he poureth, therefore he may pour, up
on our land the fury of his anger and
the strength of battle; and 1t setteth
him on fire roundabout, yet he knew
not; and it burned him, yet he laid it
not to heart" For such leadership, for
the men who shall fill out in their char
acters and their power this portraiture
of the prophet, now with an urgent call
our country waits.
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that appeals. If there may be SYM
pathy in the inanimate- in the sun
light or the fiower-there can be none
in the glacier, the iceberg, the frozen
sea. They stand for absolute and IN
breakable pitiless constraint, the alb
senCe of life, the dead as distinguished
from the quick. A cold hell is infinite
ly more appalling than a hot one, If
we only stop to think of it.
That is what restraint should mean,
then, cold, passionIess, rigid control;
conquest of self, a self-mastery
which commands personal powers, con-
trolls vices and exalts virtues; con-
quest over self, stern, irrevocable, over
whelming. And constraint in human
affairs is necessary to success.
Achievement is more often the result of
self-control than any other quality.
The necessity for self-control in every
field of endeavor or expression is at
once apparent to the thoughtful
Shall enlarge or diminish my ser
mon If now limit restraint entirely to
that little member called the tongue?
Perhaps because speech is so easy
there is more necessity for resraint
and control in talk than in anything
else. 1t canot be gainsaid that we talk
too much. AS individuals this is true,
and as the nation is simply the collect
ed individual it is equally true of the
country. We talk too much about ev-
cry subject under the sun. Sometimes
think the fate of the Athenians is be-
fore us. The nation which of all others
has the proudest record in art, in let
tiers. in history, finally degenerated
through it's, persistent gossip and CAB
bic into a community whose national
insignia, it was suggested by one of
the satirists, should be a huge and
waggling tongue! The Athenians We're
finally overthrow by people not half
SO gifted as they whose habit of re-
license has passed into proverb and
given us the noble adjective "laconic.'
As a nation and as individuals we
have the fatal gift of fluency in COM
pick language constantly increasing
and of vast fiexibility; to this is added
an exuberant fancy, facile modes of ex-
preston and a constant desire to say
something even. Where two or three
are gathered together in this country
there is usually a speech called for and
delivered, sometimes two or three, and
more often than not it happens that the
Lord is not present in the group either.
If the number of addresses made in
just one day on every conceivable sub
ject, from the after dinner effort to the
stump speech, were tabulated the total
| would astonish humanity.
Not only do we talk too much but we
read and write too much, Think of
the reams Of printed matter which are
turned out by the presses and thrust
before the readers on this Sunday
morning, here and everywhere in the
land Nine-tenths of 1t serves no pur-
pose whatever. and is of no value to
anybody We could get along great
deal better without it. We waste
time in useless discussions, in consid-
ering subjects. about which we know,
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Poii,s Theater.

The famous Russell brothers are to
head the bill that opens at Polls thea
ter this afternoon. They will present
the comedy sketch of George M. Cohan
entitled "A Romance of New Jersey, -
which gives them an opportunity to
display their talents with their bur-
lesque representations.
Another delightful sketch on the long
bill to be offered will be Taylor, Rich
ards and company in what they have
styled Wanted, a Stenographer." This
sketch will introduce four people who
have become as well known for their
clever work as the four Cohans. They
have that same dash and style. and
ought to prove one of the hits of the
bill. They also have a pleasing singing
speciality which they will introduce.
The two plain Hebrews, .Yorke and Ad-
ans, are also to be in the olio. They
will have funny makeup and a talk
ing act that will make you roar with
laughter. The Weston Raymond Trio
will present their latest success, Heart
of Maryland" Youngs and Brooks, in
refined and pretty musical sketch, are
coming; also Frank Whitman with a
novelty as the dancing violinist; Ray
mond and Hart, two pretty comedi-
ennes, with singing and dancing spe-
cialty; Yeager and Yeager with real
hot coon act, and the American vita
graph with an entirely new set of fine
views.
Prices: Evenings, 10, 90 and 30 cents;
afternoons, 10 and 20 cents; ladies at
matinees, 10 cents.