Apple seeds can be converted into the cutest little mice imaginable by following these directions:
With a fine needle draw black sewing silk through the pointed end of a good fat apple seed, and clip it short enough to appear a proper length for ears; then with a sharp penknife shave a narrow strip from the under or flat side of the seed, and turn it out at the other end for the tail. Now pass the needle through a white card, and through the seed near the tail, and again through the card, and draw down snugly to the card; repeat the same at the ear end, and the little chap stands on all fours, a very realistic mouse. Two or three tiny muslin bags, filled with cotton, marked, "The malt that lay in the house that Jack built," and sewed on one corner of the card, with half a dozen or so of these miniature pests headed toward it, furnish a very unique trifle, the making of which will give an hour's pleasure.
ANSWER TO THE PUZZLE OF THE TRAMP TRANSFORMED.
The Tramp Puzzle given in YOUNG PEOPLE No. 20 is solved as follows: The dotted line _A B_ indicates the cut you are to make with the scissors. The brim of the man's hat, his pipe, and his nose will fit into the spaces _C_, _D_, and _E_. The other piece off the hat represents the sea-cow. The few lines marked _F_ represent the reflection of the sea-cow in the water.
Tricking Bruin.--The Laps and Finns have an idea that when they kill an animal it has the power of haunting them if it condescends to take that advantage. When therefore they have slain a bear, they surround the body and utter loud lamentations; expressive of the deepest regret. Presently one of them asks, in pitying tones, "Who killed thee, poor creature? Who destroyed thy beautiful life?" Another of the party replies on behalf of the bear, "It was the wicked Swede who lives across the mountain!" And there is a chorus of "What a cruel deed! What a dreadful crime!"
[Illustration: TOP-SY-TURVY--HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT YOURSELVES, BOYS?]
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880, by Various