-out when I got ‘intothe water.” 
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The Young Holkg. 
Hardships of a Boy.. 
I like-roast beef.and lemonade, 
And ham and gingerbread, 
And apple pie and pickles, just 
Before I go to bed. 
But Ma.she says it wouldn’t do 
_ To eat a single bite; 
She says that little boys who eat 
Such things would die at night, | 
Ya ate like anything to die, 
Yet eating is such joy; 
Between the two it’s pretty hard 
To:be.a little boy. 
_ Wonders of the World, 
A MAN WHO TAMES FISH. 
Can fish be iaméd? It seems impossible. 
But there exists a man who says he has 
-done it, and photographs have heen 
‘taken which prove beyond dispute that 
he is right. He is a well-known Swiss 
-doctor, Fastenrath by name. 
For years Dr. Fastenrath was desirous 
-of testing the tamability of fish, and at 
last a'favourable opportunity of doing so 
presented itself. He was taking baths for 
his health in ‘a private bathing-house on 
the Lake of Lugano when he noticed that 
in a certain part of this building there 
lived, near: a heap of stones, a: family -of 
loaches— in ali about a hundred’ or.a- 
hundred and fifty fish. ‘these loaches, 
-of which the largest. was about the size of 
a trout, used frequently to swim into the 
ath-house; but, of course, would scurry 
It was 
these fish which the doctor tried to tame. 
To do this he proceeded with caution, 
At first he sat in the water for a whole | 
hour, quietly holding i in each of his hands, 
which he supported on his knees, a piece 
-of well-soaked bread. The loaches would 
have nothing to do with him at first. In - 
fact, they were very anxious to avoid him. 
But this was not for long. “In a little 
while,” continues the doctor, ‘‘some of the 
youngest members of ‘the fawily ventured, 
with the greatest care, to nibble at the © 
bread, but. started off in great fright if 
there was the slightest movement in my 
hands. hen came a few larger and older 
fish, and by degrees, in increasing numbers 
‘they approached me,even the -oldestand 
largest, until they became exceedingly 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
friendly. As soon as I stepped intc the 
water they would circle round me, and 
would make a dart for the bread that I 
brought. They were not at all disturbed 
by my movements, I could move as I 
pleased. I used to lift both hands quickly 
from the water and plunge them in again, 
yet they were not scared. 'I'hey would slip 
through my fingers, and I used to touch 
them on thei heads and backs, both big 
and little ones, and they did not mind.” 
When the doctor got on good terms with 
the loaches he was photographed in their 
midst. But, in order that the fish could 
be shown in the picture, a large white 
sheet was spread on the ground below the 
water. Even this did not frighten them 
away, although heavy stones had to be 
placed on the sheet to keep it on the 
bottom, and it was difficult to prevent some 
of the fish from being stifled under the 
sheet. : 
An interesting report was recently made 
by Dr. Fastenrath to the German Press of 
his experiments, and drew considerable 
attention from ichthyologists. ‘To thi8 
report we are indebted for some of our 
details, 
What the Sun Tells. 
A grey sky in the morning means that 
fine weather is coming. 
A red sky when the sun rises, and the 
day will be wet. 
_A pale sunset—rain to-morrow. 
A red sky at night—fine weather. 
In the summer time, when you see mist 
round the sun in the early morning, the 
day will be a fine one, 
—_—_—_»___—_ 
Conundrums. 
What part of a lady is a lad ? 
Her chin (urchin). 
oo oR aed 
Parr aa 
What lady can never visit alone ? 
Mrs Anderson (and ‘er son). 
Why isa pretty girl like a bad coin? 
Because there is positively no passing 
her. 
5 ear ee tar 
When are you not yourself? 
When you're a little pale (pail). 
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rar Parra 
Why is every man his own clergyman? 
Because he is his own pa’s son (parson). . 
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Par ae aa 
What is worse wae a ie with a sore 
. throat? « 
A pen neds with chilblains. 
October 1, 1909 
WIT AND HUMOR. 
There was once a bulldog named Caesar — 
Saw a cat and he thought he would taesar, 
But the cat was too fly, 
And she scratched out an eye. 
Now Caesar just saesar and flaesar. 
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— Fowl Talk, — 
“Who broke these eggs?” Judge Drake 
asked of the prisoner in the dock, 
“Tm, guilty, sir,” the bantam cried. “I 
threw a tlymouth Rock. 
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— True Logic — 
“It’s no disgrace to fail if you have done 
your best,” said the philosopher, 
“That may be so,” replied the man who 
had failed. “But it’s pretty rough to have 
to admit that the best you could do was 
fail.” 
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— Cross Examination. — 
~ Solicitor: “You reside——” 
Witness: “With my uncle.” 
Solicitor: “And your uncle lives——” 
Witness: ‘With me.” 
Solicitor: “Exactly. And you both live 
2 
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Witness: “Together,” 
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-— Private Jones. — 
Post-Orderly (to last-joined recruit» 
whose letters, addressed ‘‘Mr. Jones,” have 
caused much trouble in discovering the 
owner): “My lad, every man hasa rank. 
You must tell your friends to put ‘Private’ 
on your letters.” 
“Very good, sergeant,’” ‘ 
The next letters arrive: ‘Strictly Brivates y 
—Mr. Jones.” Collapse of post-orderly. 
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— Settled. — 
In a Laneash ire town an inspector visit- 
ed a mill to see that the owners did not 
employ children under a certain age. ; 
The manager telephoned through the — 
mill, and all the little ones who were 
wrongfully employed were hidden: in — 
various out-of-the-way places. 7 
Whilst crossing the yard, the inspecter - 
happened to observe some fingers protrud- 
ing from a case, and on lifting the lid he 
saw a boy sitting down, He asked him 
why he was there, upon which the little 
fellow replied : 
“Shut th’? mouth, mon, and put ¢’ lid 
down. Doesn’t ta know th’ inspector's 
about?” 
