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[Illustration: CAPRICORNUS NO. 1. "You butter stop!"]

[Illustration: CAPRICORNUS NO. 2. "You butter get out of the way!"]

THE EGG TOMBOLA.

[Illustration: Fig. 1.]

[Illustration: Fig. 2.]

A very amusing toy can be made out of an egg, to resemble Fig. 1 in our
picture. The one from which our drawing is copied was constructed in
half an hour. The way to do it is this: Get a clean, well-shaped fresh
egg. With a strong needle make a hole at each end about the size of a
large shot, then suck out the contents of the egg. Now you have the
hollow shell. Through one of the holes drop in about half a tea-spoonful
of shot and the same quantity of pellets of bees-wax or tallow. Now take
a small bit of bread and work it between the fingers till it becomes a
paste; with this stop up the hole at the big end of the egg. Then
procure a cup of boiling water, and hold the egg in it till the wax is
melted, taking care to hold it quite upright, so that all the shot will
settle in the big end. This will take about five minutes. Then hold the
egg in very cold water till the wax has cooled. This will take about
five minutes more. You will now find that the egg will stand upright on
the table, no matter in what position you may lay it down. The next
thing is to paint or draw on it the figure of an old gentleman like our
picture, and you have the Tombola complete. If the figure be painted
with oil-colors, the Tombola can be made to perform his pranks in a
basin of water.

Fig. 2 shows the interior of the egg and the position of the shot and
wax.

STORIES OF DOGS.

We are sure all young people will read with pleasure the following
description of a very remarkable dog which belonged to the Hon.