OUR Young Folks

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3520, 11 May 1905, Page 4

OUR Young Folks

•* ■ kOMbdfYS AIL) A MIRROR. 4 f.-.jiU r.M-rto- Thing-. Rive!* a ..mag antra! U ".luukcy I’clk. mi; . .-log, J.;r. Kipling call* the mmike. folk, bad a dreadful time in I i.gi ;-.i oa.'d noli Jong ago and all because nf a rule mirror. Rat then a mirror has ■'...•n known to raise no end of trouble i.-long real human folks. As tbo New ,J AWk World tells the tale, a wicked person * kVided the mirror to a largo brown man-

DI( KO ASI) "'UK MIIIKOK. known, as Dicko. Tlio mirror mil d-.-nl, i inches in diameter. Dickotookit, ■•J. scowled savagely and tl’.on knock- ;*;! i iui ugly monkey in tho frame clear a-rosin tho cage. A small black monkey picked up the s. lie gazed at himself, and bo did in.if a dozen oilier monkeys over his ghoulKieko niiido a dash and snatched the mirror, whereupon every other monkey leaped nppn him, and such a squealing, snapping, twisting mass of monkeys was no it seen, if lie Peeper found tho iuqv.lsh;v« i-n-ikm-s trying to eat lh« quicks!!v -r. He. entered ii.» cage and fought with .•horn to lake the glass away. It was oil fun for tho spectators, particularly one man, until ho was arrested for furnishing dm mirror. What the Birds Say. The negro.is a close observer of nature, <a. a ride. Every animal ho endows with human at tribute-;. Tim rabbit, fox and squirrel and all tho tinny tribe are made I.> p.’.-rr a, part in si cry and song, and the birds an. :ml sligho-d. Here arc some sentiments which, the hew Orleans Times-Demoorat says, are pa. into the months, or rather the hetiks, of mu- feather friends by their sable intorp triers. ho-net hues tho owls hoot from tree to iiito ace.;\s tiiu swamp roads: I live In tlio now bouse, Who—who— who's in the old? Thi y c-.-ul to each other from their perches la i'..e mighty oaks and tupelo gums, where yellow .i'ismiue and rattan vinos I wine so thickly as to make almost a jangle, and they say: I cook For my folks, And who— who—who Cooks for y’ all? Tho partridge whistles shrilly through the .summer grasses; Bobwhito! Coni ripe? Not quite. ■ Dog bite? Ye;-, at night. The clove mourns, say tho old black people, fora passing soul. They claim, too, i hat' the dove dies faster than does any raker bird. Tho jay is said to carry semis, downward. Why the pert litllo Col low has such un vmaide r •pulation is nut-known. Tills ia li.u song Bo is Ki-.itl to sing: A way, a way I Id •• viirrii-d a soul Du., a today. -■ -.ti-ry another Tomorrow. How to C liver n Book. Put tho bonk in the e,enter of a sheet of paper large nne-i’gh to allow two inches ui bo turned in at tho helium and sides. J-'old the rover over (ho sices aud crease ic- so tbat ii. will not slip. Then cut diagonally from i ho lop and bottom of the paper to point ; just tv little beyond where the book wtd open. In many books this may be hi ..-'.-mined easily by tlio binding. Cut straight, slips from the top and hot-h-m of the ; epor to tho four corners of thq Kijy. Th.m fold the paper tunning the extension of .ho sides down- between tho book ami tho part of tho paper cover which folds over the 'lop. This will make each euf-iov perkrt.’y square. When using cloth, it is better to fold the rm-e.or.-i rat h -.- H an to cut them, as the , Kail is apt V . fray, but they should bo always tu.T,ed .-.ad I- ildod so as to come out--hie tiie boo it itself, between it and the cover, says Gulden Days. Merry May. Ban, ban, white sheep, Come with mo and play. Don’t- fui-get, my woolly pet, ' This is the first of May.

Übiji. dong, fairy .bolls! What i. it you say? ‘•Swou 1 mouth of all the yew la tho month of May.” The La/.y Dandelion. T:t- -i-.-sj wind to the sunshine said: •, !;uie that ohild was out cf bed. j 1 ciuua.t own see his bond 1 Abo.-' the clothes. * ! j-<’s ( .-.a his other nurse, the rain, j g . ; I,;-.'.’, the th« ots and eouatorpasfl j Down to his toes.” 1 •j v yi- nrd hi::i out of his warm plan#; •, /ve ashed Ids dying, crumpled few . And b’.’.hiing hands; • : y <-a abed raid brushed his yellow ' l,V.i'*l ~ ;m hero and kissed hlito-thea* | ■}. 1 ia i.ie : ■■i'uutr summer air i -lushing ho ativnds.

' HE PAID UP. A Wedding Thai Cost Stuart Rutson sr„ooo. "T read vii the nov/.-.i'f.pors one morning, 11 revs Nat C. Goodwin, “that, Lawrence Eutci t’s dan "liter had been married, ;.od among the bridal gifts was acl.c. i: Co.- from Stuart. Robson. ‘‘ -Tii,it can hardly be true,’ thought I. ‘Robson juul Barret tiro groat friends, but Kob-oa would not Ins. likely to give so much mo,nay as u wedding present. Tlie newspapers mast bo wrong.’ “A* day or two lot or I mot Robson in Broadway. “ ‘Look here, old man,’ said I. ‘How about. I bat gift of $5,000 you are said to have made to Larry Barrett’s daughter? Have i lie newspapers been lying about you again;-" “ ‘Xat,’ said he solemnly, ‘it’s true — true as gospel 1 Step out here one side, and ]'ll tell you how it happened.’ “ V.V- retired to a convenient corner, and Robson told mu the whole story, and it amu-vd mu immensely. ‘‘‘About two years ago last summer,’ said he. ‘a young man called at my cottage in Uulmssot, bringing a letter of introduction from a friend in Now York. 1 was as cordial as I could bo, and the fellow kept calling oil’ and on all summer. He did not interest me particularly, but ho was harmless. One day ho said to me, “Mr. Hobson, that Miss Barrett is a charming girl.” “ ‘ “Ah, and so you have met the Barretts, have you?” says I."

“ ‘ “I have,” says he, “and Irogard Miss Barrett as one of the most charming young ladies I ever saw.”

*• 1 “.She is, my hoy, slie isl” says I. “ Pitch in and win her, and the day yon wed her I’ll give you SS.QUO And here’a $1 to bind Urn bargain.” *■ ‘K.-d, 1 pledge you my word I had no idi-;,, 1 hat anything further would ever cione of the matter. My idea was to cu-t-oarage the 1 allow to spend his time at Barren's cottage instead of mine. But he was ia eai-nei-t. it seems. I used to hoar of 1)1?; being with Miss Barrett a good deal, and occasionally I would see them sauntering along 1 he beach listening to the music of the sad sea waves. But, as I said, I thought i.-olhing serious of it all, and I lor;, t all air-tit my stipulation involving the .-a,Olio, ?•;) you can imagine my aston-ish),-p oi. m- hn.-ro'-, w.'icu, about iwo mo.uks ago, that y.mng man turned up el my ivttage. again, wearing a particularly trumnltunt ami!.'. “ ' ‘‘Mr. Hobson," said he, ‘‘l’ve done It.” Done what?” says 1. “ • “ih-oposed to her,” says ho. “ 1 ” Bropo-ed to whom?” says 1. ’■ • “Why. to Mbs Barrett,” says he, ‘•ami I’m going to marry her!” y ■ “Tho you are•” so-vs T. for the news fairly k'ux-k.-d the wind out, of me. ’• • “I am. indeed.” says lie, aud then he reminded me of the promise I had given him about, the cheek. Ves. you may not believe it; bill, Nat, the fellow had tho bad t.-V-!e to recall that I had promised to give him a Ic-hi;.! p'v.reiit, in ease ho won Lurry Barrett's daughter. My hoy. ’ says I as amiably as 1 could, "Bluart Robson never forget.', and lie never violates a pledge or a promise!” ‘The morning of the wedding I was feeling too indisposed to leave my bod. I had been sitting up too late the night before with a sink friend. So 1 called my daughter to mo. Alif-ia, ” said 1, “uro you going to the wedding?” ’• ‘ “Ves, lather.” “ • “Then take this check with you,” caid I “Bo careful not to lose it, and after the wedding hand it to the groom. But, mind yon, Alicia, do not give it to him until niter the minister pronounces thorn man ami wife, for ho might drop dead in tho meantime.”

“ ‘When my daughter returned that afternoon, I said. “Alicia, is it all over?” “ • “Vos, father.’’ " ' “And did you give him the check for *5,0(10?” Yes. father. ” ‘ “Wliut did tie do when you gave it to him!' 1 ' “ • " Father,- lie cried. “ “ ‘1 was gratified, i will admit, that my trifling benefaction had touched his heart, yet 1 was anxious to know the fa If extent ol his appreciation. He cried, did he?” said I "How Kmg did he cry?” “ ' "Father, I am not sure, Imt I should say about a minute. ” “ " “A minute! A minute!” said I. ," 1 cried an hour before I signed that check!” * ” —Eugene Field in Chicago Record. Army Intelligence, An army officer, Captain Poker Chip, •who has been dismissed from tin- army for duplicating Ids cash account', was seen walking on the street with a lady. Several United States officers of the ciub saw the couple, and Colonel Mouisiain Howitzer remarked to i\ia,)or Blow: “I can t comprehend how Poker Chip lias the chock to bo scon on the streets with a woman who would so far forget herself as to walk out with a man of Lis reputation ” —Texas Siftings Warned In Time. Mr. Ilardnutt—l admit,sir, that my life has not been what it should he, hut 1 truly and unselfishly love your daughter, and if over 1 give her a moment’s pain 1 hope I’ll be made to suffer torture for it. Old Centle.’uan (vvaruingly)—Oh, you will I You don’t know her.—New York Weekly. Impossible. Mrs Bellefleld—Mrs Oakland has a great secret. Mrs, Bloomfield—Oh, noi She can’t have. “Why not?" “If site had. she would have told it to inw ” —Pittsburg Chronicle-TV-legmph. Hint tq Benedicts. “1 don't Jibe to interfere iu domestic affairs, “says the Manayunk philosopher, “but 1 would suggest to the married man that it would be well for him to let bis wife bring up. the family while lie brings up the c00,!.’' —Philadelphia Record. A IVcuHarity. “Money talks." said the confident man “Ves." replied the melanchoiy citizen, “but when it's conversing with a poor relation if usually talks iu a whisper.”— Washington Star IVflned. “What do we mean by health?” r.sked the teacher " Idealtc. ” said a timid little voice, “is when* you're real (at and have lots of skill “ Youth's Companion. AnsWenxl. “How ninny hells are iu this chime?' ' asked the cm ions i riveter. “Eight, all tolled." Hi-.id the 'sexton.— Indianapolis Journal-