OUR YOUNG FOLKS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3640, 19 April 1906, Page 4

OUR YOUNG FOLKS

THE CONCEITED MOUSE. A. Lively Tale From St. Nicholas, In Which a Moral May Be Found, if Wanted. Once upon a time there wa i a very small mouse With a very, Very largo opinion of himself. What ho didn’t know his grandmother couldn’t toll him. “You’d betterkoop a bright eye in your head these days,” said she ono chilly afternoon. “Your gran’thor has smelled a trap." "Scotl" answered tho small mouse, »• ’s If 1 don’t know a trap when I soo it!” And that was all tho thanks she got for her good advice. “Go your own way, for yon will go no other, *’ the wise old mouse Haiti to herself,

“Vtum* • and she Herat ly ns she wh'.- t d i Up the cellar ; ’. ’ I- ' ■: * ■ IP ' f Into a tv board, ' c'u. . scuttle. ‘ • ■ . cunning Jit'.: ’■■■■: ■ •■• h at that If—v elite-": ■ • . -• very -mm; iiiiii! bocseT • •! The t (J*> . ■ ■ ■’ • ,■ t.iilll - )f. I • • . . • • -i air. a „ „ ti i. i. i..-ow « ........ . ... . - ■: •-*< , -»!l ■ ‘ ' Let. f O tO ••*9 <UC uur-'! I M tiil.tt allot her nll-i----ii .!•„ igo out. What’s that I ’,Vh,,t Sa S'.iiivaUs H the matter -.-i i-v dt • ' T'is is a c'lrcscbouse, 1 > • ■’••*.' ;r it slu.ild turn out •..V.' tbur-’s lust ■ hs. • 'l-lkW ; ' ung ;.’ s the (•:.•! ;.. •! amuse- ■ , tile \v- >of A Oi’ll t • t.iC i f’lnslvO . ;• , Dril.lUlV;; OT’d liis guests •)■ aps ns curious n collection of these .oup.-aphs aa can anywhere bo found, livery one of royal blood who travels in this car Is expected to scratch his name with a diamond, and in conr-equonco the -r is scored with tho sign manuals, t;f them rly undecipherable, of r.s .’urlty of the prince:! and princesses • Ku.-epo as well as many crowned heads. Cor- -ii-.-ny Is entirely laid aside in this aely fooling, and tho groat ones are ..vend to sign thoir pet or family nlck-.-.nic. Consequently hero may bo seen the /natures: b. i<■'.y,’’ (ho present emperor . " H-i-s-a; i-v.-Gm,” U.» ivft; i mpetorj Wlnny,” princess of Germany; ‘ llertle— Alix,"’ Prince and Princess of Wales; M!.' grand Pu’:o Michael M ilnssia; •T-T’v.” la;., do!;;- of Um-ev/i-: “Uaby," ■ ,M rh'. i "Willy,” ; ... -, : , r73 Q f A- ■ ■ i- ; --vy, Ij v.vi.'i a !-.t? Oil' a "a.v in liio slot/

I Should think That wo must weigh Seven hundred tons I They can't get folks Like ua each day. Wo ’re very heavy ones! STeretelling the Weather. A Spanish journal tells of as IntorctV Ing experiment to be tried with a cup of clear coffee and a lump of sugar. Ths sugar should be dropped into the cot I '/ a without stirring. In a moment the nir contained in tha sugar will rise to the surface In the shape of bubbles, and these bubbles are excellent weather indications If they collect in the middle of tho cup, a fair day follows; if, adversely, they adhere to the sides, forming a ivg of bubbles with a clear space In the center, take your umbrella, for rain is al hand, while. If they do m ;- ; e.r one thing e T-.iic oi-li-t. but- scatter Irit-.gninrly. vai-1 T -u'...f Is liuih-;,w! T 5:. 1 ; <’ «• ‘ explanation of il- ■ ;.. .i--n of tbv m n.--i ph -re on the baboo-.-! i.-i r><>- fnad. but tin i r ' l ' b- ' -vi; :- V :' |A- ; “1 . Vi: 1} Ji .., . . -V .. . An •’ : : i: ■■■ i i m: I. "i cuio-k.i- it n ivy b ■ .d.” ri ki-. v 7 1 . ->r I elg:u-.i-e calf .An ami i suspended them <■ i win insulators to tramJ mi; the mcrai..-? f-.r.r pole to polo.