OUR YOUNG FOLKS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3700, 2 August 1906, Page 4

OUR YOUNG FOLKS

THE. CONCEITED MOUSE. /. TJvely Talc rror.-i Pt.. Nicholas, In Which a Moral May lie Found, if We !• Ouoo upon a time there wssa very jv use with a very, very largo opinion of {:' ;i3olf. What hu didn’t know Ills grandn; ther couldn’t ti.-ll him. ■ - You’d heller keep a bright eyo in your b. d these days,” said she one chilly aite: -.0011. 11 Your grau’tlier lias smelled a tr. ■ n. ” ■‘Scat!” answered the email mouse, 11 if I don’t know a trap when I soo itl” i. ed that was all the thanks sho got for I : good advice. ■ ; Go your own way, for you will go no other,” thowisn old mouse said to herself,

“70DB GSAK’TIIEU HAS SMELLED A THAP." at® scratched her nose slowly and sadly as she watched her grandson scamper \V} the collar stairs. “Ah,” sallied* ho, poking his whiskers h. a crack of the dining room oupt*:ard, -“cheese, as I’m alive!” Scuttle, Seattle. “I’ll bo squizzlcd it it isn’t that finning little housed I know what that L—a ohcoschouso, of course I What a very gang hall! That’s tho way with chcesei. .uses. I know, ’cause I’ve heard the dairymaid talk about ’em. It must be father inconvenient, though, to carry milk rp that step and through an Iron door. I k 'owwhy it’« so open—to let in fresh air. V I't'dl you that cheese Is good I Kihd faf h re-option room in there. 1 guess I know a tveeption room.from a hole in tho wall. K , trouble at all about getting in either. Wouldn’t grandmother open her eyes to s: ome here! Guess I’ll take another nibLio at that cheese ami go out. What’s that tv. iso? What in squeaks is tho matter Wdh tho door? This is a cheosehonso, I l know it is, but what if it should turn out to bo a— O-o-o-eoco!” And that’s Just v, hat it did turn out to bo. Interesting Autographs. To scratch one’s name on a window pr.no is a pastime familiar to most young leaks and one in which it seems that thfl dignitaries of the earth can find amusement too. On ono of tho windows of a iTi'way carriage devoted to the exclusive mo of the king of Denmark and his guests is perhaps us curious a collection of .these autographs as can anywhere bo found. Every one of royal blood who travels in fills car is expected to scratch his name with a diamond, and in consequence the glass is scored with the sign manuals, i most of thorn nearly undecipherable, of tho majority of tho princes and princesses of Europe as well ns many crowned heads. Ceremony Is entirely laid aside in this stately fooling, and the great er.es are bound to sign (heir pet or family nickname. Consequently hero may bo seen tho I signatures: "I\id;y,” the present emperot of Russia; "Sadia,” tho Into emperor; ?! “Winny,” princess of Germany; “Bertie—--1 Ali.v,” Prince and Princess of Wales; \ "Misha,” grand Duke Michael of Russia; i'j “Eddy,” late duko of Clarence; “Baby,” ;l youngest Bister of tho czar; “Willy,” :{ Prince of Gohurg; “Toria,” Duchess of A York, and others quite as informal, i Aren’t We Heavy? Aren't we heavy, Gyp and 1? Don’t wo weigh a lot? Blether let ns Gome, and try One penny in the slot/

I should think That wo must weigh * Seven hundred tons! " They can't get folks *' Like us each day. tVo’ro very heavy ones! << j ' ~ * Foretelling the Weather. - A Spanish journal tells o£ an interest |i Jij[t experiment to bo tried with a cup o clear coffee and a lump of sugar, Ti.i I sugar should ho dropped into tho cohn without stirring. In a moment tho id _ ! contained in tho sugar willrisu to tho s-ix ! face in tho shape of bubbles, and tbe.-.i bublilcs arc excellent weather indications ; If they collect in tho middle of tho cup j a fair day follows; if, adversely, they ad ! hero to the sides, running a ring of hub bios with a clear space in the center, tak your umbrella, tor rain is at hand, whil if they do neither ono riling nor tho other but scatter irregularly, variable weatlie ft is indhaled Jus;, whal is the see nti'. ,t . „s plar.ai am Ilm uviluii wl tl*“ uU..i. ■ s k m.l • T ’ l- >i I - r : a, W ' W: . jlheso of c. 1 1: a :• r’’ i w"'l tested. V.';,.y.i.t it. '‘Where, do: yen 0,0 h. ,t c.v.lui CiadV" v ' Tic ema i ■; :. :y.;• ,; : 1, T Ami ’I .;; ■ y. ; ; .’ L. Id, ~ :• i '• :• 1 ■•d/- . , ~J d t, ■•_. die ; - ms';-',' to it.m 1 do m.v Co polo lc, polo. \T