OUR YOUNG FOLKS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3700, 7 August 1906, Page 4

OUR YOUNG FOLKS

| THE CONCEITED MOUSE. h Lively Tale From St, Kicholas, In Which f, lilors ’ Mfty 15<j Found, If Wimti'/.1. I Ooco luJuii a wiue toeta vasa very saiau I.i *'Us»o W.iU; a \cry, very large opinion uf lihusolf. What ho didn’t know his grandi nuthcr couldn’t tell him. j “You’d better keep a bright eye in your 1 head these days,” said she ono chilly nft--1 e.’. mon. “Your gran’thcr has smelled a t: .p. ” “Scat!” answered tho small mouse, “ hi i£ I don’t know a trap when I see it!” A ;d that was all tho thanks she got for 1) r good advice. “Go your own way, for you will go no other,” the wiso old mouse said to herself,

“TOtTR gram’theb has smelled a trap.” *nd she scratched her nose slowly and sadly as she watched her grandson scamper u> the cellar stairs. “Ah," sniffed ho, poking his whiskers la to a crack of the dining room cupboard, “cheese, as I’m alivol" . Belittle, scuttle. “I’ll ho squiszled if it isn’t that canning litflo house! I know what that I.‘—a oheesehouso, of course I What a very sing hall! That's the way with cheese--1 "uses. I know, ’cause I've hoard the dairymaid talk about ’em. It must bo rxther Inconvenient, though, to carry mills rp that stop and through an iron door. I know why it’s so open—-to let in fresh air. 1 tell you that cheeso Is good! Kind of a reception room in there, I guess I know a reception room from a holo in the wall. Ko trouble at all about getting in either. Wouldn’t grandmother open her eyes to Cf 3me here! Guess I’ll take another nibL. o at that cheeso and go out. What’s that u-lsof What in squeaks is the matter [ with the door? This is a cheesehouso, I know it Is, but what if it should turn out | to bo a— O-o-o-occo!” And that’s Just : v. hat it did turn out to ho. Interesting Autographs. To scratch one’s name on a window pane is a pastime familiar to most young folks and ono in which it seems that the ; dignitaries of the earth can find amuse- j ment too. On ono of tho windows of a j railway carriage devoted to the exclusive 1 use of tiio king of Denmark and his guests I is perhaps as curious a collection of these autographs as can anywhere ho found. ; Every ono of royal blood who travels in this car is expected to scratch his name 1 with a diamond, and in consequence tho glass is scored with tho sign manuals, most of them nearly undecipherable, of the majority of the princes and princesses of Europe as well ns many crowned heads. Ceremony is entirely laid aside in this stately fooling, and the great ones are bound to sign their pet or family nickname. Consequently hero may be seen the ; signatures: “Nicky,” tho present empero* of Russia; “Sadia,” tho late emperor; “Winny,” princessof Germany; “Bertie— Alix,” Prince and Princess of Wales; “Misha,” grand Duke Michael of Russia; “Eddy,” late duke of Clarence; “Baby,” youngest sister of tho czar; “Willy,” Prinoo of Coburg; “Toria,” Duchess of York, and others quite as informal. Aren’t We Heavy? Aren’t we heavy, G-yjj and 1? Don't wo weigh a lot? Mother let us Como and try Ono penny In the slot!

. 1 should think I That we wuat weigh ( Seven hundred tons! Tin y can’t got folks Like us each day. Wo’ro very heavy oueel Foretelling tho Weather, A Spanish journal tolls of an interest- , Ing experiment to bo tried with a cup oi clear coffeo and a lump of sugar. Ti e sugar should bo dropped into tho coffee without stirring. In a moment the air contained in the sugar will rise to the s ;r----iaco in tho shape of bubbles, and there .nibbles are excellent weather indication;;. , If they collect in tho middle of tho cup, ! \ fair day follows; if, adversely, they ad- ! loro to the sides, forming a ring of bub- : des with a clear spaco in the center, take I four umbrella, for rain is at hand, while | f they do neither one thing nor tho other, nit scatter irregularly, variable weather , s iiidii ;>tc'l .last, wiiat is flic scientific. • ■xplam-'.io:! o; ibe aciion of the at-mor- .;■! J! •• I),;’ !' J not stated, I'M ’ 1" ' ii.- curiously agree will; actio of a bui'on.liter him boon tested. ! Where Ho f it','.e;;ht It. '‘fyhore oi 1 v-..a c.iiek that awful coklV ’ The ee : ; ; Aa . t.,. :, ii-- a. :j,. ya ; ■ t.'-’ I, ! '‘i call hr it in a y n. 1 hthi’a at., 'a' ’ eK-gre;>lef. • ■■! ' ■ . ■', - ! ie .-Tap! a • ■ -‘ ...' e.;.!,:.;.; ij ... twcal, , . ' • ■ay''aeh .. ;: e,, r-hi aa d ■ - tided *•'. ~ an tit.' j i.Tdiitors to tram ' t!i3 It; ■ ,0 p lie to pala i i