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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3700, 9 August 1906, Page 4

JNinV 'JffOj ?i K THE CONCEITED MOUSE. A 7 ively Talc From HI. Nicholas, la Which | a Moral May liu Found, if Wanted. Onco upon a time there was a very small | p; 'Use with a very, very largo opinion of bi.nself. What ho didn’t know his gramlm :her couldn’t tell him. ‘ You’d bettor koop a bright eyo in your he :.d these days,” said eho one chilly afternoon. “Your gran’ther has smelled a tr.;). ” “Scat!” answered the small mouse, “ ’,i if I don’t know a trap when I see it!” £ ;1 that was all the thanks she got for her good advice. ■ Go your own way, for you will go no other,” the wise old mouse said to herself, wk> “roira gban’theh has smelled a trap.” B ad she scratched her nose slowly and sadly as she watched her grandson scamper ny the cellar stairs. “Ah,” sniffed ho, poking his whiskers into a crack of the dining room cupI;i.ard, “cheese, as I’m alive!” Scuttle, B‘ little. ‘Til he squizzled if it Isn’t that conning littlo housel I know' what that l.' -a oheesohouse, of course! What a very e’"ig hall! That’s tho way with cheeseh ’uses. I know, ’cause I’ve heard the d .'rymald talk about ’em. It must be r.;.her inconvenient, though, to carry milk v p that step and through an iron door, I 1 vow why it’s so open—to lot in fresh air. 1 mil you that cheese is good! Kind of a r;. .option room in there. I guess I know ft rweption room from a hole in tho wall. K j trouble at all about getting In either. Wouldn’t grandmother open her eyes to b: mo here! Guess I’ll take another nibbio at that cheese and go out. What’s that n- iso? What in squeaks is tho matter v. ;ih tho door? This is a ohccschouao, I k:.ow It Is, but what if it should turn out to bo a— O-o-o-eeee!” And that’s just what it did turn out to bo. Interesting Autographs. To scratch ouo’s name on a window pane is a pastime familiar to most young folks and one in which it seems that tho dignitaries of tho earth can "find amusement too. On ono of tho windows of a railway carriage devoted to the exclusive use of tho king of Denmark and his guests is perhaps as curious a collection of these autographs as can anywhere bo found. Every ouo of royal blood who travels in this car Is expected to scratch his name with a diamond, and in consequence the glass is scored with tho sign manuals, most of them nearly undecipherable, of the majority of tho princes and princesses of Europe as well as many crowned heads. Ceremony is entirely laid aside in this stately fooling, and tho great ones are bound to sign their pet or family nickname. Consequently hero may be seen tho signatures: “Kicky,” tho present emperol of Russia; “Sacha,” tho late emperor; “Winny,” princess of Germany; “Bertie — Alix,” Princo and Princess of Wales; “Misha,” grand Duke Michael of Russia; “Eddy,” late duko of Clarence; “Baby,” youngest sister of tho czar; “Willy,” Princo of Coburg; “Toria,” Duchess of York, and others quite as informal Aren’t Wo Heavy? Aren’t v.-c heavy, Gyp and I? Don’t wo weigh a lot? Mother lot ns Como and try One penny in the slot! a O I should think That we must weigh Seven hundred tons! They can’t get folks Uke us each day. We’re very heavy ones! IToyatelUajf 4fa« Weather. A Spanish Journal tolls of an Interesting experiment to be tried with a cup of clear coffee and a lump of sugar. The sugar should ba dropped Into tho coffee without stirring. In a moment tho air contained in the sugar will rlso to the surface In tho shape of bubbles, and these bubbles are excellent weather indications. If they collect in tho middle of the cup, a fair day follows; if, adversely, they adhere to the sides, forming a ring of bubbles with a clear space in tho center, take your umbrella, for rain is at hand, while ■f they do neither ouo thing nor the other, but scatter irregularly, variable weather is indicated. Just what is the scientific jxplanatiou of the action of tiio atmosphere on tho bubbles is not stated, but ■hat their indications curiously agree with ;hose of a barometer bus boon tested. Where lie Caught It. 1 Whoro did r. caU-h that awful cold?" Tbit busk.;; i luotiur uai.l, Ami then tl.u little young.-tcr told, “I caught it hi my head.’’ Chinese Idea of Telegraphy. I’fce Chinese believed when telegraphy as introduced in their country that for(,nors cut out tuo tongues of children and I w.i.spended them on thu insulators to trail*--Sc the itit-i.,;: pole to pole.