x: ah ies aos lh % I i 2 5 a. s Menls remain {o. this day almost un- fes--of wuched 'by the disintegrating and de- Selt 1., epoiling of time, a -- fragile limb along which he had crawled had broken and he had fallen to the ground with a thud. Rubbing his bruises ruefully he directed his steps toward the kitchen, where, to forget his woes, he began to eat as many apples as he possibly could. At luncheon, instead of eating frugally f the food before them, Louise greedily oured everything upon the table. Herbert had eaten so great a number of apples that his appetite was entirely 'one. eeviien the meal was finished, the little girl went to enjoy a ride in her favorite What He Wanted. Concluding his lecture, the foreign missionary solicited contributions of money from the audience, however small they might be. One Httle boy hastened toward him and began: "Please, sir, your talk interested me very much--and--" "Go on, my boy," said the lecturer, encouragingly; "do you wish to help in the good work?" "Not exactly, sir," replied the lad with some hesitation; "I only wante to know if you have any foreign stamps you don't want." On the next Sunday Karen looked first at the black shoes, then at the red ones, and then put on the red ones. In the door of the chureh stood an old, crippled soldier, with a large red beard, leaning on a crutch. He bow- ed down to the ground and wiped the dust off the old lady's shoes, and Karen put out her little foot, too. "Dear me, what pretty dancing shoes," said the soldier. "Sit fast when you dance," said he, speaking to ths shoes, and he slapped the soles with his hand. The old lady gave him some money, When the Princesse Married. HEN the beautiful Princess Ber- tina arrived at the age of 18 7 y years her father, the imperious monarch, Philpot XX1, deemed it advis- able that she should marry. He, there- fore, sent broadcast a proclamation in- viting the attendance at court of noble suitors. Now the princess really loved no one. But she was a dutiful oe and she was willing to be mzerried if the king so desired. Towever, she longed for ad- vice in making her selection of a hus- band. To her ald she summoned her godmother, Fairy Heliotrope. The fairy greeted Bertina graciously, and talked to her with kindness and ngs og "My dear Bertina," satd the god- mother at parting, 'I am leaving with you a little casket. As each suitor pre- sents himself give him the casket. Bid him take it away, examine its contents and return {it to you at the end of twen- ty-four hours. But I must give you warning; do not, upon any account, open the casket yourself unti] a suitor, after looking into the little case, returns again and returns again and renews his vows to you," Bertina thanked her fairy godmother ie promised to obey these instructions. hen she put her precious casket in a safe place. The next day a prince from the neigh- boring kingdom arrived at court and rmally asked for the hand of the rincess Hertina. He was enormously wealthy and possessed of great power. But Bertina refused to listen to him. "Take this casket," said she, 'open it, £79 tomorrow I shall hear the words t has insptred."' On the morrow the prince failed to @ppear. Instead, he sent the casket by @ special messenger, who also brought 5. note stating that the prince had sud- ienly been called away by a matter of extreme importance, Then Gount Oscar, a handsome et of the highest rank, was al, entle- ven a He returned with the casket--not to renew his vows, however, for he did but murmur that he would return, per- haps within a week or so--and went his way, never to be heard from thereafter. And thus it was that suitor after suit- or appeared. Full of ardor and declara- tions of love was each as he threw himself before the princess. But always the casket was brought back and the wooer hastened his departure nor tar- ried to woo a moment longer. EDFRED RETURNED Bertina was becoming a-wearied of the ordeal and afraid lest she have opportunity to accept no one, when the poe. prince Edfred came to sue for her and. No prince was more virtuous and handsome than he. And as Bertina looked upon the gallant prince kneeling before her, a great love for him grew in her heart, he sighed as she hand- ed him the little casket, and murmured to herself that doubtless this handsome lover would be sent away by its magic, as had been the others. But the prediction of the princess was unfulfilled. The next day again Edfred kneeled at her feet, as constant as ever. Gazing upon her with eyes full = adoration and love, he addressed her us: "Princess, 'tis not your wealth nor your lands I desire. I want but you; and in possessing you for my wife I should attain to the greatest wealth mortal could ever have!" The princess shyly veiled her beauti- ful eyes with their long lashes. Be- fore making reply she opened the cask- et. With astonishment, upon a piece of parchment therein she read these words: "To Whom it May Concern: "Before I may conscientiously accept your devotion I must confess myself ut- terly ruined--a princess without dowry, without lands or wealth. No honors can I bring to my husband. "And I hereby absolve you of all promises and declarations you may have offered mistakenly; nor shall I bear ill- will should you find it impossible to further press your suit, "PRINCESS BERTINA." And so wts revealed the reason for the invonstancy of those who desired her only for her wealth. And so it was revealed, as well, that Prince Edfred was her trué lover. Gladly she accepted him for her hus- hand; explaining the while how it was through ignorance of what the bejew- eled casket contained that she had prac- ticed such deceit. Nevertheless, you may be sure she was grateful to her fairy godmother for adopting even this means, for it compelled her to love Ed- fred all the more. Amid the greatest jubilation were Bertina and Edfred married. All man- ner of costly gifts they received. But no possession was prized so highly as the little bejeweled, casket. morning had hardly dawned. Softly he sped down the stairs. Yes, there were all the gifts Bunny had brought--little baskets containing chocolate hens and rabbits; funny little toys that opened and showed many tiny eggs within, and *most everything a little boy could wish, But Bunny himself had disappeared, In spite of all the presents, Arthur was disappointed. "Do you know, Arthur," said father at the breakfast table, "I have an idea that perhaps Bunny hides his eggs among the grass and bushes outside, as well as in the house. If I were you, I'd look all the way to the barn, and maybe you'll find the Bunny hidden somewhere." In breathless excitement Arthur ran out to search the garden. True enough, he found nicely colored eggs in several of the bushes. They seemed to lead ina direct line straight for the barn. Alto- gether he had gathered eight eggs by the time he stealthily entered the barn. A moment's search--and then, what do you think he found? 'Twas Bunny him- self! And he was just as tame as any bunny could be; the nicest little bunny Arthur had ever seen. "Tt think he must have pitied you in your hunt," laughed father, '"'and so just waited for you to come up to him." Be that as it may, Bunny never ran away. He remained with hig little mas- ter, and became almost as fond of Ar- thur as Arthur was of him. Muezza, Famous Pussy ERHAPS you may not have heartl P the Arabian legend of Moham- med's favorite cat, Muezza. Mo- hammed sat in deep meditation, while the cat reposed at ease on the broad extended sleeve of his coat. So affected was Mohammed by the warm, drowsy air of the afternoon that he entirely forgot his surroundings, Suddenly, when hours had passea, he bethought himself of certain duties he had to perform, and was about to rise from his rug when he observed Muezza still sleeping. Then, in order not to disturb the slum- ber of his pet, Mohammed calmly cut off the sleeve of his garment and went upon his way. Father--It's only fair to tell you that I'm pleased with your economy this term. Your requests for money were too frequent last term. Son--Yes, father--I thought so, too; be Boy term I've had everything on tick, "WE HAD A MIGHTY TUSSLE" gave us when we 'nitiated him into the "Bloody Robbers." Ted, you know, was 'clined to be just a Httle fresh, so we jus' made up our minds, when we finally guessed he might as well be a "Robber," that we'd have a pretty stiff "nitiation for him. Te a mighty scary feeling Ted Right t'other side of Rocky Lot (where « all us fellers go a-campin') is the stone- crusher, where they've got a big ma- chine to pound and grind up the rocks for makin' roads, "Bout the middle of the day, the men who're at the crusher leave off workin' an' get their dinner. So there's an hour when the machine's not goin'. Now, our scheme was to blindfold Ted, lead 'im over to the stone-crusher; then take off the bandage, gag 'im and tie him among some o' them thunderin' big wheels of the crusher--all this, of course, while the men were away. Then we'd pretend to sneak off, leavin' him there; an' get back just before the men got there to start the machinery. We had a mighty tussle gettin' Ted over to the crusher, I can tell you. Cap- tain Billy Mumford got a bloody nose, an' Pete Hamilton got a black cye. The bandage had worked itself loose, so's Ted could see to hit straight enough, all righty. But, at last, we had 'im tied all right. And: though he pleaded hard as he could with them eyes o' his'n (you see, he couldn't talk for the gag), we went away an' left him, an' hid in the woods beyond. All of a sudden we heard the crusher begin to grinc'.. It seems that one of the men had come around by the pike, and got in all unbeknownst to us. You betcher life, every one of us was struck dumb. Billy and Skinny were the only ones who'd dare to go back. They streaked it for the crusher, 'course, expectin' to find T'ed smashed to smith- ereens, Billy couldn't talk when 'e got there, and Skinny had to stammer out what he wanted. The engineer stared and seemed to know nothin'. He stopped the engine in a jiffy, an' then Billy and Skinny and him went to look for poor Ted. They couldn't see anything but Ted's old straw hat! It was ragged enough before, goodness knows!--but now it was just all torn to tatters. "Now I want you young murderers to go to Ted Abbott's home an' tell his folks what's happened, an' then I'm goin' to have you arrested," said the engineer, awful solemn and determined like. Billy and Skinny've got mighty stiff upper lips, but it took a heap of nerve to go an' tell Mis' Abbott. The news bein' so sad, of course, they went in by the front door an' inte the parlor. Well, Skinny had jus' begun in a rounderbout sort of way, to break the awful news, when who should come out from the dining room, munchin' on a chunk 0' pie an' grinnin' fit to kill, but that bloomin' Ted himself! The joke was on Billy and Skinny and all the rest of us, all righty! You see, by good luck, Ted had man- aged to 'tract the engineer's attention before the machine was started. Then he told 'im what to say to us, and, after tearin' up his hat, scooted for home. We wuz so glad to know that there wasn't any part of Ted missin', that we all chipped in and got 'im a new hat with a flashy ribbon that it hurt your eyes to look at. That wuz about the only thing that kept Ted's pa from havin' all of us trounced good 'n' hard, He was awful mad when the engineer told him 'bout Ted's 'nitiation. Some- how I don't blame 'im much. Couldn't Whistle it Back HIL was taking his little sister P Beatrice on a short trip by rail. As the train sped along, he said to her, warningly: "Be careful not Beatrice." Then, snatching it from her head, on the sly, he exciaimed: "There! You've let it blow away. But never mind, I shall whistle it back for you." Thereupon he whistled, and imme- diately produced the hat. A short time afterward he was hegre to hear Beatrice ask: "Won't you whistle my hat back again, Phil? I threw it out the win- dow." to lose your hat, of the glass, and carefully turn and saucer upside down, " : : | Oe Eee, T : . « ? . F Freedom for a : Napoleon's Boy- , Da hood Debt . Ly HE great, "emperor, Napoleon, : ge eer peeaD haan | passed his youth at the military, apts : oe 4 ey a eg at school of Brienne, Here were laid mother in ra ae yt the foundations of that knowledce which fore, one morning, shortly after cid tenant ko -Waeecicten agent been breakfasting, Herbert asked: 'apramtaiaha lig: ented may we HOF behave just as ; chen Stn Sods Nabhan" sind se we like for one day, without being fond of fruit. There was an old fruit cad fo sae sated tg pa sami 1 2 woman stationed near the school, and is mother smiled. "Very well, m : she it was who provided tempting eate dear," said she; 'and I think you will . (Adapted from an old fairy tate which and they went tnto the church. "You shali dance,' said he, "until : : has long been a children's classic.) When Karen knelt before the altar you are pale and cold." : NCE upon a time there was a she thought only of her red shoes.' She "Mercy!" cried Karen. But she did : pretty little girl, who, be- forgot to sing; she forgot to pray; she not hear-the angel's reply, for the BS) cause she was poor, had to forgot everything but the red shoes. shoes carried her on. so ' >) go barefooted pboth'in sum- After chureh, as Karen was slipping One morning she came to the house ;- mer and winter. There lived in the into the carriage, the old soldier said: of the executioner and called: ' same village a kind old shoemaker's "Dear me, -. what pretty dancing "Come out, come eut! I cannot wife, and she made a pair of little shoes!' Karen could not help dancing come in!" shoes out of a piece of red cloth and a few steps, and when she began she 'JT do not suppose you know who gave them to the 'little: girl; whose could not stop,,It. seemed as if her I am; I strike off the heads of the name was Karen. shoes had some power. over her legs.. wicked,' he said. * OTFeyY ENTERED THE COTTAGHR"* 2 " ' Karen loved those shoes and was She danced around the: church, and the "Don't cut my head off," said Ka- : « PT RERC GER". . s Upper pat acne cal oogs +. very proud of them and wore them Coachman had.to run after her and ren, "for I want to repent of my S ables for the future hero, Should he for the first time on the day of her 'Seize her. He MUfted her into the car~ sin. But cut off my feet and the red have no money, it mattered not at alls mand, &fter all, that mother: knows best mother's funeral.. As she was going 'lage, but her feet still danced and shoes.' And then she confessed her for she knew he would always repay What is for your good. along with the funeral a large car-. Kicked the good old lady. At last they" gin, and the executioner struck off her just as soon as his next allowance' But. Hethert; and Louise. herdly riage came by and {ig it sat an old oe = eee Se ae ae her feet; but the shoes danced away arrived. It co happéned that when he Beceem', BOSE ANS. nat wesde: TREE lady. 'Karen's feet quiet. With the little feet across the fields was ready to leave the school, he was were already on their way to the She looked at Karen and felt very || Now the old Jady got very sick, and it a Neate Palacios geen es ' still two crowns in her debt. He sald to ~ garden, There Louise remained to pluck - si ad: wala to-the-clerey- was Karen's duty to nurse her. But t a : c er a Bore her, before 'making his departure: hile Herb: rontl 4 sara sorry for her, and sa e clergy Karen had an invitation to a party that of wooden feet and some crutches is 'DE Tores, while. Herbert continued towar man: "If you will give me that little qay and wanted to go very much. She and taught her a psalm which is al- "My good woman, i fear I must go eee orchard , girl I. will take care of her.' And looked at her red shoes. and said to her- the. ina Mack oe eee She. kissed without paying what I owe you; but I In gathering the fragrant roses, Louise or self: "It is no sin to leave the old lady ad guided the axe shall not forget.' date wd this the clergyman aid. for a little while." and went away. The fruit woman replied: : disdained the use of garden shears. She Karen believed it was because of She put on the red shocs and went to Now, I have suffered enough for "Oh, do not permit that to disturb Di iaacia-sns sian? cxocme ean Ror, red) Alans; jut -the Wt vind: {h0 BAS BU ee eee eee ee TOU Sees BSN e your 'benith her fingers, she knew; and she wouldn't thought them hideous and had them waa ce te Gener end sbe danced town Buty wheh ele came there the=rea: man. May = hoe 3 be disobeying mother, because mother burned, the stairs and out through the gate, off shoes were dancing before her, and Engaged in such arduous and excitin had given permission for her to do ex- Karen was taught to read and to into the dark woods. All of a sudden she was frightened and turned back. work as Was the young soldier, he coul actly as she desired this day. A mo- : i cant th something shone up among: the trees For many days she wept and was hardly be blamed for allowing this tri- she ° sew, and when people saw her ®Y like the moon. It was the old soldier sorry for her sin. The next Sunday fling debt to slip his memory for the ment later, however, she learned the said she was pretty; but Karen really with his red beard. He sat nodding his she went to church and looked sadly tne: ' : wisdom of mother's method, for a great "Ss head, and sald: : at her crutches. Napoleon became a general and con- Gran 4 lerced her fingers and tore the was more than pretty--she was very "Dear me, what pretty dancing shoes!" "O God, help me!" she said. Pe oan Italy. He then invaded Egypt. Pp s' beautiful., : She was in a fright at once, and tried The sun shone brightly, and she Returning by meane of a sea swarmin flesh so that the blood flowed rapidly. One day the queen, with her daugh- to get the red shoes off, but they stuck looked up and saw right near her afth ships of the enemy, he cntere She had not dried her tears before she eel the eeeg recog a tai nig be fast. She tore off her stockings, but the the angel in white robes, the one she Paris and was named premier consul. heard a wail from the orchard. Her- the part of the country where Karen ciioes had grown fast to her feet. had seen before at the church door. Napoleon established peace in his ; and the old lady lived, and all the She danced and danced and could Ho no longer carried the sword, but country; he was crowned emperor of bert had ventured to climb a tree which people ran to see them. Little Karen 6, help dancing, over field and a beautiful green branch of roses. aro ee ati dn ruiniment "of bis hoy~ RR SOC ae meadow, in rain and sunshine, by He nodded his head to her and said: hood debt the eld fruit woman had 'The princess was dressed in pure ight and day, "It was right of you to come, Ka- nothing but his promise: ee 19 Lag white silk and had on a beautiful pair She passed the church door and saw ren," Or abelt net forget" 's of red morocco shoes. Karen lonzed ,, angel there with long, white 'It was for mercy," said she. But such a promise was of higher for a pair just like them, for she wings reaching from his shoulders to The organ played, and the chil- value than the sum of-money involved, TR SHoum Wy nevne coulda Be-ho. res the earth. In his hand he held a _ dren's voices sounded very soft and So it was that when, one day, Na- . Karen was old enough now to be sword and his face was sad and lovely, Karen was happy, and her poleon entered Brienne secretly and in- fas I mine asm ge each sebady,aog stern. heart was filled with peace and foy. cognito, he remembered his prem ; The old lady took her to a. shop and hastily bethought himself to repair cues be where were great glass cases full of his neglect. : | wy hb S What memories were recalled as, with x d he maple % t sh pretty shoes. Among them was a pair Ed jl 9 r ogg 8 : had eaten '0 po that 'the Bo nag of red ones, just like those which the Arthur s Easter i : i i Sareenche erage on aC >, the swing made her feel ill. In the Princess had worn. The shoemaker . ten whe boy! All the incidents of r meantime, her brother jaa taken one ex ws cine = Bunny his Bipasha mite back to him vivid- of his father's cigars. It was not lon or a coun ® ad before Herbert po very sick, nanede daughter, but they did not fit her." RTHUR wanted a bunny, oh, so : a ie a while he paused before the a So he was put to bed, and there he staid Karen tried them on, and, as they much! He'd always wanted a e ee es humble dwelling where the fruit woman / -- the remainder of that afternoon. Nor fitted her, the old lady bought them; : Tica Linie he : BS NY hud onceriGakn her Howe. Apastente was it more than two hours after lunch- f0r, as she could not see well, she did Datay vee: see i . \ nformed him that the good woman sti 7 eon that Louise, too, was glad to take not know they were red. asked, father would say: 'Wait until et there The two entered refuge in her little bed. She had been Everybody looked at her feet all the astertime,.and then catch the bunny Te ontay we have age" rereesnmnente? leaning far over the bank of the pond way from the church door to the that bri ;, Faster eggs." asked the emperor. ' when she lost her balance and fell in choir, and when the clergyman laid BE DEES VIET ; i Ncetabae, cenpondeéd. thas wena the water. Horrid, nasty water she his hand on her head Karen thought But Arthur had tried three Easters hen one went GUL ike ber aienen cede swallowed--quarts of it, she declared-- = only of her red shoes. now, and he hadn't caught Bunny. So annette shorts wilt. @ delicroud so that she felt wretched. In the afternoon the old lady heard } ae beginning to believe that Bunny nah gan aehion: atis Rat Batre cath That evening, before they kissed their from every one that Karen had worn ne wae eee Ww ii the fruit-womari rooeeded with aaa mother goodnight, Herbert and Louise the red shoes. was 'most too sly to be caught. How- whe ee ae oetarat poe ae Rar eines "ATE AS MANY AS HE COULD admitted that it was only tereugs "Ze mas a aheeking thing: to rg ebp ever, he made up his mind he'd try just oe ; : obeying her that they could find the said. "Karen will go to church in fu- " & z * ror greatest pleasure. ture in black shoes, even if they are 'his once, anyway. Do on know = Peed) and mother had pronounced unsafe. The old." Easter morning found Arthur astir ere whether he is expected here y? "He has not yet arrived," she answer- ed, "although he fs expected almost any time. hy should TI not know the emperor? He bought many a basket of fruit from me while here at school." "And did he always pay you prompt- ly?" persisted the emperor, "Certainly, no one was more honest," was the indignant rejoinder. Then her distinguished visitor arosa saying: "My good woman, you either speak untruth, or you have a@ poor memory. As proof that you do not know the em- peror, I may say that I am he; and ta prove that the emperor did not always conscientiously pay his debts, I would recall to your mind those two crowns he owed you when he left school." At the same time the other visitor de- posited on the table a gleaming heap of gold coin to the amount of } francs. And the honest woman, now recog- nizing the emperor, fell at his feet, al- most overcome with joy at the meet- ing. Her little children clung to her, re- garding the great men with astonish- ment, not knowing whether to laugh or weep. Napoleon ordered that the poor dwell- ing be torn down, and that another be erected in its place, "Tt is in this house," he said, "that FE wish to lodge whenever I come to Bri- enne; and J wish it to bear my name."' Before taking leave of the frult wom- an he promised that he would take good care of her children. He kept hia word, so that you may know the debt of his boyhood was paid honorably and in full. Light Rays in Water TWO COINS WILL APPEAR or tumbler, place a coin of any kind, Pour water in the glass to one-third A T THE bottom of an ordinary glass of its capacity. Press; a saucer firmly over the mouth gias® In this postition you will be surprised to apparently see two colns resting on the surface of the saucer, history of the alely in an atm and surrounded wit very dawn of civilization and a the more refined and artistic period of | Hhose powerful monarchs whose con- Coe DOWN THE VISTA OF THE AGES. (By A. Banker). To those who take an Interest in the remote past and here of antiqutty, uests ra Soi) ower, anc very chariot on which the Great Rames- without straw; his fea'ures es careered at the heal of his victorious indicating Strong will power and determination; army through the palm-bordered aven- and Menephthah, the Pharoah of the ues of Memphis after some great con- est of quest; here a number of cases of valu- in able and handsome jewellery, worn by glimpsing down the dim vista of time, the queens and princesses of Egypt in a day spent in the great museum at those days of regal splendor; or here a Cairo ig a day ot keen gratification and series of painted papyri, still fresh and *njoyment, Entering the splendid and bright, figuring the fanciful experience ssive vestibule the visitor is immedi- «f the soul after death, and depicting ifs appearance before a strange an Telics both of the dread tribunal, which is to adjudicate of upon its final doom, But of infinitely greater interest than any other object Egypt to the zenith of its museum, are the three embalmed bod: whose massive achieve- ies--not mummies, but the actual bod- in that wonderful Egypl's greatest Pharoahs-- the builder of some of tho fin- we temples, the sword-clelt in Nery for instance is a magnificent hia skull by which he was slain in bat- Stale chariot, its gilded frontal of lea tle plainiy visible; Rameses the Great, ther «iibossed with warlike figures or the Pharoah of the oppression, who with ip artistic design; perhaps the onfered the Igraelites to make bricks exodus, and/ that being so, the man-- the very man--whwo said to Moses, "See my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die." Anh! lit- tl. thought the monarch when he sent his host to pursue the Israelites through the yawning gorge cleft in the blue waters of the Red Sea that afler a lapse of three thousand four hundred years he himself should be exposed to the gaze of, amongst others, many ef the descendants of thoso very Israelites when he 86 vainly attempted to destroy. And as the visitor contemplates that sullen recumbent: figure the thought may perhaps flash through his mind that that race, upon which he so im- potently ven: °1 his anger, was the race through which the Son of God elected to assume for a time our human nature; and in that nature, with a love and condescension allogether" beyond our comprehension, as our great Substitute, fi be scourged and crucified, that by. His stripes we might Fe' healed. and by His atonement: woo might be paraoned amd) accepted, eage Cees 7 "That convict I-was talking to," said the visitor at the prison, "seems to be a smooth kind of a man." "Doubtless," responded the warden. "You see, he was ironed when he got here," "That man. Crumlett- has more invi- lations to dinner than any other man in town." "How does he work, it?" "He felis every hostess with o grown-up daughter that she must have married very youl at. dusk, Maud Alico--"Last night, found a burglar in her room." Edith--. "Did she catch' him?" "Alice---"No. That girl is always letting men slip through het' fingers!" PURITY. EDUCATION. I] am in hopes that the time is not far distant when proper instruction up- on the reproductive nature will be given in all our public schools, as it is given to-day in some of our private schools. Il is'a crime not to teach every boy the proper function of every part. of his body, As the boy is early taught the importance of each organ in its relation to all others, and as he is made to un- derstand that the abuse of any inter- feres with the proper functions of all, he is thus guarded against those tempta- ticns that come to all boys, Every boy will quite surely learn concerning the évil habits peculiar to boy life; and un- less his is mado intelligent by someone who has pure and 'holy purpose, he will te taught by those who teach thal they may curse, The fact that in every cily and town there are those who delight to teach boys irapurity makes it impera- tive that those who are interested in the well-being of 'boys should beslir themselves to put a. positive influence at work.--Rev. John M, Dick, a) oe Mamuina--"Oh, Ronald! Whé epened the canary's cage?" -- Ronald--"I did. You told me a little bird was whisper- ing to you when 1 was naughty, so I knew it must be him, as there was no other bird about. So I opened the cage, and the cat's eaten him. That's what he got for telling on me." "Hope you weren't riled because I tokd that funny story of yours, were you, old fellow?" inquired a "funny" so- viely man. "It went down imrhense, didn't il? You don't mind?" "Certain- ly not,' replied the owner of the joke. "T told it myself just before you came in." The man behind the plow also makes guile a stir in the world, cacao SUNDAY LABOR, Clank, elank, clank! What dreadful sounds are breaking the stiliness of ths Suidey al ternoon? In haste, Mrs. Macfarty ose, leavos the fireside and goes in search of the cause of the disturbance. In the garden 'she finds her- husband nailing a board en the bottom of a barrow. "Donal, man," she says, "ye're mak- in' an awtu' row. What'll the neigh- bors think?" : "Never mind them, Kirsty," savs Don- ald "I maun get-my barra' ment? "Oh, but Donal'." says Kirsty, ils very wrong to werk on the Sawhath, Ye ought tae use serews!" Ford--"Your lawyer made same very, Severe charyes against the defendant, didn't he?" Brown---!Ye-e-e-e-s) bul you ought to see how he charged mel"