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EVERY BOY. 8HOULD LEARN. To run. ! ' ' . . ' . . To swim. L To carvo. , J To bo neat '. -' : To make a fire. To be puiictiiH I. ,i To do an errand. . ,.- , 'To flit kindlings. . To bang up IiIh bat ' To hold IiIh bead erect To respect his teacher. To wipe Ills boots on tbe mat To read aloud wben requested. To cultivate a cheerful temper. To siieak pleasantly to an old. person. To put everygarment In, Its proper places To remove bis hat upon entering ft bouse. ' ... To laugh. A. good laugh Is better tban medicine. To help and not tease boys smaller than himself. Not to let any other boy get ahead of him In his studies. - ' To never make fun of children who are not well dressed. Not to go ' In the company of bad boys who use bad language. To be as kind and helpful to bis sis ters as to other boys' sisters. To atteml strictly to bis own busi ness. A very Important point. Not to get sulky and pout whenever he couldn't have his own way. To see If be couldn't get people to like him by being civil to everybody. To keep his hands and face clean and hair brushed, without being told to do so. To try and see the little things that be could do to help bis mother, and do them without being asked. Job a Har'a Rare Letter. There have been few' better letter writers than John Hay. He wrote mora nearly as be talked than any man I buve ever known, and, as he could not talk In a dull or uninteresting way, so be could not write a dull letter. Some day, when time shall have made It not indiscreet to publish a compilation of lila letters, they should be given to tbe world. Tliey will prove to benot only :iu intellectual delight, but an Inestima ble contribution to the history of the time in which be lived and In which he bore so honorable and useful a part It. wduld be qulfe out of the question to publish tbem now, for they relate Ultimately .to i men now living and to public affairs that are still In process of evojutlon. Unlike many brilliant let ter writers, he did not write with the obvious expectation that bis letters would bo published. ' Me let himself go freely.'as wa his wont In familiar con versation, and tlie consequence was that he' novcr wrote without- saying something that the recipient of the let ter would '''most unwillingly let die. l'ro ;j;- 'Joseph''; But'kllu Bishop's "A Friendship. vltb John lay"' In the March Century. ' ',, v ., .1 ; v,.t. talent . Fad. Gritty Georger-tad would yer mind writing off Vlist-of all de things" in dlscold'twiil on a slip 'of ptipei-? The Lady.. (in, jiui'jrlse)-A-Vlmt ter, my poor nin-ii? y-, ' . Gritty Gwirgo-.Wer, yer f-'ee, , mum," I am eollertin' menu along metravels. nil 'evei'y-one helps. Con Id Ve.the:OtUer Kind, Too. "Here," a id -tlier salesman! exhibiting another one, '"Is something now. We , call this tlie 'lovers' clock.' You can set It so that 'iti'Avill tulte tfrwo liouVs to 'ru" one hoqr." f. , , "I'll take Hist," said Miss .Tanner, with a .bright blush. "'And uowt if you have one t.lat'sirl(i,nt1 sft" a4 )A Tun ..two hour in one., hour's tint or len, I thiuk I'd like ue of tliaf l:i'iil. tri't." ' : ..,.'..'.. "..""Old Hunkii.' Mrs!" Hunks Ezra, what is good for a pain in" (he jaw? Old' Hunks Give the jaw absolute rest. Where Hnvlnnd Lead U. While the total hiiiii given each year for educational, charitable, and philanthropic- causes In Kngland is far be low the total for the United States, England has a much larger number of men of wealth, Intelligence, and high Influence who give themselves to the service of their fellow men, and for this reason, ierhaps, she is the richer of the- two. It was the need of more men who , have the," leisure 'and the means to be of helpful service thut found a voice in a" recent address t)y ex-Mayor Low, of New York, at a Young Men's Christian Association among college men. "One of the chief needs of this country," said Mr. Low, "is a greater number. of men who do not have to work for a living. Eng land has a large number of this class, and I suppose we have not because we huve not had many men of great wealth until recent years. This class of people can give their time and abil ity to working for their community." If some of tbe men who are tolling and moiling in their offices and count ing rooms to add a few more millions to their already over-much wealth would only hear this call and give the remainder of their years to the promotion of noble causes In sore need of men and money, both they and the world would be far happier and richer for tbe service. It Is one of th pities of this world that the will to do and the wealth to do with are seldom found together. nation Coming Into Favor. Americans are becoming a nation f mutton eaters, says 'a westerner. The popularity of tbe flesh of sheep la growing at a prodigious rate, and the consumption Is at least six times what it was twenty years ago. One cause of this Is the better methods of butch ering nud handling the carcasses. In the old days a lamb was thonght fit to eat within a few hours after It was killed but we know better than this now, and after slaughtering let the body hang from ten days to three weeks, thus doing away with the rank flavor that of yore made mutton un popular. There are 55,000,000 aheep In the United States, Montana ranking first with more than 5,000,000. Texas once led In numbers, but the Lone Star State now has less than 2,000,000. For the past two or three years the owners of flocks have had things com ing their way, and last year's prices put them In very comfortable condi tion. So satisfactory have the profits been that many cattlemen have also gone Into the sheep business, the old time theory that the breeding of both couJd not be carried on together being obsolete, for sheep will live and grow fat In localities of scant vegetation, thriving on food that steers will dis dain to ent. SPLINTERS. Pad lock False hulr. Even the cranky man Is satisfied with blmself. If you cannot tell when to stop, you should never start. ':'-.- You hayjsgotto look ahead of . you to keep ou",the right, track. . iCultlvate the ground you have' be fore you try to acquire more. Trouble is. about tlie.ouly thing that you caii'j borrow that is not wanted back. ' . - : , ' iBoyce Old you say thac man Smith burns. his money? Joyce-j-l saw hlui Ptyt a qua rter I n a slot gas .meter. , ,'Bennera Don't" you' have au account at the store? Jeuners No; wben my wife pays cash she knows when to stop, '"".fond Father Young man,, wheu you have earned $50,0(k) you may have, the hand of . my daughter. Ardent Suitor Gee! You must think that marriages ai'e-umde In heaven. ,. , The present Princess of Wales, who' was born on May 20, 1807, received no less thou eight names at the 'baptismal font. - . ' Doineatle Economic!. ; The man whose thrifty choice of a wife is t chronicled In the Rochester Herald, will doubtless make a success in tbe business of life, ' Ills talents de stine Ii i 111 fur a wide sphere than thut of a simple farmer's life. He was au Alahainu yoiithi and courted two girls ill' the same time. One was Sally ; tbe other wnn Mary.'" Sally was a very flue girl, tlu'ifty, Industrious, and of a do mestic turn. She was not so pretty as same other girls, but James, the swain In question, had courted her. In bis early years. ' When he had prospered mid earned a little money, he became Infatuated with Mary, sweet, pretty, bat always Idle. The neighbors at first were puzzled by the double courtship, but after awhile they decided that Mary was the favored one. Suddenly James married Sally. The Methodist preacher who performed the ceremony had a little of the curiosity which pos sesses all mankind. "James," he said, "we all' thought yon were going to marry M-nry." "Yes," replied James, "but I thought If I married Mary I should have to engage Sally to wait on her. If. I married Sally she would wait on herself." ' Weliater'a Wit. Most men of weight dislike- the frail gilt nud satin chairs which accidental ly fall to their lot In a crowded draw ing room. They were In use hi Sir. Webster's time. At an evening recep tion given to some western lawyers soon after the accession of President Tyler and the dissolution of President Harrison's cabinet, Mr. Stnnberry, late attorney-general, was accompanied by bis bashful friend, Mi. Leonard, who Immediately retired to a .corner and selected this gilded trifle as a resting place. Iu order to withdraw still far ther from notice he tilted the frail structure backward. Down It went, smashed Into a do.eu pieces, und Leon ard tbe embarrassed was Leonard the observed by all. Mr. Webster Imme diately rushed to the rescue of his un fortunate guest and raised him from tbe floor . with the reassuring remark : "Why, my dear Mr. Leonard, you should have remembered that no cabi net work would hold tosrelher here." Squirting Music A K. Wheeler of Geneva, N. Y., has recently Invented a music squirting hose, which Is capable of distributing music to any considerable distance. Already twenty families are being en tertained by his nightly concerts a hun dred miles away, and all at the same time, every note reaching the ear dis tinctly. There Is about sixty feet of ordinary rubber tubing, one end being attached to the diaphragm of a phono graph machine and the other end to the transmitter of. the telephone. Mr. Wheeler has succeeded In getting the sound Into the transmitter of the tele phone in such a way that the harsh effect on the other end of the wire la entirely eliminated. An Kmphatle Annwer. They are telling of a girl in a cer tain city who received a proposal of marriage by telegraph. She went to the telegraph office and asked tbe clerk how many words she could send for a quarter. He said ten, and her answer waa: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes." In the nappy Hank. Don'f.tose time .a-aighin' ' On Jordan's stormy banks ; Better be enlisted . ' In the happy ranks. To Providence wr're givfn' Our evorlastin'- thanks ; . Thank the Lord we're livin' In the halleiuia ranks. Atlanta Constitution.--c, " ; Hint to Misers. Wills of rich men oft remind us, f ; If In our graves We'd rest content,' In dying we should leave behind us , , Not one single bloomiu' cent. 11 1,; ' ' The Trans-Siberian Railway crossea live rivers, each Of them as long as the Mississippi. 1 ...... Theater a a Laiarnnxo School. "If you want to learn American as she is spoke," said n professor of lan guages to certain foreigners who had settled In- New York and yvho de manded his aid In becoming acquainted with the vernacular, "go to ttje vaude ville shows. You can learn' more In a week In ,the variety theaters than you can gleaa in a yjear in a drawing room." That was practically an admission that the teacher regarded slang as the main stay of our language. Of course, he was wrong. Nevertheless, foreigners assert that two-thirds of the everyday talk between Americans Is made up of coteh phrases such as Broadway com edians pour forth. The Turkish minis ter, who came to Washington without knowledge of English, has reached the point where he can talk glibly, and he gained most of ills education at the plays. He went night after night, to every theater Jn Washington, for three years His success has Inspired some of tlie Spanish contingent to pursue a similar course. The DIpamlonate View. "Isn't it. appalling," said the new boarder, "to read the daily list of awful crimes that are committed in this town?" "On the contrary," answered the philo sophical boarder, "I find it singularly fas cinating. I have a theory that crimes come in waves. One week there will be nothing but holdups. The next week, per haps, you will read of a series of embez zlements. Then comes a season of confi dence games and pocket picking. Just now, of course, there is a murder wave. I won a dollar and a half not long ago by making a bet that there would be three horrible murders in succession, Inside of ten days. And so it goes. If you watch these things from a calm, methodical point of view, you will be surprised to see how accurately you can theorize, and even fore cast, as to the recurring epidemics of crime, each in its turn." Chicago Trib une. Did Not Have Circular Inaaally. A young man familiar enough with New York to know some.-of its street ecentrieltles was walking- along' Park How neur the entrance to the Brooklyn bridge the other night, when he wu accosted by a wabbly old man woo said : "Say, young fellow, which way in Pearl street V" "Where do you want to go on Pearl street?" was tbe reply. ' "What difference does that make?" "A great deal." said the young one, "for you can get to Pearl street by going that way," pointing north, "or that way," pointing east, "or that way," pointing south. The old man steadied himself, and then with great deliberation and dis gust said : "Yi go to h : I may be drunk, but I haven't got circular In sanity." New York Sun Wim'l Lout. "Bub, does your mother know where you are?" asked the policeman, grasping him by the collar. "All my mothers know where I am," answered the Salt Lake City boy, with lofty dignity. Line of Retreat Cut Off. "By the way, Mr. Uaukinson, papa made such a funny remark about you the other evening." "What was it. Miss Bella?" "He said' he wondered why you were coming here so often." Feminine Diplomacy. rs. Neighbor Mrs. Meeker certain? ly has wonderful tact. Mr. Homer How so? Mrs. Neighbor Why, ' she actually makes her husband believe he is having his own way in everything. The average farmer's wife's Idea of being "foxy" is to leave her butter, eggs .and chickens on ', the" outside of the ..grocery store and walk Into it, aud In a .roundabout, way Inquire what the grocer Is paying for such things, , ' , ; I,,, 'i .; i, Amrcrtiijr mi aiu nmam to vr7 106,600 jwople, a jarger number per capita 4han 'any "other "country. En gland has 144 und Russia ' only about fifty-five. ... ..