USEFU L MISCELLA NY,

q Like the landscape to the view,
Ever charming, ever new"

HE DIDN'T THINK.
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20 said little boy as he stood by the
- ,f mouse-trap which had an unwill-
ant in it. 'What a fool he was 10


s II. 're,' said some one. The little boy
nf,;shed - protect the character of the trem-
bIng prison, n, and added, 'Well | suppose
he didn't thin. <


No. ehe didn fthink,' and for the very
Good reason that he was not made to think.


But what shall We say of that boy who
is standing in the G, rcus door waiting for
il 10 be opene1. or o, that boy with his
struggling hair, pert t, Vist 70 ms cap ala
cigar in his mouth, or tn . one Wno s,anuS
at the corner of the streets Oh 'nc capDa.n,
or lrequents the company OF Proiane and
filthy takers and singers-wh,it a. shall we
saw to such as these? They will ,oe caught
in an evil net. They will fall into hidden
trap, and can they say I'VE didn't THINK!


Yes, perhaps they can. But if they tell
the whole truth, they will add, it was be-
cause we wouldn't think. They have eyes
but they see not, ears have they, but they !
hear not Give a mouse their wit, and see
if he will be caught in such trap.


SPORT YOUR SIGNs.-Friend Boyd, ofl
the Hagerslown News, is in the habit of
speaking more truth than poetry. The fol-
lowing extract contains as much truth, and
as pointed too, as could be embraced in
the same number Of words. Read it, rum
mics, and follow Johns advice:


"When printer executes piece OF
work, it is usual for him to attach his
name thereto, that it may go forth to the
world and secure him whatever credit his
handywork deserves. So it iswith the
halter, the shoemaker, the manufacturer,
indeed almost every class. Why don't the
rumseller do the same thirg'


When he turns customer into the streets
with Ca brick in his hat or decently drunk,
why don't he attach bit of paper to his
coat tail, stating schere he got the hquor9


