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Show JIfl Wiin Now, Not FroHh, It was iii a country school. A small, bright-faced boy hnd been enrolled, und this wan his first day. The teacher pointed out 11 desk for him, and gave him a lesson to study. lie took his seat, propped his k-?ees up iipjiinst the desk, with his feet swiiiyin down underneath, under-neath, and soon became absorbed in his lesson, lie became so absorbed, in fact, that he forgot he wns in school, and presently he puckered up his lips and whistled, iirst softly and then quite shrilly. The teacher hud down his pen in amazement, and cried, sharply: sharp-ly: "Who is thiil whistling?" The small boy looked up quickly, and then said, innocently: "That was me. hidu't you kuuw 1 could whistle'.'' (Jolden Days. FOREIGN GATHERINGS. Tun Nile has a fall of only six inches I in 1.UII0 miles. I A Lai'i.anokk will often skate 1"0 j miles in a day. I In Wilu, Kast Africa, they are niak- injj siirar from cotton seed, which is ! tif teen limes sweeter than sugar made , from cane. Monaco, with its territory of eight square miles and its standing army of l'Jd men. proposes to have a universal exposition next, year. In tiermany aluminium cravats are now on sale. They arc advertised as feather-light, silvcrwhitc wash-goods that will wear forever. Urnixn the month of October the rainfall in Paris was three limes as great as the average, and heavier than in any year since lTt'.'.i. The mean teniperat lire was 1 degrees centigrade centi-grade below the average. I Tiik city council of Vienna recently i suppressed a gymnast ic society for ad. 'pi in g the colors of the ) Icrinan empire for its own and passing a resolution res-olution to admit no foreigner except Uonnans to membership. |