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Show 11x4 ..Our Boys and C5irl$ ristia"" 1 Edited by Aunt Busy. , '.llaraPifr! I AN APPEAL TOR THE BIRDS. 'J'HVcou j! Oh say. oh fay, can you hear them, 11 ''3 II In foresl and field and lane - 'I his ac It ri,e starvino nestlings crying 'lation rf I While the parent birds are slain? ot l I Can you see the nest deserted, n 11 I And the pretty eggs chilled o'er, . uu mat. I And lK-ar all Nature mourning lnK hilU 1 For tlle birds that sing no more? orcl is .,J ' "ul in 1 011 paJ- oh sa ran you see them, 1 aU j The songbirds we love to hear, 1 cory j Drying by hundreds and thousands. ?ut Ko(.. j Perishing year by year? mizojxj I 1 To the gaudy haunts of fashion f'V. y I ; we may trace their plumage gav, But their hearts that throbb'd with inu-'c Have ceas'd to beat for aye. I O songsters, beautiful songsters, s liavftl I Ye rome and pin& n more. T . 1 Sl'r,lnfr wa,ts m Vfl,n the carol ;L,,K ! 1 . Wf,lc,om'd her coning of yore; WlI-V" J J.ut beware! There is One who mad them, ""in par- " ur birds with their voices sweet, win,-, . -ries t 1 dying songsters Knclij As"end to His mercy seat! boaJ'J1 f -Margaret Frances Mauro in Our Dumb Animals. 4.au AUNT BUSY'S EASTER. il L-ar Xiocos and Xcphew: . ri V( r;v lonS fiffo Aunt Busy wrote vou a iorv it I rhnsjaas letter, ami now already is the Easter- an'w I tUr andu,It I3"7 extending earnest wishes for ti.iM' 1 1 t ' h; 1,h,fs;hJt Jhc Easter-lime is the happiest ilO I and vchrst of,a11 thc fflad year. Aunt Busy re- renn members that when J,c was a wee pirl she was told trarl ? (and reallj-boheved) thai ..the sun daneed on Easter s wi'n : ni.Tiimp.; Maiiy a time did she watch the glorious )U(.: I'anct untl Wod with its rays, it surely did jv' " aix ar to dance. " inxUii . Alnst lho ontirc wrld celebrates Easter Sun- ,r " ;' 'I nature is awakened and rcjoicinp. The vo : i hycM b'rds retum from their winter haunts; the or (1,r H'nng flowers the very tiny baby flowers peep .r ( I al0 ground. "All nature seems in tune," as n 1 though preaehinp: a sermon for the girls and boys , an,i ' ! 1n awaken and rejoice. How grand, and beautiful j ' ! V vour lives be if you rejoice-in your hearts aud souls in the glorious Iiesurreet ion ! Flowers, fragrant and beautiful, arc laid on I the altars on Easter Sunday, but thhe best offer-' "AK- f infra tli. 1 f.on lm ina.ln ,- t1, 1,., '-r- "'" -f n-iv, v.lut.UU.11 UUl USfll I I'fd are souls purified from, sin, and hearts filled dcji- with grateful content. vt-is!i ; Once more loving, loving wishes and glad Easter '' in ; greetings to all the dear children from their de-mar- j voted oM AUXT BUSY. ' are be- WHAT IS EASTER? Vice TVhat are the Easter eggs? Life 'neath a silent spell; nun- "Wings, body, beak and legs nvj Hid in the shining shell. nVh' What are the rabbits white? root Symbols of innocence, 'lore Towerless to scratch or bite, 0 Void of the least offense. !cr" T"hat are the Illy blooms? and Types of the soul that Sheds ing. 'Mid gayeties or glooms, arv Fragrance on all our heads. 1Pn" "What is the Eastertide? th Waking from selfishness; . - lif- Seeing the sunshine side; Jr) Doing what others bless oa- ' ' That is the Eastertide! ' Cynthia Allen, cod . , LETTERS AND ANSWERS. ive) . Denver, Colo., . March 2o, 1904. In-S T)par Aunt Busy This is m,y second letter to ist. I . PU- 1 would write to you more, but 1, think you ! are too busy with so many nieces. A happy Easter, j dear Aunt Busy. Your loving niece, . NELLIE MAHAX. " i Aut Busy is never too busy to answer letters ?H fi'cm her dear little correspondent?. And what a I beautiful wish for Aunt Busy for the Eastertide! "n Thank you, dear. tn f I ls- j 1 Butte, Jlont., March 20. c j i Dear Aunt Busy I was very pleased to see my i ! letter printed, and so were papa and mamma. AVe 15 : all like dear Aunt Busy's department. Your loving h ij ni AGXES STOWXEY. i- f Aunt Busy is very delighted to hear from the 1 I little Butte nieee. She is pleased to hear that her i- i I department is interesting. V if " ail Salt Lake City, Mareli 15. :i H Doar Aunt Busy Are you always very busy? I j :iuji line o can on you sometime, i. want to j j ask . 'ou something very important. When can I l j l sop you. Auntie I go to Sunday school every jj Sundav. but I do not attend school. I remain your j mrtr. 3IAKY FITZGERALD. J The lil t lo niece from Salt Lake is a welcome I addition t Aunt Busj-:s circle of young friends. Aunt Busy will be pleased to meet you any time I after next Sunday. Send your address and she will write you a personal Icltcr and arrange for j meeting you. f YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE. If other girls do not care for your companion- 1 f-hip, you should not, blame them. If you are sweet i and cheerful and sympathetic, you will draw hearts i to you as the sun draws the dew. If you interest j yourself in what is going on in the world, you will ; be interesting to others. The girl who complains i 1 hat she is without friends .must hold herself re- ; sponsible. : HELPING OTHERS. As a groat and good man vas growing old, he remarked one day that he was sorry to go out of ih world leaving so much misery in it. That n i single sentence lolls us almost as much of his char- ncter as an elaborate biography could do. Evi-f Evi-f dently he had been spending his time making sad hearts happy, wiping tears from eyes used to I weeping, doing his best always to lessen the misery iibout him. r It is. a beautiful thing to love life lor ihe sake of what "we are doing in it instead of what we are gelting from it. If we love life because the sun chines ,md the sky is blue, what, shall ve 'do when ' storms arc threatening t Jf we love it because we are ?1ron :;nd vigorous and our pulses are bounding bound-ing with 'health, how shall we. feel when the days of Mckness and suffering come ? But if we are happy in living because we are helping others, our j.y is built on a foundation which cannot be over- lhrTW is no pleasure in this world equal to that whb-h comes from carrying on the work which Christ laid hold upon when in this world. A LITTLE BOY'S DOO. (From the Boston Sunday Globe.) A little boy brought a big, handsome Newfoundland Newfound-land dog to tho Salem police station one afternoon to lie killed, as the owner could not afford to pay ihe license. Rover' was a great black fellow, so playful play-ful and affedionate that he tumbled all over th.? br.v, and uoh a friendship existed between them that it touched the ofheor in charge of he station at the time. The parting of the boy frjjn Ins dog was very pad and the officer asked the boy how long they Shad owned him, and he replied that he had known him ever since he was a baby, but the times were so hard his folks could not spare the money neecs Fary to pay his license, and so he was obliged to bring him to te ftation to be killed. As the dog WL a dK17hined a"d "ied for him to come so t;.!t t CT,d notand why he should be so treated. The officer also felt badly, but there noor I J J,' SUt ie Tld not do this' for poor, and had a dog of his own beside ihJL nLl0np' h,wevor, before the hearts of fci -CT Vld dos wrc nifide glad, for the boy came running back to the station and said ho TWofl-ll heAmV- ,They couId not bea have Rover killed and rather than submit to such a loss they would deprive themselves of some things and save the dog's hfe. When the cell door was opened he dog bounded out witl joy. and romped around the station as though it were all a joke. He chased into the officers' room and picked up with his mouth the collar winch had been taken off him, shaking it and tossing it up in play, little thinking how narrowly ho escaped never wearing it again. The boy and dog had a gTeat frolic and then both scampered scam-pered home. MAKING A PEANUT MAN. Whoever heard of making a man out of pea- ui . ji can oe done, however, by any boy or girl, and a queer figure it will make to hang up somewhere some-where for your friends to admire. One peanut makes the head, on which you must mark with a pen the eyes, nose, mouth, ears and hairand you may give him a Ward if 3-ou choose. Xow, by means of a long needle and a strand of thread string together three peanuts, end to end, for tho little man's body, two for each arm and two for each leg. Select two very small ones to make the feet, marking them with a pen to represent, repre-sent, shoes. . But he will be a queer man indeed if you leave him in this condition, for he is a. civilized little fellow and must have some clothes. If you are a girl, make him a suit yourself; if you are a boy, get your sister to make it for you. Exchange. MAGNANIMOUS BOYS. Horace ilami says: ''You are made to he kind boys: generous, magnanimous. If there is a boy in school who has a clubfoot, don't let him know you ever saw it. If there is a boy with ragged clothes, don't talk about rags within his hearing, if there is a hungry one, give him a part of your dinner. If there is a dull one, help him to get his lessons. If there is a bright one, be not envious of hini ; for if one boy is proud of his talents and another boy t i, i 1 . j ' mwvua ui iiiLuu, lucre art; iu Krcui wrongs aim no more talent than before. If a larger or a stronger boy has injured you and is sorry for it, forgive him." COURT OX GOOD FRIDAY. An interesting figure, passed away a few days Jgo at Oshkosh, Wis., in the person of Colonel Gabe Bouck. He was of a type nearly extinct. If he had lived in the, south his manner and peculiar ideas would have made him a foremost figure. He had the physique of an Indian model and the dignity of a whole bench of the judiciary. Apropos of the Lenten season the following story is recalled of Colonel Bouck: He was trying an important case in the circuit court at Milwaukee. The judge was noted for his arbitrary rulings. Growing weary of the ease, he broke in upon Colonel Bouck by ordering air adjournment. ad-journment. ' "Until what day?"' inquired the colonel, not in the least perturbed by the abruptness of the court. "Make it next Friday," replied the judge, addressing ad-dressing his remark to the clerk. 'Colonel Brouck was always a strict churchman and had the church calendar dayt at his lingers' ends. "Xext Friday is Good Friday," said Colonel Brouck in a voice that was heard throughout the courtroom. 'That makes no difference to this court." said the judge. "We shall hear the case on that day .' "If you do," quickly retorted Colonel Brouck in a solemn and measured tone, "you will break a record rec-ord that has stood during the Christian era. Pontius Pon-tius Pilate is the only other judge who held court on Good Friday." - It is recalled that the judge wilted, and although he did not order the change from the bench, the record was changed before court adjourned. Catholic Cath-olic Light. BE SWIFT, BE SLOW. (By F. S. Shepard.) Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. James 1:19. . . Be swift. O heart, to hear "Whatever good you can: On words of truth oft think, On evil place a ban. Be slow, O heart, to speak, Say only helpful things: The word unthinking said, Embitters oft and stings. Be slow. O heart, to wrath, In self-restraint be strong; 'Twere better ills to bear Than that thou shouldst bo wrong. Be swift to hear, be slow to speak, To wrath be always slow. That all the world may see thy life "With Jesus' love aglow. 1 IX STRAXGE JAPAX. The Japanesc eat more fish than any other people peo-ple in the world. .With them meat eatiiig.is a foreign for-eign innovation, confined to the rich, or rather to I those rich people who prefer it to the national diet. Tublic story-tellers still cam a good livelihood in Japan. In Tokio alone 600 of 4 hem ply their trade, provided with a small table, a fan and a paper pa-per wrapper to illustrate and cmnhasizc the points of their tales. j Before the westernizing of the Japanese war j department, a battle was frequently decided by personal per-sonal encounter between the two commanders, the retainers on each side giving their chiefs encouragement encour-agement only. The emperor of Japan is an athlete in his way. He has introduced football into the. land of the chrysanthemum, and amuses himself by playing an amateur game in his private grounds with some of his friends, most of whom are not so fond of it. A spectator in a Japanese theatre on payment of a small extra fee, is permitted to stand up; and 1 he person behind him cannot object, though the latter s view ot the performance is ousiructeu. An evidence of the striking uniformity of size among the Japanesc is found in the fact that recent measurements taken of an infantry regiment show no variation exceeding two inches in height or twenty pounds in weight. |