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Oht of the angel land he came,
7 Little Boy Jim.
Without any clothes, not oven the
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Of Little Boy Jim;
Left all the brightness of heavenly
. skies
Just borrowed enough for his heart
' and his eyes
And, -maybe, some nectar fortears
when ne cries,
ifittle Boy Jim.
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Plucked from the golden street a
brick,
Did Little Boy Jim,
Got a big angel that knew the trick,
Cute Little Jim,
To turn it into a Tieart of gold
The angel scoured heavn"to get the
best mold,
And-put in a piece of his own heart,
- I'm told, --
For Little Jim,
And he had it tuned in a perfect key,
. ' Little Boy Jim,
To keep it in constant harmony,
Wise boy, Jim.
And all the time that he is away
The heavenly choir will sing and
.- Play,
But he hears the echoing melody
Lucky Boy Jim.
That is the reasjm a part of each day
Little Boy Jim
Ceases his baby prattle and play
"The angel in him
Is list'ning, while into his eyes will
creep
A wistful look so tender and deep
The angel voices are singing-r-Ah
sleep,
Little Boy Jim.
. -P. Ar Connolly in the National
Magazine.
Vuelta de Ab&jo district, west of Ha
vana. This favored spot is located
on the banks of a river, the nature of
the soil being such that in no other
part of the world can leaves of such
excellonco be produced. Baltimore
Sun.
ODD FACTS ABOUT TOBACCO
'It takes G, 5 00,0 OCT acres to grow
the. world's tobacco.
'' The most expensive cigars made
cost about $7 each.
The largest cigars come from the
Philippine Islands, some of them be
ing" eighteen inches in length.
Italy has the reputation of manu
facturing . some of the strongest
smokes in the world.
A. good cigar will burn slowly and
equally. The weed that smolders up
one side is of inferior quality.
Louisville, the Kentucky center,
.though not so well known as Rich
mond, the '-Virginia center, is the
largest tobacco market in the world.
If the leaf of a cigar has a greasy
appearance, or shows green blotches
or is of a pale, sickly yellow, the
wrapper is' made of inferior tobacco.
In the total quantity of tobacco
grown the United States rivals Cuba
and the Philippine islands combined,
and British India is not very far be
hind the States.
In Tasmania no person under 13
years of age is allowed-to smoke in
a public place. Nearly everybody
smokes in Japan. The girls begin
when they are 10 years of age, and
the boys a year earlier.
Many believe that cigars marked
with light spots are indicators of the
predatory habits of an inseot which
attacks only a good leaf, but, as a
matter of fact, these spots are due
to the combined action of sun. and
rain.
. The cdlor of the ash is not an ac
curate guide, but if the ash displays
a black , "lip," a thin, dark line
around (he edge nearest the mouth,
it is proof positive of an indifferent
cigar. The ash of a good cigar
should also stand well.
The smoke from the bowl of one's
pipe is blue, because, coming direct
from the red:hot tobacco, it Is very
highly .oxidized; but the smoke from
one's lips is gray, because it is high
ly watered and hydrocarbonized.
The - best cigars manufactured
come from Cuba, the tobacco for
which is cultivated in the famous
PASSING OF THE. GENERALS
The following shows what general
officers now in active service will still
be on the active list of the array in
the years named if they are still liv
ing and do not resign:
1908 Wood, Weston, Grant,
Greely, Bell, Funston, Carter, Bliss,
Barry, Mills, Edgerly, Duvall, Persh
ing, Myer. "
IDOO-r-Woo'd, Weston, Grant,
Bell, Funston, Carter, Bliss, Barry,
Mills, Edgerly, Duvall) Pershing,
Myer.
1910 Wood, Grant, Bell, Funs
ton, Carter, Bliss, Barry, Mills, Du
vall, Pershing, Meyer.
1911 Wood, Grant, Bell, Funs
ton, Carter, Bliss, Barry, Mills,
Pershing.
191214 -Wood, Grant, Bell,
Funston, Carter, Bliss, Barry, Mills,
Pershing, ""
1915 Wood, Boll, Funston, Car
ter, Bliss, Barry, Mills, Pershing.
1916 Wood, Bell, Funston, Bliss,
Barry, Mills, Pershing.
1917-18 Wood, Bell, Funston,
Barry, Mills, Pershing.
1919 Wood, Bell, Funston, Bar
ry, Pershing.
1920 Wood, Bell, Funston, Per
shing. 1921 Wood, Funston, Pershing.
1929 Funston. Army and Navy
Journal.
stated in Its first article: "The em
pire of Japan shall be reigned over
and governed by a lino of emperors
unbroken from ages eternal." Thb
organization of a parliament took
place in 1890, which, in the Japanese
reckoning, would bo 2GB 0 from Jlm
mu's setting up his capital at Kashi
wara, in tho province of Yarnato,
which is rogarded by Japanese his
torians as tho beginning of the em
pire. Ldndon Chronicle
STOPS WORK FOR A ROBIN
.Construction work that was being-
rushed on a new residence over in
Goodwin avenue has stopped sudden
ly and peace has come to a pair of
timid robins that have fluttered
heartbrokenly about the heads of
the workmen since two tiny blue
eggs came into being in their nest
a few days ago.
Early in the spring tho robins
built their nest in a niche of an un
finished window and started house
keeping. They made no fuss about
it and in return for the cheer of
their song the workmen left them
undisturbed.
Of late the men have been obliged
to worknear the nest. The mother
bird was frantic with fear. Then
came the contractor of the building,
E. H. Hartford, who loves birds.
Comprehending the bird's alarm, he
ordered work stopped for three
weeks. By that time, he says, the
little eggs will have been broken and
the mother robin will be happy with
her young. Detroit Correspondence
Philadelphia Record.
REVERSIBLE REPARTEE
The lone fisherman- was having
miserable luck, and. the presence of
a small boy did not contribute to
his amiability. The youngster seemed
greatly interested as the man im
paled a struggling worm on a hook.
"What yer fishin' fer?" inquired
the boy. -
"Sardines," retorted the fisherman,
testily.
"Huh," grunted the youngster,
edging away. "Thet crooked thing
on th' eild of yer line wouldn't take
no prize in a can-opening ocntest,"
Harper's Weekly.
FOUNDATION OF JAPAN
On February 11 is celebrated in
Japan the great annual festival of
Kigensetsu, the anniversary of the
foundation of the empire by the first
emperor, Jimmu-tenno, B. C. 600.
The Japanese reckon their present
era from this date, and it was on
February 11, 1889, that Mutswhito,
the 121st anniversary of the dynasty,
promulgated tho present constitution
of the empire of Japan, the funda
mental principle of which is clearly
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