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ber of other college men there and they were all sure that} is was wrong. Each of these Wis directed: to pick out a nice picket and write plainly on it ame-="Prof. Smith? 'etc---and]| pinion about thistles. Then the ets were stuek into tha ground in ! The thisles were planted, and Whey grew. and 'thrived | wonderfully, each | bearing seed dfter his kind. You "judge that they were watched interest. Along about ' August again to complete lrned ff $9. Professor). wall ye Rake this bit spadie and dig, up you thistle frae behind yir pick- "The digging was done but no T00t dug up his Shistle bic. the result: was the same--thiere were no roots. from How! was this done? Chiefly by clipping off the lower leaves of the}, 2 * Made Farmer to His Son Oshawa, Ontario, Januney. rs, 1613 To James Tompkins, Port; Perry, Ontario. Dear Jim-- I'm awful glad to hear you've got a boy at your house." Susie and you has a great job on your hands now. = You'll begin. to find out how them theories of yours about raising. children will 'work out ins veil life, with a real flesh and blood baby to practise on. Speaking in 'general a youngster grows up to do. the things you laugh at most, or praise him for doing. Ther's fashions in. children just the same as there is in clothes and millinery. Mother's most generally the leader of fashion, with dad a close second. Tf you think your kid is "too cute for anything" when he acts "smart," yout can make up your mind that the boy won't disappoint you along them:lines. He'll be so cute that there won't be no doing nothing 'with him. * 'He'll have new tricks or flip speéches enough to fill a book; and he'll find the soft-spot around your heart and get the best 'of you right along. The style in children runs to being "smart" and slangy' 'and cheerful'and bnght, These are the trimmings that catch the popular fancy; but. 1 don't need to tell you'that they're rather poor ' trimmings to stand rough weather alone, There's some trimmiugs that looks pretty and wears 'well toa. : Cheerfulnese is great staff if it ain't shot through with a sassy streak . Smartoess is all right if it ain't of the ragtime kind. I'm downoun it thongh for it makes youngster think there aint nothing 'any good, "and that everything in life is something to poke fun'at, + Boda water and gin fizz may be all right to take odd * times but fo steady mals they wouldn't fattena fellow much. nor make' his "muscle hard. We used to be a pretty solemicholy lot. 'of folks, bue now we's most top cheerful to have proper ballast. Old folks may be thiat dead serious that they don't know how to laugh right. Bun they has to have some amusement and a clever youngster ome. handiest. King John used to keep a feilow round hum mest off the: Si noting bs acta fon Some of us can't #fford to: hive.