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ered strange flowers on the heath; he has hunted a pewit because he thought its wing was broken, till of course it led him into a bog, and very wet he got.

But he did not mind it, because he fell in with an old man cutting turf, who told him all about turf-cutting. And then he went up a hill, and saw a grand prospect and many things more; and so wanted to go again and make out the geography of the country. He had brought home curiosities enough, and thoughts enough, to last him a week.

Whereon Mr. Andrews, who seems to have been a very sensible old gentleman, tells him all about his curiosities; and then it comes out-if you will believe it-that Master William has been over the very same ground as Master Robert, who saw nothing at all.

Whereon Mr. Andrews says, wisely enough, in his solemn, old-fashioned way:

"So it is. One man walks through the world with his eyes open, another with his eyes shut; and upon this difference depends all the superiority of knowledge which one man acquires over another. I have known sailors who had been in all the quarters of the world and could tell you nothing but the signs of the public houses."

"On the other hand, Franklin could not cross the Channel without making observations useful to mankind. The observing eye and inquiring mind find matter of improvement and delight in every ramble. You, then, Wil

liam, continue to use your eyes. And you, Robert, learn that eyes were given to you to use."

So said Mr. Andrews; and so I say. Therefore I beg all among you to think over this story, and settle in your own minds whether you will be Eyes or No Eyes. Whether you will, as you grow up, look and see for yourselves what happens; or whether you will let other people look for you, or pretend to look, and dupe you, and lead you about-the blind leading the blind, till both fall into the ditch.

Using your eyes, or not using them, is a question of doing right or doing wrong. God has given you eyes; it is your duty to use them.

-CHARLES KINGSLEY.

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Do you wish the world were better?

Let me tell you what to do.

Set a watch upon your actions,

Keep them always straight and true.

Rid your mind of selfish motives,

Let your thoughts be clean and high.

You can make a little Eden

Of the sphere you occupy.

Do you wish the world were wiser?
Well, suppose you make a start,
By accumulating wisdom

In the scrapbook of your heart.
Do not waste one page on folly;
Live to learn, and learn to live.
If you want to give men knowledge
You must get it ere you give.

Do you wish the world were happy?
Then remember day by day

Just to scatter seeds of kindness
As you pass along the way,
For the pleasure of the many

May be ofttimes traced to one,
As the hand that plants an acorn
Shelters armies from the sun.

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im port' ing, to bring in from

abroad.

eus' tom a ry, a common habit. în gen' ious (yus), skillful.

měch ́an îşm, structure.

îm' per fee' tion, defect. eom' prê hen'sion, understanding, knowing.

THE MANUFACTURE OF PINS.

Pins in one form or another were used with the earliest clothing of mankind. History tells us that the first pins used were natural thorns, and the first made were of wood and bone, followed by those made of wire.

The brass pins for ordinary purposes were first manufactured in France, and were so expensive that only the very wealthy could afford to use them.

In those days when a wealthy lady was married, it was customary to give her a sum of money with which to buy pins. This brought into use the expression "pin money," which now has an altogether different meaning.

A wealthy lady of France was given six pins as a wedding present and used them for seven years with the loss of but one, for which it is said she mourned greatly.

As early as the fifteenth century England was importing pins from France and at the same time trying to learn to manufacture them.

In 1775 the enterprising colonists in Carolina made the first pins and the first needles manufactured in the United States, and received a prize for it.

Today there are forty-seven pin factories in the United States, and they manufacture as many as 30,000,000 pins

a day. The present (1907) estimate shows France manufacturing 20,000,000 a day and Germany about the same number, while Great Britain now manufactures 47,000,000 a day.

Pins have become so common and so cheap that we scarcely think it worth while to waste time in picking one up when we drop it.

Although one pin amounts to so little, its manufacture requires complicated and delicate machinery. The manufacture of the large quantities used in the United States alone, each year, forms a great industry, and gives employment to hundreds of people.

The number of pins made in a year is practically beyond comprehension, and the hundreds of tons of these useful little articles are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

What becomes of them? This question has been asked by many. It is estimated that only one pin out of every hundred is worn out or broken by use, the other ninetynine being lost.

If we should visit a pin factory we would see a very busy little machine being fed with brass wire from large spools. The wire is drawn through holes in a steel plate. The holes are just large enough for the wire to pass through. The wire is then seized by a kind of pincers and pulled through holes in another plate, where the ends are struck in a hammer-like fashion, which forms the heads of the pins.

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