Natural History Of The Boy

The original noise producers and nerve destroyers oi' the time An.l vet in themselvea a most interesting stiidy. j F'r instance : Tlie best boy - Kvery mother 0WD8 liiin, every father is proud of him, and vet it tiikes a great deal of the "corrective" to keep him at hls best. The worst boy- belongs to the next door neighbor every time, and is the liatefullfst, meanest, homeliest, ' upest boy that ever Btole a fellow playmate's skatcs and broke the side rails off I'rom yonr liov's sled; and how ridiculously they do dress that boy I The funny boy -Ia alwavs cutting up soiiic rusty to bring a laugh. He turns himsi-ll' insid t, and if lie mukes a hit he keeps at it nntil he wtnds up hls oareer in the circus iing retailiog tttsfusand-year-old jokea. The saucy boy- Calla his mother a " squint-eyed logarithni," twigs liis lingerson hisOBóat liis father, invent astonishlng nlcknamea (or all the cranky people in the neifhberhood, and With hisliands in hjü pocketa stands on the street corners and yelpa liis "sass" right in face and eyea of everybody- -vet ho never seems to reap hls reward. The wicked Works on the sly. He wanders forth after dark, breaking in all the skating ponds, sprinkling ashes on the coasting grounds, setting logs of wood against ba k doors and ringing the bells. Essentially mis, with a tinge oí ugliness, he holds court with a reign of terror, and every boy stands in fear of him. Bul he i's the sleekest, quietest lpoking boj on the street. The scholarly boy - Pores over sein ]- books when he ought io lie out getting snow-balled. Heaorrects his mother's gram mar, improves t h style of his lutlicr's oonversation, and with an air of Buperlority kindly aUowa liis parenta to exist under the same roof with him, and be proud of his attainments. Ths chancea are that he wilt one day teacb a district school at $12 a month, and really (liink lio is moving the world. The tough boy - Beads dlme novéis, smokes a clay pipe, frequent the "niggerheaven" in theatres, steals froin tho apple stands on the corner, is ap aights, goes home in b beastly state of Lntoxication by the time he is tourteen, and at twenty stands on the corner in óhecked jiants, --loud" ulster, plug hal and lowneck shirt, a living picture of dissipalimi. Boys, don'l you thiiik it -siitart" to be tough. The newsbov - 'J'akc one whifl of him as he stands sixtccii deep to buy his papers. The world over, the newsboy carries a distinetive odor, reeking with tobáceo smoke, onion soupaiidthe resulta oí a chángeless shirt, üut he can give au Intelligent answer t any jiicstioii you ask him, andisthelongest distance man a fool oí' any of the boys. Be eats greal quantitiea oí tafity and di'liglits in "giving it away." The boy in "gig lamps" - ís seldom met, but the unfortnnate little coui nvr&ya Looka like some miniatura book agent with sore eyes. The farmer's boy - Wears tlie biggest boots he can persuado to slav on liis feet, lias a sturdy. rugged Uüic frame, hard inusdes, lots of red blóod i') liis Tace, can race over the fields, rideawild colt, drive a boss cow and snare more, partridges and rabbita than the liest sportsman. lie says "gosh" occasionally, and looks with wondeíing eyes at everything town bred. Bnt he is the boy who workg liis way to the city and replenishes its dissipatêd life witli his physical vigor and quick perceptions, and is the motive power that moves the liiisiness of tlie world. He inhales t lu spirit of progress in the air he breathes up on the old farm. Boys, yes, boys. We were all boys once, with exceptions in favor of girls, of course, and don't let us forget ii. Lel us remember that the world was once a distani panoramic show to us, as it is to boys now-a-daya, nul let us encourage boys intheir boyishness, that they muy never entirely work out of fcfaeir aystem the good Bpiritsand jollity that was bom in thein. J.ct us lic old boTO ourselves. Weshall Eeel betterfor