Helena Heath.
NEVER CAUGHT IT.
'He is always very busy,' said one man to another.
'Yes,' answered a gentleman who knew the person in question. 'He is so lazy in getting up that he loses an hour every morning, and spends all the rest of the day in running after it.'
An hour lost means an hour which can only be regained by neglecting other work.
RAT-SKINS.
The Japanese are a wonderful people, and their foresight in even the smallest matters is really marvellous. Here is a case in point.
Late in 1904, when the time came to forward the winter outfits for their soldiers fighting in Manchuria, amongst the wadded overcoats and thick blankets were some hundreds of thousands of ear-protectors made out of rats' skins.