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Volume 13, Number 26. Copyright, 1886, by D. Lothrop & Co. May 1, 1886.

THE PANSY.

HOWARD'S HENS.

"DILIGENT IN BUSINESS."

IF there ever was a boy who needed to turn over a new leaf and write at the top as a motto, "Diligent in business," that boy was Howard Grinnell.