As he promised mamma, it was the last time he ever forgot anything he ought to remember. Then the forgettery had a new use. All the children would open the door and put in things they wanted to forget. Bessie put in her hurt feelings, when Alice forgot to come for her on the way to Mabel's party. Donald put in his anger, when Ben let go of the kite string and it sailed away never to come back. Robert put in his disappointment when papa wanted him to work in the garden instead of going fishing. --_Written for Dew Drops by Willametta Preston._ A SOFT ANSWER. "Oh, Emma, where are you going?" asked Kitty, as she ran after her sister. "I'm not going to tell you where I'm going; so there!" replied Emma. "You're just the hatefulest girl I ever saw," said Kitty, beginning to cry. These two little girls did not remember the verse their teacher had given them the Sunday before. It was this: "A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger." Emma's rough answer stirred up an angry feeling in Kitty's heart. They were grievous words and brought a reply of the same kind. How much better it is to help each other to do right and to be gentle. Miss Maggie had heard what the girls said, for she was just coming into the house. She had a rose in her hand, and just as Emma ran away, leaving Kitty in tears, she held out the rose, saying to Kitty: "Smell it, dear; is it not beautiful?" The sweet words and the beautiful flower calmed Kitty's angry heart. Miss Maggie told her to keep the rose, and when Emma came home, instead of finding a cross little sister she found Kitty very happy. "Come see my rose," said Kitty. Emma smelled it and said, "Oh! How sweet it is!" and they forgot their unkind feelings. What power there is in a gentle word. Kind actions, too, are opposed to anger; the good will drive out the bad. "Do your duty as if you enjoyed it." --_Selected._ Why should soldiers be rather tired on the first of April? Because they have just had a march of thirty-one days. +---------------+ | | | Knowledge Box | | | +---------------+ Strange Little Duckbill. If you lived in Australia, you would hear the natives call the little duckbill by three different names--Tambreet, or Tohunbuck, or Mallangong. Are they not queer-sounding names? But the little duckbill is a queer animal, too. Its mouth looks like a duck's bill. Some people name it the Water Mole, because its fur looks like the mole's coat, and because it is fond of the water. When dogs first see Master Duckbill, they watch him waddle along in his funny, awkward way and bark at him, but they will not touch him. When cats first see this queer creature, they scamper quickly out of sight.