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The C< >■vington Star 9
J, W. ANDERSON. Editor and Proprietor.
A Song of n Heart.
near heart— I love you! nil the day I
If skies are rich with blue,
Or bendinp: black with tempest and
thunder,
Dear heart, dear heart, o’er you!
Dear heart—I love you 1 when pale stars
gleaming—
(Bad stars to me, and few.)
I wonder if God’s lovelier lights are
Pear heart, dear heart, o’er you!
Dear heart—if life had only one bright
som,
One roso to meet the dew—
Td kiss it, climbing to your restful bosom
And wear its thorns for you.
—Frank L. Stanton, In Atlanta
Leopold Leverton's Love.
Leopold Leverton was in love
more! Ever since his quarrel
Laura Gray in tho summer he
been paying desultory court to
othy Pearson, and now, hearing
Dollio had just inherited a sweet
legacy from a recently deceased
en aunt, Leopold—or, as his
were wont to style him,
come to the conclusion that her
were utterly irresistible.
If Leopold did occasionally
ence twinges of remorseful regret
the old deligtful days, he
concealed his feelings, and -with all
impetuosity of his nature he
to beat George Speedman out of
running, win the fair Dollie—and
legacy—for his own, and live
ever after.
As Leopold sauntered through
town a happy thought struck him.
would send Mrs. Pearsou a
something which would influence
to countenance the proposal he
tended making to her daughter at
earlies op ortunity.
What auould the “something'
A goose?
No. That might suggest
comparisons.
A turkey?
Yes. That is the very thing; a
key it should be.
He immediately proceeded to
his design into execution, and after
examining a considerable number
obese gobblers he finally selected
fine fat fellow eminently qualified to
arouse Mrs. Pearson’s housewifely ad¬
miration and mellow the heart of her
rotund little spouse.
“Just give mea scrap of paper and
I’ll write you the address to which I
want it sent."
'Certninly sir. Here you are, sir, ”
and the shopkeeper handed Leopold a
memorandum sheet
Now, it chanced the poulterer’s er¬
rand lad was one of those poetic little
souls, who, in accordance with the
eternal unfitness of things, are to be
found in all parts of the civilized
globe, engaged in tho most prosaic
and uncongenial occupations, and he
had, in an idle moment, inscribed up¬
on the back of the slip of paper a line
of Longfellow’s which had taken his
fancy. This inscription, however, es¬
caped notice.
t i That will do capitally,” said Lev¬
erton, and he proceeded to write:
“Yo. 71 Trottervillo terrace, Park
toad. M ith Leopold Leverton’s com¬
pliments, ”
' I here,” said he, I i that will do.
111 just pin it to the turkey. You’d
*5nd it at once won’t you?"
“Immediately sir, replied the
tradesman, briskly, < t No. 71 Park
road, sir. Right sir. ”
By a carious coincidence—or it may
have been a fatality—'George Speed
man strolled leisurely up, unseen by
Leopold, who walked off light hearted
!? before him.
»i Yo. 71 Park road!" said Speed
man, mentally. What’s Poly been
ordering for No. 71?”
He turned and looked into the shop.
^ hat does this weigh?” inquired
George, indicating tho one Leverton
had jusa purchased and which still lay
on the stall with the scrap of paper
conspicuously attached.
(( Liat one’s sold, sir. Here’s
one
that ud pass as twin brother to it. ”
Ah, said George,perusing the lines
w hich his rival had penned, “well,
*eigh me that one.
Oddly enough, ths same happy
bought had occurred to him which
"ad been conceived by Leverton.
“Thank you sir. Where shall I
send it to?
<( Oh, I’ll take replied
Speedman. it, thanks,”
And straightway he
trudge d off to Park road with his bur¬
den.
There was a puzzled look on his face
49 k ® picked his way through the
crowds of holiday makers that throng
-! tho town, and it was still there
•hen, having left the shops and
throngs behind him, he stopped for a
nioinent to light a cigar.
Hardly had he proceeded a dozen
”* V 'L along Park read, however, w hen
£ eknfl «c ifan)y lifted,
.f >'<>»*! | U i” k«
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER ->4, 1893
much to the surprise of a young
momtr ^ 1,6 PaSSinS Mm
After relieving his feelings by
outburst just recorded George
man quickened his pace and in a
minutes later was standing in the
sence of the fair Dollie’s maternal
tive, presenting with the most
ful and insinuating manner he
command, the unfortunate bird,
he relied upon to wing him into a
orable position for laying siege to
daughter’s heart.
What his success was may readily
be .surmised from the fact that when,
in response to Mrs. Pearson’s invita¬
tion, be arrived later in the evening
j ^ same day to dine with the
the good lady met him at the hall and.
whispered that Dollio was alone in the
drawing room.
George entered the room with a
quickly beating heart, and what passed
there is best knoisn to Dollieand him¬
self, but it is a significant fact that
when, half an hour later, the young
couple emerged in response to the
summons of the dinner gong Dollie’s
cheeks were in hue like the deep
heart of a crimson rose und there was
an extremely long silken hair clinging
to George’s manly waistcoat.
Just prior to tho announcement of
dinner Leopold Leverton had arrived
in a condition of pardonable anxiety
as to the result of his stratagem.
It was doubtless very considerate of
Mrs. Pearson to keep him engaged in
conversation with herself in order
that the privacy of the more fortunate
gentleman who had come to woo might
be uniuvaded, but he w r as extremely
perplexed and chagrined that Mrs.
Pearson made no reference to the su¬
perb turkey.
> . You will stay and take dinner with
us, Mr. Leverton?” she said still
without mentioning his gift. It was
passing strange.
. . Thank you,” he responded mu
singly.
Then a terrible fear took possession
of his heart. Had tho dealer forgotten
or ommitted to send the bird? He
1 could bear the longer.
suspense no
. .. I ah did jou ah r ‘ ct H L ft
—turkey this afternoon, Mrs. Pear¬
son?” he stammered.
II Yes, inded, and a fine one it is.
Ah, there is the gong. Come, Mr.
Leverton. ”
At that moment Speedman entered
the dining room with Dollie leaning
upon his arm.
• • Mrs. Pearson—Mr. Pearson—con
gratulate me. Dollie has promised to j
be wife. f ♦
my ;
It was George who spoke, with
sparkling eyes and triumphant tone.
Leopold could scarce believe his ears.
It What?” ha cried, while Dollie
hung her head and blushed bewitch
inglv. Alay I congratulate
( ( Yes. you on
having resumed your engagement with
Miss Gray?” answered George, seat
ing himself beside Dollie.
“Wha—what do you mean?” stam¬
mered Poly, hopelessly bewildered.
<< Oh, nothing. Only I thought as |
you were sending them a turkey you
must have—”
It was now George’s turn to look
surprised.
i * I don’t understand. There’s some
mistake. I ordered one to be sent
here, hoping Mrs. Pearson would ac
cept— I addressed to
< t The one saw was
71, interrupted George, thinking ho
began to see light.
“Yes. This is 71, I noticed tlie
number on the garden gate as I passed
this morning.
“No chimed in Air. Pearson.
it This is 171. I noticed the other day
that the first figure was almost washed
out. We must have it repainted.”
It Then my turkey has gone wrong,”
exclaimed Leopold, ft I must see
about it.”
He was, as has been previously re¬
marked, an impetuous young man, and
before the others could recover from
their surprise he was hurrying down
the road.
I « Who lives at 71?” asked Mr. Fear
son after a short interval of silence.
“The Grays, answered George
promptly. “Moved in last week.
Had Levertou stayed one moment
to reflect on Speedman’s words it is
probable that he would have sacrificed
dozen turkeys rather than risk meet¬
ing the wrathful pater of his discarded
lady love, but so bewildered was he
that the possibility of such a contre
temps never entered his mind.
The advent of the fateful fowl, with
Leverton’s note attached in the Gray
household had caused almost as much
bewilderment iu that homestead dur¬
ing the afternoon as Leopold was him¬
self experiencing otthat moment.
Mrs. Gray unpinned the scrap of
paper and r*sd ft.
• ” *s* aafted
the room * he,, he,
daughter was dressing for a walk
j " Mr - Levertoa fcas sent us a turkey
Laura let fall the brush she was us¬
ing and stood gazing at her mother in
silence. Then the color mounted to
her cheeks, bnt she did not speak,
Laura read the lines and returned
the paper. She was still strangely si¬
lent, and her mother anxious to havs
an expression of opinion from some
one else, trotted off down stairs a<min
to consult Mr. Gray as to what should
be done. Laura followed her closely.
Mr. Gray took the slip of paper in
his own hands, read it carefully, re
read it, and then turned it over as
though seeking further enlighten¬
ment.
His eyes fell upon the line which
had been written by the lad with the
poetic soul:
Let the dead past bury Its dea>
n 1 suppose he he would like
means
us to let bygones be bygones,” replied
Mrs. Gray, slowly, it Don t you think
so Laura?”
If Yes,” said Laura very softly.
The afternoon wore swiftly away. A
faint appetizing odor arose from the
kitchen and gradually permeated the
apartment.
As time passed this faint odor gradu¬
ally intensified until at the hour when
Leopold Leverton, having with some
difficulty discovered the real No. 71,
panted up to the hall door thereof, the
fact that a turkey was being prepared
for table might have been guessed by
any chance passer who happened to be
gifted with a critical discrimination in
the way of odors.
Steps sounded in the vestibule, the
handle rattled, the door was thrown
open and a dark figure stood in the
doorway.
Poor Poly in his impetuosity had
never thought of how he would ex¬
plain his errand, and now as that sa¬
vory scent floated from behind that
dark figure and struck him full with a
sudden warm gust, he began to stam¬
mer something about “a mistake” and
it a turkey."
Mr. Gray, attributing his confusion
[ to the awkward predicament in vhicli
he found hlmself tlmnlgh hflving
broken so shabbily with Laura and
thinking, with an accession of that
. > good-will to all” which often comes
over men to help him out of his diffi¬
culty, put forth his hand and half
dragged Leverton into the house.
t . There, there," he exclaimed,
.. you’re a strange fellow, but if you
can " make ~ it up with Laura all well and
« > Air. Gray,” said Leopold, regain
ing the use of his tongue as his out¬
door garments were taken from him,
“it bus all been a mistake.”
. • Yes, yes,” interrupted Air. Gray,
II butyou will find Laura in iliedrawing
room. Explain it to her while dinnei
is being served.”
He pushed the unresisting young
fellow into the drawingroom, and him¬
self remaining outside, closed the door
behind him.
As Leverton entered a lady rose
from the fanteuil upon which she had
been seated. It was Laura.
Somehow at sight of her standing
there, looking so fair and sweet in her
evening costame, Leopold forgot all
about the lady of the legacy, and a
sudden feeling of shame stole into his
heart and caused the warm blood to
rush up into his cheeks.
There was a moment’s awkward pause,
and then he said bravely:
. . Laura, I have been a fool. Can
you forgive me?”
“It was I who was to blame,” she
murmured brokenly.
So he dined off that erring turkey
after all, and that is how it comes
about that when George and Dollie
were married in the ensuing summer
there was also a wedding from 71.-—
[Boston Globe.
“IPs A Diver,”
It was in the Italian section of the
Liberal Arts Building, and I was look
ing at a fine piece of armor well et
up,— helmet with vizor, breastplate,
greaves, e tc.,—when a woman’s voice
behind me exclaimed: . * It’s a diver.
I’ve seen ’em. Ain’t he natural look
ing:
They were evidently an elderly coun
try couple, and she had just caught
sight of the armor. I wondered what
the smith who had wrought with such
patient art would have said could he
have heard the exclamation, and have
seen the conple walk on perfectly sat
isfied that they had seen a diver, the
husband delighted with his wife s
knowledge. The very resemblance
which made the mistake not altogether
inexcusable made it all the fuDnier.
Doubtless amusing mistakes like this
have counted up into the millions at
the Fair; yet in spite of these it baa
net fefled in fourt-ton ** vto-m,
SAVAGE WEAPONS.
A South American Sxhibit at the
Fail.
War Clubs, Air jg and Bows
and ivs.
' * re We mauy rent ^ inds oi
*** C 8 among the 11 llftM ot South
. They
menca - range n size from a
' ‘f, ick not much ^ icker tkan a
f**? ? Umb atuI nat tt ore thau tlu ‘ e0
feet m length, , to a six foot monster as
| thlck as a 8turd y sapling, with an edge
\ as sharp as « sword. Wherever pos
sible, the clubs are made of ironwood,
but in many instances mahogany and
ebony are substituted. They are only
I brought into play in short-range flght
| ing, and during the Spanish conquests
even the mail-shirted soldiers of Cas
tile are said to have wavered and
broken their lines when charged by a
body of natives armed with these wea
pons. Some of the clubs on exhibition
in the anthropological building date
back to the times before the conquest*
and imaginative visitors claim to be
able to see splashed across the cruel
implements the blood of the conquer
ers.
Of blow-guns there are a large num¬
ber. These implements of war are
tacked on the wall at the south end of
the section. Many of them are fear¬
fully and wonderfully made. The
giant of the collection is ten feet
long. It is made of a hollow reed, its
inner surface carefully bored in order
to secure perfect smoothness.
Wrapped around the outside of the
weapon is a rope made of grass fibre.
This wrapping extends from one end of
the reed to the other.
It is held in place by a gum found in
large quantities in Central and South
America. The blow-guu tapers from
the thickness of a little finger at the
mouthpiece to the thumb at its stock
and is made of various colors, but the
shape is the same in all. With these
weapons it is said that the natives at¬
tain such a degree of expertness that
Uiey are auie to hit small birds in the
tops of tho highest trees. Small game,
such as rabbits, squirrels and other an¬
imals, are shot while running. As
soon as a young native has laid aside
the swaddling clothes of infancy he is
given a blow-gun and taught its uses.
The missile used is a short arrow
about as thick as an ordinary knit¬
ting - needle, The head of the
arrow is wrapped with fibre
in order to balance it and at the same
time fill up the bore of tho gun. The
arrows are made of ironwood or some
other hard wood of native growth.
Quivers holding about 100 arrows are
attached to the guns. When used in
war the arrows are steeped in a deadly
poison. This poison is made by a se¬
cret process and the knowledge of its
ingredients is jealously guarded by the
natives. Its effect is such that the
slightest scratch from a poisoned pro¬
jectile causes almost instant death. In
killing large game a less powerful
poison is used. When a deer or other
animal is killed that portion of the
body around the arrow is cut away,
thereby removing the poisoned flesh.
The rest is said to be perfectly whole
sorne.
Bows and arrows also enter largely
into the make-up of a South American
exhibit. Like the other implements,
the bo-ws are fashioned in grades cor¬
responding to the native’s rank and
circumstances. They are usually
about five feet in length. The wooden
part is made from a tough springy
reed of the bamboo family which
grows along the marsh lands. The
tendon of some animal or the fibre
from some plant suffices for a string.
Arrows are made of heavy wood, some¬
times pointed to give them penetra¬
ting power, There are but a few of
these, however, even in the most prim¬
itive specimens on exhibition. Most
of them are fitted with iron and flint
arrow-heads.
These heads are shaped in much the
same manner as the ones used by the
North American Indians. They are
triangular in form, verging toward a
point at the end. Tho haft is featb
ered with plumage of gorgeous hues.
There are arrows of all sizes and de-
8criptionp Those used for small game
ftre lighter than the ones used for war,
a8 in the case of the blow-guns,
, g g diderence j n the degree of
• Qning p roce8 6eR through which
t are pu t.—[Chicago Record,
;
Water and Disease.
Im . nire wat er should not be used
^ domr , s ti c purpose. When only
' should
impur e wat€r is to be had, it in
^ ca&<js ^ p„ r itied before use.
Boiling is the most common method
^ r#nd ering innocuous or sterile any
euipec t« d 0 r known to contain
j 44»••>»«*
eonveyable by water, such as typhoid
fever or cholera.
It is not uncommon to hear people
I say, it We do not fear cholera because
we boil all our drinking water, Yet
it is safe to say that half of those who
give orders to have the water boiled,
and even of those who themselves at
tend to its boiling, drink water from
vessels rinsed with unboiled water.
It is plain that the good effects oi
boiling the water which is to be used
; f or drinking purposes are lost if the
' pitcher, the salad, the milk
or or can,
\ or the milk jug has been rinsed with
nnboiIed water . The boiling of water
! •„ au oxcelle nt precaution, but the use
of boiled water shoul(l be esten ded.
0f tho water in the house bold, the
proportion devoted to drinking pur¬
poses is relatively small. In the
! kitchen water is used for washing veg
etables and Balad8> for rinsing dishes
, | am} tabIewI , re . One or two germs of
; disease clinging to the sides of a vessel
into which milk has afterward been
poured, may find the milk an excellent
soil in which to grow and propagate
their species.
Prom food which has been subjected
to roastiag or boiling, or to any thor¬
ough cooking there is nothing to fear.
From uncooked foods and from fluids
danger is possible, and in the process
of their preparation they should be
guarded from every possible source
of contamination,
In time of an epidemic milk should
always be subjected to boiling or
steaming before it is used.
The use of any of the filters which
are fastened to faucets on the pipes of
the city water supply, it is perhaps
needless to say, does not afford the
slighest protection against disease
germs.
Water which contains mineral im¬
purity or, indeed, an appreciable quan¬
tity of organic matter, should not be
used under any circumstances. —
[Youth's Companion.
An Experience With A Rattlesnake
The wife of a lumberman named
Williamson a few days ago had a nov¬
el and terrifyintr exucrienee with a rat¬
tlesnake. The Williamsons live near
Lake Charles, in Louisiana, in a small
cabin on Lake Calcasieu, the waters
a ad vicinity of which are plentiful
breeding grounds for these and other
venomous reptiles. Mrs. Williamson
had left her six-months-old baby
asleep in tho cradle near an open door
for the sake of the breeze, and was
going about her household business,
when she happened to approach the
little bed to look at her child to see if
it still slumbered comfortably, and
to her horror saw a line of mottled
green and black nestled close to the
form of tho peacefully sleeping little
one. The ugly head was raised and
resting on the child’s arm with the
eyes keeping drowsy watch over it.
The mother sank nearly fainting on
the floor; but with a parent’s bravery
realized that the snake must be dis¬
lodged at any cost to herself, as at the
first or slightest movement of the babe
the cruel fangs might be buried in its
flesh. It was necessary also to act
with speed, so arming herself with a
pistol belonging to her husband, she
suddenly bent over the cradle, and
with one rapid gesture laid hold of the
snake by the end of its tail, and as
suddenly gave it a jerk which lauded it
over the side of the bed and on to the
floor. The creature made at her with
uplifted head, sounding its dreadful
rattle as it coiled close to her feet
But aiming steadily she put a ball
through its body, and although it
again tried to attack her, she fired
again and succeeded in killing it. As
it died it flung itself upon her toot and
struck the shoe with its fangs, but it
was only the death agony, and the
blow served only to entangle it in the
tie of the shoe, to which it was still
clinging when her Imsband reached
her, having heard the shots and run¬
ning to her assistance.—[New York
Telegram.
(Jneen Victoria's Favorite Horse,
Jessie, the Queen’s favorite old rid¬
ing mare, was found placidly standing
in a solitary loose box, warmly
wrapped in mgs, her own natural coat
being like very thick, soft black plush.
With her splendid coat, silky mane and
tail, lofty crest and soft mild eyes, she
looks worthy of her royal mistress, re¬
marks the London Idler. Jessie’spedi
gree is not given, but she was bred near
Balmoral. She is about 15 hands 3 inches
in height, black as a coal, and with pe¬
culiar white markings on forehead and
back. She is now tweutv-six or twen¬
ty-seven years old, and, until the last
twelve months, has carried Her Majes¬
ty for many years. The Queen is stated
to be very fond of Jessie, who, al¬
though now, from old age, past work,
is invariably *ent to the Castle for in
epeetto" wb«*> H«r Afwjestr** *♦. Wij,^
PCI* t
St
VOL. XIX. NO. 33
FOB THE HOUSEWIFE,
EGO PLANTS,
Parboil the plant half an hour, skim
And out in thin slices, sprinkle each
slice with salt, ’ lay J in a dish and place ‘
plate on top. Let them stand an hour.
Sprinkle the slices with flour, or dip
them in egg and , cracker crumbs, , and ,
fry in hot batter.—[Boston Cultivator.
CBEAMED SWEETBREADS.
Binse one pair sweetbreads thor¬
oughly in cold water. Cover will
boiling water and simmer for twenty
minutes. Drain, throw into cold wa
ter, let stand five minutes, then re
move the membrane and pick to pieces
with a silver knife. Make a cream
sauce oe follows: Melt one tablespoon
ful of butter, without browning, add
one tablespoonful of flour, stir until
smooth, then ndd one cup of cream
and the sweetbreads. Stir gently un¬
til it thickens, take from the fire, sea¬
son and serve.—[St. Louis Republic.
i.KED KHTTBA.KB PUDDING
Peel and cut up the rhubarb, and
put a layer in a pudding dish, w ith a
spoonful or two of sugar. Cover with
a layer of nice light bread, sliced thin,
then a thick layer of fruit and sugar.
Continue this until the dish is full,
having for the top layer crumbs rolled
in a tablespoonful of butter, Bake
from thirty to forty minutes, and
•erve hot with cream and sugar.— j I
[New York World.
shewierd’s pie.
Cut into dice one quart of any kind
of cold meat. Miuoe very fine two table¬
spoonfuls of salt pork, and add to the
meat. Pare and cut into dice four
large uncooked potatoes; grate or
chop fine one onion; chop fine one j
tablespoonful of parsley. Mix and
season with salt and pepper, and add j
a large cupful of water. Put in a deep !
earthen dish. Make a paste with four j
potatoes, two tablespoonfuls of butter, :
a large cupful of boiling milk and a
pint of flour. Pare, boil and mash the
Uotatoee: then add hutk>. oqH «*t»d
milk. When all is very light, beat in
gradually. Sprinkle the board with
flour and roll the paste a little larger
than the dish. Make a hole in the
center to let out the air. Cover the
dish with the paste, being careful to
have the edge come inside tho dish.
Bake gently one hour.—[New York
Ledger. j
BISQUE OF VEAL.
Procure a knuckle of veal. Wipe,
cut into pieces, put into a soup kettle
and cover with two quarts of cold wat¬
er. Bring slowly to boiling point,
skim and stand on the back part of
the stove to simmer gently for one
hour. Then add one onion, six cloves,
a bay leaf and a sprig of parsley. Sim¬
mer gently an hour longer, Strain
aa 1 a Id one-half to a spoonful of beef
e Uract, four tablespooufuls of thick
or am, and a palatable seasoning of
salt and pepper, two tablespoonfuls of
boi .ed rice may also bo added. If the
water has evaporated during the cook¬
ing, add sufficient to make the same
quantity with which you started.—
[Household News.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
;
Kitchen floors painted with boiled
linseed oil are easily cleaned.
A cloth saturated in kerosene and
dipped into whiting, for cleaning tin¬
ware, is much better than anything
else used.
Many of the new bits of linen seea
at the exchanges are rounded oblongs,
following the shape of the dishes so
much used for olives, celery, etc.
When straining fruit for jelly do not
allow the juice to drip into a tin ves
sel, as tho acid iu the juice affects ths
tin, and it in turn changes the color
and tast s of the juice.
For starching muslins, ginghams
and calicoes dissolve a piece of alum
the size of a hickory nut for every
pint of starch. This will keep the col¬
ors bright for a long time.
Some beautiful glass sent from Lon¬
don is in form and color almost a per¬ j
fect imitation of flowers. There are
pink morning glories with green leaves, :
pansies and the graceful pendants of!
the gloxinia. 1
Boiling the milk and allowing it to i
cool before using for custard pies pay B
well for the extra trouble by making j
the custard firm and not apt 1
more so
to be watery if the oven is too hot,
often happens.
To cleanse grease from wood or cloth j
or silk or straw apply the following
cleansing cream; Dissolve two ounces j
of white castile soap and half an ounce j
of borax in a quart of warm soft water;
turn this into three quarts of oold (
water, add four ounoaa of equ* simno
at'A four -4 stouhr*!.
’ A Little Love Song.
j world, my dear, hath millions—
Its gold climbs to the skies;
j | Hut one there is hath trillions—
The light of thy dear eyes!
Pear eyes 1 that are so tender,
No f hea c ’ aa
n One gleam of their bright splendor- . .
The 8unshlne of tUy face t
l'he world, my dear, with wonders
May wake thy wlld 3U - pri se ;
But s hino above its thunders
The rainbows of thine eyes!
(Dear eyes! that are so tender—
That light the years to be;
One ray of their rare splendor
Makes earth a heaven for me!}
T be wor j d) my dear? * * * Tia dreaming
Lol Love the dream denies
I wake: the light Is streaming
Bright from thy beauteous _
eyes .
Dear eyes! the kind—the splendid!
Far over land and sea, '• ■■
shine soft, till life is ended— *.
Shine sweet, dear eyes, for me!
—Frank L. Stanton In Atlanta Constitution.
HUMOROUS.
A billiard ball oft gives a kiss for a
blow.
Horse Dealer: It I always pick my
customer, Friend: “I was told that
you skinned them.
A cat may look at a king, bnt she
wants to keep both eyes open when
she looks at a family hotel janitor.
Beggar—“Could you spare me •
trifle, kind gentleman? I’ve got five
little children at home—all twins!”
Oh, tut! That’s tramp scheme. It
a
“Tramp scheme? What the deuce do
you mean by a tramp scheme? Oh
it won’t work. ft
It is interesting to see how corry
the man who went to the country for
a vacation and the man who stayed at
home are for each other.
When the millennium comes the
bather who keeps one foot on the bot
tom will quit telling her friends she
has really learned to swim.
"Great Cresar," thought the fisherman.
Beside the waters blue,
I only wish the fish would bite
As these mosquitoes do.”
The familiar advice, “Let dogs de¬
light to bark and bite,” is perhaps the
oict-tj oil retsoTa TrneTt; n uvg
fight has been encouraged by the
muse.
It How does Dempster always man¬
age to look so cool this awful weather?”
II He makes out a long list of the things
he’ll have to buy next winter, and it
aearly gives him a chill. ”
Dairyman, to applicant, for situ
ition—“You have had experience,
have you? Applicant—“Oh, yes,
Mr. IJrvin. i . On which side of tho
bow do you sit to milk? “The out
side, sir.”
Tailor—“You promised me faith¬
fully yesterday morning that you
would call in and settle for that suit
last night, if it rained pitchforks.”
Gus De Smith—“Yes, I know; but it
didn’t rain pitchforks.”
Mr. Chimpanzee—“That ostrich eats
enough for two birds. What do you
suppose makes it so greedy, Airs. C. ? l»
Mrs. Chimpanzee — “I heard ths
keeper say it swallowed a pair of strong
eye-glasses yesterday, and they magni¬
fy its appetite.”
Dangerous Pets.
1 never liked pet tamed leopards,
and I will only warn young officers in
India against keeping them as pets.
They may be very well behaved to
their masters, but when a visitor comes
to call, not knowing anything about
the existence of a leopard in the house,
it is very unpleasant to him to find a
huge beast coming sniffing up to him
and raising its head as if to lick his
face. The visitor is probably seated
iu the darkened drawing room, and
the servant who introduced him has
gone off to call his master, who is said
1° be dressing or bathing,
^ remember an exceedingly bad
quarter of an hour that I spent in a
certain subaltern’s bungalow with a
strange leopard as my only companion,
for the servant did not come back to
the drawing room, as he had a holy
horror of the leopard on his own ac¬
count, When at last my young friend
appeared he could hardly believe that
any one could be afraid of such a
harmless, playful animal as his leop¬
ard. I thought otherwise, and did
flot t ^ can . Before the end
o{ a montb tbifi leopard bit hia owu
master—of course in play; but the
warning was taken, and the master
httd tbe s kull and skin very handsome
j y 8et np a8 a S0UveD ir of his old pei
_[Longman’s Magazine,
Things Would be Different.
Proud Young Woman. — “No! I
wouldn’t marry you if you were tha
last naan in the world.
Fond Youth (rejected bnt not crush
fi d)—“You can bet your sweet life you
wouldn't! I’d have toe good an assort
SfSt to selsst fro**.— (Chicago Tr4-
