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EARNED THE REWARD.
When Rsmcay, the Poet, Proved Equal
to the Occasion.
Wlion Allan Ramsay, the poet,
was still an obscure young man and
{i wigmakcr he once fell behind with
his rent, and, as ill luck would have
it, he came plump upon the laird on
the very day when lie least wished
to see him. The dreadful subject of
“the came immediately on the
carpet, and Ramsay, with shame and
&rief, confessed hir> inability to sat
isfy his creditor.
To his great relief, however, the
laird expressed perfect indifference
about the matter, for, having ob
served Ramsay’s genius, he was un
willing to distress him for so paltry
a sum, which he could so easily af
ford to remit, lie even went the
length of saying that if Ramsay in
as many minutes could give him a
rhyming answer to four questions
which he would ask he would quit
him of his rent altogether as a re
ward for so much quickness of mind.
Allan professed his willingness to
try, and a watch being laid upon the
table the laird propounded his ques
tions, which were: “What does God
love? What does the devil love?
What does the world love? What
do I love?”
The poet within the specified
time gave the proper answer, as fol
loyvs:
God loves ir.an when ho refrains from sin;
The devil loves man when he persists
therein;
The world loves man when riches on him
flow.
And you'd love me could 1 pay what I
owe.
The Snow Plant.
The snow plant, which blooms a
vivid crimson in California, is a
parasite on the roots of the pine
tree and is obtained by digging a
little way into the soil after the
snow has melted. The flower is in
size and structure much like that of
a medium sized pineapple and loses
its beauty immediately after re
moval from the sod. A great varie
ty of pine trees as well as those of
the cedar, madrone and manzanita
are found in California forests, and
there are to be seen the strange
txee tendrils of the white pine,
which project along the body of the
tree from its base to its topmost
branches, assuming diverse and fan
tastic forms and clothed with a
brilliant golden moss. These tree
tendrils remind one in every partic
ular, save that of their gigantic size,
of coral formations and seem aptly
to deserve the name of moss coral
as they droop their brilliant armlets
toward the earth, apparently recog
nizing an affinity with the coral cre
ations of the deep. Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Tree Problem.
“I see a monkey up a tree. He
sees me and gets behind the trunk of
the tree. I start to go around him,
and he keeps going around as I do,
keeping the trunk of the tree be
tween him and me. 1 reach the place
L started from, with the monkey still
opposite on the tree. Now I have
been around the tree. Have I also
been around the monkey ?”
A Boston woman is quoted as say
ing: “I have tried it on my hus
band. 1 had him for the monkey,
and I took a whisk broom and went
around him, brushing his clothes.
He kept turning, just as l did, and
when 1 had been clear around I
had only brushed one side of him
and one l.:g of lus pantaloons: Now,
all the professors of Harvard uni
versity couldn't convince me that 1
had been around that man, and
neither had t lie man boon around
the monkey in the tree.”
Vegetable Wrong*.
Digging the eyes out of potatoes.
Hulling the ears of corn.
Cutting the hearts out of trees.
Eating the heads of cabbages.
Pulling the beards out of rye.
Spilling the blood of beets.
Breaking the necks of squashes.
Skinning apples, knifing peaches.
Squeezing lemons, quartering
oranges.
Thrashing wheat, plugging water
melons.
Felling trees and piercing the
bark.
Scalding celery, slashing maples.
Crushing and jamming currants.
MutiJat&g hedges, stripping ba
nanas.
Burning pine knots, burying roots
alive. __
An Apt Pupil.
Father —Never lie, my son. Al
ways tell the truth. Who's that
ringing—a dun ? Tell him I m not
in.
Son Wouldn't that he a lie,
papa ?
Father —Oh, no, my son. It’s a
f. nanc ia 1 ncces s ity.
Father —You scamp, if you ate
that cake Til whip you! Did you
eat it ?
Son —No, father.
Father —Why, 1 saw you eat it
nr, self. What.do you mean by tell
ing me that lie ?
Son-*’Tain't a lie. It's protective
diploma^.
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