Life — May 4, 1893 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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- LIFE: HIS TRIBUTE, ‘DER an ancient elm she stood A fairy form in gray, Her eyes were as bright as the stars at night, And she merrily tnilled a lay. I stood in the shadow and watched her face, It was eerie and passing fair, As the ditty she sang so merrily rang On the waves of the evening air. I was stirred to the depths of my very soul ; Ne'er heard La voice like that ; And I threw all I owned at her very feet,— For she was my neighbor's cat. Boston Budget. A YOUNG clergyman once preached a strong temperance sermon, When he had finished a deacon said to him: ‘Lam afraid you have made a mistake, Mr. Jones, who pays the highest pew rent, is a distiller; he will be angry.” The minister said : ** Oh, Tam sorry ; I will go and explain it to Mr. Jones, aud re move any unfavorable impression, and tell him that I did not mean him.” Accordingly, he waited upon’ Mr. Jones, who, in addition to the profession of dig tilling, also carried on a good many other branches of trade and a good many amuse ments, and was not distinguished above other men as an ascetic. The pastor exprexed his regret to Mr. Jones for anything in the sermon which hurt his feelings. tle wes somewhat relieved when, with a jovial air, Mr. Jones said : “Oh, bless you, don’t mind that at all. It must be a mighty poor sermon that don't hit me somewhere."— Argonaut, “My ole man,” said Aunty Chloe, “is the wust man for a chicken you ever see. If he can't git a chicken no other way he'll gu an’ buy one."—/ndianapolis Journal. Ose of the professors in Cambridge has a little boy named Christopher. The say- ings and doings of the son have passed into college history. It seems that one day the professor was lying on his sofa after a hard day's work in’ philosophy, and while in a state of unconscious cerebration, suddenly caught sight of Christopher on the ficor. The professor gazed at the boy in ‘deep silence. Then he said: ‘What would you do, Christopher, in case your father should die ?”" Christopher thought for a moment. ‘Then he lifted his eyes. “*O, don't worry father, there's time enough to think about that when you're dead."—Boston Budget," MNKs y, Winks, my wife tells me that new servant girl you have is a thief, and you'd better be on your guard. Wisxs : I suspected as much ; been missing all sorts of things; but she’s so efficient t rid of her. She'd send her flying if you'd use a little management. ‘What shall I do ? 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