Life — August 31, 1893 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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‘LIFE: SRS Ww AT awful soun And starts us fi Ni Nulla MING HOME. d disturbs the night, rom our sleep, While timid people in affright Up from their couc Hark! Nearer! Ho!—ha hal * hes leap? s plain What makes the wild uproar The picnic’s singing * Home from a foreign shore * Home ag. —Boston Courter. THERE: isa gallant Congressman who once had the reputation of sowing wild oats broadcast. When he was first runuing for C him. defense of his morals. “ongress, many breezy stories were told about At last, he gave it out, in the heat of his campaign, that he would speak shortly in It was a populous district, and ‘he had a big audience. The speech every one liked, but, until the last sentence, not_a word was spoken about the advertised subject. At the last, the candidat out several boxes uf imported cigars. “Gentlemen,” he cried, instances have been alleged, in fact. 1 wis! Tam accused of having certain bad habits. ¢ stuck his hand under his desk and pulled Particular h to make some one in this assemblage a present of a box of good cigars. If there is any one here who has never done what} have done, will he please step upand take it ?”” No one moved, For a long time the big crowd kept silent. But an o!d Bapey er, in a far-back fter a while arose and said, in a high, squeaky voic “Colonel, I don't smoke."—Argonaut, PROFESSOR BLACKIE was lecturing to a new class with whose fersonnc! be vy imperfectly acquainted, A student rose to read a paragraph, his book in his left bare “Sir!” thundered Blackie, ‘hold your book in your right hand !"—and as the sted would have spoken—" No words, sir! Your right hand, I sa The stude: his right arm, ending piteously ‘at the wrist. ‘Sir, hae nae right han Before Blackie could open his lips, there arose a storm of hisses, and by it his voice vq overborne. ‘Then the professor left his place and went down to the student he had wittingly hurt, and put his arm around the lad’s shoulders and drew him cl lad leaned against his breast. ** My boy,” said Blackie—he spoke very soltly softly but that every word was audible ia the hush that had fallen on the ¢ my boy, you'll forgive me that I was overrough ? I did not know—I did not know He turned to the students, and, with a look and tone that came strai he said: ‘*And let me say to you all, I am rejoiced to be shown ] am teaching a clase gentlemen.” Scottish lads can cheer as well as hiss, and that Blackie learned. AT the American chapel at Lucerne, a Protestant Episcopal mi (Low Church) read the lessons with such naturalness of manner and as to elicit the admiration of a visitor, who afterward remarked : hear the Scriptures read with such sense and feeling 1" She was surprised to hear id sister of a (High Church), rector, American also, exclaim: ‘1 can't agree with you, think it almost blasphemous for'a man by such stress and emphasis to impose his ov interpretatioa on the Word of God. The Scriptures should be read in monotone."—Er, Back pambers of Lire can be had by appivt XV. and XVI, $15.00 each, bound. Vols IIL, 1¥., Babecribéers wishing Addrem changed Vola. I. and I. out of At this office. | Single copies of 00 each, bound. Ve ry VL, 1X., XVII. and X¥IIL ‘ui Vol, L, bound, 0. Vow. IL, VIIL, XIIL and XIV. Tix. und Wx goe6 Sac each. Heck palaberg, ane pour ody Mb sents pee sa % Soe SO, ma per copy. wiht greatiy tackuiiade matters by sending old addrem as well as Dew. 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