Life — November 9, 1893 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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> LIFE: THE MAJORITY. HERE'S heads and heads and heads and heads, Long heads, round heads, and flats; Some heads are made to carry brains, ‘And some just carry hats. —Boston Transcript. Ir was 9p. M., and Herr August Glimmermann stood ready equipped in traveling costume. He put on his gloves and his hat, snatched up his plaid, turned the gas off, and was about to leave the room preparatory to starting on a long journey through Germany and Italy, when, in the dark, his sleeve swept over the table, in consequence of which something dropped on the floor, which, to judge from the sound, must have been acoin, Although during his absence no one could enter the room, as he was in the habit of locking it and taking the key with him, yet he thought it better not to leave the money lying about, but seaure it in his purse. He therefore relighted the gas, and found that the coin was only a copper of the value of one penay sterling. Putting it in his purse, he hurried out of the room and quickly locked the door, for it was just striking nine and his train left at 9.18, so that he had only just time to catch it. Eight months later, Glimmer- mann, on his return from Italy, unlocked the door of his room and went in, “Hal what is that? dropped coin, Blatter, ProF. Wise isan absent-minded man, his absent- The gas was burning merrily just as he left it, after lighting it to wet ¢ having forgotten to turn it off again in his hurry, and aco days later he was presented with a gas bill to the amount of £1 5s. 334d. — Humeristis yet so thoroughly genial and unaffectes dedness that it never occurs to any one to take offense at it, It so happened that the professor arrived late one winter's afternoon in as Western tow: years. Arriving at the intent upon visiting an old college chum, whom he had not seen for jouse he was shown immediately to his room, where he prepa ¥ himself for dinner before meeting his host's family. ‘When the various stains of travel were removed he descended, door was open, but the lights were not yet lighted, A bright fire was burnii and somebody's head was just visible over the top of a big chair in front of it. The drawin, The; fessor is a bit near-sighted, but he could see that there was somebody in the ch tip-toed softly up behind it and patted the occupant on the head. * Hello 1” And then h to greet him.—Boston Budget. he sa “WERE you ever shot “Warming up your shins just as you used to.” s old chum’s wife, whom’ he had never met before, rose out of the the war, colonel?" asked the young woman of the war after listening to some of his exceedingly blood-curdling reminiscences of the late pleasantness. “ Once onl; A bullet st Dear me," she cried “True,” returned the colonel, shot, fortunately enough, my heart w. ck me right her why dida’t it ki is where my heart is now, but at the time] nf in my mouth * putting his hand directly over his beefh you? Thatis where your heart is” —Harper's Magazine. applying at this ofice, Slagle copfs of Vol TL. and Il. out of ‘IL Tack numbers of Lig can be had XV. and XVI. 815.00 each, bound. Vols Sutecribere wlehing di p10 and XVIIL, $10.00 each, bound. 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