Life — February 8, 1894 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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‘LIFE: Tie German Emperor is credited Frida Scotta, the young Danish vi expressed his appreciation by saying fancy a prettily turned compliment in favor of Mig st. After listening attentively, the Emperor (i If I’ shut my eyes when you are playing, I could was Sarasate, but I much prefer to keep them ope! SPAT SeWGORS AT MiLLaf “ Now," said the intrepid explorer, after he had shown the guileless native the inside workings of the brass watch and had noted his naive wonder at the mysteries of the mechanism, *"I will let you have one of these for two tusks; then you can be the envy of the whole tribe.” The native gentleman yawned. ‘1 traded a second-hand war-club for a bushel of those things when I was at the World's Fair last summer,” said he, "and there was not a “WHAT will you do when you are grown up !” LittLe Boy (putting on a serious look, as though remembering certain un pleaser episodes of his life): 1 will thrash papa.—Lo Svegharino, 4 Ose warm day in the mountains of Tennessee I rode up to_a house where there w,6f0 a woman drawing a bucket of water with an old-fashioned well-sweep and asked if 4 would give mea drink. She was only too glad to be hospitable, and brought me out gourdful, As I drank at it slowly and with evident relish, she watched me curiously. ity good critter you air ridin’, she ventured, one of them that ran for more than a week, Got any chewin’ about your clothes ?"— Indranapolis Journal, From a paper called Authors at Home, we discover that Oliver Wendell Holmes eats, sleeps, drinks, walks, and talks pretty much as the rest of usdo. This is news to us Kansas folks.” Aldrich gets up at seven o'clock and eighteen minutes, eats breakfast at four minutes after eight, prinks until six minutes after nine, writes for three minutes until ten to eight minutes after two. He eats a big dinner at five and a quarter, gives it sixty-nine minutes to digest, and is then ready for poetry orders. These facts about our leading literary guns areof the highest interest to our nation, and we want more of them. ‘Tell us if Howells believes in red flannels ?. What is the size of Stedman's collar? Does Miss Phelps use sugar in her tea? Is it true that Kate Field won't wear a bustle? Is ita fact that Miss Alcott knits her own stockings ?. Does Whittier really eat buckwheat cakes and sausage? Is it so that Nora Perry never had the measles? Give us more of this “Home Life” business. Exchange. hank you, yes ; he belongs to a friend of mine.” “ Purty nice-looking yerself,” she added, in quite the same tone she had used in speak ing of the horse. Thanks,” I responded, surprised into blus ir you married ? o, I'm a bachelor." “« Reckon yer erbout ez well off that way jing. but she never noticed it. ps a leetle better. I'm married myself” ** Well, I think it would have been a great improvement over my present condition if I had married some good, sensible girl ten years ago and settled down. have been a happier man.” I'm sure | should FR e thought for a minute before answering. * Likely, she said at last ; ‘* but how'd the woman be feelin’ by now ?"" 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