Life — March 29, 1894 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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> LIFE™ THE Colonel, on his tour of inspection, na couple of soldiers, one of whom was reading a letter aloud, while the he came uj unexpectedly entered the drill-room, when other was listening, and, at the same time, stopping up the ears of the reader. “What are you doing there ?” the puzzled officer inquired of the latter. “You see, Colonel, I'am reading to Pitou, who can't read himself, a letter from his sweetheart.”” “And you, Pitou ?” “Please, Colonel, I am stopping up Boquillon's ears with both hands, because I don't mind his reading my sweetheart's letter, but I writes."—La Famille. AcE TAIN canon reads prayers to his household every night. ¢on't want him to know what she One morning his new housemaid—she was a country girl, and had only just begun service in the house the day before—gave notice, tearfully. could understand the girl, but after much rsuasion ‘she explained : ‘No reason was assigned ; but nothing could persuade her to stay in the canon's house, where, she said, she had been so grossly insulted. No one “Twas at prayers last night I ‘eard master say ‘* # ® O God, who ‘atest nothing but th’ ‘ouse-maid. The Chicago News. “Tur, little mermaids and merboys never have any snow under the ocean, do they mamma?" said Jacky. “No, dear.” I suppose instead of snowball fights they hve fishball fights, eh?" said Jacky.— Harper's Young People. Dr. Epwarp BeDLor came over from Philadelphia one night recently, and entertaining a choice group of friends with tales of the far East. roup sat a man from Pennsylvania, who sovernment business, He was all ears and eagerness. His name was Strauss. the restraint became too intense, and he broke loose : Tn the edge of the had come over from Pottsville na Final} “* Toctor,” said he, ‘* what is dot new relichun I heers off apout China? My wife by got it ferry bad, und I don’d understand it.” “Tell me the name,” said Bedloe. ism, Tauism, Confucianism, or what?" “Is it Mohammedanism, Buddhism, int, No, it is no isms, but der name is like a tramp’s migrashun of der soul, aind it» “Oh, you doubtless mean transmigration of the soul.” “Yah, dot's Yust dell me about dot. ** Certaintl; Transmigration of the soul is a ve Pretty poetic doctrine of metempsychosis, which our friends of the Theosophical Society have borrowed from the far East “— “Here, b talking aboud “All right—I will tell you in plain language. , doctor, tell me vot dot means, so I can undershtand what you ws Take yourself, for instance. You line to the allotted age of threescore years and ten, and then you pass away. Your soul goss into the body of a bird—a canary, we'll say—and from your gilded cage you fill a lays boudoir with melody, living a life of luxury and fed from the dainty fingers of beauty "— “Oh, dot is peautiful, peautiful ! 1 like dot.” “And then you die again, and your soul goes into a lovely flower in a garden, aad you fill the air with fragrance and delight the eye with your exquisite color and delicacy of petals "— “Ah, dot is fine. I like dot relichun.” “As T was saying when you interrupted me, you live the life of a flower, until ose day a donkey gets into the garden, and, attracted by your loveliness, he eats you, and your soul passes into the donkey "—— “Yah, yah. —"When some former acquaintance comes along, stro says: ‘Why, Strauss, your long ears anf it you? How little you have changed !"— Washington Pot ‘For sale by all Newsdealers in Great Britain. The Inter patigual” News Company, Rrvam’s Pullding, “Chancery jon, EO, Engiand, Aours. 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