Life — October 15, 1896 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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T $2560RS At Nally THE BLESSINGS OF NIGHTFALL. When the shades of night have fallen and The peaceful hours have come, The oarsman, sleeping, rests his skull, The giddy girl her gum. The wagon maker rests his tongue; The artist—pale and weak— His palate rests at night ; commercial ‘Travelers rest their cheek. The hardware man doth rest his nails, The watch bis faint alarms ; The stovepipe man his elbows stiff, The soldier rests his arms. Coal miners rest their veins at night, Indians their scalps do rest ; ‘The packer bis ribs'and shoulders, while The carpenter rests his chest. And while we're resting let us all she didn't know how to ride, so she must have me to cast off the lines and give her a tow until she got pretty well under headway. “Away she started, a reef in her sheet on one side a-showin’ too much of her spars, but a-gettin’ along pretty good. She struck a squall and I shouted to her : “Hi, there, put your wheel hard a-port and shift your ballast to starboard.’ That's what she did, and by the eternal hurricanes the rudder turned clean over the bowsprit and I shouted : “Woman overboard !" “« John,” says she, reproachfully, ‘you don’t know anything about it. Of course it's all right ona ship to shift your ballast over to the opposite way you are careening, but on a wheel it’s different. When your wheel is leaning to port you lean that way too.’ “And I'll be durned if she didn’t learn the thing on that unnatural principle, and now she rides the wheel like my old boat rides the billows.” —Florida Times-Union, CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, NEW YORK. MRS: CLIFFS YACHT. By Frank R. Stockton, A Book of Martyrs. By Cornelia Atwood Pratt. The Rogue's March. By E,W. Hornung. F. TENNYSON NEELY, NEW YORK, Biyou's Courtships. From the French of “Gyp.” By Katherine di Zéréga. A Conspiracy of the Carbonart. By Louise Mchibach, Our Humor. By Richard Shelburn. New York: Columbia Book Company. Daybreak. By James Cowan. H. Richmond and Company. New York : George THe following story is related of a gentleman who invited a number of Sunday-school children to a treat in his beautiful grounds. Not the least appreciates among the many good things were the excellent stray. berries and cream, of which there was a plentiful supply Seeing how the children enjoyed these, the good man, wishing to improve the occasion, addressed thea: “Well, boys,” he said, ‘I hope you have thoroughly ‘This vote of thanks send in: ** Praise Morpheus that woman, when She sleeps, must rest her chin!" —Chicago : “ Do I think the bicycle isa proper thing fora woman repeated one schooner captain of another to ride?” down at Charley Ellis’ the other day. “ B'gosh, I've got to think so for the old lady rides on When I went home last voyage she says to me: John, come an’ see my wheel and watch me ride.” “She's a trim-lookin’ little craft, my old lady is, but - high price. city of the product. can get you a million.” Boniface ; able market if you can produce them.” At night the Yank came back get them to-day surely.” with eight pairs, and declared the trick off. you said you knew where you could get a million,” “Well, to tell you the truth, other, “I formed my judgment of the number by the Boniface. noise."— Argonaut. A YANKEE, upon eating his first meal of frogs’ legs, asked the hotel proprietor how he accounted for the He was told it was on account of the scar- “Not at alll,” “I should like to engage to find you a profit- enjoyed your strawberries and cream.” said the Yankee; ‘I “A million?” gasped the you?” “Why, I can a “Tthought said * explained the “Yes, sir,” “ But suppose,” ing been invited here you had stolen over my garde: wall and helped yourselves when no one was looking; you would not have enjoyed them half so much, woul! was the reply, in lusty chorus. he continued, “that instead of has. 0, sir,” again replied the chorus. “And why not 2?” queried their benefactor. To this question there was no immediate respons, the boys being apparently shy of giving any reasos At length, however, a little urchin, rather bolder thas the rest, piped out, ""’ Cause we shouldn't have had 20 cream with them !"—77t Bits. 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