Life — August 19, 1897 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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A Poster Tragedy. A purple moment of bright blue bliss Was mine, oh, green-haired maid, When from your lips a yellow kiss I sipped in the dark-red shade. The ecru moon hug ona tree; We sat by a vertical brook; You were a-laughing in olive-pink glee, And reading the edge of a book. And I was singing a lavender song, Speckled and mingled with blue; But I stopped fora moment, perhaps not too long, And kissed you; I took perhaps two. By the red hills topped with golden snow, By the trees tearing holes in the sky, I swore the red world I would overthrow For your love, or lie down and die. But away from my vowing I was rudely snatched And thrust far, far from you; The color I wore with the landscape matched, And that would, alas! never do. And now among the blue lilies afloat, On a sea of brown and red, I sit on the edge of an olive-green boat And hold my pea-green head. —London Figaro. Tue boom of prosperity has struck one Kansas editor, at least. He says: ‘Our road tax this year was $1.00, and as we couldn't pay it we have been sentenced to work on the road for fifteen days. There will be no issue of this paper for the next two weeks. But the county will have to board us, so we expect to come out about $6.00 ahead."—Chicago Times-Herald. "PAT SeWCORS AT WLS EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WKITTEN FROM COL- Lece.—'*I am much rejoiced, dearest uncle, that you are coming to visit me next Monday. I will be at the Station to meet the train, As we haven't seen each other fora long time, that I may easily recognize you, hold a £10 note in your right hand.” —Tit-Bits. “ARE, please,” said the conductor to the young woman who sat in the car, a picture of woe. “T can't pay you this trip,” answered the young woman, faintly. “Why can’t you, ma'am ?” “TI have lost my car fare. “*Did you have it when you boarded this car ?"" ““Yes, but I haven't it now. You can take my address or give me yours, and I'll send it to you.” “‘T can't do that,” said the man; ‘‘it's against the rules, If you lost your fare in this car there is no reason why you should not find it again, I'll help you to look for it." “*No, no," said the woman, in astate of alarm. ‘‘I tell you that it is lost, and you will have to trust me to send it to you.” “ Very strange!” said the conductor, suspiciously. “If you lost it on this car I can't see any reason why you can't find it again. How did you lose it ?” “*I—I swallowed it!" shrieked the young woman, driven to desperation, and the conductor went out on the rear end of the car and cuffed a small boy's ears. —Chicago Times-Herald. in a suspicious tone. He: Iam looking forward to the time when I shall make you one of the happiest of women. Sue: You are very kind, sir; but I do not think my father would allow me to accept a bicycle from you. —Yonkers Statesman. ThelRochester, Post-Express tells a story of aw colored coachman who, as a slave, had attended i master's church, the Episcopal, for thirty years, A| the war the master gave up his carriage, and the ceas| man shifted for bimself. Taking advantage oli freedom, he began visiting various churches, and és) made a new connection. Meeting his old master day, he admitted, with some embarrassment, thy | had ‘done changed” and ‘‘jined de Mefod said he ‘liked ‘em bettah,” and when pinned éom) told why: ‘* Well, I'll tell you, marster; you km you goes toa Mefodis’ church, jes’ as soon as you py inside dey settle right down to business, a preasiy of de Gorspul, whilst in de 'Piskerpul church it tae em too long to read de perceedin’s 0’ de Jas’ meetis’ “Tike a good drink of hot water in the morn but we can't get it at our boarding-house.” “‘Lused to have the same difficulty in our boardiy house, but now I take coffee. It answers every po pose.""—Boston Transcript. AT a recent birthday party in Shepherd's Bats young lady began a song, ‘The autumn days te come, ten thousand leaves are falling.” She begasix high. ‘Ten thou—ousand—" she screamed, and te stopped. ‘Start her at five thousand!" cried as tioneer who was present.—London Tit-Bits Ir Bryan were President now he would protaiy call Congress in special session to make a law forbidéy Americans to go to Alaska and mine more gold, —Buffalo Expr “PERHAPS he isn’t all he might be, but he stooty me in my hour of trial, and—" “* What was he, an officer of the court?” Chicago Jourss. For sale by all Newsdealers tn Great Britain. The Inter- + Bream’e Building, Chancery Lane, , AORNTR, national News Com London, £ C., Eng! Evnoresx Aomrre—Mosers. Brentano, $7 Avent ‘Opera, Paris; Saarbach’s News Exchange, Gemany, Agents for Germany, austria and Switeerland IVORY SOAP Some persons insist on having the costliest of everything. They do not buy Ivory Soap. Those who want the best do. 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