Life — September 30, 1897 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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"SEISSORS AT NvULy A MODERN INSTANCE. Maud Muller on a summer's day Was helping to put the wheat away. And she sighed sometimes for distant lands Where the girls don’t assist the harvest hands. ‘The judge rode by—a man of note— To see how her father meant to vote. And he craved a drink and she coyly laughed At his compliment as he gazed and quafied. His heart beat fast. But he said ‘good day,” Then remarked ‘‘Giddep! " and pursued his way. She watched him go and she softly sighed, “**Tis a lucky lass who becomes his bride.” Aad the judge sighed, too, with his brain awhirl, ‘Maud Muller’s.a stunningly handsome girl.” ‘The years passed on and the usual fate Came to those who mix in affairs of state. Maud’s family labored from dawn till dark As the price of wheat reached the dollar mark. And her bright eyes shone with a fresher charm, As she lifted the mortgage off the farm. While the judge, he owned with a dismal sob, Was a politician without a job. —PUILANDER JouNson, in Washington Star. Tne Bishop of London isa man of much wit, At one time when he was particularly active in raising funds for the restoration of Peterborough Cathedral, he was a guest in a country house credited with the possession of a ghost. His hostess somewhat unkindly put him in the haunted chamber, The next morning the Bishop was eagerly asked if he had seen the ghostly visitant. ‘Oh, yes," he answered, ‘but [ asked him for a subscription to the restoration of Peterborough Cathedral, and he vanished immediately."— Wave, “Do you see that thing on the wallthere ?) Above theclock. That thing with ribbons on it.” “Yes; what is it?” “That's a match receiver. It is intended to receive burnt matches. For instance, suppose I use a match. extinguish the match and put it oo thetable. Then I go across the street and borrow a stepladder. I bring the stepladder into the room, move the sofa away from the wall, plant my stepladder and carry that piece of burnt match up the lacder and drop it into the receiver. Then I come down from the ladder, put the sofa back in its place, take the stepladder home. and there you are. 1 tell you, it’s a great thing to have these handy little articles around the house."—Chicago Record. A SAD-FACED woman received the express package at the door of the humble cottage. But her features lighted up when she saw the address. “Heaven be blessed, Jamie," she murmured to the pale and slender lad who nestled at her side. ‘It's from your father on the Klondike.” With trembling fingers she untied the knots and unwrapped the package. When the last wrapper was removed a half sheet of letter paper and an ancient pair of hand-me-down trousers tumbled to the floor. She lifted the note and read it aloud in an agitated voic “Dear Jane—I haven't struck it yet, but am still hopeful. All I can send you is this old pair of trousers, which I have no use for, Maybe you can cut them over for Jimmy. Yours affectionately, Jor.” Fora long time the poor woman sat stunned, with For sale by all Newsdealers in Great Britain. The Inter national News Company, Bream's Building, Chancery Lane, London, E. C., England, Aorsts. ©. P, PUTNAM'S 80D [he Man of the Family. Margot. NEW YORK AND Lostoy, By Christian Reid, By Sidney Pickering. ©. P, DUTTON AND COMPANY: NEW Yor. Little Nan's Hero, By Helen Milman. A New Book of the Fatries, By Beatrice Har Klondike, A Manual for Gold Seekers. By Cad A. Bramble, D. L.S. New York: R. F. Fea: Company. Talks on the Study of Literature. By Ato, Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin azg ¢ pany. the slender lad weeping beside her. She had wiiy long and patiently for good news—acd this wx result. The landlord was growing more ard impatient; the butcher and baker were almost itse How could she satisfy their impor pair of second-hand trousers? She uttered an exclamation of contempt asty sion, and kicked the dingy garment aside. As she did so an idea struck her. Suddenly rising to her feet she picked trousers. Then, after spreading them upon a clea te paper, she brushed them, beat them, and finally w, them. Carefully gathering up the gold du she carried it to the nearest bank and so’ Soos after Dr, Temple was appointed Bisbs London he was visited by a curate whose mazses services had not commended him to his ecclesia superiors, and who thought that his time hadaor tomake a decided push for a ‘ Jord,” said the curate, ‘now that it’s raining ina] what are you going to give me?" ‘Ican lend px said the Bishop, coolly,— i EvRoreax Agexts—Messra, Brentano, $7 Avenve de I'Open, Paria; Saarhach's News Exchange, 1 Clarastrase, Mayecce, ay Germany, Agents for Germany, Austria and Switeeriand. IvVoRY SOAP One day in the wash, with a destructive soap, is worse than a month’s wear. 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