Life — October 21, 1897 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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A RELENTLESS QUESTION. There's a phrase that keeps haunting wherever you turn, A mockery subtle and cold; No matter for what your ambition may yearn, Nor how honest its purpose and bold Hope withers away like the rose that has died At the pitiless touch of the frost; Like a spectre through glorious dreams it will glide— The query, ‘‘ How much’ll it cost?" The laborer turns from his visions of cheer To his toil that is ever the same ; One nabob is calm ‘neath anothes‘s bland sneer, And the tone of an emperor's claim Grows mild when he asks if the things he would gain Are worth what perhaps may be lost; And the world plods along to the sordid refrain Of the query, ‘* How much'll it cost?” — Washington Star. Conan Doyte tells a story of a friend of his who had often been told that there is a skeleton in the cup- board of every household, no matter how respectable that household may be, and he determined to put this opinion to a practical test. Selecting for the subject of his experiment a venerable archdeacon of the church, against whom the most censorious critic had never breathed a word, he went to the nearest post- office, and dispatched this telegram to the reverend gentleman: ‘All is discovered! Fly at once!" The archdeacon disappeared and has never been heard of since.— Argonaut, “*An Episcopal clergyman, of Grand Rapids, Mich., who belongs to the Order of the Elks,” says a member of that order, ‘attended a meeting the other evening. “fhe chairman, noticing his presence, said: ‘I see our Rev. Brother —- among us this evening. As this is such an unusual occurrence, I think he will have to be assessed $5 00,’ The rector put his hand into his waist- coat pocket, and, marching up to the desk, put down his little V, and made a nice little speech in which he told how glad he was to be with his brother Elks, and ended by inviting them to come and hear him preach the next Sunday evening. Some one moved that the Elks accept the invitation and go in a body to their brother's church, which was unanimously carried, The next Sunday evening the front pews of the church were filled with Elks, and when the Rev, Mr, — ascended his pulpit, he said: ‘I am delighted to see so many of my brother Elks here this evening, but as it is such an unusual occurrence with the most of them, I think they should each be assessed $1.00. Let your light so shine,’ etc. The way the silver dollars rattled on that plate was a caution. The contribution was much heavier than usual, and the Elks voted their reverend brother all right."—New York Tribune. Grimm: Women are such selfish creatures! There was an odd chop at breakfast, and my wife insisted upon my eating it. It was all because she wanted to revel in the satisfaction of self-denial! A case of pure selfishness. Fiimm: And what did you do? ‘Oh, I let ber have her way and I ate the chop. 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