Life — July 14, 1898 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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A YouNG lawyer tn one of the leading lake cities recently | passed a few days at the home of his childhood, a rural hamlet in an adjolntng county. While there he ran across one of the characters of the place, a quaint old man whom he had known ever since he could remember. + How's bizness in town?” inquired the aged man. « Pretty good,” repiled the lawyer. “What ye doin’ nowt"? * Practicing law.” “What's yer brother Jim doin’? « Jim ts running a hotel,” and be named one of the largest public houses in the city. “Ts Jim married yet?” ‘The old man rafsed bts head with a commtserating glance. ‘Then he dryly obwerved: * Has to dee-pend on hired help, eh” Cleveland Pirin Deater. My daaghter, who teaches In a mission Sanday-school, tells me of a Dewey experience she had with a youngster making his first appearance. She had put him through a half hour or more of instruction tn the rudimentary priaciples, for he was entirely lacking in {nformation on that polut, and to test him was reviewing her work with him. “Now,” she sald, “tell me again who made the world ‘and all that {4 in tt.” fod did,” replied the boy, with commendable prompt- xd can do everything, can't he?” she asked again, The boy hes! a moment. “Tdon't belleve He could lick Dewey last, and bla teacher sat silent betwe patriotisin, It wasn't her titne to x he answered at pa and her if she didn't want to lose that boy forever,‘and she had wit enough to let | It go at that.— Washington Star. ALWAYS WATCHFUL. The milk used for the Gall Borden Eagle Brand Con- dens:d Milk ts from the best dairies, under contracts with farmers, guarantecing purty and richness In health-giving constituents. Wen Dewey was first-lieutenant of one of the gunboats which Farragut used as a dispatch-oat, the Admiral used often to come aboard and steam up near the levee to recon- notre. The Southerners had a way of rushing a feld-plece to the top of the high hank, firing point tthe gunboat, and then backing down agaln, Upon ons such occaston Pur- ragut saw Dewey dodge a shot. “Why don't you stand firm, Lieutenant you know yon can’t Jump qulck enough?” A day or so after the Admiral dodged a shot. ‘The Lleu- tenant smiled and held bis tongue; but the Admiral had a guilty consclence. Ie cleared hts throat once or twice, shifted his attitude, and flnaliy declan “Why, slr, you can’t help tt, sir. there's an end to It!"—Argonaut, * said he ; “don't It's human nature, and “Say, dad, there ts a New York dude over thar In the El Dorader saloon. Come out and lick bi See here, son, are you tryin’ to git your old dad tnto trouble? You Just read up on that first Culan battle. Your dad's goin’ to let the dude family severely alone hereafter.” . —Clevetand Frain Deater, “You know, dear,” sald Miss Dolyers, frankly, t accepted suitor, “you know we get nc while he Ives.” “quite understand that, my prectons pet,” replied t young man, with the light of love in his eyes.“ We will In- vite him to live with us, put a foldiug-bed in his room and hope for the best."—Odds and Ends. her of papas money Gexenat Epwarp E. BRYANT, of Madison, tells a story that fits tn at the present time very nicely, There was a plous man In the crew ofan fronclad. He bad been told oue even: tug that In all probabiiity the next day would witness a great tattle, When he prayed that night he put spectal stress upon the plea that the vessel upon which himself and his comrades were serving might escape disaster, saying among other things: “O Lord, shield us from the shells and other pro- ectiles of the enemy, but If any shells and solid shot do come to our vessel, | pray Thee that they may be distributed as prize money {s distributed, mostly among the officers.” —Chicago Times-Herata, ‘* Wherefore all this Success and I have none,” gaith the croaker. A word of advice—prodace What there ts a great demand for, at any cost, and you'll succeed. Keep it at a standard ef excellence and hold ‘it there. Americans like @ good thing and will and Won't have pay for tt. Americans bate a mean thing it. 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