Life — October 6, 1898 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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THE STAY-AT-HOME'S RESOLVE I'm going to buy @ sallor sult, with Trzas on the cap, And I shall be set up for life, no matter what may hap; For it is quite the fashion now to take our men-of-war And give ‘em gratis everything they choose to ask us for. upon the cable cars, and don't pay any tare; pon the whirling Las fre the alr; go Into the theatres, and get the fine: At Just the same expense as when some other fellow treats. seats They hie them to the cooling coast, unto the big hotels, And get the best attention from the lowly and the swells; And when they ask the landlord for his bill, the fellow twirls And says, “There's not a cent to pay; come oat and kiss the girls!” I'm mighty giad that this ts ao; ‘tis Just as It should be. I rather wish, however, that thexe things would come to me, And, thongh 1 staid at home, while they plunged deep into the row, I'm going to buy @ sailor sult, and try ft, anyhow. JK. B., in Harper's Weekly. QUEEN WILHRLINA of Holland was ever of an Inde- pendent and high-spirited nature, and, as a child, was not always easy to manage. ‘The person to whom she submittte (generally) with grace, and whom she avolded displeasing, was her English governess. ‘The magte Influence of this lady has been attributed to the Judictous use of the word “darling "—tn English, When Wilhelmina was obstreperous and Was addressed in sorrowful tones as“ daring,” she was generally charmed to obedience. She always kept the notion of being Qheen constantly In mind, and when opposed in any way would murmur, “Ah! when Iam Queen, then I shall be ALY'S HUNTER | BALTIMORE The American Gentleman's Whiskey. Gold at all First-Class Cafes and Jotbers. WI. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, [Md_ Mats. Wednesday and Saturday at2 D. LEIDEN, Cologne on the Rhine, Rhine and Moselle Wines. | For Sale by PARK & TILFORD. Sole Agent, C. H. ARNOLD, 27 South William St., New York. mistress.” Many dellghtfal stortes are aftoat about the girl's pride, which the Queen-Regent Eimina often found it neces- sary to check, Here ts one of them. The following parley occurred early one morning between mother and child, as the young Queen sought entrance to her mother's room: Withelmina knocks. QuERS- Red Who ts theret Wiratntotna: The Que QueEN-ReoKNT: Can't come In, Wilhelmina refects for a moment, then k QUEEN-Reaest: Who Is there? Witariaina: Your daughter. QUEEN-REGENT (10 a caressing volce): Come tn, darling. St, Pants, You don't seem to thoroughly realize how low you have * sald the Court. ‘The prisoner, a faded, battered spectmen of manhood, on whoxe haggard face, deeply Hned with the marks of disstya- tlon, there still Iingered faint reminders of better days loug past, started as if struck “You do me tojustice, your Honor,” he sald, bitterly. “Tcan hear the disgrace of arrest for drunkenness, the mor- Ufleation of belng thrust into a notsome dungeon, and the publicity and humiliation of @ trial in a crowded and dingy courtroom, but to he sentenced by a police magistrate who splits his tnfinitives—that ts indeed a crushing blow.” And as they led him away he placed a trembling hand to his forehead and shivered like one in xp ague. —Chicago Tribune. : This xmokeless powder must he a great inven- ERDEK: It ts all right In itx way, but what we want now is @ smokeless clgarette.— Neve You k Journal, HARPER AND BROTBERS: NEW YORK AND LoNpos, BY Order of the Magistrate, By W. Pett Ridge. 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