Life — January 17, 1901 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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Ip you would be perfect, Dear aisters and tothers, Just follow the counsel You give unto others. —Cathotic Standard and Tunes. Iv bis “Autoblography * now running in the Conserratire Review, the Southern writer, Col. Richard Malcolm Jobuston, mentioned an eminent Georgian, Walter T. Colqaltt, who was a judge by day, a divine at night and a good deal of a man all the time. While serving asa judge on the Chatta- hoochee Circuit, Colquitt was returning one evening from church in company with severt! members of the bar. © Well,” ald he, “ my experience to-lay has been varted. I held court in the forenoon, in the Interval for dinner made political speech in the courthouse square, held court in the afternoon, after adjourning whipped a Whig who made in- sulting remarks In my presence about my noon specch, and preached to-night." — Exchange Cuartes R. SKINNER, State Saperintendent of Pubite Instruction, at the d of the Jefferson County Club tast night totd some South Dakota stortes that immensely pleased bis auditors, The gre ¢ part of the diners were former residents of Watertown, N, Y., aud they were pleased when thelr former townsmnan began to tell how Cyrus Clark, for many years expressman in that town, went West and founded in South Dakota a new Watertown, Clark, who was & David Harum sort of character, made much money out of the town for a while, Then the boom burst, and he found himself obliged to live in the hotel, as no one else would take it for love or money. Clark was pretty nearly the only resident of Watertown, S. , and one of the other unforta- nates named Palmer, who lived ten miles west of there ina subarb, used to come down to the hotel from time to time und cheer up the old expressman. One day he took Clark out for a drive on the pratric, thinking it would cheer him upa bit. The old man seemed giad to go and for # long time forgot to tell of all the troubles that had befallen him, Then he caught sight of acotl of rope In the back of the wagon, and he addressed himself to Palmer tn this fashion “L reckon I'm pretty near tired of this bull biznes, Palmer, will ye let me take that rope aa’ I'l ran down by them brush trees yonder and end itall?? “Can't do it, Cy," responded Palmer. “Fact ts, Pm pretty lonesome in this God forsaken country and I'm going to use that rope mysel Clark seemed disappoltted, Te thought tn silence for a long time and then he almost pleaded with Palmer: “What wud yo take for a half Interest in that rope?" he asked.—V. ¥. Evening Sun. Wuex we had climbed to the top of the mountain, we observed an old man sitting on a rock with a patr of fleld glasses in his hands, Every now and then he would look earnestly through them and then whoop continuously for a time with a vigor astonishing, considering his age. For a Ume we observed him from a respectfal distance, til nally, being naturally curious, L went up to him. “* Why,"" 1 asked, rubber that way and then sell so loud?” He turned and eyed me calmly, with a dignity which could have been Lorn of nothing hut a great responsthllity, “If you talk to me,” he said gravely, “ you'll take my attention and [li lose my Job. 1, ste,am the Echo at the Mountain House down yonder.” At this potut it became necessary for him to howl again, and I retired much impressed.— Princeton Ti THAT was a first-rate story told at the League for Political nation the other morning in the course of Its discussion over women’s clubs, The League, it may be remarked, Prides Itself upon not being a club, so anything It had to say upon the subject was, of course, tmparttal and im A speaker upon the negative side, who took the g: clabs were all that was injurious and objectionable story. “For years,” sald the speaker, “1 had belon ced ts4| woman's club, had held many offices and shared {1 all 5 Important work, One day In speaking casually ty ancde member I happened to mention my husband. “Have you a husband ? erted the other member. “Ibe Interesting !?""—New York Evening Sua Tue Archbishop of Dublin recently performed a marnig, in the famtly of a wealthy Irish distiller, After breaktast i distiller thanked the archbishop efusively for bts share of te proceedings, and sa{d to him as he took leave, “The Lor! with you.” “And with thy spirit,’ Ls reported to have lea ny rejolnder.—Argonant. 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