Life — May 2, 1901 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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MISS VIOLET. Miss Violet displays no hood, Nor gurbs herseif aa vlolets sbould— She sports a witching hat; Nor t4 she found in dim retreat, But often on the crowded street Her boots go pit-a-pat, The merry eyes that should be bine Are laughing brown, and bright as dew, ‘The gallants to begulle; And “twixt her dimpied cheeks of rose ‘There tilts a fascinating nose Which hannts me all the while. She drives a pony In the park, She keeps & pair of pogs that bark — T hate those dogs, I de Whene’er | breathe a compliment, Such desolating yawps they vent— Perhaps sbe tanght them to! She counts her lovers by the score; They meet with frowns as they adore. O would that I were he— The lucky awatn to win the fair! By turns I hope, by turns despair— I wonder who ‘twill be? Ah, if some fatry In a trice Would make my hand # chocolate tce, My heart a caramel, Perchance she'd take me then; bat, ab, T have no fairy godmamma To work the bappy spell Samuel Minturn Peck, in Boston Transcript RAJAM SCHAN, Who was one of the earilest rulers of India, overran the entire East with the exception of China, Killed Innumeratle sultans with his own hand, and married all thelr daughters, Itty sald that when the Chinese beard of bis triumphant progress, and learned that he bad reached their frontier they became much alarmed. The emperor calied & council of his generals and mandarins, and upon the advice of # crafty old mandarin the following stratagem was carried out: A iarge ship was loaded with rusty nails, trees were planted on the deck, the vessel was manned by & numerous crew of oid men, and dispatched to the rajah’s capital, When tt arrived (the most wonderful part of the story Is that it did arrive), the najab sent an oMcer to ask how long it had taken the vessel to make the trip from China, ‘The Chinamen answered that they had all been young men when they set sail, and that on the voyage they hud planted the seeds from which the great trees had grown. In corrobora- tlon of thelr story they pointed to the rusty natis which, they said, bad been stout tron bars as thick as. man's arm when they started. “You can see,” they concluded, * that China must be a very long distance away.” The raja was so much impressed by these plausible arguments that he concluded he would not live long enough to reach China, and abandoned his projected tnvasion.—Argonant. For those that enjoy this sort of thing there will un- donbtediy be @ great deal of enjoyment in the following para- graph which has heen forwarded to The Evening correspondent who signs himself * RH. Dictate that he 1s very anxious to see it in print, as he wants to show It to bis mother. “In Florodora, When Knighthood Was In Flower, Cap- tain Jinks and his Brother Oimcers, who, On And Of, bad served Under Two Flags, visited My Lady In the Palace of ‘The King to discuss the Price of Peace. Each was asked On the Quiet, Are You a Mason? A Young Wife tr West Jotned the Giddy Throng and she suggeste Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Rogers Brothers tn Ceninal Park. On the Way, in Lovers Lane, they met Monte Cristo ang Robin Mood, who were discussing as to which one was Ty Have and To Hold San Toy."—New York Evening ne Wiig vistt te Some time ago a well-known Pacific Coast atiornes, who prides himself upon bis handling of Chinese witnesses, was defending a railway damage case. ‘The lawyer ts « lit near sighted, so fated to note when & Chinaman cate up stand that the witess’ clothing was of Aner textu: ordinary Coolie, Instead of following the ustial questions ax to name, residence, If the nature of an oath were understood, etc., the following dialogue ensued : What your name t* «Kee Lung.” + You live San Francisco? Yes. You sabble Godt? “Mr, Attorney, if sou mean ‘DoT understand the eatty of our Creator?’ I will simply say that Thursday evening hext I shall address the State Ministerial Assoctation 09 the subject of the * Divinity of Christ’ and shall be pleased to have you attend." When order was restored the examination proceeded upon ordinary lines, bat to the day of his death the larser will never cease to be asked If be ** sabble God? Exchange MorngR Brak, standing at the door of her home fa 4 Colorado cave one morning, kissed the two youngest Bears good-hy, and then raised an admonttory fore-ciaw. “ Now, children,” sald she, “come straight home fra school, or the Vice-President will get you. Minneapolis Journal Junior sale by all Newsdes national News Compan: London, E. in Great Britain. The Inter- Bream's Building, Chancery Lane, Established 1823. WILSON That’s All! 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