Life — January 2, 1902 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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‘TIS an adage as ancient as Adam— Bat not as old as the sun— ‘That the earttest birds Don’t gather in herds, They get there one by one, Now the motive of that ts certain And the moral of this ts trae— If you want to succeed You must take the lead, And the crowd will follow you. —The Schoolmaster. Tax other day Mra, Norma Adams and Samuel Gardner, live on adjoining farms, begun sult to determine the merahip of a brood of fourteen turkeys. The brood, headed * two old hens, a white and a bronze, had been running the Ads of both farms all summer, Mra, Adams owned the onze hen and Mr. Gardner the white. Each claimed that efr respective hen was the mother of the brood. One of € witnesses before the Justice testif_ed that he had once med a dog upon the straggling band of turkeys. At the sproach of the dog the young birds few tnto a tree, the onze hen ran into the woods, while the white hen stood der the tree and gave battle to the dog, which she repulsed, en called the brood to her, and they marched off. After hear- g this witness, the Justice decided that the white hen was € mother of the brood, und gave the turkeys to Gardner. Argonaut, Tax poor Saxon “ towrist’*— what be may suffer in the nerald Isle! Theres # story on record of three Irishmen shing away from the race meeting at Punchestown to tch # train back to Dublin. At the momenta train from a For sale by all Newadealers in Great Britain. ‘Tho Inter- national News Company, Bream's Buildiog, Chancery Lane, London, E. C., England, AGENTS, long distance pulled up at the station, and the three men scrambled In, In the carriage was seated one other pas- As soon as they bad regained thelr breath, one * Pat, have you gol th’ uckets?™ © What tickets? I've got me loife; 1 thought I'd have Jost that gettin’ in th’ thrain. Have you got ‘em, Molxe?” “OL! Begorrah, I haven't.” “Oh, we're all done for, thin,” sald the third, charge us roight from the other solde of Olrelaud. The old gentieman looked over his newspaper and sald: You are quite safe, gintlemen ; walt tll we get to the next station." They all three looked at each other. + Bedad, he's a directhor—we're done for now entotrely.”” Bot as soon as the train pulled up the little gentleman Jumped out and came back with three first-class Uckets, Handing them to the astonished strangers, he said; “ Whist. I'l tell ye how f did tt. 7 wint along the thrain— ‘Tickets, plaze ; tickets, plaze,' I called, aud these belong to three Saxon towrtsts Io another carriage.” —Harry Furniss,in The Strand. “They'll POLITENESS, It 18 true, must have {ts origin in kind heart and a desire to please ; but tact and thoughtfulness and quick wit are also essential to good manners. ‘A very stout hostess, who was entertaining a large com- pay one evening, turned to a group of young men standing hear her chair and smilingly asked : “May I trouble one of you young gentlemen for a glass of water from the pitcher on the table? Several of the young men hurried to comply with the request. One, who was particularly active, succeeded in reaching the table first. As he handed the glass of water to the hostess, abe com- plimented him on his quickness. “Oh, that’s nothing.” he sald. “1am used tot, 1 got {nto many ® circus and menagerle when I was a boy by carrying water for the elephant."— Youth's Companion. WILLte had swallowed a penny, and bis mother was In & state of much alarm. “ Helen,” she called to her slster in the next room, “send fora doctor, Willte has swallowed # penny. ] The terrified boy looked up tmploringly. “No, mamma,” he loterposed ; * send for the minister. | “The minister !** exclaimed the mother. “Yes, because papa says our minister can get money out of anybody."— Pittsburg Bulletin. j A CARELESS young woman, In starting to leave # car, j dropped her purse, A young man, who evidently intended | to leave the car at the same time, saw her drop her purse, picked It up and put it Into hts pocket. But hisaction bad not been unnoticed. Just ashe stepped from the car, an elderly man gripped him by the arm and “If you don’t give that purse to the young lady this tn- stant, I'll expose yor Yes, certatuly 1 Then, with a grin: 1 beg pardon, Ellzabeth ; you dropped your purse." “Oh, thank you, Jim,” she replied, as she took it. “T hope you are satisfed,** said Jim, turning to the elderly “The lady ts my sister."— Forward. gasped the astonished young man, man, ECROPFAN AGENTS—Mesers. Brentano, i j | whispered : j ; ] 37 Avenue del'Opera, Paris. ] THE UNWELCOME MRS. HATCH An every-day drama by Mrs. Burton Marrison Bookplates Designed and Engraved, end for Prospectus Artistic Bookbinders P , | eoenol 4 Established 1823. (¢e p CC, | (A @| | THE NAME IS EVERYTHING.” WILSON HouseGowns and Wrappers Esterbrook Fancy Crépo and Silk Tea Gowns, | ] Eiderdown Bath Robes, on a pen isff ) an absolute ] Japanese Quilted Silk Peignois. 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