Life — April 10, 1902 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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TO CHLOE, For 4 Menpep Gove. Fair Chloe looked upon the old torn giove, ‘Then touched Its ragged edges with ber fingers, And lo! the rent was closed—as If for love ‘Sweet healing follows where her touch bat lingers. If all the rents that follow Chloe's eyes, And all the hearts despatringly defended, Were healed so soon—we'd straightway reallze ‘That love and life are good as new when mended. —Nobert Bridges in Brame Brae. Down to Georgia the name of Hoke Smith Is held in veneration. Two “Crackers” were sitting on # fence talking politics, Itwas when Hoke Smith was Secretary of the Interior under Cleveland, “Toke Smith's @ great man, su," sald one Cracker. *Yaas, sub; he’s @ great man, but he ain't as great a man as Grover Cleveland,” stld the other. “ Yaas, suh, Hoke Smith's @ greater man than Grover Cleveland.” Waal, ah reckon he ain't us great ® man as Gen'l Robt. B. Lee.” Yaas, sub, Hoke Smith's ® greater man than Robt. “An reckon he ain't us great as Je('son Davis." “ Yaas, sub, Hoke Smith's greater than Jett Davis."* A long pause followed, and each chewed @ straw meditatively. “Hoke Smith ain't as great a man as God,” the doubting Cracker, This argument seemed & clincher. Bot the other Cracker proved equal tothe occasion. He spat coplously and then drawied out: *Mebbe not—metbe not, Site"— Current Literature. remarked Hoke Smith's a young man Wirt its tasue for December 26—or bis Issue, as he prefers t—Lire reaches hts one thousandth number and sits down to tell the story of his career and reckon up his reasons for being, Lire 1s a sort of Little Schoolmaster 1a the Art of Living. Ie keeps watch upon the things that make up existences, great and small, comments upon the faiths, fanaticisms, furles, fasbions, freaks, foppertes, bs, frauds, Nukes, fuss, feathers and foolishness of mankind and womankind, is always brief. 1s usually earnest even in Jesting, and Is far and away the most honest and penetrat- tng of the eatirical Journals of the world. The humor and satire of # nation fs the Index to its character, for it repre- sents Its point of view. Lire ts thoroughly American, —Printer’s Ink. JonN 1). Rockere1ueK recently told the following story “1 don’t question the veracity of that story, but I am golng to tell you one that I know to be true, It happened down In Washlagion, A negro was driving ® wagon and tn going through a street ran against a funeral. With the superstition of his race he thought it would be bad luck to cross bebind the funeral, so he tried to cross ahead of It, bat the driver of the hearse whipped up bis horse, and the two went neck and neck for # time until Ooally the darkey sang ont : +Say, dah, pull up youah hoss! hurry an’ yuab’n tsn’t 1? — Mah boss Is tn a yew Yurk Sun, “Let us make the capital stock one billion dollars," said the Orst promoter. All right," sald the second, who was preparing the prospectus on the typewriter. “ Will It be-hard to increase that capital?” asked the first. © No, indeed more times.” All [have to do ts to hit this 0 key a few -— Baltimore American. For salo by all Newadealers in m ngland, AGENTS. reat Britain. ‘Tho Inter- mpany, Bream's Building, Chancery Lane, DORIXG the rush hour yesterday afternoon a dignitied man entered a well-filled Market street car, and trled to work his way tn to secure # strap to hang from, bat tbe conductor, who was collecting fares, blocked his progress, “Step lively, there !? sald the passenger. “Were you speakin’ to me?” asked the condactor, elevating his eyebrows, Certainly,” repited the passenger. “ Step forward, ‘80 We can get Inside. Plenty of room up front "* “If you will attend to your business I will attend to mine!" snapped the conductor. “If you can't take your own medicine better than that you bad better try taking the car abead," answered the Passenger, The conductor's reply was lost tn the laughter of the passengers.— Philadelphia Telegraph. Tue Tiliman-McLaurto incident recalls heated detate which once took place tn the Senate between Senator Henry S. Foote, of Mississippi, and Senator Hale, of New Hampshire. The Mississippi statesman had been accusing Senator Hale of being “as guilty as If he bad committed highway robbery,” 10 promoting a certain bill which Foote conceived was an attack on the institution of slavery. Turning to Senator Hale, he said: “ Tinvite bim to visit Missiasipp!; and I wil! tell bim beforehand, tn all honesty, that he could not go ten milestato the Intertor before he would grace one of the tallest trees of the forest, with ® rope around his neck, with the approt tion of every bonest and patriotic citizen ; and tbat, If nec- essary, I should myseif assist in the operation,” —Argonaut. * Wuat Is your policy?" Inqutred the inquisitive todl- ‘vidual of a great ratiroad lawyer. “Our policy," replied the ratirosd lawyer, “1s millioos for defence, but not a cent for damages.” — Columbus (Ohio) State Journal. ECROPRAN AGENTS—Mesars. Brentano, 37 Avenue de l'Opera, Maris, ent» Established 1823. 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