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f?ome men j.u kmi gMt and itiie
thrust themselves upon fcroatni'.
Still, It Isn't iimi'li comfort to man
kind at largo to learn Hint dlnni'inH
and automobiles aro cheaper tlinu over.
Someone states (bat the President
"shot a turkey and a rabbit, one of
them on the wlug." din yon giiem
Which one?
In order to Induce young men to
nlist aa soldiers Uncle Sam may have
to give the army one of those nleo lit
tle Junkets.
The London Times Is to lie modern
ized. After this, who can doubt that
tvem Russia may wake up and Join hi
tbe march of progress?
The other day one Texas woman was
twice widowed In twelve hours. If she
Wasn't red-headed before, she certainly
had a right to he after that.
The Ohio exchange that recently
Spoke of aa esteemed fellow-citizen
Meeting hla death "at tbe hands of a
dorse" baa succeeded In putting its foot
la It '
The University of Chicago having
Just received another $-ooo,00 from
founder Rockefeller, should now make
It a point to hum a little nioro mid
night OIL
Jealousy, anya a French physician. Is
t. disease. If lie wishes to confer a
favor upon humanity let him discover
some method of preventing It by vacci
nation or Inoculation.
Now the coinage of the new gold
pieces will hnve to stop because there
la not enough room for l'.)08 In Koiuuu
numerals. Most of us are willing to
accept them with any old date on them.
The scratch of a collar button has
tilled a locomotive engineer who escap
ed railroad dungera for twenty years.
Which allows that there are countless
unexpected ways of getting It lit the
neck. .
Efforts to create a cabinet position
to be called the Department of Health
are not meeting with much success.
Few people care to have the consump
tion of deviled crabs and ice cream for
bidden by law.
A Chicago man who la contemplat
ing matrimony aays: "I want a woman
who can cook, mend my clothes, who Is
!f a good disposition, loving and kind,
ad who baa a falr'ly good education."
He must contemplate polygamy.
Lake shipping la increasing more rnn
Idiy than was dreamed possible a few
yearn ago. There are three canala
round tbe rapids at the foot of Lake
Superior, two on the American side of
the river and one on the Canadian. The
larger of the American canala was sup
posed to be big enough to accommodate
all the trndlc that would ever seek to
. use It, but It Is now crowded, and work
la Just beginning on a third American
anal. It will cost Ave million dollars
and take five years for Us completion.
In addition to its many other Inter
eating and curious characterises, the
Drnce trial in London brought to public
notice two legal words of curious mean
Ing. One of the counsel In the case ex
pressed the opinion that all the direc
tors and shareholders of the company
which suiiplied tbe meaus for the
prosecution were liable to arrest and
trial on the criminal charges of "chain
perty" and maintenance." Champerty,
in law. Is a bargain with a litigant to
hare or bear the expense of litigation,
in consideration of receiving a share of
the proceeds. Maintenance Is meddling
In a salt by one who, having no direct
concern In the outcome, nevertheless as
sists or sustains either party with
funds. Doth are tare words to Ameri
can readers who are not lawyers.
- All over tho country and at all times
the charge Is made that evil conditions
In politics are due to lack of luterest
and lack of work on the part of the
better cluss of citizens. The charge Is
true, and has becu bo long repented
that It Is beginning to stir a little nut
rlottc sentiment lu the breasts of men
wno bavo neglected their political du
ties; and this, of course, la a whole
some symptom. Among those who have
been touched by this tiny flame of civic
Virtue are some members of a political
iud in ono or the great eastern mil
Tensities. They determined to get
taste of real politics at the primaries
for a recent city election. Their ex
pcrlences, aa related to a reporter, an
worth considering, Ouo of them Raid
"I didn't enjoy some of tho things
had to do, but they were Instructive
anyway." Another suld, "I didn't know
just what we were there for. but I dl
what they told me. They sent me rotin
the district to set out iL. vain
tramped from door to door, nnd some
or tne men promised to go down and
vote. 1110 most suggestive .'line wn
that of tho young man who related hi
experience thus: "I wua handed a 1
of men to get after. I figured it on
mat the country would be safe even
it
tney diun t vote, so I went up to i
jxol room and stayed there unfil nea
closlug time, and then went buck .in,
made gucsse?. as to which were Repub
licans and ,Wiiii !i were Democrats.
flout thlpk rd cure for politic
No,
be would not Nor will politics
for" blm. Hut he and tbe typo
represents, when they grow uu.
ire
he
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(trowl about tho "graft," mid won
ider
why It (a not suppressed. His coin
pan Ions deserve some commendat
on
for attempting to learn and to do tbe
ir
political duty; but he and bis kind
are
as much rospoiisllilu for corruntlou
and tnlKgivernii.ent a ore tho bribe
givers and bribe-takers themselves.
It was high time that some person
was coming t'j tbe defense of the a
ward boy. Every awkward boy, md
every man who wns once an ur'.awarl
hoy, nnd every lirmnii being wlro cn
appreciate; the sufferings of tli awlo
ward liny will be glad that a person
ii caimble anil sympathetic as X'resi
deiit I hushes of lie I'nuw uuM'rslty
ha tukcii the siih.lert ill hii.nl -inil
done Justice to It. lie has rtivid'J the
Ife of the average boy Into tbrve pc
buhl, or stages the unconscious, tbe
awkward, and the maturely coiihoToub -,
ut the second stage only Is iln ono
which has an Interest for us here With
egnrd to this period President Ciighcf
emnrks: "Now, what the boy in? rds at
his time Is adroit sympathy. H you
are at some social gathering, nfJfl you
see some lioy standing by the dour, suf
fering like a modern martyr, go f bin)
and make him .forget that In hal
hands, feet, a collar that gone him.
clothes that aro too big for hlr?, and
for Just a minute let lihn be a himaa
being, lie may als. need an fopeal
to his self-respect at this perloC. At
a unit tor of fact, no man can thl'llt too
much of himself. We do not hr the
one-thousandth part of the self-Aspect
that we ought to hnve. And t? boy
at this time needs to have real ttlhute
paid to hla personality, so that J wUl
feel that, after all, he Is sonurbMy Is
the world." Nothing could be truer
than this. If there Is a time In tfte life
of a boy when ho should have a large
share of affection and respect aill flat
tery wlien he should be held op to
himself as a really superior peson
It Is when he Is passing through this
awkward singe, for it Is at this time
that he Is inpHt sensitive, nnd most Im
pressionable, and most Inclined to think
well or 111 of his kind and of tho world
in general. Ho does not Invite affec
tion, or kindness, or even charity ut
this period, lie Is more likely to repel
all of them. Hut if he Is nppHoiched
n tbe proper spirit, and reasoned with
In the proper tone of voice, and advised
by the right person, he will so-Su be
come easier himself, and wlil gradu
ally fall out of the way of making ev
erybody around him miserable. He
knows that he Is awkward kws it
better than those who apologist for
blm, better than those who niaka fun
of him and he Is recntful because of
It. He would give the world If he could
only be as self-contained as the milk
man, or the gas man. or even his fath
er, and if he had his choice between
the diamond mines of Africa and the
ability to look calm and cool wlftn a
woman smiled at blm he would cauose
tbe latter. He has not the satlsfattloii
of knowing it, and he would uot be
lieve It If told, but he will learn some
day that his awkwardness and freckles
and all the characteristics of tho pe
r'.od have never yet prevented and nev
er can prevent true merit from coding
to the to, and that it Is tbe awkward
boy who usually becomes the snavo and
successful man and has money to lend
to tho man who grew up frota a dindl-
(led and sclf-satlstled youth, m be
kind to the awkward boy. He will not
need your kindness very long, and
there Is no telling when you may Meed
his.
NOW IT'S A SKYSCHAPEB "WAB.
Owners of '. Blsr Xew York O BJee
nulla. aga la Hot Contest.
"So great Iff the rivalry for tenants
In the war between the big office build
ings In the financial district that some
owners have assumed the responsibility
of leases of from $50,01)0 to flOO.OUO a
yenr already made by a tenant to lake
blm nway from a rival."
This statement wns mndo TweMay
night before tho real estate class of the
West Side Young Men's Christian As
sociation by Joel 8. do Seldlng, of De
Seldlng Bros., agents for the forty 4uo-
story Singer building. In a lecturf on
"Downtown Office Buildings," says the
New York Herald.
As these leases are made for ffoni
teu to twelve yenrs. tbe aggregate
amount Involved runs from fSOO.OCto to
$1,000,000 that tbe owner assume to
get a tenant.
Mr, De Seldlng, after discussing bis
subject from a techulcnl point of ffew,
was speaking of the economic advan
tages that would result from co-orsjra-tlon
In the management of office build
ings. Any overture of this kind, taw
ever, made by one party or auotaVr,
be said, was looked upon with suspi
cion by tbe others, nnd the result was
the greatest coiu.ictltlon for tenant In
tho financial district that New York fiag
ever seen.
There never wns so much new af.ce
as is offered for 1008. Acres and urrea
of floors will be ready in the spftiig
and , the aggregate for the twtlve
months will bo a record figure. Tlkere
was completed Inst spring, among nrta
blo structures, the West Street end
United States Express Company hold
ings. Later came tho addition to the
Trinity, tho new United States RefJty
and tbe Trust Company of America
buildings, all twenty to twenty-four
stories. Others Hearing completion ire
the City investing, the Hudson ter
minals and tho Singer. Work was re
cently begun on tbe new structura of
the Lawyers' Title and Insurance Com
pany, and there has been considerable
building in tbe Jewelry and Insurance
districts.
As a result, tho speaker said, tINore
was never so much competition and
such active oillce to olllce canvassing
for tenants. Agents have even beeu
sent out by one company to canvass the
West und South lu the effort to Induce
business anil Industrial concerns to es
tablish headquarters iu New York.
Reuters are beginning to turu the
tallies on tho agents nnd visit the va
rious buildings from City' Hall Park
to tho Battery, looking for Inducements
to make a change.
In dlscuKHing the suhjoct with a re
porter after the lecture Mr. de Seldlng
said lie knew of ono instance whoro two
Industrial companies lu the same Hue
of business tool; leases for entire floors
in ono building, expecting to get con
tracts In returu. One of thorn was dis
appointed. -and a rival building, learn
ing of it, assumed their lease uud rent
ed them sp:tct nt a les rate.
Law suits are likely to follow, and
now owners are trying to draw up a
form of lease that will bind tenants
more securely.
When a man makes a will he taa a
right to be self-willed. -
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THE SEVEN WONDERS OE TO-DAY.
Tblrty thousand ton steamship, wireless telegraph, electric locomotive,
airship, camera phonograph, forty-eight-story building, concrete molded house.
This Is a great age. Have you ever stoped to consider It? Every age
has Its wonders; none has been so marvelous as those of to-day. The seven
wonders of the world were stupendous In the Alexandrian times. They still
Weigh heavily In the balance, yet they are surpnssed by the accomplishments
Of the last few months. Present-day genius knows no confines. The dreams
f the ancients are the realities of to-day. More than ever txfore no man
knows what a day may bring forth.
Fancy, If you enn, the lenders of the world's affairs of the long dead ceu
turlea dropped, upon the earth to-day. What would be their Impressions of
ur up-to-date methods of trnvel, communication, manufacturing, living, and.
If you will, even their one-time favorite pastime, man-killing? What would
they think of even the pyramids compared to the new forty-elght-story build
ing In New York? What of the present-day wonders on every hand? It Is
no disparagement of the old to say that tlie new are more wonderful. The
now wonders stand for so much more of mnteri.il progress.
The new wonders of the last few months are: New York's forty-elght-story
offlce building; the new 30,000-ton ocean greyhound Lusltnnln; the war
alrshlps being perfected In Europe; Marconi's transatlantic wireless telegraph ;
the powerful electric locomotive for railways; tbe, camera phonograph; Edi
son's $1,000 concrete houses, built in twelve hours.
These are by no means the "seven nnxlcrn wonders of the world ; they
are tho seven wonders of to-day. They exemplify the commercial spirit of
tho times; are prophetic of future wonder-developments. They certainly hold
down their side of the scales against the wonders of 007 B. C.
la their peculiar line later creations have not surpassed the old wonders.
These were: The statue of Zeus at Olympla; the hanging gardens at Baby
lon; the Colossus at Rhodes; the mausoleum at Hallcarnnssus; the pyramids
of Egypt; the walls of Babylon; the temple of Artemus nt Ephesus.
Of these ancient wonders all that reir .ui are the pyramids and tbe ruins
of the walls of Babylon.
A3 PE0PLB HANDLE PAPERS.
So Tfcer Will Act la Kverythloa
The? Do, Sara Bachelor.
"I know of no surer signboard of
character than the way lu which a
man or woman handles a newspaper,"
said an old bachelor. "The person who
hits tho newspaper with the baud In
opening tho pages has- tlus emphatic
or Rooseveltlan nature.
"You may depend upon It that such
a person will not hesitate to express
an opinion, whether you like It or not.
If a man handles his newspaper In
this way, ho will do you In a trade,
if a woman does It, she will rule you
it you marry her.
The person who shifts and turns
)ho pagea of a newspaper repeatedly,
Brst one way and then another. Is un
stable. J Tbe man will never succeed in
business. The woman will be shiftless
a her home.
' "You have seen, If you have noticed
as I have, people who never keep the
' pages of the paper Intact They get
tho pages mixed or allow a page to
drop out A man who handles his paper
In this way has no system In hla busl-
' ness. A woman who does will drug
her petticoat or wear her hosiery
wrong side out, and if she becomes a
mother her children will have dirty
ree and unkempt hnlr.
"A man who reads one new-spaper
While he holds on to two or throe more
when be Is In a room where there are
others Is a hog. That la a very ugly
appellation. It Is the plain, blunt
synonym for selfishness.
"I have known some very nice and
clever people to litter up a room with
newspapers as fast as they read them.
Such a habit Indicates a typo of char
ity that begins at home disposition,
coupled with a don't care disposition.
As much as to say : 'I'm through with
It; what's the difference?'
"Tho person who looks at tho adver
tisements first, unless In searching for
a Job or a servant, Is practical, rather
commercial, mid sentimental when It
suits his or her purpose. '
"The man who rumples bis paper and
rams It Into bis pocket when be. is
leaving a street car is not only dis
orderly, but the act Indicates that he
Is a sort of grabber; anything to get
It and keep it.
"And a man who throws his news
paper on the floor of a car when he
has finished reading It would not hesi
tate to spit on your rug and bump you
Into the street without making an apol
ogy." New York Sun.
THE LAST WITNESS.
He Cooaea Comnollaa to nt Salt
la t'haaorrr.
It was a suit In chancery, and there
was a great gathering of deceased's
family, quarreling, as relatives will,
over the division of tho spoil. The
lawyers engaged chuckled, for the suit
seemed likely to be prolonged aud com
plicated. There were many lawyers, too, and
the Judge marveled at the Immensity of
THE WORLD" ECLIPSED.
tlie deceased man's family as lawyer
after lawyer rose in rapid succession.
Introducing themselves with the usual
formula, "And I, my lord, am for tbe
nephews (or nieces or Iirteentii cousin
removed, as the case may be) of the
deceased." The procession seemed In
terminable, but nt lust It came to an
end. Then a small voice was heard
timidly saying from the back of the
court, "May I be allowed to speak, my
lord?" There was dead silence as hla
lordship adjusted bis spectacles and
asked father dejectedly. "Who are
you?"
The answer was, to say the least,
unexpected. "I am the deceased, my
lord," said tbe modest voice from the
back of the court That ended the ac
tion. Quite unknown to bis relatives the
deceased had turned up from the wilds
of Rhodesia. Obviously a man of hu
mor, he must have taken a delight In
watching how "tho best laid schemes
of mice nnd men gang aft r.gley."
Euglish Paper. '
Slaughtered the Anthem.
"When I went west first," said a
Unitarian minister. "I was In a small
town called L.t and In tbe choir of my
church tho village blacksmith did noble
w ork as baritone. He had. n voice that
could shake mountains, nnd whatever
it lacked In any other feature It mndo
up In volume. He couldn't read music
any more thnn he could English, but
he learned n tune very readily.
"One Sunday we were to be favored
with a new anthem because It was a
8eclal occasion, nnd tbe baritone had
one portion all to himself. Unfortu
nately he had missed many of the prac
tices. "Tbe anthem went along excellently
until It came to a beautiful part which
reads, 'And. dying, bids us all nsplre.'
"Here the rest of the singers stopped
short In that outck, sudden way that
choirs have, and In the ensuing still
ness sounded the ponderous tones of
the blacksmith :
"'And dying brides are filled with
fire.' "Boston Herald.
Kaiiuleun,
There Is no doubt Napoleon fell
through the sheer dlKziuewa of tlie
height he had climbed to. "The- Due
de Riiguse," says the Comtesse do
Bolgne, "once explained to me the na
ture of his connection with the em
peror In a phrase which Is more or less
applicable to the whole nation. 'When
Nuiioleon said, "All for France," 1
served with enthusiasm. When be said.
"France aud I," 1 served with Zs.-al.
When he said. "I aud France," I serv
ed with obedience. When he said "I"
wltnout France, I felt the necessity of
parting from him.' " T. P.'s London
Weekly. .
Sleepy Iowa.
"What do you think of our town?"
asked the suburbanite.
"Sleepy place," replied the city man.
"Why, we've got six churches!"
"Yes, that's where a lot of tbe people
Bleep, I suppose !" Xoiikors Statesman,
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ST. VALENTINE'S DAY.
Bt. Valentine' day! And midst old recol
lertlomi That nibU to my heart with an echoing
Jo.v.
I remember onre more tbe old hopes and
deject Ioiih.
When you were a girl, dear, and I waa a
boy ;
When I aent you a rose on that February
morning,
And with It a passlumite, rhyme-halting
lay,
And met your reproaches and well-acted
acorn In it
By whispering : "Sweet, 'tis St. Valen
tine's day !"
And the sty was so blue, and the sunshine
ho yellow.
And the soft southern wind blew so shril
ly and swci't,
And each tiny bird sung so loud to its fel
low. While the snowdrops and crocuses bloom
ed at your feet,
Small wonder our hearts broke to tremulous
besting
As we learned In the wonderful, old fash
ioned way
What the earth and the sky and the air
were repeating
In mystical cadence of Valentine's day. -
And now that tbe crazy-sweet babble and
laughter
Of golden-haired children have rung In
our ears.
And brought us tbe hope of a tender here
after To lick to tbe thought of those far-away
years
Once mora In the words of tbe happy boy
lorer. I veil deeper meaning In whimsical way ;
A meaning your heart will be quick to dis
cover ny whispering: "Sweet, 'tis Bt Valen
tine's day !" '
The Housekeeper.
Llnoolu'a Specific I. Ife Work,
One often thinks of bin life as cut off,
hal no great man since t'n-sar has acu
hih life work euded as did' Lincoln. Na
poleon died upon a desert rock, but cot
until Austerlitz and Wagram bad be
come meiuorieH, and tbe dust of the em
pire even as all dust. Cromwell knew
that Kngland bad not at heart materially
altered. Washington did not know that
be had created ono of the great, perhaps
the greatest, empires to be known to
mail. Hut Lincoln bad a specific task to
do to save his t-ouutry and to make it
free and on thnt fateful 14th of April
he knew that, be bad accomplished bolb.
thiugs.
There are those who would say that
chance put this man where be was to
do this work. To tbe thoughtful mind
It was not chance, however, but design,
and that the design of which all great
ness is a part. War is indeed the cruci
ble of the nations. It is the student of
a century hence who hhall properly place
the Civil War in American history. lint,
whatever that place be, there can be no
doubt of the position in it of the war
President. Like William the Silent, his
domination of all about bim was a mat
ter not of personal desire, but of abso
lute and consrant crow-th. There are fvar
more interehtiug characters in history
than I.iucoln. There is none who in
quits the same manner fits himself so
absolutely into his circumstances. It is
tha highest form of genius that so pro
duces as to maks production seem ef
fortless, and It is perhaps tha greatebt
3t all tribute to Lincoln that what h
414 seems sometimes only what tbe aver
aft man would hare done 1- his plact.
Abraham Llacola'a Astataarss.
A leader of the Lincoln party told a
story of tbe astuteness of Lincoln as a
lawyer.
"When Lincoln wss practicing law
at said, "b bad a case involving a dis
puted will. Ths opposition claimed that
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the will was genuine, and for several
hours adduced proof of this. For Lin
coln, who had to prove tbe will a for
gery, things looked black.
"Lincoln, however, called only one
witaiess, a retired paper manufacturer,
renowned the country over for his wealth
and probity.
'"Mr. Dash,' Lincoln said to the wit
ness, handing him the disputed will,
'please hold that paper up to the light
and tell us what is tha watermark on
it.'
" 'The watermark of my - own firm,
Illank & Co.,' tha witness answered.
" 'When did your firm begin to man
ufacture paper?'
"'In 1841.' I
" 'And what's the date of ths document
in your hands?'
"'August 11, 18SU'
'"That is enough. Gtntltman of tbt
jury, our case is closed.' "
Hta Tina ta Get Evta,
"Say, old fellow," said Brown, as he
laid his hand familiarly on rotter's shoul
der, "didn't I see. you in ths stationer's
a day or two ago looking at valentines?"
"You probably did, as I was In there,"
was the answer.
"Buying for soma sister or niece?"
"No for my wife."
"But you are over GO years old and
have been married a quarter of a cen
tury. You don't say that you art still
romantic ?"
"I say this that my wife can beat me
at argument or scolding or doing as she
pleases whether I like it or not. She's
obstinate and pig-headed and touchy, and
tbe only way I can get even with her
is on Valentine's day. Then I get 100 of
the meanest burlesque valentines I can
find and send them to her, and for the
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Ill Valentine.
My Valentin I I ictts my p-n
To wrlto to yva tlie yrly verMJ
I ilml! not tune my lyre ln
To raptures which my noiil tmmcmtj
I shall not praise your sapphire eyes,
Nor alng the archoeM ot your look
Ah, no I 1 ehant yoar bread and pie,
Uj Vslentlne, tor you can cookl
&Ty Valentine, I love the glow
The ruby rIow ho softly prad
Upon your tempting velvet cheek
When yon have been a baking bread.
Tour hair If folden, thlok, sod fine.
In gleaming roll, and curl and loop.
And beat of all, oh, one divine,
I never find it In my soup.
My Valentine I Let other write
Their lyrlca to your hancta and brow
Tour blaculta are as featheri light.
Tone cakes are tempting, snybow.
Let others sing your charms to sweet.
With poetaster's gentle art.
For me, the thlnga you make to eat
Have won the highway to my heart.
What to Eat,
An Anecdote of Lincoln.
At one period during the rebellion therl
were no less "than seventy-four malot
renerala and 276 brigadiers on tbe rolls,
which was far more than there was any
use for. President Lincoln recognised,
this mistake before anybody else, but h
consoled himself by joking about
Is recalled that on one occasion, wl
one of these superfluous generals was
captured by the enemy, with a numbet
of men and horses, somebody undertook
to condole with the President on the sub
ject, remarking that the loss of the cap-'
tured general's services was a great mis
fortune to the government. I
"Pooh!" replied Lincoln, "it's tbt
horses I'm thinking about. I can mafr6;
another brigadier general In two min
utes, but horses are scarce, and cost S20Q
apiece." Kansas City Journal.
Ya Ml arli t See Me Threat;."
Abraham Lincoln during ths war frt
quently visited the hospitals and addres
ed cheering words to the wounded toU
diers.
On one occasion ha found a young fel
low, whose leg had been amputated, and,
who was evidently sinking fast.
"Is there anything I can do for you?
asked Lincoln.
"Ton might write a letter to my moth
er," was ths faint reply.
The President wrote at the youth's die-,
tat ion : "My dear mother, I have been
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shot bad, but am bearing up. I tried to II
do my duty. They tell me I cannot if I
cover. God bless yon and father. KM
May and John lor ma."
At the end cams these words as post
script : This letter was written by Abra
ham Lincoln."
When the boy perused the epistle and
saw these added words, be looked wiU
astonished guza at the visitor as he ask
ed) "Art you onr President?"
"Yes," was the quiet answer ; "and now
you know that, is there anything else I
can do for you?"
Feebly the lad said, "I guess you might
hold my hand and set sat through."-
London S. S. Times. i
'
Lots Tekeaa e the Fast. '
Sir Walter Scott, In his "Fair Mai
of Perth" en St. Valentine's day, has
bis hero send the heroine a small ruby,
cut in the shape of a heart transfixed with
S golden arrew, the gem being inclose '
m n tnti-v ni I I man. nr Imb
i nun I;
steel. Around tne edge of the purse was
engraved :
"Love's aarts
Cleave hearts
Through mail shirts."
, ,
Surely it was a pretty enough token
tt win the affection of any maid. These,
eighteenth-century valentines were indeej
labors of leva, and small wonder that 04
that day the belles heard the fall of the
knocker with eager anticipation.
BUSY.
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