THE HESPERIAN STUDENT.
ltodcrigo Hint ho hutca Othello but needs him for his own
interest. Again, ho says that thoso who servo thoir mus
ters with their lips and servo themselves with their hearts
are the kind of men he admires. Ho is more of a time,
serving man with no indication of that inconvenient np.
pondage called a consciouco than a malicious demon.
Although ho may do more harm and may bo more to
ho fenrcd than an open villlun, yet tho manner in which
ho deceived cveryono in whoso company ho was placed
is truly worty of admiration. Even his wife was utterly
ignorant of his character until ho boustcd of his wicked
ness. His utter unscrupulousncss is his characteristic trait.
In lus great plot his intention wus only to put out of tho
way Cassio and Desdcmona, who ho knows are hostile to
him. He was not desirous for tho death of Othello until
he was sure of being his successor.
When Rodcrigo became troublcsomo and had lost all
his money he kills him to protect himself. Tho only spite,
ful tiling lie committed was the murder of his wile after
site spoiled his plans. He would rather do a good deed
I hau a bad one if botli would accomplish his ends, because
the good deed is more popular than the bad. But if a
friend got in his way ho would kill him as quickly as ho
would a worm.
His plottings failed because ho considered all men to
be of like character Tho external peculiarities by which
he managed to deceive all wcro his fraukness, sympathy
ami bluff heartiness. He was always the merriest of all,
and seemed to reveal tho very bottom of his heart to his
friends.
AH appealed to him for sympathy, and his advice al
ways seemed good except when judged by his motives.
Even Cassio when in his deepest disgrace went to him for
sympathy and advice. Olhollo, whom ho is continually
wronging, calls him honest Iago on almost ever' page of
the play.
To sum up his character ho was craft', cautious, self
possessed, intensely st lflsh and utterly without principle.
Without this lust trait ho would be a common enough
character; but this ouo trnit clmnges him from n man who
would do no harm purely from policy to a monster of
whose deeds we can not think without a shudder.
Wo'vo discovered a fellow with "chaos" who deals,-
But don't tell the duffer I told you;
The dullest of mortals his eloquence fees,
But don't tell tho duffer I lold you;
He talks of the times when times were not,
When ages had not their starting place got,
And the world was acknowledged uncommonly hot
But don't tell the duffer I told you,
He talks of an antediluvian age,
Oh, go ask the duffer who told him;
When ichthyosauruscs were all tho rage,
Oh go ask tho duffer who told him.
lie tells where nature's beauties lie.
And raves of tho dark blue cerulean sky.
Of tho ages to bo and tho ages gone by,
Oh, go ask tho duffer who told him.
There's a chaos that leaves his old chaos behind,
Oh, go tell tho duffer I told you;
'Tis the chaos that reigns in a chaotic mind,
It quite exhausts his mind to speak,
No wonder the boy are broko up for u week,
By hU mixed-up oration and consummate cheek
Oh. go tell tho dnffor I told you.
Tho lillies of tho fields havo pistils, and ovcry cltlzon of
Texas Is adorned llkeono of those.
It takes a pickpocket to dispurs a crowd.
Prof. "How do you daro swear beforo mo, sir?" Stu.
dent, How did I know you wanted to swear first?"
Boarding house bread 'tis but a littlo faded Hour.
A young lady home from boarding school was asked
If sho would hayo some roast beef, when sho replied:
'Not any, thank you. Gastronomiclo satiety admonishes
mo that I havo arrived at tho ultima thulo stage of dclu
lion consistent with dietetic integrity.
An Irish editor says lio can see no earthly reason why
woman should not be allowed to becomo medical men.
"Well, 1 alric.nvic, how do you loiko the new school?"
Turty well.mullier, but phut makes nil tho bhoys call
me Oirish?" Puitli an' I don't know, cushla; but I've
bin taken for Oirish meself, whin divil tho hint of it they
ever got from me."
Student (not very clear as to his lesson): "That's tho
way the author suys, any way."
Profeseor: "I don't waut the author, I want you."
Student (despiringly): "Well, you've got mo."
Two students inspecting the Laocoon.
First Student: "Did ho drink?"
Second Student: "No, why?"
First Sludenl: Well, he's got tho worst case of snakes
I ever saw, anyway."
"I say, Jenkins, can you tell a young tender chicken
from an old one?"
"Of eoursc I can."
"Well, how?"
"By the teeth."
"By tho teeth I chickens have no teeth."
"No, but I have."
Fables from the Sophs.' scrap-book: "A school girl
whoso custom it was to masticate annually largo quanlis
tics of Kum on day took too sizeable a piece, and her ins
fcrior maxillary was in consequence dislocated. But the
co-ed, nothing daunted, pronounced a sentence fiom a
book of Welch legends, and this effected n speedy cure.
This true tale shows the value of comparative philology,
and also proves conclusively that in a school girl "gum
cliewer," is a sterling qualit'.
Fable No. 2. A crow was composedly mnsticaling a
piece of cheese on the top limb of nn antique oar, when a
fox, terribly enuungcrcd, saw it and asked for the cheese
in a melliferous voice. The crow replied that in the pres
ent session it takes a two-thirds majority to vote nn ap
propriation. Thus the fox did not get the cheese.
This fablo shows that a knowledge of parliamentary
rules is of advantage even in a Nebraska legislature.
PitiMKii: What do you see in tho window?
It is a big boy and a big girl.
What are they doing?
Why they arc studying their lesson in French.
Is it not too cold for them in the hall?
0 no, it is quite pleasant: they would much rather studA"
horc than In a warm room, but they must be very still, or
ihey will bother the classes. They must sit near together
and talk very low.
Is French a hard study ?
Yes, vol y hard.