Show A care for sore eyes THERE are many unique ways of surprising individuals but one that came very nearly leading to serious results happened in the illinois state legislature last week the dispatch gives an account of the affair as follows john reeves clerk of the house is rarely surprised and never startled but he carna as near the latter condition this afternoon as he has ever been when representative prince arose to a question of privilege and began to cr ti cise the clerk foi his carelessness in reading bills the genial clerk was somewhat discomposed and the speaker contemplated calling mr prince to order when that gentleman ended hia criticism with the remark that he held in bis hand a cure for sore eyes which he would send to the clerks desk it was a handsome diamond pin the gift of the house members and employed emp loyes and was deserving of a speech but the valuable clerk had for once lost his tongue and eat silently looking at the stone house laughed athis expense he was curing his sore eves |