Show RENS COLUMN COMM blaster ill pin anil and lady needle A pin and a needle being neighbor neighbors in a work basket and both being idle folk be gaa gan to quarrel as idle folk are apt to do 1 I should like to know said the pin what you are good tor for and how you ex peet to get th through rough the thew world orid without a bead head what is the use of your head replied re the needle rather sharply it if you ha have iw no eye what is the use of an eye said the lie pin it there Is always something bom ething it it 1 I am more active andean and can go more work than you can said the needle yes but you will not hie live long because you have always a stitch id in the side said the pin you are a poor crooked creature said the needle and you are so proud that you cant bend without breaking your back I 1 fill r I 1 ill pull your head off if you insult rn again ill pull your eye out if you touch me remember your our life hangs on a single thread said the pin while they were thus conversing a little girl entered and undertaking to sew she very soon broke off the needle at the eye S she he then tied the thread around the neck ot of tho the pin and attempted to sew with it but pulled its head bead off and threw it into the dirt by the side of the broken needle well here we are said the needle we have nothing to fight about now said the pin it seems misfortune has haa brought us to our senses A pity we e had not come to them sooner said the needle how ilow much we resemble human beings who quarrel about their blessings till they lose them and neer never find out they are brothers till they lie down in the dust together as we do new york world feeling the people at home A young lady recently misled a family in a most heartless way she remarked 1 I had a letter today and how do you imagine the little preposition to was used too suggested mamma two suggested papa tew teu ten tu ventured various voices lily who was much engaged with her french lessons just then suggested tout and tom in derision improved upon that with queue declaring that must be right in order to rhyme with queue all wrong ll 11 exclaimed the young lady when the alphabet and their ingenuity were well exhausted just then teddy who had bad been soberly absorbed in ills his bread and honey and who ho was in his first term at school and wrestling with the problem ot of words in two letters raised his tits head and with an air of decision and importance gravely spelled to T o to yes cried the young lady with a peal of laughter why ll 11 exclaimed the others in dismayed chorus that is the right way kati i ajl 11 it IE exactly 11 she replied and that is the way my correspondent spelled it yon you do not suppose I 1 correspond with persona persons who cannot oven even spell to correctly do you Ilar pers young people how 1111 aalt jenkins Jon klit did 1 I wish I 1 had a smaller screwdriver father grumbled jake babson 1 I cant make this work its too big for the screw screws s 11 jake said raid mr babson solemnly im terrible afraid you got much ty it you had you could make thit that screwdriver do or else find some sonic other way to get them screws out without raisin such a catouse ca have I 1 ever told you bout old bijah jenkins the no sir I 1 cant anything bout him replied jake after a moments reflection i well said mr dabson babson with a sigh of regret there was a man that had what you might bo be safe to call fa fanity cIty lie Ile could right a it clock an set her to goin again in n no 0 time he be could ix fix upa up a door lock ora or a hinge that was out ol 01 0 kilter lu a wink h he e could pry things open an he lie could make rem em fast he ile was a fust class all round an what ayou esposo his tools was why said jake glibly a hammer and a chisel and a screwdriver and a gimlet and an awl and you can stop right where you be interrupted his father you have ket clied bijah jenkins burdekin bur denin himself with such a mess 0 things as that folks where he be went generally had a hammer I 1 calculate cal ral clate elate it if they he could make out with a stone all bo he carried was a broken clothespin an an old fork a stout one an a hens bens feather an a bottle 0 glue that he lie made himself f well I 1 swaney swa uey remarked jake whose amazement incapacitated him for further utterance yes that severy wa namable thid thing he lie carried repeated mr babson he Ife could screw an unscrew with the clothespin an use it tor for at a number umber or 0 other purposes pur he could pry with the fork an he could jab jai with it an boro bore a far sized size dhole hole iio Ile could ilo ile with tho the hens feather an he could glue with it an kind or 0 smooth things up gen genially rally I 1 tell you jake he lie had fa fanity CIty now lets see if you cant make inake out lo 10 get along that screwdriver such as itis concluded mr babson and jake not to bo be utterly routed by the posthumous fame of the old did youths companion the position of the body during literary composition has always been a matter of great con concern rn t to 0 ilu authors thors charles kingsley and nu numerous mer 0 Us other writ writers e ra of dl distinction t nc found that their ideas flowed more freely when they stood on their feet slowly pacing the room while one eminent composer did his best work sitting bolt upright in a gilded glided drawing room chair attired in his finest clothing and an american p pot 0 t of note rests on his spine bis his feet high in the air to write bis his most enjoyable ve verse on this point dr landtr lanar brunton has made some investigation investigations that entitle him to the worlds gratitude for ho lie thinks that he has han thereby discovered the secret of having baring ideas at will in the course of bis experiments lie placed himself in various positions and arid found that ilia his mental ity was greatest greatt when be lay flat on a table then ideas bubbled up tip in wit mind by and by he thought that as bebas he doin geo well in a reclining position lie might sit up but it would not do the moment says the doctor that I 1 raised my bend my mind became an utter I 1 blank so I 1 put my tily head bead down again flat on the table and finished my article in that position chicago herald |