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of labor and care, the drama of the court-room, is diversified into insolated acts and scenes either amusing or tragic, and connected only by the legal characters. A numher of controversies as to M. l's right to term, Mr. B. a dishonest man, or Mrs. B.'s nearer relationship than Mrs. R.'s to the deceased millionaire, etc., have been hastily settled, as all such squabbles should be. I was certainly impressed a few hours ago by the answer of a diminutive Ethiopian to an older boy who had been abusing him ill very round language; after the 1lfajol'ualll had finished all edifying tirade, the little darke y responded "All de m t'mgs ycr sey I is. yer's dem." T was touched with the epigramatic force of the remark, and the moral is that older aud wiser people would do well to imitate it. - - - - - -. Affectionately, C. B. STRAYER." Woman's chief charm is revealed all the cheeks of Gertrude Veasey, as she traces out the almost illegible page while she wends her way toward the huts over yonder. Let us discover the destination of the basket filled with viands and flowers with which our class-mate is Iadeu this suuuner evening. A devotee to charity, she is going to minister personally to the wants of a decrepit old W0111a11,an injured father or a sickly child, whose blessings crown a life peacefully spent ill errands of mercy. J90?· It is related that the night watchman, familiar with the string-basket letter system of moonless nights, and bent upon annihilating said system, gently accosted Mr. Watson, who was the hero of some such occasion, with, "T've got yon." 'I'he latter gentleman rather objected to such close companionship, and informed the watch- man that he was a member of the faculty. The watchman was so impressed by this proposition (it being a very usual situation for a professor ill the "wee sma' hours"), and by the scholarly presence of our crass-mate, that he released him. My telescope suggests a development of the scholarly presence in the dignified school-master of Centreville. The little lad reciting is visibly trembling as he stumbles over the Wahsatch Xlonntains, but the maiden at the head of the class pleasantly locates them as the professor passes the quesuon : the visitors approve smilingly the silence which Mr. Mouse, who sees a piece of cheese in au empty desk, convulsively deplores, but the general tone of the school indicates an able though exact leadership. 1897. The excitement or a Harvard commencement reaches the culminating point, as the valedictorian advances to declaim The young man has chosen a theme which in itself is all abstract character sketch of its author, seemingly cynical and restless before what most men reverence. there is yet a perceptible current of genuine serious- ness ill the pasquinade being delivered on "The Existing System of Journalism." As he proceeds the audicllce accord him attention, giveu only to originality and excel- lence, and when with graceful power he pronounces the valedicticu, the fragrance of moving flowers mingles with applause prolonged and loud. In the mean time, the law of resemblance has been raising Caesar's ghost in Illy mind, which vanishes only when r observe \Y. A. Whealton printed on the program. 1930. It is believed that Blanche Wilson, ill the orbit of life, reached the perihelion point (the point nearest the at college, which belief magic justifies. The scene is a boudoir, 111111gin delicate which produce a masterpiece in light and shade, and the general arrnugement of the apartments brings at once to mind the exquisite-taste and artistic talent of the class- mate just meutioued . A studio and gallery adjoin, through which a number of visitors are walking; a lady, somewhat in 7'