, 1880-03-06

tns,a ns ied H. snt llscotd rclRns 81 coprsc, you
less ior you h tlrny It; .ynu have ono In ynur
m",ne,, pUeEe, rev o. a IRE oniy waiting for Gnct
Ing blocks around. Evcryloty in New {ork
ms nrc, and there nre flve nr ak III every
family. How to bring tho nulnllcjs out right
II II, inc one thoneht That flls the minds Of our
Wit n.1, dm hs ys sns y9 Sc & The cerks
ers s, 70 choice Of xoosls, TINT they. nlNy
nrec1tn.!s t, blocks. On the strcns-cars you see
men with !!isfractctl gaze suddenly pull hoS
move move TIE llock will eaEer fingers. All gors.
swlmmlngly at first. One, two. three, four,
i,tyct ak, seven, eight, hinr. ten, eleven,
tnWS,elyc--how nS, simple. To be s1res Thirteen,
here's tlle RIB. Can they be piaced In tho
prnper order? That Is the question now aEf-
tating this city. Politicians no longer care
whet,'cr snsl Mclean is y, or ont 81 ttc Police
e s h coWey cs'ssns esse, a hfys fsnass s vs sTs %
Enttcn 1,arnelf: ClerRymen have alnost de-
tsrn,lned t not to preach, for their cnngrcga-
1s9ns iake 10 Interest n what they say.
Ing out Of church In l1asseIto get home and
work out TINT knntty problem. 1t IS said
tl,nt 0 .,s whq'l wcil-known clergyman Enyo
Gt put TINT he would take tho text Of bis even. i:
ing 1t4HtpA 1ih!H ~ MIS-
'mposslble to get sr9ts, rs every ono thought
bc changed to ls-ll-i5. Time no longer
hangs heavy on the l,ailt!s Of the sllacc n!!ali
tleiaii: Iie IS arnle,! "! = pazsic, MD l.,s @
actually been knowr to s',et tcars when sent
to work up q case that would bring. him IN
$50, Just rs he thought lc hnd solved TUG
'Ses @srs Of % a oeesn sSa repdse4 e. f rs o% nfs rs
Nttracttons. are, Eonr. The. increase, fn tho
entirely due to the block puzzle. After
EnendlnE awholc .lny oyer i men hecor1e m
pre- broMe!it about thronei. its agency. Tho
Infatuated husband takes ttr puzzle home nt
night. Angelina wants to tell lim all about
that horrItt Mrs simpkins md q lovely new
'!oiaE. oharIss S IL" dos M NJ nnl hear; 'p Is moving
that 1pt4-l5. She accuses him of IN
difference. llo does not answer. "".Tnu 10
st ears Love o boer se eHs's e axces nstnfh h nG +
thinking Of the b'ocks. You love another !
there IS a woman Mt the bottom Of tl,is!"
"Thirleel, fifteen. fonrteen;" Sigls charlcs 1;,
~ despair. "oll, yoll old Turk - shri,Gks ,,Ss,
mother'a across the street.
John Henry. whose engagement t? hAral,
Eme'lnc Is Just ANNOUNCED, goes up 70 sMnd
the evening with his beloved. who iaS Invited
lCW 4Ilcbltl5 W !1EEk utllls 1tU iNhEo t4lH
for thcn,. lie Is nu!e .lcxterous III tlie use Of
sral ti'nes. With great prlde i,c shows t t.
It ont carefully. Somehow Or Other i botllers
hin more than us3al this tin,c. ~ wish SO
many Of you wouldn't stare Mt me-. hc re-
marks; 'Flt makes mo nervous" Then nc
goes Into quiet corner antl works I IT. out n5
Claiming "Emrcknl'' The guests all gather
nround, and there. sure enough, 4 18-lE-lb
:" It afn't right, nftcr ALL sny8 Sarah Eme,
line; "yon'ye ent FL. instead nt 1!-1a.''
And 50 he hnd. and no shlftipg OF the BLOCKS
could bring It right. IL It aty wonder that
John Henry put tho hnx In bis pocket and
never saw his Sarah Emcline moro? For, u
said he, re2cctiyely, IN girl who would tnkt
a fellow down like that before a roonlfnl q
invited company. has got no feelin', and it's
fee!in,, that tells In tho long rnn.". ..,
Mark TWIN was accused q bringing
tho horse-cnr poetry.
A hiue trlp .1ip for nix cont fnre,
A pink trip SLIP for au eight cent fare,
ONES @ head. Bat t' Tilt flows easiiy slo,s. ai,t
while It occupies tho mind It does not torturt
the brain. Tho block puzzle turns black hni
gray, makes nmtnblo men cross. and snns
sympathy that Binds tho people Of this cit.
clnso together, md when man Is seen Il
stand upon the corner Of q street and throw
hts hut IN the Alr, while he shnuts TOR JOY
every person who pnssca TINT way joins II
tho wild hallo, for they know TINT lie has 60
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