The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-04-13
Sforyef}es.:

but an interesting illustration of it
happens along now and then.
"There are men," said Jones, "whose
simple personality is more persuasive
than any oratory could be, who can i'm
press you more powerfully with a
gesture-a wave of the hand-than if
they uttered whole dictionaries of
words. Did you ever come across such
a man?"
"Oh, yes" replied Brown. "My father
was man of that kind. came across
him, as it were, quite frequently. 1t
was when l was across him-acrOss his
knee-that wave of lis hand always
impressed me most powerfully. All,
yesv'
How the GOODNESS of one man some
times acts on his companions, seeming
ly depriving them of fear, is shown in
story that belongs to the war in Syria,
and the British attack on Sidon:
During the attack, the British troops
had to advance across a long, unpro-
tected bridge, IN the face of battery
of six guns, which completely comman-
ded the approach. The men were un-
willing to expose themselves to certain
death, till one soldier, Cummings by
name, a man in faultless uniform,
stepped forward to the very middle Of
the bridge. The bridge was Immediate
ly swept by the fire of the battery.
When the smoke cleared away, Cum
mings was seen standing uninjured,
carefully brushing the dust from his
boots, after which he adjusted single
glass to his eye, and looked back at the
men. This was too much. They took
the bridge and the battery with a
whOop." -Argonant.
"What progress does this little girl
make in her sewing?" asked the tall
and stately patroness at the charity
school, and she stopped before the
daughter of longshore man and no
ticed that the pupil had her thread
hopeessly tangled.
about 40 knots an hour" roguishIy
replied the girl, as she looked up
n. Y. Sun.
Her predOminatlng characteristic, at
least the one most noticed by those who
have not an intimate acquaintance, is
her friendliness to every one in general
and to the opposite sex in particular.
Her highest ambition in life is to have
a"beau," and later, to get married. She
receives slight actions of pOliteness
from the everyday young fellow with
such an air and so much gush that he
almost feels as though he were making
himself liable to breach of promise
suit.
If she is not so fortunate as to have a
STEADY" attendant, she is discOntente ed
and likely disagreeable in her imme-
date family. During these periods of
non -attendance, she becomes doWncast
and dWells tragically on her determi-
nation to be an old Made and on the
unhappiness of married life. However,
if she really thought she would never
become partner to firm consisting
of two, the other partner, silent or
otherwise, being of the sterner sex, she
would consider her life miserable
failure. So she lives in hopes, but Pm
afraid she will die in despair She has
such friendly bearing that some
greenhorn, aching to "unbutton his
heart as The Autocrat says, to some
one, will say things to her that, later, he
will much regret, for she is apt to tell
most anything, and does not exercise
any judgment as to what things to say
and what to leave unsaid.
She is not waiting for any particular
affinity Cali coons look alike" to her
as long as they are respectable. If any
young man does notice her, particu-
larly, she freezes on him so steadfastly
that she frightens him and he gets
away as soon as is possible, and then
she again becomes submerged in the
Slough of Despond. If she be fortu-
nate, she may attain to the bliss Of
being the wife of some widower with
many children. BOY.
One of Marshall P. Wilder's best
stories, one that he delights to repeat
is his monkey barber story: A barber
had a pet monkey, which watched all
movements of his master with great
attentiveness. One day an Irishman
came into the shop to get shaved. The
barber had stepped out. so the custom
er climed into the chair, and was soon
fast asleep. The monkey, seeing the
man was apparently waiting to be