Ike At The Opera

Sinoe tbe uight when Ike went to the opera, he has been, fl Mrs. Partington 1J8, orazy, aDd the kind old dame hae eeu fearful least ha should become dod irompus mentus, through his attempt at mitating the operations. The morning ofter the opera, at the breakfast table, .se handed over tbe cup, and ia a soft rOugue sang, Wil you, will you, lire. P., Help ule tg u cup of tea Í The old lady looked at him with eurrise, Lis oooduet was so uousual, aod 'or a moment she hesitated. He cod inued iu a far more impassioned straiu : Do not keep me waitintf. Do not, pray, be he&itating, I um auxious to be drinking, So i xjur out uu quick na vinking. She gave him the Uu wiih a sigh, eis be saw the ezcitement in his face. He tirred it in silence, and in bis abstraoing took three spoouiuls of sugar. At ast he saug again : TitMc cliitlis. jinl oups and R.iucer3t Good white Im'iid, and active jaws, bilB, Tea- gunpowder and aouchong - bweet enough, but uot too stroug. " What do you maan, my boy ?" eaid Virs. Partington, tenderly. AU rih'ht, Htuady, nevti dear:r, Kever loved a breakfast dcarer, I'm not bound by witch or wi.zard, So dont fret your precious gúard. "But, Isaac " persisied the dame. Ike struck his lel't hand upon the table, and swuug his knife aloft in lis right, luoking at a píate upon the table and siagiag - WtuA form 8 tliat to me appearing! Is it mackerul, or is it herring 1 ljet me dftsh upon it quick - Ne'er afítiu th;U lih whitll kick- Chai"ge upuu il. -.'m, Inattc, chargo Eefore he had a chunoe to make a dah upon the fisli, Mrs. Partinglon had daebed a tutnbler of oold watur in bis Tace to rectore hira to "oousoieritiounoss '' It uiade liiiu catoh bis brcath for a raoíueut, but he didu't sing nny mote al the table, tbough the opera fever still fol lows bim eUowhera. A man wrote to Horaoe Greeley for a situation, and received the followiDg letter in Horace's handwriting : ''Thia ia the 2,000th application in a wcek. - Go to the devil. I oant hire every d - d fooi." The document wti eignud Horaoe Greeley, but no one oculd read it, The mfln preented it to the cashier, wlio looked it ovor and hnudcd thu man 8'20, supposing it to be au order for his swlary, uud he has been drawinpr bis ealary on tliat letter regularly for six inonths. What a waruing thls is to tho youth of the country to learo to write. The Toledo Btade acousns 8enator Bobure of " sentimentality," aüd so fr defines its mcaniutr as to say tlist thio quality íb " beautiful in the abstraot, but, like the ídboccücc of Eden, fair but 1 rery frail."