The starlight so wondrously flashing?

Ah, no: ’twas the glint of the glimmering glass,

And the cocktail is ebbing and splashing.

All quiet along the St. Lawrence to-night,

Though the cashier is crossing for ever;

While depositors rush on the bank which he left,

He draws on the bank of the river.

From The New York World.

——:o:——

LEEDLE YAWCOB STRAUSS.