"You ought to come up and see our new baby," said Mattie. "He's perfectly beautiful."
"What does he look like?" asked Harry.
"Just like me," said Mattie.
One of our American line steamers landed its passengers in New York the other day after dusk. Among them was a son of Ireland, who, after hearty greetings from his friends, started to walk up one of the thoroughfares to see the great city of New York. His friends lost no opportunity to point out the wonders of the metropolitan city, and in a short time they had the poor fellow simply dazed with admiration and wonder, and willing to believe anything they told him. Suddenly he caught sight of a street arc light on its pole, and pulling up short, he grasped the arms of his friends nearest him, and exclaimed, "Faith, it's wonders and wonders, shure; if my eyes don't decave me yez have the moon stuck on a stick beyant there."
PERCY AT CAPE COD.
"This bluefish yawning on the beach,
And jumping round head first,
Is either very sleepy, or
He's dying of his thirst."