Teutonic Barber. "Shafe, Sir?"

Customer. "Ye-es—— That is, no!——I think I'll try a hair-cut.">[


THE OUTPOST.

The lurid sunset's slanting rays

Incarnadine the soldier's deed;

His rugged countenance betrays

The bulldog breed.

Not his to shun the stubborn fight,

The combat against heavy odds,