Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1895 — Glass Floors. [ARTICLE]

Glass Floors.

A warehouse in Paris has been built with glass floors. The initial cost is considerably more than that of the ordinary floor, but in view gs the fact that toughened glass is so much moro durable than wood, the experiment is likely to prove cheaper in the end. “Do you not sometimes have soulful yearnings which you long to convey in words, but cannot?” asked the sentimental £trl u “Yes, indeed,” replied the young man. “I was once dreadfully anxious to send home for money and I didn’t have the price of a telegram.” Washington Star. Harry—Don’t you know, Carrie, It always seems to me that it must be ap awfully awkward thing for a lady to carry a muff. Carrie—Oh, it is not such a difficult thing when you get your hand in.—Boston Transcript

Most of the people who talk about the heavy crosses they have to bear are crosses themselves upon the backs of other people.