Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1893 — His Fearful Risk. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

His Fearful Risk.

Puck.

She —Don’t you think I am an angel to brush your silk hat so nicoly for you? He —But think how much I must love you to let you do it. Drankeness Among Animals. New York Sun. Close observers have noticed that flies will gather upon a half drunken, sleepy sot, while a dozen sober men in the same room are not molested by them. The flies will buzz around their subject with groat delight, frequently alighting upon his perspiring face. Off they go and return again and again, quaffing the alcoholic nectar issuing from his pores. After a while their flight becomes uncertain and eccentric, and sometimes they come in collision. Recently a drunken man raised his hand’ and brushed them from his face. Some fell to the floor and lay there paralyzed. After awhile they get on their feet and wearily fly off, half dazed. Perhaps they have a head on. Many an. mats yield to the seduction of rum drinking, especially elephants, horses, cows and swine. Poultry, especially turkeys, will absorb the tempting drink till they tumble over in a leaden heap, i;fing around as if dead, and utterly ignoring their accustomed roosts. On awaking they stagger for a few moments and soon recover, but it u hours before they renew their cheerful cackling.