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DUN VEGAN CASTLE.
How to Tell a Thief.
" I ALWAYS remember a man by lils eyes," said
Detective Sliman, an experienced officer. " If"
I once get a square look at a man's eyes I would
recognise him if I met him in Inverness. The
eyes never change ; the face is always changing.
A man with strongly marked features can de-
ceive the shrewdest detectives if the latter have
not made a study of the eyes.
"There are men whose faces are completely
altered bj' shaving off a moustache. Even a
week's growth of beard and a change of clothing
will completely' disguise some men. There are
men who look like gentlemen when clean shaven,
and like tramps with a three days' stubble on
their faces.
"A change from a stiff to a soft hat completely
alters some, but if you have noted their eyes you
cannot mistake them. Every trade and pro-
fession stamps its imprint upon the eyes. If you
will notice closely j'ou will see that the eyes of
the merchant differ from those of the lawyer, the
eyes of the day labourer from those of the skilled
mechanic.
HEN iroithle comes, doii t let despair
Add to the burden yoic must bear,
But keep 7/p heart, and, sinih}ig; say —
" The darkest cloud must pass azvay,"
Don't say, " Why is it ?" ivith a/roivn.
And ffo with heart and head bowed doivn,
JJnt lift them both, and let your eyes
Behold the siinshine in the skies.
Don't sit and brood o'er things gone wro^-g,
Bid sing a hopeful, helpful song.
Or whistle something light and gay,
And thus drive Jialfyo^ir cares a^vay.
Sing of tlie pleasant things life knows ;
Not of the thorns, but of the rose.
Each life knows some Joy e^'ery day,
Snre as December leads to I\Iay.
The man who sings tvhen trouble's Ji,ne,
Erom trouble has not much to fear ;
Since it will tiever tarry lottg
ll'he^i stont heart 7neets it 7vith. a song.
Bid brood o'er care, and we can male
Tins life a hirdeji that will break
The stoniest back. Bid sing, and lo !
The load is lifted. Let it go !
Then don t Jorget when things go wrong
To try the ma[;ic of a song.
Ear cJieerful heart and smiling face
Bring sunshine to the shadiest place.
Eben E. Rexford,
Jewish Marriages.
In Jewish marriages the woman is always placed
on the light of her mate. With every other
nation of the world her place in the ceremony
is on the left.