. Book of the Royal blue . Mctlure s Ala^aziiie. LlNINi; A FURNACE IN BLAST THE BAGGAGE MAN. FROM ITCK. w HO wouldnt be a baggage man, and toil the livelong dayA-tossing baggage back and forth upon a wooden dray ?Who wouldnt, after lifting hard, be pleased to have the thrillThat comes from hearing glassware break inside in every till ?Brass bands do not a bower make for cut-glass bottles, true,Theres always compensation deep, no matter what we so the humble baggage man, the lowly be his still rejoice to think he makes so many people hot;May still reflect that h
. Book of the Royal blue . Mctlure s Ala^aziiie. LlNINi; A FURNACE IN BLAST THE BAGGAGE MAN. FROM ITCK. w HO wouldnt be a baggage man, and toil the livelong dayA-tossing baggage back and forth upon a wooden dray ?Who wouldnt, after lifting hard, be pleased to have the thrillThat comes from hearing glassware break inside in every till ?Brass bands do not a bower make for cut-glass bottles, true,Theres always compensation deep, no matter what we so the humble baggage man, the lowly be his still rejoice to think he makes so many people hot;May still reflect that his reward comes in on every train,And, as he smashes all he can, that hes not lived in vain. THE MISSISSIPPI SCHEME. 1!Y WILLIAM THE great Mississippi Aalley was oncemade the scene for the perpetrationof one of the greatest frauds everknown to the world. This was the Missis-sippi Scheme, the product of the fertilebrain of that notorious gambler and adven-turer, John Law. Beside bankrupting thegovernment of Louis XIV tlie contagion ofstock jobbing, which this great scheme
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