A PUBLIC-SPIRITED Citizen who had failed miserably1 in trying to

　　secure a National political convention for his city suffered

　　acutely from dejection. While in that frame of mind he leaned

　　thoughtlessly against a druggist's show-window, wherein were one

　　hundred and fifty kinds of assorted2 snakes. The glass breaking,

　　the reptiles3 all escaped into the street.

　　"When you can't do what you wish," said the Public-spirited

　　Citizen, "it is worth while to do what you can."