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VOL. I.
It is estimated that during the first
three months of 1888 the Southern people
will receive about $275,000,000 inpay
ment for their cotton crop, of which
amount $150,000,000 will be surplus
available for re-investment.
Newspaper enterprise in Paris is not
nurtured by the authorities, who rce'eiilly
fined the proprietors of seven local jour
nals each $00 for “prematurely" publish
ing certain legal documents pertaining
to the Opera Comique fire while the case
was on. trial.
A Kansas City oculist says that nearly
two thirds of the spectacles and eye
glasses which near-sighted people pay
good prices for are merely bits of com
mon glass treated with a coating of
chemicals, which gives them the appear
ance of being genuine pebbles.
There are said to be more millionaires
in Buenos Ayres than in any other city
of its size in the world. Many of (he
private houses in the city have been built
at a cost of over $1,000,000, and one of
the banks has a paid-up capital of $7,
000,099, with deposits and a line of dis
counts aggregating $05,000,000.
In the Colorado desert, near Idaho,
there is a large bed of rock salt, and the
Southern Pacific Railroad, in laying Die
track to the salt bed, has been obliged to
grade the road for 1,200 feet with blocks
of these crystals. This is the only in
stance where the roadbed is laid and
ballasted on salt. The sea, which once
rolled over this place, dried up and left
a vast bed of salt nearly fifty miles long.
The supply is inexhaustible and ttll! qual
excellent.
A recent phenomenon in Central Illi
nois puzzles scientific and other people.
After weeks of drought, the streams and
wells becoming exhausted, abundant
water suddenly appeared, without rain or
other visible source of supply, Water
flowed freely in the streams, and even
the shallowest wells were replenished.
Where this water came from and the
cause of this suddnu appearance arc mys
teries wtuen inf timn (tim him mu. >c ...
probable that the effect was produced by
a subterranean disturbance similar to
that of an earthquake shock.
The following interesting figures wore
fournished by the dairy editor of the
Chicago Prairie Farmer to the late Con
vention of the National B., C. & E. Asso
ciation, at Manchester, Iowa;
Annual increase in cows .....$11,033,190
Butter and cheese......... ..... 277,477,429
Milk sold and condensed. ..... 300,000,000
Condensed milk.......... ..... 1,547,588
Cow manure............. ..... 100,125,110
Product of family cows. ..... 30,000,000
Skimmed milk.......... ..... 50,417,054
Cow beef................ ..... 39,477,375
Bull beef................ . ... 1,221,400
Bull manure............ ..... 1,001,241)
t Total net receipts............$825,020,393
The exhibit is of the annual receipts
of the dairy, of course.
A visitor to the Osage Reservation, In
dian Territory, if he has a mind to study
the human race under varying conditions,
finds much of interest, lie is intci
pnmos among the aristocrats. The
Osage Indians arc about the only example
now left in the United Slates of a real
aristocracy. They do not depend upon
Government rations, as do the Cheyennes
and others, at all, but have (nough of
their own undisputed property to make
them the wealthiest community in the
country. Besides the land of the reser
vation, which belongs to them by a title
hard to assail, they have about $7,000,000
bearing five per cent interest in the
hands of the Government. They are
paid about $250,000 a year in cash. The
entire tribe numbers only 1,600, so that
they are actually the richest body of
people we have.
A recent remark of the Czar of Russia
shows that he is not ignorant of the
Chinese question, not merely a ; it relates
to his own dominions, but to,the world
at large. The Russians were in the track
of the Mongol invasions under two great
chieftains, who desolated Furore, anil it
took hundreds of years fo: the Slav race
to recover the territory then taken from
them. He has carefully read this portion
of his country’s history. His remark
was to the effect that the greatest danger
to the western world existed in the
Chinese empire. It only needed another
Tamerlane to set in motion another in
vasion comprising, perhaps, 20,000,000
of the hardier ra -es of northern China
to overwhelm Europe, not by their mili
tary strength or skill, but by mere force
of numbers. If 20,000,000 were not
moiigh to do the work, then 20,000,000
might follow, drawn fiom a population
that is to al 1 : ntents and purposes »nm
berless.
OKAY’S STATION, OEO&GL4, STUKDAY, JANUARY % 1888.
ON HKIOHtS.
VTho dwells upon the heights exists alone
Unfouncl of Love that seeks a genial air,
Not such as permeates cold spaces where
The snow possesses mountains for a throne
And glaciers hind them with a frozen zone.
Love joys tc see bach cascade's silvery hair
Wave fioWfilg tresses o'er a rocky stair,
Not changed by gorgon-winds to rigid stone.
Be not on some lone pinnacle your goal;
For though the icy silence is sublime,
Coeval with the ancient gray haired Time,
It chills the warmer feelings of the soul
And eyes, that only o’er such prospects roll,
See not the graces of a softer dime.
— Mat'H Goodrich , in Current.
Our fct Door Neighbor,
BV ADELAIDE D. ROI.I.STON.
**! declare, it's just too provokin'*!”
cried Bess, seating herself by the win
her dow, and tanning herself vigorously with
straw hat. "
“What’s the matter now?” I asked
looking from easel. ’
“I infer up my
from your tone that there is
always something the matter, ” she sai 1
pettishly, aud with something like a
tear in her eye.
“1 believe there is, dear; at least, there
seem- to bo lately,” 1 remarked, making
little daubs of paint on tuy palette as J
“Bess, don’t you think i I’Ve
made my sky a trifle too bliie:” asked,
the subject abruptly, for 1 was
to clread these sudden out
bursts of temper from my usually "ood
“ “ ^
“Oh, it’s all very well for you to treat
my troubles lightly!” cried Bets, ready
to burst into tears. “You didn’t make
the flower beds, and you don’t mind if
they time are spoiled! You don't waste your
and breath these warm mornings
chasing “8o chickens out of the y H vd!’”
it’s the chickens this time !”I said,
ami laughing. the day “Yesterday it was the gae.se,
before the pigs. I wonder
what it will be to-morrow?”
“I wish you’d be sensible, Fan,” and
Bess came over and took the brush and
palette out of my hand. “There!” and
she threw them on the table. “I’ve a
good mind lo spoil your picture for treat
ing me as if I were a little child.”
“I’m sure I am us sorry as you are
about , the , flower-beds, but what
do? are we
to ’ I asked. “\Ve are careful to
keep the gates fastened, and We’ve
all the cracks in the fence; blit
somehow the pigs; thickens and geese
to get in. I gyvung is certain;
b'lAj’Aj/r'll' in fretting dv., < Wnole about time them.” driving
them out, or
“My mignouette with was coming sigh. up “And so
nicely!” thinking said Bess, I’d a geraniums
I was set out my
to-day. 1 wish yon eould see them,
Fan! I found wilted them lyiug weeds by in the porch,
as brown and as autumn.
People who live in town have no business
with chickens and such things. If (hey
want to raise poultry, Why don’t let those ihenl chickens move to
the country.
scratch around in 51 rs. her Brown's flowers garden, and
I wonder? I look at
vegetables, growing so nicely, and thenat
mine, scattered to the four winds; aud 1
think she is the most She disagreeable throw old
woman in the world. saw me
a stone at her old rooster this morning,
and called out over the fence that I’d
better let her property alone.”
“I hope you said nothing saucy to her
—you are so hasty, Bess!” I said,
reprovingly. “I told her to keep her chickens out
of my yard, if she didn’t wan t them
killed,”" said Bess, looking dcliautly out
of the window.
“ O Bess, you’lmal ke matters I cried, worse,
if you go on at that rate! ” as I
thought of our neighbor’s If should sharp face happen and
sharper kill tongue. of her chickens, “ you likely
to one as not
she’d have you arrested. >She’s just the
sort of woman to do it,”
“/ know something about head the angrily. law!
replied Bess, shaking her anything
“No one has a right to keep his that her
is a source of annoyance to ot
neighbor. If those chickens persist in
scratching up my flower-beds, and if
Mrs. Brown makes no effort to keep them
at home, 1 shall certainly kill the them." kind! ”
“ You shall do nothing of
I said, as I gathered up my brushes and
put. my easel away.
“Fan, I haven't told you half,” said
Bess. “ You know how anxious 1 am to
learn to be a good housekeeper, and an
economical one. I’m sure Sally might is a
good cook, and is very saving. 1 she's
put it a little stronger, and say that
a stingy cook, for she often makes us go
without a dessert when we might as well
have one every (lay. But in spite of
pinching and saving, our expenses are
greater than they were a month ago."
“ Well, you can’t blame our neighbor
for that, can you.”] asked, wondering
what possib'e connection Mrs. Brown and
the pigs and geese and chickens could
have with our household expenses.
Your ignorance or innocence, which
ever it is. is certainly .sublime,'' said
Bess, with a lofty smile, “ Don't yon
know that Mrs. Brown is contoually
borrowing, and never paying law - :"
“Why. no: I h.id no idea she bad
ever borrowed anything'.'’ I said, in/great
surprise. everybody /
“Because you're blind to
and everything except your tnusit class
and your painting,” said Bess, iif an in
jured t me. “Why, she’s borrow™ (he sugar
and coffee and flour and la d ami mop
and a flat iron oh. I can’t begiito tell
you what she has i or owed, kec|/up ondll'mget
mi g tired of it: Wc<*n't two
families, “Can't that’s find certain.” to refine j with
you a ay a-keil little
out offending her;” f a
vaguely. had hail experien at amsekeep
j no e the/cottage I
ing. and since coming to i'r
had depended entirely upon (fan mvself. woo.
tie ii.;h two years younger
was cf a more practical turn of
and had gladly taken upon her
shoulders the whole responsibilit of
“ars-j'f 1 1,1,1 rl llISC • once or twice c*” lit
. -
Keeps on sending,” said Bcs ■£ with
last, for I let her have it just to get
0 esterdav it was a quart ot
am he clay j before it little
.was a
and when I politely informed her
sli6 already owed ~ me a pound ___' of
she said she d be certain to send bai
e very thing she owed me this morning
imt she hasn’t, and we can’t go on atthi
['! mt, , and ) !l1 . u .1 I flatly refuse tvoii’t to lend take he i
anything mote; she’ll be sure td do a!
“ And we were just beginning td ge
along the sd nicely!” I said, looking arouiv
at cozy room. “It will never do t
complain “for to Unde Robert,” I went ot
you know lie said if we were dc
,ern> ' ne d ,0 work for a living, that \y
sll0l, ld have this cottage free. Wc can)
house rent, and live in anv degree (j
comfort; P lace uncle and will if we think find fault with comin tlj
here, > and will insist w'e regret going
on our bau
to him.”
giving .“I'm sure the I house,” haven’t the least idea t
up said Bess. “ Bt
1 don’t see how wo are going to liv
1 vllat '“accftbly i with such a neighbor. Thili
' There g° 0( neighbors we had at uncle')!
were the Ureys on one side—suo
h friendly llict girls—and the LemansJ
sui 1 sllil11 ' ( l wor,c people—on "»y flower-beds the other. We),
,ll<! rest of d, over, mw
m Y s * ;e and if they ajc
s<,| ' atc hed up again, 1 shall retaliate (y
])iirchasing a dozen fowls and lettife
1,10,11 run in Mrs. Brown's garden.”
“ Brit will that be showing the propli'
R P lr it ?" I asked. “ You know the Bilie
Sit V ? »__
- Don't
and “ preach, If you please, begin Far,”
Bess stopped up her ears, and
humming a lively tune. When Bess 'did tie
that, I knew it was useless to argue
dropped. matter further, so the subject wis
It was renewed, however, the next
day, when Bess found her flowei-bods
up-rooted by the pigs, and the geese
making old gander havoc of her potted plants, one
fondness for seeming to have a special
ready some lily-buds that were
to open.
“I shall not try any more,” said Bess,
when she had stormed and wept by turns
half tin hour. “I’ll in; the flower
go and turn riiy attention to cort
All sorts of detestable puddings
pies for your benefit, Fan. They’ll
Now I loved flowers as much as Bij’ss
did, but 1 was not difficulties, willing to work totd [in
the face of so many and
her so.
When summer came, and all around
us were pretty green lawns, vine-covered
and (lower-beds that gave out
the hties of the rainbow; our little plat the
bf ground was desolate, save for
pigs and chickens and geese that roamed
there at their own sweet will.
Even the grass refused to grow, except
in little patches, interspersed with weeds,
and the two cedar-trees that stood by the
porch took on a dismal air, as if they
were ashamed to be seen growing there.
Bess kept her word, and turned her
attention to pie making, flow she
managed to endure the atmosphere of the
close kitchen was a mystery to me; but
she resented my efforts to keep her m the
sitting-room, and treated Sally’s think ex
postulations with quiet distain. I
she was really in earnest about learning
to cook, for she worked hard enough;
but. her success was far less than her
merit.
“Bess, vou must waste a lot though of eggs,”
LS’r T remark si helnlau-riunTat one div severelv I
l.efore^me the funny
said' lool i»o ob’ect which Bess
“(>h"amarechean!” was an c"" custard
said Bess,gavly,
tliouo'h her face ' flushed a little as she
~
,
S|K ‘Vreally dimes' be'ievo fo/the you make these pies the
and mi< benefit of
to. but Oitl I "glnllTearn’to shall learn to he be ■“umoMcoi.k a ,
i ^before the uTZmiv summer was half gone
!'« , 3 a," iitehen 1 1 slow^'ever iathc
y’ C at
t f‘u yrl ,llvd,t:,inrnf l r m t • t all ohoming at first
but giadiallj . deveh ung in to' typhoid tyi'hwt
fevirof a severe type, ail
"‘'plirtua^tidv^had pelled to gn-e up my inusi: i . ■
^ asma'll sum'of'money
i m , h
I’ncle Robert for assistance. In‘fact, I
determined not to write to Mm at all,
unless Bess desired. I knew his family
was at the seaside, and that he was ab
sorbed in important bnsmess matters, so
Euveniolioe that if he rundown to see us it would
him much.
The davs that followed were trying
ones and to make matters worse mo t of
our friends had left town tor the summer,
and I had to def end almost entirely upon
Sally who. though ready and willing to
assist me. w, ■ obliged to he in the krtch
en a greater part of the time.
I saw the necessity of getting and concluded an ex
perienced write nurse Uncle at Robert once, and ask him
to to to
or “
Bess had been delirious for three davs,
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seal it. when I became con-cion of the
fact that some one had just entered the
r Lookin', , - up 1 , saw Vr i. Grown, our
neighbor, iior'down by tic iw/l, and
at Bcs- who bad I alien into a
fitful, troubled sleep.
• I've bean a wantin’ to come ever
nee your sister was took down,” she !
ud, in a low tone, “but 1 was kinder!
raid you wouldn’t want me. We liaiut
here ecu very neighborly, cati it’s do, true; but if ,
do ia it. anything I’m I right I'll be hand glad
a smart at
10 7 *
this.”
I was quite at a loss what to say. I
of Bess and her strong dislike
or the woman, and wondered if her
in the sick room might not
ami matters worse. Besswassoimpul- dis
frank spoken that if she
any one she look no pains to con
it; and it was Vefy probable that
-tfoiiid resent Mrs. Blown’S codling,
“Iam sure you are very kind, and I
you ever so much, Mrs. Brown,”
faltered; at last. Then seeing her
brighten lit b'tice, 1 added, impul
“I shall sister, be glad to will.” have Jog help'
nurse my if you
Whether Bess was conscious of who
watched beside her from that day on or
I could not tell, but it is certain
that Mrs. Brown had a wonderful influ
ence over her, and could quiet her when
no one else could, and that Bess that clung to
her with a childish fondness was
very touching. At times, however, it
gave me a pang of jealousy to have
turn from me to the arms of the withered
old woman.
It was wonderful how fast the
child improved. In fact, I dated
Change for the better almost from
very day that Mrs. Browii came to ns.
She seemed to know just what to'
and when, aud how to do it, and
about the sick room so noiselessly that
often found myself wondering that I
ever though her loud-voiced and
The doctor declared, with mock
nation, that if we persisted in
M rs. Brown we would have no
need (if his sctvifceS.
“I reckon you're just havin’ a little full
at my expense,” said Mrs. Brown, laugh
ing and shaking her head, “for 1 don’t
set myself up fora doctor,by no means."
When Bess was aide to sit up a little
she was in such a weak stale, both
physically and mentally, that live least
opposition to her wishes would make
her irritable and cross, and 1 was often
puzzled to know what to do.
Often when my patience was taxed 1o
the utmost I would ruu over to Mrs.
Brown’s who, when she saw me coming,
would drop her knitting and say;
“Little Bess wants me, 1 know! You
haven’t learned how to manage her yet.
You must humor her odd notions, and
by-and-by, when she’s strong be again, old
sWll forget all about ’em and her
it VVJIS hOVCftll tveuve i-ivv. -.....
strong and well before either of us al
luded to the dislike we had formerly felt
for Mrs. Brown. 1 think we were both
silent for very shame.
Then one evening, as we sat in our
accustomed places by the window, I
busy with my sewing, Bess trying to
figure up how much it would cost to keep
a cow, she turned to me andsaid : “Fan,
I want to tell you something. I’ve had
it on my mind for a long time, and I
can’t keep it any longer!” sewing
“Well:” and I laid down my
and prepared to listen.
“I expect you’ll laugh,but, indeed, it’s
no laughing matter,” said Bess. “Do
you remember these terrible pies and
puddings?” “Can I forget them?” I cried.
ever
“You don’t mean to tell me that you in
tend to go to majeing pies and puddings
again?” “No, I only want to tell that every
detestable you desserts
egg wasted in those
belonged to Mrs. Brown!” said Bess,
lowering her voice and growing very
red.
“?h, Bess!” and I could get nc
further. f
“It’s the truth and „ I do , feel , , so mean
about it!” said Bess, “ A hen I gave up
the ho P e 01 havin 8 dowers, and found
that I couldn’t keep the chickens out, 1
made some nests in the old shed back of
the coal house and the hens laid there
every day. Even Sally didn’t know
where the eggs came from, though I from
,ll! ""V she had been rathur had nimhfid
for money, and I felt that I been a
little too hard with her, but I wasn’t
willing to be friendly just then, and so
went on taking the eggs just out of
for I didn’t want them or need
i" ®o least. And now I am did! so
an(l so ashamed of what 1
When I got well enough to know who
^very helpTng d?y to her nurse about "me, it, I thought but her
1V1 tell
very kindness made me afraid.”
puddings didn’t turn outwell!” I said
smothering a strong desire to laugh
when i saw how troubled be-s was.
“I think it was because used a goose
egg now and tlien, amt they are always
so strong,” said Bess, solemnly. “Fan,
1 knew you would laugh at last!” she
added reproachfully. help it, and I think Mrs.
“1 can’t it,”
Brown would laugh too, if she knew
I said. “Suppo-cyou tell her and fee if
she don't,” I added.
Bess silent; .anil to tins day , I am
was
not sure that she acted upon mv sugges
tion, but I am inclined to think that she
did.
This much I do know—that the most
ustssfrj xczgxz s
make excellent pics and puddings; that
% u .tsaci xr tx
Finally when we goto the seaside next
summer," Mr*. Brown will go with us.
For as ,* Bess says we shall need a kind,
motheuy soul to lo ik k .i „„ . end I
though onr fa -<hjo0al>)o i nunc! -» Utu^h nncl
shaketiicir head. when we determination speak of out
plans, it dm- not alter our
.a Die least
What “Sand-Blasting* Mentis.
“ Wind ?!t sand-blasting ?” asked X
Chicago Herald writer of a! man whose
«if e had been spent in decorating' dflcdraitiDg glass. glass'
with “The grinding or the iiisi-W
sand—a secret process,
...... .....
see a sand-blast machine.” The machine
suggest? a cider mill in shape." nr » cheese,
press. The glass is laid on rubber belt*
it (he side and is then fed into the ma
chine. As soon as it disappears from,
view some rubber Haps come down and
prevent the pressure in the interior from
escaping. This pressure is exerted by
Wind and sand—it 20-horse power “blow” engine
being which required drives the to slilitl taise to the (lie glass.
Looking through the window Iff the cen
tre of the machine a “ gun ” is disclosed.
It has a large mouth-shaped 20-horse opening, at
which it is loaded with power
ammunition of wind and sand. Before
the ammunition is allowed to leave the
gun, the aperture narrows to' about one
six th the width of the loading' point. whert
This condenses the sand so that
it leaves the gun it strikes the glass with
such force as to cat into the surface.
When the glass has been exposed rubber it belts passes at
out of the machine on
the opposite side. This process is called
and one machine will grind
about IKK) feet in a day. part. Sup
Now for the decorative
pose the sandblaster wishes to design. present He on
i Squab: of glass a certain
Simply covers the surface with beeswax
(fnd a Certain mixture laid oil over the
glass in Ox act duplicate of the design
required. The glibs passes into the ma
chine. The sand is fired from the gun,
but this time it grinds only the exposed
parts. The portion covered with bees
wax and the secret mixture is not touched
by the sand, and when the plate emerges
from (he machine and the wax, etc., are
washed oil, behold the design standing
out in sharp contrast to the ground sur
face which the sand has scarified.
This is the A B C of sand-blasting.
The process is susceptible of much
elaboration, and one improvement which
was patented last flic year ammograpli.” by a Chicago gen- The
tleman is called “
pictures are first drawn on the back of
the glass by the artist with a color which
will resist the action of the sand blast.
It is then subjected to the stream of
sand, which cuts the glass in alt parts
which are not covered more or less then by
the resistant. The resistant is
Washed of! clean, leaving They the pictures sil
cut into the glass. are next
vered over, if desired, to give greater
yrilliancjr. The effect is that of a multi
obtained by the differentfsifade? (Vf'ltti:
glass itself.
Facts About Deaf-Mute Marriages.
Professor Bell infers from the frequent
recurrence of peculiar sirnames in the
catalogues of asylums for the deaf and
dumb, that certain families are prone to
that calamity. In the American Asylum,
at Hartford, among 1,171 names, 407, than or
more than one-third, occur more twice,
once. Of this 407, 214 occur ;il
three times, 45 four times and a few from
five to thirteen times. A similar show
ing is made by statistics of the Illinois
Institution forthoDeuf and Dumb. The
hereditary tendency is supposed pupils to be at
herein indicated. Of 2,10*1
Hartford, 003 had deaf mute relatives
and twenty-nine had one or more children
who were so afflicted. Statistics from
six other institutions for deaf-mutes show
an average percentage of 29.5 pupils who
have deaf-mute relatives, 13.8 per cent,
of these pupils being estimated non-congcnitully
deaf-mutes. Of an 21,743
sporadic cases of deafness in the l nited
htate s 8.339 arc said liy Professor Bell to
be congenital, and ol Die 12,l-,.» who
haV( . ,| C al'-mute relatives 9,989 possessing arc con
„ cmt ai. The total number
,] Ba f. mH te relatives is estimated at 20,474.
, t ifi stated, furthermore, that 78.9 per
Ren) „f the deaf-mutes who marry
choose consorts who are also deaf mules,
Bn( ) 10.1 per cent ofllie eniidren born ot
suc h marriages are deaf-mutes. -Plain-
Hundreds of salmon were in sigh", nb
solutely touching one another, and as
wc crossed the river our horses nearly
iteppc d upon them. their back tins
wcre visible as far as we could see the
stream, and aground deader and gasping dying in the
fallow*. , iml „ inK up on
Uw l.anks were hundreds more. the
l)( \ (>r f rom these decaying distance fish of was
distinctly ” of'hundred jierceptible yards at a In a
weigl.t pi. these salmon varied or from more. seven
were blotchy, i< ,r will . ^ e r .dr.h<« " 'XlJ,7 f e< e land white
and ot I* u"t ,
as the «..irimsu b(it o hers it s in *" air con «'»•
ditum w - lo t
tic trouble I was able to pull out three „
good tempound hsh m as many miuutes
with would a gaff. have Any been other useless methodofhsh- It would
have ing been nearly ^ to n.ake
fast without foul-hooking ^^■ a fish, and a
nine-tenths or more of them were in an
uneatable condition.-- The Lru,»*. oj the
Marrheeo.
A Descendant of Washington.
Speaking of Washington, writes F. G.
in this Congress in the person of Joseph
bZtsgxfssx? wK J
*tout and light-tiaire J. lie <l e nit
show much evidence of the Washington
features m his countenance, but he is, I
understand, worth a million dollars, and
tn - rr , . . nronertv 1 I > comes J bv in
.. .
hcritanee. It w a curious imng mat a
dcs'cmlant of Washington should repre
sent the district of Andrew Jackson.
NO. 12.
A P ' OV OK1N ( ' baby.
1 sang him ail the songs I knew—
o hrlla-lulla-lolllaby!
| hummed the hymn-book through and
through bluel
# 6VV bright his wakeful eyes-how
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O hush-O' Otfctaaby!
I rummaged memory's? dusty slu'lf -
O luffa-lulla-lullabyl—
Foi' Stories strange of fay and elf.
And spurt kmg tales about himself;
He laughed and «oood in soft delight.
And round us sank the summer night—
O hush— O hushaby!
Through Mother (loose's ancient rhymes
O lnlla-Iulla-luUaby!—•
i plodded glow adozen times;
Mi» laugh fang sweet ns silver chimes.
To me the' sound was out <>t tuna.
Between the shatters looked the moon—
O hush—O hushaby.
My memory failed; my fancy died—
O hillalulla-luUaby!
The slrtuvr sweet 1 could not chide.
“Oh, sleep, l»y baby—sleep!” 1 cried,
And in my eyes' tho <ftnd was strown
That should have fallen to. his own—
Ohush—O hushaby!'
I felt his wandering finger-tips—
O lulla-lulla-lullaby!-—
The song still trembling on my lips;
His face was lost, in soft eclipse;
And in my dreams I heard him weep,
And murmured still, though fast asleep,
Ohush—O hushaby!”
—Margaret Johnson, in Young People.
PITH AND POINT.
Bride goes before a fall—so does sttnr
mer.
The bent pin generally carries its
point. Can lend
Smith—“Hello, Jones! you
me li firs?” Jones— “Thank heaven,no!
I’m in luck to-day .”—Jlurlinrjtou Fret
Press.
De Lcsseps says that “the Panama
Canal will be opened on February 3,
189C.” At both ends, Count ,?—Macon
Telegraph.
With grief is tiffed life’s cup"
Misfortunes on us frown,
When coal is going coming up down.
Ami snow is
— Boston ('onrirr.
Edison says only one-fourth of a ton of
coal is used. The rest goes up th«
t Smith—“Miss v./likum is TraViw, wrouir. The vest ifi
I)e J * —
to present you to my friend, Mr. Roscy
boy.” Miss Travis—“Perhaps you lie
would; but I’m not quite ready Prepress. to
given away yet Burlington
“It is a woman’s sphere to elevate
man," says a philosopher. And she real
izes it when she lias to drag her husband
up three flights of stairs to his bed-rootxf
by thehai. of his head.— Boston Courier.
“ A rooster that strums on the piano is
exciting the people of Salem, 111."
There is one thing to be said in favor oi
sucli a piano player. The rooster goes
to bed at sundown. —Norristown Herald.
Young Mother (displaying Die baby)—
“Do you think l.e looks like his father,
Mr. Olilboy"? Mr.Oldboy—'“Well, but yc’es, it
there is a family re emblancc:
isn’t striking enough to worry about.”—
A woman's hand—how beautifully
molded t iioiv faultless in symmetry 1
how softandyielding, and oh! how much
of gentle memory its pressure conveys!
Yet wc don’t like it in our hair .—Shoe
and Leather Reporter.
“ Bobby,” whispered young Feutherly,
“ what, did your sister Clara say when
the servant presented my card last even
ing ?" Bobby considered for a moment
in order to get the exact words. Finally,
he got the matter straight. “She said,
‘ Oh, well, show it in. 7 11 -A'/ v> York Sun.
Lightly fall the feathery flakes.
And they give a man the shakes.
As he thinks of the winter weather lie 11 be
enlled on to endure, block,
And remembers down the
Ttie fine overcoat in hock, is hound to
Which Iris uncle, as collateral,
hold secure. —Boston Budget.
Young man (holding out this, a pocket- sir.”
book)—“ You just content*)—“Oh. dropped
Owner obliged.” (scanning Voung man—“ Much yes; in
much $30 ” Young
it, sit ?" Owner —“About
man—“Well, isn’t for ‘much only $30 obliged) ? First a
good deal to pay
thing you know you’ll be in the pool
house. ’ ” — N<xn York Sun.
The Great Salt Lake.
In spring, when the mountain snows
arc melting, the lake sometimes border spreads shores.
over the plains that its
But it is a large lake at any time; about
ninety miles in length, I believe, and
forty miles wide. An immense sheet of
water! And no living thing can exist
in it. Not a fish in all that silent sea!
It is the heaviest sort, of lirime, charged
with salt and other mineral substances.
Leave a stick in it a f< w hours, and when
you take it out it will appear covered
with crystals, i'ut a live trout in it,
and it will turn over on its back A 3
in about three or four gasps, It is fi»
wonderful lake.— S', isi hoht*.
He was the seediest of seedy scamps,
etas wstssasn-r.
That he “was scouring the world around.”
Said she: “You will excuse me, sir, I hope
If I suggest you should get some soap,
And add some water, near the road ’tis found,
Instead of scouring better, the whole world round,
It would and muchmore in place,
Jf should scour Irolh your hands and
—(iomlaWs Ann