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VOL. IL.
I The Four Winds.
Wind of the North,
Wind of tbe Norland snows.
Wind of tbo winnowed sklos and sharp,clear
stars—
Blow cold and keen across the naked hills,
Aud crisp the lowland pools with crystal
films,
And blur the easement squares with glitter¬
ing ice,
But go not near my lovo.
Wind of tlio West,
Wind of the few, tar elouda,
Wind of the gold and crimson sunset lauds—
Bjow fresh and pure across the peaks and
plains,
And broaden the blue spaces of the heavens,
Aud sway the grasses and the mountain
pines,
But let ray dear one rest.
Wind of the East.
Wind of the sunrise seas,
Wind of tho dinging mists and gray, harsh
rains—
Blow moist and chill across tho wastes of
brine,
And shut tbe sun out, and tbe moon aud
stars,
Aud lash the boughs against the dripping
eaves,
Yet keep thou from my love.
But thou, sweet wind 1
Wind of the fragrant South,
Wind from the bowers of jasmine am, of
rose—
Over magnolia glooms aud lilied lakes
And flowering forests come with dewy
wings,
And stir the petals at her feet, and kiss
The low mound where she lies.
— [Charles Henry Luders.
LOST MR. GREYLAND.
hero strong;.
She was a proud woman always,
and just now she was a very angry-
one.
Her fine figure was drawn up to its
utmost height, her brown eyes flashed
to tliey looked black, and a vivid
crimson burned on her cheek, whose
brightness no oriental rouge could
ever hope to rival. Iinogene Leigh
bad always been handsome—tonight
she was magnificent.
Charles Greyland could not help
admiring her, even while her glance
of scorn burned into his soul and
crushed out the deep love I10 thought
bo bore her.
He was rich and she was poor, and
in that fact lay tlie cause of tho trou¬
ble. Somo kind friend—everybody
has these kind friends, y'ou know—-
had insinuated (hat Iiuogeno was
marrying Mr. Greyland for liis
money; and Greyland, in a moment of
pique occasioned by' Imogonc’s danc¬
ing twice with a handsome cousin of
her own, had let fall something of the
kind in her hearing. Of course Grey¬
land was a fool, but not so much of a
one that ho was not sorry for his folly
tho instant the thing was done, but lie
was too proud to say so. He did not
for a moment believe that Imogcnc’s
love for him was influenced by liis
fortune; he bad only spokon thus be¬
cause he was angry, and angry people
are generally idiots for Die time be¬
ing.
Never would lie forgot tlie flash of
Imogene’s eyes, or the keen sarcasm
of her tone, as she answered him:
“You aro free, Mr. Greyland. ’ A
man with a soul so small that lie deems
a few paltry thousands of more conse¬
quence than himself, should seek a
male from among IDs own kind. Take
back your ling, It i 3 a diamond, and
as such noGloubt valuable to you.”
He set liis heel on tlie bauble and
ground it into tlio carpet; then ho
said a few angry words, for which lie
would always he sorry, and left her.
They went their separate ways, and
tried their best to show their faces to
the world blight aud gay.
Iinogene succeeded admirably, but
Mr. Greyland overshot the mark, and
people said lie was getting frivolous,
and the pastor of liis church “labored’’
with him, and won the
dislike of liis wealthiest parishioner
by so doing.
About this time Marge Atherton
came to the city where our disunited
lovers dwelt, and here was a field of
labor just suited to her. She iiad been
some years in pursuit of a rich hus¬
band, but the mau she desired to honor
was slo w in making ills appearance,
and there was a strong prospect that
Miss Atherton, in spite of her mani¬
fold attractions, would have to die an
old maid, or emigrate to Oregon—a
country where it is generally supposed
they do not raise women.
Mr. Greyland was Die very subject
for her. She set herself to work at
once to conquer him. She flattered
him, sho deferred to him, she asked
his opinion on every trifling tiling,
and poor Grey land’s heart was so sore
that lie was glad of anything by way
of balsam.
The very day that lio had mado up
his mind to propose, fate stepped in
and did a good stroke of business for
him.
A great financial crisis occurred, and
givept away every dollar he possessed.
THE ENTERPRISE. t
and in twenty-four hours the ne\v p
was all over the city; ami when, a
day or two afterward, Greyland,
aching for sympathy and love, went
to call on Miss Atherton, sho was
“not at home,” though lie could have
sworn ho heard her at ihe top of the
-lairway.
And that ended their acquaintance
Miss Atherton married a seventy-
livo year old millionaire, who willed
all his property to u homo for old wo¬
men when he died; and Greyland be¬
came misanthropic, and took to keep¬
ing dogs and smoking cigars innumer¬
able.
Things with him wore not so had as
at lirst suspected. They never arc, ai
least iu stories, aud he had after all,
a few thousands left. Re went into
business 011 a small scale, but the
confinement of the counting room in¬
jured his health, and sometime in tho
summer his physician sent him to Die
White Mountains to recruit.
Meanwhile Imogenc Loigli had bc-
eomo an heiress. A great aunt of
hers, after living fifteen years beyond
tlie ago of man, and tormenting the
lives almost out of everybody who had
anything to do with her, had died re¬
spectably one night in her bed, and
when her will was opened, her greedy
relatives found that she had be¬
queathed everything to a grand-niece
they laid scarcely heard of.
But it was no uso to get angry, and
so llioy were all very sweet and affec¬
tionate when Imogene came and took
possession of Beechiawn.
But tlie girl found the great hone
very lonely, and so in July she joined
Mrs. Judge Kendall’s party and went
to tlie mountains.
Aud so it happened that at the
Crawford House tiic names of Imo-
gene Leigh and Charles Greyland
stood ono above Die other on tbe
clerk’s register.
Tliey met at breakfast. Jimgene in
her crimson morning robe, with her
silky black liair rippling down over
iier shoulders, and her white bauds
Sparkling with diamonds—not liis dia¬
monds, however—looked very fair
and queenly as she sat opposite to him
and sipped her coffee, and carried on a
brilliant fire of repartee with Judge
Kendall. To have seen her and Grey-
land, nobody would ever have dreamed
that they iiad once been all (ho world
to each other.
Two or three days passed away.
Somebody' introduced Mr. Greyland
and Miss Leigh, aud they had ex¬
changed a few well-bred platitudes
and drifted apart. That night Grey-
land tossed until morning in his bed—
audibly anathematizing tiic mattress
for his restlessness—and Miss Leigh
nearly succeeded in making herself
believe that tlie winds in tlie corridors
were keeping her awake.
Next morning Greyland started off
alone for Mount Wasuington.
Everybody told him to take a guide,
and spoke of tlie danger of going into
those mountain • wilds alone, but iic
laughed at them. Re was not going
to convert himself into a hero by
getting lost—not lie! Re should dine
at tlio Tip Top House, and be back in
season for slewed partridge at the
Crawford.
Imogene sat on the piazza doing
some triilo in green Berlin woo), and
heard every word. Of ourse it was
nothing to her any way, but after Mr.
Greyland disappeared in the scrubby
evergreens which clustered around the
entrance to tlie bridle path, she was
conscious of a feeling of something
lost out of the brightness of the day.
Clouds began to gather over Die
summit of Mount Willard. A party
who had ascended early in tlie morn¬
ing came down drenched; and by and
by tlie equestrians who iiad gono up
to Mount Washington just after Grey-
land's departure returned cold and
blue.
A hard storm was in progress on
the mountains—the mist and fog were
almost blinding—and Mr. Greyland
had not been seen or heard from.
Grave apprehensions were entertained
for his safety among those who under¬
stood the danger of being lost on tho
mountains, and tlie gentlemen stood
apart in knots, and discussed the mat¬
ter with serious faces.
The night of storm and gloom wore
slowly away, and the morning broke
cold and wet. Imogene sat by the
open window, just as she had sat all
night, listening to Die wild howl of
Rudolph, the beautiful pet hound of
the missing mau, which had been left
chained in his master’s room.
With the first gleam of dawn a party
of guides and a half-dozen friends of
Greyland sallied forth to search for
him.
AH day they scoured tlio mountain
paths, only to return at night as they
went. No trace of him had been dis¬
covered.
Another dismal night, and another
misty morning, and again they went
CARNESVILLE, GA„ FRIDAY, JUNE 5 .1891.
forth on their quest—this ilrae with
little hopo of finding him ifivo; but,
as ono of tlie guides remarked;
“It looked unchristian not to find
.ho body and give it a decent burial.
Iinogeuo heard what the man said,
and for a moinont her heart stopped.
She knew now that in spite of Jill the
scorn she had triod to feel for Charles
Greyland, she had never ceased to
lovo him.
And now lie was dead.
ivo, no, she would not admit the
thought I Re must be living I God,
tv ho was so good—who loved all his
creatures—would surely sufFei* her to
find him, to ask his pardon for the
past, to tell him that in spite of every¬
thing she loved him still!
She threw a slmwl over her shoul¬
ders and went to (lie room he had last
occupied. The key was not there, but
Iter own key lilted Ihe lock, She
went in and released tlie dog, wliieli
sprang into her arms with a cry almost
human in its sorrow and despair.
She hugged tlie wretched animal to
her breast, for had he not loved and
caressed Rudolph!
She said not a word to any one, but,
preceded by tlie dog, she took tlio path
she had seen Greyland lake.
Rough and stony, full of mud-liolcs,
barred by brushwood, and obstructed
by gullies, she found the way, but she
followed tlio dog.
All (he long forenoon she went on,
faint, almost despairing, and so weary
that it seemed at each successive step
us if she must sink down.
Rain, and mist, and fog, were all
around her—she could sec scarcely a
rod in advance, and many a time sho
trod the extremo edge of a precipice
all unawares. And Rudolph led her
011.
At laBt tliey found him 1
Tho glad barking of the dog a little
ahead sent joy to Iinogene’s heart.
She leaped forward and. sank down-
helpless by tlio side of CLnrles Grey¬
land. He was sheltered by a rock aud
ho was smoking a cigar, and altogether
seemed quite comfortable for a man
who had been two nights lost in the
mountains.
Iinogene would liavo fallen back on
her pride even now, but it was too
laic. Greyland iiad her in liis arms,
and was kissing her cold lips in a way
that made all attempts at remonstrance
useless.
“l r ou did love me after all, darl¬
ing!” lie cried; “and I thank Heaven
for being lost; and 1 don’t, mind tho
cold and wet, and hunger, a bit. Put
your arms round my neck, dear, and
teli me that you forgive my hateful
conduct of a year ago, and tell mo
that you love me.”
And she obeyed him meekly enough,
while Rudolph capered around them#
and expressed liis satisfaction in a
series of joyful howls, which woke all
the mountain echoes for miles around.
The party out in search heard (he
dog, and were guided to tho spot, and
by sundown everybody was safely
basking in the warmth of tbo great
wood-fire in Die drawing-room of tho
Craw ford.
Two weeks afterward Charles Grey¬
land and Iinogene were married, and
a happier Jibine than theirs I do not
think you ha-ve ever seen. Neither do
I think that a move contented, self-
satisfied-looking dog than Rudolph ex*
ists.—[New Y’oik Weekly.
Books Neither Written nor Printed.
Tlie Prince do Ligno is the possessor
of a curiosity of literature. It is a
book that is neither written nor
printed.
“Row can Dint be?” yon ask.
Well, Die letters are all cut out of
the finest vellum and pasted on blue
paper. The book is as easy to read as
if printed from the clearest, type. The
precision with which tliese small
characters are cut excites infinite ad¬
miration for tlio patience of the
author. The book, by the way, bears
tho title “Liber Passionis. Nostri Jesu
Christi, cum character!bus nulla ma¬
teria composita.” Tbe book of the
Passion of Our Jesus Christ, with
characters not composed of any ma¬
terial.
Tlie German Emperor Rudolph II.
is said to have offered iu 1040 Die
enormous sum of eleven thousand
ducats for this curious work of art.
Strangely enough, the book bears tho
English arms, (hough it is supposed
never to have been in England.—[Il¬
lustrated American.
Music from Afar.
Frank White, a ditch-tender for the
South Yuba Company, who makes his
headquarters at Crystal Springs, is
handy witli tho violin. Frequently
these stormy evenings, the people at
the various stations along tlie lino get
him lo rosin the bow end give them
telephone concerts. Thoy hear the
music 20 or more miies away as plain¬
ly a* though they were at the player’s
side,—[Nevada Transcript.
THE SWANETANS.
A Curious People Living in the
Heart of the Caucasus.
Poor and Degraded, Yet Occu¬
pying Magnificent Castles.
Before (he Anthropological Society
of St. Petersburg, a member, Dr.
Oldoroggo, read recently an interest¬
ing paper on tlie results of his explo¬
rations in tlio heart of Caucasia, lie
had penetrated wlnro few explorers
had been before, lie came to Swaneta,
a long but narrow valley at tlie foot
of- tho Elburz Mountain, through
which I lie river Ingoora winds. For
most of tho your Swaneta is isolated
entirely from the world, and even in
tho summer season the mountain passes
leading to tlio locality are made ex¬
tremely dangerous by water currents,
avalanches, and failing rocks. There
is a strange semi-savage people in (lie
valley numbering about 9000 fam¬
ilies. They subsist on their cliaso
for wild animals of which there
is an abundance iu the moun¬
tains, and in tlio mild season of the
year plant just as much grain as is re¬
quired for their immediate necessity.
Every now and (lien a Swanetan will
wander away from his secluded homo
into a more civilized neighborhood to
sell a few hides and to get in exchange
a few things that lie missos in liis na¬
tive valley, such as cloth, cotton fab¬
rics and some articles of apparel. But
this ho docs very seldom and with
great unwillingness, for his needs are
few and his native valley lias made
him love isolation. They speak a dia¬
lect the principal element of which is
Georgian, with Persian and Kirgnesc
terms of speech strongly intermixed.
They are of a pacific nature and ex¬
tremely shy of strangers. Dr. Oldcr-
ogge introduced himself to them as a
hawker, and, trying to Dado with
them, drew them into conversation
and mado his studies and observa¬
tions.
The dross and manner of living of
the Swanetans present a striking con¬
trast to tlio dwellings (hey occupy.
They cover their bodies with hides in
the winter and go about half naked iu
tho warm season of the year; of clean¬
liness and comfort they know noth¬
ing, and there are no luxuries among
them. .But llioy live in ancient castle 3
of magnificent construction, though
more Ilian half ruined, There is quite
a number of such castles in Die moun¬
tain that encircle Die Swanetan valley.
The Swauetans have a sort Of writing,
and their folk lore is rich in curious
traditions and quaint legends, point¬
ing to a time when their intercourse
with (lie world was more frequent
than at present, and when they
ranked among Die strong and civilized
peoples of tlio region. But all this is
dying out with them. They worship
four divinities and sacrifice animals
unto them. Their conceptions of those
deities arc strikingly suggestive of
corrupted nolions of (he Trinity and
the Virgin, and indicate that (hey
wore once Christians, hilt lapsed into
heathenism before Christianity took
deep root among them. They arc
strangers to-all that wo accept as so¬
cial morality. There is a terrible per¬
centage among them of liinatio 3 , idiots,
epileptics, and tliose^ stricken with
cognate, physical and nervous dis¬
eases.
The physical defonni ties’ of Die
Swanetans are commensurate with
their moral deterioration, and show
that they must have lived as they live
now for many generations. Their
heads ar# flattened at the back and
abnormally elongated in the temples;
tliey aro marked with strong progna-
tism and with diasthem of both tlie
upper and lower (cetli. Nearly all Die
Swanetans have goitres, which begin
to develop at a very early age. It is
interesting to notice that a branch of
Die same people living more southerly
in the district called Didian-Swanota,
more accessible to the influences of the
outside world, presents a more normal
element, Loth morally and physically,
than the Swanetans here described.—
[New York Sun.
Mnking Fishhooks.
There is n little machine which
turns out fishhooks in six strokes.
Stroke No. 1 bites off a morsel of
steel wire; No. 2 makes the loop
where you fasten your line; No. 3
hacks the other end; No. 4 flattens
and bends back tho barb; No, 5 makes
the point; No. 6 beiids Die wire and
your fishhook drops into a little bucket,
ready to be finished. Then it is either
japanned—these are tho common,
black fishhooks—or it is tempered to
the delicate blue you sometimes see in
cutlery. For (his finish it is heated
red-hot and th<n| cooled in oil—[Chi-
cago Tribune,
The Ilnriihani Industrial Farm-
At Canaan Four Corners, N. Y., is
an institution chartered by tlio State of
Now York,designed to furnish a home
and Christian training for unruly and
homeless boys. Its methods aro
unique, but tlio results obtained have
fully justified them. W. M. P. Round
and his wife devote, without remunera¬
tion, a considerable portion of their
time, energy and money to this work,
and their bencvolcnco lias boon recent¬
ly supplemented by tlio gift of $ 10 ,-
OOO for the construction of (ho now
Gilpin memorial building. Mrs. Mary
Sophia Gilpin, late of Wilmington,
Del., during her lifetime expressod a
wish to leave some of her properly for
tlio purposo of assisting in tlio educa¬
tion of moral improvement of boys,
but at her death 110 will was discover¬
ed. Two of her sisters, Miss Sarah I..
Gilpin and .Mrs. Elizabeth Maury of
Morristown, N. J., decided, however,
to appropriate a portion of tlio pro¬
perty coming to them from their sister
in furthering hoi* expressed wish.
They 1 presented accordingly (he sum
of $ 10,000 to the Burnham industrial
farm to bo used in tlio erec¬
tion of permanent building fa 1 '
some
the enlargement and better accommo.
dation of tho institution’s work. Tlio
proposed building is to be situated on
the most prominent part of tlio farms,
on the high ground overlooking Lake
Queecliy to the north and commanding
a wide view of hill country to tlio east
and south. Tlio building will include
tlie boys’ department, quarters for tho
matron, accommodations for visitors
and the director’s home. Only about
one-half of die boys now at the farm
are to have quarters at tlie building,
the rest living iu cottages near by,
each collage to accommodate about
ten boys and to be in chnrgo of 011c of
tlie brotherhood. The building of (lie
Gilpin memorial is only one of the
stops iii tho process of enlarging tlio
institution from its present capacity
until it shall bo able to accommodate
from 1000 to 1200 boys. Tlio institu¬
tion depends entirely upon voluntary
contributions for its enlargement and
support, and it takes boys from all
parts of tlio countvy. Six states aro
represented by the present member¬
ship.—[Boston Transcript, -t
Making It Rather Personal.
This is credited as one of General
Lew Wallace’s Turkish jokes: There
lived in Stamboul, Turkey, a well-to-
do Turk named Isinail Hassain. Re
did not have tho imagination of a
Rider Haggard, but he was endowed
with a ready Oriental wit that stood"
him well in Land when lie was in a
t glit place. A noighbor called 011
Ismail one day and wanted to borrow
his donkey to uso an hour. Ismail
made a low salaam aud said;
“Neighbor, I am sorry, but my boy
started 011 Die donkey an hour ago to
Scutari. By now ho is gayly trotting
over the hills far from tlie sacred pre¬
cincts of Stamboul.”
Just as Ismail .finished his speech,
a donkey’s loud bray was heard in the
stable, which was under Dio same roof
as Ismail’s house, but in (lie rear. Tho
neighbor said:
“Ah, I hear your donkey bray.”
Ismail protested that bis neighbor’s
ears were deceived, and that the noiRO
was not a donkey’s bray. Then tho
donkey, which was supposed to be
jogging along toward Scutari, brayed
twice loudly.
It was too much, and the neighbor
cried:
“Ob, that is your donkey, Ismail;
Allah help me, I cun now borrow
him.”
Then Isinail said; “Which do you
believe is lying, tlie donkey or me?”
The neighbor iiad to give Isinail Die
benefit of tlie doubt, and went away.
New England’s Largest. Apple Tree.
The largest apple tree in Now Eng¬
land is in tho northwestern part of
Cheshire, Mass., and it stands in tho
dooryard of Delos Hotchkiss. Its age
can be traced by a family tradition to
140 years at least, and it may be
twenty or twenty-five years older, ft
is now of symmetrical shape; the
trunk is nearly round, without a sear
or blemish; there are eight large
branches; five of them have been in
the habit of bearing 011c year, and tlie
remaining three the next. Mr. Hotch¬
kiss has gathered in one year from tho
five branches eighty-five bushels of
fruit,and liis predecessor has harvested
110 bushels from the same five
brandies. By careful measurement,
tlie circumference of tlie trunk one
foot above the ground, above all en¬
largements of the roots, is thirteen
f cc t ei^ht inches, Tho girth of (he
]ar g a „t single limb is six feet eight
j nc hes. The height of the tree is sixty
fcet) aiK ; u, e spread of the brandies
aB t i ic apples fall is one hundred feet,
The fruit is rather small, sweet and of
moderate excellence,-^[Boston Trail-
script.
FOlt THE HOUSEWIFE.
TO COOK AN Ol.l) HEN.
When so eminent a scientist as Pro¬
fessor \V. Matiicu Williams thought
it worth his whilo to experiment with
this somewhat tong'll subject for gas¬
tronomic contemplation, it may not be
amiss to profit by tlio result of his ox.
perimont. Re took a lieu six years
old but otherwise in good condition
and cooked it slowly in water for four
hours, thou let it stand in tlio water
until the next day, when it was roast¬
ed for about an hour, basting fre¬
quently with some of tho broth in
which it was simmered. It was thou
pronounced as tender and line flavored
uh a young cliie.kon roasted in tlio or¬
dinary way, notwithstanding tho good
broth obtained by stowing.— [Ameri¬
can Agriculturist.
NICK CREAM TOAST.
Very few people understand how to
make a nice cream toast. Melt two
ounces of butter in one quart of milk;
add 011c tablcSposnful of flour wet
with a little cold milk and beaten first
into half a cupful of the hot milk bo-
fore being added (0 Die remainder.
Finally slir into the mixture two eggs,
beating them into a litllo hot milk
first. Strain tlio cream through a
gravy-strainer. Return it to tlio stove
and beat it carefully whilo it comes
again lo tho boiling point and thick¬
ens. Dip thin slices of well-browned
toast in this cream and send them to
tho (able in a covered dish with the
remaining cream in a separate bowl.
Put a ladle of tho cream from the bowl
over each slico of toast as it is served.
— [New York Tribune.
CAKE.
Row much Dint simple word im¬
plies. Wo say cako when speaking
of tlio richest fruit compounds, or
some mixture containing only flour,
butter and sugar. It is an accomplish¬
ment to make cako successfully, evon
if it is simple sponge cako. Practice
usually makes perfect, but if 0110 wil]
follow a few easy rules, they will
probably accomplish what they desire.
It is necessary to use Die host materi¬
als. Always beat tlie whites and yelks
separately; Die whites until you can
cut it tike jelly, and tho yolks until
they cease to froth. In mixing cake,
cream the butter and sugar together,
then add tlio yolks, (lien the milk and
tho soda, then tlio cream of tartar, thor¬
oughly sifted through the flour, and
lastly the wliitos of the eggs. If
fruits aro used roll them in some of
tho flour. Sift your flour beforo
measuring as the following recipes are
for siftod flour.
..Fruit Cake—One and one-half
pounds of_ flour, 0110 and one-half
pounds of butter, one and one-lialf
pounds of sugar, one pint of molasses,
ono pint of sweot milk, throe pounds
of currants, four pounds of stoned
raisins, three-quarters of a pound of
citron, ono teaspoonfut of soda, seven
eggs, one toaspoonful of cinnamon,
011c teaspoonful of cloves, ono nutmeg,
and brandy to Die taste. Bake two
hours. Half this recipe makes a large
cake
Found Cake—One pound of flour,
011c pound of sugar, 0110 pound of blit¬
ter, eight eggs, one-half of a nutmeg.
-Put this mixture in Dio pans one and
one-half inches deep, and bake in a
quick oven.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
A piece of soft flannel makes the
best of dusters.
If children’s clothes were dipped in
alum water and then dried, they would
not take fire.
Equal parts of sweet oil and vine¬
gar and a little powdered gum arabic
make an excellent furniture polish.
When clothes pins are frozen do
not jerk them off, but work them
gently sideways until they are loose.
Always take off' tho draughts of a
coal fire as soon as you have cooked a
meal, if you would save fuel and
labor.
Hot (ailo-.v is said to remove
machine oil from white goods. R,o.
pouted applications will also remove
ink stains, if exposed to the rays of
the sun.
Thill glass is too good a conductor
of heat to be advisable for keeping
toilet creams, which preservo their
qualify best in thick queensware or
pottery.
As far as possible, keep tilings in
use till they are past use, then sell
them for rags. Old linen sheets make
pretty scarfs for bureau and wash-
stand or sideboard, if outlined with
quaint or pretty figures, and the ends
hemstitched The parts too much
worn for such uses make soft towels
for wiping china and glass. Cushions
and -headrests that make a chair invit¬
ing may bo made of hits of silk afld
plush*
NO. 22.
New I Lay Me.
‘ Now X lay me,”
Lisps our baby,
As slio bows at mamma’s linos.
Nightly bending,
Iter ear tending,
To all things, to ltcar and sea.
“Down to steep,
My soul to keep."
Baby's thoughts do take a leap;
“I pray tho Lord,”
Is tho next chord
That in her mind is buried deop,
“If I should die,”
Slio breathes a sigh,
On ummma's knee her head doth Its.
“Before I wake,
M.v soul to take.”
Thus prays our pet, to IHm on high.
“fctod bless mammn,
Uod bless papa,”
Sho sweetly adds, “for Jesus’ sake.’
Tlio little head
Then falls like lend,
As in her arms mamma does take
Tho baby dear,
Whose voice Bounds clear
In ‘‘Amen,” said eloso to her our.
In snowy gown
Wo luy her down,
And pray tho angels to be near.
•-[Fannie W. Butler In Cincinnati Enquirer,
HUMOROUS.
Temptation always wears its best
bib and tucker.
Old people aro continually indulg¬
ing in new wrinkles.
The contented thief takes things
philosophically', of course.
“All’s fair iu lovo and war and on
street cars,” said tlie conductor as he
counted up his fares.
Woman may be able to pack a trunk
better than man, but sho needs tho
man to sit on Dio lid after she has
packed it, just (he same.
Preceptor—You liavo used the
phrase, “an open secret.” Givo an
example of an open secret. Pupil—A
yawn. Nobody knows what it really
is.
Sarcasm is an effective weapon, but
it acts like a boomerang when it is ap¬
plied to liis landlady by tlio young
man who is two weeks behind iu pay¬
ing liis board.
Extract from a bride’s loiter of
thanks; “Your beautiful clock was
received and is now in the drawing¬
room on tlio manDepiece, where we
hope to see you often.”
Great Merchant—Tho business has
increased so in tlio lust year, Mr. Pen¬
wiper, that when you order tho now
account books you bad better get them
twice Die size of the old ones.* Mr.
Penwiper—Yes, sir. Don’t you Ihink,
sir, in view of this fact, that I might
have an increase in my salary? Great
Merchant—Wind! After such an ex¬
pensive set of books? I couldn’t think
of it.
He taught liis wife Die sin of dress
With eloquence and power,
And then played billiards all day long
At sixty cents an hourl
A Stratagem to (Jet a Road.
“I can tell you a Jittlo story about
Charlie Foster’s father (hat illustrates
the fact that there is nothing obtuse or
dense about tho Foster family,” Mnh-
)on Chance said the oilier day as, with
a group of well-known men, ho was
talking of the new Secretary of tho
Treasury.
“The incident occurred a good many
years ago, when tho now Secretary
was a boy and lived with liis father in
their Ohio home, A dispute had
arisen over Dio location of a stretch of
county road. Somo wanted it laid
out in one place, others favored a dif¬
ferent route, and a few wanted a third
line. After a good deal of discussion,
the County Commissioners met at
Tiffin and named Ihe day when thoy
would decide just where tlio road
should go. They said that they wanted
to examine Die two principal routes,
find out which was more traveled, and
select accordingly.
“Charlie Foster’s father was inter¬
ested in having the road go in a certain
direction. The night before the deci¬
sion was to bo made ho resolved on
stratagem.
“ ‘Hitch up Dio oxon,’ he said to
Charlie, ‘and go down to Neighbor
Sawyer’s and get his yoke; we have
business tonight.’
“Chailcs asked no questions, and in
one hour three yokes of oxen, each
drawing a heavy sled, stood before
the Foster homestead. Then began a
procession backward and forward on
the strip of road upon which Mr. Fos¬
ter wanted tlio commissioners to fix.
It was kept going for hours until the
tracks were hammered hard. The cat¬
tle were then unyoked, aud (ho Foster
family retirod.
“Next morning the commissioners
looked at the two proposed routes. II
took them only a few minutes to de¬
termine which track had tlie most
travel, and tho road was promptly
tocated on the line of -the Foster pro¬
cession of the night before.—[New
York Tinjeg,