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Nohlossc Oblige.
If I nm weak and you arc strong,
Why then, why then,
To you the braver deeds belong;
And so, again,
If you have gi/is and 1 have none,
If I have shade and you have sun,
>Tis yours with freer hand to give,
’Tis yours with truer grace to live,
Than 1, who, giftless, sunless, stand
With barren life and hand.
'Tis wisdom's law, the perfect code,
By love inspired;
l>f him on whom much is hestowe 1
Is much required.
The tuneful throat is hid to sing,
The oak must reign the forest’s king;
The rustling stream the wheels must move,
The beaten steel its strength must prove.
’Tis given unto the eagle's eyes
To face the midday skies.
— [Carlotta l’erry, in the Argosy.
THE MAN KILLER,
BY It. QUAD..
We bad almost reached the source
t>f the Nerbudda River, in the Prov¬
ince of Bengal, India, when wc heard
of a man-eating tiger which had ter¬
rorized a space of country as large as
any two counties in the state of New
York. The Bengal tiger is hold up by
Jhowmea and others to he tho largest
and fiercest in India. While this is
uot a fact, as ail tigers are alike iu
disposition, and when full grown do
not differ much in size, our informant
put tiiis animal down as something of
a wonder. It was, ho declared, the
largest tiger ever seen in that district,
ind tho animal was positively without
tear. There wore live native villages
in the district where he roamed, and in
live months lie had killed and devoured
over 40 people. He had finally grown
>o bold that most of the people had
Bed from the district, while the area
if cultivated land had been reduced
by two-lhirds.
| No foreigner can understand the
feelings of a native of India towards
Uiis dreaded animal, (he tiger. Fear
and superstition and helplessness are
§dl mixed tip, and between them the
fceast has his own sweet way until
jsome white man conies along and
hirers to nu me uismcc or tnu icrriute
pest. The idea of whole villages be¬
ing abandoned because a tiger was
prowling around strikes one as ab-
Burd, hut such lmd been the case there,
Und not the sligh'eH effort had been
hiade to kill the beast, lie bad be¬
come so emboldened that lie would
enter a village by daylight, select his
Victim and trot away with the poor
Wretch, unmindful of (lie hullabaloo
raised by the terrified villagers who
had escaped his tcct’i and claws.
Next morning, after receiving the
hews, we broke camp and marched
across Jtlic country lo one of the vil¬
lages, arriving there about mid-after¬
noon. We found the entire popu¬
lace shut up in their cabins and in
mortal (error, as tho beast had visited
them the night before, broken into a
Cabin and killed three persons. One
bf these—a man—had been dragged
oft' to the thickets, leaving a plain trail.
The village consisted of about
eighty huts which were scattered over
two acres of ground. To ihc west of
it was a densely wooded country, and
the thickets came down to within a
few rods of the huts. The tiger had
his lair in this forest, and always
came down along a nullah or creek,
Which was dry at that season.
It is a fact that lists been verified a
hundred times that a man-eating tiger
somehow discovers ihe presence of
white hunters about. This follow had
been in the habit of walking into the
villago daily for two we?kq but we
knew that he need not be expected on
the first night of our arrival, We
watched for him at three different
points, but everything was quiet as if
he hail fled the neighborhood. Next
day we laid our plans. The tiger
might come by the nullah again, but
it was more than probable that ha
would take some oilier route, I was (o
occupy a hut at the head of the vi -
lage, the Judge one in tho centre and
the Colonel was to be intrenched so as
to cover the usual approach.
The tents were very primitive
affairs, being made of light poles and
having thatched roofs. The one I
occupied belonged to the family re-
centlv slaughtered by the tiger.
Though knowing (lie great risk they
ran, they had left a window at the
back end unguarded. The animal had
leaped in through this h do, which
was eight feet above the cartli, and,
after killing the man, had attacked
wife and child simply from a desire
to slay. He had gone out of the win¬
dow holding to the man’s body, arid
had even walked through the village
carrying the dead in his mouth a« a
cat does a mouse.
Daring the day they toki u$ several
stories, showing (he remarkable bold¬
ness and ferocity of the beast. On
hi* first appearance in the neighbor¬
THE ENTERPRISE.
hood ho had waylaid three women
going to the spring for water. This
was about an hour before sundown.
Ilg killed two and terribly clawed tho
third before she got away. Ha did
not drag tho bodies away or eat any
portion of them, and that was proof
that he killed for the sake of killing
and was far more dangerous than the
average man-eater.
The day being cloudy, the tiger
would probably visit Ihc village a lit¬
tle earlier than usual, if at all. At 4
o’clock wc ordered all the people to
retire to'their tents, and soon there¬
after tho three of us took up our sla-
taions, each of us having a man to
keep us company. My hut was broad¬
side (o the thicket, but tho door faced
the oilier way. There was a large
window at ouo end about eight feet
from die ground, and door and win¬
dow were well secured.^ Several
port-holes had been made in tho walls,
and 1 fell, that 1 could give a good
account of the tiger should lie appear
in my neighborhood. It cleared oil'
at sunset, and a full moon came up
to make the village light as day.
While I watched at the back of the
hut the native took the front, and af¬
ter two long hours had gone by with¬
out an alarm he came over to me and
said:
“The beast knows tho while hunt¬
ers are here, and ho dare not show
his face. IIo may even have even
loft the neighborhood.”
I lay back on my elbow oil tho dirt
floor to coverse with him, and a quar¬
ter of an hour had slipped away when
we heard a heavy breathing at the
door of the hut. This door, or open¬
ing, had been made secure with poles
placed up and down and across. The
squares wore about six in ches in di.
ametcr, and as we turned our heads
it was to lind tin tiger’s noso thrust
through one of those openings. The
brute had got iuto the village without
anyone seeing him, and our first in¬
timation of his presence was a snuffling
growl. There lie stood, looking in
the moonlight as big as a yearling
steer, and as we turned on him he
uttered a growl which paralyzed me
tor thirty seconds.
“Shoot, Sahib—for God’s” sake,
shoot him!” cried the native, as lie
grovelled on the floor in terror.
1 had to struggle up and get my
rifle, which was leutting against tho
wall, and by the time I had it in hand
and had turned about the beast was
gone. We knew where lie had gone
to, though. lie had sprung upon the
roof, and as lie trotted about his
weight shook the cabin to its founda¬
tions. The cunning' old beast knew
what I was in there for, and he didn’t
propose lo become a target. After
walking about for three or four
minutes lie coolly lay clown and rolled
about, as if iu play. The dry grasses
may have tickled his hide, for he set
up a loud purring, and seemed to he
greatly enjoying himself.
I set Ihe native, who bad a shotgun,
at one of (lie port-holes, and I took
another myself, hut tho tiger seemed
lo divine our positions. When he
finally leaped down it was at such a
point that we could not reach him.
We could follow him with our eyes,
however. lie went trotting down the
street, stopping here and there to in¬
vestigate a hut, and blit for the native
I should have left our shelter and
tried to get a shot at him.
“Don't go, Sahib; for the love of
heaven, don’t go!” pleaded (lie badly
frightened man. “Everybody is se¬
cure and the tiger knows it. He has
scon us. He knows you are a white
hunter. Ho runs away thinking you
will he foolish enough (o follow. Take
my word for it, it is a trick of his.”
So it seemed to he. We iiad scarce¬
ly lost sight of him down tho street
when wc heard him leap upon tiie roof
again. He had doubled back upon us.
After reaching the roof lie remained
quiet for five minutes, but then, hear¬
ing us move about, lie jumped down
and trotted off’again. We just got a
glimpse of him as he disappeared in
the direction of the nullah. Three or
four minutes later we heard a wild
shout, and the native with me cried
out:
“The tiger has seized some of tho
villagers and is off'to the thickets!”
Every nativo in that village knew
tbe danger of quitting his lint that
night, but one of them, waking out
of bis sleep and feeling thirsty, de¬
cided to open the door atul secure a
drink from a calabash kept in a hole
in the earth at the back end of the hut.
He did not even stop to look out to
see if the tiger was abroad. The iuci-
dent shows the slrange recklessness of
the natives in general, and explains
how it conies about that tbe losa of
life in that country from wild beasts
U so appallingly griat. The mail was
‘
no sooner outdoors , than , the tiger.
seized ldm an l rolled him over and |
over. He was than gripped by the j
Equal Rights to all, Special Privileges to None.
CARNESVILLE, FRANKLIN CO.. GA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Ri, 18!)1.
left shoulder, given a twist which
threw his body over tho tiger's back,
and the beast came walking up the
street with his burden as cool as you
please, ^.conld not lire at him from
that side until he should reach the
door, though wc could watch him
through tho crevices of tho wall.
The beast did not come quite to the
door, but lay down just where I could
not reach him and began lo play with
the dead body. He rolled it over and
over, struck it with his paws, and in
oilier ways reminded us of a cat
playing with a mouse. Fortunately
for the poor native, he was killed
when first attacked. I was closely
watching'every movement of tho beast,
and by and by us lie rolled about, he
came within range. I got one shot
and that inflicted only a lledt wound.
The instant tire bullet struck liiiu ho
uttered a terrible roar and rushed at
the wicket, and threw himself against
it with such force that the whole hut
trembled. Standing on his hind legs
he used teeth and claws to try and pull
the poles away, and he did not. cease
his efforts until 1 gave him another
bullet. Then ho sprang upon tho
roof and for the next ten minutes lay
there growling in a way to make our
hair stand up.
Meanwhile, all the dogs in the villago
were barking, and every family had
been roused. The noise ought to have
frightened the tiger away, but instead
of retiring to the thicket he leaped
down to the street, seized the dead
man about (lie middle, and with no
effort at all regained the roof. What
I feared was that lie would tear a hole
through the thatch and leap down on
us, hut this idea did not scorn to occur
to him. lie was severely but not
mortally wounded, and his actions
showed that he had been rendered
doubly savage. While he was growl¬
ing and mauling Ihc body about I got
his exact locatin, and although there
wasn’t one chance in fifty of the bul¬
let hitting hitn, 1 stood beneath him and
fired through the thatch, Oddly
enough, the bullet struck and killed
him, though in his dying agones ho
uncovered almost half the roof, and
would have been down upon us in a
minute more. He was, according to
the official records kept at Nag poor, the
largest and heaviest tigor w hose death
was ever recorded there, and it was
put down against him that he had de¬
stroyed forty-three people in that one
district. — [New York World.
Fruitful Hardship.
The census of soveral leading na¬
tions lias been taken lately, and with
greater exactitude in the chief foreign
countries than wc have as yet found
possible here. Among the 40,000,000
persons in the Austrian empire,
scarcely a dozen were discovered
whose years exceed ninety-nine, and
iu Europe generally it is observed that
while the average of ago attained is
distinctly increased the number reach¬
ing great longevity is as much dimin¬
ished. One point of significant and
instructive evidence is afforded by
these cases of long life, as indeed by
others generally in all times and coun¬
tries. Universally the centenarians
were trained in youth to what we are
apt to call hardships—that is, to
steady industry, plain diet, active out.
door labor, and exposure to weather,
and they preserved these habits. An
Englishman, William Hampson, halo
at 110, has lived in an unhealthy
neighborhood and in poverty, yet the
early hardening of his constitution
enabled him lo resist the arrows
which death Had dealt freely around
him in His later years. A Tyrolese
woman, Maria Goisler, lias always
lived in the pure air of her nativo dis¬
trict, ever in practice of regular labor
and use of plain food; at 102 she re-
covered well from a severe illness and
regained her health and fair looks, as
if age had ceased to add further wrin¬
kles to her honest and good humored
face. With us, former slaves are
most frequent among the very Jong-
lived, and this corroborates the fact
stated—[New York Tribune.
A Sometime City Sow a Corn Field.
Hindustan, Martin County, Ind.,‘iu
1820 was an important manufacturing
and trading post. Eastern capitalists
owned all the business and (lie town
was settled by Eastern pcoplei In
1823, when it was made the county
seat, it had a population of 6000. An
epidemic, thought to be cholera, car¬
ried off the people by scores- The town
was soon depopulated, and where once
the town stood is now a field of corn.
— [St, Louis Republic.
It Will he Chilly for Him.
Hurnker (who wants lo propose)— j
Miss Scadds. Jct us go out on the
pordt. Shrill 1 gel your wrap? I
m; A,,ank *h uni i i .1 t j
need :t. You might put on yourorer- ;
i'ca f > however,
AN ELEPHANT RANCH
The Novel Sheme of an Enter¬
prising Califonian.
He Proposes to Raise Ele¬
phants for Various Uses.
It was several years ago that people
ceased to ho surprised at anything
which California does. It lias como
to be accepted without question that
everything in either lire animat or tho
vegetable kingdoms will thrive there.
It must seem the most natural thing in
tiro world to get any kind of fruit
from California, even if it never be¬
fore grew outside the limits of Far
Cathay, and as for animals, California
is expected in a few years to produce
so many ostrich feathers that it will
not pay llio African growers to set an
ostrich. Therefore the proposition of
Anson Ncwbnnry of Han Gabriel, Los
Angeles County, awakens no surprise.
What Air. Nowbuary proposes lo
do, as wo leant from att interview
in tiic Los Angelos Mirror, is to raise
elephants in Southern California. He
is enthusiastic on the subject and says
that ho will have an elephant ranch in
operation inside of one year. Air.
Nowbuary does not propose to grow
circus elephants, but rather elephants
which will he useful Tho ornamental
elephant, Mr. Nowbuary explains, is
all right, and when he put puts his
first flock ou the market he will have
no objection to soiling to circus-men
if they will pay enough, but ho points
oat that elephant raising cau never bo
made a leading stale industry in Cali¬
fornia if growers have to depend on
tho circus and menagerie demand.
Some practical use must be found for
elephants, and Nowbuary fools con¬
fident that this willbeasimple mailer.
When his first herd is maturing ho will
educate (ho public up lo elephants.
In tho first place, Mr. Nowbuary
points out that elephant meat is an ex¬
cellent article of (food. All African
explorers speak highly of elephant
Tho full-gr Gum /»p J» ah!
weighs about 7000 pounds, and Mr.
Nowbuary estimates that he can count
ou some 15000 pounds of first-class
moat from each animal. In twenty-live
years lie expects to see elephant meat
for sale in all markets., Hteaks as big
as bed mattresses will hang up on all
sides, and French elephant chops with
handles on them six foot long will lie
on the counters. Elephant hides, ho
thinks, will bo found valuable
for leather, slightly thick, per¬
haps, but it can bo split. Then there
is the ivory, always in good demand.
The clip of wool from an elephant
will, of course, he admits, be small,
but there were formerly woolly ani¬
mals of tho elephant kind, and he does
not see why careful breeding may not
revive the species. Fine all California
elephants’ wool clothes he considers a
possibility of the future. But it is not
alone in those ways that Mr. Newbnary
expects to be able to teach California
to profit from the elephant, it is a
powerful and intelligent animal, and
as a beast of burden will be as suc¬
cessful iu California as in India.
It can bo readily broken to harness
and can draw enormous loads. Nor
docs he despair altogether of the ele¬
phant as a driving animal. IJe thinks
it not unlikely that tlie California
trotting elephant may be evolved as
the American trotting horse has been.
Cabmen may yet call out: “Keb, sir!
keb! Nice closed keb and rapid ele¬
phant!” Of course as a saddle beast
the elephant has already proved
its superiority in the Orient.
Its gait, however, at present is irregu¬
lar, but Mr. Newbnary secs no reason
why it may not be taught a graceful
canter and a swinging gallop. But
the most practical place where the ele¬
phant can he put to iinmedialc use¬
fulness, Mr. Nowbuary considers to
bo the orange groves, “lit picking
oranges,” says Mr. Newbnary, “(he
trained elephant would be a great suc¬
cess. lie would come as a boon to
orange growers. IIo could readily
reach all over the tree with his trunk
and carefully pick the fruit and place
it in a bag hung around his neck, or in
a basket tied on his back. He could
pick more oranges in a day than ten
men, and would never strike for big¬
ger wages or flirt with the hired girl.
If I were asked to name jn th ce words
the hope of California for the future,
I should answer, “Elephants,elephants,
elephants.”
As we intimated in tho first place,
California lias produced so much that
is marvellous that it would be rash to
predict anything but success for the
now elephant project. Wc conceive
that Mr. Newbnary may bo a little too
rnihu»i:i*tic al>c> t the elephant as *
irotler, but on many other Points he
^ ^voll witlifu l>ound 9 « We hope
j H » n , aV \ )Q j 0 o-fvc his idea a
lair trial, =-[Vew Y»rk Tribune,
Pillows.
Tho use of a pillow is not a matter
of niero blind usage. It has a physi¬
ological basis. We sloop, for the most
part, on (ho side, and without a pillow
tho head would he uncomfortably and
harmfully lower than tho body.
It will bo remembered that Jacob,
when fleeing from Esau, took a ston c
for a pillow. He needed something
for tiro purpose, nnd nothing
better tint!) a stone presented
itself. Such practices arc common in
Africa ;d the present day. Bishop
Taylor probably found it convenient,
if not necessary, lo take up with them
in his travels in that land; for on his
return (•> this country, he rejected the
soft pillows of his friendly hosts, and,
sometimes at least, substituted one of
books.
Homo people vest the nock instead
of the head on hard pillows. In Africa
extraordinary headgears make tins
practice necessary, and many a civil¬
ized woman litis boon compelled by a
somowat similar coiffure to forego
both tho pillow nnd the recumbent
position.
A consideration of the physiological
reason for pillows will suggest their
proper thickness. They should merely
bring the bead to the natural level.
Home pillows tiro much too thick. By
bending tho neck unduly, (hey inter¬
fere with the outflow of the venous
blood from (lie head. Tho pillow that
just fills up tho space above the shoul¬
der best suits its end.
Again, pillows of feathers are ob¬
jectionable. While they furnish lito
needed support for the head, they are
too heating, as they have a remarkablo
capacity for holding and accumulating
heat.
It should ho remembered tlmi more
blood, atul bonce more heat, goes (o
the head than to any other part of the
body. llead-heating pillows arc
against the wholesome maxim, “Keep
the feet warm, but the head cool.”
There is nothing better than tho hair
pillow.
Further, the pillow is for the head
not for tho shoulders. To rest the
shoulders ou tho itiilow defeats tho
very end for which it is used.
Finally special care should ho taken
of infants iu this matter. Wc havo
seen their heads sunken deep in tho
softest and thickest of pillows, und
their faces, as a natural consequence,
covered with grout beads of perspira¬
tion. It is no wonder that children so
treated die.—[Youth’s Companion.
Two Pairs of Shoes in One.
A novelty in tho shoe manufacturing
line is of English invention, and con¬
sists of a removable solo and top lift
which can he changed when worn
without consulting the cobbler.
The feature of the invention is said
to be a metal plate riveted to the hot-
tom of the shoo when lasted. Tho
sole, in the shape of a tap sole, is
provided with a stitched welt. Under
tlie welt is a thin hand or strip of
metal which slides under the edges of
the plate riveted oil the bottom of the
shoe.
The shank is of steel, japanned
black, and tbe joint end of the half
sole is countersunk to tit under the
shank where it is fastened and held in
place by two screws. The top piece
of (he heel is fastened in by three
screws.
It is proposed to make shoos by this
method, and furnish an extra pair of
soles and top lifts with each pair of
shoes, as well as make tho soles for
sale separately. Any one cau take
out (he screws when tiio first soles
arc worn and slip on a new pair of
soles, which it is said aro finished
bettor and look hotter than the work
of the ordinary cobbler. — [Rhocboth
Sunday Journal.
Winged Lunch-fiends.
A German resident of Guayaquil,
Ecuador, describes from personal ob¬
servations the habits of a pair of con¬
dors which to the best of his belief
must have their nest somewhere in (he
upper Andes of Ecuador, Twice a
day—once at 9 a. m. and again about
4 p. m.—the giant vultures appear on
the Bay of ( iuinga to help themselves
to the shellfish stranded by the waves
oi: the tide or the refuse left behind by
a crew of tortoise huute s. The pro-
cess of personal refreshment occupies
them about half an hour, after wlticli
they select a few portable scraps and
soar off in a nortlffeasterly direction,
toward the highlands of Kio Tambo.
With the aid of a good telescope, they
can be seen crossing the line of the
coast-range and continuing their way
in the direction of the grand central
chain, in a bee-line about 200 English
miles from tide-water. One of tbe
birds cau he recognized by a gap in
the edge feathers of his left wing.
and in spite of that Impediment, must
travel an avepge of „ o600 .... lulled a weel;
for alimentary purposes.—[New York
Voice.
CHI 1, BREN’S COLIMA
*
*0X1, Y A BOV.
“Only a boy,” did you sav?
Yes, but the hoys of today
Shall be the men of tomorrow.
"t >nly a boy,’’--true it is;
•Mi, but the future is his,
Freighted with honor or sorrow,
Men that work nobly todav
Sooner or late pass away,
Leaving their labors to others.
Sons for their fathers must stand,
Youth shall inherit the land—
l.earn ye the lesson my brothers.
Learn to he steadfast and wise,
Folly and shame to despise:
Be like the heroes of story,
Ready with perils to cope;
Ye are America's hope-
lie her defense and her glory 1
-[Argosy.
1.1 oi l s AND <;REi:i»liVKsS.
Gloves are common enough now;
anybody * and everybody have
can
them; hut it was not always so. In
remote ages, indeed, they were worn
sometimes, but in warm climates they
were considered a mark of effemi¬
nacy.
Y ou would little dream of one u«c
found for them as far buck as the
third century, when knives and forks
wore not iu general use. Wc arc told
of one greedy man who always wore
gloves at the table, to he able to
I nit i die the meat while hot, and so gel
abend of the rest of the company, who
were not so well protected. — [New
York Recorder.
S.VVBlt nv A DtMl.
A gentleman in Southern Connecti¬
cut took not long ago a collie from
Hie Lothian Kennels at Stepney. The
dog, after the fashion of his kind,
soon made himself one of the family,
j unci assumed special responsibilities in
j connection with the youngest child, u
j girl three yours of ago.
It happened one day in November
that tho father was returning from a
drive, and as he neared his house lie
noticed tho dog iu a pasture which
was separated by a Rhine wall from
the road. From behind (his wall the
collie would spring up, bark and then
jump down again, constantly repeat-
tog U.
Leaving his horse and going to the
spot he found his HI tie girl seated on
a stone, with the collie wagging his
tail and keeping guard beside her. In
the light snow their path could ho
plainly seen, and as lie traced it hack
lie saw where the little one had walked
several times around an open well in
(lie pasture;very close to the brink were
(ho prints of the baby shoes, but still
closer, on the very edge of the well,
wore the tracks of the collie, who had
evidently kept between Iter and (lie
well. I need not toll you the feelings
of tiic father as lie saw the fidelity of
tiro dumb creature, walking between
-lie child and what might otherwise
have boon a terrible death. — [Our
' Dumb Animals,
sir wvr's i.amp.
Most of our readers know the safety
lamp of Sir Humphrey Davy, which has
done so much in preserving miners
from explosions of fire-damp. We
have given an illustration of it, and
may say hero that it is a light inclosed
iu a lantern of lino wiro cloth. Ex¬
plosive as the gas outside may he,
what enters this burns,hut does not ig¬
nite and explode what is without. It
was Ihe invention of Davy when a
hoy, and was not perfected till after
long and anxious study and experi-
mealing.
- lie found out the important princi¬
ple on which our gaslights depend—
that the light will not nut up the pipe
to (he, gas reservoir, hut burn only at
tiic orifice, lie then thought of a
lantern for miners, At the top and
bottom he had concentric tubes, with
boles pierced in them by which air
was supplied to the lamp and the
smoke escaped.
This lamp lie lighted and set in a
most explosive mixture of gases, and,
obis delight, it did not explode; blit
when lie showed it to Mr. Tonkin,
that gentleman, while applauding the
result, stimulated him to give it
greater perfection, for, as it was, the
g. as soon extinguished the lamp, and
ln i„ C rs would thus he loft in total
darkness, to grope their way through
the subterranean passages.
Davy put it away, and only after
much investigation, adopted the wire
cloth, which admits the gas and affects
the light, but does not extinguish it
for a considerable time—[New York
Advertiser.
YVlieat Goes Down.
De Broker—Hear about He Curbb?
De Ledger—No. What’s happened
to him?
Knocked flat.
Yon don't say so? Was he caught
by the drop in wheat?
Wei!, yes. something like that. A
barrel of flour foil on him.—[New
York Weekly.
OFFICIAL ORGAN
—oar tbh—
FRANKLIN COUNTY ALLIANCE
$1.00 PER YEAR.
Only to Ton.
Dear, how many the sours I l>rm$ to y°'<
Woven of dream-studs, pleasure, and
pain,
All the hours ofmy life I sing to you,
And you hear and answer again.
Though no rhyme do your dear lips say to
me,
Yet, my poet, sweet songs you tiring:
When you smile, then the angels play to
me;
Times to the silent songs yon sing.
All my soul rocs forth In a song to yon,
All my deeds for your sake sre done,
All my laurels and hays belong to von,
In your ntinic are battlrs won.
.lust by living you make my life dear to me,
Though your lips never speak mv name;
Tis yonr hands that in dreams appear In
me.
It rinsing me all that 1 a*k of fame.
What though here you are wholly lo-t lo me.
Though you never will know orsce.
Though life's pain he this worship's cost to
me,
Am I not richer than great kings he?
Have 1 not you in the holiest heart of me
You, in the eyes which you see alone?
Shall l not rise to yom soul, which is psrl
of me,
Till yon shall meet me and know your
own J
—[E. Nesbit, iu Longman s Magazine.
111 MORRIS.
Thu dogs have had their ibiv, and
now the leaves will have their turn.
The person who is chased by a hear
has proof positive (hat trouble's a
brewin’.
When a man weighs his words,
though they may he few, they arc not
found wanting.
The modem official seems quite will¬
ing to take anything he can get except
the responsibility.
The enterprising bee keeps up with
the limes by having his apartments
arranged in sweets.
Griffin (coming to Ihe point at
once)—Kitty will you have me?
Kitty (equally businesslike)--Thanks,
Mr. Griffin; but 1 really can’t afford
you.
The Ruby—Well, old boss, you
seem to have been in n good many en¬
gagements. The Diamond—I’m a lit¬
tle disfigured, it’s true, but I’m still in
the ring.
“Wo havo no use for hear stories,”
said the editor. “Our readers de¬
mand something spicy.” “Well,”
said tho man with the manuscript,
“this story is about a cinnamon hoar.”
The Boers of South Africa.
The Boer fanner personifies useless
idleness, writes Lord Randolph
Church '. Occupying a farm of
from six thousand to ten thousand
acres, lie contents himself with rais¬
ing a herd of a few hundred head of
cattle, which are loft almost entirely
to Ihe euro of the native whom ho
employs. II may lie asserted, gener¬
ally with truth, that ho never plants a
tree, never digs a well, never makes a
road, never grows a blade of corn.
Hough and ready cultivation of the
soil by the natives lie to somo extent
permits, but agriculture and the agri-
cull iirist ho holds alike in great con¬
tempt. Ho passes his day doing ab¬
solutely nothing beyond smoking and
drinking coftee. He is perfectly un¬
educated.
His simple iguornuco is unfathoma¬
ble. And this, in sublime composure,
lie shares with bis wife, bis sons and
liis (laughters, being proud that his
children should grow up as ignorant,
:is uncultivated, as hopelessly unpro¬
gressive as himself. In the winter
time ho moves with his herd of cattle
into tlie better pastures and milder
climate of the low country veldt and
lives as idly and uselessly in his wag¬
on as lie does in bis farmhouse.
The summer secs ldm returning
home, and so on year after year, gen.
cralion after generation, the Boer
farmer drags out the most degraded
and ignoble existence ever experienced
by a race with any pretentions to
civilization.
1 have, I must admit, met some per¬
sons iu government circles and else-
where of Boer or Dutch birth who are
entirely excluded from tho scope of
these remarks, whose manners were
polite and amiable, who were anxious
to show kindness and hospitality, and
whose conversation was distinguished
by original ideas and liberal senti¬
ments.
These, however, arc but bright ex¬
ceptions. 1 speak of the nutiou as a
whole, as I think I have seen it. I
turn my back gladly on these people,
hastening northward to lands possess¬
ing. 1 hope, equal wealth, brighter
prospects, reserved for more worthy
possessors and entitled to happier des.
tinies. I rejoice, after all that I have
seen in the Transvaal, that the country
and the people of the Matabeli and
the Mushona have been rescued in the
nick of time, owing to the genius of
Mr. KboJes and the tardy vigor of
t'o British government, from (he
withering and mortal grasp of the
Boor,--[New York Herald.