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HATING TO DIE.
I love tlx***, love trip*.*, life!
I fain would dwell with thee thy much loved
guest.
Oh. fold me nearer to thy pulsing breast;
That I may feel t hy heart, beats throb lu mine,
So holding it in unisou with thin*:.
1 love thee, love thee, life!
Oh, hold me closer in thy strong embrace.
Uplift me, t>ear me onward in thy race,
Impart to me thy soul's exulting power,
To Ik- mine heritage, mine earthly dower.
I love thee, love thee, life!
I fain would wear thy brightness in my face.
Oh, give to nx- thine animating grace;
Inspire me, thrill me, love me in return;
It i i thy noblest gifts for which I yearn.
I lor** thee, love the**, life!
B*ar n t so swiftly toward my journey's end;
For, oh, 1 dread to part with thee, my friend!
Surround me with thy warm, entrancing breath.
And leave me not too soou alone with death.
—Inter Ocean.
BABES IN THE WOOD.
“Please, mamma, may we go in the
woods and have some lunch in the little
basket? Oh! do say yes, mamma; it is
such a nice day to lie out in.the woods.”
This was eagerly asked by one of three
little boys, who were spending their Burn*
nor vacation in the country on a fruit
lann, wlrere there are also lovely woods,
with great, tall redwood trees, towering
up 100 feet, and even more, toward the
bine sky and God who made them, and
I r and there a inadrona tree grows,
vcii’i bark peeling of in its own peculiar
wav, ‘moT.h leaving the tree blight red and
r< as satin; now and then the
hark clings in flakes of pale yellow. Close
b v: we iiud the beautiful bay free, with its
1 . g, printed, fragrant leaves, and a n
.• bout such lovely ferns. Beyond the
v. onds i ; a mountain very steep and
r.iggCT.
These woods wore a great temptation to
>lu: boys. Stuart was so anxious ’ to go,
:. * Herbert and Romney came running
io an 1 added their pleading to his.
Their mamma decided that they could
> *, bn raid: “ll. is too warm for you to
v.ilk all lh*» way, so you had'hotter take
f <1 i John.*’ lie was a steady old horse,
\ > i.ad done his share of work, and the
v ihlven were allowed to ride him about
i no ranch.
At this the boys clapped their hands
: ;vl shouted: «i Ohl that’s line! We can
have OKI John and take turns riding.”
• their mamma put up some lunch for
i':o She knew lioys have a way of get
Hag hungry, whether walking or riding.
!;« y kissed her good-by, and started off
in merry glee.
oi l John looked at them with his gentle
« e y u • much as to say, “l)o you really
think this is fun, boys? I had much
r.imr lie down under a big oak tree in
l pasture and take a nap until dinner
* i But, nevertheless, he went along
i i J:is careful way, and as their mamma
•h' t them godowntho hill she caught
'limpsc of a hat waved in the air, heard
Hi sound of their last “Good-by, mam*
' i." shouted with the full force of sound
mg-, anti the echo across the hills caught
i-. mui back it came to her as she turned
: \ ,r. with a glad heart to see her dear
] o> : > happy, mul went about her morn
i tg duties.
i'.V. homo passed without her realizing
b-c . 1 »:ig they had been gone, and they
*, HI not know how long it w r as, either.
T.u'i went to the woods, and, after ruu
ibn : alniut awhile, decided to eat their
lunch, and then went up to aspring to
r t k drink of clear, cold, sparkling water.
They caught it in their tin cup as it
trickled down over the rocks and passed
i u .-h a bed of green ferns that left it
clear and cold.
Just as they finished drinking Stuart
said
“Say, buys, let’s climb the mountain. I
UL* n't think it looks so very steep. We
4 ui ink* turns on Old John.”
“AH right,” answered the others; “but
want if Old John can’t climb?”
“Oh. I guess he can,” said Stuart. So
tlx* others got on the horse, and he trudged
along U*side them.
Old John picked his way very carefully
over the stones and through the brush.
Alter awhile Stuart was so tired the boys
down and he took his turn on Old
Jfhn, and so they pushed on and up.
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mountain. "* i“T" K was *“*- very mco to be so high
up. They could see the broad Pacific
sparkling m the sun. 1 hey were tired,
but didn’t mind, and thought it was fun.
Somehow little boys can do so much for
fun and play, but get tiled tery quick
mv lien it conics to working- X wonder
why it is.
\V ell, by tiiis time it was after 12, and
their mamma began to feel uneasj, be
cause they didn’t come home; but grand
pa said:
“I expect thc> have found . cool
a nice,
plficc iindci tt tiee, uiki, ucxni^ titod, li&vc
fallen asleep. I hoy will be home in a lit
tie while. ’
But alas• Giev ^cie anything but
asleep. They now became tired looking
about and watching Ohl John eat grass
and leines, and all at once found they
wwe very hungry, and tried to find the
path they had troiu* iqi by, jiiteouidn t
find it. hev hunted and hunted, and as
they looked down the mountain it seemed
so much steeper than when they went lip
in the fresh morning air, with light
hearts. It seemed to them so steep that
if they tried to go they would just fall
over and roll down and down over the
stones, and they didn't like the thought of
that. In a little while more they lost all
their courage, and sat down and cried;
then, as they became: more and more lone
some and afraid, their cries became
screams. At bust they were worn out,
and so were forced to be quiet for a while.
Old John kept eating in a contented
w a ^;, It did not matter to him now
whether . he was on the mountain or in
the pasture, for he found pen ty to eat.
After a tune the sun went down, and it
began to grow dark; then tne boys broke
out ( ' l *ying again. Old John looked at
^ lem a s 1110 ^ tt >* ^ hat is the matter.
I m . to be down under this big tree.
^ here are lots of «r> leaves and I shall
have a nice bed. bo lie lay down and
stretched out his legs and made himself
comfortable.
The boys came to the conclusion they
would have to stay in thc woods all night,
so when they had exhausted themselves a
second time with crying and shouting,
they were so sleepy they couldn’t keep
their eyes open; so they lay down between
Old John’s legs and put their aching
heads against his body and pushed their
feet down in the warm leaves.
All at once Herbert called out: “Boys,
we must say our prayers;” so they got
down on their knees, folded their dirty lit¬
tle hands, and with trembling lips said:
“Now I lay me.” It seemed to comfort
them, and telling Romuey to lie in the
middle, because lie was the smallest, they
nestled up close together and were soou
sound asleep, worn out with their long
tramp and crying.
Oltl John, too, fell asleep, unheeding
the weight of their heads, which by
degree3 slipped down to the ground, they
were so tired. They tossed about, and
each turn made a few more leaves lly up
and well fall covered down from over the them; night so air. they were j
i
Well, all this time their mamma had
been very sad. Grandpa went away right
after dinner, never doubting the boys
would be home in a little while.
Just as the big moon came up from be¬
hind the very mountain where the boys
lay asleep, grandpa and the men drove in
the yard. When they faund the boys had
not come home they au started out to
hunt for them. The moon was so bright
that they did not need any lanterns. They
hunted all through the woods, and then
grandpa said: “They must have tried to
climb the mountain and lost their way;”
so they all started up. following the trail,
but no boys could be found.
At last they reached the top and began
to hunt about. lying All at ouce they found
Old John, under the tree fast asleep,
but the boys were so covered with leaves
they didn’t see them. Grandpa was very
tired, and said lie must rest, while the
other men looked about still more, so he
sat down by Old John’s feet. In a mo¬
ment something moved under him; he felt
about and found a littie foot. He started
up and called the men. They pushed the
leaves away, and much to their delight
found the three boys, but they were so
sound asleep it was hard to wake them,
At last they opened their eyes and were
very glad to see grandpa's kind face. The
men each took a tired, sleepy boy in their
arms and were soon down the mountain,
Old John following, as they linS *
him „|> after floding the boys,
Cl , of thc woods U iey foutld
where thcy liad Ued them, and
home
Mamma took her boys upstairs and
tliem to bed without a word of reproof;
Jiox* Jicurt wits too full for words oilier
than of thankfulness.
^j ie morning the boys came to her
and Stuart said: '‘Mamma we boys have
been talking over getting lost yesterday,
It was awful, mamma, and we were so
tired and scared; but we think now' it was
very n«iu rf lity of us to go up tlic inountiiin
jilone, and we know we made you feel
bad ’cause you cried when wtfeame home,
and we feel very sorry. Will vou forgive
ng mamlna v*
“Yes, my dear boys,” ehereplied; and
then they told her all about it, and
promised not to wander away again, and
they kept their promise. They still had
n j C( . rides on Old John, but did not go far
away.
One day, after Romney had been riding
a good deal, he came to Ids mamma and
said: “I think there is something the
matter with my spine, *. ) She was quite
startled, and undressed him to see what
could be the matter. She had to laugh
when she found two big blisters, not ex¬
actly on his spine.
He said: i . Now, mamma, if you had
them you would not. laugh, for they hurt
awful bad?” She put salve on them, and
in a day or two they were all well.
One night Old .John did not come home
from the pasture. The next day the boys
went to look for hjm, and, mueli to their
sorrow, found him under a tree, cold and
dead.
They ran crying to the house. Grandpa
comforted them by saying, “Well, boys, I
am sorry about Old John, because you
loved him and enjoyed riding on him, but
he has done good service and is very old,
and I really think we ought to be glad,
for he might have been real sick, as lie
was once, and you wouldn’t want him to
suffer. ”
“Oh, no!” said the boys, “but w*e wish
he coul 1 have lived and been well. We
slia’n’t forget that he helped you to find
us when we were lost in the woods on thc
mountain, and covered \vRh leaves, real
Babes in the Wood.’ ”—Pacific Rural
Press.
Whv a Pump Operates.
No pump draws water; a pump can no
more lift water than it can lift itself; it
lifts nothing at any time. The plunger or
bucket of a pump displaces the air which
is in the barrel of the pump, and exhausts
that which is in the feed or water pipe,
called by custom the suction pipe—prob¬
ably because it doesn’t suck anything.
After the air is displaced from the pipes
the pressure of the atmosphere pushes the
water to fill the vacuum. The pump lias
no other office to perform than to get the
air out of the pipes. Further: the size of
the “suction” pipe has nothing to do with
the action of a pump; it does not make
the pump work one bit easier whether it
is large or small. The size of the alleged
suction pipe has au influence on the effi¬
cacy of the pump only, and so far as
“easy” working of the pump is concerned
it would act just as well if the pipe was
one inch in diameter as if it was four
inches. A great many persons think thai
unless a feed pump is packed very tight
indeed it will not “draw” anything, hav¬
ing a notion that, in some way, the bucket
or plunger has a pull on the water. We
have explained the falsity of this in prev¬
ious times, so we need not repeat it, but
M a pump barrel is in good order and tho
backet works true in it, very little pack¬
ing will make it air tight. The foregoing
remarks refer to lifting pumps, so called,
but in force pumps they do not altogether
apply.—Milling Engineer.
Lad)' of tho Hourc.
Agent (at Gentleman tho dgor)—Is the lady of tho
house in? (calling to his wife)—
Mary, is tho cook in?—Burlington Free Press.
A Music Festival.
I can not sing the old songs,
For I have caught a cold,
But I will sing “Sweet Violets”
ST?' If you the dog will hold.
—Lincoln (Neb.) Journal.
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