Sy THE SHOWER. "Fes mnusCa pO, NRE tHe AWeA race Of 8 Chia, I Grew curiously blurred,—a hush of death Fell on the fields, and in the darkened wild The zephyr held its breath, Dappled the brook The frightened ripples in thelr ambuscade Of willows thrilled and shook. shivering surface of the The sullen day grew darker, and anon Dim flashes of pent anger lit the sky,~ With rumbling wheels of wrath came rolling on The storm’s artillery, The cloud above put on its blackest frown And then, as with a vengeful ery of pain, *The lightning snatched it—ripped and flung it down In ravelled shreds of rain- ‘While I, transfigured by some wondrous art, Bowed with the thirsty lilies to the sod, — My empty soul brimmed over, and my heart Drenched with the love of God! J (17 Whitcomb Riley. The Johnson Doe. “Goliath Johnsing, why are vou so Wate? Supper has been a spilin’ on de stove dis h hour,” and Aunt Lucy faced her liege lord with stern dignity. “Old Daddy Moses an’ me been havin’ it out.” nes i iif A il s “Havin an’ had a Johnsing 7” Yes, | have. Ole skincher. been a-hoein’ hard in de fiel? and he mean "nough to dock my wages ten cents ‘cause I warn't back at noon jest at de minute. I wan't late more'n half an hour or three-quarters of hour. Dut I give him a piece of mind.” I 8’pose he don’t want to work he don’ get. “Don’ git? Why, thar was S Stevens an’ they more’'n half Tested their handles did be dock got spite ’ “*Whar'd queried Aunt that implement “Neber vou want stick their “An' what hoe you took didn’t trade ont? Yon ain’t been B son, y what wid Mr. fuss an mv pay for the wood Women MET wid you noon’ » into eb! u done this F New on lid, ill Know,’ «Linh Joh Lucy, a8 a =n her eves, ¢d Benson's hoe changed off vo hope? You skincher, "1 "Liah John «Miss Johusing, you jest ten’ own bus'ne Mon’ not one mo’ word, 'b With closely comy Lucy completed th supper. rte d out Annt ta 48 vou let me ut dat hoe.’ ressed lip ili + v sat dow i. “ ing, ask de blessd 'Liah she said. fF The me off. The to either Supper t young Sally i in the parior an laved Sankey } Sudder Liah rose saying as he went, g to de sto’, Lucy. forgot 1 mow Dawkinses fiel’ to-morrow, an’ my whetstun’s worn clean down to de bone, an’ I’ row "for sto’s open "Liah had when Aunt whisper to Paul, her years of age, wh as just then deep in “Only an Armor Bearer:” “You Panl, you come here quick, by yo’ self.” Paul, used to obeying, came pron ly, and was drawn cl up to his mother on the “Now, you Paul, I wonder kin I trust you to do something for me.” Pauli, somewhat dlsered silent. “] wish you's a little bigger, but de Lord will hol’ you up. Paul, you lis- ten.” A small boy more intently. “When yo' paw comes home from de eto’ an’ we's all gone to bed an’ got "sleep; vo’ hearin’, Paul?” “Yes'm.” somewhat gloomily es of the younger frv re grumpily met cleared aw 1 h “Got to # : bat ¥ A of Lo start oll to-tnor 1 hardly a minute Lacy ¢ ud a trame in oldest bov, six Dee § in it~ ip O80 settee, distrustful, kept ot lr Lay listen could hardly go git dat hoe yo’ paw brought home, an’ don’ you make no noise takin’ it down, an’ you kerry dat hoe ober to Mr. Benson's; and yon take de hoe dats hanging dar—dat’s our hoe, Paul, dat yo’ paw left thar by’ hoe an’ bring it home an’ hang it in the woodshed, an’ don’t you nebber tell yo' paw nothin’ "bout it.” morning work. did not bring about the proverbial in. somnia, but long after his snores had begun to resound through the low cham- on the uneasily and her ears intent noise. She grinned slightest in stairs. Her heart leaped as the shed ing at the sink, when aloud knock was heard at the kitchen door, whish, be- ing opened disclosed My, Benson. Ry his side stood the village constable. In his hand was an old and much-bat- tered hoe, ’Liah saw the hoe and his upper jaw fell. Aunt Lucy’s gaze also was riveted on it. “Goliath Johnson,” said the econ- stable, ‘you're my prisoner. You stole Mr. Benson’s hoe.” “Fore de Lord, Mr. Benson, I ain't got you soe. What you doin’ with mine “You needn’t pretend that yon left your old hoe in my barn yesterday by mistake, "Liah Johnson,” burst in Mr. Benson, «as if vou couldn't tell this old thing from my new hoe. Wha have you got to say for yourself 7” “You may search dis place, Mr, side, an’ you won't fin’ no stiver of How you got mine, 1 ‘clar I give it up. but you kin see for yo'self, Now here's where | Keeps my hoe,” and 'Liah swung open the wood- There hung Mr. Benson's new hoe. | “You Paul!” fairly shouted Aunt! Lucy, pouncing on her young hopefu “what did von do las’ night ?”? “Did jist what vou tol’ me, back that hoe an’ it in Mr, Benson's barn. ’ back what hoe? in his turn. “Lucy Johnsing n' yo! fingers in?” | Towed I warn't gol Took changed {for Ge one n " shouted “Well, "Liah, 1 y have no hoe 'l by rights n irght an’ gin, an if he did it, how dis its me.” ts i 80 Comes heah “You Lucy Johnsing, see what vou’ an’ done wid yo’ meedlin'l 1 took buek that hoe tr I went when | made "s though I was gettin wanged » been to bed, ? do whetsun, an’ then vou went’n’ cl ‘em back agin.’ . “Liah Johnsing, why ¥ from vo’ wedded didn’t tell me "bout dat?” By this time, Mr. Benson saw » was something more in the on keep rets wife? that mast- pposed, and, sending from the umlo- tii 1 keen Ii Wea A Clever Cat, at the West End lored famil i Fou Lizyv, and bri: £'tch ’Lizy! ars door open. The cat, after siding and wavering on the threshold a moment, as cats al- ways do in order not to appear too ybedient, disappeared through the door. “Will——will the cat bring the daugh- Gs i iA bh ping repeated, “17 the lady asked in astonishment. “Laws blesa ma'am, you wait an’ ” said the colored woman. Some minutes went by, and lady began to think that the mission was quite a failure, when the door! pened and a strapping colored girl ame in with the Maltese cat at her | The girl had hardly got in| when she broke out: i “Mammy, did you Malty to fetch me?” “Co's I did.” “Wal’ now, I'm tired o’ havin’ dat | sat follerin’ me up wherever 1 ever I} ro, deems like I can’t go nowhere but you send her after me? Deve I wus in | le pra‘er meetin’ sittin’ quiet in de | \ Fe, Bee, the | heels. send that ar latin’ her ‘speriences wid grace, aw’! all § once in walks that cat right up slept on. The moments seemed hours, At last came the longed-for ereak on the stairs, and Aunt Lucy, with a muttered Dress de Lord!” went sound. Iy to sleep. The first sun’s rays were shining in at the window through the morning. lories, the early breakfast was smok- ng on the table, the six young John sons were straggling down in various stages of sleepiness, Aunt Lucy was bending over the stove and "Lijah washes | Oh, de wus all | [ hope ye'll "scuse ma'am, but I reckon you wouldn't like ter be fotched home | f'om de pra'er meetin’ by a se cat, neither.” The visitor could not help inwardly But her cat was so great at she made a point afterward to get me of her Kittens. Way 55 AAS 5 FATHE «. T1*15'S CHILDREN. of Father Notan th ' wild, vy « i AS his rile Moved roe, THis sisters and Brotheress He tonaed here aod th re, And their hats sent scampering, Like a wild, frightened hare. Ne blew and he binstered, wo dows in han heart, an o tear romps were ga’ To make Spring Sowers start. lidren PTV. » A TALK ABOUT SLEEP. NO WAY TO VIOLATE NATURAL LAWS AND OBTAIN RE. FRESHING REPOSE. Quis Using Tea, Coffee and Tobacco. An ex-superintendent of a city hos- pital was asked the best method of procuring sleep by natural means, the old-fashioned method of counting, in the mind's eye, a succession of sheep, jumping over fence being barre 1. “For simple insomnia from over-men- tal work,” said the Doctor, “the first thing is to stop mental and do physical work, and rest the mind by tiring the body. Drugs should only used when the condition of the patient is such as to demand sleep immediatery, A full meal will frequently produce sleep in the wakeful, At the hospital, » in he tinued stimulation put on draughts of ) tea every hour and a | That tu for insomnia prod activity and man's insomnia he relieved by lesgeni work he may be way by which nataral laws and Life twenty ter if more of holiday i Gay beef they milk until aiment anxiety. hot Or wif, fro to sleep. is over an is much 1 VEArs and « Of rest nity would tal somnia would be p “1 think the to gO to bed, is ts to go to bed wl who One were in & with ronounced of i to induce d, ] i COTY increase have disturbances gvatem ti $ s } normal condi- that work thie people. 1 1 4 1 10 return LEE th Le LE tions is to avoid things mischief and attention t feeding the body ; live on those things that will make good blood and rein- force the system with nerve power.” “The majority of those who come under my care who are troubled with sleeplessness are those who have been indulging in the aromatized spirit of corn. “What's that porter dabiousiy. “Whisky. Sleeplessness proper is not a disease of poor patients; it is an aristocratic disease, largely caused by mental perturbation. Our sleepless patients are filled up with beef tea and milk as hot as they can drink it, and this treatment is good for any one, rich or poor. Aside from the use of alcoholic drinks, people who work with their hands sleep well, It is mental workers and debilitated women who pay better oO 7” inquired the re- fre some persons who sit up all night botter than two small pairs. They are troubled with sleeplessness, and if thoy do get sleep, do not get a restful kind, as they are apt to see flushes and four of that sort of thing in their uneasy slumber. There are many persons who do not sleep sound enough or long enough to vest the mental fac nities, and awake unrcireshed. The amount of sleep required depends on the habits and the constitution of the gleeper, Some light sleepers, and those who slept a few hours have been men of the greatest mental activity, Re- lieve the strain on the mind, and the condition of sleeplessness will disap pear.” “What prodneea aleeplosaness 7’ “Worry, overwork md haste in eat» ing,” replied the Doctor, ‘tare about the chief factors in producing it. Want of exercise and sedentary habits may be added. The remedies? Well, the chief rernedios are nutritious fooj and must be a wcetive cebind the exercise. A perfunctory walk of 80 many squares ®t a certain arranged time affords » very limited benefit, It is a good thing for c business er professional man to have a hobby outside the grind of his daily pursuit.” —— . How to Stop a Runaway Horse, A policeman who has distinguished himself in stopping runaway gives the following points as to how to accomplish that end with the greatest success. When vou FUNAWRY coming do not trv to check him by a rush from the opposite direction, or the side, for you will be immediately horses BOO fn i knocked flat by the collision; but in- | stead, prepare yourself for a short run | with the horse. Measure with vour ve the start for the run hile he is way off, perhaps | ten feet, in the case of fair to medium You may depend upon his keeping a straight line, for a really fright ned lind { would not veer ensine, i He will he sinashe not {| € iW distance, vel some FUNRWAVS, horse | and gO stra unti 8 nto somet od he { close to the or , and ar { rushis | reins the s i firs 1h fa it nly, and then, ou rus % 3 IRS. FRENCH SHELDON. my p rege a few days ZO It was journey 1o lant sprirg-l inter s or the first time ¥ Onal w he nthe w VERO th if at the $ not gates of OH i's rivers de es. My en nt with susp OO bong that, for n experienced traveller, I have to take with me great many things to barter with tives, and the tronble that every we requires different articles, 1 Is taking a good deal of luggage.” lis it trae that you are going alone?’ “Yes, almost alone. My hus- band’s business will not permit him to sccompany me. I am taking with me, however, one woman fo act as my stewardess anil body servant. 1 se- lected her after makiog inquirien, She 1s a highly woman, possesses medical and surgical certificates, and will, 1 hope, prove of | grest value tome But yon can hive no idea,” 8' e exclaimed, “how difficult this oceasion s 0 8 fie { go alone! 1 bave had shoals of appl { eations from gentlemen; doctors, bar- | ristars, aod men of all classes who have | begged me to nllow party.” | ever, when you reach Afriea?” “Oh! ves, | I shall hire some carriers. I hope to get | them at Zanzibar,” i **Andl wha | route?” | route now that it has been opened | going first to Mombassa and Zanzibar, | then on to Kilmanjaro, about 250 miles | up the const. I have a great desire to | soe the Inke near Mount Kilmanjaro, | which Mr, Stevens has described.” “Yon have not,” I said, “wo faranl nnderstand, been induced to undertake this gre journey from quite the same motives as other explorers.” ‘No, not in the least. Afric n travellers hither to have generally gone, either as re- ligious missionaries, or as emissaries from some government to plant fits flag npon some great territory. Now” «anid the quaint American accent gave a hnmorous point to the words] | don’t want to plant any fla} anywhere! What I part eularly wish people to understand,” she coutinned earnestly, “is that I am going under the auspices of no government and no society; my mi sion is entirely privite. My object is not to make any geograph cal dis- coveries, although, on the other hand, if any dapper to make a discovery presents itself, 1 do not pledge mywell nt to make it, Indged, I pledge my- sell to noting whatever, “My one object in this expedition will be to seo Alicea from » woman's the great books of African travel, but they none of them give me what I want. They do not tell me epongh about the natives. All these uncivilized races must hava a social and a family life of their own; th re must be great differences in tuese respects between the customs of one tribe and another. In particular, I in‘end to observe as women, “Men's minds,” she continued, appears to me, are chiefly objective, and women's are chiefly analytical. For instance, if a man sees a mountain in front of him, he wants to get to the top, aud, dashing towards it, he very likely forgets to notice a brook that lies at his feet, and so he falls into it. first, but at the smaller objects im- mediately before her, and she would not make the ascent until she had enough and her skirts short enough to i cross that brook in safety.” This feminine touch reminded me to ask how Mrs, Bhelaon pr posed to solve the costume questior. “I do not,” she replied, “‘intend to adopt ary peculiar garments, but [ yay great re- matter of lightness, I am | taking between thirty and forty dresses, { but they are made of washing silks, and unndyec wool, and you will be snrprised to hear t do not all together weigh { m re than twe nty pounds. I do not | like tailor made dresses: they seem to | me to wrap the body up too t ghtly ” i “What first the idea of | this journey to you?” linguired *“I'he y direct reason ot it" Sheldon | “was the de to i { which I it chiefly light 1 1 cotton, at they suggested gald sire color OUR on han is a of Fl a8 You translia- ad It ines ior book have for the | mance st epl 8. YORar BOTHEW t on the bert's ‘Satammbo,’ of which, d { tion.” “My box Bheldon, ““mav take a different from that wh ch | present contem plate, but I expect my plans for it will : x crystal ize daring the voyage down the 1, new k.” eontinned at questions al ont her early n sad I sm a genn altho gh 1 have in London, for ishilman, altention so hard at ith, | 1 ha ei iready {in New Me nl i alt a when he r i FAYE In« { vpon Mrs, {i 8 origi na my ! noon had r pidly war $ ol yi niterest | realizing tha ¥ | things to do for « { mained to her in take leave and to iu her heroie vent “Dn not let us say good bre | she exclaimed. “Yon must come and | soe m off when I start on the 17th for Brindisi.” Whereat, with cordial thanks I tore mr yself reluctantly away. M B Euagland, I a] Td ro vet.” BY DAISY BERTRAM. “What are those treasnres”™ you ak, dear, | keep in that old wood-n chest Ah me, what memories awake, dear, Within your grandmo! her's breast, As | look at the daar old Lr assures, And think of each hh ppv aay “whon all things were as pleasures, | And every mouth was May. ! lore in a withered rose, doar, | Wh oh when given was full of lifes Ah me, "teas on that day, dear, I promiset tobe sa w fo; And here are the § wels | worse, These pearls of pure, pure white, Al me, ah me, my Beart i« sore { As 1 look on them to-night. | For the giver of these is gone, dear, To that f8ir, bright home ghove, Where everything is good, dear, And all is prace and jove Fut {| know it will not be long, dear, Pelore | am cal od away i To join that glorious angel throng, In the light of eternal gay. fo 1 look at my treasures often, And touch them with loving handy And all my hard thoughts soften, As think of tha better and, For | know the paris % 1] be whiter Than the praris {| wore that day, And every month wi 1 be bw ghier Than the merry month of May, SERVICE. Fret not that the day is gone, And thy task is still undone, Twas nod thine, it seems, at ally Near to thee it chanced to fall, Close enongh to stiv thy main, And to vex thy heart In vain, Soren hate, in a nook Torlom, Yesterday a babe wa boing He shall do thy wait ng task All hy questions be «hall ask, nd the snswere will be given, Siape red Hghtly onto! heaven, His sha'l be no « umtling feet Yalling where they one thau anothe; bat alter a time the duties seem 10 conflict, and if each davghter is led to consider hers lf responsible for some particuldy purt, she tries to periorm her epecial duty well. Sometimes girls resent be- ing called from tuesr work, however, and asked to do that which a sister usually does. And this is where the turnabout plan comos in admirably: UI oasch one 18 given the direction ol some part of the work ior a speciiied time, long enough to enable her to do that work well and easily, and then she be taken from that and permitted to have the direction of some other part of the household economy, sbe will not fail to become educated all round in house wifey lore. The laundry can be in her charge for three mouths, for ex- ample, then desserts for some weeks, and then marketing for a time, the length of time corresponding scme- what witly the number of girls who must take turn. Frequently the eldost one must keep the harder paris of the work for sowe time, while the yunuger gir 8 «ro thoroughly leariing the cavies poitoas But alior a fae there comes & bappy rivalry as to whieh shail do the surk best, aod have the levest hitehes in any department which she has charge of. And m tus rivairy much of the genuine bonetit"of ile turnabout plan fies, A —————— An English syndicate inten’s to buy the Aspen (Col) #'i er mines. The price it is sald, is $17 OR, MT ET 000, 000, The U, &. Senate voted to give to the families of the late O def Justice Wa it and Justice Miller one year's salary, Onanrry frequently should begin at other people's homes,