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 <hould be fleet:
He shall hold nod en clue:
Jnends slit unto him be trun;
wn shin dl lowe fim t falsehoods alm
shall not shatter his good names
Pay shall verve Bis arm with hight,
Klamber soo’ he him all the night
Summer's peace and wines
Help 1m all his will perform.
Tix enough of Joy tt thee
His for
-
Bioh sereine
astsoard Rowland SK.
!
|
They Quenc ed Their Thirs®
One day a cirens and monagerio traan
halted at the railway station on its way
through a town, Of course there was
great enriosity among the railroad mend
to inspect this queer special train; and
of the locomotives in the
yard left their posts for » short time fo
see the different menagerie cars,
When they came back and were read
cor” of the water-tank was
open, Furtuer, they luckily discover
ed that the tank was nearly empty—als
thought it bad been full to the brid
when they left t.
Such an extraordinary
pever happened before!
BUrprise
thing had
No wonder
on all side
the men had left it; in facet, some of the
“hunds’” had seen it filled, neither was
there a leak in it, and vet, the tank was
The gnest'on was, where ha
water gone?
Seven thirsty elepbants, shut op all
day and all ni in a car that gave
them hardly room to move; their warm
fa:rly tone hing one anoths r. as
paltry allows ol water to quench
to be left stan
track, the su
upon the roo
He car, and with on ¥ 100 RIT 88
the small open wi
wonder,
Id the:
1.3
ried
bodies
14
their thirst, and then,
ing on the hot railroal
rays POUrit
4
rough
to know that it w
convenience
Were
BEAT O 101
their
woner
ngh
tanght a
the nursery s
¢ being.
ghter . get
vy be gn TO 18ke care
and then they find they
help in the sitting room or § wr, and
by dezrees they assume one duty after
another, under the supervision of
, mother or annty or old sisier, and
| there is mo conflict in their minds
| against working in the home, for they
bave unceremonionsly imbibed the
spirit of work long before it seemed a
burden to work.
At first thers is no special work more
appropriate t> 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,