—— — on ANOTHER SPRING POEM. Winter is an ol’ gray duf!, Dressed and muffad in woolen stuff, Settin’ at the kitchen fire, cramped with tortur- in’ roomatism, Ho is Inmberin’ an’ «tiff j'inted, An’ his hopes ia disapp'inted,—- But young Spring is fall er ginger, full or’ gig gle, gush an’ gism, Like a girl alio's pert an’ pure, But she's fond er furniture, Fond or filagree an’ finery an’ finfis an’ furbe lows; An’ her dandlin’, dancin’ laces 1 Make a joy in lonesome places An'h smile’s so warm an’ tender melts away the snows, Like a pretty silver chain Cross the buzzum of the plain Does «he wind her gn bendin’ links an relin’ trout brook in lines; shi An’ she pins about their shonlders Pooty An’ she takes the verin' bonlders stvlish capes er mooses, trimn 1 green dro An’ she makes a dard For the An’ she the wre! naked wilderness throws her green jac shed, ragged hills lackots jest like stylish women's With bright dandelion trimmmin’s, bowkayvs 1" oT pussy willer frills Tayi their in Then ol’ Winter, ol’, gray duff, Dressed and muffed in woolen stuff, grufl through all the sunny hours; grouty, an’ grizzly, groan hen the grass grows up permisens Sproutin’ through his snpowdrift whiskers An’ Spring buries the s mound er flowers, Sam Walter Foss, in Yanke« erneath Blade THE GOOSEHERD. BY HERMAN SUDERMAN. TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BETH A. SHARP, my first love. Do you know whomy first love wns? A gooseherd, Oo live gooscherd! 1 am not joking; I have shed bitter tears over the sufferings which he caused me, even when I was a grown-up and most highly respectable young lady. he aflame, it was my highest At the period when sot heart my 1, + or ut to po 1.1: ael barefooted. I was eight and he was ten years old; I was the daughter of the Lord of the Manor, he the son of our smith, In the mornings, when I drank my cof. fee on the balcony with mamma aud my brother, he would drive his geose down below us, and vanish toward the heath. At first he used to stare af us in native wonderment, without it occurring to him to lift his cap; and when my brother had | : teproved him, and instructed him to give | the cried out each time, with a great flourish company a morning salutation he of his cap: ““Good-morning to you.” If my brother happened to be good humor [ was allowed to herd for his down to hi rewar urbanity by taking a and he . 8 ith ih d always seized it out of my hand w urious anxie- | ty, as though he feared 1 migh back from him. What was he liks? | him like yellow thateh-work over his sunburnt can checks, his merry, sly eves tattered above his koees and i sepe io it 3 3 3 pDreeches | it, his y nea “ aste in his and he carried a herding switch, in whose green rind he had artistically cut a row of white spiral springs. My childish longings were greedily attracted by this switch. It was lovely to me, to hold this sort of magic wand so totally unlike any other of my toys; and when I further pictured myself herding geese with it, and allowed to go bare- foot, it seemed to me [ would reach the acme of all earthly happiness. It was one such switch which made us more familiar with one another. Ome | morning, when sitting at coffee, 1 saw him waving a greeting. I could no longer re- strain my desire, [ pieced together the honey-roll which I was eating, concealed | it. hastily made my excuses, and ran after him. When be saw me Le stopped and shouted to me wonderingly; but | when he saw the honey-roll in my hand, his eyes twinkled knowingly. ‘*Will you | give me your switch?’ 1 naked, : ‘“*Now why?’ he returned, standing on | one leg and rubbing its calf with his other foot. ‘Because I want it!” 1 answered im. petuously, and added more gently, **I will give you my honey-roll."” i His eyes wandered longingly toward the tidbit; but he said conclusively: | “No, I must herd the geese with it. But 1 will make you one like it.” i “Lan you, yourself?” | asked’ admir. | ingly. *'Ach, that's nothing at all,” he | replied, deprecatingly. ‘I can also make flutes snd dancing men.” I was so completely carried away by this that without further ado I gave him | the honey-roll. He bit a hearty pioce | from it, and without deigning to give me | another look drove his feathered flock away. I looked after him with bursting heart. He might herd geese while 1 was obliged to go upstairs to Mademoiselle to learn the French vocabulary. “Yes,” 1 thought, ‘happiness in this world is in- deed badly divided.” In the evening he brought mo the promised switch, which was more beauti. tal than any I had imegined in my wild. est dreams. Not only nad it the white rings, but it ended with a knob on which n human face mine or his, I could not uoss, was roughly carved. I was the , piest of mortals. Formfter wo wore friends, divided ray sweet morsels with him; he in return ve me works of art made by his cunning ngers fluted, kittens, houses, and above all, his celebrated dancing men, with which I immediately became the bugbear of the entire household. = we oxchanged our wares, was behind the roose house, The whole day I rejoiced in thought over the meeting with my 1 pictured him to myself, lying on the grass in the sunny heath playing his flute, while I labored at my more strongly did the yearning grow in herding. When I told him of my feelings ho That gave the decisive impetus; with- I answered: **To- forget to bring someo- enjoined my “* But do not friend, ; 1 Luck fuvored mo. Mademoiselle had und postponed the lesson, Feverish with joy and anxiety. 1 sat at the cotfie table and waited for him to como nast My » with ull sorts, and near me lay the switch which 1 hoped to-day to use in right oarnest. 3% WER ein werp oh ’ dulnties of There he came sauntering along! his eyes signifioantly at me hoe called out his customary, O You, \ sould absent myself without remark I ran “What have you with you?" was the “Two gingerbread cunkes, two f strawberrytart,” | He immediately to eat, began further half was not wholly me, we | to unknown regions. Stunted undergrowth either side, forminz a straggling hedge, til sath lay before me. Ah, how beautiful it was! the eye could reach, a sea of brilliant flowers. and dotted wave-like rows of molehills. It v heath. yassed Tosa As far as grass and The hota r over the music, seomed to danca le Summer bees mu blue heaven t the wood's edge was a swamp with y pool in which a vellow-gr AV thick glimmered. +; round about moist th between the prints of the feet of so that the whole ground terned over like a « arpet drove's paradise, y while t it the edges wero so and thousands he geese were to be was pat Erassos, s0en halted, contentedly we he geese I in raced ipon the heath, butterflies d plucking bl Ooi we abou chasing berrie 8, Then plaved at ‘Else, the tamest go Wo had nearly kissed poor animal out of life » from our hands forts. Whereon I prepare! my meal. I un‘ied my white pinafore, laid it upon the grass r a tablecloth and placed on it the remains of the daint He himself gravely them: out of sheer Ho- wife, ild, the i led after frantic ef- hq I's wo man anl we, was our oh knocked nit stragg husband # ies, sat down before oy at playing at house | watched him as he disposed of one sweet after another. I'he hours passed i er and higher rose the ns i straight down up sound began in hea ny t Dt oy ne rej : 3 came aware of considera id I be husband My them xd the moist grasses and pressed i mouth, Sudde the flo to the i niy er v well my hall 3 bells ated us o distan I kn It was the mid-day ed me And i to be missing wat would become of from the far y Gifnner me! f on the grass and be zan ¢ my comp 1, with ting Bao Ig troked rough hand. Sud. 1 sprang up and raced to the woods though lashed by Furies. For nearly two hours | wandered, we ping, through the thicket: then | heard a voice Calling my name, and I lav in my brother's arms, I'ie next morning my poor friend ap- peared as my instigator and a comp ice gh i the seemed to him quite natural that he should be made the scapegoat; he made not the alightest attempt to excul Cond : He, & ny nd neck with his i the ns two minates before a hi tribunal of his lord of escapade, and took the punishment which groand, From that day I loved him, I invented order to so that he could enjoy the fruits of my thieving. 1 nearly stifled him with the sought to make amends for those terrible He lot my loveflow over him quietly, a sound appetite, A year Inter fate separated ns, ordered South by the doctors, She con- by me. Nine years later alone, aud recovering from an attack nervous fever, As 1 lay in the armchair, ny zaze roved over the well-known objecis. one picture after another of the past flitted through my mind, and prominent among them came the image of my beloved fair. haired gooseherd. “What has become of him?'’ | asked my brother: and received the good news that he had grown a smart, promising youth, and now helped his old father at the smithy. I felt my heart beat. 1 triol to re- rove myself for my foolishness, but atled. The dear old memories were too strong, and I gave myself up to pictur. ing to myself our meeting. A fow days after my arrival 1 went out for the first time. I begged m brother to drive me through the wood, and I chose a mossy spot in sight of the smithy whereon to rest. My mald was of while he went to transact some business, I sent my maid to gather wild strawber. ries, and I sat down and dreamed to my heart's content. The fir above me, and from tho smithy came the steady sound of the hummer. The from timo to time a dark figure poased to and fro. It must be my herd. I cone tentedly watched the movement of his arm, admired Lis strength, and trembled when the fiery sparks flew round him. sank down powerless, “Hm, hm!” he said, thoughtfully, sent the coachman home. could put you into the carriage, bat the ef lift you alone without hurting you. maid, “‘run to the smith, the you know, and ask him to come aud heip i mo." Therewith he threwa small i on the ground, which the girl eagerly ed up before she ran off. i teit the biood rush ap to my cheeks, | I should see him azain—here, on this spot he would act the good Samaritan for me! Pressing my hand on my heart | I sat waiting till There he is! How strong and hand. {| SOMO he has grown! Like un young Her. Awkwardly he lifted his ca +, which sat so becomingly on the back of his head; but I stretched out my hand smilingly, and said: ** How are you?" “How am 1! We he said, with | nn embarrassed smile, wiping his fingeas { on his apron before taking my hand, ** Help me to lift the young lady into the carriage,” said my brother. He wiped his hands again, and seized me, not very gently, under ths shoulders, | my brother lifted my feet and the next { moment | lay on the cushions in the car- riage. “Thanks, thanks,” I and smiling at him. He stood by the carriage steps, hold ing his cap in his hand, and looked at my brother and then at me with a | tioning expression. There is still something in his mind, { thought to myself. How could it otherwise? At the sight of me the ol | memories have awakened in him | does not trust himself—the past heart —I must help him a little. | at you thinking "1 , looking him straight in the eyes with a friendly, encouraging look. My brother, who had been busied with { the horses, turned round and looked a | him. “Ach, yes; vou are waiting for your tip,” he i, and i 118 pocket I felt as if with a whip ‘For merey's sake, Max! cain | pick culos! ee ii. said, nodding £3 3 108. he in his are about? 83: { some one had mered, turning hot and e My brother did not hear me him him a markpiece [ seemed to see how my throw the money | in gathered all my strength a ds to ward off the what is thi No, it isnot , and vet, 1 see it vy takes the coin very mach he bow And I? 1 look after } tre, and then | among the cushions old , and and han ves, he actually dared MCR nn out my wi be ki hus, my fr of the dre ent, tend am of THE MONKEY LANGUAGE. Two Scientis!s who Do Not With Prof, Garner. rar Agree 'rof r's ti IMONE monkeys, § i tha ' Dr. D takes a decided is i delphi agai Pre of the Nineteenth York frarner a stand fsarner Century on i iv explained his Briuton At a meeting New Prof, sOmne Club in uesd Crening, theory fol at length owed, and said that gor 8 scheme by ries of the monkevs menns of and offe bl ideas « a monkey language are, in his opinion, de cidedly at fault. Prof that the articulate language of human beings is similar to the language of Dir. Brinton could not agree wofessor on that point “Human speech,” he said, “is not de. rived from the sensations of pain, plea- sure, hunger or the like, as Prof. Garner i holds. It is the dey elopment of the logi- | cal and not of the emotional faculty, and | in the simplest form of expression, If, for instance. a man wero to address you ina lnngaage with which you were wholly { unacquainted, he might be protesting his love for you, while you might be- | lieve ho was expressing the opposite sen. | thinent, and vice versa. With the brute language it is different. It is not neces- { sary that one should be a student of the language of dogs to understand the dif- | ference between the yelps of rage emit. tod by one of those animals when his | tail is trodden upon, and the bark of joy | ut meeting bis master, “Language is a purely conventional and manufactured prodoeet, such as the brate creation ate not competent to pro. duce. The cries of a monkey are very similar to the interjections of the human lan uuge, but like these paris of the bu. man speech, they cannot be parsed. Therefore, 1 hold there is no language | nnonyg monkeys,” Dr. Perry, professor of Sanskrit in Colmunbia College, agreed with the re. marks of Dr. Brinton Prof. Garner felt rather incensed at the remarks of theso gentlemen, but still maintains that monkeys can speak, and will etart for the sceno of his peculiar researches in a week or so. {Philadel phia Record. bonograph is an original one, some of his oncernmng fs sruer holds monke Vs. with the | A MEAN HUBRRAXD, “I saw Mrs. Bunkerton to.day,” said Hicks. ‘She lovked mighty handsome, “She's an odious woman,” returned Mrs, Hicks. “You never did admire any of my old girls,” said Hioks. “That is only one, and I think you thought her perfest,” “Which one was that?’ queried Mrs, Hicks. “Yourself,” retorted Hicks —| Bazar | THE JOKER'S BUDGET. JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. The Last Word Impossible to Keep Both Alike —No Excuse — Two Recipes, Ete., Ete, THE LAST Wonrp, Prattlo (to his wife)—You don't seem to have the conraze of your convictions, Mrs. Prattle—1'd like to know { you get at that conclusion. Prattle —You “There's po talking,” and then you talk some more (Puck! how Say, HEE INPOSBIBLE TO KEEP, Dukane I see, You have a fine new wateh, Graswell It cost $150. Does it keep time*”’ “Keep time? No; before bought it.” icle, Yes; isn’t it a beauty? time flies as fast us Pittsburg Chron- ROTH “I look guilty.’ The brooch from Attleboro sighed; “1 look guilty,” The thief who pod keted it replied ALIKE, i Aw NO EXCURK. Mother—My dear, you were very rude during Professor Astralle's eall While he wus explaining the principles of the { osophy you constaotly interrupted him with questions. Little Girl Bat, mamma, I know what he was talkin’ about. Mother— Neither did the professor, my dear. : In’: it TWO RECIPES, (VBrese-—Say, Rayvsredee, how id vou manage to get #0 thin? : Raysredge— Helping Preventative. How « get so stout? O'Beese —Helping my dad W hat was he d Nothing Ravsredge 0 Beose 1A Tourist sf ad, who had more money ¢ knew what todo with? Jusiness Man —1 don't remember him Was he mu has dropped (Ne w York Weekly, presume Le DIDNT EAT THEM, An American Ia init cont bovs Ii ares of the pastry cool ing Paris was inually interested in the smart nw dav she 8 11 burns thease i brought be NE Ab, | sups i: me of tl RCN] s vou get the ben SOUrs DEAN, macame’ Mrs, Wi GOoten tL dress so © : 3 therby she? Mors "116 Banger Da withiout Ethel can't live fist 1 say lone 100 THE yOu Young Call in more trouble fi wife than it is husband? wo Dasha fo manage a a wile {0 manage a } f the ind is tried to be in trouble periment o one family there enough for both i= IIREIY THE FLY IX THE OINTHERY Tramping Jake-—-It's gutting to be too hard work to pick up a livin country. Ef it wuzn't so fur away go to Central Ameriky. A man have to do nothin’ there, Whale try's covered with bananas. Nothin bananas. Rusty Rufe trees, hain't ye? “Course.” : “I knowed ther’ wuz some drawback.” ‘Uhicago Post. SHE WAR OX, “There's trouble who might have been policemen. for him and was up to his iricks. there, dearie? Then possibly you had better get an older pair of glasses,” The ancient funny man, with a re. proachful look at his wife, left the win. dow with a sigh. | Detroit Free Press, REWARDED. “I stole a kiss from vou last eve,” He said to her; “alack, It was a theft for which 1 grieve I come to give it back.” “You're very good, indeed,” said she; “Pray kevp it for your honesty,” iNew York Pross. A MARTYR TO CANDY. Tommy You did not give me the whipping you said you would. Fathor--Why, what a strange boy you are to want a Whipping. Tommy Well, I thought I should like the candy you always give me after it, {Unoe a Week. DISPROPORTIONATE. Perhaps it is too much to expect that the man who uses big words should fur. nish big ideas with them. [Somerville Journal, Notso! He usually has the most tromendous idoa of himself.— [Argos PLEXRTY OF TIME, mistress 0 Husband Your went ups stuirs while ago write au letter, Mary. Please go up and sce if she Las | finished it, us { want to go down town. | Waitress—She has finished the letter, sir, und is just beginning on the post. script, Husband Then I ean go to the office fot un hour or two before she finishes. New York Pross, i A GENUINE ANTIQUE, { Mrs. Suburb-—1Is this the house you've | been talking about? 1 don’t like it at aii. | Agent—It's the latest Queen Ann | style, mam, Mrs. Suburb-—1 don't like it. The | kitchen opens right into the parlor, or nearly oi), Agent —Yes, mum. Queen Anne was | favorite cook, mum. She named that fine old apple pudding, ‘brown Betiy,’ after Ei mum, Queen Elizabeth was noted for doing things up | i Queen rubeth, brown, you know, mum. i Mrs And, dear me, the cellar is ha!f full of water. Agent—Yes, mum. people alway in time of nn si [N¢ w York Week ¥. Suburb In those old days : ’ AB Kept water on hand, to uso Know, mun. re You WHAT HE Ethel h ou mean by telling Jessie I was 1 2g flat ever knew? MEANT, Vou Ou wire George] meant that, ery i tuwa, the most level headod girl in New York Herald FILLY FARMER, In the spring the wily farmer Nits him down wit spirit glad, And to some city daily sends a Gorgeous summer ad New York Herald. CIBCUNMETANCUER ALTER CASES, nuded “How many are incl ral public? “It depends on whether you are in. viting it to subscribe a4 newspaper, tuke a drink hate Field's Washington. : in the gene- for sOr or to come up and AR USFASHIGSABLE rain, “] think Mr. True and Miss Good. neluded to withdraw from BOC OLY. “What makes vou “Why thev ve 1k so?” ged for threes this been enga alk yet about the Belle—Who do vou suppose I'll be 13 fly Year is over $ 2 an Left, 1 FURS be = lisa her and return i mot he ha vihing n« “Yea'm, h replied i 2 “ ried the vrence between zontal line, ii Bride fred i after we were married, the nized to gis Al © me a surprise Say, what is 3 i just alter ne YOu Dro Jower)—I've got six chil (Comic. {sronm a ABOUT A CORK. Its Auloblography Pieasautly Told in Jerky Sentences. ] am a cork. Young in years, wery young. One day 1 was taken from a bundle of Put into a bottle of champagne. Sent to the Hotel Continental, Paris. Thiown on the floor of room 95. Lay there two days. Was picked np by Jeon Gasoon. He tried to put me into a bottle of ab. sinth. 1 wouldn't go in. Was cursed and tlhinwn on the floor tor his revolver, muttering: “It is false; good-bye, Louise.” Next day was picked op by a cham- bormai Thrown out on the street, A ragpicker took me up. Sold me to a cork cutter. Was placed among other corks, Next day was trimmed, pared, till 1 was a very ghost of a champagne cork. War sold to a draggist, Put into a pint bottle of ean de cologne. Bought by a lady. Placed in a dross. ing case, Confined to a trunk. Shipped to New York. Puton a train. Jolted around by an expressman. Taken out of the trunk, placed on the toilet table of a Prairie avenne belle. Carefully taken out and replaced each Say Sor months, gan fo grow spongy. Wrinkled in fave. Lost my co'or, Grew smaller, narrower, shrunken, Hoad softened. Lower oxtremitios withered, A prey to microbes, A tremble, mL Sins suppor will take my place to- 1 go—where!- {Chicago Times. A sien Personnsl I ropoer'y. Plumduff Has that charming’ Betchum--Yes, considerable, Plumdufl--Real estate or personal? Ketehnm—Persona', She has six children. —Tid- Bits. i —— Facts Worth Kuewing, Q. Ir Alabastine sxnen «ve? A. No: jt inthe cheapest article for the Purposes on the ners GQ. How ix that? Cannot | nurchass kale fOMMnes at a few oogta per pound? A Yer, knl-omines can be purchasad at aimost any price GQ. Why then ix Alabastine less expensiva® A, In tho first pace gn package of Alebas. tine, eomting an few rents will cover double 1} if { i le the surface taat 8 paciage kals,- mine wit more, # Ji J. What other advantars hae A int thet keisomines A. Alabartine is all kalsom mes 1t 's mar base in itself a coment, a wall sets hard Q. How do ka itil A. Kalsotnines are male rom whiting ' ays nrt power for a base, snd are entively dependent on siloaad glue 10 hold thew on the wa $Y Wihint mre the re ite A. In one cane the ment hardens with g ze fe »O0n &e the astins PF ROL DoOssse” entirely different from a1 from a (a when applied to " nud differ from this? mike op Ne f a Ain and whieh asline being na oe. tha kalso ig vawtaty ld IoC ayy an l scales off, #8 It has nothing to hast it thes Q. Does Alsbastine teraping off before « A, No: Alnbastine a ciean surfacs oan length of without hb SOTA Lhe nuns its binding quelity , Tul wall, i vashing and alin when ones appliel to Lae mtel for any ing to wash or es tune ay GQ. Does this leaturs «mat for mush? A. Ask any has been driven washed and scrape. sirable 1» have Wa is thigaie Ing thea. Q A scoloal housekeeper who home to haves walls whether it will be des this overcane, anl ensiled by ooat- I From all of #d instead o iow au | pet Alabastine From ye incal paint dealer, If he does uot keep it in stock, and tries Lo sell you something eise, tel. Bim you are determiusd 10 try Alabastune, anf if be will not keep it FOU will get IL elsewhere we Of two women choose the one that will havs you. i 8 x i Oh gn C3 Mia ef Vi e oo 4 : Miss Mattie A. Cobb B1 of Providence Yor the terrible weakness and prostration After the Crip, Diphtheria Poennonia, Malaria used with ding-up medicine and road the following from aud ber Fever Vever H wonds«rfal = Somrient wll ss Ba Typhoid Fever, ote tia bas been TRS PRT MOOSE 8 a bu blood purificr. For example Mise Mattie A. Cobb of Pre mother, Miss Cobb say videnos, R ’ lady of 18 a Ung Picture of Health and a pr bg pupil in the High School Her father is 6 wellknown police officer Keusrs ( Hood & I write to tel) w minch good Hood rede n b & Sarsaparilis has dome Tor me Giphtheria and was sick for a year afterward, being Weak, Blind and Helpless I used one bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla and 1 mads me well and strong Marre A Cows, South hes Pa Providenos, B71 “AS ked A VETS y daughter watied 1 write bow well a sold “es Rarssparilis thought I would say « few words i think 7t is th Createst Blood Purifier befors the people, Some of ir with your medivines.’ | said the same oboe, but since dsughter has taken Hood's Sarsaparilla Mus Gmo* ma opinion has chang considerably XN. Come. Providence, | Hood's Pills donot weaken (he srrtem like othes rathartion, But actualy tone up and give strong h “German Syrup” I must say a word as to the ef- ficacy of German Syrup. I have used it in my family for Bronchitis, the result of Colds, with most ex- cellent success. I have taken it my- self for Throat Troubles, and have derived good results therefrom. I therefore recommend it to my neigh- bors as an excellent remedy in such cases. James T. Durette, Xarlys- ville, Va. Beware of dealers who offer you “something just as good.”* Always insist on having Boschee's German Syrup. @® RKILMERS A ——— R Kidney, Liver and Bladder Cures Rheumatism, pain in Joints or back, brisk ion, ) nt calle, iret uloora tion of Liver, Lam urine, gravel, or Disordered 1 gout, ™ 4 cures Impure Blood, Berofula, malaria, gen'l weakness or debitiey. esha Brviuiots will rafand bo 700 the price past At Bruguists Boe, Mun $1.08 Mit
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