THE LAND OF USED-TO-BE. BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, Boyond the purple, bazy trees Of summer's utmost boundaries; Beyond the sands, beyond the seas, Beyondethe range of oyes like these, And only in the reach of the Enraptured gaze of memory, Thore lies the land long lost to mo The land of Used-to-Be, A land enc In goldon seas when sirens clung hanted, such as swung Along their dripping brinks, and sung To Jason in that mystic tongua That dazed men with its melody; O), such a land, with such a sea Kissing its shores eternally Is the fair Used-to-Be, irda 1 ear with b singing birds And sows all sounds with such sweet words That even in the lowing herds A moaning lives so sweet to me Lost laughtor ripples limpidly From lips brimmed o'er with all the gl Of rare old Used -to-Be. +3 ki U land of love and dreamy thoughts, And shining fields and shady spot Of coolest, greenest, grassy plots, Embossed with wild forget-me-nots, And all the blooms tHat cuaningly Lift their swoet facos up to me Uut of the past; I kissin tl The lips of Used-to-B . i 1 love yo all, and with wet ayes Turned glimmeringly on the skio My blessings, like your perfame Till o'er my soul a silence lies Sweeter than any song to me, Sweeter than any melody Ur its sweet echo, yea, all thre My dreams of Used-to-Be. KN EYE WITNESS. spite of the fact that added serious inconvenience ; myself, } indary of I ean still | to a fair portion of my former ac ‘ity and vigor, My home is naturally to people wmve passed beyond he middle age, ay whose i centred in her husband ar littl children, and who never cares to leave the try i: count daughter. Bre she has liv for me, if my where ed since | narrisge., i trit # lost the bear * country nature ni it time reapers have flower, each shoot speaks e. The of the that issue from t and stables, the and, children, appeal such times I am all that pected of a model grandmother my easy chair, which my law rolls into own language, the droning sounds chirping bees he aying sunds, above ai ) me a pleasant cornes Knait ne an adv to 1 my spectacies, my cnees all re pnortu oe intercourse, I crave my ie with them in in Nellie cannot und duties alisorb Practically my on the have loved, I have wedded and widowed. 1 have reared my child and have lived to see her a happy wife and mother, and now that my work is fin ished —now that I am no longer needed I must have a vent for my surplus energy. I cannot end my days in the proverbial chimney nook, whither all old women who have served their time are relegated, no, not while I have feet to carry me wheresoever [ will It was through such forcible arguments that | generally overruled Nellie's objec. tions, and so it happened, at the partic. | ular season of which I write, 1 found my eof most charmingly situated in one of the choice localities of the city, with | friends who, for the sake of past associa tions, were willing to accommodate me. | My rooms were delightful, but my circle of acquaintances was so large, my invitations and engagements 40 numerous | that I spent little time in my cozy quar- ters until brought to a sudden halt in my gayeties by a twinge of lumbago, with which Providence saw fit to afflict me for my unseemly frivolity. 1 still wrote | cheerful letters to Nellie, however, never | nentioning my complaint, standing, truth to tell, rather ip awe of her inevi- table “I told you so I" During my close confinement I viewed | life from my front windows, and dis covered that even with such as lmited range of observation I might find some- thing to amuse and interest, | At first I ouly noticed casually the het. | crogeneous procession that passeduap and | down the street, but after a while I] commenced to single out individuals who | attracted my attention by reason of some | distinguishing characteristic, and finally | I became so absorbed inmy contempla- tion of two striking figures that I allowed the other to go by unheeded, Now I blame myself for this, as it cost me much trouble and annoyance and taught me a lesson 1 shall not quickly forget. The more prominent of these two was a young man whose age could not have been over 25. His face was so boyish that I thought he could searcely claim so many years, but on account of his splen. did figure and dignified bearing 1 gave him the benefit of the doubt. What first drow me towards him was his walk, It was the most even I ever saw. His steps were firm and resounding, nor neither hurried nor lagging. There is much in a walk, and I am sure there was a great deal in that Young man's, I have always ly admitted m fondness for the ei Mog as, dey them my sratand this, | i he wane own pre er an s » life is narrow been very woman should if she is not a hypo crite, but I am generally inclined so favorably towards them that I am apt to err sometimes on the side of lenience, 1 seem to find more excuses for their faults and follies, more sympathy with their temptations, In short, 1 like them, old 18 I am, and the many good men whose lives have passed directly under my seru tiny, inspire me with a degree of tender ness that 1 have never vet felt for the best of women. There was something clerical in the dress and bearing of this particular young | man, and I decided without hestation that he was either a student of divinity or perhaps a full fledered minister, and this added to the respect that his appear ance commanded. Well, my young man mine for the present narrative, first attracted me by his next by his fine appearance, and last, though not least, by an eager look of ex pectancy that dawned on his face I will call to go back to my us I often wondered at the cause mw his if the i afternoon. of his emotion, pace as he anxious to meet he quickened nddow, as without reached my wi SOT Ooae Though fast getting well, had crippled me somewhat, and prud ence still Kept me a prisoner in CHsY chair, so I could not just then gon curiosity by walking to the further win dow to find out what pleasure awaited my ut Hy ify my clerical friend on the corner beyond, I seized my could limp about the room, and d the story. It thought, a woman, a very vouthful ane pretty one at that, and both she young man nb sorbed in each other that 1 abandoned my opportunity as soon fas discover: my was, and seemed so completely claim on the instant, set him, 1 sighed to think him only human after all. A romance was to judge 1} were of daily oct at least t this workl, the fair He I had christened her: the ride in ite 1 . ut it brewing meetings, and persons in le of that, these which deep interest to ww of urrence, i hreoe ire busy 1 for so nt Paris served 1 inappropria and ms 4 OR precisely and she at her street « After joined began our watch, ner, I at my window, r about fis sw 10 doubt. favored a mate pretensions, but Hel termined to i : 1" ahi i from [On desired and decided after 1 that she was I highly disapproved of the began 1 { inevitable, indeed, bation was over, walk each day little excursions so that I might mee Helen and Paris as they sauntered along. I must own that my opinion of the young lady wa modified when | There was no quetry in the depth those gray eyes, nor in the tender curves of her mouth, and I certainly know if I had been a man I should have fallen in love with just such a dear little graceful creat. = ure. She looked a mere atom compared with the stalwart Paris, but to judge from his rapt expression one would have thought the whole world was embodied in the being who walked beside him. I contrived to meet them frequently, and must confess | was growing impa tient over their lengthy courtship, My disposition is naturally impulsive, and If anything is to be done-—I feel like Macheth—'“twere well "twere done quickly.” But then it many people to make a world, and all I could do was to bide in pa tience, amd let those lovers take their! time, i At length, one day, I was rewarded, ! Passing by the interesting couple with that studied look of pre occupation which I had learned to assume, T heard the young man say to his companion : ! “Well, dear, why not do it at once? here is danger in delay.” The girl laughed nervously, 1] thought, but made no reply, and I heard Paris say: “It the parsonage, over, We can train,” I wondered if they dectected anything unusual in my manver as I brushed by them at this juncture, for I was stirred to the highest itch of excitement, and when their backs were turned upon me | halted to collect my scattered senses, The lovers were about to elope in broad daylight. They were on their way to the parsonage, which nestled in the shelter of the big church close by, un. conscious that'a third person was in pos. session of their secret, I stood for some moments uncertain how to nct; indeed, it was not my busi. ness to act at all; f know that well if love chose to laugh at bolts and it s considerably C0 f Of CYes is only a few steps now to! It is best to get it take the 6 o'clock was surely no affair of mine. Neverthe. less 1 was interested *= theo young peo was to be the result of their love mak- ing. ically storming the breastwork of objec: pretty bride in triumph to tise altar be- fore an admiring assembly of friends jut such was not to be, and as 1 terned it over in my mind 1 began to consider what I would have done had my committed such an indiscretion, who had been a pattern of from the time she could crawl Would it not be kind to spare the feel Nellie, THE JOKERS BUDGET. TESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS, sible Wearing on Him -—A Filial Tri bute Spoiled, WISE PROVISION OF NATURE. Little Dot—I wonder why it is grown wt? Would it not be well to have nt timely conference with the minister whose good offices they were seeking, and give a few words of motherly warning to this pretty, erring child? Somchow | 5 culpable, While 1 stood meditating I retraced my steps and followed the « ouple as fast When | just ould permit, the door had and, #8 my lameness w reached the closed behind them, the bell myself, | paused ones st and reflect, parsonage ringing more before What should I guin by my interference? I knew nothing of those people, who i would laush me for my were not indeed exceed Cupid would not give ear a silly old woman, ippis g from hes tights be thinking of instead of meds ling with fet Hi most likely pains, if they nugrs to the y WwW HOse : w} hi 1 and who shoud " her future state WHR Ki isk edd ‘1s the minister at home ¥'° | but he's ma'am, engaged just My worst fears were realized —he must be performing the ceremony “My important “could I see him for just “I'l ask, your card said e } siomens busin we is Ont ma'am servant eyed me sharply, isficd herself thaf | who haun Was 1 genial paupers nor yet an obnoxion ticoats, admitted ler in pet lion room grew deen Tf answered 1 1 overs atid wi E But... po further, through the “Edith, “Here, fan ther a before me ‘Dut VOCs I stammered, for a pleas hall where answered the young 1 moment Paris hi MT BOun are you?” ady, and in mself stood There was an awkward pause, during which we eyed other curiously, Helen, or rather Edith, broke the silence “My dear madame, you wished to see the minister, did you not?! Well, be is me, at the same time, to introduce my husband, the Rev, Mr. Melton, We have been mar ried only a short while, and, as vou have seen, the air of the honeymoon still ling ers around us.” She clasped his arm as she spoke, and glanced tenderly into his face. He looked bewildered at the scene, and as for me my foelings cannot be ex. pressed. I rose unsteadily, and, muttering an moved toward the door, but Mrs, Melton was before me, am grasped both my hands in a sweet, cor each “You must not feel badly at your mis take,” she urged, in a soft, coaxing voice. “We were only discussing a dis agreeable visit we had to pay out of town when you passed us, your conclusion was very natural-—only we outstripped your conjectures,’ added, with a bright laugh, in which her husband joined, I groped about for my vanished self i to set me at my day I have been more friendly toward The Rev. John Melton made no effort to help me out of my quandary, from which his dear ligle wife rescued me so nobly, Of course, 1 explained most volubly, and my impertinence was overlooked and I was invited to dine with the Rev, John and his wife, but IT have been taught a lesson, as | said before, I am still interested in all that oscurs around me, but I never on any account indulge my very vivid | nation, 1 find the world can go on living and lov. ing without my assistance, and if the course of true love does not run smooth I will meither heed nor hinder the runa- ways, for I have indulged in my first and Inst dose of circumstagidal svidenoe, [Philadelphia Times, aad Little Dick ~1uh! know why that is spectacles, one micht hold the Any It's CWS, to Good : QUITE POSSIBLE. Pa, if animal breaks he get bumphbacke 1 like a dllings, Jr his back doe human being? Billings, Sr.—Yes, my son: makes vou : nn but what ask such a question? Jr I was just wondering if the hump on the bs the last straw Billings, camel caused Truth was WEARING That he ON iy Mi pays face, Mr. Sergoos his features k meragos man Jone Are; i 2.2 his f{ travels on his Just KO irreoy LT, A FILIAL TRIBUTE SPOILED. Popin jay up as a boy. To whom ] owe all that | have? Billi ja; I'o vour creditors I certainly was well | (gay You FREQUENTLY, that woe another teacher NO WONDER THE rans Whykin pre after ITE SWEAR. hoa been Little Tommy had vrestling with a “Mamma.” said he, “What is i 1 f poll-parrots get all the cra they ask for, 1 don't wonder they wens Washington Star “ ¥ of a ker WArn to TH “Are you aware,” said the ma rear fiercely, “‘that vour umbrella ing me in the eye?” “It isn’t my umbrella,” replied the man in front, with equal flerceness, *it's a borrowed ore, sir” —! Exchange. WRONG PERSOR BLAMED n ir the is I* kK EASILY BELIEVED, Mary —Mebbe I'm ugly now, ma'am, but in my day I've broken many ueart Mistress a hearts the way you do my china, I be eve you NOT ENTHUSIASTIC, Charlic—May I announce our engage’ ment at once? Clara Not yet. Perhaps both of us may be able to do better, GOOD ADVICE. “I was engaged to be married to Miss back on me.” “Dou’t let that worry you, Gus, As pretty a girl as she is will soon find some other young man to marry," replied Mr, Murray Hill.—[Texas Siftings, RovanLy Weggio--A wude, wough man I never saw before said “Hello!” to me in the stweet today, Cholly--Gwacions | weren't you fwight- ened? {New York Herald. HANDLED, DISCOURAGING LOGIC, Johnnie Ma, I want a bicyole, Mother—Johnaie, you should not des. sire anything too ly in this world, Johnnie ( ogi t 1 don't want it very badly. Mother ( scidediy) Well, X Sans - cou every passing whim. You can't have it. [New York Herald, HARD TO UMDERSTA ID thing I ever saw, Mother —What is? “1 just saw our school bensl « ' Yin’ uet like hive seal bench a-laughin’ just like other people, {Btreet & Smith's Good News, teacher on the AFTERTHOUGHT. She (quizzingly) after saving her life? He Yes, She-<~And | very rich? He—-Yes She--ilow luc ky for you! Me. -Yes but think how would have been for me if 1 married to her before she felis overboard Ro you married her understand that she is i lucky it in had been sR BLED, Clara You can't { hard A mnkes love * Fihel ile used fo try it with me till I snubbed him {thinkin Ethel delightfully {01 envio = 101i nyys imagine Oh, VOR, | ean, HOW TO INCREASE THE CIRCULATION, I wish 1 could strike some which I could double Texan are st plan by ireuiation, my « remarked a 8 editor { whi Nora which by accomplished replied a Well, get married Then two hearts vill beat as one utiy vou'll 1 your circulation, { Texas ana consequie fin doubi “Mr. Hollins is a » hink,"” said Miss Perkins sald Ethel: “bu: he is When we 11 3 : i Cail 1 i © Bil liow, 1 ‘Yes very * first en th mother s nt -minded hat SCHEME, Tourist YOU Crone’? th \ LOS Farmer-They work S08, every tramp that con i e fi see if th' stealin’, w'ich they ain't, an’ ia ie th crows away t to clothes that scares His TWO SIDES OF A QUESTION Foreman of the Locked-In Jurs The rest of are you would see the case as we do if vou had an ounce of brains, y Obstinate Juror (reflectively) — But that's just the I've ' than an ounce tientlivy us agreed, ord trouble: «i Tid Bits MARKED ft more ATTENTIGNSA, | “His attentions to you have Leen i marked, have they not?” said the young | woman's experienced fried, “Oh, ves. He has never taken the price tag off any of his | Washington Star. present s, Getting Welghed, Two friends anproach. One is a dump. { ling of a woman and the other as thin as {a match. The fleshy person mounts first Higher and higher climb the scales. She | looks thoroughly disgusted, as her com. | panion cautiously manipulates the weigh jer. “One hundred and thirty-six? 1 [ don’t believe it, [ horrid.” Madge lightly steps into place, {and with a laugh and & *“ here goes,” 3 { he machine. But it doesn’t go: sticks ast, in fact, at 100. Not a half pound more will it give the young wou an, who has been building her hopes upon fresh milk, country fare and complete rest io fill out the hollows and cover up ugly angles. “My, but I envy you,” sighs her fleshy friend. “Well, you needn't,” snrps the disappointed one. ** Look at your lovely neck and arma. Why, any. thing becomes you just because you can show such tantalizing bits of white flesh, While ] Wak " Suitinually Jo Gover u my bones, It is simply exasperating, ang here 1 have been og 80 hard all the season to catch a few extra “And LL" said the other, * have never worked so hard in all my life at the oar as I have this summer, and all in the RES — POPULAR SCIENCE XOTES, Ss —— Bua anp Laxp. — joan Murray, a meme ‘her of the Challenger expedition, and one of the highest living authorities on peeanography, estimates the area of the {dry land on the globe at 535,000,000 unre miles and the area of the ocean at 137,200,000 square miles. He estimates the volume of the dry land above the lev. 1 of the sea at 23,000,000 cubic miles, i and the volume of the water of the ocean it 323,000,000 eubi He fixes the mean height of the land above the sea st 2,250 feet, and the mean d:pth of the t 12.48) feet Of course only approximate, but of these Murray also the earth two and To this irs to the stimated at ether, then, from the miles it would thus a alculation, 340, G00 to transport the whole of the » land down to the ses, A Moxster Tews tific inter nd m i ive t miles, whole ocean a resiiits ta matters more definite, ers Lies are render out leas they help estimates that th Fives into the Cen airy Your ieee} amount land cach take 6, “OPE NOC RON ch pop curiosity the Tribune, by he mo tele y construct for the “Other strong fas. and un- a solar and it is that { iar he nster i announces BCODe 1t pose 14 French World® s Fair of 19060 I% Dry worlds than ours” possess a for both A eclipse seis all th within the the the obmsery planet, inati iaaLis irnoa : learned, fiari DOUnNas near VO Bay M and made of that general interest current telescope intense revelations What, nterest in ob trument far tube on in ad. 5? M. reflect. i dimen- 32 feet yi | tons recent ATS, ations commanded than almost an of news, CHR Nii e great 1 feet, ten half in £3500, completed i AIMS Some we dimen. Te. mons, st nsidered win use, l.overrier's, he Ellery four y-twa round great vad dirt 8 pe, now of four {ect And thé Lord Ross has nd gathers than six is, there. the mark gathering will be ny now in { . One - ple of the magnifying and Interest of Death Masks, # of death in any explorers tin the early the custom 5 of the dead the course of cen” shriveled id retained the exo a a { Schliemann ound a number of bodies “covered with masks of plate in repousse work,” several of which have been re- produ od by means of engraving in hia “Mycenm"’ and he that there can be no doubt whatever that cach one of these represents likeness of the deceased person whose face it covered. When Hamlet said that Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth to dust. he overlooked the fact that Alexander's dust, instead of being converted to loam to stop a beer barrel, was preserved from corruption by the process of embalming, and from external injury by being cased in the most precious metals. Pettigrew, in his “History of Egyptian Mummies,” savs of the death mask of Alexander that “it was a sort of chase-work, and of sucha nature that it sould be applied so closely to the skin as to preserve not only the form of the | body, but also to give the expression of | the features to the countenance.” He does mot quote his authority for this } statement, but it is unquestionably de- rived from the account of the death and burial of Alexander, written by Diodoras Sicalus, who said: “And first a coffin of beaten gold was provided, so wrought by the hammer as to answer to the | proportions of the body: it was half filled i with aromatic spices, which served as | well to delight the sense as to prevent | the body from putrefaction.” Then fol. lows a Sarr of the funeral chariot { and the long line of march from Baby. lon to Alexandria, where Ax ue Caesar saw the tomb three hundred years | later; but there is no reference to a mask of Alexander's face in gold. The value of a plaster cast as a por trait of the dead or living face cannot for a moment be questioned. It must of | necessity be absolutely true to nature. It eannot flatter; it cannot caricature, It shows the subject as he was, or is, not only as others saw him, in the actual fleah, but asx he saw himself. And ir the case of the death mask particu it shows the subject often oe, no one but himself to see himsel doed not pose; he does not pleasant.” In his mask he is were, with his mask offi ‘A Collection of Death Masks,” by Laurence Hutton, in Harper's Magazine, AHR NEA A, had fen » £3 la ror gold Arg goid ANseris the
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