Eternal Nome.
Of all good gifts Otir father gits*.
"Tin only Song forever limt
The day shall come when not again
By any shall bo said,
Lo, here tbo wiue-onp in Ills tissue,
Tho sacraments! bread,
For then by Christ's own baud tho sonl
Khali lie forever fed.
Boon dawns the day when novonuoro
Khali the baptismal tida
By any man, to babo or mau,
Bo evernioro applied,
Boca.iso each soul as clean as God
Jforever shall abido.
When not again from human lips
Shall rise upon the air
Nor stir tho soul to mutest speech
The fs intent breath of prayer;
For then all things that God can giro
Its own already are.
The day shall count, shall not survive.
While endless ages roll,
\ page, a word of Scripture, for
With heaven and earth the whole
Khali shrivel in the final tires.
Like a consuming scroll.
Our worship, liorn of earthly need.
With earthly need decays;
Beginning ere the earth was rasdn,
Not measured by its days;
This only shall endure of all,
Tho dialect of praise.
God's universal language this.
The tongue which uever dice;
The simplest, sweotest speech of souls.
Its accents let us prize;
Since, low or loud, our songs are but
I'ehearsals for the skies.
W. .V. /fuJbr, in Our Continent.
THE EMERGENCY DRILL.
Sometimes in the long winter even
ings Henry Bruce amused himself
making out lists of lonely people, and
his own nan o always stood at the head.
He agreed that Robineon Crusoe had a
hard time, but Robinson Crusoe could
remember when he had as much com
pany as he wanted, and Henry could
not. The Man in the Iron Mask was
solitary enough, but how about the
time before he wore it? As for St.
Biiueon St. lites, Henry would not pat
him on the list at all, because, even if
he did choose to live on the top of a
high pillar, he always hail a crowd
gaping up at him. Henry's grievance
was one he sharod with Adam; he hail
never had a boy to play with him.
His father was the keeper of a light
house on tbo northern coast of Eng
land. The lighthouse stood on a rock
two miles out at sea, but Henry lived
with his mother and little sister in
eottaeo on the mainland. There was
not another house within sight, and not
a boy within a day's travel. Men used
to come np tho coast thooting and
fishing, but curiously enough no boys
ever came along, and although Henry
had seen him on veisels, he had never
had a good, honest hour's play or talk
with a boy in all his life.
There was another odd thing about
the life here. At all lighthouses in
these times there arc two or three men,
so if one gets sick there will be some
one to take his place. But Mr. Bruce
had never had an assistant. Everything j
had always gone on right, and so the
government bad never realized that he
was alone, and ho never spoke of it
because ho was afraid that be would be
paid lees if he had a man to help bim-
He expected Henry to take the
place of assistant as soon as be was old
enough. In the meantime to educate
the boy for possible contact with the
world he used to put him through
what he called " The Emerge ncy
Drill." This related to different mat
ters, but it always began in the same
way. The first question was: " What
is the matter?" The second: "What
first?" Then, "Do I need help?" and
if the answer to this was "yes," then l
" Where shall I get it f Henry became
so used to these queations that he put
them to himself on many occasions, and
he often amused himself playing he
was a general on the battlefield, or a
king out hunting, and he imagined all
sorts of troubles when the " Drill" was
•f use.
One morning s fishing boat came in
bound to the nearest town, and Mrs,
Bruce asked the men to take heT aloig
to buy vara for the children's stock
ings. They agreed, hut told her she
would havo to walk bock, bat she was
willing to do this, although the dia
tonce was twelve miles, because, as
she said, if they did not take her she
would have to walk both ways.
Everything went on very well until
near sunset when the sky began to
elcud, and little Lucy became cross and
sleepy and cried for her mother. Henry
gave her bread and milk, but still she
fretted. She did not want to play and
she would not go to sleep.
"My goodness I" he cried. "I wish
all babies were grown up I I would
lather hunt lions than take care of you I"
He then picked her up and carried her
to tho door, "iww," he said, "we will
Watch for msdH"
The rocks Hood up against a gray
and heavy iky. The wiud had begun
to mosn, and tbo birds flew screaming
over the water. Thore was not a sign
of their mother coming on the beach,
and Ilenry felt more lonely than ever.
| He looked over to tlio lighthouse and
wished his father would light it up.
and it seemed to him that sunset, the
' time for lighting, must surely have
| oome. Suddenly a little flag appeared
in the lantern. Henry sprang to lUH
feet.
" What is the matter?" he exclaimed
iu real earnest.
"I don't know," was his reply.
"What first?"
"To go to tho lighthouse."
But ho was mistaken. The first thn,;
ho had to do was to dispose of Luoy.
Ho could not tako her; ho could not
leavo her.
"If you were only a horse," ho hur
riedly cried, " I could put you in tho
stable. If yon were u cow I'd tie you
to the stake; hut what can I do with a
baby?"
" Lucy can go." said the child.
" No, she eau't," ho answered. And
then he looked out again, hut his
mother was not yet in sight, and the
red flag which meant " Come at once,"
still shook and beckoned to him.
Ho tied Lucy into her little chair
with an apron, and wrote a nolo to bis
mother:
" Dr. AH Mi ULTRA father wanted ME right away
and tho lamp ia not tit and it is after sunset
and I hope Lucy won't get into any trubhlo.
" Your sou Hrsar Barer.."
lie put this note in front of the lamp
and hurried off.
A ljot wan always kept ready, anil
Henry sprang into it and rowed off
with energy. It was dark, however,
when he reached the lighthouse, and
the rain load begun to fall. He tied
his boat to the littlo pier and ran to the
tower. He opened a small, heavy bronze
door and entered a large, always dimly
lighted room, in which was stored coal
and wood, oil for the lamp and fresh
water from the main land.
The stairs were in this room and
Henry ran np. The room abovo was
the kitchen, over that was the lted
room, and from this a ladder led to the
lantern. Henry called but there was no
answer. He went up into the lantern.
All was dark and silent. He spoke
again and again, but still ail was silent.
Then he heard a groan and he rushed
down the ladder, got the keeper's hand
lamp and ran back. His father lay on
the floor; his eyes were closed and
blood ran from his temple. It was
plain that he had fallen and hurt him
self.
Henry began to cry. He did not
know what to do, and the "Emergency
Drill" didn't occur to hini. Then he
romomborod that he ought to stop the
flow of blood, and taking his father's
handkerchief from his pocket tied np
the wound. Still his father neither
spoke nor moved. Then he cried again-
And then he thonght of his mother.
She must by this time be at home, and
without hesitation he rn*hed off again,
hut this time to his boat. It took but
a moment to untio it and spring in and
bo off.
The rain fell heavily, the waves
dashed on the rocks, and Henry look'
ing up saw the dim outline of the light'
house. He stopped rowing. His heart
gave a great jump, and before bis eyes
seemed to flash the "charge to keep
ers" hnng up in the lighthouse:
"You are to light the lamps every
evening at snnaetting and keep them
burning bright and clear until annus
ing."
His father's faithfulness, the great
importance of lighting up, rushed into
Henry's mind, and again he involun
tarily repeated his "Emergency Drill."
"What is the matter?"
"The lamps are not lighted.'!
"What first?"
"To light them."
He turned his boat and rowed back a
few rods. But was it first ? It could
not be I He must take his mother over.
His father would die for want of help.
As he paused, trembling, anxions, ir
resolute, he remembered how often bis
father had said that no wreck should
ever be his fault, and it was a terrible
night I
Henry knew what his father would
nay, and he at once rowed directly back.
He returned to the house, stumbled np
the dark stairs, got the lamp again, and
ran up into the lantern. It took him
but a moment to light the lamps, and
the glow spread out on the sea, and
aron-ed by the glare bis father opened
his eyes.
" The lamp*," be said.
" I have lighted them," Henry re
plied; "and now I am going for
mother."
" HUyP VM the answer, sod hia
father closed hia eyes again.
Henry hesitated, bat he sat down in
the hard chair in which his father spent
each night watching. He knew what
his father meant. The lights wonld go
out, and needed care ail night.
And so Heniy sat there. The wind
howled; the house shook and swayed;
the sea-birds dashed against the glass;
the rain beat on the roof, and all sorts
of wild eonnds seemed to be in the air.
Sometimes he got up and bathed his
father's head with water. Ho brought
a pillow. Ho talked to him, bat had
no answer but a moan, yet he never
cried, and he never oeesed to keep the
lights burning" bright and dear."
It seemed to him nearly morning
whon he hoard ponnding at the light
house door. lie knew it wns some one
seeking sheltor, and ho wont down and
oponod it. There stood a man and a
boy and—his mother I
Henry cried then 1 And ho laughed
and he clung around bor neck, and he
poured out that hit* father was hurt aud
ho had kept the lights burning, and he
had to leave Lucy, and all of it in one
breath.
" But," said his mothor, pushing
hack her wet hair, "I do not under
stand. Where is your father? Whore
is Lucy ?"
"no is up stairs. I left a note for
jou by the lamp."
" But I have not been home," ex
claimed bis mother. " I have l>een all
night on the sea. Our friends hero told
mo thoy would give mo passage back,
so I waited. 11 became dark so early,
and we were duelled on the rocks and
our mast broken- Wo had no idea
where wo were, and we could not see
tho lighthouse. Then all at once it
blazed up, and all night, this fearful
night, wo have struggled toward it."
And so it was his mother that Henry
saved whon he decided that his father
would hold his duty dearer than his life,
and turning back took his place and kept
the signal lights burning.
How happy they all wore that night
after tho keeper was carried downstairs
and came to his senses, and told how
ho fell a- d only had power to put
out the flag. Tho only thing that
troubled Mrs. Bruce was tho thonght
of Lucy tied in her cliair. When Mr.
Bruce recovered he ask**! for an assist
ant, and when the man came behold
he brought his son, a year younger than
Henry, and Henry felt as if he hail got
his "Mxu Friday."— Our Continent.
Towed hj a Shark.
Wo flnil the following fish story in a
letter to the Albany (Ga.) ffrtrt: Head
ing across the buv to Ht. Simon's light
the man in charge of the wheel hailed
Mr Tift and directed his attention to
something ahead of us. Tho object
turned ont to be a shark's An, so large
as to be a matter of wonder to the
sailors aboard. The boat happened to
bo provided with a shark linn—a ma
nila cord abont a half inch thick, with
n large hook tied to a trace chain. A
small piece of beef was quickly put on
tbo hook, a Aoxt put on the line and
then cast ont, and then the line made
fait to tho capstan. As we ncared the
Ash the An disappeared and all eagerly
watched the float. Suddenly the line
tightened, the float disappeared and
the headway of the boat was checked
and the man at the capstan yelled out :
"He's hooked!"
I have been Ashing, but I never saw
the like of that. The fellow rose to the
surface of the wave and looked at ns.
He hal about seventy-five yards of line
out by this time, and actually in a sec.
ond he male a rush and jumped clear
over tho bow of tho steamer. The
la-lies then got under shelter and all
hands helped to hold that line. The
fellow, when he failed to cat ns up,
made for the ooesn and fairly made the
waters foam. After about a mile's run
ho begsn to tire, and the 1 oat was
headed for the beach on J< kel island.
Gradually we pulled in the line nntil
tho boat touched the beach, and then
one of the hands waded ashore, taking
tho end of the line with him, which be
made fast to a stump and came back for
help.
Poor of ns got on shore and com
menced to pull Mr. Shark ashore. It
took all we could do, and two rifle
balls to boot, to land him. When I
tell yon that be measured seventeen
feet ten and a half inches from tip to
tip yon will know what a job we bad.
Wo determined to prove that wo canght
this shark, so we gave two negroes $4
to cnt him open and get his head off eo
that we could get his jsw over home.
His teeth are wondnrfnl, being abont
three and a quarter inches long and so
strong that he actually flattened ont the
big iron book. The negroes made
quite a prise. In his stomach they
fonnd eleven silver Mexiean dollars and
one Bpenish doubloon, gold, and a
whole lot of brass buttons.
Care of Piano*.
A piano should bo tnnod at leaat fonr
time* in the year by an experienced
Inner. II yon allow it to go too long
witbont tnning it turaally become* flat,
and trouble* a tnner to got it to qtay at
tnning pitob, especially in the oountry.
Never place the instrument againat an
ontaide wall or in a oold, damp room;
there is no greater enemy to a piano
than damp. Olnae the inatmment im
mediately alter yon practice; by leaving
it open dost DIM on the sound-board
and corrodes the movements, and if in
a damp room the strings soon rnst
Bhonld the piano stand near or oppo
site a window guard, if possible, against
its Vising opened, especially on s wet or
damp day; and when the snn if on the
window, draw the blind down Avoid
patting pMtaltfO or other articles on or
in the | iauo; neh things frequently
cause unpleasant vibrations, and some
times injaro the instrument. The more
equal the temperature of the room the
bitter the instrument will remain in tone.
I'KAKLN OP TflOllOlir.
Charms striko the sight, but merit
wins the soul.
Kiudnessis the golden chain by which
society is bound together.
Wo would willingly havo others
perfect, and yet wo amend not our own
faults.
He that will not look before him
will havo to look behind him—with
regret.
Hear ono side, and you will be in
the dark ; hear both sides, and all will
be clear.
How noiselessly the snow comes down.
Yon may see it, but never hear it. It is
true charity.
Tho men who have " a great mind "
to bo honest generally succeed. It is
the man of small mind who yields to
temptation.
The time spent in reading books that
do not make us think is worse than use
less. One good book, however, is food
for a life time.
Pleasure may aptly !o compared to
many very great Inxiks, which increase
in real value in just tho proportion that
they are abridged.
Investigation frequently leads to
doubt where there was none before. So
much the better. If the thing was not
true, inquiry can do no |>ossihle harm.
The best pooplo need afflictions for
trial of their virtue. How can we exer
cise the grace of contentment if ail
things succeed well; of that of forgive
ness, if wo have no enemies?
A l(pf#rmwl Wwrr'n Gratitude.
William H. Malcolm wax an Knglixh
silk weaver, who year# ago went to Pet
ersen, N. J., to work in tbo silk mills.
He wan humpbacked and otherwise do
former], and in the mill whore ho wan
employed bo wan made the hntt of a
great deal of ridicule. Hin tmj>er bad
already been nonred by nuch treatment,
-o that he wan anything but amiable to
those smund him. Among tbo em
-1 ployea tn the name mill wan a yonng
girl named Lazure, who felt sorry for
the old hunchback and took hin ]>art on
every occasion, thun making herself
many enemies among her com
j {/anions. Malcolm hal worked hard
'■ and noon started a nilk mill
of hin own, in which Mian Lazure
wan hin moot trusted operative. He
succeeded in hin bnninens venturen, and
when he died some time ago he left an
estate worth $12,000 in bondnand mort
gagee. Hin will provided that lis wife
should receivo s.'{so per year out of the
income of the estate, Minn I/azure
wan alao to receivo an annuity of $.150,
or nuch a nam an might come from the
estate after deducting Mm. Malcolm's
8-l.V); but Minn Leznrn'a annuity wan
not to exceed $l5O. In cane the relate
nhould bring more than $7OO per year,
the balanco wan logo to Mrs. Malcolm.
The annuity of Mr*. Malcolm wan to be
continued during her life, and Minn
1/azure waa to liave her yearly $350
until her marriage or death. At the ex
piration of thene legacies the whole es
tate wan to bedirided among "the most
deserving poor of Peterson," who were
also to be entitled to any surplus reve
nue derived from the estate after the
death of Mrs. Malcolm. Mr. Malcolm
bad several relatives, including a sister,
living in Peterson, but an these hail
offended him he did not leavo them
anything. The annnities were paid by
the executor, Mr. John Mnrphy. Mrs.
Malcolm died abont two years ago.
Miss Laznre in still in reoeipt of her
annuity. Shortly after Mrs. Malcolm's
death Mm. Mary Ann Hesketh, the sis
ter of Mr. Malcolm, filed a petition in
chancery asking the chancellor to strike
out of the will the provision relsting
to the " most deserving poor of Pater
son, ** on the ground tbst it was
indefinite and nncertain, ana conse
quently illegal. The result of snoh an
sction would have been to give Mrs.
Hesketh the whole of the estate, as the
nearest of kin, with the exception of the
$-160 per year to Miss Laxure. The
opinion in this case has been filed, and
the chancellor declines to grant the
prayer of the petitioner, as he decides
that the term " the most deserving poor
of Peterson" is sufficiently clear to
direct the execnlor what to do with the
estate. Mr. Mnrphy now Las the in*
teresting question to decide as to who
aro the most deserving poor of Pater
son, for all of the income of tho estate
exoeediog $l5O per year is to be divided
smong them. Nc* York HcraUL
Fighting ((nails.
While Madrid rnna to ball-fights and
New York to walking-matches, Luck
now, par excwllenoe the sporting town
of India, finds combats between qnails
her most popular " pastime." A native
miter asserts that tberelaacaroelyarich
Mohammedan in the place who does not
keep a training establish meat. An
nntrained quail is worth from one to
fonr cents, bnt when a bird hat beoorae
a famous fighter its owner can get #lOO
for it any day. Distinguished quails
live prondly in gandily decorated cages,
and in the pit evince great valor and
dexterity.
TIIE FAMILY UOCTOK.
Oil of cloves in good for toothache.
A fow drop* on a bit of cotton.
Heavy person* growing too stout for
comfort should stop eating bread, pota
toes, sugar, etc., and take meats, above
ground vegetables, fruits, toast, etc.
Celery boiled in milk and eaten with
the milk served as a beverage, is said to
bo a cure for rhumatism, gout and a
specific in case of smallpox. Norvons
people find comfort in celery.
For the violent internal agony termed
colic, tako a teanpoonful of salt in a pint
of water; drink it and go to bod. It
is ono of the speediest remedies known.
The same will revive a person who
seems almost dead from a heavy fall.
A cold in the eye is aver. common
affection, and consists of an inflamed
condition of the membrane covering
the eyeball and lining the eyelids, and
is often due, as the name implies, to
exposure to a draught. The patient
feels as if some dust had got into the
eye, and sometimes be hardly persuaded
to the contrary; the white of the eye
itself is seen to bo reddened, and there
is a constant flow of blinding, scalding
tears. The best treatment is to foment
tho eyes with pure warm water, or let
ter, with water in which two or three
crushed poppy heads have boon boiled
for half an hour to extract their seda
tive finalities. A shade should be worn
over the eyes during the intervals of
fomenting, and a dose of rhubarh and
magnesia should l>e administered. If
tho inflammation docs not subside in a
day or two a doctor should be con
sulted, if possible; but if this is not
possible, good will probably be done
by dropping into the eyes two or three
times a day some solntion of sulphate
of zinc or white vitri'd in the propor
tion of one grain to two tablespoonfnls
of water.
The I'ccallaiitif * of Smallpox.
11 is one of the most commnnioatable
of all diseases, being l>ctb oontagious
snd inftioa*, tbst is, it may )>e com
municated by touching a js-rson who
has had it, or by touching a garment
that he has worn, or an article that he
has handled, or it may be carried in the
air and thus communicated to a person
who never saw nor never came very near
to one afflicted with it. It may come
from handling ]per money ; it may l>e
br ught by mail in a newspaper or let
ter, or in a jwe :age by express; it may l>e
caught from a fcllow-tiaveler on a
railroad, or from a passer by in the
street, or from the casual visit of a
friend. The germs of it will remain
in l>edelothing, carpets and the like
for months, and perhaps for year*.
It respects no season the year and
no spot on tho earth. It visits the
tropics; it has slain its millions in
Mexico; it nearly depopulated Green
land; it reaches tho monntain tops
and breaks out in midocean; it lias no
favorite localities; tho whole earth is
its homo. Its most frightful slsughter
was in tho sever,teenth and eighteenth
centuries But in those days there were
no railroads and no steam, and but little
commerce, no express companies, and
but little mail matter, snd but very lit
tle travel in any way. In these days of
ceaseless intercourse and perpetual run
ning to and fro, if the disease were un
checked as it was then, its ravages
would probably soon depopulate the
whole civilized world; and perhaps this
proportion would remain true if the
word civilised were stricken ont, for it
is a well established fact that the dark
skinned races are much more suscepti
ble of it than the whites, and are also
more likely to die from its effects.
Maklnr Acquaintances.
Two gentleman of business lived oo
tho nn street. They were not ac
quainted. The formal process of intro
duction had not taken placa, and of
conrae they conld not apeak, for that
would be forward and improper, yon
know. Theae men passed each other
three time* a day usually fer
seven years withont a look of recog
nition. One winter's day thay met
nnddenly on a slippery corner.
The feet of one went astray suddenly,
tripped the other's, and their owners
rolled over and over down hill nntil
checked by the gutter. Apologies were
exchanged, hands were shook, and the
two mon became acquainted. Tho
reader may help himself to the moral.
Another story points in the same direc
tion. A pocket book was found and
left where it conld be obtained by the
owner, who said when he was told who
fonnd it: "I know who he is vary wall;
I've seen him a great many times, and
if I were acquainted with bim would
thank him."
George Washington once disposed of
an ofllceseekcr'a petition by writing
thereon: "As George Washington I
should be glad to do this gentleman a
favor, hot as President of the United
Btatee, I am nnablo to oomply with his
request, ___________
In London, property to the amonnt
of $3,000,000,000 la insured, mid in the
whole kingdom the riaha taken amount
to #35.000,000,000.
Ilcjond.
Nv*r a word In mi,]
But it tremble* in itm
Ao'i the truant voire ),u ap*4
To vibrate everywhere;
And perhape far off in eternal yewa
The echo may ring in our ear*
Never are kind acta done
Tj wipe the Warping i*y#o
Hot like flaeh.M of tie win.
They nigttal to the ekiee;
And tip ilxtvv the an '{o.la read
How wo have bolpn) the aorrr ae*d
Never a day i given
Hot it totiee the afb-r yrara,
And it carrion op to h'-avea
It* aunahins or it* teara;
While the to-morrows aland arid wart
Like ailent unites by tlie outer gat*.
There i* no end to the aky.
An-1 the atara are everywhere,
And time in eternity,
And tin* here ia over there;
For the common d<*v|* of th tv,m moo day
Are ringing bella in th- far away.
I'l .MiUNT i'AK AH KAPHA.
A china net—A hen on a porcelain
n out-egg
Foil-length statute* stand all kinds
of weather.
How to prepare a hot bed—Pat cay
enne pepper between the abeeta.
A batcher 1 # i* a riaky business; be
often has the greater part of hi* fortune
at ateak.
We have alwaya thought the quota
tion ahould real "The boystewedon
the burning deck."
The oldest inhabitant ia generally a
; man ; not lx-csu*e he ia given to lying,
but because he commenced owning up
i to his age sooner.
fee cream ia tame and chicken aalad
commonplace. A regular dried apple
party would le something unusual, and
' a real swell affair.
No piece of art in America haa
charmed Oscar Wilde more than the
picture on the back of Uncle Samuel's
hundred-dollar b.Us.
An esthetic poet wrote: " The muses
| kiss with lip* of flame," but when he
found the second word printed "mulea"
he talked like a burly pirate for five
minute*.
In the mountains—Arabella (whose
soul is wrapped in science]: "Charles,
isn't this gneiss?" Charles (who ia
1 deeply interested in Arabella): " Nioe!
I it'a delicious. '
"Man Reading," a picture by Meis
sonicr, had been sold for tlfi.ono. If
i the man ia reading a dressmaker's bill
j the sale of the picture will just about
get him out even.
" Thole, I have it f" eiclaim-d Jones,
who had been looking at Hlapdaah'a
painting. " The trouble ia this, he
uscd too much ochre." " Yes," said
Fogg, "mediocre."
A while ago a party of lyncher* post-*
poned the hanging five minutes to allow
the victim time to finish smoking a
cigar. This proven that the use of
tobacco prolongs life.
Mustapha Bey, the ruler of TuaJ*,
taught 100,000 umbrellas while in
Paris. He is bonnd to have one around
when wanted. Mustapha ia evidently
preparing for a long reign.
Miss W<d de, of Prussia, sixteen
years old, is eight feet high and weighs
280 pounds. The gentleman wbcf weds
Mias Wedde will howl when the bill for
her sealskin sack comes in.
A man wbo detected a piece of bark
in bis sausage visited the butcher's abop
to know what had become of the rest
of the dog. The butcher waa ao affected
that be could give him only a part of
the tale.
A nobleman had married three wive*
wbo had !>een his servants. A beggar
woman roasting him in the street made
him a very low courtesy. "Ah? bleaa
your lordship." she said, "and send you
long life, for if yon do but live long
enough we shall all be ladies in time."
" How do you like Europe?" " It'a
too splendid for anything!" was the re
ply. "And wore you sick?" "Tea,
awfully sick." " And was your husband
good to you?' " Oh, he was too good
for anything! Jnst as soon as he found
ont I was tiok he went and drank aalt
water, ao as to be seasick In unison
with me, and I'm not his second wife,
either!"
A shrewd belle called on several rival
beauties and made them believe that
her father was going to have the house
illuminated by electricity. Not to he
outdone they persuaded their pepas to
got the electric light and have it doubly
strong. Now those tasuties am cov
ered with freckles and tan, while the
originator of the plot oontinues to daa
ale visitors beneath her gas jets.
to * rouu srTTo*.
Somehow you always *eem too small
To rightly fit the knttoohol*.
Oh pearly disk, yon rack my soul
When down into my aborn yon tall.
1 loaa you twenty liaaos a weak.
And And yon ebon I thiak yon hat,
When hunting yon oa mow of fhwt.
What a ilofiea of peace I spnak I
Ton wso.'.oi coldly down my back.
And o'er ft* cm pet nimbly nail.
Tbsa nndetiMMth tbe bureau roll,
And wttle in Ibe farthest crack.
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