A SPRING POUM FROM BION ri “Tell me, Myrson, tall me true, What's the season pleaseth you? Is it summer suits you best, When from harvest toll we rest? 1s it autumn with its glory Of all surfeited desires? Is it winter, when with story And with song we hug our fires? Oris it spring most fair to you Come, good Myrson, teli me true?” Another answereth “What the gods in wisdom We should quest Yet, since you ent I will Me the summer time di nd mn not, my {riend; reat of ma, answer reverently: inleases, For its sun is Autumn brings That perforce 1 As for bitter winter, carching hot; uch dire like it oh! Alseasss, nos, How I hate its ice and sn “Rut, thrice With the myriad gifts Not t Graci Ob, your day 8 are Wi » hot mor yet 109 cold, ously your charms unfold like the dreaming Of those nights which love beseoms, And your nights have all the seeming Of those days of golden dreams! Heaven smiles down on earth, and then Earth smiles up to heaven again Eugene Field, in Chicago News. A STROKE FOR LIBERTY. DERICK M. COLBY. » frown which JO "ll And Mrs ¢t he icaen. sdldier the Their usually and th 1 ace fourteen, CCARIONS, had basket of garrison. dinner, is $ the lake with a poultry and fresh eggs for the He had started immediately after and expected to be back but it v nearly six o'clock his eanoe brook and hazel bushes. «He walked crushing whole phalanxes of the starry violets na shirt and wa thie up anchored wood lad shoes and with a rag on his head. Whastling merrily, basket on arm, he entered the the open door and windows of which now came the fragrant odors of steaming flapjacks an 1 hoecakes blossoms of the white sturdy boyish figure, c in trousers, with ged cocke i hat m farmhonse, Ir y and peanyroy al tea, “You mother, the Nathan,” said his just pouring a cup of are iate, Who Was arinx “Yes, mother, was I know I am, but there and I couldn't a good deal to see, seem “Anything ne Beman. “Nothing they've got a | “A what?" “A barber, a man who cuts hair and shaves you, shaved ; it was fun to see wince and squirm.” “Did you see the commandant!” “Yes, Captain de la Place bought the chickens and eges himself, and took me to Lis room to pay me. He told me, mother, that he did not get such pice eggs as yours anywhere else.” Mre. Beman smiled with pleased van. ity. “Well I keep good hens and food them well, and 1 always sell my eggs fresh,” she said, “Yes, mother," said her husband, “and you make more money from your poultry than I do from my farm. How. ever, we've always worked together, ¥ . 0 ge vat old Til” asked Mr. particular, father, arber there.” Only J some of them During the next few hours the The soidiers were all being | But, Nathan, you are thoughtful. What are you thinking about?” Oh, I was thinking how easy old Ti 1 could be taken,” answered Nathan, “Capture old Ti!" exclaimed his father, ** why, lad, the thing's impossi- ble. Abercrombie lost two thousand men there in '58, and young Lord Howe was killed. J wasn't ten feet from him when he fell. The fort's impregnable in your head? Who is there to take it.” «I don't know, father, but we heard of the battle of Lexington be. tween the redcoats and our farmers, I careless 1 You don't know how they are. There duty this afternoon, and the were drinking and gambling,” “That may be, but Ticonderoga isn’t agal te be by the first ‘Twould J for liberty, but no to do it.” Was taken. ntine soldiers no = wore taken y great stroke , no, there's nobody And Farmer oughly patriotic Beman, who American, she | head firmly. But as milking the | tramp, tramp, came | feet, and rising with their | spe what the matter might be, t than the former and Nathan that night, the sound « filled pailsto hey saw were COWS tramp, f Hn the road filled with more three hundred armed men, “They are not redcoats, but they bel” ask | honest surprise. He wa officers wh y can wn with FW | s proud, cen wntenance, sinister Lips « » that was to | the ill fan s and gifted man provis sport your troops lake, Colonel Allen,” said the farmer “I have sent a party to secures what boats they could above here, and another ! sone to Skenesboro, but | pose you have made ion wats to tras CO ACTORS party i 1 to find certain craft at this place,” ‘Could 1 been $ raat Tus nave wish to salute of or canister from the f old Ti.” that knows AM my over there as Are you sure Allen's voice for it was required, and the must fail ' ) {Colonel sive, WAS Aan im him not well as I know 1 Nathan it by 1 find AY “I've been r, and my [ think oul y over it by night.” viAnd do you know whe mandant’s quarters Arnold, “I've i ah wered the there a uld know the piace blindlolde 5" ind, “Then ¥ Are irned the other, been Allen, if =& will see the boy wal ou ne ! sun 1ziand " ramparts I ulled down yonaer Ave X never f) hope ' re wp and we Ww I" t there ag solemnly soldiers were busy gathering the boats of the neighborhood, and it was a little after midnight that Allen and Arnold and | about eighty of the troops erussed to the lake. The they expected from Skenesboro and Pan y the longer. In nt Nathan western shore of the boats ton did pot arrive, but neither of great leaders dare 1 del the last boat that crossed we Jeman, the boy guide After landing their | boats wore sent back for anotl | while their companions shore of the lake, It was a ! night, bright with st slight, wy ROS oT t ol wdition, the the ox Passengers oft May The frogs night hours, and st intervals the sharp eail of the whippoorwiil soun lod a dia pason. ‘The first streak of the dawn ap- peared in the eas! : Ethan Allen gazed anxiously geross the lake. “It will never do to wait for the boats to return,” he muttered, will soon be here, and il the garrison espy us we aro Jost.” Delay was indeed hazardous, and the two commanders resolved to proceed to fhe attack at once. But what in the world put the thought | ever since or | md, : waited on the | “Daglight | J fashioned night cap tied down close: in three ranks upou the shore, and in a fow brief words Allen told them of his determination. Then placing himself at their head, he called to Nathan Beman. “Conduct us to the sally port, and mind that you do not run into any un- necessary danger.” The boy guide looked up into the face of his superior officer with a firm, brave glance. *‘I am not afraid, sir, and per- haps God will fight for us.” “God will fight for us,” eried the { the Lord! have been thinking how old Ti might be | 15] on | | of light in the east had | wooer. | Green Mountain hero, clasping Nathan's “Forward, men, in the name of hand. Slowly and silently the little troop ad- vanced. The vast bulk of rose dark and frowning above fortress them. No The band broadened into n great, glowing belt of radiance, Up within twenty of the the sound came from the walls, paces en. | trance gate they marched before their alarm for 1 musket he { missed fire, many | | Americans of Vermont | mally large, or stick out from the head kept up their ehorus through all the | | piok shell-shaped organs of hearing that | all woald like to have, if allowed to | ive a few points to mother nature while | abe was engaged in the task of making lup a job lot of auricular appendages. presence was discov 1. The surprised mishment and raising his the tower re 4 sentinel gazed in mute ast a in 1 4 velled it Allen, and as he ywed his then a lev full at ing fizure of Luckily the weapon turned to flee the patriots foll “This wa cried Nathan, runniog cove In a brief t » walls. f the rushiog column of t like a whirlwind into s arracks, where rs that roused beds in the parade ir wat of th gave thr Waey A us o up over the green hills | \ Beman stood beside | £3 ish i the minparts of Allen and Beitish cannon were Island a fam on the Chesape hing A Famous Washing Away. Sharp's Island, was old fishing ake Bay, sted near the mouth of the The and guaning spot M Arylan 1, island is is rapidly wa AWAY. situ | lie Chesapeake River, two winters Have fine of The nan by letters pat- J t Day all the the granted to John stood on banks, was Led ronrietary of the pro. February 23, 1669, { it to John Eason for The island wer 1000 acres. A 300 acres, DRACO. ained made in 1553 showed and now it is scarcely one-third that size. No one now lives on the island, A few years ago William Denny put two female rabbit on the island, | ¢ being none there. Now there are — hicago Herald. i and one male thousand as AI 55 The Beggars and Loafers of Naples. were 30,000 ‘las. zaroni” in Naples, nor | want has diminished their number, Their children die at a fearful rate, there are many hospitals for the survivors, and peither board nor lodging costs them a tasture age, they are turned loose into the world to become in their turn, like their us- known fathers and mothers, What isa “azzaroni!” may be as cod. According to Coletta he is a being who lives how ean If Le puts hand to honest labor he is no longer a | winzzarone.” It may be doubled whether the ‘‘lazzarone” become ex tinct, The scheme will not oust him nor make him his habits, He is more than ball what his climate makes him, American Farmer. - ———— - Care for Prominent Ears, When a boy's or girl's ears are abnor. A century ago there Neither diseas but much when, at ‘azzaront” without working. ever vpasanitation” change in an ugly fashion, it may be accepted as & distinct misfortune, Nobody ad- mires cabbage leaves in lion of the pretiy The best cure for prominent ears is an ly. It will bo found on trial ther com- {ortable than otherwise. The writer knows a beautiful boy whose ear "ive been tmined very successfully in the way they should go, by this simple treat. The men were accordingly drawn up ment, ~New York News, THE CHINESE BILL, Tho Conterence Report Adopted by the United States Senate, The United States Benate, with a scant quorum present, passed by a vote of thirty to fifteen, the amended Chinese Exclusion bill, The new sections of the bill proposed by the conlerrees are: Section 5, That after ths passage of this act, on an application to any Judge or court of the United States in the first instance for # writ of habeas corpus by a Chinoss per- son seeking to Uve in the Taited Btates, to whom that privilege has besn denied, no bail shall be allowe |, and such application shall be heard and determined promptly without unnecessary delay. Sadia Bc, 6, And it shall be the duty of all Chines laborers within the limits of United Btates at the thine of the passage of this act, and who are entitled to remain in the United Btates, to apply to the Collector of Interanl Revenue for thelr respective dis- triets, within year after the pas sae this act, for a certifie cate of residen and any Chinese laborer within the limits of the Btates who fall or refuses to comply with islons of who, after or of, shall be f« the United residen one your fr un the passage there~ 1nd within the jurisdiction of States without such certificate of wl and adjudged to United States, and United Sates r shall bo r within the leem be uniaw cus Internal Revenues States Marshal or before a United y it shall be to rted from the United providel, unless he early to the satis ize that by reason other unavoid- un unable to y sa tisln sted by any fe) ft Forests of Miane Hung» sota by Fire n Out and and they Mississippi iver and smong the Y ami n 4 + lows and Miss f M ol Lane farmers in Haxts PLUNGED FROM A TRESTLE, An Engine and Twelve Cars Fall Into le. New Al 1 sd atl Ulis, vi trons » an Brakeman Eimer H Eng ng Llonon t City with a heavy train of freight through the trestle ito the mill stream beneats everal miles above the bridge is a dam, which gave way shortly be- fore midnight, and, tearing slong, bore with it a large sawmill It is supposed that the mill struck the trestle just as the joaded oars were on it The bridge i= a new one and made of oak and irom. The curve in the road and the darkness, together with the downpour of rein, made it impose. ble for the engineer to notice the washout, and the engine and twelve of the oars went over, bearing with them the trainmen, who wore killed, The cars were loaded with pig iron and coal, and crushed down upon the engine and tender, from » Michigan ars, dashed ne Js, Bf AWOI len GERMANY'S BABY OFFICER. The Emperor's Oldest Son, Aged Ten Years, Becomes a Lieutenant, The German Emperor's eldest son, Crown Prince Frederick William, was ten years old a few days and in accord the | “the youngest lieuten was assigned the First Regiment of the Guards, he cere mony was witnessed by all ths members of the imperial family and a brilliant assem. blage of the members of royal lamilies from all parts of the Empire After the Crown Prisoe had taken his place in the troop the Emperor headel the regiment in a march past the Empress, A grand banquet in bonor of the cooasion was given at the castle that afternoon, in which the Emperor toasted his son and heir, —————— ny YN ance with ng established cus. became the army He tom, ant” in Tug emigration of Prussian Poles, chiefly to the United Htates, is rapidly growing heavier, This is attributed not only to the agricultural depression, but to the general fear that war with Homla is inevitable sooner or laters The emigration from Ger. many has been heavier thus far this year than for many years, The figures so far show that the emigration has doubled since 1888, i ——————— Reports indicate a posdbility that rab. bits, “jack rabbits,” as thoy are called, may become a pest in the Dakotas as they are in California, or as the hares imported from England nto Australia have beoome there, They are increasing rapidly. : ————— and merchants and Ameri. of Chiisan — BAMOA ie ot, Far TEN the | ., | through money never sees very iar, | you will always see United | this act, or | | one | outside | people not | the refinement | kway. | clothing for the first ball dozen years of WISE WORDS. To iose time is to get started wrong. he A man with a doubt is a dark. man in A man with the big head is always a stranger to himself, The blossoms may smell very sweet and yet the fruit be bitter, No army is ever made weaker by put- ting the cowards out of it, The justice that a wicked wants is the justice he deserves. man never that he lives in the No man ever finds out y dark until he has seen The that looks at sun. man everything { When you get a giant down it is never safe to stop until you cut off his heud. If vou look at the ton side of a cloud thing bright, Take a mountain and will find tries The man who great fortune has no me his + hard for t how mean Without money it wie man to show anotier he 18. There more with ot are being so ’ horses and mules. In past years they have broken down the fences about the hay stacks, and eaten up the hay cut for the of the mall-carrier to Cooke. Scout Buigess, who was sent out for } / cember Lo look I use in De what could be ported upon his re country of Hayde abundance of « herds of buffal approach near er io we migh the entire this would average a confined seoms as if pumber in preserve : yearly of about forty head, Thus it is clear thal there is sufficient breeding stock to keep the reservation fully stocked and prevent the total extinct really seems as if sor Jed them to realize that from the hunter within The { mals capture ol a established Washington Zoological P successfully « «1d on 1OCTOARC species, It me nal iastinct they were sale the Park limits for the pewly is being Blwood Hofer. Last spring he se several black-bear cubs, an and foxes, which during the telope 1 past sum mer were in Captain Anderson's charge, afforded much ment to the The bears, which were domi. and Amuse visit re. ciled in the front yard of the Captaivr’s quarters, were called John and Sue, and were quite tame, ealing from the hand and drinking from a cup.—New York Post — i ———————— tural Life in Cuba. I'y vu of age 1m Cuba huts huddied clos ve of plant ves forward collection gether amid a gr lite therein m ing freedom and simplicity. world ©» one whit, books never « wila charm- What the Newspapers or ome there. Fashion nor of civilization hold no The children are guiltiess of their lives and like Topsy, not “raised,” but merely left to grow up with the chickens and the pigs. Atlanta Journal, are doing troubles these | ——— Ro ——— Pleasures of Memary. What a blew ed thing is memory! How it brings up the pleasures of the past and hides its unpleasantness’ You recall your child. hood days, do you n*, and wish they would return? You remember the pleasant assoc ations, while the unpleasant ones are forgot. ten, Perhaps to your mind comes the face of some friend, it was once a pale, sad face, {t showed marks of pain, lines of care, It seemed 10 be looking into the hereafter, the unknown future, And then you recall how it brightened, bow it recovered its roxy hue how it cture of hap joy. D sopile became ot Tre and gladly turned, how happi ’ world nember Less ta ‘a seemed | much Now yi usualy COMER EE —————— of rrh That ts Tor Cais Mercar intmer Coutnl: beware “ ve > : oh ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts fenily yet promptly on the Kidneys, dver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial mn its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popula remedy known. syrup of Figs is for in 50c and $1 bottles by all leading drug- gists, Any reliable druggmst who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Ido not acoe pt any substitute. CALIFORNIA FI6 SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, Cag, LOUISVILLE, x AEW YORE, A.V. oTuit’s Tiny Pills A single dose produces beneficial re. | sults, giving cheerfulness of mind and buoyancy of body to which you were before a stranger. 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