;c 0rrst llrpsbliraa I
HATES OF ADVERTISING.
Ons Ripinre, one Inch, one insertion... ft TJ8
One Sipinrr, one inrh, one month BOO
( ne Sijnnr", one inrh, three month. . . 6 00
One S(unre, ono inch, one year 10 09
Two Sinnrps, one year. 16 to
Qnnrter Column, one yenr SO to
Hal Column, one year M0i
One Column, one year. ..lOOfb
Jgn notices nt established rates.
Mnrrintfe and death notice (rrntis.
All bills for yearly advertisement collected
quarterly. Temporary advertisement mask
be paid in advance.
Job work, cash on delivery.
' u rtmunnsD itiit wxdrsmdat, n
J. E. WENK.
Office in BmearbMgh A Co.'s Bulldi r
I.XM fJ.JJ.ZZT, - T:0NE3TA, pa.
'riqiiMs, si. no imsu, ykaxi.
No iiWriptiniiH rweivod for ft shorter period
j" 1,ijlo nutnlli.
llllminft Mil i'f trtt Ttvint all nalanf IliA
VOL XVI, KO. 20.
TIONESTA. PA WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 22, 1883.
$1.50 PER ANNUM.
Nimili v. NiMinilrowi l betaken of anonymous
roinmuiiloatioim.'
f j
A. MODEL GARDENER.
Dill Hedger was a gardener
W ho earned hie daily mo it
By toiling lealonMy all dy
Hi r.eal was hard to bent.
He wan a man of tender part,
And thoughtful for his years
E'en when he cnt his onion- down
Ilis o es would fill with toars.
He wm ro pitiful and kind
Ib'd dread to rat his lawn)
But though he'd never shock his friends,
He'd often shock lils corn.
A sjore of carrots oft ho'd give
To foed a widow's kine;
Buch terns of charily are rare
Full twenty cants fine.
His wretched horse cotild hir Uy crefp,
Bill propped him wide he grazod;
He said ho'd have a bettor steed
When his celery was ra's 'd.
Ho'd sometimes cauliflower to him
When he had done his work
He loved it stowo 1 in bnttermilk,
Or boiled wi:h greens and pjrk.
But dea!h at last mtrtvel William down,
And they p'.nn'ed him in loom,
And gave him for his epitaph
"He found sweet po.ise at home 1"
HIS WIFE.
Tho sun hsul just. set when I arrived
at Somerset station. A whole mile to
walk in the pleasantcst part of the
pleasant6t country in the world 1 Soft
hills, batl,
In the suu s parting glow,
rulseape on every side, and
lhI a tender, brooding sky.
dott:d th
over all si!
What keei'
of a sum
1 j' M IIieiiL L1IU UULlUlJIilblUU
all alone with my best
friend had
(Touded me and now I
was almost
there. There was the
house; old, brown and many-roomed,
and most of the rooms on the ground
lloor. Grandmother herself h.fd be n
the architect of the cstablisnment.
An enthusiastic lover of nature was
this old lady of seventy years. Yes,
there she was 1 I caught a glimpse of
her white sleeve on the win low-sill.
I would walk softly in and surprise
her. How exquisto the taste of this
presiding genius I Heliotrope, migno
nette and white roses 1 Grandmother's
rose bushes were the envy of the whole
neighborhood. Shy little violets bor
dered the graveled walk leading to the
low dour-stone, and over beyond, in
grandmother's pet field, millions of yellow-hearted
daisies nodded and beck
oned to the soft evening breeze. Avoid- f
lng the treacherous pebbles, I cut qui
etly across to the front door, stealing
with cat-like Iread through the long,
narrow hallway, and entering the
Bitting room on my tip toes. Wonder
ful victory I Twice before had I tried
this wonderful dodge, and each t me
had tho eld turkey gobbler betrayed
me. Whero was he on this occasion;
and why, when I really need his ser
vices, did ho not prove my friend?
Softly, softly, only a step or two more.
Tho sensation of tho next minute
wasn't anything to speak of; I mean
by that it was indescribable. The
back of grandmother's big armchair
quite hid tho occupant, and nothing
doubting, I made with great dexterity
for grandmother's eyes. I found the
eyes, but they didn't belong to grand
mother. I knew that before their
saucy owner had imprisoned my
hands.
"Who is it?" said he, like one first
awakening from a sleep, "Let me
gu&ss. The fingers are too little for
Madge, and too long to belong to
Sarah 1"
I found my tongue then. I would
not wrench my hands away. That
would bo rudeness; for ho evidently
supposed them the property of some
Intimate friend.
"Please release me," I said; and
then, as ho rose quickly apparently
surprised by the voice of a stranger
I added, rather ludicrously, I suppose,
for the tall fellow in the shirt sleeves
laughed right heartily, "I thought you
were grandmother?"
"Never was taken for an old lady
before," he answered, with provoking
nonchalance; and then added, as he
hastily threw on a dressing-gown,
"what do you think about it now?"
"1 think I should like to know
where grandmother is, and "
"And what am I doing here?" he
interrupted, with another laugh
"Your grandmother has gone to
' spend the evening with a sick neighbor.
1 belong to the next house or rather
am visiting my sister. She was unex
pectedly telegramed away, and as I
have been ill, and am not quite well
enough to take care of myself in the
absence of a housekeeper, your blessed
. grandmother offered to look out for
me until my sifter's return. My name
is David Alcott, and yours, I take it,
is Miss Susan Kills." And then we
shook hands.
That evening marked a new era in
my life. I was comfortable, as was
always the case at grandmother's, and
I was happy too happier than 1 had
ever been before. What it meant was
of no tort of consequence to me then.
I did not stop to analyze my sensations,
but enjoyed to the utmost the strange
entertainment fate and placed before
me. Mr. Alcott showed where grand
mother had left the strawberries fter
tea. and then I skimmed a pan of
morning's milk, and prepared my
supper.
"You have been tp tea, of couroe?"
1 lnquired"of tlifrvitleman whq bud
again taUen up hU lAok,
' ' A .
"Yea, but I should like a few straw
berries, if you can spare me some." .So
It chanced that he drew a chair up to
the little round table, proving a most
interesting companion.
In an hour or more aftnr our little
meal was over, I sat on the door-stone
alone, watching for grandmother.
Then he came to the door and said :
" You needn't expect her before 9
o'clock. I wish I could sit hero with
you."
"And why not?" I asked.
"Because I am still in quarantine.
Perhaps I might make It pleasant for
you indoors. If you are fond of being
read to, I will do my best."
"And there is nothing I a.-n fonder
of," I answered, and followed him
into the house.
"Mako your selection," he said,
pointing to a table quite overlaid with
books.
"Something of hers," I replied, pick
ing up an edition of Mrs. Browning.
"All right I now to please me, open
at random, and I will read there."
I laughingly assented and placed
ray forellnger plump on Lord Walter's
wife-
"But Khy do yon go ?" fluid the lady, as both
sat nnder the yew,
And her eyes were olive in their depths, as
the kraken boneath the Ren blue.
"Beca-ase I fear you," he answered; "be
cause you are far too fair,
And able to strangle my soul in a mesh of
your golden hair."
" Please don't go on," I interrupted.
" I like the poem, but someway it isn't
pleasant now."
"I thought as much," said grand
mother, entering just here. "I felt
sure you had come when I saw the
light ;" and no pet last chil l, a baby,
was ever more welcomed than I by my
dear dead father's mother.
"You promised me, David, you
would certainly go to bed at 8 o clock,'
said the old lady, reproachfully, after
having satstled herself that I hadn't
changed a bit since she last saw me.
Hut how could I?" he asked, with
a comical gesture in my direction.
" Well, I hope you won't be any the
worse for it to-morrow," said she ;
"and now to bed with you this
minute 1"
' Dear old Vagrant, good-night ,'
said the gentleman, with a rare smile,
obeying instantly; "and pleasant
dreams to you, Miss JMlis.
"Nice boy that," said grandmother,
as the door closed.
"Hoy?" 1 repeated.
" Yes, boy 1"
"He is twenty-five years old if he is
a day.
"What of that? You are twenty.
and what are you but a girl, I should
inquire? Pour weeks ago there didn't
anybody round here think he d ever
get out again. The doctors gave him
up, and his sister was almost crazy;
but the fever turned, and he went to
sleep and slept two days steadily, and
when he woke up he was as bright as
a button.
1 did not see mv new friend for two
days. He had overexcited himself,
and the result wa3 solitude for this
length of time, I roamed the fields,
and haunted tho woods, read, wrote
and thought. I never did so much
thinking in so short a space of time,
with such unsatisfactory results.
" Where under the sun have you
been all this afternoon ?" said grand
mother, as at sunset the second day I
dragged into the kitchen porch. You
have torn a great slit in your dress,
Sue, and you look like a fright. I
have wanted you mor n your worth
for the last three hours.
"What are yoi making, grand
mother?" " Panada."
"How many quarts of this stuff
does your patient consume, Mr. Ellis,
in the course of twenty-four hours r
" That is according to his appetite,
Miss Saucebox." said a rich voice at
my elbow; and there stood Wr. Alcott.
They've sent lor me up to Jones'.
Thev think the baby is dying." broke
in grandmother, while I ttood blush,
ing like an embarrassed school-girl
"And I want you to keep house and
take care' of him while I go up awhile
and see if I can do anything to help
them." And the provoking old lady
tripped away as composedly' as if it
were the most commonplace thing in
the world for a voune lady to be left
with the care of an invalid, and the
said invalid a man and a stranger.
few minutes sulhced to p.ase me en
tirely at my ease, and no veteran hos-
pital nurse was ever more compcsedly
exacting than 1 in my new roie,
Grandmother's orders were explicit
David niusn't think of such a thing as
readinar aloud, and he must He on the
lounge in the sitting-room until she re-
tui ne J. Such an evening as that was ! I
read to him out of Auerbach and this
took usnaturaly totheHhine and then
found that my companion had traveled
among all my lavorite European cuies,
What wonderful pictures he drew me
of the Campaina, the Coliseum and
the Forum! How exquisite was the
ulav of the moonlight on the Sabine
mountains, and bow charmingly pic
turesque the sketch of the old Homan
ramparts. In some places bare am:
black with age, with here and there
patches of scarlet and green made of
poppies and ivy.
Grandmother came all too soon. Sh
never was unwelcome before, mx
weeks of this dolce far niente life
and then
There is no good of life but love but love!
)Vhat eltte louks good U tt uie biiadu Jlymf
from love
Lgvegddsit, glvej it worthj
I knew as well as tho queen and
poor Constance what there was in life
worth living for wliat love meant.
Not one word was spoken between us
of the one sub ji ct that all-engrossed
us, and yet I knew that his heart was
as irrevocably in my possession as was
mine in his.
One day, when he was fully well,
we attended a little picnic in the grove
down tho road.
"AVe'll have a good timo to-day,
Lorchen." he said, as we made our pre
parations in the morning. "1 will
take out my scrap-book, and when the
others are engaged, and won't missus,
we'll wander oil by ourselves, and en
joy after our own fashion won't we,
Lorchen ?"
"Lorchen!" How that word
thrilled mo! and how It epitomised
the tender purity of his regard for
me !
Oh ! dav long to be remembered I
Oh 1 day of heartache and agony inde
scribable !
Sleep Hip soul in one pure love,
And it will last thee long.
What kind of a love was my soul
steeped in? Ay! love has its worm
wood and gall, as well as its honeyed
sweetness.
A party of friends David's friends
came down from the city, and as we
were walking slowly into the grove
thev came upon us from tho depot
road. I had David's arm. It was my
arm I knew It and we should walk
that way forever. Greetings and in
troductions were over. Shall I ever
forget the face of that man who aimed
straight for my soul with his poisoned
arrow r walking up to Davids suie,
with a contemptible familiarity, he
said:
" Saw your wife last week, Dave."
" Ah," replied my companion, per.
f er tly at his ease.
Corning down in the o ociocK
train, if possible."
"Good," replied David; and then
followed inqu'u ies about various friends
in a thoroughly cool and self-possessed
manner. It seemed to me that my
heart stopped beating. The hand on
his arm involuntarily clenched itself,
and there it remained until we arrived
at headquarters, a little round bum h of
cords and knuckles.
" You won't be gone long, Lorchen ?"
inquired David, as I moved away, os
tensibly to help the committee of ar
rangements to decide where the tables
should be set.
"What's that you call her?" my
mortal enemy asked, Inquisitively.
" Lorchen," replied David.
"Why, that's a Dutch name, isn't
it? I thought she looked like a for
eigner." I heard no more, waited for no more,
but watched my opportunity, and
when sure that no eyes were upon me,
struck the pat'.i leading to the road,
and in less than an hour was home
again in Grandmother Ellis sitting-
room.
Oh ! grandmother ! grandmother I
What misery has your terrible indis
cretion brought me !" I groaned aloud
for grandmother had gone away to
spend tne day. There at the foot of
the lounge were his slippers there on
the back of the lolling-chair his dressing-gown.
I could not turn my eyes
without beholding fresh evidences or
his precious personality. What should
I do? I could not leave until grand
mother returned. Such a blow as that
I felt sure the old lady would never
rally from. I must suffer and keep it
to myself, and get away at the earliest
possible moment. In my agony I
threw myself upon the lounge, and
buried my head In the pillow the
pillow upon which his head reclined
so often the head I had so foolishly
called mine. After awhile tears re
lieved the heated brain, and I fell
asleep. I dreamed that I was in the
water. I could not stir. Huge waves
threatened to submerge me. Just
beyond on the bank, almost within
speaking distance, stood David, s
beautiful woman by his side hia
wife 1
"David I David! take hold of my
hand! Don't you see I'm sinking?"
I cried out in my terror.
" Wake up, Lorchen ! wake up !"
said a familiar voice at my side. " Here
are my hands, dear. They are both
yours not one, Lorchen, but both.
Do vou understand that? '
"Hut, David but "
" But what? Can it bo that my lit
tle brown bird was scared home be
cause of "
" Because of your wife," I managed
to say, with his face close to mine.
" It wai my chum he meant, Lor
chen ! That's what wo always call
them at college. I'll get a divorce
from that fellow, diar, if you will
promise to bo my own real wife?"
And I did. Uelyraciu.-
Lucky Lawyer.
An Austin lawyer caught a tramp
In his office stealing some law books,
which the latter intended to pawn
Seizing the intruder by tha collar, the
lawyer exclaimed:
" You scoundrel, I'll have you triei
and sent to the penitentiary."
Let go my netk, colonel. If yoi
are going to have nie tried, I reckon '
had better engage you for my lawyer
as you have the luck to be on hand."
Hi'tiiiju. One year ago there were not ova
200 people in Dickey county, L'akota
Now the population is from $.000 t
5yp, and rapidly Increasing,
A GREAT LUMBER REGION.
TIMBER CTJTTIHO XV THE MILLS Or
THE iAOIlTAW VALLET.
Maw a 111 8w Log I Ilnndled The Gang
Haw nd Its Swift Work Mechanical De
vice of the Industry.
A long while b?fore one reaches
Saginaw, Mich., says a New York
Ecening Post correspondent, the signs
of the prevailing industry become ap
parent. The streams are clogged with
old slabs, browned and rotting logs,
and chaotic masses of wooden debris
from the size of a match up to the
huge sawn beam which in some an
cient flood has escaped its bonds. In
the fields still remain the tree stumps
or piles of sawdust a dozen feet high,
marking the old site of a sawmill now
removed because the material that fed
It has been cut away. But all these
initial symptoms of the lumber region
are eclipsed and forgotten when the
Saginaw river is reached and with it
the busy center of the industry. Por
sixteen miles down to Bay City, near
Lako Huron, the stream flows between
wooden strands. The eye strains it
self in vain to see beyond the lumber
horizon that stretches east and
west The yellow waters, perhaps
two hundred feet wide, pass
first between continuous booms, each
Inclosing its army of giant logs. These
booms reach far above Saginaw, and if
we include tributaries of the river and
count both sides, make up a reach of
log posts seventy-live miles long. Next
to the logs and on the bank proper
rise, most impressive of all, the tracts
of sawn lumber. Tile on pile they rise
on either side for sixteen miles up and
down the stream, covering acre after
acre until the wooden monotony be
comes oppressive. Now and then the
wooden strand becomes thinner only to
rise again to more imposing height and
width around a new cluster of mills.
These mills, often of grand propor
tions, spring from thpir lumber heaps
as a giant cf fairy story looms amid
the disintegrated bones of his victims.
Their tall iron chimneys belch black
smoke, the rattling saws cut the air
with their distant rasp, and the sense
of industrial activeness is filled out by
the hives of workmen swarming over
the lumber hills and loading them, by
slow but steady toil, into barges whose
hulls rival the capacity of a Cunarder.
Along this stretch or! sixteen miles
of the Saginaw river there are cut
annually a billion feet of lumber, and
last year the figures went fifty millions
higher than that amount. Since to
most readers these figures are a vague
immensity of numbers, let us try to
simplify them by an illustration. The
Saginaw mills turn out each year so
mu 'li lumber, large and small, that if
it were ail cut in inch-thick boards,
eacbof them one foot wide, and then
these boards were placed end to end,
they would reach about 200,000 miles.
or four times around our planet. The
product, to put the Illustration a little
aillerently, would supply lumber
enough for a fence four times around
the world, made of solid wooden pots,
with a double row of boards, each six
Inches wide.
Up tho Saginaw in a wild region,
reached either by the river or its tribu
taries, the great pine saw log, olten
three feet in diameter, has its birth.
Pine forests, now rapidly thinning out,
oncecoveredsever.il thousand square
miles around the headwaters. Enter
ing that lumber region in the late
autumn, the lumbermen establish
camps, round which the whole winter
long the axes resound, the ta'l trunks
fall, and in sections are rolled to the
adjacent streams for the spring floods
to bear away. Floating down to the
main river the " boom men " pick out
each other's logs, as idenMfied by the
brand, and gather them inside of the
booms, which may bo curtly described
as long tree trunks chained together
at the ends, often inclo.-ing a smooth
water surface of several acres. The
coves of the Saginaw called locally
"bayous," a term borrowed from the
lower Mississippi are spe ially
adapted for the gathering ami organi
zation of these log armies. The mili
tary metaphor, indeel, has peculiar
fitness here, for the logs are mustered
side by side in companies held together
by a rope fastened to each log by a do
vice not unlike the domest'c clothespin.
As the logs down stream are worked
up by the tireless mills, these upper
booms are drawn upon for more, until
tho freezing river finds them quite
empty, and another winter comes onto
yield its fresh supply.
But the saw log's story becomes most
dramatic as it nears fie mill aid,
loosed from the restnVning rope, is
steered into the glade of cj en water
that leads up to the wooden slide.
Enter now the great lumber mill, and
we shall be in at the saw lug's 'eath.
Down the slide on a wooden railroad
runs a heavy track, litte I with two
cross lines of heavy iron teeth. With
a plunge it dashes below the water,
still holding its pla':o on tho rails.
Then three giant logs are floated above
it. At a signal the steam is let on.
tho machinery reversed, the strong
chain holding the truck tightens, and
the truck itself begins to ascend. The
sharp teeth catch the logs which in a
trice are lifted dripping from the water,
whisked up like twigs a hundred feet
to the mill, and rolled oil opposite the
first set of saws. These saws are two
in number; one set below in of the buzz
variety, perhups six feet In diameter,
a4 cutting; thereforH through a three-
foot log; but as this semi-diameter is !
often insufficient for a big log, a sec
ond and smaller buzz," placed above
and in front of the first, cuts the slice,
which otherwise might still hold fast
the slab. One of the largest logs
weighs a number of ton and
human strength alone would never
suffice to turn it after ono of
its sides has been "slabbed."
Just here comes In a beautiful piece
of powerful mechanism. At the touch
of a lever a stout beam, armed with
iron teeth, rises by the forest Titan's
side. It snatches the wood, and in
less time than words can tell it the log
i3 tumbled over, and the framework.
rushing back and forth with amazing
speed, has driven the edges of the tree
athwart the saws, until the once rough
stick stands forth asymmetrical square.
Then, in another instant it is shifted
before the "gang," a set of ordinary
upright saws placed an inch apart, and
often with thirty or even thirty-five
blades. Below an ordinary circular
planer revolves in front of the gang
and smooths the lower edges of the
boards. The immense piece of timber
is run through in a few moments, and
what was live minutes before a rough
tree trunk has passed into the inch
boards of commerce. Nor does the
work end here; for the slabs are
passed to anew machine, which grasps
them with almost human intelligence,
and whatever part of them can be
made so become laths. Other machines
take the harder woods, ash, elia or
oak, and covert them with equal speed
into staves, barrel heads or shingles ;
and finally the otherwise useless debris
passes to the furnaces to feed the fires
of the engine.
Sometimes, particularly in the more
m: dern mills the routine as described
13 varied by lifting the logs from the
river on an endless chain, and a num
ber of minor mechanisms fill out the
devices by which the lumber is cut and
distributed. One ingenious machine,
working double emery wheels, sharpens
the buzz saws on both sides of the
teeth during a single revolution, and
requires no attention b?yond simply
the fastening of the saw upon it and
tho unfastening after the work 13
clone. Another flattens out, by a
clever mechanical expedient, the teeth
of the saw, so as to cut a wider rent
and prevent clogging as the cut be
comes deeper; finally, a system of ele
vated railroads takes the lumber-laden
trucks and distributes the boards at
the points in the yard or on the wharf
whence they are to be shipped. Some
additional conception of the size and
importance of the industry may be de
rived from the fact that the Michigan
Central company takes away from
one station here a hundred car-loads of
lumber for each day of the working
season, to say nothing of the largo
quantities shipped from the river by
the Flint and l'ere Marquette railroad
line and even large shipments by the
lake barges.
A Bat Can See With Its Wlnirs.
There is a singular property with
whit h the bat is endowed too remark
able and curious to be passed altogether
unnoticed. The wings of these crea
tures consist of a deli ate und nearly
naked membrane of great s ze consid
ering the siz ) of the body, but, beside
this, tho nose is, in sme varieties, fur
nished with a membraneous foliation,
and others the t xternal membrane jus
euri are greatly developed. These
membraneous tissues have their srsi
bility so high thit s ninth ng like a
new sense is thereby developed, as if
in a:d or the sense or sight. ine
modified impressions which the air, in
quiescence or in mot on, however
slight, coinrjunicates. tho treinul us
jar of its currents, its t 'inperature, tho
in lescribabb conditions of suc'.i por
tions of air as are in contact with
different I o lies, nre all apparently
appreciated by the bat. If th
eyes of a bat be covered up, or if
he bo cruelly deprived of sight, it "will
pursue its coins ; about a room with a
thou ar.d obstacles in its way, avoid
ing them all ; neither dashing a.'ainst
a wall nor tun- hiug the smallest thing,
but threading its w. y with the utmost
preei.-ion and quickne-s, and passing
adroitly through aj e.tures or intcr
spices of threads placed puposily
across thtt apartment. This endow
ment, which almost exceeds belief, has
been abundantly demonstrated.
Foie tan IStnum.
Effect of Tobacco on Boys.
Tr. (1. Decaisne has had in his
charge thirty-eight youths, Irom nine
to lilteen years of age, who are addicted
to smok'iig, and has made known some
interesting results concerning the ef
fects of tobacco upon 'Aii-so boys. The
extent to which tobacco was used
varied, and the effects were of course
unequal, but were very deeithd in
twenty-seven cases. With twenty-two
of the boys there was disturbance of
cir. u'a'.ion. palpitation of the heart,
imperfect digestion, sluggishness of
intellect, and to some etent ; craving
for alcoholic stimulants. Twelve
patients suffered from 1 1 -cling of the
nose, ten had constant nightmare, four
had ul crated mouths, and ono became
a victim of consumption. The symp
toms were most marked in the young
est children, but among those of equ;il
ago the beat fed were least affected,
hleven boys stopped smoking, and
were cured within a year.
A laughing stock A collection of
good jokes.-Ho$ton Courltff
DAWN.
fhe dawn Cits from somber fold
Of the mantle of night, and with tinU of goli
Illumines the ekies ;
And as he beckoned his myriad hosts
The night with its weird and spectral ghosts
Before him flies.
Be sends the breath of the morning air
To drive the wolf to his tangled lair,
Out of man's sight;
A.nd the iterpent crawls with a hissing sound
Back to his caverns nnder the ground,
To await the night.
He speeds the wii d, with its mnrmnri of
rest,
To awaken the robins within their nest,
And bid them sing ;
And tells it to pause as it wanders away,
To caress the leaves and the flowerets gay,
And their perfumes fliug.
He sees a lily, with low bent head.
Drooping and withered and almost dead,
Out in the street ;
He sends the raindrops tenderly down
To wipe from its face the dnst of the town
With their silvery feet.
The breath of the flowers and the early mora
Touches a mother whose child, newly-born
Lies on her breast.
She laoks through the vine-wreathed window
pane At the glittering drops of falling rain,
Filled with rest
And he spreads on the face of the little guest
All the rainbow hnes that he loves best ;
And the mother's eyes
Are fired with the holy mother-love
(That is nearest kin to the angels above)
And a sweet surprise.
The light is gilding the tall tree tore
That are Ind-Ui with myriad) of sparkling
drops j
One fieacy cloud
Floats like a ship in the distance ftway,
And the dawn making room for the fnll
grjwn day,
Lies in his shroud.
EJJiie if. Land.
IIUMOP. OF THE DAT.
A fbiindpratnrm is n. hlo-h-trmed
affair.
A hog may be considered a good
mathematician when it comes to square
root.
"Watermelons are here and the popu
lation will soon double up. Aeto York
Journal.
People should inform themselves
about the tariff. It is every man's
duty. Picayune.
To wash a mule safely, do it with a
garden hose, and stand on the other .
side of the fence while you do it.
Vu:k.
We are told that last year nearly 400
persons were killed by the wind in this
country. This is probably a mild way
of informing us that they were talked
to death. Statesman.
" Sponge underclothing is the latest
sensation," writes a fashion scribe. It
is nothing new. Tailors sponge every
thing, and fashionable young men
sponge the tailors. Picayune.
A Syracuse soda fountain exploded
the other day, breaking a young man's
leg and his jaw. AVe have always
tried to impress the female mind with
the fact that the blame things were
loaded. Hartford Post.
An exchange informs its readers
that servant girls are Hocking to China.
American servant girls nlways were
death on that kind of crockery. China
needs to keep her weather eye open or
the domestic may succeed in breaking
her. Statesman.
A L03 Angeles rancher has raised a
pumpkin so largo that his two children
use a half each for a cradle. This
may seem very wonderful In the rural
districts, but in this city three or four
full-grown policemen have been found
a-leep on a single beat. San Francisco
Post.
Mr. Bergh, the S. T. C. A. man, says
it is cruelty to animals to catch fish
with a hook. There wouldn't be much
fun in fishing if a man had to dive
under tho water and hold chlorofrom
to a fish's nose until it became uncon
scious, and then bit it on the head with
a hammer. Norristown Herald.
In North Brazil there are no pro
fessional dressmakers, the finest ladies
usually making their own costumes.
When a man buys his wife a two-dollar
dress he doesn't have to give her
ten dollars to get it made. There are
some things in .North Brazil worthy of
imitation in this country. Norristown
Herald.
A young man dressed in the highest
of fashion and with a poetio turn of
mind, was driving along a country
road and, upon gazing at the pond
which skirted the highway, said : "Oh,
how I would like to have my heated
head in those cooling waters!" An
Irishman, overhearing the exclamation,
immediately replied : " Bedad, you
might have it there and it wouldn't
sink." Pretzel's H'e A7j.
On (he Market.
."Well, what is the best thing on
tho market this morning," inquired
Jones of hi3 youthful partner the other
day.
The young man deliberately scratched
bis head and replied :
" Tho best thing I havo seen on the
market since my experience in the ex
rhange ii i pictj young Judy." rn
yrtixibl'i. " '