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THE POET'S FAITH.
tij God is Rood, and will not leave me,
Whonldio;
HI love, I know, will nnt deceive mo,
With cruol doiibta llo will not grieve me,
When on doith's bod I lie.
ITy Ood has dono too much for me
For death to mil
In gloomy night u)on (ho shore,
Thp hope be gives forevcrmore
To foe,and friend.
Soft float my soul on lakes of light
In spirit lmid,
Beyend tbo khadow and the blight,
Beyond the teach of human sight.
By angola f ann'd.
Who makes my spirit all devout f
Who bon is my kneel
Who dwells within and guards without,
And saves my soul from wayward doubt
By all I see)
The mountain's no 1, the vnlo's embrace.
The vault above I
The soul which fills the brmndless spaos,
And yields mo thought and sense and grace,
In God's sweet lovo.
Fore in spirit, if mnn will pray,
And look to God,
The heart of conscience will lie gay,
And reason's a -s'pt r hold its sway
With gentle ro 1.
In faith and love all goo 1 Is given,
For naught to sever;
While holy prayer's tho skeptic' leaven,
Tie soul's Uie lightning-ro 1 of hcaron,
Immortal ever.
Hugh Farrar McDermott.
IN AFTER DAYS.
In after days, when grasses high
O'ertop the tomb wIutj I shall lie,
Though well or ill tho world adjust)
My slender claim to honored dint,
I shall not q:u si Ion nor reply.
I shall n'it Be the morning sky,
t shall not hear the night-wind sigh,
I shall be muto, as all men must,
In aft-r days t
And yet, now living, fain wera I
That soma ono then should testify,
Baying He held his pen in trust
To Art, not serving shame or lust
Will nonet. .Then let ray memory die
In aftor days I
.4u5Ci'n Dobson, tn Centurj.
' THE TRAIN ROBBERS.
0 1 r
AH EXPRESS MESSEXQEIl'S ADVENTU1U.
I always knew I served the
in a dangerous capitcitv, but I
company
had been
an express messenger for so many years
that 1 thought little or nothing of the
risks I mn. My routo was through a
rouph region, too, after I was changed
from tho Central Pacific to the Southorn
Pacific road; a region but half-settled
and Civilized, where Indians and rutlians
were as plentiful as Chinnmen in 'Frisco.
My "run" was a long one, through a
new country, where ruilroad stations
were often one hundred miles apart; and
the loveliness of tho scenery, combined
with solitary confinement in an express
car, which looked more like a cell than
anything else, made four days of every
week hung heavy ou my hands, thousrh I
was often kept busy for hours at a time.
I generally hud a mixed assortment of
express matter, with plenty of gold and
silver in bricks and specie; and occa
sionally, not much to my liking, a coffin
or two going eastward, each inclosing a
dead body. I would not mention this,
but it is necessary, as will bo seen
further on.
I left Los Angeles every Monday
morning at 0:50, and from that time un
til the following Thursday I did not
leave my express car. having to go to
El Paso and return for my week's work,
a distance of nearly fifteen hundred
miles 1
This may seem long "run," nnd so
it was; but as the stations were few
across the southern part of Arizona and
New Mexico, I had opportunities to take
my much needed rest, which I did after
I became accustomed to the situation.
I was always glad to get back to Los
Angeles, however, for traveling ninety
six hours without any change is extremely
tedious, even in a drawing-room car.
Imagine the contrast between riding
that way and riding in a heavily-loaded
express car, with two small barred win
dows to look out of, and a hard bunk in
one corner to sleep on, nnd you may form
some idea of the monotony of my trip.
The miles passed slowly after I had
assorted and billed the expressagc; my
pipe was kept burning; and the constant
roar ond rumble of the train sounded
during the day, and lulled me to sleep
at niglit, when the windows were securely
fastened, the lamps lighted, and several
rifles and revolvers hung around in case
of an emergency.
I ran as express messenger several
years without being iu a railroad acci
dent, or having the train stopped by
rotybers. Borne of my brother messengers
met with adventures on nearly
every trip, but for a long time I
was unmolested, until I began to dis
regard the danger altogether. During
that time I became accustomed to
every phase of my situation, and al
though my lonely life gave me a very
silent and taciturn habit, I enjoyed my
two days at Los Angeles, or tit Sauta
Monica, sea-bathing, as much as my more
fortunate friends, who ran north over the
Tchochapi pass, and were at home every
night, enjoyed their rests.
Train robberies had lately been freV
quent, and while I did not expect to be
attacked, I learned to be on the lookout.
I had a set of signals with the bell rope
to let tho truintuen know when I was in
danger. Bobberies were often made
while the trains were in motion, and the
esAiress messengers were either bound
hand and foot, or killed, the robbers
YOLIVII. NO; 9.
being deppcrnto men who rfbsitatcd nt
nothing.
Occasionally, however, I did relax my
vigilance, and slept as soundly as at tho
hotel where I boarded. Finally my turn
came.
The train arrived at Tucson one night
nearly nn hour late. There was a great
deal of express matter to exchange, and
for fifteen minutes I was kept busy load
ing and unloading bundles nnd boxes.
The passengers walked up and down tho
platform to stretch their legs; tho cn-
gtno s saicty-vaive uutninca witn csenp
' i i .1 . i . t ,
ing sieain, huu uiu ing uiuuui :uio,
reaching the full length of tho platform,
presented a picture of bustle and activity.
When tho last bundle was piled away,
I had a chance to talk a few minutes with
the expressman; then tho train started,
and I closed the door, locked it, and turned
to tho boxes and packages that were
scattered around. Tho tirst thing that
attracted my attention was a long pino
box.
I had not noticed it when
was loaded, and thinking
was a queer lime for a funeral
start East, I examined tho address.
it
it
to
It
was consigned to New Orleans. I
cn-
tcred it on the book with tho other
cx-
press, and for an hour or more, wnilo
sorting over tho packages, I took no no
tice of my silent companion.
It was a common thing to have one or
two funerals the whole length of the trip
eastward, and I thought of this as
thought of others: "Some poor fellow
who left a pleasant homo to come here in
search of a fortune, only to die on the
alkali plains, without a friend."
And after I had shoved the box against
the sido of tho car, I opened a bundlo of
newspapers and selected ono to read. It
was not very late, nnd tilting my chair
against tho side of the car beneath a
lamp, I wos soon interested in tho news
of tho day.
How long I was in that position I do
not know, but unconsciously I fell into a
light sleep when I had finished reading
tho paper. I awoke with n feeling of
dread and fascination in complete pos
session of me. . I did not move; I could
not. Something held me almost breath
less, and several minutes passed beforo
could open my eyes. When I did, my
heart gave a quick throb!
Tho ton of the nine box was nnrtlv
raised, and the features of a man, shaded
from the dim light, were revealed to my
acute senses 1
Even then, though greatly startled
dm not make a motion, and my eyes
were all but closed. Peering from tho
corner of ono eye, I tried to make out
his features, but saw nothing beyond tho
brutal eyes aud half-savage mouth. In
an instant it flashed across mo that he
was a train robber?
lie was evidently waiting to sec if I
was fast asleep, and ho did not move
during several minutes, keeping his eyes
fastened on me with the steadiness of an
animal.
I scarcely breathed.
The rifles nnd revolvers were on the
opposite sido of tho car. If I attempted
to get them, he would shoot before I
made two steps. With my blood ting
ling and mv ears strained, I waited ex
peetantly for him to move, resolving to
wait for a favorable opportunity to spring
on In in.
Probably'there were a dozen more of
his associates in the passenger-cars, and
as soon as ho hud secured his prizo they
would bo notified, and the passengers
robbed. There was enough gold and
silver in bricks in my car to make one
man independently rich. Tho small safe
was full of specie, amounting to one
hundred thousand dollars' worth.
With the thought of my responsibility
came a feeling of resolution. I must do
something without hesitation.
The dark eves glared at me, but the
robber never changed his position,
could read tho meaning of their col
glitter, aud I must act if I saved mv life,
1 pretended to awaken, by making two
or three movements with my hands, nnd
to my intense relief the cover of the pine
box quickly and quietly dropped to its
place. Without making any hurried
motions, I rubbed my eyes, gaped once
or twice, nnd slowly rose to my feet.
"Well, well," I said, aloud, "I've been
asleep."
Then I proceeded to rummage around
tho car as if nothing had happened, but
my nerves were not relaxed an instant.
Beforo they hud gone five miles farther I
had some nails in my pocket, nnd a care
less glance showed me a hole in tho sido
of the box through which the robber was
undoubtedly watching every movement
I made.
I did not go near the revolvers or rifles.
It would have tuken but a second for
him to have raised the lid and shot me,
and I knew he would do so if I np
proached them. Instead of that I care
lessly assorted a pile of express matter
near the box, with a view to what I was
about to do.
I was terribly excited, though I tried
to appear cool. When I was all ready,
I
threw several heavy packages on the
lid, sat down on the box, and hastily
nailed down the lid. I heard a noise
within, and felt a pressure as my prisoner
endeavored to raise the lid. The weight
was too great, and I soon had all the nails
driven in to hold him fast. He was
secured, but to make sure of him I sur
rounded the box with heavy bundles,
and piled upon it the heaviest boxes the
car contained.
I sat down for a minute to recover my
self; theu taking down a rifle, I cocked
it loud enough for him to hear.
"How many more are there aboard the
train?" I asked, placing my mouth to a
crack between the bricks.
In reply I heard a mutfled sound ro-
sembliug a curse, ana as all the holes
through which he might shoot were cov
ered with gold and silver, I put my
mouth nearer and asked the question
again.
I received no reply, and going to the
TIONESTA. PA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 11, 1884.
end of tho car, I quietly opened the door
leading to the platlorm. mo nigui uir
rushed in, nnd uie noise of the train came
with it, making a din in my cars. We
were running at a high rate oi speea
around tho hills that abound in that
region.
I stepped to the platform of the next
car. It was a smoking-car. ine truin
robbcrs were already at work. Two men,
n tho forward end, within nvo lcet oi
mc, commanded a view oi every passen
ger with their levelled revolvers, nna two
more were going down the aislo for tho
valuables.
It was a terrible moment to me. I felt
keen sympathy for tho passengers,
whoso terror-stricken faces I could see in
the dim light from tho lamps, but I was
helpless; doubtless a similar scene was
being enacted in the other passenger and
sleeping-cars.
I was not ana com Dy turns, i waicneu
tho villains going coolly on with their
work until 1 began to think of my own
safety. Charley Slato, a brakeman, was
bound hand and foot to the forward seat ;
in a few minutes they would finish their
daring work and come to my car. I did
not doubt that tho fellow 1 baa impris
oned in the pine box was an accomplice,
and if they should find the door of tho
express-car locked, they would break it
open to sco what had become of him, and
kill me if I resisted.
This would enable them to take pos
session of the money, bullion and valua
ble packages and escape. 1 knew tney
would not kill any ono if ho did not re
sist ; and inside of live minutes they would
demand an entrance to my car.
Already tho two robbers had nearly
reached the farther end of the smoking
car; thousandsof dollars wore in my care;
I must save it.
Without any more hesitation I stepped
to the platform of my car, grasped tho
lever thnt operated the Miller coupling,
and, with a quick, strong pull, separated
the two draw-heads. I was not a mo
ment too soon. Beforo the engine and
express-car had shot two hundred feet
ahead of tho train, the door of the smok
ing-car opened and tho robbers stepped
out. I heard their cry of rage, saw tho
flashes of their revolvers, and felt tho bul
lets strike the woodwork behind me.
Hurrying forward I told the engineer
what I hud done.
Ho heartily approved of my action, and
his words reassured mo. I had taken a
desperate course, but I hnd saved a gTeat
deal of valuable property.
We hurried on through the darkness,
and soon reached the next station, from
which tho news was telegraphed to
the company's oflices in San Frofsisco
and Tucson. The robber in the pine box
was then secured, but refused to say a
word, and with a gang of trackmen,
we returned to where wo had left tho
train. Tho robbers had departed, taking
everything valuable with them, and tho
passengers hailed us with shouts of joy
i ,:u t i:,.r i'. r.nnion
Our Animal Census.
The number of people in tho United
States increases about 1,500,000 a year,
but the number of farm animals increased
4.000.000 during 18S3, according to a
report presented to the commissioner
of agriculture by Mr. Dodge, statistician
of the agricultural department. The
world-wide attention recently excited
bv tho American hog gives especial in
terest at tho present time to the animal
census of the republic, which is as fol
lows :
Animals. 1881. 1883. Increase.
Horses 11,10 ,W 10,8.',ni 3Sl,ft73
Mules. l.M-UAJ 1.S71.047 43,047
Milch cows.. .l:$,501,20tt 13,12o,65 o7."),5'.'l
Uther cattle. . J,o4o,l0l 8,010,077 l,OUO,0-'4
Khttep 50,(U,U;0 49,2!7,',11 l,:isi,:!U5
Bwine 44,20U,S9J 4:1,0,080 0J0,807
Although we have less pigs than peo
ple, wo have more than any other coun
try on earth, and wo have almost a sheep
apiece, or nearly twico as many of the
fleecy family as the United Kingdom, and
wo have more milch cows than all the
British cattle together. AVe have about
as many horses as families, allowing an
average of tivo persons to each fiunily,
and there is one mule for every thi.rty in
habitants. During its first century this
republic doubled its population every
twenty-five years, and Mr. Griffon, an
eminent English statistician, recently at
tempted to excite alarm by predicting
that our growth will continue at the
same rate until the soil will not be able
to support so many people. It will not
bo equally perplexing to know how to
reduce the animal census, should there
ever be danger of overcrowding, as in
dicated by the presont rate of increase.
New York Mail and Express.
Cologne.
Among the things which amused the
author of "European Breezes 1 was tho
"only original' cologne-water that she
found in every store in tho renowned
city:
If the rest of the world escapes that
future place where all liars are to go, tho
city of Cologne will make it populous.
Nearly every man in that city sells eau
de cologne; and since each swears his to
be tho only original, it follows that
cologne is made up of one honest man
and a multitude of liars.
I bought cologne-water iu the shop
where the prettiest labels were displayed;
paid a third more for it than I would pay
for tho imported article in New York,
and came to this conclusion; th'it eau do
cologne is made in ono huge vat in that
city, and retailed to all these "only or
iginals;" for it is all alike, from whence
it comes.
The maids in the hotel peddle it in tho
hulls; the beggar who fails to get a coin
from you brings from his pocket a bottle
and endeavors to make a bargain. The
bud odors of cologne are no fiction.
A German makes a good living in New
York city keeping a flower hobpital,
where he takes in kick plants to cure.
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: ;
A REMARKABLE AFFECTION
THE STRANGE FANCIE3 THAT DIS
TINGUISH NEUBOFHOBIA.
Person with tt Diollke for Certain
Street. I'larr or Obrrt Mhcr
who Dread Letter or Colors.
In the afternoon of one of tho sunniest
days last week two men got on a Madi
son avenue car going down town nt the
corner of Fifty-fourth street. One vas a
thin, pallid, rather emaciated gentleman,
possibly forty years of age, with rather a
peculiar transparency of tho temples,
restless eyes, nnd a singular nervousness
of manner; tho other large, well nour
ished, massive and rathercorpulent, with
the placid, self-satisfied countenance of
the man who has sueceedod in the world,
and feels on good terms with it. The
pair might readily have been mistaken
for a madman and his keeper, only tne
feebler of the two was evidently not past
the verge of sanity, whilo the placid com
panion was a triflo less vigilant than the
custodian of a maniac ought to be," and
moreover was recognized by at least one
passenger as a famous physician.
Tho thin gentleman shifted his posi
tion uneasily, gazed out of the car win
dow a moment, then studied the faces of
his three or four fellow passengers with
tho rapid intensity of a physiognomist,
and glanced furtively nt the open door,
in which tho figure of the conductor was
framed like a full-length photograph.
"Fares, gents," grumbled that func
tionary, stalking into tho ear. I he thin
gentleman paid for two, and again
glanced in the direction oi tne open
door. His hand shook as he replaced his
pocketbook, and a shiver passed over
him. His portly companion turned and
spoke to him in a low tone. The words
were inaudible, nna tne intonations were
soft, soothing, and evidently expostula
tory. Suddenly the pale passenger sprang
to his feet, pulled the bell violently, and
rushed out of tho car, wnicn was now
midway between Forty-eighth and Forty
ninth streets. The portly physician rose
from his seat in a leisurely, comfortable
sort of way. and alighted at the corner
of Forty-eighth street, where tho car
came to a full stop. Tho thin gentleman,
excited, nervous, out of breath, and
trembling all over like a leaf in the wind,
joined the doctor and began to speak
apologetically: "No use, you see. I
can't stand it. You really must excuse
me, doctor."
"Poohl pooh!" laughed the portly
physician. "You'll conquer the thing
by and bye. Try again, my dear boy."
"I'll step across and take the elevated
downtown, with your permission, doc
tor," said the thin gentleman, making no
direct reply to his friend's exhortation.
He lifted his neat Derby hat, with a hand
that was almost pellucid in its delicacy
and whiteness, aud was gone.
"That man," said the doctor, "is ono
of a hundred cases that have como under
my notice iu the last few years a strange
case of nervous impression. He is not in
tho least timid ; will ride downtown in
a Third avenue car, a Broadway stage, or
an elevated train, with perfect composure,
but he has a morbid, unconquerable ner
vous terror of the Fourth avenue, and
would suffer any inconvenience or incur
any expense rather than ride in a Fourth
avenue car. I can't trace this impression
to any tangible cause, nor can he. Ho
has never met with an accident on tho
Fourth avenue, so far as he remembers.
It is simply ono of those inexplicable,
unreasoning, spontaneous impressions of
the nervous system that no science can
explain. The man is not a crank, nor in
tho least given to eccentricities of opinion
or manners. On the contrary, his name
is familiar as that of a shrewd banker.
As to courage, he is as brave as a lion, as
I have occasion to know, and would fight
odds of ten to one. if his blood was up
Only, the moment he finds himself on a
Fourth avenue car he is seized with a
paroxysm fit nervous terror which he can
not control; ana that is tho end oi it."
The doctor mused a moment. "Wnlk
across with me to my ollice," he said,
"and I'll talk with you by the way.
S-ch cases are by no means uncommon,
though no paper has ever been written
on the subject, and there is no name for
the malady in the medical books. The
late Dr. George M. Beard as able and
acute ns he was eccentric invented the
term neurophobia to describe the condi
tion existing in such cases, and the
singular thing about this neurophobia is
that it seldom occurs with women, given
ns they nre supposed to be, to nervous
impressions and hysterical fancies."
In one of tho doctor's office journals
there were notes of this case: A patient,
a man of tolerably robust and well-
nourished physique, forty-six years old,
lawyer by profession cannot bear to
cross Broadway at the Astor house. Ho
will walk down to Fulton street or up to
Park place, but cross under the shadow
of tho Astor house never. There is no
nssignablo cause for tho terror; it simply
exists and that is all. It came upon him
suddenly one afternoon two years ago,
after a hard day's work in court. He
started for tho Astor house to get a cup
of coifee and his regular half a dozen raw
oysters. To his wonder, as he was about
to step from the curbstone at the corner
of tho postotlice he wus seized with a
fit of trembling and terror, and since
then he has never been able to command
himself to cross at that point, though he
has often tested his self-control by try
ing it.
Another patient hud the same terror of
the Jersey i'ity ferry at the foot of C'ort
lundt street. Tho Brooklyn ferries havo
no terrors for him. tho Desbrosses street
ferry is not objectionable, but if his life
depended upon crossing to Jersey City
at Cirtlundt street ho could not com
mand his neryes to accomplish it. As in
the other two, there in no assignable
cause for the morbid impression iu this
case. It came suddenly, und has beeu
in existence for four years.
"Sometimes." continued the doctor,
$1,50 PER ANNUM.
"the victim has a terror of a certain
street, avenue, or public square; and one
man I know cannot pass the statuo of
Lincoln at Union square without expe
riencing a nervous tremor. But, with
regard to some of our outdoor statuary,
nervous dread is natural enough."
"One of my patients," he went on,
"a literary man of some reputation, has
a nervous terror of words ending in or
containing the diphthong ' ch.' This man
will take any trouble to avoid tho rela
tive pronoun 'which.' He has not for
years written any ono of the words termi
nating in tch such as catch, fetch,
scratch, batch, latch or patch. For
match he always writes lucifer or Vcsu
vian: for fetch either bring or obtain;
for catch, he uses capture or some other
proximate. He hns often tried to over
come the prejudice; but some how his
hand begins to tremble, his breath comes
short, and he cannot lorm tne leucrs.
For character he always writes disposi
tion, reputation, kind, description any
thing that will pass muster as a substi
tute." i
Cases of neurophobia as concerns
colors are not uncommon. One of the
doctor's patients a woman this time
is driven into hysteria by a certain pale,
cold shade of blue. Ana a nervous,
fidgety little man, who called upon him
to be treated for musicians' cramp, boxed
his ears in his own office for wearing a
crimson scarf, nnd begged his pardon for
it, declaring that he could not control
himself if his life depended upon it.
The peculiar nervous affection illus
trated in the preceding cases must not be
confounded with tho mere whimsical
prejudices nnd fancies common with in
valids. The latter, though persistent
and often not easily banished by tho well
are by no menns unconquerable, while in
neurophobia tho symptoms are physical
in their description. The patient shrinks
and shudders, nnd the terror, though
groundless, is unconquerable as the dread
of death. JSeio l orbbun.
Whittlines.
Some men are born fools but most fools
are made to order.
Everyone praises a success, nnd most
people think they can plan one.
If tho greatest man who has ever lived,
should tell tho truth, he would tell you,
that how he came to be so great is a
wonder great to him.
It is oltener the case, mat -wnat a man
forgets educates him more than what ho
remembers.
It does not reauire great tact to write
a long letter, but to write a good post
script to it, does.
Patience is half-Drotner to laziness.
Whenever a man is anxious to confide
a secret to you, you can rest assured that
he has confided it to a dozen other people
before.
The man who has a good deal to say,
alwavs says it in a few words.
There is no flattery so pure, and so
powerful, as to listen attentively to
others.
How are you to find out what kind of
a man your neighbor is, when he cannot
even tell you himself.
Critics and authors are a distinct class.
There is a dozen good authors to one good
critic.
A man is poor, lust in proportion a3he
wants what ho not got, and cannot get.
This world was not made for any ono
in particular, arid I feel sorry for those
who think so. They will discover their
mistake some cloudy day.
My friend, when your relations all
think you are a fool, your success- is al
most assured.
Destroy tho looking-glass and you
would put civilization back at least two
thousand years.
Don't forget, my snobbish friend, that
you havo got to dio just the same as the
rest of us, and you cannot bury yourself
cither.
Next to a snow-storm, for a decided
nuisance, comes a holiday, in a great
city.
When a man does drop out of sight in
a great city, you not only never hear from
him again, but you cannot even find tho
holo he fell through.
It is the strongest possible argument
for our immortality that nine out of
every ten human beings believo in it.
Politeness has no creed.
About half wo know, we guess at, and
the other half, somebody has guessed at
for us.
A man of a great deal of character
cannot hide it. Ho will betray it even
when he sneezes.
Every ladder has a top round to it.
Our characters we make, our reputa
tions are often made for us.
It is no disgrace to bo bit by a dog tho
first time, but tho second timo it is.
Very intelligent people carry a largo
share of their brains in their fuces.
There is no slavery like idleness; there
is no burden liko it. Every pound of it
weighs twenty ounces.
A man is young just in proportion as
he feels so; a woman, just iu proportion
as she looks so.
There is not to-day a score of first-rate
critics living. Ztke FairchUd, in the Man
hattan. Happy People.
People who always appear well and
happy are tho most popular. When any
body asks about your health make a fa
vorable reply if at all possible. It doesn't
make you feeljiny worse and your inter
locutor avill go away iu a great deal bet
ter frame of mind than if you had given
hiiu a full and detailed account of your
aches aud puins. If you must tell your
internal troubles go to the doctor, who
is paid for listening to such things.
A Milwaukee girl got mad, chopped
oil her finger and sent it with the en
gagement ring upon it to her faithless
lover. As soon as the lover saw that
bhe could no longer jday the piuuo hu
rushed to her siaw and married her.
Philadelphia C'atL
THE FOREST BEEDBLICAN
I publish every WUay, by
J. E. WENK.
Offioe in Smearbaugh & Co.'s Bulldinc
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Terms,
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No nbierlptlon received for a ihorter peH
than three month. .... ... ,. thm
:orreimonclenee solicited from all part or the
com.try. No notice will be tafcen of auonjmom
communication.
THB FLOWER POT.
BT H. C. DODOE.
n "Toa're
lllce U thl illy,
fair, love, and
e quallr
pare.
Yoar
be ftnty
I as ra ro, love
and longer wl 11
endure Y o a a r e o
graceful, too,
hand are
Yoar
I o t e,
lo ve;
jo nr
Just
ml
to
as white.
lon Is as true,
give the world
cotrtd I only
the care
you be
npon
delight. Oh!
rhare, 1 ore,
that
stow
this V
lily fair, love, how happy I
would grow." "You're like the
flower pot, Will, for yon are often 'broke'
and also cracked a lot, Will, Judg lng
by what yon rpoke. Likewise yoa are
but clay, Will, while I, a lily bright, f rom
yon must crow away, Will, to seelc a higher
light." "But lilies wilt. Wilt thon7" sighed
Will, "give me a leaf to hold
thee BtlU 7" "I? Will I"
Chicago Sun.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Thieves on the stage are always caught
in the act. Scissors.
A red-hot quarrel generally breaks an
intense coolness. Blizzard.
A summery proceeding Taking OH
your flannel. Chicago Eye.
Sleep is very healthful. There is
nobody who knows this better than the
hired girl, especially in the morning.
Rockland Courier.
Do not let adversity discourage you,
my son. Were it not lor the kicks which
it receives, the football would never get
up in the world. Hoston iranscript.
There is something heroic in silent suf
fering. Though a man with a layer of
active and energetic mustard on his chest
rarely thinks of this. Rockland Courier
"No, Laura; no. They do not open
tho campaign with a can-opener. They
do it with a corkscrew. How little, alas,
do women know about politics." Hawk
eye. There are 25,000,000 to 30,000,000
hats made annually in this country, and
when a man is the last to leave a banquet
he generally gets the worst one. Norrii
town Herald.
"Talk about bein careful about wearin'
out the seat o' my trousers," said the boy
to his mother, "you don't seem to think
o that when your old slipper's agoin' it."
Boston Post.
It is said that water composes three
fourths of tho human body. This may
hold good in some communities, but in
others water does not enter largely into
man's composition. Arkansaw Traveler.
The thing that makes a small boy in
effably happy is to get on a pair of stilts,
and walk around for a while, and finally
sit down against the sunny side of a barn,
about twenty feet oil the ground.
Rack.
It's pretty difficult for a high-school
girl to think of something to say when
she goes to write a composition, but as
soon us she gets out of school and while
on the way homo sho can say a whole
newspaper full without thinking. Ken
tucky Mate Journal.
Tn& AIBY EKASON.
This is the airy season
When the urchin owns a pup,
And the little girl on the branches
lias her brother put a " scup."
Soon passes this airy season,
Anu the pup is cuged in the pound.
And the "scup ''-ropo flies off the branches
And lauds the gill on the ground.
Fuck.
A new poetess from the West remarks :
"If love you give, no more I'll ask."
When this poetess has gained a little
more experience she will learn that there
are times when a single cold potato pos
sesses more intrinsic worth than a whole
moonlight evening full of love. J'hila
deljihia Call.
TnR TJLSTEIl'8 WAIL.
Onoe I was bright as a midsummer's morn,
but now 1 am laded and very much warn.
My owner, a seedy and broken-tip fop,
Has huntfJiia right up in his nt "uncle's"
shuf
riie future, on which all my hopej had been
built,
Has nothing in store save an old crazy quilt.
Xem l urk Journal.
The Blue Grass Country Not Blue.
Tl term Blue Grass Hegion of Ken
tucky is (juito extensivo in its applica
tion, but in its popular sense it applies
only to the remarkable body of land in
the center of the State, which comprises
six or eight counties surrounding Lex
ington. This favored aVlistrict, which
scientific authority has styled "tho very
heart of the United States," is underlaid
by a dccoirfposable limestone, which im
parts to tho soil an unsurpassed fertility,
and gives to our gras, known to bota
nists as Poo Pretensis, a rich aud perma
nent luxuriance which it attains nowhere
else. Hence tho term "The Blue Grass
Hegion," a synonymo for tho acme of for;
tility of a dittrlct which ulso bears tho
proud distinction of "the gurdeu spot of
the world." But why our grass is called
' blue." when it never is blue, is one of
the unsolved problems. It is always
green except when in bloom, when the
heads have a browiiish-purplo tint. If,
however, the term "Blue Grass!" is meant
for an abbreviation of blue limestone
grass, then it will do, for certainly it only
reaches its highest perfection on our
wonderful blue limestone soil. Propa
guted without cultivation it comes up
thick und juicy early in tho spring, ripeus
in June, renews its growth in autuinn,
uud, retaining its verdure in spite of snow
und ice, furnishes abundant and un
equalled pasturage during the cntiio win
ter. It is believed to bo indigenous.
A'ett York Sportsman,