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HERE AND THERE.
Borrow and pain nnd night are one;
Darkness corned with all;
Shadows rlso and full:
Thn.njwn's cold light Is nothorown;
Oijthe silver stum npKnr,
Given as 'twere by Hopo to cheer
The faint and wenry
When and and dreary
Here!
Happiness, joy and Miss are one;
Sunlight comes to stay ;
Shndows flee away;
Tlie Master sits upon His throne,
A shining light in heaven alwve,
Ruling men by Faith and Love.
Turning thoir mourning
Into bright morning
There?
A COLORADO SAUCEPAN
. One thousand, fivu hundred miles in n
farm-wagon! A weary distance to
I ravel.
To bo suro thcro wero double springs
utted to the wagon, nnd comfortable
Uid placed in the back where the invalid
mother constantly reclined, nnd where
Nollio too often cast herself.
Hut both Nellie and her mother were
ipnro glad than tliey could Bay that Tike's
X - was so near, and their journey
rt 'lone.
itoft a minute, Harry," said tho
joung girl, excitedly, ns t hoy passed tho
Balancing Hook in tho Garden of tho
Gods. And out she sprang to rescue a
8hmpg object from beneath tho crunch
ing heels.
'If is a saucepan, mumma, perfectly
new nnd bright, ia anything ever
more fortunate? Wo have needed ono
so much since wo lost ours in that storm
on the Plat to."
"Will it fit our camp stove?" nsked
Harry.
"Eanctly, I think."
"It must have been dropped by per
sons a very short distance in advance,"
enid tho mother. "At supper tinio they
will bewnil their loss."
"And at supper-time," laughed Nellie,
"we will rejoice over our gain."
An hour later tho travelers had passed
through tho picturesque village of Mani
iou, nestling at tho baso of Piko's Teak,
and halted in linglemaun's C'unon, near
the Iron Spring.
"We have selected tho loveliest spot
for our tent that you can imagine,
mamma," announced Nellie, breathless
ly, after a short exploration of the camping-ground.
"Frank nnd I were divided
as to tho north or south side of the road,
but we finally decided on a little south
side knoll, which slopes to a gurgling
brook at tho back and faces the road in
front. It is all among tho pines, too,
mamma, and I am suro it will make you
well to breatho such pure nir in such a
lovely spot."
Tho tent was soon pitched, nnd when
tho early twilight fell tho tloor had been
laid and wagon unpacked.
"Oh, lovo I am lonely;
I'm waiting here fur the e."
warbled Nellie, at her work in tho ex
tension or kitchen.
"How glad I am that we havo no near
neighbors,'1 she remarked to her brother,
who whs feeding the stove with resinous
pine, "for I shall want to sing all tho
time out here."
"But we have neighbors," ho an
swered. "They ciimo a few moments
ago, nnd choso the verwbite I first se
lected, nnd aro busy putting up their
tent now." t
"Is there an invalid with them?"
"Yes, an old gentleman, rather a cross
:no, too, I mn afraid, for I heard him
colding quite sharply a short time ago."
Nellie nroso early the next morning for
ere was much yet to bo accomplished
s the way of becoming settled ja the
w home. While preparing breakfast
a heard a pleasant "Good morning!"
im the back door, and glanced up to
;iud a young man standing there.
"Pardon so early a visit, "heexplained,
"but have you a saucepan you ciuld con
veniently loan ? Wo have lost ours, and
my uncle thinks ho cannot possibly do
without his porridge."
"Ours is not in use nnd you nro
quite welcome to it," was tho cordial re
sponse. "Are you tho cook ?" sho continued,
her face dimpling into smiles as she
scanned the handsome face and well-knit
flgure.
"Yes, to my sorrow, I am for the pres
ent. May I call on you for some kindly
hints when in a particular dilemma?''
glanciug suggestively at her well-floured
bands.
"Certainly, ns often ns you like.
cave served a full apprenticeship."
"Nellie, tho potatoes aro burning,"
called her mother from the inner
room.
Whereupon tho young man hastily de
parted, promising an early return of tho
saucepan.
"No ladies with them!" said Nellie,
at the breakfast-tuble, "how dreary that
must be."
"They have been on a tour in the
mountains," said Harry, "but it did not
seem to bcuelit Mr. Castleinau."
"Custlcmun !" exclaimed Nellie, in
pained surprise, "is that the name?"
"Yes. But what's the matter, Nell?
You look its if you had seen a ghost."
"Where aro they from?"
"Illinois, I believe. Tho old gentle
man sttvs he owns property in our coun
ty." "The very same," thought Nellie, with
a pang, "just before papa died he told
'"e that Cnstlenian was the name, of tho
:nan who obtained our home on a secu--ty
debt. And this is the man. Dear,
'ur old home," she thought, "it breaks
y heart to remember your comforts and
-ociations. and to think that luumma.in
i-r ill-health is banished from you."
"Perhaps I may ask jour daughter
an for the suueepun, madam," said
Frank Cosllemnn, when ho returned that
useful article, "By a strange coincidence
tho only tin storo in tho village was
burned last night. Our man will be hero
in a few days with supplies, however,
and then wo will trouble you no longer."
"Mamma," said Nellie, on his depar
ture, "I feel sure that saucepans theirs.
It seems dreadful to think of, for we
need it so badly."
"I'll buy you one, sis, with the very
first money I can earn," said Harry.
"Oh, dear, how miserable It is to bo
poor!" sighed Nellie. "I think I'll just
keep it, for mamma must havo her por
ridge, and they can buy a do.cn if they
wish."
Hut the result of tho matter wns that
nfter dinner, she attired herself in a
brown cashmere, dress, whoso color well
suited eyes of hazel and golden hair, and
started with the saucepan to their neigh
bor's tent.
The doors were tied back, and seated
within on a camp chair, sho saw a feeblo
old man.
"Come in," he called, in a sharp voice,
ns sho hesitated at tho door. "Help
yourself to a chair, child. I am in no
fix to play the gallant, as you can sec."
"I trust you find that Colorado air is
beneficial to you, sir," Ncllio ventured
to remark, after being seated.
"Not a bit of it," he answered, testily.
"Those pesky mountains came near being
tho death of mo. Tho altitude was too
grcnt."
"It seems so pleasant here that we
hopo our invalid mother will grow strong
rapidly."
"Pleasant enough, if camping out
wasn't tho prescribed thing, but this
doing without homo comforts for the
sake of health seems rather inconsistent
to me."
"Wo have quito a comfortable camp
ing outfit," said Nellie, with modest
frido. "Our list includes a coffce-sack-ng
carpet, a folding rocking chair, a
looking glass "
"Ana a saucepan," no interrupted,
grimly.
"No sir," sho answered, earnestly,
"the saucepan is not ours. We found it
in tho Garden of tho Gods, a short time
before we reached here, and I brought it
over thinking it might be the ono you
lost."
"Humph!"- after a brief examination,
"it is tho very same. I know it by this
cross mark. I suppose I ought to be
greatly obliged for its return, for one
doesn't often get back what is lost on tho
highway."
"Wo would like to have you call to
sco ns," said Nellie, rising, "I believe
we nro your nearest neighbors.."
"Didn't supposo I'd have any neigh
bors," sho answered with evident irrita
tion; "was told there could be no ono
near."
With a stiff "Good afternoon! ' Nellie
made her exit.
"Disagreeable old man!"' sho said,
on reaching homo. "Ho did not thank
me at all, mamma, and implied that he
regretted having neighbors when I asked
him to call.
"He must bo a great sufferer to be so
ill-natured," commented her mother.
"Mother. I'll take you on a jaunt
through L" to Pass to-day," said sixteen-year-old
Harry, a few days later, "for as
I've found a job at last, the horses and
1 will have 'to leave you soon. Frank
Custlcmun 6ays ho will take charge of
the tent."
"Why should we placo ourselves un
der obligation to Mr. Frank Castleman?"
asked Nellie coldly. "Tho tent can take
care of itself."
Sinco the unfortunate visit in regard
to tho saucepan,' she had passed tho Cas
tlemans'tcnt day after day, unheeding, on
her way to the Iron Spring.
That very afternoon, for the first
time, Frank Castleman had seemed quite
oblivious tocher presence as well, ns ho
stood in tho spring pagoda chatting
gaily with a bevy of tastily dressed girls
irom one of tho villugo hotels.
And Nellie felt an access of bitter
ness in her heart at the thought that one
day this gay, laughing young man, who
only appreciated weultii and style, would
be master of tho dear home she had
lost.
"You avoid us, Miss Loomis," said
Frank on the very next morning, as the
two chauccd to meet ut Kuxton creek.
"You never give us a nod and a
smile as you pass. Has anything my
uncle may have said in regard to that
wretchd little saueepau aught to do with
the matter?"
"By no means," was tho frigid reply.
"That was too slight an affair to be
worthy of remembrance."
"Please expluin, then," an honest
trouble in his dark eyes. "Havo 1 done
anything to offend?"
"No, it is nothing. Why vex yourself
about a trifle? Y'ou have many friends
in the village, doubtless, who are congen
ial, and who enjoy your companionship."
"As you do not, I am led to infer," ho
replied, bitterly, as he left.
"Oh, Nellie," said her mother, as she
entered the tent, "I forgot to tell you
that Mr. Castlemnn,Sr., called this after
noon while you were at the spring.- He
made quite a visit, admired our bough
porch, and asked me to call when lie
left."
"Perhaps ho is sorry he spoke so un
kindly when I was there," said Nellie,
with a sudden sense of compassion for
the sick, lonely man.
But suddenly all thought of Mr. Cas
tleman, Sr., aud his tantalizing nephew
were merged into that beautiful sleep
which comes only to the just, and to
campers in Colorado.
"Miss Loomis! Miss Loomis!" she
heard a voice call through the mist of
her dreams, and she gave a startled an
swer. "My uncle is very ill," the voice con
tinued. "Will it be possible for you to
come and stay with him while I go for
tho doctor? Our man has gone to Den
ver for the horses-"
"I will come immediately. Go right
on to Manitou."
"Mamma, ring this bell if you need
mo," she said on starting.
Mr. Castlcmnn's condition brought
her ability as nurse into immediate req
uisition. Sho built a fire in the camp-stove, but
finding no vessel in which to boil water,
bethought herself suddenly of the re
turned saucepan. "How glad I am I
brought it back," she thought gratefully,
" for thero is not ono moment to lose."
By tho time tho physician had arrived,
constant applications of hot water to tho
patient, and tho immersion of his feet in
it, had very much improved his con
dition. Tho doctor commended in highest
terms the course pursued by tho trembling
little nurse, and said that her speedy ac
tion had paved the patient's life.
A grateful glance from Mr. Castleman,
Sr., and one of intense admiration from
Mr. Castleman, Jr., fell upon her flushed
face and shining, dishevelled hair at this
statement.
" It was tho saucepan," sho cried, im
pulsively. "I could not have heated
tho water but for it."
Nellie guided her mother's feeblo foot
steps to tho door of their neighbor's tent
next morning. Mr. Castleman was much
improved, and expressed his appreciation
of the call.
A very friendly feeling was established
between the invalids after this, and Nel
lie or her mother visited tho tent at least
once a day during tho old gentleman's
convalescence. Ho softened visibly be
neath tho unaccustomed influence, and
even nsked Nellie to bring her guitar nnd
sing for him.
When Mr. Castleman grew stronger ho
came every day to tho Loomis' tent, lie ob
served Nellie's uniform cheerfulness, her
industry, her economies, and ho was
never wearied of watching her swift,
bird-liko movements.
"No rjorridire for vour mother?" he
nsked ono night when lie had remained
for tea. "Why, how is that, little girl?"
"I am sorry I have none for either her
or you, but wo have nothing to prepare
it in."
"Bless my life ! No saucepan I Why
did you not speak of it long ago?
The next morning a new saucepan was
set insido tho tent door.
It was addressed to Nellie, and, re
moving the cover, she found within a
thick paper marked : "Medicine for your
mother."
"Oh, mamma, do open it quick; curi
osity has taken complete possession of
me."
"Why, Nellie," said her mother, in a
choked voice, "it is a deed to our old
home, given in Mr. Castleman's name.
What does it mean, my child?"
"Ah! I know, I know," sho cried, be
side herself with happiness; "aud, oh! I
am so glad."
Sho could scarcely make explanation
to her mother for tho exuberance of her
joy.
Her face was radiant when she re
turned from her visit of thanks to Mr.
Castleman.
"He was'sokind, mamma; and when I
kissed him ho kissed mo back ngain."
Tho days that followed were golden
ones to Nellie. It seemed that the sun
had never sent down such soft, life
giving rays before, and it was a wonder
ful moon that flooded tho valley with its
radiance through the long summer nights.
Her coldness toward Frank Castleman
diminished in marked degree ns the days
sped on, but there was an intangible
barrier between them yet.
The two invalids grew stronger every
day, and now that Mr. Castleman's horses
and carriage had arrived, they, with Frank
and Nellie, took long trips to Glen Eyrie,
Cheyenne Canon, Monument park and
other points o interest.
One day Nellie was sent on 'a pressing
errand to Colorado Springs, and Frank
accompanied her as usual ns driver. As
they returned across the mesa (tableland)
tho sun was throwing its last, slanting
beams on tho Garden of tho Gods, which
lay in beauty beneath them.
"I always supposed." said Frank,
laughing, "that tulips (two lips) lady
fingers, heartseaso, and all such flowers
bloomed in tho Garden of tho Gods, did
not you? Hope I shall yet find them,
I'm sure."
"I doubt if you will," replied Nellie,
a bright red staining tho ivory of her
cheeks.
Whereupon ensued a conversation of
such absarbiug interest that a full hour
had elapsed ere they reached the "Bal
ancing Bock."
"1 shall never forget," said Nellie, ir
relevantly, "that h was hero we found
that dear little saucepan."
"And I shall never forget, "said Frank,
radiantly, "that it was iu the Garden of
tho Gods I found my dear little sauce
pan, too."
"And tho tulips, the lady-fingers, tho
heartsease as well," he slyly whispered.
"Blessed little saucepans both," ho
added. "Uncle and I may well thank
the fate that brought them into our j
lives. Ltiaigo current.
Language of the Eyes.
It is said that very quiet eyes that im
press and embarrass ono with their re
pose signify self-command, but also
much complacency ami some conceit.
Restless eyes that cannot look one stead
ily in the face denote a deceitful, design
ing mind. Eyes in which tho white has
a -yellowish tiugo and is streaked with
reddish veins, prove much of strong pas
sion and hasty tempers. Very blue eyes
bespeak a mind inclined to coquetry;
grey eyes signify dignity, intelligence,
and excellent reasoning faculties; green
ish eyes, falsehood aud a fondn.-ss for
scandal. A malicious mind is often in
dicated by greetiish eyes. Black eyes
show a passionate, lively temperament,
and of times a most deceitful disposition;
brown eyes are generally tender and
true, indicating a kind and happy dis
position. frog reel.
SIAM AND ITS CUSTOMS.
A COUNTRY WHICH IS RAPIDLY BE
COMIRCt CIVILIZED.
Curioua Cii.lom. of tlic People A He
narkably 1'olilo Itacc l(t-liglon
Occupation anil Covcrmiieiit.
The recent advent of a Siamese em
bassy to this country makes the follow
ing account of that Oriental country
timely and interesting:
The kingdom of Siam is ono of those
countries iu the distant East which, after
200 years of seclusion, has only recently
been compelled to surrender its retro
grade policy and opened its gates to the
commercial world of Europe and America.
Since the accession of tho present King
Chulalou Korn I., a prince very enlight
ened nnd liberal for tho East, Siam has
mado great commercial progress. He
abolished the ruinous monopolies, made
commerce free, encouraged navigation
and trade, gave entire religious liberty
and supported the Christian missions in
their attempts at conversion. The effects
of these wise measures soon became visi
ble. Siam is annually growing more
flourishing, trade is prosperous, and hun
dreds of European and American ships
visit Bangkok.
According to Bishop Pallegoix, the
population of Siam amounts to six mil
lions. As a rule, tho Siamese are peace
ful, cheerful and open, and there is nono
of that propensity for lying which is
found in China, even in the most in
different matters.
Humanity toward human beings and
animals is characteristic of tho Siamese.
Hough outbreaks of violence and murder
are extremely rare. Slavery is very
widespread in Siam, but the slaves are
generally treated better than are servants
in civilized countries ; they aro regarded
ns belonging to the family. Many
Siamese are said to be so merciful that
they will not even kill a fly that stings
them. Obedience and respect to the law
aro in a high degree peculiar with tho
people. Great reverence is also paid to
old age, and the children treat their par
ents - with the utmost attention. The
intercourse between tho tw o sexes is ex
tremely reserved. In this respect Siam
forms a commendable exception among
tho Oriental countries, where usually lax
morality prevails.
Thero are no public schools in the
country. The representatives of learning
and teachers are the Talapoins or priests
of Buddha, who, howover, are generally
quite ignorant. Teaching does not com
mence in childhood, but only with pu
berty. Attaining this stage forms an im
portant epoch in the life of the Siamese,
and is connected with great festivities
and shaving tho head. From birth up
to tho fourth year tho heads of children
aro shaved close, in order to make the
hair strong; after that a tuft is left on
the forehead of both males and females,
which is allowed to grow up to tho ago
of puberty. During this period children
enjoy their youth to the fullest extent
that is to say, they have nothiug to do
beyond playing and amusing themselves.
When the hour for head shaving has ar
rived the parents give a grand festival,
to which all friends and relations aro in
vited, who bring the child presents and
cakes. The priests wash the head of the
consecrated child with tho Buddhistic
purifying water.saying prayers tho while,
and then the nearest relatives cut off the
tuft of hair. After this epoch the boys
are sent to school, or rather to the
temples, in order to be instructed by the
priests in reading and writing. They re
main there for from four to six years, and
act as serving boys to the Talapoins dur
ing the period. The young Siamese,
however, learn very little from tho
priests, and hence the great majority of
them can neither read or write at the ex
piration of the time. The education of
the girls is limited to cooking and the
preparation of cigars. Most of them can
not even sew. which, indeed, is hardly
necessary hero, as the few articles of
clothing are woven in one piece and have
no seam.
In spite of the low scale of education
nmong the Siamese, they are a remark
ably polite people. Acquaintances never
meet without bowing, and when ono
passes another he never omits apologizing
to him. People of equal rank address
each other as "My elder brother," or
"Mv elder sister." If they are speaking
of elderly persons they call them "My
father." It is a great breach of good
manners to address a man by his plain
name. They never say directly "I," but
"Your servant." The conversation with
men of rank is carried to a ridiculous ex
cess. In such cases tho inferior calls j
himself, "I who am only a hair," "I, j
the animal," etc. Persons of equal rank
salute each other by raising th ir clasped I
hands to their mouth. Lower miiudai ins '
aro called "benefactors;" higher ones, j
"gracious lords of benefactors." To I
princes they must say, "I, dust of your !
exulted feet;" to king, "I, dust of your j
sacred feet." At audiences, in tho pub
lic courts, a mau of rank can be recog
nized by the fact that he is sittiug or
standiug, whilo all the rest are on their
knees with bowed heads.
Polygamy is allowed in Siam, but only
the first wife is tho legitimate mistress of
tho house. She, with her childrcu, is
also her husband's sole heiress.
The priests, usually called by for
eigners Talapoins (from talpot, a fan,
which they always carry before their
eyes I, are held in great respect. Even
the king salutes them, before whom all
other subjects must throw themselves on
their face, but they do not return a
salutation. Every temple is uuder tho
supervision of u superior, who superin
tends the internal administration. He is
called Lord of tho Temple, aud all the
priests attached to the temple are under
ids orders. Altogether there are in
Bangkok ld.OOO priests, in tho whole of
Siam 100,000, who ull live in tho tem
ples. Tho gown of the priests is yellow,
probably an imitation of the color of
gold, as the most costly metal with which
honor can bo paid to Buddha. Their
hend nnd eyebrows are shaved closo, and
their constant companion is a palm leaf
fan, which they hold before their eyes in
walking,- in order that their eyes may not
wander over passing objects. Their life
duty is utter abstraction from the outer
world, nnd consequently tho nnnihilation
of all mental activity directed to exter
nal objects. They must not let themselves
be directed from their inner contempla
tion by worldly things. So Buddha wills
it, nnd for this reason he gave them the
eye-defending fan. When they go out
tho priests carry an iron pot hung over
their shoulders by a strap, in which they
collect the food which they are obliged
to beg for their maintenance from house
to house. The manner of living among
tho priests is regulated by monastic rules.
At daybreak they rise .from their beds,
and inform the populace, by ringing
bells and beating drums, that they nre
coming to collect food. Their scholars
and servants get everything ready for tho
start, whilo the priests are bathing, visit
ing the temple and saying a few prayers.
Then they commence their begging
rounds. Nearly always women and chil
dren present the offerings, with very low
bows, and ere long tho pots are filled to
tho rim with rice, fish, vegetables and
cakes. As the rules forbid priests
cooking, tho gifts nre handed to them
ready lor eating. They return to the
temple, when the priests pick up the
nicest things, nnd give tho rest to their
servants.
There are in tho country t wo classes of
physicians, tho royal, who receive a
salary, and whose office is handed down
to their sons, and such as practice on
their own account. The former have to
go throngh an apprenticeship and exam
ination beforo they receive adiplomaand
are allowed to perform their duties. It
is tho duty of these official doctors to
cure persons attached to the court, to
follow tho army into the field, and ac
company the princes and high officials in
their travels. A man requires no pre
liminary studies in order to become a
privnto medico. A recipe book and a
medicine chest, with the requisite
"gift of gab," are sufficient
to set up this class of doctors,
whoso performances are certainly ex
tremely problematical during the first ten
years, but many become more valuable
alterward through experience. Tho Sia
mese, however, know how to value their
physicians. With them it is " no cure
no pay." The best things about the pre
scriptions of the Siamese physicians is
their harmlessness.and if their medicines
do not always cure, they at least do no
harm. The specifics are generally herbs,
which are employed in the form of tea,
pills, decoctions and essences. Severe
diet, restricted to rice water and fish
dried in the sun, douches and shampoo
ing, play a great part in all oures, and
often have the best results.
The principal occupation of the Sia
mese is agriculture, the cultivation of
rice occupying the first place. It -is of
excellent quality, and the best in all
Asia. In addition to rice cultivation, in
which nature does the most work, the
Siamese occupy their time with horticul
ture, which demands even less labor.
Tho fruit trees flourish without any cul
ture, and the vegetables alone have a
littlemore attention paid them, as they
are irrigated with a mixture of water,
salt and rotten fish. This mode of treat,
ment renders the plants wondrouly pro
ductive. The iudolent Siamese have left
the cultivation of the sugar cane, pepper
and tobacco, which costs more trouble,
to the industrious Chinese, who, in re
turn, derive all the greater profit from it.
Siam is richer than any other tropical
country in every sort of fruit and veg
etable. As Mi all tropical countries the bamboo
and the canes have a great social value in
Siam. The bamboo supplies the sole
material for building the cottages for the
lower classes. Siam possesses great
wealth of ornamental, useful and dyeing
woods. Among the useful, the most
valuable is teak, which supplies an inde
structable material for ship-building.
Siam is also the land of gutta percha,
tumeric and the sweet scented aloe, which
is esteemed throughout the East as a per
fume. The form of government is absolutely
despotic. The land has two kings, but
the first is the actual ruler and autocrat.
Tho second king never interferes in for
eign affairs, but in war ho is placed at
the head of tho army. Among tho
princes there are threo degrees and four
of each grado hold offices of state. Tho
highobt among them is the viceroy. He
has to decide on all important affairs of
state. The other usual high offices of
state are distributed nmong the remain
ing princes. Two of them aro inspec
tors of the elephants, ono manages tho
taxes, another is chief of the agricultural
department, a third minister of justice
and a fourth head of the medical de
partment. The Siamese nre a first rate
agricultural and commercial nation, nnd,
iu spite of all their campaigns, they have
never acquired a taste for wur.
The Coco Do Mer Palm.
Tho coco de mer palm is found only
in tho Sevchelle islands. It is from sixty
to a hundred feet high, and its trunk is
a foot in diameter ull the way up to tho
top, where it is crowned with a tuft of
huge leaves, somo of them as much as
twenty feet long. The male anil female
flowers are produced on different trees.
The resulting nut is about a foot long, of
irregular shupe, nnd till tho discovery in
184;i of the only spot in tho world where
these palms grow, was believed to be a
marine product The Malay sailors used
to affirm that it grew under water in
placid bays; but if they dived for it it
disappeared. The nuts were highly
prized when found floating about ou the
Indian ocean.
Homoeopathy was first brought to the
world's notice in 1S10. It was introduced
into England in-4N)7.
NIGHT.
T hear the cries that follow birth and death; .
I heap huge pestilence draw his vaporoni
breath;
" Beware, prepare, or else ye dlol" he ssith.
I hear a haggard student turn and sigh;
I hear men begging heaven to let them die;
And, drowning all, a wild-eyed woman's cry.
So night takes toll of wisdom as of sin,
The student's and the drunkard's cheek is thin ;
But flesh is not the prize we strive to win.
Now airy swarms of fluttering dreams descend
On souls, like birds on trees, and have no end.
Oh , God I from vulture dreams my soul defend.
Let fall on her a rose-leaf rain of dreams,
All passionate sweet, as are the loving beams
Of starlight on the glimmering woods and
streams.
Sidney Lanier.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Man proposes and the other man her
papa disposes of him in short order.
llaickeye.
One of tho hardest things to accom
plish is to waken a man in a railroad car
who is occupying two seats. Philadel
phia Call.
The early bird does not always catch
the worm at this season of the year he
generally catches a body full of shot.
Wwtaw Wap,
A young girl began to sine "Listen to
the Mocking Bird," and everybody in tho
room rushed hastily out to find a mock
ing bird to listen to. Call.
Why is a child whoso father and mother
have neither brothers nor sisters like an
unsolvablo conundrum ? Because it has
no aunt, sir. Merchant-Traveler.
The straw hat is a pretty thing
On laborer or scholar;
They tie it with a piece of string,
And buy It for a t.
Merchant-Traveler.
"Fashionable society is now a smelling
bottle craze. So says an exchange. Fash
ionable society not only likes to smell a
bottle, but to uncork it also. Boston
Pott.
Why is a man who gets shaved regu
larly by a tonsorial artist a perfect loaferf
Because you can see his mug in the bar
ber shop any time you go in! Fall River
Advance.
A Philadelphia man who is the father
of seven daughters has ordered a beauti
ful and expressive motto for the parlor
wall. It reads: "No sons-in-law to
board." Arlanmw Traveler.
Boggs sent his son to Sanderson, who
advertised for a clerk, with a note say
ing: "You will find my son very trusty."
Sanderson sent him back with a note that
he would not suit, as he sold for cash.
Brooklyn Timet.
Science tells us that after a bee has
stung once it takes two minutes to re
cover tho power to sting again. It
doesn't take the stung person two seconds
to get out of the way of a second sting.
Lowell Courier.
Big gilt darning needles And big gilt
pins are the latest fancies for bonnet and
fiat decorations. After this a man won't
throw himself down so promiscuously on '
the bed where his wife's hat is sweetly
reposing. Lowell C it ken.
Now the weather hatb own warm
And the maids begin tr, stVarm
Around the atmospheric soda water;
They dearly love vanilla
With cream, or sarsaparilla,
And often drink more than they really
oughter. Boston Post.
A correspondent writes: "Will you
please inform me when straw hats can be
worn without comment?" Certainly.
Straw hats can be worn without excit
ing comment on the head; but when
they are worn cavorting along the street
in a galo of wind, you must expect a re
mark or two. Philaikljihia Call.
A tramp stopped at a house on Main
street the other day and asked for some
thing to cat. "Which do you liko best,"
asked tho hired girl "steak or chop I"
The tramp meditated a minute, and then
replied, "Chop." "Step right this way,"
said tho hired girl. "Here's the axe, and
there's the wood-pile." Burlington Fred
Brcu.
My son, when you are foarlessly parad
ing with your girl these cool evenings,
and see a man in a linen duster and as
siduously working a palm-leaf fan, look
out for an ice-cream sign just back of
him. and at once cross to the other side
of the street you will rind tho walking
much pleusanter, and devoid of immedi
ate danger. Lowell Citizen.
She Needed No Male Protector.
Thomas Pennant, in his "Tours in
Wules," speaks of a Welsh am izon named
Margaret Evan, who lives at Penllyn.
Sho is at this time above ninety years of
age. She was the greatest hunter, shooter,
and fisher of her time. She kept at least
a dozen dogs, killed more Aixes in one
year than all tho confederate hunts do in
tea; rowed stoutly and was queen of the
lake; tiddled excellently and knew all
our old music; did not neglect the me
chanical arts, for she was a very good
joiner, and at the age of seventy was the
best wrestler in tho country, and few
young men dared to try a fall with her.
Margaret was also b!;ic'...::;i:h, shoemaker,
boat builder, and maker of harps. She
shod her own horse, made her own shoes,
and built her own boats w hile under con
tract to convey copper up and down the
lakes. All tho neighboring bards cele
brated her exploits. She had many ad
mirers, but gave her hand to the most ef
feminate of them.
Time is an estate which will produce
nothing without cultivation, but will al-,
ways abundantly repay the lubors of in
dustry and generally satisfy the most ex
tensive desires, if no part of it bo suffered
to lio waste by negligence, to be overrun
with noxious plants, or laid out for show
rather than for use.. . .
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