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LIFE.
When violets bloom and oft winds play
When flecklcss bMob flont o'er tlio earth
When all is youth, and Joy, and mirth
TJfe's aim la bappiuesH, we any,
When violot bloom, and soft winds play.
When summer joys have all gone by
When frowning akioa hang o'er the world
When Hope's Roy banners all are furled
Life's aim is usefulness, we sigh,
When summer Joys have all gone by.
Emma Carlton, in the Current.
AT THE MINES.
As the advc'jrous traveler turns from
tho narrow strip of jrairio land, and fol
lows tho Old Rolton Shaft road, where it
winds in and out 'nmong tho enow
docked cedars of the mountains, he will
como unexpectedly upon a small white
wooden cross, standing, as if on guard,
over a grave closo beside tho trail, its
only surroundings being tho moaning
piuo troosand tho endless wasto of snow.
Of that simpio cross, rudely carved by
a jinuo in souio incnaiy nana, is the
name and date:
PHILIP u'oisk,
April 7th, 1883.
A little above, certainly not manyhu
area yaras, but out of sight around t
sharp spur of tho mountains, are situa
tho great ISolton coal mines, their
wooden shafts rising up in tho midst
the solitude, noisy" with novcr-halt
never-ending toil.
Hero and there, along tho gulches ai
ino canons, wuitn aro crossed in evi
airoction by bluck-ash paths, can bcs p
uio littlo wreaths of smoko curlinp p
into tho blue sky, showing where iio
dark-browned delvers in the depths b Ljw
make their humblo homes. I
Tho snow lies trampled and dirty fom
tho pit-house in every direction, ai.tho
great heaps of slack show tho deploy
ment of a largo force of workers, i
Not ono of them all to-day bu t as ho
passes that lonely grave beside t'J trail,
will reverently bond his head fid feel
that, standing there, ho is vcrvjfdose to
God. If you havo time to list ft, I will
tell the simple littlo story agaifor you.
1 was acting as foreman ovethe night
lift, lyflklte "Mnlinw W min' nil that
shift a"tho 'Mohawk" miny all that
winter; a hard, rough job enrjigh it was,
but was all I could get to d; and this
boy, McUinn, was a "hclp' in Shaft
iNO. a,
I remember well tho rj;ht ho first
camo to us. It was in Decmber, rough
and blustering outside, grAhat oven tho
thin boards of tho littlo t-finft-houso af
forded small protection' ffom tho wind.
1 was huddled close to roaring lire,
trysng to study out soip'plan for mak
ing the Snnko river Ju safer beforo
spring floods should me. Close as I
kept, tlio red Uamesro ing upthechim
ney, yet 1 would shj
(blast would come s
r, as a heavier
ping arouna the
ieuo oi the mount
i . ... ?
and shako tho
l abiu as if it were in
Just then soma t
knocked at tho
how door, and with
t even glancing up
bade whoever it
to come in.
A burst of icy w
d swept over me, a
; the floor, and I
range boy standing
foot shu Died alo
turned to soe a
before me, his rn
ed, patched clothes
his face red from tho
covered with sno
wind, and a pai
M h)a blue eyes look-
ing up anxious!
into my face.
j 1 , 1 "What ia it, K, y lad?" I asked gently,
, "fanco had toiuMd my heart with pity.
? His eyes felift.0 tho floor, and ho stood
- Vyy there, for an Mutant twirling his ragged
J.i hat ia ais cctfl hands without sayin; a
word. Theifhe gulped out, as if man
fully trying ti keep back the tears:
"Please, r, 1 want some work!"
His voicVwas honest, his face earnest,
his words tt ue.
"hit doKn. my little man," J. said,
kindlv. fWhere aro vou from?"
--j - ,
y He put his well-worn boots out to
ll ward tno heat of tho flro and looked
Vtraigbtinto my faco as he made answer:
1 "From Trinidad, sir. I left there this
iiornin J. '
Triaidad?" I echoed, in surprise.
'lanciii
ig at the snow beating against tho
, jwindovi
s almost like hail. "Why, that
.is bfte
ii miles from here 1"
ow it, sir." He shivered a little.
'Iki
"It wnfc very cold, but they said I could
et wcpi-k here."
"Yam sto rather vounsr for the mines,"
i)egan, out ne leane
Oh, siiVlon't sa
"V I Hid, and 1 tUwit w
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be2an. but he leaned forward eatrerlv.
any iuui; j' uiuui id
ork. I am strong
r iUi.teu x nui, i rrui s i worn, or wuui
Vo'Srill become of
J't t.,m (nv..
mthy with his. v
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'6he is
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their
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ri'Hi.K'AN, only
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And the '.,.' gnt of happiness
which sprar I f "luo 3CB wos mv
trrand rewr- 'J11'
But this Prenn's story and not
mine. andi ornrry on to its sad and
tragic enc; z oundthe boy odd jobs
to do abc.'r' t 'j 'ft at first, and as ho
proved '" ,'jnkleand willing, I ad
vanced 1 , few doysand placed him
upon tlr tK Cnlt as a "helper" at the
foot of rijrf t.
The fl boy for she was the el
der of I wo, and quito a woman
took i 'lf,,n f "n old, tumble down
shant f to the trail. I helped them
Jifjestwe might to keep out the
' sir wind, nnl thern aim kpnt
10 brother, and as tho weeks
I used often to drop in there
aft
just to cheer her up a bit.
de tho lonely old place very
n so many simnlu ways, and,
they seemed quite happy tij-
is tho flush of health came back
(J lear cheeks Hnd the light of hope
.qSnfort brightened her eyes again.
?as I passed nn the road to mv
fff iustin the edne of evening.! used
ttp before the cabin and listen, whilo
; iiuconscious of anyone outside she
P some old melody, tho clear, sweet
iju floating up tho mountains across
JTsnow like tho notes of a lost bird,
,jp making the work of tho long night
oasantcr, as I remembered.
i no coid months oi tno winter roneci
into the dangerous spring dangerous
all mines, but doubly so in ours, be-
;itiso tho rising waters of bnuke river
vero only kept from flooding our galler
ies by an artificial barrier of earth and
rocks. Wo watched with anxious eyes
as, inch by inch, the waters, fed by tho
mountain snow, steadily crept up higher;
tho owners had pronounced it safe, and
we had to believe them.
5uch was the unchanged situation of
things, when ono night, early in April,
I pushed up tho rocky path to ray work,
and, turning the edge of tho pines, saw
Mary McGinn standing in the door of her
Jioor shanty, shading her eyes with her
lands and watching Phil's stubby littlo
figure trudcring away in the after-glow.
As I came up, unnoticed, 1 spoke to
her and marked the light of welcome in
her eyes as sho held out her hand to
me.
"Oh, sir," sho said, looking up into
my face, as if reading every thought, "I
have wanted to see you all day. I heard
some of tho men saying, at the store last
night, that the mines were unsafe while
the river was so high. I asked Phil, and
he laughed at me. But oh, sir, is it
true?"
It was hard for me even to attempt
a Ho to her, yet could I tell tho truth
just then?
"Bolton and tho engineer both pro
nounce them safe," I said gravely; "and
they should know better than tho rest of
us."
Sho read my face whilo listening to the
words.
"But you? you do not?" sho cried.
I struck my tin pail against the post
and drew a long breath.
"Mary," I said, with a tenderness new
tome, "I am not satisfied, but I hope
for the best."
She stood there as if the news had
touched her very life.
"I'oor Phil!" almost in a whisper,
"and all I can do is to pray for him."
I bent lower and closer to hear the
words.
"And will you forget all the others? "
I asked, longingly. " It makes men
stronger to think some one remembers
them at homo."
She looked up into my rough face a
moment with tear-dimmed eyes, then
placed both her little hands in mine.
I have always remembered you," she
said, and, as a shrill whistle came down
the frosty air, recalling mo to duty, I
followed tho impulse of my heart and
kissed her cheek, now flushed with red.
What I saw in the blue eyes is hard no
tell, but I turned away happier without
knowing why than I had been in many
years.
1 wenty of us went down in the cage
that night together, and I remember yet
tho last grand scene as we sank slowly
into the shaft. Tha sun was just going
down behind the ridgo, and the distant
snow-crowned peaks stood out like
cathedral spires against the rosy sky,
whilo across the valley a bridge of golden
wire seemed suspended in the air; and
then we dropped away into the black,
damp depths below.
After feeing that the men were well at
work, I led a small party up into one of
tho side tunnels to fix some props which
had fallen down.
It was hard work, pressed together as
we were in that narrow space and breath
ing the hot, damp air, tho room lit
by the smull oil lumps flick
ering on each miner's cap. They took
turns with the timbers, and for over an
hour nothing was to be heard save the
heavy breathing of the meu, and oc
casionally a low-spoken order.
I thought over my little talk with
Mary as 1 stood there leaning against the
rocky side, and was building air-castles
and making her their queen, when sud-
inlMenly we were startled at hearing swift
Votsteus echoing along the tunnel, and
Im. next moment, with face ghastly
AcDew lafr unacr tho glare of his hat-lamp,
i .. V burst in among us.
joyed bis h i-, e cried. "Run, lads, for the
tbey corjcluJtftnake river has broken out!"
Next momincr nl faces an(1 cries of frigbt.the
xsexi morning ai, everyttling t0 pilinge int0
leased them and Wid we stood there alone.
them around and 'evictions. I w&sminer
. , ... . nd it til.
sights ot the city, especru gaij, for the boy
the Mayor; but when h(pr breath; "we
carrying a ball and chain, l he my
and neither stood upon the or.
going, but made the suoV?7
didnH
a veritable Dukota blizzard.
t, tir, I
kbnrst
the
thought. Every life in tho mine depend-1
cd upon that. Impulsively I stepped
forward and clapped my hands on his
shoulders.
"I had forgotten," I said. "We will
go together, my lad."
Iland-in-hand, to steady our steps over
the wet rocks, wo went down into tho
main gallery; feeling our way in tho in
tense blackness, hearing tho gurgle of
tho water, already sweeping to my
waist.
Wo could distinguish some cries far
off in the mine, and hear the f righterred
bats flitting about our heads, as we
finally struggled up to the heavy timbers,
and I hacked at them with an ax.
They would not start! The lives of
every man in the stables hung with that
barrjeade, yet still it clung there, and as
wo toiled, tho water kept creeping up,
until it had reached the boy's throat.
Liko rain I showered my heavy blows,
scarcely able to keep my own feet in the
sweep of tho curreut.
"For God's sake, lad !" I groaned in
despair and agony, "what can wedo?"
"I know, sir, ho cried out, for I could
not see him in the darkness, "and may
God help me to do it!" And catching
tho lower timbers ho clambered up.
AVhat he succeeded in cutting I can
only guess, but I heard a cry and a crash,
then down enme that great mass, com
pletely blocking the pnssage and sending
an immense black wave over my head,
and clenr to the top of tho tunnel.
Oh, heaven, what a night of horror
that was! I have wondered since that
it did not turn my hair to snow. Back
of me the black, gloomy, silent mine
yawning liko a grave; beforo mo tho
barricade nnd on every side tho eddying
currents of water.
In vain I called for Phil, and fell my
way back and forth along the wet rocks.
Nothing nnswered but tho flitting of tho
bats and the gurgling of the waves.
Sobbing, crying, praying, half crazed
the leng night wore away: sometimes
dreaming that I saw tho boy's face in the
darkness calling to him only to have
tho echoes of my own voice come back
in mockery. 1 think I was truly mad
when the party of resellers came at last,
guided down the tunnel by my cries.
In the llickering rays of their lights,
the first thing my eyes saw was poor
Phil, lying crushed tinder the timbers.
At the sight, nnd before they could reach
me, I fainted dead away.
It was up in tho pit-house, with a
crowd of rough, sympathetic faces about
me, that 1 came back to life once more
and looked eagerly around.
"Tho girl?" I asked, for she was the
first thought, where is the girl?"
They drew back silently, and then I
saw her kneeling over a shrouded body
in tho corner. For her own sake she
must bo taken awny, while tho men did
all they could with tho poor battered
figure. Tho lads helped mo to her ten
derly. "Mary," I whispered, taking her cold
hand in mine, "you cannot help Phil
any more, now. Come, let us go home."
Sho looked up at mo, her face like
death, but wtthout a tear in the clear
eyes.
" It is so hard to leave him here," sho
said, piteously; "is it right?"
"Yes, my girl," my own voice tremb
ling. ' 'I think so, and you must trust
me, Mary."
"Yes."
I led her out of the sad place, down
the hill toward their littlo cabin. At the
bottom she stopped and looked wistfully
back, and as she did so, the tears broke
forth at last.
"Oh, Phil,' she sobbed, "you were
all I had in the world I "
The heart camo up into my throat at
the pitiful loneliness of that cry, and 1
knew I loved her.
" Not all, Mary," I whispered, tenderly,
"not all, if you will turn to me."
Sho looked up into my faco bending
over her, and, 1 think, read there my
earnestness.
"You were good to him," sho said,
simply, "and 1 love you I"
The early morning sun came out above
the crags, and showered a gleam of gold
across the brown hair, as I led aher into
the littlo house alone.
That is Phil's grave out yonder, by
the trail, with tho white cross and the
snow-covered cedars standing silent
guard above it, and somewhere in the
years, I tbink, God has wiped away the
trouble, has covered up the roughened
hands of toil, and rewarded the boy ac
cording to his deeds. George 11. Parrtah.
, The Care or Watches.
A few remarks on tho care of watches
are made by a writer in the Puitilar Sci
ence Monthly. A good watch should be
oiled once a year and cleaned once in
three years. If a jeweler tells vou that
there is some very serious trouble oi
break in your watch, which will cost
several dollars to get repaired, ask him
to take the watch "down" and let you
see tho trouble. It is better to wind
one's watch in the morning than in the
evening, since, if you wind at night and
expose the watch to the cold, the chilling
of the tightly wouad mainspring may
break it. Frequently empty out the
dust that accumulates so quickly in your
watch pocket. It will not injure a watch
or clock to turn tho bands backward.
The Potato as a Luxury.
The potato, originally a South Ameri
can plant, was introduced to Virginia by
Sir John Harvey in lt529, though it was
unknown in some counties of England
150 years later. Potatoes were served,
perhaps as an exotic rarity, at a Harvard
installation dinner in 1007 ; but the plant
was ouly brought into culture in New
England at the arrival of the Presby
terian emigrants from Ireland iu 1718.
Five bushels w ere aeeounted a large crop
of potatoes for a Connecticut farmer; foi
it was boltUst if a nuua ee'tbem every
day, he could not live beyond wren
vears.
NEWS AND NOTES FOIt WOMEN.
Women are becoming commercial traT
elcrs in England.
The Taris fashion writers assert that
shawls are again to bo in vogue.
Lawns havo rosebuds, sprays of deli
cate flowers BDd geometrical figures.
Young girl tramps are said to be be
coming common in tho mill districts of
New England.
Waltzing is going out of fashion in
Englaud. The Prince of Wales haa re
vived quadrilles.
New clasps, much, used for cloaks and
dresses, exhibit heads in curiously carved
and stained wood.
Tho Kansas house of representatives
has four girls among its pages, and its
docket clei k is a woman.
Parisian ladies are having landscapes
and miniature portraits painted on their
finger nails by talented artists.
Buttons are very small, some forming
small, round, jewel-like objects, others
curious little men or antique heads.
A new brooch is composed of an enor
mous hook and eye of gold, inlaid with
small but very brilliant diamonds.
Mixed bright metal braids are used on
waistcoats and cuffs of plain cloth of
some distinct shade from that which
composes the gown.
In Paris fashion's latest freak is a fancy
ball, in which each lady is dressed as a
flower violets, lilies, roses, bluebells
and marigolds. What a lovely bouquet.
An Ind'an princess haa eloped from a
Cincinnati dime museum with a St.
Louis man. This appears to be a retro
grade movement whichever way you look
at it.
Broad heavy galloons ars very popular
trimmings. Plaited skirts havo often
one, two or even threo rows of galloon,
sometimes three inches wide, around the
bottom a short distance apart.
"It is a belief of tho Buddhists of Cey
lon that if a woman behaves herself
properly sho will eventually become a
man." And yet people say "that women
never get their rights in this world.
Japanese crape, brocaded with floral
patterns in silk or chenille, is the most
fashionable material of the season for
evening and ball dresses; it requires a
silk dress under it. Lace is used in pro
fusion for trimmings.
Mrs. Louisa Reed Stowell, the only
lady instructor in tho University of Mich
igan, and author of several treatises on
microscopical subjects, has just been
elected u member of the Royal Micro
scopical society of London, being the
third lady ever elected.
New teacups fare flat and shallow.
Breakfast coffee cups follow the same in
larger size, and after dinner cups are tall,
conical and tapering in a straight lino
from the riin to the bottom, to corre
spond with the tall shapes prevailing in
the after dinner coilee service in silver.
Asses cars are the latest bonnet orna
ments in Paris, an extraordinary novelty
in trimmings which far distances such
modest curiosities as mice, mushroons
and watercresses. A leading belle ap
peared in a gray felt bonnet adorned
with a pair of real dried donkey's
ears.
A doctor who ought to know says that
the practice of the wholesale use of smell
ing salts, which came in with the universal
fashion of carrying smelling bottles, is
sure to have its influence upon the olfac
tory nerves sooner or later, and render
the victim unable to distinguish cologno
from asafcetida. More than all that, it
causes headaches, sore throat, and red
noses.
Tall and slender young ladies this
season have a new and pretty way of
arranging a sash. A generous length
of surah is finished at both edges with a
plain, wido hem; the ends at the top are
then drawn through glittering jeweled
slides upon each shoulder, brought down
to the belt in front, crossed and fastened
with a jeweled buckle or clasp. The
ends are arranged from thence in panniers,
or one is carried to tho back and the
other lightly looped, or pft to fall
straight.
Gray, light brown and green cloths,
plain, or iu a little check or mixed corded
stripe, are used for some of the new
walking suits intended for spring wear,
and show very little or no trimming. The
skirt is closely box plaited or trimmed
with a series of wide folds or with pan
els. The apron is draped to ono side.
The bodico is plain, short on tho hips,
with a little postilion atthelsack and a
short pointed front. Tho sleeves are
plain also, and rounded up naturally at
th' top, without unnatural fullness, stuff
ing or padding. The garment to wear
w ith this dress is a small cutaway coat, or
a iitted cape. Tho buttons used are
small and shaded iu horn or pearl to
match the cloth.
An expensive and exceedingly effective
silk costume can be made of American
silk and broche combined. Tho skirt of
dark green gros grain silk, with two box
plaited flounces at tho bottom. The tab
lier reaching from the hips to the top of
the flounce is composed of one w ide vo
lautc of white embroidered Moresque
lace, over which fall pointed panuiere of
the silk, looped under a gracefully draped
back breadth of red and green satin
broche matching the color of the green
silk, but very lustrous, tho red broche
flowers a very vivid shade between scar
let and crimson. The bod ire is of the
broche, with a triangular Modjeska pun
on the front defining a square pompa
dour outline across tho bust, the trian
gle bordered with Moresque lace, the
high collar and cuffs with the same. The
sleeves are of greenish silk, slashed at the
eltiows, and in the arm hole with the
broche. The entire cost of such a drees
need not be more than $35 or $10, in
eluding the making. Chicago Uen-ali.
Women are becoming commercial
travelers in England.
WISE WORDS.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes
necessity.
The best answer to all criticism, tho
best test of all work, is result.
Nothing is wholly good or bad. There
are dark spots in the sun and bright ones
in a coal mine.
Some men are as covetous as if they
wore to live forever; and others areas
profuse as if they were to die the next
moment.
It is certain that either wise bearing
or ignorant carriage is caught as men
take diseases of another; therefore, let
them take heed of their company.
If you want to bo miserable, think
about yourself, about what you want,
what you like, what respect people pay
you, and what people think of you.
To make others' wit appear more than
one's own, is a good rule in conversation;
a necessary one, to let others take notice
of your wit, and never do it yourself.
Nothing but frank intercourse with
independent minds, nothing but discus
sion on equal terms, will keep a thinket
intellectually humble and conscious ol
fallibility.
The leaves that give out tho sweetest
fragrance are thoso that are the most
cruelly crushed ; so tho hearts of those
who have suffered most, can feel foi
other's woes.
Y'ou want to find out a mode of re
nunciation that will bo an escape from
pain. I tell you there is no such escape
possible except by perverting or muti
lating one's nature.
How easy it is for one benevolent being
to diffuse pleasure around him; and how
true is a kind heart a fountain of glad
ness, making evcrytlv g in its vicinity
to freshen into smiles.
Alcibiadcs having bought a remarkably
handsome dog for a large sum, cut off
his tail. "This I do," said he, "that
tho Athenians may talk about it, and not
concern themselves with any other acts
of mine."
A Japanese Baby.
When Kine, the little Japanese baby,
was one hundred days old she was car
ried to the temple, just as some Ameri
can parents take their little children to
tho church to havo them christened,
though Kine's parents do not know or
worship tho true God. The priest wrote
a prayer on a piece of paper and put it
into the prayer bag, which was small
and made of red crape, embroidered in
white flowers and drawn together by
silk cords. This bag containing the
prayer was the "guard from evil," and
it is devoutly believed by all Japanese to
have the power of keeping children from
evil spirits, from delusion by foxes for
tho people think that foxes can cheat or
enchant people and lrom all dangers.
This little red bag was attached to the
eirdle behind. After bestowing a gift
in money upon the priest, the parents
and relatives returned home with the lit
tle girl and held a great feast in her
honor. Kine was carefully nursed, and
carried on the back of a faithful servant,
who fastened her there by a long string
or bandage drawn around the waist and
legs of the child, and crossed over the
neck and shoulders of tho maid. Her
littlo head nnd bright eyes would bob on
every side as her nurse walked or ran,
and here she would go soundly asleep, or
play as any baby would. She was never
carried in any person's nrms. Japanese
babies seldom are. When Kine's aunts
or cousins wished to coax her away from
her nurse or mother, they would hold
their backs invitingly, and sho would
put out her littlo arms and go to one or
another as she chose. Clasping tightly
the neck of the favored one, and held
thero by tho feet or legs, she would be
as happy as if cuddled up in the arms.
As the baby grew and began to walk,
little sandals made of straw were put on
her feet. These were fastened on by put
ting the great toe through a loop. When
she was a year old her hair, which had
been shaven, was allowed to grow a lit
tle, and then tied on the top in a very
funny fashion. Every year it was worn
differently. St. Kichola.
A Laud of Scenlo Wonders.
Leaving Wrangle to battle with its
fogs, says a letter in tho Portland
'1 raiineript, we sailed through Wrangle
narrows, and later into genial sunshine
and past pleasant coves and by the side
of steep cliffs, over which fell streams
of water, and above which towered peaks
of snowy whHcness, glistening in tho
sunlight far away. There on tho shore
a fish cannery lay nestled among the
trees, or a group of Indian huts was vis
ible, while at times the native canoes
were paddled out to us to enable their
inmates to offer bits of native manufac
ture. It was never cold, and fortunate
ly a long succession of pleasant days
greeted us as we moved lazily along our
way. The air was soft, yet exhilarating,
tho channels were tilled with water as
smooth as glass, the coloring was rich
and the vegetation rich and abundant.
Alaska, so often considered bleak, and
bare and cold, appeared in its true light.
Whatever it wus elsewhere, here in the
south at least it was warm and sensuous,
picturesque from guarded cove to dis
tant peaks of snow which lighted up the
blueness that existed, but threw no chill
upon the region. Tho country is Switz
erland enlarged, full of sharp contrasts
in color studded with mountains of vary
ing shape and size. And here at Chil
cat, near the sixtieth degree of latitude,
there are serrated ranges with whitened
heads shining ubove the forests that
press down upon the waters of Pyramid
harbor, where we lie at anchor. Truly
Alaska is, Whatever it is not, a land of
scenic wontjers.
It requires 1,800 worth of quinine i
month to kei the French troops iq
Tonquln lrl health.
THE STORM.
All day long the snow haa fallen gently,
softly down I
All night long the snow is falling over
city, vale and town I
Gentle snow I
Tho wind I
A winter wind comes tearing, howling from
tho north I
In his arms be gathers np the snow and
rushes forth
Cruol wind!
The snow fiend 1
All day long he blows and sweeps the snow
drift o'er;
A demon wind, ho howls and shrieks from
door to door I
The snow fiend 1
A tempest 1
The world lies .buried noath tho fallen,
drifted snow;
Death is abroad! The tempest and the cold
ride to and fro
A tempestl
At last!
The storm is o'er, and silence reigns upon tho
snowy deep;
The shrieking, moaning wind has sobbed
itself to sleep
At last!
Tho world awakes 1
From out your 'prisoned homes behold the
awful wreck I
But nature and its God now holds the storm
in check
The world awakesl
Carthage (III.) Republican.
II I'M OR OF THE DAY.
A boil in tho pot is worth two on the
neck.
Limburgcr and Schwcizer are the ki4
of kases that circumstances cannot alterN v
Ptick. The young womin who is just learning
the ways of the rink says sho knows why
they call it roll-her skating. Merchant
Traveler. A Madison street girl's answer to the
current conundrum, "Will the coming
man work?" "He will if I get him."
Wilmington Star.
The youth who woes and wins a girt
at tho rink will find it but a few steps
from roller-skates to the rolling-pin.
New York Journal.
The man who has no music in his sole
never distracts thi attention of worship
ers by walking up a church aisle with
squeaking boots. Boston Courier.
As we allow our thoughts to wander
back to our boyhood, wo find that many
a train of fond recollections has been
wrecked by a switch. South and Wett.
"Man wants but little here belowf
The statement causes mirth ;
It might have been in earlier times,
But now he wants tho earth.
Merchant-Traveler.
A German scientist has counted the
hairs on his wife's head, and quotes her
nt 128,000 to the inch. We don't seo
how he could tell which was switch.
Life.
If thero i3 anything more ungainly
than a fat man on roller skates, it is a
thin woman, loaded to her eyebrows
with packages, rushing against time to
board a street-car that won't stop.
A scientist b.:is discovered that drunk
enness is a contagious disease. When a
married man goes home at midnight with
a demoralized pair of legs ho is liable to
"catch it," we've been told. Norristoton
Uerald.
A Chippewa Indian boy, twelve years
old, is a fancy roller-skater at Chicago.
People who are familiar with roller-skating
say that he is by no means the first
red skin that has been developed in the
rink. Botton Transcript.
It is said that a person "can do almost
anything he wants to on roller-skates
with sufficient practice." The trouble is,
however, that he does so many things he
doesn't want to do in acquiring the
practice. A'orristoicn Herald.
A shrewd old lady cautioned her mar
ried daughter against worrying her hus
band too much, and concluded by say
ing: "My child, a man is liko an egg.
Kept in hot water a little while, ho may
boil soft; but keep him in there too long
and ho hardens." Bostcm J'ost.
There is probably no better Illustra
tion in this world of the terrible weight
of grave responsibility than a five-inch
dog standing on a box with his fore paws
on tho tailboard of a four-horse express
wagon, alertly guarding its passage
through the streets of a crowded city,
Somervil'e Journal.
ALWAYS TOOK BIS PART.
Wlien'er at school some bipfrer boy
Would mhuii(1 me till I'd smart,
51 y brollmr'd jump iulo the fray,
And kindly take my part.
Wben'er at home onr mother gave
To us euch half a tart,
My brothur'd get me oil alone
And kindly :) "take my part."
Kcunsrille Argui.
Soap That (irons on Trees.
There are a number of soap trees
growing iu Tallahassee. In tho yards of
I)r. G. W. Betton and Mr. Philip Sulli
van, tho former on McCartyand the lat
ter on Duval street, line specimens of
this tree, in bearing, may be seen. They
are prolific fruiters, the berries being the
size of an ordinary marble, having a
yellowish soapy appearance, with a hard
blaek seed, from which tho trees are
propagated. Parties here boil the fruit
to make soap, but Judge Van Valken
burgh says in China and other tropical
countries the berries are used as a substi
tute for soap just as they are taken from
th) tree. TalUihataee FloriJian.
Thero are in England over 300,000 cy
clists, and the capital invested in the
manufacture of bioycles ajjd tricycles is
15,000,000, employing sight thousand
persons.
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