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L III.
REGRET.
If I had known oh, loyal heart,
" Whanj hand to hand, we said farewefl ;
How for all time our paths would part,
What shadow o'er our friendship fall,
I should have clasped your hand so close
: In the warm pressure of my own,
That memory still would keep its grasp
If I had known.
If I bad known, when far and wide,
We loitered through the summer land, .
What Presence wandered by our side,
And o'er you tetched its awful hand,
I should have hushed my careless speech,
. To listen, dear, to. every tone
That from your lipsf fell low and sweet
If I had knofn. ,
If I had known when your kind eyes
Met mine in parting, true and sad
Eyes gravely tender, gently wise,
. . And earnest rather, more than glad
How soon the lids would lie abovo,
As cokl and white as sculptured stone,
I should have treasured every glance
If I had known.
If I had known iow, from the strife
Of fears,-hopes, 'passions, here below,
Unto a purer, higher life
That you were called, oh, friend, to go,
I should have stayc d my foolish tears (
Aixd hushed each idle sigh and moan 7
To bid you last? a long God speed
If I had known. ,
If I had known to what strange place,
What mystic, distant, silent shore,
You calmly turned your steadfast face,
What time your fcotstcps Irit my. door,
-Ishouldiiavo forged a golden link
To bind the hearts so constant grown,
And kept it constant ever there
If I had known.
If I had known that, until Death
Shall-with his linger touch my brow,
And still the quickening of the breath
That stirs with life's full meaning now,
Bo long my feet must tread the way
ur our accustomed paths alone,
I should have prized your presence more
If I had 'known.
If I had known how soon for you
" Drew near the ending of the fight,
'And on your vision, fair and new,
I Eternal peace da wn3d into sight,
.t snouia nave oeggetl, as love's last gift,
inat you, before bod's trreat white throne.
Would pray for your poor friend on earth
' If I had known.
ClHstipn Iteidt in the Sheltering Arms,
THE CLOWN'S STORY.
" BY FLORENCE REVEItE PENDAR.
It was at One of 'New England's pretty
towns that-Nina Walters first joined our
show, with her fellow performer, Louis
Mason, and Joe Fuller, apprenticed like
nimscu 10 oia ra ury.er, wno was won;
to boast that the children he took tb
.train -were, as well cared for in every re
spect as his own. which statement I have
nevqr had any reason to doubt : and I may
say I haves .more tluin once witnessed the
strict impartiality with which he admin
istrated corporal punishment to his pro
geny and apprentices if, they failed to
come up. to the mark in ' their respective
duties. . Mahy a time have I seen him in
the ring, his full, red face beaming with
genial smiles as he put a child through I
mp.pau-act.wiin: t-
"Now, Maudie,deaf, one, two, three,
jump. OhU-can't? Want little help?"
crack went the Whip's lash around the
little girl's slender anklles, and with :
"Oh! please don't, X will," over the
banner the frightened child jumped.
-"Lor! bless you," would this veteran
v child ; trainer observe. "You've trot to
. frighten some on 'em into it. it's all for
thelT good. Just look at the youngsters
I've turned out, a earning their hundred
and fifty and two hundred a week now,"
after which speech Pa Dryer would beam
complacently upon his listeners. But I
am digressing.
. Nina Walters and her fellow perform
ers were trapeze artists, wonderfully
clever in their line, and consequently
high in favor with Pa Dryer. They were
down in the bills, as "The Fays." Pa
Dryer had picked Nina up out of the
, streets I S believe, when she was about
seven years of age, but the two boys had
been legally apprenticed to him by their
1 respective "parents, '
K Before many, weeks Nina's dusky eyes
and pretty ways had captivated us all
and we were her willing slaves, from Ned
tur. colored tentman up. ' It was evident
-from the first, however, that Louis arid
Joe 'were decplyin love with Nina, but
.as far as 1'coiU.d sec,, she showed prefer-
; ence to neither; treating each :ts frankly
as a sister might a brother, v 'hick was
. natural enough, as they had grown up
together during some ten yeiflfs, having
: bccoftie apprentices of Pa Dryer's near
the same time. Louis, who was of an
open, ffank disposition, with a friendly
word for everv one, had just turned
twentv when thev ioined us, thus. mak-J
ing hW three months the senior of Joe;
his very opposite, being quick to take
offence and of a singularly jealous na
ture. The only thing they possessed in
common was their gOod looks,, both
bein; undeniably handsome.
lissome six mcuths, as I stood waiting
hnhiml itro Mirt:lin that SllUt OUt tne TII1&
entrance by the way, I have not yet in
V. V U Q
tmduced mvself. Not that if is at all
necessary, only perhaps some of my read
ers might like to know what manner of
. person is relating these facts. I am of
rather a ; retiring ( disposition, although
myvocation of elbwri rather belies this
trait of mine. Outside of the ring l am
familiarly known as "Still Done," earn-
that title, I believe, by my iondness
huiet life, the moment I have shaken
-rxjrA YT UUSt irom uu m u.cxia. . uww;t
Vvejr came to write of this" terrible
reality that crossed my path 1 amnjjt
r' flpite clear. Perhaps the d&J
: !' K . M. .,
tee ray name in print, in a different Form
from its habitual one influenced me; or,
perhaps, the hope that it might help some
poor souls mad with jealousy, to conquer
that frightful malady, maybe save them
from committing a crime, had a little to
do with it. .
Well, as I was saying, this evening as
I stood waiting, I saw Kina coming slow
ly as if in thought toward me. It was
something so unusual to see her pretty
face without a smile, that I exclaimed:
'.Why, Nina, child I What ails you?
Has Pa Dryer been acting ugly?" " What
ever old Dryer had done in Nina's young
er days, I had never known him since he
had been with us to treat her otherwise
than kind: in fact he rather petted her
like the rest of us. I was considerably
relieved when she answered:
"Oh! no! but don't you laugh at me.
I reallv believe I'm nervous" here she
laughed herself, but it lacked the true
nnjr,
"Nervous! What about?" I asked.
You see she sort of looked upon me as an
old fogy and didn't mind expressing her
self freely as it were.
"Oh! I don't know," she answered,
"only I feel as if something was going to
happen, don't you know? It is silly of
me. Why ! when I was a little mite and
Pa Dryer made m hang from my chin
from the trapese, I never felt sc "
Just then my act being on I had to hur
ry away. When next I saw Nina she was
Aymg gracefully through the .air from
trapeze to trapeze. After my act I had
hastily resumed my every day clothes and
returned to the ring entrance, which was
not my custom, for I generally left the
building as soon as I was through. This
night something stronger than myself
bade me watch "The Fajs." I have seen
a good deal of trapeze business in my day,
but never anything so graceful and neat
as ' 'The Fays'? performance. Nina's
little form seemed to glide through the
air without any apparent effort. The
applause as usual was loud and frequent.
Their finish as a rule was done in this
wise : Nina taking a flying leap from a
small platform near the roof, would be
caught by Louis, who hung suspended
head downward from one of the trapeze.
This night the order of thing appeared
to be reversed, for it wa3 Louis who
mounted to the platform to take the
leap, instead of going through a series
of evolutions on the middle trapeze,
whilst Nina prepared herself for her
daring dropi I had hardly time to
wonder at the change before I saw Joe,
who Had been , executing a Catherine
wheel on a trapeze still higher up, give
a violent start. - lie too, I think, was
surprised.
Shall I ever forget the cry that rang
through the building that night, causing
women to faint , and strong men to turn
white like unto death. I can hear it
now, and the words :
"Nina! for God's sake keep clear of
the middle trapeze; the ropes are cut!"
Too late came Joe's -warning. Nina's
little hands were already clinging to the
doomed, bar, and Louis had taken' his
leap for life..
A whir as of something whizzing
through the air as I closed my eyes to
shut tne Horror of it out, when a mur
mur like the hoarse roar of the distant
sea fell upon my ears, swelling until
it burst into a wild huzza. I
looked and saw Joe hanging head
downward "from a trapeze, while
with both hands he upheld Louis, Nina
clasped safe by the latter's right arm, the
trapeze to which she had clung but a
moment before lying in the ring some
forty feet below. Joe's daring intrepid
ity had saved his companions' lives. He
had dropped from his perch above to a
lower trapeze and swung himself to the
rescue ol .Louis, thereby enabling the
latter to snatch Nina from a horrible
death.
-
Cheer upon cheer greeted the two as
they were lowered safely to the ground,
while one old fellow, in his excitement,
exclaimed, as he caught Joe by the
hand :
' "A brave act ye've done this night,
lad. It ought to wipe out a heap of sins
fur ye.'?v I
That night Joe disappeared, and "The
Fays," as far as the public was con
cerned, were known no more. I
For many weeks Nina lay hovering be
tween life and ' death, but at last youth
conquered. She is now the happy wife
of 'Louis, for that terrible moment in
which her fellow performer and herself
had hung as it were between heaven and
earth had revealed to her who had won
her heart. Louis and his wife have long
since left the profession and are prosper
ing well in their new line of life. Two
children have been vouchsafed them
Joe and Nina they are named.
And what about the other Joe, you
think, perhaps. Well, it was eight years
before I again met Joe. Oi course I
tpoke about Louis and Nina, telling him
how happy they were and how they had
named their first-bora for him.
: " She did that, Nina," he murmured.
adding, "and she must have guessed
all : I saw it in her reproachful eyes that
night. I was mad with jealousy. I
knew that she loved Louis, but I thought
if he were out of her way she would for
get him and then I could win her, and so,
madman as I was, I cut the ropes at
tached to the middle trapeze, the one on
(which Louis always did his finish." An
exclamation of horrified surprise escaped
me as he continued with :
"You know how my fiendish attempt
was frustrated.. How the girl I loved
; took the place of the man I would have
murdered. I learned afterward that feel
ing nervous she had persuaded Louis to
take the leap instead of herself. Only
for that I should have been branded as a
murderer."
"But you nobly redeemed yourself in
saving both" their Uves,"M here spoke. !
: "My God! can I ever shut out the
horror of it all?" he cried bitterly. Rising,
I said:
" Yes, rthink you can," - taenia he J
ALBEMABLE, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1884.
"xMdSET wu?lSl( 1
ments." , '
A little dark-eyed fellow stood shyly
eyeing the man I had left but a few mo
ments before, then laying his hand upon
the man s arm ne asked : : ,
'Are you , my big, brave Uncle Joe?
'Cause if you are, mamma sent me to fetch
you." , -
'Child! what is your name?" ex
claimed the man eagerly.
"Joe Mason," answered the little one,
adding: "but mamma calls me Little
Joe,'" then glancing up he continued
naively: 44 Uncle Joe, mamma said you'd
be glad to see me, are you?" I
"Glad!" and as Joe Fuller uttered
that one word like unto a sob, he clasped
the little fellow in his arms,' while I,
closing the door, crept softly away, con
vinced the child had won the day.
Poisonous Plants and 'Flowers.
I There are many plants whose leaves,
flowers and seeds contain virulent pois
ons, which every one should know, so as
to avoid them and keep children from
them.
Buttercups possess a poisonous prop
erty, which disappears when the flowers
are. dried in hay ; no cow will feed upon
them while they are in blossom. So
caustic are the petals that they will some
times inflame the skin of tender fingers.
Every child should be cautioned against
eating them; indeed, it is desirable to
caution children about tasting the petals
of any flowers, or putting leaves into
their mouths, except those known to be
harmless.
The oleander contains a deadly poison
in its leaves and flowers, and is said to
be a dangerous plant for the parlor or
dining-room. The flower and berries of
the wild bryony possess a powerful pur
gative, and the red berries, which attract
children, have proved fatal. The seeds
of the laburnum and catalpa tree should
be kept from children, as there is a pois
onous property in their bark. The seeds
of the yellow and of the rough podded
vetches" will produce nausea and severe
headache.
I Fool's parsley has tuberous roots, which
have been mistaken for turnips, and pro
duced a fatal effect an hour after they
were eaten. .
I Meadow hemlock is said to be the
hemlock .which Socrates drank ; it kills
by its intense action on the nerves, pro
ducing complete insensibility and palsy
of the arms .and legs, and is a" most
dangerous drug, except in skilled hands.
In August it is f eund in every field by
the seashore, and near mountain tops,
in full; bloom, and ladies and children
gather - its large clusters of tiny white
flowers in quantities, without the least
idea of their poisonous qualities. The
water hemlock, or i cow-bane, resembles
parsnips, and has been eaten for them
with deadly effect, i
The water drop wort resembles celery
when not in I flower, and its roots are
similar to those of the parsnip, but they
contain a virulent poison, producing con
vulsions, which end in death in a short
time. The . fine-leaved water dropwort
and the common J dropwort are also
dangerous weeds. 1
The bulbs of the daffodils were once
mistaken for 'leeks and boiled in soup
with very disastrous effects, making the
whole household intensely nauseated, and
the children did not recover from their
effects for several days. Drugman.'-
, .
Jay Gould's dountry Home. .
Gould's establishment at Irvington has
very peculiar associations. The original
adding is by no means new, but its
grandeur is such that it holds distinction
even in these days of progress. . Many
years ago William i Paulding was a law
yer in this city and made a large for
tune, attaining also the dignity of mayor.
Much of his wealth jwas in real estate on
the Hudson, and his two sons, Frederick
and Philip, became,! on his death, promi
nent as rich young men. But they died
early, and their wealth has been scat
tered The former was the grandfather
of the play-actor, Frederick ; Paulding,
who is now the sole representative of the
family. He has retired from the stage
on account of ill health, and now lives in
this city. Philip Paulding had an am
bition to build the finest dwelling in
America. He selected a river front of
extended view, and in due time a mar
ble palace attracted the admiration of
"tourists. Its chief j feature was an oriel
window of rare beauty, which is still
justly admired. Paulding. however,
soon sickened of his grand house, which
in fact he never completely finished, and
tne admiring tourists would have been
surprised, had they visited the spot, to
fihd the owner a disappointed man. liv
ing in seclusion in one corner of the
building. After his death the estate
went into the hands of an executor, who
embezzled it, and the heirs are now poor.
Gould bought the place, which he en
larged and improved at an immense cost,
and on his hands it became Lynrlhurst,
the grandest establishment on the banks
of the Hudson. Utica Herald.
A Novel Experiment.
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The advantages of the electric light
over candlesror gas! in a ballroom were
pleasantlj demonstrated at a large dan
cing party given the other day at the
house of Sir George Grove, at Lower
Sydenham, England. The rooms were
kept at a comfortably cool temperature,'
and the illumination was in every way
perfect. One of the young ladies, says
the Philadelphia Telegram, had a small
lamp imbedded inside some real flowers,
the current being supplied by an accu
mulator in the pocket of. her dress, and
the effect is described as exceedingly
pretty. j (
Colorado has to buy $2,000,000 worth
of grain every year for cattle fd.
IpOMICAi MISCELLANY. iNEWS D N0TS F0E aE
&OTTS STORIES BT THE BITOT
WAQS.
Got & Tuna Out He Toole the HLnt
Well Quail lied for the Dniinew
SUU Solid, Etc., Etc
"Been out ridiner latelvf" asked pitr-
goober of Plunkett.
- "Oh, yes," answered Plunkett,
"haven't you heard of my late turn
out? -
"No I have not."
"I tell you it wasVan elegant affair;
executed by order and done up in
style,"
"nnat was it? Didn't know
were able to have fine turnouts."
you
"Xu see," replied Plunkett, gravely,
"I exiled on my girl last, night and
stayed rather late; and her pa gave the
oldest son orders to turn me out of
doors, which i he did in splendid
style." !
lie Took the Knt
"My darling,; you never have kissed
me yet," he saidl
"Haven't I?" she answered, with a
gurgling laugh.
" w, " he repeated ; "and I wish you
would now. Will you?"
She did.
"Ah!" he sighed; how sweet it is to
feel the pressure of your jvarm lips on
my cheek."
"Do. you know why my lips are so
warm?" shesaid
"Because because," h" stammered
"Because," she broke in, "no ice
cream has passed them for ever so long. "
He took the hint. SomerviUe Journal.
! : !
. Well Qualified for the Doiineii.
'ctou would like to become a black
smith, Iprould you?" he said to a little
'barefoot boy, as he stopped blowing the
bellows for a moment.
Yes, sir," the boy replied, " I would
like 5o learn the" trade."
, "Are you strong and healthy?" v
. "Trs, sir.V ; . i
"And quick? I I wouldn't have a boy
around who wasn't quick."
Here the boy stepped his bare foot
on a hot horseshoe, and the blacksmith
remarked : ' ,
," Well, I guess I'll give you a trial.
You seem to be one of the quickest little
boys I ever saw." New York Sun.
still solid. . ;
A man rushed into al Wall street
brokers pfhee the other daw and rubbed
his ttee hard. i ,V. : .
HSow is Northern Pacific?" he in
quired. "Down," replied the broker.
"Then I can't go by rail,'.' he gasped.
"How's Western Union?"
"Down," answered the broker.
'Then I can't send a dispatch. How's
government bonds?" .
"Steady." i
"Then I'll send a letter, by gosh!
How much margin do you want for a
two-cent stamp?" . '"'
But the broker knocked his brains out
with a pile of Grant & Ward government
contracts. Drake's Traveler? Magazine,
A PArF That Will Support Him .
"Which candidate will you support?"
asked Farmer Fun o w of a bachelor
boarder.
' "That's a nice question to ask .a man
who is a candidate himself," replied the
6ingte man, with a mysterious air.
"What!" exclaimed the granger; "are
you a candidate?"
"Yes, sir; I'm a candidate, and expect
to be supported in a magnificent man
ner." "Which party?"
',Oh, a party that is rich, intelligent
and powerful."
.".Explain yourself, please."
"Why, you obtuse old fellow. I'm
going to marry a wealthy widow!" Xeic
York Journal. 4
Two Views.
Colonel Clepmore, editor of the Daly '
Blue Wing, went fishing one Sunday and
broke his leg. Tho- Key. Mr. Gidfelt
heard of the accident, and. in his Sun
day sermon, said :
" Here we have a striking example of
the retribution following the violation of
the Sflbbath. If Colonel Clepmore had
been at church, he would not have
broken his leg.'
The following Sunday, as the Rev.
Mr. Gidfelt was ascending the steps of
the pulpit, he stepped pn a piece of
orange peel, dropped by T a child of . the
Sunday-school, slipped, fell and broke
his leg. The next issue of the Blue
Wing contained the folio w;ng :
"Here we have a striking example of
the retribution following self-appointed
censorship. If the Rev. Mr. Gidfelt had
been fishing, he! would not have broken
his leg.'V-Arka-ntaw Traveler.
' Foiled. 1
I see by the papers that ten thousand
peoDle in this countrv have been poisoned
.by eating ice cream," observed George to
Angelina the other evening as they started
out to walk. - ! ;
'Is that so?'; ,
''Yes, and that is not the worst of it.
The Asiatic chotera was caused by eat
ing ice cream.";
"For mercy's sake!"
"Yes, indeed," continued George, more
hopefully than before. "And the lead-,
ing medical journals agree tha it is sure
death to eat the stuff. One might as
well take arsenic It is suicide to taste
it.",
"Oh! George, you make me feel so
badly," she replied, as she steered him
across the street toward the Brunswick
restaurant. "You can't imagine how sad
I feeL"
"What can I do for you?" he inquired,
with alarm. Do you want a doctor?
Let me take you homel"
"No, no. Not home. Lets go in here.
I want to die." Xeto York Graphic
Black silk stockings remain popular.
Red hose are worn with dresses of
almost any solor. - j
Red sunshades are as rife as ever on
fashionable beaches. .
Low shoes, ' with plain colored hose,
are worn on the street.
Married ladies frequently wear black
lace over shot silks of light color.
West Liberty, Iowa, has , a serenading
troupe consisting of fifteen young ladies.
Dresses are much less draped than
they have been for many seasons past.
In Boston there are 20,000 working
women whose wages average only $4 to
$o a week. ,
White and colored mull pokes, with
Valenciennes lace ruches, are pretty for
girls hats. j .
French modistes are using more ma
terials of red and yellow than of any
other color. ' . ' -
The Medical Summary recommends the
external use of buttermilk to ladies who
are exposed to tan or. freckles.. '
Many elegant black lace mantles have
either the sleeves alone or the bodice J
only lined with red silk gauze. :
Tunics with full blouse bodices of red
Adrianople are worn with, two-toned gray
or beige skirts of glace batiste. :
At the fourteenth commencement ot
the Chicago Women's Medical ; college
recently there were twenty-one candi
dates. A fashionable young lady in jfeir York
has had her hair tinted a beautiful chest
nut color to match her saddle-horse's
mane.
.The skirts of dresses for girls of all
ages are now made longer than they
formerly were, falling always well below
the knees. - j
Lockets are little used' except for full
dress, when they are worn suspended
from a small short chain or velvet ribbon
around the neck. .. ; 'j
Short hair for women is coming into
fashion. It is very pretty and becoming
to nearly everybody, worn in loose, half
curled locks around the head. :
High-heeled shoes are not worn by
girls, and all heels are dispensed with by
fashionably dressed children until they
are eight or nine years old.
Rough-and-ready straw pokes are much
worn in the . countiy. The prevailing
grarzuture is a scarf of white mull wound
nbout the crown and nuua of flowers km
front.
Many demi-toilet dresses, with bodies
cut low in front, are completed by a
plastron of some lighter material, which
t , . a i a l i.i t.V.
is ngnieneu arounu iug mroab - wiiu a
ruche. 1 i
The fashion of bodices open in front,
either in the shape of a square, heart or
point, is very much going out. v i Dresses
are now made Quite high or quite; low in
the neck.
A orettv fashion for girls f ten
is that
of adding hemmed strings of the mate
rial to the under-arm seams of full
dresses and tying them behind in a large
tosh bow.
' The Cardinal sleeve is a Parisian nov
elty. It is quite straight is plaited the
whole length and set full into the arm
hole, whence it hangs half way down
the forearm. j
Coaching parasols this season are many
of them covered with changeable silks of
two or three shades of some warm, dark
colors, as red and brown, gold and rose
or bronze and red.
With light toilets small pelerines oi
beaded tulle are much worn. Their lower
edge is trimmed with a lace flounce fully
gathered and ornamented with drooping
pear-shaped jet ornaments.
Lace mantles are often made
upon a
tulle foundation. The sleeves are cov
ered with lace flounces; the fronts are
lengthened into a scarf or into two semi
long square lappets falling on each side .
Dr. Niemeyer gives this advice, to
ladies: "Thirty deep inspirations taken
every morning in a pure atmosphere, and
no lacing, wiU do more for the color of
your cheeks than a tumbler of chalybeate
or a dose of iron pills. V j
There is no recipe for a good, clear com
plexion equal to the one that prescribes
plenty ot fresh air, soft water, whole
lome food and regular exercise. Noth
ing is worse for the complexion than the
sating of sweets and rich foods.
The accordion plaiting, just now so
fashionable, is made by machipery. The
iccordion plaits open and close ike the
instrument for which they, are pamed,
without injury. The regulation plaiting
snd kilting rarely keeps its place for any
length of time, and needs constant super
vision. ' j
Ann E. Leak, an armless woman, was
married about ten years ago to, William
Thompson, a steamship engineer. The
couple went to Australia, and made a
great deal of money in connection with
the show business. Mrs; Thompson cau
crochet, knit, sew and write, using her
feet as well as most people who perform
such work with their hand. "J
Hiffh coiffures prevail in Paris. The
! coil of hair on the top of the bead is held
in place by gold or suver-neaaeu pineyjn
place of a comb. The forehead is covered
with little round ; rings of hair j termed
statue curls, which are decidedly stiff in
effect and unbecoming' to most faces.
New York ladies have not adopted these
extreme modes, though many dress the
hair high and have abandoned the regu
iar bang over the , lorehead.
The first. American petroleum was ex
ported in 1862 i from Pittsburgh to
Europe at a loss of $2,000 on t00f 000
gallons. In 1883 400,000 gallons were
exported, for. which $60,000,000 were
returned to this country.
NO. 34.
THE BLUB BOTTLE ft.
BuTdtng and pay" in the early dawn.
Fresh from a nap on the parlor wall.
Oat for flight over garden and lawn.
Fearing no tumble and dreadingio fall;
.; Came a fly:
A lively, frolicsome, blue-bottle flj; '
And his feet '
Were as neat "
And his style
As complete
As his brain
- Was replete -With
the mischief that laughed in his tyil
? What glorious fun TU have to-day, J
When the baby's asleep and the nun away;
When Rover lie by the kitchen door; v
111 waken them both and make them roar!
;. Oh,whatlarksr
Cried the rolicVfng, restless blue-bottle fly:
"What a cry !
Said the fly,!
' There will be V
After me ;-
When IVe done 1
j Withmyfun'r
And ha wickedly winked his wee eyel
" Then m go and dance on grandpa's head.
While he struggles to push me away:
And tickle his ear'tifl ha'li wish I was daad! .
And over the table at dinner 111 play
; Back and forth;
And feast on crumbs from a newly-baked plat
And m sip
From the lip
Of each glass
That may pass
'All sweet things
': Dinner brings
Quoth this riotous blue-bottle fly.
But, alas for the plans he had laldt
And alas for the day just begun!
For this fly soon lit In the grateful shade
And to dream !v '
Of the sights that should toon greet hiAeyea; .
When unseen,
From the green
Of a limb
Above him,
On his head,
. By a threads-
Fell a spider,
tVho coolly devoured that bluebottle fly.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Maintains a very high standing Tn
thermometer. . ;
'Time's money," growled the disap
pointed creditor ,"W1L" rplld the
pgigmmtoit newwu "'liuifH 1 - always
said I'd pay you in time?" Life. '
"How do you like it?" asked a yachts
man of a' young lady, as the boat went
nip and down in the trough of the waves.
"Oh, I I it's too awfully swell!" .was
the,distressed reply. 4
"As we journey through life, let ni
live by the weigh," sang m tne happj
grocer as he put up fourteen ounces o!
coffee and put it on the customer's book
as a pound. Merchant' 1 raveler..
He is a great artist." "Indeed! 1
never knew he used his pencil at all."
Oh, yes, he's fine. Come down some
day and see him draw his salary. It's
the best thing he does." Bot.on. Budget.
Bella writes : " What is the . iiidepend
entparty?" It ii the party who dont
owe a cent and can get money at hank
whenever he wants it. He . is the kind
of anN old party that most, of us would
like to be. EvansvUU Argus.
As they reached the other end of the
bridge he said :" You must pay your
toll, 3Iiss Edith." : - " What is that!" she j
innocently asked Then be kissed her. j
A few moments she remarked : "I don't
liKe this side of town;' let's go back."
"There is this difference between us," j
said the needy tramp, looking the editor
full in the eye ; "you fill a long felt want, i
I and I want a long felt fill." The editor !
Wepi., BQU, TV A ILL WAUjr . LLf ULiiCVL PlUff, ,
hewed off a fragment of a wedding-cake j
that had been sent in with the notice, ;
and handed it to the wanderer. "Fill
up on that," he said, "and you will fee i
it long after all trivial fond records hare
been wiped away from the subtraction ;
table of your memory." Burlington -Uavtkryc.
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Odd Trace of Lost Money.
Almost any one could collect and tell
a good many incidents about lost money ;
that has been found if he would try, but :
these cases came under my own observa- j
Uon, and I can vouch for the truth.
A farmer in Kinnickinnick valley was
paid $1,000 while he was loading hay.
He put it in his vest pocket, and after he
had unloaded the hay he'discovered that
he had lost it, and no doubt had pitched
the whole load into the mow on top of it.
He went to work and pitched it all out,
a handful at a Time, upon the lArn floor,
and when the hired man's fork tine came
1 AAnl.t.l , .. ..
up wiiu a i,vw uiu on ir. .smew that he
struck a lead. He got it all.
A young man one s'pring plowed -pocketbook
and $30 in greenbacks uj'r
and, by a singular coincidence, the next
spring it was plowed out anJ. tkoiig-
rotten clear through, was nt ta 4116
treasury, where.it was dicorcred that
the bills were on a Michigan national -bank,
.whither they were sent and re
deemed. .' .
I lost a roll of $100 in the' spring- ol .
1882, and hunted my house "and thef
fice through in search of it in vain. 4 I
went ove the road between the office and
the house twenty times,' but' it , was .use
less. I then advertised the loss of money,
giving the different denominations, of
bills, and t at ing, as was the case, that
there was an clastic band around the roll
when lost. The paper had not been issued
more than an hour before I got my money,
every dollar of it. It was in the pocket
of my other vest. This should teach us,
first, the value of advertising, and sec
ondly, the utter folly of . two Testa tt the
"tame time. IV Mercury.
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