TH NEW NORTHWEST, THURSDAY APJRIlT 7t;1881.
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- . , ; ' JAMIE'S good-nioht.-
AC lte hour tha other night, poor old man,
veak with hunger and atlfT with cold, entered the
Central station to ask for lodglngiiVhila he aat
by the toTt to get warm; they beard him groan
like one ln dlatraaa, and the captain as : v
"Are you slclCor hare you been hurt?"
'It la here," answered the, old man, as he
touched hi breast.. "It all rame back to me an
hour ago,' as I passed a window and saw a bit of a
boy In his night-gown. I would to God thai
were dead !" .
What Is ItT'' asked the captain, as he sat down
fceshle the man.
.-It Is the heartache It
answered.
Is remorse the old
wanted to die I have
mm answered, "i nave
-preyed for death but life still clings" to this poor
Old i rame. i am oiu anu irienujesa anu worn out,
and were some wheel to crush me it would be an
act of mercy." . . Jt
lie wiped his eyes on his rtrgged sleeve, made a
great etiort to control his reelings, and went on :
Forty years ago I had plenty. A wife sang In
fny home, and a young boy rode on my knee and
filled the house with his shouts and laughter. I
.sought to be a good man and a kind father, and
people called, jne such.-. One night I came; home
vexed. I found my boy ailing, and that vexed me
'still more. I don't know what made me act so
that night, but It seemed as if everything went
wrong. The cium had a bed beside us, and every
night since, he had been able to speak he had
called to me before closing his eyes in sleep.
'Good-night, my pa!' Oh, .sir, and I hear those
words sounding in my ears every day and every
hour, and they wring my old. -heart until am
alut." ... . -
Kor a moment he sobbed like a child, then he
found voice to continue
'God forgivene,Jut I was cross to the boy that
flight When he called to me good-night, I would
not reply, 'uood-nlght, my pa V. he kept calling,
and. fiend that I wu, I would make no' answer.
lie must have thought me asleep, for he finally
cuddled down with a sob in his throat. I wanted
to get up and kiss him, but I kept waiting and
traitlng, and finally fell asleep."
'Well?" queried tne captain, aa the silence
grew long. '
"When I awoke It was day. It was a shriek In
my ears which broke my slumbers, and as I
started up my poor wife called: 'O Richard!
lllohard Tour Jamie Is dead In his bed!' It was
o, lie was dead and cold. There were- tears on
'"' his pale face the- tears be had shed when he
failed, Good-nlght, my pa !' and I had refused to
Answer ! I was dumb. Then remorse came and I
was frantic, v I did not know when' they buried
jhim, for I was under 'restraint as a lunatic For
five long years. life was a dark, midnight to me.
When reason returned and I went forth I u to the
-world, my wife slept beside Jamie, my home was
gone, my friends had forgotten me, and I had no
mission In life but 'to suffer, remorse. 1 cannot
forget it. It was almost - a lifetime ago, but
through the mist of years, across the valley of the
past, .from the little grave thousands of miles
way, I hear the plaintive call as I heard it that
night, 'Good-night, my pa !' Send me to prixon,
to the poor-house, anywhere that I may halt long
nougi to die r J am an old wreck, and I care not
how soon death drain me down."
He was tendered food, but he-could not eat. He
rocked his iKxiy to and fro and wept And sobbed,
and by-and-by, when, sleep came to him,7 they
heard him whlper: . . . " . "
'Good-night, my boy ; good-night, my Jamie !"
Detroit Free Pre.
Air Excited ArnrroR. Now and then one
reads of the dramatic spirit of an entertainment
"receiving unexpected aid from .the conduct of
some one In the audience, and the occasions are
.sufllclently rare and always amusing enough, to
- bear mention as they occur. The latest story of
the kind comes from Chicago, and Is only pf.last
' 'Wtmifemay Vet-' dale. At the Grand Opera
Jloune there a performance of "Voyages In South-
ern Heas" was being given. In the fifth act there
Is a scene where one "Burcky thevillain-ofthe
Jlece, is aiiout to brain the boy "James Grant."
ut as the ax was apparently about to descend, a
commotion was heard up stairs, and a man was
1 seen to clamber over the balcony railing and into
one of the procenium boxes, from which he drop
ped on to the stage. Itunnlng to where the two
.astonished 'actors were standing, the Intruder
aelzedillurck," and hurling him hack, bade him
"hold on until the boy's father Captain Grant)
.came." The audience rose to l"feet, not know
ing what would follow, but the supers rushed In
from the wings and hustled the would-be rescuer
' from the stage. The man afterward apologized to
the manager, saying his name was Kagan, that
he was Just In from Colorado, and was so unused
to stage scenes that the realism of the one' Just
passed had quite carried him away.
A Church Rquabrijc Ixgan Dameron re
cently applied for a pew in Ht. John's Methodist
Episcopal Church, the most fashionable edifice of
that denomination In Ht. Louis; but his prelimi
nary deposit of money was returned to him, with
the Information that the Official Hoard declined
to rent him a seat. It Is said that the refusal was
.brought about by Brothers Kcruggs and Cunples,
Jwho are wealthy-merchant ami leading-Met ho
dfsts, and -with whom Dameron, also a foremost
Methodist, had ones Quarreled In a church affair.
A few Hundays since, Dameron entered the church
- with a camp chair under his arm. marched up the
center aisle, and seated himself conspicuously
'.close to the chancel rail. An usher Invited him
to occupy one of the many empty pews, but he
sald he wouldznouse a-eat-wnlch waa-not hls
own. He joined Willi great unction In the exer
cises, singing 4Ulte loud, though tunefully, and
reading., the responsive verses of Scripture In a
strong, clear voice, but did It all with perfect deco
.rum ami apparent fervor. His conduct, neverthe
less; ruined the services, for he commanded the
.attention of th whole congregation,- and caused a t
great deal of tittering, lie declares that he will
be a regular attendant, and will sit on-his chair
until the officers rent him a pew.
"v 1 1 SS H
-The -sleepers of French rai I roads are preserved
from decay either by subjecting them to a process
of saturation with creosote or with sulphate of
l copper. A new method - la-proposea by M.
Jacques. Fatty substances (In the form of soapy
: solution) combined with phenlc acid are Injected
Into the wood so aa to penetrate every fiber of Ik
.After a lapse of eight clays, a fatty acid la formed,
which is said to be insoluble In water, and to be
capable of affording the most complete projection
.against (be rotting caused by moisture. ;
PARODIES ON POPULARTOEMS.
t HIAWATHA -BY, A NEEDY EDITOR.
Would you 4k us Why this donning.
Why these sad complaints and murmurs
Murmurs loud about delinquent -'
' Who have read "ths paper w eekly.
Rend what they have never paid lor, .
' Rend with pleasure aad with profit,
' Read of church affairs' aad prospects,
. Read of news both boms aad foreign,
Read the essays and ths poems,
t Full f wisdom sad Instruction
Read ths table of the markets,
Carefully corrected weekly. .
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-Hhouldydaak us why this dunning.
We would answer, we should tell you I
From the printer, from the mailer, '
From the kind old paper-maker,
From, the landlord, from tho "devil,"
From the man who takesJLf Iters y
With a stamp of Uncle Hamuel
Uncle Ham the rowdies call him 5
From "them all there comes a message,-
Message kind but (Irmly spoken
""Please to pay the bill you owe us. H
Sad It Is to see such message J!5ji
' When our funds are all exhausted.
When Jhe last greenback has' left as,"-'
When the nickels all have vanished.
Oone to pay the paper-maker, .
Gone to pay the tolling printer, . 4
Oone to pay the landlord tribute,
Gone to pay the elerk and devil,
.Oone to pay the faithful mailer,..,,. .
Oone to pay 'old Uncle Hamuel
Uncle Ram the rowdies eall hlni
Oone to pay for brief and Bridget,
Oone to pay our faithful parson. '
Had It Is to turn our ledger, " "
Turn the leaves of this old ledger,
Turn and see what sums are due us
Due from volume Just now ended, t
Due for years of pleasant reading,
lHie for years of anxious labor.
Due despite our constant dunning.
Due In sums from two to tweuty.
Would you lift a burden froni us t
Would you drive a'speeter fromyou? '
Would you taste a pleasant sluWbert
Would you have a quiet conscience f
Would you read a paper paid fort
Hend us money I send us money t
Bend us money I send n money t'
Bcndihe money that you owe us f
PKALM OF THE BALD-HEADS.
Tell me not In merry accents
- That I have pn .unt batched roof; ' ...
Tie the hairy head which lacks aease
Baldness Is of thought a proof.
Hair Js.vnlgar hair Is useless, .
knd to brush and comb a bore.
Making life but dull and Juice I e
J need brush and comb no more.
JCot for wise men matted blr Is;
Black or brown or red Is fair; ' .
Iet the savage of the prairies;
Waste his time In raising hair I
JJfe Is short and hairs are numbered, -And,
though flies are hardly borne,
HUH at night I've always Slumbered
When the night-cap I have worn.
In the world's broad fletd of battle.
Who'd be at the barber's call.
IJtnlng lo his tiresome tattle t -;
Better here as a billiard ball.
Fear no future, bald-headed brother ;
You were bald In Infant days;
Crave not hlmute'of another :
'-. Brain It Is, not hair, thaLpays.
Lives of grea'iiien allrcmlml IK
Vliat our smoot'li anl iMtlliihed pates
nTyave all hairy Wl behind us
' Let us thwhVWe favoring fates I -
Foot-prints of Od Time's fleet walking .
No one sees on our sniooth crowns;
Mind no more the Idle talking
' Made by anxious mop-head clowns. J
- IiCt us, then,' 6 hairless brother.
Proudly through life's pathway roll ;
We remember that dear Mother '
Earth Is barren at the pole. .
RAVEN ABOUT A RAMBLE.
Ah How well do I-rem ember, It .was ln. the bleak:.
- December, -v
When my charming girl and I did wander from
her residence
And "Fresh Oysters" on a banner caught the eagle
eye of llsnner x . ,., ,
That ramble cost me Just a V and eighty-seven
cents. . .
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THE PATHETIC OLD MAN.
" Pity the sorrows of a poor old man,
. , Whose trembling limbs have, bdrae him to your
door;
Whose mill of life grinds out the coarsest bran ;
Whose bark of life lies stranded on the shore ;
- Whose path of life wind th rough a desert waste ;7
Whose cup of life Is blUer to the taste. . N
"He has no fl reside where a clieerful lights. -Hhlnes
On the faces of ills children dear;
He has no children where. hl flreslde bright
. Fills-all his cottage with Its gentle cheer;
He has no cottage where he lives alone;
JlsJtegs you for rest -wtthtrryouf own.
Mfle has no lamp to send a gladsome beam
Out from his window as he neara his home;
He has no window whence the light may stream
When he returns resolved no mors to roam ;
No nodding harvest Alls his fertile Held ;
II has no meadow any grain to yield."
The housewife listened to the woe confessed,
And hade him for awhile forget to grievj.
He took her kind advlee, and took bis rest;
And took hsr gifts, and humbly took his leave.
iTheJiousewlfe, sitting In her easy chair, '
Thought on the man with so much pain to bear f
Thought on his manner artless, mild and rare
'Thought on, ths rich, with warmth and food to
'spars . '
.Thought on the good they; might, but would not
share
Thought oa .the toll -worn frame and .silver hair;
Thought on her silver spoons, with anxious cars;
And thought to go and gsss a moment where,
She left them last but could not And them there I
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