uREAMINGL
lathe deep Hepce at the night I dreamed
I trod where ones the waning sunMgbt gleamed
Upon a, garden, brightened by roar smile.
Snuud, idly dreamed, and lost my cares the
while.
I heard the sighing of the evening breese
That stirred the feaves of apple laden trees;
I saw the purple pansy's quaint old face
look out from neath the harebell's swinging
I saw again the fair verbena's bloom
Asd breathed once more the heliotrope's perfume.
I watched, as ones we watched in days of old
Io sorrotr came and life grew dark and coU.
The swift winged humming bird that loved to sip
Tne sweets distilling from the lily's lip.
I seemed to hear your voice as In the days
'When every tree was vocal with the praise
Of happy birds who dwelt around your home.
And like the flowers knew no desire to roam.
That gentle voice which breathed In tones of love.
And seemed the echo of the one shove.
Which speaks ss once it spake on Galilee
The "peace be stlD" that cafaned that troubled sea.
O, songs of joyous birds! I hear ye still.
Hear, too, the musie of the murmuring rfll.
Bear every voice in which glad nature loves
7a call her children to the silent groves,
And tell them there the story of his power,
mm reared each tree and fashioned every flower.
O, thou whose voice the winds and waves obey.
As fade the visions of the night away.
Speak to the troubled heart thy words of peace,
And bid all sorrow and repining cease;
Slake as to feel though earthly love may fail.
Cor all Ufa's woes the heavenly will prevail.
Edward I Rideout in Lewistou Journal
An Editor's Fairness. -
That editors are heartless beings ever
segardftu of themselves, always regard
less of the author has become almost a
jmiverb in the minds of hundreds of lit
erary people, especially those whose ed
itorial experience is limited. Once in a
while an instance leaks oat which shows
the fallacy of this belief, and the follow
ing is such a one:
Quite a well known author not long
ago sent a poem to a prominent maga
zine. The poem was duly read, accept
ed, and a generous check was sent the
author, who was thoroughly satisfied
with the amount paid. The poem was
laid by for a while, when it was again
- read by the editor, this time with a view
to illustration. The merit of the verses
but so strikingly did it impress itself
upon him at a second reading that he
had another check made out and for
warded to the author, with a note saying
that the editor felt the previous amount
insufficient with the striking merit of
the work.
The cynical mind will say, "Yes, but
uch a course is exceptional " Not at
all, my friend, only the instances do not
come to light Who is the editor in this
case? Well, I will give the names: Mr.
Alden, of Harper's Magazine; the author.
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, and the poem,
"The Quaker Lady." Edward W. Bok'a
Letter.
A Hard Case.
A. Fort street car which was traveling
the northerly end of its route was hailed
by a bareheaded and excited housewife,
who said to the conductor as the car
came to a stop.
"Oh, sir, you and the driver and all
the passengers come into ray house as
quick as you can!"
"What's the matter?"
"It's perfectly awful, sir. I opened
fiie stair door and a mouse ran into the
sitting room, and he's there yet. That's
my daughter crying in the back yard,
and that's the poor baby yelling in the
kitchen, and bring your revolver and a
club and"
-4"hB conductor rang two bells and the
car rolled on. Detroit Free Press.
Electricity in Philadelphia.
There are over 5,000 buildings in Phil
adelphia equipped with electric wires
for light and power purposes. During
the year the insurance companies writ
ing these risks have not suffered a dol
lar's Iobs from fires caused by electric
wires. Fires from this cause in previous
years have been so few and far between
as to create great surprise when they
did occur. A perfect understanding is
said to exist between the insurance and
the electrical companies. The natural
esult of this is good insulations, which
fact explains why fires from electrical
causes are so few in Philadelphia.
Electric Review.
Singular Question of Jurisdiction.
A singular question recently arose be
tween the coroners for Shropshire and
South Staffordshire. A farmer named
James, of Ruckley Wood, near Shiffnal,
was killed by a passing train on the
Great Western line near that place on
Saturday night. The body was found
near the scene of the accident, but the
.head was carried by the engine to Wol
verhampton. The question was, which
of the two coroners in whose respective
districts the divided remains lie should
hold the inquest? London Tit-Bits.
The Girl Was Too Coy.
They were rich. The daughter was
taking lessons in coyness and social small
talk. "A penny for your thoughts," she
archly remarked to an abstracted vis
itor, and then felt, from the look of hor
ror that overspread her parent's face, she
must have been guilty of a false step.
Why didn't you offer him a dollar?"
was that lady's criticism aftqr the visit
or's departure. "We've got money, and
you mustn't be afraid to let folks know
it." Philadelphia Times.
Getting Along Easy.
"There is nothing like letting other
people exert themselves for you," sighed
tall, spare gentleman as he followed in
the wake of a portly individual as they
passed through the swinging doors at
the poetofnce corridor. The portly gen
tleman hurled himself against the door
with a bang, and as it swung back the
gentleman behind him passed out with
out lifting his hands from his overcoat
- pockets. New York Times.
Competition in Marriage Fees.
The marriage license fee in Quebec is
$8. As a lower charge is made in the
United States many couples living near
the boundary line cross the border to
get united. In all probability the Que
bec charge will be reduced to meet the
.foreign competition. Toroto MaiL
The Blind Woman and Her Gander.
A blind woman, giving ber name as
Mrs. Elizabeth Cant, and led by a large
white gander, has been attracting much
attention recently on our streets. She is
a beggar and quite old, and claims to
have no friends except the fowl which
attends her. as closely as a dog, leading
her along by the dress, which it holds in
its bill. The woman says she comes
from near Birmingham, where she made
her home with her son, but on his death,
last August, was left penniless and home
less. The gander shows no particular
intelligence, except in his care of the
woman, who taught him to do so in lieu
of any other guide, but occupies himself
after the manner of his kind while she
sits and begs at the corners till she is
ready to go on, when she recalls him
with a whistle, and he comes at once,
taking hold of her skirt and marshaling
her solemnly along.
He will exchange greetings with flocks
of other geese, but never leaves her to
join such, while he has been seen to fly
at and rout a dog threatening his mis
tress. It is necessary, however, for her
occasionally to hasten his somewhat lazy
steps, for be is of an investigating turn
of mind, and stops frequently to exam
ine such objects as arouse bis curiosity.
This fault, the woman says, is owing to
his youth, for he is only about a year
old.
She also says that his education was
by no means so difficult as a dog's for
the same business would have been, and
that whenever she is unable to go about
through sickness he evinces the greatest
concern, and will urge to get up by tug
ging at her dress, but on her refusing
still, seems to understand, and will take
up bis position close beside her, and re
main there all day with his head under
bis wing and most dejectedly peeping
out at her at intervals. The gander is
an unusually large one, and absurdly
pompous, as if he knew his importance,
refusing all overtures of friendship, and
resenting all attempts to handle him,
while he allows his mistress to caress
him in any way. Ada (Ala.) Cor. St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
John A. Sutter.
John A. Sutter was born in Baden in
1803 of Swiss parents, and was proud of
his connection with the only republic of
consequence in Europe. He was a wa;
admirer of the United States, and some'
of his friends had persuaded him to come
across the Atlantic. He first went to a
friend in Indiana with whom he staid
awhile, helping to clear land, but it was
business that he was not accustomed to.
So he made his way to St. Louis and in
vested what means he had in merchan
dise, and went out as a New Mexican
trader to Santa Fe. Having been unsuc
cessful at Santa Fe he returned to St.
Louis, joined a party of trappers, went
to the Rocky mountains, and found his
way down the Columbia river to Fort
Vancouver. There he formed plans for
trying to get down to the coast of Cali
fornia to establish a colony.
He took a vessel that wentTb the
Sandwich islands, and there communi
cated his plans to people who assisted
him. But as there was no vessel going
direct from the Sandwich Islands to Cal
ifornia, he had to take a Russian vessel
by way of Sitka. He got such credit
and help as be ceroid in the Sandwich
islands and induced five or six natives to
accompany him to start the contem
plated colony. He expected to end to
Europe and the United States for "his
colonists. When he came to the coast of
California, in 1840, he had an interview
with the governor, Alvarado, and ob
tained permission to explore the coun
try and find a place for his colony. He
came to the bay of San Francisco, pro
cured a small boat and explored the
largest river he could find, and selected
the site where the city of Sacramento
now stands. Gen. Bidwell in Century.
Sliver in Volcanic Ashes.
The existence of silver in volcanic
ashes is a rare occurrence. Only in two
cases have argentiferous ashes been met
with. The sample was obtained during
an eruption of Cotopaxi in July, 1885, in
the ashes of which Mr. J. W. Malet
proved the existence of one part of sil
ver in 83,000 parts of ashes. In the fol
lowing year the same investigator was
able to add a second instance. In Janu
ary, 1886, a violent eruption of Tun
guragua, in the Andes of Ecuador, be
tween fifty and fifty-five miles from
Cotopaxi, took place, the eruption con
tinuing at longer or shorter intervals up
to November of the same year. The
ashes thrown by this volcano, which
had been at rest f or over a -century,
contained silver to the extent of one
part in 108,200 parts of ashes. This ap
pears, at first sight, to be only a very
small percentage of the metal; but when
it is considered what enormous quanti
ties of ashes are erupted, and what a
vast extent of area they cover after an
eruption, the quantity of silver thrown
up with them must be considerable.
Butte Inter-Mountain.
Nutritive Properties of Cream.
The fact is not so well known as it de
serves to be that cream constitutes an
admirable nutriment for invalids. It is
superior to butter, containing more vol
atile oils. Persons predisposed to con
sumption, aged persons, or those inclined
to cold extremities and feeble digestion,
are especially benefited by a liberal use
of sweet cream. It is far better than
cod liver oil, and, besides being excellent
for medicinal properties, it is a highly
nutritious food. New York Telegram.
Antiquity of Pens.
The diamond pointed pen, although
usually classed among modern inven
tions seems to have been known as far
back as the very dawn of history. The
prophet Jeremiah uses the expression,
"Written with a pen of iron with the
point of a diamond." (See Jer. xviii, 1.)
St. Louis Republic
In Scotland it was formerly particu
larly ominous to meet a funeral while
on the way to be joined in wedlock.
The bride or groom was certain to die
soon, as the sex of the person being
taken . to the graveyard was male or
female. .
Ellen Terry's Childhood.
When - Ellen Terry was a little girl
about 11 years of age she belonged to
Mrs. Charles Heart's company at the
Princess'. She was one evening acting
Puck in the "Midsummer. Night's
Dream," 'and had to come up through
the stage floor on a trap door, standing
on a mushroom. The trap door was
shut too soon, and one of her feet was
caught. She screamed with pain, and
her sister Kate, then acting Titania, ran
to her and threw her arms round her.
Still the child continued to scream, and
Mrs. Charles Kean seeing what was
wrong, came on the stage and, struck
with her heel for the trap door to be
opened. The man naturally mistook
the signal, and shut it tighter, and the
child's screams redoubled. Mrs. Kean
whispered to her:
"Be a brave girl, Nellie, and finish
your part, and you shall play in 'Bong
John.'"
The trap door was by this time opened,
but the little girl's toe was broken. She
finished her speech, however, though she
fainted when she got off the stage. Later
on she played the part of Prince Arthur.
Another time, in the same company,
she had to play one of the angels in
"Catherine of Arragon's Vision." To
give the appearance of distance the larg
est rfhgel came first, and they graduated
in size until the end, and Ellen Terry,
being the smallest actress, was placed at
the top of the row. Whether the height
she was from the ground made her sick
is not known, but she evinced her feel
ings in the most tangible manner, prov
ing most unpleasantly to the other
"angels" beneath her (who remonstrated
with her afterward) that, however spirit
ual her appearance might be, she was
subject as any mortal to the ills that
flesh is heir to. London Tit-Bits.
The Chinese to Bale.
Lord Wolseley believes that the Chi
nese are the coming race, and that they
win overrun tne world tne moment
great general or lawgiver arises am
xl nef r-w . .j
biieiu. x or ouu years me uninese ArfYe
been-uled by "the simple metimd of
having all the more active, carDle and
progressive heads shorn off bthe Tar
tars." No one of more tbiMveraere in-
pce is permitted fcftrist, and the
ent is on oneue an organized
of massacred hen Commission
was askedhether it was true
he had iX Bed 60,000 men in three
years, his answeiJkras, "Oh, surely more
than that." Some day, however, a new
Chinese Moses will arise and resist.
The people, who are quite fearless,
will then, Lord Wolseley thinks, adopt
the profession of arms, hurl themselves
on Russia and sweep over her, India and
the continent of Europe. The English,
the Americans and the Australians will
hajsto rally for a desperate conflict,
probably in western Asia, which will be
a verable battle of Armageddon. Such
propecie8 are, of course, of small prac
tical use, but we agree that a very little
might set the Chinese moving, and that
her millions, once let loose, could no
more be stopped than a stream of lava.
Lord Wolseley is all for keeping on good
terms with the Chinese and so are we,
but at the same time we do not forget
that the Roman emperors who tried to
conciliate the Goths fared no better than
those who defied them. Omaha World
Herald. New Decorative Process.
A new process by which artistic de
signs can be photographed on paper, cot
ton cloth, velvet and other fabrics is be
coming the "craze" in England, as any
lady can by its means take any white
fabric and print upon it designs to suit
her own taste, and in which pressed
leaves will serve instead of a transpar
ency for the production of many effects.
At a recent meeting of the Photographic
society (England) a well known photog
rapher printed different leaf patterns
upon different parts of a piece of white
cotton cloth.
He then developed the different pat
terns with various develofters by apply
ing each of the latter locally with a
brush. The result was a pretty series of
designs in variegated colors upon one
piece of cloth. The colors at present ob
tainable by the use of developers in the
process are red, orange, purple and ma
roon. By mixing the purple and orange
developers an unsatisfactory kind of an
approach to green is said to have been
obtained. Developers to yield blues and
greens with this process have yet to be
discovered. New York Commercial Ad
vertiser. Why Clock Paces Have Pour I's.
Do you know why four "I's" are used
to mark the hour of four on clocks
and watches instead of the usual
Roman numeral "IV?" The tradition
among clock and watchmakers is that
in the year 1370 the first clock similar
to those now in use was made in
France for Charles V, surnamed the
Wise. The king could not deny that
the clock was an excellent timekeeper;
but as he wished to find fault with
something, and so live up to his name,
he insisted that four was incorrectly
marked, and that four "I's" should be
substituted for "IV." ' The makers could
not convince him of his error, which has
been perpetuated as the king's mistake
through all the succeeding years. New
York Ledger.
Knssia Twelve Days Behind. .
England made the change from the
old or Julian calendar to the Gregorian
in 1752. At that period the original thir
teen states were British colonies', and as
the new system went into operation at
that time throughout England's Ameri
can dependencies it has been in effect
from the beginning of the United States
government. Russia still clings to the
Julian calendar. That is to say, Dec. 1
in this country is Nov. 25 in Russia.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A Terrible Possibility.
Aunt Julia Well, Flossie, what dc
you. think of your little brother?
Flossie (who is the happy possessor of
a phonographic doll) I haven't heard
heard him say a word yet, and I shouldn't
be surprised if he'd lost Ids cylinder out.
Judge."
Mr1
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