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NEIGHBORS.
Vour name 1, Helen : are you dark or falrf
Deep blue vour even, or black a .endow, are
Thiit lie In woodH at midnight? Tell me, iwnct
What form you wear lartje, medium, or petltol
I never new you, nor you me, I ween,
And yet our vera on the .elf-nainc ihnet
Are printed In the latt new muf(a'.iuo.
I fuln would know, fulr neighbor, If your tong
Came from the woodluniM, or the olty'K throne
From mountuin fatneii. or beHide the leaf
ilreatlmd It In chambered Holltude, or free
As birds on wing. amldHt Rome Nylvan toenel
I pray you (.'row aisiiiialut, and let uu be
Neighbor In thought a in the magazine.
So may I ek if you are deeply blue
(A to the horn. I meant, or JuHt a true,
lirlght little womun nothing Host inene
WboHe aong is lung without a thought to pleoic
Aught but the alngerr Muy I rend between
The Unci, and auk mich things an these,
Hoping they'll print them in the muguzlnef
Did hope deferred that is the weary time,
DotwUt acceptance and the printed rhyme-
Make your sweet heart, like my old batterer
soul,
Endure long agonies, and curie the whole
Confounded tribe of editors whose keen,
Cool, business sense would not once enroll
Our burning thoughts in their next muguztael
And did you anxiously each month e'er track,
From leading articles to Uric a-Ilruc,
Each page, lest haply they hud bid your verse
between some dreary kind of proRey-or, worse,
Lopped oft a line to pad a page, and then
Misspelt your mine, the tender poet's curse?
Alas, for poets In a magazine I
1 question idly. Chunce, and chance alone,
Vpnn one puge my verso and yours has thrown.
Hut, let me whlt.per e'er I drop my pen,
I am tne steadiest of all married men,
And write these lines oh, may they yet be sees,
By your bright eyes ! in hopes they'll bring tut
ten
Or twenty dollars from some magazine.
K. T. W. Duke. Jr., In Century.
A PICKEREL STORY.
Bo Wonderful That Thus Who Know It's
True Dou't Dare Tell It.
Of all the numerous guides and oars
men ut Greenwood lake, young Tom
GurriHon in one of the most industrious,
and the nioet patient under misfortunes
and adveree circumHtancon. Tom
never hoe huon lucky lor himnelf. lie
has hud a "bad leg" for several years,
and laHt summer his grandfather died
and loft $5,000 to Tom's younger broth
er, locally known as "Snapper,1, since
the jockey of that name became fa
mous. Tom struggled through last season
with his bud leg encased in six yards
of elastic rubber, and did not make much
money because the season was short
and the fishing ruther unsatisfactory,
for what reuson nobody knows. In
previous years Tom was enabled to
make considerable money by piloting
unsuspecting anglers to a little lake on
top of the mountain, inducing them to
tramp there with him by means of the
alluring story that the lake was so full
of bass that another could not be put in
without two being crowded out oo
shore. The crop of strangers was not
large last year, and the story had be
come too threadbare for the frequent
visitors.
Late last fall Tom and Frank Hazen
went eut after rabbits. A single shot
from Hazen 's gun glanced from a stone
and put out Tom's right eye. Thli
was the worst luck Tom ever had,
worse evon than missing a share of hie
grandfather's inheritance; but it did
not prevent him being one of the most
skilful oarsmen and anglers at the
lake, lie procured a perfect counter
part of his gooJ eye in glass, und,
while it was a hollow sham for all
practical optical use, It certainly served
the outward purposes of the eye he lost
in the woods, and if it had not been for
the fact that the glass eye was prone to
weop at all times and was constantly
suffused, Tom would not have minded
it much. It wus a hollow shell of cun
ningly blown and colored glass, and be
haved well, inasmuch as it stayed
straight in its socket and did not make
him appear ridiculous by trying to turn
Into the corners. Tom, while out fish
ing a few weuks ago, took his eye out
to wash it in the lake, and as he was
rubbing it betwoen his thumb and fore
finger it popped- out of his hand and
foil in twelve feot of water. Tom
spent two hours looking for it, and was
finally compelled to sadly turn away
and contemplate the neoossity of spend
ing a large sura for a new eye.
A day or two later he took Charles
Mockridge, of Soho, out after pickerel,
and they caught 115 fair slaed-fish be
fore turning the bow of the boat toward
the Lakeside Hotel. When they landed
at the wharf Tom called Mr. De Graw's
attention to the fact that he had recov
ered his eye and was wearing it.
'How did you got HP" askod De Graw,
and right there Tom became silent.
Since then he has said rather 'um lose
the respect of his patrons, who have al
ways believed what he said, he would
never toll how ho recovered the eye.
Among the fish which he displayed
was the largest pickerel which lAis been
caught in Greenwood Lake in several
years. It was a six-pounder and hud
only one eye, tne other having evident
ly been eaten out by the deadly "eye
pincher" as the guides call a sort of
water beetle which attacks the eyes of
all fishes in the lake. Mr. Mockridge
was almost as reticent as Tom, but he
admitted that the recovery of the eye
was so singular that he would not hare
believed it if he had net witnessed it
He finally and reluctantly said it was
as much as he dared say at the time
that the eye was disgorged lo the fish
well of the boat by the bt pickerel.
Afterward, however, in a moment of
confidence, he told a Newark friend
that when the big pickerel was pulled
in it wore in its vacant eye socket the
glass which Gar i son dropped over
board a day or two before. He now
absolutely refuses to say any thing
about the matter, but he has the dried
head of the pickerel and Torn Garrison
has the glass eye. Cor. N. Y. Sun.
THE LADY OF LYONS.
To meislv. Hostile Clitics the Play IfM
First Produced Anonymously.
I am not old enough to remember
the publication of the early novels
of Edward Lytton Bulwer, and
consequently am unable to speak of
their reception by the public press;
but when that gifted gentleman took to
writing for the stage I perfectly recol
lect the savage attacks that were made
upon his dramatic attempts.
There is no doubt that Bulwer had.
In some way or other, made himself
personally offensive to the critics; but,
whether or no, be became fully per
suaded that no play written by him,
however good it might be, would be
allowed to succeed upon the stage.
Acting upon this conviction he, In
counsel with Macready, who always
played the hero in his pieces, deter
mined to produce his next dramatic at
tempt anonymously. Happy thought!
The subject fixed upon was "The Lady
of Lyons," and when the play was pro
ducedabout the year 1842, 1 think
the authorship was known to two per
sons only Macready and Bulwer.
Dickens was the Intimate friend of
both actor and writer and on invitation
of Macready he took his place among
Uie audience on the first night, in total
ignorance of any thing and every thing
connected with the play. The curtain
fell to a storm of applause. Dickens
went delightedly behind the scenes to
congratulate the great actor oa a well
deserved success.
In Macready's dressing-room Dickens
found Bulwer, looking, at he thought,
a little disturbed.
"A capital play! good idea well and
dramatically worked out The author,
a young fellow, I suppose, has been
looking a little at our friend here," in
dicating Bulwer. "If this is his first
work I predict a fine future for him; as
for you, my dear Macready, you are in
for a long run, depend upon it" Then,
turning to Bulwer, Dickens said: "Did
you see the play from the frontP I did
not notice you among the audience."
"No," said Bulwer, "I saw quite
enough of it from the wings."
Well," exclaimed Dickens, "you
are not satisfied with it?"
"Not a bit of it," said Bulwer. "It
was capitally acted, fortunately for the
author. Without our friend here it
might have been a hideous failure."
"My dear Bulwer, If I did not believe
you to be free from the slightest tinge
of jealousy of other writors, what you
have just said would make me uneasy.
The fellow has written a bright, capital
play, and you should be the first to
acknowledge such."
"Not if I don't think so, I suppose,"
said Bulwer with a smile.
In telling this anecdote, as well as I
can remember, I have used Dickens'
expressions as I hoard them from his
own lips.
The morning following the produc
tion of "The Lady of Lyons" was a
triumph for Bulwer, who was re
quested by the papers to take a lesson
from his rival, who had shown by his
admirable play that he had dramatic
powers which were conspicuous by
their absence in such works as had
hitherto proceoded from the pen of
Mr. Bulwer. Frith' a Reminiscences.
Tne complexion is improved by giv
ing the face a hot bath each night
Wash it thoroughly and dry with a soft
towel. A rough towel is never com
mended for the face, which really re
quires soft fine napory, if one wishes
the skin to be smooth.
Vanity Griddle Cakes. One quart
of flour, sifted, one tonspoonful bi-car-bonate
of soda, about the Bamo of Bait
mix with Bour croam or buttermilk, to
a thin batter., Boat thoroughly for
eight minutes and bakenlinmodiately in
a hot and well-cri eased trriddle.
OUR DARLING BABIES.
How They Should bs Dressed Daring the
Heated Term.
One can not walk a half mile in any
part of town at this time of year with
out mdeting babies, and babies of all
kinds. Poor little three-week-olds
smothered in flannels until they can
hardly breathe, and little toddlers pale
with the effort to cut their eye-teeth
and breathe city air at the same time.
A baby of any age needs air at this
time of year. The long cashmere
cloaks that strain the necks of babies
under four months are barbarous, and
yet half the mothers in town use them.
From sunrise until sunset while the
thermometer is up to seventy-six, a
baby just born or under three months
old needs only a little flannel skirt
high in the neck and long in the
sleeves, a flannel band, knitted and
put on loosely; a napkin, soft woolen
ocks, one long flannel petticoat and
one muslin slip.
Do not put any thing else on the
poor little hel pless thing. A' knitted
jacket and a white muslin cap are suf
ficient for outdoors, except when
walking in the wind or driving; then
a soft shawl or cape is best.
The cloaks with sleeves should not
be used until a baby is old enough to
put out his hand for his rattle. Then
he is old enough to hold up his head
without support from the hand and
can better bear tbe weight of the
cloak.
- Don't keep the baby bundled up all
day. After his mid-day nap and meal
place him flat on his back in the cen
ter of your bed, turn his long frock
up and let him kick and crow. It will
help him to grow and will strengthen
his back and legs.
If it is very warm and the baby is
fretful give him a mid-day bath in
tepid water, and another one at sun
down if he needs it Very little babies
should not be put in the water but
once a day, but arj easily sponged off,
and are generally quiet and sleep well
after a bath. A little vinegar added
to the water will allay the itching
from prickly heat
Chafing often comes with June
weather, and it is very painful to the
baby. To prevent it baby should be
sponged off and powdered a half
dozen times a day. Fuller's earth is
used when powder is not sufficient
The former is a very fine dust-colored
powder and can be obtained at any
drug-store.
Don't put the baby to sleep on a
feather bed, and use a very thin little
feather pillow for his head. One of
the best summer crat&s has a bottom
of wire-screen, and on this is placed a
four-fold quilt lined with cotton, and
a small soft hair pillow. A single
eider-down spread is used.
Hammocks are being used in town
bouses by many mothers; a quilt be
ing put in before the baby. They
keep up a gentle swaying motion for
a long time, are inexpensive and can
be changed from one room to the
other with but little trouble. N. Y.
Journal.
THE AUTOCRAT TALKS.
O. W. Holmes' View of a Phase) or Two
of Literature.
"The question is, will this country
ever see another such group of re
markable men as Boston has pro
duced. In history there are Prescott
Motley and Parkman. In theology,
Theodore Parker and Dr. Bartol; in
oratory, Wendell Phillips; in philoso
phy, Emerson; in poetry, Longfellow
and Wbittier, for the latter, if not an
actual resident of Boston, must be re
garded, nevertheless, as belonging to
the Boston literary guild.
"There is Lowell, also. Others
might be mentioned in addition to
those already named. For real intel
lectual force take the old Chestnut
Street Club, or the Radical Club, as
some choose to call it Where will you
find its equal ? We have never had
any thing like it in this country since.
Indeed, the literary outlook seems
hardly encouraging. I sometimes feel
that poetry will become a lost art with
us. To be sure we have a large num
ber of writers of verse 1 refer to
the rising generation of writers and
it is very good verse, too, but very
little very little of it rises to the
scale of real poetry. It is not suffi
ciently striking to impress itself upon
the world to endure. The disposition
isto indulge in fanciful triolet and
the rondeau, all pretty enough in their
way; but very few poems of this char
acter haveever become immortal.
"For example, the sonnet is one of
the most mechanical and artificial
forms of verse there is. To be sure,
Shakespeare's sonnets are excellent,
as tnuy do nonconform to the estab
lished rules governing the construc
tion of the sonnet If one is to succeed
Jn poetry he must give free rein to his
sentiment and imagination in the more
simple and natural forms of verse.
Take for instance. Tennyson's 'In
Memoriam;' the form is simple and
easy. This is a great poem and will
live. Still, from these observations,
I would not seek to discourage any
young man from seeking to be a poet
if he really feels the divine instinct
within him.
"But I would urge him by all means
to adopt the most natural way of
writing, and not by any means depend
on poetry or literature, in any sense,
for his bread and butter. Let him
have something else for a staff; it is
absolutely necessary, unless one be a
genius, and even then it is far safer.
Poe was a genius, yet his case ought
to prove a warning to all who aspire
in literature. I in my own case have
had a professorship, the work of which
has not always been congenial; never
theless, it has proved a good staff."
From an Interview in Boston Journal
BEETLES ASTLftTRMS.
Queer Dlscorery Made by a Reporter ta s
Gotham Jewelry Store.
An Industrious Mexican beetle in the
window of a jeweler on upper Broad
way furnishes amusement to large
crowds almost every hour of the day.
It is a curious looking insect and even
persons well versed in natural history
are unable at first sight lo tell exactly
to what variety it belongs. It looks
like a cross between a big black spider
and a tumble bug.
The beetle has a velvety blue black,
with the legs of a spider. Around the
neck is a gold band attached to a
thread that holds the insect to a minia
ture human skeleton. The beetle
crawls up and down the skeleton with
the regularity of clock work. So pre
cise are the movements that nearly
every one mistakes it for a mechanical
toy.
The other afternoon Walter B. Price
and Senator Stadler spent some time
pondering over the beetle. "I don't
believe a piece of mechanism could be
as perfect as that" exclaimed the Sen
ator. Mr. Price, who la a great student of
natural history, insisted that nature
had never constructed such a looking
Insect, and as a result of the difference
of opinion a wager was made. I accom
panied the two gentlemen into the
store to decide the wager. The jeweler
aid that it was a live Mexican beetle.
"It is a most curious insect" he said,
"and it is as busy as a bee. We have
put on a false back of blue velvet to
give it a brilliant appearance. We do
quite a trade in them. Ladles wear
them as charms to their chains. The
Baroness Blanc set the fashion to wear
ing them here in New York. I don't
know just how long they will live, but
I know of several that are over five
years of age.
"I am at a loss to understand how
they exist, for they never eat or drink.
We keep them in a show case with our
watches. Some of them are very intel
ligent, and one of the clerks trains
them to do a number of cute things.
If he whistles they will come and crawl
up his arm. They are as cunning as
'possunw. They turn on their backs
and pretend to be dead when they
scent danger. They 6ell for five dol
lars and upwards, according to their
education."
Five dollars soumls rather cheap for
a beetle trained like a circus animal
and dressed up like a Haytian field
marshal, doesn't it? N. Y. Herald.
There wouldn't have been any milk
In the coimnut if Borne dairymen had
had the construction of it Texas
S'ftings.
-Mr. Frills "What were you when
I married you? Nobody!" Mrs. Frills
(serenely) "Well, that's a good point;
you're nobody's fool." Puck.
A good many men who are talking
very bitterly about the difficulty of get
ting Jnto a church have never tried it
Mistress fo Dinierj '"wen, ionn,
I hear you have come into quite a lit
tle legacy. I suppose you will be
thinking of getting a wife now?" John
"Lor' bless yer, mum, not if I knows
It! I've seen too much of married life
with missuses, beggin' yer pardin,
mum." Life.
The poorest memory on record U
that of the fellow tried for burglary in
Brooklyn the other day. He testified
that he had never been arrested be
fore, but when his memory was jogged
by certain evidence admitted that he
had a dim recollection of being con
victed of murder once and given a
'.wonty-year sentence.
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