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At Chicago
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WALTER S. HAINES, M. D.,
Pmf. of Chemistry, Rusk Medital College,
Consulting Chemist, Chicago Board of Health.
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THE SONG OF THE SINGING SANDS.
A little. Hule cot for mo.
A cabin on the Ktmmy steep.
When sweet winds from the Despot let
Hold secret that I long to keep.
Oh. not upon tltese later heights
May rrerj joy evade my hand.
Thro' lonely days and lonelier nights
Aluotc the sfaif Una, singing sand;
Yet, i wuuld not. as lands that sing
Lose one tone son thru' joorneyin
Oa, haste. y breeses Hem that raan.
And be my fleet foot messengers!
Tell aw if children coining home.
Long wandering neatfa the western An,
la our returning currents bear
A Weaning tho' they wake or sleep:
Bnoff me a dream of golden hair.
Recaik-d at morn tho' l should weep.
And leave to me in newer lands
The mystery of the singing-
Hore, I would hare my window be
A beacoa waate'er tide may torn;
A lamp upon lifes wind blown sea
VV here nieaTrys loMtes ever burn:
The altar lire of early loves
Within whose rajstk: uiothfr shrine
Are treatmred yet thoee white winged
dovtiy-
Such coainic doves, and they were mine,
Tho' strong tOMnite, Oh. winds that moaa,
May singing sands dwell in your tone.
-Harj haird Finch in Arlunsaw Trarekr.
Legal Advice at tOO a Weed.
It is not often that a piece of legal advice
costs SLW a word, bat vet this happened
m this city. Not long "fo ilr. Moms But
ler, son of John M. Butler, who had just
arrived home from an evening party at
'clock m the morning, heard a carnage
drive op to the bouse, and a moment later
answered a ring at the door belL A young
man of haixboroe face and ewrgetie man-
Ber blurted out, without ceremony:
"What states can cousin legally marry
Mir
'I dou't know,1 said Mr. Butler as soon
as he could -cover from the effects of bis
visitor blu. utt, "but I will ask father.
Be went up stain, and after much
knockJDj: uused his father.
"Father' said he, "what
ootuiiDS It jxuiiy marry in"
"kantuM," was the single word hi re
sponse, between what sounded suspiciously
uxe snorts.
Mr. liutit r returned down stairs.
"Well, what does be say" asked the
visitor.
"Kansas," jeplied young Mr. Butler.
"Thank you!" The door was closed and
the visitor was gone.
Nothing further was thought of the in
cident until the next day's mail brought
Mr. Butler a certified check for $W0 for
"legal advice" from bis hitherto unknown
then C Indianapolis Journal
Wblttlrs PrsNM Work.
Said the man at a bookstore: "The
other day a customer came in and asked
for Wnitti6Ts prose works, and a young
mas who was present laughed when the
customernadgoneotit. X asked him why,
and he said that the man was one of
many who thought that because WhhV
tser wrote poetry be most have written
prase. Then it was my tun to laugh.
But 1 am of the opinion that there are
many like the young man who laughed.
Whittier it an essayist, and his essays
are in volumes as numerous as those of
his poems, in lt 1 think it was about
that year he wrote a stirring pamphlet
entitled 'Justice and Expediency.' The
same was a discussion of the slavery
question. When the Antislarery party
or society was formed in Pbibjdelphia he
was one of the delegates, and be wrote an
account of the proceedings of that soci
ety which is still quoted. I call to mind
some of the old Quaker poet's prose sto
nes: The Fish 1 Didn't Catch,' 'Paw
tucket Falls,' 'Yankee Gypsies,' 'My
Bnmmer with Dr. Hingletary The City
of a Day,' The Heroine of Long Point,'
'Agency of Evil.' There are others 1 do
not mat at this moment think of. But
Whittier was as great in prose as in Terse,
fie belonged to the school which was
composed of Emerson, Longfellow, Low
ell and Holmes. There are not many of
them left when 70a ootnetc think of it"
iSucago Tribute.
10t WALL ST., HCW-VOHK.
W Carriage,
One of the most amusing instances of
misunderstanding a word is told of an old
church warden of WallingfonL England.
Atone time the bishop of Oxford sent
round to the church wardens in his diocese
a circular of various inquiries, among
which a
"Boas tout officiating elertrrnian Breach
the gospel, and are his conversation and car
nage consistent therewith?"
To this the church warden of Wallinjrford
replied, "He preaches the gospel, but he
noes not keep a carnage." louttft Com
panion.
Adolphns (dejectedrr) Eighteen, and not
gray nslr yet!
Keginald (sympathetica!!)-) Ah. college
Ulewnot what it used to be. Truth.
Wall Prepared.
During a little pedestrian trip a gentle
man came unexpectedly upon a country
race eoune, and on one portion of the
gronnd found a tuimbleng establishment
in full work. Notwithstanding the remon
strances of bis companion, the gentleman,
who was a bit of a madcap, insisted on
watching the game.
"Now, would the gent like to wager a
crown he could find the pea?" remarked
the expert.
"Yes," was the reply.
The money was on both sides deposited,
and the pedestrian, lifting up tbe thimble,
pointed out tbe required pea and took tbe
stakes,
A second bet, "double or quits, "ended,
to the surprise of tbe expert, in tbe same
result.
Then a third wager, "a pound or noth
ing," steadied the nerves of the loser, and
tbe trick was accomplished with great cau
tion. The gentleman lifted op a thimble
and showed tbe pea, at the same time pock
eting tbe stake.
"S'beip me," etc 'I didnt put it there!"
exclaimed the bewildered artist.
"No, but I always carry my own pea,"
rejoined tbe man who had come out right
as he went on his way with the spoils of
war. Tit-Bits.
A Hew Plaoe.
There is one lawyer in tbe city who will
never again make use of Latin phrases in
writing business letters. A short time ago
he had to write a letter to a slient of bis in
a neighboring city regarding an important
lawsuit that was to come up before tbe
court in the coarse of a few days. Tbe in
formation be solicited was highly essential
to his ease. In writing this epistle be made
use of a letter head with his printed address
at the top. In closing his letter he signed
himself thus: "John Langdon. Address
ut supra." After waiting several days for
tbe reply, which did not come, he again
wrote his procrastinating client and asked
why be bad not sooner answered bis first
letter. Tbe next day be received a reply in
which the client said that be had answered
tbe letter and addressed it to "John Lang
don, Ut faupra, N. Y." Buffalo impress.
long; Sermons and Obscure.
In Wales religions services are too often
long, obscure and relentlessly theological
I know of one Nonconformist minister in
Flintshire who seldom preaches for more
than twenty minutes. But be Is, alasl a
rare exception. When bis example is fol
lowed the chapels will be better attended.
Liverpool Mercury.
A IaBSjraw Mask.
Banting Why are yon fellows always
dodging Bioobumperf
lswins Mis first baby hat Just eos
flifpwrtnd to tftlk FilfjlftfYfTTi
Pessimism.
OWING TO A LAME HORSE.
Be Stops rl for the Night a the Boms
of HI Old Friend.
A number of years ago, before the rail
road was built through this section, 1 used
to drive over my mute.
It whs early in June on a Saturday that
I left a town not far from here determined
if possible to reach Kensiugton to spend
Sunday. Just after starting I noticed that
one horse was a little lame and rapidly be
coming worse. As evening was approach
ing 1 concluded that 1 would ask to re
main over Sunday at the first respectable
looking farmhouse that 1 reached.
About fifteen minutes later 1 came to a
place with the house and barns nicely
painted and the outbuilding and fence
in good order. Junta I reached the front
gate an old man appeared with a shepherd
dog running at his heels. Tbe barking of
the dog, in a not unfriendly way, called
tbe old gentleman's attention tome. 1
told bimof my dilemma and requested
him to allow me to remain over the Sab
bath. He hesitated a moment and then
remarked that he "guessed Cynthia would
not care." After considerable trouble we
got tbe lame horse in a roomy stall
thickly bedded.
Mr. Justin, as he told me his name was.
proved an expert in tbe care of bones, and
soon bad niiue feeling better. We started
for the bouse, and before we reached the
door it was opened from the inside by a
young girl, woo said in a clear voice.
"Grandpa, you are late; supper has been
ready some time." Just then J stepped
out from the shadow of the porch, and he
introduced nie and explained Cue situation
to her, whereupon she at once bade me
welcome.
After tea we gathered in the war iiarlnr
I was surprised to see a fine piano and a
library well filled with standard works,
and observed two swords crossed, an old
canteen and a haversack. Krideucea of a
cultured taste prevailed.
She was a particularly good conversa
tionist, and as the old geutleman dosed
in his old armchair we fast became ac
quainted. The clock striking 10 awoke Mr.
J oh 1 in, and, lighting a candle, he shewed
me to my room. Glancing around the
room I saw an old fashioned album lying
on the table, and turning oer its pages i
came across a photograph of Captain Jos
lin, with whom 1 bunked in Libby Prison
in 18&t It was plain enough now. My
host had told me bis name was JokHd. and
Cynthia bis grandchild so Captain Jmlin,
my old friend, was his son, and Cynthia
must be the daughter I remembered he
had spoken of as we walked up and down
the prison floor. I was exchanged and left
Libby Prison, and had never been able to
get any trace of bim.
After break f ant, as we were sitting on
tbe porch, a lull in the conversation gave
me a chance to resume it by entering upon
the subject then foremost in my mind.
brauuaiiy 1 turned our talk to the late
war, and Mr. Joslin tremblingly told mo
that tbe captain was released just before
Lee's surrender. He came borne broken
in health and spirits, never rallied, but
bngered along in daily suffering uotil God"
called bim borne in September, lUbo, Al
bany Lor. New lork Recorder.
School in Centra! Park.
I saw a pretty sight in Central park the
other day. The eutrance to the swan boat
pavilion was choked with benches, and it
was evident that some unusual call upon
the flees bad been made. Most of the
boats wen out of sight, but after awhile
there came a fleet of them down the tiny
lake, and such a nock of happy little ones
as filled them you seldom saw upon that
sheet of water.
In each boat were one or more pleasant
faced ladies keeping the little ones in check
and pointing out to them the beauties of
the sail They were very quiet for chil
dren, but waved their handkerchiefs at
each other and were evidently having a
royal and unusual time.
What do you think it was School. Ac
tually school 1 thought of the public
schools with their pent up hordes of baf
smothered children, and I wondered if tb
good Lord would ever give sense to the
board of education and teach that body
that tbe book of nature is worth a ton of
printed books these bright spring days.
1 asked tbe name of the wise school
which bad learned the lesson of making
learning palatable to tbe young, and I
found thai it was an old friend of mine,
tbe school founded and maintained by Pro
fessor Felix Adler's society. The little
ones whom I saw were the children of the
very poor. Their parent bad no time for
Central park and no money for swan boats,
and their ride was a luxury as well as an
education. God bless such schools as thesef
say L New York Herald.
A Famous geoiptor of Italy,
Professor Pio Fedi died at the aire of
seventy-six. He suffered for several years
bom paralysis. He was one of the beet
modern sculptors of Italy, an imitator I
of Canova and a follower of the Greek J
school. Some of his best statues are at
the Loggia del Arcagno, at the Uflm ,
and the Old Palace. One of his"Chrurt" j
adorns the upper part of the Scala Banta '
at Borne. From every part of Italy j
telegrams of sympathy have arrived.
His funeral was very grand. All those '
who belong to tbe Academy of Art and
all the notabilities of the town followed
ma nooy; innumerable garlands and ,
bouquets covered the funeral car. Flor
ence Cor. Oalignani Messenger.
Harvard Kysmlnstlos.
Harvard university is spreading her
net over a very wide extent of territory
this year. It ia announced that examina
tions for admission to that institution
are to be held simultaneously in no less
than twenty-five places, including Eng- j
u oamau; auu auu. u luoas as
if Harvard wanted the earth and was in
a fair way to get a large section of it
Boston Herald.
Fatally Shoes fcj a Haa(ls
Lee Emus, a young colored woman of
HuBtsville, Tex., who witnessed ths
hanging of Alf White on Baturoav.
fainted when ths drop fell and died lata
that night from the effects of the shook. '
THE PASSING OF SUMMER.
Across the risloo nf tho clerk the giddy seaside
Oils
As in his alnnra rout the livelong lar he sits.
And on 1U0 dmt worn drummer's fao the
shadows swiftly may
As tn the crowded train lis speeds spoa his
nested way.
The order bonk damp with warmth, the
wheels or irnue move slow.
And over all thf sweltering mass t
brasses Mo.
In airy costume, Ifgut and free, ths summer
girl Is wo.
Her Rowing imwes mingling with the play of
naTurcK green;
She pramenndes ths hots) porch, and en ths
sand alio lies
And advert toes silkrn hose tn all ad mi ring eyes.
With tei'kless (npid at her bark she skirts ths
m mi tat i! top.
And by the latest rings she wears ho trays ths
men who nop.
Upon the nrean's azure breast the yachts have
spread their Kails,
And by the brook the fisherman httaoanty lack
bewails.
The tennis court Is gay with life, the croquet
mallet's heard.
And with immense ambition the mosquito now
is stirred.
Ths early morning fly Is here, Uie ioaman with
hissutiie.
And while he lolls the plumber at the seaside
spends his pile.
The dust ts flying overhead, tlie sun Is beating
down
Upon the ftM and meadow and the ever busy
town.
Ths eountlem throngs are moving, with their
fares tsu-ard tho west.
To where the wondrous World's fair Is pre
pared to meet the tent.
The summer's hen-! When, later m. our steps
are homeward bent.
Why, then 'twill he quite time enough to think
of all we've spent.
-Cloak Review.
MOST FERTILE
AMERICA.
What is there in this Alberta, through
which the Canadian Pacific Railway
runs, that it should draw train loads of
settlers and settlers' effects from Idaho,
Washington and Oregon? The most
fertile soil in A merit a, wood, water, coat
and climate; that ia what they say.
This Valley of the Saskatchewan seems
to have been rediworered of late by
some Washington and Idaho men, who
kept thingB dark until they and their
friends had Berured locations immediate
ly around the few depots already erected
when tbe line was opened. Then thev
sent word of what they had found, and
their friends are going in by the score.
The country, they say, is large and good
throughout, and new stations are prom
ised as settlement requires them. Then
Maine, Michigan ana Vermont caught
on. and sent up delegates to spy out the
tana ana report, i hey gave a practical
answer, lhey wrote, saving the? had
examined the country, find selected lo
cations and were coming home to sell
the old place and go where it was worth
while farming. The grain and vegetables
they saw cannot be excelled in North
America, and can be equaled in very few
parte. The cattle, horses and ebeep
were rolling fat and standing up to their
knees in rich native grasses. Why was '
uiis not an xnown neinrer .Because lor
generations only tbe Hudson Bay Com
pany xnew it, ana tney wanted no set
tlers in their fur country; and when
they lost hold of it there was no war of
getting to it. Now two branches of the
Canadian Pacific Railway run through
uie nuucei pane ui it.
A Morel idea.
Some member of the Berean Himion
Sunday school on Manhattan avenue hat
hit upon a novel idea in the way of a
general birthuitr reminder. It has been
pleasant habit in the Borean Sunday
school to endeavor to rouonrmse in some
graceful way the birthday of every offi
cer and teacher of the achool, but this
endeavor was often frustrated by the
natural modesty of some of the intended
recipients and the equally natural for
getfnlnew of the other members where
so many dates had to be kept in mind.
In order to ruinody this and to make
it certain that no one can by any pos
sibility b forgotten, a reminder has just
been printed on cards and distributed.
These cards contain the names and
ages of every officer aud teacher, to
gether with the day of the month on
which they were bora. Brooklyn Let-
A rYlneeM' Palm.
The Princess Mary of Teck, like moat
young women of high and of low degree.
has keen to the fortune toller. She be-
lieves in palmistry, and more than throe
years ago had her hands examined, not
by a professional, but br a woman well
known in society and famous for her
powers as a cbiromanciiit. Among other
things which tbe latter predicted was
that tbe xirincess' engagement would
greatly depend on the manner in which
she acquitted herself daring the few
jrearsfoUowing(whicb have now passed),
and that her marriage would raise her
to a high rank, in which tbe greatest
tact, care and policy wonld be required.
me princess believes in palmistry now
more than ever, and thinks of studying
it lor nerseu. ijonuon outr.
A Group of Moted Womsa.
The Princess of Wales has thirteen
wigs.
Miss Ethel Mackenzie, daughter of the
arrest throat doctor, u thn I Afirlnn raid.
respondent of a Chicago dailr.
Kate Field treasures among her curios
s lock of browning s hair.
Princess Beatrice is writing a book on
laoe, to be illustrated by herself.
yneen Victoria hrinly believes that
objects made by Wind persons bring
Inck.
The title, "Ber Royal Highness,"
means something in the case of the
r, .
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