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7 ee : — a a on ———— —— eee ao . a { ae (WUE OPAL ‘ , aiden sat within the door 1 Gentle Spring. ian! aed sang as many times before. Now feeds the gaunt, bowhiskered goat x A man to daily teil passe d by, ' From posters on the wall. + i No love nor pleasure lit his eye. The moth ball’s fragrance fills the coat But when be heard the merry song Belt aps AM rece tee Of sealskin in the hall. By whistled as he went along. . eo The sparrow hops upon the sill. : ; t The wheelman’s gong sounds loud and sbrili, A woman by the window Wep® ; e . . ' And Willy takes the quinine pill, A ae who in 1 yard slept, é , d ‘thi P eler inine pi Ee oe wn bet baneing tall ‘T Am Convince hat Paines Celery The quinine pill. = _ That tune she knew and loved so well, The green grass on the baldish lawn The flood of burning tears was staid, ‘ ] a. iT I@ growing merrily. ‘ ie S008 of ee ta eal | Compound Has No Equal. BL ny | ; ag ; And gargles in his glee. ~ Her neighbor heard @he tender strain The ring tailed monkey on a rope And softly joined the sweet refrain ' a Begs pennies full of simian hope. Thus all day long that one sony bere The housemaid stews the soft shelled soap, F ts ]ts joyousness from door to door. The soft shelled soap. ”

—Sara J. Denton.

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Marco Polo’s Report Concerning the Gi gantic Yang-tse- Kiang.

Noah Brooks quotes the following from the great Venetian traveler in hi: gries of St. Nicholas papers, ‘The True Story of Marco Polo:’’

And I assure you this river flows s« far and traverses so many countries anc cities that in good sooth there pass anc repass on its waters a great number o: yessels and more wealth and merchan dise than all the rivers and all the sea of Christendom put together. It seem: jndeed more like a sea than river. Mes. ger Marco Polo said that he once beheld at that city 15,000 vessels at one time. And you may judge if this city of ne great size has such a number, how many must there be altogether, considering that on the banks of this river there are more than 16 provinces and more than 200 great cities, besides towns and vil- lages, all possessing vessels.

Messer Marco Polo aforesaid tells us that he heard from the officer employed to collect the great khan’s duties on this river that there passed up stream 200, - 000 vessels in the year, without count- ing those that passed down! Indeed, as it has a course of such great length and receives 80 many other navigable rivers, itis no wonder that the merchandise which is borne on it isof vast amount and value. And the article in largest quantity of all is salt, which is carried by this river and its branches to all the cities on their banks and thence to the other cities in the interior,

The vessels which ply on this river are decked. They have bnt one mast, but they are of great burthen, for I can assure you they carry, reckoning by our weight, from 4,000 to 12,000 cantars each. In going up stream they have tc be hanled, for the cerrent is so strong that they could not make head in any other manner. Now the towline, which

is some 300 paces in length, is made of nothing but cane. "Tis in this way: They have those great canes of which ] told you before that they are some 15 paces in length. These they take and split from end to end into many slender strips, and then they twist these strips together so as to make a rope of siiy length they please. And the ropes sc made are stronger than if they were made of hemp.

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The gay galoch sticks in the mud And leaves all bare the shoon, | And now and then some greeny bud y Bursts forth from its cocoon. The pussy willow, éair to see, Makes silvery freckies on the tree, And Rover hunts the sharp toothed flea, The sharp toothed flea.

The orphaned, soiled, unlaundered tramp Begs food his form to fill. The plumber sticks the two cent stamp Upon his winter’s bill. % The ‘*To let’’ sign is far and near. The froth is on the brown bock beer. The air is fresh, for the spring is here, The spring is here. —New York Sunday Journal.

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the western girl, with incisive earnestness.

‘‘And yet,’’ demurred the girl from Ros- ton, ‘occasionally one does meet a mascu- line Jeguminous adept, you know.’’—Chi- cago Times-Herald.

The Vicious Bachelor.

“Then you do not deem matrimony es holy sacrament)’’ asked the young parson.

‘‘Dunno anything about it,’’ said the vicious bachelor. ‘‘All I know is that a great many married couples make a holy show of themselyes,’’—Cincinnati En. quirer.

A Willing Victim. Here's to my wife’s Easter bonnet! Lots of plumes and gewgwas on it. My old hat is bunged and dirty, My wife’s bonnet cost just thirty.

\"Here’s to my wife’s Easter bonnet! fresh and tair ag the red rose on it Each one neat and sweet to see is. Neither one is aS sweet as she is.

Here's to my wife’s Easter bonnet!

I had to pay for all that’s on it—

Flowers and ribbons—my, what a wonder )» it!

But, oh, just think what a dear thing’s

under it! —New York Press.

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Herr Oil—Haf you heard dot dog of mine ate a tape measure undt died?

Herr Kut—lI suppose he died py inches, nicht var?

Herr Oil— Aber nit. He vent oudt in der alley und die py der yard.—Columbia Spectator.

In 1997.

The Husband (who has walked the floor three hours)—Half of him belongs to you.

The New Woman (from the bed)—Well, let my half holier.

The Husband—You brute! I shall ge right straight home to father.—Town Topics.

The Old, Old Habit. She’s president of seven clubs. Her name in print you often see. Of all new women in the land, There’s not a one more new than she.

She lectures, writes and is, in fact, A sturdy leader of her kind.

She wears a vest, suspenders and Is noted for her breadth of mind.

Yet when she goes to bed at night She kneels beside it—not in prayer, But just to look beneath to see if any horrid man is there. —Cleveland Leader,

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A Queer Sermon.

A remarkable temperance sermon wat that delivered in Ireland which concluded! with this convincing statement to the flock: ‘‘What makes ye shoot at yer land. lords? The drink! Aye, and what makes ye miss them? The drink!’’—Argonaut. |

A Disturbing Reflection.

Van Gordon—I think that governess } secured today will fill the bill. She says she just dotes on children, and that the older they grow the more she loves them. Mrs. Van Gordon—And Fred is 23.—, New York Journal.

The Long and Short of It,

A youth named Long once paid his suit To a beautiful maiden short and cute, Well, he married her, Home he carried her, And now she’s Long. But the dapper youth Is short and grows shorter each day, forsooth —Philadelphia North American.

Unaccountable Fright.

‘‘Laura, dear. I want you to meet my cousin. I think you will like him.”

** What’s his name?”’

‘‘Huggin.”’

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