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At l 1idn igh t. . . .
'rhc hour is late and thc night
. clark. The wind raises from a
moan to a wild shriek rattling
the shutters , and grumbling
down thc chimney fans thc dying
embers into a lame ! Ind [ thc
! sparks lance gayly about.
The patter of thc , early fall
rain upon my window is congenial I
with my spirit tonight.
I am weary and thc whole
world seClllS weary whcn out in
thc storm and darkness thc hour
of midnight is tolled ; another
twenty four _ hours added to thc
. years of ycstcr'day.
As the days pile up into thc
building of our lives , thc hours
stand not as Individual hoursbut
become part of the structure , the
strength of the whole being as
great as its weakest part.
1'0 us , these hours are entrusted -
cd to he used at our own discretion ;
it is wUl'th while there that we
make "cach one a pearl , each
pearl a pmyer" that when the
building \ is complete , it bc in His
likeness and receive His approval
of "wc1l donc. "
But how still thc house ! thc
snapping song of thc namc accompanied -
companied by the mournful night
sounds is all that breaks thc
silcncc
'l'he merry song of thc children
that made the walls echo by day.
was hushed when sleep closed the
weary cyclitIs.
What so peaceful as a child
asleep ! no brooding care or guilty
conscience fretting itself far into
th e night , struggling to solve
life's problcms in cowardly efforts
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to forget ! .
\ It is thc peace that passes
understanding and one of thc
things laid aside when the boy
becomes a man.
As yct. time is no fast hurry-
ing stream , but a sportful'sunlit ,
occan.
Years to the child arc as ages ;
ah ! the secret of vicissitude is yet
unknown and in a motionless
universe wc taste what afterward
in this quick whirling universe is
forever denied us the balm of
rcst.
rcst.As
As yet sleeping and waking arc
one.
one.nut what is i that in thc corner ?
two pairs of little shoes !
What a story of long marches
, and frequent stumbling's thc
scuffed toes tell !
\Yhat .talc of tramping and
climbing the worn heel por-
trays.
What numberless trips of adventure -
venture through the boundless
waste Qf thc back yard , where
the little owners stare over thc
fcnce at the busy hurrying throng
and wonder , as we do , when we
gaze into he infinite blue of ; the
heaven "where docs it all end ? "
Ah ! me-I rem'mbcr-I
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thought they found too much
ittud today-those little shocs-
the } ' tracked in y carpet !
I wonder , tonight , if I wouldn't
kiss those feet prints as things
too precious to lose if I knew thc
little shoes had completed their
journey and tomorrows sun would
find thcm empty.
Oft times when thc little shrill
voices fill thc room with laughter
or whose hands are deep in mis-
chief or a sweet childish face
looks into mine with an oft repeated -
peatcd ucstion-I ] feel impatient
-I'm tired of answering questions
-and I tu'rn to the little soldier
looking to me for rcenforccmcn
and say "run away dear , not
now"-ah ! yes with thc busy
past that once wc held so cheap
shall baby feet run-and not aU
thc longing of our inmost hearts
can then a\'ail-nor all thc out
stretched hands fill empty arms.
Death may not rob us of our
babies , but time surely will.
What then is our time worth ?
what can r learn from books that
baby lips can not teach mc ? I
have learned more of good from
my children than they ever learned - ,
ed from me.
r have watched thcm in their
play when little blocks and brok-
cn carts , were changed into
palaces and chariots by their
active fancy , and when childish
troubles , like billows surge upon
them , what so sure to comfort as
those broken toys.
I have seen thc eager little
J aces in thc morning' turn west-
ward to time great mountain whose
rugged sides and sharp brags are
mist covered , piercing the clouds
of thc f tore is one peak surrounded -
rounded by a halo , thc wonderful
"som day" that is always just
ahead , where aU the good things
lie buried and where aU the child-
ish dreams will be rcali cd.
Not as a vagary it appears to
the child , but as a definite period
of time- " \ When I am a man. "
'l'here's not such a space between -
twccn the boy and the man. I ,
too have built castles in Spain"
to have them turn to ashes while
I dreamed , and what toys have I
takcn for my pleasure when the
sterncr things wcaricd. Will the
Great Master , then bc impatient ,
will He not remember we arc but
dust and bc sorry for our childish-
ness ? I , like my children , have
had my time of questioning , have
looked and longed for thc wonderful -
ful "some day" with its hidden
treasure , ever since I rcached for
thc bright dancing things in the
sunlight and found thcm to be
lllotes-I am looking and longing
yet and having climbed a portion
of the mountain , on looking back
in the cvcning , I fi&1 md I left the
fair life garden "that resulted infinite -
finite around and where '
everything -
thing was dewy fragrance and
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Here l's Something . z.
that WitlHold Yau
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A Good Iron 'Bed Q
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"Different Colors
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s ; ring and . .
Mattre.s. $
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Our , fall line of Furniture , Carpets . and Draper-
_ . ics , shown on our floors , is the largest ever shown .
,5' : by us or any other merchant in the county. . 4 - -
\Ve have Ingrain 1 Carpets , all wool , at Sac a -
. yard and up. . .
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Brussels from 70G a yard and up.
The room size Rug line is especially fine.
Our line . of Lace Curtains is also . without an
equal in the city. Curtains from 90C a pair and up.
All We ac-s& i.J' q Corn p a i.sol1
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eavit , $ ( ( f ! Ab.bey
Falls City ) Vebraa
el t(2AA iP ! fo. . ; 'ft ' : f <
buddillg' hopc" whell I ccascdo
be a child.
Dear little shoes in thc firelight
dear little feet just starting life's
journey ! see you as you tramp
the oft beaten paths of the back
yard and as you swing high in
thc old maple tree , where like
birds , some of your fondest mcm-
ories will build their nest.
I sec you reach thc first cross
road , the little feet tilll hitherto
have known no path but the homc
path , now start toward the school
hou.c : and the little t hand that
was clasped in min waves child-
ish glee , but the new road seen
through my tears seems long and
loncl ) ' . I see yon join the hurry-
ilig'throng just over thc fcnce
I see yon stop at thc fountains by
the way sidle and find much of
the bitter is of your own brewing.
I see you with joy break thc fur-
row in thc seed time , may there
be joy \ r hen you bind the sheaf
I see you search for the some clay
-just over thcre.
Ah ! my children , when an hour
like this comes to' you , I will
know whats over therc. Arc we
selfish ? ' Or when thc great God
allowed us to emit r the sacred '
shrine of garcnthooddid we taste
a joy so sweet that frail human
nation cries out in pain when the-
chords tightcn and thc hildrcl1 - w : .
leave our hcarth stone. .
It seems to mc tonight , were it.
possible for thc tide of time to '
stop awhile , I'd cry "let it bc now , -
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wIth thc 111uc1dy tracks on mmiv t . : .
carpet and the little shoes in thc
fireligh " . , : .
Emergency Mcdicil\Cl ' , , ' , :
It is a great convemmi'umce to \ , ! : J : _ '
have at hand reliable rcmcdics , , ' : . ' .
for use in cases of accident and'q. .
for slight injuries and ailmcnts.
A good liniment and one that is '
fast becoming a favorite if not a
household necessity is Chamber-
lain's Pam Balm. By applYIng
it promptly to a cut , bruise or
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burn it allays the pain and causes "
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thc injury to heal in about 01C-
third the time usually required , :
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and as it is an antiseptic it prevents - ,
vents any danger of blood poison-
ing. 'Vhcn Pain Balm is kept at - , '
hand a sprain may bc treated - before -
fore inf1amation sets in , which
insurc a quick reco\'cry. For . - ,
sale by A. G. \ Wanmmer - . a . . - 1 .i..J ; : . '
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