THE AMER C AN
TM1CMANM Of TMt RU&,
Why da ynw enm In duttub reef
I laid jfhh ant? ! l,
Wl.h ril htl.v ..r yottf pillow
And riMrnttrv wt your btpt,
Thers im lavender nil riiuixl yea,
I knew Hmt your gtave wa ! ;
There were klntft'iip Routing almut foil.
And fit you have ".lured In your sleep,
I pronill lliat you nhonlil have Anwar,
And did tiol It.rtfrl the rue;
And iininitiuMi 1 1 lil n It voti foririt, tr,
Alt th old-world mh'IU Hi' I knew.
Von lit that 1 niii-l not rrtnriuher,
lint bury you nut nfiny sight;
I might nt'tew the red ro. leave iihiii you,
A Hal then 111111 forget you quite,
Hut I knw you would out tiny waken,
If only the rue was then-;
That th h( it would nil come hack, dear,
Homo day when (he nkle were fulr.
You know that you bade me forget, dear,
All the love that you told long ago;
To bury It deep, nor regci yon,
It had panod with tlio lut year'aiinow,
Dut for yearn I hoped you would waken,
For I knew tlmt Ilia run it was tliure;
But I thought thecharin wan lirokon
No aiuwor tliure came to my irayr.
And now you have slept Roundly,
'Mid roe, roemary and ruti,
That 1 have had tluio to remember
It wa 1, not you, that were true.
Hut the charm It hits worked and you
waken;
The spell of the rue hold you fust;
The grave hat no power to keep you,
Your love It In inlncat laxt.
And, dear, you should not reproach me,
Kemember that I wait true;
Red roue and roHoniary wither,
You took no heed of the ruo.
But yet lor the nuke of tint pant, dear,
And the day e'er you proved untrue,
I would I had left you to sleep, (Ji'ur,
Wlttj never the charm of the rue,
Academy,
TOM.
He was nine when 1 llrnt saw him
Uiree yen-I had come to the
country to spend some weeks with my
cousins and one evening 1 wan driving
up from the village, when at the foot
of a hill I was arrested by the Night
of A child standing in the road a
little flower-faced girl in a pink pina
fore.
I pullod up my horse -a spirited
young colt and called to her to run
in the house, but alio did not move.
The road wan too narrow to rein out
or turn around and a alio remained
obstinately Immovably I was in a
dilemma. To add to my trouble the
uorse becamo frightened ana reared.
A the saw the shining hoofs descend
10 near her head she put tin bot h
chubby little hands and cried: "jWfcl"
"Kun away, thnnl" I called, but she
noon nor head.
At this moment the bushes nartod.
and a little figure scrambled over the
flitch, and, catching the golden haired
rebel, Dulled her aside. 1 danced
down at the newcomer In wonder; he
was so tiny and brown, with the rich
color mantling underneath the tanned
ikin. the short, dark curls clustering
thick on his head, and eyes which had
the wistful patience of a dog in their
brown depths, and this was my first
glimpse of Tom.
The next morning a servant called
to me as I passed through the
hall:
"Tom McCttuIl '.s waiting to see you,
Mies Nora."
I stepped to the door, and there
were my little roadside acquaint
ances. Tom pulled off his cap.
"Husle is sorry she was naughty
yesterday, miss. Hh brought you
these,"
"Susie sorry," lisped the child,
thrusting a big bunch of sweet peas
In my hand,
I kissed the pouting lips, and tak
ing heron my knee gravely pictured
to her the horror of the situation if
l'rinct had refused my control, Then
f regaled my little victors on cake
and cherries, and presently they
trotted down the hill hand In
from Hie mM I leirncd tiny wrre
Irish ihitdrHi. whoe pur n( hted tut
a Mt w mv tux i !ihii I he l it lo r
and older Vrother wot km! in oni
fields, end Tom, being loo voting
tor iimm wot s, w e nurse mm care
taker of his younger brother and
mera,
"A cood lad la Tom McOmill." aald
the, nodding lo r head in emphasis of
hsr rentark, "ntways Itntliful mid
rnrcful." And a not I bd I found him,
for lhniTnfttr ho witi my dnily com
piinlon in my w iilkn iind di lvi'H, I In
woiildcoitie lo tlio door early, mid,
lenning (it'iiiimt (lie lnitcl, await my
apimnraiii'i1. If auyoiut iiuuircl his
errand he would itimwer, "Wail in fur
Mins Nonle," but hu ntnt'f nnknd for
me of hi own nccord. "A aymphony
in hrowti my coimin Adoloiin en llml
him, and hi uliort iifiinu of Tom was
dropped by the mtiiily for tlio nppul
lat Ion of "Nora's Window."
No one knew so well iih Im whero the
higgoMt fi'i'tiM grew or in what nook of
the lake to look for water lilies. He
had the comprolii'iiHive wood lore that
comes to people familiar wit h lii'lds
and forests, and no possessed that
rarest of gifts, the knowledge when to
liuuk and when to he silent.
He would lie for hours motionless,
his brown eyes fixed on the fleecy
clouds, if it accorded wilh my mood,
or, holding his knees in ins emliraco
he would chatter awny, telling me
sometimes of his desire to be edueat
el, to go out and see the world that
lay beyond the fields and lanes.
When I parted from him in autumn
to return to my home his honest
blown eyes were inoist and his lips
could hardly frame tlio "(loodbye;
come again, hu wished to say. As I
turned for a last look I saw the child
ish figure on the hilltop, still waving
his battered straw hat.
1 was married that fall, and it was
two years before I returned to tho
farm, I had almost forgotten Tom,
but he was still faithful.
As I entered my room a big bowl of
roses on the table attracted my at
tention. "Tom brought them," said the maid,
following my eyes, "Ho said they were
.. kf.,:.!.J. it., l.. ,.'..!
iut in inn iiuiiii! m ruuin, jiu m uiixtuu
to see your baby."
I laughed and patted tho baby's
dimpled cheek.
"He will bo a good nurse for you,
Toddlekins," I said,
The next morning I was roused by
the click of the mowing machines and
the voices of the men,
"They are mowing the south mea
dow," I thought diciriiil, end I then
fell asleep Again lulled by the monot
onous sound.
After breakfast I walked out in the
fields with my baby clinging to my
hand my dainty, wee Ketherine.
As wo came nearer I noticed the
man at the rake had slopped to look
at us, Huddeuly e sprang from his
high seat and ran anoss t he meadow
toward us, and then J saw it was not
amnabut Tom Tom had grown into
at all lad of eleven,
"Why, Tom, are you promoted to
the hay field?" 1 fisked
"Yes, I am old enough to work now,
but J shall find time, for some wilks
with you In the evening if you will go
with me," he said, and sure enough
after supper that night I found him
waiting for me in his old pla.ee,
"Can't she go, too?" lie said point
ing to (Catherine. "I will vnrry her if
she gets tired, r; I can," and b
swung her up to his shoulder, her fair
face nestling against his dusky cheek,
and the baby fingers clutching his dark
curls.
They grew very fond of each other,
and any evening after his work was
done you could see them trudging
toward tlio barns to get a drink of
warm milk and inspect the frisky lit
tie calves,
Hhe was always safe with Tom. I
knew that,
Ifc was a warm afternoon, three
weeks later, and I sat sewing with my
aunt and cousins in the shade of the
orchard, (Catherine playing at my
feet.
Near us the mowers were at work,
beyond a large load of hay was being
made, and close to IJie load rode Tom,
j one i.towii he nd siildmfttht horse, the
nt Iter I he tn nr of t he re ke,
"Tom wmk loo hard, aunt," I
an Id. "rW, he Is Betting round shoul
dered."
"Yea, he doe. He la too willing,
too rager be of service. He Is a
good boy, ami how he loves little
Kntlieriue, I Itcliovo he would lay
down his life for her."
"Yea, Slid she love hint dearly,
Hhe is nn nlTii t I onata child," I answer
ed.
"Very like you at her ago," said
aunt ie, putt lug my cheek lovingly, and
(or reply I kissed Iter dainty, wrinkled
hand.
Then we drifted to other talk, laps
ing into reminiscences of people and
days, while my work fell on my lap
unheeded, and lost in my memories 1
forgot my little girl.
At last 1 roused myself with astart.
Where was Kalheritie? I could not
see her.
"Katherlne! Ilahyl" I called. There
was no answer. I swept the meadow
with a glance, but she was not in
sight, Kight down toward me came
t iie nearest mower, the restive horses
tugging at the hen vy weight, the long
grass falling silently before the koen
knife.
"ICathorinel" I cried again, and for
answer a little white figure rose from
tho tall grass whero she had been ly
ing hidden.
I can see her now, the little erect
form, with the light liair blowing back
ward, one hand raised to shield her
eyes from the sun, standing oh, my
(Jod! standing in the path of that
sharp knife.
"VV hoal" shouted the driver catch
ing sight of her, but the sudden appa
rition had frightened the horses. They
sprang ahead.
I staggered forward, knowing too
well I could not reach her in time. My
limbs shook beneath me. My lips re
fused a sound.
Oh, the agony of that moment, and
I so powerless to save her! Htill she
stood there smiling, unconscious of
danger, and I felt the earth and sky
swim in a blinding yellow mist before
mo, when suddenly over the grass
bounded a lithe young figure.
It was soon running like a deer.
One more bound and ho was by her
side, seized her skirts and jumped
backward, but the treacherous grass
caught his foot he fell.
With all his strength ho threw her
from him, and she landed safely and
unhurt on t he soft winnow of hay be
yond, laughing with glee at Tom's new
game,
And J oiii7 One hoofmark on the
brown forehead, where the curls clust
ered thickest, and a cruel gash in the
chest, where the knife struck him.
Hi) died in a few moments, Ins head
on my knee.
"lion t cry so, Miss Nome," he
gasped, faintly, "It's all right. J
loved her," And that was all.
J'oor brave little Tom! New York
(Ucord.
Antiquity of Civilization,
We cannot but bo struck with the
Immense antiquity of civilization in
Western Asia, wnenee, as a center,
trade, art and literature spread west
ward to thedreeks and Italians, and
eastward to India and Ohina. The
monuments show us that at least as
early as 2500 It. 0. distinct civiliza
tion existed In Chaldca, in Hyria and
In Kgypt, It Is true that tho early
date winch has been assigned toMenes
1... iti.l.,.lit.u ..,1.x, ... il.la.1.. ..,, mu
fin ii. vi Ji'iKii 'i mi j VJ i 1 .Mi
monarch (whereas the dated reigns
often do not exceed five or six) lests
on no secure basis, and extravafint
stimatcs, based on equally tinsafedo-
ductions, have been offered by some
of our cuneiform scholars, who would
carry back Akkadian civilization to
4000 (I, (!,! but these extravagancies
do not discredit the facts which are
deduced from better data, and which
show that even earlier than the period
usually assigned as the time when the
pastoral Hebrew patriarchs found
their way along the Kuphrates ami
tllrough Hyria to Kgypt, there were
organized Htates, walled towns, chari
ots and horses, riches of jfold and sil
ver. bron and Iron, ol rorn, ine
and nit. iml onlv atnonj the Akkadi
ans and In IVypI, but nUo in I'luenl
el and in I'alestiue. The lliiiburgh
Ib'Vlew,
Teek as Weaiuma,
A prick in n y be less herolo than h
blow, but it, Is apt to be more effectu
al, One hornet w ill rout a squad of
soldiers; and a ready-witted seaman
oucn vanished a horde of savage with
lack iinila. In I H 111, says the IVutury,
the whale ship Hyren, while on a voy.
ago to thel'tcillii Ocean, met with an
adventure which would have proved
fatal to all hands, but for a quick
etratagemof the mate. One fine day,
off of one of tho I'elew Islands, all the
boat beingafter whales, and but a
few men left aboard the vessel, a large
hand of armed natives suddenly
swarmed over tho bulwarks. The
crew tied to the rigging, leaving the
naked howling savages in full com
mand of the ship. 'J 'ho mate, on
coming alongside, took in the sltua
tion at a glance, mid quickly ordered
the men to open the arm-chests anil
scatter on deck all the tacks they
could find. In a moment it fairly
rained tacks upon the naked savages.
The deck was soon covered with these
little nails. They oierced the feet of
the islanders, who danced about with
pain, which increased with every step
they took, until, with yells of rage and
agony, they tumbled headlong into
the sea and swam ashore.
FACTS AND EVENTS.
New Yorker who npe the KiikKnIi an
selling tlielr rocking clmira to the ilnaler
la old furniture,
Home tli Inn iuitUn hi paperwelghti In s
good nixed iitlim, which revolve on a tri
pod from willed depend a tluy clock and
calendar,
A maid of honor to (juuen Victoria k'
tt!IOO a year, and the ervlen Is nld to
entail only about three month' attend
Slice Annually,
Extremely pointed hoe are nlowly hut
turely giving plaee to the round and
iiiONt euKlble and comfortable t,yle of
otiie year ago,
"There Is not a house in ('lunula from
Manila to Capo Kretoa which does not
contain a vacant chair for a lsy or girl In
the United Htates, " say the Toronto
Ulobe.
Brewers la Philadelphia have noticed
that when there I a prolific yield of fruit
there 1 a great falling olf In the consump
tion of beer. Thf I particularly tb
cae when there I an abundant supply of
watermelon.
One cable foot of lead ore weigh 474
pounds, thus a vein of galena or lead ore
one foot wide, fx feet high and tlx feet
long will produce 111,5.1' pounds, or a vein
one and a half Inchu wide will net one
ton, three Inche wide, four ton, etc,
Tb fondou Tld Hit lately offered a
prize for the bet dellaltloa of money,
The prize wa awarded to Henry K, fiagg,
of Hheftleld, who defined It the: "An ar
ticle which may m ued a a unlvera!
passport to everywhere except heaven,
and a a universal provider of everything
except happlne "
The biggest blast la the history of ('on
neetleut wa touched off In J, H, I,arie'
quarries at Merlden The Master drilled
many bole Into one side of the uuarry,
Implanted ftOO pound of dynamite therein
and fired it, A uias of rock that weighed
8,000 ton wa ut rolling down the
mountain side, and the lntonuf,lon wa
heard many mile.
California will make a good (howley a
a producer of ht Miignr thi yanr.40Mje
Chine factory expect a to produce ft, one,.
00(1 pound of sugar, the vVatworivill fac
tory sj.000,000 pound, and the Alvarado
tm Utrf 2,000,011(1 pound, Thi make a
total of 7, "00 ton, wlifeb seem a large
amount but the 1,'iilled Hlale Import
sugar to the value of (100,000,000 an
nually, Near Hlgate, about Inriy mile wet of
Ht, Thomas, Canada, wa discovered the
largest skeleton of any extinct animal yet
found, It belonged to the order of masto
don glganteiiM, and measured T! feet from
end of nostril to tip of tall. The tooth
only of one of thee huge mmter of pre
liltoHo tluin wa dug up recently at
Falling Hprlug, near HcIIhvIIIs, Ml.,
wbli h weighed 14 pound and 1' ounce
Marriage I like lottery, If you draw a
prize you can be happy.
