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TO ANN IK.
At Hka, March ill.
Mv Lovk:
This lust of March urrlvos
hlli) I null on mld-oeeun'. rairo:
Vol will I hImk, tho' storm-wind drive,
Tho birthday of tho host of wives,
Whoso nu wlli novor mind hor hko.
Ynunir April's lolly hIiiiiiIh next floor,
Contrasting with tho wisdom sut?o
Of MHrih'sipiocn. born Just bororo,
Whoso virtues mill whoso oliilms outscoro
lloryours-but I'll not tMl lioriwu.
At swcot sixteen Hho oiiutrlit my hourt,
Ami Hhut It fust In Cupid's eiwo:
For three nnil twenty your hor urt
Mm pluyod Tor mo tho mlHlrvHi pnrt:
Ho, not for worlds I'd mtuio hur iiko.
When Hho wus hut u jti'iitlo imild,
llor lllo to liiliiu Hho did oiikiiko:
1'huu seventeen springs hud crowned hor
hcml
Now, twenty-two morn Junes Imvo Hod
Hut hold! I imiHtuot. breuthulioriiKO.
Tho child-wife or hcmlo mold
Atnlnotoou yours mot purontiuo:
Two llttlo oiios Imvo Jolnod our lold,
Now, eighteen, twenty summer old
Thev must not hint tholr mother's hko.
I'm nntiifrnld to own mu yours:
Just hovoii times seven stands oti my pugo
Full ton moro tliuti mv ilurllnir'M hours.
Acoept my love, mid Imvo no tours
Tliut I will o'or hotruy thy hko.
Ilo thou assured, us whou my hrltlo,
And youth und honuty's urts didst wage,
K'on now thou urt my hourt s dour pride
Thou'rt still otio your the sunny sldo
Of why 1 I nlinost told thy no.
Tho' hiiir I write In Jesting rhymo,
Hluoo Josts the Ills of HID ussuiign:
Doubt not my love till end of time:
To mo thou'rt nlwuys In thy prime
to mo, swcot Bixteuirs sun my ugoi
Ans.
Chlcauo Kmitnti Lamp.
JACK IIASTINIJS' CHOICE.
To Buy tho stm litul boon hot would
not in tho loust do it justice, it had
Hhonu from oivrly morning until night,
notuvontho smallest cloud lutd inter
fered to modoruto for u nioiuoiit its
bent; and now Hint tho hour wus oomo,
when, according to established usage, it
must sot, it seems to Imvo gathered all
its energy for u final oll'ort, and hangs
in tho wostom .sky Hko u bull of liro,
lighting up Nahant's beach for a long
stretch and reflecting in tho plnciil
wator tin imago nlinost as brilliant us tho
original.
Tho scene is really bountiful, butnoor
humuuity lias HufTorod ho muoh from
that luminary that it is totally unablo
lo appreciate its parting salute, uno
poor mortal is devoutly grateful, and
siLs on the piazza of tlio principal
hotel, his chair tipped back, his feet
on the railing and u cigarette in his
mouth, contemplating the sunset with
dooidod satisfnetion. At this moment
another individual appeared on tho
. BCQ1I0. ,
"Hot, uinHit?"
"Confounded," replied our friend 6f
tho cigarette, and oilers one to the now
comer who takes it, pushes back his
hat and assumes a position almost as
graceful as our friend, and falls to con
templating tho wator mid tho sunset.
Tho now corner is u man of about livo
mid twonty years. His light hair fulls
on u broad, intolloetuul forehead, his
mouth is proud und sensitive, und tho
upper lip is adorned with a mustache
that men take genuine delight in. His
oyes aro quiot blue, in which thoro is a
drift of humor; nlthoHgh tho face is vory
pleasing and tho largo stulwurt liguro
which accompanies it makes tho limn
decidedly worth looking tit. This is
Raymond Loistor.
His companion is entirely different.
Juok linstings1 best friend never ven
tured to cull him handsome. His oyos
lire large und dark und have in them a
dissatisfied expression. Ho does not
revel, ns does Loistor, in a lino nius
tacho, his face is smooth, and ids mouth
is perhaps a trillo largo, but his teeth
aro line, and when .lack Hastings laughs
ono feels like racking his brain for some
thing to provoke his mirth afresh.
Jack littHtiiiH is u favorite, und this
Hummer ho is u decided hero, for ho lias
tv history, and all tho young ladios wo
devoutly interested in him in conso
nuonco. Lust winter tho news came to
Jack that an uncle in England hud died
und loft him n considorublo fortune on
condition tlint ho marry u nieeo of tho
old man, who had lived with her unolo
over since her infancy, and in cuso of
his not complying tho fortune rovorted
to the niece.
Now, Junk hud never been ovor bur
doned with lucre, und tho iiUu ot hav
ing u fortuno wus not in tho leust objoc
tionublo to him. but tho ineuinbrunco
wus not all to his tusto. Up to tho timo
that tho nows canio of tho will, Jack
hud boon heart whole, and his friends,
however, thought him n lucky follow,
for Miss Ilellen Isubollo Loighton wus
said to be u bounty, but us tho young
lady had never visited America It was
rather dillicult to say whence catuo this
important information.
Jack had made no dooidod objoction,
bo it was arranged that tho young lady
accompanied by hor aunt, alter n short
tour through tho continent, was to start
for America und wus expected to nr
rivo about tho middle of September.
Miss Loighton's aunt rosided in Boston,
and shortly after her arrival in that
city site was to give u reception, tlio
purpose being to presold. Jack Hust
ings to his future bride.
' Juek hud been informed ot all theso
nrrangcmoiitvS, but hud taken little in
terest in thorn. As ho must become a
Benedict hu had dotonnined to niiiko
the best of the time left him; but tho
fates woro ngniiist him. A fow weeks
after his advent at tho beach ho hud
fullon desporutoly in lovo witli u young
lady stopping at ono of tlio cottages.
in consequence of this Juok fully bo
. liovod himsnlf onu of' tho most deeply
injured mortals on tho face of tho
earth, honce, tho dissatisfied expression
in tho younjr gentleman's eyes, us ho
looks toward tlio cottage which holds
the object of his adoration.
"For1 u person who hud just hud a
fortune thrown tit his head, you aro
about us disconsolate as a follow can
be," said Raymond; but (us the latter
made no response, ho continued, " f
say, Jack, don't you liko it?"
" Liko it?" suld Jack, turning fierce
ly on him, " I like tho fortune, but
who would liko to have a girl thrown
tit his bond; would you?"
"That depends altogether on tho
size of tho girl," replied Raymond,
smoothing Ids hair anil laughing at his
friend's ougernoss, " but lo bo serious,
Jack, 1 would not get entangled with
unvono until I had soon Mis.s heighten,
and I sllould put u stop to my visits to
the cottugo, for pretty Miss Nellie's
suko, if I woro you."
Juck looked after tho retreating fig
ure and then utterly regardless of his
friend's ndvico walked oil" in tlio direc
tion of tlio cottugo.
Miss Noilio Long hud been oxpooting
him. She lay in a hammock, her hands
resting listless in her lap; white, soft
bunds tliut woro strnngers to labor.
Her white dross just escaped tho ground
us hIio swuyed lazily in tho soft, sum
mer twilight. Her head wus covered
with a flhowor of golden curls und hor
comploxlon was us fair as a baby's.
Her oyos were largo and bluo, and just
at prosont woro lixod ruthor noxiously
on tho roiul where Juck would first ap
pear. Ho wus Into, und she hud almost
given him up, when tho stulwurt liguro
appeared striding along toward tho
cottugo. A sniilo of satisfaction plays
around tho pretty mouth which breaks
into a marry luitgli us Jack leaps tho
low fonco and stands by hor side,
liaising hor oyos to his sho says:
"You could not stay away, could
you. Juok, dour?"
He stoops to kiss hor, but sho pnshed
his fuco away and says, gontly, "You
must not do it, Jack, L fool quite sure
Miss Loighton will object."
"Confound Miss Loighton," suys
Juck, us ho throws himself on the
ground.
"Tliut is whut
does not alter in
I say, Jack,
tlio least the
but Unit
fnctw of
tho cuso."
"I huvo told you, Noilio, a dozen
times, tliut I naver will marry hor."
"1 know it, but I am horribly jealous
of hor, und cannot got her out of my
mind, nighC or day, und I know you
think about her ull tlio time, now don't
von. JuokP" und who bends forward till
lior eyes nro looking straight into his;
und then us ho mude no reply, "1 do
wisli you would smilo, Juck, I urn trying
so hard to doludo myself into tho belief
Unit you tiro handsome, and 1 novor
can if you look liko that."
Taking no notice of her last remark,
Juek straightened himself and says
with decision, "I huvo ninilo up ray
mind "
"To marry Miss Loighton?" inter
rupted Noilio, doing Iter bostto squeozo
a fow tears into hor oyos. Noilio is a
coquette, but to do her justice, she is
vory fond of Juck.
"I huvo niado up my mind," ropout
od Juok.
"Well, you said so boforo," impa
tiently. "lhuvo in ado up my mind," again
ropoated Juck, slowly, "to write to
Miss Loighton und tell her- tliut owing
to u previous attachment I am unablo
to comply with tlio conditions of my ;
unolo s will."
"Jack, you dear, old darling," giv
ing his hand a little squeozo, at which
a sniilo lights up Juok Hasting1 s plain
faco, but it
vanished on hearing hor
" How about tho fortuno,
- - -
next words,
r.w.i-o'i
" Hung tho fortuno, ropoutod tho
young man, und then us sho looks du
bious, "Noilio, you don't cure about tho
money ?"
"No, but"
"But what?"
"A little nionoy is vory nico toliavo;
but, Jaok, L had over so much rather
have you," smoothing his forehead with
hor cool, soft hand.
" 1 know you would, Noilio; now
when shall it'bo, dour?"
"Oh, not boforo you huvo soon Miss
Loighton."
"Hut I novor shnll soo hor, she will
not want to see mo after sho receives
my letter."
"Oil, but 1 would ruthor you should.
Just iningino your seeing hor after our
marriage and falling in lovo with her, I
should "die, Jack," und this timo thoro
nro tears in tho bluo oyes, but whether
of griof or witli mirth Jaok cannot tell.
All his persuasion cannot move her, and
so ho leaves her.
As sho wntehos his retreating liguro
hor fuco dimples und smiles; she is quite
sure of hor conquest, now, und is a lit
tle loss joalous of Miss Loighton.
Tho weeks sped swiftly by, and tho
second weok in September had arrived.
In two days Jaok is to moot Miss Loigh
ton, for, notwithstanding his letter, nor
guardian has sent word that ho thinks it
advisable for tho young people to moot,
ns Miss Loighton is anxious to make
some arrangement about tho property,
und next Wednesday is sot for tho meet
ing. ilo has taken his farewell of Noilio,
after swearing eternal lldolity; but sho
is not fully convinced. Sho has pictured
Miss Loighton in glowing colors us u
bounty, with dark Hashing oyes and u
stately liguro, for sineo sho is a relative
of Jack's, Noilio cannot got tho idea out
of her bond that sho is n brunotto, and
is certain Unit Juek will full in lovo witli
tho young lady on tho spot. Sho ends
by asking him in pathetic tones, "Whut
will then bo loft for mo to do," adding
to Jack's misery.
Tho night lias at last arrivod, and
Juck has spout a longer time than usual
on his toilet and fools in u dissutisliod
mood us ho rides along towards Houcon
street. At last tho carriage stops, Jack
is admitted und shown Into a small re
ception room by a servant in livery.
He hours tho low strains of a waltz, but
his attention is insanity caught by a
portrait which bungs ovor tho mantel,
his tho portrait of a lady; tho fuco is
proud und intelligent, the oyes lurgo,
durk and brilliant; instinctively Juck
knows that it is u picture of Miss Loigh
ton, und he laughs to himself n ho re
calls Nellie's description of hor. Ilo
hears the rustle of a silk dress in tlio
hull and Uio original of tho portrait,
only prouder, handsomer, if possible, is
standing beside him.
For a moment, Jack remained mo
tionless, his breath alnlost taken away
by tho suddenness of hor appearance.
All Ids lino speeches lly to the four
winds.
" 1 I believe you wished to seomo,"
ho stammered.
" Yes." Hor voice is low and con
trasting fltrungoly with his. "Mr. Gary,
my guardian, thought it best, us lie
wished you to know that it is ovor liulf
u million that yod are refusing when
you rofuso to when you roiuso tho
alliance."
A soft flush covers fuco and thront, ns
sho spouks. Sho is very beautiful and
so Jack must admit.
His thoughts lly back to u golden
head, and not for u moment (loos ho
fulter in his allegiance.
" I am unable to comply, us I am to
bo married to Miss Long in two weeks."
A sniilo curls the ludy's lips.
" Yes, so Mr. Cury informod mo, and
wo have decided to make ovor to you a
portion of tho fortuno, for which 1 have
nail a deed of gift made out."
Sho said tins in rather u sarcastic
way, as sho handed him tho paper.
something in the tono ofloiuls Juck,
und tnking the paper ho deliberately
tears it up und throws it into tho grate.
" L am obliged to you, Miss Loighton,
but you must exottso mo if i decline
your gift."
Utterly unprepared for this contin
gonc', tho lady stands staring at him.
Feeling rather awkward, and not know
ing what to do, Juek bows und lukes
his leavo. Tho lady hides her fuco in
her bunds und cries? no, laughs! Hor
menial observation is, that ho must, hi
ded, bo in love. Then she returns T,o
hor gnosis, not without a feeling of
mortification that, not only bus sho
been rejected herself, but her gift litis
boon indignantly thrown at her teet by
this haughty young man.
Jack bus told Noilio everything, und
Nellie, at lust convinced of his con
st iinoy, is all the fondest lover could
wish.
They uro to bo murried in a week;
Juck bus bought a small house und fur
nished it us well as his means will per
mit. Noilio lias been over it and
declared it to bo tho loveliest, coziest
little liouso in the world. The wodding
io-faahaMqikiutn-lhoy are to huvo a
few friends ut tlio liouso, umong others.
Raymond Leister, who mentally sets
Jack down as tho biggest fool on record.
it scorns us if natnro had made a par
ticular effort on this day, or at least so
Noilio thinks us sho returns homo from
tho church with Jack, now her husband,
to thoir cozy little homo. As thoy
outer they aro met by a servant who
hands them two cards on which aro
written, "Miss Loighton and Mr. Cury."
Jack becomes dignified, feeling quite
sure that thoy have come to ronew the
oiler of the money us a wedding pres
ent, and ho isfullydolorminedto refuse
it as bluntly us before. Nellie, for tho
first time in her life, is seized with
buslifulnessnnd begs hor husband to go
in ulouo; but ho will not hoar to this for
a moment, und putting his arm reassur
ingly around hor, walks into the room
and up to Miss Loighton.
"Miss Loighton," ho begins, "ullow
mo to present you to " whon ho
stops. Nelljo bus slippod from his arm
and is seated on the sofa laughing in
anything but n dignified manner. Jack
looks from ono to tho other in bewil
derment. Noilio, finally taking pity
on him, slips her hanil through the
ludy's arm and loading hor up to Jack,
says, "'Mr. Hastings, allow mo to p
sont to you my aunt, Mrs. Loighton."
" And ,'jm," stammered Jack.
"Mrs. Jack Hastings at your serv
ice," making nun a low curtesy, turns
to tho old gentleman, und taking both
his hund3, suys gravely, "I toldyou.Mr.
Cury, ho should not marry mo for my
money, and i don't think ho bus."
Proper Care of tlio Orchard.
opouiving ot poor oreuaru inunugc
lnent, Mr. Barry says that he has scon
trees standing in grass neither broken
! up nor manured for many years, malc-
ing u feoblo and stunted growth, and
IS
n'odueni" heavy crops ot fruit, one-
ilf or ono-fourlh of which niuv bo
merchantable the balance hardly worth
picking up. Wo find orchard after
orchard in this condition. 'Phis will
not pay. Trees mav be kopt in a vigor
ous and healthy condition by nroncr
tillage of tho soil, abundance of fer
tilizers, and judicious pruning. Theso
involve labor and expense, but you
cannot grow lino fruit withouA. both,
und a good donl of them. A frmt tree
shows nogloct vory quickly. In ids
pour orchard, to losson tho chances of
! blight, ho slacked oil" in both cultiva
tion and niunurn. Tho result was, in
two years, ono-Iuilf his crop was culls.
, His trees, instead of making stout
! shoots twelve to eighteon inches long,
niado scarcely any growth at all. Ho
had observed similar results in tho cuso
j of other fruit trees. In some soils,
j especially in thoso of a light and sandy
I nature, unodornto top-ilrossing every
; year is necessary; in others, ovary soc
i ond your will bo sufiioiont. ' Thoro axn
oo no ruio lam nown. tho trees anil
fruit will toll what is wanted. -Ilural
New Ycrker.
Our Young Headers.
OUll LITTLE KINO.
His kingdom Is tho nursery.
And mother's hip his thron-i;
Ills subjects nil tno household,
O'or whloh ho rely us ulono.
Woo mouiiroii of our hourU Is ho,
This whlto-tobed, bliio-oyod "Willie woo."
Wo speuk In softest whispers
Whene'er ho lies usloep,
And ut thoiluiuty sluuiborer
Take imtny mi anxious poep;
And o'en niy euu hurillv dure
To brush tno silken, iroldou luilr.
And every twinkling dlmplo
In nook, mid ehook, und ohln,
Is whoio wo siniralo kisses
And kls thorn deeply In;
For lovlntr baby so, you see,
A himiUe tf mecctloce U he.
And when our Kiuir awakens,
For his llrst irlnnco wo run,
And fust the irlud nows travels
"Tho monarch's imp Is donol"
And on his throne lie sltsln stute,
While loyal subjects on him wulU
No Klnif o'er ruled u kingdom
As rules our Willie wee.
O'or hearts us fond und ioynt
As ovor hearts could bo.
T.ouir livo our llttlo Kliur so fair,
With sweet bluo eyes und Kolden hnlr?
Muru I), llrinc, in X'imth't Voiiwanlon.
LIZZIE'S rinsT DAY at school.
" Lizzio!"
How tlio llttlo girl sturtcd!
"Lizzie," again mamma ropoutod;
"if you'll minil buby for nn hour, to
morrow you may go to school witli
Cudy." J b
"And wear my now milled apron?"
exclaimed Lizzie, throwing down ull
hor playthings, and, jumping to iter foot,
sho clapped her hands in very glee.
"Yes,1' returned the indulgent moth
er "but you must not murmur during
tho hour, or in any way bo unkind to
Buby Fred."
"O, I'll bo tho goodest llttlo girl in
tlio wido world, mamma, tho very good
est," and little Lizzio spun round und
round, until Grandma declared it niado
her own head grow dizzy to wntch hor.
Tho low-spoken, "Bo quiet, dour,"
by mamma, who was tying her bonnot
in front of tlio largo mirror, was an
swered by:
"I can t, mamma, I's so happy."
"Happy happy happy!" she kopt
ropeating, stooping ovor tho cradle
where Baby Fred lay fast asleop.
First, sho said "happy" inawhispor;
then louder and louder, until grandma
hud again to reprove hor.
"Yes, dear, mamma onco moro
said, "you must bo quiet; rock tlio cra
dle every timo buby stirs,11 and sho
kissed tlio little, rosy lips, and went
out.
" Going to school" meant for Lizzio
what a journoy through Wonderland
might moan for you and mo.
Over and ovor, until it did seem that
grandma's patience must bo completely
worn out. had Lizzio said:
" If Cudy can go to school, why can't
IP"
"'Guise I isn't old enough!" sho
would exclaim, when grandma tried to
explain tlio reason, "i's big us Cudy!
Thut's nuflin, grandma; nutlin't ull."
Now, sho wus really going to school,
if only for half a day, und "in anticipa
tion of tlio event sho wus quiet, uttor
mamma went out, und did not bother
grandma with a single question. Whon
Freddy awoke, she found for him tlio
pretty, bright-colored blocks, which
possessed great attraction for the bluo
eyed buby, and to him also, sho con
fided: "I'm going to school to-morrow!"
"Co-oo-o, replied Freddy.
"Yes, I am," allirmed Lizzio. "and
wcur my rallied apron, too."
Buby Fred crowed loud, then, und
throw down ever so ninny blocks with
a bang! which made grandma jump, as
sho slept in her easy chair. But baby
did not cry, and when mummii returned,
sho was convinced that Lizzio hud
ear nod tho favor.
It was only down ono street, then
around the corner, und a fow steps up
another street to tho school-house.
"Take but a minuto to get thoro,
Lizzio said, whon thoy started.
So many girls! Why, in all hor Hfo
boforo Lizzie had novor seen so many
at one timo. When tho bell rang, how
over, thoy dispersed themselves into
difi'erent rooms, so that by tlio time sho
was seated at the desk with Cady thoro
were not so many new faces.
it was not liko school as she expected
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to find it, though Lizzie's little imagin
ativo brain hud" associated tho school
room with hor class at Sunday-school,
und when tho toucher assumed a com
manding voice the dour little girl grow
frightened, und wished herself ut homo.
But after she begun watching tho schol
ars at their studies sho forgot all about
ii, umy n was lernoio to uo quiet lorso
long a time.
Thoy read pretty stories that inter
ested her, und recited thoir lessons vory
nicoly, so it seemed to Lizzie. Tho
class in geography was tho most aston
ishing of any.
When thi' teacher asked n little girl
about tho shape of tho earth, sho told
her it was "round, liko a ball or an
orange." In reply to another question
concerning its motions, sho said that it
"made two revolutions; ono daily, tho
other yearly."
Then followed explanations. Thoro
was a big wooden globe, which swung
on pivots, that tho toucher said repre
sented tho earth. By turning it ovor
und ovor, she showed hor scholars how
tho earth turned on its uxis and ro
volyod uround tlio sun.
The little irirls roeitinr thoir lossons
could comprehend it, but Lizzio could
not. Sho begun wondoring how it was
possible for tho world wo livo in to turn
over und ovor and not upset o vory body
living in it.
Dour little Lizzio! Sho did not con
sider i lie munlior of yours sho had ul-j-ea-Jy
lived, and that pupa und mamma
and grandma hud lived a great nuny
more, and hud never ot been upset by
the turning over of tho world.
No; she did nqt reason at all, only
grew moro frightened while they talked
about it. Cudy must now know it,
Lizzio thought, so sho folded her arms
on tho desk, making quite u comfort
able pillow for hor poor liltlo bend that
fairly ached with tho amount of knowl
edge so shortly obtained. Thme sho
lay, until it was timo for tlio school to
dismiss.
( " Too tired to talk about school to
night, please," Lizzio replied to grand
ma, papa and mamma, when they ques
tioned her. A whole hour boforo hor
bod timo Lizzio declared sho was
sleepy, und said:
"Please, nittnimu, hour mo suy my
pruyots. now," und by tho time sho
wus fairly "tucked up" in her little
bed tlio bluo oyes closed, and sho never
know that mamma kissed her good
night. How long sho had been nslcop sho
did not know, but tho first thing sho ro
memborcd when awaking was Unit tho
earth turned over.
"Likely as not," Lizzio began to
conjecture, " it begins turning over in
tho morning, 'cause it's so big, itwouhJL
tnko it all day to roll ovor. Why, of
course," sho concluded, "it would
havo to got turned ovor by night-timo
so us to oo ull re'tuly to bogin now in tlio
morning." And what if sho should
slido oil', or if tho lied should turn up
side down?"
"Cudy!" sho called; "Cady!"
But Cudy wus sound asloep, and tlio
door leading into mamma's room was
closed, too. What could sho do! Tho
moro she thought about it, tho moro
frightened sho grew. Just thou sho
remembered that tho under drawer of
tho bureau pulled completely out. It
was big enough for hor to get in and lio
down, " und it's so low," sho reasoned,
"that if tho earth rolls over sho
wouldn't bo smothered, ns she could by
the mattresses and heavy bed-clothes
that would fall on hor in case her own
little bed went bottom-side up."
So sho pulled out the drawer und
dragged it into the middlo of tho room,
und, instead of blankets to keep hor
warm, sho put another night-dress ovor
tho ono sho already wore, and then but
toned her heavy ulstor ovor all, and
tried to lio down. But dour mo! sho
hud to "cuddle ull up in u little heap,"
just liko kitty in tlio basket.
When grandma came in next morn
ing to call tho little girls sho was very
much alarmed, supposing, of course,
tlint Lizzio wns forming tho habit of
walking in hor sleep.
Boforo waking her, sho called papa
and mamma.
"What shnll wo do?" exclaimed tlio
frightoned mother.
"Consult our physician at once,"
papu was saying, whon tho sound hi
thoir voices caused Lizzio to open hor
eyes. ,
"O, pnpn! mamma!" sho suid, be
fore trying to got out of tho drawer,
"lms tho world got turned over?"
Each looked ut tho other in astonish
ment. "Toll mo, grandma," sho continued,
reaching her little pink-colored foot
ovor tlio edgo of tho bureau drawer,
"has tho earth rolled way over?"
"Sho is thinking about tho geog
raphy lesson," Cady laughed, sitting up
in tho bed close by. " Yesterday the
lesson was about tho motions of tlio
earth "
"Yes," interrupted Lizzie; "all about
tho earth rolling over and over, and
making folks turn somersets."
How papa laughed! So did mamma,
and grandma laughed und laughed.
Tlien papu toolc Lizzio right up in
his strong arms, und, tossing her on to
his shoulder, curried her into tho
nursery.
After his merriment hud subsided, lio
told hor tliut every evening she repent
ed hor little prayer, and asked God to
take caro of her through tho night.
"Has Ho not done so?" pupa ques
tioned. Lizzio said, " Yes."
Then papa explained to hor that tho
earth was cared for in tlio stimo way
the earth, and all that livo on tho earth.
Ho told her, also, that there wus knowl
edge too vast for her little brain to
comprehend, but as she grow older,
she would bo capable of attaining to tho
same, us wns ,(Juily unit ner outer
brother
'
'You must lovo mamma, grandma,
Baby Fred und your older brothers und
sisters "
"And pupu " Lizzio interrupted.
"Yes, und papa," ho repealed, kiss
ing tlio little upturned fuco, und folding
Lizzio close in his arms. "Lovo every
ono, dour; bo kind to all your littlo
pluymntos, but nlwuys keep in mind
that if you obey rightly, und learn tho
lessons to bo taught 'you, you need
novor four Unit God will not govern
aright this grout', big, wonderful world,
which Ho made," und papu kissed her
two or three times, over and ovor.
Ask your mamma, littlo boy und littlo
girl, to tell you all nbout littlo Lizzio's
perplexity. Golden J tide.
A gontlcmuu in Now York mot a
ruthor " uncertain" acquaintance tho
other day, whon tho latter said, "I'm u
littlo short, und would liko to ask you u
conundrum in mental arithmetic."
" Proceed," obtorved tho gentleman.
"Well," said tho "short" man, "sup
pose you had ten dollars in your pookot,
und 1 should usk you for iivo dollars,
how much would remain?" "Ton dol
lars," wus tho prompt nnswor. Szois
and Leather Jtcporler.
Whon ono Sonator culls another n
Hur ho immediately says ho moans
nothing personal or ollensive. Ho
merely makes tho statement so that it
may go on record N. 0. l'lcayunc,
