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A TWILIGHT SONG.
Hush-n-by , little one ,
Daylight is dying ;
Hush-a-by , sleepy one ,
Cense now thy crying.
Sweet little songs are best.
List then 1 O , list and rest ,
In my arms lying.
Hush-a-by , little one ,
I think tlio flowers
k Whisper good night to theo
From leafy bowers.
% fleep thou , while lilies fair
% Dow-drops like jewels wear
Through the night hours.
Faint and low , faint and low ,
Sings this bird mother ,
Baby dear , mother hearts
Echo each other.
List now to loving cry
Chirped from their cradles high
One to another.
Little birds far away
Soon will be Hying ;
Bravely they'll flutter off ,
Dainty wings trying ;
Out from the quiet nest
Into the world's unrest ,
In swiftness vying.
Hush-a-by , hush-a-by ,
Starlight is showing
All its sweet charm to earth ,
Quiet bestowing ;
Beaming with tender light ,
Shining with vigil bright ,
Silent and glowing.
O'er thine eyes , baby dear ,
Slumber is creeping ,
Holding thy drooping lids
Safe in its keeping.
Calmly at rest thou art ,
Nestling to mother's heart
Even in sleeping.
sleeping.MAIIY
MAIIY FRENCH MORTON.
THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
When first we hearkened to the anguished cry
Of tortured aliens , suffering near by ,
And , touched by the tears of mothers robbed
of sons ,
Bade our youth go and help those struggling
ones
When Freedom's cause our aid invoked once
more ,
And when from idle peace to busy war ,
Our blackened fleets upon two oceans ranged
Prophetic then the thought "The Times have
Changed. "
But when our arms , victorious land and sea ,
Brought hope to patriots struggling to be free ,
And seemed to bid them cast the chains aside ,
Whoso links were forged by tyranny and pride :
When harsh oppression , whoso once mighty
hand
Extended wide to reach her border land ,
Beheld her last possession lost , estranged ,
The truth was naked then , "The Times have
Changed. "
Changed for the victims of despotic greed ,
Whose wounds , long sore , had almost ceased to
bleed )
Changed for the fallen kingdom , whose decay
O'ertook her pride , as night o'er takes the day 1
No prophet needed to interpret then
The stern decree of Law to wanton men ,
Nor voice to toll to guilty power , deranged ,
The wages of its sin , "Tho Times have
Changed ! "
"The Times have Changed. " Another people
hears
Now meaning in the truth that message bears !
For when wo turn aside from arts of Peace ,
And by War's voice bade harsh misrule to
cease ,
No plain , familiar footstep marked the way ,
A new and untried path before us lay.
Wo fathomed not the course of Time arranged ,
Nor know what now wo know , "Tho Times
have Changed ! "
Dear land that laid an empire in the dust ,
Guard well thy life against that fatal lust !
O , nation , idling , while grim war once more
Reddens with thy best blood a foreign shore ,
Forget not how thy noble sires were freed !
Remember thou wert once the child of greed !
And may those islands live , with thee , to say ,
"Tho Times have Changed. And , O , wo bless
the day ! " R. B. MoitaAN.
NEWSPAPJ3U WAIFS.
Lawyer. "Upon what grouuds do
you wish to sue for divorce ? " Client
"Incompatibility of temperament 1 He
writes poetry , and I like to ent occa
sionally. " Puck.
Tragedy. Wife "I knew you would
n't think of ordering all those things I
; old you to , dear , so I went down town
: nyself and got them today. " Husband
"But I did ! " Detroit Free Press.
Miss Stillgirl ( sobbing ) "I think its
awfully mean. That horrid Quill girl
has been saying that I paint. " Miss
Meanness. "Never mind , dear. I ex
pect if she had your complexion she'd
paint too. " Tit-Bits.
"What do you think ? Papa asked Jack
f he expected to get any money in mar
rying me. " "Was Jack insulted ? "
'Insulted ? He told pop that a good
lome was more of an object to him than
wages. " Detroit Free Press.
"They say she is a clever conversa
tionalist. " "Clever ? Conversational
ist ? Why , she's brilliant. She doesn't
even need to converse. She can blast a
reputation just by the way she shrugs
her shoulders. " Chicago Evening Post.
Kiplingesque. The keen-eyed street
urchin espied the great writer as he
landed from the boat. Stepping for
ward briskly , ho touched his hat , and
pointing to the heavy valise in Rud-
yard'shand smilingly remarked : "Let
me assume the white man's burden. "
The great Kipling looked down on the
blue eyes of the eager urchin. "My
boy , "ho said in even tones , "a burden
the hand is worth two in the bush ! '
And the boy passed on. Cleveland
Plain-Dealer.
COUNCIL BLUFFS , IA. , Feb. , 8 , 1899
To THE PUBLIC :
We are pleased to state that we have
arranged with
E. L < - OVERTOIN ,
OF NEBRASKA CITY ,
to continue handling our line of Deere
goods for 1899.
When need of anything in the
IMPLEMENT LINE
we hope that you will call on E. L. Over
ton as he will be prepared to furnish you
the best and most complete goods the
market affords , and will take pleasure
in showing them to you.
Please call on him before buying else
where. Yours truly ,
DEERE , WELLS & CO ,
Che Biltmore
Forestry
School
* .
CONDUCTED BY
C. A. . SCHBNCK , Ph. D.
Forester to the Biltmore Estate.
The regular course occxipying twelve
consecutive months can bo entered at
any time of the year and consists of :
1. practical Instruction
in the forest , where actual work
( cutting , planting , road making
etc. ) is going on.
2. theoretical Instruction
treating the entire subject of for
estry : ( Sylviculture ; Forest Uti
lization ; Forest M a n a g ement ;
Forest Finance ; Forest Protection ;
Forest Politics ; Forest History ; )
Short sketch relative to Fish and
Game keeping.
3. practical Forest
Researcbes. . . .
Board
to bo secured by the student to
suit his own tosto , either at one of
the numerous hotels or boarding
houses at Asheville ( $8.00 to $15.00
per week ) , or at the home of a
general foreman of the Biltmore
Estate ( $5.00 per week. )
Certns
of admission : $200.00 for the entire -
tire course of instruction.
Applications
to bo addressed to
C. A. SCHENCK ,
BILTMORE , N. C.