Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-01-10
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.


OOh DO 10 A1ND O1llllp.
why Willy Wants the Curtain Up.
Cold wind, cold wind.
You may rumble shrilly;
Snug and happy in his bed
Lies our little Willy.
Round moon, round moon,
On the snow you glisten;
You may hear our Willy laugh,
fyou will but listen.
Bright stars, bright stars,
How the snow has drifted
Mother, let the curtain stay;
Let me have it lifted;
For like to sec the stars,
Ifawake I'm keeping,
And to have the stars see me,
IF I am sleeping
CHILDREN.
ny JOHN AsKuM.
THE little children were in mercy sent:
The winning beauty of their happy smiles
Is Sorrows antldote; their nrtless wiles
Lure gladness for the wrinklcd brow of Care;
The ills of life were more than we could bear,
Had not kind Heaven the little children lent,
Fair as the angels, and as innocent
They are a fount of love that faileth never
Oil on the waters of Life's discontent-
Links in Loves chain that bind fond hearts for
ever
The blessed crown of holy wedlocks joys
An unpolluted spring that never cloys
Happy that hearth and home kind Fortune blesses
With the rich treasure of their sweet caresses
No. la Puzzle.
wear sullen, clouded brow;
Behead me-
A shaven pate cover now;
Behead me-
And grave and wise blink at you.
Who am L? Echo answers who.
No. 2-The Same.
The merry smile I've chased awry;
Curtail me
And DER the wave take my way;
Behead me-
And the cloyen hoof display.
-Anspers merit ,eeek.
IF THAT which is supposed to be just is
generally useful to society, Its justice is evil
dent, if not generally useful, it ceases to be
just.
WHAT BRANcH.-'sWhat branch of edu-
cation do you have chiefly In your school9"
was asked of pupil ga birch branch, sir,
the master has used almost whole tree"
AIR EvRRYwHRRR.-There is great
deal of air in water. Commonly 1t is so well
mixed up with the water that you do not see
that 1t is there. Sometimes it separates in
bubbles, and then you see it. We say that
fishes live in the water. But this is not ex-
actly SO. They live in air and water mixed
together, and they cannot live in water that
has no air in it. l will tell you Of an ex-
pertinent which showed that this is so.-
Water was boiled, and in this way the air
was all driven out of it, 1t was then poured
into jar, and some fishes were put into
it. The mouth of the jar was then covered
with India-rubber cloth, so that no air could
get into the water. The fishes became very
languid, and soon died.
SOME DIFFERENCE few years ago, a
little fellow, Eddy, not slow in roguery, COM
planned that James had been throwing stones
at him. The teacher inquired into the mat
ter, and found the charge correct. She said
to Eddy
"What do you think you should do if You
were teaching; and had such boy as that?"
81 think should fog him, was the reply
Upon this, James began to fear the result,
and SO he filed in his complaint
eddy throwed a stone at me t'other day.
said he.
"Ah," said the teacher, az must know
about this matter. Is it true, Eddy, that yon
have been throwing stones at James ?"
Eddy hung his head and confessed it. Al
ter little thumbing of the strings, she says;
"Well, Eddy, what do you think you should
do with two such boys as you and Jamess"
~ think, said he, sobbing, 81 should try
'em again ."--Rhode Island Scho0,ndster.
DRESS THE MIND.-On Sunday morning,
before time for church or sabbath school,
what dressing there is among the young
folks, and the old ones, too-what Il stir to
appear gay and pleasing. That may be prop
er, but the dressing of the mind, and the
purification of the heart, should not be
neglected. Curls may be arranged, combs
fixed, earrings hung, fine garments display
ed, and yet perhaps the mind may be
poisoned with conceit, troubled with rivalry.
and tortured by ignorance. Windsor soap
does not wash out the stains on the heart;
cologne water cannot throw fragrance
over an impure mind; nor will all the rubies
of Golconda dazzle the recording angle into
a forgetfulness OF filling up the leaves of the
book of retribution. Uncle Amos.
Cure for Laziness.