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1FNPHIS Appeal
IL oCroRER u. 1915.
uEuPHI, TIE UL&S, AND THE
81 CENTENNIAL.

GENIENNlAL.
commencement Of Tie Centennial
- near, and the mysterious ''they
rhich always pTecedes Nsrdl Grss,
e-s that the Msrdi Grl.s OF the
NAL ear is to 60 isr beyond any
2 the Memphi have ye, done. Al
that visionary body is rumored 70
on the alert, and nArchiDgs aud
.,aueuvers are declared 10 nave teen
Witnessed in out tot the-wRy localities
az the light OF The moon, aud these
..roceedings sic believed to De connected
xi.h preparations for the next Mardi
Grss display. The New York Graphic
Of Tuesdsy last has sn article in con.
nection with this subject, which We pub
lish elsewhere, that deserves considera-
tion-it suggests that the Memphi, Ulks,
Mystic Crew Twelfth Night ReyeleIs.
and other sim lar sssOciatiJLs should be
present 10 Philadelphia during the Cen
tennia., and show to the uoTthsrneTz
AID the foreigners there assembled what
8 Mardi GTas spectacle Is, IS ii is got u
in the south AID annually displayed H.
our principal cities. The idea il an ex
celIeut one, and 81 it can be carried ouI
the result will certainly be one
Of the granCest successes the Ceutennis
celebration will witness. Every on,
who has travelled north knows that tn,
people there regard the Mardi Ora,
shows with great curiosity aud interest
The time Of the year when they occur f.
Uufsvora lie % travelling in the north
the expense OF louTneying 10 Memphil
or New Oilesus is considerable, aud few
can spare the time to do 40. Notwith
standing these difficulties, thousands o
gentlemen aud ladies come, every year
10 see these grand EpecIscles, JthinI
similar to " hich IL to be seed In Othe
parts o. he Union. Imagine the crowd
that would be drawn ID Philadelphia a
the time the mysterious Memphi, tn
humorous UIks, the wieTd Mystic Crew
OF the magnificent .flh-Sight Rev
elers, or GsyalzJians from all OF them
were TO wEIB the streets Of Philadelphi
under = b.ale Of light, eEhibitinga sigh
OF The pTaiolud-st beauty, fascinating
with iUs Eo,-y Of sILstic combination
and impr .zzlve with IT. gorgeous mag
nihceuce, while the 4 ks rspered Of
with the rich glow Il their exhubereu
bumorl pic'u thu southern Mard
Grss scene in the streets Of g northern
riryE Imagine the vast multitudes from
every State % the Union, and ever.
land 10 Europe, filling windows, plai
forms aud terraces, and climbing TO ia
very ridges o. the roofs, while every incl
Of the vile streets, unoccupied by tn
PROCESSION, swarmed with eager gazers
Who. tnat intended to visit the Centen
uial At all, would fail TO be present o.
Al occasion 80 unusual IN the north, sn
30 absorbing aud bewildering in it, ias
ciuations? The grand Ouro, the gray
Hierophant, and the fearful TyphoL
will, Of c0ur-e, be present at the Centen
nial, with at lsast greater part Of th
mysterious association with which the
are connected; and the laughing, jOll
Tfks will Dot be behind. Can IL not b
coutrived 30 that the grandeur, sn
beauty, and fun Of the southern Marc
Grss can be exhibited at the Centennial
The subject is worth consideration.
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Virginia Chronicle, September 3Otn
Last week will b. memorable in the
he of tsIkative Gold Hill miner who
has the happiness 10 board at a
re staurant on Main street l. this res
taursnt, employed as 3 waitress. j. q
good boxing your g woman. For rea-
sOEs rot known to ,ue outside world the
miner il question has allowed bis tongue
to wag somewhat freely upon the sub
isct of this womsn'5 character She
heard the gossip aud learned iis source;
and on Wednezdsy evening If asst weeE
jU.t as the miner had relieved the az ,, y
o. Ihgr stauraut man ~ ii Lshiug al i'm
termiuqble supper, he received an invita-
ton from the handsome young woman
u step into q back room l. vas gwen
-msIiUgly, ana the scaud BOugsT went
ulsu-pci, u-ly TO his TAT. She closed
the door, sLd inIep y To- he questioning
look drew u six-shOOter from her pOcEe.
and requested him to ct down on bis
knees. Being 81 obligiDs fellow he I'D
80 instantly, and there be cheerful J
confessed that he wss a lisr, and thai
the fair damsel before him was In ali re
sDects Coz slderably superior 70 mos
angels. She let him 20 then, sud h r.
| isu't 8 more leCItuTn msn III God Iii
now than that miner
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santa Rosa Democrat.
T1e production Of the State this year
viii be at least S, OOO, 900 gallons, divided
about IS follows; SOnoma, loo, 900;
Los ing, les, 500 900; solsno, nearly
500 COO; Naps, 700. 600; FL DORADO,
500 GO; Yolo, 500 600; Auburn, 400 900;
Gubs, Sacramento and MarysviIle,
. ! zoo, 900; Colusa, 800, 900; SAINTS Clara,
I 500, 90; Santa Bal bsrs, Veuturs, San
/ Bernardo, San Luis obispo, Monterey,
( Thesms, Lake and other counties moi
enumerated, say ], 800, 0O0-msking the
! tot al above given. SonomR is the largest
win-sproducing county in the State,
having last year, for the first time, ex
eesded the product Of Los Angeles. In
| the next few years q larger number u
vines will come into bearing, incrt asine
the present production almost one half
The vintage Is two weeks sooner thar
Iast year.
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lII tell you gumrusr story.
Ff q lovely, dainty thing.
Who has robbed me Of gearr and heart 3 ease.
Yes sweet, To her cling.
SHE comes 10 me on ript0e p.g.y W0Oer.
q is Ike lst.e-dpWu DO j pun. ~.
When at her feet kueeT,
Urging my love- fond plea
Fla hing her .d, brigu', violet eyes,
She laughs AM uuCES ar me
AnH vi lfully derlar. b 81. e docs not lowe me,
q piping Der tiny uts ia glee above me.
When meath the wHI-ue ing houghs,
n he shade Of the dew. leaves,
j tRse her flower. of hand tu mine.
And fell her bOV she grlaveS
That all my world is I'm her ves-yet she
Doth NOES and iaua hand mddiy torture me
oh, tho so arrbTy inning,
Love t~eFubiH. Iu her fIra.
And ne floats do ru- q ". I...a. tender,
Tr icy Eeffu. b., fond embrace
one Iu-ttuf-fEeU (. e. tricE-E Gariin. Gies,
And decks her tr.um Be- iu uy tsur-dimmed
eyes
An. re1rerul Love, TO thee
Nv ireuZlai IIt. Z ur. %
81 UrG.. shall O. a EIv-iUm
Within g1I eu ing
When. tn Coils name, Sc clasps her finger
WIN -.
ATsd.aat suHburst vii. break through my
night,
T}eu her sweet face shall hide,
In pushed aud shy eel ps-,
TIL from her b. art. . U-f. ding love
VIII Wr 10 upon her HIPS.
Telling HLu- sweet % story sweet and old ,
Hsu0wed and blessed by that ing Of gold
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80 fair promise o. good. We have re-
ceived from these who imme lately pre-
coded Us q world much better than they
found 1t; let it not be ou- fault IL we do
not transmit 1t 10 our Successors i'm
proved, purified and invigorsted. Abb
solute perfection, indeed" said Arch
bishop Wharton in his Thoughts on
Secondary Punishments;' the entire
prevention Of crime is point una!tsin'
able; but 1t is q point to which we may
approach indefinitely; it is the point To-
ward which our measures must Away
Oe tending, aud we must estimate theu
wisdom by cur approach to it,"
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rur nArrEn-oE.EAcr rArMER.

Fold his little hands togeth r, gently pry his
Kiss the damp aud paliid fOreheau Iofe YOU
dump him in the cart;
-r1,sre,S fourteen millions gone before him
those that we could rot well spare ,
Then would you have me stop the iuheI"i Z
MOI stand the casket over there.
Novv there wa, William Henry shakespeare,
who on, e I'D write story book
A smart Young mau "a ever livJd-Odt he this
earth A. last iorsoOki
We never since have seen O. Is equal in writing
books and Niger plays.
But he had TO 20 wi b thr rest OF EN-, In nHste
and numerous divers vays.
There also lived Me-. Caesar, a Roman general
An aide-de-camp 10 General Grant at the de-
mise OF Old John Brown;
But all is skill and strategy could not COM
pete with wary Death,
For 81 woke him up one Saturday night and
walled away with his bslmy breath.
There also was Marc Antony taught three
card monte and legerdemain,
Who married first. tntn -ettled do -ui al d
never after was seen again;
He settled down some Nineteen I, Con- him
grim Death did get the drop
And his widow supports herself ALI airns by
fling saws for a carpeD ter 5 s-uI'.
Then should weep or mas fuss - inter.
rupt the good dtvi-e?
If angels craved hi, presence there, Why IL If
no affair of mine!
No doub t the boy would like to stay. aud liu
geraround with his liver complaint,
But he was no better than Mark or JULIE sc
he's gone 10 be a saint.
So. weep ping mourners. fan in line, and let the
HamtOn students OelCh,
And, Mr.. sex on. carry the box, assisted BY
Cornelius Welsh,
And hold II very dsintily when you reach the
second Il got below,
For the neighbour there have met to pass theil
comments On cur travelling show.
It's where cd Mrs. Drummer lives, who's
husband la ely climbed the spout,
And being a nice Old dy, you kuOW, she
prided herself on the laying out;
She got mob OF vampire hsgS to watch enC
take the scene y in
She's made much reckoning of late to ride on
with consumptlve Quinn.
Well now that Job is off my hands, I'll SETTLE
down and take q sleep;
It's good we got him off in time, as he would
not much longer keep;
His mother misses him the most-I almOs
think she's feeling bad
But l ne = SILK dTeS, will cheer Der up, ant
make her poor nearJ once more glad.
And this is life! or, rather death. When called
TO 90 We caunptc Dose
Between tire educated man, the tramp, o.
North American snOOZe;
So get your bCxe. cOuper-l ned, and wheI
your time come, to d, >perse,
Get four SIR ng mel to Juggle your trunk aaC
sling 1t in the waiting hearse.
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The French Statue.

London IeIesTaph.T
M Edousrd Lsbouisye, president OF
the FrRnco-AmeriCau union, REQUESTS
the press to notify thst he will receive
subscriptions for statue in bronze re-
pousse, about sixly-five feet high,
which shall represent. Liberty en-
tightening the wurld.n THIS statue il
10 be placed upon an island in the
harbor Of New York, Jersey, and
Brooklyn. On the threshold # This vas
continent, full Of new life, where come
ali the ships of the universe, 1t will rise
from the bosom OF the waves. AT night
q luminous Gureole, emansting from its
brow, viii spread far over the immense
ocean,
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A Rare and Curious Book in st. Joseph


We nave te3u shown a most Interest
iUg file OI original ne wsPapers, bouud IL
a good state Of preservation. They con
sist Of he frs year OF tle first Officis
paper OF the United Statas, published al
tie then villi8gs OF New Yurs, when
congress assembled there, April 5, 1859
Gale d the Gazette Of the United St0teS,
and contain the prGceedingso, the fiJal
! congr, s.; t2e reception OF GENERA
| Washington, when, in his lsngu g,
che wss waited across the bay fem
New jersey in fat barge by thirteen
pilots dTes ed in white uuifOrms;" the
| ballot Of the l3Ctarial College, in which,
| . fact not Known to Us before, Il appears
| that Washing ton only received sixty
nine Of the one hundred and thirty eight
| votes cast, aDd the stranger fact tIat
| these prOceG dings, including the i'll
| auguratiOn, did not take place on the
day appointed by law for their ObseTv-
! ance-the excuse given being that 'it
vas Sn un adorable season of the year
for i1urpeyiDg F" In the entire four
hundred and four pages not half dozen
| advertisements appear. A lottery is ad-
! vertised to aid III repairing the city hall
for the use of congress. The prospectus
| Of this pioneer in American journalism
states that "by an arrangement msde
with the stages subscribers st distance
will be furnished with the Gazetteer The
paper is somewhat discolored by time
and the type ere of the old style, with
the lol rs" looking very much iae Our
it lie az" The book is, beyond all
doubt, genuine, and as the owner is ill
iUg to part with it, we suggest that it be
purchased and put up at auction or lat
! f1e FOR the benefit Of Ouc CeDtsn iaI
fund. But one other complete file is
known to exist, and that is The property
of the New YORK Historical society at
] 4 ihguy
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Is There a Portrait of POcahOntass

Richmond enquirer, october Lth.I
There ha- been sm8gg the descend
ants Of the Indian princes 8 consider
a. e interest respecting veHtsUie pOr-
,raiJ Of her. A gentleman Of tnis ely
has for several months been cOuduc ing
p correspondence with gentlemen ID
England on this subject, and there II T. a.
SON to brIieva that .Esre a.e severed Eo'
traits s, II ex-gut which ara authentic sLd
that an OTg.ual ui ".rIC copy may
be n5;aiutd f0r our gallery Of .i-.oIIc
Vlrginiaus. There is no lOuU5 Thar 81
uoriraic was ttkeu Of PCCauolt-s Uhsu
in England, and It Is natursl'to suppose
that the original, or q copy thereof, may
be in possession OF the Role family, Of
which Pocahoutas's husband was cadet.
The last advice fr0m Eng and Is that
there is still ex-alt portrait Of the
princess and her con.
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Mike, 3 newly imported Guniiner. hsl
the kindness 20 hire bImseii out a. gell
boy a. one Of the New 1.rS hotels ia-t
week, 81 compensation Much beyond
his expectations. be coDie,sel ElLhsrI
a novice at the business out expressed a
frsditahie determination u learn rapid
IL. He began well. The clerk sent nim
to turn the aununcistor ana answer No
81. He seized hold Of me crank and be
gan turning it Ike any rSau-handle' aud
i'm less time tlan It tax 70 tell H. the
apparatus wss damaged to the extent OF
fl " doiars Then be ran up stSirs 10
answer No. 50, but he never bad an Op.
uOrtunity, FOR the clerk ran sfter hlu,
and no gentle gaz-l.e ever ran rs he did
out into the str e. Nike is now doing
service on u csusl-bOaJ.
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THERE is q story told OF J0squir
Miller, the poet, that when he was s.
Barnum's hotel Br adway and Tween
tieth streets, q few weeks ego he wrote
to q friend ia New jersey, and ended
the letter: Come and see NE vi eI.
ever you can; am AZ BRUINS" The
friend, who does not appear to have
been familiar with the names OF our
city hotels, answered: I am sorry you
have cUm,ntu need t. exhibit yOGEseif
If GU hau suck to literature you would
have made your maIk anu fortune.
Whereabouts is the show now
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TOUJOURS AMOUR.

Prithee, tell me, Dimple-chin,
At what age does love begin2
Some blue eyes have scarcely seen
Summers three, my fairy queen,
But a mir Gle of sweets,
soft approaches, sly retreats,
Show the little archer there,
hidden in your pretty hail!
When dIds't learn a heart TO win?
PriJhee, tell me, Dimpie-chin!
"Oh," the rosy lips reply;
al cant tell you if / try,
'Tis so long l can't remember;
Ask some Ounger lass than ]! "
Tell, q, tell me, griZzled face,
Do YOUR heart aud head keep pace?
When does hOary Owe expire?
When d frOsts put cut the Dire?
Can its mbers burn below
All that ca i'll Dec mber S ov?
Love sou stlll soft hands to press,
ROnny heads to smooth and bless?
When does love We up the chase"
Tell, o, tell me, 9 i2Zled face!
"AhW the wise old lips reply,
youth may pass and strength ma
die;
But of love | can't fOretOkeD;
ASK me older sage than l ~
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In 1888 Edgar Allen Poe wrote the
folloSing ltttzr TO DR.. Nst"an G.
Brooks, eiitur Of the North american
MAGAZINE, in re! ly 10 request 80 pre-
nae al article rsvi, wing tie entire
works Of Washington lrvi' &:
PHILADELPHIA, September 1, 1888.
"MY DEAR SIR du,y received your
favor with tae ten dollars. Touching
the review | sm forced TO decline it JUL
now. | should be most unwilling not
to execute such task we'll, and this l
wCu d net do ct SO short notice, at lea t
now. [ have two other engagements
which il wlu d be IujGOus t. defer.
Besides this. am just leaving Arch
street or q small house, and, of course,
somewhat in confusion. My main res
on, however, fr declining Is what |
fl st alleged viz: | cOu d not DO the
eVieR we'll at short notice. The uuth
j., | can hard V cay that L am 'nVer
SAINT with Irving's wriJing's hayiI g e I'd
aDthing of his since | was boy, save
his Grenada. 1t would re necessary
to give bis entire works a repeTusai
You see, therefore, the diff ty at once.
1t is 8 theme upon which / would ike
ve,y much to write, for there vast
deal 70 be said upon it. Irving is much
uverrated, and nice di-tinctlon might
be drawn between his jlst and his sur
reptitiou5 and sdventi0us reputation
between what is due 10 the pioneer
solely, and what to The writer The
merit, too, OF his tame prJpriety and
faultlsssness Of style should be caLdIiiy
weighed. He shOu be compared with
Addison, something being limited about
imitation, and Sir ROdger De Cover y
should be brought up ii judgment. A
bold and PriOrj investlga ion OF
Irving's claims would strike home take
nav word for it, The American literary
world never saw anything Of the kind
yet. Seeing, therefore, the opportunity
Of making Il fine hit. | am u wiling l.
hazard your fame by failure and
failure would sssuredy be the event
were to undertake the task at pre- sent
The difficulty with you IL nothing, for
fancy Won are c0nveTsaLt with Irving s
WORKS. old and new, aud would not have
10 read for the task. Had you spoken
decidedly when I saw you would have
adventuTed. If you csn de!sy the
IR view until the second number,
would be most happy 20 DO my best
But tn;s, I prr ums, is imp"-s be. !
have gotten nearly Cul Jf ny late en-
barrassrU ents. Nelson woU not eiC
me, being much pushed himself. He
would, no doubt, have aided me If pos
sihle. Present my respects If you see
him. Very truly, yours, noro
A
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tOI the SuBuay Appeal
THE GRAVE OF FIRST-LOVE
rave l can descry,

A wee mystic grave can descry,
Ueseen by every other eyei
Nv first-love W thin is buried deep
Be still, pale shadows! haunting splll's' steep
81 enhancing sweet, so wi'ching faIr
Was my love that hardly di1 Gare
Hope thing 50 de + would llngtI lons ,,,,,,
Hush. haunting voice! It's an old loYe-song!
Life, once so grand, the world, once 50 Wlue'
Narrow have or .wn, and now abide
Within that small graz q, hidden and low
Close your lids, sad eyes! oh, look not SO!
Flowers are growing q OIt the mound
Where my heal and my life are bound
Flowers with PERU me deadly swe t
hey stifle my soul! they hinder my Ieet!
Some paths with hope and promise seem 81
bright
I might walk them with footsteps gay anC
light;
But that mystic grave forever see,
And weird hand from thence is claSpiDG me
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The great post o tre sierra. IS Just
Tow uperiDLsudiGg the prnCu ton OF a
VOiume OF poems, winch ne dsdlcsJe5 TO
hI7 parents in this wise: "Near.y quar-
ur If q century agO you tUoE me the
Ing and lone. ms ha.f years ] Uruey
sc.Oss the mighty Continent, wud aud
.eIt, aad broken up, and 50wu with
AID and ashes, auI crossed by .um-
bling, W0Oue rivers, that ran rs II glad
TO get away, fresh, and strange, and
new, As if tut hair fashioned rom the
hsnd OF GpJ. All the time. Gs I tread
this It, auge land, / rsiivs those scenes,
zrd yuu are with zoe. How dark ana
deep how 81 en-, strong and iigu-li5e
the mie hty Missouri rolled between be
walls If uUtrsCbed wood snd cleft the
UNKNOWN domain Of the middle world
before US! Teen tire frail and OuHsted
RATS on the river, the women chill
dren buAdled together, the shoGE 13 the
braWuy men Is they swan Wits the l.
Ig2iDg ca tie; the cows IN the stormy
stream, eddyiGg, whifl ngr spinning
about, calling to the young, theiC
bright horns shining n the sun.
The w. men wsiJ-
ing on the other lie, painted
ssvaQes leaning silently On their bows,
espisiUg our weakness, o. eIlug way,
citing US pass on to the Un~uOWn dis
tsucsS where they said the sun and
moon lay down together and brought
f rth the stars. The long wind
iDg lines OF wagons, the graves by the
wayside the women weeping together
Is they passed 90. Then hills, then
ulains, parch-d lands ike SyTiJ, dust
and ashes, aud alkaIi, cool streams wi b
woods, camps by night, great wood fires
in Lircies, tents ia to- center like Caesars
uattle-camp5, paiLt.d men that passed
like shaH Ows showers Of arrows, the
wild beast bowling from tbe hill" AS
g spa linen sls) OF the fire, vigsr and
pic uresque ant OF the pen, the follow
ing is presented. Il is The portrait OF
some woman called Ina:
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WHAT II LOVE >


I asked a maideU-"W hat is Love 2"
IS We wandered through the night,
BE cath tine gaze OF tn lr,tr. Jog moon,
An the stars dim, bashiU light.
The maiden, catching my longing eye
Sni. ed rs she blu-hed and made reply
What is LOve?-'Tis laugh nc, crying,
over phatOm Joys and fears
a little .ulh am plenty Lying
To nh ~ our weary yesrs.'
\ cloud passed over the moon that night,
md the stsrs, each, died VITA an anxious
Light.
l Bed "A mat-Ou 'What Is Love ?"
rs I sat BY her sid. one GIT,
VIII without the mConb5ams, struggling
fell,
And as the stars were hid from sight.
she matron smiled as she eau bit my eve.
And kissed her babe ere she made reply:
sWhat is Love It's God, It's Heaven
"Tts Faith, and rust, and Truth;
A gir to- m divnrly given
10 maze all life all y nth"
The moon burst forth from the clouds ina
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jeff ThOmPsOn's Figures.

New NOTK sun
The building and repairing Of levees
on the Mississippi have offered gTea. OPP
portunities for plUuderiDg the public
since the es ab.i-hmeut Of Carpetbag
government ia Mississippi and LOuisi-
aua, AID while millions and miilIOus f
dollars have been expended under pre-
tense Of affOrding prCtsciiCu sgtinst
overflow, the complaints sTa general
against the means adopted Ostenslbly f. r
that purpose. There Is q very bitter fe l.
ing existing sF ajlst the louisiana ievee
company, s corporation which was cre-
ated by Republican legislation, though
we believe there are Democrats . Om!-
Bently interested IN it; and the popular
,izmOT has brought out General Jetl
Thomson, the state engineer In It's de
fanse He SAWS, in . i tie. recent pub
Iished. that since the war the Safe ha
aid ten millions seventy thousand 7lX
frad and nine dOl aTs for eiguie cen
mufiol four HUNDRED and hfty-I u
tloUs saG and Ell. d y-seVen CUBIC yards
Of levees, showing su average OF tHU
million cubic ards per year at cost Of
shout fifty cents per YARD, anu that this
will be t3e aveTsge est forever. wrich
certainly i ECi = very pleasant PT use.
for the tax payers, since, &rcosdsu 10
the New Orleans Times, this - thirty
cents per yard moe iL-A tie bse1a ~ y
cost, the leyes company I-seit having
subIet large contracts az eighteen gnd
twenty cents per yaid.
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A great, sad beau'y,iu whose ey Is
Lay all t. Z loves OF Paradise
lyon had loved her 81 ting there,
Holt hidd u in her IUOSeu-u hair;
WY YOU had low her tor her - esr
Their large and melanc " look
VI tenderness and " eli mist ok
Their love for light Of Par disc.
Yea, loved her for her large dark eyes;
Yea, low her fJI her brow so { brown
Her hand lig . AS heavens Dag-,
Yea, loved her Tor her mouth. He mCutl
Was roses ga theTed from the south,
The warm south -lde OF Paradise,
And bTeaiMed al On and handed down.
By an els on a stair Of siaTs
Her mouth! twas EsypL'S mOUt h u old
Push'd At and poutiug lui and bold
With simple neauty where she az,
Why, gu had said, ON seeing her,
This Ca UT COueS from Our the dim
Far centuries beyond the Tul
OF time = remote treach # stir.
And he who wrought entrants
And -haped the SiUylS. Sc ing this
Had b. d an made -hrlnv theTeat,
And all his life had wOTsu1p'u her,
UevCur As uOTth-Ni.e wOrsuiPeT.
OsrveeJ child face, that ever g8zed
From ont the wood and down the WEvei
. eyes, that never @ &C. were TaISe'ii
= mouth, that never murmUr gave.