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Fire I'm m Feed Store.

At $3.50 last night the night watchmau, who
had just como on duty at w. NJ. Gait & Co.'s
flour warehouse, corner First and Indiana
avenue, while passing though tho boiler room
discovered fire. The flames were confined in
a small pile of rubbish. He turned in an alarm
from box II near by, to which engine COM
panics No. 3, 4, and 6 responded and went
into action. The fire, which had begun to
spread, was checked, but had it not been for
tho timely arrival of the fire department a
serious fire would have resulted. The dam
ape WAS $40
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and sent it to the grand jury, who began
work Immediately. Special Agents Nowcomb
and Jacobs gave their testimony and Allimet
will testify to-day.
r. j. Purdee and S. l.. Pennington, two
clerks in tho pension Office, were dismissed
yesterday on suspicion of being connected
with the affair. Mai. Rathbone stated that
the connection Of tho two men with the affair
may develop into something of decided mo-
ment, but so far all important facts have been
given out.
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10. q. r.. Grand Lodpe EIo,,lou.

The Grand lodge l. o. o. +. of the District
of Columbia last evening elected tho follow
ing officers to serve for one year: Grand mas
ter, John II. Seiffert deputy grand master,
John II. Darne grand warden, NJ. d. Months;
grand secretary, p. Hall Sweet grand treas
urer, j. A. b. Espey; representative to the
sovereign grand lodge, third reelection,
Thomas j. Petty.
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The Pension Frnud Case,

The case against the pension clerk Alley for
swindling pensioners and defrauding the gov
ernment, was continued before Judge Bundy
yesterday. When the court was called to or
der at 2 p, m, Mr.. @. M. Smith announced
that the witness Allimet could give bonds TO
testify against Alley, and accordingly the
bond was made out in the sum Of 81 900, with
Messrs, c. M. and John Amber Smith as
sureties. Judge Bundy then announced that
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An Investigating Commission Appointed.

Secretary Teller has decided to appoint
a commission to visit the Indian territory to
investigate the differences which exist be-
tween tho Spioche and Checota factions of
Creek Indians. The commissioner will leave
Washington the latter part Of this month.
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Mt. Vernon! Mt. Vernon |!

STEAMER w. w. CORCORAN
7 caves Seventh.street wharf daily except Sunday
for Mt Vernon at 10 o'clock ~ roturnlng reaches
Washington about SSO " m.
l., L. BLAKE, Captain
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HNHE GREAT
L - PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
no THE NORTH, WEST, AND SOUTHWEST
s,,,,l1s1,U l11U BILE TRACK, Splendid SCENERY,
STEEL RAILS, MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT.
IN EFFECT ] " \ ISsS

l., mr., pENNsYLYANrA. ROUTE
no ,l,IIEr THE MONTH, \ .IS WEST, AND soUrHwEsT.
STEEL FAa asSRFEAREP fESaHHFas& EaGfFaENr
TRAINS LEH9R IA 9EEEEGE fN9roN lS8S Som station
For P'.EIT,oS spg9sT s5tG ana ,trSst., iqoys:
Pos Ssd espSs Ss Mss GsSs % %es NJ ,y E
S 10 % n WIZ %ass4s sseES Ssr; S
M daily, With Palace Cars to Ptisburs aud cinSin:
a a Also con aects except t5eturdays for chicago,
ing S6'I %9E Pitts1grs g Chicago Mai Express $50
BSGTfMoRE il'iISi 4Np PoToMxSSSE iP SpiSSES RAILROAD
daily eacept sStnraay Sq Sith PsasS sEGs Ca
HiSaIne HmSshIne'oh 10 Canandaigua, and Harrisburg TO
For Williamson, Lock Haven, and Elmra at oao
For New York and the East, 500 a. M, 1910 a. M.
o p g. M anf med lGe m 9s 81 sSG PnsS @ p
For Boston without change, 1880 p. M every week
For 6cooEiya all Through trains connect q.
ing direct transfer to Fulton street. avoiding double
ierriagc across New York city,.
fSf and S p @ S oS mnSaS md as & @ ssd f sSS
m. Limited Express, aS s'ao a. M daily except sun
For baltimore 60 500, eso @o 1910 a. M, and 1880.
day 10 a. M az 2o cVS So I s5 o 6So Il and nd l0o p MI
For PGpes Creek Line 6'4O t. m aud 4'io p. m daily
For annapolis, G:4o a. m. ana 4:iop nj. daily, except
ALEX XHNDRIA AND pTREpERICHsBuReR RAIL
WyAYb AHp 9 AiLhEXANDRIA AND WASHING.
For Alexandria, 6:so 72o. o:2o 1900. and lE3O a IN
800 I: o, 5:OOE O. 500, and ll.jO On sunday at
$50, 0:2O. and II. . a. M, 500 y. m.
For Richmond and the South, $3.50 and li:Oo n NJ
daily, aud 500 y. M daily, eNcept sunday
Trains leave Alexandria for Washington, 500, 500;
lO 5. and 1910 q, 1890, 200, 32,. $40. 7UD. and
9:lO y. M. anu 1900 midnight On Sunday at 500
md 1905 n IN. 200 and Gi0 D. m.
Tickets and @ niormaton at the Office northeass
nue. and ut the station where orders can DO lett Tor
the checking of baggage to destination from hotels
and residences. -
CHARLES L.. pUGH, General Manager.
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j. Il. WOOD, General Passenger Age
CHARLES l.. PUGH. General Manager.
CHEsApEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY.
y
THE NEW TRUNK LINE TO THE WEST A

THE NEW TRUNK LINE TO THE WEST AND
SOUTHWEST.
on and aner SUNDAY. June TO- 1883. passenger
trains of this route will leave Washington from b. q
r. station as follows;
s:S5 A. NJ: M:-rHROUGH MAIL, daily, except Sun
day. for Cincinnati, Louisville, and Local Stations
of G. ~ o. Ry. Sleepers White sulphur to Hunt
lngton,
$40 7. M,-LOuISVtLLE AND CINCINNATI
SHORT LINE (DAlLN). Solid train, with Pull
man cars TO Louisville and Richmond to Gin
cinnatl without change: arriving at Columbus 451
y. M, Lexington ny, 2:4O p M, Cincinnati. 500
r. M. aud Louisville, 6:i5 y. m. Connecting at
these cities with through trains to all points
West, Southwest, and Northwest
lO:35 y. ni-Night express daily except sunday for
Ashland KY, Columbus, Ohio. and stations on
{. d o. Ry; Pullman sleeping cars 10 White
sulphur aud Columbus,
li25 H. m. for Newport News, Old Point, and Norfolk
daily, except sunday arriving Old Point 1880.
Norfolk $40 y. IN.
Apply o. ,S o. Ky. office, 5i3 Pennsylvania avenue
y NJ. Ry. office, Sol Pennsylvania avenue, and B, &
4. station. -
II. W, FULLER, General Passenger Agent
G. w. SMITH, General Manager
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Steamboat ginrs.
LOW FARE! POPULAR STEAMERS!
DAILY LINE! UNITED STATES MAIL
Steamers George LearY and Excelsior,

10 Norfolk, Fortress Monroe, Plney Point,
and Cornheld Harbor.
To Norfolk. .u"..,.,o..Sl 90 Piney Point and
Round Irlp,,'..'',.". 50 Point Look Okout..... F0c
Round TTip......,.. 81 %
FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS CANNOT BE
FURNISHED FOR LESS.
steamer leaves seventh street wharf daily, except
sunday, at $50 y, III. Saturdays at d.
saturday Night Excursions n Special
Feature, Returu Monday Morning.
Round Trip Tickets good on either Lehry or Excel
sior Returning, boat reaches Washington Monday
morning NJ o'clock.
Exclusive connection with the HoSIOn
and Providence steamers. Connects also with
New York, and James River steamers, and the Nor
IOlk and Western aud SeAboard and Roanoke Raj.
roads; at Old Point with the Chesapeake and oh O
Railroad. Passage and rooms can be secured at
Reeds Sons, 1915 Il 81, n. WI Baltimore and Ohio
Ticket ONCE, lith and Pa av.; ST. Marc Hotel Polk.
informs, next TO CITY POstoiliGe Office OF Knox,
express, sixth and Penna. ave-, and ut Company's
Once, 7th st, wharf
KNOX EXPRESS Will call for and check baggage
from hotels and private residences.
Freight received daily uutil y, m.
l.. M. HUDGINs
VIM. +. WELCH, Agt Gen. Supt
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CANAL MATTERs.

Twenty.eight boats loaded with coal ar
rived yesterday, and the following left this
place A. b. Winship, Mollie, Missouri, Will
lam Webber, G.. A. Barre, J. p. Hewitt, Will
lam Foley, Lille aud May, Susquehanna,
Echo, William King, Thames River j, H.
Stickney, Star No. 8, West Virginia, George
Boyer, NJ. c. Waters, Sovon Sisters, A. B.
Mayfeld, Matte c, f. r. Ladow, Maggie
McCleary, William A. Smoot
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AVER.'S
Hair rVigOr

restores, with the gloss and freshness of
youth, faded or gray hair to n natural, rich
brown color. or deep black, as may be desired.
BY its uso light or red hair mayb be darEcned,
thin hair .hickened, and badness often,
though not always, cured.
1t checks falling of the hair and stimu
lates a weak and sickly growth to vigor. 1t
prevents and cures scurf and dandrntf, and
heals nearly every disease peculiar to tho
scalp. As a Ladies' Hair Dressing, the
VIGoR is uncqualcd; it contains neither oil
nor dye, renders the hair soft, glossy, and
silken in appearance, and imparts delicate,
agreeable, and lasting perfume.
MIR. G. p. BRIcHER writes from Kirby, o.,
Juiy g. 1852 " Last fall my hair commenced
falling out, and in a short time ! became
nearly bald. ! used part OF bottle, Of
Ayers HAIR NTGOR, which stopped the fall
lug of the hair, and started new growth.
have now n fun head Of hair growing ygor-
ously, and am convinced that but FOR tho
use of your preparation l should have been
entirely bald"
!. w. BOWEN, proprietor Of the Nc Arthur
tOhiO) Enquirer, says "AYER'S HAIR N1GOR
is n most excellent preparation for the hair.
speak OF IL from my own experiences, us
use promotes the growth OF new hnlr, ana
makes it glossy and soft. The VIGoR is also
a sure cure for dandruif. Not within my
knowledge has the preparation ever failed
to give entire satisfaction" =
MIR. Angus FATRBAIRN, leader Of tho
celebrated " Fairbailn Family" Of Scottish
Nocallsts writes from Boston, Mass, req. v
lSS0' "Ever since my hair began 70 give ST.
very evidence of the change which Meeting
time prOcureth, have used AYERS HAIR
NlGOR, aud so have been able % maintain
an appearance of youthfulness-a matter OF
considerable consequence 10 minister's ora
tors, actors and in fact every one who lives
III the eyes Of the public
MRS. o. A. PRESCOTT, writing from Is Elm
81, thdTieStODH, Mass, ipri II, 1852, says :
"Two years ago about two-thirds OF my hair
came of. H. thnned very rapidly and was
fast growing bald. ON using AYERS HAIR
NlGoR the falling stopped aud new growth
commenced, and In about month my head
was completely covered with short hair. IL
has continued TO grow, and Is now as good rs
before II fell, regularly used but one bottle
of the yIGnR, but now use IL occasionally as
q dressing"
We have hundreds Of similar testimonials
TO the efficacy Of AYERS HAIR YIGoR. II
needs but trial TO convince the most skepu
cal Of its value.
PREPARED ny
Dr.J. @. Ayer& Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
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sHIPPINurNEws.
Arrival and Dopnr,uT or Vessels at tho
River Front.

The following new arrivals at tho wharves
are reported by Harbormaster Sutton
Steamer Ben Blindcr, + ckup, 65,OOO feet
lumber, johnson g. Wins itt; barge Kittic
Lynn, Bull, 100000 feet mber, do; barge
William Newman, Geston, 100000 feet lum-
bcr do; barge Mars, -, 10000 foct
lumber, WIllet & Libbcy; schooner Mary
Jane, Norris, go cords wood, l.. A. Littlotield;
schooner Oliver Underwood, Kondrick, 40
cords wood do. Cleared: Schoonors Kate
Mcnamara, Gibson, Hampton, Va; Exchange,
-, Norfolk, Va; Addio Henry, Hill, Nor
folk Va
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Further Reduction!

E7A-ISI, 80 CINI5
STEAMER LADY OF THE LAKE,
TO POINT LOOKOUT FORTRESS MONROE AND
NORFOLK,
ONLY BOAT STOPPING AT POINT LOOKOUT.
Equal no ANY BOAT M THE RIVER IN
HER APPOINrMENIS.
Leaves sixthstreet MharfItermlnns Seventh and
NnthBtreet CaTs-MONDAl, WEDNESDAY, and
Friday al y. IN, aud sA rURDAY at $3.50 D. IN
New York and Boston Freight taken as usual.
Returning, leaves Reynolds wharf, Norfolk, Tues
day, Thursday, tur ,ay and sunday NJ o. III.
IlCkpts aud saterOOms can ue secured at the boat
or general 0llice, 63 Fifteenth street.
THE NEW YORK STEAMERS,
T.. @. KNIGHT and JOHN 0IBSON leave Pier Il.
East River. New York. every Saturday at y. m.
and Georgetown every Friday at a. m. AIeSan'
drla same iiHN,
For particulars apply to Agent, 90 Water street
Georgetown or general Oflcc, BlY Fifteenth street.
ALFRED WOOD,
Secretary and Treasurer.
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AT GEORGETOWN.

Arrived-Scheoner Charles II. Moore,
Gatchell, from Kennebec, with ice for CO.
lumbia Mutual Ice company; William II,
Kennel, Soper, from New York; Carrie
Holmes, Holmes, from New York.
Sailcd-Sohooners A. II. Peary, Peary, for
Rhinebeck; Addie Henry, Hill, for Norfolk,
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II. w. FULLER, General Pa
&. w. SMITH, General Manager.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17
MR.. WILLIAM BROWN.

~ So {. AR

Observation-Disclosures. -. ).
g Are you the daughter of the artist
Thursby Kent?' he asked, respectfully.
Yes,n said Jane.
He gave her a letter from a we'll
known artist in New York, one whom
she recognized as an old friend Of her
unlucky parent. And this artist wanted
her to sell to Mr.. William Brown certain
old tapestries, and certain beautiful
brass Roman lamps which Thursby
Kent had owned.
81 cannotre use, as you ask me in his
name = said poor Jane. and you offer
me aprice far beyond their value. =
I. They are invaluable" said Mr..
William Brown, taking off his hat mem
tally to the tapestry; they are very
rare.n
Poor Thursby Kent! he had not lived
to see the day of the Renaissance. Then
came letter to Jane from a distant
cousin. and with her tank-notes. in her
pocket, she left Urania, and carried her
heart-ache off to another place.
1t was February, again. February
ali2sleet and snow. February with win
ter grip at his throat. Jane took out
the box ofviolet wood, and looked at the
little lovers in the garden. Poor Jane!
.'Where are you. my love my, life?
Where are yop, dream Of my summer;
where are you, my Valentine :? sighed
the silly, romantic Jane.
And great knock came at the door
She let fall the cup which portrayed the
magic mirror, aud it broke into a thou
sand pieces.
And who stepped out from behind
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17
= - .51lsa1
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

"A son OF Nine. Loyson. the wife OF
| Pere Hyacinthe, is employed in one Of
| the bureaus Of the Treasury Department
lie is fine linguist and draughtsman,
and is quite favorite in certain circles
in Washington.
The first white child in the Yellow
stone Valley was Edison Whitney.
whose father moved into that country
in 1877. when the valley had only been
populated one year by frontiersmen.
Now the boy is attending graded
school with 80 other children.
ALI the more important notes ap-
pended to the late E. w. Lanes trans
lation of the Arabian Nights have
been gathered into q series OF chapters,
forming a complete picture of the Ara
bian society in the Middle Ages and to-
day. The volume will in reality be a
sort Of Moslem encyclopedias.
Francis Murphy. the famous tenn
Philadelphia, after an absence Of near
" three years. His health is said to be
badly broken. He is threatened with
serious pulmonary complications, and
has lately spent on that account much
time in the Scottish Highlands. but
without the hoped-for benefit. -Ph,la-
delp1ia Press. e estst
E The surprising fact is noted that
the five lawyers who practiced at Lib
erty, Mo-, in 1888, are all still living,
they being Colonel A. w. Doniphan,
General d. r. Atchison, ex-senator
from Missouri; Amos Rees, ESQ.,, of
Leavenworth, Kan; the Hon. Peter H
Burnett, of San francisco, Cal. and
Judge Willian T.. Wood. Liberty. in
1888. was a small town of $50 inhab-
itants. 49,
Mr.. Leslie Stephen, being about to
edit a new biographical dictionary, has
been asked whether any thing in the
way of literary style = is 10 be admit
ted into the work. He replies :. Ii
style means superauous ornament. say,
emphatically, No. But style, and even
high literary ability, is required for lucid
and condensed narrative. and of such
style shall be anxious to get as much
as can.
Patti said to a Philadelphia Press
reporter: 81 feel quite at home in your
city, for you know it was the scene OF
my early successes. Fancy how old I
mySt be. I sang here in 1859. Do I
LOOK so very venerablep" The journal
ist rose to the occasion. eff you were
DID, he remarked, '.you would Of
course be venerable; but as it is, / fancy
you must be giving me a "reminiscences
of your mother as your own. y
"A lady who has recently visited
Mrs. Tilton at her boarding house in
Brooklyn says she is fearfully altered by
cares. Her personal beauty. once very
marked, is almost gone-only here and
there trace. The soft, bright, inno-
cent eyes remain, but the delicate hands.
once soft as velvet, are hard with toll;
the lustrous, dark brown hair is very
gray, and the pink and-white Of her old
beautiful complexion replaced by dull
sallow. IN. X. Times. ID.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17

the mirror, but Davenant-her Dave
nant-the called-for Valentine.
90 Janen' said he, crushing the
Dresden oh ma beneath his heel, as he
folded her to his heart; 'syou have
broken my best china cup; but / shall be
able to buy you another one. lam re-
deemed, saved-pecunious, admirable!
have performed a great cure. [ have
earned some money. i can pay my
debts, and-dear-I can marry your
The thirteenth of February came on
Monday, and Jane Travelled back to
Uranla. She had had a letter from Mr..
Hart, which called her there =
- You will find my maiden sister here"
SAID ne In his letter, $50 You must come to my
house. Jane, do you know you are rich Wo-
man! George Betterton cheated you. Your
father left some stock in his b .nds which has
so risen in value that you are no longer poor.
have secured It for you, and do you remem-
sent to vol last year? Come and see if l will
net make good my promise ~
"Your friend tbut no Longer ger your lpqyer,
Good friend! honest and not-at-all
fascinating Mr.. Hart! Jane put her
handkerchief to her eyes, and wished
that she could have loved him. What
was this strange business called loviag2
Why was Hart so impossible and Dave
nant SO peremptory need? Jane did
not answer this, and no more eau we.
But when the fateful day came. there
was Mr.. Hart, and he asked her to take
drive with him. He drove her to
Parrots Folly now the most lovely
aesthetic Queen Anne latest develop
ment Eastlake- Dado : Frieze and tiled
cottage that the nineteenth century
could turn out.
And in an inner room there hung the
tapestry which poor, Thursby Kent had
bought, and the, brass Roman lamps. S.,
g 1t is all yours said Mr.. Hart.
ttFhis is my Valentine. Do you think I
did not read my litlesgirl,s heart? Do
you think I heard her talk, and looked
into her mind, fornothing? No. What
with Aunt David's reproaches and re-
gre s, what with your unconscious rev.
Citations, what with loves Insight, /
found out what was the dearest wish OF
James heart! We old fellows are notso
stupid as we look. meant to live up
to that silly motto:
- Whate,er thy wish shall be,
That will give to thee!'
"And here is my confederate and fell
low criminal, Davenant."
The cottage was called the ..Valen.
tine forever after, and illluck fed after
the broken tea-cup. Boston Traveller.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17
HUMOROUS.

Ladies are like watches pretty
enough to look at; sweet faces and
delicate hands, butsomewhat difficult to
regulate" after they are set a going.
Somebody put a fresh turnover in
among those on the counter of a railway
restaurant and the traveller who got
hold of it was so astonished that he
gasped four times. - Soa,aerUtlle Journal.
Dear Mr.. JONES' said learned
woman, .'you remind me of "a barome-
ter that is filled with nothing in the up
per story" Divine Amelia Brown =
said he, you occupy my upper story
IN. o. PScayasae. eltss fgt :. ss5
-''Well William, what has become
OF Robertp" What, 'airn't you 'eard.
STRIP mo! Not defunct. I HOPPER
THAT just exactly what he as done.
sir, and walked off with every thing he
could lay his lands oh!''' Punch. &
I'VE are willing to- take certain
amount of stock in newspaper accounts
Of Western cyclones, but when an Ar
kansas paper tells us about zephyr car
rying a bed-quilt sixty one miles, and
then went back for the sheet, we amt
yA1Glc. --DOStUW GtOOe. - ~ =
IA very colored, man who entered
complaint against. another for assault
ing and battering him upon the head,
was told blythe lustice:, II don't see
any marks.H - Does ye s'pose he hit
me wild piece of chalk!'''; was the in.
dignant rejoinder The case proceeded.
- !. 7 m gong to 4 masquerade ball
this evening, and want an appropri-
ate dress he said to the costumer.
What is your bus sness?" 20, Tn a
milkman." ''Ah! Then you'd better
put on a pair of pumps and 60 dis
guised as a waterfall. ~ y Conanaer-
cial. l5@ .a8 55i ssl IS
Miss Malvina Rumley had just
started out with her beau for walk. :
when her little brother Johnny calls to-
her from the fence: 81 say, Malviny,
don't you bring that Teller back here to
tea with you. Mamma says thena ain
more'n enough biscuits to go around
as it is. -4lera,atzer Su,eet 81 : Z. 53
When Mrs. Fogg asked her lord
and mas er for a fur cloak, and he re-
piled that, really. my dear. I can not
lur get you, she did not feel so bad be-
cause she couldn' get the cloak, but
was quite broken down by the heart
less manner of q man who could make
q pun On a matter OF such transcendent-
al Importance. - Boston Iraascript. -. 81.
Mrs. Peter Schinsky is one o.: those
Austin ladies who take much better care
Of their animal pets than they do of
heir children. She has got a pet poodle
~ the name OF Fido. Yesterday Mrs !
schinsky's little boy. Fob. asked his
mother: - Shall / give Fido this piece
II sugar he is begging for?'' .No, my
child, it might spoil his teeth. Eat ii
Yourself. Bobby. '-7ezas sifiings.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17
GRANDPA s. YALENT1NE.

may not claim her lovely hand,
My darling and my pride!
may not ask her to become
My bright and beauteous bride; :
The measure of my love for her
lay not be said or sung;
And all because I'm rather old,
And she is rather young.
/ may not clasp her'slender waist,
And thread the may dance;
] NAV rot drive her in the Park, 81
With steeds that ne oh and prance. a5
may not tempt her with my lands,
Nor buy her with my gold;
And all because she's rather young,
And / am rather old. ny
She leaves me for younger swain,
A plump and beardless boy.
she sights me for sugar-plum, 4
Neglects me for Ia toy.
And worst of all, this state Of things
Can never altered be:
For am nearly sixty-eight,
And she Is only three.
- YOUTHS Companion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-04
Weary and Hearthroken,

We entered the sanctum of q country
editor the other day-an old friend of
ours, and passing good fellow withal.
But we were shocked at his appear
ance. His hair was tossed wildly over
his brow, great black marks were I'M
der his eyes, his collar was put on
wrong side first and his mouth was
drawn down at the corners in the shape
of an inverted 4.
Good gracious we thought; and this
man the editor of prohibition organ !!
He did not Jump up to welcome us,
but he sat glaring, as though he
thought us the drummer from a paper
house or rustic subscriber with an
other load of rotted soft wood.
why" we said, "Gubbins, what's
the matter?"
A groan.
Anything happened? Sickness in
the family? death? what is il? ?"
Worse, worse" moaned the care
stricken man. I'm an evil hour Lob,
it is too dreadful, /"
Murdered some one?"
"No! / offered prize for spring
poem anu aSTeeu 10 pIlHb bHe unSuc-
cessful ones in one grand edition of the
"Weekly WhiSperer"
well ?"
"But it wasn't we'll It was bad as
they can make it. Every man, woman
and child in this county begged, bor-
rowed or stole copy of my paper, and
wrote poem. have circulation OF
700, yet L received 1000 poems sub
scribed, "A constant reader 1000, "A
subscriber from the beginning 1000,
Admirers, and don't know how many
million others. / can't tell which are
the patrons of the paper; 1 wouldn't
read the slush for Postmastership,
and I'm begumped if 1 don't feel like
pitching the whole thing overheard,
and ending my days with the cowboys
and jack-rabbits in the painless prairies
of Arizona"
Yes, the way Of the transgressor is
hard. The man who would pay for a
spring poem is too utterly degraded for
a lot cast among Christians. We ad.
vised him to go.-Bloomington Eye.