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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-23

Why, every rural youth is firmly con-
vlnced, by this time, that Kansas is the
new Utopia, and that all farmer has to
dc there is to sit on his porch and read
newspaper, while his harvests mature
and his bank account swells. Miss Bel
mayne could csjole any one into believ-
ing that black is white, for she is the
prettlest, sweetest, most earnest little
darling l ever saw. Ill introduce you.
if you like, Yorke."
Unspeakable boon!' laughed Cecil.
Well, I'm ready" he added, deposit.
ing the prize baby in the lap of its proud
mother ond linking arms with his
friend.
Elbowing their way through the press,
they came to little nook, where Ro.
berta sat IN her agricultural bower, with
a bodyguard of relatives lowering about
her.
Tall stalks of corn, atop of which flut-
tered blue ribbon, formed a back
ground for her piquant beauty.
She wore flowing dress of cream col
| ored flannel, with a bunch of scarlet
peoples at the waist. She was leaning
lightly against pumpkin which would
have furnished Thanksgiving pies for a
regiment.
And with one little, brown, dimpled
hand resting on an apple marked "thir-
ty ounces" and the other holding an
ear OF corn, with which she gesticulated
slightly IN her earnestnees, she was an
swerlng some questions relative to Kan
sas.
You are quite right, SIR" she was
saying; the soil is wonderfully fertile;
tickle 1t with hoe and it laughs with a
harvest. And you say you have six
boys? Kansas is the best place in the
world to bring them up"
=" III think the matter over" said the
elderly gentleman, as he tucked away, in
capaclous pocket, the pamphlet which
Roberta rendered him.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-23

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eve Water Druggists sell it. 20.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-23

PIsos Cure for Consumption Goes not dry up
a cough; ii removes the cause.
,Rpci,n ,aibs y Great Ei3nav and yrrin.ry crra G,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-23
"RoUEH on Coughs" Troches
Throwing n King.

An old Greek said that a horse which is
neither flatterer nor courier, throws a king
with as little ceremony as be would a porter
Equally impartial is Aliens Iron Tonic B t.
tiers which cures high and low of all ills aris-
ing from arrangement of the digestive Or
gans. All genuine bear the signature of J. p.
Aller, ST. Paul, MINI.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-23
A IiremauS'S Fortune,

The San + tcisco (tdi) Chronicle
in an srticle on the Fire Department o.
San Fra ciac.'. gives the following FROM
Asst. CHIEF Els,Geer Mathew Brady
81 have been subject to an aggravatine
pam in my chest for over four years.
resorted to various modes of treatmen.
TO obtain relief. / have had my chest
terribly biistNred. No physician could
tell what was the matter with me. Two
weeks ago | commenced using st.
Jacobs OIL. 1t has cured me.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-23

SINCE the opening of the Suez Canal
tea mas, 1879 excepted, declined each
year IN price. 1t has never been lower
In England than now.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-23

.'RouaH on Rats clears out Rats, Nice. 15:.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-23

1nE Rough on Tooth Powder, elegant 15c
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-23

"Eouau on Toothaehe.n instan; relief. Is,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-23

WILLS Health Remover cures Dyspepsia, Debiltt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-23
CANCERS, r IT,. Hsss

Cared. Safe, permanent, and almost painless; or so
nearly that many ladies sleep comfortably at night
whlle under treatment Trial bottle of Blood Prri-
fer FREE. Write for pamph ct with testimonials.
Address r. b. GOLLEY. VI. d.,
\ milwaukee,, WIS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31

r while wc mist spend summer in Fort "or--and mop
fortunate friends are sournng the Eastern watering places and North
lakes with all and comforts mas'naoie v" are moi envi
" =, w r. only the reflection pleasing vanity Th
900 30 tho roma heard from the lips OF the
oeon named above confess is not very agreeable vet
no coyeou in violation Tenth Commandments you are in
for want of means spend the time come ana oai WIN us Tor
find real enjoyment in noting
low nces m which we the remnant OF our summer Stock 6
Sale has been fast disappearing and with Id
our New Fall almost empty
I'M ,vo somo ah, bargains left well talk
subject
WASHER 3 AUGUST. COR HOUSTON & FOURTH STREETs|
oUrFiTTERs FOR MEN AND BOYS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
iIspsnsably needed and aver ready In

dispensably needed and ever ready In
q good cause.
Your correspondent was favorably
impressed with the general Appearance
OF those In attendance. The gathering
was largely made up OF young men
and women, some OF whom showed
unmistaknble signs OF future useful
ness and achievements.
The following are some of the per
sons IL was my good fortune TO meet:
J. l.. Works OF Ellis county, Walter
Break OF Limestone, Texas, j. j. Swan
OF Limestone, 1cxss, w. X. Holman
of Burl.son and q. b. Davis OF San
Antonio.
The order of United Friends
of Temperance was introduced
into Texas In 1870. Its prog
ress has been constant. IL now
numbers $1,000 members. Its object Is
to secure constitutional prohibition
but does not expect To assume politi-
cal attitude. preferring for results to
cultivate public sentiment In favor OF
tenn perance, sobriety aud human prog
J ress. Your correspondent was also In
troduced 10 DIR. w. g. Crane, promi
nent among the leading educators o
the state and very pleasant,epgaginl
| gentleman.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
The Muckleberry Cordial.

Fora long time 1t was thought that
the hnckleberry was only for table use
but II was known during the late war
In the shape Of cordial II was SUI
pefior TO the blackberry. DR.. Biggers'
n uokleberry Cordial Is the GREAT
SOUTHERN REMEDY for restoring
the little one from the effects Of teeth
Ing; and cures diarrh9a, dysentery
ana all bowel affections. For sale by
all druggists at SOC a bottle. :
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
1.-THE TOWN
OF Northwest Te,as.

Wichita Falls, the county seat OF
Wichita county, will he her next
birthday the 2Ith of September the
best two-year-old town in the state.
Good, substantial brick buildings
have taken the place OF the temporary
fra'nes first erected. Our county il
rapidly settling up with a good, thrifty
and well-to-do Class of people.
Those desiring information of or
Wishing to locate or invest In North.
west Texas will do we'll to call on o.
address COLLINS K HOWARD.
Real Estate Agents, Wichita Falls,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
n1Issounr PACIFIC RAiLwAy.
ibiREcr ROUTE EAST VIA st. LOUIS.

TWO TRAINS DAILY.
Kansas civ linton Depot passengers for
Kansas, Colorado, Now Nexicoand california
connect with Express Trains OF all lines
At AtchisoM connection u made Win EN-
press Trsins FOR ali points Ia kanrah and Ne
braska. ,., al
AZ Omaha connection Is made win MI
iiues leading 70 the North aud West.
Supttior Recommendations, last time.
pullman Palace Hotel Cars run through
81. L.,uis vim Se ALA .'nily.
or address ANY of the ticket agents or II. +.
Hughes, Passenger Agent, Houston; IehM
n W. MCCULLOUGH, General Agent Mnrshati'
Texas. q. u. Lusk, Agent. Fort Worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
SILVER LOAF BAKING POW
DERS never disappoint the bread
Cau,t Sell In Bnlk.

Trade Ii too dull aud money matters
too tight 10 get fair price for the stock
Ia bulk 10 merchants and must look
to the consumer to dispose OF same. 10
clase out by September ], ! VIII give
bargains never before heard OF IA TINS
ulsrkct IN dry goods, notions, iurnlsn'
lug goods, hats. shoes, etc.
Remember the stock must sell.
NELL r. ANDERSON. A:signee.
Public Square.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
vIyuE TEXAS AND PACIFIC HALLWAY
THE GREAT POPULAR ROUTE
nifrxN

THE EAST AMI THE WESTl
Short line 10 New Orleans aud NIL points
IN Louisiana, New Mexico and Arizona.
FavUrite line TO tho North, East ana south
nst. -,
Pullman Palace sleeping Cars daily be,
tween 81 Louis aud Dallas, Fort Woith, NJ
raso aud Ran Fran. isoo, Cai., also Mnrshnl'
and New Orleans without change.
Solid Trains vi Z ~ 10 ST, Louis.
Fast time, first class equipment. sure con
aectious. Nee that yonr ticket reads VIA 'he
Trxas and Pacific Railway.
For maps, time tables. tichcts, rates aoc nj
required Information, call on or address any
of tho ticket agents or y y. Hughes, rssssn
uer AGENT. Huston, Texas; u. w. McCui'
Tough, Assistant General Passenger Agent
Galveston, Texas; w. II. Newman, Tram,
Manager, Galveston, Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
Hotel for Sale.

The Harris house, with twenty.one
sleeplng-rooms, twenty-eight beds,
sample-room and parlor, well located,
MY yards from the depot; room
enough on the lot for two more such
buildings. Doing good business.
win sell bargain. Outfit included.
A. III. HARRIS, Proprietor,
Wichita Falls, Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
RATES OF ADVERTISING
yuRyfSYED ON APPLTCh TON.
CLUBS FOR WEEKLY GAZETTE.

rhc price OF the WEEKLY oAzErrEis only
Que dollar per year. In advance. copy free
Will be sent 10 any one sendipg us nv" sub
ecr,bcrs and Is. The Four WORTH GAZETTE
is the 0reas Erec Grass and h,itt-Hcrd.Ld,c
o,oan. sample copy sent free TO any ad
dress.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
The Boss "OId Ticke,.v

Clancey. \, Dallas, is the candidate
for furnisher Of drawers, double lined
In the seat, and the best gents furnish
ings. All successful presidential can
didates bought of him. When you
visit the Confederate reunion call ON
Clancey,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31

Your grocer will recommend Rion-
osa coffee, because he kncws that the
process employed retains in the berry
the purity, strength, freshness and fla
vor which distinguishes fine coffee.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
Ralnwater Baths.

Hot, cold and shower baths, only %
cents. Six elegant rooms ut Il. Gutz.
mans barber shop, next to corner of
First and Main streets. Also, Vapor
and Medtcated baths. Eight chairs.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
Notice.

The Cantrell \ billiard stock of
lewelry will be closed out by Septem-
her hence we offer the entire stock
of jewelry, musical instruments and
fixtures regardless of cost. 200 Hous.
ton street.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31

When ordering parched coffee be
careful to mention Kicker Il Lees
Rionoss, otherwise an Inferior brand
of stale coffee may be substituted.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31

"Hackmetack," a lasting and fragrant per.
ume. Price ~ and 5octs. l., N. Brunswig q
Co, Wholesale and retail agents,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31

Pitman d Shurter, contractors for
cement walks aud cellar bottoms. OF.
flee with Morten 4 Wharton, Main
street.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31

Are you made miserable by Indigestion. con.
stipation, dizziness, loss OF appetite, yellow
skim shiloh's vitalixer Is a positive cure,
l.. N. Brunswig 4 Co., wholesale and retail
agents.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
AJAX ye-- grocer torsiLvER LOAF
BAIxllyG POWDERS.

For dyspspsls and liver comp'a,rs you have
printed guarantee on every bottle OF shi'
Ioh's vttaitEer. II never fails TO cure. l.. NJ
Hrunswig 4 Co.. Wholesale and retail agents
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31

shiloh's Cure will INN, diately relieve Group
whouping cough and bronchltas. l..
Brunswick Il Co., wholesale andretail agents
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
Mad Dogs .

just in, All elegant line of dog
collars and locks, at Anderson's gun
store.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31

shllohs Catarfh Remedy--A positive cure for
catarrh, diphtheria aud canker mouth. In
Brunswig q Co.. Wholesale and retail agents.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31

Free lunch from 10 to II ut John
Hotimann's every morning.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31

Anassi Injector free with each bottle OF shi
.oh's Catarrh Remedy. Prioe 50 cents. l.. N
Brunswic a Co., wholesale and retail agents.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31

The Rev, oso.H. Ihayef OF Bourbon, Ind. says
Both myself und wife owe our lives TO shi.
obs Consumption Cure. l., N. Brunsvig A
CO.. wholesale and retail agents.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31

Garry home box OF SILVER
LOAF BAKING POWDERS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31

Use Kicker q Lees kionosa coffee;
Guaranteed absolutely fresh and pure.
Sold by all iirst-class grocers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31

ISL ST. I ! ;sSS'' l ~ s s1lSla
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
NEW TIME TABLE

TAktnK EuoCt Ouuuuy. 0ob" so"~'
MISSOURI PACIFIC
NORTH Arrive. Leave.
sgn ia daily ..,...... tiiO a. IN.
No, 1854 daily .......-..,.T,31p p. IN. sihp y. m.
MOUTH.
No III daily 5;is u. %. 6s5 g. m.
rsxAs AID rAcirfo-
w nsr Arrive. Leave.
$40 mi daily ,HD p. m. Ha y. m
NO. Nh daity except iun..Sil a. N. Nssa- m.
No. ms daily except Sun. 80 y. M
No nj daily ..........t:0o a. IN. $40 n. m.
No NN daily except Sun.6:G p. m. $40 y, m.
No. 9cG daily except sun. ECh. m
Foisr WORTH AND pkrvsh CITY.
Arrive, LoAss'
NORTH. bound daily .....,....... IiW n M
gouth-honnd dahl ,,.....,.-,..b'slp r. m.
oULF, COLORADO Ann SANTA ~
Arrive. Leave.
New Orleans, Houston a
4nlvebtO ,..,.....-...-.., lv'" ". w VI % - !"
LAmpasns Cleburne
Tsnlpie -,.,, ..,..'...,.~ np " :" A''''''' ."
No. TO- starts from Fort Worth,
No, t5l stops NJ Fort Worth.
No. SOI, west-bound, runs between Dallas
No. 3os east bound, runs between Colorado
and Dallas,
No. SO5, west bound, runs between Fort
Worth and Marshall.
No. 100, east-Dound, runs between Fort
Worth and Marshnll
The other tra,pa nre through trains with
hetei and palace sleeping-cars, Only one
change tn all Eastern cities.
q. d. Lusk, Ticket Agent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31

.d Try SILVER LOAF BAKING
The Portland daily press., 1884-01-30
GENERAL NEWS.

The cotton mill at St. Stephens, N. b.,
which has been running on three-fourth's time
commenced on full time Monday. The pay OF
the operatives will be reduced, however, from
10 to 20 per cent.
At polo last night in the New England cham
gionship series, in Fall River, Mass, the Wal
thams defeated the Fall Rivers. in three
straight goals
;, Another ballot was taken for q. s. Senator
in the Iowa House yesterday, resulting in fav-
or of Mr.. Allison.
The committee appointed to investigate the
sanitary condition Of Yale College report that
there is no unusually unhealthy condition and
no reason for alarm.
Sidney Fay, Joseph McGillcory, John Nc
Dongali, John Fay. and Magnus Mcclure
were accidentally killed by dynamite explo-
sion near Port Arthur on the Canadian Pacific
railroad on the 22d.
Thomas o. Richards, superintendent of the
Bull Run colliery of the Lshigh & Wilkesbarre
coal company. while crossing bridge over the
mouth of steep Monday evening fell to the
bottom, distance of 200 yards and was in
stantly killed.
The Portland daily press., 1884-01-30
GENERAL NEWS.

A despatch from Eldora, Iowa, says that ex-
Treasurer Cowen of Hardin county, has been
arrested at Freeport, Illinois, and ex-Deputy
Register Race at Cedar Rapids, charged with
defacation amounting to over $4,000. Race is
believed to be innocent, while Cowen is sup
posed to have used last springs vouchers sec
ond time by changing the date.
Eleven prisoners among them a murderer,
escaped from jail at Buena Vista, Colorado
Monday and have not yet been apprehended
Frank Williams and John Gray who shot
and killed Orrin Kartz in Rosita, California
Monday morning were taken from
Jail Thursday by masked mob and hanged
A Cincinnati morning paper states that Sam
uel A. Medary, for number of years paymas-
ter of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and DAYTON
railroad, has been relieved. His accounts are
said to be $4,000 short.
NJ j. Pratt of Concord, N. H., has been ap-
pointsd superintendent of the New Hamp-
shire division of the United States and Cana
da Express.
The safe in the post office at Blue Island,
one OF the South Western suburbs of Chicago
was blown open by burglars Monday night.
The value of the plunder secured is placed at
$1,000.
Tuesday night twenty-seven citizens of
Greensburg, Pa, formed secret oath bound
brotherhood and decided not to buy French
goods, and to boycott all dealers selling them
until the embargo on pork has been removed.
The Portland daily press., 1884-01-30
FOREIGN.
Stry ychnine Intended for tho
Czar's Family.
NHHILIsTs ALSO KILL A POLICE
MANA SERIOUS RISING.
Troops Called for to Put Down the
ReYeluti0n-Great Alarm.
AN INDUSTRIAL CRISIS I'm PARIS.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 29.-The greatest
CONSERVATION, nearly amounting to a panic,
has been created in all departments of the
Russian government by the unusual activity of
the Nihilists the past few days. A Nihilistic
plot to poison the imperial family was discov-
cred this morning. Since the murder of
Col. Souderkin the food which is supplied for
use at the imperial tables is carefully exam
ned by experts before being sent to the tables
This morning, the experts in their usual exam
ination, disclosed the fact that the bread
which was intended for use at the imperial
breakfast table was thoroughly impregnated
with strycLaine, and that small quantity of
the bread eaten by a person would produce
death. Almost Immediately on the head of
this discovery kilograms were received, one an
nouncing that a policeman named Sobeloff had
been murdered by NihilElts at Kharkoff early
this morning, and another stating that o Sc
ricus uprising had occurred in Little hussia
and asking that troops be sent at once to quell
the insurrection.
A Destructive Cenaagrntion.
LONDON, Jan. 29.-Fire at Lauvrig, Norway,
destroyed 81 dwelling houses. Loss ESQ, 600.
Industrial Crisis in Paris-Emportans Ex-
plantations by Prime Minister Ferry.
PARIS, Jau. 29.-The Chamber of Deputies
yesterday debated an Interpolation offered by
M. Langlois, regarding the economical policy
OF the government and questions affecting
workingmen.
NJ. Jules Ferry, the Prime Minister, said he
recognized the gravity of the labor crisis in
Paris. 1t would be difficult, he thought, 10
remedy it. The excess of building had pro-
duced crisis in the building trade. 1t would
be imprudent to open new building yards
The government was considering bill to open
credit for agriculturists. The crisis was not
general, but was confined to Paris. M. Ferry
referred to the causes which led to the crisis,
notably the rate of wages, which he said was
too high. He thought that too great profits
were expected. "We cannot" he said, ''close
our frontiers. We export 1900, 100000 francs
worth of articles more than we import. 1t is
impossible to exclude foreign workmen from
France, for Frenchmen are allowed to work in
foreign countries. During the last five years
six milliards of francs have been spent on
buildings in Paris, which it has been found
difficult to let to tenants. A continuance of
ths folly of building would be madness. The
ChaWber ought not to commence giving
aims" The Chamber adjourned until today
when M. Ferry will continue his reply to the
Interpolation,
The Portland daily press., 1884-01-30
Notice to Marine

WARRINGTON, Jan. 29.-T be ell buoys at
Camden and Long Ledge off the coast of
Maine, sunk recently, will5. replaced as soon
as new buoys can be construci d. A Temporal
ry lighted baoy will be used at Camden in the
meanwhile.
Marine Disasters.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2s.-Steamship Finance,
from Rio Janeiro, brought IL of the crew of
the ship Virginia of Bath,i Me-, condemned at
st. Thomas.
The British ship G. G. Trufant, Hong Kong
for New York, has foundered. The crew were
saved.
Ship Paul Revere, Capt. MulIin, from New
York, has been towed into Hong Kong, leak
ing badly.
Am Allan Lime Steamer i'm Coll isien.
GLASGOW, Jan. 29.-Steamer Hanoyerian
Glasgow, Jan. Oath, for Portland, Me-, has re-
turned, having bsen in collision and badly
dana ed.
The Portland daily press., 1884-01-30
Mrs. Frances Laughton Mace.

[Prof. Frederick NJ. Bird in the independently
This lady, daughter of DIR. S. Laughton,
was born at orono, Maine, Jan. 18th, 1885,
and was married Oct. 18th, 1856, to Benja-
min H. Mace, lawyer of Bangor, where
she has lived ever since. During the sum-
mer of 1854, schoolmate, who, like herself,
was a contributor to the Poets Corner Of
the Waterville Mail, cited a newspaper item
telling that "a very aged man in an aims
house, being asked what he was doing now,
replied, only waiting,'" and suggested
the incident as good subject for a poems
That afternoon when her visitor had gone,
Miss Laughton wrote the familiar verses:
"only waiting till the shadows
Are little longer grown"
and read them, as usual, to her father and
mother. Soon after they were sent to the
Waterville Mail, and appeared in its columns
Sept. 7th, 1854, with her usual signature,
''Inez." Thence they were widely copied,
and in time found place in various collec-
tions, among them "Hymns of the Spirit"
1854; DR.. James Martineau's "Hymns Of
Praise and Prayer" London, 1874, and the
present Methodist Hymnal, 1875 ALI these
make few textual changes, and omit the
third stanza, which the author considers "by
far the best" 1t reads thus:
"only waiting till the angels
open wide the mystic gate,
AT whose feet long have fingered
Weary, poor and desOlate.
Even now hear their footsteps
And their voices far away.
If they call me am waiting;
Only waiting to obey"
The entire text is correctly given in Har-
per's Encyclopaedia of British.and American
Poetry" and perhaps there alone. The piece
remained anonymous till 1875 or 1876, when
its authorship was ELECTED by the inouiries
of DIR. Martineau, and first stated in print
in the Boston Christian Register. Thereup.
on the mania which so often impels people
to deck themselves in borrowed plumes of
this kind las in the case of IL Would
Not Live Away" and "Rock Me to Sleep''l.
seized the wife of an Iowa minister. who
through Mr.. II. p. Main put in claim to
the lyric, furnishing her own alleged origin-
al MS. and sundry particulars. The matter
Was wa very thoroughly investigated by the Rev.
w. y. White, OF Keene, N. H., who pro-
cured all the evidence on both sides and for
warded 1t to DIR. Martineau. Mr.. Main did
not yieid Till 1878, and then had Mrs. Mace's
name appended to the piece in the Metho-
ulsI dymnal. For these facts | am indebted
10 the author, through the Rev. @. S. Nut
ter, OF Tllton, N. H, who is preparing an
annotated edition of the NJ. E. Hymnal, and
whose recent discovery of the origin of the
nrst authorized American Methodist Collec-
tlon tcopied, strange to say, from Spence's
Pocket Hymn Book' against which John
wesley so yehemently protesteil placed
him, according TO Mr.. David Creaner. at
the head of home Methodist hymnologists.
Since the above was written Mrs. Mace
has published a small volume of poems,
winch seems to be favorably received, but
as hymn.