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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

The bust of Mr.. s. L. Clemens (Mark
Twain which Mr., Karl Gerhalt modelled
at Elmira last summer, and which has
Just been put in bronze in Philadelphia, is
now on exhibition in Hartford. Mr. Ger
hardt, who belongs in Hartford, has been
for four years student of sculpture in
Paris
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

AFTER all the growing the republicans
have INDUCED in over the Ohio elections,
the democrats have a majority of the con
gressmen elected. Some drowning men
will catch at very small straws, indeed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

ANOTHER heartrending appeal for
money TO save the country from the rebel
hordes of the south has been made TO the
republicans of Iowa. They are the ones
who wanted Blaine most. and they have
had many opportunities to pay for their
whistle
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

Rev. George c, Needham, who will be
remembered in this city as an evangelist
laboring here in the days of Moody and
Sankey's great campaign, has become
pastor of the Delaware Avenue Baptist
Church, Wilmington. Del.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

Keeping a dairy is not what it is crack
ed up to be. Thirty days of accuracy is
about the limit of the endurance; but DIR.
Bulls Cough Syrup has never yet disap-
pointed any one who has used it; secure
bottle for that awful cold.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

A new idea embraced in Ely's Cream
Balm Catarrh is cured by cleansing and
healing not by drying up. The applica-
LEGATION is easy and agreeable. 1t is not
q linnid or snuff. Price so cts.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21
The E,Ia;pe-scnt,ncl Shit.

INDIANAPOLIS, lad, Oct 21.-In the
United States court Mon1ay morning tie
libel case of Blaine VS.. The Indanap is
Sentinel was set for trial December o The
defendants attorneys had SUI &c Ia issued
for Blaine to serve on him when ne arrives
here
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

CHICAGO, Oct. 2l.-Gen. Logan wa al
Freeport, Ills, and Dubuque, Iowa, Monday
and at both places was received by immens,
. crowds. Both places were gaily decorate
and were full of people from the surrounding
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21
The Chinese Again Beaten.

PARIS, Oct 21-An official dispatch al
nounces that myriads of Chinese from thu
Red River regioS attacked Tuijenauan OIL
the 18th inst, but the French tr0bps bea'
them off without the loss of a single man.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21
THE FIRE rEEND.
He Works Immense Havoc in Both
Hemisphere.
Great Fire Devastating a New York
TOUn-HundredS of Buildings
Swept Away-EagIng be-
struction Abroad.

UTICA, N. Y, "A large fire was raging
at Noon Monday in the village of Carthage,
jefferson county Six blocks in the center of
the business portion had been destroyed and
the Lewis house was then burning. Fire en-
gines from Watcrtown and Lowville were
giving assistance, and a special train with two
fire engines and hose-carts had been sent
from this city. 1t was reported that five
large Touring mills were on fire, and as
strong wind was blowing it would be impos-
sible to save them. The telegraph ard tele-
phone offices were burned, and it was impos-
sible to hear any particulars. No estimate
Of the damage could be given, but it will
probably reach $500, 900.
The confagation began in Eaton's planning
mill, in west Carthage, ard spread rapidly,
destroying Myers s. Ross furniture factory,
Farrar's tub shop, Eaton's sash and blind
factory, Reveis tannery and his house, and
other buildings.
The fire then jumped across the river and
burned fercely with high wind rising. At
the time Of writing it looked as if the entire
village would lie destroyed Fully thirty
dwelling houses hal been burned, and more
than that number Of families rendered home
less. Many did not save anything.
A pump shop, GHotts hop and woolen
mills, three saw-mills, furnace and grist-
mills the store of Rythar & Pringles, a
foundry and machine shop, the Presby terrain
and Baptist churches. school houses, the
engine house, town rail, and the Peck house
are the principal buildings burned outside of
the residences.
THE LATEST - At 3:35 p. M, Monday a
dispatch was received stating the fire was
was still raging and over $50 buildings had
been burned. At The mills and tanneries
were destroyed Aggregate loss is about
Sl,0O0.000. Utica has hean telegraphed for
additional help which WAS sent Immediately.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

STEVE ELKlNs might sell Il million or
two acres of his land in New Mexico and
Colorado if he cannot raise money in any
other way.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

THE republican papers are finding the
mugwumps, dudes and pharisees decidedly
numerous. We imagine, too, that they
will make it very interesting for the G. o.
p. on the 4th of November.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21
Carter Harrlson,s Canvass.

CHICAGO, Oct 2l.-Hon Carter Harrison
spoke at Champaign, illS,, Saturday. Their
was crowd present estimated at between
1900 and 10000, and professions in the morn
ing and atnight. Thousands from the sur
rounding country attended.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct 21-The remainder
Of the miners in the Ohio Central and Buck
eye creek regions have struck for So cents pei
ton as the mining rate, and viii not resume
work. This will cut off heavy contribu-
lions to their fellow strikers OF the Hooking
f-styiDn
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

HAVING lived life of hardship with
her close listed parents, who had almost
an insane desire to get rich, Lena obert,
of Wayne county, Pa, was considerably
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

Missouri papers are asserting that
Mayor Richman, of Sedalia, weighs 40
pounds, and claiming that he the biggest,
if not the best, Mayor in the country
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

The tattooed mans followers may as
well fill their haversacks for the Salt river
trip, and at the same time remember that
they will have long time to stay.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21
ROCK ISLAND DAILY ARGUS,

FoRREsPoNDENCE.-Localn news of general in
terest solicited from every town in Rock Island
AMI adjoining counties. Letters must reach the
Office not later than Wednesday to insare insertion
the same week in the Weekly All news of spec
tal importance should he sent as soon as received
~ special dispatch or by telephone.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21
Costly Hotel Burn Cd.

BERNIE, Oct 2L-The Grand hotel, contain
ing 300 rooms at Lauterbrunner has been
burned. The loss Is l 500, 900 francs.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21
81. C.. CONNELLY
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

GUNsNITHs'
Wolf, Chas., Ill Seventeenth street
III ARNESS MANUFACTURERS.
Sauerman, John, PIG seventeenth street
| II HARDWARE
stewart Il Montgomery, $50 second avenue.
MERCHANT TAILORS.
Wendt II. 1902 second avenue.
NEWS DEALERS.
Wilmans, J. N. Post Onlce Block
| NEWSPAPERS.
The Rock Island DAILY ARGUS: published every
evening, Sunday eXcepted) in Argus block, OPP
posite Postotllce. Best advertising medium in the
| city.
| The Rock Island WEEKLY ARGUS; published
| every Friday. fine job department in connec
| ton with the establishment.
| p EsTAURANTS AND CoNFECTIONERS.
Krell, Fred, 1919 second avenue.
Evers, Fred, 1911 second avenue.
| STATIoNEks'
| Wilmans, j. NJ, Post Office Block
lSALooNs-
| Westphal, John, 1912 second avenue.
| warren MAKERS
Bromley, G. A., 1917 second avenue
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

CoIden's Liquid Beef Tonic combines
all the elements of nutritious food Ask
for Colden's, of druggist.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21
Raynun,'5 Barn Burning.

BRIDGEPoRT, Conn. Oct. 81 - At $50
Monday morning she great barns at the
western end Of Bridge, ort, and about quar-
ter of a mile from Mr. p T. Barnum's mag
nifcent residence, canght fire. The harm
which caught on fra contained nearly twenty
elephants, and daring the clatter of the fire
engines tho roar of these imprisoned animals
was terrific TO listen tn. The major
part OF the circus is still on the
road, so that in any event the loss
could not have been so enormous.
Ono barn with several elephants was d.
stroyed A dozen or more of the huge beasts
were safely removed Mr. Barnum is not
here, and the men who can handle the
animals are few.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

tVVNil TIL MI
For -pfesentatiyc-J. II. PADDEhFORD.
For States Attorney-E MORE ". HI RST.
For Circuit Clerk-GEO. W. HENRY.
For Coroncr-JOHN ALBRIGHT.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

Judge Baxter. in the United States
court at Cleveland, dismissed the original
and amended bills in tho case of James he
Henry and others against the New York,
Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad company and
the Lake Erie Line.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21
Vanderbilt DenIes a Report.

New YORK, Oct 21-Mr William h
Vanderbilt has denied the published state
ments that he is a bear. He said he should
asver be guilty of running down honest
yalues
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
NATIONAL:


;. NATIONAL:
For President GROVER CLEVELAND.
FOR Vice President-THOMAS A. HENDRICKS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

STATE:
For Governor, GARTER II. HARRISON.
For Lieutenant Governor, SETTER.
:. ''tary Of State, MICHAEL ]. DOUGHERTY.
F., r-asurer,-ALFRED ORENDORFF.
Foe Auditor Pub. Acc'ts-WALTER L. CARLIN.
F a ornef -sseral, ROBERT A. McKINLAY
-asroRs AT LARGE.
D. 3 FtCkLTN. MN G. EWJNt1
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET


For C0ngress-W ii. Niece.
Mem yer 3oard Elualization-B, j. CABEEN,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21
st. EouIs.
ST.. LOUIS. Oct. 20.
Toledo,

TOLEDO, OHIO, Oct, 70.
Wheat-Dull and easy; No cash and
October, Tie; November, re; December,
tic; January, I5Ac; No. . soft, 79c Germ
Quiet; No. cash and October SIC. Oats
Quiet, No. . cash and October, 2615c;
year, 2OAc. Glover Seed-Steady; prime,
s465.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21
Detroit.
lAIp@DnTT NJ

Wheat-t1uiet; 16Gc cash and October:
i6Mc November; fSt5c December bid No.
red, Soc cash; soc nominal October; 500
nominal November; No. ; red, 7lc long
Jerry, SIC. nominal. Corn-Dull; No. ,,
Ne asked. Oats-Quiet; light mixed, Csc.
No. 2 white, 2S1xc; No 2. gTc
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct 20.
Wheat-Dull and easy; No. 2, 71Hc; Oc-
ober' 7ll5c; November, 7224c; December,
EAc. Oats-Steadier; No. 2 2515c Rye
quiet; No. l, Sic; No. 2, SIC Barley
Stronger; No 2, 5o1fc; extra No. B. 45c
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21
TUESDAY, OCT, 81, 1884.
]. ". POTTER, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.

Only Dem ocratic Daily In the Eleventh Con-
gressional District.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-02-14

New York journal.
The sign artist in teeth" hangs
from second story window in Four
teenth street, near Sixth avenue. The
artist talked freely about his business,
Hhich consists In painting gold among
getlemen's teeth. He says;
mo longer does perfectly white
sound set OF teeth attract attention OF Il
favorable nature. Ifa gentleman has
not cracks in his teeth he must go to a
dentist and have them made or come
tJ ME and have several Cf his teeth
painted, to give the impression that
thew are filed. The loudest laugher'
at the Vanderbilt ball we're gentlemef
who sat in my chairs previously.
The gold leaf wears away in Tune
but is not injurious and can easily, De
replaced. A gentleman doesn't dare
to be- fired up In style to go to his bust
ness, but at this season uf the year w
are resping the harvest OF tho society
events, and as you can see by lookin!
inside my work-room there is enougl
to keep twenty men moving pretty
lively. The charge is only rs cents TO
a front tooth and 81 rs for a grinder
The back teeth are harder to get at
hence the price. For 81 a man can pu
his mouth in the lateStstyle. "
Aglimpse into the work-room shove
sixteen society pets with open mouth
and sixteen bare.armed painter
welding sixteen long.haudled pain
brushes with golden tips.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-02-14

Tho Kansas CITY Indicator gives
some interesting figures on mule ra's-
ing, as follows; , :
A first. class jack, guaranteed in
every particular, ranges in value from
81 200 to 81 800.
Texas mares, il good, are better for
this purpose than any other stock tha'
can be purchased for the money
First class Texas mares cost S65.UO
to SIS 00 each, -, -.
Good yealing mules can be sold at
about S65. 90; 2-ycar. olds, $500 &c
slOC. co; .year.olds, $4,000 to sl25'oo
The animals must be really good ones
to bring these prices :,
The expense of raising mule i
about one-third Of what it costs to ra'S'
n steer. The same capital iudiciousl.
used in raising mules may be made L
nav twice what it would have done
invested in cattle.
From 100 to 150 mares will make
very fair start but with slarger numbe
tho profit will be nearly in proportion
Oae jack to forty mares is about th
usual proportion
The above facts furnish the princlpa
information required by those VIII
contemplate epgageing in the business
and were furnished by those VINO clsli
that the figures arc within bound
There is nothing like experience In an
business and the raising OF mules Is n
I exception. One thing is certain u
t demsnd for mules is yearly increasin
in the west, aud that a mule Will NJ
q. cost as much to raise as o steer, WINE
4 S-year.old mule will generally te wor'
more than o 9Ysar,old stqer
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-02-14

Omaha Bee
Tho slight form and peculiar step. bf
4 little old man, With silk tile on his
hoad and cloak hanging from his
ehoulders, are familiar to tho eyes of
many of our citizens who have seen
this parsonage on the streets day after
day. That man is R9v. Mr.. Fisk. A
veteran of the Mexican war, 6 former
member Of the Illinois Legislature in
tho earlier yrar7 cf that stale later the
district cu,utney in New Orleans, edu-
Gated both in law and theology, his
three score years and ten have seen
some very interesting chapters.
In a casual meeting the other day,
he opened his life at one of these chap
tcrS, and read page or two.
.'KnOw pluglas-S stephen A.P Yes,
indeed. knew him whca he was r
Young man. He had Just opcnpd law
oili 20 in jacksonville, Ill, and | was
studying with him. All tho law books
he had were borrowed from Mr.. Me
Gonnel. | presume you noticed in
the papers 4 while ago about MCCOn'
melt, who got to be very old man,
being killed in his Office. That was the
same Mcconnell. Wrll, Douglas was
struggling along at that time, and
VS. ,n't much known. He was the easiest
man TO make friends, however, | ever
saw. He could 20 into . crowd and in
fyB minutes he would have them nj
J c,,,tirntnd hv him Dlp morning as
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-02-14

Chicago Timas.
Jeaiiarv will long be remembered as
n month of appalling disasters and con.
hagrations. Noyear within the memory
of the oldest historian has been ushured
in with SC much loss of life and prop
ertv, and this and the coming gen
Grafton will long have cause to re-
member the hcartrcnding accidents
which have characterized the present
month. Railroads and coniIagratiOns,
the oceans and explosions in collcries
and mines have each played an i'm
portant part in tho destruction Ct hu
man life and property. On the Sd OF
January occurred tho terrible railway
accident near Toronto, in which TWEEN
ty-eight souls were sent into eternity
On The 9TH the horrible convent fire
at Belleville, H., occurred, when
twenty-five young ladies lost Their
lives, On the 9th the bark Elmira wa
lost at Long Branch, n. j.. with six
teen souls on board. A lap'e of min,
days ensued, when tho world wa:
shocked by the news OF the wrockinl
of the Cit; of Columbus, Oft Gay Heat
island, with q loss of enc handrod per
sons. Following 5ooh after was th'
loss Of Il fishing schooner at Glouces
ter, Mass, fourteen men being
drowned. On the 24Jh occurred tn
terrible explosion of fire damp in
Crested Butte, Col, mine, which killc'
fifty-seven miners. The same day new
was received CT the loss of the Glouces
ter fishing fleet, and a schooner, OF St
John, n. b., which added tifty-tw
moro to tho list. On the "a. new
was received of the loss OF schoonc
D off Gloucester, Mass, with IA lives, an
two days after another schooner at tn
same place WAS reported lost with
i persons. The same day occurred
dynamite explosion, near Port Arthur
4 Manitoba, which took five more live
t The next and last day of the month o
Cured the terrible accident near Il
d dianapOliS, in which six lives were sci
= out of the world. The Times, havir
+ kept careful record of the disasto
and fires, finds that 37S lives were lc
}. through the medium of fires, railway
% storms, wrecks, etc During the sau
time we find that Europe has suffert
j. the loss OF 2S6 lives through diflere
accidents, the most prominent OF whit
10 was the wrecking Of the steam
Huoaiyren off the Chinese coast, with
10 loss of 200 lives. The remarkab
Il phenomena of so much loss Of life seer
o TO have instilled itself in the workin
ID of the fire element, as The Times |
le cord shows that in the United Stat
1t alone the astonishing amount of SS, 81,
o. 900 worth of property was destroy
D, by lire. The Sire iend" seems
p have been held in check across t
Is ocean, as The Times record shows Ii
D. only SS75,00 damage was done
v this element of destruction, tho ms
! part of the loss falling upon Gr'
u, Rritgin
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-02-14

The recent loan ., a,JUO, 900 francs
by the Panama Canal Company to the
Republic of Colombia gives the French
another grlp on that canal that looks
very close to an absolute Investment.
The company already enjoys possession
of 100000 hectares OF land ceded by the
government of Colombia out of the
100000 granted hv the canal contract
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-02-14

JAspER, FLA.-Mr. Boardman W
Wilson travelling for A. G. Afford 4
Co.. dealers in Firearms and Cutlery,
Baltimore, was prostrated here, with
the "break-bone fever;' no asserts
that in his own, MS well as in the case
of others, the only thing found to re
liovc this painful maladay was ST. Ja-
cobs Oil. This wonderful pain-cure
has the endorsement of such men as
Ex. Postmaster General James, Sena-
tor Daniel W. Voorhees,, and an army
of nthnrl
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-02-14

ROBERT BUCHANAN, the poet and
novelist, is suffering from an attack of
gastric fever. His Illness has retarded
the publication of his new volume of
poems, which will contain the ripest
and most recent work OF his pen. 1t
will be entitled; "The Great Problem,
or Six Days and a Sabbath"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-02-14

EGGS have advanced materially in
the Chicago market since the holidays.
Just now they are so scarce that 4O
cents per dozen is the price at whole
sale, which is considerable more than
is asked for bushel of potatoes. The
Atlantic cities are receiving large sup
plies of eggs from Europe, and it is
stated that 10000, 600 dozen were i'm
ported during tho year 1888.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-02-14

ACCORDING 20 advcos received BY q
St. Louis journal from the lower Mis-
sissippi valley, the peach crop in IL
linois and Alabama has been killed by
the cold weather, while in Kentucky it
was severely blighted, and in Arkansas
somewhat injured. Blackberries and
raspberries in Illinois were killed to the
snow-line, but Strawberries promise
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-02-14

NEAR Corning o., Engine No. Il and
eleven gondolas fell through bridge,
Il distance OF forty feet. The engin-
GER, fireman and two brakemen were
on the engine whenit fell, and, strange
to say, they miracuously escaped with
out serious injuries.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-02-14

The British parliament opened its
session Tuesday. The Queens speech
announced that an Anglo-American
commission is now sitting in Paris to
consider the Newfoundland fishery
question, and that diplomatic relations
with Mexico are In fair way of being
soon resumed. The order for the
evacuation of Cairo was recalled II
consequences of the Egyptian reverses
in the Soudan, and General Gordon
has been sent to assist tho Khedive II
carving out withdrawal. The Queer
urges the passage of the bills to extent
the franchise throughout the United
Kingdom, and to reform local govern
ment, and states that plans will b.
prepared to extend municipal govern
nept 10 tho whole metropolis, ald q
saress corruption at elsStiOus
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-02-14

Cincinnati Times Star: A boy has recovered
slO,5oO damages from the New York Central
railroad for the loss Of n foot. Taking the
value Of this foot as basis, and figuring up
the remainder of his anatomy at that estimate
It will be observed that whole boy is worth
great deal Of money, 30 much, indeed, thai
very few people would care to invest In boy
al those 1gures.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-02-14
THE RIVER.


know the way down to the river,
The river 50 wide and blue,
Flowing on to the sea forever,
In a current strong ard .rur.
| know Shoic the shadow hDvers
From the trees above It's brink,
That hlsper aud Groom Ike lovers,
As II they ecu Il really think.
Sometimes In the M sty gloam!ne
Go lovers upon irs shOu,,
Who dream that such rlssful roaming
WIN be theirs iorevcrmorc.
They watch the wake Of the waters,
AS the river craft ga ny,
And she says, "Of all Eyes daughters
None are so best as |.
"For the world is full Of beauty
OF GOd-created things,
Since over thu path Of duty
Love hath fold d tDyful wings
Therc arr homes upon the river
That wealth and want nav built.
There some with cold mu't h yer,
And some will cover with guilt,
And some where gold is livishel
On crystal, cOiniCe, and tow re-,
Where the depths Of Cntc are rcvi,hCd
BY art, vGIds and flowers.
There are re pches of fertile m eadows
That stretch for miles away,
Ard cattle h tunt Their sha lows
Through the heat of the summer day.
And little children wander
Along the sandy n re.
Llf-'s riddle lhev scarcely ponder
Or its my ,teriys explore.
Yet st II they win swccS knowledge
From the wavering wAtery derpS,
For hold that the very hest college
Is the one th Vt Nature keeps.
There are sermons writ o tn. Ic1blcs
That do not tire them out,
And music In the trebles
or the birds that fit about.
The rythmic time Of pOesy
They learn n the rivers flow,
And jewels brighter th1n di n)ndi see
In the waves that sparile SO.
And the work Of vintry wCavers
They watch with wild delight,
Building as bu Y as beavers
A brdge Of fairy lixht,
But with dc't AMI silnat fingers,
With iret and mesh o. irJst,
Viii e the breath Of the north wind liug
AMI his snowy plum s are tossed.
And pris;ned and dead Il sccmcth
With the spears Nb0vCit met,
But an! 1t only dreamelh,
1t will shout "resurgam" yet,
When the trump OF the south wind cal
In sweet triumphant strain,
And into its lap there falletn
The mraCIeworking rain,
Then again, oh beautiful river,
Thou shalt msk the lesson known,
That often lif,'s best en- ,eivur
Is to live and sing alone.
Mrs. s u. Bingham, in The Setr