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The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-12-01

Ahsru'ca weddings, says the gEsss, h5E-
IHg z1v becnuIs The PrsElleus fAshi1u, aftsr-
u1cu EeiiIas teas, as natter CT clQrss, have
superseded webbing breakfasts Sos oaIy ara
aftgrursu1 weddings fashionahls, bgs they ofier
nazT 1iiylzs5Sss evgr f1ssu1su Es,iiiags, azd
Th1z their ucPzlIrisF D naturally ca the IL
CREASE This vii uzd1zbtetiiy lead . i It.
u1uTaI of tE4 restriction VIII regard TO hours,
! -szrrrcticr Etich has nov 10 T7z5f0a .ssfrg,
seeing that the uasiFs for limiting E=iiT1gs
[, EEslEs oicleck a shs day ID logger exists.
The anzisEy vhich L experienced By uaay
lIii-s ca their dIzghtsrs' wedding days,
Amounts q almost nervous distress, esin- -
the fear Ct any delay occurring, thTuuzh sous
alf5rezeez eIrranss11es- the Cgassfi lzacEs be-
ny SC seri7gs Il the Es,iii1E l. MT over before
the fIfaI h11r has struck On 4 rece1s cora
ara, AZ 4 cssGafry wedding, The party lad As
EeabI.,i Il the chGrCh-hGs the brIis had H3s ap-
pearsii- The mGsssr did fret 1ad The fliksF
faus5" and If the bridegroom dsf not t1azi=
t1s huunet ant plEae- yet his stale q niEt
aaF Dc better Imagined th1a described, a. the
cigriz pciErsd taEzris The hsar e twelve Il
Wa then dzscnF-gsi that the earrings Taf-h
bad kg=H-ht the brlissmIiis kaii sqs been
SEM "a X far the hri5s- azd zIlh.z-b The
ws1iin.. wa Ell=l1aiseii ih.1l day, ysS a oas
rlzk aad peril II the marriage zcre b take
pEire after rueiTs- Il Uuuld nrt aiEzrE the
braie and bridegroom e Mould b.s o.. cIsrgy-
aaH vha uuald be made 10 -aif'-r IN. p,.azIiy,
4aFi IaFEIasunezs Wr1bI l. Eh= least Il the
eEils consequent On sI.h n 4c1- We zzufiau
fEis circumstances a. JED aznsher prsuf tI,ss
LhE rub. requires rsFisfsu b he chzrrh
1atAGriE5ez-
Ybss sue dEzabark 70 an aEsrE11a Eesiiizz,
AID a serI1as che t. May, y the s5ee5al
i1-ezae, the Esa f1r uh5-h 4 go, aad skis
li-sase : she1ins3 cnIy On sanas Fllz5 plsa-
szEh "a iII-EealLk en- he part q sozz zssnher
sf eisEsr tire EizEly q Tie Er55= e. braIe-
ETuuui= E1E rs the bri5e &C hrsIz<r11u oftsc
a4zksr an i1Tali9 near rzizfIss II he family
cirzis, ar perhaps The cGe tleT mat Eisl
shralf Ae present. Al Iheir Easi11<, the plez
can ~ al hEnrur be as3r1zrzd-
L s111ls perhaps aafzlr ioaIIrds iss brsie-
grlou tizs tie szpensz q 4 zpscisl Eaeenss
slaaaii c1u= sGE e hzs Tacksf. iha- rzieaziaz
the tri1z's finally fruri tie tr11Lle and q
renHe e giving. = Wzssdan< trsakfrs5 r., bsE-
sTsrs The brl1srr1cu 4 > Pocr nsta- the re-
Iat5Tss af he hri5s arrange th5s uaszsr viii
zsn b presenting tae triss zirk a Ersnsss
Gus hszAerrs tAe hrllezrsczss a. zslsraoar
Essiiilys have heea raFEte5 WsIIshy-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-12-01
Di.esrrry Of Biblical Naaa,grips.-

The Vienna correspondent Of the Loadou
lanes sends some farther particulars oI dis
cVvsriss uals by Professor ksrabasek am50S
Arrkduke Renier's papyri; "In sivips.a list
4 tie SeriPJural pdPyri, Professor Hanback,
remarks hat they appear IL hi1l uiost impor-
Tart, as hitherto IL has beeu believed that o0ly
tzc papyri With texts froui the Holy scriptures
wsre IN exissesee-nansly, the p1pyFi Psalus
IN the British Museum, aud frasmeets fTDm
the EPistls Ct ST. Paul. il the possession Of
B5shsP P5r6ri IrSPsnsSy, Of hsiE The fras-
meats enumerated in the following list are
ulostiy 10 Greek, AMI they ara claSsed accori-
iBs 10 the dates when they are supposed 80
have been ~rtttsns Fcurth century fras-
meat Of Genesis. ch5pter =, verses =, = and
IS chapter 81 we're I; chapter 30, verses l, ,,
II aud L s.. Luke. chapter 5, verses s. TO
Al; ChaptsF 10. verses ) 20 AZ Fifth Century,
Isaiah, chapter 5. verses to s and IA to II .
Ps1lm los, verses - 10 81 s.. Mathew, the
whsis Of the iSSh ehspger. s.. NlrS, chapter
Is, verses - 10 j.. Sixth century, s.. MAI
thew, chapter Is, verses u TO Is. Ia this
fragment C0pJie translation Is appended TO
the Greek tsxt. Ssvezth eeuturys s. John.
ehlPssr I, verse - and the f1li0wIuS verses.
Further, dating fruuf the Sc snIh century,,
there are psrtious Of the Copifc translation Of
-
a part Of the book Of Ruth in tue Saidiau ii1-
Text. Most q these fragments are 10 eoafoFm-
ity with known texts Tue cases il which
Discrepancies exist are not mentioued in Pro-
feszcg k1rabaeck's article Tbs Professor says
that be AMI his colleagues, Professors Wesley
and kr4il, have classified, aud partially, II not
shsfly, 9sefPhsref, more Lha1 5000 d0cu-
msntS out Of the saoCUIOGs mass Of manuscripts
which fcruis the ArrhdulSs' : collection These
plpyri, belonging, Il IS believed, Re the areh-
ives Of Fayu1m-E city vas destroyed
l11gulSss, and dlfe frUul the first 10 the tsnth
century l. D. A@oGs quantities CT manu-
scripts relating 10 the political and social life
| sf E.syPe fTrinE lhose centuries, the remains
ef hook r0lls that belong to the old Egyptian,
| pCi1isiys Chri<tiI1, Jewish and Aahcumeian
6isrstHFes are fun Of interest Amou- the
LATEST dceHnsuts decfphersd are a EEuber q
/ HshcsE Hymns AMI snail fragment Of Al
ArsbiIa PaPyrus. dating frua tie first century
cf the Hyssrs, aud eoolaiHia,- a narrative Of
/ the thrge days b1.tIe Of Fl kadisjia, which
Esalsd The fate OF the Persian Empire Besides
these, there have been f0gni s1a1s Curious his
tcri;al writings ss the eighth ant ninth euu-
I tiny, EhIch enGcsra the pruPheE A1houusd
/ AMI which are seprsd with inssrIinsal ln11s1-
tfcns- Professor klr1hal ek showed ne The
flc-siuiles Of soUe Of these PaPyTi which have
teen s1eeEtsd The originals, which are Il
/ Be deposited IN The Museum Of Vienna, hav,
been carefully aIrreaed cat and mounted be-
tween shessz 9f plata glass, 50 ihat both sides
cla bs seen
The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-12-01

Al IaEerazlllg hssnls-zl6ss nIs-A1d az Ri
Grzl Serzrztisu rrraiat4 Ei1zpsF IL tzkizz a
gisssE sr Esbis1s aud Fiaciag II tie iassr5sr a
l51iie esmnru az El1sr- In l5y q 8 4
Ell-ls az1- via y seen seen tie ElzEs-
h1srig IA XIII gr51- EzEl n q nay sii.rs
tine me glass VII eEssznz = feaz1llffsi a5rezr-
aarss he E5sss hsiz< enlzrEsS e fs5o- "a
taieir1ezE- a1d eaTsrai rl-k kezlzSf-l szi-
IT Elzis. plEEz1 a1na 1nis azstler ez1-zlT IKE
sane psEzls1- tIaEIs q zz1sIaE rrsusl- L a
HlssssaaaEy % ri.are dish teuez-E he eisss,
- DE E-yaials VII I'M e9sr 4 de serz1 go
y zHs1- IGe EtasE <zls hr z....iiisi-lzllg bezE-
-If1I h FlIEs-z e Eae saiz AID uzesr s5rss
-amm1E set f1hS as vils b zzasrtssi, ~ Z
Hsrs. and G1a Thits sErfsos ezTzrs1 - Eiss
y z1T c1l1r y tis iItr1z1-rlsr 81 ira 81
.iziE - aars siEzafs nastses e rrs1z-sg
szas1s zns- 1eEItiiIA sEzsrsars ca e
The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-12-01


Tie Rsstia Il he 0eoetAphicsl Soeseie II
Marseilles estimates the total humber II Jews
n the Worid At e.ssf, Goa That il t.4Qf .e0S Ia
Earere, 9la,ooe IA Asia. tts,ooo n Alrics.
see,eee Ia Auseriea. apa is,oea II Qecanioa.
The European Jews atv distgiea,ea a. iollowss
t,etS,feS Ia AeslEis-tteNgary. eel.eisi ia Ger.
NARY, eo,ooe in Great Britain. s.coa ii Bel.
giea. s,ele IN Denmark. l.po0 "a Spain. SO.-
eee in frauos,. s,esS in t;FceeS. 7.9fasn Swits.
etlara, S,ees ia Holland. Se,sSa ia haly. eco
in tsxcmbatx. see IN ro,tagai. sea.OOe ia
HeemaeSs. S.sSs,tt IN Russia. 5. i0s ia Ser
Via. seee IN Sweden aud Norway, and lle.o0o
ia earesscau TURKEY. rhcFc are atca. isN.-
eea in lie Asialie provinces II Turkey. 5000
IN Persia. 4t.eee IN Asiatie Rassia. Ia lndia
ARD Chlsa le.0ee. aud it.ooe in retkcsiaa
and Ae.hauislaa In Africa ,heye arc ehcss
sS,eee IN Algeria. 100000 IN Morocco. SIS.
go in ranis. e0eo in rEipoli. 500 200 il
AegSsiaia, 5000 IN HSypI. 1000 scattered
ever TIE desert, and ahoss seoO a, the Cape ot
Gee3 HeFe.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-12-01

ins<seei aei ht etins ti.iSfsat thaoes IL vases
And Shades, IA endless variety e beautiful
tagms ean ee rgcduee,i. pleasing alike l. ycunr
ana cd - Sgsss'lie aelfrihfa,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-12-01

Ths following Description CT tbs stsaHsr,
wh5-h Is G, tim cue Ct sks las 6rouI New
ZeaIIzf to Saa FRANCHISES, l. takzn from the
GilasrvE ccrrssFcn,isz-s q the SEtasy Alrt-
III E.-r.f-
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-02-24
POLITICAL MAxIMs.

The following rules of order are
furnished BY the APPEAL, free Of
charge, to all who contemplate a
political career:
If you really want to enter poll
tics, try wood saving a while longer
to make certain Of livelihood.
When once in the swim, don t
get out until you are kicked out.
In making trades always be Ger
tain that the other fellow delivers
his goods first. This will insure
one package o. goods being deliv-
cred. anyhow.
Extend No favors without an
equivalent. If a man wants you to
vote for his choice for Constable,
make him first agree to support you
on the legislative ticket for U. s.
Senator, and see that you hold him
to it.
Don't ever do anything for an
impecuzious man, for as soon as he
draws his first mouths salary he
will BEGIN to maliga you.
Don't help anybody that's down.
you may not be able to handle him
when he gets up.
After packing a convention see
that the Chairman fully under
stands what you want. You are
liable to lose half the fight by a
lack of understanding in these mat
tiers.
When you get man down, walk
all over him and keep walking.
Don't keep any promises made
before election, if you can possibly
lie out Of them.
Promise everybody who comes
along everything in sight, and lots
more. This is the real secret of |
success. Nothing promise nothing
have.
When things don't g to suit
you, howl and buck, you will soon
get plenty of consideration from
the party.
Charge good stiff rates for your
services and keep charging.
Nail every man dead in the door
who gets in your way, and see that
he stays there.
on'tcxtend any favors, and never
refuse to accept any.
Remember that it is better to be
feared than respected.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-02-24

D. L. Bliss has returned to Carson
from = visit to Denver, whittier he
went for the purpose of Inspecting
the process of working rebellious
ores. The information he acquired
will be applied in reducing the
base metal from the Pyramid mine,
of which property he is the princi-
nal owner.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-02-24
THE CONVICTION OF GILso,

The convictian and sentence of
ellison, the man who was caught
by Officer Furlong giving whisky to
squaws, will doubtless prove long
required warning to the class of
men who thrive off this infamous
traffic ellison is a man who, in
Court, announced that he was 4
gentleman, and held his head as
high as if he were a lawyer con-
Quoting his case. It was pitiable
spectacle to see a man like ellison
in Court, seemingly man of edu-
cation and intelligence, we'll dressed
and of rather genteel bearing de-
Tending himself upon 50 vile a
charge. The evidence was very
conclusive and Justice Gaige found
him guilty and sentenced him to a
fine of 800, or fifty days in the
county Jail. Had there been
sentence Of both fine and imprison-
ment it would not have been Sc
we're. The liquor III question was
given to Washoe squaw. The
Washoes are not reservation In
dams. Had Piute received the
liquor, the case would have been
tried in the United State Court and
the punishment on conviction in.
such cases is the State Prison.
For the past ten years the officers
have suspected ellison Of this Of
tense and set all sorts of traps to
catch him, but without avail It
remained for Special Officer Fur
long to secure the necessary evil
dence, and by his activity and
shrewdness he caught him in the
very act. This is only one Of a
series Of arrests made by Furlong,
who, since his appointment upon
the police force, has proved him
self an officer Of more than ordi-
nary efficiency and vigilance.
It is claimed that ellison makes
his own whisky in private dis
tistillery, or by means of chemicals.
This place should receive the at
tcntion of the revenue officers.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-02-24

The telegraphic dispatches state
that an English Sheriff made three
attempts to hang a man and then
gave it up and the prisoner was
taken back to jail. In the early
days of the Comstock dozen men
could have strung him up to the
Ophir trestle work too quick.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-02-24

Thee other night Deputy Sheriff
Uhlrick was sent to arrest a wife
beater and finding that he resisted
he, to use an every day phrase,
''thumpe3 the stufing out Of him"
This seems to be short and eff
fective way to punish wife heaters.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-02-24

The bill providing for the cree
ton Of State Printing Office will
doubtless become aslaw, IS the
chance to give the State II per
cent per annum on its investment
Is very clearly demonstrated,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-02-24

The Detroit Times reaches us
with St. Valentines day edition,
printed in blue ink, and the entire
paper, telegraph dispatches and all
run in rhymes. Such a paper is q
criminal disgrace to journalism.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-02-24
Proposals for q Site for the u. = i,
Government Building.
OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER,
CARSON CITY, NEVADA.
February. 1855.

OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER.
CARSON CITY, NEVADA.
February, 1855.
Sealed proposals will be received at
this office until II NJ, on the fourth day
of March, 1885, for the sale of property
suitable as site for the public build
ing authorized to be erected in this city.
A corner lot is preferred. II a corner lot
the dimensions should be not less than
40 1870 feet ;.if not a corner lot, not less
than 120 go feet, the go feet to be street
frontage. Buildings on property select
ed to be retained and removed by the
owner. The Department reserves the
right to reject all proposals.
Proposals should be marked "Propo
sails for sale of property for site OF
public building at Carson City, Ne
vada, rand addressed to
&C. WHITE. Postmaster.
Carson City, Nevada.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-02-24
CAGWIN { NOTEWARFS

Two Stores, next to and opposite
Postoffice, Carson Street,
Carson, Nevada.
N. B.-We supply all Eastern
and Western Daily, Weekly and
Monthly Publications by mail OF
carrier. Subscriptions solicited.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-04
GETTING READY FOR 'PUssUM.
The sport for which Great Preparations ar,
Making in the Ramapo HlIis

The sport for which Great Preparations are
Making in the Ramapo Hiis.
'Possnm are very lean yet, but they are
fattening rapidly, and in month the darkies
will begin hunting tor them. Just above
Mahwah, n. j., across the New York state
line, is the gap between the laverstraw and
Ramapo mountains, through which the Erie
railway enters tho Ramapo Valley There
are lots of possum in the mountains, and in
the Ridge woods, TO the southwest they also
abound. On the rugged sides of the noun
tains, where the land cannot be used, darkies
have made little clearings and built log
houses. Tho colored people work on the
farms and in the woods wherever they can
pick up jobs, and, as it costs them little or
nothing to live, they get along comfortably.
On moonlight nights when the 'possum
are fat the darkies are in the woods hunting
the animals, whose meat is sweet 10 them
The 'possums run up the trees, climb out on
the limbs, twist their tails around them and
hang head downward. They sleep that way
when they are in trim. Their winter quar-
iers are holes in the rocks or hollow trees
They roll themselves up into balls and live
ON their own tissue until warm weather
comes again. The natives say they eat vege.
tables, fruit crickets. and, when they can
find unsuspcctng ones roosting low, chick
ems. Tho presence in the woods of 'possum
removes suspicion from the darkies when
the population of n henroost hereabouts is
decreased.
Some of the darkies have dogs 10 hunt the
'possum with, and guns with which TO shoot
them. Other have not and they are obliged
to depend entirely on traps. Figure dead
falls are used a good deal. A big fiat stone
is secured. Il is held up in a slanting posi-
ton by sticks arranged like tho figure 4, and
baited with an apple When a 'possum nib
bles the apple the arrangement of sticks col
lapses and the stone falls on the animal.
The 'possum is pinned To the earth, and, if
the life is not crushed out of it by the time
the darlIey gets around 10 look after the trap,
it is dispatched with a stick. Figure dead
falls are easy to arrange, and darkey's luck
at hunting 'pOssun is largely dependent on
his industry.
The 'possims have a pretty gamy taste
TO remove this the animal, after the hide is
taken oil and its entrails are removed, is first
parbOiled. TEon, if the hunter has stove,
it is put in the oven in pan to roast in its
own fat. When lot of the fat has been
cooked with the 'possum. If the hunter does
not own stove big wood fire is started
When il is reduced 10 Goals hole is dug in
the glowing mass and tho 'possum is laid in
it and covered over with ashes and embers
At the right stage potatoes and corn are put
in the ashes to roast The darlties of the
family sit by the fire and wait with yearning
anticipation for the time when the 'possum
can be drawn out of its hot bed. The darkies
are now cleaning their guns and watching
deadfall sticks and getting ready for the
'possum season.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-04

Its prime necessity of health that the action
Of the bowels should be kept regular But the
way TO overcome temporary at OF constipation
or to remedy chronic costiveness, is not TO del
uge the stomach ana drench the bowels with
purgatives of violent and painful action. The
happy medium between an imperative and vio-
lent cathartic is Hostetter's stomach Bitters,
which acts just sufficiently upon the bowels to
relax them without pain, and which being
wholesome tonic, as well ms aperient, has the
effect of strengthening both them ana the stoin-
ach, ana promoting the well being of the whole
internal economy. The removal of the bile from
the blood, increases activity of the liver, usually
dormant in cases of costiveness, and sound III
gestion follows the use of this beneflcent mcdi-
cine, thorough ana genial In its effects II Is
safe and pure I'm composition. rheumatism,
fsver and aguc, kidney troubles and debility are
also remedied by IL. jy29aug5
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-04
SIX WEEES OF POKER.
Senator Nesmith's Concern for His Wife After
Long Siege of Play.

Senator Sesmith's Concern for His wife After
Long Siege OF Play.
Senator Nesmith, of Oregon, recently de-
ceased, may be included within the category
of the poker kings. 1t is related that he
played in game of poker on one occasion at
Portland, Oregon, continuously for six
weeks. Bcn Holiday and Rufe Ingalls, were
i'm the same game. At the commencement
of the seventh week it incidentally occurred
to Nesmith that he had left home tor
only few days sojoum at Portland, and
had not provided his wife with sufficient
money to last longer. Perhaps she was
starving or had been forced TO beg food from
neighbors. The thought was maddening,
and the longer ho dwelt upon the possible
condition in which his deserted family might
be placed through his infatuatiun for poker
playing the more moody he became. lie
could stand the narrowing reflection no
longer, and, rising from his seat, exclaimed: !:
Gentleman, you must excuse me. l am
going straight home, po sibly to find Mrs.
Nesinith starved to death. j left her only $50
when came away, expecting to return in
week. Here have been playing poker for
six long weeks and forgot all about her.
This is cruel. / am too wretched to play
longer, and must go home at once. l am a
few hundreds winner, it is true, but heaven
grant that Mrs. Nesmith is not cold corpse.
lfshe Is, 1t is my fault, and you are partly
responsible"
Ben. holiday, VINO WOulu falher pay
poker than eat, being loser in tho gamo be-
came angry because his friend Nesmith in
sisted upon returning home, lie at once
blurted ont:
"Nesmith, don't believe a word Of your
internal wife story. Your ahead and want
to jump the game Why don't you say so,
like man and not lay ii ON yonr wife. You
must take us for idiots"
"'Great God rejoined Nesmth, Jump
the game! jump tho game! when we have
been playing night and day for six
long weeks, adiourning only for a few hours
sleep! How long do you expect man TO
stay before he may decently jump the game?
Curse me if ever play with such poker
hog as You again--you never know when
YOU have got enough, and your wife might
die and be buried hundred times over he
fore you would jump the game to attend her
funeral"
Away went Nesmih in towering pas
sion, while Rufe Ingalls,, who knew Neslnith
WAS sincere in the matter, came near strang
ling himself with suppressed laughter al
Ben Holidays impotent rage. The sir
weeks game, therefore, broke up, and Rer
Holiday swore that he would get even will
Nesmth some day for jumping that game.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-04

Are you disturbed at night and broken of your
rest by sick child suffering ana crying with
the excruciating pain OF cutting teeth 2 II so,
go at once ard get bottle of MRS. WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP. 1t will relieve the poor
little sufferer immediately-depend upon Il I;
there is no mistake about IL. There ia not a
mother on earth who has ever used IL, who will
not tell you at once that 1t will regulate the
bowels, and give rest to the mother, and relief
and health TO the child, operating like magic. II
is perfectly safe to In all cases. ana pleasant
to the taste, and Is the prescription of one OF
the oldest and best female physicians and nurses
in the United States. Sold everywhere. 25 cents
bottle. june6lydSw
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-04
MELrssA.s WELL.

hedge OF currant skirts the crumbling wali
ON either side the binding brambles run;
The strcaked and tawny lilies blossom tall,
Their wide-inouthcd truinpcts 1aring in the
The varying corn-1owers bud and blow.
With violet edges loosely frnyed;
A stumbling pear tree droops below
Its crooked length of shade.
Deep sunk among the hoary heaps of stone
a thickct of red roses bars the way,
Their milky thornc of fifty summers grown
Like horny beaks OF ancient birds of prey.
As slowly, ON the widening springs,
The tamcless briars clench and close,
They blossom into lesser rings.
The single circled rose
The level field lies basking in the heat,
boundless spcndor brooding overhead;
Along the forest margin, cool and sweet.
The wild plum shakes her waXen fruit of red
The clematis sways white and swings
line of foam along the crest;
The cherry lifts her purpling strings
Against the shining West
The ancient well, where mint and mullen grow,
stares upward thro dripplng round of moss
A moment flashing on the depth below
The circling swallows lightly sweep across
bridge of silver night by night,
The stcalthy spider hangs anew,
To simmer in the early light,
jewcled mesh of dew
Here stood the duslSy well.swecp, curvipg. wide
A bar of shadow broke the grassy swell
And, tilted down the stones, from side to side,
The brass-rimmed bucket, plashng as 1t fell.
She watched the cold, black water rise
Beneath her arms, straight-stretched and
bare;
Far down she met the summer skies
One great blue gulf of air
Old men ana children say She lies beneath
She lies beneath, and still the years go by:
The silver bubbles drink her chilly breath
All, cruel Time, that will not let her die
There shall she watch nor yet wax old,
stony heap of beating clay,
Till one shall dare the girdng cold
And lift her to the day.
Perchance-who knows? for no man marked
her flight
When long-consuming passion held her fast,
She gave her secret to the starless night;
The long white road curlcd backward IA she
passed:
She touched the coiled and sleeples1 snake
Her bare brown ankles washed In dew;
She saw the saffron morning break
And widen into blue.
IIowbeit grasses blossom on the brim
Where many.tonSued tradition speaks her
name:
Green moses dip beneath the steely rim
Where silent, to her mar1iage-hed she came
And when the corn is hot and brown,
And wasting drought and fever come,
No man will drop bucket down,
Nor quench his thirst therefrom.
Dora Reed Gooddte.