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II know . new bear story"
sAio 10 the little folls,
WHO. surely a. the twilight falls.
1egin 20 tease aud coax
And did they live IN the forest.
N den all deep and clark?
ana .ere there threeT' Yes. three," issio
But they lived in the park.
Let's seei Old Jack the grizzly.
With great white claws. was there:
Anu mother bear, with thick brown coat,
AND BETTY. the little bear.
And Silver Locks went strolllnR
One day In that pretty wood,
with Ninny. the IN sc. and all at once
They came where the b. arr house stood.
And without so much az knocking
10 see VINO was At home,
sne cried out In 9 happy voice,
Olo Grizzly here l comet
And ttereupon. old Grizzly
gan 10 gaze about
Ano the mother bear shifted At the bars,
And the baby bear peeped out.
"And they II ought she must be fairy.
though instead of . golden wand,
sne carried nve-cent paper bag
VI peanuts In her hand.
"old Grizzly his red mouth opened.
As though they tasted good;
And the urown bear opened her red mouth
To catch one when she could
and Betty the ereedy baby.
FOlloued the big bears style,
And held her little fire-red mouth
Wide open all the while.
"And Silver Locks laughed. delighted.
And thought 10 wonuTous fun,
And fed them peanuts from the bag.
Till abe hadn't another one"
''And In that ali7" sighed Gold Locks;
"Pshaw 10 that all7" cried Ted.
NO one thing more lis quite, quit
time
That you were all In bedp'
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All needless of the world. in its own III
Absorbed and dumb. the heart lies, while the
cay
And dark seem but Ike. no single ray
OF hopeful light breaks through, It's grief TO
still
IL lies alone and hopeless: every thrill
OF bitter pain which holds IL in sucn sway
Seems a eet sign that death will not delay:
But life holds strong. ana "ith unconscious
skill
The mind taxes note OF all. Keenl the ear
Hears every slightest noise, the half-cloeed eye
Sees every pattern on tbs vail, each line
Is cut upon the brain IN fgur,s fine.
Long years elapse, and thinks the grief laid by.
sight, a sound, the old hard pain ts here.
: Miss Laura NJ. Marquand, In Harper's Maya
inc
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GOSSIP ABOUT GOVERNORS.
Ten of the States Rulers Pleasantly ralk ed
About.
Lancaster Intelligencer.l

About
Lancaster Intelligencer.l
have met ten Of the present Governors oil
the States, including Scales, of North Caro-
lima, who is about going In, and Waller, OF
Connecticut, who is just coming out-and
have good ACC uaintance with most of them.
Governor Psttison is the youngest and the
most austere. Governor Cameron, of Vir-
giDia is the most convivial, bat / should
judge not the least intellectual. He has
never recovered from the social disfavor
visited upon him by his association with
Malone. He tried to unbockle the collar of
that tyrannical little boss when it fretted
him, but it was too late. Governor Knott,
of Kentucky, reached the height of his AM
bition when he got into the executive chair
OF his State, and he may be expected to retire
from 1t to private life when his term is
ended. Knott has fine artistic taste and
when a boy developed some genius for
sculpture. Governor Mcdaniel. of
Georgia, is an industrious painstsking
man, with good reputation
as a lawyer, though he mas an impediment
in his speech that must have interfered with
his success as an advocate. Governor Nc
Lane. of Maryland is the worthy son of an
illustrious sire. He has seen q great deal of
public life and talks like book Governor
Hoadley, of Ohio, is the ablest lawyer of the
lot; a singularly clear-headed and able man
positive and yet practical; determined. but
courteous ano genial.
Governor Albeit of New Jersey, Is a born
fighter; an aggressive, untiriDg man, who
carries his point Like his prede-
cessor, Mcclellan, Albeit was born ia Pnila-
delphia- Governor Waller started life as q
newsboy; he got along. He has q smoot D
face. long, bushy dark hair and wears gold
eyeglasses. He talks duently and agreesbly,
and is said to resemble stephen A. Douglas
in personal appearance. Like Albeit, he Is
q fighter. A soreheaded politician, who had
been boring him for official fayors one day
that il he wasn't accommodated
be would publish some let ers that be
thought would compromise him. Waller
didn't 60 down on his knees He called his
private secretary and had him kick the f.l
low out of the front door. Governor Cieve-
land talks like man who meant business. I"
and ne seems to have been one of the few
pubic men of the country who has not made
any mistakes in his public utterancss.
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srently and made sgain that sign of tb.

erently and made sgain that sign OF the
Cross.
was deeply touched; drew the girl
TO me and said. with the tsa's on my
cheeks
Stay With ss, HelsDOre, and try to be
happy again."
vide with wonder Then, now. do you
In deed forgeev like God" And she began
to weep naturally aud softly. shedding
those tears that always relieve the heart.
She was very tired. and when reminded
her. presently. that her little chamber and
the pretty white bed we're waiting, she
smiled for the first time
| "Ah.' che said, almost brightly, lit can
not be that shall die now, and perhaps my
Eloi will ind one, though | could not fnd
him."
Her words proved prophetic. One night
few weeks after her return, We were star
tied by the RUNNING of a banjo UNDER Hel
enors's window. soon joined by lusty voice
oaHl ling ont right heartily some foolish ditty
We heard in the streets.
sprsng up at once. Jack" said |, that
| Is Heienore's Eloi; / know iil'
l went quickly 10 her room-she had not
yet retired for the highland when Iopened
the door she wss standing Ike q statue by
the bed; she turned, as spoke her name, and
With look of ecsiacy, pointing to the vim
dow said:
"Eloi-Eloi!"
YES" said I; go down and ask him Il
come in"
Wait, wait" she said mysteriously; and
seizing her "music"-the paper bOrn-sh'
leane far out of the window and blew blast
loon blast of her most unearthly strains
which. added to the roar OF her lovers voice
lproduced al effect indescribably strange ant
ludicrous.
We concluded that he bad heard thos'
sounds before. as otherwise. at the first blast
he certainly must have taken TO his heel
and run away.
Eiias Roeers-for that was the youDl
mans name-~as in truth Yankee man.
, as Helenore claimed, but he had lived much
d among the Canadians and spoke their Ian
G Iguage like his own.
4 We found that he was honestly in low
with our Heenore; and rough and coarse a
he seemed, he doubtless had romantic
% sy mpsthiziDg nature, or he could not hav
!, undo rstood and appreciated her AS he evi
y IDENTIFY did. We we're relieved to lind hin
II In every way so worthy of ner and so suite
to make her happy.
Is And now my story is soon finished.
4 HeIenore left us again. but this time Wit
d happy smiles and the hope of seeing Us YER
e often. In short, while l write, she sits on
on our piazza with her own baby in her arm
I and my Ned-grown now to be quite bi
O boy-leaniDg on her lap.
r She is telling him what he shall find whel
r he comes to see her and Elol in the wood
d where they are chopping-birds' eggs to ad
Q TO bis collection. "0h, SO many kinds bu
they will only take one from each nest, be
l. cause the mother bird would be sad an
9 lgrieve"
r Her heart is tender as Of yore, but it neve
: aches now except for others woes"
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Give aud Take.

Smoothing soft the nesting head
OF u maiden faDcy-led.
Thus a grsve-eyed woman said:
Richest gifts are those we make.
Bearer than the love We take
That we give for loves own sake.
"Well know the hearts unrest:
Mine has been the common quest
To be loved and there blest.
"Favors undeserved we're mine;
at my feet as on a shrine
Love has laid It's gifts divine.
sweet the Offering seemed. and yet
With their sweetness came regret,
And sense OF unpaid debt.
"Heart OF mine unsatisfed.
Was II vanity or pride
That deeper Joy denied?
Hands that ope but to receive
Empty close; they only live
Richly who can richly give.
"Still," she sighed, with moistening eyes
Love Is SWEEP in any guise:
But it's best is sacrifice,
HE who. giving does not crave
Likest is to him who gave
Life itself the loved to save.
Love that self-forgetful gives
Sows surprise OF ripened sheaves,
Late or soon its own receives"
BY John Greenleaf Whittier in the fndepend
AIT
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By questioning found out what these
words meant TO her. She was always at ease
with me, and could sap noSs nsIse more ore
tried 10 explain this verse
she aid she Was "Oh, 90 happy" She
loved her little chamber where she could be
s-all stfII !" che loved TO have the white
neon" look In % kindly upon her at night,
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How Thousands OF Children Are Edu-
Gated % Criminals In New York.

Onsprisg of Unhappy NJ arrfae es-The Cause
of Gsneral vsgrency a mopg Children
Their Adherence Of Country Life
ans the tyranny OF Trades Un-
ions.-sew York Gossip.
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LITTLE FOLKS

Little Bessy-"O mamma, I've dot such
an awful headache In my stomach
Alice who has been taught that God sees
evervt thing don't sink even Dod's eyes
could see re butter on dat Read
A small boy went to see his grandmother.
After looking eagerly around the handsome
ly furnished room where she sat he ex-
claimed: ION. grandma, where is the mis-.
cradle table papa says you keep2'
Little boy: How old are you, pap
Father: Il will be forty on my next
birthday" Little boy: when is thatT'
Father: THE twenty. secord Of FEBRUARY
Little boy (surprised): Why, thought that
was Washin gton's birtndav.'
The bright little son of senator evidently
thought the senate was an hereditary insti
tuition; for. when asked what he inteo ded to
be on reaching manhood he mournfully
answered: We'll, I'd like 10 be q hack -driv-
er, but l s'pose I'll have to be a senator.
Johnny was saying his prayer before going
to bed, his slow thoughts helped ont by his
mothers suggestions. Bless all the little
lambs of the flock" said mamma. Johnny
knew that meant him among the rest, and
children to the parents BLESS all the little
lambs" he repeated, land the old sheep,
tool"
Some good stories are told OF the examine.
tons by school ms )ectors in the London
elementary schools. The folio wing may GER
tainly claim TO have put the examiner in the
least favorable light: with what weapon, -
he asked. did Samson Stay the Philistines9'
and finding that the youngsters hesitsted.
and wishing to prompt them, he touched his
own cheek significantly and ASKED: What
is thisr His action awakening the chords
of memory, the whole class responded with
one voice, THE jswb me # an as" This
was as clever in its way as the answer OF the
little girl TO the question: Who came after
Solomonp 1.-The Qneen of Shebs sir" or
of the lad who defined an uncleau spirit as
"a dirty devil, sir"
Famished Boy.
Tommy Witherspoon, whose father is ia
q neighbor.
Now, Tommy, just do as il you were at
home" said the lady of the house.
Tommy began to cry.
What are you crying about?'
IF do Just as il was at home, 1 dsssent
eat half as much want ter. Boo hoo" said
the poor boy
The lady then told him to eat Just "a If he
was not at home, and with bright smile on
mis- open face, Tommy slowed away enough
provisions TO last him for q week to come.
why tho Little Jesus Was There.
Bob had put his little shoe in the fire.
place.
His petite maman" was dresdfully i,l
and the little Jesus" who brings the Christ
mas TOYS TO ali good children did not dare to
do so this time
Bob, after rubbing his eyes early next
morning, goes toward the fireplace and finds
near his shse. surrounded by all sorts of
lovely daipties q little brother rosy from
top 10 toe, in Q little cradle that is as white
as white can be.
Bob opens his eyes very wide before this
unexpected treasure. AID running toward
his pale mamma, who Is lying in her bed, be
cri g.
Mamma, look here-the little Jesus
couldn't climb back up to Heaven"
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out the plaos for they had grown to love
the poor creature, even as though he vert
their own kith and kin. Every morning
when DR.. Dixon came in his patients face
would light up into the shadow of smile
and his eyes would follow his nurse with a
kind of dumb, dos-like gratitude. Though
speech was denied him he could distinguish
all that was said to him, and 1t was quite
touching to see him gently take the hand OF
nurse or doctor and kiss it with some of the
old grace.
When at length JEANNE MACPHERSON re-
covered she could scarcely recognize her
beautiful young mistress in the stern, gray
woman to whom she owed her life As soon
as she was able TO speak coherently Flora
insisted on the truth When the girl told
her all Flora's anger against MacAllister
rpenel into openly avowed indignation,
and the arrangement between father and
child was complete. As for Deempster, she
hal always disiked him, now she positively
loathed the sight of the man. IL was a
constant visitor, but whenever he entered
the room she left it-whenever he sat down
to table sn. rose and quilted it without Il
word.
One day the two men hal teen drinking
lbIttltT, anu NuC4AIilSltI III va say VIZ ''AiNi
mo dinner As soon a Flora saw him she
rose and turned toward the door
"Bide vice. Flora said MacAlliSter.
"l's time TO put Il stop to this nonsense.
You may as well Gccustom yourself to
Strathmnas' company, becau G I've given
my word taat you are to be lis wife,
And Nj. Dcempster'' she inquired,
colily
"Why, look here, Flora" repliel Daniel.
At the very sound of his voice she drew
herself up disdainfully.
''Sir," she said, Il have already given my
father an answer, but evidently he has not
been frank with you. | shall never marry.
If my marriage could save the world and
all that is in it from destruction, you are
the last man on earth that | could ever call
husband. Gracious Godl she cried, burst
ing out, "can this creature not sec how
hate hint loathe the very SQUAD of his
voice. His sight is poison to me. For you,
sir" she said turning to her father, IF
ever you suffer this man to obtrude him
self on ma again, quit your roof the next
moment.
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He gained upon them. AS he reached the
corner of the hill the moon burst forth from
behind the clouds. A man on horseback in
tervened as the carriage passed out OF sight.
Deempster, for it was he, as he rose in the
stirrups, exclaimed:
I've been waiting for this ever since the
night of the ball! Blast youl Take this
and this!" And he struck Curly twice
across the face with the thong ent OF his
heavy whip, almost binding him; then, re-
vers ng his grip, with the butt end, which
was OF loaded black thorn, he dealt him one
tremendous blow on the head, VIII CHI laid
him on ths ground.
For moment the Laird Of Strathmines
smiled upon the fallen man, then he
grow.el:
That's a quittance in full, my bold play
actor, for all outstanding accounts 'twixt
yCu and Dan'l Daempster!"
Wlth that he put spurs to his horse and
rode away in triumph. leavin, his rival
stunned, bleeding, senseless-all but dead!
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trace of the o ID music remained as she said,

trace of the ID music remained as she said,
with scare, a tremor in her voice:
GLOW cold it has grown! Please, father,
take me homer And she passed forth into
the darkness.
And he, Poor wretch! For moment he
seemed to lead dual existence. His soul
had left his body, and looked with loathins
on the miserable thing 1t once inhabite
Nark! What's that'
The clatter OF horses NOTES.-The roll OF
carriage wheelsl
The sound brought him back to life Like
a mailman be rushed from the house scream
ing. Flora! Floral My darling-my love-
my life! 1t was for your sake-oniy listen
one worl-Onc world
He helrd--at least, he always thought to
his dying day that he heard-her voice call
ing to him for help.
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CHAPTER v.
THE WHITE FEATHER.
Time wore on.

Time wore on
Presently the chas, AMI pair drove up
thu postill on' nj Oh 81 Ia TAX, their orders
from Stra.hmnaS. lie gave them in low
tone of volce-Cdriy could not distinguish a
word-he saw the inca, however, yoke Mac
Allister's horse in front of the other two,
AMI he noted that they had saidled and
lrilled Dcempster's horse. Then they sat
down and began to smoke their pipes
What could it all meant
Half an hour later Mac Allister appeared
at the door, and spoke in an undertone to
Deempster, who gave further orders TO the
postillions, and then turning to bis rival,
said in a curt, insolent manner: '.Hil you,
sir, step this way, and look alive bout itI'
Curly pausei a moment, as who should
say, "Am ! man or a dog. TO DO thus
spoken tot But after all, it Is for her saks
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her for H., shore. He had reckonei, how,
ever without Flora, who was sitting behind
him in the stern With a movement as
sudden AMI rs dexterous as his own she
plucked the fellow from his seat, down came
his head athwart the gunwale, and there he
Law stunned and senselcss. Unfortunately
in the struggle one Of tho oars was un.
shipped and fell overheard, where it drifted
out of reach Curly, who was capital
boa man, seized the remaining oar and tried
TO scull out 70 sea. The ferry was only two
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AUTUMN.

"The spicy woods are ripe again.
In glorious garb they re seen
And Autumn, with her golden unts'
Adds beauty TO each scene
The shady lawns are all ae'ow'
And decked is every mound
The purple leaf from birchen ooush
Falls futtering to the ground
The maple, and the supple ash
Their tinted leaves now fold;
And oak, and elm, one by one,
Their arrow heads Of gold.
For Autumn -lovliest Of the year
Robes all in brilliant iinge;
With purple, gold and yellow shades
They're shining like fringe
j. b. II,
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The beet on earth can truly be said OF
Griggs' Glycerine Salye, which IS a sure
cure for cuts, bruises, scalds, burns, wounds,
and all other sores. viii positively cure
piles, letter and all skin eruptions. Try
this wonder healer. Satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded Only % cents. For
sale by f.. Y Griggs.
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Chicago, Alton & st. Louis Railroad
On and after April 30 1884, trains on the c. d A. X.
r. pass Joliet as follows:

Lightning Express Denver Express, and Kansas CITY
and ST. Louis Express trains run daiy Express Mail
and Joliet Accommodation run daily, except sunday.
Kansas City and st. Louis Express going south runs
through without change of cars. Morning train TO ST.
Louis has free chair cars, and evening train through
sleepcrs TO st. Louis and Springfield. -, ,o
JAY W. ADAMS,
Ticket Agent c. g. A. Railroad.
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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.
NEW TINE TABLE.

Nos and 10 arrive IN Chicago at 10 A. M and leave
Chicago at 4. IS p. ". daily Sunday excepted
Nos. II and II run daily, including Sundays.
No. 70 carries from Rock Island to Ottawa
No. N carries passengers from Geneseo to Ottawa
No. &c carries passengers between Geneseo and "
tawa.
No. % carries passengers between Joliet and La
Sale and No. 81 between La Sale and Joliet
Nos % and IS carry passengers between Blue Island
and La Sale. Il. r. CABLE, Gen'l Manager.
r. ST. JoHS Il. +. PRKTTYMAN
Gent Tkt g. Paas Agt. Agent at OTTAWA
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She then left the room. From that time
forth she confined herself to her own apart
ments; except for her faithful JEANNE, she
was always alone.
So, after all their scheming, after all their
violence, it had come to this Three lives
blighted, two hearts broken, and the Laird
of Strathmines further off than ever from
the one object on which he had centered his
hopes, in this world and the next.
ITO be (nnfinupd)
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-12-10
THE LONG AGO.



Oh. wonderful streams against the river Time.
AS it flows through the realms OF tears,
With n musical rhythm. and faultless rhyme,
And broader sweep, and surge subhme'
How the winters are drifting like fakes of snow,
And the summers like buds between,
And the years I'm the sheaf-so they come and
On the rivers breast, with its ebb and flow.
As It glitters I'm the shadow and sheen.
There a magical isle mp the river Time.
Where the softest of airs are playing;
There is q cloudless sky, and tropical CLINE.
And cong a. sweet as the yesper chime,
And the name OF tins isle Is the Long Ago.
And we bury our treasures there;
There are brows Of beauty and bosoms or snow,
There are heaps Of dust-but we love them sol
There are trinkets and tresses OF hair.
There are fragments of songs that nobody sings
There's part OF an In ants prayer;
There are broken vows and pieces OF rings;
There's a Lutte unswept, and harp without
And the garment she used to wear.
There are hands that she waved when the fairy
shore
BY the mirage is lifted in air
And we sometimes hear through the turbulent
roar
Soft voices we heard in DAYS gone before,
When che wind down the river Is fair.
oh, remembered for aye be that blessed isle,
All the day of life till night!
When the evening comes. with its beautiful
smile,
And our eyes are closing in slumber awhile.
May that Greenwood of soul be In sight.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-12-10

through which we were traveling) fell
at the first shot. The chief of the gang
then saw me, his wife. and fed, coward
that he was, for the rocky fastness above,
with his brave companions at his heels.
l gatheredu up the reins of the now plung-
ing and terrified horses, and let them
bear me away from the awful scene of
murder. Will / ever forget it? Oh,
was my sin so great that should come
to know that my unhappy husband is
hung, and my baby dead, and /
estranged from my guardian, alone in
the wide. dreary worldl"
Alone, my darling? Never alone
again while life shall last God knows
the agony underwent when locked in
prison. l pictured you as dying or
dead, while /, who could have helped
you, know, was incarcerated as q mur-
derer! Not that feared for myself,
dear child; my identity was soon proved
by papers from the East-but, oh, my
thonghts of you'll It was 60 hard-po
cruell"
at was this hand that did the
deed"
Because of its trust in me, dear
love; but now claim it. Leda, is it
mine?"
1t seems he claims more than just
the little seashel of hand so gladly
yet so solemnly placed in his.
And, by and by, before the first gray
leaves of autumn fall upon the little
baby's grave beneath the redwood, the
child-mother kisses the unresponsive
earth that hides the little form from
sight in sad farewell.
They go away at dawn, the men of
the mines waving each last good-by,
until the burly stage coach, by sharp
turn in the canon, is lost from sight of
the .dimmed eyes of the miners OF
Thunder Gulch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-12-10
Sound on a Party Question.

Maud and her George were in the
parlor, and Maud's father-who by the
way is down on the mugwumps-was
laying down his political tenets &c
Maud's George:
Il tell you," he exclaimed, the Dem
ocratic and Republi an parties embody
all there is of wisdom in party manage
ment. We don't want any third party
here"
"That is it precisely, papa" replied
Maud; "a third party is q nuisance
anywhere"
Maud's father counted noses, con-
cluded he was the mugwump and with.
drew from the field.-Bin0 hampton
Republican.