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A VISION.

Perchance my thought was wide awake,
Or was dreaming, may be,
As | sat rocking 10 and fro,
My arms around my baby
felt along my cheek and throat
Her rosy fingers playing,
And stopped to kiss the sunny curls
About her forehead straying
The foolish rhymes of Mother Goose
In time and tune came springing
To lips not made for song and yet
My children like my singing.
And as | sang a mystic spell
Changed all the world completely,
Another woman singing sat,
And rocked her baby sweetly.
The woman's face. look it wore
Like mine; and yet the rather
Twas like my bsby's larger gown,
Twas like my baby's father
And as She, swaying, softly sang,
l saw some tear-drops falling:
l knew her thought, knew her heart,
Her heart to mother calling.
A sudden passion filed my soul,
longed to soothe the weeping;
Ny baby stirred upon my breast,
My baby gently sleeping
The vision fed yet well know,
Though was dreaming, may be,
Far down the future sits my child
And rocks my baby baby.
-Bd6yhooC
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The same gentleman asked him to repeat
the nineteenth verse of the seventh chap
ter of the book of Numbers Alick almost
instantly replied, There is no such verse.
The chapter has only eighty-nine verses"
Gassendi had acquired by heart 5000 Latin
verses, and in order to give his memory ex-
ereise he was in the habit daily of reciting
600 verses from different languages. Chris
finn IVseEIt
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RENEWING TIMBER LAND-Some OF
the older States are renewing their growth
of timber, thus tending to allay the fears
of an eventual exhaustion of the timber
supply. In New England there is vigor-
Gus second growth of white pine, where the
forests are already yielding between 200,-
100000 and 100000 feet of timber an
nuallv.
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THE DIsCovERER OF SPECTACLEs-Few
inventions have conferred greater blessing
on the human race than that which assists
impaired vision. DIR. johnson rightly ex-
pressed his surprise that such benefactor
as the discoverer of spectacles should have
been regarded with Indifference, and found
no worthy biographer to celebrate mis- in
genuity. Unfortunately, however, his name
is matter of much uncertainty. But it
may be noted that popular opinion has
long ago pronounced in favor of Spina,
Florentine monk, as the rightful claimant,
although some are in favor of Friar Roger
Bacon. NJ. Spoon, in his Recherches
Curieuses dAntiquitie," fixes the date of
the invention of spectacles between the
years 1880 and 1911, and says that Alex
ander de Spina, having seen a pair made
by some other person, who was willing to
communicate the secret of their construc-
ton, ordered pair for himself, and found
them so useful that he cheerfully made the
invention public. According to an Ital-
ian antiquary, the person to whom Spina
was indebted for the information was Sal
vino, who died in the year 1918, and he
quotes from manuscript in his possession
an epitaph which records the circum-
stance: "Here lies Salina Armoto OAR
matt, of Florence, the inventor of specta-
cles. May God pardon his sins The year
1915"
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A LARGE SPAR.-A piece of timber was
recently made into spar at Seattle, w.
T., which was Sc feet long and 30 inches
in diameter at the deck, or 20 feet from
the base, while at the small end the
diameter was q inches, and there was not
knot or blemish to be seen. 1t contained
1904 feet, and cost SIS thousand at camp.
As a spar it will cost Sl75.
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FRUIT TREES.
TIL Following are First-class and
True to Name.

rIlHE CELEBRATED EARLY GoURLY APR
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in stock. Also. other varieties of Plums and
Prunes, Peach Trees, Orange Cling, California
auder and Iohnson's Seeding. Send in your
orders at once as wish to close out at once.
Address G. w. WALTON, Turner Hall. I'm
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Clean in all Departments, and there
fore pre-eminently THE Family Journal
for the Merchant, Farmer, Mechanic,
and all who desire the full news of the
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| DhSh W Liz IA Wills oiOb NiiSlC VIC BiChSCu
our yowsw
Again starting up, he hurried toward the
house, every step of the way now as famil-
lar as if he had trodden it yesterday. A
lady with puff of silver hair about her
careworn face came out on the veranda as
he approached, standing under dropping
branch of pale wistaria-blossoms with out
stretched hand but quivering lip.
"Agnesw he gasped, in panied inquiry,
as he looked with hope and dread in the
face of Agnes mother.
"She cannot last long," was the hushed
response. "Charley's telegram told us
that you would soon be here, and the most
we could hope was that she would live till
you came. Oh, Jack, dear boy, what a ter
rible affair it has been p
Eyes Oh, my God p' groaned the
wretched man.
"There was Agnes on her wedding might
dressed and waiting, with house full OF
guests, for the bridegroom who never came.
She had gradually yielded to the convic-
ton that you were dead. Since this con-
clusion, she has herself failed rapidly, and
is ready and eager to 60"
ooh, my darlingw sighed the unhappy
lover Would to God | had died when
she believed that l did ~
He had no time, if he could have mus
tered the heart, for the sickening story he
had to tell, for, at this moment, an attend
ant came hurrying out to say that Agnes
insisted she had heard Jacks voice, and
was begging for the wedding gown, which
she must wear when he saw her.
1t is what she is always saying" ex-
planned Agnes mother. Believing that
You are dead, she confidently looks for you
TO come to her at the last, and she has made
us promise that she shall wear the bridal
dress the same as when she expected you
on the wedding day"
"Gracious heaven r' breathed John FL
wood, burying his face in his hands in ut
ter despasi, as he dropped upon chair in
the vine-wreathed porch sacred to mem
cries of love.
The mother, who had disappeared, came
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Ny guide, n swarthy young fellow named
Ralcy Wing. told me one day that lac had
sccn abundant signs Of moose In the
woods, and was sure n bull moose was near.
II was then the uiting season for moose
aud they were In their very finest condi-
ton. At this time Of the year the cows
come out Of the ridges and call for a mate,
and ~ their cry can DO heard for
two miles at least, Wing was Of the
opinion that mono were near VA. was
anxious 10 80 out and give chase 10 the
bull whose presence no suspected, bat he
said that such n course would lie useless,
and that he would go out that night and
call H. IL would surely answer the call
II II was In the neighborhood, and we
would get a shot at II At short range. lie
produced from among his Lit Of hunting
and trapping Announcements something
that rcecmblcd dinner.horn, except that
Il was made Of birch bark. II was about
one inch In diameter nj one end and per-
haps i've at the other, and nearly two feet
long.
"'It has been a good while since I had
occasion 10 uso this. said Wing. and l
don't know but I've forgotten how
"llc blow upon the peculiar trumpet
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and produced wild, modulated, pene-
trating cry that made the woods ring.
haven't forgotten, said Wing, lay
ing the horn down with contented smile,
and II there is moose within sound OF
this call tonight we'll get him.
"At shutdown we started with our rifles
for barren ridge that lay off two miles to
the east. 1t was dark when we reached
the spot high locality, surrounded by
dense forest. The guide placed me in am
bush behind a clump OF bushes which
commanded the barren space in every di-
rectlon. He then selected tree standing
by itself few feet away, and telling me if
he succeeded in calling moose TO the spot
to take good aim at it back Of the shout
der II could, and TO fire the instant 1t
stepped into the opening, he climbed the
tree until he was hidden in the lower
branches, drawing his rifle after him, butt
end first, by a Irvine which he had at
tached to 1t. Presently out on the still,
crisp October night air rang the weird call
OF the COW moose as initiated by Wing on
the birch-bark trumpet. had thought
1t penetrating before, but the experimental
cry the guide had made at the camp was
soft and low, rs compared with this call,
that meant business. IL seemed TO go
down into the valley in long waves Of
sound, and fingered an amazing length of
time on the air before the last reverbera-
ton died away. The novelty of the situa-
ton aroused me to the highest pitch Of ex-
element. One moment l was burning
with fever, and the next / grew so cold
that my teeth chartered. In few min
utes Wing gave another blast on his
trumpet. When the sound died away the
silence seemed TO grow more profound
and my suspense was becoming almost
unbearable. Then q sound MS Of castanets
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with snow. Moore made up his mind
that ii lac should dress himself in white
he might steal close enough 10 the herd TO
get a shot lie went home, got sheet
and wrapped himself in IL from head TO
foot. He stole noiselessly along, and
stalked 90 within 200 yards OF the herd be-
fore his presence was noticed by any Of the
moose. Then one lifted It's head as il
listening. A moses hearing is very
acute, the breaking OF a twig being
sufficient 20 stampede n herd long
distance away. When the moose raised
his head Moore stood still and looked
so much like the snow-covercd
stumps OF the trees about him that the sus-
picions Of the herd were removed, and the
hunter stalkcd on M the moose resumed
their digging away the snow TO get at the
mos aud acorns. Moorc's masluemding
was 80 successful that he stole within short
gunshot Of the herd without being discov-
cred. There were ten moose In the band
and he killed four Of them before they got
ont Of range. After that masquerading for
moose WIS adopted by many hunters,
much 10 the regret of lovers Of legitimate
sport. Caribou were hunted In the same
way, and a noted hunter named James
barker on one occasion killed seven OF
these great animals in Moxey pond before
the band, in which there were twenty
seven, could get away from his Winchester.
at was during one October that / had
tho satisfaction Of seeing my FIRST moose
and OF aiding in bagging II, said well
known New York sportsman. at was far
up In the So. John river region, in the
northwestern part Of Maine, and only n
few miles from the line Of New Brunswick.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-29
SPORTING ADVENTURE.
A TALE OF THE FOREST AND AN
OTHER OF THE SEA.
Moose Hunting and How 1t Is Done
Harpooning the Great Saw Fish
Sports Which Require Both Nerve
and Skill,

Ed Mott IN New York NAH and Express
Under the present game laws Of the
State OF Maine the killing ofanore than one
moose during hunting season by any
hunter is strictly prohibited under heavy
penalties. By that provision of the law,
together with other wise ones, the woods
OF Maine arc once again thickly populated
with moose, which were so rare FIVE years
ago as to be almost extinct. "Masquerad-
ing for moose" was style Of hunting to
which the scarcity Of the animal, up to
the time the law stepped in to aid ii,
could be in a great measure charged.
disappearing for moose originated with
Nate Moore, OF Somerset county, Me-, in
1861. In that year there was herd Of
moose in Moxey township, but they
were so wary and shy that Nate
was unable, with all his skill, to get
within gunshot OF them, although he came
in sight OF them frequently. One day
after long snowstorm the hunter found
the herd feeding on a side hill where there
were number OF tree-stumps all covered
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SPRING rANciEs.

In the ,prlnE tho on mans i.ncy Turns 10 ,hlnE
And In liysT EgSiido' he invests hls surplus
wealth.
IN The rrfinr. whrn ffrtr fw waxing ana ara
shdniiur 40 thf ffatsn
The iuvlnn mother rltsl Dec children sulphur ami
mulassCas
In The iprlns the hons ncyds cleaning. cellar rar.
nj fuaim aud Chl'f
Ani deaf ui,g. procec. ahoui H. diving husbands
% despair
In The rpfinr, the hr11ni faois anbund vtth
frsdc aud fakc Hni boz.
And plant aud soNs Iut " thinrs that mover.
nufvf EnlW,
IN the sprng, nc. fouih . anxious b. BE- fishlonA.
ably dfrasris
10 he hs. hls last ycai.' o,cfooat rcjaiscd and
lponecd aud pfoass'i
IN The .plinr. the maldsns fancy turn. to coion
And n IKE sriias ne dsyl, henelf In beautiful
anay.
rhu We pcwclye hat 90 itc spdug when bud,
adafn The tfcea
n, IN our uainrs 70 di,r'a, our ldin.,nersels..
aiUfaa tgulu.
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heard in dancing broke the stiffness Off to
the right OF this opening, and series Of
short, cultural sounds, like the low below
ing Of u bull, came from the same direc-
ton.
"Make ready. He's comingr Wing
signaled to me.
az began 10 shake like an aspen, but /
showed the gun around the bushes and
had the entire opening before me. Ny
hand shook 50 that gave up all hope Of
hitting the moose, even II he came within
twenty feet OF me. But had q short time
for reflection, for from the edge Of the for
est, plainly visible in the starlight, came
the majestic moose, drawn thithcr by the
false love Of call. He came prancing into
the opening, his great antlered head lifted
proudly and thrown back as II 10 excite
the admiration OF the mate he came TO
meet. As he came with stately tread into
the opening he uttered several short, low,
mellow cries and stopped. lie was not
twenty PAGES away, and his great side
was turned squarcly toward me. My
hands could not be controlled, and de-
spairing, / closed my eyes and fired.
Opening my eyes | saw the huge animal
lying on the ground. The next instant he
was on his feet and turned TO dash into
the forest when the truer aim OF Wing
laid him low again. Once more he cssayed
10 rise, and fired again at random, but
through good luck hit vital part. My
first shot had hit the moose in tho back
and knocked IL down. Wings shot struck
II back Of the shoulder. My second shot
passed through the moses kidneys. /
never saw a handsomer animal than that
moose. It's skin was as glossy satin, and
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-29

its antlcrs, which wcrc four feet long and
foot wide, were polished like ivory. Tho
moose polishcs bis antlon during the rut-
ting season by rubbing thom ON NOISY
trees. To get the moses carcass down
from the ridge We were obliged 10 call 10
our help some guides from noighboring
camp. II weighed 800 pounds, according
10 oil their estimates. Tho antlcrs alone
weighed fifty pounds, as / aitorward
learned In having them mounted.
"Ihc castanci.likc raiiling that had frst
attracted my attention that night when
the moose approached was made by the
horny points on the animals long and
slender hoofs Gathering together "a ho
bounded along. This Gathering Of the
points frequently reveals the presence Of
moose 10 the hunter, a. Il can be heard \
long distance In the quiet Of the woo,ls
when the mooee Is at iull speed.
81 saw a man In the Passadumkces
country who boasts that during one winter
ho killed seycniy-lyo moose. rhoy wcrr
hunted with SnowShoos and kilel In the
crust. Tho purpose Of slnnghtcring tic
animals thus by wholesale, When they hnL
no chance for their lives, Mas 10 1erurr
their hides. This was considered a gnai
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-29

Capt Frank NJ. Smith, State superin-
tcndent OF public instruction, arrivedhome
this week from an extended trip through
east Tennessee.
The Hon. John NJ. Taylor, Of licking
ton, Tenn, accompanied by his little
daughter, Daisy, are In the city visiting
relatives and friends. 'InH. .. =
J. q. Loyclacc, Of Memphis, was la the
city several days this week.
Mr.. and Alrs James Dugan have arrived
home from a pleasant visit 10 New Or
leans.
The great revival at the Fast Jackson
NJ. T.. church continues with splendid re-
suits. Large numbers have been con-
yortcd, and many moro are seeking re-
ligion.
DR.. y. T.. Ellis, Of this city, win leave
next week 10 locate permanently In Dyers-
burg, Tenn.
Misses May and Jessie Voolfolk left this
week fort visit of two months To relatives
In Austin, Tex.
Mis- Ada Andrews, Of Spring Creek. this
county, was here several days this week.
| Ex.Congrcssman q. II. Simonion and
ox-Statc Senator William SANFORD, Of Cow
ington, were In tho city several days this
week attending federal court.
Miss sam Withcrs has gone TO Texns on
an extended visit.
Miss Mamie lnman, charming young
lady Of Union City, Is visiting In the city
this week.
Judge l.. s.woods, Of Lexington, Tenn,
Is hero this week minglng with his many
friends.
Judge Cnnlhcl, Of Trenton, Is attending
federal court herr this week.
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rrom rrahA Lcsnes iiiusuhted Newspaper. w rs
Amongst the splendid variety OF quaint
picturesque or exciting sports offered 81
the wild lakes and streams of Florida. ~
Of spearing sawfsh deserves high pl in
1t is great fun, though cruel and sol &
what hazardous, and, while it does not -
iniorce the camp menu, 1t yields son
thing rich in the way Of specimans for Il
naturalist or curiosity-seeker. The IL
dian river, into which the sawfish NAL
raids from their ocean home to prey upon
the schools Of little fishes, gives the hunt Z
a frst-rate chance at the big aquato
game" The tactics Of the sawfsh col
sist in lying close to the bottom until :
shoal of fish pass by, when, sud
denly elevating the formidable toothed
saw" of his long upper jawbone.
he thrashes furiously about, killing
or disabling great number OF fish, TO be
disposed OF at his leisure. The spearer.
provided with harpoons attached to long
coils OF rope, approaches gently to hid
boat, until he perceives the sawfish lnrk-
ing below in the shallow water. A welt
aimed harpoon is driven into the body 4
the great fish, which instantly starts a
the ocean inlet drawing out the line with
a velocity that causes 1t to smoke. When
tho stricken monster gets to the end Of
the rope he drags along boat and all; but
this soon tires him, and the hunter, play
ing him into shoal place, finishes him
with n rifle ball. Sawfishes twelve feel
long and weighing 800 pounds are not un-
common in these Florida waters.
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Mt and Mu. j. VI. boOdbar have ne
turned from an extensive trip east.
Mrs Judge Walker gave small tea ON
Monday evening last 10 a few friends.
Miss CLYDE Thornton u visiting her
friend, Mis- Ala Clay, at Moscow, Tenn.
Miss May Hin left for New York Thurs.
day night last, TO be absent several weeks.
Mira Kate T.. lngwood has gone 10 Nash
willie 10 spend a month with friends In that
city.
Eugene snowden goes M to Clarksylllc
this morning ON a matter OF personal busi'
neN.
Miss Houston Schwuu returned homo
last week from a pleasant visit 10 friends
In GAINESVILLE.
Miss Annie Patterson lett yesterday Got
birmingham TO visit the family u judge
Mudd, Of that place.
BARTON Treadwcll will spend race week
IN Nashville. lie has developed into a
great lover OF the sport.
Miss Lucille Brinklcy has returned from
Mississippi, whore she spent q few pleas.
ant weeks with relatives.
Mis- Emma Galloway Il the guest OF
Alis Hattie Marshall, In Nashville, and
VIII hlhAlu tfNifal Ntthh
The umor that ono Of the Lavender
widows h soon to be married II sloutly
denied by each charming member of that
tcl
Tho Married ladies Progressive Euchrc
rlub met on Tuesday evening lnst nj Mrs.
Sim Taies and enjoyed u delightful oven.
ing.
Alss Mary Mallory, who has boon en-.
Toying u season Of ccupemt0n with rcla
lives near Claruyillc, returned home hi
iay last.
Miss Kate Hill has returned from It'll,
Rock, where she acted ~ bridesmaid nj
The wedding Of Miss Dora Appenon on
Wednesday last.
The boat excursion, contemplated by Z
number Of society people, has been post
poncd until mildor weather, when Il will
be moro pleasant.
Cards have been received In this city q
= dance 70 be given 10 Miss Betty Solder
by Miss llord, Of Nashville, on Thursday
evening, the "a inst.
Miss Helen Voech, who was one O
charming visitors winter before last, &
again In the city, the guest Of the Mssc
Esies, on Adams street.
Miss Frank johnson, one Of the mos
charming members OF society, will be mar
RED on May - 10 Mr.. n. ". Jones, In
well known coal king Of this city.
Invitations are out 10 the Athletic enter
lainmcnt Thursday evening 81 instant
The long expected MINSTREL Performance
will be the attraction, followed by dane
ing.
Mr.. John 2. Darlington left on Thursda,
night for New York. II WIS a singulai
coincidence that the same train carried ON,
u our lovely bellies 10 the same dos,lna
don.
A handsome theator party was given Las
wenlng by Miss Frank johnson. Thos
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AZ wes, Point, Miss.

Capt Fred Bcall went 10 Aberdeen on
professional business last Tuesday.
l.. i. bradshaw and r. G. Beckett spent
two days Of this week In jackson.
A. I. Fox was n delegate 10 the Immi-
grafton convention ut Hot Springs, n. G.
Mis- sallic Anderson has returned from
pleasant visits 10 relatives at Kirkwood
and friends nj jackson.
Mrs. Joe Gcrdine has returned from
Alabama, whore she had been ON a visit
10 her mother.
The sociable Saturday evening at tho
home Of Miss Stella Strain was enjoyed by
her friends here and tho baseball club
from the Agricultural and Mechanical col.
lcgc.
Miss Lille Stevens accompanied her
friend, Miss Brewer, back to Aberdeen.
Mn Barker came up from Macon Tues.
day morning.
Mn Orville Gibson has returned from
Union City, Tenn.