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The morning call., 1890-09-07
CHAPTER III.

Amazement sal enthrOued on the family yisage
in The morning when the disarranSed eounte-
nance Of he head OF The family was eXposed, but
Zeuas said It would all pass off during The day
a Il he needed. lie said, was absolute qulti ana
he arSo '"'e'v ordered tis wife 10 - ~ me
cliiurel on 81 RmhOaJ tip 50 &cN frih ana
hscb, taking lie EARLIEST boat 1t1 biiHE ,i..
M u frst-iaIe bte6klast Just bt1uf- t.t alffi.
hts wife obeyet Him, under protest, asa a.
sooner we're the Family out OF the gate g. an re
uas IL his ualamds, TOOK toe loaded Lay, AsePDd-
Cd 10 the Toy loor and kicked softly at the zoe,
or his guest. As the door opened MaYthain
looked more at he man THAI the bEeakfas. ana
exclaimed IN eOntlite tones
Did do All lbatY -,
a reckless air. II hayetfI hsd such q }N
fight since left school. Eat Jour bfeaktas o.
fore iG gets cod. 50 | can bring yduf VIC = =
family our of the hOuSe-hrst time 10 nv lie
ever was glad TO iu II. Everything here2 water.
towels comb and btnsh2 She deserves 70 sec
yOn looking your best"
Then the lirle fellow dressed hastily sd es
much OF his face as possible 10 = Daiit tH aha
;'-.,-d out upon his rear p'azzs, A. . Gus
ueeiea. ,.s. aavrhrn vas In her seI9er aEd
she was beside him Ia a moment.
ALLOW me. madam" said he with bow which
was dignified IN spite OF isis aspect, so conduct
you 10 your husband" He led the gay up
stalls. and soon husband and wife were ~ each
others arms. The host directly withdrew. but
stopped ou the threshold and remark d;
Don't feel The lsas OH uneasy; no one ear
disturb you. I've sent away Dy-gahE."
He WAS ashamed OF the shot as sO1n as he bad
nFed II. and stili more ashamed when he dts
covered that IL did take effect. IaeB he re-
NAMED Or guard over both houses, entertaining
officers and ali other curious people, anc Tor
bidding that any one should even ring Mrs.
hayiham's door beii. TIE poor lady's nerves
had been terribly shaken. Later In the day he
watched carefully for the return Of his family.
ana warned Mrs. AaytAam IN Tine.
Oh, Zenasl" exclaimed hts BorJleyi as he's
hustant net bes al he gate. The greatest
news, ] bought an evening paper as We leit
New YORK, and what dc you think? Mr.. May
than isn't deiauiter a. all. Tie securities be
is said TO nave taken 1ave been soupd, and the
real thieves have confessed, and
Give me that paper" interrupted zenas- He
glanced over the sloTy, aud as be read his wife
exclaimed:
Now what do you think ?"
''I think" said Zena5, "thet our nefghbor will
call on us to-day" Then h, dashed into 80
house showed the gewspapes TO bis hidden
Eurst buried dnwbaiatrS anr over tie fence,
f4uL "a beh ana bfQre lie IS EsNtlY ae
possible TO MS NOpu0ttur AS.-.--
/" You Will excuse M, uust madam, II pre-
sent you TO my wife when you come over? She
is the head OF tile family when she is at home"
Il shall do myself The honor TO tell Mrs. Bort
lev now loyal neigbbor. how brave a soul and
how noble a man her husband Is" said Mrs.
Maytbam "aud | shall beg her TO let me be her
huSb1ud's devoted friend-and hers-ioreyer."
So the Bortleys came 10 know their uext-door
ueigbbors, after all.
1.-THE end
,7,,,-f,Jt Teag An RIGHTS Tegfrusf
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CHAPTER |.


G;FZHEN Zenas Bortley moved from the
eS6eS.g city TO 4 suburban village in search OF
SEA-N better air for the children aud for his
own sthmatic lungs, he told his wife
that now she could have the pleasure of know
ing her neXtdoor neighbors-a experience she
never had been granted in the city. Mrs. Bort
ley, born aud reared in thitkly settled portion
Of the metropolis believed her husbands state
ment, for had not Zenas always been country
boy until lie came 10 New York TO make his for
tune? Had he not described TO her again and
again the IDEAL society of his native village OF
GTasshopper Falls, where everybody knew
body elsewhere one man good
another so long as he earned his liv
ing, paid his b's and went 10 church
on Sunday, and where every woman
was a lady If she had a black silk dress, no
matter how plain. In which TO receive calls?
had not ZenaS own mother wife Of The book
keeper OF The local lumber company, been asked
by Tie COBgressmau's vile 10 help entertain
some diSlin9 uished guests from another State?
And it had been so delightful when MIS-. Zenas
had been III or feeble, in her little fiat In the
city, TO hear her husband tell how, in the
country any man whose wife was feeling poorly
could borrow neighbours carriage or sleigh and
take the dear woman out for airing. Mrs.
Zenas never had an outing. except in horse
car. for her husband. though strong in affection
and self sacrifice. had but a small salary and the
-Ur1ye branches, Which were the tamily's only
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riches, always needed something which cost
about as much as a carriage for an hour or TWO.
81 Ihe Bortleys went 10 tile country, and a
blessed change tiey found II. The children be-
gan to grow like weeds their mothers checks
became fuller Of roses than tile garden, aud Zenas
himself, though he was obliged TO breakfast
early and sup late in order to make a fun day at
the store in which be was entry clerk, found his
asthma diSappe ring with unexpected rapidly.
His cottage cost less per month than city fiat;
lie had a lille ga den which, thanks TO his boy
-----r1= experience. yielded many vegetables
Which asted better than any lie had ever bought
from grocer; The chlldten had swing under
an old apple tree and rolled in the grass to their
hearts content; the pastor of church called
after seeing the heads Of the family in his con
E.r1atlon, aud Zenas was invited TO JON the
local cup OF his political party, ana also 10 SUP
sCitte 10 course of lectures 10 lie delivered 10
Tie local Academy OF Music during the following
viz er.
Yet Zeuas was not happy. The nelghborly
ain alton which lie bad promised bis wife did
noj come about. He waited tor II few weeks,
for he a digniied little fellow. and had some
kuo" tdse OF Inc manners al eoOd >oclety, uul
when lis wife reminded him that The summer
had nearly passed and no one had called who had
hot some emi-puslnesS purpose, he informed
himself, with a. mighty pull al all Ills faculties
that something ought TO be done. What most
iuitated him WAS that his neXt-doOr nelghbor, a
hands ONE woman whose husband, so the agent
Of EOitey cottage had said, would be obliged TO
he away from home some time, had never called
Mrs. Nayiham, tie lady in question, was dlstln
Euished- looking as we'll as handsome; her house
was a palace compared with the house when
Zenas had uired, and she drove almost daily be
Lind tine palr OF horses She was GOOD
woman to" or 2enes vag no judge y human
UaIu Ett Hai 80 children Lne Little man,
WHO laf .r. that any yus REGARDED
BOYS -r si.l- l. pith The ado. alton which
lie .Hea Jl .', da-l-es, vas sure u -' y
Mrs - t4aU Ha KNOW lis brood she "''lu
in .....a.Irs- l.1- ,tu uufa't.-- ounce .4 con
sols As slr are BoIiity- -tlsa ilf.-. soul
pro pi1es -.y ole aad every one "1J d}d
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ton. A keeper counts those who go in,
and after having descended about 100 feet
under ground they follow in Indian file the
guide, who points out curious arrange
ments. while city employees close the ranks
so as to prevent any one getting lost in the
several labyrinths, and arrows, as extra
precaution, are painted on the walls. per-
hitting any one who has gone astray to re-
gain his way. while heavy chains bar the
avenues leading to dangerous thoroughfares.
AT the entrance the path is narrow for a
considerable way, but we afterward enter
large and spacious streets all marked with
names, as in the city above, SO that the place
has in some measure the appearance of a
town swallowed up in the earth. The gen.
eral height of the roof is about nine OF ten
feet, but in some parts it is not less than 80.
Under the houses and many of the
streets the roof seems to be tOlerab'y we'll Sc
cured by immense stones set in mortar, and
forming pillars; In other parts, where there
are only gardens above, it is totally unsup-
ported for considerable distances, the roof
being level or plain piece of rock. 1t used
to be the custom, after visitors had walked
about two miles, to show them into kind of
saloon cut out of the rock, and said to be ex-
aetly under the church of ST. Jacques. This
retreat was occasionally illuminated, and
contained representations in miniature OF
the Notifications, with cannons ready to
fire, etc.
Fifteen years ago I made my first visit to
these Paris catacOmbs. On arriving at the
Gate d'Enfer [ found party of about fifty
persons assembled, each of whom proceeded
to supply himself or herself with lighted
candle then we all descended the staircase,
to find ourselves presently in sort of
gloomy corridor. 1t was like entering the
palace of death. for all around the walls
were arranged arms and legs and skulls also.
Walking along, 1 noticed several inscrip-
lions. some in very poor Latin, as for in
stance, HAS ultra metas requiescunt,
beaten spem expectantes." Farther on
some whimsical individual had put up. "Un
hOmme dams la tOmbe est un navire au port"
and, always by the light of my candle, | read
again, "Tombean de Gilbert, though it is
not his tomb at all; it is only the name given
to a pillar that supports the street above.
Another column is called the ''Obalisk." an
other the "Sepulchral Lamp" and third
the pillar of Clementine Nights" in SOU
yenir Of an Italian poem In 1914, when the
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lete and the exterior horlevards from the
Rue de la Sante to tue Boulevard de Yaugi-

lete and the exterior honlevards from, The
Rue ae la Sante to tue Boulevard Do Yaugi-
rard.
Originally these qlarries .l aaSi-
rons OF Paris. but as t. ty grew lie sub
urbs were built over, sHa SO much IT What
Is BOW berOnd aDcieGi .mlts Is really want
ing in solid found ON, In sfS5 the city
cemeteries weFs 50 tffst u sas suggested tiie
muIdeFiNE bones 1Hrsald De removed - tn8
Gle gaarlIes, especially freln The cemetery or
the Church CT the lnROeents. During more
than FIVE centuries this cemetery was the
bural.ground of the commercial classes who
inhabited the central quarters OF the capital
ia summer II was most unhealthy. owing 10
the putrd exhalations which emanated there
from aud formed the germ of epldemcs, while
the around had become so thoroughly iupreg-
mated with corr 5 that It was soft, unctuouS
and PUPPY viii decomposing matter. Be-
fore this, however, vast quantities OF bones
mad been trans ported into a sort OF granary
that surrounded the place. and in which
were stores vAere dresses, linen. perfumes
and The latest fashions in hats were sold,
aid where. when dusk began to fall, tops
80 Sa-ld'sS vert to firt over tae counter
with 'il-f, = w hen 1t was closed by the
4O00Ou0 corpSes were in.SEnad under its
sgd. Soan a portion of the gro,.-,,i Was al
lotted for building purposes, and the 49,
Of digging up collins commenced, and with
in less than two years 2.o0O,ee skeletons
we're removed 20 the catacombs. But the
cemetery was far from cleared by this
wholesale elimination; and when, in
1851, tho municipality resolved to build
the present Central markets, tumbriis
were filled fer week after week with
the homes Of the dead. Crowds used to con-
erega,e daily to witness the odd. sight Of
Skeletons being dug up by the thousands,
and many valuables were brought to light
and went TO enrich the museums OF the
Louvre and Cluny, and also the Artillery
Museum at the Inyalides, But though thou
sands OF skeletons were then nnearthed the
old grniip.l has ~ no means restored al IL
lead. and underneath ali the cellars o. the
paep between the Rue de RivoG and the
Rue Mnntmartre sknlls are sill 10 be found
.Sitbont digging very deep L wonder how
manv Of th,, French cooks who go OF MORN
isp Ia eheapea fish and vegetables al the
fI.stas Ceutrst,a. know that they are
screaming over the Graves Of their humble.
long-forgotten ancestors.
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a year before he, too. embarked for the
United States. Emma Holiday. the woman
who let the reseuing party into the van
after Rice had put Sergeant Brett out of
the way, was the principal witness in the
trial OF the captured men. She shielded
that sent five others to the scaffold and to
penal servitude.
Cahill,s home is in Lawrence, Mass. He
Is an lnfirm old man, destined not to live
long. nor to do much more work, even if he
survived the dangers that now threa ten him.
But; as compensation for his misfortunes,
ne mas an intelligent mind, calm but in
Vlncl0le conviction of the rectitude of his
principles, and, above all, a number Of fast
friends.-B0st0n Herald.
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4 VOICE
FROM THE RAIL.

Manufacturers Of The Great Sierra Kidney and ioer csi
GENTLEMEN:- Having been in the
railroad business, conductor, for
years, contracted very serious disor-
ders of my kidneys and bladder. Twas
getting weaker daily, and did not leave
my bed for three months; also was
despaired of by my doctors. | was
lucky enough to hear of your GREAT
SIERRA KIDNEY AND LIVER CURE, and
sent for one bottle, as you well know,
have used five bottles and am now
out, around and able to attend to my
work. Your valuable remedy has
saved my life. and to you owe my
heartfelt thanks. Yours truly,
EUGENE GUY,
With Leek Glove Co., 52l Market ST.,
San Francisco, Cal.
Sold by all druggists.
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to overcome the weight of the body. What
we will show you here is more than that. 1t
is how to balance continuously plate on
the point of n needle, giving the same only
slight rotary motion.
Take two corks of equal size, split them
in half and stick fork in each of the four
pieces in such manner that they form
smaller angle than a right angle with the cut
surface of the cork. Then the forks are
placed around the plate at an equal distance
from each other, SO that the prongs rest close
against the edge of the plate. which prevents
their vacilatIng; then, If the plate is put ex-
actIy in It's center point upon the point Of
ter of the cork Of bottle, ii Will be seen to
balance perfectly. If you are careful you
eau impart to the plate a rotary motion,
which lasts for long time, because the
friction produced is almost imperceptible.-
ST Iouis Post Dispatch.
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TAKE the room with the bed in II. Turn the
kew so none of my children happen IN on you IN
the morning. III arrange Tor your wife TO come
in-I'il get my wife and the youngsters OF some
way after breakfast. aud we haven't any servants
to Iuke ABOUND. Goodnight"
Then the little man proceeded to bury himself
in his own reflections and wet towel with a
lump Of ice in il. " It'll clearer head than he
ever had taken to his desk In the city he never
theiess had many conflicting emotions. Within
a single hOur--a mere quarter of an hOur indeed
he had been guilty Of eowardce, suspicion,
hearilessness and several other objectionable
sins. He also had INDUCED IN violence, disSim-
UiatiOn ana threat 10 commit murder, OF al
least manslaugHler. He had imagined himself
dying OF fright; he had fought larger man
without the slightest sensation OF fear. lie,
member of The church. was even now hiding
fugitive from justice; lie, married man, had
stood some moments in the presence OF another
mans wife who was In light evening azure, ot-
fO:e lie was conscious Of the deiIcdcy OF the SIT
uation. He had sprung to the rescue because
The Intended victim. lie supposed. was
woman; yet that very same woman Dau called
his Incompatible family a gang. AS he re-
viewed tie evenings experience his mentality
became c.Nuded 10 such an Ntent That lie efept
into bed 10 seek refuge IN sleep. As he softly
stretched himself his vile sighed, half waken-
ing: =,
al thought I-heard a noise-little while ago"
Yes, dear; l tumhled down. It's all right
now; 20 10 sleep"
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MY LOVE Is MY LIGHT.

In the toilsome Journey OF this life
oit my loot steps flag,
Ana the clouds of sorrow press my SOUL
And my heart Is sad:
Yet In darkened hours n vision comes
10 my fearful eyes,
Anu sneuS radiance DER the path
That before me lies.
CHoRus,-For my love is my light
In the darkest night,
And her lamp is kept shining;
And when am sad,
Then my love makes me glad,
ana Joy takes the place OF repinlng.
"heh the strife and struggle wakes hot.
ANA my courage fails;
Wheh the battles stronger than my strength,
And my stout heart quails,
linen trumpet sounds within my soul
ana Inspires me on;
Then an unseen leader leads me forth
Ana the yictory's won.
CHoRUs.-For the loved of my heart
Doth new spirit impart,
And Pm ready for brave deeds OF daring
For I'll win or III die,
When her colOrs fly
When her banner of love am bearing.
San francisco august. 1880. ARTHUR L.
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sLL honor to our brave Pioneers.
49, Who hither came in days OF youth
Those pilgrims OF the former years.
Who ever cherished home and truth
NO "Pullman palaces" had they
10 roll them oer the dreary plains;
Ihey had to work and fight their way
through summers heat and winter rains.
NO troops had they In martial dress
10 guard them from tho red mans hand;
They were, in peace and In distress,
fearless, self-sustaining band.
Bound 10y the links OF friendships chains,
opholding right repelling wrong.
ihey brayeiy crossed the lonely plains,
And ever boldly marched along.
Their deeds are far beyond all praise,
Iheir names will brighten with the years;
Proudly they'll speak in future days
VI Caiifornia's Pioneers. CELIA CARROLL
Sept g. 1890
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1 WOULD REMEMBERED BE.

Oh, yes. would remembered be,
In mornings golden hour,
When the birds are singing sweetly
On every leaf and bower:
When the modest little daisy,
And forget-me-not we see,
It's then our h carts are lightest-
oh, then remember me.
On, yes, would remembered be,
By dear kind friends Of yore,
Their gentle words of love and truth
may hear again no more.
And when my heart is sad and lone,
For no loving forms | see.
Oh, then It's sweet to think that
Shall stil remembered be.
Oh, yes. would remembered be
At evenings gentle hour,
When the birds that sang so sweet at morn
VIII seek some quiet bower.
And when around the hearth at eve,
The loved ones meet in prayer,
Oh, then it's sweet to know that
Shall be remembered there.
an Francisco Sept, 1851 DELMA DUsASNE.
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CALIFOlsNIA.

Never a land so fair,
Land OF sunsets golden.
Kissed by a sapphire sea,
Land of missions olden.
Home OF birds aud flowers,
Olive and tropical palm,
Black-winged storms sweep never
Over its summer skies calm.
Land OF gold and silver
Land OF honey and bees,
Land of wine aud plenty,
Land of the giant trees.
Land from whose shores proud ships
Sail to far-away lands,
Land where freedoms banner
Fiutters in loyal hands.
OF such an inheritance"
proud" may her sons well be;
Proud Of a land so fair.
Kissed by sapphire sea.
eptenib er !, 1880. GRACE HIBBARD.
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TO A DARK-EYED BELLE.

l.
oriental-hued daughter of the East
Thy cheek soft kissed by the poppy flower,
From this unworthy hand receive
A rosebud, gueraon for thy bower.
Thy matchIeSs eyes OF flint
Art VI xrned into hfe - sshIe passions vvAii1;
Nor q, nor moon, nor star
The flashing light am.
t.. g'gssr braids so dark,
Around thy neck iace soft falling,
Doth asp.re my heart with icy
And e thy feet could be knseling.
Mets ks than art cnIpi OF roddess bosn,
por Is the klilseied beauty OF thy form reveals.
.s,. csto shsnk rrr-,. entity InArste." toe,
SO a the bresshihE ~ thon esHst eoneeati
o MS thy smile would inTost
FOR IS did wouud Sag heart,
For ftsnfr upen TAP ,eifk 9aD asuk
I'd esp rtsy circtst err ~e A-fr
gst tsaacisco, Ana. 8. 1870, AL1fA ALDEN.
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LOVE WINS ANON.

Boasts every youth he'll ne'er enslave
His freedom to the treacherous wave
Love sails upon.
Laughs every maid, in truth or Jest,
Ne'er shall her heart In crucial test
by love be won.
And when they meet some other day
Sly Cupid laughs to see the way
Love wins anon.
On, wlnsome lass. oh, signing swain.
oaii back your vows, your Boosting vain
In sweet despair.
for reckless OF impulsive youth,
UT soon or late all learn the truth,
Loves everywhere.
Ne'er beat the heart with pulse so faint
ihat beauty's pencil could not paint
Loves image there.
GEORGE LEWIS BROOKS
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ON A NEEDLES POINT.

How to Balance "A Plate on the Smallest
Point Possible.
Nearly all of our readers are undoubtedly
ACQUAINTED with the old circus trick of bal
ancing plate or dish and other kitchen
utensils on the point of stick or cane. These
objects are usually of wood or metal and they
balance by reason of their centrifugal force
but they cease to balance Immediately when-
ever the rotary motion is not great enough
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.BridgetP"

80 Is, men,.
aUJmpI I" The last expression was empha-
sized by so vigorous a closing OF me Wihuo"
blind that lie catch fastened WIN sharp snap.
:, moment before Il mas had felt bent as well as
.rn4t. a moment after tile WOUND 10 MS ptlde
had siraIcEtened him until, as ne slTOde across
IL fence he felt as tall as CONAN OF Gatn. lie
90 10 the house to tell his wife, but he
eh.cked himself: lie adored thai wlle OF DIS; ne
aIways was encOmpassing her win MS love Iildt
-ts mig he shielded from the sings and darts
~ an uuapprecia tive world; she snould not
kucR that any one had alluded 10 hef anu her
neStliBgs a gang =
nv lie word which could not be forgotten. The
eXuTessTon and the tone In which IL was uttered
..,,,e IA him uubidden In hs dreams and reused
lin, nom needed lest-came to HIM as he read
me morning paper While dashlng by ran 10 the
civ came to him as he added columns OF hgures
Al lis desk. ana caused him 10 make some ter
rihle bluudprs. Gang !" Although he was
mid hammered man, and member OF the church
besides, he came to regard bis ne1tdoor neigh
bor-womaD, and handsome though she was
with deadly hatred. So intense did his dislike
BECOME that lie sat in hts window one sultry
1nOonItent night aud gleeiuily bebeld straw cow
enter the Maytham garden and DO more damage
than any florist could nndO at that season.
Gang ~ indeed.
In fact itwas more with JOY than sorrow that
one day Zenas Learned from a chance acquaint-
ance on the train that there were special reasons
why Mr.. Maytham would be away from home Tor
some time, for the man was a defaulter ana hee-
ING from Justice. The BOrtieys agreed That IL
was proyidentlal that the families had not be-
come acquainted. for although Zenas NE
good man. tried 10 pity sinners wbile he mated
Sin. he told his wife that mere entry CLERK
with family depend mt upon MN could nor
afford 10 he known as an acquaintance OF de.
Iaulter's family. Everybody seemed " down on"
tie Blaythams; people said i was only because .s
the house was in the wife's name that MIS-;
Maytham had a roof over her bead-that the
couple had not lived there long, and never had
become acquainted in the village any way.
Though he still was full OF bitterness. Zenas
began 10 be interested anew In his handsome
neiehbOr, Tor be never before had seen tne WE
Of a crimina-one Of Mrs. Maytbams Class.
Crimes had been committed at Grasshopper
Falls and wives Of thieves and rOwdies were 100
numerous, as occasional subscriptions Tor lhelr
relief showed. but hey were shabby, forlorn,
characierless set Just like their husbands, while
here. Ia the very next house TO Zenas, was
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LOVE.

On, plant thy love within my heart,
Keep nourished with the living fount;
ana as 1t spreads and deeper grows:
An things else will then give way,
AND leave but love to bloom each day.
FIRST the blossom. then the fruit
BUDDING, bearing all the time.
MY hands will move at thy sweet will
MY movements all to thee I'll give;
consecruted life III live,
ftdneda, Cal Sept. 8, 1880. GERTRUDE.
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Invading America.

Our country has been invaded by a group
of sixteen Frenchmen, members of the
Alpine Club of Paris. who propose to as
cend all the mountain ranges of America.
They will tackle Canada first. These gentle
men. while they may look a lit e st6re-made
aud queer in their typical English tourists
garb. are in reality men of science, and their
society has branches in all the capitals of
Europe. AT present they stick to sea level
in New York hotel.