The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-23
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through the Garden he sees. living in the
shade. a majestic youth who informs
him that this land is the moon. -ghich YOU
see from your globe. and this place where
you are is D."
Being a man, Cyrano. even amid the
wonders Of mooniand. grows hungry after
awhile. and 10 assuage the pangs Of ma
ture. eats an apple from the Tree OF
Knowledge He has hardly tasted il
when a thick cloud overcast his soul. and
he saw nobody near him in the whole
hemisphere. lie resolved 10 march for
ward i'm spite of his misgivings. and
finally meets with the "beast-like men"
who inhabit the moon. and is brought by
them into their town" After many un-
hcard-of experiences his mind finally
turns carthward In its iongiugs when
the spirit rose like a whirlwind and.
holding CyranO In his arms. made him
pass that vast space which astronomers
reckon betwixt the moon and MS. in a
day and a halfs time. which convinced
Cyrauo that they tell u ivc who say that
q milestone would be three hundred. three
score and ! know not how many years
more I'm falling from heaven. since he
was so short q while I'm dropping down
from the globe Of the moon upon this"
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DO people in general know that there
Is said 10 he "a real Mother Goose who
sigua,ized herself by her literature for
the nursery? Her maiden name was
Elizabeth Foster. She was born in
Charleston. Mass. where she resided un-
III her marriage with Isaac Goose. when
she became stepmother 10 ten children
by the addition Of six 81 her own. TIE
who'e number Of goslings became sixteen,
and we 90 not wonder that she poured
out her feelings In the celebrated lines;
There was al old woman who lived in
a shoe;
She had so many children she didn't
know what TO do"
n IS said that the most pathetic figure
~ Euronoan ROYALTY, ;he Empress Eu-
genie. VIII shortly publish a book Of me-
moirs One cannot hut help wonder who
hcr fortunate publisher viii be
when Iongfcllow gave Hyperion" 70
che would fhe world was richer by q
book. but Longfcllow was the richer by
a bride for bis literary effort achieved n
happy result when all his persuasive clio
quence had foiled. and won for him the
heart and hand Of a hitherto obdurate
lady-lOvc.
Tho refrain Of Virginia Frazer Boyle's
"Pickann'ny Lullaby" in lis ever-recur-
ring melody. Will recall 20 It's readers a
memory OF plantation life and IT'S natural
accompaniment Of song and dance, Of
banjo and violin:
Down on the cabin no.
Scramblin Ike er 'gater.
Little BIT cr pckaninny
Eatin' swee pertater.
Sho'. Sho don't YOU cry
Nanny come an git you;
She's er-comin' by an by
Num- gwins ter hut you.
IniH up white folks close
Fa< a. she kin hsrry-