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Foreign Futures
london wool Snles

LuNDoN, Oct S.--A moderate selection of
-. IA bales, including large supply Of cross
oreds' caused brisk competition at the wool sales
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Beans and Seeds

Large and small white beans are both firm
The other kinds are quiet and easy. All prices
remain unchanged
Beans (per cti)-Bayo, s2.5o02 e5; pea. "a. so;
small white, $4.256450; large white. $3.15@
3.25; pink, $2.50@2. .65; red, S3@3. so; butter
nominal; limas, 81 25@4-50; red Kidneys S3. 25 ;
blackeyes. $3.10@3.20; horse beans, $1.75; cram
berry beans, $3.50; Garyanzas. s1-75@2-
Seeds-Brown mustard, s3.T5: yellow mustard
nominal; daxseed, $2.15@3, carload lots; canary,
DC; alfalfa, 12h @131kc; rape, cleaned, 2@oHc;
timothy, nominal; hemp. 4c; millet. 2N@3Ac
per ID, broom corn seed, $25@26 per ton.
Dried Peas-Green are quoted at 81 1902 per
GENITAL
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Flour and Farinaceou. Goods

A wire from Minneapolis yesterday said
The flour output in Minneapolis last week de-
creased 1875 bbls The amount turned out
353, ,975 bbls. The mills running some
what stronger this week and the output should
show material gain. Sales good deal
less than three weeks ago..
without discount; bakers extras, S540@5.65 /;
superfine, S4.20@4.50; Oregon and Washington,
per bbl $4.90@5.40 for family, bakers and pat
ents and S4.75 for cut off; Kansas patents. S.;
do straight $3.50; Dakota patents, Sc. I5i
straight $500; first clear. $500
Farinaceous Goods-Prices in packages net
cash, discount, follows: Graham -four,
So per 100 lbs; rye -four, $40; rye meal, So. 20;
rice -four, $6.s097; corn meal, $3.05@3.25; ex-
ira cream do So. .55@3.75; oat meal $4.30G4. 80;
oat groats $4.30@4. so; homny. So .40@3 go;
buckwheat -four $4.05@4.25; cracked wheat
s.. .30Q3. so; farina, $4@420; whole wheat -four.
So. 20; rolled oats bbls $6@7.50, in sacks 81 so
46.50;, rolled wheat, bbls S4@4.30 In sacks $3.50
$3.50; pearl barley, $5.20@5.40; split peas.
boxes, ~S5. so per 100 lbs
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Meat Marker

The demand and supply are about equal and
quotations remain unchanged.
DRESSED MEATS
Beef-6A @6lsc per ID, for steers. 596c for
cows and heifers.
veal-6@T15c for large and sG9c for small
MuttonLWethers. 79sc; ewes, 615 97c per 10.
Lamb-S15 l9i5c per lb-
Dressed Pork tper lb)-96915c for light ano
S@Shc for heavy.
LIVESTOCK MARKET
The following quotations for good, sound
livestock delivered in San Francisco, gross
weight:
Cattle-Steers No. 1. so G4c; second quality.
3@3Hc for No. 1; second quality. 2Zc: third
quality, 21ac; thin, Ia 62c; bulls and stays
11561%c; thin bulls. 19lNc
Calves-4h G4%c per ID fOr light. 4c for me
dium and 3iac for heavy.
Sheep-Wethers, 3&c per h.; ewes. SIC;
shorn. 1Ac less
Lambs-4@45kc per h.
Hogs-1O0 TO 140 lbs &c: 40 to $50 lbs 6Lc;
ESQ to 325 lbs 5Ia 05Zc; boars. 80 per cent
stays 80 to 40 per cent and sows 10G20 per
cent OF from above quotations
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sSq5; teal. s2.50@4; widgeon. 81 25O@4 small.
S2.50G3; gray geese. S3@4; hare. $1Q1.25; cot
tontail rabbits, 81. 1.750225
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NORTHERN wheat Market
OREGON

PORTLAND, Oct. S-Wheat-CIub, SIC; blue
stem, 91c; turkey red, 90c; red Russian, SAC;
valley, 90c
WASHINGTON
TACOMA, Oct. S.-Wheat-Steady; milling,
bluestem, 95c; club, Ole; red. 80. Export, blue
stem, ole; club, SIC; red. S5c
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Deciduous and Citru. Fruits

Table grapes came in for large share Of yes
.eluay y lraalhg IN the 1ruit market. anu as me me
varieties were well sustained. The seedless,
tokay and museat varieties were the best sellers
In the local trade, and few favored brands or
muscat sold at a small premium in peddlng
way. Wine grapes quiet and weak. with
Good Zinfandels are scarce, as the first crop is
about gathered in some sections. In the market
for orchard fruits peaches. wrapped lots Of Bart
lett pears, and fine apples met with the usual
good demand and firm prices ruled for all three
descriptions, pears making a sharp advance.
There was scarcity of figs and what few were
offering were quickly snapped up at firm rates
ounces were good sellers. but there very
little doing In winter pears. pomegranates or
persimmons. Some pomegranates in orange boxes
came In from Porterville and were held at 81. 80
box. A fresh supply Of huckleberries came in
by steamer. and as the market had been bare
the berries found buyers at well maintained
figures Strawberries and raspberries were steady
at the old quotations, while cranberries were neg
leeted There was nothing new TO report in cit
rus fruits
Strawberries-s7Gs per chest for Longworths
and sage for the large varieties
Blackberries-S3@4 per chest.
Raspberries-s5@S per chest.
Huckleberries-- @15c per lb.A
Apples (per box)-Fancy in tier boxes, coca
PearsMBartietts. s1ai.5o per box for choice
wrapped and S5c@$1 for No. 2; other varieties
Quinces-e5@75c.
Plums-5Oc @s1.25 per box or crate.
Peaches-Small boxes including mountain
fruit 50@75c; carriers, 40@60c.
FigsA75c 80 per box
Pomegranates-9CcG GS1 .25 per box
Persimmons-75eG1$l per box.
Melons-Nutmeg melons 25G50c per box; can
taloupes, I5cGS1 per crate; watermeons. $1.50
az. so per dozen.
Grapes tcrates and small boxesl-Seedless. rs
G90c: museat 60d75c; queen, 5O6T5e: tokay,
500 75c; Isabella. S5c6Is1-10; COrnichon. 65cQ$1;
large boxes, $1.50@1.75 for seedless and 50c@
81. .25 for other varieties; wine grapes-zinfandel,
Sl5M2O per ton: mission S11613: white, S9612
Citrus Fruits (per box)-Valencia oranges,
$3. % $3.50; grapefruit, nominal; lemons. s2-T5
BIS for fancy. s175@225 for. choice and SIG
S1.50 for standards; lines. S465-
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, s1G1.50 per bunch
for Hawaiian and s.. 50@3 for Central American;
pineapples, S1.2542.
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Hay and Feedstuffs

Hay and feedstuffs continue firm and un-
changed. stocks of the latter being very meager.
Bran-S30031. so per ton for white and $2950
@31 for red.
Middlings-SS3. .5o@ 30. so per ton
Shorts-S33 @33. so per ton
Feedstuffs- Rolled barley, S29@30; rolled oats
for feed, $33@345o; mixed feed, S23@2s for
average lots; oil cake meal. in 20 ton lots $37.
in 10 ton lots $3.50, IN 8 ton lots S3S small
lots $3S so; cocoanut cake meal at mills, $50
In 20 and 10 and s25.50 in ton lots, jobbing
SIG; corn meal, S3T@3S; cracked corn. $3S@39:
broom seed. 81 .25@1.30 per ctl; alfalfa meal
per ton.
Hay-wheat S15@20; wheat and oat, st4@
1850; tame oat, Sl4@IS; volunteer wild oat.
per ton.
Straw-5o@e5c per bale.
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ter. Cheese and Eggs

Butter, Cheese and Eggs
CHlCAGO Oct s.-On the produce exchange
today @ the butter market was steady. Creameries.
2oh @27 1ac; dairies. 1S1a@24c. Eggs steady;
at marx, cases included, 16@1ec; frsts, 22c;
prime nrsts, 23c. Cheese steady, 1212 @14c.
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Los Angeles Markets

LOS ANGELES, Oct. S-Heayy receipts of
cheese during the last week, coupled with
light demand, were instrumental in effecting
lower prices for all varieties, which went into
effect today. Produce exchange quotations were
reduced, none of the posted varieties escaping
the hammer. The only trade the exchange
in cream brick cheese. Bean offerings were
large and bidding for them heavy, but no
sales resulted. Although potato receipts We're
still large there was decidedly better tone TO
the market, as fancy potatoes are becoming
scarce. The street was without a feature. All
vegetables were inactive, and as a result prices
were generally weaker. although no material
tinued firm, with light receipts and good de-
mand
Produce receipts-Eggs. a. cases; butter. 8, AGA
pounds; cheese, none; potatoes. 947 sacks; beans,
80 sacks; apples, 81 I02 boxes; onions, 1888 sacks;
sweet potatoes SIC sacks.
EggsHLocal ranch candled, 3s@41c; case
iected. 26d2Tc.
l5c anchor, Young America. Ice; hand cheese.
anchor brand 17c; eastern singles, 1sc; east
ern twins, 1sc eastern cheddars, 17c; eastern
ported. 2s@3oc; swiss domestic, lsc; brick,
cream, 1sc; limburger. 1sc; Tulare, 14c; Inn
49, 10 ESs Sa IS s5s g
box; Sierra, s1.10 box; Canada cream,
dozen to box, s5c; schlosskase. 81 box; camem-
Butter-Creamery extra, s71lc; creamery frsts.
60c; eastern extras, 30c; cooking butter. 24c.
Potatoes (per ctD-New local Burbanks, $1.50;
new highland, S1.40; new local sweet potatoes,
Onions (per ctl)-Northern red, 75c@S1; Aus
tralian brown. s0c@S1; 1silverskin, 81; garlic,
9@10c pound.
Beans tper ctl)-Pink No. 1, $3.50; local No.
1, $5.25@5.o0; Lady Washington, No. l.. 81. %;
small white. No: l, $425; blackeye, $3.50; Gar
vanzas. $3.50; lima, No. /, S5@5-25; lentils,
$11.50.
Poultry (buying prices alive)-Broilers, IL to
2 pounds, lie pound; fryers, lie; hens, 9
pounds and up, 12c; under pounds, 10c; old
roosters, 6@Ic; turkeys heavy. zoe; light, not
wanted Selling prices, dressed-Broilers. Zoe
pound; fryers, 20c; ROSTERS. 15c; hens, 15c;
ducks, frozen. l5c; live ducks. 14@15c; geese.
121h M14c.
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St. Louis Wool Market

ST LOUIS. Oct. S.-wool-Firm; medium
grades, combing and clothing, 16@20c; light
tine, l6Q1612c; heavy fne 11@12c; tub washed
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Northern Business

balances, 252, ,391.
SEATTLE. Oct. s.-clearings, s1,7os, ,sss;
TACOMA, Oct. s.--clearings. s7ee,e22 bal
ances sec. .S34
SPOKANE, Oct s.-olearingc. Sill. 1866;
balances. $13S.299.
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New York Stock Lists

L. T. Hutton Co.. 40 California street.
members OF the New York stock exchange, fur
nish the following list Of bond and stock sales
yesterday:
sales STOCkS IHIrhI Low Bi5 Ask
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Loans, Exchange and silver
Wheat and Other Grains

Wheat-Chicago advanced 111c. The San
Francisco market continues quiet, with buyers
shy. There is considerable Inferior wheat on
the market. which is not wanted by the mill
ers and therefore must be worked of in other
directions.
o.,,.. :, CASH WHEAT mt.
S1.75@1 so; lower grades of California, 81. .45@
l;6o; northern club, s1.671a CLIO; northern
bluestem, 81. 75@1. so; northern red, $1.65; tur-
key red. A.75@1. so per ctl.
FUTURES
1890 a. m. Session
No transactions
p. m. Session
Barley-Futures advanced again yesterday,
owing, 1t was said, to good demand for ship
Otherwise the market showed particular
feature.
CASH BARLEY
mon to 70 sn dhocs fsss per e SreTns
14ogi.a2h; shipping 81. al. 42la; chevalier,
FUTURES
May-No salss s1.4419 asked.
December sfsnA SpsIi s74sa sa si.2A E2Ti sissA ss
May-No sales; s1.44A bid, s1.45 asked.
December ....si.4I sI.4s1a si,4i sl.421s
up and down. Trade conditions quiet.
Choice white, S1.70@1.75; No. do, 81 -65@
1671a; common do, $1.55G1. 60; gray, s1-55@
lots, s1.65@1.70 for choice, $1.5O@1.6O for good
and S1.4715 for common; black, for feed,
sl.471a @1,6o; for seed, s2.45@2.s5 per cti.
Corn-Continues wholly nominal.
California small round yellow nominal: large
yellow, S1.s5@1.9o; white. nominal; western
states yellow, sacked, S1.9O; in bulk. San Fran
cisco track, yellow. s1.s3; white, $1.ss; mixed.
S1.Sl; Egyptian nominal.
Rye-S1. .4OG1. 40 per ctl.
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General MerchandIse

Bags-Grain bags SIS d61sc spot and 6Jk a7c
for 1903; San Quentin. 61sc: wool bags. 356
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<1EFNIH IVFHbIOHH
CHICAGO, Oct. S.--Cash quotations were as
follows; Flour firm; No spring wheat, s1.o3
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STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE
THURsDAY. oct. s-lO:sO a. N.

UNITED STATES BONDS
Bid. Ask Bid. Ask.
S or CD new is or coup.
.fTScErT 7 A t.f,.US
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Portland Butter Market

PORTLAND, Oct S.-Butter-Extras. 31hd
84c; fancy, 32Ac; choice. soc; store. 1sc.
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Receipts of Produce
ron THIrRsDAy ocToRER

wheat. ctls ....1s. .OOOI Oats. etl. ....... sl4S
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New York Stock List Continued.

aIes STOCKS High Low Bid Ask
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-22
Organized Scientific Research

each volume including references TO
the worlds published contributions to
that science during the year and sew
eral previous years. They include:
Mathematics, mechanism. physics,
chemistry. astronomy, meteorology.
mineralogy, geology, geography. pa
technology, general biology, botany.
zoology. physiology and bacterlology.
The original suggestion Of an inter-
national catalogue came from Prof.
Joseph Henry. first secretary Of tn,
Smithonian Institution, who, as far
back as 1855, called the attention OF
the British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science to the great
need of n work of this sort The idea
did not take shape. however. until its
Catalogue On Scientific Papers"
This. however, being an authors cata-
logue without subdivisions, did not
satisfy demands, so in 1898, through
the British foreign Office. the govern
ments of the leading nations OF the
world were invited and did send dele
gates to conference In London,
which. after several meetings, adopt
ed the present catalogue.
The American representatives par
ticipating In these conferences were
the late Prof. Langley, Prof. Simon
Newcomb. DIR. j. S. Billings and DIR.
Cyrus Adler. Now. the plan is in good
working order. The task Of slipping
In It's proper classification the title of
every scientific publication in this
country is to say the least intricate,
and frequently the advice of a spe-
cialist has TO be sought. The Smith
OMAN aims to keep in touch with
every prominent scientific author In
America, and last year. to insure ac-
curacy, 1t sent out letters containing
the catalogued lists OF their publica-
tions to most of the best known In
eestigators. As final check, corps
OF referees is employed, specialist
for each science. at the central bu-
reau In London, who reviews each
reference before publication
All the nations OF the world in
which scientific work is being done
are now, without exception, identified
with this great enterprise. Here is a
list OF the countries maintaining re
gional bureaus:" Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Cape of Good Hope, Cuba,
Denmark, Egypt, Finland. France,
Germany. Greece. Holland, Hungary.
India, Ceylon. Italy. Japan, Mexico,
New South Wales, New Zealand.
Norway Poland, Portugal. Queens
land, Russia, South Africa, South
Australia, Spain, Sweden, Switzer-
land, United Kingdom, United States
OF America. Victoria and Western
Australia. The general direction of
the International Catalogue of Scien-
tific Literature is vested in an inter
national convention which meets at
stated intervals. The last was held
In London in 1905. the next Will be
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o God! In tho stream that for Gin
ners did flow,
Wash me. and I shall be whittier than
snow.
BEHAVIOR III SOCIETY
Magazine Writer waxea Ironi.
cal While Dwelling on This
important Subject.

Every now and then u stand up
supper Is served at a dance. This Is
the abomination OF desolation spoken
OF by the prophet Daniel. Should a
lady ask you at such an entertain
ment to get her some supper, push
your way through the mob and hurl
Yourself like a flying wedge at the
trough where the comestibles are aa-
hibited. Once arrived on the scene
OF carnage, YOU can consume cup
OF boullllon, some sandwiches lit
tie filet, some dry champagne, some
oysters, and plate of salad, an ice
and cup OF coffee. After this, &c
your hunger has been satisfied, take q
morsel OF gelatine. n dolly. and n
ladyfnger, place them on n plato and
force yourself through the compact
lines of angry, feeding, dancing men,
until you appear before :-our fair part
ner. declaring that you did your best,
and that the rest Of the provisions
had disappeared. While she Is thank
Ing you. slip away TO the smoking
room and send the man in attendance
there for bottle of your fayorite
/ champagne. While he has gone you
may busy yourself by selecting doz-
en- or more Of the test cigars, SO as
to be sure 10 have something to smoke
on the way home.
At the theater 1t is smart to roast
the show" Do not be afraid OF wound
ing the feelings of your host and
hostess. II is an even chance that
they are more bored than you. II
/, the actors seem to object to your
conversation or show annoyance or
1 impotence. try to remember that they
are not society people, and are ig-
norant of all little graceful social con-
ventions.
: On leaving the opera with the la
dies, do not 90 into the side corridors
| with them, or you will surely be fore
{, ed to look out for their carriage. q
tedius and bothersome occupation
The wisest thing to do Is to say that
you have all appointment, and merge
yourself with the rabbIe who are
leaving by the front door, leaving the
ladies in the drafty side entrance
where their footman will sooner OF
| later discover them.
! Bachelors no longer leave cards. r;
is considered outre After dining Il
good many times at house, a man
may give a butlcr two dollars and Sis
/ card. IN return the butler VIII, di.-
n az Al
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-22
FAMOUS POEMS ORIGIN
Version of How Beautiful
Snow" Written by an
Outcast.

The Omaha Republican gives tho
following version of the production
which the London Spectator pro-
nounced the finest poem ever written
In America. In the early part of the
war OH stormy night. right in tho
dead of winter, there died at the
Commercial Hospital. in the city of
Cincinnati. young woman, over
whose head only two and twenty
summers had passed. She had once
been possessed of an enviable share
of beauty and had been. as she her.
self said. "hattered and sought for the
charms of her fact" but alas! she had
fallen from woman's high estate.
Highly educated and with accomplish
ed manners. she might have shone in
the highest society. But the evil hour
that procured her ruin was the one
from which went out the innocence
of childhood and having spent n
young life in disgrace and shamo. the
poor, the friendless one. died the mel
ancholy death of broken hearted
outcast. Among her personal effects
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1t Is matter OF general interest to
Know that one of the results of modern
that one OF the results OF modern or
: ganized scientific and historical re-
h. search is that properly trained peo-
pie, when they want to work on any
subject. instead of starting out anew
5as though nothing had ever happen
ed before, try to find out what has
lnlready been done on the subject they
wish to investigate. To obTiate the
necessity of each person doing this
for himself. numerous organized eff
forts have been made, from time to
time. to publish indexes of one. sort
.pr another, sometimes on n special
subject. sometimes covering several
fields Of human activity. All OF the
efforts made in the past. however,
Jailed To- cover the whole field of sci
once and oil the nations engaged in
st; nor did any one country or or
ganization have apparently sufficient
funds on hand to prepare an index up
10 the latest modern requirements.
ut was the recognition of this that
brought about a series of conferences
In London. which definitely establish
eli what is known as the International
Catalogue of Scientific Literature
Since then. so broad has been the in
terest taken in it that the govern
mlcnts of over thirty nations now an
nually give 1t financial aid. and So
called regional bureaus" are operat-
ed In each country, to collect, review
snd place on record the original SCI
entific literature, current and recent,
of its people. For the United States
'th6 regional bureau" is administered
hy.tbe Smithonlan Institution, assist
cd by an, annual congregational APP
.'propriation. Until FIVE years ago the
3icptire expense was borne by the in
.SStltution as legitimate interest of
IAN establishment for the increase and
Y diffusion of knowledge among men.
3 The enormity of the task of run
;ning through every scientific publica-
gtion In the United States, book or
periodical, grasping Its subject mat
Ster to see IL It really Is something
jneY, then putting 1t under its proper
classification. and filing triple or
Yluadruple references. may we'll lie
Imagined. For the fiscal year end
ding June 30 last, this bureau sent to
3the central Office Mt London 2s,629
references. nearly half OF them for
the year 1906. and the balance scat
tered through previouy years; and
since the inception Of the work 49,
233 have been sent for the, United
States, and 1.049.762 in all.
= The work at the Smithsonian is car
ried on under the general direction
of Dr. Cyrus Adler. with Mr.. Leonard
g. Gunnell sas principal assistant OF
the complete catalogue, there are now
published each year seventeen vol
unes on eeverteen different sciences,
arranged in icgicai scientific order.
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was found in manuscript, THE Beau
tiful Snow" which was carried TO
Enos b. Reed. n gentleman OF culture
and literary taste. WHO was at that
time editor OF the National Union. In
the columns of that paper. on the
morning following the girls death.
the poem appeared In print for the
first time. When the paper contain
Ing the poem came out, the body of
the victim had not yet received birl-
al. The attention OF Thomas Bucha-
nan Reed, one Of the first American
poets, was so taken with the stirring
pathos that he Immediately followed
the corpse to IFS final resting place.
Such are the plain facts concerning
her whose Beautiful Snow" Will long
be remembered as one of the bright
est gems in American literature.
oh! the snow, the beautiful snow:
Filling the sky and the eartn below,
Over the house tops. over the street.
Over the heads of all the people you
meet. :.
Dancing,
Fitting.
Skipping along!
Beautiful snow; it can do nothing
wrong.
Flying to kiss the fair lady's cheek,
Clinging to lips in frolicsome freak,
Beautiful snow from the heavens
above.
Pure as an angel, gentle as love!
Oh! the snow. the beautiful snow!
HOY the flakes gather and light as
they go
Whirling about in their maddening
fun;
1t plays in its glee with every one,
Chasing.
Laughing,
dIurrying by,
1t lights on the face and sparkles the
eye.
And playing dogs with bark ard a
bound
Snap at the crystals that eddy
around;
The town is alive and it's hearts in
glow
To welcome the coming of the beau
tiful snow,
How wildly the crowd goes swaying
along.
Hailing each other With humor and
song,
How the gay sleds like moteors pass
! BY.
Bright for moment, then lost to the
eye
Ringing.
Swinging.
J Dashing they go,
Over the crest of the beautiful snow.
Snow SO pure when it fell from the
sky.
AS to make one regret-to see It lie
To be trampled and tracked by thou
sands OF feet.
it'll 1T blends with the filth OF the
horrible street.
oncc ! was pure ss the snow, but
fell,