People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1893 — Hearth Song. [ARTICLE]

Hearth Song.

Before the hearth I dream of many things. The red-eyed embers glow, dull down, expire; An evanescent life in each, that brings Sad omens for tho life that men desire. Will it not end in ashes, like the fire? Not death is here, but change 1 Each spark that gleams Is pent-np sunlight, and the back-log's tune Repeats the music of the woods and streams. Bend low and listen; it is nature's rune, Singing of summer, chanting soft of Juno. —Richard Burton, in N. Y. Independent Thb Wife— “ Mercy on me! Johnny’s fallen in the town well, and it’s ten feet deep.” Editor (calmly)—“Five thousand dollars damages, tho paper enlarged and the mortgage lifted. The Lord will provide !”—Atlanta Constitution. Realism Impbacticable.— Egbert Eausonioe—“Do you know, society lias nevah been wepwesented in novels as it weally is.” Thanis Bight—“ Certainly not. A novel must be bright enough to be entertaining before it will succeed."—Puck. Cleanliness, exercise, and diet are the cardinal virtues of good health. Take care of the first two and if you know what and how to eat you need never be iIL It is claimed that Garfield Tea, a simple herb remedy, overcomes the results of wrong living. The Usual Cause.— Lord Fits-Mud—“Sir Charlie is going to marry an American girl.” Lora Haversnake—“Nol Whv, Ihad no idea his finances were so low as that!”— Puck.