Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1896 — Page 2

AFTERTHETORNADO

Storm-Stricken Cities Now Face the Future. BRAVE AND HOPEFUL. Thousands Are Busy Clearing Away Wreckage. Story of Violence, Terror, Ruin, Deeolation and Death—Burying the Dead and Caring for the Injured, Hungry and Homeless—Close Estimate of the Property Damage—Thousands Go to View the Storm's Work—Pen Picture of the Horrors the People of St. Imais Have Endured. Bruised and torn and bleeding, staggerlag from the force of the blow, but still reliant and confident in het own strength, ‘he city-jgof St. Louis is standing in the tew of hundreds of thousands of visitors, a beautiful picture even in her misery and pain. Though 200 of her children were torn from her by . the merciless wind, and ■cores are lying dn the hospitals on beds of agony, she is rallying her superb re■porces ready to begin again the march of progress. Property worth millions was ■natched from her bosom, and from the fair surface of, her vicinage huge factories, beautiful dwellings, gigantic elevators and thousands of homes of the poor hare been razed. Dazed and half Weeding, she has struggled to her sept, groping in the darkness of affliction. Her little neighbor is scarcely able to move. The full force of the storm that laid her waste was not lost in the long and remarkable voyage across the river. Out of a population of nearly three-quar-ters of a million St Louis lost two hundred souls. East St. Louis has scarcely a family in her limits that does not number in its membership one dead or wound-

EAST. ST. LOUIS CITY HALL.

ed. The list of victims to the fury of the wind runs up to 150, and to say who is injured would be to enumerate one-half the population of the bustling little community. Weaker than St. Louis, in that ■he lacks the size and wealth, she is strong in her own might With the assistance of the outside world she will recover from the blow in time and her Nocked streets will again be the tLorfull of teams and men they were'' efore the terrible visitation. But

VIEW ON SIXTH STREET. ST. LOUIS—-TYPICAL SCENE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE CITY.

in the history of the world, the disaster that overtook the sister cities will live on and on as the greatest of modern times. Birth of the Tornado* On that fateful Wednesday afternoon the clouds formed in conclave over St. Louis. For months, weeks they had been hovering in an atmosphere that made them worried and restless. They were •urcharged with energy generated by excessive heat and they were surly. They thirsted for rapine and slaughter. Down below them myriads of mortals ran about the streets Of the big city like ants, each carrying out his part in the daily journey of the world. Across the river dense volumes of smoke arose and from the many nilroad yards the shriek of locomotive whistles mingled with the rumble of moving cars. The great stock yards and the roiling mills and the foundries were adding their quota**to the atmosphere that was irritating the vapory masses in the sky. Traitorously the storm crept upon the city, and even as the people wondered why the shadows of vapor were behaving in a manner so unusual they framed their battle front and brought to being the tornado, the child of unusual atmospheric conditions, the concentratiop of the power of the elements. In less than ten minutes it caused damage to property that cannot be replaced in years and loss of life horrible to dwell upon. It swept a dty from end to end, attacked a swollen river, lined with shipping, made of it a waste of muddy water, showing here and there on its surface a wreck, and ruahed on through the little city across the bridge, demolishing it most utterly. It left behind a long trail of blood and twisted ruin. „ When the force of the wind abated from •very door and every place of shelter men and women swarmed with blanched faces and trembling lips. Every thoroughfare ' was a vista of broken signs, overturned vehicles, ground and shattered glass and twisted wires. Lights were snuffed out by the fury of the gale and the wonderful current that propels so many of the cars of the city was rendered useless. In the downtown business districts, where thf damage was slight, the streets were crowded with citizens anxious to get to their homes to reassure loved ones. All felt that a dreadful calamity had occurred, but none could say’the extent of it While the news of all the fatalities was being circulated in the manner that news was circulated in the olden time, when town erlers were the chroniclers of the events of the day, night was falling rapidly. The telephone system of the city was useless and the rapid transit conveyances stood idle in the streets. Light was at a premium. Candles were called into requisition and gas jets that had not Men service for years were pressed into use. The streets were wildernesses of risk. On every hand the wires were Spitting and snapping and froip roofs pieces of debris were falling suddenly and without warning. An hour bejfoW*the usual time the town was buried In a black pall

aain a dungeon. Out of the west came another storm, resembling the first, and terrified mortals fled from it wildly and aimlessly. All the time the rain beat down desperately. Night came on a’ city thoroughly and pitifully demoralized. In all its vast extent there was not a man who knew what had been accomplished by the terrible wind. Ghastly Tales Told. About 7 o’clock the eastern horizon took on a ruddy appearance, and through the blinding rain long tongues of fire could be seen mounting high in the air. East St. Louis was on fire. There were fires to the south and to the east and to the west. The city was walled in with flames on three sides and the streets were impassable. Out of the confusion and chaotic spawn of rumors, it became soon apparent that the bulk of the damage had been done in South and East St Louis. No one knew the extent of it and all feared to guess. That it was unprecedented was intuitively surmised. Up in the city, where the full force of the charge of the angry clouds was not felt, the ruin gave a faint indication of what it was where the tornado had mowed a path through the solid evidences of the industry of man. A steady stream of travel took its way toward the south and all night long it ebbed. and flowed out of scenes of misery and do vastation into scenes of devastation and misery. The rain did service in putting out numerous fires the firemen could not

reach and then died slowly and sullenly, as though angry at being called upon to render any succor to the victims of its allied, friends, the wind and the clouds. To the Rescue. Brave men, with heads cool and hearts true, realized, as soon as the full fury of the visitation was spent, that there was work for them to do. The City Dispensary naturally became the central, point of news and succor. Every minute news of fresh horrors was received. Ambulances began to reach the city hall loaded down with wounded and dead before any measures looking to their care could be taken. Physicians, full of energy, willing to do their part, came from every district in the city that had not been touched by

SCENE IN HICKORY STREET.

the storm. Volunteers poured in from every direction, ready to dig and delve or do anything to assist the authorities. Eight hours followed such as never before were ticked off by the clocks of St. Louis; eight hours of terror and uncertainty. The innermost recesses of the highest mountain ranges were scarcely more difficult of access than were the stricken districts. A darkness that seemed all the more impenetrable because it was experienced by a people unused to darkness, hid the view of one side of the street from pedestrians on the other. Wires hung at all angles or lay on the ground, tripping those who tried to cross them at every step. Telegraph poles were spread in every direction in the downtown districts and the remnants of buildings that had stood the brunt of the storm were stacked up like small hills on every corner. Those who ventured into that portion of the city lying south of Clark avenue took their lives in their hands. It was like defying fate to plunge into the vortex of ruin,.but fate was defied. Trucks loaded with firemen wejre sent out to clear : roads leading to the hospital from South St equipped with wire cutters and axes, and they blazed paths through piles of wreckage . '|he bulk of the horror of the night was grouped at the morgue, at the City Dispensary and at the hospital on Seventeenth and Pine streets. Down the nar-, row alley back of. the city hall ambulance aftgr ambulance swung in, loaded down with suffering humanity. The limited quarters were a repository'for the misery of days crowded into hours. Needy

THE ST. LOUIS TORNADO IN THE HEART OF THE CITY.

all the victims brdught in were completely naked, stripped by the violence of the storm. Speed was necessary in treating them and the gentle, kindly words of the surgeon who has plenty of time were not spoken. It was hurry, hurry, hurry. A man with one fractured leg would give way on an operating table to a man with both legs fractured, or a woman with her tender flesh hanging in shreds. Little, children, torn and crushed, were brought in and laid before the surgeons, their shrill cries and pitiful moans contrasting with the howls of the more powerful adults. They came in a swift stream that seemed to- be without end, all night long, and it appeared to those who handled them that the sights and sounds grew more terrible as the hours crept by. Among the Mangled. The scenes at the hospital were a repetition of those at the dispensary. It was at the morgue that the full force of the disaster was brought to the understanding. The little slate-colored building on Twelfth and Spruce was the magnet that drew a funeral procession, radiating from every part of the South Side. First, the slabs were filled in the usual way, one body to a slab, and then two slabs were placed together and made the resting place for four bodies. Still the corpses came. They were dumped in like grist into a mill. The slabs were soon crowded and the ice boxes invuse. Ittook but a short time to fill'ithe boies and the doors were closed for a few minutes, while a general shifting of the mutilated forms was made. The next time the doors were opened from six to eight bodies were placed on a slab and the boxes were filled to the top, as a boy piles wood into the big box behind the kitchen stove. When all the receptacles provided for the use of the dead were full to overflowing, the tired morgue attaches laid.the. bodies op the floor, and those who came to search for loved ones were confronted by a spectacle well fit to stagger a grave digger. All night long St. Louis and East St. Louis were cities alone in their terrible desolation, almost entirely cut off from communication with the rest of the world, and without exception the streets of this city were dark tunnels, and her homes were the homes of fearful people. Dead and dying, death and injury, were the sole topic of conversation. To those who slept came dreams of pishing storms carrying the bloody victims of its fury in outstretched arms. To those who spent the night in work in the devastated district came a surfeit of,siekening experiences that will haunt them for months to come. And in all the horror of the black night and its. terrible developments reigned a feeling of dread for what might be disclosed by the day. When the first gray coloring in the eastern sky gave evidence of the coining of the light, the watchers gazed with mingled feelings of thankfulness and fear. . Objects became discernible dimly as the sun mounted higher on the course of his daily journey, emphasizing the ruin that was rather felt than seen in the gloom of the night. After the Storm.' The first reports of the great storm were considerably exaggerated, as is usually the case when such a calamity occurs.lt was ipipossible in the confusion and darkness to obtain definite information, and the stories of havoc and fatality were magnified by the exciting influences of the situation. .The pumber of’killed, which was hastily estimated at 1,000, is now known to be less than 500 for St. Louis and East St. Louis, while the destruction of property may be put at not to exceed $5,000,000. It is impossible to tell how many were wounded, but the list is likely to be several times as large as that of the dead; 1 and there are hundreds of houseless and destitute families, thankful in their distress that they escaped with their lives. The work of suceqring the needy is being carried on with all possible diligence and effectiveness. There was a quick response of public sympathy and charity to the demands of the occasion, and well organized efforts of relief give assurance that no suffering will

be neglected and no means spared to restore generalTOnftort and happiness. It r will take some time to repair the property damaged! but the undertaking is already in progress and will be pushed forward with characteristic American pluck and enterprise until the last vestige of the misfortune is removed. It will take at least two. years to repair the damage done by rite tornado. It is estimated that in St. Louis at least 7,500 houses were destroyed, although the officials of the building commissioners 1 office are inclined to place it at 10,000. The

WRECKED STEAMERS ON THE EAST SHORE OF THE RIVER.

number of buildings destroyed or damaged at East St Louis will not fall below 500, which means a loss from which the Illinois town will not recover in many years. The tornado was not a respecter of classes, and made no distinctions. It swept away the palaces of wealth as well as the hovels of the poor. It spared neither institutions of mercy nor the monuments of‘productive industry. While the money value of the damage is estimated in aggregate at not over $5,000,000, these figures do not convey an adequate idea of the tremendous losses sustained by the great catastrophe. The losses entailed by suspended business operations and the money that will be required to clear away the wrecked factories, blocks and dwellipgs will swell the total loss to an incredible figure. KILLED BY THE WIND. Nearly One Thousand Lives Blown Ont in the Last Sixty Days. Nearly 1,000 persons have been killed by tornadoes and windstorms' of lesser violence during the last sixty days. The figures at hand show the "number of dead to be 795, a total that will undoubtedly be swelled to much larger proportions when the full loss of life at St. Louis is ascertained. Illinois. ——- 2—Dead. Injured. Pern, May 16. . . ...... 1 Mercer County, May 16 1 Elgin, May 16 1 4 Rockford, May 16. ..'.., 3 14 Monroe, May 24 2 6 Leaf River, May 24 1 Cairo, May 25 14 . East St. Louis, May 27 150 800

AT TENTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS.

New Baden, May 27.. 13 24 Blrkners, May 27 4 ... Boyd, May 27. ..ts-. 2 8 Irvington, May 27. 1 6 'Hoyleton, May 27 8 ... Mascoutah, May 27.... 1 ... Jefferson City, May 27 5 Fairfield, May 27 1 8 Total 208 384 Missouri. St. Louis, May 27............250 300 Audrain County, May 27 15 25 Total ._. 265 825 Michigan. Oakland County, May 25 113 83 Mount Clemens, May 25........ 12 Total ....113 45 lowa. North McGregor, May 24..... 15 ... Valeria, May 24 5 2 Bondurant, May 24 4 2 Mingo, May 24 4 Santiago, May 24. ; 8 ... Duraago, May 24.......1 5 ... New Hampton, May 24 1 Centerville, May 27, 3 8 Total 40 12 Kansas. Concordia, April 26. 8 12 Falls City, May 16 4 12 Sabetha. May 16...... 13 ... Oneida, May 16..... 6 .... Reserve, May 16..... 4 ... Emporia, May 20 1 ... Total 1...... 36 24 Indiana. Warsaw, May 27 2 5 ' » Texas. Denton and Grayson Counties and city of Sherman, May 15.100 200 Colorado. Denver, March 27 1 ... Kentucky. Elva, May 16 5 Oklahoma. Osage Reservation, May 20... 4 ... North Dakota. Epiphany, April 27 3 10

Virginia. Salem,. April 24.............. 2 ... Ohio. Sandusky, April 20.. 2 ... J Nebraska. Pawnee, May 17 10 ... Pennsylvania. Jarrettown, May 28 3 ... Columbia. May 28. 1 ... Total 4 ~ Grand total... 795 975 The most famous dog artist was Landseer. *

THE FARM AND HOME

matters of interest to farmER AND HOUSEWIFE. It Will Pay Any Farmer to Note Ac; curately the Value of the Clover Plant—Use JudsrrfJent in Feeding —Should Organize and Educate. > '►- • • . - Clover as a Subeoiler. Some of the most successful farmers "of my acquaintance seed down every field of grain with elover, considering that the, pasture and manure] yalue of clover plowed under,, of fields not left for meadow, well pays for the clover seed. Study the clover plant. It will pay any farmer to note more accurately than he has done the peculiar habits of the clover plant—its long tap-root, its ability to stand dry weather when once established, its tenderness In loose soils before It is well‘rooted', its small nodules upon the roots, through which it absorbs nitrogeri from the air, and especially its efficiency as a subsotlev. Every farrper knows that a hard pan under his farm means grief to him arid his, and 'that before the farm can be made profitable, this hard pan must be broken-qp; but how to do it cheaply and effectively has been the trouble. Subsoil plows have been invented, used for a few yCars, and for the most part aba iiiioncd. Deep plo w i i>g 11 as ' been tried, with the result of a crop failure for one or two years, dr until the lower soi 1 had been sweetened by exposure to railhand frost, or by heavy manuring. The best and at the same time the “cheapest subsbllcr we know of is clover roots. The hard pan will not grow, hut in ordinary farming sections where there is sufficient rainfall to grow clover, there is no subsoiler so cheap and effective as clover roots. The clover root bores downward by night as veil as by day, Sabbath and holidays included. “ - 'this silent force which honeycombs, the earth cannot be measured, but its work is none,the less effective. It makes a place for itself in. life and in makes a place for the air, that most perfect instrument in breaking up the most impervious subsoil. Not only that, but it fertilizes the air space, and thus tempts downward the roots of other plants and What subsoil plo .v works so easily and is so eheap in its construction and efficient in operation? All it needs is clover seed sown’early and covered in time. —:; : Watch this process going on this summer;' examine the clover roots, a month or two months, six months and eighteen months old; dig down and see for yourself how far they go; find outin what Kind of soils they go deepest; compare the expense of this with that of the subsoil plow and the labor, and remember that the subsoil plow can go at best but a few inches, while the clover plant reaches down one, two, three niiie feet into the subsoil.— Correspondence Country GentleT man.

Judgment in Feeding. Most of the ills that cows and other domestic animals suffer are' due to improper feeding. It is understood, of course, that the product of the cow in quantity, if not in quality, is dependent on the amount of good, nutritious food which can be eaten and thoroughly digested/ This creates the temptation to feed too much and too rich food. This clogs the digestive organs and frequently injures them permanently. It requires skill in feeding to give enough and not too much. There are peculiarities of individual cows that have also to be considered. It is npt always the largest cow that will eat and digest the iqost; but wj? think it can be safely said that no cow was ever good for much for either milk or butter if she was a delicate feeder. The best cow is sure to have a ravenous appetite, and needs to be stinted sometimes in her feed to prevent her fronr eating more than is good for her. Educate, Agitate,"Organize. We have printed recently several statements of successful co-operative efforts among farmers. They show that it Is possible to unite; that when once united farmers must stay united to derive benefits therefrom and that benefits do certainly come. We must not think because our neighbor differs in politics or religion from us that his Intentions are not just as good and honorable as our own. We live at the end of the great century of civilization and should be removed from the prejudices oftheda fk ages.EverybtlfeFßur our own occupation is united and seems to prosper on account of it, even In these times of depression. If farmers intend to succeed they must keep up with the spirit of the times, use their Intelligence, read agricultural papers (the news of our profession) and unite to protect their own interests.—Farm and Home.

Charcoal for Hoge. When Theodore Louis was in Massachusetts telling institute audiences how to make swine husbandry pleasant and profitable he urged a free use of charcoal and salt to be kept In reach of the animals. This Is how he prepares the coal and othet condiments. First we take good care of at least 20Q»bushels of corn cobs so as to burn them into charcoal. This is.done in the following manner: Dig a hole In the ground handy to your hog house,, four or five feet deep, one foot in diameter in bottom and five on top, cone shape; have a sheet Iron cover large enough to cover this and project about six inches overttbe edge of the pit. Start a fire in bottom of pit with shavings arid add by degrees a bushel of cobs, .wait until they are well aglow, then add three or four bushels; when they are aglow, add more apd continue until the pit is rounding full. ’ , If they burn faster on one side, lift them on opposite side with a pole. When all seem well aglow, cover the hole with the sheet iron and seal the edges with earth. Next morning take out tho charcoal. If well done there will be twelve bushels. Put them in spare salt barrels and break them with shovel when filling the barrels. Take six bushels of this charcoal in a large box or on a floor, add one bbshel of handwood ashes, eight pounds of salt and mix thoroughly. Then dissolve one and one-fourth ,pounds copperas in a large pail of warm or hot water sprinkle this on the above with

sprinkling pot, but be sure and mix aa one sprinkles so as to evenly distribute .it. Tjten make a self-feeding box .with . cover to it, and set it where hogs have free access to it. Stake it down, so hogs cannot rub it over. ’See to it occasionally that contents follow down, so hogs can get it, and my word-for it the hogs will get away with it before you, ar "ready to refill. The spare coal should be kept under shelter.—Hoard’s Dairyman. , . •.'—— . ■■ k B ' shallow Plowlnu for Corn. In plowing for corn the mope shallow the furrow is made so as to get the sod turned under and. enough loose earth «brought to the surface to make a seed bed, the better will be the early growth and -generally the crop alfeo when Jt ; is matured. Corn roots love warmth, and in sod ground the soil, which lies beneath the sod roots cannot be got immediately in condition to cut unless it is pldwed shallow. When the prairies were first broken, the sod was extremely tough, and it could only be plowed very shallow', and that with much difficulty both for men and teams. But it was found that this sod icorn plowed very shallow was better than when two or three teams were put on, and the furrow turned deeply, so as to keep the grass roots from growing up through it again. Many Eastern farmers have learned the same fact. A clover ley will beat to be plowed somewhat deeper, but there is no advantage in this for the corn crop. If tile corn roots need to go down deeper, Theyxan. and will follow in the humus formed by rotting clover roots that have penetrated to the subsoil. A well"cnlt+vated- eoru field inour EasternStates rarely suffers from drought. When the crop is shortened by dry Weather at earing'' time It usually means that the soil was not cultivated often enough while the corn was small, so as to keep in the soil all the moisture falls in summer rains, which are usually sufficient to make a good corn crop.—American Cultivator.Land for Fruit Growing, Jn setting out an orchard extremely rich soil is neither profitable nor to be desired if it could be made rich without expense. MOst young* orchards in the first few years grow too fast and make wood at the expense of fruit. If the farmer thinks the soil not rich enough, he is apt to manure the young trees with stable manin?. This only makes matters worse. 1 What is needed in most- long-enltitated lands ism larger, supply of the mineral fertilizers that promote fruit production. It is often argued that the orchards on newlycleared land which were set when the country was new and its soil unimpaired, were for many years very productive. But the conditions were different in those early days. The burning of brush arid often of the trunks of trees on the land where they grew, filled the soil full of potash with enough phosphate added to supply tin) needs of fruit. 1 Use mineral fertilizers as liberally as they were used when the forests were felled and burned, and our exhausted grain fields would be amply rich enough for profitable orcharding.

The Late Cabbage Crop. It is very easy to grow a crop of late cabbages. No hot beds are required, as the seed can be planted in the open ground, though it is better to do this in a bed and cover it with sash and glass on cold nights, so as to hasten the early growth. The' bed for late cabbage plants should be made very rich by using nitrate of soda liberally. This wiU make strong plants, -especially if they are once transplanted before setting out in the ground where they are to grow. This will not be until June or nearly into July, and at this time of year all fairly rich ground will be found rich enough to make a good crop, as during the latter part of tha summer there Is a large development of nitrate in the soil from the fermentation of what vegetable matter it contains. Fattening Calves. The butcher always insists, when his opinion is asked, that the fattened calf must be allowed to suckle its dam, instead of being fed. In this way it not only gets new milk, but it gets it warm, and also more slowly than when the calf has learned to drink. In this way the calf mixes more saliva with its milk, and that makes it more easily digested. But if the fattening calf is fed new milk as warm as it comes from the cow, and through a rubber tube with small aperture, so as to let the milk come slowly, it will thrive just as well as if it suckled, and it will be better for the cow. The fact that the calf gets Its milk more slowly than it would be milked tends to dry up the cow, and this tendency is Increased if towards the last the calf stops sucking and leaves a little of the last milk, which Is always the richest, in the udder. Live Willows as Fence Posts. A willow stake pushed into the soil in early spring, While it is yet moist from the effects of winter freezing and thawing, will alinost certainly grow, and after two or three years it will become enough of a tree to serve as a post for attaching wire tojt for a fence. We have known many farmers who construct their roadside fences in this way, often planting the trees close enough together so that a fourteen or sixteen foot board may be nailed to the living posts after they have attained sufficient size.' By cutting off the top every two or three years the fence may be kept from shading the road or field too much. Whole Oats for Honea. There is always some waste from feeding whole oats, though as they are less liable to pack in the horse’s stomach, whole oats are preferred by many horsemeq* But when the horse’s teeth get poor, the whole oat, not being masticated, is frequently voided as unbroken as when it entered the animal, and will grow when placed under favorable conditions, in sjqch case it can do very little good. It requires more labor to cut and mix meal and cut hay, but it wIH always pay, not only in the saving of sped, but in the greater amount of work it will enable horses to perform. Keroacne for Kost. Kerosene is the best remedy to prevent rusting of tools. Keep a supply in a convenient place, dip a soft sponge in it, squeeze the sponge and moisten the implements with kerosene. It will save (he Implements from loss by dampness and also lessen labor by keeping them bright and clean. •_

A Symphony Song.

A Song; of Faith. There’s a joy that- comes out of the pastime, Like a star in a cloud-shadowed night; And it lingers with all to the last time, And beautifies life with its liiht; Though time in its changes diurnal, Dims the beauty of amethyst skies, Star-like from the darkness eternal That joy will arise! Thotigh we dwell inthe ways that are lowly— ' Where bloom not, the flowers that are sweet; In paths that the Master made holy By the print of his beautiful feet; That joy shall make sorrow seem lighter, And take from affliction its sting; And close to the life it makes brighter Its tendrils will cling! And what is that joy and its mission? What kind stars.looked down on its birth? Does it seek us in every condition? Does it reach to the ends of the earth? O friends, from each other divided, It is this: In far sun-lighted lands, Whep the tides of the years have sub- • sided, We shall meet and clasp hands! - - « ' f "ft Why wander in pathways uncertain, Where no rose and no lily invites? Why shudder to ring down the curtain And stand in the blaze of God’s lights? t —— ... Time tells in his starry evangels, That when life and its cares are laid down. We shall lay at the feet of the angels The cross for the crown! —Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. At Twilight. I hear the sound of a soft footfall/ ~. A laugh that is elfin sweet, A lisping word and a cooing call, As down the length of the shadowy hall Falter her baby feet. She pauses a-tiptoe at the door, With her bonny eyes ashine. Her face holds wisdom beyond my stare, And I clasp her close, to my heart once —— — more, ——— — With her fair little cheek to mine. But my arms clasp only the empty air. The lullaby dies unsung, I lose the gleam of her golden hair. And the little face, so childish fair. And the lisp of her baby tongue. And then I remember; she lies asleep, Her story has all been told, And whether I wake or whether I weep, There still is a mystery strange and deep, Which Time can never uufold. But I sometimes fancy I_catch the gleam Of her hair, in the still of the night, , And the lilt of her hand in a pale moonbeam, Or her eyes meet mine in a waking dream As I sit in the dim twilight, • ’Tis then, I fancy, she turns her face That has grown so heavenly fair, From where she stands in that shining place, And looks toward me through the starry space With the smile that the angels wear. —Dorothy Deane, in Baltimore American. The Dying Rose. See, one by one, they fall— The rose-leaves from their stem. Can nothing yet recall The quben’s lost diadem? Ah! one by one, they go— The smiles that sweeten life; As wavelets swiftly flow, Unseen in ocean’s strife. -— ; — Urionnscibns breath remains . In you bereaved plant, That many hues contains The vision to enchant. So when our dreams are dead, , Aud buried in the ground, New fragrance may be shed, In holier gardens found. —Edward Octavus Flagg, in New York Home Journal. O, Summer Night. O, summer night, so clear and bright, Far hills in purple shadows dight, .-AntLmeadpws bathed in silvery light. O, summer night o.' long ago, Again I see the old hedgerow, And hear the brooklet’s murmuring flow. night so fraught with pain; We meet no more on earth again, Dear eyes that smiled their disdain. O, summer night, the fur leagued sea Rolls now between u» sobbiugly. Between my lony lost love and me. O, summer night, the moop doth wane, From yonder ancient ivibd sane, The chimes ring out the matiii strain. —Caroline Wethereil, in Boston Courier. The Mother Day. Ah, what if Night forget her promises, And leave thee, restless, comfortless, to share With starless skies the burden of thy dare? / Her long, still hours, ah, what if their caress Brings thee no respite from the fears that press, And from the doubts that would thy soul ensnare? Sweet, holy night-shrines, If ye fail, ah, where V Shall we, sad penitents, our woes confess? The Day is pitiful and kind, most kind; She opens wide her strong, brown arms, and sings Her songs of toil to thee, so sorely pressed. Dear souls and brave, I know not If ye find Such blessed peace as earnest labor brings— After your nights of mourning, such sweet rest. —Frank Walcott Hutt, In Boston Transscript.

Patent Medicines.

Nearly ope million pounds’ worth of patent medicines are exported from the United Kingdom each year. The patience a woman has with her Children is sometimes learned in her ' efforts to land a husband.