in. nvanNG GAZETTE
RAIN . SONG. .4 '
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Rain, silver rain,
; . Twinkling on the pane.-
yfrhe earth drinks softly what it needs,
The gay sky lowers l 9. p811,-
fl‘he bare twigs string the pa like beads.
* And still the silver showers tall.
- Rain, rain, rain, '
Silver drOpping rain!
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Rain, pearly rain, ,
Gliding down the pane.
,The fence rails have a crystal edge,
The brimming spouts pour fountains free,
,The flowers on the window ledge
Are fresh and bright as they can be.
Rain, rain, rain,
Pearly, gliding rain!
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Rain, sparkling rain,
Shining on the pane.
EA bit of blue in yonder sky, .
' Swift signs of clearing all about,
Some broken clouds drift quickly by,
And lo! the sun is shining out.
Good—by, rain,
Shining, sparkling rain!
—~Annie Isabel Willis, in St. Nicholas.
Barney’s wooing.
5‘ Ly George ‘Ade.
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IFE became a burden to Barney
_‘_1 now that Jim and Mac were sure
that Lizzie, of the Wabash Home-Cook-
ing restaurant, was really fond of him.
They professed a livelyr and unselfish
interest in‘the “love affair,” as they
chose to eallit. Barney tried every
method of discouraging their‘persecu-
itions. One day he would listen in smil-
ing good nature, believing that they
would “let up" on him when they per-
,ceived that he was not annoyed. Next
'day he would try the policy of ignoring
, everything they said. At another time
his wrath would get the better of his
,judgment and he. would curse them
‘roundly. In each case they continued
:to talk about Lizzie and make plans for
the wedding. Barney believed they
iwere overdoing the joke and told them
{50. In return Mac complimented Bar-
.ney on his magnificent pretense of in-
difference and then assured him that
“all the world loves a. lover.” .
_ Barney had threateped to remain
gaway frOm the Wabash Home-Cooking
jrestaurant altogether, but as he had
lfpurchased a commutation ticket ($3.50
,‘for $3) and it was not, yet half punched
font he was compelled to go there now
,and then. Jim or Mac went with him
eoccasionally and derived much joy from
‘Watching Barney color when Lizzie
,sajd: “You’re quite a stranger here
lately.” _
When they went to the restaurant un-
accompanied by Barney they carried
[messages from him and told Lizzie that
jshe had captivated him. Lizzie was
amused and flattered.
“He's an awful nice little fellow, any
way,” said Lizzie.
“And he thinks you are a perfect
Hebe,” said Jim.
Lizzie shifted her gum and was
doubt.
' “He says he wants to take you away
from this life and put you in a flat,” said
Mac. “DO you think you could marry
that man, Lizzie?"
‘ “You bet I could, but that little fellow
ain’t got the nerve to ask a woman to
imarry him. He’s awful bashful,
ain’t he ‘3”
“That is a mere afi‘ectation. Lizzie,”
said Jim. “You put him in a parlor and
he’s a bold man.” ‘
“Lizzie. will you tell us the truth if 1
we ask you a certain question ‘3”
“Uh-huh.” (Affirmative)
“Honestly ‘3"
“Sure!” (Chewing her gum delight-
edly.)
“Did this friend of ours ever make
love to you? Did he ever come right
out and tell you what he thought of
you ‘3"
“\Ycll, for the Lord’s sake! You ain't
got your nerve with you or notliin’. have
you? Even if he had do you think I‘d
go an' hint about it to his friends ‘3" ;
“Ah-h-h-h. Lizzie, you are concealing
something. You love this man. loan
in.
see that. Don't deny it."
“Me? Well, say. honest to—oh. go
on! You’re two kidders.”
Then they would go back to Barney E
with fictitious messages from Lizzie.
-One evening they were taking their
ease under the gas chandelier and read—
ing an evening paper (fairly divided
into three parts) when Mac gave a sud—
den exclamation and said: “By George,
I’ve been expecting it. You can't. keep
those things quiet, Jim. You take a
rumor of that kind and it sort of passes
from one to another and gets into the
literary clubs. and then the next thing
you know it comes out in a newspaper.”
Jim——Is it in regard to the matter
we’ve been talking about; you know.
the betrothal‘? l
, (Barney gives a low moan, but does .
not look up from his reading.)
Mac—Well, l‘ll read it to you (pre-i
tends to read): "Society in all parts of .
our cultured metropolis is greatly ex- ‘
cited over the report of a coming nup—
tial agreement between two of the so- .
cial hi-kis of the sOuth side. The. .
groom is a prominent young German l
who'recently caused a sensation by ap- i
pearing in Michigan avenue wearing a I
new suit of clothes. The bride-to-bc i
is an attractive brunette of the 150- i
. pound class, who is noted for her con-
versational powers and her disregard
of the conventionalities. Her daily re- i
ceptions at the Wabash Home-Cooking I
restaurant attract the entire smart set
between Peck court and the river. ‘ It ~
is said that the happy couple will live in 5
a tent on the lake front.”
Jim—It’s simply wonderful how the
newspapers get on to these things. We
thought we were keeping that a secret,
didn’t we?
Barnes—For heaven’s sake.are we go-
ing to have another of these idiotic ses-
sions? ‘ l
J im—That reminds me, Barney, that i
in an idle moment to—day I dashed off a l
few little verses that will appeal to you
in particular. Do you want to hear'.
them? '
‘ Barney—I do not!
5 Jim (taking pups:
from his pocket)
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-——Of course, I don’t claim much for
them. Swinburne might have taken
the same material ‘and made a great
deal more out of it, but I flatter myself
that this little thing has the note of
sincerity in it. The song may bepoor,
but it comes from my heart.
Mac—I hope you will read your
verses to us. For one, I am very fond of
poetry.
Jim—Since you insist, I will read it.
The subject of this little thing is “Liz-
zie." (Reads)
The cateress of Wabash ave
Is always blithe and busy.
Blessed the mortal who can have
A lady friend like Lizzie.
Barney, the pulsing cavalier,
All love-sick, hot and. dizZy,
Trembles with unremitting fear
Lest he should lose his Lizzie.
Her figure is a Spartan mold,
Her hair is rather frizzy,
Yet, maiden-like, andnever bold,‘
Is palpitating Lizzie.
When morning sunlight floods the street
She chippely cries: “ ’Tis he!"
And hungrily the lovers meet—
Our Barney and his Lizzie.
Mac (applauding loudly) — Good
work! (Nudging Barney.) GO, on
Barney. (To, Jim) You’ll have to read
that over again. He didn’t hear you
that time.
(Barney sighs heavily and continues
to read.)
Jim—I hate to talk about myself,
but I do think I rather caught the
spirit of the thing. Of course you’ll
have to make some allowance for pc-
ctic license. Take it in the fourth
verse, where I have her say: “ ’Tis he!”
or “Tizzic,” to rhyme with “Lizzie.”
Now, as a matter of fact, she would
probably say: “It’s him!” butI couldn’t
put that in, because it wouldn’t rhyme
with “Lizzie.” I'll tell you, there are
mighty few people who realize how
much trouble us poets have.
Barney—Say, I’d like to have a short-
hand reporter come up here some night
and take a verbatim report Of the
maunderings of you two blithering im-
beciles. Then I’d like to take that re-
port and fileit away—keep it until you
have become old enough to acquire dig-
nity and a sense of the proprieties;
then I’d like to bring it out and read
it to you aloud, so that you might realize
What an infernal chump a man can
be when he tries to be funny all the
time.
Mac—I don’t see why you should say
anything like ‘that, Barney. We al-
:ways spoke well of you.
. {I‘he climax to the Lizzie affair came
“WHEN HE SAW HE PICTURE ON THE
B ’TTC‘N.
when Jim and Mac found a cabinet pho-
tograph of Barney in the bureau drawer
and had a copy of it put on a button
for Lizzie. The button which they or-
dered was as large as an oyster cracker
and cost 50 cents. It seemed a large
sum to waste in a mere pleasantry, but
they paid it. Mac took the button and
presented it ,with larney’s compli-
ments. She promised to wear it over
her heart, althougi'l‘she was not certain
as to the exact location of that useful
organ. 5.6
Next morning the entire commune
went to the Wabash Home-Cooking res-
turant for breakfast, Jim and Mac
having promised on their sacred honor
to make no reference, direct or indi—
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a root, to any amatory relations between
Barney and Lizzie. .
They were at the table when Lizzie
came ‘up, directing toward Barney a
cherubic smile of Welcome. Barney
looked up and noticed the button. As
much of him as could be seen abovehis
collar became the color of a peony,
and he swore gaspingly under his
breath.
“Much obliged," said Lizzie. “We've
got some awful nice strawberries,
gents."
Barney did not speak during break- .
fast. .lie was trembling with wrath.
After breakfast he had his check
punched out of the ticket and hurried.
away without waiting for them.
“I think 'we‘d better stop this busi-
ness. unless we want a case of assault
: and battery," said Jim.
“1 think so, too,” said Mac.——Chicagc
Record.
________..____.—
Reflections of an' Old Mnld.
Perfect, love and perfect justice are
synonymous.
We live in our thoughts and the flavor
of our thoughts is largely of our own
i choosing.
The lighter the heart the more easily
it is laid at a woman’s feet.
The past is dead all through life. but
in the moment Of dying it is all that is
alive.
Better be innocent. and swing in a
hammock than _vicious and swing an-
other way. "
The‘blind man’s night is less painful-
ly dark than the night of the content-
edly ignorant. .
Men are more poetic than women.
While the bridegroom is trembling
with fear and joy before the gate of his
paradise the bride is considering her
stores of household linen.—Detroit
Free Press. “ -
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Quite Dlfl’crent.
A strange answer was recently giver
by a boarding school girl to the ques-
tion: “Did Martin Luther die a natural:
death ‘3"
anti Enqul rer. .
“No,"r-she replied; “he was
excommunicated by ti. bull.”—Cin.cin-
.p'l'o be Bepended 0n.
Because -it_..-is the ' Exper-
ience ofa Norwalk Citi-
zen and can Readily
be Investigat-
ed.
A stranger lost; in adarge city would
place far more dependence on the di-
rections giVen him by a local resrdent
than the guidance of another stranger
like himself. This is a- natural conse-
quence of experience; it’s like a ship
in a strange porta trusty pilot. familiar
with the harbor. is always called upon
to bring her safely to her moorings.
So it is with endorsement; We doubt
the sayings of people living at distant
points because we can’t. investigate it,
‘ but- ublio expression of local citizens
can e depended on, for it is an easy
matter-to prove it. Evidence like the
following is beyond dispute.
Mrs. Cluue, of 58 Belden Ave. says:
“My daughter is an employe .- at Hutch-
inson, Cole&Co., and her work has
told upon her physically the trouble
manifesting itself in the small of her
back, and a weary and tired feeling.
We thought Doau’s Kidney Pills might
help her, and I got a box at Hale’s
drugstore (now Glendening & CONS)
they cured her. I have no hesitation
in heartily recommending them.”
Doan‘s Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers; price 50 cents a box. Mailed
on receipt of price by Foster-Milburn
00., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the
U. S.
Remember
take no other.
WWake
more tired than when you went to bed,
With an unpleasant taste in the mouth,
your tongue coated and dry, and having
no appetite for breakfast, you are suf-
ferlng from Dyspepsia.
_ Numbers of people are suffering ser~
Ionsly from this complaint and its result,
when one package of U. S. ARMY &
NAVY TABLETS will bring about a
prompt cure. A few doses will do more
for a. ll’cak or Sour Stomach than a pro-
longed course of any other medicine.
Nothing can be used with so much cer-
tainty 1n obstinate cases of Constipation.
These tablets are the outcome of years
of study. and are compounded of the
finest drugs only; purely vegetable,tney
do not gripe, produce no reaction. Take
no substitute. 10 CENTS PER PACK-
AGE.
If you cannot get them at your drug
store, svnd 10 cts. for a package of 12
to the U. S. I5 RMY & NAVY TABo
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ART OF LISTENING.
the name—Brian’s-nind
No Sermon Can Be Heard Alright Un-
less the Bearer Gives His \Vhole
Ear to the Preacher.
“If it. be difficult for some people i:
listen, it is ten times harder for other
people to follow, for it is evident a per-
son may listen and not follow,” writes
Ian Maclaren, of “The Art of Listening .
to a Sermon,” in the Ladies’ Home Jour-
nal. “Very few are accustomed to think
about the same thing, or indeed to think
about anything, for 30 minutes; after
a brief space their interest flags and
they fall behind; they have long ago
lost the thread of the preacher‘s arg u-
ment, and have almost forgotten -his
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DR. JOHN WATSON.
(Better Known by His Pen Name, Ian Mac-
Laren.)
subject. The sermon, which suits such
a desultory mind, is one of 20 para-
graphs, each paragraph an anecdote or
an illustration or a startling idea, so
that wherever the bearer joins in he
can be instantly at. home. Sensible
people ought. however, to remember
that a series of amusing lantern—slides
and a Work of severe art are not the
same, and if anyone is to expound the
Gospel of Christ worthily he must rea-
'son as he goes, and ask his hearers to
think. The chain may be of gold, but
there ought to be links securely fas-
tened together, and a bearer should try
them as they pass through his hands.
If one does not brace himself for the ef-
fort of hearing a sermon he will almost
certainly finish up by complaining
either that the preacher wasdull or
that the discourse was disconnectedp
No sermon is worth hearing into which
the preacher has not put his whole
strength. and no sermon can be heard
aright unless the bearer gives his whole
strength also." -
Only One Regiment Necessary.
In his new volume on China Arno’:
Reid declares that 1,000 European sol-
um could conquer that country.
The Stemaeh-
Is an Engine
Your health reflects its condition.
If it’s clogged up with Impurites,
and can’t use the fuel you give it.
there’ll be trouble all over the body.
There can be no disease with a. good
' digestion. A strong stomach and,
perfect digestioujcomes from the use of
3.313213%..- 'Hostetter’s"
Stomach
——makes people
WEL L.
OIIS the nerves
Bitters
iiM’UlUALLI lNSUHANCElIUl/IPAN
OF NEW YORK.
RIGHARD A. McCUBDY, Resident. I
Statement for the Year Ending Dec. 31:98
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.
EN COMES
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$4293‘8’748 5
12,687,880 9
$55,006,629 4
Received for Premiums
From all other Sources
DISEUESEMEN’EQQ
To Policy=holders for Claims by Death
To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc.
For all other Accounts
513,265,908 0‘
[1,485,751 3'
I094939379 5
$35,245,038 8
e a
Assume.
United States Bonds and other Securities
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage
Loans on Bonds and other Securities,
Real Estate, appraised by Insurance Superintendents
at $23,534,826.88 : Book Value
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc.
$I60,956.l41‘3
68,503,580 9
9,396,619 .0‘
. 20,604,649 6 -
[196219377 3 ‘V
6,434,957 n
$277,517,325 3 .-
LIABILITIES.
233,058,640 ' 6 :-
42.238,684 -6 "
$2,220,000 0
277,517-325 3 -‘
$971,711,997 7.
Policiy Reserves, etc.,
Contingent Guarantee Fund,
Divisible Surplus
Insurance and Annuities .in Force
lhave carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct.
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor
From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned .as usua
‘ Board'of Trustees-
SAMUEL D. BABCOCK
RICHARD A ‘MCCURDY
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON POST
WILLIAM J. SEWELL
OLIVER HARBIMAN
ROBERT OLYPHANT
GEORGE F. BAKER
D in.“ 013001"?
ADRIAN ISELIA J r. '
GEORGE S. Bownonx
WILLIAM C. WHI’I‘HEr
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLIB .
JAMES N. JABVIE
CHAS D. DICKEY J R
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
JAMES Sparse;
HENRY H. ROGERS
JNO. W AUCHINOLOSS
THEODORE MOBFOBD
WILLIAM BABCOOK . I
FREDERIG CROMWELL I
J ULIEN T. DAVIES i
A. N. WATERHOUSE
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AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIABD
CHARLES E. MILLER
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