IT IS COMMON.
So are the stars and the ajching skies. So are the smiles in the children's eyes ; Common the life-giving breath of the spring ; So are the songs which the wild birds sing — Blessed be God, they are common. Common the grass In its glowing green, So Is the water's glistening sheen ; Common the springs of love and mirth ; So are the holiest gifts of earth. Common the fragiance of rosy June, So is the generous harvest moon, So are the towering, mighty hills. So are the twittering, trickling rills. Common the beautiful tints of the fall, 8o is the sun which is over all ; Common the rain with its pattering feet, So ia the bread which we daily eat— Blessed be (Sod, it is common. — Anon.
There are 340,625 miles of railway on the earth, of which 138,750 miles, or 44 per cent., belong to the United States.
First Luggage Smasher: "Say, Jake, I'm thinkin' it 'ud be money in our pockets if we'd begin handlin' trunks more kearful." Jake: "Why wud it?" "Because the more we smash 'em the bigger and stronger and heavier they make 'em. I've struck three this mornin' made out o' reglar boiler iron. Me back's 'most broke."
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1869, 10 February 1892, Page 5
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206IT IS COMMON. Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1869, 10 February 1892, Page 5
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