80.-Our Turko.

1. HE wouldn't stay at home from church-Not Turko!

We'd try to leave him in the lurch,
Yet Turko

Would find some means to get away
From home on every Sabbath day;
There was no use in saying "Nay"
To Turko.

2. We locked him in a room up stairs—
(Poor Turko!)

And then we had no fears or cares
For Turko.

When we were out of sight he sprang
Right through the window, then he ran
Through woods, until to church he came,
Bold Turko!

3. He did not take the path we took—
Sly Turko,

But stole along by hook and crook-
Wise Turko!

He reached the church before we did,
And then the villain' went and hid

Till we came

thinking we were rid

Of Turko.

4. So, up the aisle, without a thought
Of Turko,

We went; our hopes were set at naught
By Turko,

Who up the aisle, straight to our pew
(The number I believe he knew),
Walked calmly: now this tale is true
Of Turko.

5. Alas, there soon came sadder days
For Turko;

For looked upon with evil gaze
Was Turko;

And one sad day we missed our pet.
Whenever any friend we met,
We asked if tidings we could get
Of Turko.

6. At last we found him stiff in death-
Our Turko!

And not a sign of pulse or breath
In Turko.

That he was poisoned we could see,
But then who could so cruel be?

I can't tell for the life of me—

Or Turko!

Language Lesson.-Write the story of Our Turko in prose. Substitute words for the following: lurch, means, sprang, aisle, naught, calmly, evil, tidings, pulse.

Memory Gems from Emerson.

He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful. Every heroic action is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine.

Self-trust is the essence of heroism.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the ' year.

The only credentials,

Passport to success,

Opens castle and parlor-

Address, man, address!

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody; and to that person whatever he says has an enhanced value.

Trust men, and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.

Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior like the wish to scatter joy, and not pain, around us.

The fountain of beauty is the heart, and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.