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up the wound keep it well bathed with liniment, wormwood, 

 arnica, etc. Both of these — wormwood and arnica — are very 

 good to take out the soreness of a fresh wound. 



There can be no rule laid down for the treatment of all 

 Wounds, but in all cases some judgment and much good com- 

 mon sense will be required to successfully, cope with them. 



THE OLD COUNTRY CIRCUS. 



How dear to my heart is the show of my childhood, 



The old country circus my boyhood days knew ; 

 In these days of three rings, of hippodromes, railroads, 



How fond recollections present thee to view. 

 For weeks, while the posters on fences and church sheds 



Portrayed to my young eyes the scenes that should be, 

 No soft thrill of love, no throb of ambition, 



Has since equaled the bliss I gained dreaming of thee ! 

 The old country circus, the shabby old circus, 

 The wand'ring old circus my boyhood days knew. 



How faithful I worked in the ways that presented, 



To gain the few pennies my ticket should buy ! 

 No toil was so sweetened — no reward so stupendous — 



No miser e'er cherished his hoard as did I. 

 How fair shone the sun on the glad day appointed ! 



How rife with strange bustle the sleepy old town 1 

 And when o'er the hill came the rumble of wagons, 



The bound of my heart said : " The circus has come." 

 The old country circus, the old faded circus, 

 The one-horse old circus my boyhood days knew. 



"What pageant of now can that " grand entry " compass, 



What wit of to-day like those jokes of the ring ? 

 And those divans of pine boards — such ease Oriental I 



No reserved, cushioned chairs of the present can bring. 

 One elephant only, satisfying, majestic, 



Not Jumbo, nor sacred, neither painted nor white — 

 Take them all, the whole dizzy, triple-bill programme, 



For a single return of that old-time delight, 

 The old country circus, the tawdry old circus, 

 The perfect old circus my boyhood days knew. 



— Scrap Book. 



