With this she flung her hand in defiance 
toward the victor, placed the antique 
crown of the Ptolomies upon her raven 
locks, and stretching herself upon the couch 
by the side of Antony, closed her eyes, gave 
one long convulsive shudder, and Cleopatra 
the beautiful was no more. Egypt never 
since has known a native sovereign. 
ROOM ENOUGH FOR ALL. 
Don’t ci owd and push on the march of life, 
Or tread on each other's toes, 
For the world at best, in its great unrest, 
Is hard enough as it goes. 
Oh, why should the strong oppress the weak 
Till the latter goes to the wall? 
On this earth of ours, with its thorns and flowers 
There is room enough for all. 
If a lagging brother falls behind 
And drops from the toiling band 
If fear and doubt put his soul to rout, 
Then lend him a helping hand. 
Cheer up his heart with words of hope, 
Nor season the speech with gall; 
In the great highway, on the busiest day, 
There is room enough for all. 
if a man with the tread of a pioneer 
Steps out on your track ahead, 
Don't grudge his start with an envious heart. 
For the mightiest once were led. 
But gird your loins for the coming day— 
Let nothing your heart appall — 
Catch up if you cau with the forward man, 
There is room enough for all. 
And if by doing your duty well. 
You should get to lead the van. 
Brand not j'our name with a deed of shame. 
But come out an honest man. 
Keep a bright look-out on every side, 
Till, heeding the Master’s call, 
Your soul should go from the world below. 
Where there's room enough for all. 
The Resurrection Flower. 
There is a rare flower, found only in the 
East, that has excited a great deal of in¬ 
terest on account of its mystery. Bot¬ 
anists have found it difficult to classify it, 
because it has properties belonging to diff¬ 
erent classes. It was 1 rouglit to this coun¬ 
try by Dr. Deck, who procured it from an 
Arab, to whom he had rendered medical 
aid in upper Egypt. As compensation, the 
Arab handed him a stem which held what 
seemed to be two bulbs of dried seeds. 
The Arab said h had taken it from an 
Egyptian mummy, and that the flowers 
were very highly esteemed. 
The peculiarity of the plant is that though 
apparently decayed and worthless, after 
being immersed in a glass of water for a 
moment, it expands slowly, but steadily, 
and a beautiful star-like flower appears to 
view, something between a passion-flower 
and a sun-flower, but more beautiful than 
either. After the flower has remained 
open foi moie than an hour its petals close 
just gradually as they expanded, and then 
nothing is visible but the dried up bulb. 
Dr. Deck says he saw the same flower go 
thiough thi- piocess at least a thousand 
times, and each time with the same result. 
He presented one ol his flowers to Baron 
von Hum oldt, who considered it one of 
the greatest marvels in the vegetable king¬ 
dom. Prof. 1 orrey owned a specimen, 
and Bishop Wainwright obtained two dur¬ 
ing his tbur in Egypt.— Southern World. 
VERNAL LEAVES. 
The rapid growth of vernal leaves 
The eye beholds once more, 
In glancing through the forest aisles, 
And 'long the river's shore. 
The mountain wood, in verdant green, 
That looked so brown and gray, 
Is richly dressed in leafage now. 
With which the zephyrs play. 
The stately rows of hamlet trees 
Their shade throw on the ground, 
And every shrub and hafy plant 
Again with leaves abound. 
Then, teeming through the summer time. 
They shall grow green and bright. 
Till, ripened by the mellow days, 
And seared by autumn's blight. 
S. A. Munson. 
The “Air Line"—A kite-string. 
Bred upon the waters—Mosquitoes. 
A woman may kiss a tobacco ehewer if 
she chews. 
A Nebraska belle is engaged to Mr. C. 
Lemon. Lemonade? 
The old saying is. "throw physic to the 
dogs,” but where will you find the dog 
that will touch it? 
The fellow who couldn’t get a discount 
denounced bank bills as only make believe 
money. Sour grapes. 
