A Grievous Complaint

"Il1 hard on a fellow, I do declare!1' si ld Tommy one day with apoul; "ín every one of the sults I weur The pocket are most worn out, Tiiey'rc 'bout as big a the ear of a mole, And I never have more than tliree; .Mi,! Uure's alwsys coming a mean Hule hole TUiit loses my kiill'e íor me. 'I caii't mnke 'em hold but a few llttle things- snmecoikles, an appleor two, A k n fe and peuell and bunch o f strlngs, Some nail and may be a Bcrew, And marbles, of course, and u top and hall, And Hhells and pebbles and such, A L,d some odds and euda- yes, uouest, that's all I You can see for yourself tlan't much. ■Til llke a sultof some patent kind, WKh poi'kets mado wlde and long; Above and below and before and behind, ÍSewfid extra heavy and strong. I'd want about a dozen or so. All easy and ijliluk to get at; And I Bhould be perfectly happy I knowt Wlth a haudy rlg llke that.r' - Endora S. Bunstead, In St. Nlcholus for August. LOVK AMOK THR CI.OVER. Over and over the purple dover, Under the greenwood tree, Bweel lit-ssie carne strayiug, for wild flowers MayiDff, And Minji ii a In lier malden glee : "O ney, ü ho! There's a laddy I know Who Joys my face to see. Fair blossoms, I pray, now what shall I say VV'Ucn Robín comes woolng o me Dear heart When Kuiiin comes woolug o' me?" Over and under the boughs uHimder, Ibroogb the wood canje Robla ero long; In the ofdeu fastilon he caroled hls passion, And the hawlhorn swayed to hls song.' "O hey, O ho! The way I know She dropped me tuis flower to teil ; lint what siie wlll say this blossomy dayWouid that I knew llaswell, Dear heart. Would llial 1 kuew lt as well." Over and over the fragrant clover, The bees went luimming tl tl late, A ud where Is the laddy, and what, luck liad he A-wooluí hls blyilmsome inule? 0 hf.v.o bol They walk so slow, Btuwn ftobln and blushlng Bess; l'.ui whiitdid h e say In the wood Uwlay? I thluk I wlll leave you to gueüH, Dear heart, I thlnk I wlll leave you to guess. - LouUvtlle Oourler-Journal. Mr. Auaust IJelmot, whoe colts Potomac tul Miisher caine in lirstand second in the great Futurity race tlie otlier duy, has long been Identified witli racing affaire, both as owner of a stable and as a breeder. Many of the best horses ral.-ed in this counlry llave been bred by him. He bus imponed liberally f'roni England and but few paildooks eitber can gltow bettcr bred muros or stal lions. At the orgnnlzatlon of th American Jockey Club in 18G6 Mr. Belinont was elected ils president and lield that honor until the winter of IS87, when he resijrned. It was a striking success tbat lie achieved wli' ii lic; won the Futurlty race, the most v:ilii;il)le prize ever dlspnted on a race course either liere or in Europe. Mr. Belmoot won naarly 67,000 dolbirs in one minute. Bvery one knows that when bis colors iire in i race the owner believes that he has a chance to win and that bis liorses are out to win. Of all the noted owners of tliis country Mr. Belmont ranks flist and foremost in public esteem, in public faith and conlidence. He has a wcll cstablished breeding farm Ín Kentucky, known as tbe nursery. It íb three and a half miles trom Lexington. His present trainor Ís"1 tlie famous James Kowe, who was with the Dwyera in tbe htight of llicir fume. No map wlll ever feel right until lie believes riflit añil beliaves rislit.