Harry and James Garfield were with their father when he was shot, and their manly bearing and tender devotion to their parents during these many sad days have won for them the love and admiration of the country. Harry is said to be a fine musician. Both are at Williams College, where the late President graduated nearly thirty years ago. The younger children, Irwin and Abram, remained at Mentor with their aged grandmother during the whole time of their father's fatal illness.
[A BIT OF POVERTY.]
BY W. T. PETERS.
I know a little maiden
In a most tremendous bonnet,
All manufactured out of black,
With nodding poppies on it.
Her shoes are two old rubbers,
Full of many a hole and leak,
And—bless you—these are only worn
On one day of the week.
But her laugh is molten silver,
And her hair is burnished gold,
And the treasures in her jewelled eyes
Are riches manifold.
And no one on the broad round earth
Is happier than she,
Although this little maiden
Is as poor as she can be.