The Weber Literary Journal merits, called by some "Zanolias"! He was a young man, entirely devoid of any financing ability who, after having spent all his money in experimenting on projects unheard of before, procured an agency for toilet articles and pastry powders. From house to house he went in an effort to sell his products. If the people refused to buy he stayed with them until they changed their minds, and many a good mother wasted a whole day before she handed him the dollar that would take him on his way. Just as no social in Gopher Prairie was complete without -'s reading of "An Old Sweetheart of Mine," so no program in View was given without some member of Melissa Moore's family being on it. Once, and only once, had it been tried. The family had felt so slighted that the good people always thereafter arranged that Melissa or one of her daughters should be asked to entertain. Then there was the lady who could dress out in Aunt Miranda's shawl and bonnet, "slightly remodeled," and feel quite at ease. She even looked down with some disdain on her inferiors who had so few clothes. By ransacking grandma's trunk she was able to have a new outfit about every six months. The belles of View spoke rather sneeringly of her and turned up their pretty noses when she bloomed out in a new gown but, as some of the costumes were really quite charming, I fancy there was a note of envy mingled with the disgust. Such were the unusual characters. But most of the townspeople were good-hearted, honest farmers, whose every thought was for the betterment of their children. They gave them a liberal education; and that learning, combined with the sterling qualities of the parents, has produced successful business men, representatives, professors, doctors and musicians. There was Jimmy, the freckled-faced little urchin who used to sit on the back row in school and flip paper at the teacher whenever conditions were favorable. He went to college and is now a representative in Congress. Richard, the lad who always had his lessons and won favor with all his teachers, is 14 The Weber Literary Journal now prominent in the medical profession. And Tom, who could contrive more mischief than half a dozen ordinary boys, has finished his law course and has gone east. People said he had a hard struggle but that he made good. I heard the other day that the widow's daughter who used to sing to us at recess had secured her place in the Metropolitan. And Mary, my dear little chum, Mary. I wonder where you have gone. When last I heard of you, you were trying to make your way in the business world. I know that somewhere you, too, have succeeded. All gone! Some here; some there. One by one my chums have left View and set out to make their ways alone. The ties that bound them to their little country home are long since broken. But the world is a little better for the leaders View has raised. Unshaken The world remains unshaken. In the day that broadly smiles, In the cheerful, embered night, Un-numbered tragedies, Towering, insignificant, Spread boundless horror, Dishevel honor, Dismantle courage, Strangle futures, Shatter men's hearts. And yet, unheeding, Toiling on, The world remains unshaken. 15