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Show A SANCTUM FAVORITE "The Old Oaken Bucket" has long nnfovprt,,, jyprnmncy as a pastoral classic, but tho rural editor's heart will beat rcsponslvely to this llttlo I parody. How dear to my heart Is tho stoady subscriber Who pays In advanco at tho birth of each year, Who lays down tho money and does It quito gladly, .And casts 'round tho office n holo of cheer. Ho never says "stop It; I cannot afford It; H I'm getting more papers now, than 1 JH can read." fM Jlja-alwayB aavvs "agfld It: our people' J all Trtco It In fact, wo all think It a help and a M need." 'M How wolcome his check when It M reaches 'our sanctum. M How it makes our pulso throb, how M It mnkes our heart danccl H We outwardly thank him, wo Inwardly .'H bless him 'JM Tho steady subscriber who pays In H advance. 'M |