The Lullaby

1895

There can be no doubt that if the lullaby was not in advance of the war song it was at least contemporaneous with it. Mr. Mason tells of the low, sweet chant of the Zuni mother and her quaint baby songs. In making their bread he mentions the imitative power of the native women, who sing notes and words which are made to sound like their hand stones working in the mealing stones. — St. Louis Post-Dispatch.


Wished He Were A Dog

Burger, author of the "Wild Huntsman," fell in love with his wife's sister and married her after his wife had died of a broken heart. He soon discarded her for new favorite, who proved to be such a Tartar that Burger said, "I wish I had been born a dog."


Long River

The Atchalafaya river, in Louisiana, was so named from two Indian words meaning Long river.