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The Fall of Namur
IVuplte stubborn opposition of the allies,
Germany done military formation and early
attack continue to meet with marked success.
Late ImllctlriH Indicate the rapture of the old
fortress city of Naniiir and other Important
place, together with sweeping line losses by
the alllfn. Steadily forward the kaiser's troops
have pushed and yet thy must expect more
rough inarrhlnv In the stretch of the densely
fortified frontier before they reach Paris, which
I plainly their goal. The chief hope of atop
Iln? them Meuis to be In shifting the plan of
campaign a1if forcing the Hermann In a suc
censftil Russian Invasion of (lermany from the
opposite side of the empire.
Hut the gains already ma'te by the kalner's
army are not to be minimized. The capture of
Naoiur Is remindful of the historic place this
city occupies In the annals of many wars. It
was taken by the forces of King Louis XIV In
1692, then besieged and captured three years
later by William III. It was again taken- by
the French In 146. but restored to Austria .in i
174 8. For the third time It fell to France In !
1792, Just loo years after Its first eelsure by j
old Louis. It was the headquarters of .Wucher
In the Napoleon-Wellington campaign, its pre- '
eminence In military history Is matched by Its '
prominence ns a modern Industrial center with '
busy mills, factories ann foundries Th. ran. !
soni that will have to be paid the Germans for
rellnqulHhlng their prize will be correspond
I ingly great.
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HubaciibcTs leaving u,e cuj temporarily
abould. have Ttie lie mailed to tbeni. Ad
4lre will le chanitod as often as requested.
Liege! Vamur! Next!
Tboee Oermana are some fighters.
Ak-Sar-Ben's recruits are all volunteers.
To knock against price boosting Is perfectly
lgltluia'te.
j; Looks as If the regret-to-report messengers
ili vara having a call.
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j proceeds unabated.
De-plte the poet laureate's outburnt, the war
J To complicate the situation, the Texas leg
:i Ulature has convened.
Keep an ear to the ground for returns from
lb California primary.
Lt year California recorded one morriagn avary
venteen minutes. x.
Almost up to Reno's old record of divorces.
Primary Law Defecti.
To point out palpable defects of the primary
law with a view to curing them, remedy should
help to strengthen popular rule, not to weaken
It. So to have certain weak spots uncovered by
a rural district critic rather than by a city ward
worker likewise should command more un
biased Judgment. This by way of introduction
to, three counts of an Indictment brought by a
Boyd county man, namely: (1) that bad faith
Is encouraged by the Invitation to change party
affiliation at will up to the moment of marking
the ballot; (2) that the nominations are not
representative because of the large number of
stay-at-homes much larger In primary than In
election; Ht that fusion by pretense of affil
iating with more than one political party is a
frud.
The , first point strikes s bh particularly
well taken. The repeal of the open ' primary
was Intended to safeguard the Integrity of
party nominations, but rulings based on techni
calities have almost nullified that purpose.
Registered voters should not be allowed to
j change the record of party affiliation up to ten
days before the primary, for that almply lead!
to wholesale transfer from one party to an
other to help nominate a particular candidate
on the opposition ticket. In the country pre
clncta without registration, it Is even easier to
p?uctlce tlihi deception. Voters should be re
quired to be registered" all over the state, and
That German military machine beats any
political machine ever built In any country on ! n crossing of party lines-should be permitted
tank.
A volct-less candidate would surely make
unique campaign In these days of street eor
itr oratory.
When the final count of his enemies is taken
:be kaiser may yet find himself on a sixteen-to-one
basis. . ' '
Not content with putting the dove of peace
ut of business, the war has had the effect of
raising the price of birdseed. 1
after the filings are In
The second objection is only in degree
stronger against the primary than against the
regular election. Htay-at-boraes decide alt elec
tions. No nieuns has been devised for compell
ing all men to vtte who are entitled o vote.
Perhaps It would help to drop the stay-at-home
front the roglat ration roll and make him ' re
register to qualify for the next tlme.
The fusion fraud has been denounced by
The Bee from lis inception. No argument can
be made for it that will appeal to common
sense. It In purely a political trick to get votes
for candidates disgutse'd in stolen livery. Pro
hibited In most states, it survives In Nebraska
merely because the chief beneficiaries have
been prominent and powerful.
An Emergency Act
The president's bill appropriating 130,000,
000 to buy ships for an American merchant ma
rine, while perhaps not pleasing In principle to
those who believe the government has already
occupied more territory than It can easily
cover. Is apt to be hailed as the best way to
meet the preacut emergency. Private capital
does not see fit to1 make the Investment and
take the risk. We are confronted by a 'rare op
portunity for commercial supremacy at sea and
we luuat have the ships to seize advantage of It.
Here are vessels offered at bargain nrlcea which
Internal revenue receipts for the year show the war has made a burden to their German1
4;a Increase.. Vi'lh the loss of expected duties owne.s. If we are to buy them ihe go verb merit
ton interrupted imports. Uncle Sam will surely j must provide the money. -
l need the money. . Fears are expressed In England as to' re-
uultSi Says the London Globe:
Danger to our !-latlona with the United State
niliht ooncolvably arUa If larse numbara yt .Oarnwui
inert hantnuit tmtorarlly adopt tha American flag.
rprt from tin out-and-out Bale, auch aa la now bolnrf
dlacuaneiV. l)titiB the war In W tha North Uerman
I.loyd ar.d otlur Ultra flew tha BrltlaK enalgn and
rhanicet tl- runn-N. Tha Franco flaet acrupuloualy
Knpectetl I he Itr'.iiai; flax and aeartiied in vain for
Uern-eri erH At tr.o end of tha war the
(jnrman flag ?rin fun up and the German
ownership rmuTr.ed. It la of the utmoat Importance
lor tha Foreign ffl-v and admiralty to aea tt U that
this tranerartul (rand la not repeated on the praaent
ooraalon.
But, as the president says, our sole gain in
the purchase Is to acquire a permanent mere
chant murine. The possibility of trouble Is
small ho long aa we adhere strictly to this pur
pose. Without reason to suspect Germany of
ulterior niothe, we may proceed to acquire the
ihlpH without which our present opportunity
might be wholly lout.
"The end of watchful waiting It not yet."
Observes an exchange. Let us hope not. espe
cially In view of conditions In Europe.
A Chicago lawyer coughed up a dentist's
4rm he accidentally swallowed, but the real test
will coma In coughing up the dentist's bill.
A tingle plant of the United States Rubber
eompany has stretched a point In these troubled
times and restored 100 lald-off employes to the
I payroll.
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Some more old-world art treasures may be
;tfore long be hanging in American galleries
where they may be freely Inspected by tourists
j'froni Europe.
Democratic congressmen .who have' sup
ported the itdminUtratlort have nothing to fear
j from me," the president it credited with saying.
And what of th others .
"We) Regret lo Fleport" Lord Roberts is de
tailed for coininund of the British troops over'
eeat. Old "Bobii" will observe none of your
new tangled notions of censorship, either.
t Someone remarks . on the evident absence
Pf Monsieur Jack Johnson from the battle lines.
Evidently no one hat as ret offered him the
movie royalties and 60 per cent of the proceeds
win or lose. ' ,
mtm urn mi. i nt.a.1
The boats have gathered In Omaha for the wnilns
. cit.uiM. .i.i conrrnum, and numeroua candi
dates for' nomination havo at up headquarter
; moatly in the Ulllard hold. . Ueurge W. E. Ik.i w y
j aa state chairman will oitd the meeting, hUh la
j to be held In Boyd's opera Itouae.
An enjoyable dancing party waa held at the real
j denoe of A. J. I'oppl. ton on North r-'hermau avenue.
Chartte Brown, one of C. 8. Raymonds Heading
clerks, who fmt from Clinton with that gentleman.
think a there is nv climate like that of Nehraak.
j It's a Uiy. .
i Marshal Cumlnga la t,ok from hia thicken hunt
; leg expedition.
j Mrs. Minnie Laffler, a'atrr of I. Pron. left fur
J Cheyenne, where he w II make her future home.
' The Deluge Hoae company . baa elected theae offl
tere: I. tf. Haacall. president; Uui Willlaina. vice
t president; Rlrhuxd Wetberg. wrnUiy; Otto Nelder
I wetaer, traBri- Ffed Vflatgllng, foreman; William
Uaxlua and John O. tfyrnu. imUudI foremen.
The t'ok-n 1'aclflc band held a auclal at Us hall
on Fourteenth and Hurt.
Mre P. g. Buah. Min-t.atb aiid Maoa, wants a
d rut ftr tenerai houaewurk. ' '
Speculative.
That Is an lnteretlng suggestion that the
money cost of the war now raging. instrd of
being a burden to the survivors, will bring
them relief. We are reminded that Kuropo now
spends over one thousand million dollars pet
year on war buulneas. It might be aided that
this outlay Is several times multiplied by the
diversion from productive pursuits of the men
kept in enforced military service. If the -au-nual
coat of the war mat bine Is offset against
the war debt, the balance may not, after all. be
borne down eo heavily, measured by the money
icale.
Brief eewtrlkntteae oa timely
topics tart ted. Tae See aeemmee
ae responsibility for eplnloas of
rorreapeadeata. All letters enW
Jeot to eeadeneeUoa) ky editor.
r .ermana Bark the Kalaer.
C)N4AMA. Aiib r. To the Editor of
The Itee: I see In your valuable ianor
a couplft ,f letters a answers to mine.
One la from Jomes ,. I ml Lie and the
other from a Frank Woodburn. Mr.
Iallas l very ronsMn'ate but wants a
little light on th; Invaelon of IVtlgium
by the Herman ormy. Well m war wan
tlfclared letween Germany on one side
and France and KtiKsla. on the other
eltle. end the. fo.mer knew what she wa
up to and ua the Uutts . is very slow In
netting ready for Inielneas, (termany
wanted to Mrike quick blow on France
who i-ho knew was iiulckcr ready than
the CoaaAck an I to do tlna she wanted
l take the shortest rotitn through
I.lixemliurR ami .. strlt-e of Helaian noil,
at the snnie time guarnntceing both their
liitlcpeiidence an.l Integrity and to pay
Imlemnlty for liaa or injury. But Bel
gium, Instead turned its gime on the CSer
rr.an advance and so made herself a
Party to the game. If France would get
there before the (Icrm-tns sho would not
have hnd to flshl to Rot a pasSKire, for It
Is now a knotvh fact that Belgium was In
lympathy with France and that French
officers were. t Liege and gave Irtetruo
tlons before ever war waa declared. Aa
fot Mr. Woortburn'i hope, (which I seri
ously doubt wilt evr Come true) that
the Herman lta!mr will he aff his throne
when the war l over rind that Utrmanv
will be a republic, I want to aay that
Iieutsehland would elel t him or one of
his six stitlwart sons for their president
for t'ermana would want no better man
tban a Ilohenkollern to guide their ship
of state. MATT SPADER.
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Aaalaat the Prlmarr Ryateae.
SOUTH OMAHA, Aog. 36. To the Edi
tor of The Bee. The beauties of the
primary eyntr.ni were shown plainly In
many ways lust week. One was in the
nomination of the candidate for governor
on the republican ticket. He lacks many
thousanda of having a majority of the
votes aat. Had there been a convention
for the nomination of candidates he would
never have been the .nominee.
Then Douaias county secured three of
the nominees on the state ticket and came
ntr S"ttlng four, and had more candi
dates hern in the field for the offices it
la likely that we would have secured a
majority of the state ticket In this county.
The large cltlea have the advantage of
the amaller cities and the country under
the primary ayateni. for more men vote.
Then It la snld that one man who se
cured a very large numbsr of votes for
member of the legislnture on one ticket
had been dead drunk for two or three
weeks lefore the piimarlea were held and
la said to be In that condition yet. Do
you think a convention would ever have
given him the nomination?
I think It la time that the primary sys
tem was repealed. I never was In favor
of it and am more opposed to It the more
I see It tried. F. A. AtlNEW.
4tar 4;praaaaAaaerlrwua.
WEST POINT. Xeb.. Aug. K.-To the
F.dltor of The. Bee: Home of my beat
friends are ot (i-rman extraction,. yet I
have never thought of them aa not being
Americana. They have seemed to. me, If
1 may aay ao, iimong our beat Americana.
They have been particularly alive to tha
heat that there la In our American Insti
tutions. The point I wished to make, however,
Is that when theae German-Americana
become greatly In earnest in their de
fense of the German nation' against tho
several nations combined In a war
agalnat the Fatherland; it seems to be
the tendency of Americana to remark:
"Why, they are not Amerlt ana. after all.
They are still Herman. It Is In tha
blood." ,
t would ilka to Interpret the situation a
little differently. These people are Amer
icans; and 1 regard (hem as all the better
Americans because they can feel indig
nation or pity or rage at the apeotacle of
the land where their kindred dwell, suf
fering the attacka and t"e( prejudice of So
large a proportion tof the world..
No people have so muth of emotion
woven Into their naturea. Their pleasures
and pastimes bear a direct relationship
to the home. They are at' the opposite
pole of life .frOm the French, or 'exam
ple, who hava no word meaning "home"
In their , language. The Germane feel
keenly. That U why theV suffer In
rlous ways, now; that the land 1 roin
which they sprung la In great trouble. It
la also why they may be said to make
such good comrades and -friends and
neighbors and rittsene. ,
1RBY ROBINHON'r
When the Germans
Marched on Paris
Expert Opinions
- If Denver is being persuaded to take over
the management of lU water works with the
Idea of divorcing It from politics, H will not do
to cite Omaha's experience In municipalization.
Luckily the water works payroll remains as
a . haven of refuge for defeated water-marked
candidates who ba to be taken care of.
, Washington Herald: News, such as we
used to get by grapevine telegraph, now
comes by wireless. . .
Washington Poet: Any one who ever
tiled to beat S plowshare Into a pruning
hook knows why we still have war.
Philadelphia ITesa. All Europe takea
to arms at present; It will be different
when some of It has to take to legs.
New Orleans Picayune: The Belgiana
l.ave apparently earned the right to be
known aa the "pinch hitters" of JCurope.
Washington 8tar: It must be admitted
that In ita brief career aa a mediation
renter Niagara Falls haa made aa good a
practical record as The Hague.
New York World. H Is left chiefly to
soclaliala and Ionian suffragists to hold
public demonstrations against war, which
ctrtalniy Is not to their discredit.
Philadelphia Record: The. lid la on
tight when V(t British troops ran be
landed on the continent and nothing but
the official announcement be known of It
New York Mall: If your little boy aska
you "what this war ia for." tlon't be
a h amed to answer that jou don't know.
What In the renins of Beelsebub la it for?
Detroit Free Prrsa: The salary of a
Rueaiaa aoldier. "ways aa exchange, a
fl? per year, which undoubtedly ac
counts for the reaaon be'g so stow In
mobilising.
Washington Star: The success of a
corporation dependa on the people who
run It. The auccrta of government would
depend on the people ta control of the
government.
Philadelphia Bulletin: A taste or mar
tial law nil hi have a salutary effort on
food price booatera, but aven a threat
of such rundlgQ punishment would prob
ably be enough to hold the jackals In
check?
T TtLAMK K. TXXXTXU.T,
(Managing Editor of New Standard Dictionary ).
PART II.
during Napoleon's absence at the front, the Em.
press Kiik-enle directed the affairs of atate at tne
capital, and, contrary to all expectation, in Ignorance
of the mov, nients of the Prussian forces, she ordered
Marshal McMahon to march to the Belgian frontier,
to attack the Prueslana on the flnnk. hoping thus to
relieve Marshal Baxaine, who had assumed command
before Metr. Thereafter Napoleon waa but a tool In
the hands t f his wife. Fran. e had entrusted Its falu
to a woman-the empiess was commander-in-chief.
lut the First Army corps, under MacMahon. had
fared worse than the Third under Bazaine, and was
in no condition to rescind to the orders of the court.
The crown prince of Prussia, -crossing the Iuter.
with 4,000 men. stoimed the French lines at Wla
sembourg, and, driving In MacMahon'a outposts.
Ualned u brilliant victory, capturing over 800 prison
ers. Taking advantage of his success. , he pushed
forward, surprised thi First, Fifth and Sixth Army
corps at Worth, nn-1 after a stubbornly fought en-
LKngment, lasting seven hours, 'Won the dsy. The
riecest righting oreured around Relchshoffen and m
the village of Fi oesrhwelllcr. The repented charges
of the French Cuirassiers was the one great feature
of the defence of nclchshoffen. Eleven times they
charged the Oerman line, each time breaking it, but
always finding serrlej ranks ready to meet their re
newed efforts. Seldom In the history of warfare has
the valor which the French cavalry displayed on this
dv been equaled Had the Infantry fought as
draperatcly, the ridg on which the city of Worth
stands, which was eventually captured, might not
have fallen; but the Germane, again outflanking thJ
(Yenoh. compelled them to retreat , ,
MacMahon'a staff was almost entirely annhllated,
he, himself, being wounded and unhorsed, ran the
risk of capture by falling to a ditch from which
he was rescued 'by 6ne of his troopers. On foot he
directed the retreat toward Raverne, hoping to pro
tect the passes of the Voeges mountains.
The advancing Prussians next invested tho fort-'
tesa of I-halsburg in Alsace. This formidable defense,
built by Sebastian Vauban, the caRturer of Namur,
which had checked the progress of the victorious
allies In IM4 and again In 1S15, held out five months;
then, in the face of starvation, surrendered uncon
ditionally. Following closely upon the Investment of Phals
burg came the siego 'of Sti-assburg. then under tho
command of General Fhrich. Here the Badeneso
were detained to carry .on the work of subjugatlor .
which they effected by continuous bombardment.1 On
the 14th of August this bombardment commenced.
On the 16th General Fhrlch made a brilliant, but in
effective sully, and the bombardment continued with
Intensity. Summoned to surrender and spare the
city, Fhrlch replied he would do so only on a heap
of ashes, but after a brilliant defense, and only,
when a breach was made and a general assault im
pended (September 27), the white flag fluttered from
the citadel. Here the 'French lost almost an entire
army, upward of llflo officers and men laying down
Ihelr arras.
Considerable damage was done to the town, tho
library suffering most of all. Over 500 housee were
destroyed, antj tho grand old cathedral, with Its fine
astronomical clock, was greatly Injured.
Following up this success came a series of bril
liant battles befora Mets, In which the French offi
cers, who fought every inch of their ground stub
bornly, suffered defeat. On the 14th of August the
Prussian Flrat Army corps, under General von Steln
mets. advanced on Courcelles, which It carried after
severe fighting
For bla part In the oiiergtions before Metx, Ba
saine was blamed for not taking the offensive, and
censured by headquarters for inaction. But the cen
sure was ill-advised, for the marshal waa massln?
hia troops for a supreme effort, when Prince Fred
erick . Charles of Prussia, with the Second Army
corps, fell upon htm at Vlonyllle. In the battle which
followed, the fighting waa desperate. Indeed, it Is
said, that this engagement was the most bloody of
tne war. At the outset, the French claimed it as a
victory, and at one time during the twelve hours of
fighting they gained a distinct advantage by mask
lng a battery ot mitrailleuses, which opened a sudden
and deadly fire on the Prussian prince and his staff.
But the advantage was not maintained, for, at a
great sacrifice, the battery was captured by a cav
alry charge.
Without giving Bazaine time to collect the rem
nants of his troops, King William, with the First and
Second Army corps now combined, continued to fight
at HexonvIHe 'and GraveJotte. w here the French made
a desperate stand. The slopes of Oravelotte were won
only after repeated charges, for their defense was ao
stubborn that the fortunes of the day were long In
the balance, but the French right being outflanked,
fell back in good order under .the walls of Mets.
Baslne was now completely Isolated In Metx, and
MacMahon, then at Raima, strove In vain to march
to his relief, but the crown prince set out in pursuit,
end marching on Chalons, which he occupied, pre
vented the Junction. The French army retreating
northward, now numbering about 190,000 men, wae ac
companied by the emperor. Baxaine. trying to escape
from . Metx, was repeatedly driven back. His efforts
to, Join McMahon were futile, and the hitter, being
hotly purtued. left him ta his fate. On th 7th of
October, with 40.0UO men, Baxaine surprise,! 0
mans, butt after a severe engagement, waa &f tin ro
pelled to retire, and later to surrender. ' '
. Entering Carlgnsn, a small town abo it twelve
miles from Sedan, the Prussians attacked McMahon" J
retreating arrr oa the ; lain of Pouxy. where It had
turned to m. ;e a sr.and, and. after a long and dog
gedly contetud engagement, drove it back to Sedan,
and here 'rus fought the buttle which decided 'forever
the fate r,t the fast crumbling empire.
. With - Napoleon III and McMahon at 4he besd o!
loo.wo men in Sedan and the king and crown prince
of Pruaala, and the crown prince of Saxony, with 36",
O00 men surrounding it, the chances of escape were
alight: yet tha French did not give up hope, and they
fought a aeries of desrerate engagements between the
9th of August and the 2d of September. The Ger
mans were slowly closing around them, and on the
1st of "September gave them battle with slmnltaneor-a
attacks on their right and left Driven almost to
despair by their position, the French soldiers fought
with fierceness and fury for a lost cause. Holding the
heights around Sedan, the Germane poured In an in
ressant artillery fire on the town and Us defenders
To the masterly handling f this artillery, the Frent b,
empeior attributed his' defeat. Heart-pick and dee
peratc, he stood for hours during the battle exposed
'to the heaviest German fire, fully aatiafled that fur
ther resistance would be hopeless. At one time his
officers determined to attempt to break through the
artillery cordon with S.OuQ men, In the hope of saving
htm. but he refused to make the sacrifice.
The hill of Marfnu. from which the Germans
watched the death throes of the French array, showed
a commanding group.. The old kaiser. In hia prime
then, a king every Inch,' with hia spiked helmet, while
muatache, ar.d white whiskers, "the man of blond
and lion." Bismarck, the ruddy wlclder of tha great
toiifederallon and the statesman - among the war
riors; the lean, gaunt Von Moltke, with every alnew
of steel, tha man to whom war was one terrible play,
the wolf of the German lions; at last, the special war
ciinmtsloner from the 1'nlted States, "Little Phil"
Sheridan, the hero of cur civil war. whose eagle eye
followed every move of the battle, and who cried
out, aa the last charge of the gallant Frenchmen
railed, "It la all over with the French now!"
About 4 o'clock the Germans were masters of the
field, the main pait of the French army having re
tired into Sedan, from whose citadel, shortly after,
went up the white fa of surrender.
(Concluded Tomorrow.)
OUR DEAR OriS.
Ile-Mrn Fidlet's dinner was a great
sucess, d'n't you think?
She Yes. Were jou there?
"Why. I took jou In.' Life.
"I hear tlint ns a husband he has ex
ceeded all expectations."
"Well, his wife's friends and hr wple
didn't expect very much." Kansas City
Journal.
"Father, file snllHnt young man res
cued me from drowning."
"So? He ain't iutt so good-looklne; as
the chap who ssved you last summer, is
he7"r-JJc-troil Free Press.
"He's I roke."
"And the g-irl he was engaged to has
dropped him."
"She dropped and broke him. eh?"
"No. she broke and dropped him."
Houston INt.
Modern Child No, Kthel. there' Isn't
fttiy Kanta Clans: he's Just your own
father and mother.
Kthel An' ain't they no Sattin, neither?
Modern Child (up tn her euaenlcsi No;
he's Just your father and mother, too.
Puck.
"Have you heard of the terrible mis
fortune that haa happened to Algy?"
"No. What's wrong?"
"Why, Algy, poor . chap, has eloped
with my wife." ixjnSon Opinion.
"Is your wife so very economical
then?" ',
"Oh. . yes, very. Why, my wife can
take an old worn-out bat, spend $1." on
It, and make it l(ik almost as good as
new." Puck.
"Plie says she writes her huxband a
few words every day."
"I never saw her mail any cards or
letters to him."
"She's working on one of those letters
It takes all summer to finish." Seattle
I'ost-lntclligencer.
"Ild you corn back en an all-steel
crsin .
' " hen the wa!ers and nortera finished
pluekln nie I felt sure that It was. "
New York American.
"I suppose you meet manv kinds of
people ?"
"No. thev're all alike." said the shoe
clerk. Kvery woman who comes In here
thinks she s a Cinderella." Pittsburgh
Post.
THE HOME-RETURNING.
Richard Burton in Smart Set.
Tis we who live that vagrants are: the
dead
Are not poor outcasts from our love,
rat her
The seeking souls who earlier have sped
To where friends gather. . .
Just every little while, one slips away;
Almost, we hear their greeting from
those others:
Our loss must make for them a happy
dav.
Brothers to brothers!
We who renyiln draw closer each to each;
We smile as best we may with each
tomorrow; -Hut
oh, our spirits know there is ' no
sieech
To tell our sorrow!
Not theirs tho grief, we say not theirs
i tho grief;
Our ranks grow thin, while tliirs In
crease forever:
No hearth a-cold, no falling of the leaf,
No friends that sever
I'ntll we long to bo of their good cheer:
Oh, with what heartfelt, wistful yearn
ing To Join that eompany select and dear.
The home-returning!
Tonight's Spaghetti Night
During this hot weather Faust Spaghetti
makes an ideal food. While this -wholesome
food is far more nutritious than
meat, it has still another advantage it
does not heat the system. Try a
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40 minutes serve with grated cheese.
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