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A Jaanary i
Thought for the Day
StUctmd by Mr: W. F. DoolittU
Th grtat moral combat bttr4n each human
lift and tach human toul mu$t bt linglt. Tht
ttrif, perchance, none may ikart, thouyh by all
the rUt may be lnewn.Lueile.
Fan-Americanism Just now loo ma Urge on
"8afety First" Is also a rood rule (or folks
fndulglng In lea skating.
the vocal stage. Results await the size of contri
butions when the pan goes around.
Judge Clayton of Arkansas could not hare
chosen a more effective sounding board than
New York to draw attention to himself.
Heads ot municipal departments and bureaus
who could not possibly get along with one cent
Jess, will now proceed to show how It can easily
be done.
The end of fire years of democratic rule pro
foundly thrills the Day state. Even the Boston
Transcript lays aside the hammer, chase away
the gloom and smiles happily as ot yore.
' If the proposed Pan-American agreement In
dudes an insurance policy against Internal revo
lutions, the ruling satraps of every one of the
South and Central American republics may be
counted for It unanimously.
The official story of the British blunder on
Gal 11 poll supplements what Plevna demon
strated forty years ago, that Turkish soldiers,
fully equipped and Intelligently led, are not sur
passed by any fighting race In the world.
If the city dads find themselves recipients of
any windfall from unexpected revenue sources,
they still will have no difficulty in discovering
places to spend It without leaving any burden
some balances in the funds at the end of the
year.
It is hard to understand how a good old
scout, as Henry Ford is known to be, should
draw the deadhead line on providing new gowns
"for women members of his party. Gowns suited
to the occasion are a mighty force for peace at
home and abroad. Ford's substitute manager
must be a crusty old bachelor.
. Note that while bank deposits in Omaha
banks show a negligible decrease during the
period from the last comptroller's call in No
vember to the present call for December 31, the
loans have Increased 11,500,000. This Indi
cates both the activity in local business and the
responsive attitude of the banks to business de
mand.
Omaha as Location for aa Army School.
The suggestion, just made at Washington,
that one of the proposed new training schools
for army officers be established In Omaha Is
good. It is rather revival of a suggestion
originating with The Bee and which was once
proposed in congress, though without success at
the time.
If the plan for an Increased army is In
telligently carried out, Omaha ought to have one
of those schools, as well as the headquarters for
a considerable body of troops. The strategical
advantages of this city are many and long recog
El ted by army men. Equl-diatant from either
toast, the movement of troops for defense
against attack, east or west, can be accomplished
with great facility and swiftness from Omaha.
Its railroad service Is beyond that of any of its
rivals, Omaha being the center of a system of
trunk lines that covers the entire country, as
well as the most important point on the trans
continental traffic route. The government al
ready has an extensive and well equipped army
plant here, and not much would be needed In
way of addition to make It the most compre
hensive of all army supply depots, while its
safety from falling into enemy bands Is guaran
teed against anything short of national extinc
tion. The project needs only the strong and united
support of the citizens to insure Omaha secur
ing this establishment Several ambitious
sthenics In connection with Forts Omaha and
Crook have failed In the past, because our peo
j were not awake to the opportunity. If this
I -i a re.l chance, we should not let it Blip. .
Campaign Personalities A Warning.
On more than one recent occaalon, both in
public and in private. 8nstor Hitchcock ha ex
preaaed the hope that the campaign for the elec
tion of his succesaor might be waited without
resort to personalities. Hut how can he expect
to avoid peraonallltlee if he starts out as he has
now begun, printing In his persons! and polit
ical or tan anonymous attacks on his probable
competitors, presumably written by his own
hired men. What can he look for when from
a masked smbush be has someone, hiding be
hind the label "Democrat," tell the readers of
his paper in a letter "to the editor," not only
what a great and good man Senator Hitchcock
la, but what bad men those competing for the
republican senatorial nomination are. By this
cowardly method the people ere asked to believe
that our democratic senator, who was born with
a golden spoon In his mouth and whose education
was "made-1n-Oermany" because our American
public schools were not good enough for him, is
a great friend of the "masses," while the re
publican aspirant-, both of whom started as
plowboys and worked their way through college,
and became self-made men, belong to "the
classes" and are "undealrebles."
If Senator Hitchcock thinks this sort of
bushwhacking is calculated to produce a cam
paign without personalities, we warn him light
now that he is on the wrong track.
President's Pan-American Plan.
Mr. Wilson has submitted what on the sur
face looks like an attractive outline as a basis
of for the All-American coalition we have been
assiduously promoting. It lacks, however. In
certain elements necessary to command support.
Certain qualities of workability are missing
from the president's prospectus aa will be dis
covered when even casually analysed. Not alone
does It contemplate the extension of the Monroe
doctrine beyond its original scope and purpose,
but it Involves the entire abandonment of the
policy of independent action that has existed
since we have had a government of our own.
The question of "entangling alliances" is
brought directly to the front by this proposal to
make the United States a party to and respon
sible for South American participation In the
arrangement; in fact to make ourselves their al
lies and guarantors.
Another questionable provision is that for
the prevention of revolution. Who Is to decide
which Is the revolutionary side of the rumpus?
How are the people of any South American
country to avail themselves of the right Mr.
Wilson cherishes so dearly, of altering or abol
ishing their government? Political revolutions
are not always unaccompanied by exhibitions of
force, and a brutal government, supported by a
standing army may easily perpetuate Itself and
enslave the majority if Its opponents are denied
proper means for resistance. The abolition of
war la still beyond us, and the right of revolu
tion Is still recognized, and the president, him
self, is publicly pledged to a policy ot allowing
our neighbors to work out their own problems
In their own way.
A better understanding and a closer relation
ship, political as well as commercial, between
the American governments is desirable, but this
must not be expanded to include obligations
that cannot reasonably be fulfilled.
Those Penny School Lunches.
True to its nature, our aristocratic, pluto
cratic, ' democratic ( ? ) contemporary registers
a vicious protest against the experiment of the
kind-hearted women undertaking to establish
penny lunches of hot soup and crackers for the
school children in certain districts. Not that
this worthy enterprise Is costing the taxpayers
any money, nor that the child is under duress or
compulsion to buy the penny lunch, nor that the
lunch Is not worth the penny, is the burden of
the complaint, but that it is an Invasion of the
sacred function of the home. That Is certainly
a terrible indictment of these good women
that they areworking to destroy the usefulness
of the home by furnishing hot lunches to school
children to make them more responsive and
efficient as pupils. School lunches may be too
progressive for the Bourbon democracy ot the
World-Herald, but we venture the opinion that
they are not too progressive for the friends of
the public schools in Omaha, who want our
school system to continue to rank with the best.
British Blunders in Military Campaign.
Official reports.'now slowly coming out, tell
a terrible tale of blunders of British army lead
ers. The valor of the' men Is well established,
but a tremendous loss of life has been entailed
by mistakes that might have been avoided with
more care. The Gall I poll campaign failed be
cause the generals did not know what they were
doing. The experience at Loos, where a victory
was won, and lost again, and an army ot J 00.
000 men destroyed because "someone bad blun
dered," Is a duplicate example. Heroism alone
does not win battles. Strategy and tactics must
be perfect, and movements must be exactly as
planned. The experiences ot the British hold a
lesson for Americans. Our war win be de
fensive, but we must have officers and men in
readiness, trained and familiar with their du
ties and with the science of warfare, or we will
have to hear again the record of Bull Run, ot
Chickamauga and ot Montauk Point.
City Budget Finally "Plug-fed to Sixe."
The city commissioners have accomplished
the anticipated feat of making the city budget
for the year exactly fit the maximum Income.
This was achieved by scaling down estimates
thst were purposely made too large, and which
their advocates did not expect to get. Our ritl-
sens do not expect that the proper administra
tion of the city's business Is to be hampered by
lack ot money for all reasonable purposes, but
the proposed appropriations exceed by far the
combined cost ot carrying on the government ot
the consolidated communities during their sepa
rate existence. No sign of the loudly promised
economy msy be seen In this. Moreover, the
work of parceling out the money was done la
executive session. Instead of In the open. A
budget "plugged to site behind closed doors
suggests some things la It not easily explained.
How Canada Does It
An arsenal located at Omaha would at least
have the advantage of being safe from sudden
enemy bombardment except from air flotilla.
xaii-, weekl).
The fear that after the war thla country, with
its tariff bara down, may become dumping; around
for the cheap aurplua products of other naliona will
ha quickened by recent advices from Canada. The
Canadian government la aald to be contemplating
the removal of the duty on wheat Imported from
the United State. If that ahould be done, then,
under our present tariff law, our duty of 10 ceiita
per hushel on wheat from Canada would be auto
matically abolished and the Dominion cereal would
enter thla country free. How would the farmera of
the great Weet Ilka that? Canada produced ar.
enormoua wheat crop and has a laiirer aurplua
than even war-hungered Europe can take. It la
neceaaary to find a market for It, and aa the grain
haa been selling from S to 11 cents per buehel higher
at Minneapolis than at Winnipeg, reciprocity on
wheat flnda favor with Canadlana.
Of eotirae, tha advantage would be all on the
aide of the Canadlana. They would not buy our
wheat and they might undersell our wheat growers.
Tha Utter would be hard hit. even considering only
tha year WS. But worne might come, for by the
recent opening of the new Canada Northern railway,
a transcontinental line, 1.000,000 equare mllea ot
rtr.heat agricultural land In the Canadian north wert
has been opened to settlement and cultivation end
brought Into aaay connection with the world'a mar.
keta. Undoubtedly thla year large tracta of this
territory will tte put Into wheat and the Canadian
aurplua will ha proportionately Increased. Vnleaa our
tariff on wheat ahould be reatored. American pro
ducers would have to meet a severe and growing
competition. Thla would rouse to a high pitch lUa
protection sentiment among our growers of grain.
There Is a marked contrast between the attitude
of our national administration and that of the Canad
ian government toward the Interests of producers.
Tha great new railroad referred to Is designed to
enhance tha productiveness of Canadian territory,
and for that reason tha government guaranteed Its
bonda and many membera of parliament and govern
ment official a ahowed their Interest In the enterprise
by taking tha opening trip. This line, which Is tha
result of the bralna and energy of Sir William
Mackenzie and Sir Donald Mann, formerly railroad
contractors In a small way, passes through tha flour
ishing cttlea of Winnipeg, Brandon, Regin and
Saskatoon, aa well as through large areas of un
developed land. These cltlea have had a wonderful
growth. Forty-five yeara ago Wlnnlpeg'a population
was lesa than 100. hut now It haa S0O.0UO Inhabitants,
haa many fine buildings and la the greatest grain
market In the Brttlah empire. Brandon, a bustling
and up-to-date town of 1S.000 people; Regtna, capital
of Saskatchewan, with 4K.0OO population and capitol
buildings costing ll.Gno.OOO, and Saskatoon, with a
population of 17.000, were not ao very many
yeare ago, mere hamlets. Saskatoon thirteen yeara
ago waa peopled by only 113 men, women and chil
dren. These four cltlea are amply supplied with
elevators, where the yields of the newly opened
farming regions ean be stored for shipment.
This la tha third transcontinental road subsidised
by the government at Ottawa with tha full approval
of tha Canadian people, and In the other cases, aa In
thla, the object was te Increaaa tha number of pro
due era and to Improve their market facilities. Re
moval of tha Canadian duty on wheat. If decided
on. would have the same end In view. It would not
be considered at an were there danger of tha dump
ing of American wheat en Canadian marketa. Canada
In these matters la teaching the United States the
needed lesson that to safeguard the Interests of tha
producers of tha country la the very cornerstone ot
prosperity.
Twice Told Tales
A Soft Aaawer.
Something hard and round cam through tha win
dow of Mr. Quiverful's dining room and landed with
a splash in the bread and milk of the youngeat of his
brood.
For a moment the frantic parent thought tha Zeppa
had come at last. Then, Juat as ha was beginning to
get over tha ahock there came a gentle but Insistent
tapping at tha door.
Angrily ba rushed out and threw the portal open.
Outside stood a small boy, can politely In hand.
"Please, air," be aald, courteously, "oan wa have
our bell?" .
W-w-whatr gaaped Quiverful. TTou kick your
beastly ball through my window, nearly frightening
one of my children to death, and then you have tha
confounded cheek to come and end aak for your ball!"
"Well, air," said the polite youngster, calmly,
"you've got eleven children, you know, and we've only
one ball!" Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
t'kelce Lata.
Whltelaw Reld used to tall an Interesting atory
about two friends of his who removed from Ne
York and purchased a home In a Massachusetts vll
fage. One of their visits waa to tha cemetery.
M 'Wa must aelect a burial lot,' tha husband re
marked. 'Ufa Is uncertain, and we had better attend
to It at once.'
The wife agreed and chose a site on a hill over
looking a beautiful lake, but tha husband objected.
" 'No, Ann; lfa too much of a hill to climb. Let's
look down toward tha lake.
"These lots pleased Ann even better than those
mora elevated. Here, Frederick,' aha aald, let's de
clda upon one o( these.'
"Frederick looked at her tn soma surprise.
"Why. Ann." ha replied. "I did think you had
better judgment. I ahouldn't think of being buried In
tills low, marahy place. It'a tha unhealtbleat spot In
the whole cemetery!' ' Pittsburgh Chronicle Tela-
graph.
C?7)C JQ)Gck
IPMl II
Twenty degrees below aero reaVs the .ther
mometer, and buslneaa generally ia atagnant. The
mean temperature of the day waa li degrees below
sero, and. tha rata of tha wind twenty-eight miles
an hour.
Jacob Schrelner, the Sixteenth street livery man.
ia reported to be very 111.
Miaa Ella McBrtde haa opened a achool of elocu
tlon at 1104 Karnam atreet.
Tha Bee quotea this Item from a Togwka paper;
"Cir boy a at Omaha seem to have solved the mys
tery of living well and enjoying tha world; we bear
that Weat Oregory, Bob Hunet and Bo. who are
now identified with tha preas gang at Omaha, have
rented aa eatabllshment in tha city where, with S
W. Nllea and George Eddy, are living In fine atyla,
employing a housekeeper and entertaining their
friends.
The marriage of Mr. N. B. Falconer, the dry
goods man. to Mlaa Nellie lach. one of his ac
oompllshed clerka, la announced to take place la Feo-
ruary.
An effort la to be made, so It la aald, to have
OmaJia represented tn tha new weatarn basa ball
league by tit. Joe and Kaaaaa City, and delegates
of tha meeting will go to St. Jo, nest week.
r. M. Elite, architect, haa his office at corner of
Fourteenth and Farnam atraeta, with Oeorga Bur-
llnghoth aa hla assistant.
General Carlln, eonimaadaat at Fort Omaha, haa
bean granted a three months' leave of absence, and
bis position will Da filled by Major Kant. ,
Superintendent pierce of tbe poor farm bad both:
of bla ears frosen.
Bank clearlnss today totalled the turn of S34S,S1I.
E. F. Myers, the I 'e troll architect, who built the
Uobglka county c-ourt house, came tn from Ieaver,
The Oerman Vlewpelst.
KENNARD. Neb . Jan. 7.-To the Ed
itor of The Bee: In being then 15
yen re old. I came over here from Hol
steln, Germany, the very same place your
beloved Anlo-Sxon came from many
yeara ago under Honglst and Horsa. their
chiefs, looking for better nelds for piracy,
aa Germany waa then developing Into a
land of agriculture. 1 never attended
achool In thla country, though took the
full course of a common country achool
In Germany, but I do know eome Anglo
fiaxon history Just the as me. Tell me,
please, why this dirty English history Is
kept out of our schools? Any man know.
Ing English history up to the present day
surely ought to condemn England. Khow
me by true history what the people of
thla nice land have In common with Eng
land, except that our big polltlclana are
getting Just aa had aa England's.
England Is not our mother country.
She atole thla country from Holland.
Every war that started tn Europe during
the last 100 or Vfi yeara waa Instigated by
England. She started the present war.
The south would never have started the
civil war had not England been behind it.
England always aimed to destroy this
big, German country, ana she would to
day If aha could. We all know that.
'Show me by history where Germany
ever did anything against our country.
Tou can't. Could thla country have freed
Itself from the bad English rule without
the help of Germany and Scandinavians?
No. Could this country have defeated
the south without the Germane and Scan
dinavians? No. never. Could thla country
have developed into the great land that It
la today had It not been for the Germane
and Scandinavian emigration? Surely not.
What haa England ever dona to help or
develop thla country? Nothing. Every
man of Intelligence living In this country
knows that the different German tribes
made this country what It la What are
Germans, English, Scotch, Dutch, Aua
trlans, Bavarians. Alsatians, Saxons,
Swablans, Swiss, Normans, Danes, Nor
wegiana, Swedes, Lithuanians and Pom
eranians? All are Germans according to
history. AH are honest and Industrious
people, and It la certainly difficult to tell
which are the beat They are all good
and all did their ahare to build up thla
country except the English raaoala and
thieves. We are alt brothers and all Ger
mans Just aa much aa the people of the
Germany of today, but the English
brother la trying to atlr up etrife In the
family and Incite other Germans against
the people of the present Germany for
their own benefit Germany did not want
war with England. Tou know how much
aha tried for the laat 100 years to be the
mends of Enttland. She is today, and
always has been friendly to us.
Lt us take a look at English hlstorv.
When the English left Germany they
were very cruel to the Scotch (which U
the German tribe of Vikings), and later
to the Irish. They never whipped any
nation in a square fight, but always sot
some one else to help them, and then
cheated them out of their share of loot
They destroyed Spain. Holland. France.
Denmark and Russia In turn, alwaya with
the assistance of another nation. In 1907
they stole the Danish navy and bom
barded Copenhagen without notice or
reason. Today they want to destroy Ger
many Juat because ahe (Germany) ia get
ting too large to suit them. - -Belgium
ia all humbug, and you all
know that. I am very sorry for the com
mon people of Belgium, but their govern
ment could not be punished too severely
for their secret alliance with England to
destroy Germany. Wellington never de
feated Napoleon with English soldiers,
as American history would teach our
children. Out of 180,000 men he had un
der hla control only 20,000 were English
He had some Irish and Scotch soldiers
who fought wall, but the reat ware Ger
mans, and had It not been for Blucher
coming from the other aide when Wel
lington waa "all tn" he would have been
defeated. History proves that to be a
fact, but it aeems to ma that lately all
our school books are written to make us
British.
What is an American? Waa there ever
a cltlien of this country more loyal to it
than a German? No, never. Are tha
cltlsens of English descent loyel to this
land? Borne of them, yea, but some are
more British today than even tha com
mon people of England. Our crooked poli
ticians, insurance men, board of trade,
etc., are mostly of English descent What
would thla country be If you took tha
Germans and Scandinavians out? Would
It be better than Mexico? No.
Whe made thla country famous? The
Germans and Scandinavians, tha Irish
doing their share, too. AH the trouble
and rotten politics in this country are
made by the English.
Germany will not destroy England,
even if ahe could. We are keeping the
war going. Xou know mat well. The
war would be over In two months if wa
would atop sending provisions and am
munition to England. And. then. Wilson
asking ua to pray for peace! The gov
ernment of tha United States la today
trying to destroy Germany, which la In
deed our mother country, and whose gov
ernment la ooncedod by all to be tha best
on earth for tha common people, Juat to
give some of our big millionaires and
manufacturers a Ms profit In dollars.
All our fussing about Germany'a uaa of
their U-boats against England ia foolish.
Doesn't It look aa though England were
placing a few American citliena on every
ship to embroil us? Why don't our citi
sena stay at home, or ride on our own
boats? Doesn't It all look like helping
England? We can't even aend anything
by parcel post to hell our relatives in
Oermany. Wilson won't let us.
My brother haa six sons tn the army In
Germany. When wounded they are fixed
up, and aa soon aa able go back to the
front, and ao on. There are many more
whe have alx or mora sons In the field.
I have a sister over there who had only
one son who went to tha front aa a vol
unteer, but he tiled long ago. Several of
my cousins and second-cousins are either
dead or wounded, and tha lettera and
newspapers they aend tell the atory of
the war different from that told by our
newspapers. They will win thla war;
God Is with Oi-mii. It will be better for
the whole world when they do. There
will ba more honesty In politics.
Germany doea not want it all. like her
English brother. She never had good
colonies te which she could aend her in
creasing population. That la why so
many of us are hero.
Thla usad to bo a good place to go, al
though we had to give up Germany, but
lately It seems that thla country Is get
ting more British than even old England)
herself. Oo ever tha names tn eur gov
ernment and see if you can find many
names of either Germane or Soaadlna
vlana. Not many. Tell me wby. In a
country a here tha people are a great deal
more than half of German or Scandi
navian doscemlanc y. there aren't any.
Not to exceed 10 per cent of the people
of this country are of English descent,
and a great many who come over from
England have t.ot even taken out their
cilixenshlp parers. The German always
becomes a pood, loyal clllsen when his
emigrates to another country, and though
none may come here after the war those
who are here wilt stay with this country
through anything. We will stay here, do
what Is right an 1 demand our rlghta, and
we will show them that we are the real
Americans. We want neither British nor
German rule nere, but truly American.
Not only the tress, but Wilson. Wall
street Roosevelt, "Billy" Sunday, etc.,
are down on the "Dutch," aa they call It.
This country can get . along without
Roosevelt "Pa" and "Ma" Sunday and
those Wall strest bankers, but not with-'
out the German, Scandinavian and Irish
farmer.
I remember well when I came to Iowa
In 1883, how those old Yankee farmera of
English origin' were busy moving their
barne In the spring because they were
full of manure, and a couple of years
later when the cockle burrs got a start
of them and the land became a little
higher in price, they sold out at good
figures to a Oerman. a Dane or a. Swede,
and a little Iat?r you would sec the ma
nure fly, new bulldlnga shooting up. No
more cokle burn, but In their plgce some
of those great crops which made this
country famous. Tou can find those old
Yankee farmera of English deacent In all
towns now, living not on what they made
farming, but on what tho Dutchman, or
Swede, or Dane paid them for their home
stead, and when you see them In the
spring crowding around the sunny aide
of the store yoj would think they were
of real old German origin, demanding
tneir "place in the aun."
Don't take this aa saying or meaning
that we GermaiiB have no fault, for we
nave them, and know it
I am an American cltlxen and demand
my 'ilaco In the aun." HENRY ARP.
Note by Editor: An exception ia made
thla lengthy communication In order to
let our readers learn how tha German
aympathUera regard the situation.
GRINS A-ND GROANS.
"Wail her f.lh.. .. ., .
ding gift?" w.w. u.s weo-
houHckeepltisj with." Boston Transcript.
"I ask tou, sir, would you t&ke your
a.uaghie,r a Play that?"
"And T iniirae vau . w. -1
- - e j vw as i( i,u3 I II SUI ITCH
ft "-Jufa, n "he ha a,ready Been
hMy. ""n1- .yoi"" 'ether thlnka you
ihould all go to hear his lecture tonight
ust for the sake of appearance."
But. mamma wnn' 1 u - ..... .
ODDONite ftmt - - .
cruel?"-Life. " "
TTs (m m that ream vas. V..V T .1.1 era
11 s a S3"rr UUR ; lltjrW
TOfta. T?U V-haa kaaltK. U.MI -
T '" .sw ! mb. si. nn 11 B-uun
b? our beat man.
fche-Oh, Jack. This Is so sudden.
Harvard Lampoon.
Mr TCarwsn T s.innn.. i
f m Iron aW-Aa - r. a.. 1 111 a
Mm, KRbert Oh. yes; he says that's
where n roallv . n n I n . . i.
Yonkers Statesman.
7 .ob"errp''.' remarked the tragedian.
. ."Tn luciwiiivr nu naa nis
costume Mnnv.turi .nIl i. is
---" ' ".lUliy 11,111 DTI I .
to a shave.
"Kven so."
"Thst knit., wall ' ....
least we start the New Year with a
clean page." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Pa." asked Willie, "what's tha rfirr.r-
ence between an Invalid and a aick per-son?""
"An Invalid, my eon," answered pa,
"haa money." Judge.
"Charley, dear." said young Mrs. Tor
kins, "there is one thing I don't under
stand about the game of poker."
"Only one?"
"Yea. And that's a full hand. As you
describe the game, a full hsnd Is wha'
always l-avr you empty-bsnilea.
Washington Stnr.
"I wish to find out who thst homfl,
women is?"
"Nothing doing, my dear. She'd prov
to he the sister or wife of the first per
son I asked." Detroit Free Press.
Hrcwn Ignorance of the law excuse?
no one.
Smith Q'llte so. It Is mu;-h better tc
be rich and hire good lawyers Life.
"Has your boy Josh enjoyed the holi
day at home,"
"I dunno," replied Farmer Corntossel.
'I don't feel as well acquainted with Josh
as I used to, an' 1 can t make up mv mind
from the way he looks whether he wants
us to treat him like company or like one
o' the family." Washington Star.
THE HILLS.
Springfield Pepuhllcan.
Th bills for tne! the beautiful hills
Where tho Joy ot the sky brims over and
spills! .
And the air Is kind and the clouds are
friends
Ana the far-off song cf the sea ascends!
The hills for me! the wonderful hills
W here the soul w th wonder and rapture
thrills.
And the Wandering Wind as It tlnka and
swells
Speaks with the wisdom of Oracles!
I love the hills! on a hill's gray crown.
In fire the Uw of the Lord came
down
And the Savior taught and the Prophet
On a hill of old the Holy Word!
Give me the hills, the gtortous hills
Where the clamor dice and the tumult
stills.
Where heeven seems near and the world
fr-off
And none there are to revile or scoff.
Yes, I love the hills! and my love shall
last
Till ell the longlnys of life are past
And when I have come to the Verge of
Time.
I crave to be carried where now I
climb!
Of yore I fancied the hills could hear
The echoea that fell from another
sphere:
And It seemed so then and It aeems so
still
We are nearer to God on the top of a
hill!
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