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PROHIBITION- KANSAS ,
Mayor Waggoner of Atchlson Bo-
. views the Situation.
EX-SALOON MEN AS DRUGGISTS.
Fines Take the Plnoo of Licenses and
'tlio Uuslnoss Goes On No Pub
P lic Sen U meat Back
of the linw.
Docs Prohibition Prohibit ?
ATOJIISON , Kan. , August 7. The prohibi
tory amendment to the constitution of Kan
sas was adopted in 18SO. It was regarded as
n great triumph for the cause of temperance.
Tbe advocates of tcmpcrunco did not forsoo
the difficulties in the way of its enforcement.
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, They Imagined such an expression of senti
P ment would sllonco opposition ,
it The amendment was not self-enforcing. It
required the enactment of laws to carry It
Into effect. The legislature , ut its session of
1631 , passed such acts as were supposed to
bo adequate to secure to the people the
fruits of the victory won at the polls , but
they wore found to bo too elastic and more
stringent ones wore enacted and enforced ,
to tbo extent of closing the open saloon and
depriving tbo municipal government of the
revenue derived from the licensesystem. .
With the closing of tbo saloons , however ,
the evils from Intemperance did uot dis
appear , The traflllo in- liquors was not
abolished. It was driven to cellar
and attic and to the bootleg
and hip pocket. The responsible men who
had been engaged in the ousmosa quit and
engaged In other business or left the state.
In tholr stead came a great army of disreput
able scoundrels and irresponsible tramps and
vagabonds , who became the proprietors of
the Joints and low dives with which nearly
every community In Kansas Is now cursed.
Those men were bora violators of tbo law.
Tholr places of business became the rendez
vous of criminals and the police forces of tbo
cities were wholly inadequate to restrain
such places of Iniquity or prevent the depre
dations of tholr regular patrons. The ul-
ready overburdened taxpayers were com
pelled to resort to other sources for revenue
With which to defray the Increased expense
of municipal government. By degrees there
was a relaxation of the vigilance on the part
ot those Interested In tbo cause of
temperance. Thoj could stand the bur-
flena no longer and seemed to bo
willing to tolerate the places where intox
icants were sold for other than "medicinal ,
mechanical mid scientific purposes. " The
Joints Increased In number , and more respon
sible men became the proprietors. The rose
wood counter took the place of the dry coeds
box. The Incandescent light took the place
of the tallow candle , the cut glass decanter
took the place of the jug , and the gilded mir
ror took the place of the horse blanket , and
to-day "there is probably no town of 1,000
Inhabitants where a bibulous but discreet In
quirer , if properly vouched for , " cither by
n initiated frlnnd or a member of the met
ropolitan police force , can not Und all he desires -
sires to drink. The restrictions thrown
trouud the "drug ( tore" are Ineffectual , and
can be and are costly evaded. The most
lucrative business in Kansas is the "drug
tore , " where Intoxicants are sold according
to law.
There are many druggists who at tbe time
tbo amenament wa adopted did not know
the dlffcrcnca between a blue mass pill and
m Icadeu bullet , who immediately after tha
pawago of the law sold out their lurgu v.ick
of liquors "at cost" for the purpose of going
into the "retail drug" business , and Senator
Ingalls Is correct when no says that "the
sale of bitters , elixirs and other concoctions
containing alcohol has undoubtedly in
creased. " What Is meant by "bitters , "
"elixirs" and "other concoctions ! " To the
novice , what the terms signify ; but to the
"discreet inquirer" whisky straight ana An-
heusor beer. The social clubs have been or
ganized mid incorporated , to whoso rooms
no ono is admitted unless ho holds "a key. "
These places are now tolerated throughout
the state , because they pay a certain amount
toward defraying the expenses of the gov
ernment. It is true they are Jnot licensed ,
but they arc not interfered with , provided at
least once each month the "troubadour , or
the mound-bullaer , " submits to an arrest ,
under the name of John Doe or Klchard Hoe ,
and "puts up" to the chief of the metropoli
tan police force $25 , 50 or f 100 as security
for his appearance at the police court the
next morning. Of course hodoos not appear.
Ha Is not expected , if ho should appear , tbe
chief has no evidence against him. If bo
does not appear his security is forfeited , and
the same proceedings had each successive
mouth , mid so the farce goes on. Such pro
ceedings are not only justifiable , but abso
lutely necessary. It has become perfectly
apparent to any close observer that intoxi
cants will bo sold to the "discreet Inquirer , "
law or no law. This much Is admitted , oven
by Senator Ingalls.
Nearly every city in Kansas groaning
under the burdens of taxation , and relief
must como from- some source. The people
revolt at an occupation or license tax for the
purpose of raising revonuo. Such a tax is
obnoxious , burdensome and necessarily dis
criminating , but must be resorted to us a
moans to secure the ordinary expenses of
city government and tbo Increased expense
made necessary to keep In check and re
strain those who dally violate tbo law.
There is another serious objection , which
hag developed since the adoption of the
amendment und the passage ot the law in
furtherance thereof. In every political con
test , municipal and state , since 18SO , the
"drink question" has been an important and
in many instances the controlling factor.
The communities Are in a constant turmoil
and agitation over the subject. If an elec
tion U not pending to stir up the people , "the
attorney general Is expected next week to
begin prosecutions against those who are violating
lating the prohibitory law. " The citizens
become excited. They do but little busi
ness. Joint keepers , "troubadours and mound
builders" close up their dally haunts , tem
porarily , and "flee from the wrath to
como. " After a short vacation from tholr
arduous and never ceasing labors they loturn
refreshed and relnvlgoratcd and the work
goes bravely on. It is unfortunate for the
law that any question concerning it was ever
permitted to got Into politics. The demo-
crutlo parly at flrst in effect advocated nulli
fication. This waft undemocratic and It
receded from this position und has since de
clared for the "enforcement of tha law aud
rosubmlsslon ot the question. " As soon as
the republican party took up the question
und Indorsed it as a party measure , the pioneers
neers In the causa of prohibition In that party
were relegated to the rear and a great host
of political demagogues came forward to ad
vocate that which was an accomplished fact.
The republican party became committed to
prohibition through the efforts of Governor
Bt. John , and these who to-day are tbo most
earnest advocates of the principle were then
loudest and most bitter In their denunciation
of this apostle of temperance.
In 1SS3 St. John w.is nominated for a third
term ever the protest of John A. Martin
and others because ho was and had been
"the special champion of temperance , " but
ostensibly because ho was u third-term can
didate , and immediately there was an or
ganized revolt m the republican party
which resulted In his defeat and the election
of Governor Gllck. This election demonstrated -
stratod that a reaction hud set In against thu
prohibitory amendment , and that the small
majority In Its favor when auct ; d had been
overcome. The campaign of 1882 was net u
partisan campaign. The issue upon which
St. John made the racu was prohibition c.s
opposed to him It was nullification and resubmission -
submission St. John was defeated.
The result of the campaign la 1884 does not
afford any criterion from which can be formed
any correct Idea of the sentiment then exist-
In ? on the subject of prohibition. It is true
that the "republicans again Indorsed prohi
bition , while the democrats denounced
It and declared for high license. " The demo
cratic party wo * not united In that con.
test. Many republican B voted for Governor
Glck ! la 18S15 upon the erroneous idea that
his election meant submission , and In 1884
they saw that ho had utterly failed to Impress
the legislature with his convictions upon the
subject of rosubmlssion and generally voted
their party ticket. Governor Martin was not
then regarded as a very strong prohibitionist.
While ho opposed St. John in the convention
in 1883 , at the time be was nominated In 1884
ho had become a convert to tbo teachings of
St. John on the subject of prohibition , but
was not so pronounced in bis views as to
antagonize or alienate either winp of his
partv. His election was la no'senso a triumph
for prohibition or any Indication that public
sentiment was m favor of tbe law.
In each state campaign since 18S4 each
of tbe two great political parties has , in
effect , declared for tno enforcement of tbo
law. The government machinery , state ,
county and municipal , has been under the
control of tbo dominant party , thoroughly
committed to prohibition and the enforce
ment of tbe law , aud yet , nearly ten -years
having passed , wo Una ourselves face to face
with the fact that the law is unblushmgly
violated and wholly ineffectual to suppress
the liquor trade. Why is this ) It is not
because the principle of prohibition is in-
bQrontly wrong , for every law of a penal
nature Is moro or less a prohibitory law. It
is not because there are no evils resulting
from intoir-poranco , for wo meet with them
dully. It IB not because mankind would not
be benefited by confining tbo trafllo in in
toxicants to the excepted purposes , for it
certainly would.
It Is because there is not a public sentiment
back of tbo law strong onouch to demand
and secure Its enforcement. A law to bo ef
fective must bo the reflection of a public
opinion which sustains aud supports It. The
fugitive slave law of 1850 was a failure be
cause tbo northern people revolted at the
brutality of Its provisions , and the courts
were powerless to mforco it. So with tha
present prohibitory law. Tbo courts were
powerless to suppress tbo traffic because
there are BO many opposed to the principle
of liquor prohibition , and who believe that It
Is a subversion of the power of a republican
form of government , and who will aid and
abet Its violation , and the most ardent prohi
bitionist frankly admits that the law. "unless
sustained by an Intelligent and enlightened
public opinion , hinders rather that promotes
the cause of human progress. "
The railroads and express companies are
doing a largo business in the transportation
of beer und whisky from other states into
Kansas. An examination of the records will
show that thousands of barrels of whisky
and cases of beer are daily shipped Into Kan
sas , consigned to cities and towns through
out the entire state. The state law , Lotvjvor
restrictive in its provisions , can not reach
this character of traffic. It It , later-state
commerce and can only bo controlled or l > ro.
vented by an act of congress. It Is safe to
say that a largo per cent of tbo business of
the wholesale liquor dealers of St. Joseph
aud Kansas City is done with the cities and
towns of Kansas. Travel through the state
on any line of railroad und you will seldom
fail to see at the depots of every Important
station largo piles of beer kegs ; tbo
trafllc , however , is not confined to Inter-state
shipments. From ono city In Kansas
there was shipped to various interior towns
during the flrst six months of 1BSD ever throe
thousand cases of boor , ale and whisky.
What became of this irrcat quantity of intox
icants ) It can not be that it Is all for "med
icinal , mechanical and scientific purposes. "
The fact Is , and can not bo successfully con
troverted , that it is resold in violation of the
law. Senator Ingalls uover uttered a greater
truth than when ho said that "malaria , indi
gestion and other disorders have developed
lu localities previously considered salubri
ous , " etc. , ana notwithstanding a law has
boon passed , "tho penalties for the violation
of which are Ingeniously rigid and have not
been exceeded for severity since the code of
Draco , " it Is easily evaded , and great quan
tities of whisky and beer are'dully consumed
and municipalities got no revenue whatever
from Us ale ,
Is not such a law most pernicious m Its
effects ) is It not detrimental to tbo cause of
tcinpersncol Does It not retard the growth
and expansion Of that moral sentiment so
necessary to attain ti3 ! object sought to bo
accomplished ) Cannot any advocate of pro
hibition see at a glance that these who en
gage In the traffic : are reaping a rich harvest
at the expense of good government aud so-
nml reform )
Tlio following statement , taken from the
books of the United States internal revenue
collector for turn state , shows the number of
retail liquor dealers' licenses takou out lu u
few of the principalities ( luring the years
of prohibition ; '
It is not passible that this largo number of
licenses wore taken out by those engaged in
the legitimate drug business. Neither one
of the cities mentioned sustains any such
number of drug stores. From these facts
the conclusion is irresistible that prohibition
docs not prohibit , and the dally violation of
ono law , without punishment following sure
and quick , educates tbo criminal and encour
ages and emboldens him to commit other and
graver crimes. If ono law can bo violated
with Impunity , why not another ?
But It is said that the growth and pros
perity of the state has not been affected by
tbe law. In one point of view this is correct.
In another it is not. Wo do not know whether
it has retarded immigration or not. The
population of the state has Increased , but the
burdens of taxation have not decreased.
The principal cities in the state
have increased in population and in
wealth , but the per cent of taxation has
not boon reduced. If this bo true there must
bo same logical reason for It. Com
pare the expenses of the police department
of any city of the first class at this time with
the expenses prior to 1880 and you have your
answer. It is. claimed that the metropolitan
police of Atchlson , Leuvenurortu ana other
cities is self-sustaining. The claim may bo
true , but what docs It prove ! It proves be
yond a question that a very large revenue Is
derived from fines and forfeitures exacted
from those who violate the law , and that it
is all required to pay those who collect It.
In other words , instead of collecting the rev
enue as a license , it is collected as a fine or
forfeiture. Instead of being ublo to use It
for gas , water and Improvement of streets ,
as It was under the license system , it is now
used to pay the salaries of the brass button
gentlemen who collect it. The more fines
and forfeitures collected tbo moro conclusive
the evidence that the law Is a failure.
TUo expense of the metropolitan police
force of the city of Atchlson is nearly 1,000
per month , not including the salaries of the
commissioners. Since April 1 , 18S9 , It has
been Rolf-sustaining , Hut from what source
comes the revenue ) It Is paid by those who
violate the law , The gas , water bills and
street Improvements are paid from other
sources. The polio's force m each city under
stands that unless the salary of each mem
ber is provided for by the collection of sufll-
clout fines and forfelturus , it will probably
not bo paid at All , thus causing a standing
temptation to permit "wink at" a violation
of tbo law , if the violator , from month to
month will pay a fine or "put up" u for
feiture In cash. There exists a kind ot part
nership between the. police force und tbo
criminal , Will any reputable citizen of
Lcavon vorth contend that the largo nor cent
of the very largo amount collected each month
by Its police department does not como from
those arrested for.violatlon of the prohibitory
law ) If this IB correct , , does prohibition pro
hibit ) Hil3 not Uhls character of revenue
been collected during the past ton years !
Senator Ingalls says thst "license or prohi
bition are the alternatives ; Octwoon them is
no middle ground : " To this every CSS must
give assent. In Kansas , strictly speaking ,
there Is neither license nor prohibition , unless
unlawful license In practlco and lawful pro
hibition In theory answer the alternative.
The experience of ton years demonstrates
that until we can have national prohibition ,
until tbo federal government takes hold of
the question and says that trafllo la liquor
shall cease , state prohibition will be a failure
and tbe > rauBo of tomporanoo and sobriety ,
instead < 7i being promoted , will retrogade to
that piano from which it has boon taken by
tbo earnest efforts of those who have labored
BO long and earnestly for its advancement.
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All tlio Uaino.
Kearney Enterprise ; Prank Well ,
Jim has gone to his death. Poor hoyl"
Charlie "No he hadn't. Ho loft for
Chicago , yesterday , "
Prank "Yea , that's what I said.1
ALL SUBDUED BY SWEETNESS
A Bbmarkable Spoolos of Olovor
Locating In Oounoil Bluffa.
SMOTHERS OUTTHE SUNFLOWER
The Aesthetic Weed is No Match Kor
Its Dainty But Vigorous Rival
Claiming the Bottoms
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For Its Own.
Tlio Bluff * In Clover.
"And Willlum gave to Mury dear
A clover blossom sweet. "
Jingles an old Scotch ditty , which
goes on with rhythmic sweetness to tell
how long the love-struck William
sought before ho found the aforesaid
clover to give his Mary in return for the
sweet-william blossoms she had given
him as a token of the sweet maiden love
his rupgod manhood has awakened in
her girlish heart. If William and Mury
had boon residents of the hills of Council
Bluffs Instead of the crags of Scotland
the sturdy William would not have boon
compelled to wusto his time and delay
his rapture by a long and weary search
over the barren heather for the sweet
clover blossom. Ho could have gone
forth any morning with a modern mow
ing machine and safely contracted to
deliver before nightfall to the enamored
Mary as many tons of sweet-clover
as she could stow away in
her father's burn in a week. Instead of
of a single blossom us a measure of his
love ho could have given her a hundred
tons and still have loft plenty for all the
lovo-sick swains in the country. It is
only , however , in this present year of
prosperity and development in Council
Bluffs that ho could have boon able to
thus overwhelm his love with the
sweetest of sweet clover , lor oven a year
ago ho would have boon compelled to
search long and then negotiate with the
owner of some scanty posoy bed for a
few sprays of the fragrant blossoms.
No one knowns just how or whore it
came from , or why it came , but a snowy
and sweet-breathed intruder has como
into the city to dispute with the lordly
sunllowor his long and undisputed title
or squatter sovereignty to all the va
cant lots and blocks in Council Bluffs.
And the mock little blossoms on
the bummlts of the sweet-clover plants
are looking upon the swift and certain
destruction of the pioneer sun-llowor.
Over one-third of the bottoms , where a
year ago nothing but the gigantic resin
ous Wood turned its black and yellow
face to the sun , and whore it grow in
such luxury that oven the noxious
cockle-burr was chocked out of exist
ence , the fragrant sweet clover has ap
peared and holds undisputed dominion
over every other green thing. Over
hundred ? of vacant lots in the now ad
ditions the tirpaomo yellow has given
place to the dark rich foliage and fra
grant perpetual blooming svrsot clover.
Local botanists who have examined the
now plant with a good deal of interest
and care , say that it is positively a now
species , produced by some unknown and
accidental cross , and that its vigor and
spreading proclivities are the most
wonderful features of its nature , The
old fashioned sweet clover was a
frail and ghostly plant , that loved
the friendly Ehado of the groves and
the longest moonlight summer nights ,
a characteristic which made it a proper
love emblem , but this now and thrifty
product of Council Bluffs spurns the
protection of ( he trees and goes out
boldly in the fields and moots and con
quers the sun-loving sunflower in his
chosen grounds. As a foliage plant it
is perhaps one of the most remarkable
in existence for its luxuriance. In many
respects it resembles the afnlfa clover ,
but it is stronger , thriftier , and of much
moro rapid growth than that remarka
ble plant , that furnishes throe crops of
hay a year in the western territories.
It grows to the height of four or live
feet , with a dense leafy foliage and a
perfect brush of sweet-scented blossoms.
The leaf is small and juicy ; of a rich
dark green , very much resembling the
red clover.
It is so new and its habits so
little understood that it is not
known what its value may bo as a for
age plant for stock. In its present rank
character stock will not out it , but
tamed by repeated clipping and culti
vation it may become one of the most
valuable plants to the stockmen and
farmers.
But whether it has any value or not
in the development of beef and horse
flesh it is of inestimable ! worth to the
people of Council Bluffs as a swift de
stroyer and fragrant substitute for the
ubiquitous sunllowor that has furnished
provocation for so many sad rotloctions
upoit the city , notwithstanding en
thusiastic aesthetes have sought to
popularize the meek yellow crowned
weed by painting it on panels and
wearing it on their bosoms.
It is a lovely and lovable plant ,
so sociable that it will como right up to
your doors and crowd its white head
into your windows , and so determined
upon'having the company of its follows
that it makes a covenant with the soil
that where one plant grows this year
thousands must grow next. A year ago
there was perhaps not enough of the
plant lu the entire city to cover half an
acre , now there hundreds of acres
densely covered with it. The odor
from the acres of white flowers fills the
air , and after a midsummer fahowor the
peculiar and delicate fragrance is inde
scribable , and as uweot as the breath of
MUSICAL .ISO 1)H ASIATIC.
Roslnu Vokcs 1ms gene to England for a
holiday ,
A conservatoire of music Is about to bo es
tablished at Hucnns Ayrcs.
Madtimo Thco will bo the Bottlna of the
"Mnscotto" revival ut tlio Purls Bouffcs Pa-
rlsicns ,
"Curate and Flood" Is the curious tltlo of
a piny to bo produced soon ut LelcostcrEng-
laud.
Tlio great American drama. "Tlio Still
.Alimn , " Is to bo revived at tlio London Prin
cess's theater.
An opera on the subject of "King Lear , "
composed by Antonio Cuguonl , will bo pro
duced at Gunou next spring ,
Edwurd Strauss , the VIennese composer
and conductor , Is to appear ut the Manhat
tan beach next summer ,
It is said tliat Goaovlovo Ward and Mr.
Abbey are talking about a revival of "King
John , " to bo played flrst In London and then
In the United States.
Mr * , Boucleault recently appeared In Lon
don at a special performance * of "Tho
bhaughraun , " after an absence from the
stage of many year * .
The simplified Shakespearian stage re-
coatly attempted at Munich is to bo used
further this wlntnr for tbo pioiluutlon of BOOJO
of hi : JiUtorlcul plays ,
Willard JohnSS.1 ! will not send "Thu Little
Tycoon" on the road atfli'V Ho Is ut work
on a now opera , the story of Which will have
to do with life In Mexico.
M. B. Curtis will return to the stage soon
in a now American llobrow play. "Tho
Sohatchon , " which ho and i.owls Morrison
purchased a few weeks ago.
VV. T , Carleton will have "Tho Brigands , "
"Iu Belle Holone" and "Nunon" In his re-
pertolro. Edgar Strakosch IB hl most re
cently appointed manager.
The subject of tuo autumn burlesque ntthn
London Qalty theater will bo "ttuy Bias , "
while "Carmen" will , ' In all probability , b
drawn upon at Christinas.
The glandular swelling upon the neck ,
which has caused Mr , Lawrence Barrett
much annoyance , Is said to have lessoned
considerably by treatment in Germany.
N , C. Goodwin has finally secured J. VV.
Piggott's coraedv "Tho Bookumuor , " which ,
was received with much favor In London ,
and proposes to produce It In Chicago la
October.
"Zaire , " an opera by M. Paul Vcrougo da
la Nux , the libretto of which is founded on
Voltaire's tragedy , which in turn Is founded
on "Othello. " is to bo the forthcoming nov
elty at the Paris opera.
The performance to bo given in Paris for
the benefit of Madame Agar , ex-pcnslonutra
of the theater Franctiln , at which Sarah
Bprnbardt , Coquoliu and other fatuous ar
tists will appear , Is announced for the und of
October. * >
From Germany comes the news that Emit
Gotzc , with the phenomenal tenor voice ,
going up to C and even D , has been cured ot
his very serious throat disease , and so far
restored that ho hopes to bo able to sing
again next winter.
Ernesto Uossl , according to a letter from
Koine , has beou invited to Athens by tha
hlug of Orcccc , to arrange forti performance
of tuo "CEdlpus , " "Antigone , " or seine other
tragedy of Sophocles , on tbo occasion of the
murrlugo of the king's son with u Prussian
princess.
In the now theater for the poformanoo of
tlio Passion plays ut Oborammorgau , tha
stngo represents u simple Or cole temple ; at
either side rlso two town gates , through tha
arches of which are soon the streets of Jo *
tusalcm , with the palaces of Pilate and tha
high priest , and the colonnades for tha
choirs and musicians.
"There are only one or two mstimces , "
says the London Graphic , "of plays written
In French by English playwrights being suc
cessfully produced onlho Parisian stage. A.
recent case Is that of 'L'Horltngo d'Holone , '
written In French by Mr. Kichurd Davoy and
Mrs , Lucy Hooper , and produced last week
at the Theatredo I'Apullcatfon. M. Surcey
flnoko highly of the phiy , nna It Is | osslbla
that an English veislon of It will bo scon la
London next season , "
Frank Daniels will hnvo his "Llttlo Puck"
company , which starts on its fourth annual
tour at the liljou theater , In Pittsburg , on ,
the 24th mst. Bosslo Sanson , Louise His
sing , Marie Hilton , Annotta Zollnor , Itoso
Chcsman , Harry Coui tame , John E. Drew ,
Uobeit Evans , Harry Connor , Arthur E.
Moulton , William White , James Carroll.
Thomas and James Klornan and Gilbert
Gregory , Of course affable Samuel P. Cox
will manage the company , for ho and Daa-
Icls urcpaitncrs.
The critic of the London Times , describing
liornluinlt's death scene In "Lena , " say.81
"Not u word isEpokcn ; the uceno from lint
to lust is truly pantomimic. Her eye lights
upon n dagger ; she takes It up , examines It ,
and throws It down with a shudder , From
a cupboard she next obtains a bottle ot
chloral , pours a filial draught into u glass ,
und hastily swallows It , with u slight gesture
of disgust. Then she walks about the room ,
and , discovering her husband's portrait on
the innntlonicce , takes It down while the
drug Is visibly producing Its effect upon hoc
system. In u daioil condition &ho stumbles
rather than falls upon a couch. Her husband
is heard imploring admission to the locked
npartuiout ; she can hoar his voice , but now
she Is powerless to respond. She can but
clutch with her hunda , so to speak , at the
forgiveness ho offers her , and when , having
forced his way in , ho rushes forward to claip
In his arms her inert form , shu fulls upon tbo
door dead. None of Mmo. Hornhanll's fa
mous death scenes equals this in intensity or
thrilling effect ; It it a marvellous tour do
force. " _
Tlio Until tnlnnblo.
JMc/f.
Do you ever longo exchange your room
For the shade o'f a tree in a field of clovcrl
Do you over dream of an orchard In b lee in
And the music of boos that ramble over it
Would you like to scent the breath of tha
morning
In the green woods of a mountain pass ,
And wander at will where you'd see no warn
ing i
Of trespais , or sign raiding1 , "Keep off the
graisj" j
The Jersey mosquito has not appeared in {
his accustomed haunt * this year and peopU i
uru wondering why , J
