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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST B. 1909. l Tie Omaiia Sunday Per FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROBE WATER. VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR. Enlr1 it Omaha postofftre second class rntlUr. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. telly Pee (without Sundsy) one )r. M Dally Bee and Sunday, on year DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Pally Be (Inrltidln Ktinday), prr week..le Dallr Bee (without 8'inrtay), par week..lOo Eirenlna: Baa (without Hundar). per week So Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week.lOr Sunday Be, one year M-w Saturday Bee, one year l-M Add rem all complaints of lrre;ularltle tn delivery to City Circulation Department OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Counrll Bluff 15 flrott Street. Lincoln Ml Little Bulldlnr. Chicago IMS Marquette Building New Tork Rooma 1101-1101 No. 34, Went Thlrtr-thlrd Street. Washington T26 Fourteenth street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Baa, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit bv draft, express or postal order, payshle to The Bea Publlnhlng Company. Only -cent stamps received 1n payment of mall accounts. Personal checka, ecept on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btata of Nebraska. Douglaa County, ss. : George B. Tsachuck, treasurer of The Bea Publishing Company, being duly sworn sys that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bea printed during the month of July, 1906. waa aa follows: 1 41,740 17 41,910 1 41.T80 II 40,300 r 48,00 It 41, MO 4 40,830 20 41,780 I 43,100 21 43,430 t 41.30 22 41,880 7 41,080 21 41,810 ( 41,870 14 41.8O0 4110 38 40,160 10 41,760 21 41,870 11 40,660 2T 41,880 II 43,030 28 41,640 It 41,740 29 41,8 14 41,710 SO 4180 IS 41,870 11 41,630 is 41.740 Total 18340 Returned copies 6,636 Nat total 188,418 Jjally average 41,368 GEORGE- B. T528CHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 2d day of August, 1909. (Seal) M. P. WALKER, Notary Public Baheeribera tha city tem porarily ahoala have Tks Be nailed e theaa. Address will ba changed aa vftaa. a yeejaeetef. It must be that a nonpartisan Is a democrat who takes aolemn oath that ho li a populist Tom Johnson li convinced that th initiative la all right, but the referen dum 8ometimea falls to work. Now that congress has adjourned, the treasury will have a better chance to catch up on Its expense account. To date no call by Governor Shallen berger for an extra session of the Ne braska legislature. Is a platform building? Those congressmen who voted against an automobile for use of the speaker need not expect an Invitation to ride in it, Chicago claims to have the worst boy Jn the world, and Indications are that It has several of the same kind who have grown up. The rets worn in their hair by women are justifying themselves. An other life has been saved by a .rat stopping a bullet. Among other advantages of the ad Journment of congress, the overworked editors of the Congressional Record will get a deserved vacation. No one who takes a look at Ne braska now while the fields are filled with ripening corn will hesitate to ex tend credit on orders from this state. The designer's Initials are to be re moved from the new Lincoln pennies They might follow the Omaha plan and put a tablet over the advertise ment. I' It Is eald that congress used up 10,000,000 words in debating the tariff bill, and still some senator is apt to think after he gets home that be forgot eometblng. Champ Clark denies that the demo crats in congress were divided on the tariff. If Champ Is correct quite few democratic eenators and congress- men did a fine job of dissembling. A new law In Alabama prohibits the carrying of revolvers less than two feet long. Any man who ever looked down the mutzle of a pistol is ready to affirm they are all that long. i r . ... :.. . " If the various states continue to pass laws prohibiting the sale of liquor on trains the railroad companies will be forced to install locker clubs for the accommodation of the thirsty. Great Britain baa placed a real sol dltr la command of the fortresses and troops In Egypt and the Mediterranean Islands, when indicates that the nation is really fearful there may be trouble. t 1 Twenty-eight million or the uew Lincoln pennies have been minted, so don't- let anyone convince you they will be particularly hard to get still requires more effort to secure the 110 gold pieces. Half of Paris Is reported to have stayed up all night recently to witness aa execution. Time was In Part when halt Its people remained awake all night to avoid being the star per former in such a drama. After having sited up tbe prosperity In the United States, its principal cus tomer, the South. African diamond monopoly, baa decided to raise the price. If the figures are boosted too high ye .will wear our old sparklers. If Democrats Made the Tariff. While democratic orators and or gans are trying to persuade people that revision hae not been carried far nough downward, it will be interest- ng to try to picture what the tariff would have been had the people last year voted tbe democrata Into power, nd if the democrata had made the new tariff. In the first place, It Is almost Incon ceivable that the democrats would ave gotten together on any tariff pro gram unless on a barter and sale basis uch as governed the Wilson-Gorman act, which was the last democratic tariff from which the country suffered. Assuming that the democrats, if in power, would have undertaken to exec ute their platform pledges we would have to go back to tbe declarations made by the Denver convention to get some Idea of the direction in which they would have headed. The Denver platform favors "Immediate revision of the tariff by the reduction of import duties," and It goes on to explain that the reductions should be made by put ting on tbe free list all articles "In competition with trust-controlled products," with material reductions upon tbe necessaries of life to be fol lowed up by graduated reductions "to restore the tariff to a revenue basis." If the democrats had made the tariff and had consented to be guided by tbe Denver platform, the principle of pro tection would have been thrown to the winds. Everything produced by a so- called trust, which in another place in the platform is defined to be "the con trol of as much aa 25 per cent of a product in which It deala," would have been placed on the free list with dlsas- terous results to all the Independent producers, who would probably have to go out of business and give the trust a free field. Instead of having revision once and over with, the democratic tariff would provide for graduated reductions in stigated by tbe same delusion that would amputate a man's leg by Inches in order to make It less painful. Tariff reduction a little at a time until all tbe protective features were eliminated would have been tbe democratic pro gram, and in tbe meantime the indue tries of the country would have been paralyzed and an army of wage-work ere would be hunting for employment. But this Is all on the assumption that the democrats would have ac cepted and acted upon the tariff plank of the Denver platform. As is com mon knowledge, tbe majority of dem ocrats In congress openly repudiated the Denver platform and denied Its binding force by voting for protective duties on particular schedules In which their local constituencies were Inter ested. It stands to reason that they would show no less concern for their home industries if they were making a democratic tariff. It is easy for the democrats to crlti else where they have no responsibility, but tbe people knew what they were doing when they declined to entrust the work of tariff revision to the dem ocrats, and when they contemplate what havoc a democratic tariff would have created they will not regret the decision they made last fall. Unrest in Mexico. Latest developments indicate that the political discontent In Mexico is more serious than at first supposed President Dias had so -long maintained peace and stability that it was taken for granted there waa no deep-seated or widespread discontent, but the re moval by the central authorities of a number of state governors, many chiefs of police and other official justifies the belief that such drastic measures would not be taken for trivial causes. Even though tbe troubles in Mexico should become much more serious than now, it is not likely that this country would be Involved so far as to bring an intervention by the govern ment. There is. however, so much United States capital invested in Mex ico and so many of our citizens resid ing in or engaged in business there that the disturbances become a matter or concern. President Dias is an old man and not apt to live out another presidential term, and if unrest threatena revolution now it makes It more difficult to foretell what the re suit when he dies. Aside from danger to American financial Interests the Influence of the Mexican uprising on other Spanis American states will be bad. In its efforts to bring about greater stability in South and Central America, the United States has pointed to the ex ample of Mexico and what peaceful conditions had done for that country and It would be a severe reverse Mexico should be held up to u as contradiction. Cotton Crop and Export Trade. The government report of cotton crop conditions Indicates that with a largely increased acreage the total yield of tbe United States will be fully t, 000, 000 bales less than last year With .the Increased consumption, due to renewed activity in manufacturing these figures foretell a large decrease In tbe exportable surplus. As cotton Is the largest single item in American export trade, unless other conditions change, there is r prospect 0f a atlll larger balance of trade against the country than during the fiscal year just closed. The exportation of raw cotton in the fiscal year ending July 1, 1908, the last available statistics was 9437.718,20 worth, and of man ufactured goods 135,177,758, bog products being the nearest approach to these figures with f 124,806,125. The large decrease In quantity ex ported, however, will be partly com pen sated for b the increased pries, but even with that experts estimate that King Cotton will bring less by many million dollars Into the country than last year. Such a condition dur ing tbe preceding year might have had serious consequences, in view of the trade stagnation of the earlier months, but under existing conditions financial experts do not think an unfavorable trade balance from this cause will have any serious effect. Dead Stock. In the report of the treasurer of the American Economic association, which Is just out, In the printed proceedings Is tbe following recommendation: To avoid, not the reduction of our sur plusfor, as a scientific association, we are not interested in maintaining a sur plus Inviolate but an unwise expenditure thereof, I suggest the advisability of an Immediate change In our work of publica tion. The regular quarterly Issue of a monograph should. In my Judgment, stop t once. The accumulated dead stock of Publications shows that over two-thirds of our monographs are of no appreciable Interest to our own members or to any one else. The Publications of the American Economic association, which have been Issued continuously for twenty- five years, are, for tbe most part, dis sertations on subjects of economic theory or history. They are usually such economic works as no private publisher would undertake to put out except under indemnification against loss, and which would not be pub lished at all if the authors had to guarantee possible deficits. The treasurer of tbe association justifies his recommendation against continuing to publish these mono graphs by the assertion that the stock of any really valuable monograph Is sued is soon exhausted, and yet only six or eight of them have been in such demsnd that they are no longer for sale except In reprint or with com plete sets. Examination of the ad vertised list of the association's pub lications shows that It has from the start issued approximately 100 num bers of these monographs, of which four have gone Into second editions snd only eleven are unavailable for supplying current demand. This information is doubtless an eye-opener to people who have the lin presslon that a large and eager audi ence stands ready at all times to ab sorb everything savoring of political economy which may be launched Into general circulation. The more plaus! ble explanation, however, is that the dissertations of political economists are too often on such uninteresting or obsolete subjects, or disguised in such sbstruse language, that the ordinary man could not understand them if he would. The experience of the American Economic association is doubtless also the experience of other scientific so cieties whose chief function Is to fur nish avenues of publication to de scriptive or literary productions of their members. The dead stock of the publications of all these organizations must be something colossal and the waste of effort and money decidedly uneconomical. The American Economic association Is going to meet the condition by dl mlnishlng the amount of monograph material to be Issued in printed form without, however, closing the door to anything that seems really merltori ous or worthy. T,he dead stock of aclentlflc publications ought, without question, to be reduced, but the only effective way 1b to reduce It before it comes off the printing press. Growth of Public Expenditure. From every civilized nation in the world comes tbe complaint that gov ernmental expenditures have greatly Increased. The annual budget of Great Britain in 1890 was 86,000,- 000 and for the current year 150,- 000,000. The German imperial ex pense bill has Increased from $180,- 000,000 in 1888 to $600,000,000, while the public debt of Germany has risen from nothing in 1870 to $1,000,- 000,000. The French budget for 1897 celled for $660,000,000 and the cur rent budget demands $805,000,000. A few years ago, when the appropria tions of the United States congress for the first time passed the $1,000, 000,000 mark. It was heralded as a scandal and was made the rallying cry of the political opposition. Compared with other nations tbe expenditure of the United Statea are enormous, but the country !s young and demands greater sums for development, Its territory Is more extensive and, like in private life, the same things cost more here because of our higher scale of living. The increased cost of govern ment with us does not stop with the federal administration, but is carried down through the states, municipal! ties and school districts, and like con ditions prevail abroad. The causes of the Increase are not difficult to find. Common impulse charges It all up to the era of mill tarlsm which has seized the world and from which no nation feels safe in departing. The machinery of war would cost vastly more than it did a decade ago, even though numerically tbe army and navy were no larger Undoubtedly both In this country and abroad military preparation accounts for much, but theije are other ui avoidable reasons why government costs more. Practically all the na tlons are growing in population, if not In territory, and this means added ex pense. But above It all Is the fact that government today does more for the citizen than ever before. Govern mental agencies have been multiplied to meet the more complex conditions of modem society and every year sees soma new activity to meet new de mands. From tbls there is no pros pective relief if governments are to continue to fulfill their functions The only thing which can be done Is o hold In check the visionary and ex- ravagant, but tbe people constantly require more of government and more government costs more money. A Blossoming Desert. From a railroad folder we take the following, which Is given under the head, "Nebraska": For the purposes of taxation, the real nd porsonal property owned In this orig inal part of the American desert Is valued t $4.15,00(1.000. and, as this Is scaled at one- fifth value, this barren tract Is worth 12,000.000,000! Our Improved lands are worth $145,000,000, unimproved 1,000.000; horses, mules, cattle, sheep and hogs, $120,000,000. In 1008 we had 548.000 acres In alfalfa, which produced 1.860.000 tons, val ued at $14.D0O,O00; of oats, I.STAO00 acres, yielding 68,200,000 bushels, valued at $22,ROO,- 000; of wheat. 2,D4",000 seres, producing 43,840.000 bushels, valued at $37,268,000; and of corn, 8.339.000 acres, which yielded 178, 600,000 bushels, valued at $89,900,000. We ante third among; the corn-producing states. and our hay crop was worth $41,000,000, exclusive of alfalfa. In our western bor ers, where Irrigation Is necessary, we have obtained magnificent results. Is there a state in tbe union for which a more striking exhibit could be made? Is there a man living who studied geography a generation ago and found sprawled across the map Great American Desert" who would at that time have believed such a transformation could have been worked by anything short of a mira cle? And yet we should all remember that the blossoming desert has been only scratched and that its full possi bilities are yet to be developed. Who would venture to make a pre diction as to what will be the value fifty years hence of this barren tract that was universally adjudged to be worthless fifty years ago? Ethnology of the Spaniard. The Spanish people are usually spoken of as being Latin, but, In fact, they are one of the most thoroughly mixed races In the world. The orig inal inhabitants of tbe Spanish penin sula were Iberians, but before authen ticated history a great eruption of Celts came in from the north, the ad mixture producing tbe Celtlberlans. The Phoenicians, the first of the world's great mariners, founded colo nies on the coast of Spain, traded with the Interior and left their Impress upon the people. Tbe Carthagenians overran the country and intermarried with the natives, and were, in turn. followed by the Romans, who gave the people their language and an infusion of Roman blood. With the fall of Rome, the Vis goths and other barbarians from the north took possession of Spain and held sway until overwhelmed and driven back by the Moors, or more properly speaking, tbe Saracens. The remnant of the Visgoths not remain ing in the section conquered by the Moors retreated to Biscay, and now go by the name of Blscayans, a raca distinct from the other Spaniards. When finally conquered, all the Moors who did not renounce the Moham medan faith were driven out, although enough remained to leave an indelible impress upon racial and national char acteristics. Again France came over the moun tains to help In the wars against tbe Moors, and it Is their descendants who now inhabit Catalonia, the chief city of which is Barcelona. The Cataloni ans neither like the people of tbe other parts of Spain nor are they liked by them. In addition to the great race amal gamations in Spain due to conquest, there has been tbe admixture, common to all peoples, of every race in tbe world from tbe migrations of individ uals. A study of the races which go to make up the modern Spanish popu lation will easily show why they are Impetuous and high-tempered, person ally brave, but hnpatlent of restraint. The only so-called coldblooded race in the entire mixture is the Vlsgoth and the companion tribes which came with them out of the German forests to the north. This ethnology of the Spaniard may help to understand the seething condition of the Spanish nation at this time. An Achievement of Telegraphy. A remarkable development of mod ern utilities is tbe opening of a direct telegraph line from London, through India, to Burmah, Slam. A message is transmitted the entire distance of 7,970 miles without relaying, or at least it can be and has been done. For total number of miles of wire coupled In one circuit the feat has been often exceeded, notably when "time" Is sent all over tbe United States on one cir cuit every New Year's midnight. The new line, however, twice dlpe under the sea, crosses mountains snd goes through dense forests and over deserts, combatting every degree of temperature from cold to tropical beat, dense bumldtty and tbe aridity of the desert. Such Is tbe development In tbe few years since Morse startled the world by sending a message by electric current from Baltimore to Washing ton. To Great Britain this telegraph and cable connection means much more than a triumph over natural condi tions. It Is the first visible step In its policy of solidifying tbe empire by bringing all parts of It more closely in touch with each other. There were telegraph lines and cables before, but they were roundabout, following the former British plan of keeping the means of communication solely within BrltUb territory. While tbls answered the purpose of war, it lacked direct ness, consumed time snd was need lessly costly. The new route goes as near straight aa possible, disregarding national boundaries. It Is proposed to follow this with similar lines to every part of the emslre and to cheapen tel- egraph tolls, even if the government is forced to reimburse the companies for financial loss. It Is rerf of a far seeing move of British statesmen to make the empire one In sentiment and fact as well as In name. Here is a chance for the "Trust- Dusting" governor of Oklahoma to get busy in the Interest of humanity. The farmers there who have good swim ming holes on their land are said to have Combined and charge 10 cents a dip. This msy not be a tax on a necessity In Oklahoma, but it would be so considered In mauy states. Two prominent astronomers are now Indulging In a hot argument as to whether the planets were originally detached from the sun or were cap tured from space by the sun. As there sre no eye witnesses and the origin af record has been lost, there ap pears to be no way of stopping the dispute. Tbe csar has seen King Edward's fleet and now the kaiser is going to ebow him Germany's. After looking them both over he may make up his mind which one he desires to line up with, or he may take a notion to let them fight It out first between them selves. One hundred thousand dollars a year is taken from the allowance of the young king of Portugal to pay bis father's debts, and it Is figured it will take twenty years to liquidate them. It has not been arranged up to date who is to pay the present king's debts. Ab a matter of economy the presi dent of Nicaragua has reduced his cab inet to one member. As tbe president is reputed to run the whole machine himself, he might dispense with even the one cabinet minister if he did not need a messenger boy. Summer's CroiaTa of Sorrow. St. Louis Republic. 'Tls sorrow's crown of sorrow when the man detained at home has to listen to the fish stories of returning friends. I-onr-Kelt Want Infilled. Baltimore American. Noiseless cannon Is to be the next thing tn military equipment It would ba more of a benefit to suffering humanity If this Maxim silencer could be applied to tariff orators and let the cannon boom. What School Fade Conceal, fit. Louis Globe-Democrat. Mrs. Toung, the new superintendent of publlo schools in Chicago, starts off well by saying that during the last decade edu cational work In great cities has been over burdened with fads. She might have added that behind nearly every fad has been con cealed a graft. Old Religions Are Deat. Baltimore Amerloan. Dr. Eliot does not seem to be meeting with much sympathy or encouragement In his "new religion" Invention. The world seems to prefer the good, old-fashioned sort, which has lasted It tor some cen tuiies now. Though many new religious theories have arisen since, not even the science of all the schools appears to have Improved to any extent on the decaJogua PEBS0NAL AND OTHERWISE. Tom Johnson of Cleveland smashes the record of the Fairvlew orator by a soore of four straight defeats. Smashing of aviator records may be viewed with complacency so long as necks are not broken. The loyalty of the weather clerk to tbe Farmers' Alliance is as beautiful In Its persistence aa it is copious In perspira tion. The Jackson cocktail, composed of equal parts of hard elder and ginger, Is the warmest thing In Kansas, excepting the weather. The honor of "dootor of literature" has been conferred on Miss Ida Tarbell with out exploding an oil tank at Focantlco or Syracuse. The proposed export tax on American heiresses can bo revised upward without exciting alarm. Miles of woodland skirting the shores of Cape Cod are ablase and all New England prayerfully sob for rain to save menaoed communities. A Chicago woman of romantic temper-, a ment last year slid down a ropa at midnight to elope with the man of her choice. Last week aha slid into a Chi cago court sobbing for a divorce. SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT St. Louis Globe-Democrat: An Indiana preacher who delivered short sermons has been willed aiity acres of land by his chief parishioner, who has Just died. Brevity Is the half-sole of wit. Washington Herald: A couple of Georg ian ministers fell out over the prohibition question the other day and one referred to the other as "a loud-mouthed, long haired freak." Prohibition fights certainly do develop an occasional elegant Una of talk between friends. Charleston News and Courier: "I feel so good I Just imagine tbera are angels running up and down my back," was over heard at a religious meeting recently. We do not wish to appear rude or unsympa thetic, but we are inclined to believe that the speaker was a little buggy. Baltimore American: A pessimistic preacher in Pennsylvania thinks that Chris tianity In theee days la deteriorating be cause of women's peach-basket hats. Of course, pessimism like this represents the veiy inertia of melancholia, but to other minds Christianity will appear robust enough, even in these degenerate days, to survive worse evils than vegetable and fruit trimming on fashionable millinery. New Tork Post: The successful minister Is born, not made. By the use of whatever tools, vitalising though he may be com pelled to the oldest and mouldiest conven tions, he cornea to hU real work by virtue of qualities which a theological education can neither give nor take away. If he has the soul to endure as one' seeing the In visible, and a heart to throb in -unison with all the varied humanity about him and to all this adds the sense of a high mieslon and the burden of a spiritual mes sage, he need not trouble himself overmuch to become "socialised." He will find his true power and wield It. Into the striving and sorrow of the world hs will be able to bring something of peace and comfort, and will be the better enabled to do It for having braced his mind by hard study and fed his spirit by long meditation while tbe fire burna. SERMONS BOILED DOWN. The only way to build on the rock Is to do the right. To dodge the facts Is in tho end to de stroy the faith. nen a tiinn's faith makes his head hot It conceals bla heart. The sene of Imperfection may be the best evidence of a faint t'ndue anxiety about white hands often causes black hearts. lie Is marring his character who Is not milking it by his buslr.tes. He who is looking for a chance to feci hurt never has to wait long. New truth Is found not by kicking at the old but by leaving it behind. He who Is only skim milk In character tries to be cream In conversation. There is no coming Into the heritage of life without leaving your old home. Ihe most heavenly truth may be evil when It forms a barrier between brothers. It Is always easy to kt:ow whether to forgive your enemy after you know how big he la. It would not be strange if the world were blind seeing the freaks who are ever trying to get In its eye. The world is being helped not so much by our admiration of the gospel as by our practical interpretation of It. Many salnta think they have fixed their foundations If they have but made sure of having the right number on the front door. Chicago Tribune. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Does your wife cry when she gets angry?" "Xes," answered Mr. Meckton. "It Isn't the heat of her temper that distresses m so much as the humidity." Washington Mlss Katherlne My sister Jessie Is rnlna to marry Mr. Hill. Ha cornea of a vary old family, I believe. Mr. Kidder No doubt. I've often heard people ue the expression, "As old as the Hills." Boston Record. "Why don't you have nice little hanria like Mr. rilmley, OeorgeT" frimieyi Why, Prlmley's a slssv." "Maybe he Is. but his wife told me he has buttoned the twenty-seven buttons on the back of her best gown In seventeen sec onds by a stop watch." Cleveland Plain ieaier. 'My daughter Is a fine Dtanlat. Have you ever heard her piny?" asked the lady from next door, oalllna. "Heard her!" exclaimed the other. "Of course we've heard her! Tou don't think we can keep the windows shut all the time, do you?" Vonkers Statesman. "T fhmirht vmi and Xf Dmbk . th best of friends." 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If you wish to open a new account, or make a change in your present banking connections, you will find this bank fully equipped to handle your business in the best possible manner. We promise courteous treatment and careful personal attention to all business entrusted to us. JOS. HAYDEN, Pres. J. W. THOMAS, OaAhier. slnping In a church choir." Baltimore American. Mr Timid hsrlne: noise st t a m I th-thlnk. my dear, that there s a m-man In the hotiae Mis wife (scornfully) Not In this room. ltoston Transcript. 1 t ii.hinnnn-Anil (here vow were, at .1 o'clock In the morning, hugging that cigar store Indian Mr. I.ushlnaton-Purely, my near, you sm not jealous?--Judge. WHEN OLD AGE COMES. Purges Johnson In Harper's Magailne If Ood arsnts me old age, 1 would are some things finished; some outworn ; Some stone prepared for builders yet unborn. Nor would I be the sated, weary sage ho sees no stranga new wonder in eacn morn. And l:h me there on what men call the shelf Crowd memories from which I cull the best And live old strifes, old kisses, some old Jest; For If I bo no burden to myself I shall be less a burden to the rest. If Ood grant you old age. I'll love the record writ In whitened hair. I'll re.id each wrinkle wrought by pa tient care. As oft na one would scan a treasured page. Knowing by heart each sentence graven there. I'd have you know life's evil and life's good. And gate out calmly, sweetly on It all Serene with hope, whatever may befall; As though a love-strong spirit ever stood With arm s,bout you, waiting any call. If God grant us old age. I'd have us very lenient toward our kind, Letting our warning senses first grow blind Toward sins that youthful sealota can engage. While we hug closer all the good we find. ' I'd have us worldly foolish, heaven wise. 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