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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2,1912.
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) No recall Xor a ruler of Qulvera.
J She la certainly some bird that
looks like $1,000 at a chicken show,
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1 Yes, the base ball season Is over In
Omaha do not dare to speak of it
again.
.Many novels nowadays seem to
be written with the same rubber
ttainp, '
I American voters are not likely to
worry over conditions in the Balkans
Just now, i v .
'Scientists may not be , visionary,
but astronomers generally live up in
the clouds.
Kissing Is barred on railway trains
In Bavaria. Presumably they have
no tunnels over there..
Do not lose sleep about letting the
people rule. They have ruled, do
rule and will rule, all right
'It makes Mr. Bryan mad even to
be asked if he would accept a place
la President Wilson's cabinet ".
A French artist wishes to see
Americans contemplative like the
Turks. ' No, thank you, Monsieur.
Never having yet, gone back on Ak
Sar-Ben, tho weather man is show
ing himself again the king's depend
able friend. ;
Here Is a victory for man's rights
A California judge denies alimony to
a woman who has refused to cook for
her spouse.
It has been proved possible to
Blng religious hymns and violate the
biblical commandments at one and
the same time. "
Now, we object to everyone Jump
lng on the poor oyster as a germ car
rler when the oyster Is dumb, and
cannot speak in his own defense.
Did you register? If not, you will
have Just one more chance to save
your suffrage by registering on Sat
urday, October 26. Mark It down.
The poultry show will not be com
plete unless it puts pn exhibition the
bull moose bird that was bred to
order for Ak-Sar-Ben's royal sir-
And if the court trial does not pro
ceed as they like, the riot leaders
will order another riot. And this is
Massachusetts, where the Pilgrims
landed. :
; But the fact remains that Mr.
Harriman objected to Mr. Fowler
whom President Roosevelt favored
for governor of- Arizona and Mr.
Roosevelt did not appoint him.
Those third party people cannot
have much confidence In their own
professions or more than the paltry
few of them would so enroll them
selves in stating their party affiliations.
Pierre Loti, the Immortal of the
French academy, says we talk too
much and think too little in America.
He will be run out of the country as
an, "undesirable citizen" the first
thing he knows.
I most the enemy is able so far
to lay against Job Hedges, New York
republicans' candidate for governor.
Is that he commands a power of wit
A man needs a sense of humor In a
campaign like this.
What's the Use T
The Bee said that the applause for
Roosevelt at the Auditorium in Omaha
lasted "aU of ninety seconds." George E.
Bockes, who happened to 'be In Omaha
that evening and attended the meeting,
says the greeting nearly took the roof of
the' big building off and lasted not less
than ten minutes. Just what The Bee
thinks it gains by such misrepresentation
Is a mystery to ordinary observers. Cen
tral City Nonpareil.
We do not know George E. Bockes,
but we do know H. O. Taylor, who
runs the Nonpareil, and he is evi
dently like other bull moosers who
believe only what they want to be
lieve, and shout "liar" as every one
who says anything they do not want
to hear. . .
The duration of the applause
which greeted the ehief bull mooser
is perhaps not particularly vital, ex
cept so far as it was a part of the
prearranged stage setting. The
local democratic organ in its issue of
the morning after adverted to the
applause in these words: .
When the chief, Moosevelt himself
marched to the front, the number of
hand-clappers . couldn't be counted, and
the voluntary applause lasted Just fifty
two seconds, what with the encourago
ment given by a vigorous windmill arm
effect Introduced by Cheer Leaders C. D.
Hutchinson and Dr. Stacey Hall. Then
the band played, under which stimulus
desultory applause continued1 for one
minute and eight additional seconds 120
seconds all told count 'em.
The evening sheet, which, while
professing to be independent in poli
tics, devotes a column daily to the
promotion., of the bull moose cam
paign, has this to say:
C. D. Hutchinson and Dr. Stacey Hall
were the efficient leaders of the first
demonstration, and it was kept up almost
a minute when the colonel appeared on
the platform.
The newspaper reporters held stop
watches on the "hands" given to the
colonel, but no time recorded goes
with a bull mooser.
What's the use? ' ' .
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COMPILES fr'RCM BEE FILCS
OCT. 2.
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The Dynamiting Trial.
The arraignment of fifty-one men
for dynamiting covering a period of
years and involving scores of depre
dations draws the country's atten
tion to Iudiaaapuiis, where one of the
most notable trials in criminal an
nals has begun. Just!' two years
previous to. the day the Los Angeles
newspaper building was dynamited
and twenty-one lives snuffed out.
The confession and imprisonment of
the two principals In that diabolic
crime was the first crux in the case.
It is charged and fairly well shown
that the McNamaraB had accomplices
or accessories In this and a long train
of tragedies with which their names
have been linked. Who were they?
That Is what this procedure should
develop. Possibly some innocent
men hare endured the obloquy of
these charges for two years because
the whole truth is not out for men of
otherwise good repute have been
touched with the accusing finger of
suspicion. For the sake of truth and
Justice the culprits should be deft
nltely exposed at Indianapolis and
fitting punishment meted out
Thirty Wars Ago
The School board transacted a lot of
tx.-l
uucineas, among other things, giving
weison Learned 13 for training the grad
uating class in their essays, allowing ex
Superlntendent Lane $300 for one month's
unpaid salary and receiving a report from
Superintendent James on the crowded
condition of the schools.
For the Impending term of the district
court Henry Grebe, Edward H. Crowell
and J. J. Galttgan were appointed bailiffs,
and John L. Webster, C. J. Oreene, W. S.
McClelland, Pat O. Hawes and George
M. O'Brien were named as the committee
on bar admission.
The Omaha Medical college held in
augural exercises, with addresses by Dr.
Maxfield and Dr. Lelaenrlng.
Jack Hoye and John F. Martin brought
in as a trophy the first buck deer of the
season shot In the Calhoun bottoms. In
addition they .had fifty ducks, five geese
and ten quails to show for one day's
hunting. . '
Manager Nugent of the Academy of
Music truned out with his cornet band
In Uoman's big band wagon drawn by
eight horses, four blacks and four grays,
attracting the attention of everybody.
James Neville offers to pay a reasonable
reward for the return of one Jersey cow
strayed from the eorner of Harney and
Twenty-first streets.
The Nebraska 'State" Stenographer's as
sociation elected these officers: Presi
dent. J. S. Shropshire; vice president, C.
W. ' White; secretary, J. B. Haynes;
treasurer, J. ' J.' Points; executive com
mittee, John T. Bell, George W. Ames,
M. J. Greevey, examining committee, B.
C. Wakeley, C. W. White and C. A.
Potter.
Twentv ar Aih-
Ben Barrows of the Union Paclfio pas
senger department" went' to' Chicago on
business. '
E. M. Bartlett returned from a cam
paigning tour In the state. , He made
speeches at Mlnden, Holdrege, Lexing
ton and other places.
Ed Thompson of Stromsburg spent the
day in Omaha, registering at the Paxton
hotel.
The Winston Opera company presented
"San Sebastian," a romantic piece, at the
Farnam Street theater, to the delight of
a good sized audience. Miss Jeannle .Win
ston, one of the leading prima donnas ot
the day, was a star in the caste.
The Ladles Aid society of a prominent
church In town was engaged In an excit
ing little controversy as to the disposi
tion of a certain funds accumulated from
a social It gave. Members could not agree
as to the rights and purposes and decided
to leave It to the presiding elder, who
therefore, had a busy week of official ac
tivity before him.
ACTIVITIES IN ARMY CIRCLES
Trend of Events Noted by th e Army and UTavy Kejister.
New Staff Corps.
The War department has approved the
recommendations and plans prepared by
Major General J B. Aleshire, chief of the
new quartermaster corps, for the taking
over and conduct of the work previously
performed by the former subsistence and
pay departments. The actual consolida
tion of work will be effected In the United
States on November 1 and in the Philip
pines on January 1. A new Bet of In
structions governing the procurement of
suppdes and engagement of services of
the quartermaster corps has been pre
pared for the use-of ail officers of the
corps. These Instructions are based upon
circular 7, quartermaster general's office,
Issued in 1909, Which put into effect Gen
eral Aleshire's plans for decentralising
the work of his department
Rewards for Army Aviators.
Representative Hay, chairman of the
house committee on military affairs, is
heartily in favor of the development of
aviation in the army. He believes this is
one of the weapons of modern warfare
which is in its Infancy in development.
In order to stimulate Interest in this par
ticular field it Is realized that special in
ducements must be offered to officers
who undertake it on account Of the dan
ger incident to flying. Representative
Hay's committee favorably reported a
bill at the last session of congress, which
recognized the hazardous duty of under
taking the development of aviation and
recommended that the pay of officers be
Increased while on duty. The pay of offi
cers engaged In this service was to be
doubled during the period they were de
tailed to such duty. This would give a
captain H.SOO per year; a first lieutenant,
H.200, and a second lieutenant, $3,400. The
military committee made some investiga
tion of the subject and found that, out
side of the unusual danger attending
aviation, that insurance rates of aviation
officers were increased and there was no
extra provision made for an officer's fam
ily In case he should be killed. It was
shown that foreign governments have
found It necessary to make special In
ducements to military aviators and that
in most cases It was at least a 50 per
cent Increase of pay.
Aeroplanes for Military Service,
Until further notice the Intention of
the army aviation service is to purchase
and use only two types of aeroplanes.
One type will be known as "speed scout"
aeroplane. This type is desired particu
larly for strategic reconnaissance, carry
ing only one aviator without passenger
and having a radius ot operation of
about 100 miles and a speed of not less
than sixty-five miles per hour. With this
type of aeroplane a military aviator is
expected to locate and report large bodies
of troops. The, machine should be capa
ble Of ascending at the rate of about 600
feet per minute. The second type will
be known as "Scout" machines. It Is
desired for reconnaissance service when
hostile armies are in contact Thta serv
ice requires a weight-carrying aeroplane,
the crew consisting of two aviators,
capable of relieving one another as ob
servers; the aeroplane should be pro
vided with radio equipment This type
of aeroplane should remain in the air at
leas three hours to permit the observers
to locate smaller bodies of troops ac
curately upon a map, make sketches,
military photographs, etc. The scout
aeroplane should have a speed of not less
than forty-five mil an hour; the maxi
mum speed must not exceed sixty miles
per hour. It should be capable of carry
ing a useful weight of 450 pounds and
with this weight ascend .at least 2,000
feet in ten minutes. The chassis must
be designed to that it is capable of
landing on and arising from soft ground,
such as harrowed fields.
Banishing; Fat Men:
Uncle Sam's staff sergeants In the
Philippines have waxed fat and the army
subscribes to the dictum, "Nobody laves
a fat man." ,
So General Garllngton, In Ms annual
report to the secretary of war, recom
mends that the fat be eliminated.
Lapped In the lazy luxury of military
life in oriental headquarters, the ser
geants have developed what is politely
termed embonpoint, otherwise paunch.
To this the Inspector general objects
vigorously.
He recommends that the offending ser
geants be forced to desert the ' head
quarters hammocks and exercise and
demands that a suitable walking test be
prescribed for the island division.
General Garllngton recommends that In
struction regulation in fencing, bayonet
exercise, flag signaling and general field
service be tightened up.
A State Rights Survival.
" According to press dispatches,
Governor Colquitt of Texas has
withdrawn permission for Mexican
federal troops to march over Texas
soil from one point to another on the
border. This is an interesting state
rights survival disclosing the gov
erndr of Texas performing an of
ficial act on the theory that Texas as
a state is an independent sovereignty
capable of dealing with " sovereign
foreign powers. Governor . Colquitt
assumes that he has the right to ad
mit within the borders of, this country
the armed forces of another govern
ment and by withdrawing permis
sion, to exclude them. .
Of course, Texas has no more
right to enter Into International re
lations with Mexico than has Ne
braska, or than has Maine or North
Dakota or Washington , to make
agreements with Canada or Great
Britain. On the state rights theory
the governor might invite Mexican
troops into Us borders when their
coming would constitute war against
the United States, but his invitation
would not Justify such an Invasion.
In the present Instance Governor
Colquitt may be merely indulging In
a harmless amusement, but It will
never be recognized as a precedent.
Ton Years Aro "
King Ak8ar-Ben came into the im
perial city with a pageant of surpassing
splendor amid the din of applause from
tens of thousands of faithful subjects
lining the streets through which the elec
trical procession threaded.
James. B. Haynes, private secretary , to
Senator Millard, returned from Boyd
county, where new railroad trackage was
being laid by the Northwestern. - He
brought word that the people up there
courted close relations In a business way
with Omaha. , . . .
The Nebraska Bunkers' association
opened its state convention at Crelghton
hall with President George W, Post f
York in the chair. Benator Millard, presi
dent of the Omaha National bank, de
livered the address of welcome and S. H.
Burnham ot Lincoln responded. The big
address of the day followed the presi
dent's annual report and was made by
Charles D. Dawes, former comptroller ot
the currency, on "Asset Currency Branch
Banking."
Ak-Sar-Ben attuned the hearts of many
of his subjects with the luring lyre of
love and the marriage license clerk .ssued
a dozen permits for the day.
HERE'S TO HI JOHNSON : -
A Few Remarks on-the Shrieking; Dervish of California.
New York Sun.
People Talked About
The Lincoln star has been mean
enough to dig up out of back files
the printed . accounts describing the
colonel's manifestations .of . Joy at
the delivery of the parting gift and
message from President Taf t ' on
board the steamship Just before sa'l
lng for. his African Jungle hunt.
That was before and this was after.
The colonel's welcome in the south
must be dee-lightful in the extreme.
Here is one little line from an Atlanta
newspaper; "'Go' home, colonel, go
home and regale yourself on those
pages in which you have belittled and
falsified the lives of southern lead
ers." Those Dlxey people have
troublesome memories, It seems.
i -Asked whether he would accept the
offer of a cabinet position, Mr. Bryan
retorts, "I consider that question Im
pertinent ' It is worse than that
If betrays inexcusable ignorance ou
the part of tie questioner.
Revamping the Harriman letters
serves only to emphasize the fact that
the colonel never hesitates to turn
upon a friend whom he has used In
his climb up the ladder whenever he
thinks he can climb still higher by
stepping on him.
An Appreciable Loss. .
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
If the motor truck supplants the mule
In the American army, the vocabulary of
the English speaking world will be Just
that much poorer. . :
A seventh son of a seventh son of a
seventh son was born to Mr. and airs
Pavld Gelger. Mr. Galger Is a mall ctr.
rler at Braddock, Pa.
The estate of the late John Arbuckle,
one of the coffee and sugar kings of
New York, foots up $3,613,844. Transfer
and Inheritance taxes take $1,158,439 out
of the estate.
Wlllam Sulser, who represents th
Fourteenth New York district In con
gress, is opposed for re-election by a
young republican named E. Crosby Kln-
dieberge-r. son of Medical Director David
Klndleberger, U. 3. N.. retired.
Colonel J. L. Smith of Highland Park
Mich., claims the long-distance running
championship of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and he is willing to meet all
comers for a ten-mile race. Anything
less than that he regards as a sprint
Colonel Smith. Is 66 years old.
Strange things are "happening In Cali
fornia while HI Johnson Is cavorting In
the east The capture of a fish with
feet like a parrot, a nose like a horned
toad and a hair-trigger mouth. Indicates
that some unrighteousness rascal emptied
the wrong bottle of California righteous
ness. James Whltcomb Riley was born Octo
ber 7. 1853. The people of Indianapolis
have planned to celebrate the poet's birth
day next month with a series of festivi
ties stretching over an entire week. Mr
Riley la now enjoying excellent health
The paralysis which manifested itself In
his right side is said to be rapidly disap
pearing. .:
The first experience of Arkansas with
direct legislation does not furnish a shin
ing example of economy. Out of nine
measures submitted to a vote at a cost
of $90,000, four amendments to the con
stitution were adopted and five defeated.
The adopted amendments Include the re
call and the right of cities to Issue bond
for certain purposes. State-wide prohibi
tion and restriction of the negro vote
were defeated.
Miss Liixle Wooster. a Mitchell eountj
(Kan.) girt, wrote a school primer. $h
sent It to a publisher who put it on the
market making lots of money out of it
and then refused to her what she cons'd
ered her share of the profits. She was
very indignant and to help herself went
to a law school and when she had fin
ished the course, knew Just how to make
the mean publishers divide with her. Sh
can now take ear of her own Interests,
From the heights of his majestic in
tellect the Hon. Hiram Johnson, Relnzl
of the Golden Gate, look' down on Mr,
Taft, "politically the most pitiful figure
In our political history."
What makes Mr. Taft the most pitiful
political figure?
Is It. to have passed the Jeffersonlan
examination? Is it to have been honest,
able, faithful to the constitution?
Is It to have continued and carried out
within the forms of law whatever was
sane and desirable In the policies of
Theodore Roosevelt?
Is It to, have reduced, so far as the
recommendations of the executive could
reduce, the spendthrift reckless extrav
agance of congress? ; ;
Is it to have given the United States an
administration oompetent, Intelligent,
thoroughly progressive?
- Is It to have achieved through the courts
those prosecutions of violators of the
Sherman act that Mr. Taft's predecessor
effected mainly with his everlasting lungs,
kindly hand always reaching behind his
back for friendly contributions and sup
porters? Is It to have made the White House a
place of dignity and distinction, and not
an exhibit of the Midway Plalsance and
annex of Bedlam?
Is It to have a constitutional and limited
ruler, not a Bysantlne autocrat? .
Is It to have been faithful, loyal, mod
est; an Intellect and not a voice, quietly
pursuing amid the meanest treachery of
old friends and associates the path of
honor?
Is it to have been straightforward
among the crooked?
'is It to have been patient under such
absolutely causeless calumny as has not
been uttered against a president since
the days of the Aurora?
It strikes some of us, it may strike
many of us, that the sense of justice
and fair play Is not yet dead among
Americans. The Hiram Johnsons and
the other shrieking dervishes of the
Mahdl of Oyster Bay possess the air.
But there is such a thing as overdoing
it. .
It is not Mr. Taft that, has changed
since Mr. Roosevelt so justly praised him.
Mr. Roosevelt wants the job. That Is
all there is to it He will not get it.
He may prevent Mr. Taft from getting
It again. But Mr. Roosevelt, with all
his Inexhaustible discharge of his gall and
all the patter '' ts parasites, cannot'
prevent the set; t of the American
people,' republics .r democrats, from
acknowledging tl;;u William . Howard
Taft is tit to be president; and if Mr.
Taft loses the presidency .he cannot lose
the respect of his 'Countrymen. He Is a
man of truth, of rectitude, of honor.
PROGRESSIVE VITUPERATION
A Distressing Spectacle for Decent American Citizens.
Indianapolis News (Ind.)
We do not believe that even the warm
est friends of Roosevelt can have read
his recent speeches without a sense of
something like shame. Certain it is that
in many of them the speaker seems
completely to have abandoned all the
great Issues of the day. If we may
Judge him by what he Is saying, his
progresslveness consists In heaping per
sonal abuse on those who differ with
him." Consider words spoken at Joplin,
Mo.:
"Any man who. supports the receiver
of stolen goods stands on a level, with
the receiver of stolen goods. He Is a
dishonest man and Is unfit to associate
with honest men."
The man referred to is the president
of the United States, who Is charged
with the commission of ' an .Infamous
ciime. Not only that, but the millions
of men In this country who are going
to vote for Mr., Taft are also accused
of dishonesty, of being as bad as "the
iccelver of stolen goods." What do
the American people think about it? It
is not easy to improve on the rebuke
administered to this detainer by the
Washington Star:
"Because the man who is now fouling
the air with bin epithets and flinging ac
cusations of dishonesty broadcast In the
course of his campaign for a third presi
dential term Is Roosevelt, and not Berk
man or Goldman or Haywood, he re
mains Immune from the condemnation
that his utterances demand. It Is a re
markable Illustration of the fact that
some people rise above law and descend
below the plane of decency with the tol
erance and at times the approval of a
part of the people. To call the president
of the United States a receiver of stolen
goods Is to accuse him of crime. It
is a remarkable and distressing fact
that no one has yet taken occasion to
rebuke the defamer of the biggest office
when he has thus flung his accusations
and slurs against Its occupants. To listen
to him in silence and without rejoinder
Is itself an offense against decency.
Never before has a candidate for the
presidency descended to so low a plane
as that now occupied by the man who
stands self-convicted of violated pledges
and is rushed on by a personal ambi
tion that overreaches all principles of
honesty and all the traditions of Ameri
can manhood."
HOW EDITORS SEE THINGS.
Philadelphia Ledger: There is no need
for the country to worry over what
Colonel Roosevelt will do .when he Is
again president, The worst of our
troubles have always been those which
never happen.
St. Louis Republic: Colonel Roosevelt
again explaining his views on tho
consecutiveness ot third terms, but it is
noticeable that he does not say anything
about his written declaration that "un
der no circumstances", would he be a
.-andidate again.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: '1 am hot
icoing to say that Wilson was my first
choice for president," says Champ Clark.
'But Wilson was nominated, and I am
too seasoned a warrior to harbor any
grudge over my defeat." That sounds
food, coming from a loser.' But it hits
somebody.
New VorK World: Senator Dixon has
discovered another awful conspiracy.
He and Medill McCormlck, he complains,
are being dogged by secret service men
of . Attorney General Wlckersham'e de-
persons who talk so much have anything
to conceal.
Boston Transcript: A certain man who
was successively kicked three times from
the front door of a club, remarked at
the last ejection: "I know what tho J
matter is; they don't want me." Ex
Senator James Smith, jr.. of New Jer
sey, may In course of time, If he has not
already done so, reach a Ilka conclusion.
. Philadelphia Record: Should Pesident
Taft carry into effect his Intention to
Issue an order in the near future placing '
all remaining fourth-class postmasters
in the classified service It will be one
of the most beneficial acts of hla ad
ministration. To have removed at one
stroke an army or over 36.OJ0 officials
from the uncertainty, hazard and demor
alisation incident to political selection
and favoritism will be an exercise of
executive discretion which will long be
remembered to the president's lasting
honor. . t
Why the World Bump Ale--.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
As Emperor Mutsuhlto is succeeded b
Emperor Toahihlto, it is evident that the
Japanese have no interest In simplified
spelling; and no mercy upon tired tele
graph editors.
A Boett That Coanta. ,
New ' York Sun.
partment. It does not seem possible that I It lB pleasant to note that BOO brewers
In convention assembled have Indorsed
beer ss the sole agent of temperance
without a single dissenting voice. Un
prejudiced and unchallenged indorse
ment: like this really count
LAUGHING LINES.
"Oh, George!" exclaimed the distressed
young wife, "the cat ate all the angel
cake I made this morning!"
"Well, never mind, dear," said George,
soothingly, "we can get another cat.'
Brownings Magazine.
"Star criminals are always boasting of
their exploits."
"I know tney are. Look at the big
safe burglars the're always blowing
about their business." Baltimore Ameri
can. "Papa, if you wish to know who young
Mr. Speaker is, I can tell you. He's '
"I don't want to know who he is! I
want to know why he is!" Chicago
Tribune.
Stranger Who is that suspicious-looking
fellow who slipped off the back of
the train just now and ducked Into the
bushes?
Native-That's the local baseball
"phenom" that we escorted to the depot
with the big parade and the brass band
last spring. Judge.
The divorce court was grinding.
"All ladles who married on a bet or for
a joke will stand up," announced the
clerk.
'ihey lined up.
"Tour applications are denied. Now the
regular cases will be heard." Chicago
Post.
Blinks I'm getting along fine, doctor.
You need not have stopped In this morn
ing. itoctor Oh, I was over to see Jones,
and I thought I'd just drop In and kill
tviXt birds with one stone. Judge.
"I shall take a lofty position In dls
cussing public affairs," said the young
man who is learn ng politics.
"That's right, son," replied Senator
Sorghum. "Only don't soar so high into
! the empyrean that you are like an air
ship and the only impression people get
of you is a small spot and a buw."
Washington Star.
"A year ago that man was hailed as
a hero."
"I suppose nobody pays tny attention
to h m now."
"Weil, he is occasionally spoken of, but
seldom in complimtntary terms. You see
he had the toolish idea that being a hero,
made it unnecessary for him to go on
earning his living.'' Chicago Record
lit raid.
THE LEAVES.
Scrlbner's Magazine.
All the cheerful little leaves
Were lying mute and s.ain,
Their tender summer faces
Marred with age and pain.
Through the threadbare forest
Strode the wind and rain.
I wept because the sky was gray.
Because the leaves were dead,
Because the winter came so fast.
And summer's sweet was sped;
And because 1, too, was mortal
"All flesh is grass," I said.
But while I was lamenting
The woods began to sing.
The voice of all dead leaves came up
As when they sang in spring:
"Praise God," they sans, tor winter
And stormy harvesting;
"Praise God, who uses old things
To serve the new things' need
And turns us into earth again
That next year's roots may feed;
Roots but for us and our decay
Would shrivel in the seed.
"To the thousand thousand summers
Our summer has been thrust,
But the snow is very gentle
Above its rags and rust,
Lie down, lie down, oh, brothers,
With the thousand summers' dust"
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