TUB BEE: OMAHA, TTESDAY, APRIL 14, 1914.
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elionld Iimto Tho Bco mailed to tlicni. Ad
dress ivlJl bo changed n ofOm as requested.
Just tho same, tliorc Is a mighty his differ
ence between Hunters.
Don't overlook tho approaching municipal
clean-up days.
Wo will soon, have with us again our old
Yriend, tho box score.'
John D.'a bees make honey. Philadelphia Record.
They havo to, or loso their jobs and their
Jneal tickets.
Kpop this up, Mr. Weather Man, low;
enough to insure a flno fruit crop, and you may
linvc your sharo of, It.
That prima donnn who advises women not
to marry till they aro 44 is asking somo of them
to tako an awful chance.
If everyone who was over called a "piker"
committed suicide, the undertakers would ex
perience a sudden boom of business.
Bince tho high cost of living still roosts high,
all his friends will wish that Mr. Bryan la
wholly himself again in time for tho Chautauqua
season.
Secretary Daniels evidently believes that tho
natural rock and roll of the sea Is sufficient,
without the additional artificially stimulated
dizziness,
Secretary Bryan" accuses tho opponents of
free tolls repoal with "appealing to prejudice."
Well, now, isn't that a good one coming from
this sourco?
Nat Goodwin, who says all his wives choso
him, Bhould bo kind enough to admit that as a
rule they repented of tho error of their way at
tho earliest opportunity.
Tho Pittsburgh Dispatch takes time to noto
that "Omaha's 1913 manufactured output was
valued at $102,385,671." Secretaries McAdou
end Houston ploaso copy.
A Denver dispatch tolls of a, proposed mar
riage of a girl of 11 to a boy of 14 in that city.
What, and with Judge Bannlo Lindsay sup
JioBed to be on tho Job, too?
The race for the democratic nomination for
congress in tho Third district promises to nar
row down to two contestants, with this as tho
issue, "Who gets the postofflccst"
It is to be assumed, then, that anyone suing
H saloonkeeper in Douglas county may ask tor
A change of venuo on tho ground that tho courts
re prejudiced, and bo sure of getting It.
John Wanamaker thinks no roan can listen
long to Billy Sunday "without seeing a ray of
I'Kbt," But when Billy gots in his heaviest
blows he makes many a man see a whole con
stellation of stars.
It our democratic United States senator re
trained from mixing in for Omaha for the re
serve bank location for fear ho would do more
harm than good, a pretense of mixing in after
tho damage is done, just to make a show of vig
ilance, will fool nobody.
At the republican county convention O. M. Hitch
cock waa one of the star performers. He was ap
pointed on the credentials committee alone with J. T.
Clark. V.. M. StcnberK. M. C. Meaney, P. J. Quealoy.
William Clark, ir. C. Tltnme. and talked lone and
)oud tor one of the contesting delegations from the
Third ward. I. 8. Huscull presided and T. K. Sud
borough was secretary, and tho slate made up by
Thurston for state convention delegatus waa put
through with llttlo change.
' The Princeton alumni dinner to Dr. McCosh
,. brought out mora Prlncetonlana than expeotefc The
slumnl association organised with these officers:
President. C. B. Do laletts; secretary. Rev. T. C. Hall;
4 treasurer. F. C. Funkhouser.
The latest market house proposition backed by
ft the Board of Trade fixed the location on Fifteenth
S street adjoining; Jefferson .quar from Casa to Chi
cago, for which abutting property owners havo
i, waived damages. The prpposltlon as endorsed by the
Hoard of Trade calls for a building to eost I1J.OO0 on
which, it Is figured th revenue of renting stall- at ti
ii month wl produce a revenue to the city of t5,ow
)f. year.
' Trlnllv eatlmlthl lantlnt, onntlnn, T f w,.i.
jr worth and E. Wakeley as wardens, Henry W. Yate,
, Herman Kountie. Oeorge W. Doane. C. 8. jfont-
jt Roraery. IS. B. Chandler. Lewis S. Beed and J. P.
Hawkins vestrymen.
,j It H Marhoff. the trunk man, has gone on a ten
bay bunipeas trip to Chicago and Milwaukee.
The Utttlc Planks Don't Count.
That Is surely childlike simplicity that
1 rompts Secretary Bryan to Justify repudiation
of the frco tolls declaration in the Baltlmoro
platform with the nssurnnco that It in "a llttlo
plank," and, therefore, docs not count,
Tho chief trouble with this measure of value
for party obligations is that littleness and big
ness aro merely comparative degrees, and peo
ple may differ as to which planks are little and
nhlch are big. If thoso planks arc little planks,
nnd, therefore, not binding, that aro couched In
a few words, the Bnltlmoro platform contains
more than one pledgo whose repudiation Mr.
Bryan could defend with the same argument.
Here are somo of them:
"We favor the examptlon from tolls of American
ships engaged In coatswlse trade."
"We favor a slnglo presidential term."
"Wo appeal to tho American people to support us
In our demand for a tariff for revenue only."
"We favor national aid to state and local authori
ties In the construction and maintenance of post
roads."
"Wo pledge tho democratic party to an employes'
compensation law."
"The law pertaining to tho civil service should be
honestly and rigidly enforced.'-
It Is true that many of the bigger planks
use more words and say logo, but, of course, they
are to be taken as of having greator weight.
Tho main thing about Mr. Bryan's nalvo ex
planation Is that It gives a warning, and lays
down a rulo. Let futuro platform-makers tako
tho hint and mako all tho planks that they want
to have binding force of equal length.
Coming of a Queen Passing Up the Grog
JOLLIES FROM JUDGE.
The Law and the Gunmen.
The "gunmen" went to their deaths at Sing
Slug with protests of Innocence upon their lips,
while a fow days boforo tho pollco offlcor was
crantod.a now trial by tho eamo Judgo who de
nied similar pleas from theso men. Regardless
of opinion as to the guilt or Innocence of the
quartette that woa executed, the bellof is general
that these men were at most only tools in tho
hands of others higher up In the scale of political
perfidy who reaped the plunder of their perform
ance. And as to Becker, who secures a now
trial a year and four "months nrtcr conviction,
during which tlmo ho has languished in a deatn
chnmbor, tho conclusion Is irreststtblo that,
whether guilty or not, his case marks a monu
mental failure on tho part of the criminal law.
Writing in Harper's Weekly, Raymond B.
Fosdlck, a former city official of Now York, on
tho themo that "Criminal appoals are ti
grotesque failure among American Institutions,"
makes tho striking observation that:
If Beolter Is Innocent and his conviction Is the ro;
suit of fundamental' judicial errors and a prejudiced
court, a monstrous Injustice has hecti done for which
society can never adequately atone to tho Injured
man. If, on the other hand, Becker la guilty, the
action of the court of appeals In reverslnR the con
sidered verdict of a Jury a year nnd a half after It
wan found and prolonging a painful and uncertain
procedure Indefinitely Into tho future Is a circum
stance which makea of our legalized conception of
Justice a mockery. and n sham.
Nearly every state In tho union, nearjy ovcry
city or community, can furnish loss conspicuous,
but equally in point, examples of the miscar
riage of Justice through 'legal loopholes or split
hair technicalities. The weakness of our crim
inal law Is that itn power to command tho re
spect that It should have has been shaken nnd
shaken chiefly by tho Judges arid tho lawyers
.who should ba its most! Jealous guardians.
Anti-Divorce Movement.
Despite all our divorco legislation, tho rapid
Increae'o In the number of marriage dissolutions
In simply appalling, and tho attendant evils
most discouraging to family life. Tho task lu
a mighty pne, and wo bellovo is best approached
by a preliminary campaign of education, such
as has been planned by Francis Minor Moody,
tho former California minister, who has given
over his ontlro tlmo to this enterprise. Lot tho
real facts (n all their gigantic and horrifying
proportions once sink deeply In the minds of
Americans and they are sure to have a profound
effect.
Mr. Moody has wisely laid out his campaign
on linos broad onoush to enlist man and Tfjmcn
of any or no religious faith, restricting It, In
fact, by no class distinctions whatever. He has,
therefore, secured tho active endorsement and
co-oporatlon of some of the most eminent peo
plo of tho country. Ho Is organising commit
tees to carry on tho work from various centers,
thus far having them in Chicago, Now York,
Philadelphia, New Jersey, Connecticut, Cal
ifornia, Washington and tho District of Colum
bia. Tho ntrongest, or rather most aggrcs&lvo,
committee to dato Is the ono In Chicago,
Tho prime object of tho campaign of educa
tion Is, of course, to create a well-informed pub
lic sentiment on which to build the whole super
structure of action. There will bo scoffers to
say that the task Is too big, or not worth while,
but that should not deter the movement. This
much is true, tho task Is no bigger than tho
need. The growing divorce evil today is ad
mittedly a menace to American life, nnd that
alone must rouse strong mon and women to
cpmbat it.
Clean-Up Day.
The Bee cannot too often urge general co
operation in the clean-up day designated tor
this week by the city commission, since wo
had a volco In the original proposal. Many
people have not waited to do their cleaning, and
yet a clean-up will have its place, for otherwiso
many a yard or lawn, vacant lot or parking,
would be overlooked. To make a thorough Job
of It, all should be ready to take a hand.
A city that lays stress upon Us beautiful
homes and residential districts as ours doea
could really afford to make clean-dp day n
periodical affair, householders unttlqg their ef
forts with tho public officials. There is practi
cal utility as well as mora beautlflcatlon In
such work. It contributes to better sanitation
and comfort to havo oyery particlo of winter's
accumulation of dirt and refuse swept Into the
dump pile at the beginning of spring,
It might be a good Idea for the people aa
private citizens to banter the city officials to
sea which .can be made the cleaner, the private
premises or the streets, and then when onco
cleaned to see that they are kept clean.
For the first time in all his experience
your Uncle Samuel or some of his family
will have the rare pleasure next month
of entertaining a real royal queen. He
has Irobnonbed with princes and prin
cesses, dukes and duchesses, and gives
shelter to an uncounted number of home
Brown queens, but the foreign variety,
duly tagged, Is such a rarity In the land
of tho freo that your undo may be par
doned for putting on his prettiest smile
to welcome Queen Kleanora of Kulgarln.
Bulgars In this country and at home
nmnjfcHt the greatest Interest tn the visit,
the former aa to moons of cntertalnimmt
nnd tho latter with respect to the size
and make.up of the royal aulte. Htlnc a
trained nUrso herself, with experience- In
hospitals and on the battlefields of the
late Balkan war, the queen la bringing
with her four Bulgnrlnu girl students
from the ltobcrta college, an American
Institution In Constantinople, whom she
wishes to be Instructed aa trained nurses
In American hospitals. Thin Is not the
reason for the royal visit, which provokes
censlderablo speculation. It Is said to be
prompted by a desire to dlsabuso the
American mind of the Impression that
the Bulgarian army committed the
atrocious crimes charged ngnlnst It by
the Wrecks In the Into war against Its
Balkan allies. If the queen atircecds In
re-establishing Bulgaria In the good opin
ion of the western world, it Is suggested
that a Bulgarian loan might find favor
among the high financiers of this coun
try, Beosons aside, however, the toak of
American gallants Is to give the queen a
royal "good time." At present tho west
ern limit of the royal Itinerary Is Chicago,
an unfortunate limitation which deprives
her of the happiness of meeting the kings
and queens of Omaha's royal house of
Ak-Sar-Ucn.
Queen Kloonora Is reputed to be one of
the best dressed women In Europe. She
Is about 54 and was married to King
Ferdinand In IMS. Her visit will be the
first of a reigning sovereign of Kurupo
to tho United States. At home ahe Is
known as the "royal nurse," She Is every
Inch a queen, of -regal, commanding ap
pearance. Thla second wife of King
Ferdinand Is an extremely practical
woman, and In nursing, for which she
was scientifically trained, she Is not con
tent to leavo the actual work to others.
In tho Busso-Japuncse nnd the Balkan,
wars sho worked herself In bandaging
wounds ns woll na directing other nurses.
She Is also Interested In nil societies hav
ing for their object tho Improvement or
the conditions of .women nnd will doubt
less make Inquiries into settlement work
and other similar movements In tho
United States.
Itemlnillnir the Mernom.
Now York fun. Our friends In . the messroom,
then, lmve to remember that both awldely preva
lent standmd of efficiency and a widely prevalent
Amcilcan public opinion support the order which they
have to obey, however stratilaccd. sumptuary and
puritanical it may look to officers and gentlemen
with a Just sonfe of their personal dignity, eelf-
control and responsibility.
It's Different Nun, '
i Chicago Tribune: When ships were not compli
cated nnd detlcqt assemblages of machinery, gTog
( was a part of tho sailor's life. The crew was piped
lo this exhilarating pleasure whenever occasion war
ranted. .Men went Into battle tinder the stimulus of
"Dutch courage. ' They received their reward in
i this liquid form. Times have changed. Ship ma
I chlnery now demands sober Intelligence. No Indus
j trial establishment expecting efficiency would think
t of st-rvlnt,' liquor. Ballroads, industries, rind com
merce have set Up bars against the man who drinks.
It's not a question of morals U Is'a question of
efficiency.
Itestnrlnsr Ilqnnlltj.
Philadelphia Bulletin: There seems to be reason
to doubt whether the abolition of the officers' wine
mess In tho navy by Secretary Daniels's orders Is
due so much to his own views on prohibition as
to his belief In democracy. In effect, the rule
merely extends to the commissioned officers what
has heretofore applied to 'tho enlisted rank and file
In the service. Jackie and his buddy, Johnny Marine,
wero deprived of their "grog" several years aRo, and
to a disbeliever In class distinctions like Mf Daniels,
It Is only consistent thnt there should be ono standard
of liberty on the gun-deck and In the ward room.
Quaint Bits of Life
Tho superintendent of a Long Island
laco mill haa ordered the Rlrl employes
to leavo paint and powder off their faces
during working hours or quit tho Job.
There Is no servant problem In tho
Larselcre fAmlly at Hatboro, Pn where
Miss Mattle Brown has Just cele
brated her atxty-fifth birthday, and her
fifty-first year of service with the same
family.
Charlea P. Buchanan, a retired to--beech
merchant of New York, vainly
tried to be declared a bankrupt, because
hU Incomo shrunk from 30,OCO to 18,000
a year. A promise to cling to the water
wagon failed to reach the Judge's ten
dor spot.
On the farm of John Bqborts in North
Alfred, Me., there Is an upusual tree, an
elm more than a century old. It has
bcciUtWlce struck by lightning, but has
sGh'tVoO" unharmed, and is now 130 feet
high and twenty-five feet In circumfer
ence at tho ground.
Miss Anna Ellsa Beasoncr of Battle
Creek, Mich., celebrated her eighty
sovcut birthday anniversary with a bi
cycle rldo of twenty-fK-o miles over
rough And snow-covered roads. Miss
r.easoncr,, a dressmaker, took up bi
cycling twenty years ago aa a means
of reaching customers.
Michael Yduhouse, a yotinff Iron worker
III Duqncsne, Pa., Is said to have gone
without sleep for more than a year,
without giving up his work. Ho has con
sulted many doctors without success, but
while ho ho been unable to sleep, he
has felt perfectly well and has had no
difficulty in doing his work.
John Cockly, a rural mall carrier out
of Manchester, Pa., carries with him
everywhere on hlsj routes a .tame hen.
whirl, sits in the waaon box under the
Heat and every day lays an eg which he
uses ns his luncheon, cooked on a little
heater which he carries with him. The
hen has never failed to provide htm with
a dally luncheon.
Women's Activities
Secretary Bryan says tho platform declara
tion specifically favoring free canal tolls for
coastwlso shipping Is "a little plank," which Is,
therefore, overshadowed by the big plank disa
vowing bellof In subs.ldle.1 and bounties. Mr.
Bryan should have advised tho voters In ad
vance to disregard the little planks tn the dem
ocratic platform and place no dependence n
them.
Miss Amy "Wren, a Brooklyn lawyer,
has within tho last few years defended
a number of Chinamen. She says that
her practice among them has been most
satisfactory, and that they can be' de
pended upon whenever they tell you any
thing Miss Sara Bldeout, of Baco, Me., haa
had an unusual' experience with a gros
beak, whloh broke Its wing. It waa
very savage when first handled, but be
camo tame and trlondly after tho wing
healed. Slnco then It rings beautifully,
but only when tho moon Is shlnlnsr In
at tho window where Ha cage; hangs.
Mrs. Florence Kullei;, secretary of the
National Consumers' league., toid the con
gressional committee Inquiring Into child
labor that she believes that more chil
dren under 1 are working today In dan
gerous occupations than there wero
when, thirty yearn ago, she began her
work to get belter legislation for th
protection of the young. A national
law is needed, she said.
Miss Jane FsJrman, who entered the
service of the Illinois Central Ballroad
company 4t yeara ago, has been retired
on a pension. When she became an ac
countant of the auditor of the road Jn
1J70 she was the only woman employed
by the company. As there was no suit
able place tn the office for a woman
sho took her work homo with her for
five years.
Policewoman Lulu Parks of Chicago
was sent to New York to bring hack, a
young woman aoviiied of taking money
from her family. The substituting of a
woman tor a man in this case proved
most satisfactory, and the young girl
was so glad that she did not have to
travel with a policeman that she gave
Miss Parks no trouble at all. The girl
told her entire story to the policewoman,
and the result is that she will probably
not be prosecuted at all.
llnintllntlngr Our Xnrr.
Brooklyn Eagle: No matter how many dread
nought and stiperdrendnoughts congress may author
ize and Americans may pay for. tho efficiency of
the naval branch of national defense must depend
In the future ns It has depended In the past, on
the sclf-rcspcct, tho energy, the quick Initiative of
officers who have learned to govern themselves and
to govern others. To assume that oilr naval officers
cannot rule their own habits without restraint of
penitentiary regulations ts to assume that they are
utterly unfit for the places they hold. It Is also
to humiliate them ond the navy In the eyes of a
not tpo friendly world.
Twice Told Tales
' Pitt tils Money In.
Before the passage of the present strict banking
laws In Wisconsin starting a bank was a compara
tively simple proposition. The surprisingly small
amount of capital needed la well Illustrated by the
story a prosperous country town banker told on
himself when asked how he happened to enter the
banking' business.
"Well," ho said, "I didn't have much else to
do, so I rented (in empty storo building nnd painted
"Bank" on tho window. The first day I was open
for business a man camo In und doposttcd 10D with
me; the second day another man dropped In nnd
deposited ?K0, and so, by Oeorge, along about, the
third day I got confidence enough In the bank to
put In a hundred myself." Everybody's Magazine.
Knots Versus Fnnctes.
Blchard LcOalllene was sympathising with a young
writer whoso book of poetry had been refused, by
twelve publishers.
"Beal lovers of poetry," said Mr. LeOalllene, "are
unfortunately becoming rare. Too many people now
adays are like the Judge.
"This Judge was recommended by a poetic friend
to read Shelley, The great man of the law said he
supposed he ought to .read a little poetry and having
heard so much of Shelley he would try him.
" 'And what do you think of It?' said his friend
to the Judge after he had waded through a. few pages
of 'Bplpsychldlon.' 'Isn't it beautiful?'
"Well, well-oh. yes I dare say It ,1s,' said tho
Judge, 'but what I want to know Is, when aro we
going to get at the facts?' "Washington Star.
Just Onemed It.
Becently, In a Justice court In the state of Kansas,
some wheat In the stack had been attached, and It
became necessary, through an order of tho court, t6
have the same threshed.
One of the workmen among the threshers put In a
voucher for 111, which seemed entirely too high tj
the court.
The court questioned the workman concerning his
labor, and a'sked him how much he charged per day
tor his labor. Tho laborer replied: "Three dollars."
The court then asked him how many days hu
worked, and the workman replied; "Two days."
Tho court then asked tho laborer how he figured
tho bill at 111, since he only worked two. days at 13
rer day,
Tho witness replied: "I didn't figure It; I Just
decided on It." West's Record.
llnlf and Half.
Apropos of the mismanagement of a railroad that
had gone Into a receiver's hands, a certain prominent
railroad man said:
"The calm, and bland excuses offered for their
mismanagement by the road's various heads remind
mo of Smith.
"Smith last Sabbath put In a strenuous day clean
ing up his garden for the spring planting.
"But Jones, his next-door nlEhbor, tackled him
Indignantly in the smoker the following morning and
said: i
" 'Look here, Smith, do you think I want all your
tin cans and bones and old shoes thrown over Into
my garden?'
" 'You haven't got 'em all, old man. You've only
got half.' said Smith, calmly. 'Brown, on the other
side, got the other half.' "Chicago Journal.
People and Events
The state of Minnesota pulled t$3,63S Inheritance
tax out of tho estate of Charley 'Gates, who died In
Wyoming a few months ago. Besides this Charley
left an uncompleted castlo In Minneapolis.
More power to the ottmw of Mike Sullivan or
Beverly, Mass. Though Mike Is 91, when his son-in-law,
68, started a rough house about his wife's cook
ing, ho trounced him good and plenty yand proved
himself master of the house.
' Douglas Bllington, who took the degree of bach
elor of science In architecture at the University of
Pennsylvania In 191J, haa received the Bougevln prlie
In Parts. He Is the first American to whom this cov
eted distinction has been given.
During a thunderstorm Tax Collector Walter Page
of Portsmouth, N. H., ran for the nearest shelter, a
covered wagon. When In It he discovered that It be
longed to a delinquent taxpayer, drove the wagon oft
to the town hall und requested the owner to call for
It and pay his bill. '
Edgar Emery of Kittery. Me., found his children
playing with a bottle containing powder, and In order
to give them a lesson in explosions put the powder
on the stove and touched a match to It. He didn't
Jump quick enough and had his face nicely blistered.
The lesson was mutual.
After being absent from home for twenty-one
years. Blohard Hoffman returned to Belleville, N.
Y., with the Intention of surprising his brother, who
he supposed would not recognize him. When he
reached his brother's house, however, he found that
! the, pleasant man he had been talking to on the
j train had been his brother, who had known him all
tho tlmo.
Miss Alice Carpenter, a New York uuffraglst. has
recently returned from a trip to the west, and ahe
has it In for the ami who said that the babies were
being neglected at home while the mothers attended
suffrage meetings. She says that even place she
went some baby broke up the meeting or did its bet
to do so. sometimes two and three howling- M the
, same time.
Flat-It certainly Is true that a little
gall spoils much honey.
Hlat (after a night out) It's truer still
that a little girl spoils much money.
"Would Vf" like to go te the opera
tonight, dearest?"
"What r darling bey you are! Of
course I would! What Is the bill for
tonight?"
"About eleven dollars, I guess."
Nell Bliza went to an astrologer to
find out when was the. best time to got
married.
Stell-What did ho tell her?
Nell He took one look at her and
told her to grab her first chance.
The moving van moves on, and having
moved,
Departs 'alone a highway torn and
grooved.
You seek your now abode; three hours
go by.
The moving van, nlua! has not arroqved!
A small street urchin from the city,
who was spending some tlmo In a fresh
air enmp, was the source of considerable
entertainment to members of the family
at a farm where he frequently called
for milk nnd apples.
"Whaddye think about the youngster,
anyhow?" the farmer asked his wife,
one evening.
"lies a nlco little fellow." tho wife
replied; "but I can't Just make him out."
"How make him out?"
"Every tlmo grampaw sneezes 'Ischl'
that boy alius laughs and yells, 'Ka
BlbbJe!" "
"Sometimes," reflected the elderly
dume, "a man weeps at the wedding of
a daughter, because lie suddenly real
izes what a mean husband he has beon
to his own wife and Is overcomo when
he thinks of what nia be uhend of tha
girl.
"It's such a silly superstition to be
always picking tip pins!"
"You mH.v call It a superstition If you
wish, hut I know a chap who make
about six dollars a wek by doing It."
"How can a fellow gather that many?"
"He works In a bowling alley."
THE RETOP.T COURTEOUS.
Friend David has a read' pen
To which this ion must write contrary;
For H. N. T. cannot be classed
With truth, among the mercenary.
For', David, If you're wide awake
You can't deny, for you must know It,
That ne'er his been since time begun.
A mercenary struggling poet.
Observe, B. N. T. doeo not claim
To have achieved tho poet's caate, sir;
How much more Impossible to conceive
A mercenary poetaster.
And so your premises are wrong.
A paradox afflicts your mind:
For bugs of gold and sheeny silks
Have ne'er enslaved tho poet kind.
And tho' I am In no great haste
To snatch the mush and milk you offer.
'Tin not because of love of gold
That many folks Invoke tho law for.
And, David, I sincerely hope
That a brlsqtie spring cleaning of your
attic
Will rid you of cobwebby thoughts
That lead your pen to words erratic.
B. N. T.
P. S.-
Somc words In the above are rhymed,
'Twill seem, without duo recognizance
Of Nonh Webster's stern decree.
For these I plead, poetic license.
B. N. T.
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