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THK JiEK: OMAHA, HtlDAY. .JANUARY 22. l!M- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATKR. VICTOR ROSKWATKK. EDITOR. Ths Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. PFB BUILDING. FARNAM AND PEVt:NTEKNTH. Tntrrri at Omaha postoffire aa econl -class matter. lMrtrj n1 iinday rwii without Sunday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By carrier By malt pr month. pr yar. .... M-r t0 4 no Kvanlng ami Sunday V i:vninu witnotii sunaay... ...o. .w Sunday Be only J.OO Fri1 nntlra of rtisr.se of address or complaints of trrrrlKrtty In 6llrery to Omaha Bee, Circulation I apartment. REMITTANCB. Remit ty draft. express or possl nrder. Only two ,oent stamps received In reyment of amall ac counts. J'oroonal rhcks, except on Omaha nd testern exchange, not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The Be Building. South Omsha 3I N arreet. Council blufre 14 North Main Stmt Lincoln K Little Bulldlnr. 2. Ciloaro-01 Hearst rlulMIn. New Tors Room ll. Fifth avenue. Ft Louis-M New Hank of t'ommerre. Waahlnston T2S Fourteenth St., N. w. r , CORRESPONDENCE. Ad-Ires communication relatlna to new and od1 torlal matter to Omaha Bee, Ml tori al Department. DECEMBER C1H0TLAT1ON. 54,211 Tha aye State of Nebraska. County of Douglas, a. ' Dwlcht Williams, circulation tnanassr of flee Publish Inc company, tielna duly eworn. that the average dally (Imitation for the month of Decern her, 1M. wna M.SM. DWIOHT WILLI AMR. Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to before me. thla Id day of January, 115. ItOBEKT HUNTER. Notary Public. Sabarritxrs leaving the city temporarily boald have The Dew mailed to them. Ad dreaa will be chanced as often aa requested. Jaauary aa Thought fo the Day Selected hy Satan ) One email lift God't great plan, 11 ow futile it teems at tht ogre roll, Do vhat it may or etrict how it ran, To alter tht weep tht infinite whole I A tingle ttitch in an tndlett web, A drop in the octan'4 Jtmo and ebhi But Out pattern it rent towre the ttitch it lott, Or marred whtrftht tangltdlhrtadt art trotted; And each li t that failt ofttt (ru intent Mart the perfect p. an that the Matter meant. " ' eiutan Coltridye. -J All' annexation roada load to Lincoln, and the alelghlDs la good. : When sporting crooks fall out the amateur sporta get an eye-opener. Those German airships returned unharmed, but left the British uncharged. I . Tea, we admit we guessed wrong both times on that White House baby's name. The way to navigate la to navigate, and the wy to consolidate la to consolidate. : pon't let any one tell you again that the old-fashioned winter baa gone'- out of date. It would seem that our policy of watchful waiting In Mexico hs no visible terminal facll tie". Now that Berlin baa again fixed the cause of war on Russia, the combat may proceed to a finish. Perhaps a health survey of a candidate for office la Just aa Important aa a doctor's certlfi cate for a candidate for matrimony. It Is admitted without an investigation that Governor Morehead'a ninety-two colonels are too beautiful to line up aa cannon fodder. Nebraska is safe against the foreign invader. With all those gold-laced colonels commissioned by Governor Morehead, no recruiting of private soldiers will be needed. With buslneaa In hotels nearlng the ball cot stage and anow reblanketlng the winter wheat lands, tha pessimist la up against taking his turn at the automatic kicker. , Over in Chicago a double death under clr cumstancea precisely those surrounding the re cent double death in Omaha la creating much pollco activity. . What about it? If the nepotism graft la bad when practiced ty city officials, it ta just as bad when practiced by state officials, or county officials, or water district officials, or school officials. When such an amusing and decrepit lnstttu tlon aa the election roorback Is deemed worthy of the legislative axe, who shall say that states- rr-anabip is content with earthly footings. Death of Chief Jmtice Hollenbeck. Although directly traceable to a chronic ail ment and a prolonged Ulne, tb death of the chief Justice strikes with a peculiar suddenness. nmlng almost within a fortnight of his induc tion into bis high judicial office. The decisive otes recorded for him for nomination and for lection testify to his exceptional popularity and the esteem In which he waa generally held by the people of the state. As his career on the supreme bench waa but about to begin. Judge Hollenbeck'a public record roust stand upon his long service on the district bench, where he made bis reputation as a fearless and conscientious judge. Eaid of the Air Fleet. The sensational dseh of the German airmen across the North sea, to bombard English town, afforded the world a new thrill. It waa not entirely unexpected, for If has been talked of since the beginning of the war, but Its ac complishment is not the les exciting for that reason. The place of the aircraft in war is not et fully outlined, but its utility for many pur- pones has been established. Raids are a long established feature of the attics of warfare. Sudden foraya have always been used by strategists to divert the enemy's attention for a moment and screen some, more mportant move, and hare usually been succesn- ful. Man's ability to fly has merely been seized upon by the military directors of the world's armies, and an achievement that has not yet shown any very practical service In other direc tions has become very useful in warfare. We will quite likely hear more of these nocturnal long distance daehea by the "flying squadrons'' of the several armies. "Can Such Taint's Bet" One witness, testifying In the Inquiry Into the condurt of Mr. Sullivan while acting aa American minister to Ban Domingo, mentions the name of Mr. Bryan In connection with one of the "graft" operations ventilated. Other good democrats were linked with the secretary of state by the witness. Can auch things be? Has the benevolent purpose of our government's prosence In the affairs of the little Island repub lic been perverted into a source of profit to tbe self-seekers of .the party in power? It is Inconceivable that Mr. Bryan should knowingly and willfully, directly or Indirectly, lend his name to further the Interests of a profit-sharing contractor. The investigation la beginning to stir deep waters, and Its outcome will be watched mora closely, since It has taken Its present turn? The Political Caldron The Question of Dual Citizenship. The tame correspondent who asked Tha IK to express an opinion as to the loyalty to tth United States of our American citlsens of Ger man birth, and to whom we gave a frank an swer, cornea back with the request that we dis cuss the question of dual citizenship, which, we understand to mean the claim aaaerted by some countries that expatriated citizens remain their rubjocts despite the transfer of allegiance to an adopted country. The refutation of this suggestion Ilea in tu fact that the United States recognizes no such dual citizenship that our country not only In sists on the right of expatriation for those who come here from other lands, but also accords it to Its own citizens who may want to give us) 'belr rlghta here and acquire, or reaume, a citizenship in some other country. So the quev tlon of dual citizenship resolves Itself down to the Individual. No one protected by the Stars and Stripes can be compelled to yield allegiance to any other government, but neither will tnj Stars and Stripes prevent him, If be wishes, from answering a call of the country of his birth, or if any other country. If In eo doing he is willing to divest himself of his American citlzentmtp. Our original answer therefore stands, anil, n our jud;ment, fully covers the ground. It Is ur opinion that our German-American citizens it cane of friction with Germany, which we do not look for, would be no less devoted to the American cause than were our Brttlsh-Amerl-oan citltens when we had friction with Great Britain a hundred yeara ago, or than would bo our native born citizens, should they bo put to tbe test. The appearance of Mlaa Mabel Kylvrster. the Cham ploq lady roller akater of America, at the Llttl i-aalno rink waa a irtat event. Mlaa fcylveater'e jr lormance la pronounced "a.mv-thlng marvelous, and tier style do f racef j and eo eylptiilke, that her skating u me expression of tbe vtry rhythm of movement " The Kane I'ertmonle club avo a dance at Maauiii1 hall m lih thirty couples preeent. The commit tea in charce comprised 1. W. time, K. D. Mulr. John Car rier, J. C. Sharp. C. L. Deuel. C li Beach. An elrfant reueptioa was given by Mr. George K. Chapman and hie charming young bride. Mlaa PauMn Ilax. of bt. Joaerb. at their residence. They wr alted by Win Bertha lUx and Mis Hammond. Mr. Hlelmrd Carrier and Mlaa Cornelia, Lehmer were married yeoterday. Rev. W. J. Ilareha officiat ing. The reiemony took t-laca at . tha First Preeby trrUtn church, and the bridal entry waa headed by Mr. James Ruse. Mr. Juseph Lehmer, Mr. Robert Fatrirk and Mr. V. Mulr, Mr. John Patrick and Mlaa Dora LehmoT. Will and Claai lie Clarke. ho vera eo badly In jured la a coacitng aldent on Dodge street, wtil fUblt be out gk-iglung p&itlra II e.e nights are not very plentl. r.il owing to tha uita cold. "It la much more pleaMoi to tit In the parlor and swell the old genii, ivimi's fu-l and gaa bills than to pay livery blra for Hie ko of f rerxlrijr to death." s. it. Johnwin hue be.-n rc cUcUd pcaljiut ef Uta .tiM kd 4- Iowa lusuiaiira company. ' Misdirected Epistolary Energy. world-old maxim among diplomats anl statesmen la "Don't write letters." Yet here wo have a bright and ambitious Nebraska boy cut oft at the very beginning of hta diplomatic career because he wrote a letter. Young Mr. Cutrlght'a case is but another example of the danger of trusting a democrat with stationery. Your true democrat will write, and big writing usually ends in trouble for himself or some cue else. Editor Plndell was a shining victim of thla deplorable habit of preserving verbal Indis cretions by means of Ink and paper. On other occasions attention haa been called to Instances wherein Mr. Hryan'a own correspondence has teturned to occasion annoyance, If not real em barrassment. If the "schoolmaster" Is to con tinue in power, he ought to exercise his pedagogical prerogative to the extent of estab lishing a class for tbe Inculcation of that funda mental diplomatic principle, "Don't write letters." AL1TTLK flurry of excitement a roue In political circles when a "mefseng-er from the city hall' slipped Into the court house and procured six filing application blanks. "He, ha," whelxed the soothsayer, "Jim la out f town and the other elx are slipping one over on him. The mice will play when the cat's away.' " But there la nothing to that A follow came daeh ing Into the city hall the other day with twenty of these blanks, enough to supply the commlesloners three times around, lucking one. As a matter of fact, there are several budding geniuses In the city hall besides the seven commlelonrs, although,' for pru dential reasons, tliey are keeping: well within them selves. Three more hata have been flung Into the rmg. They belong to Malan J. Lacy, engineer, 100! South Thirteenth street; Edward Walsh, 1022 Park avenue; Nlrk Dargacsewskl, 300! South Thlrtcentti street. Mr. Walsh's hat has been hurled In by another than him self, an admiring friend and neighbor, but the other two gentlemen threw theirs In, thema- c. Of course, everybody knows the redoubtable Dar gscsewski, sometimes called the mayor of Rheely town. What would a campaign Jie without Nick? He Is now serving his country as' an. Inspector 'n ne of fice of the city engineer. Its jropod to run. It Is understood, on the wide-open plan, tliroltle thrown back to the laet notch. Some If his personal friends are tugfflng at the hat of Dick drotte, trying to snatch It and shoot It Into thla commission rehip ring. "Nix," says Dick, "nothing doing. I'm too busy trying to keep up with my duties of city purchasing agent to give any time to candldating." But Dick haa his friends and there Is never any telling what a man's friends may do with him or to him. The Ministerial association has. perhaps unwit tingly bulled the market for the present city he1', regime by rejecting the proposed Investigation ef the police administration. Of course, this seems like a matter affecting only Police Commissioner Kngel, but In truth It affects also all his collegues, who are pro portionately responsible. Ho when the clergymen turned down the proposal of the Rev. Dr. Titus Lowe for a thorough Inquiry Into tha police administration they gave a good deal of comfort to the commissioners and their friends. Folks will naturally be Influenced to some extent by such an action. While1 Dr. Lowe seems quite convinced Jn his ow'n mind that all Is not wall with our police regulation, his brethren must either be under a con trary belief or they want to do It In a different way. Dr. Harry A. Foster, dentist-statesman, la groom ing himself for a place on the city commission. He was defeated for the legislature at the fall elec tion, but has not let that keep htm from allowing his mind to rove over the city election altuation with a view of starting some "reforms. "I am for economy and efficiency 'n city government," he says. "I oe Mev the practice of nepotism should be stopped. Ono aan iu1nt. to ai r number of Instances In which rela--tives ef commissioners are given fat salaries they do not earn. "For one thing, I would not pay I ITS a month to a clerk who was never worth $71 to any one else. I would hire all necessary help; but would pay them only such salaries as they could get for slmlltr clerical work In any commercial house In the city. "lxwk here, the commission form of government was Instituted to rut down expenses and give a greater efficiency. Instead, it haa resulted In an additional expenditure of some lll.fmo a year. Thla la not the fault of the commission plan, but of its man agement. I ran take a pencil and figure out In a few minutes where $30,400 a year can be saved In the con duct of the city government by simply cutting out the usclesa positions that are created to give a friend or a relative a job. and 1 y rutting clown salarlea of men who are gett'-na $1S and $175 a month who never earned $73 a month in their lives In the open market for Jobs." i I Let no one be dogmatic about what ' this 'faction or that faction can or cannot' do toward putting a alate over without a crack in it. Certainly If there la an element in this or any other city with a right to apeak on such occasions that Is the business element. Well, someone says, the business men of Omaha want radical changes. All right. "There are others." But you'll find your business men too wise, we imagine, to go blundering Into any belief that they alone can get wLat they want. You have only to reflect upon tbe result of the late Auditorium purchase election. The business men, collectively and Individually, were rather compactly aligned behind the proposal to buy; the Auditorium and so was the whole city hall bunch for that matter, and you remember how the votes went. No. the exigencies of the hour are larger than any faction. They are to be met by a broader and better spirit. ' Twice Told Tales Her Dalaty Speech.., There was one young woman In the box party at the theater who took no part in the noisy clatter and giggle. With her gase fixed upon the stage sna watched the progress of the play, indifferent to the gaiety around her. except that her delicate, artlsto cratlc. finely chiseled fewtures bore a look of weari ness and a scornful smile curled her lips. . , At last, however, she turned heKlirad slowly and looked at the other member of Ui party. Then she spoke to the elderly matron sitting ty her aide. "That chicken In the blue kimono," she said, ''thinks she Is tha whole custard!" Argonaut. Willie's iMaresslea. ' One afternoon little Willie, who had been playing out on the lawn, entered tha house and thoughtfully approached his mother. "Mamma." said he, "what do they keep the bear down In our church?" "The bear, child . "' asked Willie's mother, with, a wondering .expression. "What bear? Whoever told you such a ridiculous thing as that?" "Nobody told me," was the quiet rejoinder of the perplexed youngster, "but every time I go to Church they always sing something about (he consecrated, cross-eyed fear." Philadelphia ' Telegraph.' " People and Events The admitted failure of the eugenics law lu Oregon Is no less conspicuous than Its failure in Wisconsin. In both states tbe lawa assumed tc regulate private conduct to an extent wb'ch would over-ride human Instincts. When lawa abridge tbe fundamental liberty -and natural right of grown people means aje always found to evade them. Tbe voting majority of electric light cus tomers In Omaha are the borne owners. They pay top price for a household necessity. When promoters of a scheme of municipal ownership promise them relief they naturally look up. This Is a truth that should sink la without mor tising a skull. - Originally the city commission system was esteemed a cure-all for municipal ill. It was plumed aa the last word In municipal reform. Now come a reformer ot reform with a pro posal for a commission of aix to tell a commis sion of aeven what to do and how to do it. Next!. ' Wonder If the Italian town shaken down by the earthquake will adop'. the Kan, Francisco policy and apeak of the affair aa "The fire?" ferhapa there was not enoi gh fire to hang emphasis on. The rare experience of a mother attending the golden wedding of her son was enjoyed recently by Mrs. Ophelia Arnold of ttparta. Wis. Mrs. Arnold la In her centennial year and In good health. Ia there anything new under the ajn? The ua ot hand grenades la tbe present wsr Is a revival of an ancient weapon, from which came the name, gren adier, originally applied to -soldiers who threw grenades. . . (leva wiuaiey or aiagnet lily, w. c, sports a beard which trails to the ground when on display. Tha owner rejoice in an 'achievement whu h puis the three-foot beard of Michael Angelos "Moses" In tha haa-beea claca. The meanest man that ever hit the divorce pike was shown up in far.ta Barbara. Cai. Although he waa the recipient of an allowance of $100 a month from his wife's fortune he burned her arm with a lighted clga. The Injured wife was granted a decree of separation Members of the Missouri house promptly squelched an official who sought to ailp ta a rule prohibiting smoking during working hour. The home of the cerocob pipe stood up for native Industry as enthusi astically aa Mlasurt'a supreme court immortalised the genlJeneea of the native mule- Brief aewtrlVaVlem ea Stmet ' teptae taTree. The Be aaamaaa) a reepomsSetUVy for eytaleaa) e null pewdsa as. Ail letter ma jeet t eowdeaeattow y edfteat Tear Leaaae Waa Tint Meatleaed. OMAHA, Jan. Zl.-To the Editor of The Bee: Your editorial "State or Parent" Is very misleading and unfair, to say the least, aa It creates a false Impression of the good work which is being undertaken by the National Public Welfare league In this and other cities. Your article shows either a lack of knowledge of the work of the league or a deliberate at tempt to deceive readers not familiar with the situation. You ask If we are ready to substitute state for parental control of growing children. Pray, who la advocating any such substitution? Certainly not the Public Welfare league. Society Is right now training too many children far more than are parents. The Idea Is to awaken parents to a fuller realisation of their parental obligations to their children, and to remove temptations and vicious sug gestions from the presence of the un fortunate children of neglectful parents. Regulation and supervision of public amusements dance halls, moving pic- l ture films, theaters, etc. take away from father and mother none of the sacred dutys ot the home which they should perform, but will safeguard immeasur ably the children whose parents shirk their duties. Isn't it about time that our boys and girls were being given some proper In struction, regarding life and body and moral cleanliness, and of the input awful penalties which nature, exacts for the infractions of its laws? If. K. DttKrirf. (15 South Thirty-third street. Rernhadt (looted by Jordan OMAHA, Jan. 21. To the Editor of The Bee: It is not generally known that Gen eral Frederich von Bernhardt, (author of ,' Germany and tbe Next War," published In 1912), visited the United States during the summer of 1113 In order to prepare and advise, the Germans of this country as to the plans of the then impending European war. Mr. David Starr Jordan had an Invitation from the Oerman con sul In San . Francisco to hear , von Bern hardt give an address on May X, 1911 The consul presided, and the meeting was semi-official but private; about 300 Ger mans were present. No report of the meeting was published as no reporter was present Dr. Jordan says that Bern hardt's mission . was to Germane in America. "HI very evident purpose was to neutralise the policy of goodwill among the nationalities represented In our popu lation, to counteract the work for Inter national peace, to prepare the Germans for the coming war, which, he said waa both inevitable and near, and to con vince them that Germany' idea of war I righteous, and that thla particular war waa thoroughly well planned and would be carried out to the greatest glory of the German empire. "Very unmistakable were his references to the planned march through Belgium and the taking of Paris. He did not mince matters. Quotations of morals, of International treaties, of national rights, he brushed aside. 'Law,' he said. 'I a makeshift; the reality is force. Law 1 for weaklings; force la for strong men and strong nations. '. "Perhaps his chief purpose was to ad vise German In tbe United State that Britain, not France, I n Germany's way; that Britain would soon be reached, and reached by Germany's war. ."Bernhardl'a address waa a little mors unreserved, more brutally frank than his book. His work was part of the cam paign to organise. German opinion In the United States and to separate it front American opinion. That campaign waa begun here fifteen year ago by Prof, Karl Lamprecht of Leipslg. The same campaign has been carried on In Bratil, only much more openly.. Its note waa truck by General Kelm In Germany, who preached the doctrines of faith, hope and hate. Belgium was to be Invaded for the purpose of securing Antwerp and other naval bases from which to strike Britain. When I heard- Bernhardt I thought his word those of another of the war-mad militarists, When I was In Germany last August and saw hi plan of campaign adopted by the German army, I knew he spoke tor the general staff, and that they were all victims of the same madness." Dr. Jordan expresses the same senti ments about, the war aa nine-tenths of the American people. The kaiser and his war lords are undoubtedly suffering from an exaggerated ego, the same complaint that arfllcted King George III when he hired .Hessians to' subdue the American colonists. H. HEINR1CHS. Pabllcltr for Hospitals. OMAHA. Jan. 30. -To the Editor of The Bee: The article you reproduced about hospital . condition may; or may not, describe condition in Chicago, but I want to. tell you that it contains more truth than poetry for application to Omaha. I know what I am talking about because my practice takes me into nearly every-local hospital from time to time. - And I am not running down our hospitals, because they rank far above the average in other cities and give tho patients aa good and bolter, service than they get elsewhere, but they can be greatly improved, and with a little team work mad to aiand out above them all. The auggestlon ot publicity aa a rem edy is likewise good. If some of our sur geons and doctors would speak their mind freely about what they come up against In the hospitals, and then some ot the hospital nurse would tell the truth' about the impositions and exactions they suffer from the doctors, the man agement would get a new line on the proposition, and would probably enforce several reforms which neither the doctor nor the nurses can bring about by thein- selvea - II might not be ethical to discuss these subjects In print, but I know it would be healthful for the doctor, the nurses and their patients. MEDIC. Favors Legislative Asscislles. SOUTH OMAHA. Jan. Zl.-To the Editor of The Bee: I see that a gentleman who ia opposed to annexation to Omaha by act of the legislature tr by any other mean, so lar a that 1 concerned, haa Issued an add reus aaylng that not a dosea men In Bomb Omaha favor annexation by act ot the legislature. I ran find him a hundred that aro In favor of it among citlsens who are paying taxes to his twelve who are In favor of it among tha people who pay taxea I find hardly a person alio pay taxes who la not In favor of the. consolidation of South Omaha to Omaha by act of the legislature. That 1 the way It haa been In all parts of the United Stste. There Is no good reason why w should not be annexed tills winter. If the question could be submitted to the votes ot the people who pay taxes and not let any one vote who does not owa property or at least pay some taxes It would csrry by a very large vote. Annexation by the legislature Is the ropcr way. It will enhance the value of property here If1 we become a part ef a metropolitan city. There is not the lesst doubt of it I notice that those who are most strongly opposed to the annexation of South Omaha to Omaha are the first ones to move out of It I could name three men now strongly opposed to annexation who live in Omaha and one who lives In another town near here. If It la a gjod thing for those men to live in Omaha, why not let the rest ot us live in Omaha without going to the trouble and ex pense of moving there, by almply drop ping our officeholders and becoming a part' of Omaha without further ado about it In the twenty year I have lived here, the antia. who are mostly officeholders, say. "Why not wait until next year or two years from now?" They have put that up so much that It wears whiskers. The wsy to annex is to annex and be done with It. It will benefit every man, woman and child in South Omaha and will even be of benefit to the office holder In the end. F. A. AGNEW. Waat Merchant Marine. OMAHA. Jan. 21,-To the Editor of The Bee: Industry Is what counta In this country. We have an abundance of sup plies of all kinds, every bit of which could be sold at a good price In England and on the continent The trouble Is ship ping facilities. Freights have more than quadrupled in price. The freight situa tion haa almost killed the export busi ness to England. Europe and the prin cipal markets. Plenty of business would come to this country If we could get ships to carry It but double or triple freight 1'4 to t per cent war risk Insurance is a heavy handicap. Ships carrying cotton and grain can be had in a limited num ber, but at three or four time the nor mal rate. Think of $S per hundred freight to Germany or England. The remedy for this situation 1 an Amer ican merchant marine. Let the president and congress get busy. More ships will remedy the altuation. C. F. WTELLER. CHEEKY CHAFF. t hesr Smith Is very busy in tlie n-- enterprlHe he has Blurted of iimKm ; tmaeea for the fancy trade r liu. oriental rods." 'How can he be busy When he a Icaduiu o idol an existence?" Baltimore Am-i-iran. "Sweet are the usee of adversity.' quoted the confirmed quoter. "i peneve it." retorted the. atsestur.e. one, "but somehow or other I don't erni to be able to cultivate a taste for It. -Philadelphia Ledger. The atreet ear conductor examined the transfer thoughtfully and said, meekly. "This here transfer expired an hour ago. lady." The woman, digging in her puree after a coin, replied: "No wonder, with not single ventilator open In the whole car'.' Puck. "Where have you been, my dear?" . "To my literary club." "And what did you discuss at your IK erary club?" "Shakespeare and circular skirts, Knvr on and perpendicular plumes, Hii'a iiIdk and military collars. I think that's a I Louisville Courier-Journal. THE SNOWSTORM. Ralph Wnldo Rmerson. Announced by all the trumpets of the sky. Arrives the snow; and, driving o'er, the fields. Seems nowhere to alight; the air Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven. And veils the farm house at the garden's end. The slod and whltcd traveler stopped, the courier's feet Delayed, all friends shut out, the house mates sit Around the radiant ffreplnce. enclosed la a tumultuous privacy of storm Come see tho north wind's masonry! Out of an unseen quarry, evermore Furnished with tile, the fierce nrtificer Curves his white bastions with pro jected roof Round every windward stake or tree or door; Speeding, the ' myriad-handed, his wild work So fanciful, so savage; naught cares he For number or proportion. Mockingly On coop or kennel he hangs l'aiiaii wreaths; A swanlike form Invests the hidden thorn: Fills up the farmer's lane from Wall to wall, Maugre the farmer's sighs; and at the gate A tapering turret overtops the work. And when hi hours are numbered, and the world Is all his own, retiring as he were not. Leaves, when the aun appears, aptoNcher art To mimlo In slow structures, stone lv stone. Built In an age, the mad wind's night- work, The frollo architecture of tho enow. Praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Women from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from all sections of this great country, no city so large, no village so small but that some woman has written words of thanks for health restored by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. No woman who is suffering from the ills peculiar to her sex should rest until she has given this famous remedy a trial Is it not reasonable to believe that what it did for these women it will do for any sick woman ? Wonderful Case of Mrs. Crusen, of Bushnell, III. BtTSHireLL, Ilt I ttunk all the trouble I have had since my marriage was caused by exposure when a young; girl. Jly work has been housework of all kinds, and I have done milking in the cold and snow when I was too young to realize that it would hurt me. I havo Buffered very much with bearing down pains in my back and such miserable pains across me, and was very nervous and generally'run. down in health, but since I have taken Lydia E. Ilnkham's Vegetable Compound my back never hurts me, my nerves are stronger, and I am gaining in health every day. I thank you for the great help I have received trom your medicine, and if my letter will benefit suf fering women I will be glad for you to print it,wMrs. James Crcsen, - Bushnell, Illinois. A Grateful Atlantic Coast Woman. Hodgson, Mv I feel it a duty I owe to all suffering women to tell what Lvdia E. rinkham's Vegetable Compound did for me. One year ago I found myself a terrible sufferer. I had pains in both sides and such a soreness I could scarcely straighten up at times. 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