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''"si 54c( by W, P. Byrnu
Gspd mdvre unrf j'od good kh twr join;
J"o err (s human, to forgive dicin.. r'ope.
The. 1915 reduction l water, rates and Id
electric lighting rateg are both overdue.
The kalser'a birthday ia only another re
minder that he is eacTi year an older and a wiser
man. . '
It la not a theory, but a condition that con
ronts Uncle 8am In the dally shrinkage or bis
cash balance.' ' .
And Mexico was supposed to have been coin
pletely pacified before our troops were with
drawn from Vera Crus.
The temporary war tax may not be so tem
porary after all. . The truth Is, it is sot so much
a war tax aa it is a democratic deficit tax.
Altogether too much politics and aclf-lnterest
in this consolidation proposal. On a strictly
business basis, every one would be for it.
If'any one has any reason to offer against
t bolltion of the coroner's office except that It Is
a good graft, he has not yet come forward with li.
Five measures of school board reform thrown
into the legislative hopper constitute a jarring
reflection on the thoroughness of last fall's puri
fication. ,
Fee grabbing in public office la steadily los
ing caste as a gentlemanly holdup. The pain of
putting back the money emphasises the force of
v judicial punch.
But when the water board "forcibly annexed"
Florence, Dundee and South Omaha at ono
swoop, there was not a peep from the World
Herald about "shotgun niatrlniouy,"
- With freight rates advancing and pure rule
measurement threatened, Nebraska lumber
dealers are brought perilously close to the
necessity of borrowing a meal ticket. . -.
' "Deserving democrats" will note that the
Lattleshlp Nebraska to a prize winner, It must
be consoling to know that the Antelope state l
not wholly submerged In a snowdrift.
Every cloud has a silver lining. The efforts
to put wheat in the mflllonalre clasq bring ont
the joyful word that the country has 166, 000.
COO bushels of potatoes to fall back on.
Join D. Rockefeller, Jr.. permitted hlniBelf
to be photographed shaking hands with "Mother
Jones. Yes, and we have seen group pirturot
Knowing Emperor William and King George In
friendly intercourse! ''
A Righteous Veto.
President Wilson's veto of the literary test
for Immigrants entitles hi, act to equal com
mendation to that we accorded his predecessor
when the last Immlpratlon bill enacted by the
preceding congress was vetoed for the same
reason.
President Wilson does not. In our opinion,
take his stand as positively as he might and
should ntalnst the reversal of our traditional
policy toward, newcomers from aoroad, which
lie correctly declares to be the sum and sub
stance of the measure; Tor we are firmly con
vinced that the policy of welcoming foreign
born men and women, physically and mentally
healthy, and ambitious to better the'lr condi
tion by helping to develop the resources of this
country, is the policy which has produced our
past growth and present greatness, and is yet
r.eeded, and will be needed for a long time, to
make our nation forge forward among other
nations as it should.
At best the literacy test is advocated, not nt
a logical means of selection, but as the moat
expedient check upon the inflow of Immigra
tion now within reach. It is the application of
no principle.' but merely an arbitrary device.
Everyone knowa where the pressure for thj
literacy tent comes from, but it Is not from the
people of this western Country, whoue develop
ment has only begun. m ,
We hope to see every member of congrec
hailing from west of the Mississippi line up
solidly for sustaining the president's veto.
Greater Omaha Consolidation.
' The question of Greater Omaha consolida
tion is up again, aa it will be repeatedly until
consolidation is an accomplished fact. As a
population center Greater Omaha la one com
munity no one denies that. That it will event
ually have one municipal government Is no more
to be denied. That the maintenance of four or
five separate city and town governments Is
wasteful and extravagant, with accbmpanyin.i
loss of efficiency, is self-evident. To strangeis
and visitors with no personal interest in -us, the
explanation that. Omaha is a community with il
m6st 200,000 population, although the censua
gives us only about 140,000, the rest being llstod
under different names, is ridiculous.
" The Bee has always been a consistent advocate
of municipal home rule. We believe in the rule
of the majority, but In this case the majority
that ought to rule is the majority in the entire
area that would make up the Greater Omaha.
We do not believe it la really home rule to
nullify the wishes of the majority by artificially
separating the vote with that very end In view.
We can conceive of the possibility that the
residents In certain strips of territory now
ins'de tho city limits of Omaha might, it
permitted to dp ho, vote themselves outside to
get away from ctty taxes, but that would not bo
cn expression of th majority; but of only ft
small minority.
We feel Bate in saying that the vast majority
of the people tf Greater Omaha favor one
municipal government for the entire community.
If there is any doubt about it, let us have a vote
on it a vote over the whole area, not over each
piece separately, A vote under these condi
tions, however, would be so certain to be for
consolidation, that we doubt if the antl-annexa-tionlHts,
themselves., would Insist upon It.
' Spreading Out
A war that could be called "short," according
to the term as used by the prognostlcators at
its outbreak, .might possibly have been con
fined within the narrow limits of the fortified
borders of the warring countries, but the longer
the ponfllct lasts, the more certain It la to spread
out. The fighting In Egypt, between the British
and the Turks, signalizes anotlTor enlargement
of the' war. arena, although it la not the flrit
fighting in Africa, where the Boer rebellion has
been In progress for some months, j There have
been clashes, too, in the Caucasus and around
Persia, and only the mastery of the aeas by the
allies' nuvies prevents raids into other colonial
possessions. ' As Great Britain girdles the globe,
so that the sun never sets upon it, if the Ger
mans, Austrlans and Turks could match tbelr
enemies on the water as they do on the land thjs
contest would before now have become a world
war instead of an European war,. In that event
the British possessions in North and South
America would ' constitute temptations to- the
other side aecidedly uncomfortable for us.
The spread of the war arena, however, simply
emphasises the resemblance to a conflagration
whose limits no one can tell when the spark first
starts the blaiee. With a devastating fire, the only
thing to do la to extinguish it, or to hem it In
a
and let it burn itself out. It would be highly
desirable If: the combatant nations could estab
lish bounds by agreement, and fight H out. If
they luust, or as long as they must, without over
running any more territory or endangering any
more neighbors. '
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hoit ballot," I
material for recent talks on "the
found some Interesting example!
In our own political experience llluntiatln the hit-or-mlsa
system we have been urine n our prlmerla
and elections. I fntortunately. In matters of th(a kind
people do not lomemlier aoch Incidents unlese they
are recalled for them, nor grasp thflr meaning unless
they are bunched. Read on and the Illustrations will
point their own mural.
In o.ir llrt Nebraska state-wide ptimary, for ex
ample, whn the. candldato' rilings for state officers
were certified out, although I was fairly familiar
with the active leaders In the republican, party
throughout 'the atate, there were several names I
had nt-ver heard of, and whose Identity I had to
'crlfy by Inquiring from people who came from the
seme sections. . There was one candidate for state
office whom I could neither place nof find any ono
who knew him.-and-to get a line on him I had to.
wilte to the town where he resided. It Just hap
pened that this particular man was nominated and
elected, and made an excellent official record.. But tf
he wis unknown, as I am sure he was-at that time,
his election was purely accidental, ond It was Just
good luck that h( turned out so well.'-
For the same primary election, my friend, Fred
It. Abbott, offered himself for the republican nomi
nation of railway commissioner, but in announcing
his candidacy made a fatal mistake by declaring t-lm-stilf
for distance tariff rate. The Jobbers and busi
ness men of Omaha were not attracted bj his self
made platform. On the contrary, they were In pecu
liar, agreement that they wanted no one In that posi
tion committed to a distance tariff. . A .delegation
called upon me. and, explaining their predicament,
said:
"We will have to do something to beat this man
Abbott."
"All you have to do," said I, "Is to get more Votes
for some one else."
"Very good, but how?" was the response. "He
has a certain following of his own, and his distance
tariff scheme will net him some support. But the
worst tlUng to overcome Is the fact that his name
gives him the top place on the ballot."
"If that's the main thing." said I, "the thing Is
easy. All you have to do la to have another eandl
date filed whose name wltl put him above Abbott's,
(the lists were then arranged' alphabetically), an
take off the vote he might get by accident."
"Yes, btit there Is no wsy of getting above Ab-
bou.'" :.
"Of course, there is." t replied, "double V beat
'ab' every time, and I know a man whose name Is
Aarons. who is employed by one of your own asso
ciation." . 1 1
The suggestion was no sooner made than acted
upon. Mr. Aarons was called in, an the situation
put before hltn, with the request for' the use of his
name. It was distinctly Understood that those who
made this request were not to support' htm for the
nomination, end that he was not to canvass In bis
own behalf, and I doubt If he even voted fos himself,
but he polled 8.773 votes, beat Abbott, who received
only A.fttt, gave the nomination to another candidate
perhaps less desirable whereas ' had Aarons been
pushed In earnest aa their candidate, he would un
questionably have been nominated, and probably
elected. The point I wish to make, 'however, is that
not one of the S.7T2 votes cast for htm expressed a
real preference for him. . ..
Again, In the 1910 election, Lieutenant Gftvernor
Hopewell was up for denomination. This time the
ballot rotated," and hla only competitor waa a man by
the name of Walter Johnson. Now. t submit that If
there were an actual and deliberate choice ef the
voters a' town meeting choice, for example a be
tween Hopewell and Johnson. It would have been al
most unanimous for Hopewell, because he waa a
pioneer In the atate, had sat on- the district bench,
had been prominent In republican party councils, had
held tho highest state .office in tne Masonic order,
waa actually serving aa lieutenant governor,' and waa
widely known .and generally admired. I have noth
ing whatever to say against his opponent, who may
in character and qualifications be fully bis equal, but
Mr. Johnson was an almost unknown, residing In the
Western part .of the stato, where his only .previous
political prominence had come from running for a
nomination on the populist ticket He had not pro-,
feased to be a republican for. much oyer a year, and
yet when the votes were counted Hopewell had X1.S41
and Johnson '19.671 In other words, the unknown
Walter Johnson polled within 2,900 as many votes as
Lieutenant Governor Hopewell, supposed to be the
Idesl vote getter. On this office all but 1200 of those
participating In that republican primary Just marked
their ballots, hit op miss, while those 1.200 i who
crossed over made a majority of 3,370, to be exact, and
made their votes effective. . ".. '
Our last 1014 primary election al fords ' another
striking example of , the inertia on the part of tho
votera when unacquainted, with the candidates. Soma
cigar . atore on-hangers In Omaha one' day ' chipped
Into a pot to pay the filing foe needed, to. put on the
ballot the name of A. J. Van Xlstlne as candidate for
the republican nomination of lieutenant governor.
Van Alatlne is nothing but a typical ward heeler, with
no license to, go after a Job -aa constable, , to say
nothing of a atate office. If any one who knew him
voted for him. It must-have been by , mistake, and
yet he polled MM votes.' . '
An almost endleas number of caaea like theee could
be found, fit of them telling the same story, namely,
that the length of a ballot.. and the great number ot
offices to be filled, constitute a serious obstacle to
the Intelligent and effective exercise of the franchise,
and hinder. Instead ot help, for efficient popular 'gov
The Beefsteak and the Farmer.
The - Saturday Evening Post gives vent to
Well, this is a good one: Look at the South
Dakota legislature voting down the. antl-hepo-
. I ..III - ,l. .... .a I i. i . . - v. !.,., ...
llBa, ... u iu ruu lul BU.a u -, Ier, v cn Uorla, Umentation on the vanishing beef
with the perquisite, would bean lnfrlnement , f e(k wtth notu.e ,0 , of U1 to b(.glll ,
tne personal ngni oi ine onictui. kouid uuxoia
bbould change ita elate motto to make It read;'
"Public 'office a family snap." .
. People andEvents
A new Slauehtei l)oue l le rv.n !n CjiiuocUo'i wl:u
the fnluu utock yurCs io tn.v.n' -d o i-3t!oii today
til the hot' l.llllim (WmilliK lit. while i.tc u vf kllii .
btamii will i o n until about .March I The lui fcli
tu huu.jj wic built by t'io Muck yards company, but
have li'-en . mc I ti uigo II. IUniiionl i Co. of
Detroit (or I'.wv years. viih a renewal pilvllrge cf
tbie vrs Lintel. Tho lon.l branch will be In the
hiind.l of Mr. II. M. Mtdny.
liy way of! f xpliinaiiun it is atatod that th
alxB mentioned .In The lU e at the corner of TehtS,
and Jon-f ma the 1'uiuli Coffee saloon and not h"
Kin mill auroas- the a. 'i '
Mis. T. W. Iled. wlfr of Mr. Reed with Milton
llofera & ton lift with )T whlldiva to Walt in
Ijavtriipotl
8. J. Nil'-, TcrtU and llko.y aire-, la adter
tiaiiig fjr a Klii for general huJwwork.
Tie Saratov .i 1. Merer a'id Ui baling luo litis
eleu-. liirM of I m for the ensuing ar: Hrvaident.
W. IL It.m; M'i-tar, John I.. 1'uge: tieasurrr.
Ja- ol, Klion. .
Willie Hi i t, c?n of WIM'awn Mack. coiHiactni',
aaa serioutiy InlnyJ by 14 ins Ihi.iu.i out of a run-
ay al' UU
earn
the eh anus or boiled turnips, and to prepare to
tell our grandchildren, with nioint eye, how 'va
once ate that rare delicacy, since become ex
tinct. While It does not say sjj outrlgjit, tho Infer
ence Itt that another geacratlon will ho talking
about beefsteak aa our oldcrt inhabitant iov
makes our 'months water by atorlcs of the bu1'-
fplo meat and vculson that wus a drug on ilm
ma
tor
c?tnlj" 'l tln'i than ::ow, bivaute In ihoe koo 1
old tlnua the flcth of the Ulg game wc over, i
more pleullful than the flesh of the domestic
animal. '
. So cease to 'worry so far lu advance about
the beefsteak bclufi expunged from the bill if '
Tho lawyers who are having their innings with
Organised Ball agree that base bad Is '"a national
Institution,',' thus obviating, a Judicial fleltvertvnce on
that point. '.'.' ' ' v
i'ete Gross of Gillespie, 11L. traded an old horse
for a farm of , acres in Virginia a few years ago.
HeLtntly he sold the lard . for" $100,000. Discovery of
a coal vein muun the price. .-
Two l vow l .Hems -took form this week an order
for V locomotives for the French government golnK
to a i'hiluilelphiu llfin. and an addition of 1.090 men
to the working fon "of 'the Illinois Pteel company,
. fi'ini'iint) Ananias flub has been launched In Den
vn lion. Alva M. Laverty and Kenator Helen Ring
I'otilnstin. nienibeia of the state legislature, raconi-
iccided aa charter memkrr No. T a Mrs. Brown, to
rkct In pioneer days. But not quite so faat I hom they applied the .- short and ugly word.-
. t i i m . . 'if the ill' i mil ot a New York jude carries thu
a real, thick, Juicy, beefsteak wa uioro - , 1 1 .
' .... . J ice .ti y en. h, no mataover may undertake to uo
l.mmtiy f fiermaaa.
ELM WOOD, Neb.. Jan. fJ.-To the Kdl
tor of The- Bee: , 1 was so surprised to
read your answer to one of your readers
who had asked you . to write an article
about tho question raised by the Literary
Digest, a call to Oerman-Americsns' to
organise. ,
After reading the blood-curdling arti
cles In our big dallies about the German
stroclties, about the German soldiers cut
ting oft the arms and legs of all the Rcl
gisn boys they could get hold cif. and
hundreds of other English lies, wss it
possible our American editors could not
know that such stories -were bald-facd
lies? They had Germans all around them
all these 'years, and thousands of their
subscribers are Oermansr ao they should
have khowr. that they were lies.
The editor of The Bee knows the Ger
man people and Is net afraid to aay what
can be expected ,of them If this country
should be Involved In war with any na
tion. I believe. Mr. Kditor, It was a
sigh of relief .for-thousands of hyphens
headed Americans, (what you said about
the Germans applies as well to other na
tionalities),,, Therefore, thanks fori the
right word at the right time.
NOT A WRITER, BUT STILL ABLE
TO THINK.
Tv Kinds of eatrally. '
BCOTTa BLUFF, Neb.. . Jan. 28,-To
the . Editor of The Bee: The Bee's' de
bating society has developed two kinds
of neutrality. One kind prohibits Ameri
cana as individuals from saying or doing
anything (not e'ven to sell the products
of their farms abroad) not favorable to
Germany. The other kind of neutrality
(Permits Germans In this country to
applaud the kaiser and his wanton
slaughter, hold public meetings In the
Interest . of Germany. ' sent out public
speakers that even go so" far aa to aay
that .the men . teachers . In the public
schools in Germany make men of the
German youth, while the women teachers
in the United States are making "sissy
boys" of the American youth. If you
should ' dare to violate the first men
tioned kind of neutrality you are branded'
aa ignorant, prejudiced,- a fool or liar.
On account of the few plain truths
that -I have stated through the courtesy
of The See, I have been accused of
about all the mental and moral defects
that human flesh is heir to. .Neighbor
Neusbaum of Bennington, Inst.) of us
ing argument resorts 1.0 personal abuse,
I reckon the next thing I will be accused
of smoking cigarettes.: My advice to
Neighbor . Neusbaum Is to consult " a '
physician. He. like some others I . know,
ha a bad case of chronic ."Kalwrltis.'"
This Is a disease that causes dysentary
of words and constipation of thought,
and la dangerous to the public welfare.
Get It out of your system.
At the risk bf being hauled up before
the German-American alliance and court
martialed for "lea maate.'; I want to
make this modest statement: There
never was a war that was worth the' price.
' Germans in this country should take
out their "second papers" before they
presume to tell Americana what to say
or how to say it In the present cause
leas slaughter In Europe Justice and lib
erty have been outraged ten thousand
times more than if the entire royaJt?)
families of Austria and Germany had
been annihilated and the assassins gone
unpunished. I use the word causeless,
advisedly. There was no cause. There
was one excuse (and a very flimsy qne
at that) and three -distinct motive of
the kalaer for precipitating the war." If .
Neljch bor Neusbaum does not know what
they are I should be pleased to "'wise
blm up." . 1 J. F. tVETBRIGHT.
atronsr f the Railroads.
NORTH I'LATTE; Neb., Jan. XI. To
the Editor "of. the Bee: Having read so
much regarding the proposed increase of
passenger7 rates on railroads In the west,
speaking from, west ot the Missouri river,
I most certainly am In favor of the S-cent
fare- per mile for railroads running west
of the . Missouri -river from a financial
standpoint The western railroads are, I
believe operating passenger trains at a
loss In revenue, 'where as a matter of
fact they Whould be aell repaid, especi
ally In this class of operating passenger
trains, aa they are .doing their utmost
to ' provide better accommodations and
applying every safety device known re
gardless of cost '
The public"; Is demanding, and in con
sequence of these "calamity bowers" the
legislators are being proded 1 along by
these chroplo dickers to put more ex
pensive burdens and responsibilities on
the railroads. '-,'
I have heard peoole- aay, "Oh, well.
the ' railroads are rich and won't miss this
and that" It most certainly Is an .er
roneous idea. Railroads should be given
credit for and congratulated on the pro
gressive way they have made the country
prosper. They have built roads in lo
calities where it looked like it would be
an Impossibility, not only that .but I
dare aay that they could not positively
figure any revenue from some ot these
extensions. only possibilities. . They
strive to bring business enterprises and
populate the country where they operate
to eiiarge towns. In fart the railroads
ara first and above all when It comes to
being progressive. That's their watch-wort,-
make the" country grow. '
I will say in speaking of west of the
HtsMourl river ' about paasenger and
freight traffic, passenger, especially, that
the western country Is not to be rent-
pared w-lth the ieat for passengers on
steam roads or any other. Let some of
these chronic kickers go back east and
eed the 'amount, of people that ride pas-
se.i jbt trains as to pe compared with the
western roada and they ran see why the
weatem roads are especially entitled to
the S-cent fare per mile. Western neoDle
should be grateful to the raUroadr for
the progresstveneaa they have shown In
malting tms western country an "eye
opener" for the eastern population. .
X V. A. BUADSHAW.
W5 West Eighth Street. '.
Little Bobbie listened with deep Interest
t the story of the f'rodlgsl Son. At the
end of It he burst Into tears.
' Why, what's the matter, Bobble?" ex
claimed his mother.
"I'm, I'm so sor-ry for that poor 111
ce-alr." he, sobbed. "He didn't do nuf-
biin: i.veryooiiy a Msgaslne.
"What a funny looking man that con
ductor Is!", said Mrs. Jiggles, on the
trolley.
"Yes." said Jiggles. "I've been trying
to think who be looks like. His face Is
very familiar to me."
' Oh, I know who it is," said' Mrs. Jig-
Biea. .jib our goiartsn; judire,
CHEERY CHAFF.
"I undcmtaml thst you were strontily
In favor of advsnred ideas."
"I am." replied Serator Corghutn,
' Didn't you observe the Interest I took
In some of thoe appropriation bills?"
"But how do they apply to the advance
ment of learning?"
"Thsy don't. They apply to the ad
vancement of money to my constitu
ents. "'-Washington star.
the row cu-ce publicly, rnraieiy, or course, an
arck-it n'.sy' undertake .-iny tanglefoot ' without In
vo'vlny ouvMith l i t'aimises. for , irokn hones.
. New York state ha Kvjt ns' far In the direction of
(red textbooks for t.io ' ii:ihllc sjhools J to hear a
r ,ort of in ;tu efllfct'.ilon '"to tbe o.'t of the ven-i:-.
- The. ij' .i'iv is tinned al $2..V.5. with
fp.lr. It is only a quustlou Of making It profit;'.'. ! i ! f rt- for pu-iuul imewal.' Hesitation, is induced by
to raise the cattle. With the assurance .lv.it to I t essence of the o'n. ) s .
.in ki. .1.., r ,1,. i.ltMj t,... 1 fo huaky tors of German, parents In Chicago
.... v. . u.e, au b.oi,ra,Brr :d ouble began soon
ing it an ausorwe. Dy ibi- rmromu, rcruc-v.. wtw; v (iju, ti-t.eu jLhe.n psclpltaje4 the
meu. tueat packers and retail buti : rs. th- fun.i!y Ir.to ca.it, b-t when the boys explained that
mlddle-wet farmer will supply aty ,uJ .ij , th ll( lr' ..i.sn ' . Mf. d vie io-. tne irisn juage
beefsteak requisitions for many years to rumd. i "u'""1 ar.a..e-v. r. m-e nV nt ,-nt the family
, "" ' :" . n i ! ' MU.iwLi n .i . u-u. libu, .lj.j.iiiUy. tot; home
When the absurd censorship of Oreat Brli- j ju, t tlw u,..u m, Jmeeiii-.g statesman brwca
aln suppreased newa of the '.usa of, the battle- j 4,, .; 1 ji p.-oMtnnt oficUU -tts.naig iiarnera of
ship Audacious, the government laid Ita cfriciul i their Is mates 10 the public payroll, -v .cv-int of'fainlly
ttatements open to constant cUul'enge. C-r- ! ' M th, f:
1 inly-o uramu-vkM, sen. 1 daughters, nephews
L.aiiy tskes notice of lb-opening and drive I nltr,ing salaries totalling Uo.oui.. a year
home a contradiction. ' Heiua rulT How much njoreT
4 '
J Women's Activities'
Mrs. Abigail F. Milieu of Geriusntown.
Ia., celebrated Irfcr one hundred ard first
birthday anniversary by plyicv ' her
r.eedles for the bene': of the tn-ops of
the allies. Some of her unndtAork has
already been sent to Europe.
In addition- to looking after the com
fort of her many boarders, Mrs. 11,' H.
William ot North Anson, Me.,- found
time to make tM glass jara of preserved
fruits and vegetables. bestde several
stone Jars and bucknts the same.
A mimber ot clubwi men were ap
pointed Special policewomen by CUarlea
Hubbard, director f he Hc,.rt men!
of Hubllc r(eiy hi Ultavurgh. The
took Into custody 'w.-nty tnn In one
day, all anesled (or ii?tlug uo the
at:eu '''. -
. ' . . '.. . .
... . -- . '
kfth
1.... ... ....
r ane saia sne would be content w
iove in a couage," said the young man
with a calculaiing mind.
"That's a fine sentiment"
"Perhaps. But I csn't help wondering
whether a cottage Is the best her fsther
Intends to do for us." Baltimore Amer
ican, "la the soil rich out In your country?"
asked the city man.
"Is It rlch(" came from the farm err
l
"why, ssv. the soil Is so' rich' out Hktc
that wlien the kids mskn mud plea tti'i
can't eat 'em." Yonkers Matesman.
THE TWILIGHT WITCH.
Madison Caweln.
The twilight witch comee with her stsrs
And strews them throuph the blue;
Then breathes, below tho sunset bars
A breath of meadow rue:
She trails her veil srross the skies
. And mutters to the trees;
And In the wood, with flrelly eyes
She makes the mysteries.
The twllght witch, with elf and fav.
Is coming down the slumber way. ,
Sleep, my dearie, sleep.
The twilight witch, with crescent moon
Ntoops on the wood-d hill:
She answers to the owlet's tune.
And to the whlppnorwill.
She lesns above the reedy pool
And wakes the drowsy frog,
And with the toadstool, d m and cool.
Rims gray the old dead log.
The twilight witch comes stealing dowi
To take you off to slumber town.
Hcep, my dearie, sleep.
The twllght witch, with windlike tread
Has entered In the room;
She steals around your trundlobcd
And whispers In the gloom
She says: "I brought my steed along.
My fiery steed of gleaJiis,
To bear you, like a breath of sons.
Into the land of dreams. '
I am the witch who takes your hand
And lesds you off to fairyland.
The far-off land of sleep." .
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OPERATIONS
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Cleveland, Ohio-" My. laf t aid
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1 expected to nave to
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r
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Mrs. C. II. GRimTH, 1568 Constant
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Hanover, Pa. "I Buffered from fe
male trouble and the pains were ao bad
at times that I could not sit down. The
doctor advised a severe operation hut
my husband got ma Lydia E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound and I experienced
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like a new person and can do a hard
day'a work and not mind it. What joy
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I am always ready and willing to speak
good word for the Compound." Mrs.
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' If there are any cemplleatieBS yea
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