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"Work or fight!"
The old wooden sleeper ii stilt adding "to ita
Hit of victim.
Unci Sam ia alowly but eurety taking up the
loat motion ia hi war machinery. , ,
Get ready for the war aavings drive; it ia one
way by which you can hoard and help at the aame
time.,:' . ; '
Nebraska wheat eldi are pouring their golden
treasure into the big heap that ia to defy hunger
and defeat famine wherever American generosity
can reach.' :, 1 ' , :;
Commissioner Ringer want suggestions as to
how to control traffic. The Bee ventures to pro
pose that pedestrians and driven alike be taught
the rule of the road. 1 ' " " V; .
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One hundred thousand soldier! from Yankee
, land to France in a week U a pretty fair proof
that we are getting into the .game right1 In this
light the kaiscr'a anxiety" can be appreciated. -
From western Russia to western France by
way of Vladivostok and North America ia going
a long way to get" into a fight, but 50,000 Czechs
are taking that trip to show their earnestness, .r
"Think of Wilson augesting Henry Ford for
United States senator, for Michigan I" Yes, but
can anyone think of Wilson suggesting our pres
ent democratic United States aenator for senator
for ItibnM';- : : ' .
The Lincoln Journal seems almost disconso
late over the outcome Of the disloyalty trial of
members of the State university faculty. ; Better
make the best of it; pull in a notch or two and
speed up the pW of patriotism. s
"WORK ORs FIGHT."
Little disposition to cavil at the order to
"work or fight" has been notSd at any time, but
some whose affairs may. be disarranged by its
enforcement have awaited with interest the pro
nouncement from the provost marshal general as
to how it is to be enforced. General Crowder's
classification of occupations as to usefulness will
bear close scrutiny, also, and should bring home
to everybody the seriousness of the business we
are engaged in. While most of the people have
long realized that our country is at war, a few
have declined to consider the fact from any angle
save as it touched upon their Cjwn personal
comfort
Some of these have seemed at times to resent
the interference of the national enterprise with
their private plans, and others have acted as if
imbued with an idea that they might pursue their
own fancies and wait for the urgency if ever, to
make contribution ,to the common cause. It is
not charged that these people are lacking in pa
triotism, or are unwilling to give in service or
otherwise to help out They simply have failed
to grasp the significance of what is going on
around them, or, with understanding, have
thoughtlessly withheld from joining the general
movement They are comparable in some meas
ure to the young man who has abstained from
volunteering, feeling that when the draft called
him it was time enough to give over his personal
interest and take up the public burden. .:
Genera! Crowder is now bringing the stern
reality directly home to all, and soon whatever
individual effort is expended in our land will go
in the general direction of helping to win the
war. "Work or fight" is a good motto for all.
Babies on a Standard Basts.
Eugenics has evidently passed its zenith as a
topic of interest in New Zealand, for from that
land of many innovations comes a more ad
vanced proposal for standardization of the human
family. This time the baby's advent is awaited,
and then he is brought to scale through being
fed on a prescribed diet. Laying aside any ques
tion of desirability of a standardized race, those
who have had any amount of experience with
babies will be extremely dubious as to the suc
cess of feeding all alike. The London Lancet
gravely discusses this point, and solemnly points
out that a London baby, has been known to
thrive dn a diet rejected by a Bradford infant.
Such a divergence of faste in food sometimes
exist in the same household, where offspring of
the same parents have shown a marked differ
ence in ability to thrive on certain diets. Even
were some patient investigator rewarded by the
discovery of a food that would meet the needs
and tastes of all infants, would the mothers be
wiUing to adopt it? It is doubtful, for each
baby' mother is . sure that her own is apart
from all others, and she wants it reared in her
own way, at least until it has reached the time
when it can sit up and take nourishment along'
with the elders of the family. The New Zealand
plan may serve to divert us from the war for a
moment, but a much stronger request than has
yet been heard is needed to get the world ready
for a uniform grade of babies.
One of the real Jokes of the war ia that
told of the German effort to surprise a Yankee
post and take Some prisoners. It worked, with
reverse English, and when the news of that
exploit is told in Berlin', if it ever is, American
stupidity will be more than ever condemned.
Drive for War 8avings. .
On Friday of this week a nation-wide con
certed effort is to be mad to close up the War
Savings account While Nebraska ha gone to
the iront and held a proud place ' in thi en
'' Ueavor to raise money, many other states have
sadly lagged, and In communities where success
ought to have been easy the sale of stamps is
almost a failure., Several reason have been sug
gested for this, all . conjectural andmaybe none
of them the right one. More to the point is that
for some time attention has been, systematically
given to the spread of,' information concerning
the atampsi their, purpose and ; how to obtain
them. ,Th"i propaganda. Utojbe followed up
immediately with the drive' to interest all The
thrift stamps have a jaumber of attractive quali
ties, but chief of then s that through the pur
chase of them thet habit of saving is inculcated.
Twenty-five cents at a time may be investedto
draw liberal interest and certain of return on the
government's guaranty. . This jpfit "the stamp
within the reach of the bumbie&t of investors,
and gives everybodya chanceto help out'in the
great problem of financing the war.' It is need
less to descant on the-virtues and benefits that
come ,in the . train of . thrift properly applied.
Just acquire the stamp habit, and the rest will
be rtfade plain. ':'.-' jf
, Military Law and Good Morals.
In the news report of a single day came ac
count of transaction in application of military
discipline that arrest attention. First of these is
the act of the president in extending clemency
to two young soldiers under sentence of death
for sleeping when on duty as sentinels. This
crime is one of the greatest that can be commit
ted, and when in presence of the enemy it car
ried but one penalty. . Nobody will grumble be
cause the president has exercised his supreme
function and granted full pardon to these boys,
young and inexperienced, and against whom no
intentional disloyalty is alleged. They will
doubtless by their conduct repay the country for
the boon of life granted.
Against these may be contrasted the dismissal
of a captain of the quartermaster's department,
caught in petty thievery, and, the arrest of an
other, accused of soliciting bribes from clothing
contractors. What can be said in defense of
these men? Each is a man of mature years and
of business experience, else he would not have
been clothed with the rank and responsibilities
put upon him. As a proposition of morals, it is
easy to distinguish between the fault of the boy,
who, worn out by hard marching, yields to na
ture' demand and falls to sleep on his post, and
that of the' man of ripe years and judgment, who
deliberately plans to pilfer from the government.
Consequences of the boy's act may be the more
severe, but that of the man is surely the more
despicable.
It is fortunate for the service that few sleepy
sentinels have been found, and equally so that
dishonest 'officers are also scarce. T3ut the mili
tary law ought to deal with aVief or a grafter
more rigorously. , ,
Ferdinand of Roumania may now comprehend
what wa in Emperor Karl's mind when he Urged
the necessity of kings sticking together. The
populace is steadily prying them apart r .v.
If any sport is to be preserved it should be
base ball, but the great game will not be forgotten
if it finally must be adjourned 4for the war period.
With so much space in this issue given
over to selections from what I have here-to-fore
written for The Bee and other publica-
Ltions, it seems that I should have considera
tion here for the reader and celebrate the
completion of my 25 years in the newspaper
harness by omitting this column. But I do
not want to start the next 25 years with such
a hiatus in its continuity.
One scarcely realizes the changes of a
quarter of a century until some such occasion
compels a retrospection. The changes in
Omaha's outward appearance, in the scope
and volume of its business, in its social and
civic activities are almost incomprehensible,
but the most noticeable changes, of course,
are the changes wrought by the procession
of time on the personality of the people fig
uring in current events.
Views, Reviews and Interviews
Changes to Be Noted in Omaha in tHe Period of Twenty
Five Years.
Twenty-five years ago. Grover Cleveland
had just begun his second term in the White
House. Lorenzo Crounse was governor of
Nebraska. Our state was represented in the
renate by Charles F. Mandersoh and William
V. Allen. In the lower house of congress,
David H. Mercer had just been chosen to
represent this district. William Jennings
Bryan was still a member of congress from
another Nebraska district, to retire the next
year and put his name at the head 'of the edi
torial page of our present democratic sen
ator's newspaper. In the city, George P.
Bemis was mayor, assisted by a city council
of 18 members, half of them representing
wards and the other half chosen at large.
The schools were under the direction; of Su
perintendent Frank A. Fitzpatriclc.
Omaha in reality had in 1893 approximate
ly 75,000 population, although the previous
census had been padded up to 140,000 names.
The Bee building and the New York Lite
building were the only two.modern fire-proof
office buildings we could boast of. The then
new city hall and federa' building had been
completed, but we still admired the old court
house and the old high school building, both
torn down a few years ago to make way for
the present beautiful structures. We had not
even gotten away from our "cow shed" pas
senger depot, the Transmississippi Exposi
tion was still unplanned. Uur numerous.
present day skyscrapers were possible
visions of only the dreamers. And in the
life of a growing community 25 years is al
most as a day.
In the death of Dr. Charles C. Allison
Omaha has lost one of the men who has done
as much if not more than any other to make
this city the acknowledged medical and hos
pital center for this section of the middle
west and the point of radiation, through our
Sartorial Economy With
Bark On
The really economical house-mother buys
dress goods that are alike on both sides,
knowing that after a season's wear the home
dressmaker can turn and sponge a gown of
that sort and make it up wrong-side-out as
good as new, provkled only it is given some
camouflage trimming for the neighbors.
Lordly man who has profited by this sort
of cleverness, and has condescended to ap
prove it for that reason, never dreamed that
his own wardrobe could come to such a pass.
But the war is doing queer things and among
them is the offer of a literally "warred robe"
to the men who buy fine goods and patronize
fine tailors. One such aritist-artisan an
nounces that he will turn and remake a whole
suit of good quality for $16.50, or that he
will turn and resew shiny trousers for $4,
' Here is an economy that strikes a man
where he lives. Whether 'tis better to buy
a new $75 suit or to let the talior turn the
old one for $16.50 and buy a Liberty bond
and a lot of war savings stamps with the balance,-is
now a problem which confronts
every "good dresser on and off" as the the
atrical advertisements have it. "Is a man a
slacker unless he turns his trousers?" is one
of the questions which will presently assail
those guides who purvey "good form to the
masses. The first and most obvious answer
is another question: "Will the trousers
turn?" If the stripes on the outside run up
and down, while those on the wrong side run
crosswise, we venture to hope that the man
who buys a new pair and sends the old ones
to the Goodwill house will not run the risk
of a detention camp. At the same time we
foresee a "boom" in the cloth market for
goods alike on both sides. The next step in
war economy will be the sign in some little
tailor shops: "Trousers pressed while you
wait, 25 cents; trousers turned, 50 cens."
Brooklyn Eagle.
Consider the Soldier's Father
Prof. W. W. Campbell of Lick observa
tory has a son with whose name the world
is familiar. He has just received word that
this son has been slightly wounded. The son
ii Lieut pouglass Campbell, the first American-trained
"ace." A few days ago a friend
of the professor probably Eliphaz the
Temanite, or Bildad the Shuhite, or Zophar
the Naamathite chose as an agreeable topic
of conversation the great dangers of the kind
of service in which the young man was en
Caged. We may infer from the professor's
f nswer that Bildad dwelt on his son's youth,
tnd deplored the possibility of a premature
ind; for the answer was:
"A man's life should not be measured in
years, but by what " he accomplishes. My
ton's letters say he is happy to be over
Jhcre." ; : . -
TL.i it. - ' i T " - C
i.iac is uic answer vi a ivyinau uu, ui
y.n American father, We hear a great deal,
Ihough not too much, of the sacrifice our
hoys are making, and a great deal, though
iot too much, or the heroic patriotism of their
mothers. We do not hear much of father.
It is well to remember occasionally that he
is doing his bit, too. New York Times.
Around the Cities
Teachers In tha publio schools of
Pittsburgh have bean granted an an
nual war bonus of 1100.
Down In Kansas City -the summer
cry is: "Boil the city water." A wise
precaution, in view of the quality of
goods requiring a "chaser."
Washington has a greater number
of sight-seeing cars than any city In
the union. The latest addition to the
fleet is a 30-foot car seating 80 par
sons. Autographed loyalty pledges will
be required of all teachars and em
ployes of the Board of Education of
St Louis,, beginning next September.
Refusal to sign up severs the party
from the payroIF.
Minneapolis loyalists Jumped fore
and aft on Mayor Van Lear at thea
primary ballot box. It was the first
chance they had to emphasize their
contempt for a socialistic slacker and
they did it good and plenty.
St. Joseph boosters have launched
a recruiting campaign for harvest
hands for work in the fields of Mis
souri and Kansas. Efforts are mainly
directed toward obtaining from em
ployers a release of men in industrial
increased in the war period is, I think, I establishments and using them to
medical schools, of the great army of young
doctors and surgeons who go out from here
into towns and villages near and far and al
ways look back to Omaha 3s the starting and
returning place. Dr. Allison was a wonder
fully gifted surgeon, according to everyone
who came in contact with him and has a right
to judge, but he was more than that because
he did not confine his interest to the field of
medicine. Despite the fact that his own work
was enough to absorb all the vitality of a
stronger man, he kept in touch with public
and political currents and was a keenly
critical reader of his daily paper. As a mark
of thoughtfulness and personal esteem he
sent me on the occasion of my birthday last
February a souvenir penholder, made out of
a peacock feather, accompanied by this char
acteristic note, which, it goes without saying,
I prize very highly:-
Omaha, Feb. 13, 1918 Dear Mr. Rose-
water: That editorial reading has srreatlv
clear,
This observation gives me an oppor
tunity further to note that the editorials in
the leading American papers have present
ed in a very appealing way the issues which
have been national and international, and
in particular issues which have had no pre
cedent. .
When I add that the editorials in The
Omaha Bee have taken a high rank in these
discussions from the standpoint of vision,
of courage, and of mature judgment, I
merely restate what I have often observed
with respect to the sound view expressed
in The Bee upon local issues, and to pre
sent this acknowledgement upon the recur
rence of your birthday gives me an oppor
tunity to express the hope that "many re
turns" may come to youyand through your
additional service rendered both to our
"community and to our country.
With continued regards, I am, very sin
cerely yours, Charles C. Allispn, M. D.
Riding home from the funeral one of my
companions whose family was treated by Dr.
Allison, and once in a very critical case, said:
"I never knew a doctor who inspired such
! ! ! r t tin .
impncii connaencc. vvnen we were an
wrought up by alarms and showed our ap
prehension he simply said, 'Leave it to me,'
and we did so with complete relief. He just
made everyone have absolute trust in him."
I hat, I think, illustrates the dominant
note of thorough self-control and conscienti
ous devotion to duty which must be the key
to success in that chosen profession.
One of the newspaper men here for the
convention for state editors was showing
around a(copy ot a Vicksburg paper printed
on wall paper. It is history that, when
Vicksburg was besieged by Grant during the
civil war, the people there ran out of about
everything they needed and the supply of
print paper was early exhausted. The
versatility of the publisher, however, showed
itself when he requisitioned the stock of a
wall paper shop and kept on printing, al
though he could use only one side. It was
not so long ago that a woman publisher out
in the state of Washington substituted a
shingle for a sheet of paper as a cheaper, or
at any rate a more unique, way of communi
cating with her subscribers. If print paper
troubles continue we may have a still further
test of resourcefulness forced upon us by
this war.
People and Events
The only free lunches allowed in New Jer
sey now are wheatless pretzles. However,
some beer still flows and simplifies the
soaking.
Allied comment on the late claim-all out
burst of General von Stein leads to the gen-
sral conclusion that it was fabricated by more
than one Stein perhaps several old-time
schooners.
New York's Red Cross pot has been
sweetened $20,000 worth. That's the size of
the fine slaooed on the sucrar firm of Tabure
Brothers, who imagined they could violate
tood rules and get away with it
The champion long name among Chi
cago Liberty bond buyers is that of Con
stantinos J. Papatheodorokoumunduigiato
micnaiakoupuios. oet it ail in. its a
mouthful and was good for a $200 bond.
A big bunch of New Yoik real estate, 125
parcels, comes out of a trust fund grip with
the death- of Henry Astor, for whom the
trust ' existed. The property is valued at
$20,000,000 and goes to swell the fat fortunes
of living descendants of the fur trader. "He
as has, gits.
Lest Missourians away from home forget
the game which makes the Showme's fa
mous, be it known that Joseph W. Folk is
out for the senatorial brogans'of the late
Joel stone. Joseph launched his boom at
St Joseph and got. a warm hand from the
saints at the start.
One of the lower courts of Brooklyn won
applause from auto owners by ruling that
mauffeurs, not the owners, were responsible
for joyride accidents, if cars were taken
without permission. The appelate court re
versed tne ruling and held the owners re
sponsible for acts committed bv servants.
Dudley Field Malone, former collector of
the port of JVew York, declines to act as an
assigned defender of Mme. Victorica, under
arrest as a spy in the alleged Sinn Fein plot
in New York City. "I have never belonged
to any Irish societies," Mr. Malone writes
in his letter of declination, "and have always
considered it the duty of every American to
give his brains and energy to the problems
of the United States. Any American who
even for the purpose, of helping Ireland
dares to treat with) Germany or its agents is
a traitor to this country and to the cause of
the allies. Straight from the shoulder and
sure to make a hit in that particular quarter.
I IQDAVI
Xue Year Ago Today In the "War.
Keceptlon in house of representa
tives to war commission from Russia.
House of representatives passed
food administration bill, giving broad
powers to President Wilson. i . ,
Th Day We Celebrate: - ?
Thomas F. HalL retired real estate
man, born 1841. .
Herbert H. Neale, abstractor, born
" 1S6. . "
Frank E. Clark, broker and school
beard member, born 1869.
, Prlnea of Wales, heir apparent to
tha British ; throne, born at White
Lodge, Richmond. 24 years ago..
Brig.-Gen. Henry A. Reed, United
States army, retired, born at Pitts
burgh, N. 74 years ago.
TVs Day in History
1767 Cilve'a victory at Plassey,
v.hJch laid the foundation for British
rule) in India. .
1780 Americans under General
eeue defeated the British at Spring-
'1, N. J. . ,.--..(
1812 Cant John Rodger fired at
i British frigate Belvidere, the first
a! encounter in the war of 1812. -.
' 1 f 5 Samuel Francis . Du Pont
v planned the first - union naval
.ies in .the civil war, died In
,dlphia. Born at Bergen, N. J.,
mbar 27, 188S.
68 Matthew Vassar, the founder
. -ir college, died at Poufhkeep
U. T. Born in England. Aurtl 3
Just 80 Years Ago Today
A very pleasant informal muslcale
was given at tha home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Wool worth.
Not less than 100 of the prominent
society cltlaens honored the occasion
with their presence to welcome a
friend and artist of great merit Mrs.
Fannie Kellogg Bachert, who is vis
iting In the city for two months.
A June festival under the auspices
of tha Toung People's Society of
Christian Endeavor of the First Con
gregational church was given in the
Sunday school rooms of the church.
'Miss Bella Barton ot Baltimore Is
visiting her slater, Mrs. Dr. Mllroy.
Taking Cliancea.
"But does her heart beat for me
alone T" - - -. - .,
"You'll have to tike' a chance. 1
know of no stethoscope that will
throw any - light on that subject"
LoulHvllle Courinr. Journal.
Here and There
There Is a school house In Provi
dence R. I., which has been in con
tinuous use for 118 years.
When a speaker of the i British
House of Commons retires from
office it is the, established custom to
grant him a peerage, together with a
town house and pension of 820,000 a
year for the rest of his life.
It is estimated that Australia has
cows enough to give each man,
woman and child in 'the island conti
nent three each, while Argentina can
do even better. There are five cattle
to each inhabitant in the big South
American republic
While cutting up felled timber
Frank The! la, a farmer of Lena. 111.,
discovered in a hickory tree an al
most exact replica -of the famous Lib
erty bell. The timber, having been
seasoned, 'had cracked open on one
side, duplicating the crack in the old
bell. ' .
Payment of a red rose was" made
last Sunday to Miss Nancy Hammond,
a, lineal descendant of George Stelts,
founder of Lebanon, Pa., - .by the
trustees of Tabor Reformed 'church,
as ground rent fo. tha church sit
leased in 170 by Steltz to tha con
gregation for - houte of worship.'
A family ot tour, whose ages total
341 years, supports Itself comfortably
on 10. acres ot ground in Coshocton,
county, OMo. Henry Johnson, who Is
past . 91, is tha senior member. A
brother, Silfla. is 87. Mary Anne, 84,
does the housework and - milks the
fows. ! Gertrge Wilson, a brother-in-Inw.
ItiMt past 7!) raises th toik
Editorial Shrapnd
Minneapolis Tribune: This is the
time when .the harvester is invited to
And his place in the sun.
Minneapolis Journal: Germany
may stick to frightful ness, but Di
rector McAdoo's policy is jone of
frelghtfu'.ness. . ;
Louis"ille Courier-Journal: "God
will help further," declares the kaiser.
Going to bomb more tiospitals or
drown more women and children?
Baltimore Americans Berlin Is ad
vertising a great nnval drive. It also
advertised a dinner to be given by
the kaiser In Paris. But It isn't keep
ing faith with the promises therein
set forth.
Brooklyn Eagle: Uncle Sam is
providing for his esteemed hay fever
victims or devotees in a national for
est of 890,000 acres in the White
Mountains, where tha pollens cease
their troubling and the wheezers are
at rest He's a pretty good uncle,
even In war .times.
New York Herald- Production of
bituminous coal last week was the
largest in the history of tha Industry,
nearly 12 and one-half millions. If
the outut could bo kept up to an
average of 12.000,000 tons a week for
the remainder of the yesy the conn
try's requirements would be fully met
New York World: Tha Italians'
feat in torpedoing two large battle
ships of the Vlribus Unitis Units class
near the Dalmatian islands was ac
complished under the most difficult
circumstances. The Austrian navy,
Itke the German, is safest when lying
imrtpr the iirntnrtion ' harhnr ?t!Tm
' Signposts . of Progress
Some California timber has been
found to be particularly suited for the
manufacture of artificial silk.
It is estimated that 70 per cent of
the residents of the United States use
electricity in some form every day.
Seventy-five per cent ot the
wealth of the country is in the hands
of families receiving incomes of $9,600
or less.
A group of retail grocers In Van
couver, B. C, recently conducted a
campaign of advertising to educate
the public to the desirability of using
whale meat
The Department of Agriculture and
Technical Instruction for Ireland is
said to have spent about $650,000
during the last 15 months in the pur
chase of agricultural implements.
A scheme fo. collecting several
million seagulls' eggs to relieve the
shortage in hens' egg is being
launched in Scotland. The gull's egg
is said to be an excellent substitute
for the hen's egg.
The first steambcat on Lake Erie,
the Walk in the Water, was launched
at Black Rock, a short distance be
low Buffalo, Just 100 years ago. She
made her maiden voyage from Buf
falo to Detroit in the following Au
gust .
Insurance expert) contend that a
woman who Is in good health at the
age of 45 is likely to outlive a man
of tha same age, because she is apt
to be more temperate and less liable
make sure of the grain crop.
ODD BITS OF LIFE.
A score of backward cities east and
west are Just starting their war
stamp drives. In most instances the
Nebraska plan is the model of action.
Naturalists declare that fish make
love to the partners of their choice
practically in the same way that
pigeons coo and bow to their mates. ,
In certain of the rural sections of
England it is a belief that a bride at
the altar, to insure a happy" wedded
life, should on no account allow any
one to speak to her husband before
she has addressed him by name. ,
Many years ago some ingenious
workmen in Petrograd carved six
cannon out of blocks of lea, turned
them in lathes, and bored them tor
6-inch shells. And they actually fired
salutes from them. The ice was suf
ficiently strong to withstand the ex
plosion of 2,000 grains of gunpowder.
Idaho is the only state able to boast
of a railway run solely by one man.
The track was once a portion of an ir
rigation system, long sine abandoned.
An enterprising individual conceived
the idea of operating the road with a
high-powered motor truck, built with
flanged wheels, and with two trailers
to carry freight and baggage.
A certain American jurist has
drawn up a dietary to cure all the ills
that husba s are heir to. Thus, for
bad temper he prescribes pigs'
knuckles, tripe, buttermilk and stale
bread; for wife-beating, vegetables,
nuts and cereals, Jelly-cake and lady
fingers; for drinking, mush, milk,
candy and . xrmalade; for cold feet,
buckwheat cakes, sausage, fried po
tatoes and sha 1 roe. .
SELF DEPENDENCE.
Weary of myself, and sick of asklnr
What I am, and what I ousht to be,
At this vessel's prow I stand, which bears
me
Forwards, forwards, o'er th starlit sea.
And a look of passionate desire
O'er the sea and to the stars I send;
"Ye who from my childhood up have
calmed mo,
Calm me, ah, compose me to the end!"
'Ah, once more," I cried, "ye etars, ye
waters,
On my heart your mighty charm renew;
Still, still let me, a I gaxe upon you.
Feel my soul becoming vast like you!"
Prom the Intense, clear, star-sowa vault of
heaven.
Over the lit sea's unquiet way.
In the rustling night air came the answer:
"Wouldst thou be as these are I Live as
they.
"Unaffrlghted by the silence round them,
Undlstracted by the sights they see.
These demand not that the things without
them
Yield them love, amusement, sympathy.
"And with joy the stars perform their shin
ing. And the sea Its long moon-sllvered roll;
For selfpolsed they live nor pine with not
ing All the fever of some differing soul.
"Bounded by thmeselves and unregardful
In what state God's other works may be,
In their own tasks all their powers pouring.
These attain the mighty life you see." .
O air-born voice! long since severely clear,
A cry like thine in mine own heart I
hear:
"Resolve to be thyself; and know that he
Who finds himself) loses his misery!"
MATHEW ARNOLD.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Father You're late again, Sylvia. Tht)
won't do, yon know. You must tell that
young man of yours tflat late hours arc bat
for ens!
Sylvia All right, dad! But they ar
splendid for two. Cassell's Saturday Journal.
said the maa
"It doesn't seem right."
with wornout shoes.
"What doesn't seem right?"
"That a mere cow can afford to wear sH
that leather." Washington Star.
Mrs. Justwed You must not expect me ta
give up my girlhood ways all at once, dear.
. Justwed That's all right; go on taking
an allowance from your father Just as If
nothing had happened. Boston Transcript. :
Physician's Wife Are your affairs ia bad
nhape, Johnl
Physician Yea, but I bopa ta pull
through. My creditors have extended mr
papers to the middle of the watermelon
season. Doctor's Leisure Hour. " .
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by putting a teaspoonful of Canthrox
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