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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
Why 1900 Will Not Be a Lean Year

The question is often asked: "Will
the year 1900 be a leap year?" 1t will
not. When Julius Caesar received the
calendar he appointed an extra day
every four years, and his calendar
lasted until A. d. 1882. Now the Or
binary year is II minutes and IL sec
onds short of being 1861 days in length,
so that there isn't really a fully sized
extra day to be added to I ebruary every
four years. Caesar didn't know this, or
didn't care about it, and for 1000 wears
we kept borrowing from the future, I'M
til in 1882 we'd borrowed ten days.
Pope Gregory XIII. started to correct
this. He ordered October 5, 1882. to
be called October Is, and, to square
things, ordered that centurial years
should not, as a rule, be leap years.
But if leap year is omitted regularly
each hurdredth year, we pay back
nearly a day too much; SO Pope Greg
Dry further ordered that every centurial
year which could be divided by 400
should be a leap year after all. So we
borrow eleven minutes each year from
the future; more than pay our borrow
ings back by emitting three leap years
in three centuries, and finally square
matters by having a leap year in the
fourth c%enturial year. This arrange
ment is so exact that we borrow more
than we pay back to the extent Of only
n day in 1866 years. Sixteen hun
dred was a leap year, 1000 will be, but
1900 will not be. Any centurial wear
that can be divided by 400 will be a
leap year.-Hartford Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
DOINGs OF WOMEN FOLK
NEWS, NOTES, AND GOSSIP ABOUT
FEMININE AFFAIRS.
Lazy Man Stcnographcr-Slave Women In
AfrIca-A Shrewd Damsel-Worse Cru
city Than Death by Boiling Oil Invented
by a Woman.

Herbert Ward, the explorer-lecturer,
says that throughout Central Africa
the women outnumber the men three
or four to one, the men being killed off
in the wars and forays that are con-
stantly being made by one tribe on an
other and by Arab slave-traders on all.
The women are almost invariably slaves.
Unusually there are not more than three
or four women in a village. The price
of women is less than the price of pigs
or goats. There was until recently one
district ruled by a woman and there
that sex was supreme. Within the last
few years., however, that tribe was ex-
terminated, and-now the degradation
of one all owe Central africa is
universal"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

JETFRE JOHNSON, who was at one tim.
a slave incl the laws of New York, is still
living in Kings county, that state. A bI1
of sale, still preserved, shows that he was
disposed of for $50 in 1909, and he was
then about 9 years Old" Two of his SONS
did good service in the civil war, and it ia
to the further credit of the old man that hs
never posed as the body servant of Wash.
inrtOp.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
A Timely Warming.

You didn't kiss me before you left
the house this morning, John"
Didn't l? Then l must have for
gotten. dear, having SO much on NV
mind"
You didn't forget to kiss the servant
girl, though. l saw you"
Did you? Then l must have been
IN a tit of Observation-Disclosures. l. must
have mistaken her for YOU"
Well, it may be so, but if ever vour
aosent-mlndedness takes that form
again III be at mothers when YOU re-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
Hog Cholera.

In 1889 there were fifty million hogs in tbs
United Stntes. 1t is estimated that 5,oOOm
die annually from tho hog plague Much Of thu
use of the German Medicated Stock Food. Mr.
g. NJ. Davis, Lyons. Neb.-"I have used the
German Medicated Stock Food for shoats ate,
they were taken with the hog cholera. 1 had
your food. After feeding it 1 lost but one
though FIVE were very sick. Now they are
hearty and doing we'll" ". W.. Park, nj. D..
sick hogs, / have no hesitancy in p onouncipr
1T a meritorious article. ] recommend it for
hogs and have no doubt it is equally us good for
for it. 80 10 can for soc. Very cheap in kegs
and barrels. Send for prices and "How to Cue
Hog Cholera" free. German Medicine Co.,
Minneapolis, MINI,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

CRusHED.-D:Hossey (o3): That "a
horse seems to interfere a little. don,
ne? Car-driver (decisiyelyy: Guess A.
don't interfere with no one but h;msolf
-Hoyuard Lompoon. l
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

When Baby was sick. re gave her castorls.
When she was a Child. she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss. she chung to Castorla.
When she had Children. she gave them Casto,ia
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

TIE biggest edible oysters in the world
are found at Port Lincoln, in South
Australia. They are sometimes more than
q foot across the shell, and the oyster fits
the she'll SO we'll he does not leave much
margin.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

GATHEEcoLE is the nana o. o.o ..
Pennsylyania's coal baroAs, "
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

THE ship of state for Germany is the
chancellorship. -New Orleans Picau.
U7le.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

Two s%ashionably attired women en-
tered an elevated train Yesterday, and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

Worse Cruelty than Death by Boiling Oil
Invented by d Woman
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-01
CULyER'S TROUBLES
They Seem 70 Have Just Begun 70
Accumulate Upon
TIE BlLEY JURORS DEVOTED HEAD
states Attorney LOnEenee >4id TO
Haze Received startiins tatornaattoa
GozreFnlns htn- The secret a.
nucuEs OsUr ulm

CHrcAeo Dee 81 There : GOOD rea-
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ioisei4eeAet Is Aet-'e-y engaged ~ pre-
parug very sensational case Tor pre-
sensation 10 the January Grand juy.
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CATION o. tne actions .u tile jury room
vi tle obstinate twelfth man. who. i IS
.u..3 t.I5,... t.. cha se,ritfsf of
"-' 20 ''N -''.t.N N''" I''~ o't ''-''-
Croung murder has been urgently
forced uU0u the attention of Mr..
torg.r..L.r =. also claimed ,bat
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Telegram-herald., 1890-01-01
BETw EEN THE ACTS.
glasst sias4<~a T.. n Cobb. ~ Ps~srs'
NFa1d. Gauad.

2lrng the cculgs and gol1gs -
uay local m4nagsss. perhaps none
q end cared themselves mere 10 the
seLes - Poae, Opera House Than
ysger r. h. Cyh1.
hat h.s worth and avarlab.e kindly
cs.deraton have teea d4y 4rpfe-
oed ~ TIE boys. was amply evidenced
ln ght dur-g the Performance ot
sold HON -Le4t
- stage was set fol the last act but
e. tbe curtain rang up Oh tae Old
y England farm house kitchen, t
tlOsed not tle expected dear Old
bu4 Watcomb. but Manager Copb
4 the veteran stage rptlttE Ill.
FIell0l. reinforced ~ JmM-c
iklus, ta- grp. wAo bore 10 a., hands
remarkably handsome gold-lgaded
sny cane. RI proceeded u good
g. and with many HouE.Ae, u pre-
10 the cane Ol belaIt uL himself ali
low employees. Manage cobb re-
lnIed hspy and ,o tle point,
pugh 10 Was eyauut tlat Lt AI,
.s.u completely hy surprise. How
7 -. II he had male the best speech ia
world tle applause Was 20 de4ien-
L t would not have been heard. Tie
serpt.ol On tue caur "trom tle
sacues OF Powers Grand, lsyJ.'
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-01
UNDER THE WHEELS
re Dead Body Of q. c. Durzee
Found Near the Track.
SAD FBD OF 4 WIDOWED WIFE.
Aassh.r Tsrsisls C.ss 81 "AiSias ca the
EslIrs4a Traek-Oas lex brS-sa
aaa His Hs4d Bratsaa ths
FuasraI 4na Inquest

KALANA1oo. Mch.. Dee. sl.-An un-
usually s4d fatality occurred iAst nignL
n..rsean tnis CITY and Galesburg. Oh tne
n. q. road. resulting in the death u &.
4 plrkee. a highly respected farmer
whose lands adloin those OF the county
house. AL Indications point 10 the
fact that Alr. Durkee aas run over by
tne Kalamazoo accommodation, which
arrives here at 9-45 p m.
Mr Durkee h4d spent the evening ln
Oale.hurg. aud about clock started
with 4. II. Carr for home, walking
along tae railroad. When they came
10 tle road leading to Mr Carr's place
that gentleman left A.m, and that va.
tle ast seen of am alive.
Mr,. uugkee aaI 1870 adopted chill
dr.n waited l-u. nearly midnight toi
Nj uarAe. o. come home, aut tner
grew uneasy However they patiently
waited until nearly jty -.t aai iaan
auE erF wt. -a tatl t.H ,JD .-l
w Started tlr UaI.-lUL to ~es
n.r 4.1 q --n.I E.a- N taI
"a t.H rods ot rur place Nu-re AF. tari
ld .eft Nlr uars.e -les were lurT ii,t
o. lua the dead body oi husband An,
father near tle railroad track. ou,
Ieg was broken aul tlc head ta11
ilu .ed, but lt-crH.-c tu. ooty wasu0
ma -IeI Help Wts summon ID, ant
tle remains ol Chs unfortunate mal
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-01
Onr McGIntr

McGnty lived here In Grand Rapids
ia lSs5, according 10 the city directory
ot that year. Hc was highly proficient
I'm handling gas mains, and Away, pre-
seutcd au aesthetic exterior, and mauip-
u.ated the cold. hollow pipes with the
artistic motion and grace of "a Del,arte.
He was enthusiastic, both n the theory
and practice Of hls profession; IN TACT,
enthusiastic beyond q sane degree. The
officers OF the company DO not know
that he went t0 New York when he left
here, blt showing his uncomfortable
admiration Tor the p.pe, they conIcc-
Urc thar he j, socreted in the bottom
Of the sire instead Of the "eay.
This does not IMPLY that "Mac' ever
hit the p pc.
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-01

any plsv ta4t eoues oe-ore oar
fn.lr froa lae Isee am laester New
4erk kisu.a sea n uuder happy aas-
- There {, an atmosphere q the
.r...r about an tat.r --ttH-, taat puls
1ae,...t8r mu.ea.a.. s. 90 q mood sv 1e
neasd. Tie quiet TONES ot tne deoola-
tons 1he sah4a.d lights. tle elegance
.f every appointment conspre O.
strengthen Tins anpfogauVe feeling.
Moreover. tie experience 81 the tAe4ter
s...rg nf.b|ttwltl iytouin heater an-
ran.e.. .beIl> eacA uDW play iol tief
.strors nave leuued % expect pel-
f4nsuce, thst are really grand rot
t,.n.sk Ut rsfltE suc.t,~e-. tf|n TAO
COMEDIES of "Ihe NIie ana ipfd
/ Cno,als,H captured ule Cv py their
artistic: construction, rciA.d mems
u,eut and excellent ltsehialon. IL
/. vltn eager autC-patouf therefore,
( fhat without doubt large audience
viii On Saturday next see the curtain
raised d.scoyerng the hret scene n
p.ncrofs blg success. sweet Lavender.
Tins grand triumph u comedy has
I D. Ia lie stage of Terry Ihcatcfi Lon
Z don for the past I20 nights. lt Aaa an
uaInterruped nan ot one year III tht
New York lyCegm, proving ihe biggest
+ success i'm tie history ot that house.
F Th, plav viii be presented on the same
/ elaborate scale as The WIFE Inc
/ engagement is for two Performances
only, commencing with matinee.
George WILSON, brightand humorous
mOnOlogue entertainment has long heen
/ familiar 10 theater goes n TINS city.
/ Wilson. as comedian, always strives 20
/ keep abreast of the topics and the
| Tunes. He is peculiarly original and
unctuous. lis manner IS captivating
and his tricks of speech, gesture, hls
/ lauph and stutter and inimltab.e ora
/ tory are always highly amusing and
! pleasing 10 his audiences. IN hls COM
panv is Lew Benedict, for many years a
/ popular fayoTlte on the stage. The
/ company Is large and combine n giving
a neR minstrel program. The first part
/ Is dressv and attractive and j. called
/ DERBY Dav." The olO comprises six
| or seven turns, many of which are new.
/ There Will be two performances, tins
| afternoon and evening.
Numerous theater oOcrs here VIII re-
member now exquisitely and dalntly
! appropriate was the stage and scenic
dressings accorded "Thc Wife" when
! it wa, produced here a few days ago.
! Next Saturday afternoon and evening
we viii have another beautiful play
/ from the Lyceum Thcater, called "Swect
/ Lavender twill bc gwen by an IN
telhgent and carefully drilled company.
That popular and rolicking comedy,
"LIttle Nugget" j. expected at Red
mond's Grand next week. CaWthOrne
still plays Barney O. Brady.
1t is intended that the engagement Of
/ the st. Felix Sisters. IN "A Royal
! Hand, =" at RcdmOnd's, shall continue
for the remainder of the week. There
VIII be a matinee today, tomorrow and
Saturday.
Do not fail to attend the grand New
! Years matinee at Smiths today. The
full program y Ia be rendered.
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-01
THIS Is PROPER.
Miss Lou stsninS's DIesits Very Proper
Recognized


Recognized
The TELEGRtW-IiERALD I'll mcntlo
INK many handsome Christmas preser
which were gwen los subscribers 10 I
telephone operators. noticed that {
all ught operator had not been remel
bered. Dr. II. ". Cathn seems TO Aa
taken the hint, and yesterday we
calling ON those people who have p.
tcuIar usc Tor their telephones in c
ght time. The morning newsp1r
Offices. OF course, were Ou ms list, al
when he lcfJ this office at about
o'clock the list amounted 20 S3l.
tureui-bt. however, ,trcamOurtnot Pc
increased 90 an evca 500 Inquiry la'
orr. found the yO,uC lady, Miss I.
~te.uug, very happy. Although q nc
l3tc for Christmas, the even half hJ
Grcd dollars and hve pound box
candy, were fully appreciated.
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-01
Y. NJ. c. A.
Omcers Elected for 1s9O-An Excellent
Election.

Oficers Elected for IS9O-An Excellent
Election.
The vote cast at the annual election
Of officers OF the y. NJ. G. A, were
counted yesterday, and the following
officers were announced elected for the
ensuing year:
Pres. --.-CIay H. Hollister.
First 4.e-p rr~lufut-ttcoT % y. W ayne.
second VIC prc,id.nt-A. r. Gcrex.
Corresponding Srcretary-N lillian c. 0hep
pard.
Recording ~ecretary-John i. Martin.
Treasured tharIrs u. Harrington.
Four directors. fpr terms oi three years each
-Ncs5rS. d. l4IIdou Mch e.. ". J.. IOmiDson
Alexander l. Merriam and j.. +. sweet.
The nominating and canyassug com
mittcc 81, composed of Mcssrs J.. W
Ford. VI. r. Tomlnson and ". {. Shcp-
parl
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-01
THE CITY'S GROWTH
A. shown by Grand Rapids Bank clear
inl-. Tor IH&S and 1880.

Please compare these tahlcs hev
are the hank clcarngs for 1855 and $50.
Slraw- show Wh.ch way the wind blows
and those figures constitute a whole
straw stack:
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-01

That popular and rollicking comedy,
Little Nugget, j. expected at Red
mOnd's Grand next week. CawthOrne
still plays Barney @ Brady.
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-01

DO not fail to attend the grand New
Year matinee at Smiths today. The
full program NH bC rendered.
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-01

1t is intended that the engagement Of
the st. Felix Sisters, IN "A Royal
Hand =" at Rodmond's, shall continue
for the remainder of the week. There
VIII be a matinee today, tomorrow and
Saturday.
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-01
LIS I b n

WI OTTER YOU Az UtTtRWsHrD
RECORD OF f8 TEtPS
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02
How Papers are Read


at is peculiar bow personal chafac-
t4ristics manifest Themselves" said an
elderly gentleman In the elevated car. to
bis elderly companion, "and perhap- not
the least noticeable IL the way d.ff. rent
people read newspapers especially ia PUT
lie conveyance. Everybody has his OWL
pet way. Take the way they hold tAen
Did it ever strike you In how many DIFF
fer Mt ways this can be done!" The pee
ularity had never struck his companion,
SO the elderly gentleman continued bis
aphorisms. just look across at those
men on the other side. No Two are read
ing their papers In the same way" The
eavesdropper at his side also looked
across. and the observation was true.
One man had doubled the sheet, another
had made 1t into quarto, and still aboih-
or had formed it In thre straight sections
the full length Of the column. II have
found" continued the oracle, that q
large proportion Of the men read the
papers folded in half, the quarter section
men come next, and the length -ectieni>ts
next. 1t is rarely you find two men 1t
ting side by site reading paper the same
way" There was momentary pau-"
filled by the rustic Of some Asserting
newspaper, ard the oracle again Remark
ed The way Of holding paper shows
the man as surely as the way he VANS.
The refined, educated man, carefully
creeses his paper, sees that IL il 10 com
pact shape. and then goes systematicall'
through it.passing from column to column
and page 10 page with ease and facility,
whereas the shiftlpsa, uucouth man
punches 1t into wads and goes through It
as If hunting something In a rag bag.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02
The Cure for Gossip.

What is the cure for e ss;p: Simply.
cul'Ye. TLcr- is great deal Of gossip
lhavhas 40 malignity in it, Good-natur-
ell p"ople talk about their neishbors be
cause, they have nothing else to talk
apnuN As We write, there comes tn u.
the piaiure Of family of young ladies
We have seen them at home. We have me.
hem IN galleries of art, We have caught
gilnp.es Of them going from book
stores, or library, with a fresh volume
In their hands When we meet then
tfeY are fun Of what they have seen and
read, They are trimming with questions
O1e topic OF conversation is dropped on
IL IN give place t. another. in which they
are interested. We have left them, after
delightful hour, stimulated and refresh
ed; and during The whole h ur not 9
neighhor's garment vas s0ilad byso much
a. touch. They had something to talk
about. They new something, aud wanted
to know more. They could lit n a. xell
as they could talk. To speak freely of u
neighbor's doings and belongings would
have seemed an imperiincnce to them
and, of course, an ilnpropricty They had
no temptation TO gossip, because the do
Jugs Ct their ueighhors formed subject
very much less interesting than th0sc
which grew out of their knowledge aud
their culture.
And this tells the ~h1le story. The
confirmed gossip is always either mali
cious or ignorant. The one variety needs
change of heart aud the other change
of pasture. Gossip is always persona
comics sion either Of malice or imbecili,y
and the young should not oGly shun it
but by The most tn rough culture relieve
themselves from AL temptation TO in
du'ge 10 it. l. is a low, friNitous, and
too often dirty business. There ar,
country neighharbeods in which IL RACES
IKE psst. Ghasehes aye sFlil ia pieces
by it. Ncighbois are made enemies by il
for life. In many persons it degeuera.es
into chronic di,eas which is practical.
" iucusaSle. Lit the Young cure it while
they NAV Dr. HJlldl,d
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02
The Proper Length,

Stephen A. Douglas and Mr. Low, Joy
~.re once gossiping together, when
Abraham Line IN came in. The two men
immediately turned their conversation
upon the proper length of mans legs.
Now said Low joy, "Abe's legs are
altogether too long. aud yours. Douglas
! think. are a littlo >h,r,. Lets ask Abe
what he thinks of it." The conversation
had been carried on with a view to Liu-
coins overhearing it, and they closed it
by saving: abe, what do YOU think
about i.?" Mr.. Lincoln had far away
look, as he sat with one leg twisted
around the other, but be responded to the
question. Think of WHAT" We'll,
were talking about the proper length of
mans legs. We think yours are ton
Ing and Douglas too short, and we'd
Ike "a know what yea think is the proper
length We'll" said Lincoln, that's 3
matter I've never given any thought to,
so of course may be mistaken; but nv
first Impression is that mans leg uugh,
to he long enough to reach from his body
to the ground.-Sdn Francisco 1rgpndut.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02
The Decimal Cur ncy Again.

Ia my ar''c.e IN tn. SUI jeet 10 the RE-
rpETgK Of Oc'. 5I.t. thefe Is an on.!.,i,r,
I some woI1-. 10 the fourtl paragYaot
aylng tle sen-e inc5mp.e:s. / lr,l.udeo
~ az that the Pound II New Lupla,d
aud Virginia vas e4as. 70 three. feurtn-
II the Pound Sterling. 10 ,he Old Afi,h.
netic. 10 the nr-t part IF THIS cer.orv
snd 1efore the Pound Sterling va ra,ed
a. four dollar, and forty -four cent. and
fOur-uinths Deduct one f0qrth from
his and il lesges three dollars thirty
three CENT. and three ninth. or one third
a. IL. value of tie Pound In Ne. Epg.
.snd.
II any one ASKS Wy the Sovereign 1r
English Pound T. m. worth ABOUT four
dollars sn1 eighty x cet.s the au-Her
i al hand, Il J. oec.u-- tie dollar has
dtpreciated The 9r.giua. solar. q a
dop,ed ~ Cnngres. cor.sf s4f 10 grain
If Silver; yut When Senator B-oton IL.
ysed hi. y.iouary scheme u Az e1clu-
-iye metallic CURRENCY be asserted that
al orr coins. both god and silver. we're
overweight for via. they ps.sed f.. n
foreign countries. Ana he male Con.
zre.s believe i: Eagles we're reco!ned q.
less Weigh, and the dollar wa. reduced 70
3I2 IL grains If Silver. ard remains ~
Ill; apd p1d.y the weiga. Of meta IL
the doM.r !s worth ou.y a1out ninety
cents. more " e.. Z. the pr..e - We,
tIctuates in the market II f. ut
STANCE tim th.t al concerned .s-r r.
fnotely il SuFer mining Sind .aYar ,le
Unlimited coiusga. as " having j. c1Ines
for themselves. they would OBTAIN mg-5
letter price for their produc.. There
will PROBABLY oe . hard struggle over tn
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02
COuNIYC CLIPPINGS.


Z. Il. Foster II" editor aud business
manager OF the Wa'erNille DAILY New,
was arles'ev y, faIlht'u, "''i.e>'ss, on
o"n.l'.ai'' u sue prop .'.,'> VI pa"s
pnpei VINO na'e "c'" P1'h>h''7 He -
per s'hSs ~ oir'n "'rh az nc W.
tia. -eo "'.n securing we pu'''V',,'h ,
us p.pei .F S'''' 'P"'
: IN >o0 '''''', ,''a' >" P'N "ieut ~
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02
POETRY.
The Better Way.
BY SUSAN CooEIboE

BY SUSAN CooriDog.
Who serves his country best
Not he who, for brief and stormy space,
Leads forth her armies to the fierce ARRAY.
Short is the time Of turmoil and unrest,
Long years Of peace succeed it and replace;
There is a better way.
Who serves his country best
Not he who guides her senates in debate,
And makes the laws which are her prop and
stay;
Not he who wears the poets purple vest,
And sings her songs Of lsve and grief and fate
There is better wsy.
He serves his country best
Who joins the tide that lifts her nobly on;
For speech has myriad tongues for every day,
Is stronger than the craven law on stone
This is the better way.
He serves his country best
Who lives pure life, and doeth righteous deed,
And walks straight paths, however other, stray,
And leaves his sons as uttermost bequest
A stainless record which all men may read
This is the better way.
No drop but serve. the slowly lifting tide,
No dew but has an errand to some flower,
And man by man, each giving TO all the rest,
Make the firm bulwark of the count'y's power;
There is no better way.