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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-05-22
Re al Estate Notice.

The undersigned having en-
tered into the Gland agency
business at Pungoteague, Ac-
conac county, Va, desire to
call the attention of the public
to the fact.
We propose to give the bust
ness our strict attention adver-
Using extensively and be cap
able of finding purchasers for
lands in Accomac and North
ampton counties that private in
dividuals cannot reach. All per-
sons having real estate and wish
ing to dispose of it or those
wishing to purchase land or
property on the Eastern Shore,
Va are invited TO communicate
with us. All classes of town
property, water fronts, &C., are
desired. Persons communicate
ing with us, having such prop
erty for sale, the same will be
examined by us and advertised
Immediately. Business entrusted
to us will be strictly confidential.
Respectfully,
WINDER, WARD & Co.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-05-22
The Pastors Wisdom.

II never thought it of you, George"
said the pastors old schoolmate in the
seclusion of the ministerial study.
"That 1 should live to hear you de-
nouncing progressive euchre as wicked"
eff 1 didn't" said the good man,
"they would be playing poker next.
But as long as can keep them believ-
ing that they are SHINING a little, they
will stick to their euchre. '-Cincinnati
Ennr1irnr
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-05-22

Politics is a better thing for a young
man to have knowledge Of than to act
ually experience. He should know what
politics means, so that he can vote in ;
diligently and conscientiously. One
thing is certain-actiye participation in
politics and in business do not go to-
gether. Edward W. Box in Ladies'
Home Journal
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-05-22

Anyone interested in the pur-
chase Of Ice Cream will find it
to their interest to write me be-
fore buying elsewhere. My aim
is best goods and will compete
in price with other manufacture
ers. Send me your order.
Parties living on the border of
Pocomoke sound can, if they
prefer it that way, get their
cream by boat. I will deliver
it at my oyster house for them.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-05-22
Jno. w Duncan,

JEwRLER, :: ONANcocK, Va.
Fine Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Si,yerware and Speetacles.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-05-22

a Sermon That Mostly Concerns This
Life, Yet Spiritual and Physical Condi-
lions Arc Largely Dependent Upon Each
Other.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-05-06

Der StraBs unperIebsns in Ben giideu
seitoden.
8ettla d.. 0ier periu1ie cine
gunse 5amilie Selbftmorb oura 9lufs
ftelen zines nit sIiibenben 8oblen ees
fiillten 9sdsns in bem BON feds pers
fpnen bspobnten 3immer. Die Wlut.
ter unb bier &inber ipurbsn burh bus
Gas getOOtet, Der Batter bat ii1 pieoer
srbplt unb beftnbst fidb auBer 9efabr.
Gt3iten. Ta9ts 1T bas Der
8ittipe @milis MiilIer. Spiefs iel. BON
gBiten, in Seniineen, gebOrenbeBobn=
baus iammt benz in Der glGbe itebsn=
ben. ebenfans nit Strpb unb Sdin=
beln bebedten Speiher sanSli6 abges
braTnt.
5eIsese. unfpeit BON bier
puroe Elm Wtann tobt oufgefunben.
SerieIbs purbs aIs elm Snedt Gcms
perle bon Sonidpil, suIsbt in Riebers
ftsttsn i'm Disnt, srtannt unb Il, Se<
nau besrbigt. 8srpunbte unb Sreunoe
famen Sur 2eids unb na9ber mar. iuis
iiblid. Elm WaittuseFsn i'm ~Siriden."
Oer anberen Sasss iebo6 itelIte es ii9
beraus, bab Der bermsintli9e peritprs
bsne 9ns9t 9emperle nod lebe unb
bab Der 9egrdbene elm Sebaitian
S9psiaer aus RieDeripil mar.
OciterreIdl.llngarn
Dten. 9tmpraterftern bat ii9
Der 3abuts6nitsr Otto Ssrs erI6ofen.
- Der srite r9lispbotOgrapb", @nseIs
bert Sslinser, 1T bier seitprben. =
Der Masiitratsconcipiit Or. @uItup
Bruno apiut bat fid in @bmont srs
bdngt.
gostn. Sas bieiies Sreisges
ri9t bsi9dftist Elm GROCER 8strue unb
Siebitabl, our6 ben bas poitGrar eiz
men S6aoen bon 26,S10 @uiben erleiz
bet. Gin unbstanntsr @auner fGlIGte
eine poItantpeiiung unb sisnste ii9
auberoem ben Snbalt bon a9t 9eIoz
brisfen unb Stpei recommanoirttn
Srisfen an. = Dom Si=oleriteis ober
Weran Itiirsts Der Suti9ersiobn Rtitz
ner ab unb erlitt sipsi I9tpsre Sopf=
ipunbsn unb cine @ebirnerIdiittsrung.
Gifenftabt. Obsrf6rTtsr ces
ssiiriten BauI gfterbaap, Serr Garl
8ergmann i'm Sbiergarten, feierte Iein
6Oidbri9es 9ienitiubilGum; sr periieft
feline SienItespflidten trob ie;ner 70
Sabre in ungeI9pGdter SDrper= unb
@siitestraft nit piinttlicpItsr 9etpiis
fsnbaftisfeit.
9raa. Der Snssnieur ter Bril-
denbauanItalt Yaul Sinner. trsl9er
cine Sour uuf ben 9o6luntit unterz
nabm unb Iidb bort psrirrte, ipurbs i'm
SGrnI9iibs sWdFerfal nit 5erIdmets
tsrten 9Iiebern tpbt aufsefunben.
yursmburg.
Quremburs. Sas 7jdbrtee
S0bn6en ,bss aunftiidlers Silosen
purbe i9tper bur6 sinen 3ieselitcin
psrlebt, Der BON benz Nettsr'ihen
Sauie, mo bic @rbeiter nit gluSbeiics
rungen beibGftist parsn. auf oGs
SrpttOir fiel.
0iefird. 8eim abiddlen zines
8aumss psrleBts ii9 Der II Sabre aIte
Sobann petsr SIsin nit elmer 9lrt icbr
f9per.
Sippa9. 9tuf Der Riidfuhrt BON
Sid a. b. 2ll5 ging bas 9fero oes
gderers Dom. &irpo9 burG. Der
Ranu iprans Dor oem @aeen. Fiel
iebp9 gu 8oosn, ipobsi ibm Elm Rab
iiber ben unterleib ging. 8prii6srges
benbs fauben ben 8sruneliidten i'm
Strabensroben liesen uno braaten
ibn in Elm nabe selegeues !Saus. no sr
am folgenben Wprsen ben erIitteren
@srleBInesn srlag. Der @erungIiidts
9interlGBt cine @ittipe nit 8 &inbern.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-05-06

-Sn gpnn nurbe elm
Morbanfau sesen Elm junges Mdb9en
unb beHen Batter ausgeiibt. Gin iuns
ger Rann, isines 3eidens elm 3us
ihneiber, botts nit bem WGbden elm
QiebesperbGltnib unterbolten, oas
aber Don bem MGb9sn nad bem mill
len ibres gatsrs absebroden poroen
mar. sSn bsm iunssn Monne reifte
barpb aIImGlis bic a5Iitt. bas Wdos
den unb beFen Batter gu tpbten uno
bann on fib islbI Sanb gu lesen. Gr
taufte Iih einen Rspolbsr unb erfpdrs
tete bas MGbden por ieiner @obnuns.
oils .s niht etI6ien, brane Der Moros
luftiae am nG9iten Mprsen in bic
Wobnuna bes MGbdtns unb ri6tete
pbne Weiteres ben Repolper seaen
basfslbe. gluf bas 9ei4rei oes
Nldb6ens fam bsFen Batter berbei uno
erreibte nod 70 piel, bdb Der erits
@dub benz MGbhsn nitbt in bic
Bruf, fonbern in bus gsin brang.
3tpei tpeiters SduFs, bic ebenfalls
bem WGb6en eelten iollten, trofen ben
Batter, aber auh bieien ni6t tObtlid.
Der SbGtsr. bsm mad ldnserem Rins
aen nit benz Batter bes UiGohens Der
gepolper absenommen tpproen mar,
Iudts su sntflisben, ipurbe absr bdlo
erariffsn unb perbaftet. Bel Ieiner
8ernebmuns rGumte er fofort feline
@bf9t elm unb fpru9 iein 9eoauern
aus, bas MGb6en nidht fofprt tobt ses
iGoFen gu bdben. unb bob ibm bic
WDslidteit s.nommen iei. aud iih
i.lbit au tSbten.
Der Sumor bes Or. G;gi
trsibt unausssIebt 8liitbsn. 90
idreibt Der jiineits Bitter bss Siirits
lid rsubiIden @srbienitorbens in teis
mem Y@atsrIunb": Der qrinosRessnt
bat in Berlin 5abIrei6s Srbsn binters
lafen. Inter anberen srbielt Der Bib
bauer 8egas, Der bas Rei9sosntmGl
Wilbslms I. unb bic 2Dipsn baran,
ipelds gum She'll mebr elmer Wilofdu
aus benz Spefart als einem 20tDtn
slsidieben, sema6t bat. eireH Wti3l
5fusiter unb Der @oritanb besn ngaperns
persins." Elm 8erliuer 3abnar3t, Der
ibm feline 4ufpartuns modlte, eiuen
pierter 8eroiianuug. 90 lei4t fam
man SuipeiIen gu einem Srbsn tomz
men! Der Resent isIbit 6sfam in
Berlin aud etipas, ndmlidh rmebrere"
aiife bonn prin5en 9sinri6 beim @bs
iditb auf benz 4nboltsr 8a5nbof, bic
er rsrtpiberte." Mub bas riibrenb unb
ber5erbebenb setpeisn Tein! 0em st0s
Mig 2ubtpis 1T 70 mas ME poiiirt; sr
bat ii6 aber INNER bariiber tr0iten
i6nnen.~
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-05-06
grpDin, GhIeiicn.

9resIau. 8ermibt tpirb Der 45
Sabre olts Sutma6er 9uitap Steinis.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-05-06
9ibcinprupin.

8urmsn. Der S6reinerauss
itanb 1T uIs bsenbst gu betra9ten, neil
bic 9r0bte 3dbl Der ausItGnbii9sn Su
ben nsuen 8sbinsunsen bei neunitiins
bigger arbsitsssit arbsit asfunpsn bat.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-05-06

Sorm1tabt. Nfit elmer S6uIs
benlait bon 5000 Mart seristb Der
Sdneio:rmeiiter @oolf Oltersoorf in
Sficnbu9 in Gonchrs. Wesen ni6t
pronungsmGBiser 5iibruns Der giis
der tpurbe er bon Der bieiigsn Strafs
TANNER nit crei Sugen 9efdRgnib BE-
lest.
9eebenfir6en. Der Steins
buusreibeiiBer q. 9rissbammer purbe
in Der Dirtbidaft CUR rSrsuSalp"
bur4 WeHeriti4e 10 fdtper perpunbst,
bob sr balo buruuf ftarb.
8ineen. Der 15idbrig. ReaIt
'hiilsr ffrans 2uripia MpIf. Der in
The herald., 1897-05-31

scandals to the bottom and purify our
Stygtan pool. though It be found in the
parlors Of the millionaires. and cleanse
our Augean stables, though the Nth be
found in the senate chamber?
AS Senator Tillman says. like a man.
let the investigation be 30 thorough as
to relieve the senate of suspicion If its
members be unjustly charged. Purge
either the senate chamber Or the report
ers' galleries. and punish the offenders
wherever they may be. No danger was
ever escaped by closing ones eyes to 1t.
No inward lurking disease was ever
cured by saying it did not exist. No
humor in the blood was ever purified
by casting veil over the sore spot.
and no moral corruption was ever
stopped by a general denial Of its ex-
istence.
Senatorial courtesy and the glittering
Of senatorial denials to the
contrary Notwithstanding. Mr.. Till
man is right. And he seems to stand
pretty lonely in his battle for right. The
and Benedicts may brand
him as a crank. but the plain people
will honor him as a patriot. He will be
better later on.
The herald., 1897-05-31
THE BENSON SURVEYS

In 1887 the land ONCE let some con-
tracts for surveying portions of the un-
surveyed lands in this state to complete
the work begun by Norris in 1857. The
contractor had orders to check up with
the Norris surveys.
The work was done and the maps
f1led with the department, but when the
examiner Of surveys came out and
looked It over he found that while the
maps agreed with Mr.. Norris, what few
stakes had been set In the field did not
agree with the map.
The California bank having advanced
money on the surveyors scrip. being
interested In the case, used its influence
to have the matter postponed. But soon
the government got after Mr.. Benson
and pushed the cases they had against
him until he was glad to agree to go into
the field and set his stakes where his
maps said he set them.
The surveyors went into the field ard
did some work and asked the govern
ment to accept it. Special Agent Col
lier was sent out to look into the mat
ter. and found, as usual, that it was all
wrong He so made his report and sent
it to Washington. Soon after he re-
ceived orders from the land office that
the fund had become exhausted and
that he had better return to Washing
ton at once.
On his return he found his report mis-
laid, and it cannot be found. He at once
rlade another copy and presented It
personally to the land department, and
there it stays. In 1887 the same repor,
IA - IL to- l.
find.
The facts are that the deputies under
Benson in nearly all cases did not con-
form to the early surveys, and thereby
made the way plain for endless litiga.
ton. To be more explicit. in township s
north. range 16 west, S. B. NJ, Mr.. Nor
ways notes give as his starting point
the old Norris corner. in the southeast
corner Of said township, whereas the
stake he swore he set is 400 feet north
ard east of that point, and in running
four miles north and west his stake is
757 feet from where he says 1t is.
This matter has been in the land office
for ten years, and is no nearer settle
ment today than in 1887. Settlers have
been living on land in these unsurveyed
sections for years. and can get no pa
tents because the government will not
do it's duty.
There seems to be no hope for the peo-
pie in this fight for simple justice as
it always miscarries, and by causing an
iIterminable wait they hope to force
the people to accept what is wrong in
order to get anything at ALL
The new land commissioner, Her
mann of Oregon. has postponed the
cases against the sheep men, who have
been living off the government and de-
stroying its property, so there seems to
be no hope in that quarter. How long,
oh. freeborn American citizens. will the
continue to rule?
c. F.E
The herald., 1897-05-31
REMARKABLE COMPETITION

Several Republican newspapers in
Southern California are sneering at Mr.
Bryan and speaking contemptuously OF
his proposed visit here, acting doubtless
on the theory that live donkey may kick
dead lion and come to no harm. But
the lion is not dead, as the donkeys will
ascertain early in July. Mr.. Bryan is a
greater factor in politics now than he
was after the Chicago convention and
before the November election. Defeat
has only added to his prestige. The New
York World. which bitterly opposed Mr..
Bryan for the presidency, declares that
he would sweep the country were pres
idential election to be held now. The
shadow of the silver issue overhangs the
tariff debate.
The Herald has before alluded to the
extraordinary competition that exists
for the honor Of entertaining Mr.. Bryan
upon the occasion of his visit to Cali
fornia. 1t is growing stronger all the
time. Probably neither Mr.. Bryan nor
the committee that secured his accept
ance of the invitation to come here had
any conception of the extent Of the de-
mands that would be made.
1t is to be hoped that none will b.
disappointed, yet all cannot possibly be
accommodated in the three days Mr..
Bryan propose. to spend in California
If the great young commoner could so
arrange his affairs as to prolong his
stay, there would be great joy in Califor-
mia. In any event, the best possible dis
position of the time will be made. on a
broad and liberal basis.
Locally. the arrangements are pro-
crossing finely. Responses to the ban
quet invitations are coming in in large
numbers and the event will doubtless
be one to be long remembered. Aside
from this invitation feature, the public
will have every opportunity to see and
hear Mr.. Bryan without favor and with
out expense. Seating accommodations
for $4,000 people have been arranged for
the Fiesta park meeting. Save some Of
your Fourth Of July enthusiasm for Mr..
Bryan.
The herald., 1897-05-31
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

The Duchess of Teck spends over $4,000
a year in religious and philanthropic
works. This sum is just one-fifth the
annual amount granted her by parlia-
ment. 4s,4-i 10 4.ae I'd s-.,
Henry Marion Howe of Boston, the
son of Julia Ward Howe, who has been
appointed professor Of metallurgy in
Columbia college. is cousin of F. Ma
rion Crawford, the popular novelist.
Bishop Williams of the Connecticut
Episcopal diocese, who is now almost so
years old, and in poor health, has asked
for the appointment of a coadjutor bish-
op at the diocesan convention to be
held next month. The bishop offers to
give up half his salary to the assistant.
There is likely to be very sharp coz
test for the place.
The appointment Of Colonel Edmund
Rice to be United States military at
tache in japan places shrewd and sea-
soned soldierly observer where he can
watch and note the military development
of the rising power of the far east. Col
Rice who commanded the Nineteenth
Massachusetts on many bloody fields, is
now captain in the Fifth United
States infantry. Gen. Miles old regi-
ment nf.tt
Admiral Brown, who will soon re-
tire from the navy. gives the following
reason for preferring Indianapolis for
home: ''Ill be the only admiral IN
Indianapolis" he says. whereas. If
settled in Washington I'd be one of
forty. When man goes into the club
at Indianapolis and inquiries If anyone
had dseen the admiral they will know that
he means Brown, but when such a ques-
ton is asked in Washington forty OLD
coves will rush up and answer, I'm
here"
Mrs. Eliza D. Stewart, who organized
the first womans temperance union in
the west, celebrated her eighty-first
birthday at Springfield, O., recently.
Mother Stewart" as she is called, or
ganized the first union at Osborn, o.,
with 100 members, in 1873. Since then,
up to recent years. she has employed
her entire time in active crusade work.
Then, back to her ma tive land, she took
the w. c. T. U. into Virginia, in 1873,
and introduced the blue ribbon pledge
work among the colored people there.
The herald., 1897-05-31

country, and the ruin of many of the
boys and girls in its vicinity; hope that,
seeing the evil results heretofore, thos.a
having La Fiesta in charge will have too
much regard for morality, the good
name of Los Angeles and the wishes of
the better class of people to allow y
repetition Of the lawlessness which must
attend the opportunities and tempta-
tions Of All Fools night.
Again and again the writer has learn
ed of the ruin Of a young girl and boy on
such occasions. Let each member pf
that committee ask himself, before TAX
ing action on the program for the next
Fiesta, whether he is willing to be re-
sponsible for the downfall of even ore
human soul. I know it is said by soma
persons, thoughtless persons 1 must be-
lieve them to be. that parents should
see to their own children, and that is
true. But such is human nature, such
the inclination to lawlessness, that not
only is the judicious watchfulness CT
the parents necessary to secure an OBJ
servance Of the laws Of propriety. but
public sentiment is also necessary. Il
Is we'll known that grown men, when
away from restraining influences, as
OoA SOioiCio 00i iAi6 tuc WdI, W ludiiy
things in violation Of established rules
Of decorum and honesty. which they
would not think of doing in the pres
ence Of neighbors and restrictive laws.
Can 1t then be supposed that the young,
in the unsettled state between youth
and manhood, generally fail to resist
the temptations to excesses and riotous-
ness offered by All Fools night?
The committee promised themselves,
at the last Fiesta, that the exercises
on that night should cease at II or IL
o'clock; but 1t proved that. having given
free reign for the evening. they could
not command the obedience necessary
after the spirit Of rioting had gotten
fully under way. May we not
hope that the Fiesta COMMITTEES
will consult the common well
fare of the city, and the wishes of IT'S
better class of citizens and abolish that
night? There Is abundant room for
entertainment In other ways that will
leave better results of their efforts to
please. M. L.
South Pasadena, May 26. 1897. .
The herald., 1897-05-31
Durrant in the Governors Hands

To the Editor Of the Los Angeles
Herald: Public expectation appears to
be a good deal wrought up about the
probable course the governor will take
in the case Of Theodore Durrant, con-
victed of the murder of Blanche La
mont Some people are bold enough to
think that he may exercise his preroga-
tive to the extent of committing the
prisoners sentence to one of imprison-
ment for life, upon the ground that the
evidence in the case, being entirely cir
cumstantial. affords a possibility that
other evidence may some day be dis
covered that may establish the con-
vict's innocence.
Should such discovery ever be made
no reparation could be effected II the
man were dead; being alive, he could at
least be restored to his friends. History
tells of so many cases in which circum-
stantial evidence has at later date
been found to prove a different set OF
facts than those at first supposed to be
true, that 1t IL idle to maintain that the
Durrant case is. or can be, solitary ex-
ception.
The San Francisco newspapers con-
victed Durrant by the way in which
they stirred unpopular feeling to pitch
that rendered 1t unsafe for the jury, II
the members themselves wished to es-
cape hanging, to acquit And today the
same newspapers threaten with fiend-
ish glee. that were the governor to let
the prisoner free, the mob would quick
ly finish the hangman's Job.
It is not in such a spirit as this that the
- a. - Svxr - As.v, ltxx~
be satisfied. The cry for bloody retribu.
ton is nothing other than the call for
victim to be sacrificed to appease the
names Of the murdered girls. 1t is the
spirit of the times of the old idolatry.
Those who believe in the convict's guilt
have no other evidence than that offered
to the jury and that evidence was not
direct, but inferential.
If ever there were case when the
good old Scotch verdict of mot proven"
would have been applicable, surely it
was in the case Of Durrant. Outside Of
San Francisco there exists. among peo-
Pile of calm intelligence, the strongest
kind Of feeling that the death penalty
should not be exacted. The commuta-
ton Of the sentence would not be an act
Of mercy so much as an act of Justice.
The prisoners punishment is short in
hanging and continuous In imprison-
ment, and he suffers more in the latter
alternative.
But the sufferings of the individual
are to be considered secondarily to the
measuring out Of justice, seeing that
punishment Is not the object Of the law
but the suppression Of crime.
upon circumstantial evidence, he, hav-
ing been unable to establish his inno-
cence circumstantially or otherwise,
should righteously suffer Incarceration.
but not death by human hands, seeing
that there exists possibility that he
is not guilty Of the crime for which he
suffers punishment.
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
The herald., 1897-05-31
Sonoma County Crop Outlook

The outlook for crops in Sonoma
county is better than for any year in
the past ten years. Prunes, on the
average, will be more than half crop,
and better than last year. Peaches are
much better than reported heretofore.
The hay crop is coming out finely. The
grape crop is better than any season IN
the last twenty-five years. 1t is superb.
A gentleman told us that even the part
ly infected phylloxera vines were show
ing good yield. The hop crop is look
ing first rate.-Santa Rosa Democrat.
The herald., 1897-05-31

Under the high license or mulct liquor
law in Iowa the minimum license is
5000, but the municipal authorities may
make it as high they please. The oper-
alton of the law shows that $500 licenee
makes about twice as many saloons as.
$1,000 license. Ottumwa charges $1S00,
but has no fewer than eighteen saloons,
about one to each 1000 of population.
The local option law works we'll in Iowa.
Prohibition prevails in many counties,
but it is impossible to enforce such
law in cities like Des Moines, Davenport,
Dubuque, Ottumwa, Sioux City and
Burlington. In Davenport, for instance,
when the prohibition law was in effect
all over the state, the saloons were wide
open Sundays and all. They were
assessed by the local authorities and paid
the tax cheerfully; but there would have
been rioting if ar attempt had been
made to enforce the law.
The herald., 1897-05-31
CALIFORNIA OPINION
Secondhand Brains

We have received a proposition-of
course. through mistake, from New
York sound money" bureau, to publish
T.. literary matter, and in the same con-
nection the bureau generously offers
to furnish us with brain matter, as well.
If we should need it,. 1t informs US that
If we should happen to get tied up in
controversy with an obstinate free
silver adversary, and haven't reply
handy" it will supply us with the
needed article at once. Now we know
where some Of our able Republican con-
temporaries get their secondhand
brains,-Vertura Democrat.
The herald., 1897-05-31
"Beside the Dead"

1t must be sweet, o, Thou my dead, to lie
With hands that folded are from every
task;
Sealed with the seal of the Great Mystery,
The lips that nothing answer nothing
ask,
The lifelong struggle ended ended quite,
The WEAKNESS of patience and of pain,
And the eyes closed to open not again
On desolate dawn or dreariness Of night.
1t must be sweet to slumber and forget.
To have the poor tired heart go still at last,
Done with all yearnings, done with all re-
gret
Doubt, fear, hope, sorrow, all forever past,
Past all the hours, or slow of wing or fleet.
It must be sweet, 1t must be very sweet.
--Ina Coolbrith.