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Treasury Clerks Claims.

The Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury
has submitted n letter to the House Com
mittee on War Claims, setting forth GER
tain communications from officials of the
Treasury Department relating TO claims OF
employees for work done overtime during
the war with Spain. The amount required
to meet the extra compensation claims is
$S,176.02. divided as follows: In the office
of Treasurer of the UQited tSates, S2,iOo.59.
in the Office Of Register Of the Treasury
s., ,4S9.I5; in the Division of loans and Cur
rency, Office of Secretary. $2.9S0.6S.
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A FOX CLIMBS A TREE.
The Unusual sight Witnessed by n
Party of Huntsman.

hunters jumped fox in Darlington 5
woods, Edmondson's Neck, and for two
hours there was a hot chase. Finally the
fox crossed over to Waverly and made for
a tall pine tree growing by the water side
To the amazement of the hunters. he run
up the tree % feet and sat down in a
crotch.
Thinking such an aerobatic fox too good
to kill, the sportsmen left 1t in the tree.
This was in the afternoon, and at sundown
the fox was still on his lofty perch. The
veteran fox hunter AL Warner says it is
the second time in his hunting experience
of thirty years that he has seen a fox climb
tree
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MISS ALVEY DISAPPEARS.
The Police Searching for 81 Missing
Woman.

The police were today requested TO look
out for Mamie Alvey. nineteen years of
age, Of Rock Point, Nd, VINO has mys-
teriously disappeared. When last heard
from the young woman was leaving the
steamer Potomac al its wharf. at the foot
Of Seventh Street, yesterday morning. She
was, it is said, in the company OF .
woman named Lloyd.
Miss Alvey was to hale gone to the
home of Mrs. Bentley Dare. 700 l. Street,
southeast. Al late hour she had not put
in an appearance. which caused The request
for police aid in locating her.
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Fastest TOrpedObOat AhOat.

The marvellous speed Of the modern torpedobost
is hardly conceivable. The speed made By the
British destroyer Wiper her recent trial trip
thirty eight knots fortyfour and one-thrd land
miles. an hour eredtable gait for express
train This is the fastest that boat rushed
through tho water, and it Ia claimed that the
speed limit has not yet been reached. Tie speed
limit has been reached by US in delivering Maerzen
Senate and Lager Is your home. Immediately
after the order for case OF Hsurjch's beer over
'phone six -thrty-fouf Is received q wagon ID
promptly despatched to deliver the beer.
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Price 2Sc at any drug store.

II you have cold try Munyon's Cold
Cure: IL you have Dyspepsia try his Dys-
pepsia Cure; if you have any kidney trou-
BILE try his Kidney Cure. Munyon has a
specific remedy for most every disease;
mostly 25 cents. Munyon's Inhaler cures
Catarrh. Grippe, Bronchitis, &c. Price 81.
MUNYON'S DOCTORS ARE FREE.
Nothing is asked for examination or ad-
vice. Eminent specialists from leading
colleges are on duty from 9 a. m. to p.
m. week days; 8 to p. IA. Sundays. The
best medical skill and advice money can
procure are yours without money.
No. 62s Thirteenth street NV.
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Representative wadsworth of Geneseo

Representative Wadsworth, of Geneseo.
was signed to the check he got cashed
as Lieutenant Slocum, T. S. A. He has
also represented himself as a brother-in-
law of Hobart futile, Governor Voorhees,
private secretary. All of the checks were
for sums between s25 and $50. DR.. Polk,
of the New York address, has notified the
police that Slayton is no son of his, and
that he never heard of him. Slayton, it
is said is known to the Washington, d.
c., police.
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The local police authorities say that
Slayton never operated in Washington
They have his record and a list of the al
legged forgeries in other cities, but so far
as they know he never attempted to pass
any worthless drafts here
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4 cannot perform a more consci-
entious duty than TO adVise every
sufferer from rheumatism to try my
rheumatism Cure. 4 don't care i'm
W hat part OF the body the pain may
be. or whether ID is chronic or acute.
q know this Remedy will give nj
snost immediate relief. and cure I'm
. few days. MINYoN,
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The Bathing Beach.

The District Commissioners have appointed
snowden Ashford Assistant Inspector OF Buildings;
W. j. Douglass, Assistant Engineer. and William
TindaII. Secretary 10 the Board OF Commissioners.
committee 10 superintend the improvement, re-
pair and conduct Of the bathing teach Cntil o;htr
wise ordered u is not EOw expected that any
material changes will be made in the management
cs the bathing beach during the season e 1909.
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THE Steel COHPANYC Case
Trouble Between Frick aud Cdrne-
gle Of Long Standing.

The Former Manager Offended on
Previous OccnsiOns-He Once Re-
manned i'm Europe Intii His Part
ner ApoIogized-A Misuudcrstand-
ing About Certain Coke Contracts.
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House &
Hermann,
90l= =9O3 9TH ST.,
Cor. OF | (Eye) St.
The Nomination Postponed.
Cor. of | Eye St.

ROME. Feb. 16.--AccOrding to infOrnla-
tion received from the Vatican the noml-
nation of a Bishop Of Columbus. Ohio. Is
not expected for a long time.
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TO RATHBONE DECREE TEAM. Knights
Of Pythi2s: The c0nferTing Cf degrees
fer tonight has been postponed. a r.
CLASCOCK, Chancellor Commander.
1t-e
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V.Tun Women well as men
" l1O ~ made miserable by kidney and
tn bladder trouble Dr. kilmer's
~ Swamp-Root, the great kidney
BLAME s,, Jsmsdy promptly S FS ,.1, cures saa
lar sizes You may have sample bottle by mail
free; also pamphlet telling all about it and its
wonderful cures.
Address DR.. KilI1er Co. BinSha=:toc, n. z.
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Washing gton-CI Sleeper win
n 4 n

Quick service and superior accommodations
daily on $3.50 p. m. train without change arriy-
ing at Cleveland, 1920 next morning.
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NOT = BOYCOTT.-Simply a request II
the public TO help the clerks to shorter
hours by making their purchases early on
Saturdays. 1t
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN: The part
nership heretofore existing between
John II. Bradley Peter \ TaltagulI. and
Maurice p. Walsh in the undertaking
business. at 4l& Seventh Street southwest.
in the city Of Washington. d. C.. under tho
firm name and style Of Bradley TaltayuV
a Co. has this day been dissolved
by mutual consent. }1r. Peter A TaltavuH
retiring.
The business viii hereafter be conducted
by John II. Bradley and Maurice p. Walsh.
under the firm name and style OF j. II
Bradley x Co. they having assumed
payment OF all debts of the late firm. ard
being authorized to receive and receipt foe
all accounts due 20 IT..
Washington, u. g.. Feb. Is 1860
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that instead Of competing very hard. the
two companies preferred TO divide the con-
tracts
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Baby
Carriages,
GO=Carts,
and Mattings.

A little early to be talking about
such things. but we have just placed
on our floors the finest assortment
We have ever shown. and we want
YOU to come and help US admire
them. Indeed you never saw such a
stock OF Baby Carriages and Co
Carts anywhere. and however much
you are planning to spend on King
Baby's state chariot. We have one
that will please you at the price.
Why not take first choice and get
the pick of the selection? You can
arrange terms of payment with US.
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a. = WALkEE, Prtsident.
JAS W PEGRAM- secretary
60 81 Ricbmond state OF Virginia:
Subscribed and sworn to before me this tith
dav OF February, 1900.
j. f. LAWRENCE. Notary Public.
r g. LEE. Superintendent fOr the District Of
Columbia. Sa3 nh st. NV. IT
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NO1iCE-Annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the CROSS MANUFACTURE
ING COMPANY.-The annual meeting Of
the stockholders Of the CROSS 1IANUFAC-
TURING COMPANY will be held at The
Hotel Fleschmann. Alexandria Va. at
. O'CLOCK p. NJ on THURSDAY MARCH
!. 1900. BY order of the President and ths
Board of Directors. HENRY r. GETZ,
Acting Secretary. fe15-1it
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stops the Cough
and works off th

.axatiye mo-Quinine Tablets cure a cold in
ne day. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c.
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PETER \. TALTAEULL.
MAURICE T. WALSH
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-. Toaters-Can
hn1Ce VC TCwels
~hoA~~' Brooms- Brushes Clothes
PoachersRuesUOver Egg Beaters
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All goods delivered in unlettered wagons.
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upon myself tie entire blame for the
silly performance. Respectfully yours"
1t was signed "A. Spoonamore.
The bewildered woman had hardly
perused this note and laid it on the par
lor table with the others, when a fourth
came 1t was to this effect
Permit me, my dear Mrs. Ferguson
t. atone for an act of thoughtlessness
committed yesterday. Yielding to a
hasty impulse, | wrote letter to your
husband purportlng to come from some
feminine admirer. This placed in one
of the pockets of his coat, unknown to
him. As it may possibly have fallen
into your hands, | take the liberty of
assuring you that l alone am to blame
for the stupid joke and to express my
hearty contrition." i.
The signature to this was wesley
Higintop."
About two hours later Mr.. Ferguson
came home. He was whistllng, with
apparent Inconsistencies of any do
nestle trouble, past, present. or TO
come.
George" exclaimed Mrs Ferguson,
in high-pltched voice. as she met him
ut the door. where are those other let
Chicago Tribune.
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Crushing of jack Larki,.

More cruel treatment was never ac.
corded TO anybody than that melted out
by Miss Jennie Smithklns to Jack Lark
ins. Mr. Larkins is the stenographer
and cornerstone of wholesale gro
Gerry house and Miss Smthkins is tax
ing Il course In oratory at the uniyer-
sity. Both of them live on 9th street.
Miss Smithklns has blonde hair and
innocent blue eyes. Lessons in elocu-
ton and Delsarte have taught her to
talk with her eyes and smile with her
reddish hair Iarklns was captivated
as he passed the Smthkns home on
his way to the Illinois Central station.
They had never spoken except with
their eyes. and Larllins not being as
we'll up in Delsarte rs Miss Smithkins.
may not have said all that he thought
he did When he judged the acquaint-
ance was we'll established he wrote
Miss Smithkins a note. He received no
answer. Another note met the same
fate. The third was found pinned to n
lamp post next day just In front of
Larkins' clearinghouse. Seventeen
people in the house had read il before
Larkins suspected what the fun was
about. There. on yiolet-blue note pa
per, with Miss Smithkins name cut
out was i.arkins' touching epistle. In
which he compared his authenticated
lady to "a star" declared that She ''had
broken his heart. and wanted to know
when, II ever, she intended to answer
his note aud fly with him from stern
parental objections.
II get a salary of SIS and work for
-. Your Jack Larkins," was the way
the letter concluded.
I.arkins has changed his boarding,
place. Miss Smithkins is still practie
ing Delsarte.- Chicago Inter Ocean.
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LAW AS INTERPRETED.

The right to read medical books 10
the jury for the purpose of proving the
symptoms of disease is denied In Blk
by VS.. Omaha X e. Il. Il. X Co (iowa).
43 l.. X. \. 1913, although they are adj
mltted TO be standard books. where
they have not been referred to by wilt
nesses whose testimony is to he contra
dicted by them.
The rule that freedom from contribu-
tory negligence must afiirmatively APP
pear and Is not presumed is adhered
10 in Mclean vs.. Perkins tAIe.). ~
l.. Il. \. 1877. in case of the drowning
of employees while going TO their work
in an old punt with crack in one side
calked with waste aud Il part of one
end split Off when they were all
drowned, and there is no evidence as
10 the cause or manner of such accl.
dent.
The acceptance by defendant IN a
divorce suit, over whom no jurisdiction
was obtained. of the decree rendered
and his remarrylng are held In HEX
King VS. Pfaff &C.. &. A. LIST ca. ~
T.. r. A. 6lS. insufficient to stop him
from disputing the validity of n subse-
quent ex parte proceeding In the III
yorce suit by which the Judgment is
opened and decree for allmony en-
tered against him.
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Her I.ast Heart Heat.

DR.. ]. b. Thomas during his connec-
ton with the Brooklyn City hospital
had an experience which was unpreee-
dented in medical history. There WIS
IN his ward woman who had n very
defective heart Or. Thomas found
her much improved one morning and
stopped Mt her bedside to congratulate
her upon her condition. The woman
said that her condition was SO much
better that she thought she could get
up and leave the institution. Having
his stethoscope with him. the doctor
bent over the patient to hear the pulsa-
tons of the heart. They We're exceed
ingly irregular. and for some seconds
he counted them.
Suddenly there was pause, and he
waited for the recurring beat. Maybe
three seconds elapsed, and still there
was no sound.
He looked up at her face in time TO
see the expression of death settling
over the features. The pupils of the
eyes dilated and swelled as he watched
them. and the skin assumed peculiar
mottled appearance.
She whispered: "My Cod What
does this mean?" For second the
automatic action of the respiratory or
gans continued. and there were con-
vulsive twitchings of the facial mus
cles, but death came when the last
beat of the heart had died away.-De-
troit Journal.
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A gentleman who knew Lincoln well
told the following story about "Old
Abe"
About two years before Mr.. Lincoln
ran against Mr.. Douglas for the Unit
ed States senatorship | was witness
In Judge David Davis court in the Nc
Lean county circnit During the prog
ress of the ease Mr.. Lincoln, who had
come up from Springfield the night be-
fore, entered the courtroom and stood
before the big stove in one corner of
the room to warm himself. Several
lawyers and acquaintance mt once
gathered around Mr.. Lincoln, and he
began telling stories in a low voice.
Judge Davis finally arose, stretched
himself and In a drawing voice said:
" See here, now, Lincoln, either you
will have to quit telling stories, or
will have to adjourn court
"'All right, judge, replied Mr.. Lin
coin. I've got business down the
street, so I'll CO.
Mr. Lincoln was the most magnetic
entertaining man l ever knew. People
have said he was homely, but when he
was speaking I've seen his face light
up with such a brilliant expression
that he looked positively handsome
Chicago Journal
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| lady of wealth and imperiousness
Went to shop for 4 shirt waist with seri-
BUSINESS.
mime" said she, do not bit satisfactor-
lily,
And the collars behave most refractorily;
And, besides | am anxious particularly
That the trimming shall run perpendieu-
larly,"
As her wishes she stated SO graphically.
The dappcr young clerk smiled seraph-
cally,
and remarked with a manner compass
sionable;
My dear madam, that kind is unfashion-
able.
Here are shirt waists of wondrous com
mendahcness.
y bsolutely unrivalled for vendibleness;
Thes are made of material seasonable,
Al prices exceedingly reasonable.
Their finish aud style is ininitable,
Aud the number OF patterns illimitablc.'
The clerk prattlcd on. rgumentatively.
Holding up this or that representativeiy.
The lady looked over them favoringly.
And her glunce restrd here and there
waverngly;
sSHt ipAHtu lHtil duoul bpHnthhhi bN"Atti7
ingly,
While the smiling young clerk remarked.
hatteringly:
Il note your exquisite fas;idiousness
Here he held up marvel OF hideousuess.
That was trimmed with insertion fantas-
tically
With stripes running round It bombasti-
callyl;
ALLOW me TO tell you. emphaiically,
lie said, while he gestuied dramatically.
This garment your grace will ethereal
ize,
Your chic, subtle charm twill material
iZe;
Note the tints of harmonious mntchGble
ness
And the collars convenient detachable
ness"
The clerk talked to the lady so worry
ingly,
And she made her decision so'hurrying-
ly-
She had cause TO regret much unfortu-
nntcncss,
The result of that salesmans importu-
natcness.
Puck.
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The best butter is that which has
the least done for it.
Warm bedding makes the COWS com
Portable and saves bedding.
The profitable COW is the one that
grows better as dairy animal.
Good keeping butter must be thor
oughly free from buttermilk.
Once spoiled, the grain in butter can
never be restored.
A cow that gives good flow of milk
all winter is worth twice as much as
the summer COW.
II the cream is too warm the butter
will come too soon and there will be a
waste OF flavor.
The quietly kept and we'll fed dairy
COW puts all OF her vital energy into
milk production.
There il only one way to find out II
extra feeding pays. and that is from
an increase OF butter fats.
While it is an item to feed COWS
literally care should be taken never to
over feed.
A poor appetite in any farm animal
IL against IT doing it's best whether 10
the dairy or before the pillow.
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QyEsER. ssTgyJE5

An act Of Congress. in 1872, abolish
ed logging in the navy.
1t VIII take a snail fourteen days and
five hours TO travel Il mile.
II kept continually running, watch
will tick 100. hi 900 times year.
The American soft felt hat IS all the
rage In the leading Australian colonies.
II is computed that when marching
soldiers take seventy.iige steps per
minute. In quick marching los and In
charging 100 steps.
4 Louisville woman labored so ener-
,etlcaily at combing her hair as TO
break her collar bone. Another woman
In Ohio nearly burned an eye out with
A curing iron. and third. this time IN
Kansas. had all her hair burned of be-
cause her curling papers caught fire ae-
eldenta.ly. Necessary evils, say the
women.
The Napoleonlc campaigns lasted ten
Years. the war OF 1872 more than three
Years. the Crimean WIT two years. the
italian war more than one year, the
Franco. Prusslan aud Russo'Turkish
wars each about one year What Is
known as the Seven Weeks war. be
tween Prussia and Austria, lasted. In
fact. seven months. The spanish-Amer-
lean war will be recorded as the short
est war Of the century.
Denmark has about one million cows.
The director of the agricultural school
AT Dalnn, j. Peterson, has issued
brochure In which he calls attention to
the faet that cows give considerably
more milk II they are kindly spoken TO
and patted on the back than when
roughly handled. lie also calls atten-
ton to the fact that In milking n COW It
takes l72 pounds OF the first streams
of milk to make pound OF butter, and
only twelve Of the last stream.
II is said that Indian fishermen have
an ingenious way of training the otter.
They catch the small cub and put u col
lar round the throat. Tile little crea-
tnre. finding Itself unable for days to-
gether to swallow anything II catches,
gives up trying to do SO, and firmly be-
lleyes for the rest of Its life that an
otter can only swallow such food as 1t
receives direct from It's masters hand,
and. accordingly, 1t faithfully brings to
the bank all the fish II may capture.
There are pumpkins and pumpkins.
but 1t is not often that the growers OF
the vegetable that contributes so much
to The generous enjoyment of the true
Yankee holiday, Thanksgiving. have
the luck that attended NJ. W. Scott OF
North Springfield Mr.. Scott had nine
vines growing from one pumpkin seed,
and their total length was I16ls feet.
The weight of the pumpkin was six
hundred and forty pounds and twelve
ounces. and their number $50 The cir
conference Of the pumpkins was fifty
seven feet nine inches and they were
raised In field which had one other
crOD
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SUI VI ~ !" api'e"ie" a. '''' ','' |,
oiuer "ihu"" u poS'o'i''e '''' s"i''
tna' ne "an'eu )" Sun" s''''e ii''"''
u ouiu oteiau"
~" gu. 'i'is piaiN' s'''i nv IN
manning tue aPi,ican' one u
oianAs use" VI s,'en o''"e'',
p''nN '''"'
LOT ihohes oIaer nius' IN Jul AiA'
OIL ie',ef oi ae'iee res"'"i'is 'ne ino"
es oi"ei
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WRECkIN0 A BRIDGE.
Novel Use of Electricity Successfully
Tried at Clinton, Iud.


Tried at Clinton, Iud.
The 735-foot bridge over the Wabash
at Clinton, Ind, was wrecked In Au-
gust by Hoosier, who employed the
heating power of an electric current to
do the work, without injury to the sub
structure. This exceedingly interest
ing feat Is described in the Western
Electrician.
1t appears that the bridge was, up
to that time, the only toll bridge in the
State, and was owned by one man. 1t
had become antiquated, and the county
authorities purchased 1t with the idea
of erecting a steel bridge in its place,
using the same piers and approaches.
Under the terms of the contract, the
owner of the bridge was to remove the
superstructure inside of thirty days,
without injuring In any way the sus-
tanning piers and masonry This was
apparently a very easy task, but, after
consultation with bridge builders,
house wreckers, riggers, engineers, and,
in fact, every one who had a plan to
suggest, the only practical plan evolved
was " puifu IL idiot NOIh anu take the
bridge down piecemeal To blow the
bridge up with dynamite would prob
ably injure the piers, and to burn it
would likewise crack and injure the
masonry. The thirty days elapsed, and
no plan had been decided upon An ex- |
tension of the time for one week was
granted. At this point a young cleo
trician living in Clinton came to the |
fore with scheme to Literally cut the I
bridge down with hot electric wires.
and this unique plan was finally sue
cessfully carried out with the greatest I
satisfaction, the operation requiring
but ten hours.
The bridge, which was built In 1853,
consisted Of three spans. with a 70 foot
draw, and, as already mentioned, was |
I3o feet long. Each of these spans was |
composed Of nine chords, each consist |
ing of three nine-inch by nlne-inch yell |
low poplar timbers. 1t is perfectly evil
dent therefore, that IL each of these
tlmbers was cut through Simultaneous
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OUT BOUND.
A lonely sail in the vast sea-room,
l have put out for the port OF gloom.

A lonely sail in the vast sea-room,
| have put out for the port OF gloom.
The voyage is far on the trackless tide,
The watch is long, aud the seas are wide.
The headlanas blue in the sinking day
Kiss me a hand Oh the outward way
The fading gnlls. as they dip and yeer,
Lift me a voice that is good 10 hear.
The great winds come. aud the heaving'
sea,
The restless mother, is calling me. ,
The cry of her heart is lone and wild,
Searching the night for her wandered
child. J
Beautiful. weariess mother OF mine.
In the drift of doom L am here, | am
thine.
Beyond the fathom of hope or fear,
From bourn to bourn of the dusk | steer
Swept on in the wake of the stars, in the
stream
or rowing tide, from dream 10 dream.
Bliss Carman.