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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1901-07-18
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RefortS an Der &itfc.
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ben am DnHneritog %. Sult uno 9pnnerfta9 s. glrs
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Gttp, Worplanb lno Webobotb, Gelatpare
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fp1ten Ste Iidets iinb 9altig sur adfabrt fiir I2
Sage etnidltebiit benz Tag oes gerfauis.
Slr4tabrenbe 3hge ber Yenniplpania .Sinen brins
gen Yatidgtere Dbne Wogenmehiel nod Ybilabelpbia
BON Ranpfpunften lpeftlit BON gittsbnra SIN Yatlas
nelphn ptrb NnfhIuB nit 3iigen nab ben beridiebes
men Ssepidben aema9t Giir bieie SpeSial.GIfnriio-
nod ATLANTIC 9Th einaeIeat i0bab 9puriiten biesrr
plaB obne Ma9enipe1iel erreiden f6nnen Niir Gins
aebetsn ipsnos man fdb an y. g. aBratt 9ifetgaent,
gletp WbuooeIpbia. %. Iii
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riibmt li6 Siouep i'll sluitralien gu be-
iibsn. st bat cine GupaSitdt bon -
Ia, 1000 9iibuer- uno II. 1000 Gnten=
elern.
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MnsHug nad) oent Sitcn.
lleber ete @ennip,pania einien nit Greur
tipEssSidcts.

Grturiions.Gifets nod geip Dprt ftnb iiber bic
Benniplparia &inten erbdltitdb nit benz 0orrebt
Slr GRldiabrt ibcr Die 4eunlplDana=2inen Dber bic
oireftete &tnte. elnblieBlb Der Stnle iber Buffalo
gum Yeiucb ber panumerltantl1en AnsltelnH9 nno
ber 9a9araIdne pber init ber Stne iiber gHaibingUm,
9. g. nit eiuenl Maientbalt DaieIblt. 0Due ausfunit
miro aui Outrage BON ben Edet=ageuten ber Benn'
iDlpontubabu 9eieiert. IL
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Grfurjipns-1ifets nod Nem Dorf gut sebenb pber
fDntmenb fir eneu 9tuientbatt i'll yuiialo gum Yeud)
Der ausitelung fub felt oe l. Suit IN ben 3det.Sfs
fees ber PeTniylpania=2inten gum Verfauf
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Seefultc iber HenniDloanta. Sinen fabren al!t Is.
sJnil uuo g. Au9nit.
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- Gin Musnug nod Der Geefifte fir $l3.O0 Das
ntro ber Gabrpreis iber bic YennfpInanias2inien
Ma@ Mtlant!r @tfD 3ape WtaD nnb adt anberen herr.
linen 4ilnfte bon bier aus a,t 25 Sui uro s. Muai,it
iein. -
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= Gin ansfue nod gaefu @orf nit Nufentbalt in
IennIapSSuia.aiuisn Sr ,eit bem sui aemabt perbem
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Bug Deo. nerldBt ,iblidb fabrenb Maiiiaon nm
$50. Sn5tuS 49, Ganal 8poer 72l, gelp philadelphia
LIS. ubri1snile 7.43, 6lnIbtns $50 0nt.; Anflutt
Bridgeport 1000 8nt.
3ua m: 8 nerlabt nbrbltG fabrenb Bridgeport Inn
430 sSlnIbing 5.34, lBriDsbile 6.38 Stem 8btlabcs
pbia 6.55 Canal 9oDer 703. Suitus 7.34 9em. sln=
funft in Maifiapn 750 9trn.
a1e bic obigen 3ii9e fabrea tdQlid, aussenommen
Sonnta9S.
Gnnntass3iBs nerlaifen Rem philadelphia:
Nbrblih fabrenb I'M 81 0nl., 237 Nn llnb g. 55 Jln
Snoli fabrsmb um 1928 0nt., l037 Nrt. iinb 27 glr
Gleftrtide StraBenbabn spifen Bridgeport, Bel
laire Martins Jerrp uub Wbealtng
NJ. O. garrem,
General 9aila9ier.agen
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- Sbr fbnnt bic Musiteaung in Buffalo nit Gr=
furI.ns.IdetS nab Stem gorf iiber Die Yennipnania
sullen beud9en. Siees ARRANGEMENT trltt am l. Suit
in siraft BON pelem Gage on @rturfipns-5ides pera
fauft nerben
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WuB lfarf 1ein unb barf niemal5
einen labmen Gaden baben.
Dr. Nanfin'S GiD<
neD IlbletS
linbern bic Shmerjen uno flri=
rem permanent.

rem permanent.
Die Jcrmula, mad welder bie1e 5ab<
letten bersefeat fnp, TT Die pes beriibm=
ten Nrstes, peHen Namen lie fil9ren unp
befen ipunberbare gntDeduns bieler Sur
fir bic 8risbt'fde 8ranfbeit ietnen gia~
men in Der sansen ciYiliiirten Welt be-
riibmt semadt BAT. Ste perben unter
elmer ab1oluten Oarantie serfauft, bab lie
Golsenbes turiren, namlih:
8risbt'1he &rant9eit, 5arnrubr, Cries,
5arnlhwdAe, Gatarrb Der glale.
Die Iabletten (nb ein liheres 6eilz
mittel fir gtadenldmerssn, aenben-
,ceb Nbeumatismus, trase qeber,
6arntrutel. Sie Fno obne Tebl
Elm prddtises Blutreinisunssmittel
unb Elm Neinieer pes Syltems.
5raneo per yof. so Gents bic
S9ahtel. NpreHe: Nanfin Drug
Co., Brpwn Bros. Blbs., Clinton
Ctr, gbieaSo, so.
Berfanft In s. s. Mi(ler II. Scbn's
MpOtbete, glsw vbtlapelpbia, 8,
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Grturiionen natb Ntiantie git9 iabren ban g2etp
philadelphia aus iiber Die Benniplnanias&nen arl
25. Suit uub g. Mngnit. Ser syabrpreis Dirb binig
eiu unb 9ouriIten fDnnea sSabrfarten nab atlantic
Git9 Cape Mtap NIB att onberen Pnnften faufen.
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Ser iiiaaft in 8aiel perforbene Is.
fade Wllliondr s. S. sdulter=yurf-
barb bat fit ftdotiide lpobltbdtiqe Sn4
ititute Die sepaltlge Sumne bon Hr.
Is, 900 ausseiebt. GllGliderlpeile
miro Die grbidaft Dem 5taate nit elmer
balben Million tributpfli6tia.
Nm "a. SUM- baben in Yiirid, Die
@5taotrathspdblen itattsefunoen. Ser
5ieg lit ben biirserliben Barteien aus
gefallen trob unerb0rter Nnltrenaun=
gen Der Sosialilten. Ser 3iird,er
Stabtratb beitsbt nun aus so sSreiiin-
niaen, 40 Demofraten, 4 Gonierpati.
ben unb 81 So3laliiten. 9ie 2ebteren
batten SO 5ibe beanipru1t uno ben
Sampf bon langr Danb borbereitet.
ginen 9egriff Don Der Dotel=Snbu.
itrie IN Der SAtDei3 erbdlt man, tuenn
man pernimmt, bab Der Rapitalpertb
aller oem 6remoenberfehr - allo bic
tleinen, Dem Qofalberfebr oieneroen
Gafbduler niht mitaerehnet - aetpio-
meten 0otels cine 1otallumme bon
|55O1 Ueillionen sJranten reprdieutirt,
gegeniber 319t Willionen i'm syahr
1880. Gem GrenDen-yertebr oienen
1896 0otels. Gs entfallen aui ben
4anton Bern 292. auf Graubiinben
264, G6mp3 1913, st. Gallen ll9,
uri 43 ae.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-11-16
MUSHROOMS AS FOOD.
abIeness They Give to other
Food Materials.

Recent Investigations made by the
department of agriculture show that
mushrooms are about equal to pO-
tatoes in the element of nutrition
that goes to make flesh and blood,
but that on the other hand, they
do not hold much of the fuel stuff
required to keep the body machine
running. Containing, as they do, a
very large percentage of water, they
may be said, in sense, to CORE
spond with fresh vegetables in re-
spect to food value. The notion that
their composition resembles closely
that of meat-a conception which
has caused the term vegetable
beefsteak" to be applied to them
is an absurd error. One would have
to consume eight pounds of mush-
rooms in a day in order to take the
place of the ordinary ration of beef
or mutton.
The great usefulness of mush-
rooms lies in the palatabIeness which
they give to other food materials.
This is a matter of no small impor-
lance from the point of view of the
economic expert in dietetics, who
looks upon the attractiveness of
dishes as a notable element in their
value. In this country only one
species of fungus is utilized to any
extent for the table-nameIy, the
common field mushroom with pink
giIls-whereas in Europe a dozen or
more varieties are eaten.
This common mushroom is a trif1e
more than 81 per cent. water. 1t
contains nearly four per cent. of
fiesh-forming stuff, three and one
half per cent. of starchy and sugary
substances, and one per cent. of fat
and fiber, with one-ha1f of one per
cent. of mineral material. There are
other species which are more nutri-
tious-such as the "oyster mush-
room''-but they are not sufficiently
well known in the United States to
be worthy of consideration.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-11-16
zSspslElNI
fFS1a]lzz1lI7
OFFENSIVE BREATH.
Persons Afflicted with 1t should use
Some Simple Dfsinfectant
with Regularity.

There are many causes for bad
breath; in some cases it is occasioned
by the teeth, in others by a disor-
dered stomach or catarrhal trouble,
again it is the result of diseased and
decaying lungs.
AS persons afflicted with bad breath
are themselves frequently unaware of
the fact, it is the duty of those with
whom they come in contact to call at
tention to the matter in as kindly a
manner as possible. Where the dis
order comes from the teeth, the serv-
ices of a good dentist are necessary,
also some simple preparation for the
mouth. The following recipe is harm
less and good: One ounce of pow
dered borax, one ounce of precipitat-
ed chalk, one-fourth ounce of pow
dered myrrh and one-fourth ounce of
powdered orris root. Charcoal is an
excellent remedy for feverish breath
and the Canadian snake root is also
very highly recommended; it imparts
a spicy aroma to the breath and
leaves a pleasant taste in the mouth.
Needless to say the greatest cleanli-
ness in regard to the teeth and mouth
is indispensable. Many persons who
are most particular about brushing
their teeth after meals never think
of doing so before breakfast, and at
no time is it more important as vari-
Gus impurities gather in the mouth
at night. After cleaning the teeth in
the morning, wash the mouth with
weak borax water.
Where the offensive breath is
caused by some incurable disease the
person thus afflicted is deserving of
sympathy and consideration. Even
then some simple disinfectant should
be used.-Eliza R. Parker, in National
Ctnci,rnan
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-11-16
KILLED A RATHER.
Mrs. SetOn-ThOmpsOn Dispatched q
VenOmOus Reptile with a Rusty
Frying Pan.

Mrs. eton-Thompson, in her camp
ing experiences entitled "a Woman
Tenderfoot," confesses that in the be-
ginning of her Rocky mountain life she
regarded rattIesnakes a only one kind
of disagreeable reptile. One day she
was riding in advance of her husband.
She says:
Suddenly, there came noise like
dried peas in pod, and gliding across
the road was a huge rattlesnake.
Whiskers, my pony, performed flank
movement, so nearly unseating me
that I deemed it expedient to drop to
the ground; and Whiskers, without
waiting for orders, galloped down the
road.
The RATHER stopped his pretty Gid
ing motion away from me and seemed
in doubt.
"'He is going to coil and then to
strike, said I, recalling a paragraph
from my school reader.
81 cast a despairing glance around,
and saw, almost at my feet, half hid
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-11-16

faces. When his glance ran along the
row of young men about town" it
rested upon Silver Sly. The editors
animated eyes, he thought were a
sure sign that the little man was
aroused. The preacher took a glass
of water, saying to himself: ST have
touched the editors heart-now to
preach right at him. The reviva1ist
plunged into an arraignment of the
particular vices prevailing in Platte
vile. Gambling said he, sis worse
than stealing, for it robs the gambler
of honor and character. There is in
te1ligence and ability in this town,
there are fine gifts, there is genius
ITSELF" he cried, "being stolen away
by this mania for winning money
with dice and cards!"
The line of young fellows WINGED,
almost to man. The hymn book on
the organ rack slipped and fell vio-
lently upon the floor. Sly, the editor,
put his hand to his forehead and
blushed alphabetically with the
sweet-faced girl who picked the book
up, not without confusion, but, heav-
ensi with what simplicity and grace
fitness!
In few minutes, as it seemed to
Sly, the preachers were passing pen
ellis and little cards around which
bore printed lines and a blank for
signature.
Everybody take a card, whether he
wishes to sign it or not" said the
hearty preacher. Silver Sly heard the
man for the first time that evening.
He took one of the cards automatic
ally and passed some along the line
to his companions. The red-faced
preacher looked significantly to the
slim preacher, who was coming up
the aisle.
ST notice that some of our friends
are without hymn books" said the
ascetic. ct will ask Miss Swing to
kindly distribute few of the
hymnals in this part of the house,
Some one in the gamblers row
started as if he had been hit. The
organist took a little pile of books
from chair and stepped beautifully
down the aisle. Silver Sly was afraid
that everybody in the church could
hear the humping of his heart.
''Now, when we're all ready" said
Rev. Flesh and Blood, ''let US sing
No. 10, The Ninety and Nine
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-11-16

ted to the bar. She was Baraboo
girl-Miss Belle Case-and was grad
uated from the University of Wiscon-
sin in the same class as her husband,
that of 1879. The same year she won
the Lewis prize for oratory, her hus-
band also winning the interstate
championship in oratory, with an ora
ton on Iago. Later she studied law
and was admitted to the bar. The
home life of the La Follettes is ideal.
They have three children. One daugh-
ter, Miss Flora, a freshman in the uni
versity, who travelled in Europe last
summer. Mrs. La Toilette prepares
her children for the high school at
home.
Wisconsin people, for some reason
not reported, have the reputation of
being exceedingly cold to their prom
inent fellow-citizens, but whether this
be true or not it does not refer to the
governors wife, who is received every
where with enthusiasm begotten of
respect. The people of the state un-
derstand that by her earnest endeav-
ors in behalf of movements calculated
to improve the industrial and legal
status of women she has earned the
gratitude of her sex in all parts of the
country.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-11-16
FRYING PAN CAME IN HANDY.

den by sage brush, several inches of
rusty iron. BIest be the passing team
ster who threw it there. I darted to-
ward it and turned on the RATHER,
armed with the goodly remains of a
frying pan.
1.-The creature was ready for me,
with darting tongue and fattened
head. Another instant and it would
have sprung. Smash on its head went
my valiant frying pan and struck a
deadly blow. recaptured my weapon
and again it descended. The RATHER
was settled.
"But. oh, that taft That awful,
writhing, flashing tail. can stand In
dams, bears, wolves, anything but that
tail; and a RATHER is all tail except its
head The snake was really helpless,
and I put one foot on him to take his
scalp; that is to say, his rattles.
''Then the uncanny thing began to
wriggle and rattle with old-time vigor.
Horrid thrills coursed through me;
but, fortified by the assurance that the
existing rattle was a purely reflex
neuroganglionic movement 1 hard
ened my heart and captured the pod
of dried peas
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-11-16
AN ACTINIA FAMILY.

able to move about in the water.
After some time it attaches itself
to some hard object, and then it
puts forth buds and produces a col
ony. If it's domiciIe is a rock or a
large shell, its life thenceforth is
uneventful, but, if it selects a small
shell, already Inhabited by young
pagurus, lasting intimacy is at
once established between the two
animals.
LAS a result, the two continue to
grow and each in turn does good
service for the other. The pagurus
in time finds that he is supporting
from eight to ten epizoanthes, all of
whom are ready to protect him
when danger is near and who only
ask in return that he will take them
with him wherever he goes and thus
save them from the monotOny of an
absolutely motionless existence"
Specimens of these Actinia are not
readily secured, owing to the tact
that they are never found near the
surface of the sea. Scientists, how
ever, who desire to study them, will
find little difficulty in doing so, for
there has never been time when
so much interest was taken in deep
sea explorations as at present, and
among the curious objects that are
brought up now and then from the
deep waters are colonies of these
sea anemones.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-11-16
MEN OF RRNowN ABROAD.

The sultan of Turkey is extremely
fond of his children, for whom he has
tiny theater, wherein they pay small
parts for his ma jesty's delectation-
Prince Henry of Reuss, in Germany,
pardons all the boys and girls convict
ed of any wrongdoing in his small do
miniOns provided the parents fog
them in his presence.
Five European sovereigns are ac-
lively interested in the sport of au-
tomobiling. They are the emperor of
Germany, the car of Russia and the
kings of England, Portugal and Italy.
Like his grandfather, Emperor Viii
liam is a soldier, even when he goes
to bed, for he sleeps on a regulation
camp bed, such as his officers use The
bed clothing is of the rough regi-
mental pattern. He retires at II P.
m and is up and dressed soon after
five a. N.
The son and heir of Lord PenFhyn,
of Wales, may shortly visit the United
States. Were one of the American
girls to capture him it might tend to
offset the present raid of European no
bility on our wealthy maidens- The
income from the family estate amounts
to about $s.50o.Ooo a year.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-11-16
ART OF BREATHING.
Beginning to Recognize It's
Importance.

1t is perhaps one of the signs of
the times to those alert for indica-
tions that the art of breathing has
become more and more a subject of
attention. Oculists as well as physi-
ologists go deeply into its study in
way hardly to be touched upon in
limited space. Physicians have
cured aggravated cases of insomnia
by iong-drawn, regular breaths;
fever-stricken patients have been
quoted, stubborn forms of indiges-
ton made to disappear. A tendency
to consumption may be overcome, as
some authority has within the past
few years clearly demonstrated, by
exercise in breathing. Seasickness,
too, may be surmounted, and the VIC
tim of hypnotic influence taught to
withstand the force of an energy
directed against him.
There is a famous physician of
Munich who has written an extern
sive work upon the subject of breath
ing. He has, besides, formulated a
system by which asthmatic patients
are made to walk without losing
breath, while sufferers from weak
nesses of the heart are cured. At
Meran, in the Austrian TyroI, his pa
tents are put through a certain sys-
tenn of breathing and walking. The
mountain paths are all marked off
with stakes of different colors, mdi-
eating the number of minutes in
which a patient must walk the given
distance, the breathing and walking
being in time together. AS the cure
progresses the ascents are made
sleeper and sleeper.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-11-16
SUBMARINE ANIMALS.
None More So Than the Deep
Sea AnemOnes.

Very interesting is the manner in
which some of the little submarine
animals, scientifically known as Ac-
TINA, live. Sea nettles, sea flowers
and sea anemones are the popular
names of these creatures. and they
are called sea nett1es because they
sting when touched and sea flowers
because their long and slender tenta-
cles are similar to the petals of
many flowers,
Many of the ~Actinia lead soli-
tary life, but others form regular
colonies, among the latter being the
epizoanthes, several of which form
themselves into groups around hard
and immovable bodies, such as rocks,
corals and large shells, while 9TH
ers form themselves into a colony
around the body of a pagurus, that
singular denizen of the sea which
is popularity known as Bernard the
Hermit. The latter are thus enabled
to move from place to place, and in
return for such service they pro-
tect their host from various enc
mics. AS a rule they live with him
in the depths of the sea, and that
is why their novel mode of life has
only recently attracted attention.
Prof. Louis RouIe, who lectures on
natural sciences, has studied these
Actinia carefully and has succeed
ed in obtaining some excellent speci-
mems of them.
antilles is a tiny embryo, which is
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-11-16
Rerersine the A1phabet.

Mrs. Wordsworth, the wife of the
English poet laureate, was a woman
universally beloved, and distinguished
for that personal beauty which
caused her husband to describe her
as "a phantom of delight"
She was a capital story-teller, and
related her anecdotes with a strong
Westmoreland accent which added
much to the telling. One of her
stories, and one in which she took
great delight, went to illustrate the
pride of county families.
A Mr.. H and a Miss r had
been recently married. Both were
from old north country families.
They were going to their first dinner
party after their marriage, and at
the announcement of dinner, the lady
was about to enter the drawing-room
in advance of her husband, when that
pompous individual restrained her
with grand flourish, and said:
"Stop, madam, if you please. The
H-'s were always before the
F-'s."
And thereupon the lady fell back in
confusion, and the proprieties OF
country family distinction were vine
dicated.-Youth's Companion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-11-16
LIVING WITH OTHERS.
1t Is Better, Even Where There Is
Earring and Friction, Than
Ones own Company.

SIT is better to live with others even
at the cost of considerable Earring and
friction than to live in undisturbed
quiet Alone" said wise little woman
the other day.
Eyes, know that sort of life brings
hurts, smarts and heartaches, to say
nothing of an occasional tempest, but
all the same it is an education that can
not be gained in solitude. Life brings
many changes and throws strange peo-
pie together, and it is easy to decide
that some of ones kindred by birth or
by law-especially the latter-are so
uncongenial as to make living with
them uncomfortable.
''Some times that is true, but very
rarely. Usually if two persons are
well-meaning -and most people really
do mean well at heart-they can grad
ually grow into each others ways, and
by doing so modify individual traits
and habits to the great improvement
of character. We need to have our
sharp corners rubbed off, our little pet
vanities punctured, and most of all to
learn self-control, sweet reasonable
ness and liberation for other peoples
point of view. When persons say to
me of members of their own families:
4 do not know how to live with them,
[ feel an unsympathetic desire to re-
ply: Keep on living with them till you
learn how; it is exactly what you
need 'a-Wellspring.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-11-16
THE BoeEY.

I'd like to know what's round to maxi
The floors go "creak'' at night.
so, suddenly, I'm wide awake
And stare with all my might.
l sort of 'spect It's looking out
To get some little tad
A tad the size of me, about
Because that he's been badi
And first hear 1t in the hall,
With "creaky, creaky, creak'-
Mad come, you bet, If I should call,
But I'm afraid to speak!
And then It's in the room-and then
It's coming at the bedi
L pray: please help me, God!-amen.
And cover up my head.
I think of all the things did
1 hadn't ought to do,
And wonder if perhaps I'm hid,
Or If 1t sees right through.
And, Oh! 1 promise, hope to die
A hundred times, or more,
I'll be better boy than
Have ever been before.
I dassn't even strike a match
To see If 1t is there
For If move It's close to catch
My legs or arms or hair
And how wish for morning light!
1 don't care what you say,
But Something snoops about by night
That isn't round by day!
Edwin L. Sabin. in Puck.