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Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
Automobile
Club Race is
Ready to Start
Two Days Reliability Contest Begins
Early This Morning from Front
Of KImball Garage.

The two days reliability contest given
under the auspices OF the Omaha Automo-
bile club for prizes given by the mer-
chants Of Omaha will start this
morning at ESQ in front OF the Kimball
garage on Farnam street, The run will be
from CmRhs to Columbus, to Grand Isl
and, to Hastings, where a stop will be
made for the night. Returning the cars
will run from Hastings - Fsirmont, to
Crete, to Lincoln, to Louisville and to
Omaha, The pilot car TO distribute the
confetti will leave the Kimball garage at
8 o'clock and will be in charge OK Captain
Buchan, who will drive.
-Four classes Of prizes will be offered.
one for each class Of car, various business
men having offered tho several prizes. The
conditions Of the run are such that speed
does not count as much as putting the
cars through in good condition. much the
same as the Gliddtu tour. The cars which
have entered are:
Pterce-Arrow, Frank Colpetzer; Packard
runabout, Elmer Redick; Stevens-D uryea,
J. &. Robinson, Waterloo; White steamer,
T.. h. MoCkett, Lincoln. Rambler, h. Il.
Mockett, Lincoln; Rambler, Z. d.
Bogue, jr, Apperson, Apperson-
Baker agency; stevens-Duryea, II. r.
kim6alli Midland Freeland Bros.-Ashley
company; Mitchell, Colt Auto company;
Rambler, Colt Auto company; Velle, John
Deere Plow companyi Oakland, Mcintyre
a. Wallace; Two Buick, IL. E. Sides, Lin
lac, E, H.. Sprague; Chalmers-Detroit J.
Joers; Mason, Freeland Bros 4 Ashley;
Interstate touring, Fred 9, Hill; Chalmers,
l. {: Gibson, South Omaha; Interstate, a.
L. Huffman; Duer delivery wagon, Brick
KUHN; Stanley steamer, X. II. kimball;
Hudson, w. w. Sherwood, and otherA
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
Railway Notes and Personals.

Andrew TTaynor, head baggage agent for
the Union Pacific, has gone 70 Chicago.
w. II. CARAT, assistant general freight
agent Of the Union Pacific, has gone TO
Chicago.
+. L. LOmax, general passenger agent
Of the Union Pacific, has returned from
Salt Lake
S. f. Miller, general freight and passenger
agent Of the Northwestern, has gone TO
Minneapolis.
W. s. Bassingerl assistant general pas
senger agent Of the Union Pacific, has
gone 20 Lincoln.
l.. W. Wakeley, general passenger agent
OF the Burlington, has returned from a
short trip 10 Wisconsin,
Fred Mcfarland, assistant ticket agent
at the Union station, has gone with his
family TO Hot Springs, s.. ID.
W. II. Murray, assistant general passen-
ger agent OF the Union Pacific. has gone
to New York on a vacation trip.
w. II. ROher Of Chicago passed through
Omaha TUESDAY with "a large parts Be- iy@J
50 cial cars enTUute 10 the Bag Horn
basin.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
GOVERNMENT NOTICES

OFFICE OF THE CONSTRUCTING
Quartermaster, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Au-
gust 18th, 1909. Sealed proposals, in tripii-
cate, will be received at this office until
$50 a. m, mountain time, Monday August
Construction of Steel Fences Tor Corrals
at Fort d. A. Russell, Wyoming, and for
the necessary grading connected herewith.
Price for each to be stated separately.
Blank forms, plans and specifications and
full information will be given on applica-
ton at this office. Plans and specifications
will also be on file in the office of: Chief
Quarter master, Department of Colorado,
Denver, Colorado; Chief Quartermaster
Department Of the Missouri, Omaha, Ne
braska, and in the office Of the secretary
Of Builders Exchange, st. Paul, MINI. The
Government reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all bids or any part there
of. Envelopes containing proposals should
be indorsed Proposals for Steel Fences
at Fort d. A. Russell, Wyoming and ad-
dressed to Captain ". X. Hart, 18th In
fantry, Acting Quartermaster, u, 5. Army,
Room 3, Keefe Hall, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Al4-l5-l7-lS-27-2S
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18

PROPOSALS FOR ~EQUIPAGE, DEPOT
Quartermaster's Office, Third and DIVER
sealed proposals in triplicate, subject to
the usual conditions, will be received here
until Y o'clock noon, Central time, August
"A, 1903. and then opened, for furnishing and
delivering at l.. s.. Clothing Depot, Second
and Arsenal streets, St. Louis, Mo, or
Philadelphia, New York or Washington
Depot, 5000 trunk lockers and 800 field
desks. The right is reserved to reject or
accept any or all proposals or any part
thereof. Preference viii be given to articles
Of domestic manufacture, conditions Of
quality and price Including in price of for
eign productions or manufacture the duty
thereOn) being equal. standard samples
can be seen at and blanks for proposals
and full Information will be furnished
upon application to this office. Envelopes
containing proposals to be Endorsed Pro
pOsals for Equipage to be opened II noon,
August "a, 1903" Captain W.. NJ. Coulling,
L.. 3. Army, Depot Quartermaster.
Al7-lS-l9-21-23
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
,erIgbt has gone to Chicago.

]. ]. Deright has gone to Chicago.
Miss Ely has gone 10 Philadelphia.
Mrs. E. c. Griffin has gone TO Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. +. FunkhouseT leave
today for Montreal.
Chief Clerk +. S. Keller OF the railway
mail service has gone 70 Deadwood on
railway mail business,
o. X. Scofield OF the Elite Cloak com
pany left Monday for New York City 70
purchase additional stocks,
Mrs. +. J. EtteT Of Topeka, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. T. Narney and family Of Ansley, r. l..
Bridges, :. j. Larsen OF Wausa and G. G.
caldwell Of Lincoln are at the Loyal.
Judge John n. Ragan Of Hastings, T. b.
HOrd OF Central City, W, II. Meyer Of
Madison, l.. J. Ante Of Edmonton, Alberta
and Mir. and Mrs. A. l.. Wendell Of Madison
are at the PaXtoh
DR.. George Dixon Of New York passed
through Omaha Tuesday morning enrOute
home from California. He Travelled in the
private car belonging 20 J. Q. Stubs, head
Of the traffic department u the Hartman
lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
NEVER AGAIN FOR LITTLE
ALFRED-THE BOSS HAT
He Smashed IL Once and H. Now PrHc-
tIcInE His Delivery OF the
Big Ball.

Alfred Rick, a youth employed by the
Carpenter Paper company, is practicing
every evening throwing a large ball.
He desires TO perfect his aim in order
that he may not again be guilty OF ths
accident which marred his peace OF nina ~
the annual picnic Of the Carpenter employees
last year. Then, while playing a game
called stand ball" he succeeded in smash
ing a new derby hat worn by President
Carpenter Of the company.
The entire Carpenter force will go this
coming Saturday to Riverview park for
the annual outing or the company.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
office. OF Indian Affairs, Washington,
u. c., - Sealed proposals for letting
District No. 2, in the Cheyenne River In
dian Reservation, South Dakota, for graz
ing purposes, either under d lease OF BY
permit, viii be received at the office OF the
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, Wash
ington, ID. c., until > o'clock p. m, on
Monday, August 80, 1903, ana VIII be imme-
diately thereafter opened in the presence
VI such bidders as may attend. Maps
showing the location Of the districts and
all necessary Information may be obtained
on application TO the Superintendent OF the
Cheyenne River Indian school, Cheyenne
River Agency, South Dakota. r, @. Val
entine, Commissioner Jy2ld50t
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

office Of Indian Affairs, Washington.
d. c., - Sealed proposals for letting
grazing privileges on the Blackfeet Indian
Reservation, Montana, under the permit
system. will be received at the office Of
.he Commissioner OF Indian Affairs. Wash
ing, y. c., until 2 o'clock, y. m, on Mon
lately thereafter opened in the presence
OF such bidders as may attend. Maps
showing the location Of the reservation
and all necessary Information may be OBJ
tanned on application to the Superintendent
Of the Blackfeet indian school. Browning.
Mont. r. @. Valentine. Commissioner
Jy21d30t
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
WANTED-GiTI for general homework

a IED-Girl for general homework.
~ Chicago.
Irene and Alice Ward were two sisters.
who had been sent to an orphans nome
after their mother had died.
Irene was y and Alice 13 years old.
They were as happy as one could expect
them to be, under such circumstances, until
a wealthy lady came and adopted Irene.
She did not like to 80 without her sister,
but after a good deal OF ~eoaxlng she went.
Alice had been told that her sister would
come back to see her and every day she
would watch for her to come.
Two years later she was sent away TO
earn a living.
For a while she worked in a dry goods
store, but didn't like the place.
one evening, as she was sitting in her
room in a boarding house she glanced at
a line in the paper which she had bought
from a newsboy. II was the want al
which is mentioned above.
The next morning, bright and ea.Iy, she
set out for the place. The position for
which she applied was given to her with
out hesitation.
one Of the servants told her OF a girl
who had been adopted by the lady OF the
house.
Later she found out that It was her sis
ter, who she hadn't seen for a couple OF
years.
When the lady learned that they were
sisters she kept them both at her home and
was like a mother TO them.
Once Alice laughingly declared that II
she ever knew Of any one who vas looking
for work that she would recommend The
Bee WRnl Ads hananga Thav ur,tuIN nlyuavra
bring the best results.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Helen r, Hampton and husband to
8, Creighton's first add.,..",......E 5,125
c. T.. Sundell ct al to ID. l.. Gashill,
west 10 It. of north 100 It. lot II and
els OF north 100 #. lot 10, block "A" ~
Robert SNicoIi and wife to l.. &. Dunn,
lots b and &C." block 4, Bemis
sdP@hIThH Omaha land company TO- Aenea; O''"
Chester, lot Y, block 2s6, South
Charles Horn and wife to d, w. Nc
Rea, lot 5, block 4, Creighton's first
O. /. Walton and husband to P. 7,
Walton, lot Is, block 8, Orchard
A. j., Love and wife to John Latemer,
part tax lot II, E-l2-l5. $500
Charles Il. Foster, administrator, to
Carl Myers, lot Y, block -" Saun-
ders & IIimebaugh's add ............. 300
S, X. Cox 10 Leonora M. HEIDI, lots %
and "a, block /, Potter & Cobb's sec
S, d. Beck to S, Y. johnson, lot I,
r6 block g. c Hq1lfEyon R RslY Fs s;.I and NJ 5000
BROW, lot ., block S, ~cFeighton's
E, s, Fireman and wife to L. k. "
HaraihB' south 80 r. lot D. block T. m
Nt ramblim F iot 3, Block BIZ 10 ParrtcE
L. s. Reed and vile to i. NJ. Fair
n Id, To- 3, block 20, Omaha place. 2
same to same, west S rods nw4 swL
b-ll"Lh ...-s..ss.ss..s z
+. H. CosgTOve and wife TO the
Franklin Realty complny. west 40
H. OF east 20 II. lots Il and IS,
Rukey's I plat l
II. ID. Reed and wife 10 J. y. Jacoby.
lot T. block 4 Sheridan Tlaoe ......... ~
Grace l.. Birkett TO Cha / y Kurtzma
e, al, south % II. OF east 50 II. lot /.
block l2I, Omaha $500
Unit q Real Estate ard Trust COM
pauy TO J. +. Panek, lot s, block g.
KonntE6's fifth add .................. 500
Mabel F. Patrick 10 George NJ. Wal
lace, lot 6, block 9, Baker place; lots
z a. II and IS, block Q, Walnut
George f. Dunscomhe and vie 10 E
II. Rowland, lot II, block II. Park
FOREST .-........ 2OO
Sam kaplan and wife to Judes Mush-
kin, south llS e. To- %. McHandlish
place ZOO
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $40
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
DO DIasoIvs nc Union

OF stomach, liver and kidney troubles and
cure b]uiousness and malaria, take Electric
Bitters. Guaranteed. Soc. Sold by Beaton
Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
This Story WOn a Prize in Last
Weeks Contest.
THE RESULT OF A "BEE
WANT AID"

by Mildren Titzel Benson, Nebs c, f.
Titzel, father; Miss Melquist, last teacher;
Benson school, ninth A grade; aged II
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
D. c. SCOTT, ~. S.

(sucOSssor 70 DIT II l. RamaeciottL)
AssIsrAHT STATE VETERINARIAN.
onnOs and Hospital sslo Mason
Street.
Calls Promptly Answered AZ An Hours.
ThSaS- office HAFnsy S97. nmsh. n.k
1SG DOaElAS 6s8A uHtAA zee,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
MANIFESTATIONS

PRINCIPALSHIP by university graduate
Three years experience teaching. Best
references and testimonials. Address Box
ia Harrington, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
REAL ESTATE
FARM AND RANCE LAND FOR SALE
North Dakota.
Missouri.

NICE, smooth, we'll improved farms In
NUdaway county Missouri; price S5 90 800
per acre; just as good as you can buy in
western Iowa or eastern Nebraska at 500
90 N75. Smith Hines, Hopkins, Mo,
FINE FARM for sale; 252 acres well inn
,A2roved, in Daviess county, Missouri. In
quire j. L. Dillon, Hamilton, Mo.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18

PRINCIPALSHIP by university gradu-
ate. Three years experience teaching. Best
references and testimonials. Address Box
724. Harrington, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
WANTED-TO RENT

WANTED-Light Housekeeping rooms
for couple, in north end OF city; north Of
Binney St, Address G-232, Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18

INTELLIGENT woman; position doc
tors or dentists office, Address l. 26S, Bee,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
REAL ESTATE
FARM ANB hANCM LAND FOR SALE
MISUNDERSTANDING

FOR SALE-aN 10 acres Of ranch and farm
land; 20 head Of cattle, 40 head horses,
good house and barn; cement reservoir
that supplies water for house and barn.
For particulars address Box us, Gordon,
Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18

RANCH OF 100 acres, IL miles n. E. Of
O'NeilL All good valley land; 30 acres Ga
cultivation; 40 to so tons Of hay cut of
ranch each year. Good house and barns.
~ per acre. Lathrop q Tobin, A5
Bee Bldg.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
REAL ESTATE WANTED

When writing to advertisers remember
It only takes a stroke or two of the pen
to mention the fact that you saw the ad
in The Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
WANTED-To BUY

BEST price paid for secondhand furni-
ture, carpets, clothes and shoes. Tel. Doug.
1911.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18

BALTIMORE 2d-hand store pays best
price d-hand furniture, clothes, etc. D.. 4265.
BEST price paid for 2d-hano furniture,
stoves, clothing. W. Rosenblatt. Tel. D.. SOL.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18

Irene and Alice Ward were two sisters,
who had been sent to an orphans home
after their mother had died.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18

BURLINGTON sTA.-IOTH Il MASON
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18

Helen r. Hampton and husband to
w. b, smith and wife, lot -, block
6, C~reighton's first add ......,........S 81
c. +. Sundell ct al to d. l.. Gashill,
west 10 It. OF north 100 IT.. lot II and
eIR OF north 100 II. lot Is, block a."
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issory note for $3S0.44, due one year
after date, bearing 10 per cent. inter-
est from maturity, and providing for
10 per cent On amount Ii as attcr-
ney's fees, and to secure the payment
of said amounts executed and deliv-
cred to said o. z. Finley his certain
chattel mortgage upon the following
goods and chattels, to-wit:
Two paint horses. 5 years old,
branded ANO on left thigh, 1 roam
mare, 4 years old. branded ADA on
right thigh; 1 black jinett and colt,
branded r on jaw, 1 gray mare and
colt, unbranded; 1 brown horse, 8
years old, nc brand; l. brown mare,
branded P ON left thigh; 1 bay mare,
unbranded; 1 bay filley 1 e old
and 1 black filley, 1 year old, which
said mortgage was duly recorded in
the Office of the Probate Clerk of
Chaves county, New Mexico, OF the
18th day of April, 1908 in book l..
at page 259 of the chattel mortgage
records Of said county; and
Whereas the maker of said note has
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son for the use of the candles in the
festivities attendant.
February has been dedicated ito the
Internal gods by the Gentiles because
at its beginning Pluto stole Prosper
inc and her mother; Ceres sought and
rescued Ter at might and carried light
ed condles. The Februalia celebra-
ton was in honor of Ceres and the
celebrants carried lighted candles
too.
The holy fathers tried to stop the
celebration, but failed and decreed
that which had beer lone unto Ceres
should be done unto the virgin. This
is how the festival came to be known
as the Publication of the Blessed Vir-
gin. During the Middle Ages it was
also a favorite time for h ceremony
among Christian mothers analogous
to the Greek presentation in he TEN
pie.
With the Reformation though came
a reaction against the custom and
from that time since lit has lost the
greater part OF it's religious aspect,
even in the Latin countries. In 1854
John Ball issued a proclamation de-
claning that too much honor was be-
ing done to the virgin and that the
honor lone unto her should he done
unto Christ. This brought the charac-
pST vi IuS 1CISOl1 IlO bdSh W q
Greek meaning.
1t is from England, Germany and
though that the Ground Hog
day custom comes. There the day is
observed as N of celebration in
some parts. but mostly a day for
weather representations. Many of
the rhymes that one hears about the
day are from the English and the
Scotch. In Scotland ON this day it is
a custom for the children to bring
presents to the teachers. Each tries
to rival the other In b amount of the
gift and the boy and girl that give
the most costly ones are hailed as
king and queen. Scnool Is then dis
missed and h children march thru
the village streets carrying the king
and queen upon their shoulders.
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Public Sale.

Public Sale.
Sheriff's sale under a decree of fore
closure of Mortgage.
In TILE DISTRICT COURT OF CHA
YES COUNTY, NEW MEXICO.
First National Bank of Por-
tales, Plaintiff,
vs. No. 145e.
w. p. Ball, Defendant.
Public notice is hereby given nat
under and by virtue OF an order of
sale made in the above entitled de-
cree of foreclosure, issued out of the
District Court Of the Territory of New
Mexico, In and for the County of Chav-
es. on the 18th day OF December, 1908,
in the above entitled action wherein
the above named Plaintiff obtained a
decree of foreclosure against w. P.
Ball, Defendant on the 18th day of
December, 1908, which said Judge
ment and decree of foreclosure wa
on the 18th day of December, 1908, du-
ly recorded in judgement book &C" of
said Court on Page 243, wherein said
Defendant, w. p. Ball was adjudged to
be Indebted to the Plaintiff in the sum
of One Thousand Forty-ive Dollars
and Five Dollars, and ten cents costs
of suit, wherein said decree, I am com
manded to sell all and singular three
hundred head of stock cattle more Or
less, upon the range, said sale to be
upon range delivery, and all the cat
tie branded as follows. w on the left
side and p over on the left hip and
part branded w. on the left side and
P on the left hip, located in Chaves
County, New Mexico, twenty-five mill
es Northeast Of Roswell, N. M.
NOW THEREFORE,, notice is here
by given that On the 9Th day of Feb
ruary, 1909 at 10. O'Clock, a. m. on that
day at the front door OF the court
house in Roswell. New Mexico, I will,
in obedience to the said order of sale
mortgage and lien described In said
decree, sell the above described cat
tie as they run on the range, orange
delivery the purchasers at such sale
shall take said cattle as they run on
the range without regards to num-
bers or location.
Witness my hand this the I'd day
of jan, 1909.
C. L. BALLARD,
Sheriff Of Chaves County, N. M.
o. z. Finley, Deputy Sheriff.
Tues. Is. IL, 10, 26, %.
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PROPOSAL TO SELL PROPERTY
OF ROSWELL MASONIC LODGE
lot Z in block 8 Original town
site of Roswell t50x198 feet} corner of
Third and Main.
Sealed Bids
for the purchase of the above dscrib-
ed property will be received by the
committee at the Citizens National
Bank, Roswell, N. M, up to 8 O'Clock
p. m. February 18th 1909. Each bid
must be accompanied by a certified
check for 100000 payable to the or
der OF Masonic Building Association
as evidence Of good faith, said check
to be forfeited to the Masonic Build
ing Association in any case where a
bid has been accepted and the party
bidding refuses to carry out the terms
of said bid within s days from date
of it's acceptance.
Parties bidding on this property do
so with the understanding that 1T will
be sold subject to a lease now held by
the u s. Postofice Department on the
first floor of the building. And that
the vendors will ser the right to
occupy the upper floor of said build
ing for Lodge purposes at a reason-
able rental to be agreed upon, for a
term OF one year from date OF sale.
The committee reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE,
Masonic Building Association.
Tues. TIL. Sat, Wk.
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If a President.Eiect Dies.

Thus far the country has. not had to
answer the difficult question of who
would be president if the president
elect should die, and it is to be hoped
that the answer will never have to
be given as the result of such a death
Nevertheless, a great deal of discus
sion is now going on over the question
and Representative Burke of Pennsyl-
wanna has introduced a resolution IN
the house proposing am amendment
tx the constitution providing for a
means of filling the presidential chair
in event of the death of the president
elect between the date of his election
and the day of inauguration. No one
can say exactly what would be done
if, for example, rPesident-elect Taft
should die before March 4. No law
exists which provides for filing the
vacancy, and many good lawyers hold
that the vice president would not be
eligible. Mr.. Burke's proposed amend
ment provides that congress shall be
to devise a means for fill
ing the presidential chair in thesemer-
gency under consideration. There IS
now some tall of an effort being made
ito disSuade MIR. Taft from making his
proposed visit to Panama until after
his inauguratiou.@The Pathfinder.
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.

cultural department sniff al such pro-
phecies as being groundless supersu-
tions, the ground hog will not lack
millions of devotees today. For is it
not written i'm the old Jingle:
"As far as the sun shines out on Can
dEemas day,
So far will the snow blow in before
May.
As far as the snow blows in on Cam
dlemas day,
So far will h sun shine out before
May"
1t all depends upon the weather on
that day and the little ground hog
as to what the weather for the next
six weeks will be. The ground hog,
if when he energies from his winter
alternating place, chances ITO see his
shadow, he will beat a haSty retreat
to his little hole and wait for fairer
weather, knowing that a meteorolo-
gical change is due. But if it is dark
and gloomy when he emerges and he
sees no shadow the little animal will
figure that winter is almost gone and
that above ground is the place for
him. 1t is the habit of the ground
hog that gave this feature OF a GUS
tom otherwise so different.
The custom was instituted by Celia
sius in the latter part of the fifteenth
century. In many respects it resemb-
led some of the pagan celebrations
and particularly that of the pagan Fe-
brualia, which was held at about this
same period.
In fact the Candlemas day celebra-
ton is a substitution of the Februalia
which furnishes the only logical rea-
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WRITING EDITORIALS AT HOME.

WRITING EDITORIALS AT HOME.
A bunch of four-four happy kids,
Chock full of fun and pleasure.
All our a mighty big expense,
But ev'ry N a treasure;
And when I want 1t quiet like
So 1 can do my writing,
The noise that bunch begins to make
Sounds like two armies fighting.
One chambers over my machine;
One asks Tor help with 'numbers,"
One for my pencil makes demand;
One my tired knee encumbers.
"A dozen eggs cost forty cents,
What Will three dozen cost"
And by the time l work it out
My thread of thought is lost.
Dine sticky hand is reaching out
To grasp my thinning locks.
One piercing voice makes loud de-
mand
For help with building blocks.
my pencils broke; please sharpen II
SO I can write the rest
| And then the thoughts I've garnered
Are knocked galley west.
But when, at last, the sandman
comes
And all four little heads
Are resting on the pillows white
Of two soft, downy beds;
And all is quiet round the house
Where once the noise did ring,
1 start to write-and then can't think
Of one dodgasted thing.
Will M. Maupin.