bereavement. It inhabits the place of buried hopes and shattered dreams. Some of its progeny was evidently left to it, but is was true to the memory of its oldest and best-beloved. We are surprised at our contemporaries for making light of its sorrows. Have they never read the classic lines, “Gone where the wood-bine twineth, And the whangdoodle weepeth for     its first born.”     The fact is that both our esteemed contemporaries are trying to create a diversion. They are both so thoroughly committed to the Bryan movement that the little reference to government ownership had to be met by distracting public attention for a moment. But they might have been at better business than mocking the grief of the poor old whangdoodle. Are there not other conclusions? Has the terrapin proved less luscious than usual? Has the mint julep lost its savor?—Atlanta Journal. From— The Ocala Banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.), 21 Sept. 1906. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.