blossom shall go up as dust because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Feb. Holy One of Israel.-Isaiah. 24. RIENZI'S ADDRESS. Friends: I come not here to talk. Ye know too well The story of our thraldom;-we are slaves! Or open rapine, or protected murder, common. . I have known deeper wrongs. I, that speak to Have ye brave sons? Look, in the next fierce brawl, To see them die! Have ye fair daughters? Look M. R. Mitford. SPEECH OF SEMPRONIUS. My voice is still for war. Gods! can a Roman Senate long debate him. Perhaps some arm, more lucky than the rest, May reach his heart, and free the world from bondage Rise, fathers, rise; 'tis Rome demands your help; Enrich the fields of Thessaly, while we Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unavenged amongst us. ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION. In the Name and by the Authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. THE A PROCLAMATION. HE success which the forestry reservation commission of Pennsylvania achieved in the acquisition of valuable forest lands and in reclaiming the once wooded areas of our State has been a source of much encouragement to the people who are interested in the restoration of our forests and in beautifying our parks and highways. The lack of forest lands is a menace to the water supply and greatly affects the climatic conditions of the country. Every one is under obligation to render aid in this important work, which benefits not only the State but the entire country. Nature alone cannot repair the injury, but it is necessary that we join with her in replacing the forests. In order that a movement so essential and valuable may continue, and in order that our citizens may have an opportunity to contribute to this laudable work, by planting trees to protect our lands and beautify our streets and higways, I, Samuel W. Pennypacker, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with law, do hereby designate and proclaim Friday, the third day of April, and Friday, the seventeenth day of April, A. D., 1903, to be observed as Arbor Days throughout the Commonwealth. Two days are designated for the observance of this duty. Inasmuch as the climatic conditions may render one of those days more favorable for the purpose intended than the other, the selection between them is left with the citizens of the various sections of the Commonwealth. Given under my hand and the great seal of the State at the City of Harrisburg, this third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three, and of the Commonwealth the one hundred and twenty |