THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



year ago the display of the American Hag 

 in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philipines 

 would have provoked a fusillade of hostile 

 bullets. A man who unfurled the stars 

 and stripes in Havana or Manila then 

 would have been imprisoned or shot. 

 But yesterday the American flag was dis- 

 played in all the cities of Porto Rico and 

 Cuba, and in nearly all the commercial 

 cities of the Philipines, as an emblem of 

 peace. 



The celebration marked the extension 

 of the field of rejoicing over what has 

 been accomplished under the Declaration 

 of Independence. No doubt there was as 



much Americanism in the Porcupine 

 ditrict in Alaska, in Honolulu, in San 

 Juan, and in Havana, as in Boston or 

 Chicago. There may have been less of 

 certainty,. but there was more of hope. 



The people of the United States, with 

 122 Fourth of July celebrations behind 

 them, must feel keen pride in the cele- 

 brations of yesterday among people new 

 to their flag and in territory strange to 

 thuir institutions. They must realize 

 how, despite carpers and pessimists, the 

 great cause of the republic still goes 

 marching on." 



IT IS RAINING. 



It is raining, i-aining peaches, 

 For the man who has the trees; 



It is raining, raining honey, 

 For the man who keeps the bees. 



And the oranges are coming, 



in a heavy golden shower, 

 And the milk and cream are pouring. 



This the children's happy dower. 



Down they come, the corn and barley. 



I loyal wheat, of life the staff; 

 You would think 'twas raining money 



By the way the people laugh, 



It is raining, raining blessings, 

 Water pure and daily bread: 



Glad the artizan shall labor, 

 And the hungry shall be fed. 



D. H. S. in The Fndtman's Guide. 



