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# The Conversion of St. Vladimir/Canto 3

Illustrated by Věnceslav Černý
CANTO III
Court Martial
Lord, were I but an officer, I should have sport galore; Because, whom he dislikes, he puts Behind a prison door.
Everybody must respect him; Who dares pester him, or twit, Or else in the slightest taunt him, He may have to do his bit.
The police commands obeisance, It will flay you if you kick— With a switch it whips the tailor, And the cobbler with a stick.
Hearken, people, and take warning; With my doleful eloquence I will show that ’gainst policemen E’en a god has no defense.
Here they lead him, bound and shackled— How it galls my peace of mind!— Two are pulling at his elbows, One is pushing from behind.
“Lead me through the darker alleys, Please—not through the market place; I’ll be gentle—only spare me The dishonor and disgrace!”
Perun’s wife was in the backyard Washing out the dirt At the well, from Perun’s little Youngster’s muddy shirt.
As she spied her lord, arrested, She became extremely wroth And assaulted his attendants With a soppy, dirty cloth.
​But Perun rebuked her kindly: “Unavailing is your zeal, Put your sword back in its scabbard For my hour has come, I feel.”
The police are in the alley Dodging Mistress Perun’s claws— While at court the jurists worry About Perun and the laws.
God Perun is safely shackled In the dungeon, in disgrace; But the legal sharks yet have not Found a law to fit his case.
For the makers of the statutes And the laws have never dreamt That the Tsar would ever dare to Cite god Perun for contempt.
Now the barristers came, trembling, To the Tsar with the appeal That there are no ordinances Which with Perun’s case can deal.
Angrily the Tsar dismissed them With abuse—and with a snort Sent an envoy to the barracks For a military court.
The military court, supreme, Rules with a vigilance; It carries in its knapsack Every law and ordinance.
The military court holds legal Judgments in duress— It does not judge by law-books, It adjudicates by guess.
The military court digests Its victims like a pike— It can devour the guilty And the innocent alike.
The royal military court Did not deliberate; But gave offhand this verdict, Concurred in by the State:
“It is the wise opinion Of this court, and in accord With imperial decisions Of the high commanding Lord!
“For committing lese majeste And for disobedience, For rebellion, filthy language, And for his impertinence:
“God Perun is being sentenced To be hanged until he’s dead; But the court has shown him mercy— And he shall be drowned, instead.
“But as warning, and to make the Disobedient rabble quail, He shall be dragged to the Dnieper Fastened to a horse’s tail.”
​A journalist sat in that jail With hope to soon be freed, Though he had assailed religion, God, and the prevailing creed.
So the martial court, concurring, Since he offered no defense, Sentenced him the same as Perun— For its own convenience.
# The Conversion of St. Vladimir/Canto 10

Illustrated by Věnceslav Černý
CANTO X
The Concourse
The Black Sea wind blows o’er the steppe And makes the high grass tremble— Ambitious candidates make haste In Kiev to assemble
PUBLIC AUCTION
The western wind through Kiev blows And fills the town with dust— Each applicant extols himself, Puts others in distrust.
From Rome, with seals of pie-plate size, The Pontiff’s plea was sent: “Do not adopt the creed of Greeks— It is not worth a cent!
“Our creed is not like other creeds, O most illustrious Tsar— Of all the creeds, the Roman Is the faithfullest, by far!”
The Patriarch of Tsarograd Now spoke to Vladimir: “O do not let that Antichrist Befoul your noble ear!
“Our creed is not like other creeds, It will stand every test; The Greek Catholic faith, of all Religions, is the best.”
The Synedrium of Rabbis Now pleaded: “Do not heed, O Tsar, the Greeks or Romans— Accept old Moses’ creed!
“Our creed is not like other creeds— It is the best, O Sire! The true faith is the Jewish faith Your subjects to inspire.”
​Now came of Moslem Muftis A crying caravan: “Chase out these unbelieving Giaurs— Become an Ottoman!
“Our creed is not like other creeds— Our Allah, he is great! Faith in his prophet Mohamet Will lead to heaven’s gate.”
Thus many more contestants Appeared before the throne, Like dogs behind a kitchen door When fighting for a bone.
The devil only knew them all, Of every creed and sect, As they abused each other With shameless disrespect.
Oh, how those emissaries Could cheat, and drink and gorge! They have, since that occurance, Been called “The Heav’nly Scourge.”
# The Conversion of St. Vladimir/Canto 4

Illustrated by Věnceslav Černý
CANTO IV
Perun’s Testament
Hark, good Christians, to the story— Sad, indeed, ’tis to relate— Of the Russian god’s last hour And his sorry, mournful fate.
List not ye with tender feeling, But your heart control And invoke a Pater Noster For his pitiable soul.
Brutally, to a wild mare’s tail They tied him by his feet, And dragged him over cobblestones And mire, through the street.
And in his wake the journalist— Oh, may the fates forfend— Was inhumanely fastened To a stallion’s rear end!
Thus the Tsar’s cruel satraps Who held the hangman’s role, With the unfortunate creatures Wiped every muddy hole.
Coming to the river’s bank Badly cut and torn, There, like kittens, they were drowned,— Blind, helpless, newly born.
Thus they perished, unconfessed, Sadly disappointed, Save that on their final trip They were with mud anointed.
I, myself, did not attend This affair—I quote That which Nestor, for his kin, In his “Memoirs” wrote.—
​“Thus upon this mundane sphere Honors quickly pass— Yesterday you were a god, Today you’re but an ass.
“Today upon your altar They incense burn, and myrrh; Tomorrow they are eager In mire you to inter.”
The new gods they establish Must to their moods appeal, Whom yesterday they murdered Today before him kneel.
“In this world all things perish Like rubbish, and decay. Even the kingdom of a god, It seems, must pass away.
“No one but Tsars and autocrats And other such galoots Endure and last forever, Like a pair of cowhide boots.”
Thus did god Perun ponder While trailing through the street, And just as it was told me I truthfully repeat.
I hardly would invent it Even had I the skill, Since I, for fabricating, A prison cell might fill.
At Kiefelstein and Spielberg A great many dungeons are, If one wants to avoid them He must shout, “God save the Tsar!”
Honor whom sits on a throne, Dear son, and wears a crown— For on the loyal, lowly soul The Tsar looks kindly down.
He who worships Tsardom blindly Has rewards for him in store; Who rebels against its mandates, He is lost forevermore.
# The Adventures of Dollie

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Cast and Crew :
| Cast ||
| Role | Actor |
| | Arthur V. Johnson |
| | Linda Arvidson |
| | Gladys Egan |
| | Charles Inslee |
| Crew ||
| Production company | Biograph Company |
| Director | D. W. Griffith (d. 1948), Billy Bitzer (d. 1944) |
| Screenwriter | Stanner E.V. Taylor (d. 1948) |
| Cinematographer | Arthur Marvin (d. 1911) |
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ADVENTURES OF DOLLIE
COPYRIGHTED, 1908, BY THE American Mutoscope & Biograph Company 11 E. 14th St. New York, N.Y.
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# The Adventures of Dr. Whitty

The Adventures of Dr. Whitty is a humorous novel about the exploits of Dr. Whitty of Connacht (Connaught). Individual chapters can also be read as short stories; except, the first story which takes two chapters. The stories are of the gently satiric sort that gave Hannay (Birmingham) his reputation in the U.K.
THE ADVENTURES OF DR. WHITTY
BY
GEORGE. A. BIRMINGHAM AUTHOR OF "SPANISH GOLD"
FOURTH EDITION
METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
First Published . . . March 13th 1913
Second Edition . . . March 1913 Third Edition . . . . . April 1913 Fourth Edition . . . . July 1913
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
SPANISH GOLD
THE SEARCH PARTY
LALAGE'S LOVERS
CONTENTS
* The Deputation
* The Pier
* Mrs. Challoner's Public Meeting
* The Interpreters
* The Etymologists
* "God Save the King"
* Hygienic and Scientific Apparatus
* Law and Order, and the Camera
* Buoying the Channel
* An Intolerable Honour
* Miss Mulhall's Lecture
* Dr. Whitty's Patient
* The Honeymoon
* "Love's Young Dream"
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# The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey/The Province of Anhwei

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| Name of Society. | Year of Report. | Year of Entry. | Foreign Workers. | Native Workers, Male and Female. | Stations. | Out-stations. | Communicants. | Adherents. | Educational. | Educational. | Educational. | Educational. | Medical. | Medical. |
| Name of Society. | Year of Report. | Year of Entry. | Foreign Workers. | Native Workers, Male and Female. | Stations. | Out-stations. | Communicants. | Adherents. | Day Schools | Pupils in Schools. | Boarding Schools, etc. | Pupils. | Hospitals and Dispensaries. | Patients in Hospitals and Dispensaries. |
| China Inland Mission | 1906 | 1869 | 46 | 68 | 12 | 29 | 652 | ... | 5 | 83 | 2 | 25 | 3 | ... |
| American Methodist Episcopal | 1906 | 1885 | 4 | 6 | ... | ... | 130 | 138 | 5 | 71 | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Foreign Christian Mission | 1906 | 1888 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 289 | 200 | 5 | 64 | ... | ... | 7 | 17,555 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance | 1905 | 1890 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 116 | 66 | 4 | 78 | 2 | 50 | ... | ... |
| American Presbyterian Mission | 1906 | 1895 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 36 | 2 | 19 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... |
| American Church Mission | 1906 | 1895 | 5 | 12 | 2 | ... | 128 | 372 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... |
| American Advent Mission | 1906 | 1900 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 215 | 125 | 5 | 150 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
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# The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey/Philology

​APPENDIX I
KWEICHOW
By the Rev. Samuel R. Clarke
System of orthography used in writing down the following vocabularies:—
a, like a in father. e, like e in led. eh, like u in inurder. ö, like eh, or like the same letter in German. i, like ea in tea; when followed by a final consonant, like i in sit. o, like o in so; when followed by a final consonant, like o in hot. u, like oo in too; when followed by a final consonant, like u in sung. ï, hardly a vowel sound. Pronounce the English word its without the i and that is what tsï is like; without the it, and that is what sï is like. ai, like i in light. ao, like ou in loud, li, like ai in laid, eo, a blend of e and o. aeo, a blend of a and eo. ua, like wci in M;a/f. uei, like the English iway. uo, like i<?a in war. b, like 6 or jo in English unaspirated. d, like rf or ^ in English unaspirated. /, h, k, I, m, n, r, s, sh, v, y, w, these are pronounced like the same letters in English. Note. — ' is the sign of an aspirate; thus/" is/ aspirated. c, like a very hard sharp k ; there is something like a click in it in Miao. ch, like ch in chin, aspirated. g, soft, like g in gin, unaspirated. g, hard, like g in gate. nd, nasal sound before d. nt, nasal sound before t, aspirated. mb, sound of m before b. mp, sound of m before p, aspirated. ng, like ng in sing; also used as an initial sound. ny, n before the y sound. p like p in English, aspirated. t, like t in English, aspirated. hk, a strongly aspirated guttural. ll, like the Welsh ll. hi, hr, dr, gl, kl, pi, pr, these are pronounced the same as in English.
z, a rough initial sound, not an aspirate; not like the English z; it is undescribable, and must be heard to be appreciated. The final consonants m, p, t, k are pronounced the same as in English but much more lightly. Note the r in Chung chia has a suggestion of th in it ; in the other languages it is never trilled.
Note. — The Chinese given is the Chinese of Kweiyang Fu, Kweichow province. The Keh lao are from Anshuen Fu. The Lo lo are from Anshuen Fu. Chung chia from Kweiyang Fu. Heh Miao from Panghai, Chinpen Hsien. Ya chio Miao from Tatang in Tinfan chow.
# The Anabasis of Alexander/Book V

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BOOK V.
# The Anabasis of Alexander/Book V/Chapter III

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CHAPTER III.
Incredulity of Eratosthenes.—Passage of the Indus.
Any one who receives these stories may believe or disbelieve them as he pleases. But I do not altogether agree with Eratosthenes the Cyrenaean, who says that everything which was attributed to the divine agency by the Macedonians was really said to gratify Alexander by their excessive eulogy. For he says that the Macedonians, seeing a cavern in the land of the Parapamisadians, and hearing a certain legend which was current among the natives, or themselves forming a conjecture, spread the report that this forsooth was the cave where Prometheus had been bound, that an eagle frequented it to feast on his inward parts, that when Heracles arrived there he killed the eagle and set Prometheus free from his bonds. He also says that by their account the Macedonians transferred Mount Caucasus from the Euxine Sea to the eastern parts of the earth, and the land of the Parapamisadians to that of the Indians; calling what was really Mount Parapaniisus by the name of Caucasus, in order to enhance Alexander's glory, seeing that he forsooth had gone over the Caucasus. He adds, that when they saw in India itself some oxen marked with the brand of a club, they concluded from this that Heracles had penetrated into India. Eratosthenes also disbelieves the similar tale of the wandering of Dionysus. Let me leave the stories about these matters undecided as far as I am concerned.
When Alexander arrived at the river Indus, he found a bridge made over it by Hephaestion, and two thirty- ​oared galleys, besides many smaller craft. He moreover found that 200 talents of silver, 3,000 oxen, above 10,000 sheep for sacrificial victims, and thirty elephants had arrived as gifts from Taxiles the Indian; 700 Indian horsemen also arrived from Taxiles as a reinforcement, and that prince sent word that he would surrender to him the city of Taxila, the largest town between the rivers Indus and Hydaspes. Alexander there offered sacrifice to the gods to whom he was in the habit of sacrificing, and celebrated a gymnastic and horse contest near the river. The sacrifices were favourable to his crossing.
* ↑ The celebrated Geographer and Mathematician, who was born B.C. 276 and died about B.C. 196. His principal work was one on geography, which was of great use to Strabo. None of his works are extant. He was made president of the Alexandrian library, b.c. 236.
* ↑ Cf. Arrian (Indica, v. 11).
* ↑ The earliest mention of India which has descended to our times is in Aeschylus (Suplices, 284).
* ↑ Arrian frequently uses the Ionic and old Attic word, σμικρος.
* ↑ About £480,000.
* ↑ Alexander probably crossed the Indus near Attock. The exact site of Taxila cannot be fixed.
* ↑ The Hydaspes is now called Jelum, one of the five great tributaries of the Indus.
# The Anabasis of Alexander/Book IV/Chapter XXV

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CHAPTER XXV.
Defeat of the Aspasians.—The Assacenians and Guraeans Attacked.
When the enemy who were occupying the commanding heights perceived the Macedonians approaching, they descended into the plain, being emboldened by their superiority in number and despising the Macedonians, because they were seen to be few. A sharp contest ensued; but Alexander won the victory with ease. Ptolemy's men did not range themselves on the level ground, for the barbarians were occupying a hill. Wherefore Ptolemy, forming his battalions into column, led them to the point where the hill seemed most easily assailable, not surrounding it entirely, but leaving room for the barbarians to flee if they were inclined to do so. A sharp contest also ensued with these men, both from the difficult nature of the ground, and because the Indians are not like the other barbarians of this district. ​but are far stronger than their neighbours. These men also were driven away from the mountain by the Macedonians. In the same way did Leonnatus with the third division of the army; for his men also defeated those opposed to them. Ptolemy indeed says that all the men were captured, to a number exceeding 40,000, and that 230,000 oxen were also taken, of which Alexander picked out the finest, because they seemed to him to excel both in beauty and size, wishing to send them into Macedonia to till the soil. Thence he marched towards the land of the Assacenians; for he received news that these people had made preparations to fight him, having 20,000 cavalry, more than 30,000 infantry, and 30 elephants. When Craterus had thoroughly fortified the city, for the founding of which he had been left behind, he brought the heavier armed men of his army for Alexander as well as the military engines, in case it might be necessary to lay siege to any place. Alexander then marched against the Assacenians at the head of the Companion cavalry, the horse-archers, the brigades of Coenus and Polysperchon, the Agrianians, the light-armed troops, and the archers. Passing through the land of the Guraeans, he crossed the river Guraeus, which gives its name to the land, with difficulty, both on account of its depth, and because its current is swift, and the stones in the river being round caused those who stepped upon them to stumble. When the barbarians perceived Alexander approaching, they durst not take their stand for a battle in close array, but dispersed one by one to their various cities with the determination of preserving these by resolute fighting.
* ↑ και τους ψιλους. The usual reading is τους χιλίους, 1,000 Agrianians.
* ↑ A tributary of the Cophen, probably what is now called the Lundye, running parallel with the Kama.
* ↑ Cf. Livy, xxi. 31:— "Amnis saxa glareosa volvens, nihil stabile nectutum ingredienti praebet."
# The Civil Service and the Patronage/Appendix A

APPENDICES.
APPENDIX A.
TRANSFER OF OFFICERS (1789-1791).
Table I. Officers of the Confederation.
| Old Position. | | New Position. |
| Superintendent of Foreign Affairs | John Jay | Chief Justice. |
| Minister to France | Thomas Jefferson | Secretary of State. |
| Commissioner of Treasury Board | Samuel Osgood | Postmaster-general. |
| Secretary at War | Henry Knox | Secretary of War. |
| Governor of Northwest Territory | Arthur St. Clair | Governor of Northwest Territory. |
| Secretary of Northwest Territory | Winthrop Sargent | Secretary of Northwest Territory. |
| Judge of Northwest Territory | Samuel Holden Parsons | Judge of Northwest Territory. |
| Judge of Northwest Territory | John Cleves Symmes | Judge of Northwest Territory. |
| Continental Loan Officer in Virginia | John H. Hopkins | Commissioner of Loans for Virginia. |
| Assistant Secretary of Congress | Roger Alden | Place in State Department. |
Table II. State Customs Offices (1789-1791).
Collectors. :
| Number of national offices | 67 |
| State collectors or equivalents made federal collectors | 27 |
| State collectors appointed to lower offices | 4 |
| State collectors not appointed to any customs office | 8 |
| New offices, or no data | 28 |
| Naval Officers. ||
| Number of national offices | 13 |
| State naval officers made federal naval officers | 3 |
| State collectors appointed | 2 |
| State naval officer not appointed to any customs office | 1 |
| New offices, or no data | 7 (or 9) |
| Surveyors. ||
| Number of national offices | 56 |
| State surveyors or searchers made federal surveyors | 12 |
| State collectors appointed | 2 |
| State surveyors not appointed to any customs office | 6 |
| New offices, or no data | 36 (or 38) |
| Total. ||
| Whole number of offices at beginning of federal government | 136 |
| State officers appointed to corresponding federal positions | 42 |
| State officers appointed to some other customs place | 46 |
| State officers not appointed to any customs place | 15 |
| New offices, or no data | 75 |
# The City v. Babcock/Opinion of the Court

* Court Documents
* Case Syllabus
* Opinion of the Court
United States Supreme Court
70 U.S. 240
The City v. Babcock
It is argued by the plaintiff in error that the defect in the street was so recent that the city could not be deemed to have constructive notice; and, as no actual notice was proved, no liability could attach. But, as this question is not presented by the record, we are not called upon the discuss it, and to declare under what circumstances the city could be exonerated from liability for damages by reason of defective sidewalks. The bill of exceptions does not purport to contain all the evidence on the trial, nor even the substance of it, for it says, after reciting certain proofs, 'that much other testimony was also introduced on the one side and the other which is not reported.'
Such being the case, the correctness of the finding of the jury is not involved, and every presumption is in favor of the verdict, and that it was supported by the evidence on the trial. There was evidence which tended to establish the liability of the city, and the court properly charged the jury that the plaintiff, to maintain her action, must prove that the city had notice of the defect in the street. If the evidence were not enough, the corrective was in the hands of the court, on a motion for a new trial. It was conceded, in the argument, that the court ruled properly in the instructions which were given to the jury; but it was insisted that there was error in refusing to instruct, as requested by the defendant. The court was asked, substantially, to charge the jury, that the city was not responsible, because there was evidence which tended to prove the existence of certain facts. This the court had no right to do. The court could not tell the jury that any legal results followed from evidence which only tended to prove the issue to be tried. This controversy necessarily turned on the finding of the jury upon the evidence, and an instruction, which sought to withdraw from the jury the right to determine matters of fact, was correctly refused.
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.

## Notes

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