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not fail to revive in the mind, of his friends
and admirers recolectinns Of his unhappy
private life. Many years ago he married a
beautiful woman, but his domestic felicity
was of Brief duration, for Mrs. RHskin soon
secured Il divorce, and not long aftcrwuld
became the wife Of Miliais, the painter.
After this painful episode MI Ruskin
devoted himself solely to literature and
art He was but "a wears oltl when he
threw down the gan,lct to ail the critics
in England, and virtually told them that
they did not know their profession They
howled back ut him, they abused him, they
scorned him, they laughed at him But he
stood his ground. and pulled Justify
against the mighty current that set in
against him, The torrent ram fast, bat it
didn't rns long. Ruskin tried their criti-
cisln by appealing to nature :ls Il model for
art, while they depicted nature i'll accord
ancc with u certain school Of painting
Ruskin soon began to gather advocates,
and it was not long before lie had effected
Il revolution.
The tide that set in. tide that liz. had
turned-was one Of extreme realism. lIe
went 50 far as to ,lpnuunce Rapht8cl's
.'Chargc to Peter, on the ground that the
apostles are n9t dressed as men of hat
time and place would have been when 60
ing ont fishing lie held To an almost
brutal realism in everything. nild preached
Ills doctrine Nrlut4er MAJ. would hear ur
whether they wolld folFea". He soon raj
lied little cateric of artists about him and
formed u school styled the pre- Raphael
ties. The principal founder Of the school
WAS Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Since better
known as u poe, than an artist Hcheldhis
little court in London for many years, and
n, A1r .,t Eos,
His chief supporters at first were Holman
Hunt and Millas, the latter of whom be-
came the husband Of Mrs Ruskin after
her divorce, which was procured III Scot
land. These latter soon left Russctti far
behind in execution. but Rossctti was the
soul of the movement He had received
inspiration directly from l'uskin,
Among the movements that spTang from
that i1H.ugurntcd by Ituskin was the ms-
thetic craze OF Oscar Wilde and the
aesthetics OF London. S,ilthere were some
advantages derived even from these sun
flower carriers.
RusNin made It trip abroad, during
which his attention was called to a differ
ent branch OF art, and he followed the
Modern Painters" in due time with his
s'Seven Lamps of Archtccture' and his
"Stoncs Of Veni.e." They were master
}iccGS vi eioI utiit 'cScii lllloll anu FnclDflC
No such vivid writing had been seen for
many day, and no such zeal and earnest
ness. The wealth of gorgeous imagery
was dazzling; the defamation impaired to
it the cloquence of an earlier day, and the
lofty thought and moral purpose were pc
culiarly the authors own. The books ex-
erted n remarkable influence. He has
written much since, but he has never
reached the height he attained in these
earlier books.
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Strange beliefs as to the power of fish
charms exist in parts of southern Russia,
particularly where fish are found that have
Two small hard round bones on the sides
of the head. They are believed to have
the power when worn by the owner to pre-
vent collie, and they are termed collie
stones. The more wealthy of the peasants
have the collie stones mounted in gold, and
they are worn upon tho neck us II valuable
addition to II necklace The bones of the
common bullhcad are much used among
the Russian peasants as /. charm against
fever. Among European nations in the
Middle Ages doctors Of medicine had faith
that two bones found in the head of the
tench have medical virtues. The bones
were applied to the skin in cases of fever
The tcnch is an European fish and the
United States fish commission is endear-
oring to introduce it to American waters
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An Apostle of Christian Communism,

Rev. Adm Ballou, the venerable pastor
emeritus of Hopedale parish, who died at
Milford, Mass, the other day, was in many
respects Il remarkable man He was born
in 1903, had religious experiences', at IL
years Of age, Joined the Church OF Christ
at Il, and became a minister at 49, He
soon lost standing because of his rejection
of the doctrine Of eternal punishment and
went over to the Universalists. His con-
troversinl writings created Il schism, and
in 1912 he, with two others, established at
Ilopedale the Community an attempt
to practically cXemplify Christian com
munism, literally practicing the Ten Com
mandments. This continued with vary
ing success, Mr.. Ballou being spiritual
leader until 1856, when joint property own.
ership was abandoned, the effects sold and
proceeds divided. The christian parish'
was organized with Mr. Ballou as pastor,
which relation he held until April 90, 1880,
when on his nth birthday, he rclinuuish-
ed active parish work to younger hands.
His home was the Gretna Green of hun
dreds OF lovers. His life work included
officiating at 2,G3l funerals, Q 1888 marriages,
1890 christcnings, writing nearly 500 vol
umes Of various kinds and purposes, deliv-
ering nearly $500 sermons and addresses
on a multitude of religious and secular
subjects. He became Master Mason in
Charity lodge a. T. A. NJ, Milford, 1924;
Royal Arch Mason in Mt. Lebanon chap
ter, Milford 1895; knighted in Worcester
county conlmandery 1925, worshipful mas
ter of Charity lodge in 1926, an honorary
member of Milford commandery X. II.
1850, and Of Montgomery lodge, Milford in
1893
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l know many good soldiers. but he who
never felt fear" is gentleman whose uc-
quaintance | have yet to make He is
numerous of course, for all the books men
ton him, but he has so far escaped an in
PRODUCTION to me.
have seen Indian tribes from Winni-
peg to Chihuahua and from Newfound-
land to Florida, and once travelled MANY
hundred miles with band, not seeing
a white face for weeks, but the "noble
red man. was absent on busness-trayel-
ing with a circus, perhaps, or a delegate at
Being myself fnnaticul believer in the
Aryan and not candidate, am free to
give my view OF the aborigines-viz., that
after the missionaries and post traders
have worked on them for another century
they will be SO far developed as to be fit
for determination, unless, indeed, they are
absorbed into the American race of the
future.
I was born and mostly reared within
cannon shot of the Wabash river yet
Egglcston's "Hoosiers" are as much nov
city to me rs to any Bostonian; though
many New Englanders are my friends |
have not seen the typical Yankee" and
in the south and southwest I was still more
unfortunate. In Texas l found the law
against concealed weapons enforced with
q vigor unknown in the northwest; the
most generous people 1 ever lived with
were from Vermont, and if were asked to
name the two states In which the Sabbath
is most strictly observed I should select
Georgia and Texas. In fact, Atlanta and
Austin were during my travels the only
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! Metal That Nults Easily,

y metal that will melt ut such Il low tenn
peratnle rs $50 drss is certainly Il ct,rios-
ity, but according to The lroa Trade Re
view it has been successfully produced Mt
Syracuse, \. Y. 1t is al alloy composed of
lead, tin, bismuth and cadmium. and, in
weight, hardness and color, resembles type
metal. So e;lsily does it melt that, if you
place 1t on Il comparatively cool part of the
stove with piece of paper under it, it will
melt without the paper being score he'd
Another popularity about it is that it will
not retain heat, and becomes cold the mo-
ment it mclts. 1t IS used in the manuf;,ct-
ure of the little automatic fire alarms for
hotels and which give nn electric alarm
when the metal melts, owing to the rising
OF the temperatnre by fire
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from her BIRTH and knew rs well as q man
how to handle boat. But her mother
looked at her now in CONSERVATION.
"What do you mean?" she cried sharply.
II mean" said the girl, beginning to
make herself ready, "that 1 am going to
take my boat and try to find those poor
men"
ooh, nor' cried Mrs. Boyd, wringing her
hands in distress, "you are too young,
Bertha-you are not strong enough. Those
men are wild with terror. They may up
set your boat and drown you'll I can't let
you!'
"But you must, mother" said Bertha
firmly, while Mary, too, began with
trembling hands to put on her own warm
Jacket and mittens.
II am going with Bertha if she will go.
mother" she said simply.
The mothers teurs fell fast, but she
could not forbid her brave girls, in the face
of such noble spirit as theirs, to at least
make an attempt to help these fellow
creatures in tho extremity Of human
anguish; and yet she felt that her dear
girls might be going forth to their death.
1t seemed an hour to Bertha Boyd,
though in reality it was but few min
utes before she could get her warm out
side wraps on, and launch her boat into
the river. Then Mary turned back. Sho
felt that she was large and strong enough
to be Of great help to her sister. but the
pitchy blackness of the night and the Bit
ing cold dismayed her. Sobbing with ter
ror she sprang from the boat and rushed
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A SCENE IN AUSTIN.
considerable cities in which whisky on
Sunday could not be obtained by love,
money or stratagem. In the latter state
Galveston is an exception, being more like
French or other foreign city as to Sun
day; while in other sections suspect tho
Texans feel toward whisky and concealed
weapons much as the old woman of the
story did about dancing-they have "seen
the folly of it."
In the course of about 100, 600 miles rail.
road travel have not run against the in
sulting brakeman or conductor. Without
exception those gentlemen have acted in
my presence as gentlemen indeed, and even
the sleeping car porter has usually kept
within bounds. Beginning as the Son and
assistant of q stock farmer, and continu-
Ing us student, explorer and health seeker
and finally as journalist, I have travelled
at least {, 600 miles in lengthy trips on horse
back, as much on foot and by stage coach,
and much more by water, in every state
west and south OF the Hudson and in
Canada and Mexico, and the rude or
insulting people have met have not been
as one in five hundred. All these things
make me think that we Americans, of all
sorts, are pretty fair set of folks, and If
we knew each other better we should love
Zach other more.
We have natural vice, however, and
i is not intemperance, as so many think
Nor Is it ayarice especially-we want mo-
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SCIENCE AND PROGRESS,
POPULAR SCIENCE HECREATIONs
AND USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

The Venerable Gr.entlale Oak at Wei
beck Abbey, Enginnd, Through the
Trunk of Which the Duke of Portland
Urove n Coach and Four.
Every one who is interested in the re-
markable trees of England will appreciate
the portrait Of the Grecndalc oak of We'll
beck Abbey, England. 1t was tree of such
unusual size 11o years ago that the then
Duke of Portland Laid wager that he had
in his park at Wclbeck n tree so large that
he could drive Il carriage and four through
hole cut in the trunk. Hc won his bet
and ruined one of the most remarkable
trees in Europe, which, in spite of this bar
barous mutilation at the hands of tho noble
proprietor of Wclbeck, has continued to ex-
list almost in the same condition that it ap-
pears to have been in 1775 when the draw
Ing of it was made that was published
eleven years later in Hunters edition of
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of them dangerously near the surface, and
before the days Of the light a boat passing
the ledge duringa 4 storm was likely, us it
is even yet, to strike upon the rocks and 20
to the bottom before aid could reach it.
But tonight, as has been said, the lamp
was trimmed and burning, and the light
keepers wife, Mrs, Eoyd, who, during her
husbands long absences at se: attended to
the light, sat in her little sitting room with
her two daughters beside her. rejoicing in
the warmth and comfort here for though
there vas little wind it 'N-as bitter cold aud
very dark without
oh dear said Mary, the younger girl,
~ almost frazn my fingers Tonight bring
ing in the wood, If ii is like this il Octo-
ber what will it be in january ... ..
But father will be at home then, we
hope, and maybe Brother John" said
Bertha, the elder daughter.
II can't help hoping that my children
will never mnrry sailors sighed Mrs.
Boyd ut IS terrible To feel, as | do every
day, that ones husband and son are ey-
posed TO awful dangers perhaps dying or
dcad-anL 50 far AWAY
Besides it yun!d be 50 rer! i,ire tn lave
them at honte all tllc time" suggested
Bertha practically. Don't YOU suppose,
mother, that my father will get tired some
time of following the sea-
I'm afraid! not He understands Il gpu-
mans work better il!Hn any other, and he
gets uneasy if he stays long on Shore
Mrs Boyd shook her head wcarily. |, is
we'll enough to sing inspiring songs about
"A life on the ocean wuycN and The
sailors wife his star shall be- but there
are cruel facts in the case which no TO.
nance can quite cover. ..s .4,
III
words, The sigh With which they had
been accompanied had quite gone TO he
girls hearts.
Suddenly there came II t>Ais,aut bat pierre.
ing cry through the stiffness,
What is that they all exclaimed to-
gether, dropping tllcir work to listen
Mary rushed to the window and locked
out. o.@
II cunt see anything she declared,
after straining her eyes into the darkness
for a few moments. Seems to me never
saw SO dark night. Egypt could not have
been blackcr at the time of the plaguc'
Again that heartrcnding cry came from
over the water, followed by n sounti Of
mems voices, lis if inRgonizcd struggle and
entreaiy.
II wouldn't wonder ii it were /; party of
men from st. stephen or st. Andrew, who
have been titklngn sail for pleasure and
have been caught in the darkness"
Bertha had thrown Il shawl over her
head while her mother had been speaking
and had gone to The door.
They are in trouble, whoever they are,
She said now, returning excitedly.
"Ilark, mother, h;.rll!''
The girls pale face showed that she was
greatly agitatcd She felt that contest
was going on between life and death at
their very door
Mother Of God, save us! Mother of
God, save us.h clmc in desperate accents
from over the wide river.
"Oh. can't stand that!a cried Bertha
Boyd with dilated eyes and with every
nerve a-quiver. Mother, wish my father
and John were at home, but seeing they
are not, I've got to 60 and help those poor
drowning men,"
Bertha Boyd was 10, and strongly built.
She had been accustomed to the water
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The stringent laws covering the sale of
liquor i'll tho Canadian territories do not
seem to be of much avail At any rate The
Winnipeg Commercial declares "that the
alleged restrictive regulations are no re-
striction at all upon the promiscuous sale
of liquors under conditions which are any
thing but pleasant to contemplate. Pro-
hibition MS carried out in the territories Is
a huge farce, the law is hollow mockery,
and the situation is simply disgrnceful to
those who uphold it, as well as humiliating
to the people Of the territories who are
obliged to submit to it,"
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77''' W U. Y E's1!Isf. ISGI Nttnined the
rank Of lieutenant colonel. In the fall of
the next yenr he became colonel of the Six
teenth Vermont, and led it throughout its
term of service. This regiment formed
part of the Vermont brigade that made
the famous flank assault on pickett's divis-
ion Mt Gettysburg. When the war eudetl
Feazey had attained the rank Of brigadier
general
The new commander of the G. A. r. is
native Of Rockingham county, N. II.
After receiving n collegiate education he
began the practice of law, but his profess
sionul pursuits were early interrupted by
the outbreak of the war. He resumed
them after the close OF the contest, and
from 1879 to 1889 was judge of the supreme
court of Vermont. He has been identified
with the Grand Army for twenty-thrce
YtHrS.
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1t is announced that within u year or so
the Catholic church of America will have
a new cardinal in the person of Peter Rich
ard Kenrlck archbishop of st. Louis, who
has almost completed II half century of
service as n church dignitary.
Archbishop kcnricl is now 81 years of
age He was born at Dublin, Ireland, and
ordained priest in 1880. Three years later
he began his career in the United States
and in 1871 became n bishop.
In 1913 he became resident of St. Louis,
and his labors have been directed from
that point ever since. st. Louis was
created an archiepiscopal see in 1s47, and
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WHOLE NO. 11O3.
back to her mothers side.

DaCh TO ueE l11OU1Gr'E sue.
But the stout heart Of Bertha Boyd, full
of the proud consciousness Of duty, and of
the support of higher power, upheld her
trackless night, guided only by the sound
of those despairing cries.
Dip dip went the oars under Bertha's
practiced hands. Tho two anxious watch
ers shivering upon the shore could see
nothing, and soon the roar Of the waters
and the awful shrieks of the impcrilled
men drowned the sound Of the oars. In q
marvelously short time the cries stopped,
In that briefmoment however, Bertha had
rowcd more than half across the broad St.
Croix.
1She has reached thcml" calculated Mrs.
Boyd. "God grant it may not be too late!'
No, it was not too late.
On the top Of an overturned sailboat
Bertha found II young man almost dead
with cold and fright, but clinging for dear
life. AS the little skiff came up beside
him he managed TO slip into it, but he was
so stiff with cold and SO beside himself
with fright that he could be Of little assist
ance In rcscuing his companion.
This was an older man and very heavy,
who was in the water and holding with q
rapidly weakening grip to the side of the
''"Nss' AS~p
in such way that it seemed at first i'm
possible to FREQ them, but by working as
fast and as intelligently as she could, and
with Il little help from the younger man,
Bertha at last was able to drag the older
man also into the boat.
Then she pulled for the lighthouse on
the ledge.
II never expericnced,' says Mrs Boyd,
$50 long an hour us it was from the time
Bertha left us till she came back, and when
she drew up to shore with her burden
how we shouted for JOY. One Of our
neighbors had come up while Bertha was
gone, and after we had given the rescued
men something hot TO revive them he
took them TO his home and gave them dry
clothes. They were the most grateful
creatures you ever saw. 1t almost seemed
as though they were crazy with thankful
ness.
And Bertha? You ask was she not i'll
after her terrible exposure2'
mo; she was thoroughly chilled, Of
course, and her nerves were u good deal
unstrnng, but we took the best Of care Of
her, and she Was not made ill., .." %. d
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"Evelyn's Sylva.' Another portrait of the
tree appeared in llayman Rocks Sketches
Of Some Remarkable Oaks published
in London in 1900. Rooll states that
the Grecndale oak WAS Thought to be
above 100 years old; and that, from its ap-
pearaocc, there is every reason to suppose
that it had attained to that age at lenst.''
He gives the following statistics Of its
size: Circumference Of the trunk above the
arch, - feet 3 inches; height of the arch,
u feet inches; width above the middle,
6 feet 3inthts; height Of the top branch,
"a feet. The tree has probably increased
very little since these measurements were
made Just Il century ago, although We
have not, unfortunately, any recent an
thoritativc measurements with which to
compare them. The archway however
has certainly been much narrowed by tic
extension Of the bark round the edges ur
the cut since the duke drove his carriage
and four through it. Another portrait,
somewhat idealized, OF the Grccndnlc oak
appears on the title page of Struts noble
sylvia Britannica" in which are gathered
the portraits Of the most venerable and
most interesting trees Of Great Britain
Thanks are due to Garden and Forest for
the foregoing illustrated description Of
this noble oak
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SHE SAVED TWO LIVES.
THE SPLENDID DEED THAT BROUGHT
FAME TO BRAVE BERTHA BOYD.

A Thrilling and Authentic Narrative of
Woman's Daring-Tlc Modest Heroine
Rewarded by Her Governmental Ca
madam Grace Darling.
Copyright by American Press Association.l
The lamp i'll the pretty white light house
on the ledge was trimmed and burning
Every one on the St. Croix knows ''the
ledge" and knows the awful tales of ship
wreck and death which used to be current
among the river folk before the govern
mcnt established the lighthouse there. The
river flows swiftly over sunkcn rocks, some
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Hard Hit,

Fwcddie-Nly deah fellah, do you
know that Chawley Shippers is danger
ous]y i'll?
Harrie-Why no, what is the twoub-
Bile, old chappic?
Fweddie-Why he was coming down
street yesterday and a thought struck
him all of II sudden; today he's got bwain
fever, don't yer know.-Kearney Enter
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The Sioux City Curn Palace,

tIIE I1TICC,
The corn palace at Sioux City, Ia, prom
lses TO be more novel, beautiful and at
tractive tllan in preceding years. It will
be of Arabic design, and will cover an area
Of 2Gl ,y 1854 feet, with main tower ITO
feet tall. The principal room will be oc-
tagonal in shape and have n diameter of
1oG feet. Daylight will be excluded, and
the ceiling will be of sky painted canvas
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'oi''' j. NAsiiS' started in to s'hust
the banks" that desired his SUCCESS They
carried their point, and Mastin's bank
went down with nearly Il dozen others
While strengthening out the affairs of the
institution the creditors refused an offer
from Mr.. Mastin to turn over several
tracts of land to which he held title. They
considersil the realty worthless and
wouldn't consider it s nn asset So it re-
mained on the owners hands, in the course
Of time became part Of Kansas City, and
some Of it is now valued ut 50, 500 a front
foot.
Mr.. Mastin, who was GO years old when
he died, was a native Of Tennessee, and
served through the war on the side Of the
Confederacy. From 1865 until the day of
his demise he engaged in various financial
enterprises, making his home at Kansas
City. lie leaves Il fortune of $1,000, 900,
two-thirtls of which goes to his childless
widow, and the other third to a favorite
nephew
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THE THRUSH.

H a. g .
Where yonder nymph with music takes
Across the fields her silver way,
With mirthful melody she wakes
The browsing pinstrel of the day.
There from his ripple haunted dream
The meadows bithest chorister
Enraptured by the singing stream,
CieGrs his brown throat and sings with her,
The amber air with music fills; =5....T
Like seeds, the notes sown in the hush
Blossom In song between the hills
Whence echo answers to the thrush,
Dear bird, whose liquid carols come
To me across the valleys span,
dream you are descended from
That older minstrel, shaggy Pan.
For as the ny,nphs with dance and song
In olden days his piping graced,
This sylvan maiden steals along
Beside you in melodious haste.
New York Ledger.