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I III + NOLAN HILL.

mo uractiee mus, have disga-ted the g,sdiators
horribly. C0mmodus used to get down in the
ring and cut and slash like good fellow, but
put Yourself in the place Of tae gladiator and
thins shat his feelings must have been. What
terrible desecEatiOn II lie should have punched
the emperor on his imperial nose, or worse
sui. dug him under the fourth RIB with a
enssror was privileged 10 eut and pare to his
hearts content. and the only revenge the
gladiator cOuld get TO wait for him in the
sscres passage j msnt.Oced and stick n knife in
hts bsck- This vas done many times that
has bsck re-eulbled long pineushion, and
the emperor him-ef took an unexplained dis
HE 10 the secret passage. IN which, however,
D. vas ended al last.
As OvEEwORKED EEkL Estate BocN.
4 adv in Rome told me should go 20 the
Coliseum al night. She said she often did and
enjoyed H. She picked gu; a nice, cold. damp
s.one and -. Oh Il. Then. a. the moon rose
ever tho ruins and cat it pale rays down on
The erambiiug stones, she looked at the deem
shadows and the isin; patches OF light. and saw
Whole mensg-ries Of lions and tigers and troops
Of martyr. with perfect droyes Of emperors
and vsst=l virgins. This ia what she said she
snv and 10 was very delightful We came near
going. bnt finally somebody asked her IL she
ever saw 81. Sebastian in the crowd OF martyrs
end she said often That settled IL; you see too
many pictures OF st. Sebastian in Italy 20 care
20 look nj his ghost
Speaking Of ghosts. IL there ia a spot on earth
which q -eif-respeeting ghost has excuse for
kaanting 10 - Rome. Think Of the his tory Of
~ city. dating back 20 my thical tiEaes: washed
over by invasion after invasion: despoiled again
nd again By friend or foe; never killed, only
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they are so rusty and shining that they would
be available for no other purpose than that OF
being hung up ss mirrors. He gives them
away. They have thus q very varied and
singular career. Let u suppose he gives an
old dress suit to his waiter; the latter uses it
for some years and then sells il to dealer in
old clothes. Here it is done over again. the
polish toned down and the ragged edges
concealed. A countryman, coming to town
to get a wedding outfit, sees the old
dress suit and. admiring it, is per-
suaded to buy it, and is married in il,
He in turn gives IL to a relation, who gets mar
ried in il, and this relation wears IL at Q coun-
try ball. gets thrown out of his buggy on the
way home and splits the coat from the collar to
the tail Is that the end of it? No, In the
spring when the corn lie planted and the crows
are hungry the old dress suit is hung upon q
pole and hat 10 put above it and IL stands in
the open field looking most disreputable, but .
terror to the crows. And the swell who has
been through nineteen dress suits, riding along
the road, sees the scarecrow and laughs at il
without having the slightest idea that he is
making fun Of one Of his own most glorious
garments.
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large crowd. Tho Civic Band PLAYS in an open
space. while tue driveways are crowded with
vehicles of sll Descriptions. The crowd on the
Pincisn Hill is rather an upper class crowd
and bears the usual family resemblance to az
semblages of this kind in any large city There
IL an extra sprinkling of military uniforms
priests, uniformed school boys and tobacco
smoke. The Pincian is a bad place for
private soldier to get. His hand 10 kept in
constant motion saluting the hundreds Of
officers.
THE ITALIAN soLDIERY.
You can see a procession of some sort in
Rome at almost any time and at any point,
There are PROFESSIONS of priests, professions Of
monks in ali sorts Of different cowls process
sions Of school boys and school girls, with a
variegated assortment of costumes, and a con-
diery and police. Shut your eyes at any time
in Rome, walk ahead ten steps, open your optics
and IN nine cases out of ten the first thing you
see II a soldier. Uniforms are everywhere and
from appearances the main duty Of officers and
priyates Ia to stroll around the streets. The
officers are rather natty looking and the pri-
Yates might be- it were not for their clothes The
average uniform Of the Italian private would
make a misit dealer hold - his hands In holy
horror. 1t is plain to see they have q sort OF
grAb-bag distribution. private comes along,
puts IN his hand and draws out q pair of trou-
sers and . coat. They may iit him, and so may
the average citizen WIN the turkey at q Christ
mas rafis. There are $1,000 soldiers quartered
In Rome and at a rough guess pretty near that
many officers. Every able-bodied citizen Of
Italy. whom he reaches his twentieth year, mus;
serve two and one-hak years In the army. This
two and ons-half years must bs one constant
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crease Tremendously. Without commerce or
manufactures there was no firm basis for this
belief ard the result of the overcontidence il
seeu in large numbers of half-fnished houses
and Others completed in all but the most reces-
sary point-a tenant Many OF the noble fami-
lea OF Rome lost heavily by these operations
aud one princely house was brought almost to
ruin. The heir to this title recently made
friendly proposals Of marriage 20 a rich Ameri-
can lady. who replied that she would like much
TO be princess, but really could not stand
husband with red nose What blow was
this to aristocratic pride and blue blood, which.
however. insisted on becoming red at the ex-
tremities.
THE WEATHER WAS COLD.
Some stir is caused in Rome by the dissen-
sions which still exist between the more active
of the supporters of the pope and OF royalty.
This, however, is mere tempest in teapot
compared 10 the noise made by travellers run
ming up and down to keep warm. There is no
Disgusting the fact, il is cold in Rome when the
north wind does blow, and II blew all the time
OF our visit. In future, whenever you read of
or see a picture Of ancient Roman going
around dressed In a thin white toga and with
bare legs. You want to sheer. Tie your face
into the hardest kind of sheer and you will
only do faint justice to the subject If any old
Roman went skipping around in a toga and
bare legs he had an awful cold in his head,
Of Nero with n cold in his head.
Think Of Marc Antony saying: ''Hachou.-
Feens. Bromans and Couudrymen." What
those old Romans really wore were fur-lined
overcoats- All that toga business was gotten
up BY the Roman hotel keepers for circulation
IN Gaul and Great Britain, in the hope Of in
dueing the innocent and unsuspecting Anglo
Saxon or Gaul to pack his grip and HE himself
down TO Rome, with tho insane idea Of skipping
around in linen duster and without trousers.
IL has always been a mystery to me what the
ancient Roman policemen meant by carrying
around those big. heavy. unwieldy fasces. Now,
however, am morally convinced that tho big
handles contained coal oil stoves
good deal of Romcs historical stir IL
caused by the animated street scenes. There
are centers Of animation and one of these is the
Pincian Hill, high elevation with splendid
outlook over the city The Pincian Hill has
been pleasure spot from ancient times. 1t 10
laid of in gardens. walks and drives, and con-
tains large number Of statues and busts.
Here in the afternoon, and especially on Sun
day afternoon, can be found . tremendously
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They Sometimes Reject the Most Brilliant
and Best of Suitors.
From the Brandon Bucksaw.
Rejected lovers may find consolation from
the knowledge that some of the cleverest and
handsomest men have been refused, and that
they have nevertheless managed to live on and
win fame and fortune. Shakespeare is gener-
ally credited with considerable knowledge of
humanity and its ways, and he describes Romeo,
the prince Of lovers, being rejected by the
fair Rosalind only just before Juliet fell in love
with him.
A certain John Scott once proposed to a
Miss Allgood. While smarting from her dis
dain he happened to enter village church dur
ing divine service and there for the first time
he saw the pretty Miss Surtees. He wooed
her and, rs the father would have nothing to
say to him, he induced her to elope and this
though three wealthy suitors were already ut
her feet. John Scott lived to be Earl of Eldon
and lord high chancellor and never regretted
the day Miss Allgood rejected him.
Byron was refused several times He pro-
posed to Miss Millbanke, q great heiress, and
was rejected, though the lady expressed wish
to correspond with him. He then proposed to
another lady, and his suit was rejected, too.
Nothing daunted he renewed his proposal to
Miss Mlllbanke. and this time received very
fattering acceptance. They lived together,
however, very unhappily.
One of the most persistent suitors who ever
proposed and was rejected was the eccentric
Cruden, compiler of the concordance to the
Bible. Miss Abney, who had inherited large
fortune, was the subject of his attentions. For
months and months he pestered her with calls
and letters. When she left home he had papers
printed. which he distributed in various places
of worship, asking the congregation to pray for
her safe return, and when she returned home
hn mad. h.. Al. L
turn thanks. Miss Abney never became Mrs.
Cruden.
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round of pleasure. With the spare time on his
hands and his princely salary the soldiers lot is
. happy one. What cares he for the fit of his
uniform when it REQUIRES constant thought
come? The private soldier during his
service gets 2 cents q day. Providing he has
spent six or seven years learning q trade and
works ct 1t during his enlistmentfor the benefit
of bis fellows he gets cents day. Yet there
are men in Italy who try to evade their mill
tary service. An officer is still more in clover.
Officers board themselves and are supposed to
keep up considerable Of position. Their sal
AIRY Is therefore proportionateiy munifcent. A
captain gets about $50 a month, heutenants
from $40 to s25. good many people in Italy,
as has been said, manage to evade the military
service. Some of them are caught up at last,
however. The barber who shaved ne one day
was an instance. He was very sad. Hitherto
he had escaped the army as being the only and
sole support Of his mother, his father
being dead. His mother had taken in washing
and had supported herself, but that was no
business Of the government. Lately, however,
his unnatural and cruel mother, without the
slightest regard for her barber son, had mar
ried again, and he was no longer her sole and
only support. grasping government, ever on
the watch for more BARRIERS and soldiers, had
snatched him at once, and one week from that
date he must don a uniform eight sizes too
large for him and buy a big safe to hold his
salary. 1t was a very sad case but 1t was i'm
possible not to recoh with horror at the cold
hear lessness of the young man himself. His
thirst for revenge was fiendish. Some day he
said he would shave his father-in-lsw. II he
ever does the father-in-law will arise from the
chair and curse the day he was born.
The garrison at Rome contains samples Of
all the branches of the Italian army. The in
fantry wear dark blue coats, gray trousers and
white leather belts. The grensdiers are in
fantrymen, distinguished by red grenade
worn in the cap. What are known rifiemen
form an elite corps. They wear u dark blue
uniform, with crimson facings and a dark
feather plume worn on the side of the cap. The
cavalry wear blue coats, gray trousers and he'll
NETS. The artillery have the 50 me. with yellow
facings. TO these troops must be added large
force Of carsbieniri or gendarnes, who patrol
the city. They are fine-looking and efficient
corps. The uniform is black, with red facings
and white shoulder straps and cooked hats.
THE MARKETS ARE INTERESTING.
In any CITY the markets are interesting, This
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for sale. being held by collector, Who value such
specimen beyond price. Probably e2.000
might he offered for one In vain. OF eoar~s
there are ever 30 many countcrf1ts and Altered
dates extsnt. the most common being the dollar
OF 1901 altered into 1904. Fortunately, experts
are not easily deceived BY such pslpsble ehessa
MAKING CHANGE
Until recently, when the practice vss for
bidder by Law, the Me,icans cut their silver
coins into pieces for small change. The same
practice was followed In the United sts.cs early
IN the present century. and In Virginia n
customary TO make five quarters out of esch
dollar by hammerine IL out rreliminsrily 20
chopping II into scrments with Q Ratchet or
other Instrument The ''reeding" or corrue~-
uon on the edges % modern coins commonly
but incorrectly termed milling" was oriein-
ally adopted a. protection against the clipping
OF metal money, which formerly was q source
OF prohi TO many dishones, persona
DrcTiIiTr or ooiD.
One Of the qualities which has rendered enId
most available for coming Is its wonderful
ductility. This may be illustrated by the fart
that a single grain of the metal can be made On
cover a space Of fiftv-sN square inchcs, and
the same quantity can lie drawn into q wir~
500 feet long. The amount OF gold contained
in $40 piece will perfectly gid q silver wire
stretching from New York 90 Chicago tn.
interesting 20 know that every ton 81 SEE
water holds a grain OF gold and that the
walls Of the brick houses in philadelphia con-
tain many millions Of dollars OF the precious
metal Gold is distributed everywhere. the
only difficulty being 20 separate II prodtAbly
from the other substances with which u 10
found combined in nature. The museum's col
lections contain a number OF buttons OF gold
and silver. each stamped with the government
seal. which serve n coins in siam. Also there
specimens Of the hook money" Of silver.
which used 10 circulate largely in India. being
nothing moro than silver wire bent into a shaps
resembling fish hooks.
SHE'LL MONEY
The collections Of the National Museum
would be incomplete II they did not contain
specimens of the shell money, which served 80
a substitute for coins as a means OF exchange
ages before the precious metals were di-eos-
cred. Ii seems strEnge 20 find this form OF
cssh utilized to this day by many nations in
southern Asia in the islands of the Indian and
South Pacific oceans. aud in many parts OF
Africa. In those regions the ''cowrv" shell is
the one chiefly employed, for the reason that 10
Is of a convenient size and the natural supply
OF X il limited. so that one cowrv shell may be
considered TO represent definite amount OF
labor in the process Of finding. and there Is no
material chance Of sudden imitation OF the
currency by the discovery of a great deposit OF
cowries. One hundred cowries are worth two
cents.
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is especially so in Rome on account of their
general outdoorness and from the bright colors
and the animated talk and gestures. Most of
the markets are situated in some corner Of a
square or open space and consist of rows of
booths. The Romans are great people for
green things, and all sorts of green vegetables
are displayed in profusion. They are also
strong on the question of young lambs. Almost
the only meat displayed consists of long rows
OF young lambs hung up by their legs. The
markets are usually crowded and the vendors
keep up constant, monotonous calling out of
their wares. The women predominant as BUYERS
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The Word Jolly"

From the Davenport Democrat
Jolly" On the adoption Of this word ints
the English it had the meaning OF beautiful,
as 1t has among the French today. The En-
glish dramatist Beaumont Of the sixteenth
century speaks Of our first mother - "the jolly
Eve" In time, however, il came 10 mean
hilarious, regardless Of physical beauty. But
this latter meaning is probably the right ono
after all, as the word doubtless comes from
Yule (Yu-le). the pagan Christmas. 30 10 spsak.
for be il known that what we now observe o.
Christmas day was a heather holiday called
Yule, and the Yule festival was one OF noisy
demonstration. Yule, indeed, means noiss OF
outcry, praising in loud voice, chanting. sing
ing, making cutlery in honor Of their god
From Yule, then, TO jolly the step ID short and
easy-both meaning revelry, rejoicing. ouD
is a risen Lord; theirs the same. The words
are identical. So, too. in . large degree the
Christmas joilities, praises and those Of hsathsn
lule. Into such close relation do simple vorSe
sometimes connect the present with tbs -
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stunned. Again and again has the tide rolled
back and revealed to the world-Rome-alw
Roue-the eternal city. Stand by the Col
iseurn. marking one era. look up at the forum,
representing another, and then to the right at
the modern dwelling houses which tell OF the
present. They are all there. all within stones
throw. and the most arrogant of all is the mod
ern structure. Rome may be somewhat top
heavy with history, but she is alive also in the
present.
STIR IN ROME.
IL can be taken Tor granted then that the To-
rum Is no longer crowded There is a good
deal Of a stir in Rome" however. There is
the meaning and wailing and crashing of teeth
which comes from the broken and blasted real
estate boom. Like good many other cities.
Rome has overbuilt herself and is now COM
PEELED to stop and rest until her population
catches up. Up TO a short time ago specula-
ton was rife in the city. 1t was believed that
within a short time tho population would in
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N the Coliseum on the score Of safety. There
vas almost an entrance for every spectator. and
81 would have been hardy fire which would
have tackled the structure anyway. Then the
Coliseum had corridors and lobbies which must
have been simply paradise for the men between
the acts | know all about the Coliseum nv
self. because guide told me all about it /
ean'l diyulge very 8nuch. though. ss the guide
said tho Information he gave me a secret
FROM the little places IN which they tucked
away the giadistors in those old DAYS I don't
believe they hid any too much finn. There
mn-t have been especial dearih of fun
for the gi.dia;ors during the reign Of the En-
peror Commodgs- IN he Coliseum is a private
tunnel which Commodg. used to use in getting
frors HE palace 20 his private box. He did not
have uluch Use for the private box. however,
~ VIA; Cnmuodu- yearned for was to be an
actor himself. and his carrying this yearning
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with an. There are the remains Of the ancient
bniliiags ard monuments and there are few
tourists armed 20 the tee h with guide books
bat hat - all The forum has now been nearly
entirely eXcavatod and in no vay can person
&c, better realization OF the difference be-
tween the Presen; and the past and OF the time
Which has elapsed since the forum was the
great esnter q: Rumes greatness than from
finding that the ancient level Of Eomes forum
vas from thirty 90 forty feet below the present
level Of the city. The forum has been dug out
and yoI can walk around the edges and iook
down on the relisins % past grandeur. don't
propose TO describe 20 YOU the forum. neither
do | intend 10 draw thc Cc,isegm IL would be
an insult 20 suppose Won DO Rot know all about
them. and. besides. the task il beyoEl me-
80 CROWD ar me COLISEUM.
There u no crowd. h5wever. al the Coliseum
either. Only the same group of tourists and
red guile book. There are a good many stones
IN the Coliseam. though. and room for a good
many people. Albaugh's and the National The
alter 90 not hold near as many people the
Coliseum did Something hAe 10000 people
Wa the lattsrs capacity before the standing
room only" sign was hung ont The commis-
a0ners 81 Rome eould have had no objections
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The Mannish Girl.

From Truth.
She begins innocently enough She has a
troop Of brothers, perhaps, and is drawn into
their sports in spite Of herself She catches
their contempt of girls; cuts off her hair like
Maggie Tulliver; takes pleasure in a riding habit
and its odd accouterments. Horses and dogs
are her favorite companions.
So she falls out of sympathy with her sex
She loses its delicacy; she is reckless of its
conventions. That is always the peril Of the
mannish girl. But the fact that woman in
body, che tries to be man in mind, exposes her
to the animadversions of the ribald.
As she mngies with the world, she feeds q
kind of vanity by being mannish. To talk
slang. to smoke cigarettes, to ride to hounds,
commend her, in a measure, to her male COM
panions. They declare her to be jolly, fetch
ing, stunning. They cultivate her society.
They take her yachting when they leave her
companions at home. They love to chat with
her IN a box at the horse show. They even
propose a surreptitious visit to the Ariou ball.
But they rarely marry her.
That is where the maidenly girl has her full
revenge. When it comes to taking a wife-s
wife who shall adorn his table; a wife who shall
entertain his friends-a man seldom thinks of
the mannish girl. He knows that the arts by
which she attracted him will be Just as at
tractive to others. He knows that the lack of
refinement, which has kind Of zest in the e1rl
of twenty, will turn to hopeless vulgarity in q
matron OF forty.
Then what is the end Of the mannish girl?
Eternal spinsterhood or the divorce court IN
no man will have her she gets more calculated
month by month. Her mind turns to bitter
ness: She has nothing but ill to say of her
nelghbors. She purveys wretched oossip for
the social columns Of the newspapers, and when
a woman does that she has set the tombstone
on her career and on her reputation.
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Souvenir Coins.

In compliance with many requests, TIE STAR
has secured, for the accommodation Of its
patrons, q supply Of Columbian Exposition
Souvenir half dollar coins, which will be fur
nished at cost price,-one dollar each. Apply
at the counter Of The STAR business Office
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representing the development Of this medium
OF exchange incidental to the progress Of man.
KIND. Whereas now among all civilized nations
such objects have invariably the shape of disks
stamped with values, il is surprising to hnd
how many odd and even grotesque forms
gold and silver. copper and bronze have been
wrought into during past ages for use as ready
cash.
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HE Ma TIONAL MU-

HE Ma TIONAL MU-
scum is preparing for
the worlds fair an ex-
hibit of lite collections
Of coins and other metal
money, which. though
among the most re-
markable in the world,
have rot hitherto been
shown to the public.
They include ever so
many quaint and curl
Gus specimens, both
aa,sa.s .,I w.Alar~,
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III Il THE FORUM
crowded? What means
this stir IN Romeo?
This question has re-
manned unanswered For
80 long that it seems
time some one really in
yestigated the matter
ard settled 1t once and
FOR all.
In the first place the
forum "a not crowded.
unless it be with mem
Ories of the past and
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1nappropraaeo.
From the Indianapolis Journal
"Whasi You don't mean to mako IL minister
apresent Of . pair Of opera giassss?"
why not? He oflsn attsnAs tAeatxical pr.
foFmancea"
''But not TIE opsra glass kind"