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harbor must be soul-stirring sight to
every good American Apart from all his
toric associations the scene is one of sur
passing beauty, no lovelier spot existing on
the picturesque south shore of Massachu-
setts- The air is delightful, and the quaint
old-time residences that line the elm-shaded
streets are restfrl sight to city eyes. ana
a joyful revelation to the breezy traveller
from some nat, sunny western town. 1t
takes only few hours to do the principal
points within the limits Of the town, but
all the country round is rich in historic in
terest, and no more charming place can be
found to linger through a summer vacation
Pilgrim Hall. which has been much i'm
proved by the generosity of Mr.. Joseph
Stickney of Baltimore is the first conspicu-
Gus object to greet one. 1t is the property
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Safety of the Capitol.

A foxy-looking old chap about sixty years
of age with wniskers on him which looked
as If they had grown in Kansas, and
clothes on him which looked as If they had
been made in England, ambled into the
rotunda of the Capitol the other day, ac-
companied by his wife, a woman of fifty
odd, weighing in the neighborhood Of two
hundred. OF course, the couple were at
once the "snecure" of every guides eye,
and a rush was made for the strangers on
the spot, but the old fellow was too foxy,
and stood the crowd off. He chaffed them
awhile good naturally, and then passed on
to see the sights as he pleased. In the
course of an hour he came back to the ro-
tunda, alone, and took seat on one of
the benches provided there for the weary.
A guide spotted him in minute, and came
over to have some fun with him.
where's your wife?" inquired the Capt.
toll director.
"Shes SOM eres around lookin' at things"
responded the visitor.
by herself?" and the guides question
would have Indicated that the husband was
quite remiss in his duty to permit his wife
to go about alone.
"Of course. What's the difference?"
well, you don't know what might hap
pen to her in great building like this is, "
said the guide, whose business it was not
to let any more people go about there alone
than he could prevent. she might get
lost. or something"
The old fellow sat back with an air of
perfect confidence and satisfaction.
oh he said, she's all right. Congress
amt in session.
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A Prominent Citizen.

The guest from the effete east was sit
ting in the bar room of the one small tav-
ern in a small town of the unregenerate
southwest, because the bar room was also
lobby, Office waiting room, and so forth,
and so forth. Presently, as related to a
Star writer, delegation Of citizens came
in under the direction of the landlord. and
ranging themselves before the bar. they
asked the visitor to join them. This he
did, and after a drink had been taken, the
landlord addressed him.
Il reckon" he said, you never knowed
Bill Keeton?"
"of this town. inquired the guest.
Eyes, he lived here"
Doesn't he live here now?"
mo. He'd live here If he lived any place.
fer he knowed we thought a heap NV him,
but he let go his holt last week and went
over"
Did he let go naturally" inquired the
the situation.
You bet he did," said the landlord
proudly. Mater wuz the only one that
could git the drop on BILL
rs he buried here?"
Course he is, and that's what we want
to talk to you about. We air raisin' the
cash to buy him a monument, and to
kinder show that strangers hain't nothin'
ag in this town, we usually ask them to
chip in whatever they feel like"
Was he such prominent citizen as
that?" asked the visitor, going down into
his pocket for his contribution to the mon
ument fund.
''Wuz her" responded the landlord, slap
ping the bar counter with forceful vigor,
"he wuz the best we had. There hain't
been boss thief hung in these parts in
the last ten years that Bill hain't had holt
NV the rope. and Their amt a man among
us with a record like that.'s
After this burst. the eastern visitor
doubled his subscription, and invited the
delegation to have one apiece with him.
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Truth is Mighty, &c.

"Speakin' of snakes" remarked the man
with timothy straw in his mouth. in the
hearing of Star writer. did you ever
hear Of the blue snake of Florida?"
Nobody had, and the man proceeded.
"Wen," he said, with the air of wit
ness who was giving testimony under a
stack of Bibles as high as a court house.
1.-The blue snake is the astonisher of the
world when you git on to his fine points
When I run a truck patch in that state
some years ago had some experience with
one of them. One Of their peculiar ways
is to go straight for anything that they
are going to tackle, and all Samhill can't
stop EN- or turn EN- to one side or t'other.
When they see 1t and take a notion to go
for it, they go for 1t and get there or bust
a hamestring tryin'.
they strike anything 1t swells to such a
size that you wouldn't believe me IL I told
you. Well, I was workin' in the field one
day with a niger, and niggers are scared
to death of blue: snakes, When he give a
yell, Blue snake and went flynn. didn't
know which way the dern snake was
comm, so took after the Niger, and we
went out of that field like two streaks Of
the furrow. What become of the snake
don't know, and l didn't go back to rec
till next morning, and, by gum, what 1
found there surprised me about as much
as anything had met up with in Florida.
The snake had hit my hoe handle plumb
in the CENTER and it had sweled up so
that got thousand shingles. ten thou
sand feet Of weather boardin', four cords
of frewood, a hundred fence rails. enough
floorin' for the Baptist Church and five
hundred barrel slaves out of it,
The listeners expressed their disbelief
vigorously.
and" concluded the man with the timo-
thy straw in his mouth, when he could he
heard. that hoe handle was still swellin'
when we got it to the saw MILL"
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moon itself, a celestial body which we
have thus far ignored almost wholly.
The bright star seen Eat 8 o'clock almost
directly overhead is Vega, in the Tyre.
Southeast from this star. at about one
third Of the distance to the horizon, is AL
tair, in the Eagle. In a northeasterly di-
rection from the same star, Vega, at dis
lance rather more than half of it's dis
lance from Altar, is Deneb Cygni, the
brightest of the stars which form the
Swan (Cygnus). These three stars form a
large acute angled triangle, of which two
sides are nearly equal, Affair being at the
apex. The head of the Swan-the double
star Beta, described last months very
nearly at the center of this triangle
A little west CT south, at one-fourth of
the distarce from the horizon to the zen
it'll, is the rudy star Antares. in Scorpio,
sometimes called the Scorpions Heart.
About midway between this star and Vega
Is a second magnitude star, which marks
the head of Ophiuchus, the Serpent Holder.
This constellation is at best poorly marked,
and tonight little can be seen of it except
its head.
Five degrees to the right of this star
Alpha Ophiuchi-is Alpha Herculis, in the
head of Hercules. 1t is variable star,
ranging between the second and third mag
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A Living Statue for a Month.

Paris Letter to the London Telegraph.
From Marseilles comes an account OF an
extraordinary performance attributed to a
man named Durand, who Is said to have
spent twenty-eight days in the immovable
attitude of sentry. At o'clock last even
ing. according to the story which has
reached US, Durand descended from the
pedestal on which he had stood for four
entire weeks. highly delighted at having
got successfully through an ordeal. which,
however, has put about 100000, derived
from bets, into his pocket. AS might well
be expected, he is described as being quite
exhausted. His features are drawn, his
head is in a congested state, and his legs
refuse to bear him any longer. Had he
undergone few more hours of the trial
Durand would, in all likelihood. have
fallen to the ground dying man. AS it is.
the doctors who have charge of him are
rather anxious as to the result of this won
derful feat of staying power. and are keep
ing Durand in bed for some days at least.
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country is the highest shaft ever raised
to any individual In the United States.
Duxbury was originally a part of Ply
mouth, and here can be seen the two most
interesting houses of the neighborhood.
ish's own homo, and was built by the cap
tain's son, Alex, in 1866. the original
home having been destroyed by fire. The
second Is a three-gabled wooden dwelling,
built in the same-year by John Alden, son
of John Alden and Priscilla.
The suburban towns of Massachusetts, are
connected by electric railroads. and a ride
from point to point adds much to the at
traction of all these coast towns. At Ply
mouth they have pretty custom Of NAM
Ing their cars rather than having them
numbered. and the pleasure of ride over
the nine-mile track that runs along the
coast from Plymouth to Kingston Is in
creased by the knowledge that we are
travelling on the Puritan or the Pilgrim.
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Keeping Baby Quiet.

From T1d-Bfts.
Coed heavens" roared the policeman,
springing upstairs three steps at jump
and dashing with uplifted truncheon into
the photographers studio, what are you
fighting about UP here? Are you all in
this row?'
and pa and ma and Cousin Bessie and
young Mr. Thinlegs, her young man, and
the two cousins from Birmingham and
Uncle Charley and grandma, all looked
kind Of silly and were quiet, but the pho
tographer said:
ooh, that's all right, officer there's no
row; we're just trying to keep the baby
quiet while We take its picture, bless it,
Exit policeman.
Chorus-Ram, bang. smash. jingle, whis-
tie, crash. slam, toot te toot, bang, bang,
smash! Picture is taken.
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Built by Son of Myles standish.

feet in height, sumounting the whole. This
figure properly placed might be impressive,
but at the ordinary height of forty feet
from the ground it Is overpowering and
very ugly, suggesting nothing to the WIS.,
itor from Washington so much as that
this might possibly be the mother of
those babes on the Lafayette monu-
ment at home, despite the difference in
the complexion. The view from this hill
IS, however, one of the finest about, and by
turning ones back on this particular Faith
and looking across the inlet We see the
Miles Standish monument in DuXbury,
which is one hundred and ten feet HIGH
and with the exception of the various
Washington monuments throughout the
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The Alternative Was Cheaper.

From the Chicago Tribune.
A middle-aged man of tall and slender
build and earnest cast of countenance
stepped into a hatters shop on jackson
street yesterday morning, and removed the
wrappings from soft felt hat that he car
ried in his hand.
'How much will it cost TO have this dyed
a light gray to match my hair?" he in
quired.
1T will cost you at least dollar" replied
the halter.
The caller wrapped 1t up again.
Il won't pay it, he said. decidedly. For
30 cents can get my hair dyed to match
the hat Good day, sir"
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A Dakota Song.
From the Chicago Record.

from the Chicago Record.
A blackbird piped: thought Of you;
A thousand fancies dimmed my eyesj
The bending sky of tender blue,
A whispering wind the sedges through,
And once again before me lies
The prairie trail-that day
said goodbye to you
And rode away
Into the east-that one last view;
A blackbird piped: 1 thought of YOU.
A blackbird piped: thought of youI
1t seems but yesterday
stood where roses grew
Along the trail and bid adieu
To you and rode away.
blackbird sung among the grass,
The sky hung over a silken blue;
As l rode away toward COncha pass
turned and waited kiss to you
A kiss and a long adieu.
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About Mouths.

From the Mammoth Spring Mcritor.
Some mouths look like peaches and
cream, and some look like hole chopped
into brick wall to admit a new door or
window. The mouth is hotbed Of tooth
aches, the bunghole of oratory. and a
baby's browning glory. 1t is the patriot
isms fountain head, and the tool chest for
pie. Without 1t the politician would be a
wanderer on the face Of the earth, and the
cornetist would go down to an unhonored
grave. 1t is the grocers friend, the orators
pride, and the dentists hope.
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CromwelI's Stntue.s


What needs Cromwell stone or bronze to say
His was the light that lit England's way
The sundawn of her time-compelling power,
The noontide of her most imperial dayf
His hand won back the sea for England's dover;
His football babe the Moor change heart and
cover;
His word on Mil.on's tongue spake law to France
When Piedmont felt the she-wolf Rome devour.
From Cromwel's eyes the light of England's glance
FLASHED, and bowed down the kings by grace of
The priest-anointed princes; one alone
By grace of England held their hosts in trance.
The enthroned republic from her kinglier throne
Spake, and her speech was Cromwell's. Earth has
No lordlier presence How should Cromwell stand
By kinglets and by queenlings hewn in stonea-
Incarnate England in his warrior hand
Smote, and as fire devours the blackenng brand
Made ashes of their strengths who wrought her
wrong,
And turned the strongholds Of her foes to sand.
His praise is in the seas and Millions song;
What praise could reach him from the weakling
That rules by leave of tongues whose praise is
Him, who made England out Of weakness strong7
To bid the world bear witness whence he came
Who trade fierce Europe fawn at England's heel
And purged the plague of lineal rule with fame.
For one whose work bids fame bow down and kneel;
Our man Of men, whose time-commapding name
Speaks England, and proclaims her commonweal.
-ALGERNON CHARLES SWLNBURNE.
June 20, 1895.
.Refnsed by the house Of commons on the 18th
of June, 1895,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-27

The positions of the planets for the first
of the month are shown, as usual, by a
diagram of the zodiac. Mercury is now a
morning star. Venus, an evening star, will
shine with her greatest brilliancy on the
18th. She is now rapidly drawing in toward
the sun, and by the end of, the month her
season will practically close. Saturn is
still well above the horizon at o o'clock.
None of the other planets are now of in
terest to the naked-eye observer
On the nights of the 9th and 10th keep a
lockout for the August meteors-the Per
which all will seem to proceed-is (at 9
o'clock in the northeast, directly beneath
the consolidate Cassiopaia.J
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II ID kAkNS41AN xIAtk-
b or, thirty seven
miles from Boston.
can be conveniently
reached by boat or
rail; the most attrac-
tive means being by
boat, especially If ole
has never enjoyed a
sail through Boston
harbor and down the
bay.
Arriving either by
Ian ! OF 5ea, the first
sight Of Plymouth
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She Was Quite Certain.

From the chicago Trlbune.
Irene-"Jsn't it curious how innocent
George Ferguson is? They say he never
kissed anybody in his life, and doesn't
know how to kiss!'
Laura-"There is not word of truth in
1t. He has-that is. he-why, I should
think he would know how by this time"
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- ~ - - - -
most interesting Of
the many miracles
which scientific men
are learning to per-
form by aid of cleo
tricity is the artificial
growth of plants.
technically known as
electroculture or cleo
tro-horticulture. This
is as yet a new sci
ence, and little has
been told the public
concerning it. In =
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the first of the pilgrims to die were buried
on Coles Hill, very near the place of land
ing. A single tablet marks that spot and
tells how half the little band persisted in
the first winter. Their graves were left
unmarked and in the spring were planted
over with corn that the Indians might not
learn the weakness of the settlement. Bur-
ial Hill the present graveyard Is called
and many descendants of the Mayhower
band rest within its walls. 1t is said that
the only Puritans to be found in Plymouth
today are the dead Puritans, who rest
here. but the traits of their forefathers re-
main even to this generation, and many
a fair Priscilla walks about the village
street plainly recognizable from the ordi-
nary summer girl on pleasure bent, or
that other extraordinary summer girl in
spectacles, who Is here attending the School
Of Applied Ethics.
The Fathers Monument.
Numerous old houses are to be found,
several built early as 1861, are in an
excellent state of preservation. On hill
back Of the town is what is called the
national monument to the pilgrim fathers
Why, 1t is national I cannot understand,
as it Is the gift of one man, who was a
native of Plymouth. and is commemorative
solely of events of that colony. 1t Is a
massive pile of granite. with numerous
figures about the base, with female figure
representing Faith, and measuring forty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-27

From Judge.

From Judge.
He-''When I was young I decided 20
make one woman happy"
She-"Well, as you remained q bachelor,
you have succeeded in doing So"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-27

t er + e r es seriously
with constellation
hunting, only the
brighter stars being
visible-probably not
more than three OF
four hundred stars
In all. We will, there
fore, merely note the
positions of a few
very prominent stars
and will then turn
n,,y. atfanfion tn the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-27

Badness is often preceded or accompanied by
grayness Of the hail To prevent both badness
ard grayness, use Halls Hair Remover. an honest
remedy.
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Crushed!

From the Philadelphia Record.
Cholly-"How would you-aw-llke to own
a little-aw--puppy. Miss Moneyful?'
leigh!
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Some Of the Historical Spots in the
Old Town.
ALONG The SOUTH COAST
The Pilgrim Hall and the National
Monument to the Fathers.
THE OLDEST RESIDENCES

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
PLYMOUTH, Mass, July %, 1896
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-27
Where Some Of the More Prominent
Stars Are Found.
VHAq is KNOWN OF THE MOON
Effect of the Rombardment of Its
Surface by Meteors.
ABOUT THE PLAN YET S
Copyright, 1895, by c. S. Jones.)

it's first quarter, in
or 2 or GO SQrinl1cIv
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Another Marvel Of Electricity in
Its Application to Plant Life.
SUBTLE AID TO NATURES PROCESSES
Growth Promoted by ProIongine
the Day Of Sunlight.
SOME CURIOUS EXPERIMENTS
Written for The Evening Star.

. R o B A B LY THE
" most interesting Of
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-11
"A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE FOUL BAR
GAIN" MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES
s ~ Ol 10

Covent Garden theater in the early part
of the century. He was watching the
performance from the stage box of IN
actor of the name of Faulkner, who had
recently arrived from the provinces and
was making his appearance on the met
ropolitan boards as Octavia in "The
Mountaineers. Faulkner was not quite
up to the mark, and when he exclaimed
in deep, cultural tone, ooh, where is
my honorf" Harris exclaimed, 81 wish
your honor was back at Newcastle
again, with all my HEARTH
Macready, Of whom many stories
were told, says i'll his Memoirs :" 81
remember on one OCCASION acting in
Venice Preserved A long and rather
drowsy dying speech of my poor friend,
Jafiier, was dragging its slow length
along, when some one in the gallery,
III tone of great impatience, called
out very loudly, 'Ah, now die at once +
when voice from tho other side imme-
diately replied, Be quiet, you black
guard, and then turning with patron
lzing tone to the lingering Jaffier, Just
take your time, will you?'"
AS an example of how easily the most
acute persons may lose themselves to
some extent i'll tho mimic action of the
stage, we may recall the story of an
eminent special pleader who was wit
Messing performance of macbeth. " In
the scene where the Thane of Cawdor,
questioning tho witches i'll tho cavern,
says, what is't you do?'' tho answer
is, a deed without name" This
phrase struck tho ears of the pleader at
once, and he cried out excitedly: "a
deed without name? Why, It's void"
London Globe
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-11
The Sacred and Symbolic Palm.

From the very earliest times the palm
tree has been recognized as symbol of
victory. Among the Greeks and the
Romans palm branches were used to
decorate tho buildings and streets of
their cities in honor of the return of q
victorious army. This custom appears
to have been taken from the eastern
nations, but from what one in particu-
lar no one now knows.
At very early age the Hebrews were
accustomed to carry palm branches on all
occasions of rojoicings This custom
having been observed OH the entry Of
Christ into Jerusalem, the tree has come
to bear special symbolism among
Christians. Tho primitive church used
it to express the triumphs of the Chris
tian over death through the resurrec-
ton. AS early as the second century
A. d. it became the custom to carve
palm branches ON the tombstones of
those who had died for the faith, and
about the same time NIL pictures Of mar
tyrs were figures holding representations
of palm branches in their hands. st.
Louis Republic
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-11
baroness RothachiId.

The Baroness Rothschild paid prot
ty if somewhat exaggerated compli-
ment to prima donna the other day.
She invited tho young lady to dine with
her and after dinner asked her to try
the tone of her piano Not sound
camo from the keys when touched. Il
had the instrument unstrung this morn
ing, mademoiselle, said the baroness,
THAT you might sec that the only pleas
ure 1 promised myself from your pres
ence this evening was tho pleasure of
your society. London Tit-Bits.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-11

THE popularity OF Cham berlain's
Cough Remedy and the high esteem in
which 1t is held leads us to believe it to
be IN article of great worth and merit.
We have the pleasure Of giving the ex-
perience of three prominent citizens Of
Redondo Beach, CAL, in the use OF the
remedy. Mr.. A. v. Trudell says: 1T
have always received prompt relief
when / used Chamberlain Cough
Remedy" Mr.. James Orchsrd says: III
am satifed that Cham berlain's Cough
Remedy cured my cold" Mr.. ]. NJ.
Hatcher says: "For three years have
used Cham berlsin's Cough Remedy In
my family and it's results have always
been satisfactory" For sale by The
Chas. Lyle Drug Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-11
An Archblshop,s Observation-Disclosures.

A correspondent writes: 1.-THE stories
OF observation-disclosures might be supple
mented by the following instance in the
life of Archbishop Trench: Dining at
home one evening he found fault with
the flavor Of the soup. Next evening ne
dined out ut large dinner party. For
getting for the moment that he was not
in his own house, but guest, he OBJ
served across tho table to Mrs. Trench,
This soup is, my dear, again fail.
nrc. '"-Westminster Gazette.