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OUR LIFE MELODY.

Rustin. 80. ,ho,a q
There Is no music in a rest put en''N
TN making of music in II. In our Nhoio
,ifa melody the music is broken on h'ie
ma there by rests" and we foolishly thlnk
,yo have come to the end Of the tfne' oo'
sends a time Of forced leisure sickness as
snnoiuted plans, frustrated efforts, and makes
sudden pause in the choral hymA OF our
lives. and we lament that our voices must %
silent and our part missing IN the mus"
which ever goes up to the ear of the Creator
How does the musician read the restf see
b,rn beat the time with unyaryins count anu
catch up the next note true and steady as
h no breaking place had come IN between,
Not without design does God write inc music
of our lives Be it ours TO learn tue tline'
and not be dismayed at the rests a Ing
ave not 10 be slurred over. not 70 % ,,
not 10 destroy the melody not 70 Sn aissF III m
key note. II We look np, zoo ns,,iS nn HIn
heat the time f5r US. With the eye on liin-
90 shall strike the next note full ano eisai
| n We say sadly TO ourselves, hefr |,
music in rest" let us not iorgei th p,n ;
/ the making OF music In T. Inc mah ss 4,
music Is often asiow and painful prossas y !.
ltbis life. How patiently Goo wnTks 20 ~ ~
lusi!' How long lie waits for Us 70 learn =
lesson'
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BESSIE.

For The Post.
An. Bessie, / stand where tho mignonette,
And tho red cocksoomb, and the peoples
sway;
are wet,
And my heart Is sad, for 1t can not forget
The Joy that came and hath passed nwayl
II hath passed away and never again.
All. never again! may il come to met
And my heart bows down meath Its load OF
PAIN
Alocks thro' the years at my love for theel
That love is sacred and holy thing;
And my heart throbbed only for you, my
pet;
Now il lies like lutte with broken string.
The chords are silent that used to sing,
And never. all, never may forsetl
You have beauty and grace, and your voice,
my sweet
Holds soft eafesses in evry tone;
From your queenly head to your dainty feet
And the lnshes that rest on your glowing
cheek,
You stand in your beauty slonel
was It worth your while you should stoop to
raise
MY lonely heart to your benuty's height:
To lot 1t bask In your brown eyes rays
And throb for moment beneath your gaze,
Then TO cast 1t into the night?
Oh the rose droops sad meath its weight of
dew.
But | prny for happiness, dear, for you
Tho my own path leads amid bitter rue,
And ! can not can not forgetl
Judd Mortimer Lewis
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our DEAR OLD FAITHFUL poorot

Our good. old faithful doctor--I Just love the
words TO say;
Cause he is a good old doctor. aud as
faithful as the day.
Just as faithful as the rising of the every
And he's lived and labored for US till his race
is nearly run,
He is, getting older. older. older. older. day
by day,
And his hair is thin and crispy. and is get.
ting very gray;
1t was black black as a raven, when he set
And commenced the faithful labors which
forever holds him dear.
Not night was e'er too lonesome. not a
storm was e'er too strong.
But he'd answer to our summons ana como
dashing right along:
With the mud despatched DER him. with II
drying In his beard,
He would smile and say he'd hurried. Gauss
he'd be too late he feared.
With his horses TANKS bemudded. with his
cart wheels covered too.
1t was then he was in glory. and he went
kerplashing through
In the mudhoes or the sandbeds; in the
rain or in the shine
And he always, always told us. h5 was feel
ing. feeling fine,
He can't stand the weather. as he used to
IN the emily, emily days,
Now he needs to sit In comfort round q
bright and cheerful blaze:
When Its warm and bright and sunshine he
cant get around as spry.
As he used to- used to do in the days now
drifted by.
And he can't rein in HIS horses. as used to-
used to do
He can pull back like the mischief. but the
reins slip sort o. through.
| And his memory sort o. fails him. and dis.
eases come on new.
But we'll love him on forever, as we ough
| o. ought % to do
For he's getting older, older-older. older
day by day.
And he's lived and Iabored for us while hi
| hairs been turning gray;
| There's n stoopy look about him, and
sort o bending down,
Like as if he was a-stooping to his SHADOW
on the ground.
So while he is going. going: going. to'art
tho misty vale
we will grasp his hand and shake, and
kind word we'll not fall;
We will gather closer round him. we will
love him moro and more.
Back where fears and tears we mingled b
has safely pulled us DER.
Harry II. Williams.
Hanover. Texas.
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IN PASSING.
Hanover. Texas

We are ever and ever going. forever passing
on
The shadows of night grow light and vanish
before tho dawn,
The dancing stars grow dim. and peacefully
fade away,
And the blue sky meets unspangled. the
blush of the coming day.
We are ever and ever going. forever passing
on ,
The morning beams and CLEANS. and the
birds sing on the lawn.
Tho grasses glisten like gold where the
sunshinas on the dew.
And the plowman sings cneeFy song, neath
a smiling heaven OF blue
We are ever and ever going. forever passing
Tho sun shines high above and the shadows
are shorter drawn;
out from the sunny ana shining fields, where
the Lazy Lawrence plays,
The weary and dusty plowman are "enuihs
their homeward ways.
We are ever and ever going, forever passing
on
The sun leans Ger to the waiting west, ana
the hour of rest is gone,
out In the shady and restful trees. the birds
sing low their song, 80 -
And out in the green and growing helds' the
plowmen are driving along.
we are ever and ever going. forever passing
on 80,
The sun bends low. and the shadows stretch
DER the glen and glade and lawn
The COWS are vending homeward to the farm
girls well known call.
And the horses are brlskly stepping toward
the well and the waiting STALL
We are ever and ever going. forever passing
A night of rest has come and day of toll
rbe shadows of eve have darker grown, and
the hush of night falls down
On the woods and waving helds, ana Vl'iase
anu Harry H. Williams.
tIapoyar Tayas
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In the project and ala most Of the talking.
The hostess. however. did not connect Mr.
Hawkins with Anthony Hope and uistook
devoted most Of her attention 10 the assist
ant, and sought hts opinion on various topics
In solicitous manner that made him blush
70 his eyebrows and nearly choked Mr.. Hope
and the manager with laughter,
Mr.. Alexander and T." she said pleasant
~, have great hopes OF this new play.
do trust that II will be better than the
appointment to most OF Mr. Hopes admirers
don't you think 80. Mr.. Hawkinsf''
There Was an instant's awkward pause that
made tho assistants heartheats audible then
the novelist smiled and replied:
Indeed do. Mrs. Alexander. hope for
n successful play even from so poor mate
rial as we have to work with. We shall do
the best we can with it,
I'm sure Of that" returned the hostess
graclously. and then Mr., Alexander switched
the conversation on to tho Boer war,
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A CASTLE IN SPAIN.


For The Post.
/ have builded you. sweetheart, castle in
And robbed NE Of It's sorrow, you're mine
And We walk down tho corridors fancy hath
made;
Midst columns of jasper. aud onyx and Jade.
whitc--white as your soui--ars the garments
you wear,
white Jewels nestle close In tho coils of your
hair.
And your voice whispers soft ,hro' the corri-
Where rensers, slow swinging. watt sweetest
perfume.
And cupids, and psycnes. and satyrs. ana
pisport thro' the courts amid tropical blooms;
And nymphs, and mermaidens, and tritons are
there;
From porphyry tounts tossing CLEANS In the
Till musical murmurs, in cadenecs soft
Sweep round us, and, borne by enchantmsn'
Weave spells midst fretwcrk OF amber and
gold,
Where the dark. fringed and purple. hangs
fold upon fold.
Dim vistas, whore lamps elabaster are swung,
Whore loves gonfalons say to soft breozes
Stretch away to chamber enchanted ana
Whose portals are guarded by bright sera-
phim.
soft CLEANS,
is woven for you from the fabric Of dreams
While sleep like mantle comes horno on Q
Sweeping cool from the heights of tho blue
Judd Mortimer Lewis
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BREAKING SAD NEWS.

where is my mammal" question, oh, so
strange to
To ask OF mortal on this mundane s 1ast
e. Tho a lone bird fallen from the nest,
And kissing him my thoughts ! so arrange
10 answer: Darling. mamma Is not mere
..,,,here ;s her DEM" in wonder he does ask
Us her asieep?" Eyes yes- my dear one
can but whisper. keeping back my tears
..Spe &c asleep, and never more IN years
,, ,1uS ,,s,r1r9a 1ome in all her tenderness.
Nv heart IS breaking DER my>useless task
Try as ! may he can not understand ,,gS;nE wos
Ana / as ignorant in my erhsnlns WI
Anu ~ h,,t reneating what his lips have sad,
can but tell him that our mother 8 ae ,aao,,
i2nt what that means ] feel can no. NuoN
Until We meet her in the Heavenly ~,
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baron are ill counts and barons. or tho
children of rabbit an rabbits.
Prof pumpkip-Pr.mogenltu would give
perma n,S IA, and stability e family eat
bility to the people and to the king which
patent Of nobility g.ves man in Eng
land True, that Is site more than tra-
tional feeling that duties and responsibilities
accompany wealth, power and SOCIAL posi-
ton makes the English nobleman a larger
Individual In our own rich men that feel
ing Of responsibility is completely absent
The millionaire is proverb. ally selfish and
mean; whereas, the tradition OF duties ana
responsibilities TO the people and to me
crown really does IN some measure ennoble
the British nohleman.
49,
Dr. Q,antum--I am not in favor OF intro
duc.ng titles hore, and the people would not
stand It; but the very rich men Of tho United
States are becoming a separate and irre-
sponsible caste or breed, like the royal fam
/ lilies OF Europe, who think the rest OF nu-
manity composed OF inferior clay. And TINS
dominant caste is getting more ana more
control over our individual and National
destiniesi and II Is acquiring interests more
and moro opposed to those OF the people.
consider the situation dangerous ana the out
Mr.. TauIer--I think We Will have big
rnmpus some day In the United States. COM,
pared to which the French revolution wlti
Miss wingar~-Be silent. prophet OF evil!
Would IL not be quite as dangerous III the
/ mllionaires became really populist in their
sympathies, and made themselves beloved IN
stead of hatedg They would then be loyiully
accepted as our benefcient tyrants, and We
would beg them TO take charge of our lib'
critics, to turn them into trusts and 10
treat them as their own, And then the
United States would become plutooraur
oligarehy instead of Republic,
Mr. QuirlS--Is Il not a putocrauc olsgnrehy
already. my dear lady, only W. have not YET
realized The fact7
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We storm the forts tomorrow:
Sing while We may. another day
VIII bring enough OF sorrow"
They sang Of love and not OF fsma
FORGOT was Briton's glory,
Each heart recalled different name.
But all sang Annie Laurie"
Voice after voice caught W the song.
Until It's tender passion
Rose like an anthem clear and strong.
Ineir battle ewes confession.
Beyond the darkoning ocean burned
The bloody sunset embers,
While the Crimean valleys learned
How English love remembers.
And Irish Nora's eyes are dim,
For singer dumb and cory.
And English Mary weeps for him
Who sang Of Annie Laurie
Sleep. soldiers. in your honored rest.
Your truth and valor wearing,
The brayest are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring. -R.M.f
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A LOST FRIEND.

My friend he was; my friend from all the
with chIldlike faith no opod to me his
No door was locked or altar, grave or grlet;
No weakness Yeiied concealed 40 disbelief;
Tho hope, the sorrow and the wrong were
bare,
And ali the shadow only showed the fairi
gave him love for love- but deep within,
/ magn fed each frailty into SIM
Each hill topped fobe in the sunset gowed,
Obscuring Wales where rivered virtues lowed.
Reproof became reproach, III common gre"
The captlous word at every laplt ! * knew Swso
With patient love the touch that wounded
sore,
Until at length. so had my blindness grown.
lie knew Judged him by MS iauitS Piono'
Alone, of all men. who knew. him best.
Refused the gold, to take the dross for test
Cold strangers honored for the worth they
HIS friend forgot the diamond in the haw.
Az Inst IL eame--the, day he stood apart,
When from my eyes he proudly yelled his
when carping Judgment and uncertain word
stern resentment In his bosom stirred;
When in his face / read what I had been,
! And with his vision saw what he had seen,
/ Too late! too late! oh. could he then have
when his love died. that mine had perfect
That When the veil was drawn. nbased, chas-
The censor stood, the lost one truly priced,
Too late we learD--a man must hold his
un,udsed ==4ptcd, rgstr---=.-=.--,'e ene->-
ssr'' dent body, 90 long dormant, has bee
kisAyuAed and tho following IL smoaS ths hil
flf thu varsity songs:
w ALMA MATER
4 TUNE Dearest Mae
The cioycr-bl blossom loves tbs dew
tta MIA
The cowboy loves the praris'G hue.
The sailor loves the main,
But greater love was never known
Than that we feel for thee
y The love we give 70 the lone
Our university
Z CHORUS.
Oh, Texasl Here's 70 thes =.
N In heartfelt ieyaltyl
II Our voices strong
The song prolons--
Our university
BY STRUGGLES heree our fathers had
In lighting 70 be free
4 BY Alamo and Goiiad,
BY croekett's name and Bouston's fntnss
We pledge cur hyes w, . o., thee &c.,
1 The Texas spirits stiil the aAmet
Our university
The campua blue with flowers rare
The ysrhitys Spires above, "a.
The walks, the trees, the mouniRln Ais
~ Have hlled our hearts with love
The Colorado'a silyery stream
Flows by thee 10 the sea,
: Our star Of hope, our brightest dream.
Our university.
n Apd when the years have rolled away
And college days have nown,
Wen treasure Up in memory
d Tho happy days wq'ye known
Al Iast when draws LIES winter near
Thro' vistas dim Wen see
ffi U,tfI hntfl md clear forever 0efT--
'e Our university
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!, contains the first Ave books oil
. ~ . The original portion be-
W X is csSssIs xxxix. 20, and runs on con-
Y, With the exception oil two pages,
|- ~ /, SO. The handwriting u
E-s,rlIc, he panlsh-Portuguese scnooi;
4 .rt,sn in large clear letter ana
q, BEAUTIFUL page. The consonahta!
1 .soat one-half inch In breadth ana
y. sstveeu the lines about the same
" M eonsonants are supplied VITA
/ L.. and accents. At the top and
~ Il The right margin are smaller
sstss are the critical notes OF the
4. /. ons Of these notes there is evil
I'm. his Massoretic annexation does
VIZ, "a me original MS. but was added
ssntury later 900-940 A. d.
IA consideration of the next Oldest
M b.lp us to understand the SINH
VA minor references which Hebrew
..ssnt This Ms. is in the Imperial
sssrsry Al st. Petersburg. 1t bears the
I'm D. and is therefore the Oldest
', sytjou N the Hebrew Scriptures which
{srs IA light. The page is not quite so
i tie earlier codex, and there are but
IN.nrs to the page. There are twenty,
Ia ID each column. The consonantal
N M IDENTICAL with those just consid-
he peculiar forms OF certain con-
n irs repeated here. There is less
4 ,rrotatlons. and with the one column
4. page looks freer and cleaner. This
4 ,lso from the Sephardic school. only
aalar with the Hebrew text would
IN tny noticeable difference. Such a
kra there is, however. for in this codex
Eqlinear vowel punctuation is en-
n There were rival systems of pune
n ,uong the scrlbes. one school writing
kru points below, the other above the
h1s2l text. The supralinear Is the
elxtr style. 1t is the more complex
,,Afrsh II maintained Itself until the
knath century 1t was destined to give
kstE simpler infralinear system. which
kfata Bible employs. This codex con-
ID htts prophets, /, g., Isaiah. Jere-
ENlls and the twelve minor prophets
IN The critical study Of the prophets
d. earlier codex is for the study Of
eaaI.uch. A glance at a third MS.
NV what artistic skill the cGoyist
caa displayed In the lettering. and
sel'ry IN the arrangement of the mar
lles This Ms. bears the date 1900
a lssmarginal notes are artlstically ar
iAe form Of conventional figures of
assne reptiles. The first word of each
ritter u eonspicuouslv large letters.
aIee MSS. Illustrate fairly well the
" Iaracter which the varying codices
n lney are all reproductions of {
nN They have all proceeded from
ne same original type. In the Sew
sA Eighth centuries A. d, Jewisf
y complete system of vowe
"a accents perfected what they be
uaa definite and accurate edition
Wy Their additions to the conso
's4 are called the Massorah. or ira
I'VE scribes themselves who mad,
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SLEEP, LITTLE .cnrcMns. SLEEP,

vi Steep iittle chicken, sleep,
sjnder thy mothers breast SO WARM
tucked away is thy little form;
IshuI is the dark that's fallen down,
sBut thy mothers wings are thee arounai
Sleep. littio chicken, sleep
Sleep little chicken, sleep,
fhy wee little legs must acne,
lMauy's the step know they take;
bhe wildcat sauais in the rocky gisn,
But you are pafe, for fastened You M
Sleep little chicken, steep
X Sleep little Quicken. sleep,
.Tha frost will lay on the fences white
sNyhen the sun returns TO greet my sight;
1sut The FROST little chick. VIII not fali GA tnsss
lTucked in your bed 80 cozily;
sleep. little chicken. sleep
Sleep little chicken, sleep.
Heel not tho hwl IN the distant tres
Nor Inc wolf as he howls SO mournfui1i
L made thee safe for thy nlght'e rest.
!rhy mother tucked thee 70 her warm preasts
Sleep l''''' 'n''.Ta ais; nssR &, wul,ana
Hanrsa Texan
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texts, was a revival outside of the church,
and at heart antagonstio to it. By its dis
covery and acquisition of the originals of
the Greek ana Roman classics it reveals what
might have been done for the Jewish litera-
tur. as well.
Then, too, the blind hatred and persecu-
ton of the Jews by the Gentiles tended di-
rectly to the destruction of the Hebrew MSS
the Jews were compelled to conceal them in
order to keep them, and they preferred to
burn them rather than see them in the hands
of their deadly foes.
Charles Horswell,
Northwestern University.
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exact reproduction of the Hebrew scriptures
as they were y the Seventh and Eighth
centuries A. d. To get back of this text u
is necessary to make use of the different
versions of the Greek version. This Greek
translation was completed about $50 B. c.,
and repeatedly gives evidence that 1t has
underlying it a different text
The great majority Of Hebrew INNS. be-
long to a period between the Twelfth and the
Sixteenth centuries, They are for the most
part fragments. That they should be so late,
so few and so fragmentary finds ready ex-
PLANTATION. The revival of uearning in Italy,
that secured and preserved for us the classic
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Anthony nope,s DramntIo i.unoneon

Saturday Evening Fo7I'
4 story about Anthony Hope, George Alex
ander, the theatrical MANAGER, and Mrs A'eH'
andef is current in London Rot long ago
MIR. Alexander desiring to bring out IN h's'
London Itheater DEMONSTRATION OF An
thony Hopes Rupert Of Hentzau," ARRANGED
With the author, whose whole name IS An
thony Hone HAWKING, 70 dramatlze the heeh
I h was aSreed thar the novelist should nave
capsbie assistant and tho work was soon
under way.
author and his assistant 70 his house 70
luncheon Naturally the forthcoming piay
Z WIS TIE nhief topic Of conversation Mrs.
\ Alexander, to whom the nogelsst wes pre-.
scented u Mr.. Hawkins, took Lively intsrss'
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ElCH OF BAYARD TAYLOR.

'nssrs Translation from Paul Bourgeois
~ d Psychology" for the Literary
y me following: "It is a question
q ne spirit of oosmopolitanism, which
~ ,a'ors In SO many ways. is as prof.
~ dangerous. The moralist who
society as a factory for the produc-
- must recognize the fact that
sss much more than they gain by
h'l other nations, and races gain
NJ leaSing the corner OF the earth
~ are greatest. What we call fam
y VIZ and beautiful significance of
~ mas aas always been established at
for countries, by long hereditary
uuman plant TO increase la
R;r,,s nseessary that it absorb by
~ !, iaoor all the physical and
~ mn rs individual surroundings.
ny ny pass into its blood. with its
H sn,in or severe. with the virtues
ksllSrnIsa euort against an aggrega-
n Aallssses engenders and maintains.
,s., Of Nj. Bourgeois may most
ess,i.sp neu 70 the domain of literature,
= h1,,. w the spirit which influences
~ " Prefer the work of foreign
Il, az 70 declare its excellence over
Asgn,ssSa writer's. In this connection
Se,l 70 note marked revival
n sb,ah Ssuat school of American lit
MA n,nfished half a century ago.
f& u1u never be overlooked nor
llsenirnnls us members was one who
~ Il AZ author of prose and poetry
M II i, usnshtful lecturer: and II is
Tin, ~ w. mat Of all the distinguished
Ia M so.erle OF the literary men OF
y r., ss.saSpnallty was the most charm
e,D IN. me sweetest, and his con-
gus the brightest and most fas-
kha,s Oh the Brandywine, not far
a,pnia, is the home Of this ia
q, A. n post. When the men who
l,se ~ years old were boys. there was
~. 9 Inc country who did not know
i0r and hope 10 do as he has
~. 4 y. That he was a poor lad. VIII,
ss,s '"n way and Travelled ant
pa n sStl ,sen by his own efforts
. d ,binisselient example for parents I,
Il sse eSaurtn, His newspaper letter,
lr,saeriul popularity ana his I'm,
! u iist,sM sn. Haymd Taylor wa
ssAnsAl s hamlet a Kennel square
HessI.' rom which lies The old farm
es eta,o tne other side lies Cedar
IN, 70 ny Tnleh he bought when h
nooo, and gained fame ant
4 lr nv little fellow he used to rid
slssass,iAe 10 and from the old sion
7 ID ls,crth, and bring home the bag
re- tbs Moarnfully related by him
sassir oags fell OFF he would sit i
reside the sacks awaiting tn
e. yts,s user arm. But the boy VIII
.ens.s could edit and translate
Va ano write half as many NOR
LAY imagine. given 10 nut
tsQss" sleh the poet built, is a splen
IL Ssaatifnl to look at. He ha
kis i MS,S,und whep a lad and bega
y, n X. Then he travelled and lee
% ~ Il, found himself with none
s cornerstone OF Cednrcrot
sss ss'sss'iIsss o. leeturips and h
Nis IN humorous form whe
w ,sues 70 sleeping car bertf
nat his legs wers too Ion
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the text are called the Massorites and their
text Is known as the Massoretic text All
extant Hebrew MSS. are copies Of this text
These reproductions have been collected from
different countries and are In the handwrit-
ing Of different schools OF copylsts--Arabiaf.
Sephardic. italian. Franco Italian and Ger.
man. and they present. naturally. many mi
nor differences But they are. one and all,
simply reproductions Of the original Massor-
etc text Some MSS have the suprai!near.
others the infralinear system Of vowel
punctuation. Some MSS. have the Chaldec
in alternate lines with the Hebrew text.
There are peculiarities in the shape OF one
or more OF the consonants that have their
significance to the scholar. The marginal
notes present a great variety OF minor Diff
ferences, but these variations afford but lit
tie help in the correction OF s'rors and throw
but little light upon the obscuritles OF the
| text In the Massoretc text we have an