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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02
Longing.

The green road. the clean road; it is so broad
and high;
It stretches from, the happy to touch the
happy sky.
Oh, laughed once to forsake il, but I'm long
ing now to take it
The green road. the clean road, that IS so
broad and high.
The grey street, the gay street; how solemniy
it shines.
The sun imprints his pleasures but there s
pain between the lines.
Oh, smiled at first to see it. but I'm eager now
The grey street, the gay street, how sOlemniy
it shinesl
The pure love, the sure icve, comes over me
like rain;
The tinsel OF my heartlsss love is turning poor
and plain.
It's ny life 1 have been giving Just 70 make .
decent living,
It's my all have been losing Just to get .
little gain.
The nest song. the best song, is crying swift
and sweet;
The tunes within my bosom, but the time )
not in my feet.
All! they only sing for pity, do the voices in the
city.
Did you ever hear a homey song sound happy
in the street?
The grey street, the gay street; for me it holds
rest.
Not even when the summer sun is sailing
down the west;
And ! cannot find my pleasure in road my
sight can measure
From the little room dwell in with a memory
for my guest
The green road, the clean road; it is so broad
and high,
1t stretches from the happy to touch the
happy sky.
oh, to rise ard part with sadness. oh, to move
and meet with sladness.
On the green road the clean road, that is SO
broad and high!
-Chambers' Journal.
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CURRENT VERSE.
NiRgQra.

Splendor supreme Of constant majesty.
OF towering passion overpowcring charm,
At last. mine eyes behold thee thou art
In all the lightness OF thy moving grace;
In all the whiteness of thy soaring spray;
In all the brightness Of thy might!
At last.
Mine ears drink in thy voice miraculous.
o piunging mountain full of thrnder-sorgs
Defiant triumphant. echoing ave
Through vasts OF day and night!
o Shape beyond
All winged imagery Of magic words
Most musical by ancient bards bedueathed
To spell the hearts OF ever coming men.
At last, grasp, | clasp thee; and my soul.
Struck speeches. in thy Cavern of the Winds.
Breathlcssly burns with sharp. voluptuous ache
To dash herself against thy torrent breast
And join the awful Angels OF thy fall
Perpetual on the crags of Agony
Victorious Agony of glorious doom!
o pcrious bridge mid b,Ists of dazzling pearl,
Or where diamond storm enshrouds the way,
Thou secm'st like Life span 'twixt Day and
Night;
For tho eternal rainbows crown the rocks.
Halos of Hope, charmed circles OF high Faith,
Commanding entrance through the ehasins OF
Doubt
To deeps OF nobler knowledge and soul-strensth,
Yet all this beauty overwhcims the mind
BY clash o. contrast with our littlcness.
Alas! for Man, the Universal Dwarf.
Slave of Heredity, Waif OF Circumstance,
Cringer to Custom. Toy OF Temperament,
Rock chained by Self. a vain Promethean child!
Zen in his loftiest hour Niagara,
Facing thy vastness. Natures most sublime
Picture and Poem, can he read line
Or track tint back to its hidden source
Or catch the secret meaning OF one tone
Mid the mellifluous thunders which arise
Eternal from thy flowers OF prisrny foam;
Fadclcss though falling ever-never quite
Lost in the looming. luminous Infinite?
Hush. Let US not be Swallowed or dismayed
BY aught OF greatness in the outer sphere.
BY sense OF Mans collective littleness,
Or any conscious nothingness Of self!
In Life, cen rs in Art. Perfection. Size
Is of all sizes-and the first, firm step
In true development and lasting strength
Must ever be the brave acknowledgment
OF weakness or OF lack.
So Heart OF Mine,
Oh! Heart OF AL stand up and take the sun!
Seize for tits thine, thy Sovereignty OF Light!
Night with her pale Ininitude of Stars,
Nor Ocean. nor the Mountains. nor cen Thou,
Niagara with all thy loveliness,
Can match. in possibilities of growth
To Power. to Beauty. to Sublimity.
That mobiles. Mystery. the Soul OF Man.
Henry Austin in the Independent
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02
To.Ncxt Thanksgiving.

IT'S not to him who has his friend
And sits about his turkey.
That We propose this humble toast,
All hasty. short and jerky.
But unto him who sits alone
And dreams of bygone revels;
And unto him who dimes today
With wel-known dark blue devils;
And unto him that's sorrows guest;
And unto hun who, chatting.
Drinks down the gall and hides it all
Beneath a mask of laughing
We merrymakers lift our cups
And cheer: MAY next Thanksgiving
Bring better luck to every chap
Who's sorry now he's living."
kate Parsons Lathrop in Harper's Weekly.
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q i til|1 3 tt|l1

will find men stepped even deeper in boredom.
They burned dark red: their brown mus
taehes look white by contrast theirs are the
same faces YOU have met with in III ,adilly, which
you see across the tables OF the Savoy restaurant
which gaze deprcssedly from the windows of
Whites and the Bachelors Club II they were
bored then. they are unDearably bored now. Be
low them the men OF their regiment lie crouchcd
amid the powders, hardly distinsuishable from
the brown and yellow rock. They sleeping or
DOING or yawning. A shell passes over them like
the shaking OF many telegraph wires, and neither
officer nor Tommy raises his head TO watch it
strike They are tired in body and mind, with
oramped limbs and aching eyes. They have had
twelve nights and twelve days OF battle, and it
has lost its power TO amuse.
Altogether. this is one of the most in
.eresting books yet written on the war in
South Africa. 1t is copiously illustrated,
and the pictures are we'll chosen. Many
are from photographs taken on the ground.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
S1J0)
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

which one can only family gasp at the
energy OF nature, but ii is not par
ttcularly interesting thing. and the I'M
comfortable tendency Of people likely to
be amicted with such moods is to con-
slider themselves Of finer and choicer clay
than the rest Of mankind, and to behave
as II their peculiar constituencies were
sign OF superiority. Whether 1t Is or not
is q matter of taste. 1t is certainly
sign of discomfort to the person thus
afflicted and everybody around him. and
it may be doubted whether. in the wise
economy of nature, anything which causes
so many people to suffer discomfort Is
fine and beautiful thing. But. at any rate
the people in Mr.. James books are apt to
have those moods and anyone who wishes
to read through a rather thick volume CT
exactly this sort of literature will find 1t
under the mysterious title The Soft
Side" New York: The Macmillan Com
pany. s1.50J
"a Georgian Actress" by Pauline Brad
ford Mackie, is q historical novel dealing
with rather a fascinating theme. 1t has
nothing to do with Georgia, though the
name might suggest that; but is a ro-
nance of the day of George III, and the
heroine is one of the daughters of that
curious and most interesting parsonage
of the Mohawk Valley. Sir william John
son, Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
Johnson probably knew more about In
dams than any man of his time outside
the ranks of the hunters and coureurs-
bois; and his influence with them
was almost paramount. 1t may not be
generally known thatSMistress Ann john
son, his daughter. went to England and
became a somewhat famous actress in
Garrick's company, and the story deals
first with her life in her forest home near
johnson Castle and then with her Lon
don career. The character-dr drawing is
good. and the story an interesting one.
The picture of Garrick here given is
particularly clever one. Boston: L. G.
Page & Col
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

Why do struggle up the rocky hill.
Without a nIurrnur. to the summit SNOWY
Because you, singing, journey with me still,
And cheer me l 20.
Why do tread the thorn and stubble field
Without one look OF hidden pain that shows?
Because among the thorns you have concealed
The sweet consoling ross.
Why do / fail look up again. and try
Like one who wears a laurel freshly set?
Because your patience is slow to die
As failure to forget.
-Aloysius Coll.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

What was Clcvelands popular vote in Kentucky
in 1889, and Bryan's in the same State in 1867
q H.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

For Cleveland in 1892, 175, 4s1; for Bryan
in 1896, 2I7, $780,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

Will you give the names and al ,resses OF the
members OF the Republican National Committee
for Louisiana, Arkansas, and oklahomaY
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

The loan of 1904. $780, oo, O00 bore 5
per cent; that of 1925. SIS, 3f5, 400. bore
per cent.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

To whom should apply for fourth-class post
Office? f. b.
To the Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

Who is President Of the Standard Oil Company?
2. What are its shares worth? j. @. II.
Mr.. Rockefeller. 2. They have sold re-
Gently at s100.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

In the divorce laws OF Dakota is the ninety
day limitation still in force? W. w.
The previous residence" required In
South Dakota is six months, and in North
Dakota one year.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

What the rate Of interest the bonds
issued during Cleyeiands Administrations?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

What is Trafalgar Day? B. T. L
October 81. the anniversary of Nelson's
victory in 1905.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

Have there been any bonds issued by the pre-
ent Administration? H. b.
Yes: sis2 SAG. $50 worth.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

a. T. kimberley. New Orleans, La. |;
Powell Clayton, Eureka Springs, Ark. !;
Henry E. Asp, Guthrie, Okla.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

When Thanksgiving first observed. and
when was it made a national holiday? +.
In 1921 by the Plymouth Colonists. 1t
has never been made a national holiday.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

Is any certain day in the year set apart for
Thanksgiving Day. or has the President the power
TO name the day? +. T.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

What are the present meanings and historical
derivations of the following expressions: To hec-
ter. 2. Martial. g. Stentorian. I. Apples Of
distord. s. Like Trojan O. like the laws Of
the Modes and Persians. :. Attic salt. {. Par
THAN arrows. o. Punic faith. 10. To tean the
Augean stables. L.
To tease; from Hector. the Trojan war
rior. or from the Greek word signifying
to hold fast. 2. Warlike or soldierly;
traceable to Mars. the Roman god of war.
g. Loud in sound; from Stentor. Greek
herald, whom Homer credited with voice
as powerful as those of fifty men COM
bined. L. A cause OF dispute; ut the we'd
ding of Thetis and peleus. Discord gave a
prize of golden apple for the most beau
tiful. Venus got it. but muclrs trouble re-
suited. 3. With much courage and spirit.
from the qualities credited to Trojans by
Homer. 6. Unalterable. as were those
laws. Z. Delicate wit. for which Athe-
mans were noted. s. The last word. from
the custom of the Parthians of sending
final arrow as they retreated from bat
tie. Q. Treachery Of which the Romans
accused the Carthagenians. 10. To clear
away an accumulation Of corruption: from
the story of the stables of the Greek King
Ellis that for thirty years were not
cleaned.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

BY arrangement with Harper Bros,
The Macmillan Company has taken over
the publication Of James Ford Rhodes
History of the United States from the
Compromise of 1850" The four volumes
which have already appeared bring this
great work down to the year 1862, and
thus embrace the causes and the actual
prosecution of the most momentous event
of the nations political growth. A new
edition is on the press and will be pub
lished before the Christmas holidays are
over.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

The day is designated in the Presidents
proclamation, but custom confines the
choice to the fourth or the last Thursday
in November.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

What is the correct name OF the insect known
"Granddaddy Longlegs? COZ.
He Is Phalangiid arachnid. anu also Ia
known as Garter "harvestman," and
"Harry-long-legs." He is not true in
sect, but is classed with scorpions among
the arthropodus animals.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

Albert Kinross, the author of IAN
Opera and Lady Grasmere." has just fin
ished n new novel. the longest and most
important work that he has written. 1t
has been accepted for publication by Ar
rOwsmith in England by TauchnitZ in
Germany. and by a New York publishing
house, and it is to be issued early in 1901.
Its title is TO be "Phiibrick Howell" and
the author has been at work upon it for
nearly six years
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

Mr. Castles hold on the American
book-reading public has been greatly
strengthened during the past year. and
much interest is expressed in THE Secret
Orchard" his new novel, written in col
liberation with Agnes Castle. Because Of
the necessities of serial publication, how
ever, this latest work of the authors Of
1.-THE Bath Comedy must be held back
until the autumn of 1901, as far as book
form is concerned.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

A novel of the South is promised for
early publication III "a Maryland Manor
by Frederic Emory
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

Splendor supreme Of constant majesty.
OF towering passion. overpowcring charm.
At last. mine eyes behold thee as thou art
In all the lightness OF thy moving grace;
In all the whitencss of thy soaring spray,
In all the brightness Of thy might
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

How long has lawn tennis been played, and
how did it originate? @.
Credit for devising the game Is given
to one Major wingfield, of Wales. This
was in 1874. and year later the ruling
cricket organization Of England appointed
a committee to draft rules. The game
was played in this country IN 1874.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

Win you give an account of the Chinese e.
cusion aet2 5. S s.
Our relations with China date back to
the treaty Of 1914. by which five Chinese
ports were. opened to us and protection
for Americans in China was guaranteed
Further advantage came from a treaty
concluded in 1858. and the Burlingame
Treaty, ten years later, acknowledged the
Chinese right to migrate. and expressly
promised as many privileges for Chinese
immigrants as were enjoyed by any other
immigrants. By 1850. 10000 Chinese
were enumerated, and Californians had
more than enough. In 1877 bill restrict
ing Chinese immigration was passed by
both houses of Congress and vetoed by
President Hayes. The next year a COM
mission sent to China negotiated an
agreement by which immigration was
partly prohibited. Murderous rioting
against Cinnamon occurred in Wyoming
in 1885. and in 1883 bill excluding Chi
nese immigration received the Presidents
signature. The Geary act of 1892 put the
screws on still harder by imposing re-
strictions on Cinnamon already here. but
it was impossible to enforce all of them
and in the following year it was partly
rescinded.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02
How can remove stains from elo,hf c. s.

How can remove stains from cloth? G. 8
Much depends on the composition Of the
ink and the texture and color of the cloth.
But lemon Juice often is effective, and
other agents that work with some
inks are one part of oxalic acid in
two parts of water. one part Of chloride
of tin. in three parts OF water. and pure
muriatic acid diluted with ten parts OF
water. When the color of the cloth is
affected by treatment. 1t is recommended
to moisten the spots with milk and cover
with fine salt. In all cases IL is wise first
to experiment in spot where any dam
age will not show.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

Will you give a short sketch of the life OF
Henry Van Dyke d. Dr. A. N. O
He is the son of Henry Jackson Van
Dyke, d. D.. and was born at German
town. Pa, November 10. 1852. He was
educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic
Institute, Princeton University, and the
University of Berlin. Since 1879 ne has
been active in the ministry.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

Mr.. Henry James has for number of
years devoted himself so exclusively to
psychological fiction that the reading
world may well-nigh have forgotten that
some of his most felicitous writing is to
be found in his descriptions of travel. He
made his Little Tour in France soon
after he went abroad to live permanently,
visiting the venerable towns of Provence
the country beloved of Balzac. Daudet,
Maupassant, and Felix Gras-devoting a
short chapter each to a score or more of
ancient and picturesque cities of that ro-
manticaliy beautiful region. The work is
issued In an illustrated Holiday Edition
by Messrs. HoughtOn. Mifiln G. Co. Mr..
Joseph Pencil has contributed number
of full-page and text illustrations, besides
a number OF headings. borders. and other
ornaments and the volume Will be printed
and bound in the best manner of THE
Riverside Press" The sympathy for old
world architecture and surroundings is
quite as pronounced a characteristic of
the artists temperament as the authors,
and the combining of their abilities in
the Little Tour in France" is quite GER
tain to please lovers of literature and the
graphic art.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

Dodd, Mead & Co. have just published
Dobson's Life of Fielding" Paul Leices-
ter Ford's Wanted: A Matchmaker" il
lustrated by Christy; Wonders of Ma
ture," by Esther Singleton: Marion Har-
lands Or Dale" an illustrated edition
of Miss Harraden's "Ships That Pass in
the Night" Chester Holcombe's 1.-The
Real Chinese Question" Dr. Bradford's
1.-THE Return to Christ" book of poems
by Frederick Crowninshield. illustrated
in heliotype; Miss Armstrong; edition of
Browning's 'Pippa Passes" "String.own
on the Pike" Kentucky novel. by John
son Crusoe."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

Another volume in the artistic mono
graphs reprinted from the Portfolio" is
work on Canoes by Cyril Davenport.
F. s. A., of the British Museum. and au-
thor of Royal English Book Bindings"
There will be eight illustrations in color
and twenty in monochrome. representing
specimens of most of the famous Canoes.
1t will be published at an early date by
the Macmillan Company.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

Miss Elizabeth Robins, the well-known
actress and the author of THE Open
Question" a novel that had a great sue
cess year or two ago. has been seriously
i'll for the past few months.
She left New York last spring for a trip
to Alaska; but, on her return. was
stricken with typhoid fever at Seattle.
The latest word received by her pub
fishers was that she was recovering. The
publication of her new novel has been
postponed until the early part OF 1901.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02

DIR. David Ramsay, OF South Carolina.
probably. On April 5. 1859. he petitioned
Congress to pass a law giving him and
his heirs copyright in two histories he
had written. bill was passed in the fol-
lowing year. 2. Yes; its Legislature
begged the King to give us the benefits
of the English Constitution. affirming the
rights of colonists and outlining cur griev-
anaceS
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-14
Roosevelt in October.

The 1ntelligencer last, night received
the following telegram from Senator
Scott, at national Republican head
quarters, in New York: - vs. : =
NEW YORK, August IL.
1ntelligencer. Wheeling, &.
Governor Roosevelt's dates In West
Virginia will be about the fifteenth to
eighteenth OF October. for three speeches.
N. B.. SCOTT.
1t is said the speeches will be deliver
ed ut Wheeling, Parkersburg and
Charleston or Huntington. The Wheel
Ing date will be October 10; probably.
1t has been understood for several
weeks that Governor Roosevelt would
speak in Wheeling and other West
Virginia towns, but the dates were un-
known. An effort was made to secure
Teddy" during the state fair but ow-
Ing 10 his western itinerary starting Mt
Chicago on national labor day, septem-s
Der 8, 1t was Impossible to secure him
then. 1t is the intention Of the county
committee to make the Roosevelt meet
Ing the feature of the campaign. Z; in
comparison with which all Democratic
efforts will sink into insisnIticance.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-14
POLITICS,


Postmaster George Wise, who has
returned from Colorado. after stay OF.
seven weeks at Colorado Springs, Grip
Pile Creek and other points, is enthusi-
astic in his belief that there Is a great
change of sentiment in the Far West,
politically. In all the so-called silver
states" Colorado, Utah, Wyoming,
Montana and Idaho. which were for,
merly Republican, but were car
rled or their feet BY the siren song Of
16-to-1 in 49, he says there Is q dispo-
sition to get back into the band-wagon
OF Prosperity and Protection, and free
silver is fast losing Its grip, even in
these states where most of Americas
silver is produced.
Bryan carried Colorado by $4,000 in
1885," says Mr.. Wise, "but this time the
Democratic state committee is claiming
the. state by only 10000 or 10000, and
this claim is not conceded by the Re
publicans, who have hopes of reclaim
ing the: state. In '96 there was but one
precinct In the state carried by the Re-
northumberland in President
McKiniey's office in. the white house at
Washington there is n photograph OF
the mountain town. occupying q place
OF honor, and suitably inscribed. This
year there, will be many more than one
precinct in Colorado carried by Presi-.
dent Mckinley. of that You may rest
assured" & s.
The. women are. a factor In politics
in Colorado" added Mr.. Wise. There,
you know, they vote at all elections, ma
tional and state, as well as at town
and school elections. This seems not to
be generally known here In Wheeling,
but 1t is a fact. They were granted full
and unlimited suffrage four years ago"
Does Roosevelt strengthen the ticket
in the west?"
Indeed he does" was the ready re-.
Spouse. "out on the plains Teddy is
one OF the boys. He has prospected,
hunted and punched. cattle out there,
and In the vernacular OF the west, he's
no tenderfoot. Roosevelt Rough Rider
clubs are organizing oil over the west,
and It is undoubtedly true that the
New York governor. has added strength
to the ticket. On train in Colorado
asked the conductor about Roosevelt's
strength, and he gave an instance Of
one family that went for Bryan and
silver In sc that will support Mckinley
and Roosevelt this year-and there are
others"
Mr.. Wise says the west is reaping an
enormous wheat crop this year; in
Kansas, Texas and other states the
crop is unprecedented, and the rail-
roads are unable to furnish sufficient
cars to handle the grain. Corn, too, is
big crop this year in the west