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ORIGIN OF
FAMILIAR SAYINGS.
HANG uP ONEsS Fiddle

HANG UP ONES FIDDLE
TO hang up ones fiddle Is an American
proverb. meaning to desist. to give 1t up.
San Slick says: when a man loses his
temper. and amt cool, he might as well
hang up his fiddle: and in Dow's Sermons
occurs this passage: "If a man at A. Is not
In a fair way to get his share Of the worlds
spells, he might as well hang up his fiddle.
and be content to dig his way through life
as best he may" In English literature the
phrase is used in q totally different sense.
To hang up ones fiddle with ones hat"
Ia said Of q man who. while pleasant
abroad. Is churlish or stupid at home. For
example: May be So" retorted the lady.
"Mr. N can be very agreeable when I
am absent, n anywhere but at home. I
always say he hangs his fiddle up with his
hafn
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THE REPUBLIC is glad to publish amous
poems and well-known old songs at the re-
quest or Its readers, but poems trivial In
character and local in significance are not
used. Requests for such verses will not be
noticed. Persons responding to published re-
quests for poems should address The Re-
public Famous Poem Department. Poems
that are more than forty or fifty lines in
length are not published. on account of de-
mands upon the allotted space. All readers
VINO make requests for poems should sign
their full names and give addresses. Some
times tire poem asked for is too long for in
sertion. and the obliging reader who has a
copy of the poem may. If he cares to do so.
mall 1t direct to the proper address. Com
munications should be written OIL one side
OF the paper.
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O, Vert Thou in the Cault Blast

o, vert thou in the cault blast,
On yonder lea. on yonder lea.
My plaidie to the angry ART.
I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee.
Or did misfortune's bitter storms
Around thee blaw, around thee blaw.
Thy beild should be my bosom.
To share it a, to share 1t a.
Or were I In the wilest waste.
OF earth and air, Of earth and air,
The desart were a paradise.
II thou vert there. II thou vert there.
Or were I monarch OF the globe,
WI thee to reign. wi thee to reign.
The only jewel in my crown
Wad be my queen. wad be my queen.
Robert Burns
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DREAM.

DREAM a little-there she sits.
Ger her face a sweet smile fits,
As she reads from page to page
In some old. forgotten sage.
Smile. oh smile, but must you be
Just for books and not for me?
Dream a little-hours fly.
One by one the days creep by.
Must I e'er in fancy soar.
Never. never. reach the shore
Never fee from vague alarms
To the haven Of her arms?
Dream a Httle-Heart. be still!
Stop your flutter. cease your thrill
See you not that her way lies
In a land Of fairer skies?
Heart exclaims. Flee, reason, fee:
Love, forsooth. has v%anquished thee!S
F. P. Delgado. in the Bookman
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To the Editor OF The Republic.
Will you kindly inform me as to the au-
thor of the following lines7
It's hard TO struggle on to the end
And be always bravo of heart.
But sometimes Just the word OF a friend
VIII help one play ones part.
Just a word In the way OF its giving
VIII help one to a stronger living.
And friend to friend thus courage lending
Ennoble life and all Its spending.
New Orleans. La.
To the Editor of The Republic.
Will you please publish an old song, en-
titled THE Moon Behind the HILL or ask
some OF the boys or girls Of thirty years
ago to send 1t to
MRS. ELLEN FRASER.
2228 Sullivan avenue. st. Louis, Mo.
To the Editor Of The Republic.
VIII you publish in The Sunday Republic
a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox common
cling:
I kneeled down over the cavern
Time dug for the old years tomb.
And I laid my head beside 1t.
For the sexton gave me room.
s. NJ. X. F.
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NOUS SPEECHES.
Patriotism

THE high, the exalted. the sublime emo
tions of a patriotism which. soaring towards
heaven. rises far above all mean. low or
selfish things. and Is absorbed by one soul
transporting thought of the good and the
glory of ones country. are never felt in his
impenetrable bosom. That patriotism
which, catching its inspiration from the i'm
mortal God, and, leaving at an immeasur-
able distance below all lesser, groveling.
personal interests and feelings animates
and prompts to deeds of self-sacriiice. Of
valor. of devotion, and of death ~itself-that
is public virtue: that is the nob!est. the
sublimest of all public virtues,
II,,.,, f1,y
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LITTLE CLASSICS.

II haZel-blooms. in threads of crimson
hue.
Peep through the swelling buds. ~foretell-
ing spring.
Ere yet a white-thorn leaf appears in view.
Or March finds throstles pleased enough
to sing.
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A mother is a mother still,

A mother Is a mother still,
The hottest thing alive.
-Coleridge.
Heav'd on Olympus tottering Ossa stood;
On Ossa, Pelion mods with all his wood.
Homer. odyssey"
Carcasses bleed at the sight Of the MUIR
de~rer.-Burton.
He that lacks time to mournf lacks time to
mend.
Eternity mourns that. IT'S an Ill cure
For life's worst Ills to have no time to feel
them.
Sir Henry Taylor.
And music. too-dear music. that can
Beyond all else the soul that loves it much
Now heard far off. so far as but to seem
Like the faint, exquisite music of a dream.
Moore. "Laila Rookh."
He left a Corsair's name to other times.
Linked with one virtue, and a thousand
crimes.
Byron. THE Corsair."
My name is Norval: on the Grampian hills
My father feeds his focks: a frugal swain.
Whose constant cares were to increase his
store.
And keep his only son, myself. at home.
John Home. Douglas"
Nature too unkind:
That made no medicine for a troubled mind.
Beaumont and Fletcher.
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RECEIVED.

THE REPUBLIC wishes to thank the fol-
lowing named persons for poems sent to
this office: James S. Wooldridee. H1rrie""-
vile, Mo-: Mrs. ]. F., Kirkwood. Mo-. 1.-The
Calf Path: Francis NJ. Thompson, Owens
vile, Ind, DARBY and joan"
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Warren's Address to the American
Soldiers

Stand! the grounds your own. my braves.
Will We give 1t up to slaves?
VIII we look for greener graves?
Hope We mercy still?
Where's the mercy despots feel?
Hear it In that battle-peal!
Read it on yon b~ristling steel!
Ask it-ye who will.
Fear we foes who kill for hire?
VIII We to your homes retire?
Look behind you! they're ATTIRE!
And, before you. see
Who have done it-from the vale
On they come-and will We quail!
Leaden rain and iron hail
Let their welcome be!
In the God of battles trust!
Die we may-and die We must;
But. o, where can dust to dust
Be consigned so well,
AS where heaven its dews shall shed
On the martyred patriots bed.
And the rocks shall raise their head.
OF his deeds to tell
John Pierpont.
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how the inartistic ~Sitting-room and tho
general meagerness of her home sur
roundings Jared upon her as they hat
never lone before.
Kitchen boiler. Nonsense! 1t is you
Imagination that is lacking now" re
torted her sister. I'VE have had a rea
live Lord here, who says he is n con
nection Of the family on fathers side
Lord Burniston."
What is he like" asked Maisie, IL
a more animated tone. And how did ht
discover us in this out-of-the-way cornel
of the earth?'
Through Mrs. Rantwell, Of all people
1t seems she mentioned your name tC
him-he has known her for ages-said
you were typing for her, and then he
asked what Moores We were, and SO on
and came to Investigate"
rs he young or old!" Queried Maisie
We'll, not juvenile; about 30 l should
say, and not exactly good-looking
either; but tall, and with quite an all
about him. don't you know."
"Grayish hair and dark eyes?" said
Maisie, eagerly.
Yes, and awfully determined looking
you?"
He is my Valentine was the tri.
umphant answer. The first man 1 met
this morning. You said he would be a
grocers boy, but, you see, he turns out
to be a real live Lord" And with q
hooking glance al her sisters bewil-
dered expression she ran out Of the
room, laughing.
II.
" II see thee what thou art
Thou art the highest and most human, too;
Not Lancelot nor another."-Elaine
1t was six weeks later, and Mrs. Rant.
wells artistically furnished drawing
rooms were crowded with a mob of
smart people. This was a very
gorgeous affair, not at all resembling
her little informal bohemian gatherings,
where the lion frolicked with the lamb,
and, as a looker-on had once described it,
talent was rampant" Talent YVES rep
!, resented on this occasion also, but it
was effectively disguised. and, with one
or two rather notable exceptions, people
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REQUESTS FOR POEMS.

Their than exultation, and to pray God
might keep honest and tell truth always
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Clare.

But the tingling Of the guinea helps the
hurt that honor feels.-Tennyson.
He made an instrument to know
If the moon shine at full OF no;
That would, as soon as e'er she Shone
straight,
Whether 'twere day or night demonstrate;
Tell what her d'ameter to an inches Is,
And prove that she's not made Of green
cheese.
Butler Hudibrasl.
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Pennington, Mo.
To the Editor of The Republic.

To the Editor Of The Republic.
A few weeks ago I asked through your
columns for n song. The Carrier Dove"
Many nave responded with the song. also
asking for poems. I offer to each one
my sincere thanks. MISS LOU WARE.
Bryan. Tex.
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NATHANIEL GRAHAM SHEPHERD.
Sir Walter Ra1eigh's Reply 10 Mar
loves Passionate Shpnhprd-


If all the world and love were young.
And truth in every shepherds tongue.
These pretty pleasures might we move
To live with thee and by thy love.
But time drives flocks from field to fold,
When rivers rage and rocks grow cold;
And Philomel becometh dumb;
The rest complains Of cares to come.
The flowers do fade, and wanton fields
To maynard winter reckoning yields;
A honey tongue. a heart of gall,
Is fancy's spring. but sorrows fall.
Thy gowns, thy shoes. thy beds of roses.
They cap. thy kirtle and thy posies.
Soon break. soon wither. soon forgotten
In folly ripe. in reason rotten.
Thy belt of straw and ivy buds,
Thy coral clasps and amber studs
All these in me no means can move
To come to thee and be thy love.
But could youth last. and love still breed;
Had joys no date. nor age no need;
Then these delights my mind might move
To live. with thee and be thy love.
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ST. o U
SUNDAY MAGAZINE.
PUBLISHERS: GEORGE KNAPP & co.

Published every Sunday at Seventh and
Olive streets. St. Louis. Mo.
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Roll Call.

CORPORAL GREEN" the orderly cried:
Here" was the answer. loud and clear.
From the lips of a soldier who stood near,
And Here was the word that next replied.
.Cyrus prewrr-then a silence fell;
This time no answer followed the call:
Only his rear-man had seen him fall;
Killed or wounded-he could not tell.
There they stood In the failing light,
These men of battle, with grave. dark
looks.
AS plain 10 be read as open books.
While slowly gathered the shades of night.
The fern on the hillsides was splashed with
blood,
And down in the corn. where the peoples
grew,
Were redder stains than the peoples knew,
And crimson-dyed was the rivers flood.
For the foe had crossed from the other side.
That day. in the face Of a murderous fire
That swept them down In its terrible ire.
And their life-blood went TO color the tide.
Herbert Cline!'-At the call there came
Two stalwart soldiers into the line,
Bearing between them this Herbert Cline,
Wounded and bleeding. TO answer his name.
Ezra Kerr,"-and a voice answered
Here
Hiram Kerrt"-hut no man replied.
They were brothers. these two; the sad
wind sighed.
And a shudder crept through the cornfield
near.
"Ephraim Deaner'-then a soldier spoke;
"Deane carried our regiments colors.' he
said.
when our ensign was shot: / left him
dead.
Just after the enemy wavered and broke.
"Close TO the roadside his body lies;
i paused a moment and gave him to drink;
He murmured his mothers name. 1 think.
And death came with it and closed his
eyes"
Twas a vi~ctory-yes. but Il cost us dear;
For that company's roll, when called at
night.
OF a hundred men who went into the fight.
Numbered but twenty that answered
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To the Editor Of The Republic.
If possible. please publish the poem,
Castles in the Air" SUSAN BlRNIE.
GS33 Bradley avenue.
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Butler (Hudibras).
A fine morning,

n HHe HIUTHIHE,
Nothing the matter with It that I know OF.
I have seen better and I have seen worse.
-Longfellow, "Christus."
Now the frosty stars are gone:
have watched them one by one.
Fading on the shores Of dawn,
Round and full the glorious sun
Walks with level steps the spray.
Through his vestibule of day.
-Bayard TAYLOR.
The Washington times., 1901-10-20

the committee appointed to decide in
the matter, consisting of the master
of the cathedral choir of Guadalajara. a
musician from Tepic, and the leader of
the military band in Puebla. awarded
the prize of Don Jaune Nuno, a Span
ish professor of music permanently To-
Gated in Mexico.
The MeXicans have a style of music
peculiar to their land. Generally speak
ing, the waltz gives place to the polka,
the mazzurka, and the scottische, and
all these give way to the Jarabe' and
the 'danza. Some say that the dan
"a is not indigenous to Mexico, but is
an Importation from Cuba But the
Mexicans have also the 'habanera' (de-
rived from Havana), and make a dis
tinction between it and the DANA
The 'jarabe' represents the rude, un-
cultivated, spontaneous notes of the
native races. Mexico is, additionally,
the land of song and dance, and when
the II aveler has left it the silvery notes
of guitar and mandolin, the gay dance,
the fragrant air, and mellow moonlight
linger deiiciously in his recollections.'
The Washington times., 1901-10-20
A StiR barber.
From thr Evenine Wisconsln.l }

man who has been on lecture tour through
the South tells this story on himself: He was
late in arriving in one Of the cities in which
be was booked, and had but half an hour to
reach the hall where he was to give his enter
,ainment He needed a shave almost much as
lie did his dinner but he decided to cut out the
latter Going TO his room, he rang for 8 bar
nounced that he the barber. Mr.. Bingham
sat down chair snd told him to go ahead.
II beg your pardon. sir. but would you mind
lying down on the couchf'
'Whyf" asked the astonshed lecturer
well. sir. you see. l am generally sent to
shave the corpsss and can shave a man better
when he is lying down"
The Washington times., 1901-10-20

Introduced by Sam baldwin because
Ordinary Balloon Ascensions Fail
ed to Draw Grow Vds-Scns& tions of
''HumGn Cannon BniI.''-Fataiitics.
The Washington times., 1901-10-20


matter estimate that there are now
from 800 10 500 persons in the country
who are dependent upon parachute
jumping for their livelihood Not all Of
these are men. as the ranks OF jumpers
were quickly broken into by the women
who dared the dangers and pocketed
the retutns. The public rather approy-
ed OF the new field of work for women
and there WAS an added excitement to
the thing when there was a prospect
that woman might fall a thousand
feet. The occupation has never been
considered so safe as to make balloon
lists desirable risks for life insurance
but the modern jump with the para
chute has hardly added 20 the dangers
Of the aeronaut 1t has. in fact, en-
abled him 10 avoid some very ticklish
places that under the old system he had
to go into whether or no.
AS the parachute jumpers increased
in numbers and the public became ac-
customed TO the sight there were intro
duced a number of features to add to
the attractiveness Of the original plain
jump. One Of the first OF the innoya-
tons introduced was the addition of an
other parachute and a man and woman
10 make the ascent and each descend
Dy his or her own chute. There were
as many variations of this team work
OF the man and woman as the ingenuity
Of the balloonists could contrive. First
the man and woman rode on the same
bar and when the proper height had
been reached the woman cut loose her
chute and descended. This, Of course.
sent the balloon up with rush when
her weight was taken off and then the
, 1901-09-13
HOW TO REDEEM THE ARID
LANDS.

III an article in Leslie's Weekly SEN
ator Francis f. Warren has given his
opinion of the manner in which the
arid lands should be redeemed in the
following terse statement:
aid in building hydraulic works to
retain these melting SHOWS i'll the
storehouses of the mountains until the
proper season for use is what the arid
west asks OF the nation. 1t is not an
unreasonable request. 1t is not incon-
sistent with the practices of the coun-
try. To aid commerce. the general
government, since it's establishment,
has dredged harbors. removed obstruc-
A6ons in channels. deepened river-beds,
built breakwaters, and otherwise di-
verted and controlled waterways. The
expected benefits of such aid canno
Uell be called local. for the territory to
be- subserved is as great in extent as
the aggregate acreage of all the New
England, Middle and Southern states,
and Ohio. Indiana. Illinois. Michigan
and Iowa additional"
, 1901-09-13

Hassan Ali, an Egyptian twenty
five years old, who Is 8 feet 2 inches
tall with his russell shoes off, got into
trouble with Customs House inspectors
in Jersep City recently, because he at
tempted to bring 1000 cigarettes into
this country in the false bottom Of his
trunk. The giant arrived on the
steamship North America of the la
Veloce Line from Naples. on his way
to the Pan-American exposition at
Buffalo, where he says he expects to
make a lot Of money by placing him
self or exhibition. When the inspect
ors tackled his baggage Hassan gazed
down upon them and smiled good nat
uredly until they penetrated to the
cigarettes. Thsn he got ervo He
stoutly denied that he had any intent
of smuggling. He said that he was
very fond Of the brand and brought the
cigarettes with him for personal use.
The cigarettes were appraised and
later the giant paid the duty on them
and left Jersey City. Hassan said his
father, who was killed in the Soudan-
ese war, was 8 feet Z inches tall. He
has a sister who is only Z feet in
height.-New York Sun.
, 1901-09-13
BIG-HEARTED BILL
SPEAKS OF ASSASSINS.

AS a lad | sat in a little country
church in Oregon, Missouri. n Sun
day morning, and heard my father read
from the pulpit a brief message from
the nearest railroad point, announcing
the assassination of President Lincoln,
a y NJ. c. Barrow in Bill Barlow's
Budget.
Only a few years ago-then a resi-,
dent of Laramie was one of the first
to hear of the shooting of President
Garfield.
Today, for the third time within half
the allotted age of man. the president
of the United States is made a target
for the assassin's bullet. and walks in
the valley of the shadow of death while
an anxious people pray that a good God
will give him back to us.
Lincoln. Garfield. McKinley-three
good men in all the term implies-hon.
est, ~big-hearted and able, and actuated
solely by a love of country and humani-
ty-shot down by a cowardly. dirty
dog!
| read that the assassin was prompt
ly arrested and jailed. We of the west
would feel better if assured that the
coroner had to rake the ashes owe
to find something on which to hold an
inquest.
, 1901-09-13

It is not at all surprising t. learn
from the statistical gentlemen at
Washington that the United States
leads the world in the production and
consumption Of coal. nor that the out
put for the last year OF the nineteenth
century exceeded that for any previous
year. The statistics themselves are
very impressive, however. The guam
tity of coal mined reached the enor-
nous total Of 267, 542, 444 tons, valued
at 1921. 800. 900. The increase over the
previous years value was 16 per cent.
Familiar as Pennsylvanians are with
the magnitude of the coal business in
this commonwealth, 1t is still worth
while noticing that this state produced
-oore than half Of all the coal mined
in the United States. The rapid de-
velopment of the coal resources of
West Virginia is seer in the fact that
our neighbor reached a production of
20. 900. 900 tons for the first time, and
showed the largest relative increase.
, 1901-09-13

NJ. L.. Beaulaygue has found as a
result Of some recent experiments that
flowers developed under the influence
Of darkness open later than is usual
where they have sunlight, and that
the color is in general less intense.
This, however, varies considerably in
different species, in some the change
is little, while in others they lose
nearly all their color. In darkness
they are generally smaller, but the
pedicels are frequently more devel-
oped. He also found that the size
and weight Of the flowers, including
the pedicels which support them, are
usually less in darkness than in sun
light. except in some are instances.
, 1901-09-13
A Fortune to be Given Away.

A noted philanthropist has started to
give away his fortune to charities in
all parts of the county, and nc doubt
much good will be accomplished. There
IL another agency that has also &C
complished a great deal of good, name
ly, Hostetters's Stomach Bitters, the
medicine which has been curing stom-
ach troubles for the past SO years. No
doubt it has accomplish more real
good than any other remedy. You
cannot be entirely well unless your
your stomach is in good condition, and
the best medicine to bring this about
is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t
promotes appetite, insures indigestion,
cures dyspepsia, regulates the liver
and keeps the bowels regular. also
prevents belching. heartburn OF flatu-
lency. Don't fail to try it, but be sure
you get the genuine.
, 1901-09-13

Before the war was declared with
the Boer republic. Dom Paul predicted
that all the world would shudder at
the butchers BILL" and the English
people are beginning to appreciate his
meaning. The total number Of cas-
ualties to the British army in South
Africa up to the 31st of May was 66 ,197,
Of which 1859 died; 1863 officers and
1919 men were killed in action; 116
officers and 1883 men died Of wounds:
241 officers and 1926 men died Of dis
ease, ard 9 officers and TIA men are
missing, their bodies never having
been recovered. The remainder have
been discharged for wounds, sickness
and other disabilities. The financial
cost OF the war up to May 81 in round
numbers was $755, 600. 900. which is an
average Of nearly 1 ,50O. 900 a day. The
public debt OF Great Britain has been
increased s575, 0O0, 900 and the
have been increased $275 ,000. 900 a
rear by adding to the tax on incomes,
on sugar, molasses. glucose, coal and
other articles.
, 1901-09-13
American Locomotive. Abroad.

The English have been severely
criticising American locomotives be-
cause they consume more fuel and for
other reason cost more to run than
machines of English manufacture. Yet
the growth of our export trade in loco
motives continues to grow. Last year
525 we're exported, valued at IS, 592. 4O3.
whereas ten ear before only 144 were
exported. English statisticians record
the value OF their exported machines
and not the number of them. The value
is still slightly in advance of the value
Of American locomotive exports, but
the American trade is fast gaining on
the English.-World's Work.