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fThe following poem dictated by the
Pope when he supposed he was on his deathbed.
/. was recently issued in Rome for the first time
and have received early copy of ii from
our Rome correspondent. The translation that
follows is by Prof. Harry Thurston Peck
Editor New York independently
Leo, the destined hour! Now must thou hence
And, thy merits. take the endless way.
What lot awaits thee2 Heavenly Joy, thy gifts
Which God had freely given. babe thee hope
But the great Keys! A trust of mighty weight
And borne long-thou groanest at the thought;
For he who leads in honor all the rest
Must, IL he fail, the keener suffering bear.
Amid thy fears there a gentle face.
A gentler voice speaks comfort to the heart:
why does fear shake thee? Why, on gazing
back
Ger thy long past, should sadness stir thy soul
The plying Christ Is here: He gives His grace
To those that seek. Have fath-He beareth
all"
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A Pennsylvania solomon.
Philadelphia Record.

fIIIdutIpUId htCOTu.
Lawyer John Fow disposed of knotty
legal problem the other day without re-
course to law, and 90 the eminent satisfac-
ton OF a client The clients tale OF woe
consisted in the fact that he occupied the
upper floor OF dwelling. and the occu-
pant OF the lower floor absolutely refused.
without reason. TO permit him 10 run a
drain pipe down 10 the yard so that ~ would
be possible for his wife 10 get ftd OF dish
water without climbing up and down stairs.
Ascertaining that there was but one CHM
ney used in the dwelling. Lawyer Fow or
dered his client TO brick IL up on his floor.
so that III no dishwater could 60 down. no
smoke could 20 up. The advice was acted
upon. and now water merrily gurgles
downward while smoke cheerfully rises uD-
ward. s4.
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realize the fate of typhoid fever. whfth
proves the pitfan OF so many an ambitious
adult With typhoid will disappear its
most notable sequela, gallstones.
When the organisms themselves cannot
be directly handled the source or contagiop
will be learned. and the diseases thus
avoided. Our now constant enemies-ton-
siltis, influenza and tuburculosis-will find
ii impossible TO progress when people re-
alize the uncleanliness of handkerchiefs
and come 10 the use oil paper napkins.
Diphtheria and whooping cough tand PROB
ably other diseases) will have one source
of contagion removed when pet dogs and
cats are kept away from children or care
fully held within doors. Inventions outside
the province OF medicine will be by no
means without influence. We have every
reason TO believe from analogy that flies
are a frequent medium of transferring con-
tagious diseases. Flies breed. practically.
only I'm stables, and the replacing OF the
horse by the automobile means their ex-
termination
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

On what day did Thanksgiving day occur
in 1S74?-O. A.
On Nov. &c.
Can you inform me where Troop I. Sixth
Cavalry, is at present?-J. Q. W.
In the Philippines, to be addressed at Ma
Mia.
On how many cigars did the United States
collect 50 per thousand during June, 1903?
WIN. b. y.
On 5Ss, 277, 2O7
Where was Milton S. Latham, a former
Governor of California, born, and in what
institution was he educated?-H.
At Columbus, o. and Jefferson College, re-
spectively.
Was brass once a patented METALS.
A. NJ.
No, but the ordinary method now used of
manufacturing 1t was patented In ISL by one
James Emerson.
Who or what is the Wandering JEWS.
T. H.
According to legend, an insulter of Christ
at about the time of the crucifixion, who is
condemned to wander till Christs second
coming.
OF DR.. Cronin's murder in Chicago will
you give the date he was first missed and
the day his body was found?-D. M. E.
Yes; respectively, May and wednesday,
May %. 1889.
What is meant in the description of boat
by balanced rudder?'-H. w.
One so hung or pivoted that portion of it
is forward of it's axis of motion.
When and where did Gen. ]. b. Magruder
die? 2. Where was he born? 3. What mill
tary school did he attend?-W. w. w.
Feb. 10, 1871, at Houston. Tex. 9. At Win
chester, Va. 3. West Point Military Acad-
envy.
Can you give me any information as to the
decrease in the average size OF family In this
country since 1S50?-B. l.. b.
The national census figures are, for 1850
555 persons 1860, 5.2S; 1870, 500; 1880, 5.O4i
1890, 4.9S, and in 1900, 4.6s.
What is the income of the German EN-
peror, including his emOluments both as EN-
| peror and as King of Prussia?-N p.
He has over s3,OOO.0Oo yearly. has posses
sion of vast estates, whose income goes tow
ard the expenses of the court, and various
large funds are at his disposal. 1t is i'm
| possible to state the total.
| What do experts advise as to cropping the
| land between trees in an apple orchard? -F
E. Y.
They hold that for few years after start
| ing the orchard, crops requiring much cult.
walton and fertilization are permissible. but
advise against small grain or grass. Wher
the trees are big enough to bear a crop OF
fruit, they advise seeding down to clover
letting all this growth fall down and rot
blowing under once in two or three years
| reseeding following.
Will you describe the form and habits oil
| the tsetse insect that, in Africa, is so deadly
to cattle?-J. b. K.
1t is a little larger than. and of the same
general size of, the common house fly, AND
| is brown, with four yellow stripes across the
| abdomen. During the heat of the day ii Is
90 alert as to be difficult to catch. Its bite Ii
practically sure death to cattle, horses ant
| dogs, though causing man no more annoy
| ance than would the bite of mosquito. ant
| being harmless to mules, goats and African
wild creatures. These insects found IN
| certain clearly defined areas, which some
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NAMED THE PARTY.
Wife OF the War Governor Of Maine
Living i'm CALIFORNIA;.
A Ttrzao

Los Angeles Times
Living In peaceful retirement In a palatial
hotel In San Diego Is Mrs. Robina Napier
Mashburn, the widow of the late Israel
Washburn. tr., who named the Republican
party and was Names WAR Governor"
Mrs. Washburn is lady OF stately dig
nifty, yet Is most affable and Is very popular
with those who know her. She is an accom-
plfshed conversationalist and possesses a
rich store OF "Reminiscences. having enjoyed
the acquaintance OF such great men as
Nelson Dingley, ex-vice President Hanni-
bal Hamlin. Senator Eugene Hale and many
other notable men OF the Pine Tree State OF
whom she relates many anecdotes OF per-
sonal experience.
Mrs. washburn has Travelled extensively
but for the past fourteen years has lived in
California.
To her deceased husband belongs the hon.
Washburn was member OF Congress from
Maine from 1851 TO 1860. When he was
elected Governor. and after the war until
his death was collector Of the port at Port
land. Me. On May -. 1854. the proslavery
advocates passed the Kansas Nebraska
bill. which was very obnoxious to the free
state men, or whom Mr.. Washburn was a
leader. and ON the night OF its passage he
called "A meeting of the anti-slaVery mem
bers OF Congress To meet with him the next
morning I'm the rooms Of Congressman Elliott
and Dickinson. OF the Massachusetts deIega-
ton. At that meeting Mr.. Washburn showed
TO them the utter futility OF attempting leg
isidtlon tnIOusn the WING ana DemOcra tic
parties and advocated the organization OF a
new party with declaration of principles
along the lines afterward followed by the
Republican party. His earnest appeal bore
fruit and then and there the new party was
launched- When the question OF a name for
the new political organization came up there
was some difference OF opinion. but. in the
language OF the biographer OF Mr.. Wash
burn. he said: Tine name Republican is the
most proper and suggestive name and the
least objectionable that could be adopted
N me- In
antecedents and history. and under IL people
ever so much divided in their political views
on other and minor questions could unite
on footing OF perfect equality and with
no implied surrender OF principles or con-
yi-tions."
The idea was received with enthusiasm by
every member present except one, who was
not yet prepared 10 give up the iong-cher-
ishcd name OF Wing.
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Miss Daskam's Marriage.

Roswell Field. in Chicago Post.
The marriage of Miss Josephine Dodge
Daskam, aged twenty-six, to Mr. Bacon,
aged fifty, is most encouraging in its gen.
eral features. Josephines hinder names
are not pretty; more than that, they are
shocking to sensitive ears. A very worthy
and pious woman was heard to say that
when she was out of temper and wished
to say something real wicked she re-
peated softly Dodge DaslSam." Josephine
visited Chicago sometime ago and charmed
everybody who failed to meet her by the
exercise of the many amiable gifts with
which she is credited. In behalf of these
admirers it is proper to proffer the most
Mrs Bacon all the happiness which must
accompany so discreet and conservative
matrimonial ENHANCEMENT
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Medical Triumphs Yet to Come.

zine.
Scientific medicine Is only In it's infancy
Its progress Will prolong more and more
markedly the average age OF life by re-
moving the diseases that play havoc dur
ing childhood and adolescence. For ex-
ample. cholera infantum. the terror of
mothers during the second summer has
within the year delivered up its cause TO a
medical student (DuvaD OF the University
of Pennsylvania. working under the direc-
ton OF Professor Flexper. With the exam
pies In Vienna and Munich before Us We
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the authors expense. He writes TO every
person whose stories or poems appear In the
magazines. and. so vain Is human kind, he
makes pile of money by bringing out the
books of these deluded persons"
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times are very small, yet are surrounded by
all.
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On what day did Thanksgiving day occur
in 1S74?-O. A.
On Nov. &c.
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On how many cigars did the United States
collect 50 per thousand during June. 1908?
WIN. b. b.
On $50. 277, POI.
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sixth term at the same time. The 9th
er three are now serving their sixth
terms.
No other living man has served so
long In the legislative halls Of his coun-
try as Senator Allison. His eight
years in the House, added to his thirty
years in the Senate. give him a record
of continuous service OF thirty-eight
years. Yet to-day he is hale and hearty
and his face is rosy and plump as any
girls While he has been hard work
er and fairly good liver, his life has
been an even one, and he has not al
lowed the chase for the dollar nor the
ambitions of politics to contract and
distort his soul. Always well dressed.
he makes you think of a New York
clubman or banker rather than of the
average American statesman. His
black clothes are we'll cut, and the lin
en- OF his shirt and his broad, expan-
sive collar, which exceeds even that of
William NJ. Evarts in size. is of the
9inest material and as white as the
and it is fast becoming iron gray. His
eye, however. is bright, and the rosy
corpuscles that shine through his fair
skin show that his blood is full of iron
Allison is probably the best politician
Ia the Senate.
The learning of George F. Hoar. of
Massachusetts. is almost revered by
his fellow Senators. He is regarded as
the ablest lawyer and the most pro-
found scholar In the upper house. He
is perfectly inhexible in the matter Of
principle People who are moved to
temporize, to compromise or abate in
the interest of courtesy are sometimes
impatient of the man who says: This
is right; will advocate. maintain and
enforce it," Such a man is Hoar.
Morgan of Alabama hits straight
from the shoulder. He is a fighter who
knows not compromise, and to whom
surrender is an unknown word. Witness
his fight for an Isthmian canal
Through dark days, WHEN few believed
that an interocean waterway was DOS
sible, he strove for 1t, and nov he sees
bis dream nearing realization. He
was ever fighter. He Joined the Cor.
federate army in 1861 as a private ana
before the war closed was operating as
a brigadier general, with Longstreet
Johnston and Hood He practiced law
in Selma. Ala, until elected United
States Senator in 1877.
Before William Jennings Bryan had
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Fitz Smashed Mr.. Ball.

Anaconda, Mont-With a left arm
hook Robert FitZsinmons f1oored his
former manager, Clark Ball, in the lob
by of the Thornton hotel a few min
utes after l o'clock in the morning
The blow struck Ball suarely on the
point of the jaw and he was knocked
against corner of the desk at the end
of the counter. His head came in vio-
lent contact with a sharp corner and
laceration resulted. In another frac-
ton of second Ball was PROSTATE
and out. He was revived in few sec
onds and his bleeding head bathed.
He was not seriously injured and was
apparently as vel as ever within 10
minutes after the blow was struck.
The trouble was precipitated bv the
fact that Ball has severed his connec-
ton with the Jeffries- Fitzsimmons
combination ant signed a contract
with Jack Munro whereby the local
miner, who had stood before Jeffries
for four rounds a week ago Saturday
night, is to be TIE star attraction of an
athletic show managed by the former
manager of 'Lnky Bob" When the
men met tonight there was some
wrangling and5all called Fitzsimmons
a liar. Thenthe blow was struck.
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At the gathering were famous states
men, sculptors and artists of world
wide fame. Governors of half dozen
States, Senators, noted churchmen,
leaders of commerce and finance, dis
tinguished men of the army and navy
all met to show the nations regard for
the French diplomat who had proved
at critical time that he and the nation
he represented were interested In and
jealous of the welfare of this country.
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew and
James II. Hyde, of New York, were the
hosts. M. Cambon goes from Washing
ton to the court of Spain, and takes
with him an unsual degree of regard
and respect from those who have been
best able to appreciate his jealous eff
forts to more firmly establish the
friendly relations existing between
France and the United States.
1t was during the war with Spain
that NJ. Cambon won the lasting friend.
ship of this nation. He was one of the
two representatives of foreign powers
chosen by Senior Polo, the last Spanish
minister at Washington before the out
break Of hostilities, to look after Spain's
affairs here, and as such bore an i'm
portant part In the conflict that ensued.
M. Cambon Is one of the most distin-
guished diplomats in the service of the
French republic. He has had long years
of experience In foreign courts and his
career has been most honorable. At
Washington he gave evidence of I'M
usual ability in treating with affairs of
state, and the interests of his govern
ment never suffered from his connec-
ton with them. He has been an elab-
crate entertainer, and during his stay
in Washington the French embassy has
been the scene Of numerous receptions
at which the wealth and fashion of the
capital were largely represented.
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Lord Dacre, who died fighting for
the Lancastrians at Towton. England.
in 1861, directed that if he were killed
in the battle his favorite war horse
should be buried in the same grave
with him. According to his wishes,
when his interment took place in Sax
on church yard after the battle a ire
mendous grave was dug and in it the
warrior was buried, seated upright on
his horse. For centuries reflections
were cast upon the accuracy of this
tradition, but few years ago while
excavations for new graves were be-
Ing made close by the reputed burial
place of Lord Dacre the pick of a dig
ger struck into great bone and upon
further search being made the skull of
big horse was brought to the surface.
AS this was found almost at the very
spot under which the body of Lord
Dacre was said to lie it was accepted
as confirmation Of the tradition. par
ucularly as the skull was found to be
standing vertically in the soil. The
skull was replaced carefully in it's or
iginal position and the excavation filed
uD,
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VETERANS OF SENATE
FIVE MEN WHO ARE SERVING
THEIR SIXTH TERM.
Allison the Most Adroit, Hoar the Most
Learned, Morgan the Beat Fighter
Jones, of Nevada, aud Cockreil, of
Missouri.

There are FIVE men In the Senate OF
che United States who have had more
or less connection with all important
legislation from reconstruction days
down to the present Their years, ex-
perience, wisdom, combativeness-a all
have combined to keep Allison of Iowa
Hoar of Massachusetts, Morgan OF
Alabama, Jones Of Nevada, and Cock
rell of Missouri among the senatorial
leaders. Each name, from its own pc
culiar cause, inspires respect. Allison
is the Father of the Senate" His
first term began in 1873, and March 4
next he Will have completed thirty
years of service in the upper house.
Jones of Nevada. erstwhile high priest
OF the free silver cause, now back In
the Republican fold will compete his
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-01-03
An Ancient Joke.

A new, if not refreshing, variation
on the mother-in-law poke which we
have been hearing since the days of
Rameses appears in the statement that
an oxford professor while engaged in
chronological researches in Australia
on the mother-in-law joke which we
not allowed to come within a mile of
the "miamia" (hut) of her married
daughter. If she did so the husband
was authorized by the tribal law to
use his club. Now that this messy and
venerable specimen of alleged humor
has broken into the domain of ethno.
logical science, may it be allowed to re-
main there along with other fossils p
Leslies Weekly
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CDdrSeu Will an at
tempt to purchase the influence Of DR..
Chapman, of the st. Louis Board Of
Health, in Endorsement of a garbage
contract. 1t appears that there was no
argument among the jurymen as to the
guilt Of the accused the question Of
sentence furnishing the only occasion
for difference of opinion, some of them
favoring five-year sentence for the
millionaire.
The millionaire who was convicted at
Columbia has been a political power in
st. Louis for quarter of a century.
Even after his indictment for bribery
he secured the election of his son to
Congress and another relative to local
Office in ST Louis. Notwithstanding
the wealth of the accused and the ire
mendous political influence brought to
bear in his behalf, he was prosecuted
and promptly convicted.
Butler owns a large number of black
smith shops throughout the city. He
lives In fine mansion in the west end
of st. Louis and drives to his shops, to
see what is going on, in stylish car
riage.
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Not a Good Likeness.

The little daughter of the house
watched the minister, who was max
ing a visit, very closely, and finally sat
down beside him and began to draw on
her slate.
What are you doing?" asked the
clergyman.
I'm making your picture" said the
child.
The minister sat very still. and the
child worked away very earnestly.
Then she stopped and compared her
work with the original, and shook her
head.
Il don't like 1t much" she said.
'Tain't great deal like you. l guess
I'll put tail to it and call it a dog
Duluth Tribune.
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Cold Sap in the South.

Jacksonvilh' Fla, Dec. 29.-Last
night was the coolest of the season,
the thermometer registering "a here
and 80 at Ttmpa, the latter with kill
ing frost. 1 feared young orange
trees are killed or badly hurt, as the
previous wIrm weather had kept the
sap in the Upper limbs. There is con-
siderable fut yet in the groves in
some sections, and it may have been
harmed.
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Literary Thet'ts.

A curious incident in the history of a
free library where the rules forbid
books to be taken from the building,
was furnished by a man who had a
mania for poetry. He read everything
in that line, good, bad, Indifferent. His
pockets were always laden with vol.
umes of verse or clippings of rhyme,
and he was finally discovered purloin.
ing poetry by the most unusual meth
Cd For years the library has sub
scribed to periodical which at the
expiration of each year is bound in
book form. There is always a poem
on the last page of each issue of the
magazine. This man, 1t was discoy-
cred, was removing these last leaves
from the bound volume by unique
device. He would lay wet cord In
the book at the page he desired, then
close the volume and sit reading some
other book. AS soon as the water had
saturated the leaf it could he noiseless.
" drawn from it's fellows and folded
away In his pocket. In this way he
had mutilated twenty-four bound vol
umes before the injury itself and the
personality and method of the offender
were discovered. He escaped prose.
cution for tke time being by leaving
the city, and the qast heard of him he
was in the Egyptta an army.
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MontPeIee Again in ERUPTION.

st. Thmas, DIV. 1.-The cableship
Newingtn, which has arrived at st.
Lucia, d w. l., reported having passed
Mont Rlee. Island of Martinique.
Thesyotano was then in violent erup-
ton. bnse clouds of gray smoke and
dust ~re pouriIg out of the crater
and ascending to an enormous height
Otheradvices say that the cone was
lumiDus during The night.
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| nttrncted natlonnl attentlon

attracted national attention bv] l
vocacy of free silver, the voice oy |
Z. Jones, of Nevada. was often M
proclaiming the imagined advantages
of white metal currency and demand
| ing the enactment of laws favorable to
1t. He had studied the money question
deeply. had taken part in monetary con-
| ferences, and, as owner of silver mines
in the West, he could see but one side
Of the argument as to the relative mer-
its of the white and yellow metals.
Jones Is one of the luckiest and richest
men In the Senate. He is a native of
Wales, but wVs only year old when
his parents sdtled in Ohio. where he
grew up. The California gold fever of
1910 caught him, and he went to the
Pacific slope. When the silver strikes
were made In Nevada he went over into
the Midget State and got his share of
its vast wealth. He had been sheriff.
legislator and candidate for lieutenant
governor, and when he felt that his for
tune was secure he took kindly to the
suggestion that he become a Senator,
and he has, since 1878, been a member
of the upper house.
Cockrell of Missouri. though a vet
eran, has not been conspicuously identi-
fed with any legislation of Importance,
but has always been recognized as one
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st. Louis, was writ
ten when the jury
at Columbia, Mo-,
found Col. Edward
Butler, the million
aire blacksmith
and politician of
st. Louis, guilty of
bribery a II d the
court sentenced him
to three years in the
p2nitentiary.
Col. Butler was
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of the ablest men on his side of the Sen.
ate. He is lawyer of ability and was
colonel in the Confederate army.
When Carl Schurz left the Senate in
1879 Cockrell was elected to succeed
him, and has been there ever since.