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departed that the soda-mint drop may
come into it's own. Why even the glo-
ries of the voice that once sounded the
q pths of our souls have departed from
cur Thespians- In place OF the TeSO-
nant thunder of a Forests voice we
have the tinkle-tinkle of a simpering
Favershack- The gurgle of a Barrett
that used to make us wonder whether
he gargled his throat with a mixture
% gravel and carpet lacks. has given
pace to the soft, lady-like tenor squeak
Of Hackersham, and the vocal notes
of a Booth, that used to reach from
the sub-cellars of a playhouse to the
rafterS of heaven, have yielded place to
the canary-like pipings of the matinee
idol OF the hour. / heard John McCul-
lCugh once in a play called ''Virginius"
and ] give you my word that when the
old man got his dandeT UD and began
In tell Mr.. George W. Appius Claudius
what he thought of him and his fir
rtatious ways, if you hadn't known what
was going on you'd have thought a
| frst-claSs dog fight had broken out
somewhere. Those fellows were vocal
avalanches, and when they. stabbed
each other on the stage il didn't remind
you of d cook putting chicken livers on
a skewer, or a Nylophone player tap
ring another fellows ribs With fiat
stick. but. il was a real stab. and if
You didn't see the dagger sticking out
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81 the other side of the stabbee, you
thought you did, anyhow"
We'll. 1 guess you're right there
81 id Redface. The modern drama is
not as much of riot as the old drama
used TO be, but I must say l think the
new style is more refined"
''TuSh.' said the KnockeT- More
TennedI What refinement is there in
a modern comedy i'm which your hero
ire pursusS another wOman'S husband,
or your hero spends his time for five
epigrammatic acts trying to induce an
other mans wife to elOpe with him
and dwell in a corner lot in Already,
swept by ocean breeZes. on the INSTALL
ment plan? / don't see il. Just be
cause your villain goes bout looking
like a bowling swell in the latest cut
of evening clothes, and your heroine
is the sWaggereSt looking thing that
ever came out OF Mrs. OSbOrne's gown
factory YOU call il more refined. Vice
ia modern clothes and full of etiquette
is Just as offensive as it is in top boots.
velvet robes and knee bTeeches, and for
my part / like the latter far better.
The swaShbuckling brave,do has at
lsaSt the courage of his vices. which
your latter day namby- pamby white
Snirted sepulchre lacks. with his sneak
ing ways and 400 front"
Well. anyhow. said Redface. you
can't stop these things by buying up all
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Wei, the actors would feel it. by
JingO.' said the KnOcker. and SO
would the fellows that write the plays.
and they're the ones I'm after. Actors
hump! l don't. believe there are two
real actors alive today. The Whole Kit
and kabOodle of EN- are a lot of show
case men and women, pleasant enough
TO look at. but as for dCtinE-Great
Scott, why the stage instead of being a
school of acting has become an acade-
my of behavior. Take any one of your
matinee idols. for instance. Perfectly
charming gentlemen from the top Of
their heads TO the tips of their patent
feathers, but they are not actors,
they re behaViOrS. You go 10 see them
in one of these modern snapshots of So
cial life that they call plays and what
happens You see a gentleman walk in
and out OF a drawing room. You see a
highly polished man of the world with
all the vices and none of the virtues
for two acts. and then in the third act
the situation is reversed. virtue tri-
, umphs and the curtain falls upon the
hero and heroine sitting down TO a cup
of tea. How many Jumps sweetheart
she says One smile from those sweet
lips for mine says he; down comes
the curtain. and the audience. thrilled
with the power of the situa ton. gasps,
Great Charming, The real thing a
last! and then goes home and plays
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tiddledywinks until matinee day comes
around again. The men and women
who do these stunts become the great
actors of the time and the drama
that was once full of vitriOl. of sparkle.
OF spirit ana eCtion. 1ecOTes as in
spring as 4 glass Of milk. and as po-
tent 10 stir the soul as pint OF pink
lemonade. The educational value of
tie drama of the hour is along the lines
laid down by the books OF etiquette,
and the Ladies Fir side Companion.
1t teaches men what buttons to but
ton on their waistcOats, and how they
shake hands in polite society. 1t
teaches the women the latest wrinkles
III gowns. how to sit down in u drawing
room and how to evince deep emotion
over the tragic complications of a .
o clock tea without showing it But
OF the old-time thing where passion
was not chilled by politeness. where it
Y as the heart and not the dressmaker
that was the central theme of the
story; of the good old days when ac-
tors threw each other over the foot
lights had first into the bass drum.
and whore villains we're pushed off
p-ecipices or sent skating down Mag
ara Falls as the penalty of their vii
lainy, nothing remains-thOse days are
gone. Sock and buskin have given
place 20 silk open work hose and peek
q boo shirtwaists. Cayenne pepper has
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half way across the street. and Billy
Wigg, with all of his strength of terror.
vas striving TO haul Solomon John
backward.
What's the matter with Billy?" said
Harvey, for from the sidewalk we
could not then see the cause of his eX-
element
A second later the question. was an
swered as there plunged into view from
behind car the gallopinS horse OF a
dereIict delivery wagon.
Good heavens. Look at the old
man." 1 cried, and in the same BREATH
Look at the dog" gasped Harvey.
With one mighty jerk Billy Wig had
torn the leash from his masters hand
Bereft of his sole guidance in the thun-
der and rush of traffic the blind man
stretched out piteous hands, wardinG
the death he could not see
Billy" he quavered, where are
you Billy? Come back to me, Billy
dog"
For once Billy Wig was deaf to his
masters voice. He was Obeying more
iuperiOus call. that unfathomed 'nobil-
ity of dog nature that responds SO
swiftly to the summons He was cast
ing his own life in the balance to save
aDOther's. Straight at the horse s
throat he launched himself, a forlorn
hope 1t was a very big horse, and
Billy was a very little dog. The up
stroke of the knee caught him full; he
the wheels of a cab, rolled into the
gutter and lay there quiet. The horse
had Swerved a little, not quite enough
There was a scream and the blind man
went down from the glancing impact
of the shoulder. Harvey and / We're
beside him almost as soon as the cross
walk policeman. The three of US car
rled him to the sidewalk.
mo need to call an ambulance, Off
GER" said Harvey I'm a physician
and the man is a friend of mine
'Bedad, thin, the dawg is a frind OF
mine,' said the big fellow. couldn't
We take him along. too, Sir?'
| 'Well-rather," said Harvey heartily
| Where is hep" he turned to look fol-
! the dog.
Billy Wigg came crawling toward US
Never tell me that dogs have no souls
/ The eyes in Billy's shaggy little face
yearned with a more than human pas
| sion of anxiety and love, as, gaspinis
| With pain-for he had been cruelty
/ shaken-he dragged himself to his
J partners face. At the touch of the
warm, eager tongue. Solomon Johns
| eyes opened. He stretched out hi.
hand and buried it in the heavy fur
| Hello, Billy he said weakly. 60
right, old boy?" And Billy, burrowins
a wet nose in Solomon Johns neck
| Wept for joy with loud whines-
! Some rapid and expert wire-pullins
| on the part of Harvey landed our TIVE
| friends in a private hospital, wher'
| Solomon John proved a most grateful
and gentle patient and Billy Wigg
most tumultuOus one until arrange
Eent was made for the firm to occup!
enc and the same cot. Then he be
came tractable, even enduring the in
dignity of a flannel jacket and splint
! with a sort of humorous tolerance
/ Every day Harvey came and gaze
| soulfully into Solomon Johns glaze
eyes-which is a curious sort of treat
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s. " BY Samuel Hopkins Adams.

tooth is no easy job; hated worse leav-
ing his partner TO two such unscrupu-
lous characters as he we'll knew us to
be. But he knew his business. and set
about it with all his energies.
Whisper now said the senior part
ner as Billy swOre under his breath at
slithery and elusive dime. I've as
fine d pair of eyes as you'd want for
star gazing at MONDAY"
Then what on earth
''Sh-h-hi Soft and easyi The beast
cooking his little ear this way. Sure
twas all on his account. sirs.
ION Bnly's account?" we both eX-
claimed in a breath
You didn't think I'd be taking it2''
he asked reprOachfully.
We didn't; and we said so. But we
required further enlightenment.
'All on account of Billy WigE there,
slrs. The eyesight was million bless
ings to me. but twas death to poor
F'llly. Not pleasure in life would he
take after we left the hospital. When
Ia walk free and easy along the
! streets that looked so pretty to my old
eyes, the dog'd be crazy with fear that
some harm would come to me through
Inn not leading me. At the last he
just laid down and set out to die. He'd
not sleep. he'd not eat; and the eyes
] o. him when he'd look at me were fit
II make man weep. I sent for dog
doctor. you being away. sir. put in
Solomon John in polite parenthesis to
my friend He says, The dogs dying
Iof broken heart. I've seen it before
lie says. "What'H I do?' says 1. He'll
mot be content till you are as you were
before, says the dog doctor. II was a
minute before I sensed what he meant.
Then my heart got thick and sick in
lside me. Blind? I says. Is that what
you mean?' You old fool says the
ldOg doctor, can't you do a bit Of play
iacting? You've had enough practice in
the part he says.
Over / went and got my stick and
lput on the old shade that hadn't ever
Thought to use again, thanks TO you,
lsiT. and tap-tapped across the floor to
billy Wigg. Come OH. Billy says l.
/ I want you to take me out for walk
Billy jumped up with a kind of choky
bark. and / Rugged Billy and Billy
Rugged me. and we've been doing bust
mess on the corner ever since.
There was a long pause. Harvey's
expression was queer. 1 felt a Httle
queer myself. 1t was a queer story, you
know. Finally 1 asked the old man i
business was good Not that L partlc
ularly yearned to know. but it seemed
TO be time to say something.
Nicely. sir. thank you said Solo
mon John. But / want to ask you L
il dishonesty think you. for me to b'
wearing my shade like blind man
and me able to see a flea on the end o.
Billy Wigs tail the length OF a blOcl
away2 The Lords been mighty gooC
to me, Sir--yoU and the Lord-givinl
me back my sight" said Solomon JohI
simply. turning TO Harvey. and
wouldn't want TO do anything tina
wasn't Just square.
/ II wouldn't let it weigh on my mind.
! said Harvey.
I'D been thinking of bit of sign.
proceeded Solomon John "A friend o
mine printed it out for me. but TIT
| IDEAS my own
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ODE Reflections of q Knocker. By

the seats in the theatres and leaving
them empty. If things are as bad as
You say they are, let the people go 10
see them and get Disguised with them
That's the way Buy the seats and
CIve 'em away TO the people who viii
evince their dispIeasure in a material
Way-that's the proper method
H nl-well, maybe said the Knock
eT. Either that or devote the money
TO providing the audience with disin-
fectants to be passed by the water boy,
CHIP"
That's a bully idea" laughed old
Redface. why don't yoU?"
Because" said the KnOcker. I
haven't got Carnegie's money yet and
1 IN not likely to get it. On the con-
trary he is more likely 10 get mine be-
fore 1 get his, the way the financial
current is setting. You couldn't lend
me seven dollars. could you. Redface2''
What would you do with it?' asked
the other.
I'd begin on my plan first" said the
! KnOckeT. I'D buy four seats for Let
! ty of the Garbage Patch tonight and
then stay home all evening. We could
get an idea OF how the scheme would
work"
No" said Redface. q can't let you
I lave seven dollars I've only got four
and / owe twenty-five OF that already
q Copyright, 1905. by X. H. Holmes.
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The Stage.

fO o you know what 1 would do if 1
had Carnegie's money!" said the
Knocker, with a fierce whack
upon the table that made even the
North American Review jump up into
the air
"Yes-you'd probably blow somebody
to a box of matches or a glass of
vichy,' retorted the genial Redface.
AS L understand it, your seeming
tightness about the pocket is due not 10
parsimOny but to the absent treat
ment TO which the treasury department
subjects your pocket
Nothing of the sort" said the
Kuocker. Il don't spend my funds
blowing you fellows to cocktails and ci-
garettes because l don't see any reason
why 1 should. You don't expect me to
pay your dues. do yOu?"
No / don't"
We'll. then, there is no reason why
] should pay your house charges,
either" said the Knocker. I'm not
going to get myself posted on the fif-
teenth just to gain a temporary popu-
larity with you genials. But if I had
Carnegie's money I'd have some fun
with certain people in this town that
ought TO be lacked up with a sudden
jerk. I'd devote a couple of millions to
buying up every seat in every theater
in the city for a week"
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THE intelligent agriculturist no long
er allows prejudice and superstition
TO interfere with his interests; he
desires in all cases to act from knowl-
edge and reason, based either on his
personal observation or on the expe-
-ience of some one whose authority he
knows to be reliable. There was a
time, and not so very long ago. either,
when many believed that an inOffens-
i've lady, whom from some lack of rea-
son they had decided to term a witch -
could cause their cattle to become dis
cased and die by merely looking at
them. This superstition passed away
and its place was taken by others,
among them the idea that many of the
birds, particularly the birds of prey.
were the enemies OF the agriculturist
This superstition was handed down
from father to son, and even today
there are farmers who believe they are
acting for their own interest by shoot
ing every hawk and owl they see
Others, still more behind the times.
shoot robins and other song birds, be-
cause they take few berries or grapes.
The intelligent farmer however. no
longer goes by gUesswoTk, and refuses
TO act because they say that such
and such a thing is so. If the birds
which frequent his farm are a real me-
mace to his business he wants to know
it. and he takes the trouble to find out.
II they are doing his farm more good
than harm, he wants to know that. and
when he does know it. he is Just as
anxious to protect them as his grand
father may have been TO destroy them.
The easiest way for the farmer, or
for any one else for that matter. 10
find out in general way. which of the
birds are beneficial and which are
harmful to us. is to write to the sec
rotary OF agriculture for free PAM
phlets on this subject These pubIica-
tons contain the results of careful ex-
periments made by the government
at great expense ana without preju-
dice for or against the birds. directly
for the benefit OF the farmer. and m
directly for the benefit of the entire
country. The best way tor him to get
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Il noticed in a recent mail story about
the war in the Orient that the writer says
that General kurOki planned the battle az
Taitse river and then calmly proceeded TO
fish Tor minnOws while the shells were
flying and men were bayonetins one an
other, remarked eX-Statc Senator VIII
liam II. Sears. WHILE one cannot help
applauding the superb nerve of the little
fighters across the sea. I want to say that
knew a tan woman teacher of Missouri
VINO beat the gallant Japanese general to
it regards nerve by two or three de-
grees.
Miss Lizzie McKittrick was the hero
inc. remember well the day. because
IL marked my 18th birthday. and IL was
the end g the summer term of school.
Aug. s. 1861
1.-THE little log house was about seven
miles south of Callao and not Gar from
the Charlton river. A few days earlier
the Confederate forces under General Por-
ter and the Federals commanded by Cen
eTal Voolfolk met in battle at kirksV1lle-
and afterward the Coyfcderatey retreated
southwark along the Charlton river.
I'VE were drowsily thumbing our books
when We heard the sulien roar Of A can
non IL the distance Ne lokoed mp at
the window aud then al thc teacher.
she frowned and motioncd Tor Us tQ
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head dOwnwardS, among the tWigs.
Very tame they are at this season, and
with but a little patience they viii
feed from ones hands or lips. DIS they
did from mine more than d hundred
times last winter. They are engaged
in the same work as the woodDeckers
and the nuthatChes. viz. the eXtermina-
ton of myriads of insects. which if al
lowed to increstse unchecked. would
make the work of the fruitgrower
Misunderstanding and Improbable.
Let the farmer now look over the
fields beyond the orchard and observe
that clear-cut figure of hawk sailing
in circles against the sky. If he will
but believe it, that is a feathered SER
want working conscientiously from
dawn until dusk and without pay to
rid his farm of the rats, mice and other
rodents which play such havoc with
his property at all times of the year
1t has been estimated shat the hawk
will destroy in one year a thousand
mice or their equivalent i'm noxious
insects, and the farmer need not be
told what a thousand mice can do to
his fruit trees i'm the course of one
severe winter. He knows. only too
well, perhaps, that they can kill more
than as many trees by girdlinG them
with their teeth, as l saw many a hun
4 bred trees killed last winter I'm the
same way. Now and then hawk of
some species will get a chicken from
his poultry yard, but let him not be
hasty to revenge the act. What other
T workman can he get to do so much
I honest work at SO small a wage? In
that hollow apple tree by the barn he
may ind screech owl DOING; and al
/ dusk this soft-winged bird viii take
up the work of mouse huiting whyere
( the hawk left OF
II the farmer viii only study the hab-
its of the birds he sees before under
taking TO shoot any of them, and then
shoot only those which he proves have
done him more harm than good. hic
crops will be larger and his bill for
powder and shot viii never keen hin
awake at night. ~t- 4e-.'
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the same Information is to go out on
his farm and into the country sur
rounding it, and watch the birdie at
their daily work: not just when they
happen to be in the cherry tree or the
poultry yard but all through the year
He may not have time to do this dur
ing warm weather, but even in winter
he can get some slight idea of the
value of the wild birds by carefully
watching those which are on his prem
ises at this season. Let him 90 into
his orchard and see for himself what
some of the birds are doing for his
fruit trees.
Probably one of the first he will see
viii be "A woodpecker of some kind
and in that case he is sure to see a
very useful bird. OF the forty odd
species and sub-species of woodpeckers
in this country. only one is sometimes
destructive to the trees. This is the
yellow bellied sapsucker, but as he
: does not usually winter north of Nir-
ginia ii is not likely that he will be
seen here. Ten to one it will be a
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Govny or hairy woodDecker. These
two are much alike i'm general appear
-anee, except that the latter is consid-
erably larger than the former. In
either case he will be found very busy
searching for and deVOuring insects
eggs. larvae and adult insects of one
kind or another. which have their
home on. I'm or below the bark of the
tree. Some of these insects are pests
or the worst sort. and il they We're not
gathered up by the birds in the winter
the trees would be alive with them in
the spring, and in many cases they
would destroy not only the fruit. but
i'm some cases even the trees them
selves. OF course these birds carry on
their warfare all through the rest OF
the year, eating ants. caterpillars and
crawlers of many kinds by thousands,
but the farmer, being busy with other
matters. will not be so likely to see
them at it,
Perhaps the next bird to appear
maybe d nuthatch, a bird much small
er even than the downy woodpecker
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1 Am NOT Blind but the
Dog Thinks l Am.


Billy Wigg seemed pleased because
Harvey kicked me. No doubt he would
have been equally pleased if 1 had
kicked Harvey But il happened to be
l who laughed. Harvey covered il up
by soberly telling solomon John that
the sign was sure to be grand sue
cess.
It was a grand success, quite stupen-
dous. in fact. Old Sol did business
on the strength of il that would have
made his eyes pop out If he hadn't
kept them tight shut out of respect 10
Bllly's prejudices. Reporters found his
simplicity and naive honesty a mine or
good stuff.'' and the picture of the
firm was in all the papers. Billy Wigs
began 10 suffer from a sweued head;
became naughty, not to say snobbish.
But the fierce light of publicity wore
unon the simple soul of solomon john
He discarded the extraordinary placard
and was glad when he faded away
from fame Billy wasn't He liked no
tcriety as well as authority
Billy continued TO exercise his au-
tnOrity. Perhaps tyranny would De
nearer the mark. But even so meek q
soul as that of Solomon John has limits
Cf endurance beyond which il is not
well TO press. Only the other day IL
was that the old man said to Harvey.
while. Billy Wigs was otherwise en-
gagged:
It's as bad as being a hcnpecked
husband. sir. Last night as I was
quietly stepping out to take mug of
/ ale with some friends, Billy wakes up,
/ and the fuss he makes arouses the
EeighbOrhoOd. Sure, he wouldn't bark
! t. my going at all. You can see his
/ teeth marks on my shin this minute.
/ sir. Could you give me something
! harmless to put in his food that'd make
/ him sleep the sOunder2''
/ Harvey said he'd think about it. He
/ wasn't obliged to- Less than week
! later he got a note in the mail.
/ Dear Sir-I could not stand il any
/ longer. ! have Absconded TO Buffalo
! u Take a Rest Please be Good to
I Billy Wigg- I enclose his Board and
/: Lodging any place you Put him. He is
a good Dog. but too Bossy. I ana Co
/ ing to See Things till my Eyes get
( Tired. l viii come back in Future
/ Yrs respectfully.
| SOLOMON 10 BOLES-
"P. 81 know you viii Treat Billy
Good
The enclosure was a twenty dollar
bill. 1t was the price of freedom, and
cheap at the price.
Copyright by s. s. Mcclure Co.