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VII.

TIL face Of the peninsula. OF course.
bore marks Of decay. All over the country
the virgin forests were disappearing before
the axe. and the primitive farm buildings.
with which even the larger land owners
had onoe been content, were being rapidly
demolished. All around the great cities
there was a gay belt OF villas and gardens,
surrounded by larger estates. on which
the new slave immigrants cultivated the
vine or the olive or bred animals for the
stable or transport under the direction
Of Greek or Oriental bailiffs. while the
countryside was dotted with the pleasant
cottages Of smaller landlords. who farmed
their own holdings with the help Of a few
slaves. Italy was thus passing through
the same period Of regeneration as is Europe
at the present day. She was being trans
formed from a caste aristocracy Of mobiles
and peasants into a homogeneous de-
mocracy Of merchants and bourgeois.
We might expect her. then. to encounter
some OF our characteristic modern prob
lens.
As a matter Of fact. we discover that she
was confronted with -the same three tortur-
ing contradictions which battle the wisdom
Of twentieth century craftsmanship. There
ID In6 COnlId ulCllOh DCINccl luc btutAIIcul
OF democracy and the unequal distribution
Of wealth; between elective institutions and
the political indifference OF the upper and
middle CLASSES; and, lastly, between the
weakening Of the military SPIRIT and the
heightening OF the national pride; between
ambitious dreams Of war and conquest
and the distaste among all classes for active
fighting
At the same, time Signor Ferrero sould
not push the parallel too far. He points
out that IL our modern civilization is struR-
Cling under the burden Of very similar
problems we are far less acutely conscious
OF their incidence. To ancient Italy thew
we're a matter OF life and death. I'm the
face and in defiance Of all tempting an
alogies there remains this great and es-
sential difference between ancient and
modern lands. II arises from the fact
that the world OF antiquity was poorer
and less populous than the world Of to-day
and its knowledge Of nature and powers
OF production we're proportionately cur
tailed
On another occasion we shall O all atten-
ton to the second volume Of this history.
which deals specifically with the life and
work Of Julius Cesar. In that. as in this,
instAlment Of his hook, the author studies
the past from the point OF view of oontempo-
rary social and political philosophy. and the
story Is everywhere illuminated by analo-
gies. M. W. Il.
walter savage Lander on Charles Fox.
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down, and, CuE1ouSly enough. suggested
that President Madison was In the pay OF
Bonaparte.
Lander, for his part, replied hat Amel-
leans did not need TO be paid to resent the
i~ndignities and hArdships they had SUI
fered under Bntain's t~yrannical maritime
laws. The British Orders In Council, Wh!ch
provoked our declaration Of war, ought,
In Landor's judgment, to have been re
voked. Il pray fervently 20 God, he said,
that no part Of America may be desc
lated; that her wildernesses may be the
bowers and erbors Of liberty: that the prea-
ent restrictions on her commerce may have
no other effect than 20 destroy the cursed
trafloking and trucking which debasee a
brood worse than felonies and ~larcenies;
and that nothing may divert their attention
from their own immense neighborhood, or
from the determination Of helping to SET
free every town and village Of their oon-
%tinent.s Lander went on to say that a wal
between England and America would be q
civil war; a detestable thing, only TO DO
pardoned when there was some ~ferocious
and peridious tyrant to be brought TO jus
toe. The two Peoples, he reminded mis-
correspondent, spoke the same language.
The Americans read paradise Lost, 'andhe
prophesled that their children, II not con-
sumed with fire and sword, would indulge
their mild and generous affections in the
perusal OF Southey's "Curse Of Kehama.
Surely, he thought, there must still be in
America many who retained in all their
purity the principles which had driven
their ancestors from England; and one such
family. Lander declared, was worth all the
turbulent slaves and mobiles in Poland or
all the thoughtless head devoted 70 Fer
dinand VII. Of Spain.
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walter savage Landor on Charlie, Fox.

waiter savage LAnuof 90 Cnhflet FOX.
Mr.. STEPHEN wHEELBB, we'll known as
the editor Of Letters and Unpublished
Writings Of Landor,' has now reproduced
with an introduction and oopious footnotes
Landor's Commentary on Trotter's Memoirs
Of the Latter Yedrs OF The Right Hon. Charles
james For (Putnams). This Commentary
on a biography which was successful in
it's day, running quickly through three
editions, though LAndor wrote IL toward
the end Of 1911 and it was printed early in
1912, is now published for the first time.
The manuscript must AVE been DESTROYED
long ago, and Of the printed copies only
one seems to have survived. This ia in
the possession Of the Earl Of Crewe, and
on the hyleaf Ia the following manuscript
note. written by his Lordship's father, Mr..
Monckton Mines: Il believe this volume
to be unique. Mr.. Lander told me he
was aware OF the existence Of no other
oop The whole edition was wasted,
with the exception OF this copy, which
the author gave 10 Mr.. Southey.h
John Murray had undertaken TO publish
the book, but ultimately refused TO do 90
because Clifford. the editor Of the Quarterly
Repieto. who had seen the proof sheets,
denounced the pamphlet: Il never read
he said. so rascally a thing as the Dedica-
ton. II shows Lander to have a most
ranoorous and malicious heart. Nothing
but a rooted hatred OF his country could
have made him dedicate his jacobinioal
book to the most contemplate wretch
that ever crept into authority namely,
james Madison. President Of the United
States. Southey also. though he was
muoh mora courteous, expressed the
opinion tkt the book ought 70 be toned
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SOME NEW O
inc nulderr o. enc Roman EnplI

The BuiIders Of the Roman Empire.
Ne are indebted to Mr.. ALFRED 2. ZIA-
kssN for an English Translation ofGhistory
which challenges a plaos besidethe monu-
mental works Of GIbbon and Mommsen.
The Greatness and Decline OF Rome. by
ouuRdKLMo FERBERo Putnamsl, the first
volume OF which. entitled Tbs Empira
Builders, IL now before us. or the eighteen
chapters Of this book the frat Ave are de-
voted 20 q summary OF Roman history
down TO the death Of Sulla. when the de-
tailed narrative begins. The authors con-
ucption OF human history 10 that 1t is The
unconscious product Of an inhpitudo Of
small and unnoticed efforts. It's work is
done systematically and In disorder by
single individuals or groups OF individuals.
acting generally from immediate motives.
with results which always transcend the
knowledge and intention OF contemporaries
and are but seldom revealed, darby and
for a moment. to succeeding generations.
Starting with this assumption it is Signor
Ferrero's aim to find a clue to the imme-
date. accidental and transitory motives
which have spurred on the men Of the past
10 their labors; To describe wildly their
vicissitudes and auxieties. their struggles
and Illusions. as they pursued their work;
10 discover how end why. through this work,
the men Of one generation have often, while
not satisfying the passion which spurred
them to action. effected some lasting trans
formation in the life Of their society. The
authors intention is to continue the nara
tive in succeeding volumes down 10 the
breakup of the Roman Empire in the West
which nomirally ended in 476 A. D., but
really survived in north Africa, Sicily,
Sardinia, Corsica and parts of Spain and
Italy for some time longer, That is to say.
his survey includes the growth of a ma
tionalist ard Industrial democracy on the
ruins Of a federation of agricultural aris-
~tocracies; the subsequent appearance of a
new aristocracy out of the industrial democ-
racy of Cssar's age; the slow crumbling
OF this aristooracy, all powerful in a peace
full empire, till it fell to pieces through its
own prosperity, while Christianity and
other Oriental religions undermined its
spiritual foundations; and finally, its en-
Rulfment by the food OF barbarian invasion,
sweeping away all that was most ancient
and revcred in Graco-Latin civilization,
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IL.

In one part OF his pamphlet Lander
! SAYS that he would like to see in Hyde Park
a building like the Pantheon at Rome.
which should contain the statues of all
the most truly great men Of Britain. from
Alfred to Nelson. He names those who in
his judgment would nave a right to figure
in the lists: Sir Walter Raleigh. Sir Philip
Sydney and Algernon Sydney, Shake
speare, Milton, John Hampden. William
Penn, Blake. Locke. Newton, Marlborough,
sidered Britain's most illustrious repre-
sentatives in politics. war and literature,
and he challenged any othe' modern
nation TO produce 90 many OF equal great
ness. Then follows a remarkable tribute
to Washington. W lost Washington,
but he was ours, and death gave him back.
No man ever encountered such difficulties
in politics and war. No man ever adapted
one to the other with such skill Lander
goes on to aver that In fortitude, Justice
and equanimity no man ever eIcelled
Washington; mo exemplar has been recon-
mended to our gratitude. love and venera-
ton by the most partial historian or the
most encomiastic b~iographer. IN which so
many and so great virtues. public and
private, we're united. His name, his man.
ners, his language. his sentiments, his soul.
were English
One OF the most interesting sec tions
Of the book Is that in which Lander dis
cussed the character Of the Irish people.
He began by declaring that nc two nations
in Europe are 90 utterly dissimilar as the
English and Irish. and, what would be
incredible to a foreigner. no two know
30 little OF each other. Nevertheless, ao-
cording to Lander. whatever course may
be pursued by the British Government
the English people admire and love the
Irish, although In general we see bad 'speci-
mems, idlers. gamesters and fortune hunters
or persons who in their own country have
tried indifferent talents unsuccessfully,r
He testihes from personal observation
that in Ireland men OF family are. usually
very courteous, seldom very we'll informed.
never very correct or conversant in mattera
OF literature or taste, He likewise notes
that in Ireland, contrary to what happens
everywhere else. the middle rank Is the
worst. A want OF polite literature Ia SUD.
piled by crude extracts from Curran and
Grattan. by splinters Of metaphor and by
sentences half truiSm and half paradox
At the same time Lander Acknowledges
that in few countries are there truer gentle.
men than in Ireland. IL that character can
exist independent Of high cultivation and
unadorned by. the fine arts.
Worth reuiarking also are Landor'e
0ommsuts on the works Of kAcchiaveIH,
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patriotism BY returning 70 . Ho involving
greater labor. greater honesty and greater
simplicity.
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Trotter, the biographer. had said that in
early youth Charles James Fox was dis
tinguished by extraordinary application to
study. He was abroad for q short time at
the early age Of IA. to which may be attrib-
uted the huency. perfect understanding and
rood pronunciation Of French which dis
tinguished him among his countrymen.
Trotter added that his youth. warm and i'm
petuous. was full Of extraordinary promise.
His middle age was energetic and patriotic.
His latter days, commencing from the French
Revolution. were simple. grand ~andsublime.'
Landor's comment on this passage Is that
Fox's youth was very we'll known to O
exceeded in every kind Of prohigacy the
youth Of any Englishman among his apn-
tempoIaries. ITO the principles Of q
%Frenchman he added the habits Of a Malay
in idleness. drunkenness inc gaming As
for his middle life Lander declares that
Fox was h~abitually the opposite Of who
ever was In power until he could spring for
ward to the same status. whenever Mr..
Pitt was wrong. Mr.. Fox was right. and then
only. His morals. his taste. his literature.
all we're French. 1t is pointed out hat his
principles were arbitrary when the Govern
ment OF France was 30. He is accused by
I4AUuO Vi dpptONluB ~ 0N0Ay ShohbS hOiO
whether OF men or OF measures. THE Con-
~stituent Assembly, the Convention, Brissot,
Robespierre, Talien, Barras. Bonaparte. all
these in succession we're the objects OF his
admiration. His sagacity could find out
something to palliate every crime they COM
mitted.' Samuel Rogers used TO recall that
on one occasion. when it was remarked that
from the days OF the dncien regime Fox
still retained his early owe for France and
everything French, Burke said: Yes. he is
like a cat. He is fond OF the house, though
the family be gone
Fox's biographer had something to say
about Fox's life in retirement, and about
the employment Of his great powers for
the benefit Of mankind in literary compost
ton. Landor's comment 10 that had his
(Fox'sl great powers been employed for
the benefit Of mankind in composition
they would nave left him a secondary
character in history, poetry or criticism.
His VERSES have little ease. little imagina-
ton, little spirit. In history he has pro-
duced by long study what many young
men at the universities, with the materials
before them. would have produced in one
term. Few compositions rave more faults
or greater" Lander observes that in
criticism Fox was the admirer Of what
ever was most regular and orderly-the
reverse OF his own character-just as 'the
novelists of the Palais Royal are enamored
of modesty and bushes Sydney Smith
took much the same view Of Fox's poetry,
confessing that 1his rers de scct6f appears
to us fat and insipid,' but Smith adds:
ITO write verses was the only thing which
Mr.. Fox ever attempted to do without doing
we'll
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-21

Nitrate Of soda is valuable fertil-
izer for strawberries and raspberrles.
and should be applied with powdered
phosphate of lime.
This application TO Strawberries will
sometimes treble the yield. The ber-
ries are larger in size, handsomer In
color, more solid and finer in flavor.
Ordinary manure will not produce such
results, as II Is not converted into plant
food until after the demand of the
fruit.
Nitrate of soda and powdered phos-
phate Of lime are assimilated by the
plant at once, and appropriated at a
cost of less than $40 per acre, using
100 pounds of the mixture, which con
tains the three ingredients considered
necessary to use for feeding plants, nit
rogen, phosphorIc acid and an alkali.
Andrew II. Ward In Meehan's
Monthly.
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PROVING and prought..

Subsoiling and drainage are systems
that should be practiced In connection
with each other Subsoiling without
drainage is more damaging than bene-
ficiai, as 1t allows the water to accumu-
late and there remain. II the system
Of drainage is made complete there Is
aothing better than deep cultivation, as
sisted by the subsoll pillow. The great
fear of those who are opposed to sub
soiiing is that they are compelled to
turn ND soil from below, which Is not
desirable, an 1t requires time for the
food but the subsoIl pillow does not,
as many suppose. turn up the soil. II
simply pulyerlzes It. The plan usually
pursued Is to piow the soil In the ordi-
nary manner following Ia the same fur
rows behind the first plow, with sub
soiler, to which should be harnessed
three horses In order that the work
may be thoroughly done. AS the first
pillow moves on, leaving the upper soil
Broken, the subsoil pillow, coming after
sc. should 80 in to depth of at least
z inches below the plowed furrow Ga
foot, IL possIble) thus rendering the
actual depth quite deep, though not
mixing the upper and lower strata.
The advantage Is that moisture Is re.
tanned when rains are not frequent, ow-
ing TO the greater capacity and depth
OF absorption at the time Of rain. and
also greater moisture from capillary
attraction by virtue of the porosity of
she subsoil
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A Low Poultry Run.


A safe and secure poultry run that
requires less material than high pen
ean be made from laths sawed in two,
which would make the sides 2 feet
high, making the frame Of scantlings
and the top Of sawed laths, box boards
or similar material. The top of the run
should consist almost entirely Of trap
doors. using bits Of old harness for
hinges, which will look well II cut neat
Iy. The illustration shows one Of the
doors propped up to show the construc-
sIon more plainly. The doors are 4
feet long, the length of lath, and may
he 8 or 10 feet the other way and still
not be clumsy, being constructed of
such light material.
This trap door. is an important fea-
ture, as it permits the tender 70 enter
easily for removing top soil and replac-
ing with fresh earth, or other caring
for the birds. The frame material is
of 2x2-inch scantling at the corners,
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VILLAGE WITH0UTLAW
Little Chute in 0utagamie County Has
Never Had Its Ordinances
Recorded

APPLETON. Wis, Sept. 1S,-LSpe-
cial. THE village of Little Chute is be-
neved to be without an ordinance. In
the trial of Peter Van Camp, charged
with keeping his saloon open after II
o'clock, ii developed that the ordinances
passed in 1899 were never recorded. that
no original records are on file and that
there is no certificate of publication. I'm.
less the curative acts, which provide that
an ordinance which has been in force
for three years is valid, the court will
rule that none of the ordinances are
legal. The case viii be argued in munic-
inal court here October 3. Even the
marshal may lose his office as there is no
record of his appointment in the Hol-
land settlement
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Fools and Trees.

Any fool can destroy trees They
can not run away; and If they could
they would still be destroyed chased
and hunted down as long as fun or a
dollar could be got out of their bark
hides. branching horns or magnificent
bowl baclkbones. Few that fell trees
plant them; nor would planting avail
much toward getting back anything
like the noble primeval forest. Dur
Ing a mans life only saplings can be
grown In place of the old trees. ten cen
turtles old, that have been DESTROYED.
1t took more than 5000 years to make
some OF the trees In these Western
woods, trees that are still standing in
perfect strength and beauty waving
and signing in the forests of the Sierra.
Through all the wonderful, eyentful
centuries since Christ's time and long
before that-God has cared for these
trees, saved them from drought. dis
ease, avalanches and thousand strain
ing, leveling tempests and floods, but
he can not save them from fools--only
Uncle Sam can do that-John Muir
In the Atlantic
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sortinu and Pnclstnr rrv.

Eggs to be placed on the market
should be carefully sorted and packed
as to size, shape and color. 1t is bet
ter not to put eggs having different col
ored shells in the same package
neither should eggs varying much in
size be placed In the same package. Ev.
cry egg should be perfectly clean. and
If slightly soiled ltTmay be wiped clean
with damp cloth. II badly soiled the
eggs should be discarded, for the wash.
ing required to clean them Injuries their
appearance. The discarded eggs can be
disposed Of ct some of the cheaper and
less exacting markets. Eggs may be
placed in large shipping cases or In
small pasteboard boxes. according 70
now they are to be marketed.-G. A
Bell
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cred with a network of railroad.
it will keep them busy hauling tho a ana
put Of grain. 1t is certainly enconrs
ing to US settlers.
Two years ago Harry, my son. ana
as you know unloaded our car ~ O..
katoon and drove 100 miles To 80
claim. Last fall we had only elob.oo-
miles to haul our wheat to rai,os.
and, as you see, the prospects ara -
will have railroad at our very a.
and town near by. This distric+ ~
support good town, and it will he NAL, a
patronlzed.
Harry arrived home at u D. m Io..
night after going fourteen miles :.
blacksmith shop to get plowsbo,oN
beat out. The shop was full Of wo.,'
and it was p. m. when Harry LEFT 81
home and parties still in line 10 hov.
work done. We will need stores neo..s
and good mechanics
We are all enjoying the best =,
health, which is great blessing WI
we left Chicago over a year ayo
youngest sons a years OF age) hAaTtS
was so poor that almost despalrad =.
raising him, but he Is certainly a hoo.
ty, healthy little fellow now. The M.
fresh air has done him worlds of gooa
So, to sum up the whole; Why sbonId
we not be glad we made the break
good farm, stock increasing, health and
an independent life. What more can
we expect?
Did we have to make an effort,
You can bet we did, and hustle too
Should you pass this way with vonr
shotgun this fall, we should be pleased
to let you shoot prairie chickens or onr
grain stocks.
Respectfully yours, Chas. NJ. Gerts
and family.
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been In cultivation for more than 8
hundred years, but the original tree is
still alive ut Its place of origin In
Southern France, says American Guilt
vator, Although French pear. Il
seems to be as hardy as any and sue.
ceeds as far north as Ontario and In
parts of Northern New England where
any pear will thrive.
1t is good pear TO grow on Qulnce
roots, producing large specimens and
annual crops 1t also does well on pear
roots 1t Is a rather large pear. choice
specimens averaging about three and
one-half inches long. The skin is gel
lowish green. with reddish brown
checks and dots The flesh is white
fine grained and buttery and the flavor
pleasant and spicy, 1t ripens about
with the Sheldon i'll early October. Its
shipping qualities are excellent, and II
ranks among the first of the general
purpose pears.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-21
JAP STEAMER BURNING
Tattoo Maru, 1T5s Tons, Destroyed Near
Ching Kiang, China, and 100
Are Lost

SHANGHAI. Sept. 1S.-The Japa-
nese steamer Tattoo Maru is barring off
Ching kiang on the right bank Of the
Yang-tse- kiang, torty-hVe miles from
Marking
The loss of life or extent Of the dam
age done haze not been ascertained. but
n Is known that many of the passengers
and crew are missing and it is estimated
that 100 lives were lost. Most of the
victims are orientals.
The Tattoo Maru, formerly the Tahung
Maru. is of 195S tons register, was
built in Japan. was launched in 1900,
and belongs 10 the Osaka Shosen Ka'
b,shikl company Of Osaka. She is 399
feet long. has 40 feet beam and draws
H. feet Of water.
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pickled watermelon Rina.

Remove thick pairing from water
melon rind and cut out all of the pink
portion; then cut in pieces Of uniform
size, cook in boiling water to cover
until soft and drain. There should be
seven pounds OF rind Put in pre-
serving kettle, add three cupfuls of
vinegar 81 pounds of brown sugar,
one ounce of stick cinnamon broken in
pieces and half an ounce of whole
cloves Bring slowly to the boiling
point, let simmer two and one-half
hours, pack in jars add the strip TO
fill the jars to overlooking and adjust
the Womans Home Compan.
ion
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Tomato Toast.

Cut the crusts from loaf OF bread
and slice. Toast 1t lightly, and as each
slice is toasted dip it in boiling milk
salted. Put In layers in a pudding
dish, sprinkling each layer with salt
and bits of butter and pouring over it
four or five spoonfuls of well-sea@ned
tomato sauce. When the dish is full
of the toast pour over and around it
an abundance of tomato sauce, cover
and set in the oven for ten minutes or
until steamlng hot all through.