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THE COAL SACk.
Astronomical Mythology of the Australian
BIackf fellow.

From MdcmiUdn's MdOdzinC.
Immediately below the lower stars of tho
group which forms the Southern Cross there
is a black patch in the sky. dark. sack shaped
and mysterious. scientifically accurate as
tronomers explain that it Ia not a patch but
rather something which becomes visible by
reason of the anomaly that it contains moth
ing that Is visible. The lay mind, preferring
bald reality to abstract truth. is somew hat
startled to learn that an object il seen be-
cause there Ia nothing In IL to see. but no one
can dispute the fact; the coal sack il visible
because IL contains nothing that Is visible.
In other words. IL is a vast hole in the stellar
system In which there IL not even q pinch Of
stellar dust to shed a flicker OF luminosity.
II II typically and absolutely the auiptessence
Of blackness. Because 1t Is so. and In con-
tradiction Of all preconceived notions, the
human eve can see II without the aid of tele-
scope or other instrument. Between the stars
OF the Milky Way there are many little holes
in the stellar system little by comparison.
that In to say-but one must have telescopes
and patience to find Them, One need only
and locate the southern Cross in order to see
the coal sack.
With the wealth Of legendary tale and
highly gifted races gazing on them through
the ages that are, gone, one IL tempted to
Constructed around that fathomiess mystery
had 1t appeared north instead OF south OF the
equator. When IL rouses the pOetical impulse
within the brain of aboriginal. Australians,
what might II not have lone with the ancient
Greeks or still more ancient .EgyptiansP But
they were denied IL. The aboriginal uses Il,
as he uses most things, In a topsy turvy fash
ion; TO him the world Is a nat plain crowned
with a dome shaped roof.
When a man dies he has to go up to the roof
and slowly journey over II till he can Chamber
down to the fat again and squeeze through.
once more a man. The coal sack Is the hole
he goes through to get onto the roof: and to
get up TO ID In q very long climb. The journey
over the roof 10 also very lonR. and It is hard
to squeeze through when he reaches the fiat
again. so long does IL take that by the time
his hair but his skin has grown white with
age. Wherefore the blackfellow who has
made the journey rejoins his tribe a. a white
fellow. Thus il was that when the white man
frat came to the land the aboriginals re-
garded him as q long lost comrade
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An Old New England Town.

None of the elm shaded New England
towns seems to retain its ancient charm
better than Norwich, where the Yantic
and Shetucket meet. In 1851 HENRY
WARD BEEcHER called it "the most pic
turesQne Of all the towns of Connecticut
A returned exile who recently spent an
old home week there says that Norwich
il "the most beautiful city in Connecticut,
IL not in New England; and EDMUND
CLARENCE STEDMAN rhapsodized about
its elms in his Inland City, and wrote
of it that ~of all cities Of the Eastern
valley this Is the fairest one"
Visiting Norwich fifty-six years ago,
Mr.. BEECHER beheld it a combination Of
city, country and wilderness: a busting
place along the waterfront; the residence
district "imbosomed in trees, full Of
shaded yards and gardens, broad park
like streets, o o opening out into roman
tic rural roads among pine woods along
the rocky edges of dark streams; and
beyond, Norwich Old Town, whose green
il surrounded by old Revolutionary elms
oil me vasuest stature aiiG OF every snspc
and delineation Of grandeur" Two great
elms, shading the house where LYDIA
HuNTLEY Mrs. SIGoURNEY) was brought
up, BEECHER found to be more than
eighteen feet in circumference.
According to the returned exile the
Gins are a glorious 40 ever, greater in
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The Cocktail Charles Served.

\ beautiful work OF the blenders art,
\ drink to fellowship quick impsrt,
A thing tn mellow n warm the hear,
This Is the Fairbanks cocktail.
This Is the man by name OF Loeb
Who made assertion vii mien Of Job
He hadn't anything on the globe
To do with the Fairbanks cocktail.
This Is the innocent Charles himself.
The Methodists put him on the shelf
Because Of the alcoholic elf
Contained In tho Fairbanks cocktail.
This Is the lady who sav the rub
Involved In dryness OF R~oosevet's grub
md ordered up from her husbands club
The troublesome Fairbanks cocktails.
This Il the list - (ObsrYye the blank
Furnished Of thosc who happy drank
Tho nectar drsught OF the highest rank.
The world tsmous Fairbanks cocktail.
McLAspBrRoH wu.soI
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Comnaratlyc Dramatics.

A study Of the present state Of the
theatre has recently been published by a
German critic who is also an actor, Royal
Saxon Court Player ADOLF WINDS. He
has travelled and has examined his sub
iecr at first hand. Little is to be learned,
he says, from seeing a foreign company,
English or Italian OF French, in Berlin.
The company is only one-half of n the
atre; the public is the other half: and
actors separated from their native public
are like fish out Of water. This is true
enough, and it applies to some extent to
tho visits of American actors to England
and to the reverse process, though Herr
WINDS treats the Anglo-American theatre
as one whole.
Herr WINDS gives the first place on
the modern stage to tho French, the
second to the Italians. He regards the
Iatins as having a better natural endow-
.ment for the drama than any other peo-
pie, and the French as superior to the
Italians, because in addition to this COM
mon advantage there has been more
continuity and Capitalization in the de-
velopment of their art. He remarks on
the familiarity of the French public with
stage traditions and on its intense con-
servatism. which holds the players back.
To these influences he seems to attribute
their inability to shake off the declama-
tory habit in tragedy. Even ANTOINE
has not been able to cure this defect.
Herr WINDS blames the English speak
fAg,~s-s.or artliciailty in tragic express
sion, and in fact he reserves excellence
in this department to his compatriots.
On the other hand, he calls the French
perfect" in society comedy, and allows
that the English surpass the Germans
in comic Shakespearian roles. Herr
: WINDS 8 attitude In this respect istypical
Of many international critics. Their
censures of foreign tragedians usually
need discounting. Nations differ more
in the manner and expression of deep
emotion than in their smiles and laughter.
What is merely strange may easily seem
false to an alien, and in tragic acting
sincerity is everything.
To the English speaking stage Herr
WINDS comedies two other cxcellences,
industry and tine scenic effects. For
spectacles he considers IL unrivallcd, but
he blames it for the tar"'systcm and
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r T0W NC huWJuN CUU TWfS.
Here 10 the way Champ Clark OF Missouri talks
rbrvt os!.eone 10 Der hlushtns face; "The Gar
den Of tho Godsi A marvel OF human industry
. colossal and enduring monument To the American
tove of home. A model. progressive Common
wealth, the last 10 be carved from the magnificent
empire which jefferson bought from Napoleon for
Q song--an empire greater In possibilities than that
over which tho Mad Macedonian waved his ever
advancing banner or over which the Roman eaeIrs
6ew when the Seven Hilcd CITY was mistress Of
ne world"
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Revivins An Ancient Game.


One OF the recent revivais IL the ancient game N,
bowls. which now bids fair TO take once again a
leading place among the sports OF Merrio England.
As matter OF fact. It Is lust as good a game 10 -dsy
as II was IN the time OF Raleigh or In the remote
Anglo. Saxon times. From a medical point of view
we have nothing but praise for this most excellent
of recreations. II provides open air exercise and
amusement for old and young 10 Is admirably nttod
for many Invalids, aud above all Il Is one OF the
best OF what may be called natural opiates.
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To rHR EDITOR OF TIE SUN--Siy: Is IL under
stood by the public In general that the tar on mort.
cages is being paid by the people who owe the
mortgag es and not by those who own them: that is
TO say. that the owners Of mortgaged real property
are compelled 10 pay taxes both ON their property
and on their debtsY
When the present mortgage tai law was pre-
sented for enactment its trainers Dragged that AZ
last they had found a way TO tax the money lender
and not the money borrower. They have failed. and
their experiment and failure has cost and will con
tinue TO wiring millions Of dollars from the lean
purses Of mortgage debtors, especially those In the
new developing boroughs whom tho assessment
graft business has already driven to the verge Of
bankruptcy.
These are the facts, and yet ! fall 20 notice a ripple
of objection in print or In any public expression.
for one think the Stamp Act was q charity In
comparison. VI. N. C.
BRooKLrS, October IL.
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Lspal asaf-Aatlsfactiea.

To THE EDrroA % u SUN-Str Your CORE
spondcnt NASSAU. writing from Newark. N. j.,
on n Missing Letter" may be right about our In
ability to pronounce an ~" but ! would rather be
bold In New York thss Q "burrd" In -Ncosrk."
NIw YoRK. October u. MANHATTAN,
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knicker--D Do you like the ID d
Booker No; too short cithd
or recover from having one
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TOPEKA. Kan, Oct. IL. is20.-Colonel Henr
wstterson was pulled at the union station {,
day and was taken in the Black Maria to n
jug. He was charged with being a KeI
tuckian.
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hnu WIN sCltntIWC C0Olnth9 nc InaOItN o.
the country to be mastered and named 49,
provinces temperance, silence. order, rc.".
luton. frneality. industry. sincerity, .il-'n
h %Snfie.0" Read sssdan his own 1l" ssory OF h. raa
on which he Get to work. A generation lat
comes. smother great American. a "%rincrd
but with q more ardent ps ssion. he 1uore,
Millions description OF himself AZ "cnanore'
Of mora! perfection. and eNclaims he dd
q his country. was no phrase maker. bu l-
HE was one continuous act Of conseCra'io'
to duty. And Of all our New World Iteror'
left among the words that we're his partn,
legacy. with nymness IL the right ~ t"o
gives us to see the right"
To such watchwords and exemnlars or
pulses thrill. But We 80 easily forget -
often even at our best we are hut half hearted
remember a word heard from 2 man VII"
one side a mai Of a good deal Of seu'iu en-
q business; Hs said Il have som'am,,
iutely and without reserve 10 dong jus,
what he thought was right his courss "on,,1
pc victorious and even, easy. bu,-m
nnd disappointment
People sometimes speak Of "'rlerc moralrr.
fidelity as dIiferent and inferior 20 rrli,go.
But IL would seem rather that mora rlrr,
Is the very, MENUS between man and H. hish',
power. The real translation OF life from lN
lower to the higher terms is the "y - D."
y self-centred and self bounded world ior
infinite world IN which self Is but OF" hNr
particle. 10 is. analogous TO the di>ooN-Il
81 Copernicus that this planet Is not r'n'r'
fixed and chief. but one wheeling atom inolE
the consultations. SO man finds us Inv
iiou and will. Intellect leads him ~ th'
baths OF knowledge into the arcti frame
work of nature. Emotion opens through ~
ent, lover. child. with, friends, viii ne com
munity, with mankind. And = his vii +
lifted beyond self service ~ trained 70
tho laws OF truth and I'D nee n'd lo''
he feels himself a living and ar-slols d'oh
In the circiing tides Of a divine iulycr-r
GKrnuE VlN.i'N
S~rnISorIELp. Mass. octoV -.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-30

general appraisers sustained the col lector. The opinion is by Appraiser Fischer The best, certainly the most practical, test of the suitability of pa- per for printing, he says, isitis use for such purposes. Now, 1t is conceded by the importers that it is not suitable for newspapers, and in support of the con- tention as to books they produced but one witness, a representative of the inn porters, who are paper dealers, and lie testified that he knew of only one in- stance where the paper had ever been used in a book A copy of this book was introduced in evidence as an illus trative exhibit, and it appears there from that the only way in which tn paper is employed as a part of the book is as insert pages facing the illustra- tions. The title of the picture and an extract from the Literary work it il- but it is obvious that this particular paper was selected not because it was suitable for printing on but because it's glazed surface prevented the illustras tions from rubbing. The book other than the insert pages Is printed on stock printing paper.
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COMB1SATIoSS.

Professor Cat chemistry examination -sUnder what combination Is gold re- leased most quickly?' student-"Mar- rlage. -Fllegende Blaetter.
 Mistress-"Tell me instantly, Nina, did the master kiss you last night?" Maid-"Yes, ma am, but don't be up set about it. I don't mind 1t at all. - Fliegende Blaetter.
 Applicant-What does a marriage li- cense cost?
 Clerk-Well, really, it's hard to tell till you've tried one for fifteen or twenty years,-Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Waiter (presenting a plate before an old man from the country--"For the music, sir" Old Man (gathering the coins up off the plate) Thank you; the music was pretty bad, "-Lustige Blaetter.
 First Traveller (cheerily) Fine day, isn't it?" Second ditto (haughti- ly)-"Sir! You have the advantage of me. I don't know youl' First Travel "Humph! I fail to see the adyant- age."-Town and Country.
 A Fatal Beauty-'It Is told of her that when, as a bride, she entered Dublin Castle at ball, the musicians dropped dead in the middle of a waltz to gaze at her in open-mouthed admiration. Irish Society quoted by Punch.
 Mother (returning home)-Gracious, children! Everything is smashed up. Didn't I tell you to play horse?
 Tommy-Yes, ma, but horses are out of date, so we played automobile, and just had the dandiest runaway.--Chi- cago News.
 First Farm Servant-"Whv did the farmers wife give you notice?" Sec ond Farm Servant-"She said I was no good for anything-I couldn't even min dthe sheep; so I'm going into the town to be a nursemaid. "-Meddendor- fer Blaetter.
 Parson Bagster (dogmatically) - "Dar ain't no use uh-' 's2ostulatin' and pollyfoxin' bout desc yuh flyin ma chimes! Dey won't work, and dey isn't ever gwine to, needer!-de Lawd never intended de air to be circumambuat- ed" Brother Snike-"Y Yassah. but lem me ax yo'; How yo' spec wes uh- gwine t git to heaven-go round? ?'- pEck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-30
Four at a Table.

In the eyes of Mimi was sparkle to
 see,
 In her glass was the cordial to drink; And the breath of Clothilde was a nec-
 tar distilled, And her head was too handsome to
 think What a laughter and shout, what a While the waiter looked on and was
 pained! What arguments raised what absurdi-
 ties praised Ere the night or tie bottle was
 drained! In the midst of it all did it somehow
 befall
 An impertinent timepieoe struck two, And into the light from somewhere in
 the night The old women came into view. Without waiting to ask, they all fell to
 tho task Of scrubbing the tiles of the floor, Poor, ptlful hags with their garments And fi thdirs shs lives that would live never
 morel In the eyes of Mimi was terror to see, Her fingers twitched, holding the
 glass; And the laugh of Clothilde that with
 joyance was filled Grew hollow and hardened, alas! How the lights all grew dim and the
 glass to the brim Held ire liquor too hateful to please, As the pitiful hags with their garments
 of rags
 Wiped the tiles of the floor, on their
 New orleans Times Democrat
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-30

 moth to travel. When young, and where there is hardly enough food, the larvae spin down from trees by means of silken threads and often alight upon vehicles of one kind or another and are thus carried great distances from the place of birth Trolley cars, carriages, automobiles and bicycles are thus means of transportation almost unlim- tied in their possibilities. The cater pillars often crawl upon vehicles which happen to stand for any length of time in ap infested locality and thus may be carried great distances. Sometimes even pedestrians aid unwittingly in this distribution, since the caterpillars may drop by their threads upon the garments of person passing under an infested tree. The species niay be transported, too, in the egg stage It has been shown that the egg clusters are laid upon many different kinds of objects. Cordwood, stacked and piled, may be carried away in the autumn bearing egg masses, and if not burned before summer larvae may issue in a new locality. The same may be said for lumber piles near infested trees. Freight cars may have been side tracked near an infested place long enough to permit the laying of eggs upon thenl
 And there are several other ways in which the gipsy moth can go gipsying. It is surprising that Connecticut, and all the New England States, are not generally infested by it.