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surI.l prlxllsp. to soldIsrs wives.

washingtOn-In order to remedy
what appeared to be a discrimination
against the enlisted personnel of the
army, navy and marine corps, Gen.
Oliver, acting secretary of war, has
issued an order extending to the
wives OF all such men the privilege Of
entertainment In national cemetery.
Heretofore such privilege was limit
81 to the wives Of OfnesFs OF the mill
tAry service.
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umbanoa MIIls to Close.

Llvermore Falls, Me.-Orders have
been received from the New
York once OF the International
paper company to shut down the Um-
bagog mills Of the corporation here
until further notice Similar orders
have been sent to other mills OF the
company in New England. The gem
eral policy of curtailment adoDted is
due to the fact that for a time the
production has been greater than the
needs OF the trade.
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Botanical rehabilitation.

Little Bertha came home from school
the other day in state OF great ex-
citement. Rushing in upon her mother
she exclaimed:
"oh, mamma! guess what we're 90
ing to do"
Nothing very> dreadful, l hape, my
dear"
"Why. our class is studying botany
and we're going to tAntaliEs the now
ara NEXT week. k."-Delaware County
Democrat
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inventor Of the PantomIme.

The credit of producing the first pam
tomime in England belongs to John
Rich. This performance was on De-
cember 26, 1717, at the theatre in Lin
coins Inn Fields.
Rich bethought himself of the comic
Mosques occasionally performed In
Edinburgh and he combined with their
scenic and mechanical effects the at
fractions of the pantomime ballet. The
result was Harlequin Executed" which
the advertisement of that day desorib-
Cd as "A New Italian Mimic Scene.
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oreaon Bank Reopens.

Portland, ore.-The Oregon trust
and savings bank, which failed several
months ago, has reopened under the
name of the German American bank,
with which the bankrupt institution
has been merged The paid up capital
is 100000 The courts have allowed
the old bank two years in which to
meet its obligations.
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WEDNESDAY,

WEDNESDAY,, February IL, 1903.
Hon. Leslie M. Shaw praises work
of President but declares energies
should now be turned toward restora-
ton of business; Knox says railroads
now see old abuses.
Miss Ashford of Washington an
nounces breaking of engagement be-
tweensher and Ex-senator H. G. Davis,
because of family hostility.
Young English woman, just mar
ried, sends $1,000, wedding gift, to add
to Boston college building fund.
Taft cleans up Ohio, beating Fora
ker in the ratio of to l in what
few primary contests are made,
Governor Hughes of New York again
urges removal of Insurance Superinten-
dent Kelsey.
Representative Tawney criticises
President Roosevelt in debate on ur-
gent deficiency bill.
Three motorists leave New York on
an independent run to Paris.
Navy department sends letter of CEN
sure to commander of vessel on which
occurred boxing bout resulting in sail
or's death.
Forest reserves bill attacked by oppo-
nents with proposition for delay.
Interstate commerce commission says
It cannot extend time to railroads on
nine hour law.
Little Brookline, Mass, girl given
medal for bravery.
Mrs. Hetty Green passes day in U. s.
court i'm, Boston as defendant in suit
for counsel fees.
Annual encampment of Massachu-
sets department, G. A. R., and allied
organizations.
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between Scaramouch. Harlequin, q
Country Farmer, His Wife and Others. .
OF course the earnest student of the
drama" protested against this innova-
ton, but Harlequin, Columbine and Co.
have maintained their hold on public
favor until the present year of grace.
London Evening Standard.
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Maine plant closes Down

watervllle, Me.-The Sawyer pub
fishing company, of which George F.
Terry is general manager, has closed
It's doors. The employees were told
that the ofices would be closed for az
indefinite period.
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THURsDA

| THURSDAY, February 10, 1908.
Nine persons, including every pas
senger on one Of the cars, injured in
collision of electrics in Somerville,
Mass; two women in hospital in SER
ious condition.
Explosion in starch works at Provi-
dence kills six, seriously Injuries three
and starts 100000 fire.
Young man and woman killed on
tracks at Hamilton. Mass.
Foraker says Ohio result means lit
tie, because only Taft men took part
in primaries.
Senator Beveridge and Representa-
tive Butler Ames speak at Lincoln ban
quet at Marquette club at Chicago.
Rear Admiral Evans ordered to make
search for American sailor supposed to
be cast away on one Of the Galapagos
islands
Massachusetts, department Of the G..
A. r. and its allied orders close their
annual conventions in Boston.
Senator Knox in Pittsburg urges
large national expenditures for better
harbors, canals and deep rivers.
Senator Rayner in speech blames
Roosevelt in part for troubles that
have followed the recent panic.
Louis A. Coolidge of Massachusetts,
appointed assistant secretary of the
treasury.
President Sullivan of Boston &
Northern Street Railway company says
some street ear companies must raise
fares or go out of bl mess.
Secretary Taft and Governor Guild
of Massachusetts, the chief speakers at
the banquet of the Lincoln club in
Grand Rapids.
Chicago court case discloses how
matrimonial affinities are made by one
agency.
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attorney would regard
the guilt believed be innocent And just
ofice is commit
guilty only by e darknns OF h
hngtha client in such case be cleared ana
said that "a verdict by lie
is disgrace to the counsel"
service what he is paid for to
bribery distinctly
the fee
pursuit OF justice Or il such case his
conspiracy against
public likely of contingent fee
of a percen O financial results of litigation
things the most inhuenua
of wealth.
which
eyde the which were made
the public the of great wealth
against the courts against the state wc
being Indignantly resented by some
doubt
Of professional ethics will
the most distinguished
which pay the ethical element Of the science will
cultivate with greater assidu
re which depend largely its dignity influence and
nhdencew whit he people.-From Munseys Magazine
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impossible Combination.

"The time, the place and the girl
How seldom we find them together!"
Bah! The combination that we sell
dom find together is the man, the
shower and the umbrella louisville
Courier Journal.
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The newly-completed portion OF the
Shanghai-NanlSin railway IL 1st miles
In length, and the trip is made from
Shanghai to Nankin in ak hours In
stead Of "a hours,
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FRIDAY,

FRIDAY, February 2, 1908.
Bride of II years, whose husband,
49, is out Of work, will receive $4,000
from an old man who met her last
summer in Castleton, VT
Mrs. Eddy sees mother church for
first time.
Tug No. Of Standard oil company
ashore at Naushon harbor; crew reach
shore with great difiisulty.
C. w. Morse, New York banker
supposed to be aboard Campania
bound to England. cabled by coucsel
to return at once.
Postage rate on daily newspapers
to Canada reduced.
Jap steamer seized in landing arms
on Chinese territory.
Gov. Guild of Massachusetts, issues
his Lincoln day proclamation.
Praises of Secretary Taft sung by
Yale alumni of Boston.
Pennsylvania railroad orders $4,000
more tons of rails.
Florida republicans, after bitter
fight, elect two sets of delegates to
national convention.
st. Cuthbert wreck resulted in re.
union of boyhood friends separated 20
years; rescued sailors leave for Eng
land
Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens of Haver-
hill, Mass, who killed her two chill
dren, committed to Danvers insane
asylum.
Judge James Hargis, noted Ken
tucky feudlst, shot dead by son.
Woman in Beverly, Mass, found
burned to death on her kitchen floor.
Senator Beveridge urges tariff COM
mission. Congressman Payne, in the
house, promises plank for tariff re-
vision in the next Republican platform.
President sends for democrats to
press upon them the need of bigger
navy.
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The newly-completed portion of the
shanghai-Nankin railway is 1914 miles
in length, and the trip is made from
Shanghai to Nankin in six hours in
stead of "a hours.
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MILL BLOWS UP
Explosion In S!aTGh Factory
Kills Six Persons.

Several others have Marrow Escapes
from Death, Being Burned by Hot
Starch and Hit by Flying Bricks
Fire Followed the Explosion caus-
ing a Loss Estimated at 100000
The Cause Of the Explosion Is Vet
to be Determined.
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Eour arltlah Cruisers at Laaos.

-Four 1ritlen STulseEs AZ -a9Vs'
Lagos, Portugal--Four British
cruisers arrived here Feb, 9 and an
OhOrsd in the hMbsE,
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He makes the deepest dent on his.
tory who has no time to think how
much he weighs.
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Lawyers UhO Defeat
Justice
By the Req Dr.. c. H. Parkhurst

MOTHER respect for law is afforded by the com
mercasm of the legal profession and by the adueraths
introduced into legal and judicial procedure
Members of the sworn officers OF the court ana
equally upon hemas judge andury rests the oohgo
to make action contributory to the ends OF
justice help demonstrate the guilt of the guilty the
innocence of the innocent And Lord Brousham to the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-15
By Eugene Francis.

smiles broadest places his miniature
will accomplish,
N i: ~ +: i;
smile mpeuable
Daibuu
The Makaki s waseful of anythng-not
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SATURDAY,
February 8, 1908.

"a OHOAI, FepfuaTy b, 19OS
Peter Rosa and Bristow Kerneiosy
suspected of being concerned in the
shooting at Woburn, Mass, cleverly
captured by two street car men, ant
held in $4,000 each; Cambridge po.
lice in pursuit of Chris Seltin, believed
to have been third member OF the des-
perate party.
Secretary Taft to speak Ave times in
New England in next 10 days.
Frank H. Hitchcock TO retire as first
assistant postmaster general to be-
come Taft manager.
Charles w. Morse arrives in Queens
town; declares he will return to New
York and rectify matters in about Il
days.
Schooner John. ]. Hanson, from Bos-
ton, reaches Dutch Island harbor bad
ly battered; no word from Nantucket
shoals lightship.
Steamship lines end the rate-cutting
war.
Minority currency bill submitted by
John Sharp Williams; limits liabilities
and loans of banks; elastic currency
feature.
House passes war claims bill carry
ing number of items for New Eng
landers.
Canada changes its postal regulations
in favor of American periodicals.
]. Pierpont Morgan's private car
plundered in Texas.
President exceeded authority in ap-
pointing William s. Rossiter acting
public printer, and Capt H. T. Bryan
takes charge.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, mother OF
Countess Szechenyi, will marry Hun
garian count
N. Y, N. H. & H. Railroad in Jan
uary earnings shows large falling off,
Illinois supreme court may issue in
junction against judge of lower court
Training school ship Enterprise OF
Massachusetts, doomed to junk heap.
Sir Harry MacLean, held in bond
age seven months, delivered to British
authorities at Tangier by bandit Raj
suli
MONDAY, February 10, 1903
Island OF Nantucket cut of from
mainland by ice; steamer frozen in
harbor.
Roosevelt vigorously denies aiding
Taft with federal patronage.
Elsie Hensler, Boston born, married
grandfather of King Carlos of Por.
tugal, who gave up Spanish throne to
do it.
Frederick A. F. Adams, we'll known
as horseman and in business, dies at
Bath, Me.
Admiral Evans feet sighted at 6 p
M, Saturday IL miles east of cape
Pillar in Magellan strait.
Death of William H Ivers the well
known piano manufacturer.
Elaborate plan to proclaim a repub-
lie frustrated in oporto on Friday.
Continued gales and bad weather on
the fishing grounds reduces the sup.
ply almost to famine basis.
G. w. Morse refuses to see any one
when the Etruria stops at Queenstown
Mrs. Emma Waldron of Everett,
Mass, burned to death in her home,
Arthur Norton dies at Portland af.
ter being knocked down by Mccarthy,
who is charged with causing death.
Model license league in letter to
ministers contends use of alcoholic
beverages sanctioned by very founda-
ton of Christianity.
Attempt made with dynamite to
wreck store and house of Antonio
Froio in which 10 persons were sleep
ing at Pitts6eld, Mass.
TUESDAY, February II, 1908.
Wellington school. Cambridge. Mass.
afire while 500 children are studying,
unaware of their peril; all dismissed
when flames appear.
House committee on r"~al AFFAIRS
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limbs of the
The society did
The cudns
against themselves
Now monkeys only the open
plains there had 70 go TO
work to living. hOV
=
The only way &c eOm high society is get out of it.
Man working he gets
into mischief
engine useful piece Of
track.
The the meant to be 1t "
hideous living thing
The only keep a decent to keep him busy.
believe hat
all the
before horrible which the ideal conditions far
the most uda human
beings that possibly
the hero OF popular
book Pardon Mr.. Hero think you're
he lives normal life where he has
to normally his living
man @ be
Duchess?
tradition of uselessneSs
the first thing
they'll urni decent selfrespecing honest
things, can't blame them for what they
their environments that's all
is them.-From the New York American
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9eSN'-"''"~ Chicago
Cr0eSuSeS' Pocket Money
By Dexter Forrest.

! J !
ARSHAIII was in
his pocket, rarely placed in an embarrassing
MA everybody In Chicago
HWM knew him naturally his credit good
i u Levi H. Palmer had the habit
Of carrying only Letter does
although
0M-NRN has father the
Of the life L. q the fath
when he needed little u ncy Tor postage stamps
the home Of
millionaire
thfa
be called produce
receiving life for
compelled his submlssvey
the entence the Chicago Tribune
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the enenys shrapn
his life for his
enforced nacon would find him Intent
gigantic with and the schemng diplomatic
small trumps to locate the position the bowers
Army Life
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.Ora.HTNrNSJ
BY H'inprsd Black.
,2"&~"R~.-O~

HE foreign dispatches tell that the Grand Duke OF soS
thing Other and the great Panandrum OF sonlewnets
Else have united with Her the Duchess OF
bob to organize crusade against vice in foreign sn SO
ciety.
Poor things
One time they say the monkeys Of the jungle ossh'zeu
to discourage the practice swinging by the tail from the
limbs Of the trees
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TUESDAY,

TUESDAY, February II, 1908.
Wellington school. Cambridge. Mass.
afre while 500 children are studying,
unaware of their peril; all dismissed
when flames appear.
House committee on r"~al AFFAIRS
Blue-grass blade., 1908-05-24
STUDIES IN ORGANIC LIFE.

The study of Nature offers certain anti
dote for the follies of superstition and relig-
ous faith.
No earnest student of Nature can possibly
believe in god or the special creation of plants
and animals according to their specie. No
student of Zoology can be brought to the be-
lief or conception, that animals, plants and
minerals are independent members of exist.
ence, for he perceives and is brought face to
Blue-grass blade., 1908-05-24

Al A-nsland rapidly increasing. Inc pro-
siess.,e ioices gaming Strength,
nuIuueis. Inns wIll De maze d
-IIec. pon.icai Issue Al Inc penuins Iariiainen-
gary eiec.lon anu sides are De,ny cioseIy
drdwn. rrlma lace mere may but nj
VIC Importance in this struggle but beneath
sne surface there lies smolderIng puDhc
opinion That Is decioedly antagonistic to the
notion OF promulgating orthodox views through
public school instruction. The real issue
church or antl-church control OF the British
educational institutions and protest against
the method of taintng the mind of childhood
with superstition and orthodox fanaticism at
pubic expense.
Our own country seems to lie tagging in
these essential features of aggressive propa-
ganda. The habit of quietly giving way to
orthodox encroachments upon legislation has
become custom. Roosevelt recognized the
mockery of the In God we Trust" inscription
upon the coin of the realm, but mandy
PANTY, oad-eating Congress promptly re-
stored it because of a desire to make show
of holiness before protesting Christian con-
stituencies. Religious laws are enacted and,
in some an attempted enforcement fol-
lows but while the majority Of the people
are heard to make feeble protest there is no
concert, no organized plan of opposition
Delegations of preachers call upon executive
officers, and the latter, hearing but one side,
foolishly imagine there is no other and read
fly agree to appease the feelings of the pious
by official action in the direction sought.
Prosecuting the inquiry further we find that
special reliance is placed upon the publication
upon fake feature stories in the newspapers
which account some newly discovered evidence
tending to prove the truth of Christianity.
Even the pope of Rome is said TO be "unduly
alarmed" but if the Christian church is of god,
as is claimed, what need exists for the slight
est alarm?
These are the signs of the times.
They are but partial and inconsequential
review.
Being capable of discerning them we agree
with Dr. Aked in concluding that they point
a rapid decline in the orthodox faith, but in
them we can also see that which DIR. Aked is
unwilling to admit, namely, that no policy
can be put forward by the church that is cap
able of arresting it.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-05-24

are, Ill IL sense, luAurles. Ihey are necessary
20 make us human beings, but not to make US
living beings.
The first object OF life is to grow. No ami
mai is born finished Some animals, like
pants, grow as long as they live, but the
majorty soon attain fixed size. In all ami
purpose Than growth, namely, TO repair the
waste which is constantly going on Every
exercise of the muscles and nerves involves the
death and decay of tissue. The supply must
equal the demand in order to maintain the
life of the individual, and, as, an organism
can make nothing, it must seeks it from
without An animal begins to die the moment
il begins to live.
Proceeding with our studies we find that
many animals, most insects and mammals,
live solely upon vegetable food while some
species are restricted to. particular plants.
The majority of animals feed upon one
another. Among these are The hosts OF
microscopic forms, and all the radated species
such as Crustaceans, beetles, flies, spiders,
fishes, reptiles, birds, quadrepeds and man.
The latter, and some animals, are omnivorus
table food. The use of fire in the preparation
of food is peculiar to man alone; but for ages
he ate his flesh food raw as other animals
few of the strictly herbvorous and carnvor-
Gus animals have shown capacity for chang
ing their diet, while certain animals in pass
ing from the young, to the mature state,
make remarkable change of food. The tad
ofohJ l.,,k
when it becomes frog it lives upon insects.
Many tribes, especially of reptiles and in
sects, are able to go without food for months,
or even years. Insects in the larval, or cater.
pillar state exceedingly ,oracious, but
upon reaching the matured, or winged state,
they eat very little food, some species taking
none at all. The biologists have discovered one
specie, what is called the male Nottommata,
which takes in no nutriment from the time
it quits its egg until it dies.
Here is an interesting field of Nature study.
The subject will be more infinitely gone into
through the Correspondence School. In this
branch of study will be shown the general
unity in structure, order of development and
the general reign of natural law over all.
Many have written making inquiries con-
corning the plan, scope, methods and system
of instruction, and seeking information on the
subjects to be taught. These brief reviews or
outlines, Of Nature studies are designed to
permit an insight into some of the lessons
that are to be taught in the hope of rousing
greater interest concerning the possibilities
Of the School.
Our confidence in it is supreme. We desire
to put all our readers in the same frame of
mind that they may come to view it as we do
Blue-grass blade., 1908-05-24
BLUE GRASS BLADE


"a .ne iiving, Vi org"n.c woriu, iuenticai
wiLn InaC u me non-iI,ing, OF Organic. Gar
Doila,e Vi a.IiiIlio.,a ana wafer, Dade VI grass
ana horse, and even man, are but Jne same
eielnenIs dinerenLy combined and arranged.
rants compress the forces OF inorganic nature
,nto chemical compounds; animais nDerate
them. rants produce. All animais consume
ne WORK OF plants synthesis, building
up; the WORK OF ANIMALS is analysis, OF de-
slruction. The tendency IN pants is de-
oxidation; the tenaency OF animals is on
idizaJlon. Without pants ANIMALS would
perish; without animals plants would be use
less in the economy OF Nature.
Animals, like plants, live, grow, reproduce
and die. These are the capital facts of every
organism.
Life is manifested in certain special acts
called functions. These functions per-
formed by certain special parts called organs.
The stomach is an organ whose function is
digestion. single organ may manifest vi
talty, but, except in the very lowest forms,
it does not show forth the whole life of the
animal. In being set apart for a special pur-
pose an organ takes upon itself, SO as to
speak, the duty of doing something for the
benefit of the whole animal, and is absolved
from doing other things. The stomach, for
example, whose sole function is Digestion is
not called upon to circulate or purify the
blood.
One of the peculiar facts in animal life is
that there may be functions without organs,
as the organizes Amoeba digests, respres,
moves and reproduces by its general mass.
As we ascend the scale of animal life we pass
from the simple to the complex. Groups of
cells or tissues, instead of being mere repeti-
tions of each other, take on difference and
become distinguished special parts with
specific duties. The higher the rank of the
animal the more numerous the organs. The
more complicated the structure, the more com
picated the functions. But in all animals
the functions are performed under conditions
essentially the same. For example, respiration
in the sponge, the fish, and in the man, has
but one object and one means, though the
methods are different. function, therefore,
is a group of similar phenomena produced by
like causes.
The life of an animal consists in the accum-
ulation and expenditure of force. The tissues
are storehouses of power, which, they
waste and decay, is given off in various forms.
All the apparatus and phenomena of life
may be included under Nutrition, Motion,
Sensation. These are possessed by all animals
but in variety of ways. No two species
have exactly the same mechanism and method
of life The task set before the student is
to learn to distinguish between what is vital
and what is accessory. That only is essential