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Evening journal., 1908-12-15
The Red eook MaaazIne.

The holiday issue of The Red Book
Magazine sounds the CHEEKY note OF
Christmas from the especially attrac-
tive cover to the illustrated section
dealing with The current drama. which
closes the ui.ubcr. An article OF a sort
at once novel and exceedingly timely
at this period OF the year when the
eyes Of people turn toward the old
home is THE Men who Can't Come
Back" i'm which James de Conlay. than
whom no traveller has a closer knowl-
edge Of the orient, tells Of the fugi-
tive Americans he has met in odd cor
ners Of the world who may never visit
the homeland with safety To them
selves. An article more deeply fraught
with the desirable quality OF human
interest we do not recall ever having
read. Another article and ono which
viii no doubt arouse much controversy
is by Gertrude Atherton whose sub
iect is Bridge Whist and Drink" Some
of tho things Mrs Atherton says about
social gaming" IN America are rather
startling. Among the stories contained
I'm the number which are especially at
trac''.-~ are What the Buyer Bought
Anne Warner: THE Hold Up" by
Clarence 4. milford; Service" by
Richard Washburn Child; THE Pur-
suit OF the Present by C'has Battel
Luomis. and Appearance Are by
Beatrice IIanscom. The department de-
voted 10 cxquisitely printed portrait
studies is notably attractive.
The Century in 1909.
Miss Helen Keller has supplemented
her remarkable papers on The World
IL Live In" with chapter on her
dreams and dream life, which will ap-
pear in an early number Of The Cen
tury.
a now story by Ernest Thompson
Seton will be one of the fiction features
Of The Century during 1909. The Cen
turv is to have also a new story OF
Japan by the author Of "The Lady OF
the Decoration" Frances Little.
~ Message to Angelica by Kate
Masterson. is a story OF the New York
Christmas tide. a dainty little concep-
ton of the various currents and cross
currents Of life that beat and flow and
mingle i'm the maelstrom of the great
metropolis
Emerson Hough contributes a grea
story OF the Canadian Northwest e
this issue Of The Smart Set. In thi
story. THE Warrant" he invests will
a peculiar romance the hard. sordid
practical life Of that cold. bleak wilder
ness. Every reader of Mr.. Hough's pre-
vious work knows the peculiarly virile
out Of doors quality Of his stories
/ "The Warrant is probably the bes
. story he has written this year.
Evening journal., 1908-12-15

one to his friend in the hope that the
many photographs Of specimens viii
prove a satisfactory substitute for the
museum, so that hereafter he may not
be diverted from the study of more vir-
lie are.
Evening journal., 1908-12-15

An Unusual Gift Book.
Many gift books seem to he with
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The Swiss n

The Swiss bands marched to the music
Of fife and drum or Of their own voices,
the notation Of one Of their marching
songs being still preserved. The forest
cantons also sent O horn with their COM
psnies, which instruments were known
by nicknames, Bull Of Uri, Cow Of Inter.
walden, and the like. Their sound was
long a motto of terror to the men of Aus.
tria and Burgundy, and made a grand
rallying cry for the Swiss in action. But
apart from this, these horns appear to be
the origin Of the bugle horns which still
appear on the appointments OF our light
infantry, and have displaced the drum as
the distinctive instrument Of the foot SOL
diar. Each company Of course had a flag
Of Its own, which on march or In action
was posted in the center under q g,,ard OF
halberds. Whence the main body some
times was called by the name OF tie pam
ner (banner.) The Swiss were iistin.
guished by the small size OF their flags;
the landsknechts, on the contrary, to 40
centuate the difference between themselves
and their hated rivals, carried enormous
ensigns, and made great play with them.
Other nations chose a happy mean between
the two.
Uniform vas II course a thing virtually
unknown in the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries, though the Swiss, II we are to
trust old woodouts, wore the white cross
on a red ground even at Sempach.-Mso-
millan's Magazine.
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It Is not an unusual occurrence that the
weather in the spring is 80 dry that the
hay crop IL short or an almost total fall
ure. 1t Is strange that some way cannot
be devised for irrigating at least a sum-
oient amount Of tillable land to Insure the
farmer a good hay crop. Thore Is no ration
that will take the place Of this, and the
facilities for making sure Of 1t are any
thing but satisfactory. Every farmer
should set apart a certain portion or his
low land for hay. In wet weather he is
likely to have a good crop anyway, and
In dry times a we'll cared for field OF low
land will do much to bridge over the time
between late autumn and early spring,
when there IL nothing whatever out OF
doors for stock K eat. The practice OF
sowing millet, sorghum, cowpeas or
crimson clover late In the season, when
the indications are that fall pasture will
be poor, and that the hay crop is altogeth-
Or unsatisfactory, is becoming general.
Cornstalks may be cut as soon as the ears
are ripe. The earlier they are cut the more
nutritious they are and the more valuable
for feeding. AS a rule, farmers give too
little attention to oornstalks, which, when
properly cured, are among the most useful
Of food products for stock, especially so In
the absence Of an abundance Of good hay.
Rye makes a good crop, but shocld never
be fed to COWS that are giving milk, as 1t
imparts an unpleasant favor to the milk
and is by many persons considered uI-
wholesome. New York Ledger.
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The Mind and Action.

once asked a class Of 10 girls to think
intently what it would feel like to lit the
right hand and touch the left shoulder.
After a few minutes had elapsed nine OF
them confessed having felt a desire to do
it. I then dropped the subject and spoke
of something else. In a few moments six
actually did 1t. Most persons when con-
centrating attention upon the thought OF
what a given movement would feel lbe,
find themselves becoming possessed Of a
desire to do it, and this desire marks the
tendency Of the thought to produce the
movement. But as we not only feel but
also see our movements, we find that the
thought Of what a movement looks like
has also motor value and tends to produce
1t. This is also true Of touches and ideas
of touch-indeed ali or nearly all mental
states produce some motor changes In the
body, but the motor effects Of sensations
and Ideas Of sound, taste and smell are rel
atively slight.-Professor W. r. Newbold
In Popular Soiepce Monthly.
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Sad Case.

A little girl went with her mother to see
q lady who was an assiduous collector OF
china, and in whose parlor were cabinets
filled with her trophies, besides odd plates
and dishes, bearing indisputable marks OF
age, which hung in conspicuous places on
the walls.
The child sat quietly during the long
call, and while her mother and the china
collector talked of matters Of mutual In
terest she looked about her with big, won
dering eyes.
Mamma" she said thoughtfully as she
was getting ready for bed that night,
"don't you feel sorry for poor Mrs. Haskell
without any kitohenf"
without any kitchen. childP What do
you meanP" asked her mother.
"Why, didn't you seer" asked the little
girl in a tone of great surprise. "She has
to keep all her dishes in the parlor."-
Philadelphia Record.
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MARY ANDERSoN's WARDROBE.
When She Had but One Stage Costume
For Five Five Act Plays

When She Had but One Stage Costume
For Five Five Act Plays
Three months elapsed between Mary
Ane--son's first appearance on the stage
anr her second performance, "a heart
br, King interval" writes Mrs. De Ma
va. 20 In The Ladies' Home Journal. Man.
ager Macauley Of Louisville then offered
her his thester again for a week, and she
presented the chief roles In five plays
"Fazio, 1.-THE Hunchbaok, " "Evadne,"
"The Lady Of Lyons and "Romeo and
Juliet" OF her first weeks engagement
she writes: AT the end Of the week 1 was
In debt to the manager for the sum OF 81,
the house having been large enough only
to cover the running expenses. All I had
gained by q week Of hard work was q sad
heart and a very sore throat. Besides,
creditors became unpleasantly importu-
nate, for my scanty wardrobe was not yet
paid for. This consisted Of a white satin
dress, simply made, which did service for
all the parts. 1t sparkled In silver trim
ming for Juliet, was covered with pink
roses for Julia, became gay In green and
gold for Evadne and cloudy with white
lace for Pauline. The unfortunate gown
owed its many changes to the nimble n
willing fingers Of my mother, who spent
much time each day In Its metamorphoses.
IA train Of velveteen, a white muslin
dress and q modern black silk gown,
which, like Mrs. Toodles, we thought
would be so useful, but which had to be
discarded after It's first appearance, COM
pleted my wardrobe-surely a meager n
for five plays Of Eve acts each, requiring
at least 10 gowns. We had built up
financial as we'll US artistic hopes for that
week and were disappointed in both. But
1t proved more successful than was at first
thought, for shortly after, Ben De Bar.
one Of the greatest Falstaffs Of his Time
engaged me for six nights at his st. Louis
theater. At the end Of that time found
myself IL his debt for the sum of $500, but
the houses had steadily improved, and the
press was filled with long articles enthu.
siastic about the present and full Of pre-
djotions about the future"
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Tho Seven Ages Of a Race Horse.

The Seven Ages OF q Race horss.
First, the foal.
Wabbly and nursing at its mothers ndA,
And then the whinnyins colt, with gentle
eyes
And softly floating mana friskins in pad
dock,
Nibbling luscious green. Then comes the
saddle,
Fiercely fought at first. with many q
kick,
But later borne with a Then daily
training,
Months Of pampering care and trials on .
track.
Travelling and racing under clever hands,
Eager to records make or break.
Win cup or land fat purse. And them q
mishap.
Tendon strained and as a selling platter
bartered;
His days Of money earning nipped in bud,
For him no more the soft caress OF hand.
And he a played his part. The sixth
age shows
The horse of gentle breed docked and
drawing cab
With weary stride. eyes bullying and mark
Of whip
On his shrunk shank, and The full, deep
breath
Once drawn in measure strong labors
And whistles In its sound. Last scene OF
all
That ends this strange. pathetic history,
For which 'twere mercy to implore OBJ
livion.
SAM tall. sans sight, SAM strength, san
everything.
Florence M. Blair in Rider and Driver.
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LOGICAL ARRANGEMENT OF THOUGHT
A Couple Of Illustrative Incidents In =
Preachers Experience.

A Couple OF Illustrative Incidents In 3
Preachers Experience.
The appended anecdotes concerning Il
late President Robinson are given to {
public as too characteristic and too go
to be lost. They are from the recolleotiol
Of the Rev. DR.. A. j. Sage:
"Once In the classroom DR.. Robinson
was expatiating on the Importance OF care
full logical arrangement Of thought IN dis
course, when he drew the following Illus
tration from his own experience: Once
when I was preaching, a peculiar incident
occurred. I had gone through my intro
duction and first division, when my mem.
ory failed me. Icould not recall my second
division, but instead Of 1t came up the
first point Of the application. After vainly
trying to recall the missing head, I stated
to the congregation that for a special res'
son I would pass at once to the application.
I did so, and when I had discussed the
first point, the missing part OF my dis
course came back to me and l went
through 1t all without further difficulty.
On reaching home I set myself down to
inquire the meaning Of this incident, when
I discovered that that which had planned
as the first point Of my application should
have been really the second division OF the
sermon. The mind In the activity OF
speaking had been more loyal to its own
principles than 1 had permitted 1t to be IN
the toll Of preparation
1.-The doctor was speaking to the class
on the Importance of keeping the mind
free from pr%eoocupying and disturbing
thoughts when about to speak e1tempore.
He said: I was on my way to preach ons
Sunday morning, absorbed In my dis
course, when a gentleman met me who
said, Have you heard that -- Is going
to marry Miss -" mentioning two per-
sons in whom I was interested, whose
marriage would be particularly insult.
able. The suggestion took possession OF
my mind, and in spite Of my best efforts
I could not get rid of 1t. All through my
sermon my thoughts were full Of the
haunting idea Of that unfortunate nisal-
lance. My discourse was q failure. You
may imagine that my feeling toward the
source Of this Ill timed information was
not exceedingly amiable. I could have
helped him over q tall fenoe. '"-New
York Examiner.
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Aliens.

Some must take and others pay,
Some until the judgment day
Solitary, waiting stay
Thus the worlds unchanging way
Since the world began.
Men there are who never sip
Warm, red wine Of fellowship.
Fearing let the cup pass by
While another drains 1t dry,
Gayly uses. gayly breaks
What his brothers heart blood makes
Thus the worlds unchanging way
Since the world began.
Men there are with songs unsung.
etrains that ne'er escape tho tongue;
Broken aims and dreams that lie
Hidden from the careless eye:
Secret, passionate. deep enshrined.
Undeveloped. thwarted, blind
Thus the worlds unchanging way
Since the world began.
Shall such some day rise and take
Need denied by earth's mistaken
No more waiting, spurned Of fate
Shall they come. though It be late.
And by strange paths to their owni
No more despised failures known
On some other kindlier shore,
Aliens neyermore?
London Outlook.
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AGE NO BAR.
in
South Carolina
is Eligible.

Old people stopped with suffering,
Middle age, courageously fighting,
Youth protesting impatiently
Children, unable to explain;
All in misery from their kidneys.
Only q little backache first.
Comes when you catch q cold.
Or when you strain the back.
Many complications follow.
Urinary disorders, diabetes, Bright's
disease.
Doan's Kidney Pills CURE backache.
Cure every form Of kidney ills.
J. w. Powell. proprietor of a gen.
eral store and coal, wood and ice deal
er of Waverly. living at 2O10 Bland
ing st., Columbia, 8. c., says: my
son has been afflicted with kidney and
urinary trouble from childhood, being
unable to control the secretions espe-
cially when asleep. Since using
Doan's Kidney Pills he has entirely
recovered"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, cole agents for the United
States. ..
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take DO other.
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ROMANS LIKE SECRECY.
Do Not Want Strangers to Sec Thsh
Household Arrangements.

It seems to be a part Of the real sim.
plicity of the Italian Latin to put on o
quito useless look Of mystery on all COCA
sions, and to assume the air Of q oonspir.
ator when buying a cabbage, and more
than one great foreign writer has fallen
into the error Of believing the Italian
character to be profoundly complicated.
One Is apt to forget hat 1t needs much
deeper duplicity to maintain an appear
ance of frankness under trying circum.
marketing and a profound secret OF ones
cookery. There are fow things which the
Door Italian more dislikes than to be
watched when he is buying and preparing
his food, though he will ask any n to
share it with him when 1t is ready, but he
Is almost as prone to hide everything else
that goes on inside his house unless he has
fair warning of a visit and full time to
prepare himself for 1t.
This is perhaps not entirely q race peoul.
iarity, but rather q survival OF medieval
life us it was all over Europe. There are
pretty clear indications In our own Htera-
ture that the ladies and gentlemen OF two
or three hundred years ago did not like to
be caught unprepared by inquisitive visit
ors. The silks and satins in which they
are portrayed would not have lasted q life
time, as they did, If they had been worn
svery day. AS for the cleanliness OF those,
times, the less said about 1t the better.
In Rome there was a long psriod during
which not q single aqueduct was In work.
ing order, and it was a trade to clear a sup.
ply of water out of the Tiber from a por.
ton of the yellow mud by letting 1t settle
In reservoirs, and to sell it in the streets
for all household purposes. Who washed
In those days9 1t is safer to ask the ques-
ton now than 1t would have been then.
Probably those persons washed who were
the fortunate owners Of a house we'll or a
rainwater c~istern, and those who had
neither did not. Perhaps that was very
much the same all over Europe. 1t is Ger.
tainly to the credit Of Trastevere that 1t Il
not a dirty place today by Italian stand.
ards.-Marion Crawford in Century.
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GEMS IN VERSE
Two Pictures.

wv
An old farmhouse with meadows vida
And sweet with clover on each side;
A bright eyed boy, who looks from o.
The door With woodbine wreathed abou1
And wishes his one thought all day:
"Oh, If I could but fly away .
From this dull spot the world to see.
How happy. happy, happy.
How happy I should bel"
Amid the city's constant din
A man who round the world has been,
Who, mid the tumult and the throns,
Is thinking, thinking all day long:
"Oh. could I only tread once more
The field path to the farmhouse door.
The old green meadow could I see.
How happy, happy. happy.
How happy I should bel"
-Universalist LeadsR.
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THE DAYS EYE.
q msrguehtHl

q ~msrguentesl
Virginia. m~argucrtesi
How your hillside home, from the sky TO sza
river,
Sione in the summer heats,
With each Of you silver selves a-quive1.
Beautiful marguerites!
/ hundred Thousand hearts Of gold
To greet the opening day.
4 hundred thousand at night to fold
In silver leaves away.
o margueritesl
Delicate margueritesl
Opal hued petals. fringed and fine.
TIMBER hearts with the scent OF pine,
You tangle across the autumn's path,
You nod at her from the limestone Ledger
A part Of her beautiful aftermath
You leave to the brown brooks edge,
Or, lost in the heart of thscedar woods,
You scatter intangible sweets
To WOO her steps to your solitudes,
Beautiful marguerites!
Fanny z. johnson in Youths Companion.
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Tho Blizzard.

Make way, make way;
IT'S my GROWING day!
Make way for the blizzard kngi
I claim the earth;
She is mine from birth:
Der her breast T rave and sing.
wrap her tight
In a garment white
Pinned on by my crystals pure.
Her bare brown knees
And her naked trees
I hide in my robes secure.
Make way, make way
For a giants playl
Make way for my royal rout.
The oak trees groan.
And the hemlocks moan,
For the great wild winds r ouu
No bird al rest
On my heaving breast;
No boat can sail on the sea-
Fen man, proud man,
Must defer his plan
And leave all the world to me-
Make room, make room,
For the billiards. boom;
Make room for my polar waveet
For death oft steals
At my chariot wheels
And many q victim Graves
The iron horse shrieks,
And his engine creakB
In race with my flying steeda.
I blow the breath
OF his tragic death
Far out DER the prairie reeds.
Aside, asidei
Let the frost king ridel
Look out for my streaming hatrf
It curls and swings
In eddies and rings
Through the wales and frenzied an
Thick robes Of down
Ger mead and town
I fling as I hasten by.
With howl and roar
Past each cottage door,
Then OF to the mountains hight
Townsend Allen.
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London Restaurants.

In London We are now In advance OF
Paris IN the matter Of restaurants. To
cite only one, the Savoy, not only Is the
cooking better, but the comfort and the
surroundings are superior to anything IN
Paris. Wonderful is the progress that has
been made. When I was a young man,
there were literally no restaurants in Lon
don-nothing but the Blue Posts, or the
Hummums in Covent Garden, and SINH
lar places, where the dinner was OF the old
fashioned British inn type.-London
Truth.
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nLonu In City Pent."

To one who has been long in city pent
It's very sweet to look into tho fair
And open face of heaven, to breathe .
prayer
Full III the smile Of the blue armament
Who is more happy. when, with hearts
content,
Fatigued. he sinks into some p~leasant
lair
OF wavy grass and reads q debonair
And gentle tale Of love and anguish
ment?
Returning home at evening, with an ear
Catching the notes Of Philomel. an
Watching the sailing cloudlet's bright ca
reer,
He mourns that day 30 soon has glided
by,
Fen like the passage Of an angels tear
That falls through the clear ether ID
lently.
Keats.
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Best Healer In the World.

Rev. F. Starbiru, Of East Raymond,
Maine, says: II have used Bucklen's
Arnica Salve for several years, on my
old army wound, and other obstinate
sores, and find it the best healer in the
world. I use it too with great success
in my veterinary business" Price ESQ
at Speeds drug store.
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A man never realizes the superiority OF
woman so much as when he Is sewing on
a button without a thimble, pushing the
needle against the wall to get 1t half way
through and pulling 1t through the other
half by hanging on to 1t with his teeth.
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In Disgrace.

"I understand Susie Smartweed wan
dropped from the hospital service in dis.
grace"
"Yes. She used the chief surgeons best
knife to sharpen her lead pencil "-Clsvs-
land Plain Dealer.
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Catfish.

Miss Passe-Dear mel One cannot
cross the street without q lot OF horrid
men staring at one.
Maud Ethel-They don't look more
than once, do they, dear?-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
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Nothing is rioh but the ine1haustible
wealth Of nature. She shows us only sur
faces, but she Is million fathoms deep
Emerson,
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The Lure.

The Lure.
what bait do you use." said a saint to
the devil,
when you fish where h souls Of men
~abound7"
.~Well, for special tastes" said he king
Of evil,
'Gold and fame are he best I've
found"
But for general user asked tho saint
"Ah, then"
Said the demon, II angle for man, not
men,
And q thing I hate
Is to change my bait,
90 I fish with q woman the whole yeay
round"
John Boyle O'Railly.
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The Egyptians used pencils Of oolorsd
chalk, and several of these ancient Dragons
have been found In their tombs.