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1IQlectide Decorations

.oinines 20 brighten up dark corners when
the supply of holly berries b insufnciens
and to form effective bits Of color heso
and there among the Earlands- innuFnSs
able candle sticks and red candles aO
invaluable both a. . means q decoration
IN themselves and a. means OF artistic
lighting for other decorations. A favorite
sprays over the corners Of Al the LARGE
pictures. at least where the holly will con-
sen, to 60. for I, Is ~iiful- Either one o.
two sprays IN . vase or over Q picture
are ve-y bright and attractive IL these
must constitute the whole OF the deccra-
tons.
In decorating. a. IN an other artistic
work. the whole effect - to b considered
nrst and the parts Afterwards There
must be q massinG q colors and . stronS
center to which all parts are subordinate
This 10 as true in decorating = room As In
painting q picture. A plan must be
blocked out with the fireplace. the book
case or any prominent spot which prom
Uses opportunities for effective unasstnG for
a center, and the other parts will fan tne0
their proper relations AZ this centras
point the strongest mass q color should
be arranged For instance. In . room with
a large stone fireplace 1T one end. this u
made the center. All the hric-a-brac 10
removed except the clock. which stands
IN the center. On either side are massed
large punches OF holly. In front OF the
holly. one on each side. stands Two Rus
sian brass candlesticks. with red candles
in them: care must be taken to keep the
blaze Of the candles q safe distance from
the holly leaves so that there will be no
danger Of dre. At each side Of the ARE
place stand two holly trees. bright with
berries. and the dancing IRE completes the
effect. Ropes OF ground pine are draped
over the doors with holly wreaths hanging
1T the center tied with brilliant bows Of
ribbon. A large bunch OF holly 10 ar.
ranged In . brass loving cup or Jardiniers
on top Of the piano In the corner. Wreath,
hang at the windows. and at night. the
room lighted only with the candles ana
the freight. the room IL fascinating.
Decorations Of tinscl. red crepe paper.
rcd Christmas bells and imitation anov.
made Of cotton and frightened with diA.
mond dust. are sometimes very original
and interesting for special occasions. hut
in ones own home there 10 nothing %
dignifed and beautiful Is the time hon
ored favorites-the holly. the evergreen,
the mistletos and the poinsetta-
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IrH the Christmas py-
ETY.. the Christmas sparkle
and the general feeling OF
fest;vity comes an invol-
un,Ary desire to inf1se
our own happiness and
holiday spirit into our
surroundings. and make
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And filled all the stockings. then turned
with a Jerk.
And laying his finger aside Of his nose.
And giving a nod, up the chimney he
3 rose.
He sprang to his sleigh. to his team
gave whistle,
And away they all new like the down of
thistle;
But I heard him exclaim. ere he drove
out OF sight.
Merry Christmas 70 al. ana to al
good night
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Clement Mo0Ne,I62.
Twas tho night before Christmas. when
all through the house
Not a creature was stirring. not even .
mouse:
The stockings were hung by the chin
ney with care.
In hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would
be there;
The children were nestled all snug IN
their beds.
While visions Of sugar-plums danced in
ctr heads.
And Mamma In her kerchief. and in
my cap.
Had Just settled our brains for a long
Vinters nap:
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full Of jelly.
He was chubby and plump right jolly
old elf
And laughed when I saw him. in spite
OF myself
wink Of his eyes. and twist Of his
head.
Soon gave me to know I had nothing
to dread.
He spoke not a word. but went straight
to his work.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-06-24
THE GENTLE CYNIC.

Nothing pleases some people like them
selves.
Unfortunately spot cash isn't always
spOtlcSs cash.
y man naturally rises in his own esti-
nation when he settles down.
1t seems much easier to 20 from bad
to worse than from good to better.
The best man at many wedding
proves to be the bride
Cold cash is what every man is
anxious To freeze on to-
Those who marry in haste have plenty
of leisure TO pay alimouy.
Even the intoNication Of love may have
dire after effects.
Some mems idea Of corking good
time is an uucorking one.
Homemade charity is the best.
Poverty may be no crime, but it has
its penalties just the same.
Fools and children tell the truth and
generally mt the wrong time.
One enemy will often make a man
more prominent than n hundred friends.
AS rule the less man has to do the
less time he finds to do it,
It's all right to love your enemies. but
don't slight your friends.
Rich things never agree with some
men, not even rich wives.
Where one man wants to borrow trou-
bic, a hundred want TO get rid of it.
1t is a question whether half a truth is
better than none,
When woman expresses a wish. her
husband generally has to pay the ex-
presSagc.
When Il man is welded to his art ID
often proves that he has married in
haste and is repenting at leisure.
Some men never recognize an oppor-
tunty unless it is labeled.
1t doesn't always take a far-seeing
man To see his own finish
\ man feels like n fish out of water
when girls lands him.
1t isn't Il physical impossiblity for
man to lie while he Is standing up for
himself.
The right will triumph. At least
man always feels that way when he
wins.
1t is human nature to imagine we
would be satisfied with the things we
know we can't get
Heaven would he overcrowded if we
could all be taken Mt our own valua-
tlon,-New York Times.
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BACK TO FOOTLIGHTS,
torial Experiences Caused Her
to Decide.

pITTSBURG, Pa, June 19.-Mrs
Laura Bigger Bennett, former theatre
cal star. has decided to return to the
stage. Here today she said:
81 am going on the stage again. I've
had mine as an editress. Yes, I've had
mine. | used to laugh ut the stories
about the editor of the Arizona Tomb
stone, but since | was an editress in
Albuquerque, n. NJ, | believe all that
l ever read.
you see | started in down there rs
edltEess of paper to boost Bull An
drcws i'll Congress ut Washington and
succeeded III doing that. Then | would
20 out and solicit advertisements, lcay-
ing the Office devil to run the sheet.
Things would go fine until the collector
would go round, and then the people
would laugh and say they never ordered
any advertising.
20, it was fun-for them, but it was
hard on the frog. | was the frog in
this case and have decided that | will
never shine as an editress, so it's back
to the fOotlghts, if it il the back row."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-06-24
BREAKS OCEAN RECORD.
Cunard Liner Mauritania Crosses Allan
tic in Days II Hours and
81 Minutes

QUEENSTOWN, June 21.-The Gu
nard line steamship Mauretania has
clipped another fifty seconds off the best
previous eastward record, which also is
her own. She accomplished her latest
journey from New York in 4 DAYS II
hours and y minutes the best previous
record being 4 days Is hours and II
minutes. The Mauretania arrived off
Daunt's rock at 1O:1l o'clock this morn
ing. The total run was 2933 knots, made
at an average speed of 25.SS knots an
hour. The best previous average speed
was $50 knots an hour. The days
runs We're o92, COG, 600 and 524 knots.
Herman Katz of the Boston store
Milwaukee, was a passenger on the
Mauretania on its record breaking trip
across the Atlantic. A cabiegram an
nouncing the time, 4 days II hours and
20 minutes, was sent from Queenstown
by Mr.. Katz to The Evening Wisconsin
this morning.
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PROTESTS STATES TAX.
Western Union Company Files Notice
of Suit Declaring Levy Is
Excessive.

MADISON, Wis, June 21.-[Special. ]
Claiming that the state compels the
payment of too much taxes, the West
ern Union Telegraph company has
served notice of the commencement Of
a suit for $10,529.Sl claimed to have
been illegally collected this year. For
the last two years the company had
paid its taxes under protest as excess
sive. A similar suit was started last
year, but has never been brought to
trial. The property of the Western
Union company in Wisconsin is valued
at $1,60O,OO0 for this year. Upon this
valuation the company paid tax of
S1S,2S9.34 under protest. The notice of
suit served by the company says the
property in Wisconsin is worth only
S6IS, 10, and that the state should
have collected only ST7J943.
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INTELLECTUAL STIMULANTS.
Ways of Distinguished Workers to
Arouse Mental Activity

To all engaged in literary work there
comes time when for the time being
the Imagination flags IDEAS seem to have
vanished and all appeals to inspiration
seem to be powerleSs. There are well
known cases in which great writer's have
mad recourse 10 artificial stimuli. Vol
talrc and BalZaC found what they re-
CURED IN coffee. Goethe preferred bur
gundy. while DE Musset and Edgar Al
len Poe fled to alcohol llashecsh was 10
Baudelalre what opium was To- the au-
thor of The Confessions" In his early
days Goethe found that indulgence in
wine impeded his intellectual work for
he had noticed that when Schiller drank
more than usual the literary results were
deplorablc. The faults with which SChil-
Ter had been reproached by his critics,
Goethe declared, were due to no other
cause than this. The mixture of alcohol
and ahslnthe in which De MuSset placed
his hopes ruined his brain and he ceased
to write. The genius of De Quincy was
destroyed by opium.
More innocent have been the means
employed by others To awaken inspira-
ton Some like to have noise ana move
ment around them. One French painter
does his best work when his friends are
fencing III the room or talking and shout
ing around him. Some writer's 20 To a
streets 10 think over what they are going
to write. Men engaged in scientific pur-
SUITS will walk iurIouSly up and down
their room with bent back aud absent
look, probing to the depths the problems
that battle them, Kant went for the
same walk every day thinking over his
'krltik. Cesar Eranck used to play for
IN hour passages from his "Beatitudes'
TO excite himself to composition Con
court confessed in his journal" that,
ike flauhert. ne is compelled de mouter
lc bourrichou' before he felt lit To sit
down and write.
What is the common basis of all these
various ways of aruuSing mental activ-
iiNt They must give rise a. Scnsorial
stimuli which SGT in motion the play of
cerebral phenomena. NJ Georges Ma
tIssc suggests that these stimuli excite
the Secretluus of certain glands. These
secretious alone would increase the dy-
mamie power of the cerebral machine. al
though he seems 10 he doubtful if this
explains everything. The one thing clear
IS that intellectual effort requires in the
majority of instances condition of ne-v-
Gus cNaltatou. That is one of the rea-
SONS why poets are not always men of
quite amiable characters. As he re
marks Plato was quite right in browning
them with garMudS and hanlShiug them
from his epublc.-W Westminster Gazette.
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How to Make a Lily Pond.

Aquatic plants for the home garden
are not grown as much as they should
bc. Amateurs who hesitate for fear of
failure are wrong. for water lilies re-
quirc far less care than tender bedding
plants and are less expensive.
Amy swampy or hoggy ground can cas-
lily Toe converted into an aquatic garden
Flowcriug shrubs, trees and ferns will
grow luNuriantly near pond. When
you decide OF the location of your pond,
which should be At the lowest point of
the garden, dig out the soil from eighteen
inches t. three feet deep, depending on
the severity of the winters in your local
ity. The lilies must be planted deep
enough TO prevent them freezing.
An inexpensive way to make your
pond hold water is 10 line it with com
mon clay. Cover the bottom and sides
of the pond with this clay three or four
inches thick and beat firmly until solid
and even.
The best method is to plant your water
lilies in boxes or tubs. Use very rich
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ant role to carry. Miss Sally is a
dancer who has won acclaim at the
amateur dramatic productions which
have been features of Washington's
smart life for the last few years, while
her skill as horsewoman gives her a
forward place in the gay little COM
pany of "paperchasers' who gallop
over the hills two or three times a
week
Mrs. Aleshire, wife of Gen. Aleshire,
is one OF the army matrons whose wit
and poise count in the proper equip
ment of an army officers wife. She Is
large and nicelooking, noticeable
chiefly for the sweetness Of her ex-
preston and her general air of ex-
IRENE good breeding. She is the moth
err Of a debutante daughter who has
the distinction of being one of Miss
Helen Taft's best chums.
Mrs. Edwards Wins Lnurels.
One Of the handsome homes of the
army set established in Washington
is presided over by Mrs. Clarence Ed
WaTQS, WlIe Oh Ieu. SldIellCe EuWd TuS,
chum to the President and general
good fellow. Gen. Edwards, who Is
one of the most generally liked officers
Of the service, has his honors to look
to when it comes to a discussion Of his
wife's popularity. Everybody likes
Mrs. Edwards and her place In the IA
vor of the community wakes as the
years increase.
In girlhood, as pretty and vivacious
Bessie Porter, she made her first ap-
pearance in Washington. coming over
to visit her great-aunt, Mrs. Saunders
Irving, widow of Washington Irving's
nephew. Mrs. Irving maintained
menage second only to the White
House in point Of social Importance,
It's gentle mistress, who was an in
valid. being one Of the few women up
on whom the wives of the Presidents
felt it incumbent to leave cards
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CLEAR DEATH MYSTERY
Williamsport (Pa) Authorities Find
Bride Died and Heart Paralysis and
Shock Killed Groom.

WILLIAMSPORT. Pa. June 10
The mysterious death of Mr.. and Mrs
Albert s. Munro, bride and groom of "A
week, has been explained by Coroner
Hardt following an autopsy conducted
today. No traces of poison were found,
instead the conclusion was reached that
the young woman had fatal attack OF
heard paralysis and dropped dead ut her
husbands feet, The husband was over.
come. the coroner declares and also suf
fered II heart attack falling forward
with his face in the bed clothing and
smothered to death. The bodies were
found III their apartments Friday. Mr..
and Mrs Munro were married June 10,
and had just returned from their we'd
ding trip. The presence of n half empty
box of chocolates on II bureau led the
police at first to believe that the couple
might have been poisoned.
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The Miracle OF Polite Persistency,

Says Or1son SWEET Marden, writing
In Success Magazine: When genius
has failed In what it attempted, and
talent says IMPOSSIBLE when every
other faculty gives up; when tact re-
tires and diplomacy has fed; when
logic and argument and influence and
pull have all done their best and
retired from the field, gritty persist.
ercy, bulldog tenacity, steps in, and
by sheer force OF holding on wins,
gets the order, closes the contract.
does the impossible. All, what mir.
acles tenacity of purpose has perform
ed! The last to leave the field, the
last to turn back. 1t persists when all
other forces have surrendered and
lied. 1t has won many battle even
after hope has left the field
Confederate commanders in the
Civil War said that the trouble with
General Grant was that "he never
knew when he was beaten" When
Grants generals thought that his
army, with only two transports, would
be trapped at Nicksburg, they asked
him how he expected to get his men
out, urging that in case of defeat he
could get only a small part of his
army upon two transports. He told
them that two would be plenty for
all the men that he would have left
when he surrendered
It 5 the man in the business world
who will not surrender, who will not
take no for an answer, and who stands
his ground with such suavity of man
ner, such politeness that you cannot
take offense, cannot turn him down,
that gets the order; that closes the
contract; that gets the subscription:
that gets the credit or the loan.
He is very fortunate man who
combines a gracious manner, suavity,
cordially, cheerfulness, with that
logged persistency which never gives
up.
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Weight and Health.

According TO recent statements by a
German physician, health and longevity
are influenced by weight. He found the
greatest vitality and lowest mortality in
persons whose weight is within 10 per
cent of the standard. His Investigations
have been based on the records of BOO
600 males, and have included all ages
and various disease tendencies as intlu-
enced by age, as well as weight. For the
normal or standard weight of a man
10 years old ana feet i inches tall 100
pounds is accepted, while the rule add
ing 3 per cent. in weight for each extra
inch proves fairly accurate. The stand
ard weight increases with age in little
men up to is, in middle sized men up To
80 and in the tall up TO - or 60. Stand
ards for women are not yet worked out,
though it is known that al 20 women are
+ 20 8 pounds lighter than men, the diff
ference diminishing with age.
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BISHOP FLEES
BEFORE A MOB
RI. REV. THOMAS BONACUM AND
TWO PRIESTS DRIVEN FROM
TOWN IN NEBRASKA.
THREATS OF VIOLENCE MADE.
Clergyman Refuses to Vacate Pulpit
and Is Sustained by Congrega-
ton in His Parish
FEUD HAS RACED FOR YEARS.

ULYSSES, Neb., June ia mob
of citizens attacked Bishop Thomas
Bonacum of the Roman Catholic die.
cese of Lincoln, and two priests who
accompanied him, and drove them out
of town. Threats of violence We're open
ly made and the preate and his assist
ants We're forced to leave in haste,
The trouble arose over the cuntrover-
sy between the bishop and Rev. Father
Murphy of this city. which has been
raging for years and has wrought The
town up to a high pitch of excitement
Father Murphy refused to vacatc his
pulpit when ordered To do so by the
bishop and appealed TO the courts.
Priest Refuses to Leave
Father Murphy, who is extremely pop
ular with the people i'll his parish, de-
was told by Bishop Bonacum that if he
built up the parish and cleared off the
debts he would be allowed to remain
permanently.
Bishop Bonacum admits having made
such Il promise, but later circumstances
caused him to change his mind, and he
ordered Father Murphy to another
parish, Father Murphy refused to go
and was suspended by the bishop and
the subject of his disobedienCe was re-
ferred to Rome. where Bishop BOnacum
was upheld by the Vatican. The case
later was taken into the courts of Ne
braska, and the supreme court a few
weeks ago decided against Father Muir
ply.
Although under the rules of the church
Father Murphy when under suspicion
was prohibited from performing his
priestly functions, he has continued to
oiiciate i'll defiance of the bishop The
only charge against him in dsobcdi-
cnce.
Many Years of Feuds.
Bishop Bonacum was consecrated
bishop of Lincoln November 30, 1887,
and for nearly twenty years his career
has been marked by numerous controver-
sizes with priests, which at times have
been carried to Rome for settlement, and
on some occasions got into the civil
courts.
Archbishop Kendrick. who was by
some regarded as responsible for the
elevation OF Bishop Bonacum to his
present office, managed to settle some of
the differences between the Lincoln bish-
op and his priests. Upon Archbishop
Hendricks retirement and the success.
sion of Archbishop Hcnncssey, the trou.
bic in the diocese broke into the open.
and Mgr. Satoli gave the situation his
personal attention. His best efforts were
regarded by many as only partially sue
ceSsful.
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lest A-L0AFIN.

oh, the red-hoss swimmin' in the hubby
crck
Where the shade is heavy an the brush is
thick;
He is mighty KNOWN an he's mighty sly,
But he amt doin' any more work than |,
Jest a-loafn jest a-loatn,' jest a-loahn' in
the sun.
Yer l jest can't hustle when the sky's so
blue.
An the worlds so shiny that it looks like
new,
When the sunshine flickers through the pop
lar trees,
An the basswood's heavy with the huzzin
bees,
SO I'm loann', so I'm loahn', so I'm Ioatn
in the sun.
There's n bobwhitc whistles where the pop
pies grow,
An cow-bell tinkles In the marsh below
While a red squirrel chatters on hex ry
limb,
But I'm too durn lazy fer a crack at him,
Jest a-loafn', jest a-Ioain', jest a-loahn' IN
the sun.
oh, there's JOY in Twin when the days are
long,
Jes' to lay an listen to the South.wnd :
song
Jcs' to hear the chimin of n fur-ofT bell
Jes' a good-fcr-nuthin' an n ne'er-do-weu,
Jes' a-loafn', jest a-loahn, jest a-loahh' III
the sun.
Frances A. Ludwig, In The Outing Maga-
zine.
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Mrs. Edwards is a slender, delicate
looking woman, whose chief beauty
lies In her sweetness of expression, her
well-bred air and her lovable manners
She looks at life through two Jolly,
twinkling eyes and she has sympathy
with everybody and with everything
that lives. without regard to place or
position. Her servants adore her and
pay her the sovereign compliment of
remaining in her service two decades
or more.
very great-great granddaughter of
the first white man that settled in the
western part of New York, Mrs. Ed
wards family, the Porters Of Niagara
N. Y, held the original grant of the
immense tract Of land which included
the falls until the taking over of the
property by the State government.
Gen. Peter B. Porter, Mrs Ed.
wards great-grandfather, served as
secretary Of war in the cabinet of
President John Quincy Adams.
Gen. and Mrs Edwards daughter
Bessie Is pretty little woman Of 10
years, who is chum of her father and
the boon companion of her mother.
The Edwards home is a reflex of the
character of its owners. BEGINNING
with the generals Office on the first
floor photographs of familiar friends
men, women and small children-run
riot and overflow into the attractive
drawing room on the second floor, gay
In its dress of summary English chintz
and filled with fine old mahogany and
interesting things picked up in the
out Of the way corners Of the army Of
ficers' world.
The Edwardses keep open house in
and out OF season and aside from dis
pensing hospitality as smart as the
smartest, Gen. and Mrs. Edwards
delight In having friends to lunch or
dine en- familie.
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His Home Paper.

If | wanted to make a mortal enemy
OF a man." said the city salesman, Il
would poke fun ut his home paper. l
don't know of anything that rifles per-
son more effectually. He knows that the
bombastic way in which the local items
are written up is laughably absurd, and
he himself may enjoy many hearty
guffaw over them in private, but just
let anybody else say a word against the
literary style used to describe neighbor-
hood calls. weddings and funerals, and
he gets hopping mad.
81 tried little ridicule of that kind
yesterday on my friend Hopkins, just as