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ON COMO.

A ~rainless darkness drew DER the lake,
AS we lay in our boat with oars unshipped.
1t seemed neither cloud nor water awake;
And forth of the low black curtain slipped
Thunderless lightning. Scoff no more
At angels imagined in downward flight,
For the daughters of earth, as tabled OF
yore:
Here was beauty might we'll invite
Dark heavens to CLEAN with the fire of a
sun
Resurgent; here the exchanged embrace,
Worthy of heaven and earth made one.
And, witness it, We of the privileged space,
Said the fash; and the mountains, as from
an abyss,
For quivering seconds leaped up to attest
That given, received, renewed was the kiss;
The lips to lips and the breast to breast;
All in a glory Of ecstasy, swift
As an eagle at prey, and pure as the prayer
Of an infant hidden joined hands uplift
To be guarded through darkness by spirits
of air,
Ere setting the sails of sleep till day.
Slowly the low cloud swung, and far
1t painted along its mirrored way.
Above loose threads one sanctioning star
The wonder of what had been witnessed
sealed.
And with me still, as in crystal glassed,
Are the depths alight, the heavens re-
vealed,
When on to the Alps the Muteness passed.
George Meredith, in Scribner's Monthly.
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THE N
Master of the Revels, Musicians and
Boisterous Company.


The program of the Aries fetes, IN
honor of Mistral, Is to include the
farandole dance. An account Of this
dance for the benefit Of the unin-
itiated was given by Victorien Sardou.
In my childhood, said Sardou, I
have often seen the farandole at
Grasse. Two tambourinists lead the
revels, beating the tambourine in
their left hand and holding in the
right a reed instrument. The master
of the revels is generally a young man
full of life and spirits. The mu-
sicians suddenly appear from behind
the master and the lads and lassies
join, the maidens holding the jackets
of the youths and these the skirts OF
the girls.
Forming a long line the dancers in
a graceful movement pass through
the village, visiting each house and
entering all the rooms, and coming
down the stairs in a boisterous man
ner, the excitement consisting in de-
scending without leaving partners.
The dance lasts for hours and the
dancers are full of merriment and
happiness.
The more complicated and difficult
the route the greater is the praise be-
slowed upon the conductor. The au-
thor of "Theodora" added that more
than once he had taken part in these
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Globe.
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Quick in Wit as in War.

A good story coming from across
the water concerns the quick wit Of
a German attache at the London EN-.
bassy who was asked whether he had
yet seen Major du Maurier's play,
AN Englishman's Home" AS soon
as this drama was presented, and es'
pecially since it has been made ac-
cessible as a book, the public has
been keen to know how the Germans
view a satire which makes the Eng
lish volunteer army q laushable fall
ure in the face of a German enemy.
Have you seen AN EnSlishmans
Homer" the attache was asked, to
which he replied: Il saw some mill
tary play the other evening; it may
have been called An Englishmans
Home but it might just as we'll have
been called What Every German
Knows "-Harper's Literary Gossip.
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Great Wireless Tower.

The Washington Monument will
soon have to take second place at the
capital, as the Navy Department is
planning a 600-foot tower to be built
in Rock Creek Park. 1t will be the
tallest thing in the country, outside
of the two skyscrapers in New York,
and only the Eiffel tower in Paris
will surpass it abroad. But its height
will, after all, be its least interesting
feature. 1t will be the keystone or
the greatest wireless station in h
world, and will allow the Navy De-
partment to keep in touch with the
fleets in the north Atlantic, with any
ships at Gibraltar, and to converse
with the navy yards on the two coasts.
About 100000 will be spent in in
stalling the plant. The tower, from
the top of which the messages will be
sent, is to be of concrete, fifty feet
in diameter at the base and taperlng
to eight feet at the top. At present
the wireless station can send only for
1000 miles, and can not be depended
on to do that. The instruments IN
the new station will send across 5000
miles of space.-Springfeld Republl-
can,
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Had Tried All Kinds,

A noted heavyweight pugilist, who
for a time in the heyday of his fame
occupied the chair Of sporting editor
of a certain journal, gloomily re-
marked to a friend n day:
"Say, Jim, 1 don't mind standin'
up in the ring an givin' and takin' a
few hot punches in the ribs or wher-
ever they happen to land, but this
here pickin' up a pen an slingin' off
a column or so Of literatoor every
day or two Is what makes me tired.
I believe I'll halter resign"
mo use resigning, John, old boy"
advised the friend. ga job like yours
isn't picked up every day. To make
it easier for you ! would suggest your
getting an amanuensis."
"Oh. thunder! What's the rse?"
exclaimed the great editor, YEARLY.
i've tried a common steel pen, a
s~tylergraff, a new-fangled fountain
pen, a patent ink pencil, an half a
dozen other writin' contraptions, an
it amt at all likely that an amanuen-
sis III work any better'n the rest Of
'em. No; I reckon I'll halter quit
New York Times.
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Antidote For Suicide.

They tell of an Atchison girl who
thought her heart was broken. She
was So convinced of it that she began
reading up on deadly poisons, and
cried softly to herself over the
thoughts of an early death. At this
juncture a friend sent her a box or
chocolates. She ate one; life looked
a little brighter. She ate another;
why not put off that death till next
week? She ate a third, and forgot
she ever had a trouble. All of which
is proof Of the claim Of an Atchison
physician that when people are NOR
bid and unhappy the most effective
cure Is something to eat. No one, he
says, can long for death while en-
gagged in chewing something palata-
BILE. The man who talks suicide
should be given a beefsteak instead
of advice. -Atchison Globe.
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Trouble and Gray Hair.

"The popular belief that the hair
of persons laboring under great men
tai grief or terror changes color
seems to be unfounded," said DR.. S.
A. Fowler, of Chicago.
"Under certain conditions of bod
lily health" continued the physician,
'the coloring matter of the hair may
consequently become gray or white
in a very short time. In these cases,
however, it is only the growing hair
that has no color; the hair as it grad
ually rises from the root is gray,
while that which is outside the cuti-
Gle remains it's original color. No
well authenticated case of sudden
change in the color of hair is men
toned in medical books of authority
The Transactions of the Royal So
ciety' extend over a period Of more
than 200 years, and if any such cir
cumstance had occurred it is almost
certain it would have been recorded,
The case of Marie A%ntoinette does not
rest upon evidence sufficiently strong
to warrant belief. Her.
aid.
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Yankees in Mexico City.

"It is estimated that there are
more than 5000 Americans in Mexico
City alone, to say nothing of the thou
sands scattered through the country
said B. M. Hubbard, Of Ell Paso, at
the Burns Hotel. cit is a great coun-
try, and it is 1ourishing under Diaz.
Business and professional men from
the States have done we'll down there,
and after becoming acquainted and
acclimated they are satisfied to stay
in the southern republic. The mar
ket is good and there are many Amer
lean houses that have established
branches in the big city.
but of all the goods made in this
country the most salable in Mexico is
our shoes. There is not a good shoe
factory in the land of the Aztec, II
American manufacturers who have
gone into that market have done very
well."--Detroit Free Press.
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SCARLET FEVER.
A scourge Of White Races in AL Ages
and Countries.

and Countries.
Now that smallpox, thanks to COM
pulsory vaccination, has become q
rarity in civilized communities, scar
let fever steps forward as the worst
of the eruptive diseases of childhood.
1t is a malady of enormous antiquity.
Thucydides, writing nearly 500 years
before the beginning of our era,
called it a heritage from the remote
past. 1t has scourged the white races
in all ages and all countries, and the
physicians of all schools have leveled
their heaviest artillery upon it. Yet
it remains a puzzle unsolved and an
enemy unconquered wen to-day. We
are in doubt as to its cause, and there
is no drug or antitoxin that will cure
it. But despite all this the death
rate from scarlet fever is steadily de-
Ginning, and we may expect 1t to de-
cline more and more as the years go
by. The reason for this, I take it,
lies In the fact that the modern doc
tor is a great deal more sparing with
pills and powders than his predeces-
sor and a great deal more lavish with
water, air and antiseptics. In the old
days it was customary to dose scarlet
fever patients with all sorts of vio-
lent remedies in staggering quanti-
ties, and as a result many of them
died. To-day medicines are but
minor auxiliaries in the sickroom,
and both doctor and nurse devote
their main energies to. preventing a
spread Of the Observation-Disclosures.
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Power Of the Press.

The printing-press has made presl-
dents, killed poets, furnished bustles
for beauties and polished genius
with criticism. 1t has made the
world get up at roll call every morn
ing, given pupils lungs of iron and
voice of steel. It has set the price
on a bushel of wheat and made the
country postofice the glimmeri!1g
goal of country scribes. 1t a cur
tailed the power of kings. 1t fas
converted bankers into paupers and
made lawyers out Of college pres
dents. 1t educated the homeless ana
robbed the philosopher of his lea
son. 1t smiles and kicks, cries and
dies, but 1t cannot be run to suit
everybody, and the editor is a fool
who tries.
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AN L TIMER
Has Had Experiences.

A woman who has used Postum
since it came upon the market knows
from experience the wisdom of using
Postum in place of coffee if n val
ues health and a clear brain. She
says:
"At the time Postum was first put
on the market l was suffering from
nervous dyspepsia, and my physician
had repeatedly told me not to use tea
or coffee. Finally l decided to take
his advice and try Postum. l got a
package and had it carefully pre-
pared, finding it delicious to the taste.
So I continued its use and very soon
its beneficial effects convinced me OF
its value, for I got we'll of my nerv-
BUSINESS and dyspepsia.
my husband had been drinking
coffee all his life until it had affected
his nerves terribly, and I persuaded
him to shift to Postum. 1t was easy
to get him to make the change, for
the Postum is so delicious. 1t GER
tainly worked wonders for him.
I'VE soon learned that Postum
does not exhilarate or depress and
does not stimulate, but steadily and
honestly strengthens the nerves and
the stomach.
ITO make a long story short, our
entire family continued to use Pos.
tum with satisfying results, as shown
in u fine condition Of health, and
we have noticed a rather unexpected
improvement in brain and nerve pow
er."
Increased brain and nerve power
always follows the use of Postum in
place of coffee, sometimes in a very
marked n There's a Rea.
son."
Look in pkgs. for the famous lit,
tie book, THE Road to Wellville.'
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time,
They are genuine, true, and full OF
human interest.
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REAL LITERARY 2
Example of Charles Dudley Warmers
Infinite Rainstalling.

The extraordinary pains and pa
thence with which the late Charles
Dudley Warner did his literary work
are shown in an account given by a
writer in the New Amstel magazine
of the strenuous way in which Mr..
Warner produced an obituary notice
some years ago.
Professor Edward L. Youmans was
a close personal friend of Mr.. War
ner, and on that account when Mrs.
Youmans died the editor of e daily
paper asked Mr.. Warner to write a
sort of personal appreciation of her.
This he consented to do.
He was left alone from 10 a. m.
until half past IL. when he went to
lunch. Returning at 2 o'clock he
worked without interruption until 4
o'clock, when he turned over to the
editor what he had written.
Yet the work was not complete.
Mr.. Warner read the first proof and
in succession three revised sheets.
Each time he made change after
change in phraseology, seeking out
the n right word, while even in the
nicely of paragraphing he seemed to
make clearer what he desired to ex-
press. Nor did the close revision
end with the marking of the last
proof.
After the paper had gone to press
and the first sheets had been brought
UP to the composing room for an O.
K. Mr.. Warner looked wistfully at
the editor and observed:
Would you object to lifting the
form? I see a sentence in the last
paragraph that might be somewhat
changed. She vas too good, you
know, to have a slovenly tribute paid
to her."
Even the printers refused to get
angry over the delay and forthwith
the form was sent up and changes
went on for an hour. At last, though
publication was delayed fully two
hours, the editor, but not Mr.. Warner.
had the supreme satisfaction of know
ing that the work was as nearly per-
feet as human art could make it, and
the edition was sent out.
"While we were walking up the
street toward the Youmans country
home" writes the editor, 1--WE quietly.
talked about books and bookmen.
"'You are most painstaking,' we
ventured.
EYES, said Mr.. Warner, modestly,
4 never could dash off anything read
lily like some writer's. 1t has always
been real labor for me-
""Then you revise all your work
the same way?
"T have always found it neces-
sary to do so. Even in writing for
the EASY Chair" I have to be pains
taking. Nor have I ever been able
to use the typewriter with any de-
gree of satisfaction. The trouble
seems to be that either in debating or
in using the typewriter 1 at once be-
come self-conscious and mechanical.
For some reason my thoughts-what
few ideas I may possess-seem to
flow more easily from the pen.
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Should Have the Best.

We should have the best roads in
the world. Practically all of them
! run through agricultural districts,
and it is said to cost the farmers rs
cents to haul a ton a mile on them.
The average haul of farm products
is nine minles, according to the esti-
mates of the Department of Agri-
culture. The average cost Of hauling
a ton a mile on the roads of France
Is 7 cents.-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
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All the Difference.

Among the patients in the private
ward of a Philadelphia hospital there
was recently a testy old millionaire
of that city, whose case gave his ply
stefan considerable difficulty at first.
We'll" asked the crusty patient
one morning, how do you find me
now, eh?"
you're getting on fine responded
the doctor, rubbing his hands VIII
an air of satisfaction. Your legs
are still swollen; but that doesn't
trouble me-"
"Of course it Doesn't" howled the
old man. and let me tell you this:
If your legs were swollen, it wouldn't
trouble me, either! "-Lippincott'
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AS an Advertisement.

Our own people will be the chief
benefciaries of good roads, though
the visitors within our gates will also
enjoy them. But possibly the chief
advantage ultimately will be the I'd.
yertisement Of the State as a leader
In these enterprises.-Troy Times.
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In the hips. Throbbing headaches
took all the go out Of me. I lost ap-
petite and weight and grew weak.
The kidney secretions became scan
ty and dropsy set in. I suffered so I
hardly cared what became of me, but
the first box of Doan's Kidney Pills
made me better, and I used the rem
edy faithfully until all symptoms left
me and I gained IA pounds"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
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Makes For Good Health.

Boston has come to the conclusion
that the health of the child is of great
Importance to its success in school,
and a "health day" has been appoint
ed. This was observed recently, ply
sicians speaking to the pupils OF the
high schools upon the subject OF
Health, Its Value and Cost"
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:Japanese Mercantile Marine.

In it's merchant marino Japan has
1913 steamships, of 1,153,340 agSre-
gate tonnage; 1915 sailing vessels, of
372,319 aggregate tonnage, and 1890
Japanese ships OF the old STYLE" OF
511,452 aggregate tonnage; in all,
1923 ships, Of 2,057,111 aggregate
tonnage.
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iva i ~
II cannot see it," said the Professor
gravely.
"Not see it., But"
81 am nearly blind now"
my friend, I had no idea; you did
not tell me-"
81 had a long illness after she left
me-" came the slow, sad answer.
my sight was affected. I am not
yet totally blind; but I cannot see
to do a thing for myself"
81 am truly sorry. 1 should never
have fancied it,"
mo; I believe you would not tell
from the outward appearance of my
eyes; but the sight is practically
gone. So, you see, a faithful servant
is a real necessity"
'It is a mercy you have got him."
1T is. I am utterly dependent on
him now. And I am not ~ungrateful
for his faithful service. have left
him everything 1 possess in my will.
He is giving me all his youth, you
see."
All his youth! All his heart, all
his life, might perhaps have been
nearer the truth. For at that very
moment the Professors servant was
standing with quivering lip and tear
filled eye, because he had at last
heard words of appreciation of him.
self. He had overheard that simple
remark, 1T have grown fond of him"
And so evening drew on, and the
Professor and his old friend still
sat talking in the dancing glow OF
the freight. And at last the friend
took his leave with promises of a
future visit. Then quietly the SER
want came again to ask his master II
lights were not needed. And still
the tears were in the lads eyes, and
now his voice was husky.
"What is the matter?" asked the
Professor shortly. That voice was
ever calm and cheerful; it was full
of sadness now. and a struggle for
composure.
81 am sorry" He tried to an
swer steadily; but again his voice
broke; again his tears came unbid.
den.
"Tell me, what is it?" The Pro.
fessor's voice had grown kindly.
And then a strange thing happened.
The servant impulsively flung himself
on his knees beside his master, and
Selling the wrinkled hand, he pressed
a passionate kiss upon 1t.
ooh, I IAN bear. this no longer" he
cried wildly. "Oh, surely I have
proved my penitence, my reparation
is complete. Say, have I earned for.
~giveness?"
The eyes that were nearly blind
strained %curiously into the darkness.
the hand which had known that kiss
of passion still rested motionless, the
Professor neither moved nor spoke,
The paralyzing influence of utter sur.
prise was upon him. And still that
eager, pleading voice contih@ed.
II have helped you a little, have
I not? 1 have eased a little pain.
cured a little loneliness? Six years
I have been your servant as atone
ment for my sin. Give me back my
own place again, dear. have
learned so much since I failed to
value it long ago."
Still the Professor could find no
words. But the hand which had
known that passionate kiss was
rested tenderly on the head OF his
servant-his r~epentant wife.-Phila-
do1phia Tadper
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Dr.. Hoffman,, the author OF the
humorous poem which he published
In 1870 over the name "Kutschke,"
and which gained remarkable popu-
larity as the "Kutschke Lied" has
received the privilege from the Ger
man Government to ~hyphenate his
name with that Of Kutschka.
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One of the Problems.

The chief problem in good road
building is the finding Of q topping
which will produce a smooth surface
and stand the wear Of all sorts OF
usage. This is the particular phase
of. the bodybuilding problem which
more than one State Road Commits
sion is just now endeavoring to solve.
baltimore Sun.
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Tommaso Salvini has written his
autobiography, which is shortly to
appear in a book entitled Infancy
and Youth of Illustrious Contempor-
airy Italians" Salvini says that he
could not act a part we'll even when
he was a boy.
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Whitefsh fry, Matched in the
United States hatchery at Kingston,
N. Y, when liberated, almost invari-
ably expatriate themselves immedi-
ately by swimming to their natural
feeding ground along the northern
shore of LAX. Ontario.
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M. Jusserand, who is French Am
bassador at Washington, had hoped
one day to bring his literary history
of the English people down to mod
ern times. His life as a diplomatist
is now, however, so busy that he has
had to abandon the idea of carrying
the work further than to Shake
speare's death.
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The mackerel catch of Guysboro.
Nova Scotia, this a has been
the largest in the last twenty years.
Here it is not uncommon for one man;
to catch from 1900 to 1900 mackerelI
in his nets, sometimes making as high
as 5000 a day.
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Setting O Good Example.

Except where they are under the
direction of experts good roads are
still unknown in the country places.
New York has set a good example,
and like Georgia, she has made pro-
vision for utilizing her jail inmates
in carrying on the work.--Boston
Transcript.
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Itched and Burned Tcrrihly-Cou!d
Not Move Thumbs without Flesh
Cracking 49, Sleep Impossible

AGASA SooAA
IAN itching humor covered both my
hands and got up over my wrists and even
up to the elbows. The itching and burning
wers terrible. My hands got oil sca!y and
when I scratched, the surface would be
covered with blisters and then get raw.
The eczema got go bad that l could not
move my thumbs without deep cracks ap-
pearing. I went to my doctor, but his
medicine could only stop the itching. At
night I suffered so fearfully that I could
not sleep. l could not bear to touch my
hands with water. This went on for three
months and I was fairly worn out. At last
I got the Cuticura Remedies and in a
month I was cured. Walter h. Cox. 10
Somerset St., Boston, Mass, Sept. IS, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass.
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Sixty-five thousand Hungarian
partridges, a bird about twice the
size Of our quail, have been I'M
ported and liberated during the last
two years by the Connecticut Game
Commission. - -
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Since 1903 there have been no i'm.
ports of live cattle to England from
Argentina, on account of the foot
and-mouth disease, but the imports OF
frozen beef from that country
amounted last year to 402,047,632
pounds, valued at $29,696,S23.