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glanced upward the great chandelier.
With Its myriad lights, swan before my
eyes, and below me there wavered
dizzily the white dwarfed stage Tho
curtain had already risen, and the slim
girl violinist, fresh from the hands of
her master in Prague, was stepping
out from behind the palms at the
back of the stage, her white dress
making a bright focus of light
against the dark background. The chat
ter about US ceased, until only the
ladies In the boxes below still kept up
their privileged animation. We Of the
elect leaned forward as the first wall
Ing notes Of the violin fell upon our
waiting ears.
1t was D'Adanios Symphony in F. she
played. Higher and higher from its
first tone the cry rosa banshee shriek-
ing another's doom into her own-paused
on the summit Of agony, and suddenly
broke into a pixy strain of uncanny.
w1tching sweetness. AS suddenly as II
had arisen the strain ceased, and now
the melody took on slower and deeper
tone. until the violin was booming like
a cello. Again the music rose in notes
of piercing liquidity. and then fell in a
tone full and rich and exquisitely ten
der. So the sound died away in wav-
ertng trenlolo. and with choking sigh
turned to the old man at my side. His
head was buried In his arms, and when
he raised his eyes their sight was far
away. AS the buzz of conversation
around us was resumed. he turned sud
denly to me and said:
Yes. she is good, very good. she is
remarkable. But-she is a girl, and she
is American You understand? 1t needs
the Italian, the German, the Bohemian.
TO be musician. A player? Yes. But
a musician? No. Yet now, at the finale,
ii sounded - it sounded as If Morelli
played! Ach. those daysl Morelli!" He
glared flercely at me from under his
thick white eyebrows and quavered a
bar from II Puritani" In his rImbling,
bass voice.
''Morelli?" I ventured. 81 think-I have
heard the name"
He turned again fercely. "Yesl So it
is today. You have heard the name.
And had 1t not been for-but I will tell
you the story: there is yet time.
Thirty years ago was-thirty years
younger fresh from the Fatherland,
ready to surprise the world. In the end
I surprised myself. instead, by failing.
But this is not my story-it is his.
while was thus working and starv-
ing, and teaching by day and studying
by night, made gradually friends of the
men and women who were living, too,
for music. There were Borini and Adele
Kedwig and Won Meister and d Adanio,
but of them all only one was my dear
friend--Ludwig Maetscher, the pianist
whom Rubinstejn had praised. You
wonder. then. that he was as poor as I
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now how, as his fingers closed upon
the coin. his manner changed and how
with greasy smile he spoke, before the
lad had time to answer.
" Yes. signor, we both play. my son
and I. You want US to play for you
for a dollar. signor?'
II was turning away in disgust, when
Ludwig spoke.
:" Yes. play he said. Not together;
first you, then your son.
The man began--Wagner in italian,
and bad at that-spaghetti in every note.
q 'Um himmels willen, I whispered as
the man finished. No more Germani'
Then aloud TO the boy. .Play-play
Santa Lucia.
And he played-how he played. 1t
was not talent we listened to-; it was
genius There were tears in my eyes
when he finished, but the old father
was still smiling his greasy smile.
We'll the end of it all was that Mo-
rell was discovered. We musical ones
took him UP with a will. A slender boy
he was, tall, with mass of bushy black
hair. wonderful black eyes and the
hands of a Greek statue. He was lust
Is; he looked 20. and he played like 4O
won the hearts Of US all. Maetscher
gave him lessons in technique. the Ked-
wig helped him with his tone, and all of
us did something.
HE was SO grateful, so patient and
painstaking, that Ludwig and I grew 10
feel of him almost as If he were our
own. He spent all his days with u.s.
and by clubbing together we managed
to keep his father from taking him al
wavs to cheap dance halls and in the
streets. And within two years, such was
his genius, he was ready for the concert
Stage.
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again when the Little One Is sighted.
better and successful thing is to oppose seem
ngy, the whole affair without being fendishly
cat throw In few suggestions about the actions of the
absent Criticise the that her hair dis
approve OF her expensive her cheap attire and attack
her in public, You will that the lover will
take the cudge in her defense. He will off
show his friend good
and kind-and loving.
If there exist young, honorable who to visit
the daughter of the house sniff the air contempt
ousy when his is mentioned will result fire
of championship in Mabes Her womans tenderness
will rise to the surface overflow in all directions when
her knight Poor misunderstood She
VIII show them how deserving of good treatment he is.
One thing about this method. either
maid grns of delight sparker
slipped over the third finger Reserve JOY until after
the wedding.
Do not tell family affairs in confidence that bespeaks
attitude of relationship a while
given regarding Margaret and Sister
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crtme-may not even be his to reveal
1t is common mistake to suppose that
a husband and wife possess out a sin
gle identity. They may be so unusually
fortunate as to regard each other In
this light. but their individual friends
are OF different opinion A confidence
intended for one may work untold havoc
If given to the other. To break the
confidence OF the third party Is a crime.
just as the lie is a crime.
AS a matter OF fact. your business Is
not my business. II I press you to re-
veal it and will not accept your refusal
and so force you to retreat into lie,
the crime Is mine. especially If am ths
stronger party. if through accident of
circumstances have the upper hand.
which in the case Of husband and wife
usually means the coin. But as Susan
Nipper wisely exclaimed. your TOxes
and your Chickses may draw out my
two double front teeth, but that's no
reason why I need offer EN- the whole
setr'
On general principles no one has the
right to a perpetual attitude OF quiz. The
mother who demands to know where the
child obtained the few pennies with
which II bought her a little present
has robbed the child OF the pleasure
OF the gift. The individual who never
enjoys a surprise. who Is always
wanting to know what you are going
TO do. and why you are going to do it.
and how and when and where. de-
serves TO be either gagged or lied TO.
Swarms Of questions are like a pest OF
lowed whole BY whale and be done
with It than TO be slowly stung to death
people want you to know they viii tell
you. Ask me no questions and I viii
tell you no lies" In that way you shall
some day get IL all, and things viii run
more smoothly for both.
MRS. SOMEBODY ELSE
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sense, and there are many people
who argue that husband and wife
should resemble each other mentally,
physically and spiritually
There is some truth in this. Look at
She physical side Of IT, II makes no
great difference II a man be light and
his wife dark. or vice versa; but any
great discrepancy in size or height at
once becomes ridiculous. The e-foot man
and the 5-foot woman is almost as bad
IN these days as the e-foot woman and
the 5-fOot man. And the mere thought
of 2 married couple one OF whom is
very stout and the other very thin sug-
gests nothing bat a cartoon to the
sconng mind.
Mentally. say those who argue for
close likeness between husband and wife,
there should be no question. The
tragedies Of the cultured woman who
marries the boor, Of the man of learn
ing who weds the ignorant little fool
are too common and too heart-rending
10 need comment. If ever one must ask
FOR the same sort and degree OF educa-
flon, Of training and Of natural endow-
fnent. II is when the other person con-
cerned IS one with whom one must spend
ones whole life.
Spiritually. another deep question
enters-the problem Of religion. When
his religion means much to a man. he
VIII not give It UP lightly. and yet it is
almost impossible for two persons 20
lead a happy life II each believes firmly
IN religion very different from that
Of the other. Here is another argument
for close resemblance.
So much for one side OF the question.
What now Of the other?
Physically. say the believers in con-
trast. unlikeness Is better for eugenics,
that newest Of sciences. But mentally
their case is weaker. True, opposite
natures are attracted. but the attraction
Is not lasting when the difference is too
great Under the healthy difference
there must be a firm substratum Of
likeness, and not all the pleaders for
opposites in marriage can change that
fact Education may overlook lack Of
Il, refinement may forgive coarseness,
but nothing in life is stationary. and in
time the stronger must draw the weaker
up or down. as the case may be. And
only 100 often it is down.
Spiritually, say these upholders Of the
unlike. more enters into consideration
than mere question Of formal religion.
The spiritual viewpoint includes also the
personality and character Of the persons
concerned. and here surely too much
likeness is worse than none at all 1t
may be haraSsing for a gay young
woman 10 live with a pessirnistic old
nan or thrifty and frugal woman
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ODCONTRAST?'

with good spender''; but think of the
deadly monotony of life with a person
who thought just as you did, who agreed
with everything you said, and with
whom you could not, to save your life,
get up wholesome quarrel TO clear the
atmosphere!
The truth OF ths whole matter seems
to lie in the golden mediocrity" of Hor-
ace In other words, married couples
should be sufficiently, but not too much
alike. Thus there must be some physical
likeness. but not enough to overcome in
herent difference. Jack Sprat and his
wife would not today be thought ideally
married.
There must be parity of culture,
but II should not be on the same
line. In spite Of the example of the
Brownirgs. It is almost impossible for
two persons engaged in the same line Of
work-especially brain work-to live
happily together. The unfortunate mar
ried lives OF some of our actors ana
actresses show that
And especially when it is a question
of bringing up children in the way (ac-
cording to their parents lights they
should go, there must be union as TO
spiritual matters; but in character there
must be enough unlikeness to produce
the conflict that means life.
In fine. the difference is just like that
between the man and woman them
selves: they are separated by sex, but
both are human beings. Too great like
ness. leads to disgust; too little TO con-
-tinual clashing; but between them lies
the safe mean. Tennyson's mot like IN
like. but ike in difference, is. after all.
the safest rule to follow.
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Public Spirit VS.. Private

NY town in which there are rabid
~ women's societies for the exter-
4 n mination Of this and that and for
the exaltation OF the other thing, is
you may stake your last cent-''the hap
by hunting ground" Of an army OF spin
sters.
Here is the place from which there
has been, in past years. a great out
pouring of the strong and able youth
in search of fame and an occupation
their town did not supply
Wherever what is known as public
spirit does not prevail among the wom-
en- Of town you will find private
Spirit In the guiSe Of motherhood and
the home.
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tuiip which is putting homely ATTRACTIVE HoraI
guise.
An invitation to a we-cooked works wonders
table decorations few rosecoloeu
candelabra, bowl of roses in the center OF the tao M
peace and loving consideration boardand he is
yours contrary notwithstanding a man
feels genial well-flled stomach ms pieinoi
the family Bible.
The aid must be the result OF consumao
Do leave the two SOUS alohe
while. This must be done 50 thal nnei
suspects the back door or the can from
the upper with malice afore
thought stay long. They might suspect anu
they have been moved as puppets anu
left wlly-niIy to chinatdons of Hymen
If possible in disguise OF adverse criticism sup
in a hint now and then accomplishments of the
daughter or Speak OF IsobeIs 1ooAsl
the perfectly ridiculous study
languages Bens devotloh 10
his college course at night rms viii
be productive of quick results.
To designing these suggestions should point
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boy his as q Vlolln
S h uld be held,
carefully and ten
derby. It was to
him that my friend
spoke.
. You play?' he
said. At the words
t h Q m a n turned
with an oath, but
just then I pressed
a piece of money
upon him with one
hand-and felt for
my pistol with the
other. ] can see
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
Discomforts of Moving

VTYHAT a dislocation OF comfort
NM Is comprised in that word
w moving Such a heap OK
little nasty things. after you think
all is got into the cart-oId dredging
boxes. worn-out brushes. gallipots,
vials, things that It is impossible the
most necessitOus person can ever
want. but which the women, who pre-
side on these occasions. Will not leave
behind IL ii was TO save your soul
They'd keep the cart ten minutes 10
stow in dirty pipes and broken
matches to show their economy. Then
you can find nothing you want for
many days after you get into your
new lodgings. You must comb your
hair with your fingers. wash your
hands without soap. go about in dirty
gaiters-Charles Lamb.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
Good Manners

HV He power OF manners IS incessant-
an element as unconcealabls az
Il fire. The nobility cannot IN any
country be disguised. and no more in a
republic or a democracy than in a king
dom. No man can resist their influence.
There are certain manners which ara
learned in good society. OF that force
that II a person have them. he or she
must be considered. and IS everywhere
welcome though without beauty OK
wealth or geniuS.-EmsrSon
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his wife dared to
open HIS mail.
though tn ere
wasn't any danger.
for he had crushed
all the spontaneity
In her. or course.
there Is often
IS o IA E thing to
hide"l The point is
that q person may
not wish 70 divulge
a matter, and yet
that matter may
nor ha n oaDffoT
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certing for the
young, old or mid
dle-aged man. He
will probably ward
off the blow by
turning his head
the other way and
running to hix
bachelors d e n.
never to appear
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Anger

NF all passions, there is none so
extravagant and outrageous as
~ that OF anger; other passions
solicit and mislead US, but this runs
away with US by force, and hurries
US as we'll to our own as TO another's
ruin; II falls many times upon the
wrong person, and discharges itself
upon the innocent instead of the
guilty, and makes the most trivial
offenses to be capital. and Furnishes an
inconsiderate word perhaps with fet-
terg. infamy or death.
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is not purposed to
discuss the moral
aspect of the gen.
tie art of lying.
From the ancient
a n d n f a m o US
Machiavelli, past
master, to the
modern heroine OF
"T h 9 A fri c a n
Farm who hated
to lie when she
didn't have to be-
cause it hurt her
its necessity re-
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life yon hesitating youth maiden side
stepping of the ring? Well. follow directions
they can't
the pretty girl the mans head 1t is
undignifed gymnasuc stunt her through and ten
chances to will his feet puffs
belt and comfort. Then too Is
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l would not get
into the academy
at all. But my
friend. the old Ger
man, was saving a
seat for me, as
usual, and I sank
breathlessly a n d
gratefully into it.
1t is a long climb
from the ground
floor to the third
balcony. As I
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s t oil d American
men of yours rose
and shouted; the
stage was heaped
high with the how-
ers they threw az
him. Only one
month he was to
play. and then Eu-
rope. before he
should startle the
world.
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Borrowings
| CALM more awful Is than storm;
J Beware Of Gains in any form:
n This life means action.

Joaquin Miller
No man can possibly improve In any
company for which he has mot respect
enough to be under some degree OF re-
straint.-C Chesterfield.
If any one remains modest under
blame be assured he is so.-Jean Paul
Do not say all that You know. but
always know what you say.--Claudine.
Occasional depression no one can
avoid. but i'll temper body.-Feuch-
tersleben.
am not dreaming. am not deluded.
Nearer to the grave new light streams
for me. We shall continue to exist.
We shall see eachr other again---Goeths.
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w W45s@ 5$: H.. n. II. +:
riages. [ b o s e
" h ere husband
and wife are alike
or those where
they are different?
Similia simili-
bus like TO like
the homeopaths
used 10 say. though
not Quite in that
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N gdnmouthed and gladly echo his sentiment
autumn the harvest time of nature
~ But it harvest time from another point Of view From
ideas beneficial
for naownded organization individual that cannot
experience
and viii the wheat the
chaf and making enjoyment douby
poem finish the with
thoughts worth keeping.
that touches the heartstrngs here in Morei The
deliberately hidden under bushe piabe theme Then
Is the A pthy
little rounded
The always interesting and Is
forth in a compelling form
you matchmaker? Do wish be one? WE'LL Barbara
lee xms that ought strike the heart things
has suggested that she speak with air of experience
but that's
generous supply day yours. Store
of the days. when conveniently and
peasurb them back and understand them the light of
second appeal
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r WAS just In time that AaEht. The
line had been longer than usual, and
= for while had even feared that
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'Achl II you could have heard him
that first night he appeared in pubncl
The audience went wild over him; those
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fIMAXIMS FOp|lZAICHf1AKEPS~

Annabel that will open the eyes OF me
suitor. He will lift his hat from the rack
and will beat hasty retreat Don
overdo the matter of being too sure. As
some one has remarked there's many
,ouslin hetueen the huttercup and the
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"a n OTHERS. fathers, married friends
NH and impatient enemies Would
lN you marry off two mortals who
seem not to be eager to "com-
NIT matrimony"? Are you anxious to
share the lows and troubles of the marital
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ship win disclose nuberess possibilities that differ with
each fundamental principles coercion the
though, you withhold
knowledge of urspans success will efforts.
BARBARA LEE.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
Our Harvest Time.

Season OF mists and mellow fruitfulnessi
Close bosom friend of the maturing sun!
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the way to the en-
grav 20 d announce
ment cards and the
taking for better or
for worse. A little
practice in the ways
and means OF urg-
ing a couple along
the path of court
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-07-14
Save the Humus
i'm Missouri Soils.

The most important cause for the
decreased productiveness of such
lands in Missouri rs are said to be
worn out, is the decrease in the vege-
table matter or humus m'theSe soils,
due, as a rule, to excessive grain
farming. This humus is necessary in
all fertile soils for the purpose of
keeping them loose and in a condi-
ton suited to the making soluble of
the plant food which they contain.
The decay of humus in soils is essen
tial to large supply of available plant
food. When cultivated crops or
small grain crops are grown, this
vegetable matter is rapidly burned
out, and il is necessary therefore TO
resort to some means of keeping up
this supply if the land is to remain
permanently fertile.
Humus is built up in soils mainly
by crop rotation, especially where the
rotation includes legume crops, such
as clover and cowpeas and where the
crops grown are largely fed on the
land. Legume crops are especially
valuable in building up humuS, be-
cause they have the property of fix
ing nitrogen from the air and there
fore making it possible to build up
larger quantities of humuS than would
otherwise be possible. To build up
the land most rapidly, however, an
occasional crop of legumes should be
turned under. This can be done by
throwing in an extra crop of cowpeaS
between the regular crops in the rota-
ton, or by blowing under an occa-
sional second crop of clover. The
man who is to maintain his land in
the highest degree of productiveness
cannot do it without providing these
means of keeping up the humus. M.
F. Miller, Agricultural Experiment
Station, University of Missouri,
Columbia, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-07-14

There is more Catarrh in this sec
ton of the country that all other dis
eases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be incur
able. For great many years doc
tors pronounced it local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is
the only constitutional cure on the
market. II is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful.
II acts direction on the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circu-
lars and testimonials. Address,
F, j. CHENEY & CO.,
! Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-07-14

man James 7. Lloyd, of the National
Democratic Congressional committee.
Mr.. Lloyd is in close touch with po-
litical conditions in practically every
congressional district in the country,
and is generally reputed among his
colleagues as more likely to be over
cautious than over-confident, if any
thing, when making political prog
nostications. Minority Leader Champ
Clark predicts the Democratic ma
iority in the next house may possibly
reach sevehty-five.
Republican Extravaganza.
When the Republicans took control
of the Federal government in 1861
the expenses of the government were
about $65, 100000 annually, nearly
81, 900, 900, 900 less than now. AS
Hon. James G. Blaine says in his
Twenty Years in Congress: "The
leaders of the Democratic party had
guarded the treasury with unceasing
vigilance against every attempt at ex-
travagance or corruption" The re-
suit of this frugality and honesty was
in seen the annual expenditure. Econ
omy in public expenditures has al
ways been cardinal principle of the
Democratic party. The appropria-
tons for the four years of Cleveland S
administration were less than one
half the appropriations of the last
four years Of Republican rule,
Where Our Money Goes.
Figures showing the number OF
new offices created for Republican
politicians by the last session of Con-
gress have not yet been prepared,
The preceding Congress, however,
created 1884 new positions. For
new offices created and salaries in
creased, the Sixtieth Congress added
to the taxes paid by the people the
stupendous sum of $50, 563,577.S8.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-07-14
Home Cure For Eczema.

Does it not seem strange that so
many people suffer year in and year
out with eczema?
A 25-cent bottle of a simple wash
stops the itch and will surely con-
vince any patient.
This wash is composed of mild and
soothing oil Of wintergreen mixed
with thymol and glycerine, ETC., and
known as D. D. D. Prescription. We
do not know how long the D. D. D.
Laboratories will continue the 25c
offer, as the remedy is regularly sold
only in $l.O bottles and has never
before been put on the market on
any special offers.
If you want relief tonight try a
bottle at 25c on our personal recon-
mendation.
F. 7. Clay, druggist, Butler, Mo.