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Not q Rough Rider.

From the Hartford Courant.
President Taft is not bit Of q Rough
Rider. He is not built that way, either
in body or mind or temperament He Is
weigher OF things. not a smasher Of
things. He Is a reasoning being. not a
spectacular being. He does not speak
first and think afterward. He does not
get excited over those who oppose him;
he analyses their opposition TRANQUILITY
and effectively, and his shirt collar Is not
wilted in the process 1t does not make
him angry because men are different; he
reckons that they were made 50. and that
therefore they-are not extraordinary sim
ners on that account. He does not shout
or snort or rip and tear; he does not have
to: he is heard when he speaks. He
would probably be good for desperate
venture, II II came his way. but he does
not turn ordinary matters into desperate
ventures. He is not a bomb or a cannon
or even a flashing sword. He takes care
Of himself without telling two continents
how he does II, or is going to do It. II
is all right for the Grand Camp Of Rough
Riders. OF California. to make him an
honorary Rough Rider, as they have
done He will pass very well as an
honorary Rough Rider. because. in his
calm and deIiberative way, he also has
done things; but beyond that stage he
does not 90.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was alone in
his day among English writer's OF the
front rank as poet, as critic, and as
philosopher. His poetry illustrates the
| canon which he quotes from Milton that
poetry should be simple, sensuous, pas
| sionate." Coleridge explained Hazlett's 8
indifference to the Arabian Nights by
saying. You never dream" and added
that there was "a class Of poetry built
on the foundation Of dreams" His own
poems give the finest examples of the
class.
'Kubla Khan" was actually a dream,
and his best poems are all really dreams
or spontaneous reveries, showing a ma
ture of marvellous richness and suScepti-
bility, whose philosophic temperament
only appears in the variety and vividness
OF the scenery.
The circumstances attending the COM
position Of "Kubla Khan" are sufficiently
curious to merit a careful study This is
COleridge's account: In the summer OF
the year 1897 the author, then in i'll
health. mad retired to a lonely farm
house between Porlock and Lynton, on
the Exmoor confines of Somerset and
Devonshire. In consequence OF a slight
indisposition, an anOdyne had been pre-
scribed, from the effect OF which he fell
asleep in his chair at the moment that
he was reading the following sentence,
or words of the same substance, in 'Pur-
chas Pilgrimage
Here the Khan Kubla commanded n
palace to be built, and a stately garden
thereuntO; and thus ten miles of fertile
ground were inclOsed with a wall
THE author continued for about three
hours in p profound sleep, at least Of the
external senses, during which time he
has the most vital confidence that he
could not have composed less than from
two to three hundred lines; II that, in
deed. can be called composition in which
all the images rose up before him as
things with a parallel production of the
correspondent expressions, without any
sensation or consciousness of effort. On
awaking he appeared to himself to have
a distinct recollection of the whole, and
taking his pen, ink, and paper, instantly
and eagerly wrote down the lines that
are here preserved.
AT this moment he was unfortunately
called out by a person on business from
Porlock, and detained by him above an
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7 hour, and on his return to his room
| found, to his no small surprise and moT-
tification, Shat though he still retained
some vague and dim recollection Of the
general purport of the vision, yet with
! the exception of some eight or ten scat
tered lines and images, all the rest had
passed away like the images on the sur
! face OF a stream into which a stone has
| been cast
Coleridge wrote the first parts Of his
famous long poem, "Christabel," and
"Kubla Khan in the winter of I7g7,
when he was twenty-five years of age.
"KubIa Khan" remained concealed among
his manuscripts and was not published
for eighteen years after its writing.
Coleridge's health. injured by his follies
,, and bad food at school, had never been
strong. Complaints Of depression. due
partly to his precarious prospects, but
also to Ill health, became increasingly
frequent, and he was compelled to re-
lieve his sufferings by laudanum. 'Kubla
Khan" he confessed, was written under
the influence of an "anodyne" He
eventually became a slave to the opium
habit He solemnly protested that the
habit was due to the dread OF physical
agony, not to amy craving after pleas
urable sensations" In a note written
December q, 1904. he says: MY sole
sensuality was not to be In PAIN"
"Kubla Khan" together with ''Christa-
beT' and the Pains Of Sleep" was first
printed by Murray in 1916.
Coleridge failed to accomplish much In
life upon which he had set his mind on
account OF his excessive use OF opium,
which, added to a native want of energy,
produced an indolent habit and lack Of
application which was fatal to the prose-
cution OF any extensive project. After
a wandering life, residing in the houses
Of friends, alternately lecturing and con-
trfbuting to periodicals., he settled In 1915
with Mr.. Gilman, physician at High
gate, and remained In his family until
his death in 1884.
A month or two before his decease he
composed his own epitaph.
Stop, Christian passTlbyi Stop Child Of God!
And read with gentle breast Beneath this sod
A poet lies, or that which oncs seemed he;
lift a thought In prayer for 8. T C.l
That he who many Q year with toll OF breath
Found death IN life may here find life In deathI
Mercy, for pTaise-to be forgiven, for fame
He asked, and hoped through Christ Do tho1-ths
same
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
THE UTILITY OF BEAUTY.
New York Beginning to FIND that
AttractIVeness Pays.

From the Scientific American.
Evidences are not wanting of a grow
ing appreciation of the fact that in those
broad fields Of human activity which are
covered by the architect and the engt-
neer, there is no necessary antagonism
between the useful and the beautiful
Too long the idea has prevailed that
whenever we depart from those forms
and dimensions which are demanded by
a strict consideration of prospective re-
turns on the money invested. a more or
less serious money loss viii be involved.
Now, although there may be some truth
in this conviction, Il is not altogether
true. For the public taste has been edu-
Gated to point where it Is beginning
to be recognized that in the construction
OF municipal works and OF the more
monumental of our commercial buildings
their value is distinctly increased, even
as to their revenue-earning capacity, in
proportion as they are invested with true
beauty and dignity.
Even at this early day in the move
ment toward the realization Of the city
beautiful. there are several notable In
tanees Of the recognition OF the prfr-
clple above referred to; and We draw at
lentiOn to the fact that when the archi-
tects Of the newest New York once
building urged upon the syndicatk who
are financing the structure the advssa-
bnity Of setting the front walls OF the
bellding well back from the columns Of
ia7 logsia near the top Of the building.
ant also proposed TO run up the pyra-
m roof in solid granite. free from
pi'oTs, the committee, in spite Of the
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

The tour undertaken by King Peter Of
Servia, in search of matrimonial allow
ances for HIS children, has borne fruit.
The XIII visited Vienna, Rome,a and Paris,
and the result was a report that he had
found a husband for his 24-year-old
daughter Helen, thanks to Queen Helena,
Of Italy, who is a near relative, being a
Princess OF Montenegro. 1t has also been
announced officially that a consort has
been found for the present crown prince
of Servia- His betrothal to Princess IT,
tania, the H-year-old daughter of Grand
Duke Constantin, uncle of the Car Of
Russia, has been published. The wedding
is to take place next autumn.
Crown Prince Alexander OF Servia is
twenty-five years of age. When he at
tanned his majority the Sobranje granted
him an annual civil list of an equivalent
of $4,000 He was proclaimed heir to
the throne two years ago when his no.
torious brother, the reprobate Prince
George, renounced his rights of success
sion, under pressure. He was given
yearly allowance Of $4,000 with the con-
dition that he leave the country for good
and all He resides in Paris.
While on his tour to visit the royalties
of Europe, King Peter did not meet with
the most cordial reception. He first
went to Rome, but for reasons best
known to King Victor Emmanuel, did not
stay long OF the Quirinal, though a near
relative by marriage to the Queen Of
Italy At st. Petersburg King Peter was
permitted to see the Czar, but only in a
fifteen minute audience, when Nicholas
hot iofc
would be ''as prosperous as he de-
served ~ Perhaps the Czar alluded
to the terrible assassination of King
Alexander and Queen Draga.
When word was conveyed to the aged
Emperor Franz Josef that King Peters
itinerary would take him to Budapest,
he journeyed to his summer chateau-of
Goedoelloe-and sent word that his health
forbade him to receive visitors King
George of England had no desire to see
the Servian majesty at all But all kings
look alike to Paris. If a ruler from the
African black belt or a chocolate Ma
harajah from India drops in at the
French capital the town swings it's colors
from the hotel windows. The French
President drives with him to the races
and countess or two invites him to an
King Peter was booked for a consider
able stay in Paris, but because of the
tragic death Of the French minister of
war the visit has been postponed.
The Servian court is a semi-barbaric
sort OF an affair. The noble Servians"
refuse to take orders, even from their
King as to how to dress at court func-
tions or drawing rooms. They insist
that the palace is not for the exclusive
few, but for all. Into this sort Of royal
atmosphere the Seryian house had de-
signs of bringing an American girl, as
long as she had plenty OF cash, for cash
is a very rare commodity at the Bel
grade court.
Americans will recall that Count Pab-
loft Mysd Treskaya, as confidential
agent of King Peter, was sent to the
United States last year to go over the
lists of debutantes trying to make an
alliance for one of the Kings sons He
failed.
Prince George, the ex-crown prince, is
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fact that much very valuable rentable
fioor space would be lost, were willing
to make the sacrifice for the sake Of the
gain In architectural effect. The conees-
sion was made on the understanding and
recognition Of the fact that the modern
ouilding which possesses architectural
beauty and dignity is preferred by pros
pective tenants to those bald and cheer
less monstrosities whose architects seen,
TO have taken a perforated packing case
as their model.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
A Cool House in Hot weather.
From the New Haven Register.


The Hartford Times points out brief
ly the new way OF cooling house. so
new that it is news to most persons
In q nutshell, 1t consists OF a cistern IN
the cellar in which is immersed a coil
of iron pipe. To this is attached a sim
pie fan blower which forces this chilled
air to all the rooms of the house. The
only expense OF this is the installation
of the cistern. the pipe. and the blower.
and about 10 cents worth Of eisctricttv
for. the twenty-four hours. The Times
asserts that this plan Is IL practical
operation IN at least one Hartford
house. and that It is effective. It Is at
least a beginning. Eventually. it Is
probable. some method will be found OF
lowering the temperature OF the air be-
low the possibilities OF cellar cistern.
Meanwhile. Il seems bellevable that the
temperature OF house interiors might be
lowered TO at least rs degrees by such
a means. And this would be live air. IN
constantly healthy circulation.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
WHERE THE AIRS OF SOME
OLD SONGS ORIGINATED

falT'' by a bIacked-up white man who
should have known better.
But it is when one gets into the realm
of comic opera, or rather musical COM
edy, that one realizes that music in itself
has no inherent Interchangeable character,
but that the same tune may be used
dozen times in connection with a dozen
different sentiments.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
Ascertained in Two aIinutes.

Ffum The Fhilad1lphll Pfr1A
The Bureau Of Labor. after an snves-
tiEation covering several months, has
found that the cost OF living Is higher
then il was IN 1907. Any one who Is
Fuliclently able bodied to carry market
basket and able rtn6ed enough 20 re-
member prices in 1851 can ascertain as
much ~ two minpt>s' invssesation
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
$TORZES1 EAAQUS
5 POEMS @
"Kubla Khan"
No. 81.
"Kubla Khan"
SAMUEL TAYLOR coLERIDcE.

SAMUEL TAYLOR CoLERIDGE
And sank in tumult To a lifelas ocean:
And mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
Ancestral voices prophcsying war!
The shadow Of the dome Of pleasure
F1oated midway the waves;
Where was heard the mingled measure
From tho fountain and the caves.
II was a miracle Of rare device,
A sunny pleasre-dOme with caves Of tOA
damsel with q dulcimer
In a vision once / saw;
1t was an Aby ssinian maid.
And on her dulcmer she played
Singing Of Mount AbOra.
Gould I revive within me
Her sympathy and song.
To such deep delight 'twould win ne
That, with music loud and long.
I would build that dome in air.
That sunny dome! those caves Of icel
And all who heard should see them there
And all should cry. Beware! beware
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
Fer he on hOney-dsR hath fed.
And drunk the milk Of Paradise.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
ThIr Ie suruiciouS.

From the New York Press.
A wife can learn to trust her husband
about most anything except the reason
he brings her home = box Of flowers.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan,
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph the sacred river. ran
Through caVerns measIreles5 to man
Down to q sunless sea.
So twice five miles Of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round
And there were gardens bright with sinuous nils,
Where blosSomed many DEMONSTRATING tree;
And there were forests ancient as the hills,
Unfolding sunny spots Of greenery.
But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted
Down the green Eill, athwart a cedran covert
savage place; as holy and enchanted
As e'er beneath waning moon was haunted
BY woman wailing for her demOn-lOver!
And for this chasn, with ceaseess turmoil seething
As II this earth in fast thick pants were breathing
mighty fountain momeItly forced:
Amid whose swift, half-inteTmitted burst
Huge fragments vUulted like unbUInding hail.
Or chiefly grain leneath the thrashers fall
And mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
1t flung up mOmcnJly the sacred river
Five miles meanderiDg with a may motion
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran
Then reached the cayerns measureleSs to man,
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

Tests made b. French railroad of 4 desioe for
heating water before It reaches the boiler b. ex-
n.plt steam showed fasl eoooomy Of nnn1 shan
= per eent.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-12-13
THEY'VE THE ALFALFA WEEv|L
Over in California, and Nevada
Farmers Must Be on Their
Guard Against It.

State Entomologist s. B. Doten, on
the occasion of his recent inspection OF
the alfalfa fields around Lovelock, took
occasion to state that there were no
signs of the weevil in Nevada. The
farmers of the state are to be felicita-
ted over the fact, for in California the
pest threatens to wipe out the alfalfa
fields in certain sections of tie southern
coast. If the alfalfa. growers Of the
state are to avoid the disaster which has
befallen the potato industry in Nevada
it will be necessary to promptly quar-
antine against all seed from that state.
The following extract from the Red
ding Searchlight indicates the alarm
felt over the situation in California:
"If an entry of the Mediterranean
fly is made into California it will cost
the state millions of dollars, and prompt
means will be taken to prevent the pest
from gaining an entry. The fly is death
to alfalfa, and its presence means the
ruination of the crop. Gov. johnson
will be asked to legislate for better
quarantine laws at San Francisco and
for more thor.agh searching o. bag
gage brought by steamship passengers
from Hawaiian ports. Gov. johnson
will also be requested to allow the ap-
pointment of two assistant quarantine
officers at San Francisco and an inspec-
tor should be sent to Honolulu.
"It is thought unwise at present to
issue quarantine against the alfalfa
weevil, and suggestion has been made
that county horticultural commission
ers be instructed to fumigate wherever
there is the least sign of the pest.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-12-13
ANOTHER CASE WHERE
NEVADA LEADS THEM ALL

The publicity movement that has
been in force the past year for Nevada
is beginning to have ITS effects in the
East. A late issue of the Boston Sun
day Post said:
"Uncle Sam manages to spring sur
prise on himself about the middle OF
every year when he finishes his annual
count-up. lie always knows in ad-
vance, of course, that New York state
is going to rank first in population but
it gives him jolt to discover, as he did
this year, that the little state of Ne
vada stands head and shoulders not
only above New York, but also above
the scholarly Massachusetts,, in the
amount of money it spends for the edu-
cation of its school children.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-12-13
THE GRAND JURY REPORTED
Recommend Various Innova.
tons And Criticise The EN-
ployment of Officer.

The county commissioners held real
interesting session on Saturday-inter-
esting to whole lot of people to whom
the county was indebted and who have
been patiently waiting for the treasury
to fill up that they might get their di-
nero. And the commissioners were in
real liberal mood. and paid list of
claims as long as ones arm. The list
is given below.
The county treasurer was directed to
refund $l4.16 to |. N. Pattison on ac-
count of double assessment on lots 7
and 8, block Al, Williams addition to
Fallon. The sum of S585 was likewise
refunded to the Central Pacific for a
similar reason.
In conformity with a petition pre-
sented, the board ordered the establish
ment of school district at Lahontar
dam, to be known as No. II.
BILLS ALLOWED.
The following bills were allowed by
the board:
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-12-13
Will Help the State.

In the Union Southern Pacific lecture
room at the Chicago Land Show, which
closed last Saturday evening, there
were delivered SOC lectures, which were
attended by $50, 900 people.
Thirty different lecturers gave thirty
minute talks, accompanied by illustrat-
ed slides and moving pictures. There
were fifteen different lectures given on
Nevada, which were listened to with
great interest and caused great de-
mand for literature.
That the state viii be benefited by
this action of the Southern Pacific there
can be no doubt. IL is surely an object
lesson that the company could afford to
carry exhibits free and also pay out
over $50, 900 for space at this show.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-12-13
RAILROAD COMMISSION
FILES BRIEF IN RATE CASE

The Nevada State Railroad Commis-
sion, through the Office of Attorney
General Cleve Baker, has filed petition
for final order before the Interstate
Commerce Commission in the case of
the Railroad Commission of Nevada
against the Southern Pacific and other
railroads.
The order desired asks for just and
reasonable commodity rates on west
bound freight destined to Nevada points
on the line of the Central Pacific rail-
way, in conformity with the tabulated
schedules which are already on file.
1t is stated that the Commerce court
has temporarily enjoined the orders of
the commission, and that as a result
the people of the state of Nevada are
still subject to the unjust, unreasonable
discriminatory and excessive freight
charges upon commodities which exist
ed before the order of the Interstate
Commerce Commission was made.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-12-13
Eaples Will Give a Ball.

The local aerie Of Eagles has ac-
quired reputation for doing in royal
fashion whatever ii undertakes, so 1t
goes without saying that the masked
ball it proposes to give on the evening
of Dec. 30 will be the social event OF
the season. The various committees in
charge of the affair are diligently at
work perfecting arrangements for the
event. and those who have the good
fortune to receive an invitation to It
can congratulate themselves in antici..
patton Of the most enjoyable time OF
thsir lives.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-12-13
HE WANTED A CHEW.
And Then Concluded to Take All
the Tobacco in Sight.

The stockholders of the |. H. Kent
Company will be minus SIS that nigh t
otherwise have been tackled onto their
yearly dividend check with the close of
the fiscal year. This siirinkage in the
years profits is to be attributed co a
sneak thief who got in his deadly work
shortly after dusk Saturday evening
and toted away enough chawin' tobacco
to last the champion tobacco-chewer of
Missouri for his natural lifetime and
leave surplus for his heirs.
The tobacco boxes were piled up on
the walk south of the store and the
loss was not noted until along about
supper-time.
Just who purloined the pressed weed
is mystery, though it is presumed it
was someone who reads the advertise
ments Of "the big store on the corner" "
Verify, it pays to advertise.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-12-13
| QUARANTINE ON CALIFORNIA
Nevada Potato-Growers Favor
An Embargo on Infected Tu-
bers from Across Sierras

Investigation Of the origin of the eel
worm pest in this state reveals the fact
that California; complaint of Nevada.
grown potatoes is pretty much case Of
the pot calling the kettle black.
In the several places in this county
IN which some evidence of the pest has
been discovered it was found, in every
instance, that the seed from which the
infected tubers were grown came from
across the Sierras. And as they have
had the pest in California for years, it
Is quite likely that the Dayton potatoes
over which 80 much hulabaloo has been
raised owe their infection to the fact
that the Dayton growers, like those of
Fsllon, bough, California seed.
As reply to California's unjust and
unwarranted discrimination against
Nevada tubers, pctato-growers of this
valley are agitating the matter of hay-
ing Nevada declare quarantine against
California spuds, whether intended for
seed or other purposes. As California
perhaps ships into Nevada about as
many spuds as this state exports to the
Golden State, likely this course will
force the bowling dervishes who start
ed all this racket about Nevada spuds
to sit ny and take notice.
There is more or less talk 10 this sec
ton Of forming state organization of
ato-srowsrs, in order that they may
better force recognition of their rights,
and the principal reason why no action
in that direction has yet been taken is
that local growers are waiting for the
initial call for such a convention to come
from Reno or Carson. But it is almost
= cinch that such an organization will
be effected in the near future.