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there being a poisonous herb growing on
the island which, when eaten, causes
hideous facial contortions, thus giving
rise to the expression "a sardonic grin. .
1t is amusing to trace the etymology OF
the word squirrel and find that It comes
from this little animals habit OF sitting
under the shadow of his own tail.
Blackguard is said to come from a
nickname applied to a group Of boys al
ways on hand to black the boots of the
Horse Guards who paraded at st. James
Park, London, although Webster gives
its probable origin as coming from the
scullions smutted from handling kitchen
utensils. 1t now means a person Of low
character, especially one who INDUCES In
scurrilous or abusive language.
Allied TO this degeneracy is our use OF
the word prejudice, which simply means
prejudging, perhaps favorably, and the
disappointment, which does not neces-
sarily include that we are unpleasantly
or disagreeably affected
Kind. kindly, and kindliness all come
from the old English kin. Mankind
means man-kinned or related. and kind
ness Is an acknowledgment Of our kim
ship.
From the Anglo-saxon we get our COM
monest and dearest words house. home.
roof. hearth, the words used in early
childhood and representing the simplest
emotions Of the mind. Names Of the
common domestic animals and the prod
net OF the soil, wheat. rye. oats. grass,
hay, fax. and straw.
We have large and interesting his
toricaI department in language coming
from proper names. the mention OF which
suggests everything from a Character
istic to the biography Of whole life.
Mythology has furnished great many.
Panic. pandemonium, panorama. pana-
cea. &C., from the god Pan; tantalize
from Tantalus; vulcanize. pIutonian. her.
culean, mercuriai. martial. hymeneal, ce-
real. cupidity. furious. psychology, and
stygian. each Of which viii suggest ITS
origin.
Heroes. reformers, inventors, and au-
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Raneham Crnwda-

Baseball crowds are thoughtlessfy cruel.
The spectacle afforded last season OF the
Pittsburg crowd turning upon Fred
Clarke was a sad one. The fans who
had watched him play for years. cheer
ing his desperate efforts to win, turned
upon him and hissed and jeered him
from the field, crying for a younger man.
The ingratitude OF the crowd and its
hckleness are proverbiaL No matter
what a player has done, the crowd is
against him the moment he weakens.
There are rare exceptions. Last fall,
at the close OF the worlds championship
series, Chicago crowd gave a beautiful
demonstration. Brown. for years the
mainstay OF the club. failed wretchedly
and the Cubs suffered the Athletics TO
wrest their honors from them. As
Brown. broken by two defeats. left the
field the immense crowd stood and sp-
plauded him. and. striving to lift him on
their shoulders. a swarm OF sympathizers
followed.
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Finger-print signatures.

A written signature may be duplicated.
but a finger print never, for no two finger
prints in the world are Identical
So wide has grown this general interest
that bill was introduced a few weeks
ago in the California State legislature
having for its object the legalizing of
finger prints as signatures to wills. deeds,
and other legal documents. Furthermore,
reau. where finger prints may be regis
tered for future reference. With such a
bureau identification Of signatures-fnger-
print signatures, that is-may be rendered
easy. When document, for instance,
attested by finger print is inspected. the
print may be compared with the reg
istered print in the central bureau and
its genuineness be thus established.
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ORIGIN OF COMMON WORDS
AN INTERESTING STUDY

Philologists have devoted much time to
finding the etymoiogy of our commonest
expressions webster's Dictionary gives
hurrah as Danish or Swedish, but a late
authority claims to have traced it to
ancient Egypt, hoo-ra meaning the king.
Another investigator finds that whoa"
is used the world over for stopping a
horse, that 'co-boss' comes from the
Sanskrit root "gu," meaning the low,
and that "soh son." with which the milk
maid soothes the COW, comes from the
Sanskrit '.sough," to remain motionless.
When the Yankee says 'I calculate he
harks back to the time when savages
used calcun (pebbles) to count with, and
when we speak of "ostracizing" person
we refer to a Greek custom when they
used ''ostra" (shells) as their ballots in
voting that an unpopular member OF So
ciety should be banished.
When one signs his name yours sim
cerely," does II not acquire new mean
ing when he thinks of sincerity as COM
ing from sine cera, without wax or unp
vanished? Or. II he uses cordially
yours" to remember that cordial comes
from cor, the heart? /.
When We say person is frank, or that
We frankly confess is it not interest.
ing to know that the word comes from
the Franks. a powerful German tribe
who, In the fifth century. at the breaking
up OF the Roman empire. possessed them
selves OF ancient Gaul, giving it the
name Of France7 They called them
selves the French. or the Free. and, be-
ing courageous and truthful people.
gave their name to those virtues From
this comes "franking." sending letters
free of postage; franchise. enfrenchise-
ment franlxincense. frank chase. and
frank pledge,
Origin OF sardonfc.
Our word tribuiation comes from the
Latin tribulum. a thrashing instrument
or harrow. and caprIcio0s is taken from
cspra, q goat. cspriciousness being
mensal trait as uncertain as ara the un-
expected antics OF goat
Sardinia furnishes the term sardonlc,
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New York's Assessed Valuation.

New YOrI<'s Assessed VnIuatIOn.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The assessed valuation Of real estate
in New York shows an increase OF $S14.-
100000, an advance of II 1-2 per cent over
last year for the whole city. The debt
incurring capacity OF the city is increased
as a result Of increased valuation Vs.
ooo. coo; but the plans for vast expenditure
win eat up all added revenue and pre-
vent any proportionate reduction in the
tax rate.
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Experts have astin ated that there are
200 100000 tons Of soda In a recently dis
covered deposit Of that useful mineral
In British East Africa.
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II there were but one potato in the
world careful cultivator might produce
10000, op,poo from It N ten ysArA
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No. SO.

Cleopatra! Rome! FAREWELL
| with calm voice, 'Pirtle, am hit For
an instant could not speak; my heart
almost ceased to beat; but finally I said,
! Where are you hit, general?' In the
spine. II am forced to leave-the field
you stay here and see that all goes
right
The enemy's fire grew heavier, indi-
eating that they had been REINFORCED,
while our men were dropping fast. A
moment or two afterward, in order to
strengthen the line, the general sent me
away TO bring up a regiment that had
fallen back below the brow of the hill.
While doing this the line began TO give
way. The generals horse galloped wildly
down the hill, and / felt that he had sue
cumbed to his wound. Ny horse was
wounded by an exploding shell and es-
capped from me in terror and pain, but I
made an effort to get back to the spot
where had left the general, till the tide
Of men retiring in confusion forced me to
diverge from my direct path and I could
not approach the scene, as our line was
being driven back"
What Pirtle did not see is thus described
were closing in on him, Gen. Lytle said
to his staff: "All right, men! We can
die but once! This is our time and place.
Let US charge" The bugles rang out,
and on they dashed. They had not gone
far when a bullet struck the gallant COM
mander full in the forehead. He did not
fall from his horse. but one of his stan
officers, Capt. Howard Greene, who saw
him reel in his saddle, dismounted, and
catching him in his arms, assisted him to
the ground. Just then the Confederates
made a charge and Greene and Lytle
were surrounded and prisoners in their
hands
Confederate officer gives this account
Of the affair: Il saw a wounded Federal
officer lying on the ground, attended by
another. but I did not know who the
wounded man was. His uniform declared
his rank. 1 asked some OF the Union
soldiers who were lying wounded on that
part Of the field who he was, and they
told me 1t was Lytle. He was evidently
nearing his last. The sun was shining
right in his face. I ordered two of my
men to pick him up and carry him into
the shade of a nearby tree. There in a
few moments he died.
Maj. Douglas West. of Gen. Deas bri-
gade, took in keeping the generals sword,
belt and scabbard, pistol, pocketbook,
memorandum book, and shoulder straps
That night" he says in a written ac-
count, ''in our bivouac by the camp fire,
we read the papers. letters, and scraps
of poetry which We found in the pocket
book, including Antony and Cleopatra
A Confederate surgeon, E. W. Thompson,
who had been a feIlow-soldier with LytIe
in Mexico. saw that the body had proper F.
burial and marked the grave. Before the
burial he clipped several locks OF the
hair and sent them to the sis.
ters Of Lytle in Cincinnati
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STORIE51 EAAQU
$ POEMsS Ga
Antony and Cleopatra.
BY WILLIAM HAINEs LYLE.

! am dying, Egypt, dying.
Ebbs the crimson lfe-tide fast,
And the dark Plutonian shadows
Gather in the evening blast.
Let thine arms, o Queen, enfold me.
Hush thy song and bow thine ear;
Listen to the great heart-secrets.
Thou, and thou alone, must hear.
Though my Scared and veteran leSions
Bear their eagles high no more,
And my wrecked and scattered galieJs
Strew dark ActhIms fatal shore
Though no glittering guards surround me,
Prompt to DO their masters will,
] must perish like a Roman;
Die the great TriumTir still
Let not Caasar's servile minions
Mock the lion thus laid low.
Twas no foemaD's arm that felled him,
Twas his own that struck the blow.
His who. pillowed on thy bosom,
Turned aside from giory's ray,
Bis who. drunk with thy caresses,
Madly flung a world away.
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Should the bas plebeian rabbis
Dare assail my fame at Rome,
Where my noble spouse, Octavia,
Weps within her widowed home
Seek her; say the Gods bear witness
Affairs. Auglr-Circling wingA
That her blood. with mine eon1mingled,
Yet shall mount the throne Of hngs.
As for thee. d&rk-eyed Egyptian!
Glorious Sorceress Of the Nile.
Light the path to Stygian horrors
With the glories Of thy smile.
Give to Caesar crowns and arches,
Let his brow the laurel twine.
could scorn the Senate's triumphA
Tnumphtng in love like thine.
an dying. Egypt. dying.
Hark! the insulting foeman's CRY,
They are coming! quick. my falchion;
Let me 'front.' them, ere die
All! no more amid the battle,
Shall nv heart exulting swell,
Isis and Osiris guard thee,
Cleopatra! Rome! FAREWELL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-22

"Whcre to- an what is auctioneer?'
But at this hearing the wheels of the dogcart
the door, Anthea turned and FASTENED into the
sunshine
Il lovely day it do be for drivn, said Adam touch
ing his hat; IAN Bess be thinkn the do believe'
and he pated the glossy coat of the which ached
her neck and paved the gravel with impatient hoof
Lightly and nmby Anthea swung herself up the high
seat turning to make Small Porges beside her.
Bellew handed him up
You'll look after things for ADAM said Anthea,
old hall.
aye. will that. Miss Anthea,"
"AIr. Belew. find room for you if you care to
with US
Thanks, said he shaking his head; "but | rather
think I'll stay here. and-er-help Adam TOTO look
after things if you don't mind
Then goodby,7 said Anthea. and. nodding to Adam,
he gave the mare her head. and off they went
"Goodby' cried Small Porges An thank you for
the shilling, Uncle Porges."
THE is-er-rather fresh this morning isn't
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she. ADAM inquired Belew, watching the dogcarts
rapid course.
Fresh SIR
"And that's rather a-er-dangerous sort of thing for
to drive, isn't it,"
"Aleanin the dogcart Sir
"Meaning the dogcart. Adam
"Why, Lord love We, MIR. Belloo. Sir cried Adam,
with his great laugh there amt nobody andle the
ribbons better than Miss Anthea. There amt horse
she can't drive,-ah ride for that matter,-not no
where's, Sir.
Hum" said Bellew and having watched the dogcart
of sight, he turned and followed Adam into the
stables.
And here, sitting a bale of hay, they smoked
together earnest until such time
the sale should begin.
AS they went on. people began arriving in twos and
threes. and among the first the auctioneer himself.
joval faced this auctoneer, with jovial man.
and jovia smile. Indeed, his joviaity seemed.
somehow other to have got into the buttons of
his coat; for they fairly winked and twinkcd with
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SYNOPSIS OF
PRECEDING CHAPTERS

CEORGE BELLEW, wealthy young
~ American. imagined that he was
heartbroken when his American tlance,
Sylvia MarchmOnt, announced the break
ing OF their engagement and her APP
preaching marriage to the Duke of Ryde.
He was in London at the time. and from
there he started out to mitigate his grief
by long walk in the country. Soon tir-
ing. he stole aboard load of hay. He
was routed out by the WAGNER. whom
he soundly 'hreshed. which SO filled the
WAGNER with admiration that he let him
ride again.
Later, Bellew was aroused from nap
he was taking in a meadow by the sud-
den appearance of boy who said his
name was Small Porges. The youngster
had a bundle over his shoulder. and he
said he was starting for Africa in search
of gold to relieve his Aunt Anthea D.
vine from her financial distress. The two
wa d back to Dapplemere Manor, and
Bellew prevailed upon the lady to let
him board there.
Anthea's right hand man about the place.
Bellew learned from Adam that the fur
niture of the old manor was to be sold at
auction to satisfy the claims of Squire
CaSsilis, whom Anthea had refused to
marry. The American secretly furnished
the old man with Il sum of money With
which TO overbid all other BUYERS.
Meanwhile, he and Anthea became
more friendly. and on a moonlight night
he accompanied her to the home of an old
witch. who prophesied that the young
woman would be wooed and wed by force.
but that none save him as bears the tiger
mark would be strong enough to win
the castle of her heart. On their way
back Bellew showed Anthea the marks of
tiger claws on his arm. and she fled from
him into the house.
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CHAPTER XII.
In Which Nay Be Found a
Full, True, and Particular
account of the Sale
1NCLE PORGES. there's little
I J man in the hall with a red, red
nose an a bl1e blue chin

an a blue, blue chin
YES I've seen him, also his
and chin, my Porges
!. !.
But he's sticking little papers with &c 115fag1-
numbers them all my Aunty E6
Anthea chairs an tables. Now what
earth do YOU pose he's doing that gfSS( ~
for" k&&A
"Who knows? It's probably all on FL
account of his red nose and blue chin, S&l4,
my Porges Anyway. don't worry f1SSz1sS -
about him: let rather find
Aunty Anthea' "a
They found her in the hall And it saz<zzs
hall, here at Dapplemere, wide
and high and with MINISTRIES gallery
at one end; hall that years and years
ago had often rung with the Clash of
men at arms and echoed with loud
and Joval laughter; for this the =
most ancient part of the Manor.
1t looked rather bare and barren Just
now; for the furniture all moved
out of place, ranged neatly round the
walls and stacked at the farther end
beneath the gallery where the little in question,
blue OF chin and red OF lowering about it,
dabbng little tickets chairs and tables even as
Small Porges had said to Bellew
And in the midst of it all stool Anthea desolate
inquire Belew thought. who upon his entrance bent her
head to draw on her driving gloves for she waiting
for the dogcart that bear her and Small Poges
to Cranbrook far away from the hollow tap of the
tioneers hammer.
Were getting rid of of the old furniture you
Mr. Bellew she said laying her hand on an antique
cabinet nearby: Eve really have much more than we
ever use.
~YeS7 said Belew: but he noticed that her ewes
were very dark and wstfu despite her light and
that she had laid her hand upon the old cabinet with
touch very like
why Is that mans 50 awful red and his chin so
blue Aunty Anthea? inquired Small Porges in a kissing
stage whisper
Hush, Georgy! don't know said Anthea
An why is he sticking his little numbers all
best furniture"
THAT is to guide the auctioneer"
Copyright 1871 hs bold Mead & -.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-15
TAFT ENDORSED PEARY
Hopes Congress viii Recognize Him
as Discoverer Of North Pole
Other Speeches.


Washington, Jan. 14.-Emphatic en-
dorsement OF Capt. Robert L. Peary
as the discoyerer Of the north pole
was voiced by President Taft in a
speech at the annual banquet Of the
National Geographical Society to
night. The president expressed the
opinion that II Captain Peary had
been an lenglishman, a Frenchman or
a German he long ago would have
been amply rewarded, He said he
hoped congress was taking sure steps
even though slow to recognize Cap
tain Perys achievement.
The banquet Of the National Geo.
graphical Society was in honor of the
progress of aviation and among the
speakers was Wilbur Wright, Major
General Woods, chief of Staff of the
United States army
Count Won Bernstorlf, the German
ambassador, paid a tribute TO the lat5
Lieutenant Selfridge wnom he called
"the father of aviation in the United
States
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Presbyterian.

Corner OF Eighteenth street and
Washington avenue. Manse ad1oin
Ing. Faster, Rev. A. 8. Buchanan.
Sunday school 10 a. m, Evening ser
vice 1880 p m. Christian Endeayor
$3.50 p. N. Prayer meeting Wednes'
day 1880 p. m. Junior Christian En-
deavor Sunday 2:30 y. m. Senior
Christian Endeayor 6: 30 D. m.
There will be but one service al
the Presbyterian church today, at
I0.45 a. m. At this time George s.
Fisher, head of the Worlds Gospel
Union, missionary organization with
headquarters in Kansas City, Will
speak. Mr.. Fisher is former well
known resident Of Cairo He has
spent three years in Asia and also in
South America, as a missionary. He
Is able to tell an interesting story
concerning church work and otA2"
matters in these countries. Mr. God
frey Bergman will sing a solo at this
sermon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-15
WEARS WOODEN TEETH
But Oldest Mail Carrier in Country
Married Young Widow Yester-
day in Kentucky.

Elizabethtown, KY, Jan. lifting
of single blessedness Frank Forbis
the Oldest mail carrier in the country
who has become a famous character
on account of wearing nome made
teeth made from seasoned hickory,
Was n ~ ed to lay to NJ s. Sallie fIuat
la young widow of this place.
The bride is thirty years Of age
while the bridegroom IS exactly three
times her senior. However, Forbis
says he is capable Of earning enough
for both TO live on If the government
refuses to give him a pension. He
made his application several days
ago.
The story of the cour,ship Of the
cid carrier is unique Each day as
lie passed her home on his route the
widow was w;iting for her mail and
as time wore on they became more
friendly AS they both had been mar
ri I'd before they soon reached an
agreement that they should converge
their paths into one.
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forbid YOU ever to show yourself on
Russian soilg'
''Nay,n replied RaIakiref, II have
not disobeyed you, This is not Rus
sian soi.''
"IIow say you-not Russian soil"
"Iruly not. This carload of earth
OH which am sitting Is Swedish soil.
I dug it up in Finland only the other
day"
Again the ear laughed uproariously
and readmittcd his buffoon to favor.
Some historians add that when he
heard the excuse he said, IF Finland
be Swedish soil now IT shall be Rus
sian before long" a threat he was not
slow to fulfill.
This story, however. was an old one
long before the time Of Balakireff. n
forms the twenty seventh adventure
Of TIL Eulerspiegel wis is reputed to
have dice h 1850, Having offended
the Duke of LDnenberg. Till was "for-
hidden the land" He purchased a shil-
Ills N@tth VI tdlAtl " Ill HIS carr
with, and. being duly challenged by the
duke, he answered:
MY gracious lord, I am not in your
land, but in l,ine own, wherein | do
sit / bought it of a boor for shil-
ling. And rightfully could he sell it,
for frop his forefathers he inherited
it. SO is this truly my land"
AT the close of one Of Car Peters
campaigns BalakircT overheard some
Russian officers boosting Of exploits
they had performed.
''Nay," he cried, II can tell better
story than any of yoa." And, being
pressed for the story. he continued.
"Ncvcr have liked this modern way
of fighting all in a body together.
Surely it would be more manly for
each to stand by himself. Therefore
went | out alone in search of adven-
lures. One day while reconnoltering
near the enenly's outposts | eSpicd
Swedish soldier lying on the ground.
Before he could rise and give tile
alarm ! rushed upon him and with
one blow from my sword cut ofY his
right foot"
'You foolr' cried one Of his auditors
"Why did yon not cut off his headY
$50 would | have done" retorted
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ed that he might be enrolled among
his masters domestic guards. Peter
consented for the sake of the joke,
but warned his jester that death was
the penalty If any officer Of the
guards absented himself from his post
or mislaid his sword, Then to test
the volunteer he sent him mp n ilugon
Of wine to "moisten his commission"
Balakireff. rs was expected. drank TO
the intoxicating point. While he was
sleeping OFT his debauch the car him
self crept into the room and carried
off his sword from the scabbard Bala.
kireff, though badly scared, on awak
ing made shift to replace the MISSING
weapon with his own wooden imita-
ton Of the guardsmcn's sword He
was called to parade next mcrning,
when Peter feigned hot in1i@natl@l
at the untidiness Of one Of the Guards.
Captain Balakireff" he cried ut last
draw your sword and cut off the head
Of that sloven"'
Balaklrcff east his eyes up to hear-
en-. "Oh. merciful God" he prayed,
'grant that my sword may turn into
wood before | use 1t on one of my OVID
fellow soldiers"
And. 10, when he unsheathcd II the
blade stood revealed as d wooden onz
Peter laughed heartily at the lSnave's
presence of mind and restored him 70
favor.
A more serious 0ffense resulted In
the Punishment Of the jester Never
dare TO appear again on Russian soil!
stormed the emperor. Judge then OF
Peters surprise when, n week later,
he bcheld his old favorite coolly drivS
ing cart past the palace.
GLOW dare you disobey mei' shout
ed the enraged monarch. "Did | not
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=,
Stage Snow,

In Personal "reminiscences Of Hen
ry Irving Bran sitoker lets his rend-
ers into the secret Of how the snow
scene in "The Corsican Brothers" was
made SO effective:
".All over the stage was thick blan-
ket OF snow, white and glistening LII
the winter sunrise-snow that lay SD
thick that when the duellsts. stripped
and armed, stood face to face they
each secured firmer foothoid by
clearing 1t away. or many wonderful
effects this snow was perhaps the
strongest and most impressive Of real
ity. The public could never imagine
how IL was done. III was salt--c0mmon
coarSe salt which was white lib the
appointed light and glistened like real
snow There ware tons Of II. A crowd
Of men stood ready III the wings with
little baggage trucks such us are now
used IN the corridors Of great hotels.
Silent With rubber wheels. On thea
were great wsr mpn;had sacks full Of
salt When the signal came they rush
~ IN on MI si.lcs each to his appoint
"a apct. ami tlml,ltl out hiss load.
spreading Il cvcaly With great wide
'laaed wool n lsnaNls