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POEMS WORTH READING.
The Great God SnseA.

"o V'0ns OOu speed.
I'm the ruler Of earth to-day,
Whatever my will. all men obey;
call and the liner straight ahead
10 the Iceberg waiting her In sped,
or she PUSHES on. through fog and dark.
In a sister ship to and her mark
l send the train on It's headions way
Through night and storm, though cuIv.r,,
sway.
Though the flooded rails are spreading wide
AND the bridges trembie with the tide;
'hjugh another train may block the way,
j call. and all my voice obey
] hold the wheel Of the motor car,
which leaps through space like a shooting
star;
No living thing disputes It's sway.
The swift wheels manele. and crush. and
slay,
Then leap unmindful on the track
To reach the destined bivouac
And the fragile craft that boldly rise
Through wind swept clouds to upper Skies
That sail the unchnrted ether sea,
From all terrestrisI iimits free,
Anost upon their trackiess way
They hear my call and they obey
Gone are the old time peaceful days
OF pleasant work and Preside ways;
Moloch rcincarnste am I:
Love. friendship. peace. I pass them By;
I call and all along lifs's way
frantic crowd my voice obey:
"Of love or friendship take no heed
This only matters. speed. Oh speed
NiNErrE NJ LowArsa.
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Then and Now.


From The 81. Louis Post Dispatch
when Homer smote his blooming Tyre
He sat upon the Thracian shore.
And when II suited his desire
lie hit the water with roar.
lie never wandered very far
From that select and favored place,
And therefore all his poems are
4 pride and credit to his race.
lie never struggled with the things that
poets latterly must face.
when Homer felt his temples nush
He calmly cast aside his gown,
And hitting ocean with n rush
He passed the fishes going down.
He found IL cool beneath the wave.
And often fingered In the bliss
OF thinking what a sailors grave
Must be upon analysis
lie never tried TO WOO tho Muse on any
such hot day as this.
The songs he sang beside the sea
Were such as sanity submit.,
And fsttered to a high degree
HIS well refrigerated wits
lie bided there until the time
Was meet for falling on his Tyre.
And thus immortalized his rhyme
For having true poetic FIRE.
He knew fun well what sort Of stun TO- day
for Instance. would inspire.
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From he baltimore Americos.
Tho fates decree that here We be.
And neer abroad to roam.
But take our rest for reasons beet
Vacation spend at home.
But what the odds, when. oh. ~ code
with Joys the time we MI
~ home made kind, and pleasure md
In shady Hammockvillef
Though we may miss the ocean's kiss
In briny waves embrace,
Or have no share In mountain air
For nerves and brain to brace.
Or lose delights In foreign sights.
There yet Is left us still
A shady nook, a favorite book
Out there in Hammockville
No anxious hours to pass are cure
In preparations work;
No clothes to get no plans to fret,
No vain regrets TO Turk.
But time to seize in drowsy ease.
Expenses only NIL,
care free time. where comforts chime
Out there In Hammockville.
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Smiling.

/, Is easy to keep smiling
when the world IL going wrong
To he CHEEKY In disaster
And give challenge with a song
For II stirs the bulldog In you
And your dander up and scores
Though the long lane and the wreckass
And the midnight black II yours
II IL harder to keep smiling
When the world Is going right
When the lane has found Its turning
And the darkness grows 10 light
Yes, It's harder to keep whistling
And suppress the sighs and groans
when the turning and the haven
And the dawning come--to Jones.
McLASpBuRoB WILSON
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Reflections.

In the sin depths Of her clear eyes
see Tyrolean lakes of blue,
And know not whether It's the hue
Reflected from italian skies
or from her hearts deep tenderness.
I see again cathedral heights
New tinted with a glowing sheen.
And know not whether 'tis a scene
Remembered. or the newer lights
or a transhgured happiness
JAMES TERRY wBIra
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What an Artist Said.

"ubt NJ FhFsf~t Eofus
From me Boston Transcript.
saw her when
A crimson arc
R0e In the east,
And II was dawn.
when. motif seeking.
had passed
Beyond the town.
BY park and lawn,
She stood beside
A path that led
Rose bordered
To an ivied door:
She stood beside
A garden urn
And leaned It's lovely
Flowers DER.
Was she ideal
Or was she realf
n does not matter:
She was fair
7 could believe
That she was formed
Out Of the dawn,
The light and air,
To grace for me
The path that led
Rose bordered
To an ivied door,
To grace for me
The garden urn
She looked so lovely
Leaning DER.
RALPH II SHAW.
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The Climate Chaser.

From the Washington Star.
The city man
VIII take a train
And gayly plan
Some rest to gain,
The cinders ny
Amid the roar,
His tongue IL dry,
His throat Is sore.
when he arrives
Upon the spot
Where pleasure thrives
Unhindered tnop.
He finds hard luck.
His fate IL grim.
4 hot wave struck
Ahead OF him.
And then a line
He gets from home.
THE weather's me.
Why did you roam,
Mild IL the sun,
Though bright with cheer.
Were sleeping IN
Der blankets here"
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This morn plucked sweet clover in the lane,
And laid It tenderly
Where none may see;
And some far day when snow and bitter rain
Bunet about the pane.
Its spicy scent.
Its fragrant ravishment,
VIII bring my golden summer back to mel
CLINTON SCOTLAND.
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young Englishman visiting friends
IN New York during May writes back
OF an interesting experience he had go
ing home. He sailed from Montreal on
the Victoria and at the mouth of tho
81. Lawrence the ship was called I4n
miles out OF her course by n wireless
from a small island off Anticosti.
This island is scarcely more than "A
large rock on which there are only a
lighthouse and n Marconi station. with
TWO men In charge of each branch. One
OF the Marconi men had been shot by
his companion while ;rfter ducks. He
had been shot In the face, the roof Of
ms mouth and one eye being torn
away.
The wireless was received during the
afternoon and the ship reached the rocl;
nj that evening, but owing TO rough
water and the dangerous coast, she was
compelled To lie Off five miles until next
morning. Even by day she could got
no nearer and ifeboat was sent
ashore for the wounded man. II was
o'clock before the boat brought him
TO the ship and, badly wounded as he
was. he had not seen a doctor for
eighteen hours.
fie was not expected To live when he
was brought aboard ship. but before the
victoria reached Liverpool he was ON
deck wrapped up in rugs and doing Al
well as could be expected. The shin
ran INTO icebergs after that and was
held up for two days, arriving in nor,
four days late.
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The decision OF the supreme Cour; Of
Arkansas In Tillman vs. state Is Of inter-
est In view OF the recent ruling at the
Becker trial a. to the exclusion Of confess
slons OF deceased persons in exculpation
or the defendant The Arkansas court
raises the question of the compe ency of
eNculpatory statements Of third persons
who are still alive. Under the rule that
confessions Of guilt by third persons are
not admissible, the court rules out evil
dence that murdered girls father stated
shortly before her body was found in a
well with bullet hole in her forehead
that when the girl was found she would
he south of certain road with bullet
hole In her forehead and rock tied
around her neck and In well as tending
TO show that the father ana not the
defendant committed the crime
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-12

II. Il. l.. asks the correct play second
hand on small card led when holding
queen and Jack.
IT. what IL meant is whether the
queen or the Jack should be played. hold
ing two only. II depends on what nd
vantage might possibly be gained by false
cards II It is a question of covering or
passing, most persons cover with only
one small but not with two small cards.
In the first case one of the high cards
must be lost In the second case both
may be saved.
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The Pearl.

! sent my love a pearl,
And being very wondrous wise
said twas brilliant as her eyes.
Alas' the wsywsrd girl
For I'd forgot the other part
Kept ali the hardness In her hearth
L. r. II.
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q. L. asks II the game OF six hand
bridge is equally applicable to auction
No, because there are two dead hands
dealt, and in bridge these were declared
by the dealer at the other end of the
table at which the six players sat 1t
would be too confusing TO ask one per-
son TO attend to his own bidding and
that of two opponents and at the same
time to bid against three other persons
at the other end of the table. The at
tention to two separate hands at the
same time would destroy all harmony.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-12

The Supreme Court of California in
People VS.. Hall laid down that upon a
prosecution for burglary whore it was
shown that he defendant and another
person were arrested for the offence and
that the other person was mortally
wounded while trying to escape the re-
fusal OF the court to allow evidence tosbe
introduced by the defendant % show that
the wounded man when dying told the
physician that he himself was the guilty
party and that the defendant was innocent
is not error, whether the evidence be- con-
sldered as n dying dcclara ion or as con-
fession"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-12

In Spedden vs.. Board OF Education the
supreme Court of Appeals Of West Vir-
GINA heard case involving the right of
the school board 20 establish "A department
OF practice in teaching in the schools.
with the students as teachers, who wer..
in direct control OF their regularly en-
ployed teachers The court ruled that
while there might not have been sufficient
cause for the establishment OF the DEPART
ment or teaching or while better plan
might have been devised. the question was
one for determination by the Board OF
Education and not by the cour, or the
citizens. Concerning the plan the court
said:
TT may involve n use Of pupils for the
benefit of other students without any
reciprocal advantage TO the former. but
they are not employed or used otherwise
than In the pursuit OF the studies they
have taken up. The advantage to the
student teachers is merely an incident OF
their own work under competent super
vision. However under the principles ad-
verted 10 the opinion OF the hoard as to
mere questions OF eNpedience controls and
the use made OF the pupils as subjects Of
practice Is purely technical II is the
same as the use made by them by the
regular teachers. who are likewise bene-
fitted by their experience"
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You said last Sunday. in reply TO a
correspondent, that Muybridge irst took
pictures OF horses in motion in 1885. I,
seems to me It was before that. II my
memory be not quite at fault | read an
article on the subject in 1851 by the late
Col. Waring. In one OF the magazines
o. h. II.
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OBSERVATIONS OF NEW YORK
LIFE.

Some employers In New York city.
Ike some employers in other cities, err
not as polite to their Office force as
they should be, even though some az
their forces may be OF the feminine
gender Much OF It, however, Is more
the result OF careless speech than had
temper. and in such cases IL may be
cured. One such employer in corr.
landt street has been cured At least
he says he has.
1t happened thus: He had taken "a
new stenographer, very quiet.
steady young woman of about %, and
very efficient. But he never thought
of that As soon as he got used to her
ne fell into his habit of hurting out
anything that came to his mind when
he was not pleased, and one day she
asked him question he thought she
should know.
"oh, say" he snapped at her, "sny
dam fool ought to know that"
II Is not an original expression by
any means, and the girl had probably
heard 1t many times though possibly
not In such personal manner, but she
was equal to II. She looked him square
In the eye. unafraid. and still the lady.
yes she replied pleasantly enough.
you seem to know 1t. but. you see. I'm
not dam fool"
1t gave new turn to the expression
which had not occurred to him before
and he was staggered. but he knew she
had him and he was gentleman enough
to apologize. Now he is much more par
tlcular in his office language and saws
ne tx glad she called him down as she
did
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-12

Can some reader tell me under what
circumstances and just when Rhode ISL
and repudlated her share of the revolu-
tionary war debt? Recently I saw a
small trianguarly shaped graveyard near
Stonington Manor Inn with one monu-
ment which recited that so and so q
have forgotten the name) moved to Ston-
ington and lies there with his family be-
cause he was not willing his dust should
mingle with that OF a repudlating State
he is the only Rhode Islander | can un-
derstand. II seems to me such a state
Of affairs Is a reflection upon every one Of
them, living or dead +. C. b. G.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-12

Vice-President Marshall has this def
milton for well known word;
Experience, says Marshall "is that
which we learn when It is too late to
be of USE"
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Who was Miniver Chevy and why dic
ne wish that he had not been born? The
poem is familiar enough. II was pub.
lished In Scrfbner's Mdou-ine years ago
but with the limited references at hand
quite fail to trace the allusion. TAB.
Miniver Chevy. child OF scorn,
Grew lean while he assailed the seasons
He wept that he was ever born.
And he had reasons.
The poem is included in Burton Steven
sons Home Book OF Verse" at page 1890
In six succeeding ,tanzas the poet, Edwin
Arlington Robinson. assigns as many rea
sons for Miniver's mood OF pessimlsm and
thon sums them all up:
Miniver Chevy, born too late.
Scratched his head and kept on thinking
Miniver coughed and called II fate
And kept on drinking.
Mr. Robinson Ia Maine poet maybe
there's temperance moral in the lyric.
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Concerning the recent sentence of forty
years imprisonment imposed by Minne-
Gotta Judge on a boy 90 years old, who
while out OF work and hungry robbed a
man OF WISE and an overcoat. Ld,o Notes
says:
The Judge says the boy pleaded guilty
to first degree robbery and there was moth
Ing for him TO do but impose the sentence
he did. But should he have permitted the
youth 10 plead guilty to FIRST degree rob-
berry II he was bound to impose such n
severe sentence? Judges are on the bench
to protect the interests OF the accused as
well as those Of the state. In this case
the state appears TO have been over
zealously served and the interests of the
youthful defendant sadly neglected The
case Is but another illustration OF the in .
equity that results from system under
which the sentencing OF criminals devolves
upon single Judge with such a system
equality before the law Is more or less %
an iridescent dream. for under II there
can be no uniformity in prison sentences
IL frequently happens that where two per-
sons are convicted Of the same crime and
are sentenced by different Judges one Will
be given, for example. n five year term and
the other ten year t.rm. with nothing in
the latter's case TO warrant the dspropor-
Tomato sentence In short. the character
or the sentence In particular case de-
ponds much upon the temper or idiosyn-
Grassy OF the sentencing Judge. Here lies
one OF the many cruditles In our penal
system. which appears To cali for the at
tention OF the penologist"
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e. X. +. says: Toward the end OF the
hand the declarer sees that he can get
his contract and lays down his cards with
the remark, Il get the ace OF clubs any
way. You admit that" The adversarles
admit U and the declarer says, Two Is
all ! bid" at the same time looking at
the cards laid down, which disclose the
fact that had he led the ace OF clubs he
would have dropped them all and made a
small slam. as he had won seven straight
tricks up to that point. The point In dis
pute Is whether the dealer is conceding
NE rest of the tricks when he asks II
H. will not win trick with the ace Of
clubs lie does not say, You get the
rest" or any thing Of that sort.
Tho evident meaning OF the remark
was that the declarer thought he was at
the end Of his string. and that after he
had made the suit he was leading he still
had the club ace to make, but that would
be about all This Is practically conced-
ing the rest OF the tricks. Even II they
are conceded in error the score should
stand as II the concession was correct.
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queer sort, he is said a Broadway
manager OF man he had been talking
with on the curb. You notice he had
hangover? 1t came from last night
tie won $3.50 on Yale and he Was
celebrating the event. Last time saw
MN ne had lost several hundred on
some other event-he'll bet on ANYTHING
ana ne went on a bat 10 drown his
sorrows. He's doing that way all the
,lihe and the result Is that he'll no
having clrrhosis of the liver next. Hos
Always jagged. either for joy or sorrow.
ana no man can stand II. Such a sen,i-
I'VE person az he is should never NAV
the gambling game, you hear me-"
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Please submit for decision by your alert
correspondents the author and other Incl
dents belonging to the quotation He
roamed an Arab on life's desert waste. /"
None OF the books of familiar quotations
seems to have H. NJ a
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He was lively old chap Of past 10 at
lobster palace table with a glass n,
plain water for tipple.
Ut course" he was saying TO the
Younger men with him, 1T am not az
long for this world as you chaps are n
you live 10 be as old as ] am. bu,
have a satisfaction in life that Won
haven't ] know, because when was
IN my 4Os every time I had ANYTHING
the matter with me I got scared
Il was afraid either thar II would
XIII me with only half my life lived mr.
that II was some lingering disease that
would make thirty or forty year. q, NJ.
life burden. Nor was I alone in think.
ing that way. Every man of nv ngo
had the same feeling. think tina,
comes To most men when they are about
30.
YOUTHS carelessness lasts only very
short time and a man mighty soon be-
gins to wonder what will happen 10
him next, or how long he will stay j.
good shape. When a man reaches m.
age he begins 10 be careless again. Mos.
or what will happen has happened apd
ne II through with II and what IN To-
happen next doesn't make much differ
ence because In the nature of things IL
can't last long whatever It is aud the
nnalNy comes as resting spell and
cessation from the worries Of the
flesh.
Il know some old men who don't
take the same view OF themselves that
! do, and | am sorry for them because
man owes II to himself. | think. to
quit bothering about giving up when
he knows he has to do It whether or
nd"
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Blind Euchre. ]. II. d. asks how this
game Is played, and II II would be suit
able for progressive matches for prizes
as they want some variety from straight
euchre.
Each of the four is for himself and a
widow OF two extra cards Is laid off
Any player In turn to the left of the
dealer may take the widow. which Is the
Same as ordering up the trump and play
ing a lone hand. with three opponents.
The player that takes the widow always
leads first. II no one takes II the deal is
void.
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J. T. I. says We have a small bet on
the rights OF this matter. IL the de-
clarer against A and r. Dummy leads
club. r. sitting second hand. says,
rs that the right hand?' to which A
answers. Let 1t 20. 1t suits me-" where
upon the declarer takes ii back and leads
from his own hand insisting that he has
perfect right to do SO. as Il had not
played to the trick. but had simply called
attention to the leads being from the
wrong hand. now states and proves
that II was dummy's lead. but he plays
to the declarers card and bets that this
lead. although from the wrong hand.
cannot be taken back. The declarer in
sists that he was led into the error by
his opponents and can lead from dummy.
There being no statement that the lead
was from the wrong hand. r only ask
ing II II was right or not, the dcclarer
cannot say he was msled by the ques-
ton. After putting the card back, play
ing from his own hand and allowing the
second hand to play to the lead. II looks
as II this lead, although acknowledged TO
be out of turn, should stand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-12

The Supreme Court of Washington In
Harris VS.. Railway Company heard n suit
brought by dressmaker for personal in
juries. The court declined in the follow
ing language to pass upon the effect OF ex-
hibiting the injured leg Of tho plaintiff TO
the trial court:
"The trial court saw the injured limb,
heard the testimony OF physicians and
considered the judgment for the reduced
amount reasonable. We should be ex-
tremely reluctant to further reduce IT,.
There Is no claim that the court was in
spred by passion or prejudice"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-12

When ! read these real estate -.
inances in the newspapers ahout tor
tunes made IN New York surface dir,
believe them and have a feeling n,
Soneness within me-" sighed a Fif,h
avenue banker. 81 had nv chance
once and lost it. Not away back 80
der In the early history of tho town
either, but within a dozen wears or "a
IT was just before Thtrtv-fnurth
street between Broadway and Firm
avenue got It's boom and bart.,
friend or mine offered to sell me n.
house and lot for $3.50 900 I could ba,a
raised the money all right, but iu.,
laughed Mt him. I think mavhe ~,
Tered half that amount.
lie had For Sale sign up and the
'hance was there for anybody. but no
pouy TOOK II. Most of those who asked
MN MS price said II was outrageous
The house had been his home and when
ne couldn't sell II he concluded IN Az
II FOR business and see what he could do
renting 1t while he waited for hct,er
times.
He put $4,000 on il and bad,,,
more than got II rented when some-
body came along and wanted Ia buy
That was the first man who showed ory
signs or really wanting It and he mn, Tho
price to s250000 That was too much
Tor the prospective purchaser. hi, Tho
owner wasn't any more worried than n.
was when I turned Il down al $40 nm
less and, by the soul of Midas do Won
Know i sat In my office tust ecros. ths
street and saw that property going lin
every time an offer was made for Z,
unrIl nnaily he sold II for 81 900, 900?
all happened within four or Ave
Years 700 and ] figured my losses a.
o""ut s2oo'ooo year on that one deaf"
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Seven Up. J. J. C. says Four are IN
the game, but not as partners In one
hand c finds he has seven cards, or at
least he has card too many when he
plays TO the fifth trick He says the
deal is void, r bets It stands
is right, provided c is the only
player with a wrong number OF cards.
He cannot score anything on that deal.
no matter what he makes, but that does
not prevent the others, whose hands are
correct, from scoring what they make
A player must demand new deal before
he plays to the nrst trick II he has too
many cards.