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ressolusion on his own part to go drown himself, which was prevented only by him meeting persun- nel frend and both of them getting hyly intoxicated insteed. s0 r#' s1
 The house cleening started. he related, by him mounting of theese selfadjustng step laddurs to take frum the wall the persunnel likeness, dun in Standered Oi of his wife's muthers grate-grand- fathur who had weelth of whiskurs that would have exsited the envy of Rocky Mountain Wilyum Goat. He sed that mite not have been bad but for the fact on previous occasions he had submitted marks not hyly complimntary of the classick feet of his wifes respected knsman; his wife theere
 fore, looked upon his actsion which he assurts purely accidental the occasion mensioned above, as hyly suspissious. He sed that he prepared to lift the picture tendurly rum the wall, the step laddur seemed to rise to the occasion and began to act foolish he could feel 1t wobbul about he sed, like Uropeean totturing dynasty, and he maid wild grab at the hook which formerly hung grand
 pas picture sTheereupon the step laddur slid frum under and he lit upon his imported Pursian rug (ten bucks down and five week for nine yeers) with
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V FEW YORK, November 1S,-(Spe- cial.)-Why do people live in
 New York city? That is ques-
 ton that has been asked many times. and even by the natives this little town. It has been given hy answers. too. but believe that the reason for living here is one similar |hat which the moth might give for fit around the flame, or the drunkard
 his continued drinking.
 the case of the moths however, it E be blissful ignorance Of his danger.
 the drunkard knows that liquor hurts |--even as the resident of this city ixes that life here is not good for him De would remain sane, normal and by in moral. according to-G God-and- 3lre way.
 bf course. the old resident says, New k is greatly changed; greatly changed ke my younger days. Then it was a i of New Yorkers,a city of home life. kty and sanity. Today all Is different; home life is not to be found here. It ko longer a city of New Yorkers-they | rare-it Is a city for the people of all
 world--a show town of the nations; It's ' is abnormal. competition is such that ' pace has increased out of all reason. l life moves along with the speed of kcing air machine. Money and power resent the goal to which 1t nies." ! this headIong dash for the rainbow ], our pleasures are picked up as . |road train picks up mail poch- -wtth- ! pausing and when we get them we |e them in gulps. not sips, and con 'ae the nerve wreclxing speed. Do we ! this sort of living7 Apparently We
 since. there are moro people in tho
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.ISTUR EDDTTUR: am less con- A soled ovver the fact that live in flat sub I ject to the whms and fansies of dis
 S gruntled jannitur. Aftur all, beleeve that theere air sum things wurse; flat is trying |ones religius temperamint, but frum all accounts |sekeeplng in big ctty is guaranteed to get the |t of bishop, much less perfectly innosent by
 |ldur, so far as the gospul is consumed. have mate frend who has related to me breef1y, but h much expression sum of the trels and tribula- hs of married man trying to keep house in Wash bun in $5000 nayborhood 5000 salery He S, with sigh that he is just three jumps ahed of sheriff. with that indvduel gaining fast so fast fact, that he feel his breth skorching blisturs the back of his neck. He sed that if his expenses his coat and his incum his trousers, theere hld be skandal, and he would be pinched by the |rity leegue becawse they did not connect A long |e ago, he sed, when he was making one hundred twenty-five bones a munth, he fingered that if fevver got two hundred he'd endow hospital or hthing and fill it full of trained nurses all of bm he'd pick out himself; instead of that though,
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$40 PAULO, A GREAT BRAZILIAN CITY

the farmers are now planting grains of different kinds, and they are beginning to go into stock farming. large packing house will eventually be erected at Sac Pauo and meat will be shipped from this part of Brazil to Europe and the United States. It Is planned to build a line of railway from here to Matto Gros- co, where the pasture fields are enor- nous. When this is completed the cattle will come in by the trainload and at the same time there will be a large importa- tion from this and other states.
 There are already a great many cat tie raised south of here. It is the chief industry of Rio Grande do Sul and it also thrives in Minas Geraes, Santa Cathari- Ba, Panama, Piauhy and Rio Grande do Norte. There were sO,ooO.o00 head of cat tie in Brazi, more than 10 years ago and there must be moro now. Cattle raising was once a flourishing industry on the Island of Majoro at the mouth of the Amazon. and it is now an important one in the state of Rio de Janeiro. am told that 100000 beeves are annually slaugh- tered in Rio Grande do Sul for the manu- facture of jerted beef, although a vast
 
 Uruguay and Argentina.
 A diversification of crops is beginning in many parts of Brazil Upon the low lands of Sac Pauo they are now raising sugar. tobacco, cotton and rice, and on the highlands they produce Indian corn beans and other crops. So far only about 20.000 acres have been put into cot ton, but the yield Is gooo and the cotton output runs into the millions of pounds. The product in 1910 was over POGO tons, the most of it being from North American seed. The cotton is said to be better than that of India. but inferior to that grown in northern Brazil It is all consumed in the factories of the state.
 The output of sugar here is now about 500000 bags annually. Rice is raised chiefly in the river valleys The state used to import rice. but 1t now produces not only enough for its own consump- ticn, but considerable for export. Before the war began. Japanese laborers were being imported to work the sugar and rice plantations.
 Sac Paulo has almost 100000 acres un- der Indian corn. The crop grows well. although 1t Is not scientifically cultivated as in the United States. Indeed, the farming here is very inferior, and 1t does much less with the intensive farming of Europe. Corn will grow almost any where. It is one of the crops associated with nearly every coffee planta ton can see no reason why this should not eventually be as good hog country as our middle west.
 In talking with pr. Orville Derby, the eminent geologist, the other day. asked
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Seeing With Your Ears

The blind are now able to sc, ttN their ears, according to the November Popular Science Monthly and Worlds Advance. The writer. describing the re- suits obtained through experiments with selenium, says:
 'Dr. F. c. Brown, of the University of Iowa, has provided the means and tho machinery by which the peculiar property of selenium, which causes an increase in it's electrical resistance when the light falling on it is decreased. can be har- messed to the production of sounds which correspond to printed letters and which are created. not by special device. but merely by moving the selenium eye across printed page
 '"The actual eye of the Phonopticon. as Dr. Brown calls his apparatus, con- sists of an indirect illumination and q lens through whic hthe light reflected back fro mthe printed paper passes to tho selenium crystals. It is so adjusted that the diminutlon of light caused by tho pa ssing of black letter under the eye increases the resistance of the selenium crystals (which form part of an eloo- tric circuit) enough to defect a portion O fthe current by Wheatstone bridge to the segmented brass wheels which in- terrupt the current and so modify 1t, on the principle of the telephone, that 1t takes definite sound forms which cor respond invariably to the same letter forms.
 "As now constructed. Dr. Browns ma- chine consists of two sets of selenium crystals and two wheels. translating into sound the upper and lower portions of letters. When the phonopticon Is per- fected, 1t will have three and perhaps four sets. At present the simple letters are easily distinguished by 90 per cent of the blind persons who have used tho Phonopticon. The letter V, for instance, io tAd Uo nd nf, ed together, with Do continuing alone. With three notes in his apparatus, Dr. Brown expects to handle practically every letter, although four may be needed for and K"
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By FRANK G. CARPENTER

|pyright, 1915, by Frank G. Carpenter)
 $40 PAULO. N 1OME with me and take look at I the city of Sac Paulo. We are R1, in the metropolis of southern RS3 Brazil. the capital of one of the
 richest states of the South erican continent. The state of Sac flo has a population as great as that California. It is almost as large as fornia. and Sac Paulo approximates Francisco insssize. It is the second of Brazil and it ranks next to Rio Janeiro and Buenos Aires among the ht cities of the South American conti- t. It is one of the oldest cities of tn America. It was founded more 50 years before Capt. John Smith his party landed at Jamestown, and vas 80 years old before Boston began be. Nevertheless, the city looks as Ugh it had been built within the last eration. The most of the houses are :. It's streets are paved with asphalt Belgian block, and those of the resi- ce section are lined with trees. The Il lies at an altitude of more than feet above the sea. It is built upon with ravines running through it. Is surrounded by mountains, and in Fy direction there are magnificent vs.
 Do Paulo is city of fine buildings.
 capial of the state of Sac Paulo. government office buildings compare h those of the great departments at The state has more money than de Janeiro. It gets a large part of
 coffee export taxes and it spends ions in governing itself. The build of the department of agriculture er almost square. Those of the artment of commerce are equally Be, while the palace of the governor Finer than that or many a presi- of the South American republics. mong other large buildings are the
 hall and the municipal theatre. ently finished. The theatre is sit ed in a fine park overlooking the ey that runs through the city. It is t of stone and the interior is fin fd in marble and bronze. It has seven ITS. one of which is underground and ther of which is the gallery under the [ral tower. mere are i've HOOPS TOT les and stalls and the seats altogether nber about 2000. It cost more than |, ,O00
 hother fine building is the cathedral, ther the postoffice, and a third the hry, which is second to none in Bra The city has also fine buildings for museum and schools. There are bic schools everywhere, and those de- Ed to primary education alone num- 16O. The. city has several colleges,
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tion of the state of Sac Paulo. The coun- try Is beautiful. The highlands are roll ing and one rides for miles through re- gions that remind him of the best parts of the United States. The state has an area greater than that of Arizona, and its population is now several million. It is a country of highlands and low lands. The lowlands are along the coast and the highlands are to be found on the Brazilian plateau, which runs from Para quay almost to the Atlantic ocean. IL Is on the highlands that the coffee is raised but the plantations take up but a very small part of the area of the state, and they might be doubled or trebled in size. As it is now the state produces about half of all the coffee consumed by man. In 1910 the yield was more than 100000 bags or enough to have given every man, woman and child in the world one pound of coffee and left some to spare. The number of acres devoted to coffee culture is a little more than 100000. It Is not one-half the size of Massachusetts, but nevertheless, 1t contains almost 70O 900 coffee trees. A large part of the reve- nue of the state comes from export duties on COllee. lHe OHllcu DldleS tdhSS d great part of the coffee crop, and these duties come out of the price that we pay for the coffee. In that sense we do much toward the support of Sac Paulo. doubt not that half the readers of this news paper have had with their breakfasts this morning coffee that came from Sac Paulo.
 Sac Paulo has live, up-to-date state government. The officials are interested in the development of the country. and they are importing exports from different parts of the world to assist them in it's ex ploitation. The agricultural department has some experts who were trained in our department at Washington, and many. of the experiements that are being made in the United States are now carried on here. There are large government farms not only for coffee, cotton and cereals, but also for the raising of live stock. New plants are being introduced and lec- lures are given to the farmers. The gov ernment sends. out free seeds and cuttings and it is now publishing an agricultural review which Is widely distributed. The state has an agrinominal institute. a tropical garden for the experimental cul- tivation of crops suited to the seacoast, and also botanical garden and bureau of zootechny. It has weather bureau, and it has established agricultural schools two of which are devoted to trop- ical agriculture.
 Until very recently Sac Paulo has been
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middle-aged Can you tell me where I can find Broadway" she asked q think I must have grown local looking by this time). Yes. madam" I answered, we are now standing on Broadway"
 We'll" was her surprised ejaculation. and to think. I have lived here all my life. New York grows rapidly. doesn't it?'
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run along as usual. But just an old ship that housed working girls-well, that is easy to do away with.
CALL OF THE SEA.


 CALL OF THE SEA Oh, I long for sight of the sea once
 more.
 Where the white-winged sailboats ride. And the lap of the waves on the sand
 white shore The kiss of the deathless tide And I yearn for glimpse of the twilight
 scene
 When the restless waves are still. And the moonlight falls like a silver
 sheen,
 On the slope of gleaming hill. When the thoughts that come mid the
 rush of things, Seem little. inane and low. As the soul mounts up on 8 dreamer g
 wings,
 Where only soul can go; And Care, like ship on the ocean there, In the calm of night so blest, Has anchored safe from the rock. De-
 spair, # In the Harbor of Peace and Rest. And while I gaze at the gentle swell That mirrors the stars above, I hear a Voice say, All Is well.'' And the voice Is that of Love: And so long for a sight of the sea, glimpse of ships white wings, And the thoughts and dreams that are
 borne to me, On the song that the ocean sings. Does the native know his New York? |? Here's an Illustration: I met her at the corner of Broadway and 145th street To all appearances she was sane. sober and
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Black Diamond, the worlds largest cap- tive buffalo, whose home is in the Bronx zoo. is to be sold for steak--sold to reg ular butcher-and all because he Is 20 years old and may die anyhow. Black Diamond has seen artists sit and sketch him by the hour; he has been the most admired of all the buffaloes at the zoo. and now his death is at hand, and death that could not well be more igno- minious. He is six feet in height and weighs 2000 pounds. but all that matters not. the old fellow has lived out his life. Buraloes are not supposed to live much longer than that. and so-the butcher is to get him next week.
 < His next appearance will probably be in the Broadway lobster palaces and res tauraIts
 The recent Williamsburg factory fire, in .which'a number of factory girls lost their lives. Is going to make about 70 more girls lose home. Down in East river floats an old vessel upon which a number of working girls have been living at a cost of &250 per week. Now the old ship is to be done away with as such and the girls know of no place else where they can get tbe same accommodations and safe sur roundings at the same figure.
 And in the meantime, other fire-trap factories will probably be permitted to
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him something as to the agricultural methods now used in Brazil. He replied:
 'The chief trouble with the farming here Is that it is stilr in the hoe stage. It Is carried on with the ax and the hoe. We cut down the woods and plant our crops among the stumps and the logs. We can chop out the weeds with the hoe for 8 year or so, but after that the vegetation gets the better of us. Tho land becomes overgrown and the farmer moves somewhere else After first ciear- ing the land he burns it over and this enables him to do hrs first hoe wr-s When the second growth of timt er hss come up. he cuts 1t down and hlsna again. But such farming Is not prcifu oias In time the stumps will be dug ou and. the land cleared as in the United s9atesi At present these people do not liFa yn~ hard work of digging out tho stun as
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and narrow pati'' is trial and very conscious effort. This likewise shows that the natural tendency Is to lead the broader life-to do those things which society frowns upon in smaller cities.
 Therefore. sin being relaxation to many. New. York city IS quite naturally a Mecca for those who, in that way at least, like to follow the line of least re- sstance." Why? Because, if Broadway were less subtle than it is. the greatest, the brightest. the most prominent of all its millions of electric signs would read. Shining Made Easy.
 And SO. without the home life. without the peace of other places, is it any. won der that New York is the home of nearly 6.000.000 souls? Money. power and sin in it's most attractive forms. The world may be growing better-in other places but where those three are to be had. there are still to be found moro people than in any other city in any land where peace still reigHs. But New York. like Broadway. is too. subtle to tell these things in such language and out in the harbor there stands the immense figure of a goddess. bearing aloft a burning torch. Her lips never move, yet she pro- claims to all the world "Thissis the land of liberty. and Now York city sis tho en- trance thereto. ~
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Unti, very recently Sac Paulo has been in much the same state as our cotton belt was during the days when cotton was practically the only crop. For & long time coffee was the only crop here, but
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rErTERs AND FREEDOM.

PETERS AND FREEDOM. In tiny cage and alone is no Through every livelong day.e And the nights are cheerless as can be. And freedom is far away. While she whose fancy keeps him there, Has all that the world can giyeT Beauty and health ana . fortune fair
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Wandering often, far ana wide,
 Over the land and sea, Her little prisoner by her side,
 To keep her company. And yet she'll sigh. and her lot lament,
 Though pleasures about her throng, And utter a plaint of discontent, While her prisoner trills song.
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In talking with Dr. Orville Derby the eminent geologist, the other day. asked
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