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SENTIMENT FOUND
IN MANY OLD BOOKS

thea. Gluckstadt, 1870 Tho free
translation Of this is: 1t Is not a
long bridge between Joy and sorrow,
and one might guess that William was
coming to America and Dorothy was
to follow soon. That was ~forty-hve
years ago and what happened after
ward can only be guessed at. A fair
guess Is that Dorothy came and Will
lam married her and probably their
children sold the book with a lot OF
literary trash. The dealer didn't know
where ne had got II.
"ln one was a funny one. 1t was a
volume of Swinburne and In a big.
round hand on the fiyleaf was writ
ten: All. there, Kid, don't let this
one go till you need a meal. BIZ.
boston. 1900 Maybe Kid was a young
fellow and maybe not. Who knows?
Anyway, the book was evidence that
KID got hungry. There were others
l found, but never except this one n
which we're not serious or sentimental.
But one thing I discovered which
counts for something In favor Of those
who convert such books into cash, and
that was that In the majority OF the
books I examined for inscription the
nyleaves had been torn out"
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also the requisition of animals, car
riages and harness necessary for these
forces. The first day of mobilization
Is Sunday, August 2. The following
are bound to obey the directions in the
mobilization sl-et placed in their indi-
vidual military book: Cd Land army
Every Frenchman forming part of the
classes. unattached, of the active army
reserves. OF the territorial army, of
the territorial reserve, including men
classed with the auxiliary services.
(2) The army of the sea and colonial
troops, men on leave and r~eservists
belonging to crews OF the fleet, the
military corps OF naval gunners, the
naval infantry and naval artillery.
Special Orders: Naval reservists over
thirty-three years will await at their
homes orders from the Ministry of
Marine. Amy n contravening these
orders will he punished with all tho
rigor of the laws. Civil and military
authorities are responsible for the exc
cution OF the present decree"
The second most interesting French
official notice was certainly that is
sued by Gen. Gallieni on September
8. after the departure of the Govern
ment to Bordeaux. N ran:
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Country Swarms With Brigands but
French Savant Already Has
Made Wonderful Discoveries

kind OF historical outline of Epirus.
The ru.ns Of C~assopeia. whose polySo-
ial walls still stand. recall tho fact
that Epirus Graded the Greek nation.
and that the name Greek, which, ac-
co:dinS 20 Duruy. lea old. WIS
really the name OF the people who
lived here.
The little church Of the convent re-
minds une OF the grandeur Of tho
byzantine Empire, and the red rock
OF stephan! Is like the color OK the
blood Of the heroic ome who, Ike
others faithful to their ace, their
faith and tireside, sacrificed their
lives singing to hat Greece OF the
future e, triumphantly become the
Greece OF the present.
The shore OF Epirus stretches from
the promontory OF Chinera, which
the CerauriBn Mountains push out
into the AGriatic Sea, 10 the Am
brac!an Gulf. forming what the an
GENTS held 70 be- their Continent
a, Iacknon. in the mountains OF
pindarus. five i!lustrious rivers are
horn: the Aspro-Potamo, the ancient
Acheloos, greedy for sacrifice, which
separates Aeto.!a from Acarnania and
ompt!es into the Ionian Sea; tho
Feneus, which passes all through
Thessaly: the Hal.akmon. which flows
hy Macedonia: the Arachtns, which
parallels the Pindus, and the great
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not feel moved to aid his enterprise
by providing the addresses,
A perfectly legitimate and, histor-
ically speaking. a highly important
form OF collecting Is that of obtain
ing examples of all public notices that
have been posted in France since the
war. The future historian of the war
will have to study these, espe-
ciaily those posted by the Ger
mans. brought ready printed in
French from Germany, and tes-
tifying to the extreme extent that
preparation for invasion was made.
The general mobilization order Is espe-
cially sought after. but after a years
exposure is hard to find In satisfactory
condition. The orders were printed on
strong glazed paper (white. OF course.
as white posters are reserved for
official proclamations) and some
Mayor. had them placed on the special
Official frames. where they have sur
vived In good state. but most OF them
have since been covered by later no.
tees. They had crossed national flags
ut the top and ran. "Order OF General
Mobilization: BY Decree Of the Presi-
dent Of the Republic-The mobiliza-
tion Of land ana . forces Is ordered.
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Aous. with It's high bank. There are
wooded del!s and mounta.n forests
all no wild IL inspiring as to really
have made the roper setting for tho
u~pbui.d!ng of the great primitive
myths % Greece, which could not
have grown ny anywhere else.
But the real treasures Of the early
days of Eplrus are for the most part
still held by the faithful earth. In
1912 II was impossible to visit this
Wild country save under heavy guard.
At the very gates of Europe Ep.rus
was less known. more shut OFF than
the Congo.
The French Consul P~ouquevflle
hardly dared 20 go out OF sight Of his
home. all barred with iron. Not Il
week passed that there was lot q
bloody murder on the highways. Tho
Greek inspectors OF schools founded
by wealthy Epirotes took their lives
IN their hands when they came on
the.r trips, which We're kept secret.
Travellers within the last few years
had 10 be especially guarded II they
would pass through alive. But at last
order is being established by the Gov
eminent. n when the present war is
over It will he possible for eXCavators
10 get to work and bring to life all OF
the wondrous treasures which still
lie buried In this most wonderful par I
Of all Greece.
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Military Government Of Paris, Army
of Paris. Inhabitants of Paris: The
members OF the Government of the
republic have left Paris To give II
fresh impulse to the national defence,
l have received the commission to
defend Paris against the invader, This
commission / shall fulfil to the very
end. GALLIENI."
These nifty words or SO contain
much history that cannot yet be writ
ten fully, the history of the departure
OF the Government and the history Of
the defence of Paris. The enemy was
almost at the walls and a strong party
in Parliament was of opinion that
Paris should be declared an open city
and not defended. How that party
was defeated and feverish efforts made
to put Paris into a state of defending
itself. how big guns were brought from
warships and placed In forts that had
never been properly equipped. how
the newly appointed Governor Che had
been In power only "a wcek) organized
the defence. and much more Is sug-
gested in those few words. which gave
France it's war motto, "JusQu'au bout
to the bitter end.
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moons were the priests. the Pleiades.
tho pries,esses.
Their mission was to explain to the
faithful the sign language of the gods.
Zeus Allied the dark branches Of the
oaks with prophetic winds. Dione
and Aphrodits tempered the tril.ing
Of the sacred spring and described
celestial hieroglyph!cs by the flight
OF the doves. The tripods. at the
oracles. interpreted these murmurs
and s~pectacles.
Over the ruins Of Dodona the oaks
no longer spread their shade. and the
fountain 10 stopped UP. Seated at the
top Of the theatre. exposed to the cruel
darts Of Apollo. n may see a laborer
drawing q tardy furrow over the
stadium. Hc has to p:ough around u
pillar. near the remains OF the sane
,uary Of Aphrodite. But there ar"
still some of the mighty oaks n tn"
valley. We may dccyy the august ami
cloudy summit o: Tomaros through
their branches.
Was It not from among these fate
full oaks O: Dodona that Minerva
chose the must Of tho beautiful ship
Of Argo? Was It not to the god of
Dodona that Achilles poured out his
..bations?
Lake al. the rest Of Greece, Ep!rus
IS all ag.ow with myths. The white
people whom Hercules transported to
Greece always dwel!ed by the banks
Of the signing Cocytes. The Acheron.
son Of high and marshy Theprot!a,
later swallowed up in the sorges, was
always to the people the river that
rolls away sorrow"
There on the site of the Acropolis,
from which all the plain 10 spread out
before US, at the word OF Gree,
Ulysses called up the souls of the dead
and consulted the Theban Tiresias.
There, for the, second time, did
! Orpheus lose his Eurydice.
II history. myths, legends and Ian
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IN THE PALISADES.
THE most novel jitney ride IN the
ne!ghhorhood OF New York Is
thAt from Englewnnd Inndirr

THE most novel jitney ride in the
ne!ghborhood of New York Is
that from Englewood Landing.
on the west bank of the Hudson OPP
posite Dyckman street, Manhattan, I'D
the face of the Palisades.
lnsurmountable as those cliffs look
from the river. there has been at this
point since ancient times a roadway
~2igzagging down the face Of the noun
ain from the plateau at the summit
to the river side. In old days farmers
in the back country brought their
produce down by this route to ship by
boat to New York, n here they re-
ceived goods which they hauled up
the mountain and back nto the coun-
try. Now you find here, following he
old z!gzags. a modern roadway OF per-
feet construction, put in by the Inter-
state Park Commission, and now the
traffic is not OF farmers wagons but
automobiles, of which many cross the
river here by the new ferry from
Dyckman street. The jitneys you md
waiting when q get off the boat at
Englewocd Landii &, buses and other
motor vehicles. ready to take you
right up To the mountain top and then
on TO EnGlewood, three miles away.
At about a quarter Of a mile from
the landing, after a steady climb up
ward parallel with the river and the
face of the mountain, you come to tho
first turn In the road, IA sharp folded
elbow, from which o keep mounting
to another turn As sharp, and thence
ON up; through woods and past rock
in massive sheer walls and in Jagged
masses, with a tiny waterfall coming
down here and there, and with the
river. when you look that way, cons
stantly seeming further and furthes
below and spreading out in a con.
stantly expanding panorama.
At the summit you come out in
Palisade avenue, stretching away
broad and straight to the west, and
then down this you go sailing through
attractions of another sort; past many
"A slightly house OF spacious dimensions
and with ample grounds around It, and
so straight ON into the centre Of the
city OF Englewood,
They charge fifteen c hts for this
novel jitney ride in either direction. or
twenty-five cents for he round trip.
and II seems a good quarters worth
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lust Ike the picture in my gcog-

raphy," the small boy says,
j looking over into the pool at
the Aquarium's penguin; though THIS
IS not the largest one that ever was
for it is only about half grown; 1t is
IA young penguin.
1t was captured IN the Pacific
Ocean. Off the coast OF Chile, and
brought here on a steamer hat am
through the Panama Canal. COMING
through the canal 1t was necessary
to keen the bath tub N which It "a
thought filled up with fresh water.
In his it l~anguished somewhat and
went off its feed: but 1t pcrked up
again quickly when the ship again
struck salt water, came through al!
right. and is now IN excellent condl-
ton. This young penguin was pre-
sentcd to tia Aquarium by W, o.
Swa.ridge of S37 New York avenue,
brooklyn.
Here It's home Is IN one Of the large
pools ON the Aquarium's ground noor'
For its convenience and comfort there
has been placed in the pool a float
ing platform about three feet square
upon which it can climb - rest. rms
platform was made of three thick
nessrS Of board, put together win
the edges vertical all around, but II
tioatcI So high that in this form II
was'rathcr difficult for the penguin to
| Chamber up ON Il. So they made the
platform over with the layers shifted
| along to make them form at n end
a series OF three steps, by which
# Is much easier to climb up, as the
~penCuln soon discovered, Now, after
swimming around in the pool for a
while. when It returns to h plat
form It breasts around to the steps
and climbs up there.
Once up It raises !ts head
stretches us neck. stands erect, Hops
its stuhhy little wings and looks
around at the people, pleasing then
all very much, but especially the
Young folks; 1t looks just like tho
p'cturc. Then II may walk around OF
the t,oat and maybe stand a Will,
on n edge, with the float slnkinl
down there under its weight. Some
times IL rests lying prone upon thu
float: sometimes II gets off and take!
a swim. In this pool there are SOM
striped bass about eighteen niche
in length, The penguin has trle'
TO catch these, but Of course a pen
gum can't swim as fast as a striped
bass, and it is hard to see what
could do with a fish of that size IL !
should get one, The penguin Is fe'
on fresh FISH cut up into strips con
venient for II, of which II eats
pound and IA half To two pounds
day. 1t Is very tame, taking foo
from the hand.
At night they take the penguin u
on the roof of the Aquarium an
leave il there until morning, for IN
benefit OF the cool, fresh air, One
they found ii wandering around nea
the edge. Then they made for Il
wire enclosure, to insure its safet,
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Part of the ruins in Epirus.

guage do not suffice the stones are
there, Hellenic and Byzantine stones,
which testify that Epirus was indeed
the cradle of Greece. No far from Parga
celebrated by Archduke Louis Sal
vator of Austria, whose misfortunes
and consistency affected all Europe
rises the ancient Torynus. At a short
distance from Philates, at the junction
of the Ka!amas and the Cremnitza,
where all is beautifully solitary and
incomparahly solemn, the shepherds
feed their fiocks about the thick walls
OF Passaron. Near De.vino. on a fine
hill, may be seen the remains OF the
beautiful Ph9nike. capital OF the
country of the Chaones. On the sum-
init Of a neighboring hill, bathed by
Lake Livari, lie the iilustrious ruins
OF Bouthrotum. There. in a sacred
wood near the town, on the borders
of a false Simols." HGneas found
Andromache again. after the sack OF
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after inhaIinG its air. left there some
of It's ashes and incense. And thus We
zee that the painter who undertook
the decoration of a church on the
Island In the lake OF Jannina has
drawn among the frescoes on its walls
such personages as Plutarch. Scion,
Thucydides and Plato.
1t is not surprising that Ep!rus
was the real cradle of Greek culture,
for It's very mountains and st:cams
went to inspire many OF the earliest
myths and to supply the atmosphere
In which the ideals OF the He.lencs
were to be developed. The name
Epirus is supposed TO mean the
Mainland" and it is the appropriate
name for the stretch OF LAM from
the Ionian Sea to the Ambracian
Gulf on the south. Divided into many
little groups. the people developed
under the h%ardships OF nature into u
vigorous people. with q history run
I ming back TO most distant times. The
Kings of the Molossians claimed de-
scent from P%yrrhus, o OF Achilles.
who settled there after the sack OF
Troy, leaving the Kingdom to his son
Molossus, born to him by the beau
teous Andromache.
1t was only IN the time Of Alexan-
der the Great that the many tribes
we're gathered together into the single
kingdom Of Ep;rus.
II vas in Epirus that Augustus
founded the city Of Nicopolis, as a
memorial OF his great naval victory
at Acttum. But there have been great
exhibitions OF heroism here even In
most moiern times. In 1897 when
the Turks ravaged the country OF
Soul! t o punish the inhabitants FOR
helping the Greeks three women OF
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CIT .sn't everybody who would go
10 a second hand bookshop TO
md sentiment" said a literary
New Yorker who f~requents such
haunts Of the discarded. "and ! never
did until the fact that it was to he
fund an second hand books thrust it
self upon me. Most of the books l
buy II in fact, are books of reference
and there is no sentiment in them. one
Gay, however. | spent as much as a
nickel for a small book of verse which
showed signs of wear. ] tore out the
page | wanted and was about to throw
tho rest Of II away when l noticed an
Inscription on the fyleaf. 1t read:
From Sweetheart to Precious. 1873
After thirty-six years the Ink was
faded, bat h sentiment was stiu
there. and ! wondered who Sweetheart
a and who Precious and why
Precious had let the little book go.
TT made me curious and I began
looking into other books. I found only
n with an inscription. 1t was q
bible and the inscription read: To
Warren from His Father hut there
was no date. though the publisher's
imprint showed the book to he nfty
ysrs old. was somewhat surprised
at the inscription. because usually II
Is only mothers Who give their sons
Eibles: but possibly this son had a dif-
ferent kind OF father.
Since that time / have found MOI a
few old books with inscriptions which
under the circumstances are almost
pathetic. In one / found Keep this
hook in remembrance OF your best
friend, September 10, 1884 No names
mentioned. The giver thought. no
eSabt, that the admonition waa
enough. Whether It was from man to
man. woman to woman. or the other
way, nobody could say after these
thirty-one years. but It was plain that
mo remembrance "a no longer In Of
ioct.
In . German book Of verse Wa
M Wilhelm; Zwisohsn Freud und
Lea ~ a. Urueko $500 - Dego.
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Mythology Had Origin Here and
Exploration After the War Is
Expected to Yield Richly
Paramythia in Epirus. cradle of Greece.

REECE was born amid the
mountains Of Epirus, IL n
may believe not only what
Aristotle says but what modern inves-
legations prove. It was this ancient
philosopher who asserted that In
Dparus dwelt the ivt Greeks.
sfterward called the Hellenes. and
come French and Greek explorers
have uncovered there the remains Of
tho Oldest oracle. the earliest temple
and theatre. P%ouQuevills thought
that he had discovered this ancient
sat Of culture on the hill Of 0ardiki.
uncl C~onstantin Carapanos came
along and found the ruins in the val
~ Of the Chaacovista. under the
very shadow Of Olytsika, the terrible
Tomaros Of the a~nc!ents.
There was found an old citadel built
upon a promontory at the centre OF
the valley. The theatre was On n
s,de Of this hill. and further to the
southward were the grounds OF the
extensive temple. the treasury, the
votive monuments, the sanctuary Of
Aphrodite and doubtless the sacred
wood and miraculous spring.
The ruins OF the theatre still. show
how majestic Il must have been. Tha
great oaks, the olives and other trees
had overgrown the walls, but they
were soon brought back to the light OF
day by Carapanos's workmen.
The luminous soul Of Greece had
eommuned solemnly with Nature first
OF a. IN this place. There Pelasgiap
Ecu tina. redoubtable and misty
divinity. had '''st escaped from
Chaos, mated WIN Dione. the cecund
earth. and from their mating, OF which
the dove is the emblem, came the
beautiful Aphrodite.
Here was a double cult. Of austere
character. 10 correspond with the land
whose summer storms darken the
earth, made so desolate in winter as
to ned this primitive trinity. The
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KICKS WIND THIS WATCH.

A RE you always forgetting to
u wind up your watch? The old
fashioned eight day clock came
the nearest to the ideal for the absent
minded person.
A California matchmaker has i'm
proved on that, though the model Of
what comes near to being a self
winder which he has sent on to
Washington TO be patented cannot be
carried In q vest pocket either. It
must, in fact. be carried in a pocket
on the leg Of the trousers.
The idea u that the kicking mo-
ton Of the Les during walking will be
utilized for the purpose Of winding
MP the watch. and keeping Il wound
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.PT EASING
IN THE

They would hate to have It fall on
the roof some night in the dark. In
the morning they bring It down again
and It walks or waddles across the
floor TO It's pooi. There they lift 1t
over into the water, for another day
o. exhibition. This is the pengu!n's
daily routine; with everything posi-.
be done 10 make 1t as comfortable
as any penguin could be in captivity.
This young penguin stands up now
about one and a half feet high: IL
II should live TO grow up II would be
three feet, Some penguin.
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\ HE war is the collectors harvest
time. One specializes in Ger
man helmets and battlefield
trrphiaa appthar In rings

time. One specializes In Ger
man helmets and battlefield
trophies. another In rings
made at the front from the aluminium
Of a shell or bracelets from the ring
of q "75" shell. Others collect relies
Of bombarded towns. a line which
seems TO have given rise to a regular
business, II one can Judge by a re-
cent incident.
A well dressed man speaking Eng
lish, but being neither English nor
French, called at THE Sun office In
Paris to ask for the addresses OF GER
tain well known Americans. They
were so well known that. had the In
auirer been aware of 1t, nothing more
than New York" or washington"
was necessary. However, before CIV
Ing my Information the SUN corre-
spondent asked why the addresses
were wanted. After some fencing the
visitor explained that he wished to
offer some Rheims relics for sale. add
ing that he had some especially fine
bits from the cathedral and had al
ready done business with some OF
these people who had since left
yfancA the Sun correspondent did
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