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A thorn pricked me one day. but no.
body knows.
The Song of Glenann" has been
sung by many a wanderer:
Och. when we lived in ould Glenann
Meself could lift song.
An ne'er an hour by day or dark
Wad be thinking long.
An now we're quarely better fixed.
In troth. there's nothin' wrong:
But me an mine, by rain or shine,
Wad / be thinkin long,
The last stanza of 'Cuttin' Rushes"
gives hint of its beauty:
Yesterday. yesterday. or fifty years
ago
waken out O. dreams when / hear
the summer thrushes.
Oh, that's the Brabla burn, can hear
it sing an flow,
For all that's fair, I'd sooner gee "a
bunch o green rushes..-
Run, bmris, rttf Can We mind vhen
when we were young?
The honeysuckie hangs above, the
pool is dark an brown:
Sing, burn, sing! Can We mind the
song ye sung
The day we cut the rushes on the
mountain?
A number of strikingly musical
translations from Italian poets add
to the beauty and value of this col
lection of distinctive poetry.
Edwin Markham wrote in 1908 "A
Word of Introduction" to a book of
Poems" of Gerda Dalliba, in which
he said he found touches of the
wild beauty which is the thing
created by poetic genius" In "A
Word More," in which he tells us
that "Gerda Dalliba died near the.
Mediterranean in 1913" and her
mother has now gathered this collec-
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Odd Drama of Old Japan

its earthly bonds. All action being
thus excluded, the idiom of the No
play is by no means so Shake
spearean as that of the Chinese PLAY.
But the naive self-announcing and
the treatment of time and place is
the same as in the. early English
plays; or indeed as in the later
Shakespeare, when he was at his
most Indifferent. The pilgrim or
priest always describes his journey
and some days may elapse during
his dozen lines-just so in "Cym-
beline' three hours pass during one
short scene in Imooen,s room.
The slenderness of the poem gives
a wrong idea of the performance. 1t
is not simple or unsophisticated. The
No performer does not act out the
situation he describes so sketchiIy.
he devotes his art to intensifying
the poets fancy. The basic essential
of the effect he makes seems to be
supplied by the drums which accom-
pany him. Their rhythm is a highly
technical operation, which seems to
depend for its final shape upon in
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wholesale quotation; Good Bye is
an instance and must stand sponsor
for all the rest:
The last of last words spoken is.
goodbye
The last dismantled flower in the weed
grown hedge.
The last thin rumor -of feeble bell
far ringing,
The last blind bat to spurn the mil
dewed rye.
A hardening darkness glasses the
haunted eye.
Shines into nothing the watchers
burnt out candle,
Wreathes into scentless nothing the
wasting incense,
Faints in the outer silence the hunting
cry.
Love of its muted music breathes no
sigh,
Thought in her ivory tower crops in
her spinning,
Toss on in vain the whispering trees
of Eden,
Last of all last words spoken is
goodbye.
Down nAdown-Derry," as this
striking picture book is called from
one of the poems, is a selection made
from Mr.. De la Mares marvellous
verses of childhood. 1t is sub-titled
"A Book of Fairy Poems," and it
includes some plums plucked out of
Peacock Pie" but most of its en-
gasing content comes from the clas-
sification made in the COLLECTED
Poems" under the heading Songs of
Chill illhood" although the classifica-
tion OF Witches and Fairies has
been sifted for golden nuggets. The
occasion for this selection is the
illustration of many of these fairy
poems by the distinctly fairy pencil
of Miss Dorothy p Lathrop. Just
as Heath Robinson made distinctive
If not actually immortal, though
We should like to think so-illustra-
tions for Peacock Pie" so these
pictures have quality of their own
which is inclusive and suggestive
enough to fix them in the minds of
Mr.. De la Mares readers for years
to come.
"Amory Hare" bringing out a sec
ond volume-of verses. gives her book
the title of the first poem-"The
Swept Hearth:
They are so rapturous the songs /
would have made;
They are so beautiful, my never painted
skies
The kindly deeds my spirit rushed to do
Are lost with all my moons that did
not rise
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Are gone with all the tunes I might
have played.
Yet, at the last trump. when the ac-
counting's made,
When / reply / shall not be afraid:
II swept my hearth twas all
that ] might do
Some of the. songs of this book,
though doubtless inferior to those
above referred to, are full of emo
ton: too often, alas, of the hair
splitting kind. The authors friends
will probably find more to admire in
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of the poems in this little book are
boys between the ages of 10 and IA.
They show more than ordinary
powers of observation of beauty, and
reveal considerable originality of
thought. Teachers who take the
trouble to study youthful minds will
find much to interest them in these
verses.
The Yale Record Book of Verse:
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appropriate forewords and also il
Illustrations of masks and actors and
a ground plan of the ancient theater.
The author says in an Illuminating
introduction that Japan boasts a
stage art which discards realism en-
tirely and aims boldly at stylization
and simplification. The heightened
actors wear masks. but though To-
calities and properties are suggested
if necessary, practically their only
extrinsic aid is costume.
These plays. dating back to the
fourteenth century. are written
partly in prose and partly in verse,
in a language used to-day only in
formal letters. The delivery is a
species of intoning sometimes at
tanning actual song. Every play in
cludes chorus. and a dance by the
chief actor with slow steps and SOL
.amn. gestures. Young. men take the
women parts The acting must con-
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THE NO PLAYS OF JAPAN. Trans
lated by Arthur Valley. Alfred A.
Knopf.
A SUMPTUOUS volume in an
~ exotic orange binding, con-
tanning nineteen plays with
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Continued on FoHo,eins Page.
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COMPILING COST OF PAVING
Figures Secured by Bureau of Public
Roads Cover $1,000, 900 Yards
of Work.

Average costs per square yard Of va
riOus types of paving for country
roads have been compiled by the bu-
reau of public roads, United States
Department of Agriculture. The fig
ures cover 6S,OOO,OOO square yards of
paving constructed with federal aid
in all parts of the United States dur
ing the period of 1862. The costs
per square yard are as follows: Sand
clay, IS cents; gravel, 40 cents plain
and surface-treated macadam, 90
cents bituminous macadam, S210; BIZ
luminous concrete, $3.50; plain cement
concrete, $2.57; reinforced
concrete, S2.74; and brick, $41O.
These figures cover only the cost of
the paving; they do not include the
cost of grading, and officials point out
that 1t must not be assumed that roads
Of the several types can be construct
ed in any locality at these figures. For
example, the cost Of bituminous con-
crete varied from $1.7O in the New
England states to S3.13 in the group
of states including Kentucky, Tennes-
see. Mississippi and Alabama In one
group of states the cost Of brick
dropped to $40. Costs OF construct
ing these types in the various groups
Of states have been compiled and can
be obtained from the bureau.
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"They Sat Side by Side"

wearing not only aigrettes but the
lives of loving little mothers ano
newly-born babies if they do So
For as Nancy and her bird club
knows Daddy continued, "the al
grettes are taken when the little ones
are born.
Then the aigrettes are beautiful
and the mothers are not paying at
tention To anything but their young
"And then they are taken advantage
of and killed and the little ones left
to starve-and people wear aigrettes
on their hats as decorations
They wear birds of Paradise feath.
ers, too. And they are taken from
the birds when they are mating and
dancing in the trees with happiness
Eyes. when they are a few years old
and their feathers are perfect-hav.
Ing mOulted each year and cared for
their plumage to make It beautiful for
their mates-then people want to wear
them
And when they are I'm love and hap.
by and have no fear for their hearts
are too full Of joy-it is then that they
are shot down.
Yes, Nancy, my child, you are doing
a splendid work when you get other
children to promise they'll never wear
aigrettes or Birds of Paradise feath.
ers when they grow upw
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&S61EyenH\8
Fairy Tale
OTHER BIRDS
"WARY GRAHAM BONNER

81 have still some more birds /
want 10 tell YOU about this evening. -
commenced Daddy.
I'VE like to hear Of them" said
Nick. I'VE don't mind how many birds
you tell us about"
'Oh yes" said Nancy, land IL makes
us feel as though we were meeting so
many new friends TO hear of lots and
lots OF different birds.
1T seems so wonderful to think of
how many there are in the world.
Gracious me, but there are lots of
creatures in the world and so many
we never so much as hear of and yet
they're important, l guess"
yes" said Daddy" and all of them
just as important to themselves, I'm
sure, as we are TO ourselves.
so / will tell you of a few more
birds who We're in the great bird
house of the zoo. where there were
creatures from all over the world.
There were three toucan birds
with great green and white and vel
low beaks which they held up in the
air. They were dressed in green and
blue and black with red touches be-
tween their wings.
They sat side by side of water
tank and they would take sips of
water and then look up in the air
again. You can never mistake a Tou-
can bird once you see one for their
beaks are what you notice first and
the birds you notice afterward
THE Thrush family were there too.
and the Thrush family live in almost
all parts of the world, it is said, but
New Zealand.
None of them have ever happened
to settle there.
ut is not because they do not care
for 1t there as they have never been
there to find out, but it is just a hap
pening that they have never gone
there.
"They do not moult i'm the spring as
other birds do and the little ones are
always very different from the older
ones and are very much spotted.
Usually three or four or five little
Thrush eggs burst forth into Thrush
birdlings and they learn that the
favorite family food is that of insects.
There We're Solitaires and Nightin-
gales. too in the zoo. and outside some
Starlings whistled from time to time.
for they could do that even though
they could not sing.
THE keeper in the bird house, too,
was telling people of the Herons from
whom cruel people take aigrettes for
hats.
Nancy would have been pleased to
have heard him say. so that no one
could have the heart to wear an
aigrette after hearing him:
Eyes, if ladies want to wear them
on their hats they can. But it means
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In 1915, prior to the federal-aid act,
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way departments, most of 1t by county
officials. Such system was bound to
be wasteful. Overhead costs were
high, engineers were not always en-
ployed, systems TO serve the best in
terests of the state as a whole were
not developed, and the opportunities
for corruption were greater.
With the passage of the federal-aid
act of 1916 and the insistence of the
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COUNTY
DIRECTORY
OFFICERS

Judge Circuit Court, w H. O'Brien
Ripley, w. Va.
Clerk Circuit Court, L. L. Terrell
Grantsville, w. Va.
Prosecuting Attorney, Lorentz c
Hamilton, Grantsville, w. Va.
President County Court, G. P. G.
Taught, Sycamore, w. Va.
Commissioners County Court, c. A
Witt, Grantsville, w. Va, and r. A
Board, Creme, w. Va.
Clerk County Court. S. T. Waldo
Grantsville, w. Va.
Sheriff, George A. Richards, Grants
Vile, w. Va.
Assessor, Creed Yoak, Milestone, w
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Surveyor, Dwight Shock, Pennsboro
w. Va.
Superintendent Free Schools, T. G.
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TERMS OF COURT
Circuit Court, third Tuesday In
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County Court, first Monday in Jan.
uary, April, July and November.
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eest liz 70 VIew Meteors.

More meteOrs are seen in the early
morning hours preceding dawn than
at any other time. We arc then OF
the forward side Of the earth and so
are more likely to meet meteors NOV
ing i'm the usual west 20 east direc-
ton. Meteors that are encountered
during the night are moving i'm the
retrograde or east 20 west direction
OF else are oyertokiug the earth iu
It's orbit. which happens more rare
~. For this reason meteor obscrv
ing is particularly suited TO those who
are abroad just before dawn. though
meteors may be seen at all hours OF
the night
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party from one Of the northern states
on the way to their new home near
Lake Winnepegosls, Manitoba They
were a sturdy self-reliant lot and
carried with them a full complement
Of farm machinery. with the tractor
outfit they intended TO confluence
rather extensive operations this spring
on the land which their scouts had
already inspected and reported on
favorably as to its productiveness.
At almost every point on the Cana
dian border where there are located
means for admitting settlers, the re-
ports are that It is almost a daily
occurrence to admit settlers from
states as far or as Texas who havs
adopted the automobile as a means to
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will satisfy them that the cattle anc
stock raising possibilities are fully az
good as they have been told.
The reports from all parts Of West
ern Canada at the present time FULLY
bear out the most optimistic expecta
lions and hopes Of the early days Of
seeding. Evidence OF the splendid
growth Of this year is the fact thai
alfalfa was cut on the 18th OF Jun,
and yielded nearly two tons to tn,
acre.
Corn planted on the 23rd OF Nav
on the 9Th OF June was showing sew
eral inches about the ground. ant
making glad the heart or the farmer
who had built his silo, which he hopet
to fill in the latter days Of August
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HELPS TO SUSTAIN PRICES
One Of the Big Factors Is construc-
ton Of Good Roads Planned for
the Coming Year.

One Of the factors that will help TO
sustain farm prices is the large
amount Of road building planned for
this year. The government will spend
a larger sum for this purpose than
ever before, and states and counties
will cooperate to the extent Of thor
financial abilities.
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government upon the construction of
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road work, centralized authority re-
sponsible for the expenditure of funds,
and far-sighted plan of development
and financing.
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In Washington a bill authorizing
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next two years was recently passed in
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carry themselves and their families
to the country Of their choice. Such
settlers are bound to succeed. Some
Of them go two or three hundred miles
inland, and select their homes in the
park districts of Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta. Others purchase
Improved and unimproved farms In
the more thickly settled districts In
the southerly and central parts Of
these provinces. Wherever they may
go, they are certain to secure land
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grain crops of high value, wheat that
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per acre, oats giving high yields, bar.
ley certain producer, and grass and
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Mature provides for every contln.
gency."
you said something. Look at air.
Nothing better for tires, yet we hal
air centuries before we had tires"
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In the Nursery.

"WUlier
yes. mamma
What In the world are you pinch.
ing baby for2 Let him aloner'
Jaw, ] amt dom nothin'I We're
only playin' automobile, an he's tn
horn 2"
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Ely Breeds In Fin

The fly must have filth to breed I'm
and without it cannot thrive. Clean
Illness is a potent weapon in fighting
the fly nuisance.
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During 1921 the province OF Quebec
constructed 4l6 miles Of good roads.
More than 1000 miles Of highway are
now being kept in perfect repair in
Quebec province
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Add Value to Hay.

Cutting at the right time and prop
erly curing adds to the feeding and
selling value Of hay.
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italian Highway.

A modern asphalt highway Is to be
constructed in Italy directly connect
ing the city Of Rome with Venice.
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USE TRACTOR ON
TRIP TO CANADA
Party of Settlers From United
States on Way to the
Land of Big Crops.

Settlers on their way to and through
Canada do not always rely on the
railroads for transportation. Here,
for instance, is a photograph of a
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Question.

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Well" IAN oil well?"-Louisville Cou
rier-Journal.
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a woman may WELD more lnfIuenc,
with her eyes than a man with hii
eloquence.
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And the more energy man ex-
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left TO assist him in making good.
Mountain advocate., 1922-11-03

has been reduced until t Is now as
per cent
The last year Of Wilson's admin
istration the actual cost Of running
the government was S5,53S ,00O, 900. The
actual cost OF running the government
for the fiscal year just ended June
30 was S3,795, 100000. This is an an
nual saving Of S1,743, ZOO, 900 which the
Republican administration has made
in the routine expenditures Of the gov
ernment. This was possible because
the Republican Congress early in It's
special session re-enacted budget law
which the previous Republican Con
gress had passed only to have a Dem
ocratc President veto It. 1t was easi-
ly the most important piece Of busi-
ness legislation which has been en-
acted within this generation. After
its enactment it was sensibly applied
by the executive officers Of the Re
publican administration.
The work Of Congress, the wise ad-
ministrative policies and the introduc-
ton of business methods by the de-
partments in the conduct OF public
affairs have all combined to revive in
dividual and corporate enterprise. so
that today in contrast to year ago,
unemployment has ceased to be a
factor outside of those industries in
which there are strikes Agriculture
is on its feet Business Is improving
each day. Industrial output is increas-
ing Capital is going back to work in
the channels of private and profitable
enterprise. 1t really makes some diff
ference at the end of year whether
the government has been controlled by
an administration and a Congress that
are generally right in contrast TO an
administration and Congress that were
generally wrong.
The Republican party will go before
the country this fall without any apol
ogy for this record. II is a record
which needs no defense The people
are not going to stop the magnificent
work so well begun. They are not
going to retreat to the conditions
which prevailed prior to March. 1921.
They are not going to return the Dem
ocratic party to power and thereby re-
store the evil conditions which have
been so largely corrected in the past
16 months of Republican control OF
the executive and legislative branches
of the government.