THE BOOK OF THE WARS. “When the book of the wars of men is ™ de And iy From the gun the chapter that the. trumpets of around Have blent in a chorus And the battle flag found As a shadow Will we Me nned the story is truly pe yellowing page of tale be- To When Ind world grand shall’ no -more- be above the land keep the Book of the Wars of n In a high and an honored place That our children's sons may be again With the stories their eyes may trace? ‘Will we cherish the book in faithful pride That men of a future age May acquaint themselves with who died That the volume might have a mage? thrilled the ones Will the Book of the Wars of Mon tell truth’ Will it mingle the With the sacrifice of youth And the dew of Will it blazon in gold the noble That won a forgotten fame Will “it tell of the grips of a and cheers beardless songs the amother's (tears? deed ceaseless groo : J 5 That has wrought for a nation's shame? 0, the Book of the Wars of Mc ni it waits Till the wakening of the world, Till ‘the hanners that tell of hates the glory of pet we keep it to drum And the peals that the fifers know, Or to speak to the men of the days come Of the ways that they scorns and furled he are tell” of In Wiil ace Rolling 10 ust not go? igo Tribune. $9900999999009999099004¢009 2000080090000 : soo} Who Was Sylvia feces 6090600000000 000000006000090 0006060060366 Sylvia sat in the long meadow with the buttercups that matched her hair, and the forget-me-nots that matched her eyes, reflecting sadly on her van- ishing youth. £ “I shall be twenty-two on Thursday,” she said to herself, “and I’ve never had a real lover or proposal in my life! It’s most extraordinary. All other girls seem to have so many. Maisie" Puraer says its quite ‘embarrassing to go to a dance, she gets 50 tired of saying ‘No.’ But though Maisie is awfully smart, 1 don’t tink 1 can be so very plain, either!” Drawing a small mirror pocket she contemplated her reflection in it attentively. “My hair is really rather nice,’ pensively curling one of its golden strands round her finger. “And there doesn’t seem anything real- ly wrong with my eyes,” gazing criti- cally into their blue gray depths. “It must be my nose that doesn't take,” stroking its - straight outline slowly. ‘Perhaps it should turn up; I’ve heard that men like a retrousse nose.” “Do they, indeed? Well, of all the conceit! I always knew that girls were vain. But if this doesn’t beat all!” a laughing voice cried, and the surprised maiden blushed indignantly as a tall, clean-limbed younz man in uniform yaulted over the stile behind her and alighted on the grass at her side. “Oh, Archie, what a plague you are! I declare one is never safe. 3ut, Archie, before we go in, I wish yowd tell me something. You sez I came out to be quiet and think; now, mind, 1 want the truth. Am I very plain?” “Well”’—his eyes twinkled again— “not so very; at least, some people mighn’t think so!” . “Well, it seems so strange; you know I get plenty of partners, and all that but”’—a soft carmine dved her cheeks— from her “no one ever seems to fall in love with | me! It’s not that I want to be mar- ried, but when the other girls tell me of all their offers, I just feel ashamed. So 1 wondered if it could be my face that was to blame!” Archie Trevor lay back chuckling. “My avord! Girls are fx cried. “If that isn’t the ever heard!” “So glad you are said, with dignity,-‘though 1 fail to see why. There's Maisie, for instance; Captain Burton is just madly in love with her.” “Burton! Burton of Ours!” laughed louder and louder. every one knew he hated girls, Never goes to a dance if her can help it—” That’s because she won’t have him; he’s proposed to her lots of times, and it’s turned him misanthropic. 1 won- der why she doesn’t like him; he locks rather nice, I think.” ‘‘And so he is. The best chap in_.the regiment, though he does keep us at it 80 jolly hard. Miss Turner had better say ‘yes’ next time she gets the chance he chuckled. ‘But 1 say, Sylvia, if you're so keen on being asked, I don’t mind if I do it myself; and - whats more”’— his cheeks flushed, he drew a little nearer—‘‘you need not refuse me unless you like.” “You're very kind,” She rose from her nest among the buttercups, and drew her:elf up severely, I am not quite reduced to that yet! And as you can only make fun of me—" “But I wasn’t. I thought you want- ed an offer, fair cousin.” “But I want the real thing if I have it at-ali.> “I dare say you won't have so long to wait,” Archie said slowly. Somehow he looked less boyish as they walked rather silently up the meadow, and through the gate, into the garden which sloped down from the Manor House. Sylvia's writing table was in the win- dow; she was fond of scribbling. “Love letters must be delicious!” she ghed, with a dreamy look in her bigs eyes. ‘I wonder if I shall ever get o or if Maisie is right, and I am Not a ‘man’s girl.’ It must be rather nice to refuse some one.” She took a sheet of paper and began writing “Sylvia! Sylvia!” A .short-skirted girl of twelve looked into the room. “Mother says will you write a note to Captain Burton, asking him to dine on Thursday?” “Captain Burten hates going won't come! Vhy doesn’t write herself?” “Too busy gardening.” And Madge hurried away. Sylvia wrote a formal invitation. Captain Burton had just returned from early parade, and sat down to breakfast and his letters. “What’s this?” he queried, taking up ar creamy envelope, with a faint odor of violets. “Another of these invita- on the grass 1 any! he best thing 1 amused,” Sylvia Archie “I thought out; he mother his laugh. “My Dear Captain Burton—Your let- ter surprised me very much, for, though I can’t help feeling flattered by your offer, I fear 1 could never, never give you the answer you desire! 1 am so sorry if I have ever given you reason to expect a different one. 1 like you ever so much as a friend, but anything cise would be quite, quite impossible! I could never marry without love, and perhaps it is only right to tell you— in strictest confidence, of course—that there is some one else very dear to me, though a cruel fate keeps us apart. : “SYLVIA.” Vith a thoughtful air the captain consigned the letter to his pocket. “If any of these youngsters are at the bottom of this,” he said to him- self, ‘at least they won't have the sat- isfaction of thinking they’ve curled my hair. But she writes a nice hand, does Sylvia, though she won’t have me af any price!” It was a lovely afternoon for the officers’ first ‘at home” of the season; their fair friends had assembled in new summer frocks, the regimental band was playing, and fun and flirtation were in the air. : The fascinating Maisie Turner had apparently relented of her cruelty; for she smiled on Captain Burton. A lit- tle way off, her blue eyes dreamy as ever, stood Sylvia Glennie in a white serge gown. Burton’s glance strayed to her. : “Rather a nice looking girl,” he thought “forget who she is; nothing of the garrison hack about her, 1 should say!” “I say, Sylvia, do come along, we are all waiting for you!” Archie Trevor shouted, and the captain gave a lit- tle start. So that was “Can ame?” smart Sylvia! you tell me that he interrupted taik to ask. Here Mrs. Glennie, an enthusiastic gardenc tore heregelf away from animated discussicn on the best for begoanias to address Burton. “You are dining with us tomorrow evening, I hcpe?”’ she asked. “I de- puted fy daughter to send you an in- vitation,” “You were very kind, but I fear there has been some mistake; I have received none, or should have sent a reply.” “How very odd! But Sylvia is so un- practical; perhaps she forgot to have it posted. Still, if you have no other cnzagement—" The: woman hater hesitated just a second; then, “I shall be delighted to come,” he said, gravely. Captain Burton took up his menu and studied it attentively. The handwriting was. necessarily small, but its forma- tion was familiar. Next to him sat Syl- via in pale blue gauze. She had been rather a silent neighbor. **Miss Glennie,” he asked, “do yoy make it a rule not to talk to the man whose privilege it is to take you in to dinner.” “1 2m looked around thought you adies!”’ “That is rather a sweeping tion. And excellent as Mrs. Glennie’s chef is, a little conversation between the courses is at least an aid to diges- tion.” young lady’s Turner’s Miss said, as she in surprise. *'I care tc talk—to so sorroy,” she at him did not accusa- “I don’t know,” her soft eyes spark- led mischievously, ‘“‘that I care to con- verse as an aid to Captain Burton’s di- gestion. And I am afraid,” she added meditatively, ‘‘that I never have very much to say.” “Perhaps your thoughts were other- He drew a letter from his pocket. Did you ever discover where my invitation had zone?” “Oh!” The color rushed over her face. ‘That was too bad of me! I found it this morning under some papers on my table. It was dreadfully careless! “ePrhaps your thoughts were other- wise engaged. I must apologize for not returning this before,” he added, hand- ing her the sheet of paper, ‘but it was -only yesterday that I discovered who the writer was.” Now the cirmine wave arms, her neck, and her soft red lips parted in utter consternation.. “I sent you that!” she stammered. ‘‘Oh—what cculd—what could you have thought!” “I don’t exactly know what I thought when I got it first,” he said slowly, “but now—I am only deeply sorry fo: the person for whom it was really in- tended! Poor chap! Is there really no chance-for:-him at ail?” “Oh, none. Not the very slightest She laug short, gurgling littie locded her lcd - a “You Lave for: he asked. *Not the very still more. ** him: at all?” ’ She laug ghed LU, she tions, I suppose! Bother the women! Well, I'm " Burton's eyes grew amazement he before him. round re-read the oc missive with | Captain Burtoan,” 7, when she had re- tasked. appreliens ¢ speak, “you—you covered cnough will never tell?” “Certa div ¢Gl zotten all that nonsense “the incident is quite safe with me.” They had been left behind at the pice nie, to which Burton had reluctantly consented to zo. He had condescended to eat an indigestible luncheon on a ssy seat and a hot sun strik- ing full in his face, Afterward, he had escaped with his pipe, “to get a little peace,” while Syl- via had been taken to wander by Ar- chie Trevor, who, however, had vre- turned to the general rendezvous alone, and in the rush for the train her ab- sence had not been remarked by any more than that of Burton, the other derelic, who now came back from his solitary ramble, to find her gazing hopelessly after the retreating train. “There is no other till the mail passes tonight!” she cried; ‘‘what are we to do?” They had scarcely spoken since the night of the dinner party, when she had disgusted him with her callous want of consideration for the feelings of the rightful recipient of the letter which had reached him by mistake. “We must see if ‘there is any other conveyance to be had,’ he said. “We are only fifteen miles from home as the crow flies. They may let us have a trap at the hotel... Anyhow, the first thing is to go and dine.” She looked at him with eyes. They were pretty thought. “I'm very hungry. But there—alone with you?” “Starvation excuses anything,” = he said. He felt curiously light hearted. It was quite a merry little repast they had at the inn. As they sipped their coffee, while the horse which was to convey them across country was be- ing put in, he asked, “By the bye, what became of Trevor? Surely you were with him!” She flushed, her eyes cast down, So that their long lashes swept her cheek, “He was silly. 1 sent him on alone.” ‘Ah, poor chap! I see. You seem rather fond of refusals. How about the other? Is fate still-unkind?” “I hoped,” she smiled, “you had for- el” perturbed eyes, he can-1 dine “I want you to tell me something,” fie said, abruptly. “Sylvia, I'm tired of calling you that only to myself. Are you still-engaged?” “I never was engaged!” she laughed. “Never! Then why did you refuse, and say—" “I refused no one. explain? There was cept Archie today. how silly it seems, nothing but a play! “Then if 1 were to you, - you would not refuse me?” And as his arm swept round her, and his lips touched hers she whispered, “No!”’—>Modern Society. Oh, how can 1 no one ever ex- It was all—oh— 199 ask QUAINT AND CURIGUS. Buras was a peasant's son. was the son of a tailor. Goethe va was a stonecutter’s boy. Cano Paganini’s father was a factory la. borer. Shakespeare's father was a wool merchant. Wagner's father was a clerk in a police court. The Frencr law treats the frog as if it were a fish, and declares all fish- ing for it by night to be poaching. Interest in a monument to Elihu Burritt has been revived at New Brit- ain, Conn., the ‘learned blacksmith’s” native place. In 1858, $570 a bottle was paid for some wine recovered in 1814 from a wreek in the Scheldt. The wine had been bottled in 1778. The “Who's Who’ for 1907 is such a bulky volume that The London World says the questicn now does not secm so much who's who as who isn’t. is the name of the the Red Lion Ho- England, and it Protector Cromwell incoming tenant of tel, High Wycombe, is said that he claims the as an ancestor, Oliver After an interval of 367 years, the Franciscans have returned to Oxford. The friars were driven out in. the reign of Henry VIII. The order has opened a training coglege. guages are spoken in of Austria-Hungary are employed in the various parliaments to interpret the speeches of the delegates and make them intelligible to all the members. So many lan the provinces that interpreters A Western Kansag postmaster want- ed to inform the public that the loca- tion of the post office had been chang- ed, so he inserted this notice in the local paper: “The post office has been moved from where it was to where it 4s now.” The coffee plantaticns of Jamaica are mainly on , the Blue Mountain ge, and the or eat fruit growing dis is Portland, with Port An: tonio its outlet. Sugar "is largely grown in the district of Vere, in Clar endon -parish, and in -the seaward parts of St. James and Trelawney, where the best rum is produced. in’ The Brother. How does you like v:eather in November?” “Hit's a dispensary er Brier Williams. it’s a ‘dispensary’?” hat ¥ou. ain't tor know. inquire too cCuricus inio m’t onder kd stan! Weatherwice “ dis warm Providence,” T¢ plied ustn't for Bagmmrlon pn The Can Age By R. C. McElravy. HE opening chapters of ancient history devote considerable space to the Paleolithic or Old Stone and the Neolithic or New Stone age. In those days of ignorance and economy pre-historic nian fashioned his rude weapons from flints and stones. Later came the Age of Metals, when copper, bronze and iron became of invaluable use. Succeeding periods have taken their names from the forces of nature as they have been applied to progress. Thus more recent times are known as the Steam / and Electric Age. Man is of comparatively little account to posterity. He does not linger long enough. But the things he discovered and the implements he used shed their benefits upon posterity as it appears. When time shall have stripped the vanity and veneer from the present era, it will undoubtedly take place in staid and reliable history as the Can age. History is not apt to be flattering, but it is presumed to be truthful. We are now showing an unprecedented disposition to preserve and concen- trate not only the necessities but the luxuries of life as well. If we can just crowd everything we want into a can and walk away with the original pack- age, we are perfectly happy. Foodstuffs are now classified in condensed form. When we go to the grocery we see nothing in bulk. Everything is canned, from corned beet to cucumbers. Ask for the desired article and it will come to you in a can. In a similar manner the can has invaded the field of art. If you want to carry home a new scng or a lecture or a picce of band music, go buy it on a cylinder and try it on your phonogravh. Concentration is one thing, con- venience the result. Literature is feeling the influence of this condensation. The three-volume novel may now be purchased in modern bookform, which is little more than a short story with plenty of pictures. If you wish to make a trip through Yellowstone National Park without paying carfare, go to a moving picture show. If you want to see the latest prize-fight, drop a penny in the nearest slot machine. The latest is canned spelling, without the can. It is a simplified process of writing down words and ideas without excess labor. A letter is no longer silent; it simply is not there. These attainments, if attainments they criticism and opposition of no mean order. the age and it will not come off. The the can. Canned beef has had its inning and the product has improved. Canned spelling and canned literature will have their inning, and in the end we will no doubt see a survival of the fittest. John - Phillip Sousa is protecting against canned music. Probably as much of his music comes out in canned form as that of any other composer band leader, and at present it is just as hard to listen to. That is the fault of the can and in due time this may be remedied. There may be. a falling off in the number of young lady pianists “across the way’ as he pre- dicts, but Mr. Sousa should think of the possibilities of a popular vote as between the young lady and the canned music before denouncing the can. Tennyson. said: age, VYVYVYeYye man on 2 on on ox wm mo waka o se may be called, have met with But the can has been tied onto next best thing to do is to sterilize “Fill the cup and fill the can, Have a rouse before the morn.” That was in the days before canning things became so popular and he undoubtedly had no idea at that time that a bit of Sousa music might some day be included in a morning rouse. Nowadays the cup is sufficient. So much for the cause of temperance. —Puck. 9 we 9 Cvrsmst tne mn FP poraproomierpnd ¢ Anent Recent Disclosures Present Searching of Hearts of Few Dangers and Many Benefits . . . . . we By the Editor of the Century. HE good citizen and square dealer falls back, however, up- on two points of comfort; first, that there was a prodigal i amount of rasecality in the days when there was vastly less publicity; and, second—and here is his best consolation— that the standards of public opinion are as high as ever, and that, contemporary with this hideous exposure of wrongdoing, the signs are numerous of a revival of the eth- ics of business, as well as of the ethics of pelities. In a private discussion not long ago of one of the most pathetic cases of ruined reputation that recent events have illustrated, the fact came out that this man—so widely honored and beloved, and still so sympathetically regarded—had long realized the misfortune of his situation, deeply deprecating the supposed necessity ofscontinuing certain corrupt and demoralizing practices. It is evident that if such cthical questions as he, for many unhappy ye decided according to unfortunate custom, could reach his authority again, after a period of exposure and retribution such as has just taken place, he would not hesitate to declare to his associates that, obvi- ously, “honesty is the best policy,” as weil as the most agrecable part that honorable men can play. So it is now everywhere easier for honest impulses and suggestions to prevail in all matiers relating to the conduct of business. The most conspicuous cxposure that has taken place is, of course, that which was precipitated by certain insurance imbroglios; and there was good fortune in the fact that these exposures, almest mere than any other pos- sible ones, touched individual interests well-nigh infinite in extent. The les- son of common honesty has therefore been carried into every family in the entire country where exist responsibility and thrift. Xvery man in the busi- ness world is now watching his neighbor; better than that, he is watching himself—taking to himself all sorts of warnings; making to himself all kinds of good resolutions; witnessing and taking part in a revival of applied ethics, not only in the community, but in his own heart. There is, indeed, nowadays such a searching of souls, and such a stern application of higher standards, that there is almost danger that judges them- selves will “stand up so straight” that they may fall backward into the pool of judicial demagogy. Jut the searching will go on; and, on the whole, its dangers are few, while its benefits will be many and immense, ars, 2 £5 DeR rere frre pn Ditality of Scarlet Fever women CZ OF 17S worms Emma A Walker. Afroman of pear N a farmhouse in one of the New England states a case of scarlet fever unexpectedly developed not long ago. On seeking for its origin the phys ian found that some old cot- ten quilts, laid away in the garret for ycars, had recently been taken down and aired and put to use by the family. These bed coverings, it was remembered, had been put y after a siege of this disease. This is oniy one many instances that could be re. lated, to show how long the infectious agent retains its vitality, and how common a thing it. is for scarlet fever to be disseminated by bedding and other objects. These quilts should have been burned as soon as the first patients had recovered. 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CuexeY & Co., ps., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, price, Take Hall's family Pills for cor 1stipation. Expert Testimony. The prominent part being played by hired expert witnesses in the Thaw trial prompts the Washington Star to suggest that it is time to abolisa the present system of securing this kind of testimony. The expert em- ployed by the prosecution naturally will testify only the prosecution wants him to, while the expert for the defense, having a fine apprecia- tion of his fee, will confine himself to his own side. it is up to the jury to determine which is the most ex- pert liar or the most truthful, while the real value of either corps of ex- perts is an cpen question in the pub- lic mind. The Star denounces ‘the whole business’ ‘in cases. involving human - life “immoral.” apd-gug- gests that the court itself ah wuld -se- cure the expert witnesses, protect them on the stand and sce that their findings reach the jury in : proper form. as as World’s Costliest Dress. It may seem a trifle inconzr that in a land where the mass at the starvation point all the and often on the fatal side of that point, the wearers of the richest rai- ment should be Tound, but such seems to be the case. One of the Princesses of the Burmese court, a young woman not yet 20, is said to be the posses- sor of the costliest dress in the world. [t is a court costume and worn only on rare occasions, savs Leslie's Week- ly. It is studded with jewels reputed to be worth in the aggregate not less than $1,400,000. Sp ———————— COFFEE THRESHOED HER uous are time, 15 Long Years. “For over fifteen years,” writes a patient, hopéful little Ills. woman, ‘““while a coffee drinker, I suffered from Spinal Irritation and Nervous trouble. I was treated by good phy- siciang, but did not get much relief. “1 never suspected that coffee might be dggravating my condition. 1 was down-hearted and discouraged, but prayed daily that I might find something to help me. “Several years ago. while at. a friend’s house, I drank a cup of Pos- tum and thought I had never tasted anything more delicious. “From that time on I used Postum instead of Coffee and socn began to improve in health, so that now I can walk half a dozen blocks or more with ease, and do many other things that I never thougkt I would be able to do again in this world. “My appetite is good, I sleep well and find life is worth living, indeed. A lady of my acquaintance lgaid sine did not like Postum, it was So weak and tasteless. “I explained to her the diffe OTA when it is made right—hoiled accord ing to directions. She was glad to this beeause coffee did not agree with her. Now her folks say they expect to use Postum the Test of their lives.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, “The Road to Wellyville,” in pkgs. ‘‘There’s a reason.”