LOVE LIES IN THY SILENT SOUL. I'd sing my song of thee, hath ever sung, love, as none little boy and ignorant. are ill of fever they send for me, ané 1 come to them and wave my shawj So mine it were, so thine it were, y ht . No other heart had dreamed of it since over them, and touch them, and pray primal man was young; to my grandfather, and breathe upor is ‘epir on, Plog Anperious, them. Then, if God wills and they I ra wel CTL . A hymn to love's high ecstasy from stress have faith, the fever departs from : them, by the virtue of my grandfather, A ) n love divine : 3 An consecrate with God's own Wine, | I myself am nothing, and can do noth Af ht tae mo iH jot Ro ing, but he was a holy man, and was > goa f love 5: : » My i n ‘glorious as.-none | aecepted of Ged. Quite big men senc hath ever sung! for me and believe in me, even mer lies in thy silent soul more with white beards, though I am but ¢ 1an pi may 890; child. Whatever they give me I take ged spirit- words. Yea, none | home to my mother, and we are con bi Goi may Knov tent.” Thy holy place, the Xen of love, kcas 2 J J Whence dreams rise as from sleep of Will this be your life, to tend this love, chri iok ? 73 , To gleam and beckon in thine eyes, and shrine and heal the sick? Will you fleetest promise show too, become a saint? Of ng wonders deep within, Al d guerdons yet to win, Till shall be thy gift to me, Thy Asin poured out swift to me, Sweet, love lies in thy deep than song may go! —Edna Kingsley Wallace, in Putnam’s. The | | silent soul more Indian Herd Boy | | “lI can never become a saint, for 1 am poor and ignorant and cannot read the holy books, and am a sinner and nothing worth. My grandfather's tomb I must always tend, and burn lamps before it. and lay rich cloths up- on it on Fridays. When my father lay dying he called to me and said, ‘When I am dead you may heal the sick in my father’s name, as I have healed them, and you must always tend my father’s shrine. Uniil you grow up to man’s estate you shall do thus; but when you are a man, and your beard grows, then go to the holy | saint in such a place, and ask him, { “Shall I heal the sick in my grand- father’s name as I have done, or shall The Englishman cam2 riding over I ph fe fields 3 a Me had been out | wil] command vou, and his orders you 0 a canal, where the people were | must obey. whe a wrangling, over water, id he had | top So eh 20 Len > Wn made the peace and was 1.: ed of strife. rt 7 So he re back alone d watched le nod ie gh the sun sink behind the mountains, line time comes I will : } and breathed the coll ing air, | father's ar ¥0 go 0nd dp my and loved the dry fiel 13 and the bar- “But. why do you cough so, boy; it ren scrub of the wide river plain and | seems to tear vour chest?” the peace of the lonely stillness. As | “This cough is nothing. It will be he neared the village he saw a little | petter in the spring, when the warm ragged boy tending a few bony cows | weather comes.” He coughed again which wandered about the fields and | apq again, in a paroxysm of coughing, sought for the rous oarse 8rass | and then he spat upon the ground. The which was the only herbage.-“Weil, Englishman looked, and saw that ihe little boy, how goes it, and whose cows | hoy had spat bright red blood from do you tend here?” “Greeting,” sald | the arteries of his lungs. He remem the little boy. “One of these cows is | bered the poet Keats, how he had my own and the rest belong to my | spat such blocd on his pillow, and neighbor, who pays me a shilling a | ooking, had said, “There is my death menth. There is no grass for thé cat- | warrant.” He climbed upon his horse tle, and they are hungry; but this | ang said farewell, and laid his hand land is always dry, and the cows give | ypon the boy's head and silently rode little milk.” “What does your father | away; for well he knew that the little do, little boy, and where dees he | joy would not be well in the spring, live?” “My father died some years |and that the mother and the little ago, when I was quite little, and NOW | hrother would soon be alone in their I keep the house. There is my moth- | jittle mud hut, and the shrine must er ard my little brother to support, so I tend the cattle, as we have no land of our own. That red cow is ours. She isa good cow, but old, and gives hut little milk. Yet we live, for God is good.” “Hold my horse, and let me sit here on the bank. How can you live on one cow and keep your mother and brother, even though you tend these few bony cattle?” “The neighbors are kind and give me what they can; but, besides that, we have the shrine.” “The shrine, what shrine?’ “There that heap of stones, with a little flag flying above it. That is my grand- father’s tomb. He was a very man, and performed great The river and many fellowed him. but now the times are changed, and we are poor. He used to ride upon a lion, and it obeyed his will. Now I fear even to hold your horse, lest 1t should bite me. You see, I am a very little boy and timid.” “You are the son of a lion, little one, and must bmn be brave; then Y23 too will ride aheian’ - a lion’s miracles. He was rich, S— hack, Was father also ! holy?” “Yes, he Was a holy man, = poor; and the pe« 21 Saints; vet he bad gems f Wers, E “his fat her s sake. Of these now but few are left.” “Have you also got fol- lowers, and are you also holy?’ “1 have some follo ers, hut I am not Toly, fc for ¥: afl only a fittle BS and gafpot read or write, and ha¥e not read the Holy Books Yet ther re a some who r mber my gr andfatheg’s fame, and ¥ colle to ue and give me presents, and I pray for them. They come to the shrine to pray, and I sacrifice for them, and they make offerings, sometimes an egg, or even a fowl, now and again a goat. J] pray to my grandfather for them, and he hears nie and remembers that I am his son. So he speaks to the Holy Prophet, and the good God hears the Prophet and gives us our desire. My grandfather was a very holy man. I take the, offerings for myself and for my mother and my baby brother, and thus we find bread. We still have a list of my grandfather's disciples, but now men go elsewhere, and we make no new disciples. I would not | if I could, for I am a little boy and ignorant, and how should I make dis ciples?” : . ™ “But your grandfather made them, and entered them: in his book?” “Yes, my grandfather made them. They came before him and begged his intercession. Then he tcok a lock of their hair and cut it off by their heads and burned it, or dropped it in running water, and he entered their names in his book, and he grasped their right hand in his. So their soul met his soul, and they were his follow- ers, and he held their hands. How shall 2a man’s soul approach his Maker, all sinful as he is, unless a holy saint hold him by the hand and intercede for him do this, still less can I, memory of my grandfather men still come to mz. By his father’s virtues y father did miracles and healed the zick, but especially th sick of a fever.” but for the holy | and the skies obeyed him, | to God? My father could not | ose who were | find another keeper and the sick an- other to heal them.—Westminster Gazette. LONDON CLUBS. They Are Practically Social—the Old Ones, That Is. As everybody knows, our oldest clubs were developed out of the original cof- fee houses nearly two -centuries ago, {and the newer clubs, as they were | formed from time to time, consisted | in the first instance of many members i experienced in the older, and so the | good tradition was kept up. This ap- plies at least to the really social clubs, | like White’s or the Garrick. It does not apply in the same degree to the large, ceremonious, more stately clubs like the United University or the Ox- ford and Cambridge, where a member | probably knows only a small propor- tion of his fellow members, or to an eminent political club like the Carlton W Lee a man is elected for services to And it does not apply at 0 shore clubs which gre mere ely proprietary concerns f8r conveni- = an 1d which are generally and very adely y Enown 2s “pot houses”—I had not Zive instances—where ad- | mission is swift and easy and where | the membership largely consists of ery young men v had i #: P= ofc who have not a | time to get into a better institution. i But a really social club even though new has the advantage of old exem- i plars. Thus the Bachelors, a comparative- ly recent club, has a character very like that of Whtte’s which is one of the’ | very oldest. The tone of the really so- i cial club is that of an easy familiarity. A member going in for his luncheon or dinner drops naturally into a seat close to.another member and starts a conversation. In the more ceremon- ious club, or in the “pot house,” if he | has not arranged to meet some One Or | invited a guest he probably eats soli. tary. In the latter sort men move in silence and isolation; in the former there is a general hum of “Hullo! how are you?’ and “When did you get back?” and “Seen Tommy: lately?” and £0 forth—and incidently it is difficult I —-——t— yy {0 write your letters or read Your | new spapers undisturbed. These are the | veal clubs, as the English society of a hundred years ago, which was like a great family party, understood them, and they are the hardest to imitate. The others may confer some assurance ‘of position, like the Athenaeum, or confer nothing except more or less dubious comfort, like the—never mind, but they have not the essential qual- ity and can be imitated anywhere, more or less.—Town and Count.y. To Restore Copper Plant Prints. Fasten the print with tacks to a suitable board and by means of a coft brush wash it off very carefully with water, in which, to 1000 parts, 50 parts of carbonate of ammonia have | been dissolved. Then rinse it off care- fully with clean water and repeat the operation when dry, on the back. Now moisten the paper with dilute vinegar (1 part of vinegar to 5 parts | of water) and then wash with a weak solution (3 parts of “And you, too, do miracles, little | calcium chloride man, and heal the sick?” | water)." Finally rinse with clean wa- “My grandfather was a holy man, | ter and dry in the open air in the sun. and he has heard by prayer. I do mir- | The paper will be perfectly white, acles at times, but of course they are | without the print having suffered any only little miracles, for I am only a [ipiry-ticieniite Amerigan, When mer upland pn wf) pom bef gSTen The All Big Gun Ship Target Practice, Not War, Suggested the New Type. ¢ i & Ey Walter §. Merriwether. ° T is popalarly supposed that the running fight w hich followed the sortie from Port Arthur previded the first hint of the all big gun ship. It will therefore come as a surprise to many ARRRRENE . oe ge ge oe . . Te sje. CON) geen *. 2S i to know that the value of the all big gun ship had been rec- : % ognized prior to the outbreak of the war in the East, and detente ose doe that the type itself had been evolved not from any informa- sgeeioeledeinlolol de tion furnished by Japan, nor in Great Britain, but right here efedefefedededoide : : : : 5 : sti : Qeofeefeieleoofelokg iN America. he way it came about is an interesting bit of unwritten history. The idea of the type originated in target practice. Up to a few years ago there was practically no target practice in our navy. The result of this lack of practice showed at Santiago, where there was only about 2 percent of hits made by the American fleet. The Spanish fleet was destroyed, but while America was cheering in its millions its navy defenders were soberly think- ing of that very small percentage of hits. As a result the navy went at tar- get practice in a serious and thorough way. Then for the first time was in- troduced the practice of firing at long ranges. The discovery was. soon made that range finders are of little use—the gun itself had to be depended upon. to get the range. The next important fact educed was that a variety of calibres brought much cenfusion, as in the fall of shots the markers were unable to aistinggish one from the other. Here was another matter of essence. The bigger the gun the flatter the trajectory, and with two or more different cali- bres firing at the same time it was found to be impossible to distinguish be- tween them, and consequently impossible accurately to estimate the range. Then it began to dawn on the navy that the solution was a ship carrying big guns only, and as.a result the plans of the United States ship Feasible and the United States ship Possible were drawn by Lieutenant Commander Homer C. Poundstone, one of the progressive young officers of the navy. These plans were submitted to the al board and were approved by that body. Thus originated the type that so many nations are now so feverishly constructing. But it was not until Great Britain had launched her Dread- nought and Japan's Aki had gone overboard that this country set about the building of the four Dreadnoughts which are now under construction. “g HAT does the possession of the ballot mean to women? Much or little, according toc the woman, just as it means much or little to the individual man. Duty is always largely a matter of personal equation.- Many men and women carry their obligations lightly. They pay their debts when they get ready, or are compelled by process of law, and curfew ordinances are enacted for the benefit of their children. And right at this point may be found one of the funda- mental differences between men and women in politics. The man whose boy is brought home by the policeman or truancy officer may be intensely interested in politics,—national politics, He may be rabid on the subject of the tariff, and hardly know the name of his alderman.” The woman who is interested in politics begins at home, and has a vital interest in the quantity and purity of the water supply. She wants to know why the streets are not kept clean, and she is willing to help. It was the women of Denver who prevailed on the authorities to park Twenty-third Avénue, put up anti- expectoration signs, and provide garbage cans and drinking fountains at the street corners. Denver’s politics are unquestionably dirty, but Denver itself is a clean city. To be sure, the smoke consumer ordinance is not enforced, nor the Sunday and midnight closing ordinances, bec: se Denver is run upon the principle, so highly lauded, that “municipal government is business, not politics,” and there is a very perfect arrangement between the administration and many of the leading busineszes of the city. Anything that can be done for the city without incommoding them can be accomplished, but business must not be interfered with, so the all-night saloon flourishes.—From The At- lantie- ¥e s%esTe+% GoJo sooo sge re Ze fe feof seals Zeger fe ou fe se fe ss ole ofa off afore fg pn NY png Women and the Baliot Ey Ellis Meredith. WwW ® » e Bleachers . : On th I ¢ Ey RR L. Hartt BR Acris emmprormnrn; N the bieachers; however, there is much the same talk as among collezians, though mauthed less gently, and abso- lutely the same. belief in the® cosmic importance of sport. Have not vanquished football braves been known to weep? Once, when a victorious eleven were shedding their mole- skins amid profane exultings, their trainer burst into the dressing-rocm, lifted a reverent hand, and eried, “Silence, God from whom all oO pan boys! Now everybody sing, ‘Praise : blessings flow!’ ” which they did in perfect solemnity. When such excesses occur among seekers after wisdom, why scorn poor Micky for serious cccupation of a serious’ people? His micro- cosmos refuses admittance to larger interests. The players, now at practice down below—they are licns, =, sublime demigeds, in Micky’'s oy es. Pity him, then for his failure to iden tity them; “Lereath the cupola,” Paris is equally at a loss to iden “tify its Forty Im mortals; as Monsieur le Ministre ap- peals to Madame la Marechale, calling baseball the mos 19 herce so Micky appeals to 'Rastus Jones, and 'Ras- tus to a truckman, who in turn invites elucidation from a freckled office-boy. There are loud assertions, louder ccntradictions, as is scarcely surprising, so extraordinary is the nity resemblance that pervades the profession. Al- ways the lithe, nimble figure; always the shaven face; always the bold nose and assertive chin. Later, when the game iz on, we shall know the artists by reference to the score- -card —The Atlantic. oT Ze 2013 rege age aeade fesle Ref oenpie ; NYY Sixty Years in a Russian Prison | § Fo ry Dr. E. J. Dillon 2 Russian cf today, who, without leaving his church, preaches unorthodox sobriety, truthfulness, honesty, and clean living, attracts his fellowmen and makes them better than he found «hewn, Is complained of by the priests, and whirled away to the cloister prison. There he is no longer thrust into a “stone sack,” as in olden times, but immured in a bare, nar- row cell, the walls of which are slimy with ooze. The one little light aperture bas three window-frames—two iron gratings, and a pane of semi-opaque, greenish glass. He is is forbidden to talk with the guards, receives no let- lieu of which he has a num- este Se Sesterte Tuite ee on ee fe Te Tego of levee ole ook oi 2093 | WH aa = denied pen and paper, ters nor writes any, and forfeits his very name, in ber. In a word, he is dead, and is waiting only to be buried. om tm time a priest may entex his cell and exhort aim to abandon his “error,” but after the first few months even this opportunity of hearing a human voice is taken aw ay, and he is left with only such hope as death may fulfil. And Some of these obscure martyrs have waited long for that merciful end. One man, named Shubin—an “Old Believer,” who in essentials was a member of the Orthodox Creek church,—srert sixty-tiree years cf his life in the fortress of Solovetsk Monastery From time to. MANY CATTLE KILLED Inspectors Slay 750 to Stop Spread of Foot and Mouth Disease. Philadelphia.—It was reported from West Chester that 100 head of cattle had been killed near there by the au- thorities following an investigation into the condition of a herd of cattle reported on Sunday as suffering from the foot and mouth disease. Nearly 150 cattle were also killed in Snyder county, according to a report from Selins Grove. Nearly 500 Canadian beeves, which were to have been part of the cargo of the British steamer East Point, which sailed on Saturday for Lon- don, were killed at the stock yards here. The shipper, unable to send them to England because of the em- bargo, disposed of them to local deal- ers. The .inspectors pronounced the cattle the finest received here in a long time and found them to be in perfect condition. WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL Plans Formulating for Fitting Cele- bration of the Event. Washington.—At a joint meeting of committees representing the Washing- ton council, the Washington Historical society and the Daughters of the Rev- olution, it was decided that Washing- ton should celebrate, in September, 1910, its centennial anniversary. Every society, lodge, church and school in Washington will be asked to appoint a committee to confer at stated times with a general commit- tee on plans for the centennial. It is the intention to make the celebra- tion the biggest of the kind ever held in Western Pennsylvania. COAL TIPPLE DESTROYED Fire Causes Loss of $30.020 at Gallitin Mine Near Monongahela. Monongahela.—One week after com- pletion, the double tipple at the Gal- litin mine of the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke ‘Company, three miles from here, burned, causing a less of $30,000 and throwing 400 men out of work. At midnight the plant of the Tempest brick works, un- derneath the tipples, was threatened. Although 150 employes of the mine fought the blaze, the water supply was inadequate and the coal company’s property could not be saved. It is not known, how the fire started. A New Fraud. Greensburg. Many Greensburg property owners and farmers of. the immediate vicinity have just learned they are victims of a clever swindle. A few weeks ago a well dressed man appeared with capsules guaranteed to, destroy insect pests on trees. He cleaned up between $400 and "$500. The capsules, according to the strang- er, were to be inserted at frequent in- tervals about the roots of trees. Their conients, it was said, would be ab- sorbed by the roots. The foliage next spring, it was asserted, would show the benefits of the treatment. The state department of agriculture was communicated with and the cap- sules were prcnounced a fraud. Dies Within Year of Century Mark. Sharon.— William Henry Pitts, aged 99, believed to have been the oldest retired iron worker in Western Penn- sylvania, died here after four months’ illness. He came to this country from Germany to work in the mills of Jones & Laughlin when they were first started in Fittsburg. Later he removed to Sharon. He leaves one son in this country and one daughter and two sons in Germany. Takes Horses, Harness and Buggy. Kittanning.— Thieves visited the barn of Elmer Stepp in South Buffalo township and stole two horses, a new set of harness and a new buggy. One horse the robbers hitched in the bug- gy, while they endeavored to-lead the other behind, but the animal broke away and was recovered by the own- er. Thrown from Buggy and Killed. New Castle.—Hiram K. Hartsuff, a well-known coal operator, met instant death at Wampum, when he was thrown from a buggy. He was driv- ing a young horse, which became frightened at a passing automobile. Mr. Hartsuff was manager of the Coal and Coke S Company. New Hotel Damaged. Butler. — A fire, thought to have been of incendiary origin, caused $20,000 damage at the new $80,000 Monroe Hotel, owned by J. H. Harvey, ‘here. The building was nearly ready for occupancy. Several firemen were hurt in fighting the blaze. Pupils Suspended. California.—Sfx hundred sg'udents, the entire attendance at the model de- partment of the California State Nor- ‘mal school, were suspended indefin- itely by Principal Theodore B. Noss because of alleged failure on the part of the public school directors to ful- fiill ar agreement to furnish teachers. Young Hunter Kills Girl. Altoona.—Maggie Garver, aged 16, who lived with the family of Mr. and | Mrs. John Helsel at Point View, Blair county, was accidentally killed by El- lis Helsel, aged 12, who was about to go hunting, when his gun, striking against a door frame, was discharged, instantly killing Miss Garver. i Died from Exposure. New Castle—After lying unconsci- ous 36 hours, after having been acci- | dentally shot while hunting, James Artz died at the hospital here. He ig survived by his widow. PENNSYLVANIA | Interesting Items from All Sections of the Keystone State. HOME WRECKED BY DYNAMITE New Kensington Man and Family Have Narrow Escapé from Death. New Kensington.—At a hearing be- fore Justice of the Peace R. McLaugh- held for court in $1,000 bail, charged with blowing up the home of Andrew Fish at night. That Fish, his wife and eight borders escaped death or serious injury was due to the small quantity of dynamite used. tire front portion being torn out and windows in houses for a whole square were broken and many persons thrown from bed. At the hearing Fish and several witnesses testified that Mate- sia on several occasions threatened to blow up Fish and his wife. ROADS DISAPPEARING Macadamized Highways Unfeasible In Auto Age and Brick to Be Substituted. State Highway Commissioner Joseph W. Hunter, who is inspecting State roads in Greene county and looking™ after proposed new highways has de- cided that hereafter all State roads in Greene ceunty shall be of brick. This is partially on account of the- scracity of limestone, and Commis- sioner Hunter elaims that since -the advent of the automobile the macadam roads are soon worn out. Sweeping over the roads, it is stated, a cloud of {dust is raised which is blown away {and in this*manner the roadbed soon disappears. ELDRER BANK CLOSES Directors Assert That Depositors Wilk Lose Nothing. Eldred.—The Eldred bank of this place has closed and the depositors arc greatly excited. The bank was a private institution, capitalied at $100,000. It is owned by .local par- ties and capitalists living in Mead- ville and the west. The greater part of the depositors will be unable to stand any loss. The Eldred bank directors, however as- sert that the depositors will receive dollar for dollar. It is said the lia- bilities are about $160,000, with- as- sels of about $140,000. MALADY SHUTS CHURCHES Diphtheria at Muncy Also Closes Nickelodeons and Schools. Muncy.—An epidemic of diphtheria here caused the local -ofiicers of the State Board of Health to order all the churches closed. Twenty cases of the disease were reported and there were a number of deaths. Acting for the State. Department, the authorities stopped a moving pie- ture show im the Opera House and or- dered the closing of nickel shows. The _ schools have also been ordered closed until further notice. Farmer. Striken in Field. Washington.—Having suffered a. stroke of paralysis while alone in a field on his farm near Bethany, and lying for two days and nights before being found, Benjamin Johnson, 75 vears old, is in a critical condition, as the result of exposure. Upon be- ing removed to his.home he rallied front the stroke, but he had contracted PEstmcHn, which is expected to prove atal. Lebanon Court House Burned. Lebanon.—Fire, which originaed in the attic cf the county court house, gutting that structure, entailing a loss of between $50,000 and $75,000. The firemen were unable to reach the flames until the top of the building was almost burned cut. ‘The court and judges’ libraries, and valuable papers of the Lebanon County Histor. ical society were burned. Ten Buildings Burned. Rimersburg.—Ten of Rimersbhurg’s best business buildings and residences were destroyed by fire, causing a lass of over $50,000, while half a dozen other buildings, including a hotel and the First National bank on the main street, opposite the fire, were each damaged several hundred doliars by heat. Ford City Power Company Organizes. Kittanning.—Ford Citp capitalists have organized the Ford City Power Company to supply neighboring towns with light, heat and power.” The bor- ough will vote _December 18 on a proposition to increase its indebted- ress $16,000 to purchase the electric light plant now. in operation there. Great Tin Mill Rehabilitated. Sharon.—improvements at the Greer tin plate mill have just been com- pleted at a cost of $60,000 and the plant is now considered one of the most modern in the country. The mill has been idle several months, but it is expected to .resume within ja short time affording employment to 11.200 men. Killed by Train. Pittsburg.—Miss Lillian McKee, for | vonrts 20 years an instructor in the | Northside schools and for the past | three years supervisor of art in the | Northside High school, met her death | under the wheels of a city-bound Pan- | handle train during the dense fog at {| Rosslyn station, near Carnegie. “Died of His Injuries. I%ew Castle.—As a result of injuries suffered when he fell under a movinsa train twe days ago, Edward Shatzes | died at the hospital here. He wa“ {a ‘Spanish-American war veteran. lin, Andrew Matesia, a foreigner, was w= Fish’s house was wrecked, the en- - ww - 4 * - . »> . -* ™ . r < ® > . - - . > - . - ) 4 } {%e < - . ’ - - . & s . . ° r . « B . i ok ey » a « - 0 - ¥ |. like to be whic and . tenec ingly “1f unne epoc] tieth Ther cepti wom well T.O Th have need mult have show mear tient mous mar? vanc Man, beni VOWS be fe to as ried posit dle