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AUCTION SALES.
KVTI RE DAYS.
Tuns i owen \ soy ,\r?tionkeks.
TRCSTE**?' SVI.K op VAU'ABI.E improved
reai estate. rkim; the new three^r???:
A wit CELLAR BRICK I?WK1.I.IN?.
MINTMVIV: TEN ROOMS. two ItATHS.
HOT WATER HEAT :! BACK PORCHES:
NEVER I!KEN oCi'i PIEIt NO. RIBC-OMAIHIA
P.OAH NORTH WEST: LOT _1t BY l.'lS
TO VI.I.EV
P.t * irrin- ".1 a prtain deed of trust duly ret-ortlttf
in Liber No 95IS. folio Est et of
tin- I: u.I romril^ of tiio District ' olumMa. J
v ; ,ii i 10 r. |in --t i f ;':c |iiiiv ured thereby,
t i* tiDii< r<isi)"il trustees will m'H at ?? sine- j
loci. Iii front Hi premises. on MONI'.IL i
THE TENTH 1? v N t?E M ARCH. A.I' !
Ml" FIVE n'l l.nCK I'M . Ill- followlnr I
<1 scril?>1 Ian I nil | ri iniv* ?. situate in tin* |
..hut of ?'?> rstoii. Pistri't of Columbia.
Ml folRMttd as and belag lot MWbrri one
i dr.d winiM fom ilTti. in Clarence Norlueie's
subdivision of lots in Mock niiniliered
m\teon 11 i.i nf Tiii'11 .mil Brown's subdivision of
Mount ijlca-.i'i; and Pleas-int Plains, and lots
*ii t.l?. k mil' I. i'cii t wi-iti \ ilirii' ilf.'ti. i oliinibia
Hi i -i i. a? I. Ida: of tir>t Tii-ntioneil sulsli
v!-i >n re-ord--d l.t t> ?>f the surveyor for
ti ni>t ! ' "iniiii.i. in i.ii ! is. :it f<>iio AN.
I>rm> f - i! > '. hi subject to :i prior deed <>f
i j*t of SI,.".on it per cent din- in about
'J1 _ ii - M 1,1:1. i' i?vi-r said t rn~T cash. A deposit
of S|tst will In- required tit time of sale.
>11 con*!-v'aii. ing. rec rding. -1 . at unt of jnir
i ki 1 I tik of sale : I"- ?( 1 -I? >i with w itli1
l." i!a\- front day of > lb-, otherwise the trustee,
rt-ei\<- : 1 rtghl to -oil the property at
ri-k an.I o-r of ill--' 11 t .us p:irehi-er, nftetoe
d tv - ' ,oi-' -1 a., i,, n| 1.,1 11 resale in some
liiTrspojH-: ;m 1' 11 -!ict| In Was '.IT! 1 ill It C.
KM \ N I I I >1-1 l< M. .Inn.or
w.M. ? 1. \I:\i till.
fi-2* ilAiN.i-Sii Trustris.
if SAMill. II M xt MCnONEER
Alexandria. 5 a
TRl'STKE'S SAI.K op VAI.I WM.E P-CSINESS
AMI HOTKI. PRoPKItTA \T ST El.MO.
AI.KX ANDMIA Co|'NT\ 5 A . OPPOSITK
THE POTOMAC V \l:l?S
The undersigned. trustei- in a i-"rfain deed of
trust dated the 2!?tlt day of Sept. mber. ami
of record in Oe- -| Rook No mi. page tl'IH, one of
land records of Alexandria count*. Va . and at
the written request of the holder of the note secure"!
b.T the said ileed of trust. * ill offer for
sale at public auction, in from < ( me premise-*.
011 SAT! RIlAY. MARlTi KIOilTII lltl i. AT
KOCR O'lT.lK'K I' M . all of tin.? two lots of
ground, with the buildings and improvements
thereon, known and designated a- lot- hfi and
f"7. In the plan of lots known a- "Sr. Klnio," a
plat of which Is recorded In I* .1 If.... < t. nag-' I
44f>, one of land re.-ords of Alexandre count*-.
Terms of A depiisit of hundred
dollars wil !>" re-mired at time of Terms
to be com;- ' with within 15 n t- f"'ai date
of sale, otle-- * -c tlic trustee reserves toe right
to resell said *1 n|w 1 fv at the nsk and cost of defaulting
puichu-ers thereof after live lavs' adsertlsemeni
in some new sj a.iier publlslied In Alexandria
county or Alexandria city. All i-onveyaucing
and recording charges at the cost of the
purchaser or purchasers thereof.
.If'IlN 1?. NORMt iVI.K. Trustee,
felli-dts AlexanUr'a. Vs.
ADAM WKsCMI.K R, ACCHONKKR.
f' ii A V "K It 5 SAI.K ?>i VAf.l'ABf.K IMPROVED
K K AI. I.Sl \ I K. KNDW.N AS 510 C STREET
\(?K I 1IWKS I
Rv v.rtue of a ib- re-- r-f the Supreme Court of
ft'itri t of 1 "iiliiinMa. |>a s-.,| in equity cause
.No hp hi, ?... the undersigned trustees, wil! sell
1 public act-on, in feunt >* the premises, ou
WEDNESDAY. Till I II I II |?AY l?F MARCH.
\ D lt?1X I KOI R O'CLOCK P.M.. til" following
tie- rit.e.i land niul premises, situate In
city of \V:--liiuifton. in tin- Dlstri--t of Co1-imhia.
and d-signnted as and Itelug part of
1 giDal lot 7 .11 s,j.;arc ts7. beginning for the
sane- on tip- line of it street at a r?'"f distant
1", f, or s in. li * east of th-- northwest corner of
>inl lot .'irial running Hi." ? along sa;ii street
' "> feet 4 Imhps. theme south M feet ! inches,
ib< ni'p west IS feet l inch's ami then-e north
s[ feet !i inches to the tp;iunins. together with
h" iraproremtmis, cnu>!stin; of iirrniteg N'.
(1 str-i t northwest.
Terms of >?n: \il cash ever aii'I above a pertain
debt ilne to ibe Herman American Fire Insurance
Company. secured by deed of trust,
amounting to $2.s??2. with interest at M per annum
on S2.-10O from November IT. 1!'12. and on 1
>Jihi from Jnne It. l'.'I'J. A deposit of $.0o will 1
In- required of the purchaser at the time of sale.
V'. conveyancing. r -. I rg anil notarial fees at ,
i h' cost of the purchaser. Terms of sale to tie |
complied with within fifteen days front day of
s*' . otherwls the trustees reserve Ihe right to
: s.dl the pi rty at ih * risk an 1 cost of th 1
defaulting purchaser after five days advertise- i
ment of suefa ri'-a ? in s >nie newspaper published '
;:i *he i ;tv of Waabinstnn. O. C. <
MATTHEW I! O'BRIEN.
too 5th ?t. n.w..
JIT.ll'S A. MAEDEL. 1
4let 5th St. n.w ,
fetp i!A.i--.eS i.f. -Jl'AmM Tm- te. a ,
ADAM A. WESCHLKR. ACCTIOXF.ER. '
TRf'STEES' SAI.K OF AN ATTRACTIVE
DWELLING 1\ THE NORTHWEST SECTION.
KNOWN AS PREMISES NO. 820 V A It- i
MUSI STREET.
Bv virtue of a certain deed of trust, dated
August N. 1!?>7 and reeoriled aun-ng tlie land 1
records of the District of Columbia, in I.lber ;
3109. at folio 52 et seq.. and at the request of .
the bolder of the notes secured thereby, we will (
offer for sale at public auction, in front of the
premises, on Tl ESDAY. THE ELEVENTH DAY
OF MARCH A.D. 11*1AT HALE-PAST FOER
t>TUK"K P.M.. the following-described real estate.
situate In the eonnfy of Washington. District
of Columbia. to wit; Lot numbered fifty-two
<521 in Heorge G. Browu. trustee's, subdivision
of lots In square numbered twenty four ll'li in
petworth Addition to Washington." as per plat
of said subdivision recorded In I.lber County No.
22. page 12. of the records of the surveyor's office
of the District of Columbia, subject to a
first and prior deed of trust securing the sum of |
$3,800 and accumulated interest thereon, amountlug
to $275.
Terms of sab The deed of trust for $3,803
nd interest thereon, above mentioned, to be as- 1
sumed by the purchaser, and the balance to be j
paid in cash, tr ail cash, at the option of the t
purchaser. A deposit of $2'ki to tie paid at the ,
time of sale. Sab- to be closed 1c fifteen days
frmn day of sale, otherwise I ha trustees may reeell
the proi>erl.v at the expense of the defaulting
purcliasi r after five days' advertisinc In some
newspaper published in Washington city. D. C.
Conveyancing at the cost of purchaser.
GK<?. TV E. SWARTZKI.L Trustee.
M.EXANDETt T. HENSKY Trustee.
.lArts,. Sn.Vmlit 727 l.'Hli *t. n.?. ''
ADAM A. WEsrHEEK. AUCTIONEER.
(
TRUSTEES" SAI.E 'it' \N ATTRACTIVE ,
! t\V E 1.1.1 MI IN THE NORTHWEST SEC- 1
TION. KNOWN A< PREMISES NO KM VAR \
NA M STREET.
I'O virtu- of rl.i i <! < I ?.f trust. dated Of
to ! r* . :: i11 i utijoHj; the lar.il roe- t
0 - "f ' 1 *.*-1 ri t of <' fa, In I/hcr
folio I*** ?t -?<?.. an?l :i? th?- of tl>e *
' -is of tU?? tiutr* vu.-un-il taiTfhy. wp trill <
J! ? : n nii<*fiou In front ??f tup
1 iter*, on T1 i *DA\ THIS ELEVENTH DAY s
>t MARi 'I \ D 1 \T Ci AICTEU CAST i
HM'K O'CLtM K I'.M . thf Wtettnff-iliif Ibed .
r : ! tii- ninti of Wa-diliitrton.
!? ri<-t - f ' >lit; !:ii. to \\ i lot nmr.l oroil Jfjy '
<; Ri-'wn. ?uh?livlsi"n of 1
' * in ! ]<> t. tmrnio t'o.l tv. nrfour i?li. "I'M- j]
i Si: I .oi> 1- M i iK.o.i *' a- raid nub- .
i! i- 'l".1, "i I'f'i.'il >i B-'oi. I'.oniiv "J", pajte
' of u' v. veyor's otli o of tii'
I > t ru t of ? oln.iil'ij. 1
i- - ii.i il l of tin- purchase mono- i
i j , .mil tlo lairu-e to be paid i
It tj-i-i. ins!.ilitiienl*. respecttveljr. In oi-c. ,
t i iti.J three from ilay of nalr. to be ?e
i a first deed of trust on the l'ri|iPrtv
ui: i I".: -r ilirrooti. payable semi annual- 1
, I,.- r.'*.* of <i\ per cat per annum, or nil 1
pilot ? ' tii pur linger. A ilt*|iio t
-_': o v. ,. |<i> I'-poired at iill* time of sale.
S to 1< i ! '1 i:. fifteen day* from dav of
! . mi i>,.- n" trnci e* may resell the prop
* at t . . ii if tlii- default lit" purchaser
af r fi\ <1. i 11-1 r?: init in some newspaper
I -Iieil i i Wa-Ii .'Stoti eity. It. f. Uoaveyanc
I. at tie' not of pureha*'
I. MtF.Nt I II RIIEI.M. Trustee.
AEEX \NI?i::t T 111-.N<I :V. Trustee.
f"2Si <!A |..e< ..vtnl: 1 71.7 loth st. p.m.
ADAM A V. ESi III.Kit. \l 1 HONKER.
riislces' Sale of Valuable OneStory
liriek and ( Anient l ive
IvOoin I'.ungalow on Xortli Side
Mahama Avenue, l.ast of Ninth
Street. Congress Heights I). .
I \ f ; < rtain il* ill of trust, duly re
i ! 1 I.. r No, Hi, at folio i'.'l i t *etj.. of
a re-. <1* of th" District of t oi.tul.lt, an I
t a- ijh -t nf u party > < ttei thereto, ue.
1 trost' e?. wil' at ptililii" ait"
f' ip- j -? ml. on SAT! ltl'AV
HE EltlllTII Dan It! .MARCH. A D. I#B1. A!
\I.I I'AS'I EtH it tt't'I in K I' M . the follow
d-.i rlbcl laud and premise*, situate In the
t.r> "I W arii:: icttin, la the li.trnt of ioiu.it
: ? ' All of 1 'nle-red ic'ut tS| In
k litn: "red one ill n Henry C. I.i liyiieeter"*
: ? ? ;t> | ?*r |i.u r
U-ti in K?ok Ommty No. li>. a: ju^f 7 * lb-*
?!s ?.f !!? \. .? '* mN* ??f ! Distrct,
- Ui*i x\ir:i tin* iii r.'o.i.
i**rt:iH of >:i!? 91;i :liir I ??f tli * |*iirchus?
> i?? |?;t: I i, miu liif lu'.auc ?<l
.... i;-.i . . in-*-. |.ay:it.!o in on * an 1 luo
>"nrs witii *i:t . - it <'? i? r cfutuui |?er aiiu ;ra
. i ! * > n; an: uali> (r?ii? ?l tv of half, ft urf?l
\ * c!e?^l ..f 11:!-.t ujhj!i thf j rty M?ld. or ali
-b. :?t I < |*i. - -ii <>f tin* |?ur?*h !> '!*. A t
*l,M| v .f ill j.ur Im 4*r ui Horn*
of All ? 'liVfyaiif'.ir;. ! ? ?>niitrr. ? ?? ..
> " ' k?* - *f ii?- i'ir?*ln**?*r lVniih ?< If ??>is
i \x h nir ii i i f n t: in <1 v ? .* !>ale,
lh?'rivi?i \ ; . tno. > in t.i# rigiil I i J i s * 11
ii i"* i ' 0 ?1 !-' * * ?* ii ' M of tii?? u* f:. i|!
t. - i' r v. sif r tlvo tia ? ;i'lV#TTihf im ui ??f
?* 1 .. * ? . li*ws;.;i ? |?1lblisii?Mt ill I If
> of \\ .. ii I1
?i':uR(;n ? u \i.SUN
SIMON hi r.|
< ;\<n - T im ( ?,
Stop, Look, Listen!
1 oiu tJ: - V? \v Vu/k Tiin?>.
h> ia:lroads have for more tliaii one
K< n> ration kept at their grade erosslngs
signposts with t o familiar U Kent) calling
ai ti'ave'iTs and pedestrians to stop,
look and l.st< n la-fore passing across the
tracks. We know tiiat grade crossings
should never have been laid and that
franchise^ g.ven to the railroads should
avs in lud.-d the requirement that hlgh\\ays
be crossed by trains above or below
their level. With the increased volume
of rapid road tradio the abolition of
the crossings at grade has become imperatfve,
and i! is proceeding with all
possible speed. Meanwhile, leekless
drivers of carriages and automobiles continue
to imperil their occupants by disregarding
the signs and signals at the
crossings.
*
RAILROADS.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO I.INES.
3:15 p.m. dally-Sleepers to Tjontsvtlle. Cinctn
natl. India Da polls and St. I.<ouls.
0:30 p.m. daily -Pullman to Cincinnati and
Chicago.
i 11:10 p.m.. dally?Sleepers to Virginia Hot
Spring:*. Cincinnati and IajuIstHIc.
.*13 Pa. an-.. iv'Vi y ?t. and Cnlon Station.
The Soiathern Railway.
PltEMIER CA RRIKR OF TIIF. SOCTH.
N. B. ? Following: schedule figures published only
as Information, and not guaranteed:
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON:
Fur Atlanta. Montgomery. Mobile. New Orleans.
H:50 a.m. and 10:45 p.m. daily. Dining cars.
For Chattanooga and Memphis. Tia Asbeville.
10:43 p.m. daily.
For Atlanta. Columbus. Birmingham. 8:50 a.m.
and 4:35 p.m. dallr. Dining cars.
For Atlanta. Anniston. Talladega. Calcra. Sclma,
S oli a.m. ami 4:35 p.m. daily: and for I'niontown.
Demopoli*. Meridian. 8:50 a.m. daily. Dining cars.
For Roanoke. Rnstol, Knoxvllle. Chattnnoogn.
Birmingham Meridian. Vieksbitrg. New Orleans.
10:ln p.m. dally. Dining cnr.
For Roanoke. Knoxrille. Chattanooga. Nashrllle.
Memphis. 4:10 a.in. dally. Sleeping car
may be occupied after 10:00 p.m. Dining car.
l or AsIipvimp. X:JO a.m.. 5:55 p.m. ana iu:?.>
p.m. daily. Mining car*.
For Columbia. Siimiiierrillr. Charleston. Aikon.
Augusta. Savnniiali. Rriinswiek. Jm'k?mrlllp and
Florida points. 5:55 p.m. daily. Mining par.
Tourist i-ar for California. daily. EXCEPT
SI'XMAY, 4:."!5 p.m.
For Manril'o tlorali. 7:.'!(? a.m. daily.
l or Harrisonburg. S:.Kt a.m. daily (parlor ran:
.*?:.15 p.m. (parlor rart and 4A) p.m. week days.
For Charlottesville i'o-ali. 7:5o ti nt, and 4:05
p.m. ilsi'ly.
For Warren ton. S:50 a.m.. 11:0' a.m . 4:05
p.m. daily: 5:.!5 pin. tparlor art and 4:55 p.m.
week days.
U S. BROWN. (Jpnorai Agent.
MAKING OF SKELETONS.
French Factory for Assembling
Human Bones for Exhibition.
From llnrjter's Weekly.
The skeleton of man or beast Is a much
more useful nn<l salable object than one
would l?e inclined to suppose. Proof of
this is the frequency with which we find
these objects mounted in museums,
schools of medicine anatomical cabinets
and even in the classrooms for child
physiology and in the studios of painters
and sculptors. Much labor is employed in
separating the skeletons from the tissues
and bones that cover them, whitening
them and mounting them. Some of them,
it is true, are prepared and sold by the
medical profession, persons occasionally
(in the interests of science! lea\'lng their
bodies to the care of this or that medical
fraternity, for whatever use they ma>"
tend to serye. 'litis, however, explains
very inadequately the supply available, in
response to the ever-growing demand.
As a matter of fact, the greater part
of the skeleton trade is carried on in
France, nearly all of it originating there.
Paris lias a very well equipped factory
for tiie furnishing of skeletons of men
and - animals, for whatever purpose required.
and this factory lias branches in
lamdon and Berlin. Most of the human
bones employed in the French manufacture
belonged in life to criminals or to
unknown persons whose bodies were unclaimed
after death in hospitals or almshouses.
After being utilized in the dissecting
room, the remains were removed
to this factory. The proprietor of this
factory is. or should be. a very rich man,
for he practically monopolizes this industry.
The factory lias many departments.
First comes the preliminary preparation
of the skeleton in the carbolic
acid tank, and finally the fitting of the
bones and joints together with wires.
The preparation of the skeleton takes
many months from first to last, and is
a very expensive process in the hulk.
There must be a thorough chemical treatment
of the bones, in the first place, to
insure their hanging together and remaining
in an unaltered state. It is hardly
ever the case that a skeleton seen on
exhibition is made up entirely of its own
original parts, rne xormuia employ eu m
bringing the process of the skeleton's
completion to a state of relative perfection
is still an industrial secret. It must I
be. when sold, as "white as marble." In
the warehouse ot" this factory are rows
c>f shelves where skeletons of all forms,
and representative of all races, may be
seen; some by accident or in virtue of
dissection processes have been broken or
dismounted and very carefully refitted
with fine wire. Underneath are multitudes
of boxes full of assorted bones,
with big bones such as ribs marked off
with letters and numbers In showcases
may be seen for sale?or "to let" for
whatever purposes may be desired?skele- j
tons of giants, dwarfs, negroes or of
strange races discovered by explorers in
far-off countries. Urlmiipls' heads with
their names and the dates of their execution
(some of them very remote) are
seen here, and pamphlets descriptive of
their crimes are held for sale, with cards
in small type containing the same matter.
to be attached, if desired, to the skull
ur skeleton.
What College Life Means.
Tom Scribner's.
The idea is quite firmly held that the
idvantages of college life are a thing enirelv
apart from what one can learn in
oilege?that a student can get the best
>ut of his college life by not studying
ery much. This delusion takes its sharpst
and commonest form in the opinion
:'nat the high-stand man, the dlstinfulshed
scholar in college, is not apt to
3o as well in after life as the man who
stands lower in his class and escapes
til distinction in his studies. It is possible
to find parents who suggest to their sons
that it is not necessary or even desirable
to do well in a ademic pursuits, because
high-honor men in college never amount
to much afterward. Students who announce
this judgment at the family dinner
table with great emphasis and abuniimit
s: orii tor those who question it arc
uuite rommon. This delusion exists; i; Is
difficult to imagine what its origin was;
it is certain that it is In the very teeth
of the facts. The writer lias made recently
a little investigation in regard to
the high-honor men in certain classes
In Harvard. Vale. Princeton, Brown
and Amherst, taking as a hasis the
nanus included in "Who's Who in
America" for I9HM1 It is perfectly
true that only a very small part of the
successful men are included in that book.
It 's probably also true that some are
included in ii who are not really so very
sue rssful after all. But for the purposes
of this inquiry the 17.."<445 names Included
hi that collection are sufficient. The
chaig?- which this popular delusion bring.*a
gainst the high-honor man is that lie is
inefficient in practical life, that, however
much he may have learned out of books,
"he is not able to hoid down a job in
real life " Now a man who is not able
t<< hold down a job is just the man who
does not get into that list.
HANK DOE
/- Tsep a
[ D|? V*U? \ HAVfc TO
Toft AT \ BUM
THE SHOW \ ?
Vuouse rJ
I $5 ^
TWO TOMSTRIUNIPH'
Striking Similarity of Experience
of Westerners.
BOTH COMING TO SENATE
Started Political and Legal Careers
in Same Town.
I {
I
j MIGRATED TO WIN HONORS
"
Biographies of Thomas Sterling ancl
Thomas J. Walsh. One of South
Dakota. Other of Montana.
i
t
The w hirligig of American politics is
responsible for many strange happenings
and in ne probably more surprising than j
these following kaleidoscopic changes
I peculiar to western life.
{ On the 4th of March next there will
come to the I'nited States Sermte. two 1
men from the middle west whose political
fortunes run singularly almost parallel.
One is Thomas Sterling, who will succeed |
Robert J. Ramble to the senatorial seat J .
from South Dakota, and the other is ' !
Thomas J. Walsh, who comes from Mon- j J
tana. Roth of these men are products I
of tile west, horn on farms, and are
known throughout their respective states |
as plain "Tom." and are strikingly men (
of the same type though <>t" different }
political schools. f
"Tom" Sterling and "Tom" W'a'.sh were 1 ,
opposing lawyers in the little town of j |
Redtleld, S. D., back in the early eighties, j
Both men are of about the same age. I .
Roth were men of modest means. Walsh j ,
had so little of the world's goods that lie j '
j and his brother, who was his partner in j J
J practice, "bunked" in a room adjoining |
their office. | .
I Sterling's office was on one side of the I '
main street of the little town and the
j office of the Walsh boys was opposite, it ' x
i happened also that Sterling and Walsh j (
invariably held opposite positions on ,
every political and municipal question ' j
that came up for solution. It was prob- j
ably tlie best bit of genuine fun and I j
humor of the day to drop into justice j
court, presided over by the only tailor in a
the little village, who held the position of a
justice both by right of conquest and ; ^
long residence, to hear these two lawyers j
expound law for the benefit of their re- ]
spective clients. When Walsh and Ster- I
ling got through with some law suit in- j
volving the loss of a farmer's cow or t
pig everybody in the tailor-justice's j i
improvised courtroom was quite ready to i
go to supper. r
Eouinned for tho fnt""
* -Jli ]
Since the town, county and state was J
republican in politics, the Walsh boys had i
to be satisfied with going to their party 1
conventions to nominate tickets for of- '
fice. whose nominees accepted more for 1
the honor than the promise of an election.
Those were lively days in old Spink
county, S. D.. but the lessons in privations.
the experiences of the frontier 1
courts and the close-to-nature studies of ?
every-day life developed in the men those ?
stern, resolute and humane qualities that .
eefuipped them for their future course- 1
Spink county was the trying-out field [ 1
for many men who in later years achieved
distinction and success in many walks ;
of life. (
Sterling preceded Walsh to the little *
prairie town four or five years, coming :
from the village of Northville, in the
same county, where he hung out his
! "shingle" on first locating in the then \
j big territory, embracing what is now
I North and South Dakota. Sterling align- s
ed himself with the republican party, and
immediately took a leading part in the t
politics of that party, both local and }
state. As head of a faction in his part.'-, (
he was always a strong factor in shaping ,
things politically, and his foresight and t
political acumen helped'direct county and ,
territorial contests with the opposing j
parties. s
It was January 22, last, on joint ballot, i
that the legislature of South Dakota confirmed
the people's choice in the primaries t
by electing Mr. Sterling to the senatorial \
seat to be relinquished by Robert .1. Gam- r
ble. t
Sterling Born on a Farm. I \
Thomas Sterling was born in Fairfield 1
county, Ohio, February 21, 18ol. When r
he was four years old his parents moved
to Illinois and located on a farm near
l^eRov, in Mcl^ean county, and on this ^
I farm he grew to manhood. He graduated j
I from the Illinois Wesley an University in (
I 1877. In 1SS0 lie became citv ulinmev ..f
Springfield and held that position through .
1881. s
It was in tlie following year that he t
moved to Northville, S. D., and opened a \
law office there. In May, 1883, he was
married to Mrs. Kmma Thayer. c
He was state's attorney of Sp'ink county
from 188H to 18S8, removing from North
i ville to Red field, the county seat, upon s
his first election as state's attorney, and
| was a tneml?er of the constitutional con- t
J vention in 1883 and again in when h
j the present constitution was formed. i
He was a member of the first state sen- \
; ate from Spink county, 1889-90. As chairmatt
of the Important senate judiciary
committee Mr. Sterling exerted a very
strong influence in shaping the legisla- ,.
tion of tiie new slate. Mr. Sterling came
very close to being elected to the I'nited
States Senate when the late James H. 1
Kyle was the successful candidate. E
The college of lav. at the state univer- (
sity was established by the legislature
! of 190I. Mr. Sterling was tendered the 4
I position of dean of this department by ?
the unanimous vote of the regents of i r
j education.
He entered upon his work at the state j j
j university in October, 1!M* 1. and held that j;
position until June. 1!. 11. when he re- ?
i signed to become a candidate for the j i
I I'nited States Senate. j ji
Mr. Sterling lias one son, who is a sue-i s
i ees.sful practicing attorney in the city of | r
IRedficld, where he began his political i ?.
career. Tlie new senator lias a brother, j t
isn't linge
NO ALL I \ "N
DO* TO \ /THATS MY )
iESSENGER VCV/E ~J
E KINO / ?
^ SF COND J ^ ^
A Winter Bud.
John A. Sterling. republican, of BloomnKton,
111., who represents the sevencent
h district in the House of Representatives.
Walsh Product of Public Schools.
Thomas .1. Walsh is a native of Wis orisin,
a product of our public school
system, and. later, a Wisconsin University
man. He oast his fortune with Mo:iana
in the year 1S90, going there from
Dakota shortly after that territory was
iivided and admitted as two states into
he Union. Since the time he located in
Montana his path has. by his own compiling
efforts, led steadily upward front
lis beginning as a young stranger attorney,
both in South Dakota and later in
Montana, to the plane upon which he
low stands, a state and national figure.
As a lawyer his fame is not confined
vithin the limits of his state, but reaches
?ut to every court in the land and to
nanv states to which his talents as a
deader have called him.
As a writer and speaker along various
ines of thought Mr. Walsh is widely
mown. At a recent meeting of the bar
issociation of the state of Washington
in address by him on the recall of judges
vas not only printed by that association
n its annual report, but later quoted by
egal journals, cited In Congress in delate
on the same question and ordered
i rinted as a Senate document. Since
hen requests for copies of the address,
argelv by state universities, have been so
uimerous that the demand could not be
net.
In the political world he ranks with the
foremost orators and statesmen of the
time and lias borne a part in many deiberations
of bis party, particularly the
last two national conventions, at botli of
" i.ipIi?tunvor in IftftS and Baltimore in
I ill'J?he was a member of the subcommittee
on the platform.
Unanimous Vote for Walsh.
Air. Walsh received the vote of every
member of the Alontana assembly?democrats.
republicans, progressives and the
socialist member indorsing him as the
preferential choice of Montana voters for
senatorial honors.
Mr. Walsh made the campaign two
rears ago that defeated the late Thomas
Tarter for the position, and it was
claimed by many that he was entitled to
he election by the legislature at that
line.
Probably one of the best Indorsements
>f Mr. Walsh's democracy conies from
A'illJam Jennings Bryan, who in the
ourse of an address at Butte, Mont.,
said:
'L want to urge upon you the imporance
of sending to the Senate one in
tarmcny with the President, whom you
ieslre to elect, and In the case of Mr.
A'alsh I can urge his personal qualificaion
in addition to the principles for
vhich he stands. 1 have learned to know
llm, to know him sufficiently to feel absolute
confidence not only in bis ideas,
jut In his steadfastness to those ideas."
As a member of the democratic party,
Jenator-elefct Walsh will co-operate with
lis democratic senatorial associates In
natters of general policy; but in the
vent that their program at any time
onfllcts with his own best judgment as
o what action should be taken It can
>e safely reckoned that Mr. Walsh will
lot hesitate to oppose such legislation.
Lunch Incident Recalled.
It is recalled that Senator-elect Walsh
vas in Washington last spring and took
uncli in the Senate restaurant. He gTeetd
Senator t.Yawford of South Dakota,
vhom he knew in the practice of law in
!,.? TUa IqCui* 1ntrnilm>#?(i him to
"ui riciic. m itv iunvt ? ?
Senator Watson of Washington state, who
iourteously expressed regret that Mr.
>Valsh was leaving the city so soon.
"Come down when you can stay longr."
said Senator Watson.
"Yes," Interpolated Senator Crawford,
'come down some time when you can
nay six years.
This last sally was well tlme.d. for Mr.
A alsh was then a candidate for senator
iefore the primary to be held in Montana,
vitti the strongest assurances that he
vonld he successful.
Tasmania's Parliament.
roui the London Chronicle.
Tasmania, which is about to enjoy the
uxury of another general election?the
lecond within twelve months?possesses
>ne of tlie smallest parliaments in the
rinpire?an 'upper house of eighteen and
i lower one of thirty. 'It has had an
x-arehdeacon of the Church of England
the lion. Thomas Re! bey?among Its
)reniiei-3. Another premier, the late
-. r lal ward Hi addon, was a brother of
civ veto!an and most prolific lady novelst.
Tasmania is a very healthy place
tnd is crowded with centenarians. The
ergeant-at-arms is ninety, hut the Tasnai.ian
parliament is a very weil behaved
?ne and he Is never called upon to offliate
as "chucker-out."
,R LONG If
SSi?\ || (??
A>W*VT5 ? V
BRING HIM I ^ 1
V^forth y /g
j'. i <. }
4
?By Inez Casseau
| RESTORATION OF PAINTINGS.
A Difficult Task?The Story of a Van
Dyck Portrait.
From Harper's Weekly.
I One of the eleverest restorations of a
painting ever made was that conducted
under the supervision of a Xew York exi
pert not long since. By reason of t ie
1 great age of the picture the canvas,
1 which was about six feet square, had be1
come rotten. The first step in the work
i of restoration was the gluing, by means
of a vegetable compound, of a thick
i piece of manila paper over the face of a
! painting. The picture was then turned
[ over and from its back there was picked,
i thread by thread, all the rotten canvas,
i This delicate operation required four days
for its completion At the end of that
time all that remained of the original
i work was a delicate ?liell of pigment
glued by its face to a piece of paper.
The rest of the task Was rtimnn r*o th o. I
[ | ly easy. The expert covered the bare
i! back of the painting with strong tish
i glue and fastened to it a new piece of
canvas. The manila paper was then, by
means of hot water, removed from the
face of the painting. There was the pic:
ture the same as before, but now upon
a strong new canvas,
i The commission appointed some time
ago by the Italian minister of public instruction
to ascertain whether several
paintings by old masters in the Florence
galleries, which have been washed
or restored, have suffered any damage
has accomplished Its task, but as i.ie
three commissioners failed to agree in
their conclusions they have drawn two
separate reports.
The painter Sartorio deplores the restoration.
He states that the varnish or
outer coating of paint in the old paintings
constituted, as a rule, an integral and essential
part of the execution of the work,
and very often the aspect of the painting
depended upon the varnish. Hence,
he contends, it is a mistake to remove
it. as invariably the characteristic features
of a picture are thus altered.
The other commissioners, Canevaghl
and . Pagllaghi. defend the restoration.
They admit that some of the washed
paintings have lost their original patina
and the speeial tone of the color, but. on
the other hand, they have not been damaged.
These commissioners examined
each painting restored and reached the
conclusion that slight mistakes in t.ie
treatment adopted may have been committed,
as the restorers did not succeed
in preserving the original harmony of
colors, but that the washing was necessary
to save the paintings from decay.
Despite the fact that the restoration
has been practically approved by two
commissioners who are both experts in
the art of restoring old paintings, the,
fine arts departments decided not to allow
other paintings to be washed in tiie
future unless the proposed restorations
are fully approved by the superior council
of fine arts.
Of the strange vicissitudes through
which many of the world's famous pictures
have passed, perhaps none was odder
than that of "The Picture in Disguise,"
a magnificent painting which now
adorns the residence of Lord Leigh in
Warwickshire, England.
This remarkable picture for many years
appeared to be merely a painting of flowers.
The floral study was, however, finally
pronounced by an astute art dealer to
be in reality a mask of another painting.
With the permission of the owner lie
caused the painting of flowers gradually
to be removed, whereupon there was discovered
underneath a verv tine nnrtrnit
of Charles I. by Van Dyck.
While no authentic record of this masterpiece
has been found, it is supiosed
that the portrait was disguised by some
royalist in order to guard against its
destruction by roundheads during the
revolution.
Oldest Sons on the Defensive.
From tin* New York Times.
At all times and among all peoples,
until very recently, it has been the custom
to accord to eldest sons rights and
privileges which those born later either
did not share at all or shared on far
from equal terms. Only recently have
the younger sons anywhere been put
on a level with the oldest as heir to
whatever of honor and fortune the
family might possess, and nowhere,
probably, do they yet hold a position
not in some respects inferior.
For a "folkway" as nearly universal
I as this there must have been, and. for
! that matter, must be, a good and suf|
ttcient reason in the shape of results on
. the whole desirable, but recent InvestigaI
tions conducted by followers of the new
1 science called biometry have come pretty
i near proving that, whatever the excuses
! for treating the eldest son so well may
; be, they do not include either physical or
I mental superiority. For the eldest sons,
i
a OPERA
~T\ ( THE KING SUNOS'
II?) I WORD TWATT ME
\/ \D?RES YOtH
1 as a class, according to the statistics col
leeted by the btometrists. are inferior,
not superior, to the cadets. With many
ex-ceptions. of course. they show the injurious
effects of many adverse influences.
including the relative immaturity
of their parents, the excessive care of
which they are the objects, and the fact
that, with futures more or less assured,
they are not as strongly impelled as are
their juniors to develop the qualities of
self-reliance, initiative and enterprise.
The accident of birth dooms eldest sons
to defend what is. that being so favorable
to themselves, and to view with
something of coldness what ought to be.
that being so apt to cut down or off their
personal privileges. And yet. in spite of
primogenetie customs, somehow the world
has been getting along?and forward. The
solution of the paradox lies, perhaps, in
the world's need for just that conflict
between conservatives and progressives
which primogeniture so effectively perpetuates.
From the racial point of view
t lio itii>i<1o?vt <1 1 Ivor/loUino n (ndivMllO 1e
1 " viurniai na i u.'injF.-,
unluckv enough not to be born first are
negligible.
Criminals' Champions.
From I Hindoo Tit-BUs. !
1 lie creator of Sherlock Holmes certain- j
ly ought to lie himself a competent aina- J
teur detective, and his success in the
famous E.'.alj! ca-=e proves that his pawers
in that direction are of no mean order.
He has now undertaken another difficult
casf>?tiiat of proving the innocence of
Oscar Slater, who is at present undergoing
a life sentence for murder.
Quite a number of novelists have interested
themselves in crime and criminals.
Edgar Allan Poe used to state that there
was no problem which a man could set
which another man could not solve, and
lie applied the rule to crime. His greatest
triumph in this method of unraveling ap-,
parently inexplicable mystery gave the
world that famous story. "The Murders
in the Hue Morgue."
Dickens was strangely drawn toward
the alleviation of suffering of all kinds,
and Ids novels did much to bring about
the more humane treatment of prisoners.
But Charles Reade not only exposed
harsh prison methods in his famous novel
| "It is Never Too I>ate to Mend," but
actually, like Conan Doyle, took up the
; case of what was known as the Penge
murder.
I In spite of a magnificent and moving
speecli for the defense by Sir Edward
| Clarke, the judge summed up against the
I prisoners so decidedly that the Jury
found them guilty. It was then that the
novelist entered the lists, with such telling
force and convincing argument that
tiie home secretary promptly commuted
all the sentences.
! Probably the earliest instance of the
l intervention of a novelist to save a man
i from the gallows was Dr. Samuel Johnson's
herculean efforts to obtain mercy
t for the celebrated Dr. Dodd. who was
executed in spite of all that the sage of
Fleet street cculd do or say. Today,
thanks to writers like Reade and Dickens,
no such advocacy would be needed, for
tills famous parson's crimd was forgery,
for which death is no longer the penalty.
Boswell In his "Dife of Johnson" devotes
a large amount of space to this characteristic
example of his hero's kindliness
and humanity.
Mental Sanitation.
From tlie New York Sun.
The efforts of sanitarians have hitherto
been directed to the discovery of the
causes of disease and the devising of
measures for their abolition. In this manner
cholera and the plague have been
eliminated from civilized communities.
Tuberculosis presents a striding example
of the results obtained by the discovery
of its cause in the earliest stage, the dissemination
of knowledge regarding its
prevention, and especially the value of
favorable environment, occupation and
mode of life in curing the disease and developing
resistance in those who are predisposed
to it. Recent investigations
demonstrate a greatly diminished mortality
despite the fact that the campaign
against tuberculosis has only been active
during two decades of years.
The plan proposed to the department
of charities by Dr. Schlapp to establish
a bureau or clearing house for defective
children, who are to be referred to
this bureau for study, segregation and
treatment, would be a potent preventive
measure against the dangers which now
menace every community from the unhappy
multiplication of defective children.
It is contemplated to establish
a central station under the control of
tiie department of charities, to which are
to be referred all defective children discovered
in the schools, in dispensaries,
among immigrants and in institutions.
Here these defectives are to be. carefully
examined, the extent of their disability
ascertained and a method of management
adapted to each individual case
devised.
The immense value of this investigation
is obvious, but the chief advantage
Is one that does not appear so obvious at
present, that the cases may be traced
to adult age and the increase of defectives
inhibited positively under the enlightened
modern methods, which are as
humane as they are effective. Thus the
movement would become truly hygienic.
.?.
Dreadful Mistake.
From tbf Saturday Evening I'ogt.
There is a very sweet girl in a Kanscs 1
town who stutters dreadfully. One i
night not long ago when her beau was
leaving she accompanied him to the
porch and said: "George, are you coming
again next S-s-s-s-??"
The dog was on the porch. After j
George was half a mile down the road,
with the dog gaining on him at every j
leap, it occurred to him that possibly
the young lady had intended to say
"Sunday" instead of "seize him," but j
it didn't occur to the dog for as much
as a mile or so beyond that.
Bibles in Bristol.
From tb? Ixnidon Chronicle.
A hint of ancient Bibles in the neighborhood
of Bristol has brought many
other confessions of concealed treasures.
There is a "Breeches" Bible of IClo, a
"Bishop's'-' Bible of 1355 in a country cottage,
a Bible in good condition dated
1590, and another dated 1504, which the
owner, being a poor man, would like to
sell. That also is in good condition. They
bound their Bibles well when printing
was young, and that is possibly the secret
of their preservation.
Those long-preserved west country
Bibles remind one of the peculiar sanctity
which the Bible attained among those
who never opened it. "We always keep a
Bible in the house in case of illness," said
a pious villager, "hut. thank heaven, we've
had no use for it since poor old grandfather
was took!"
I / ^ 'A
4
. s*
says he wants t
a/Sk?rSES seems to be a
( fXMT mother because
chance to say
/^(to He gets a heap
V out of his week!
** cna^cs bim
' speeches to ligl
instead of listei
-.-.-The man who always speaks
clutch, unless he's that unhappy yoi
-.-.-"Did you have a lovely time at
clever of the hostess to give that ki
many of us from seeing the ordin;
furnished." - -....- -....
-.-.-Bill, the baggage man, says the
smartest person in the troupe. H<
have to see any of the show
-.-.-Si Slimins thinks he's smart. 1
a-working for and he said "a meal
-.-.-A genius came along our way.
play. He banged a big piano 'roun
His fingers wiggled o'er the keys wi
When he went out of town he took
each of us had helped to make a ]
Gladys Jones said: "Ain't it grand
Miss Dollie Robbins says, says she:
Higginbotham says: "The gent 1
while those whose grip was getting
"technique." Then all joined in wi
common ragtime song! They hon
it more than what they heard the
A lot of art-talk that we hear is ca
phere! - - - - -...
J
TO MEASURE ESKIMO MIND, j [
Psychologist Going With Stefans-;?
son on Polar Expedition.
IOWA CITY. Iowa, (March 1 -The Enl- j
verslty of Iowa will send the first psy- j'
chologist to be a member of a polar ex
pedltion north this spring, with Vilhjal- |
| mar Stefansson. Luther K. Widen of j
; Iowa will accompany the expedition with I a
a complete laboratory outfit of psychological
apparatus to measure the efficiency 8
of the Eskimo mind. He will make a
} a
special study of the blond Eskimos dis- 1 t
covered by Stefansson.
The testing instruments to be carried
by Mr. Widen will be the first ever tried I
on a primitive race. He believes that pdata
of great value may be procured by
a comprehensive study of the mind of the
wild Eskimo, practically the only race A
which has not felt the influence of the J
white man. a
a
The City's Natural Growth. s
Brand Wkitlock, in Serilnier's. J1
Strange, is it not, that the workings of n
an impulse so universal, a thing mankind e
has been doing over and over agair. from b
the very beginning, in every land and ^
age, should so persistently be called ar- ^
tiflcial? As well call the hee hive or the k
beaver's dam an artificiality as the city, a
It is the most natural thing in tiie world, j,
an elemental form of human association. {
like the family or the tribe, buiit in obedi- j
ence to some divine, if obscure, instinct, g
It is tiie expression of man's determina- a
tion to free himself from the slavery of s
an obdurate isolation, and from the thral- h
dom of primitive fears, the symbol of his a
titanic effort to conquer nature, to rise
i above the merely physical, and to release
{the spirit to higher flights. In short, it
lis the vast strain, the Irresistible urge of ?
I democracy to render life inore equal, more
! secure, more precious, in obedience to an
! Instinct that grows less and less ob- c
, scure, as, amid the perplexities of life, F,
I reason and the good will of man discern
' a better purpose, a better order ami a 1
better way. w
All attempts to thwart or throttle the d
| instinct are in vain. It is not to be swept ! jj
j hack by bucolic verse or hortatory elo- :.
i quence or arrested by foolish legislation. !
That, as Emerson said, is a rope of sand, j
' Vl'ut'ph tti.tiuhoc itt tlm t ti'lctino- fkiit* rtluin ! **
?? I'V- ? Ill KtV I ?? VCUI I'IMHI
course, rather, is to trust this instinct, to
follow this spirit, for it is the spirit of a
liberty, and tin- processes of liberty are ^
aseptic and heal the'r own wounds. This1
spirit must ere long develop, if It can c
have room in which to play, what l\
may be called the city sense. It is some- "
thing vague and dim. unrealized as yet, t*.
a something difficult to describe, perhaps
impossible to define. It has nothing to':
do with those superior airs, those lofty
affectations and that certain condescen- w
sion which urban sophistication breeds in lt
little men: ali tnfs has been estimated at ,f
its true value by tne ruralist, and. for it, '
lie has taken a supreme and ironic re- ni
venge by that relentless, rigid rule In r<
which he has held the city, it is some- ll.'
tiling more than than civicism, or the
sense of solidarity, or mass conscious- j 1
ness; it is the expression of the com- j
nion hopes and the social ardors of man- j
kind.
Modesty of a Hero. 1 a,
From Lundon Tit-Bits. ( n<
A French reporter encountered in a 1 y
little village of tiie south of France a | w
gardener who wore, pinned on his clean j r?
Sunday blouse, the ribbon of the Be- I al
I
git*n of Honor. Naturally the news-j
paper man desired to know how he got j
it. Tiie gardener, who. like many of th
his trade, seemed to be a silent man, ol
was averse to meeting an old and ?|i
wearisome demand, but finally he he- ei
Ran: i P'
"Oh. 1 don't know how I did pet it! I : gt
was at Bazeilles with the rest of the I of
im
ft J
? ** ??
o be a pirate, he
comfort to his g2:
: it gives her a CJ\
he takes after
s is no patriot. TO?fc9jiv\
) of satisfaction
[y paper because S
to use political y
tit the fire with, ^
nin' fr? **m
littt
the truth, success will surely
ith who wants to talk too much,
the lawn party?" "Yes; it was
nd of an entertainment. It kep?
iry style in which her house ia
* ** * ? . *
advance agent is generally the
t gets away off where he won't
i asked him what ticket he was
ticket.".
We all turned out to hear him
id until it made a mighty sound,
ith agile grace and splendid ease,
a bundle in his pocketbook that
sretty fine financial stake. Miss
to listen to his tone-command?"
"He has such virtuositee." Tom
las true artistic temperament."
weak bulged in and talked about
th chorus strong and whooped a
estly enjoyed
night before. - ^
ilorific atmos
/ ?
attery. All the officers were kille i.
lion down went all the non-commlsiloned
officers. Bang! bang! bang B
ijtd by all the soldiers were down byt
ne. I had fired the last shot, and
iRturally was doing what I could to
ceep off the Bavarians.
"Well, a general catne. and says h .
Where's your officers'."
"'All down." says 1.
" 'Where's your gunners?" says he.
"'All down hut ine,' says 1.
" 'And you've been lighting here a'l
done?' says he.
"'I couldn't let "em come and get t it
runs, could T?" 1 says: and then he
ip and put this ribbon on me. pronibly
because there was nobody eloO
here to put it on."
The Mikado's Cigarette.
rum the New York Mai!.
Tite office window man has seen a
ne photograph of the new EmJ?eror o."
apan. taken out of doors, with half
dozen of his generals and statesmen
bout him. The young mikado i?
hown in a modern Kuropean military
niform, very smart and well tailored
ie Is certainly a good-looking youni.
nan. according to the Japanese arlstoratie
standard, lie somewhat resemles
liis late father, but his face do-<
iot possess the ancient dignity an 1
loofness of that famous sovereign
nid it remarkable circumstance is to
0 recorded: Between the forefinger
nd the middle finger of his left linn 1
he young emperor jauntily holds a
iglited cigarette; To this, it appears,
he modernization of Japan has comloubtless
the Emperor of Japan has a< (
:ood a right to smoke a cigarette as
,ny young prince of Europe, but
oniehow the habit seems to redu-is
ancient dignity and qualify bis
wful sac-redness.
Moral Superiority of the Country ?
rand Whitloek. In .Stribcer's.
Tlie tradition of the moral superiority of
lodhoppers has been handed down, in t
art ol apostolical succession, from Theoritus
and Virgil and Horace, to Bacon,
rho regarded ti e country as Hod's g.u en:
to Cowley, who went so far a- t<?
take Cain the father of all municipalities; ?
j Cow per, who fixed the tradition in his
ne,
Cod made tUe country, and man made tfc>
town."
nd helped to raise a superstition in
inerica to tlie dignity of a political priuiple.
For the preachers, tiie publicists
nd tlie politicians have imitated the poet s
t these their pious preferences, and whetiver
the complex so<-ial problems of tic
me become too difficult, they extricate
temaelves from their perplexif.es by glidlg
.lown to those familiar generalities in
filch the youth of the land are advised
? stay on the farms. It is easv, perhaps.
? account for the attitude of tlie poet.
: is tlie effect of his idealism. It is quite
atural for liim to love the vague thquote
and the unattainable, and while U
lay not lie willing to go to such e> - <
"ernes as Byron, wito wished to dwell in
ie desert, lie does lung, in his garrets ii
those city pavements where lie dream t
is dreams,
"for 8?'Uie Ixniiidh-ss eunli?i:lty ?*f shop-*.'*
To him tlie ideal so easily becomes real
lat lie beholds tlie dwellers in tlie woods
nd fields of Ids time as beautiful and inacent
as Daphnis and Cliloe, as Corvdou
nd Thyrsis, and with the Eclogues of
irgil and the Idylls of Theocritus tie
ould amend the Revised Statutes and
store the golden age to < >hio. Ind ana
nd Illinois.
The prepossession in favor of this myth
1 tilt part of the preachers can better be
'cribed to tiieir love of the t>aga:i classic s
tan to tiieir love of the country, since a'l
' them, or all of them who can so do
iickiy leave the country and hie to tlie
ty like tiieir brother humans, despite a <
ofessional distrust of urban life as sug'sting
tlie abominations of Nineveh an 1
Babylon.
By Farren
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