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Show A Line o' Type or Two j '"'Fay ee quo vouldras." 4 . By B. L. T. Song. Beauty In the uplands L"a:is me to her side; Bra uty in the - alleys (.'alls us calls a bride. Whii.K-r shall I hasten? Where a moment stay? Everywhere is Beauty, x Koilow where you may. Here's a kiss for Joy, Here's a kiss for Fancy; Here, upon hr starry brow, A kiss for Necromancy! j Mists upon the mountain, I tliot with golden light ! Beauty there is pacing. Lonely, on the height, I Thither will I hasten, i There with her abide Lo, within the valley I Beauty's at my side! j Here's a kiss for Joy, Here's a kiss for Fancy; Here, upon her starry brow. A kiss for Necromancy! LAURA BLACKBURN. Elkmont, Tenn. ' "Thoreau observed, when he passed through Barnstable, that the jail was to let." INIoro remarkable, the jail at Lowell, I Mass., is empty, or was a week or so ago. I ere Is one serious condition that prohibition pro-hibition has created. Valuable property is falling into disuse and jaileis, turnkeys, turn-keys, and other prisuii attendants are deprived of an occupation, to spend an enforced leisure in reading The Dial and listening to Bolshevist orators. It is difficult dif-ficult to remodel a jail to serve any other j purpose, nor can we think offhand of a us-) to which it may be temporarily put. j The publishing trade has been enlivened 1 bv the announcement that Temple Scott, and Thomas Seltzer have formed a part- , nership, under the firm name of Scott &, Seltzer. Here's how! If the House Only Had Moved "What a Story There Would Have Been! (From the Springfield Republican.) The dark lake and mountains, which1 had become dear to Mr. Carnegie.- looked tonight on a scene of lonely grandeur. The great gray limestone pile of Shadow j Brook stood unmoved on the slope above Lake Kahkeenac. But, in one of its eighty rooms, its master lay dead. New England is a most delectable playground play-ground for people from less favored sections sec-tions of the United Slates. To restrict play, to eliminate Sunday as a playing day, might discourage sensitive tourists. I especially as tho churches have made no ; provision for entertaining the public be-l be-l tween morning and evening services, j I Exportation of Russian rubles has been ! authorized by the federal reserve board. ; We surmise that "exportation" is a mis-j mis-j print for "deportation." The Russian : ruble has no visible means of support. ! Ask HiiH to Sit Down. Sir: This is to introduce J. A. Win-terogg Win-terogg of Boone, Ind., candidate for the management of the Academy's commissary. commis-sary. B. G. U According to the Clinton, Mass., Item, the choir of the First Congregational church sang the anthem, "We May Not Climb the Heavenly Steeple." We may not, indeed ; although it is one of the things to which we are looking forward. Re Feat. (From The Line.) "Private Peat, Won by Salem Beauty, May Settle There." Oregon Journal. 1 What will Mrs, Peat say? ! "Nothing," ventures De Kay. "She'll just burn with indignation." Or at least i smoulder. From the testimony it develops that there is a very large overhead expense in the cutting- and harvesting of ice. As two of the principal pondowners near Host on are ladies, the overhead may be . Well, the flowers-and-feathora profiteers will bear investigation. The Cathird. Tommy, camped in yonder wold, Slender lined and sightly, Barely known, esteemed a scold. Loved and lauded rightly, Clad in shades of Quaker gray, Capped with swart est sable, 1 Under covers russet bay, - All tho colors stable; Benefactor by and large Pest eradicator; Scamp, alack! per contra charge Berry poacher later; Pert when served a caveat, Peevish when affronted; Charming sort of chap, at that, Mostly pleasant wonted. , 'Mongst the master minstrels thou, Mime extraordinary; Charged by carpers with a "Ml-au" When 'tis plainly "Ma-ry"; Katsle'a comrade "till dismissed, Comrades else eschewing -Tom, old friend, thy health! but hist! Moderate thy mewing. ARIES. Tho striking railroaders adopted with enthusiasm the suggestion of Governor Bartlett that the ballot is a remedy for all our grievances. They have been voting vot-ing all the week to decide whether they shall return to their loathed occupation. Add Wonders of Nature. Sir: Among the rivers of Virginia" I found the Bull Pasture, Cow Pasture, Calf Pasture, Dry, Hardware, Nv, Pa-munkey, Pa-munkey, Pedlar, Pig, Piankatank, Ta, Tye and German. Ain't nature wonderful? wonder-ful? C. C. G. Investigation of the mental condition of the Italian railway employees who telegraphed Premier Nitti an offer to increase in-crease their working hours in order to increase their national production, discloses dis-closes the suspected fact that they were crazed by the heat. Must Be a Dedication. Sir: A huge beam over the doorway of Granite- Park chalet, one of the most ruggedly beautiful chalets in Glacier National Na-tional park, bears the inscription in huge lutters. "BLT, 1916." Is it dedicated to you. or does the inscription commemorate a visit from you? CAROLYN. " i Asked whether ho had any idea how to reduce the cost of ice, State Senator Karnes of Reading, Mass., himself an ice dealer, replied the t conservation is the only remedy. But what the plain, un-frllled un-frllled people want to know is how they can waste their cake and have it. Dry Consolation. Sir: Cheer up. No matter what happens, hap-pens, nothing can dampen the American spirits. D. R. A. Announcement Is made of the impending impend-ing nuptials of Mr. .Louis Bierhyer of Dorchester. The Academy of Immortals will attend the wedding in a body. Almost Meticulous. (Opinion of Chief Justice Bugg of Massach tisetts.) "The governing rule of law was stated by Chief Justice Knowlton with his usual comprehensive clearness and exact accuracy." ac-curacy." As Secretary Baker smokes a pipe, he may not realize that another "psychological "psychologi-cal necessity" is the five-cent seegar. Small Town Furore. (From the Gloucester Times.) Officer Marsh report ed a dead cat at the juncriop of Eastern avenue and East - Ma in st rect la st evening. China's parliament has declared that tho war is over. It was a jake liuio war, but rh ina ,-ot nothing out of It. 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