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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-30
REorENINe or THE
sold CITY DRUG STOUES
Main and Francis Streets,
j. w. HODGES a. co.. Propriesors
ANNAPOLIS, MD.

ATE take pleasure in announcing to the
wv public, that having purchased the
Old Csty Drug Store, with all its fixtures,
old prescription lists, &C., the same will
be supplied at all times, with large and
fresh stock of 9
FIrst-CHaAs Drugs. PeRfumcry, Toilet
Articles. Fancy Goods, dkc.
Every effort will be made by us to meet
the requirements of the public, and espe-
cial attention will be gfvento
Physicians Prescriptions at all hours of
the dag or might
BY careful attention to our business, we
hope to merit the patronage of the public,
Give us a call and test us for yourself,
J. WALTER HODGES & CO..
my163m City Drug Store.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-30
L. @. CAN'T, Attorney-at-Law
Order Mist.

In TuEaCIRcUIT CouRT FOR; ANNE ARUN-
DEL CoUNTY
| Wilson Disney, vs.. Frederick Kruse and
and wife, and John GeolIerand wife.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-30
Nos. So and 81 West sire
Opp. A. & E. r. Depot.

SINGLE, Double Teams and Saa1
- Horses to hire, by the hour e y!
week. Open and Close Carriages, ci. 4
and Double PhRtons, Jaggers, Top !
No-Top Buggies, all at reasonable To- 10
dne carriages for visiting and pleasuplss,I
Drivers In livery, If desired. ~, -.
Ph@tons, with quiet and gentle G nOi.;;
suitable for ladies and children. cpes
rates made with families. Partlcuin
sention to horses on livery. bags,i
alled fer and delivered to all paris y Il, !.
:ity. Funerals attended to at shon nO"'
All orders promptly attended to.
JAS, Hl.VANsANI'
Proprietor.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-07-01

ten fee frOmme Sinn es borten iibt. 9u
jdblit Die Steine nidt, Die ii9 our Ian.
gen Mouer fiigen, bod gu itaunit in
|ielisem gntsiiden ub Der renigen 2iebe,
Die biiBenb iuld Elm Denfmal iebt, fret,
obne dubern SluGus- aus reiner 2iebe!
Gas 1T elm sr6ber @erf, benfe id,
lals iuobl Der Dom gu &6ln, unb i6aute
Der Gbein Die LANCE, lanse Mauer, Die
|@Otteslieb' erbaut, er fl0fie ftol5er =
ir6mmer nod als bort 81 &6ln am Dom
Stun piro's elm liebli1 G1auen. Nn.
oddtig, ebrfurdtspol tritt rings be,
@alb surid, als l9eute er fi6, 70 nabt
am &irdleiu iid gu betteu. Our Salftt
Itief i'm Sells : sur Sdlfte ii%berbdn9ene
itebt Die &apele. ct. 8olfsans's bei
fig @alten bat lie emit setpeibt, uao Die
Ter reifer @~ottesie9en rubt mod auf ibr
@ie rings Der @alo, 10 rei9t i'm Men:
li6eHber5en Die &elt nit ibrer 2uit au
rid uno ldbt ben lieben @Dtt allein orin
men malten.
Scum thu bid auf, o arn,e Seele, Iaf
0ein SOFTEN, lab Sein 2ieben friid aun
5immel orinsen : bier ite6t er often
bette uno pertraue!--
IS mar am Qbenbmerben, ais lid
5ranS gum Seimnes riutete.. 8as in
Der Stunoe innisen @ebetes IN feline,
Seele mad semoroen, es mart ben bel(
iten 8ieberi6ein bes Slides aus ieinel
Iusen. @r mar 70 ielts, adj TO- sott
erfhlt, uno bats ni9ts anberes 9etbar
ats fem @ebet unb @ottes 8armher5is:
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-07-01
4. c

@s mar Mitternadt. Ser Wonb
mar miibe iporbeu, oiellei6t tbat's ibm
au6 tpebe eenug, am 8albesiaume Die
sefnidte Weni9enroie leiben unb bluten
5u ieben - er sins leiie i9lummern in
ietu beimlib 8olfenbett. Sie Sterne
iu9ten i'm @albe unb auf Slurer al Die
gr6pfletn na6tliden Tbaues, lint lie
sldnseno 5u iibersulbeu, unb eridrateu
als ibr weides 2i9t in Wenidentbrd:
men fiel.
Sran5 mar aus ieiner 8etdubuns enb.
lid erua6t. Gin i6neioenb idarfer
Shmer5 uiiblte in leiner 8rnit, Elm
8luttrum bedte rings bas Woos uni
Die gpclamen brauf. Gin tiefer i9mer5=
li6er SeufSer ~sitterte tlasenb bur6 Die
lautloi e laui6enbe Na6t. Iiefer beilste
bas treue Sferb iein Saupt gum I'M
glidliden leibenben Weniden nieber,
als ipolltc es tr6lten; bod als es bas
marine 8lut rod, oa tpieberte es laut
|tlaseno, baB es ft6buenb an Der 8erss
fuanb mieoerbalte.
9a fam elm elm an1er nd6tlider 8ans
oerer bic StraBe entlans, in bunfles
falt,s @enanb sebiQt. Sdun mar er
nabe Der Stdtte bes unslids, 5a bannte
ben S6ritt cine meni6lide &la9e.
. @ott, mein armer @ater = meme
Sdueiter : o Seius, iei barmberSis!
Sen @anberer erfaBte elm @rauen;
bod idnea ermannte ct ii6 81 6ritli.
der 2iebe uno trat gum Witbruber =
ibm mar bic Stimute 10 tupbl befannt,
oaB idmerSlide Ibnuns iber Ieine Seele
Iib laserte.
@eredter @Ott : Sran5 mein solbes
ner Sunse bier? I'm Simmelswilen,
mas 1T seideben?
9o6 Sran5 antportete ni6t. Gin
neuer 8lutitrom itiir5te aus Ieinem sits
ternben Munbe.
. beilise Sunsfrau, bilf 9u! rief
8ater Columbian.
ST mar tn bic &niee seiunfen, iein
Nuse tuetnte, feline Seele flutbete in
S1merS unb @ebet! = @ebet aber aibt
8raft unb @eisbeit, unb siebt @ott in
Die lebenoe Seele einen Strabl ietner
Wta6t.
8ater Columbian mar auf benz 6eims
pese aus ben Bergen; er battle cine miibe
Seele in Die @misfeit geienbet. Nod
mar fem Sera bon setpeien BON e~rniten
beifisen e~rniten @eoanfen, erfiat pom
Bilbe bes Sobes unb Dem naben @eben
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-07-01
Ser Noronern.
Scum maBt Sbr @ua sur nmtebr Be-

Scum miBt Sbr @ua our nmtebr be-
quel1en, meil better Sreuno! mabute Der
@raf; iouft lit mir Guere @eleitI6aft
Inn Der Gorge Cures alien 8aiers nil
len cher Gual als SreunbesoienIt. SD
bite Gu6 - febret beim!
Gu lebt uoGl, id ipiI @u6 ni6t Ian,
ger our 2aft iein. SerSeibt! Mit leib.
ter Serbeusuns perabibieoete er ii6
betm @rafen, bod tiefer neiste iid fem
Sanpt sesen glsbetb.
&iubiiber Sunse! Wan hatte Die
tiefe &5tbe heines Intlibes i'm fablen
Wonolidte rod ni6t bemerft; tupsu ba:
ber Den 8opf 10 ibeu gum BuIeu ienfen
Scum, lebt wubl! = 9ebt luobl! =
Iuf @ieberieben!
Damn ritten Tie aus einanber, unb
bate BON ben 8eiben iebes int StiIen
elm Ser5 uerluren uno 9efunben.
Gift elm eigen Ding, ruenn elm WenId
mutterieelenalein in Der Na6t ftebt unb
bat bellen Sonnenibein in ieiner Seele
brin! @er es nidt erfabren bat, be
sreift bies ni9t, mb tpem es su Sbeil
se%wOrben, Der uersiBt es ni6t.
Sran5 lieB iein Sferb anfanas gar
lansiam i6reiten. = ST bod Die Grin,
neruns cine Sreunbin, bic lansiam uno
iorsidltis jeo' 8limlein pfiidt, bas iid)
am Bege finoei unb mag barum nibt
ibneler i6reiten.
Sod, ftebt int Meni9enber5en bic
freunoli6e Grinnerun9 allen? . netu
Sas SerS, bas arrte S6la6tielo aller
@efible - es muB ii9 aud BON mand
berbem @eOanfen ueritampfen laiIen.
Sd metne, @ott bat bic @elt an,
liebiten Sur Na9taeit, oa lit iie au9 am
i66niten, benn Oa idldft Der Weni9 nit
ictner 2eibenidaft, uno atbmet fret unb
bod auf Die Natur. Ser 8alo unb
rings bic 8erae nidet trdumeno Saupt
uno @ipfel. SD weiB nibt, mas iie
traumen = lie m6een @utes trdunen.
uno tute I'M idlafeuben MenI9en nidt
rubt uno raitet Der @eiit uno i9afet
uno ipirfet unh ipiunet i'm Sraume Elm
buntes @eUebe pOl i9iGernber Sarbeu,
10 1T in Der i6lummeruoen S1Dpfune
oer Guel unb Der SturSba1 bic Seele,
Die ni6t raitet unb ibldft uno ii1 pie
elm iilberner Saben biuourd15icbt burtJ
bas nd6tlide @rauen Der S66pfuna.
SCUM sins's i9ueaer unb ldneller.
Ser hGi6tise Sufi6las oes Sferoes
battle 10 fla9eno bur6 81" nd6tise Stiae,
fuie Sieber i'm &ranfen, itets milbe, UNI
wiloer. lnb cling bod bas ftirmenoe
&oB nad benz Ser5i6la9 bes trdume1.
ben Shelters!
Gden blidte Der See 10 trauli6 burd
bes @albes @edfte 9lei9 Semantfteinen
lit ounfeln 2cden, es iuebten Die Suite
i6On beimiiden Sau6 -
., mein Seilanb! -
SIM MOoie Swii6en gbclamen Tag
Srans BON 8lut I%berronnen. 3itternb
itanb iein treues 8ferD neben inn uub
tpdrmte NIT ieiner Niiitern Sau6 bic en-
faltenoe Stirn - bur1 bic Nabt ieood
orans fur5es, idaaenoes 2uben.
9as ipar aber Der Satan pber Elm
linn bienenber Menid.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-10
Try Franks Darling Cigar

Try Franks Darling Cigar!
BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE
a fine agricultural and stock farm three and
one-hslf miles from city, about l25 acres broke,
ouc-gua ter section fenced for pasture, plenty
'sf water AID q small house
Also 30 lots in city finely located and 10
goot neighborhoOd. Special terms to thosi
wishing 10 make homes
Also suburban property. For further partic-
ulars see Chris I Pearce, agent for VIM t,reif
fenstein at city offie. dl.6-tf
CHEAP HOMES
In iiatheld's Addition. within bali n mile Of
santa Re lower depot.
G. A. R. Attention.
Commencing March Q, and up to and in
Guiding March l.. will sell round trip tick
cts to Fort Scott for the grand encampment
Of the G. A. X. at one fare for the round
trip, or SAP; tickets good 10 return includ
ing March IL. Any one desiring to take a
trip Will do well to take advantage Of this
low rate Trains leave al "a a. m.
Ap. y. JONES, Agent.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-10

We put the Blue Ribbon gu our 81 10 mems
drsss shoe In all styles. IL Is the cheapest shoe
in the state. Look at them in our window,
they are n bargain. 4. ALLEN. d-l7S.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-10
WANT COLUMN.

gdr,yfisezqtrfs ~ ft- column I1iH be charged to'
az The rn,s Of FEE In pr me per T''s W
-,.c,,;ve-,,U, fct., fsf - 'agn a. oehis-
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-10
Try Franks Darling Cigar

Hills Peerless Cough Syrup will cure
coughs, colds, crorp or sore throat, and re-
lieves whoopins cough and asthma 1t does
not dry up cough and leave the infama-
ton and fever behind it, but loosens the
phlegm and morbid matter, and permits ma
ture TO heal the lung tissues and diseased
parts. Call and get bottle. If not satisfied
after using it, return the empty bottle and
we will refund the money. A package of
CObb's Little Liver Pills in top OF each bot
tie free Aldrich & Brown. April Is.
Silk and wool Persian shawls to close out
very cheap. 81 worth ST.; So sold for
so. Also wool and cashmere shawls a.
cost Chicago Bargain House.
Ladies and Misses fine shoes al manufac-
tured cost Chicago Bargain House.
Lonsdale bleached muslin for s cents.
Chicago Bargain House.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-10

Lonsdale bleached muslin for cents.
Chicago Bargain House.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-10
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Smoke the Wichita Eagle !

Smoke " Marker" 5 cent Cigar. Best in
the world Every Cigar stamped Marker"
in bronze letters. RetaIled everywhere in
Wichita, and wholesaled by B. Cohn, III W.
Douglas avenue. d22S,3N
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-01
Joseph Cook to Niagara.

About three months ago the faculty of
Wellesley College, of which Mrs. Joseph Cook
was in early years an instructress, wrote TO
the Rev. Joseph Cook asking for an auto
graph sentiment TO place among the valued
archives of the college. He responded with
the following which has never before been
printed:
Whom Rome fell, where wcri thou, colossal
fail:
These miles OF scethng chaSm were thy track;
When lost Atlantis sank, where didst thou
call
10 thy vcxcd prccipiccs? What if all
Thy dates stood on thy cliffs, from the storied
sack
or Troy to the dclugc green and black,
How eloquent were thy stOricd wall,
When first in thee was dipped the swallows
wing:
When heard st thou first the shy brown wood
thrush sing?
When thou and man first met. hast thou for
whggrs gS.t vert thou in tbv youth. when man
was not?
Speak, dateless roar! for thou art old and
wise;
Thy memories are unsounding majesties!
near the thunderous thud, the muffied
see the binding, wheeling, smiting mists,
Inc greens and grays, purples and &ne-
From Gods wide palm tby frightened cota
racts pour;
And look up beneath them and adore
~ eoNe W me hahg chain lightning on the mists
" " summer telnpests. In the awesomc lists
VI contest are the thunders and thy shore.
Beneath thy quivering riven rocks | lie
ana gaze into the lightnings and the sky,
Bnt hear only thee, and feel and see
hand that undergirts immensity
Ihou speakest much, but most thou sneak st
of Him!
dod' God, God walks on thy watery rim
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-01
The Decay of the Dude,

The knell of destiny has struck, al !
the dude must 90. The same cosm;c
principle which folded away in the
archives of geologic history of the
once agile ichthyOsauruS and the fero-
ciouS trilObite has clutched in its resist
less embrace this sweet, young species
OF the genus homo. and is slowly wrap-
ping 1t in the rercmentS of tradition.
Even as Sappy, vcrdant fern, plucked
by some gentle maid in summer ram
hles, and pressed with care in her red
lined 'Evangcline, but forgotten
amid the ensuing gayeties of social
life. the fair. shOrt-lived. emerald-hued
dude will soon pass into oblivion. Yer
lily, all flesh is grass
He who studies the testimony of the
rocks soon learns how slight a change
of circumstances avails to work de-
structlon. Dire catastrophe, the up
heaval of an oceans bed into air. or
the submerging of continent, has. in
deed, more than once been the abrupt
and wholesale instrument of slaughter.
Yet this is the exception and not the
rule. Nature prefers more gradual
methods. Species afterspecies evolves.
exists, and dies. Some slight moditica-
decimate and then to extinguish the
whole family.
And so, analogy warns us, will it be
with the altogether-too-lovely-
thing and yet never-quite-to-the-utt
most-appreciated dude. For a change
has come-not over the spirit of his
dream: for only creatures with brains
have dreams-but over the cut of his
trousers. Thus far it has been with
him survival, not of the fittest. nor
of the filter, but of the fitted; very
closely fitted. too. But no longer shall
the drapery of his neither limbs cling.
with the adhesiveness of a plaster. 10
his attenuated form; in the spacious
folds OF the raiment which the latest
fashion DEGREES, he can but collapse
and disappear. So radical a revolution
IN the circumstances of his existence
he cannot hope to survive. His fate is
sealed. And with tear in the eve.
and quill over the ear. the historian
already ransacks the pigeon-holes of
sentiment and memory and prepares to !
'ecite his career.-N. J.. 1ribane.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-01
That Keely Motor.

Inventor Keely was seen the other
day with reference to published inter.
view with Lieutenant +. L. Zalinski. OF
the United States army, stationed at
Governors Island, in which the Lieu.
tenant, who witnessed the Keelv exper.
iments at Sandy Hook with the etheric
vapor gun, ridicules the 'svaporiC
force theory, and processes to explain
that all Keely's ideas and methods are
based on legerdemain. Mr.. Keelv said,
referring to Lieut.. Zalinski:
4 Between you and me, this man is
jealous of me. He knows that am on
the way to great heights. He feels, as
well he may, that | soar far above him.
The difference between Us is even that
of the lion and the lamb Now as re-
CARDS his opinion of me and my theory
he Is. altogether wrong He conflicts
my theory with that of compressed air
There is where he is totally wrong.
There is where he does me a gross in
justice. | do not believe in the theory
of compressed air. It's nonsense. Ia
hnskl has faith in compressed air; |
have none. And. by the way. his ideas
never appear SO small to me as when ]
think OF that tube of his" (Hcre Mr.
keely smiled an eXultant smile.) ia
hnski, he continued. has a sort of a
tube into which he places rocket. AT
the touch-hole he places a torpado.
Then compressed air engine of the
insignificant power of 25O pounds to
the square inch. discharges the torpe 10
and eleyates the rocket. Ridiculous,
triiling. silly, boyish. preposterous
And Yet the believer in such an idea
seeks to criticise my inyention! Its
sheer nonsense.
why, sir, my theory is supported by
the leading scientists in the country. /
have scores of alfidavits to the effect.
My last test was great one You
should have been there. 1t was made
on the 18th of this month. and all the di-
rectors were there. They saw piece
after piece of timber sawed: they could
not understand how it was done;. they
saw it was done. and that was enough.
l could not explain it because it is mex
plicable. | only know that discover
ed this power accidentally. Why it
exists or how it originates | know not.
But what | do know is that it does cx-
iSt, that it does operate. and that its
effect will yet startle the world. There
are many things-many great things
in this world that we cannot explain.
they are ocularly demon
My force is one of them.
Next February, at the furthest, my
motor will be completed. Then will
the world see, then will be vindicated:
then will the people know that have
not labored in vain. 1t is because of
this knowledge that can afford to over
look, to ignore, the petty jealousy of
a man like Zalinski. ~ i. Eceninq
Posi-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-01
The Good Woman's Logic.

DIR. kimball. of Saco. Me-, who is
one OF the oldest and most widely
known practitioners in York county.
tells good story of himself. He had
attended an old gentleman during a
lingering illness, and about wear af-
ter his decease sent in his bill, which
amounted to considerable sum, to the
widow. He repeated the process three
Tunes without eliciting reply, and
then called. He was put off from time
to time. until patience ceased to be a
virtue. and then he again called with
grim determination in his character
Come, my good woman" said he,
when the delinquent appeared, II have
waited long enough, and must have
my money" Fixing upon him a look
OF whitening contempt and brandishing
her broom in his face, she replied:
you've been here three times for that
money, but I'll pay my honest debts.
thank We. before | pay my doctors
bills. The good physician was so
well pleased with the logic of his debt
Or that he receipted the bill on the
spOt.-BOStOH Courier.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-01
Imaginary Diseases.


"a great deal of what passes for
heart deseaSc Is mild dyspepsia said
young physician yesterday Merry
BUSINESS Is .n aTistocratic name for irri-
liability and bad temper and twO-thirds
OF the s0-caileI malaria is nothing but
laZlncSS. a fellow practitioner once
told me of an old lady he knew in New
buryport, Mass. She had kept her bed
Tor three years, and. in spite of her
PHYSICIANS assurances. she believed
herself hopelessly paralyzed. One
night her grandson got up Il ghost to
scare her, and the old lady run half a
mile before they could catch her.
he longer an halluciHation is in
dulged the more deeply rooted it be-
comes In many cases it ultimately
develops into monomania or deIusional
iDSenity. DR.. 5. Weir Mitchell per-
forms many of his most remarkable
cures of sO-called nervous diseases
simply by his wonderful success in per-
suadlng patients that nothing on earth.
ails them. Few physicians have the
ability TO do this, and still fewer have
the discretion to adopt a course of
treatment adapted 10 the mental pecu-
harlties of each particular case. Some
times persuasion IS necessary, but
frequently, a little tonic combined with
a good scolding. produces the desired
result.
when delusion is harmless it is
often the best plan to humor it. A
relative of mine. who was clergyman
lived for several years in my family.
lie firmly believed that he could not
sleep after preaching on Sunday night
unless he was put under the influence
OF an opiate. imc and again have
seen him dose off as sOundIy us tired
chi!i, after taking Il teaSpOonful of
Swrctcnrd wafer. which | had pre-
Scrli't.h rs 'Inorphia. Without this
harmless little dose. however. he would
toss about rrstlessly for hours.
The negroes indulge some very fun
ny superStitiOns about diseases and
their cures. One of the things of which
ihcI have Il horror is the common diff
Guilty known OF elongation of the pail
ATE; When was practicing as a new
ly-hed%ed student in Virginia. an old
negresS called upon me one evening.
Her hair WAS pulled back from her
forehead and knottcd with cord i'm a
light bunch on the crown of her head.
She was suffering from Il bad cold.
Mars doctor, she said, 'I'se afraid
Sc got falIin of de palate. Use done
Iled up my harr' hard as | can, but
It don't pear TO make it no better, an
SpectS mebhy | need some pills
Il examined her throat and found
nothing the matter but slight inllamma-
ION. i don't think you need any pills,
luntie. said |. If YOU can only oct
.our hair tied up little closer for a
tay or two | have ne doubt Your pail
tte will shorten up all right She came
n again iii Il few days and told me she
vas much better. but her ole man had
led her hair so hard that she had to
'ieep with her eyes open, cause she
.ouldn't even make a wink. '''-Phita-
tcLphia Times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-01
When Mrs. ToOUes was Young.

The method of conducting the auc-
tion sales twenty-five or thirty yearS
ago was peculiar. Previous to the sale
each person desirous of purchasing fur
nishcd the auctioneer with the name
under which he could bid. Thus. john
Smith, Of Pittsburg. bid not as John
Smith. but as ''Pittsburg.'' The books
were put up in lots and the auctioneer
proceeded to obtain bids. Having elic-
tied the highest possible figure, if the
first bidder did not desire the entire lot
any other person could take the re-
mainder at the same price. Should
this not be the case, the remaining
books were then put up and the bidding
recommended. OF fifty volumes Of
Shakespeare ''Pittsburg'' might take
ten. The reply was prompt. ''Lancas-
ter ten ''Easton five ''Norristown
two," Hartford ten" and so on. In
this way half million dollars worth of
books would sometimes be worked off
in a week.-PhilGdelphia NeUs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-01
Poe's Legendary Years.

His story, stripped OF its fabulous in
cldentS, has turned out to the common
place one of a runaway bov. who per-
sistently rejected and at last forfeited
the honest kindness of his friends.
There is nowhere in it Il generous. no.
bic, or picturesque incident If one de-
.sircs to build up transforming legend
and l-) perpetuatC the romance of a bv-
gone literary fashion. he can do so only
by SuppreSSing the facts and elaborat-
ing the myth in the direction of a taw-
dry and foolish sentimcntality.
Whether or not, as Poe said. the truth
Is everything in Il biography. Justice
has supreme right there aS elsewhere;
do not mean the justice that is ex-
pressed in verdictS, but that ideal JUS
tIc". which, however ObScured. or lost,
or overborne. it may be, by the intru-
sion uf cNtraneOuS influences. is never
theleSs diSccrmble in human affairs,
and brings about a certain consistency
IN life and character Shc!Iey's youth
was full OF error. and at his death his
name was held in dishonor; but, the
nobility of his natjre always remaining
nndehled, ruin could not touch him nor
shame live beside his grave. If Poe,
on the other hand. was the victim, he
was also the servant, as he was the
poet. of the evil gods; and the same
consistency, the same ideal justice,
working itself out to 4 different end, is
to De seen in his life as in Shelley's. 1t
Is not the career of youth between
the ages of eighteen and TWENTY-FIVE
that has been 50 minutely examined in
this paper: it is rather the sowing-time
OF man of genius. whose harvest
proved so black Il growth that it is
deemed hardly natural. But so far
from learning to credit any part of the
legend that strives To turn Poe into the
object of an exceptional fatality. one
rises from the exhaustive study of his
days from birth to death. with only the
more profound conviction that nothing
but mans own acts can plunge him
into the worst of DccCmbci' AAan-
tic