Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-12
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dezs u heaven and enriched by the de-
eayinz aristocracy Of the Gage and
Wichita Indians. TIE dust Of preadz-
mite man, ~atered by the tears Of the
more modern and renaissance grassbOp-
PER sufferer, has laid the Foundation for
tn. granaries IL the world and stinu-
lated the bright eyed prevarieatOr 70 DC
honor 90 his state.
Emporia 10 a more quiet city, with
fewer reading notices than Wichita, bat
thriving business and good prospects-
Prohibition may still be found in Kan
szs, leading It's victims On down 70 the
prohibitionist's grave. / saw quite a
number Of people who were Just begin
ming 20 fool with IL, Hrtle thinking what
hold it would one day have on them.
Al Lawrence I visited the university,
and wish especially % return thanks 70
Professor Snow, Of Snow hall, for de
Bghtful hour among his fossil bstraehians
and giant strsddle bugs He has good
collection Of Kansas people who -four
ished at an early date and who made
footprints in the sands Of time which
have been handed down % posterity In
the limestone Of our day. He has the
lower Jaw Of mammoth, with blue
porcelain teeth, which for many years
stood in the middle Of small stream, 70
that when the water was low the boys
used 10 stand on this monsters chin and
fish, little knowing what treasure II
would be 20 the savant and the scholar
in future Year,. One day a sportsman
stopped 20 spit On his bait, and glaDcing
down at the huge stone decided that it
was bone. He got help to rob it over,
and 10, il was the maxillary works Of
great, coarse beast that could cat hard
ware store like dish Of oat meal and
uge the raging main for finger bowl.
Paris reminded me very much Of To
peka. Paris has the same wide, smooth
streets, and is also railroad center,
though Mr.. Peacock does not live there.
Hr. Peacock, the poet, ! mean. He 10 the
author OF this stanza:
Swiftly, sorrovfully. then a sadSezs
Peii % Cur raptUred souls 20 light,
That sftsoOns nigh unto madness
Led with melancholy blight
Eftsoons il one OF our best words, I
affik; bat Mr. Peacock would do better
with IL ia the east, where eftsoons and
yadzook poets get much better prices
han In the west.
Mr.. Peacock gets some very fattering
Endorsements from other poets and the
press.
Matthew Arnold, in reply TO letter
and volume sent by Mr. Peacock. said.
with great heartiness:
Yes, we have had an unusually hot
summer in England this year. Still,
crops are looking well and fall blowing
will all be done at least n week earlier
han usual. Sincerely yours,
MATHEW ARNOLD"
Lord Tennyson writes as follows: II
would be glad to accept your kind invi-
tation 10 come and spend few weeks at
your house, but have agreed 10 jerk
few stapzas for the Guelph outfit and
have already put II of too long" Con-
tinuing his letter, and In reference TO the
volume Of poems sent him for criticism,
he said, II like the clean cut and rather
earnest and honest work in your book.
especially the job work and cover.
would like TO figure with your publisher
Q little On new book for this winter.
Our foIksere all well here, though prices
are low and live stock 10 looking tough
and rocky, especially where the boller
horn has went over the country like a
large wet bosom Of wrath. Yours fra
ternally, A. TEssysos."
Oscar Wilde says: "Mr. Peacock GER
tainly writes with great vigor and spells
With f.ou Qtflorah la arfttroro He uyrstoo
with wonderful force and bears down 80
hard ON his subject that he wears out his
theme and gives beautiful polish TO the
under side of bis sleeve"
Seriously, however. Dir. Peacock writes
with much feeling, and some Of his hy-
perbole and similes are as juicy as any
thing ! ever sat downfo.
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