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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
Tri-State Brevities-

BUTLER-Typhoid fever is epidemic.
YORK., PA.-The trial of Schall and Danner.
bankers OF this city, who failed last spring
and were charged with embezzlement.
ended in their acquittaL
SALTsBURG-At the Handle Manufacturing
Companv's mills Robert H., Wilson had his
hand caught by the machinery and torn Off
ut the shoulder. He may not recover.
SrEUBENvILLE-Patriclk King, a Panhandle
conductor, had both his legs taken of Mon.
day night, in front Of the Panhandle station.
by an eastbound train which he tried to
board.
NEW BRIGHToN-Two years ago an honest.
hard-working young IrIshman named Robert
Armour. who had spent several years in
this country, returned to Ireland, where he
now is He had managed to accumulate
$3.50. This he lett with his brother John.
John and his wife wrapped it in a cloth.
placed it in o tin box, and put the box in
among the filing of a bed tick There ft re-
manned undisturbed and was gradually for
gotten. One day last week It was decided
TO refill the tick, and its contents, including
the box, were dumped out and set on fire.
Last Saturday small boy who was pokin0
among the ashes found Che box. The bills
were partially destroyed, but can be re-
deemed. and the coins were fusid.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
Miscellaneous Sporting Notes

QUITE number of new local football teams are
being organized.
IT is likely that the betting on the big football
games this year will be very brisk.
SATURDAYS football game between the Colum.
bia team and the Three AS promises to be a great
one.
NO. IL of Goodwin's ''Oficial Turf Guide, is
out aud IL is most valuable book for all persons
interested la turf affairs.
THE meeting of the Pittsbtrg Swimming Club
which was scheduled for last evening" was post.
poned until Tomorrow evening.
'REDDYh GALLAGHER is captain and right
guard of the Denver Athletic Club football eleven
In recent game his nose was broken.
JAMES DUNKERLY. Toronto.-O. r. Buttery,s
record LOT 81 is 4S4 seconds and that of
Myers 4sh seconds. We answered this a few days
ago.
j. MALCOLM FORBES offers to give e6. 600 to the
hrst horse which during the next Eve years viii
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IN JAIL FOR DEsERTI0N.

The Wife of Theatrical Man Claims Her
Husband Is Not True.
George D. Wing was given hearing be-
fore Alderman Gripp yesterday on charge
of desertion preferred by his wife, Sarah
Wing. She alleges that last September,
while they were living on Second avenue,
Wing deserted her. He is theatrical
man and follows the theatrical troupe on
their stands doing whatever they give him
to do.
He denied her story emphatically and
alleged that she deserted him and went
away with another man and that the suit
was only scheme to extort money from
him. In default of $500 bail he was COM
mitted to await trial by court.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
AMATEUR WHEELMEN.
The L. A. W. President Opposes the Cash
Prize Movement.

The L. A. W. President Opposes the Cash
Prize Movement.
CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-It develops that the
principal object of the Racing Board of the
League of American Wheelmen, which for
three days was in session in this city, was to
suppress news in which the public are in
terested. The records passed upon were
public property. In addition to the johnson
and Wendle cases already referred to the
board has decided these cases: j. p.
Bliss, WHO entered and rode in class races az
Baltimore when he had no right to enter,
was suspended for go days. Roy Keaton, OF
the Lincoln Cycling Club, of this city, was
suspended indefinitely pending investiga-
tion as to amateur standing. Regarding the
cases supposed to be pending against the
cracks or the East nothing at all could be
learned.
Before leaving the city Colonel Burdette.
President of the Racing Board, said that he
was unalterably opposed to cash prizes. He
declared if the prize league was formed the
men who raced would be declared profess
sionals and never reinstated.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
TURF RECORDS AND TALK.
Cold Day at Washington and a Majority of
Fayorites Win.

Cold Day at Washington and a Majority OF
Favorites Win.
WASHINGTON, Oct, 25.-small entries and q
cold hazy day, had no appreciable effect on
the attendance at the Bennings course. The
crowd was up to the average and the bet
ting was very good. Three out of five IA
vorites won purses, but the sport on the
whole was rather tame, only one finish fur
nishing any excitement.
First race. six furlongs-Lyceum 106 Sims. 10
first; Experience 04 Clerico 30 to !, second; NC
Cormick lo7. p. Rogers. s to 1. third! Daysrian,
Woodcraft, Ella and Bordeaux. ran unplaced.
Time, l;l5s. Mutuals paid s. o5.
Second race, i've furlongs-Sport 122, Taral. ~ 70
TO- first; Grace Brown, to S. second; Naptha 100,
W. Midgiey, to j. third. Courtship. Herald
and lngot also ran. Time, 1:o2A. Mutuais paid
S45.
Third race, one mile-Key West 1903 W. Midgey,
to l, first; i.owIander H. TAYLOR. to o. second:
Major DAILY los. Bergen, IL to 5, third. Lizzie ran
unpaced Time, 1:4S. Mutuals paid Se4 40.
Fourth race, mile and one-siXteenth-Larch-
mont l07, w. Midgley, to 8. first; MarRherita l6
Sims. to j, second: Prather i07 Doggett even
money, third. Roquefort ran unplaced Time.
l:50h. Mutuals paid 50 so.
Filth race. steeplechase, two and one-haIf miles
Can Can l4S. Slack. to first; Return 1856 Bsnop
to !, second: Gray Gown 13S, NJ Lynch. b 70 !.
third. Landseer ran unplaced. Time. 4:l6. Mu-
tuals paid a 65.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
To-Day's Washington Card.

LOUISVILLE, Oct. 25.-ISDecidL l-Followin 6
were the pools sold here this evening on to.
morrow's racing at Washington:
First race. four and half furongs-May Lose
I07. s25; Bonnie Dundee 1903. Margery colt 1o3:
Roman l03 Herald 103, Billy 1o3, Alice colt 1o3
slS; Lady Superior 10o The Sorceress 100. Forget
Me-Not 100, Fanny Beverly 100. Constant 100.
Pansy loo, sl0 field, $50.
Second race. Observation-Disclosures 100. s25:
Grand PriX III, s.; Void 16, $40; Osric Ill, s12:
Alcalde Ill. $40; Syracuse lO7, s.: Lemon Blossom
l04. 81 Lora 80. 81: Silver Queen 30. 81.
Third race, one and one-eighth mles-Diablo lis,
so5 Cleaning Ito. SIS: Fidelio Jos, IS; Candelabra
LOG So Mr.. Sass 1o5 IS; Pickpocket io3 a5; Lyceum
l02. SIS
Fourth race, one mile-Larchmont ITO. s25,
Woodcraft los. S: Prather LOG. sl2; Ada Blue 1o2
81: Algoma loo, ST. Fagot 99 SIS; Saladin 81, $l. -
Fifth race. three-quarters of a mile-Rival l19,
s25: Michael H. SO: Major Daily III, si2 Rosa Fl,
ia. sl2; Experience ia. 81; Speculation H. S.:
Nockharren 10e S5 JacqueIien so. $2 Plenty 81, ST.
Dora 81, s.; Belle d. 81, s.; Cottonade %, S.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26

A Bridal Tour, at an American
Summer Resort.
Human ingenuity has made it pos
sible that American pleasure resorts
can carry with them the health-giv
ing properties of Europe's First
Health Spring.
We refer to Carlsbad.
1t will pay you to read up on this
historical spot.
For 500 years it has performed its
benefcent mission.
Emperors, poets, statesmen, all
men of wealth and station have
sought and found health here. Quite
an expensive trip.
But you need not 60. Every drug
store will deliver you the Carlsbad
treatment in a bottle, in the shape of
the world-renowned Sprudel Salts or
the imported Waters.
Take no substitute. The follow.
ing on the bottle proves its genuine
ness:
"Eisner & Mendelson Co.. Sole
Agents, New York" Write for PAM
phlets. W
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
A Remarkable Challenge.

CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-[Spectd. ais. G. Bettes,
captain OF the yacht City of Clinton and a
well-known long-distance oarsman, issued a.
challenge to-day to anyone to row a race
down the Chicago river, Illinois Canal and
river, Mississippi river and around the Gulf
of Mexico and Atlantic coast up the Hud-
son river, Erie Canal around the lakes to
ing TO the winner, one-tLrd to the loser
The boats are not to weigh over 100 pounds,
one to be named Chicago and the other New
ork. Bettes wants the one named Chi
cago and the start is to be made the first
week after election. He is willing that each
man should carry q sail.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
SHORT STORIES OF CITY LIFE.

THOMAS SANDERsoN. of Shadyside, is miss
ing from his home 1t is supposed he has
gone West. He is 20 years Of age.
SHORTLY after II o'clock yesterday after
noon car on the Woods Run electric line
ran into spring wagon on Preble avenue,
Allegheny, and showed it into an iron wagon,
badly wrecking both.
THE Manola-M Mason Company will present
at to-day's matinee at the Duquesne Theater
Robertson's comedy Caste" The company
have received the highest praise for their
work in this play. This evening the double
bill IF Were You" and 1.-THE Army Sur.
geon."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
fEMP ERA rCR
REV POSTAL CARDS ON SALE.

They Fold Like q Sheet of Paper and
Closely Resemble Letter.
The new two-cent postal cards were put on
sale yesterday. They consist of two cards
Joined togethe and folded like sheet of writ
ing paper. The idea is to put the address on
one postal card, and the receiver can tear
eff the other and return the answer on it.
1t is an English scheme, and was adopted
as an improvement in the mail service.
The only objection Assistant Postmaster
had to the new card is that small
letters are liable to be concealed between
the folds, and it will give the postal clerks
more work to guard against mistakes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
Selling Trotters at Chicago.

CHICAGO Oct. 26-The second day of the
K. Berry combination sale of young trotting
stock drew an immense crowd. The
weather was again damp and chilly. The
showing and bidding was spirited from first
to last with 70 head passing under the ham,
mer An Ambassador colt led the sale at
$500. A Warlock yearling colt came next at
$50. Gambler, years old by Shawmut, 2:26,
came next at $780, Eclipse, wears by En-
pire, 81, COZ: then an Ambassador earling
filly at $780, The 10-year-old brood mare
Cleopatra brought 81, 1865. Greenway years,
2:15. $50. The sale continues the whole
week and so far the prices have been en-
tirely satisfactory.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
Football This Afternoon.

This afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock the second
team of the Pittsburg Athletic Club will
meet the Central High School team at East
End Gym Park. 1t win be very interest
ing affair. The High School team won its
first game from the Park Institutes week
or so ago, and the Gyms second team is
composed of men, some of whom have
played good game as substitutes in the
hrst team. On Saturday the second team
VIII play at Uniontown. and the p C's will
meet Indiana Normal School on the home
grounds at the East End. The teams for
this afternoon will line up as follows:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
TOO RICH TO WORE.
A Prisoner at the Twelfth Ward Station Ha
91,7OO on His Person.

William Earhart is in the Twelfth ward
police station. He was picked up on the
street early yesterday morning because he
could not give q good explanation concern
ing himself
At the station 81, 700 was found on Ear
hart He had it concealed in belt, which
he wore around his body. He said that he
was a bricklayer, and three years ago quit
working. He then had $1,000, and con-
cluded man with that amount would not
need to spend his days in toll. Since then
he has not laid brick, and has 81, 200 of his
pile left yet. His case will be investigated
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
A Second strike at Niles.

NILES, O., Oct. 25.-[ Special. The bitter
fight in the Coleman-Shields mill here,
which was recently settled, has broken out
again. The roughers and catchers are now
on strike over difference in regard to work
In the job mill. The management is
thoroughly disgusted, and has stated the
terms on which work must be resumed at
once or the mills will be shut down again
to stay
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26

EAST LIVERPOOL, Oct. 25-[Special T.
The cold weather to-day discloses the fact
that East Liverpool cannot hope to be
warmed by natural gas this winter with the
present sources of supply. AS soon as
there was demand for fires the consumers
found that both companies pretending to
supply this city had not enough gas from
their lines to warm half the town. so the
factories have all been cut off. Still the
supply for domestic use is altogether insult
cient.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
Old Neptune In Bad HumOr.

NEW YORK, Oct. GA great gale is
raging on the Atlantic. All the steamers
that arrived here to-day had hard work
weathering it. The Guion steamer Arizona,
from Liverpool, experienced the gale for
three days The Hesbay, from Antwerp;
Didam, from Amsterdam, and Saale, from
Bremen. had tough time in the storm.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
The Half-Mile Run Record Broken.

QUEMENs. L. l., Oct. a5.-At the Queens
Athletic Club grounds here to-day, Miller
Kenyon, of the Columbia Athletic Club.
Washington, broke the half-mile run record
of 2:ls11, by doing tile distance in 2:l2 2-5.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
A Last Effort for Bandit Van Loon.

TOLEDO, Oct. 25.-[SpeciaI Ex-senator
w. w. Sutton went to Columbus tonight
to commence final effort to save the neck
of Frank Van Loon, the Columbus Grove
murderer, bank robber and outlaw. Sutton
will work for new trial on error before the
Supreme Court Unless it is granted Van
Loon will be hanged next week on Wednes-
daY.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
Women in Home Missions.

HARRISBURG, Oct. 25.-The opening ses-
sion of the decennial meeting of the
Woman's Home Mission Society of Penn
svlyania was held here this evening. Rev.
Robert E. Speer, General Secretary of the
Foreign Missionary Board in New York,
made an address. Dr. Roberts, Senior Sec
retary of the Board of Home Missions, was
the principal speaker of the evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
Pittsburgers in New York.

New YORK, Oct. 25.-[Speciat 1.-The follow
ing Pittsburgers are registered Mt hotels
here: +. L. Clark, Miss a. Riley, Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel: j. A. Armstrong. c. H. A. Deems
G. G. Wilds. S. B. Barrett, Mira, j
+ Reed, j.. L: Speer, st. Denis; d. L.
Brown, G; D Kelly, Brunswick: G. Au-
frecht, j. D. Casey, 7. land W. Langhaus.
H. s. Duncan. Imperial; ]. S. Atkinson, c. c.
Briggs. c. L. Cole, G. Wright, Jr., windsor:
J: T. Coleman, E. E. Gardner, Grand Union;
W. A; Cowan. J. J. Porter, J. D. Rodgers,
Hotel; Mrs. D. B. Morris, st. Stephens; j. w.
Ports. j. w. Ports, Jr., Colonnade Hotel; C.
s. Wight, Holland; DR.. A. Barchfield Mrs.
Barchfeld, Sturtevant; Misses Mckay, Miss
Phillips. Westminster.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26

Is at hand. Have you seen the enormous
stock Of fancy liquors at Max Klein's? II
not, do so at once. He Is still selling six.
year-old, pure Pennsylvania Rye Whiskies,
Guckenheimer. Finch, Gibson. Overholt and
Bear Creek at 81 each, or six quarts for %.
His address is Max Klein, 50 Federal street,
Allegheny, Pa.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
The News From Below.

WHEELING-River 1 foot and falling slowly.
Cool and clear.
CINCINNATI-River3 feet 10 inches and station
ary. Cloudy and cold.
ST. LoUIs-River5 feet inches and stationary
for "a hours. NO arriyals or departures.
CAIRo-No arrivals or departures. River 4 feet
and rising. Clear and cool.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
Carrying steerase Passengers,

Captain j. J. Mccormick, the steamship
agent, is happy once more. The companies
have resumed carrying steerage passengers
from the British Isles and Scandinavia. but
no Russians will be carried,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
What the Upper Gauges Show,

ALLEGHENY JUNCTIoN-River 6 inches and
stationary. Cloudy and cool.
WARREN-River stationary at low water mark.
Cloudy and cold.
MoRGANToWN-River4 feet inches and station
ary. Clear. Thermometer 40 at4P M.
BROwNSvILLE-River4 feet inches and station
ary. Cloudy. Thermometer 4so at6P.M M.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
RIVER NEWS AND NOTES.

Louisville Items-The Stage of Water and
the Movements of Boats.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAMs TO THE DIsPATCH.1
LOUISVILLE, Oct 25.-Business fair. Weather
clear aud cool. River falling. with inches the
falls. feet inches in the canal ana feet below.
The Sherley has temporarily taken the Big Kama
wha's place. The-work of repairing the locks in
the Kentucky River began to-day. The John Gill
more and tow are laid up near Cairo.
Departures-For Cincinnati, City Of Carrollton:
for Carrollton, Sherley; for Evansville. w. K.
Phillips,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26
Manhattan Badly Thrashed.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j.. Oct. 25-[SpeciI.l-
The Manhattan Athletic CLUB team was
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26

rrrrsBURG, Oct. 25.-The Local Forecast Onicial
of the Weather Bureau in this city furnishes the
following:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26

We Place Advertisements in
Daily and Weekly
Religious, Agricultural,
Trade, Mechanical Papers
And Magazines
At Lowest Cost
REMINGTON BROS, -.
PITTsBURG, PA.
Telephone 1884.
All copies Of papers containing advertise
ments delivered to the advertiser.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-26

soundly thrashed on Nelson field this after
noon by the Rutgers College eleven. Score.
30 to o.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-12-20
Triumph and Tragedy.

One of the saddest, most successful
lives in this generation ended a little
time ago. William Harnett, who was
called the greatest painter Of still life in
his time, was found unconscious in his
New York studio one afternoon. He
was taken TO a hospital, where he died
two days later.
William Harnett was poor Irish boy,
born with an unquenchable love for art.
He had little education, and was early
obliged to contribute to the support Of
his family. The artistic impulse drove
him to become a metal engrsver. After
toilsOme years he saved trifie-enough
to take him to Europe TO study awhile.
He loved art and his mother. Be
tween the two he stripped himself of the
necessaries Of life. None but his most
intimate friends knew that while study
ing in Munich he went often cold and
hungry that he might save little money
to send home to his mother.
The privstion and exposure brought
on rheumatism. He never recovered
from it, and it finally caused his death
At last success came-splendid success
II he had lived he would have probably
in time got Meissonierlike prices for hi
pictures. As it was, painting Of q
horseshoe hanging by nail brought hin
81, 600 A tiny picture of brass fiagor
sold for $1,000, Yet at the age of forty
two. with his greatest fame and success
all before him and the road all smooth
and bright, he died, because he hat
starved and chilled himself while get
ting his art education and supporting
his mother.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-12-20
This Date in History-Dec, 90.

lC-St. Ignatius martyred at Rome.
1A9a-Columbus penetrated the island OF san
Domingo and found evidences Of higher
civilization than on the other islands
lTn-Bernard de Montfaucon, famous French
scholar. died in Paris; born 1850.
i7e5-Louis the DBuphin died; father Of LOUIS
XVI
l7sO-John Wilson Croker, author and states
man, born ia Galway. Ireland; died 1867
isp2-All the Bourbons not in prison were or
dered to leave France.
lsl3-S Samuel Jordan KirkwOod, statesman,
born In Hartford county, Md; famous war
governor Of Iowa.
is22-Dion Boucicault, playwright, born IN
Dublin; died 1891.
lsIs- Oficial count Of ballots announced and
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed pres
ident OF the French republic with great
popular enthusiasm.
le6O-South Carolina convention UNANIMOUSLY
adopted the ordinance Of secession.
1861 President Lincoln issued his last call foi
10000 more"
100 Eyraud c'The Horribe9 convicted OF
numbering Gouffe by strangling.
1891 senator Preston Plumb died in Washing
ton city, aged "a.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-12-20
Chrysanthemum Development.

The evolution of the chrysanthemum
is a striking feature in floral decoration.
Twenty years ago beautiful, rather mod
est flowers, in size like a small rose, were
favorites in the outdoor garden, because
they bloomed late in the fall, almost on
into winter Four varieties were prom
inent-an exquisite golden brown, bril-
liant crimson, a vivid yellow and pure
white.
Now there are several hundred vsrie-
ties. No belle is equipped for the
promenade unless she has gorgeous
yellow feathery chrysanthemum as
large as a sunfower at her bodice. At
the chrysanthemum shows this Novem-
Der are single flowers as large as the
biggest cabbage head. Last Of all, a
chrysanthemum salad has been intro
duced, made from a recipe obtained
from the cook Of the mikado of Japan,
so it is said. The chrysanthemum
grows no more in the open garden, but
is forced in the greenhouse by the latest
imported fashionable gardener.
No flower has ever come into fashion
with such a whirl, OF increased in size
and variety so rapidly. The most fash
ionable kinds are perhaps like the most
fashionable bonnets-those which arr
: most grotesque in shape. Where is i
: all to end2 Perhaps next year the priz'
: chrysanthemum will be so large that il
: will have to be brought to the flowel
s show In q special car constructed for 1t
e And yet, with all this new blown splen
s dor, one happy enough TO have had
childhood in the country goes back b
memory and asks, Are these gorgeou
n creations Of the florist really any NOR
II beautiful than the brown and gold, tn
+ deep crimson, the splendid yellow an
n the snowy white Of the old fashione
chrysanthemum that grew outdoor 4
the gardenf
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-12-20
where the English Poets Arc Buried.

Where the English Poets Arc Buried.
OF Shakespeare Westminster abbey
contains only monument. His bones,
as everybody knows, rest at Stratford-
upon Avon, and Milton is honored only
by bust. The author of Paradise Lost"
is buried in the Church of st. Giles,
Cripplegate, and there is no reason TO
doubt that the dean and chapter of his
iay would have refused him the right of
sepulture in the abbey when he died had
it been then asked for. Even so late rs
the beginning Of the Eighteenth century
the phrase, second to Milton alone"
which had been proposed as an epitaph
for the poet Phillips, was ruled out" by
Dean Sprat who regarded the name OF
Milton as too detestable to appear in
building dedicated to religion.
Thirty years later not only Millions
name but the bust to his memory was
admitted, although the accompanying
inscription was not of a felicitous char
acter. Byron was actually refused
burial in the abbey; Goldsmith lies III
the precincts of the temple; Gray was
buried in the country chdrchyard, that
at Stoke Poges, near Slough, in which
he wrote his immortal "Elegy;" and Of
more modern bards Wordsworth, Ten
nyson's immediate predecessor in the
laureateship, is buried "by Rotha's
stream" in Grasmere churchyard, while
the heart Of Shelley and the body of
Keats are inferred in Protestant GENE
terry at Rome.
PosteIity is the only sure judge of
poetical renown, and who can doubt
that were Keats and Shelley to die now
they would as a matter of course be
accorded a place where Browning
and Tennyson lie. 1t is a safe predic-
ton, however, that our descendants will
not hold us of the Nineteenth century to
blame for admitting into the poets cor
ner the remains of the author Of 'Morte
d'Arthur" and I'm Memoriam. Lon
don Telegranh.