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The herald., 1893-01-22
CHARLES A. DANA.

Mr. Dana is one of those best Judges of
poetry who despise no poetic effort the sub
ject Of which seems trivial. He regards
"Comus" as perhaps the masterpiece of
sustained English poetry, and he is one Of
the perhaps half dozen ncn Of New York
city who know 'Comus" practically by
heart. Dante he learned to read in the
original, and when upon visit TO Rome an
audience was secured for him with the
pope his holiness said to him, speaking in
italian: II have heard, Mr.. Dana, that you
are fond of our great poet. So am l. l am
fond of repeating daily passages from
Dante" And here Pope Leo repeated an
extract from the "Divinc Comedia" Of per
haps dozen lines.
When he had finished Mr.. Dana said in
reply that it was quite true that he had
found some Of his most exquisite intelec-
tual enjoyment in reading Dante, and he
then quoted passage which was appropri-
ate to supplement the extract which the
pope had recited. There were probably not
dozen AmcIicars who could have gone
through that experience which at least, so
far as Mr.. Dana was concerned, was en-
tirely unexpected.
Mr.. Dana is one of those who do not
think that poetry is d lost art. The appre-
SANe4OAi VI ~ AitbJ W cOillcn IdU dtillSd
these busy times. He is also one of those
men who do not take poetry for granted be-
cause some one of authority has written it.
When ell the world was praising some of
Lord Tennyson's later effusions, Mr.. Dana
condemned them as unworthy of the genius
which had conceived and written "In Me-
moriam, and told why he condemned them.
On the other hand, he has been perhaps the
quickest of all to perceive tho merit that is
In the poetic efforts of obscure writers.
Years ago when he was managing editor
of The Tribune Alice and Phoebe Cary
were connected with that newspaper. They
wrote not only poetry, but prose. Phoebe
Cary during that association wrote a poem
which violated nearly all the laws of pros
ody, whose rhythm was SO imperfect that
afterward when the poem was set to sacred
music some alteration in the feet was ncces-
sary, and yet, as this poem contained sub
lime thought expressed in poetic spirit, it
has been translated into almost every Ian
guage which has been used to express the
truths of Christianity, and 10 now sung in
every part Of the civilized world and by all
denominations. 1t is the poem beginning,
Zone sweetly solemn thought"
1t has been said that Mr., Dana was the
FIRST to detect the singular poetic beauty in
these stanzas and to predict that it would
appeal to human nature everywhere.
Mr.. Dana revealed his capacity as crit
ical and true Judge of poetry many years
ago by collecting many poems into single
publication called The Household Book
of Poetry" 1t is having an enormous sale.
1t is next in favor to the Bible in many
houses in Europe and in England, and it
is regarded as in all respects the best col
lection of poems ever issued between covers.
E. J. EDWARDS.
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pitable and KEEP, the old house to the front

pitable and kept the Old house to the front
OF the social life of the capital.
Mr.. Blaine came near taking the Cor
coran mansion four years ago. He was de-
TERED by the big price asked by the mana
ger of the estate-S20, 600 year-so he
leased another of the most famous of the
old houses in Washington--the Seward
mansion. Mr., Blaine got a good bargain,
for the $50, 600 which he must pay for the
property in case he decides to buy it under
his option is at least $25, 900 short of the
value. The lot alone is worth $50, 600, though
it was once sold for jackass by Henry
Clay. Old Commodore Rogers had re-
turned from voyage to the Mediter-
ranean with cargo of live stock, among
the animals being fine Andalusian jack
ass, on which Clay set his wistful eyes, his
hobby being stock farming. Rogers offered
Clay the jack in exchange for his lot oppo-
site the White House, and to the great sur
prise of the commodore Clay accepted the
proposition. ....
Mr.. Blaine has made this red house
doubly famous. 1t was originally the elite
boarding house of Washington and num-
bered among its guests Calhoun when he
was secretary of war under jackson, and
Clay when he was secretary of state under
Adams. Then it became fashionable club,
and the Sickles-Key tragedy took place in
front of its door. Later it became the home
of Secretary Seward, and there the assault
was made upon him by the assassin Payne
Mr.. Blaine, therefore, is the third secretary
of state to live in this house.
The Corcoran house is fairly surrounded
by famous old mansions. In the residence
next door lived Senator Slidell before he
was Confederate ambassador to France its
present owner being Walter A. Wood, a
well known inventor and manufacturer
Across Connecticut avenue is the residence
of Admiral Shubrick; the next house to
that is owned by Judge Bancroft Davis,
and the one just beyond was known for a
third Of a century as the house Of the his
torian, George Bancroft
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Special Correspondence.l

THE CoRAN-wEDsTER-BR1CE HOUSE.
sponded to with alacrity, so great was the
desire to see once more the interior of one
of the most famous houses In Washington
For number of years the old mansion has
+, been virtually closed, and save for an oc-
casional dinner party by the heirs of Mr.
Corcoran was unknown to society.
Senator and Mrs. Brice are now making
the Corcoran house the center of social in
terest in the American capital. Charming
hosts themselves, they have further ettrac-
tions in their two pretty, vivacious and SEN
sible daughters, who have just entered the
realms of fashionable society. Every visitor
is delighted to find that, while the interior of
the historic residence has been frightened
and decorated with lavish yet artistic
hand, the well known exterior has not been
changed at all, and Senator Brice honors
himself as well as the former owner of the
mansion and the founder of Corcorsn' s
Gallery of Art by inscribing upon the stone
lamp pedestal at the porte cochere entrance
"Corcoran House." The first thing that
greets the eye of the visitor within the
spacious hall is n portrait of Mr.. Corcoran.
Within the old house. made new is a
dream of beauty. Combined with the spa
ciousness and stateliness of half century
ago are the bright tints the touches of gilt,
the electric lights deity introduced, which
are characteristic of modern decoration
Throughout the house the effort has been
not so much to change as to tighten and
brighten and beautify that which was SOM
Der and dull
Some of the older residents of Washing
ton are pleased to find in the house today
many of the pictures, bronzes and statuary
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pEcArIR MLNs1oN

lish government bought it for a legation
{ house, and Lord Ashburton and other ia
nous British diplomats lived there. Then
it was bought by some of Mr.. Wobster's
admirers and presented to him. He occu-
pied it while secretary of state under the
first Harrison, and then sold it to William
w. Corcoran, the distinguished banker and
patron of art.
Mr.. Corcoran enlarged the house by the
eduition OF wings, ana el.s ~. so Law
ishly, maintained such intimate relations
with the great men of his time and filled
his house with such rich collection OF
paintings and statuary--gcnesis of the
present Corcoran gallery THAT his name
became known all over thesw world. While
travelling in Europe MIR. Corcoran rented
the mansion to the French minister, Mar
quis dc Montholon, who was regally hos
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Notice for Publication of Time fol
Proving viii, Etc.

TN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGE-
| les county. tate Of California.
In the matter of the estate OF Patrick c. Con
rov, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Friday, the
Sd day of February, 1898, ct 10 O'clock a. a. m.
court, department two thereof, in the
city O. Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles,
and state of Cal fornia, has been appointed as
the time and place Tor hearing the application
O NJ r. o'Dea, praying that document
now on file in this court. purporting 20 be
a duly authenticated copy of the last will and
testament OF the said deceased, and OF the
probate thereof, be admitted to probate, that
letters t. stamentary be issued thereon to M +
O,Dea, at which time and place all persons in
terested therein may appear and contest the
same.
4, RI WARD, County Clerk.
Bye. w. BLAKE, Deputy. 1.2l l2t
clarence A. Miller, attorney for petitioner
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Receivers Sale.

TvrHE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUNTY
L f los Angeles, state Of california. ~
Lopizich, plaintiff. VS. NJ Hsecach, defendant.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned.
the recei er appointed in the above entitled
action, VIII, on Tuesday, the z4th day of Jan
uarv, S93 at1l CLOCK a. n. of said day sell
at ublic auction either in one lot or in par
cells. as may be adjudgei mo banee ecial, ~
the Fl ures, furuituge range. counters, cook
ing utensils ice ches', glass, crocs cry, t'nware,
table linen nd other per onai property now in
and belonging to the resteu ass and chop
house know as mitchell Is chop Hcase," ut
12 Court street, Los ANGLES city
9erm OF sale cash; sale to bs approved by
the Superior coult Of sos Angeles county. The
propsrty cau be seen by app yii.g to The under
10 o'clock a. m. ana O'Clock p m.
I-19 5t JOHN WUSICH, Receiver.
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70 Rata,n Hs.rer

A recently inducted pastor was attract
ing large audiences from other congrega-
tions by his eloquence, and Willie, the Free
church beadle looked with disrnay at the
empty pews In his own church. So when
next he met his minister, he said, 'Ye
maun improve yer sermons if We want to
retain yer hearers" "Oh. new scissors al
ways cut clean" 'Ah, aye" was the un.'
expected retort, that's d. RIGHT, but auld
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sa,ying I.ots of Trnnl,ie.

Jack was observed to be vigorously
hitting himself in the back with the fiat
of his hand, and his mamma, surprised
at what he was doing, said:
"Why, Jack, what-are you up to?"
Sim sawin 700 the trouble Mamma
he replied. 1--WE been naughty, and I'm
snankinq mysalf. .n-Eychanga
The herald., 1893-01-22
Especial Correspondence.l

One OF the best Judges OF foetry III
America.
Especial Correspondence.l
NEW YORK, jan 2-Some of the leading
publishers of New York city are asked now
and then who is the best judge of poetry,
its quality, its perfection both in style and
sentiment, and the reply always is that
Mr.. Charles A. Dana, the editor of the
New York Sun, is probably the stirest in
his estimate of poetry of any of the criNcs
of his time. Mr.. Dana's judgment is sin
gularly swift. He analyzes as he reads, and
he will express with lucidity and charming
style on the instant after he has read q
poem a judgment respecting it which will
stand.
1t is one of Mr.. Dana's delights to dis
cover poems which have the true. ring in
them, and which have been written by per-
sons unknown to fame. Some years ago,
having discovered in his reading little
poem entitled "De Massa oh de Sheepfold," I"
he was so charmed by it that he printed it
IN the columns of The Sun, asked for in
formation respecting the author, and de
clared it to be, in his opinion, one of the
truest bits of poetry in recent literature,
both in the sublimity and pathos of its SEN
timent and in its literary perfection.
Such an enconium as this was rarely re-
ceived by an unknown poet. Fifty years
ago, had the author thus been suddenly
brought to notice, fame. would have fol-
lowed. The inquiry soon brought the an
swer, and the writer of the poem was re-
vealed in Miss Sallie Pratt Mclean She
had already obtained some literary notori-
sty as the writer of the novel, "Cape Cod
Folks On the strength of this fame her
second novel, entitled "Tow Head" was
published, and was perhaps the most dismal
artistic if not pecuniary failure in recent
pretentious literature
Yet in an unexpected way it gave to the
writer repute much choicer than that
which she obtained from s'Cape Cod Folks, "
for in this second book was introduced the
poem which had called forth this public
expression Of Mr.. Dana's delight.
For many years Mr.. Dana was accus-
toned himself to select the poems which
appeared in The Sunday Sun, and the Sc
lections were made with a great deal Of
care, but with that swiftness of Judgment
which has always characterized him. He
read himself many original poems and was
always delighted il he found in the manu-
script one worth publishing Then he
searched in the corners and byplaces Of the
country newspapers which came to The
Sun Office and frequently found there a
poem which he thought worth republishing
The herald., 1893-01-22
THE SUMMER HOUSE.

Diagonally across the street from Sena-
tor Brice's new Washington home is an old
fashioned house which has seen more than
its share of joy and sorrow. 1t was built
by Commodore Decatur in 1914, and there
the gallant hero of the navy died after his
duel with Barron. After Decatur's death
the house was successfully occupied by
Henry Clay; Martin Van Buren, vice pres
ident; Edward Livingston, Jackson's Sec
retary of state; George M Dallas, vice
president; Senator Judah p. Benjamin,
afterward attorney general, secretary of
war and secretary Of state of the Confed-
eracy, and finally and to the present day
by General Beale, the intimate friend of
both Grant and Blaine. Van Buren, had
the window cut in the south wall of this
house in order that he might see the sig
nails displayed by jackson from the White
House.
Another famous house in this immediate
vicinity is now the homo of the Cosmos
club, the largest scientific club in the world.
It was built by James Madison and occu-
pied by him when he came to Washington
to be Jefferson secretary of state. Thither,
twenty years later and after her husbands g
death, gracious Dolly Madison returned
and for fifteen years. hald q brilliant court,
and to the end maintained her place as the
most popular woman in Washington. BY
an odd coincidence this house afterward
became the. residence of Admiral Wilkes
at the same time that Slidell, whom he was
afterwarl to take off a British ship on the
high seas, lived within stones throw
across the street.
All these houses face Lafayette square
Diagonally across from the Madison house
is the Arlington hotel, one part of which
consists of union of tho residences of SEN
ators Summer and Pomeroy. Where the
main body of the hotel stands were the
residences of William L. Marcy, Lewis Cass
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A Chance to Rise,

Butcher-I need a. boy about your size
and win give you three dollars week.
Applicant-WillI I have chance to rises
Eyes. l want you to be here at o'clock
every morning Life.
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Tho p. s. potherea Hsr

Haven't you written that letter yet,
Anne?" f-i,f''eft
Eyes, George, dear.-that is, ell except the
postscript. Pm trying to think of some
thing to say in it. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
The herald., 1893-01-22

COL. A. t. 1I'REYNoLDs. United States
court for treason, and through Colonel
McReynolds' efforts acquitted He took
an early and active interest in politics.
In 1887 he was elected an alderman in
Detroit. and two years later was one of
the delegates to the national convention
in Harrisburg which nominated William
Henry Harrison, grandfather of the pres
ent occupant Of the White House, and he
is probably the only survivor of that con-
vention, of which Horace Greeley and
Historian Bancroft were also members.
When, the Toledo war broke out-a dis
pute between Michigan and Ohio over
boundary lines McReynolds marched to
the. seat OF war as major and then
marched home again, as did the belliger-
ents on both sides, without firing a gun.
In 1S47 he was elected TO the state leg.
islature as a senator to represent Detroit.
and with ex-governor Alpheus Felch
shares the honor of being the Oldest liv.
ing member Of that body While still
member of the legislature the Mexican
war opened. He resigned his Office, and
receiving a commission from President
YIN WCltu W AhtAlCO tte Il Captain Ill bll6
Third dragons. He won promotion by
gallant service and returned to Detroit
with an arm shattered by musket ball.
He was living in Grand Rapids, Mich,
when the late war broke out, and was
among the first to respond to the call
for troops. He was given commission
as colonel, raised the first volunteer
cavalry regiment of the war in New
York city and served throughout the
contest, receiving honorable mention for
services at Gettysburg. After peace had
been declared he returned to Michigan.
He continued in active practice of his
profession up to his seventy-ff year
and then retired. Colonel McReynolds
has been member of the Masonic fra
telnity for sixty-three years. He has
been commander of the Michigan de-
partment G. A. r.. delegate to the aa-
tional 'encampmont, and is now presi-
dent of the National Mexican Veterans
union. His wife, lineal descendant Of
Elder William Brewster, one of the orig
Ital, Pilgripls Fathers. isftil by his side
and their married life covers more than
sixty years.
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a waste Of rime.

"Gocdby, dear" he WHISPERED, 'May l
kiss your"
'Yes--yes," she answered. Don't waste
10 much time in talking. Brooklyn Life.
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HE WAS a SOLDIER BOLD.
The Military, Public and Private Careers
OF q brilliant Irishnaan

OF a BriIliant Irishinan.
Colonel Andrew t. McReynolds, of
Grand Rapids, Mich, gave a quiet re-
ception on Christmas to fow old friends
in honor of his eighty-fourth birthday.
Hewas born in ireland and came to Amer
icaat the age Of twenty-five, locating first
at Pittsburg. HIS was member of the
once famous Duuuesne Grays, and as
an ensign marched with General Scott
to suppress the notification troubles in
South Carolina. Two years later he re-
moved to Detroit, studied law, was ad-
The herald., 1893-01-22
VAbHINGTUN HOUSES
SOMF HISTORIC MANSIONS OF THE
CAPITAL DESCRIBED.

senfor Brice Has Reftted the Famous
Crcoran House-Mr. Blaine and the Sew
nd ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Square and Its
Iteresting Associations. III s
Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-With the dawn of
Pc new year capital society shows signs of
We There are many teas and receptions,
tough the closing of the executive man.
ion and the cabinet houses has robbed the
locial season of much of its official splen-
dor
By long odds the most conspicuous house
in the capital just now is the Corceran
mansion, which has just been overhauled
at an expense of $4,000 by Senator Brice,
of Ohio. Last week it's doors were opened
to society, and every invitation was Ne
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nitted to the bar,
and by his elo-
quence and bril-
liancy soon won
a place in the
from t ra n k s
among the De-
troit attorneys.
Among the IA
nous cases in
/ W hic h he ap-
peared was as at
torney for King
Strang, the Nor
mon leader in
dicted in the
The herald., 1893-01-22

OF Missouri's twenty-seven governors
only three were born in the state Ten o.
them came from Kentucky.
The herald., 1893-01-22
DELIGHTS In POETRY
EDITOR DANA TAKES PRIDE IN THE
SUMS COLUMN OF VERSE.

Hc Has Devoted Much Tin'e and Labor
to This Department and is Said to BE
One of the Best Judges of Poetry in
America.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-08-03
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL Services every Sum-
$50 a. m. Young peoples meeting Sunday even
ings; Prayer meeting Thursday evenings
j. G. HALL. Pastor
PRESBYTERIAN Services every Sabbath at Il
am. and 7:50 p m. Sunday school at 9:45 am
Teachers meeting every Tuesday evening
W Il Hills. Pastor.
~ I0-45 and 100 Sunday school 11.45. Young
peoples meeting Sunday evening, prayer meeting
Thursday evening
J. WIN. CARSON, Pastor.
EPISCOPAL Services at German NJ E. church
u I'd and 4th Sundays in each month, morning
and evening, at the usual hours Sunday School
every Sunday at $50 a.
REV. VIM. RICHMOND, Rector
GERMAN M z. Broadway. Preaching every
~ Sunday night at p. m; every other Sunday
at 10 a. m. from December 4th Sabbath school at
I0:45 a. m. Prayer and Praise service every
Wednesday at 7-3O D. m H G WoENER,
Pastor
CHRISTIAN Services in the wilmer building,
~ opposite school house every two weeks, at II a.
and $50 p. N. Sunday school at $50 a. m
CATHOLIC Services second fourth and fifth
Sundays in every month. at 1920 and 7:30;
Sunday School at 10 every Sunday
FATHER KELLEY, Pastor
GERMAN EVANGELICAL CUNTTED. Ser
~ vices every weeks. Sunday school every
Sunday. Conformation studies every "Wednesday
and Saturday at Up m at new church south east
Of square
REV. H KUPFERNAGEL, Pastor.
BAPTIST Services every Sunday at II a m. and
sP- m Prayer meeting Thursday night SUM-
day School at 10 q N. Covenant meeting, d. m
Saturday before the first Sunday. at G. 4. e hall
z. M. ARMSTRONG, Pastor,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-08-03
Worlds Fair PhilanthroDists.

MesSrS. BOddie Bros, wealthy Chi
cago gentlemen, having the interest of
their city at heart, and desiring to dis
prove the falsity of the statement that
only in boarding houses can be found
moderate priced Accommodations during
the Worlds Fair, remodeled and furn-
1shed at great expense one of their
famous absolutely fre-proof business
structures, located corner of Franklin
and Jackson streets, within short walk
ing distance of the Union Depots,
Theatres, Post Office, Board of Trade,
Steam, Elevated, Cable Roads and
Steamboats, to the Worlds Fair, furn-
ished newly throughout 500 rooms,
superb parlors, elevators, electric lights
exhaust fans to keep cool entire build
ing, named this property THE GREAT
WESTERN HOTEL, and invite the pub
lie to take their choice of rooms for
S1.OO per day, children to II fifty
cents. Elegant restaurant and dining
rooms where fine meals are served at
90 cents, or la carte at very moderate
prices.
There would be less heard or known
OF extortion and imposition connected
with the Worlds Fair were there more
public spirited, fair minded men in
Chicago as are the owners and propri-
etors of THE GREAT WESTERN HOTEL.
Our readers should write as soon as
possible to secure rooms, for they are
being taken up rapidly.-St. Paul
Dai1xr Noxrrr
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-08-03
Purely Personal.

Mrs. DIR. Comet returned from the
east last Friday.
: w. d. Gould has returned from his
Worlds Fair visit.
VIM and Ed. S. Hewitt of Stafford
left last week for Olympia, Wash.
Henry Lindas and wife are run
ming the Grand Central hotel of this
city.
c. w. Deets, of the north part of
the county, is visiting in Burlington,
Iowa.
Miss Fryberger's pupils gave her a
farewell surprise party, last Thursday
evening.
Grant Fordyce was taking visit
among his many friends in the city,
last week.
John r. Harris, of Eureka town.
ship, got back from the Worlds Fair,
last week.
Prof. n. F. Daum is conducting
the Haskell county normal institute, al
Santa Fe.
Joe Sprinkler and Frank RAIDER
were up to the city from Ellinwood,
Thursday last.
Mrs. Mary Mitchell, sister of g. 81
Hulme, returned last week from the
Chicago attraction.
Morrell Norton was down from the
north side, Sunday, to visit with his
sisters in Great Bend.
Mrs. E. Lowry and daughter, Mis-:
Celia Mitchell, are attending the
Worlds Fair this week.
Isaac Markell who, is down from
Beaver as ajuryman, made this office
social call Wednesday.
VIII Brown, the Standard Oil Go.
nan, now occupies the Mrs. Ford
property on Forest avenue.
Tom Reynolds, of K. O., visited for
a couple of days. the first of the week,
with his parents in this city.
Will thinner and wife, of Buffalo
township, are rejoicing over a new
boy-who came the first of the week.
Prof. n. T. Daum returned last
week from Chicago, and is full of the
wonderful and interesting things he
saw there.
Miss Blanche Barngrover, who was
visiting her aunt, Mrs. F. A. Steckel,
returned to her home in La Junta,
Col, last week.
Miss Alice Reynolds is home from
Syracuse where she was instructing in
the normal, She is now doing SIM
liar work in our county normal.