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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-06

rather to be detected In "whlstie ovrs the
lane OF" In Mr.. Hutton's opinion. no holder,
yet surer pieee Of criticism was probably ever
produced than that which virtually puts not
only Tam o shanter." but " The jolly Beg
ears," above The Cotter's Saturday Night
and A mans a man for a that" As to the
soundness OF the criticism, Il is submitted that
no doubt Is possible In the two latter pieces
Burns was expressing what he ,rished to feel.
but on the whole did not succeed In
feeling. though II would have been bet
ter for him had he succeeded. In the
two former he gave his genius full
swing. and succeeded 10 impressinR on them
q perfectly superb effect OF force and reality.
OF The Jolly BeEgars" Arnold remark. that,
In srite of its hideousncss. s1ualor and even
bestiality. 1t has breadth OF truth AID
power which makes the famous scene In Auer.
bach's cellar Of Goethe's Faust seem arti-
neial and tame beside 1t. and which are only
matched by Shakespeare and Aristophanes"
Nevertheless. when our author speaks OF
Arnold's criticism as sure. he limits this praise
to the criticism OF that sort Of poetry which
aims at giving us reality. for In dealing with
Shelley. who managed to create I'M unearthly
sphere Of his own and to Nil It with music.
Arnold's judgment 10 not so trustworthy. His
own conception OF the mission Of true poetry
was that II should furnish what lie calls the
higher criticism OF life. and on all poetry which
can be properly said to do this his judgm ent
was almost infaliblc. Poets like Shelley how
ever. cannot he treated by any standard Of
this kind. Arnold did not understand the fine
witchery OF Shelley. or his air spirits and earth
spirits. his power OF wniling like a banshee or
OF singing q song OF triumph over the eva
nescence OF his shadowy conceptions. This
was not criticism OF life. and Arnold's vivacity
OF sympathy hardly extended to worlds Of
which 1t was so difficult to Judge Whether or
not they really call up corresponding world
OF EN- otion that has . beauty and emotion Of
its own, though It is not ordinary human emo
tion. and does not answer to the ordinary ex-
citing causes OF human JOY or grief So that
sure as Arnold's judgment Is when he is deal
ing with Milton. or Gray. or Burns. or Words
worth. or Keats. or Byron. he is thrown out
when he touches Shelley. more perhaps By the
want Of standard by which to iudgc him than
by want OF sympathy. but probably to some
extent by both causes Arnold's mind, In
short. was essentially positive. He knew what
was false and true to life. and hardly ever
failed to point out where the truth was and
where the falsetto note came in. But his con-
1dencs In this positive ear OF his was o dis
qualification for criticislnR those efforts to
supply both the world to be criticised and the
standard OF criticism In which strange spirits
like Shelley's have attained success
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HI.

One 10 not surprised to hear that the position
OF a very great or original poet is not claimed
for Iongfellow. Many cultivated persons will
concur. too. In our authors refusal to admire
the pieces which one oftenest hears quoted.
Excelsior" "A Psalm OF Life" DO. all OF
whish express commonplace feelings with
certain picturesque and conventional elo-
quence. but without anything OF individual or
unique power. 1t will be generally acknowl-
edged that LongfeIow Is apt to take up the
conventional subjects OF poetry and deck them
out with pretty patch OF color that does no.
redsem them from common placeness. but
does make their commandments agreeable
to the popular mind. When he does this.
though one perfectly understands why
he is so popular. one also understands
why so many OF the poets think OF him
as falling short OF the true poetic
standard. Nevertheless. Mr.. Hutton for his
part holds not only that Longfellow was a poet.
but q poet whom the critics will appreciate
better tho more they turn their attention away
from the pieces which. by a sort OF trick OF
sentimental metaphor. have caught the ear OF
the public. to those which are less SNOWY and
more restful IL Is admitted that the form OF
his poetic thought was neither bold. nor strik-
ing nor unique; but at the same time We are
reminded that after the nrst period OF al cap
tdH9tIm writing. which almost every young
man OF talent passes through. he gained that
sin gulAr grace OF perfect sim plieity
both Instructive and cultivated which rejects
everything adventurous with a sure and steady
Antipathy. and this IL was that enabled him.
when he had secured q fne subject. to pro-
ducs such q poem as "HiAwathA" which Mr.
Hutton. like most Englishmsn. considers by far
the most original OF his productions 1t is true
enough that Longfellow. like all poets who
have not had any great power Of initiative.
Was extremely dependent on his subjects for
his success; but when his subject suited him.
he presented II with classical sim pllelty with
all its points in relief and with nothing OF the
self-conscious or artificial tone Of one who
wants to draw attention to the admirable in
sight with which he has Eraspsd the situation.
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IL there league or sOestT sStaat with the Ayowsi
object replacing the House OF stuart the thr No
Of Great BrAinf IL So where are ns head iuartsrs'
Would the membership OF such society be consuI
There IL such league u 10 composed OF the sane
OF people take up ssotsTie Buddhism fAtthcuT
aud any other temporary fad like Csylon tea Tho
members call themselves LsgitimStG call Charles T.
"ths AATtys and put flowers ON his Statue IN London
on Jan 20 OF each year aHd thsy call the Priucr''
Louise Of Bay'r,A who IL BY birth the Archdachsss q
Austria Este and NodenA Mary III. Queen u Great
britain" Their headquarters IL in FATiS. Enough
Queen Mary H." hVes In Munich. The BTigiSh Cos
takes interest In these persons and nave
the trouble There Is neither money marty ri0a "a
being LsgitimlsL
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l. In criticism on = recent novel the sGprsssion.
" IL shot d shake thtA country Oliver TEist SHOOK
England u gscL What IA meant ~ the pTs,slu
with reference - Dckenss nOvelf . Mhlnh 90 tha
critics SAY u plckenss uvst book frum utTrIrE FnL
OF NlsH ana NhlCh u most popular f."arF re-
me 20 some good Dickens concordance sssHya uu ts
EOrk. a. a. NOuINGUfN.
!. "ohysr Twist" exposed the evils OF the sEls'ng
poOrhoGss System Il appeared IN 1885, aud "turnvd
the cold Poorhouss insde out. aud warmed f wh mo
sun OF human chariJy' The .'oor Law was amended q
ls3S. 1886. and later but tue Amendu suts % 1870
Wsrs due to Oliver TwisL" p Sons thin. that ' pa
Sid copPsrnsld" Is: We thiRk that A Tale Of Tao
Citss' Is the best aud probably tue ra SirA FzPsfs
stil rsmsins the most popular s. There are nie1'n'
dictionaries and Dickens eyeloPSdas Aui ws 'H'Il
Dickens ls among the Engnsu Aen Of LsIIsrG
CAmphor dssnlTsa apparently la Alcohol the A.
mospheTic conditions brinX favoTahe- bgt the eau
phoE TeApDrArs " AtHlasplsr.e disluTbAues sustss
Hos 90 you account for the rsapPrafRucv o. ne can
Phor We can EAy that Ile cAnptuT 'dtss1Fea
bat shat verb viii express re real PeArzncsf & H.
4 water ADDED 10 alcohol al which eAmPh0r hAi
bssn dissolved Prseipitalfs The e4mPh0r WaeH the
Atn0sPlsEis sOhdiIi0Rs change sEdsEI the iHeEsAss
81 noHssaEs SFseiDltAtss tie s-1RhOE FEssiSlIAs1
: tAs say TsEe lAAt sRsllss AsEs.
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l. OF all the persons said to have been the " Iron
Mask" which has the most best evidence IN his
fayor' = How were the debtors in Aar.ha.sea and
Fleet prisons supported some were very poor.
Pornsh the piasterer. In Little DorriL" We're ths
creditors compeled TO make an allowance for their
supportf o. How was Il IN debtors prison OF st.
pelsgs In pa.is' Ny recollection is that creditor
had to pay H. Zoe daily for the support OF h debtor
What VAS the name of the very wealthy American who
was imprisoned IN -. Peagie for n debt OF 1000
francs which considered and who remained
in pri.on twenty nve or thirty years ant impris9n
used to entertain numerous friends very frequently,
regardless OF all cost D. Who the author OF very
sprighty (eHF-prt said to have bosn professor in
Engiish uniyersityl' II isa insdlsy OF Latin and
English. IL you can md It, will you reproduce u IN
tull' once had IT, but lost It. The nrst verse
4 hL.a.
Fergus County argus., 1894-11-15
Cast Iron Water Pines.

Some practical and experienced
Judges express the opinion that, as
compared with steel, the days of cast
iron water pipes are nearing an end,
representing, as they must be regard
ed, too much dead weight for too lit
tie strength. 1t Is asserted, III fact,
that able engineers long ago reached
the conclusion that the most costly
and least satisfactory way of pro
tecting iron against oxidation Is with
mere bulk of its own substance, and
those most concerned in the future
of cast iron pipe admit that it is des-
tined soon to take its place among
the materials forced into disuse by
the progress of the arts.
For high pressures the ideal con-
duit is claimed by many to be a weld
ell steel tube. Such tubes could prob
ably, it is thought. be subjected to a
tensile strain of 25.000 pounds with
entire safety, and its preference to
riveted pipe would be based not only
on the fact of superior strength, but
on the very desirable quality of al
most perfect interior smoothness. 1t
is further argued that the adaptation
of a superior and cheap metal, such
as mild steel, for conduits will per-
NIT the construction of hydraulic
works in many parts of the world
where it now seems impracticable-
New York Sun.
Fergus County argus., 1894-11-15
inc Ghost ON Board ship.

A ghost haunts a ship. The mate
has story of it every morning One
night the captain watches the mate,
sees him rise from his hammock and
walk in his sleep into the cabin,
There he takes water in a pipkin,
scatters it about, and still asleep goes
back to roOst.
Next morning the mate tells how
he had awakened, seen the ghost, fol
lowed him into the other cabin and
besprinkled him with holy water.
He was quite honest in his state
ment. He had been somnambulistic
and remembered (Which seems un-
usuaD the hallucinations of his sleep
walking. Probably more ghosts than
We generally allow for are to be ex-
planned by somnambulism.-Black-
woods Magazine.
Fergus County argus., 1894-11-15
Advice Wanted.

"You newspaper men know most
everything, don't you?" asked the
woman with the square chin as she
planted herself in chair alongside
the editorial desk.
The editor lodged a direct answer
by asking the woman what was the
trouble.
''It is jist this away" she said.
''You see, went to see a lawyer last
week to see about gittin divorce an
paid him $25 in advance. Yistiddy
the old man got run over with coal
cart an got his back broke, an of
course don't need no divorce from
a dead man, an l want to know if the
lawyer cap keep that money, or can
I make i'm chip it in fer funeral ex
pensesa"-Indianapolis Journal
Fergus County argus., 1894-11-15
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
The Most Attractive Route for Travellers for
the Summer Season.

The magnificent. exclusively passenger
steel steamship, North West. running in
connection with the Great Northern rail
way, will start from Duluth every Friday
al y. M, for Sault Ste. Marie, Detroit,
Cleveland and Buffalo, affortiDg tourists
and travellers a charming trip over the
Great Lakes in u floating palace. which is
acknowledged tn bc marvel of marine
architecture. Her length is 3S6 feet and
width forty four feet, the stateroom, dining
room, saloons and smoking room are SUI
perbly appointed. There are also 136 first
class cabins fitted up with every known con-
venience for comfort. Her motive power
consists Of two quadruple expansion en-
gines, 1000 horse power. There are dis.
tributed throughout the ship 1,500 incan-
descent lamps, 16o more than are used on
the Atlantic liner "Campania," and she
carries "a search light cf 10000 candle
power.
Passengers leaving Great Falls Wednes-
days "n the Atlantic Express at I:45 p. M,
reach Duluth in ample time to make the
transfer to the steamship.
For rates, Diagrams berths and all in
formation, apply at the Great Northern
ticket Office, No. North Main street.
C. w. PITTs.
C. F.. DUTroS, City Ticket Agent,
Genr Agent. Helena, Mont.
Fergus County argus., 1894-11-15
Horseshoea
Horseshoes.
There are plenty of well authenti-

There are plenty of well authena-
Gated instances where horseshoes
have played important parts in saw
ing life, which possibly may have had
something to do with their being so
generally regarded as good luck
bringers Among the collections of
old English lore is an account of
Queen Margaret watching from
Muckleston church tower the battle
of Blore Heath in 1889, and when the
Lancastrian leader, Lord Audley, fell,
and the queen saw the battle would
be lost, she made her escape by hav-
ing her blacksmith reverse the shoes
of her horse, which so misled her
pursuers that, having started unob-
served, she was successful in throw
ing them off her track and conse-
quently reached the bishop of Lich-
fields castle at Eccleshall in safety.
There was an incident or two con-
nected with our late civil war, where
escape was effected in a similar way,
and Yankee ingenuity credited with
originating what this account shows
q women to have been bright enough
to make use of away back in the mid
die ages, and 33 years before Column
bus first started out to discover Amer
lea.
There are plenty of recorded in
stances where this stratagem has
proved successful in more recent
years, but this is the earliest of which
we can find any well authenticated
account Horse Breeder.
Fergus County argus., 1894-11-15
Mosquito Bifea.

A careless, offhand remark fire.
quently made by Jersey commuters
to the effect that mosquitoes never
bother me" has up to this time been
accepted by the rest of the world as
a bit of harmless fabrication. 1t did
not deceive the listener, and the ut
terer, it was charitably reasoned, had
made it so often that he really be-
Geved in it himself. and consequently
could not bo accused of intent to fal-
sify.
Science, however, has lately step
ped in and put the cachet of truth
and authority on this stock state
ment. A recent chronological report
says that there is unquestionably a
kind of incubation that takes place
in those much exposed to the attack
of mosquitoes which gives immunity
from any inconvenience after the bite
is given. The report goes on to de
scribe with narrowing detail the eff.
feet Of bite ON newcomers in an
affected district and adds that this
sort of thing may have to be endured
| the whole of the first summer. After
that the bite may be felt just as SHARP
as before, but no such after discom
fort will follow. The value of the
incubation is vividly illustrated IL
the case of children going into an in
tested locality to live. For the first
season every bite leaves its mark con
spicuous, but afterward bites show
no more than if they had not beer
given. Hence, too, the apparent in
difference of the native and the sea
soned resident. York Times.
Fergus County argus., 1894-11-15
TO CHICAGO.

You that with limiiless daring and might of
gold and decision
Have furnished the world for an hour with
that gorgeous AMI vanishing vision,
The fair White City, nlling the earth with the
ring of your fame.
The glory OF what you have dared, the triumph
chant of your name,
City OF dreams and tumultuous life. city OF for
tune. Chicago,
Be this your beginning OF lessons only A
mightier field
Lies beekoning graudly before you. n harvest
whose riches shall yield
In the future OF justice and right a goodlier
festival.
When the fruits of the earth for your children
are won, for each and for all.
Oh, men OF the brave new land, the west. the
iInpetuous city,
Give rein to the strength of your hearts, the
fire OF your dreams, and prepare
Another and purer example of what you can
plan and can dare
The visible form of life purged clean from the
sins OF the old,
The horror OF weakness and want. the triumph
OF self and of gold,
The life OF "A kindlier law, without strife, with
out care, without crime;
OF growth and freedom for all, Of brotherhood
sweet and sublime.
Archibald Lampman In Arena.
Fergus County argus., 1894-11-15
Horsefiesh at Metz.

The bulk of the horses lived in so
sorry fashion that it was mere
farce to divide their poor carcasses
into the three categories of first quail
ity, second quality and ''fillet." They
fell dead of debility and leanness on
their way to the slaughter houses. 1t
is easy to imagine that the 'bouillon
and outlets from such steeds We're not
strong in nourishins qualities. And
vet these starYe;l aliatOmies were the
only source of meat i'll the city dur
ing September and October. About 80
of them were daily consumed. The
price of the meat was never very
high.
In mid September the common
parts were sold at about 81. pound,
the second best parts at sd. and the
choicest parts excluding the ''fillet,
which was the recognized luxury of
the city, might be had for I'D. a
pound. Nor We're the prices any
higher the day before the capitula-
ton. But by then there was about
as much nutriment in a carpetbag rs
in the black, unsightly Jumps which
disfigured the butchers shops. After
the siege a considerable number of
horses We're offered for sale at from
2 francs to 10 francs apiece. For
their regulations sake they had bet
ter have died and been eaten a fort
night previously. -Gentleman's Mag
aZlna
Fergus County argus., 1894-11-15
Exercise.
Exercise.
All authorities that have treated

All authorities that have treated
on longevity plao e exercise. moderate
ly and regularly taken, as one of the
main factors of a long life. That
there are many exceptions does not
altC!' the fact that physical exercise
Is useful i'll keeping one healthy
as it is to prolong life. Good walkers
are seldom sick. and the same may
be said of persons who daily take u
certain prescribed amount of exer-
else. Exercise is both a preventive
and a remedial measure. In my own
practice have seen case of persist
ent Transportation that followed the
least bodily effort. and which an
noyed and debilitated the person at
night-this being a condition left
after a severe illness-disappear as if
by magic after day or two of exer-
else on a bicycle.
Pliny relates that a Greek physician
who took up his residence in Rome
was wont publicly to declare that he
was willing to be considered charla-
tan if at any time he should ever
fall i'll, or if he failed to die of any
other disease but old age. CELSIUS, in
speaking of the same physician, OBJ
serves that his faith in the benefit to
be derived from exercise was so great
that he had in a great measure aban-
doned the administration of internal
remedies. depending mostly on hy-
gienic measures and exercises. AS an
evidence of the correctness of his
views, Pliny tells us that this physi-
clan lived to be centenarian, and
then only died from AN accident
Popular Review.
Fergus County argus., 1894-11-15
A Silver Library.

There is in the royal library of Koe-
nigsberg silver library, consisting
of a collection of 90 books, mostly
theological, bound in pure silver and
having a rich, symbolical ornamen-
tation partly in gold. The library has
been in possession of this treasure
since 1911. These books were made by
order of Albert, the first duke of Prus-
sia, in the latter half of the sixteenth
century. 1t is supposed that they
were made at Nuremberg, where AL
bert was stationed for three years.
Through the efforts of Ostander, and
afterward Luther, Duke Albert be-
came q friend of the reformation.
Copies of the silver library are made
accessible to students by taking hello
graphic copies of the same.-Berlin
Letter
Fergus County argus., 1894-11-15

A prominent gentleman, in speak
ing of the commonness of the proper
names Jones" and Smith, F" told this
story:
once attended camp meeting i'll
one of the rural districts of Ken
lucky. One day as l was walking
from the spring to the camp l met a
strange gentleman who offered me
his hand. Il am glad to see you,
Mr.. Jones'" said he. Il suppose you
are mistaken" said l. Il reckon
not" said my new friend. Il am
stranger here, but the man who
brought me over here said that every
other man l met would be Jones"
"Wellf"
We'll, the last one was Mr.. Smith. :"
-Arkansaw Traveller.
Fergus County argus., 1894-11-15
A Detectives Advice.

''Go smash store window, throw
Il stone through a street lamp, knock
Il man down or commit any petty
crime To get locked up"
That was the advice one of the
leading detectives of the city gave q
reporter when he asked the best
method Of keeping out of the clutches
of the city detectives after having
committed a crime.
1.-THE station house is the last place
they would look for you, he contin-
ned. land surely not in prison"
This fact was well illustrated by
the exhaustive search made by the
officers a short time ago for a well
known criminal, who was afterward
accidentally discovered in Moya-
mensing prison, where he had been
sent by magistrate on a trivial
charge. Philadelphia North Amer
ican.
Fergus County argus., 1894-11-15
CouIan-u ne Born.

Some years ago a gentleman who
was crossing the ferry from New
York to Brooklyn was accosted by
one of those peripatetic vendors of
cheap literature and newspapers who
are found in such places.
Buy Bulwer's last book" demand
ed the boy III IA piercing voice. Only
80 cents, sir!"
why. am Bulwer myself" said
the gentleman, with a merry twinkle
in his eye. willing To have a joke
with the boy.
OFF went the youngster with an air
of pretended awe, but after a short
consultation with one of his com
rades he returned and held out an
other book.
Buy the Women of England,
sir2' he inquired. with shrill per
sistence. ''Or are you Mrs. Ellis, too,
sirr' he added, without the vestige of
a smile ON his shrewd little face.
The Women of England" changed
hands, and the newsboy permitted
himself the luxury of low gurgle of
laughter as he turned away from the
joker.-Youth's Companion.
Fergus County argus., 1894-11-15
Taking No Risks,

Waiter" said the cautious guest,
81 see you have canvasback duck on
the bill of fare. Can you warrant it
to be canvasback ducki"
Il can, sir" replied the waiter
Il don't believe it. l see You also
claim to serve tenderloin steaks. Are
they really tenderloin steaks2"
''They are"
sit is simply impossible. There Is
only one real, genuine tenderloin
steak in a beef, and you can't kill a
COW for every man who calls for a
steak of that kind. Hum-let me
see. Broiled red snapper. Sure it's
red snapperf'
Yes, sir"
81 doubt it. You can easily make
Mississippi river buffalo look like red
snapper. Um-spring lamb, mint
sauce. Old mutton, without a doubt.
Waiterw
"Yes, sir"
Bring me some fried liver. Chi
cago Tribune.
Fergus County argus., 1894-11-15
You Can't Chain Down a Deck Load.

Occasionally some schooner COM
ing up from Virginia with cord wood
loses her deck load the ocean washes
it away. Occasionally some man
comes along and says, What's the
matter with claiming 'em down.
Somebody tried that once, and it so
happened that the ocean rolled
against that particular deck load. 1t
lifted it up quite in the usual way,
paying no attention To. apparently
without any knowledge of, the
chains. They We're good chains i'll
their way-they didn't bre:ik-and
when old ocean lifted the deck load
the chains pulled the sides off the
schooner. Since then nobody has
chained down 4 deck lOad.-New
York Sun.