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Post May. Be Abolished to
Shut Out Swinburne.
RECORDS OF PAST LAUREArEs
Long List of Poets, Good
and Bad-Swinburne,
if Anybody.

Perhaps Swinburne will be England's
next laureate, probably he wont. AT any
rate the literati of Great Britain are deeply
agitated by the long vacancy existing in
this ornamental office. All viii recall
that Ruskin was widely. heralded
as the man who had received
the appointment and ;-shen the assertion
was found TO be totally unwarranted.
Morris-Lewis, not wiliiam-was sub
sequently declared to be the appointee,
and this, too, turned out to be idle ru-
NOR. There is no poet laureate yet,
much to the regret of the poets who
are forming themselves into quite a po-
litical party over the matter.
Certainly, it would be a radical de-
parture from tradition to abolish the
post. England has had laureates. since
Chauc day. That immortal but little
read bard began the great dynasty.
Mr.. George Saintsbury observes that the
controversy about the origin and char.
acter"of laureateship''cxem very eX-'
eellently the unwisdom of speaking with
extreme posiuveness about the things that
do not admit OF such speech ''Tbere can
be no doubt" he asserts, that from an
early period English kings had minstrels
bar.is and the Hk o more or less closely at
tached to their persons But that Chau-
Ger was really a laureate In the official
sense Mr." Saintsbury doubts. 1t does
notoccur to him apparently that Cbause was
in truth the laureate though no one styled
him so. Richelieu was not hailed in his
lifetime as the ruler of France. He ruled
France most of his life, however. .ais-.es o.
Then next man placed with Chancer
among the laureates, although gentle
menof Mr.. saintsbury's views might chal- I
lenge the statement, is John Cover. His
poetry is among the famous literature
which somebody or other declares is re-
membered as forgotten. Not, indeed,
until Edmund Spenser' S day, in the sixteenth
century-Gower won his glory in the four
teenth-does really great poet, apart
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HABITUAL TIPPLERS.

In 1892 the following order was passed in
Salem, Mass: Voted, That Nathaniel
IngersoIl be allowed to sell beer and syder
by the quart for the tyne, while the farmers
are building their meeting house on Lords
day afterward."
In ITO the tow n of Alfred, Me-, voted ITO
purchase one barrel of rum, one barrel of
pork, four bushels of beans, ten gallons of
molasses, ten pounds of coffee and twenty
eight pounds of sugar to raise the meeting
house."
In 1918 it is stated tAat fifty-two hogs
heads of new rum were sold in the town of
East Haddam, Conn.,, where now the amount
of sales you'd not exceed one-tenth as much.
I'm early times,' says the historian of
Wallingford, Conn.,, rum was largely con-
sumed. A halfpint was given to every day
laborer. In all families, rich or poor, it
was offered to male visitors as an essential
part of hospitality or even good manners.
Women took-heh'schnapps, which was the
most delicious and seductive means of get
ting tipsy that had been invented. Crying
babies were silenced with hot toddy, then
esteemed an infallible remedy for wind in
the stomach. 1t is said that minister
talked to his people as follows: Isay moth
ing, my beloved brethren, against taking q
little bitters before breakfast. What con-
tend against is this dramming, dramming,
dramning at all hours of the day"
The earliest modern temperance society
was organized in 1889 by 200 farmers of
Litchfield, Conn, who pledged themselves
not to use any intoxicating drinks in their
farm work during the ensuing year.
At the close of 1929 there were more than
1000 temperance societies in Connecticut.
with more than 100000 members pledged
to total abstinence; fifty disfilleries had
stopped, 400 merchants had abandoned the
traffic in liquors, and 1,200 drunkards had
been reformed. On the 1st O. May, 1881. it
appeared that more than 500, 900 persons
had signed the pledge, and not less than
$4,000 were estimated to have been saved
from drunkard's grave.
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Death.
that at the time was studying this disease.
To hunt the city for man who was eX-
perimenting on the matter in question
would be to hunt for a needle in a hay
NOW; STILL plants do not grow without
seed, and, although the legal proof is not
forthcoming, the moral demonstration is
complete. From this stand the story reads
as follows:
Some kindred devil brought from Europe
the culture of the dreaded plague, and
killed for the woman the rabbit by the in
oculation, then taught her how to make
the rabbits flesh appear as cooked meat,
while in fact it was quite raw, and finally
exchanged the rabbits with her in such a
way that the only discrepant item was
the servants belief, and that was unsatis-
factory as evidence.
As an instance of cold blooded and sue
cessful crime, this stands unique, the
Holmes -Mudgett murders are the work of
a simple blunderer by comparison.
The next case of this sort to attract the
attention of the interested was of acute
phiebitis." This disease is also one of the
strictly contagious class, and no case has
occurred in the civilized world in the last
ten years that is not distinctly traceable to
anOtner oil the same klhu. COuseQueDtl.s
when two cases occurred, one after the
other, in the same city, three months apart,
without any connection, so far as human
skill could trace, with any other, either in
the city where they happened, or in any
other, there was plenty of cause for any
inquiry that scientific curl osity should
suggest.
This disease is produced by the growth
in the body of a ''micrococcus" Eng. small
round thing. whose relations. form, growth
and habits are as well known as those OF
the potato, and there is as small probability
of the coccus growing in any but its accus
toned way, as there is that the said
potato will suddenly take to growing as a
tree. Under these circumstances there was
only one course possible, to start a hunt
for the source of the contagion and find out
who had committed the crime OF treating
q case of this disease ella Ddestinely, and had
let it escape from his Keeping. for this was
the prima facie case. OF course, all such
inquiries have to be made on the quiet, as
there is no police regulation that makes
the occurrence OF. q contagious disease
without proven pedigree. crime, but no
connection could be found. After much
inquiry the attending physician said, This
case is either one of spontaneous generation,
or of murder; it cannot be spontaneous
generation; therefore. I think it is murder,
About ten days later it appeared that the
man whose death had just been mentioned |
had been insured fox The. sum Of 50 900. |
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A RemtpIscence OF CbIckomaura.

'Just here" said the veteran, II came
upon most sorrowful experience. was
appoin ted to take charge OF one of the bury
ing parties, consisting of six men besides
myself. We were hunting about among the
heaps for the wounded-for we left the dead
to the last-wheD it seemed to me that
heard a low moan. Dye hear that, SER
geant?' l said. Some chap groaHing?' he
asked. Just that, said I. Hunt for him.
Dragging away the heaps of blue and gray
we came upon young fellow shot through
the shoulder. Don't mind me- says he.
Take care of my brother We dug out
boy in gray with a bayonet wound in his
Intervals. Hopeless case; no cure. Called
myself consarned fool for my pains, bat
sat down upon the dead horse and looked on
while the blue brother, wounded in the
shoulder, took the gray brother, wounded
in the bowels. in his arms. l found them
there in the morning in the same position.
both cold and rigid, and am not ashamed
to say that had to rub some wet out o. my
eyes. THE Chattanooga National Park
aud Cemetery" in Demorest's Monthly.
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fit for fighting. He went into the hattie of
Gettysburg and was wounded again. 1t
is a matter of history how he distinguished
himself there.
The Army authorities then sent to the
governor of Massachusetts TO have him
promoted to a colonelcy. Gov. Andrew
clung to his old prejudice and refused.
Meanwhile New York and Maine had both
applied for Miies. He accepted the offer of
a New York regiment, So Massachusetts
lost the glory of his brilliant career through
out the rest of the war.
He was made brigadier general for dis
tinsuished services during the battles
of the old Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court
House and Chancellorsville.
At the close of the war in October, 1865,
he was breveted major general of United
States Volunteers, and was mustered out
of service September l, 1886.
Instead of returning To business pursuits
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to fill the vacancy. Gen. Miles is the
senior major general of the army. 1t is
the prerogative of the Chief Executive To
appoint any major general but custom
has made il almost Il law to promote the
senior officer of that rank.
Gen Miles will be the first soldier to
hold this high position who enlisted as a
volunteer; heretofore it has been held in
unbroken succession by West Point gradu-
ates.
From the fact that Nelson A Miles en-
tered the ranks as Il citizen soldier at the
beginning OF the civil war, his career has
all the more popular interest. He was
clerk in a Boston store at the time, hav-
ing come to the Hub in his seventeenth
year from his native place, Westminster,
in Worcester County, Mass.
In one of the most rugged parts of the
wachusett Mountain region is the house
where he was born, in 1910, as well as
the one to which he was taken home to
die when dangerously wounded in one
old white school house on a rocky hill
side, surrounded by apple orchards, is
still in use; and all the children are IA
miliar with the story of the great general
who conned his lessons there. He got
his taste for battle young, when in the
winter evenings he would listen to his
uncles wonderful Indian stories, which
had peculiar charm, for his bOyish ears.
He never wearied of hearing of the time
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from Chaucer, appear in connection with
the laureateship. Even here, there is a
muddle His name appears on the roll
of laureates in many manuals of English
literature, but his title to the honor has
flaw upon it. So have the titles OF nearly
all his successors until Ben Johnso IONS
day There is no doubt regarding him.
Even Mr. Saintsbury admits that He
was recognized by King James in that ca
pacity and manufactured verse on all occa-
sions at the shortest notice They say:
'.Drink to me only with thine eyes
And 1 will pledge with mind
Place one sweet kiss within the cup,
And III not look for wine,"
was written to order.
Another undoubted laureate was Sir
William Davcnant, most pretty poet
and forgotten poet. Here is a sample
of his sweetness:
The lark now leaves his wat'ry nest.
And, climbing, shakes his dewy wings
He takes his window for the east;
And to implore your light he sings,
Awake, awake, the morn win never rise
Till she can dress her beauty at your eyes.
Dryden succeeded Davenant as laureate.
Dryden was a genius, but is neglected-a
wall flower among poets. Unlike the
modern laureates, Temyson particularly,
Dryden's best work was done after he ac-
Quired his post. In this respect the con-
trast between lin and laureates generally
is very marked. Indeed, all of Dryden's
masterpieces seem to II have been written
to order. True, Drtden was accused of
borrowing it, to putsit euphemistically. A
charge of plagiarism of Ben Johnson was
made against him apropos of the lines:
"such are thy pieces, initiating life,
So near, they almost conquer in the strife"
1t was pointed out BY Dryden's defenders
that johnson must have in turn stolen it
from Shakespeare. The latter says: Venus
and Adonis,:
"Look, here a painter would surpass the
life
His arts with natures workmanship at
strife" sss, ? = ,;.s strrs - Il.
Grover Cleveland is not great poet, yet
it viii be remembered that his grand, sweet
songpis is alleged to be stolen from Kingsley.
Kingsley is said to have stolen from some
body else. The histoSic parallel is striking.
After Dryden's time the laureateship
went into total eclipse. From Shadwellto
Pye," declares most competent critic,
mot a laureate, with the possible excep-
ton of honest Tom Wharton, could be
called poet by any but the most absurd
extension of the title" But there were
men of letters among them
Rowe Cibber and one or two others.
After the reign of Anne the laureates be-
gin to belong to what we may term con-
literature. Iiterary politics be-
gan to exist, and from the time of such co.
terfes as Johnson, Goldsmith, Boswell, Mrs.
Tnfale and tsieit kii'6ftlfepen, tiiecto wned 4
The morning times., 1895-09-22
THAT BALLooNAr1c PROJECT,

Cen Gree!y Explains the Unfeasibik
tty of Arctic Gas-Bagging.
az will take another trip North if the
Government so wills" said Gen. Adolphus
W. Greedy, of arctic fame, a few days ago to
a Times reporter.
But" added he, ~ think for such ex-
plorations younger men are the ones to be
chosen, as the hardships of such trip are
SO severe that a man of my age should noe
dare them. / have just returned from Lon
don, where / spoke against a proposition
made by distinguished gentlemanoand
aeronaut, who suggested that the Interna-
tional Geographical Society defray ex-
penses for balloon voyage TO the pole and
volunteering his services Seeing the i'm
practicability of such venture, 1 spoke
against it, as did, of course. several other
gentlemen, and the scheme fell through.
II am an authority to say the idea of
reaching the frigid pole by balloon would
be failure, as will be seen when l enumer-
oppose such risk.
First is the carrying capacity of ball
loon. 1t would require an immense bulk
of gas 10 keep suspended the weight of a
requisite amount of vital sustaining sub
stance, such as food and other essentials.
Also there is the impermeable quality of
the substance forming the envelope OF a
balloon, which is generally of silk or gold
beater's skin. In thirty days enough gas
can escape from balloon through the pores
of the envelope to precipitate the suspended
weight to earth. And every change in the at
mosphere makes the balloon less i'm
perdible
Il might give hundred reasons why a
balloon voyage 10 the north pole is not
-easible.
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His ever faithful uncle, George Curtis met
him at the station, had him transferred to a
train for Westminster and accompanied
him as far as Fitchburg. He there engaged
the best surgeon of the place TO attend the
stricken soldiers at the. homestead, five
miles west of the city.
The case seemed hopeless at first, but in
n few days the doctor located the bullet and
extracted it.
As soon as he could move about, he be-
came restless. The rebels did me up
pretty weli," he said, land 1 want to pay
them back" He was weak and used
The morning times., 1895-09-22
The Bacilli of Deadly Dis
eases Used for Murder.
RECENT SUSPICIOUS CASES
Evidence That the Bacilli
Are Sold to Wou1d-Be
Murderers.

Last December man died in a city not
far from New York under circumstances
that make one wish that Conan Doyle had
not killed Sherlock Holmes He was
carpenter, laboring indnstriously to sup-
port q wife, when he was taken i'll with
what was soon seen to be some ratherun-
rapidly worse, he died on the fifth dag of
his illness, and was shortly buried under
a certificate of death by sepucaemia. Tie
day before he died, however, an eruption
appeared on the side of the neck, a diffused
red blush, such as might be produced by
smart blow with the open hand The
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to Mr.. collamore about ii and was advised
TO ask his uncle's consent. They expressed
their Willingness, provided he would take
military instruction. His employer paid
for six months course at military school,
which Frenchman had started in Boston
at the beginning of the war. His uncle,
George Curtis, further helped him by re-
cruiting company of 100 men for him 10
take command of, giving liberal bonus TO
the men. This company was organized in
Bacon's Hall, on Washing gton street, build
ing which stands in the busy mercantile
part of the Roxbury district
There Were two older men who aspired to
the offices of captain and first lieutenant of
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make n nomination. But there seems no
available man except the author of ''Laus
Venerio." The situation has much in it
that is unique. The suggestion is made
that n middle course be adopted There
have been long vacancies in the laureate
ship before to day. Why not wait for a
really great poet to appear? That course.
however, is very distasteful to the literary
horde generally who resent the imputation
that England to-day possesses no poet
great enough to be laureate.
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crutches, but he went back to Philadelphia
and asked for the command of a company.
They told him he was not sufficiently re-
covered for service; but as he insisted on
doing something, they gave him companies
of recruits to drill.
AS the hostile armies approached Gettys
burg and it was apparent that great con-
flict was imminent, Miles renewed his ap-
plication for commission to go to the
'front.', but was refused. Finally he went
to the officer in charge and demanded
Give me my command, or my discharge"
He was too valuable man to discharge at
that critical time, SO commission was
given him, although he was not physically
The morning times., 1895-09-22
The Gator Was Hungry.

A large fifteen-foot alligator, brought to
West Chester, Pa. last week 10 form one of
the attractions at the county fair, made an
entertainment not on the programme. Dur
ing the night he made an attack Oh the show
hogs, several of which he injured to some
extent He also tried to get into the
poultry show and dog kennels. but was
prevented by reason of the strong tfnlbers-
This morning he attacked two men, but
as they fled instantly no harm was done
Not until after 10 O'Clock was he re-
captured and placed in bondage.
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peculiar color and
the general aspect
of the case caused
the doctor to ex-
anime the patient
more carefully, and
it was found that a
like blush, but less
deep in color, ex-
tended along the
sides of the thighs.
iiealiziDg the possi-
bihties, he removed
4 small portion of
the blood and took
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The Great smith Family.

Smiths former popularity is attested by
Goldsmith, Arrowsmtb, Billsmith. Spear
smith. Neesmith or Nailsmth, Bucksmith or
Buckelsmith, Loeksmitb, and many other
compounds. -s,s
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thing, but whatever
the future may have
In store, IL has led
to nothing yet.
Every method was
used to find If any
OF the large labora-
tories had lost any
material, but it was
found impossible to
find anything g OF the
sort, or even one
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new HEAD OF THE ARMY
Gen. Miles Likely to Become
Commanding General.
FIRST VOLUNTEER so TO RISE
Hitherto Unwritten Chapter
in the Life of a Pop
ular Hero.
FIRST VOLUNTEER so TO RISE

HE retirement of
Gen. John NJ.
Schofield on the
29th of this
month from the
position of gen
eral commanding
ing the Army of
the United States
is expected to
lead TO the ap-
pointmentofGen.
Nelson A Miles
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

Next year is Leap Year, and accord
ING to tradition that is sweet as
love itself and as old and honorable as
matrimony, it will be the year for the
girls to do the proposing, and it is
but fair to the girls that the News
and Observer, in it's great Cotton Mill
edition, should print something that
shall be not only of interest but of
value to them. If they should con-
elude to take advantage of their right
during Leap Year, and, arming them
selves with Cupid's bow and arrow, go
misunderstanding, they will wish to
know where the best game can be
found.
If | dared to be serious in this con-
nection, | would put on a very know
i'm and positive look, take the girls in
my confidence and say to them that in
the cotton mills, cotton mill offices,
shipping departments, and around
the spindles and looms they viii find
the best marks for their cupids ar
rows.
When these mill men build houses,
they build good ones-in most in
stances magnificent ones, they have
way of owning also fine horses and
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Burling' on, N G.

elegant buggies and carriages. If my
lady readers profit by reading and
studying the columns Of cotton factory
bachelors all they will be charged for
the hints thrown out is that they shall
make it a part of the marriage con
tract that the happy young husband
shall become lifetime subscriber TO
the News and Observer.
These cotton mill bachelors are
generally pretty busy fellows, and
they may appear sometimes too busy
to listen, but they are like the balance
of the world and few sweet smiles
will melt the ice that may seem to en-
case them. 1t may be well for us to
make easier the advent Of our fair
friends into this departure by quoting
to the bachelors little poem from the
pen Of Richard Watson Glider. The
sentiment expressed in this little song
of the soul should strike the busy
bachelors, pierce them clear through
the vest, and make "A way for cupid's
dart, hurled by the blushing maiden,
during the only year that she is al
lowed TO do otherwise than sit and
wish and wait, as she is depicted in
Mr.. elders poem. Read it, you
bachelors, make up your minds to give
the girls a show
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''Charity begins at home" they say
and as it is intended doing our lady
friends a generous deed we will begin
at home.
Mr. viii H. Williamson of the Pilot
Mills, is a bachelor. He looks his best
when he is looking squarely at you
and therefore he is even handsomer
than the side view picture we print
represents him to be- He drives "A fine
horse, has rooms at the Park hotel, but
beautiful home presided over by a
pretty wife would please him better.
DR.. ID. +. Everett is the new vice
President Of the CaraIeigh Mills. Yes,
he is the popular dentist, and perhaps
he could respond better than he can
propose.
r. VIII Linehan is a director in the
Caraleigh Mills Company. lie is a
member of the popular clothing firm
of Cross d Linehan, of Raleigh. He
is a good mark for cupid
Messrs. George tt. Williams. Jr., and
Frank Register Of the Caraleigh Mills
are perhaps too young yet awhile, but
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+ in Texas, -rEansaS and other states.
! but he stills contends no moving ac-
| cidents by flow and field" have mark
| his past career. Mr.. Fuller was born
! July 2Sth, -, the blank represents
a past year that seven reporters have
| failed to obtain, but from Mr.. Tuller's
| buoyant and youthful appearance, it
could not be far back of the sixties.
Mr.. Fuller is secretary and treasurer
of the Golden Belt Bag Manufac turing
Company and is a matrimonial mark,
worth shooting arrows at during the
r. hole of Leap Year.
Mr. w. b Cole, of Rockingham, is a
handsome young cotton mill hustler.
Mr.. II. S. Chadwick, of Charlotte, is
worth the winning, but he is so busy
that he will be as hard to hit as a div
ing duck on a thousand acre pond
never still long enough. He lives az
the Central Hotel when he is not build
ing or equipping mills. He formerly
lived in Providence, Rhode Island, but
whether in the leisure moments he
has, he sings THE girl | left behind
me-, NOBODY hereabouts knows.
Mr.. ID. \. TOmpllins, Pres't. of the Ath-
erton Mills, Charlotte, is a portly, fair
~ handsome rich bachelor. He lives
at ,"e BufOrd House, has travelled ex-
tensively, went to Europe the past sea-
son, but not on a bridal tour Next
time he gOeS he should take a bride
with him.
Mr.. b. Graf Springs, of Charlotte, is
a stakeholder in several mills banker
and CASTOR county farmer. He has
got wealth to throw at birds much less
a bride but he is quite bashful and gem
orally keeps at a safe distance from
tn women. He should have been mar
rIed. l wont say how many years ago.
MIR. A. c. Lineberger, of the Tucka-
sege Mills, Mount Holly, is handsome
and has many other charming charac-
teristics. What a fine young husband
he would make.
1t is but proper that out of thirty-six
pages of factory facts and figures, bio
graphical and historical sketches one
page should be given to rollicking
ramblings among our young cotton
mill friends.