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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-27
THE iMMORTAL BARD.

CSusgesled by the beautiful monument to
Burns al Beacon I'LL Park, Victoria. b. c.
December ~ 1907
Small need hath Burns for seulptured bust or
or any form OF monumental art.
His spirit rules. like King upon the throne
The beet em3tons OF nations heart
We add no honor to his well loved name
Bat hnoOred are, as We admit his worth
For Scola's bard hash won .mmon,al fame
And stands a peer amidst the noblesl sons
OF earth.
Yet honored IN the deed, the loving thought
OF those who placed thy stalue here
Ana untold thousands, whom thy verse hath
iaugat
Shall hold sheir act in memory dear
The happy children. weary from their play
shall battle their rosy lips here az thy fount
And wn.lsc "a summer hours hy fast away
Some. ha%S-y learned. may thy deeds re-
Cent
The i'ler wi his wean and WIFE
shaA lir6ey near and honor give 10 toll
Rejoicing that the ages strife
And 'Doortithsn envy could not soft.
The garmeBts that the angels gave
To n6De lie sweet voiced singer IN
And thas Thy songs so clear aud brave,
Are heard amidst ane worlds wide On.
Aye, thousands who revere thy name
Shall here recall thy hailowed song
And thoughts Of Aud Lang syne" shall
The angry word or passion strong.
"Auld Males" ghos may BROWSE perehance
around the rising broom topped brae,
And luckless Tam Oshanter' dance
wi smOekless witch" or sportge fay.
The "unco guild or "ne'er do weel'
May learn arigiit The course 70 seer
The ''orihodox" and zen the del.
Nav mend thc,r souls-snd worldly gear
The 'Twa Dogs dream OF days 10 be
4 ''Hciiand Welcome" each be gwen
Ana Burns" az length hs Mari" see
Am.ds. the lowiy ones IN Heaven.
Amidst thase Wild woods sylvan green
Aud scntisnd's sweetest songs we'll sna
or grace the bonnie Mooriand seene
W Scottish reel Or Heiland ding.
No idle tale Of ponsp Or pride
Shall mar the guinea stamp ~ Roof
- nau's q man vhateer bstde
Just 'brltbers" 10 "as" Brotherhood.
THO "faf free winding Aye his land
Has much IN common vith thine own
Here "FTeedos" sons ''Hae faen their stand
And tyranny is al unkncTn.
The sturdy pine springs 20 the skies,
TIE Crimson 5siey' grows around.
And bark! ire Growing maBoie cries.
The bonnie broom makes green the gro,ind
-R. II. Kneeshaw
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A MONUMENT ron THE SOLDIERS.

Flames whitcomb Rilcy's latest poem. read at
the opening OF the Columbia club recenllyl
A monument for the soldiers,
And what will ye bulld II OF
Can 20 build It Of marble. or brass. or
bronze,
outiastIng the soldiers lover
Can ye giorify IL with Legend
From The inmost shrine OF this land OF thine
TO tho outermost verge OF IT.
Ana the answer came; We would build II
Out OF our hopes made sure,
Aud out Of our pureft prayers and tears,
Aud out OF our faith secure;
We would build II out OF the great white
Their death has sancthed,
And the sculptured forms OF the men In
And their faces ere they died.
And what heroic figures
Can mo sculptor carve In stone7
Can the marble breast be made 10 bleed,
And the marble lips 10 moan?
Can the marble brow be fegeredg
And the marble eyes be graved
TO look their last, Us the flags float past,
On the country that they have saved?
Aud tho answer came. The figures
Shall all be fair and brave
And, as behttBg as pure and white
A. the. stars above their grave;
The marble lips and breast and brow
Whereon tho laurel lies,
Bequoath us right 10 guard the Eight
or the old Gag In the skIesl
A monument for the soldiers;
Built Of a peoples love,
And biazoned and decked and panoplied
With the hearts ye built II Of
And see that ye build It stately.
In pillar and nirhe and gate.
And high IN pose as che souls OF those
James whlteomb Riley.
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THE RuBAIYAT OF THE ROSES.

THE MAN
These dew-kisssd roses, nesting IN thelr
green, -
with blazing petals crumpled in between
/ send 10 her-more beautiful than infy
wonder II she knows what ses NEAL
There glowing roses-redder far are they
1,nan are the skies az coming OF the daY
They whisper s-methng to the one VINO
wonder il she knows what roses say.
THE MAIDEN.
t1o ssr4s me rcses-aud ! love them we'll
al tint that pales the bushes OF the belle
And roses whisper ssmet hinE to the wise
wonder II he knows what roses teli
,Ia senas me roses-roses every week,
That more than match the roses OF my
cheek, r.
And womanlike. I wonder all the while
wonder II he knows what roses speak.
THE FLORIST.
Tie sends her roses since his way she
. nd never once IN ordes have lost:
Yet still he's strangely silent on one
wonder II he knows what roses cost,
The maiden may be fekle-mnidens will
THE, roses soon viii wlther re, put siil
The ledger tells the starry, ever nt~-
wonser IL the man VIII ply MS pIi'
Josh Wink. in Baltimore American
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fellow doth not stand upon points" 'Tfe
knows not the stop
~
An earlier use Of the same device il found
in tho FIRST English comedy. "Ralph Roster
poster" useil. The hero. a stupid, Dragging
fellow wishes to write Il proposal OF mar
iiaso to Dame Christian Custance. He calls
upon ssrlvener 10 compose the letter for
Fin. and in order To have It in his cwn
hand copies Il himself. lie geis the words
right bu, evidently thinks that he does we'll
By the punctuation to put 4 in at all for he
takes no care to gct Il a tho right points.
Ills hopeless suit is not bcttcsed by the letter
as It reaches pane Custance:
Sweet mistress, where as l. love You moth
Resardins your substance ana riches chief
Fer your parsonage, beauty, demeanor and
commend me unto you never Whit.
sorry to hear report Of your go weltare,
rhat We be worthy OF no living man,
To be sbhorred by every homes, man.
To be taken fer a woman inclined 70 vice;
Moth ng at all to virtue giving her due prioe.
Wherefore concerning marrlase ye are
Such . me paragon as ne'er honest maa
bought.
And now by these presents do you aavcr,
tise
THAT am minded to marry YOU in nowlse
For your goods and substance. | could be-
content
To take YOU as We are. II We mind to he my
wife
We. shall be assured for tho time Of nv lie,
/ will keen yo right well from good raiment
and fare
We shall no. be kent but In sorrow and care.
Ye shall in no wise live al your liberty
DO and say what W list We SHAH never
please me-
nut whom ye are merry, l will be oil sad;
when We are sorry VII be very glad.
when " seek your hearts ease, VIII be
unkiuds
At no time in me shall ye much gentlencss
hnd:
But an things contrary to your viii and
mind
Shall be done; otherwise ! will not be behind
TO speak Aud MS Tor all .hom that would
l VIII so help and maintain, ye shall no,
Nor any foolish dnlt shall cumber you. but +.
T. whoo,er say nay will stick by you, tn
die.
thus GOOD Mistress custapce, tho Lord you
save ana keen
From mo Roster poIster. whether wake or
who fayore,h YOU no less I've may he hoIdl
Than this .lettor purporteth. which We have
unfold
Perhaps the reader will nc Interested In
punctuating these verses q, as TO make then,
read as the lover intended they should
Clara Sterling Doohttle.
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Little Classics.

There will always remain something to he
said Of woman as long as There is one on the
earth.--De BouAers.
Woman's happiness is In obey!ng. She
objects to men who abdiratc too much
Michelet.
will not affirm that women have no cnar-
acter rather, they have new one every
day.-Heine.
A woman is IKE your shadow; follow her.
she flies; ny from her. she follows,--Proyerb
That man is not to be considered among
the great who depends upon the errors of the
foolish multitude, Cicero.
Disgust concealed is Outlines proof OF wis
dom. when the fault is obstinate. and the
cure beyond our reach,-Cowper,
Love can make us friends as well as angels
Kingsley.
The suspected and the man really guilty
seem to differ only slhghtly,-Ausonius
-. We are poor queruous creatures,
Little less than all things can make US
harpy, and little more than nothing can make
US unhappy.
For long time past, we have lost the true
appella.ion for acts. --Sallust
The thunderbolt falls on an inch OF ground,
but the light of it fills the horIzon.-Emer.
son.
Prudence Is the knowledge of things to pc
sought and to be svoided.-Cieero.
There is no cause for gloyng in being
upright, when no one has the power, or Is
trying TO corrupt you.-C.cero.
Nature IS upheld by antsgonism Passions,
resistance. danger, are abductors We ac-
quire the strength we have overcome-Em-
erson.
Books are not absolutely dead things, but
do contain potency OF life in them to be
as active as that soul whose progeny they
are.-Mil;on.
Great WIS are sure to madness near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide
Dryden.
and VI the Wine you drink, the LIP you
press
End In what All begins and end in-Yes;
Think then you are TO-DAY wat fEsTEA-
You were-ToMoRRow you shall be not
less.
So when that Angel OF the darker Drink
A. last shall find you by the rver-orink,
And. Offering his Cup. invite your Soul
Forth to your lips 10 quan-yon shall not
shrink. Omar Khayyam.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-27
Books and Their Authors.

The Expansion Of the American People"
Is the very explanatory tito OF n new and IN.
terestng volume written by Edwin e.
Sparks, and published by the Scott Foresman
company The manner OF LIVING, the methods
% travel. the mode OF doing bus.ness.-all
those ma ersl manifestations Of the social,
Intellectual, and political development OF tho
Nation are graphically described and ahund-
antly illustrated by means OF reproductions
OF old wood cuts ana photographs of every
description. The book is valuable to every
enc who is interested in traciug the growth
Of the Nation through all the changes in tho
lte OF the people down to the present day.
- ~
Among the now books that win shortly ap.
pear IS the Life Of Lord Monhoddo," pub
llshed by E. p. Dutton & 90, Lord Monboddo
Is prominently mentioned IN Boswols John.
son and was che oentral figure Of a brilliant
literary circle in Great Britain during tho
Dghteenth century. He was the connecting
link Setween the anclents and Darwin on the
theories of evolution.
Edmund Gosse, the eminent Englsh lRer-
sry reviewer, has written a crtical aud bio.
graphical sketch 81 the young English poet
Stephen Philips. which appears N the Jan
uary number Of the Century Mr.. Gosse be-
lieges that the head Of the author Of Fran
ccsca and Paolo" and '1Ierod" viii DC saved
ov Ghe poets own keen sense Of humor; Il
will not even be turned by the almost uni
vershl chorus OF praise which has been called
forth BY his poems
~
Maurice Thompson is seriously III at his
home IN Charlottesville, Ind but there are
evidences that he has stll held on l!fe. It
Is reported that while he Is not permitted To
read or TO be read to, one OF his attendant
told him few days ago Of n newspaper par
agraDh in which Mr.. Howells said that he did
not like historical novels. when | read
history" says Mr.. iIowells. 81 prefer h un-
diluted" very we'll remarked Mr.. Thomp-
son. but MIR. Howels takes his fiction IN
syllabub form diluted to the last rolneiuen.
Of artifc,gl,ty. This may be good food fol
certain few, but the great, courageous
conquering. red-blooded world demands O
more nutritious diet. In art as IN life the
strongest hand rakes off the Jackpot"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-27

go 10 Hawaii. For THIS Il has cot no, ori,
vac number Of human beings. 81, also 90,
STATISTICS and q world OF informss,o, -,
agricultural, manufactures, Srapspor,a.,or ~
land and water. telegraph and ;elenh,n. ~.
~. p&uperism. crime, mines and minerals
wealth, debts, taxation and a score ~ go.
increasing subjects, over S.o01o 900, or lust
ABOUT half the total expense to date wen,
broadcast through the country In the form y,
enumerators' pay. A5ou. 81 800 900 went e.,
salaries OF officials: remaining are ssns7ls
The total appropriation Tor the twelfth espsn,
neinE Sls'oOc,ooo Soon the director will ~.
gin publishing little monographs on pauper.
ian. crime. debts and other topics. and these
SPECIAL reports as he calls them, will md
cate the beginning OF the end OF work on ths
twelfth census.
Ra'lroader.-Q. Please give me the date an,
a short account OF the priuc,pal railroad
strikes in this country.
a. One Of the most widespread labor can.
tests was the general railroad strike At 1877
Which extended through many sta.es and
tasted three months resulting in the 40.
nuucuon OF immense amounts Of proner.v
ana the loss oil more than 100 lives, and In
which the militia and the regular army had
30 DO employed TO suppress disorder. Tho
Missouri Pacific railway system in 1856; an
the chicago, Burlington and Quincy Ia iSSs.
on the New York Central in 1920, and in that
OF the employees Of the Pullman Car co,npanv
In d. which involved the American Railway
union organszaion under Eugene " De5s.
In which the center of disturbance was in
Chicago This resulted in the sending o,
Federal troops by President Cleveland 20 that
town. against the protest of Illinois cover.
nor Altgefd, to protect United States prop
erty, In the main these strikes we're no.
directly successful.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-27

slender cross 81 Norman type. standing
about nine feet high and carved out 81 tho
hard green stone found in tho neirhoorhood,
On the side tacinT the grave Is hgnre
rcprcsentinf tha latc masters earliest works.
while above. in panel OF intcrlaced work,
Is his name and the dates isis-isoe--ai the
resi- Of the story OF his life being told IN
pictures
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The Late MadaGfnes.


The Late Magazines.
The saturday Evening Post is tho oldest
journal In America, having appeared regu-
arly every week for the past ia years ex-
cent for the short ported when Philadelphia
vas IN the hands OF the British army. The
magazine was founded In i7ss and was edited
and published by Benjamin Franklin. In
whose day Il was known as the Pennsyl-
vanla Gazette In 1885 the publication passed
into ether hands. but tia name continued
until ISL whom 1t was changed 20 the Sat-
urday Evening Post Tho magazine was
purchased ia 1897 bv the Curtis Publishing
company. 1t now has paid circulation OF
100000 copies weekly
~
The Peacock Drummer is the name of
neat lNtle magazine published by the pupils
Of Peacock's snhool for Boys at san An
tonic. Tho magazine, Ike The proprletors
OF tho school is progressive and interesting
and credit to It's promoters.
or much Interest is eroup OF papers
dealing with several representative Amer,
can elites, In the Atlantic, touching upon
their advantages of situation. their CONNER
eial and so, sal development. their individual
I
characteristics and tho part each is con-
tributing to tho manifold energies Of Aneri'
can lie
Mime Melba and lean 10 Res1kc toll OF
their 3yca and art IN copiously illustrated
| interviews Ia the February u9oD issue Of
! the American Queen, Following this very
Interesting article ~ q story OF celebrated
| musical composer entitled "a Fit Mad on
M"S"' Nt"', V''up,''' ''V ,,, W.
Lu'o,s Nu"lrsN Wna w
ep'1 anu 'ne'V Niv w $3.50 " 49,,
."''e r"U,F u,Veo .a,,,s
''N'NS p"u WV "p''ls' " sp,,a
Somns "u' n,'""0'y "i spY", ~ 49,.
p,',"s'ou, auu az "'e,uo W 80 80,
MNN1S o w iep'uw Wv" ~ ~
! ior NVuvu III az ''''''',Y'' '"
| HFl' - - -, -,
eWefs 10 Correspondents "" 'uVee suo'eV'9
are eoth hSu"ouSo anu eN''i's'nius'
BENJAMIN Ide wheeler In his nrst report az
president OF the uniNraitY of California. a
volume OF 1874 pages which has lust come
from the university press. SAYS that Cali'
lerna IS now tho eoeond university In tho
United States in Undergraduate attendance
| le9'~ahd the hitA IA totS' eurodmeht -''l-o
ihe'ualAg the grauua'e aena'tnent' tno plo-
iesS''na' S,N o'A IN 9"n rr''''s'o anu u''
summer n-ri INV summer eeuo'i i"s'
''he anu 'uS "NS i"sVr '"nh "uS ''"9'
IN Vho country saw LN''"'u "
no" hlina ana aeNi iei'h heuef Fo'S nef
'esAons At C'hpiluse ~ Nhowl IN 'hn lron'is'
piece OF the past week L't'ie Chfohiole'
CnloaSo' newspaper tor young people, an
interesting article 'eIls now sue learned 70
tax ana pass college examinations Thei'
arc editor ale on the iate y - Armour
hcuoo's ~ nome ANU III 'no Fn'lippiheS' we
doings OF congress- and happenings IN the
colonies and south Africa striking Feat
ure Is man Of the world on which arc
numbers where the important events OF th'
week took place
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rnE RvsKrs MONUMENT.

st James Gazette.
The monument shortly to be placed ovor
the late Mr.. Ruskiut crave IN coniston
ehurehyard Will take the form o. tall
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-27

tats Reader.-o. What did it cost to
ne taiied saaies census in 1902
e.r. ne totsl appropriation for the twelfth
co.,. was Ne.oo9.Ooo Up to date more than
su,.ss o. this has been spent. The census
hss pad out $3.50 in Alaska and sis.-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-27


Half century hps passed since with
Thaekeray aud The others, SIR John Tenniel
gathered about the mahogany tree" and
now his long association with Punch is closed
by hss retirement from the stan OF thai
paper Every week he has been in tonen
with the British public, through bis Illus
trations, and It 5 safe TO say. no man has
ever surpassed him as political cartooplst.
Ills knowledge OF politics was vide. his
grasp vigorous. and he was classical stu
dent as well as an enthusiastic ShakespereAn
scholar He utilized this last attainment
most APPLY ana hapPly in his work. He wss
man Of the highest character personally,
with strong convictions and oplnlous The
old volumes Of Punch afford continual testi-
mony Of his disapproyal o. the altitude d
tho North 10 our clvn war and OF his de-
testaton Of Mr.. LincoIn. He lost no oppor-
tunity Of vigorously caricaturing the pfesi-
deut.
THE London Times says OF him: ITO shoot
al folly As h niea, 70 strike at fraud ana
Corruption 10 touch with delicate though iiftn
bRnd the political problem Of the hour, THIS
tssk no has accomplished with nnf21iiug
fancy aud 1eas ghtful humor, which have
never degenarated into coarseness q necn'
lacking in dignity, *, NJ. fotiara'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-27

Vpter-o' To settle dispute give the vote
.gf confessional candidates in Texas pollsd
y tne last campaign. and oblige.
flrs' district; Ball II. ss7: Tracy 1891;
rSlolliy CLOS, Second district Cooper 81
- wallace 40; majority ai,307, Third dis
pe drafenreId 10 s0i. White 12.ls7; ms
y, 'y esA Fourth distriet: Sheppard H.
~, Gibbons eiss. Darwin 1851; majority i795-
u district; Randell 2s.O7i, Thomas liis'
alp'on llSS; mai rlty 2s,1n Sixth dis
= 49, =. Burke 1920, Lumpkin 1882; majority
.S.'@ seventh district: Henry 2I.2is, Har-
ts a iSs'; majority 1886 Eighth district
iss,t. 4os3, Daley 5ii5. Dodge 1850 ma
~ l@'ssS Ninth district: Burlesor 25'i9i.
n.y.. sai9 majority Ran. Tenth dis
Is,s ruIxess $500 Jones l2,255; majority
rr.. Eleventh. Observation-Disclosures 2s2e.
~. 'n i'eis. majority ssis Twelfth dis
~ slayden 1891. Drake 1i.5si; majority
Jobn..i thirteenth district: stephens so'72s.
"~NNson 1854. rna;e,f... ~ -.
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The statement was recently made in this
column that the author of Ron Ilur was
most sohcltous lest trivial errors should nnr
the accuracy and lessen the influence OF his
work Apropos Of this, the editor OF tho
Literary ouorst in tho January Book Buy
err. testiaes that the aecdoni in the chariot
race Is a mechanical tmpcsslbitty.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-27

"somc recollecticns of John wilkes Booth"
Is tho t5ts for personal memoir oil Lin
coma ASSASSIN by cara Morris. which will
appear in MeClures Magazine for Fobr-
AIRY. out Of her own experience In assoca-
ton with him, Miss Morris writes this &C.
count OF the unhappy man. The article will
be accompanied by a full-page picture from
New-York tribune., 1901-10-26
"PEGGOTTY'S HOUSE" SOLD.

London correspondence of The Scotsman
There was offered for sale by auction AT
Yarmouth yesterday building labelled ana
known as "Peggotty's House" The original
domicile is a memory cherished by readers OF
David Copperheld." When little David. carried
off by Peggotty for holiday, reached the dun
waste that lay across the river. Ham said
"Yon's our house Mas'r Davy!' The little boy
looked in all directions. over the wilderness.
away at the sea, away at the river. put no
house could he make out There was a olack
barge, or some other kind Of superannuated
boat not far off, high and dry on the
ground, with iron funnel sticking out OF IL
for chimney. and smoking very costly. but noth-
ing else visible An the way or habitatlon
That's not it?" said the boy. that ship-look-
ing thing?" That's ii, Mas'r Davy, said Ham.
The visitor to Yarmouth to-day. having TINS
picture in his mind. will be as much surprised
to upon what is known as Peggottys
house as David Copperield was when the or1gi-
nal was pointed out to him. The premises that
came under the hammer to-day stand IN a
street we'll within the town. not distinguishaple
from others in the line save for the legend they
bear on the front. The only connection the
house has with the immortal tenement created
by the fancy of Charles Dickens is that II
stands on the site OF the actual barge stranded
on the beach which the novelist saw when visit
Ing Yarmouth. and which he filled with homely
creatures of his imagination. The fact is the
coast at Yarmouth, redressing the balance Gre
ated at Christchurch. Recuiver and other places
on the southern coasts, is gaining on the sea-
What was a strip of beach when Dickens visited
Yarmouth more than fifty years ago. Is now q
busy street
New-York tribune., 1901-10-26

A LIGHTHOUSE VILLAGE BY Louise LYNDON
Sibley Emo. PIP. 1872 Houghton, Mifiiin q Co.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-26

WALL STREET STORIES. BY Edwin Lefevre.
L2Tno, pp. 22A Mcclure. Phillips 81 Co