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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-22

If an aspiring American woman
sculptor desires to acquire her art
properly, let her 20 at once to Paris.
1t is waste of time and worse than
that, for she gets started wrong to
attempt to accomplish anything in this
country.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-22

A young woman looked long and ear
nestly at the waXen image of the pill
grim father in the Washington gov
eminent museum. She eyed critically
his iron helmet and equally iron face,
his rusty red yarn stockings and soil
ed leather upper garment, his lanky
hair and dingy white collar, his gener-
ally doleful air of seeing nothing in
life but ashes, rottenness and dis
appointment, and she summed him up
thus, 'Well. If he looked like that
don't wonder they drove him off,"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-22
70 and GASpARD.
armers OF Freder-
X { ountv.
to improve Your Stock.
D ONLY t THE BEST.
let Size, STYLE and Speed.
ISIS ALWAy2 N DEMAND.

SIS ALWAYS N DEMAND.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-23

At the beginning OF second century we coma
upon the name OF John pierpont, preacher patriot
advocate OF every cause which would improve his
fellow men, whose front of two
recent anthologies- Bryant just missed enrolment
among He took dismissal from Williams fn
pose F1tzGreene Halieck, a native Of this county
did not go 70 any college Not long after Pierpont
the two HiLhouses We're graduated The elder
James. was the author Of "Percy's Nasoua'' ana
three other dramas. the last OF which entitled Tha
Judgment: Vision, was intended (says the an
thorl TO present such view of the last grand
spectacie a. zee ned most susceptible ~ noeri,.sI
smoensnment He was . gifted writer os faus
New-York tribune., 1901-10-23

IT WAS LYING ON STEP LEADING TO AN ELE-
WAITED STATION.

Martin Rost, a driver for BechteTs brewery
a paper bundle lying the bottom of the
stairs eadng the Rector-st station Of the Sixth
ave. elevated railroad. yesterday. The bundle
lying on the bottom step Rost gave the bundle a
kick. He was then much Mortified to a hand
and arm prOtrudlng from end of bundle
koSt called a policeman and the package was
taken 10 the Church-st station. The bundle con-
tanned the body of baby about month old
New-York tribune., 1901-10-23

STITCH M'CARTHY'S" SIGNS-If any district
In New-York City is justly entitled to the name OF
"the dark and bloody ground II Is the Fighting
Ate. Each year the campaign is waCed there
with the fercest intensity. Father and son are
often enrolled on opposing sides and in one cleo
tion district the rival captains brothers living
in the same tenement house.
The campaign this year promises to be no ex-
ception to the rule. Already the first interchange
of courteses hiss occurred. Early last week the
Tammany leader OF one of the election districts
pastered his saloon and the fire escapes OF his
tenement house with pictures of Edward NJ Shep-
ard The Republican captain. a Hebrew. known
as stitch Mccarthy" lives across the street and
the next day his tenement house and fire escapes
were covered with pictures of Seth Low
Ihen the Tammany captain repaired to his lead
er Martin Engel and the pair visited the Eldridge-
st station. Shortly afterward Stitch Mccarthy"
was visited by a special officer
Look a-here. Stitch said he them signs of
yours is illegal. an they've got ter come down.
How der yer AXE that out?' inquired Stitch"
scb sInnad eHReg4Ged the law graSy and
inf9 See stieh he sad doddfd st his sc 3comprehsnson %
are Illegal. amt dey?" indicated the Shepar I'd
pictures across the way The officer trded them
Now yer just look a-here.' said ''Stitch" de
dance about de law an now Yer can 60 back an an
TEL ! yer err boss dat desc here signs don't cum down
The discounted officer withdrew. and the Tam
on stitch" ~
II say, Stitch" he explained apologetically
der Chlef says dose signs yours is vioatn' the
regulations of the Fire Board an dey got cum
Il don't see that" said stitch" "spose you
splain ME de law
The official eXpounded Gravcly.
"Stitchs'' face showed gradual signs of compre-
hension. I'm next" he said at length The law
don't allow no signs fire escapes amt dat it?''
The official nodded assent.
''Well, den. dose signs dere Is directly yo-
latin de law?'' and he ndica ted the signs on the
opposite fire escape. The official gasped and was
silent
Look a-here, you" said Stitch. decidedly.
Yer go back ter the Fire Department. an yer
tell dem dere dat desc here signs o. mine was put
up ter stay till de sixt' O. November. An unless
dose signs over dere. which yer explained me
was violatin de laws. is pulled down fust, dey stay
dere. Der yer savvy me?"
Now Engel and the Tammany captain are con-
sulting again and stitch and some of his sup
porters watching their signs and wondering
what departments regulations they will have to
violate
New-York tribune., 1901-10-23
DEPUTY TAX CoNMIssIoNER OUT ON BAIL.

The case of Albert Looming Deputy Tax Com
missioner. who arrested at his home No. 152
West Seventysixth-st., Sunday night a
rant charging aim with being a suspicious person
was before Magistrate Hogan in the Jefferson
Market court yesterday. Edward Lewis charged
Looming with giving him worthless checks. Loen-
ing admitted that he had given certain checks but
insisted that he had received cash in exchange
for them
The adjourned until Friday, and
Looming was released on 81 600 bail
New-York tribune., 1901-10-23
ICE TRUST WOULD RESTRAIN DATIEs.
TO APPLY FOR wRITs PROHIBITING ATTORNEY
GENERAL FROM FURTHER PROCEED
ING AGAINST IT

Albany, Oct. GA hearing will be given at a
Special Term of the Supreme Court to be held in
this city Saturday. on an application for two
permanent writs of prohibition restraining the At
torney General from proceeding further against the
American Ice Company. The company will make
application for writ and Charles W. Morse,
president of the company. will apply for the other
In view of the recent decision of the Court of APP
peals in the case the Attorney General is at loss
to know upon what ground the applications will
be made
New-York tribune., 1901-10-23
NINETEENTH CENTURY WORTHLESS.

Have you eyes to ind the i've
Which five hundred did survive
New-York tribune., 1901-10-23
POETRY OF vHE PERIOD.

AS we recall the writes of influence and dis
observe the dominant religious spirit which most of
them show and il may be vel at the outset 10
is not peculiar to w-EngIand. The earliest bio
grapher OF Dante declared that theoloEy was 9oth-
ing else than the poetry OF Coo Not only Is
poetry theology. bGt theology is poetry says Boz
his merit but little faith 'the reader may rely
Aristotle, who afirms that he had found that
standard, We might find a good deal OF poetry in
Ce4 cg fni IN PR Gs a 6n Tne
rot much that would be commended by Matthew
Arnold not much that anthologist would
Before the middle of our first century there ap-
dred lines of entitled Philosophical Solt-
man Educated at Yale College This anonymity did
not long conceal the authorship of William Liv-
distinguished in many ways-once as "the Pres
bytertan lawyer, and later as Governor of New
tion. His brother, also Yalensian, was sgner
os ne DeciaG4tIon, me verses show me influence
them are aHus:ons TO the writer's whom this young
rrtTai life he Intended to lead ~ '''
In the Revolutionary War two of our brethren.
patriotic songs. Many years later the inspiration
raates WhG bSsm go m gS rfen
wits"-'fOur bards with Scripture names.'' John
produce an epic as surely if not as quickly as the
writer OF to-day would compose article for the
bull, a precocous youth fitted for college at the
age age OF seven whose burlesgue treatment of the
through thirty unauthorized editions the versatile
Joel Barlow. author of ''Hasty Pudding who
worked for half his life we are told upon the
"Columpiad.' having IN the interval of his en-
gagements adapted Watts's Psalms TO the use OF
Connecticut churches and added several original
hymns; David Humphreys who translated a
French tragedy. entitled the Widow of MaIabar,
and composed several ambitious poems: and final
ly, Lemuel Hopkins honorary graduate. The
Harvard historian whom l have already quoted
has said that at the time the Hartford wit wrote
no Harvard man had produced literature half
good theirs.
Perhaps may. without offence at this late
rrrP Il he Of hiS Iv
"McFingaf' and "Hasty Pudding and the Prog
IN these days. although they were mirthfuL
of such subjects lhe Conquest of Canaan" the
Vision OF Columbus" the ''Anarchiad'' and The
Last judgment: = EisioH,' was characteristic OF
serious Treatment which these themes were sub
entertained. and long and elaborate poems were so
late 1920 delivered discourse on some OF
the considerations which should influence an epic
tragic writer IN the choice OF an era The
more constant than CalIiope Euterpe IL sug-
gested dramas, which have died; II found express
sion in hymns. which have lived. 1 could name five
Have ind the i've
Which five hundred did survtve2
New-York tribune., 1901-10-23
YALE In LETTERS AND SCIENCE.
THE ADDRESS OF DANIEL c.. GILMAN Ill. d. OF THE
,52
CLASS OF '52.

3aIfa 9r Paradise M Tsr IS this all we can say. Our
or %in the s9a5 Which - naGTates ts love Of The Italian
ana enduring 'oys she was perhaps eight years
pleasing in her actions, with ways and words more
beside this Win fsai rn hSF yoGsn d e Se
formed. and further fun of beauty and OF sweet
ike Ahoagh mere By Boy ag Dante r
eelVed , her sweet image in his heart with such
departed thence while he iived'
made t6i un m a''eF DaH'e J%hatnan Edw1rGS
maiden Of fourteen years who became his wife.
who By that GTeas Beng eg w Who aSd
rules the world and that there are certain seasons
her mind with exceeding great delight. - She
versal benevolenee especially after this Great Goa
has manifested Himself to her mind. She will
sweetiy and seems to be always full Of joy and
m b ao and nc Gme X Kn4ws f fGT waa5 She oves
seems 10 nave some One invisible always con-
Dante and Edwards. alike in love. alike in their
spiritual fervor, and in their impressive imagery
homes. both died among strangers both have been
honored with increasing reverence by the descend
ants of those v no rejected them.
In his youth Edwards showed noteworthy pro-
chvity toward the study of nature An article is
extant which be wrote at the age OF twelve re-
cordIS his observations upon spiders and display
MoreoSsr I his G note
book gives evidence that his mind was alert for
searching questions in physics. including elec-
trtcity, meteOrology. physical geography and veg
citation. One who familiar with these precO-
eious memoranda remarks that If they were writ
ten. supposed. between the ages of fourteen and
sixteen, they Indicate intellectual prodigy
which has parallel" If he Fad been taught TO
use the lens and the metre he used the lamp.
he might have stood among the great interpreters
Of nature-the precursor of Franklin. Rumford and
Rowland.
He was nurtured by theological dialetcs. and he
exCeled not in physics but il metaphysics. so to-
day. instead of honoTng him leader in htera
ture or science, only acknowledge with
filial reverence his wonderful influence upon the
opinions and characters of six generations The
, laws OF intellectual inheritance obscure, and
the influences he has handed down cannot be
measured II is, however, noteworthy that three
of his descendants occupied the presidential chair
of Yale for nearly sixty years. many others have
been among teachers. indeed there few
years in second century in which the faculty
has not included more of his pOSterity.
have read the printed OF of his de-
scendants-no small part colored may I be par
dOned for saying SOY with the cerulean hue OF
religious fervor.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-23
NJ o"LD SHREK WITH LAUGHTER.

What "AAiA La SN1i4 La
cannot wish De expected of IL ali? lie certainly
ne usualIv - - De regarded having undertaken
senan who ,o4cllous roie of the yirtuous young
% o Tor purpose Of refor3g h The Gle
laughter a. 43tstafnany sinner would shrek with
Wishes "a = nat Nor do I think Mr. Shepard
Chamber - te looked upon as judith entering the
ais throat to4olernes ~ for the purpose OF cutting
SIC, besides ~oula prefer less deceitfu part,
aerdy De cs,,a.ne me fammany Holofernes would
esantress anSs sht az mapping in the arms of the en-
No. ~, a,ieSily be cut ~
rve hoe thu with perfectly honest deterInfon 80
~ & far a. his n 9ga government. and he win do so
WI be NOT = pyWer goes But the Improvement
e and ces4sssa@1ilg as large he would Ike II to
,st for TarnrnarS not nearly large IN ought TO
ssAng outsIse - VII be In fun comma nd OF every
power and 4, ~ NE legal limits of the Mayors
son nsdious css VIII with consummate circumspec-
s,sry possfld cunning and desperate energy throw
nfeatening ~ oDsIacie 20 the way of every reform
M when bis t, tall It's corrupt revenues. And
Ill toss hi,n '~g years term is over Tammany
point with nrsa..s ssiae Ike a squeezed out lemon
'e 10 It's nne administration during
New-York tribune., 1901-10-23

TAMMANY INSCRIPTION EXPLAINED-svd-
ney H. Goodacre. assistant sergeantat-arrns at the
hepuohcan County Committee headquarters went
TO the Madison Square Presbyterian Church on
Sunday evening. When he left the church he was
preceded by tall man. who was with a tall
woman evidently his wife They walked west In
Iweaty-thrd-st The Tammany banner at the
fioteI bartnoid was we'll lighted and the names OF
the Iammany candidates were easily read. At the
top was the usual Tammany sentence. Regular
Democratic Republican Nominees" Immediately
under this was. For Mayor Edward NJ Shepard /"
Ihe woman stopped to look at the banner and Mr.
HoodacFe reports the conversation as follows:
,,Sne.is not Mr.. Shepard the Democra tic can
didatc for Mayor? ~ o'I
'He-Tes. Of course
iiCan nominee? 4NepuN-
He-My dear. Mr.. Shepard was a Republican
Iour years ago have been reading all the no stI-
things he then SAID about Tammany That is VIII,
they call him on the banner Democratic Rep,SIi
New-York tribune., 1901-10-23
YALE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

II is interesting tC dwell upon the names of Ed
wards and Eliot as men of more than provincial
fame. because the number OF Yalensians who can
be regarded contributors 70 literature and
science prior TO the Revolution is small. The his
tOrian Tyler mas taAeh t!ie year Io0 as tne close
of the sterile period. when colonial isolation Was
ended and American literature began to be worthy
of the Before that time neither Harvard
any of the other colleges has much to speak
century, the product Is almost Scanty. A recent
enumerates the texts by which the youthful
the methods were not inspiring, they encouraged
discrimination and that power which used to be
called ratiocination. generation of judgments from
say that this is not experimental science nor
literary culture and you say we'll. The ore in
deed may have been extracted, by the Eliot proc
had not been invented for turning iron into steel;
nevertheless, n have the assurance OF recent
Massachusetts critic that the highest literary ac-
tivity OF the later eighteenth century had its origin
at Yale College.
Our elder brethren Of the eighteenth century.
with whom most OF have no more acquaintance
cal dictionary. were men quite as intellectual as
men of our day. When their acquaintance is cul-
tivated and when the minute incidents of their
lives and their quaint characteristics are sought
out they interesting as our contemporaries
Let US TO regard them mummies. The
story OF Manasseh Cutler is a succession of
terest in the college and his permanent influence
upon II is a, captivating record. jeremiah Dunn
called by Charles Chauncey one OF the three great
est eW-Englanders The story of Liberty Hall
where William Livingston lived with his charming
family daughters, might be commended the
Rector Clap, the fighting rector. led life full Of
racy incidents. and certainly We have no more
now rentroduced by Professor Dexter 10 the
Ciety of which he was once distinguished orna-
ment-that extraordinary pOlyhtstor TO whom all
knowledse attractive. all tongues appetizing
and Il eve
New-York tribune., 1901-10-23
HUMORS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

SHEPARD'S SPEECH AND ANOTHER. - A
group of Tammany supporters and others were
discussing yesterday the merits and effect of Shep
ards recent speech in Tammany Hall, when one
OF them exclaimed. DO you know, Ned that that
speech of Shepard's makes me think differently Of
Iammany from what l used to- He made out a
pretty good case didn't he?'
wen. John, " replied Ned" that reminds me of
story in which Governor s. figured He was a
splendid lawyer. and could talk jury out Of its
IlNe senses. He was counsel for a man ac-
cused of horse stealing He made a long eI0ouent
ana touching speech. The Jury retired, but re
tuIned IN a Few minutes and with tears in their
eyes proclaimed the man not guilty. An old ac-
Quaihtance stepped up TO the prisoner, and said
!, Jim the danger is past: and now, honor bright
didn you steal that horse?'
To which Jim replied:
wen. Tom I've all along thought took that
horse but since I've heard the Governors speecb
don't believe l did f
New-York tribune., 1901-10-23

Guess DICK Crokerll need the joker.
And the ace and king to win.
Guess that after theTe'l be laughter
A. Shcp failure To get in.
There II be crying. thereIl be signing
In the goo of Tammany.
And the Tiger, eyes much wider,
NllI ta-ta Croker cross the sea
Nhen's over. Lou. in clover,
WIZ oust Murphy. Devery:
send them hOwlipg, lik wise yowlng.
TO the rear tTheir place TO be)
As for Croker. Tam'ny's broker,
We will simply do him brown
Let the band play. upon that day,
Just Go way back and sit down.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-23
AS TO MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

Here differ with him most seriously The mu-
nictpal governments of our large cities are noto-
riously the sorest point in the working OF Amer
ican Institutions They have, almost without ex-
ception. produced corruption and misrule of the
most appalling kind One of the chief causes of
these dreadful failures has been found in the fact
that in voting municipal officers the citizens
asked and induced to divide not on questions of
municipal interest, but on the lines OF national
party politics. And I'm this way, blinded by party
allegiance the voters are apt to disregard the
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-03-02
NOTICE.

THE COUNTY BOARD of Equali-
ZatiOn Tor Lancaster county, will
meet at Lancaster court house on the
Third Tuesday IN March N9th inst
1901, for the purpose Of hearing grew
ances OF appeal, from the TOWNSHIP y
Boards of Assessors.
The Township Boards OF Assessors
of each Township, Will pass upon all
The taxable returns in their fespectiv 2
Townships, aud Immediately there
after, forward - tn. County Auditor,
q irue and correct statement of all
changes, or alterations made in the
various returns, 20 that the Auditor
may notify parties Of changes, if any
Orth notifying.
The Chairmen Of Township Boards
of A ASSESSORS, shall be ex Ofiicio mem
bers, OF the County Boards or Equal.
Zation. Respectfully,
w O CASKEY
Supr. and Chm. G.. B. T.. l.. G..
Feb 20tn 1901.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-03-02
To Toe Deaf.

A rich lady cured of her Deaf,
ness and Noises in the Head by
DR.. Nicholson $ Artificial Ear
Drums, gave $1,000 to his In
stitute, SO that deaf people unable
To procure the Ear Drums may
have them fee. Address No.
1867 The Nicholson Institute,
$40, EIgth Avenue, New York,
u 5 A. 6m.
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CuHo CnICl In Nod

kermotts Chocolates Laxative Quiniue easy
10 take and quick to cure cold In head and sore
throat
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-03-02
Thirty Five Die
in Coal Mine Fire.
Only One Miner Esc ped Through
Raging Flames Horrible
Holocaust in Wyoming.

Chevenne. W., Feb 26 Tho
worst disaster in tbs history of
coal mining in Wyoming since the
Almv horror eight wears ago, oc-
Cured at Observation-Disclosures ni.ht
Thirty y-fve mon arc helipvel to
have persisted in a fire which
starre! in mine No of tho Dia-
m"ndville Coal aud Coke cons
pnnv
The blaze was first discnverad
shortly after tho night shift com,
menCea work II iS thonght to
have originated from "A careless
~iuer's lamp in the oil room The
/ flames msde such progress that
nrlV one man pscared from the
I : -" entries in which il was con
! t;nsd Hin name il John Ander
son and he was trighlfully burned
in running the gauntlet of the
/ flames He was suddenly con-
{ frnrted Nv wal of fire aud smoke
an | wrapping his head in an owe =
coat ne ran is tho direction Of the
main entrance 10 fell uncnn
.ci"u and was carried to the
mouth ot the mine. Tho alarm
was sounded and hundreds Of
miners at work In tho mines and
on the outside rushed to the res
cue of their Imprisoned comrades
The fire hsd bv this time made
such progress that it WAS impos
sible to enter tbs rooms Of flames.
The entire night was spent in
c"ntiRing the fire to the two on
tries and this morning it was
necessary I" seal them y to pre-.
vent the flame. from spreading to
other parts "f tho min. This
step WAS only decidei upon after
all hope Of saving tho lives Of the
mon had been absndrnsd Nothing
could live five minutes il the fire.
which rn- increasing in tarcsness
evary minute
The scenes At the mouth Of the
mine during tho night and todsy
wore hssrtrsndins. Relatives
anil friends OF tho sntum bed miners
rushed tu tue mine, frantically
waving their han and CRYING to
the mine officials d miner. to-
save their dear ones. Many Of
tho women and children were
slightly Injured in tho crowd ard
by falling over uhslscI.s in the
darkness.
The fire is fully under control
tonight, and superintendent Sned
don announces that he will open
the mins tomorrow for the re-
coverv of the bodies, and resume
work hsfors the week closes.
Superintendent Simpson, with
his young son, who are am0ng
the victims, came to Diam0advillr
from Alabama, abou.. six week.
ago, bringing his wife, in The hope
that the change OF ciimsts would
benefit her hesIlh. The shock OF
last nights tragedy resulted in
Mrs. Simpson rs death todsy
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/
! York.
MIR. Scudder thinks tho flow Of
300, 600 cubic feet n miou,e
thr rDugh the Chicago csnaI viii, N
the course Of time, mater;.u,
diminish the amount Of water in
the lSkes, and that if capn' j.
hmlt from Cleveland T." the Ohio
river, and the Eric Canal is on.
larged, the drainage from the
lakes will I've tremsnduu In ID
dltioC to this, permission has htrn
GRANTED by the State of Nr~
York to private corporations
"m"st improvidcn,Iv and -.
wise v, eavs Mr Scuddrr rn
take unlimited amount of water
ont Of the Nia.Srn river. inst
above the falls, -hila the Can.-
''''' E'''' b"'CHl 10 q nIlhg Sltnl.-
lar privileges on the Cansdian
aide Mr Scudder saws that he
fore long the various power cnm>
paniss will he drawing $4,000
600 gallons nf water from above
tho falls, and letting it flow through
canals into the river below the
falls
"Alr"sdv the volume of water
pIunging over the great lsdges on
toe American and tho Canadian
sides has bsen lesssned," SAWS
MIR Scudder, land if this sort of
thing continues, the magnificent
spectacle of the falls. absolutely
unique on his planet, will to
Hhorn of all it's suhIinlty. Mag
ara Falls is the most remarkable
and picturesque natural wonder in
the world, and certainly som.
thing ought to he done to preserve
1t in all its original bsau,v
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