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THE POEM

n hkoNS stanzas Venice are part of the poem
n which is perhaps his most famous work.
- "Chde Iarod's Pilgrimage" 1t is n lengthy
narrative of his wanderings through Southern Eu-
rope nterspersed with occasional lyrics The meter
Is borrowed from that of the 'Faere Oueene" by the
Eiizabethln poet Edmund Spenser Each stanza con-
sts of eight tetrameter (eght-syIIabed) lines with
hhal ten-syilabled line called Aes.ndrine. The
nrst iour INES are 4 couplet, rhymng alternately.
Inc second four lines also coupIet
rhyme of which is the the second rhyme of
the first coupet, new rhyme being introduced for
lines six and eight This rhyme is also used for
the final line
mus in each stanza lines and three rhyme
gether; lines two four five and rhyme togeth
er, and lines six. eight, and nine rhyme together.
In explanation of the local illusions in the poem it
may be said that the Bridge of Signs n covered pas
sageway which leads from the ancient prisons of Ven
ice to the Doges Palace in which the courts of ius-
tlce were held. The winged lion is Lion of ST.
famous Italian poet Torquato Tasso was student at
Venice about 1860 and his great poem, Jerusalem
lHered, first published there. The Rialto is COM
monty known as the of the famous stone bridge
across the Grand Canal, although the term more
properly applied to the nearby bank of the canal
which waa the meeting place of the Venetian mer-
chahts Shylockis, of course the central character
of Shakespeares Merchant of Venice" and the Moor
is the same dramatist's equally famous "Othe TO-"
Pierre is the interesting character in Otway's
Venice Preserved" drama which is now practically
forgotten.
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THE SUNDAY TIMES SCHOOL FOR POETS
AND LOVERS OF THE BEST VFRSF

less living and of prolific literary work In 1921 bav
Ing resolved to join the forces the Greeks then in
revolt against Turkey he crossed the Adriatic to die
Few months later, at the siege of Mssolonghi April
10, 1924.
With Shelley and Keats, Byron was one of the trio
great English poets who appeared in the dec
aue Oh 'he nineteenth century, and in poetic power
MS ihiuence upon his contemporaries and as perna-
nent force in literature he distinctly the greatest
OF the three While Wordsworth, Coeridge and
Souhey were working upon Independent lines of their
own, Byron and his colleagues supplanted the ballad
poetry OF Scott with something much more intense
human and dramatic.
Byrons short life-for he died at thirty-six-vos
one OF feverishy rapid production. He wrote with
extraordinary facility and wonderful command of
dchon but his forccful and fiery verses do not DOS
sess the finish of Tennyson or an Austin Dobson.
They are often little rough in meter and sometimes
trife obscure in expression.
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THE AQUEDUCT BRIDGE.

Now that the appropriation the the Memorial
Bridge assured attention
to the Bridge bill
have made much toward becoming In view of the fact
that several urban
commodate the of with
adequate transportation the until bridge built which
stand the
bridge is
1t is understood that the leading the District Committees
of both the inclined
to the project,
be
pushing
ton of Virginia who will be immediately benefited by the building of
bridge of construction of
add
Work Aqueduc Bridge authorized before this
o adjouns.
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r INTEGRITY hard work, observation-disclosures, honesty of
| purpose have always characterized Names great
leaders 1t is these qualities which have made
them dominant in their seyeraly chosen fields. They
have all been of moderate Graded in fru-
gaty, sehooed i'll adversely, oftenmes in privation
No of them has gone out of office much richer in
a monetary than when he first assumed official
responsibilities. They lived modestly within the linn
its OF moderate incomes. Given such evidences of in
tegrity coupled with the sterling good which is
their inheritance from generations of rugged ancestry
is any wonder they have both public favor and
public trust?
Unlike many other States, Maine has few natural
Her soil is unfertile and the New England
climate somewhat severe. In the beginning it required
people of and stubborn endurance to face the
discouragements of unproli6c land and wrest
livelihood from comparatively barren soil.
The first settlers of Maine had in them not only
some of Ensland's best blood, but fine Scotch and
Irish ancestry well. Since history first written
of serner purpose than the Purtans have ever
been known. They had also intelligence, which cannot
always be said of first settlers. Once they started
road there wavering. no turning back Few
in numbers, their lives lived out mutually De-
The Washington times., 1902-04-20
Vaccination Made Fashionable.

newspaper correspondent notes the
fact that even in medical matters the
best methcd of making progress is to con-
vince people that the desirable thing is
popular. says American Medicine" To
make good act fashionable it is only
necessary to make others think it is
fashionable. He says that in London.
despite the steady increase of smallpox
and all that the profession could do to
make people vaccinate. there was an In
vincitle apathy upon the part of the pub
lie. Suddenly some member of the stock
exchange introduced the practice of wear
ing red ribbon about the vaccinatei
arm as warning to others not to jostle.
At once the custom spread, and "a thou
sand ribboned arms may be met In FIVE
minutes anywhere in the city"
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THE POET

THE romantic interest that has centered about
/ George Gordon Noel. Lord Byron, is due partly
to the merit of his poetry and partly to the ex-
tracrdnary character of the himself His life
was remarkable series of achievements and adyen-
lures, romances. and scandals He was born on Janu-
uary %, 17sS, of an old English family, and at ten
years of age he succeeded the title of his grand
uncle the fifth Lord Byron, to the ancestral es-
tate of Newstead Abbey.
From childhood Byron displayed a brilliant and
precocious emotional genius. While Il schoolboy at
Eton he formed passionate attachment for n Miss
Chaworth, which was not returned After two wears
at Cambridge, which he left without taking a degree
he began the travels which he recorded in "Chdc
Haroids Pilgrimage" The success of the poem when
it published in 1911 such that Byron declared
that "he awokc one morning and found himself fa-
NOUS"
His unhappy marriage to Miss Anna Milbanke fol
lowed, and in 1916 Byron left England, never to
turn He spent four years in Itay-a period of reck
The Washington times., 1902-04-20
THE PUBLICATION OF RUBBISH

Considerable space has been devoted in
newspapers and magazines to the alleged
immense increase in the publishing Of
books, especially novels. which are not
worth reading. People who really love
good literature are apt to say that the
taste of the reading public is degenerat-
ing, and that good books form a smaller
part of the total number of books pub
lished than they did two generations ago.
1t is doubtful, however. IL any trust
worthy statistics on this subject are OBJ
tainable. The trashy books OF any period
are not those which are preserved and
handed down from one generation to an
other, because they are not bought by the
kind of people who accumulate Libraries.
or bound in a way which favors their
preservation. They do not make the same
Impression on the mind of the reader
that the work of genius does. They are
forgotten. while the great author is re-
membered, and hence we get the idea
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greater length than three feet, and love
to locate in the ereyices of stone break
water. from which they dart out inces-
sanity and MAKE havoc among any school
of small fry which may be innoccntly dis
porting themselves within striking dis
tance. These hooded eels have been
known to haunt a particular spot for over
year. They are good eating. despite
their unprepossessing appearance
The natives who live near the sea marge
hunt the ''puhi," or eel, week in and
week out. In the daytime they angle for
him with large hook attached to stout
line, and By night they spear him by Ian
tern light. or, coming upon him as he
lies. dazzled by the rays of the light on
the bottom, break hix back with a piece
of hoop iron.
When an eel is hooked, the fisherman,
standing knee-deep in water, swings the
creature at arms length with a rotary
motion, in order to kill him, the body of
the eel threshing the water every time
the circuit is completed. When fishing Is
good the spectacle of lot of natives
swinging eels reminds an onlooker of n
flock of windmills operating in a forty
mile-an-hour breeze
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INDER the terms of Cecil Rhodes will, great
good will doubtless be done in the line in
~ which Oxford education lies. SO far
classic literary course is concerned suppose Ok
ford is suitable a college any. I can only dis
and none of this money VIII be spent in way to
that purpose.
What do need here? We need of the
highest scientific training. Investigators with insight
and with special preparation for practical work:
chemists who analyze soils and the juices of
plants, and give information to producers. For
here dealing directly with producers.
VIII illustrate
We export $3C000000 worth of tobacco and import
Sl4000000. We sell cheap tobacco and buy the expen-
sive leaf We buy S600OO00 of wrapper tobacco from
Sumatra, and $SOOOOCO of filler from Cuba.
Now, the question is, Where these fine grades
be raised in the United States? What soil produces
them? What makes the different grades of tobacco?
Can find to analyze the soil and to analyze
the sap of the plant and to show why obaccos differ?
One did find TO anayze the juices of the
plant. German. graduate of German university
but one who had driven out of Germany a
that the difference flavor various classes of
tobacco caused not by bacteria but by different
ferment in the leaf. Suitable soil found in Con-
neccut, and this year 500 of Sumatra wrapper
will be grown under cover in Connecticut. Now
looking around for filler tobacco The Cuban leaf
can grown in few places in this country. Willis,
Tex being
But at this stage of our work Japan, seeing what
The Washington times., 1902-04-20
Birds That Exhibited
Wonderful Forethought

In small Connecticut village pair
of sparrows made their nest in q tree
and their work on their home was
watched with interest by many people.
pond and a mill race. The water in the
latter runs very swiftly. Beside the
upper mill and leaning over the race is
a small tree, its branches bending al
most to the surface OF the rushing
waters.
The sparrows were noticed closely
examining the tree. and shortly after
the inspection they were seen con-
structing nest in a fork in one of the
branches directly over the race. Hun
dreds of eyes watched the birds at
work from the windows OF the factory.
When the nest was almost COM
pleted those who happened to be
watching the birds saw them suddenly
quit work They chirruped for a few
moments and then began to remove
the nest, bit by bit. The nest was dis
covered later in a thick clump of
alders q short distance from terra
frma.
II was self-evident that the first
idea of the birds had been to place
their nest out of harms way. The
rushing waters of the mill stream
made their home safe. The sparrows
must have looked into the future and
thought OF the time when their little
ones would be learning to fly and to
what would occur to them if they fell
into the swiftly running waters.
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Real Origin of the Irish Dudeen.

Before the introduction of the
briar pipe into Ireland the "dudeen"
was the only pipe smoked by the
Irish peasant-y. 1t was made of pipe
clay, the bowl being small and the
stem short. The material in the pipe
is infusible. but is softened in baking.
The latter process makes them por-
Gus. The "dudeen" was made, OF
course. by hand, with an iron mold
and steel wire.
The old Scottish cutty-pipe was
somewhat similar to the Irish "du-
! deem"
Small clap pipes. dug up In ireland
in some instances were associated
| with Roman relics. They were the
"elfn,'' fairy" "oId man" and
"Celt" pipes.
The "eIfn" pipes had broad fiat
heels in place Of the sharp spurs COM
monty tound on ordinary clay pipes.
There Is no reason to believe that
these pipes were older than the seven
teenth century.
During the excavations In Rome a
short time ago. pipe mounds carved
In porphyry. and other hard stone,
were found. This disproves the state
ment that the old clay pipes brought
to Light in Irish soil were Roman
relics.
When the "dudeen" was first made
in Ireland is a matter OF uncertainty.
1t was shortly after Sir Walter Ra-
leigh made his trip to this country
and introduced smoking to Europeans.
We have 1t on the authority of an
old Irish song writer that st. Kelvin
smoked clay pipe. Here is the verse
that gives the information:
"As st. Kelvin wanst was trayellin'
| Round the Lake of Glendalough.
He chanst to meet with King O'TooIe
And axed him for shough
Says the king you are a stranger
And your face I've niver seen,
But If you bears the taste o. weed
I'll lind you my dudecn."
Have you noticed the letter 90" on
a clay pipe? Ask native born Irish
man what 1t means and he will tell
you that it stands for "dudeen."
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To the Eastern Shore.

Use feelin' kind o. lonesome in my lit
tie room tonight,
An my minds done los de minutes
an de miles,
While it takes me back afyin' to de
country of delight
Where de Chesapeake goes grumblin'
wild her smiles.
oh, de OIL plantations calm to me.
Come, come back!
Here's de place for you to labor an
to rest,
For my sandy roads a gleamin' while
de city ways is black,
Come back, honey, case your coun-
try home is best.'
| l know de moon is shinin' down upon
de Eastern Sho',
An de bays a-sayin' "Howdy" to
de lam:
An de folks is all a-settin' down
aroun de cabin do.
Wild deir feet restin' in de silver
san;
An de oil plantations calm to me,
Come, oh, come,
From de life dat's des' a-wcarin'
you away.
From the trouble an de hustle, an de
agcnizin' hum
Dat de city keeps a-goin' all de day"
Use tired of de city; take me back to
Sandy Side.
Where dc po'est ones kin live an
play an eat;
Where we draws a simple livin from
de forest an de tide,
An de days are fair, and evey night
is sweet.
For de OIL plantations calm to me,
Come. oh come
An de Chesapeake's a-sayin', Oats
de ting
While my little cabin beckons. dough |
his mouf is closed and dumb,
rs a-comin, an my heart begins |
to sing,
Paul Laurence Dunbar, in the New |
York Mail and Express.
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WHAT IS THERE IN MAINE TRAINING AND
CHARACTER THAT MAKES FOR LEADERSHIP? :?
By JOHN F. HILL, Governor of Maine.

ceit abhorrent to them something akin 70 the
injustice they had crossed the escape. Then,
vice found small lodgmept in lives disciplined by
hard work. dangers and privations Besides, there
always the realization that right theirs, mat
ter how unresponsive the soil dreary the winter.
Honesty of thought and of life became the keynote of
their community.
Since the days of Puritan forefathers centuries
have been set adrft but the answering honesty
of purpose has been omnpresent. Our leaders
have been workers, hard workers. with integrity
born of ages in their beings. They have had always,
in early days the knowledge that the people
trust them and will stand by them to the very end
great leaders. and there is list have
labored with this conviction deep rooted in their
hearts. Is it not well to mention of them by
name though the country is likely for
get the work they have done? Hannibal Hamlin Gov
Burleigh, Congressman Reed, Boutele Dingley.
Littefeld, Fessenden the Morrls the Washburns and
two veteran statesmen of today, all honored
for their integrity.
Mr.. Blaine. though Maine statesman.
native of the State yet the part of his charac
ter development doubt due the training he
received at the hands of her statesmen and people
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that our ancestors read no trash at all
A fairly good proof Of this is the utter
disappearance of some of the novels
which were most popular at the begin
ming of the century. There was a ro-
nance by the name CT "Alonzo and Me-
lissa" which caused a good many rustic
young people to be named after the hero
and heroine. but that novel, though it
was doubtless considered thrilling by its
readers, has vanished so completely that
the descendants Of those who read it have
never so much as heard of it.
N. P. Willis. once the fashionable poet
of America. has been forgotten. while his
greater contemporaries are as fresh as
ever. The chances are that forty years
from now our great novelists will likewise
be the only ones who Will be remem-
bered. and they will attest that our
knowledge Of literature and appreciation
Of it was far superior to that Of our
grandchildren.
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LOSS.

melancholy wonderful than
pndr
do
The fruit earth before
raised
refused
those which emost-
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"Some of These Days"

| I.
Some of these days"-that's the war
| that We sing it.;
Some of these days"-so the merry
| bells ring it;
In the dark o. the ways
All the stars are ablaze
Ger the dreams that are leading to
| Some of these daysi''
| II.
Some of these days"-that,s the old
song forever;
Life will reach heights crowning
every endeavor;
And prayer will be praise
Where anthems we'll raise
In the beautiful sunrise of Some OF
these days."
Some Of these days'-that's the way
for the singing!
Some of these days'-let the bells
keep a-ringing,
Though sorrow betrays
And the thorns choke the ways.
Gods roses will bloom for US Some
Of these days!"
Frank L. Stanton, in the Atlanta
Constitution.
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Infantile Wit.

Congressman Brownlow of Tennessee
has smart granddaughter. whose clever
sayings are the delight of her parents.
The other day she came to her grandfather
with her face all smiles.
Grandpa" she said, q saw something
this morning running across the kitchen
floor without any legs. What do you think
IL was?'
Mr. Brownlow studied for a while and
gave up. What was it," he asked.
Water" said the youngster triumph
antiy.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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GAIN

mans wisdom to end
superseded
transfer his thought
head
ever the II the will
shall
it, he and
he
and leads heavenly life
DONE
through which lows to earth-Emerson
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sUnscRIrrIoN RATES mo- our oE ROW

NoRNING EDITION, one year 50; six
months, $3.50; three months, SI.25. Morn
ing and Sunday. one year, al; six months,
s3.oo; three months, SI.15. Sunday .tli-
tion only, one year. So; SIX months, ST;
three months, 90 cents
The Washington times., 1902-04-20

Any who buy the Morning. Afternoon Sunday
Edition of The Times Washington suburban
towns railroad trains elsewhere will notifying
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TOWN POINTS, POSTAGE PREPAID:

EVENING EDITION, one year. 50: six
months, sI.5O: three months, 20 cents.
Evening and Sunday. Sne year. 50: six
months. $3.50: three months, S1.25. Morn
ing. Evening. and Sunday. one year, SO;
six months, So; three months, $3.50.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-09-04
DEATHS

SEEMAN--Max, infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Seeman. of Copley
township, died Wednesday Of cerebro-
spinal meningitis. The funeral SER
vices were held Thursday afternoon,
at 2 o'clock. Interment in Mt. Peace
cemetery.
FERGUSON--Mrs Catherine Fergu-
son, aged 90, Of Doylestown, died
Wednesday at the home Of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Samuel Worden, 535h West
Market st. She leaves four children.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence, Friday at IL o'clock. Inter-
ment at Doylestown.
HERWICK-Irene Marie Herwick
infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. J
Herwick, 419 South Forge St, dice
Wednesday morning of marasmus
after short illness. The funeral ser
vices will be held at st. Bernard.
church, Friday, at $50 a. m. Inter
ment in st, Bernard's cemetery.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-09-04
DR.. E. A. MOnfeDyOhI has
removed his office to The
Garfield, 200 S. High st.
MUSIC HALL
ga .. Adt'Dul ou ..- lt.e-
Scorched by a Hot
Blaze.

Cincinnati, Sept. 4.-Fire which
started at 4:50 this morning threatened
to destroy the immense Music Hall.
on Elm st. The Odeon was complete
burned out, while the Lyceum and
College of Music, which are part of
it, were badly damaged. The total
loss to the Odeon and the Music Hall
buildings adjoining is estimated at
100000. The Lyceum organ, which
cost $4,000, was burned.
The fire spread rapidly and the fire.
men who responded with 22 engines
had one of the hardest tasks of theil
experience to confine the blaze to the
Odeon building.
The Odeon is wreck and will prob
ably have to be rebuilt. The fire i:
thought to have started in the scene
room of the Lyceum from spontaneous
combustion. A total loss of scenery
occurred.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-09-04
MRS. SAMUEL KlNTZ,
Who Had Lived In Akron Forty
Years, Died Wednesday.


Mrs. David Kintz, aged 81 years,
widow of the late Samuel Kintz, died
Wednesday, at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Clint Falor, 1916 South Main
St, of old age, after long illness
Mrs. Kintz had been a resident OF
Akron for 40 years, though she had
been living at Lockwood's Corners fol
some time before her last illness.
Nine sons and daughters survive her
They are John, Samuel and Harrison
Kintz, Mrs Mary Crosier, Mrs. Ellen
Dorner and Mrs. Belle Falor, of Ak
ron; Oliver Kintz, Of Ashland; Mrs
Hannah Wing, of Cuyahoga Falls
and Mrs. Susan Gottwalt, of Norton
The funeral will take place from the
residence of Mrs. Belle Falor, 134e
South Main st. Friday at p. m. In
terment in Mt. Hope cemetery.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-09-04
BUSINESS
METHODS

Clean methods are absolutely neces-
sary to permanent success. The man
or firm who resort TO slander and
abuse of his competitors can never
have the confidence of the public. 1t
is perfectly fair to judge n man by
his public utterances. IL they are
slanderous, the author is certainly no
better and the intelligent public will
not approve of anything but clean,
fair dealing. Live and let live. Why
should WE slander man because he
is engaged in the same line of busi-
ness as ourselves? Suppose we had
a thousand dollars apiece and our
neighbor only had five hundred, does
that fact make us any better gentle,
men than our neighbor? Or does II
look we'll for us to publish 1t in the
daily newspapers? Such course
pursued by a business man simply
shows the true character OF the man
and that he is sure to be stunned by
the intelligent public who believe In
fair dealing and clean methods
Yours for fair dealing.
@. II. MARTIN.
@. NJ. OFT & BRO.
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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-09-04
ALVIN SPlLLER
Family Rsunsd at Springfield
Lake.

The fifteenth annual reunion of the
Alvin Spiller family was held last
Friday at Springfield lake, where
games of all kinds and fishing We're
ev joyed. Ford Fasnacht was the cham
pion fisher of the day, catching a 31a
h bass. Those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Alvin Spiller, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Norris; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Spiller, Of
Akron; Mr.. Jess Dernass and family,
Mr.. Israel Fasnacht and family Of
Britain. All enjoyed big days out.
ing.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-09-04
MERE FORMALlTY.
Transactions In Reorganization Of
Werner Co. Recorded.

The transactions conducted by Mr..
Richard p. Marvin as receiver and
special master commissioner for the
Werner Co., during the reorganiza-
ton Of the company, have just been
placed on record at the office of the
County Recorder, although the trans
actions were completed several years
ago. The records show that Richard
p. Marvin as special master commits
sioner and receiver conveyed the
property of the Werner Co., on Union
ST, to VIM. A. Lynch for $1,000, 900,
and that Mr.. Lynch conveyed the
property to the Werner Co. for 81 and
other considerations.