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Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Wales, now King Edward, approached them
and asked what they were laughing at. 81
was telling Sir Hiram that he had prevented
more men from dying of old age than any
other man that ever lived" said Lord Sails
bury, grjmly
No one looking at Lord Charles Beresford
today would imagine that in 1860, whe he
first went to sea, he was a delicate lad ana
was, in fact, put on bard the war ship
MARLBOROUGH for his health. When he first
set foot on board he hard a sailor say:
Poor little chap, he amt long for tn S
world" Lord Charlie" has seen many
lively times since then and is still sturdy
and vigorous.
Two United States senators we're talking
over old times a few days ago when con-
Versation drifted to the late Senator lack
chandler OF Michigan. Senator Chandler
was underestimated, / think" said one.
THAT is, he was a bigger and better man
than most Of his aequaintances gave him
credit for being. Ono day / suggested 70
him that should like to see him president.
No no. said zaek. with emphasis. I
nope shall never contract the presidential
FEVER. II is sure death. Men recover
from the smallpox, cholera and yellow
FEVER but they never get over the presi-
Dental fever"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10
President RooseveIt's Interesting Children

Photographs Taken With Permission of the
President by Frances b. tombstone. of
Washington, ID. C.---COpyright, 1902
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Mr.. Balfour is the fifth statesman since
the union Of Great Britain and Ireland who
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Years had elapsed since I saw the house
with the seven gables supposed to be the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

Little runs OF joy is good. We would not
like TO be smiled at by any one with the sort
OF smile described in this fragment. Mr..
Cawein's volume. Kentucky POEMS" is
made up of selections from ten or twelve earlier
books. 1t is beautifully printed it bears the
imprint Of a London publisher we'll that
Of one in New-York and it is provided with an
introduction by Mr.. Edmund Gosse that may or
may not have been ironically intended Mr..
GOsse notes that Mr.. CaWein Seems to have
enjoyed unusual advantages for the cultivation
and protection OF the poeticsl temperament. He
was born on March -, lS'i5 in the metropolis
Of Kentucky, the vigorous city If Louisville,
the southern side of the Ohio. in the midst of
country celebrated for tobacco and whiskey
and Indian corn. These are commodities which
may be consumed in excess but in moderation
they make glad the heart Of man. They repre-
sent a certain glow Of the earth, they indicate
the action of q serene and gentle climate upon
rich soil 1t was in this delicate and vOluptu-
Gus State of Kentucky that Mr. Cawein was
born, that he was educated. that he became a
poet, and that he has lived ever since" Here it
is wise to leave the Githyrambic Mr.. Gosse.
with his tobacco and his whiskey and his
Indian corn, and glance at the poems. These
have color in them, occasional picturesquenesS
Of diction, and, at rare intervals, hint Of mel
ody. There is not. however, really memorable
verse in the entire collection. Says Mr.. Cawein
in his prologue:
There is a poetry that speaks
Through common things: Tho grasShoppcr,
That in the hot weeds .reallS and crcakS
Says all Of summer to my ear:
And in the crickets cry hear
The fiTeSide speak. and fee. the frost
Work mysteries Of silver near
On country cas- ments while deep lost
In snow, the gatepost seems u sheeted ghost.
Though We have no difficulty in believing What
we are told in these lines-tivers poets, Keats
among them, have told as much the same thing
before-we fear that the MAJ. c..Iaole If a line
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

like Gays all Of summer TO my car VIII never
De poet. No doubt Mr.. Cawein means well in
MS aIlusion to the gatepost, but it strikes as
lunny Yet these minor verses through WIN,
we are wading are not, on the whole, ridiouloU
They are more pathetic than amusing There
Is Miss Josephine Preston Peabody's 'NarIovse -
1t is of no interest or value as a drama As
poetry it is of dulness all compact. The Ir1ucl
pal figure speaks of Helen in this vein
Here is the Beauty that hath moved the rid
since the first woman. Beauty cannot de.
No worm may spoil it. Unto earth it goes,
Ihefe to be cherished by the cautious sIri!.s
lose folded in rose, until the time
some new imperial spirit comes to earth
demanding a fair raiment and the eartr
1!eius up her robes of Vermeil and Of snow,
Niolet-veined-beautiful as wings
And so the Woman comes!
Now, it IS pathetic, we repeat to witness an
attempt like this. One remembers The erea,
Elzabethan's own movement and accent one
remembers lines like these:
Was this the face that launch'd a Thousand snips
ana burnt the topless towers of Iium9
Q; thou art fairer than the evening air
CAD IN the beauty of thousand stars
OF course Miss Peabody would be the frs, 10
protest against comparison of her own work
with that OF Marlowe. We make our quota
tons from that poet, however, not for purposes
of compariso but merely to point = moral
When genius like the author of "Faustus' be
queaths immortal lines to the world i, be
hooves the minor poet to avoid trinnc with
him in any way. In other words with The
glorious apostrophe to Helen ringing in our
ears. We find "Marlowe, Drama in Five Acts"
q mere impertineEce.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

Inc verses are not bad-in fact, they are
i"ther Pelty-but that is the highest praise
'hat by any stretch of amiability could be be-
slowed upon them, and prettiness of which one
soon tires, is al that the author of the volume
from which We take The Pipers Morrow" has
TO give Us All the prettiness that is offered by
Mary oicotts Poems" is on the cover, which
Is a very dainty affair in gray linen stamped
with white. The Primal Life" which opens
the book, is a secondary sort Of poem in more
senses than one, Henleyesque piece Of bump
housness which begins thus:
Lord of The nights and days
Before men spoke Thy praise
Thou, with Thy breathing stirred
Is from the bTackiSh slime
OF immemorial time
NO more need be quoted at any rate from
The Primal Life" but We are tempted by some
lines in A Courtier's Love" which show what
this author is capable Of when she puts aside
her Henley and produces a little thing of her
own Here they are:
She does not smile
Merely with lips, but these beguile
With little runs of joy her eyes,
That watch you cOldly otherwise
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

not very superior in essence tc pills or pig iron
A good deal Of the minor poetry before US at this
moment is nothing less than appalling in it's
mediocrity. This for example, is the sort Of
thing by which We greeted on the first page
OF Captain Craig Mr. Robinson's book of
poems:
doubt if ten men in all Tlbury town
Had ever shaken hands with Captain Craig,
Or called him by his name, or looked at him
So curiously or 50 concernedly,
AS they had looked at ashes; but a few
Say five or six Of us-had found somehow
The spark in him, and had famed it there,
Choked under, like a jest in Holy Writ.
BY Tilbury prudence.
Has this any earthly relation TO poetry? The
whole volume is on the same prosaic level. Once
Mr. Robinson seems to have had the glimmer
ing Of a poetic emotion, but The Return Of
Morgan and Fingar' gives promise in its
first stanza which We look in vain for any Of
the twenty that follow to fulfil. Turning
to The Heart Of the Road and Other Poems"
by Anna Hampstead Branch in hope Of better
things, this is the best that find:
THE PIPERs MORROW.
Up and down and here and there
Went the piper playing;
All he knew to tune his air
And keep the floCkS from straying.
Piper, cease" and Piper, cease"
QuOth the folk with sorrow;
Labor now and get thee peace
And plenty for the morrow"
Homeward came the laboreIs strong.
Heavy harvest bringing.
Cp and down and all along
Strayed the piper singing.
OFT the good dame from heI door
Watched him thence with sorrow,
But he only sang the more,
And minded not the morrow
Slow the laborers from the plain
Bring their fruits delaying,
And the good wife waits in vain
For an idler's playing.
FlOcks are wandering on the hill,
Timid with their sorrow,
And the piper, smiling still,
Has gone 70 meet his morrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02
SAD STUFF.
THE WORKS OF FIVE MINOR POETS

CAPTAIN CRAIG. A Book Of Poems BY Edwin
SAraagton Robinson. Emo, pp. III. Houghton
THE HEART OF THE ROAD AND OTHER
POEMS BY Anna Hampstead Branch l2mo
PIP. 10 Houghton, Mifflin & 90.
POEMS BY Mary Olcott. l2mo, PIP. 80. John
KENTUCKY POEMS. BY Madison Cawein With
an Introduction 10y Edmund Gosse. l2mo, PIP
xxi. 26i +. z. Dutton & Co.
MARLOWE: DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS BY
J3sephine Preston Peabody. l2mo. Pr. l56
Houghton MifIiin & Co.
We have sometimes shuddered when we have
found in contemporary criticism reference to
the poetical output" and have wondered at
the taste that could apply TO any poetical ques
ton term only TO be used, one would think. in
speaking of the production Of pig iron pills.
But perhaps we have done injustice to those who
have employed this word. Perhaps they We're
irresistibly Influenced by dim consciousness
that what they were dealing with was, after all,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02
A NEW "ARBER."
From IL Atheraum.

From The Ather9um.
Professor ArbeT has just sent his subscribers
a sample sheet of his handsome quartO reprint
of Robert ClaVelFs folio Term Catalogues" or
General Catalogue OF Books Printed in Eng
land Since the Dreadful Fire OF London They
start in 1913, and TO l4oO, and Professor
Arber will publish them in three volumes, with
the best paper and print that he can get The
whole OF the first volume Is IN type, ana VII
be out in December. The other two VIII follow
next year, probably by September. But an
unexpected difficulty has arisen.
on comparing ClayelPs entries with those in
the catalogue of the British Museum and other
libraries, Professor Arber found that the old
printer had not only often spelled the authors
names his own way and not theirs, but had also
printed known authors works as anonymous.
50 there WAS nothing for il but To give nine
months work TO comparing the forty thousand
naroes in the three volumes with the Museum
entries or the books themselves, and then cor
rect ClaVells spellings and compile second IN
dex ia which all the anonymous titles will be
arranged in alphabetical order, with proper
references to their authors when known.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02
rs DICKENS PLAYED oUTy"

From The London Globe.
The best answer TO the question rs Dickens
Elayed out?" is given by his oriGlna! publishers,
Ncssrs Chapman & Hall, who have been look
ing into figures and taking a box office es-
innate Of the author. For many years their
s4les OF his books have averaged over quarter
Of 4 million COMES and TO these must be added
the innun4erabl bic issues Of the majority that are
now out OF copyright. SO there seems every
JUSTIFICATION for the new biographical edition
AS most people would guess, David Copper
field" comes second in favor, while the pub
fishers have been able to trace MI Marun
Harvey on his tour with 1.-THE Only Way" by
ih,. booksellers orders for the Tale OF Two
cities" First in favor OF course, comes Pick
si-k'' -@-E- is not the title Of the booD.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02
LEMON.
RAMBLES IN a DELIGHTFUL. NEIGHEuK.
HOOD.

LENOX AND THE BERKSHIRE HIGHLANDS
BY r. De Witt Mallary. Illustrated Octave.
pp. xiii. 363 q. Z. I,utnam's Sons.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

How these animals obtained an en-
trance into the building is conjecture.
but it is thought that they made their
way through the windows or through the
doors when the attention of the clerks
and employees had been diverted to more
important matters than the ejectment of
stray felines. There were at one time
twenty-seyen of these animals in the
treasury, but of late they have thinned
out and only a few remain. There are
rarely seen in the daytime. for they are
deep in some dark recess which offers
shelter TO them until the evening The
cats are seldom disturbed. except possibly
by the broOms of the charwOmen, OF
whom the cats stand in fear, for there
is ne mercy at the end of a long broom
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11
Aid for Mrs. Maybrick.

Mrs. Mary H. McKillip. resident of
Chicago, whose interest in the case of
Mrs. Maybrick is well known, has Just
received assurances from Amelia Bing-
ham that the latter would try to raise a
subscription among the members of her
company for the cause, and would also
give a benefit in New York next month
and guarantee to raise $1,000. Mrs. Nc
killip hopes TO go to England this fall.
and with Mrs. Wesley Merritt. who is
now there. and Mrs. Harriet Hubbard
Aver, present a formal appeal to the King
and Queen to intercede so far as they can
Tor Mrs, Maybrick. The local mass meet
ing. which was set for October ,, has
been postponed on account of President
Roosevelt'S visit tin week later
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

or a longer mop. The fear of I he char
women tends 10 make them tinid while
in the presence of other strangers, and
to attempt to pick one of these felines
up would be to meet with vigorous re-
sistance and by the vicious use of their
long claws. The cats in the treasury
department are not like the petted felines
of the household. They are long and
thin. with tails which look like Il frayed
clotheSline, and are not very well pro-
vided with fur 1t is only when being
fed by the kind-hearted watchmen with
scraps of meat from their midnight din
ner that the cats exhibit any traits in
common with their brethren of the back
fence. Then they viii graciously permit
their backs TO be stroked and their whis
kers rubbed, but any further liberties
will not be tolerated. They have deep,
cunning leer always on tap, as if they
knew all the secrets of the gold-packed
vaults stretching under the building.
As to their ability TO keep the treas
ury free from rats there is no question.
The officials of the department have not
been compelled to move to another build
ing on account of the large number of
rats and mice which infested it, as did
the authorities in charge of the post
office at Turin, Italy, where it became
necessary TO erect new building for the
purpose of escaping from ohe rodents,
who destroyed great quantities of letters
and packages. The important letters
and documents in the possession of the
file room of the treasury department
would not long withstand the rayages of
the hungry hordes of these animals il
| 1t were not for the keen watch kept upon
them by these cats. Hardly an evening
passes but that they lay down their
trophies in the shape of dead mice and
rats before some of TIE watchmen.
Were it not for these faithful, unrew ard
ed guardians of the treasury department
the government would undoubtedly suf-
| fer through the raids of the rats and
mice.-W ashingtOn Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11
TREASURY GUARDIANS.
A Number of Cats that Save the Govern
ment from Loss.

The United States treasury building at
Washington is not only guarded from loss
by the uniformed men who constitute
the night watch and remain ON duty
through the lonely hours, keeping a con-
slant lookout for any persons who might
have designs ON the numerous strong
boxes in the building, but it is protected
from smaller losses through the depreda-
tions Of hordes of rate and mice which
would infest the structure by few cats
which have wandered into the building
at various times and remained there.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11
An Old French Throne.

There is an older throne in Europe than
the one on which the King was crowned,
and that throne is in France. The THRONE
belonged to King Dagobert, who reign Il, .
in the Seventh century, and it IS ID tle
Cabinet des Medailles at the French VA
tional Library. Dagobert's throne. Whicai
is of brass work, was forged and chlseieo
by Saint Eloi for King Dagobert.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

OF course tie cowboys who persist in
their determination to pull off, a great
relay race from the Black Hills to Chi
cago, will endeavor tn avoid runnin :
against any humane citizens tender feel
ings. This could be done by making the
relays frequent and by choosing riders
who have some respect for the feelings
of the horses.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

1t transpires that Capt. Rosehill's rush
for Marcus Island was simply a bluff
preliminary to lawsuit with Japan for
possession of the guiana islet The cap
tain will probably Immediately begin side
negotiations for IL settlement upon a cash
basis
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

Norway's reception to Syerdrup. de-
spite the fact that he has returned with
out the pole, is evidence that the Nor
wegians have higher regard for scien-
tiic discoveries than for mere pole hunt
ing, and is in strong contrast with the
rather informal return of Peary.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

A revenue officer's statement that reno
waited butter, which in his opinion is in
ferior to oleomargarine, is taking the
place of the latter product. seems to be
convincing evidence that there is room
for wholesome butter substitute. People
wouldn't eat renovated axle grease if
they could afford to eat butter.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

With the reported rich deposits of
nitrates in Death valley, and with water
power galore to get nitrate from the air,
as is being done at the Niagara Falls
power plant, California will be fortunate
ly situated in regard to fertilizer for her
irrigated lands,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

Rear-Admiral Bradford's forehanded,
ness in providing the navy with coal re.
calls his similar action in rushing coal to
the Orient for Dewey's fleet. There was
never more alert official at the head Of
the bureau of equipment and repairs.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

Every volcano with a reputation q
maintain is acting in way 70 suggest the
warning, Watch my smoke"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11
Britain's South African Army.

The official census of Great Britain
army IN South Africa, from the beginAlDs
70 the end of the war gives the huge "
tai OF 4IS, 435 officers and men.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

When Bob Evans goes up the Yang
Use river, the Boxers will have TO look
out for their top hais~
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

SPANS recognition Of Cuba is more
prompt than was her enforced recoguj-
ton Of Cuba's needs prior to 1898.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

Money is tight in Zion also: and Zion
has no treasury to help the pinch over
the center
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

in SOME German cities it is custom
airy to fee street ear conductors, who are
thus enabled TO add from 81 to SO a
month to their income
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

J. p. Morgan isn't afraid to grease his
hands; he is taking hold Of California Oh
properties
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

Emperor William has joined the yachts
men who started out as cruisers. but
brought up with a craze for speed. 1t is
said that he intends to order new racer
from the Herreshoff yards. at Bristol.
Emperors are only human.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

Forty millions profit on an investment
of $25, 100000 by the United States Stee
Corporation underwriting syndicate cs.
tablishes a high water mark of earn.
ings' that even the coal inagnate Will
despair of ever reaching.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

In thanking the judge who sentenced
him to a twelveyear term in prison, the
Muskegon insurance agent showed an APP
probation of small favors that does not
comport with his past judgment as to
the size of stealngS.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

The proposed generosity Of the prce;-
dents Of the coal roads to the New York
poor has the CLINT Of conscience money. %
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

With such commissions to be won as
the S12,5O0,000 he received for organizing
the International Steamship Company.
even Mr.. Morsan's critics will find IT
hard to blame him for trying to combine
everything in sight
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

The report to Europe by the Grand
Duke Boris that there is no room for
idlers in America will be refuted by the
hotelkeepers, who have rooms to spare
for foreign big-wigs with money to spend
for travel
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

IApton's proposed voyage in an air
ship will afford fresh proof of his cour-
age; but man who challenges three
times in succession for the America $
"up doesn't have to go up in the air
10 advertise his grit.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

The battleship Wisconsin's run OF 1877
knots in thirteen days is n proud achieve
ment for ship of her class. She had
10 average ten and one-half knots an
hour throughout her fast voyage down
the coast
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

In his enthusiasm as an entomoloeist
Charles Rothschid is running the risl
OF being accused of getting up nc!
trust
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11

Corbett and Jeffries are to meet again
IN the ring, as forcibly as possible. 1t
Will be another case of agility against
steam-hammer punching with the settle
ment resulting from the latter.