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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-12
REQUIRES SPECIAL ASSESSOR.
Speaker BowIes' Bill Went Through
by Unanimous Consent.

ny Ot0tsiHtCGS SOftSSnt.
Guthrie, O. T., Feb. u.-By a unani-
nous vote Speaker Bowle's bill. to sub
ject property TO taxation located and be-
ing in unorgan;zed counties attached to
organized counties for judicial purposes,
passed in the house this afternoon. 1t
provides that all real and personal pro-
perty kept in unorganized counties shall
be listed and assessed by the said organ
ized county and the taxes collected to be
used for all purposes. y special assessor
Is to be appointed to assess this property.
The provisions relative to taxation are
similar to the present law applying to
organized counties
Many Bills introduced.
Frome present indications the food OF
bills that is pouring into the house daily
viii continue until the end of the ses-
sion. These bills cover about everything
that can he legislated on. and on the last
night of the session there win be many
a measure that had never been reported
upon, necessitating some hurried legisla-
ton on the part of the assembly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-12

shorter than he ever
felt. Stimulants are
the stilts of the stom-
ach. They make a
man feel better for the
time being, but he
feels a great deal worse
for them afterward.
! The need of the man
wv Il o Sc stomach is
'rweakn is not stimu-
lation but strength.
DR.. Pierce's Golden
NJ e dical Discovery
perfectly answers that
need. 1t cures the dis
eases of the digestive
and nutritive system
which make the storn-
ach "weak." It en-
ables the digestion and
assimilation of food, so
that the body receives
the nutrition on which
depends its strength.
II took two bottles OF
DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery for stomach
trouble = writes Clarence
CarncS. ESQ. Taylorstowu.
Lo1dcrn Co. Va. ut did
me 80 much good that /
didn't take any more. I
can eat most ANYTHING
NOW I ---s <, r.-aft -@ta,1..a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-12
MANY Bills introduced.
Ss0UaacnS On SliIlS.

The man who puts on stilts does not in
crease his actual stature by the breadth of
hair. He feels taller while he's on the
stlts, and when he's off them he feels
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-12

The members Of the legislature had a
splendid time and If legislation comes
slow this week, Oklahoma City people are
to be blamed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-12

Three doses of Hoods Sarsaparilla
daily after meals for a while will build
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

Therefore, to thee this night
will no requiem raise.
But watt thee on thy fight,
With a Paean of old days.
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

x TUST see those people picking up
tin cans, John" said Mrs.
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cestors were buried. he was placed In
an open grave in lot 81. by the side OF
David Poe. his grandfather. the Revo-
lutionary patriot. The committal service
was read by the Rev. w d. GLENN, a
distant relative Of Virginia GLENN.
Eyen in death the silence he craved was
denied him. for the noises OF the city
surge outside the gates. but they do not
mar the peace of the grave.
In after years. the monument provided
by the family being destroyed. Miss Sara
Sigourney Rice. principal OF the Western
Female High School. having her sym
pathies aroused by his neglected grave,
collected funds for a small monument.
under which he was reinterred with vir-
ginia and Mrs. Clemm. with imposing
ceremonies and in the presence of a
large crowd. in 1875.
Poor Edgar Poe." the world saws.
How poor? The rewards. the pleasures
of genius lie in the soul OF genius itself:
what does ii matter what the world
thinks? Its after-remorse is enough
The Washington times., 1903-07-05
LAW OF THE CONSERVATION
OF ENERGY IN LARGE CITIES

and the sheets OF tin are Strengthened
and bound into bundles They are sold
wonderful to say-to the trunkmak
ers. who re-enforee the corners Of sara
togas with them. So that the can from
which Mrs. Wigs ate her tomatoes re-
appears in social circles as the guard
ian OF Mrs. Chatfeld ChatHeld- -Taylor's
trunk. at Naples or the German spas
Buttonmakers buy the strips OF tin
aud use them for the discs out of which
cloth covered buttons are made. Thus.
Gotrox may wear upon his silk-lined
Prince Albert the very tin which Dusty
Rhodes cast aside as he passed the
ash heap.
The other machine made cans are
loaded into carts and taken TO the
"cupola," which IS a big furnace. fed
with cans aud coke by turns. When the
tin is heated TO liquid form and the
Stag skinned on. the metal is poured
off into molds in the form of weights
These weights are round and smooth.
and, when broken OF. show crystals ra-
dating like the spOkes OF a wheel.
The next time you ride in an eleYa-
tor. my dear said old Glennan think
how many people beside the lift-boy
have worked 20 take you TO the bargain
floor"
My dear John: why do you tell me
such things? Good gracious, how very
eoarse!"
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

University Hospital. now the Church
Home. on North Broadway. For over
three days the doctors worked unavail-
ingly TO at least restore him to con-
sciousness. but in vain. The case was
diagnosed as drug poisoning and ex-
posure, and combined with a weak heart,
proved fatal. On Sunday morning, Octo-
Der :. as the Angelus was ringing all
over the city. his soul passed with the
music of the bells out into the surgIng
sea of death Followed to the end by
his attendant guardian, his last words
have been reported, how accurately
cannot say. Would to God someone
would blow my damned brains out"
The following day little funeral train
went through the city OF Baltimore. No
one turned to look after it. and yet it
was the Monumental City's most gifted
son thus going TO his long rest. Not 2
bell tolled. except perhaps those bells
of fancy he had immortalized. Reaching
Westminster churchyard. where his an
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in one Of those periodical visits to Bal
timore after the death of Virginia. when,
with an Unborn love OF the Maryland
city, he would return TO the Joy haunted
retreats of youth and manhood. The
house where this famous poem was
written still stands, and a visit 10 it
last week awoke many "reminiscences
from its occupants. Judge Guiles, who
was Poe's host that memorable night,
when the wild, resonant music OF the
sleighbells awoke like music in the
poets heart, is dead. The room Poe
quilted so quietly after the divine fire
left him is still utilized as a law office.
and, strange to say. is occupied by the
granddaughter of Judge Guiles, A. Parlett
Lloyd, a pension attorney Of Baltimore
Near Hollingsford Street on Pratt
Street it was not difhcult to locate the
oyster shop of Widow Meagher's, where
the prize story, The Gold Bug" was
written on top of an oyster barrel for
desk and with the noises OF outgoing and
incoming customers powerIess to disturb
the sublime flow of Poe's inspiration.
True to tradition, the place is still
groggery but how surprised the present
habitues would probably be if they knew
who had preceded them in frequenting
the quaint tavern. The circumstances Of
the drugging OF Poe have ever been
shrouded in mystery. No one could tell
them but Poe himself and members OF
the Plug Uglies gang. They were mem
bers of a secret society aud their lips
were therefore sealed. The poet never
regained consciousness long enough to
men have no value. for in all proba-
bility they were not thought of until
after years had rendered any story
plausible. Family tradition and records,
| however, have this authentic version Of
the finding of Poe on the right OF Octo-
Der 3. 1S49:
poet. was passing down Baltimore Street
on the night of the Sd Of October. when
he saw lying under the steps of the old
Baltimore Museum. corner OF Baltimore
and Calvert Streets. a man in what he
thought was drunken stupor. II was
| election night. and his first thought was,
that It was someone overcome with the
Indulgence of the day. Pity for the un-
fortunate caused him TO bend over the
man. when TO his amazement he saw
IT was his cousin. Edgar. Quickly send
ing a messenger 10 Neilsbn Poe. another
cousin. who lived near. he took a cur
riage. and placing the still unconscious
poet in 1t took him to the Washington
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afterward asserted that she had to pro-
house is now utilized as a German drink
ing saloon. and this spot where lovers
of The Raven" and The Bells" should
worship and revere is now desecrated by
the clinking of beer glasses and the
hilarity of their devotees. Boston saws
Poe was born in that city on that event
full night which meant much for Amerl-
can literature. But the Hub of the
Universe" must grant that many a poet
has never breathed the combined fra
grance OF cod and salt air from her
classic back bay.
The infant Edgar was seen by mem
bers of the Poe family when he was but
a day and half old. and on such occa-
sions grandmothers and aunts are not
apt TO be mistaken. There is every
proof Of his Baltimore birth. The
Baltimore Sun" in commenting on his
death, says: Mr. Poe, we believe, was a
native Of this town CBaltimore). There
seems to have been no question of TT
during his lifetime; it only arose when
his fame was assured and other cities
awaking to realization OF his merit. de-
manded a share Of the spoIls. The worth
knows the history OF his life until his
tragic death. He was not as much q
victim of drink as a victim of circum-
stance Old friends and neiRhbors.
mother-in-law, teachers and boybood
and college mates have refuted this
fabrication. There is a legend in our
family that stimulant In the Hgbtest
form would excite him and act almost
instantly on-his nerves. A cup OF cof-
fee has been known 10 have the effect of
liquor. His Raven" was not written
while in the madness OF delirium trem-
ems. No, delirium tremens does not have
that effect; II 1t did, how many poets of
nowadays would gladly indulge in fiery
liquors in the effort to also write a
Raven or an equal masterpiece.
Addicted TO the use OF liquor he may
bave been, but he was not known as a
drunkard during his lifetime. To be un-
fortunate is not to be evil. To my mind
the quality OF evil is never to be applied
TO the unfortunate. Their actions are
beyond their own volition. They, too,
would be honorable, but physical crav-
ing denies them this privilege. Crime
is a moral starvation that should be
nursed and fed until the spirit, reborn
into life. casts away the crust OF crime
and grasps the loaf of rectitude.
The Bells that haunting bit of word
melody, was not the inspiration of Mrs.
Whitman. but Baltimore poem written
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tribute to genius. +Oh. if he would re-
turn We would recognize his greatness
But the answer comes true to humanity
as ever. ''Ye have Moses and the proDh-
cts, how would you believe one who
returned from the dead?'' The manu-
scripts Of Edgar Allan Poe. sold for mere
Fittances. are ye-itable gold mines 10
their present fortunate owners. the fam
lily who disowned his father are proud
TO claim his son. and the liteTati of this
and foreign countries have no nesitaRcy
in ranking him as one OF the American
ImmOrtals."
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

~ TUST see those people picking up
tin cans, john" said Mrs
GIennan. who was a We're de
We're. II wonder why they do it2''
The big sixty-horse- power Mors car
was sweeping on past one of the large
dumps" where the ashes of the city's
fres are thrown. Those people will
sell the cans to old rag and bone men.
who in turn pass them on to large fac
tories IN New York. There the tin
cans are made into-you'd never guess
il. my dear-weights for elevators and
window sashes," said old Glennan. who
started In life as a newsboy and is a
graduate OF the University of Hard
Knocks.
Mr.. GIennan is right. even though what
he says sounds suspiciously like
fairy tale. Tin cans are put 20 other
purposes besides quick lunches for
goats and persuaders for the lnckless
small dog When the cans are deliver
ed at the foundry they are piled up
under hood OF iron. which tapers
into a chimney. They are then
sprinkled with oil. and set anre- The
heat consumes the labels, iOsens the
dirt, and melts the soldering. The Sold
ering is collected. washed, melted again,
and cast into ingots which ere sold
Some cans have Tapped joints and melt
apart completely. These are sorted out
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

IT He malevolent spirit of destiny.
which keeps watch and ward over
the ways of human genius, was
the tutelary angel OF Edgar Allan Poe
from the cradle TO the grave. Every
where he turned there was the iron de-
cree which, while separating him from
the mass. rendered him misersbly un-
happy. Never was man more blessed (7)
with biographers. who were in the ma
jority of cases self-appointed. than Ed
gar Allan Poe. And each with hardly
an exception has been guilty of minor OF
major misstatements. From Griswold to
Harrison. they either make the odd
statement that the place OF birth or
lineage is immateriaI 20 the poetic
makeup. or say with a hidden air OF
apology that Poe's grandfather was a
Virginia wheelwright who ground out the
very wheels that Edgar is credited with
carrying in his head.
Now, with our friend Bobbie Burns. IL
rank" and even less about the guinea
stamp. "A mans a man for a that. -
But no one will deny. least OF all IN
these days of Daughters OF the American
Revolution and feverish search into the
graves and secrets OF our forefathers,
the virtue of having ancestors who,
from the common ground of the people
performed some act that elevated them
to posts above their fellows: for that
is how the primitive titles and names
were earned-by sheer merit.
The name Poe, which is an American
corruption Of De La Poer. or lie Poer. is
an old Italian one. antedating the name
of the River Po. which followed the an
cient spelling OF the family It was named
for. The family. like other Anglo Nor
man settlers in Ireland. passed through
Normandy from Italy. and thence
through England and Wales into ireland
where for a long period they retained
hereditary Italian traits. Descendants
of the family were found in Ireland as
early as 1927, but now the name was I'm
Gallic form-Le Poer. Where was Edgar
Poe born? I have been shown the house
in Norfolk, Va, where he came into the
world. Bostonians have assured me
with an awful emphasis that his first
worldly home was in their quaint town
but. as a matter of fact. Maryland. not
Massachusetts, or Virginia. can Justly
claim the weird poet Of the night, as
her own.
In January. 1909. the Hopkins Theat-
ricaI Company. Of which the poets
parents were members, was filling an
engagement at the Holiday Street The
ater, Baltimore. a famous playhouse.
where the best talent Of the early part
of the nineteenth century performed. and
which was the first theater in the Unite i
States TO be lighted by gas. On the
evening OF the ninteenth of the month,
Edgar, the second child of David and
Elizabeth Poe. was born in a boarding
house at No. Front Street, Baltimore,
two doors from the shot tower The
Dlace was kept by a Mrs. Beard, who
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

How shall the burial rite be read?
The solemn song be sung?
The requiem for the loveliest dead,
That ever died so young?
Her friends are gazing on her.
And on her gaudy bier.
And weep,-ohl 10 dishonor
Dead beauty with a teari
They loved her for her wealth
And they hated her for her pride
But she grew in feeble health,
And they love her-that she died.
They tell me Cwhile they speak
or her costly 'broider'd pall'D
That my voice is growing weak
That l should not sing at all
Or that my tone should be
Tuned TO such solemn song
So mournfully-so mournfully,
That the dead may feel no wrong.
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

His Birthplace dndthe Non
ner Of His Sad DeOth.
Traditions That Prove
Him TO Have Been the
Victim OF Circumstances.
His Verse" "The
Bells" Written During a
Visit 10 Baltimore. :. :.
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A P4AN :. Blu EDGAR ALLAN POE:

But she is gone above.
With young Hope at her side
And 1 am drunk with love
OF the dead, who is my BRIDE
OF the dead-dead who lies
All perfumed there.
With the death upon her eyes.
And the life upon her hair
Thus on the coffin loud and long
I strike-the murmur sent
Through the gray chambers 10 my song.
Shall be the accompaniment.
Thou diedst in thy life's June
But thou didst not die too fair;
Thou didst not die too soon.
Nor with too calm an air.
From more than friends on earth.
Thy life and love are riven.
To Join the untainted mirth
OF more than thrones in heaven
hee this night
iiem raise.
on thy fight,
In of old days.
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

Head OF an Oyster BGrrel
Used as q Desk Upon
Which Was Indifed fhe
Great Puzzle StOry of
The Gold Bug" Bur
led Beside His GrOndtQ-
therin the ChurChyqrd at
Westminster. :. :.
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

BY ELIZABETH ELLICoTT POE.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-21

"Away over on the east side Of the
city," said a New Yorker, 'lies the
shop OF q well known butcher, who
rejoices in the euphonious and sug-
gestive name Of -Four Cent Miller
He sells meat in smallest quantity to
his customers. and, as the coin of the
realm in that locality is principally
conspicuous by It's absence, there is
.c constant effort to beat him down in
price. The other day Miller and a
would be customer all but came TO
blows over a pound or so of pork chops,
and the discussion finally eliminated
10 Miller irately demanding:
"'Wen, why don't you go to Smith
"a rival butchep If you can get them
cheaperP
"'Because,' explained the customer,
Smith hasn't got any,
"'Ohr said Miller, is that so? Well,
when I haven't got any my price will
be cents, too, but while have they
cost Z cents. Seer
1.-THE customer saw and purchased"
New York Tribune.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-21

The Emperor Joseph H. was in the
habit of walking about incogpito. One
morning he went into coffee shop
and asked for a cup of chocolate.
He was plainly dressed and the wait
ers, being ignorant of his rank. III
solenly refused it, saying it was too
early.
Without making any reply be
walked out and went into a little cof-
fee house hard by aad asked for a
cup Of chocolate. The landlord an
swered that 1t should be ready in n
moment
While lie waited for It he walked
up and down and was conversing on
different subjects when the landlords
daughter, a very pretty girl, made
her appearance
The emperor wished her good day
and observed TO her father that it was
high time flower in fun bloom
should marry before 1t faded.
"Ah." replied the honest old man,
"if l had but a thousand crowns l
could marry her TO a fine young man
who is very fond Of her. But, sir.
the chocolate IS ready"
The emperor called for a pen, ink
and paper. The girl ran to fetch them,
when he gave her an order on his
banker for the thousand crowns.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-21
A NoTARLR sTATE PApER.

The annual message delivered to the
legislature by Governor La Toilette, is
presented to CENSOR readers in full TO-
day The message is notable in several
particulars directness, courage, its
length and good reading qualities.
From the very nature of things the peo-
pie expected much in this second official
reminder to the legislature, and the
reader VIII not be disappointed in what
he says or the emphasis Of the saying
1t deals with almost every phase OF
state government and outlines policies
which the governor believes are for the
welfare of the people of the common
wealth. The governor reafiirms his adj
hesion to the principle Of primary cleo
ton and fortifies his position with evil
dence calculated TO convince But the
subject that claimed large share of
thought and attention Of the executive
deals with railroad taxation and the
manner Of arriving at just share Of
the burden of government by the pub
icservice corporations He says in so
many words that the railways Of the
state are escaping a million dollars nf
their proportion of tax, and that t-o
people are going to collect it, and I'll ere
is no escaping the demand; that the
people will never cease agitation till
this is righted. In this connection the
governor argues that this matter is hard
of accomplishment except railroad
power be curbed by a supervising com
mission such as iowa, Illinois and other
states possess. He enters exhaustively
into an alleged expose Of manifest unfair
determinations made against Wiscon-
sin prod Icers as compared with Iowa,
Illinois and Minnesota, and declares
chat these advantages held by neighbor-
ing stat's is because they have state
control of the re lagement of railways
so far as fixing rates and other super
visory power The governor comedies
with the state tax commission, that
the principle Of railway taxation should
be changed to the advalorem basis, in
stead of paying as they now do, four
per cent on their gross earnings 1t is
a big subject and the corporations have
their very ablest talent preparing briefs
to ccunteract the conclusion of the
commission and the recommendations
of the executive.
The message is so exhaustive in the
treatment Of state affairs that the CEN
soR urges upon every reader thorough
study of the same. 1t willnot now be said
Of Governor La Toilette that he at
tempts to escape any of the important
matters pertaining to state government,
or that his message is - any sezse Gicta
torial The member of tine legislature
who makes this charge simply seeks to
shift RESP onsibIity and a convenient de-
sire TO repudiase his obligation to his
party and the people. There may be
honest room to differ on these matters,
but there is no occasion to charge insin.
certify on part of an upright and able
governor.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-21
THE POWER OF cONFISCATIoN.

Racine Journal If railways on the
ground of necessity confscate coal of
their customers enroute; if great corpor-
atoms confiscate passing coal cars upon
the same ground, the argument is con.
vincing that the government may in
turn confiscate all sources of coal supply
and operate for the welfare of the REQ
pie since those most concerned Lave
someway failed to supply the needs of
the people. If congress deems it neces-
sary there is no question of the inherent
power of the government in the interests
of the order, of the necessities of the
people, to talks charge The next strike
that occurs at coal mines let either state
or national authority step in and con-
duct operations, actual mining, and
meanwhile the operator and miners can
do their arbitrating When they agree
then the government can step aside and
things proceed as before. The beauty
of this proceeding will be that the actu-
al mining of coal has proceeded right
along.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-21

In the vast and almost unknown in-
terror of Alaska the climate is arctic.
The winter is of eight months dura-
ton, dry and, excepting certain re-
stricted localities, entirely free from
wind. The temperature descends as
low as so degrees, with mean of per-
haps 40 degrees. Ice forms in the
rivers and lakes to thickness Of
eight feet and more. Summer extends
over four months. During its earliest
month high winds preTaiL The bal
ance Of this short season is mild and
the temperature pleasant, rarely ex-
ceeding sc degrees. The snow and rain
annually preclpItated is about 1913
lnches.-EIR.