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New-York tribune., 1904-08-14
AMERICAN MUSIC.
DIR. ELson's Attempt to Write q
History of It

THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN MUSIC. BY
Louis c.. Elson. With twelve full page photo
gravureS and 102 illustrations in the text Imp.
SvO, pp xiii $50. The Macmillan Company
This stately volume Is the second in a series OF
books in which the editor. John c. Van Dyke.
has planned to bring together ''the materials
for a history OF American art" II contains a
considerable mass of material bearing on varf-
Gus aspects of musical culture in the United
States. but we shall have to give a new meaning
to the word history before admit thar
it justfes fully it's proud title There are It is
true, chapters of history in the book. but there
are also many which would better be described
as pleasant and instructive discussion OF tran
sient musical topics The editor seems to have
appreciated this fact. for in his predatory nots
New-York tribune., 1904-08-14
Gbe Nelut2lork GJribmtrs.
SUNDAY. AUGUST Il. 1904.
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.

A writer in 1.-THE Quarterly" who has promptly
been taken for Andrew Lang, praises Conan
Doyle because he is an unaffected writer and
docs not pass hours in hunting for lie mot
prOpre.'" The critic incidentally tosses brick
at "the prigs who. having nothing that deserves
TO be said, say II In style which standeth in
an utterly false following Of George Meredith"
In "MacmiIlan's" we find Mr.. II. @. hacDowan
speaking of the unself consciousness OF Haw-
thOrne's style as its first charm. "He has some
thing TO say and he is concerned to say IL
lucidy and efrectually. but his words are In
tent on no mission OF their own" The result Is
that fresh and shining simplicity of which
generation who has studied Flaubert and Pater
and Stevenson almost too ardently has lost the
delightful secret" Now, the interest OF these
two pronouncements lies chiefly in the fact that
they should have been made at all Slowly but
steadily literature is coming into her own again
Readers have been getting tired OF preciosity
in style. OF tawdry fiction and Of the mess OF
personalities which is constantly being served
up in some quarters in lien of criticism OF this
or that author. Long devoted to the castigation
of these and similar literary Yagaries we
always rejoice to quote what our colleagues In
the fight have TO say in support OF a high stand
ard
New-York tribune., 1904-08-14
THE ROSE TREE.

planted it-ah, long ago
The rose tree meath my window sill;
Through happier years watched it grow.
haunt of happy song birds still
Song birds, your tender, joyous lays
Sing me, for PHYS sake, no more;
He whom / loved in happier days
Is sailing to a distant shore.
JIe for the wealth of lands DER sea
Has fed from love. and ventures all,
Seeking for happiness-ah! me
That lay unheeded at his call
Swallows that journey far away.
Yet e'er return when spring is near,
Be my true messengers to say
That l await him year by year.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-14
WHISTLER.
Il French Viezo of His Life and
achievements.

Historic DE J. MN WHISTLER EFT DE SON
OGUVRE Par Theodore Duret Ilustre. Quarto.
PIP. 213 Paris: IL. Floury.
The merit of this book resides not simply IN
what NJ. Duret has to say, but in his way of
saying it. Since WhistIers death his admirers in
many quarters have threatened to exhaust the
language of Iaudation In telling the world what
they think of him NJ Duret is no grudging cele-
New-York tribune., 1904-08-14

The publisher OF n new series OF cheap re-
prints of the classics announces in his prOspec-
tus Buffers Analogy" and the "Medtations"
of Marcus Aurelius. WhereupOn one Of his crit
les protests that he cannot imagine that these
books are really wanted in cheap form. us
there any man or woman living" he asks "WhO
wants to buy them who would not also prefer
to have them in large type and in Il good solid
binding for the library shelf?' There are read
erS who want books of this sort well printed
and bound, and at the same time, being poor,
are glad to be able to get them for trifing
sum. But we wonder If the inclusion of certain
classics in every series OF inexpensive reprints
is not due more to a kind OF superstition than to
Il deliberate recognition of a public need. At
all events there is something rather drOII in the
manner in which the editors of these pubica-
tiOns invariably start off with much the same
material. They battcn on Marcus Aurelius as
though the world were simply clamoring for
his philosophy. They have the same eager con-
fdence in the usefulness Of 1.-The Pilgrims
Progress" 'Fhe Vicar of Wakefield '"The
Sentimental Journey and so on. Far be it
from us to complain of their industry in re-
printing the Indispensable things. But why
they should adhere so rigidly to the beaten
track it LIS impossible to see
New-York tribune., 1904-08-14

Some years ago IL occurred to many writer's
of fiction In this country that the thing 10 do
was to exploit the nursery. Editors and pub
fishers fell joyously in with the idea, and the
study in pap Immediately became a recognized
form OF popular literature. We have believed
all along that the step from twitter about chill
dren to twitter by the children themselves
would In due course be taken. and we have not
been disappointed. A volume has been made
up of the poems of an American child, with a
portrait of her and fac-simile of her manu-
script. Also there is an Introduction by a liter
airy gentleman The child began TO write at
seven; she is now eleven. Her literary friend
quotes one of her letters. in which she says,
You know that l really have a great wish 10
do something wonderful. l don't mean that
want to be greater than any one, such as
Shakespeare, Shelley or Hawthorne" The
words are italcised by the friend aforesaid be
cause, he says, they are almost uncanny with
purpose and the sense Of vocation, written as
they are in a baby's pothook' hand" In
England n little girl OF twelve has turned up
with poctical aspirations, and she also has
found her way into print Says one OF her re
viewers, "Onc would think that some woman's
heart, touched by n tragedy Of love or death,
had conceived these verses, which sometimes
ring with such mOurnful cadence, and sing of
hopes built upon faith and trial" Her mother
has painted a picture called Genius and the
Child" in which the little poet is shown stand
ing the seashore, gazing into the eyes of
lOns-hared sphinxlike creature. OF course the
picture has been published, with the lines writ
ten fer it by the child The lines are quite un-
important as are all those of both these
prOdi9ieS that we have seen. We await the in
spired mewlings of Master Marmaduke Popjoy.
aged three years and five months with resigna-
ton.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19
Acuuirinq a Specimen.

Mrs. Franklin had always spoken
her mind. and she intended to do it
as long as the gift of speech was
spared her. Her children and grand
children knew her habit. and found
It not always cheering.
I'D like to have you tell me what
induced Edith to fall in love with that
young man ! saw last night for the
first time" said the old lady to one OF
her daughters.
81 think she was attracted to him
ut first because he's such an athletic
fellow and such a splendid swimmer"
The mother of Edith ventured feebly,
after a moments casting about in her
mind for a satisfactory answer.
"Humph" snorted. Mrs. Franklin.
Which does she propose to keep him
N after she's married him-a gymna-
stun or an aquarium?'
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19

has been occupied by generation after
generation of the Williams family.
II was built about the year 1850,
and it was for many years the hone
of Stephen Williams, who was one Of
the many tanners who have lived in
Roxbury. The house was sold to
Samuel Walker about eighty years
ago, and he spent a large sum Of
money in identifying the then exten-
sive grounds. He was one of the most
noted horticulturists of his day. He
died in the old house in December,
1850.
The house of the Apostle" Eliot
stood Immediately in the rear of the
building now occupied by the Peoples
National bank. Eliot owned here a
small estate of two and One-half acres
of ground and a house of two stories,
with a gambrel roof. He did the most
remarkable work among the Indians
of any man that ever came to New
England. He accomplished after
twelve years of hard labor, the great
task of translating the Bible into the
Indian tongue, and Cotton Mather de-
clared that Eliot writ the whole with
but one pen" This was the first
Bible printed on this continent, and
copies of it are so rare that they are
worth thousands of dollars.
Many thousands of visitors to RoX-
bury on the 18th of June, on the oc-
casion of the dedication of the beauti-
full monument to Gen. Joseph Warren,
noticed the deliberately decorated old
house on Warren street, a short dis
lance from Dudley. This is the Mead
houGe, known to many as the old Tur-
ner house, and it is said to be the old
est house in RoXbury, having been
built in 1858.
The homestead of Gen. Joseph War
rem was in by-gone days one of the
most attractive places in RoXbury. 1t
contained originally seven acres. and
It came into the possession of the
grandfather of Gen. Warren as long
ago as 1857. The house in which Gen.
Warren was born was built in 1920,
ar, the stone house now standing on
the site of the old house was built in
1916. The entire estate could not be
sold for $1,000 in the year 1888, and
people thought it was case of enor-
mously inflated value when it was
sold for $4,000 at auction.
Roxbury has many other old houses
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The exact date of the founding Of
the town of Roxbury, Mass, is mat
ter of some doubt, but it is certain
that it was founded as early as the
10th of July in the year 1880. for the
Town Book shows that one Griffin
Craft was born there on that day. No
doubt he was the first child born in
the town. The founders of the town
were many of them from London.
while a few were from the west of
England.
From the time of it's founding down
to the present day there have been
Crafts, Parkers. Heaths, Seavers,
YIELDS and Paysons in Roxbury. The
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19
STORIET1Es

I'VE Southern men" said Joe
Blackburn, often look at pretty wo.
man much as we would at a picture.
admiringly, courteously, but never i'm.
pertinently. 1t was in this wav that
l, not long ago, rested my orbs upon
very handsome young Woman who
was walking up and down the plat.
form at the station at WASHINGTON
waiting for the train. Soon she trrned
and saw me. Rubber she exclaimed,
and shrugged her shoulders with
trown. | took off my hat. Madam
said |, l beg thousand pardons. I
didn't know that. took the liberty of
admiring you because I thought YOU
were the real thing"
the Democrats were assembled in
State convention at Nashville, and
were engaged in the organization of
the convention. A former member
CT the supreme court, who had partak.
en- quite freely. got the floor, and pro-
ceeded to discuss the questions in
volved in the temporary organization
Naturally his reasoning was not clear,
and one of his friends. in a loud whis-
per, said to him: "Sit down. Judge.
you dom know the difference between
temporary and permanent. You are
drunk" With an effort the Judge
steadied himself, and with fine scorn
replied: "Yesh, I'm drunk Thash
temporary You're ID fool. Thash
! permanent"
Big "Tim" Sullivan. who likes a
clean close shave every day. tells of
| his experience with barbersn Penn.
| sylvania Avenue while he was attend
ing Congress. Mr.. Sullivan went in
to the shop one morning and pposed
comfortably in the chair. For two or
three mornings he had noticed tie bar
Der had been drinking. but he hest.
| tated to speak to him about it. Final
ly the blade of the razor SLIPPED un.
der the surface of the congressman 5
chubby chin. There you idiotw he
shouted, jumping from the chair: now
|
replied the barber, calmly, ut is apt
to make the skin tender"
Ex-Justice Julius Mayer is a Egea,
lover of things that come out Of The
sea, and while in Chicago, attending
the Republican convention, he sowh
to indulge his taste in a well-knwn
restaurant. He ordered little-n,ct
clans, and the colored waiter infom
ed him that they were out of then
The judge thought that. in the abseme
of clans, broiled lobster might 3D.;
but the Holsters likewise were gu
Soft-shelled crabs was his next choid|
but the waiter regretfully informd
him the that the crabs were ais
among the absent. Then why do yo
keep these things on the bill? Hay
| you any shell-fsh at all?" the jude
| demanded. "Only eggs, sah,'' reptile
| the waiter.
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Nearly every time man displays
his temper he loses it.
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Entirely Too Strenuous.

Alfred Henry Lewis, author of ''The
Boss" and THE President" says that
some politicians remind him of dog
about which resident of Tennessee
told him.
This dog" according to his owner,
was an Industrious creature" says Mr..
Lewis, land spent much of his time
digging for groundhogs. Once the dog
started to dig there was no stopping
him, and he threw the dirt as if his
life depended on the record he was
making.
After he had spent three or. four
hours digging for grounding it was
necessary for his owner to get a
spade and spend two hours digging
out the dog."-New York Times.
No lrreverence Intended.
"Ah, Mrs. Fullenwider!" suavely
said Mrs. Judge Stang's middle-aged,
;ub-shaped, red-nosed and em.nently
fortable-looking bachelor brother
:n-law, addressing worthy, but some
what prying matron of the village,
who had dropped in by the back way
to borrow a jelly recipe. and was lin
gering as if still unsatisfed.
Perhaps you noticed that. in
church last Sabbath morning kept
patting time with my foot to the sing:
ing of the choir, and doubtless you
wondered why l did so.
"My action was not due, as you may
have suspected, to irreverence, but
simply my inability to control that
le1t-er-limb of mine ever since
broke it in Chicago. over two years
go. and it was set by a doctor of
music. Pleasant day. isn't it, Mrs.
Tullenwider ?"-New York Tribune
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19
JUST ONE DAY
Free From the sIugser Brought Out
Fact.

Free From the sIugger Brought Out
During the time l was a coffee
drinker," says an Iowa woman, Il was
nervous, had spells with my heart.
smothering spells, headache, stom-
ach trouble. liver and kidney trouble.
did not know for years what made
quently sink away as though my last
hour had come.
For 27 years I suffered thus and
used bottles of medicine enough to set
UP drug store-capsules and pills
and everything l heard Of. Spent
lots of money but l was sick nearly
all the time. Sometimes l was so
nervous / could not hold a plate in
my hands! and other times l thought
I would surely die sitting at the table.
This went on until about two years
ago when one day l did not use any
coffee and noticed was not so nerv-
Gus and told my husband about it.
He had been telling me that it might
be the coffee but | said No, l have
been drinking coffee all my life and
it cannot be- But after this thought
l would try and do without and drink
: hot water. did this for several days.
but got tired Of the hot water and
went to drinking coffee and as soon
as began coffee again was nervous
again. This proved that it was the
coffee that caused my troubles.
I'VE had tried Postum but had not
made it right and did not like it, but
now I decided to give it another trial
so read the directions on the pack
age carefully and made it after these
directions and it was simply delicious,
so we quit coffee for good and the re-
suits are wonderful. Before, could
not sleep but now l go to bed and
sleep sound, am not bit nervous
now, but work hard and can walk
miles. Nervous headaches are gone.
my heart does not bother me any
mere like it did and l don't have any
of the smothering spells and would
you believe it? am getting fat. We
drink Postum now and nothing else
and even my husbands headaches
have disappeared; we both sleep
aound and healthy now and that's a
blessing" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich. ...
Lcok for the book. THE Road to
MELVILLE" in each pkg.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19
Beware of Ointments for Catarrl
that Contain Mercury,

mercury will surely destroy the Of smell
and completely derange the whole system " hen
entering It through the mucous surfaces Such
articles should never be used except ON prescrlp.
will do is ten fold to the good you possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. Cheney Co., Toledo, o.. contains no mer.
curry, and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine 1t is taken Internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio. by +. J. Cheney q Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists Price. 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19
A woman is always pretending that
she never pretends.

There was once a passage at arms
between Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the
eminent woman suffragist, and Hor-
ace Greeley, on the occasion of dis
course by the former on the right Of
women to the ballot. In the midst
of her talk. Greeley interposed, in his
high pitched, falsetto voice: What
would you do in time Of war if you
had the suffrage?" This seemed like
a poser; but the lady had been be-
fore the public too long to be discon-
certed by an unexpected question, and
she promptly replied: Gust what you
have done. Mr. Greeley-stay at home
and urge others to go and fight"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19

names of Dudley, Curtis, Williams and
Grggs are also associated with the
entire history of the town. They are
names that stand for all that is best
in the growth of Roxbury, and no town
in America can show a finer honor
rolf than can this old town.
OF all the names associated with
the history of Roxbury none stand
forth with greater prominence than
that of Eliot, the great apostle to the
Indians. Born at Nasing, England
twenty miles from London, he came to
RoXbury in the year 1852 and became
pa.tor of the church there. The story
Of his ministry of more than half
century is one of the most interesting
in tie religious history of our country.
That RoXbury was not town OF
very rapid growth is known from the
fact that at the close of the war of
the revolution, more than 125 years
after the above description was writ
ten, RoXbury had but 213 dwelling
! houses, 1877 barns. 100 corn houses,
three churches and five schools. Many
WI llS pSoplS VI lIS INV II ia 2
been engaged in tanning, for we are
told that there were at this time eight
ZEN tan houses and slaughter houses.
there was chocolate mill in the
pwn at this time. In the year 1850
IN ne town had 2,226 inhabitants.
lV1t is in part of the ''fayre houses"
the early days of RoXbury that this
dronicle has to deal. The first houses
1.-THE town could not have been very
", TO look upon, Judged by our
len ! standard of beauty. They
b il., all the houses of that time
He Er-Dlgland-of but one story
Nrv sEDteep roofs. and they were
Ec all. and mud or of roughly
h,. They had huge stone
es 1rO-Athe center, and the fire.
rora beof great size. Most of
h,os lad but one room, with
II, ,o1 It above used as sleep
IN .'.'I= some members of the
ker is of the windows were of
On, pastead of glass, and the
were OF SMALL diamond
s5aH Wo1of glass.
f., - out saying that the fur
MAN, lid ,ese first Roxbury homes
W1"kU pie and primitive. None
G,E"M SAoo Ouses built in RoXbury
pem;ing. although there are
INT origin. One of these
HAN My. Shirley house, on Shir-
II This old house is sup
HbovSNEhte been built about the
u n,WAH lost of the material of
Vic ,1Ny composed having been
tbn, TMN OEngland at a very heavy
co. cT4NRd}hirley, who was govern
or .oI M&Ahusetts from the year
h, ollakSAfH.,e was one of the finest
mi tblo, hFSe RoXbury of that day,
ana lofV sin RoXbury and few in
30 NJ received more distin-
Ct. et NH under it's roof. To
; tn, ~ az psi Ne Washington, Lafay-
ett o F1f. 4end John Adams. Gov
Snt 5y i Wined in a very lavish
wa ~ y uNVMs sion was made bar
racso. foTAHFMEldiers in IT'S, and at
the oseb, Hkwar of the revolution
the.o louise IL Nme the property of
Ma ,'teadd Mas one of the leading
pol 1ans Rbury.
Qu|fAdam Henry Clay
DAY. Web Aaron Burr and John
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19
Monument to Verestchauin.

Verestchagin is to be honored at
St. Petersburg by the erection of a
monument to him; it's site is to be in
'front.' of the Academy of Arts. Some
Il his friends are also making ar
engagements for an exposition of his
est pictures, which is to be held sue
'essively in the leading cities Of
UrOre.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19

A foul ball, glancing from the bat.
struck Grove Thomas over the heart;
he reeled and fell on his face, and in
half an hour was dead. He was the
catcher of the Babcock baseball team
Of Johnstown, Pa.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections OF the throat and lungS.-WM.
O. ENDsLEY, Nanburen. Ind, Feb. 10, 1900
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19
A man may mind his own business
and still be narrow-minded.
TO HOUSEkEEPERS.

In another part of this paper will
be found a remarkably liberal offer to
women made by J. c. Hubinger Co.,,
Keokuk, la. This firm is thoroughly
reliable in every way, and those who
know the value of dollar will do well
to take advantage of the offer.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19

In New Orleans is nunnery, all the
inmates Of which are colored. At
present sixty-eight nuns are sheltered
there.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19

Mrs. vVlnslow's Soothing Syrup.
fammation ellays pain cures wind collie Csc bottle.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19

Defiance Starch Is put up 16 ounces
in a package, 10 cents. One-third
more starch for the same money.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19
The Williams House.

rich in historical associations and
,uil record of them would fill many
pages of this paper. No suburb Of
Boston has more interesting history
nor more interesting landmarks.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-19

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