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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12
The Graves of Charles and Mary Laml

The Graves of Charles and Mary Lamb.
 Another Sunday afternoon was de- voted to a pious pilgrimage to the grave of Charles Lamb, at Edmonton. AS usual, nobody at Edmonton knew anything. The churchyard is not a small one, and 1t is entirely filled. The sexton and the grave-digger, and the few persons wandering about, could give no information; most of them had never heard of MT. Lamb" and the sacred spot could not be found. Natu- rally, application was made to the Rector; and as he left the vestry- door, after service, leaning on the arm of a pretty young woman, I approached him. raised my hat, and asked politely if he could tell where Charles and Mary Lamb were resting. Really, he could not say! And I, forgetting the day, the place, and his sacred oflce, damned that Rector for his criminal ignorance. My man." I said, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. In your care have been placed the ashes of one of the foremost figures in the whole history of English Letters. And you don't know where they are! They have made your churchyard and your parish distinguished all the world over. I have come three thousand miles to visit Charles Lambs grave. and you, the Rector of the Church. don't know where it is! You ought to be heartily asham- ed of yourself And I turned upon my heel and left him standing there, speeches. and confounded.
 Never before, perhaps, since the days of Cromwell. was English priest so spoken to. at the porch of his own church. Half an hour latef. while the stranger was still groping about in the twilight, stumbling over the mounds in which the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep, searching in vain for the resting place upon the lap of earth of one poor youth unknown to fortune, but we'll known to fame, the Rector approached him, took off his own hat, and said: T am heartily ashamed of myself. and if you will step this way I will show you what you have come so far to see. Let me assure you that no one will ever &C., cuse me of such ignorance again!'- Laurence Hutton, In the February Critic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12
NEW BOOK NEWS
CONDUCTED BY MARTHA YOUNG

who had revolted against the trade monopoly of the Dutch West India Company, 1t was the center of trade 250 years ago. The canal system, on which were reared so many of New York's fortunes, was instituted here. From here was run the first train over the primitive Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, the first link of what is now the New York Central Railway system. Schenectady means beyond the pine plains"
 It was the scene of a terrible mas sacre by Indians and French from Mon- treal in 1890, in which 62 white set tiers were killed, while every house in the village, except two were burned.
 The book Is full of anecdotes of the old families of this town and region, the Glen-Soudees. Duane, Featherston- baugh, North, Toll, Vrooman, Scher- merhom and others. The book is ann ply Illustrated.
 Shakespeare-A Syllabus of Twelve Lectures. by Eduard Howard Griggs. This Is a pamphlet of forty pages. con- taining a digest of the authors lec- lures. Professor Griggs endeavors to trace the unfolding and development of the great dramatist's view of human life through the medium of twelve plays chosen to typify the various epochs of Shakespeare's genius. Each summary is followed by questions headed: Topics for Study and Dis cussion." A list of books which the author deems most important for ref erence and collateral reading. Is ap- pended.
 Red Cap Tales, Stolen from the Treas ure Chest of the Wizard of the North. Which Theft is Humbly Acknowledged by S. R. Crockett. MT. Crockett knew four children who would not read Scott. Being unwilling that these four children should miss the stories that have delighted the world so long MT. Crockett gathered these children to- gether and told them the stories of Scotts words, in short and simple style. The children became so won over by this telling of the tales that they soon went eagerly to the great aovels themselves. So we have "Sto- ries from scott." which the author no doubt hopes will become as well known as the Lamb Stories from Shake speare." Will it be much longer be- fore Dickens and Thackery be treat ed in the same way for little readers. It is true that many of the children's books of today are such as will give nothing but inanlty in a child's mind. Children fyesterday started on Mother Goose and Hans Anderson were at 10 and I2 years of age reading with zest the old English classics and the later Scott, Dickens and Thackery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12
me wOrId'a yVOrVx for February.

Though the February number of the Worlds Work Is not called a financial number, it is really a rounding up and review of tho main subjects of popular interest in the financial world. Charles M. Harvey writes an Illuminating arr ticle on Our Growth in Wealth." showing that the United States has made a greater advance in prosperity than any other country. The making of the first commercial treaty with Ethiopia is described in a splendidly illustrated article. Making a Treaty with Menelik." by Robert P. Skinner. United States consul at Marseilles, and chief Of the mission to Menelik. Mir. Henry Wysham Lanler continues his popular studies of the problems of life insurance for the lay reader. in How Insurance Laws Work" The mighty ambition of MT. E. H. Hartman to control the entire commerce of the Pacific coast is the text of Mir. c. M. . Keys's article "A Corner in Pacific Railroads" Wall Street As It Is' describes the business function, the constructive work, and the speculative operations as they really are in sane
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Gettysburg. James whitcomb Riley. who has been making verse-prayers in several foregoing numbers of The Reader has poem. Lincoln in this number. It is lettered and decorated by Ralph Fletcher Seymour. Among the writers of fiction appear the we'll known names of Eduard W Townsend. Anne Warner, Elliott Flower. Allan P. Ames and Octave Thanet-while Thom- as Wentworth Hlgginson's essay on Whfttier's Place Among Poets is an important piece of literary criticism. Henry James, the Lion," titles in an entertaining fashion of the novelist's s life in his adopted home and a new photograph of Mir. James shows that time has worked some changes in the author of the Ambassadors. The magazine is carefully illustrated, and. as usual. is beautifully printed.
 old Thames's Queer Docks.
 The absence of picturesqueness can not be laid to the charge of the docks opening into the Thames. For all my unkind comparisons to swans and backyards. 1t cannot be denied that each dock or group of docks along the north side of the river has its own in- dividual character. Beginning with the coSy little St. Catherine's dock ly- ing overshadowed and black like A quiet pool amongst rocky crags through the venerable and sympathetic London docks with not a single line of rails in the whole Of their area, and with the scent of spices lingering over the muddy pavement between its ware houses with the far-famed wine eel lars, down through the interesting group of West India Docks, the fine docks of Blackwall, on past the Gal icons Reach entrance of the Victoria and Albert Docks--right down to the vast gloom of the great basins in Til- bury, each of those places of restraint for ships has its own peculiar physioR- nomy of aspect and expression. And what makes them unique and attrac- tive Is their common trait of being TO- mantle in their usefulness,
 In their way they are as romantic as the river is unlike all the other commercial streams of the world. The coziness of the St. Catherine's Dock. the old-world air of the London docks remain impressed upon the memory. The docks down the river abreast of Woolwich are imposing by their pro- portions and the vast scale of the ugli- ness that forms their surroundings ugliness so picturesque as to become a delight to the eye. When one talks of the Thames Docks, beauty is a vain word, but romance has lived too long upon this river not to have thrown ,4 mantle of glamour upon its banks- Joseph Conrad in /The Metropolitan Magazine for February.
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 inality and vitality
 Two well known poems about the morning glory. taken from The Jap anese Floral Calendar run as follows: Each morn. when the dawn brightens
 into joy. The morning-glory renews its beauti-
 full flowers. And continues blooming long in this
 way, To give us hope and peace that wither
 not" "Oh, for the heart Of the morning-gloryi Which. though it's bloom is for single
 hour. Is the same as that of the fir-tree. Which lives 0 thousand years." The Japanese have what they call hirugao, or "noon-face," and yugao, or "evening face" The latter, which De- cidentals would presumably name "evening- glory" seems to be especially famous for the beauty of it's white blos- soms. Tn the GenJi Monogatari, a lady love of the hero sings as follows: "The crystal dew at evenings hour Sleeps on the Yugao's beautiful flower; Will this please him. whose glances
 bright. Gave to the flower a dearer light?" The most famous verse about the
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MAGAZINE NOTES.
February LlpplncOtt's Magazine.

FGBEU4Ey AARRAACOeAB 1A1BAeAhCs
 A highly diverting American myste- ry story is "A Transaction in Rubies. the leading novelette, in the February number of Lippincott's Magazine.
 Marion Harland contributes charm ing Southern romance entitled "A War Time Evangeline," which in substance and style presents this well known writer at her best '"The Siege" by Will Lexington Comfort, Is a tale of Manchuria. ''The Real Margaret" by Ina Brevoort Roberts, shows the astute New York reporter. whose quick wit pierces the disguise of an heiress who has been marked out for matrt- mony by a titled foreigner. Vincent Harper's story, called '"The Other One" is it. The author of Susan Clegg and Her Friend. Mrs. Lathrop." Anne War ner, displays her delft touch in dealing with human nature in the story she whimsically calls And Maude."
 A story of city politics, which is par ticularly bright and keen. is written by Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg. en- titled "The Shrewdness of Hawkins"
 Professor Albert Schinz. of Bryn Mawr College. writes a woman's paper under the title Miss or MistressT Eben Rexford's article on "The Use of Growing Plants for Table Decoration contains much valuable information on that subject. The noted New Jersey naturalist, Dr. Charles c. Abbott. con- tributes a quite delightful little sketch on "An Alpine Morning.
 The verse of the month is as fol- lows: Snow in the City" by Clinton Ecollard; "A Path" by Margaret Pres cott Montague; Rain Songs" by Paul Laurence Dunbar; When Great Winds Come" by Mildred I. McNeal: "Februa- ry," by Anna Neil Gilmore; The Flow CT of Night" by O. c. Auringer, and silence" @' Kent Knowlton.
 The many humorous pages called "Walnuts and Wine" are funnier than aveF
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The Renher nIarnrine.

My Own Story," by Caleb Powers is the most conspicuous article in the February number of the Reader Maga- zine. The War at Zeigler" is an in- teresting and timely contribution. tell ing of Joseph Letters attempt to build a model mining town. The Mirror Of the Sea- in which are reflected Joseph Conrad's charming memories of his days on the great deep, is a magazine article of the highest class. As Feh- ruary is the month in which Abraham Lincoln was born. a portrait sketch by Scotson Clark appears on the cover and reappears in the body Of the mag azine, accompanied by the speech at
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12
ENGLISH GARDENS.
How Americans Fall short in Planning
 Theirs

There is a fundamental difference be- tween the English and the American garden, writes Prof. L. H. Bailey in The Garden Magazine. The English mans garden is well-nigh as essential as his house It is like an extra room to the residence. It is for the family rather than for the public. It there fore works itself into the developing Consciousness of children, and garden love becomes as much part of the persons as books and furniture and music do. An English teacher recent ly inspected the study work at Cor nell University. What surprises me-" she said, lis that you need to do such work. The English child loves nature as if by instinct. :" The American gar- den is likely to be all in front yard. It is usually of the look-at-me kind. It is made for the public to see. This may contribute to public spirit and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12
Snow in the City.

The white swarms reel and eddy round
 the caves, Dart at the cornices. and pelt the
 walls; Somewhere aloof the old wind moans
 and grieves At shlver1ng intervals. Footballs are mufled upon path and
 pave; Dreary and draggled droops the
 homing crowd: And over all .as o'er a great white
 grave, The night spreads like a shroud. Clinton ScoIlard in February Lippin- cottS
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The FIr.t Life insurance POllcy.

The first life insurance policy of which the details are on record result ed in a law suit: William Gybbons insured himself on June IS. 1888, for Ss3 pounds against dying in twelve months; he did die on May 18th of the next year-and the disgusted under writers tthe company of those daysl
 contested payment on the plea that he had lived twelve months of twenty eight days each!-The Worlds Work.
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A Cow That Produces Her Weight i'm
 MILK Every Month,

There is a cow" says Prof. L.. H. Bailey in Country Life in America for January, "who is now eleven years old. Last year her record was 17.4OO pounds of milk, with a maNimum daily yield of 77 3-4 pounds. This year she has given as high as s3 pounds a day and she will probably exceed her former re- cord. In other words, here is a COW that every month produces her own weight in milk. She is a most efficient milk -producins machine"
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morning glory is. of course, that of the maiden, o Chiyo San. who having found a vine with its blossoms twining around her well-bucket, would not dis turb it, but went elsewhere to beg some water. The poem. which is in the form of the hoku, runs as follows:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12
RaIn-sOnRa.

The rain streams down like harp
 strings from the sky; The wind, that world-old harpist, slt-
 teth by; And ever as he sings his low refrain, He plays upon the harp-strings of the
 rain. Paul Laurence Dunbar, in February Lippincott's.
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civic betterment. but it loses in orig inality and vitality.
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face. Such criticisms are often unfair. The stumbling block of copyright ma- teriaP' may stand in the way of a conn piler. Miss Rittenhouse was desirous of giving chapter to a certain deserv~ ing poet; she wrote asking permission. He replied very curtly that he did not care for contemporary criticism and ob- Jected to being included in such book. He was accordingly neglected, to the amazement of the critics and his ad- mirers."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12
"Asagao nj Tsurube torarete Morai-midzu

This means, literally translated, By asagao bucket being taken, begged wa ter" But Sir Edwin Arnold's poetical version is also worth quoting: The morning-glory Her leaves and bells has bound My bucket handle round. could not break the bands Of those soft hands, The bucket and the we'll to her I left, Lend me some water, for come bereft."
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Susan kept me up till 1:3O." says R. B. Marston, the veteran English publisher. of the firm of Sampson Low, Marston & Co.,, in letter to the Amer ican publishers of Anne Warmers Su- san CIegg and Her Friend Mrs. Latin rop." Susan is royal" he adds. T have not laughed so much for a long
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Impossible to True
 Genius.

Anything like self-consciousness is genius" writes Henry M. Alden in Har per's Magazine for February. If the creator becomes, soon or late, the cy-, nosure of all eyes, the recognition and response accorded him are inevitable but incidental. He has created world whose wonders are the delight of all who behold, and when he has created 1t he may himself see that 1t is good. It is the veil of his personality-its only true revelation also. It is in that world he hides. as God Is hidden In His creation. The actual facts of his life his individual opinions and habits. are to another generation insignificant ex- cept to idle curiosity"
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There has been some newspaper crit icism of Miss Jessie B. Rittenhouse's volume of expectations of "The Young Ter American Poets" on the ground that certain authors deserving of recogni- ton were not treated at length, but merely mentioned casually in tho pre-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12

Old Schenectady. by George s. Rob- erts. History. genealogy. biography Is gathered by the compiler of ''Old sche- nectady' into a very readable volume. Schenectady has an interesting history Founded by Dutchmen from Albany,
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Two well known poems about tho morning glory, taken from The Jap anese Floral Calendar run as follows:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-01
DENFIAM'S S.

and tasteful. The bride was attired
in white silk aeolian over taffeta.
About her beautiful white neck gilt
tered rich necklace OF pearls, gift
from the groom. Her veil was
caught with spray of orange bios.
SONS and she carried Il bouquet Of
bridal roses.
Miss Susie Humphreys, the maid
of honor. wore a costume of white
silk MULE, and carried bouquet
of carnations.
Mrs. Humphreys. mother of the
bride. wore black silk MULE over tat
feta.
The honeymoon will be passed at
Atlantic City and various places In
Tennessee, after which they win take
up their permanent residence at 2i6
Summit avenue. Greensboro, N. G.
They have the best wishes of their
many friends.
The bride is a sister of Miss Susie
Humphreys, one of the popular teach
ers in our public schols.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-01
THE 4TH
tcen.Inuea Erem Flrs. pace,

check for transportation has been sent
to the military company at Weston.
and the appearance of these two of
the premier attractions is assured.
Mile. Gertrude st. Clair win ascend
in her balloon at twelve o'clock noon
and again at seven o'clock, from some
point near the courthouse. probably
on Jefferson street.
The sham battle at the fair grounds
In the, afternoon is bound to be an
event of great interest and excite
ment. Plenty OF ammunition has
been received. and the engagement
will be hotly contested. One com
pany is to be intrenched and the 9th
err win attempt to dislodge 1t. All
the principal manoeuvres of warfare
Will be gone through with. AS both
these companies were at Manassas
last year and participated in the cam
paign there. they are thoroughly
versed in the different movements,
and will give great exhibition.
Another attraction that Will be
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-01
two DOORS BELOW POSTOfFICE
RockEFELLER,s GENEROSITY.
The Large Gifts He Has Made to
University of Chicago.

CHICAGO. H.. July John D.
Rocsefeller's gifts to the Chicago
University aggregate SIS, 1897, 900.
which sum, minus several small
amounts which have gone toward de-
fraying current expenses, constitutes
the endowment fund of the university.
Rockefeller's first contribution to the
university was 100000. given in
June, 1890. In September of the
same year he donated $1,000, 900 to
President Harper. and promised a
like sum on condition that, million
dollars be raised within one year. In
this provisional period the university
officials raised the required sum, and
the founder contributed his second
million, following it up with another
gift of the same size in December,
1892. Since that time five of his do
nations to the university have each
been more than million dollars.
The largest We're 100000 in octo-
Der. 1895, and. $2,s46,ooo in December,
1900.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-01
NEWSPAPER MEN
Continues from First Page,

the doors and windows on the side
of the house toward the place had to
be closed before a meal could be
eaten, and often towards evening
such swarm of flies would come
from the offense-generator and set,
tie down on the house, that the nui-
sance became a source of positive
apprehension.
A worse location for an Institution
of this kind probably could not have
been found in the county, and the
board of health has been more than
justified in closing it up.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-01
DEEDS RECORDED

Deed dated May 70. 1905; Emma B.
Morgan ct al. to William F. Boyers, and
G. F. Boyers, Jr., 91s acres, Union dis
trict; consideration, s241 and 81.
June 1t, 1905; Pennington Devel-
upment Co. to T.. L. Zagst, 3 lots.
Pennington; ss5.
June IT. 1905; Pennington Deve1-
opment Co. to T. L. Zagst, 2 lots.
Pennington; 500.
July 2s. 1901; rusca Morris ct al.
to Levi B. Harr lot in East Park:
r1,25o.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-01
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No Matter what Color.

The finest contour of a female face the
sweetest smile of a female mouth. loses
something If the head is crowned with
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now known. Is caused by parasite that
ourrows into the scalp to the root OF the
hair, where it saps the vitality. The Iit-
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falling hair, that germ must be killed.
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-01
punean.Aumphreys.

One OF the prettiest of home we'd
dinss took place at the residence Of
the brides brother, W. F. Humphreys.
at PiclSens. w. Va, Wednesday even
ing, June IS, the contracting parties
being William Leslie Duncan. of
Chattanooga, Tenn. and Mamie Mon.
tague Humphreys OF Augusta county.
Virginia. The parlors, the scene Of
the happy ceremony. were beautiful
ly decorated with ferns and palms.
AT ESQ o'clock the bridal procession
entered in the following order: First.
the. groom on the arm OF the best
man; Mabel, che three-year-old daugh-
ter of the brides brother, arrayed in
white silk and carrying the License:
then the maid of honor. carrying car.
nations, followed by the bride on
the arm of her mother.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Lineweaver. or Harrison
burg. Va, and consisted of that Ia
which the ring is employed. When
the ceremony had been performed,
all adjourned to the dining room to
enjoy the repast which awaited them.
A large vase of carnations occupied
the center OF the table. To this vase
were attached white ribbons, extend
ing 70 each plate. fastened 10 bridal
roses. The room itself was beauti.
fully adorned with festoons Of myrtle,
and in harmonious keeping with the
display were the delicacies them
selves.
The costumes worn were both rich