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New-York tribune., 1906-06-24

come to all the advantages he can extract from
this unsavory discussion. One who believes that
Burton plagiarized thus must also believe that
he was liar and cheat. absolutely Indifferent
to literary ethics. or that he was fool We 10
not think that the author has proved his case.
He is, moreover beside the mark in stating his
opinion that "the public" will thank him for his
'persistency in bringing the matter forward"
that "the public cannot possibly be more sur
prised" than he. etc. etc. In truth. the public"
takes no interest in either of these particular
transiations Of the Arabian Nights
The portrait of Burton, here reproduced. shows
him at time when. as Mr.. Wright suggests he
felt that he had been treated neglectfully by
nous sacrifices:
Indeed. looking at the matter merely from
pecuniary standpoint, he must have spent least
f2O,0 900 of his money his various explJrl-
tOns. He is at injured. rancOrOus. sUllen,
dangerous All these pictures exhibit a scowL In
looks not unlike professional prizehghter. They
betray mind jaundiced. but defiant. A restless,
hery SOUL his temper. never Of the best had gT Wn
daly more gnarled and perVerse. Woe betlde the
inpUdent human who crossed him. What chance
had anybody against a who had the command
or all the fOrctble words IN tWentye1ght langua9eS
ence.
In later days the suIlen. rancOrOus look fade1.
though the keen eyes never lost their fame. An
man with the eyes of tiger and the voice OF
an angel" A description of him as exact as any
we likely to find is Ouida's-"A man who
looked like OtheIlo and lived like the Three
Mousquetaires blended into one
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24

in whom the reader takes no interest whatever
have been lugged into it. and we are even called
upon to observe the countenances of Lady Bur
tons maldServantS, accompanying details which
smack of the village tea table. That with all
their faults, there is a great deal in these vol
umes that is entertaining, even absorbing we
need hardly say-any account of so original and
brilliant man Burton must excite interest
1t is evident that Mr. Wright has conscientiously
striven to do his best and he has shown a praise
worthy industry in the collection of facts. In
this particular branch of the work of the pro-
fessonal bOgrapher he has often indeed de-
served commendatiOn.
Burton has thus far been unfortunate in his
bioGraphers. The memoir by that "affectionate
goose" Lady Burton, merely silly: that by
his kinswoman Miss Ststed, was well meaning
but otherwise inadequate. If the true Burton
should never be revealed it would seem the full
filling of a singular fate. A man of extraor-
dinary powers and of learning almost as re-
markable. his work as an explorer and author is
on the way to oblivion. He believed. at the end
Of his painful and dangerous expedition to Lake
Tanganyika that he had found the source of the
Nile, but his companion. Speke. going little
further. made the actual discovery in the Vic
expeditions Burton had all the commanding
qualities of a great explorer. but something
baked and spoiled his efforts He did know
how to make use of the moment of successor
did not choose to do so: and temper often
bitter. impatient and scornful. wasted oppor-
tunity. Mr.. Wright recounts this episode of the
Burtons' visit to London in 1872:
At this time every one talking about Living
stone, the story of the meeting of him and Stanley
being still fresh in mems minds IL was Thought
ttat another expedition ought to be sent out, with
Burton TO lead. and a grand luncheon got up
Tor the express purpose of bringing Burton and a
certain great parsonage together. When the soup
&dS pelEB served the great parsonage, turning to
hurton' SAID You are the go out to L.y-
1ngstone; come, consent. and win contribute
Mrs Burton: who sat next her husband looked
up wlth bealInnS eyes end her heart beat with ioy
Inc OBJECT or the luncheon had been achieved and
fHtuhe wss again oestowng her smiles; but MS I'M
uch "otid nave H. burton happened just then to be
IN IA one OF ms contrary moods He went on spoon
i4@ up his soup. ahd without troubling turn his
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
NY LITTLE KERRY COW.

From The London Speaker.
Cusna. Cusha cusha, my little Kerry cow.
The Kings own herds of cattle hold more
kind than thOu
But let one thee with despite.
And thou wilt kick and toss and bite
Nor call on law thy wrong to right,
My little Kerry coN.
Cusha, cusha, cuSha. my little Kerry COW.
To keep the flies away from thee I've cut
rowan bOUgh-
| wave the green leaves to and fro.
And with my singing high and low,
The streams Of white milk pause or flow.
My little Kerry
CUSha, cUsha, Cusha, my little Kerry COW,
The cud is sweet between thy teeth while sit
leaning now.
My forehead 'gainst thy siIken side.
And looking with my fathers pride
At thy brown eyes and night black hide
My little Kerry cow.
CUsha, CushG, CUsha, my little Kerry COW,
Whoever grudsed TO give her milk 10 US. it was
not thou,
The kindest beast 'twixt Clare and Cong
And SO | make of thee this sGng,
Lest thOU shOuldst find the milking long,
My little Kerry cow.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
JOEY BAB1."
4 story Of the Indian Hutiny.

From The London Spectator
We get first sight Of Joseph Elliott when
he was five-ytar-old boy, and il is easy 20 dis
Germ in him the father Of the tireleSS fearless
man who died. worn out with work some forty
eight years later He the of a soldier.
a hero in his way. fer he met his death in the
early days OF the Indian Mutiny BY riding back
To spike the guns of his battery. His widow
had TO fly for her life, and the story OF her
escape taken down from her lips some years
afterward by her son, IS as Striking a narrative
as We have ever read. She was awakened before
dawn by her bearer. Ram Din. and hurried with
five children-One baby Of two mOnthS-intc a
bullock cart. 1t was not safe to keep to the
roads, 70 the tracks; the cart had 70
travel across country on the second night OF
the journey a sudden lurch threw the mother
forward and dashed the baby's head against
of the wooden stanChions of the cart II
killed on the spet- The cart travelled on for
hour. Ram Din walking by the side. Then
he said: Madam bury your dead and give your
thoughts to the living shallow grave was
dug, and the little body put in. with heavy
stones over it TO keep it from the jackaIs
After a while the party reached a Hindu
temple. where the HGhGHt. or Head Abbott hos
pitably entertained them. Here Joey BabslS
distinguished himself One day the nOOntide
rest was suddenly disturbed He got into the
temple. banged the big drum and set the bell
going. and woke up priests and gods from their
siesta. The culprit was brought before the Alb
bot. Happily he was of a gentle temper. and
did nothing more than send his guests away.
supplying them with his own cart. In the end
it Joey Baba who brought the adventure to
a happy conclusion He had wandered away
into the bush. and there was seen by a native
lancer, mutineer. The man charged at him.
but the child. used to military sights. thought
that it was an exhibition got up TO amuSe him,
and stood unmOved When he was a few yards
of the rider made his horse swerve and stood
up in his SttrrupS What. are you not afraid.
yOungster?" mo. not the least little Bit" an
swered the boy The man. he afterward
owned had meant to kill him, but the little fell
lows pluck diSarmed him. And when the child
went on to tell him the whole story, he did what
he could to help the party. directing them to
the house of a zeRinddr. who finally sent them
on to the nearest military station
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
RICH4RD BUTTON.
An Elaborate Biography by Mr..
Thomas Wright.

THE LIFE OF SIR RICHARD BURTON BY
Thomas Wright. Two volumes. Svo pp 291 POI
G.. +. Putnams Sons
The reader who expects to find in this sat
isfaetory and conclusive biography of Richard
Burton will be grievously disappointed AS a
literary performance ii is mediocre in the ex-
treme, provincial in tone. and badly put together
in a mass of shreds and patches. Here the
narrative is swollen with paltry minutia, there
it strays off into waste of windy inadequacy.
1t is much too long for the sort of material
which the author had at hand. and it has been
further enlarged by too many notes. a great
number of them being superfuous. There is
what is popularity called "a wealth of illustra-
ton" in the work. Portraits of divers Burtons
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
A TURNER" STORY.
ON Chambers's Journal.

rIoAi ChsLilDetSS Journal
Very few London dealers. indeed. are compe-
tent TO judge Turner's wOrks-that il, without a
certified history. A lady acquaintance OF mine
had large picture In her house which she had
always regarded as a Turner; and desiring TO
sell IL, she offered II 10 five six of the leading
dealers. but not one OF them would buy IL at any
price. asserting that Turner never saw IL and
that it was nothing like his work and so on a
rev months afterward document turned up
among her family papers showing that the pict-
ure had been specially painted by Turner for her
husbands father, and I'm week she had sold
the work Tor t2.29o The average dealer is al
most frightened 10 touch Turner and you sell
dom or never see one exposed for sale in thu
galleries.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
A WELCOME.
BY WILLIAM BROWNE.

BY WILLIAM BROWNE
Welcome, welcome, do L sing.
Far more welcome than the spring;
He that parteth from you never
Shall enjoy a spring for ever
He that to the voice is near
Breaking from your iv'ry pale,
Need not walk abroad to hear
The delightful nightingale.
He that looks still on your eyes.
Though the winter have begun
To benumb our arteries,
Shall not want the summers SUM-
He that still may see thy cheeks.
Where all rareness still reposes.
Is a fool if e'er he seeks
Other lilies. other roses.
He to whom your soft lip yields
And perceives your breath in kissing.
All the odourS of the fields
Never, never shall be missing.
He that question would anew
What fair Eden was of old,
Let him rightly study you,
And a brief of that behold.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
GDe Nelu'2lo4sls 9ribarre.
SUNDAY, JUNE "a, 1906.

To the long list of literary men, Latin and
AnglO-Sax who have delighted in the COM
panonship of cats must be added the late Dr.
Garnett OF the British Museum. He not only
wrote cat poetry-which many men have done,
as a certain captivating anthology in which his
own "Margold" appears duly testifies-but he
was accustomed to regard a liking for cats as
a more or less necessary quality in his friends.
1t is recorded that of his first questions TO
a new acquaintance was Are you fond or
cats?' and it is added that he once sadly re-
marked of somebody he had met, a charming
lady a distinguished person of much literary
merit. but she has one great defect-she
doesn't like cats" He enjoyed seeing a pros
perOuS slken coated cat repOSing on the hearth.
and he thought, Miss Zmmern tells us, that its
condition was an index of the household. Why
this fOndness of authors for Madam Grmalkn?
Perhaps it is due to the unmiStakable air OF
wisdom. of intellectual reserve which she wears
with SOmbre seagreen gaze inScrutable'
perhaps it is the unfailing grace of her attitudes
the exquisite curves of her 1.-the body which
appeal to a person of artistic temperament
Perhaps it is the bewitching combination of
those attributes. 1t is certain that the three
beings outside our kind that have close asso>
Citations with Hterature-the owl, the frog and
the c.lt-are all meditative creatures and of
these Puss is undoubtedly the pleasantest as
she is the cleverest
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24

Those who see in the triumphant march of
materialsm an imminent danger to imaginative
literature are invited to realize that the cloud
has a silver lining of uncommon brightness
the minor poet is being discouraged The num-
Der of pretty little volumes with high sounding
titles is certainly decreasing and the reviewer
need no longer fear the graceful preliminary
note asking for Il candid" notice, nor the note
OF wrath that used so often to follow that
did criticism. The stately Epic of monstrous,
bloodcurdling dulness, is also passing away
We do not believe that the taste for great poetry
is dying Out-witneSS the many reprints of the
works of the master poets. But willingness to
accept poetry hackneyed rhymes and pom
pous platitudes in blank verse is not often
perceived nowadays. What has become of the
minor poets? What fowery fields tempt their
lettering feet? Perhaps judcious business in
stinct has turned them toward the writing of
novels. Long may they continue in that COM
paratiyey harmless occupation, leaving pa
tient public to learn "to know the poet from the
man Of rhymes:
'Tis he who gives my breast a thousand pains
Can make feel each passion that he feigns;
Enrage-compose-wi more than magic art
With pity and with terror tear my heart,
And snatch me Ger the earth, or through the
air,
To Thebes, to Athens. when he WILL and where.
of the phrase authorship as business" where
We think authorship rs Il thing of inspiration
ends and authorship as Il business begins. The
dividing line for man of real talent probably
starts from that point at which he becomes less
conscious of his work as joy than as a stock
in trade. Goldsmith, in his garrct. sitting down
IN company with his gOoseQull. thought, no
doubt Of a much needed dinner or OF a sum on
account for Mr.. Flby. the tailor; but who shall
say that, the immortal DR.. Primrose came
smiling into his pages there was any giimmer of
the guinea about that lovabie figure? If those
matters which Petrarch once mentioned as de-
sirable for a writer-"a modest fortune euuaily
far either from poverty or wealth. solitude, lei
sure, liberty"-are not attainabIe the man of
genius writes all the same and takes his chances
Of getting them But the business side of au-
norslip need hardly be considered with refer
ence to the man of genius. 1t is the facile
writer, with not an atom OF genius about him
who makes authorship pay as he might onions
or calico. If. In the same spirit he engaged I'm
the purveying OF those commodities
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-31
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.

Let us see that all the animals have
drink when they want it, this sultry
weather.
Don't get overheated and then drink
a lot Of cold water Sip a little and
wait till cooled Off
Don't be too anxious 10 get the best
Of your neighbor every time Oh a bar
gain. Let him have the best end once
i'm while.
In feeding your chickens the fowls
will want green food next fail and
winter and plant few mangels, car
rots, onions and cabbage for that pur-
pose.
What does il cost TO produce each
crop grown on your farm? Ever figure
it out? It's worth while. The result
may be a surprise and hint for next
year.
1t costs about twenty-five cents per
bushel to ship wheat from Omaha TO
Liverpool, England, and about fifteen
cents Of that is for railroad freight and
elevator charges in the United States.
4 recent test made by the Pennsyl-
vania Experiment Station, says Bull
letin No. rs, shows that Harvest King,
a red, smooth chafi wheat, gave the
largest yield Of grain Of any variety
tested
-Four thousand different varieties Of
potatoes have been planted on the farm
Of Luther Burbank, the Santa Rosa,
Cal, horticulturist, constituting part
Of the 1900 species Of the TUDOR fami-
" which Burbank will experiment
with this year in his plans 10 give the
world another new potato.
The most valuable thing the farmer
or his wife has il health. Bank stock
counts for nothing by the side Of it.
Everything they can do TO preserve
their bodily vigor is 80 much added to
the sum total Of life. Sound health
means happiness, comfort in the house
out-of-doors, and years full Of enjoy
ment.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-31
Narrow Escape Of Horse and Driver.

Returning from the country last
Wednesday afternoon, Mr.. j. II.
Young had a narrow escape from
drowning. 1t occurred shortly after
the heavy rain, and Dry Creek was
the scene Mr.. Young undertook to
cross the creek when horse, buggy and
driver were washed down some dis
lance. Mr. Young managed to unite
some Of the harness and the horse es-
capped to the fields, though there was
nothing certain as to the animals fate
until yesterday morning when he was
found at a farmers house Mr.. Young
himself cannot SWIM and that he is
home to tell his thrilling experience is
due TO an overhanging limb To which
he swung.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-31
Arrested and Released.

Several arrests of negroes have been
made during the past week in diiler %
cnt parts of the State upon suspicion
that they were the missing ones impli-
Gated in the murder of John Grubb,
the aged postmaster and storekeeper
at Tuggle. Hamilton Donald, ne
gro who was thought by the police of
Emporia, Va, To answer the descrip-
ton given them Of RAILROAD Bill'
was brought here Tuesday for identi-
hcation by Massie Hill. Hill is in Jail
having confessed the part he took in
the brutal crime. Hill declared he
had never seen Donald before, and
consequently the latter was allowed to
go. Donald says he came from Rocky
Mount, n. c., and at the time of his
arrest by the Emporia officers he was
employed az cook for one Of the
working forces on the Tidewater Rail
way.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-31
John Robinson Comma.

1t is no small job to unload the
long trains Of cars of the wagons, ami
mails, and accOuterments necessary "a
big show. But this done, the work
of getting things in shape for the
parade and the afternoon show comes
next. There are a thousand and one
things TO do, bat there are hundreds Of
men and boys to do them.
by ten o'clock in the morning every
thing is i'm readiness for the show and
parade.
Almost every circus claims TO have
a show that cannot be duplicated and
am aggregation of performers the like
of which cannot be brought together
but the fact is that every circus of any
consequence has a double equipment.
There are really two circus troops
which have TO travel about. The
leapers are liable To injury. \ sprain-
ed ankle willput one Of the best per-
formers out and there must be a man
to take his place. Possibly the sub
stitute will make as great hit as the
regular. Even the performing horses
have their substitutes.
1t is a fact not generally known the
Robinson show carries two complete
large canvasses. In case one is de-
stroycd 10y fire or storm another must
be ready to be put up. When fail
ure TO give performanceentails loss
Of from $4,000 to $4,000 for expenses
the matter becomes serious.
Even the men who put up the can
vas can be duplicated on short notice.
The big shows will exhibit at Farm
.,.ffIa Friday Eapf 9Th
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-31
Gilliam.Hamlin.

On Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock
the Baptist parsonage was the scene
Of quiet but beautiful marriage. The
contracting parties were Miss Ella,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. }. NJ.
Hamlin, Of Danville, and Mr.. Ralei gh
Gillian, of Farmville. Rev. K. \.
Mcfarland was the celebrant.
Miss IIamlin has been visiting
friends near Hampden-Sidney, and
not even all the members Of the house
hold i'm which she was staying had
the slightest intimation Of the mar
riage until it had been cOnsummaled.
The bride is q most attractive young
lady, and popular fayorite in Dan'ilIe
society. The groom is a well known
young tobacconist of Famville.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr..
aud Mrs. Gillian took the north
bound train for New York and other
points. They will return in about ten
days and make their home in Farm
Vile. our heartiest congratulations
and best wishes 60 with them.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-31
cumberland Schools.

CAurEnsvIIIE. VA, Aug. %, O6.
EiYor Hruid. My attention has
been directed 10 au anonymous COM
municatiun from Cumberland, pub
lished iu your issue Of 18th August,
under the head lines "No High School
for Cumberland, which beg leave
to notice very briefly The County
school Board met at thc Courthouse
April q. 1905, for the express purpose
Of considering the feasibility Of es-
tabli,hng "a high school. This meet
ing developed the fact that every
school trustee in the county earnestly
favored the movement.
Prof Bruce b. Payne, Inspector
Willis R Jenkins, the writer, and a
number of trustees, ON 2lst June APP
proved before the Board of Supervi-
sor, and urged am increase Of the
school levy, in order that Eve may be
able 90 provide better houses and fur
niturc and maintain "a high school in
the county, ON the 18th of June in a
third conference, il was decided that
the conditions ip our county are such
That we cannot meet the requirements
of the state Board for the establish
meut of high school, and the move
mentwas very reluctantly abandoned
ior the present one of these adverse
conditions for which the school OIL
cials are not responsibility is that out
of a total population of $685., only
2,79l are white. 40 other county in
The State of equal area, has so small
white population. ann sorry your
correspondent did not know these
facts.
The largest white school in Ran
dolph district n which assume
your correspondent lives had an av-
eage daily attendance last session of
loO' pupils Tins must be one Of the
schools "in which it is imperative
That "a graded school be established
Would he .or She advise the District
Board in defiance of law, TO employ
Two on more teachers for tins school ?
what do patrons of other schools say 2
The school levy of Cumberland,
county and district combined is ~
cents ON Che 500. After saying "Cum-
oeflands tax payers are assessed as
much school tax as amy other coun-
w. substitute little for "much, and
Think this statement will be correct
he .or She asks, "Why Is il that we
cannot have better schools ?'
ln education, capacity and eilici-
ency, I believe the white teachers Of
Randolph district, session 1905 8, will
compare mvombly with like mum
Oer from amy school district in this
State.
The school trustees of Cumberland
are honest and intelligent business
men, serving Tine people practically
Without pay, and frequently at con-
siderable personal loss. They merit,
'hd ] trust viii receive, the gratitude
ana support ofall friends of education,
in Their effort, for the bettcrmeut of
'Ne schools. &. W. DICKINSON.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-31
New MatrOn at the Normal.

The Executive Committee Of the
Normal School at a meeting held in
Richmond last Tuesday night, elected
Mrs. Anna T.. Brooks, Of Petersburg,
matron of the institution To- succeed
Mrs. Cochran, who resigned on ac-
count Of failing health.
Mrs. Brooks is the widow of Judge
William Brooks, and a niece Of Dr.
John Herbert ClaimOrne.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-31
Tobacco Association Meeting.

The Dark Tobacco Growers AssO
citation Of Prince Edward county met
last Saturday in the courthouse. 1t
was a thoroughly representative meet
ing and an exceedingly enthusiastic
one. Planters were there from sister
counties, and from each Of them the
gratifying report came Of many Access
sions to the ranks of the Association.
Especially was this true Of Amelia
county. The Association is growing
steadily and lis members feel greatly
encOuraged.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-31
Special Council Meeting.

\ called meeting of the town coun.
ell was held last Friday night TO hear
bids for the grading and paving OF
High street Every member was
present. Captain Watkins read the
bids and explained the specifications.
The contract was awarded a Lynch
burg concern at a price considerably
below other bidders. Approximately
the work will cost the town little
less than 5000. We are informed
that the street is to be completed in
three months