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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

After all, and in spite OF every limIta-
ton, Whittier's verse does penetrate to the
essential concerns of humanity. says Bliss
Perry in the December Atlantic. If
Goethe's famous lines are true, and only
those who have eaten their bread in tears
have learned TO know the heavenly powers,
then Whittier was an initiate. He knew
what ii meant to toll. to ~renounee, 10
cherish unfulhlled but indefeasible dreams.
That note Of tenderness which Longfellow
found and loved in medieval literature
was native to the author of THE Penn
sylvania Pilgrim Save for their lack Of
creed and formula, Winters hymns
might have been composed in the thir-
teenth century, SO utterly simple is their
faith. He believed that ALTAR. church,
priest q ritual will pass away yet his
hymns, like those of many another former
hereto and iconoclast, are sung today In
all the churches.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

'letitia: Nursery Corps, !. S A." Comprising Sketches
Of Army Life-- Magic Easements" by Kate
Douglas Wiggin and Nora ArchbOId Smith, Book
on the Holy Land, by Dr.. James N. Ludlow,
and Other Offerings Reviewed.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

The Negro Races by Jerome Dowd,
which has just been published by the
Macmillan Company, is the first volume
Of a series IN which the author is to pre-
sent a sociological study of mankind from
the standpoint of race. Mr.. Dowd insists
on the importance, as a basis OF sociology
cal study, of establishing the fact that
each race has its distinctive institutions
and special evolution corresponding TO the
locality in which it lives or has lived.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

Angeyin Empire" and Lancaster aud
York Sir James Ramsay is recognized
as one Of the greatest living followers of
Freeman and Stubs. and his new work
will undoubtedly prove to be Indispensable
to every serious student of early English
history
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

Sidney Lanier comes to occupy more and
of his countrymen. north and south. as
the years go by-and deservedly so, for he
possesses the genius of the musician and
the singer of songs. The latest evidence
of 1t comes in the form of a holiday
edition of his Hymns of the Marshes, =
differing from others In having its Illus
trations in photogravure from pictures
taken from the aetual mnrsiles, sleuF
Brunswick, Ga, which were the poets in
SEPARATION. Anything which serves to bring
these glowing %stanzas, so fully poetic and
so Enthusiastically American, closer to
the general reader eonfers a favor upon
our national literature and this DELIGHTFULLY."-
bound and printed book is to be COM
mended accordingly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

In the upper left-hand corner of a let
ter dated Craigie House, November 30,
1S41. are these words:
IF you have room in your trunk, put
into it that rowdy portrait of me which
you have in oils"
This reminds the reader of Longfellow's
extraordinary love for various and rather
bright colors In his clothes; a character
istic very noticeable during the early days
of his professorship, but modified by time.
His students at Harvard wrote a song
about this, and were wont to chant it to
q popular tune. The verses are TO be
found among the Chronicles Of the Hasty
Pudding Club at Harvard, but this sample
stanza serves to illustrate the point, SAYS
Putnam's:
Just twig the professor dressed out in his
best,
Yellow kids and buff CATERS, green
breeches, blue vest;
With hat on one whisker
And an air that says so it!
Look here! the great North American
poet.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

THE Dawn of a Constitution or Tie
Reigns Of Henry III. to Edward III. by
Sir James H.. Ramsay, Is TO be published
this year. This volume Is 10 be consid-
cred as another instsllment of the authors
history OF England, three sections Of which
have already appeared under the titles,
THE Foundations Of England, The
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

3. l.. Putnam Weale. probably the best
informed English writer on problems Of
the far East, has just sent 10 press a new
book. The Impending Struggle in East
err Asia" which the Macmillan Company
will publish early next year. In this work
Mr.. Weale will round out the discussion
of Eastern problems begun and maintained
in his ''Manchu and Muscoyite," THE
Reshaping OF the Far East and 'The
Truce in the East and Its Aftermath"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

The Macmillan Company has in press a
two-volume work on Modern Egypt by
the Earl Of Cromer. which is expected TO
appear early in the new year. 1t is the
outcome of Lord Cromer's long official con
nection with Egypt. where, as consul-gen-
eral, he has exerted a larger influence than
any other man in the country, and placed
his name among those Of the greatest
modern political administrators Lord
CTomer's remarkable personality, and the
authority with which he will speak on all
matters Egyptian. make this a work Of
scarcely less interest in America than in
England.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

A new and very beautiful edition OF the
Arabian Nights has just been published.
The 1--WE stories in this book have been re-
written by Lawrence Housman and the
illustrations are by Dulac. There are nifty
full-pase nketches, very original aud strik-
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

Ing in treatment and superbly reproduced
IN full eolors. The five stories are: "The
Fisherman and the Genie The Story OF
the King of the Ebony Isles "Ali Bahia
and the Forty Thieves THE Story of the
Magic Horse" 1.-THE Story of the Wicked
Half-Brothers,' THE Story OF the Princess
Danzabar.7 In rewriting these stories Mr..
Housman has treated the original material
with considerable freedom In the direction
of brevity and has departed from the orig
inal text save where essentials of plot or
character or local color required a closer
accuracy. The light that Is thrown on the
customs, habits and manners Of a curious
bygone people, so many colored and Sc
Guided interiors, the quaint commingling of
crowds and the moving pageantry Of East
ern mediaevalism makes these Arabian
Nights a perennial favorite.
One of the most remarkable Of recent
books, Father and Son: Biographical Rec
elections" has just been published anony-
mously. 1t is a striking, powerfully written
account of the relations etwee a father
of s~trictest religious views and his son
during his development from a boy to a
man. In the preface the author says:
AT the present hour. when fiction takes
forms so ingenious and so spee.ous, 1t is
perhaps necessary to say that the following
narrative, in all its parts. and so far as
the punctilious attention OF the writer has
been able to keep 1t so, is scfupulously
true. II 1t were not true, In this strict
sense, to publish 1t would be to triae with
all those who may be induced to read 1t.
1t is offered to them as a document, as a
record of educational and religious condi-
lions which, having passed away, will
never return. In this respect, as the dag
nosis OF a dying Puritanism, 1t Is hoped
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

Thomas Nelson Pages new book of short
stories. Under the Crust" is of men anc
women in Europe as well as at home il
his country. This is the first time thai
Mr.. Page has written elsewhere than oi
the Old Dominion" and the South. There
are seven stories in his new book and
the scene Of each is in a different place.
They range from Maine TO New Mexico,
then across to Nice and home again to
New England and Maryland.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1907-03-15
Sduslino ais Alanifctant.

3aB Elm @Sugting frudtlos sepfdn'
bet pirt unb i3ltBli9 nod ben
>SffenbarlngseiO S~IeiIten fpq, pie es
fir3li6 III a0InF ssfdeben 1T, biirfte
niat gu DIN v,1tussereisniHen gu rs4>
hen fem. GIeie fonoerbare @ei9iGte
bat fia pie folgt 5ugetragen:
@eeen einen gefpiFen Sermann g.
ipurbe Bel einem Mmtsqeri6t elm Cab
lungsbefebl beant;agt. Dem 8eams
ten, Der ben 3obilingsbefebl aus5ufiils
len bate, Lief babel Elm S9reibfebler
inter, inbem sr, a~nitatt rSermann"
Start fdrieb. TSer 3ufal besiins
itiets bic lpeitsre ,gntpidlung ber
Sin9e. !Ssrmann @. nennt ndmlid
elm sSo6nletn Homens .8arl" iein
eigen, ba8 crit bret Monate Dor benz
Sage Der ausfe0uns Dss 3ablungss
befebls bas 2i6t per Welt erblidt
bate unb barlm Don ben Sorgen bic
fer Welt, tpie brobenber pfGnoung,
nod ni6tS puBte. Der 9eumte, Der
ben 3ablun9sbeiebl auauitellen bate,
fragte bic in Der Wobmun9 beS S6ulos
ners ipeiIenoe SienItmago. Oh bier Elm
&arl q. ipobne. Sas purbe BON Der
Masb bejabt, obne baB iie iid perans
labt fonb, ben 8edmten barber aufs
5utlGren. bab es Elm SGusling fei.
Sa bic Mogb auf 9efragen bes 8eams
ten peitsrbin erticrte. bob 9arl 8.
ntdt anipeIeno fei, ite0te er ben Sab
llnssbefebl Der eeiebliden 8oridrift
gemGb an eritere an. Der Batter bss
SGuglin9s fanb fi6, bd er in benz
3abIunesbefebl niht ri6tig be5eidnet
mar, gar ni6t peranlabt, sseen i'm
WtberIpru6 gu serbeben ionDern iab
Der Dinge, bic ba meter fommen mir.
ben, nit Der erDbten Seelenrube ents
9egen.
Der 3ablanssbefetl 1ourbe redtss
frdftig, unb tines Cages fam Der &C.
ridtSppasieber in bic Wobnune bes
!Se.mqnns@., INN bort, ipie nan I'M
@oltsm,lrbe gu fasen pflegt, ben
GIdud anf5utIeben." S9aoenfrob
pies man iebohf bisslben goten bes
Gsridts auf bas in feinem 9ett9en
Iiesenoe unb gerabe fdreienbe 8ndbs
lein ais ben Shulbner &arl g., Der
ouber ieiner MilfflaIde fem gisens
tbum beIibe unp besbdlb unpfGnobar
iei. Ser Geridtspolaieber fano Iid
nit gutem Sumor in bic Gage unb
nabm Elm 4rototpn iiber bic frudtloie
gfdnbung auf nit benz getpDbnliaen
SnbaIt, bab Der Ghuloner Der pfdns
buns unterlpurfene M%obilidrse9sn'
itdnbe nidt belize. Dab Der bnr6 einen
S6rcibfeblsr gum S9ulbnsr sepors
bene aarl q. elm Sdusling iei, ers
pdbnte er in benz prototol ni4t. Wie
ole 9IGutiser. bic erboIt limb, ipenn
ibnen na6 toftipislisen setidtlihen
prpseburen fdhliesIiG Elm Yrototoa
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1907-03-15
Ser oenAbe Correspondents, Baltimore, as,, srehas Ben =. asdrs 1907.

iiber frudtIoie Yfdnbung augefanbt
ipirb, ma6te aud Der 9lGubiger bes
@Guglings ieinem Sngrimm Cuff unb
msints, baB bic 9eIebe eigentli6 nur
fir bic 2unpen gema6t feien. Der
Serl," 70 polterte er tpeiter, nfoa mir
aber ni9t 10 biaig pegfommen unb
psnigitens ben Sffenbaruhgseib lei
fen, bamit er ii6 in ben Wanifeitanz
ten>alub ais Mitglieb aufne6men
IaFen tann."
gefagt, eetban! Der Smuggling &arl
tpurbe iebt gum Sffenbarungseip 9es.
laben nit Der Nufforberung, gu benz
Sermin elm neutrality-suspicious.
mitsubsingen, anbernfaGs bic Saft an
georbnet perbe. 9ei bieIer angenebs
men Qusii6t glaubte Der Batter bes
Gduglings bod fir bieien etlpas tbun
gu mifeu, unb er f6rieb an bas 8olls
itredunesoeri6t folgenben Brief:
.Mein brei Monate alter Sobn 8arl
lit gum Offenbarungseib 9efaben. %
feline pbpiii6en unbN inte1ettuellen
&rdfte - ct tann %3ur5eit peber geben.
nod ipre6en, ionbern nur i6reien -
ni6t 10 peit Dprgei4ritten iino, bab
er biefe ftaatsbiir9erlihe Gbrenpfli6t
~aur5eit ausiiben lam, bite i9, i'm
porlduIig bapon gu bispeniiren, Sd
Derpfli9te mid jebod, meinen Sobn
auf @runb Der rei4en Grfdbrungen,
bic mir auf bielem Gebiete CUR Settle
ite6en, auf bieie Staatsbiir9erpfli4t in
piiroiger MeiIe por5ubereiten."
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1907-03-15

num Did nun gu trDiten, fielit Su
ibr Inn ben gals -"
80 nsin! @riten5 bate fi4 bas
bod pobl nidt re6t gei6idt, limb
5tpeitens - ia iie6: mas ieBt bier an
meiner Settle fab, oa5 mar elm Mdos
den poa Sueenb uno @nmuth, poa
b%eiteren Sims uno offenen S~er5ens,
poa @eiunbbeit, Natiirli6teit ltnb 2ies
bensniir6igteit - lauter @aben. bic
ieben Wann aliidIi6 MAIDEN, aber feis
nen rei5en, Diefes Mdo4sp fab Qbenos
gu Sauie unb las oas ao6bud itatt
S9open9asvr ober NieBfde! Sic itus
hirte peber in5idIe nod etbii6e pros
blene. fonbern stpartete einfdd auf
4opa, Gie T9ldB IiA nidt blttenoen
Ser8eps abiaeeenSpjs Gut Der Sugenb,
fonoetn iie fperrte bic 5enIter tpegen
Der Mltenk Sd iin0 oenn bag ni6t
aaeS fdredi6 srpa6ternoe 9eoan'
ten?"$
~9as gessnt9eil pdre Dir liebsr
oeipeien?" .
.Si6erli6. lin Tte bapon gu betebs
ren! Sn metner oan3en Mdnnli6teit
toollte i9 Dor file treten unb ibr iasen:
Mein JrGuleini Q(Ies, benz sic na6@
jagen, lit Sraum uno S6aum. Sier
rubt Sbr Slid! - Nie lie bann audte,
tpie its ii9 ftrGubte, ii6 tpanb unb
pebrte, Bis Ie ~ge3pungen an meiner
8ruit lag = iieb, ba5 mare meinem
Ser5cn Elm 2abTdt, pdre neiner Strait
cine 6reuoe, meiner Qiebs Elm Sieg ges
peien. sSSebt ober - iA bate bas @es
fiibl, ih braudte nrr 3u5u9reifen."
Limb Du sriffit 5u!!"
,Gerabe in bieiem Qlligenblid flo
gen bic Rafeten auf benz Berg auf, uno
pis nit einem .&6lag lag baS alte
Seibel6erser S6lob in flammenber
praft ha. Dor Der eelpultigen Madt
bieies S6auipieI5 perItummte ieber
@eoante. Gefiibl lpar aaes in mir.
nur @efii6l.
.Mls bic Seusr dImdlig gu .rl0i9en
begonnen,, panbte ib mid nit Sbrds
men Der Rii6runs i'm Quge gu i6r. Sd
mar iebt in Der Stjmmung, bab i6 i6r
bdtte gu 5iiben finten unb lire 8nie
umI6lingen fDnnen: Sei mein! -
Der 9laB aber ncben mir mar leer.
Stia mar lie gu ihrem Batter getreten,
rgllt= 9eibelbtrq, ou feline, bu Staot
an Gbren rei9li brauite es jebt aus
Sunb.rtsn BON Ssblen, unb Sunoerte
alter Setsen ipurben lpieber jung: @m
Netdr unb ain Rbeine, fem andre
tpnmt bir sleids.
s9ei mir aber1 brad bas f6One 2ieb
ben 9ann. Sdffdpo nit, unb i9 trdnt
nit, unb ib lut6te jiber meme S6ipGs
6e. Sd fam mir Dor, as lei i6 elmer
@efa6r entronnen.
nSeuts user er6ielt id bic Qn5eiss
ibrer @erIobuns -"
LIMB nun gebit Su geoantenpoQ
lumber unb bcneioeit ben, Der tie gum
9(ltar fiibrt!"
sd psiB es nidt genau. @bsr
fortberbar III, mir 5umuthe. Sd babe
bas @efiibl, dis foenn iie iid ii6ereilt
bat. sic bate nod elm penig tparten
t1nnen."
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1907-03-15
Gin 8lih.
Don Grna u1rbrr.

lpds bod elm @lid nidt alcs %berrue!
SOU i6lenocrt puyb cine ireutOs Stuot.
Seine Secle trGuielt fciu g~9cueui1laa
Mio unb matt
Sblummert oes SCREENS Strcben.
ga pIOblid iiblt III crjitttrn
9cin san3es Q9cisn, Sein tOotes 81.
Dor nahcnocn 8eipittern
Gie 99ellen oa ii0 bebeu.
Gin iGbcr @lib, Elm flomrcnocr Slid,
God nicorr bis gum Scelcu0ruuo.
Neit Gffnct fid Der buutie Sbluno
limb Wiinite iUilo uno 98ar16c bcib
limb idaumgctrbuts &ilgcl -
Die peitc Gld6e fdrbt ijd ipsiB -
$40 bIicb Der blGue Spic9el? -
Sic III porbei0c0anecn.
gu tpcibt niht, oh iie's abneu mag,
Nu5 ic an Dir be9augen,
llno fiIbIit, n0B erit mad 9obr upO 50,
@erebbcn miro Oss Sturmcs Madt,
Den Dir Der Grcmben @lid gcbro6t.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1907-03-15

bic MuQabs wieberbolten Oiefen BON
Der TRADITION gebeilisten @rub. Gin
@btDmmIing bes 9ropbeten belt eine
4nfprade, unb Der 5pfbidter feierte
in fdpungpo[en @erien bic 3usenbsn
bes neuen Serriders. 9amit fpar bic
gerempnie pprbei; bic Mula6s 5oger:
ab, Der Sdab ftieg BON Sbron berarts
ter unb ri6tets an jeben Der gefan6tsn
Elm paar @orts bur9 einen Solmet>
f9er.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18
Autos To South Pole.

The novel feature of the British eX-
cursion party TO the south pole, which
is to start in October under the COM
mand of Z. II. ShackletOn is the use OF
motor cars. The recently published
photographs taken by Lieutenant
Peary have once more illustrated the
futility of motor cars among the ice
crags of the arctic, but conditions i'll
the southern hemisphere seem to be
different and il was the opinion of mem
bers of the discovery expedition that
motor cars of special design would be
of great value on the comparatively
smooth surface of the great ice sheet
to the west of the barrier.
The great problem was transport,
the dogs not being equal to carrying
supplies for themselves and their mas
tiers. Whatever obstacles might be en-
countered farther south, it would be
an obvious advantage TO reach the lat
itude already attained, 50 degrees and
| I minutes. in Il shorter time and with
a reserve power. making it possible tC
cache supplies for the return, which
seems To be possible in the south
whereas in the arctic it is precluded by
the ice drift.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18

WantGd revenge on The Whole Crowd.
There was bitter feeling among the
heirs and much loud talk about law
suits to break the will, but the final
legatee agreed to give each one GER
tain sum ana thus brought about
peace. In due time he entered into
his own and began TO enjoy himself
The newspapers had got tired of pub
fishing columns about the eccentric
Henry Tweed, and people who knew
him best had talked the matter out.
when there was Il new development. A
lawyer who had not before been men
toned in connection with the case
came forward with Il paper signed and
witnessed reading that the last and
true will had been concealed and that
it named Il different legutee from any
of the others. Whoever was in pos
session when this paper was presented
should remain 50 until the will men,
toned should be found.
All the old excitement was at once
revived. The heirs under the other
wills returned and began searching,
and at one time over 100 persons were
hunting in every likely spot for the
paper. The man in possession had the
house taken to pieces and every inch
| of barns and sheds gone over. There
was digging in the cellar and outdoors
Wooden and brick walls were search.
ed. Men hunted through orchards and
fields and thickets, and for Il month
scarcely any other work was done in
| that part of the county. If it hadn't
been for old Granny Benson, the will
might never have been found. She
was old and light headed, and no one
| gave her any attention. She heard
the talk all around her, but had moth
| ing to say for some weeks. Then q
| storekeeper asked her in Il half humor
Gus way where she supposed tire pa
| per had been hidden and she said:
| why, we all know that Henry
bought coffin at bargain five years
before he died and kept it in the
house. He was buried in it. | guess
he had pocket in the coffin and pu
the paper in it,
The men who had laid out the bod,
and put it in its coffin were spoken to
! and they said they had made no searcl
for paper. The law was appealed t.
and the body exhumed. and the will
was found in a pocket iii the coffin
carefully wrapped in oilskin. There
was tremendous excitement for al
hour. No one could say who would b.
the final legatee. Then the tremen
dous excitement was followed by tire
nendous indignation. There was I
born fool in the town named Osca
Davis, who had legal guardian. Tn
young man was twenty years old ant
Il general butt of ridicule. To hin
Henry Tweed had left every dollar o
his fortune. In the will the miser ex
planned that the fool was the only en-
lie knew who had not at some tim
abused him. NJ. QUAD.
| oil hn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18
Life Impossible
Without Sleep
The Vitality Consumed During
Waking Hours Must be Restored
by SIeep-otherWise Collapse.

Men have lived for weeks without
food, whereas a few days without sleep
and man becomes raving maniac-a
mental and physical wreck.
Nights of sleeplessness tell of a feeble
and depleted nervous system, of ap-
preaching nervous prostration or par
alysis.
The use of opiates merely gives tenn
porary relief, and actually hastens the
collapse of the nervous system.
The regular and persistent use of DR..
A. w. Chase's Nerve Pills will form
new. rich blood, create new nerve force
and thoroughly cure sleeplessness and
nervous exhaustion.
BY keeping a record of your increase
in weight while using this treatment
you can be certain that new, firm flesh
and tissue are being added to the body
You will feel the benefit in every organ.
DR.. A. w. Chases Nerve Pills, SO
cents box, six boxes for $3.50. at all
dealers, or DR.. A. w. Chase Medicine
Co., Buffalo. N. Y
HARPER HOUSE PHARMACY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18

The Sudden order to close down the
charge of its 5000 workmen is said to
be caused by the refusal of the Penn
sylvania railroad to furnish cars and
deliver coal to the Midvale people As
the Midvale company is the competi
tor of the steel trust in the manufac
ture of armor plate, there will un
doubtedly be a thorough investigation
to see if the railroad and the trust arc
thus trying to defeat competition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18

Mark Au champion pedestrian. has
just finished a G0.OOO-mile walk which
he began Aug. g. 1900. He was to
walk 10000 miles in seven years and
earn his own living on the way. This
he has done. with several months &c
spare. He travelled through Spain
Portugal. Holland, Belgium. SwitZer
land, and twice through France. He
speaks only English. He was lost in
snow drifts five times. robbed. shot at
stabbed and stoned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18
DAILY STORY
A MISER'S LITTLE JOKE.
Copyright. 1906. by NJ. McKeon.l

Copyright, 1906. by NJ. McKeonI
Henry Tweed was a miser. There
was only one saving clause in the
mans whole life. His word was as
good rs his bond. He eXacted the last
penny, but he also paid the last. At
twenty years of age he was lending
money and buying real estate. At the
same time he was living on raw veg
etableS and wearing clothing begged
here and there. 1t is not on record
that any man ever bested him i'll
trade of any sort. When his father
and mother died it was generally I'M
derstOOd that Henry had no near rela-
tives He was never heard to refer
TO any one, nor did any one claiming
relationship ever visit him. He died
at the age of fifty from exposure to
storm and was supposed to have left
n fortune Of about $50000. 1t was
soon discovered that he had left
quarter Of Il million dollars.
Henry Tweed had no friends. He
had never given human being his
confidence While he had not quar-
relied with men. he had been misery
and hard hearted and eXacting. Very
little could be said in his favor and 4
great deal against him. One of the
things remembered against him in his
own town was that of dispossessing a
man who had borrowed money of him
and then failed through no fault of his
own. He was i'll when Tweed ordered
the law to carry him out of the house.
He always claimed that he was right
in this, though he realized that all
others berated him for his flinty heart.
After his death 1t was found that he
had made restitution. He had left all
his property TO the man who had call
ed him ShylOck and scoundrel.
He had appointed as his executors
two men who had been most outspo
ken against him.
The will was found. admitted to pro-
bate, and the executors began their
| work. The heir had almost been put
| into possession when man claiming
| TO he cousin of Tweed appeared and
put in claim. He had will of later
date than the other. 1t also appointed
|
says that the last will stands. This
will upset the other but it did not
stand for long. A woman who easily
| proved that she was cousin came on
from a distant state and exhibited 4
| letter and Il Will making her the sole
| legatee. This was dated two weeks
| later than the second. 1t was perfect
| IL legal, and again there was n change
of executors. Things had scarcely be-
gun moving under the new will when
food of relatives appeared. There
were uncles and aunts and cousins ga
lore. and all had a will.
1t transpired that one lawyer had
drawn up all the wills as Il sort OF job
lot. There We're fourteen of them in
all, and he had given Tweed n whole
sale rate. Each one down to the last
had n later date than the other and
named different executors. Not one of
the relatives had known Tweed in life
or cared about him I'm the slightest
and he stated to the lawyer that he