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The Huttig news., 1907-05-25
Strong.

Quite a number of fishing parties have left Strong the past week. Fishing reported only fair.
 Mrs. w. T. Anderson after few weeks visit to Camden returned home Sunday.
 The little baby of Arthur Wooley, died one day last week, and was buried Sunday.
 Miss Flora Maroney. of Oakland, La, after a short visit with friends here returned to her home Sunday.
 It is reported that l. E. Vestal will erect a saw mill few miles south of here in a few weeks, for the purpose of saving the timber from several hundred acres of lana in that vicinity.
 Miss Bernie Clark who has been attending school at Downs vile, La, returned to her home here for the summer vacation.
 Mrs. Boone after a pleasant visit with friends returned to her home last week.
 Messrs. James Plair and w. w. Ward made a business trip to Camden last week.
 MT. and Mrs. Fritz will leave about June lst for an extended trip throughout Texas and the Southwest.
 Marshall Grow, upon information from Crosset, that two negroes had committed robbery at that place, and were making in the direction of Strong arrested tive negroes this morning that tallys with the description sent out from Crosset. The authorities have been notified at Crossett but as yet no response has been made.
 Some excitement Wss created just north of here last week on account of little girl of James Thomas getting lost in the woods near her home. She was about seven years old, and had wandered out in the woods after some cattle. Despite the efforts to find her she was not found until she had wandered around for about thirty six hours.
 The Corporation of strong voted a seven mill School Tax last Saturday. The voting of the max imum rate haply reflects the in terest which the people of Strong take in educational matters. They are to be congratulated for their action in this particu ar. Eugene Hill and James Wallace were elected as members of the School Board, and we have no fear that these gentlemen together with the remainder of the Board will make any mistake in the en- ployment of competent teachers, as their past record is sufficient evi- dence of their ability.
 Last Sunday Eve, Rev. Hooks, of the ME church, preached a very powerful sermon on the sins and indiseretions of the day. He dwelt very forcibly upon the practice of sending obscene and sugges- tive Post cards through the mails, and the evil effects that were likely to result from the practice thereof. To the parents his words were timely and advisory, to the young they were tender and fath-
The Huttig news., 1907-05-25

Now that the rain has ceased, the Legislature adjourned, and the heir to the throne of Spain born, the farmers have gone joyously to work.
The Huttig news., 1907-05-25
TGWN OFFICIALS.

The following are the duly elected of fcials of the incorporated town of Hut tig:
 Mayor-R. E. Rowland.
 Recorder-J E. Bailey.
 Marshal-E M Cabiness.
 Aldermen-S. Farmer, E. F. Wooley, J. U. Brown, R. L. Boddie and A. w.. Corkins
 Board of Education-IA. F. CulbreatF, Dr. R. E. Rowland, J. U. Brown, F. w. Scott ard A. w. Corkins.
The Huttig news., 1907-05-25

erly. and to all a masterful plea
 for purity of thought and action.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24

An agreeable and instructive evenings enter
tainment may be had in looking up the various
authors of separate lines in the three selections
above given.
The following specimen of centos is a very curl
GUS one of a different nature, which is worth
preserving:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24

All the poems published in the last half century,
according to distinguished critic, not crimes
against the English language and the Ten Com
mandments, but the few exempt would, II his est1-
mate is to be considered, require very small
volume for reproduction. Very few of the So
called Peculiar Poems would find place in it.
But there are some, however, worthy of it, and
few specimens have been garnered from the chaff,
and here republished Most OF them are by
anonymous writer's, and have from time to time
appeared in popular publications.
The most elaborate example of ALTERATION in
existence is undoubtedly the once famous "Siege
of Belgrade"
Austrian army, awfully arrayed,
Boldly by battery, besieged Belgrade;
Cossack commanders commanding came,
Dealing distinctions devastating doom;
Every endeavOr engineers essay,
For fame, for fortune fghting-furious fray!
Generals. gainst generals grapped-gracious
God!
How honors, heaven, heroic hardihood!
Infuriate, indiscriminate, in i'll,
Kinsmen kill kindred kindred kinsmen kill!
Labor low levels longest, loftest lines;
Men march mid mounds, mid moles, mld
murd'rous mines,
Now noisy, noxious numbers notice naught
OF outward obstacles opposing ought;
Poor patriots! partly purchased, partly pressed,
Quite quaking quickly Quarter, quarter quest.
Reason returns, religious right rebounds,
Suwarrow stops such sanguinary sounds;
Truce to thee Turkey! Triumph to thy train!
Unjust, unwise, unmercifu Ukraine!
Vanish vain victory!-Vanish victory vain!
Why wish we warfare? Wherefore welcome were
Xerxes, Ximenas Xanthus Xaivier?
Yield YIELD ye youths! Ye yoemen yield your
yell!
Zeno's, Zarpater's Zoroasters zeal
Attracting all, arms against arms appeal"
The origin of the following eccentricity in epis
tolary ingenuity is unknown, but 1t is in our
opinion well worth quoting
My M head will scarce conceive
I calm l D A bright
But A miles from U must
M this chance write.
1st, should N V U,
B E q, mind, it, o O.;
If friendship show, B sure
They shall not forgot
From virtue never D VS.;
Her influence
Alike induces 10derness
Or 40tude divine.
This until U G
pray 2 x Qs;
And o 2 burn in G
My quaint and wayward muse
Now fare U well, dear A,
trust that u R true
When this U C then you can say,
An A u.
cento is poem made up of lines from other
noems The following verse, which is the first OF
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24

The following poetical selection, although fam.
iliar to but few readers has been pronounced the
finest paraphrase of its kind extant. In spite of
its length the unknown and ingenious author has
successfully avoided tautology, and although re-
iterating the same idea has never repeated the
language Even the simple name of John
is expressed in English, French, German and
Russian, while cow, dog, cat and rat are rolled
over and over through the most complicated ver
bosity. The poem is most surely the work of
scholarship and patient genius, and as such de-
serves republication The founded
the wellknown nursery rhyme, "The House that
Jack Built:
Behold the mansion reared by d@dal Jack.
See the malt stored in many plethoric sack
In the proud cirque of Ivans bivouac.
Mark how the rats feonious fangs invade
The golden stores in Johns pavilion laid.
Anon, with velvet foot and Tarquin strides,
Subtle Grimalkin to his quarry glides-
Grimalkin grim, that slew the fierce rodent
Whose tooth insdious Johann's sackc,oth rent
Lo! now the deepmouthed canine foes assault
That vexed the avenger of the stolen malt,
Stored in the haowed precincts of the hall
That rose complete at Jacks creative CALL
Here stalks impetuous Cow with crumpled horu
Whereon the exacerbating hound torn,
Who bayed the feline slaughter beast that slew
The rat predacous whose keen fangs ran through
The textile fibers that involved the grain
That lay in Hans inviolate domain.
Here walks forlorn the Damsel crowned with rue
Lactferous spoils from vaccine dugs who drew
OF that corniculate beast whose tortuous horn
Tossed to the clouds, in fierce vndictive scorn
The narrowing hound whose braggart bark and
stir
Arched the 1.-THE spine and reared the indignant
fur
OF Puss that with vermncidal claw
Struck the weird Rat in whose insatiate nav
Lay reeking malt that erst in Ivan's court we
saw.
Robed in senescent garb that seemed in sooth
Too long a prey to Chronos iron tooth,
Behed the whose amorous lips incline
Full with young Eros osculative sign,
To the lorn maiden whose tact-albic hands
Drew abu-latic wealth from lacteal glands
Of the immortal bovine, by whose horn,
Distort to realm ethereal was borne
The beast catulean, vexer of that sly
Ulysses quadrupedal who made die
The old mordacious rat that dared devour
Antecedaneous Ale in Johns domestic bower.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24

Tonight! tonight, my gentle one,
The fiower-bearing arma tree
Doth long, with fragrant moan, to meet
The love-lip of the honey-bee;
But not the arma tree can long
To greet the bee at evening light,
With half the deep, fond love long
To meet my Mama here tonight,
Then come, love, come!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24

llShed ana Anonymous AutlOIS.
An agreeable and instructive evenings enter
tainment may be had in looking up the various
authors of separate lines in the three selections
above given.
The following specimen of centos is very curl
Gus one of different nature, which is worth
preserving:
Cling to the Mighty One. Ps., lxxxix, 49,
Cling in thy grief; Heb, xii, IL.
Cling to the Holy One Heb. vii, 26.
He gives relief; Ps, exv1., b.
Cling to the Gracious One, Ps, exvi, g.
Cling in thy pain; Ps, w.. 4.
Cling to the Faithful One, 1. Thess., ", 25
He will sustain Ps., ", "a.
Cling to the Living One Heb. vii, 25.
Cling in thy woe; Ps., lxxxvi. T.
Cling to the Loving One 1. John, ivp IT,
Through all below; Rom, vii, 3S49
Cling to the Pardoning One, John, xiv, 26.
He speaketh peace; John, xiv, %.
Cling to the Healing One, Exod., XIV. rs.
Anguish shall cease. Ps., cxlvii., 3.
Cling to the Bleeding One I. John, l., z.
Cling to His side; John, Xxx, 27.
Cling to the Risen One, Rom, vi, 9.
In Him abide; John, XIV, 4.
Cling to the Coming One, Rev., xii, 20.
Hope shall arise; Titus H., 49,
Cling to the Reigning One, Ps., xcvii. l.
Joy lights thine eyes. Ps., xvi, IL.
Among literary curiosities there is none more
to have been written during the Revolution 1t
may be read three different ways in the order in
which it is written-downward on the left of each
comma in every line, and in the manner on
the right of each comma. In the first reading
the Revolutionary cause is condemned, while by
the others it Is encouraged and lauded
Hark! Hark! the trumpet sounds, the din of wars
alarms,
Ger seas and solid grounds, doth call us all to
arms
Who for King George doth stand, their honors
soon shall shine;
Their ruin is at hand, who with the Congress
join,
The acts of Parliament in them much delight
l hate their cursed intent, who for the Congress
fight;
The Tories of today, they my daily toast,
They soon will sneak away, who independence
boast,
Who nonresistance hold, they have my hand and
heart,
May they for slaves be sold, who act Whiggish
part;
On Mansfield, North and Butte, may daily bless
Confusion and dispute Congress evermore,
To North and British lord, may honors still be
I wish block or cord, to Gen. Washington.
An ingenious rhymster, who once set out to
write an S-less poem quite successful con-
sidering the difficulty of his task, as will be
by the following lyric, in which the letter "s' is
not used
Oh! tonight; for naught charm
The weary time when thou'rt away,
Oh! come the gentle moon hath thrown
Der bower and hall her quivering ray,
The heather-be hath mildly flung,
:-I
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24
p E c. r. p O E NJ S

Remarkable Rhymes by Distinguished and Anonymous Authors
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24

cento is poem made up of lines from other
poems The following verse, which is the first of
seven similar stanzas by an old writer may be
taken as an example:
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
In every cline from Lapland to Japan;
To fix one spark of beauty's heavenly ray,
The proper study of mankind is man.
still better specimen is afforded in pre-
tended prize poem contributed by Shirley BROOKS
to Punch some lines of which run thus:
Full many gem of purest ray serene
That to be hated needs but to be seen
Invites my lays; be present, sylvan maids,
And graceful deer reposing in the shades
I am the Morning and the Evening Star
Draw the slow barge and whirl the rapid car.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24

The loud, cantankerous shanghai comes at last
Whose shouts aroused the shorn ecclesist
Who sealed the vows of Hymens sacrament
To him who robed in garments INDECENT,
Exosculates the damsel lacrymose,
The emulator of that horned brute morose
That tossed the dog that worried the cat that kilt
The rat that ate the malt that lay in the mouse
that Jack built.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-18
REAL" d. Il. r. DEAD.
Mrs. Ann Eliza WHbm P,5ntiss
Erpire8 at PittsfeId.
LRy Telegraph 70 The Trlbune.l


Pittshed, Mass, Nov. H-Berkshire County's
Mrs Ann Eliza Wilbur Printss. died at her homo
IN this city to-day. Her father Joseph Wilbur
was born at Ancran n. Y, on December 23. 1751
and ciglty-two years old when she was born
July 3, 1893. He had record Of five enlist
ments in the Revolutionary War. and saw service
in forty-one engagements and skirfnishes Hc was
an orderly under General Washington. and was
color sergeant at the battle Of Saratoga.
Mrs. Printiss had memorandum of her fathers
enlistments, showing that he served two months
in 1T6 under Colonel Asa Waterman two Inonths
in IN under Captain John Smith. month that
year under Captain Vosburg three months under
Colone! H. W. Livingston and Captain Elisha Gil
bert. and fifteen days in 1773 under Colonel Whiting
Mr. Wilbur lived 10 be ninety-one. Mrs. Priutiss
Of six children by his second marriage.
Her grandfather George KttrdFe while serving
in the Colonial wars, was captured by Indians and
held a prisoner fourteen years. He was carried
into Canada and became a medicine man Df the
tribe. An Indian girl helped him 10 escape
George Printiss brother of Mrs. PrIntiss. while
in the navy died at Another brother, Eleazer
Prntss who in the 9th Massachusetts Regi-
mcnt. died of starvation in Andersonville prison.
Mrs. Printiss was a charter member Of Peace
luton. Of Pittsheld. She was also d member of
William W. Rockwell Relief Corps
Fifty-four years ago Mrs. Printiss was married
TO Horace Printiss. who died in 1900. She leaves
three daughters-Mrs. =. r. Powell. Mrs. Ernest E.
Cleveland and Miss Grace A Printiss all Of Pitts
field The funeral will be held Tuesday
New-York tribune., 1907-11-18
SHOTS CAUSE PANIC AT DANCE.
Women and Men Seek Exits from East Side
Hall by Fire Escapes.

Four shots fired in rapid succession caused al
most riot late Yesterday afternoon during a dance
IN Progress Hall. No. 2S Avenue a Four or five
hundred young men and women in an effort To-
get out went down fire escapes and jumped out
OF windows. The arrival of Captain Shaw and
fifteen policemen from the 5th street station pre-
vented serious injury to many. one arrest was
made.
Inc dance was held under the auspices of the
John Butts Association and was patronized b,, rar
sons living on 10th and 18th streets between First
and Second avenues During a quarrel between
two revolver was fired. Captain Shaw and
fifteen policemen were in I'd street at the dedica
ton services of the Mount Moriah Hospital Hear
ing the shots, he hurried 10 the scene Ever, one
leaving the hall Was searched and one man Thorn
as Ferris, Of No. 53S East 10th street was arrest
ed Magistrate Droege. in the night court dis
charged him. after a companion OF Ferris had tes-
titled and corroborated the prisoners story that he
had not been near the part of the hau where the
shots had been fired.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-18
WHEN WORK OF SCHOOLS ovERLAPs
Lee Kohns Reports on Advisability of Union
of City Institutions.

Lee Kohn= trustee Of the College Of tho City
OF New York end member of the commission ap-
pointed by Mayor Mcclellan last January to con-
Eider the advisa bility of union of the SCHOOL,
snd colleges maintained by this city has con-
Tribued an article TO The City College Quarter
y" for October which is just out, the prob
lens confronting the commission
At present. according TO Mr.. Kohns, there are
two large Implications Of work in the educational
institutions of the city. The first occurs through
the City College and the Normal College each hav-
ing a high school, the preparatory department
covering in the main the same work as is done in
the nineteen high schools maintained by the
Board Of Education. The second duplication Of
work is due 10 the fact that each of these col
ieges maintains pedagogical courses which prom
ely belong 10 the three city training schools for
teachers carried on by the Board OF Education
After discussing the weys in which these dupli-
cations could be obviated Mr. Kohns declares his
belief that the result of the work of the commits
sion viii be fvefc!d: FIRST. perfect articulation
Of the entire system of public instruction so that
by .grecr-cnt Cf the authorities the course IF
study shall lead from each department to the one
LeAt above. Second, the elimination OF all iupI!-
cation Third. the colleges 70 confue themselves
Turely to college work. and 20 do all pedagogical
training Fourth, tie Normal College. the Col
irse OF the city of New York and The Traint,s,
Sc!i"oi fer Teac.:a:s each be administered bv .
"fah til@ Institutions TO remain distinct NTH ca,
"iaIs buildings. board of trustees ou,. ,,r.si
"fit anu one faculty to serve for an Ejf,L no
@tl OF tie colleges TO again institute ur-t ~ tor
- a'si-;i departments with them "a;
q sa4, si3fd tllat t:cy shall aIwa.s he slInijj.i
Win students" 80 9NPPi'"
New-York tribune., 1907-11-18
be sent free all persons communicating with
the Hamburg American Line No. g Broadway
JERSEYITE Il CLAIMANT.
Seeks Part Of Dukes Estate as
We'll as the DruCe Heirs.

Mllvile. Nov II (SpeciaD.-Another claimant for
the estates Of the Duke Of Portland has appeared
In the person Of Walter Scott Calkins. leading
merchant of this place. He says he will institute
proceedings before the English House Of Para-
ment a few days. through his attorneys. TO TO-
cover the vast estates moneys OF the eccentric
nobleman who, ne says was his Grcat-great- great
grandfather.
The fact that another alleged heir of the Duke
OF Portland has forward has attracted much
attention among those who familiar with the
and his attempts TO prove his claim vii! he
watched with much interest. The attempts of the
heirs Of Thomas Charles Druce TO prove that their
grandfather and the NTH Duke Of Portland were
the same person in the English courts is source
OF interest the whole world and especially 10
this country, through the connection of Robert
Caldwell. of Staten Island. with the case
1t is Calkinss contention that the eldest son ~
the Duke of Portland, John Barker, camo to this
country century ago and was glver a patou: 10
an estate in Greene County. Ne Y. lie married the
daughter Of another pioneer named Curtis. the
only issue OF the marriage being daughter. Kath-
crime Calkins says he prove that this woman
was his great-grandmother and that his contention
is borne out by the records Of the County Clerk at
Catskill and by the afiidavits of a number Of old
residents of the county In 1870 Mr. Calkinss father
through his attorney, Judah L. Benjamin. claimed
the estate and submitted the proofs The proofs
were not disputed by the English authorities but
the continually delayed. as. in case any
rghtful heir comes forward and proves his claim
the estate will be his and not revert to the Crown
as otherwise would be the
While the subject being argued BENJAMIN
died and the firm of lawyers Of which he was
member went out Of business Before the elder
Caltins could engage other counsel he died. and the
matter allowed to rest until the present. As a
still further evidence Of his claim. Mr.. Calkins has
n copy of the will Of John Barker, made in 1871
wherein his estates IN Baynaby Moor. County of
Nottingham. England are described
Il have no doubts OF the Legitimacy of my claim
said Mr.. Calkns, for the records are all in the
County Clerks office in New York State and also
I'm the documents relating to the attempt made hy
Judah p. Benjamin. The records all show that the
other claims based on morganatic marriages"
New-York tribune., 1907-11-18
FEDERATION OF LABoR'S DEMANDS.
Uniform Primary Elections Asked in One of
the Resolutions.

Norfolk Va. Nov. 1I-AmoHg the resolutions
adopted by the American Federation Of Labor at
IFS session last night were the following:
Calling fo- all employees injured on government
works, naval or otherwise, TO be paid their wages
Tor = period OF not more than six months. and in
case oc death this to 20 h dependent relatives
Legalizing Of Saturday half-holidavS in July. Au-
gust and September for all persons employed on
government works.
Urging remedial legislation for American seamen;
preventing Imprisonment becaust of refusal tC work
with non-unionists while in foreign waters. etc.
Declaring for uniform primary elections, county,
municipal, state and national. and calling for the
restriction of the use of money in elections, with
publication Of all party and campaign expenses
hut reJccttn@ a provision for the payment of pri-
mary election expenses by states.
Referring To the executive council for fun inyes-
tiCation and action request to the Interstate
Commerce Commission 70 hear labor fully before
deciding the petition against the incrtused rates
forest products by the Hlll and Hartman rail-
roads, and also the proposition TO prevent reCi-
prOcity between the lumber interests OF the United
States and Canada, involving alleged clashes be-
tween white and Asatic labor
New-York tribune., 1907-11-18
THINKS CANCER INFECTIOUS

DR. Emanuel NJ Barlcb NJ No - - -
street VINO has been attending in Paris the Tntcr-
li1'ioiial surgeons Congress- arrived here veqtor-
day on the North German Lloyd liner Kaiser U-,,
s,in u. ne remained in Paris after the congrcaz
"DJouFheo 10 attend the National NciicaI -
gress. DR. Baruch said he was eroatI'. ON
~ me discussions on cancer. and, from his -
serVauona' had decided that the greater ra,. -
''i 'He cure Of the
sesine1 inough r., the weight Of science he said .ho
sin The III ois-.G .aoGGeptsnce Of theory Of Infection
st NHs Stiiieai evidence and expefien1es - tio!l
f Pad,i1 snGn sGpp3sti9n not to he lost % Sgt
Isaaiufn ahd the ray have a ,,alme ~ sisnt ,
tn d.e % cancer in superficial cases but ~ nt r,i
New-York tribune., 1907-11-18
WANTS MOTTO ON COINS.

The Rev DR. Charles Edward Locke. pastor of
the Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church.
Brooklyn referred in his sermon last night to the
action Of President Roosevelt I'm ordering the
motto In God We Trust left off gold coins The
placing Of the inscription In God We Trust upon
the national coinage" he said, lis unique recog-
milton OF our dependency a people upon tho
Father Of nations To remove IT would violate q
beautiful national tradition. Tho only argument
offered in favor of emitting the motto is that oc-
casonally some would-be funny man makes 1t a
source Of rldicue. Why, II every noble man and
righteous thing that is cartooned especially in tho
heat Of a political campaign should be eliminated
there would be country I'm which 10 live and no
party with which to vote"