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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21
Mrs. PaetE Dead.

Mrs. Sophia Poetz. aged 80 years, and 8 resident of Mobile for fifty three years. died this morning at 4:S0 at the family home, 109 St. Joseph street She had been a sufferer from valvular disease of the heart for two years. Mrs. PoetZ was born in Ger many. and was member of the Ger man Lutheran church of this city.
 She leaves two sons, George and Will liam, tho latter of New York. and two daughters, Miss Nina and Mrs. John DouYias' The funeral will be held to- morrow afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21
MARINE NEWS.
Arrival and Departure of Vessels
 Aherua Ilnntn

Arrival aud Departure of Vessels at
 Southern Ports.
 Mobile. Ala, Feb. 20.-Arrived: Steamer Fort Morgan. (Nor.), olsvik.
 Cleared: Steamer Taraid. (Nor.) He- neyckson. Bocas del Toro; bark Angela. Casanova. Gtai.). Pontrencli, Rosario; schooner FrOsperare Brit ), Sommer- vile, Gardenassi; Frank Canizas. Woods, Georgetown. G. E.
 Galveston. Texas. Feb. 20 Arrived, steamer Fl Cid, Baker. New York; Thur. land Castle. tBrit. ). Craven. Antwerp: Galveston. (Brit. ). Putt Rife.
 Cleared. steamer Lampa sas. John stone. New York; Elmer, Burns, New York: Iowa. (Brit,). Walter. Liver nool.
 Sailed. steamer Pectan, tBrit.}, Dan lels. Port Arthur: Lampasas, Johnstone. New York.
 New Orleans, La. Feb. 2o.--cleared. steamer Ctzstein, (Nor. ). Knudsen, Por- to Cortez.
 Port Eads. La. Feb. 2O.-Arrived, steame. Politician. Brit Walton' Liverpool. and sailed for Galveston French cruiser Kleber, from Havana
 Saced. steamers Comus. Post. New York; iNator. (Nor !. Thorsen. Ceiba: Dan.el. (Cer.). Bonath, Hamburg via Newport News.
 Pensacola. Fla, Feb. 2O.-Arrived' Steamer Radiance. (Rr. \ Dunn Vera Cruz. Cleared. ship IngrId, (Nor ) Dannel. Buenos Ayres. Sailed, steam CT Cameron, (Br.' PrCsant. Liverpool
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21

The body of Sylvan Gosson arrived at Whistler late last night from Tus- caloosa, and the funeral was held this afternoon in the Whistler cemetery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21

Mrs Lizzie McAliister, aged 26 years died this morning at the family resi- dence on Hamilton street, near Beau regard. after lifelong residence in Mobiiei The funeral will be held to- morrow afternoon at o'clock
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21

Miss Elizabeth Bell and daughter. Miss Mamie Bell of Quincey, Ill. are the guests of Mrs. D. D. Smith.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21

These arrivals and departures as well as are given only as information and are not 1uarauteAd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21

New Orleans, Ta Feb. 20.--cleared steamer Ctzstein, (Nor.) Knudsen, Por. to Cortez.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21
Negro Thief Bound over.

The young negro. Johnnie owens. who was arrested yesterday on a charge of stealing and selling wire cable from the Southern BtH Telephone Company, apear ed on the charge before the recorder this morning and was bound over to the City Court In the sum of $500.
 The man who appeared to represent the telephone company stated that the firm has been missing wire cable for some time, but had been unable to apprehend the party who had been getting away with it. On Saturday night two installments were taken, the first being ninety feet, the sec ond 135. The smaller amount has never been recovered, but the fS5- foot lot was found at the junk shop where 1t is charged Owens had sold 1t.
 The negro claims that he found the cable in a ditch at St Francis and Warren streets. Though 1t was valued at s65 the sale to the junk dealer was for only S4.00.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21
ESCAPED CONNECTS
TWO DANGEROUS MEN ARRESTED
 IN MOBILE.
Got Away from Perry County. Mfssis- sippi, Work Farm and m omcer Arrives to Take Them
 Back.

Mobile, Feb. 20.-(SpeciaiD-Last | Friday night the police arrested two white men. R. L McDuffy and A. M Dearman, on charges of dangerous ana suspicious. the latter being armed. It Is learned this morning that eacn of the men In dangerous and that both are wan led as escaped conviets from the Perry County .Mfss.) work farm. John Dossett, a constable from Hattiesburgr arrived late last night and this morn Ing identified the two men and asked permission to take them back to Ms sissippi. Four charges of forgery have been made against McDuffy in Mobile, where his operations got him into immediate trouble. The Union Naval Stores Com pany and the Latonia Turpentine Com pany are the firms whose signatures he employed on the checks. All those who had been caught in the game were at the police station this morning to lodge complaint and to swear out war rants The preliminary hearing or McDuffy will be held tomorrow morn ing before Recorder Clarke.
 Constable Dossett said this morning at police headquarters that both men were serving long sentences when they escaped. Against McDuffy there were two convictions for selling liquor which would have held him for two more years. Dearman was. serving time eor petit larceny. So far as can be learned Dearman had nothing to do with the local cases of forgery.
 It is altogether likely that he will be allowed to return to Mississippi to finish out his time on the Perry work farm.
 McDuRy is only 25 years of age. and claims that Merrill, Miss. Is his nome
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21

Mir. and Mrs. Charles Shawhan enter tained at bridge this evening in honor Of pr. and Mrs. Francis Adams of Great Falls, Montana and Miss Stewart of St. Louis There were five tables of bridge and after the game a delightful little supper was served.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21

Bijou Tonight, The James Boys In Missouri. Prices 25, 35, 50.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY

Improved passsRKer Service To ssvanp
 nAh With Pullman BuGIet Slee0- ing Car.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21
NEWS OF MOBILE SOCIETY

After . two course luncheon, euchre was played, the prizes all being appro- priate souvenirs. The first, cherry tree filled with candy. the second. . plaque hung with cherries and the consolation. a hatchet filled with can dy. Mrs. Meyer herself kept the score for her guests who were Misses Rose Marx, of Port Gibson, Miss. Miss Irma Marx of Birmingham. Miss Violet Marxo ofUniontown. Miss Sadie Meyer, Miss Lillian Meyer. Miss Maude Meyer of Demopolis. Miss Lena Me zger. Miss Elaine Behold. Miss Lena Hahaw. Miss Theresa Schwarz. Miss M1tilda Spira, Miss Manette waldaner. Miss Carrie Neubrik. Miss Picard of Atlanta. Miss Stahl of Atlanta, Mrs. Aurthur Epstein of Denver. Mrs. Haas of Gadsden. Miss Etta Bloch, Miss Bertha Schuster of Selma. Miss Antonette Pollock. Miss Jessie Long, Miss Holstein of Miss. Miss Miriam Jacobson. Mrs. Soloman of Lou isville. Miss Glossie Koh.man, Miss Re- ba Goldsmith of Port Gibson. Misses Leah Simon. IneS Weiss, Viola Lyons, Mrs. Maurice Meyer.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Shawhan enter tained at bridge this evening in honor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21
Central of Georgia Railway

Arrival and departure of trains Union rass ssnEsr Station. Montgomery. Ala Effect i've Jauuary 6. 1867. 90th Meridian ttma
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
PETR4RCH.
Il Charming Study of His Life
and Times.

PETRARCH. His Life and Times BY H. G, ,fl,d boil
way-CalthrCp Late of Balhol College OXFORD
Rursar of Eton College. With Twenty-four
IIlustra atoms. Svo, PIP y 39- G T. futnaIn 5
Sons.
When Petrarch was n young man ne maze
Journey to Paris and there spent long time
exploring it thoroughly from a wish to sec
everything and to discover whether all Its re-
puted glories were real or imaginary, ana
when daylight often failed making use OF the
night as we'll" This souvenir of the poets for
native period is eloquent of the instinct which
determined the development of his career from
beginning TO end. he had always passionate
wish ito see everything" This wish and MS
ardent qualification OF it make him one OF the
most sympathetic figures in the history Of lit
erature He is an eager human creature. OBJ
viously he is OF all literary classics. one of the
first to repay the modern biographer. He has
proved a stimulating theme to MI Hollway-
Calthrop who has made in the present volume
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heart and moreover the fates did not long
frown upon him. On the death of his father he
was free to turn from the law and devote him
self to scholarship and poetry. The Church. too.
in admitting him to minor orders, gave him the
stamp he needed in his career without in any
way withdrawing him from mundane society
and its opportunities for advancement in his
chosen profession A born collector Of sensa-
tions he made the best of all that awaited him
among the clever and pleasure loving people
of Avignon. He found time to think of his
clothes as well as of his mind. and. as our au-
thor says. ''ruiiled it with the best of the
dandes. so that all Avignon pointed him out as
model of elegance" We may quote here Mr.
Hollway- -Calthrop's outline portrait of the bud
ding poet:
he was at this time young man of engaging
aPpearance comely II not strikinsiy handsome
WIN W,.n a a high color and complexion rather fair
and remarkably keen of sight-n the Iaurentian
library portrait they are rather small but very
his limbs. though not very strong were Well knit
aosus ana ass and In he early and middle life his health
h;n habits drinking nothing but water throughout
OF youth" From the Laurentian portrait we see
further that he had intellectual face with a
straight nose delcately arched eyebrow high ana
tth w Ooehed n @ cheek bones and beautiful mouth.
There must have been something very win
ming about his expression. as there was In
fact. about his whole character. He had a Gift
Tor friendship. the story OF his career being to
a great extent the story Of the happiest rela-
tions with all manner of people The author of
this book recording that Petrarch possessed
both intellectual and personal charms to a rare
Degree" which enabled him to fascinate the
lmaginations of men and to fire their hearts.
notes also the difficulty of giving precise def
milton OF the poets temperamental quality In
so Tar as we may guess at the secret Of his
power over his contemporaries we may trace It
to his merely human sympathies. For a book
ish man Petrarch was extraordinarily open to
the appeals of the life about him. They did
not need to touch the springs of passion. to
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15

of arms and braying of trumpets. L may o1ten
he seen wandering the hills. diligently
thinking over something to win me the favor Oh
posterity.''
We see him then at the outset of his career,
happily indulging in the revery which was
need of his soul. but. like so many OF the great
writer's he had to endure the discipline enforced
by n stern parent. Ser Petracco was not lndIf-
ferent to his sons studious tastes. but the very
gifts of the young Francesca persuaded MIN
that here was source. ready to his hand. or
energy to be used in the upbuilding of the fam
ily fortunes. He resolved that his son should
be dedicated to the law. and as a beginning in
the task of repression which his plan involved.
he threw the lads treasured classics into the
fire To be sure. he melted when Petrarch set
up as terrible howling if l myself had been
thrown upon the logs and plucked from the
flames a Virgil and a Cicero handing them over
to the weeping owner with these words: keep
the one for an occasional hour of recreation. and
the other as stimulus to your study Of civil
law" Nevertheless, Petrarch had to give him
self up to a legal training.
Being what he was, not even the dry studies
he was obliged to follow at the University OF
Bologna could quench the joy Of living in his
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sound the poignantly personal note, as in tba
case of Laura It was enough If they stirred
the emotions of a man avid of sheer experience
Thus it was the most natural thing in the World
for him to include among his friends types Of
character which. from the conventional point Of
view, would seem profoundly fncongruous in his
circle. Take, for example, his intimacy with
AZzo de Correggfo, a representative tyrant Of
the time THE easy explanation and the fass
one" as his present biographer remarks. IS
that Petrarch was hypocrite and sycophant-
But the right explanation is that the early Ital
ian despot was often both a scoundrel and
lover of the hunanities. and society at large was
ever ready to let his virtues balance his vices
Petrarch was. after all, a man OF the fourteenth
century, and it could hardly have occurred to
him to abandon an interesting friend because
that friend was accustomed to administer his
affairs according TO the violent fashion then N
vogue II is plain. too. that the poet was no
boneless courtier forgetting his principles in the
delights of thoughtful conversation. We know
the valiant support he gave to Rienzi and We
know. too. that in this matter the bold and can-
did revelation of his sympathy for the Tribune
was tantamount to formal sacrifice of that IL
timacy with the house of CoIonna which had
long been dear TO him
In short, we are most likely to arrive at true
understanding Of Petrarch IL we think Of hin
as a man with a zest for life. curious to see
and to test all things. a type OF insatiabs
curiosity. He knew that he would wound Boo
caccio in particular, whom he tenderiy loved
and the F1orentines in general whom he was at
least not desirous Of offending, when he entered
the service OF the yisconti at Milan but If IS
hardly necessary TO suggest, as is suggested in
this volume that he may have been influenced
in this transaction by wish for a refuge from
the Great Plague. Was he not rather, in going
to Milan, simply extending that acquaintance
with the world. with public affairs and with
human beings, which was his lifelong passion?
He would know all men and enter into their in
terests. The point comes out most beguilingly
IN that story Of his visit with Enrico Capra.
the Bergarnasque goldsmith turned man Of let
terS, whom his friends would have disSuaded
him from thus honoring because they thought
it beneath his dignity to be tradesrnans guest.
Petrarch was a poet because he could not help
himself, fetching the fire for his verse from
mysterious source. He read books and wrote
them because he loved literature. But # he was
one OF the great driving forces OF Hurlanism il
was because his nature sprang 10 the call Of
because he was a before he WIS
an author
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15

capital addition to the series in which we have
already welcomed Mr. Boulting's book on Tasso
and DIR. Ragg's interesting study of Dante and
his times. Indeed, this latest publication has
exceptional charm The author writes with
enthusiasm and discretion. He gives q concise
account Of the facts eschews speculation as he
eschews sentinentalism. and. in filling in his
background with the salient types and events Of
his hero's epoch, shows that he knows just
where to stop The background is always the
background. never overwhelming the portrait
which it has been the authors first aim to paint
Petrarch came into the world at a time OF
widespread political trouble. yet he was not al
together unfortunate in being the son of q man
Ser Petracco the clever Florentine lawyer may
have been embarrassed and even placed in grave
peril by his Guelfc associations, but at least he
managed to carry himself to safety from out
the storm and to take up at Avignon a life
which became, in the long run. sufficiently pros
porous. The future poet was destined to de-
plore one phase or another of existence in the
place of Papal exile, but in his boyhood his
surroundings were certainly favorable to the
nourishment of his genius. Writing long after
ward to a companion of this early time he saws.
you remember those four years? What de-
lightful time it was. with perfect freedom from
care, with peace at home and liberty abroad
and with its leisure hours spent amid the silence
of the fields. Certainly I am grateful to
that season, or rather to the Author of all sea-
sons. who allowed me those years of absolute
calm" He may well have been grateful. for
quiet communion with nature was INDISPENSABLE
to his poetic genius. There is q significant pas
sage in the letter he wrote to one of his friends
at the time of his first visit to Rome. II was a
time of sinister turmoil. The man of arms was
bound to walk warily. and one would expect the
man of letters to be even keener the lookout
for physical danger when he went abroad But
Petrarch thought only Of drinking in from his
the inspiration for intellectual ex-
ercise. $50 powerful Is habit" he says, that
while all others rush to the citadel at the cIane
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
THE RUSSIAN CHURCH.
4n English Tersion of It's Serzics
Book.

SERVICE BOOK OF THE HOLY ORTHoGD2o,XS5, n
CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC CitsECO-RJ ssLa-y
CHURCH Compiled. translated and arrahs5ss
from the Old Church -Slavonic service books q
the Russian Church and coIlated with the So
vice books OF the Greek Church. BY Isagt'
Florence Hapgood- Syo. pp- 6l0- HousH''A'
Mithiu & Co.
Uniformity of doctrine is an unfailing note 'l
the Holy Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Church u
the East. But with dogmatic unity once assufsu
the Church has always been ready to adapt l'SeiI
to the exigencies of national life among the peo-
Piles to whom its message has come Inus ~.
Syro-Arabian, Greek and Russian branches u
the Orthodox Apostolic Church. while one I"
doctrine. are each independent. or rather au.O
cephaIous. in government. and the cuitus 'a---.
In form and language according TO the heeu'
the different groups within the pale OF the EA''
ern Obedience.
The Service Book compiled and transaleu y
Miss Hapgood for use in public worship VI =
Russian Church in North America IS a tLi''!
recognition OF the presence in this eouhu,
an increasing number of adherents OF tns HA,
ern Church, and of the fact that EnsIiSn
only language that communicates IN Anei'|
may hope to have In common IN her inpo''-
project Miss Hapgood has had the oacAne
the Holy Synod OF Russia. by whom part oi
expense of publication is betrayed CouH'
gius l. Witte has been liberal contriDulo''
dignitaries like the Archbishop Of North Aii''-'
have given sympathetic scholarly aid
The old Church Slavonic service BOOKS u
which the translations have been made e0A'. -,
wealth of IiturgicaI material too bounteoN :,
ordinary purposes. By following the cai''- "a
judicious neglect Miss HapgOod has Su'' N
admirably in making book which snO" ,ss
the services in general use The list ineiu' Oil
Iiturgies of St John Chrysostom anu o' -
the Great, the Liturgy of the fre-sa..st -,rst
Gifts, the Service OF the Hours. the .,isf
Vigil and Grand Compline- Offices for lne If
festivals are given. well as the .,s
Ordination. Holy Baptism. Holy tneuO ,.l-
the lesser rites The translator has au'e.
liable chapters on the significance OF the -sr-rh
cal actions and on the symbolism OF inc ms
and has furnished complete tables OF the ''' r
feasts and fasts. Eng
Apart from It's immediate usefulness ~ csureh
Iish speaking members of the RUSSIAN ,auy
the Service Book Will have interest l .sto
sorts of churchmen. 1t stimulates ihqu al
what steps may next be taken by Aiiiei'
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
DREAM FANCY.
BY THEODORE VAN BEEK.


In the clear dawning breathing merrlment
Within a world of woodland flowers she stood,
Far the crisped winds her laughter went,
And woke the music of the solitude,
So that 1 heard the birds in startled trills
Call to their dreamy mates: Arise. arise!
For now soft-footed dawn steps on the hills
Among her in the eastern skies.
But silent by the forest edge and pale
CHE stood at eventide all wstfully.
Long gazing downward on the town-clad vale,
yn all its glare and glamour seeking me:
Wherefore my soul cried out to wing its flight
Ger the imagined landscape and the night
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15

MIR. A. c. Benson, paying his compliments to
the gentle art of "Specialism,' justly laments
the influence it has exerted in terrifying the
man who is not a specialist half out of his
senses "The first evil which results from the
rule Of the specialist" he says, ais the desruc-
ton OF the amateur. SO real a fact is the
tyranny of the specialist that the very word
amateur which means a leisurey lover of fine
things, is beginning to be distorted into mean
Ing an inefficient performer" We have known
an author to do superb work so long as he pre-
served the spirit Of the amateur, which is to
say 1.-The spirit Of the lover, who trembles at
the thought that the delicate creature he loves
may learn to love him in return, if he can but
praise her worthily." Then, with the coming OF
success, the tincture Of professionalism crept
into his work. the tincture of the specialist, and
the old charm disappeared. Mr.. Benson has no
quarrel with the specialism that is kept within
bounds, that does not dry up the juices Of a
mans nature, but he sees clearly that when
the hidebound type ESQ familiar at the present
time) enters the "free wild world of art and
literature and music" paradise is turned into
wilderness, for the serpent has been admitted.
1t is especially unfortunate too that the
amateur should be driven by this state of af-
fairs to turn to the novel, ''the only safe van
tage ground in which the litterateur may dis.
port himself" for it is precisely in history.
biography and the kindred forms that liberal
spirit is needed.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
Gbe Aea,;Dork gribaame
SUNDAY. DECEMBER Is, 1907.

What is it. we wonder. which makes it npos-
sibe for some Of US to perceive in modern Irish
literature the stupendouS things that as
obvious as the light of day to certain more
fortunate mOrtals? Mr.. George A. Birmng
ham, in the 'FOrtnightly" makes much In the
usual fashion, of ''The Literary Movement in
Ireland He tells highly interesting
things For example 'the Fenian movement
did little for literature" which is indeed aston
lshng, and it seems that "the literary intellect
Of Ireland slept during the Parne epoch"
circumstance which we must all deplore. But
even in that somnolent period OF the Irish lit
erary intellect" there was something going on
to make the world glad. There was one Irish
man who was haunted by uneasy dreams. Mr..
Standish O'Grady rediscovercd the ancient
Gaelic heroes Himself a man with the heroic
kind of soul, he wrote of heroes in an epic
way Well, we have nothing against Mr.
Standish OGrady, but humbly submit that
q man capable of writing of heroes in an epic
way ought long ago to have set half dozen
streams afre and we have never known this
particular master to have started q genuine
confagration anywhere. Perhaps what is
wanted by those who cannot go quite mad over
the Irish literary movement is perseverance,
Mr. birmingham was sorely .Josed by Mr.
HeatsS 'Nanderngs of Oisin' when fresh
from college, he first took it up but saws he
II persevered with it, and bewdprrneDt passed
into admiration" Happy Mr. Birmingham
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15

Many readers will sympathize with the cry
plainly uttered from the heart of one wearied
reviewer. 'The cult of Lamb" he plaintiyely
observes, has been a little overdone of late
Lamb has been found SO intensely that one
sometimes wishes he were lost again. 1t is
annoying for people who have quietly read and
appreciated author from childhood suddenly
to have the exquisite wit and beauties of that
author discovered for them in every print, as
though their previous experience did not count"
Or course this protest is not meant to be taken
too seriously. We cannot eat our cake and have
1t too. There are writers on Lamb like Mr.
Lucas, from whom it is always q pleasure to
near. Yet one cannot help being a little rest
less under the domination of the cult" Lamb
as the fondled possession Of the literary man
appeals to his unprofessonal readers as q spirit
III captivity, being smOthered and somehow
ahronted by oSteDtatious amiabilities Occa-
slonaly his work is handled and belauded with
SO Insensitlve touch that it is hard to avoid
the suspicion that the SNUG eulogst really does
not understand him at all, but has an idea that
artful professions Of delight in Lamb like SINH
lar offerings at the feet Of Mr.. G. b. Shaw will
proclaim his initiation into the esOteric mys-
teries OF literature. The suspicion may seem
cruel, but 1t is justified by the use which has
been made of Lamb SO much material for
"copy."