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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-01-09

Also the following Personal Property
All that household furniture situate In said
city, on Market street, assessed to Jesse Med
ford, on the assessment books OF said city,
for city taxes for the year 1905.
All that household furniture, and one bug
eve situate in said city assessed to Richard
Stinchomb. on the assessment books OF said
city, for city taxes for the year 1905.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-01-09
tH TWO-StOv Frame Dwelling

TERMS OF SALE :-0ne-half OF the pur
chase money to be paid in cash ON the day of
sale, or the ratification thereof by the Court,
and the balance in six months from the day
of SALE the deferred payment to bear interest
and to be secured to the satisfaction of the
or all cash at the option of the
purchaser,
4 deposit OF siOO Will be required on day of
sale.
For further information inquire of
RIDGELY T.. MELVIN,
dis Assignee.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-01-09
FRIDAY, January IIth, 'o7,

AT IL O'CLOCK a. NJ,
the first one of the two lots of ground in said
mortgage described consisting of all that
lot of ground lying on the South side of Clay
street, and known as No. 81 Clay street, with
a frontage of - feet ON said street, and a
depth of IS feet, which was conveyed to the
said John I. MCGOWAN by James Reveli, and
others, by deed dated April 8, 1879, and re-
corded among the Land Records aforesaid in
Liber $. H., No. IL, folio l19. This lot is inn
proved by
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-01-09
Wednesday. January 18th. 1907.

AT II O'CLOCK A. NJ.
the property described In SAID mortgage
namely.
All that tract OF land situated lying and
being in the Third Election District of Anne
Arundel County, aforesaid, containing one
hundred and thirty acres OF land, more or
less, and being the said tract of land con-
veyed TO the said Joseph III. Frantum, Jr.,
by Leila j. Tate, and husband, by deed dated
on the 18th day of October, 1903, aud recorded
among the Land Records of Anne Arundel
County, I'm Liber q. w. No "a, folio III. I'M
prOyed by a
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
LITERARY MORALITY.

From the New York Mail.
An interesting question of literary
morality has been raised by the recent
publication of Mr.. Wilfrid Scawen
Blunt's Secret History Of the Occu-
patton Of Egypt" He has been taken
to task for publishing old letters and
conversations Of public men who are
still living. and he has sent 10 THE
Athenaeum' a long defense OF his
course. The only question to deter
mine" he maintains. "is at what pre-
else point the necessities Of current
politics. which admit of lying, end,
and history. which demands truth and
truth only, may begin to say her word.
Is IT TO be after 100. or fifty, or after
what lesser number Of years, or gem
orally after the death of all concerned,
or, again, when no one living can seri-
ously be injured?' lie explains that
much historical and biographical mat
ter has been published without estab-
fishing the truth as 10 Egyptian mat
ters, and that. believing his knowledge
on the subject to be OF value. he de-
cided to publish "as one decides on
calling out TO a traveller taking a
wrong road" He points out that If he
had asked permission TO publish the
letters and remarks uf certain person
ages still living. the conventions of
diplomacy and official life would have
certainly obliged ali these old friends
TO say No" Yet Mr.. Blunt leaves the
question just where he found IT,
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

1t is hardly TO be expected that Rus
sian bureaucracy and officialdom would
concede the superiority of the American
mode OF government over their own. And
II should therefore constitute no cause
for wonder that, whenever officials OF
the Car are brought In contact with
representatives Of the American govern
ment in connection with certain ques-
tons concerning Alaska and its inhabi-
tants. a great divergence Of opinion
should result
Alaska, before being acquired by the
United States, was part Of the dominions
of the Car Il was brought under the
Stars and Stripes in 1867. and yet com
plants are received at the State Depart
ment and the Department of Commerce
and Labor to this day about the demands
of the priests Of the Russian orthodox
church and their influence over the ma
tives Of Alaska. When II is considered
that every priest OF the Russian ortho-
dox church IS an Official in the pay Of
the Russian government. the Importance
of their activity may be realized.
Demands from Bishop.
Only few years ago the State De-
partment received a request from his
grace the Bishop Nicholas" that the
United States government grant him,
his assistant and the priest of the Una
laska circuit, the right 70 visit the PrIbi-
lof Islands without asking every time
the permission OF the officials living on
the islands. He further asked that he
be permitted TO go there on board Of
'the United States cruisers. because the
ships Of the North American Company
do not go often TO these places and he
deprecated the interference Of govern
ment agents in the church affairs. espe-
cially concerning money matters"
Altogether contrary TO the spirit Of the
Constitution, Bishop Nicholas demanded
permission 10 the priest 20 teach the
gospel In the public schools on Saturdays
and Sundays II II cannot be done every
day Of the week" Il was claimed by
the bishop that the population on the
Islands was Of the Greek orthodox reli-
gion.
Referring 10 the support Of the Rus
sian priests by the United States gov
ernment, Bishop Nicholas said. "The
allowance given by the United States
government to the present priest should
be continued to his successor. The costs
OF living being very expensive I'm Alaska.
the bishop solicits that the allowances
granted by the United States government
to the priests on st. Georges and st.
Pauls islands, If possible, should be
doubled
Agent CrOwIey's Report.
Reporting on the peculiar conditions
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
AGED NEED NOT FEAR

ness. They feel that If their services
were dispensed with they would be like
men without a country"
The anxious ones were kept on the
anxious seat for weeks after they first
heard the news. Then gradually the talk
spread that old Uncle Sam had shown
his hand. There was to be no wedding
out of the old and the feeble and inarm
Just because they were not as young as
they used 20 be. Because they had grown
old In the service. il seemed to the Of
hcials, was all the more reason why
these certain employees should be retained.
Old Uncle Sam has made good again.
his old faithfuls are to be kept at work,
every last one OF them, until the very
end.
The committee. however. has decided to
increase the efficiency OF the department
along some other lines. A study of the
different divisions will be made and
eventually the Treasury Department will
have new system installed
system TO BE Improved.
The work Of the department has been
on the increase for years. The result
Of the reform movement will be that
the force is not reduced, the old retained
and a system brought into use whereby
the employees will be kept up with the
work without the employment OF any
extra help.
With a view OF saving money for the
government, the board Of awards of the
departments has appointed a committee
to devise a plan of uniform schedule for
purchasing supplies during the next fiscal
year. A central purchasing bureau was
recommended by the Keep Commission
some time ago
The uniform schedule, as arranged by
the committee, will be submitted TO the
contractors for the various departments.
In this way, instead of buying singly, it
Is believed the government will save
money when buying pencils and paper
and other Office materials.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
Mr.. Pages Writings.

From the Atlantic Monthly.
Some of these writer's had already in
terpreted various abnormal aspects Of
Southern life. generally the picturesque
life Of the negro. the cracker" the
mountaineer, and the creole. While there
was in all of them the suggestion OF the
life before the war, il was reserved for
Mr., Page 10 portray. IN sh0rt-stOry, novel
and essay, Southern ante-bellum civiliza-
tion with some degree Of fuIlness. Using
the negro as the medium Of expression,
he yet left the impression in all his
works of the old-time mansion seated
amid the immemorial trees, and OF the
gentlemen and gentlewomen who lived and
loved and died, always animated by what
now seems 10 be certain Old-fashioned
ideals. 1t is true that the life of which Mr..
Page writes is almost altogether that Of
the Virginia plantation. and so not rep
resentative OF the lower Southland yet
this is the tradition Of Southern life that
has been everywhere cherished by South
erners as the ideal toward which all
Southern society moved The SoOtch-Irish
element in Southern life, as we'll as
others, has been subordinated In the pop
ular mind 20 this tradition of cavalier
Virginia, which, In turn, has always
been greatly influenced by the traditions
Of cavalier England
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
The ProIix Shaw.

From the London Times
There are limits TO the faculty OF
attention. This elementary fact is
often overlooked by mere writers. who
sit solitary in their studies and can
not see their readers yawn. What Is
odd is that Mr.. Shaw should overlook
it-Mr. Shaw, who was a speaker be-
fore he was a writer, and who ought
TO know better than any one, how lit
tie at time the average audience can
stand. One has 10 conclude that this is
q case wherein native temperament has
triumphed over training Mr. Shaw
is naturally, and it would seem Incur
ably, prolix. You viii find the same
characteristic not only in his plays but
in his novels, IN his reviews, in his let
ters to the newspapers. He never
knows where to stop. 1t is a well-es-
tablished rule that lecturers who ex-
coed the hour do so at their peril; and
Don Juan in Hell" is really a quartet
Of lecturers.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
4 seWHARE RATv

written for The Washington Heraldl
Just little wharf rat but he's ful Of pluck and 60;
He's always up and smiling. and has no tale Of woe
Bonn close beside gutter-lips never taught to
pray
But an unseen power teaches him to walk in Wis
dom's pleasant way.
Just child Of chance, TO hardest fortune born.
Always up and smiling, for blows, abuse. and SOON
Never once a murInur nor gToan against his fate
Never begs for justice from his degraded state.
He isn't worth copper; he hasn't any style"
He wears trousers full Of patches and broad and
happy smile
He's dirty and he's ragged. with mop Of unkempt
hair;
His little face is never clean, his feet are always
bare
But he's 'sn boyP'-has soul that's full Of grit.
If you ask him if he has home. he'll only laugh
and say:
'Gwanl what'cher given me; has got homer
Ist roOsts on anything that's haps to come my
way"
Just a little wharf rat-poor. despised. unclean-
But he is no 'molycoddle; his wits are bright and
keen
You'll find he is no beggar by your bounteous
bounty fed
You can trust this little wharf rat to earn his daily
bread.
Just a little wharf rat; with grit he trudges on.
His heart is full Of sunshine his throat is full Of
song
de may not be as free from guilt as he is from
wealth.
But his soul is full Of heavens peace and his body
glows with health,
Just little wharf rat; no mothers hope and JOY;
But he bears Napoleon marx. this little orphan
boy.
He does not want your pity; he does not cTinge and
cy;
And If you call him coward he'll fling you back
the lie.
Just little wharf rat but his laugh rings out true
He's not afraid to look at you with his honest eyes
Of blue.
A wharf rat little pauper. at whom ycu fling
yOur bone.
III chsnce him with YOU or me to reach the Great
White Throne.
ALLIE SHARP BALCH.
The Majestic, Washington. D. c.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
UNCLE 10.

have in memory little story.
That few. indeed. would rhyme about but me;
lis not Of love. nor fame. nor yet Of glory,
Although a little oolored with the three
In every truth, I think as much peTchance,
As most tales disembOdied from romance
10 lived about the village, and was neghbOT
To every one who had hard work 10 do;
II he possessed genius, twas for labor
Most people thought. but there was one OF two
Who sometimes said when he arose 70 60.
Come in apain and see us, Uncle JoP'
The Uncle" was courtesy they gave
And felt they could afford to give to him.
Just as the master makes Of some good slaTe
An Aunt Jemima" OF an Uncle Jim;'
And Of this dubious kindness 10 glad
Poor fellow, il was all he ever had
A mile or two away he had a brother
rich. proud man that people didn't hire;
But 10 had neither sister, wife, nor mother,
And baked his corn cake at his cabin FIRE,
After the days hard work. hard for you and me,
But he was never tired-how could he be'
They called him dull, but he had eyes of queknesl
For everybody that he could befrend:
Said one and all. How kind he is in sickness" "
But there Of course, his goodness had an end.
Another praise there was OF might have been given
For one or more days cut Of every seven.
With his old pickax swung across his shoulder.
And downcast eyes and slow and sober tread
He sought the place Of graves. and each beholder
Wondered and asked each other who was deadl
But when he digged all day nobody thought
That he had done whit more than be ought.
At length one winter, when the sunbeaps santed
Family and cold across the churchyard snow,
The bell t0lled out-alasl grave was wanted,
And all looked anxiously for Uncle Jo.
His spade stood there against his own rooftree,
There was his piokax. too, but where was her
They called and called again. but no replying:
smooth at the window and about the door
The snow in cold and heavy drifts lying
He didn't need the daylight any more.
One shook him roughly and another ssid:
As true as preaching. Uncle Jo is deadp'
And when they wrapped him in the linen farer
And finer. too than he had worn till then
They found picture-haply Of the shareT
OF sunny hope, sometime; or where or when,
They did not care TO know, but closed his eyes
And placed It in the coffin where he lies.
None wrote his epitaph nor saw the beauty
OF the pure love that reached into the grave.
Nor how. in unobtrusiTe WAYS Of duty,
he kept, despite the dark; but men less brave
Have left great names, while not a willow bends
Above his dust-poor Jo. he had no friends
Author unknown.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

fishers. he is also thorough In his prepa-
rations for writing a book He makes a
habit Of spending months among the
scenes in which his plot is TO be laid.
The Frederick A. Stokes Company an
nounces for its fall fiction Under the
Southern Cross by Elizabeth Robins;
''The Van Rensselaers Of Old Manhattan" !"
by Weymar Jay Mills; The Angels of
Messer Ercole." b. Dufield Osborne;
Winston Of the Prairies." by Harold
BinGioss Other books, not fiction. that
will be brought out by this firm are by
Gelett Burgess. DR.. C. W. Saleeby
Charles II. Callan, Grace MCGOWAN
Cooke, and Joel Chandler Harris.
A new novel by Justus Miles Forman,
author OF "The Island OF Enehantment, ="
was published this week by Harper &
Brothers. The title of the new book is "A
Stumbling Block. In this new novel MT
Forman is said TO have done even more
work than in the past.
Madison Cawein, the Kentucky poet, has
been selected to write a commemorative
tNN NAA Aitt OANseSA0n NL Niit utultdAlOH pt Il
monument in honor Of the Massachusetts,
Bay Colony whica viii be unveiled at
Gloucester on August 10.
David Graham Phillips, whose Second
Generation" attained to a place among
the six best sellers this spring, has deliv-
cred 10 d. Appleton & Co the manuscript
OF Light Fingered Gentry" his next
book to be published this fail.
L. c. Page & Co have in preparation
for early fall publication an unusually
large and important list OF books OF travel
In foreign countries, including the follow
ing titles: Castles and Chateaux Of Old
Navarro" by Francis MiItoun; Castles
and Keeps Of Scotland" by Frank Roy
Fraprie: Turkey and the Turks" by w.
5. Monroe; ''Umbrian Cities OF Italy" by
]. w and A. NJ Cruikshank; "a Womans
Journey Through the Philippines" by
Florence Kimball Russell; Mexico and
Her People To-day" by Neyin o. Winter.
This IS the tribute paid by Owen Sea-
man, editor of Punch, to Mark Twain. and
read at the lunch Of the Pilgrims Club, in
London. at which 'the most popular
writer in the world" was entertained:
Pilot Of many Pilgrims since the shout
Mark twainr'-that serves you for a deathless
sigh
On Mississippi's waterway rang cut
Over the plummct line
Still where the countless ripples laugh above
The blue Of halcyon seas long may you keep
Your course unbroken, buoyed up on a love
Ten thousand fatAoms deepI
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

King Amadeus, father OF that Prince
Louis Of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi, who
has been spending two or three months in
the United States. making many friends.
abdicated the crown OF Spain in February.
1878, few days after the birth OF the
Duke Of the Abruzzi. There was no COM
pulsiOn in his case. But he found that
owing TO the peculiar political conditions
in Spain, it was quite impossible for him
to administer the government in accord
ance with the terms Of the constitution
which he had solemnly sworn TO observe
on his election 10 the throne three years
previously. Sooner than violate his
pledges, he preferred to resign, prompted
thereto largely. also, by the fact that his
court was boycOtted by the old Spanish
aristocracy; that his family were looked
upon with aversion as aliens. and that
his enemies were, as he stated in his
parting message to the Cortes, mot for
eigners, but Spaniards." King Amadeus.
though never liked by the Spaniards,
was nevertheless profoundly respected by
them for his honesty of purpose and for
the chivalry OF his character The re-
markable reply OF the Cortes TO the some
what contemptuous message of abdication'
Of the king gave expression TO this, and
renOuncing both for himself, and for his
children ali further connection with Spain,
he returned with them TO Italy. resumed
his italian title OF Duke Of Aosta, his place
as a prince Of the blood, and as an Off
Ger in the Italian army, and survived un-
til 1890, when he died at Turin. His
grandfather King Charles Albert of Sar-
dinia, had already set him the example
of abdcation. In 1S49 the Sandman mon
arch, having been forced into war with
Austria, sorely against his own will and
defeated at Novara by the celebrated
Field Marshal Radetsky, preferred to sur
render his scepter to his son, Victor En-
manuel II, rather than to submit to the
onerous conditions imposed by the vic
torious foe. to whom resistance was no
longer possible. He withdrew to Portu-
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

Readers Of Harper's Weekly are given
in detail an account Of the proceedings at
Williams College by which the degree of
IL. D. was conferred on Henry NJ. Alden.
for many years editor Of Harper's Maya
zine. The president, Mr. Henry Hon
kins, with Mr.. Alden at his right hand
headed the procession into the church.
and at the close Of the exercises the hon
orary degrees were conferred by the pres
ident. Those receiving the degree OF doc
tor Of laws came last, and Mr.. Alden. as
the oldest, last Of these It was the fif-
tieth anniversary Of his graduation. Out
Of the twenty-five survivors Of his class
fifteen were present, and these stood up.
in the place assigned to them in the audi
ence. when he was decorated with the
purple hood. In presenting Mr.. Alden for
this degree. Prof. Rice thus designated
his record:
For the honorary degree Of doctor Of laws Henry
Mills Alden, graduate Of Williams College in the
class Of 1851, OF AndOver Theological Seminar in
the class Of 1850. lecturer Of the Lowell Institute
during the winter Of 1s63-8 on The Structure OF
Paganism, editor Of Harper's Weekly 1866 editor
Of HsTper's Monthly 1859 70 the present day, Is
there any one who does not know the genial writer
entitled God In His World" and Study Of
Death" Rightly Is there added to the title Of the
former volume the slbscript: An Interpretation
In all ages and among all races Gods voice has
been speaking 20 the hearts Of men. a stiI small
voice heard only In the silence Of the night OF in
the depths Of eonscousness-the prophet the seer
the poet have given that voice their interpreta
ton The measure Of its truth become a standard
OF civilization for It's generation. This book Is ike
pool IN the forest; according to the vision Of the
beholder it viii mirror infinite depths Of sky. IN
the year Of its publication Williams College gave
70 the author The degree Of doctor Of letters de-
gree that asserts the supremacy Of the word, ia
trust that Il shall prove Interpretation Of the
divine. Not out Of obscIriy, certainly Though out
Of refinement most kindred 70 his nature his
alma mater summons him once more TO reeeir
her highest need Of honor; not as If there wea9
advantage IN 9leh publicity for one whose seves
tieth birthday the brotherhood Of letters in Amer
lea and England only six months ago met TO cels-
hrate. but as claiming in due season her share Of
the distinction his abundant merit reflects upon
hersei.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
RUSSIA IN ALASKA
of Priests Is Said
to Be Great.
ARE IN PAY OF GOVERNMENT

Bishop Made Demands on State De-
partment Some Years AgO-If Ma
tives Are Allowed 60 Give Their
All TO Russian Church, This Gov
ernment Must Support Them.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

Rider Haggard is a rapid worker with
his pen. She" for instance, was written
in six weeks from the time Mr. Haggard
began it till it was ready for the pub
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

Every now and then new effort IS
msde TO run down the fugitive writings
Of Charles Dickens. The latest investi-
gatv-and evidently one of the luclziest-
is NJ. B. W. Matz. the editor Of The
Dickasian" Through an Office book re-
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

The mayor of Liehfield makes an appeal
for money 10 restore the house in which
Samuel Johnson was born, and which
since 1901 has been a public museum and
memorial Of the lllustrious moralist. The
building, unfortunately, has for lack of
funds fallen into a state of dangerous
decay.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

In the literary department Of the North
American Review for July 19 Maxim Cor
ky's Mother" is reviewed by Louise Col
lier Wilcox, and Walter Savage LandOr's
Commentary on the Life and Character
OF Fox" by Edward Porritt
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

The Right Rev. a. F. Wilmington IN
gram, D. D.. lord bishop Of London, who
is expected TO visit this country shortly
as the representative Of the Church of
England at the general convention of the
Episcopal Church, is well. known in the
world of letters. Among his books. pub
hshed In this country by Thomas Whit
taker, are "The Gospel in Action" "a
Mission of the Spirits" Faith Of Church
and Nation" and Banner OF the Chris
tian Faith"
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

Among the early fall publications of
G. P. Putnam's Sons will be ''The Love
Affairs of Literary Men" by Myrtle
Reed. In this book viii be told the love
affairs Of such men as Swift, Pope. DR..
Johnson, Sterne, COwper, Keats, Shelley,
Poe, and Carlyle. Another book dealing
with a kindred subject which will be is
sued in the fall is St0pford Brooke's
Studies Of Poetry" This book will con-
tain, among other papers, ESSAYS on Shell
ley, Blake and Keats. and a general es-
say on poetry as an art.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-09-11
The Committee System.

The committee system, like the pray
er meeting and the pledge. Is one cf
.fhe unique and distinctive things which
Christian Enaeavor has brought TO the
young people of the world. 1t has EN-
phasized personal responsibility. II
has given them something TO do. II
has put into million minds the
thought. Il. too. am worker in the
Masters kingdom. may be young
and ignorant and uninfuential, bur
have my task as truly as the minister
has his or the Sunday school superir
tendent has his A member of com
mittee Is one to whom something has
been committed. and the particular
task assigned to me has been commit
ted to me both by the election of the
society and by the will of God. Then
/ win do my best on my committee for
Christ's sake. DIR. Francis E. Clark