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The Washington herald., 1907-10-03

In quarters notoriously bearish. the pre-
iiction was made that Union Pacific
would sell at par within ninety days, but
in view Of the origin Of this prophecy no
one took the trouble 70 inquire what It
was based on.
Bear pressure Is in evidence in the lead
ing industrials United States Steel,
Amalgamated Copper, and American
Smelling and Refining, and all these is
sues lost considerable ground on the day
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-24

Journey. He wanted to make sure
pickpockts hadn't got it.
Gunda's trunk reached over and
deftly absorbed the roll and trans
ferred it to his mouth He was munch-
ing placidly when the brides screams
and Henchcliff's calls for assistance
brought two keepers. They prodded
the elephant and it spat out chew of
greenbacks, in a pulp.
The bride bitterly cried, but Hench-
cliff said they had enough money to get
to Pawling anyhow, and today he Will
take his pulpy mass of currency down
to the subtreasury and see if he can
get part of it redeemed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-24

the bathhouse to the amazement of the
British mind-not tightly frogged, ex-
hibited with every step Marks iossiest
pair of pink pajamas as well as socks
that hung YEARLY over his cabin slip
pers.
"And yet" said he, discussing the in
cident, my costume was a model OF
and modesty compared to
some merely glanced at in passing. OF
the collision | saw nothing. because
I dressed leisurely. 7 was disappointed,
because felt l should have been noti-
fled beforehand"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-24
Man Promenades in a Barrel.

ST Louis-Wallsing half mile
across the chautauQua grounds In a
barrel was the experience yesterday of
Charles l.. Newcomb, president of
wall paper firm. Altho Mr.. Newcomb
had on a bathing suit, his trousers had
been stolen while he was bathing in
pool with several young women. The
rules Of the grounds prohibit anyone
walking across them in bathing cos
tune. so Mr. Newcomb knocked in the
head of barrel and escorted the
women to their cottage. Later he
found his trousers fastened to tree
with For Sale" sign attached there
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-24

through teeth that had to be price
open. Water was used unsparingly
the soldiers working with feverish
eagerness. inspired by the constant ad
monitions of their officer, as well as
their own curiosity to learn the facts
hidden behind this tragedy
1t was the dark eyes of the girl
which opened first, instantly closing
again as the glaring light swept into
them. Then slowly, and with wonder.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-24
EIephant Stole Money.

New York.-Gunda, the tinancier
elephant of the Bronx Zoo. who col
lects pennies with his trunk and hordes
them in a bank UP above his head, put
thru a big deal yesterday. 1t Melted
him between 5000 and $500.
James Henchcliff and his bride, Mar
tina. who We're married at Paving. n.
Y, last Friday stood in front of Gun
da's cage in the antelope, house, when
the bridegroom pulled out the roll of
bills he carried for his honeymoon
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-24
Observation-Disclosures
Oddly in the Mems
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Mermaid Babe Born.

Elkins, w. Na.-Shaped like the
mermaid of fable, daughter born to
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Campbell of
this city, is puzzling local physicians
The infant has two distinct leg bones,
but there is only one leg. There are
ten toes and one heel.
Abnormal as the infant is from the
waist down, it seems 10 enojy the vi
tality of the ordinary infant. Its body
describes triangle, the one leg CURL
ing up toward the head.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-24
Duck Has Two Sets Of leas.

Carmi, Il.--Robert Richards, a
farmer living near this city, has a
freak duck that is attracting as much
attentions as circus The fowl has
two sets of legs, two bills and four
wings. It's legs and webs are so set
that it can swim forward or back
ward, just as it wills. 1t was Matched
early in the summer. and has grown
as fast as the others in the same
brood.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09

because men are not good haters as they were
wont to be
II Iandor was capable of anything he was
capable o: a noble rage. The stories Of his in
fammabIe temper shed only partial light upon
his character. Prejudiced as he in his at
titude toward Fox. there was nothing about that
attitude OF the mere petulanCe which is ceIe-
brated in many Of the anecdotes Heart and
brain were alike engaged when he reflected upon
the politics OF his day. lie cherished the welfare
and the good name Of his country. and he sin
cerely believed that both were i'll served by Pitt
and Fox AS he turned Trotter's bland pages
he felt profound conviction that his criticisms
upon them would, in the long run. be approved
OF all men. Il survey Mr. Fox and Mr.. Pitt
he says. las others will survey them a century
hence. and as according to my humble views.
they appear to higher powers and purer inteIu-
Gences-" Wen, the century has nearly its
course, and men still far from thinking Of
Pitt or of Fox quite as Landor thought of them.
but the sincerity of his structures lifts them we'll
above the level Of simply venOmous attack.
There is no denying. either. that the career OF
Fox was sufficiently disfgured by episodes of
personal Ievity or political weakness to give
Iandor much to go upon when he sat down to
write his philippe, Remembering the states
mans exploits at the gambling table, we can
well understand Landors saying that Mr.. Fox
bore about him. until he advanced in years. all
the characteristics OF an aSe the most corrupt
and prongate." 1t is easy for the modern stu
dent. looking back at the various steps taken by
Fox in politics. to estimate their significance
with a certain sympathy and even complaisance.
but to a contemporary. and especially to a man
like Iandor his departures from the highest
principle could only be looked at with scorn-
Thus Landor altogether too lurid. but not
absolutely wanton. when he wrote of Fox say
ing:
He never came into ONCE but through n breach
Of honor. never without close and intimate
alitiOn with men whom he had frequently. and
loudly. and justly denounced as worthy of the
galows So atroCiOuS is his guilt he Joined
them but at the very moment when their crimi-
-A re highest: and when without his
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09

tional Biography" IT disappointed readers With
out distinction OF party" Especially did IT get
on the nerves of Walter Savage Landor. then 4
young OF thirty-six. newly married. and
much Interested in the development Of the Welsh
estate on which he Was living The opportunity
to express his views on a man he loathed was
too good to be lost. Iandor plunged headlons
into the writing of Commentary" on Trotters
book, mixing plenty OF yitriol with his ink
When the manuscript reached John Murray
that amlable publisher sure. before he read
it that II would give him pleasure to bring il
out with his imprint but as he dipped into the
vehement pages his knees turned TO water, and
he wrote to Southey in the hope that the most
judcious Of all men OF letters would aid him
in extrcating himself from intolerable posi-
ton. Murray had personal reasons for hesitat-
ing in the matter. to say nothing OF his respect
for the law OF libel He did not TO be the
publisher OF work containing the bittereSt
comments upon men who had laid him under
obligation. Southey successful in Kidding
Murray OF the singing nette he had found in
his hand and Landor had the Commentary
printed at his own expense But the edition
seems to have been suppressed or at any rate
to have swiftly disappeared. leaving no trace
save a single copy which Southey preserved. AMI
which, after his death. passed into the hands OF
the late Lord Houghton- 1t is this copy which
his son. the Earl of Crewe. has permitted Mr..
stephen Wheeler to transcribe for the purposes
OF the present volume Poor Trotter died in
unspeakable destituton," and long since
forgotten. but now he and his unfortunate book
come back to provide US. oblquely. it were.
with an hours rare entertainment
II would be mistake, indeed to take these
notes OF Landors forming n serious contribu-
ton to history. They sprinkIed with inac-
curacics and they saturated in the most
violent kind Of prejudice 1t was the opinion OF
n writer In The Quarterly Review" in 1S4S that
Landor. then living quietly at Bath, clung with
pertinacty Ito his ancient abuse OF Bonaparte
blockhead and a coward. of Byron as
rhymer wholly devoid OF genius wit of Pitt
as villain. of Fox a scoundreL of Canning
as q scamp and on or course. the old
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09

instantly declared the charge to be UNJUST AS
a matter of fact it is only necessary 10 reau ni'
Commentary to see that as MI Wheeler says
Iandor had not always been content TO use lne
most deferential forms when speaking OF tnose
eminent persons" 1t is because he let hlfnSen
go with such gusto that the Commentary
makes good reading even at this late day. your
prose is as much your own as your poetry
wrote Southey to Landor in the course OF then
correspondence over this production There fs
a life and vigor in it to which know no parallel
1t has the poignancy of champagne and the
body Of English October. Neither you nor Muir
ray gave me any hint that the Commentary was
yours, but 1 could not look into these pages
without knowing that it could not be the Work OF
any other man God bless you" 1t was queer
work on which to call down the divine blessing.
but we know perfectly well how Southey must
have felt, Good slashing prose is joy by ITSELF
1t is practically unknown in our own day We
have had limitations of it in the noisy verbosity
of Mr. Swinburne and the portentous tub thump-
ing Of the late Mr.. Henley and his school, but
we have missed the real thing Perhaps it Is
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09
Gbe NenDors Grib,ars
SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1907.

What lover of true poetry will give himsen
the pleasure and honor of removing the hnal
burden of mortgage from the house purchased
rs a Keats Shelley memorial in Rome! only
$1,000 remains to be paid, the rest or the
$4,000 demanded having been collected by the
energetic efforts of the English and American
committees The apartments once occupied oy
Keats are in process of arrangement as IL
brary, and will probably be opened to the pubic
tn the autumn. Money Is wanted for the fur
niShing of these rooms, but this will be no for
midable sum- as it is not proposed to make the
fittings elaborate. Money is wanted, too, for the
purchase OF the lately discovered portrait OF
Shelley painted by w. f. West the Kentuckian-
Many valuable relics have been contributed al
ready or have been promised One Of these, pre-
scented by Sir Charles Dixie, is the original OF
that letter in which Keats's devoted friend
Severn set down the poets bitter suggestion for
his own epitaph- Sir Charles owns three or
Seyerns portraits of Keats, and 1t Is believed
that he will give one of them to the memorial
library The poets American granddaughter, J.
G. Speed contributes the portraits Of Keats's
brother Tom and of his sister Fanny. Various
letters of Byron relating to Shelley have been
presented by Mr.. h W. Cannon, of the execu-
tive committee
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09

Mr. Charles Marriott the novelist brings up
An interesting and too often neglected point in
recently published little essay "Reverence-
He speaks of the tranScendent Importance OF
material in the arts and alludes to the mistake
make by the sculptor, for example, when he puts
upon marble the responsibilities of bronze" or
pretends Ito discover in clay the tendencies of
fluid" 1t is in a sense true that as Mr.. Mar
riott says ''the artist adds nothing to the
terial that was not implicitly there already
We hope that he is justified in his belief that
there is to-day "A growing sense Of the dignity,
the inaenable rights OF materias-even of
words" Sometimes we have grave doubts OF
this Since the art OF writing has been de-
graded into trade by many individuals who
choose 1.-The literary career" for what may be
made out Of it in dollars and cents, an eXtraor-
dinary carelesSncSs In the use of words has
been noticeable in current publications OF
course much OF this carelesSnCSS ls innocent
enough, proceeding from ignorance or sheer in
capacity. But much OF 1t Is due TO the haste
of writers who ought TO know better. No doubt
there is fearful joy in turning a clever telling
phrase, but there is a deeper satisfaction in
achieving effects based on patient and revercnt
use Of the language. We are not thinking of
the writer's who hccdleSsly make use of slarc
that Is question apart We thinking
rather of the writers who will not pause to re
feet the living character that a given word
possesses, or OF the associations which cluster
round 1t, or of the violence done to it when ii il
made the servant Of eXagErration or inaccuracy
1t was Lowell, we believe, who said that the
poet is known by his Smiles. The poet or prose
writer is known above all by his instinct for
words mot in their dictionary meaning" to
quote MI Marriott again, but for their in
trinsic properties"
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09

us GIue as me Expression or Concentrates
Vitality"
From The Spectator.
\ source Of questionable words. different from
unwilling corruption and false analogy. Is slang
Slang is often indiscriminately aSsailed .
though il not language in the making. and
often the best part OF language, too-its most
nutty IdIoinS Slang IS commonly, indeed, the
expression OF concentrated vitality. It is often
metaphor. as in the case OF much American
slang; and the brain must work at higher press
Ure TO produce metaphor than to produce siTnilel
ITO strike oil" Ito pan out" Ito side track
ito get 4 cinch on" 10 fire out" all these ara
vivid metaphors, and emerge directly from thu
experiences of the nation that created them A
man is side tracked" by his superiors; we see
Ing while the main stream OF traffic rOars sue
ceSsfuIly past him. We have the similar
African War that word OF curious analOgies.
"Stelen bosChed-' But none of these is so de-
scriptive side tracked Fed up CFrench
soupe) IS perhaps our best slang legacy from
South Africa a ''cinCh" is the girth of a horse.
and consequently anything which be made
metaphOriCaly to grip hard and well beyond
the possibility OF slipping To put 1t in one word
"CinCh" means a certainty. ITO fire out
which latterly has become simply '-tO fire" u
indisputabIy more vivid than ito sack or even
than Ito boot" The American ''rubberneck'' h
also excellent for prying person Back. rub
berneckS!' when CALCULATED by American DO
Hceman is said to have an instantaneous effect
on inquisitive but sensitive crowd They
telescope yards" as an American once eK-
planned to the writer Different. again. ara
words which not metaphors but have q
native eXpressiveneSS, such as "shyster-
-ShySter'' in its first sense means only a man
who hangs about police courts Generally one
who was formerly an usher. clerk policeman
and conducts cases, though unqualified as q
lawyer But who does not feel that "shySter-
Is capable de tout7
Greek and Latin had no slang unless one d.
covers il in AristOphanes and Martial; but IN
medieval and modern languages we should get
into a sad mess II We did not take account OF it
NillOns slang was a language in itself. So IN
the aTgOt of the Partisan apache OF tO-day
Many slang words in English are not the vulgar
inventions they are supposed to be, but are good
borrowed words waiting for promotion whe
would sacrifice the word 'humbug," which has
We believe, sound Icelandic derfvationf YsS
IL was long avoided by polite persons
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09

The European mind is once more before the
bar. In the opinion OF the London Outlook" it
has unqueStionably made great strides in phys
ical development, but that is all. In magma
tiOn in sentiment in all that concerns the sense
OF beauty and the sense of good; In art in
poetry, in literature Of the most exalted and In
tellectual type, it is doubtful if we have not
already reached the zenith of our civilization or
should not look back once more though perhaps
In despair, to the Pyramids and the plains OF
Sahara for lost civilization, and to Asia for
the light OF the soul" Well WE'LL This Is
undoubtedly important If true But let us take
heart of grace, and, though we look back with
lively interest TO the Pyramids and the plains
or Sahara, let US not look back with too tragic
despair. Civilization may yet pull through
Indeed, we suspect that the anxious writer Of
the plant we have quoted Is perhaps unduly
Influenced By Il certain one of the conditions in
the world in which we live We refer to our
modem passion for publicity, and our uncon-
scOus dependence upon 1t We live in a vast
whispering gallery and are so accustomed to
listening for fresh news that If we do not hear
Of colossal achievement every day we begin to
think that civilization is going to the dogs 1t
fs matter of distorted perspective. We see
and hear too much at once of the worlds dOings
and 1t warps our sense of proportion. We for
gef the years behind US and the years in front
~ IN We, in our sublime Importance, are Lv-
ING In the present, and we want Immediate re-
kurnA
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09
LANDOR and FOX.
The Poets Bitter Judgment on the
Statesman.

Life and Character BY Walter Savage Landor.
Edited by Stephen Wheeler. With portrait
Svo. PIP. XIV. rs G p. Putnams Sons
The history of this book. given to the world
almost hundred years after it was written. con-
stitutes curious chapter in the annals of polti-
cal literature. Properly to begin that chapter
we must say something about Mr.. John Bernard
Trotter. the biographer OF Fox who is preserved
in Landor's Commentary like a fly in amber
He was young Irishman who came up to Lon
don as a student, and there made the acquaint-
ance of the statesman. whom he ultimately
served In the capacity of private secretary. In
1911 a few years after his patrons death. he
published his Memoirs OF the latter, and
though the book promptly went through three
editions according to the Dictionary of Ma
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09

The volume standards Of Public Morality
by President Hadley OF Yale Is nearly ready for
publication.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09

CHLORTS WALKING IN THE SNOW.
BY WILLIAM STROBE
saw fair Chlors wake alone
Where feather'd rayne came softly downA
And Jove descended from his tower
To court her in a silver shower;
The Wanton snoWe flewe to her breast
Like little birds into their nest
And overcome with WhiteneSS there
For grief it thawed into a teare,
Thence falling on her garments henme
For greife it freezd into gemme-
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09
SLANG.

It's Value as The Expression Of Concentrates
Vitality"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-03
Fourth of July Celebration!

The general committee having in
charge the arrangements for the
Fourth of July Celebration hereby ex-
tend a cordial invitation to all military
and civic societies, pupils of the
public and parochial schools, bust.
ness men and the public in general to
participate in the parade and cere-
monies at German park. -Four bands
have been engaged for the parade and
three for the afternoon entertainments
The parade will form at $3.50 a., m.
and all organizations that will parci-
pate ia the parade and persons making
floats for the occasion are earnestly
requested to notify Gen. Jos. Bobleter
not later than July End, in order that
places in the parade may be assigned
them. s H., 80
The Committee of ARRANGEMENTS,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-03
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness: and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inf AIMED condition of the
mucous lining of the sEustachian tube.
When this tube is inflanned You have a
rumblng sound or imperfect hearin "a nd
when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to it's
stroyed forever;' nine cases out of! ten are
caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but
an -inflanaed condition Of the mucous sur.
faces. go at 10 4. 4
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot he cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free. !5sI
r. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, @,
Sold by Druggists, -75c. =
Take Halps Family Pills for eonstination
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-03
\ suffered for eleven years with

< | suffered for eleven years with
stomach trouble. For over one year
had been SO bad could not work regu-
larly. Had treated with many doctors
with very little relief DIR. Addison-
J0nes, the Chicago Specialist, has
now helped me wonderfully in three
months treatment and feel sure am
almost well. Can now work and have
no more pain. Call on him and he
will treat you right.
Andrew Sickness,
2Otf ~ Austin, MINI. a.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-03
OF Interest in the City.

Chas. Richardson and wife returned
from their Winona visit Monday eve
ming.
A. G. Schmahl has sold his hard
ware store in Morgan to g.. "a. Al
:brecht
J. r. Riggs, the New Richland
miller. called on his New II I'm friends
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Kruschke are the
happy parents of daughter, born last
Thursday.
Miss Frances Haubrich is taking a
course of study at the University
summer school.
Alfred Kretsch has accepted posi-
ton as bookkeeper in the Offices of the
Schumacher Brewing Co.
Mayor Cutting has slapped the Sun
day Slid" onto Sleepy Eye in manner
that promises to make it stick for some
time.
DIR. Wakefield flake Benton, who
used to practice in New Ulm over
twenty-five years ago, was a visitor in
the city yesterday.
The Red Wing team won the first
prize in the Woodmen drill contest at
Mankato Wednesday. The ST. James
boys ranked second.
= n
leave Of absence of ten days and will
spend it looking after business mat
tiers at Brownsville, MINI.
Mrs. Chas. L. Roos arrived here
from Kansas City Friday and is visit
ing with her mother, Mrs. Zieher. Her
son, Robert, accompanies her.
1t is reported that VIM. F. Gieseke,
the Marshall miller, has been COM
PEELED to give up work and go to
California on account Of his health.
w. B. Murphy, the day operator at
the Northwestern depot, will be trans
ferred to Tracy on the LIST of July.
His successor here has not been an
nounced.
While operating a planning machine
in the shop of John Gronau Saturday
afternoon John Mueller met with an
accident which cost him the index and
two middle fingers of his left hand
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dannheim' S
daughter, Jessie, will be married to
Walter Larson at the home Of the
brides parents near Klossner tomor-
row. The Review extends congratula-
tiOns.
Gen. Bobleter went to Lake City Fri
day to review the Third regiment. He
was accompanied by the following
members of his staff: Major Vogel,
Major Fritsche, Capt. Eckstein and
Capt Graft.
Fred Schroeder, who was killed in
an automobile mishap in St. Paul
last week, was relative of An
ton J. Ochs of this city. The acct
dent occurred while Schroeder wa
riding in a car driven by a son OF
James J. Hill. $50
Max Pfaender, son of VIM. Pfaen-
der Jr., was at Hector Friday and
while there was engaged by the Com
mercial Club to prepare plans for a
city park. This week he will go to
Chicago to spend the summer study.
ing the park system OF that great city
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-03
TO whom 1t Nav CONCERN.

u. I suffered with. kidney and, stomach
trouble for years, also suffered the
,torments of everything with piles for
fourteen years. Finally I consulted
Pr. Addison-Jone the Chicago speci-
alist, who said be could cure me with
out using, the knife and he has fulfilled
his promise. If he treats you he will
do as he says. Write to me and j
will tell you all. J. G. ELLIOTT.
i Liscomhe, Iowa.