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New-York tribune., 1907-01-20
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1907.

The literature of 1906 is made the subject oil
more than one summary in the English press
MANY excellent books are recalled but 1t Is
generally admitted that no great work oil genius
was published in the course of the year In
thpir efforts to make the best of what they
have received some of the historians arrive AT
some quaint conclusions. One of them. Tor
example deplOring the decline of poetry, com
forts himself with the reflection that there
has been, indeed, Il revival of interest in the
epic. which is. in its way, promising sign
As n matter of fact he can cite only two OF
three attempts to use the form (attenpts lack
ing i'm serious signifcanceJ to bolster up his
notion that there has been such thing as "A
revival of interest in the epic" Another COLI
tributor makes Il remark with which we are
I'm the fullest sympathy. Writing in "The
Academy" he says, I'm criticism, many DOCKS
have been published, and yet we do not seem
10 he in the way Of discovering successor 10
Matthew Arnold. In fact it is no cXaggeraLon
to say that OF all departments of literature crit
icism is most poorly represented at the moment
1t would seem that young men coming from the
universities possess confused standards OF
taste" This is absolutely true. Every one writ
ing about the literature of 1906 notes the fact
already noted in this place, that biographies ana
memoirs share with fiction the widest popular
fly.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-20

In the current number OF "Macmillan's Mag
szne" an essay called The Scrbbcr's De
fenSo," 10y an anonymous writer puts the ease
about IS well il may be put for those who
want the highest inspiration but nevertheless
cannot refrain from using the pen. This essay
-cintS out What is perfectly true, that the scrib
bier who las the great virtue of sincerity can
Justify himself in measure nj least ChoOS-
i.g his own subject. and taking plenty OF time
,o deal with il. Ec can hope 10 produce Il piece
II work that will at any rate be genuine. 50
far is il gees Unfortunately this kind of scrib-
bier is rare. If you pasSionatey look for re-
suits which can only be accomplished by
gcni;!s" says our apolOsist, "and it, as is only
too probable. you have it not you will InfalIiby
experience bitter disappointment If you set
10 work To earn an apprecable income by writ
ing. unless, rs is graVely TO be doubted you
have some popular talent you may rely on
wasting your time and labor You will have
been trying 10 illuminate the universe with 4
Ci!ow candle; you have been expecting to find
the thistle covered with roscbuds." This is n
wise warming, and we are sure that if only il
were needed amongst the scribblcrs of our time
there would be fewer cases Of moral humilia-
tiDn and physical suffering. But your scribbIcr
IS not, rs a rule, TO be deferred from scrib
bling by anything academic as mere advice
Only downright disaster will arrest him in his
downward course The clever. likeablp scrih-
bier whose sincerity, as has been said some
how carries him through. also exerts an Un-
fortunate influence The fact that lie las 4
defence persuades all ScriDblers that they hare
q def ana the result is confusion worse
confOunJed
New-York tribune., 1907-01-20
TIE GRCFF HISTORI4N.
From Chambers's Journal

Neither at The Saturday Review dinners .iur
in the companies in which / have met Freeman
AT Wells did he often show himself a Eeuitf
companion His taste for SnUbbing amounted lp
craze: his tendency 10 contradiction on eNerv
possible opportunity altogether exceeded th9t
even of Bob Lowe. Lord SherbrOoke himself
Freeman was more agreeable 10 enCOunter ir
the open air than at Il dinner table. In IEe
Mendip district whenever I heard horse
hoofs pelting along some piece of turf by th-
roadside and voice singing the refrain of ~',Ii,
old cavalier song I knew that IL I looked rouai &
should see the historian pounding along ou q
sturdy nag which. according to tradition i'm "a
burst of generosity he once offered TO CarlyIe
Il gift
New-York tribune., 1907-01-20

AprOpOS of the decline of poetry, we may say
that all the talk which aims ut explaining 1t
only throws us back upon the old cOnVlcllOn
that there is nothing in the world more pro
foundly mysterious than the rise of a true poet
The debate may wax hot as to whether the spirit
OF an age is favorable or not to poetic creation
a thousand reasons may be given in support
of thousand theories, but poetry Is still
gift defying all our speculation. Genius. we
saY will give us poetry. and genius alone, but
that does not carry us much further when we
ere wondering ut the poverty of our age in
poetry Mr. Thomas Hardy has genius, and
sometimes the reader of his beautiful prose can
not help feeling that the famous novelist has
genius for poetry But read the lines called
New Years Eve" which he prints in "The
Nortnighty' this month They are supposed
10 represent II coIloduy between God and the
poet the poet asking. Sire; why shaped You
lis who In This tabernacle gTOan' :"-and re-
CcynS this reply.
Then He: MY labours Iogicless
You may explain: not /:
Sense scaled have wrought without 4 guess
That | evolved a Consciousness
To ask for reasons why
strange. that ephctreral creatures who
!iy my ordering are.
rhould see the shortncSS of my Flew.
Use cthiC tests never knew.
or made provision for!
Phubus Apollo, If man Of genius can
write stanzds like these. and call them poetry.
Is there any use in talking about the subject
at an? All that we do Is to wait in pa
tcucc for the Ecet TO appear, and then 10 ac
t-"t him in the spirit Of keatss words on
truth and beauty
New-York tribune., 1907-01-20
THE HAPPY BURNEYS.
More about Fanny, Her Family and
Her Friends.

THE HOUSE IN ST. MARTINS STREET. Being
Chronicles of the Burney Family. BY Con
stance Hill With Illustrations by Ellen G. Hill
and reproductions of portraits etc. 12mO, PIP.
366 John Lane Company.
Il love all that breed whom can be said TO
know" declared DR.. Samuel Johnson in talk
ing Of the Burneys. and one or two whom
hardly know l love upon credit because they
love each other" Ciasparo Paccherotti. the
greatest Italian singer of his time. bore similar
testimony. 'Oh. how G0r6QbIe they areE' he ex-
claimed. 'I don't know anybody as GJreGbtc
as-as MI DR.. Burney's familyr' This volume.
devoted to the nine years of their family life
in the London house which once Sir Isaac
Newton's, pleasantly reveals the sources of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
MAI. ". ]. SMITH AND
SON ARE DROWNED
BOAT CAPSIZES WHILE HUNTING
DUCK IN MENESHA LAKE, ARK.
GENERAL AGENT OF THE ILL
NOIS CENTRAL FOR THE SOUTH.

Memphis, Tenn, February 22-Maj. w.
J. Smith, one of the most widely known
railroad mon in the south and his son,
Mcclellan. aged 10 years, were drowned
today in Menesha lake, Arkansas. Mr.
Smith, who was member of the Menasha
Hunting club, went there with his son
yesterday for a duck hunt OF a few days
This morning the two, with a negro pad
dler. entered a skiff and in some manner
the craft was overturned and the three
occupants were thrown into deep water
They made a desperate effort to reach
shore but the heavy clothing worn by Mr..
Smith and his son was too much for their
efforts and both We're drowned. The negro
servant escaped.
w. l.. Smith was recently appointed
general agent of the Illinois Central rail-
roal in the south by President Harahan.
He was formerly located in Chicago hold
Ing the position as the assistant of the
vice president of the company. Upon his
appointment as general agent Mr.. Smith
took over the duties OF Third Vice Pres
ident Gilelas, who resigned from the serv-
ice on January l.
Governor Vardaman of Mississippi The
bodies have been recovered and will be
brought to Memphis for burial.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
1S-HOUR FLYER
JUMPS The TRACK
TWENTY-NINE INJURED ON PENN
SYLVANIA LIMITED AT JOHNS
TOWN, PA.-FAsT TRAIN GOES
OFF ON SHARP CURVE.

Altoona Pa, February 23.-The eigh-
teen-hour flyer. known as the Pennsyl-
vania limited, west bound, jumped the
track at midnight about five miles east
of Johnstown. The train was composed
of a combination car, an observation car
and two sleepers. The accident occurred
on a sharp curve. The locomotive ana
combination car remained on the road
bed, but the three cars following plunged
into the south fork of the Conemaugh
river. When the train left the, city there
were fifty-four passengers M board.
The officials have only meagre informa-
tion but claim that no one was killed, al
though many are said to be injured A
relief train was hurried from Johnstown
bearing all available physicians and prep
arations are now being made to dispatch
q relief train from this city. The river
at the point of the accident is so shall
low that a person, it is said can easily
ford the stream.
In leaving the track the train tore
down the telegraph wires, and the acci-
dent was not reported to the general su-
perintendent's office until after II O'Clock
tonight. 1t is positively asserted no lives
were lost. although many were injured.
some seriously.
AT the point where the accident oc-
Cured the roadbed is only d few feet
above the river.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
Were at West Point.

Atlanta, February ga special to the
Constitution from West Point, Ga, says
On last Wednesday a man about 60
years of age, accompanied by young
woman, registered at a local hotel under
the name of w. Harper and wife of Bos-
ton. The couple remained here in their
rooms until today when they left for
Opelika, Ala. The same train on which
the couple left brought photograph
and circular from detective agency CIV
ing the description of a man named Wal
ker and Offering $1,000 for his arrest.
The photograph was recognized by tho
hotel proprietor as that of his late guest
He followed the couple to OpelilSa, where
he found the man and had him placed
under arrest.
The woman admitted that she was not
the wife of Walker and stated that she
was from New Britain, Conn. Beyond
this She would say nothing.
The man Is held for Instructions from
New Britain.
The man Harper is believed to be Will
liam L. Walker. the missing New Britain,
Conn, banker
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
HANN|S TAYLOR ON
SOUTH'S PROBLEM
Fifteenth Amendment is a De-
cIaration of Independence
TOUCHES NEGRO QUESTION
South's Tremendous Benefit From Ter
ritorial Observation-Disclosures a
Dangerous Monster-lcon-
ocIast Worst of All.
TOUCHES NEGRO QUESTION

Baltimore, February 22.-The principal
address at the annual exercises today,
commemorative of the opening of the
Johns Hopkins university was delivered
by Hannis Taylor, former minister to
Spain. Mr.. Taylor Is professor of inter
national and constitutional law at Column
bia university Washington. His subject
was the Relation of the South to Pend
ing Problems" He regarded the thir-
teenth amendment to the constitution as
the declaration of independence, because
1t set the south free from a dying in
stitution.
The first great mistake, he declared,
was In the enfranchisement of those en-
tirely unprepared for citizenship. The
basic principle on which the new south
ern constitution rest is that as fast as
their colored citizens become qualified by
education, or property or both for the
franchise, they shall be endowed with 1t.
Intelligent and responsible minorities of
colored voters thus introduced into south
ern electorates could never menace, In
the speakers Judgment. the political su-
premacy of a race endowed with a genius
for domination Along with a just gradual
bestowal of the franchise should go an
earnest effort to advance the negro race
through public education.
The south, Mr.. Taylor maintained, had
reaped tremendous benefit as a result of
territorial expansion
i allof ba,u 1nls respect to enorhiotiA
fortunes and the philantropies resulting
from them.
He said:
II know of no monster so dangerous to
the life of a republic as one who can in
a moment throw millions in one direction
or the other, especially when those mil
lions grow out of abnormal conditions
that should not exist
THE omnipotent dispenser may throw
bis qntillioEs in a good direction; It is
sure 70 be in a bad one tomorrow.
But most and worst of all he Is an
image breaker; he is an iconoclast who
skaters the ideals upon which the life
of this nation was founded. There was
time when our young men thought it
worth while to strive to be like Marshall,
Webster, Emerson and Washington
Irving.
But how long will those illusions last
under the teachings of the new gospel
which proclaims that nothing is worth
while expect the brute force welded By
masses of money?
'If this thing goes on we can soon
close all departments of our universities
except those that apply the physical
science to the production of material
wealth or its equivalent. The long arms
of the federal government may be able
to break off the top of n tree, but If we
desire TO cut TO the root of these abnor-
NAL accommodations which are shattering
all healthy ideals, we must go for the
axe to the armories that hold the re-
served power of the states"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
100 BALES COTTON ON
Us ACRES IN KOREA
American Seed PIanted-land Care
fully Cultivated-SampIes of Staple
Grown In the Ottoman Empire.

Washington, February 2.-(Speeial)-
American cotton seed planted in the ex-
perimental grounds OF Korea, 175 acres
being cultivated, yielded the past season
100 bales. The people interested hope to
raise 100000 bales within the next few
years.
The land experimental ON was well and
carefully cultivated by intelligent Korean
coolies. No such intense cultivation could
be carried out on a very large scale.
Still If Japan can get 10000 bales of
upland cotton annually from Korea. it
means just that much less in her pur-
chases In the United States.
A sample of cotton grown in the OF
toman empire part of 400 pounds picked
on less than an acre. is on exhibition In
London The land on which il grew was
not cultivated last year. the cotton grow
ing on plants left over from the previous
season. one hundred acres near where
this sample grew have been prepared for
cotton. These were to be planted during
the present month.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
Hotel Man Gets Picture Of W. F,
Walker Of New Britain
and Recognizes Him
IN BIRMINGHAM MONDAY
With Young Woman He Says Is His
Wife-Refuses to Talk--Con-
necticut Officials Are
Notified.

Opelika. February ga man who is al
legged to be w. f. Walker of New Britain,
Conn.,, who is locked up here, appears
to be 60 years of age. He gives the name
of W. Harper and says he is mule
dealer and native of Kentucky. The
young woman accompanying him is IS
years of age, stylishly dressed, and rather
pretty.
Harper says he married the young lady
recently in Albany, Ga. The couple first
came to Opelika from Birmingham last
Monday. and bought tickets for Atlanta
Tuesday morning. 1t is believed they left
the train at West Point.
Harper wears a grey beard. closely cut,
and is well dressed and intelligent. He
declares he will sue the city of Opelika.
He is in cell, while the young woman
is spending the night with an Opelika
family
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
PEARL RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
A. Williams Found Dead In Bed al
Meridian, Miss.

Meridian. Miss. February 22.-(Special)
A. Williams. a prominent citizen of
Lake Miss, was found dead in bed in
this city this morning. Mr.. Williams had
come to Meridian for medical treatment.
The coroner's jury found that death re-
suited from natural causes.
Announcement was made this afternoon
that the efforts of Congressman Adam
Byrd, at Washington, had been success
full in procuring total of $1,000 for inn
provements on the Pearl river between
Edinburg and Jackson and between Edin-
burg and the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas
City railroad bridge.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
BANK is CHARTERED.
1t Will Open for Business Monday
Morning.

Gadsden, February 2.-(Special)- )-The
Gadsden National bank has received its
charter and will open it's doors for busi-
ness next Monday, February %. The new
institution was organized some weeks
ago and has an authorized capital of
$125.O0O. E. T. Hollingsworth is the presi-
dent and w. G. Brockway is cashier
The new bank will occupy the building
of the Merchants and Farmers bank,
which 1t absorbed.
The fiftyton furnace of the Eagle Iron
company has been blown in and is now
making regular runs. The furnace is
one of the oldest in the district and turns
out a high-grade of charcoal iron which
is in great demand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
Twenty-nine Injured.

Johnstown, Pa, February 23.-Twenty-
nine persons were hurt, some seriously,
when the Pennsylvania railroad train No.
20, west bound for Chicago from New
York, left the track at sharp curve
near Mineral Point, eight miles from
here, at 1910 o'clock this morning. No
one was killed, although many of the
passengers had narrow escapes
The three rear sleeping cars went over
an embankment into the Conemaugh
river Relief trains from Johnstown and
Altoona brought physicians, who are
working with the injured, some of whom,
1t is said, will die. No names of the in
jured are obtainable.
The cause of the wreck Is as yet un-
known, but 1t is said the speed of the
train was too great in rounding the
curve
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
Presidents Nominations.

Washington. February 22.-The Pres
ident sent to the Senate today the follow,
ing nominations: To be placed on the
retired list with the rank Of brigadier
general. Col. Alfred c. Markley, Thir-
teenth infantry; Col. Frank II. Phipps,
ordnance department; Col Amos Stick
ney, corps of engineers; Col. Harry B.
Osgood. assistant commissiary general;
Col Garrett j. Lydeckers. corps of en-
gineers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
26th Ballot Brings No Change.

Providence, r. l., February 22.-The
twenty-sixth ballot for United States SEN
ator, which was taken in the legislature
today. resulted in no change. The vote
was as follows: Goddard, 80; Colt, SO;
Wetmnre. 2S.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
TWO STEAMERS WRECKED.

London, Feb. 22.--Two steamer
, wrecks were reported at late
. hour tonight by passing vessels.
; one off Flamborouh Head. in the
, North Sea, and the other Off
; Beachy Head in the English chan
mel. No details Of the disasters
} have been received. The weather is
; still stormy, especially in the
; North Sea.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
No Word Received.

New Britain, Conn. February 22.-Up to
an early hour this morning no word had
been received by the police regarding tho
arrest of the man at Opelika, Ala, sup
posed to be William F. Walker.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
Raisuli Plots With Pretender.

Tangier, February 22.-Raisuli is now
plotting with the pretender to the throne
OF Morocco with the object of nlakinn
q iallt attack On the Sutan's forces.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-30


What is the origin OF the cock ana
Dull" story? 1t is the despair of all
those who seek to explain this fine
Did crusted slang OF long ago which
aas managed to persist into present
speech, just as we may imagine our
present 2S will puzzle later genera.
tien Brewer in his Phrase and
Fable" explains it is a corruption Of
"concocted and bully story" Evi.
IDENTIFY recognizing that this is scarce.
~ satisfactory, he prosecuted his re-
searches into bygone religions, drag
ged ZIP Nergal from the Phoenicians
in the representation of a rooster and
from the Egyptian Osiris, typified by
q bull. From all OF which disquisi-
tons it is as clear as may be that
no one really knows anything about
the story Of a cock and bull. The
French have a precisely similar ex-
preston in cog a-rane, and equally
they do not know it's origin.-New
York Sun.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-30
DIR. TALKS OF FOOD
Pres. OF Board OF Health.

What shall eat?" is the daily
inquiry the physician is met with. /
do not hesitate to say that in my
judgment, a large percentage Of dis
ease is caused by poorly selected and
improperly prepared food. MY per-
sonal experience with the fully-cooked
food. known as Grape-Nuts. enables
me to speak freely OF its merits.
aFrom overwork, suffered several
years with malnutrition, palpitation
of the heart, and loss of sleep. Last
summer I was led to experiment per-
sonally with the new food, which
used in conjunction with good rich
cows milk. In short time after
commenced its use, the disagreeable
symptoms disappeared, my hearts ac-
stion became steady and normal; the
functions OF the stomach were prop
eriv carried out and again slept as
Isoundly and as we'll as in my youth.
IT look upon Grape-Nuts as per.
feet food, and no one can gainsay but
that IT has most prominent place II
rational. scientific system OF feed.
Inc ANY one who uses this food vii
soon be convinced of the soundness
OF the principle upon which It Il
manufactured and may thereby know
the facts as to it's true worth. !" Read
eThe Road to Wellyille," In pkgs
sThere's Reason.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-30
Cultivate Regular Habits.

There can be no question that men
Of regular habits are healthier, hap
pier, live longer and do more than
those who obey caprice and impulse.
The adoption of hygienic habits saves
the nervous system an enormous
amount Of friction and waste. 1t pre-
serves vitality. Regularity econo-
mixes not only physical stamina. but
time as we'll The man who knows
no system in the details Of his life,
who exhausts nature at the instance
Of a passing within, who drinks ana
smokes to excess, who wastes the tai
ents bestowed upon him, is the one
who must sooner or later fall VIC
tim to disease. Regularity with mod
Grafton in all things should be the
motto of life, and it should be remem-
bered that regularity does not Heces-
sarily preclude the enjoyment OF va
riety. A certain amount of variety
prevents man from becoming nero
machine. but variety should not in
terfere with those regular habits OF
life which are necessary to the main
tenance of health.-Pistsburg Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-30
Drink and Insanity.

Temperance statistics have often
been ridiculed, but 1t is quite easy
to get as accurate statistics on some
of the bad effects of the liquor traffic
as upon any other subject Nobody
Will dispute figures prepared by DR..
Daniel Clarke, late superintendent
of the lunatic asylum in Toronto
DR.. Clarke testified before the Com
mission that out of 5000 cases of in
sanity he had examined, nine and
one-half per cent were produced by
drink. In round numbers, one lu-
natic in every ten was made a luna
tic by liquor. That means that there
are seventy human beings in the To-
ronto asylum who lost their reason
by drink, and a proportionate num-
Der in the Kingston, Hamilton and
London asylums. But this is not
all. AS DR.. Clarke testified, insan-
ity is often produced by combined
causes. The drink habit may COM
bine with domestic trouble, worry,
overwork. or any other of the excit-
ing causes that make lunatics. It
is the sole or main cause of insan-
ity in one case out of every ten, and
contributing cause in many others.
There, then, we have one awful fact
made clear, and that, too, by one of
the most distinguished specialists on
the continent. The next time you
pass the Toronto Asylum, just re-
member that one in every ten of the
creatures behind those walls, bereft
of Gods highest gift, was put there
by drink-Canadian White Ribbon
Tidings.