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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-18
UNEXPECTED CONTENTS.

There is a state Senator In one or CIR western
states whose burly appearance might possibly
lead one to mistake him for laboring man. but
circumstances,
He happened one night 10 be standing on ths
sidewalk outside of undertaking establish
ment conversing with friend on some impor
tant political matter. One of the employees of
the shop approached them and said, Say. viii
you give me lift with Sesket2" The Senator
shuddered and said hesitatngy, lis there's
there-any thing-in II?
Sure" came the hearty reply; therein Q oous
plo Of good 6xipka In itn-1Appinoo1fA ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-18

which To write the book. II was finished IN
time: but it was apparently not brilliant per-
formance
The reviewer in The London Academy Of the
new bird book by Curator Beebe of the Bronx
Gardens notes with interest the Americans
statements in regard to our hamingO: This
bird in a wild state. is of a most beautiful scar
let Color hut in captivity fades moult by moult,
TIL almost white. BY mixing some strong but
harmless dye-the nature Of which Mr. Beehe
tealousy guards as secret by means 10 be
divulged-with the food. this color has been al
most completely restored. assume. during
successive mouths
But in the gardens Of the geological Society
of London the reviewer adds. the experiment
has been improved upon
Here. some examples Of this beautiful bird have
recently been turned out into a pond swarmins
with small crustacea, which in state OF nature
form large part of the bin Of fare Of this bird
the plumagei From this IT would seem that the red
color owes its origin 10 the same cause as that
mon. which also feeds largely small erustacea-
the pigment which imparts the red color so CHAR
aSt3l5sis OF OF the the tribe tribe ''''
This being SO. then the color of the hamingo
and Of some other birds is acquired" and
not ConSenital character That Is To say, II IL
Of the race And this line of reasoning Will be
found apply TO many other instances of colora-
The Lippincotts bringing out a new vol
ume in DR.. Furnesss Varorum Shakespeare.
1t is devoted To Antony and Cleopatra" The
same publishers are printing Mr.. Arthur TIL
Iey's FRANCOIS Rabelas.'' the third volume in
their French Men of Letters Series and new
book by Mr. Malcolm G. Salaman on THE Old
Engravers of England in Their Relation to Con-
temporary Life and Art" In the True series
they are publishing The True Patrick Henry
by Mr.. George Morgan.
On the evening of Monday. May p, there will
be public celebration at Cambridge Of the
Tooth anniversary OF the birth of Louis Agassiz.
Addresses will be delivered by President Eliot
of Harvard. Colonel T. w. Hgginson, Professor
Lowell and Professor Niles.
The latest story about Herbert Spencer Ia
thus quoted In The London Spectator: The
sage when staying at country house asked
to be supplied with some whiskey and water on
turning in at night to re-establish the periodic
ity OF my somniferous functions His host said
afterward> that he hid never heard longer
name for a 'nightcap.''
Mr.. George b. McCutcheon takes his place at
the head of the list OF American novelists who
have recently produced fiction eminently fitted
fox drarnatiaation. Out eS hie shox3 HBrsYytsz3
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-18
IS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." WRITE ME;

Millions has been made one OF the most sue
cessful plays Of the period. We know what
pleasure it has given in this city-in London ie
has been welcomed with equal heartiness. The
clever son of Du Maurier plays the title part
and is enthusiastically praised The London
Outlook" says of the piece: What splendid
possibilities of fun 1t holds can only be learned
by going to see It. Farce is a thing Of beauty
and joy for considerable time II il is we'll
conceived and we'll carried out. and 'Brewster's
Millions is riOtOusly funny all through"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-18

One of the flowers of literature, the primrose
by the rivers brim,'' is threatened with extinc-
ton. and the English poet Of the future may
look in vain for that dainty ornament OF his
native verse. The primrose dealer of the cities
is gradually. year by year. tearing up by the
roots the charming yellow wild flower until the
lanes and woods of spring are becoming stripped
of one of their chief beauties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-18

once he wrote one in a week He had forgotten
that the time limit of his contract had almost
expired and he had only seven days left IN
which to write the book. II was finished IN
time: hut it was apparently not brilliant per-
Torrance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-18

Mr.. Justin Huntly Mccarthy has written an
other novel around the personality of FRANCOIS
Nion. It is not a sequel to IF l Were King,
but an independent story. The Harpers are
publishing it under the title of Needles and
Pins
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-18

An amusing story about Miss Fanny Russell.
the great-granddaughter of Oliver Cromwell. Is
quoted in Notes and Queries" by writer ot
her race. Miss Russell was Woman of the Bed
chamber TO Princess Amelia, daughter of Georgia
IL. and was not sufficiently awed by royalty to
bride a somewhat pert tongue:
One day. II happened to be the SOth OF January.
the anniversary OF the maTtyrdom OF Charles I.
she was in waiting. and occupied in adjusting soma
part OF the prtncesss dress. when Frederick Prince
of Wales. came into the ROOM and sportively said.
For shame, Miss Russell Why have you net
been at church, humblins yourself for the sins on
this day committed by your ancesror9" sir" re-
piled Miss Russell. "for descendant OF the great
oliver Cromwell. IL is humiliation sufficient 70 be
employed in pinning up the tail OF your
sister"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-18

Messrs. I. Nelson & Sons announce a new series
Of books to be known Nelson's Library of Copy
right Novels. TO contain the best works of the
best rOVelists of the present day, beautifully print
ed on fine Opaque paper. adorned with good fronts
pieces and decorated title pages and tastefuly
bound in durable cloth covers-the price to be
pence volume. For period extending over
years the firm has made careful preparations
for this enterprise. \ factory has been
opened Edinburgh. specially designed and or
ganiZed for the production in enormous quantities
OF books in the new series. and of Other volumes
of the same size and style. The whole of the work
has thus been standardized" and the result TO
the book buying public will be the issue OF high
class work the lowest possible price
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-18

1t is said that the Irish language is losing
ground in the Green Isle, in spite of the efforts
Of the Gaelic League. To prevent further decay
it is proposed that Gaelic travelling theatre
should be established There are available
many plays written in the Irish tongue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-18

''Ihe Queens Qualr' and "Richard 4ea-and-
Nay are the two novels by Mr.. Hewlett which
the Macmillans have selected to experiment
with as "sixpennies" There seems to be
growing tendency in Great Britain toward the
Cheapening of fiction. Here is an interesting bit
of news from The Dundee Advertiser:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-18

In response TO the complaint that the varie-
gated system of English spelling renders the
task both of teacher and pupil more difficult and
prolongs the rudimentary period of learning
scholarly Euglishman asks in Notes and
Queries: why teach English spelling at aIl?"
He adds that boys learn French and German
without the aid of spelling book.
Intelligent child learns spell words from the
books he reads. Some people. like Robert Louis
Stevenson, never learn spell properly, and
are always shaky about the words containing lie
and "ei, TO say nothing or greater posers. But
what matter2 Such words can generally be slurred
over in ordinary correspondence while II the
writer is contributor to the press, which will
probably be the case in nine instances out of ten
the printers reader can always Set matters right.
/ personally think may safely leave the SPELL
ing question to take care of itself
To drop off trains in out-of-the-way spots
is the method used by Mr.. a. w. Marchmont in
acquiring local color for his newsstand possibly
sometimes in acquiring plots. For his latest
story In the Cause of Freedom" he is indebted
to an cid priest In Russian Poland who gave
him the main details of the story.
Apropos of the ways of the current novelist.
what is the shortest time in which he can write
a book? Mr.. Frankfort Moore says that he pro-
duces . novel in the space Of tWa months~aud
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-18
The Romance and Humors of the
Late Duke of Cambridge.

GEORGE. DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. A Memoir Memoir
Of HIS Private Life Based on the tiHf opTmssS
Edited by Edgar Sheppard, c. '. O. D. - IN
two volumes With illustrations. SvO. PIP. AK,
81: III. 81. IongInans. Green & Co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-18

tHt iolIoNlHb PdSNdS''
Primitive men transcribed their tragic experience
hv a process which psychology may call either
pyr,r,s site. prepare ton aesthetic impulse which
Aristotle called initiated action, and which. IKE
Const ous purpose but from the interplay OF social
instincts and the conditions OF earliest social ne
Through all the changes due TO long tradlllon'
through changes OF stun, form, appeal, TINS prlinl
tive way Of life speaks though with very faint and
far-away tones. In the ballads one must make
no prepcsterous claim for such SurvtvalS as We
find In them. The majority of them must he
c!assed q inferior poems. The best. even, cannot
compete with great poems N art, hut there is
greatness of their own I'm their attitude towards
NE In their summary and transcript of it. They
EnCu as the lords Of tragedy i'm Ficllas knew as
fnevitahle conflict IS worth while. They know by
instinct lyric poets have known in their 'reCol-
holds the solution OF existence I'm its own mystery
end that only from death springs the meaning Of
eternity there could he no human love. The ballad
does say these things, far from IT. Its makers
edv, and would he helpless 70 understand the great
definition that tragedy has Vet found. the close
Nliltous Samson Agonistes But they give
the spirit Of that close In their simple verses which
tell Of flc with danger and defeat They report
the battle Of life soldiers not captains. with
and for the fighting alone. and no thought
planning and campaign and allies and the un-
leader Of the foe That, after all Is the main
difference 1t is individual that speaks out his
their very tells of external origin the com
munal dance Herder's title for them as Voices Of
aud their heart; his beautiful dedication remains
the best commentary ever made upon popular song.
function; their deputy the poet. acts lord of
the extent Of forgetting the SURFACES that
the long career Of poetry itself testify beyond rea
sonahle doubt 10 n time when individuals counted
for very little in rhythmic expression. and when
imperiors choral stIll be heard in the ballads
a murmur ~ voices In concert. borne great
stretches OF space and through many changes Of
time
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-05
WE WONDER

If Buffalo Bill thought that Water
 bury money was the tainted" kind
 last Friday, when he kept the people waiting from 2 until o'clock before he started his performance and then picked up his tent at 6:3O and skid dooed out of town after advertising to give us another performance In
 the evening? We'll, poor Bill as great a man as he is, must take h1s bumps once in while and he got them the day before he arrived here. We heard the buffalo got at the cof- ] fee and ate it all, and the men could
 not find the grounds. That was
 good joke. But we hear when the
 canvas men told Bill their pay ($S per week and grub) was too small,
 he couldn't see the point and they
 struck. But that was carrying the
 joke too far, and when he offered
 more pay they said his money was
 ''tainted' because 'taint" enough.
 That settled it and he couldn't do as
 he advertised We'll, last week We
 couldn't do as we advertised. We
 only had half enough of those butter crooks to satisfy our trade, but we'll see you later about them. This week
 we'll give you a splendid blue deco rated cuspidor. with a pound of our
 warranted nice tasting soc tea at
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-05
pr E. w. Goodenough is on a va

Dr E. w. Goodenough is on va- cation to Atlantic City.
 John Barrett of the Waterbury Manufacturing Go left this morning for a ten days stay at Atlantic City.
 MT and Mrs James Russell of 34 Chestnut street are elated over the arrival of a baby girl at their home.
 The volunteer fire company of Reading, Pa, which was the guest of the local department yesterday, was pleased with what it saw in this town. The men toured the engine houses and stated that our apparatus compares favorably with any other in the state. Last evening the Rim gold band, which travels with the company, rendered concert on Cen, ter street, which was crowded with people eager to hear the band They left this city this morning for Spring field
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-05
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
Haymakers 10h.

Haymakers 10h.
 Ivy temple, R. S. Choristers' rehearsal. Steuben lodge, D. o. H. Odin Benefit association. Mattatuck council, R. A. Court Harmony, A. o. F. Toantick tribe, I. o. R. M. Humboldt lodge, N. E. O. P. ~ Excelsior council, o. U. A. M. Harmonic Benevolent association St Karl Baromeus club. Friendly league, June exhibition.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-05
The Miller & Peck Co
Special Prices for Wednesday
 Night.

At 49c ladies' waists, slightly soiled, were $1.
 At $6.9S ladies' suits, just eight in the lot, were $10.9S. At $2.9S misses coats, in plain and fancy mixtures, were $4.9S. At S4.9S ladies' tourist coats, were $7.9S. At 9Sc ladies' white lawn waists, lace trimmed, were $1.50. At 12kc lonsdale cambric from 15c At 19c mercerized white waisting from 25c. At 1Oc fine note paper from 15c. At 9Sc leather hand bags from S1.49. At 25c No 60 work print ribbon from 39c. At 10c ladies' initial handkerchiefs from 121ac. At 19c mems medium weight under wear from 25c. At 17c misses fine ribbed, black, full fashioned hose from 25c. At 10c boys hats from 25c.
  At 10c women's ribbed sleeveless vests from 13c. At 49c ladies long white skirts, with deep tucked ruffle, value 69c. At 69c ladies long white skirts, with lace insertion and lacei edge. At 9Sc ladies' long white skirts, deep ruffie with three H. s. tucks and three above ruffle. value $1.39. At $3.4S four-blade lawn mowers from $3.9S. At soc four double rolls paper, 20 yards border. At $1.39 Wilton rug ends, 2 yards long, from S198. At 25c S-inch fibre carpets from 3s 1-3c. At sSc striped couch covers from $1.25 "A. At Ssc dozen table tumblers from 59c. .
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-05
Public Market to.
 l63 So. Main. DIVIDEND DAY, WEDNESDAY

Prices cut in two for this Big gro eery sale.
 Everybody visiting our big store "Wednesday, June s. will receive s1 worth of green trading stamps free.
 Prices cut on Flour. Potatoes and Butter, the three principal eommodi- ties of life in the provision line. Potatoes. per busheL fancy Maine
 stock ...--.-... ....... Sf.O0 Our best Flour. per sack ..... roc lbs Tub Butter ... .... Sf.o0 Fresh Eggs. per doIen ....... 2Oc 10 lbs Yellow Meal .... .... 25c lbs Milk Crackers ...... ..25c Smoked Shoulders. per ID .... 1Oc
 STAMP SPECIALS.
 Extra stamps with the following articles:
 1 ID Magic B. Powder, 75 stamps, soc ID Mixed Tea. 7s stamps .... zsc ID fresh Coffee. 90 stamps ... z5c 2 cans Corn. 10 stamps ..... .25c Frank kieIy, Mgr.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-19
DEMOCRATS
ASK TO HELP
BRYAN SAYS THE PARTY IN OK.
lAHOMA NEEDS MONEY.
An Appeal in the commoner De
eiares That Funds Are Needed to
Secure the Election Of the
Ticket In the New state.

Lincoln. Neb, Aug. 1s.-William j.
Bryan has issued an appeal to the
democrats of the nation to subscribe
to the campaign fund Of Oklahoma In
order that party may carry coming
election in that state. Mr. Bryan
contributed to the Oklahoma cam
paign last year and he has forward.
ed a second subscription for the one
this year. His appeal is as follows.
The Oklahoma election will take
place September II. II is plain that
in the pending Oklahoma ampaign
the democratic party ads tor
the people while the republican party
represents the special interests.
The Commoner invites the attention
of the democrats of the nation to the
fact that Oklahoma democracy is In
need of financial assistance. Okla
homa democrats have many obstacles
to overcome. They lave arrayed
against them the powerful influence
10 all the public service corporations
of the state and the national ad-
ministration, with every fed
eral official In the vicinity actively
engaged In the effort to bring about
a republican victory. Then the re-
publican party has all the money 1t
can conveniently use,
Oklahoma democrats feel that they
will win. but they will leave no stone
upturneu. They are entitled to some
substantial assistance from the demo
Gratis OF the nation. II every demo
crat who reads this article will con
tribute small sum Oklahoma demo
Gratis will have ample funds with
which to pay the legitimate funds OF
their campaign.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-19
SMOKES ON 10th BIRTHDAY.
Woman Over a Century Old Uses the
Pipe Daily.

Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. lS.-Gaily
smoking her pipe. while receiving con
gratulations from her friends today
Mrs. Mary McGrath. supposed to be
the oldest person living In Wisconsin
celebrated her ll0th birthday ami
yersary,
Mrs. McGrath recently was brought
to the home OF the Little Sisters OF
the Poor from Brandon, Wis. near
Fond du Lac. where she lived most
OF her long life. The claim that she
is 10 years old has been fully sub
stantiated by the sisters.
Mrs. McGrath insists on smoking
her pipe daily, and her caretakers do
not believe Il well to moralize with
her over the baneful effects usually
attributed 10 the weed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-19
BETHROTt. AT GRAVE.
Widow Accepts Undertaken as Dirt
Falls on Dead Husband

Elkhart, Ind, Aug. ls.-At the
grave of her husband Mrs. Myra
Jones of Bronson. Mich, received a
prposal OF marriage from Edward
Turner, the undertaken She promptly
accepted.
He was so sympathetic in his bear
ing toward the family that Mrs. Jones
was moved to admiration. As the two
stood at the open grave the widow
burst into tears and buried her face
against Turner's shoulder.
Mrs. Jones decided that they had
better not get married in their home
town and she planned an elopement to
Elknart Undertaken Turner was de-
taIned by professional engagements
and Mrs. Jones made the trip to Elk
hart alone. She confided her story
to the wife OF q hotel proprietor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-19

the good will OF the neighboring In.
dians and then melted them to join
the Union army If possible. when
Quantrell got on the trail OF these
five men he secured the country over
scene Of many murders . O.. ...
for them. They were chased across
the Choctaw Nation, took refuge IN
the Winding Stair Mountains, were
driven back westward and tried to get
into the Arbuckle Mountains In the
Chickasaw Nation but were intercep.
ted at Limestone Gap by squad OF
Quantrells men led by a Choctaw In.
dian. These five men were brought
up on the trail and hanged at the
crossing at Sandy Creek. together
with one OF Quantrelrs own men who
had disobeyed orders In the treatment
OF Indians. The bodies swung In the
breezes for many days. until they fell
to the ground OF their own weight. and
II was difficult for a long time TO get
anyone to travel that way even In the
day time.
Immediately after the Civil war. a
stage coach with a lot of money de
signed to pay government troops then
stationed near Boggy Depot, was held
up and robbed. and the government
money. as well as all OF the none,
and valuables OF the passengers wa.
taken. The bandits stood under bis
elm tree and with their winchester.
leveled at the stage ordered the driv
er to proceed. Twenty years Later
three men travelling In a light sprin,
wagon and driving splendid team o
horses stopped and camped for tn,
night under the old elm tree. II wa
the first time since Quantrei ha,
hanged his men that any one was eve
known to have stopped over nigh
there. The next morning the part,
was gone but there had been strang,
proceedings during the night.
The men had measured off a dis
lance of $50 feet from the tree anC
set a circle of stakes around It In
/ perfect circle. II was evident tha
they had used tape line for tn,
measurements And where they hat
set their stakes they had dug into tn,
ground. At the end OF one OF tn,
lines their search had evidently beer
rewarded for In the bottom OF tn,
hole was plainly seen the imprint oI
large pot. with toes ON the bottom
large enough TO hold at least five gal
Ions. The pot had been broken and
whatever II contained had been car
ried away. There was no more dig
ging after the pot was found and the
remainder OF the stakes were left
where they had been driven. There
are men living in Atoka today who r.
member this incident. The three men
disappeared from the neighborhood
as mysteriously as they had come and
were never heard of again.
a remarkable feature about the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-19
lonely dead mans guleh 60. .... o..
WEIRD SPOT THAT GIVES rRAv
ELERs CREEPY FEELINGS.
SCENE OF MANY MURDERS
Located on the Old Trail at Crossing
Of Sandy Greek Between Atoka
and eosoy Depot.-None Of
the Murders Been Solved.

Atoka, |. r. Aug. ls.-No man has
ever travelled from Atoka to Boggy
Depot. twelve miles distant without
getting that creepy" feeling when
he crossed Sandy Creek. three miles
out from Atoka on the old trail. This
lonely spot, with Its deathly stiffness
the screech owl and the yeiping COY.
ote at night. will occupy place In
the history Of Indian Territory as the
scene Of more mysterious murders
than any other ont spot In It's borders.
Atoka Is one OF the Oldest towns In
the Choctaw nation. and Boggy Depot
Is another. and In the early days the
trail between the two towns was much
frequented. Long ago the crossing
at Sandy Creek took the name of
Dead Mans Gulch." and to this day
no native OF that section will make
that crossing after nightfall unless
forced to do so. They will go miles
out of the way to avoid 1t.
Nearly forty years ago the bodies
OF two men were found at this spot
They had been murdered. No one
ever identified them, and no one ever
found out who killed them or why. II
was then the name Dead Mans
Gulch" was first heard A few years
later the stage driver who carried
mail from Atoka over the trail to Bog.
Ky Depot was murdered and his body
found in exactly the same spot where
the other two had been.
Quantrell during the war passed
this spot and left his mark upon It.
lie had found in the Choctaw Nation
five men who were working among
the Choctaws trying to get recruits
for the Northern army. These men
had come among the Indians as trad
ers and were not generally known to
be representatives OF the Northern
army. They ingratiated themselves In
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-19
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids will be received at my
office OF the Carter-Booker buildinE
mp to p. m. Thursday, August %
for the erection OF 7-room, two-story
frame residence of Mr.. John White
man. Plans and specifications can be
seen at my office, The right is re
served to reject any and all bids.
w. A. TACKETT.
1874 Architect