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New-York tribune., 1908-11-22

dering how he may get his arrears of salary
and make both ends meet In this. too. he is
profoundly typical of his time.
The courts of the Renaissance were centres Of
the most lavish extravaganza, but they were not
those places Of sheer romance which one might
take them to have been from the dithyrarnbs of
the amateur historian The mobiles of UrbinO
for example. might spend afternoon deep in
metaphysics and art. but within few hours
they might be giving their attention 10 some
New-York tribune., 1908-11-22
THE HELMET or FLoDDEy'

From The Manchester Guardian -
An offer to purchase the Helmet Of FlOe aer
which is suspended over the tomb of ne
Duke of Norfolk at FranIinghau Church
been made-it is stated by Sir Guy p as
Laking. Keeper OF the Kings Ar-- Jury d IL
fered no less than $500 for the relic. or -
nateIy G459 and an exact copy Mon
wanted for the restoration Of the church an A'
rector and church wardenS app-c9g he'd the ig;
of Norfolk but the latter promptly SIgnlne- All
the historic mementO must not De- moved -
has always been tradition that The heme, - -
that worn by the third duke at the bar Ae
FIodden Field, where. as Lord Thomas hos ~
he materially assisted his father. the the-
of Surrey. in the conduct of the fight Fral = q
ham was originally the property Of the Dua rs
Norfolk but was lost 70 them by att1lnIei afs
estate is now held by Pembroke College
memory OF the Howard ownership IS 0nI n
petudted through the many HoWards VI
buried in the church The helmet iS git
painted floral pattern. y cap Of nlalnl5- =
and the Norfolk lion in rood Su-rnount = Us
helmet proper is IS inches high, and l
mainder II inches
New-York tribune., 1908-11-22

down in black and white, the qualities of
good companion. Statesmen prelates and sol
diers were among his friends. as were artists
poets and musicians. At one moment you oD-
serve him a delicate mission to the Papal
court, doing his best to conserve his masters
welfare in the midst of the turmoil always
going forward in the peninsula At another
he is talking poetry with BembO or Bibbiena,
he is helping Raphael in his survey OF an
cient Rome. Now he is in the midst of some
splendid court ceremonial and. again he is Won
New-York tribune., 1908-11-22
THE PERFECT COURTIER.
Il Study of Manners in the Italia"
Renaissance.

BAIDASSARE CASTICIdONE, TIE FHisF S1o r. 100
COURTIER. His Life and letters; l4's-I.r1 1
Rv JIIia Cartwright Mrs. Ady) In two vol
trnes Illustrated. Svo PIP. xviii. 460; Kill '"'-
T.. p. Dutton & Co.
The fame of Baldassare CastigiiOne as an au-
thor has overshadowed the personal traits Oh
this charming figure in the history Of the ltai-
ian Renaissance. He is familiar to every STU
dent of letters as the man who wrote Ii COT
tegiano'' but it is doubtful If even the most
careful readers OF that classic in the literature
of manners have true conception of Castigii-
ono.s character as n soldier and man of affairs.
His hook shows US the nobility of his nature
and The range of his intellect. 1t does not make
lis acquainted with all the details Of his career
These are worth knowing. Though he was not
by any means a great man. neither was ne III
the world of action, Intellectual mediocrlty-
He served exacting masters and generally serVeo
them we'll He can hardly be held blame"orthy
New-York tribune., 1908-11-22
THE MESSAGE OF VENICE.

BY LADY LINSAY-
Come again and yet again
Parting grief is wellnigh pain
Come again and yet again
He that goes is ever fain
To return and come again
Hark, the bells melodious strain;
Como again. and net again;
All thy striving is in vain
Spell of Venice shall not wane-
Come again. and pct again"
New-York tribune., 1908-11-22
Gbe Nenoi2lork gribmaas
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER -. 1908.

What is an edition? \ purchaser of the new
book of Anatole France. Lille des Pingouins
observes that the copy he bought the hrst DAY
after publication was marked eighteenth edl-
tion He concludes that amongst French pub
fishers the word edition" may mean any
thing. There is Il sort of legend among the
simple" he declares that it means five hun
dred copies The better informed, however. are
aware that it often means less. Thus, in the
case of the later novels of Emile ZOa, an edi-
ton meant two hundred copies. This was
chiefly TO save the self-lOve of his publishers,
who did not care to admit that the ldol OF Il
caprciouS poruace had fallen of its PEDESTAL
The vast fiction was created that ZOia sold as
well as eyer.' 1t is worth while to call atten-
ton once more to the fact that III England and |
America this matter has been treated for some
years with especial care and good faith. Now
and then the reader may still be hoodwinked,
but as IL rule he is put in possession of the
facts Apart from works of fiction, the books
that 20 into new editions so marked that |
one may Immediately know whether they are
mere reprints or have been revised augmented,
newly annotated or otherwise made over. Even
where the novel is concerned many publishers
have adopted the practice of describing a new
batch as Il second or third impression or
.printing" They also prefix to the book, on
OCCASION 4 list. with dates, Of the various re
prints. Sooner or later the system will be uni
versally applied, to the great satisfaction of the
lay reader rs well of the photographer.
In. the stad PAGES Of Notes and Queries, OF
all places in the world, Mr.. Horace Bleackley, !
Ouiyering with Indignation, comes To the de-
fence of what he calls Poor Eighteenth Cen
tury" He would rescue that delightful period |
from the clumsy hands of the greedy book
maker" and he would begin by recalling the
N,r man 400
he thinks these idle paraphraSeS of WalpOle,
Sclwyn and Il few other familiar memoirs Of
the times" would have been vigorously chaS-
tiSod. Now it seems, provided we get Dutch
handmade paper and few halftOne illustra-
tions we are content to accept a lazy rechau1fe
of eighteenth century "reminiscences as if it
were critical and conscientious work Bravo,
Mr. BleackIey! We only wish that his ObSerya-
tionS could have been printed in Il Journal more
familiar to the general reader. Notes and
Queries though the most fascinating of all
literary periodicals, is hardly popular pub
icatiOn. We have frequently commented upon
these 'scissors-and- paste memoirs. 1t is
mistake to take them too seriously. Who
breaks butterfly upon wheel? Much Of this
material, though obviously lacking in perma-
nent value, serves i useful purpose in Stimu-
lating a taste for sound historical literature.
But Mr. Bleackiey is right. There is no excuse
for the critic who fails to add to his words of
good will q clear indication of the difference
between the scholar and the compiler.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-22

Mr. Andrew Lang has been looking ut book
sellers talogue and it has walked old and
precious memories. The catalogue draws at
tention to what he calls "a new, cheap, and
good thing for young coIlectors-the wOodcut
Illustrations of the sixties" Those were surely
golden days The editor asked to-day to
print some of the blocks of Once Week,
save for purposes Of historical Illustration.
would probably be scandalized He would find
them hOpeleSSly questionable and not to be
associated on any grounds with the pretty girl
Of one of popular craftsmen. But con
nosseurS of the quality of charm in black and
white will always 90 back with Il kindlinS
sentiment to those drawings which Rossetti.
Fred Walker, Whistler Sandys, Boyd Hough-
ton Holman Hunt and divers others put into
the hands of the wood engrayers half a cen
tury ago. Mr.. Lang affectiOnately remembers
them. we gather partly because they belong :"
his own youth But it is for their purely ar
tistic qualities that the collector should hunt
them down in old boOkshopS. Those ilustra-
tions-in many instances the forerunners of
fine achievements in painting from the same
hands-had originality and style. Moreover,
they illustrated The artist was faithful to the
spirit if not to all the external details of his
theme. Two or three years age Holman Hunt
was exhibiting in London his large painting of
'"The Lady of Shalott" The excellence of the
design was Obscured by crudity of color. and
by turgd brush work But that same iustra-
ton in the wOodcut for which it was originally
composed is to this day of the most Ten
HySOnian of things and one of the most interest
ing performances in English art
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-21
THE HARVEST OF DEATH.
People Who Lived Near Tyrone Pass
to Eternal Rest During the Last
Four DAYS,

Tyrone. = The funeral services Of
Benjamin Moore, young man who
died at his home four miles south of
this place, Monday was held from his
late residence yesterday. Interment
was made in Confidence, Iowa. His
death was the result of an attack of
pneumonia. He leaves wife and
family to mourn his DEATH
John Clarity Jr. Dies at MeIroso.
The death of John Clarity, Jr., the
son of John Clarity ST., a well known
and highly respected farmer, who re-
sides four miles southwest of Melrose,
occurred Monda- at the residence of
his father He had been i'll for some
time, but great hopes We're entertain
ed for his recovery, but hopes We're
vain and he succumbed to the ravages
of disease and passed to his reward
ere manhood's sun had hardly risen.
His remains were buried from the
Catholic church at Melrose today, Rev.
Father P. j. Gaule officiating inter-
ment being made in the Catholic
cemetery In Mat city
Miss Dinneen Dangerously i'll.
Miss Margaret Dinneen lies danger
ously ill at the home of her brother,
John Dinneen Of Melrose. She is suf-
fering from an attack of pneumonia
and is very low at this time.
George Stone and wife returned to
their home in Marceline, Mo-, Wednes-
day, after two weeks visit with rel
atiyes near this place.
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kEOSAUQUA.

Keosauqua.-The play rendered by
the Stockport Theatrical company on
Wednesday evening was well attended.
John Else Is visiting friends and rel
atives here.
George Howard spent Tuesday and
Wednesday with friends in Ottumwa.
George F'indley was a business
caller at Douds- Leando the first of the
week.
L. E. Whitney and Marry Croker
are spending the week at Bloomfield
The protracted meetings which are
being held at the Methodist Episcopal
church are well attended. The SER
vices are conducted by Rev. Thorn
Misses Edna and Georgia Day and
their guest, Miss Mabel Randall, re-
turned to Ames Tuesday.
Attorney w. B. Newbold and family
are visiting relatives in Bonaparte and
Harrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kincade returned on
Monday evening from Keokuk, where
they lived the past year. Mr.. Kin
cade is employed at the marble and
granite works here.
The board of supervisors met this
week and selected James Morris Of
Jackson township to succeed Mr.. Cor
win as steward at the county farm.
Dr. c. r. Russell was reappointed as
county physician and DR.. r. L. Boon
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cHlLLIcoTHE EPWoRTH LEAslJH
ELECTS OFFICERS FOR 1904
The Thomas Euneraf

Chillicothe.-The Epworth League
met recently and elected the following
officers: eS
President-Jesse Stump.
First vice president-Mellie Warren.
Second vice Observation-Disclosures Moss.
Third vice president-Mrs. d. T.
Rambo.
Fourth vice president-Mrs. E. s.
Warren.
Secretary-Alice ApplequisS
Treasurer-Nettie Cotton.
Organist--Nellie Warren.
Other News of Interest.
Mrs. w. d. Strong, Ottumwa, VISIT
ed last week with her mother, Mrs.
w. A. Nye.
Forest Warren returned to Des
Moines last week, where he will re-
sumo his studies at Drake university.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. p. Stevens OF
Knoxville visited last week with rela-
tiyes here.
Mrs. A. Conwell Is on the sick list.
Mrs E. s. Warren spent a few DAYS
of this week at Columbia with her
sister, Mrs. ]. H. Olney.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Miller of Ottum-
Wa returned home Monday after at
tending at the bedside Of their grand
daughter, Marian Rambo, who has
been seriously i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Nye of Kansas
are here visiting relatives.
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MASTER MECHANIC LONGEST
WASHES FINGER IN TURNTABLE

Albia.--L. r. Longest, master me-
chanic at the Iowa Central, has very
sore hand as a result of trying to OPP
crate the turn table and an engine
with one finger. 1t was shown to the
thorough satisfaction of Mr.. Longest
that the contact between two pieces
of iron will mash any finger. The
finger was caught in such a shape
that 1t was so smashed that it will be
necessary to amputate the little fin
ger at the second joint.
Monroe District Court.
Mary j. Rosser has commenced an
action in district court against her
husband, Marry RAISER. and asks that
she be given an absolute divorce as
well as the custody of a minor child.
She bases her reasons for asking the
divorce that he has contracted the
drink habit to such an extent that he
can be classed in the habitual class.
She also says while he was employed
in the mines he took to gambling and
many nights STAYED away from the
home and when she asked him where
he had been he would curse and abuse
her. The COUPLE were married in Lu-
cas- county July IL, 1899, and parted
on February s, 1907.
Fred s. Thomas, who resides two
miles west of Hilton, has filed petit
ton in the district court in which he
seeks to recover damages from the
Wabash Railway company for the
death of a horse. Mr. Thomas recites
in his petition that he owns farm
through which the railway passes. He
states that the company has been
negligent in the matter Of looking af-
ter the fences and the gates. One
gate got SO rickety that when horse
came that way 1t was readily pushed
through and the horse went upon the
track where 1t was killed by an en-
CINE. He contends that the company
should pay for the loss of the horse
because the gate was not properly fix
ed. He also sets forth that an engine
set fire to his meadow last November
and burned over a portion of 1t and
caused him a loss Of S.. He says the
company has never made that loss
good and he includes 1t in the bill for
damages against the company and
asks for Judgment for the entire
amount.
suit was filed in district court this
week in which T. B. Perry is asking
damages in the sum Of $500 Jointly
from Monroe county and the city OF
Abba. Both the city and the county
are interested In sewer that leads
toward Mr. Perry's farm a short dis
lance southwest of the city, and the
claim Is set forth that the land has
been damaged as a result of the sew
err, the outlet being in such a place
That it Lets the filth of the city come
upon tha land
Through the county attorneys Of
flee Monroe county is endeavoring to
collect what money has been paid out
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NOW WILL YOU LAUGH?

Laughter Is prescribed as a cure
for the grippe and other ills the flesh
is heir to, by Chicago physician who
claims to have used tails treatment on
a number of his patients with crafty
Ing success. He argues that the re-
sisting force which is able to defeat
the germs and keep them subjected is
the nervous system and that on the
strength and tone of this system Is
based the degree of resistance within
the body. And as the brain is the
center Of this nervous system. it fol-
lows That the brain is in strong or
depleted tone accordingly as the
spirits are high, the courage strong
and optimism reigning, or the spirits
depressed, cowardice in command and
pessimism fourishing. Which moves
the physician to conclude:
Therefore laughter, which keeps
the spirits high and the mind cheer
full, keeps the nervous system at its
highest tone; makes the resistance
most powerful; curbs the disease
germ, which at this season and In this
climatic state is most pronounced in
the form of the grippe miscrobe.
Grippe is prevalent now because
the grippe germ is most favored by
the condition, of weather, therefore
those persons whose bodies are ready
to succumb to a germ from within are
falling victims to grippe At another
season it will be malaria or hay fever
or some other germ ailment and then
there will be an epidemic But all
these germs are susceptible to the
same antidote-optmism.
IF you feel that the grippe has you
or is reaching for you, laugh; laugh
at jokes. laugh at your neighbor-
laugh at the grippe. 1t is natures
cure and will prevaiY. Drugs are I'M
necessary.
Cartoons have cured more grippe
than whisky and quinine'-
This prescription at least is worth
trial. Fortunately it is an inexpen,
sive remedy as everyone can afford a
hearty laugh. To one in the depths
or despair from a severe attack of the
grippe however, it may prove easier to
down the medicine than force q
laugh.
OF course it must have been pro-
yoking when the Rev. William Nc
Pheters of Tekonsha, heard he was
being criticised by gosspiers in the
choir, but it was not gentlemanly for
him to call them flock Of cackling
parrots" He should have said a
hock OF canary birds" and they would
have been complimented.
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how they closed an eye while he was
amusing Chicago recently with his
convivial habits But he saw other
dangers as grave. He said:
"This is an age of greed and graft
he said Men have gone crazy in
the pursuit of dollars. You cannot eat
money. There will be no pocket in
your shroud. st. Peter won't take it.
Where are you going? Where are
we drifting as a government? Ever
since this government started there
has been a fight. On one side men
skilled in such warfare, and on the
other the plain, common people
They are waking up as they never
did before. One side has captured
the government 1t is inside the
breastworks; it has amassed all the
money-money is but the means to
an end, and it opens the door to
everything-the side in the breast.
works has enacted laws that have
given them unusual advantages
Senator Davis could keep this
up all night and probably several
nights. but evidently he thought it
well to save some of his ammunition
for future use.
1t begins to appear that 1908 will
have its share of oratorical frenzy.
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sIGouRNEY 6. A. r AND
w. r. c. INSTALL OFFICERS

Sigourney.-Monday evening at a
joint meeting of the G. A. R., and w.
r. c., the officers of the G. A. R., and
W. R. c., were installed, invitations
had been sent out to friends outside
of the two orders and number OF
splendid addresses were made among
them Revs Bryan, Tillman and
Houghton and Prof. J. H. Morgan.
These were the gentlemen on the pro-
gram, besides these short talks were
made by J. H. Shawhan, of Idaho and
others Hon. c. M. Brown was the In
stalling officer for the G. A. R., and
Mrs. Hattie McElroy installed for the
w. r. G.
A movement was started to have the
soldiers write up their personal recol-
lections during the war and have them
bound in book form and preserved
with the county records. Prof. Morgan
invited the joint meeting to witness
Washington's birthday program at the
high school, February "a, which was
accepted.
Following are the officers installed /:
Commander. M. Meas.
Senior vice commander-Samuel
Parknlll.
Junior vice commander-W. I. Nc.
Lean.
Chaplain-C. M Brown.
Adjutant-E. B. Kerr.
Quarter MASTER. T. Parker.
Surgeon-Levi Stone.
officer of day-W. H. Needham.
Officers Installed for w. r. c.
President-Cora Berry.
Senior vice president-Elizabeth
Brown.
Junior vice president-Mary Engel.
dinger.
Treasurer-Rose Moore.
Chaplain-Lena Franken.
Conductor-Hattie McElroy.
Guard-Ella Stone.
Secretary-On iska Pfafr
Patriotic Inst.-Rose Moore.
Press correspondent-Alice Moore.
Musician-Edna Page.
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81 FIELD.

loomfield.-Misses Vera Mills and
Grace Thatcher entertained the sopho-
mores of the high school at the home
OF the former Monda-- evening. A
hover contest furnished test of
with. in which Willie Wishard and
Pearl Smith proved equally success
ful and the matter was settled by the
| drawing of the long straw by Willie
| Wishard. Light refreshments were
served.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church gave white elephant sociay''
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
| King Wednesday evening Everyone
attending brought some article which
they had found white elephant" to
exchange for something which might
prove more useful. All were carefully
wrapped and laid on a table. from
which the guests chose the package
Which seemed to them most promising
| IN appearance. Packages We're swap
ped at a lively rate for some time until
despair. Sandwiches, pickles, dough-
nuts and coffee were served as re-
rfeshments
Mrs. A. M Swift returned from Chi
| cago Thursday. Mr.. Swift was not
able to accompany her home, as he
had expected to do, but expects to be
| well enough to return next week.
| II. A. Wishard was in Ottumwa on
| Wednesday making arrangements for
the mill work for his new house. The
building will be of brick veneer and
| all the lumber used will be from Da-
| Wis county timber sawed at the Bloom
field mill.
| Mr.. and Mrs. John Renpf of Ne
brasfa, who have been visiting rela :
ttves at Pulaski, arrived today for q
short isit with their niece, Mrs. Har-
~ Helsel.
| Henry Weiny, who has been visiting
his brother. OHM Weiny went tc
Milton Wednesday to visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Branes of Pu-
las'i silent Wednesday at the K. I
| i4otclll'ss homo
! Mrs Sarah Co:eer of PULASKI ar
rived Wednesday to visit at the home
of her brother. John Knight
A son was born Thursday to MI
and Mrs. J. c. Woods.
Mrs. Carrie Canedy arrived from
Ottumwa Wednesday to remain for :
ter. Mrs. S. L. Berry
Mrs. T. G. Cree went to Ottumwa
today to spend few days with he,
daughter. Mrs. Clyde Spohr.
The grand jury visited the county
farm oMnday.
w. D. ElcVev returned Monday from
q business visit of several days III
! Ottumwa.
Elmer Jones the seven year old sor
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Jones OF
west of Savannah, died January 10, OF
/ Group. The funeral was held al
! the residence, Tuesday
Mrs Jesse Hull died, Monday, Jan
/ 10 at her home near Dunville, after an
/ illness of two days The funeral SER
vices were held at the Dunville church
! Tuesday at / p. m. Mrs. Hull was the
step mother of Mrs. c. A Harter, Of
this city.
George Craven and Bert Wilson, OF
Milton were in the city Monday.
Homer Rankin is suffering from q
severe attack of pleurisy.
Mr.. and Mrs James Dunn, of Abba
| have new daughter, born Jan. s.
A girl baby was born to Mr.. and
4 Mrs. Ernest Nilback, Monday Jan. 10
j. Mrs Kate Hickey, of Milton is