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New-York tribune., 1908-12-26
90 Mount Vernon St. Boston,

March T. 1891.
Dear Will l have only now got back TO my
den in Mount Vernon street, where l find two
welcome letters from you. That you like my
earlier letter, in which you express your warm
personal affection, will be sacred and
precious to l am glad you wrote those
pages, and did not withhold them There Is not
am affectionate word in the letter that / might
not have spoken these thirty years and more.
That night at Barrett's, when l glanced down
and saw you sitting there-the one familiar face
among all those strange faCeS-Uly mind in
Portsmouth and you in Cambridge. each stand
ing the brink of life, ready TO plunge. and
not knowing whether could swim or not
That Il memory of those old days should have
not more than once felt impelled, at the same
hour and day, to write to each other. after two
or three years of silence? L leave unsaid hun
dred things which l would like to say here; but
| am in the middle OF magazine story, and [
must not let my pen away with me-
I shall lock with interest to the coming OF
the Douglas book. Those volumes of yours
about England the oveliest things that have
have won you great distinction but here are
your true themes, your destined work and here
you easily at your best Irving lived among
those scenes you love. but he never nestled 50
have. Your plan Of bringing prose and verse
together is good and has touch of novelty.
I've just been rereading the Elcgy on the Death
Of I.ongfelow. in the English Rambles 1t would
enrich the collected lyrics OF any poet living.
The diction is large and pure, and that refrain
Of the wild March winds wang through the
stanzas takes me nightly, Mr. Pepys would
say. And row, goodby. and God he with you.
Your affectionate friend. T. 4. ALDRICH.
F. 81 failed to put my name on the fy Leaf
Of THE Sisters Tragedy because the book was
published and mailed during my absence from
home Some day ! will do T r. a.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-26

II is not related Of Tennyson that he
often in playful mood. This reticence may
perhaps be attributed to the feeling of con-
temporary biographers and anecdOtists that
poet and particularly poet laureate ought TO
seem grand. gloomy and peculiar However this
may be- a recent English book of "reminiscences
offers this story of Tennyson at home:
Tennyson's simplicity would sometimes find vent
i'm almost boyish freaks One evening Earring
ford he seized with the idea that he would
like dress NO OF Mrs Cameron's neces in
the carb of He got Of his long
coats from the hall. and with burnt cork dis
figured her pretty face. daubing upon IL heavy
black moustache and imperial. and then retreatnS
10 the other side of the room, to gaze with mani
fest delight upon the result ~ his haudiwork.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-26
Nan, York -Irlv 25 1S55

New York, July rs. 1855.
Ny Kind and Dear Friend: Your letter, with
its photographed touches at the end,
deeply interesting and you know. or ought to
know, that I thank you sincerely for the pleasure
your generous paper gives me. You have way
Of saying a great deal in g very few simple
words,-a condensed style, SO suggestive and
euphonious to read, and yet difficult to at
tainl Then there is such a heart Of kindness in
your para graphs. so noble and strong, that l can
feel It, unseen throbbing against my 1
think we shall be even better friends than now,
when we meet. our tastes. in very many things
are alike. for often, under the cloak Of quaint
words I have found the pulses of your thought
TO agree with mine.
You wisI4-to make an apology for certat In
bits Of truth which you gave me, in your critiQue
Of The Bells" I shall not admit Of it. for your
structures were Just. and It is not your better
sense but your friendship that would take them
back. Love- affection. or gratitude make poor
critics.
do not know what to say about your making
extracts from my poor letters, to send to Mr..
LongfelloW- The deep and growing love I bear
him and the earnest words with which I told
You of It never meant for his eyes only gOUrS
dear VIII. But please do not neglect to send me
the promised Ms.
II gives me pleasure to know that you think
kindly Of Albert Laighton. He is modest and
noble. I have been intimate with him several
wears. and have not found g grain of dross in his
nature. His heart was stamped in Co.'s own
mint, Heaven I make all my friends love each
other
New-York tribune., 1908-12-26

The February nu-nber of ''rhe Century viii
largely deal with the Linca centenary. The
New-York tribune., 1908-12-26

"A Book of Witches is the title Of a work
which Mr. Oliver MADDOX Huefrer has just pro
duced. He has traced the history Of his subject
from the earliest times TO the present day A
fascinating subject 1t Is, and II has a notable
literature Does anybody in these days, We
wonder read Master Increase Mather's Essay
for the Recording OF Hlustrious Providences
Nightly entertaining is his account of the per
formances Of "the demon at William Morse. his
house in Newberry,' in New England Morse
his wife and boy his grandson. were thrown
about hy invisible hands. says the clerical mar
rstor. furniture rose I'D and struck them, and
voice In the darkness was heard singing, Re
venge, Revenge! Sweet is revenge." An this
while" saws Mather, the devil did not use to
appear in any visible shape. only they would
think they had hold Of the hand that some INES
scratched them: but it would give them the
slip And once the man vas disoernby beaten
nv fist and a hand got hold Of his wrist which
he saw but could not catch: and the likeness of
2 blackmore child did appear from under the
rug and blanket where the lay. and it did
rise up. fall down. nod and slip under the
clothes when they endeavored TO clasp IT. never
spea king anything" Poor Mrs. Morse was sus-
nected Of being the witch in the case. while
"others we're apt to think that a seaman. by
some suspected to be a con1uror set the devil on
work thus to disquiet Morse's family" But
practical man came upon the scene and declared
that Morse's grandson was the cause Of the
trouble and. obtaining permission to keep the
boy with him one day. the house was thereafter
mo more molested by evil spirits Did the
practical man reason with the boy by means Of
a strap? We shall never know. Master Mather.
at env rate remained in the conviction that
there are such in the world hold a corre
spondence with hell. There have bin known
wizards"
New-York tribune., 1908-12-26

II viii he rightly inferred. from the words
which follow. that their writer had not yet out
lived the time Of hero worship and romantic
enthusiasm. but even a cynic may be pleased 10
he reminded that there IS such q time. and thai
New-York tribune., 1908-12-26

I have come to the conclusion" he wrote to
me 1SS4). that more than half Of the mischief
done in this world is done with the best inten
tions Look at the shortsighted, intolerant pro
hibitionists the bowling woman suffragists and
the roaring maniecs who are banging their heads
against both sides of the tariff fence. They all
mean welI-confound them"
New-York tribune., 1908-12-26

Aps wrote 10 my friend: 40 you neitner iIl
tr;,,5-e nor oyerTate him. William winter
a --e-r noble and good. 1 am sure. and more
1.-or4i1t Of your friendship. In : hundred ways
+hsn am
Albert la5efton.-whom after7Varc ne'' Oh
49,. oo~asion Of a visit to the quaint picturesque
-, cir, Of Portsmouth. and who became
. cleo friend and a correspondent OF mine'-
US . native Of that place, born In le2S He
,,osee7 his ne fr Portsmouth. dying there on
T7e,,--.--- : 1SS7. aged 3S he was n man OF
.,-,., and placi6 temperament. simple and dig
,4fes 81, manner seIf-contained and unobtru-
,ive in character-one Of the gentlest and best
oT human beings He beloved BY all who
knew him wei. and even those persons Rlo saw
llinl buf once imbibed a deep and lasting impress
sion or his innate nobility. His name was sell
dom seen IN print and his writings are. prac-
ticsIIy. unknown. He was poet Of the affec-
1ions HIS poems are marked by simplicity
grace fancy. tender feeling. earnest religious
sentiment and Inelodious versihcation A col
lection CT them was published, in Boston, by
7Iessrs. Brown Tsggard and Chase, and in
Portsmouth by Joseph h Foster in 1859 The
lrincipal poem. written in the heroic measure
entitled Beauty is pictorial and eloquent IL
was delivered, 10y its author before the United
Literary Societies OF Bowdoin College on An
gust g. 1853 The book contains forty-nine
other pieces among the most characteristic of
Found Dead" Joe" The Tress Of Hair" and
The Song Of the Skaters"
LaigFton was net tte bearer Of a great po-
New-York tribune., 1908-12-26

Dear VII
The editorial chair of the Atlantic
Monthly is not the piece Of furniture I would
select for comfort Ny old bamboo lounge at
Ponkapog is worth a thousand Of IT. I don't
have time TO breathe,
IF that is O'Brien's poem, It is the best he
ever wrote Here and there I catch the tone Of
his voice That wild fancy, in the second
stanza, about the floating yellow hair of the
drowning seems like O'Brien at his very
best The poem is wholly new 70
In great haste. as this writing shows.
Always truly yours.
T r A
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-22

the managers gallery the amount OF
the checks he brought with him. Now
he ascertalns the total of the amount
deposited with him. Soon he is able
to tell whether his bank has a debt or
credit balance, and this information he
communicates to the proof clerk. Then
the clearing house knows exactly how
much cash will have to be moved from
bank to bank in adjusting balances
Forty-fve minutes Is the limit allow
ed for making the exchanges and prov
ing the balances, and fines may be i'm
posed II the allotted time Is exceeded.
But 1t is rarely necessary to impose
fines, so rapid is the work of the mes
sengers and so simple the system Of
exchange Most of the work Is done
before the messengers get to the clear
ing house. The checks for exchange
with other banks are inclosed In sep
arate envelopes, and these envelopes
are arranged in consecutive order In
the delivery clerks bag, so all needless
delay in depositing them Is eliminated.
To make the clearing finally complete
II is Of course necessary to exchange
the cash. Accordingly" says James
G. Cannon In his book on Clearing
Houses" before half past l o'clock
each debtor bank, in compliance with
the requirements Of the constitution,
pays into the clearing house the amount
of its debit balance and obtains re-
ceipt for the same signed by the as
sistant manager. After half past 1
o'clock the creditor banks receive at
the clearing house their respective bal
ances and give their receipts for the
same in book provided for that pur-
pose, but in no case can creditor
bank receive its balance until all the
debtor banks have paid in."-New York
Post
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-22
A MARKET IN MOROCCO.
The Best Place to Study the Ways Of
the Willy Natives.

tne why NdtiNcs'
The place of all places to see the
Moorish people is at their markets, for
every class and kind of them Is there,
and when you have seen one market
you have seen them all, for there Is a
racial similarity in the Moors the world
over.
The first thing about Moorish mar
ket that attracts the attention of q
traveller is the farreaching odor or,
rather, the multiplicity Of OdOrs, for
there is composite character about
the smell of Moorish market that can
not be equaled anywhere outside of
China. Before you can even hear the
continual wrangle and jangle of the
market place you can smell it.
Once there the interminable tumble
of things and folks is dlsconcerting,
and the evidence of dirt everywhere
takes from an American all desire to
deal in eatables, for the Moors seem to
be wholly insensible to dirt of any
kind and every kind and have no objec-
tion to fruit and berries that have come
in unprotected over miles of dusty and
sandy roads.
These people are natural traders, Sec
ond to none in their ability to obtain
the highest possible price or equally
ready willingness to let the article 60
for mere pittance rather than miss
making sale.
They will begin the price of a lamp
at 3 shillings and after little haggling
will come down to shilling, but If you
move on they will thrust the lamp into
your hand and ask you to give them
anything for 1t that you will, and 1t is
a sale, no difference how small may be
your offer.
In nearly all countries the every
where present and always the same
donkey is an Inevitable adjunct Of
Moorish market. The whole animal
kingdom would be searched through In
vain to find any creature more wholly
devoid Of impulse and sentiment than
this imposed upon little beast
Like fatalist philosopher, he is
wholly resigned to the order Of things,
and nothing can cause him to stir from
the even tenor Of his ways. Caresslng
and even food do not seem to add any
to his satisfaction, and beating and
abuse do not detract from his tranquil
lity. His features are perfectly immo-
bile.
AS he stands in the market place one
may pet him and give him bits Of grass
or fruit and he will not raise his head
or even open his eyes. He is the su-
preme, ineffable resignation in flesh
and blood. And no Moorish market Is
complete without him by the score
Worlds Events Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-22
SCIENCE AND ART.
A Storm as Pictured by the Weather
Bureau and by Poet.

A Storm as Pictured by the Weather
Bureau and by Poet.
In commenting on the fact that
person may be thoroughly equipped on
the scientific side of music without
being sensitive to its beauty as an art
Gustav Kobbe In his book "How to
Appreciate Music" quotes the witty
distinction which Edmund Clarence
Stedman draws in his Mature and
Elements of Poetry" between the indt-
cations of storm as described by a
poet and by the official prognostica-
tons Of the weather bureau.
Mr.. Stedman gives two stanzas:
When descends on the Atlantic the gi-
gantic
Storm wind of the equinox,
Landward in his wrath he scourges the
toiing surges
Laden with seaweed from the rocks.
And this stanza by later balladist:
The east wind gathered. all unknown,
A thick sea cloud his course before
He left by night the frozen zone
And smote the cliffs of Labrador.
He lashed the coasts on either hand.
And betwixt the Cape and Newfoundland.
Into the lays his armies pour
All this impersonation ana fancy are
translated by the weather bureau into
something like this:
"An area of extreme low pressure is
rapidly moving up the Atlantic coast.
with wind and rain. Storm center now
off Charleston, S. c. Wind y. E.;
velocity, 54; barometer, 20G The dis
turbance will reach New York on
Wednesday and proceed eastward to
the banks and bay of st. Lawrence.
Danger signals ordered for all north
Atlantic ports"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-22
METAL MAGlCIANS.
The Wonders of Labor Saving Devices
In Machinery.

W
When Mccormick built his first hun
dred reapers in 1916, he paid Az cents
for bolts. That was in the mythical
age of hand labor Today fifty bolts
art made for cent. SO with guard
fingers. Mccormick paid "a cents each
when James X. Polk was in the White
House. Now there is Il ferocious ma
chine which with the least possible as
sistance from one man cuts out 1,300
guard fingers in ten hours at a labor
cost of a cent for six. Also while ex-
ploring one of the Chicago factories l
came upon herd of cud chewing ma
chimes that were crunching out chain
links at the rate of 56,000,000 year.
Near by were four smaller and more
irritable automata which were biting
into linchpins at speed of 100000
bites day.
"Take out your watchf and time this
man." said the superintendent Of the
Mccormick plant. "See how long he Is
In boring FIVE holes in that great cast
ing
Exactly six minutes" l answered.
"Well, that's progress" observed the
superintendent. Before we bought
that machine 1t was matter of four
hours to bore those holes"
In one of its five twine mills-a mon
strous bedlam of noise and wilder
ness of fuss, which Is by far the lar
gest Of its sort In the world-there is
enough twine twisted in single day
to make girdle around the EARTH
Everybody's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-22

ana opposite is solid counter divided
into about seventeen compartments, to
the front of which are affixed, If occu-
pied, the name plates of different
banks. Beyond the first is second
counter and between the two rack for
hats and overcoats. A broad aisle with
more benches and hatracks separates
the two rows of counters from dupli-
Gates on the opposite side of the room.
Settling clerks, who take their places
on high stools behind the outer rows
of counters, face the walls. Those at
the inner counters face the center aisle.
At the elbows of the settling clerks
stand their assistants, who are re-
quired to sign the exchange slips pre-
sented with each package of checks.
AS the clock nears 10 one glances
from the high dome, with its row Of
electric lights, to the scene below. The
clerks at the compartments have made
themselves comfortable. The messen-
gers standing at ease before them
have slung their bags and are ready.
A minute passes. A man appears at
the rostrum In the gallery and rings
gong twice. Eyes below are uplifted
as he makes an announcement about
out Of town banks that will hereafter
clear through different correspondents.
That is not of particular interest, but
he pauses briefly and then utters the
magic word, "Clearlngp'
The messenger for bank No. 1 crosses
the room at one end Of the counters
and takes the place Of No. 97, who has
moved down pace. simultaneously
fifty other men have taken step for
ward, and the tramping and scraping
Of feet come regularly. No. 1 has
slapped an envelope down before the
clerk at No. 97's compartment, dropped
ticket into slot, offered an exchange
slip for signing and passed on to No.
96 without uttering word. Each of
No. Is fifty associates has duplicated
his performance In every detail, and
so the exchanges, as they are called,
have been fairly started.
In the meantime the settling clerks
are doing their share Of the work.
Long sheets Of paper in front of them
are being filled out with the total
amounts Of the checks presented by
the men who are circling about the
counters, making monotonous but not
unpleasant sounds with their feet.
Suddenly, when you are just beginning
to understand what 1t is all about, a
halt Is called. No one says anything,
but every one stops. You ask why,
and some one says the exchanges have
been completed. You ask how $780,
100000 can change hands in exactly
fifteen minutes by the clock, and the
same person looks at you with pity
ing smile and remarks, "Why, you've
just seen it DONE"
There Is marked silence for mo-
ment after the feet have stopped mov-
ing. The crowd in the room begins to
thin out, for the delivery clerks are
going, taking with them the packages
of checks which have been deposited
with the settling clerks. The latter
still have work to do. Their assistants
rescue the little tickets from the COM
partments into which they were drop.
ped, and the settling clerks scan the
amount Of them to see If they agree
with the totals on the exchange slips.
When first he entered the room the
settling clerk gave the proof clerk in
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-22
AE CLEARING HOUSE
Methods Of the Big Bank Ex-
change In New York City.
MARCH OF THE MESSENGERS.
The Way Millions on Millions of DOL
lars In Checks Change Holders In
Few Minutes In the Daily Balancing
of Accounts Between Banks.

of Accounts Between Banks.
''Clearingr' That word is the order
| for the shufiling of many feet and the
pattering of thick envelopes upon hard
wood Men with leather bags hung
! against their chests like bass drums
pass up and down rows Of desks at
which other men sit and as they go by
deftly hand out brown paper packages
containing the equivalent of millions in
Eold. Thus do the banks of New York
transfer money each business day.
AS vast as the figures involved in the
operation are, they do not make an
impress upon the mind. One is more
apt to wonder whether the gray haired
messenger in the blue serge suit would
succeed in disorganizing the line If he
gave the wrong envelope to bank No.
40 and, If so, whether he would be con-
-demned forever by his associates. But
10 one seems to make mistake, and
the visitor has no reason to worry
about the possibility Of misplacing $685.
100000 even for half second. The
machinery of the clearing house is al
most too perfect to slip cog.
The clearing house begins to show
signs Of activity as early as 9:30 o'clock,
when the vanguard Of bank runners
makes its appearance. They travel in
, pairs and are mostly young men, al
though the veterans have not all re-
tired. Their badge Of Office Is bag,
any sort Of bag, suit case, telescope,
kit bag, canvas bag Sometimes 1t has
the name Of the bank 1t came from
printed across the end. More often 1t
bears no distinguishing mark.
Further, its identity Is frequently
hidden behind an exceedingly shabby
exterior. That is perhaps virtue. At
all events, 1t Is not considered good
form in banking circles to be ostenta-
,tious. A strong bag even though 1t be
old and chafed is just as good vehicle
for fortune as new one and is less
likely to produce burnings in the heart
of thug. So this is the reason why
the young men who sweep up the mar
BILE stairs look as If they were carrying
bags filled with their own clothing in
stead of other persons checks. Self
conscious they are not despite the loads
they carry, and one might well imagine
they were going upstairs to change
their garments for gymnasium suits.
But when the visitor reaches the floor
above and climbs to the little gallery
at one end he realizes that not basket
ball, but another game, is to be played.
Already the players are preparing to
axe their positions. At the side walls
Ire benches on which delivery clerks
ire sitting. their bags at their. sides,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-22
ParIs EVER FAMOUS.

Paris was a famous and cultivated
city ages before Venice. If we search
for them we may find 1t In historical
associations that may vie with those of
any city in the world except Rome and
Constantinople, and even its antiQuari.
an and artistic remains seldom
equaled or surpassed. At Rome, Flor
ence or Venice the tourist talks of old
churches, palaces and remains. At
Paris he gives himself up to the boule.
wards. the theaters, shops and races.
The profoundly instructive history, the
profuse antiquarian remains Of the
great city, are forgotten carent Quia
vate sacro.-London Spectator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-22
Sensitive Plants.

There are plants so sensitive that II
when standing by them you should
suddenly put up your umbrella or sun
shade 1t would be quite sufficient to
cause them instantly to close together
their leaflets and turn down their leaf
stalks, just as If they were startled and
alarmed by the movement. Indeed,
on sunny day when the temperature
Is sufficiently high you need not make
even 80 decided q movement; merely
your shadow coming In contact with
their leaves will often cause them to
fall slightly.-Strand Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-22
pianlty.

fought not to allow any man because
he has broad lands to feel that he Is
rich in my presence. ought to make
him feel that / can do without his
riches, that I cannot be bought-nei-
ther by comfort, neither by pride-and,
although be utterly pennilsss and re.
ceiving bread from him, that he is the
poor man beside me.-Emerson.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-22
Makes Him Mad.

"Don't you think, major" inquired
the young man in the front row, "that
he sings those battle songs realistical-
lyT
Eyes, indeed" replied the gentleman
aforesaid-"so realistically, in feet,
that I feel like fighting all the time
I'm listening to himr'-London An
swers.