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Amador ledger., 1908-01-24
STORIES OF TENNYS0N.
Showing Some of the Odd Ways of tho
Famous Poet.

Showing Some of the Odd Ways of tho
Famous Poet.
In the memoirs of the late William
Allingham, the English poet, appear
some interesting "reminiscences Of Ten
nyson. Allingham's first sight of him
was at Twickenham, where Tennyson
was then living. He says: "Soon came
in tall, broad shouldered, swarthy
man, slightly STOPPING, with loose dark
hair and beard. He wore spectacles
and was obviously very nearsighted.
Hollow cheeks and the dark pallor OF
his skin gave him an unhealthy appear
ance He was q strange and almost
spectral figure. The great man peered
close at me and then shook hands cor
daily yet with a profound quietude
of manner. He was then about forty
one, but looked much older"
In 1886 Allingham visited Tennyson
at the latter's home, Farringford, in
Freshwater, Isle of Wight One morn
ing they were talking on the downs to-
gether, and Allingham said that he felt
happy. Tennyson said gloomily, I'm
not at all happy-very unhappy" The
reason, as Tennyson afterward explain
ed, for his particular unhappiness was
his uncertainty regarding the condition
and destiny of man. Allingham was
very anxious to photograph him on
this visit, but Tennyson positively re-
fused. You make bags under my
eyes," he said.
At another time during this visit, as
Allingham writes, they talked of
dreams. ''Tennyson said; In my boy
hood l had intuitions of Immortality
inexpressiblel l have never been able
to express them. l shall try some day.
/ said that l, too, had felt something
of that kind, whereat Tennyson, being
in one of his less amiable moods,
growled: I don't believe you have.
You say it out of rivalry"
Allingham describes Tennyson's fond
ness for strange antics, such as jump
ing round and round like pigeon, and
adds, HE is the only person l ever saw
who can do the most ludicrous things
without any loss of dignity"
Amador ledger., 1908-01-24

The avs of the craft prosecution are wonderful Its blum
drng methods coming the surface almost daily The
browning infamy in giving immunity contracts to the
gang bood1ng supervisors under the specous plea that
they guilty for accepting brides than those
who offered the bribes This doctrine repugnant COM
mon sense and reghted with the debauchery of the public
service In plain words it tells elected officers that they
can safely all they get for their votes without fear
of being prosecuted for betraying the trust eposed in them
by the people, and without running the risk of being
made disgorge their gotten wealth If the graft is
detected they will pass muster faithful servants If their
corrupt practices brought light all they will have to do
will be give testimony against those who rendered them
the corrupt money and they will be rewarded with 1mmu
nifty bath Strange indeed that such shocking proposition
subversive of all ideas of good be
countenanced for moment official circles by self
respecting newspaper 1t not only graft in pub
lie affairs but the time tends to perjury in the CIV
ing of such testimony will insure the conviction Of the
called "hgherups."
this repugnant doctrine proclaimed at the outset
as the very acme of official righteousness intended
to be faithfully carried by the graft prosecution of San
Francisco The boss tempter to be let off, we'll as the
gang boodng supervisors. Abe Rue who without doubt
engineered the game Doodle in San Francisco granted
an immunity about the time the supervisors
The big corrupe who reduced the business OF graft to
science who made himself and his henchmen rich there
BY marked for exemption from punishment condition
that he would lend his aid in the effort to Jail the still
"hgheups" This phase of the matter which has just been
brought the surface shows that the prosecution not
so soctous of convcng the criminals whose hands
we're stepped in the whole series of CRAFTS was to reach
some individuals who wee for other particu
lary Objectionable those behind the prosecutors But Judge
Dunneo his credit be it sadrefused to be party to the
immunity scheme Moreover, Ruefs testimony according
report up the standard of the prosecution, and
so the with Rue be cancelled and the willy
boss be placed trial for his many sins embodied in
over hundred felony indictments What pretty tumble
of legal ethics before jury of twelve unbiased men
unrave.
Amador ledger., 1908-01-24
The Earnest Word.

"You never can tell" observed Uncle
Allen Sparks, ''what lasting results
may be accomplished by an earnest
word spoken at the right time. Many
a man has had the shape Of his nose
changed for life by calling another
man a ar."-Chicago Tribune
Amador ledger., 1908-01-24
Clever Retort.

"Yes, / am going to marry Mr.. BuI-
lionS
"Why, he is old enough to be your
father"
81 know he is, but unfortunately he
doesn't seem to care for MOTHER
Louisville Confessional.
Amador ledger., 1908-01-24
Black EYee.

Mlfrkins-It is said that aggressive,
impusive people usually have black
eyes. Binkins-That's right. II they
haven't got them at first they get thsm
later Exchange.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-20
next Convention
GOES TO LOUISVILLE
Lit of South Mississippi Pastors Now
in Little Rock--Interestlng Sum-
mary Of the Splendid Work Accom-
plished.
BY Rev. r. D. Maun.

Hot Springs, Ark, May 19.-Yester-
| days sessions of the Southern Bap-
fist Convention were of great import
ance to the denomination. The Theo-
logical Seminary; the Laymens Move
ment and time and place of meeting
in 1909 were the chief topics under
consideration.
| In connection with the Seminary a
plan for raising 100000 for endow-
ment was projected and apportioned
to the several states of the conven-
ton, on the basis of their contribu-
lions to Home and Foreign Missions.
The sum asked of Mississippi Baptists
is $4,000 of five installments of $4,000
each.
The place of meeting next year is
Louisville, KY, and the time is Thurs
day following the second Sunday in
May.
Mississippians are taking prominent
part in every movement of the con-
vention, there being 17s accredited del
egates present, the largest number
present from any state.
large number of ladies from Miss
issippi are in attendance upon the con-
vention that have usually attended
such gatherings. e
Rev. w. ]. Derrick and wife, of
Water Valley, Miss, were called home
this afternoon, ON account of the ill
ness of one of their children.
The following South Mississippi past.
ors are attending the convention: l.
P. Trotter, ]. N. Mcmillan and A. L.
O'Bryant, of Hattiesburg; L. G. Gates
of Laurel; Rev. Wilkinson, of Column
bia; A. Finch, of Purvis; w. S. Allen,
of Picayune; ]. T. Dale, of Collins; G.
S. Tull, of Mt. Olive; R. Drummond
of Hebron and R. D. Maun, of Lum
berton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-20
SEMINARY REVIVAL
LARGELY ATTENDED

Daily News Special.
Seminary, Miss, May 20.-One of the
best religious meetings ever held in
the town of Seminary, has just closed
at the NJ. E. Church. South of this
place. Rev. |. L. PEBBLES, of the Miss
.issippi conference did the preaching
to the delight and edification of all
who listened to his grand gospel ser,
mons with an unprejudiced mind,
Thirteen accessions, and s. a mighty
shaking up of the dry bones of the
Valley" were some of the Visible re
suits of the meeting.
For strong, lucid, Biblical preaching
Bro PEBBLES is, almost without a peer
in the state.
We hope, to see Bro. PEBBLES back
here in the very near future.
The center of attraction here today
was the ball game between the first
nine Of Lux, and the second nine Of
Seminary.
Owing to the heavy rain that was
| falling part of the time it was. VERY
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-20
BRYAN BOOMERS ACTIVE
in PENNSYLVANIA TODAY
President Morris Of the Bryan Committee
Confident That He Will Win.

miration for him, and | think he is a
sound Democrat. For him, however,
there is a great disadvantage in the
fact that his judicial position pre-
vents him from expressing himself as
freely on public questions as a presi-
Dental candidate ought to do in justice
to himself and TO the people; and,
again. his advanced age IS serious
objection. You know Mr. Bryan has
said that if Gray is eligible as can
didate, then he himself has at least
eight chances for the nomination.
But the Bryan League simply feels
that there is an almost universal de-
mand among the rank and file of the
Democracy for Mr.. Bryan as the most
suitable standard bearer; that the con-
dition of the party is such that we
should have practical referendum on
the question of the nomination, and
this is the primal object for which the
League was formed. There is no truth
in any statement that the Bryan
strength is disintegrating in any quar-
ter. The reverse is the truth. We
never expected that the New York or
the New Jersey delegates you'd be
instructed. think the sentiment for
Bryan in the New England states is
strong. 1t was not expected that eth
er the Connecticut or the Massachu-
sets delegates would be instructed
for him.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-20
PENALTIES OF GREAT FLAcE.
Thrice Servants Those Who Have
Risen to High Estate.

Men in great place are thrice SER
wants servants of the sovereign or
state servants of fame, aud servants
of business; so as they have no free
dom neither in their persons, nor In
their actions, nor in their times. 1t is
a strange desire to seek power, and
to lose liberty, or to seek power over
others and to lose power over a mans
self. The rising unto place is labori-
GUS, and by pains men come to greater
pains, and 1t is sometimes base and
by indignities men come to dignities.
The standing is slippery and the re-
greet is either a downfall or at least
an eclipse, which is melancholy
thing. Cum non sis qui fueris, non
esse cur wells vivere." (Since you
are not what. you were, there is no
reason why you should wish to live.)
Nay, retireZmen cannot when they
would, neither will they when it were
reason; but are impatient of private
ness even in age and sickness which
requires the shadow; like old towns.
men, that will be still sitting at their
street door, though thereby they offer
age to scorn.-From Lord Bacon's
Essay, "Of Great Place."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-20

Harrisburg, Pa, May 20.-Marked
by strenuous efforts ON the part of the
adherents of Bryan, Gray and John
son, to capture the delegation for their
favorites, the Pennsylvania Demo-
cratic state convention convened here
today. Campaign managers of each
of the three candidates are hope
full of success. The Bryan boomers,
who have formed themselves into a
league which has carried ON an ac-
tive campaign for several weeks, are
highly optimistic as to the probabil.
tiles of Bryan's Endorsement by the
convention. The rivalry between the
factions is for the most part good ma
tured and free from personal abuse
n speaking of the opposing candidates
Vice President Roland s. Morris, OF
the Bryan League, said:
81 do not think that there is any
member of what might be called the
progressive Democracy who has not
a great admiration for Governor
Johnson. of Minnesota. He is con
sistent supporter of our party princi
pies and is sound ON every national
question. AS to Judge Gray, it has
been said that his political attitude in
1906 would prevent him from receiv
ing many Democratic votes, but
doubt of that would be the only diff
Guilty that would be in his way. Per
sonally l have the profoundest ad
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-20
TRUE TO HIS PROMISE.
BY Their Own Testimony, Doctor Had
Rejuvenated Patients.

A German doctor who claimed to
have discovered the secret of restor-
ing youth, advertised in London that
he could in two days rejuvenate the
most decrepit bag. This brought a
crowd of ancient danes to his house.
At the first interview he invited each
patient to write her surname, Chris
tian name and age on a piece of paper.
The ages whereto they pleaded guilty
varied. but all ruled high. The doctor
undertook to give each patient the
pre- red elixir next day. On the ap-
poin. day the doctor regretted that
he UNI ortunately had mislaid the pa.
per containing his youth-seekers'
ages, and he, therefore, requested
each one to write it down and call
again. In writing down her age the
second time each woman took many
years on the age she previously had
admitted. The doctor, pretending to
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-20
ARE LoFTIEsT OF MINES.
Worked by Incas and Now to BE
Opened by New Company.

1t is thought that the old Caylloma
silver mines in Peru are probably sit
uated at greater elevation than any
other considerable mines in the world
Their altitude varies between 1000
and 1900 feet. They'wer worked by
the Spaniards in the sixteenth century,
and before that, it is believed. by the
Incas. An English company is now
preparing hydro-electric plant for
them. This plant win be situated at
an altitude of between 5000 and 49,
600 feet. 1t will derive its power from
waterfall on the Santiago river, and
In dry season from Lake Huaillacho,
one of the sources of the Amazon. The
power will be transmitted by cable
about three miles. At the highest
mines the pressure OF the atmosphere
Is only eight and one-half poun&s.a
square inch, and water boils
grees below the ordinary boilin,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-20
ompany, Attention J"

For recreation you will now
n to a story from head
tiers" CAPT. RExALL, Adj.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-21
PLANTATION COMPANY
SECURES LEASES

The records of the Bureau of Convey
anees as of yesterday showed leases
made by number of Maulua Gulch,
Hawaii, homesteaders to the Laupahoe-
hoe Sugar Co. This land was opened
for settlement six or eight years ago,
and the lots quickly taken by persons
living in the vicinity. When the lots
were secured by settlers there seemed
likelihood of a cooperative sugar
mill being erected near at hand.
Contracts were made by Fl. B, Gehr
and Mr.. Soule, at that time of Hilo,
with the homesteaders, but in some way
the plantation interests were able to
assert themselves, and Gehr and Soule
felt the squeeze. The case went into
the Fourth Circuit Court and a bond
given with J. E. Ray as surety. Soule
shortly afterward left the country and
Ray had to make good the amount of
the bond. Now the "homesteaders"
have given up their holdings in the
usual way. The land is convenient to
the lands of the Laupahoehoe Sugar
Co. and the cane would have to be
ground at that mill unless an indepen-
dent one was built
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-21
STEVENS SLAYER To
Be TRIED MONDAY

SAN FRANCISCO, July IL Chang,
the Korean fanatic who shot and killed
Durham ". Stevens, representative of
the japanese government at Seoul, on
March %, 1908, at the San Francisco
ferry building, will be tried by a jury
IN Judge Cooks court, beginning July
p. This date was fixed yesterday It
was stated that the trial would end
before August 10, on which date James
Treadwell, the banker, is to be tried
John j. Barrett, Robert Ferral and
Nathan Coghlan will defend Chang
and Assistant District Attorney Han
ley Will represent the people in asso-
citation with Samuel knight, special
counsel.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-21
CANTON HOTEL
LAND DIVIDED
II includes Fashion Saloon
and Other Well Known
Places.

Judge De Bolt yesterday entered an
| order of partition of some valuable
| premises on Hotel street, between Fort
| street and Nuuanu avenue The prop
erty includes the Fashion Saloon, the
Globe Clothing Store, the New England
Bakery, the Honolulu Candy Company,
the Columbia Saloon and the Wing
Hing Company fruit store. It extends
| mauka about 124 feet.
| The entire property is valued at
nearly $4,000. It was owned in COM
mon by Annie Aidrich Barton, Helen
Aldrich Dunning and j. M. Quay, as
co-owners and eo-trustees entitled to
three fourths of it and the Hawaiian
Trust Company the remaining one
fourth. j. F. Brown, as commissioner,
reported that the property could be
equitably divided by giving the Hawai-
ian Trust Company the west portion Of
the property, having a frontage of
thirty-fve feet on Hotel street and in.
Guiding the Wing Hing store and the
columbia Saloon premises, and the re-
mainder of the property to the com
plainants. This recommendation was
adopted by the court.
The property was better known in
former days as the Canton Hotel prop
erty, and part of it in the rear was
known as the Mechanics Home prop
erty, until few years ago.
BONDSMAN QUALIFIED.
D. W. Kamaliikane, bondsman for
John Marks, convicted of larceny, yes
terday qualified before Judge Robinson
in the sum of $4,000.
NEW TRIAL DENIED.
John Marks was yesterday given
twenty days by Judge Robinson in
which to perfect his appeal to the Su-
preme Court of the United States. His
motion for a new trial was denied.
THE DIVORCE MILL.
Charles FL. Will has fled an answer
to the libel for divorce brought by his
wife, Minnie viii! In this he denies
all the grounds she alleges for divorce, !
and asks divorce for himself on the
ground of desertion and a dissolute |
life since led by his wife.
J. M. Vivas has discontinued, his libel
for divorce from Mary d. Vivas.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-21
STATUS Of THE FLAG
IS NOT AFFECTED

The wager made by Judge Hum
phreys and Mr.. Sadler of of Capital
Decorating Co. was won by the latter.
1t was upon the question of the num-
Der of stars in the American flag. Those
sold by Sadler have forty-eight ard
Judge Humphreys returned what he
had bought. An argument followed,
during which the Judge said it was
nothing but piece of bunting. A
wager of 500 was made. The stakes
were deposited in the hands of stake
holder and the question referred to
Captain Carter, who decided yesterday
that, notwithstanding the fact that
forty-eight stars are in the field, it is
an American flag.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-21

Rainier beer is the one selected by
the boys in the Navy to drink aloha
to Hawaii. 1t is the right thing in the
right place. At all bars.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-21

A special train will
leave Honolulu daily
at = a. m. returning ar
rive at noon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-12
DICK WRAY CASE TO BE CALLED TODAY

The present week being capital week in the first division of the Jefferson county criminal court, quite a number of cases of general interest will be heard. Nearly all of the cases set for hearing are among those left over from the last term of court. Judge Dan A. Greene will preside in the first division this week.
 Perhaps the case of the most general in- terest which Is set for a hearing is that of Richard Wray, which is set on today s docket. Wray is charged with the mur- der of an artist named Freeman in a house on the corner of Twentieth street and Avenue B more than two years ago. Wray received trial little more than a year ago and was found guilty and sentenced to several years Imprisonment. He appealed his case to the supreme court and just year after his conviction the case was remanded by the higher court and Wray was released on bond.
 The case is among the first set on to- days docket It is not unlikely that it will be called this morning, but 1t doubt ful whether it will go to trial as Wray Is out on bond, and 1t is not probable that the hearing of the case will be pushed unless everything is in absolute readiness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-12
WAS LUCKY WEEK
 FOR DEFENDANTS

The past week was lucky one for the defendants in cases set for trial in the county criminal court divisions. The week was an expensive one for the single conviction in either the first or the second division of the criminal court.
 In the two divisions there were some thing like IS or 20 cases here. About hal1 of these cases were heard in the first di- vision before Judge Weaver, and not a. conviction resulted. In the second divis- ion one man plead guilty without trial, and in another case the defendant con- fessed judgment. All cases which went to trial resulted in acquittals.
 Quite a number of important cases have been heard during the past week. It will be recalled that the case of Abe Siegel charged with bribery the charge growing out of Sheriff Higdon's graft fund" was discharged upon his second trial, the first hearing of the case resulting in a mstriai Several other bribery cases were also thrown aside.
 A number of the cases thrown out of the court were mol pressed as the re- suit of the faulty worK of the grand jury. In several cases the indictments were found to be faulty in the instance of which the presiding judge entered oro- CTS discharging the defendants. In one case the defendant was discharged upon a defective indictment but was held to the next grand jury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-12
YOUNG MAN FACES
 MURDER CHARGE

Wadsworth, O., October 11.-Guy Raysor, the young machinist who was arrested Thursday on suspicion, im- mediately following the finding of the body of his sweetheart, Orie Lee, the pretty factory girl, on country road near here was yesterday formally charged with murder in the first degree
 T never killed Orie." he moaned, aft CT the warrant was read to him in the county jail. The young man continued to declare his innocence and repeated many times This was to be the day of our wedding"
 "She told me some time ago that sh e was about to become mother," Miss Lees grandmother said tonight. "A few weeks ago she was to be married in a few days, but something occurred and the wedding was postponed. This oc- cured again couple of weeks ago. Again she said she was to be married last Wednesday,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-12
NEGRO CONVICTED
 FOR NIGHT RIDING

Jackson, Miss. October 11.-(Special)- Governor Noel returned today from bis old home at Lexington, where he has been two or three days attending to pri- Vate business, the longest stay he has made with former friends and neighbors since coming to Jackson last winter.
 The governor was asked on his return to his office what had been heard from the night riders recently, and stated that they seem to have transferred their lop- erations what few there are, from the southern portion of the state to the northern tier of counties Not single lhtlmation of night rider has been had III Holmes county. the governors home county though Judge Smith reports hav- Ing sent one, negro, to the penitentiary Tor fiVe years from the adjoinig county or lssaquena. This negro Is reported hv the Judge as having been convicted of the crime of night riding, or whitecap- E ihg' but 1t is not stated who he white capped, nor where he did the riding.
 The governor looks upon the conviction . or the negro night rider as a good thins Ahe negroes are trying to follow the ex- ample set by the white folk, and this one one was not smart enough to get out of @ @tne way. The fact that the negroes have Ianen en Tn line with the night riders will cause White men to hesitate at the com mission of such crimes as posting gin houses In the future. They see to what IL may lead, in giving lawless negroes an opportunity to do their devilment.
 A number of gins have been stopped saiu the governor, but in most instances ol sueh warnings, the owners of the gins nave nave, gone right on with their ginning. piaclhg guards around their premises at night and it may be that on that ac- count the torch has not been applied to any sln' and no trouble has occurred any, where, save near Greenvile, where a white guard was killed by negro who was trying to burn the gin, but who was m no sense night rider, but plain. old-fashioned fire-hug.