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The &oe cotta8e I'm. EorJham . .

volume of poems, "Tamerlane." q vol
m now one of the most priced rari-
ties OF book collectors. Failing in his
attempt to support himself by his pen.
Poe enlisted under the name OF l.. A.
Perry. i'm the United States army.
served with distinction nearly two
years. becoming sergeant major i'm
five feet eight inches in height, with
grey eyes,. brown hair and fair COM
pleNion. In 1899 Poe Offered a snhsti-
tute. was honorably discharged. and by
the efforts of Mr.. Allan. Chief Justice
Marshall AND General Scott. was adj
mitted to West Point. An attempt to
resume his kindly relations With Mr..
Allan resulted in complete failure. for
reasons differently stated by Poe and
by his patron. The result was to throw
Poe upon his own resources, and he
settled in Baltimore. dcvoting himself
to literature. and naturally enough,
undergoing great hardship.
Owing To the prejudice created by
Poe's b~ioslapher Americans have never
done Poe Justice. In Europe he ranks
far higher than in his own land. He
never had a clique interested in MAX
ing much of him. Mr.. Charles Leonard
Moore. writing i'm the Dial. II few wears
him as ANYTHING but a suspicionless
and chivalrous knight; the few trivial
and usually umsubstantiatcd smudges
which microscopic industry has found
on his armor would not show at all
against a panoply less nure and white.
Poe has been called a drunkard. a
oebauchee. dishonest. ungrateful. In
v~estiGation has failed t. prove these
charges. The people who lived with
MN and kneN him best DEM it,"
Inc amount and quality of work he
dld was Incompatible with a greatly er-
rate life. In none matters he seems
70 nave been cheated by all With whom
ment that he was expelled from tbe
University of Virginia has never been
proved. and as to his statement thar
Foe could not retain literary emplov-
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path. which is kept at a regular
degree of warmth throughout the Win
ter. At the side is the dogs dispensa,v
and hospital, where a veterinary sur
seon is constantly in attendance. Sick
hounds are bedded in cozy boxes.
The training of the hounds is very
thorough. they are kept always on the
scent of wild boars; still, owing to the
number of deer in the vicinity, they
sometimes go off on another trail. AS
the wild boar often takes to the water.
the hounds are also trained to follow
them there. as well as through the
forest, and for an hour every day
the huntsmen are u tutoring their
charges. Some of the hounds are vet
Grams ana bear many scars of the
chase.
The horses quarters are built on n
similar practical and extensive scale,
with every hygenic improvement.
When the Whole stud turns out for a
chase, which occurs about once a
week. all the imperial princes and
princesses, the high court officials and
numerous aristocrats are invited. All
the guests wear scarlet and velvet
and h huntsmen in charge with
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FINALLY. NJ. lie Juge." said the po-
lice officer. shaking his head. II have
thought and thought about the dis
covery our discovery-that OF DIR.
Bourbon. 1t is subject to errors. our
discovery. 1t would have led us to
put in prison Jacques Dantin. and
Jacques Dantin was not guilty.
oh. yes, NJ. B%ernardet!" said the
magistrates, who seemed thoughtful. his
heavy chin resting IN his hand. 1T
ought to make us modest. 1t is the fate
of all human discoveries. To err-to
err is human!"
TT Is not the less true responded
Bernardet, that all which has passed
opens TO us the astonishing horizon OF
the unknown"
The unknowable." murmured the
magistrate.
"A physician who sometimes asks mo
to his experiments invited me to his
house the other evening and l saw
yes. saw, or what one calls seeing-in
a mirror placed before me-. by the light
of the X rays-greenish rays which
traversed the body-yes, monsieur. I
saw my heart beat and my lungs per
form their functions, n am fat. and
n thin person could better see himself
living and breathing. Is it not fan
tastic, NJ. Ginory? Would not a man
have been shut up as a lunattc 80 years
ago who would have pretended that he
had discovered that? We shall sec
we shall see nan Others"
And will it add to the happiness of
man, and will 1t diminish grief. wick
edness and crime?"
The magistrate spoke as II to him
self. thoughtfully, sadly. Something
Bernardet said brought a smile to his
lips.
This is. NJ. lie JUICE. a fine ending
of the chapter for the second part Of
your work. DUTY of a Magistrate
Toward Scientific Discoveries And IL
the Academy of Mora and Political
Sciences does not add"
NJ. Ginory suddenly turned red and
interrupted ~I4ernardet with a word and
a gesture.
M. Bernardet!"
Il can only repeat. monsieur. what
public opinion thinks n says" said
Bcrnardet. bowling low. There was an
allusion to this subject in Lutece-you
know. Paul Rodier' sromance-which
is his affair written up. An amiable
fellow, that Paul Rodier."
"Ah, nj. Bernardet, NJ. Bernardet."
laughingly said the magistrate, you
have a weakness for reporters. DO you
want me to tell you something? You
will finish by becoming a journalist"
And you Will certainly finish in the
habit of a member of the academy. M.
Ginory." aid the little Bernardet, will,
his air of a hooking able.
concluded Next Weekly
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Kaiser. New Hunting Box.

A Berlin Cablegram: Good sports
man as he is, the emperor has insisted
on appropriate simplicity and practical
ness in his new hunting lodge in the
forest Of Potsdam. a few miles from
the imperial palace. which is to be
utilized for the first time this winter
There are housed the imperial pack of
bounds and stud Of hunters which par
ticipate in h wild boar hunts that
occur frequently during the winter
months. The horses are all English
roam hunters. and the hounds, which
number 20. are English foxhounds.
brought across the channel as whelps.
The emperor takes great pride in the
POUNDS and watches their training
with interest.
The kennels. of which there are two
sets. are extremely spacious, with an
extensive run along the front for ex-
ercise. Each set is used alternately
for a day at a time, the next day being
devoted to complete cleansing and dis
infection. At the end is the dog kitch-
en-, where the rice and dogs cakes, or
which they are fed on alternate days
are prepared. There also is the hounds
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EdSar AllaE IoG
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
One hundred years ago Clan. 10,
5000 was born Americas great poet, a
poet whose pre-eminence is asserted
by that "contemporaneous posterity."
foreign critics, n me whose fame
gives every evidence of steady growth
Edgar Allan Poe.
1t is only as American literature has
developed that Poe has received his
rightful recognition as the creative
pioneer in many branches of literary
art. AS a poet he eNempliticd pure
poetic art apa from the merely moral
and didactic style of his time. AS am
essayist the simplicity which makes his
of his contemporaries. AS a short
story writer he still reigns monarch in
the field OF pure wonder and horror,
and also in the domain of purely intel
lectual story-the story of complicated
plot or mental problem, of which the
detective story is an outgrowth.
Edgar Allan Poe was tie sos of an
actor and an actress. He was loft an
orphan in early youth and adopted by
a rich Nfrginian, John Allan, Of Rich
mond. After a short school life in that
city he was taken to England. and for
five years was at the Manor House
school at Stoke N~ewington. near Lon
don. an experience Poe described in his
story entitled civilian Wilson" Judg-
ing by that description these school
lays in a foreign country. in a large,
rambling, mysterious E,liZabethan man
sion. while he remembered them with
pleasure. yet must nave done much to
fill his mind with a sense of strange
ness and mystery, a consciousness of
the unknown that never left him. Re
turning to America he entered in 1926
the University of Virginia. where his
career is said to nave been married BY
a o W of gambling and some fondness
of liquor. though it is very probable
that all this has been greatly exagger-
ated by the malevolence Of Griswold,
his first b~iographer, whose anilnus
against Poe gave rise to what has been
called the most extraordinary instance
on record of systematic lmisrepresenta-
ton on the part of a biographer." Vet
ever Griswold a that Poe stood in
the first rank for scholarship and would
have graduated with the highest honors
If he had at the university.
He was also noted for hardihood,
strength and activity. was an expert
fencer, a good draughts1nan, ready and
eloquent as a speaker and debater.
Poe left his university, and. accord
ing to GrisWold went abroad intend
ing to join the Greeks. as Byron had
done, to aid them in their struggle
against Turkey. According to others
he went to Boston and attempted to
gain a footing by publishing his first
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mont on account of his Incorporate
habits. it is declared that there is not
tho slightest foundation for this
coarse SANDER" There is unanimous
TESTIMONY that while connected with
~rHaeazines he was IA model of pune
tuality and tho~roughness. His loving
care of his Wife during eight long years
is almost alone a certificate of his
good character, and the affection of
the wife's mother for Poe was touching
in its devotion.
Professor Mimic, in his account of
Poe written for the Britannica, praises
especially his conscientious thorough
ness i'm work. and as an ann of
this cites the celebrated article wherein
Poo anticipated the plot of "Barnaby
Rudgc" after but a few numbers had
been published-a marvellous piece Of
literary analysis to which Dickens him
self bears testimony.
AS a critic Poe was almost infallible.
He was almost the first to rightly APP
praise Nathaniel Hawthorne, declaring
him king of the short story. His valu-
atoms of American poets in The Lit
.eraii' have. in the main. been confirmed
by the best sense of later years.
AS a writer he essayed all forms
successivcly with mastery. His short
stories virtually eXha,.~ed the possi-
~hilities of that form of writing, each
standing as q masterpiece of it's kind.
Moore say. one sees aulhOfS all over
The world painfully following in his
tracks. each exploring a single region
which Poe discovered and dismissed in
a few pages" In his so-called prose
| poem Eureka Poe seems to have
foreseen in general the whole course
of modern science. Were it not too
scientific for the description. it might
be called AN Epic of Evolution" It
is a theory of the universe that might
have been expanded into Il whole Spen-
cerian system of philosophy.
1t is hardly rash to prophosy that
| Poe may one day be declared the most
creative intellect that America has pro-
d,1ced. Even now his only rivals are
Emerson, Whitman and Thoreau.
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Tho Absent Mindedne.. of Genius.
From the Dundee Advertiser.


The Observation-Disclosures of great
thinkers is a we'll known phenomena.
When Morse had completed his won
derful Geographic system he confessed
to a difficulty which appeared to
him almost insurmountable. A
long as poles can be used.' he said to
a friend n day, ut is easy. But what
u be done when we come to a
bridge? We cannot use poles there.
and the wire would break of its own
weight without some support Well"
replied the friend, why not fax the
wires to the BRIDGE" Morse looked at
him th%oughtfully for a m and
then exclaimed: II never thought OF
that. It's the very thing" This in
stance of mental concentration on one
leading idea to the exclusion of all 9TH
ers is almost as remarkable as that
told of Sir Isaac Newton, who cut a
hole in his study door to allow his ia
Norite cat to come and go freely, and
then cut a smaller one for the use of
her kitten.
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bright hunting horns over their
shoulders. lead the way in the dash
through the forests. frequently sound
ing a lively tally ho,' until the quarry
lis brought down, when the honors of
the chase are distributed With great
ceremony among those in at the death.
Longing.
OF all the myriad moods of mind
That through the soul come thronging.
What one was e'er so dear, so kind,
So beautiful as Longing?
The thing we long for. that we are
For one transcendent moment,
Before the Present, poor and bare,
Can make its sneering
Still through our paltry stir and strife
CLOVIS down the wishe Ideal.
And Longing molds in clay what Life
Carves in the marble Real.
To let the new life in. we know
Desire must ope the portal;-
Perhaps the longing to be so
Helps make the sou immortal.
James Russell Lowell.
OF the 6s,45s Chinese admitted into
the Transvaal. only 1900 are still
there.
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Who Columbus Was.
From the Baltimore Sur

From the Ba1ftmore Sun.
In the afternoon in all the schools a
part Of the time was devoted to the
study of tho life and deeds of Column
bus.
An amusing reply was given by one
of the pupils. A teacher had told tn.
class of the wonderful voyage of Co
lumbus and how he insisted on contin-
uing the voyage after the other men
were clamoring to return. Then she
asked: Who was Columbus?" with
the view of hearing how we'll they had
followed her talk.
One little hand went up.
We'll, Johnny, who was he?" asked
the teacher.
ocean," vas the answer.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10
Call for Bids for Care of County Poor

Notice is hereby given that Sealed Bids will be
received by the Board of County Commissioners
Of Valley County, Montana, for the care, support,
and maintenance of the sick poor and inirm of
the County, per capita, by the week. for the sue
ceedng year; said bids to include the entire cost
of feeding clothing and nursing of the sick, poor
and infrm of the county and burial expenses.
Said bids to be based on the conditions that
such charges be kept at the County Poor Farm
rhe bidder to have the use of said farm and build
ings and that he cultivate the land and receive al
crops for his own use bidder to keep buildings
and fences in good repair at his own expense.
Bidder to provide suitable conveyance for re-
moving injured charges to farm after being de-
livered at Glasgow. arrange for care of same
until such time as they are removed to the farm,
the county to be at no extra expense on account
of such cases.
Said bids will be received up to the hour of 2
O'Clock p. m. Friday. Dec. 10th. 1909.
Bids to be addressed to wv. B. Shoemaker.
Cleek of the Board, Glasgow. Montana. and to
be plainly marked on envelope, Bid for:.Care of
Poor"
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
A bond Of 100000 will be required for faithful.
performance of contract
Dated at Glasgow. Montana. this Goth --day of
October, A. d. 1909.
w. B. Shoemaker,
BY order of the Board. Clerk of the Board.
(Seal)
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10
Contest Notice
Department of the InteiOr
ted States | and 0Hica Elnrnn

Department of the InteiOr
United States Land Office, Glasgow,
Montana, October 9th, 1909.
"A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Margaret
y. Morris, contestant, against Home
stead Entry No. 1851, made Dec. 8,
1902, for nw14 section 21, TIP. 80 NJ,
Range 20 e. M. M. by Carrot Stack,
cOntestee, in which it is alleged that
said Carrot Stack has wholly aban-
doned said tract; that he has changed
his said residence therefrOm for more
than six months since making said
entry; that said tract is not settled
upon and cultivated by said party as
required by law, said parties are
hereby notified to appear, respond,
and offer evidence touching said allie
CATION at 10 O'Clock u. m. on Novem-
Der ~, 1900, before Robert M. Reichel
United States Commissioners at Malta.
Montana, and that final hearing will
be held at 10 O'Clock Il. m. on De-
cember 6, 1909 before the Register and
Receiver at the United States Land
Office in Glasgow, Montana.
The said contestant having in pro-
per affidavit, filed October 8, 1909, set
forth facts which show that after due
diligence personal service of this no.
tice cannot be made, it is hereby or
dered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper pubIica-
ton.
Truman M. Patten, Register.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10
Notice for Publication

Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office at Glasgow, Mon
tana, October II, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that
WILLIAM A. TANK
of Leedy Montana, who on Septem-
Der 9th, 1905, made Desert Entry, No.
1862, Serial No. O6517, for unsurveyed
land described as follows:
Beginning at an iron stake set by
the geological survey on Sun Prairie
and marked B. M. 2344 feet above sea
level, thence south so rods, thence
east 100 rods, thence north I6O rods,
thence west 100 rods, thence south
40 rods to place of beginning, sup
posed to be in L. "a H., r. 81 E.
Has filed notice of intention to
make final proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
Robert M. Reichel. U. S. Commits
siOner, in his Office, at Malta, Mon
tana, OH the Goth day of November,
1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Gus karsens, Gus Tank, Henry
Baeth and Norval Wallace, all of
Leedy, Montana.
Truman M. Patten, Register.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10

Maybe 1t 10 sign Of age In Senator
Depew that he should undertake de-
tense of his reputation as an after
dinner speaker. But he did the other
night, at semipublic dinner, where
he was known personally to most Of
the diners, says the Cincinnati Times
Stars New York correspondent. De-
pew let it be known that he felt al
ready the charge often made against
him that he told stories and cracked
Jokes that had earned retirement. IL
my stories are sometimes DID," said
he, 'at least they are my stories, and
no ones else. The fact is, the news
paper is the ruin of the modern aft |
erdinner speaker. A good story is |
aiken up, sent broadcast ascribed to |
any one of thousand speakers rath-
err than the one who originated it,
and if, in the end, he ventures to tell
his own story second time. he es-
capes kissing only because of his au-
ditOrs' good nature. Let me illustrate
by ease in point. Years ago I was
asked to speak at a certain dinner. l
sat down and thought In the end I
invented several stories, among which
was one Of the farmer who asked the
transportation department of a rail
road for four freight cars to ship frogs
in. The summer hotel down at the
point said he, has promised to take
all l can catch. And from the racket
them frogs out In my pond make, II
reckon l can ship four cars full and
leave enough for next years crop
But little later he revised his order.
I dreened my pond and | found that
two bullfrogs and tree toad had been
dom all that hollern'.' Well, that
story was well liked, because it illus
trated point ! wanted to make The
papers printed it. At the next dinner
I attended, the speaker who preceded
me told it as his own. I've heard that
story an average of twice year since
then, and have never told it Sec
ond time. And yet that was my story.
The newspapers have destroyed me
as an after-dinner speaker"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10
CONTEST NOTICE

Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Glasgow, Monta-
ne, September Goth, 1909.
"A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by
JOHN b. THRELKELD
contestant, against Homestead Entry
No. 1851, made January 10Th, 1905,
for 81 NWA, 81 NEA, Section "a,
Township 81 NJ, Range ~ E, Monta-
ma Meridian, by, Charles Oliver Jack
son, Contestee, in which it is alleged
that said Oliver jackson has never
established his residence upon said
land or made any improvements
thereon, said parties are hereby mott
fed to appear, respond, and offer evil
dence touching said allegation at 10
O'Clock a. m. on November 20, 1909,
before Robert M. Reichel, U. S. Com
missioner, at his office at Malta, VAL
ley Comfy, Montana, and that final
hearing will be held at 10 O'Clock, a.
m. before the Register and Receiver,
at the United States Land Office in
Glasgow. M ontana.
The said contestant having, in a
proper affidavit, filed September 2Sth,
1909, set forth facts which show that
after due diligence personal service
of this notice can not be made, it is
hereby ordered and directed that
such notice be given by due and prop
publication.
Truman M. Patten, Register.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior q. S.
Land Office at Glasgow, Montana,
November 1st, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that
NAPOLEON LABRIE
of Malta, Montana. who, on October
9th, 1908, made Homestead Entry No.
1877, Serial No, O3775 tor NE14 SW4,
Ell NW4 Section 20 and seq SW4,
Section 20 Township 80 N, Range 20
E. M. Meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make Final Five Year
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before Robert M
Reichel, United States Commission
er in his Office, at Malta, Montana
on the 10th day of December, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses;
Thomas Mayberry, Ed. Arvet,
Fred G. Tanner, Adolph Lafond, all
of Malta, Montana.
Truman M. Patten, Register.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Glasgow, Montana,
October Goth, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that
BERT +. GRELL
of Phillips, ChOuteau County, Mon
tana, who, on October 81, 1908, made
Desert Land Application, No. 1912,
Serial No. O1oo9, for 81, SE4, SEA,
SWA Sec. "a, NE4 NW14, Sec. %,
Township p North, Range 26 East,
Montana Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make Final Proof to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before Robert M. Reichel,
U. S. Commissioner, at Malta, Val
ley County, Montana, on the 9th day
of December, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Lon Rusk, John Nordum, of NAL
ia, Montana; Robert Johnson, and
Theodore Nelson, of Phillips, Mon
tana.
Truman NJ. Patten, Register.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10

Many famous homes abound in the
vicinity of Lafayette square, Washing
ton. There in stately majesty, dwelt
Commodore Decatur, who erected the
first house on the square. There also,
in turn, dwelt Henry Clay, Martin
Van Buren,, Edward Livingston and
others of prominence.
AS neighbors, there were Mrs. Mad
ison, the widow of the president; At
torney General Crittenden, the Roose-
velts and w. w. Corcoran. 1t was there
also that the life tragedy of Secretary
Of State William H. Seward was en-
acted. Later there came into the
neighborhood such illustrious men as
Charles Sumner Roscoe Conkling,
John A. Logan and John B. Floyd.
The last home of Daniel Webster in
Washington was in Louisiana avenue
between Fifth and Sixth streets. 1t
was there that the friends of the dis
tinGuished jurist and statesman con-
gregated and where many matters i'm
portant in the development of the ma
ton We're decided. After Webster's
death the building became known as
the Webster law building
Among the earlier houses erected
IN the district was the row on the
north side of Pennsylvania avenue,
between Nineteenth and Twentieth
streets, known as the Seven Build
ingS." The house on the corner Of
Nineteenth street and the avenue was
occupied by Eldridge Gerry while he
was vice-president under Monroe. Aft
err the burning of the White. House,
and subsequent to their leaving the
Octagon house, the property sheltered
President and Mrs. Monroe, and there
they remained until the executive
mansion had been rebuilt
In 1874, Vice President Martin Van
Buren, lived in the house, which, to-
day. appears much as it did at the
time when the West end was a
swamp; when horses and pedestrians
were stalled in the mire OF Pennsyl
vania avenue; when frogs held nightly
carnivals and owls kept faithful vigil.