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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-01-16

pressed his lecture. ned and
printed 1t in 1917, thin X that in this
guisc it would surely survive. But
GriSwold was his literary executor and
destroyed many papers. There appear
to be only three copies Of the satire in
existence. Two days after Poe died
GriSwold wrote this in the New York
Tribune: Edgar Allan Poe Is dead.
This announcement will Startlc many,
but few will be gricvcd by it. >
He was well known in all this country;
he had readers in England ana in sew
rral Of the states Of Europe bnt he
had few or no friends" These last
words were printed in italics.
THE Gold Bug" the "Iitcrati' pa
pcrs and The Raven" had capped his
fame with a triple crown when in 1916
he took the humble frame no ~ in the
then rural suburb of Fordham. Poe
was hailed as the bright particular star
of the literary armament. High so
cicty and the elect among the cultured
of New York yCarnCd to louiZc him as
the aristocracy of Edinburgh did Rob
ert Burns, once lion of the. tribe of
Demos. but under the petting and pam
pcring of his titled patrons soon dwin-
died to poodle size and tuned his bark
to whine IA lords lord for a that"
Poe was no toady; he worShipcd ideal
creatures of his soaring Imagination
and tried to see the goddess in every
woman who won his reverence. He
shrank from conviviality of the booty
1 kind rs from DntruulCp that cOule-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-01-16

of those who FOE DISMISSED FROM
knew Poe best WEST POINT
are highly honOring to young man
whose prospects of at least Il compe-
tcnce and Il fair start i'll life had been
suddenly ruined. The first editor of
the Messenger was Lambert y. VIII
mer. We quote from our copy of his
remarkable book, Our Press Gang"
his tribute to Poe. with whom he had
serious quarrels from time to time.
Writing after the lapse of years, he
says:
The late Edgar A. Poe has been repre-
scented by the American newspapers In
general as reckless libertine and n con-
tirmed incbriatc. l do not recognize him
by this description. though | was init
matCly acquainted with the man and had
every opportunity to study his character.
l have been in company with him every
day for many months together, and with
in a period Of twelve years l did not see
him inebrlated-nO, not in a single in
stance. I do not believe he was ever
habitually Incorporate until he was made
so by grief and many bitter dlSappOint-
mcnts And with respect to the charge of
libertnism | have similar testimony to
offer. OF all men that l ever knew he
was the most paSSlohleSS, ana appear 10
his writings for a confirmation of this. - "
Poe never wrote a line that gave express
sion to libidnous thought. The female
creations of his fancy are all either
statues or angels. His conversation at all
times was as chaste as that of a vestal,
and his conduct while 1 knew him was
correspondngly blameless.
Decadent writer's of France, Eng
land and America have more or less
successfully initiated Poe's creations
In every feature but their purity. Only
In Woodbcrry's biography do we re-
call any such attempt at defamation
as his covert innucndo In his remark
on "the speed with which Poe estab-
lishcd IL habit Of intimacy with mar
rIed women"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-01-16

NJ a. - - "a n r a. u 1n
,co- ur+i1 his
do,+b I, 1910
tbo intorostod
strdont MN +
cousuIt th. l,+
oct and th, mast
satisfactory. hioo-
ronbv in rho Viz
pinia edition by
profoss,r I,runs
4 II, rrison
whose seventeen
vnIrpns ront,in
mara of1,,o.s,,u
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-01-16
a MORE per
IA pie Kin &
$ erv ice,

a pIszins
erv ice,
plea sin = and
painful, than the
faithful reprcsen-
tation Of Poe in
;IIc compass Of
This study can
scarcely be inag-
iucd The man
himself is puzzle
enough for the
kcrncSt analyst
of character. His
history Of body
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-01-16
Peri Second - Poe's De-
scnp.ion Of Himself - His
Love Affairs 80 Poe as
Satinst 49, His Tragic End.

NJ Q X IN a n Y
n years the
writer en-
joyed III ore or
less intimate aC-
quaintancc with
surviving friends
of Poe, including
his ha NIPPON,
George X. Ora
ham. owner of
Graham'S Maga-
zine; John Sar-
tain. the eminent
cngraver, of Sar-
tain'S Magazine,
and Mrs. Nichols,
the Mary Cove
who found Nir-
liuia so weak
enc day in what
soon became her
deathbcd that she
could not shake
off the cat which
was lying on her
breast. This led
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-01-16

her we'll loved
Eddic'S distress
ing maladies. All
this fawning Of
la c ka d n is / c Il |
dolls of society
left the it t | e
family chin deep
in the old power
ty. While Poe
was making fine
poetry at home
MS brave lllolll-
Cr in law was
ira IN pin g the
streets of New
York in the FIRE
quently hopeless
search for pub
Ii S h crs, with
hearts as soft as
boiled paw in G
stones, prepared
to Law is h ten
whole dollars ON
pen work of i'm
pcrishable a r t .
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-01-16

Virginia died in January, 1917. Mrs.
GLENN had now heavier burden IN
The Newtown bee., 1909-02-12

There were women and girls carrying all manner of burdens upon their heads even logs and building material. Fill- ing the roll of hod-carrier they even took mortar to the tops of buildings and removed stones from the tumbled down buildings. One rather slender girl was pointed out as having a capa- city of 200 kilograms or nearly 45O pounds. She knitted, like many oth- CTS, as sne walked presenting a curious contrast between masculine and fem mine toll. This town, famous for it's women, has lost one fourth of her people, 4OO0 having gone to Buenos Ayres and North America. The same conditions prevailed at Battiro, Mon- teleone, and from the mountain town of Tiriolo occupying an aerial site thousands of feet above sea level one thousand out of six had found their way to Naples and sailed to new homes across the seas, All along the route in most unexpected places the party met people who had been in the New World or who had relatives there. For example on the way up to Gallina from Reggie young Calabrian was cutting wheat with hand sickle of design used by the Egyptians at the time of the Israelites were marching l out of that land. To the great surprise of the lecturer this peasant saluted him in angry English when he invaded his
 field in order to get photograph of the worker, but welcomed the intruder most cordially when he discovered his visitor was an American citizen. In English conversation which followed the young Calabrian said that he had been in America four years at work on the railway at Dobb's Ferry and in answer to the question, "Shall you go back to America?" he said, "I rich, l bring back fifteen hundred dollats," which suggested that he had no in tention of doing so. He thanked the Americans for taking his picture and, although he displayed confidence in self, quickness of perception, and an energy born of contact with America, one could not but conclude that his ed ucation in the United States had not brought him in contact with agricul- tural operations.
The Newtown bee., 1909-02-12
Announcements of Bethel Business
 Men.
Special Notice.

Ha ring opened harness shop near the cor ner of Chestnut and Center street am pre- pared to do all kinds of harness making and repairing also all kinds of horse goods fol sale. Satisfactory work guaranteed. Rode meyer. corner Center and Chestnut street. Bethel, Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1909-02-12
MOLLAN'S SHOE SALE.

A brisk sale is in progress at Mol lan's. Children's shoes in tan and in black, in gun metal calf and kid, with spring heels and safety heels, with best style toes and stout soles, are found in the bargain lots. Bargains in shoes for growing girls wearing women's sizes are to be had in tans and in black in gun Emetal, with medium heel or Cuban heel, lace, with full and with
The Newtown bee., 1909-02-12

The best way to get what you want, or to get rid of what you don't want, b to use The Bee;s advertising colunns. Try the "sm VI" eds !: Ic . word, one week.
The Newtown bee., 1909-02-12

narrower toe. Patent vici kid and gun metal boots for women. in fiue quality and a variety of styies, in broken sizes and at great reductions, are still to be had. Mems Burt & Packard "Korrect Shape" shoes in guaranteed patent and dull finish Burrojaps leather and 'Korrect Shape" shoes in medium grade are also included in the special mark down sale at Mollan's.
The Newtown bee., 1909-02-12
GlenW00d Ranges

are am the desirable every day kenfe are not us ng one you are oon your comfort and nme which allotted you. E.
 The Stamford also friends who cannot enough ahont their good qualities. ,
 The Model cheaper pcebut we guarantee them to bake and work we'll stove in the market
 st ht not least is the Andes styles These Ranges we have yea them and we know using them willing to exchange for any other ov
 Round O Geneva Oak and Andes okhese stoves we are offering at reduction.
 Wood Heating stoves in the same list
 We have new m cooking with reservoir and warming cose-ake wood and just the thing tor farmers use
 And we also have secondhand heating ovesboh coal and wood that offer at bargain prices. #
 with anything in our line from tin rattex steam heater.
 > E. J. HALL, Sandy Hook, Conn.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-03
Death of Edward Il. Nemeyer.

Died, in Wenatchee, April 2, Ed
ward B., beloved husband of Mary
j. Nemeyer and father of Lester Ne
meyer and son of Mrs. Rebecca J..
Nemeyer, Peshastin. Deceased was
the brother of Mrs. Charles A. Wright
and Sidney Nemeyer, of Peshastin;
Mrs Mary Gardella, of Sumner; Mrs.
Grant Triplet, of Liberty, and Sher-
man Nemeyer, of North Yakima. He
was aged 33 years and a native of
Iowa. The friends are invited to at
tend the funeral Sunday, April a.,
1909, at 1920 a. M, from the
Methodist church in Peshastin. In
terment will take place at Leaven-
worth and will be in charge of the
Wenatchee Undertaking company.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-03
GREAT INTEREST
IN FRUIT BELT
PUBLISHER OF FANCY FRUIT
SAYS THAT INLAND EMRIRE
is ATTRACTING GREAT ATTEN-
TION THROUGHOUT ALL SEC
TIONS OF THE EAST.

Spokane, Wash, April Son ac-
count of the wide publicity which the
National Apple show has been given
in the eastern and central states
during the last few years, the peo-
pie of those sections are showing
greater interest than ever in the
west, and they are better informed
than ever before on the advantages
of the Inland Empire"
E. l.. Roney, until recently assist
ant secretary of the National Apple
show, now manager of Fancy Fruit.
published at North Yakima, who has
just returned from a visit in Mime
sofa, said this on his return to Spo-
kane:
while in the east, Mr. Roney add
ed, 81 talked with a large number of
prospective settlers for eastern Wash
ington, northern Idaho and Oregon
and western Montana, also with
many coming out, and it is remark
able how well informed they are on
this country. While very few of
them have ever been in Washington,
they have been watching things close
ly, and have a pretty accurate idea
of what this country offers.
THE chief interest, of course, is
in the fruit industry, and most of the
inquiries are along that line; but
there are many looking to the grain
belts and for business locations in
the small towns. While conditions In
the central west are good at present,
there will be healthy emigration of
the best class this way this year, and
I believe, too, that the National Irri-
cation congress in Spokane and the
Alaska-Y ukon-Pacific exposition will
attract thousands next summer"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-03
MINER SHOOTS son; HANGS SELF
Act as Moose in Wilkeson
Jail.
Tacoma, April 2.-While in

Tacoma, April 2.-While in a
drunken rage tonight John Purse, a
miner, residing at Wilkeson, shot his
son Frank in the right arm, inflict-
ing minor injuries, and an hour later
hanged himself by his suspenders
from the bars of his cell in the Will
keson jail Purse made a simple
loop in the suspenders and, from the
position in which his body was
found, evidently forced himself to
hang in the improvised moose until
dead. He had been drinking heavily
for a week or more.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-03
REGARDING STANDARD BOX
Prof. Walden in the Ranch Says Mr..
Tibbits Made Error.

Prof. Walden in the current issue
Of the Ranch, the Seattle farm publ
cation, says in the horticultural de-
partment, which is in his charge:
Inquiries are coming in about the
Porter bill and the size of the apple
box. l have been waiting to get some
facts about the conference at Wash
ington, D. c., January 27. Some
things are not clear to my mind, but
l think | can give pretty fair re-
sumo of what was considered and
what was agreed to. The Porter bill
as it was introduced in congress
about a year ago required an apple
box to contain 1854 cubic inches,
which is more inches than the Win
chester bushel that has always been
the standard bushel in the United
States. The state of New York has
the Imperial bushel, which is some
what larger. The standard box used
in the Pacific northwest contains g..
173 cubic inches. The reason as
signed by the apple shippers and.
some of the growers in the east for.
requiring such large box was that
a box must be large enough to be
equal to the heaped bushel. This
heaping is simply custom ana has
no legal standard. For a closed
package 2,150.4 has always been the.
standard for a bushel except in the.
case of New York, and perhaps in
some other states. Our reply to the
use of the heaped up bushel is that
our boxes make up for this by being
bulged No one can deny that our
boxes hold more than the cubic con-
tents of the box.
At the conference at Washington in
January, the first thing that was done
was to agree on the cubic contents of
a barrel This was fixed at 1925
cubic inches. Just why this was de-
cided on as the cubic contents of
barrel does not appear in any of the
reports that I have read. The idea
seems to prevail that barrel should
contain three bushels, but three Win
chester bushels would be only 6,453
cubic inches, so that such a barrel
would contain 573 inches too much
But I presume that this excess is
intended to make up for the heaped
Fart of the bushel. Thus we see that
this custom of heaping the bushel
or half-bushel comes to the front
again. Be that as it may, the con-
tents of the barrel was fixed by this
conference at 1925 cubic inches
This matter being settled, the next
step was to decide that the box should
be just one-third of the barrel. Here
is where one of our Washington
representatives made a mistake. M.
o. Tibbits, one of the vice presidents
of the Washington State Horticultural
Society, it is reported, arose and said
that though he was instructed to con-
tend for the standard box used in the
northwest, yet he was in favor of
box containing one-third of a barrel,
and therefore he would accept the
box containing 2342 cubic inches.
Prof. ]. L. Dumas stood out for the
box now in use. I could not find it
in my heart to impugn the motives Of
NJ O. Tibbitts, for / regard HIM as
a most excellent man, but / believe
that he made mistake, and the ;ol
lowing are my reasons:
In figuring the cubic contents of
the barrel, the bulge of the barrel is
figured in: in figuring the cubic con-
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-03

is not figured in, and yet the bulge of
the box is as real as that of the bar
rel. 1t is true that the bulge of the
box will vary, this is unavoidable, but
it is to be found in all boxed apples.
My Judgment is from a very large ex-
perience in packing apples in boxes
that the average for the bulge in our
boxes is about one inch on both top
and bottom; sometimes it is more,
sometimes it is less, but I repeat that
this is about the average. But
bulge of one inch on the top and Dot
tom of our box would add 227 cubic
inches to its contents. So our stand
ard box when packed with one-inch
bulge will contain 2,400 cubic inches
or So cubic inches in excess of one
third of barrel. This amount we
must be continually throwing away
to meet this unreasonable require
nent. Did our good friend Tibbits
realize this when he stood up in that
conference and won applause by
voting for such a box? l do not be-
lieve he did.
But it may be said that we need
not give any bulge to our box. No
man will talk that way that knows
much about packing apples. When
apples are packed in a barrel, the
head must be put in with press of
some kind. 1t is well-known that
without this pressing in of the head
the apples will be damaged in hand
ling. But the same thing is true in
packing apples in boxes-they must
be tight. The difference between
making apples tight in barrel and
in box is this: The barrel is hoped
and does not give any when the
head is pressed in, i. e., the cubic
contents of the barrel is not changed
by pressing in the head. But our
boxes are made of very thin mate
rial, so far as the sides, top and bot
tom are concerned. The sides do
not bulge, for the pressure is not in
that direction, but the top and bot
tom do bulge, and there is no way to
make our apples tight in the box but
to press on the top so as to give this
bulge. If apples would always grow
to definite size, we might then ar
range to pack them in tiers as we
pack the apples and then have them
fill a .bax just full enough to be tight
and not perceptibly bulge when the
top is pressed on, but they will per-
sist in growing in all sizes, and ow-
ing to this stubborness we must Of
ten press them so hard as to give
them a bulge of an inch or more.
The barrel when packed and the
head pressed on is no larger than
" hen empty; it will contain just L.
O26 cubic inches; the box, however,
when packed and the top pressed on,
will be larger than when empty, and
will contain more by 100 to 3OU Gu
bic inches. Should then be the unit
by which to settle the size of the ap-
pie box? The man who under
stands this fully and says that the
barrel should be the unit and The
box just one-third the size of the
barrel and is perfectly honest in
this, will be certain to go to heaven
for the Lord will neer condemn an
idiot
Perhaps, to prevent misunder-
standing, / should add that by care
fully picking over apples one box
in ten may be selected so nearly uni
fol m in size as to require but little
pressure in putting on the top and
no bulge will be noticed. This care
full picking over is often done in pre-
narinp apn1es for exhibition pur-
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-03

poses, and the boxes seen are very
even in size. I still maintain that
the infexible barrel should not be
the unit by which to decide what
the box should hold.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-03

Anyone desiring to ship goods to
Seattle soon, confer with f. M. Sche-
BILE about chartering a car to make a
full carload. ass
New-York tribune., 1909-04-26
100000 FOR A TOY
Miniature Railroad Train Presented
By Gar to En- peror of China.

ECopyrEht. 1909. hy -he brentwood Cornpany-1
The value of the toy train and railroad which the
Gar has just dispatched TO Pekiug gift to the
three-year-od Emperor Pu-U of China IS est-
mated at $4,000. The toy will be presented 10 the
tiny monarch Of the populous empire Of the
universe by Prince Galitzin. general aide-de-camp
Of the Muscovite ruler chief of the special en-
bassy appointed TO represent Russia at the state
obsequies of the late Emperor of China next month
The funeral ceremonies will be of the most stately
and magnificent description. costing immense
sum of money. the regent. Prince Chun, father
Of the boy Emperor, is determined to make. as far
possible, public reparaticn for the cruel treat
ment to which his brother, the late Emperor
kwang-Su. subjected during his lifetime by
the terrible old Empress Dowager.
Toys, especially dolls and railroad trains, play
quite important role in diplomacy. The mag
nihcent dolls presented by President Faure, and
afteTward by President Loubet. to the young daugh-
ter of the Gar. went far popularize the French
alliance at the Court of st. Petersburg during the
first decade of the reign Of Emperor Nicholas Last
year President Fallieres completely won the heart
Of the little Czarowitch by presenting him, on the
occasion Of his visit to Reval, with railroad train
valued at S2,00l and Immediately dubbed by
the princelet the train man" King Edward
spent similar amount q toy railroad train,
with station. sidngs turntable, signal system, etc.
which he gave 10 his grandson. Crown Prince Olaf
of Norway. The newspapers were full at the time
Of the magnifcence Of this toy. Just what s60rn
toy railroad must be surpasses imagination and one
can readily picture to ones self the interest and
attraction which il will possess for the exception
ally precocious child who IS Emperor Of China.
Several Of the great powers of Europe send
iTg special embassies 20 Peking for the obsequies
the congratulations of their respective govern
ments 10 the young Emperor on his accession 10
the dragon throne But it is very doubtful whether
any of them Will be intrusted with such magnifi-
cent toy for .the small monarch. Will fnd so
warm welcome on his part as General Prince
GalItzin.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-26
SHOW READY 1T GARDEN.
Exhibition of Buffalo Bill and Pd5o'
nee Bill OPENS TO-mOrTO7C.

At midnight all the performers. the Indians. cow
boys. horses. mules, wild animals and plainsmen
that will perform in the combined Buffalo BIZ and
Pawnee Bill show gathered in Madison
Square Garden. and several gangs Of tentmen be-
gan to put the big amusement palace in order for
the formal opening tomorrow night There will be
a dress rehearsal tonight. Several Of the Indians
attended religious services yesterday morning
Colonel Cody and Pawnee Bill remained at the
Garden the greater part Of the day supervising the
preparations for the opening performance. while
Major Burke reviewed his army of adjectives in the
publicity department
The union OF the two big shows is said to Indicate
a leaning toward a combination OF the minor tent
exhibitions. Pawn,e Bill says it's a good thing,
and Buffalo Bill expects the combined shows 10 at
tract more etteruon now than ever before. All the
big acts" that features of both exhibitions
have been retained and several startling novelties
are promised The engagement at the Garden will
he a limited one. and two performances will be
given every day.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-26

has made a special study OF Western life Mr.
Schieren made the acquaintance of Mr. Borglum
through the scu!ptor's execution IN marble OF the
head Of great steer, which adorns the facade of
the Schieren Building, IN Ferry street. Manhattan,
and was admired for its striking realism. Frank
Freeman, architect OF the building gave the CON-
mission to Mr.. BorgIUm and introduced him to Mr.
SChieTen.
The eX-Mayor, although native of Prussia, has
been a generous patron of American art He has
numerous examples of the work Of American artists
in his home at No 4O5 Clinton avenue. Brooklyn,
and has given many valuable paintings by Ameri-
can artists 20 the Broslyn Institute, of which he
is first vice-presdent.
It is not generally known that Mr.. Schferen was
a friend and liberal patron of Frederick ". Mac
Monnes the sculptor. who a Brooklyn boy.
Through Mr.. Schieren's influence. IL Is said Mr..
MacMonnies secured his commissions for the eques-
trian statue Of General SlocIm and the statue Of
J. s. T. Stranahan and the army and navy groups
for the Soldiers and Sailors Arch in Prospect
Park.