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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01

say If | get tho pension for Tennyson
They know nothing about him or his
poetry, and they viii probably think
he is some poor relation of my own.
and that the whole affair is Il job
Solemn md emphatic was Carlyle's
response Richard Mines on the day
of judgment, when the Lord asks you
why you didn't get that pension for
Alfred Tennyson. 1t will not do to- lay
the blame on your constituents: 1t is
you that will be damned
Sheridan Knowles, the dfamatist.
who wrote "Nirginus," was another
applicant. Sir Robert Peel knew moth
ing of either. but Lord Houghton In
induced him to read Tennyson's
Ulysses" and Tennyson received the
pension
There was considerable iii-feeiing at
The time. and the policy of 'subsidiz-
fng' poets may SAVIOR too much of pa
ternaiism tn appeal to democratic taste.
but Tennysons work Is ample justifi-
cation I'm hlis case. So also there was
much criticism when he accepted a
peerage In fss3-after having twice de-
clined Ii 10 years beforehand Long
fellows refusal To accept an order
from the king of Italy has been held
up as an example of true poetic inde-
pendence. There is no reasonable ar
gument. however. To show why all the
titles and emoluments should 60 To
empty headed sycophants or wholesale
butchers. The author of "1dylis OF the
King and of Beckett played by if-
wing certainly did much for England
as a Kitchener or Lord Robs,
Tennyson's Rank as Poet.
For Alfred Tennysol ranks supreme
among Victorian poets. He had COM
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01
MOST NOVEL BUREAU
DESIRED
A COLONIZATION ORGANIZATION
is LATEST INNOVATION
ADVOCATED.

Spokane, July sl.-wanted-A bureau
of colonization under the control nt
the federal government, In direct Inc
current emigration to the reclaimed
and unsettled lands of the country
and show the homeseeker how he can
make sure of generous living ana
enioy a satisfactor. social life.
Levi Grant Monroe. secretary of the
Spokane chamber of Commerce. and
representing that organization as
delegate at the 18th sessions ot In"
National Irrigation congress IN spo-
kane, August , to IA, VIII present
the foregoing proposition for endorse
ment at one of the meetings. IN sup
port of the movement he laid:
..Recognizing the fact that the as
Sanitation of foreign population Is De-
coming more difficult year by year
and that the congestion OF lie large
city il already "A national problem. the
hest solution, in my judgment. wou.a
be a well organized and fully equipped
bureau of information, conducted hS
the government. Such department.
working on broad lines, with the CO.
operation of the commercial crganl-
cations. could handle the new k'mers
from foreign lands and m"ke] f'em
self-supporting almost from the De-
ginning.
More than that, II would TIE IN"
means of giving our own people
thorough knowledge of the p"ss'hii-
ties in developing the resources oil tue
country. This information. correctly
compiled and presented in concrete
form. would have more weight witn
the people in the crowded eehtefs OF
reputation than any other plan that
could be devised.
THE present system III sitting a
new country is expensive. II Is too
expensive for the progressive settler.
from the fact that in most instances he
Is obliged to make trip into the
country alone before bringing his fem
jiy. Ii he could nave what he knew
TO be authoritative information At
first hand and be convinced that con
ditions are actually as represented H..
would not hesitate IL undertake a
Journey half or all the way across the
continent. thus saving considerable ex-
pense.
..As nation the time has come
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01

IN THIS year of centenaries there Is
none of the English speaking race
should be observed with more ap-
propriate reverence than that of Alfred
Tennyson, on August 6. The unques-
toned poetical supremacy of Shakes
peare in THE spacious times of great
Elizabeth is also accorded To Tenny-
son in the Victorian age. But Tenny-
son has another distinction, his life
disproves the notion that genius must
be erratic, and that the artistic tenn
permanent must have license to trans
grcss the ordinary rules Of morality.
There are no escapades like those of
Burns and Byron, Nerlain and Villon
in the story of his life. And, though
he was not great financial genius,
like VoItaire. that Pierpont Morgan OF
poets. he was far from want and star
walton, unlike Chatterton and otway,
and lived most of his long life In
happy sunshine at his beautiful home
on the Isle of Wight.
His father was a preacher. his
mother a preachers daughter. SO he
was duly directed on the way he
should go. But ii was household
where the love of the arts went hand
in hand with sound morality. and
Tennyson wrote good verses before he
was H. The Poems of Two Brothers
were published when he was II, and
his brother Charles was only one year
older. .a..
At the time Tennyson attended Cams
bridge the revolutionary waves of 1880
were tinging Europe with red, and this
instilled In the sensitive poets soul his
distaste for riotous fadiCalism which
echoes through 'Locksley Hail Sixty
Years After:
Chaos, chosmos. Cosmos, Chaos once
again the sickening game;
Freedom, free to slay herself. and dy-
ing while they shout her name.
Except brief spasm of sympathy
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01
FINED FOR BETTING
ON RACE EVENTS

Butte. July 3f--Harrg Rose. man
ager If the Interstate Telegraph eorn-
pay. who was convicted of registering
bet on a horse race in defiance of
Law. was fined 500 in the criminal
court today He appealed and Was re-
leased on bond, a. did Ed Sylvester.
Sylvester q board marker. Was ac~
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01

Galveston sketched from the sea.
showing the high sea wall. which pre-
vented the city being again washed
away, and a view of the water front,
where the most damage was done.
Galveston, July 3i.-That Galveston
would have been washed away for tho
second time. as she was in 1900 is adj
mitted by everyone who witnessed the
fearful storm this week, If it had not
been for her protection in the way of
the sea wall.
The world has heard much of Gal
weston. and her courage in rebuilding
the city after the awful havoc wrought
less than 10 years ago. Today she
stands model city in sanitation.
health. government. and now il Is
proven beyond a doubt, in safety. The
outlay of many millions of dollars on
the sea wall surrounding the city and
in the city itself in raising the grade
Of streets and the necessary elevation
of the houses to meet this grade. has
not been wasted Instead of the deaths
of hundreds of people only five were
lost, and they We're fishermen outside
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01

when more people must till the soil.
This opplies to the agricultural dis
tricts in the eastern and New Eng
land states as well as 1t does to the
southern and western parts of this
continent. Moreover. farm life is
more dignified today than it has ever
been before. 1t has become profess
sion. especially i'm horticulture and
husbandry. and as such il is recog
nized by the foremost men in the
land
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01

and sewerage. and which brings them
near To all the civic institutions. such
az the school. the library. the church
and club house.
THE first great hattie has been
won. With the triumph nf national ir-
rigation III the passage Of the New
lands act Of 1902, and the completion
of several great projects. the need of
fighting 10 secure the reclamation OF
arid lands has ceased. The policy is
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01

established. Like Old Massachusetts,.
ii speaks for itself
The next great hattie is just be-
ginning 1t il getting the settler and
establishing him ON "A basis Of abb
soluta economic security. with fine
civic and social institutes. What Ne
need now is t. build the superstrue-
ture OF social and industrial life on
the broad foundations laid by the
earlier movement
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01
MATCHED TO FIGHT.

New York. July 3i.-Staniey hetcnei
middleweight champion, and Sam
Langford. the negro have been
matched to fight 10 rounds at the
Paramount Athletic club here during
the first week of September, The
men will weigh in at i5s pounds.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01
FATALLY INJURED.

Eureka. cal. July 2l.~As result
If collision This evening between a
motorcycle. going at high speed. and
II rapidly moving Northwestern Pacific
passenger train. Clifford Davidson. a
boilermaker. IS years old. was 50 badly
injured he g.as die.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01

mand over mae Is that ruggeu Brown
ing never could evoke. He pierced to
a depth of thought that sugarsd Swim
burne never felt Her pictures Of ma
ture In her various moods constitute
him one of the greatest of English
landscape painters. His wonderful
visions of the sea have seldom been
surpassed The heavens to him We're
an open book, and a whole astronomy
could DC compiled out of the illusions
in his poems. Every field piece of
science was laid under tribute by his
muse. Even Darwin's theory, put
forth in 1863. was already foreshadowed
in some stanzas of I'm Memnr,am.
Chief of all he was a mighty ethical
impulse u teacher OF right.uusr .ss II
herald ot lofty ideals. whose songs led
men to nobler aims and aspirations.
out of the sordid and selfish strife into
the serene and sublime hope OF al
truism.
There Ii picture of him in which
he looks like "A medieval monk. yet his
austertty had nothing manastic. Per
hals his religion Il best summed up In
the "Reminiscences of chat with Car
lyle. The evening they We're smoking
and talking, when the Immortality OF
tho soul came up for discussion. "Oid
Jewish rags" said Carlyle. you must
clear your mind Of that" Then he
likened mans sojourn upon earth In a
travellers rest at an inn. To this Ten
nyson replied that the traveller kne.
whittier he was bound. and where he
could sleep on the night following.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01

eusad of similar offanse. The lat
ter was fined $500. The Interstate
Telegraph company Is a Utah concern,
organized, the authorities claim, solely
to transmit bets I'M defiance of the
Montana anti-poolroom law. Since
Roses conviction the company has not
been operating.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01

life-hls marriage. delayed by his
financial reverse; the publication of
I'm Memorfam," the noblest tribute
ever laid upon Il dead friends tomb,
and his elevation to the laureatship,
which he exalted by his incumbency
rs no other poet ever succeeded in do
ing.
How He Got That Pension.
Perhaps the story of how Tennyson's
pension was secured is us amusing and
characteristic as anything in the life of
thnse who are concerned lin securing
it-Carlyle and Lord Houghton, him
self IL poet known to face as Richard
Monckton Mines. The story has been
told by Wemyss Reid. ms follows:
Richard Mines" said Carlyle one
day. Withdrawing his pipe from his
mouth. as they were seated together in
the little house in Cheyne Row. when
are you going to get that pension for
Alfred Tennyson?"
My dear Carlyle, responded Mines.
the thing is not easy as you seem 10
suppose What will my constituents
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01
aIks of Plans.


William L. Smyth originator of the
idea Of national irrigation congress-
said of the plan:
I'VE need a bureau If colonization
that shall work mt this problem on
scientific lines. Ultimately. we shall
get it as we did the bureau of forest
ry and the United States reclamation
service.
1T seems to me that the great les
son we should impress as deeply as
possible OH the minds of the coloniz
ing hosts of the future, is that they
need a little land under diverse and
intense cultivation. rather than big
areas that will be wastefully used.
That is to say. we want the true
home builder rather than the land
grabber
There has been much excuse for
land grabbing in the past-the excuse
tat ii did. after all. assist the de-
selopment of the country by inter
esting men who would do something to
improve our arid wastes where other
wise nothing would be done.
But now the government provides
the most vital improvement-the Wa
ter supply: and we should give weight
to another consideration. which is the
fact that we really have but little
land in comparison with our future
needs. and that this little must be put
to the very highest uses.
Il do not believe that any man
should be permitted to take more thar
10 acres of land under a government
canal. except in the regions where the
seasons are very short and that even
there he should he limited u Il max
imum of 20 acres.
Measure of Values.
THE measure of value is not acre
age. but productive capacity. Intense
cultivation multlpiies mtay times over
the productive capacity o. I single
a. u. Settlers should be taught 10
t. Ike from the land w.,a-- they r,es.
faf home consumption. AM then .
eater to the market nearas- st hand
iii the selling of their snl alus ptal-
uets. Tne= will thus make sure # d
living,
ON the social side there Is much
to be said i'm favor Of the small farm.
which brings neighbors near together.
and even of the village settlement.
which enables them To have such i'm
proyements as good streets, sidewalks.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01
Japanese Poets Tribute.

On Friday 100 years will have elapsed
since this deep seer and sweet singer
was born. Since he died, in 1902,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01
Tennyson's Rank as a Pc

For Alfred Tennysoh ranks supreme
among Victorian poets. He had COM
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-05-13

BenedIct. chaFirs uoputy. uas
visited hi fifN % Monday afsor.
nopp. MAY 81 1909. ~ 3 o'clock
which destroy q at,f a. hAlf cl the
town. thf J S. ming 10 The neigh.
b0rbood of $25, 0n0. Sixteen build.
inRs wers hnrned The fra was ane
Of the most dtslructiv thaf has resf
visited this section Of sbe State
Benedict is noted 10 history as
the place where Admiral Cock burn.
landed marines and sailors 10 An
gust 1874 prer araiorv to The British
advsnc- that r., suited Ia the apbare
Of Washington
The Gre is said to have started by
he upse,ting Of an oil stove la the
stove Of Hiram Wisbinsky.
when IL was seen that their
homes were doomed. persons be-
gan getting out their household ef-
tects. aDd much of these were saw
ed, the occupant of the last house
burned baving time to take out the
window frames and doors. Most of
the property destroyed was insur-
ed.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-05-13
An entertainment

The pupils Of Miss Leola Graves
Park Hall school, 9Th district, de-
oted the afternoon of Arbor day,
prIl Both ult., 20 an entertainment.
nth selections suggestive Of the oc.
asi0n, that was greatly enjoyed by
8llpresent. Despite the inclemency
the weather, quite large number
f the patrons attended, and the
children encouraged by their pre-
pence 10 do their best. Wed with
bach other la their efforts 10 acquit
themselves creditably. AS furth-
Ter incentive to eloquent oratory
Two boxes Of Lowney's were award.
led TO the two who best rendered
their recitations. This was deter
mined BY ballot vote patrons aud
pupils participating In the selection,
and Garnette Hilton and Edna Sht,de
won the bonbons.
We yield Miss. Graves, for her
earnest and interchangeable labors
with the children In discipling them
for the event. our warmest apprecia-
ti0n. and commend and congratulate
her for its perfect success.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-05-13
Our New JUDGES

Associate Judge 7. Van Clagett,
recently appointed to succeed
Judge Merrick. and Judge Cana.
lier, who succeeded Judge Crane
last year. are both attend ing our
present term and, with Chief Judge
Briscoe. make a full bench. Ii Is
Judge Camalier's second term Of
Court Ia Calvert. where he was no
stranger before his appointment.
He bas been we'll and favorably
known by our peoplefors some years.
Judge Clagett. who came to our
county on Monday as a comparative
stranger, rs also making many
friends among as. They are both
urbane. aiIaole gentlemen, as we'll
as able. conscientious judges, and
The expressions We have heard in
dictate that they have made a good
Impression among u.s. We hope to
have them with US at every term for
many years. Calvert Journal.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-05-13

Tuesday. May H. Court met :
all the Judges present
Last will Of VIM T. Bailey admit
ted TO probate.
Annual valuation ofihe real estate
ofJohn H Parsons tiled and inven4
tory Of personal property returned
and order for sale passed.
Petition OF Lillian B. lynch aud
Others, in the matter Of estate 81
John 7. BalIenRer filed and gran.
ted.
Release of Lillian B. Lynch and
others to w. Fl. Moore, administra.
tor OF John B. Ballenger. tiIed.
Myrtle r Tippett, ADMINISTRATIVE
Of Lewis M Tippstt allowed until
November 26. 1909 to state her &C
count.
Court adjourned until May 70,
1909.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-05-13

Early Saturday morning last the
home Of Leo ID Wathen. in Britton Il
Neck, Leonardtown district, was
destroyed by fire. When Mr..
Wathen discovered that the house
was on fire the flames had gathered
such head way that be had difficulty
10 saving the life OF colcred ser.
want girl, who was asleep. Very
little wearing apparel or anything
else was saved. IL Is thought that
the Ere originated from q rat bed
near The kitchen chimney. We are
informed that there was no insur.
ance.
Mrs Walhen hid spent long years
Identifying and improving her home
and IL was almost empowered 10
flowers. Ii was an ideal country
home and IL will take lifetime "a
mike another like IL. The sincere
sympathy Of a host Of friends Is
with Mr.. and Mrs Wathen 10 their
loss.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-05-13
County commIssIoner,s.

Tho Board of County Commission.
eTs was In session Tuesday and
61difed and passed accounts pre-.
psrat0ry TO the close of the levy.
Il Was determined to levy &c, 900 for
the Public Roads and the following
supervisors we're appointed
Sc. IniRo's. Stephen H. Bean and
W. n. Dent.
Valley Lee ~ ohm s Bean.
J e0nardtown. IF. Eugene Abel
and J Lewis Brown.
Chapticoand Milestown ~ Bris-
zoe Woonbnrn.
Charlotte Hall Sylvester Adams.
Patuxent Joseph o. Stone.
Bay. J. T. Fenhagan.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-05-13
oper.etta.

The young people OF Leonardtown
are rebearsinR an Operetta entitled
"A Day Ia Flowerdom" TO be given
June 2ud. at the Town Hall. This
promises to be bright and attrac-
tive entertainment. Entirely differ.
emit from any amusement we have
bad In the past. Refreshments serv-
ed after the performances. String
Band Will furnish music for dane
ing Doors open 730 P. u. Ad-
mission 25 cents.
MRS. Ono. p. LoKER.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-05-13
Sacred Heart end Holy Angels,

The Sacred Heart branch Of the
Blessed Virgins Sodality will have
reception Of new members and 4
May celebration next Sunday even.
ing at z o'clock. Father Stanton
will preach the sermon on that DC.
casion
The Chapel branch will have iss
annual reception and celebration on
the following Sunday evening, May
%, at the same hour.
The May Procession for the child.
rem Of the parish will take place al
the Chapel on Ascension Day, May
20. al 2 30 In the afternoon. Masses
will be said ct Sacred Heart Church
on that day at 6. 80 and9 Dan The
blessing Of the crops and fruits Of
the Earth will be invoked after the
late Mass.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-05-13
Mr. Jordan.s A onax Talkn.

Expended 50 30 for Z q N Paint
to fix up bis house. II for sale IL
will fetch good price. The pain.
tors said Twas the gallons OF oil
they mixed With 4 gallons Of L. &
M that did the job at 13 less cost
than ever before. Its colorlnQ Is
bright, beautiful and lasting. II
won't have 10 be painted again for
IL 10 10 years. becau use the L. g. nj.
Paint Is Metal y 40 Oxide combined
with White Lead aud wears and
wears and covers like gold. Sold BY
O. PALMER,
Palmer.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-05-13

~ breeding ~ tbs Imported q NR Va i N
COACH f'fALEI0N Ffedo. No. 4051
which the ne Mary Stock improvement
Association If the county, has reetnf|y
purchased direct from the impoFteT. at q
cost d $1,000
He viii make the following statIons
during The season
FiRa4 WEEK
Dr.. l. B job son. Monday March 20
Chaptieo, Tuesday and Wednesday.
MiIestown, Thursday
Clements. Friday.
Compton, Saturday
SECOND WEEK.
J A Mouery's Stable. Clover Hin. Mon.
day and Tuesday.
California, Wednesday,.
Valley Lee. Thurudey.
Jos. NJ. Mattingly's. Friday.
Leonaratown. Saturday
Fee $40. Insurance.. 815
Visits repeated at these sta tious every
Other week during the season.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-05-13

A correspondent writes the New
York World. II heard the la'e
James Oliver. the plough manufac.
turer who left fortune OF 500, 0OO,.
600, says that-the tariff earned him
more money than all his plants and
men His plouRhs sold in Australia
for SO per cent less than In Indiana. y
Thus Is shown bow q high tariff
projects" the farmer and the
" orkinRman.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-05-13
Picnic ct Our Lady.. chaps


Last Saturday about 100 children beloneina
10 the EuGday School OF Our Ladye Chapsi.
parish enjoyed to their hearts content the
May outing and picnic held for their bonefIt
on the Church grounds az Modtey'n Neck
such romping and racing, such Ian ghter aud
cheering have not for q long time been seen
o. heard within the quiet purlioun where the
children had congregated. The girls proved
themselves AZ feet IN the running races a.
tho boys, while the latter were al their beat
In the tug-0f.War contest aud the baseball
games. Special mention must be made ol the
plucky work Of the nine sanctuary boys who
walked ali tho way from IaeonardfoWn "a
Wreat baseball inurela from tn o Mealev's Neck
team Around trip OF miles 10 a great test
OF small boys endurance, But the Leon
ardtown boys were eqp9l 10 the task, and NJ
though they did not succeed Ia .swtpinR ont
their opponents, they Rwvo good exhibition
81 amateur ball playing and deserve thanks
for their part In the days Entertainment.
rather stanton desires 10 express his graft.
tude 10 the Catechism teachers and 70 the
ether ladies' who, by their presence, and by
kept the children amused, we'll nlted aud
contented during the whole day.
The com mittee In charge includeds Misses
Lucy Xatea, Bottle Wise Grace, Floyd, Lillian
haley, Lillian Ferrali, LoIena 0oidrhorough,
lllilan Woodhuru, Bessie Adams, - Higea.
Forbes Wookburn was one Of the Judges In
the tng-of-waF contest and the needle-thread-
ing match. Mr.. Floyd ufmpired the ball game
and sexton Aleek Heard Was general utility
man during the Joyous occasion.
A similar picnic VIII DO hold next Bafur-
day for the children Of ~. Francis xAvier'a
parish, NewtoWn.