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The Winslow mail., 1909-05-01
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Pref A. L. Lowell. tie rcw /
dent of Harvard, auscl N Ole CT 5
recent lectures and smile1
THAT governmental difficulty" he
said, was gr, at-as great as the d.f-
ficulty of Line oln's farm hand
Two farm hands, Lincoln used 10
say. were set upon by a huge bull
while crossing a rocky field One man.
aged to gain a tree. The other took
refuge in a hole that proved to have
an exit in the rear.
Tie man who had chosen the hole
was no sooner in at one end than he
wes cut at the other. With a below
the bull maze for him. He turned ana
a~ain shot Ike lightning through the
hole. The bull once more bore Gown
Ion him, and once more he was in
nd out of his hole
This strs nge pursuit kept up some
ten m nutes or more. At Crst it M i
ed ! farm hand up in the tree.
Then It algered him.
Fey he shouted, We DANCED min
"cmroop, why dent ye stay in ne
hCle?"
TIL bull was dash:ng from one
md of the hole to the o he at gre t
pced, and the man was bobbina 4
and out desperately. He heard, howe ~.
his comrades shout and found ii -e
before his next brief disar rrearance to
shout back
DANCED nincomro0p yerEeif!
There's bear in the !'"-Ch.ca-
so Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1909-05-01
Fish Convey Germs.

Experiments made in Germany prove
that the germs of cholera or typhoid
may endanger not only those who live
below stream, but also those above the
polluted point, as fish carry the germs
upstream.
The Winslow mail., 1909-05-01


waiter came up hurriedly, removed the
broken dish and wiped up the floor
A scream-shrill, piercing-rang
through the rooml Another and still
another-screams of agony and terror.
People started to their feet Through
the swinging doors used by the wait
ers rushed figure enveloped in
flames
Some one screamed Fire." There
was rush for the doors. Then above
the din and confusion rose her hus-
bands voice, clear and stern.
stop! There is no fire! If there is.
you are perfectly safe-on the first
floor. Help me with this girl! Quick!
Rugs-coats something"
There, in far corner where he had
caught the girl, was her husband
alone. rolling her on the floor, his coat
around her
With something like shame in their
faces for their instructive cowardice
two or three men now rushed to him
with their coats. There were no rugs
md the strips of carpet between the
tables were fastened to the polished
floor
Someone tried to pull off a table
cloth, with a loud crashing of china
and someone jerked down a lace cur
ain-all the needless. senseless things
hat people do in such cases.
But it was her husband, unheeding
heir useless efforts, who was sull
beating tie flames that clung to the
girl. At last he had them smothered
And then, still unmindful of his
lands that were cruelty burned, her
husband carefully unwrapped the coats
rom the poor, blacEened creature that
lay there. The people stood back
Watching him breathlessly. They
seemed incapable of action or speech
Some one whispered that it was a
pantry girl who had overturned an al
"OhOl lamp as she was placing it un-
ier coffee urn.
A few moments later a doctor made
his way through the crowd and then
two white-coated ambulance attend
ants lifted the still unconscious girl
IN stretcher and carried her out.
The people were now crowding
around her husband prais:ng his cour-
&c and bravery and presence of mind
They pressed forward to shake his
land, and were Mortified to find that
his hands. his wrists, even his arms
were burned
Some one touched Elizabeth on the
shoulder. She turned. 1t was the
woman who had sat opposite them
Ter eyes were full of tears.
Il haven't the courage to speak to
our husband, but | want to tell you
low sorry l am for my rudeness in
l ignoring his apologies. II am very
sorry | wish you would tell him
that"
She was gone before Elizabeth, in
her embarrassment and agitation,
could find any words for a reply.
Later, in their own rooms, after the
doctor had left, and he lay on the
couch with helpless, bandaged hands
Elizabeth came over aid knelt be-
side him. For while neither spoke;
hen Re realized that she was sobbing
uietly
Elizabeth, what is it, dear?"
She made no answer, only crept
closer to him.
Clumsily he tried to smooth her
hair, but she took the poor hand in
both CT hers, covering it with kisses
and tears. Perhaps he understood, for
! e only said, tenderly
"EliZabeth-dear little Elizabeth"
The Winslow mail., 1909-05-01

bility she had acquired the style and
air of the New York women.
But with him it had been different
perhaps because he had never felt the
need to be anything but himself, and
perhaps because he had been too busy
and Indifferent to think of it, But
gradually he had come to feel her un
spoken criticisms and his self-con-
sciousness became infinitely worse
than his previous careless Indifference
Now he was constantly trying to
please her, and only succeeded in be
ing more consciously awkward than
ever
AS she lay there in the dark, watch
ing the light from his room. there
came to her a great longing to blot
out these two months in New York
They had been so happy in that year
on his ranch. She had gloried in his
strength and manhood; his very crude
ness and simplicity she had loved
then.
Tears or cOntrition and tenderness
came to her eyes. She would go in
to him now, creep into his arms and
tell him that she loved him; that moth
ing else mattered.
She slipped out of bed, threw /
loose robe around her and knocked
sftly at his door. He was still dressed.
lying on the couch, shading his eyes
from the light. He had heard neither
her knock nor her quiet entrance.
Fer full moment she stood there be-
fore he saw her. Then he rose quick
ly.
Why, Elizabeth, l thought you were
asleep"
Mol" She started toward him.
but he made no movement to meet
hel his face reflected none o. tn
tenderness that size felt was in he
own And in that seclsd she rea.:z~.
!! ct the last two ;;.o4ls ..~I i II
6e eX-eAt Cf tie ,4..elaton It haG
,.Ci,.t.
T-~ttcu~tt rc.c~s ycu TAI some
t3cso DO lil.e t. els; " head has
ecl aching
Why, YES, l th.lk l have some"
:
here anything else | can do?"
She sLocz her head. NO, this will
rCbably put me to sleep"
In her own room again, she crept
nto bed with a miserable sense Of
allure and a vague feeling of dread
Where was this enstrangement lead
lg them? How would it end? 1t was
learly dawn when at last she slept.
That morning he went to his Office
early. He did not come into her room
until he was leaving; he was carry
.ng his hat and coat. He came up to
The bed and kissed her quietly good
by.
She had wanted to put up her arms
and draw him down beside her; to tell
lin gOOd-by with all her old love and
aresses. But she had not; she had
ain very still, answering quietly that
ler head was better. A moment later
she heard the click of the elevator
lown the hall He had gone
The day dragged painfully. She felt
strangely alone and desolate. Even the
shops failed to interest her. Once she
started to telephone her husband, and
then in quick fear had hung up the
eceiver. What was there to say?
When he came home that evening
later than usual, she felt it was pur-
posely to avoid their accustomed chat
before dinner He went Immediately
'nto his room to dress.
In half an hour they were seated
at their table in the cafe. They had
reached the entree when the woman
whose dress had been torn last night
swept in and was seated by the head
The Winslow mail., 1909-05-01
You can be faithful without being
rOCtV
One Woman's Scheme.

The thrifty wife of an officer in our
army saw no reason why the big
sheets CT linen paper covered with fig
Tres and calculations should be
thrown away. She begged all she could
get, soaked them, and for her reward
lad enough fine linen to make frocks
md blouses for the family. The ink
toes not go through the surface finish
and SO a perfect treasure lies under
leath to be had for bit of hot water
and the asking.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21
Nobody Cares"

Leopold, King of Belgium, a
Frenchlfied little Kingdom in north
west Europe, is dead. Nobody cares
Nobody is particularly sorry, even of
his own immediate family. In fact it
would have been rather a good thing
had he entered sarcophagus several
years ago, especially, Tor the poor
Congo natives. He was the kind of
nbn who, had he lived couple of
thousand years ago, would have made
a Nero, or a Caligula. His promi-
nence but accentuates his dabolism
and was due to the accident of birth
not talent. He's gvne to meet the
slaughtered Congo people and Christ.
mas 1909 will be free from the taint
of his presence,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21

S ee Suffers Christ n;s l.
PLAYS.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21

Groody's Christmas cigars are
best regardless of cost. d-5t
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21

Silver Toilet Sets at Suffers
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21

lay aside for season the sordidness
ard selfshness of business life, the
Democrat takes off its hat to its
readers everywhere and wishes they
may have a very Merry Christmas.
The old year Of 1909 is drawing to its
close and with all its mistakes, its
good and its evil, is in the past. and
the blessed Holiday season is here.
The future is big with promise, and
the Democrat hopes that not a care
may mar the peace and serenity in
the homes of its readers this Christ
mas tide. Ladies and gentlemen, yes,
and boys and girls-A Merry Christ
mas to you and a Happy New Year.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21
"White Slave" Traffic

Miss Kate Barnard. Commissioner
of Charities, has taken in hand the
social evil in Oklahoma City and
wants something oore in the direc-
tion Of stamping it out. IL is hoped
she will be successful, hut the RENE
dy proposed will not cope with the
disease. Being social evil, only
socially can IL be remedied. As long
as men are socially recognized who
are equally guilty with the white
slave. the evil will continue to
exist. As long as women. and Chris
tian women at that, recognize and
tolerate the man ard spurn their
frail and unfortunate sister, men of
no great amount of moral stamina are
being encouraged and nurtured in i'm.
morality. And when the man is ex-
cluded from decent society and the
ban of society put on him: when
Caesar is required to be above sus-
picion the same as Caesars wife, the
evil will receive its death blow. And
il rests with the women.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21
A Merry ChriStmG

AS the season of festiyity and
cheer rolls round again, and the
Christmas chimes peal out. and the
sound of joy is in the air and men
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21

RM Pell, of the Baldwin & Gibbs
Co, sold the w + McCracken prop
erty, lot 27 in block 81 toJ F Harvey
consideration $3.50.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21

w A Stevens made a business trip
to Lawton Monday to be absent sew.
eral days.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21

Fresh Butter and Cheese as
well as all the dellcacies of the
season at the c. o. d. market.
Phelps q Co., Props
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21
Club House Pancake Flour
Anadarko Grocer Co., Phone 81

A good Christmas present for
the old folks at home. Send
them the Democrat.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21

We can save you money on
your Christmas groceries. Ana
darko Grocer Co. Phone Sc.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21

Buy Kings Chocolates" for
your Queens taste at Paul Kal-
ser's Place,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21

Pals, Barrels and Tons of mix
ed Candy, Z cents per pound at
Baird's dot
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21

We pay Cash for Chickens,
Turkeys, Eggs and Butter at the
G. o. ID. et.-Phelps & Co.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21

Fruits, Nuts and Candy cheap
er than the cheapest at Baird's.
d.6t
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-21

Don't fail to see the fine line
of Watches at Suffers Jewelry
Store.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-02

ness for her which constantly coming OUT
in the correspondence. Not compassion aiohe
for her physical sufferings could have kept MN
steadily at such a pitch of emotion. nor is II
credible that his voiuminous asseVerauOhS VI
loving kindness are fatty insincere IT. Wouiu
SEEM rather that there was deep 1uhd oi
boueIv affection in his heart, that in the midst
of the furious lamentations of his genius anu
the constant pressure of material Worries He
craved to be loved to be cheered. to nave some
sort of healing balm laid upon the WOUNDS ol
his soul. Minna, we dare say, was the last
woman in the world TO give him quite what ne
needed, the quick understanding. the silent
solace-atove all, the forbearance- which douOt-
less wouId have made him the stanchest OF
Mariners. AS it was, he seems to have chung
with extraordinary tenacity to the hope thaI
their iangIing temperaments would In the Iohs
run settle down into something like harmony.
Over and over again he smooths out their bick-
erings. minutely explains things which ne tei'
needed no explanation but on which she was
disposed to be adamant, and from beginning 10
end shows the utmost sOlicitude for her Wen
New-York tribune., 1909-05-02

being He never loses sight of her comfort He
does the best he can for her in all money mat
ters. and his plans for the betterment Of her
health are unimpeachable Decidedly. says,
a rncdeI husband-if only the Wesendonck let
ters were not there to hint doubt. il only one
did not SO sorey miss what Minna might have
had to say in extenuation of all her moods and
tantrums
One thing he did for her by which profit
He put into his letters great deal OF his ex-
perience as an artist making his way in the
world and little, here and there. about that
more hidden life of the composer which is of
the deepest interest to the student of music. He
is chiefly concerned to relate everyday affairs.
his dealings with orchestras and publishers. his
financial arrangements and so on, but there are
moments in which, artist he takes her
almost gleefuIIy into his confidence. In a let
ter written from Lucerne in 1853, year of war,
he saws:
We have real message of peace to-day: the two
little Emperors have Professionally concluded an
Tristan; Works go going & nicely @ & forward; Tristan Fri
end of the month. think. Isolde will also be done
for. This last act promises quite famOusy 1 drew
the morning we were reused BY the boots with the
Alp horn: jumped up. saw it was raining and re-
went droninE round my head, and out of it arose
outside to signal Isoes t Ship making UW 0Ms sr
prisingiy merry and naive effect
There are. too. some suggestive illusions TO
his work his great comedy. 1T has seemed
droll." he writes. Ito be mixing with my Niirn-
burg Meistersngers here in Paris opposite the
Tuileries and Louvre: | often have to laugh out
loud when look up" Recalling all that Paris
meant to him. first and last. one appreciatiyely
enters into his mood. enjoying its humor. Then
there some delightful illustrations of the
ruling passion in him. the artist ever on the
New-York tribune., 1909-05-02

the course of their married life, he says: Il
don't destroy your letters; l have them ALL
Where are they? II in the archives of Wahn-
fried which yielded up this collection, 1t is
doubly unfortunate that they are withheld from
publication inasmuch as that suggests a preju-
diced policy. AS the case stands. poor Minna IS
left practically without defence.
The inferences to be drawn from the evidence
at hand are more or less favorable to Wagner.
but remembering that it is all supplied by him
self and that he was an intense egoist and re-
meInbering also the WesendOnck letters, one Is
bound to at least suspend judgment until the
whole story is given TO the world When that
day arrives it is to be hoped. with no disrespect
to Mr Ellis that the work may be placed in the
hands of some absolutely dispassiOnate editor.
The good faith of this Jealous translator and
biographer is beyond all question He is hon
estIy convinced that lit certainly was not the
fault of Richard Wagner that this marriage of
his became more and more of a chastisement as
years rolled on. till finally that year which
might have seen the joyful celebration Of a sill
yer wedding saw nothing but one forlorn at
tempt to re-establish a hearth the foundations
of which had been sapped by the wife's own
lack OF sympathy" Perhaps he is right.
Nevertheless we must take his conclusion with
a grain of salt. in the absence of Mnna's letters.
Meanwhile, what are we to gather from Wag-
ner's version of his first matrimonial advent
urer He paints himself as the loving and pa
tient husband of a woman whose predisposition
to suspicion and unreasOning jealousy not
simply confirmed but grossly infamed by per-
sistent i'll health. Minna< she may be di-
vined from these letters. was woman of diff
ficult" character. and into the bargain, a Great
ure of nerves. She must have had some very
IovabIe traits. for not otherwise could Wagner
have so long preserved the feelings of tender
New-York tribune., 1909-05-02
C4RGOES.
BY JOHN MAsEFIELD

BY JOHN MASEF1ElD
Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant CPIlI
Rowing home to haven in sunny Paieslihe
With a cargo of ivory,
And apes and peacocks, 80 ;
SandalwoOd. cedarwood, and sweet White "i0-
Stately Spanish gaIleon coming from the ISlh-
Dripnfne through the tropics by the palm green
shores,
With a cargo of diamonds,
Cmeralds, amethysts, . ,,
Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked SMOKE
stack =, , ,T,r.E,
Butting through the Channel in the mad March
days,
With a cargo of Tyne coal,
Road-rails, pg-lead -
New-York tribune., 1909-05-02

These volumes provide an interesting sequel
to the collection of Wagner's letters to Mathilde
Wesendonck of which Mr.. Ellis published a
translation some three four years ago That
collection commentaries an intimacy which was
greatly detrimental to the composers already
strained domestic relations. but Mr.. Ellis most
pious of Wagnerites, MADE it perfectly plain IN
his treatment of the whole subject that his sym
pathies were with Wagner. The present cor
respondence certainly lends color to his partl-
sanship yet it is to be regretted that 1t does not
include the documents which would nave given
Ninna's side Of the case. Writing to her late in
New-York tribune., 1909-05-02
SOME WAGNER LETTERS.
The Bitter Story of the COmposer,s s
First Marriage.

RICHARD TO MINNA WAGNER. Letters to his
First Wife Translated. prefaced. etc, py
William Ashton Ellis In two volumes win
portraits. SvO pp- xviii, $685. 414 Imported by
Charles Scribner's Sons.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-02
GDr NeAp'2nea1s Gribnrres
SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1863.

The attempt of a group of French literary
mon to found a Balzac museum IN Earls HAS
been a sorry failure. They rented the hou'e
in the Rue RaynOuard, wherein the great bn"il
,rrofe .sC;psar Birotteau," Les PaySanS' anu
other masterpieces. and hoped TO accuhiula'e
fer preservation there many interesting reiicS
of the novelist But there were no funds forth
coming with which to pay the rent, anu Ho"
q baiIir is on the premises The owner OF the
bousr is the daughter of the proprietor IN
RaIzac's time and she was patient enough Ii
tba matter of the rent money. Under pressure
fror- her family, however, she had hnally 10
put an end to the project of the hero worship
pers They counted" it is very aptiy Shd'
s'without BaIZac's luck" That was most per
sistently bad, a kind Of sardonlc coI1lrmauoh
of Pope's line MAN never is, but always TO De
bleSt" He was always dreaming of millions,
of 4 house packed with masterpieces, and or
q perfect wife with whom to lead a lie OF
flawIess happiness. AS matter OF fact ne
WIS always in debt he was never particularly
fortunate as q collector and when at last ne
persuaded Madame Hanska to marry him ne
came home with her only TO die He would
have appreciated the irony of the fate which
has overtaken the BalZac Museum.
The English papers are teeming, or course,
with anecdotes of Swinburne. They are never
more CHARACTERISTIC tnan WIieH lLey uiuoc@eS
the generosity of his nature, the faculty
that he had for instant appreciation George
Meredith in warm tribute TO his friend,
tells this story of him:
II happened that he was expected one day
a visit to me- and he being rather late went
along the road to meet him. At last he ap-
peared waving the white sheet of what seemed
to be a pamphlet. He greeted me with a
triumphant shout of StanZa new 10 my ears
This was Fitz GeraJd's Omar Khayyam, and we
Law on a hcathery knoll beside my cottage read
ing a stanZa alternately, Indifferent TO the dinner
bell until 4 prolonged summons reminded us or
appetite After the meal we took TO the paper
covered treasure again. Suddenly Swlnburne
ran upstairs and | had my anticipauons. He
returned with feather-pen. blue folio-sheet. and
a dwarf bottle of red ink. In an hour he had
finished thirteen stanZas of his Laus Venerls,
and rarely poet have paid so hiSh a
compliment to another titz Gerald received
This OuickneSs or his TO KIndle into !lame
WAS at once his strength and his weakness
The EXPRESSION of his loves and Of his hatreds
was often sadly oyerdOne. II his magnificent
euIogies sometimes had the stirring power of
trumpet call they sometimes provoked a smile
and his condemnation as often rebounded
against itself as it convinced. His countrymen
under the stress of their loss in his death, are
iust now disposed to look with benevolent
eyes upon everything that he did, but in the
long run it is likely that they will take
different view OF his fervid habit of mind
Swinburne wrote some exhiIaratinS prose but
be was too emotional to be great critic
New-York tribune., 1909-05-02

The MiIanese correspondent of the London
Hrimes" communicates to that journal an in
teresting description of D'AnnunZiOs new play,
of which Phedra is the central figure He ap-
pears to have added to Italian literature only
one more of those depressing works in which
a brilliant style is thrown over impossible
motives mo upeaping of dazzling words in
every other line" we are told, can tighten the
turbid foulnesS of this nOcuOus work" For
three hours and half the audience listened
TO the delivery Of some three thousand lines
and listened in vain for any that might have
been expected nObly to touch the Imagination.
The author had promised at least one fine
thing saying of Il scene in the first act This
is the episode which will most deeply move all
poets' But, according to the correspondent OF
'"The Tfmes' ut the performance "the tenuous
idea failed to force its way through the tInSle
of brilliant yerbage which obScureS it. The
heroine of ''Fedra" would appear TO be
monster almost incredibly repusive. She is
compared to 'the crippled beggar that screams
to us in the loud streets of Naples, sitting in
his cart and exhibiting his i'll. Behold he
cries, how contaminated I ami See the can
cerous stumpi See the ulcer that cOrrOdes me-
Surely my sore is worse than any other sore
And he glories in his blight" 1t is, Of course,
to be expected that many writers will never
theless presently be prOcl&minG to the world
that this dramatiSt has produced another
masterpiece