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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-07
TO LIMIT GENERAL DELIVERY
POSTMASTER BARNES ASKS FOR
THE NECESSARY AUTHORITY.
Use Of Fictitious Names at Window
Common-Leads to Wrong,
He Believes.

The use OF the general delivery Of the
city post Office by persons who assume
| fictitious names has prompted Postma ster
Barnes to request authority OF the first
assistant postmaster general to limit such
use to thirty days. unless a good reason
is shown by an applicant for extending
the time.
A count was kept for two days, begin
| ming October /, which shows that of 2,10s
letters delivered through the general de-
livery to men IL were apparently ficti-
tiously addressed and Of 1,o64 to women
III were apparently fictitious and were
addressed to minors of sixteen years OF
age and under.
Not Easy for Minors.
The postmaster says a great reduction
has been affected in the delivery Of let
tiers to minors by requiring the applicants
to see the superintendent of delivery and
explain to him why their letters are not
addressed to their homes. In nearly every
instance the explanation has either been
withheld or unsatisfactory.
In other cities. it is said, the general
delivery service has been abused for the
purpose Of carrying on clandestine CORE
spondence.
Was Fierce in Chicago.
The abuse was so great In Chicago that
the postmaster had great trouble in sup
pressing it. The regulations forbid the
delivery of letters to fictitious addresses,
but the difficulty with the postal authori-
ties lies in determining when an address
is really fictitious.
This general delivery method of secur-
ing mail, it is claimed, has worked great
wrong to many families in being the
means whereby children and others of
weak minds and morals have been led
astraV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-07
Inappropriate.

From Llpplhcott1
The captain was explaining what would
be done in case of accident.
And should the ship strike a rock
he continued. we'd burn red fire and
send up rockets.
But wouldn't that be rather un-
usual time to celebrate. captain?" asked
the towheaded youth with the bulldog
pipe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-07

Rev Gideon d. Fisher Of Marion, Nd,
has been rendered a call to become pastor
Of the Friedens Union and Slatedaie Re
formed churches, in Lehigh county. Pa,
to succeed Rev DR.. e. j. Fogel and Rev.
A. Piscator. both resigned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-07

The funeral of Allen Cassidy Buzzard.
member of a prominent family Of Morgan
county. w. Va. who died recently In
the west. took place at Berkeley
Springs, w. Va. He was q son OF the
late George .. Buzzard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-07

Mrs. Minnie f. Pence, wife of John NJ.
Pence, is dead from dropsy and paralysis
at her home, near Forrestrille, Shenan-
doah county, Va. in the fiftieth year Of
hey ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-07

Announcement Is made Of the marriage
OF Miss Madeline r. Wine OF Scotland
and Mr.. Donald l.. Wolfnger, son Of
George J.. Wolfnser. Of Chambersburg.
The couple went to Harrisburg and were
married.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-07

pretty brunette. William Crabtree and
Elsie Pearce won in the class for chiidren
who carried themselves the best.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-07

To these he has added letters from other sources
many extremely valuable ones being published
here for the first time All are arranged chrome
logically and form a more or less connected
story. MI Shorter mas contributed what was
necessary in elucidation and explanation. but
this is judciously brief His work has been
admirably done and will probably be, in truth.
the full and final record Of the lives Of
Patrick Brontes three famous daughters.
In Mrs. Gaskelrs excellent memoir Of Char
Iotte there are, as know. certain errors OF
fact into which she was led unwittngly by her
dependence upon nelghborhood gossip. The
Reverend Mr.. BrontG, for example, was not the
brute Of that boETapher- He did not cut UP
his wifc's silk dress or burn his chiIdren's new
shoes. H was not mere selfish with the women
kind of his household than the British husband
and father of that period was wont to be. con-
sidered il right 10 be. He was fond OF his
children and proud OF them, and probably
brought them up We'll as so poor man
could. He was an industrious author, printing
both prose and verse. chiefly on religious sub
iects Among these things, Mr. Shorter notes
there are one or two pieces of really picturesque
writing. From Mrs. Bronte, too their children
may have inherited something of literary faCul-
ty The love letters which she wrote to BrOnte
before their marriage-from which only
tract was printed by Mrs. GaSkalI-aTe here
given in full They are gentle and dignifed
epstles full of the conventional religious phrase
ology of her time. yet showing something here
and there of the ease and vigor which were to
mark CharIottes style The essay on poverty
which her husband preserved all his life has
little worth, but a BrOnte document it de-
serves its place in appendix
The new letters which Mr.. Shorter offers US
do not in any sense change the estimate of
Charlotte's character which the world has
gathered from Mrs. Gaskelrs book. Perhaps it
dininishes a little the impression OF painful
morbidity-a morbidity which much the
result of delicacy Of health and rustic seclusion
as of native Sensitiveness. We may admit that
she had reason to complain of what was at least
lack of consideration during her employment as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-07

fellow pupils there and gives her testimony as
to the folly of the gossip which identifying their
professor. NJ Heger. with Paul Emanuel in
'yillette" and Charlotte with Lucy Snowe, has
credited the brilliant girl with a Ltimental
affection for her teacher.
The letters which Charlotte addressed to Mr.
W. S. Williams the reader" for the firm of
Smith. Elder & Co. who of her most
helpful friends. are deeply interesting. There
is much self depreciation in them. She re-
garded almost with trembling the success Of
Jane Eyre" keeping, as she says, her expecta-
tions low;
But my desire that it should succeed augments,
for you have taken much trouble about the work.
efforts should be baffed and your SanguIue hopes
fear they are rather TOO sl1euine it would be bet
ter moderate them. What Will the critics of the
when viii win from thaIn zen sf2ote r,ai;,rIrI
Of appreciation? II has no learning, no research;
it discusses 10 subject of public interest a mere
domestic novel Will l fear. trivial OF
large views and solid attainments-
How impossible it is to imagine a novelist
of to-day writing in that strain to her pub
lisher One of Charlotte's greatest joys was
the cordial appreciation of Thackeray. for of all
the authors of her time she most venerated him.
"One good word from such 4 man. she tells
Mr.. Williams. is worth pages OF praise from
ordinary judges" Again and again she dweIIs
with delight upon his books. He stands alone
she writes, ''aIone in his sagacity. alone in his
truth. alone in his feeling (his feeling though
he makes noise about it. is about the most
genuine that ever lived on a printed page. alone
in his power alone in his simplicity, alone in
his seIf-cOntrol Thackeray is a Titan" In
this spirit of reverence she dedicated to the
great novelist the second edition of Jane
Eyre" and did it in ignorance of the sorrow
in his life-the insanity of his beloved wife
Already there had risen rUmor that the book
had been written by a governess in his family.
and the dedication seemed to confirm the
mise A letter from ThaCkeray told her this
in the kindest way and her distress over the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-07

a governess with the Sedgwicks but II IS aISo
evident that she continually looking io'
sights Intellectually she apprehended INC
situation for she wrote 10 her frlend' E'iSI
Nuss,y: 81 am miserable when / allow mySe'i
to dwell on the necessity Of spending my Ire do
q e-oyerness. The chief requisite for that StaI'Oi
seems to me to be the power of taking Things
easily as they come, and of making oneself coi"-
Portable and at home wherever We may chsiil'e
10 be-dualfties in which all our family are ue
dcient" In another letter she declares that heF
whole mind and nature utterly averse 10 thal
ernnloyrnent-and the more she struggled inc
more morbid she became 1t is true that All
through that gOvcrnessing period, perlod Oh
drv and dull restraint, she was tantallzed WIN
the consciousness of faculties unexercised. anu
she was tortured by what she called the 6
tranpernent from ones real character-the adoP-
ton of a cold, frigid apathetic exterior II Is
strange indeed to think of soul which has such
intensity in such exterior But palnIul d.
was her experience it added riches to the store
If observation which made her an author or IN
diving fame. So too, with her experiences IN the
p,r,sseIs school Mr.. Shorter, by the way mas
found in a Miss Wheelwright one OF CharI0ttes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-07

At 4 recent dinner Of the Authors Club in
london Sir Charles Villiers Stanford diScoursed
in titingIy light vein on The Influence Of Lit
erature upon Music" incidentally he spoke of
the musical excursions Of authors In Shakes
peare and in Milton, he said you find no
EolaciSms. How Shakespeare learnt the nyS-
terry Of the craft he could not guess. but he re-
ferred Millions knowledge to the fact that his
father was accomplished musician, the com
poser of one of the first madrgals in The Tr-
umphS Of OTiana" Sir Charles was struck
by the fact that Browning. who had an for
music and some smattering of knowledge of it,
had allowed himself far less musical sound in
his poetry than either Tennyson or Swinburne
or Rossetti. none Of whom pretended to musical
lore. He gave these instances of Browning's
use Of technical expressions:
In "Abt Vogler" for example. he speaks of
that master, as he improvises sliding by semi
tones till he sinks TO q minor a method of
meditation which would be the very reverse of
mastery, and I blunt it into a ninth" when it
should be 81 sharpen it into a NINTH" finally
atOning for 1t all by that immortal expression
"the c major of this life And Browning once
wrote u poem for music the words for tune OF
Avison, in "Parleyngs with Certain People,"
good defamation for anyone who tries to sing
his words to the tune viii find line after line of
false accents and hating rhythm.
The composer also reported droll slip made
by George Eliot, who speaks somewhere of "a
long drawn organ STOP and from amongst
living authors he cited Mr.. Birrell as responsible
for the charming definition OF a fugue as a
'short melody"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-07
IN Old SCyG


From The London Spectator
TUESDAYS Times contains An iH'e's>-
count Of one Of Mt C---l----.s -eee1, -
earliest existing Ms ~ "A---rd- A IL IL
James Thomson and DAVID A,--ir- -
cludes as It's grand finale 't---e- -
Originally produced I- f-t7- A---s--
vivei in 1871 with CARRIES m ne ~
with four NOR verses '---rz-l-a'' = = :
BRITANNIA" one of these vrrSe----5
ship Of which has been ----i1---5- -
brOke-is worth quoting
Harry the prince. whose Pat--o,-re-.s-- -
Shall hit tEy towns VIII S'-----L-
Ave with thy fleets -He lartles- H. -
And make u home true ITev----
But. as the writer Of the aEIlc-e =, -
is a very curious iI-~-l-y racc L1a- : =
its various viCIssItudes. the oTislla-, - I
the song Lby ThoUsoCl has c0inE -.
down the various ti-ztrlrsS u ~
subjected" As regards tae nei ,e.s,--.--,
wagner founded an ove-t1re. recus So
the spirit of British SEA power. u -
has been contested on oenaI o - - I
the dates seem Conc-lSlveiF q - a
view the "Occasiora- 0-atorio. - -, !.
is said 10 have been PIaElarized, no ~ "a z;
composed until 1876. white Al14VN
performed on August Z. l54a-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-07
Gte Neao@2DJork grlb11eoe.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY I. 1909

It * = little amusing to observe the plight OF
Ifr Theodore Watts Dunt0n, who has just
printed in The English Review" that ballad of
elan Van Hunks which ROssett composed III
kis Youth Writing to The AthenRum," Mr.
watts Dunton portentously remarks that he
Afnds himself at issue with the editor Of The
English Review on the subject of cOlloquialism
in the English ballad" Why is Mr.. Watts
puntOn in this depl0rable situation? The SAD
story may thus be told in his own words
Many years ago I had some printed copies
made Of RoSSettfS ballad Jan Van Hunks. IN
which l carefully preserved all the colloqulalIsms
that | found in the manuscripts, Such as
"thcy've' for they have" hes for he mas
etc When, at the request Of the editor, con-
scented to have the ballad published in The Eng
lish Review" | furnished him with one of these
printed copies on reading the ballad in The
Review" | find that, in the form printed mere
the editor has in 4 few cases departed IN regai
TO collOquialiSmS, from the printed copy l sent
him and given they have" for they've and
she has for hes"
There is something profoundly moving about
this communication. Mr. Watts-Duntons emo
tions must be poignant indeed AS he goes on
to remind us, he published an essay many years
ago in which he endeavored to show that the
dramatic ballad holds a unique place in liter
ature.' and he is undoubtedly right in his asSer
ton that "as n condensed quintessential drama
1t allows, and even demands, the use Of all the
realistic resources at the command of the
dramatiSt.' OF course he might have avoided
great agony OF mind by heroicaly refusing to
give Jan Van Hunks" that colossal poem, to
the worId-ospeciaIIy as Rossetti was willing to
die without printing it But one must not ask
too much of the friends of dead authors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-07

While English literature exists interest in the
author of Jane Eyre" of Shirley and OF
"Villette" will believe. remain vital thlng
in every generation. There could hardly be
less promising environment for the blossomlnS
of genius than that to be found in the bleak
little moorland parish Of Haworth in the bare
poverty stricken home wherein Charlotte Bronte
was born How under such grim conditions her
character and her talents were developed We
may trace in the letters which nearly fill these
two volumes. Mrs. GaskelfS biography has no"
gone out of copyright, and the letters printed
therein were therefore at Mr. Shorter's disposal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-07
ANOTHER BRONTE BOOK.
The Final Collection Of Letters.

THE rRONTlS- LIFE AND LETTERS. Being
an Attempt to Present Full and Final RECORD
OF the Lives of the Three Sisters. Charlot te.
Emil and Anne Rronte. from the biographies
OF Mrs Caskeli and others and from Numerous
Hitherto Unpublished Manuscripts and letters
BY Clement Shorter In two Volumes $40, PIP
465-4S2. Charles SCribneT's Sons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-07

The sources of the nOvelfsts inspiration make
q subject Of perennial interest, especially with
reference to the intimate blending in them of
Imagination and fact If study of the subject
proves anything it proves that fact without
imagination, is about the dullcst thing that can
be introduced into fiction a recent commenta-
tor on Balzac abiding TO the manner in which
characters in his books can be identified with
characters he himself knew. about whom he
took pains 10 obtain authentic knowled speaks
OF the prototype Of Cesar BiroHeau, one Antoine
CLARION, for whose personal history research
yields considerable evidence It is doubtful if
this evidence though ever 50 carefully handled,
would put before US so vivid i creature of flesh
and blood WAS fashioned by BalEac. How
essential the highest creative power is to the
presentation Of fact in fiction is suggested by
the rarity of the really convincing portrait" in
the average novel of our time. The work of
genuine talent that is produced every year is
nothing less than amazing, and every row and
then some bit of fiction is produced which has in
it Il streak, at least, of genius. But if our nov
elists find their Copy" among the people they
meet they certainly lack the gift for investing
it with the highest reality. One frequently
hears whispers OF the originals that SO-and-so
had in his mind when he drew such and such
characters in his last novel, but reads the
book in vain for proofs Of his skill as u portrait
painter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-07
THE BUTTERFLY.
BY s. T. CoLERIDGE,

The butterfly the ancient Grecians made
The souls fair emblem, and its only name
But of the soul. escaped the sIaVlSh taue
OF earthly life,-For in this mortal frame
ours is the reptiles lot. much ton, much barne'
Manifold motions making little speed.
And to deform and kill the things whereon we
feed
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-10-28
|. G. Milliman Of Logan,
Former Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Thinks Judge
Smith Will Be
Reelected.

Hon. j. G. Milliman of Logan
former lieutenant governor of
Iowa, was at the state house
this morning and declared that
the republicans of the ninth
cong -essional district are going
to re, urn Judge Walter l.Smith
to congress, even if there is,
as he declared, "a movement to
Hell ,burnize Judge Smith at the
cleo ton next fall"
In discussing ninth district
politics Mr.. Milliman said, "The
republicans will have their coats
off for Judge Smith. The in
.surgents, as they are called,
have no man that will take
chances of running against
Smith, but they do have a
plan, so it is reported, of Hep
burnizing the Judge at the ele-
elton. That is, they will allow
him to be nominated at the pri-
maries without opposition and
then defeat him at the polls.
That is the way it is under
stood in many parts of the
ninth district" Mr.. Milliman
also stated that there is not
much chance of Attorney Gen.
eral Byers entering the lists
against Congressman Smith. -
Des Moines Capitol.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-10-28

The Northwestern has an
nounced that twenty train aud
itors will shortly be put on the
runs both east and west of
the Missouri river. Hereto
fore there has only been one as.
signed west of the river and four
east. These auditors go over the
road with conductor for ten
days, collecting the fares, etc,
while the conductor Simply runs
the train. The reports for the
ten days are compared by the
company with the the ten pre-
ceeding and the ten following
for each conductor.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-10-28

Mr.. Person Cheney who has
been the guest of Dr.. and Mrs.
Colt for the past week, left for
his home in Dixon, III. this
morning accompanied by his
old time friend j. S. Wattles.
During the years of physical
affection, Mr.. Cheney has so
bravely endured, his dream has
been to be again midst his
friends in Mo. Valley, his home
for so many happy years whose
people he so dearly loved. He
was able to realize this dream
in its fullness, but it was soon
revealed to him that his physi-
cal powers were limited. Fear
ing that a storm might prevent
his reaching home quickly he
concluded to go while he could
make the trip comfortably. We
are glad we have again had an
opportunity to meet this cheer
full, mirthful, broad minded
noble man. No one could be
in his presence five minutes
and not feel, tat his influence
was a benediction. He regret
ted that he could not have met
more of his friends, but left
this farewell. God bless every
citizen, woman and child with
in the boarders of Mo Valley
love them all"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-10-28

c r. Kruger. the Jewler. 1860 Virgin
ia Ave, Indianapolis. Ind. writes: II
was SO weak from kidney trouble that
l could hardly walk hundred feet.
-Four bottles of Foley's Kidney Rene
dy cleared my complexion. cured my
bachache and the irregularities disap-
peared, and can now attend to bust
ness every day and recommend Foley S
Kidney Remedy to all sufferers. as it
cured me after the doctors and othe,
remedies had failed"
Robt. W. Harvey o3l
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-10-28

Foley's Honey and Tar clears the
air passages. stops the irritation in the
throat, soothes the inf1amed membranes
and the most obstinate cough disap-
pears. Sore and inflamed lungs are
healed and strengthened. and the cold
is expelled from the system. Refuse
any but the genuine in the yellow
package. Robt. w. Harvey OBI
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-10-28
SOUTHWEST IOWA DEBAT
ING LEAGUE
Co Bluffs and Shenandoah,
Denison and Mo Valley
Alton and Bedford Teams
To Meet Them.

Tabor, Ia, Oct. % The high
school debating league for the
southwestern district Of
Iowa has recently been organ
lied under the leadership Of
Supt. H. F. Volkmann Of Tabor
the district director, and pre-
parations are being made for
preliminary contests.
Seven schools of this district
have Joined the league. They
are Denison, Mo Valley, Co
Bluffs, Alton, Bedford, Shenan-
doah and Tabor.
PRELIMINARIES IN DECEMAER
The date appointed for the
first preliminary contest is the
second Friday in December.
Denison will debate against Mo
Valley, Co Bluffs against Shen-
andoah and Alton against Bed
ford.
Since Tabor is in a class by
herself, being an odd number,
this high school will have to
wait until the second series be-
fore entering the forum Of de-.
bate. However, the Tabor pu--
pills are alive with interest, and
expect to make no uncertain
sound when the proper time,
arrives.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-10-28

Announcement Piano and Pop
ular Voting Contest will be conducted on
strictly honest business principles, with
perfect Justice and fairness to allconccrned
2-prileS-The first prize shall be fine
first class piano, OF a leading make. valued
at $500 MANY other valuable and useful
prizes will be given.
Candidates ANY Young lady. mar
ried or single, in this and adjoining coun-
ties, is eligible for place in the Contest.
The most popular lady is the one who shall
receive the most votes TO her shall be
awarded the beautiful Upright Piano. 9th
er candidates to receive their choice of
prizes in order. according To their standing
OF votes.
4-Tle In vetes-In case OF tie the value
OF the prizes will be equally divided, or a
like prize granted to those tying.
Glasses Of Votes -The votes are is
sued in coupons of the following denorni-
nations
New Subscnpti rs. 500 votes for sl.oo
Renewal Subscriptions. 500 votes for Sl.0O
Jolt Pig or Advertising 200 votes fer 81 90
) year Subscriptions. 5000 votes for $500
r CHIT is reserved to add ADDITIONAL classes
OF votes. ana olaer puoiicauonS, also to
change or modify these rule; and regula
tions as necessity demands.
6-6.ncra' Instructions Names of Con-
,estansS will be printed in order according
10 standing and the amount OF their votes
published regular after first count is made
During first TO DAYS no candidate will be
permitted te cast over 5000 Subscription
Votes during any one week Advertising
Job Printing Merchants or Free Paper
Coupon Votes can be voted in any quanti-
" and at any time.
Votes willnot be allowed on subscription
a, less than regular qrice OF the paper.
Votes once deposited in ballot box can
not be transferred to another.
Possmasters and Agents commissions
are to be suspended during contest.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-10-28

Mount Vesuvius is again in
eruption and the people of Ma
plee and Mesina are again ter
ror stricken. We had rather
live in the Missouri Valley than
near that volcano.