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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-03-03
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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-03-03

j. w. Briggs, a former representa-.
tive in the Legislature of This state,
is visiting in this city.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-03-03
GIVE US YOUR ORDERS

We have just received our new stock wall pa
pers in which there are about $1,000 Rolls and
over 100 different patterns to select from. all new
and up-to-date styles, prices from 15c. per roll
and up.
If you are thinking Of having your h use
papered or decorated give US q chance to figure
with you. We are glad to give you our best fig
ures in paper along or complete with paper on
the walls as we have expert paper hangers and
painters working for us and We will guarantee
first class and prompt work.
We also receive q large stock of Room and
picture mOuldings OF different descriptions and
colors.
Remember we are the Cheapest Wall Pa
per and Furniture Dealers i'm Carson City
Come in and see our Stock
CARSON FURNITURE CO.
Opposite Briggs House
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-03-03

Is everybody happy? Watch for
the minstrels by the Eagle band. The
time is March 9th and 10th. The
place Carson Opera House. h girl
is up to you.
J. +. Brambiila S in this city on
business for his firm.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-03-03
ANNUAL STATEMENT

OF the Commercial Union Assurance
Company, Limited of London, Eng
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-03-03
ANNUAL

c: the Union Central Life Insurance.
Company, of Cincinnati. Ohio.
March / II
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
BACK TO ECROPE.
The Csnal Christmas Bush 20 the
O.d Countries.

! dispatch from s. john. y. p.
says the crsst!ne state Of prosperity
throughout caoada Is reflected 10
the unprecedented rosa Of passens-
"rs TO Europe 70 speot sae Christmas
holidays Never before have tie
steamship bookings beea SO heavy
ct this time Of the yea.. The Allan
Mne. Victorian. which sailed 4 sev
days ago. carried Der full compile
meat os passengers. and ehe same IS
true Of the c. P. r. steamship Lake
Manitoba. which VII! depa<: 70: the
other SIDE soon.
The majority Of those going 20,
the holidays will remain until sp.!as
Aaay az them are persons we'll to
DO. who are II tie habit os going
20 Europe every years o. sc. Conot-
less Others. however. are o: tie work
Ing classes and have put by enough
savings the past yeas. 70 enable them
to enjoy holiday n the Old ooun-
try and TO take back substantial; pres
eats TO tho folss ct home Under
pceseo. conditions they DO nc. hes!-
tate 70 give up the!r enploJDen.
for three 0: four noashs. feeling
confident TIA. they w!!! aave DO
di&cul:y IN getting work opon taetr
return in the spring. .
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
Fatally Burned.

TIC l..t!e daushte. OF NJ. and Ms
Grove. Godic.v. who ike about tee
ui,ns from Gsf1ey. vas fatally ou.n
II on Wednesday. ThG mother Tas
AZ %. barn milking. eavios tic 1T
:!e :xo-year-o!d 81! and hc: o:o:o-
o.. pao was ;. 10 tie house. Ics
clothing o; :se s!,! caugh: FIRE aod
was hu!oet entirely oe before "a.
c,o:he, cou;d reach Se-.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
FOOLKILLER NEEDED.
He Should Gather In These Two
Fellows or Quit.

One OF ;Ae nost unique pair OF
globe .ros:ers that have yet come
uader public notice S'.i! sooa be
seen IL America. having engaged
passas. on a ship sailing 70. New
York t:om England next week. They
are two Italians and they are travel
lag around the world In barrel.
TheIr names are T!c!nel!o Eugene
and ZacaGi A,t.,!us. and Tor wager
0: $1,000 they are eadeavortns to
circle the s:oo- !c 4 barrel three
yards !oas and aoor; tou. feet 10
diameter. They take ivcos. ooe
man rolling the barre! while .se
othec sits inside. The conditions are
tho: tAey must set tae!. .ooc and
clo:h!cg by selling postcards !: :ne
towns through which they pass. TIE
men say they began ,hei- Journey
st Vienna Las: June. II. sine %
be occupied il the attempt y y
years
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
STOPS TRACS 70 BATE.
Singer NsreSaried Schedule On Ear
riuon Railroad.

4 dispatch from El Paso. Te1-.
says Fr!.-i ScheS stopped one Of
Mrs z q. Ha,,iuao.s passenger
trains 10 The heart OF the Atzooa
dessert while she TOOK z bath TIE
train vas running fast aad rocking
a good deal. so that vhea Miss ScheS
attempted to take be, morning abiu-
ton the sa,e: Insisted on hitting the
Ceiling OF DC: private car. This vas
TOO much. The conductor vas 10
tiGed and stopped his train on the
Srst siding. which happened 70 De
STEMS Pass. He teleg-aohed 70 the
d!sps:che. that De would have 10
have new running orders, SIS Mss
ScheS Insisted % remaining sae:e
until hev bath was finished. The o.
der vas complied S-!th. as Miss
Schec Was pay:ag 20. the e.a::-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
Fatal SHOOTING sCRAPE.
4 Lawyer Shoots Down Town Mar.
shal Of Byron, Co

a, Byron. Ca. oa Wednesday c.
Z. Bateuaa. .cvc marshal. vas fa-
tally injured oy 4. 7. Harper. .
ta~yer. IL a duel wici pistols oc the
principal stree. Of tie tow 6at+-
man charged that Harper dad de-
stroyed the happiness OF bis bone
and attacked the latter WITH heavy
walking cana. Harper pulled bis
pistol and fred fve shots. tTo O.!
which took eject Sate1sG dr>w
bis pistol as DC tel! :Gd tired Upon
Hs-pe:. bu: Har?e. vas not i1ju--
ed. Ea.euac was rushed to Ma
con hospital. where tho statement
was s:vcc OF: :tat bis ;atu-ics We
tara,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
GAS TANK EXPLODES
DEALING DEATH ASr DESTRCC-
TON TO MANY PEOpLE-


| A dispatch from Hamburg. Ger
| many. says tie explosion OF two sos
| tanks IN tie so-cal;ed "K!e.a' S
G.asb:oox. oa the E!ae front
Wednesday afternoon VAS followed
oy an extensive ere aad the loss o!
many lives. The explosion was due
TO q leak IN 9 uew gasoDeter. The
escaping gas entered the .etoi:
house. where {: came Il contact with
ne fires, causing a terrific e1plo-
sioa. A large number OF ~ossaea
were engaged n rebuilding and en-
la.g.ns :he plant. Twenty-Five OF
ID. men we're employed oea. :he
gasone:e-. They disappeared u Z
.nass o. flames which shot up 20 =
great height
F!renec with apparatus appeared
quickly on the scene but they were
unable 70 approach n large force.
owing 20 the isolated s!tuatsoo Of
sne establishment Up 70 Late
hour 20 men are reported decd and
II missing. I. IS almost certain
that all of these ere dead Forty
nen were Dangerously injured. OF
whom several can oot recover.
The Ere gained rapid headway.
and threatened the CID sasonetes.
containing $4,000 cub.c metres. So
intense WIGS the heat ant 60 danger
Gus their pos;don. tie arenen were
compelled to withdraw 70 safe dis
tance- A tesriac explosion oooo 90
CURED and the tower became mass
OF sanes, which seaped hundreds
OF seet IL the air. sending Srag-
ments OF glowing eose ssr aad wide
over the city and haSbor.
After strenuous efforts. the Hre
was sot uader control and tie res;
cue work was carried o. vigorously.
There Is little hope 81 finding the
bodies Of the missing II they hare
been killed. as they uodou e.ed!y
have teen moderated
The new gasoneter which e1psod-
ed vas the largest IN the world. hav-
ing a capacity Of 100000 cubic me-
tres TIE city appropriated 10000
900 marks (s3,soe. .ooo) Cor its coz
stcvct!oc.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
DOCBLT MARRIED.
Couple Claiming TO be Man and Wife
Welded Again

Gafoey BAD novelty a the mar
r.ase line recently. Miss Annie
K.-ksev. Of Gsstonis. and Ar. Jas.
Haeer. OF Iooresr.llc. =. c.. aliSh:-
ed from the train at GaSn"y Sun
day morning aud announced that
they Tad Just beeu made mac and
witr: but shortly after :he:. arriva!
the chief OF police received . me-
sage from toe parents Of the youos
LADY TO the eject tho, the couple
were not married and 70 arrest them
The lady Informed the officers saot
they could os married aSair sd
securing -. services os MT. Il. u.
Robbins. oo,ary public. were soon
tied Up tight and fast.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
Fatal Snow Storm

u!:sd.cg clouds 0: Stow. accoD-
panied by lower temperature and 2
IS miles ~ hou: wind. swept cre-
Chicago and the surrounding ;es'
-,tory "Wednesday. Bringing death 70
three persons. One o! tie victims.
q ,abo.er. was found dead from colo
and exposure The othe: tS'o ven
railroad sv!,carea, wto. Minded D.:
snow. we're :uc over by engines.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15

Lurton wss elocueatly Silent. That
b -eneu eeree ~ lawyers as the
time be crer-uled the Ua.scd States
supreme eou.t Tne facts were
these: One Kelly bad sued .aii-
road for damages - compensate fo-
personal injuries resulting from the
failure Of The road to furnish safety
appliances required BY .ae so-eal!ed
eou2see !av. Judge Lur:oo p7osec:-
Cd the railroad oy reading !eso toe
Law the necessity foc doe di!!senee
Meantime The sane sor: OF case
~ec. sron Arkansas % tee Cai:sa
States supreme court aod TIE latte.
BODY Knocked oct toe due diligence
defense Kelly applied 70 Lur:on
for .eaea.ins- Denied .u!ee she
court No opialoa.' esae vas ell.
Since :Seo the supreme ecur. sas
in,errened sad taken the Kelly case
from Lu-ton's court.
Judge Lur:oa. as q ue2oe. OF
the United States c:rcui: court OF
appeals. touad technical grounds for
declaring the employers liability act
unconstitutional n the appl!ca-
:!on OF J. K. Keea Coz aa !cjuaetion
asaios: voting certain railway stocks.
Judge uu.toa found :he Sherman
anti-..ns: law DOT &c BE H!ac!as Up
oc Aim oc ais railroads. much 10 the
satisfaction o: e. Z. Hartman. whose
consolidation program vas thus made
easy.
..As Tor back as the early '1os
Judge Lu..on vas known as 2 par
:isan os tie corporations IS against
the people. desecd!as the claims Of
turnpike and early railway companies
70 tho subsidies voted them er the
State before the var.
''It IS recalled tha: vheo 5e vas
@eaoe, Of she chsneello:s court be
sead paper before the Bar associa-
tico arguing the entire su6cieocy Of
the courts TO curb trusts Donopo-
hes. aud der-ec!atins legislation OF
:ais character.
"Anothe: paper ~as read fer'
years ago IS devoted 20 40 elabo-ate
detcosc OF corporations generally.
Judge Lr.too vas born il Clacxs-
vile. Ky.. but vas brought. as q
Soy. TO Tennessee. &c graduated
e-cn the Lebanon Schoo; Of Law
the Oldest institution Of its sort II
Tennessee After about .oU. years
IS judge OF the chaoeel!o-s coa7: sc
was elected 60 :he State supreme
court bench. where ae served seI
years Ee was a2po:atd 20 the fed
e.el eou-: 10 1893 HIS rcsftencs /,
| 10 Nashville. II. has .wo chncreo
! both S7ovn. aot l!vIn: away t-or
| bone.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
Paint Ceycht Fir.

Had i: a:ct beeo for tee presence
o: MAD and bravery o. de. colo.ed
servant. Ms. George E'-ce,aad. OF
Chester. would have been burned to-
death o. "Wednesday. While pa;ok-
ing one o. the hea.:hs n DC. aoEe.
With patent psfc:. wa!cA pust
oavc bad sooe coal5us::h.e nAt:er
L, *. tie pain: :go;ted and SC. Mrs
Fccs:aad oo 6.e. This saSs.d 30
Z warning 10 our hors+s-eebe-s who
nay Correctness use soDc 9. ;hssc
r2:ec: 3ce.:. PAIN:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
Refused to BE- Hazed

When severa! telegraph nesseos-
6. boys gathered around Ralph Heo--
e-soo, aged IS. new recruit 10 the::'
ranks In front o: tie Atlanta Ter
nina! station late Wednesday PIE
para.ory 70 Initiating" him be tux.
ed or them with a. open knife.
Ralph Bv.ce. aged IS. was stabbed
By young Henderson through ID"
!e., lung. probably fatally. Hende:-
soc IS held x the city jail oecc:a:
the .esul, O: Buice's !nju-!es.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
MANNING, S. c. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1909

, charts. told reporter Of TIE TIME,
:has &c recalled the r!s!e and TIA
the purchases we've made as des>.:a
et. The charts sod. A.. F!igh. sad
were numbered eco. "a and 2.5
and recalled lar!as asked hin whec
TIE charts were b1uIh. Il TIE CAP
.a:a intended soios % tie Mort:
| Pole.
And IRON via: I have known
os tie captains experience as a
navigator sod bis Acquaintance sho
everything pertaining to obse1's-
tions.' said NJ. r7!Sat. "s would
ee. eaa. X any one coold sod bis
aay 70 tie pole. Capt. Loose IS TIA:
mao"
Capt. Loose. IA h:s statement. SAYS
DO stayed at tae Graoasaa hotei
from Sovenbe: Is 70 November IS.
wo:k.ns out observations for Df.
COOK. and taae be aad tie aoctor
had frequent coneeceoccs Gr. Dup
he veae vita bin oa Norenee. Is.
leaving :hs aext day. he aac the
captain had connecting 7oo0s. Nos
le6 and 12S. III, Dunkle regis
;ered to- them. The ho:e! register
shows the arrival on SoreDbe. 16
os George Il Quake aat Andrew
Il. Lewis. the scuc!ous aaDe agreed
upon Cor Capt Loose. They we're
assigned 70 ROOMS I2S eod l2s.
Capt. Loose says be remained Sc
eluded n h!s room during his stag
at the hotel so as 70 :ua 90 chance
OF having the doe:o. found ont All
the time &c worked bard on polar
giving them 70 DT. COOK
as they vcee completed
Oa eae las: day Of his stay ss tie
hote.. Cap. Loose says he gaVe Dr..
Cook tAe Snsl cox % o5serTat3ocs he
bad made for hin aod the Coco.
thanked hta srosuse,S. Declaring
thas be COW felt confident that his
Voold be seeered as Cooeo-
taSen.
Capt. Losse vas bosc ., Sesson.
Norway. % March II. 1858. and in
a.s younger Gays worked as "a os-
s:staat to bis father. who has long
been connected With ehe coas. sr.-f
veg OF Norway. Capt Loose stud
ed at the Navigation college OF Be:-I
sea and was graduated :a 1854 With |;
highest hoao.s- He has eeen to con-
naa6 Of many sea so!sS vessels
Lewis Nixon. the ship builder. who
eos Capt Loose's eonpe
:eece as navigator. put tie cap
nla IN command os the torpedo boa:
Gregory. built 70. the Russian GOV
whee II gas tasee from
he ship yards Sc these woeers ec-oss
he ocean Hr. Nixon declares tia,
APT Loose Is. = his estimate. one
,e the most eo@petsc.. e&c!eot
nd accurate o: ravtso.ors.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
LyncherS Fooled.

4 mob OF severa! t2adTed Citizens
weu: 20 Duo!!c. Ga. Wednesday eve
3,,s determined 20 lyach Hanson
Hevcome. negro. who was placed
/. he couc:v tai! last week. charged
w!:h cr:r:aa. assault upon white
woman. Tts sheriff. however. had
sc;!c.psud the mos and Saturday
c.cht removed Sewcone 20 BE ta!.
{. az sdto.2.cs couct!-.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
Zeia!a Keeps HIS Pcopl. lSooran,

A dispatch ::on Panama says
passengers from Nicaragua state the
psop!e - :Se republic are kept 10
ignorance o: the happenings il this
couotTy. because o: ZeIa:a's stric:
censorship. Honduras president Is
reported 70 be "a ally OF zelaya.
General Toledo IS scsicsN az Grey
,oE-a aad surrounded by land sod
sea by the insurgents. Foreign REs-
papers are not allowed 70 enter Nc
s.ssus Tho s:CJat!oa 10 TO into
:io: is desperate.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
SIXTY KILLED LAST EEAR,
Railroads Submit Report to Fail
road Commission

S;xty-eerea people -cre killed aod
1Ss injured os the railroads % the
State during the past 6sca! yeas. &C.
cord.os to toe annual report OF tee
twenty-five companies received by
TIE railroad commission. Z. Is saowa
.r .Ae last annual report os the CON-
nssssoo tAas 81 were killed aoa =
eSS :aiu.ed. Il Will be seen that
the number vt!ted o. tie .a.9oads
has oeeo Increased ey tee. While tue
nrnoe. of injured was less b ser-
era. hundred. TIE Ssea! yea. ended
on June 80. TIE commission is nov
compiling TIA statistical! cs:t OF is
annual report.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
HOY sTRASGLED TO DEATH.
spar,anburS Lad Accidentally Hang,
Himself In Each Room.

William peodleton. aged Yeas.
. SOD os the Rev. ". Il K. peadlc-
too, rector OF tAe Church O. the
advect. vas found dead IN the bath
room q: his houc .eH mornings
ago IA Spa.tsoburs. S. c. He evil
deatiy had been dead fo' some time.
The bog went into 'he bath room 20
brush lis hai:. mouoted q cha:-.
which tilted and bis shirt waist col
Ia. caught OF hook CT .ae dco-
and be st:aas.H 20 death beto1"
assistance could reach hin. 9e ~as
touad by tee Japanese se!raos ~h"
found him hanging With his bach
20 he wall. aoS BIS tec- a5out ;s'o
inches above the soor. NJ. aad M-s
Pscd,e:ou were IL tac c:tc a. ~:
time doing their Christmas shop
ping and had purchased presents 20:
.So lad
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
Historic T~e FeIled-

The historic Washington oak tree
q, Bloom fed. y. j.. uode: Which
Gea. Washington and cis stat held
q couoc!! o: "a, oa thei: way 90
Nor-:s;ovc. has beer .aHeG AID is
actns cut ur !a;o S-c vood. ThA
!ota. au.hoS!,.a: found j, imposs;a BE
20 save TIE t.ee ats: K bad ..cT
repeatedly sVt:o.:d
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
Women Carr Pistols.

Women OF Aurora. n. wao aavt
TO so on TIE streets are. dark With
90: escorts. are carrying sma. -
volvs.s tucked "a mun1es IS means
os protection ssaicsc th: D-stc!ioca
..JacE :Ae S!asSer." vbo nade VIC
Ic.a a,.aca. % &c ~cIec 5eceat.r
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
CHANGE OF POLICY
SOUTHERN NEGRO oFFICE-EoID-
Frs SLATED 10 co.
Preskscn. TAFT 70 Appoint aerocs
% O6sco b tho Sosfh. lss,es0 OF

TIA. President Tar IS soins :;
appo.n. Northern oes'oes TO oac'
| ra.he, .Aac Southern ooes Is the ia.
formation rA:ch eas bseS p.e:,;
shosousa!y discussed auoas ,he POI!
,icsaas o: Washington act eisewoece
s.,ce Hooae. Washington vas there
,as. week" says the Washington
cor.espoaden. o: TAe News aaa
Courier.
As The .esu,: oc ,a!s policy 1: IS
expected TIA, the negroes Z tie
South wAo are ho!d!as !npoIaa.
o@ees VIII. as ,Aei: terms expire.
he displaced tor TIC most os-t ey
whites. aod - ,u:n recognition vii!
be given 70 coiosed men IN the North
The is: OF co!osed nea holding !o-
oorsaat o&ces in the South uaoer cae
federal government Includes the sos-
lowing.
Robert Snalis. collector OF Gus
toms at Beaufort. S. c.: Heo.y A.
Rucse7. collector os tntcsos! rcre-
aus a: Atlanta. Ca: Joseph Lee.
co!lec.o. OF internal .ereune AZ Jack
soav!,,e. Pa: Sa,nan 4. A,exsaeer.
.esiste. OF tee land oSiee Ct mont
geometry. Ala: Thomas Y. @cAl,!sses.
seeesre, OF pua,.c uooess AZ 1scs-
500. Miss: Walter L Cohen. regis
te. Of cae Land oeacs a. Kew Or
;eacs; Alexander 3. Kennedy. eeee.v-
e. os public noaeSs q: New Orleans:
John e Bush. receiver os pubic
moneys at Lsce Rock
TIE cosese tie President viii take
q :he matte: Of aopoiattns eolo.ed
men IS ,!se'y to be illustrated II the
selection OF successor 70 y. z
veroor. register Of the treasury
3ooae. :. Washington ase other
,o,oeed leaders have given their sup
,o.t to J. c. Naples. Of Nashville.
10. the place. bat Il appears that the
p,essdec, will probably select coz
bred man from the North
Washington ves IN Washington q |
lew days ago. an6 * IS sasd eAa: be
protested wSec BE learned that
,e.taes ve.noa no- Ralph Tyler. the
ae.e. as au6!:o. :os tie navy de-
,arnen:. were 70 De ousted. Meth
}. os these pull with Washington.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
Woman Burglar.

Declaring :hc loss o: be: posi;:o=
:o.c.3 he. 10 Become 5u:s.a:. NaTE
aIo:,.a s,eao:,ra?he:. Tas arrested 9:
Los Angeles. Ca. Tuesday corning
So. coc:es:ed ~. gut. o: .~o -a5-
ac:...ees:.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
Sailors Lost.

Hope o. finding the Eve tackles
o. the srohoat Marietta OF Port l.
noo. who we:e driven 70 see a q
helpless wnaleboae Oh E's!dsy hight.
has been abandoned.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15

memorandum directing t6e prepa7a-
,.oo Of observations from STa';eraas
81! The way 10 the pole
IN the nar.at!ve OK Capt Loosa
be frankly expresses bis scoCo Of
Dr.. Cooks claims. laughs at bis :s-
nc-aoce os the Suples: essentials
70. accurate observations 81 the ARC
&c regions and describes ~ Length
how, working backward from the
pole, be calculated observations tha'
would st II With Cooks narrative
and coached him 90 tie necessary
notifications OF TIE latter. As. Coz
example. :hat De must De sure 20
record that be rose before s:io
O'Clock OF certain morning.. BE-
cause It vas at ina: hour shat eeZ.
tain s:a:. mentioned 10 ono o:
Loose's calculations, would be r!s!-
SIC. Nr. Duokie describes the IL
ception OF the enterprise: how from
nevgpapers .hey gathered that o..
Cook vas il deep vate. and in
fe-ved .ha: &c would be glad 70 pay
10. hcip: bow punk!e sot John r
Brsd!ev. Cooks hacker. 70 introduce
lin: bow the subject vas !ed u2 TO
del;cate!y aad tie bargain finally
struck aad carried out. aud how.
a: last. D.. Cook disappeared. a:te:
accepting .hci: work and paying only
$3.50 70. il.
so.h Capt: Loose aac NJ. Duok!e
tel! o: 2 visit TO the shop OF JOIN
Giles & Co.. q: l2s F.oc: street. a
few days axe. tho captains talk
With tic explorer 3: tie Waldorf and
o. purchasing Cor Dr.. Cook various
nautical and astronomical works
bos,teS three charts Q: Smith soroc
aod tho pola. regions. Rohe-'
fl5st,, who sold ,oe eoots ac.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-08-12
GIBBONS HISTORY OF ROME


Conceded ny scholars. TO ne che
Greatest Historical work.
Although the idea was conceived
when Gibson was 81. he was 81 before
he set himself seriously at work to
study his material. At SO he began
the composition. and he was SO when
IN February. 1875. the first quarto vol.
ume was published. The history had
an Immediate success. MY book he
wrote. was on every table and al.
most on every toilet; the historian
was crowned by the taste or fashion
OF the day" The FIRST edition was ex.
hausted in a few days. a second was
printed IN 177e and text year a third
The second and third volumes. which
ended the history Of the western EN-.
plre. were published in 1881. and seven
years later the three volumes devoted
to the eastern empire cav the light.
The last sentence OF the work. written
in the summer house at Lausanne. is:
1T was among the ruins OF the CAPT
toll that | first conceived the idea OF a
work which has amused and exercised
near twenty years Of my life. and
which. however inadequate to my own
wishes, ! finally deliver to the curl
osity and candor Of the public
This is a brief account OF one OF
the greatest historical works. II In
ded II is not the greatest ever written.
says James Ford Rhodes In Scribner's
Let us imagine an assemblage of En-.
glish, German and American histori.
cal scholars called upon to answer the
question, Who Is the greatest modern
historian No doubt can exist that
Clbbon would have a large majority
OF the voices: and | think a like meet.
ing of French and Italian scholars
would indorse the verdict Gibbons
work Will never be excelled," declared
Niebuhr. THAT great master Of ne
said Freeman. whose immortal
tale none OF us can hope TO dlspIace"
Bury, the latest editor Of Gibbon, who
has actually criticised and carefully |
weighed THE Daily Decline and
Fail,~ concludes that GIbbon IL be-
hind date in many details But in
The main things he ia sttll our master.
above and beyond date His work
wins plandits from those who believe
that history In its highest form should
literature and from those who GOLD
that It should be nothing more than
= scientific narrative