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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-17

confined to the witticst OF these mas
ters-he was so much at home in the
pages of the ancient classics that cap
ping Latin verses was one OF his or
binary diversions. He seems TO have
felt an almost equal interest in his
French studies. From this date also
MS experiments in English compost :
ton began: both in and out OF the
school room, he was soon testing his
ability to string together lines OF his
own invention; and ne showed no re-
serve In submitting these to the criti-
clsm of the schoolmateS whose iudg-
ment he respected. Some OF these
Juvenile verses found their way into
the hands Of older persons. There was
an unusual degree OF familiarity with
the best English literature among tho
members OF the highest social class
In tho city-indced. the number OF
| PERSONS OF discriminating taste in this
department. of reading was far great
or In proportion to Richmond's Dupu-
iaton then than It Is to that popula :
tion to-day when purely material
pursuits absorb so much attention 10
the exclusion even OF general inter
est in bellcs-lettres \ precocious
boy is very often less stimulated by
his own native powers than by the
sympathy and encouragement OF tho
elderly people about him. 1t was Poe
happy lot as n youth to have had this
double spur. Even Mr.. Allan. who
seems to have considered Il ledger to
he the only really useful book in the
world. consulted with Mr.. Clarke as 10
whether ii would be advisable to is
sue volume OF Edgar's poems. which
he submitted in manuscript for exami-
nation and criticism.
In Mrs. Preston. the daughter Of the
statesman Edmund Randolph. tho
youthful Poe found critic who
while recognizing the immaturity OF
his verses, d!scerned in them the germ
of extraordinary merit. Her discrlmi-
mating praise might very properly
have clated the aspiring boy. for. 10
remarkable mental power Inherited
from line of intellectual ancestors
she added all the culture in English
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I'D comic INTEREST WHICH THIS OLD WORLD HAS SEEN i'm 1911

himself down as the most Sclf-sacri-
hcihg man on record. Edward Fay was
his name. and Asbury Park the place.
and what he did was to leave his
mother law as security for SIS
board bill. Apropos of these martial
semi parents, Let it be chronicled that
Magistrate Maguirc, Of Boston, has
occided that their visits upon married
children must not exceed ten days.
From the Brnch.
Ills Honor" indeed. has figured
notably as the weeks have measured
OUT their annual path. Circuit Judge
Thomns' sitting At Kansas city in
September. decided that "a wife has
perfect right TO scoid hor husband
II ne doesn't behave properly" while
justice Lee OF the Rhode Island .su-
hFemc Court. has held that any man
may slap his wife for going through
nus pockets on The sly. T. H. White
OF Atlanta arrested on a mistreat-
mcht complaint lodged by his better
hait was dismissed Dy Judge Orr un.
der Instructions 70 klss the lady at
least once day. and usually To throw
IN lie" for good measure
In "Fnrrin', Parts.
IN something Of this same connec-
non mention may not unnttingly be
made of the Italian Camorr!st prisoner
wh" established new order or ju-
alcial behavior by suddenly taking ont
~; ms; glass eye and hurting {, at the
ludrr 40 wonder he Iniutad-ih,
'hroWer, noi the thrOwn-at
the Old World has sent across many
quaint and curious bits OF news this
Erhr' Tclephones In Jerusalem soluds
wrong somehow. though true. An F.s-
sc* village reported that an oak most
close word reached him tina, th, ce
root ana begun to sprout The
Figaro" OF the French canitaI srnt
lrtcr 10 King Manuel al Lisbon
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with him on the ground that he was a
charity boy" and that his biting
! verses went the round of the city. But
no sense of his own cleverness and no
/; disdainful counter-attack could really
soothc the ranking pain which such
an aitront was so we'll calculated To
| cause. No wonder that, in the con-
iiict of feeling raised by his proud
| spirit rcbeiling against this mean in
science, he should, at an early age,
have developed into ii des>nt, irritab
and self-willed youth. quick to sus-
Dect AN insult, and equally quick to
resent one
Not every ASPECT of Poes experience
at the Richmond schools was as dis
tasteful to him as his Intercourse with
he rudcst of the boys. The town had
long enjoyed a superior reputation for
Its excellent academies. at least one
of which was conducted by an alum
,, nus of an English university. The
most celebrated locally was the one
which had been founded by John
Clarke. graduate Of Trinity College.
Dublin. Clarke himself, while open
to the imputation OF pedantry, was
nevertheless a Lutinist of very high
order although perhaps not quite
able. as he complaccntly asserted TO
! impart to his pupils all the elegance
and purity of the language in thd
AuSnstan age. Poe had already been
grounded in that tongue in DIR.
iSransby's classical school at Stoke
Newinston. and in continuing the
same study in Clarke's, possessed
through this previous English train
ing, an advantage over most OF his
schoolmates.
He was particularly versed in The
/ odes of Horace. which he quoted So
often that some of his younger com
phnions, not so familiar with that
poet as himself by actual reading
learned 10 know the most famous
lines by his constant recitaIs from
memory
AZ Home with Clnssics.
But his intimate knowledge of the
great Latin authors was perhaps not
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tthis was, of course, some time after
the overthrow Of the mona rchy), and It
came promptly back stamped, Gone
without leaving address" True. again
and yet il is to laugh.
Walking "As IL" Walking.
England. once more. comes forwa rd
with the strictly unusual in small
story from Wycombe, where lives
Joseph Love. In March he missed
eat tic had jus: purchased. from a
lluntingdonsIiirc dealer. and as the
days passed with no news of puss he
came 10 the conclusion she had been
stolen. But as MAY was drawing to
cloc word reached him that the cat
had turned up safe and sound at its old
home. Ninety miles in sixty days is
not bad walking for sIich Il pedestrian.
About tina, same time owen Peter
sen of Fort Collins, Col. walked a
score of miles 10 pay druggist n
penny. confessing he had stolen a
postal card when last in his store.
prompted Mrs Martha Williams, OF
Springfield. Mo-. TO walk 200 miles to
kansas CITY, for she had been led to
believe husband was there waiting
Tor her, Walter stewart by name
when she arrived. and when walter
refused TO abide by their understand
'''N i"d ana llneu-
So she wac able Ia take the cars'
for the home journey
At the Altar.
" was 4 different type Of man, who
welded Miss Gertrude ELLIS I'M Chi
cago late in September, making: her
Mrs Edward Matt. To avoid future
domestic .infelicity he nicd with the
ana scaled That Certy night! do as
she, pleased. and that he would be, kind
aud good. and Uastly) that she was
In Ian FtEN Il I..p q t,,N
might eventually seem advisable.
G. l.. Stevens, wealthy!ranch, owner
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not 1ar from Los Angeles, is yet an
other rarely good fellow, for no let II
DO known in June that he would marry
but only an ugly woman; ugly, that is,
TO look upon. 1.-The kids and pretty
girls get hitched up too easy" was
his way of explaining things, go I'm
proposing to help out some good soul
who'll appreciate the chance"
That Hot Spell.
with that electric storm as preface.
something is. of course, to he said Of
the 1911 weather; why not? In the
July hot spell the Items came thick
and fast. Some apples on Frank
Sparin's farm. n bit north OF Brock
port. y. Y. for instance. were nicely
baked OH the stem. Then n Vineland.
y. j.. man. H. Il. Hudson. by name.
had the sun to thank for completing
Matching out of n bakers dozen Of
chicken eggs. which the mother had
deserted on account or the humidity.
Thirdly Uhis from Columbus. Ind), tho
eggs laid on the nests owned by r..
l. Rost were all quite purplisll--
presumably from the heat. not the
pened before! And. finally, the high
climbing mercury in Chicago operated
to set on the automatic fire extin-
guishers in big department store: For
long minutes the flood gates them
selves seemed open till the half
drenched employees could get at the
stOp-cocks.
But after ALL liulo GAINESVILLE made
these look pale and insipid. The fol-
lowing came in from the Mother OF
Presidents under date of July 81
When standing on thee I bridge,
probably. the hottest place in the
county. Guy. Stevens was struck by
glass from Il thermometer which en-
ploded from heat. Guy was COM
: menting on the fact that the tube
Registered iao degrees. when 1t just
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SOME THINGS OF ODD AMID c

producing the most at n milking won
with an. abnormal quantity though tho
iuahty Was poor. Later II. admitted
nc nal given hossy dozen pirts or
porter and bottle of whiskcv The
night before. Similarly. Martin Parker
OF Middlctown. y. y. picked un'. the
'aiiins appetItes Of his pigs by serv.
ih% them milk punches. All went well
III som" busybodv laid tho case he.
i"re the s r. G. IS. Blu, was IL
cruelty?
h"nc, and Observation-Disclosures
Ltrc Quinn. of Coffeyvillc. Kan, con.
"'D"'cd YET smother pig yarn. lie
arrived II: Washington with a 10, Of,
WHAT looked Ike breakfast food I'm,
sara IL was all he had left OF a $. 700
foii. which he dropped into hi. non
at feeding time. ana greedy no.
Ponnced ON II. The Treasury Depart.
ment wanted proof before issui..r n.w,
OILS. but really tic point OF TN. s,orv
is tho obvious good taste OF ,hn J.. .,na
pofker y turtle on Chelsea Bcoch
near Boston, gave up'' more readily.
When caught ana nundled ,I-o
penny was found under the edge OF
.he shell which makes IT out Just
i4i years "ld-or else a delver into
Nartatn kidd's treasure chests, sunk
s"infwhere below Massarhusctt Rov
me inoEt remarkable. no,c,'ad
"Nrht ~ all the Year, fowcycr ,v. :
"Gt IN Australia. They hay.. ~ ~
!und iaN scheme on Just now. ana ~.
"ihcihls recently received (. rhcrl.
amounting 10 5hj.UO0. with :, note s,,,i,
Tx tnat the donor. who thus re-.
SEQ Y" 10 thai mnci FOR a country
tha' hah 'iVne 50 mnch for him. ms
| Ecfleinan in question was no, q,
american birth
But Il Was an American VINO wrote
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ful tax collector. a little later he
may himself pay off the debt he thus
unWittingly placed on the shoulders
OF MS parpleXed master, even as a dog
did In Tarrytown. w. A. Towner owns
this canine. and one morning in the
tails he showed II a new collar and
chain he had bought him After some
proper yelpings and waggings TO show
MS pleasure. the pet ran Into the yard
aug furiously under a tree stump, and
brought TO light two silver dollars
just the price of Towner's recent pur-
chases.
IL was too many dogs that brought
trouble to the husband OF Mrs. May
McAuslin. o. Fitchhurg. Mass. lie kept
eighteen In the kitchen, so she sued for
divorce.
And speaking OF divorce actions, be
II set down III these annals that e. L.
Poindexter. formerly OF Tulsa. Okla.
mas asked the courts to release him
from n helpmate who keeps rcvolvers
mandy to make him wash dishes IIc
hid them f Su hT h OF nl ,nG gins ana
rather was not yet: she grabbed
carving knife. and in n. matter of sec.
onas E. L p. was toSsng, with bread
that 1t didn't burn.
Its the little straws such as these
which show where the winds of mod.
ern life are blowing, warm or cold.
bringing sunshine. or cloudy days. AZ
the world looks Mt such things they
are, at first sight At least OF scant
account. but, none the less, are they
the truest bnrometcrs of the great
heart of mankind.
Think naught a trifle, though il shall
appear:
make the year, ~
And frIfle. 1ife
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ssXK7

Z y
MAJ events" cNciaims character
VT in one OF Disracli's novels.
The least are Of greater i'm
porthncc than the most subiim" and
comprehensive speculations." And to
some such text as this may readily be
written the human interest OF his
tory OF any year; chroniclings of
small beer i, may seem 10 gone bit
10 the discerning far better showing
the lIghts and shadows Of tho true
tenor Of the present day world than
a summary Of All first page. top.
column" happenings.
The initial day OF the 3G5 bssa, IL
with word from Trenton that a couple
of Max Bask's geese had got into hi,
bar, tbroke Il hottie OF whiskcy apiece.
and celebrated the coming in Of 1911
80 thoroughly ;hat only cold haths
revived them. Then. as that same
initial month was departing that same
New Jersey capital reported tina, j. NJ.
Donald had at last stopped the d!a.
appearance Of his hens Fishing lines
and bnited hooks had been used when
other methods Of abstraction had
failed. but the installation OF 1900.
candlepower searchlight in the coops
worked properly. Nothing was said o.
how the biddies were To get 10 slecp
From trunks 10 FMS it's Seemingly
all one. Julius Gravcson and Char.i.
Peters went fishing near Tarrytown IN
September. and caught some baS.
drinking beer. That Is the beer boz.
lies. five OF them. came 1" tile surfac,
WITH the take" which last SHOWED
clear evidences. of having sample,
wa,aI had probably nsci Tue los
luncheon OF previous picnickers.
Edinbursh item. 4 compe,itor Tor ;
prize offered &c the owner OF the COW
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went off, like ii was mad at him for
talking SO.
The Irony of Fate
Life's little ironies. with Fate col
laborating, have several times of late
made odd appearance. Think of Venice
suffering from a water In mine, Yet
that happened in July. Think Of n
vicar not allowed to sing in the ser
Vices he conducted! Yet no less than
that happened tc n Sunderland, Eng
land. worthy, whose choir threatened
to leave en- massc unless he stopped
spelling Gas they put III their very
best effects. Such events are really
surprising, but that word is scarcely
in place in writing that President
Eliot, of Harvard. should refuse to
buy from a misled agent the rive
Foot Shelf" of books he himself had
chosen. rs he did in early April.
Tho reverse OF all this. in that
tragedy not comedy now holds the
stage. came In Il trio of news briefs
from San Francisco. Ownesboro, Ky,
and New York City. in the one case a
mint .employe. who not half an hour
before had been to his superior to see
about a loan to help him out OF nnan-
clal difficulty. was buried beneath
some bags OF gold coin and SO badly
the second instance, colored convict,
playing poker with some fellow. pris-
oners, drew three cards to n pair Of
aces: Caught" the other two; won
pennies, matches, tobacco, and about
everything else his opuonents could
stake-but lost his mind In the cN-
element.
Dogs nnd Divorces.
Mans other friend, tried and true,
the dog. has something to say for
himself, naturally. One of him,
down in Terrell, Tex. arriving in tho
world with two tails, was mt once
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iThis Is the first Of a series Of five
articles on the life of Edgar Allan Poe.
prepared for The Times Dispatch by
fhiip Alexander Bruce, who has de-
.oteo mucl time to careful study OF
the mystic poet. The second of the
series will appear next Sunday.l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-31
PAROLES MISS PATILLO .

Woman Check Flasher Believed 10
HIVE Been Mentally Irresponsible.
Believing that She was mentally ir.
responsible IT the time of her offense
Justice Crntchfield yesterday morning
phrnled Miss Annie Patillo. charged,
with obtaining goods by means OF
worthless checks. into the hands of l..
II. Hayes, of Mccklenburg county, a
friend of the family.
Mr. Hayes appeared In Police Court
to intercede for Miss Patillo. and he
Informed the Justice that her mother
and brother had been committed to
an asylum for the insane. Mr.. Hayes
said also that he was willing to REIN
burse the merchants for their losses.
They are Julius Bear, j. s. AIosby g.
Co. and Julian W. Tyler. incorporated.
Miss Patillo appeared at hrs4 inclined
rather TO stay in Richmond than to
return 10 Mecklenhurg county. But
Justice Crutchneld spoke plainly to
her and exacted from her promise
mat she would leave the city.
Miss Patilio has been In Richmond
two yenrs. For the past few months
She had been employed as sales
woman in one of the Broad Street de-
partmcnt stores
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-31
SEEK PERMIT FOR
IMP ORTANT WORK.
Plans Filed BY Business People
for New Plants and
improvements,

Although yesterday was general
and legal holiday, and nearly all de-
partment offices at the City Hal. were
closed. Building Inspector Beck found
1t necessary to keep his department
open until late hour because OF the
press of work which at times threat.
ems TO swamp the force. New plans
were filed In the Office yesterday for
remodcling and charging the Vest
moreland Club. for a now warehouse
for the Standard Paper Misunderstanding
Company in South Richmond, TO cost
about 100000: for two dwellings on
the north side OF Grace Street, be-
tween Meadow and Allison Streets
for a two story factory for the ohm
ston Box Company. at Twenty nth and
@ streets, to cost $1,000; and for the
addition Of another story to the i'm
mense warehouse now being erected
for the R j. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany. Fl
Some weeks ago the Building In
spector reported to the Police Court
as unsafe house belonging to Joseph
Rose, at 10 East Baker Street. Rose
works for the w. \. Hood nursery,
but for some reason or other the police
officer detailed to serve the summons
had failed TO bring him to court, and
the house ended the controversy by
proceeding to fall in yesterday morn
Ing. No enc was injured, the depu-
ties from the Inspectors office having
warned the occupants that the build :
ling was unsafe and secured their re-
4 IL u {
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.DENOON BUILDING
DECLARED UNSAFE.
Beck Orders Tenants to vacate,
as Eastern Wall Might
Not Stand.

Building Inspector Beck yesterday
reported to the Police Court as unsa fe
for occupancy and served notices
on all tenants to vacate the three
story brick Office building at sci East
Main Street. occupied on the nrst floor
By the G. L. & II. L. Denoon. real cs-
tate agency, and on the upper floors
as an annex to the general offices of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company
The building Is an old one. antedat-
Ing by many years the Chamber Of
Commerce next door, which is now
being removed. When the chamber
walls were torn away the Interior
building was found to be in dilapi-
dated condition, and the Building In
spector fears that 1t will not stand
alone. is for some time II appears to
have been leaning against its neigh
Dor, the chamber
The building belongs to the syndi
cate which proposes to erect the new
First National Bank chesapeake and
ohio skyscrnper. AS the cellar plans
for the new building go very deep in
the ground. the walls of the old struc-
ture adjoining would have to be un-
derpinned, and Mr.. Beck fears that in
their condition such an accident as
happened at the old First National
Bank building may occur, and he pro-
poses to take no chances with human
life.
Notices were served on all occupants
yesterday to vacate at once The
architects have suggested that by an
interior frame work, a part of the
n O. l1N
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\ CUTS AND sLAsHES
DIR. thurman Has Busy Hour In Sewing Up
Il NIuuy Wounds n

DR.. thurman Has Busy Hour In Sewing Up
Many Wounds.
John Anderson, colored, OF 1922 North
Twenty-eight street. met Robert Gaines on
the street last night and the latter hand
ed over red visiting car, There were few
words between them. and the conversation
was ended when Gaines stuck his penknife
In Anderson's neck. Though the wound was
email there WAS much loss Of blood ana
3 Anderson had bled nearly TO death when
DR.. Turmen. of the city ambulance. arrlv-
ed. The wound was staunchcd and Ander-
con will recover
DR.. thurman. who answered seven calls in
one hour, was also called TO sew up Mary
Farrar. colored OF isis Dance Street. who
was accidentally cut by her husband. They
We're ''proJectin." shc said. when the acct
dent occurred. She playfuliy douscd her
husband Iith n basin OF water. and in ut
tempting t., return the compliment he
siumped his toe and fell on her, tho basin
being smashed on her head. But she viii
live to ''projec - gain.
Il Then came Annie Mason, who was slashcd
In the throat by 1nez Walker. The blow
was meant for Jim Hall. but Annie got in
the way TO save her husband. who was also
In the crowd. and she was the one TO srf-
fer. The cut extended half way around her
mock. but moi deem. .
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'CL AIMS OFFICER
TOOK HIS WATCH
Sheriff Kemp Begins Official
Investigation Into Sensa-
tional Charges.
ACTION AGAINST TRAYLOR
Deputy Sheriff Accused of Not
Returning Property of
Il Shubridge.
TON AGAINST TRAYLoR

William Shubridge. resident of the
upper district of IIenrico county, has
made formal complaint to Sheriff l.
II. Kemp against Deputy Sheriff Frank
b. Traylor and Special Police Officer
william Pemberton. alleging that they
took watch from him when he was
FOUND In an intoxicated condition last
October at the State Fair Grounds and
failed TO return 1t. He has proceeded
legally against the two officials by
having a civil warrant sworn out
against them. and II will DO heard Sat
urday morning at 10 o'clock at the
courthouse.
The accusation has caused pro-
found sensation and has led to the In
auguration of Il thorough investigation
by Sheriff Kemp, and according To n
statement which he made yesterday no
is determined to get ct the bottom of
the affair. With this end In View he
has summoned all of the officers Of the
county who were on duty last year
during the fair to be present at tho
hearing.
Found Drunk at Fair.
AS far as can be learned. Pemberton
Is alleged to have said that at the d.
recuon of Traylor. one evening during
the progress of the fair he took from
Shubridge's clothes a watch valued a,
$50 and 65 cents in cash. Shubridge Is
declared to have been drunk at~the
time. but not wishing TO arrest him
and bring him to the county Jail, Tray.
Tor is alleged to have ordered that any
OF his valuabes be removed and that
he would permit The man to sleep off"
the effects of liquor. Pembcrton Is
said 10 have removed the watch and
change and to have given them to
Traylor.
According to statement Pcmbert ton
Is understood TO have made, he re-
moved the valuables. turned them over
to Traylor, and the latter placed them
in an envelope. on which he wrote the
name OF the owner.
Nothing was heard of the matter un
I'll a week ago. Pemberton encounter
ed Shubridge and asked whether he
had got his watch and money The
latter replied In the negative and was
Informed by Pemberton that they were
In safekeeping at the Office of the
sheriff @
Shubridge at once went to the
sheriff office and claimed his property
but from what can be gathered, there
was no record of it there He then
made complaint to Sheriff Kemp. who
had no knowledge of the affair.
Got Civil Warrant.
Pemherton was summoned by tho
shcriff to give an account of what oc-
Cured. He told his version. Traylor
was later called In and is declared to
have denied any knowledge of the re-
movnl Of the watch and money from
Shubridge.
Determined TO use every effort to
recover his alleged lost property, Shu-
bridge sought Magistrate T. J. Pur-
year several days ago for a warrant
MUCH against his will Squire Puryear
was instructed to make the matter a
ciYil one. and accordingly drew up a
warrant of an action in debt.
Mr. Kemp said yesterday that he is
pushlng MS investigation and will not
let up until he knows exactly what has
occurred.