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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05

Al, but mans reach should exceed his grasp
or:
All We have winei. or hored CT dreamed OF good
shall exist
or:
IT'S not what man Does which eXalts him. out
what man Would 60!
Il is no wonder that in the presence of
such cxuherant strength and confidence
the shrinking invalid found herself lifted
into new realm OF life and hope.
And 1t should always be borne in mind
that Brownlng's method. both of thought
and OF expression. was that Of the dramat-
lc rather than that Ct the lyric poet; that
Is 10 say. he saw with his mental eye not
one side OF subject. but many sides. Com
s,quently he seeks 10 express, very otteh'
not one mood. but several moods. impair
TALLY. II Is his quick transition from one
roint OF view to another (and perhaps back
AGAIN. that so often puzzles. Occasionally,
perhaps. Browning was wifullv reverse
both In thought and expression. but only
occasionally. II was his own way OF heing
humorous. perhaps, AMI perhaps IT grew IN
him as time went by and he saw persons
reading into his simplest lines compleXi-
tics which did not exist. One can fancy
him laughing quietly 10 himself as ne
rcnned these random puzzles. But II
reader will begin with the shorter ana
simpler poems. such as The Lost Leader
and "A Toccata Of Galuppfs.' and 60 on
through the profound but direct pieces
such as Evelyn Hope. RABBI heh
Ezra" and saul" h will have little ar
! fculty.
After the death Of his wife Browning re-
turned tc England with his son. The re-
raining years OF the poets life were pro-
life NJ poetry. his longest work, The KING
and the Book" but for two brilliant en-
As a matter Of fact however, Browning
had reached his highest level during the
Italian years, and except for occasions"
splendid outbursts this later poetry i w
fcrlor to what had gone before. "Tne h'"s
and the Book" but for two brl!laAt eN'
ceptions. the books called "Pompliia anu
Giuseppe Capcnsacchi" would he Wort"
little more than casual reading. But THESE
two books show rare insight into huma"
nature. and In expression they attain 10 ~
mos, greater beauty than anything else ot
Trownings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05

The years at the spring
md days al the morn,
Mornings at seven.
TIC hillside's dew-pearled,
The iark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn:
Gods in His heaven
ANS right with the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05

everywhere an optimst-nay, more he is
militant ortlmist: in his enthusiasm and
d, light he insists that every one shall share
his optimism. And II is contagious, or. bet
ter. so vigorous. so vital is the poets per-
sonaEty that he literally compels us TO
share his views. Lines without number can
b., found in his pages giving ever new and
new. expression TO the thought In the song
quoted already:
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1912-08-03

model.
1t took him 4 good while to accom-.
plish this feat, his great difficulty, as
he often used to say, being to make
the hour. minute and second hands
correspond in their motions. But the
clock was finished at last and raised
still higher the credit Of Bannekcr Ia
hts neiglIorhood as an Ingenious INN.
40 wei! a. good axithInettctln
Az already ,ented. the basis OF Dan
neke<~s ntthmTtLcal knowledge ~e4s 90
tanned from tho schoolboo@1 into which
be had advanced SO far as double po-
sttion, but tn 1871 Mr.. George Elli,Stt
lent him Mayors Tablets 'Ecr-
gNSNnr's Astronomy" and "Ieadbeatcl's
Lunar Tables" Along with these books
were somo astronomical Instruments
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1912-08-03

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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1912-08-03

The onmpaign Of 1912 s a
Negto'A chance 20 eefve himself.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1912-08-03

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The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-12-12
WONDER.

Every time we run across the
word local" in the Argus. we
expect the next following word
to be option" We may grow
out of this habit, perhaps, if the
Argus continues to maintain it's
long silence on holding a city
election to put its home city dry.
But, Of course, we expect when
the four years have expired, the
Argus will come out in full bloom
in favor Of carrying the county
dry. Two years have passed,
and the Argus has not urged an
election to put it's home city dry.
At any time in the last two years
an election could have been held
in our sister city to vote on the
dry and wet proposition, yet the
Argus has not insisted upon it..
Why? We know. We are not in
favor of a local option election
either in Caruthersville or the
county-we are only wondering
at the Argus, that is all.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-12-12
LACEN'S CONFESSION.

Josh Wise says: of course us fell
lers sometimes scratch tn ticket, but
speakin' for myself / learned the
trick from the editor of the Hayti
Herald. Bill Lacey, editor of the
Carnthersvil Democrat.
Were it not unbecoming and dis
tasteful to the public, we would say
that Josh Wise" be he the editor of
the Carulhersvile Democrat (?), lie
he saint or sinner, angel or devil, is
an unmittigated liar, and he hasn't
got sufficient manhood to resent it.
He learned nothing of the kind from
the editor of the Herald. because the
editor of the Herald never scratch
ed "a democratic ticket. On the con.
trary, the Herald and its editor has
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-12-12
LEGALITY VS.. ILLEG GALTTY

I'VE feel that the candidate who re-
ceived the largest number of legal
votes in the general election, has been
elected. If such votes arr: received
from various parties, it looks even
better than had ONE party done all
the work, as it shows that the people
and not the political FORCES were
interested in the candidate. ."-Caruth-
ersville Republican.
Pardons to the Argus and the
Democrat, but our friend Aber-
nathy neglected to state that
Mack Stubblefeld was not the
legal nominee of the bull moose
party, and that the political
forces counted the votes illegally
printed upon the ticket, because
there were not sufficient written
votes to elect.
We endorse what the Republi-
can says, but we suspicion that
it means something else. 1t all
depends upon whose OK is being
gored. The republicans started
the fun; now let them get the
benefit of it.
AS the wildcat said to the dog,
after a general and furious mix
up of a few minutes, and the dog
beloved foul till his eyes bulged
and his tongue lolled, who start
ed this thing, anyhow" So we
feel like saying to the republican
squakers, when we hear them
squak against the contest against
their candidate for sheriff, now
stand up and take what is com
ing to you. You are the first
fellows to start the contest. 1t
was all right for you to contest;
perfectly so: but when the demo
Gratis started contest in their
behalf-oh, Lordy-the shade of
Abraham Lincoln, save us! The
reverberating squak they render
is piercing, if not heartrending.
| Well, who started this thing,
anyhow"
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-12-12

When we printed the revised
ordinances for the city of Hayti
we turned ont one of the incest
and best pieces of printing that
has ever been done in the county
and we are sorry that more peO-
pie have not had the pleasure and
the benefit of seeing the ordi-
nances. 1t is perfectly clear
now that in concluding to sell
the ordinances for Sl.O0, mis-
take was made. So far as we
know, anything like that was
never before attempted. but the
business people of the town and
those most interested in the
towns affairs are usually pre-
sented with set of ordinances.
Now, we will suggest way out
of the delima that the city was
endeavoring to avOid-So many
people losing, throwing away or
not taking care of the books.
Let each established business
house or firm in the city be pre-
Sented with an ordinance book,
and list kept of each one. and
then in case that a book is lost or
misplaced. then charge 81 90 for
the second book. We know the
ordinances should be placed in
the hands of the people. and
there is no better way than to
place them in the hands of the
business people, for the conven-
ience of the many citizens who
may have the occasion to call and
examine them. AS it is, the
nearly 100 books now stored
away in the city vault will sim
ply be worse than thrown away,
as they will never do amy body
any good. Besides, the people
should be furnished with "A copy
of the laws of the city, as in this
way much trouble may be avoid
cd.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-12-12

worked for and supported the nomi-
nees of the straight democratic ticket
in every instance. The files of the
past foor years of the Herald, cover
ing its span of life, are ample and
convincing evidence of these facts.
No one doubts this, and Bill Lacey's
cheap-screw efforts, behind and un-
der the cloak of hocus-pocus editor
ial squib, which he terms Josh
WISE" to discredit and impair the
usefulness of the Herald as demo-
cratic paper is but showing his in
herent littleness, his incarnate cussed-
ness, and how far he, himself. has
fallen from the democratic ranks.
Not satisfied with backbiting and
scratching the party himself, to
which he confesses, he would hinder
and rttarc the work of the friends of
the party Actually, he is pursuing
Il course mora damaging than an out
spoken republican. 1t is fortunate
that the people are coming to know
him more and more and are little sur
prised at any capers he may cut.
Josh Wise" and he are one and the
same. the title being stolen from the
funny paragraphs of distant city
paper, and he admits TO ''scratching'
the ticket. This admission comes un-
necessary, for the people knew that
already, judging from the course OF
his paper during the recent campaign.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-12-12
DRAGGING UP THE PAST.

Bill Lacey. alias Josh Wise"
editor Of the Charlottesville
Democrat (:) has confessed to
Scratching the democratic
ticket. Confession in full pub
lished in the Josh Wise para.
graph elsewhere in today's pa
per. Read it.
In the heat of Il bitter court.
house fight. six years ago, about
eighty per cent of the democra
tic voters of Hayti cast their bal.
lots for the republican ticket.
Many old gray haired democrats,
who never voted the republican
ticket before nor since, voted it
then. Everybody who remem-
bers that campaign remembers
it with regret. 1t was vindictive,
bitter and did much to mar the
peace and prosperity of many
good people of the county. The
people of Charlottesville, or of
any other community, would un-
doubtedly have acted as the peo-
pie of Hayti did under the same
circumstances. 1t is not neces
sary for US to excuse, or palate,
or condone the acts of our peO-
pie at that time. Nor would we
blame, censure or reproach those
who arrayed themselves against
us. Enough harm to the pros
perity of our county has already
been done. 1t is best to be for
gotten. However, we wish to
say it was no fight of ours. We
had nothing to do with it. We
were, at that time, private citi-
zen and acted that part very
quietly. We were not the editor
of the Hayti Herald, or of any
other paper. The Herald had
not been thought of. The Her
aid was established nearly two
years later and We have labored
to heal these old woundS-nOt of
our making-SO far as we might
Even at the present time, we are
trying to bring about better feel
ingS between CarutherSville and
Hayti for mutual business rraS-
onS. We can see no sense or
good to go back into the
past to drag out and har-
row over troubles of this ma
ture. We think it to the best in
tereSt Of our people to get to-
gether and work together. Let
us treat each other fairly and
! rightly in the future. We are
glad to see so many of our people
in harmony with this sentiment.
But there is one who is not with
us. He carries his crouch yet,
except it has grown more chro-
mic. He is no other than Bill La.
cey alias Josh WISE" of the ca.
rutherSville Democrat (:). About
all the editorials (O he has writ
ten the past year have been di-
rected at that election in some
way. He has usually tried to eX
plOde his blunderbusS at the edi-
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-12-12

tor of the Hayti Herald, but so
far the recoil of his gun has land
ed upon his wind. while the load
went wild. west t.and crooked.
For our part, it doesn't make any
difference. and he is welcome
to bang away whenever he feels
one of those fits coming upon
him,
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-12-12

HE ADVERTISED-AT LAST.
There was a man in our town,
And he was wondrous wise;
He swore Gt was his policy
He would not advertise.
But one sad day he advertised,
And thereby hangs a tale,
The ad. was set in quite small type
Ard headed "Sheriff's Sale"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
THE OLD SOUTH
And the Ways Of South
ernerS.

SOCIAL LIFE IN OLD NEW ORLEANS ~.
Being RecOllectiOns Of My Girlhood, Joy
Eliza Ripley. Illustrated. LIMO PIP oo-'
y. Appleton & Co.
1t was with womanly tenderness hu-
NOR and simplicity that the late Mrs
Ripley penned this book of reminis-
cences of life in New Orleans sixty and
seventy years ago. 1t is valuable ad-
dition 10 the shelf Of volumes from
which hundred years hence historians
and novelists will be drawing details
for what may be a cherished American
literature. 4 cheerful, unpretentious
and dignified society is described here
a society to which the Gallo viyacity
and taste os its Creole members lent
much charm.
When Eliza Chinn was a little girl IN
New Orleans habits and customs there
made for comfort rather than for lux
ury. Slave service-the author gives US
an enthusiastic chapter on the oldtime
coIorad mammy-furnished the chief
requisite .of household ease. Cooking
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30

of continually wearing a scoop sun
bonnet, except in bed or at table, mann
tanned the complexion of a lily?
Very hospitable were New Orleans
old-fashioned people of pOsition-albelt
there were no caterers, and all refresh
ments had to be cooked at home. Ihe
hours were early: a reception evening
began at s, and the guests were all
gone at midnight Bellies and beauH
and balls and music and weddings-the
kind old lady remembers them all low
ingIy and stirs her reader to something
Of her own regret. Added TO theSe
recollections of city life are some de-
lightful glimpses Of a plantation nome
"befo' the war" Hospitality reigned
there, too-and it was sometimes I'M
posed upon. as in the case OF young
invalid stranger, who settled down I'M
invited for a five months visit, ana
when he left did not even send a bread
and butter letter. When the war came
the hospitality was as generous as ever,
but there was little left for the hosts
to give. pitifully little. But we know
that courage and a CHEEKY acceptance
of privation never failed the Southern
women. and a chronicle Of their sor-
rows and their endurance must always
be read with admiration and respect.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30

to turn the pages OF this book IS 10
have something like a thrilling expert
ence. We are initiated into the most
majestic Of all earthly solitudes' INTO
a Dantesque world Of stone and Ice
and snow. Or. de F'ilippi is a wise au-
thor and skiIful into the bargain he
gives US no dithyrambs, realizing the
futility of mere rhetoric. His MARIA
tive is a very simple affair, but through
it he somehow puts US in the mood Tor
sella's photographs. Z. is beautiful
book on a supremely Jcagtiful theme
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
IN THE HIMALAYAS.
A Report of the Duke Of the
Abruzzi's Expedition.

KARAKORAM AND WESTERN HlMA-
LAVA. 1909. An account of the eNpedl-
ton of II. r. H. Prince Luigi Amedeo
Of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzz by flup-
10 de Filippi. r. r. G.. ;. With pref
ace by II. r. II. the Duke or the
Abruzzi. Illustrated 40, PIP. Xvii. 459.
Also a portfolio with plates and maps.
+. p. Dutton q Co.
The Duke Of the Abruz2i was moved
to make the expedition here chronicled
chiefly by his desire to contribute to
the solution Of the problem as to the
greatest height which man may attain
i'm mountain climbing" When the first
ascent Of Mont Blanc was made at the
end of the eighteenth century 1t was
proved that man could climb 1880
feet above sea level Since then the
Alpinist has gained $500 feet over
this record Progress. as Or. de F1lippi
notes is slow but doubtless ii viii be
carried on. Mount Everest, the high
est peak i'm the world, has an altitude
of 29.OO2 feet. The mountain described
in this volume is only $50 feet lower.
1t is a terrible creature, and it con-
auered the Duke of the Abruz2i But
that he dared TO make the attack and
that he only withdrew when forced TO
do SO within sight Of the goal clearly
shows that the hopes Of the mountain
climber are undimmed and may yet
he realized to the fullest extent
The particular monster aimed at in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
LITERARY NEWS
IA ~r0 &
a. CRITICISM ~

tionaI ones of the noble couples Of the
old regime: indifference, if not positive
cumity. tempered by much mutual toll
crunce. Still. when young Custine was
in his turn, accused Of treason ana
taken into custody. his wife set val
iantly to work to plan his escape Inc
daughter Of the jailer having fallen III
love with him, madame persuaded the
girl. by playing on this sentiment 10
assist in Disgusting him and Guidihs
Linn out Of the prison. Cuisine, how
ever. who knew that this offence had
Just been made a capital one, refused
to gain his life at the cost OF that oil
the infatuated girl
These tragedies sobered Delphine de
Cuisine for little while, but two
months later she is again busily en-
Gagged i'm intrigue. and. after her habit
corfessing TO her brother in exile.
Strangest Of all her emotional expert
enccs was her penchant for sentimental
friendships" with the lovers Of mr.
women friends Her own arrest anu
lucky escape from the fate metcd out
to her fathcr-in-Iaw and husband have
already been alluded TO. In justice 10
her memory it remains TO be added
that her sense Of the honor and duty
of her caste. and her mother love led
her to refuse TO cmigrate. because by
-. 5,fr,- che worr5 forfeit her sons
-.-r. t,;,,,oDy When she went
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30

was still done I'm GrcpIaccs; there were
few stoves 10 be- found. The running
river water came from a hydrant in the
yard and almond huIls or alum had TO
bc used to settle" the mud. Furnish
ings were simple: bric-a-hrac was uu-
known. A wealthy old bachelor who
took a European journey and returned
with "a collection of marble gods from
Olympus was not allowed to air his
foreign ideas i'm his own drawing room,
for the spinster niece who presided over
his house Immediately made brown hol-
land slips for Apollo and Cupid and
Mercury, only their snowy heads being
left exposed. Extraordinary landscape
wallpapers were in vogue. one Of
them was decorated with professions Of
JigtaiIcd Cinnamon surrounded by pal
anquins, temples, and the like, the pro-
digious effect Of which was eventually
impaired when the naughty children Of
the house, with pencil or ink, put smok
ing pipes into all the Chinamen's
mouths. The most appalling Of all the
papers covered the hall at the Minor
plantation-it presented Indian jungle
scenes:
A great tiger jumped out OF dense
thiCkots toward sayagcs. who were flee
ing iu terror. Tail trees reached 10 the
ceiling with gauiIIy striped beacon
s'rictDrs wound drOand their trunks.
Kissing snakes pcerCd ont OF 1unslcs,
%
pnacOCks everywhere, some way up. al
most out Of sight iu the grgCnsry;
. ourang-outangs and lots Of almost naked,
daTk-SkiEnCd natives wandered about. To
cap the climax, right close TO the steps
one had to mount To the story above was
a lair Of terOciOus lions.
Those were the days in which men
wore skin-tight pantaIoons Of impress
sive colors-the little girls brother pos
sessed a pea-grcen pair, and she re-
members him "fickering like
chameleon in and out Of open street
doors" Elderly men with a military
record decSed themselves with terrific
black satin stocks, so high and so stif
that they could not turn their heads
when the buckles were fastened. "I
remember" says Mrs. Ripley Major
Waters had a bald spot on the top of
his head, and two long strands Of sandy
hair on each side, which he carefully
gathered up over the bald spot and
secured in place by the aid of a side
comb! l used to wish the comb would
fall out, TO see what the major would
do, for | was convinced he could not
bend his head over that stim, fOrmi-
dable stock" The domestic seamstress
made the first tailor-cut garments Of
well-bred boys. What a roar of wrath
came from the youth Of the pea green
pants" when he found that his first
tail-coat was made too shorb-he could
not sit on the tails, The cOat-tais of
the period were narrow and reached
below the knees of the wearers behind.
The young ladies' their contemporaries,
dressed with a simplicity which would
astonish their expensive great-grand-
daughters And what would the ath-
letic out-of-door girl of to-day say to
fairy-like ancestress, who by dint
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
The New Book of Coli

Edited by HORACE G. HUTCHIN-
son. With g. full-page Illustra-
tions. Crown SyO. $500 net. Post
age - ceUiS.)
CONTENTS Part I-Elementary In
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From the Professionally Point Of View,
hE j. Sherlock. Part lII-MIen OF
Genius by G.. h. Hurchis0n Part "
From the ladies Point oi View, by Mrs.
Ross EEe Miss May HezIeU.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
Royal Gardens

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Eleven OF the most beautiful and famou,
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