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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-21
FANNY CROSBY HAS BEEN
 BLIND FROM EARLY INFANCY

Fanny Crosby was born in Putnam County, N. Y, on March 24th, 1920. Her father. John Crosby, died when she was very young Her grand father fought in the War of 1872 and her great grandfather in the Revolu- ton. When she was six weeks old she was made totally blind when her parents followed the advice of an un- skilled physician and poulticed her eyes. ss.ss
 When she was IS years old she en- tered a school for the blind in New York which she attended as a pupil and later became one of it's teachers.
 MARRIED HER PUPIL
 In 1858 she married one of her for ner pupils, Alexander Van Alstyne. He was well educated. having gradu- ated from the College of Schenectady, and WAS musician, a philosopher and a deep student of human nature He died in 1902. Speaking of him to one of her boys she says:
 t.He was buried in Brooklyn not far from where we first established our little home soon after marriages; and there, though I cannot see the mound under which he rests, can touch the turf with my hands and try to make his spirit feel that I am constantly lamenting Shis temporary loss" He insisted that she keep her liter ary name of Fanny Crosby, and that is why she Is so widely known by that rather than as Mrs: Van A1stype. HEIR MAEY PEN. NAMEs. [ It was in 1864 when she made the acquaintance of William B. Brad bury. | a prominent writer of hymn-music, that she first began to write hymns While hundreds of hymns are recog- l nized as coming from her pen because they are signed Fanny Crosby peo- pie do not generally know that she used many other noms-de-p plume as 1 we'll.
 | Some of them are Mrs. B. A.. An drew,'' tsElla. Dafe,,' Julia sStirling,' ? .svfctoria Francis Victoria Stewart. . Lyman Cuy1er,', Charles Bruce,s l ..I4izzie Edwards,,' .scsrace I. Francis,
 Sally M. smith .Henrietta B1aff, ; 1 .sAAyra Jldson, = # Charles Burns I Alice M. Onteiti1. g = James M Black, 2 Frank Gould z, Jennie Garnett, .sVictoria Stirling. Carrie M. Will son. Maud Marion" etc.
 Among her most beloved hymns are
 Safe in the Arms of Jesus, 2 Rescue the Perishing, Speed Away ant
 Pass Me Not By
 IRA B. sANKEY.s STORY.
 Again in the Story of Her Life 1 Fanny Crosby says:
 Among many other incidents con nected with my lhymns is one related l me by Ira B. Sankey. When he va in Edinburgh. an old Scotch woman
 came to thank him for writing Saf I in the Arms of Jesus.
 But didn't write it. replied MT lSankey, that was Fanny Crosby.s an,
 he sat down and told her about me-
 We'll said the lady, when he wa
 through. when ye gang back t
 America, gie her my love an tell he
 an auId Scots woman send her he
 blessing The last hymn my daugh tter sang before she died was tha one'."
 Miss Crosby had spoken to me o writing for The Farmer some 70 year ago. A search through the files Q about that time resulted in findin the following poem printed 69 year ago:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-21
Reilly For Consular
 Service In Germany
Younger Son of Meriden Con gresSman Named After
 Successful Exam inatiOn.
Special to The Farmer)

Washington. March 21.-Arthur B. L. Reilly, son of Congressman Thomas L. Reilly, of Connecticut, has been mo- tified by Director Carr of the consular service of his appointment as vice. consul at Magdeburg, Germany Mir ReiIlyss appointment is the result of a non-competftive examination which he passed last summer s@
 Nfr. Reilly is 23 years old, grad uate. of St. Thomas Seminary, Hart ford, and speaks German. He has been employed on newspapers in Con- necticut and recently came to Wash ington where he is police reporter for the Washington Times. He will sail for Germany early next month.
 Magdeburg is a city of 265,000 pop ulation. Alfred w. Donegan of Ala bana is the present consul.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-21
DIXIE FOR THE UNION
tNords by Frances J. Crosby9

Y N z.-..z. On. ye patriots, to the battle, Hear Fort MouItrie's cannon rattle: Then away; then away, then away to
 the fight;
 Go meet those Southern Traitors;
 With iron will, And should your courage falter, boys, Rem Bunker Hill. Hurrahl Hurrahi Hurrah! Our Union shall not sever! As our fathers crushed oppression Deal with those who breathe seces-
 sion; Then away; then away, then away tn
 the fight
 Though Beauregard and wigfall Their swords may whet
 Just tell them Major Anderson Has not surrendered yet. Hurrah, Hurrah. Hurraht Our Union shall not sever! Is Virginia, too, seeding? Washington's remains unheeding? Then away; then away, then away to
 the fight.
 Unfold our country's banner In triump there,
 And 1et-rhe rebels descerate
 That banner if they dare! HuTrahi Hurrah. Hurra1a! Our Union shall not severt Volunteers be up and doing, Stin the good old path pursuing; Then away; then away, then away to the fight!
 Your sires who fought before you; Have led the sway.
 Then follow in their foot steps,
 And be as brave as they Hurrah! Hurrats Hurrah. Our Union shall not sever! On, ye patriots, to the battle. Hear Fort Mou1trie's cannon rattle; Then away; then away, then away to
 the fight!
 The star that lights our Union Shall never set.
 Though fierce be the conflict We'll gain the victory yet! Hurrah! Hurrahi Hurrahi
 Our Union shall not sever!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-21
EARLY SCENES
: (By Frances Jane Crosby

!. IBy Frances 1ane CrosDy1 (RepubHshed From The Farmer of
 Tuesday, April 29, 1s45-) Early scenes-how sweet their mem
 ory,
 where in childhood we have played. CraEgy steep and rugged mountain, Fairy glen, and peaceful glade. Early scenes-the gushing fountain. And the cottage in the vale Flowers a sisters hands have planted, Breathing odors to the gale. Early scenesEtz1e weeping willow, Aged elm, and towing pine,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-21
The ssDixie Paraphrase

According to an article by H. E. krehbiel in the New York Tribune of February 18th of this year, Fanny Crosby wrote a paraphrase Of Dixie the popular Southern war song Her song is believed to have been written some time before April4}1861, when Fort Moultrie was evacuated. MT. Krehbiel makes the ridiculous mis- take in his article of referring to Miss Crosby as the blind hymn writer who died only a, short time ago.
 Following are the words of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-21

EMILY EMMET.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-21
MRS. cARaILG RALLIES.

Mrs. Lester J. CargiIl, who under went critical operation at St. Vim cents hospital yesterday, has rallied so strongly that while she still is very il, her friends are encouraged to ex- pect her recovery.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01

referred to. In this case the answer
was our heart beats. Each Of us We'd
with the other in inventing and COM
putting these conundrums. Always we
selected something in which the an
swer was some gigantic number, run
ming into billions oftentimes. 1t SEEM
ed to push the Chair farther back into
the future to have such an uncount-
able number OF units of any kind be-
tween 1t and us. we used reams Of
paper figuring how far an express
train travelling sixty miles an hour
could carry us i'm the days OF life we
had left. We estimated how far an
ocean greyhound could take us in
round-the- world trip. We learned how
fast the earth travels. and worked out
with painstaking accuracy the exact
distance it would carry us through
space before the day. We read n
magazine article on a comet which was
said to be travelling toward us at dizzy
speed. and learned how many round
trips To the moon we had time still to
make IL we could travel with IL. We
made a table showing how many heart
beats and how many breaths were left
us at the end OF each OF our rapidly
dwindling number Of DAYS. And all this
helped us to pass the time and keep
down the ever-incgeasirg mental ten
SION"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01
MARRIAGE LICENSE RECORD
FOR AUGUST ESTABLISHED
80 COUPLES ENTER THE MATRI-
MoNlAL SPHERE DURING
PAST MONTH.

The largest number OF marriage IL
censes ever issued in August i'm the
history OF Houghton county was is
sued during the past month, when
eighty-nine couples entered the mat
rimonial sphere. this number exceeding
the former record by I.
The previous high record was estab-
lished in 1907 when SO certificates
were issued Two years later the rec
ord was tied. The following numbers
were issued in August since 1907:
August, 1907. 50; 1908. ~; 1909, 50;
1910, 40; 1911, rs; 1912 Il; 1913, 60;
1914, so.
1t is not unlikely that the present
record will stand for several years as
August is not generally n month of
marriages, especially as is June month.
The following licenses were issued
at County Clerk Kaisers office yes
terday:
Matt Koski of Republic and Mrs. Ida
j. Ruokanen OF Calumet.
Carlo Mattencci of Trimountain and
Miss Rosino Pisan OF Franklin.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01
"a MODERN EVE" FRIDAY.
Noted Berlin Operetta Will Be Pre-
scented at kerredge Sept. q.

Real interest is being evidenced by
music lovers in the forthcoming en-
gagement of the Berlin operetta, "A
Modern Eve" which will be presented
at the Kerredge theater Friday even
ing, September 4. The seat sale will
open at the Kerredge hardware store
tomorrow morning at o'clock.
The delightful melodies of Victor
Hollaender and Jean Gilbert, compo-
sers OF the music of "A Modern Eve"
already enjoy a widespread vogue.
Mort II. Singer is credited with the
greatest success in his producing ca
reer in this mpsical Offering. which
was imported from Berlin and pre-
sented last season i'm Chicago, where Il
sprang into immediate favor
Among the most attractive numbers
to be heard are Goodbye Everybody"
Hello Sweetheart" You're such 4
Lonesome Moon Tonight" Rita, My
Margarita,' rs the Girl You Married
still the Girl You Love-" and Every
Day Is Christmas When You're Mar
ried." The famous Modern Eve beauty
chorus will be a feature and the SEN
sational Dancing Four opponents Of the
art of Tango ana characteristic dane
ing will prove revelation and nov
city.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01
FORTY THOUSAND VISITED
MICHIGAN HEALTH TRAIN
MOST SUCCESSFUL TRIP IN HIS
TORY OF STATE BOARD, DR..
BURkART DECLARES.

The most successful expedition we
have ever held said Or. John l. Burk-
art OF the state board of health at
Lansing I'm referring 10 the trip of the
Michigan health train just finished.
In the month we We're out, We ex-
hibited the train To over 10000 persons.
We had planned our trip through GER
tain sections of the upper peninsula
IN order TO catch the foreigners and
I'm this we were successful People Of
that sort visited the train by the thou
sands and seemed much interested in
what we had aboard. Literature by
the ton was given them and if one
tenth Of the seed to sown brings fruit.
we should be satisfied"
The train ended it's travelling yes
terday, but will remain at Grand Rap
ids as an adjunct to the fair on there
now.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01
SAYS FOOD coLoRs SKIN.

A German doctor has evolved a queer
theory about the coloring of the human
race-that the tint Of the skin is deter
mined by the food eaten.
Originally, he declares, the human
species was black, because our print
tive forefathers subsisted on fruits
and roots containing manganese. The
American Redskins owe their color to
the consumption OF raw flesh. The
Mongols are yellow because of their
descent from a tribe which consumed
great quantities of herbs rich I'm chlor-
ide and the Caucasians have tn thank
the salt. for which they have great
liking. for their dainty pink and white
or delicate brunette compilations.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01
CLAIMS HE WAS HELD UP.

trio Of Poles. former copper coun-
try miners, were arrested near the In
diana mine late yesterday afternoon
on charge Of highway robbery. Tho
complainant is John DumolsH who
charged he was held up and roll con-
tanning $50 taken from him. The COM
plainant declared that he and the three
defendants were working their way out
of the county yesterday and when near
the Lake mine, he displayed the mon
ey. When the opportunity presented
itself Domolski said his companions
jumped upon him and removed the
roll. A hearing will be held in Onto
nagun today.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01

tors from whom received only tempo
rary relief. / decided to give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a fair
trial and also the Sanative Wash. have
now used the remedies for four months
and cannot express my thanks for what
they have done for me.
"If these lines will be Of any benefit
you have my permission to publish
them. - Mrs. SADIE WILLIAMS, 455
James Street, Eikhart, Indiana.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and herbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and to-day holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for female ills
we know of, and thousands Of voluntary
testimonials on file in the Pinkham
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to
prove this fact.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound will help you, write
to Lydia II. Pinkham McdicineCO.
(cOniidentiaD Lynn, Mass. for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman,
and held In strict confidence.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01
PRISONER TELLS Or
IMPRESSIONS WHEN
AWAITING EXECUTION

In the September American Maya
zine appears another Boston Blackie
story entitled Death Cell Visions"
written by Number 66O6 who is now an
inmate in western penitentiary The
author was at one time under sentence
of death. He was awaiting the final
day with another man who was To be
executed at the same time. In his
present story he describes in part as
follows how il feels to be under death
sentence:
THE long monotonous days dragged
weary by. We were glad each time
night came, and yet begrudged the last
day. Each night left one day less OF
life for us. We read magazines. played
checkers. tried novels, sang with the
other condemned men, but no mental
diversion ever removed the spectre of
the Chair that waited at the end ~ the
ROAD we were all travelling so swiftly |
remember one night was reading an
absorbingly interesting book. 1t was
"Pere Goriot." by Balzac. read on and
on, my eyes following the printed
words on the pages. My cell mate
spoke To me and came out OF my
dream, realizing that for many pages
| had not sensed one word / read
While my eyes travelled the lines of
the book. my mind had been on the
Chair. | was wondering whether the
cold, damp cap that was To be clamped
over the shaven spot on my head would
send a SILVER through me that would
he mistaken for 'cowardice. | threw
down my book in disgust.
Pal ! said to my cell mate.
whats the use Of lying To ourselves?
Neither OF us mention the Chair
aloud. But both of us are thinking of ID
every minute we are awake and
dreaming of IL when we sleep. What
do you say IL we quit pretending and
talk about what's In our minds? 1t
may help us to pass the time"
YOU'RE on he cried eagerly
I've wanted To suggest II, hut didn't
know how you would take it,"
After that we spent hours debating
every imaginable phase OF our APP
preaching end We recalled every
printed account OF an execution we
had read. We argued the relative ease
of death by hanging. by n bullet. and
by electricity! We even made sort
of game Of IL in this way:
L would say, What will happen
1i,52O,0OO times yet before we go?"
You see, boys. still remember even
the figures after al, these years. II
was my cell mates task to guess what
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01
aHoughton Department
DATE Is SET FOR
TRIP To DULUTH
Portage Lake Golfers viii Go to
Zenith City Sept. II

Arrangements have been completed
by the executive committee of the
Portage Lake Golf club for their trip
To Duluth To play the Northland Coun-
try club on Saturday, September ~.
Elaborate preparations are being made
Tor the tourney and local golflends hope
to return with the measure of the
crack golf team Of the Zenith city.
1t is expected that ten players will
make the journey and several local en-
thusiasts probably will accompany the
team. The trip will be made by rail
and the party will leave Friday even
ING, the match being scheduled for
Saturday afternoon
Announcements from Duluth state
that the golf enthusiasts of that city
are awaiting with eagerness the COM
Ing OF the Portage Lake team. The
Duluth and Portage Lake clubs are old
time rivals on the links and games be-
tween these clubs have always been
watched with interest by those inter-
ested in this outdoor sport.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01

plications for first papers have been
numerous.
Mr.. Mosler Will remain in the cop
per country for several days and to-
morrow and Thursday viii examine APP
plicants for citizenship for the Septem-
Der term OF court. Indications are that
he will not find time heavy on his
hands while here as there are 1862
aliens to be examined at this term. Mr..
Mosler will return about the first
of November for the November term
of court. Forty-fve aliens will be ex-
amined at that time.
To date fourteen applicants have APP
piled for fun citizenship papers at
County Clerk Kaiser's office for the
January. 1915 term OF court. Austria
loses the largest number with six, Italy
Is second with five, while England,
Canada and Greece each lose one.
Anton Abe OF Copper City, a native
OF Austria who came to the United
States through the port OF New York
in 1905. yesterday filed application for
full citizenship papers.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01
PREPARING FOR REUNION.
Executive Named to Take Charge Of
1915 Sons ST George Convention.

The lodges Of the order Sons of st.
George of Michigan, which Will meet
in Houghton next year will be enter
tanned by the Duke Of wellington lodge
of Trimountain and the General Butler
lodge of Houghton jointly. Already
preliminary plans have been made and
at almost every meeting the reunion
comes up for discussion among the
members of these two lodges.
Saturday evening an executive com
mittee was named AZ follows:
Chairman-Thomas T.. Mitchell of
the Duke of wellington lodge.
Trustee-R. ID. Kellow of the General
Butler lodge.
Secretary--William J. Trudgeon OF
the Duke of Wellington lodge.
Assistant secretary-George +. Hines
OF the General Butler lodge.
Also. the two lodges have named the
following committees on ARRANGEMENTS
To work I'm conjunction:
General Butler lodge-Edward Rash
leigh. James Chappell, Fred Snowden.
Charles Jenkin, II. ID. Kellow and
George +. Hines.
Duke of wellington lodge-Thomas
II. Mitchell, Albert Kent, Albert Hay
mes, Herbert Dymond. Jams Wilson
and william j. Trudgeon.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01
KAMIMURA, HEAD OF THE JAP
FLEET, ONCE WAS THE MOST
HATED Man IN ALL JAPAN

Hikonojo Kamimura became a war
idol of Japan when the second squad
ron of the Japanese navy of which
he was COMMANDMENT chief. met and
defeated three Russian warships. the
Rurik, the GromOboi and the Rossia,
off the eastern coast of Korea on Aug.
IA, 1905. The Rurik was sunk and the
others severely damaged and captured.
They composer lie Vladivostock
squadron and had been preying upon
the Japanese merchantmen and trans
ports.
After the Rurik had destroyed two
transports and the japanese troops
they were conveying To Korea Vice
Admiral Kamimura became so UNI
popular with the masses in Japan that
daggers were sent to him with which
to commit suicide. But his final de-
feat of the Vladivostock squadron thus
clearing the seas of the menace to ia
pans military designs, redeemed him
and later, when his squadron took a
leading part In the battle of the Japan
sea, when Russia's naval power was
destroyed, he became IA hero in Japan.
lie was rewarded with the title OF
baron and invested with the Grand
Gordon of the Rising sun and the First
Class of the Golden Kite.
Vice Admiral Kamimura is Of the
samurai or aristocratic class. He is
65 years old and has spent most Of
his life in Japan's naval service. AZ
ter he was graduated from the Ma
val college he was on board "A train
ing vessel that came to the United
States.
He was an officer of the Denral that
protected the port of Kobe, i'm Salgo's
rebellion of 1877. AS captain he
fought i'm the war with China as COM
of the cruiser Akitsushima. In
1909 he became rear admiral and
chief of stam Of the standing squad
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01
HoUGHToN BREVITIEs.
i. 4. = !. = :. :. :. :. + i. i. T. i. !.

Miss May Palmer left Sunday even
ing for Long Beach, Cal, where she
has accepted IA position as teacher.
Miss Palmer was formerly teacher
In the HoughtOn public schools.
A. II. Larned Of New York city is
visiting in Houghton on business.
Thiel Robinson left last evening for
Green Bay on a business mission.
II. Il. Blankenbury of Duluth was in
Houghton yesterday visiting friends.
Willard Bolitho of Norway is regis
tered at the Douglass House.
Mrs. II, ID. McClanathan Of Chicago
is the guest Of her brother, II. =.
Terrio.
Fred Cundy has accepted a position
as representative for the iron and cop
per countries for the Steele Wedeeles
company, one OF the oldest Wholesale
grocery houses OF Chicago.
Mrs. Edward Jones, who has been
visiting at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel f.. Byrne, has returned to her
home at Mass.
Mrs. w. II, Vivian and daughter
Florence are visiting i'm Detroit.
Il. j. Fischer of Marquette visited
friends i'm Houghton yesterday.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01

, ron. In 1898 ne became vice-admiral
and COMMANDMENT chief of that
| squadron. lie has been commander
in-chief Of the Yokosuka admiralty
and member of the Flag Officers coun-
ell.
Vice Admiral Hayao Shimamura was
Admiral TOgos chief of stan in the
Russian war, and has held many other
nigh posts in his countrys naval serv-
Ice. He is 56 years old and of the
samurai
Following his graduation from the
Naval college in 1880 he studied in
italy until 1890. by that time he had
attained the rank of lieutenant COM
mander. He was a STAFF officer on
board the flagship Matsushima i'm the
war with China I'm 1894. and I'm the
battle of the Yellow Sea ne was
wounded in one leg.
soon after that was he became n
commander and was attached To the
naval board. After serving as a pro-
fessor at the Navaf Staff college he
was assigned To the Japanese legation
i'm Rome i'm 1896. As captain in 1899
he was commander of the warship
Suma, and year later, in the Boxer
troubles, he was chief Of STAFF OF the
standing squadron.
Later he was attached to the naval
board. and in 1904 he was made a rear
admiral. After serving as u comman-
der in the second and fourth squad
rons he was made chief of staff to Ad-
miral Togo, in command of Japans ma
val forces. He became director of the
Naval STAFF college in 1906. and was
made a vice-admiral. In 1900 he was
made commander OF the second squad
ron.
He was representative Of Japan at
the Hague peace conference in 1907.
His decorations are the second class
of the Golden Kite and the second or
der of the Double Rayed Rising Sun.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01
Hancock Department
BAKERY is ou1rEp.
West Hancock Establishment Exten-
sively Damaged by Fire.

The Lindquist bakery. situated I'm
Minnesota street. In West Hancock,
was extensively damaged by FIRE short
~ before six o'clock last night when
an over heated oven. il is believed. ig-
nited the floor directly above il. De
spite the efforts Of The nremen, the
building was almost totally destroyed
and a loss Of about $4,000 is involved.
The structure ana the equipment was
insured for $500.
The blaze was discovered by u boy
about o'clock and AN alarm was turn
ed in. Considerable Roadway was
gained by the flames before the depart
ment arrived and the fire already had
crept up 10 the second floor, between
the walls. More than an hour elapsed
before the flames were under control
and four streams We're necessary to
keep the fire confined 10 the building.
Mr. Lindquist, the owner of the build
ing win begin arrangements to rebuild
as soon as the loss is adjusted.