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TUI3 WEEK'S ATTRACTIONS.
Tuesday. Night RiiHter Brown
ThursdayThe Yankee Consul.
l'Vldjr--Our New MiniHtcr,
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Count of Monte Chriato. '
Mr. Leslie Carter." .
With the (act that Buster Brown will
be seen at ' the Academy ,on Tuesday
night, .become know nthrougheut our
community there la scarcely a doubt' that
In many a family 'there will be reso
lutions made as strong as any made
by the pen of proline Buster, but the lo
: cal 1 "Resolves"' will all have the one
subject matter and that will be ways
'and means to be present at the fun dUr
, -. pensing vish 01 me inimitaoie Busier
, as noted av. Thle eeason Mat
Rosen plays Buster, and to his credit
i be- K eald that he is. saturated and lm
f'.bued with the spirit that actuated R. F.
Vyutcault when ,he llrst lined Buster on
Vapor. Mr, - Outcault created an elead
Buster. Master Rosen has made htm a
nesn ana wood arzair emailing nuarity
existing for the fun of the thing and
the current tour of Buster will see him
with all new stage settings and en
vironment while the stage full of come-
' ly : maidens ever attendant 111 be heard
In- new and'- popular songs accentuated
' by most elaborate leostumes every one
. new and up to the' hour. Never bus so
good ' an ' organization been seen : In this
popular, musical comedy as we are prom
ised and to the reader we offer the
- happy - suggestion "Resolve" that you
will be one of the many to pay homage
to "Buster Brown."
4 ' :-. MARK. TWAIN'S WISDOM,
i Mark Twain once said "There Is noth
lng In the world like a boy unless.lt Is
another boy." It la the direct application
Of "(no above trite saying that enables
one to solve tho question of R. V. Out-
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sjiilt'j famous bey character Buster
Brown. It !i because Buster Is the liv
ing, breathing prototype of many anoth
er boy. Grandfather recognizes Hunter's
traits of fun and mischief at once, and Is
Carried back to the days of some of his
own pranks. The youngstem admire Bus
ter treatise he Is a munly little chap
worthy of youthful admiration and emu
lation. It Is because the character Buster
Biown la a real boy. that we love him,
end It is for the reason that those who
exploit him In play form have surround
. ed him with clever people supplied with
gorneous costumes, catchy songs and
music and pretty girls, that the public
has accorded such hearty patronage to
the stage. Buster, who will be seen at
the Academy Tuesday night.
"THE YANKEE CONSUL"
'The Yankee Consul." the comic ope
ra success soon to f the attraction
at the Academy Thursday, enjoys the
distinction of possessing pne of the
prettiest choruses on the road. In select
ing the members of his chorus for the
trans-continental tour.. Manager John P.
Blocum. who hns had wkl experience
In these arduous tasks, has used rare
Judgment, and In consequence forty of
the prettiest and daintiest girls ever seen
upon any stage aro Included In "Tha
Yankee Consul's" roster. "Tho Bun Do
mingo MoUU," Is composed of 24 beau
ties, uttlrvd In gorgpoiffe Spanish seno
rita costumes, and will make the aver
age stngedoor Johnny's susceptible heart
flutter. "The Mosquito Olrls" composed
of 12 dainty little blondes, are another
feature and comprises a pony ballet
Twenty musical numbers, including
such familiar numbers us "Ain't It Fun
nu What a Difference. Just a Few Hours
Make," "In Old New York." "My Can
Domingo Maid." "Holn." "In the Days
of Old." "When the Hammers Go Rap,
Rap. Rap." 'The Mosquito and the
Midge." "I'd Love to be a Soldier,"
"Cupid . Has Found My Heart' nd
others are Included In the musical pro
gramme. Alfred G. Rohyn Is the author
of the music, while Henry M. Blossom.
Jr., who also wrote "Checkers," wrote
the book.
The scenes having been Inld on the Isjb
ef San Domingo, splendid opportunity
Is given for a magnificent scene environ
ment, gorgeous costumes and lavish ef
fects. ,
The company Is headed by Henry
Bhort, a clever young comedian who
scored an unprecedented success In the
role of "Abljnh Booze," lst sesson.
The roster contains the names of such
well known favorites as Isabel Carroll.
William V. Struns. James Brennan, L.
It. ' Jefferson, Charles Jncklln, Margaret
Flavin, Elaine Von Thlcle, Wallace Jen
kins and others equally as well known.
"OUR NEW MINISTER."
Friday evening will be a gnl one for
theatregoers, for the ang waited for
date of "Our New Minister" falls on that
date. This latest effort of "The Old
Homestead" authors brought the whole
town tn It's feet on It's recent visit, and
If It's return Is not one of the greatest
successes of the season It will to proof
Indeed that Charlotte taste has deterior
ated. "Our New Minister" csms her
for the first time a few weeks nsu. al
most unheralded, little expected of It; It
..met a fate that no press agent's at
tempts, no sensational advertising could
give It, It scored a veritable triumph.
"Our New Minister" Is not a religious
-play as ths title might possibly Indicate,
but a strong comedy and a living rsfles
. of the characters, scenes snd Incidents
) indigenous to vwe New Knr
' .Mnd village of the present time. A long
and prosperous cartrar can saetly be pre
- dieted for It. Of pathos.- there Is suffi
cient to 'dim the eye with a tear, but a
flash of Yankee wit follows so quickly
that tha tears change to a hearty Isugh.
The olay will be given In Its entirety
on It s return here. Seats are now sell
ing. After the Dowry,
Vie Pour nire.
Suitor "8Ir, I have the honor to
ask for' yrror daughter's dowry."
Pa "I beg your pardon, lr!"
Bultor "Excuse' me, of coarse, I
meant your daughter' a hand."
For Catarrh, ' let me send you treat,
rost.je prove merit, a Trial sum box oi
- br. Shako's Catarrh Remedy. It Is m
' IbaJta that ftvee Instant relief t Cm,
ith the nose and throat Make
.', h pee ( art see. Address Dr. Bboop,
r dusbftie, V'ls. Urge jars to ornts. guU
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j limit .r Mayoralty -Uurhlnlin in
raving Ordinance- Important J (.ml
KhUiIo - MI IJwteJi Member i
liourd ol 1'uMlc Works News in
"'Brief, ; -,"--,-;- .' ':
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Foyettevlllo, March 24-Mr.' E. J.
Maxwell, superintendent of the Cape
Fear Eloctrlc Power. Company,! with
an Immeqse plant at Duckhorn Falls,
was In town yesterday. , Ha confi
dently states that he will have 1,500
Or 0,000 horse power flashed by elec
tric transmission to. the ; Industrial
plants fit Fayettevllle by the 1st of
next. June. 'This la a "consummatl n
devoutly to be wished," out, to ha
plain, there has been so-much' "hope
deferred'! here about the Cape Fear
company that we will wait an! see,
Mr. Van.C Ballard, aspirant for:
the Fayettevllle mayoralty, subject to
the action of the Democratic prima
ries, Is a talented young member of
the Fayettevllle bar,' and served ably
In the Legislature.: ' Mtyor Powers,
who has served only one term, Is un
derstood to be candidate for nomi
nation, y'"-,' ..' -V
- Work Is jn full Wast in' the putting
down of concrete pavements on Hay,
Person, Green, Gllllaple and other
streets carrying out what Is known
as the "Buchlngham ordinance," re
quiring the laying of these sidewalks.
It will make a wonderful Improve
ment in the appearance of the city,
and Mr. R. H. Buchlngham, the alder
man, la perfectly 'proud of the work,
for he carried It out to success In the
face of many difficulties.
The Cumberland County. Agricul
tural Society Is making; extensive im
provements at the fair grounds In the
tearing away of old buildings and the
erection of handsomer ones, Mr. E.
H. Marvin, being contractor. Under
the impulse of the energy of Messrs.
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Scene Prom th6 Famous Musical Comedy, "Buster Brown" Buster and the Chorus.
L. A. Williamson, president, and J.
fcf. Tlllinghart secretary, arrange
ments for the next fair are alreid;'
in progress.
Mfsrrs. J. H. Hart, a prominent
New York business man, and Charles
Eagle, head clerk of the Hotel Lt
Fayette, are spending a few days at
Moore's creek, Pend'r county, with
with quarters at the fishing and hunt
ing lodge owned by Col. J. B. Starr
and other Fmyettvtlle men.
The correspondent went through
the rooms of she Industrial Club on
Hay street the other day snd was
much pleased with the attractive and
elegant surroundings of a pleasant
social, life passed for an hour or two
or an evening, In the leisure Inter
vals of business and professional cares
the commodious sitting room; the
handsome parlor and reading-room,
to which the gift of a plana has been
made by Mr. W. F. Blount, represen
tative of the Kimball Piano Company;
the billiard and pool room, card room,
cavatorles, etc. The personnel of the
club Is of the best. Its members be
ing among the most prominent citi
zens. Yesterday Messrs. W. E. Klndley,
W. D. McHIll and 8. H. MacRae
bought the valuable Black property at
Manchester, 22 miles west of the
city, with the design of putting up a
cotton mill to run 10,000 spindles.
The property Inncludes 128 acres of
land &00 horse power already de
veloped, a saw mill, plaining mill and
several horses.
Yesterday the Junior Order of Unit
ed merlcan Mechanics paid $500 to
the widow of Officer Lockamy, who
wag killed by the negro Tom Walter.
Mr. Henry J. McBlns. city clerk.
has been elected a member of the
board of public works, to All the va
csncy caused by the resignation of
Mr. H. R. Home. Mr. McBlne, from
his long service with the board of
aldermen, Is conversant with muni
clplpal matters, and will bo a valu
able member of the board.
At the meeting of the board of di
rectors of the National Bank of Fay
ettevllle, the usual quarterly dividend
of 2 per cent, was de clared (8 per
cent, annually) and $1,000 was ear
ned to the surplus fund. The balance
of the profits wss placed to the un
divided profits account. This band
has made wonderful strides since Its
establishments, and Its tssets are now
approaching the ' $1,000,000 mark.
Mr. George Williamson, son of - Mr.
J. S. Williamson, ex-reglster of deeds,
of Bladen county and now secretary
of- Congressman Godwin, has taken a
position with the National Bank of
Fayettevllle. Mr. George Williamson
Is a grandson of the late Ma). K. M.
C. Williamson, a prominent Cumber
land cltlsen, and Is In a measure, "on
his native heath."
lUllroad Men Hear New York
Speaker.
Special to The Observer.
Spencer, March ' ilMr. ,' C J.
Hicks, of New-York, aenlor secretary
of the railroad department of tha In
ternationa! committee, addressed a
large mass meeting for men only at
the Spencer Y. M. C. A. building this
afternoon. It eras one of the most
successful meetings yet held by the
association here and the speaker held
the rapt attention of the hundreds of
railroad men present and the ser
vice resulted in great good. Mr.
IJtcka also spoke In the Baptist
church her to-night The pulpit of
Spencer Methodist church waa occu
pied at the same hour by Mr, 1L O.
Williams, of Richmond, who with Mr,
Hicks, 'came to , Spencer Saturday
night for the formal opening of the
T. U, C A, building.
Don't consider tightly the erMenoe ef
rerate chsncee with, ordinary medtotne. I
Vse HollUtffe Rocky Mountain Tea. the I
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srxwine. Mats, fee or Taoiat. i
Jordan Co,
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Will See Mrs. Ix'Mlle Carter Adjudge
. til Insnno Accept Invitation to
, Address -Associated Club County
i Fair Second Week In October
Musical Selections for llaster Ade
lulde Thurston Una Engagement. ;
Bpeclal to The Observer,;,1. , - ; :
Winston-Salem, March 24. A num
ber of clerks met last night and or
ganised the Wlnston-Salom Clerks' I
Union. "A charter will be ' eecured,
Mr. D. H. Wilcox was chosen presi
dent The object of the union Is for
"the betterment of the conditions now
existing-, both for the employes and
the merchants themselves an Inde
pendent association with conservatism
as -our (watchword.';t:"',;' fV-
A number; of young; people from
Winston-Salem are arranging to go to
Charlotte on April . 4th to see Mrs.
Leslie Carter In her famous role of
"Du Barry.",., i This Is by fa he great
actress' best play and, therefor, her
favorite,' because In this character the
has fine opportunity to "display her
versatility and great; power with the
emotions. . - ' t -. '
; W. E. Everldge, a young white man,
was committed to jail a few days ago,
having been adjudged insane at a
hearing before the clerk of the court.
He Is married and has a wife and
two small children. Until recently he
resided 4 miles west of the city. He
was living on Southslde when, his
mental condition was reported 'to the
authorities. - Application has - been
made for his admission to the insane
asylum.
Mr. W. J. Peel, of Raleigh, has ac
cepted the Invitation of the associat
ed clubs of the Twin City to deliver
his address upon Sir Walter Raleigh
before them on April IS. The mem
bers of the clubs are requested to
wear the rosettes of their club colors
UlMp
on Reciprocity Day. The lecture on
this occasion will be given In the
palm room o fthe Zlnzendorf, and Is
looked forward to with great pleasure
by Winston-Salem club women.
The Forsyth oounty fair will be
held the second week In October In
stead of the first wpek as recently
announced. The change was made
by the fact that Virginia preferred
to organize a circuit of her own and
that the secretary of the State fair
at Raleigh declined to co-operate with
the secretaries of the county fairs In
arranging dates, etc. These things
necessitated a change of date for
several fairs.
From the preparations that are be
ing made by the various choirs, the
music In the churches of Winston-
Salem for the Easter services prom
ises to surpass ull former efforts, and
this is saying much. The pro
grammes are not yt complete, but
some particularly fine productions are
being worked up. and already the
church-goers are looking forward to
Easter with Interest.
Adelaide Thurston and her com
pany will spend tho week In the Twin
City. Miss Thurston, It la understood,
declines to play during Holy Week.
She will be at the Auditorium on
Easter Monday night.
NEW PAPER IX MITCHELL.
Mr, P. 8. Rtarretto. I.milng The Oh
. server Every Week Bakersvtlle
Takes on New Growth.
Special to The Observer.
Bakersvllle, March 2t. F. S. Star
rette, formerly of Mooresvllle. tias
opened up an office, and Is editing The
Mitchell .Observer. Mr. Starrette gets
out a clean, newsy paper, snd the
people of Mltcholl are standing by
him as they never stood by a news
paper man before. The Observer Is
a weekly publication, and before
many months It will be the equal of
any weekly In western North Caroli
na. Mr. Starrette has come to stay.
jdakersvllle haa taken on a new
growth, and under out new road law,
It won't be long until every section of
Mitohell county win be connected
with first-class turnpikes. The coun
ty commissioners have decided to
erect a good, large court house.
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An Address by Prof, W. P, Lawrence,
, at the lyongfollow Centenary, Elon
College, Feb. 27, 1W. ' v
To-day, February 27, 1107, America
may truly be said to have Jta grst na
tional literature centenary. The cen
tenaries of: Bryant, Emerson and
Hawthorne were observed in Cuming
ton, Salem and Boston, and Whltter's
centenary will likely be celebrated In
Haverhill December 17 of this year.
Boston, Richmond and CharlotUvllle
will celebrate tha centenary of Oliver
Wendell Holmes and Edgar Allan Poe
In 1909. But to:day the nation cele
brates Longfellow's centenary, and
even, he Is on an ebbing tide. This
may be the only centenary- America
will give him he may be lost in the
sea of oblivion In another, hundred
years, Tat for the sake of American
culture we might wish that not only
Longfellow but a dosen others of our
best writers could have a national
centenary a hundred years to come.
We ought to set a higher price upon
both literature and art. We are the
laughing stock of Europe In matters
of art and very few English literary
men have failed, On visiting our coun
try, to lampoon us. We are too In
sensible to the higher things of civ
ilization. Too few of us love books
and pictures and music for their own
sakes. .
BIOGRAPHY.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was
born In Portland, Me., February 27,
1807. He was the son of Stephen
Longfellow, a prominent lawyer and
legislator, and. was of patriotic extrac
tion from both ancestral sides, and
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he had his own blood stirred with pa
triotic feelings ,when only six years
old, September, 1813, a naval battle
waiLfought near Portland harbor. The
fight was between the Enterprise, an
American vessel, and the EngliBh brig
Boxer. Longfellow, many years later,
referred to the event In the following
lines taken from "My Lost Youth:"
"I remember the sea-fljht far away.
How it thundered o'er the tide!
And the dead captains as they lay
In their graves overlooking the buy
Where they in battle died."
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Both captains were killed In the
fight and were burled side by side.
Longfellow was prepared for college
In the schools of Portland, and In the
autumn after his fourteenth birthday
entered Bowdoln College. Ho spent
the greater part of his freshman year
at heme, but took hla degree In fflur
years.
He was the same year appointed to
the professorship of modern lan
guages In his alma meter. He spent
three and a half years In Europe
studying French. Spanish, Italian
and German before entering upon his
professorship.
His ample preparation and his suc
cess as a professor greatly increased
the patronage of Bowdoln , College.
After five years he was elected to
succeed Geo. Tlcknor as professor of
modern languages In Harvard College
and went to Europe again for a year's
study of the Scandinavian languages.
He had prepared himself to tca'h the
languages of Southern Europu before
entering upon his professional duties
at Bowdoln; and now he goes to ac
quaint himself with the languages of
northern Europe. His beautiful
youpg wife died at Rotterdam upon
this trip.
Longfellow returned to Cambridge
In October, 1816 and took up his res
idence In the house he later bought
and lived In till his death. He served
as a professor In Harvard College sev
enteen years, resigning when only forty-sir
years old, but was known
throughout the remaining twenty
eight years of his life as Professor
Longfellow.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
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toous and affable In boarlns. Steph
en Cammett says Longfolloww as "a
Vry hanJoit. boy, retiring without
being reserved, active and eager. He
was kind-hearted and affectionate;
sensitive, Impressionable, impetuous.
He had blue eyes and chestnut half;
his complexion was delicate; his
cheeks were rosy, Ils eyes were full
of expressionand he loked one square
In the face." ( . ; ;
Thomas Went worth Hlggtnson, who
still remembers ' the new . influences
Longfellow brought to Harvard Col
lege when at the age of SO he became
professor of modern languages there,
gives this aN)unt of him: "It was im
possible not to recognise the new ele
ments which he brought with him in
to Cambridge. For the . first time,"
continues Mr. Hlgglnson, "among our
somewhat rustic and untraveled pro
fessors, there entered an amiable and
polished gentleman, who" treated the
students as belonging to his bw.n
world' and circle. For the first time
he addressed them with the prefix
'Mr.': net the example of the very pol
ished breeding, as for Instance, by
Invariably laying aside his overcoat
When niaking a call upon ladles. His
habits of dress, too,- though he de
scribes then-in his letters as very
simple, seemed the extreme of ele
gance to tho plan Cambridge of that
day." Once more, we have a pen
picture of hli by Wyatt Eaton, the
artist who, In the summer of 1878
painted Longfellow's portrait. He
had Just finished a portrait of Wil
liam Cullen Bryan, whose "Manner
was always very formal," says Mr.
Eaton. Bryant was then In his 85th
year, but "he seemed not 84," says the
artist, but a hundred, or even two
or three hundred." "Longfellow was
then over 70, and had recently had a
severe Illness; but he seemed wonder-
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ways alert and his speech ready. His
head, of course, gave the appearance
of age, but his eyes were those of
youth. His body seemed V years
younger than his head, never fatigued,
always active. Never did I
see him walk up the steps leading
from the lawn to the veranda; It was
always a skip."
While Longfellow was seemingly
easy of approach; while there was an
air of confidential frankness and
open-hearted courtesy about him. yet
there was an Inner circle to his na
ture within which few were ever
admitted. This elment of his nature
drew respect and admiration from
those who knew him In dally life. The
artist Eaton gives us In the folowlng
incident an Idea of how strong one
was Impressed with his feeling of re
spect and admiration: "One morn
ing," says Eaton, "when at work on
Longfellow's portrait the weather
being excessively hot, my shoulders
were suffering with tho thickness of a
too heavy coat, but I felt that It would
not do to take It off. During the
mijnlng some one was announced.
Longfellow asked to have him ihwn
In. An extremely carefully dressed
young man entered. Then
after a little time the conversation
turned upon the weather and the vis
itor said, 'Do you know, Mr. Longfel
low, what the business men do In
their offices down town? They take
off their coats.' 'Why, really!' replied
Longfellow. 'And sit In their shirt
sleeves?' At least, they might have
some kind of light Jacket to put on.
to have the appearance of a coat.'
Eaton painted Emerson's portrait the
same season, and would take off his
coat whenever ho got too warm, 'hav
ing too much consideration for' Em
erson's preoccupation or conversation
to Interrupt by asking permission, and
feeling sure that Emerson was always
oblivious as to whether he hjvd his
cit on or off.
An Incident given by Thomas W,
Hlgglnson as occurring on the college
yard at Harvard while Longfellow
was a professor, gives further proof
of the respect he commanded even
from hilarious college students. The
incident la given as follows by Mr.
Hlgglnson: "Once after a student re
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bellion among the members of my
class, who were holding a noisy even
ing mooting in the college yard, the
professors themselves got knowledge
or it, ana began to come out upon us
In person to remonstrate, and threats
en. First came one of the gentlest
among them, who was grasped In the
very arms of our- ringleader and
forcibly faced towards home, with the
quieting council: 'Go home and go to
bed, old Dory Prosywan advice which
he discreetly , followed! Then came
Professor Ben Pelrce, rushing swift as
one of his own comets from the Ob
servatory, where he then ruled; look
ed each Into the . face, exclaiming:
Smith, go to your room!' 'Jackson,
go . to your room!', and, rushing
through the crowd of students passed
away like the comet, leaving us un
molested. Then John Revere, i -our
leader, grandson of Paul Revere, of
me revolution, suaaeniy exciaimea;
Boys! here's .Professor Longfellow!
we'll hear him; ho alwaya treats ua
tike gentlemen!' Whether he said a
word or not I do not know; but . tha
boyish rebellion was at, an end.
WRITINGS.
Nature endowed Longfellow with
a love for literature, and a wide and
careful scholarship made him an ar
tist In the field of poetic expression.
Unlike Scott, who was first a poet and
later a prose writer Longefellow was a
prose writer first and then a poet.
When he reached his 2nd year he
had published the following prose
works:
'Elements of French Grammar."
"Origin and Progress of the French
Language."
"Defense of Poetry."
"History of the Italian Language
and Dialects."
"The Spanish Language and Liter-
ature."
Spanish Devotional and Moral Po
etry."
"Old English Romances."
"Outre-Mer" being reminiscences of
his first European trip, and "Hyperi
on," disclosing partially tho record of
his life during his second European
visit. During the same year in which
this last named and most important
of his prose works was published his
first volume of poems appeared a
thin book entitled "Voices of the
Night." It was a collection of poems
that had been published In periodicals
since his 13th, year, his first poein
"Lovell's Fight" having appeared In
The United States Literary Oaiette In
1820 when 'the poet was but 13 years
old.
The most popular poem In this 1839
volume 1b "The Psalm of Life," com
posed early one July morning, 1838.
Longfellow now turned his atten
tion to poetic composition and two
years later, 1841, he brought out his
second volume under the tlltle "Bal
lads and Other Poems." In this little
volume are to be found more of his
most famous poems than In any other
volume of his work, for here are "The
Skeleton In Armor." "The Wreck of
the Hesperns," The Village Black
smith." "The Rainy Day," and "Ex
celsior." The third volume of poems were
written In October, 1842, on the re
turn voyage from a third trip to Eu
rope, and bore the title "Poems on
Slavery."
Other poetical works were publish
ed as follows:
"The Spanish 8tudent, 1843."
"The Waif." 1845.
"The Poets and Poetry of Europe,"
1845.
"The Belfry of Bruges and Other
Poems," 1848.
"Evangeline," 1847.
"Kavanaugh," a tale of New Eng
land life (his latest prose work),
1849.
"The Seaside and the Fireside," a
volume of new poems, 1850.
In this volume Is that famous poem,
"The Building of the Ship."
"The Golden Legend" appeared In
1851.
"The Song of Hiawatha." 185B. The
same year In which The Atlanta
Monthly was established. In which
many of Longfellow's poems com
posed thereafter are to be found.
"The Courtship of Miles Standlsh,"
came In 1858, with which waa pub
lished in tbe same volume other poems
under the title fBlrds or Passage.
"Tales of a Wayside Inn," 1863, and
with It "Birds of Passage, Flight the
Second."
"FIowor-de-Luce," a small volume
of verse, 1867, also the first volume
of his translation of Dante, the 3rd
and last volume of when was com
pleted In 1872. This Is the most not
ed of the long list of Longfellow's
translations and Is said to have been
accomplished In Ave years' time with
only ten minutes a day being given to
the task.
In 1872 appeared the "Chrlstus,"
which consists of "The Divine Trag
edy," "The Golden Legend" and 'The
Now England Tragedies." In 1872
appeared also a volume entitled
"Three Books of Song."
"Aftermath" came out in 1874. and
"The Mask of Pandora" In 1875. Two
poems In this volume noed to be noted
especially. First "Morlturl Salutamus
read by the author at the 50th anni
versary of his graduation of Bondoln
College, and secondly. "Hanging of
the Crane," which had before ap
peared In The New York Ledger, for
which that periodical paid the an
thor the enormous sum of 14,000. This
poem Is a delightful, domestic drama
and was acted at the Boston Theatre
In 1881.
From 1876 to 187( Longfellow ed
Ited a series of poetical works, thirty
one volumes, styled "Poems of
Places."
In 1878 Longfellow published a col
lection of poems that had appeared in
periodicals the threo years previous.
In this volume, which bears the title
"Keramos and Other Poems,'" are to
be found some very fine sonnets.
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form of poetry rn.iny 1 - i
or never knew Lonp.fitUo'.v !-
The poet's last volume, "I ...
Thule," was published in 1880.
During Longfellow's life, hi P'H -
larlty waa so enormous as aim" t t
drown tho voice of citlclnm. I."
many even of his most ardent admir
ers feared a disasteroua reaction af
ter his death.. The dreaded reaction
has come only In part, and la not
likely to bury him in oblivion. For
fifteen years, the critics have been
trying to prove that his enormous
popularity Is conclusive proof that he
la a very Inferior poet If poet at all;
for a thing every one praises la art
less and belongs only to the vuTgar, .
and who ever takes occasion to note ,
In magazine literature now the tone
of criticism will And the younger
critic fa- less enthusiastic than the
older ones, such as Hlgglnson and
Bliss Perry, both of whom are strong
personal admirers of Longfellow.
Both, however, recognise his limita
tions. Bliss Perry In his last sen- -tence
and In his latest article on
Longfellow published In lilt to show
from the catalogue of ttie British, Mu
seum, the fullest literary catalogue In
the world, that a hundred transla
tions, complete and partial, of Long
fellow's poems had then been made .
Into eighteen different languages, and
that there were 487 books enumerat
ed by that catalogue under 'Tenny
son" and 484 under "Longfellow,"
with not more than lit under any
other English poet.
Longfellow has been more widely
translated than Tennyson and In this .
respect has no equal among English
writing poets. '
Longfellow Is not a great poet and -.
Is likely Inferior to at least fouf oth
er American poets, Poe, Whittler, La- '
nler and Whitman, but at the same
time all these together cannot equal
him In popularity. "How then," yo
ask, "Is he Inferior to them?" He
lacks ine spontaneous poetic burst
that they all surpass In. He Is an ar
tist painting almost perfectly In bal
lad and song the simple emotions that
belong to every heart. Tho great po
ets have dramatic and epic powers.
These Longfellow did not have. He
filled his little place In the world and
filled It full. His poems are more
widely sung than those of any other
English-writing poet, and this fact
to posterity.
alone would save his name and olace
Let critics rage, but they cannot
soar high as the simple songs of the
common human heart told In sweet.
simple, melodious rhyme. "It Is glory,
enough for Longfellow that he Is read
by the same persons who still read
Robert Burns, Gray Elegy Shake
speare's plays and the English Bible."
"Above his 'grave the grass and snow
Their soft antlphonal strophes
write:
Moon rise and daybreak come and go:
Summer by summer on the height
The thrushes find melodious breath.
Here let no vagrant winds that blow
Across the spaces of the night
Whisper of death.
They do not die who leave their
thought
Imprinted on some deathless page;
Themselves may pass: the. spell they
wrought
Endures on earth from age to age.
And thou whose voice but yesterday
Fell upon charmed listening ears,
Thou shalt not know the touch of
years;
Thou holdest time and chance at bay.
Thou llvest In thy living word
As when Its cadence first waa heard.
O gracious Poet and benign,
Beloved presence! now aa then
Thou standest by the hearths of
men;
Their fireside Joys and griefs are
thine,
Thou speakest to them of their dead,.
They listen and are comforted.
They break the bread and pour tne
wine
Of life with thee, as in those days
Men saw thee passing on the street
Beneath the Elms O reverend feet
That walk In far celestial ways!"
ELECTRIC POWER FOR MOXROB
The Catawba Power Company Con-
suited In the Matter The Btevena-
Hrll .Marriage a Pleasant Surprise
lo Many Friends.
Special to The Observer.
Monroe, March 24. A committee
composed of Prof. J. A. Blvlns, Messrs,
Frank Armfleld and J. L. Everett haa
been appointed by the Jackson Club
to confer with representatives of the
Catawba Power Company with the
object of having electric power trans
mitted by that company to Monroe.
Tho company has already signified
Its willingness to transmit power to
this point on condition that the town
will take at least 1,000 horse-power.
This consideration should be easily
met, as between 2.500 and 3,000 horse
power Is now used by tbe town and
prlvato Industries.
The news of the marriage of Mrs.
Celeste U. Bell and Dr. S. A. Stevens,
reported In The Observer, came as
a surprise to the many friends of the
couple at Monroe. There were several
Inaccuracies In the report, however,
which may as well be corrected. Mrs.
Stevens Is not a native of Iredell, but
of Baltimore, Md., and the marriage
took place at Salisbury and not at
Monroe. Mrs. Stevens was connected
with the Presbyterian Hospital In
Charlotte for some time, and was su
perintendent of the Monroe Hospital
for about six months prior to last
Monday. Her home was at Statesvllla,
where her mother and little daughter
have been residing for some years. Dr.
and Mrs. Stevens will make their
home at Monroe.
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