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Interestina Facts oHhe Literary De
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partment of the Woman's Club. . '
The last meeting of the Literary De
partment of the Woman's Clin was of
more than ordinary interest as the study
of Poe was concluded by a general dia
cusion on various Jsubjecta concerning
bis poetry and prose, and the reading of
two papers by members of the club. ;
Mrs." John Hollister read extracts from
bis life and some of his most interesting
letters and then read a, most apprecia
tive sketch of his life.- After, consider
able discuBaion of several points in the
life of the poet: brought out by Mrs.
Hollister the leader of the department
read the following paper: j r -
' . poe as a writer: "
I There is, perhaps no "more difficult
man towrite about in literature than
Poe, for hia works conform so seldom
to any set standards and his subjects
are so ethereal andunearthlythat usual
words of criticism fail to convey- anyj
idea of his writings. Poe is one of the
many men of letters whom one must
read carefully to understand and to ap
preciate, then ones understanding and
appreciation just is, and is extremely
difficult to explain. : Poe's very irregu
lar and dissipated , life has cauBed no
more controversy than have his works.
He has always had ardent admirers
and equally as ardent detractors both
as to his character and his works. He
made bitter enemies during his short
life doubtless caused largely by his
eccentricities of temperament He
probably was not is not yet sympathe
tically appreciated. There are many
people who are unable to separates
wan from his works, therefore because
they cannot admire Poe sb a man, they
fail to appreciate his power as an ar
tistic Writer. In addition to these facts
Poe's subjects are so foreign to every
day American life that one must have
imagination cultivated considerably to
enjoy such flights as Poe's into the
realms of the fanciful and terrible.
Yet it is a surnificant fact that Poe is
more generally known and admired by
foreigners than any writer that Amer
ica has yet produced, and of all foreign
ers, the French are his most apprecia
tive readers.
Poe is usually considered among the
writers of th South, but he has few, if
any characteristics or other writers of
our land. He draws no distinctive
northern pictures as do Lanier, Timrod
others nor does he portray any
northern character's Thos Nelson Page
or Joel Chandler Harris do in our own
time. As for that matter neither his
characters nor his backgrounds can be
placed anywhere in any precise sense
they all belong to a queer dream-land
often a place fascinating but awful
Poe claims the attention of the stu
dent of American literature in three
different lines of work, viz: ai a critic,
as a writer of prose tales and as a poet
Poe's critical works are read today,
chiefly by the student who wishes to
make a thorough study of all that this
man of curious genius wrote, not
pecially for their Inherent value as cri
ticism, for as Lanier once said Poe did
not known enough to be a great critic
In the modern sense of the work Poe
was no scholar, he did not submit to
sufficient training to be much. He
a crank on the subject of plagiarised
and was constantly on the look out for
someone who might be guilty of this
form of theft... He once accused the
poet Longfellow of plagiarism and wu
very bitter and re thing in his de
nunciation of him; afterwards he tried
to make amends by oer-praising him.
He was frequently biased hi his criti
cal opinions by penonal likes and dis
likes; ' he overpraised many women
writers of his time whom he happened
to admire at the time and failed at
times to give due credit to others for
more deserving.,- In more Instances
however be showed remarkable insight
at in the care of his early predictions
concerning Hawthorne and Tennyson
st a time when neither of there juatl
famous men were widely known. Un
doubtedly Poe was an luflucntial critic
In his time for his name on the edi
torial staff of a mairsxine counted con
siderably In Its fsror with the reading
public . .
As a poet Poe Is neither profound
like Drowning nor varied like Tennyson.
Uilik Oiwm twn griHit pou - he i
power) tu uplift, to wmjiirtor to cutv
ola. lie has no helpful rowutage con
cerning life or death or Immortality or
any tt the absorbing thenv of which
aU frail poet of til time and of til
nstkmi have tang, His range of
thought and thme is narrow; he hat
only a few subjects which he sing tK
changes upon both In Hry end prone,
Tmnvton and lirownlnjf out upon
life aid thy Ida ilng of its weary bur
rlifia, yl Uwy, a all trot toert, Wk
b7ofvl Una place tf strife nl turrtKiil
and in and explain 0i ippuront trage
dy of thii life in iw rf n.thrr lar-
gr, tn-irm abundant life. In rfailirz
Vot M!j-, I k.V4 in fain f.r
any liright d"Tiitinn fil r.atnre, any
J"7f )l rhBraftrf, ny h"-e hr or hole
after. Powerful l.U n'.ir derr'p.
Iia r, they r! represent ,a (!.,
':',!on, )t.',t,;i c r, f r,.' s i'-f .!
welL In his own chosen field of tho
awful, the groetesque and terrible he
is supreme in prose and poetry. ; Such
is his power along this line that I am
sure there are few women at least ho
would"like to read "The Fall of the
House of Usher " or . "The Conqueror
Worm"to select two out of many such,
at midnight and alone. 1
Poe had in a marked degree the ppwer
of close analysis, the purely mathema
tical mind ' His ability to solve puzzles
riddles cryptograms, and the like was
little" short of marvelous. He ; once
made the boast that he had never seen
puzzle that he could not solve. ' This.
became generally known and he was
overwhelmed with all sorts of curious
things to straighten out and it is said
he failed on two out 6f a hundred and
they afterwards were found to hae
been fixed to catch him and there was no
possible solution to them. The Gold
Bug, one of his best tales illustrates
admirably his powers along this line.
He was the inventor of a certain kind
of detective story, somewhat similar to
the Sherlock Holmes variety bo popular
at the present "time. - "The .Purloiner
better'' is an extremely clever example
of this style and '"The murder in the
Rue Morgue"is a marvel along the line
of deductions -from close run percep
tions. "Another kind of story made
popular by Jules Verne, the quairi
scientific story,: was used admirably by
Poe and he may be said to be the fore
runner of this kind of narrative.- Be
yond any doubt Poe had unusual gifts
as a story teller, he never fails to liven
ones attention, but strange to say he
used pure narrative seldom, his very
frequent custom was to reveal a cer
tain mood rather than to unfold one
plot.4 To this end every description,
every detail works until one finds one
self almost as if in a trance fascinated,
filled with terror and unspeakable awe,
and the most frequent mood of mind
whichPoe produces is passionate and
hopeless sorrow for the death of a young
and beautiful woman. This theme
runs through his poetry as well as hi?
prose. It is the theme of "The Raven
and "Ulalume" and that exquisite lyric
'AnnabelLee"in his peotry and of "Le
geia , Berenice and 'The f all of the
House of Usher," in his prose. Another
gift which Poe foreruned in an extra
ordinary degree was his musical utter
ance, As has been suggested Poe's
poetry and prose is shallow in thought,
narrow in range and and has a fasci
nation which can only be even partly
explained by its taunting melody. Both
his prose as well as his postry can be
better appreciated when read aloud for
the reason that he was oftener striving
after a musical word or phrase than for
conveying any Ideflnite idea. After a
close reading o( "The Raven", "Anna
bsll" or "The Bells" the melody rings
in ones ears for days and the witching
spell is difficult to shake off.
A close study of the technical struc
tare qf the poems reveals the part that
this spell which Poe casts over hit
readers especially in his poetry is due
mainly to his continual use of two poe-
kal divicea known as the refrain and
the repetend. The refrain ending
"never more" is constant in "The
Raven" and "In a kingdom by the sea'
in "Annabel Lee." In Ulalume" the
refrain is, 'in ths ghoul haunted wood
land oz weird and tne repetend so
Carious but charming.
The leaves they were crisped and
sere.' The leaves they were withering
and sera. It is however rather a use
less task to try to explain an account
for the Inimitable charm of these poems
Poe uae of ths repetend ;was original
and he may be said to have given this
new form to English Terse. Poe'
verse has a strong and decided note of
individuality, even stray lltjes seem in
a disconnected way may be easily reog.
olied by one wbo knows Poe at all, not
long ago in the library of the Unlver
tity of .Virginia on the fly-leaf of an
old book, there were two verses found
unsigned, yet several persons looked at
them and almost Instantly all agretd
that they could be none ether thso
Poe'e.'- .- - - "V"'
In American literature there Is no
man wbo had such wild power of imagi
nation. To attempt to follow Poe, for
Instance In "The Descent of Use Mael
strom" or In "The Pit and the Pendu
lum" makes one dixsy at the s very
strain on ones Imagination. Finally
ones tatimste of Poe or any other poet
for that matter must depend upon on pi
Ideas about the m Union and junction of
the artist, in the word of Mr, Pan
court, "Poe twllaved that ' the artists
brlghUwt work and mission was to give
pleaaure; he define poetry , U
rhythmical rreatiun of beauty, and d
elarcd that onlens trx-Mentally it hadt
concern whatever with duty or with
truth, he ;put forth all the rourt
ef his gniua, his intellectual auhlMy
his fueling for the wierd, the sul lim
and lh gTitejuo, hia sen of t"V.r
his aeiuMi of a'rtin-l, h maMjiylUte.l all
Uie m t a'niiifjl craftmsn fi.r the
huil'ling of ork of mnilef ar4 lrauty
I! pr.!.l!y dl l all that waa In him li
4r. If w ar l,afii that he wa
r!tht In hia !t. an I In hia thry .f
social; happeki:;bs
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Deiightfur Terpsichorean Event V
V The regular monthly, german of. the
Clarenden german club was given Fri
day night and was a most enjoyable af
fair. - Although the ' weather was not
all that could be desired the attendance
was' good, 31 couples being on the floor;
served.
CHILDREN OF THE ;C0NFEDER
S. ACY ENTERTAINMENT. .
. The entertainment given by the
Children of the Confederacy Friday
evening, was repeated yesterday after
noon and a highly pleased audienc
greeted them.
" The children were skillfully trained
and directed by Mrs. Emma, Powell,
Miss Annie Green assisted in training
w nras) T T 1 j3 i . e aiuuu vs
'A " , V!x . KC"1UU1 the choruses. The net proceeds, $20.00
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The Boston Italian orchestra fur
nished the music ia its usual high class
manner and it was greatly enjoyed.
Fruit punch and cake was served.
, Following are the names of those
present: 'Misses and Messrs. .
Ettie Aydlett, of Elizabeth City, with
A. F. Patterson, v
Bettie Tull, of Kinston, with Wm.
Fields of Kinston.
Mary Rouche, of Salisbury, with W.
W Fuller.
Lucy Taylor, cf Mt Airy, with Dr.
A. W. Disosway.
E. Perry, of Raleigh, wi.h Sam
Street.
Octavia Hughes, with William Dunn
Jr. -
Elizabeth Ellis, with J. S. Claypoole.
Annie Foy, with G. A. Wood.
Hattie Marks, with Frank Robards.
Mary E. Street, with J. A. Nunh.
M'si Rebecca Street, with Black-
well Stith.
Sophie Whitford, with Ed Street
Mary Rice, with O. G. Dunn.
Miss Baldwin of Boonton, N. J. with
Dr. Hand.
Adeline Claypoole with B L Grin
stead.
Bessie Thrope, with Wallace Smith.
Mabel Green, with George Dunn.
Amy Guion, with Charles Wyatt
Lenora Greenabaumwith E W Dunn.
Maye Moore and Mrs Faulkner with
Mr. Benston of Norfolk.
Miss Kelly,N with S H Eaton.
Nettie Rawlings, with Jesse Raw-
lings.
Sarah Congdon, with E M Green.
Bessie Dill, with A M Rountree
Mrs Benton and Mrs. Zidy of New
York City, with T C Danifcls.
Mnrgaret Yonge, with J P Rawlings.
Eulalia Willis with C L Stevens.
Mr and Mrs J G Dunn.
Mr and Mrs H C Lumsden.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Kafer.
Mr and Mrs II Crowson.
Chaptrines Mesdames A. H. Rawl
ings and D F Jarvis
Stags Jack Street, Frank Pretty-
man, M C Dill, John Green, Arthur
Rawlings of Lawrenceville, Va., F G
Smith, Walter Chadwick of Beaufort,
Ellis -Williams, T W Waters, J V
Blades, A H Rawlings.
Monday afternoon the Bridge Whist
Club was delightfully entertained by
Mrs. R. D. V. Jones.
RECEPTION
One of the most brilliant social event
of the season was an At Home given
ty Mrs. W. B. Blades Friday afternoon
from four to six o'clock in honor of
her sinter, Mrs. John H. Long, of
Frankford, Delaware. The magnificent
home was made still more attractive by
the floral decorations of palms, ferns,
Hyacinths, tmiUx snd carnations in red
and white Master Willie Blades, in
full evening dress, received the guests
at the front door. In the front hall they
were welcomed by Mrs. C. L. Ives, Mrs
Dr. Street and Mrs. Emma Powell
Mrs. Blades, in her usual warm geni
al manner, with her sister received in
the parlor, Mn. C G. Blades, Mrs.
M unger and Mrs. M. Evans In the
drawing room. The guests were con
ducted in the dining room by Miss Liz
tie NeaL where they were received by
Mrs. H. M. Groves, Misses Hattie
Marks, Fannie Cutler- and -Annie Foy
served delightful refreshments furnish
ed by Raleigh's Caterer, Dughl. Mrs
Uuell in a most gracious manner pro
tided at the tea table. , The dining
room was a scene of dazzling beauty
with its handsome display of flowers In
red and white carnations, ferns, cut
glass and aloe trie lights. ' Notwith
standing the wind and clouds that were
st warfare when one entered the home
it seemed a spring day, ladles with the
tweet perfume of flowers. Mrs. Blades
was handaomuty gowned In champage
toil ovor taffeta.'. Mrs. Long,' the
iruoet of honor wore black silk and
Uce. N,
TO M133 MITCHELL
One of thrfTncmt enjoyable affairs of
the week was tho card party tt which
Mrs. Mmroe HowtlL of Boonton, N. J
entertained on Tumday afternoon froro
3 to 6 o'clock tt her residence on Eaat
front ilreeL The tffalr was In com
I'iiment of her gueal. Mine Henrietta
Mitchell, of Whipj.any, N. J.
The rrxrfna were twtefully arranged
arranged in ergren and re4 brrle.
Four hand whre wm th tame played
and tnj first pne, a iiiTer bat pin
hMr with to aiWef hat pins
ar l'I It Vina Anr,i I'oy. Ma Ad
al'.na ('in Jf.l wm th( -inl j j
h.' h a -reMy l.n 1-n !..!.
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realized from the entertainment, is to
help pay for the piano at the Daugh
ters roome.
Ensnaring
Victims.
Steps Should be Taken at Once to
Prevent Further Trouble,
Here in New Bern, as in other cities
and towns, dyspepsia or stomach trou
bles are ensnaring victims in a most
insidious was.
Use MPo-na now and soothe the irri
tated walls of the stomach and strength
en the gastric foil cles so that they
will pour out their daily supply of di
geative materials with regularity. Then
the headaches, sleeplessness, specks be
fore the eyes, poor appetite, tired feel
ings and nervousness will disappear,
and you can eat what you want at any
time you like.
Just one little: tablet out of a 50 cent
box before meals, for a ;few days, and
you will soon regain perfect health and
trength, and have no fear of indiges
tion or stomach troubles. Ask F. S.
Duffy to show you tho guarantee under.
which he sells this remedy.
QMen are judged by the company they
keep, but is isn't as easy to nize up a
woman by her hat. Judge her by the
amount of Hollister's Rocky Mountain
Tea she takes. 35 cents, Tea or Tab
lets. Sold by F. S. Duffy.
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White and Black; Also Col 1
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feet. 15c each, 2 for 25 c
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PHONE 288.
1 Pollock St., Odd. Emsconal rhnroli
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Some extra fine dressed wild turkeys,
also wild geese at Oaks Market today.
GR0VER CLEVELANDS DOWNFALL.
Colortd Man Whoae Surnamt ia the
Same at tha Illustrious American
Citizen In Trouble.
Grover Cleveland Taylor, was arraign
ed before Mayor Patterson lost night
on the charge of stealing two bales of
cotton. He is the son of Henry Tay-
lar, a well known and very worthy col
ored man who has worked for many
years on the farm of Mr. W. H. Bray.
Grover was born on the night that ex-
President Cleveland was first elected
and he was given that name in honor of
the event.
Yesterday morning Mr. Walter Bray
discovered that a bale of cotton was
missing from his shed. He at once
telephoned to, Mr. Meadows to look out
for the bales and stop the sale describ
ing the marks. Between 10 and 11
o'clock Mitchell Bryan, an el lrly nc
gro drove to the cotton platform with
tbe bale and as Mr. Smith was weigh
ing it, Mr. Meadows identified the bale
and gave the weigher a tip. Bryan had
n tif aged to take cotton to the plat
form and knew nothing of the theft
and was merely hired. Taylor was -at
the platform looking after the deal but
when he saw Mr. Bray driving ddwn
Craven street he ran off. Officer How
ard arretted him before he had gone
very far.
Mr. Bray had a tnlk with him just
before the trial and the man confessed
to taking the cotton. A bale of cotton
belonging to Mr. J. J. Price wat taken
from Mr, Brays shod a woekagoand
Taylor Is charged with the theft of
that bale aleo. But thus far they have
not been able to Identify that bate.
Tbe defendant was bound over for
trial In the spring term of of the Su
perior court for the trial of crimina
cases under flfiO bond. The young man
comet of a respectable family and has
not been known to be guilty of anything
before. . 1 .,;'.
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NEW BERN, N. C
Watch And Clock Repairing.
Remember I will call for your work,
repair it and return it.. Work on
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry always
guaranteed. Am still at 69 Broad
.treet. H J. MATTHEWS.
; ' The- Man Outsldi. ;
The Peyton Sisters Stock Co., eom
mence a week of shows at tha Opera
House tomorrow night The opening
bin will be "The Uan Outside" an ei-
citing detective drama. . Tbe pltys pre
wnUd by this company are not th
kind generally played by rcpcrWn
but sre entirely new and are the kind
that people like. Topular - pric, 10,
20 and 30 cents will prevail Malineet
Wednesday and Jaturdty afUsrnoona.
Ve fill olhers fe-
3t IIS III p$.
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Special to farmers !
We would advise all who contemplate
using lime on their land this season to
try granulated oyster ahella, the new
and convenient way of preparing shells
for quick results and tatting effects, to
use with fertiliser distributor. This
form preserves all the virtue of the
original ahella, which ia known to be
lime, ammonia, nitrogen, and aalt, be
tides much animal matter, easier and
safer to handle than quick lima, and
coats lets and lasts longer, packed in
200 lb baga. . Tbe output of this plant
limited, so woe Id advise your order
ing a trial lot at once. The leading
r arm journals or tne country are
strongly urging the nee of lime and er
talnly you can't go astray in baying this
prduct of which every fanner m east
am N. Carolina knows the merit.
The Fertiliser, Rbell and Bone Co. of
New Bern. N C can farntab further
information.
. WWa Sctit.
Second Crop
Seed Potatoes
to frcrlhf la planting lhaa pihtt
Bwvt 1'oUtoM, yUid ltu sad
tnnre anlfornt tvy, Sd are la
hirh favor wlih trtx-twe and
poUU) growwt alterever ptanted.
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cat out to fulHaae UrreU,
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Railway
New Orleans, La., Pcnsacola, Fla.,'
Mobile, Ala.: Account Mardi Gras Cail
nivals, February 22 27th, one fare plus
25 cenU for round trip; ticket will be
sold Feb. 21-26 inrluntivn Anal ItI
mm lUUlk
Men. 3rd, except tickeU can ba an
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60 cents.
LouUville, Ky: Account American
Bowling Congress Mch 17.27lh.
fare plus CO centa on cm Uflcate nUn
tickeU will be told Mch Uth to 27th
with final limit Mch 30th.
Nashville, Tenn: Account Student
Volunteer Movement For Foreign It;-
swot Feb. 28th to Mch 4th, One fare
plot 26 cent! for tho round trip, tickeU
will I beaold K.b. 26-2HU,, with final
limit Mch. 10th.
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Poitofhct Notice. :
Commencing January tl, mail will be
tf.;a tched ftd wceed 8unday'a over
P. O. 4 W. Railroad. MaJWkW.t '
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