El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 214, Ed. 1 Friday, September 22, 1893 Page: 3 of 8
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£1 Paso Daily Timer, Friday, September 22. 1898
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A RELIC OF EDGAR ALLAN P’OE.
A I’art of I lie Original Mummcri pt of “The
cii,"
Judge <!<■<•!••••<• '■■!:• :i, formerly chief
justice of the l i.nine court; (if Now
i ork t.ml nt (.lie t one eorj,( >r,tt ion attor-
Iiey of New \ orh i itv, has accumulated
ii run* stock of jim cdotes ami remiuis-
ccnees (In' in; ■ tin (,, vi al's of los active
Wild hm y lif'-, as may he easily inferred
when it is known that, he has been uc-
.it txii: (iKouoi-: siika.
quainted with some of the most eminent
men of his time, and tlmt lie numbered
union;' his intimate friends such men jia
Lincoln. (Jrunt. Horace (ireeley. (Jerrit
Smith, Commotion* Vanderbilt, ('harles
O't'onor and William M. Kvarts. He
is not nt j;!l reticent, of talk about the
men lie has met, and known, lmt will
chat, uw.-c. for an hour a! a time in a
voice i-i.it i i !icerIn 1 and Imarty enough
to bo en let t a ini tig if be (inly recited the
multiplication table.
Judge tiii-ii ii■centIv told ji Boston
newspaper man a whole lot of interest-
ing things a!milt great people, and
among tin m narrated some recollect ions ;
of Edgar Allan l’oo. who was a friend of j
the judg - s fat iter, .lobn Augustus Shea,
liiinself ;» ], i-t and literary man of no :
mean ealih'-r. Tile elder Slit a was a;
commissary eh-rk at West Point when
Poe was a cadi t there, and tlm intimacy
then begun by the two poets continued
till Shea > (hath in 1-15. Judge Shea
considers it possible that a-socialimi |
with his father may have stimulated!
Poe's poetic g* tiius somewhat. ;is it was
while he va- at West Point that tlm lat-
ter began writing verses.
The judge has in his possession a letter
to his father from Poe \yhn h is :i valu-
able lit>•!;:ry treasure. Id relates to some
alterations m liisHatuous j»oein, "The
Raven,” which had not then tmen pub-
lished, but which Judge Shea says was
first printed in the February number of ■
The American Review in 1815, under
tho nom do plume of Quarles. The elder
Shea secured its publication and was for
some time supposed to be its author.
The letter is written on glazed paper,
the penmanship is clear and legible, ami
the ink is still unfadeil. Here it is.
Poe’s punctuation and capitalization be-
ing followed:
Pear Sliea.
Lest 1 should' have made some mistake in tho
hurry I transcribe the whole alteration, la-
etead of the whole stanza commencing "Won-
dering ut the stillness broken dec substituting
this
Startled at the stillness broken liy reply so
aptly spoken,
“Doubtless.” said I, “wliut it utters is its euly
stock and store ,
Caught from some unhappy master whom un-
merciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till hissongs
one Inn in a bore
Till the dirges of his Hope the melancholy bur-
den bore.
‘Nevermore oh, Nevermore!”’
At the close of the stanza preceding this,
instead of “Quoth the raven Nevermore,” sub
BtituU- “Thin the bird said ‘Nevermore.’”
Truly yours. Pot.
On the back of the letter is the ad-
dress, “J. Augustus Shea, Esq.,” and the
words “To he delivered as soon as ho
comes in."
A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.
Ganenilra Nadi Cliukravartl Comes From
India to the Iteltgious Congress.
It is not often that America is honored
by tlie presence of such an illustrious
visitor its (lunendra Nath Chakravarti,
who came ail t he
way from Alla-
habad in Hi ml ou-
st an to represent
the East Indian
theosophistr at
tho world's con-
gress of religions
in Chicago. It is
not often either
that a visitor to
our hospitable
shores sacrifices
as much as lie (jamindra nath chak-
did to come, lie HavAin't,
is a Brahman, the highest caste among
the natives of India, and loses caste by
leaving ins native land. There is a
chance of his restoration to rank by go-
ing through certain ceremonies of puri-
fication upon his return, but he does not
eeem to be certain of it.
Professor Chakravarti is a man of dis-
tinguished appearance, tall and stout,
and his manners are those of a cultivated
European, lie is an accomplished lin-
guist and speaks English well and flr-
eutly. He is a fine orator and a man of
extensive reading. His familiarity with
the history and progress of the United
States is surprising. He is the professor
of mathematics in the University of Al-
lahabad, and was himself graduated
fromNJie University of Calcutta.
A Touching Hceiu*,
A creditor calls upon a debtor whom
he lituls at. dinner, busy carving a t.ur-
key.
“Now, sir,” saitl tlm visi11 r, "are you
going to pay me . non?"
"I should only b<» too glad, my di-ar
sir, hut it is imp'is- iI<1-•. 1 am ch .ais d
out—ruined. 1 haven't a stivi-r.'1
“Why, sir, when a ta.ii cannot pav
his debts, lie has no hu-ini ss to be eat-
ing a turkey like that.''
“Alas! my dear sir," said the debtor,
lifting the si tv 5 :' ■ to bis eyes as though
deeply affected, "I ("iildn't afford its
keep!”—( ah-miner A ip a-dot hpie.
ItU Opinion.
Siie —Isn’t that a lovely sunset?
He—Yes.it is. It reminds me of smite
L have painted myself. — Life.
Sin* I It*\v.
“Yes," said the sorrowful looking man,
“I've been through a cyclone and know
all about t! eir destructive powers. I
was m ciio of those .Mi-stssippi cyclones
this last, spring and shall have cause to
remember it to my dying day.”
"Wife mill children killed?'’asked tin
woman in the seat opposite as an expres-
sion of pity catneto her eyes.
“No'm; I'm not a married man.'’
"Relatives killed?''
"No'm; 1 had no relatives in tin-
state.'’
"Then it was the shock of sei mg oth-
ers manned and kill' d?’’ per acted tim
wi ilium.
“No'm; y,ni see it was this way. I
was in love wit it a widow of about your
size and belt. In lac* we were engaged.
I W'-nt over to see her of a Sunday even-
ing as ii'iiai. and unknown to ti the
storm laine up. ri he first thing 1 ktmw
sim \va- blown off my h.p ami out of the
window and"-----
"Sli" was what?” sharply demanded
tlm w,mum.
"You s.-e, it was this wav, ma'am.
She was sitting on my lap, and I had my
arm a rm uni her. and the first 1 knew”--
"Was the widow blown a wav?"
“Yes'll!.”
“Uidn't vua find lo r aft< r the* storm?
“N. .'in.”
“Have you any hopes of ever finding
her, alive or dead?"
“No ni, not a hope.”
“I'm just glad of it!” she said as she
moved over to tho window and began
reading her book.
J thought the sorrowful man winked
tit me as he got out his pipe and tobacco
and started for the smoker, but it may
have only been a tear in his eye.—De-
troit Free Press.
I’reHi-nce i.f Miml.
A good story comes from the Windy
City regarding a well known San Fran-
ciscan, who is now a pilgrim to the "cen-
ter of the universe.” Mrs. Dr. Cool
went east it short time since asa delegate
to the world's dental congress at Chi-
cago. On arriving at her destination she
made an early visit to the fair grounds,
and as usual with sojourners in that se-
ductive place, found upon leaving that
she had spent all her ready cash. On her
•way back to her hotel, therefore, she
nt upped at a bank to have a check cashed.
As usual, the clerk informed her that she
would have to he identified. As Dr. Cool
was a stranger in a strange land, she
found herself in a dilemma. She pre-
sented her card, but that would not do,
when a brilliant idea struck her.
Flashing a beam from the diamond
set in her front teeth upon the clerk, slit*
said, "Please look in my mouth.’’
“Another one gone crazy,” thought the
clerk, hut he complied with the request.
looked astonished, smiled and paid the
check, for on the crown in the dentist's
mouth the clerk read the inscription, "L.
Cool, 18i!;{.-’ Identity was thus est;ib-
lished beyond a question, and Mrs. Cool
went on her way rejoicing.—San Fran-
cisco News-Letter.
Fat'll Sr at.
An Irishman was once asked by a
friend to go to a concert with him.
Pat coitM tiled to go.
They hell not proceeded far on the
way before lkit jisI.i d how much the
seats were.
liis l'rii-nil s:.*d the trout scats were
it shilling cadi and tho !>;. *k scats were
sixpence * itch: the programmes a penny
each.
"All right.” said Pat; "1 will sit in the
programmes."- London Sparc Moments.
A Slight Delay.
During the French revolution of 18J0,
when the fighting was going forward.
Talleyrand was pacing Hie lobbies of the
chamber of peers in irrepressible agita-
tion. At each discharge of the cannon
bo would exclaim: “Aha! The day is
ours!” A friend ventured to ask:
“Whose, monseigneur? On which side
are you?” when he answered, “1 will tell
you after while."—Argonaut.
i »<>'iirmurkulilw Cure*.
An old Irish woman's cow was sick
unto death, so she turned to the priest
to save it. “I can't do anything to keep
your cow from dying,” la? said impa-
tiently.
“Filth an begorra it's you (hat can if
any one can,” the answi-ri-d in simple
fait h.
Unwilling to have la r reverence in
him shaken, the old man went to la r
cabin. The sick cow was brought out
into the yard and propped up, then tHi*
priest began a solemn march around it,
chanting monotonously, "If you die, you
die; if you live, you live.” When at last
the tired priest sat, down, the cow was
reviving, and it afterward lived to a
green old age. .Sumo years biter the
priest was at the point of death with a
terrible quinsy, when the old Irish wom-
an presented herself at tho house and
told the doctor she could cure him.
She was laughed to scorn, hut at last
had her own way. She insisted upon
having the dying man's Led brought out
into the middle of the floor, and around
it she slowly cantered, singing, "If you
live, you live, and if you die you die."
The humor of the situation tickled the
suffering priest so that a hearty laugh
broke the quinsy, and lie also lived —to
a green old age.—Springfield Homestead.
1*0 w nr of tin* Imagination.
"I never was more firmly convinced of
the power of imagination,” said a man,
"than 1 washy something that happened
to me mi the occasion of a visit to a friend.
It had been an extremely hot day, and
when 1 went to bed at night the heat
seemed almost insupportable. It seemed
to me that it 1 should open the door from
my room into the hall it would make a
little circulation and make the air more
comfortable, and 1 felt safe in doing thi*-
because 1 am an early riser, and I knew
I could get the door shut before any-
body was stirring in tin morning. So J
opened thediMir, with the pleasant result
that I had anticipated, and when I went
to dose ;t in the morning I found that 1
had 11pi lied let the do .r into tie- hall,
hut tile iloof into a closet. - New York
Sun.
TEXAS
ROUTE
$1 Paso Poute.
I'ha Groat Popular Kout« Between
SHORT LINE TO
New Orleans, Kaunas City, St.
Louie, New York and
Washington.
Favorite Line to the North, Kant
and Southeast.
Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars
and .solid trains from El Paso
to Dallas, Ft. Worth, New
Orleans, Memphis and
St. Louis.
FAST TIME
-AXD-
SORE CONNECTION.
that your tickets read via
Texas and Pacific Railway.
Tor maps, time tables, tickets, rates
and |all required information, call on
or address any of the ticket agents, or
B. F. DARBYSHIRE,
Gen. Agt., El Paso, Tex.
GASTON MESLIER,
Sen. P. and T. Agt., Dallas, Tex
FALL & WINTER GOODS
In Large Quantities are
Being Received Daily
AT
THE PORT of LIVERPOOL
Ketelsen <Sc Degetau
✓ *
El Paso, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Cuslhulriaohlo.
Wholesale Dealers lu
Brv Goods, Hardware, Groceries, Agricultural Impli-
meuts, Miniug Supplies, Etc.
Agents for—California Powder Company.
“ Peter Sohuttler Wagons,
" New Home be wing Machines.
Commission and Forwarding Merchants.
Agenta for Banco Nucioiml do Mexico. Exchange ol Money
and Draff m on all Principal Cities of Mexico.
Are Yon In Need Of
:o:-
Printing;
31 ai)k Books
Lithographing
Pipe Stationery.
Printers’ supplies ?
Is it Best
To get your Printing,
Blank Books, Etc. where
she cheapest Price is quoted to you? When you
are sick and need a doctor do you send out to secure
prices of different pl^sicians and employ the
cheapest ?
Of Course Not. fE
an Important matter. When you require a good
lawyer do you get bids and accept the cheapest ?
Naturally No,^1^
why not order your pi inting on the same princi-
ple. Good Stationery is essential in your business.
Onr customers interests are ouis. The next time
you need printing send us your order and note the
result. You will find this method
THE CHEAPEST.
Times Pub. Co.
IN OUR NEW BUILDING,
Corner Oregon and Overland streets
EL PASO TEXAS.
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El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 214, Ed. 1 Friday, September 22, 1893, newspaper, September 22, 1893; El Paso, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth540965/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.