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6 I THE COUNTRY HOME | ■ . Women on the Farm Conducted By Mrs, IV. H. Felton. + Corrwpcndenee on bomt topic* of ♦ ♦ subject* of ear jclal lnt«r*st to wo- ♦ ♦ men La Invited. Inquiries or lottart ♦ ♦ should bo brief and clearly written ♦ ♦ In Ink oo one side of the ohoet * Write direct to Mrs. W H. Fol- ♦ 4> ton. Editor Hone Department Semi- ♦ ♦ Weekly Journal. Cartersville, Ga. ♦ + No inquiries answered by mall ♦ ♦ The Leeson of the Assassination. Amid the Brief, indignation. disappoint ment and sympathy which are thoroughly mingled In the death of the president of the United States, by violence, one fact stares us plainly In the face—one feature of these assassinations commands re spect. To state this tact and feature in as few words as possible. It is the Impropriety and Impracticability of advertising to the multitudes the presence of the ruler of the nation In a promiscuous assembly for days and weeks ahead of time, at a certain place and a certain hour, as oc curred at the Buffalo exposition. I understand fully the objections which may be raised to this statement, the plea that the president should be entitled to circulate at will among the people of this country and enjoy himself by this com mingling and sightseeing as do other Citi zens of this country. As Mr. McKinley, the citizen, this was his privilege, but as the president of a great nation, it was a mistake to place his valuable person at the mercy of degenerate*, demoniacs and crazy tncdmcn as it happened in Buffalo. It has been the custom I know, and I have seen more than one president on exposi tion grounds, but I have never seen one in «ueh a position that I did not recollect that hi* person might be a target for some evil-minded assassin. It wa* always a matter of great risk, great danger, as has been proven In my opinion. Since I be came a grown woman I have lived to know of and to grieve over, assassination of three presidents of the United States— a terrible faet to be remembered in so short a space of time as I fully under- I stand. 1 was roused from sleep. In a poor refuge home near Macon. Georgia, in the early morning to hear Federal troops galloping through our enclosures, loud, angry voice* commingled with the clatter of canteens and the rattling of sabres as an accompaniment. They did not enter the dwelling house but they aroused the colored people on the place with their imprecation*, threats and prophesies on the death of Mr. Lincoln. I was fairly -dazed with the news. It seemed so improbable that President Lin coln in the very semblage of victory, should pas* away in such a manner. I knew It was the madness of the time, which made the deed possible and at the distance of a third of a century from that time I still mourn that the deed was committed by a southern man whose *mind was certainly unbalanced by brood ing over the disasters of his country. Mr. Lincoln a martyr to the war spirit of the early sixties, and his taking off was the worst thing that could have happened for the southern people. * Mr. Garfield was a personal acquaint ance. I was somewhat acquainted with bis wife and the little withered, aged mother, who was so proud of her boy that she fairty twittered in her mother’s pride and personal delight. It was a cruel shot he suffered that bright July morning twenty years ago. It was a-base deed G'titeau committed. The assassin should have been dispatched on the spot before his smoking weapon left bis hands. I do verily believe that Gulteau's long trial and the feelings aroused thereby, gave aid and comfort to the assassin who fired the fatal shot at Buffalo. Czolgosz had an example to follow. Some people are so constituted that their minds absorb horrors, and they become also demoniacs, brooding over terrible things of this sort. .It Is more than likely this late as sassin expected to enjoy a similar oppor tunity to the one granted to Gulteau. God forbid that his crime and his doc trines should be thus allowed to advertise themselves again before this country! Mr. Lincoln's presence in a theatre in Washington City gave Wilkes Booth the chance to appear tn real tragedy. Mr. Garfield's fondness for Senator Blaine, when exhibited in a public place, touched a match to the intense hate of a dissent ing member of his own political party — and the president was fatally shot as we all remember, only a few short days and weeks after he took the oath of office, for the first time. If Messrs. Garfield and Blaine had qui etly taken the train at some quiet hour in the day or night without any demon stration of their particular fondness for each other, in so public a place. Mr. Gar field might have been living today—in good health and spirits. As plain Mr. Garfield he had every citizen's rights and privileges—even to embraces for his friends—when he met Mr. Blaine that morning, but if there had been no demon stration of the kind mentioned, the presi dent might not have been shot. I empha size the necessity for caution. In the pres ident. During his term of office he is more than a plain citizen. He owes prudence and caution to the office he is seeking to fill and was elected to fill. I sat in the great Auditorium theatre in Chicago, the night before the great World's Fair and exposition was launched and the machinery started by President Cleveland, who had been sworn In only a few weeks before to the office of the president. The president's party came in quietly that night and the lights in that vast theatre building were turned low until he was safety seated. Then the whole building was flooded with lights a»l the bands began playing and the peo ple shouting tn honor of the nation's chief tain. With a long opera glass I drew the pres -ident's face close to my view and I saw the discolored bruise on his forehead where he had struck the carriage door that day in getting from the train to his hotel. I was within less than a dozen yards of the box he occupied and the thought of what might happen right there (as did happen to Mr. Lincoln only .eighteen years before) flashed in terror across my tnlnd. He might have been riddled with bullets sent on their deadly mission with amokel'ss powder before his best friends could have protected him from a bloody death. As sure as we live the time has passed anywhere in this country or in other coun tries when the highest official in the land or nation should be allowed to tempt as sassins to violent deeds after such a fashion. In that brief interval of semi darkness Mr. Cleveland's assailant might never have been placed, if an attack had been made, such as was made on Mr. Lincoln. Chicago was at that time only steadying herself after an experience with anar chists which was horrible to recollect, and still uncertain as to final result*. The •tty's name was clouded by those Hay- Suffering Women. Dr - Tuck ® r can cur * you of that awful backache, smothering, pains around the heart. V misplacement, nervous Jxaß , fears, short breath, leu corrhoea. bloating, in jwMf ' Jta: * digestion and const! pa tion. Advice free. Dr. 3A Tucker. Broad street, Atlanta, Ga. market violators of law. Nothing was easier than to buy a ticket and go in an Immense theatre and there sat the na tion’s ruler in full view of the populace and as helpless as an infant if an assas sin had chosen this time for a black deed of crime and revenge. It Is a risky business. These show pa rades cost more than they come to. It is asking too much to urge a president to risk his life and the nation's peace merely to advertise a show. Tomato Catsup. To make tomato catsup to taste like bought catsup, to eight pounds of skin ned ripe tomatoes add two quarts water, boil until the pulp is thoroughly done, rub through fine colander, add two quarts good apple vinegar, two pounds white sugar, one coffee cupful salt, one table spoonful black pepper, two dozen chilli peppers, one cupful white mustard (ground); boll fifteen minutes, strain through a coarse seive, bottle and cork well or seal. Wanted. CENTER, Indian Ter., Sept. 11. 1901. Mrs. W. H. Felton. Editor Home De partment Semi-Weekly Journal, Car tersville, Go.: Dear Madam—ln reading The Journal I notice an Inquiry by Mrs. Ben L. Camp, wishing some one to send recipe for mak ing sweet and sour cooked green tomato pickles. I thought I would enclose re cipes for same, also for making tomato catsup. I have tried them and find them excellent. I will be glad if Mrs. Camp will kindly explain the work she is epgaged in that she refers to in same article of inquiry. I am old. my children all married and gone, and want some light wofle to do. She might give me an insight into some thing to help while away the long, lone some hours. Wishing you happiness and prosperity, I am MRS. CATH. F. STEPHENS. Mistress and Maid. In summing up the points in the long ar gued and still undecided case of mistress versus maid, I am impressed by several salient, ever present features. Human nature exhibits similar traits tn castle and cot, so there will ever be mistresses at fault in their attitude towards their domestic, either through vagaries of temper or lack .of discretion ary discipline. Just as surely as there are and will always be with us survants who shirk their duties, are rebellious at con trol or merely lack the guidance of a trained mind to accomplish work of the first class. We most of us know the kind of wom an who with the help of a small negro girl can do well the work of an average family, keeping herself in health and spirits and her handmaid in good hu mor and allegiance. Byway of contrast take the statement of a lady who on a recent visit to a well known Georgia town was invited to tea at the home of a prominent citizen, with a state reputation in his possession. On the company being seated at supper there was not one of the three servants hired on the place available to wait at table. The wife of the house was not domestic enough to regulate the affairs of her menage.- System and order are as necessary in domestic economy as In the conducting of any real business affairs, and now that our employes are gathering the strength that Is found in numbers by banding themselves together in unions, etc., it is only fair, and in fact would simplify matters, if a code of rules and regula tions could be drawn up adjusting, ex plaining and defining the laws affecting the relations between mistress and maid. LUCY LEA BELL. Learning Telegraphy. Any person, old or young, it is said, can learn telegraphy and become a good operator, but. like piano playing, the best time to begin the study is when one is young, or not yet reached middle age. People can learn late in life and make good operators, but these are the excep tions and not the rule. It is generally supposed to be a compli cated operation, but I am also told by those claiming to know that it is in stead extremely simple and easily un derstood. Railroad management and commercial use of the telegraph are constantly in creasing and we also know that its pres ent use is immense. There were more than a hundred thousand operators in the United States in the year 1900. The commercial and official relations now existing between Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines will call for an im mense number of operators for foreign service. Operators are well paid. They are said to be better paid than most other wage earners. « They get anywhere from forty to one hundred and fifty dollars a month, ac cording to the business carried on and accumulated responsibility in various po sitions. ■ I am also informed that the business can be learned with four months of steady practice. Is there another trade where a good business can be so quickly learned and made so quickly remunerative to the young man or woman, who is anxious to earn his or her own living. The time is surely coming when com munications by mail will be confined to the leisure class and will be used for con fidential letters. The world is moving so fast that quick information is as valua ble as time Itself. The cotton trade of this country is conducted almost entirely over telegraph wires. We read in the afternoon Journal all the happenings that are wortn the men tion from all over the world during the forenoon. Newspapers are generally crowded with the happenings of a few hours, reported by cable and overland wires. All these things are becoming necessi ties, the people will have them, and will pay for telegraph service. It is admirable work for young women, who must go out tn the marts of trade to earn a support. It is work performed under shelter without undue exposure to either heat or cold. It requires a sober brain and an honest mind and heart. It means responsibility as well as good pay and integrity. It is instructive work, be cause a telegraph system to in close touch with all the great current events of the era we live in. The good operator needs to be alert in mind as well as with fin gers and good operators, like first class preachers, are always in demand. Telegraphy is one of the greatest pub lic operations of the present century. It stands near the very top of the highest elevation in science, trade and politics. If its Influence could be measured the world would stand amazed at its scope and value. I am moved to write about it because of its outlook for capable boys and girls. It is a practical business. It means suc cess in capable hands. Learn telegraphy! BUBBLES. Philadelphia Bulletin. We can’t spare the fat man. The chicken raiser needn't be a cooper by trade. Even a liquid voice may deliver a dry speech. A* a rule, the scapegoat bunks up against a lot of trouble. The chair-bottomer will give you a re-seat for your money. Because a man's "square” to no sign he to as broad as he to long. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GEORGIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1901. |AN “UNRECONSTRUCTED REBEL” WAS THE MOTHER OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT § She Lo'bed the South and During the War hung a Confederate Flag From the Window of Her Boudoir—Her Husband and a Mob Could hot Make Her Remove It—Her Visit to Savannah Is Recalled--President's Spirit Comes From His Georgia Blood. Roosevelt C/ 4 the fa thep. ( / WW f !W 1 wfe Hr / / ji .. WWr / / MW ft jSlia. W I r >o Zz oc/r roos^ v Jr From the father’s side may have $ come some of the blood that gave President Roosevelt his Indomitable IjJ spirit, but certain it is that the ma jlj ternal branch was rich in that quality that marked the Bullochs of Georgia £• for their resolution, pertinacity and strength of will. No better exponent $ of those traits could be found than $ Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, the mother of the president, says the Savannah Morning News. Not long after the ejvll war Mrs. Roosevelt was on a visit to Savannah, **; where she had many friends. She was $ a Georgia woman of distinguished an cestry, the Bulloch family being one of the best in the state, and its distlnc £• tion In the highest positions. It was but natural, therefore, that she should have been well received upon her visit to this city, and that there should •J* have been rare pleasure to her, and un reconstructed “rebel,” in her Inter •l; course with her own people, those who X had fought and bled upon the field of $ battle or fought the greater fight of £ waiting and watching. § Reunion with her southern friends, after the yebrs of the war that she %• had spent at her home in New York. •2‘ was a pleasure to Mrs. Roosevelt, and it was with the keenest relish that she J*‘ recounted stories of the times and of the trials that she suffered in the city $ of her adoption through her unswerv- X Ing loyalty to the cause of the south— ••• a cause in which one brother, Irvine I. Bulloch, fought as an officer aboard the cruiser Alabama, and which an other brother represented at Eng v land's capital city. One of these stories £ clearly revealed the character of the woman and leaves little difficulty in X determining whence the president gets some of those qualities that have tend er ed to his preferment. A Glimpse of the Tallulah Fair. BY PABSIE FENTON OTTLEY. Few invitations have been accepted by me with more alacrity than was the one to attend the Blue Ridge and Tallulah Falls exposition, which has been for some time billed for September 17, 18, 19 and 20. It seemed to me that the mere fact that this wonder country of ours, so rich and so beautiful and yet so undeveloped, had decided to have an exposition was in itself worth going to see, and so sure do I feel of the great future of the section once developed that It struck me as worth while to stand by and watch the entering wedge of progress driven In. The result justified my fullest expecta tions. and for place, products and peo ple. for achievement and promlse i for per formance and possibility, I shall ever number the three days spent at the Tallu lah exposition as among the most Inter esting of my life. ' It may be well to state that the exposi tion ' aspired to show the products and resources of the territory to be opened up by the Blue Ridge and Tallulah Falls railroad. Habersham and Rabun in Geor gian, and Macon, In North Carolina, are most Interested, but tributary counties, In cluding Clay, in North Carolina; Oconee in South Carolina, and Union, Towns, White and Banks in Georgia, were asked to participate and compete. The wonderful climate and the magnifi cent scenerj' of the section spoke loudly for Itself, as the fair was held at Tallu lah Falls, a spot upon which nature has lavished beauty with wanton profusion. The fair was held around the Cliff house In various buildings and the "speakings” were either In the Cliff house dining room or under the trees, where benches held the people, and Cliff hall porch the speakers. For two nights and a day, at the begin ning of the fair, the weather was all It should not have been. Opening day saw nothing but torrents df rain, which lessen ed attendance at the formal speech-mak ing by officers of exposition, the governor of the state and others, and produced a prospect gloomy enough to make doubly dear the exquisite sunlight and the deli cious coolness of the next and all succeed ing days. For my own part, the rain on opening day was a mixed evil, as it gave me the opportunity for an entire morning of un interrupted pleasure in the mineral ex hibit, which was beautiful and attractive enough to interest the most ignorant. Mr. Thomas E. Bean, of Clarksville, Ga., superintendent of the department of min erals, has every reason for satisfaction with the exhibit as a whole. Besides general solicitation for the ex- It was at a dinner given In Mrs. Roosevelt's honor by Mrs. Henrietta 3. Cohen, that ' she tojd the story. Os late years, because of Theodore Roose velt's rapid advancement, It has been recalled l>y his mother’s old friends, who feel pride In having known the mother of' the president, and gladly ascribe to her some of the traits that are seen in the son. It was just when the spirit of peace, uncertain as to whether It should alight, was hovering over the land. New York was aflame with passionate patriotism, and anything smacking of the Confe.deracy was not tolerated. Feeling ran high, (and woe was It for any who braved the popular tide and showed a leaning toward the cause of the south. Theodorf RooeeMlt. the older, de cided at about that time to give some great social function. The Roosveelt mansion was accordingly bravely decked In bunting and with American flags. From every window, save one, flew the Stars anu Stripes. That one was of Mrs. Roosevelt's boudoir. Her husband had not designed to omit It from the decorative scheme, but she would have none of it. Instead, she hit upon a plan that would clearly re veal her sentiments. Stopping not to consider the peril in which it might place her and her hus band, but determined to show that all In that house were not of the cause of the north, she drew from among her mobt cherished treasures the stars and bars, the emblem of the south. Going to the window, she firmly fixed Its staff and allowed its folds to flutter from the breeze.' On the instant, almost, the hostile ensign was noted. A passerby in the street below descried It. In hot Indig nation, he pointed it out to another. As mobs will, so one began to grow, and hlblt he had almost entirely placed the Georgia minerals. Os these the most in teresting was the display of gold, which was, I think, from White county. The benefit of co-operation in exhibits, as in all other matters, was well demon strated by the fact that the really mag nificent display of minerals from Macon, N. C., was very generously made to do duty for exploitation of Georgia's pro ducts, not so well represented, the North Carolinians testifying that their varied products were to be found also in Rabun or Banks or White. North Carolina could surely afford to be generous, as her minerals and their ex quisite arrangement were a source of con tinuous admiration. Most beautiful were two very large box cabinets given by Macon county to the state. The inner lid of each showed an exquisite inlaid pattern of Macon county hard .woods, of which 1,700 pieces had been used. Buckeye, cherry, cedar, holly, maple, poplar, sumac and walnut made a beautiful contrast of color and of grain and the work, having been done in Macon county, added much to their interest. These cabinets contained the very choicest specimens of minerals and prec ious stones. A four pound amethyst crys tal was the most beautiful single piece In this collection. Dr. F. T. Smith, of Franklin, N. C., had brought a portion of the collection of his father, Prof. F. T. Smith, in his day a mineralogist of national renown. He showed some very handsome precious stones, among them that rare gem. the Hiuuenite. The Smith collection, shown entire at Chicago, received highest medal. Other beautiful collections were shown by Messrs. B. M. Angell and T. P. Moses, of Higdonvllle, and Mr. G. A. Jacok, of Cullsaja. Two other citizens of Macon county deeply Interested in the exhibit were Hon. F. S. Johnson, of Franklin, president of the Exposition company, and Mr. Henry Robertson, also of Franklin. It may be Interesting to mention the present and the possible mining industries of this bit of the Blue Ridge country, as told in detail by these gentlemen who are practical experts. < I was surprised to hear so little of gold. They all say the entire section has gold, but their interest certainly did not seem fixed upon it. The chief present mining Interest is corundum, of which,the two leading mines of the world are situated at Corundum Hill, N. C„ and Laurel Creek, Rabun county. Both of these mines, and, I think, one other at Buck Creek, Clay county, belong soon the street was chocked with an gry people, who shook threatening fists at the Confederate flag and In veighed most bitterly. Alarmed by the gathering that was swelled every moment and that direct ed Its wrath again his home, Theodore Roosevelt sought the cause that had stirred the people to anger. He was not long in finding It. Fierce acclaim directed his gaze, which rested upon the fluttering emblem of the south. The Roosevelt nature has never quailed before a crowd. Theodore, the elder, saw that imminent danger could probably be averted only through his persuading his wife to remove the ob jectionable flag. With a word to the crowd, he left, entering the house and finding his wife. He told her what she already knew—that the anger of the mob had been excited by her indiscreet display of her colors, and that It would be well for her to take In the flag. "I shall not do so," declared the mother of the president. "The flag Is mine; the boudoir Is mine. I love the flag, for it represents my native land. No ruffian hand shall Invade the pri vacy of my boudoir to drag down that flag, nor shall ruffian shouts force me to remove it from the window of a room that is wholly mine. Explain to them that I am a southern woman; that I love the south. Do anything you like except touch that flag. It shall not come down.” And It did not. Theodore Roosevelt ■went again to face the crowd. He made a speech, dwelling with finesse upon his wife’s love for her own lar/d and moulding the mob to his will and to an Indulgence of Mrs. Roosevelt In her desire to fly the flag of her beloved south. The crowd dispersed, but the story remains to show a maternal quality that has made a president. to the International Corundum company. One other at Tate City, Towns county, is owned by other capitalists. All these works, except the one at Co rundum Hill, have been shut down until recently, since 1892, because of the under selling of corundum by foreign emery, which stands on the free list in this much protected country. Perhaps every one does not know that corundum is the most powerful of abrosives and that emery will only partly take its place. Garnets are used in Its place in many instances, as they are of cheaper product. Jackson county, North Carolina, is shipping tons of garnets for this purpose. Corundum crystals are of endless variety and beauty. Among them are to be found such well known friends as the emerald, the sapphire and the oriental ruby and topax. So much for corundum, the great est of Macon’s and Rabun’s present min ing products. Next comes mica, of which gorgeous specimens were shown. Third Is kaolin, white and perfect, of which Jackson coun ty already ships 700 or 800 tons each year. Fourth stands asbestos, to be found in quantity. White county ships most of It at present. It sells for from 310 to 340 a ton, while the Canadian product some times reaches 3125. Ours is said to be more serviceable, however, though not so fine. A great deal of Nantahala talc Is ship ped and other sections can offer as much and as good. Among the products which these sections offer in abundance, but which capital, railroad facilities and en terprise will yet have to improve are chromite, copper, bauxite for aluminum, iron and magnetic Iron, malib denite. You’re I killing two birds with j L on ® stono w h°nyou PEARL- C-V INE. "Work” I and "Wear" are both avoided by washing without rubbing, -the PEARLINE way. More economy. You save heeJth. strength, and money when you use PEAR.LINE. Facts never disproved. The com mon sense. up-to-da.te wa.y of getting things clean is the Pearline Method opalite, soap stone, zircon and fold. The precious stones which w< re shown in abundant specimens at the Tallulah exhibit were amethyst, beryl, sapphire, cairn gown, rhodolite, hlddenltf, garnet, emerald, ruby, topaz, rutile ai d chalce dony. With such showing as this it is easy to imagine that when the railroad extension, now practically decided upon, strikes from Tallulah Falls through Rabun Gap to Franklin, N. C., and then ;e out to Murphy, capitalists will fall i >ver each other in the race to give to the world these marvels. Almost as alluring as wealt 1-brlngers and quite as beautiful is the rast store of hard woods which this section boasts. The exhibit of them by Rabun ind Macon was the other object of paramount beauty at the fair. Mr. John F. Earl, of Clayton, Rabun county, had per haps the most numerous and beauti fully selected specimens, but the beauty and interest of Macon county’s vood show rather surpassed that of Georgia, since the North Carolina woods were brought in the cross section of the (tree, thus showing bark and size and grajn, finished and unfinished, and making a more impos ing effect. Mr. W. B. McGuire, of Frank lin, was, I believe, chiefly responsible for North Carolina’s excellent display. It would be an education in nktlve hard woods for the people of Atlanta and mid dle Georgia if Mr. Earl and Mr. McGuire would bring their exhibits to Atlanta. Since nothing in the way oif minerals and woods has been heard of Habersham county it must not be that that beautiful old county was unrepresented. She does not boast of these specialties in the same degree as do the mountain coun ties, but in manufactures she led all the rest, while in farming products and stock she stood high, and in the exhibit of art and woman's work, furnished a large and creditable per cent. As to the woman's work, I can say little more than that as usual it drew the crowd. The most interesting feature was the splen did display of handweaving, such as that for which the Georgia Federation has been so successful in finding sale. It would be impossible to close without speaking of the greatest benefit of such occasions, particularly in rempte regions, the gathering together of the people to hear the discussion by wise and thought ful and loving speakers of treat, vital questions. I only had the privilege of attending one such session and I count it indeed a priv ilege to have sat among these strong, vig orous, able, earnest people as they hung in rapt attention upon the weirds of such men as Commissioner Glenn.; Hon. Hoke Smith and Mr. W. G. Brantley while they urged upon them the necessity for more and better education for their 1 children. At the close of the exercises it was an nounced that Habersham county had or dered a vote to be taken in behalf of a local tax for educational purposes. There can be little doubt that the tax will be voted and that Rabun county will soon do the same. Superintendents Grant and O'Kelly, of the two counties are constancy circulat ing the idea among the people and they will receive in this crusade fori better edu cational facilities the able teaching of the Rabun County Woman's club and the Habersham County Woman’s Hub. organ ized on Wednesday, for the of all kinds in behalf of their respective coun ties. Surely the Blue Ridge and Tt llulah Falls exposition has been already p-oductive of great results, and another year will bring forth more wonderful ones. The company ha« been made a perma nent one, and it is hoped that each suc ceeding year will see greater and greater gatherings arid rewards. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. lie Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the /V' lignavur* of DISTINCTLY A GENTLEMAN. In the almost universal praise of Wil liam McKinley as a statesman and a great peacemaker there is one side of his character that has not been comment ed upon to the extent that it deserves. The New York Evening Sun alludes to this appropriately,when it speaks of the lamented president as “An American Gen tleman.” The Sun says: “Os the word ‘gentleman’ there is no satisfactory definition. Not even Robert Louis Stevenson succeeded when he tried to hit upon it. But we are able. to say that so-and-so fills the bill, while some body else does not. Our Judgment in the matter is largely a matter of instinct. ‘He died like a gentleman,’ said a man about an enemy to whom he wished to be just. It was a tribute which could not be withheld in fulrness. Some persons in his tory have gained great reputations be cause they knew how to die well though they lived ill. Charles I received this trib ute from a Puritan poet who, writing about his taking off* said that ‘He noth ing common did or mean, upon that mem orable scene.’ His disreputable son. Charles 11, half redeemed a bad life by the grace with which he left it. Addison proposed to show his dissipated stepson how a Christian could die. There was something rather priggish about this, though perhaps it might be partially jus tified by the worthy object in view. At any rate, disinterestedness was displayed by all three just mentioned in their last moments. And they have been for this, among other reasons, ret down as gentle men. “William McKinley will occupy a dis tinguished place among historical per sonages distinctively gentlemen. All his life as well as in his last hours he dis played the elusive qualities that must be found, in those who would fill the part. ■Tender and true’ might have been his motto. He showed that he had only charitable pity for his assassin. His only complaint was that he was causing a great deal of trouble to those who were caring for him. He wished everything to go on as usual. He had no curiosity as to how the calamity affected the country. And when there was no hope left he gave the few lucid moments that remained to him to showing for the last time a devo tion which had been conspicuous for years. < "We may not be able to say just what a gentleman is, but we all know one when we see him. And here was a notable ex ample.” ' This is a beautiful and well deserved tribute to the character of the man whom we mourn. We often excuse men in high places, those of great natural gifts or rare attainments for a lack of courtesy and kindliness which we are ever ready to condemn in the ordinary clt izent. But we honor the illustrious man all the more when we find him gentle, considerate of the feelings of others and worthy to be called "tender and true.” William McKinley was always and ev erywhere the true gentleman and to ap ply to him that term in its full signifi cance is to give him high praise. Awaiting a Conciliatory Tariff. Europe, wants to enter our markets more freely, and it has been resenting the high tariff wall that wo have raised against her. She has shared something of the feel ing of the tariff reformers here at home when they think of the practice of some protected manufacturers who sell their goods abroad at lower prices than they charge at home. And they have been in clined to regard a tariff system under which that was possible as a sort of gov ernment subsidy against which it was im possible for them to compete. So they are watching eageny for signs of a change of policy here. A new idea in serving poached eggs is to pour brown butter over the toast be fore putting the eggs on it, and then sprinkle the whole with finely chopped pickle. SORES ANO OLGERS. Sores and Ulcers never become chronic unless the blood is in poor condition—is slugg'.sh, weak and unable to throw off the poisons that accumulate in it. The system must be relieved of the unhealthy matter through the sore, and great danger to life would follow should it heal before the blood has been made pure and healthy and all impurities eliminated from the sys tem. S.S.S. begins the cure by first cleans ing and invigorating the blood, building up the general health and removing from *?,* Z CONSTAMT DRATH “IL” Mt'er UPOH THE SYSTEM. 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Taking a tin cup in hi* hand to put them in, he sauntered in the direction of the tree, arrived at it and turned and made a dash tot our line as fast as his legs could carry him. He fell in a swoon as he reach ed our line, still holding on to the tin cup. It so happened that General Lee was rid ing slowly and alone along the picket line, arriving at that point the moment the deserter did, so that when he swooned and fell forward hi* head almost touched the forefoot of General Lee’s horse. General Lee stopped until the soldier wag revived and raised to his feet, which was quickly done. He then asked the deserter one or two questions in a low tone of voice and roda slowly on. Os course the soldier knew nothing about General Lee being out on the picket line, but to those of us who had seen General coming, it appeared that he was mak ing such haste towards us in order to reach us before General Lee would pass the point. This incident, occurring, as it did, on the picket line a considerable distance from the main line, was witnessed by very few. I wonder if any one who witnessed it and recalls the circumstances will read this article. G. REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. TRENTON, N. J., Sept. 27.—The sub committee appointed Wednesday by the Republican state committee to prepare a platform for submission to the guber natorial convention was in session until nearly 3 o’clock this morning. The com mittee submitted the resolutions to State Chairman Franklin Murphy, who will be nominated for governor. Mr. Murphy, gave his approval and the platform will be adopted without opposi tion. The following is the platform: "The blow* which ended the life of our beloved president was cruel. Inhuman and lawless. It was aimed, not at the gentle and lovable McKinley, but at the repub lic and the majesty of law which guar antees liberty of person and safety of property. Any doctrine which justifies or encourages assassination Is utterly hos tile to civil station and the welfare of mankind and must be no longer tolerated In this country and we demand and In sist that laws, state and national, be enacted for the effective suppression of such teachings. The pledge of President Roosevelt that he will continue absolutely. unbroken the policy of President McKinley has our un qualified approval and commends our loyal support. If continued in power the Republican party pledges itself to guard the sources of Income of the state and to use the surplus thereof for the further reduction of the rate of local taxation, the enlarge ment of our school system, the extension of our good roads, the benefit of our agri culture and our Industries and the com mon Interest and welfare of the whole people. » The convention was called to order shortly after noon by Senator E. C. Stokes, of Cumberland county. There were 800 delegates. 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