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4 The Semi-Weekly Journal KBtvred at the Atlanta Peetoftk-* as Mall Mat ter of the Second Class. The Betel-Weekly Journal to rubHah ed 0«t Mondays end Thursday and nailed la time for all the twtee-a week Mar mute walla Tt contains the news from all parts of the world brought over a special leased wire Into The Jonrnal office. It baa a staff of distinguished contributor*, with strong Agricultural. Veterinary. Home. to»k and other departments of special value to the home and farm. R* Jttents wanted tn every community tn th* Smith. Remittances may be made by poet offlee money order, express money or der. rostered letter or check Persons who send postage stamps tn payment for subscriptions are request ed to send thod* Os the 2-cent denpml aatfoa. 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BARN DR , In writing or making remittances always give your poetoffice and Mate and then there will be eo delay in answering your letters THE BEMI-WEEKLT JOURNAL. Colonel Estill is evidently determined to Me Just as hard as he can. Perhaps Governor Candler merely in tended to snub the president anonymously. The Rome Tribune asks: “Is poetry a lost art? - ’ No. poetry is a trade these If *U we hear la true those Augusta voters ought never strike on account of ttoa ■scale.'’ It still appears that Judge Emory Speer to persona non grata to Messrs. Greens and Gaynor. . ______ It seems to be the opinion of the state pree* that Hon O. B. Stevens was guilty of rubbing t in. We are oven willing to admit that with the Hon. Joe Hall It was a clear case of the office seeking the man. So far Memphis has the only Richard Olney club In the country. Memphis is also unique in other respects. Now that Devery has turned on Croker the latter may be able to work himself back iato the public's confidence. - - t Senator Depew says he is a great suf ferer from melancholia. He must have been reading some of his own jokes. Tt to never entirely safe to Interview Georgia s governor without the aid of a notary public or a few eye witnesses. - -- . ii. / We are thinking of starting a subscrip tion to buy a new meter for the Hon. Joe Hall The old one Is entitled to a rest Some of these days some newspaper man to going to quote Governor Candler “ correctly—and then the presses will stop. The defeat of Senator Mason In Illinois only goes to the danger of a states man allowing himself to be called "BtUy.” Perhaps Candidate Guerry's continued Silence to due to the fact that he can t find words that will do the subject jus tice. »♦ People who couldn't be found with a field glass during the campaign may now he seen with the naked eye lined up around the fleshpots. If it’s all the same In elect Hardwick, while he is repealing things won't be please also repeal a few of the ten commandments? x We are more than ever convinced that no man who hopes to be elected gover < nor of) Georgia can afford to split the pro , bAhtton and anti-prchibttlon vote. Borne Georgia premiers In their “ser mons" on the recent election seem to in sinuate that some of their church mem * hers pray one way and vote another. Mark Twain has again announced his ». permanent retirement from the lecture platform. But then Mark never Intends that anybody shall take him seriously. The Detroit Free Press remarks: "The Philadelphia Press calls General Dewet a Boer Robert E. Lee. No higher compli ment can be paid to a Christian soldier.” We feel that it is our duty to warn the various aspirants for the speakership that their election means that they will b have the Joe Hall problem to contend •_ with. A street car conductor In Brooklyn is said to be a double for Dick Croker. But the meet remarkable part of it is the company still manages to pay a divi dend There Is at least one thing that can be said for Governor Candler’s administra |! tton—he has probably denied more news paper interviews than any of his prede cessors. The whole question would seem to be whether it is better to dig a canal through a country that is addicted to seismic disturbances or political dis turbances. The prediction comes from Washing ton that congress will adjourn not later than JWy l»t- This would give addeo enthuaiasrn to the celebration of the Glo rious Fourth. The Philadelphia papers are inclined to the view that the Philippine bill is very lib eral in ita terms. They Insist that It gives Filipinos more self-government than the people of Pennsylvania have. An eastern paper printed a story the Other day to the effect that a ship's crew on a recent voyage saw two floating Isl ands filled with monkeys and brightly colored parrots. Think of a whole crew getting tn that fix. The planters of Barbadoes find that the volcanic ashes from BL Pierre and St. Vincent are an excellent phosphate, and they are using theih for fertiliser. Thus to the old saying "its an ill wind, etc.” again illustrated. Now. we will be allowed to see the difference between the election of a su preme court judge by the legislature and the election of a supreme court judge by member* of the legislature sitting as a state Democratic convention. The Birmingham News is responsible for the statement that Captain Hobson is suffering from compound hypermetropic astigmatism. retinal hyperemia and trachoma. We had no idea it waa aa bad as that. but. as suggested, this may account for his desire to break Into poli tico. THE RECENT DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY AND THE RAILROADS. If the railroads take Mr. Guerry’s overwhelming defeat as .an endorsement of all their practices, or even as evidence that the people are disposed to ac quiesce in them they will make a serious mistake. Clearly the election carries with it no such meaning. While It to true that Mr. Guerry said a great deal about lobbying and the political power of the railroads, yet thia was not the issue on which the people voted. The overshadowing issue that was passed upon was state prohibition as against local option, and the railroad fight was of practically no importance for the reason that the voters refused to believe for a moment that the Hon. Joseph M. Terrell was in any way connected with any lobby or with any of the methods of the railroads to which the people really and rightfully object. The plain result of the returns Is, First, an endorsement of local option; and second, a vote of entire confidence in Mr. Terrell’s ability and the rectitude of his long official career. It was his complete exculpation of all the charges and insinuations that were brought against him. It is important that this lesson should be properly understood, for otherwise the time may come in this state when bitter antagonisms will arise between the people and the transportation lines which will be unfortunate for both, tn any caev, and it might bring about a repetition of what occurred in Kentucky when the lamented Goebel undertook to lead the fight against the company that had so long, In the judgment of the people of that state, abused its great power. The people, though they do not like it, will bear for a long time, at least, with the keen interest the roads take in political affairs and their strenuous Efforts to control the machinery of the Democratic party by pushing their agents and at torneys for membership in its executive committee provided always the vast and varied shipping interests of this section are not victimized by oppressive and discriminating freight rates. But here is where the shoe really pinches the farm er, manufacturer, merchant, laborer and capitalist, all alike, and If the shippers are forced to band themselves together for political purposes In order to secure protection against unjust exactions on the part of the roads, then trouble will come, for in that case organisation will be met with organisation and money with money, for the shippers of this section can easily find the means necessary to defray campaign expenses, and will do" so if the ills from which they suffer be come too great to be borne. That such an antagonism is likely to arise unless radical changes are made by the roads in their policies is easily evidenced by the complaints of the agricul tural, manufacturing and commercial Interests of this state which have been growing louder and louder recently on this line. It Is claimed that individuals and entire communities are discriminated against by the roads in their charges and the assertion has been made, with proof to back it, that vital interests of the south are in some instances dealt with to their great damage in the interest of other competing sections. A notable instance of this was the re-classification of cotton goods made some time ago, told of exclu- x sively In The Journal, which dealt an uncalled for,blow to the cotton manufactur ing interests of this section. True, the railroads by reason of great consolidations and the consequent sup pression of competition have of late been growing more powerful, but on the other hand the very power they are acquiring willVause the people to more closely scrutinise their dealings and practices, and if they find just cause for complaint they will find a remedy also, however difficult it may appear, to ob tain relief. • As a result of their Increasing power the roads are now aggressively urging, against the interests of their patrons, the passage tff a bill by congress, known as the Elkins' bill, to legalize pooling so as to enable them to arbitrarily deter mine wlthost regard to the wishes or interests of the shippers the routes by which their commodities are transported, and hence the time of its delivery. Such a bill would not be demanded unless tne roads felt that tnelr growing power gave them the opportunity to Indulge in a little unrestrained profit taking. The news concerning the Elkins’ bill has been told exclusively In The Journal. It is to be hoped that this effort on th9 part of the railroads to pass the Elkins' bill will fail, even for their own sakes, as it is sure to result. If success ful, In a clash that will not prove beneficial to them. They have been.of late quite prosperous throughout this entire region, and conservatism, It seems, would dictate to them a different line of action. It Is inconceivable that the peo ple’s representatives can be induced to pass such a bill, but the mere fact that the railroads are urging it shows that they are growing bolder in their efforts to sbape the country's legislation in their Interest. Mr. Guerry was thought by many to be an extremist and his surroundings led still others to believe that he was an Intemperate agitator so far as the rail roads were concerned. Whether these conclusions by the voters were true or false, his agitation has served to put the people more on guard than they were before and the transportation companies will best serve their own interests by showing a greater regard for the interests of their patrons, who are now paying them large and Increasing dividends on their Investments. The people are slow to follow extremists. But they can be goaded into doing ; COL. ESTILL’S MISTAKE. It Is to be regretted that Colonel J. H. Estill has filed a protest with the state Democratic commltee against the result of the recent gubernatorial primary as declared In a number of counties, and has asked for a recount. On the morning after the election Colonel Estill expressed himself in a newspaper interview as If he might contest the election, but a little later he spoke in a manner that in dicated hte acceptance of the result as the public generally construed It. The course he has taken therefore causes no little surprise. Chairman Brown says that the state committee has no authority to order a recount and that the convention is the only body to which the appeal can be taken. Colonel Estill claims that some of the counties which have been placed In tbs Terrell column would really have been carried by his supporters and others would have gone tor Mr. Guerry had the election In those counties been strictly regular. But on reading Colonel Estill's protest we are impressed by the fact that It is made up mainly of technical objections and that the Irregularities complain ed of are such as occur, to a greater or less extent, in every primary election. We are unable to see any sufficient reason for reopening the whole question and throwing the state convention into a wrangle over an issue which the great mass of the Democrats of Georgia considered settled. It is safe to say that nine tenths, we think we may say ninety-nine one-hundredths, of all the Demo crats in th4 state accept it as a fact that»the Hon. J. M. Terrell is the choice of the majority of the delegates to the convention, honestly chosen at the recent primary- The idea of continuing a contest which Is generally considered settled, and settled fairly, does not. we are confident, meet the approval of a majority of those who voted for Colonel Estill and Mr. Guerry. We hope that Colonel Estill, on maturer reflection, will withdraw his pro test and accept the result as the bulk of the Georgia Democracy, Including most of his recent ardtnt supporters already have done. As The Journal had no candidate for governor in the primary campaign, but treated all throe of the aspirants with equal consideration, it is in a position to take a Judicial view of Colonel Estill's protest and to present a perfectly un biased opinion of it. THE WILSON MONUMENT. The late William L. Wilson was one of the ablest, purest and altogether most admirable men who has figured in public life in recent years. His career in con gress as a representative from West Vir ginia and as chairman of the ways and means committee; his heroic efforts to re form the tariff so as to reduce its enor mities and relieve the masses of the peo ple of the burdens and wrongs of unjust taxation; his services as postmaster gen eral; his persistent and eloquent procla mation of the principles of just and hon est government placed him very high in the respect and esteem of the country. We have had few men in our national councils in late years who were either so able or so accomplished as William L. Wilson, and his untimely death was uni versally and justly regarded by all fair minded citizens as a loss to the nation. He retired from politics to accept the presldentcy of Washington and Lee uni versity and in the few years during which he held the poslton he did much to pro mote the Interests of that noble institu tion. Boon after his death a movement was set on foot to endow the William L. Wilson chair of economics as a mon ument to this great man. The fund was started with a SI,OOO subscription from Grover Cleveland who esteemed Mr. Wil son as one of the safest and wisest coun sellors he had found during his eight years' administration of national affairs. Many other distinguished cltlsens contrb uted to this fund until within a short time it reached the desired proportions. A recent Associated Press dispatch announ ces that Washington and Lee university has received $100,553 for the Wilson en dowment fund, which exceeds the amount requested, it being SIOO,OOO. The sum of 3M..56! was received last Saturday with a letter bearing the signatures of Grover Cleveland and John G. Carlisle. Six thou sand dollars had already been paid to the university trustees for the fund. The ready responses that were made to the appeal for this fund attested the high regard in which the memory of William L. Wilson was held in all parts of the United States. No more fitting monument in his honor could have been designed than this en dowed chair for the teaching of a science of which he was an illustrious exponent. Those who knew him best believe that THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 190 L. Mr. Wilson would esteem this honor more than any monument of marble or bronze and the country looks upon It as one of the happiest possible expressions of the regard of the public for the memory of heroic life. PROMISES ARE CHEAP. There are many evidences that the Re publicans are alarmed at the approach of the congressional elections. From many of their leaders who were never heard to utter a word In favor of tariff reform before are now coming confes sions that something should be done In that direction, not at this session of con gress, of course, but early in the course of the next congress. We are told that the people should turn in and keep that body safely Republi can so that the tariff may be readjusted by "its friends.” They assure us most solemnly that a thorough revision of present tariff rates will be made if their party shall be re tained in power, and made in away that will not disturb business, whereas we will get into all sorts of trouble if the Demo crats are allowed to reduce the people's taxes. ' The tone which the Republicans have adopted as the time approaches when they will have to go to trial reminds us of the proverbial penitence of the devil when he falls sick, and about as much reliance can be placed in their promises to reform the tariff as we allow to the devil's assurance that he will turn monk when he gets well. We have heard these Republican sick bed promises before and know just what they are worth. The situation is Indeed alarming, and nobody wonders that the Republican party should desire to direct a move ment which has grown too strong to be resisted. But we think that if the country really wants a reform of the tariff worthy the name, it will not look for It from those who have fastened the present system upon us and persisted in standing by all its abominations after their enormities have been so often ex posed and there has been such abundant opportunity to correct them. We shall have Republican candidates and Republican politicians on every stump this fall professing burning seal for speedy and sweeping tariff reform and undying enmity to the -trusts, but talk is cheap, especially Republican cam paign talk. "By their fruits ye shall know them" is a rule which the people will be guided by when they come to determine which party they will entrust with the work of tariff reform. A WHOPPING DOCTOR’S BILL. The late “Chris” Magee, who for years was one of the most powerful machine politicians in Pennsylvania, has been call ed to public attention conspicuously again by a suit that has been brought against his executors. Soon after Magee's death Dr. Walter C. Browning, of Philadelphia, who attended the “boss” during his last illness, present ed a bill against the estate for the modest fee of $350,000. The executors refused to even consider a demand for this sum. A few days later the doctor's attorney reappeared with his bill cut down to $190,- 070. It would be interesting to know what the odd S7O was for In a bill of this size. Having tried for a lump sum and failed. Dr. Browning probably concluded that it was advisable, not only to lop off about SIBO,OOO of his original charge, but to give it somewhat the appearance of an exact compilation of the value of his services. The hard-hearted executors still refused to pay and the doctor Instituted suit for the modified amount of his claim. His attorney has offered testimony to show that Magee Intended to pay his physician a round million, as he desired to defeat the record of P. A. B. Widener, who is said to have paid his doctor SBOO,OOO for curing him of “double pneumonia.” Dr. Browning did not cure Magee, but claims that he prolonged his life to an ex tent that makes $190,070 a low price for the medical services rendered. One of the witnesses for the doctor tes tifies that he heard Magee say It was his purpose to make Dr. Browning independ ent financially. . , The case is an Interesting one In several aspects and raises the much-mooted ques tion as to whether a doctor has the right to charge a patient according to the size of his fortune. Dr. Browning is probably following the rule so often adopted of suing for very much more than the plaintiff expects to recover. If he should take off another $160,000 he would still lefive more than $30,000 as his fee in a single case, which Is more than the great majority of doctors make In a life-time. GETTING HOLD OF MEXICO. It seems certain that our country will soon obtain a much larger part of Mexi co's trade than It has ever yet enjoyed. In spite of the fact that this naturally rich and rapidly developing region lies right at out doors, its people who trade outside of their own territory at all deal a great deal more in European markets than in our own. This is due largely to our foolish tariff laws which If designed to hamper our trade relations with other nations could hardly do so more effectually. Another reason for this remarkable condition is to be found In the fact that the bulk of Mexican securities, both national and private, are held in Great Britain, Ger many and France. But United States capital and enter prise are gaining constantly a larger hold upon Mexico and consequently an in crease of our commerce In that quarter is assured. v . Our Mexican export trade Increased 8 per cent last year and Is growing steadily. In a recent report to the state depart ment United States Consul Hanna at Monterey says that $200,000 of American capital has been Invested within the last few weeks In industrial and mining enter prises in northern Mexico, and that this is but a faint indication of the extent to which the Interests of United States citi zens are increasing In that country. For several years past there has been a steady inflow of capital from our states Into that land. It is reported that a steel plant backed by $10,000,000 of capital supplied entirely by citizens of the United States will soon be established near Puebla. We seem to be moving toward the posi tion we would have held in Mexican com merce long ago but for our exclusive tariff system. The same thing may be said of our South American trade. THE TICKET SPECULATOR. The appellate division of the New Tork supreme court has rendered a decision that receives the hearty commendation of the public which the insatiate theater ticket speculator has been fleecing so mer cilessly for years. The court holds that tickets for the theater and thS opera are personal, revocable licenses, and that, therefore, managers have the legal right to refuse admission to those who have purchased such tickets from speculators. This decision Is declared to be applica ble to shows and spectacles of every va riety. The speculators In theater tickets have carried on a big business In New York and all the other great cities of this coun try a long time and have squeezed the public out of an immense amount of money. Atlanta has suffered no little at their hands, for almost every time any spe cially popular attraction in the line of the drama or the opera comes to this city these blood suckers manage by hook or crook to get in their work, no matter how gtoany precautions against them may be rosorted to. In nearly every city where the ticket speculator operates ordinances and regulations have been adopted to break up his hateful business, but in spite of them all he continues to thrive. Though he Is outlawed and Is Hable to heavy fines when caught, he insolently defies the law and preys upon those who are foolish enough to pay the toll he de mands. The New York decision may have some effect toward breaking up his ille gitimate traffic. When the purchaser of a speculator's ticket knows that it gives him no title to a seat in the theater, and that he may be refused admission on it, he will hesitate before he gives up money that he is liable to be throwing away. It would be an excellent thing if there were such a law in every city that Is in fested by theater ticket speculators as the appellate division of the supreme court of New York declares to be of force in the metropolis. SHORT AND TO THE POINT. Paris will shortly possess the only German newspaper published in France. Successful efforts have recently been made in Westphalia to induce the country people to retain their national costumes. America sent to England 405,703 head of cat tle in 1901-55,494 more than in the previous year; while Canada, with 28,211, sent 16,628 fewer than in 1900. No less than 8250,000 was realized by the English Salvation Army during the recent Self- Denial Week. This is the largest amount ever obtained on a similar occasion. A bill has been passed by the New York leg islature and signed by Governor Odell provid ing that medical students admitted to prelim inary state examination must be at least 18 years old. FREDERICK THE GREAT AND WASHINGTON St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It may be urged that It Is not a proper thing for a republic to accept from a monarchy and set up in its national capi tal a statue of a king; It may be urged in this instance, where the king is Fred erick the Great of Prussia, that he did nothing for this country, and it may be urged also that Louis XVI, of France, did, and that we have some reason then for setting up his statue; but when all these arguments are threshed over, proven to the satisfaction of those who offer them, and apparently settled, the real reason why a bronze of Frederick the Great should prove acceptable is the great admiration Frederick and Washington had for each other. That Frederick's bust occupied a place of honor in Washington’s home la un questioned. This was not given to our immortal president and general; was not placed in his hands in such away that courtesy would prompt paying It some honor. It was orderd by him personally, paid for and placed In its niche of esteem in 1773, long before Frederick the Great had ever dreamed that there was a sol dier on the face of this green globe as Washington, the colonial, who thus testi fied at a considerable financial cost to hitneelf the high regard In which he held the Prussian monarch. Six great generals and monarchs were Washington’s es pecial heroes; all six of them he honored by placing their busts In his home; Fred erick was the only one who was con temporary with him, and to Frederick’s bust was accorded the particular place of honor above them all, the place in the drawingroom, the most public position In the house, where It could scarcely fall to fall within the range of vision of all those who entered. So high was Wash ington's regard for Frederick that the bust went with him wherever he went, to each of his several homes; from Mount Vernon to New York, to Philadelphia, and back again to Mount Vernon, where it was when he died. Turning to Frederick’s side of this, what do we find? Many open and avowed acts of friendship and all that sort of thing? No; but we do find that in those dark days of 1777 he declared that Washington's cam- WITH THE STATE PRESS. L& Grange Graphic: Another lesson Is that the people do not want state prohibition Instead dt local option. Both Terrell and Estill stood for local option, and their combined vote to a fair teat of the sentiment of Democrats of the state upon this issue. Mr. Guerry stood for state prohibition and his vote very likely repre sents the number of those who so believe. Thus we see that local option carried 284 votes to state prohibition’s 66 in the Democratic prima ry. With the disastrous experiments in Maine. Kansas and those states which have tried state prohibition before them, the people of Georgia very wisely decided not to repeat the mistake In our state, and they have recorded their ver dict In no uncertain terms. Griffin News and Sun:lt is understood that Tom Loyless would have resigned his position as paragrapher on the Atlanta Journal if Joe Hall had been .defeated. Albany Herald. When Hon. O. B. Stevens en tered upon the duties of the office of commis sioner of agriculture, one of the first things be did was to cultivate friendly relations with the newspapers of the state and procure their co operation in publishing information from his de partment for the farmers. He also appointed a number of newspaper men as oil Inspectors. In the campaign just closed Mr. Stevens' opponent repeatedly undertook to discredit the support Mr. Stevens received from the press of the state generally by Insinuating that such' sup port had been obtained mainly through the ap pointment of newspaper men as oil inspectors. The result of last Thursday’s primary shows wbat the people think of Mr. Stevens and of the class of men he appointed as oil inspectors. Walton News and Messenger: Mr. Brannan, the clever fellow that he Is, should now realize that the good people of the Fifth congressional district of Georgia do not consider him good congressional timber. We admire him very much as a citizen of this state. Waycross Journal: The man or the paper that changed position In the gubernatorial race as many as five times would hardly recognize “crow” If it were spread on the board. Augusta Chronicle: The people of Georgia, as one man, just picked up tne office of attorney general of this state and presented it to Judge John C. Hart, of Greene county, with their compliments, and In effect said: Judge Hart, you are the man for the place; take it and keep it as long as you please/' Columbus Enquirer-Sun: "Anyway, Captain Wiley Williams made one of the most remarka ble races ever run In Georgia. he started 90 days earlier, he would have won it, says the Columbus Enquirer-Sun. which also calls attention to the large popular vote for Williams over the state, Eason carrying many *?“*»“*■ by a very narrow majority. Captain Williams many friends here regret that they could not have distributed their big majority for him in this county over the state.—Griffin News and Sun. When the fact is taken into consideration that although Captain Williams did not carry half the counties in the state, he at i h ® time received from 35 to 40 per cent, of the en tire vote polled. It will be seen that he was not badly beaten by any means. Columbus Ledger: The indications now are that Hon. Walter Steed, of Taylor county, will be speaker of the next house. Hon. Roland El lis. of Bibb, was regarded as a strong candidate for the speakership. Now that Mr. Ellis has been defeated for the ’cgtolature the strength he would have commanded will go solidly to Walter Steed. Hon. B. S. Miller, who > s on Mr. Steed’s strongest supporters. morning he was confident the Taylor county man would win the speakership contest. Augusta Herald: While we failed to quatlg and be swept into the legislature on the tidal wave in Richmond last Thursday, still we are for Pleas Stovall for speaker, first last, all the time, world without end. Amen. Albany Herald: Dr. Mark Johnston made the campaign that defeated School Commissioner Glenn, and Prof. Merritt got the benefit of it. THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD By Theodore O'Hara. Theredore c Hara, a soldier and poet, was born at Danville, Ky„ February 11. tsw He served in the army during the Mexican war, and afterward practiced at Washington, D. C. On the outbreak of the civil war he took part with hi south and became a colonel in the Confederate army. He died near Guerry 71a June 6 1867. He is remembe red chiefly by his very popular poem, 'tL nivmiac of’ the Dead.” written to commemorate the Kentuckians killed at «T2n» Vtota during the war with Mexico. Though not a civil war lyric, this Buena V closely associated with Memorial Day by the frequency Srith which it is quoted in Memorial Day addresses and on soldiers' monuments. The muffled drum’s sad roll has beat The soldier’s last tatoo! No more on life’s parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On Fame’s eternal camplng-'ground Their silent tents are spread; And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead. No rumor of the foe's advance Now swells upon the wind; No troubled thought at midnight haunts Os loved ones left behind; No vision of the morrow’s strife The warrior’s dream alarms; No braying horn, nor screaming fife At dawn shall call to arms. Their shivered swords are red with rust, Their plumed heads are bowed; Their haughty banner, trailed in dust, Is now their martial shroud; And plenteous funeral tears have washea The red stains from brow; And the proud forms, by battle gashed, Are free from anguish now. The neighing troop, the flashing blade. The bugle’s stirring blast. The charge, the dreadful cannonade, The din and shout, are passed; Nqr war’s wild note, nor glory’s peal, Shall thrill with fierce delight Those breasts that never more may feel The rapture of the fight. Like the fierce northern hurricane That sweeps this great plateau. Flushed with the triumph yet to gain. Came down the serried foe, Who heard the thunder of the fray Break o’er the field beneath. Knew well the watchword of that day Was “Victory or death.” paign In New Jersey from December 25, 1776, to January 4. 1777, was the most bril liant ever conducted in the world’s history. Not many in this country' and few in Europe would have made that assertion or would have believed it. Why should our hearts not warm a little, therefore, to th® old king who could see our first great citizen as we see him, as the world now sees him, and frankly state what he thought at the time? Concerning the stories of his gift of a sword<to Washington, of the gift of a por trait and of the correspondence carried on between them, it must be admitted that there is so much haze around them it is hard to unravel facts. Tradition has it that Frederick sent a beautiful sword to Washington with the Inscription graven upon it, “From the oldest general to the greatest.” The New York State library authorities own a sword of Wash ington's, the sword he wore most fre quently when In New York city, a plain sword with a hilt and chain of polished steel, steel beads, and the claim has beeff made that this was the sword given by Frederick, but the claim was manifestly absurd on its very face. The eword is too plain for a gift; it is almost cheap, and. Is devoid of any in scription at all, when in nearly every in stance such things are always placed on gift swords. M. D. Conway, who attempt ed to explode the sword story In an elab orate treatise in the Century ten years ago, accepted this claim and built all his arguments around this sword. But it ap pears perfectly clear that if Frederick ever gave a sword to Washington it was the one selected by Bushrod Washington from his uncle’s collection after his death. This sword Is now at Mount Vernon, and when it was in good condition It was certainly a fairly good gift for a monarch to make. Its hilt was of silver, hand somely chased; its scabbard of fine black leather, mounted with gold. and the blade of the best tempered steel, had one side the inscription in gold inlaid letters "Recti Fac Etlce" (do what Is right), and on the other “Neminem Timeas" (fear no man.) All the traditions of the Frederick legend cluster around this sword. Next to his service sword, this was the one Washington appeared to value the most. He wore tt nearly always on formal oc- Modem Methods Enter Persia: Tfie Land of Yesterday, Whete the Women Mau Have Rights, But Rrw Quite as Ignorant of Them as the Woman Without the Ballot. Chicago Journal. The announcement that the shah is to build a trolley line from Teheran to a port on the Caspian sea appears like an Incongruous bit of news. It is hard to believe that the quiet of Persia, the land of Darius and Xerxes, the immutability of whose laws has become proverbial, is to be Interrupted by the rush and whirr of the electric car. The visitor to the tower of London is somewhat disconcerted to find its massive halls bright with in candescent lights, but this shock is as nothing compared to the thought of dash ing through the cradle of the race in a trolley car, and finding electricity Instat ed in the palace of the king of kings, Muzaffar-ed-din, at Teheran. The introduction of electricity Into Per sia means a new era for that ancient country. To a greater degree than any other force electricity represents the vital izing ’influence of modern life. It is a transforming power. No people can suf fer its invasion and still remain In Ig norance and superstition. A trolley line from Teheran to the Caspian will put Persia in direct touch with the new life of the great western world. A short trip bv steamer will take the traveler from the electric line to the Russian railroad at Baku. Here, while still in Asia, he is at the gateway of Europe, and through this entrance the civilization of the west will pour its renewing life upon the worn out despotism of Persia. Muzaffar-ed-din rules 9,000,000 of people, living in a country extending 700 miles from north to south, and for 900 from east to west. It is only 12 years since the Persians were given protection of life by law, and liberty to the use of their prop erty Is still denied them. In all this area of country there are only six miles of railroad and only 182 miles of good car riage road. Twice a week mall Is received from Russia and the capital. But the telegraph already traverses the country and a railroad is planned through It from the northern boundary to the Perian gulf. With the railroad and the trolley line will come liberty and civilization. Muzaffar-ed-din, the shah of Persia, suc ceeded to the throne after the assassina tion of his father, Nasred-Din, May 1, 1896. He Is an amiable man even if he does eat with his Angers and have his servants flogged daily for the good of their health and to impress upon them the joy of serving him. He shocked Paris two years ago by his antics and caused grave scandals, but then he spent about $1,500,000, and «o he was forgiven a good deal. He bought two tons of candy while in Paris because he liked French bonbons, and he told President Loubet that he could not understand how a man could retain an affection for a wife after she reached middle age—this in the presence of a num- Full many a norther’s breath has swept O’er Angostura's plain. And long the pitying sky has wept Above the moldering slain. The raven’s scream or eagle’s flight. Or shepherd's pensive lay, I Alone now walks each sullen height That frowned o’er that dread fray. Sons of the Dark and Bloody Ground, Ye must not slumber there, Where stranger steps and tongues re sound Along the heedless air; Your own proud land’s heroic soil Shall be your fitter grave; She claims from war its richest spoil, The ashes of her brave. > So 'neath their parent turf they rest, Far from the gory field. Borne to a Spartan mother's breast On many a bloody shield; The sunshine of their native sky Smiles sadly on them here. And kindred eyes and hearts watch by The hero’s sepulchre. Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead!* Dear as the blood ye gave. No impious footstep here shall tread The herbage of your grave. Nor shall your glory be forgot While Fame her record keeps, Or Honor points the hallowed spot Where Valor proudly sleeps. Yon marble minstrel's voiceless stone In deathless song shall tell. When many a vanished age hath flown. The story how ye fell; Nor wreck, nor change, not Winter's flight. Nor Time’s remorseless doom Can dim one ray of holy light That gilds your glorious tomb. caslons during his Incumbency of the presidential chair. Apparently none knew how it came Into Washington’s possession. It does not figure among his properties until after’ 1780, the year in which the legend has it the gift was made. At Bushrod Washington’s death the sword passed to his brother, George Cor bin Washington, from whom it descended to his son. Colonel Lewis William Wash ington, in 1854. Colonel Washington's home was at Bel Air, Halltown, Harper’s Ferry, and at the time of John Brown’s raid that worthy conceived the idea of securing the sword to use in his under taking, and it Is significant, thet he want ed it because “it was the sword given to Washington by Frederick the Great.” He purloined the sword, but it was re covered later. During the civil war the precious relic was placed In the humble dwelling of a cotter named Odin for safe ty, and here it was found years after ward in a deplorable condition. The scabbard was almost entirely gone, the gold band from its top and a plate on top of the hilt missing, and the blade so rusted that it was scarcely possible to decipher the inscriptions on it. Who knows but that famous sentence, “From the oldest general in the world to the greatest.” might not have been graven on the band missing from the scabbard or on the plate that once adorned the crest of the hilt. The New Jersey Journal, of Augusta 9, 1780, a copy of which Is now In possession of the New York Historical society, brings another alleged gift to Washington from Frederick ,and with it another ori gin for the sentence. In this newspaper appears an item to the effect that Gen eral Washington had just received from the monarch a handsome autograph por trait of the king, with an accompanying message stating that it was “From the oldest general in Europe to the greatest on earth.” And with this announcement is printed an account of Frederick stating to one of his generals that "This noble chief has encountered every embarrass ment, has surmounted untold difficulties, and thereby stands entitled to such hon ors as conquest, fame, and magnanimity only can give.” No portrait given to the general by the king is now known to ex ist. ber of middle-aged women at a dinner party. "In my harem,” said he, “the women are all young.” There Is no phase of Persian life about '' which so much romance and mystery cling as about the manners and condition of the Persian women. The limitations of their lives and their own fatalistic sereni ty make them objects of interests. Borne cobwebs of prejudice are swept away when it is known that they are not ill used, that they are not unwilling prison ers and that they do not resent the con straint of the harem nor regard them selves as victims of misfortune. Indeed, the Persian women is a happy woman. She iq content and placid and untrou bled by either nerves or fads. We should not, perhaps, be ready to accept in every particular a distinguished Frenchman's explanation of the beauty of women, especially in reference to the ab sence of out-of-door exercise. He says: "The regular life which the women of Persia lead is the potent cause of their beauty. They neither gamble nor sit up late. They drink no wine and they rarely •- expose themselves to the atmosphere. It must be acknowledged that their life is more conducive to health than to pleasure. It is a calm, nntroubled life. Everything in It is connected with sub ordination and duty and significant of dependence.” , The dress of Persian ladles is more showy than tasteful, and' would not to western ideas suggest modesty. In the case of the rich the char-kadd or head dress is very pretty and costly. Cashmere shawls and embroidered gauze bespangled with gold coins are used for this purpose, while the ends of the char-kadd droop gracefully upon the shoulders and a jlka or bejeweled feather ornament is worn on the side of the head, producing a very jaunty effect. Ornaments of jewelry are much affected. Scent sachets are suspended from the neck by gold chains and the arms are covered often from the wrist to above the elbow with bangles which vie in quantity and quality with the coin ban gles sometimes worn by ladies of fashion in Europe. Pilgrimages are the fashion in Persia and some of the tender plants from the harem often go out on religious excur sions in order to save, their souls. The costumes worn on these pilgrimages are beautiful and picturesque. They are not worn in the harem, but are costly, indeed. The face veils are thick and heavily orna mented, and embroidery, bangles and beads form a great part of the ornamenta tion. The street costumes are made on . the same order and are most beautiful, although they are seldom seen by the great common people, as the beauties ot the harem and the many wives of the rich men are shielded from the gaze of the curious. The Persians are a gifted and charm ing people, of a high grade of intelligence, although their character is marred by strong shadows. Between the upper and lower classes there is a great gulf—a gulf as great and impassable as that which divided Dives from Lazarus. The "up pers” treat the “lowers” as If they were dirt; the "lowers” bow to the “uppers” as if they were gods. The Persian women may have rights, but they have yet to be discovered. The marriage bond is not allowed to become tiresome to man. who very easily gets rid of a wife he no longer wants by send ing her back to her father. The shah has the most delightful way of freeing himself of those who are no longer pleas ing to him, and at the same time of grati fying his spite—he gives them to his min isters. The relations between the Persian mon arch and his people are less those of a ruler to his subjects than of a father to his children—a father whose children have the right to support him. If the shah learns that one of his beloved subjects is getting wealthy or wealthier he visits him. This visit is rendered all the more serious an honor, as his majesty never travels in his own country with a retinue of less than several hundreds, all of whom have to be fed and who expect (and ob tain) presents from their unwilling host. The only way to get rid of them is to pay them to go away. One of the sights of Teheran is the appearance of the shah and the ladies of Zenana. Red-coated outrunners with silver headed canes and headgear like the comb of a rooster, spearmen from the loyal nomadic tribes and the executioner, with his mule bearing his weapons. These form the advance guard and surround the shah. The ladies—each of whom is borne in a litter swung between two mules or horses—are much more thickly surround ed, and I was warned not to try to see them, as it might result in an application of the bastinade, REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. (New York Press.) Cross words are the seed of evil deeds. With patience you can teach some women to tell the truth some times. You can tell a married man at a summer resort by the way he pretends not to be. When a woman makes love to a man it la a sign he is going to get away from her un less some of her male relatives step In. When a man has reached the point where be thinks he knows all about gardening he has got so foolish he thinks he knows something about women.
