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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.
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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.
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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.
