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Uf>e SUNNY SOUTH
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THE CONSTITUTION BUILDING
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
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The Sunny South it the oldest weekly paper of Literature,
Romance, Raft and Fiftlon in the South JR St is now re*
Jtored to the original shape and will be published as for*
merly every week & Founded in IS74 it grew until IS99,
when, as a monthly, its form was changed as an expert*
ment ^ St now returns to its original formation as a
weekly with renewed vigor and the intention of ectlps*
ing Its most promising period in the past.
Splendid Showing in “Some
Other Way” Contest
HE TIME for receiving manuscripts
T in the contest to finish Sir Walter
liesant’s serial, “No Other Way,”
has expired, and all of the compet
ing serials are now under the care
of the editor of the contest. The
aim has been, throughout the con
test, to extend every courtesy and
consideration to those trying their
literary skill on this difficult prob
lem. 'Where it was clear that there
had been no lack of conscientious
ness on the part of contestants in
meeting the conditions, and delay
arose from what might be called
providential causes, a reasonable extension of time
was allowed in the submission of manuscript.
The management of 1 he Sunny South real
ized the formidable task devolving on each person
sufficiently energetic and ambitious to enter the
contest. The individual work involved was in
comparably greater than would have been de
manded in the writing of a short complete story.
First, the contestant had to familiarize himself or
herself with the characters and plot employed by
one of the greatest authors of the recently ex
pired century. 1 hen came the necessary inter im
of study and plotting, when the mind must digest
the information received and grasp the meaning
m its finer details—each little nicety of character,
the motives impelling the different figures, the
logical consequence of given human qualities
thrown into contact with each other. I he next,
and probably to most persons the most difficult
phase, was the formation of the plot, the artistic
arrangement of climaxes, the keeping in touch
with each character as it developed under the skill
of the writer, and the bringing of the story to a
neat and consistent end. When it is borne in
mind that throughout this mental travail the idea
of originality must be kept over present, a faint
inkling may be gained of the credit to be given
those entering the contest.
It would have been a serious and severe un
dertaking for an author of long experience a~d
practical training. The management, therefore,
feels doubly gratified by the magnificent showing
made by the literary aspirants of the south. The
purpose actuating the promoters of the contest
was the exploiting and development of southern
literary talent, and the bravery and enterprise of
those whom we wish to encourage in their literary
endeavors is more than sufficient compensation
for the effort made. It is a glorious and signifi
cant augury, too, of the south’s prospects in the
literary field.
Following is a numerical statement of the
entries in the contest, given by states. An earnest
study of the table will show many peculiar and in
teresting features:
Alabama..., .. „
Arkansas.. ...... „
Georgia.. .... ...» ,
Louisiana.. .... ....
North Carolina..
New York.... .. ....
Kentucky........ ..
Pennsylvania.. .... „
South Carolina .. ». .
Tennessee.... .. ....
Mississippi.. .... ...,
Texas.. ...... M »„
Missouri.. .. .... ..
Virginia.. .. .. .. M
West Virginia— •• •*.
Illinois.... .. .. ....
Total..„ ...... ,
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• ••••• • maka i
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15
12
17
9
10
1
10
1
11
8
9
10
8
9
7
2
137
One hundred and thirty-seven entries, which,
at a minimum of 10,000 words each, aggregates
1,370,000 words! Such is the task, in all its stu
pendous dimensions, which has been accomplished
by 137 men and women within a remarkably short
space of time. Just try to appreciate for a mo
ment all the thought, the planning the sacrifice
of leisure time given to the task, and, lastly, the
labor involved in the manual transcription of the
manuscripts.
One of the most gratifying features is the
fact that there are entries from three northern
states—New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois.
When the general regard in which the negro is
held in these sections and the fact that it was the
obnoxious presence of a negro in the original
story that inspired the contest are considered, the
full significance of these entries may be ap
preciated.
The management congratulates itself and the
readers of The Sunny South that so many were
found anxious and able to demonstrate that there
existed “softie other way” of completing an
erwise very promising story than by violating the
most sacred of southern sentiments and challeng
ing the most sensuous and sensational tastes.
The consideration of the competing manuscripts
will begin at once, and within a few weeks a list
of the best serials, from which the prize-Winncr is
Ito be chosen, will be published.
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Will New Century be One of
Stupendous Philanthropy
HROUGHOUT the rancorous and
r threadbare discussion as to whether
our world is improving or degener
ating runs a very emphatic chain
of evidence tending to prove that
in many phases the former assertion
may be made in safe consistence
with the facts. Many who believe
in exhausting the darkest vein of
argument in order that the bright
side of the picture mafy be empha
sized may bring up formidable sta
tistics showing that crime and
faulty morals are on the increase,
and that the individual record pre
sents little hope of radical improvement in the im
mediate future. In answer to this plea, we take
the stand that great movements of an uplifting
nature affecting the masses in an) r degree of
necessity must favorably affect the individual and
elevate the tone of personal rectitude.
We are now in the second year of the new
century, but we may point back to the la£t years
of the nineteenth and the first of the twentieth
as evidencing a desire and intention on the part
of great wealth to employ itself actively for the
benefit of those in need of education, or whose
worldly status is hampered by only a living in
come or grinding poverty. Whatever the motive,
the benefactions of Carnegie, mounting into the
millions, illustrate this point conclusively. As
suming the strong position that it is better to
teach men how to help themselves, rather than to
lower self-respect and a motive to labor by lend
ing direct aid, the famous iron master has spent
several fortunes in opening doors of knowledge
and pleasure to an innumerable host, hitherto as
effectually barred as though libraries were pro
tected by high walls. Now comes the authentic
rumor that John D. Rockefeller, roused by the
activity of the Scotchman, has determined to add
826,000,000 to his already munificent endowment
of the Chicago university.
W e cite these two striking instances as ex
amples. Hardly a university, or even less preten
tious institution of learning; hardly a church, con
scientious in motive and faith; hardly anv move
ment which has for its ultimate object the bet
tering of human conditions, but has been and is
now being materially assisted by men of wealth
whose coffers contain so much more than they
can actually employ to personal uses that wise
and beneficent disposition is being made of it
in preference to leaving at death an element
breeding sharkish litigation and family discord.
1 he most encouraging symptom is the fact
that the movement seems infectious in the hi«rii-
est degree. It is likewise progressive in the In
dividual case, for once the man of fabulous wealth
has tasted the joy of giving wisely out of his
abundance the inspiration becomes sronger and
more irresistible to continue and increase the ben
efactions.
To the unprejudiced mind the outlook for the
next few decades appears very cheering. In the
tendency on the part of wealth to discriminately
share its blessings with those not so fortunate we
perceive dimly the coming of ideal conditions,
when education of an elevating nature will be
widely distributed and human misery softened as
never before in the world’s history. These devel
opments, which on closer study are found not
nearly so chimerical as on first glances, must in
evitably bring warring elements closer together
and substitute sympathy and cooperation where
non. in many sad instances, exists bitter, hurtful
enmity and discord.
“Woman’s Rights” Ques
tion from Another View
NENT an editorial on this page re-
cently regarding the “mental ca-
pacity of women," our attention has
been called to a clipping from a
current publication which treats the
matter from rather a unique stand
point. It is doubtful if the insistent
clamorers for extensive woman snf-
frage have ever viewed the contro
versy in this light, and it is very
probable that they would employ
the argument that conditions which
prevailed at the time spoken of in
the extract were radically different
from those which exist at present,
and that contrasted methods should be employed.
The following is the excerpt in question:
In the matter of women's rights and privileges legally and
politically, the world would seem to have gone backward,
instead of forward, and the woman who demands certain
reforms along these lines is anything but a “new woman,’’
for she dates back almost as far as prehistoric times.
A recently discovered document shows that, as far back
as 38,000 years before Christ, a woman sovereign exercised
all the rights that a nmn could en.loy in the position, and
women among the Babylonians and Assyrians could carry
on business, buy and sell to either men or women, lend
or borrow, appear in court as complainants or witnesses,
and administer their own property just about as they want
ed. Two thousand years before Christ the principle of the
wife's separate property was recognized. Her husband's
heirs were not allowed to touch it, under any circumstances,
and enjoyment of all her own property was secured to her.
We call this an age of advanced civilization, the great
days of woman’s freedom, and yet there are many of these
ancient privileges never granted the women of the present,
and the most earnest advocates of woman's advancement,
never go so far as to urge so great a recognition for women
in business as that accorded the women of Babylon and
Assyria.
With this new light on a muchly thrashed
subject, and one which has excited angry contro
versy in many of our most cultured circles, new
food^for thought and discussion is furnished. If
the statements made may be taken as true, the
question arises, were not women more richly
dowered with privileges in those days than in the
present?
The history of the renaissance of woman suf
frage is another question. It should prove very
interesting, and if some of our bright literary wo
men of today would give a fragment of their time
to the topic, we believe it would be profitably
spent. Instea 1 of decrying discussions of this
trend, those that are sincerelv conducted should
be welcomed and assisted. They demonstrate a
tendency to truly benefit the sex, and any move
ment with this motive should be lauded by hus
bands and fathers and brothers. There is every
indication, too. that now that the first great agita
tion in which there was more or less of blatant big
otry and uncouth sentiment, has reached its end,
the question as to which commercial and public
rights should be allowed women will receive more
serious and conscientious attention.
General Lew Wallace—His Home
^ and “Den”
By EY Clarke, Jr
HIS is the home of the au
thor of *Ber. Hur,’ General
Lew Wallace." We are not
surprised that a sudden
hush rested on a party of
gay traveler^ as this an
nouncement fell on their
ears. It was due not only
to the beauty of the scene,
but also to the memories
the scene awakened. There
arose before all the pic
ture of' the soldier, states
man, painter and writer,
who called this spot his home. The flood
gates of memory opened and there came
rushing before their vision the whole life
of General Wailla'ce.
They saw him graduate as a young
lawyer; saw him crossing the borders of
Mexico as a first lieutenant in the invad
ing army of America; saw him standing
on the floor of the senate of his own
state pleading for the enactment of good
laws; saw him when war’s bugle again
sounded throughout the land among the
tirst to answer to his country’s call, en
tering the union army and distinguishing
himself for his bravery; saw him stgnd-
ign before the sultan of Turkey and walk
ing the the streets of Constantinople, ably
representing and caring for the interests
of his country; saw him at his easel
painting beautiful pictures; and then
there flashed before their minds the
scenes in "Ben Hur”—scenes displaying
the strength of the warrior, the conser
vatism of the statesman, the descriptive
skill of the artist, woven together by the
hand of the master novelist.
It is said that General Wallace wrote
the most of “Ben Hur’’ sitting in a tent
on the lawn of his home at Crawfords-
ville. Ind., and that it was while doing
so that he conceTved the idea, and planned
for its execution, of the “Den" which he
has since erected on the well shaded
lawn. It has cost what to most people
would seem an immense fortune, and
stands today the most luxurious and idea!
author s "den” or study in the world.
The first impression leads you to feel
you are in front of the Oriental mosque.
The foundation of gray stone rises a few
feet above the ground, red brick with
stone trimming being used above the
foundation. The curved dome is of cop
per color and made partially of glass.
The building surrounded as it is by so
many magnificent trees, with a sweeping
lawn of velvety grass leading up on all
sides, makes a picture of quiet peace
fulness very much of a rarety in this day
Tne “Ven,” m <which Gin Leqx) Wa.lla.ce does his literary tvork
and time. But if the exterior is pleasing
to the eye the interior causes one to ex
claim with delight.
Save for a small apartment for heating
and lighting apparatus and a beautiful
entrance corridor, the whole of the in
terior is one large room. The floor is of
cement covered with exquisite rugs of
ail kinds, the ceiling ivory colored, the
walls olive green, the shelves and wood
finishings of a rich dark color to match
the olive walls. In the center of the
room a large tabic filled with books, mag
azines and papers. To one side a, desk
and around the room in groat profusion
easy chairs, lounges, statuary, etc. On
the walls and shelves and other conven
ient places 3?e seen great numbers of
valuable and quaint curios gathered from
every part ot the known world. One. espe
cially handsome picture adorns the walls
—a portrait of the sultan of Turkey,
painted by the general himself. The
basement consists of a kitchen and fur
nace room. From the former come de
licious repasts for friends who are privi
leged to he present when the general has
a gathering.
General Wallace comes to his “den"
about 8:30 in the morning and remains
until noon, returning again at
1:30 and remaining until about
1. afte.* which he takes an hour
or two's walk. which gives him a
good appetite for a royal dinner. He be
lieves in retiring and rising early.
Fancy the general on a glorious win
ter morning sitting in his “den" in an
easy chair, with one arm specially de
signed e> hold his tablet, the rays of the
sun shining through the many colored
glasses in the dome, a blazing wood fire
in the big. open grate. a beautiful land
scape scene through the window on his
left; picture him in this condition writ
ing and looking, studying and dreaming
It. is no wonder that such a man, under
Such favorable circumstances, produces
wonderful work, rt is no great surprise
that the sunbeams as they filter through
the glass dome light upon his pen and
running down find their way into his
writings. His is an ideal home, an ideal
life, and his productions in many respects
ideal.
ieath of his little daughter he
On the
wrote;
"Oh! sweet be thy sleep in the land of
the grave.
My dear little angel forever;
Forever—oh, no—let no: man he a slave,
His hopes from existence to sever.”
“Though cold be the clay where thou
pillows’ thy head
In the dark silent mansions of sorrow.
The spring shall return to thy low narrow
bed.
Like the beam of the day-star tomorrow.
“My child, thou art gone to the home of
‘Robert ‘Burns
thy rest.
Where suffering no longer can harm ye,
Where the songs of the good, where the
hymns of the blest.
Through an endless existence can charm
thee.”
Robert Burns—Poet,
V* of a Nation
By Kate Cummings
"There was a. lad was born in Kile,
But whatna day o' whatna style,
I doubt its hardly worth the while
To be sae nice wi’ Robin.”
The 25th of January, the natal day of
Scotland’s bard, Robert Burns, is cele
brated wherever the English language is
spoken.
His verse touches the heart as none
ottler has done, for he is truly nature’s
own poet. He saw beauty in every flower;
was touched with compassion for the
"wee tim’rous mousie," and the wounded
hare "that passed -mm by.” His great
heart went out in brotherhood to his fel
low men. and it is said that the Declara
tion of Indeper ’enqe is a paraphrase of
his "A man's man. for^ a’ that.”
An eminent writer, the Historian
Knight, said of his pbetry: “Its charm
and power lie .in tfje justness of the feel
ings expressed and in the truthfulness
and freshness which it derives direct
from life. Seldom neve such manliness,
tenderness and passion been united as in
the songs of Burns. They formed ihe
first awakening of the spirit of true
poetry in Britain after a long slumber.”
How- truly was the prophecy of the
Gypsy who "keehet in his loof" when the
■•Jannar win,” "Blew hansel in on Robin,"
verified in his life.
“He'll hae misfortunes great and sma,
But aye a heart aboon them a’.
He'll be a credit til us a’
We'll a’ be proud o’ Robin."
Burns is chiefly known through his
songs—"Highland Mary,” "Ye Ranks and
Braes,” etc.—but touching and full of
tenderness as many of them are, his
poetry often rises to a higher level. AH
may learn a lesson frofh his lines in
“Friars Carse Hermitage.”
“Thou whom chance may hither lead,
Be thou clad in rupet weed.
Be thou docket in silken stole.
Grave this maxim on thy soul:
Life is but a day at most.
Sprung from night in darkness lost;
Day. how rapid in its flight—
Day, how few must see the night.
Hope not sunshine every hour;
Fear not clouds will alway lower;
Happiness is but a noma
Make content and ecse thy aim;
Ambition is a meteor gleam;
Fame an idle, restless dream.”
The lines written on viewing the ruins
of Lincluden Abbey aie also very fine:
“Ye holy walls that still sublime.
Resist the crumbling touch cf time,
How- strongly still your term displays;
The piety of ancient days;
As through your ruins hear and gray—
Ruins yet beauteous in decay.
The silvery morn beams trembling fly;
The forms of ages long gone by
Crowd thick on Fancy’s wondering eye,
And wake the soul to musings high."
Much has been said about Burns’ stig
matizing religion, but such is not the
case. It was hypocrisy that roused his
just indignation, for see what he says jn
the subject-
"God knows I'm no the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be,
But twenty times I rather would be
An atheist clean.
Than under gospel colors hid be,
Just for a screen.
“All hail! Religion maid divine!
Pardon a muse sae mean as mine,
Who in her rough, imperfect line.
Thus dares to name thee
To stigmatize faulse friends of thine
Can ne’er defame thee.”
In the prospect of death he wrote the
iollowing lines;
“Where human weakness lias come short,
Or frailty stept t side.
Do thou, All Gofd, for such Thou art
In shades of darkness hide.
“Where with intention I have err’d,
No other plea I have,
But Thou art good; and good still
Dtllg'hteth to forgive."
The advice to a young friend is g< od
advice for any one;
“To catch Dome Fortune's golden smile.
Assiduous wait'upon her.
And gather gear by every will
That’s justified by honor;
Not for to hide it in a hedge,
Nor for a train—attendant.
But for the glorious privilege
Of being independent.
“The fear of hell’s the hangman's whip
To hand the wretch in order.
But when you feel your honor grip.
Let. that ago be your border:
Its slightest touches instant pause,
Debar aside pretenses.
And resolutely keep its laws,
Uncaring consequences.
“The great Creator to revere.
Most sure Jsecome the creature.
But still the canting preach forbear.
And even the rigid feature.
Yet ne'er with wits profane to range
Be complaisance extended.
An atheist’s laugh is a poor exchange
For Deity offended."
Who among us but can feel the beauty
and truth of
“Who made the heart, ’tis he alone,
Decidedly can try us;
He knows each chord—its various tone.
Each spring—its various bias;
Then at the balance let’s be mute.
We never can adjust it.
What’s done we partly may compute
But know not what’s resisted.”
The beauties of “The Cotters Saturday
Night" will live forever as a true type
cf a God-fearing, happy household, and
it is:
"From scenes like these old Scotia’s gran
deur springs
That makes her loved at home—revered
abroad.
Princes and lords are but the breath of
kings.
An honest man’s the nobiest werk of
God."
In the closing verses of this lovely
poem the author rises to the sublime,
when invoking God’s blessing upon his
belcved, native land:
“O Scotia, my dear, my native land!
For whom my warmest wish 10 heaven
is sent,
Long may thy hardy sons of .’ustic toil
Be blest with health, and peace, and
sweet content.
And oh! may heaven their simple lives
prevent
From luxuries contagion, weak and vile.
Then howe’er crown and coronets be rent
A virtuous populace may rise the while
And stand a wall of fire around their
much-loved isle.”
That Burns had faults and committed
follies none knew better than himself, but
time has shown that they were greatly
magnffied, and also how little we know of
the peculiar times in which he lived.
I .-hall close this sketch by copying his
epltcph. written by himself, and of which
the poet Wordsworth has said: “Here is
a sincere and solemn avowal—a confession
at once devout, poetical and human—a
history in the shape of a prophecy.”
“Ts there a whims-inspirod fool.
Oure fast for thought, oure hot for rule.'
Oure blate to seek, oure proud to snool?
Let him draw near.
And oure. this graphy heap sing dool
And drap a tear.
“Is there a bard of rustic song.
Who noteless steals the crowds among,
That weekly this area throng?
Oh, pass not by!
But with a frater—feeling—strong
Here heave a sigh.
“Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer, 4
Yet runs himself life’s mad career
Wild as the wave?
Here pause—and through the starting
tear
Survey this grave.
“The poor inhabitant below
Was quick to learn and wise to know
And keenly felt the friendly glow
And softer flame:
But thoughtless follies laid him low,
And stained his name.
“Reader attend—whether thy sou!
Soars fancy’s flights beyond the pole
Or darkling grubs this earthly hole,
In iow pursuit
Knew, prudent, cautious self-control
Is wisdom’s root."
Prominent People
Odd Events
and
The king of Sweden is acknowledged to
be the most learned man in Europe. He
speaks seven languages and can now-
write to China’s emperor in Chinese.
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Because of ill health Bishop Whittle,
of the episcopal diocese of Virginia, has
transferred the cure of the diocese to his
coadjutor’. Bishop Robert A. Gibson.
Bishop Whittle is 70 years old.
if
Mrs. Anna Conover, formerly an Ameri
can actress, who has been the soul of the
campaign for preventing cruelty to Paris
cab horses, has been officially listed for
decoration with the cross of the Legion
cf Honor.
#
Bishop Henry C. Potter, of New York,
has sworn off his personal taxes and is
understood also to have secured reduction
on his assessment of real property. Every
effort was made to maintain secrecy re
garding the bishop's good luck.
General William A. Palmer has
donated 100 acres of ground and $30,000
to found a sanitarium in Colorado
Springs. The institution will accommo
date two classes of patients, those who
can pay a fair price for treatment and
those who are unable to pay anything,
i*
John S. Sargent, the American painter,
now in London, has been painting many
portraits this winter, including several
cf the Wertheimer family, whom his can
vases have already given world-wide
fame, and a group of three young women
named Hunter, which is proclaimed veri
tably his masterpiece by those w-ho have
seen it in his studio.
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In the course of a speech in the senate
last week Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts,
took a fling at the Green Mountain state
by saying: “No man in Vermont is al
lowed to vote until he has made $5,000
trading horses with Massachusetts peo
ple.” A ripple of laughter caused by this
remark was turned to a roar when Sena
tor Proctor, of Vermont, said in his deep
bass; “Yes, and we all vote."
#
If William B. Allison lives out the term
in the senate to which the Iowa legisla
ture has just elected him he will have
broken all records of continuous ser
vice in that body. He is now 73. but
would not be older at the expiration of
his term than Senator Pettus, of Ala
bama, is at present. The latter is serving
his first term. He was bom in 1821, anl
his colleague, Mr. Morgan, three years
later.
The Busy World
BAN De BESZKE
has rejected an of.
fer of $200,000 to
Of Rubinstein s sW
ilar refusal »*•
years ago. J n '
Rubinstein, V c
Reszke is aufficie
ly rich to indulge
in just such fine ar-
Ustic sensitiveness
Jean De Resmke as that disclosed JW
his recent action. The grea
more like a mediaeval lord than an P
singer He has several castles m P
whS with their serfs. their great
hound kennels, their magnificent racing
stables, stud farms and game P res ^ve.-’
constitute little principalities in them
selves. Schiller’s imagination could pic
ture nothing of lordship more ideal than
that in which De Reske lives when he is at
home. He has multiplied his fortune
again and again with sound speculations
in real estate.
He likes to buy up whole forests, exploit
them for their woods, and then rent the
land in farms. A cement mine on one
of his estates yields him a big income
yearly. Last year he cleared $250,000 on
the turf. His favorite seat is his cha
teau at Skrzvdlow, built in Polish style
and replete with luxuries and objects of
art, many of them free gifts to the great
singer. When these facts are considered,
M. do Reszke’s grand refusal of $200,000
for a few hours’ work will be more easily
understood.
R. J. L. M. CT RRY
has been appointed
special envoy ex
traordinary and
minister plenipoten
tiary to represent
the president at the
coming of age cf
the king of Spain
ir. May next. There
will be a gathering
at Madrid of repre
sentatives of al! the
powers to witness
J L M Curry the ceremonies with
which the 16-year-old Alfonso XIII takes
ever the reins cf government from his
mother, and none will be more fitted for
his post than Dr. Curry, who was min
ister to Spain from 1885 to 18SS and has an
intimate knowledge of Spain and its peo
ple, gathered during his term as minister
and in studies since pursued.
Dr. C’irry also probably will be the m
aged of ihe envoys to the coronation
He is nearly 77 years old. He was born
in Georgia and is a graduate of the uni
versity of Georgia and of the Dane lav-
school of Harvard university. He has the
degree of LL. D. from two Georgia col
leges. He is the author of a dozen books
on religious, educational, economical and
historical subjects, among them “Oonsti-
tutic nal Government in Spain,” published
in 1SS9. He was a member of the con
federate congress and was on the staffs
of Generals J. E. Johnston and Jos
Wheeler in the civil war.
The ceremony at Madrid will in man
respects resemble that at Th
u hen
exec
eph
ects resemble that at The Hague
n Queen Wilhelmina took over the
utive power.
EXICOS PRESI-
dent, Porfirio Diaz,
who has revealed
himself anew as a
statesman by the
part he has just
taken in the Chilean
peace compromise,
is now in his 731
year, but is said to
be possessed of a
vigor and agility
comparable w i : h
those of a man half
Presideni Diaz his years. In the
Pan-American congress, which has just
happily compromised the Chilean objec
tion to arbitration, the influence of Presi
dent D’az has been powerful and fruit-
iul. In ai! his strifuious labors with the
Chilean delegates he has been at one
with the delegates from the United States.
Although primarily the soldier and the
man of c.imo and field. President Diaz
has shown himself practically the very
architect of Mexiro’s greatness as a na
tion. and while he is feared by the Mexi
cans. he is loved by them likewise. HP
is the most stable of the Latin republics.
For nearly twenty-five years he has ably
and wisely guided the fortunes of his
country, and his recent high endeavor
for permanent peace in South anil Central
America are a notable testimonial to his
sagacity and the soundness of. his poli
cies In general.
MOD AKA, a Jap
anese student who
has gone- to Chica
go to study theol
ogy at the Uni
versity of Chicago
Divinity school, is
'
barelv
able to
read
and
talk
Eng
fish.
r
and
in
his
first
J
work
will
be
as-
I
sisted
by
Nat
taro
Otsuka, a
Japa
nese
graduate of Beih-
J - ATohara any college, who :s
taking graduate work at the university.
However, Air. Mohara has acquired a
good education at the seminary cf Dosh-
isha university at Kyoto, Japan. He
graduated there ten years ago. preached
ior a time in his native country, and
then went to Hawaii, where he has heen
preaching to the Japanese of that island
tor four years. When Mr. Mohara was in
Doshisha ; eminiary, a missionary, Miss
Denton, who laught in the girls’ college
in connection with that university, be-,
came interested in his further education
and w'rote to Dean Eri B. Hulbert, of
the Divinity school, in reference to him.
As a result Mr. Mohara has finally
reached the university, and notwith
standing difficulties expects to graduate.
R I N C E VICTOR
E M M A N PEL.
count of Turin,
who rails this week
for a vdsit to the
United States, is a
brother of the duke
of Aosta and a
cousin of the kin,,
of Italy. He has
just passed his
thirty-first y ear,
and of all the
princes of the
Count of Turin house of Savoy he
is probably the most popular. The count
is an officer of the Italian army and in
tensely patriotic. In 1897 his countrymen
went wild with enthusiasm about him
when he defended the hon-cr of his
brother officers by fighting a duel with
Prir.ce Henri of Orleans, who had im
pugned the courage of tho Italian army
men and aspersed their valor for having
allowed the Abyssinians to put them to
rt ut. Turin challenged Prince Henri and
twice wounded his opponent in one of
the most fiercely contested duels of latter
day times in Europe. In 1898 the count
visited this country and was made the
lion of the season at Newport. H® •rav
eled incognito.