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Port Arthur as a Peace
Argument
fcORT ARTHUR has fallen, a de
nouement unbiased expert opinion
some months ago regarded as inev
itable, the date oi its occurrence
being the only point at issue. Now
that the gag has been taken off the
Russian mouth, so to speak, and
the entry of the Japanese into the
city makes concealment no longer
possible, the fearful conditions ex-
ising in the fortress for the last few
months are being published broad
cast, and the assertion is reasona
ble that they surpass all the sur
mises and predictions more or less
authoritatively promulgated for the last few
weeks. The Russians jauntily affirm that the re
duction of the fortress has cost the Japanese in
the neighborhood of eighty thousand lives, and
that revised estimates may push these figures over
the hundred thousand border-line. Guesses at the
available fighting force left the Russians after the
capitulation vary from five to ten thousand, verac-
ity probably lying nearest the former figure. It
is roughly conjectured that the Muscovites entered
the rigid siege period with a garrison approaching
forty-five or fifty thousand men; later on this num
ber was so completely decimated that it was nec
essary to draw recruits from the civilian class, so
that it is difficult to arrive at a fair enumeration
of the Russian losses. That they were staggering,
however, there can be little question, and it is
more remarkable since the natural topography
of Port Arthur and the man-made improvements
combined to afford the garrison almost ideal pro
tection against the missiles of the besiegers.
The sheer statistical statement of casualties is
appalling enough,! but* it faiU to adequately im
press the mind with the full, revolting'horror of
the situation. When we hear from refugees and
from the paroled officers, of the tragedies daily en
acted within the beleaguered stronghold for the
last four months, it is enough to sicken the strong-
blood-lust, but with the sole incentive of preserv
ing our liberties,- relieving down-trodden peoples
and vindicating the principles of true liberty.
Indeed?
For what purpose is Russia engaged in the
present war? The mother country reeking with
corruption, ignorance and tyranny, she has come
abroad simply to increase her domain, to domi
nate an alien and a harmless nation, reckless if
she lights the fires of international disaffection,
and lays waste whole empires for her ambitious
j projects. What were England’s motives in the!
| Boer war? Were they unsordid, disinterested, in
behalf of the dissemination of the serene tenets of
Christianity and individual .sovereignty? And j
what if we are more humane in these days than in
the others, in our antiseptic care of the lives of
wounded men, our rigid regulation of their diet
and our punctilious observation of the niceties of
between-fighting courtesy? All these innovations
do what? Save lives that they may be more lav
ishly fed to rapacious cannon anti under the
guise of our fine courtesy, advance our oavii inter
ests more effectually.
The lessons of the frightful death-harvest at
Port Arthur are likely to breed pessimism—unless
they may eventually show the world the true
value of the universal peace agitation now in
vogue.
Wives Who Can Support
Their Husbands
Leaves from an Old
Scrap Book
By A GEORGIA COLONEL.
HERE Is nothing more in
teresting, I think, in the
old scrapbook, than the list
I find of the members of
the lirst congress of the
confederacy, which met in
the spring of 1862. The
clipping is as follows:
The permanent congress
of the Confederate states,
to meet for the first time
on the 18th of February,
lias just been completed,
by the elections in Ken
tucky for the house of representatives.
The following Is the revised list:
SENATE.
Alabama—*Clement C. Clay, ‘William L-
Yancey.
Arkansas—‘Robert W. Johnson, Charles
B. Mitchell.
Florida—James M. Baker, ‘Augustus E.
Maxwell.
Georgia—Benjamin H. Hill,
Toombs.
Kentucky—‘Henry C. Burnett, ‘William
E. Simms.
Louisiana—Thomas J. Semmes, Edward
Sparrow.
Mississippi—‘Albert G. Brown. Janies
Phelan.
Missouri—‘John B. Clark, R. S. T. Pey
ton.
North Carolina—George Davis, William
T. Dortch. ,
South Carolina—“Robert W. Barnwell,
•James L. Orr.
Tennessee—Langdon C. Haynes, Gusta-
•Ixiuis T.
r
I
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Along' tHe Hig'hway
By FRANK L. STANTON
..J
little
DAUGHTER OF THE
WORLD.
I.
Little Daughter of the World,
If for me no sun should rise,
All the storm-clouds would be furled—
I’d find morning in your eyes!
IL
Little Daughter of the World,
If no spring-buds should unclose,
I would find a rose impearled
In your lips—Love’s reddest rose!
GRIEF’S ANSWER.
Two women stood near a little grave
in the snow, and ono was weeping, i
and would not be comforted.
acorn will flourish when his turkey-
bean shall have withered!” Scott is
read every day; but who asks for
Southey at the bookstores now? Byron
rated Samuel Rogers next to Scott;
but Rogers is forgotten—or only live3
in literary biography, and. mention of
his great countemporaries. Henry
Rirke White said that the name ot
Bloomfield was prophetic, and would
“live while fields shall bloom and
suns shall shine,” and—but the list is
too long! How time does reverse our
literary judgments!
LOVE’S SWEET LESSON.
1.
Whate’er the future hold of fate
BusiVorld
Port Arthur is in Biands of the
Japanese, who have, le\en months,
laid siege to the “Gilr of the Far
Fast” by sea and Ian«*ry unexpect
edly Stoessel opened ltiations with
General Nogi lookinglirrender. i n
the course of the conic ai d there
after, it developed Aiaif of the
forts defending the tA’ero without
ammunition and that!- guns had
been dismounted by thle fire of the
Jupamxse. Scurvy, alias rampant
throughout the garrisol population
and Stoessel admitted A further r
sistance would simply the profit
less butchering of his
The text of tne araclBcapitulation
of the Port Arthur gnM signed by
the commissioners repiwig General
Stoessel and General Nfl roughly as
follows:
J.11 Russian soldiers, l
officials of the garrison
made prisoners; all fort:
“But think,” said the other, flow, On earth-in heaven above, - etc ar ,
m His springtime, God decks the This let;son lear n: To hide dark Hate; sels munition* etc ar
•Robert! paves with violets; and in His win- Beneath the win „ s of Love! "
ters He hides them under heaven s Hate j th darkn ess of the way.
Love leads unto the pertect day!
MODERN
| vus A. Henry.
Texas—William S. Oldham,
! wagtail.
' Virginia—‘Robert M. T. Hunter, Wll-
philosopher lias pro- j '^sth^g^Vefixed have served
posed a most ingenious innovation j in the United States congress. The num-
in American social life. It is that i ber oC oi<1 congressmen in the. senate will
, . • , .. , • be fourteen. New congressmen, twelve.
wives be so trained that in an emer- Total twen.y-six.
gency they will be able to support ! house of representatives
their husbands and any family with ! Ustrict - mst.net.
... Tl . . * . 1 Thomas J. Foster. —,.«*r \\. Bell.
which providence may have I 2 •wiiiiam r. smith. 4 a. ii. comw.
blessed or burdened them, as the •? j^hn^T. Raiis. urry "
preference goes. At first blush r *tp anc l? s. fiyon.
this proposition will reach Ameri
can ears with a rather sordid ring.
The average male American loves
r» 1 leorge G. Vest.
6 Thomas W. Fret man.
7 *Dav>id Cl opt on.
$ * James L. Pugh.
9 *FMw. Li. Dargan.
ARKANSAS.
1 Felix I. Batson.
2 Robert B. Hilton.
to think of himself as a very chiv
alrous being, whether or not he is
one, and already the suggestion of
Mr. Ferris has raised a mighty teapot-tempest in
some quarters. But after all, is there not an elc- ! Georgia’.
r ... , 1 Julian Hart rid!
ment ot appealing commonsense in it. We have
only to look a.bout us with open eyes to witness
countless instances of dire suffering, humiliation
a id squalor, all resulting from the failure to pre
pare for some such contingency as the sudden
taking-off of the main support of the family. It
will be naturally objected, that it is the duty of
the husband and father to make such a develop
ment impossible, by providing for those to whom
he is obligated, through life insurance, savings or
some one of the numerous forms of investment.
True, this is the ideal solution of all such prob
lems, but unhappily it is only faithfully observed
in theory. There are many exceptions to the rule,
and they constitute the very class which would
benefit bv the suggested policy.
Very often, moreover, the most judicious ante
mortem arrangements will not suffice to meet dis
asters . whiqh may* arise after the death of tile
provider. Insurance companies may fail or con
test policies, policies may lapse through the neg
lect or ignorance of the holder, injudicious invest
ments may be made, banks may go to the wall, or
a dozen and one unforseseen emergencies may occur
XOiRTH CAROLINA.
1 »W. N. II. Smith.
2 Ro-bt. R. Bri (Igors.
2 owen R. Keenan.
4 T. D. McDowell.
5 Thomas S. Ashe.
2. Grandison D. Roys- 6 Arch H. Arrington,
ton. 7 Robert McLean.
3 Augustus H. Garland. 8 William Lander.
4 Thomas B. Haniy. 9 B. S. Gaither.
FLORIDA. F A. T. Davidson.
1 James B. Dawkins. SOUTH CAROLINA.
cst imagination and kindle an instinctive protest to nullify the most sagaciously laid plan. In such
that such wholesale carnage should mark the first an event, what is the fate of the family left practi-
vears of a century of boasted enlightenment and
high humane purposes. Inevitably, we interro
gate ourselves as to the extent to which we have
improved over the old blood-orgies of the middle
ages or, farther back, of the barbaric era. when
human life was the cheapest commodity extant and
frightful slaughter only an incident in the making
of history.
Is there any guarantee that the life of the indi
vidual. as a unit, is more highly regarded than
when he was coldly called on to sacrifice it to the
ambitions of a ruthless overlord? Is not the only
difference between that era and this, the aug
mented ferocity with which war is now prose
cuted and the introduction of weapons a thousand
times more destructive and unnerving in their
operation? And motives! Are they any purer
or more disinterested than they- were a thousand
years ago? But, you will say, some of the most
revolting phases of ancient warfare have been
eliminated. The burning, the sacking, the rapine
which incited men to murderous hostility, the
feudal jealousies and the ambitions of petty chief
tains, have all been subject to a thorough renova
tion, and we no longer go to war from bestial
1 Mdhn MioQueen.
2 *\V. Pcrcher Miles.
3 L. M. Ayer.
4 "-Milletise L. Bonham.
5 James Farrow.
d Wm W. Boyce.
TENNESSEE.
I ere.
2 C. J. Munnerlyn.
3 Hines HoR.
4 Au.ffusrt.UB H. Kenan.
H Di vid W. Lewis.
G William W. Clark. 1 .Tn^er>h T. Hcfskcll.
7 ♦RcVbort P. Frippo. 2 William G. Swan.
8 *LiiHus J. Gartrell. 3 W. IT. r Pefobs.
9 TTnr-ly Strickland. 4 F. L. OarrlorFhire.
10 *Auffiistus R. Wright. ♦Henry S. Foote.
KENTUCKY. 6 ♦Meredith P. Gentry.
1 Alfred Boyd. 7 ♦George W. Jones.
2 John W. Crockett. 8 Thomas Menoese.
3 IT. E. Road. 9 *J. D. C. Atkins.
4 Geo. W. Ewing. 10 ♦John V. Wr*-jrht.
n ♦James P. Ohrfsman.il David M. Cn.rrin.
fi T. L. Burnett. TEXAS.
7 H. W. Bruce. 1 ♦John A. WM cox.
8 P. P. pT*r*tt. 2 C. C. Herbert.
9 E. M. Bruce. 3 Peter W. Gray.
10 J. W. Moore. 4 R. F. Sexton.
11 Pr-ih^-nt J. Bneckin- 3 M. D. G**ahnm.
ridge. 6 Wm. R Weight.
12 John M. EiRnrtt. VIRGINIA.
LO FIST A OVA. 1 *M. R. IT. Onm^tit.
1 rn-.o r tp.T j Vi Mere. 2 John R. Chambliss.
2 M. Cmmd. 3 .Tames Lyons.
3 Tivp’oah F, Kenner. 4 * r >ocrer A. R’*yor.
4 Tm^ien J. T>’nre. 5 S. Ronock.
5 John F. T.rmrjy;. fi <!r rrhorna.<: j? Rorock
6 *Joh« r»~-v<n'.r. j r . n John Grwie. Jr.
?.rrpp f p«TRRi 7 J.. P. * Holcombe.
r DrTor.^tt.
e!»tW41Hn.m Smith.
10 *A. R. Rofoinr.
R .ToT>r» Tl. RinVbrvfn.
12 Waite- R. Ptaples.
ALABAMA.
13 Waiter Precfon
14 a TihA-f G. Jenkins.
In Jrvhnnfon.
10 Charles W. Russell.
snows
And the weeping one answered:
“But He cannot hide them from our
hearts.”
“TODAY, LOVE,—TOMORROW."
I.
Today, Love.—tomorrow,
Let not grief annoy:
Kiss your hand to Sorrow—
Make a tryst with Joy!
II.
For Sorrow's a shadow
That soon will away.
And Joy is a dreamer
Bloom-deep in May!
III.
Today, Love,—tomorrow,
Cry: “A truce to tears!
Love is light in Sorrow—
Joy shall crown the years!”
HOW TIME REVERSES LITERARV
JUDGMENTS.
Robert Southey made this comment
on Walter Scott’s popularity: “My
II.
Whate’er the sorrows of the years,
Whate’er the shafts that fall,
Love is a recompense for tears—
A sweet reward for ail!
Hate only slays himself; but Love
Is victor in the courts above!
the Japanese in the co:
they existed at noon of
lation of this clause to
onnullment of the neg<
the Japanese army warr
action; the Russian mil
authorities are to furms!
nese army an exhibit
lions, underground and s
a list of military officer;
the numbers of their ere
inns of both sexes, with d
occupation, and all publ^
buildings, munitions of
nd civil
harbor are
cries, ves-
sferred to
in which
try 3. vio-
ite as an
c |as, g
take free
an-! naval
tl..
fortiHea-
fne mines,
nd
phips am
ttn
LOG CABIN PHILOSOPHY.
It won't do ter pity de poor, en tell ; j' eft j n the present positi
him he got treasure in heaven. Dat’s j rangement for their tran;
so fur off he don’ t, want ter make de C ers of the army and nav
trip. , to retain their swords an-
; personal property as is
Don't b’lieve de sayin’ dat de dev- 1 Fary f or the maintenan
il’s in de weather. Ef he wus, dar’d w ith one servant each ran
be a hotter time in de ole town dan their parole not to take c
what dey is.
sia.
Happiness is here terdav en gone Non-commissioned office* pnv
tormorrer, en mighty P-v r us ever will be held as prisoners. Y
has enough ter las’ de da> „uer. ; etit of the sick and worn*
. 1 the sanitary corps and tiw
bometimes heaven is so close ter us belonging to the Russian d p
we could reach out en touch it—ef will be required to ser» -
you only had eyes ter see! | Japanese sanitary corps f£
neces-
li- r e. and
Shins
? the
Rus-
Honey and Its Commercial
Value to the South
two. Total, ore hundred and six
PEMBERTON AS AN ORATOR.
General Pemberton was something of an
orator. The “Mississippi” of May 30,
1863, contained the following as part I
of an address General Pemberton made ;
to liis army:
“Soldiers—You have heard that T was j
incompetent and a traitor, and that it j
eally destitute? They must, of the best, undergo
an interval of desperate privation while the minor
members are preparing for self-support. Oftener,
they are compelled to rely on the spasmodic and
grudging aid of friends or relatives, a humiliation
with which, sadly enough, a great many people
are familiar.
How much more sensible to look the mutabili
ties of life steadilv in the face, and in times of 1 was my inten t!on to sell Vicksburg. Foi-
' , , ., -1 j • , ; low me and you will see the cost at
affluence prepare to combat the evil days against | whlch T wiU sel] Vicksburg, when the
the coming of which the most cunning safeguard last pound of beef, bacon and flour, the
last grain of corn, the last cow and hog,*
the horse and dog shaii have been con
sumed, and the last man shall have per
ished in the trenches, then, and only
then will I sell Vicksburg!”
A LITTLE WAR JOKE.
Here is a war time joke:
By HELEN HARCOURT.
V.'ritienfor Cf>e Sunny South
HE word honey, in its vari
ous forms, is peculiar to
the Teutonic group of lan
guages. In the Gothic New
Testament, the word is not
found at all, the Greek
word with this meaning, be
ing translated “melith.”
Honey has as many names
as there are countries in
which it is known and val
ued, and the name of those
is legion. The Chinese
lame for honey is me. In
the Sanskirt it is cglled medhu, a word
that signifies mead or honey. In the
Latin, honey is mel, in the French, miel,
in the German, honig.
Honey is a sweet, viscid fluid thiit is
extracted by insects, but especially by
bees, from the rfec-Hries of flower^ that
nature has constructed for the’elabor
ation of honey. Not all flow-ers are thus
equipped, be it understood, but only cer
tain favored families, and these in a
lesser or greater degree. This sweet
liquid is sucked up by several famines or
insects, and carried to thl'.r homes iri
1 ,t
2 ‘Pci-fTvri navis.
3 Ti«rTg*Dl
4 {-» r»r*"riTv*nF.
R *n R. pin-ffioton.
5 F Bn.rVcvTMn
7 •John J
>rrpc:rvT-RI.
1 \x. rook.
2 Thomas A. Harris.
Those marked with the * have been
members of the United States congress.
The number of old congressmen will be
thirty-three. New congressmen, seventy- I j n the cells prepared for its reception. It j cently befell a newspaper correspondent
eeedeth from their bellies a liquor of
various colors, wherein is a medicine for
men.’’
Mead, which was a favorite beverage
in England’s early days. and. indeed,
until the great hop vine drovo it into a
corner, is made by the fermentation of
tile liquid obtained by boiling in water
combs from which ail the honey had
been drained. Sack-mead is made by
adding an ounce of hops to each gallon
of the liquor, and after fermentation has
ceased, a little brandy. Metheglin is
made by fermentation with yeast and
sweetened with honey, flavored with
boiled hops. These beverages, together
with a great many other uses for honey,
have come down to us from the most re
mote times. When we pause to consider
that the ancients knew nothing what
ever about sugar, and had to rely on the
nectar collected by the bees, for their
sweetening substance, it ceases to be
matter for wonder that honey was held
in the highest esteem.
“A land flowirtg with milk a»nd honey,"
offered the greatest conceivable advan
tages to the eastern mind. Yet, some
times honey proved to be anything but a
blessing to those who ate it. When
honey is extracted from poisonous plants
it partakes of their noxious qualities, just
as it partakes of the delicious flavors of
the crop or sack that nature has provid- j the healthful plants. An instance of
ed for the purpose, and there deposited j this noxious quality of some honeys re
may be unavailing - . Undoubtedly, this doctrine
lias taken a firmer grasp on the American people.
Otherwise, we could not altogether account for
the manner in which young men and women,
hypothetically beyond want or prospect of it, are
going in for useful and remunerative occupations
frequently selecting’ those which require a consid
erable quantity of application and energy in theii
mastering.
Fortunately, the facilities in this direction are ad
mirably developed in our country, and each year
sees their augmentation The old puerile fallacy
too, that labor is a derogation of dignity is hap
pily passing.
is a disputed point among scientists as j in Armenia. He drank freely of water
to whether this nectar does or does not sweetened by honey, and shortly after-
undergo any chemical changes while in! war cls was seized with vomiting, head-
the crop of the bee, which insect is the ! ache, coldness in the extremities and
chief, or concrrnercial honey collector. temporary blindness, followed by a
Some species of wasps gather honey, cataleptic state. Inquiry showed that the
and store it In their cells for the support ; koney had come f rom t he Botum valley,
of their young. But one ot t e most re where hemlock and henbane grow abunt-
markable of the honey gatnerers is the
honey-ant, or pouched-ant, of Mexico
and our own south western country. In
the underground nests of this strange in- . .
tuu . . .. „ t y.„ t coincidence in connection with it.
sect, are certain inactive membeis tnat |
seem to stand in the same realLon to
their fellows that the queen bees do to
the multitudes in the hives. Tin abdo
men of these insects, owing to its wonder
ful capacity for extension, in which it
resembles India rubber, becomes convert
ed into a globular, thin-wailed sac, by
the accumulation within it for the honey
“Among the curiosities lately added to fed to the aristocratic ant by its worn- j h0 ney of the same valley that caused
the museum, is a mouquito’s skull, con- i ing comrades. Tins curious '' a ,® I the trouble in both cases. I.ater observ-
taining the souls of twenty-four extor- discovered in the "Garden or the gous, j ers tes tify to the probable truth of Zeno-
tioners and the fortunes of twelve print-i i n Colorado. In an un b . ^ IPhon’s record. .Mr. Abbott, secretary of
ors—nearly half full ” i groups of the insects were tou u •- => j t [ J0 London Zoological Society, who vis-
1 im»- r.-» t hB wnlls ui «!• cnamotii
ENGLISH TRIBUTE TO JACKSON. I l ! S t n
The London Times of May 26. 1863, i 1
1 abdomens
antly. Other instances of honey poison
ing - might be cited, but this special one
is given here because of a very singular
Zenophon, in his history of the ‘"Retreat
of the Ten Thousand” soldiers who com
posed his army, says that the honey of
Trebonizd threw the entire army into
temporary madness or dunkenness, and
demoralized both men and officers. This
was two thousand years before the in
stance mentioned above, but it was the
beautiful tribute to 1
resembled bunches
walls OI a special i ited Trebizond in It
nore of them tose ‘" ® ’ ,. t . I himself was a witn
were so e ^ i ai ^j® u i> elaW are j this honey being exs
bunches of small ueiawait i , „ ~ ,
THE.
U/?e
NEXT
GEORGIANS
BY
WILL N. HARBEJV
IN
Sunny South
WEEK
By an exclusive arrangement with Harper & Bros., Publishers, The Sun
ny South will next week begin serial publication of this latest and best Har-
ben novel.
The tale, laid in the Georgia mountains, is powerful in its southern inter
est and the national press has pronounced it one of the most dramatic and faci-
nating novels of the year.
It deals with “home-folks”-—types with which you have been familiar
from birth. In its never-flagging graphic interest, the book reminds one of
Dumas, with the happy difference that Harbin writes of scenes and people
more or less a part of our personal knowledge.
Don’t miss ttic first Installment. It will be
printed in THE SUNNY SOUTH
NEXT WEEK
contains the followin
Stonewall Jackson.
“The confederate laurels won on the i srapt3- ,.,/mcmt iicetc;
field of Chancellorsville must be twined! MANY ANl Ei
with the cypress. Probably no disaster oi ! From trie earliest ages honey us
the war will have carried such grief to been esteemed by manxind, and use
southern hearts its the death of General!not only as food, but in various oilier
Stonewall Jackson, who has succumbed | ways. The far famed mulsum of the
to the wounds received in the great battle I ancient Romans consisted of wine,
of the 3d of May. ! honey and water boiled together. Honey
“Even on this side of the ocean tiie | j s frequently mentioned by writers of
gallant soldier's fate will everywhere be I antiquity as most excellent food for
heard with pity and sympathy. Not only J children, and in this the ancients sliow-
as a brave man fighting for his country’s ed their wisdom. There are few more
wholesome and nutritious ioods that
can be given to the little folks, aud
given freely without danger of surfeit,
independence, but as one of the most
consummate generals that this century
lias produced. “Stonewall” Jackson will
carry with him to his early grave the re
grets of all who can admire greatness and
genius. From the earliest days of the
war he has been conspicuous for the most
icraarkao.e military qualities. That mix
ture of daring and judgment, which is
the mark of “heaven-born’’ generals, dis
tinguished. him beyond any man of his
time.
‘"Although the young confederacy has
been illustrated by a number of eminent
soidlers, yet the applause and devotion
of his countrymen, confirmed by the
judgment of the European nations, have
given the first place to General Jack-
son. The military feats he accomplished
moved the minds of people with an as
tonishment which it is only given to the
hlgnesj, genius to produce. The blows
he struck at the enemy were as terrible
and decisive as those of Bonaparte him
self. The march by which he surprised
the enemy of General Pope last year
would be enough In itself to give lrim a
high place in military history. But per
Honey was frequently employed in the
ancient religious ceremonies of the
heathen nations, but, per.ia.ps for this
very reason, it was forbidden as a sac
rifice in the Jewish ritual. Combined
with milk and water, honey was used
by the Greeks as a libation to the dead.
A honey cake was the monthly food of
the fabied serpent-guardian of the Ac
ropolis. As in the eastern hemisphere,
so was it in the western, for the ancient
Peruvians offered a gift of honey to
t'heir god, the sun.
In many of the eastern countries honey
was, and still is, used for the preserva
tion of fruits, and the making of cakes,
sweetmeats and olner articles of food.
Grafts, seeds and bird’s eggs that are
to be shipped to great distances are
sometimes packed in honey. Among
the natives of India a mixture of honey
haps the crowning glory of his life was ! and niilk, or of equal parts of honey,
Lhe great battle in which he tell " ! curds and clarified butter, i s offered to
the federal commander, by crossing the , . „ ... ’ . .
river 12 miles above his camp, and press-S uest - or to a ^Wegroom on his ar-
ing on, as he thought, to the rear <-t the 1 rival at the door of his bride’s father,
confederates, had placed them between as a token of welcome and respect. One
the two bodies of his army, he was soi 0 f the purificatory customs of tnc Hin-
confident of success as to boast that the , from time immorial, has been to
enemy was the property of the army of . ..... . ... .
the Potomac. It was reserved to Jack- ; P lace a mtle honey 111 the moulh o£ a
son by a swift and secret march to fall I new born infant. u.eromel, which is
upon his right wdng, crush it, and, by an i formed by mixing at a gentle heat, one
attach unsurpassed in fierceness and per- : part bv weight, of yellow wax with
tlnacuy to drive h!s very superior forces ; foul . parts of clarified honey, and then
back into a position from which he coukl ^ . , . , . ,
not extract himself except by flight ,strained, is used India as a mild stim-
across the river. In the battle of Sunday j ulant for ulcers or similar swellings,
Jackson received two wounds, one in the 1 instead of animal fats, which there
left arm, the other in the right hand. I goon become acrid and unfit for medi-
Amputation of the arm was necessary,
and the southern hero sank under the
effect of it,supported to the last by his
ample and noble character and strong
religious faith,”
ited Trebizond in 1333, tells us that lie
tncss to the effect of
exactly the same as re- ;
lated by Zenophon. In the immediate :
vicinity of Trebizond grows an abundance
of the wild Azalia Pontica, and it is to
the nectar from the flowers of this plant
that the poisonous money is obtained,
while in other sections of the valley tiie
■ hemlock and henbane predominate.
While there arc many flowers whose nec
tar is deleterious to human beings, there
are many more, a large majority, in fact,
from which flow a nectar that is nutri
tious and healthful in a high degree.
The honey of many other regions was as
well known among the ancients as that j
of the Trebizond valley, but was regarded !
in a very different light. Hybla. for in- ;
stance, a mountain of Sicily, and Hymet- i
tus, a mountain in Attica, were cele
brated for their delicious honey. This !
was because of the wild thyme and other I
fragrant herbs growing in these moun- 1
tainous regions. The honey of Narbonne
and Chamouni is today held in high es
timation for similar reasons. Tn England,
where the bees have the range of heather,
the honey has a peculiarly pleasant taste
and fragrance.
IMPROVES WITH AGE.
Several substances have been found in
honey. Among these are two kinds of
sugar. The one can be crystalized, and
is analogous to glucose, the othe„r can
not be crystalized, and is mannite in its
nature. The other constituents of honey
are gummy, waxy, odorous and coloring
matters and pollen. The proportion of
honey that may be crystalized increases
with the age of the honey, and in time
gives it an opaque, granular character.
The writer once kept; some palmetto
honey for five years, and at the end of
that time it could almost be cut with a
knife. It had become a thick, granu
lated mass, without, however, injuring its
flavor in the least. As a matter of fact,
it was improved. It does not seem to be
generally known that honey improves
with age. When freshly taken from the
comb it usually has a sharp, acid tang
that passes entirely away after it has
been kept for a few months, in other
words, has “ripened.”
Honey differs greatly in color and con
sistency. When quite fresh it is n
Japanese sanitary corps •-
ants for su'ch period of las m;.y
be deemed necessary.
it is estimated the siege* J.c :
between fifty and seventy#:
lives, while the Russian lo pro
portionately staggering.
NIT lit TATI .'
SENA’fJ 1! N
H. miv r„. v.
was ii.d
ly for
spira/cyR
the fejgo-. Tn-
mont of:
has bed:
of Ort-gC:-
four yea;
born ia
county,
22. 1836,; i -
common.o I •
ucation, studied and practici re
moved to California and theto .
gon. where he has been PT" t :
over a quarter of a centurs • r
Mitchell has been a menrio
United States senate four t; t
he was chosen in 1372 and’C'
til 1879. He was reelected:te5 . .
again in 1391. ,ln 1897, how, tw
ty-eight members of the Or . .
refused to take the oath of c l
he was defeafed. He was #
the senate infi 901 to sir
McBride, and his term explr i 907
RANK RUN
NING Hi pr- ’
lent of,Vet:
Rural Cr Cnt-
riers’ Bciat: t.
who rey w;’.»
lischarfer
lion of'*;
> r d e r 1
govern ait
■es from ?
o infill* lev’ T-
tion, aac.t ut
he will It in ;
R R Conn.ingham office at:h Oma
ha and do more or less trav In :l.e
interest of the association.!". C
ningham in age is in the 6 th::" "■=
and is possessed of a lino tdui :
tion. In * bor affairs he i»--i ; i
an agitator. His attempt tC;
passage of bills in congressi
the pay of rural letter carri
with the charge of insuborti
suited in his dismissal.
EN. HOC. P0R-
PER, irn a
lassadc* : r
ifter bi
25 year*,
vice off £■•■•"■-
ment, h
ed his u
lo retire ; *
life tha
return % ■. York
to be w
dren an f
person.-A 11 • : ■'
Gen Horace Porter which ra
ten tion. General Porter, til.
asked to be relieved from* - a
ambassador at Paris, at wl
lias been stationed for eigl.rs. Ar
Paris his services have iji.l ir. i
greater degree of intimacy t
country and the United Stajni rt-
ident Roosevelt will havejeuky
satisfactorily fitting the va<l
apta John i
RERSll of the
Fifteen cavalry.
Philipj last yea 1 '
Capt .j j Pershing and on yav from
San Francisco to Chicago
Lincoln and Omaha to
and friends. Captain F rt
young man and his caree
has been a singularly briljjone. Pub
lic attention was attract^) lum b >’
his daring deeds in the Spines and
he became nearly as gifi. hero as
C —trVnstnp
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HOF IRBPRNS
cal purposes. In the Koran is a chap- fluid, but if kept in a light place it grad-
ter entitled “The Bee,” and in it occur lually thickens and becomes a soft, gran-
these words in reference to that insect
and the honey it produces. “There pro- CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.
Prof S E Burnham fol
particularly in relutio
he having discovered
any other astronomer,
ham is an honorary
British Astronomical