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4 EDITORIAL PAGE THE SUMY SOUTH JUNE 24, 1908. me SUNNY SOUTH Published Weekly by Sunny South Publifhing Co Buslne/s Office THE CONSTITUTION BUILDING ATLANTA. GEORGIA Sub/cription Terms: To those who subscribo to SShe Sunny South only Six Months, 25c 9 One Year, 50c LESS THAN A PENNY A WEEK EittreS at the peateSee A tlnntn. pecend-elaae mall aiatter March 13, 1901 * Ehe Sunny ,South it thm oldest weekly paper of Literature, Romance, Pact anti hidtlon In the South & It Is now re• Jtored to the original shape and will he published as for• merly every week & Founded In 1874 It grew until ,899, when, as a monthly, its form was changed as an expert• meat & It now returns to Its original formation as a weekly with renewed vigor and the Intention of ectlpss ing Its most promising period In the past. Teddy Sets a Luminous Example E do not recall a story that we have enjoyed more thoroughly than the one in which is set forth the rural invasion of Virginia by President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Weary of the cares of statecraft, worn out with the wiles of politicians and thirsting for a change from the scheme-laden air of the national capital, lie crossed the district boundary with his wife and took refuge on a barren, scrubby little farm purchased a few days ago by “the first lady of the land,’’ for just such excursions as these. It is said that so remote is the location from transportation facilities and so hopelessly entangled in a maze of trails that even the lynx-eyed sleuths of the secret service had great difficulty in following the nation's chief magistrate to look after his safety. Even then, he compelled press and the raucous call of the grocer’s boy, but as long as a man and his wife can discard the shell of conventionality as completely as in this instance and revert to the primeval, there is much hope foi the species. We believe, too, that the practice could be ex tended to the rest of us, as suggested above, with infinite profit. Though the presence of children constitutes a powerful bond between man and wife, giving a thousand and one identical interests, it is still true that there are thoughts, hopes and senti ments common to just these two entirely outside tiic sympathy of the children of their mutual blood. That is why it is well for them to occasionally escape the burden of the domestic hearth, of civilization itself, and reimbody the memory of the days when there were just two people in this big. broad world— themselves. While in actual fact those days com prise about the happiest, most innocent period of adult life, a faint resemblance of them can be sum moned by the very plan selected by the president and his wife. pies upon which that is founded consists It may be taken for granted that the return to in avoiding battle-whenever it is desirable civilization with its exacting and unimaginative realities, finds bod}' and mind more refreshed, and the sentiments more strongly vitalized than from any form of the stereotyped vacation. If you don't believe it, ask the president. Leaves from an Old Scrap Book By A GEORGIA COLONEL. WASHINGTON correspond ent of The Chicago Times gave the following reasons why McClellan didn’t fol low Lee, and why Burn sides had a hard road to travel: There Is another idea of which the public mind ought to be disabused as soon as possible. Great pains have been taken to produce the impression that all that was necessary in order to bring on a geheral engage ment was for our army to march toward the rebels. Never was there a greater mistake, It is idle to deny that the events of the last four months have de monstrated that General Lee is a master of the art of war. One of the princi- Along' the Hignway By FRANK L. STANTON SINCE SHE LOVES ME I. Since she loves me, what care I How the world may go? Heaven no longer seems so high— All its joy I know! II. Since she loves me, glory—fame Fade like dreams in flight; Love hath leaned and traced my name In lilies and in light! Problem o/ me Stay* at= Home Husband T first glance, the above caption may appear a trifle dubious. So many wives have suffered from the partic ular brand of husband who never stays at home, that for them tiie problem is reversed in emphatic earnest. But stop and reflect for a moment and you will decide that a good many households are afflicted with a paterfamilias whose chief quality, or we might say virtue, i 1 ? his tendency to cleave like a pine burr to bis own fireside, literally speaking. He comes home in the evening, supposedly exhausted from his strenuous encounter with the world, the flesh and the devil, and settles down for two hours of relaxation and recreation, previous to tumbling into: them to keep considerably more than the conven-jbed and dismissing the cares for the day with the tional distance, being minded to enjoy a few hours first reverberating snore. A large number of wives respite free from the surveillance of even those j doubtless appreciate this negative sort of domes- charged by the nation with his well-being. It is re- r ’ ported that Mrs. Roosevelt awoke first in the morn ing, and glancing out through the tent-flap found that the sun had just begun to make his appearance over the horizon. The man who guides the ship of state was still snoring peacefully, with a sonor ous disregard for dignity and the respect of th t feathered and furred woodfolk who were agog over the “butting in" of such an illustrious partv. And what did this model wife do? Waken her lord rudely from his blissful siesta and demand a match that she might light the breakfast fire? Hard ly! We have heard of plenty of wives who would break all the lazy laws of the land of sleep for more trivial causes than this one, hut Mrs. Roosevelt seems to have been constructed out of more con siderate material. She went down to the nearby forks of the road, and hailing a passing rustic, se cured the needed match. Then she returned to the camp, lit a fire and prepared a simple breakfast of eggs, bacon, pone-hread and coffee. When the strenuous president made his vawning appearance it was to find a savory breakfast smok ing on an improvised table, while his spouse was placidly waiting the leisure of the man elected to the presidency by the biggest popular vote in the history of the country. He enjoyed his meal, thor oughly. It is needless to stress that fact, since the nation is sufficiently familiar with the democratic appetite of its ruler to require no coaching regarding his procedure in a matter of this nature. The rest of the time they spent in a restful seclusion from the hurly-burly of Washington life, doubtless re newing and strengthening those strong bonds that make congenial married life the nearest approach to heaven of which we poor earth-worms have any tangible knowledge. All of which constitutes a luminous example foi married couples of high and low degree, of large- wealth and pinching poverty, great prestige and hopeless obscurity. Stall-fed philosophers prate wisely about civilization having made us all into artificial beings, afraid to get out of the area of the buzz of the telephone, the clatter of the newspaper ticity and point to their husbands as models of all that the man of family should be. But a great many women are of different stripe. Throughout the day their activities have been confined to the limits ot the home, hut night finds them with still a fair amount of unspent vitality and a strong desire to go out and see what the rest of the world is doing. That is just where the deadweight of the stay-at- home man comes in. All suggestions on part of the wife he evades with the old plea of “tired” or “too much expense,” or some other equally unsatisfactory excuse. In the meantime, he forgets that while lie has been rubbing the rust off himself all day ir contact with men of active mentality, she has beep vegetating in the seclusion of the home, with little leisure ot pleasure except that which breaks the monotony of the household routine. This' is the sort of man that wonders fretfully, in later life,, why his wife has grown strangely old and uninteresting, while he himself retains a surprising supply of youth and spirits. And yet, what are you going to do about it? The woman cannot go out unescorted, and such a man is usually inflexible in his selfishness. It might he a good idea to import two or three of your most talkative women friends, the kind that chat about the most trivial and tiresome topics, two or three evenings in succession: make him understand that they bore you as much as they do him, and—per haps—he will be led into taking you out through self-protection. If that doesn’t succeed—and we have our doubts —hammer him constantly with the argument that while he may feel a trifle exhausted and unfit for society, that a taste of it two or three times a week- will rejuvenate his spirits as eleven hours of sod den slumber never can. Once get him to form the habit and he will probably stick to it through pref erence. Yet, in chronic cases, even the most heroic meas ures fail. That is why we have a good deal of svm- pathy for the thousands of live-minded women win are martyred this way every year—and they are martyred; never doubt that fact. to do so. It has been desirable for the rebels to do so ever since the battle of Antletam. They desire to draw our army as far from Washington as possible, and as near to their line of defense on the Rappahannock as they can. It is in Gen eral Lee’s power to decide when and where he will tight, and no general on our side, even if he had advanced against hhn a month ago. could have forced him to fight except at his (.Lee's) own time, and on ground of his oWi choosing. It will be so now. The battle, if one takes place, will be fought just where Gen eral Lee wishes it to be, and not until he is ready. Tills, is a fact for which no one is or can be to blame. When we make war in an enemy’s country, we have to accept all the conditions of war. And it is one of those conditions, and an imperative one, that an army occupy ing the position held by General Lee cannot be forced to fight until they wish to do so, or until they are retired to their base." PIETY IN A GENERAL. The chaplain of the Fifth Kentucky regiment wrote of Kirby 'Smith: “Before going into the battle at Rich mond, Ky.. he spent a session alone in his tent in prayer. When the battle was over, he retuned to his tent, and gave thanks to God for the Victory. When at Lexington, Ky.. the minister at th® Episcopal church refused to officiate on Thanksgiving day, and General Smith arose, read a chapter, led in prayer, and finished the_ services. In the Kentucky campaign CUneral Smith was the only general who succeeded in his part of the programme.” ADMINISTERED SACRAMENT. The following was published in The Knoxville Register: ‘‘On the morning of a recent battle near Harper’s Ferry, after a sermon by one of the chaplains. Stonewall Jackson, who, by the way, is an elder In the Presbyte rian church, administered the sacrament to the church members in his army. He invited all Christians to participate in this ceremony. A Baptist, the straigiit- est of his sect, thoroughly imbued with the idea of close .communion, was seen to hesitate, hut, the occasion and the man who presided overcame his scruples, and thus it has happened that the prospect of a light and the eloquence of Jacksoh made a Baptist forget that baptism is the door into the church. In all Jack son’s army an oath is rarely uttered. A religious enthusiasm pervades it which makes every man a hero. Conscious oi the justice of our cause and imbued with the strongest convictions of patriotism his men are irresistible. In this incident w e have an explanation of General Jack- son s invincibility, and we are thus ■ en abled to understand why his men are all heroes; and why they endure without a murmur the severest hardships to which any troops have been subjected during the war. When peace is restored, it wiii be honor enough for any man to say, army of Stonewall ’I belonged to the Jackson.’ NEXT “ WEEK = THE LONC NIGHT” NEXT WEEK Stanley Weyman’s Latest and Best Romance Will Begin in the Sunny South Next Week “THE LONG NIGHT” is a thrilling; historical romance of the days when Savoy and Geneva were in the throes of continual warfare over re ligious and political differences. The mysteries of Alchemy, subtle intrigues, the pitiful tragedy of witchcraft, magnificent fighting, a beautiful love story make this book one of the most fasci nating of recent years. Its author is widely known as the author of “Under the Red Robe”, “A Gentleman from France”, “The House of the Wolf” and other graphic novels. “THE UONG NIGHT” sur passes all these in dramatic force and sustained interest if The Long JUav# Night” /wCaI Week The Long Night” THE PRICE—AN EPIGRAM. This appeared in the columns of The Atlanta Rebel: ’We are indebted to a venerable friend and fellow citizen of English birth and blood for an epigram of stinging signifi cance against Beecher and his tribe of rabid rhetoricians, who, foremost in urg ing on the war, have as yet done nothing in the war and have kept themselves out of the war with a zeal and determination equal to that they have exhibited in send ing others to war. While the south has been and is largely represented in her battle rolls and her lists of martyrs by many who to the lust moment opposed secession, and hoped even against hope for an honorable re conciliation of north and south, under the union as it was, the north has not sent to the field one prominent representative of the abolition faction, which induced and provoked the separation and the war. “W ithout further comment, which can be readily supplied by the intelligent read er. we present the epigram as written by an Englishman and contributed to an English paper, requesting, if possible anv reader to give us information concerning the author. “THE PRICE. ‘I think victory awaits us at every step; but if God thinks liberty too dear to be purchased so cheap, we can give more. We can give more sons, more treasure we will give everything—but this country shall be one and undivided. Let God name the price and it shall be paid. REV. HENRY WARD BECHER. Beecher! ’twould Temper thy war smit ten sold. Reverse thy condition^ and shiver thy knee. Should thou see on the wall. In reply -to thy call A mystic hand tracing this terrible scroll: ‘The price that’s to pay Is a blood battle day. And Beecher in front of that battle must be.* ” Dingle. —J. PRATT. A SWORD FOB FAT CLEBURNE. The following account of a sword which was presented to General Cle burne: • We have been shown a magnificent sword made by H. Marshall & Co., of this city, for the Fifteenth Arkansas regi ment, by whom it is to be presented to their former commander. Major General Cloaurne. “Mh# scabbard is of German silver. The mountings and guard are plated with gold. On the. pommel is the coat of arms of the state of Arkansas. One of the bands of the scabbard has on one side a meJaiion of President Davis; on the other side an Irish harp. On the gold-plated belt plate is also the coat of arms of Arkansas. On the scabBariT Is a golden shield, on which is inscribed the following: 1 ' ‘Major General P. R. Cleburne, presented by his ola regimen!. Fifteenth Arkansas.’ ’’—Atlanta Register. A book in which Byron had writ ten his name sold for $1,000 the other day. There’s a pointer for living poets: They can at least scribble their names promiscuously and hope for the best! A HAPPY FELLOW. I. When trouble assailed him he stopped not to sigh— The clouds hangin’ black in the bend o’ the sky.. The earthquake a-rumbling’; no shel ter o’erhead— "It ain’t half as bad as it might be,” he said. I. No time to give sorrow—to weep on the way; Just took the wild winter the same as the May; Thanked God for a feast, or a cold crust of bread; “Oh, it ain’t half as bad as it might be,” he said. LOG CABIN SAYINGS. The wise man o’ the world, before he climbs high always picks out a soft spot where he can fall easy. Satan only smiles when we saddle our sins on him, and gallops with us good-naturedly, to the red-hot getting-off place. The man who is always growlin’ about not being “in the swim,” is generally the first one to cry for a rope when he gets there. THE STORY OF A POEM. I. Sent a little poem On an editorial track; Waited very patiently To get the poem back. II. Just that once—a wonder! — Seemed to have a ‘pull;”’ Editor accepted it— Printed it in full. III. Critics cold assailed it With a stormy frown; Tore the thing to tatters— Wrote the poet down. IV. And then the poet felt the wrath Within his bosom rise, Blamed the editor for printing it, And “blessed” him to the skies! A SUMMER SERMON. Heed this homely counsel— Ye, of the song-brigade; Don’t light the fire of genius When it’s ninety in the shade! Still the cry goes for a great crit-j ical magazine in this ocuntry. But wouldn’t we need great, editors for it, and great things to criticize? In Horace Traubel’s reminiscences of Walt Whitman, we are told that Whitman was not impressed with Longfellow, whom he found to he too stiff and dignified. “Walt” only liked the rollicking outlaws of literautre. To some “fills the folks, money not only bill.” but “covers the THE RAIN’S SONG. De Rainy Bay, He come along. But he seems ter sing Dis low, sweet song; “I come ter de hill, I come ter de plain, An' de thirsty craps Dey drink my rain!” An’ de worl’ look fresh, An’ smile, an’ say: “Take my thanky, Mister Rainy Day!” Many authors toil for an earthly ground,” and takes in the ocean at j monument. But won’t their ghosts the same time. The sweetest lesson we can learn in life is Love. Every house that Hate builds is consumed by its own fire. THE MELANCHOLY OF RICHES. “Down in the valley again, old fel low?” “Oh, yes!” “What’s the trouble now?” “Just been left have a grim time reading their epi- taphs! FAITH AND LOVE. Ask not the way of Love— Have faith, and follow on. In darkness he shall lead thee To the beauty of the dawn! HE STILL LIVES. Many critics these days make a liv ing hv abusing Shakespeare. But the fortune, and I’m bones of the world’s greatest poet are so used to poverty, I don't know how j still undisturbed. Even out o’ those to walk rich!’ bones such critics get their bread! Bulb-Growing Offers Easy Way To Healthy Livelihood t5he Busy World There are strong reasons to believ® that President Roosevelt is exerting all his influence to effect an armistice be tween Russian and Japan before the two armies have an opportunity to clash in Manchuria. As it is, Oyama and Llne- vltch face one another in battle array and it is reported that the former is pre pared to deal another crushing blow to tne Russians. It is the president's idea, apparently, to prevent useless bloodshed by securing a temporary cessation of hos tilities, pending peace negotiations. It is practically settled now that the later will occur in Washington, or some other American point. Russia made a determined effort to have Paris designated as the place of meeting, but Japan fought the plan so vigoropsiv as to jeopardize any conference at all. Russia yielded, and it is likely that within a few weeks will be seen the novel spectacle of two first class foreign powers negotiating peace in this country . RAND DIKE AL EXIS. head of the Russian navy, and. his assistant. Ad miral Ovelland. have been relieved of of fice by the czar. It Is believed the action 'came as the direct result of the over whelming defeat in the Japan sea. For many months ugly rumors have been alloat regarding cor ruption and inefficiency in the imperial admiralty. There is even a disposition to hold Alexis responsible, at least morally, for the wretched equipment which con tributed to Togo’s absurdly easy victory. Nicholas softened the shock of dismissal by a curiously couched letter, in which, phrases of smooth gratitude and quiet irony alternate. ARQUIS HIROBL’MI 1TO, who will be Japan's chief repre sentative at the com ing peace conference, is one of the famous statesmen of the mikado’s empire. In fact, he has been styled “the Bismarck of Japan.” He be longs to the progres sive element, has been premier three times, and is noted as an enthusiastic admirer of the United States. After the Chinese war, Marquis Ito made terms with Li Hung Chang, who was credited with being the most adroit statesman in the Orient. Ito has traveled extensively in Europe and Amer ica. and has made a special study of political science. His relations with tile emperor are of tt)e very closest. He pre pared the constitution under which a representative system of government was established in Japan. Duke Alexis Marquis Ito By HELEN HARCOURT. Written for ZT/>e Sunny South NE of the most profitable parts of the florist’s busi ness is the growing of bulbs of flowering plants. If the number of bulbs that are demanded by the American public every year could be accurately figured the result would seem al most incredible. As a na tion we of the United States, love these delight ful flowers above all other nations. Every year the number of flower bulbs planted in Amer ica mounts up into the millions. This would be all right if we kept at home the money spent in buying them. We could, but we do not. The greater part of our bulbs are imported, and this is something that should not be. It has been proven that we could raise most of the choicest bulbs in our own soil, some of them doing best in the north and west, but most of them especially adapt ed to the south. We have not yet awakened to this fact, but it is time that we did determine to “live at home” in the bulb as well as in other more pro saic lines. Our annunciation’ lilies and Roman hy acinths come from France, our Easter lilies from the Bermudas. Our nacissus I bulbs are raised in England, and nearly all our "Dutch bulbs,” that is, espe- cailly the tulips and hyacinths, come to our markets from Holland. For centu ries Dutch gardeners have almost mo nopolized the bulb growing industry ot the world. In 1902 we of America alone paid into the hands of the shrewd Hol landers for their bulbs $500,000, and we paid another $500,000 to the bulb grow, ers of other countries. It is time that we paused, to think about this useless outgo, and to resolve to raise our own bulbs on our own soil, and to put our thumb in this Dutch pie, and, like little Jack Horner, “pull out a plum,” in the shape of tulips and hyacinths. It may be well to state just here that several requests have recently come to hand for information as to the history and meth ods of growing these two bulbs This request will very shortly receive prac tical attention. BULB STBUCTURE. Meantime let us see what has been and can be done with these and other bulbs right here in the southland. But, first of all, suppose we pause in our tour of Investigation, and take a peep at the curious structure of these buds, that we know as bulbs. For that is what they really are—buds. Not the ordinary buds with which we are familiar, but the buds of certain perennial herbacious plants. The bulb is supported by a sort of solid and horizontal plate, which lies beUveen It and the true roots. To Ihlg^flattened tubercle, the fleshy scales of which the bulb is formed oh the outside, are fixed by their base. The center or interior of the bulb contains the rudiments of the flower stalks and the leaves. These scales become more fleshy and succu lent the nearer they come to the center of the bulb, while the outermost scales are thin and dry like paper. Sometimes the scales are of one piece, and are inclosed one within the other, or else a single scale encircles the whole circumference of the bulb. That home ly, but useful bulb, the onion, is a good example of the latter class, and so is the hyacinth. These are called coated or truncated bulbs. Again, the scales are smaller, free at the sides, and overlap each other like shingles on a roof. The white lily is an example of this sort. Lastly, the scales or coats, are some times so close as to he almost merged together, so f?lat the bulb seems to be formed of one solid homogeneous sub stance. Such bulbs are called solid, as in the common saffron. As a rule, bulbs are oval or globular In form, although occasionally they are- cylindrical, so as to be almost sterrfllke! In shape. The banana furnishes an ex-j ample of this kind. Bulbs formed of a| single body are called simple, as in the j tulip. Those that grow together, as j several small bulbs under one envelope, j are called multiple. The garlic is a welll known example of this kind of bulb. ! Bulbs, being buds, are necessarily repro duced every year. But their birth is not the same in all cases. Sometimes the new bulbs arise in the very con ,er of the old one. as in the case of the onion. In other instances, the new btilh spring from the lateral part of the old one, as does that of the meadow saf fron. Or. again, the new bulbs are born at the side of the old, as in the hyacinth or tulip, or beneath it, as in many spe eies of the ixia. In popular language, the new bulbs are spoken as offsets. Just as the bulb shoots up the stem it contains, so do the outer scales diminish in thickness, fade and finally become per fectly dry. It is therefore plain tha tthe scales supply the young stem with a goodly portion of the materials necessary for its development. This explains how it is that some bulbs, notably the most fleshy ones, grow so well in water, near ly all their needed rjutriment being stored away in their own scales, the water furnishing only a small portion, in addition to the life-giving moisture. No better illustration can be given of the possibilities of income-making in the sruth by the raising of bulbs than is afforded by the simple story of a worn- j out school teacher, a brave Georgia girl. She had stirugled on in her profession nr. til her health failed, and she was forced to seek rest and change. And jet. like many another weary worker, she could not afford to be idle. She had herself and her mother to support, and whtn the one employment she knew a*id had been trained for had to be given up, life looked very dark and hope less, a cloudy day, with only her faith in <the .goodness of the Father, who is watching over us all, as the one ray of light breaking through the clouds. Rut there was this one ray, and pres ently it pointed out a path that lay open and led to, at leas>t. a temporary refuge until some new way could be found to meet the future. This path led to a little old house that stood in the midst of an old farm, thait. ac cording to the neighbors, “would not sprout cowpeas.” Our retired teacher had, only a few months before, inher ited some 50 acres of land, with ^his old house on it, which was almost in ruins. Worse even than that, negroes had lived in it for several years, not the clean, tidy, old slave-time negroes, brought up to live cleanly lives, like their masters and mistresses, but some of the new generation of independent odd fellows. And these are usually very odd, indeed, having no idea of their own best interests. THE LAST RESORT. When the medical fiat went forth that teaching must be given up, there was but one thing to be done, one refuge in sight. The mother and daughter must go and live in that dirty, tumble- down old house, that stood in the midst of the land that “would not sprout eow- p<as.” There, a.: least, would be no rent to pay for shelter and fresh air and sunshine and rest. There was a good well and plenty- of water to cltan the house, and plenty of energy and (Continued on Last Page.) 1GHT HON. JAMES W I L L I A M LO W - THER, the n e w speaker of the Brit ish house of Com ptons, has served as chairman of ways and means and as deputy speaker since 1895. He was edu cated at Eton, King s college, London, and Trinity college. Cam bridge, graduating James Lowther from the latter school with honors. He was admitted to the bar in 1879. was under secretary f->r foreign affairs in 1891, and the following year represented Great Britain at the in ternational conference at Venice. Mr. Lowthor has represented in parliament | the Penrith division of Cumberland sin- e 1886, and is a member of the privy council and a justice of the peace. His age is 50 years. HE renow r ed Cuban patriot and general, Maximo Gomez, is dead in Havana. Gen eral Maximo Gomez y Baez was one of the famous soldiers of the nineteenth cen tury, and probably more than any other man aided in the liberation of Cuba. He was born in Santo Domingo in General Gomez 1826, and received but a meager education. For years he toiled at the usual occupations, and was little known until 1864, when Santo Domingo’s autonomy was attacked by a certain faction of greedy Span iards. who desired to annex the island to Spain. For reasons never divulged, Gomez decided to fight against his own country, and joined the Spanish army. He was speedily reward ed with a captaincy in a regiment, of which the notorious Vaieriano Weyler, later captain general of Cuba, was the colonel. Tt is on record that Gomez fought valiantly, and was made a major for his services, but when the invaders were driven from the island Gomez went to live in Cuba under the protection of the Spanish flag. Here for a long time he was maintained on half pay by the Madrid government. Gomez soon got in touch with Cuban patriots, became disgusted with Spanish rule and joined the revolutionists in 1867. After the death of Agromonte he was put at the head of the Cuban army. The rebellion being crushed, Gomez remained out of the country until 1895, when lie was. put at the head of the patriots on the occasion of the uprising there. He was more dreaded by the Spaniards than were Maceo and Garcia, for Gomez was a strategist of ability and at all times was wily and warj-. The other Cuban- leaders were hurricane fighters when the opportunity offered, but Gomez never forgot that rifles and ammunition were hard to get and that a fallen pa triot could not be replaced readily. Hence his policy of guerrilla warfare. Cruel reprisals bj- the Madrid govern ment finally horrified the civilized world and compelled the Intervention of the United States to end the war; and when, in 1898. American troops were landed in Cuba, Gomez put his small force at the disposal of the American commanders as speedily as possible. He was continued in command of the Cubans until Marcn, 1899. when he was deposed by the as sembly for “traitorously receiving for ms army the $3,000,000 voted by the United States government.” Since that time lit tle has been heard of the veteian fighter, whom General Fltzhugh Lee once de scribed as ”a grim, resolute, honest, con scientious. grizzled veteran.” It generally is conceded that Gomez successfully prac ticed the tactics that it was necessary i0 employ under the circumstances.