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EDITORIAL PAGE •THE SUNNY SOUTH JULY !4, 1906. &/>e SUNNY SOUTH Published Weekly by Sunny South Publifhing Co Buslnefs Office THE CONSTITUTION BUILDING ATLANTA. GEORGIA Subscription Terms: To those who subscribe to t&*« Sunny South only Six Months, 25c >f* One Year, 50c LESS THAN A PENNY A WEEK Batored at the foalsDc* Atlanta* Go.,oa aecaad-claaa Mali matter March 13, 1IMI1 jm lh* Sunny South la thm oldest wc«Hy payer of literature, Romance, Raft and Pi ft! on In the South & It Is new re* Jtored to the original shape and milt be published as for* merly every week <0 Rounded In 1874 It grew until 1899, when, as a monthly. Its form mas changed as an expert* meat ft now returns to its original formation as a weekly with renewed vigor and the Intention of eeltps* Ing Its most promising period In the past. supporting his family, were he in the full discharge j of that duty. It is, of course, true that deduction j should be made for the amount of the husband's in- ; dividual livelihood, as well as for the household services a married woman is generally supposed to supply. At the same time, husbands whose derelic- i tions are responsible for a divorce are let off far I too lightly as a rule, so that what should be a J chastisement is frequently transmuted by this I queer quip of the law into a bonus 'tisrfi&i It. (From Puck.) Of many a discontented man It may bo ^eald that if he knew his place he might The most contemptible feature of the stingy ' llke 11 better. Alimony and the Stingy Husband iQWADAYS the divorce court is m on bS characterized by the many easy ^LI methods it offers couples of shaking £ jf off irksome bonds and resuming separate existences—or entering in to new “arrangements with partners who frequently stand just round the corner waiting for the edict which puts a legal sanction on a re marriage. While" the changing senti ment of the nation is throwing greater restriction about the grant ing of divorce, it does not yet re quire great skill or dexterity to satisfy the average tribunal of one’s right to a separation. We do not believe in indiscriminate divorce. The process which de grades the courts into machinery which will grind out certificates with the application of the proper amount of money, does not merit our approval. But we do believe that where man and woman are shown to be hopelessly incompatible, and the wel fare and happinness of their children is gravely jeopardized, by their continuing to make a farce of living together, that the legal knife should be ap plied and the knot that galls be completely severed —making due allowance for the care of the of fended party and the offspring. It also seems to us that if one cause more than any ‘Other entitles a woman to consider this route seriously, it is the chronic parsimony of a husband. There may be worse faults than stinginess in this world, but they are difficult of discovery. Many men with ample incomes let their pettiness follow them into mar ried life, and make existence a continual burden for their wives by doling out each penury and nick d as though they were the last of a scanty score. Such a proceeding is apt to turn the most loving woman into a wearied and reluctant wife, one at 1 * ast who has lost all enthusiasm concerning her ’band and her home and' who is likelv to look outside for the interests which should center around the common hearthstone. These remarks are inspired by the action of a New Jersey master in chancery, who has just grant ed the wife of a tight-wadded husband a complete divorce on the grounds of stinginess. The allega tion of the plaintiff was that the gentleman was “too stingy to support his wife.” and the court speedily awarded a verdict. The only objection is that it frees the close-fisted ‘‘better half” of ali obligations, and puts a reward rather than a penalty on his meanness. We should have been more greatly pleased to record the fact that, after being divorced from his wife, he was compelled to stand in the public pillory for a consecutive twenty-four hours or more, with the placard, “close-fist” pinned on. his breast. Still, an act of justice has been done to the woman—and that is something. Tt is worthy of note that courts, in granting divorces, very often put a premium on this verv niggardliness by calling upon a drunken or recre ant husband to pay less alimonv that the cost of husband’s offense is that it can be perpetrated within the privacy of his home without the world being any the wiser. He can go forth among his men friends, spending money lavishly for the pleasures peculiar to men, and earn a rich reputa tion as a “good felleow.” He can then return to the four walls for which he pays rent and which he dignifies by the name of home, snarl at his wife, mistreat the children, keep a padlock on his purse, criticise the meals—and keep his reputation in the eyes of the world, while only the woman who must bear the brunt of his littleness knows how to gauge his real character. Some day, perhaps, a wise and just lawmaker will offer a measure making it obligatory on cheap I'ha^sYudiou^hlbits 6 ” that ’ They b ° th fellows of this caliber to make a just allowance for | “Yes. But. Mary—” Mother paused, the support of' their families without grunt or j ami the & le am of mischief evoked by growl. There is much popularity and the thanks |Aunt Mary soon * r of a great many thousand women in store for the man bold enough to thus go on record. And, eventually, he will have the gratitude of the husbands also—though the proposition may appear absurd at first glance. Prime Feature. (From The Somerville Journal.) Another good thing about the corre- sfondenco schools Is that they don’t have uny football team (For the Honeymoon. (From The Wasp.) The house had quieted after the wed ding. Mother an,} Aunt Wary were In the parlor talking It over. "So It’s over,” said Aunt Mary, smil ing into mother’s eyes. "Yes,’' said mother, bravely, although a little tearfully, "It’s over—and begun.” "Tihey'Ii be happy. I’m sure.” "les. They are very well suited to each other.” darted Into her eyes. "Mary, they can't have much sense of humor. Though It’s my own girl. I say It.” "Why not?” “Do you know what they took to read on their wedding journey? Stevenson's •Travels with a Donkey.’ ’* When We are “Blue” HE friend who comes to us when our courage and hope takes the elevator for the basement and refuses to be comforted—he is the man that is likely to gain our confidence and win that portion of our hearts we reserve for the sympathy of him who understands. Let him know us sufficiently well—for that is ab- * solutely necessary. Then let him enter gently the room where we sit, worry masking our faces with gloom, sorrow gnawing at the heart, black depression eating, eating away at the vitality which should be sending the blood pounding through the veins. Let him be able, with no maudlin question or word of mock solace, to guess the secret of the face clasped between the hands, the pose eloquent of dejection, n,imc ' va& Ar,hur -> the whole spirit telling, through the relaxed body, of its surrender to the evil genius of grief. His steady hand on the shoulder means more than many words of glib commiseration; his calm, clear, sweet eyes bent on ours, more than the well-meant but irritating sympathy of him who does NOT un derstand. Let him sit quietly down by us when the black imp squats at cur side, a/nd conjure away the spell with the simple magic of his presence— rich in silent, unobtrusive comprehension. That is the best remedy we know for the “blues.” We 'have heard many prescriptions, too. We have heard it said that the healthy person should not have a speaking acquaintance with the disease. But^he fact remains that healthy persons DO have the disease—often in a more aggravated form that the man of frail build or morbid tempera ment. We have likewise heard it said that a “romp around the block,” the doing of some kind deed or the indulgence of a little philosophy, all tend to give the blue devils a boost through the side window. We are firm advocates of all these remedies—for their own sakes. - But occasionallv it happens that, in desperate attacks, they are as futile as the feather against the storm. Then it is that the truly sympathetic friend proves of real value. He will not nag us with use less questions. He will not offer countless sugges tions. lie will not reproach us for our sins—thank heave/n for his tact and fine common sense! He will just let the dark waters have their way with us for the time being—knowing full well in his loving heart that in due season we will recover; that if the burden is heavy the shoulders will be strengthened to meet it: that if it is imaginary, we will be laughing at it tomorrow. He is one of the few real angels of earth—this friend. And not all of us cwn one with a soul so finely strung as his. Sweet as Printer’s Pie. (From Exchange.) A Danish paper compares “I love you” In many languages. Here are some of them—t‘he Danish paper is our authority for their correctness: The Chinaman says, “Uo ngai ni;’- the Armenian, “Ge sirem ez iiez;’’ the Arabian, very shortly, “Nehabeeek;’’ the Egyptian, similar, "N’aehkeb;” the Turk. “Sisi sevejorum,” and the Hindoo, “Main tym ko pijar karyn.” But overwhelming is the decla ration of love of an Esquimo, who tries to win the chosen one by •.‘leasing sound of the dainty little word: "Univifigssaerntdluinalerfimajungnarsig- ujak.” Typricn 1 English Joke. (From Ixmdon Paper.) Scene: An East-on,} school. Visitor (to one of the scholars)—-Well, my little man, what’s your name? Boy—Wheeler, sir. . Visitor (jocularly)—Ah, a two-wheeler or a four-wheeler? Boy—Arf-er Wheeler, sir. (The boy's Grossing the Bar (By Alfred Tennyson.) Sunset and evening star And one clear call for me 1 And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea. But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark 1 And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar. When the British Cap- ^ tured Charleston IN TWO PARTS—CONCLUSION. By HELEN HARCOURT. Written for The SUNNY SOUTH. Lit’ry Gossip. (From Puck.) Miss May Sinclair, author of the “Di vine Fire,” says that she thinks in the country and works in the city.—The Critic. American writers are like their English cousins in that respect. They seldom think and write in the same place. James Huneker does all his thinking in a cathedral but writes in a merry-go- round. Thus his thoughts are profound and his ■style vertiginous. Dr. Henry VanDyke develops his plumb- less thoughts in a dark room anj writes in sunlight on a housetop. F. Hopkinson Smith thinks before an open wood fire in town and writes 1 a lighthouse by the, is*-a. '**y, ^ Hamilton Wrf^ i.bie '(hitA-- at, ; iciaHy, so it d<i\ J t matter ( , .ic... ■ lut,.', ,he work thoughts are ticked out. He writes in a cozy corner. Upton Sinclair does his thinking in a captive balloon and writes in a padded studio. Authors are frightfully interesting, don't you think? Notes by Policeman Puncih. (From Punch.) It is satisfactory to know that there are still law-abiding .persons among us. baby who started to howl on Tuesday last in a well-known London square ceased at once upon its nurse drawing its attention to the notice: "Organs and street cries prohibited. An epidemic of dog stealing had broken out. The most aggravated instance is re ported from the suburbs, where some bur glars, not content with a quantity of silver and jewelry, took witli the swag the valuable watch dog as well. Leaves from an Old tScrap Booh By A GEORGIA COLONEL. O XE of tlie most interesting items I have found in the old war scrapbook is the story of a poem called “Southern Cross.” I give a dip ping from tlie scrapbook, which tells tho story of tlie poem, and a copy of tlie poem itself: THE SOUTHERN CROSS. Tills admirable poem, which is now going the rounds of the southern press. And for the publication of which the ed itors of The Baltimore Republican were urrested and thrown into prison and their paper suppressed, appeared orglnally In The Southern Literary Messenger a month or two after the war begun. The author. St. George Tucker. formerly clerk of the Virginia house of delegates, was in the secret service at the time the poem was published, remained In It for more than a year, and never left it until he contracted a pulmonary disease, which proved fatal. It is a little .singu lar that his poem, which is as fine al most as its model, the “Star Spangled Banner,” should be reprinted through out the length and breadth of the con federacy as an annonymous production. "When It was- written, the confederate Giving promise of peace, or assurar.ee of war! 'Tis the Cross of the South! which shall ever remain To light us to freedom and glory again! How peaceful and blest was America’s so:!. 'Till betrayed by the guile of the Puri tan demon. Which lurks under virtue and springs from Its coil, To fasten its fangs In the life-blood of freemen- Then boldly appeal to each heart that can feel And crush the foul viper ’neath Liberty's heel. And the Cross of the South shall In triumph remain, year's morning; “come in and take a drink.” “Don’t care if I duz,” responded Cuff. “Some of dese nlggars too stuck tip to' drink wid white ossefers since Massa Abe guv 'em freedom; but. for my part, I tink white ossefer Jis as good as nigga, specially if de ossefer don't git drunk and make a beast a’ hfsself." To light us to freedom and glory again 1 the day- 'Tis the emblem of Peace, ’tl s star of Hope, Like the sacred “Labarum,” guided the Roman From the shores of the Gulf to Delaware's slope; ’Tis the trust of the free terror of foeman. Fling its folds 10 the air, whilst boldly declare. that the flag had, indeejj, been decided upon, but j The rights we demand or the deeds that fill agreed that its resemblance to the' we dare! yankee gridiron was too close to be long 1 while the Cross of tne South 'Shall In tolerated. “The Southern Cross,” which triumph remain the lamented 1 hornton apostrophised so I y 0 light ug to freedom and glory again, beautifully in his speech before the con vention, found general favor In Virginia, and a flag with this symbol was hoisted In Fredericksburg and other places. After much disputation, the Southern Cross, consecrated upon a thousand bat tle fields, has become the ensign of tlie allied nations; whenever and wherever It floats will recall the memory of the gifted poet who gave his life In defence of the glorious principles which It sym bolizes.—Richmond Whig. The poem Is as follows: Oh! say, can you see through the gloom and the storm, More bright for the darkness, that pure constellation? Like the symbol of love and redemption Its form, As it points to the haven of hope and the nation! How radiant each star, as the beacon afar. And If peace should be hopeless and justice denied. And war's bloody vulture should flap its. black pinions. Then gladly “to arms!” while we hurl in our pride. Defiance to tyrants and death to their minions I With our front In the field, swearing never to yield. Or return, like the Spartan in death on our shield! And the Cross of the South shall triumphantly wave As the flag of the free or the pall of the brave. A NEW YEAR’S ANECDOTE. The following little Item appeared In several of the southern war newspapers: "Cuffy," said a federal captain at Fortress Monroe, to a contraband who was lounging in front of his tent on new EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. The following appeared as an edito rial during the civil war In «■ Florida newspaper: “The yankees have Invented many new devices and crimes since this war be gan. but we doubt If there Is anything that exhibits grester baseness, cruelty and Infernal selfishness than their refu- j sal to exchange prisoners and relieve ■from capltivlty thei r own men, the men | who have fought their battles and sus- | tadned their wicked cause. Even pirates 1 will do what they can to liberate those who are consorted with them in crime but it seems that the yankees are not only lost to justice and gratitude, but i even the common instincts of humanity and the that remain with the worst of men*. If it was some technical difficulty, or mis understanding, if It were even some prin ciple or ‘policy of legitimate selfishness that Induced them to refuse an exchange of prisoners, there might be some affilia tion of this crime against humanity; but when we know that the reason for the refusal Is that the time of enlistment of a portion of these wretches has expired, that they will not probably re-enllst In the yankee army and that for this cause alone they and their companions I in wickedness and misfortune ar e aban- j doned to their fate by their govern- | ment, we are astonished at the ingenious j and reckless baseness of the infamous I government and people whose duty Is is I to relieve them. We say nothing of the I sufferings of our own heroes in northern prisons; we do not expect the yankee3 to feel any sympathv for the men who have resisted their tyranny and aggres sion. defeated their armies and baffled their designs. It is doubtless a source of gratification to their mean and con temptible spirits to iwltness the suffer ings of nobler and better men. It Is, however, surprising 'baseness even In a yankee, this shameless abandonment of Continued on Fourth Page. The “Silence Cure.” (I-ondon Weed).) Nerve specie lists are now recommend- ing a “silence cure” for ladies who suf fer from nerves. The patients have .0 s*-t apart certain hours in which no word is spoken. A lady we know tried this treatment with a curious result. She herself came out in a rash, but her husband, who sufered from head aches, recovered. The Average Man. (From The Portland Oregonian.) If the average mun had what he want ed there wouldn't be anything left fo- tlie balance of mankind Hereditary. (Chicago Daily States.) She^Did you ever see the Homer twins? He—Yes. “Don’t you think the boy is the pic ture of his father?” “Yes—and I also think the girl is the phonograph of her mother.” Cruel. (From The Tatler.) “I'm off to have a shampoo,” said the young man with the receding chin. “Why not try the vacura cleianer?" was his friendi’s sympathetic reply. Discernment. (From LIppincott’s Magazine.) The way colored folk have of picking up .phnfscs which they hear used by white people about them Is amusingly illustrated by a conversation which was overheard recently on the streets of a southern cit. “Howdy, Mis' Mandy! How Is you?” called one dusky aunty to another. “Oh. I jes’ tollable. Mis’ Johnson. How you’ feelin' ?” was the response. “Why, I’se feelin’ mighty peart. I Is,” confided W rs - Johnson. “I suttenly does feel fine.” • “Wejlum, yo’ sho' is lookin' well,” agreed her friend. ”Yo’ color's so good.” ■Reciprocity. (From Life.) “My dear.” says the thoughtful hus band. <ntering the house with ia huge package in his arms, “you remember last week when you secured such a won derful bargain in shirts at forty-eight cents and nectles at three for a quarter for me?” “Yes, love,” Says the fond wife. “Well, don’t think I didn’t appreciate your thoughfullness. See. I have bought something for you. I noticed seme beautiful green and yellow plaid goods In a show window on my way home, and bought you eighty yeards of it at four cents a yard. The clerk said It was a great bargain, and It will make enough dresses to last you two years. Why, she has fainted!* 1 HILE * Sir Henry Clinton was making his prepara tions for the attack on Charleston, with the ut most ear e and delibera tion, General Lincolrf v viewing the approaching danger with intense anxi ety. His power as a mil itary commander was too limited, and his Influence (with the sta-te officials too weak, to enable him to utilize to the best advant •ige even the small meyns tlie latter pro vided for the defense of Charleston. The preservation of the metropolis end chief seaport of South Carolina was of vast Importance to the cause of the young republic, and yet but little prepa ration hod been made to put it in condi tion to stand a selgc. The forts on the islands were in ruins, and th 0 projected works cross the neck were unfinished. The governor fully shared Lincoln's anx iety, and agreed with him as to the ne cessity of making preparations for de fense, but owing to som e defect in tlie state laws, its executive was withuot au thority to hire the labor necessary for that should have been done long before. Under these circumstances, It was clearly Lincoln's duty to abandon the town to its fate, and to retire into the interior of the country. No one knew better than he that there was no hope of withstanding long the overwhelming force on land and sea with which tlie British commander was preparing to envelop Charleston. But the town had been so long preserved from falling into the hands of the enemy, such large quantities of provisions and ammunition were stored in Its warehouses, fimd it was, withal, the key of the state, that Lincoln yielded against his bettor Judg- Busy World LMAN J. GAGE, who has joined Mrs. Tingley's theo- sophical colony at Point Loraa, Cal., has been one cf the leading financiers of thy country. His work In building up the First National bank and his serv- ive as secretary of the treasuhy in the McKinley adminis- Lyman Gage tratlon have given him widespread fame. Born In De Ruy- ter, N. Y., In 1836, he cqpne to Chicago when he was 19. He started his finan cial career as a bookkeeper for the Mer chants Savings, Loan and Trust Com pany. After leaving the cabinet Mr. Gage went to New York city, and be came president of the Central Trust Company. RESIDENT ROOSE VELT has an nounced file ap pointment of E. E. Clark, grand chief of the Order of Railway Conduc tors, to a. place on t'ue interstate com merce commission. Mr. Clark, who was a member of the anthracite coal com mission which set- E E Clark tied the big miners' strike of four years ago, was born in Lima, N. Y., February 19, 1856, and was educated In the public schools and Wesleyan seminary of his native city. In 1371 he went west and obtained employ ment as brakenian on a western rail road. and from then until 1889 went through the usual trt.als and hardships incident to tlie life of a brakeman. freight and passenger conductor. Ot the an nual grand convention of the Order of Railway Conductors, held in Denver in May, 1889. lie was elected grand senior conductor, and at the grand convention held in Rocherter, X'. Y.. the following year he was elected grand chief con ductor of the order, to which position he lias been reelected at every subse quent meeting or the grand convention— e having been held in Port- in May, 1905. Mr. Clark's experience in the actual , operatipn of railways fits him to be a jjnst arbiter between the railway compan ies and tlie public. His subsequent ex- idjustine the manifold ques- ruit go far enough. They wore not cal culated to stand a seige. Sir Henry Clinton crossed the Ashley river, and broke ground for his entrench ments within eight hundred yards of the American lines. By the ninth of April the last o lie had completed his first parallel—ex- j land. Ore., tending it across the neck, and had mounted ills guns as batteries. This work formed an oblique line seven or eigiit hundred yards distant from those of tlie Americans. Admiral Arbuthnot < porience in also succeeded in passing Sullivan’s is- j tions involved hi wage schedules has land, in spite of a heavy and weil di- j given him an intimate insight into the rected fire from Fort Moultrie, which earning capacity of railroads as well as was then in command of Colonel lT?7k- into their actual operating expenses of ney. The British fleet then anchored all kinds under Janies island, near Fort Johnson, out gunshot the town and just batteries. Having now obtained complete com mand of the harbor, tlie enemy sent a summons to General Lincoln, demand ing the surrender of Charleston. His answer wa? modest, but firm. “Sixty days have elapsed since it was known that your intentions against the town were hostile, in which time has been offered to abandon it. But duty and inclination point to the propriety of supporting It to tlie last extremity.” COMING TO THE GRIPS. On receiving this resolute reply to their FORGES CLEM KX- CEAU, French min ister of the interior, who is given credit by the French peo ple for crushing the recent alarming, riots which bad reached almost a point of revolution lias been for half a century the most radical of republi cans, the severest Geo Clemenceau critic Of every ad- summons the British commanders cepened I ministration and the scourge of public fire from their batteries, but their chief I officials. He had net or held office reliance was placed on sapping their way j eepting membership in ex- the chamber of into th<^ American lines. The governor, with several members of the council, went out into the coun try in the rear of the town, hoping to ‘ deputies prior to the recent election, and when upon the election of M. Eallieres. he was invited (o the most important post in the new cabinet, even his ene- assemble a large force in the rear and I mles were delighted. He has surprised left flank of the besieging army. Com- I hl « friends and confounded his enemies, munlcation with the country northeast j however, by reconstructing many of his of the Cooper was still open. The j ° ld doctrines, by really creative states- Ameriean cavalry had crossed the river, I manship, by declaring for individualism, and was stationed near Monk's corner, as against collectivism, and by the pro- ■about 30 miles above Charleston. To I nouncement that socialism Is at variance give additional security to this, the only j with every sound doctrine of the repuh- remaining line of communication, two: ! lie. He is said to have more friends ar.d militia posts were established, one below j more enemies than any other man in the Cooper and Santee rivers, and the other at a ferry on the Santee. At this latter post boats were to be collected, that the patriot army could cross, ment to the pleadings of the most prom- shouId , t be necP! : S ary to evacuate the inent citizens, and resolved to remain and to do the best he could with the men and resources at his command. In the defense of Charleston the con trol of the harbor was of the utmost importance. Hoping to retain this, ad vantage. congress had ordered four frig ates to South Carolina.. These, with the marine force belonging to the state, and two French vessels .were placed under I for the first time, in the the command of Commodore W hipple, i he wgg destin „ (1 to scollrse am It was represented bo Genera! Washing ton that a shin of the line could not town. In addition to these precautions, Lincoln sent some of his regulars to build entrenchments about 9 miles above Charleston, on Wanda, tlie eastern branch of the Cooper river, and on Lamprere's j Point. The state militia refused to enter j tlie town, but were more than willing to 1 defend these outside positions. And flow Tarleton appears on the country nd worry, like the veritable “war dog.” bis com- i rades called him. 9ir Henry Clinton re- cross the bar, and that even frigates ofj solvpd tQ put the Ameri can lines of eom- the larger class would have to be ca-j munlcat i on , and to obtain possession of reened to such an extent that their crews j the collntry east of the Cooper river. To do this, it was necessary to dispose of the cavalry stationed there. Tarleton was detached for this work, which must be done by stealth, if at all. Guided by a Tory through a secret route to the American camp, he surprised it at night. One hundred of the troopers were killed, and the rest saved themselves by plung ing into the swamps on foot, where cav- could not work them. LAYING PLANS. But when it came to the actual sounding of tee bar it wia® found that -the water was too shallow for the frigates to maneuver with any hope of success. Moreover in making the at tempt. they wouid lie exposed to till? fire of the batteries erected by the British. Taking everything into consideration, the airy could not follow. Tarleton cap- naval officers decided that only disaster could result from attempting operations at the bar, but that the fleet might oct advantageously in combination with the forts on Sullivan's island. I11 acordance with 'the decision. Commodore Whipple, on the 20th of March, move dhis ships in a line with Fort Moultrie, in a narroiw ipassage between the island and the mid dle ground. The Britjsh fleet soon after crossed the bar, the ships having been lightened by tho landing of their guns, which were re placed as soon as the shallows were passed. The ships then anchored in a spot ca/lied “five-fathom hole.’’ The Americans saw at once that, with th& small forces at their command, it would be impossible to prevent the enemy from passing Fort Moultrie, and taking a po sition in the Cooper river that would enable him to rake the shore batteries, and to cut off communication bttween the town and the back country. The plan of defense was therefore changed, and the American vessels taken Into the mouth of the Cooper river, and there sunk in a line from the town to “Shute's Folly.” It was at this Juncture that Lincoln should have evacuated Charleston. When thy circumstances were communicated to Washington by one of Lincoln’s officers, Lieutenant Colonel Laurens, he wrote in reply: "I have the greatest confidence in Gen eral Lincoln's prudence, but it really ap pears to m e tl» at the propriety of at tempting to defend the town, depended on the probability of defending the har bor, and that when this ceased, the at tempt ought to have been relinquished. In this, however, I suspend a definitive Judgment, and wish you to consider what I say as confidential.” But, as we have seen, Lincoln yielded to a natural Impulse of defense, and to the solicitations of the citizens, accept ing the almost certainty of failure, and the capture of his troops. The defences of Charleston had been entrusted jto a French engineer In the American service, and so far as they went, were far from contemptible. The trouble was, they did public Ufa TNSTON CHURCH- HILL'S determina tion to step from literature into poll- lies as evidenced by the announce ment of his candi dacy for the repub lican nomination for governor of New Hampshire re calls the fact that he has for some time divided his at- Winstou Churchill tion between lit erary work and the duties of a public servant. Following the celebrity he at tained through his novels “Richard Car vel” and ”The Crisis" he was elected a representative and served two years in the New Hampshire legislature, ending his tsrm in 1903. Mr. Churchill is only 35 years old, and a native of St. Louis, the scene of the action in “The Crisis.” He graduated from the naval academy In 1894, and ha^ been a writer ever since SS HELEN KEL LER, the deaf, dum and blind ge nius, whose re markable accom plishments in spite of her serious hand icaps have always excited keen Inter est, is now an of ficial of the state of •Massachusetts. Gov ernor Guild has just appointed her a Helen Heller member of the re cently created board of education for the blind. Miss Keller herself, an adept in industrial accomplishments, has always been a vigorous advocate of manual edu cation for the blind. The new board was provided by the Massachusetts leg islature main?;.- because of her earnest solicitation. Miss Keller's term will be four years. tured fifty wagons loaded with military stores, and four hundred horses. This was a bitter blow to the patriots. It was not only the loss of men, stores, and horses, a serious one In Itself, but ir left the whole country between the Coop er and Wanda rivers in the hands of their enemies. Closing the only route by which the beleagured garrison eouia have retreated. Lieutenant Colonel Web ster "Was placed In command of the Brit ish troops in this section. Sir Henry now began his second paral lel. Every day it became more evident that Charleston was doomed to fall. Lincoln could now at orn-e have evac uated the town, and fought liis way through Webster's lines across the Cooper river, but for the second time yielded to the pleadings of the citzens, backed by the civil government, not to abandon them to the enemy. it was a gigantic mstake. Had Lincoln retreated at this Juncture, when retreat was pos sible. he could have saved Ills army, and In all probability, the entire state as well, outside of the Charleston vicinity. Soon after the defeat at Monk's Corner, Clinton received a reinforcement from New York, of three thousand men. This accession to his forces enabled him to detach a large body of troops to the aid of Colonel Webster, Lord Cornwallis be ing placed in command of all the British forces on that side of the Cooper river. A COUNCIL OF WAR. An the 20th of April, General Lincoln called a council of war, in hopes thai some means of successful retreat could be levised. But. the time for such a movement had passed. Not only so, but the opposition of the civil government to any such attempt was still too strong to be disregarded. It. seemed to be the Plucked several leaves from a vine and belief of the official and principal clti- | told me to hang them somewhere and zens that the escape of the garrison j write the name of my best girl on them, would so Infuriate the enemy that he 'If they die.’ he said, ‘she does not love LOVE PLANTS OF WEST INDIES. (From The Philadelphia Record.) “Did you ever hear of the love plant?" asked Captain Atwater of the schoolship Saratoga, who was showing several vis itors over the old craft the other day. ”1 have several in the cabin.” He showed three small leaves attached to the ceiling by strings. They were with out any soil or foundation, but w«r* green, and from each there sprouted a dozen or more little leaves, greener and fresher than the main leaf Itself. "During our last cruise in the West Indies.” the captain continued, “I visited a deserted English fortress, which was grown over with shrubbery. A native would destroy the town and ruin inhabitants. Only one Americans during the siege. the you. If they sprout, she does. I put I my wife’s name on one and and my two sortie was made by the ! daughters’ names on the others You This was! see, although they have been without led by Colonel Henderson, Just as the j nourishment for three months, all throe are sprouting well and my family’s Continued on Fourth Page. I Sections seem assured.* 1