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EDITORIAL PAufjc
THE SUNNY SOfJTH
MARCH 9, 1907.
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! around you. The perfumed zephyrs of her breath
C*^\W THPWT vhase out the morbid miasmas of your brain. Her!
**s'"*£ ^ ^ ^ A AX ] ianc j presses yours, with the soft invitation of the
Published Weekly by | incurable flirt. Her lips are on your lips, fragrant.
p ^ f* : warm with the vitality and the recklessness of
junny %jOUlfl PUOllJ fling 1*0 jyouth. Her arms gently wrap you about and her
Busine/s Office i "3 CS > long-laslied and dewy with promise, look with
1 a mocking challenge into yours.
THE CONSTITUTION BUILDING Tut,man!
By FRJIWK L. STANTON
ATLANTA. GEORGIA
£ntm'(! a? the poncofflce Atlanta, dn.yim neconil-clnns mail matter
.llurrh 13, l»0l
<* •**’ Sunry South is the oldest weekly paper of Literatures
Romance, Fadt and Fidlion in the South It is now re•
Jlored to the original shape and will be published as fore
mcrly every week & Founded in IS74 it grew until 1890,
when, as a monthly, its form was changed as an eseperie
merit It now returns to its original formation as a
weekly with renewed vigor and the Intention of eclipsm
eng its most promising period in the past.
The Fires of Spring ’
11, well, each of us have something of
the barbarian about us, after all.
Centuries of environment have
taught the animal lessons, lie mas
querades in the garb of culture. Re
ligion blunts his claws a little. He
An Execution Story..
A criminal whose day of execution had
arrived was asked by the jailor if he haa
j Are you going to be grave and silent and staid I any last favor to request.
'and despairing with this image before von? . I . h f ve ’ sir ’’ ea:d the condemned man,
1 .« 1 -1 I and >t is a very slight favor indeed.'
Can you not reject that which is unworthy, while j .. Wel i. if it is really a slight favor i can
she whipsers of youth and the possibilities that lie | grant it. what is it?”
ahead if self-control and self-direction take the “ I waRt a few peaches to eat."
^ J Peaches!” exclaimed the jailor; “why,
rudder. , they won’t be ripe for several months
A scant four months before she disappeared, ajjet.”
kio- whose gold and crimson domino had been i " Ue!1, said the condemned man, "that
. v , ee V it i ,1 • * I doesn’t matter—I’ll wait.”
stripped off by the brutal winter blasts.
You thought she had vanished for good anti all.
Yet here she is today, as free from cynicism, as
! confident of tomrorow and its fruit, as though she
j had-never passed through this harrowing experie-
j ince.
Can von 'not he as sensible, as hopeful, as trust
ful, as courageous as Nature, when seen in the | fess it?
I lavish mood of her favorite child?
Use the “fires of spring.” if you will.
Hut turn the flames upon the dross in yourself.
You will find they have plenty of material on
Inch to feed.
Convention lias pretty' well hedged \Ufye Sunny South-=Uncle
him round about with restrictions.
THE DANCING BROTHER.
1.
Life wasn’t any riddle
When I had my day an’ chance;
When Nancy piaved the fiddle
I was willin’ for to dance.
II.
Just any time was splendid
An’ ail my heart desired;
I was sorry when it ended—
Oh, I danced the music tired!
iri.
But I—I married Nancy;
How He Got a Verdict. No recess now she grants;
It was a case of breach of promise. When sues ylayin of the lidule
The defendant was allowed to say a f ve SOt to rise an’ dance!
word in his own behalf.
"Yes,” lie said, “I kissed her almost _ POETS GRIEF,
continually every evening I called at her ^sighed the poet, I sent six
house.” I poems to the magazine, and now they
Lawyer (for defendant)—Then you con- tel1 me *- has failed!”
"Too bad! But don't be discour
aged. Maybe they won't sue you for
damages.”
A SUNBEAM AND A DAISY.
I.
i ill not
they’re handy as can be;
Ain't overstocked with wisdom
twould run away with me!
Leaves from an Old
Scrap Book
By A GEORGIA COLONEL.
: J T
HE following tragi"- story of the e::-
cution of an alleged confed< rate
spy appeared in The Pulaski
Chanticleer of December I, 1863;
, „ . , ...... "Last Frida v the citizens and soldiers
much for riches—though , '• , . .
of Pulaski witnessed one of those pain
ful executions of stern justice, which
makes' war so terrible, and though
tioned by the usages or war. is no more
-for
Don't hunger for the hilltop where the than men in the device of thei r e untry
stars an storms you see j expose tbemselvps to every day. Sam-
Onlv want a sunbeam an' a daisy! ; b -el Davis, of General Coleman's st ints,
j having been found tmnin the federal
onl'ess it. But I
What do
Defendant—Yes, I do
had to do it.
Lawyer—lou hud to do it!
you mean ?
Defendant—That was th,. only way I
could keep her from singing.
The jury gave a verdict for the defend
ant without leaving- their seats.
Remus’s
1' lias been the effort of the manage
ment of The Sunny South in its
morn nee I’m talk-
111 er
liave
sometimes of
1 1 11,11
resentment, that tliejor
old ami tried Suilliv South was to Prisoner—The business is good enough. I
i . only between your worship and the nolice I
have its place 111 the attections of the jit hags been ruined. p
say .1)0-
Tamed, subdued, yet he is not sub
jugated. (let beneath the surface oi
the mildest mannered man or wom
an and you are tolerably apt to
find some little dormant, perhaps
some little innocent trait, which
traces a kinship with the things that
roam the fields and haunt the woods. One of the
most conclusive indications is found in the glee
with which mankind, irrespective of clime or sociai
status, turns toward the coming of spring, that sea
son of the year which might he called the beautiful
criminal—in that it is least amenable to fixed laws '
and most wholly devoted to following its own whim
sical caprice. 'The animal in the forest blinks lov
ing! v at the warm March sun, while lie shivers as
the inconsistent wind nips his winter-weather hide.
Man in the city follows his example with as sure an
instinct. The magic is literally in the atmosphere.
It is infectious, aggressive, irresistible. As the bib
ulous old tent-maker puts it. the meekest little man
feels a yearning which, if followed, would lead him
—“into tlie fires of spring, your winter garments of
:epentance fling. The bird of time hath but a little
■way to flutter; and the bird is on the wing."
Now. Omar is- not for undiscriminating minds.
His pessimism, laden with, the narcotic breath ofl.in article on Mrs. Bryan s
poppies, must be taken with a due amount of men-| issue, under the caption of
tal reservation. He is not to be accepted literally, j and the New Magazine." it is signed by “Bachelor j oiv ‘i <a6e involving a large sum of mone:
children. If von did not carrv l’arson." It expresses to a nicetv the attitude which, j J ud 5 e - 11 was th -
the management hopes the readers ot this publica- j **a friend, meeting smith later, said;
tion will assume toward the new one. ; “ ' r was surprised to hear that you won I
It is brimful of lovaltv to The Sunnv South. It'!j ]l f5 ca . se ’ 1 thou = lu the evidence was!
rather m Jones s favor.
Hits Defense.
| Judge—Have you anything
j fore sentence is passed?
j Prisoner—N-uthin’, only I wouldn’t be
| here it it wasn’t for ignorance of the
j law.
j Jmlge—Your ignorance of the law is
. . . no excuse.
present form to convince Us readers Prisoner—-Tain’t my i
that Uncle Remus’s Magazine is to 1 111 a,boilt - <it's yours,
complement, not supersede, the for-| A Eoiined Ftofession.
publication. Here and there *! a ^ a ‘ ra ! a bu.-giar.-i.ook here.)
1 ... . j 111% nian. if j on don t mend your wave l
been indications of regret, j >’°u are sum to co:n P to grief, wnat j
made you take to such a miserable line !
isiness ?
We hear of a miblislicv who is run
ning an automobile, six race nor;, v,
ami seven authors. There’s a full
team for you!
AT THE TURN O’ THE LANE.
I.
Where the long l ine turns
I guess we’ll be in clover;
Bui—what if it siic.iM turn too quick!
An’ tilt the wagon over?
II.
The hill top’s high to heaven, where
it seta the break o’ day.
An’ telis the world about it in a hal-
leluia way;
But—give to me the meadows, an’ the
4 music of the May,
Brighten d with
daisy!
Ilf.
The hills that rise above us—there
the thunder-trumpets cad;
A feller on the heights o’ them looks
wonderfully small!
The people in the valley are the hap
piest of all:—
Give me a sunbeam an’ a daisy!
ines with dispatches and mails destined
for the enemy, was tried on the charge
of being a spy. and being found v ilty,
was condemned to be hung betwee. the
: hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 6 o''<k
j s. m.. on Friday. November PL 1363.
! The prisoned was apprised of ills sen-
sunbeam an’ a tenee by Caiptain Armstrong, local ;ro-
j vost marshall, and though somewi ‘
i surprised at the sentence of death. -!id
j not manifest any outward signs of agi-
- tation.
“Chaplain Young, of the E’*:h;;. - firs)
Ohio infantry, visitel the prisoner, and
administered spiritual consolation. T!. -
prisoner expressed himself resigned ,
his fate and perfectly prepared to P
He exhibited a firmness unusual tor - ■»
of his age, and up to the last show" i
lively interest in the news of th
expressing regret when told of the deft t
of rBa.gg,
“The scaffold for (he execution of e
POF '
It's then than you will flounder.
While Life a lesson Icons
When the wheels fly off the wagon
Where the long lane turns.
NIPPING GENIUS IN THE BUD.
They tell this story on Joaquin Mil
ler; When he was a very-young man
no read one of his poems to a grutf , rrisoner was h ,„ t up , n lhe rk ige <-
old western farmer. lhe farmer | town . near thP seminary,
nanded him a dollar, with the words-. | which could be seen from any p
’Here! Go and get a hair-cut, and j town.
quit writin poetry!” I "At precisely !0 o'clock a. n-.fl the
j . . - 1 — ; ! oner was taken from his cell, liis
l'Hiam D an Howeils has reached, tied behind him, and, afi-onvaci
j ms seventieth year, and in his day | the chaplain of the Eighty-first <
jand time he has written lots of good
! 'ilerature; and yet. today his testi
mony is that there is very little money
in the literary business. He helps
edit a magazine on the side-—just as
the Billville brethren split rails, and
dig wells, and farm, while they keep
the literary pot boiling.
southern people usurped by the |
more pretentious magazine into!
which it is shortly to be merged. |'
Our whole line of reasoning bash
been directed toward demonstratin'
that the south bad attained such proportions from la '° lv - 1
Prison'
III.
This life, so rough an' ready.
Is less than fill our dreams;
Eut—keep the wagon steady,
An’ whistle to the teams!
THE TOWN PROPHET.
OLD-FASHIONED PHILOSOPHY. Earthquake.” he said, “will shake the
Trouble may be a blessing in dis- town
An’ swalier all the land;”
In Ireland | guise, but we’d rather have the hiess-.
Magistrate—This ain't the first time in S without frills. j And thus they tried to pin him down;
vou’ve been arristed for bein’ flroonk | ' “ Uhf ’ re then ’ sh ’> v -' in >ou stand?”
Prisoner—it’s injoostio-e yez <io me y’r I lf we a11 cached contentment just And then he answered rihgt away;
inner. - ' ' j when and where we set our stakes for I “Why, then I'll stand on what 1 say!”
Magistrate—Moimi pluvat ye say. Gi ve i we’d never have the pleasure of ! ,
j seen your face scores av toimes; and | seeing the world grow. 1 l ucre Is no mich person as the
too.” j j “spring” poet. The universal edito-1 duty.
... ... , isoner—Plaze. y’r anm-r. oi’m the! " e are never satisfied wilh a pint rial experience is—they write every "Prisoner, (with a smile—‘It do
a literary and industrial standpoint that it was j new barman at Mickey Doolan's. jof happiness, and so we keep on the j day in the year, and find the years I hurt me, captain; T am innocent, ti
deserving of more effective representation in the i _ — j road until we get a bushel measure | too brief to fill the bill. |i am .prepared to die. and do not
literature of the nation than it could furnish in the j ..» t a i ^ . on Hor ‘ eSt ^’ j of miser '• • n . -. . 7~ ~ ! OI lf -
, .. . ... I a journalistic dinner in New York, AutllOls find It profitable to do a | Captain Chickasaw then asked
t ill lent liiannet oi publication. Me desire to uigcisai-d an editor. **i on-f heard tiie late ! Never run a race with the devil oniiifile farming on the side, so that I prisoner if it would not have be- ■
was placed in a wagon, seated upo
coffin, and conveyed t the scuff
Provost Marshal Armstrong c-ond • d
the proceedings. At precisely five in.
utes past 10 o’clock tlie wagon c • ■)-
ing the prisoner, and the guar] c
tiie hollow square forme,j by the t;
in tiie center of which was the scuff- a.
The prisoner then stej ; ed from t
wagon and seated himself upon a lie
at the foot of the s a (fold. He disp -i
great firmness—glancing casually a .
coffin as it was taken from the v.. .
Turning td Captain Armstrong li. r
quired iiow long he had to live- and ..
told that he had just fifteen minnte-:
then remarke 1. ‘we would have to
the rest of the battles alone.’
“Captain Armstrong: ‘I am sor -o
eomfiellea to perform this r d ‘
Bie attention of tlie readers
William L.
ot 1 lie Sunnv South to
ii i ii ' „ • , 1 - story about an um
Household page in tins I .. Co]
"1’he Old Sunnv South running
Brown teii ,-,n interesting a plank road, for he’s ant to set fir
lit Ohio judge. I to the road and win the race, any
Brown said that when h,\ was Ihow.
th" Youngstown Vindicator -' I
money
when (he editors turn them down they
can draw on the potato hanks, tvhere
j they have full accounts.
1 i e is not a poet for
sound common-sense and a philosophy of your own
into a studv of his philosophy, you would likely
wind up in the madhouse—or the liar around the |
corner. j dwells, with reminiscent affection, on the part that | “‘Maybe it was,’ said smith, with a!
lie tells us in the lines quoted—and it is the epi- j periodical has played in the history of this section, j cunning smile. 'But, you know, the judge !
tome of his reasoning—that since time is all too land the success with which it has engaged the a <l- j the'ea'se'end'll' S r se*u ,0 !du-' TictiTl'T ’
short we had best he about putting it to advantage j miration and adherence of staunch southerners | gmg him to accept an inciosure of'ssooz
in pleasures that too often assume the nature of [from the Potomac to the Rio (irande. ! ” 'Why; said the othe; yi should think
“Bachelor Parson” also shows the future which t!,at vvoulcl liave nia( k
case.’
" ‘To ibe cure it would
IN TWO PARTS—PART II.
By HELEN HAKCOURT
Written for The SUNNY SOUTH.
tale
vices.
It is not necessary to an enjoyment of his poetry
cr an appreciation of the essence of spring that we
tear penitence threadbare, tread human and divine
law under foot and proceed on the assumption that
veil “eat and drink, for tomorrow we
..->u lose
we might a
die.”
There is just enough of the suggestion of law
lessness about spring, however, to make an ajjpeal
to that love of riot and license put down by cen
turies of training and singeing at the wings at the
tempting candle.
The point we make it this:
That “the fires of spring” can be used to consume
11
-riid Smith, with (
'only l signed j
is opening before the southern states, lie illus
trates how it can he infinitely promoted by the con-j another cunning smile,
servative assistance of just such a journal as Uncle | Jones s name -’ ”
Remus's Magazine. An Employer.
He takes the viewpoint, all along occupied by Magistrate—\ytiat is you.- occupation
The Sunny South's management, that the best! Rrisoner—r am an employer of labor
talent in southern literature and the most success-
prisoner—i
your honor. ;
- , ... . Magistrate—Well, what do you do?
tul representatives ot southern finance and Indus-: prisoner-i tma employment for such
::y demand an expressive medium which shall j gentlemen as yourself and prison otti- 1
-how their real value to the nation at larpe. c-rais.
. T r i 1 Sentience—Six months hard,
lie finally argues, and m most convincing fash-, _
ton. that the thousands of men and women who | Just as Well.
have followed the fortunes of The Sunnv South ! -Prisoner, why did you
- , , , . , , ... , throw that plate at your wife’s head?
Liie silks and satins of vices, and the dross ot de- these many years will vastly profit by the change j Accused—Nothing else was at hand, i
praving and hampering habits as well as to reduce now about to take place; that all their old favorites honor,
to ashes^the "winter garments of repentance.” j will be retained, with a national instead of a north-! All His Trade
For it is in spring that human hope, buried deep j ern audience, enjoying their finest thoughts and j judge—w-hat is your trade?
in the winter, revives, buds and blossoms, as do the labors. Prisoner (who was caught in
flowers in the country fields, or the shrinking tuft We commend the article in question to our
of grass oppressed by the hard-wedged bricks of readers. It sets forth what we believe to be the
the city pavement. : typical attitude of The Sunnv South readers to-
The world shakes off gloom. Nature becomes an j ward Unce Remus’s Magazine. It adduces unan-
IfOUG 11 deeming tiie
brought to him by tiie
tive lifer of tiie retreat 1 11
of the advance corps, the
fabrication of a coward,
Washington at once hast
ened forward to set all
doubts ai rest. He had
ter for him to have accepted tl" e
for life, upon the disclosure of fact- i
his .possession? when the prisoner
swered with much indignation:
” ’Do you suppose J wo. ,.| bet. l
r! J would die a t .
times first.”
was then questioned upon
| matters, but refuse,] to give any
I .nation which could be of servo
( "Toe prisoner then mounted ti f-
i fold, accompanied by the chaplain, .1.
f halted. Officers went hurrying about in! Y ?" n8 ; . whom he requested to
every direction, their orders ringing "' lth JV” 1 , hl3 execut,on - I-..
- ve ti,.- roar of the guns of the ad- P,, '’ r then ^ ’ ’
vanning enemy. The ranks opened, and, rope was adjusted .ner!
under a galling- lire from the British,
How Washington Turned the Tide>^
<8 At the Battle ojr Monmouth >8
i the cap drawn over his head. In
fugi- wheeled* and” formed in Tplendid^oVder! i n,ent , Ul ® trap ^ as sprung, and tin
! oner tell suspended m the air. i
few moments he struggled \\:
hands and feet; this was succeed*-.t
a sligitt quivering of the body. -
ceased at titree and a half min
!from the time lie fell. After bein
pended seventeen and a half mi.
the officiating surgeon (D. W. V.
Sixty-sixth Indiana), pronoun.-'
prisoner dead, and he was cut '
spot was favorable for making
stand. Jt was rising ground to which
the British could approach only over a
narrow causeway. Colonels Stewart and
Ramsey were statiqned with two batter-1
ies under coyer of a woods to protect
them and keep the enemy at hay. col
onel Oswald, with two field pieces, was j
gone hut a short distance posted on a height near by with the j
when he met other fugi- same purpose
tilt
t.ves who confirmed the Having completed these last arrange-
lilers story. Colonels Har- meats with lfis usual clearness and
risen and Fitzgerald were decision, Washington returned to Lee.
then .sent at fttid speed "Will you retain command on this
to learn she exact truth, while Wash- height or not?” lie asked. “If you
ington himself spurred past Freehold will, I will return to the main body,
church. Between that point and tHe and have it formed on tiie next,
morass beyond it, he met two regiments height."
in disorderly retreat, exhausted by -it is equal to me where I command.”
boat and fatigue. Galloping up to tiie answered Lep, who had not expected t
otficer at their head, Washington asked to he allowed to have any further com- |
i if the whole corps was retreating. The mand at all.
i officer replied it was. j -f expect you will take proper means
Washington looked at him an instant for checking Hie enemy,” rejoined
i in silence. It seemed incredible. There Washington.
i gam- j had 7T£en very little firing. H e had re- “Your orders shall be obeyed, am. r
wed no notice from Lee. *.ven yet shall not bo the first to leave the field,”
Judge \\ hat were you doing in there j lie felt inclined 10 doubt, when suddenly was the reply,
when tiie police entered? j tlie heads of several columns of th e ad- A sharp cannonade by Oswald, Ram-I
Prisoner—I was making a holt for the i vance began to appear in the road he- sey and Stewart brought the enemy
door - ! fore him. Then doubt was at an end. to a stand. This gave Washington
hi ing house raid)—I'm a locksmith.
and placed in his coffin. it was sap-
posed, from tiie protracted animation,
which the prisoner exhibited, that the
fall had not broken his neck, and that
he died by strangulation; but upon
subsequent examination his neck was
found to be completely broken.
"Mo fell one whom the fate of war
cut down in early youth, and wh > ex
hibited traits of character which, nder
other circumstances, might lmv made
him a valuable friend and member of
society."
. , , , . , , r i „ _ .. . , ! On e of the first of the retreating of- time to hurry back to bring his own
ptmust. Cheer and encouragement are on evert jswerable reasons for supporting the latter, with all j Quite Satisfactory. fleers to nd e up was colonel sin-eve. division into action, tie was satisfied
find. ! the lovaltv accorded the periodical in its present) Magistrate—(to -prisoner)—You were I Washington, shocked and alarmed, asked that, even though Lee should weaken
| seen ‘by the officer dodging about the ! him the meaning of the retreat. The again, his men would not
I back streets and evidently trying to colonel smiled significantly. He did not his order to retreat unless compelled!
j avoid meeting any one. You were, there- j know. No one hut Lee did know. There by
i lore, arrested by the said officer on the I ‘- ;ld been very little fighting, only a hi
I charge of
! But, he that
[to be a res
! if you can give a satisfactory reason for i at . that moipe " t ’ 1 , wo are '° U1 ' >y Vv ’f! GRADUALLY FORCED BACK,
your suspicious actions when arrested. i who were with h m. was terrible U t.h And now the battle began again
Prisoner (brokenly)—I—f—-was wearing, ! a burst of, indignation that star Led v . i[h redoublcd fl .ry. The advance
your honor, for the first time, a necktie, ! around him. he plunged tne lowols co ,.p S could not tong withstand the
a birthday—present—from—my wife, and “ lto his steed, and launched forward
X wad afraid to m-meet any ” ! hhe a bolt from I lie skies. A moment
Magistrate (promptly and decisively, later only a cloud of *<ast told where
lout visibly affected)—The prisoner has tie nn-.q his aides sped onward. Those
the sincere sympathy of th e court, and
is honorably discharged.
The dimpled little goddess coquettes vaguely j form.
Room for the Commonplace in Art
HOW PECK BRAGGED.
The Charleston Courier published -.
following with the statement: 'VCV
copy the following for the amusemon
of the tiling, for Major General J' ck
can ouibrag a Chinese or a Mexican:
“ ‘Army and District X. C..
“ ’Newhern, X. C.. Feb. 10, 1864.
“‘General Orders No. 15;
“The commanding general, learning
. j |of the desperate advance of the rets 1
' - j hordes upon his lines in quest of
HAT conditions are most
favorable to the pro
duction of great poet
ry ? Francis
the embellishments
Tt is strange
that Mr. Grihble fails to recognize the
fact that a poet capable of producing
. such effecs is at least an artist of un-
Gribble common merit, and that it is absurd to
attempts to answer this describe his mind as commonplace,
question in an article I A DEFINITION,
on Henry Wadsworth]
Longfellow in the Fort
ies ‘Evangeline’) was made onl.f after
careful consideration. As might have
been expected, such an innovation (for
innovation it certainly was) called
forth a storm of criticism. Superficial
critics, primed with laws or classical
prosody, readily found flaws to pick.
GOOD JUDGEMENT.
Longfellow, in his artistic
.' ‘ 1 t “ T. ,, meat, clothing, and plunder, gave .
weight ot circumstances. The rally {. - , f ' ’ ,,
ted by -the said officer on the I hail heen very little lighting, only a had been a glorious triumph of tiie i . V : ’ ° absence an. ias 1 * .
being a suspicious character. I skirmish with the enemy’s cavalry, and power of one master mind which hat. I . , i o nma.ii. no .o mm
at as it may. as you appear j the X bad hoen repulsed. He had obeyed checked those demoralized troops and ,] j bark u ie en e mv as t^sharc^ •'
ispectable person, 1 will dis- F*?' s orders retreat - stcailicd them to form in line of battle t hem the honors toil's and cri a ' -R'h
from the custody of the court J he expression on Washington’s face ,under the very fire of the enemy. the opening campai^t
It should not be necessary to re
j mind a professional critic that it i:
one thing to possess a commonplace I treatment of tiie meter, proved his
nightly Review for the ml,id and quite another thing to good judgment as thoroughly as Bryant
present month. A poet)able to impress readers of every c.e-
of the first rank,” lie ; gree of intellectual power and culture
contends, "Longfellow j with the beauty that inheres in homely
obviously was not, and, j virtues, in simple human sympathy.
for obvious reasons, jand in every sincere expression of hope popularity of ‘Evangeline’ demonstrat-
could not liave been. The manner of | or resignation amid the struggles and j ed that the form commended itself to
liis life presented insuperable obstacles. I sorrows of the world’s everyday life. | the masses as well as the cultured few,
His very virtues stood in his way, it is precisely in Ills ability to give anil that previous failures were due to | y° ur name?
showed liis good judgment in its re
jection in favor of one that he was
most capable of handling. The instant
heavy shocks to which they were ex
posed. Swept by the British artllery
and held under a steady fire, the Amer-
, icans were gradually forced back over
who looked on him then, with his usually t|u , field They fou g ht wit h stubborn
pale face flushed and his blue e-yes ■ bravery, feeling that the fate of the
Naturally.
storm was
battle
emitting fire, knew that
soon to burst somen-5ere. ile swept in t | iey finally
Judge—You say the defendant turned \ a headlong gallop up to the van of the
and whistled to the dog. What followed?
Intelligent Witness—The dog.
Traveling- Incog-.
Magistrate—Wihy didn't you answer to
retreating army, and the moment his
well known white horse was seen, the j
since they were virtues which a great
poet cannot afford. The great poets
have either lived in revolt, like Byron
and Shelley, or else they liave lived in
seclusion, like Wadsworth. Longfel
low did neither of these things, but
took a conventional middle course.
The one great sorrow of his life came
nfter liis work was done, too late to
be a part of education. For the rest,
his life was placid, happy, uneventful.
that touch of nature that makes the j unskillfulnss in use rather than to any
whole world kin that the greatness j inherent obstacles in the form itself."
of Longfellow consists. Some very i The s.^ne authority observes that in
brilliant poets liave been far less pop- I adopting the trochaic meter of t>-
ular because they have lacked that I Finnish runes of “Kalevala” in “Hia-j
power, or, at all events, liave not I watha,” the poet gave another proof!
exerted it. Longfellow talked to the !of his excellent discriminatii/i in the
Vagrant—“Beg pardon, your worship,
but I forgot wot nam e I gave las’ night.
Magistrate—Didn't you give your own
name ?
Vagrant—No; I’m traveling incog.
.uu
people in the language of the people j matter of metrical form, ^
about tiie things in which all good ' more suitable setting could have been
rested on their endurance, but
recoiled on the reserve
corps.
On tliis corps, also, tiie veteran le
gions of tiie enemy rushed with deaf-
brave troops, who were anxious to light | en i n g shouts. The grenadiers pressed
rather than to flee, sent up a shout that furiously forward with fixed bonnets,
was. Tfeard the whole length of tne line. - , j, e cavalry hung like a dark cloud on
“Long live “W ashington was the cry , t | 1(? fl ank s of the devoted band, while
that rent the air. j the steadily advancing cannon galled
HI5 ASPECT TERRIBLE. J the ranks with a terribly destructive
Galloping t-o the rear and reining up I fire
bis horse beside Lee he leaned over his The whole line began to waver,
saddle bow and thundered in t/ie ear of Washington had not yet come up with
the shrinking general; “What is the the main body, and every moment it
meaning of all this, sir?” Lee hesitated seemed as though Lee’s army would
in liis answer. “I desire to know the he thrown back in disorder upon tiie
Came of Bad Stock.
“Why will you persist in leading a life
of crime? - ’
"H’m afraid it's heredity, your honor; : reason of all this disorder and con- hurrying rear division. Just at this
human-hearted men and women are found for these'simple legends wafted ' m y grandfather -was a minister's eon.” -fusion.” was again demanded, still more moment, when disaster came very near
interested. He lias been called tiie j ..own from a race in its childhood, j sternly. Lafayet’e, who was at Wash- the American army, Washington gal-
busy, devoid of exciting Incidents, hi. t j poet laureate of the Anglo-Saxon home. [But. he adds: “If in the metrical form j A Hard Fought C’ase. ! ingtori's side, "tells us that liis aspect loped up and rapidly formed his divi-
full of trivial duties. ... It was but few poets have been more widely j of ‘Evangeline’ the poet had ignored! A youns lawyer not noted for inteili- j was terrible, and that It was not so sion in front of the enemy. He saw
an admirably rounded life—on the j read in lands not their own. (conventionalism, in that of ‘Hiawatha’j genoe succeeded in having a client ac- much the worjls as the smothered tone at a glance the extent of the danger,
whole a very useful life—but it was It is not necessary that a poet he actually defied it. Routine critics, quitted of murder. Meeting a friend a of passion in which they were uttered, and strained every nerve to avert it.
not the sort of life in which a man'should make good his claim to dis- who never can and never will endure few days afterward, the lawyer was : an( j t be manner, which was severe as a His orders llew in every direction,
of genius can come into his kingdom, | tinction by proposing new answers to I anything not sanctioned by age and greeted with warm congratulations, says b ] ow that made this rebuke so crush- while full on his center rushed the
indeed, the sort of life which one j old and baffling questions. Is that j usage, stood aghast at the poet’s , The 'Memphis Commercial-Appeal.^ ling. ; shouting battalions of the British.
Wheeling bis horse about he spurred Both bis right and left flanks were
“ ‘He returns liis thanks to General
Palmer and Colonels Jourdan, Amory
and Claassen. and to all the officers
and men of their commands, for tiie
gallant repulse of Major General Pick
ett with more than twice their num
bers. The moment was seized upon
for executing a long and well-prepared
plan, when many of the troops wen
on furlough as veterans. On tills oc
casion the enemy found, by bitter ex
perience, that all our men were vet
rans.
“Those regiments that were with tin-
commanding general during the siege
of Suffolk have earned fresli laurels in
tliis late triumph over the troops of
Pickett. Armistead, Kemper and Hoke,
their old adversaries under Longstreet
and Hill.
‘By command of
“MAJOR GENERAL PECK.
‘Benj. B. Foster. Assistant Adjutant
.General.’ ”
THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON
I reproduce from the old war sera-,*
book two clippings in regard to the siege
of Charleston:
One Hundred and Ninetieth Day.—The
enemy continue to vent their imipotent
malice upon tiie city, a steady bombard
ment having been kept up since our last
report. A few buildings have sustained
some slight damage, but we are happ:
to state that no further casualties have
occurred. This is the more remarkable.
expects a man of genius to consent I the business of a painter, a sculptor, i temerity. Here was an American) Yes, ^ said flie lawyer, mopping liis
to live." The argument here seems | a musician? The artist has properly .writer who had actually offered some- brow, “I got him off, but it was a nar- ' 0s ” aId - s and g tewa rt’s regiment, threatened at the same time; yet calm | considering the number of people who
ro be that Longfellow’s existence j nothing to do with metaphysics. It is, thing without precedent in English lit-j n'an-ow escape! How?” ! saying: “On you I depend to check this and collected, Washington. sternly) fro ™ an intense curiosity to witness the
lacked the stimulus that is indispen-j for him to portray, to give to sent!- erature. The very novelty of the poem I “Ah,"the tightest squeeze you ever saw. pursuit.” Then, riding aTong tiie ranks watched tiie oncoming storm, and ! effect of lhe shells, are constantly ex-
sable to the hi.erhest poetic Inspiration; ment its clue form of expression—not j subjected it^ to criticism, ridicule anc. j you know I^examined the 'witnesses and ! he raised the courage of the men to the never for an instant thought of re- posing themselves to danger. Groups of
but tiie critic, passes immediately from ! to explain. The medium proper^ to even abuse.” But parodies and criti- j nlade t he argument myself, the Pica be- . highest pitch by liis stirring appeals to treat. small boys aye frequently met with
cisms have long since been forgotten, | j ng self-defense. The jury was out two . their love of country and liberty. And Never did tiie military genius of the ! spades and shovels in hand, waiting, for
the conditions under which Longfellow i science and philosophy is prose. But,
wrote to the limitations of his mental as Mr. Gribble admits, Longfellow
endowment. “The astounding marvel,
indeed, to the student of Longfellow’
work is that a man with so common
place a mind should occasionally write
so well.” says Mr. Gribble. “He often
clothes the commonplace so beauti
fully that one almost fails to recog
nize it for what it is, and that no
doubt is one of the explanations o'
his popularity. His ideas, as well a-'
liis language, can he understanded of
the people. They roughly correspond
with the ideas that the people hea-
in church, and yet they seem to be
original through the novel beauty of
could paint a picture and tell a story.
He was, therefore, an artist, and in
;ome respects he was a very original
artist. "Longfellow,” says a competent
tudent of his works, “more than any
ither American poet studied the tech
nique of his art. His comprehension
>f the laws of versification was so
'borough that his selections of appre
ciate meters came to him as by in-
and the poem itself, as the nearest ap- I w hole days. Finally the judge called j a™ a j n that glorious shout of “Long live < ommander-in-chief show forth more
proach to an American epic, continues them before him and asked wliat the . tVasfiington” shook the field from end brilliantly than at this momentous'
to be a favorite with learned and un- | trouble was. to end. juncture. Ordering, up Stirling, with
learned alike. ’ ‘Only one thing, mj loid, re r'“ a | The sudden gust of passion that had his artillery on the left, and the other
In a sphere that is pecuBarly the | foreman. ^ 'PapJJjntea 'by 1 the moved th c great patriot as none had ever portion of the army to advance, he
artists’ own. then, Longfellow display-; tabled _ by him or appointed oy | seen lllm before had passed by. But calmly watched the effects of these
erl a daring - originality. The
trait was exhibited in his
. «. No * gentlemen, the prisoner is a man i the fierce energies that even slumbered movements. Stirling came up at ~
holoe of ; 0 f ^means/ said the judge, ‘and engaged i in his breast were now fairly roused, furious gallop, unlimbered his guns,
similes and metaphors, though he was j own counsel.’ • He galloped here and there on his snien- and poured such a sudden and well-
occasionally unfortunate In that par- cou .i^ not see what (bearing the ques- i charger, his commanding figure tow- directed fire upon the enemy as aston-
ticular. As a rule his figures of speech | fj OT1 on the evidence/* continued the j er j n g above. Many that day Irfoked on ish^d them and caused them to recoil.
*tinct. The almost uniform failure of .are strikingly appropriate and orig- j lawyer, s but ten minutes later in filed ; awe as the impersonation of At the same time Knox, with his can-
i-rlters of English verse in dactylllc . inal—they are never commonplace or the jury, and what do you think the ver- : a]1 that is grea test and most heroic in non on tiie right, began to thunder on
diet was?” i 1 the dense masses, while the brave
Mr. Gribble admits this
hexameters might well liave deterred too obvious.
him from any prolonged effort. . j
His resolution to adopt this form (for | Continued on Fourth Pago,
•What?” asked hie friend.
“Why, not guilty, on the ground of in
sanity.”
In a moment the whole aspect of the:
field was changed. The retreating mass I
Continued on Fourth Page.
the next shell to fall and dig it out. Some
of the missiles thus secured have been
found buried in the ground some six and
seven feet. The largest number picked
up are of the email Ward pattern.
The total number of shells fired since
the enemy opened Monday afternoon to
half-past five o'clock Tuesday evening,
is reported .to ibe. five hundred and fifty-
eight, of which on e hundred and fifty-
three were thrown during' Wednesday
night and Thursday.
Wjthin a day or two the enemy have
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