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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1911. ms 10 THE COAST IW Of GTOHfiH 0. R. Local Stockholders of Georgia R. R. and Business Men of Athens Generally Have a Fine Suggest! an Offered Them By a Traveling Man Who Knows iWhat He’s Talking About. VIDALIA DEPOT TO BE READY FOR NEXT FALL. Vidalla, Ga., Feb. 28.—Superinten dent II. B. Grlmahaw of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, J. T. Wright, gen eral manager of the Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad, and J. M. Turner, general manager of the Geor gia and Florida Railroad, were here today to make the final plana and lay oft the land for the new union pas senger station which the roads enter ing Vadllla are to build. The building will be at the intersec. tion of the three roads on Depot av enue and It is understood that each road will have an equal Interest in the finished building. Should plans for the extension of the Wrlghtsvlile, Ad rian and Lyons road to this place be carried out this road may be sold stock in the new terminal property and the buildings will be in a posi tion to care for the passengers of the Waycross, Baxley and Vidalla line when it is completed, a charter for which already has been granted. It Is the understanding of the people lu re that the station will be finished lor the fall business. Trainmaster Tucker of the M„ D, and S. accompanied Vice President Wright. . -- Augusta, Ga., Feb 24, 1911. Editor Athens Banner, Athens, Ga. My Dear Sir:—The enclosed clip ping explains Itself. With the Lyons and Wrlghtsvlile Railroad completed and the Waycross, Baxley, Lyons and Vadilia road completed there will only be be a gap of 60 miles to build be tween Wrlghtsvlile and White Plains In give Athens a direct rail route to South Coast and Southwest Georgia, Waycross, Jacksonville, Fla., and Key west and Havana, Cuba; the country between Wrlghtsvlile and White Plains Is very level and easy to btilld a railroad through at a very small cost for grading. Now, I wish to make two suggestions: No. 1, la for the newspapers of Athens to start an educational campaign by getting our people to study the map of Geor gia and learn Just where Athens Is located. I find Athens Is at least seventy-five miles nearer Havana, Jacksonville, Southwest, South Coast, Georgia, Savannah, Brunswick, Charleston, than Atlanta. Suggestion So. 2 is for the Athens Chamber of Commerce assisted by the Athens directors of the Georgia Railroad take this matter up with the Georgia Railroad, and Milton Smith, President of the I-ouisville and Nashville Railroad, and see If ar rangements can be made to fill In th sap between White Plaints and Wrlghtsvlile and run trains out Athens to Wrlghtsvlile Instead of to I'nlon Point, the Georgia Railroad al ready has a line from Union Point to the Plains, twenty-five miles of the distance between White Plains and Wrlghtsvlile is graded ami has been for twenty years. Athens business men have had to work for everything she now 1i.ib and will have to continue to work. If Ath ens Is to be the large city we would have her to be we must reach out for , new territory, our manufacturing and Jobbing trade must have additional territory if wo are to go forward and grow and the sooner our people find this out the belter, for we have now- slept to long, while others worked and took territory which by right of location belonged to Athens. Our lo cal directors of the Georgia Railroad If Interested might give this move ment a big boost at their annual meet' Ing In May, the business men of Ath ens have as much means and brains, to promote as any set of men I know of and if they enn be made to see the advantage of this extension as I do I am confident thnt they will take hold of the project and put It through When the Georgia Railroad built from Augusta, Oa., to Athens the first president and nil the directors but one were Athens men. Athens bus! ness men built the road from Athens to Lula and pushed It on to Tallulah Falls and made It possible for the peo ple of Clayton, Ga., and Franklin, N C„ to get the road later. Push and pluck of the Athens peo- pleple brought the railroad from Ma con to Athens when It was headed to another city; they also in like man ner secured the extension of the Gainesville and Jefferson to Athens. The same kind of push and pluck can secure an all-rail short line from Athena to Havana, Cuba. Keep this proposition before our people as you did the hotel movement and wc will secure this much needed out let and fill the hotel Georgian every night. Yours very truly, C. J. O'FARRELL. He Bought His Wife a Pair of Curling Irons— r ust Like a Man The baby lost her mother’s curling Irons—as babieB will lose them—put them where she knew where they were nil right but didn't think to tell mother where she had put them. The weather wag bad and mother naked father to get her a new pair. Of course he forgot them. Then the weather was good for a day and moth er Journeyed down town looked at the department atores, the hardware store, the drug atorei and the hook atores and finally found a tiny pair at the ten cent store. She bought them—because *he could not find a larger slie. That Is not quite accurate, either: She found at a hardware atore a pair curling irons. Carrying them home amused but he thought It was the amused expression caused by his cus tomer's own brightness. He was shown a pair of rusty ones pretty large and according to his usually- manlike superiority Just the right thing. He bought them getting what was said to be a good reduction on account of the rust—which the clerk said would come off with the applica tion of a piece of fine sandpaper. He bought them and the clerk amlled an other smile that was about three times the sire of the attempt at wit which the curler-purchaser parried the embarrassment he felt at buying curling irons. Carrying them home he displayed them with all the "II of the old fashioned kind fully five. told-you-U-could-flnd-thew" or six times larger than the little ones she got at the ten cent store hut as much too large as the little ones were too small. She showed i hem to father and with his confi dence of being able to find a larger pair and a aly self-satisfaction of do ing a neat little thing for mother by getting them and making up for for getting them, he (lipped out to the hardware store and naked for curling air of superior man. The good wife simply couuldn't help it—she laughed a rip pling, merry, hearty laugh. They were the same tremendous Irons the same clerk had showed her and she had turned down. The man still be lieves that the clerk knew he was the husband of the wife whom he could not fool Into buying the old- fashioned, nearly-a-yard-long, blg- as-a-walklng-stlck "hair tongs. American Stale Bank with $100,000 Cipital to Commence Business onApiil First. Yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the directors or the .University Savings Bank, It was decided change the name of that hank and after April the first It will be know as the American State Bank. The capital stock will be increased from forty thousand to one hundred thous and dollars with a surplus of thirty thousand dollars. A general commercial and saving: business will be conducted by the new Institution, and the Increase In the capital stock will be quite an ad ditlon In banking circles. The building which Is now occupied by the University Savings bank will he remodeled and a handsome stone trout erected. The University Savings Bank is of fleered by some of the best business men In the city and the success of this institution as well as the remark able success of the Georgia National Bank Is due to ther able nnd conser vative management. The new bank will start out with most flattering prospects and every Inducement In keeping with sound banking business will be offered.the public for their pa tronage. A Fierce Night Alarm. Is the hoarse, startling cough of a child, suddenly attacked by croup. Of ten it aroused Lewis Chamlln of Man chrstcr, O., (R. F. D. No. 2) for their our children were greatly subject to croup. “Sometlms In severe attacks," ho wrote "we were afraid they would die, but since we proved what a cer tain remedy Dr. King's New Discov ery Is, we have no fear. We rely on it for croup and for congbs, colds, or any throat or lung trouble.” So do thousands of others. So may you. Asthma, hay fever, lagrippe, whooping cough, hemorrhages fly before It. 50c and 81.00. Trial bottle free. Sold by W. J."Smith & Bro., and H. R. Palmer A- Sons. COMPLETE FREEDOM GIVEN PAROLED MEN. Governor Brown has discharged from parole the following peraons, who were paroled by Governor Smith In April nnd June, 1909: George Gardner, Cobb county, at tempted murder, ten years. Wallace Moore,' Meriwether, arson, seven years. Paul Lawson, Burke, murder, life. Will Tinsley, Terrell, attempted murder, three year*. Herbert Long, Fulton, burglary, the reformatory. Allen Sykes, Telfair, murder, life. J. L. Staenaker, Taylor, voluntary manslaughter, twenty years. There Is a general impression that a prisoner must be discharged from parole after twelve months If his con duct has been correct. This Is not true, however, the law stating that the discharge may be approved any time after the expiration of twelve months. It is discretionary with governor as to the length of time a parole is operative. John W. Sickelamlth, Greensboro, Pa., has three children, and like most children they frequently take cold. ‘We have tried several kinds of cough medicine," lie says, “but have never found any yet that did them as much good as Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy." For sale by all dealers. TWO WANT TO BE MAYOR OF HOUSTON. WEDDED IN THE DOMINION CAPITAL. Houston, Texas, Feb. 28.—A spirit ed political campaign culminated In the city primary election in Houston’ding of Miss Claudia Bate and today. Interest centers chiefly In the ( Frederick Peters In All Saints' •• contest for the mayoralty in which H. Baldwin Rice, the present Incum bent, is opposed by Jules Ilirsch. So Tired It may be from overwork, but the chances are its from an In* «ctlve LIVER —- With a well conducted UVER one can do mountains of labor without fatigue. It adds a hundred per cent to ones earning capacity. It can bekeptlnbMltbfnUctlon by, and only by Tutt’sPills take NasosnrruTE. Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 28.—Many guests from out of town attended the wed- Mr. hurcli today. The bride Is the daughter of- the late Lieut. Col. H. Allan Bate and Mrs. Bate, and granddaughter of Sir Henry Bate. The bridegroom Is the son of Colonel and Mrs. Peters of Victoria, B. C. CONTROL OF MEDICAL COLLEGES Chicago. III., Feb. 28.—State control of medical colleges was the principal subject discussed here today at the annual conventloa of the Confedera tion of State Medical Examining and Licenses Boards. Kills a Murderer. A merciless murderer Is appendl- cltia with many victims, but Dr. King's New Life Pills kill It by pre vention. They gently stimulate atom- ach. liver and bowels, preventing that colgging that invites appendi citis, curing constipation, headache, biltous.ieas. chills, 25c at W. J. Smith A Bra., and II. R. Palmer t Sons. CEMENT MEN HOLD CONVENTION Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 28.—The Northwestern Cement Products Asso ciation began its seventh annual con dition In Minneapolis today. In coir nectlon with the convention there is an elaborate exhibition of cement pro ducts and cement-making machinery. Has Millions of Friends. How would you like to number your friends by millions as Bucklen’s Ami- -a Salve does? Its astounding cures In the past forty years made them, it's the best salve In the world for sores, ulcers, eczema, burns, boils, scalds, cuts, corn i, sore eyes, sprains, swellings, bruise ,, cold sores. Has no equal for piles. 25c at W. J. Smith A Bro., and H. if. Palmer & Sous. PARIS GAY ON MARDI GRAS. Paris, Feb, 28.—Today was Mardt Gras and all France celebrated it with the usual gaiety and abandon. In Pari:, all business was practically sus pended while the people devoted themselves to pleasure and merry making. The parade of King Carni val was unusually elaborate and was witnessed by the tens of thousands of enthusiastic spectators. Games Are Worked Every Day on the Unsuspect ing Public. World’s Work Shows Scheme One of the editors of The World's Work received the following letter, ills comment published in the March number is below: Oscar Adams Turner. 42 Broadway New York. Confidential January 30, 1911 Dear Sir: I hope you will not be offended at the liberty I take in addressing you without a formal Introduction. I hap pen to enjoy a confidential source of information, from which I learn that you are a lo3cr on your mining stock ventures for 1910. I have been n pretty good loser myself, but I ought not to hare lost, because 1 should have foreseen the decline in the price of metallic copper. I should also have known that the non-divldend-paylng precious metals securities were not going to do any stunts in a generally sick market. I think I ought know just how you. feel over 1910 loSSCB. No more of either of these two kinds of securities for me—at least not for a season! I am going to re turn to first principles, and unless a return of my Investment plus several hundred per cent, is assured by ore in sight in the shape of constant dl vldends, I am not going to Invest. Maybe sou don't think this kind of "melon” lies around promiscuously. You arc right; It doesn’t That's my excuse for writing you. I have my finger on Just one—tile first of Its kind since 1901, when I promot ed Tonopah of Nevada at $1 a share on an 8 per cent, preferred stock basis, which later paid back the orig inal subscription money plus 12 per cent, dividends, while the common stock -.given share-for-share as a bonus, has paid to date 8? a share In dividends and Is selling In the open market at 88,25 to 88.50 per share. It Is not my purpose to give you more than an Inkling of the proposition in this letter. I don’t want to address myself to deaf ears. Just write me and say whether you would relish an opportunity such ns I describe to even up your losses , of 1910. 1 am pro foundly sure that I can be of great aervlce to you provided you do not delay your reply. If I hear from you promptly I will send you the facts by return mall and then you can Judge^for yourself. If, then, It doesn't appeal to you to be certain from the information I shall submit that your principal will be us secure ns a government bond and that several hundred per cent, profit Is more than probable, I shall Invite you to throw my communica tions In the waste-paper basket. Yours very respectfully, O. A. Turner. Now the man to whom this was 'confidentially” addressed never bought or owned a shnre of mining stock, good or bad, real or fictitious, In his life, and Is never likely to own one. He surely, therefore never lost a penny on "mining stock venutrea In 1910.” The "confidential source' such Information Is the essence of this particular game. Once a victim always a victim—that’s the principle that the writer of this letter proceeds on. And the astonishing thing Is that such an assumption Ib sound. On the face of It, you or I would suppose that there Is not a human being outside a lunatic asylum, fool ish enough to answer such a leter as this. But the hundreds of millions of dollars that men nnd women give away to these shrewd "psychologists” is, perhaps, the most discouraging fact about the intelligence of the Ant- erlean people. In educational reports there are carefully tabulated for us the num ber of Illiterates and the percentages of illiteracy. But Illiteracy Is as nothing compared with the Ignorance —the Simon-pure, hopelesa, helpless, degraded, Imbecile, unteaehable Ig norance—of the hundreds of thous ands of men and women who can write and who throw their money Into the smiling wallets of persuasive strangers that send them “confiden tial” letters about mysterious chances to get rich quickly. It would be bet ter for them if they were illiterate for the Illiterate arc saved from this folly; and It would he more Instruc tive if our educational reports gave us the percentages of these Incompe tents among our literate population. Query to the school musters: Isn't there something wrong with pur schools that turn out hundreds 01 thousands of persons with no common sense at all about money and its use? POST OFFICE Instead of Police or Park Board or Even City Elections Sensation Now in Atlanta. Do you know that of all tbe minor ailments colds are by far tbe moat dangerous? It la not the cold Itself that you need to fear, but tbe serloue dieases that It often lead* to. Most of these are known as germ diaeues. Pneumonia and consumption arc among them. Why not tske Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy and cure your cold wbllo you can? For sale by all dealers. CANADIAN MINING INSTITUTE. Qubec, Feb. 28.—Many visitors have arrived In the city for the annual meeting of the Canadian, Mining In stitute. The meeting will begin Its sessions at the Chateau Frontenac tomorrow and continue until Satur day. The most common rausu of insom nia It disorders of the stomach. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablet* correct these disorders and enable you lo sleep. For sate by all dealers. Atlanta, Feb. 28.—All the derelic tions of the postofllce past, present and those that may occur in the fu ture, are being raked up by the At lanta newspapers, and for the time at least, the department and'its system are being given some rather unpleas ant notoriety. There was recently made an unsuc cessful effort to Indict two of the Atlanta newspapers on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the govern ment out of postage on sample copies. In one case the grand jury refused to return any indictment at all and in the other the indictment found was thrown out of court on demurrer. Now, it seems, according to the pa pers, the postoffice department has certain faults of its own which have been ignored to a large extent in the past, hut some of which are now be ing extensively and conspicuously em blazoned to the public eye. Unnecessary delay or carelessness In handling the mailsMs one basis of the publicity which the postofllce is getting, and every time a letter Is heard of that goes astray for a week or ten days before reaching Its desti nation, a story is made of It. But the chief and most interesting foundation for the present publicity the department Is getting, Is Its so- called "spy system." Inspectors have been employed from time Immemnrtal lo ferret out cases of theft and tampering with the mails on the the part of employes, but the inspector system has never been worked so extensively as has been the case In recent years. Much has been made out of the fact, that in the construction of the new postofiice building In Atlanta, there has been placed In the room where the mails are handled a steel gallery with "blind windows" from which, without being seeh, an Inspec tor may keep a constant eye upon any or every employe he desires to watch. There Is no point of the mailing, mon ey order or stamp room but may be closely watched from this gallery, and the Inspector may even see his man in the toilet room, If he desires to watch him that far. That this "spy system,” this species of "Fouchelsm” as it has been called has demoralized the postofllce force and threatens Its disruption, Is the almost daily assertion of the local prosq. That the postofllce employes herrf are demoralized as a result of It, there Is no question. They don't know at what minute even nn Inno cent action may bo misinterpreted nnd they may be called to account as a result of it. None of the employes will talk for fear of losing their Jobs, hut some of them are talking quietly and not few are writing anonymous letters about conditions In the office and In the service. One man aaserts that "If a man is honest, be don't cure If lie Is watch ed ;* while the man under surveill ance declares, wherever he dares, that he Is growing nervous under the strain. “Go into the postoffice, If you can get there,” said one of the employes, "and watch the men for a while. I'll wager that within less than ten min ute you will see at least a dozen look furtively over their shoulders as If conscious that their every movement Is being watched.” The fact itself and the agitation of It, have gotten the men Into such a stew that nothing else is talked about among them. And along with it they are complaining of other unsatisfac tory treatment which la not In accord with what they have heretofore ex perienced. It is stated the depart ment’s plan of economy has resulted In a cutting down of the service here with a further result that more work Is being put on the individual man. The employes of the railway mall service are complaining particularly on account of the fact that 30-foot mail cars are being substltued on some of the Important lines for tbe more spacious 40-foot cars, because thereby the department will save both In transportation charges and in the smaller salaries paid to the mail clerks In the smaller cars. All of this, of course, Is but an echo of the movement on the part of the postofllce department In Wash ington to cut down expenses and try to put the department on a paying basis—a movement of which the mag azine publishers are feeling the weight, in anticipation, If not in ac tual Increased postage. Along with It comes the report that Postmaster Hugh McKee of the At lanta postoffiee has himself rebelled against some of the operations of the Inspectors’ force. There was a report circulated that Inspector 8. A. Clsler had been In practical charge of the Atlanta post ofllce for the last four months; had Issued orders and posted pronuncla- mentos around the office at will. According to the story, on his re cent trip to Washington, Postmaster McKee put it up to the department to abolish Clslerlsm or accept his re signation. Postmaster McKee insists that there Is no foundation for the story, nevertheless it has bad general circulation around the Atlanta office. PJ. Latest Mentioned Probable Senatorial Candidate Former Athens Man Now of Savannah. Atlanta, Feb. 28.—The possible candidacy for the United States sen ate of Col. Pleasant A. Stovall, editor and publisher of the Savannah Press, is arousing wide interest throughout the state. It has always been believ ed by bis friends that Col. Stovall would sooner or later be prevailed upon to enter the poltlcal field, and they hope that this will be the’occas ion. for they believe he would be an ornament to the high office left va- cant by the death of Senator Clay. It Is said that no man in Georgia is more closely in touch with political affairs than Col. Stovall, and what ever his action in this matter, it will he watched with interest. BO. AND IS. PEHEY LOSE LITTLE Ruby, Their Two Year Old Child, Died Last Night After Spell of Measle. Last night about 8:30 o'clock occur red the death of little Ruby, the two year old daughter of Dr. and Mra. J. L. Pendley. The little one bad Jus! practically recovered from an attack of measles, and it Is believed that the after effecta of the epidemic caused her death. The parents and four oth er children mourn the loss of tin bright little angel of the borne. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Dr, Pendley and family only recent ly moved to Athens from Toccoa but In their short residence here they have mado hundreds of friends who sympathize with them deeply In the sorrow which has come to their homer Attacks School Principal. A severe attack on school principal, ('has. B. Allen, of Sylvanla, Oa., is thus told by him. "For more than three years,” he writes, "I suffered In describable tortare from rheumatism, liver and stomach trouble and dis eased kidneys. All remedies failed 'till I used Electric Bitters, but four bottles of this wonderful remedy cur ed me completely," Such results are common. Thousands bless them for curing stomach trouble, female com plaints, kidney disorders, biliousness, nnd for new health and vigor. Try them. Only 50c at W. J. Smith It Bro., and II. R. Palmer & Sons. CONGRESSMAN McALL CONGRATULATED Washington, D. C„ Feb. 28.—Con gressman Samuel W. McAU of .Massa chusetts, who has been engineering the fight for Canadian reciprocity in the house, received the congratula tions of his colleagues today on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday an niversary. Mr. McAll was born In Pennsylvania, but has been a resi dent of Massachusetts ever since he was admitted to the bar In 1876, two years after his graduation from Dart mouth college. He has represented the Eighth Massachusetts district in congress for nearly twenty yenrs and Is among those who will continue to sit In the house after March 4. When you have rheumatism In your foot or Instep apply Chamberlain's Liniment and you will get quick re lief. It costs but a quarter. Why suf' t'er? For sale by all dealers. “I wish to say that I have used Sloan’s Lini- ment on a lame leg that has given me much trouble for six months. It was so bad that I couldn’t walk sometimes for a week. I tried doctors’ medicine and had a rubber bandage for my leg, and bought everything that I heard of, but they afl did me no good, until at last I was persuaded to try Sloan's Liniment. The first application helped it, and in two weeks my leg was well.”—A. L. Hunter, of Hunter, Ala. Good for Athletes. Mr. K. Gilman, instructor of athletics, 417 Warren St., Rox- bury, Mass., says:—“I have used SLOANS LINIMENT with great success in cases of ex treme fatigue after physical exer tion, when an ordinary rub-down would not make any impression.” Sloan’s Liniment has no equal as a remedy for Rheu matism, Neural gia or any pain or stiffness in the muscles or joints. Ptl«t,2Se„50e.«*1.00 Rlotn'i book on horiM, cuttle, ihMp nnd poultry sent free. Sr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mats., U.I.A. NATIONAL MEMORIAL 10 QIILTN VICTORIA Unveiling Will&Be Held in May. More Than Five Years Has Been Taken to Build. SOUTHERN LEAGUE MEETING. New Orleans, La., Feb. 28.—Presi dent Kavanaugh and other official! end club owners of the Southern lea gue arrived in town today for the annual apring meeting which is to be held tomorrow at the St. Charles hotel. The adoption of the schedule will be the principal business of the meeting. The schedule that has been prepared by the committee and which doubtless will receive the approval of the magnates, provides for a sea- son of 180 games, opening April 15 and closing September 10. If you have trouble In getting rid of your cold you may know that you are not treating it property. There Is nc reason why a cold should hang on weeks and it will not If you take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. For sale 4>y all dealers. WILL COME THRO’ COUNTRY FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO Formdr Athens Boy Now With Big Automobile Factory, Will Visit Classic City. In a few daya Mr. Toney Costa, bet ter known here where he lived for several year* as “Preacher” Costa, will leave Cleveland, Ohio, In a two- cylinder Winton car bound for Ath ens. He will make the trip of nearly a thousand' miles alone. He bas been for some time In the experimental department of the Winton motor car company's big factories. Tbla la the last day to make your tar return! today, you.will be subject to a double tax. London, Feb. 28.—The middle of May lias been selected as tbe time tor unveiling the National Memorial to Queen Victoria, which It bas taken more than fire years to build In the great circular space In front of Buck ingham Palace created and beauti fied by the art of Sir Aston Webb. No more appropriate time for the unveil ing of the memorial could have been selected. The Impressive exercises In honor of the memory of "Victoria the Good" will form a fitting perlude to the brilliant ceremonies of the oronation of her grandson that will follow a month later. Many of the royalties of Europe are to attend the unveiling. The colonial premiers and other stateamen who are to attend the Imperial conference beginning at the end of May will also have a part In the exercise*.' The Queen Victoria bemorlal haa been spoken of as the "Dreadnought" of great monuments. From start to finish the builders have kept the Idea of the durability of the monument In mind. Every brick In the deep foun dations and every block of marble in the massive suerstructure was care fully examined and pronounced per fect before it was put in place. The great monument as It stands com pleted represents more than 2,000 tons of marble, masonry and granite. Colossal la tbe only word giving an adequate conception of the size and imposing appearance of tbe monu ment. Tbe memorial as a whole con sists of n vast artistic framework that Includes so many works of art that iheir conception and execution alone might have filled half a busy man's working lifetime. There are numer ous statutes and low reliefs In both marble and bronze, to say nothing of the great flights of steps, tbe magnifi cent fountain basts, the retaining wall, the piers and bases. The central figure, of course. Is the statue of the Queen, who is presented with characteristic dignity. Tbe statue la of marble and is 18 1-2 feet high. Forming tbe background tor the Queen’s statue is a great marble base surmounted by a bronze figure of "Victory,” twelve feet in height. "Courage” and "Constancy" stand as attendant and contributory figures. At the opposite end, looking toward the palace which In I-ondon was tbe Queen's official home, is the Imposing group of "Motherhood.” To the right and left stand the marble groups re presenting "Justice" and "Truth.” From the great circular platform of granite, which ia approached by steps of stately breadth and comfortable shallowness, the spectator may ase below the vast water basins fed by fountains on the northern and south ern sides. On pedestals flanking tbe steps, front and back, are great groups in bronze of “Peace,” "Prog ress," "Manufacture*” and "Agricul ture.” Over tbe fountain arches are colossal figures representing "Bravery” and "Intelligence,” symbolising tbe army and navy and science and the trie. The retaining wall is enriched with many bronze panels symbolizing ; England's maritime supremacy.