y
to
Birvgcn on the Rhine 8
)&ax5jS)
JV noldlcr of the LckIoii, lay djtiiK Im
Algiers,
iTIiero wns Inrk of woman's JiurslnB.
thero 'was tlenrth of wotmin'a tears.
Hut a comrade Moot! beside him, while
IiJt llfc-blovil e)bfd nwny,
And hotit with pitying glances, t hear
whnt ho might nay.
Tho dying soldier inhered, nn took Hint
comrado's hand,
'Ami tie wild; "I never mom hull ice
my own. my native Intnl.
ITitko u moesnRC and a token to xnmu
j dlHtnnt friends of mine,
For f was horn nl lllnKen, nt lilngen cn
thu Ithluc.-'
Toll' my brothers nnd coui(nlMn, when
they meet nnd crowd mound
Tt lionr my mournful story, In tho pleiix-
,, tint vlnoynrd ground,
Vint we foiiBht the Imttlc hrnvely, nnd
when tho day wins done,
rid! iilnny n corpse lay Khnxlly. pule, be
. ,nenlh tho setting mm.
And mid tho ddid nnd dying, were sotno
grown old In warn,
'We death' wound on their Kiillunt breasts,
' 'tho Innt of mnny bciiis,
lint Homo wcro young, nnd suddenly be-
held llfo'H morn decline.
And ono hnd eomo from lllugch, fnlr
' ' JIIiircii on tho Ithlne."
i
''Tell my mother Hint her other Hons
( shnll comfort her old line,
For I wnn ayo n truant hlrd, that
thought his home n cukc;
For my father wus a nohllcr, mid eviin
an n child,
My heart leaped forth to hear him lell
' of hIiiikkIch fierce mid wild. '
And .when ho died, uud left iih to divide
hi ficnnty hoard,
f let them tnko whato'tr they would, hut
kept my father's iiword,
'And with boyish love, I hung It whete
tho bright light used lo hIiIiii.
On (ho tot tan o wall at Hitmen, crl.-n
lllugcn on the Rhine.
"Tell my Ulster not lo wuup for me, anil
sob with weeping head,
iVVhei) tho troops are marching homo
iiKaln with gay ami gallant tiead,
'li'il to look upon them proudly with
calm nnd HtendfiiHt oye,
'For her brother vn n soldier, lt,o, and
not afraid to die.
'And If n comrado peck her love, I ask
her In my name.
To listen to him kindly without regret or
nhnme.
And to hang tho old xword In Hh place
(my fatlier'H nword mid mine)
For the honor of old HltiReii, dear llcugcn
on tho Ithlne."
Ill.-i voice grow faint and hoariter, his
KruHi wiih childish weak,
His eyes put on ti dying look, he sighed
and ccuscd to Hpcak.
Ills comrado hent to lift hltn, hut the
lipnrk of life wus lied,
A soldier of the Legion, In a foreign land
wna dead.
And tho soft moon rose up xlowly, and
calmly nlio looked down,
On the red Hands of the, battle Held with
bloody corpses strewn.
Voa, cnlmly, on that dreudful we lie, her
' ..imlo'llght seemed to shine.
An tfhoim on dliittuit Hlngen, fulr lllu-
gen on tho Ithlnu.
-air. Norton.
Turn Pnink nf Vinw
I inv wmiiv vi tiviii
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' nV MAItY MAUSHALIi PARKS.
(CopyrlKht 1901: by Unlly Story Pub. Co.)
A; mocking uiru, uruuie with sttn-
hIiIiio and tho scent of apple blossoma,
waj flying from trco to treo nnd carol
ing eCHtntlcally nn animated spring
hoiIb gono mad.
From Uio door of tho little brown
ltotiso at tho head of the orchard
omerged a weo, rosy maiden, liersulf
us dainty and sweet as an applo blos
wiin! ' Her halt was primly brushed
liaclt nnd tightly plaited, and her ging
ham dross was a mlraclo of crisp
HtarchluosB.
Hlio ran down tho steiw, across tho
yard, and pcored through the lilac
Itedgc. A Innlty, slovenly boy of four
teen wns stretched upon tho grnBi,
deep In a hook.
"Hob," Mho said, In a stago whls
por, "como here."
''What tU you want?" drawled tho
boy, without moving.
"Como boro! I've something to toll
you,"
Ho arose slowly, shaking back his
unkempt hair, shtt(lllng his uulacwi
-BMi.v-
"rtoh," she said, In a stage whisper.
HrowtiU placo, and slouched ncros
the yard,
VMr, Ames proposed lo Aunt Lucy
lust night, and I heard him."
"Oh, go 'way!"
"Ho truly did."
"Wluit'd ho any?"
"Vou see, I was In tho hammock In
tho pritpp nrbor, n;d they didn't know
1 wiih there."
"Matching!" said the boy, scorn
fully. '
"1 was noil I was listening to the
mocking hlrd. It wnti spinning among
Hit) apple blossoms and singing llku
u crazy thing, just as II Is doing now.
1 think It sang nil night, for 1 hoird
"it1 'Whenever I 'woke. What do you
.uupposo It does that for?"
"I dtlutio. Hoc utung It mebbe, (Jot
jonSvHb your rat killing."
'"Woll.'l dldii't notice a word they
tmld until I heard a chair ucrape
ucrona iho porch, and ho cleared his
khroat tremendously. Then I peeped
(tbrouch tbo loaves. Ho was slttlpg
retry closo to hor, uud he said:
J 'Mlsa Phillip, 1 I you must luv
seen -I Mint In, you must know I
I ' Ami then ho kissed her."
Her eyes wete cxela motion points!
"Well," Fold the hoy, breathlessly.
"That's all."
"What!!"
"8-sh! Don't tnlk gr loud. That's
all I cnu tell you. Then they were
engaged."
"JvsnenlMyl Why, how'd she know
what he meant?"
"Why, she ltnew!"
".Must he n mind reader then."
"Pshaw! She knew front the way
lie acted. She's known it Ions time,"
said tho mlnlututo woman, with u
wise look.
"Well, of all the fools. And he took
a prize for oratory lust year, too. Ho
nllt'l much like a feller 1 was readln'
ahont yesterday. He went down on
his knees, ho " And the yoiinpnter
flopped down on the grass with tho
grace of a young I'nngnroo, and rolled
his eycB like a dying cow. "And ho
said, 'Qti-wepit of tny hcar-rt' and a
lot more stun that I enn't rememher.
It was bully," he added, falling back
Into a lounging attitude.
"i.ond run the honk."
"Pa Rot It," he said, Indignantly.
"I kop' It heltlnd a row of hooka In
tho hook cane and he not a-huntlng'
uouiep'n and found It nnd chucked It
Into tho fire. 1 don't care. 1 can
write a piece Just an good, an' get It
by heart. Catch me u-makln' such a
fool of myself a that collcgo dude.
"When you have written It may I
read 11?"
"yes," lio replied, condescendingly,
"I'll lot you see It. It'll bo a cracker
Jack, you bet."
"Maybe 1 could help you wrlto It,
she suggested, humbly.
"Oli, I slm'n't need any help," ho
"I d-don't you-thlnk 1 er that
ls ii
said, complacently. "1 know Just how
It ought to go."
"Grown people aro so commonplace,1.
sho sighed. "Do you suppose we'll
over bo llko that?"
"Innd, no!" Bald he, ns bo slouched
back to his book. "If I thought I'd
over bo such n fool as that feller, I'd
trade myself oft for u dog and then
shoot the dog."
A mocking bird, drunk with moon
light and dew, wits careering from
troo to trco, singing madly, and send
ing ehowora of pink petals down on n
cottplo who were wandering through
tho orchard,
Her hair was a golden tangle, nnd
tho soft folds of hor gown fell with
studied carelessucss from her Ivory
throat. His manner was tho manner
of a young man deeply, devotedly In
lovo with tbo dearest girl In tho world.
From his high, shining collar lo his
polished shoes, all was Immaculate,
.Irroprouchable. Not ti hnlr on his
gloEsy head was out of place.
They woro silent. He, boctulso bis
touguo refused to spunk tho words
that woro clamoring for utterance.
She, because she' was sorry tor him.
It was not mnltlcu Bhynosa thl lurked
behind her domuil) faco and down
cast lids, but puro perplexity. No
master of diplomacy ever faced a more
delicate Issue than that which con
fronted hor.
"It's exactly eight yenrs slnco Unelo
John nsked Aunt huey to marry him,"
sho suld nt length. "It was In apple
blossom time, and the mocking hlrd
was flinging In the moonlight. The
odor and tho song always bring It
back to mo."
"Uy Jovol Hlght years " He
was struck speechless by tho contem
plation of so much bliss.
"Do you renii'mbei' how wo laughed
ovor tho proposnl? lly tho way, you
nover showed mu the ono that you
talked of writing."
"I novor wrote It," he said, with a
grin that was almost a grimace. Then
with a tremendous effort, "I d-don't.
yon think 1 or, Hint Is, w-we could
d-dlspensn with anything of that suit,
l.ucy?"
Tho situation for the next several
moments did not admit of connected
conversation, but as they strolled to
wards the hottsu a little later, shu
suld, wllb an arch look. "We've grown
up quit" us commonplace as the rest
of tho world, after all, haven't we?"
"Commonplaco!'' he ejaculated, fer
vently. "Well, If this Is common
place. 1 "
Another patt.se, u lengthy one,
"Do you romomb'T wondering why
tho mocking bird rioted among tho
applo blossoms and sung like a mad
thing?" he ashed, solemnly, after a
little. "I know now. If I could do
tho same It wouldn't begin to oxpross
my feelings,"
When, ufter several pauses, they
llmilly michi'd tbo lilac hedge, tho
young miiii itflitled tbo nestling rob
lot with a sudden uuftuw of laughter.
With his mlnd'H oyo ho saw a lanky
boy on his knuus In tbo grass beyond
tbo hedge,
"A luilf-grown cub of u boy Is sev
oral kludi of an Idiot," he said,
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4l
IS KICK IN TIMBEiJ.
VAST FORESTS HAVE YET
SCARCELY DEEN TOUCHED.
A 'irre)ioiiilctil' Imprenlon-i of th
Pm th nnd 8ititliwnit t.uul Viilnnt In
Them Iteylom Am lthiB- Norl lirrn
l.uiiibrrnieii In the I Mil.
A rorirspondent of an wtstern nianu-
fiictiirors' Journal who has snent a
month of travel nnd observation In the .
rtoutlt and sonthwest finds everywhere 1
in that part of iho tountiy a feeling .
f ptosjierlty with merchtints and man-
tijaeiiirers, raiiroati men nnd planters, I
farmers and men who work for days' i
wxges. The Impression prevails that I
the good times now prevailing will not
nit until there nns been a develop-
m( nt of the south'H resources approach-
lug Hie advance mndo In other parts 1
of tho country. In analyzing the situ- ;
atlou the correspondent gives due cred- j
t to io-:cnt cotton, accompanied by a 1
divcrslflcatlon of. crops. Of the neds
of the south the correspondent says-
"in railroad building the south and
sonthwesl now show n great degree of
activity, but railroad building down
hero t by no means complete. There
ato M vrrnl north and south trunk lines
of gvt nt Importance, and which proh-1
nbly will meet all rwjulroments for
mnny years to como, but large acreas ,
ate wholly devoid of transportation fa-
t illttcs. In many of those sections
there arc vast forests of the flues! tint-
her minerals of great variety nnd com- '
morolal value, and land which, when '
Cleared. Will make lis trend fnrnm n. Iln t
outdoors. Already there nre numcr- I
otts undertakings on foot In the way
of building small branch lines to open
up tracts of the ebnracter named, and
It Is evident that hero will bo n rich
Held for development work by both
railroad constructors and real estate
operators. Tako Mississippi as an II-
lustration. Off the lino of the rail- '
roads thero are thousands and thou- ' proportion of the available, merchant
tnndf of acres of timber, which will able red cypress timber standing,
cut from 10,000 to 20.000 foet to the
acre, and when cleared they will pro-'
mice a minimum of a halo of cotton to i
tho aero as well as other crops. These
i Europe Wants
Our Coal
Tho prospectti, ns seen by Impartial '
observers after several months have ,
elnpscd, Indicate that American coal,
both anthracite and bituminous, Is In a
fair way to win u permanent demand.
Our consuls In I2urope report that the
London gas companies are pleased with
their experiments with our gas coal.
Fifty per cent more gas haV boen
yielded per ton by some samples. Not
withstanding a considerable margin in
favor of nrltisb coal In the matter of
prime cost, tbo demand for samples is
growing, and our anthrnclte coal, which
has boen heretofore unknown In Kit
rope, Is found superior to any mined In
Urcnt Hrltaln. There Is, however, a
disposition to Insist on 70 to 80 per
cent, of carbon, us Huropenn coal of
lower percentage than that Is simply
Inexhaustible,
Franco produces .'12,000,000 tons ami
consumes 12,000,000 annually. Hereto
fore nho has Imported from Croat
Hrltaln, Uolgltim and Germany. Car
diff coirt does not break up into as
tjiunll lumps as American coal does
but Pocahontas roul gives almost equal
results for steaming purposes. In liuth
A Great Lover
MM
of Children Missouri.
"Gov. Marmndnke was a single
niun," said Unrle Johe Fuller, an old
tlmo resident of Jefferson City, who
whb telling the other day or somo of
the characteristics or Missouri's gov
ernors. "Ho was a gradunte of West
Point, stood six feet three, and had u
line Confederate record as a soldier.
Gov. Marmaduko didn't mix none in
society to speak of, anil there woro
mighty few shindigs for grown-up
folks at the mansion during bis time.
but It was lively around thete Just the
same. The governor was simply crazy
about children. Ho loved 'em all until
they got Into long dresses nnd irous-
ers, and the children had the run of
the houso while he was In olllce. On
festival occasions llko Jackson's birth
day, which Is always celebrated In Mis
souri!, tho governor gave a children's
party, at which ho w.ir the only adult
present. Tbo children about ruined
tbo billiard table and the carpets In
MARY'S LAMB.
Ini'lileiiU Uoiiuretuit with tbti
of AVell-Knonrn Vrram.
WrltliiK
.... ii 11.
The poem entitled ' Mur Had a LI -
tlo Uimb" s founded on facts. 1 ho In-
eldonts which Hunted the verses
nro as follows: When Maiy 15. Saw
ycr, tho heroine of tho poem, was a
llttlo glvl In Stirling, near Worcester,
Mnsri., where sho was born, sho found
a new-born lamb almost dead with
cold. Sho nursed It to llfo, and It bo
camo very much attached to her. It
wus her constant playmate, ami one
day hor brotbor suggested taking It to
school. Arriving before tho opening,
It was put under tho scat, whore It lay
contoutedly. Mary being called to a
recitation, the lamb ran down tho aisle
after hor, to tho great surprise of the
teacher. It was put out of doors,
bilt waited until Mary camo out of
school, on hor wy home A young
lauds may be bought for front 6 to
$10 per uere. The soli is an alluvial
deposit, nnd like the famous black
lands of Texas, which now bring from
30 to $0 per acre, thpsc lands can be
worked for yearn without using any
fertilizers. Tho Idle timber lands of
this section alono offer opportunities
for almost Illimitable prolltable opera
tions. The distance between the devel
opment of any of these potithwestern
stales and the conditions which pre
vail In Massachusetts, for Instance, re
veals the reason why the south Is to
dnv pointed out as "the section abow
all olllers where the young men seek-
inK a location will find more opportu-
nltles than In auv other natt of the
nation. There Is so much to do down
here and the rewards ate so certa'.ii and
so rich that thero Is a disposition to
wonder why any ambitious young man
will remain In the overcrowded east
and north, where conditions are fixed
and opportunities for original Individ-
ual effort grow less every year, while
In many parts of this country almost
primitive conditions prevail, nnd a de-
i vciopmont work remains to be done
.which It will tnko generations to ac-
ccmpllah. In timber lands nn nston-
Ishlng change bus occurred within tho
last five years. I'Mve years ago tlmb?r
lands wcro almost a drug In the real
estate market and nny amount of good
lands could be bought for somewhere
nrotmd t an acre. Now one has to
hunt for 'bargains' nt anything less
than an acre. Lumbermen from
Michigan and Wisconsin have come In
and hnuuht nn tracts hv the tens of
thousands of acres; good yellow pine
lands arc being but Infrequently of-
fnrn,l nnd tirlnnu hnvn Itmitwul 111) to lit
least 100 par cent all round. Five
years ago the red cypress men, who
wcro then feeling blur! over the dtf.l
condition of trade, agreed with a pro-
moter to sell out their holdings, plants
and all, for 57,000,000. Today these
same people, who compose about SO
tier cent of those engaged In the red
cypress Industry and own nt least that
would hardly sell for $25,000,000, and
red cypress timber lands which could
he bought for $u or less then are
snapped up now at $12 per aero."
(? RECOGNIZED AS A SUPER'
) lrD ADTlrlC CV MAMV
i nations.
1W, i l I A, I ill, 11 t
IS.
Wales and Franco the labor demand U
gradually raising the price of coal, io,
even with occasional Btrlkes in our
cottl regions, we arc not obliged to In
sert In n parenthesis "other things be
ing equal," In calculating on the for
eign market for American coal. The
great trouble Is not in the quality of
our coal or In the danger of strikes
litre, but In the ocean freight rates and
the thoughtlessness of American coal
men. who fail to study lOtiropean cus
toms us to size of coal anil tho metri
cal system of measurement and analy
sis. Kvon In Hussla American coal equal
to the best Welsh coal Is selling for a
slightly lower llgurc. Prices in Austria
are excessively high, and Italy, too, Is
feeling the scarcity severely, having no
unlive deposits. American coal is Just
Invading Spain and Algiers, and in
both the consumers find It equal In
quality to what they have been using.
Honesty anil common souse In push
ing the American product aro certain
to result In a great Huropenn murkHt
; for both anthracite and soft coal for
1 gas and steam purposes,
1 wl Cc": Mrduke' hr.
rour rears governor ol
i iii
some of the rooms, and played bob
with the furniture, but they were thu
governor's friends, nnd that settled It.
"I remember once meeting Gov. Mar
maduke on his return from a trip to
New York. He told me be bad bought
a magnificent picture to hang In tha
mansion; said the place needed n llttlo
artistic toning up. Then ho showed mo
I he picture, and what do you think It
I was? Gen. Washington? No, Jubal
harly? No, Col. Mosby? J reckon not
by n Jugful! It was a copy of that
familiar painting of a couple of llttlo
children wearing paper soldier hats.
one playing a trumpet and the othor
beating a drum, The governor thought
; It was one of tho finest scenes ever de-
plcted by an artist. It went right to
his great big heart lo see those chil
dren playing at. being soldiers, all In-
uocent of the horrors nf battle, such as
he bad witnessed timing bis stormy
1 career In the civil war.'
; man named John Uoulstono hnpponed
, id visit the school that day; tho Incl-
dent set him to thinking, and he com
i' muv villi' I- 1 tM n"H Ml I
aml
TmvmiCul added the others. The li
,,mune u fc,
posed tho first three verses of the
rs.
mb
ool
Mary s mother knitted two pairs of
stockings for her; these Mary kept
until she wus SO years old, Whon the
ladles of lloston undertook to ralso
money for the Old South Church oev-
oral years ago, Mary contributed a pair
or these stockings, tho yarn of which
wns unraveled and wound on cards In-
fccrlheil with her autograph aud sold.
Mary 15. Sawyer became tho wife ot
Columbus Tylor, nnd died In Decern-
her, 1880. New York Yoekly.
Do not talk about tho lantern that
holds tho lump, but malto haste, uncov
cr the light, and let It shlua, .
!'
7I
Current
l "Daring XOoman.
Of the throe strangely different plays
Clyde Fitch baa riven to the stage
slnco tho new year began, tho most
singular Is "The Climbers." A piay
which etnrts Us nctlon with the return
of a family from a funeral ceremony is
at least an oddity. When, In addition,
n mntnlnn ilnrlc aeenr. which a de
fuulter demands in order that be may
confess without too much of a shame,
and when tho gloom of suicldo Is given
to tho Inst act, It Is sure to bavo a
shivery If not a pleasantly entertaining
Interest. Moreover, the production of
such a play requires daring. The per
sons who nttond the t boaters this day
dcalre to be amused more often than
they care to be saddened, it is not
sttrprltlng that "Mr. Fitch's mnuagerlal
patron, Charles Frohmnn, read tho
play and then suggested to tho nuthor
that he was at liberty to dispose of It
elsewhere.
Hut an actress who wanted to bo an
actress-manager was willing to take
the risk. She waH Miss Amelia Hlng-
bam. She bought tho play nnd col
lected about her n company which In
cluded in Its momhershlp Frank
Worthing? Robert Kdeson, Ferdinand
Oottschnlk, Madge Carr Cook, Annlo
Irish, Minnie Dupreo, Clara llloodgood
and Ysobel Hasklns. Then, on Jan. 15,
HllO produced the piny 111 tllO lllJOU
theater, New York. Tho reviewers
said it had strength nnd might succeed
If its seeming excess of shadows did
not doom It. Tho play continues to bo
shown at the theater, nnd apparently
Its career thus fur has been prosperous.
Miss Bingham has one of tho few roles
written without eatltleal Intent. As
Mrs. Sterling alio Is ono of tho climbers
of the play, but, unllko hor mother,
who looks nnd struggles toward social
heights, and her husband, who In
comes a criminal In bis race for riches,
she only hopes for peace and happl-
AMHI.1A BINGHAM.
ness. I.lttle or either is voucnsaicu
her In tho play, though whon her hus
band takes his wretched life In tho last
act thero is nn intimation that tho lovo
of a hotter man may in time bo thrown
around her.
Millions in JVctv Ships.
Contracts wore let in tho last month
for fourteen warships aggregating 1S7,
351 tons in displacement and costing
$10,941,000 for hulls and machinery. In
the list nre Included 11 vo battleship?,
six armored cruisers, and three pro
tected cruisers. Three of tho battle
ships are to have a displacement of
15,000 tons and two of 1 1.C00 tons each.
Threo of tho armored cruisers aro to
have a displacement of 13,800 tons
each and three of 13,100 tons each.
The three protected crulsors aro
to huve a displacement of 10,000
tons each, or aro to be neurly twice
tbo size of the crulbor Olympla. Tha
new battleships aro to be mimed the
Georgia, Now York. Pennsylvania,
Khodo Islnnd, and Virginia; the now
armored cruisers West Virginia, Ne
braska, California, Maryland, , South
Dakota and Colorndo; tho protected
cruisers St. Louis, Mllwnukeo and
Clin rlcston.
Iialy'-s "Retiring Premier.
Joseph Sarrncco, the retiring premier
of Italy, is nearly 84 years of age and
has been In public llfo for more than
half a century. Ho Is a Pledmontese
by birth nnd honest to tho core. His
principal characteristic shown In nil
the offices which, he has held, front
mayor of his nntive town of Acqul to
member of tho cabinet, is close-flsted-
neas. For this he has been loved and
haled, praised nnd caricatured more
GLMSIOPPE SARRACCO
than any man In Italy. It Is said of
him Hint when his town doodled to
erect a monument to Cavotir be ran
sacked tho country for some cheap j
piece of sculpture, which bo finally pro
cured for ii song. When It was resolved
to have a big Inauguration at public
expense ho stole n march on his towns
men by rising beforo daybroak and In
augurating tbo monument with thu
nsslBtanco of some municipal employes.
Hi.
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Topics
Cold of Gen. VrcntUs.
Oen. llenjamin M. Prentiss, ono of
the noted characters of the civil wnr,
died nt his home In llethnny, Mo.,lnst
week, after a long Illness, Gen. Pren
tiss was prominent during McKInley'n
first campaign for the presidency, and
after McKlnley's election tho general,
although ho had boon offered n mora
remunerative position, was content to
accept thrt postmnatcrshlp at Bethany,
lie hnd porslstontly refused to accept
n pension. During the last year he has
OI3N. It. M. PRKNTISS.
been unable to attend to the duties of
postmaster.
Ho was born In nellovlllo, Vn on
Nov. 2;l, 1810. From 1835 to 1811 ho
spent on his father's farm In Missouri,
whither the family had moved. In
1S11 he went to Qulncy, III., where ho
learned the trade of rope making and
afterward engaged In u commission
business. At tbo time of tho Mormon
troubles in Illinois In 1811 and 1815,
Prentiss volunteered In a company
formed to march against the Mormons,
and was elected first lieutenant. In tho
Mexican wnr he was captain of volun
teers nnd distinguished himself nt
Hucna Vista. When President Lincoln
Issued his first call for volunteers Cap
tain Prentiss reorganized his Mexican
I wnr company and offered It to tho gov
ernment. He served at tho court mar
tlal which tried Fltz John Porter In
18C2, nnd on July 3, 1803, while In com
mand at Helena, Ark., defeated Gens.
Holmes nnd Price. Ho resigned from
the army In October, 18C3.
Cc ccond Lady.
Mrs. Koosovolt, who was Miss Edith
Kcrnilt Carow, is n young woman still
and a very attractive one. Rather
above tho medium height, sho hns n.
slender, graceful llgurc nnd a fine, In
telligent face. Sho has very bright
eyes and the beautiful teeth that aro
characteristic of the wholo Roosevelt
family. Her hnlr is light brown and
Is arranged simply without a wave or
a ringlet. Everything ubout her speaks
of grace. She l an aristocrat to tho
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MRS. THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
tips of her lingers. Her manner Is
that of u gracious lady, tactful, kindly,
certain of her rank, but conscious also
of tho old world obligation of rank.
She dresses extremely woll. That sho
will fill hor position at Washington In
a way of which few womon are cap
ablo nono will doubt after seeing her.
The Roosovelts aro not rich, as riches
aro counted lu society. They will not
he ablo to entertain on any grent sculo-.
of nuiKnlfirenco. but nt their homo In
Washington foreign visitors will have
an opportunity to seo the very best
type or nn American home.
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To Stop Hazing by Lata.
Tho congressional committee that
investigated the hazing evil at the
West Point Military Academy has
made an intelligent and exhaustive re
port revealing the vicious extent to
which the practice had grown, Whllo
It railed to find conclusive evidence
that tho death of Cadots Ilooz and
llroth was caused by tho hazing to
which they wero subjected, It found
abundant proofs of hnrmlul brutality.
The wholo codo of unwrltton laws gov
erning tbo relations of tho tipper class
men to the fourth class men, ns reveal
cd by tho report, Is vicious In Its ten
dencies and tyrannous In Its results.
It culminated In a disgraceful system
of fighting which would be hold feloni
ous In some states and bo condemned
everywhere us shnmofully unfair. A
strlngont bill prohibiting hazing in tho
aiMdemy bus been drawn up nnd this 'r"
should lie enacted by Congress. This
Inw, supplemented by tho pledge of
the cutlets to abstain from hazing in
all its forms, can scarcely fall to ln
nuguralo it new and better era In tho
mllltnr.i lcademy,
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