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THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , FEBRrATlY 10 , 1890. 1 ! ) Principles that Guided the Footstep3 o Oharlss Emory Smith. POLITICIAN AT 14 AND AN EDITOR AT 23 Inilinrtitticc ot CmiMimoj nml C < ni- I'tmrr of Jutirnnl- In I'ulille Ufi A ( irculcy Storj. 1'ostmastcr General Charles Emory Smith , now reaping the richest rewards ot Jour- j n ill I rm and statesmanship , has fuiniled the ambition of hi * boyhood. The boy editor and orator lias by constancy and concentration achieved brilliant success nlong the very lines he laid down as a lad. Each step In a career full of Interest has carried him higher. Mr. Smith began lite , ns ho told Horace Greeley , "a country editor , " In reality ho began ns a boy editor. "Tho first seven years of my life , " Bald lie , "wero spent on a farm near Mansfield , Conn. That the farm exercised nny par ticular Influence on me I am unaware , unless It was to treed u distinct resolve not to ttio a farmer. From the lima 1 began to read and think of the future 1 wanted to bo n Journalist or a lawyer , to achieve the right to have my name mentioned among public characters. My parents removed to Albany , N. Y. , In 1849 , and soon afterward the first indications , of my decided bent came. "I had not been at the Albany academy long before 1 Marled my first newspaper , the Academy Hocord , one copy to the edi tion , all written out by hand , but made up as far as possible llko the printed news papers of the day. lly this time 1 had de cided that journalism was my goal ; the law was no longer in question. When 1 tried to find out 'what ' 1 should do to fit myself ispeclally for the career I had selected 1 groped In the dark. Journalism was not a profession , nor had the intimate relations of today been at that tlmo established be tween Journalism and statesmanship. I felt fcure , however , that Horace Qreeley was a model Inr any uoy. I know he must bo a scholar as well ns a speaker , a statesman us well as a writer. There was certainly no time to lose if I act myself such an Im posing task. "Tho politics of Albany , the capital city of the Empire elate , is always Interesting. 1 learned all I could about It while I was at the academy. The presidential campaign of 1832 , when the famous old whig party of Webster and Clay went to pieces , found mo 'with rather moro than the ( boy's ordi nary Interest in national affairs. I began reading the history of my own country , which to this day I find the most fasci nating as well as fruitful of studies. I'crvlil Politician at Kourtvi'ii. "The excitement of the Fremont campaign in 1S5G appealed to me as strongly as to most of the electors. A boy of 14 , with my studies to look after , I attended all the meetIngs - Ings , listened eagerly to the speaking , took jiart In the parades. The republican organi zation formed to support Fremont was full ot the vitality of youth , fervid with the solemnity of conviction. It voiced the grow ing anti-slavery sentiment , which was strong in the country. The feeling of national un rest , the presentiment of national disaster , inflamed the Imagination even of the school- lioy. This party , which seemed to be founded on righteousness and Justice , which had sprung from the ruins of the once grand old whig party and now appealed to the con- fcelonco of the country , w as the political organization with which I desired above att things to be connected. Its orators became my Instructors , Its principles as announced on the stump were so many new text books. Politics was a part of my education. "So it came about that when I had finished ray academy course I was able to offer to tie Albany Transcript , edited by one of my termer teachers , editorials which the editor UVed well enough to warrant his engaging Cno to go on writing them. The conditions \ > t Journalism were BO different then and now that It Is hardfy necessary for jne to say my engagement on the Transcript did not estab lish a precedent. Few outsiders get into the eanctum nowadays. The newspaper business has broadened out on the lines of other successful business organizations and the be ginner must start at the bottom as a rule. "I had a year of this work , which was atso a year of the study and practice of poll- tics , and then I went to Union college at Schenectady. The war fever was already in the air. I went into the presidential cam- jialgn of 1SCO and stumped the counties ad jacent to the college , and acquired a marked < taste for political speaking , a taste un- snarred by the stage fright of most untried orators. Yet In the more recent years I have experienced time and time again a feeling of apprehension or hesitation , when rising to bpeak on some theme of grave Im port. That this feeling was not experienced in I860 it seems to mo must have been due to the deep personal interest I took in the canvass. In all the neighboring parades and processions of that eventful1 time , when the M'ido Awakes began to cut a figure in the public eye , the college campaign club , of which I was captain , took an active part. "While I vas active as aide to General Rathbone In raising and organizing volunteer regiments , the next three or four years of C > y life were also devoted to political study , organization and activity. Dy 1S64 I had be come familiar with open air campaign rpeak- Ing. My leisure time I employed in the etudy of general history , American history and economics , with a continuation of actlv- < lly In writing , whlrh resulted In 1S05 , when I WRS S3. In my becoming editor ot the Albany Uxpre * * , In which I ocn acquired nn Interwt. The Transcript , on which I had , begun my Journalistic career , had bwn pur chased by the owners of and merged into the ExpresK. Cnnntil lip Couth Inl. "Th * years Immediately following the con clusion of the war between the states were now developing those interesting changes In American public men which have become fairly characteristic. It seems to me. of the last half of our century. The Ameri can statesman Is no longsr a sentimentalist. Economic questions have gradually become the most Important. With the decline of sentiment in statesmanship , sentimental oratory tory has also become largely a thing of ths past. Our national life has become serious and practical. Great problems ot organiza tions have gradually occupied the foremost minds. Economl : questions naturally do not need to be exploited by the flights of oratory. While the power to make an effective speech stllr remains a desirable accomplishment for there are occasions and topics that can Va no other way be so Impressed on an audi ence as by eloquence fpeechmaklag has become - como a minor part of the equipment of a successful public man. The Interests after which the average representative In congress now has to look have become so diverse , BO complicated , so Important that he has all he can do to attend to them. The demands on hl3 time arc so great that ho finds leisure for little if any of that soclar , If convivial , life which In ante-bellum days was so char acteristic of public men In Washington. Conviviality and n high order of public use fulness are no longer compatible. " "Ucfore you make an after-dinner speech do you take a glass of champagne to stimu late your Imagination ? " "By no moans. While I never had nny Inclination toward drinking , 1 am not a teetotaler. But If 1 were to take a glass of champagne before speaking 1 simply ] couldn't speak. It would stupefy inc. " "What do you consider the salient char acteristics of the United States as one of the great powers of the world at this end of the century ? " j "First of all , It seems to ine , the very practical way we go at things. We do not permit theories to govern us , but rather practical considerations. When the war came wo accepted the situation. Peace has come , and we accept the new situation. Our national Independence of thought and ac tion seems to me another salient character istic. " "To what do TOU attribute the success with which you have pursued that career which you have mapped out for yourself as a schoolboy ? " "ConcfiitruUoii mill Constancy. " "Whatever success 1 have met with is due primarily to concentration and con stancy. I felt that I could not afford to give up journalism for officeholdlng , so I declined In Albany to take the nomination for congress , or for nny office. While con tinuing my newspaper work , I endeavored each year to make a substantial addition | to my equipment. American biography I found stimulating as well as instructive. In fiction , 'Vanity Fair , ' 'David Copperfleld' and the 'Three 'Musketeers' delighted me. I have always been fond of the theater , but I found little tlmo to go. Fortunately , I have found my chief pleasure in my work. " "What Is to bo said of the contributions ot American Journalism to American states manship in this half century ? " "Grceley , Ilaymond and the older Bennett were the powerful personalities in American journalism when I was growing up. People read Greeley's newspaper , for example , to find out -what Greeley thought. But one in teresting development of our time has been the practical annihilation ot this personal element In journalism. There U no one newspaper that so far excels the others as to overshadow their influence in their own fields. Journalism is so much broader and moro exacting that it requires onany per sonalities instead of one to produce and ( maintain the newspaper. At the same tlmo the contributions of journalism to states manship in the United States have notably Increased in the generation past. Law re mains , cf course , the school of public men. Yet in no other country save France have so many public men left the editorial sanc tum for the halls of legislation. Hepre- bentatlve Nelson Dlngley , whose recent death was a loss to his party and his coun try , never abandoned entirely , I toelleve , his lifework on the Lewiston Journal , which began in 1S56. Mr. Elaine , the greatest of America's editorial statesmen , was iden tified with the Kennebec Journal , Senator Anthony with the Providence Journal , Hon. Whitelaw Reid and Hon. John Hay with the New York Tribune , and so on. TuiirniillKiiL mill 1'ulillc I Ifc. "In England Junlus and , later John Wllkes demonstrated the force of journalism in public life. Delano held no office , but pre ferred to 1)0 the power 'behind ' the place holder. William Henry Smith , the head of the great News company , was for years the leader or the House of Commons. La- bouchero is a conspicuous example of the Journalist statesman of today. In France the names of Gambetta , Thlers and Cavall- lac naturally suggest themselves. "While editing the Albany Express I was Introduced to Horace Greeley. It was soon after fhe had gone on Jefferson Davis' ball bond and had provoked from over the coun try a fire of criticism which had drawn out his characterization of country editors as "those Insignificant fellows that God , In His Inscrutable wisdom , permits to edit the country papers. " "Mr. Greeley came to Albany and Gov- The Secret of a Beautiful Skin Soft white hands , shapely nails , and luxuriant hair with clean , wholesome scalp is found in the perfect action of the PORES produced by hot baths with CUTICURA SOAP , the most effec tive skin purifying and beautifying soap in the world , as well as purest and sweetest for toilet , bath , and nursery , followed , when necessary , by gentle anointings with CUTICURA , the great skin cure and purest of emollients. SoU thtoothout . Dnluh d F , Kir enTk oiT London , , . thjwortd. poti rrtoch drpoti UMirr Firti. iiuuillAa AifoiTK. Towni * Co. , Pjdutj. i-urrnii Ucia AIB Cui * . , lotr. , fcol , JtccH Cnlcu , V. t. A. ernor Fenlon presented me to him , at a reception in the cxccuti\e mansion , as the editor of the Express. 'Ye * . Mf Greeley. ' | 1 said as 1 Rranped his hand , 'I am one ot thc.se Insignificant fellows that Qed In His | Inscrutable wisdom permits to pdtt the country newspapers. ' Ho laughed heartily and Me became goad friends. ' Not long after ward I went to New York on n confidential tnlsslcn from Governor Fcnton , and saw Mr. Greeley at that historic desk of hla in the Tribune office , writing away with his hand up under his chin as he followed his pen with his eyes. " "What was the turning point In your career ? " 1 acked the most successful editor- statesman of today. " 1 was taking n grave risk when , in 1SSO , I transplanted myself from New York state to Pennsylvania. In 1S70 I had become joint and in 1ST ? solo editor of the Albany Evening Journal. 1 was at homo In New York public life , and had been asked In state conventions time after tlmo to frame the resolutions embodying the platform of the party. I had been secretary of the platform committee of the national repub lican convention In 1STC and had come to anticipate only one possible removal from Albany , that to New York. When I ac cepted the editorship of the Philadelphia Press , the leading republican journal of a famous old republican commonwealth , I found myself face to face with life under new conditions , not In a new state , but in a long-established civilization. But I nc- copted the risk and have not regretted It. " "In all these years , as minister to Russia , nn the national stump with Blalne and Mc- Klnley , as platform writer and cabinet offi cer , Mhat have been your words ? " "Concentration and constancy. " OL'T OK T11U OIUM.NAUY. Hello hasn't a hotel. Korea has ono locomotive. Alaska contains .373 saloons. London has 15,452 policemen. Persia's Shah smokes a $1,000 pipe. United States has 20S.3SS saloons. There are 3,100 breweries In Belgium. Alabama has a woman cotton planter. lu Berlin sheet' music Is E3ld by weight. Summer cars were running In San Fran cisco last week. The temperature was 00. The shipyards of Great Britain could turn out a big fcteaiushlp every day of the year. It Is said that the present annual output of chewing gum is about $6,000,000 and is Increasing. The Rochester Democrat and Chrontile has in James H. Kelly a subscriber who has taken and paid for the paper for sixty cue years beginning h\s subscription February 8 , 1S3S. 1S3S.President President Kru ger's Insensibility to physical pain is very great. Four years ago he was kept awoke one night by toothache , and he extracted the tenth himself in the middle of < the night by ino.vns of a pair of pincers which he huuted up In the kitchen. President McKlnley'e signature is , next to that of John Adams and Tylsr , the plainest of any of our chief executives. Van Iiurcn's was the hardest to decipher. thouRh Jeffer son , Taylor , Hayes , Benjamin Harrison cod Garfleld never lifted their pen 'n slgnlrp their names. J. Q. Adams' is small , cramped and the only "back hand" in the lot. Folk's is the most ornate ; Jackson's the longest , four inches , and Plerce's the largest. A Maryland man estimates that during the eighty-four years of his life he has con sumed 28,560 loaves of brad , at 3 cents per pound , value SSSB.SO : 26.SSO pouaJs of meat , at 5 cents , $1,340 ; 7.72S pounds of vegetables , eggs , fish , etc. , at 2 cents , 1154 ? .C , and 11,700 ! gallons of water , tea , coffee , beer , w'ne. ' etc. , at an average cost of 1 cent per qalUn , $117.60 : total , $2,408.96. He also figures that cf the 30,660 days of bis life Ifi.OSO have been spent in sleep , IO'J20 In work , and 0,760 in ! eating and pleasure-seeking. I The historic Washington elm , in Cam- 1 bridge. Mass. , beneath whose branches Oeu- | eral Washington took command of t'ie Con tinental army , Is rapidly decaying , and tbe Cambridge Park commissioners fray ttat It ' will be impossible to save It moro than a few years longer. A short time ago work- I men went over the tree and cut on'a cra- plderable amount of dead wood , and there is | not very much left to keep alive. It Is In- [ traded to make a thorough overhaul'ng of j the tree In the spring , and 10' da everything possible to preserve K. Abraham L. Graham , who has been suing a Jersey City trolley rornpanv for damages for the killing of his 4-year-old son , has for the third time been awarded a verdict of $5,000. Twice the compaay appealed the case and twice the supreme court set aside the verdict as excessive. The opinion ac companying the second decision said the services of a child 4 years fid were of no value to Its parents from a monetary point jot view and a verdict of SI wiuld meet all i the requirements of the case. It is under- I stood the company will appc.il the case i again. Suit was recently Instituied in the New- York supreme court at Buffalo by Dr. Will iam J. Bott to recover > 190 for services rendered the defendant as a 'jase ball pitch er In the summer of 1806. Among other things it is alleged in defanue that tbe plaintiff's curves were EO defective nnd to lacking in sinuosity and the quality that I opposing batsmen had no difficulty In lorat- Ing the ball at will. Dr. Bott will Introduce i expert testimony to prove that he produced ' a good , marketable line of variegated curves , well worth the price which the defendant promised to pay for them , and served them up in the most approved , manner. There have been many theories to account for 'the ' spontaneaus combustion of hay stacks. This phenomenon is now ascribed tea a microbe which breeds in the close , moist atmosphere of the hay and causes a fer mentation which generates heat , and finally Ignition. Herr Benoach , who hae an ex- preimental farm at Melrhof , has long been making tests of hay under various condi tions of moisture and pressure. During his experiments he discovered a mothoj by which farmers can always be cognizant of the state of the interior of the stack. He has devised a kind of long fork , by which a sample of hay can be drawn from any part of a stack at any time and examined to bee whethwe It Is abnormally warm or not. SOME I.ATB I.VVU.VJ'IONS. Shears and scissors are to be mode with ball bearings , the washer at the end of the connecting rivet being cut out on tbe under eido 4o form a ball race , which not only decreabeg the wear on the rivet , but se curely holds the cutting edges togetbor. A handy tool for carpenters' use Is a nail- holder , for starting nails In corners and places where the fingers cannot hold them eaelly , a steel punch ( having a pair of Jawe attached to its face < to grasp the oall aud hold It while the hammer is driving It. Pens can be adjusted at any desired angle In a new holder , which hob tbe pen socket mounted on a ball set in a clamping bead , so it can be moved in the position desired and held fast by turning a bcraw at the opposite end of the holder to lock the jaws in tbe bead. Ground Is eaolly tha\tcd for mining opera tions by the use of a new apparatus having a stove mounted on a sled , with a boiler over the firebox , the water being heated and dUchargcxl in tbe form of etcam to a thawing chamber , which IB placed over tbe ground to be loosened. Tickets arc easily handled by a new pocket case , having a central receptacle In which 'tho ' tickets are placed , with a spring wall en one sldo which presses them 'to the opposite sldo end Into a blot in a bllding ; vke , tbe latter being moved outward to discharge each ticket la turn. Letters end other postal maUer can bo weighed on a handy HUlo pencil attach ment , a metal 'tube be-ing placed at the rear end , carrying a spring and sliding rod in side , the latter having a hook at the end < o hold the letter , which draws the spring down and Indicates tbe weight. A robaceo pipe has been patented which has two bowls formed In a single square block , wKh a bole in each sldi * for the Insertion of the plpetitem , the bowls being used alternately , so that the heat fronu ono dries the other out and causes a current of frt-fch air to pass through it. Lawn mower knives can be sharpened without removing from the nwhVuo by using a new attachment , having a grinding stone set In the face of a wooden bar , to be clamped to the guide bar on the mower , with rcrews to adjust it at tbe right anglo f > place ati edge on ( be knives as they re- jyolvu. AXECD01ESOFADELIXAPATTI Public and Domestic Fcatnres of the Life of the Queen of Song , SOME TIFFS AND 1IL1S WITH ROYALTY Hitherto t niiulilMied 5lorle ot Her \oitdi , if HIT I'nri'ntN , H T * > IHTi'h mill Her I'ntniHin VnnUoc 1'nrt-ol. Mine. Adcllna Pattl NIcollnl-Coderstrom Is never quite out of range ot the public eye. A woman who was closely associated with her for a number of years tells many amusing anecdotes and episodes of the diva's career. Pattl loves to recall her youthful days at length. "I believe I sang in my cradle , " she de clares , "and was the most weird and preco cious baby ever known. "When onfy 2 or 3 months old I had a troublesome way of sending up a long , wild cry , directly my mother sat down to dinner. Every blandishment was tried in vain to soothe me , until the happy thought struck my mother of letting mo drink out ot her glass of claret. That was all I wanted and regularly every day at the same hour 1 cried for my claret until I got it. "As I grew older my Joy was to go be hind the scenes at the opera when my pa rents were singing. The artists used to bring mo cakes and maccaronl and peeping through a hole in the scenery I cnjojed tnjsef mightily , watching the performance. My musical car was eo keen that ono night when a famous artist had performed her long show piece I toddled up to her and said In my little Yankee way , 'Just you listen to mo right away ! Try to trill as I do ! You trill at flat ! ' "Of course , to mo my parents seemed the best and greatest people in the wide world. And I doubt , Indeed , whether any woman 1 have since met ever came up to my mother for beauty of person and up rightness of character. She was excessively pious and never missed attending early mass. Attracted by her grace and beauty a member of the congregation used to fol low her so persistently every morning on the way 'to church that my mother became annoyed. One day she turned upon him suddenly , with her purse in her hand. 'Here , poor man , ' she said In a pitying tone , 'this must be what you want ; take all I have.1 And she was never followed again. " The great Adellna cherishes with unceas ing love and duty the memory of her pa rents and will often tell how her mother , In the pride of her heart , would Join the crowd waiting nightly at the stage door to sco La Somnambula , cloaked and bonneted , step into her carriage. "Mia flglla ! Mia Adellna ! " would the fond mother exclaim , vastly enjoying the surprise and curiosity of the crowd about her. ItufiiNvil to OliIlKV nn Emperor. Pattl has naturally met every European sovereign. The old German emperor was her greatest favorite. When a naive girl , singing at Hamburg , the emperor sent her a message requesting her to walk with him early In the morning while he drank the waters. "Certainly not , " was her reply to the bearer. "I get up early for no king in Europe. " The last time before his death that she saw the emperor he sent to ask her to visit him In his opera box , apologizing for being too unwell to come behind the scenes , and when she appeared he playfully thanked her for the condescension. "Oh ! now , sire , " she replied , with tears In her eyes , "I would run anywhere to sec you. " Tha Emperor Alexander the Second of Russia honored Pattl by a peculiar distinc tion , of which no one 'but ' the celebrated Boslo could traast. He ibestowed upon her a large gold medal set In brilliants and re quested her to wear it on the ribbon belong ing to the order of St. Andrew. He also appointed her his court singer in ordinary. The duchess of Edinburgh has known Pattl since her childhood. A few years ago they met at a Rothschild reunion. Looking down at a bracelet on the diva's arm , the duchess recognized it as a present of her father's the Russian emperor. "Those were happy days when you sang In St. Peters burg ! " she exclaimed , adding regretfully , "Tout passe , tout casse , tout lasse. " The prince and princess of Wales nave always shown Pattl a great kindness , most cordially appreciated toy her. The princess she considers the prettiest woman In Eng land. When marquise de Caux , dining at Marlborough house , Patti caused much con sternation among the guests and amuse ment to the prince , Tjy exclaiming in her impulsive way , as she nipped her coffee , "Oh , Eire ! Que votre cafe est degoutant ! " I'nttI nml IliTiilinrilt. The occasion of the first meeting between Pattl and the divine Sarah is related by the woman who was a clcse companion of Paul's it the time "Immediately on our arrival In Paris , " she says , "Adellna was besought by several journalists to cooperate erate In a ( benefit to be given In aid of the obscure actress , Sarah Bernhardt , who had lost all her small possessions In a fire. The marquis of Caux did not at first like the Idea of his wife singing for an actress of no renown , but at last he gave his consent. On the Cth of NorVmiber , 18C9 , Adolina Pattl sang at Odeon theater for the benefit of Barah Bernhardt. After the concertM latter , clad In a Week woolen gown , timldlf approached the great singer and ottered her a small bouquet and being too shy to utter a word of thanks , she kissed her hand. Who would have guessed that EO Insignifi cant a girl would develop Into the famous Sarah Bernhardt of today and astonish tie world by her triumphs and her quarrels ? " Her PI rut Coiirtnlilii. This same woman tells of the unique pro posal of the marquis of Caux. This noble gentleman had been following the diva about for many months , In opposition to his mother's wishes and meeting with but little encouragement from Adellna's family. They were living at the time In the Champs Elysces. The marquis carao dally to the house and at last succeeded In securing the good will of Pattl's father and her Strakosch. "One evening " brother-in-law , , ehe says , "It was after the performance of the Travlata , the marquis remained with us when all the rest had left Adeline's dress ing room. As Kb always detailed minutely the goeslp of the town , Adellna turned to him with n smile and eald : 'Now , marquis , what news ? What do they talk of In Paris ? " 'The latest news , ' was his reply , 'Is that we are engaged ! ' This was rather starting , but Adellna's features lighted up with a charming expression. Smiling , she turned to the marquis. 'And why not ? I hope you do not object ? ' "At firft somewhat embarrassed , and then with joyful agitation , the marquis stam mered out : 'Oh , no ! Certainly not ; I should be the happiest of mortals if It were true ! ' "With a lovely blush Adelina put out her hand to the marquis , who was almost beside himself with joy , and said : 'It would make me happy , too. ' "Tho marquis pressed the proffered hand to bis lips and , Intoxicated with delight , he clasped Adrllna in his arms and then rushed silently away. " Pattl has always been very fond of par rots and the last time she was In New York she was Informed that there was a marvelously - ously clever "Polly" for sale , of which she ought to become the proud possessor. Now , Pattl was quite willing to pay the enormous price of J50 to add "Jumbo" to her already valuable collection of wise and witty birds. No sooner did Jumbo come Into her posses sion than not one word would he utter. Months wrat by , but still he remained mute. One day , however , he took a violent cold and on the prlma donna's doctor entering JJlA rnnm WILHELM CARPET CO 1414-16-18 DOUGLAS STREET. Oriental lo r ° gnrdi Turkish Rugs will scorn a \\fVl t WP > a Vf * lhmit Bay ff TY licit WC Cllw clLUJUt Iitti0 strnngo to those who have given the subject little or no thought. It is n fnct that we are selling Turkish Rugs at an average of TEN PER CENT LESS than the same grade of goods can be bought in Chicago and New York , and we are prepared to prove the assertion Our business does not depend entirely upon the profit we make on our Oriental Rugs , but we are determined to make it so interesting for our customers that they can't afford to go away from home to make their purchases Antique Shcrvnns nnd Anntnllun .Mnts Siuklle lings rare and Diigliestaiis at J0 , 12 , -at f 3 , ? 3.-r > 0 , So , artistic , at , < 10 , 512 $15 , SlGanil and Antique Geudcs F.Iegant Mosuls and Knztiks 818.00 , from $15.00 to. S20.00and Our line of room Rugs consisting of Persian and India Carpets and Ghorides and Kermenn Rugs in large sizes , is just now very attractive. There is also a new and un usually large display of Smyrna , Wilton and Axmiuster Rugs. In fact our Rug Depart ment in its present enlarged space , gives us an opportunity of showing the product of every Rug market on the globe. SMYRNA . A special drive this week will be 200 Imperial Sniyna Rugs ( all we could get ) at $2.58 each , these are the best quality of Smyrna Rugs made , sizes 5 by 2 1-2 feet , in new Turkish and Persian patterns ; alike on both sides the price here named is 25 per cent less than the manufacturers sell them by the bale. Fur Rugs Carpets Last week would have been a better We don't want our customers to over week for Fur Rugs but nothing HKo this week for prices look the advantage of buying Carpets this Wo will close out all the plain lined Rups that sell at reduced to month. The line of Velvets S3.25 for $1.90 , Fancy combination Fur Rups silver $1.00 a yard offer an actual saving of from lee to 25c per pray wolf , red fox , cinimon bear , that were 84.00 , at . that in respect desirable. yard on goods are every $2.50. Furniture Large New Line of Go-Carts $10 to $3 Many great bargains in our basement , con sisting of ladies' desks , book cases , taborets , sofa couches , dressers in maple and mahogany , at 1-3 to 1-2 regular value. This Rattan Go-Cart , best Continued special selling of Go-Cart , oak body , polished These carts have the ad make and a very good feature dining room and bed room furniture justable foot rest , lull size , ture Is the new height patent brake and wheel at front wheels , price $3,00. niture this week. tachment , price $3.75. strange , unaccountable parrot , opening his beak for the first time , exclaimed In hoarse , shrill accents : "Oh , doctor ! I'm V6O sick. Take me out of this ! " FRENCH DRAIVIAT1C POETRY Interesting Lectnreii oil A SerleM of Thl Subject nt Harvard Unl- ternlty. Early In January , 1898 , the then president of the Cercle Francals de 1'Universlte Har vard endowed a French lectureship at Cam bridge for the purpose of bringing over from France each year a man of letters to lecture before Harvard university , under the man agement of the Cercle , In the interests of French art , literature and science. The first series of these lectures was given in March of last year by M. Rene Doumic , literary critic of the Revue dcs Deux- Mondcs , whose subject was the "History of French Romanticism , " which he treated in eight lectures. This year the second series of lectures under the auspices of the Cercle is to be delivered by SI. Bdouard Rod. His theme will be the "History of French Dramatic Poetry ; " also to be treated in eight lec tures , under the following dates and sub jects ; Wednesday , March 1 "The Origin of the ' * Trntredv " Struggle Between . March 3.-"The the Regular and the Irregular Drama. Th * CMonday. March C.-"The Triumph of the ' nn"8' Religious 10. "Shakespeare In FMonaay. i3.-"The Romantic . March - . . _ _ 15. "The Classical March 17. "Contemporaneous Dramatic Poetry. Cyrano de nereerac The following sketch of the life nnd works of M. Rod may prove Interesting reading , for he has been Invited by many of our col leges and other organizations , ns , for In stance , Vale , Princeton , Columbia , Cornell , Worcester French club. Smith college , Adelphl college and Parker Institute of Brooklyn , tbe French club of Chicago , Wil liams college and many others , to so extend his visit that they may have the privilege of hearing him. Edouard Hod was born at Nyon , near Geneva , In 1857. After excellent studies In classical philology In Switzerland nnd In Germany he made his first appearance in French literature in 1879 by a pamphlet en titled "A propos de 1'Assommolr , " In which he warmly and ably took the part of JI. Emile Zola , who was violently attacked at that time. This was followed by several novofa , among them being such works as "Lcs Allemsods a Paris" (1SBO ( ) ; "Palmyra Veulard" (1881) ( ) , "La Chute de Miss Topsy" (1882) ( ) , "Lea Protestants , cote a cote" (1882) ( ) , "L'Autopslo du Docteur Z" (1884) ( ) and "La Femme d'Henrl A'aneau" (1884) ( ) but by none of these was the true personality of tbe young writer disclosed. The earliest book to really assert the ability ot M. Hod was "La Course a la Mort" (1S85) ( ) . At tbe time of .the publication of this book , which was then much talked of , M. Hod was a con tributor to several papers and magazines , besides which he had founded , with the assistance ot a few young men of bis own age , "La Revue Contemporalne , " which be came the most important of tbe small maga zines of tbe period. Shortly thereafter he was appointed professor of foreign literature at the University of Geneva and was soon given charge there of the in struction In French also , While fulfilling his functions as profevsor with distinction M. Rod did not slacken his literary activity. As a critic he published an interesting vol- t'me of "Etudes sur IB XIX SlecJe ; " "De la Literature Compares" and "Les Idees Mor ales du Temp * Present" the last named work proving a signal for a complete Intel lectual movement. As a novelist ho write , in 1680 , "Titiana Lellof" and In 1888 "Le Sens de la Vie , " a moral bequel to "La Course a la Mort , " which was crowned by the French academy and won for Us author the cross of the Legion of Honor. Ills versa tility is remarkable , for with apparent equal easa liu wodueed such blftcranhical works aa You will find some mighty interesting ; reading in this space. Little pointers will be given from time to time as an index to the good things provided for our Spring Dress Goods feast. Basement Bargains for Monday : One case Outing Flannel , 2ic per yard. One case Mill Remnants of Sheeting at 5 cents many worth JOc per yard. Two bales of 4x4 Drill , at 5c worth 74 c. Muslin Underwear the good kind well made wearable materials , clean , fresh , new goods this season , lower for Monday than you have yet seen. At the risk of differing with Mr. Ground Hog , we predict spring weather. Anyhow , we are ready with New Dress Goods , New Silks , and a gathering of Wash Goods , which for goodness and choiceness cannot be matched. JUST IN our own importation of Whytlaw's fa mous Piques , Zephyrs , etc. Come soon if you want the choice things. You might watch this little space if interested in good goods at little prices. "Stendhal" and "Lamartlne , " criticisms like "Nouvelles Etudes au lea XIX Slccle" and such novels as "La Sacrifice. " His "Es- sals _ sur Goethe" also call for particular at tention as another Instance of his talent , as does his translation from the Italian of "Les Malavoglla' de Vergu , " Among the novels which contributed much 1o establish his reputation arc "Lea Trols Coeur * . , " "Le Scenes de la Vlo Cosmopolite , " "La Vie Prlvce de Michel Testier" whiili WUB so successfully dramatized ) and "La Seconde Vlo do Michel TeESlcr. " His "La Silence" "Lee Roches Blanches , " "Dernier Refuge , " "La Haul , " "Le Menage du Pasteur Nau- dle , " "L'Innoceuto" and "Scenes de la vie Sultse" Hnally placed him , ( luring ( lie course of later years , In the front rank of contemporaneous writers. A Trt. Detroit Journal : "You will never forget me ? " "Nev r , Alfred ! " Vet he would test her. Accordingly , he bet with somebody that he could walk around the world in thirty days , starting penniless and coining back with $100,000 In gold , and faied forth amid demon strations of the most Intense public Interest in his undertaking. For If a man Isn't forgotten under those clrcumitancea , he'll never be forgotten. Cr < i -K > nl CiirloNlll - in Jasper Herald : There Is a little negro boy la Jaej > er wlio la 60 cross-eyed that lie caa stand flatfootcd and look at the back of his head , Flowery Branch Journal : There Is one In Flowery Branch who la BO cross-eyed that when bo crk'fa the tears drop off behind his ears. ears.Atlanta Atlanta Constitution : Humph ! There Is one in Milton county ube Is eo cross-eyed that ho has to turn around to see bow to button bin galluses in front. Hull I * Fl Chicago Post : "He'll propose all right , " said the old man confidently , "I have him fixed. " fixed.Vhat " \Vhat do you mean ? " abkcd the anxious mother. "I asked him to lend me $50 , and he did it. Oh , he is In earnest and no mistake. "But you didn't want tlio money , " pro tested the anxious mother. "Of coureo not , " answered the foxy father. "I only wanted to encourage him. Ho taluks ho has me fixed so I can't object , and he'll come to the point In a hurry now. " A Itfiiilmlcr. Detroit Journal : Now the hero Balled auay into the east. Gentle breezes klaecd the tall brow , yet ba regarded them not much of any , But Boon some typhoons kissed him thus , and then It 'Has different. "This Is like Chicago girls ! " exclaimed the hero , after being buffeted about the deck awhile. But bai'jUy ? there were no reportere