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LITERARY NOTES.
(Next to the work of Xansen, ifoJat
of Dr. Sven Hedin is the most pictua
esque and important that has been
accomplished of late yeans. Dr. Hedin
is a Swede, a native of Stockholm, and;
still is In Hie prime of early manhood.
Ever since lie was a child' his absOTD
ing passion has been geography,
and he Was studied under the best
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OH TIM DESERT OT TAJUA-XAKAX
ters, including- the greatest, Boron
Rich'thbfen, of Berlin. As a- prepara
tive for scientific research We made
three preliminary journeys into Asia,
and in 1893 started on 'his trip through
Asia, an account of which appears tn
the October number of Harper's Maga
zine, and later, probably1 in) October
Ms book, Through Asia, will be published.
terly unstated to be either a point of
mobilization or departure its one
railroad track was blocked for miles
and for days for the supplies for
which the troops were waiting' at
Tampa. The quartermaster deficien
cies alone would fill a book deficien
cies so glaring as to make one stare
the lack of system in loading trans
ports, which mode confusion in the
unloading; separation of articles that
should be together; mixing of hospit
al supplies with general merchandise;
and 'the storing deep in the hold of
the transports things wanted first,
while things not wanted were heaped
on top.
There were incompetent officials in
plenty but how could it be otherwise
when we consider the attitude of our
government towards the army for the
last thirty years? Not in the memory
of the present generation of officers
had there before been on assembling
of the army nor even maneuvres In
divisions or corps. Distributed
throughout tine country.broken in f r
post and garrison duty, what eSse but
confusion and blundering could be ex
pected to ensue when quartermasters
and others who had never seen more
than fragments were called upon for
swift and systematic handling of
large 'bodies of men? For years the
government has cut the army into
fragment duty, scattered its stuff or
ganization, denied it facilities for
humanity and the right of people to
govern themselves as independent
communities; and that to appropriate
the islands as on indemnity for the
expenditure incurred in the prosecu
tion of war would place us in the hu
miliating attitude of demanding com
pensation for our humanity and love
of liberty.
The possession of the Philippine
islands, Cuba, Hawaii, the Lad rone isl
ands and Puerto Rico, according to
Mr. Carlisle, will not satisfy the ag
gressive spirit of imperialism in fact,
it will, he opines, stimulate the desire
for new acquisitions, and we will al
most certainly go on, unless checked
by the armed opposition of other pow
ers, until we have fastened upon the
United States a black and yellow
horde of conscript citizens to debauch
the suffrage and sap the foundations
of our free institutions. It m a per
manent national policy we are asked
to inaugurate, not merely a tempo
rary departure from the course
marked out by the statesmen of the
past.
presfclion in words that are likely to he
remembered as long as the English
language endures. Xow, as tlwn, a
queen has been chewen for murder be
cause she was a queen, but in this case
it was a queen beloved by all her peo
ple. It is scarcely coneeivabN, says
a writer in Harper's Weekly, limit an
Austrian or a Hungarian), even an nro
ivrdMst, could have been foamkl to
mise his dagger against the beloved
EHznleth, who was beloved of all her
The righteous anger will not down
in the breasts of patriotic women as
they contemplate the events of the
to know whether or not, if this coun
try should soon again be under the
necessity of calling for volunteers to
defend her on the field of battle,
young men from the GoWen Gate to
Marguerite Merington, a dramatic
writer of distinction and auWhor of
"Capitain Lettanblair," begins the first
of a seies of articles on the "Dramatic
Outlook" in -the October issue of The
American Queen. The series promises
to cornel a great deal of attention from
students of the dramai "Rita" (the fa
mous novelist), Ellen Ttoonneycroft
Fowler and Annie S. Swan contribute
three new short stories, aSl of whSch
are copiously illustrated. Abby E.
Underwood and Alex. Itummler have
thlree ages of fllustrait&oms of the fall
atnd winter fashion. There are two
special articles on how a self-supporting
woman may dress well on $100 a
year. Each article gives the list and
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corps drill, and its staff experience for New York harbor would leap to arms.
transportation, refused to keep re- Patriotism, like love, may die a death
nrices of the necessarv- articles that serve stock of munitions, equipments, from which there is no resuscitation,
should go to make up a woman's otc- And suddenly, when called on to and a republic has especial reason for
wardrobe. There ore a number of spe- exbibit all these, naturally we have guarding the devotion of its citizens
cial articles on various subjects, li incompetent and floundering officials, from blight by winds of treachery, or
cludinp cookery, embroidery work, the The Las Guasimas fight, which is early frosts of ingratitude. At the
toilet, etiquette, the new dress goods graphically illustrated by the plan present time, the United States may
and trimmiDgsg, how tihe hair should drawn from notes taken in the field well be apprehensive lest violence has
be worn by the various types of wo. by Mr- Whitney, was, however, not, as been done to thousands of generous
men. The October issue of the Amend- spoken of and written about by impulses. It is not for a country's
can Queen is well up to its usual hign those who did not see it, a blunder, good to trifle with men who, for aher
btandard. The issue contains about a uut a carefully and skillfully planned love, of that country, went marching
hundred original illustrations. attack, which cleared the road to San- to meet the enemies' guns wih jocund
tiago, and thoroughly tested the cour- pride. Xo matter where the blame
Men go to war to fight. To fignt age, determination and marksmanship for the wrong lies, or what punish
means at times to march all night, to of the present generation of Ameri- meiit is inflicted, it is impossible to
go hungry, to get wet. Those with cans, from the lowest to the highest wipe out the terrible fact that hun
no stomach for such adventure should born, from the wage-woTker to the dreds or our soldiers died from star
stay at home; it is not a pleasure out- gentleman of fortune, and not one of vution and neglect. In view of all this,
ing. But the deprivations that come them was found deficient. is it not feasible, that in the event of
as the natural result of things may be Xow that the war is over comes the future conflict, women may be in
greatly and unnecessarily increased, all-important question of deciding trusted with the sacred task of pro
through xuiicarned, stupid manage- what we are to do with the conquered viding, if not for the well, at least for
territory- On this question of colon- the sick? Self Culture for October.
ial expansion the Hon. John G. Car-
lisle, ex-secretary of the treasury, Xb more startling or revolting crime
contributes a very conservative article could have been committted uan the
EXPRESS ILIZABKTIt or AUSTRIA
people, ami whose person formed. It
is not too much to say, one of the
strongest bonds of the dual monarchy.
Only a foreigner could do It, and" it In
not wonderful that Austrian mcibs
should 'have risen against Italian resi
dents in Austria to avenge the crime
of an Italian.
And there is no renson to suppose
that the wretch who committted his
crime as an Italian. He was a munlier
er in 'his character of an enemy of tlie
human race Envy, hatred, and malice,
and all uncharitoibleness are of no
country. Xeither axe they of amy time.
We are apt to look upon anfarchSsm an
a new disease. In fact, it is as old as
failure. The murder of Marie AnJtoin
etlte reminds us that when the failures
of society gain control fo society, they
will revenge themselves upon its suc
cesses, and1 without respect of persons.
A hundred years ago the cry was aris
tocralties to the lantern. Xow it is.
"Down with the burgoise." When the
Spanish anarchists destroyed a theatre
for the supposed purpose of killing a
personage who escaped, their organs
proclaimed the massacre to be never
theless a success, since only well-to-tSo
persons were killed-. Whoever is out of
debt,and whoever Is conltented, is a
mark for the modern AduIInmtes.
ment, and of this there is much in the
Santiago campaign.
Mr. Caspar Whitney, who contrib
utes a complete and Consecutive nar
rative of the campaign, with thrilling to the Harper's. He says that even if murder of Dhe Empress of Austria. Xot
personal experiences, to the October the permanent acquisition of the col- since Marie Antoinette was sent to the
number of Harper's Magazine, thinks onial possessions of Spain were de- guillotine has there been a crime more
it might not inappropriately be called sired under any circumstances, we a p othltsh'rdleaomfwytomfwhrwklyyp
a campaign of blunders. First of all, could not afford to hold them as a re- apt to awoken that sentiment of chl-
was the infirmity of purpose at nash- suit of this war which we went into vatric pity and indignation to wftlch,
ington; then the choice of Tampa, ut- professedly solely in the interest of on the earlier occasion, Burke gave ex-
The editors of McClure's Magazine
have secured for the October number a
"human document" of the recent war
of the highest interest and value. It
is a diary kept by the British consul
at Santiago de Cuba from the clay be
fore the arrival of Cervera's fleet un
til the day after the American army
took possession of the city. Mr. Rams
den, the author, had been British con
sul at Santiago for nearly rorty
years. During the siege he was the
special guardian and advisor ot the
panic-stricken foreign residents, and
was in close confidential communica
tion with' the Spanish authorities,
evil and military. Under the great
labors and hardships of his position
he finally fell ill, and, soon after the
surrender, died.
HEART jLISKiVSK
And nervous ailments are as curable as
other diseases. I treat nothing else
J. S. Leontiardt, 3T.X.
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