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"HEN the congress of the
United States at its last
session' appropriated
mcney for raising the ill
fated battleship Maine it
made an important pro
viso in connection with
the gigantic wrecking
project. The stipulation
In question was to the effect that the
remains of ths members of the Maine's
" crew which have never been account
ed for shall when recovered ba
brought back to the United States and
. buried with due honors. Probably it
has escaped the memory of many erf
voar readers that not all of thefship's
xiompauy on the old Maine were ac
counted for after that vessel was
blown up in Havana harbor just on
the eve cf the Spanish-American war.
which this tragic incident did so much
.o precipitate. Kcwever, such was tha
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case. Captain (now Rear Admiral,' retired) Slgs
bee, who was In command of the vessel on the
fated night, escaped together with a number of
his officers and men, but a large proportion of
the ship's company went to watery graves. Fol
lowing the disaster there were recovered the
bodies cf 1&3 men cf the Maine's' crew, but more
("ran three ccere cf the men who gave up their
lives fcr their country on that night have never
to this day bacn accounted for. ' The officials of
the government are all confident that the remaius
cf these missing men will bet found in the hold
of the wrecked vessel when she is raised to the
surface in accordance with the elaborate sal
vage plans now in progress. Prcbibly only the
sheletcn3 cf the unfertunatfis will remain, but the
government will provide a regulation, coffin for
each and acccrd the full boners cf the service in
connection with interment ' in " their final resting
place. - , '
It is fitting' that; the national legislature fcbettJd
designate Arlington as the resting plaee of this
final grim muster squad from the long-submerged
Maine. Fcr Arlington ia probably- the most sig
nificant of all our great national cemeteries, and
here already repose in their last dreamless sleep
those otber heroes of
the Maine who gave up
their lives because of
treachery. The re
. mains of the Maine's
men that were recov
ered immediately after
the disaster were first
interred in a cemetery
at Havana, but arrangements were later . made
to transfer them to their native land and they
were reinterred at Arlington with solemn cere
mony the latter part of December, 1898, about ten
months after the Maine went to destruction.
Already plans are under way for a splendid
monument to be erected, after the new graves
shall have been made, to all the victims of the
Maine. Rear Admiral Sigsbee, who was in- com
mand of the ill-starred vessel, is interested in the
project and so are many other prominent public
spirited citizens, Including a number of the men
and women who were instrumental in raising the
money for that stately monument to the Rough
Riders In connection with the placing of which
former President Roosevelt delivered one of his
best addresses. Within sight of the graves of
the Maine victims at Arlington also Ts the tower
lag shaft of the monument . erected by the Na
tional gcclety of Colonial Dames in honor of the
memory of the heroes of the Spanish-American
war, more than one thousand of whom victims
of the Cuban campaign of 1898 rest within the
shadow of this lofty tribute.
Indeed the green bills of Arlington overlook
ing the Potomac river Just opposite the city of
Washington are covered with tr mutes in granite
and marble and bronze to the nation's heroes
men who fell In three wars. There are notable
general monuments such as those above men
tioned and the famous "monument to the un
known dead," erected .over the unidentified-remains
of more than two thousand soldiers that
fell on. the fields of Bull Run and other - seenes
of conflict in Virginia. And there are also monu
ments oyer individual graves wliich are of the
greatest interest to all visitors to the cemetery.
Among these latter are the sculptured tributes
over the graves of Gen. Phil. Sheridan, the. fa
mous cavalry leader, General - Crook, .the great
Indian fighter, and the gallant Law ton.
Arlington was, prior to the civil war, the homa
of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the leader of the military
forces of the Confederacy, having come to him
through his marriage with the great-granddaughter
bf the Widow Custis, whq married George
Washington The federal government confiscated
the property during the war, but later reimbursed
the Lee family for it. The old manor house,
which was the home in turn of several very
prominent citizens of the republic, still stands in
a perfect state of preservation "an ideal example
of th southern manor house of the colonial pe
riod and not a stone's throw from this ld dwell
ing is the amphitheater, with a capacity of 5.000
persons, which was erected in 1873 and Is the
scene of all memorial exercises, such as those
which-will, te held for the Maine victims, when
the. remains of the rear guard of the buttleshir's
martyrs shall have been recovered aud hi ought
home io rest with their shipmates.
Senator 'Benjamin Harvey Hill Predict
- :?J That Hlg-Attack on Mahone
J. ;Wpd'ld e His Last
" With1-the possible exception of Alex
ander JH Stephens;yte-president of
theconfederacy, no other statesman of
the south who entered congress during
thereeoristructlon era so greatly in
terested both members of congress and
visitors" the capitol as did old Ben
jamin "Harvey . Hill jtf Georgia. , First
air-a representative and then as a sen
ator, he was especially conspicuous be
cause he was the member of the Etate
convention of Georgia In 1881 who
earnestly opposed the proposed seces
sion of that state. After Georgia se
ceded, however, Mr. Hill gave his
earnest support to the cause and be
came a member of the confederate sen
ate, where he met George -G. Vest of
Missouri, who served as a confederate
.senator before he became a United
States senator from Missouri. Vete
rin members of congress of the seven
v.es and early eighties who remember
ed John C. CaJhounJthought they de
tected a strong pnysicai resemmance
between Senator Hill and Calhoun, at
least in the' contour of. the features,
the heavy over-hanging eyebrows and
the stiffly brushed, hair.
. Undoubtedly the . greatest, speech
that Senator Hill delivered during his
congressional carrer, . which began in
1S75, and ended seven years later, was
that in which he vigorously attacked
Senator William Mahone of Virginia
for his unexpected alliance with the I
Republicans; a move that brought
about a tie, Instead of the slight Dem
ocratic majority which had been an
ticipated. "
Senator Hill-sat in the front row, on
the aisle, of the Democratic side. Sen
ator Mahone had been alloted a seat
at the end of the row upon the Repub
lican side. Therefore It was possible
for Senator Hill to face. Senator- Ma
hone without changing his seat or
even stepping from his desk to the
aisle,;and through the delivery of his
castigation of the befrilled man
from the Old Dominion, the Georgian
took advantage ot-this position to drive
home his sentences of damnation of
Mahone's course In the senate.
'-Senator Hill began with a voice
that never seemed, more powerful to
the packed galleries and the body of
the senate. It was of vast volume, a
deep, reverberant bass. 7! Yet, not long
after he had started upon his strictly
parliamentary tongue lashing of the
ma,who was hated and 4espised of
the Democrats, he occasionally halted,
as though trying tocatch his breath.
Then, at times, his voice, became sud-
denly husky. Again, what eeemedto
me to be an expression of pain passed
over his features and towards the .end
of thevspecch he paused frequently,
often that he might swallow a drink
of water, which be took as though his
mouth, were parched.
Perhaps halt an hour afterthe sena
tor had finished speaking it fell to my
lot to meet him, in a horse car going
down Pennsylvania avenue. I ven
tured to say that I had had the pleas
ure of listening to everf word of his
speech and- was sure that it would at
tract widespread atterition. As I spoke
.1 n6tlced that he held, hi3 mouth open
in a peculiar way.
"I thank you for what ' you " have
said," the senator replied.'svlBut I am
fearful that it Is my last speech in
the senate."
"I thought you were occasionally in
some physical dlstressM said; asthe
senator paused. . .
"You were correct," he said, "Some
portions of the speech were delivered
while I was in great pain, and nearly
all of it was delivered, under much
physical Inconvenience. There la some
thing the matter with my throat ; It .
becomes peculiarly dry, with a parch-
ing dryness, when I am compelled to" .-.
talk long. I am 'going to Philadelphia .
to consult a specialist . In : a . day or
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1 That he did, and the surgcon3 dls- '
covered that an excrescence had grown. ,
upon the tongue. It was removed al-.
most Immediately.' But in a little white . J
the malignant growth reappeared, and
then It was that the senator .knew he
was doomed. He went to his home
and died soon after from the effects of " ;
this trouble, somewhat similar to the
disease which ; caused the death cf -General
Grant He - bad. Indeed,
sMken nronhetically when he ' said
that, he was apprehensive Uhat tn
speech in which he attacked Senate
Mahone would be his last Jn the f ee
eral senate. " : . ':' ' ,:;.? r-1
(Copyright 1910, by E. J. Edwards.' AO
- v ' Rights Reserved.) - ;.
Almost Lahdec
She had talked for ten minutes with
out a break. ' . -; . . ' ,
"But what were you going to say,
Regulus, when I Interrupted yon?, .
she asked. ' ; .. . : '
fBellatrlx," said the young" man;
looking, at his watch and grabbing his -ha,
"!' was going to ask yon to many
me, but I shall have to put that off
until the next time. I have less than
three minutes: to catch the last train.
Good night!" n t ; ? .
Yankee's Secret Berlin Visit
How Frederick W. Holls Brought
About the Adoption of an Amer
ican Plan by-The Hague
Conference.
The secretary and counsel of the
American delegation to the first peace
conference at The Hague, called In
1S99 at the instance of the czar, was
the late George Frederick William
Holls, who, for many years prior to
his death, enjoyed a large German
American law practice -in New York
city. M. Holls was especially quali
fied to act as the delegation's secre
tary and counsel. partly through his
ability as a lawyer and his familiarity
with international law, partly by rea
son of the very cordial relations he
had established at the German court
the 'year' before, and partly because
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Accounts TMrariJidiimt
A GREENE A CK S TORY
HE ether day In the Treasury building
a heap of worn-out greenbacks lay
awaiting Nirvana by. the' fire route
when, In greenback lingo, of course,
a. bill suggested:
' Let's kill time by autobiographlng
a bit. Wake up there, Onebuck! Sup
pose you tell us upon what occasion
In your opinion your purchasing power was great
est, or least?"
A lop-eared bill yawned and answered:
"I've bought some pretty nifty things in my
day. Drinks for two bqes who'd Just hit town
after 200 miles of imprisonment in an empty
freight car, a photograph a girl had taken to send
her soldier boy sick in the Philippines. Once I
paid for a ticket out of Chicago to some Indiana,
town" . ;
"Pretty good as far aa you went,?' cut. in the
interlocutor. "Now we'll hear from Fiver.". -
"Well, I urged a messenger boy to walk a
block in 15 minutes" "
"Listen to the bromide!" Greek chorused tha
others. "Next!"
Another one-dollar bill responded. Judging by
appearance he had the heart of the pToet, for even
in that tattered company his raggedness was no
ticeable. He spoke softly:
"I once paid for the pearl of greatest price. A
woman, whom the world had bruised, took me to
a drug store and converted me into a tiny" vial of
test"
The interlocutor cleared his throat suddenly
and called on Old Hundred. . - -
"I've never bought anything" worth -much. i
must confess," responded the hundred-dollar bill,
"and I always got a grouch when I saw myself
bring in so little of the real goods. Oftenest I've
been spent in such fool ways that I blush at the
remembrance, as for instance, when Reggie left
me in a Broadway shop in exchange for a gilt
Basketful of purple blossoms not to be named in
the srae day with the common or garden flowers.
"At one 'time I thought I had fallen into quiet
quarters for good. That was the time when a
horny-handed jay of the good old homestead spe
cies took me In payment for his crop of 'taters
and let me sleep out the spring and early sum
mer In a red yarn soclj but one morning in Au
gust, ere the dawn had flushed the faintest rose,
even before Chantecler lad flapped his wings,
I was yanked out of the sock- and deep ' down
within me I knew that it was me for the giddy
whirl again.
"After all, It was refreshing to be back where
things were doing and being done at the county
fair. I longed to get out of Jay's trousers pocket,
but Jay wasf foxy. The barkers barked strenu
ously before I got out of the. pocket However,
come out I did, and well, thinking it Over dis
passionately,. I believe the privilege of seeing ,
what was nqt under the walnut shell came higher
to Jay than did the fool gilt basket of flowers
to Reggie on .Broadway."
Onebuck held uphis -hand, craving speech.
"Well, Onebuck, what is it?" asked the Inter
locutor. '
"I once bought the ' blue chip with which a
good but erring youth staked the last dollar of
his employer's money which ho had taken, mean
ing to pay it back the chip with which the youth
recouped and saved honor, good name, , and "
"Shut up, Onebuck! ..This experience nieetin
1b on the level. Two spot, what's the story of
your biggest purchase?"
The two-dollar bill spoke, deliberately, soberly:
"Upon a certain May morning a young- man
with dreams in ' bis eyes grasped me with trern-,
bling fingers and took me to the city hall, I
could feel his heart beat as he went, and every
rod or two I. heard him say: 'Angal! Joy of my
soul! Beautiful darling, soon to be my own!"
"Arrived at the Impressive stone building my
young man, still trembling, said something in an
inaudible voice to the party behind the desk.
Evidently the party behind the desk was accus
tomed to mind reading. He understood what the
young, man wanted all right, and after a few pre
liminaries the young man handed me to the' party
behind the desk and received inexchange a slip
of paper. ; ! V r
"You think a slip of paper an insignificant purv
chase? Well, you've got several thinks coming;
" to you. That spring day when the young man
. Tjarried me, to the -city hall, my purchasing power
was .greater -than it has ever been in a long lifetime.-
I' bought more" ,
fc "I know," butted In Onebuck. "What you
bought fcr your young man was Happiness with
a big H!" v.
Twospot looked at Onebuck sadly, pityingly.
"My boy, your innocence, is positively refresh
ing. What I bought for my young man that May
morning in the city, hall begins with a big H all
right but it doesn't end with s." New York Sun.
Refused to Look at Those Kept by
Sen .During World-Circling Tr!p,v
Since All Bills Were
- Paid, '
The o'nl one of the Grant children
who did 'not accompany the general
and Mrs. Grant on any part of their
famous tour around the world, which
began when they set sail from Phlta
aelphhi in 1877, following the close of
the . general's second term as presi
dent was their second son, U. S.
Grant, Jr. Years later, when this son
had become a well-known resident of
San Diego, I called his attention to the
fact, and asked why he did not take
! the trip.
"I have always regretted that I was
not able to make the journey," was the
reply, "but there were one or two good
reasons that perated to keep me at
home.' I had been recently frafluftted
from Harvard and the Columbia Law.
sebcol and had just begun the practice
of law. It did not seem expedient that
I should break io upon my life's work
thus early by taking part In world
tour that perhaps would occupy the
better part of three years. , Further
more, It was necessary that some one
should be in the United States who
could look after father's business af
fairs, and because there was a very
good personal reason why I should re?
main at home. I was given the task
of managing father's business matters
for him while he was absent . from
the country.
"Well, after" father had started I de
cldeoVto keep a very careful, system
atic and detailed record of accounts
relating to such of his business as 1
might , be called upon to transact. . As I
beheld these accounts grow from
month to month, I reflected with some
pride that upon father's return I
should be able to lay before him ac
companied by the necessary voucher,
a complete . and full statement of all
collections and expenditures made by
me in his behalf. , And, I must con
fess, as the time for his return drew
near I began to look for a compliment
on the manner in which 1 had attend
ed to his business and on the accurate j opposed fo It
he spoke German as though it were
his native tongue. ' . r V .
"When I first arrived at The Hague, .
Mr. Hollis said to me shortly after he
returned' therefrom, "I -was a little
diffident about taking any; active pari
in the conference. Andre w D. ' White,
one of my associates, was universally ,
known abroad; because he had served
as ambassador to Germany, "and : also
because of his identification with Cor
nell university. Hewas well acquaint
ed with the kaiser. . My other assocl- ,
ate, Seth Low, "was also a man of ln
ternatlonal reputation.' So,' you aee,
my ' first inclination - was to keep j la
the background as much. as possible.
"But in the course of. the delibera .
tlons of the conference a matter - that
I deemed most Vital to American in
terests came up for discussion I am
undec pledge not to reveai Its na- ' ;
ttaied almost before I realized It
t had lc ;my ahyness land was in the .
fhiofe)f,the deliberatiDns For sever- - r
ai ey:-AflMrtpia pressed ior-tntr
idbptloinrot winJoBnty -.tofjg
tuscover eyentuauy ; mat -, ine vjeruiau -; "-V;ss -,
representatives, : the French - and " at . ' -: t - -1
least one of the British "delegates were.. . T"
And when we sought '
Public iV Jadg& df Art
a-
In the pnd, There, After All, Must Be
the Court of Last Resort
in the- Matter.
Do not despise the publicfeither
Its money nor Its praisel" Inthe last
resort the public is the Judgment seat
of all and every art. Its praise is pre
cious as its sincere prayer for your
geawrouj forgiveness for the unthink-
ing wrong it did you in the past; Its
money is. Its acknowledgment of the
wrong done, and its encouragement to
you to go on fulfilling yourself in the
future. Yes, i plead for the public;
and I plead especially for the publio
of these United States, which is con
tinual being made the -butt , of for
eign condescension. As if other coun
tries never lest their geniuses 1 , Aa
If this were the only country in which
geniuses found no home! You are
wrong when you compare the people
of this country with the people of
France and other European countries,
to its detriment The people of this
country are young and in the making.
They are busy making homes, ' and
families and a nation for themselves.
A growing and a working people have
less time for enjoyment than have the
aged and the idle.'' In their pleasures
they can but ape their elders, and
aping, show themselves,
ridiculous," silly and gauche. But give
them, time and they, too, will learn
wisdom and find a real and living hap
piness. The wonder is that they do so
well. But let them do well or Hi, you
will help them better, not by criticis
ing and. decrying, but by offering them
the best you have. Help them with
your genius, and so advance them to
a worthy place among the other civi
lizations of the world. If you are a
true Idealist, as well as a true artist.
least you can do. Temple
! tt I h.' m t TWA
: f Quoting a congratulatory teiegram
sent to a citizen of that city who has
been conspicuous in communal and
charitable work, the Denver Outlook
says: "Your heart has ever beaten In
sympathy with the suffering. Your
hand has ever been dpen in response
to appeal for succor and relief, a true
soldier In the service of humanity;
in appreciation -of.yQjjyy ; life's I'.work,
the high school of Tiumanity ' confers
upon you, on thls,;occaslon, . the high
est degree, the ancient and honorable
degree of Ph. D., 'Doer 'of Philan
throphy"; .. '
Odd Gifts to 8chool. , ;'
A lotus befl' and. 8everalv prayer
stones from India have been "'given to
Mount Holyoke by Miss Jessie R,
Carleton In memory of her mother, Ce
lestia Bradford, class Sf '54.- Another
gift to the college recently was a pic
ture' of the place where Mary Lyon
was teaching when she conceived the
idea of Mount Holyoke.
Tin Is the most valuable metal at
present exported from China
and complete story of his business af
fairs that .the accounts would tell to
him. v-. .
."Of course, some time, ater fa
ther's return we were - too.vnjuch oc
cupied with greetings, with-receiving
friends -and congratulations, and with
listening to the various stories that
father had to tell of his experiences, to
get down to the business that lay be
tween him and me. But,' finally, tnere
came a day when I placed beTcre
father my account books, vouchers and
other documents essential to perfect
accounting, and said to him:
" 'Father, I have tried, to keep very
careful and accurate accounts of your
business affairs since you haVe been
away, and I think I have done pretty
well. I have here a general statement
Of receipts end disbursements, a de
tailed statement and a complete set of
vouchers, I am lure that you will find
the accounts all right, and I would like
to have you look them cvtr.V
.""Weil, my son, father asked, 'did
yon receive enough money to pay all
my bills promptly?'
" 'Oh, yes, the receipts were abund
ant'. '
" 'Well, you have paid all the bills V
'Yes,, every one.5 . -
"'Was there anything left over?
" 'Yes, quite a little Bum."
" "Then take your accounts away and
lock them' up; I don't care to see them.
So long as all the bills were paid, and
so long as the balance remains in my
favor, what do I care about accounts?
That's all I want to know.'
"And do you know " concluded ' Mr.
Grant "I could never get father to look
at those accounts I had .kept so pains
takingly against the day of his return.
But. I think he was not a little proud
of the way In which I was able to hand
a general report to him .by word of
mouth." y
(Copyright 1910. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
A Man oft
for the real reason " of the opposition ; ;
we discovered that it was based upon
a statement made privately by one of
the German representatives , that the.
feature would not be favorably re
garded by the German emperor, or,
at least by those who were high In
his official' family. . ,
"I for one did not ' believe t that to .
be true. I made up my mind that I
would verify or disprove the state
ment of the German delegate, and to
that end I was able to secure a delay
of a day or two In the final discussion
without saying anything to anyontfof .
my purpose. Then, quietly, I; slipped
out of The Hague by a night train,
and the following day was In closey "
touch with the emperor -of Germany
himself. A little inquiry satisfied me
that the kaiser and his official family
had been misrepresented, as I Jia4
suspected. But it was going to be a
delicate matter to. make a report of
that kind at The Hague. The German:
delegate who had either deliheratelyf
or innocently misrepresented his tew :
perial master might feel offended, an ,
be certainly would not be disposed toV
feel very kindly toward me.;
"However, I was authorized tactful ,
ly to report that the feature which we"
Americans were especially desirous of:
seeing adopted would not be regardedl
with disapproval by the emperor or
his official family." Thiit announcement'
I made in due course, and as tactfully . ;
and politely as I knew how. You can;' :
Imagine the surprise, that was caused
by what I bad to say. I . was asked -
how I knew., 'I took-the night train
to Berlin and spent a few hours there
since I last saw you, I replied.
.'That reply . was sufficient ; , We; '
Americans had our way; andwtiat we;
regarded as one of the most important
matters brought before The Hague' -peace
conference was In . that way '
made certain of final adoption." ' -
(CopjTight 1910. by E. J. Edwartfs.- AJJ:
Rights Reserved.)
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He had great schemes within-"- his
head; he patented a1 folding bed,
but,, though he praised it loud and
long he never tried to sleep in it;
An airship wonderful he planned, of
nice proportions, graceful, grand,
but he was rather timorous when
he was asked therein to flit-
With much ado he brought to, view a
'. fuel that was wholly new, but In
.the . turn ace of his house he went
on burning chunks of coal;
He had a novel tastrujnent for luring
" fish, but when intehl on gathering
In the finny tribe he stuck tp.the
' old bait and pole. ,-'?-
He had a preparation rare that he de
clared would .quick grow nair. But
' , never tried it off himself although
' his head could boast no thatch;
He had devices to illume the black
ness of the darkest room, but when
he wanted light hjtnself he used an
ordinary matcnT- .y- ' ' - i1
At last he studied out the . wara.;br
which one could prolong one's days,
but whether he should follow them
' he was not ready to decide; "
lie wavered, I regret to state, until It .
was by far too late, and he, alas, I
grieve to say, was only thirty when v
' he .died! r't-- V . ;
Nathan M. Levy In New York Suju
Two 8oldlers. ; ; , ; - ;
Lack of petty Jealousy is one of the-V
distinguishing marks of the great ' To-
pe .entirely frank In the appreciation r
of a rival Is better than to win a bat
tle. Lee and .Jackson, the two great;
generaia ox ue souu aunng tne ciru,f f
war, -were' absolutely free from even a''i
trace at rivalry- Theodore 'A. Dodgei.
quotes a remark from each la his artl?
cle on" CJhmcellorevlilel;V":.
"He Is the only man, I would foltoirV
jbdfolded said Jackson. j '
When ' Gen. ;Lee heard of. Jackson'e
wound, he exclaimed: v r;- ?pr. .
: "H has lost his left arm. but I ha -lost
my righti" Youth's Comjaf-
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