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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AlABCH 9. 1902.
LEWIS NIXON, NEW TAMMANY BOSS
LBWIS NIXON, the young man whom !
Richard Croker appointed for his
successor as leader of the TanT
many Hall organization of New York, Is
an Interesting object-lesson to any political
municipal body In the United States. He
has had the amazing courage to take up
the defeated elements of a great city (de
feated under most violent accusations of
dishonesty and demoralization), to rally
the scattered forces for . future electioneer
ing -warfare. In spite of flagrant proof
against Tammany Hall, showing the per
sonal audacity of many of Its irfost promi
nent mombers, Mr. Nixon has stepped qui
etly In front of these Crokerltes and said:
"I will be your leader, I'll take the Job,"
and shut his jaws tight together, com
mitted to a most difficult undertaking
for better or for worse.
"How do you like It?" I asked him, dur
ing a talk at Tammany Hall.
"Don't like It, but I'm In It, and Til
stick to It to the end. I'll see It through,"
he said, crisply.
"What made you take it?" He was
amused at this blunt inquisition, and In
his answer was an Indication of tho ster
ling sincerity of the man.
"They wanted a man for the place, and
1 just stepped In and said I'd take It."
"They were glad to get you."
"Don't know; they took me, at any rate,
and I'm going to stay." '
"What are you going to do with all the
old fellows, the trained henchmen of
HIchard Croker?" I asked, for there is
that In Mr. Nixon's appearance that Is
not strictly political; he is built on .very
square outlines.
"I hav. absolutely nothing to do with
selecting the officers and district leaders
of this organization. The primary laws
govern all members in official capacity,
and nothing couldput any member out of
the organization."
"But you are enrolling new members all
the time?"
"As fast as we can, and we look Into
their private histories, their political af
filiations. We propose to get the 300,000
Democrats In New York City on our list,
for I consider Tammany Hall Is the Demo
cratic headquarters as much as the Union
League Club Is the Republican headquar
ters. Every Democrat In this city can
come here, whether he be a member or
not, and receive any advice, patronage,
support or assistance the Tammany Hall
organization can furnish."
"Tammany Hail Is to become a straight
Democratic organization?"
"That's what we want, and that Is what
we are bringing about."
"And Mr. Croker has really and truly
and positively retired forever and ever?"
"Positively; he is an old man, and he
has earned his holiday,"
The Jerome of the Democrats.
It is a remarkable thing to see the Tam
many men gather in the executive-room of
the organization to get a little inspiration
and confidence from this self-reliant,
cheerful, determined young leader. They
are listless, disinterested; they lounge
about with their heads bowed, their eves
dull, a ghostly crew of gloom. Then Mr.
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him into the chair beside him, looks him
straight In the eye, Infuses some of his
own vitality into him, and he walks
out, head erect, htipeful, elastic, fresh
ened up. Nixon is the human symbol of
success he breathes it, looks It, is It.
These Is something In the confident at
mosphere of the man. In his business repu
tation, that makes him an object-lesson
for any political party, municipal, or state,
or National.
He Is the Jerome of the Democrats In
New York, with a good record for con
servative business habits thrown in. He Is
not aggresslre, and he has the refresh
ment of contrast in work, hetween his
shipyard In the morning and Mr. Croker'a
old desk In the afternoon. He Is not the
type of a man one would expect to find In
politics. He graduated from the United
Btates Naval Academy at Annapolis, at the
head of his class, then went to Europe
and took a course of naval architecture
and marine engineering at Royal Naval
College, In Greenwich, England. Since
his return, he designed the greatest
modern battle-ships, the Oregon, the
Indiana, the Massachusetts. This he ac
'complished in 90 lays. Later he opened
his own shipyards, built the gunboats
Annapolis, Josephine, Margreve, and the
sub-marine torpedo-boat Holland.
About 12 years ago he Joined Tammany
Hall, being a member of the Chamber of
Commerce, the Democratic Club, and
the Army and Navy Club In Washington.
It does not seem reasonable to suppose
What Constitutes Classical Writing t
What authors of poetry and prose are
called classical, and why are they so
called? Are any of the modern authors
called classical? Is the Bible considered
classical? And Isn't any and all kinds
of writing considered literature? D.
James Russell Lowell says "a classic Is
properly a book which can be simple with
out being vulgar, elevated without being
distant, and which is something neither
ancient nor modern, always new and In
capable of growing old." This means that
a classic Is any bobk or work of art that
is a standard or model, any author, an
cient or modern, whose work is accepted
as a standard of excellence. If a book
holds Its own firmly as part of the world's
permanent literature, standing at the top
of Its class, It may Justly be called a
classic The Bible, that is, the King James
translation, might be called a classic be
cause of the admirable English, but all
the Bible Is not noble literature. Job,
Isaiah, the Psalms-, are noble literature,
but some of the Bible is mere annals or
fable or Hebrew ritualism, and Is not
noble literature at all, so tested as liter
ature all the Bible is not a classic, al
though many of its books could be called
classic
Any and all kinds of writing are not
considered literature. Literature is de
fined to mean such productions of the hu
man mind as aTe marked by elevation, vig
or, catholicity of thought, by fitness, puri
ty and grace of style and by artistic 'con
struction. Literature In this sense, of
course, does not include purely scientific
writings or technical writings or those
prepared for a class, a trade, profession,
or writings which violate the principles
of correct taste, or writings that are
6hapeless and without essential and or
ganic unity. Newspaper articles are not
in a strict sense literature Literature,
Includes orations, representative discourse
ana poetry. Literature rises above profes
sional or commonplace writings.
Creamery v. Dairy Batter.
First What difference Is there in the
process for manufacturing creamery and
dairy butter, to settle an argument of
the same.
Second Is it lawful for a dairyman to
sell dairy butter and state that It Is
creamery butter?
Third A man has mado application
MAN WHO DESIGNED THE BATTLESHIP OREGON AT'-THE HEAD
OF THE GREAT POLITICAL MACHINE
that the new Tammany leader, in the
face of an Independent standing as a
business man, with the cumulative In
terest in his profession of shipbuilding,
will be hampered In his obligations by
political ambition.
"Why Did He Take the JobT
And yet, why has he assumed these
responsibilities, which Involve a mass of
detailed !abor7 He said himself that he
does not like it. The reasons are such
as appeal to the most valuable prospects
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LEWIS KIXOX, SUCCESSOR OP RICHARD CROKER, AS THE
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In the political future of any American
city ho is a patriotic believer in tho
integrity of his party a. staunch Demo
crat. In tills fact he Is an object-lesson
to the young man who hesitates assum
ing political office, because he sees only
the entanglements, and not the principle.
"It Is perfectly wonderful to see the
number of young men who will develop
loyalty to their party, when the prin
ciple Is shown them, instead of tho
spoils!" said Mr. Nixon warmly.
"All they need Is a little advice, a
suggestion, and they will go into their
to join a secret society and Js rejected
"by ballot. Can he bring a civil suit
against tho order to find why he was re
jected? Fourth Did President Roosevelt order
an appeal to a higher court In behalf of
the settlers of Clark County, Washington,
against the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company overlap indemnity list No.
119? D. H. P.
L Dairy butter is mado in the ordinary
churner and generally the milk Is
skimmed by hand. Creamery butter is
made by modern machinery under the
separator process.
2. It is. If the dairyman makes It under
the separator process, and In less quanti
ties than 25 pounds a week.
3. He may bring suit, but it will remain
with the court and the lodge to determine
whether the reason shall be made public
Try it. If you like. The Oregonian will
take pleasure In publishing a report of the
trial and the result.
4. Yes.
Rules of the National Guard.
The National Guard it-, at present under
the jurisdiction of the state and the pres
ent members joined under conditions
made by the state. If the guard Is trans
ferred to the jurisdiction of the United
States and thereby comes under further
obligations and more stringent rules, have
not the members who joined under Oregon
rules, tho power to withdraw if they
choose? A. L.
Yes. But there Is no intention of mak
ing such a change. Where men are In the
service of the United States they have to
conform to United States regulations.
When Oregon National Guardsmen are
sworn In, they make oath that they will
not only sustain the constitution of this
state, but also of the United States.
Hovr to Secure Surveys.
L A man lives on unsurveyed land. How
would he got at it to have It surveyed?
2. Has he the right to fence the same be
fore It Is surveyed. 3. Has he tho right
to sell timber for improvements and his
living on the land. . L. N. R.
1. Apply to United States Surveyor
General, Portland, and he will furnish
free blank applications for surveys. Not
less than three bona fide settlers on a
township must apply for Its survey. It Is
generally from 1ft to two years after the
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
districts and work night and day, to
accomplish results," he added.
"Without self-interest?" I asked.
"Whatr Is a party principle but self
interest. It acts upon every citizen who
votes."
Tammany Hall under Mr. Nixon's
leadership Intends to re-establish Its
standing upon the platform of Democ
racy, and, after all, a clean Democrat
Is as much a reformer against dishonest
conditions as a clean Republican, and
in expressing this fact by Industrious ad- I
vice and close perception of the agents
of his organization,' Mr. Nixon sets an
example as a political leader, for any
municipal government.
"How are you going to purify Tam
many Hall?" I asked him.
"Well certain men who have done the
organization no good, will not be en
couraged. I cannot arbitrate the char
acters of our members, I have no author
ity over their morals, but, when they
come to see me, these men who are not
wanted, I make my wishes quite clear
w mem. u.ney seem to understand me
application Is made before the survey Is
ordered from Washington.
2. While there Is a law against fenc
ing Government land so as to keep peo
ple off It, It Is not enforced In cases where
men fence the tracts they'aro actually
settling on and intending to enter under
the homestead law.
3. No.
Additional Land for Homestead.
If a man owns 160 acres of land, or less,
can he take up a full homestead of 160
acres? There seems to be a confusion
among many as to the reading of that
part of the homestead law. Some seem
to think that a person can own as much
as 160 acres of land, and have the right
to take up ICO acres under the homestead
law besides, and others claim that a per
son owning land, less than 160 acres, can
take up a homestead, which shall not,
with the land already owned, exceed In
the aggregate ICO acres. Please explain
which Is right. il. T.
He cannot take as a homestead' more
land than will make 160 acres with what
he already owns. And what he takes as
a homestead must be contiguous to what
he already owns.
Live Carp.
I have a pond which I "wish to stock
with carp. How can I get them?
By catching them or buying them. Carp
are frequently seen In the market hero
alive. Any number of small ones can be
obtained In the Summer from carp fisher
men. Carp are not valued here, except by
the Chinese. If you desire financial result
It would be much better to stock your
pond with catfish (bullheads), which sell
readily In the markets here. Any number
could be obtained alive from a fisherman,
and could be carried a long distance In a
can or barrel.
"Premium" oa Coins.
Is tnere any premium on the 10-cent piece
of 1883? If so, how much, and where does
a person apply to get It? F. V.
No. There seems to be a wide misun
derstanding of "premiums" on coins.
There is no "premium." If by age - or
scarcity or from other cause coins becomo
rare, collectors offer more than their In
trinsic value for them. These artificial
values are sot forth In catalogues which
too, for they don't come around here
very often."
"You do not absolutely dictate, as Mr.
Croker did?"
"I define my province here as a chief
counselor, a sort of balance wheel on
the organization. It is a leader's duty
to organize, and the reconstruction plans
I am making exclude everything and
everyone that can In any way clog the
smooth, clean running of the machine.
It would not be within the principles of
democracy to dictate, rather let us say
BOSS OF TAMMANY,
we shall utilize all parts of the organiza
tion, to make It a useful unity of power,
towards the best Interests of the entire
community."
"So you find the man who has made
politics a life-study, a useful member?"
"We want the places of the older men
filled with young men. We need the
young men In politics, and we are going
to train them to fill the places of tho
old." said Mr. Nixon warmly.
"You are an optimist," I said.
"I believe the epnern.1 wplfnrn nf (hn
community should be the ideal a politician
dealers Issue. This statement will serve
to answer several questions which came
to The Oregonian tho past week.
GlrdllnK Trees.
Why are trees which are to be removed
girdled before cutting down? Also, why
do they continue in a flourishing condition
after girdling? Would the trees which
are girdled die the second year If per
mitted to stand?
Generally speaking, trees which aro to
be removed are not girdled before cutting
down. Trees generally do not continue to
flourish for any length of time after be
ing girdled. Trees which have been
girdled. If they did not die the first year,
might or might not die the second year.
They probably would.
In several places about town poplar
trees have been girdled to kill them in!
order to bring about their removal. The
poplar sometimes, when not girdled deep
ly, puts out leaves the next Spring, the
tree being a hard one to kill. Many trees
will die If only a ring of the bark Is
taken off, but the wood of tho poplar
Is porous and the sap ascends Inside of
a girdle which Is not very deep. A limb
broken off a poplar tree and stuck In the
ground will take root and grow, but
with most trees this Is not the case
"Why Charapasne at Launching?
Why Is It that In christening vessels a
bottle of wine is used and the bottle
broken? What does it typify, and when
and where did the custom originate?
C. R, B.
Will some reader of The Oregonian who
knows please answer? inquiry among
shipbuilders, skippers, sailors, shipping
agents and others who are well Informed
In nautical matters failed to elicit any
knowledge on the subject.
Yearly Rainfall.
What Is the average yearly rainfall In
Portland, Or? c. D.
The average for the past 10 years was
29.16 Inches.
"Why He Is Called "Pitchfork."
How did the senior Senator from South
Carolina gain the nickname of "Pitch
fork" "Tillman? M.
From some of bis bland utterances oa
must follow. Provide for the safety of
all by selecting honest political agents."
"Young men are more honest in pol
itics than the old?" I asked.
"The young man is more likely to have
singleness of purpose, his Intelligence de
velopes the advantages of Integrity of
character, over craft and shrewdness.
Young men. I think as a whole, are more
temperate too in their habits, than the
old."
Richard Croker ha3 been a politician
all his life, Lewis Nixon has been trained
as a shipbuilder. The trend of his mind
Is constructive, exact, accurate. To make
a ship float, she must be built on certain
standard lines. There are definite rules
to observe, and there Is no mystery about
them. The older members of Tammany
Hall did not take kindly to Mr. Croker's
statement that Lewis Nixon would be
their chief when he resigned. He had not
grown up with the organization, he had
never been a captain, or a district leader.
How could he know anything about the
Intricacies of the machine? Mr. Nixon did
not care anything about previous plans.
Like all young men, he was a straight
out and out voter. He had certain Intel
ligent reasons and convictions that gov
erned his vote, that made him a dem
ocrat, as different convictions might make
another a republican.
"I made a personal sacrifice in accept
ing the leadership of Tammany Hall, bu
every man has some duty to his country,
and I had mine." Gradually the old
heelers, the men who have lived off the
political revenue of Mr. Croker'a wonder
ful political system, will find a different
spirit In Tammany Hall. The man who
designed the Oregon Is planning a great
democratic ship, which he will launch In
New York and send out as a specimen
of what party principles look like, apart
from personal political ambitions, and
the private greed of municipal control.
I asked Mr. Nixon If he had political
ambitions, if he would run for office.
"If this organization required me to do"
so, no doubt I should," he said, and ex
cept for those conditions I do not be
lieve he has any great political aspira
tions. Likes Hard Work.
Lewis Nixon Is an interesting exam
ple to young men who contemplate a
political career, and a safe example. He
looks upon his political obligations as part
of his duty, a sentiment almost akin to
the responsibilities of his conscience. Of
course, there are backbiters and scoffers
and minds that warp the least Intentions
and endeavors. These hint at private
motives that have urged Lewis Nixon to
become the leader of Tammany Hall, but
I can look at the facta as I know them.
and the man as I see him.
He Is an athletic six-footer, dark,
swarthy, genial, with the deep resonant
voice that so many Southerners have. He
Is a Virginian, born In Leesburg, 41 years
ago. Of course, he Is one of those men
who has no interest In anything that does
not Involve work.
"Success Is within everyone's reach. It
6imply means work," he said, and he does
his share.
Ho Is at his shipyard In Elizabeth, N. J.,
by 9 In the morning. In the afternoon he
opens his desk at Tammany Hall. In
the evening he jumps Into an automobile
and with his private oecretary. Mr. Alfred
T. Camacho, as chaffeur. he scoots about
the town, attending district meetings, four
or five In a night. He llvjes at the Waldorf-Astoria
with his wife and child, a
boy.
"Don't you find the work exhausting?"
some one asked him once.
"Not half so exhausting as Idleness,"
he answered with a smile.
This youthful steam, this Impetus of
a man's energies In full action at the
prime of life. Is what Mr. Croker shrewd
ly recognized Tammany Hall needed, to
revitalize Its action.
Has Xo Hue for Drones.
Lewis Nixon has no use for drones. He
wants men about him who will work as he
does himself, under the same Impulse of
party feeling that he believes In.
"I see all kinds, sorts and conditions o.
men here," he said at the end of an after
noon's session. "Some I like, and some I
don't, but the first and foremost fact I
satisfy mysslf about them Is, are they
Democrats at heart. You have no Idea of
the mass of detail this work Involves, and
it must all be done accurately and faith
fully." "And cheerfully," I added.
"Cheerfulness Is the outcome of faith
In a principle, and every good Democrat
has that."
"Are the antl-Tammanyltes coming back
to the fold?"
"The anti-Tammanyltes were the chaps
who believed In the principles of
Democracy, and since Tammany has
sworn obedience to the letter, to the
Democrats of New York City, to the Dem
ocrats of the United States, I might say
the disgruntled members are returning
to us dally."
As a designer of famous battle-ships,
the new Tammany leader has made Amer
ica a sea-power. He made the plans of
the Oregon In PO days. What won't he do
for municipal politics, with 300,000 Demo
crats to build with?
This young man In politics will be an
example to every municipal organization
In the United States, for he represents
principles, not spoils! PENDENNIS.
(Copyright. 1902.)
the stump In one of the National cam
paigns, when he. proposed to pitchfork
his political opponents Into the Infernal
regions.
Washington's Oleomargarine Law.
What Is the law of the State of Wash
ington in regard to oleomargarine, and to
what extent is It enforced? C. C. A.
Washougal, Wash.
Its sale and its use In hotels, restaurants
and boarding-houses Is allowed where It
Is free from coloration that causes It
to resemble butter. But signs must be
displayed announcing that It la oleomar
garine. Greyhound vs." Horse.
The correctness of this statement,
cjlpped from The Oregonian, is questioned:
"The greyhound, which can cover a mile
In 1:28, Is the fastest of quadrupeds." Is
the greyhound faster than the horse for
one milo? HcM.
Did you ever know of a horse who could
run a mile In 1:25? Breed such a one and
you may name your own price.
Woman's Inheritance Rights.
If the husband owns the lot, and a build
ing is erected, using the wife's money,
how could It be arranged so that. In case
of the husband's death, the wife would
have the property, without recourse to
law, there being no children?
He could intake his will In her favor, but
If he made no will, the law of Oregon
would give. her all the property.
a
Sadie" D.
What was the first steamer to pass
through Cascade Locks on opening of
same November 5, 1895? A. II.
To Various Correspondents.
B. J., Salem, Or. Write to the Massa
chusetts State Historical Society, Bcston.
Subscriber, Roseburg This is the third
time you have asked the question. W'hen
names do not accompany inquiries the
letter goes to the waste basket.
M. E. H. A letter addressed to James
J. Hill, St. Paul, Minn., would reach th&
railroad magnate.
iL W. Consult your family physician.
Pupil There are 1000 -thousands ia a
million.
SUITABLE
SCRAP
The Eternal Goodness.
0 Friends! with whom my feet have trod
The quiet aisles of prayer.
Glad witness to your zeal for God
And love of man I bear.
1 trace your lines of argument:
Your logic linked and strong,
I weigh as one who dreads dissent.
And fears a doubt as wrong.
But still, my human hands are weak.
To hold your Iron creeds:
Against the words ye bid mo speak
My heart within me pleads.
Who fathoms the Eternal Thought f"
Who talks ox scheme and plan?
The Lord Is God! He needeth not
The poor device of man.
I walk, with bare, hushed feet, the ground
Ye tread with boldness shod; .
I dare not fix with mete and bound
The love and power of God.
Yo praise His Justice; Even such
His pitying love I deem:
Ye seek a King; I fain would touch
The robe that hath no seam.
Ye see the curse which overbroods'
A world of pain and loss;
X hear our Lord's beatitudes
And prayer upon the cross.
More than your schoolmen teach, within
Myself, alas! I know;
Too dark ye cannot paint the sin.
Too small the merit show.
I bow my forehead to the dust, ir,
I veil my eyes for shame.
And urge. In trembling self-distrust,
A prayer .without a claim.
I see tho wrong that round me lies,
I fee! the guilt within;
I hear, with groan and travall-cries.
The world confess Us sin.
Yet In the maddening maze of things,
' And tossed by storm and flood.
To one fixed trust my spirit clings
I know that God is good!
Not mine to look where cherubim
And seraphs may not see.
But nothing can be good in Him
Which evil Is In me.
The wrong that pains my soul below
I dare not throne above;
I know not of His hate I know
His goodness and His love.
I dimly guess, from blessings known.
Of greater out of sight.
And. with the chastened Psalmist, own
His Judgments, too, are right.
I long for household voices gone,
For vanished smiles I long;
But God hath led my dear ones on.
And He can do no wrong.
I know not what the future hath
Of marvel, or surprise,
Assured alone that life and death
His mercy underlies.
And If my heart and flesh are weak,
To bear an untried pain,
The bruised reed He will not break,
But strengthen and sustain.
Xo offering of my own I have,
Nor works, my faith to prove;
I can but give the gifts He gave.
And plead His love for love. ' '
And so beside the Silent Sea
I wait the muffled oar;
No harm from Him can come to mo
On ocean or on shore.
I know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms In air;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.
O Brothers: If my faith Is vain,
It hopes like these betray.
Pray for me that my feet may gain
The sure and safer way.
And Thou, Q Lord, by whom are seen
Thy creatures as they be.
Forgive me, if too close I lean
My human heart on Thee.
J. G. WHITTIER.
Norvnl.
My name Is Norral; on the Grampian hills
My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain
Whose constant cares were to Increase his
store
And keep his only son, myself, at home.
For I had heard of battle, and I longed'
To follow to the Hold some warlike lord;
And heaven soon granted what my sire denied.
Thl3 moon which rose last night round as my
shleld.
Had not yet filled her horns, when by her light
A band of fierce barbarians from the hills
Hushed like a torrent down upon the vale.
Sweeping our flocks and herds. The shepherds
fled
For safety and for succor. I alone
With bended bow and quiver full of arrows.
Hovered about the enemy and marked
The road he took, then hastened to my friends.
Whom with a troop of fifty choen men
I met advancing. The pursuit I led
Till we o'ertook fhe spoil-encumbered fo.
We fought and conquered e'er a sword was
drawn.
An arrow from my bow had pierced their chief.
Who wore that day the arms which now i
wear.
Returning home in triumph I disclaimed
The shepherd's slothful lifer and having heard
That our good King had summoned his bold
peers
To lead their warriors to the Carron side.
I left my father's home and took with me
A chosen servant to conduct my steps
Ton trembling coward, who forsook his master.
Journeying with this intent, I passed these
towers.
And, heaven-directed, came this day to do
The happy deed that gilds my humble name.
John Homo.
Blind Children.
Laughing, the blind boys
Run round their college lawn.
Playing such games of buff
Over Its dappled grass.
See the blind frolicsome
Girls In blue pinafores.
Turning their skipping-ropes.
How full and rich a world
Thelre to Inhabit Is.
Sweet scent of gra.i9 and bloom.
Playmates' glad symphony. '
Cool touch of western wind.
Sunshine's divine caress.
How should they know or feel
They are In darkness?
But O the miracle!
If a Redeemer came.
Laid flnsers on their eyes
One touch and what a world
New-born In loveliness!
Spaces of rreen and sky.
Hulls of white cloud adrift.
Ivy-grown college walla.
Shining loved faces.
What a dark world who knows ?
Ours to lnhafilt Is!
One touch, and what a strange
Glory mleht burst on us.
What a hid universe!
Do we sport carelessly.
Blindly u?on the verge
Of an Apocalypse?
I. Zangwlll.
Song.
Who has robbed the ocean cave.
To tinge thy lips with coral hue?
Who from India's distant wave
For thee those pearly treasures drew?
Who, from yonder Orient ky.
Stole the morning of thine eye?
Thousand charms, thy form to deck.
From sea. and earth, and air are torn;
Hoses bloom upon thy cheek.
On thy breath their fragrance borne.
Guard thy bosom from the day.
Lest thy snows should melt away.
But one charm remains behind.
Which mute earth can ne'er Impart;
Nor In ocean wilt thou find.
Nor In the circling air. a heart.
Fairest! wouldst thou perfect be.
Take, ch taka, that baart from me.
p-joha Shaw.
FOR THE
BOOK
Barbara Frletchle.
Up from the meadows rich with corn.
Clear In the cool September morn.
The clustered spires of Frederick stand
Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Bound 'about them orchards sweep.
Apple and peach tree fruited deep.
Fair as a garden of the Lord
To the eyes of the famished rebel horde.
On that pleasant morn of the early Fall
When Lee marched over the mountain wall
Over the mountains, winding down.
Horse and foot Into Frederick town.
Forty flags with their silver stars.
Forty flags with their crimson bars,
Flapped In the morning wind; the sun
Of noon looked down, and saw not one.
Up rose old Barbara Frletchle then.
Bowed with her fourscore years and ten;
Bravest of all In Frederick town.
She took up the flag the men hauled down;
In her attic window the staff she set.
To show that one heart was loyal yet.
Up the street came the rebel tread,
Stonewall Jackson riding ahead.
Under his slouched hat left and right
Ho glanced; the old flag met his sight.
"Halt!" the dust brown ranks stood fast;
"Fire!" out blazed the rifle-blast.
It shivered the window, pane and sash;
It rent the banner with seam and gash.
Quick as It fell, from tho broken staff
Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf;
She leaned far out on the window-sill.
And shook It forth with a royal will.
"Shoot. If you must, this old gray head.
But spare your country's flag," she said.
A shade of sadness, a blush of shame.
Over the face of the leader came;
The nobler nature within him stirred
To life at that woman's deed and word:
"Who touches a hair of yon gray head
Dies like a dog! March on!" ho said.
All day long through Frederick street
Sounded the tread of marching fet;
All day long that free flae tost
Over the heads of the rebel host.
Ever Its torn folds rose and fell
On the loyal winds that loved It well;
And through the hill-gaps sunset light
Shone over ft with a warm good-night.
Barbara Frletchle's work Is o'er.
And tho rebel rides on his raids no mora.
Honor to her! and let a tear
Fall, for her sake, on Stonewall's bier.
Over Barbara Frletchle's grave.
Flag of Freedom and Union, wavel
V
Peace and order and beauty draw
Round thy symbol of light and law;
And ever the stars above look down
On thy stars below In Frederick town!
John Greenleaf Whlttler.
A A'evr Deal.
When the cards are shuffled and dealt again
On the other side of the day.
And the hand you held goes over the board
To the fellow that couldn't play,
We'll know whether you could tako Lis hand.
And play It as well as he.
And whether the man with the thirteen
trumps .
Was the man he seemed to be.
Health and wealth and birth and worth
And wit are the cards you hold;
But all the cards that were dealt iO him
Were rags and hunger and cold.
It Is easy to win with a winning hand.
And to carry away the nrlre;
But hard to lose with a winning grace
In the selfish victor's eyes.
The Lord is God of the fools he made.
And zave to Inherit the land;
And the Lord God knows that the king of fools
Is the fool with the winning hand.
But the Dealer that dealt us the good and 111
Will shuffle the cards anew;
And the trumps will go to the man that lost;
And the trash will go to you.
The strong shall walk with a cripple's crutch.
The scathless wear his scars;
The rich shall lie at the poor man's feet.
And the dogs shall lick his sores.
Oh. many a prize shall fall at last
To the fellow that couldn't play.
And many a winner shall lose the ffame
On the other side of the day.
The glad shall know the sorrowful heart;
The sad shall smile asaln:
And both together shall bear the yoke
Of toll and trouble and pain.
'Tin only the winner that wins today.
And the loser lores alone;
But the winner and loser will share the prlzev
When this little day Is done.
Franklin Kent Glfford.
Talk Health.
Talk happiness. The world Is sad enough
Without your woes. No path Is wholly rough
Look for the places that are smooth and clear.
And speak of those to rest the weary ear.
Of earth, so hurt by one continuous strain
Of human discontent and grief and pain.
Talk faith. The world is better ofT without
Your uttered Ignorance and morbid doubt.
If you have faith In God, or man or self.
Say so! if not, push back upon the shelf
Of silence all your thoughts till faith shall
come;
No one will grieve because your lips are dumb.
Talk health. The dreary, never changing tale
Of mortal maladies Is worn and stale.
Tou cannot charm, or Interest, or please.
By harping on that minor chord, disease.
Say you are well, or all Is well with you.
And God shall hear your words and make
them true.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
A Happy Brother.
He wuz alius a-sayln It's all fer the best.
No matter what fortune wuz bringln';
He kept back the sigh
Wiped the tear from his eye.
An went on his pathway a-slngln.
No matter the clouds that were thick In ths
sky.
He still heard the sweet bells a-rlngln;
"Though the rainbows are furled.
There is hope In the world"
Slngln. an slngin an stngln'!
And a beautiful light seemed to ahlne In tha
night.
And flowers with the red thorns were,
sprlngln';
He did Jest his best.
TTustln God for the rest.
An cheered the wide world with his slngln!
Atlanta Constitution.
Verses Asked For.
Mrs. A. W. asks for the verses "Congo
Square." published In- 1S76, the first of
which runs:
Yes, Mr. Stonewall. I shall tell yer
Paw this very night.
He's at the Statehouse makln' laws
To give us back our rights:
To keep the nigger in his place, and
Keep old Packard out.
And fix that rotten old returnln board,
And send it up the spout.
CM. B. asks for the verses beginning;
Belshazzar is King,
Belshazzar Is Lord,
A thousand dark nobles
Kneel round at his board.
Mrs. M. P. writes: "I would like very
much to have published an old poem print
ed at least 22 years ago In Harper's, au
thor forgotten, descriptive of a mother left
alone In decline of life, children scattered
over the world Intent on their own pur
suits. An Infant dying in babyhood Is a
living reality and constant" presence with
her. These lines occur:
The sturdy boys and fairy girls
Have learned to do without her
But the baba in Its broldcred slip and cap
Lies forever asleep In Its motaar'a lap,
la. Its babyhood Immortal