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SATURDAY. FKDKUAKY 22, PHIS
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Tin * « lathers have appeared in the
history of our country. There "as
Father Abraham, an atTec' innate name
a; »!i«-d to Lincoln. i-'.uio-r »•: the con
st tali' n. a natn U'pJed to .lames
Madison because he was the author of
th* resolution that : d to the invita
tion for the e*mv oiam of l.s,. issued
by the Virginia Legislature, and the
Father of his Country "horn \ve all
h:. >.v to !u* George Washington.
These fathers touch our lives in dif
ferent ways. **'v\ ashinglo»i." says
James I’ryce. "stands alone and un
|>toachabo . like :i si.cw peak rising
above its fellow's inti) the clear atr of
tli - morning, with a dignity. constancy
atid p 11 ity which have made him the
idea type of civic virtue to succeeding
g» nations." i*ut Father Abraham
; ’s right down under one’s vest and
w tans one’s heart.
It was probably the presence of such
a 'hie specimen of manhood asCem gr
Washington that allayed the fears of
;i so w ho were aianiied by the sup
posed danger of one man’s predomi
nance, when by tire formation of the
a >t it tit ton of t Ire I’nit'-d St ates the
ol ce of pn >;dent "us created. The
e.v 'fet ee of :i man exactly fitted to
lii: such an otliee might proper ly sug
gi st the creation of it.
his birth and breeding the Fat hr r
of his r'ountry A far r> minvd from
Father Abraham. Washington was a
good hit of an aristocrats fie drove
to opet e >ogress i !. i> coach and six
with outriders an.; t ><»tmen in livery.
He was never appoints i to the ollice
of keet <•; • f tie g'a« hard and sunny
su.ile, though tie " ever stand be
fore the world as t man who. in the
«>? rna! titness of tie gs, came at the
ri ht time and perfectly tilled the
ri ht place.
FASSING OF OUIDA
It came a- a shock »■> tiio-e who have
been somewhat lam; .a withtia* writ-,
ings of I. mix u L-t i hi :u\ batter
known a- Ouida. tha; >te* died in pov
erty unattended sav In her faitliful
servant and her doc-. That one who
has written -o many widCy read hooks
.should not have gat her* .t muigh from
their sale to provide comfortably for
old age seems stranc* indeed. But
what seetns more una'eng us that
among writer- a. - naked critic
t.h re i- ’non** -o poor t do her rev
erence.** rite more widely read till
author is themoi-.- - v. ' >■ passing
co :tiuetifs of the lit -'-ary critic. Some
have had to it* ‘kne at Dickens,
and never i an eoport unity to make
a - ub a. tent with ttie pp.ut of tne pen.
yet he lives and will be read long
after tin* coal* mptu*m-- idie has faded
from their lip-. Mucitol their bitter
ness may have arisen from the fact
that they can never attain the popu
larity of thus* whom they criticise.
Ouida had a wonderful knowledge of
the human heart, and wa- a consum
mate story teller. Her intimate
knowledge of the shady side of life is
said to have come from her father.
If she depicts the coarse and vulgar, it
is not to make it triumph but to
condemn it.
One of the most touching things she
ever wrote was “The Dog of Flan
ders.*’ Critics may call it only a bun
dle of pathos, but it will ever appeal
to those who have depth and sweet
ness of heart sufficient to appreciate it.
The critic says, “subtlety, delicacy,
allusiveness, restraint in style—these
are pearls that are thrown away on
the mob of novel-readers and borrow
ers.” The gorgeous colors painted on
the heavens by the rising sun may be
declared overdrawn, but the sun will
continue to throw them on the canvas
till the end of time, and there will not
ba lacking those who are inspired and
made better by them. So will it be
with Ouida and all those writers who
are natural artists and have depth of
knowledge and the facile pen to de
pict human nature and appeal to the
human heart.
THE UNEMPLOYED
Some disagreeable after-effects of
the recent financial disturbance are
now forcing their presence on the at
tention of the people of the country.
Surface indications of these effects are
seen in the marches of the unemployed
in Boston, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chi
cago, and otluu* cities, and their de- j
mauds from the mayors of these cities
t hat public work should be furnished
for their rt lief. In Boston on a recent
Sunday one of these bands, under the
leadership of Morrison I. Swift, on-j
tered Trinity Church and asked for |
the collection for the day. The rector,
Br. Mann, quietly declined to grant
the request, as the collection was to go
for foreign missions, hut announced j
tint on the following Sunday a special j
collection for the unemployed would In*
made. Later on Oovernor Could, in j
roph to Swift’s demand for public
work, saiii that labor conditions were!
better than the average for twenty j
years, that free employment bureaus!
w> re securing positions for from one to
two thousand per month, and that |
Swift’s preaching was anarchistic!
rather than socialistic. The esti
mates as to l he nun.her of homeless
and unemployed in New York City
vary from lifty thousand to a hundred |
thousand: anything like exact figures
are unobtainable. The Outlook.
'i'llis Morris I. Swift ha*#been a
kicker from his early manhood up.
until the habit has become a second j
nature, lie was reared in the town of
Ashtahnhi, Ohio, is a well educated, !
college bred man, and bas always been
what might be called an uproot er, but
never a reformer.
.
STRAITS OF MAGELLAN
The fact that the battle tleet under ,
the command of Admiral Keans has
been making its way through the
Straits of Magellan awakens interest
in that part of the world, and calls for
>oinedescription of th* waters and the
bordering lands. It is said the straits
are about hx) miles long and from two!
to twenty mile* wide: that thin jagged
mountains rise out of the waters, from
■J.ooo to ooo feet high with perpetual
snow on their summits, (iray clouds
and tog hang over them, and stormy
wind* come tearing across the arehi
:n ilago. .vhite with blinding *now and
>b ct. A eoUi biting wind lashes
the water into never ending whirls!
aud eddie*. Into these dangerous
wat *r* within the la*t ten years fifty j
vessels have entered and never more !
come out.
• ego thi* treacherous pa*sage
Ivvans* tleet must creep single file with 1
'ever a >harp lookout for points of,
car gt r. Tiie weather remains prae- i
tier i\ unchanged with the changing I
*ea*'Mi*. it i* now midsummer there!
which gives the tleet the advantage of j
the long day*, which in midwinter are,
turned into darkness. !>ut in the I
course of the stormy passage the com-1
l>a**. the chart and the lead line must !
chiefly he relied upon to guide the.
si i i p-*. ^_____
TO EXCAVATE HERCULANEUM
In ; *tnr\ of the siege of Troy,!
after tie* <hvck • hail huilt the wooden}
horse a: d withdrawn to the sheltering j
protect on of Tcuedos, \ ergil say > that i
i; ; ‘asir.g for the Trojans to go)
forth from the city, where they had)
long been shut in by the besieging
army, and view the place where the .
Greek camp had >tood. It is some-J
tiling of the same curiosity to know}
how others have lived that impels j
man to <i g among the ruins of old and
! long forgotten cities. Added to this
, impulse of curiousity is the still
stronger desire among scholars to dis
cover long buried manuscripts, and
works of art.
The eyes of scholars and archteolo
gi>ts have long turned anxiously to
ward the ancient city of Herculaneum,
which was in the year 7P buried be
neath ashes and molten lava, and com
pletely lost sight of for more than 1000
j years, liven today the greater part of
} the city is just as it was left by that
fatal eruption of Vesuvius and is some
; eighty feet below the surface of the
i earth. An offer was long ago made to
raise the money in America and Europe
! to carry on the work of excavating
Herculaneum, but through pride and
sensitiveness the Italian Government
refused all aid from without and
proposed to do the work itself. It is
now announced that the work will be
begun by the Government, and the
world may expect ancient manuscripts
and works of art to be brought forth
! from the treasures of this deeply
buried city that will be full of interest
I to those living nearly twenty centu
ries after the wealthy Greeks and
} Romans lived and wrought on the
, sunny shores of southern Italy.
GUGGENHEIMS
HARD PRESSED
Standard Oil Said to Be Crowding
Them and May Not Build
Much Road This Year,
New York It is rumored that the
Guggenheims will expend only a small
amount of money on Alaska railroad1
construction this year because of the
tightness of the money market and
the uncertainty of the financial situa
tion. It is believed that the Standard
Oil company is trying to get hold of
the Guggenheim interests in Alaska
and is working in every way to cripple
them in their efforts to raise money.
Reynolds Alaska Development Co.
It is stated on reliable information
that the indebtedness of the Reynolds
Alaska Development Company and al
lied interests will in a short time he
paid and the work of the company
taken up again.
The School Entertainment
The entertainment given by the pu
pils of the Seward public schools last
evening was largely made up from thej
lives and writings of three great
Americans born in the month of Feb-)
ruary Washington, Lincoln and Long
fellow. Short sketches of their lives
were read by some of the pupils, and
selections from poems and speeches i
were given by others, and these were
interspersed with vocal and instru-j
mental music. All the exercises were!
listened to with interest and both]
teachers and pupils commended for
the instructive entertainment given.
Advertised Letters
'I'lie following list of letters remain
unclaimed in the Seward postottice. i
Parties calling for any of the same
will please say “advertised" 0 One j
cent "due" must Ik* paid on each letter 1
after it has been advertised.
A. Baker. S. H. Bloom, Clinton
Brown, Al. Davis, dim Hall, Miss Mar
cia 11 olt, Alvarado Howard, Carl John- \
son. John L. Jones, (Jeorge K. id ley?;
(Ridley), d. 1). Kinney, (6), Clms.,
Krefting T. F. O’Brien, Marry
Runyon (Hospital Corps), Bridger
Sehtnedling, A. d. Skinner, Robert j
Watt.
Lillian N. < Jordon, P. M.
I »y d. F. Thwaites
WEEKLY WtAIMER RECORD
Weather record for the week ending
February 22.
Tkmi'F.KATTRK.
Max. Min.
Sunday 2<i 21 Snow, wind j
Monday 40 24 Snow
Tuesdav 14 22 Clear;
Wednesday .'!.*> 22 Snow
Thursday 20 24 Rain, wind
Friday 41 27 Cloudy
Saturday 22 22 Snow, rain
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