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# Zinzendorff and Other Poems/On the Celebration of Washington's Birth day at Rome, by Americans

ON THE CELEBRATION OF WASHINGTON'S BIRTH DAY AT ROME, BY AMERICANS. —Feb. 22, 1829.
There is a festive strain within the walls
Of the Eternal City, and high praise
Unto the glorious dead. Beauty doth twine
Her votive wreath, and Eloquence and Song
In eulogy burst forth. To whom, O Rome,
Mid all thy heroes, all thy demi-gods,
Thy purple-rob'd and mitred ones, to whom
Riseth this homage? But she wav'd her hand
And pointed me in silence as of scorn
Unto a stranger-band. Yes, there they stood,
The children of that Western Clime which slept
In embryo darkness, when tiara'd Rome
In all the peevish plenitude of power
Call'd Earth her footstool. There they stood serene,
True sons of that fair realm which needeth not
The faded pomp of royal pageantry
To trick her banner. Wheresoe'er they roam
Whether 'mid Andes' canopy of cloud,
Or the sunk cells of groping Labrador,
Or the broad seas, or the bright tropic-isles
Where Nature in her noon-day faintness holds
A long siesta, still their hearts enshrine
Liberty as a God. There, 'neath the shade
Of the Collisseum vaulting up to Heaven,
The time-spar'd arch, the mighty Basilic,
Palace, and pantheon, and monument,
Where throng a wondering world in pilgrimage,
They bow no knee to Cesar, but compel
The kingly Tiber to pronounce the name
Of their own Washington. Sublime they pour
Warm Memory's incense to their Country's Sire,
He, who in pliant infancy was train'd
By Spartan nurture first to rule himself,
And then a young, embattled host to lead
Through toil and terror, to a glorious seat
Among the nations. Then when every eye
Of every clime was bent on him with awe
Like adoration, from his breast he rent
The adhesive panoply of power, retir'd
From the loud peans of a world, to sleep
Uncrown'd, uncoronetted, 'mid the soil
His hands had till'd. Henceforth let none decry
The majesty of virtue, since she stands
Simply on the high places of the earth,
Her open forehead to the scanning stars,
And the pure-hearted worship her, while Pride
And tyrant power and laurell'd Victory
Do give their sculptur'd trophies to the owl,
And noisome bat, and to the shades pass on
With such memorial as ne'er wrung a tear.
# Zinzendorff and Other Poems/On the Death of the Rev. Samuel Green of Boston

ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. SAMUEL GREEN OF BOSTON.
Who weepeth, when the weary go to rest?
 When the sick ceaseth from his bitter sighing?
Who mourneth at the burial of the just
 With hopeless woe, the Comforter denying?
Not the disciple whom his Lord made free,
For whom he dar'd the grave, and won the victory.
Who count it evil, when affliction's dart
 Hath had its perfect work?—when sorrow's rod
Leaves its sore smiting?—when the pure in heart
 Go in their saintly righteousness to God?
Not they who walk with Wisdom's heavenly train,
And from the Book of Truth, believe that "Death is gain."
Yet there is weeping when a good man falls,
 When a lov'd sire the cup of parting drinks,
When a true watchman faints on Zion's walls,
 And 'mid his flock, a faithful shepherd sinks,—
When by the living waters, where he fed
The tender, trusting lambs, he slumbers with the dead.
For tears are pearls, by griev'd affection shed,
 Drawn from her deep, deep sea, with shuddering pain,—
Yet Faith may string them on a silver thread,
 And wear them, till an angel's wreath she gain,
And Piety hath in her bosom kept,
And on her forehead grav'd, their sanction "Jesus wept."
# Zinzendorff and Other Poems/On the Union of Ladies of Great Britain. with those of America, in plans of Benevolence for Africa

ON THE UNION OF LADIES OF GREAT BRITAIN, WITH THOSE OF AMERICA, IN PLANS OF BENEVOLENCE FOR AFRICA.
It is not least of all thy praise,
 Fair Isle! so long renown'd in story,
Nor faintest 'mid the gather'd rays
 That form thy coronet of glory,
That clasping thus a daughter's hand,
 Her earnest guidance fondly heeding,
Thou turn'st thee toward that trampled land
 'Neath many a poison'd arrow bleeding.
And wherefore turn'st thou?—To restore
 The ancient boast of Nile's dark billow
Which cradled Science calmly bore
 Like Moses on his reed-twin'd pillow? To bid stern Cheop's mountain-height
 Aspire, while vassal realms are weeping?
Or rouse again the buried might
 Of Carthage, 'mid her ashes sleeping?
Ah no.—To dry the burning tear,
 To stifle murderous War's commotion,
To bid the slave-ship homeward steer
 Unfreighted, o'er accusing Ocean,
To plant on lone Liberia's height
 Undaunted Freedom's stainless streamer,
And bear to those who grope in night
 Glad tidings of a blest Redeemer.
Go on thy way, thou Queen of Isles!
 Sahara's sands shall bloom before thee,
And Niger, 'mid his sinuous wiles
 Waft clouds of breathing incense o'er thee,
And lo! this young and ardent West
 Rehearsing grateful Afric's story,
Shall grave upon her filial breast,
 Proud record of a Mother's glory.
# Zinzendorff and Other Poems/On the Death of a Lady at Havana, whither she went for her Health

ON THE DEATH OF A LADY AT HAVANA, WHITHER SHE WENT FOR HER HEALTH.
Ye say that with a smile she past
 Forth from her hallow'd bower,
That her dark eye strange brilliance cast,
 To gild the parting hour;
That on her cheek with radiance rare
 A kindling flush did burn,
Ye view'd it as the promise fair
 Of health and glad return.
In many a fond and friendly breast
 Did parting sorrows stir,
And many a lip with trembling blest
 That lovely voyager;
Light sped the white sail o'er the wave,
 And gathering to her side,
True hearts that strove to shield and save,
 Her every wish supplied.
And still upon that tossing sea,
 Her idol boy was near,
And tunefully his caroll'd glee
 Fell on a mother's ear;
And well his glance its joy exprest
 To watch the sea-bird's flight,
Or trace amid the billow's crest
 The phosphorescent light.
They sought that Isle, by beam and breeze,
 In changeless beauty drest,
Where the "world-seeking Genoese"
 Doth find a peaceful rest;
But there where Winter's tempest gloom
 Hath never dar'd to roll,
Where Nature's flowers profusely bloom,
 Went down that flower of soul.
And far within her native west
 Where glorious foliage waves,
And where in recent verdure drest,
 Are seen her kindred graves,
The memory of her cradle-sleep,
 Her childhood's glowing charms,
Her ripen'd virtues, rich and deep,
 Affection's tear embalms.
Yet let not mourning Love despair,
 Within these smitten shades,
The cypress wreath hath blossoms fair
 Of hope that never fades;
'Twas her's to bless the haunts of pain,
 To love the good and wise,
And lightly chasten'd, rise to gain
 The bliss that never dies.
# Zinzendorff and Other Poems/Peace

PEACE.
History hath set her crown
 Upon the Conqueror's head,
And bade the awe-struck world bow down
 Before his banner'd tread.
So down the world hath bow'd
 Upon her letter'd page,
And the wild homage of the crowd
 Swell'd on from age to age.
What miseries mark'd his way,
 How oft the orphan wept,
How deep the earth in sackcloth lay
 No trace her annal kept.
Though like a torrent's flow
 The widow's tear gush'd out,
The current of that secret woe
 Quell'd not the victor's shout.
The Gospel's sacred scroll
 A different standard shows,
Its plaudit on the humble soul
 And contrite, it bestows.
To men of holy life
 Its glorious crown is given,
Who nurse amid this vale of strife,
 The peaceful germs of Heaven.
# Woman of the Century/Mary Antoinette Hitchcock

​HITCHCOCK, Mrs. Mary Antoinette, temperance reformer, born in the town of Rodman, Jefferson county, N. Y., 28th April, 1834. She is the only daughter of Lorenzo Dow and Urrilla Barnes. When she was eleven years old, her parents moved to Wisconsin, then a new country with poor educational facilities in that part of the State where they settled. Much of her instruction was received at home, under the care of a governess. At sixteen years of age she began MARY ANTOINETTE HITCHCOCK. to teach, and her efforts were attended with success. In 1852 she became the wife of Alfred Hitchcock, but for some time after continued to teach. In 1857 her husband was ordained to the ministry and became not only an earnest teacher of the gospel, but a fearless advocate of temperance reform. When the Civil War cloud hung over the country, they were living in Kansas, having moved to that State in 1859. Being imbued by nature and training with the most ultra Union and anti-slavery sentiments, she was all enthusiasm for the cause and the soldier, ready to lend her aid in every possible way. At that time many of the leaders passed through their town to Osawatomie to form the Republican Party, and she housed and fed fifty of them in one night, among them Horace Greeley, and spent the hours of the night in preparing their food for the next day. As first assistant and county superintendent of schools she and her husband divided Phillips county, Kans., into school districts and started a number of schools. Afterwards removing to Fremont, Neb., where her husband accepted a pastorate, she became an enthusiastic member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and, impressed with the idea that a State organization was necessary for its lasting influence, she was in 1874 the projector of the movement that resulted in the State organization. She refused the presidency at that time, on account of her husband's health. The next few years, deprived by death of husband and father, she entered still more actively into the work and became district president and vice-president-at-large of the State. Called to Sioux City, Iowa, on account of the death of her cousin, George C. Haddock, the circumstances of whose untimely end caused general indignation and horror, she there, over his lifeless form, promised the sorrow-stricken wife to devote the remainder of her life to the eradication of the terrible alcohol evil. Since accepting the State presidency in 1888 she has traveled continually over the State, organizing unions and attending conventions. Though not calling herself a lecturer, she has delivered many ​earnest talks. She has one son and one daughter. Her home is in Fremont. Neb.
# Woman of the Century/Mary Ashley Van Voorhis Townsend

​TOWNSEND, Mrs. Mary Ashley Van Voorhis, poet, born in Lyons. N. Y., in 1836. She moved to New Orleans, La., in early girlhood and has lived there ever since, save for a short time, when she lived in the West. Her husband. Gideon Townsend, is a wealthy banker, prominently identified with the business interests of New Orleans. Mrs. Townsend is the mother of three daughters. She has been writing since she was a young girl. Her first efforts were short stories, so popular that they went the "rounds of the press." Her first book was a novel, "The Brother Clerks: A Tale of New Orleans" (New York, 1889). In 1870 she published the well-known poem, "A Georgia Volunteer." Next came "Xarilla's Poems" (Philadelphia, 1870). This was followed by a fine dramatic poem of some length, "The Captain's Story" (Philadelphia, 1874). In 1881 she brought out " Down the Bayou and Other Poems" (Boston). Her most important single poem, "Creed." appeared first in the New Orleans "Picayune," in 1869, and at once went ringing round the land, crossed the Atlantic, made itself famous in England and has never lost the hold upon the hearts of the people which it so speedily gained. She was seeded as the writer of the poem for the New Orleans Cotton Exposition. She has made several visits to Mexico, and is a member of the Liceo Hidalgo, the foremost literary club in the city of Mexico, numbering among its members the most brilliant literary men of that country. At the time of her election she was the only American woman so honored. Her latest works are a book on Mexico and a volume of sonnets. Mrs. Townsend's life has been devoted to the highest and purest aims in literature, and her work has all been broad and ​uplifting. Her home-life is exceptionally happy and conganial. MARY ASHLEY VAN VOORHIS TOWNSEND. One of her daughters was married to a son of Edwin M. Stanton. Mrs. Townsend's intellect is stamped on her strong face.
# Woman of the Century/Mary Ann Thomas

​THOMAS, Mrs. Mary Ann, journalist, born near Lavergne, Tenn., 10th January, 1841. Her maiden name was Mary Ann Lane, and her father's family, the Lanes, were of English extraction. MARY ANN THOMAS. Her grandfather went from North Carolina to Tennessee in 1812 and settled in Davidson county. Her mother was descended from old Dutch and Irish stock, and was a native of New Jersey. Her ​father was nineteen and her mother sixteen years old which they were married in Nashville, Tenn., in August, 1839. Mary is the oldest of their family of seven children. During her youth the family lived in various places in Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. She was an intelligent child and was carefully educated. After leaving school, she became a teacher and taught until her marriage, 31st July, 1872, to Archie Thomas, part proprietor of the Springfield, Tenn., "Record." In 1883 Mr. Thomas sold that journal and moved to Sumter, Fla. They returned to Tennessee in 1884, and he repurchased the "Record," which he edited until his death, 10th October, 1888. After his death, Mrs. Thomas bought the "Record" and became both editor and publisher. She entered the journalistic field with diffidence, but she has made her journal very successful. She wrote for the press from youth, and was made an honorary member of the Tennessee Press Association in 1870. In 1873 she read a poem in the fall meeting of that body in Pulaski. She has written both poems and stories. Since her marriage she has done but little purely literary work, as her time was employed in the care of her daughter and several children of her husband by a former marriage. She has reared her family while working as proprietor, publisher, editor, clerk and proof-reader.
# Woman of the Century/Mary Arthur McElroy

​McELROY, Mrs. Mary Arthur, sister of Chester Arthur, twenty-first President of the United States, and mistress of the White House during his term of office born in Greenwich, Washington county, N. Y., in 1842. She is the youngest child of the late Rev. William Arthur. She was educated in private schools and completed her education in Mrs Emma Willard's Female Seminary, in Troy, N. Y. Her attainments and accomplishments are far beyond the standards usually set for young women, and her strong intellectual powers enabled her to gain a thorough knowledge of every subject which she took up. She became the wife, in 1861, of John E. McElroy, of Albany, N. Y., and her home has been in that city continuously, excepting during her brother's term of office as President. When Chester A. Arthur became President of the United States, after the assassination of President James A. Garfield, he was a widower, and he invited Mrs. McElroy to serve as mistress of the White House. She did so, and her regime in Washington was distinguished by its refinement and its pleasant affableness. Both herself and her brother were fitted by nature, training and social experience to make the White House a center of all that was best in the society of the Capital. Mrs. McKlroy is a woman of commanding and attractive person, and no administration was ever more marked for social elegance than was that of President Arthur. After his term ended she returned to her home in Albany, where she is still living.
# Woman of the Century/Mary Augustine Barber

​BARBER, Mrs. Mary Augustine, educator, born in Newton, Conn., in 1789; died in Mobile, Ala., in 1860. She entered the Visitation Convent in Georgetown, D. C, in 1818, with her four daughters. She founded a convent of visitation in Kaskaskia, Ill., in 1836, remaining there till 1844. She taught in a convent in St. Louis, Mo., from 1844 till 1848, and in Mobile until the time of her death.
# Woman of the Century/Mary Bassett Clarke

​CLARKE, Mrs. Mary Bassett, born in Independence, N. Y., 18th November, 1831. She is the daughter of John C. Bassett. a well-to-do farmer of western New York, and Martha St. John Bassett, both persons of education and refinement. She was the seventh in a family of twelve children who lived to maturity. She was educated in Alfred University. Although ill-health limited her opportunities, she was graduated from the university in ​1857. At the age of fifteen she commenced to write for publication, under the pen-name "Ida Fairfield," in the "Flag of Our Union." With some interruption by ill-health, she continued many MARY BASSETT CLARKE. years to be a contributor to that paper, to the "Rural New Yorker" and to local papers and periodicals. She became the wife of William L. Clarke on 8th September, 1859, and removed to Ashaway, R. I., which place has since been her home. For several years her writings, both prose and verse, have been principally given to periodicals issued by the Seventh-Day Baptists, of which sect she is a member.
# Who's Who in the Far East/PIGOTT, Francis Joseph

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​ PIGOTT, Francis Joseph (PENANG), A.M.I.C.E.; Deputy Surveyor General; b. June 27, 1865. Tracing Officer, Ceylon, 1887; District Engineer, Maradankadawila, 1888; District Engineer, Amradhapura, 1892; District Engineer, Batticaloa, 1893; 2nd assistant Financial Office, Ceylon, 1895; seconded as Acting Municipal Engineer, Colombo, 1986; District Engineer Kalutara, 1897; District Engineer, Matale, 1899; Acting Provincial Engineer Southern Province, 1902; Acting Provincial Engineer, Eastern Province, 1903; Provincial Engineer, 1904; Acting Assistant Director of Public Works Department, Ceylon, ​1904; Deputy Colonial Engineer and Deputy Surveyor General, Penang, 1905. Address: Penang, Straits Settlements.
# Who's Who in the Far East/PLUKT, Major Charles Jasper

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​ BLUNT, Major Charles Jasper (SINGAPORE), Chief Ordnance Officer, Aimy Ordnance Department" 6. April 26, 1866, at King William's Town, South Africa; e.s. of Colonel F. C. Blunt, late Aimy Service Corps, of Ryde, I.W., and g.s. of Samuel Jasper Blunt, of the Colonial Office: widower. Educ.: Dr. Thompeoris School, Jersey; Royal Military Academy, Wool-Mich. Entered Royal Artillery 1885; served in India 1885-95; captain 1896; Major 1904; Ordnance Officer, 3rd class 1904; transferred to Army Ordnance Department 1905;-officer in charge of Danger Buildings Royal Arsenal Woolwich, 1898-1901; served throughout Chitral campaign, 1895; with relief force under Sir Robert Low; Chief Ordnance Officer, Guernsey, 1901-4. Publications: "Chitral, Mohmand, and Tirah Campaigns" for "Times Encyclopaedia Britannica." Recreations: Outdoor games; photography. Decorations: Chitral medal with clasp. Clubs: Sport, London. Address: Pearl's Hill, Singapore, Straits Settlements.
# Who's Who in the Far East/PLUMMER, John Isaac

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​ PLUMMER, John Isaac (HONGKONG), M.A., Durh.; Chief Assistant, Observatory; b. Feb. 5, 1845. Chief Assistant, Glasgow Observatory, 1865; Observer, Durham University, 1867; Astronomer, Orwell Park Observatory, 1874; arrived in Colony, 1891 and has held present position since. Club: Hongkong. Address: Observatory, Kowloon, Hongkong.
# Who's Who in the Far East/POATE, W. H.

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​ POATE, W. H. (SHANGHAI), Managing Director, Mackenzie and Co., Ltd.; member of Municipal Council. Club: Shanghai. Address: 22 Szechuen Road, Shanghai.
# Who's Who in the Far East/PIGGOTT, Sir Francis Taylor

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​ PIGGOTT, Sir Francis Taylor (HONGKONG). Kt., M.A., LL.M.; Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Hongkong; b. April 25, 1852, s. of Rev. Francis Allen Piggott, of Worthing; m. Mabel Waldron, e. d. of Jasper, Wilson Johns, J.P., D.L. Educ.: Paris; Worthing College; Trinity College, Cambridge. Called to the Bar, 1874; special mission to Italy, 1887; Legal Adviser to Prime Minister of Japan, 1887-1891; Secretary to the Attorney -General, Sir Charles Russell, M.P., on the Bearing Sea Arbitration, 1893; acting Chief Judge, Mauritius, 1895-1897; Procureur and Advocate-General, Mauritius, 1894-1905; present position since 1906. Decoration: Kt. (1905). Publications: Foreign Judgments, Vol. I., 1879; Vol. II., 1881; 2nd Ed., I Vol., 1884; Principles of Law of Torts, 1885; Exterritoriality and Consular Jurisdiction, 1892; Service out of the Jurisdiction, 1892; Behring Sea Letters. 1893; Revised Edition of Laws of Mauritius, 6 Vols., 2nd Ed., 1894; Nationality and Naturalisation, and the English Law on the High Seas, and Beyond the Realm, 1904; The Garden of Japan, 1892; Music and Musical Instruments of the Japanese, 1893. Recreations: Golf. Club: Thatched House, Hongkong. Address: Hongkong; Ewhnrst, Surrey.
# Who's Who in the Far East/PLAYFAIR, Frank William Walter

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​ PLAYFAIR, Frank William Walter (NAGASAKI), H.B.M. Consul; b. April 8, 1858, e. s. of late General Elliot Minto Playfair, R.A.; m. 1893, Jane, d. of late Major General J. Orr. Appointed Student Interpreter in Japan, March 30, 1880; acting Consul at Nagasaki, 1884 and 1885; acting Consul at Hyogo, 1887; promoted 1st class Assistant, Nov. 9, 1887; acting Consul at Hyogo, 1888 and 1889; acting Consul at Hakodate, 1889 to 1890; acting Vice-Consul at Tokyo, 1891 to 1892; acting Consul at Hyogo, 1894-5-6, 1897 and 1898; promoted Consul for Consular District of Hakodate, Aug. 4, 1898; transferred to Shimonoseki as Consul fur Consular District of Shimonoseki; was also in charge of Austro-Hungarian interests at Shimonoseki; transferred to Tamsui, May 21, 1903; Consul at Nagasaki, 1904. Recreations: Riding, cycling, boating. Address H.B.M. Consulate, Nagasaki. Japan; c/o Chartered Bank of India. ​Australia and China, Threadneedle Street, London, E.C.
# Who's Who in the Far East/POKOTILOFF, M. D.

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​ POKOTILOFF, M. D. (PEKING), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for Russia. Appointed,. 1905. Address: Russian Legation, Peking, China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/PINCKNEY, H.

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​ PINCKNEY, H. (HONGKONG), Banker, Manager, International Banking Corporation. Resided iu Colony over 14 years. Club: Hongkong, Address: 9, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.
# Who's Who in the Far East/PITZIPIOS, George Demetrius

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​ PITZIPIOS, George Demetrius (SHANGHAI), H.BM. Vice-Consul. Appointed Student Interpreter in China, July 26, 1888; 1st Assistant, Sept. 27, 1897; acting Vice-Consul at Shanghai, 1896 to 1897; acting Consul at Chinkiang, 1897; acting Consul at Canton, 1898; Vice-Consul at Canton, May 10, 1898; Vice-Consul at Shanghai, since 1900. Address: H.B.M. Consulate, Shanghai, China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/PLAYFAIR, George Macdonald Home

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​ PLAYFAIR, George Macdonald Home (PEKING), M.A.; H.B.M. Consular Service. Appointed Student Interpreter in China, July 16, 1872; acting assistant Chinese Secretary, Peking, 1875: acting Consul at Taiwan, 1877; at Pakhoi, 1881, 1883; promoted 1st class Assistant, July 1, 1886; acting Vice-Consul at Shanghai, 1885 to 1886; acting Consul at Tainan, 1888 to 1889; at Tamsui, 1889 to 1890; at Chinkiang, 1890, acting Shipping Vice-Consul at Shanghai, 1890 to 1891; promoted Vice-Consul, in charge of shipping business, at Shanghai, April 1, 1891; Senior Vice-Consul at Shanghai, Aug. 20, 1892; promoted Consul at Pakhoi, June 15, 1893; transferred to Ningpo, April 23, 1894; acting Consul, Swatow, from March 27 to June 21, 1899; transferred to Foochow, May 13, 1899; acting Consul General at Hankow, 1903 to 1904. Address: H.B.M. Legation, Peking, China.