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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-23

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stephens, Hunter and Campbell. Of the
confederate side, at Hampton Roads, on
me sd OF January. 1865, that President
Lincoln offered the Confederates $780,
/ eoo,oo0 for the slaves il they would
abandon the war and return to the
union. This story has assumed various
forms TO suit the rhetoric OF the speak
efs ana writer's who have given it cur
rency. l wish to assert most solemnly
mat no such offer III any form was
1ldoe. All the papers relating to the
hampton Roads conference are given
IN McPherson's History Of the Rebel
non non as he calls it. They show that
. Inc JOINT resolution for amending the
constitution Of the United States was
passed by Congress, submitting to the
states the question Of abolishng slav-
cry III the United States, two or three
Gays before the date OF that conference
ne report OF the commissioners OH the
part or the Confederacy which was pub
lishcd at the time, shows that no such
oiter was made or referred to in that
conference. The statement Of President
Davis and that Of President Lincoln and
OF Secretary Seward, show that no suc,
oller was made or talked OF at that
conference: This false statement has
been often made. It IS disproven by
every man who was there and nv
every paper which has been written by
or for the men who were there Neither
PRESIDENT Lincoln nor any other man
on the Federal side would have dared
TO make such an offer at that time It
was stated at the time, and / believe
the statement to be true, that the Con-
gross hurried the joint resolution above
named through SO as to forcstall the
possibility of any such propositions The
object OF this untruthful statement was
no doubt TO cast olium on the Confeder-
ate president and authorities by trying
to show that they would accept no terms
or peace, and were responsible for the
continuance OF the war. President Dn-
Wis appointed Vice President Stephens
to go to Washington in 1864 ostensibly
to secure q renewal of the cartel for the
exchange of prisoners, but the real pur-
pose Of his mission was to see President
Lincoln for the purpose Of aSccrtainng
on what condition the war could be ter
minated. But he was not permitted by
the Federal authorities to pass through
their military lines. Then he appoint
ed the commissioners to the Hampton
Roads conference for the same pur-
pose. And afterwards, in 1865. he ;,u-
thorized General Robert T.. Lee to try
to negotiate through General Grant for
the same purpose. I mention these
facts to show that it is mistake to
suppose that President Davis neglected
any means in his power to end the war
on honorable terms, and mention them
because OF the many misrepresentation
which have bee made on this subject
He could not have made public all he
did III this respect q the time without
discouraging our army and the people.
And if at any time he had proposed or
consented to Internationally surrender
he would have been in danger Of VIC
lence at the hands Of our own people
Neither he nor they proposed or intend
ed to surrender Internationally unless
OverpoWered.
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17
The Buria, of Sir John More.

ne buEtHt Ot SlE JOuu uOEes
Not a drum was heard, nor n funeral note,
AS his corpse to the rampant we hurried;
Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot
Ger the grave where our hero we buried.
We buried him darkly at dead of night,
The sods with our bayonets turning;
BY the struggling moonbeam's misty
light,
And the lantern dimly burning.
No useless coffin enclosed his breast,
Nor in sheet nor shroud we wound him;
But he lay IKE a warrior taking his fest,
With his martial cloak around him.
Few and short were the prayers we said,
And we spoke not a word of sorrow;
But we steadfastly gazed on the face that
was dead,
And we bitterly thought of the morrow
We thought as we followed his narrow
bed,
And smoothed down his lonely pillow,
That the foe and the stranger would
tread DER his head,
And we fer away in the blllow.
Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's
gone,
And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him;
But little he'll reck, If they let him sleep
In the grave where a Briton has laid
him.
But half our heavy task was done
When the clock struck the hour for re-
firing;
And we heard the distant and random gun
That the foe was sullenly firing.
Slowly and sadly we laid him down
From the field Of his fame 'resh and
CORY;
We carved not a line, and we raised not a
stone
But we left him alone with his glory.
Charles Wolfe,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17
Deaths Final Conquest.

The glories Of our blood and state
Are shadows not substantial things;
There is no armour against fate;
Death lays his icy hand on kings
Sceptre and crown.
Must tumble down,
And in the dust be equal made,
With the poor crooked sythe and spade.
Some men with swords may reap the
fields,
And plant with laurels where they Kill;
But their stronger nerves at last must
yield,
They tame but one another still;
Early or late.
Whey stoop TO fate,
And must give up their murmuring breath
When they, pale captives, creep to death
The garlands wither on your brow;
Then boast no mere your mighty deeds;
Upon deaths purple altar, now,
See where the victor victims bleeds!
All heads must come,
To the cold tomb.
Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.
james Shirley.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17
WIFE OF SECRETARY GAGE.
She Was an Albany Girl-.A Truly
Modern Love Story.

New York Mail and Express
Mrs. Gage was a Miss Cornelia Ian
sing. She is a native of Albany. In girl
mood she was great favorite in the
provincial society of which she was a
part and was known for several years as
the belle Of the Vicinage. Her acquaint-
afIce with her present husband began
while his brother was a suitor for her
hand. This brother, Lloyd G. Gage, was
4 fine fellow Of frail physique. When she
was prevailed upon to be his wife, she ac-
cepted him with the full knowledge that
the marriage would mean for her several
years of self-sacriticing devotion to an
invalid. When the inevitable came there
grew up between Lyman J. Gage and his
brothers widow fast friendship, which
quickly rlpened into tender affection. Mr..
Gage, however, was engrossed in busi-
ness, andI himself a widower, never
thought seriously about a second mar
riage until he found himself helpless as
the result of an accident, and was obliged
to take a vacation for convalescence.
The story of the proposal is romance
with modern improvements. They were
betrothed by telegraph. Mrs. Lloyd G..
Gage was in San Francisco. Lyman j.
Gage was in Florida nursing his bruises.
They had been in correspondence ever
since the brothers death, but there had
been little exchange Of sentiment until one
day, when she received a letter from him
laying that after mature deliberation he
had come to the conclusion that she was
the woman to be his wife. He hoped she
would agree with him. If she did he
begged her to complete his happiness by
wiring the word "Yes." If sho did not,
she need not say anything at all in reply.
When the reply came Mr.. Gage was in
Thomasvile, Ga, on his way north with
the remains of his friend, George c.
Clarke. The reply was Yes" and moth
ing more. Thereupon Mr.. Gage wired his
affianced to meet him in Denver, where
the ceremony would be performed at the
home of a relative. They met in the noun
tain city and the ceremony was carried
out according to the telegraphed pro-
gramme. The marriage was a happy one
in every respect. Mrs. Gage and her hus-
band have passed hardly a day away
from each other When he was i'll at the
Holland House In New York few years
ago, and underwent an operation for APP
pendicitis, they were separated for the
first time, but she was telegraphed for at
once and nursed him to convalescence.
In 1892 they took trip to Europe and the
Orient together. At church, at the the
ater, at card parties and everywhere else.
they seem inseparable. They have no
children, but Mr.. Gage by his first wife
has a son, now grown and married.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17
Mary Morrison.

Oh, Mary, at thy window be,
1t is the wished, the trysted hour!
Those smiles and glances let me see,
That make the miser's treasure poor;
How bithely wad l bide the stoure,
A weary slave frae sun to sun,
Could / thee rich reward secure,
The lovely Mary Morrison.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string.
The dance gaed through the lighted ha'
To thee my fancy took its wing.
/ sat, but neither heard nor saw,
Though this was fair, and that was Draw,
And you the toast of a. the town,
sighed, and said anang them a
"Ye are ma Mary Morison."
Oh, Mary, canst thou wreck his peace.
Wha for thy sake wad gladly die?
Or canst theou break that heart of his,
Whose only fault Is loving thee;
If love for love thou wilt ma gle,
At least be pity to mo shown;
A thought ungentle Gamma be
The thought o Mary Morrison.
Robert Burns.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17

/ saw you not fair Inez?
She's gone into the Wes:
To dazzle when the sun is down,
And rob the word Cf rest.
She took our daylight with her,
The smile that we love best.
With morning bushes on her cheek,
And pearls upon her breast.
Oh, turn again. fair Inez!
Before the fall Of nigAt,
For fear the moon should shine alone,
And stars uurivaled bright.
And blessed will the lover be
That walks beneath their light,
And breathes the love against thy cheek
/ dare not even write!
Would I had been, fair Inez,
That gallant cavalier,
Who rode so gaily by thy side
And whispered thee so near!
Were there no loving danes at home,
Or no true lovers here,
That he should cross the sea to win
The dearest of the dear?
/ saw, thee, lovely Inez,
Descend along the shore,
With a band of noble gentlemen,
And banners waved before,
And gentle youths and maidens gay
And snowy plumes they wore;
1t would have been a beauteous dream.
If 1t mad been no more.
Alas, alas, fair Inez!
She went away with song,
With music waiting on her steps,
And shoLtings of the throng.
And some were sad, and felt no mirth,
But only music's wrong,
In sounds that sang farewell, farewell,
To hear you've loved so lorg.
Farewell, farewell. fair Inez!
That vessel never bore
So fair lady on it's decks.
Nor danced so light before,
Atlas, for pleasure on the sea,
And sorrow on the shore;
The smile that blest one lovers heart
Has broken many more.
Thomas Hood.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17
IN SPITE OF SCHOOLS,
She Did Not Know the Use of Rail-
road Ticket

The conductor of a train running be-
tween Washington and Philadelphia is
quoted by the New York Times as tell
ing a story which illustrates the pltifuI
possibilities of human ignorance that
still exist, despite the schools that are
scattered so thickly over all parts of
the country, and the migratory habits
of majority of its inhabitants.
"On my last trip" says the conduc-
tor, II found a young colored girl in
the train who, when / approached, hur-
riedly united one corner of her hand
kerchief and presented money to pay
her fare to Philadelphia. 1 counted it
out and she had just enough. When 1
told her there was no change she began
to cry, and said she had come from
Charleston, S. c., and wanted to go to
Easton, Pa. She said she knew no one
in Philadelphia and had no money left.
1 felt sorry for her and when we ar
rived at Philadelphia took her up to
the ticket receiver to see if he could
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17
HORSES WEAR sNowsHoEs.
Only Way They Can Travel over
Twenty Feet af Suntv

AWeuty rect oil snow.
All the horses working at the placer
mine under the shadow of Pilot Peak,
Plumas county, California, wear snow
shoes. The altitude Of the place is about
. 20 feet and enormous quantities Of snow
ran there In the winter, not infrequently
reaching to the depth of twenty feet.
ITO overcome the disadvantage of the
snow and enable us to carry on our pro-
jects there" said Mr. Bowman, one OF
the owners of the mine, I'VE put snow
shoes on the horses. BY doing this we
are able to get In our supplies of grocer
les, meats, canned goods and other
things, and to transport the product Of
cur mines. All cur picks, shovels, giant
powder and similar things that have to
be taken about in the winter are handled
In this way.
"Only California bred horses are used
1t has been found these are the best, and,
If possible, we get mountain horses-those
that are raised at high attitudes. The
horses go right along in the snow. They
usually take fast walk, but sometimes
trot a little.
They get so accustomed to the snow
shoes that they don't stumble or fall at
all, and they like them so well that they
don't like to walk without them. They
will put Up their feet to have the snow
shoes put on.
I'VE used wooden shoes at first and
they worked very well, but now we have
something a great deal better. 1t con-
sists of thin steel plate eight inches in
liaureter, through which are holes for the
orks of the ordinary shoes. The plate is
fastened by a steel spring to the lower
part of the hoof and there is nut on 1t
20 it can be screwed up tight with a
wrench.
''On the bottom of this steel plate is a
coating of India rubber, and this, by the
%ay, is a great improvement in horse
,uOwshoes. 1t keeps the shoe free entire
Of snow, whereas formerly snow used
O clog and I'LL UP on the plate. This
would cause the horses to slip and floun-
ier around. Even, when the horses are
,tted out with snowshoes for the first
ime they rarely ever fall, though, of
curse, they are usually steadied little
II they get the hang Of things. We are
lreful net to select nervous horses. We
ont want horse that's too high spir-
ed. We rather prefer those that are
luiet and not easily perturbed.
The trained snowshoe horses go any
where, no matter how precipitous the
mountains are. nor how deep the snow s..
We tried for awhile making snowshoes
out of aluminium for the horses. The
metal was light, and 1t was thought for
a time that II would be just the thing.
Blu we found that the aluminium, unlike
STEEL would bend, so we gave up the new
white metal and stuck to the steel, using
j thick rubber coating for the bottom"
San Francisco Call
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Abou Ben Adhcm.

Abou Ben Adhem Qnay his tribe increase)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of
peace,
And saw, within the moonlight in his
room.
Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
An angel, writing in a book OF gold.
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem
bold,
And to the presence in the room he said,
What writest thou?"-The vision raised
its head,
And with look made of all sweet accord,
Answered, THE names of those who love
the LCrd.'
"And is mine one?' said Abou: NAY, not
so,"
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerily still, and said Il pray, thee,
then,
Write me rs ono that loves his fellow
men,"
The angel wrote and vanished. The next
night
1t came again with a great wakening
light,
And showed the names whom love Of God
had blessed,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17
SYNOPSIS.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Pearson, natives
and former residents of Wilkesburg, a
small town In the hill country of Ken
lucky, after twenty years absence In
New York (where, 1t is reported, Mr..
Pearson has established a large business),
decide to pay a visit to their cousin Tom
Crockett at Wilkesburg. They receive
a cordial welcome from their bachelor
cousin, and make a favorable impression
upon the village people. on leaving they
invite Crockett to visit them in New
York. The following autumn, his affairs
having prospered, Crockett decides to do
so, and ne makes his first trip to the city,
having written his cousin that he was
coming Pearson meets Crockett at the
station, and takes him to the Pearsons'
home far up town. They go up many
pairs of stairs, and enter the Pearsons'
rooms, Pearson explaining that he lives
on high floor in order to obtain fresh
air. Crockett eats a small supper that
Mrs. Pearson has provided for him, but
remains hungry, not liking to ask for
more. He goes to bed I'm room which
seems too small for him to breathe i'm.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17
She Walks in Beauty.

She walks in beauty, like the night
OF uloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meets in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade, the more. one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which weaves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens DER her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling place.
And on that cheek, and DER that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
a mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent.
Lord Byron.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17
DnX Dreams.

o sweet beneath this tree to lie
And watch with wide injurious eye
The broken glimpses of the sky,
And where the sunlight through the
leaves
A subtle fiickering broidery weaves,
To hear the low eternal sigh
OF happy winds in tree-tops high,
or gnats hung in a waving cloud
Now far and faint, now near and loud,
or bees that quickly come and go
on noisy orrands to and fro;
To see the swallows far, far up,
Like notes IN heavens azure cup;
To lounge and lie with dreamy eye,
And feel the world go whirling iround,
And half in sleep to hear the sound
OF winds that shake the tree-tops high.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17

pass her on to Easton. He was q little
skeptical and questioned her closely.
"She said she had paid her fare on
the train all the time, and the receiver
asked her why she hadn't bought
tick Charleston. She said she had.
Where is lt7' asked the receiver.
Here II IT,, she replied, untying another
corner OF her handkerchief. There II
was sure enough, good for all the way
from Charleston to Easton, and hadn't
been punched once. The ticket was
redeemed and there were quite few
dollars left after the girl had bought
ticket for Easton."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17

". "a 20
/ made a garland for her head,
And bracelets, too, and fragrant zone;
She looks at me as she did love,
And made sweet mean.
VI
set her on my pacing steed,
And nothing else saw all day long,
For sidelong would she bend, and sing
A fairy's song.
She found me roots or relish sweet,
And honey wild, and mama dew,
And sure in language strange she said
II love thee trueP'
She took me to her elfin grot,
And there she wept and sighd full sore,
And there / shut her wild, wild eyes
With kisses four.
TX.
And there she lulled me asleep,
And there 1 drsam'd-ah! woe betide!
The latest dream / ever dream'd,
on the cold hills side.
X.
/ saw pale kings and princess too.
Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
They cried la Belle Dame Sans Merci
Hath thee in thrallp'
XII.
saw their starved lips in the gloom,
With horrid warning gaped wide,
And woke and found me here,
on the cold hills side.
XII
And this is why 1 sojourn here,
Alone and palely lettering,
Though the sedges is witherd from the
lake
And no birds sing.
John Keats.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17

l.
o what can all thee, knight-at-arms.
Alone and palely lettering?
The sedge has wither'd from the lake,
And no birds sing.
II.
o what can hail thee, knight-at-arms,
So haggar6 and so woe begone?
The squirrels granary is full,
And the harvest done.
III.
l see a lily on thy brow
With anguish moist and fever dew,
And on thy cheeks fading rose
Fast withereth too.
".
/ met q lady in the meads,
Full beautiful fairy's child,
Her hair was long, her foot was light,
And her eyes were wild.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17
Lines to Indian Air.

/ arise from dreams of thee,
In the first sweet sleep of night,
When the winds are breathing low,
And the stars are shining bright;
i arise from dreams of thee,
And a spirit in my feet
To thy chamber window, Sweet!
Has led me-who knows how?
The wandering airs they faint
on the dark, the silent stream
The champak odors fail,
Like sweet thoghts in a dream.
The nightingalo's complaint,
1t dies upon ner heart,
As / must die On thine
o beloved as thou art
o lift me from the grass!
die, faint. / fall,
Let the love in kisses rain
on my lips and eyelids pale.
My cheek is cold and white, alas!
My heart eats loud and fast.
Oh! press it close to thine again,
Where ii will break at last.
Percy Bysshe Shelly
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17
How sleep the Brave.

How sleep the brave who sink to rest
BY all their country's wishes blest!
When spring, with dewy fingers cold.
Returns to deck their hallow'd mould,
She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than fancy's feet have ever trod.
BY fairy hands II cir knell is rung
BY forms unseen their dirge is sung;
Their honor comes, a pilgrim gray,
To bless the turf that wraps their clay;
And freedom shall awhile repair,
To dwell weeping hermit there.
William Collins.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17
TEN BEST SHORT POEMS BY ENGLISHMEN.
A Selection Made by Richard Henry Stoddard.
To Lucasta on Going to the War

To Lucasta on Going to the War.
Tell me not, sweet 1 am unkind,
That from the nunnery
OF thy chaste breast and quiet mind
To war and armS 1 fly.
True, a new mistress now / chase,
The first foe In the field;
And with a stronger faith embrace
A sword, a horse, a shield.
Yet the Inconsistency Is such
As you, too, shall adore;
I could not love thee, dear, so much,
Loved not honor more.
Richard Lovelace.