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It-has ever been a much mooted sub
feet. the period in life at which a man
may be supposed to be at his best.
There is nothing in the field of human
action to compare with war in its de-
mand upon every great quality in the
character Of the generals who direct
the opposing armies. Courage, energy,
peTccption, knowledge. wisdom, capaci-
~ for organization and the enecting
of auick combinations-aI are required
sn their full extent in the commander
.n-chief. and in proportion as he pos
resses them and other analogous quail
ities is measured his greatness as a
general and the probabilities of the sue
cess of his campaigns. "A study of the
time of life at which some Of the ia
NOUS commanders in the past have
performed their greatest achievements
is Of exceptional interest now, when,
.n the war with Spain, the American
commanders have been adding impress
sive chapters to military and naval
history. on land and AT sea.
. Chief among all generals Of the past
stands Hannibal. who in his qualities
as a commander has never been sur
passed. His passage of h Alps with
his army stands to-day, after Il CEN
turtles. a high water mark in military
achievement. He was in his twenty
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ninth year when, on the death Of his
illustrious father. Hamilcar. he be-
came commander-in-chief, with the su-
on land and sea. 1t was at the age of
81 that. having fully organized his
forces and made all preparations i'm
Spain. he crossed the Pyrenees and the
Alps with his army of 1000 foot SOL
diers, 10000 cavalry n 81 elephants,
descended into the valley of the PO,
and mad good his position in Italy by
routing the Roman armies at TiCinus
and Trebia. The next year he de
stroyed the army of Flaminius at Lake
Thrasymenus. and. a year after. at the
age of 30. he annihilated the Roman
army at Cannae. and filled with the
dread of invasion the city of Rome
itself.
For 16 years Hannibal remained mas
ter Of Northern Italy, receiving but lit
tie help from Carthage, and holding his
defensive position through his military
skin and remarkable power in attach
ing to his cause the Gallo and Italian
tribes. He was a. years of age when
he met with crushing defeat by the Ro-
mans, under Scipio A%fricanus. at the
hard fought field Of Xama. Hannibal
but with his diminished resources was
~overmatched by an enemy, the most
powerful on earth, which in 10 years
fighting had learned from him the art
of war.
In the way of precocious military cx-
PLOTS, Alexander the Great bears the
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TO Be CONGRESS OF HISTORY

One of the most interesting and i'm
pressive events that will take place at
the time of the coronation of Wilhel-
NINA the queen OF Holland, will be the
assembling of the International Con
greSs of History at the Hague, on the
list. Cd, Sd and attn Of September.
The coronation of the young queen
win be announced to her subjects by
the release of a large number of hom-
ing pigeons. which will fly back to their
towns, or hamlets, or farmhouses. as
fast as they can after their pinions
have been freed, at the ome that
the queen takes the oath Of Office. This
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Among the notable delegates are Bal
lamy StOrer, Senator WetmoTe of
Rhode Island. +. +. stevens, Oscar S.
Straus, the Rev. DIR. White, who wrote
a valuable life Of General Lee, ana
others.
To James p. Whiteley of Baltimore
is due much Of the credit for organic
ing the American section of the Inter
national College of History. The
United States may well be proud of its
representatives at the Hague. No
country will be represented by more
admirably chosen or more distinguished
delegates.
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IS perhaps the most poetic incident
promised at the coronation. In a DIFF
feTent way the Congress of History
NAV record the events 81 the reign
whose suspicious dawn the humewarI
flight of the pigeons viii proclaim To
the loyal people Of the Low Countries.
The history OF a nation cannot BE-
written with a plume from a dove
wing: the goose quill and the iron pen
are still required. but il is TO be hoped
that no member OF the Congress of
History. that now assemblies to do Will
belmina honor, will ever need other
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-28
Treatment of Debtors in Hawaii.

In Hawaii they have one very unique
custom i'm regard to debt. Any stranger
can get credit almost from the time he
sets foot on the islands, but so long as
he owes a dollar he is not permitted to
leave the country A man who gets hope
lessly involved in debt down there had
as well make up his mind to become a
citizen for the rest of his life-he can
only escape by liquidating.
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chosen delegate. Gen. J. Watts de Pey-
s,er Gen. Eghert l.. Niele and George
W. Van Siclen swell the list Of WELL
known m -
The Southern Historical society will
he very ably represented by William
Writ Henry. Captain cCabe and Col
Archer Anderson.
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NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.

ALL HANDS. By Rufus Fairchild Fog
baum. Published by Harper & Broth
ers, New York.
"All Hands" is the title chosen by Fog
baum for his portfolio of sketches of our
sailors, their boats and officers. just now.
when all of our interest is centered in our
gallant ships and their crews, and when
the worth OF our Navy is undergoing it's
trial so well, this book comes with paTtlcu-
lar interest. Most of us have absolutely
no idea of what the daily life on our war
ships means or of what naval warfare
means. We had become somewhat ia
miliar with the sailing vessels and
wooden ships through pictures, but the
modern iron-clad and her guns and men
has been SO little pictured that we have
only the slightest imaginings as to what
she is really like. But the artist ZOgbaum
has pictured every one from the Admiral to
Jack in a series of lively and picturesque
because true-poSes. We have glimpSes
of the officers on the bridge an of Jack
scrubbing the deck in "The Morning
Watch" 1.-THE Brains of the Ship" shows
the coming tower with the Captain at the
signal board and the man at the wheel.
There are pictures of our sailors in their
lazy times, and at moments of great stress
and action, and everywhere he has pictured
them as the lot of clear eyed, firm jawed,
their work intelligently and soberly, and
willing to take the ship through fire and
storm wherever duty calls them. The
titles of some of the pictures ill indicate
the range and spiri of the whole ries-
"JacL's Washda ," ashore Grub and S #
Bread" Morning Quarters-the Lords
Prayer" "An Official Visit" "a Landing in
Force" 1.-THE Signal Bridge" 1.-THE Oh l.
lenge," "Clear Ship for Actio )" are some
of the pictures, and others are likewise
int .resting. The little sketches of the diff
ferent officers, of acky alOft and at the
nf "a ,ffn n hn ch tnb an
of the many man-of-wars men in char
acteristic poses, goes to make up ve.y
complete. interesting. and artistic set of
drawings.
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PARTIAL PROSPECTUS.
Some Features of The National Tribune 1908

We announce this week that have the
special correspondent Maj Henry Romeyn He
heard fTom IN this weeks His soldier and his
talents writer warrant great expectations.
We shall also have weekly letter Asst Surg. Guy G.
M Godfrey, of the L. Light Artillery Awake and imbued
with the spirit OF this enterng have stopped nothing
Ia the OF trouble and to attractions
Our object enlist the largest readers mashaled
under the flag of any publisher in America
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE current review of the great
questions which occupy thoughts
interests of the Nation paramount and therefore such
poant matters the Spanish American Hawaiian annexation,
British complications and Alaskan gold discoveries
cycopedc manner they arise.
With all these features TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is pictorial
paper illustrated well any monthly magazine We
publishing
The Story of Paul Jones' BY Augustus Buell. author of
1.-The CaInoneer This needs introduction place
the regards of the readers of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE estab
lished
A File of Infantrymen. By John McEroy.
The American Conflict BY Horace Greeley The most
trencant review of the events Of the period
pete history.
Fighting Them Over Brief stories of thrilling
contributed bv soldiers themselves.
The Forbes War Pictures. The spirited
sketches of army life produced by artist of the
Uncle SNOWFALL PusoLai Rekolieksuns of Army Cook.
series OF nmtab sketches depicting the udicrous side Of
life
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No one who did not share in the sad
experience will be able to realize the
CONSERVATION which the news. of this
discomfture-grossly 'exaggerated-dif-
fused over the loyal portion of our
country. Only the tidings which had
reached Washington up to 4 o'clock-all
presaging certain and decisive victory
were permitted to go north by telegraph
that day and evening; so that, on Mon
day morning, when the crowd of fugi-
tives from our grand army was pour
ing into Washington, a needless, harm
less, worthless mob, the loyal States were
exulting over accounts of decisive
triumph.
But few hours brought different ad
vices; and these were as much worse
than the truth as the former had been
better: our army had been utterly de-
stroyed-cut to pieces, with a loss of
twenty-five to thirty thousand men, be-
sides all its artillery and munitions, and
Washington lay at the mercy of the
enemy, who were soon to advance to the
capture and sack our great commercial
cities.
Never before had 80 black day as
that black Monday lowered upon the
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enlisted during that springtide of Ma
tional enthusiasm for any term short Of
the duration of the war.
VII. 1t is impossible not to perceive
that the rebel troops were better handled
during the conflict than ours. Gen.
Mcdowell, who does not appear to have
actively participated in any former bat
tie but that of Buena Vista, where he
served as Aid to Gen. Wool, seems to
have had very little control over the
movements of his forces after the begin
ming of the conflict.
Gov. Sprague, who fought through
the day as Brigadier with the Cd r. L,
whose Colonel, Slocum, and Major, Bal
lou, were both left dead on the battle
field, observed to one who asked him,
near the close of the fight. what were his
orders, that he had been fighting all day
without any. In short, our army was
projected like bolt, not welded like
sword.
VIII. Although our army, before
fighting ON that disastrous day, was
largely composed of the bravest and
truest patriots in the Union, it con-
tanned, also, much Indifferent material.
Many, in the general stagnation and
dearth of employment, had volunteered
under firm conviction that there would
be no serious fighting; that the rebels
were not in earnest; that there would
be promenade, a frolic, and, ultimately,
a compromise, which would send every
one home, unframed and exultant to
receive from admiring, cheering thou
sands the guerdon of his valor. Hence,
some regiments were very badly differed,
and others gave way and scattered, or
fed, just when they were most needed.
TX. Col. d. J. Miles, Marylander,
commanding the Fifth (reserve) Divis-
ion, was drunk throughout the action,
and playing the buffoon; riding about
to attract observation, with two hats on
his head, one within the other. AS,
however, he was pretty certainly a
traitor, and was not ordered to advance,
it is hardly probable that his drunken
ness did any serious damage, save as it
disguised and disheartened those whose
lives were in his hands.
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acquainted by their confederates. left by

acquainted by their confederates. left by
Davis, Floyd, ETC., in our service, with
everything that took place or was medi-
tated on our side; and so were able to
anticipate and battle every movement
of our armies.
Thus, military map or plan of the
region directly west of Washington had
been completed for use at the War De-
partment barely two days before our
advance reached Centerville; but, the
movement being rapid, the rebels left
here many articles in their hasty flight,
and. among them, a copy of this map,
which was supposed to be unknown to
all but few of our highest officers. 1t
was so throughout. Washington swarmed
with traitors, many of them holding
official positions Of the gravest response
bility; and whatever it was important
for Beauregard to know he speedily
To cross the Potomac, little below
or above our camps, was never difficult;
and, once across, trusty messengers knew
where to find fleet horses and sure guides
TO take them to the rebel lines. The
chiefs knew which among
our officers meant them any harm, and
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lent to reading the Riot Act to an ex-
cited mob, and sending a squad of police
to disperse it. Hence, the many prison
ers of war taken with arms in their
hands, in West Virginia and Missouri,
had, up to this time, been quite COM
monty permitted to 60 at large on taking
an oath of fidelity to the Constitution
a process which, in their view, was about
as significant and imposing as taking a
glass of cider.
The Government had only to call for
any number of men it required, to serve
during the pleasure of Congress, or till
the overthrow of the rebellion, and they
could have been had at once. Regiments
were pressed upon it from all sides and
the hotels of Washington were crowded
by keen competitors for the coveted
privilege of raising more batteries and
fresh battalions. None asked for shorter
terms to serve, or would have then hest
tated to enlist for the war.
1t was entirely proper to call out the
organized and uniformed militia as
minute men to defend Washington and
protect the public property until volun-
teers could be raised but no single
regiment should have been organized or
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Napoleon and His Marshas By j. T. Headley Splendidy
illustrated.
81 Klegg Veteran. of the most popular stories
written
Three Months in the Confederacy.1 BY Col (now Lieut.
Gen. fremanle of the British Army.
a Hunting Trip on the Amazons. By Dr. J. II. Porter.
The following among other things will appear future at
an early date
Loyal Home Worker Abroad By Elsie Pomeroy Nc
Ero This of letters from Europe by this gifted
writer with whose work readers famdiari
Inside of Rebellion. BY Dr. j. p Cannon. A second in
ament of this graphic narrative going back to the beginning Of
the
The Truth of History This will be the actual history of the
drawn from official told in interesting and
III opposition to the rebel side of the story
Battle Days of the Roundheads. sketch of the famous
Tooth Pa. BY j. Il. Hoibaugh.
Public Buildings of Washington. BY Kate Bownlee sher
wood
The Brady Views. photographs taken during
The Santa Fe Trail in the Old Days and Journey
the Manitoba Country in 1849 Both by Gen. John Pope.
"reminiscences of Gettysburg BY Jas Fulton, M. D.
War Events in East Tennessee. BY w. E. Doyle.
sabers Again to the Front By Birney Mclean.
The Shelby Raid. BY Wiley Britton.
The Pennsylvania Reserves. By r. E. Mcbride.
The Firing Fort Sumter. By young Ohio mechanic.
Scouting Adventures. Thrilling episodes of army life By
Maj. Henry Romeyn.
And many other attractions, arrangements
for which are In progress.
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which might be confidently trusted
never to take them at disadvantage.
They evidently had no more apprehen-
sion that Patterson would obstruct or
countervail the march of Johnston to
Manassas than that Breckenridge or
Burnett would do them mortal harm in
Congress.
V. The fall, very early in the action,
of Gen. David Hunter, commanding the
Second or leading Division, was most
untimely and unfortunate. He was so
seriously wounded that he was necessarily
borne from the field. Gen. Heintzel-
man, commanding the Third Division,
was also wounded not as severely, but
so as to disable him. Gen. Mcdowell
either had control of Runyon's Division,
guarding his line of communication, or
he had not. IF he had, he should have
ordered the bulk of it to advance that
morning On Centerville, so as to have
had it well in hand to precipitate on the
foe at the decisive moment; or, if he
was so hampered by Scott that he was
not at liberty to do this, he should have
refused to attack, and resigned the com
mand of the army, rather than fight
battle SO fettered. After the mischief
was done, Munyon's Division was ordered
forward from Fairfax-of course, to no
purpose But it should, at least, have
been promptly employed to block COM
pletely with its bayonets the roads lead
ing to Washington, sternly arresting the
flight of the panic-stricken fugitives,
and gathering them into something which
should bear once more the semblance of
an army.
vi. The original call of President
Lincoln on the States, for $4,000 militia
to serve three months, was deplorable
error. 1t resulted naturally from that
obstinate infatuation which acould be-
lieve, in defiance of all history and
probability, that an aristocratic con-
spiracy of 80 years standing, culmina-
ting in rebellion based on an artificial
property valued at Four Thousand Mil
lions of Dollars, and welding the re-
sources of 10 or II States, having nearly
100000 people, was to be put down
in 60 or 80 days by some process equiva-
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ASTHMA'S PROGRESS.
From Cold to Cure.
No relief i'm other remedies.
From Cold to Gu

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loyal hearts of the North; and the
leaden, weeping skies reflected and
heightened, while they seemed to SYM
pathize with, the general gloom.
1t would have been easy, with ordi-
nary effort and care, to have gathered
and remanded to their camps or forts
around Alexandria. or Arlington all the
wretched straggles to whom fear had
lent wings, and who, throwing away their
arms and equipments, and abandoning
all semblance of military order or dis
cipline, had rushed to the Capital to
hide therein their shame behind cloud
of exaggerations and falsehoods.
The still effective batteries, the solid
battalions, that were vending their way
slowly back to their old encampmants
along the south bank Of the Potomac,
depressed but mistaken, dantless and
utterly unassailed, were unseen and un-
heard from; while the panic-stricken
racers filled and distended the general
ear with their tales of impregnable in
trenchments and masked batteries. of
regiments slaughtered, brigades utterly
cut to pieces, etc, making out their
miserable selves to be about all that was
left of the army.
That these men were allowed thus to
Note.-Gen. Mcdowell, in his official
report, in giving his reasons for fighting as
and when he did, says:
could not, as / have said more early,
push on faster, nor conld ! delay. large
and the best part Of my forces Were three
months volunteers, whose term OF service
was about to expire, but who were sent
forward as having long enough to serve for
the purpose of the expedition.
''On the eve of the battle, the 4tl Pa.
regiment of volunteers and the battery OF
volunteer artillery OF the New York 8th
militia, whose term OF service expired, in
sisted on their discharge. l wrote to the
regiment, expressing request for them to
remain a short time; and the Hon. Secre-
tary of War who was at the time on the
ground, tried to induce the battery to re-
main at least five days. But in vain. They
insisted on their discharge that night. 1t
was granted: and the next morning w hen
the army moved forward into battle, these
troops moved to the rear to the sound Of
the enemy's cannon.
"In the next few days day by day, I
should have lost 10.0 coo of the best armed,
drilled, Differed, and disciplined troops in
the army. In other words, every day,
which added to the strength of the enemy,
made us weaker"
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EDITORIAL NOTE.-The great events of the
civil war were never told in stronger or
more entertaining style than by the great
Greeley. The splendid features Of this his
tory are to be read in many forthcoming
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Emergency Call.

[Cincinnoti Equirer.l
Black-Suppose we celebrate our silver
wedding next week.
Mrs. Black-But we have been marriep
only IL years.
Black know that, but we need the
silver"
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A Dainty Morsel.

philadelphia North Americana
'That missionary" said the cannibai
King, smacking his lips, may rot nave
been diplomat, but, all the same. hs
was prime minister"
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TO be cnntinnedA
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The conference report on the Naval ap-
pronriation bill was disposed of Saturday
in the House, after long debate, by vote
to inconvenience. The report went back to
the Senate with specific instructions to
strike out that amendment which looks
towards providing compensation for those
officers who make valuable INVENTORS.
Many members cOntended that naval Off
GERS, educated at Government expense, and
assured of life support on entering the seIv-
ice, were not entitled to compensation tof
Other members contended
that it was equitable on the part OF
the Government to pay for such Inventions