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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-05

July 3 to inclusive the Oregon Short
Line will sell excursion tickets, Butte
to Los Angeles and return, for SIS. 80.
Tickets limited for return Sept. 4.
Routes via Ogden or Portland. Make
sleeper reservations now at No. 10 East
Broadway, Butte Mont. H. y. Wilson,
General Agent.
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Messrs. Dolman and Jameson have
established a law Office in the Column
bia block. Telephone No. 81.
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Try the California cafe for a meal
You will be pleased. New management.
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Wages of Workmen,

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deputies to-day Paul Bauregard, re-
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For catarrh of the head. throat and
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Crystal Springs Hotel, the most mod
ern pleasure resort in Montana. Plunge
bath furnished from hot artesian
we'll Boating on lake. Large dance
hall. Service strictly first-class: only
five miles from Butte. Round trip soc.
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Take the Oregon short Line for Los
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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-02
FREE SPEECH.

towards, Yes: already men by thou
sands have been thoroughly intimidat-
ell. and are basely impatient to hall the
coming Man on Horseback."-be he
King. Emperor. Dictator. or Military
Despot. yet thinly cloaked as President.
Men are physically brave: but they are
morally cravens. that cringe before
shadow. or n sound. or a motion. The
hero of n hundred battlehelds turns
pale and shakes before a constable or n
policeman. Pretended authority makes
truth, right and power tremble, quake
and surrender.
Men may recover their liberties anC
restore self-government in 1900 If they
will. But will they? Where are our
patriots and prophets? Why are they
not already traversing the land and
arousing the people? 1t is appalling to
look around and see the indifference OF
the public to the dangers that are null
tiplying and growing around them!
Can't they feel. nor understand, even
when n print of Imperialism dares to
say TO members in Congress: IF you
had said that in Manila you would
have been shot by this government"
Can they hear that with Indifference,
and not rise to the occasion?
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-02
HONEST ELECTIONS.

We sincerely rejoice that the Rich
mond Times has lucid intervals when
it understands and acknowledges the
head of THE VlRGINIAN-PILO is
level on some subjects. We hope it will
live long enough to renounce all It's fall
lacics. and recognize that THE VIR-
GINIAN-PILOT, in all matters amen
able to facts. figures and logic, or rea-
son. Is not far wrong. 1t is as right, on
all questions. as 'fallable human judg-
ment and ratiocination can attain.
though it may fail to convince; and
even II its views be not triumphant, it
is consolcd with the reflection that it
nevertheless proclaimed the truth.
though error defeated it with ignorant
or scrvilc numbers
But while we rejoice that the Times
endorses our pleas for honest elections.
we are no little astonished. because the
Times well knows that honest elections
in 1886 would have made William ].
lryan. President, and defeated THE
whole pot and boiling of Republican,
ism The Times, too. ought to know
That its fallacies (Which constitute the
worst features of Republican "pot and
hoiiins'D cannot stand honest clections
hut we fear our esteemed contempora-
~ Will soon be advocating private en-
terprise, trusts, no competition and the
monopoly OF capital' in elections;. or
tho abolition OF elections and the sub
s'itution of trusts to do the voting. Or
why not let the Presidency every four
years TO the party that will bid the
hi.hest price2
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-02
THE PERFECT NIRVANA. (p)

If you desire to pose as n paragon OF
MI the abilities, virtues and projections
ut once. write to the organs OF monopo-
~, ana tell them that you once had
a mind of your own-not much-but
your own; your very own; that you not
only believed in competition, free COM
petition. but liked 1t: and that you op-
posed monopoly. even in opinion,-pre-
icrrlng to peddle freely your own pea
nuts al your own price as we'll as en-
JOY your own peanut politics. But
the mountains had labored with you,
and YOU had changed your mind"
You now felt that competition, and diff
ference of opinion in anything. is n
waste of energy, unbecomng anyone of
sane mind. who likes to take things
easy and dwell together in unity with
the brethren. Accordingly. you are now
for monism, monarchy, monopoly, mo-
notony. monarchsm, mono-meta1lsm
and all mono-manias in good stand
ing
You forthwith become brilliant, dis
tingushed and eminent mono-maniac.
a man OF sagacity. a citizen of that
patriotism that submits and n pious
philosopher who. by patient and per-
sis;ent suppression of thought and
opinion may yet reach the perfect Mir
Xaun
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-02

IN active convulsions beneath them
Time enough yet! No! A people jeal-
Gus OF their liberties should be in fren-
zies OF agitation and alarm at what has
occurred among us within the last six
months. And still they make no sign!
whence this torpor? Is it fear? or
trelchery? or ignorance? or has an
opiate been administered by the ennis
saries or imperialism and militarism?
are we SO confident. that nothing can
alarm us for our safety? Why, the very
beasts OF the field sniff danger in the
air, and signify their sympathy for us
IN dumb show, or by plaintiff means
and cries. Winter itself has spoken i'm
It's sternest voice to us-malSing its
tyranny u forewarning OF the worse
one now about to grasp us. Shall the
latter find us already bound hand and
foot, incapable of resistance?
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-02
FROGS ARE FROGS, TO THE
STORK.

The Republic of Frogs neither under
stood nor appreciated the blessings OF
liberty they enjoyed under President
Log. 1t was too dull He afforded
them fine places TO sun themselves,
to dive from, and to dodge under, or
behind. when pursued by snakes and
other foes. He was rather slow, and
ago there had been King Crane over
the Frogs, and there were yet tradi-
tons of his greed and cruelty. After
long and hard struggle. in which
they had suffered much. they had got
from under King Crane and put up
President Log in the Kings place.
There had been much rejoicing, brag
ging and any quantity of noise.
But there had grown up another gen.
Grafton OF frogs. who knew not Iline
Crane. and who considered President
Log rather an old granny, with no go"
in him. SO President Log was sunk
in the mud; and King Stork was in.
vited to introduced imperial govern
ment. lie devoured and chased them
so that they quickly repented of their
change; but it was not so easy to get
rid of King StorlI as 1t was to get him.
He enjoyed the frogs nightly whether
they enjoyed him or not. His long legs
and his long bill didni give much
chance of escape; and at last accounts,
all the frogs had been exterminated,
except few who had found shelter
with eX-President Log, in his retire
ment.
And thus it is with men, in all things,
as with frogs. They will not believe in
the wisdom Of their ancestors. II Logs
are better than Storls. why is it that
we are the only respectable nation that
has no Stork? All, all have tried to
get rid of their Storks, and were not
able to do so. We succeeded, and great
should be our glory and gratitude
therein! But, as we are mostly FOOLS
we are Itching to have King or an
imperial government. We have n fam
cy that Kings live off their own wealth.
somehow, or on foreign possessions and
people; but If we will look into the
matter, we shall find that every Kine
devours his own frogs, though he may
ut first affect to have his own private
frog pond. or TO like foreign frogs bet
ter. But he soon let's 1t be known that
to him frogs are frogs.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-02
ESPIONAGE

Mind how and where you talk" Is
now the whispered admonition that you
not unfreQuently hear in WASHINGTON
and elsewhere. The administration is
already providing itself with all the
civil machinery of the most absolute
tyranny ever known among men. The
spy is in all the departments; on the
streets; at the hotels; in your club;
perhaps, within your very doors; caves
dropping, peeping, listening and noting.
The rush of things downward is rapid.
and momently accelerating in speed
and volume. The very air and light
testify to the people who once were free
that liberty is under surveillance; one
breathes and sees with n difference as
crbable only to the sense that freedom
must be discreet in walk, talk and con-
versation. Free-spcech has become
dangerous.
like Washington it is wonderful enough
that within this brief period, as by
some odc force and medium, it has
been silently borne in upon every one
that n merciless and cruel eye and ear
are upon all. even in solitude, with
prompt hands to strikc-not only to re-
move. but to ruin, There is the same
uneasy sense in the rcmotest rural re-
gion. The Devil OF Despotism Is loose,
and ali America feels it!
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-02

ways: and it is one OF these the mill
K6naire always selects to edit his or
gan when he sets up one. II this cham
pion were honest, veracious and cour-
teous. we might respect him, even in
his errors: but he is usually none of
thesc,-bcing usually a contemner of
everything but money and those who
have It.
This is soon seen. 1t becomes so
glaring sometimes that Dives Sc Co.
have to suggest II little sde-play. to
mislead the public into thinking that
they are utterly forgotten in the or
gan's devotion to its masters interests.
Yet it is curious and diverting to re-
mark how acute and sure is the scent
for money and profit, and how infalli-
bly, 1t controls the organ,-as the mag
netic needle is attracted by iron, steel
and other metallic ores. Take pencil
and paper and note down all the issues.
political or other, now before the pub
lie, in which money is on one side and
liberty or the general welfare on the
other: and in every case, the organ is
for the money with IL certainty that
shocks. while it amuses you. It's logic.
ethics. politics and theology are all in
cluded in "the love of money" and it
is the defender of all evil having that
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-02

tonic languages; that the syllables,
sighted according to English usage,
should be pronounced according To the
French manner when the swing of the
meter requires 1t. 1t must be remem-
bered that ii is as illogical to apply our
modern English pronunciation. 80 va
riable and uncertain. to Chauccr as il
is to expect that he should have known
or applied our modern rules of pro
nunciation. Our courage" was with
Chaucer "courag sc" with the soft ''G"
ana the equal accent. 1t must be re-
membered. too. that the final "e' in
Chauccr's time was not merely the final
i1.tat hed 4"e" Eff modern French seHgT
but what remained of various termina-
tons that were disappearing when
Chaucer arrested the current OF change
AS to versiiication. Chaucer IS the
father of the English heroic form.-that
rhymed form of five accented sylables
which Dryden and Pope brought to n
higher degree OF polish. but which they
never improved in music or strength
The student of Chauccr may find much
said about his being rythmical rather
than metrical, much that is obscure
about his verses being musical phrases
rather than fixed lines with q marked
line ending. The question OF the ryth-
mical phrase as used by poets does not
concern us here. but this is certain:
Chaucer cast aside the Anglo-SaXon
head rhyme. he partly dsregarded the
octosyllable meter of his predecessors
and practically created the five syllable
line. which with him often had an-extra
syllable. There Is u passage from the
knights Tale"-the spelling modern
lied by Mr.. Cowden Clarke-which cX-
cmpliiies all that 1 have said:
Thus passeth year by year and day by
day,
Till II fell onns In marrow Of Nav
That Emily. that fairer was to seen
Than is the lily. upon his stake green.
And fresher than the May with fioures
new
(For with the rosc-color strove her hue;
not which was the finer of them two)
Ere it was day, rs she was wont to do,
She was risen and already dight;O
For May will have no slusgardly
a-night:
The season prlcleth(2) every gentle
heart.
And maketh him out of his sleep to
start,
And sayth, Arise and do thine observ-
ance' CD
This maketh Emily have remembrance
To do honour to May. and for to rise;
Yclothed was she fresh for to devise.
Her yellow hair was broided in n
trcss
Behind her back, a yard long 1 guess.
And in the garden al the sun upristO
She waiketh up and down where rs
her list;
She gathered noures partly white and
red,
To make n sotel(5) garland for head;
And as an angel heavenly she sung.
The create tower that was SO thick
and strong,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-02

We shall probably never know how
he pronounced his own verses, in spite
of all research: but with the helo of
that vocal "e.' so long looked on as ST
lent, and the knowledge that the word
pronunciation. regardless of our con-
vcntions, must fit the musical flow OF
his rythm, we have learned that he is
Il singing poet. There is no reason why
the spelling of his various scribes
should be retained, only in order that 1t
might have in the eyes of young Amer
ica-which badly needs poetic mind
broadening-thc appearance OF pig
con English" On the other hand. the
difficulties that hedge Chauccr from the
popular view are like briers that yield
readily to the intelligent touch. There
are some words in Chaucers works so
archaic that only unlucky gucsscs can
be made as to their meaning. Similar
ly. the guesscs made ut the exact pro-
nunciation of Chaucer'S time arc inef-
fective so far as the reader who loves
poetry is concerned. lie will not give
years to phonetic experiments in order
to enjoy an author in his own language.
There are two rules which will never
fail him. These are, that the final Sc
shall be vocalized. as 1t is in the Teu-
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-02

the disintegration OF mongrel English
dialects and crystallized language.
He wrote in the East Midland speech
and made it the basis of our language.
rejecting the devitaliZcd Latin and the
French of 'Stratford- atteBowe." He
had no doubt as to the value of the
English language. In this he differed
from the learned OF his time. AS to
its permanence-in which neither Cow
err nor, later. Sir Thomas More hao
much belicf-he left that. as he left
most things he did not understand. to
God
Notwithstanding the immense debt
we owe him, he is in great danger of
becoming meat only for the linguists
and the makers OF German university
theses. And yet his great worth for us
is that he is 4 poet. But this fact Is
Swallowed by the aspect his text pre-
sents. He is represented as uncouth
and unmusicnl. when he is OF all poets
most mclodious: he is characterized az
a religious and political reformer. when
he was even less of rcformer and
more purely romantic story-teller
than Sir Walter Scott himself; he Is
labeled as a mere teller of ribald tales.
The puritans claimed him for what he
was not, and the cavaliers loved MIN
for what he was not. Taken FROM tho
age in which he lived he may seem
tasteless and even immoral. But our
standards are not the standards or the
fourteenth century and even the cath
Ollie OF day, nearer than his contem-
porarles to the scholasticism of Chau-
GER Will find it difficult TO put himself
in the exact attitude of the poet to
the ethical and moral tendencies OF an
era that knew certain laxities or
church discipline impossible in our own
time. AS to the alleged immortality OF
Chaucer permit me to quote the words
OF the late Coventry Patmore:
IF we go back to those first ages OF
Christiani;y-wh modern people,
who nothing know about them. regard
with such reverence-we shall find that
the greatest and purest of the fathers
of the church were in the habit of adj
dressing their tlocks with an outspoken-
ness which is not surpassed even by
the ancient eXpounders OF the Eleusin-
ian and Bacchic mysteries. or, for that
matter by the bible itself" CO
However, if version Of Chaucer eN-
purgated is wanted. permit me to rec
ommend The Riches of Chaucer," by
Charles Cowden Clarke. in one volume.
published in 1877 by Crosby. Lockwood
& Co, London. In most of our high
schools the prologue to the Canterbury
Tales" is read, but the study of the
great poet stops there. though, thanks
to Prof. Skeat and the Chaucer society,
ample means of following it are with
in easy reach. ] cannot help agreeing
with Prof. Lounsbury. whose studies
in Chauccr" is Indispensable to the stu
dent that the first of the great Eng
than read until the spelling of his text
is moderniZed.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-02
MILlTARISM AND IMPERIALISM.

a member OF Congress, who dared to
exercise the right of free speech in the
House Of Representatives recently, was
insolon;ly told that If he had dared to
utter such language in Manila he would
have been court martaled and shot,
took the hint In a meek and humble
spirit, duly apologized, and his often
siVe language was passed by for this
once The incident is not only signifi-
cant Of the present. but of the impend-
ing future. Already there is q different
government for American citizens at
Manila from that at Washington; but
how long viii that at Washington re-
main different from that at Manila?
Consider that even in Congress mem
bers who venture to speak freely In
criticism of this administration arc sub
jcctcd To insclent and threatening re-
bukc-to the intimidating tones and
looks Of truculcnt panders to power
Cannon, of Illinois once held In some
respect as the watch dog of the Treas
ury. is now the cur of imperialism.
Nobody can deny that ut this moment
the braVest men in the land. Senator;
at Washington. or private citizens in
the bosoms of their families, arc not
sensibly impressed with the spirit of
imperial bullying and It's fast-coming
omcns of military deSpotism
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-02
POPULAR
STUDIES IN LITERATURE.
1-GHNOGER.
THE DAWN OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
BY MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, AM.
LII. ID.
(Of the Catholic University of America. J

No lover of literature, no student of
history or sociology, doubts that Chau-
Ger, one of the healthiest and most ar
tistic of English poets, ought to be pop
ular. If literature gives delight. if it
makes for culture. Chaucer is one OF
it's chief factors in English. If knowl
edge of the past is valuable. If sym
pathy with the lives of the men who
have preceded us on this earth and
made our present civilization possible
is n good. Chaucer gives us the means
of enjoying this good. If we revere
Columbus and Washington we should
revere Chaucer for he gave us the
strongest and finest of all modern lam
guaGes. For us he did more than
Dante did for the Italians; he arrested
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-02
LIBERTY LIES BLEEDING.

We cry to the dead, the noble dead.
from whom we inherited our freedom,
To touch, to awake. to address, TO
alarm. nerve and inspire by such means
as they know, the slumberng people
who seem TO be rocked only into deep
CT sleep by the BOOKINGS OF the volcano
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-20
A RAPlST TWICE HANGED.

Moose Slips Of Gardner, Neck aud
He Falls to th" Ground.
MOBILE, Sept. l5.-Henry Gardner,
negro boy aged IS. was hanged II the
jailyard here this morning for assault
ing white girl under 10 years CT age.
The crime was committed last June.
Gardner was arrested on June II and
the announcement of the crime created
great excitement here. Alynching was
averted by the prompt action CT the
authorities.
On July Il Gardner was convicted
and sentenced to be hanged Aug. IL.
The day before he was 10 be hanged
Governor Johnston granted q respite
until today because OF affidavlts made
by two jurors that they had been IN
fuenced Yesterday the governor an
nounced that he would not interfere
further
The trap fell at 9:O7 o'clock, but the
moose had not been properly fastened
and the body Of the negro fell heavily
to the ground He was supported be-
tween two deputies and walked into the
jail. Ter minutes later the negro and
the deputies reappeared and assembled
the scatfoid Gardner was suffering
great pain and cried out to his mother
in the crowd:
Your boy is suffering now, mama.
The trap fell the second time at 9:27
AND the negro was pronounced dead IN
II minutes.