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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03
OLD HOUSE OF CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL,
RICHMOND. VA.
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The United States win celebrate on Febru-
airy 4 the centenary of the installation as
Chief Justice of John Marshall OF Virginia.
BY direction of the American Bar Associ-
alton a committee composed of one member
from each State and Territory and from the
District OF Columbia was appointed to take
charge OF the exercises at the Marshall
homestead in Richmond, Va. and In adj
dition to these, commemoration ceremonies
will be held at Washington under the ei-
rection OF the Supreme Court of the United
states, with the assistance of the co-ordl-
nate branches OF the Government: and in a
large number of cities. schools. colleges. law
schools throughout the country.
The great Virginian whose name is still
revered above any other IN the annals of
American law. was born i'm the little tovn
or Germantown, Farquier County, Septem-
Der "a. 100. His family was a distinguished
one In England. his freat-grandfather. a
loyal adherent of the Stuarts. fleeing to the
New World with all his goods soon after
the execution of the first Charles. Jonn
Marshalfs father, Thomas Marshall. was a
soldier in the French and Indian War.
served under Braddock with distinction and
assisted in the settlement of the Virgins,
colony called Pennsylvania. which later be-
came the State of Kentucky.
When the War OF the Revolution was de-
eidieu iHofndS MarShall went out with the
Farquier County Minute Men as Major. and
John. his eldesr son. went with him a,
Lieutenant The youthful soldier. he was
barely 20. fought brayely at Brandvwtne
and Monmouth. suffered all the hardshins
OF winter at Valley Forge and shared In the
Wild victory of Mad Anthony Wayne at the
battle of Stony Point. In f77e. when b-s
term OF enlistment expired. he had received
his promotion to a captaincy.
The war was by no means ended. and
young Marshall hoped to he assigned TO a
new Meanwhile he had become
interested In certain lectures on the science
or law. which were being delivered by Pro-
lessor George Wythe Of William and Mary
College. MarshaIl's sturies were carried on
under Professor Wythe. but not uninter-
ruptedly, as the young soldier was more
than once called away to attend to military
duties. 1t was not until the year 1851 that
ne LETT the army and entered seriously upon
his legal career.
Thai he should have been able. in the
snort space OF twenty years. to attain such
a complete mastery of his profession seems
marvellous. But John Marshall entered M
on that profession with an comm
wen equipped mind and trained to habits of
study. His mother was one of the most
intellectual women Of her day, and the Mar
snail homestead boosted a fine library. 1.-THE
nome was a constant and regularly organ
ized school" says one of Marshalrs biog-
raphers. The best English poets and his
torians were made as familiar as household
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

which they thought would suit. The next
night the body was exhumed; and as there
were no stones to weight il. it was wrapped
In NANTES. which were filed with sand and
carefully secured. At midnight a little par
~ rowed softly out to midstream. and
there. with a muttered prayer from the
priests, the cavaliers gently lowered the
body over the side Of the boat. and with a
sullen splash 1t sank beneath the surface
The mighty mass OF water rushed silently
on over the iron heart, now so still. which
had once beat so fiercely In his breast. The
night wind In the trees sang his requiem
as they rowed back 10 the shore and left
him.. Surely earth knows no grander sep
ulcher. and the hand OF man cannot rear
SO noble a monumen as the great river.
which was the one and the other to the
soldier now at rest.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03
HARPER'S MAGAZINE.
Natchez Pass. A Story by Fred.
eric Remington.

In n half hours time the Sergeant had
arranged his troop to his satisfaction-told
the old bucks to mind their eyes, judi
ciously scared the "shave-talls' into wake
fulness. and with Peaches and Trooper
Long jack O'Brien-champion fst-mixer
of the ~command-he stole into the Captains
ramada- The officer was snoring with hon.
est, h~ard-going vigor.
''This do be rale da-light," urmur
Long Jack.
shut up-you'n wake the old man."
whispered the noncom. Silence becoming
the moonlight and desert soon brooded over
the plains of the agency. There was no
sound save the snoring. stamping OF horses
on picket. and the doleful coyotes out be-
yond, baying the myterious light.
Through long hours Long Jack and the
Sergeant nodded their heads by turns. The
moon was well down in the west when
Peaches came over and poked the Sergeant
In the back with his carbine. The punched
one stood up in sleepy surprise but, COM
pretending, shook O'Brien awake, and
stepped over to where Peaches was scan
ming through the dead leaves which draped
the ramada.
'%Injun.' whispered Peaches, almost in
audibly.
For a long time they sat gazing out at
$40 taeh1 oAeA u III soeE oAtEIs III OtI-
geant. with White mans impatience, had
about concluded that the faculties of
Peaches were tricking him.
"Humphr' he grunted. The hand of the
Indian scout frightened like nippers of steel
around his arm and opened his eyes anew.
Presently he made out a sage brush which
had moved slowly several feet, when it
stopped. The hand of Peaches gave anoth-
er squeeze when the brush made farther
progress toward the ramada. The Sergeant
stole over to the door and put a tourniquet
on Long Jacks arm which brought him in
sympathy with the mysterious situation.
hat worthy's heart began to thump in
unison with the others. A man under such
circumstances can hear his own heart beat,
but 1t is so ranged that others cannot.
The Sergeant pulled Long Jacks ear to his
mouth. as a mother might about to kiss her
infant. Don't shoot-giye them the butt"
Cautiously the two S~pringields were re-
versed. Long Jack was afraid to spit on
his hands, but In lieu he ran his tongue
over both before he bulldogged them about
the carbine barrel. With feet spread, the
two soldiers waited. and Peaches. like a
shadow. watched the brush. The min
utes passed slowly, but the suspense nerved
them. After ages of time had passed they
were conscious of the low rustic of a bush
alongside the r-amada-ever 50 faint. but
they we're coming. Slowly . a bush
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03
SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE.
The Stage "reminiscences Of Mrs.
Gilbert.

I was what is known as "a quick study;
one had to be in those days. 1t was not as
bad as II sounds, though. for the same stars
came year after year. and we got to know
their plays. Although each of US seldom
had the same part for two years in success
sion, We had seen them all done. II was
very rare to have an entirely unfamiliar
play Sprung on US. but that did happen
to me once, and its story comes later. The
fact that / always had my eyes open made
things easier for me. i got into the way
Of watching every part going on around me.
To this day l find myself still watching. and
I often say to myself: Il wonder II 1
should do that in just that way. II I were
acting that part?"
We would get our Monday part on the
Saturday. and that gave us all day Sunday
for study, but for the rest of the week we
would get the Tuesday part on the Mon
day, nave perhaps a bit OF Monday after
noon. and Monday night after the perform
ance, for study. have a rehearsal on Tues
day morning. play the part on Tuesday
night, and then begin work on another part
for Wednesday night. A different play every
night was the rule. Runs were unknown;
an entire week of one play was an unusual
success, n possible only I'm big centers.
Sometimes. when we were not quite sure of
ourselves. we would take our lines along
and study them between the acts. or during
our waits. Our call would come, and we
would tuck the parts just anywhere. usually
under the slender woodwork. OF the wings:
we called 1t '.winging the parts" Then, II
the scene were shifted, the parts would be
whisked out Of sight and reach. and there
would be a great nutter and outcry!
MAKING HER
OWN COSTUMES.
We had to supply our. own costumes. and
we often made the greater part of them.
For a long time l made mine altogether.
You can fancy how much tine we had for
sewing, with all the other work. 1 remera-
Der Mr.. Gilbert saying so often: do you
intend to get to bed tonight at alp When
ever ! bought a dress 1t was with an eye
to some particular part; but beyond that
part lay many another to which the gown
could be adapted. We were always on The
lookout for things. bits Of chintx. Iaces, and
what not. Our only guide was the list of
costumes PRINTED in the front OF the little
books Of the play. I always liked to foIloy
these lists. i know Mr.. Gilbert used to
laugh at me ana say that II the directions |
said ] was to black the soles of my boots |
for q certain part l would do IT. And 80 I |
would! Perhaps 1 would not go quite as
We ON the stage cannot zee. I have al
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

M General Assembly of Virginia has
recently chartered the John Marshall Me-
mortal Association, organized for the pur>
pose Of buying his old home in Richmond
and turning It into q perpetual memorial.
The house will be kept in its original fofms
and all furniture, books. portraits, manu-
scripts and ape possible to collect will
be placed In the ROOMS. Among the menu
bers Of the association are Chief Justice
Fuller, Senator George F. Hoar. ex-Presi-
dent Harrison. Lyman D.. Brewster and
many other well-known men.
At the old house, on the corner Of Snith
and Marshall streets, the principal celebra-
ton Of the centenary VIII take place. A
joint committee from the Virginia State
Bar Association and the Bar Association of
Richmond rave arranged the programme.
which Includes an address by the Honor
able Horace Gray Of Massachusetts,. Assoc
ciate Justice Of the Supreme Court OF the
United States. and q banquet 1t the Jeffer-
son Hotel To this banquet invitations
have been issued only to the President Of
the United States and the members Of the
Cabinet the Justices Of the Supreme Court
Of the United States, members Of the Su-
preme Court Of Virginia. the Governor OF
the State and . few prominent men from
other States.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03
FROM %LlPPINCOTT'S.
True Barbara Frietchie. by
Anne Fletcher.

When I heard that Mr.. Whittier's beautis
full poem, Barbara Frietchie." was q fablc
I resolved to investigate It. I took the train
for Frederick and commenced inquiries.
I learned without delay that Stenewan
jackson had never visited that town during
the war.
They showed me the house where Mrs.
Frietchie had nyed-an old-fashioned, two
story building. somewhat dilapidated. The
family had all moved away. they said: but
by dint of inquiry I discovered a grand
niece. She lived In a neat. comfortable
house. In perfect order.
A pleasant, matronly lady received me
affabiy. and when I told her hat I had
come from New York to gain Information
respecting the war heroine. Mrs Frfetchie.
she showed me to the easiest chair In the
parlor and proceeded to entertain me-.
Nobody could have been more surprised
than the family were." she said. when my
grandaunt's name appeared in print. for
she had always been q very modest womans
never dreaming of notoriety."
The little story Of the flag was soon told
and Is as follows:
when a company Of Confederate soldiers
entered the town the loyal portion OF the
population closed their front shutters and
retired to their back apartments. Grand
aunt would have been the very last to have
shown herself at a window or to have
spoken to the intruders. She sat in q bac6u
room. with her head leaning on her hand.
all the time the town was occupied by the
rebels. But as soon as the news reached
us that a Union troop was approaching she
lifted her head and ordered the shutters to
be opened. When she heard the music she
went out on the porch. followed by us all.
and waved a white handkerchief to the boys'.
In blue.
Then the soldiers cheered. and my BROTH
er said, Why, grandaunt, you ought to have
a flag He ran into the house and brought
out a little one of his own. which she took
into her hand and waved as high as she
could Seeing the venerable. white-haired
lady waving the little flag brought a storm !
Of cheering from the soldiers as they
marched past. Three or four of the officers 1
left the ranks and ran up on the porch to-
shake hands with g~randaunt, when she led
them into the parlor and sent US for cake
and wine-both OF her own making. The
gentlemen each took a morsel Of cake.
swallowed q glass Of wine, shook hands,
with US all. and ran TO overtake the CONF.
pany-"
And Is that air. I asked. as the lady
paused.
She smiled As she answered. That 10 the
whole. full and true account Of Baxhasa
Tristchie and her dag.
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the nckroom that there vas . division Of
opinion In Mulberry street as to whether
he was cheering his friends finale with
fruit or endeayoring to complicate consump-
ton with other ills.
At last he swallowed his last hagon OF
Chant, and though Little Italy made q de-
cent pretense Of sorrow. II was really en-
fete-at last the $500 was to be drawn! I
was in the bank when the principals. In
their holiday Clothes, and with . few cho-
sen friends. arrived. They stated the case
and asked for the amount from which the
push-cart man was to receive some 30 for
fruit, the wine seller $co and the others
various sums invested for the invalid and
his funeral, leaving some $50 as the "divi-
dend." I need not describe the small-sized
riot that followed when the abstraction or
the pages from one side Of the book was
explained to the swearing mourners and .
tender made to them Of the SIS. all that de-
ceased had In bank
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

~poorhouse In New jersey. She was IS
years Of age. and. so far as known,
was absolutely without friends or relatives.
When she began to fail seriously she
asked leave to sit out in the garden with
another o-ctogenarian pauper, who was a
I great crony Of hers in the companionship OF
misery. The old woman finally died, when
the other made known q. secret confded to
her. Her dead companion had had a dread
of being buried in the potters field and
had deposited SO in a New York savings
bank. which she wished used for her burial.
She had boarded this. as the deposit book
showed. In dimes and quarters. during a
period OF fourteen years What pinchtng
poverty she had suffered was shown by the
long period 1t had taken her to gather the
paltry sum. TIT last of the 80 had been
secured when she must have been in her
sixty-third year.. Old age, allied with pow
erty. had won the fight. and had driven her
along the road to the poorhouse; but nef-
Their cold. hunger nor the distresses Of the
extremely poor could tempt her to touch
one penny Of the sum that was to keep her
out OF the potter's field. Suppose the State
had conhscated her unclaimed" dollarsi
Comedy treads close upon The heels of
t-asedv In a savings bank. Within a day
or so after this claim from a New Jersey
noorhouse came out Of an altogether Diff
ferent character from the Little Italy"
settlement back Of the Bowery, New York.
In this latter case an old Italian street VEN
der. a ccnsumptive. feeling that his end
was drawing near, prepared q scheme for
ending his days in comfort Observe the
originality and deiicacy of the scheme that
he successfully worked on Little Italy. He
had only $40 in the bank. and Of this he
drew so and redeposited 1t IN a few days.
He drew it again. and again redeposited II.
continuing the operation at brief intervals
urt:i on the credit side OF his passbook he
had entries of all these various sums. foot
ing I'D $50. and on the opposite page drafts
to the amount of about SIS balance SIS.
After carefully cutting out the page show
ing the amounts drawn. and leaving the
long line OF deposits. he took to his bed and
called in his friends. He was dying; they
could see that. the old man told them They
were good fellows. and he loved them all.
and he wished Pedro. the banana peddler.
and good Giovanni. the bootblack, and Ar
turo. the wineseller. to know how afec-
tionately he regarded them What he had
to leave them was not much-would Edgar
do, good old Edgardo. kindly find between
the mattress and what used to be the
springs, his handbook? Yes; that was II.
Take It to the window and tell him how
much was there. Eight hundred? All. well,
thanks to God that II vas so much: but
oh, that it were more. for such good fellows
as they!
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03
THE CENTURY MAGAZINE.
Humor and Pathos Of the Savings
Bank. by Richard Broushton.

A peculiarly pathetic case in point that
came TO my notice some years ago was that
OF . poor Did creature who died In Z county
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03
THE WORKING
OF THE PLAN.

Dottore Bartollo had told him that he
might live three months. till spring; would
his good friends put back his book under
the mattress. and when he was gone-no.
they mustn't ~cry-would they take 1t up to
the bank. draw the amount and divide 1t
between them? Meanwhile. as his loving
friends of the present. his heirs in the fu-
wants?
Would they? Did they? That old fellow
was fed on the fat of the land while he lay
there in bed. He drank more Chianti in q
week than he had swallowed in i've years.
1t was even limited by some that Arturo.
the wine seller. was Fastening the end by
the vile chianti that he constantly pro-
duced from his stock. while the push-cart
man was 20 generous Of unripe bsnsnas fog
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-08-10
A TRUST FOB A rRusr.

There Is little reason to doubt that
the organization Of the United States
Steel corporation has been an in
%fiuential factor in precipitating the
strike ordered by the Amalgamated
association. 1t Was to have been eX.
pected that a combination possessing
the tremendous influence Of that re.
Gently formed by J. Pierpont Morgan
would arouse ON the part OF labor a
counter movement looking toward
larger and more complete protection.
The venture, by means Of co-opeTa-
ton, to control lie price and the out.
put Of so important a commodity as
steel was an extraordinary assump-
lion OF power. II was an exhibition OF
autocracy which could scarcely fail
10 create anxiety and oncer among
the -wage-earners employed in the pro.
ductiOn Of steel. IL Is doubtless held
by the Amalgamated association that
the right OF labor To form trusts is
quite as valid as that Of capital TO
organize conspiracies against trade.
The public views with a feeling very
far from complaceucy the costly strug-
gle in which the steel companies and
the steel workers are entering, but the
trust business has been pushed TO a
limit in the United States which car.
ries with 1t a reasonable expectation
Of trouble.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-08-10
THINGS PAVE

The editor of the indianapolis SEN
tinel formally the free sill
Yer cause in the following editorial
in his paper:
THE editor OF the Sentinel has been
n bi-metallist ever since the coinage
question anne to the front in 1873.
He gave the casting vote in 1890 as
chairman of the platform committee
OF the democratic state convention OF
Indiana In favor of a free coinage res.
olution. He maintains now that under
the conditions which existed then and
for some years later the demand for
free coinage va logical and rational
and he believes that the country as a
whole would be Letter OFF today had
that demand prevailed. But the evil
which IL was G TO heal has been
cured by other methods. There is an
abundant supply of primary money.
The curse of an approaching dollar no
longer exists. Practically all the pub
lie and private indebtedness now ex.
listing was contracted under the pres
ent monetary standard. The business
of the world has adjusted itself to
the actual coinage system of this coun.
try and Europe. There Is today no
reason for agitating the silver ques.
ton; in fact. there is no silver ques-
tion. What there may be In the future
the Sentinel will not venture to pre-
dict"
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-08-10
THE TYRANNY OF LABOR.

We hear much nowadays from so
cialist agitators and others about the
tyranny of capital" How about the
tyranny OF labor? asks the Los An.
geles Times. Irhe American public
il certainly getting some striking OBJ
1ect lessons along that line just now.
What can be imagined more b%rutally
t%yrannical than the actions OF these
labor agitators In various parts OF the
country, Of which we read from day
TO day In the new papers? Not content
with attempting TO impose upon the
employers impossible conditions and
to practically take out of the employ.
ers' hands the control of their own
business, they nc'eI hesitate to resort
TO violence against their fellow-work.
men and often in the most cowardly
and dastardly manner A dozen strik-
ers jump unawaros upon a defenseless
workman because he is guilty of the
awful crime of trying TO support his
family after the unions have ordered
him to cease WORK, A few days ago
in San Francisco a gang of these bul.
hes pulled "A teamster fro mhis seat
and battered HIS head on the pave.
ment; then. when they discovered that
he was a union man, they apologized
and sent him 10 a hospital. What a
bloody farce-llterally, a bloody farce
this is!
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-08-10
UP r NOTES.
A Few Items Collected In CerriIlos
and Madrid.

w. II. Musgrave, one of the old-tlm-
ers OF this section, left this week for
Las Vegas, where he will Engage in
the freighting business between that
city and the thriving camp OF Santa
Rosa.
On Tuesday last Joseph Granite pur-
chased the stock NJ secondhand goods
from Emilio Poiony and moved them
TO his commodious storerooms on
Main street.
s, III. Elkins, who Is largely inter.
ested in some valuable mining prop,
critics here, arrived In Cerrillos last
Saturday evening In company with
his wife and daughter, They left for
sulphur Springs, where a couple of
weeks will be passed In bathing and
fishing.
Thomas Brown, president OF the
Consolidated Mining and Smelling
company, came N last Saturday from
Franklin, Pa, and during the week
Inspected the extensive smelter plant
at this place. The machinery was put
In operation and all parts were found
very satisfactory. From here Mr..
Brown will proceed TO Magdalena to
look over the company's mining prop.
critics. He is being accompanied by
his estimable wife and son
The Mint saloon. which was con
Quoted until last week by Thomas
ODonnell. viii bee reopened on Satur-
day Of this week under the new man.
agement OF Joseph Tedaldi and Ross
Grifith.
Mayor Espinoza and members of the
town board are strictly enforcing the
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-08-10
NEEDS INVESTIGATION.

The presumption In the state depart.
ment at Washington that the stories
of Americans confined in Mexican
prisons have been eXaggcrations will
not satisfy those Hho are concerned in
the fate Of their fellow countrymen
held In that republic, says the Kan.
sas City Star. II Is imperative that
the department take some action In
this newly opened question.
II Is charged that many Americans,
mostly railroad men, are confined in
vile Mexican prisons under IA law that
is wholly incompatible with the prin.
ciples OF Justice recognized in the
United States. II H. said that in many
instances the ]ofienses charged were
wholly unavoidable ON the part OF
those committing them.
II is declared that In numerous
cases Americans are held for years
without the formdlity Of trial.
1t is charged that frequently they
are given the meanest accommoda