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The Washington times., 1902-04-06

ment. in the growth of commerce,
agriculture. and manufactures; in the
progress of art, science, and litera-
ture; in the thorough training of the
Young, the care of the weaker mem
bers of society, the just administra-
ton of wise laws. the recognition of
merit of all kinds. The orderly
march of the legions of industry was
no less satisfying to him than the
march of armies. We have read so
much of his battles that we have
come to think of him as n man who
was never so happy as when at war.
This view is superficial and incorrect.
1t appears that he was never more
energetic, capable, effective, never
more at ease, never more cheerful,
contented, kind and magnetic, than
in the work connected with his
schools, hospitals, public monuments,
public improvements of all sorts, the
codification of the laws, the encour-
agement and development of the
various industries of France. Nc
trophy of any of his campaigns did
| he exhibit with more satisfaction
than he took in showing to visitors &
piece of sugar made by Frenchmer
from the beta triumph of home in
dustry due largely to his stimulating
impulse
The foregoing paragraph is fairly
unenthusiastic and altogether cor
rect, and it is just this phase of the
Napoleonic influence which has never
been estimated by the general public
at its proper value. War is so much
more spectacular and dramatic than
legislation that the world has re
membered Waterloo and forgotten
even while profiting by, the Code Ma
poleon. The work which Mr.. Watson
has done in Illuminating the life o.
Napoleon as lawgiver is extremely
valuable.
AS to the divorce of Josephine, h,
is trifle less just to the Empress
than Miss Ida NJ. Tarbell, whose elf,
of Napoleon and Josephine" was one
of the notable books of last season
and he is in such a hurry to prove
that Napoleon was in the right tha
his picture of Josephine lacks tha
life-hke probability that it would
have had if the pleasure-loving kind
hearted, and charming creole whc
won the lasting affection of an En-
peror had been presented in a who'll,
unpreiudiced fashion. The time ha
passed when Josephine can be regard
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ioincd by all the other conservative
peoples who did not want to be re-
formed against their will. But there
is no particular need of assuming that
one side or the other was all in the
wrong. That mistakes were made is
certain; that they were inevitable
also seems to be certain. In the
panic and confusion of thought which
followed the triumphal return of the
man who had been thought safely
Gagged, it might very well happen that
the Government which led in the sue
cessful undertaking of caging him
again lost it's head and became vim
dictive, and indulged in unworthy and
unnecessary recriminations. Hut Mr..
Watson refuses to admit the possi-
bility of any well-meaning mistakes
on the part of England. 1t was all
brutal, malicious persecution Of the
great hero and reforner of the age.
In short, while the biographer insists
that we shall consider Napoleon as
| human and excuse him for his mis-
takes, he does not seem to think that
| his opponents were also human and
ought to be excused for theirs.
The strongest chapters of Mr..
Watson's work deal with the Code
Napoleon, and with the impersonal
question OF Napoleon's administra-
| tlon. He there shows the real great
ness of his hero, as he does not when
dealing with subjects on which his
partisanship is aroused. Here, for
example. we have glimpse of side
| of Napoleon which has been too gem
orally ignored in popular biogra-
| phies:
Nothing but memories now re-
main to France, or to the human
race, of the splendors of Marengo, of
Austerlitz, Jena, and Wagram; but
the work which Napoleon did while
Europe allowed him few years of
peace will endure for ages. Had the
treaty of Amiens been lasting. had
England kept faith, had the Old World
dynasties been willing to accept at
that time those necessary changes
which have since cost so much labor,
blood, and treasure, Napoleon might
have gone tic.vn TO history, not as the
typical fighter of modern times. but
as the peerless developer, organizer
| administrator, and lawgiver. In his
many-sided character there was the
well-rounded man of peace, who de-
lighted in improvement, in embellish-
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Modern Tales.

Young Howsons Wife" is a collection
of short stories by the late A. f. Watrous,
who was. as the stories themselves will
indicate to those who do not know,
New York journalist The tales are of
all classes and varieties. but their most
striking quality is their intensely modern
tone They belong to the twentieth CEN
tury entirely.
The story which gives Its name to the
book is unquestionably the best, and its
subtle tragedy leaves an impression on
the readers miEd which is not easily eff
faced 1t is the story of an ordinary,
commonplace obtuse man about town
whose wife has died after one short year
Of married life and who, in helpless,
dazcd. and bcwildered grief, contides to
friend that he believes she was afraid OF
him throughout their life together, and
why he cannot, for the life of him, see
Mr. Watrous has skillfully and delicately
shown the sensitive, idealistic, and
! shrinking nature of the young wife and
the utter incompatibility Of her charac-
! ter and that of her husband, and. while
/ some of the suggestions Of the tale are
| not pleasant, no fault can be found with
| its treatment. 1t is a good tale of its
! kind. and its kind is unique.
| Quite as skillful and altogether happy
in its treatment is "A pug's Christmas
| Dream" and it deals with types which
| everyone will recognize. Opinions will
probably differ about The Murder in OuI
Flat" but whether it is pathetic, funny
or disgusting there can be no doubt that
it is original. "A Cllto to the RinG Is
a romance of New York politics very wei
handled. These are the most striking o
the collection, but there are several 9th
ers. (New York: Quail & Warner. $i.5O.
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The dominant, engrossing. and, to
the world in general, enigmatic fig
ure of Napoleon has lately reappeared
in human thought in a sort of spirit
ual reincarnation as remarkable as II
was unheralded. The name of the
first Emperor of the French has been
oftener spoken in the last two or
three years than in any ten of the
last half century. Account for it
how one may, the world is again.
after a lapse of interest extending
over more than one generation,
studying with more or less earnest
ness the colossal personality of the
man who for few turbulent years
controlled the destiny of Europe.
Such renaissance of feeling and
of thought is not new in the world
Sometimes it concerns itself with the
life of whole people, or the ideals
of an era, like the great Renaissance
which has given its name to all like
movements: and sometimes il is con-
fined to the career of one individual.
In the present case two remarkable
things are to be noted; conspicuous
lack of definite information or argu-
ments among those who discuss the
subject, and the gcnuineness of en-
thusiasm which the partisans of Ma
poleon show. in spite of the fact tnat
most of them can give no reason
for it,
Mr.. Thomas L. Watson, whose
somewhat ambitious work entitled
Napoleon is now before the public
seems to have made it his business
to furnish reasons for the alteration
of his hero He has filed a large
book with attempts to do so, at any
rate. and some of the reasons which
he advances are really good. The
truth is, however, that the value OF
his work is somewhat injured by Its
evident partisanship. Ee is TOO OBJ
vious about it all. He has got hi:
mind made up that Napoleon was al
that is admirable and godlille, and h'
goes after his readers with club
determined that they shall think so
too. Consequently, when they agree
with him, they do it in the spirit O
Davy Crockett's coon, eXclaiming
Don't shoot: I'll come down. Thi:
is not precisely the effect which th'
biographer ought to want to produce
The Washington times., 1902-04-06
Colonel Byrd and Audrey.

The rival of Miss Mary Johnston
woodland heroine, Audrey" is Evelyn
Byrd, as famous for her beauty as her
father. Col. William Byrd cot WestoVer'
Va. Esa.'D was for his wit and culture.
"The Writings OF Colonel Byrd" have been
recently published by Doubleday, rage
& Co.. in a de luxe edition, printed by De
Winnie. and are said to give one new
understanding of our colonial time, and
of the people The sprightly colonel Is
undoubtedIy one of the most notable fig
ures in American literature antedaung
Franklin.
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Gertrude Atherton.

Apropos of the appearance of Ger
trude Atherton's new novel, THE Cen
queror," and comparing women novelists
with men novelists, Richard LIE Gallienne
is OF the opinion that the men are easily
the stronger writer's. But" he says, I'm
my opinion, there is only one woman
novelist writing at present who can be
mentioned with the men novelists-I
mean, of course. the bigger men-and she
is an American. Need l say that l refer
to Mrs. Gertrude Atherton?"
The Washington times., 1902-04-06
A New Book by Andrew Carnegie.

new volume by Andrew Carnegie en-
titled The Empire of Business" will be
published by Doubleday. Page Co. in
April. 1t will comprise dozen chapters
giving. it is said, Mr.. Carnegie's most d.
rect opinions on fortune winning and the
uses OF wealth, together with discussions
on principles of industrial enterprise
tariff. and many matters that interest the
man of affairs.
The Washington times., 1902-04-06
A Cowboy Book.

n. W. Phillips has written story OF
the Western cowboy-a real Cow punch
er." 1t is said, and not the misconception
of the cowboy sometimes seen in Eastern
hction-that Mcclure, Phillips co. have
almost ready for publication under the
title of Red Saunders" His adventures
In the West and in the East are said to
be entertaining.
The Washington times., 1902-04-06
Ouida Stories.

"a Dog of Flanders and THE Nurn-
berg Stove" two of the best of Ouida
wholesome stories for children. make up
the latest issue of the Riverside Litera-
ture Series.
The Washington times., 1902-04-06
Howells' Latest.

Mr. Howells' new novel, which the
Harpers will publish in April. will be
entitled THE Kentons," and not "A
Family Affair" as was at first announced.
The leader., 1902-02-05
The a. n Nj. College.

In his report to the Legislature, Pres
ident j. G. Hardy, of the A. & NJ. Col
lege at Starkville, stated that the en-
rollment for the present session is 5l7.
and that the attendance is 200 more
than at any time heretofore. He esti-
mates the value of the college proper
tv as being 100000 more than it was
two years ago. This is accounted fer by
the erection of the textile school, cost
ing $4,000: IA new dormitory, with a
capacity of 100; new power house, steam
the wants of the gre at institution Pres
ident Hardy mentions new infirmary,
a library building, a scientific building,
a larger chapel and additions to the
mechanical department, new and mod
ern barns, first-class brood mares and
stock. q
The cost of an education at the A. &
NJ according t. Prof Hardy, is GER
tainly chear, as he advises boys not to
come, unless they have at least $50
The course Of stndy has been broad
ened until it now embraces Il rec sepa-
rate and distinct courses. Fifty are en-
rolled in the textile school. A great
many of the students are poor boys
who do sufficient work in the several
departments to pay their entire ex-
penses, while four-tifths of them are
on the pay rolls and making something
AS they go along. 1t is matter of
record that a number of the foremost
young business men and professional
men in the State of Mississippi to day
are those who worked their entire way
through the A. L. NJ. College. These
are, of course, among the best and
most valued friends of the institu-
,ion.-E1.
The leader., 1902-02-05

member, gentlemen, that no charter
can protect violators of the law.
Raid these institutions, gentlemen,
where you have reasonable grounds for
believing that they are violating the
law, and let it be known that there is
no man or set of men so strong that
the long arm of the law cannot reach
them.
1t is your duty, gentlemen of the
jury, to uphold the hands of the Of
ficials and push forward the line of
battle in this direction. We have al
ready reformed some of the worst of
the blind tigers and / do not despair
in time of exterminating the breed,
even though we have to invade the
precincts of chartered club.
The habit of carrying concealed weap-
ons / believe has largely decreased
among the whites, except among the
criminal classes, but | am told has
alarmingly increased among some of
Ine DldckS. IOoT ueluueu CleaIuieo'
they do not seem to know that like the
bearer of the letters of Bellosohon they
are contributing to their own destruc.
tion. Be diligent along this line, gen.
tlemen, and let us break up the Gus
| tom.
You will look into the subject OF
trusts and combines and indict then
wherever found. Doubtless the Legis
lature will frame additional legislation
on this subject for the better protec
tion of the people.
The leader., 1902-02-05

When corn is scarce and Gelr it is
woeful waste to make fuel of cobs.
About Is Ier cent of well cured co, n
is cob, and the IS per cent is not of
equal value with the 81 per cent of
grain, but it is well worth saving Al d
grinding when corn is scarce. The
proportion of digestive nutriments is
about: Corn, S5.5 per cent: corn and
cob, 7Sl per cent. Therefore when
corn is cheap it will har ily pay the
average farmer to grind his cobs, but
this year the case is different, and the
process is quite profitable. The finer
the cob meal is ground the better. The
indigestible portions of oobs are not,
therefore, useless feed, for they
stimulate digestion aud facilitate the
operation of the digestive ferment by
their mechanical effects.-Southern
Farm Gazette.
The leader., 1902-02-05
Progressive Euchre Gambling

The judiciary are being aroused
to that form of social gambling
termed progressive euchre. Judge A.
w. Fife, in charging the grand jury at
Thomasville, Ga, recently, had this to
say in his charge:
II am aware that progressive euchre
playing is very popular in society cir
cles, and is played in the houses of
some of the most prominent citizens,
and by some of the most estimable Ia
dies of your acquaintance; but that
does not excuse it. The law specifies
that whenever playing cards is in
dulged in for a consideration, whether
it be money or prizes of intrinsic value,
the same is gambling, illegal, and pun
ishable with as little mercy as that ex-
tended to the most hardened criminals.
am aware that it is asking good
deal of you, gentlemen, to take this
matter under consideration, but you
must do 50 in order faithfully to dis
charge your oaths as jurors"
The leader., 1902-02-05
THE RIGHT KIND OF SHERIFF.

Sheriff Harding demonstrated last
Saturday night just what one brave and
determined officer can do in keeping
down the mob spirit. Hundreds of
men and boys clamored for the life of
the negro who had murdered Police
man Redmond, but the sheriff, Win
chester in hand, stood with his back
to the door of the bastile, and sper-
suaded" them to let the law take its
course Clarion Ledger.
A number of demonstrations have
been made by mobs to take prisoners
from Sheriff Harding, but the brave
old sheriff, who was Texas soldier in
the Army of Virginia, always display
ed the same nerve described by the
Clarion Ledger above, and the mob
quailed and stood back when the su-
preme test came. Mississippi needs
more such officers. men who are
ready to die, il need be, at the post of
duty. rather than be false to trust.
The leader., 1902-02-05
Terry POStOffice,

The Terry postoffice muddle is to be
settled at last, practically all of the
,s0ntestanis who have waged such
C ceaseless tempests in this small fed
erai tea pot having come together in
harmony to secure the appointment of
Col. S. B. ThCmas for the place. Col.
Thomas led a regiment of Missis-
sippians through the civil war, was
sheriff of Kinds county for many years
and has been otherwise honored by
his people and it is happy commen.
tary on the improved condition of
affairs in federal office circles that
such man is given an Office because
of his fitness without his seeking it,
although he is known to be loyal
Democrat. Clarion Ledger.
The leader., 1902-02-05

The postoffice department is recon-
mendiDg a resolution of the rates
charged on money orders. For once
in the worlds history a governmental
department has actually admitted that
it was receiving more money than it
needed. The reduction in the postof-
flee department will mean a reduction
in the express office also, and this will
be followed by a reduction in the
amount charged for transmitting
money by telegraph. The public will
De benefited all around Forest Regis
ter.
The leader., 1902-02-05

B.. Semmes, brother to the late
Thos. j. Semmes, of New Orleans, died
in Memphis on the 29th at the age of
80 years. He was large distiller and
wine merchant at the time of his death.
He was Confederate and was a great
collector of curios, notable among his
keepsakes being a note for $4,000,
signed by Daniel Webster, which had
been deposited in the United States
Bank, the institution that was broken
up by Andrew jackson.
The leader., 1902-02-05
THE COUNTRY PAPER.

One of our most valued subscribers,
who has taken The LEADER since its
incipiency, not only paid up last week
for four years subscription; but, all
of our dollar offer, sent a
check at the regular rate and with il
the following poem, which explains his
for his home paper:
Amid the pile OF papers
That swamp my desk each day
And drive me weak with clipping
And filnging stuff away,
Comes once week-on Thursday
The quaint old four-page sheet
That's printed up in Pelham,
A drowsy county seat.
You see. twas up in Pelham
That first saw the light,
And-well. my heart grows softer
And feel my eyes shine bright;
Right reverent my touch is,
1t spreads the columns wide,
The locals what I'm seeking
No patented inside.
All. here il is: THE County,
And "Jottings, ""Loeal News
You learn who's traded horses
And who have rented pews;
II tells about the school-house
Where we used to sit and dream,
A-watching dust specks dancing
In the sunlight's shifty beam.
The sturdy names of boyhood
Come tumbing through our thought.
OF Tom, and Dick. and Patsey-
How we loved and how we fought,
The friends when years grew grayer,
Called now beyond our ken,
In the type-lines Of the paper
They live and speak again.
oh, toilers in lifes workshops,
Are not those dream-mistS sweet
Which memory casts about us
When past and present meet"
And so, love that paper
From the village in the hills
For the old life that it wakenS,
For the WEAKNESS it stills.
The leader., 1902-02-05

1t is reported that DR.. Phillips
Marechal, French scientist, desires
the enactment of law prohibiting the
wearing of corsets by women under 80
years of age. There may be a good
deal of strategy ubout the doctors de-
sire. The passage of such a law
would leave every woman wearing cor
sets open to the assumption that she
had passed thirty.
The leader., 1902-02-05

Andrew Carnegie, he of the library
mania, has branded war as disgrace.
He denounces the fighting in the
Philippine Islands and England's eff
forts to conquer the Beers in Africa as
a foul blot on civiliz alton.
The leader., 1902-02-05

Caleb Mitchell, sporting character
known to Saratoga for 30 years, shot
and killed himself with a pistol last
Thursday, He had grudge against
State Senator Bracket and became
much excited when he failed to find
him at his office, just previous to his
suicide. 1t is conceded that the SEN
ator had very close call. Mitchell
was the fifth member of his family to
commit suicide.
The leader., 1902-02-05

1t is said that the old-time tradition
that women must wait for a matrimo-
nial proposal is to be relegated to the
attic. A western movement by st
Louis clergyman favors proposal by
women. Many women support them
selves and husband, and if a woman
is able to support a husband, she
should certainly have something to
say, in fact rything to say, in the
selection of one.-Forest Register.
Retribution draweth nigh and his
tory repeats itself:
MAY go with you, my pretty maid?'
Nobody asked you. sir. she salt"
The leader., 1902-02-05

]. M. Walsh, Chicago burglar, bar
ricaded the door of his hotel and blew
his brains out while the police were
ascending the stairway to arrest him.
The leader., 1902-02-05
WOMANLY
Road Notice.

The Board of Supervisors Instructed me to
proceed at once to collect by law the Comma
talion Tax from all those that have not paid
All parties that have not paid will save trouble
and expense by calling ON me and getting their
receipt. The law does not neauir.. me To call
on each nand. and IRON now ON PARTIES that
have not paid will be prosecuted without further
notice. G. 4. MONTGOMERY
Road Inspector and Commissioner,
The leader., 1902-02-05
Brain Leaks.
Luck is jellied pluck.

Luck is jellied pluck.
A half truth is whole lie.
He who bOrrows trouble pays usury.
Where's there will there's a law
yer.
Never buy a bald headed BARRIERS
hair tonic.
Better happy old maid than sor-
rowful young wife.
Many dogs are given the caresses
that children pine for.
Some men think they are candid
when they are only stupid.
The average boy generally imagines
that his wisdom teeth are several years
late in arriving.
There is a vast difference between
being dyspeptic and being religious,
but some men never learn little
COHlMOHef.
"Bloodless surgery" is something
new under the sun. A japanese doc
tor claims to have invented it. 1t is
effected by the local application of
adrenalin in solution, a chemical which
costs only $1,000 per pound.
The leader., 1902-02-05

Most Powerful Blood Puriher Known. @p'fii-
which
living Or be from ancestors shoots out pi npe 3
cancers eryspelas pulmonary diseases)
ttohc and correct the mistakes
painful disease and death
purely use of JOTNSTONS SARSAPARlLLA >'" "N
Miss blieJ o
after suffering with it for years
doctor ndssaid
then whole body perfectly VIZ
telling Nobody
every medicine that advertised to spent %
right wh E
since thing the J0INS
all
of totr
MAIDEN all
Thbl eand
coIr.r
The leader., 1902-02-05

Common sense, seasoned with kind.
illness, goes long way in this world.
The leader., 1902-02-05

NVDE Illinois Central Excursion to Cuba will
UUDR leave Chicago, st. Louis, Cincinnati
and Louisville January 30, 1902 reaching same
points on the return February H. A delightful
voyage across the Gulf of Mexico, a six days
stay on the Island of Cuba, including visit TO
Havana, MatanzaS, the Valley of Iumuri, the
Caves of Bella Mar and other interesting points
under the escort of the American Tourist ASSo-
ciaton Rate from the points mentioned will be
Sl55 for the round trip, which amount Will in
clude all expenses everywhere. itineraries. Civ
ing full particulars, of your local Illinois Central
ticket agent.
MARDI GRAS This occurs at Ne% lew Orleans ,ad
For it, excursion rates will be in effect to New
Orleans on specific dates which your local ticket
agent will be able to advise you.
MVYIN0 Tour of all Mexico via the Illinois
MEAlUU Central under the auspices of the
AMERICAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION, will
leave Chicago January 2S 1902. Tickets include
all expenses, railway, sleeping and dining car
fares, hotels carriages, etc.
CALIFORNIA excursion catfG6 ears through TdsN to
Los Angeles and San Francisco as follows: Via
New New Orleans and the Southern Route every
Wednesday from Chicago every Friday from
Cincinnati
FULL PARTICULARS fSeGsgSieE fSe sGo7q can AL 6a Si
had of agents of the Illinois Central or by ad.
dressing the nearest of the undersigned repre-
SentatveS of the Central"
VIM. MURRAY, ID. F. A., New Orleans.
j. A. SCOTT, ID. 7. A. Memphis.
w. A. KELLOND, A. G.. F. A, Louisville
The leader., 1902-02-05
SALT RHEUM CURED BY
JOhnstOn's SarSapariIla
QUART BOTTLES.
JUST SEEN IN TINE.

slight Erupron- Something sro..
Heed the Johnson's
-. Most Powerful Hood Purifier Known @PNIl
The leader., 1902-02-05

MAY go with you, my pretty maid?'
Nobody asked you. sir. she sal -