Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-09-25

place to make an onslaught against
what he considered TO be the "crime
and scourge Of the age" can only be
explained by the physical features
and the general surroundings of Har
per's Ferry and the immediate neigh
borhood. A military genius could put
and army into the gullies and valleys
of these mountains that could not have
been displaced by the army of Han
ibal or Xerxes This little monument
| to the memory of John Brown, con-
structeG with the money given by the
negroes, consists of three large base
J granite stones with prism-shaped
shaft that will stand till Gabriel sounds
/ out his Judgment note in the morning
of his coming.
Washington, D. C.--Long before ycu
reach this most beautiful Of al Ameri-
can cities you can see standing far
above all the city the monument OF
George Washington, The white father OF
lis country. This monument is the
! highest of its kind in the New World,
and the American people don't want to
see any structure higher than this be-
cause George Washington is and ever
Will be entitled to the first place in
the hearts of the American people.
Off from Washington to Baltimore,
the home of Senator German, who is
SO strongly urged for the nomination
as the Democratic standard bearer iii
i90i The city which faVors the sen
ator is one OF the best built cast Of
the Mississippi river
On TO the city CT Philadelphia. tie
great City of Brotherly Love: where
we have seen more than time and
space will here ahow me to write.
Our convention is in the great eXposl-
tion building. 300 by 500 feet, where
| the pious and matchless William Nc
Kinley was nominated for president of
the United States. After we had en-
rolled as delegates to the national con-
ventlon and paid our representation fee
aad made our obeiSance. we began 10
feel and look about for sight seeing.
We first visited the American Baptist
publication society for which we
worked for five years. Dr. r. &. SeY-
more and his ladylke and elegant sec
letary made us welcome. Here we
found printing presses running off 40
eco copies of paper folded ready for
mailing. per hour This is one Of the
eldest establishments in America.
Alter making some important pur-
chases of the latest. up-to-date lltera
ture and books I left this place for
thc T. S Mint where | saw and
learned more OF our coming Of meta l.
lie money than | ever knew before.
because could see the work Just as 1t
is done It requires at least one week
70 familarize oneself with the coined
money Of all the nations or the world.
The first silver dollar ever coined in
America. and Of geld also, is still to
be seen here. It would require book
Of 900 pages. 8 by -. to give de-
scrinti0n of ali the money to be seen
in this great mint, and while I cannot
ask YOU to publish all | saw and found
Cf all these coins I will ask your pa
tience to tell about the Roman wild
ow's mite. given by her in support OF
the building of che temple of King
Solomon AS best | can describe this
, coin is as follows: In shape it is round
and in full size about that Of one OF De-
woody's compound cathartic pills
mashed fat. The government takes
more delight in showing the public
this little coin than any other with
, the single exception of that Of its own
. The guide spent more time with me
, than any other Of the delegates. be-
, cause I had my old commission as a
, treasury department official. Other
places that we visited in Philadelphlt
were the Girard schools, where nc
, minister black or white is allowed t6
matricuIate: then the United States
. navy yard, where the guns and boats
that smashe ed the Spanish tlotilla al
- the Windward Passage and Manila
The United States has sixteen navy
:, yards and for one who has a surface
, knowledge of these coast defenses, il
! appears simply impossible for any en-
emy to approach this government.
4 1t being only ninety miles to New