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The National tribune., 1903-07-23
sent the message? 1t was "Old Tecumseh'
himself. / copy from my message-book
before me, verbatim ct figuratim.
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sent the message? 1t was "Old Tecumseh'
himself. l copy from my mesSage-bOok
before me, verbatim ct figuratim.
"S:45 a. m.
'From Signal Station,
"Near Governors Palace.
"To 2342:
Gen. Sherman desires that you report
to these headquarters all that You see and
hear of the moving columns, their distance
and direction. 2314."
My Hagman flashed back "14-1434,' -
which means 20. X"
Soon new troops came pouring in. With
my telescope. conveniently mounted. 1
could readily distinguish what flags they
bore and. generally, to what corps and di-
vision they belonged. Evidently "Tecunl-
sch" had summoned his warriors to meet
him here in council. Before the day closed.
the Army of the Ohio, the Army of the
Cumberland and the Army of the Tennes-
see filed all the stretch of country around,
and at night their blazing campfires lit up
earth and heaven, while their drum beats
and martial airs rolled in from every di-
rection.
And all day long my little flag "wagged
its tongue" l never saw it in such humor.
1t never made any mistakes that day. 1t
waved beautifully and rapidly, too. Some
times it took three or four of us to keep
up with it. 1t waved first this way, then
that, and then another, with nod for
everybody and everything, at every point
of the compass. 1t waved for Generals
and for ''privates;' for the ''staff' and the
''line;" for citizens and soldiers; for refu-
gees, for freedmen, and even for the mules.
General orders and Special orders
from every imaginable headquarters" !"
congratulations to friends and condolences
for the sick and the dying. 1t was indeed
red letter day for the little flag, and no
wonder. No other flag ever had such a
station and probably no other ever will in
the history of the world.
The National tribune., 1903-07-23
For commander-in- Chief of Sons of Veterans.

Hugh c. Irish Camp, 22S. Paterson. N.
j., nominates for Commander-in-C Chief of
the Sons of Veterans, Col. Geo. w. Poilitt.
Brother Polltt is a charter member of
the Camp, and has held nearly all the Off
ces in the Order. He is serving his 14th
term as President of the Sons of Veter-
ans Building Association. The Camp
feels that a large portion of its prosperity
is due to his efforts. 1t has now 1S2
members and is worth $35.OOO in real and
personal property. Brother Pollitt has
served for several terms in the City Coun-
ell of Paterson. aud as President of that
body and was appointed Postmaster by
President Mckinley. He is interested in
many business enterprises in Paterson.
and a Director of several.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
Canterbury Tales, By Geoffry Chau-

Swinded again. This book was repre- sented to us as consisting of a dozen or more tales. but we found only four, and of these We have read only the Knighte' 8 and the Clerks. The author has the usual vanity of authors, and takes up a large part of the work with his own writing-in what he calls a Prologue. We paid for Tales and not Prologues
 However We admit that MT. Chaucer has some understanding. He shows this when he speaks of the person entering the inn, and brushing the cat aside to get for himself the warmest seat at the fire. There Is so much truth in this that It makes us forgive MT. Cnaucer for his other little Shortcomings. It hits us pretty close. Our wife attended a dona- tion party at the new parsons the other night, and she car"ied cart load of cake, preserves and other fol de rol, upon which she had expended our sub stance. While she was gone We dined on cold greens.
 One of the chief objections We find to Mir. Chaucer's book is the spelling, which Is miserable We wonder if he knows that We do job work in the latest style, and guarantee satisfaction? We would be ashamed to have a book go out of our house with miss spelling m every line, though of course q number of such er- TOTS in each page is allowable. MT Chaucer should choose a better printer next time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
VIRGINIA GIRL
 IN THE CIVIL WAR
BY MYRTA LocKETr AvARY.

y1ronment, that excluded her from pub lie life.
 There Is a dramatic movement in the story that claims the attention of the reader. There are clearly pictured incl dents of hardships endured because of love; of festivities employed to further the cause; of chivalry and gallantry that would match the escapades of the quaint old Roarers of the past, who went about defending fair women whomever they were.
 Throughout the tale there are coiorsd descriptions of Southern home life. that. since the war, have become traditions and the odor of hot buclrwheat, lavendaP scented sheets. crystal dishes and snow- white nappery, mix and mingls in grate- ful confusion as the reader follows the tired, travel-statned heroine into the CO., lonial home of that kind-hearted old couple, the Bollings, who float the Bonny Blue flag over their heart convictions, but hold no resentful feelings towards the flag that Great Britain could never wreSt from American hands.
 There is not a dull page in "A Virginia Girl in the Civil War" There is no svi- dent attempt to make the plot sparkle, for the thread of the story unwinds as evenly and smoothly as though some in- tereSunB speaker was 1nclQentally LeIHng the tale. Besides, the story is clean and wholesome. and there is not malicious character In the book.
 The book abounds with good promises for the future. It proves that the au- thor's pen is virile and sharp, and that 1t flows swiftly. and directly to denuer- ments that are pathetic, humorous and tragic. It proves that her mind is not cloyed with conventional ideas, and that she can say what she has to say, ingen- uously and in 2 manner most pleasing. a
 There is no marshalling of men in tire some detail on the battle ground, no fam fly history dragged in on vellum, no ex- posture of rabid sectional differences, for the story deals with fair scenes, brave men and womanly women who have du- ties to perform and perform them grace fully and cheerfully. whether the actor be one who wears the blue or the gray. When the story draws to a close, the reader finds himself in intimate relation ship with the hopeful, cheerful, optimistic heroine. who has followed her soldier husband through life as devotedly as she did from camp to camp in a war that records the noblest struggle that was ever made for independence in the history of the world-the Civil War.
 Lollie Belle wylie.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

under Curry I would have a bank ac- count to build upon and draw from which could never be exhausted
 As a diplomat, especially in his dis charge of his duties as Minister to Spain he showed himself to be a man of broad minded culture. far-seeing tactfulness, and being the student of human nature that he was, able to smooth over diffi- culties in ways satisfying to all.
 When he took up his pen to write the literature of the world was sure to re- ceive a contribution worthy to rank with the productions of it's many servants. In his work on the Southern States of the American Union," Southerners find pe- culiar pleasure. It exalts the South and its people to a pinnacle, at the same time building a strong foundation for this act in arguments conclusive and indisput- able.
 The whole South may well mourn his departure for he was Southern to the core; at the same time he was a loyal American citizen, honored and admired from Maine to California and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

In the death of pr. J. L. NJ. Curry our country loses a man distinguished as a writer, speaker, educator and diplomat. Since the day he attained to manhood he was known as a Ian of real and earnest purpose, solid attainments and excellent poise. He was firm in the principles he held, yet tactfur and conservative The learning which he had gathered was from books, nature and man-for he was a stu dent of literature well as & maker; worshiper at the shrine of nature and na- ture's God; and deep and conscientious pupil when it came to the learning of the inner life and character of human beings.
 Dr!. Curry was born in Lincoln County Ga. on June 25 1895. When he was only B he moved to Alabama. In 1s43 he grad uated at the University of Georgia, and in lS45 completed his legal studies in the Harvard Law School. In 1s46 he served in the Texas Rangers during the war with Mexico.
 He was a member of the Alabama Leg tslature during several terms and repre- sented his District in Congress two terms.
 When Alabama seeded from the Union in 1861 he was appointed delegate to the Southern Convention, which met in Mont gomery, and subsequently, represented the State in the Confederate Congress. He also served in the Confederate Army un- der Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. In 1865 he was elected President of Howard College, Alabama, and in 1868 Professor of Eng fish in Richmond College. He also filled the chair of mental and moral science in Richmond, and lectured on law. Before
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

In "A Virginia Girl in the Civil War" |" the author, Myrta Lockett Avary. deals with energetic. courageous characters. and she presents them in a bright, brave way.
 From the beginning of the story to the end, interest centers around the heroine. Nell Gray, who Is an unaffectedly DOT trayed prototype of the ante-bellum Southern woman.
 The author is a Southern woman. She is virginian. The color on her brush Is true, and the atmosphere she gener- like a tonic.
 The hero of the story is one of those intrepid, yet clinging, women who are loyal and steadfast to the idols they have set upon the altar of their hearts-Love. Duty and Religion The heroes are chiv- alrous, courteous men who have made the South famous as the center of aris- tocracy of America.
 The principal thing in favor of "A Vir- ginia Girl in the Civil War" Is that 1t Is free of pedantry. and any attempt at forwardness, which makes an ordinary author tiresome. The naivete with which Mrs Avary presents her story makes 1t held Her heroine is ingenious and frank. She Is more. She IS cnarHlnR ana WO- manly. The frankness with which she meets the blue-coated enemy, wins for her affectionate regard and her youth and dependence his protection. At this point of the story the author Is just and broad She handles the Yankee subjects with as much fairness as she does the Southern men and women with whom she deals She creates elements of tenderness in the breast of the Southern women that equals the feeling of consideration the Northern heart displays when womanhood is thrown on the mercy of manhood The story Is thoroughly Southern, and yet not one line grates on the Northern sense of justice. This show of affection ate consideration for a question that has made an indellible mark on the pages of American history, will make "A Virginia Girl'' popular.
 In "A Virginia Girl of the Civil War" Myrta Lockett Avary has given the lit- erary world book that is interesting and valuable as a record of history. There is a pardonable vanity on the part of the heroine who tells her adventures, when one takes into consideration how stirring were the times, and how unusual 1t was at that period for a woman to as- sume an independent role Tn the worlds s affairs. and escapes the customs and en-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
CONCERNING NEW PUBLICATIONS

saying: "I swear not by that. What has 1t done for me? Has it given me a fath- CT? Noi Who -?' is likely at first thought to be criticised by Catholics, but it will be found as the story develops, his aunt had educated him to re- ceive the sacrament until, with his fath- CTS life he had wiped out his disgrace. '1f he had been reared to love the Church and fear God, this incident of breaking the crucifix would not have hap pened. It was, however, the natural out come of his early life. and home infu- ences," comments a priest whose opinions were asked as to whether the incident might give offense to those of his faith.
 The c. M. Clark Company has in prep sration a novel on a Montana ranch by Frances Parker, a real ranch girl. She Is daughter of Dr. Dayton Parker of De- troit, 2 years of age, and has lived on her fathers ranch among the Bear Paws mountains all of her life, except when with her uncle. an Indian agent on the Indian reservation ln the southern part of Montana. She 'ides a broncho, throws lariat that might be the envy of any cowboy, and can round up a herd with the best of them. Her writing is said to have the Western nash that might he expected of such a girl. She has not written of ranch life from a distance, she does not write the impressions of a visit. She has written a romance of the ranch life of which she has been part
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
A NOTEWORTHY FIGURE
 LEAVES NATIONAL PUBLIC LIFE

coming to Virginia he was ordained to the Gospel ministry, but never accepted the pastorate of any church.
 The honorary degrees of D. D. and ILL. D. were conferred He resigned his professorship in Richmond College in 1881 and entered upon the agency of the Peabody fund.
 All through the years he had remained a member of the Board of Trustees. for a long time presiding over and directing its affairs, and always deeply concerned In the growth and welfare of the insti- tuition. MT. Curry's work in the later years of his life had been wonderful in amount and wide in it's scope In addi- ton to his splendid administration of the Peabody and Slater funds he served his country as Minister to Spain for three years QSS5-SS, and became the author of number of books. among the most notable of which were William E. Glad stone, "Constitutional Government of Spain" "The Southern States of the American Union"
 As a speaker 1t Is said that Dr. Curry held his audiences in such wondrous way that when his climaxes came the audience was ready to fall down and wor- ship him. He had the peculiar power of lifting one above the miasma of life and planting them in the realms where thought is pure and sweet. As an educa- tor he was extremely conscientious and painstaking building a foundation, not of sand, but of bedrock, principles which would withstand all the storms of life. Once one of his students remarked to friend:
 If all my life studies had been learned
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
EDNA LYALL: AN APOSTLE
 OF CLEAN LITERATURE

There should be sincere cause for re- jolcing among the makers and lovers of literature, that the strata of erottc, mor- bid material which has been so success fully utilized by novelists of recent years, seems to be nearly exhausted. Such books as "The Triumph of Death" Jude, the Obscure,' The Gadhy,' ''The Heavenly Twins" and others may be, they are, intensely interesting, they deal with the life of the nerves. the secret passions, of which most of us are asham- ed; and. assuming the nature of stolen waters they are, as Solomon says, sweet" But they are not wholesome. They plant false Ideas of life in the minds of young readers. and since we have no literary censor. to say what beginners shall peruse and what they shall ignore, the evil is likely to perpetuate itself.
 We have noticed of late years, how ever, a return to a more healthy tone in current literature. Many of the his- torical novels, a large proportion of the swashbuckling romances, and not a few of the mystery books evince this well come trend. They are intended to be ex- citing, but they are not emphatically pru- rient. They do not encourage the con sciousness in dwelling continually on things which should merely dilute the thoughts, and instead they give a healthy impetus to the minds which they reach when those minds are the most suscept- ible to lasting impression.
 We have much cause for thanking Edna LyaI. the English authoress. who has just passed away, for her contributions to this worthy movement in English lit- erature. Perhaps her strongest work is to be found in Donovan" We Two" "A Hardy Norseman." While human life is depicted in these works in its most pessimistic aspect, at the same time each plot carries it's own antidote, and the moral of the books Is essentially of an up- lifting influence. We Two" and Don pvan" deal largely with the topics of aetheism and agnosticism. They are writ ten. however, 'reverently. fairly, At the same time they are not impergrAted with that quality of "gush" which so 6lsgIsts one in the average religious" work The men are self-sacrifcing, strong. humane. The women sympathetic. pure. improving. If at any stage Miss Lyal weaves in characters of doubtful morality. they are used only as foils for the lasting quaIi- ties of virtue in the remainder of the novels personnel.
 In combination with these desirable
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

As is already known. Dwight Triton, in his forthcoming book, "On Satan's Mount looks into the future not very far, but just Tar enough to tell of pos si5Ie peril at Washington, arising from the centralization of wealth; but he did not expect the good fortune of this en- dorsement from the news stories which have so recently startled the country, saying that several Senators received Kilograms from the Standard Oil Com pany insisting that no antitrust legsla- lIon must pass. The situation that Dwight Hilton imagines and weaves into this novel is supposed to be at time ere long when "every interest is repre- sented in the councils of state at Wash ington, except that of the man who works" The Senate is described as hav- ing become so Corrupt" that 1t is neces- sary to call Peoples Congress" at the National Capital The workmen of Amer ica send their representatives from every State They try to relieve a national ca lamity which proves ten times worse than the recent coal famine
 The fascinating youth, Tito. in William Henry Carson forthcoming novel of that name, is induced to vow revenge, the vengeance of the Italian vendetta, for the supposed desertion of his rich Amer ican father The incident of his oath, his dashing to the floor of the crucifix which his aunt has given him to swear by,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

achievements, Miss Lyall has done more. She has established that a book may be interesting without being depressing. She has not overlooked the tragic phase of life. but she has probed deeper into the core of human beings. and shown us that ultimate good comes out of all somber situations. For this ifficult and grate- full task she deserves the thanks of all readers.
 Some one has said beautifully, simply, that The who makes two blades of grass grow where stood one." is a benefactor of humanity. Taken down to its last an- alysis, that Is what Miss Lyall has done for the world of literature, and while she may not measure up 10 the stringent re- qurements of the cynical critic, she has given a breath of wholesome air, and a heart full of hope, to many of the un- fortunates who dwell continually In life's flower stories" Sam W. Dibble.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

committed suicide.
 The motives of the poor fellow in per- petrating this fraud are not clear, but the case is cited In order to suggest to the initiated the perils and pitfalls that lie before critical investigators. In an- cient times such things were far more common than at present, and the mo- tives are easily perceived. In ums when veneration for the ancient was the ruling passion in the religious and social world, genuine reform or progress was impossible, as in unawakened China. un- less new principles could be dednfteay correlated with the past-"the faith of the fathers" Hence it was necessary thze the desired enactments should be "dte- covered" somewhere. in some places or under circumstances suggestive of ths one popularly recognized authority. 1GAn- uscript after manuscript of Egyptian rtt- ual bears the legend that 1t was "diSc0v- cred" somewhere. in some temple. tho image of some god or some other sacred spot.
 In ancient Assyria and Bahylon4a thars stands out tho same persistent return to the faith of the fathers as the one fact sufficient to explain the failure of this civilization, to teach the world mora than it did. Unsurpassed in thear devotion te the gods, impressed with the idea of making their faith known to the world, all the possibilities of religious evo1utfon are nulhfied by the single factor men, toned. not to speak of others. King afs ter king heralds his piety by recording the restoration of some ancient and al- most forgotten shrine. It was 6 persizt- ent sin against the first law of evolution. in such atmosphere progress was impos- sibie Only where the impulse religious ly was forward rather than to ancient types of creed, was there hope for the religious element in mankind.
 Of course it will be recognized that one who yielded to the passion for the au- tque, in order to make his iegfslafion available. could give but little to his race. The method was a compromise, if not deliberate surrender Co the chief bane of the age and the people. Another mode was also operant in ancient times to produce many forgeries-at least we should call them 80. though they did not appear so to their authors. When two ancient faiths. each appealing to the past, each claiming certain oracuIar or in spired character. came into competition, the jealous partisans of each would re- sort to tactics analogous to those above mentioned. One would strive to prove greater antiquity than the other, and if something of real value was recognized in the rival creed. clever forgeries strove to show that 1t was original in the writ CTS own creed. Or, on the other hand, efforts would be made to secure the en- dorsements of the rival creed of that of the writer. Of such origin are the Syh-' aline Books. purporting to be of Greek or Roman origin. generally recognized as Jewish forgeries. They are rather pro- saic. full of repetition. and have as a principal theme the Messiah who is to come of the Jews. That these ever largely deceived the Greek public is im- probable. though some, heather and Christian. might be taken in.'' Mo- tives like these, however, could hardly animate the intelligent forger of today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

We are reminded often in looking over the volume of publications for the week of the quaint philosophy of an old coun- try codger who lives in the mountains or Kentucky. He is away from contact with the world and the trend of current events, but he manages to peruse few literary papers each month. When the writer call ed to see him some time ago he let drop the following remark:
 ''Thar's lots of bad literature published today, but thar's also lots of good Elf . man wants something good to read he can surely find it."
 In looking over the week in the book world the truth of this statement is very manifest There have been some books put upon the market calculated to ele- vate, while some others such as the Christian Science novel, reviewed else where on this page, which are calculated to do more harm than good. The author of this novel was ashamed to attach any name. preferring to have the publishing house shoulder the responsibility of the work. The day has long since passed when nom-de-plume received as much attention from the reading world as a straight name. But the day of unsigned contributions has long since disappeared. even the society editor of the daily paper declines to publish an announcement of an afternoon tea unless 1t be signed by the one who sent it.
 
 We are glad to note that a book called '"The Study of the Negro Artisan has ap- peared in pamphlet form. It emanates from the Atlanta colored university, and is a book of some 900 pages. It shows that the negro worhmen are attaining very fair efficiency in what might be call