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The sun., 1903-06-07
POEMS WORTH READING.
The Port o Drea ms.


From the Army and Nam JournaL
II Is lust beyond the skyline
With It's poppy helds Of rest
Where days storm .bew1idered shaliop
drops It's anchor IN the west.
Where silent sea Of saffron
Stretches inland toward the streams
That 20 gllmmcrlng down the valleys
OF the purple port o. dreams.
In the far on gloom behind II
Farth's duSky bound'ry lies.
And step beyond Its outpost
The hills OF heaven rise:
So near that In the glory
Oftheir mystic haze II seems
That the dear dead walk besideus
In the peaceful port o dreams.
ostrsnge and wondrous country
Hiding close the goals Of NE
Who wins TO thee brings courage
For the long dull march's strife.
And the prisoner Of living
Hopes freedom pledse redssms
In thine endless, boundless radiance,
O bllssful port O. dreams.
We have called thee Hearts Desire.
Or the Islands OF the Blest.
And the land Of Finished Stories.
o dreamland In the west.
Yet every heart s the bound'ry
OF thy soul-reposlng beams
An thou hope or love or heaven.
ohappy port O. drcams'
Sail away. q weary hearted.
To the bayous OF release.
Leave the drums o. NE behind you
At the harbor bar OF peace.
Come 10 anchor on the headlands
Where the Hight Of heaven CLEANS
In the haven where sc would he
Pas, the purple port o dreams.
The sun., 1903-06-07


Nv the old Encyclopedia, In those bulky tones see
There's bright historic setting. and that setting 10
For the WIND 1. 10 that quarter. and the publishers
Lay Il back, you budding author: hy IT back for
hopes Of fame"
That, the road to heights OF fame.
Where the lucre pays the game:
the same,
O. the dizzy heights Of fame
where the publishers cxclalm:
'.Can't you let us 'ave-well. anytnlnE-that oean
your honored name"
Pick me out one Of the Louis: they will like the
One Who BROKE the mos, Commandments, and who
rather cracked the rest:
For the Wind is in that quarter, an It's there III
py the old historic setting runs the rapid road 10
fame.
That's thc road to heights Of fame,
Where the lucre pays the game:
the sAme7
n the dizzy heights Of fame
Where the publishers exclslm: ,
Cant you let lis ave-well. anytn'ns-thAt oeab
'''' DkATRIcI HASscoN.
The sun., 1903-06-07
The Old Suburban racss.
Ernm ths CHICAGO Tribune.

From ne CHICAGO Tribune.
, have had seatmatcs. have had COMPANIONS,
In the crowded smoker. 10 the tardy mix trains:
All. iii ar. gone. It's old suburban faces.
have been hustilng. ] have been hurryng.
poitne my breakfast food. gulplng down my eofee
Rushine TO meet the old suburban faces.
have stood have sat down on the coal box
Reading my paper. grumblng IKE the others;
Watching them scoul. the old suburban faces.
Ghostlike wander through the crowded coaches.
Peering ut the STRANGERS that arc all about me:
Seeking to ind the old suburban faces,
Friends and fellow sufferers. where are ye all:
is this some other planett or am dreaming!
Where have they gone. the old suburban hees'
All vest | see II nlI. I've missed the dummy,
And caugh, a through train. nlled with rank out
siden'
They're on ahead. the old suburban facsal
The sun., 1903-06-07
A Religious Consequence Of the Bosr war
From the ChristiCn InteIIIofnetr.

FTOnl fNc thTIsICH InlfHIpfHeFT
While the Eo cr War was still raging. the Christian
people of South Afrtca were gladdened with the
tid,ngs Of Or uIlsual spiritual awakening In tho
various camps IN Ccylon and India. a. ST. Helena
and in the Dcrmudas. where the Boer prisoners
had been banishcd. This awakening led 10 the
conversion OF hurd reds OF young men. and among
them i75 resolved 10 consccrate themselves 10
missionary service In South and Central Africa.
and to seek preparation for their contemplated
Ilfc. work Jus, as soon as they returned They
came home In due time and their purpose was
unchanged
The Reformed Dutch Church OF South Africa
was deeply moved. And although greatly I'M
naycrisbcd by the drain and devastation OF the
war. they purposed 10 sec these men through a
fond OF $50 coo was raised for the purchase ol
building q, Worcester. Cape Colony. ~ serve ~ .
preparatory school.
The sun., 1903-06-07

From the Phfsou,1 Di,p5t-h.
The lrver works at my command,
I'm lord and master OF the brakes.
Ne and the car has lots OF sand
We're not the kind that makes mistakes
This blooming box Is not so worse
But n, Its boss for lasting Keeps.
just watch me work this here reverse
See how II stops and backward creeps.
| love the car and II loves me
Just Ike the wife and kid. you see,
The other day We shot along
Gee whiI' we certainly did shoot!
The juice was Al its same old song
And all the trucks was following suit.
when In the middle OF the track
seed \ kid engaged In play
MS heart sure gave my teeth crack
hut did stop the car Well. say
7 stopped In time-l surely did.
And thought about my little KID.
OF course. I amt no millionaire.
But m not hankerinG for wealth.
I'd rather be quite free from care
And have the jolliest Kind OF heaHh.
I'd rather have my present JOYS
Than ali OF Rockefellers stun.
The hest OF ~ives!--the best OF noyS
Say That Is happiucss enough.
SEQ, there she Is! She'll never miss
When at my heart she throws kiss'
The sun., 1903-06-07
Verses 81 Literary Topics.
From ne Reader.

Do the various Illustrations
OF the Illustrator illuStrAte'
DO the pictures that be pictures.
The writer's writing expl'cAte:
So that the reader. reading.
II he need q clearer sight.
VIII nnd the illustrators
Illustrations give him light!
The dictionary Is full Of words:
Ayast vocabulary OF birds
Which ny In all directions when
Somebody Shoes them with . pen,
A heller .skelter flock. they ny
And f,utier for . while. then die;
Except a few which Join In song
To help the world 10 move along.
The sun., 1903-06-07

n. and H. M.-We do not know whnt legal right
your stcpfAthcr has to the property; you should
consult lawyer
The sun., 1903-06-07

W. N.--A four. shilling pece--a double horin-
Is issued occasionaiy by the British Mint II Is not
In regular circulation. however.
The sun., 1903-06-07

r. c. A. and W. n. J.--Edward Stokes. who
killed Fisk. was restored to tho rights OF citizenship
by Gov. Cleveland: We do not know the date.
The sun., 1903-06-07

Shorthand, typcwriting. book.
keeping, business arithmetic.
business penmanship, spelling,
punctuation. thoroughly taught
In our SPECIAL SUMMER
COURSES. So many reQuests
have been made by our friends
that the NIGHT school remain
open all summer that this has
been arranged. This Is 4 gen.
uine opportunity. BY Septcm-
bcr or October much can be
special rates for these special
The sun., 1903-06-07

y. T.. E.--The side OF a coin bearing the date 10
head only when the coin bears no head or hEufe.
n. j. C. The parents Of ". n. Heart were
Protcstants and Americsns
The sun., 1903-06-07


NEW RULES IN TALE COLLEGE.
The Yale University Corporation at the
May meeting approved the recommendations
OF the academical professors to extend the
elective system into the freshman year by
allowing each freshman to choose five out
of eight courses Of study and to allow the
substitution Of advanced work in mathe-
matics or modern languages in place OF Greek
ments me FOR admisson. which win 60 into
snd'' snd Latin a % But vii aiIoy Greek
thorough Enoxledse OF either French, Or
In th sna ehs v ssr Il wSs tbs ssst s
English. mathematics. che mistsy and and history;
elected q must be in continuation q the Gse
studies Greek Latin. English. mathematics,
or a modern languaRe-aready pursued In
the preparatory school.
THE PLACE or MAN IN THE UNIVERSE.
The IDEAS Of Alfred Russell Wallace upon
the place 4 s % ga. nr H. @araR SRfeTss With we're som se
mentary which showed that they were. in the
main. Intenahle The = s4mc IN s 9ussstions haye hay,
iace's e original paper in the Foriniohtv Rericv
for March set forth that the universe ,I. Tss a.
it's centre: and that consequently conditions
for the favorable development Of the human
found elsewhere One OF the most complete
rejoinders to these theses Is BY Prof; Turner
Of oxford. who points out talso IN the Fort
verse H. in fact, finite that there Is properly
speaking no physical centre 70 the universe;
even II 1t be limited; that even " the solar sys-
instant IL would not long remain there. since
the sun and the whole solar system, Is In rapid
motion: and. finally. that there is no good
reason why life may not he developed at one
as Well as at another situation within the uni
verse as we know H.. The controversy Is
probably ended and should never have been
begu" t.
The sun., 1903-06-07

G. R.--As adjective, qualify nouns. while ah-
verbs qualify verbs. Il follows that you should
use an adjective when describing your health. and
an adverb when describing the condition OF your
sensory powers: that Is. that you feel bad when
you are rot quite "nt and that you feel badly ~fch
for any reason your sense OF touch Ia impaired
The sun., 1903-06-07


since 1887, in the number OF women who
make use of their restricted suffrage. Kan
Sas, therefore, gives as much on con-
tinuous example as the election laws
will permit.
The figures from the four States where
women have the full suffrage, showing that
they exercise it in larger proportion than
the men, have been quoted so often as to
become a weariness. II these were written
IN letters OF living light over the sanctum
the other papers whose editors are opposed
to the enfranchisement of women, they
would keep right on saying that whenever
any very large number of women want TO
vote the men will joyfully give them the
opportunity.
The utter fallacy of this statement has
Just had a striking illustration in Illinois.
hill to grant municipal suffrage to women
was in the Legislature OF that state for
months during the present year. \ list OF
we great organizations OF women sup
umn. They comprised over 100 GOO repre-
sentatives OF the education, philanthropy.
religion and patriotism OF the state. IL
would not have been possible for any
n measure to have had stronger backing oil
Women
What was the result? Simply this:
That all the influence which cou Id be brought
2 y bear was not strong enough TO get tfis
PHI out Of the committee OF either House,
N ~ order that the legislators might nave
achance to vote on it,
Men fall back with comfortable COM
pacency on the declaration that when any
Considerable number of women want the
alot they are ready to give IL. This is
aot true, The great majority OF, men
20 not want women to vote and do not
intend that they sha Il so long as it is possi-
o'sto prevent II.
In recent wears, however. they have
,ttached point where il is polite TO follow
we we example of Adam and lay the burden
'n woman herself This is simply one
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18

Here the Idiot extracted piece of
paper from his wallet, and read as
follows:
% pale and silvery moonbeams frought
With molten strands, and myrtle BIOS
SONS free,
What hath the fair Endymion haply
caught,
When, as the pipe O. Pan comes
through the tree.
And with a melody sublime doth catch
The all empurpled heavens. Oh the
wing,
He senses some undreamed of rhythmic
snatch,
Emerging whence the herald angels
sing?"
"Out side of little advertising, and
ten-dollar check, what can anybody
even the author-make of that?' de-
manded the Idiot. "Or of this he
added, reading another. This is by no
less person than Flora Annie Bosby-
shell, OF whom you may have heard:
%, vast empiric silence, what meanest
thou?
What is the story that thy stiffness
tells.
AS through the mountain passes 1t
doth sough
In touch with peak, with sea and
earth-girt wells?
Art thou the future, or the present or
the past?
Art thou the Always, or the Meier
Again?
Alas! The ages come and gone have
not amassed
The Know-all that can make thy
Mystery plain
1T seems to me-" said the Poet,
scratching his head, that in both those
poems there are signs of an idea strug-
Cling for expression in mere words.
You mustn't blame the poet, my dear
idiot, because the language Is made
quate to his ideas. That first poem
seems to me to have a Wagnerian sub
tlety, though as to it's precise mean
ing, l cannot now say, since l have
only heard you read it. AS for Miss
Bosbyshell, I presume she is a mystic
and does not write for the mass, al
though l must admit her name Is new
to me. There are lovely suggestions
as to the actual voice Of Silence in that
poem of which ! should much like to
have a copy. Her choice Of language
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18

to play with us. We're not a young
ladys boarding school assembled to-
gether to hear you lecture on Poetry in
frock coat and a big white chrysan-
themum to give authority to your dis
course. We are a gathering of old
hands, and you cannot trife with us.
Mr.. Pedagog has cut his wisdom
teeth, the Bibliomaniac has read at
least three volumes of that noble work.
Strange and Interesting Facts and
Mr.. Brief, when it comes down to ex-
perience in the world, is not exactly
a spring chicken. AS for me, modesy
forbids me to allude to the fact that
from my boyhood up, l have been able
to see through a milestone with a hole
in it, but l will say that not even
you can lead me astray on the subject
Of new ideas in poetry. Give man
Thesaurus and a rhymester, a lit
tie patience, some postage stamps and
a pull with a Magazine Editor, and
you've got your poet of to-day all right.
don't believe Sherlock Holmes him
self can find any new ideas in modern
poetry, and really, Emerson, you ought
to be ashamed of yourself for TAX
ing that pose with us. It's an affront
to our intelligence"
II suppose there was no new idea in
The Man with the Hoe, sneered
the Poet.
you suppose correctly, my oeaf smell
ley" said the idiot. There was not.
We've had hard luck stories ever since
Joseph sold his coat of many collars to
his brother Nebuchadnezzar for a mess
of Shaker oats. The children of Israel
making bricks without straw for the
Egyptians were just as much brothers
to the OK with their faces full of the
emptiness of ages as this Man with the
Hoe that Mr.. Markham imported from
the Paris Salon, and turned into an epic
describing labor conditions along the
Erie Canal. 1t was a fine poem, but
any paper that got out an extra to
spread the news contained in 1t would
have been engaged in that profitable
but somewhat leary business known as
the Gold Brick Trade. AS a matter
of fact, 1 venture to say to you now,
my dear Henry Wadsworth. that an
ordinarily sane young man, If required
at his entrance examination at college
to explain the precise meaning of nine
out Of ten magazine poems these days,
would ingloriously funk. Take this
one, for instance"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18

Then he sees the bark by the light
of the breaking dawn, miles ahead. and
they have hove to. AS he mounts
the crest of a wave he sees a boat
put off. Here he usually laughs.
by gum--it was funny. you know
dat damn skipper-he think he find
me. Dey hunt all overland l vas
six miles astern-ha, ha, ha, halt
was funny. l don't even shout. Watts
de use? l joost larfs and larfs-vay
out dere in de water"
And he goes off into another spasm
of merriment. Here he pauses, nor
does he resume until he has disposed
of two more beers. His mustache
droops again, the fierce glare returns
into those sea-gray eyes.
Den dey brace up de fore yards
again and go on. You see, dey goes
on, vile l swims after, six-seven-
eight miles astern. You tink / will
drown? Not much! | kan swim
clear to Honolulu-or hell. l doesn't
care vitch-only l gets to dose fellers.
wants to meet dem again.
But amt dot the worst ting you
ever heard Of to leave a shipmate to
drown in a smood sea? Voul you
do dat to your worst enemy?"
Here he wakes sentimental and
slobbers through a dissertation on the
ethics of shipmate fellowship He
wants you to understand he never hit
fellow when he was down, especially
shipmate.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18

would you see fellow drop over
board and not raise the cry? No, you
wouldn't-not even if it was the Chi
nese cook"
A few more drinks wash away the
tears. Again he bristles.
But / gets even wild dem! I will
not drown-I will mott will mott"
He fairly roars this, and Trig's
roar is a few keys lower than
bulls below.
mo! l will swim after dot gang of
larrkins till L lays my paws on dem!
You beti"
On he goes. With him you see the
white sails fade out on the horizon,
and with him you are alone in the
great circle. Drunk as he is, he speaks
distinctly now, carefully articulates
each word. Have you ever been out
in small boat, alone with the gulls,
a clear horizon, and land a thousand
miles away? No! He has. It's a
sensation that sets the entrials wrig-
Cling within you.
But think then" he continues,
pointing huge, gnarled forefnger at
you, think then-how would you feel
without a boat in midocean with
clear horizon about you? How would
you feel then?'
You know-with his eyes looking
into yours. You know you would
throw up your hands and sink. But
no-not with that fiery hate in you
that burns in your very bowels. You
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18

time as you think" said the Poet. at
is undeniab1e that the truly inspired
man can work as well in one place as
in another, but new thoughts, appro-
pirate metrical devices, the holding of
the lyrical faculty in control-these
things are not easy to accomplish"
Then, you have to read 'em after
wards; that's also true" suggested the
Idiot. But what of it? All trades
have their hardships, and really, my
dear Dobson, you must admit that you
poets, comparatively speaking, have
what the ancients called a cinch. Take
even Mr.. Whitechoker's calling-the
most honorable and respected of all the
professions-he can't sit in a swinging
hammock, under the spreading chest
nut trees on Sunday morning. and
preach a sermon to his congregation.
but you can write your poems under
such conditions. without criticism. l,
who do brokerage business and sell
stocks to anxious investors, must
transact my business close to a ticker
at 31133 Wall street, and nowhere else.
but you can take train to Palm Beach
or a steamer to Cairo, and still soak
your customers as thoroughly as though
you were sitting in the same room with
them. And SO it goes. Mr.. Brief cam
not litigate subtle questions of laws
in canoe; Mr.. Pedagog cannot sit
on the topmost peak of the Matterhorn,
and teach the young idea how to multi
ply six by nine; even Mrs. Pedagog,
whose life we are all trying to make as
easy as we can by restraining our APP
petites, and refraining from irritating
complaints at the inevitable discom-
forts of endeavoring to live like swells
On four dollars a week, even she, for
the successful transaction of her busi-
ness must be tied down to one spot.
Where would she be If she ran
boarding house one week on Pixies
Peak, the next on the billowy bosom
of the Atlantic ocean. and a third
alongside of the ST. Andrews Golf
Links in Scotland? Yet, your poetry
mill will run full time in these success
sive places, according as the spirit
moves you, whenever you choose to
ask It to do so"
Very true" said the Poet impatient
ly but how about getting new ideas"
Now, see here, my well-beloved Vir-
gill" interrupted the Idiot, don't try
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18

If you have knocked about Honolulu
much you will have heard of Trig
Olafsen. But perhaps you are a strang-
er there. Then go down to the docks
some Sunday morning when-.the sea-
men are loafing about the gangways
and ask. They will sing you the saga
of Trig Olafsen. 1t will come couched
in language hideously profane, but no
matter, you will learn all about Trig
Olafsen.
Perhaps, if they are in a good HUI
NOR, they will tell you of Trig Olaf
sens long swim with liberal criticism
of the ways of Providence in preserv-
ing the morally unfit. For Olafsen's
notoriety as hard case bucko mate
equals his fame as a swimmer.
If you should ever meet Trig Olaf
sen you will understand why he is
feared. Big of body, arms like thighs,
gnarled and hairy; a lion-like head on
bull neck, a tawny mustache droop-
ing over pOnderous jaws and hair of
the most fiery hue-such a man is
Trig Olafsen. Sailors on the West
Coast will rule or be ruled. Trig Olaf
sen has never been ruled in spite of
many efforts on the part of insubordi-
nate crews to subdue him. A crowd
Of Irishmen tried it once on the Island
Queen, but Trig piled into them and
smote with the mighty arm of his
Viking forefath theirs. Those were the
days when Dave Kalakaua's banner
fioated from the palace towers and
from the gaffs of a dozen good sail
ing ships. Trig Olafsen was mate of
the Hawaiian bark Aloha, then in the
sugar lumber and coal trade-coal
from Australia to Honolulu, thence to
San Francisco with sugar, and back
to Australia with Puget Sound lum-
ber
From a sailors point of view this
was an ideal run, and the Aloha. was
trst-rate ship for living and easy to
handle, but her crews invariably left
at the end of each passage. Few made
a full trip. AS they didn't stop to col
leot their wages, the owners found 1t
profitable to retain Trig Olafsen in
their service. But one trip they
almost lost him.
The Aloha had cleared the doldrums
and had barely caught the northeast
trades. 1t happened in the morning
watch, about o'clock. The yards were
oraced sharp up on the port tack, and
II the Aloha was making her course,
That was about all. The mate. shifting
the wind, to take prompt advantage of
any favorable change, kept faithful
watch by the weather mizzen rigging.
The men We're just taking coffee when
me breeze hauled aft IA tri1e. Instead
OIL waiting until they had finished, Olaf
sen gave the order to square in a lit
at once.
Slack away your spanker sheet" he
ordered next
A man did so, but the block on the