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hero under the presidency of pr, Bliss
 l visited the institution with considcra-
 ble satisfaction. and was shown all
 through the college by Mrs. Bliss, the
 doctor being out of the clty
 The chief feature of a soiourn in Beirut
 is visit to Dog river, passing en route l thlther a Christian church. that was m 1 use in the second century. The stream owes it's name 10 rock now fallen into the water, but which was once attached to the face of the cuff at it's mouth, which was said 10 have borne a remark able resemblance to Il dog or wolf More over, 1t had a hollow mouth in whlsh the entering winds from the sea created sound as the paying of a hound. The drive to the river Is lined with pretty | Syrian villages, cafes and silk worm farms. The latter represent a strange h. dustry, for the eggs of the silk worr1 are carried around in the breasts Of tne women until they are matched. The worns are then placed in trays filled with rresn mulberry leaves and left to feed in shedl built of cane or reeds, and matched to keep out the rays of the sun Having thus gorged themselves the worms arc removed about the middle of May to lk'y bushes, where they immediately commence the weaving of the tissue in which they deposit their eggs This tissue is both a cradle and a grave, for as soon as the eggs are deposited therein the parents enshroud themselves and die. They arc like the pyramid builders Of Egypt, spending their lives In the fashioning Of their tombs. The object of my .vis,t to Dog river was to inspect some steles and figures. carved high 1lp on the rocks by Rameses II about HOO years berore Christ. as well as several Assvrian ln- serptions, executed by the order of Sem nacherb. The cliff in which they are cut is supposed to be the rock Of sessostiis mentioned by Mohar, the Egyptian trav- eler who called Tyre "clty In the sea. and visited this locality in the fourteenth century B, c,
 The women of Syria arc siiperbly hand some and on my way back to Beirut beheld what l deemed Gods masterpiece In feminine fashlonlng. Like the little maid in Hoods We Are Seven.p her beauty made md glad and I feasted my eyes upon her ravishing beauty. She was bare headed and bare footed and was as- sisting a man whom [ took to be her hts band in cleaning a ditch that hanked the road.
 Beirut is rich in her classical environ
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ments and historical associations. The famed, Gates of Cilicia are not so very far away and Daphnes Grove is but q littie distance removed. Here are also tendei memories of Eleanor of Provence, often called the Queen of the Tronbadours, that strange, wild flower of southern France whose wanderlust took her to the Holy Land and whose frivolities shocked Jeru- salem. Like Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII she was passionate. beautiful. self willed and misunderstood. Wife of Louis VII and mother of Richard Lion Heart, she was neglected for the fair Rosamond of Woodstock. and withered before ths harsh air of the northern isle. Probably no one kne'Y her heart better than tie poet who has placed in her mouth, Louis of France loved me and l dreamed that I loved Louis of France, and l loved Henry of England and Henry of Iinglann dreamed that he loved me. but the mar riage garment withers with the putting on, the bright link rusts with ths breath of the first after marriage kss, the harvest is the ripening of the harvest, and the honeymoon is the gall of love"
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are held annually in caxerns where lights
 are extlnguished and the sexes mingline
 in the license of darkness. choose eom-
 panions for the year. But the Druse
 creed is now known which is belief in
 the unity of God and that His latest mall
 Hesitation was Hakin, 6 ealiph of the Fa-
 tamite dynsty. These people are said to
 be the most supereilious or al the east ern sects; they are fanatieal and war
 like and frequently indulge in bloody conflicts with their neighbors. the Maron-
 ties. Of the latter there are some 200,
 Go in Lebanon and they live by cattle
 breeding and silk culture. The name is derived from an old monastery situated
 on the Orontes and called after a saint
 of the fourth century of our era. Mar is the Syrian word for Lord or "Master," :"
 and later applied to a saint. and
 Maron is translated my lord. Originally they mere Monothelites Choldng that in
 Christus there was only one wilD. but since 11s2 they have been gradually ab. sorbed by the Catholic church. still. how eyer. retaining some of their special priv ileges as the Syrian liturgy and marriage of the lower clergy They are ruled by a Christian pasha and sheiks chosen from their aristocracy and they pay a tribute to the Turkish government. It was Mar onite soldiers that l noted at the railway stations. Catholic travellers entertain a good opinion Of the Maronites and de- spise the Druses: American and English residents in Syria have a lenlent side for the Druses and think but little of the Maronites, while the Moslems despise most heartily all of them
 Fhe sun was garbing old Hefmon wthsa royal mantle as I reached Baalbek. the sky had put on a Nubian blue and red light enshrouded the six isolated. cloud floating columns of Inc great temple once called "The Three Stoned" the rival of the acropols and the competitor of I<ar- nak A young lady once told me that when she obtained her first glimpse of the IImalayas. she fell upon her knees and wept in ecstasy; I did not do this, but I felt like it., for trembled under my AS I gazed at each self poised arch and polished shaft Madame DeStaefs frozen music" 1oated through my brain and tho mocking winds that the affrighted shadow the painless mazes of columns, clusters of glory tlnctured capitals. spec tral, mounds of shattered blocks ana gloom tinged avenues of Titanic runs brought to my ears the sad threnody of Iamartine penciled on this spot As the sun eapt from column to column | saw in my fancy the nickering ray of a sa- cerdotal lamp borne by priestly hands trough the gloomy depths of the sane tuary each portico, pillar, altar and
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springng from the brain of zeus. plenafiiv equipped and provisloned. and in less than two centuries disappeared as eoni- pietely as the strange rivers of Syria bury themselves in the sand and are gone forever.
 Lebanon at one time furnished costly woods to the Assyrian monarehs but or It's world famed eedars there are scarce lv over loo extant In the entire range, and these were too far north of my route Tor me to obtain view of them.
 Lebanon is principally Inhabited by Drusea and Marohites. The former wear pEeturesdue robe of red and white strlpes. their characteristic colors. and Il kufeyeh, which Is kerchief bound with q black cord, and they enhance the tint of their olive skin by a liberal daubirg of rouge, while their eyes are rendered artineiallv bright. The only name which they recognize Is Muahidln Unitarians), and the word Druse is probably derived from Ieman Darazi, or Durzl, who was their first apostle in Syria. They have been a puzzle to all nations and some horrible stories are current relative to their cult and practices, but the same tales were told and believed anent the early Christians The Mosems today give credence to the report that infants are slain and eaten in the midnight as semblles el the Druses and that orgies
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The Maine Boy
rom the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star
 Woodbury Pulsifer. at the Maine sooi- ety's reunion in New York, praised the sturdy perseverance of Maine's sons.
 Perseverance, pluck, self denial." said MT. Pulsifer, those are the qualities thar bring Maine boys success.
 Tt was a Maine boy in Paris-he is a successful sculptor today-who was sought out in his garret in the Rue Boissonade by a rich friend. who wished to invite him to a New Years luncheon.
 "The rich friend, who hadn't yet decided on the hour for the luncheon, said
 T don't know whether to set it for F o'clock or l. By the way, old chap, when do you lunch, as rule?'
 Thursdays said the Maine boy"
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when he declared, 'The winter is upon its
 head. the spring up it's shoulders, the | autumn in its bosom and at it's feet 1 slumbers the summer
 We passed many squads of men en- gagged in gathering large quantities of snow to be sent to Damascus. where t is manufactured into ices and sweets and scores of women offering for sale the
 same thin loaves of bread that I ob- served in Egypt and of which I have spoken. I purchased one of these loaves as a curiosity and handed for inspec- ton to an Englishman seated next to me, who immediately threw it out of the window. Upon my seeking an explanation for his strange conduct he stated that he thought 1t a uiece of brown waste
 paper and deemed that he had been doing
 me a favor in it's summary disposition.
 At every station I noted the presence of a military guard in a local uniform. for
 Lebanon is a quasi independent govern ment and has it's own standing army.
 Words fail an attempt at presentation of the glorious scene which greeted my vision when we had reached our highest altitude. It was snow and silence about me holding roses and courtesying trees in the offing. I stood as 1t were upon the edge of a huge crystal bowl in the bot tom of which sparkled an ambrosial bev- craze, the rivers Asi and Iitany (the classical Orontes and Leontes), for the flood of these streams is called a bev- craze, and pronounced to be the most agreeable water in the world.
 was gazing down into the fertile val- ley of Blk ah, called by the Greeks and Romans Coele-Syria, which nestled be- tween the Lebanon and Anti-LebanOn ranges, two unbrolen dorsal ridges which extend for over 100 miles in their course, and contain Baalbek. the Pearl of the Orient. fanked by the two rivers Just mentioned The peculiarity of these streams is essentially Syrian and eon- sists in their being instantaneously born full 1edged rivers and as suddenly dis appearing under ground. Tho one that surrounds the ruins of Baalbek and pen etrates their subterranean passages, dis sipates in the plain below as suddenly as it came to light. This strange pile nomcnnon has given birth to the Moslein nroyerb. "The waters of Baalbel1 never leave home." and in this peculiar physi- cal characteristic I observe a simile in the history of literature reflected in the unannounced untutored and inexplicable leaning into life of the polished mins- trelsy and consummate poesy of the troubadores of Languedoc and thoIr northern kinsmen the trouveres. coupled with synchronal advent of the mime singers of Swaba wbo came as Athene,
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CHILD OF SEVEN IS
 MUSICAL PRODIGY

Paris. February CSpecial.l l-Rennes, q sleepy Brittany town, which does not make many discoveries as a rule, and which Is known in contemporary history chiefly because the second Dreyfus court
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The Age Herald Is authorized to an- nounce J. K. r. Laird candidate for member of Board of Revenue of Jeff ferson county. subject to the action of the democratic primary. Platform Good Roads. Residence 15 miles west of Bessemer.
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Cal L. Dabbs of Bessemer Is a eandi- date for member of Board of Revenue of Jefferson county, subject to the ae- ton of the democratic primary. 1912. Will appreciate your support.
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FOR HOARD OF RnvExrtE

The Age Herald Is hereby authorized 10 announce the candidacy of Captain H. w Crook of Bessemer Ala, for the office of the Board of Revenue of Jef- ferson county. subject ~ the action Of the democratic primary. April l, 1912.
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The Age-Heraid is authorized to an- nounce the candidacy of Hugh McGeever for the board of revenue.
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The Age-Herald is authorized to an- nounoe pr. John s. Gillespy as a can- didate for Treasurer of Jefferson coun- ty, subject to the action of the demo- cratic primary. April l.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-13

the floor of the senate second to
no man of that body.
Had you ought not to have a
consultation with him some day?
One great man at the proper
time would be a tower of
strength and safety"
He comes nearest today to be-
ing the leader of his party of any
one man in it.
If you want to see him, I think
l could arrange for him to call,
when in N. Y I put in all day
yesterday in the Dem. Cloak room
of the senate and ! guess I an
swered about 25 different sena-
tors What is the trouble in
Kansas" I told them that it
was an attempt to nullify the law
of Supply and Demand. "
The Cotton Growers could as
well with their surplus crop this
year demand some Spinners to
pay last year prices. That in
creasing the production from 5000
bbls. to 10000 per day meant a
surplus, and in oil as in cotton
the surplus fixes the price of the
whole crop.
If you think of anything for me
to do let me know, but I guess the
members of the H R., including
the speaker, pretty we'll under
stand the situation.
l could quietly give away a
dozen or two more Of the little
books. l have bought and given
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-13

away many copies of Lloyd S
Newest England, and I think
it is doing good work.
If at any time my long scribbles
annoy you, chuck them in the bas-
ket, but one has, at times, to pour
out wrath somewhere, and I make
you the victim. Sincerely yours,
JOSEPH G. SHELLEY.
P. Sin Re power to fix r. R.
rates, Mr.. B. is for giving power
to make rates, but will fight the
idea of separate court. was
sorry not to be able to change his
views on that topic.
The "Mr. A." to whom the
above letter is addressed is, of
course, Mr., Archbold.
The Mr.. B.. whom Mr.. Sibley
describes as a Democrat and as
great man" is conclusively
proven by Standard Oil docu-
ments to be none other than Bal
ley, of Texas
We see Sibley revealed in his
regular occupation, spying and
tale-bearing for the Standard Oil,
laboring for the Standard Oil in
terests, arguing for Standard Oil
causes, distributing little books"
"qnietly' and displaying his
eager willingness to serve the
trusts in any way.
If you think of anything for
me TO do. let me know" says Mr..
Sibley, and probably there was
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-13

well understand the situation "
The usefulness of Mr.. SibIev ;.
the Standard Oil and the war W
and means of his election hav;S9s
been made clear, the iudgment =
Mr.. Archbold having been inst;
fed, let US turn to other and mo-.
important phases of the corrunt
politics Of Pennsylvania
Quayism has become a word -
be handed down in American b;s
tory. 1t means the same tbjnc u
relation to state and national gov
eminent that Tweedism means i
relation to city government
The essential purpose of this
article IS to prove by convincing
facts and Standard Oil documents
that Quayism was merely h.
product of the Standard Oil Com
pany; that Quay himself would
never have been possible excent
for the corrupt and INSCRIPTIONS
activity of the big interests.
Back of Quay stood the criminal
trusts supplying the money with
which he debauched the politics
of Pennsylvania. Quay was made
by the trusts, supported by the
trusts, directed by the trusts, and
relied upon by the trusts to do
grade of work that even the more
self-respecting servants of the
trusts would not consent to do
Sibley was the trusts sneak and
spy. Quay was the trusts bully
and bravo. There was no vile or
violent deed that he would not
commit for his trust masters. and
in serving them he often plum
dered and foraged for himself in
such desperate way as to bring
him within the clutches of the law.
Quay knew that he could do
this with safety; that he was too
useful to the trusts for the trusts
to abandon him, too dangerous to
the trusts for the trusts to desert
him.
When Quay came within the
clutches of the law, the trusts rose
superior to the law and rescued
him. When Quay S villainy caused
him to be rejected by the state
legislature as a candidate for sen.
ator, the trusts rose superior to the
legislative body of the state and
caused him to be appointed by
their private trust governor
When the senate of the United
States repudiated Quay and re
fused to recognize his stained and
soiled credentials, the trusts rose
superior to the United States sen
ate and sent Quay back to sit
among them, elected by the crimi-
nal power of corrupt money, a tri-
umph of desperate and debauched
politics over subject people
In next Saturdays Georgian more q
the interesting Standard Oil letters will
be printed.)
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signed in his own hand of his spy
ing operations in the senate. his
description of his efforts to earn
the approval of his trust masters
set forth in such detail as almost
to resemble an itemized bill.
There are many such reports.
many other instances of keyhole
watching and tale bearing from
Mr. Sibley to Mr.. Archbold But
the one that we reproduce here
will give a sufficient example of
Mr. Sibley 5 assignments and ac-
tivitieS. The others will be repro
duced in due time.
Joseph G., Sibley, Chairman
Committee on Manufactures
House of Representatives, U S.
Washington, Feb, 26, 1900
My Dear Mr.. A.
Yesterday I had a long talk
with friend in the senate whom
you know ] have always regarded
as one of the strongest men in
that body Mr. 81, a Democrat.
He is wholly and unalterably OPP
posed to the Prest. S and Gar
field S policy VS.. corporations. I
think he is prepared to make a
great fight against the vicious
principle that the Govt. can open
my books or reveal my trade Sc
crets because some one thinks I
am engaged in making too much
money.
He has the courage and the abil-
ity to make legal argument on
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-13

We have seen in the first two
articles on the Standard Oil letters
that the Standard Oil Company
completely controlled the politics
of Ohio
In this series of articles we are
dealing with the Oil Trust, and we
will see in this article and in the
succeeding articles that the evil
conditions which existed in Ohio
are repeated in Pennsylvania
In fact, the whole Of govern
ment IN both of those states lay
in the hollow of the Oil Trust s
greasy hand and many a political
palm did that same trust grease
with It's oily hand
The main extender of the glad
hand and the greasy hand TO ser
viceabe politicians was the oily
Mr. Archbold here in Pennsylya-
MIA as in Ohio.
Our letters in PENNSYLVANIA are
again mainly to and from Mr..
Archbold, the same Mr. Archbold
whom we knew and noted as "The
Political Purchasing Agent Of the
Trust IN Ohio.
Here again in Pennsylvania are
distributed the same secret certif-
Gates of deposit for services rem
dered the trust The pohtical
names are alone different Instead
of Senator Hanna we have Sen
ator Quay Instead of Senator
Foraker we have Senator Penrose
Instead of Congressman Grosyenol
we have Congressman Sibley, as
characteristic samples OF trust Sc
cret service men
To make the comparison more
perfect. we have IN Pennsylvania
as in Ohio. an Attorney General
controlled By the trust TO prevent
the law from ever reaching the
trust
We have judges appointed al
the instance Of the trust and
Governor acting at the beck ane
call OF the trust.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-13

Joln Il. Archbold will soon be
seen to term him
When last we encountered Mr..
Sibley he was acting as a re
triever for the Standard Oil in the
house of representatives Mr.
Archbold had been out cunning in
the house Of representatives for
new statesmen to add to his
STANDARD Oil bag. Mr.. Sibley,
faithful dog of the trust, pointed
reliably in the direction of the
game and stood stiff and rigid
while Mr. Archbold fired his Ger
tiicate of deposit
Then Mr. Sibley brought in the
bird that Archbold had winged
and laid it humbly at his master S
feet, and Mr.. Archbold patted
good old Sibley and praised his
faithful service.
The cooperation of hunter
Archbold and good dog Sibley was
not an accident
Hunter Archbold had picked
out faithful Sibley for his good
hunting points and reliable char
acter.
Hunter Arehbold had early rec
ognized good dog Sibley's devo-
ton to corporate and vested in
terests, and his fine nose for pry-
ling into other peoples business
and detecting weak and approach
able statesmen
Hunter Archbold had promptly
realized how efficient a rRedi-
Ium on the hunting grounds at
Washington Sibley could be and
had taken an active interest in
placing good dog Sibley in the
house of congress, where he could
do effective work for the Stand
ard Oil COMPANY.
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Quay the Engineer
In Pennsylvania.

We lave a similar glimpse into
the internal workings Of the polit-
zeal machine We see what a CON
slant supply of Standard Oil is
required TO make the machine run
smoothly We see Quay as chief
engineer Of the machine, and
Archbol9 as the busy oiler
We see the successful operation
II tho machine resulting in the
Manufacture Of Standard Oil
tatesmen iii Pennsylvania as in
VOhio
Let Us begin with the election
of SibIey The Standard oil $
wretched little political Spy, as
Mr.. Hearst has called him.
The efficient medium, as
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-13
SOME FEATURES IN HEARST'S MAGAZINE FOR JULY

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Phillips; The New Woman and the Old" by the famous
Italian historian Guglelmo Ferrero; IF Glasgow Were
Running New York City" by Hon. Frank L. Cohen
Master of Works of the Scotch city, divorce Versus
Democracy" by the brilliant essayist c. Chesterton
Another nstalment of The Inside of the Cup Winston
Churchills now celebrated novel Illustrated by James
Montgomery Flagg captain Kidd in Wall Street, by
George Randolph Chester author of the Get Rich Quick
Wallingford" stories The Autobiography of Admiral
Dewey and reviews of art, the stage science finance
and politics by the best writer's.
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-13

nothing that Mr.. Archbold could
think of that the servile Sibley
was not ready to do.
We have seen him in past chap
tiers decoying for Mr. Archbold,
tempting fellow congressman into
the snare.
We have seen him now put
ting in all day in the Democratic
cloak room of the senate" lobby
ing for the trust, though under
pay from the people
We have seen him distributing
trust literature which Mr.. Arch
bold stands ready to substantiate
with certificates of deposit.
QuayiSm Only a
By-ProduCt of Oil.
We see him sounding out sena-
tors, reporting satisfactorily on
Senator Bailey and offering, in
case Mr.. Archbold is willing to
see Senator Bailey, to arrange
for him to call when in New
York. +"
Finally, we see Sibley confident
ly reporting that he guesses the
members of the house of repre-
sentatives and the speaker pretty