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" P, UFTER some hundreds of year: of - loitalng in ethereal rulsu, :onli of $- - ‘ 9093 mortal: rsliirvi fojnliabii otllff llodier, their way 'one sasiy hae is the 90- ,sos of.Pn|iJeerfDda Manuel 2.111-ada Ca- Qfera, of Gllsienads, a Nero or Caligula re- Durned to earth. ' ' There, mcordlng to a.i_.iertbni of his fel- low-couniryises, you have the cold, cruel-.iplrli iha: could drum raucoiunoku ' ns a #ddie lvhile Rovss¢.if|lloiuandt fed £30 burning fumes; that could order s general ,culling-0# Q/ head: hut to enjoy the .fight of blood. fi Thi: lr the nonulto, for years, was in pomenlary peril of auoulnallon, because the country over evhldi he has ruled eo despot- fcally has been ncrcharged with indignation in hi; ryrasnlcaiacu. , _

Surrounded by a bodyguard, every mem-

lw of who-i».iw been mipiiiea ia pm. iii. doyally by some unusual aa of racrifice; eating Io food osher than that cooked by his mother, had uni iohise under a padlock, lowhich only le and ehewcarry keys, he has been experienc- lsg loses runnin of the terror which he has _°.U_¢lighted so en ln others. -y One attempt to blow, Cabrera to piece: in Fl street has failed; for year: he hai lived in Qbfecf terror, striking blindly but fatally at

and for alike; a.1n'1i'ng the best /amiliei f -fha' land; shedding blood when he so planed, like 4 borlberlon. And /or nn year: alnrosl unparalleled reign of terror hm

‘gona na in Gsatessala ‘

r’ . Could Polilt fl!-like apply in his rare, the 'node sigh es-pea no mf qf ia. bling an- salted to on tl&rat¢ Banquet, ond lhere, after

Wie" hiss md 'be-precipitated through 'I lrspidoor _ orrlble dungeon, reelcing 'with poirososs fllh or alive with dealh-deol- :leg reptiles. ` ' . _ I ~-~ ‘i _ For lhi|~u.m¢ld bs but a repetition of the Heath which he is charged with having in-

liiorsd on ,man o{ his countrymen in the ¢ Home of the gre: deaf: Fri'¢ndi.',f _'_ _

DAROH the fnqidslhmd records of Unslm the chron-

S ieiaa ei tha Ooeso. mes or -rnrslse anaemia, ins-

tories of norman in Russia-yea and svsa the setl-

.""mt;muwnUngso¢PosandHsggard-andyos will

the eruelties ohersed to this men. who

mesa w eletacos er s ‘csou-si americas Mpsblle. _ llerohents from Guatemala on visits to tea united

‘tales have reoeatiy told enough of l-be “House of the

aot'sl'riands°f tostamgitssthsprise tortersand

thbonssafailtims. flaylsld dlahwsra persistent

isdoatdlessehslehadssthbousehadresumsd

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- House of tba presidents fnollllal glie Dhrele sug- gests somsthisg pleasant, doesn't it! A piaoe where the assidsat might axosoild to eutortsin in lordl styls

sea who had the honor of saing accounted his glands. --1-Bot; no; the expression ls ironieal 'rm irony ls very hm-- on the lies or a osstemslaa. “ru enter with me itll of such atrocities I were never beard of elsewhere.

_’l‘he_prseident‘s trhndsl in the dret pises, there is

anna who could be sailed his friend. exoeoillls. perhaps, that poor old woman who gave him birth. and now ti-iss h hor pitieble way to shield him from assassination. And it is doubtful if he is friendly even to ber.

'lluttherasrsthosswhofrosithsirhighpesittsog

Elin. through odlaial courtesy. bs ssllsil his friends. Hs

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dsvelopsuehpowarelsisadsrthat usasssn- Usl uprising and sinks the

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lnari. or it may be that he was simply hacked to places by s sturdy swordsman.

Al any rate. there was no chance of escape. The' iiouso of the Prcsident's Friends gives up no

secrets.

No man who goes there Lndor the ban returns. Time and again has this frightful tragedy been ensue-

sd, according to assertions made by refugees from Gusts- mais.

Now it wus a mayor of a city who was suspected of

having instilled into his eompeers a spirit of dlsloyalty,

£2! to the government. but to the single autoorat who

d usurped the reins of government. N0 warning w'as given . lm. Hs' had no reason to

bslisvs that he was suspected Upon going to the ban-

guat be donned hls_avenlng dress, pieced s rose in his uttnnbole. Hs was at his geyest.

But he was never soon again. A plebelari, passing the

palace. heerq s fearful yell somewhat before midnight. "li will sound in HU Nfl till death." be declared. in telling of the incident.

Again, it was one of the presldont's eilioial family-a

cabinet member who had not shown proper willingness in "go alonk" with the aidmlnisu-alion's policies.

Not even s wall reached the_outar worm to tau ef his

ediau to the scans of troubled oustemelan politics

0*-her cabinet members, it is asserted and believed,

went in the same way. it became _ common expression in Guatemala whenever n man in any ofllcial capacity became outspoken on any subject: "Ha'i| -be invited te the House of the Yresldent'e Friends econ."

For the last.ssvaral years the house has not been

used to any great extant. it hnsn't been needed. The

als of the president on eil adairs of the country has

an lumarkahly firm until quita recently. But new it

is feared that the old style of invitation will come into vogue again.

Don Manuel Estrada Cabrera was. up to a dosen years

an a lawyer, prmztlcing in a rather humble way in his native sountry. .

l‘n time, by what ‘seemed to his townspeople to bs

nothing more than decent service, he became a Judge of the oourt in Quosaltenango.

The president of Guatemala than was Reina Barrios.

He appointed Cabrera to a position in his cabinet. B9 eillolent was ho that he was soon appointed first desig- nado, which is the next highest position to that of pres- ident. -

iihortiy afterward the president was assassinated I0 a

C-iatamala struct by a man believed to be oraly. At the Urns no suspicion was attached lo any one "highor up." The assassin disappeared.

USURPED THE PRESIDENCY

The people prepared to oiaot a president. But they

reckohed without lhe doslgnsdo. Cabrera stepped into the limelight and claimed the olhos. Buch a thing had Diver been hoard of before, although other presidents hid boon killed ui' had died i:i ollloe.

But the legal mind of Cnhrom convinced every one

that since in lbs Uultad States the vias president suo- eeeds the president, ll the chief dies in olhoe, the same should he done ki Guatemala. Bo he became president.

"It will be only for s while; the eleotiolll ire not lar

off," said those who did not think him the right man Rl the ofiloe.

But he did not propose lo Isl the elections interfere. By the time election came he had the police and mill-

tary so thoroughly under his thumb that they went to the Dolls In squads with slips of paper bearing his nomo. Few others were allowed to vote, and ha was elected.

And in the same manner ho was afterward elected to

snuther four~yenr term.

Hia soldiers are not educated _men. They fear him.

and obey. They regard him as an Imperial ruiar, not a

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president. His word is law. " ` ` ' "

Modern inventions are used ln strengthening his reign.

He has had telegraph and telephone ilnss constructed everywhere, These are not for public utlligy. Thoy are to heap him in touoh with his military forco-the foros that keeps him in power.

Every night every officer :Tun send to him ovsr ths

wires a report that all is wel, and it must conform to eertaln rules which ps-ova that no ircaobary is afoot.

Like cities of medieval times are some of the walled

habltatlons of Guatemala. No one may go from cos town to another after nlghtfsil under orders of the prssidenL

No one may leave' the country without a special

Dt-~mlt. signed by the president himself. What if one should decide io ignore this suis sud get away as best he could?

This has been tried. l'e;saps the fugitive has been

rush! in actual night. or in prooess of packing his trunk. t is all the same.

Usually na is taxes by the soioiary out named tn-

waii of the city. and there, without any show of a trial, is stood up and shot till dead. and than hurled where hs lail.

Naturally a oowardéim knowing that be had usurped

thnx-asicenual odoa. lim-s has tall all sions that hs wo not bs able to maintain his tenure, or his life. U things were allowed to tako ineir ordinary course. io he has irltrenohod himself behind those bulwarks which his sehr-ning mind and knowledge of the law made possible.

His spy system is nolorlous. It is the last straw that

has llnpelied the people to revolt. in an aitort to throw oil' their loud.

lt seams strange tn think oi the people of a rapubllo

planning a revolution, daesn't ill But it is s renuolio in name only. _

Th l trevoi tlnwa lsdh

forms: pxsidsnt ollaustelrrala, a.nyaxlfl:`fn\g:

Howie/ne fé/not/5 Po//bca/Phrases WereC'o/bed

lea arc gond-

thoss llluloxtlllaexi- instill.; ere-of making use of

phrases in

I P01 "C to voters. ot one in s score, doubtleu. -has the slightest Idea ol the

eoui-‘oe fro? which sue express ous earns.

No stlcklsr for the

nfwneaa of s phrase As t e average - binder. When a 'vxrd or scntcnce gots into history or common me

at is good enough for lulhor many of the

eirikinr -'iyin that

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‘Jxhd :£;mWl\i:l1:“tl|l|’-)-,I ru- .rw “f0|` i"d°£*°||d°U”i Brlirlioqrsfofl from iim.- 4:.;iiii»niurlal I!! basil., linlhili' liven- mlm-r-_ --T-

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OLITICLL ore-

tors in Amer-

g pamphls-i tvrlitifii (if reply to Uiiliuiil- B\lrbr's |mo»\|\ilinu."

,,..,,,.,,., Q.. ,.......... A iess_in ii.»~ <1 rw-

in iso? in reference to the bill which established lwusa- hold suffrage; ami he was also the author of that an pressive term. "Maddie and muddls.”

From Dr. Joseph Holt. bishop nf Exeter, far hack in

the seventeenth century. eams "Che hail the world knows not bow the other half lives."

Clover. comprehensive and vigorous. D|sreali's poilt~

iaai sayings sssily nechad beyond the needs of his time “Baaotioa lathe oonssqusnesofsaatimwallngfaomlts Illusions," stat conditions in It

Eleven yaers later he was ready so denials. “lineilty

is set the language of politics.” And as afaatioa of political diversity of sxprseaiot we rich the signldoanes or his "Party ie orsenlaad apislon. _

'PEACE WITH HONOR”

But Disroe|l's most popular phrase was "Pease with

honor." whlf-h he eolnsd to emphasise the ssneshions is

England by the Berlin Uongross otrll. when he and lard lailsbury covered themselves wth IIN).

An amusing story is told is oonnsotioa with the

national Joy crested by tha lnddsni. Ill the course of s poiittdi iestuset ililltratas with sisrsoptisoa views. la s seasts-1 vilisga st lslllusoesnsle sad Lora

ssiiseery, with ummm sonar.” were throws open tha sarees., els among tba snai- aeaa laeaassuy usulna *welsh ie Paner-

A misquoting of a lllilg '\I$ ll! persisted for

almost twi. centuries ls the one soothed to Sir n-mi-1-t Walpole- "livery man has his prius." lA'.\:\i ne rl-nl-y eats. ia .tormy ‘lsnuooiauon sf the opposiuim in im House of Commons, was, "All thaas msn hnvr their erica" The vudar application has been the nel-i\..,;. .lf ssl pglltioal animosity silica

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us wall as its rights." Hinds

like s. present-day slogan. It ilrst appeared in a public latter addressed by Thames Drummond, under ssorstary for Ireland. to the Tipperary landlords in ill, wbao they demanded soldiers to ooliaot their rants.

Much in line with the arguments of the recent peaes

oongi-ess is lbs famous expression. “its sohoolmastes

M abroad" which we owe to lard Bmughang who soughl News tlrstolses tothesoldisfllrdeqhislna. lnesseeee on education delivered in ill. ‘&a sohoolnastc I sbsnem and I trust to him sssosd

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dhility” and advances

As Uma h IB

famous wstehwofd. "na m '

"Home rule" was invented by ef the Irbh aontrovsrsy also came tsmaos boast that ha would "Dress

tliroulh Ls! Mt of Parliament.”

His else a -‘Nothing is pelmasiiy rlset which is moe-

aliy wrong." and tha famous phsan. "No poltieai N- form is worth a drop of human blood.”

Ihr tha evolution of the word "Iingnlsm indebted ie s enupist sung in Dglish musie Mus

-.ben trouble ssamad immismt with hunts oves

war with Turkey:

W: le::`s`v:e‘“r¢‘o:: ire messy. teal

on this side me ses wo hsvs quite aqualad slr James

Mar-ltlntish's “lnasisriy lnnutivlty." "Platform," again, as a riasorlpilun ui s party or of a candidate. is often in-ment to be American; in reality it is of vary anolsnl ni..i highly respectable egggga, helps a-revival ef the oil

vers "platfoi-inae.“\naaiq "b lay iowa hill*

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beaaula of tha Jealousy of Cl-bnll all llDl‘\l!lll Ill' summer, which almost implicated Honduras spd lalvlr dor, was unsuccessful. and his Dropdly. whii GMM Ml t»aosesestaa.wss.nav»r¢s»isss.el|lsa»delsw\»°lbl Cabrsi-a‘s troops.

Nor was this enough. Berlllas was aasaalsatsd. and

teaaatessennep-»uuias\mseeaeu\naor~»l4~n¢ The oi-Lis took placs in the stteeis df the-CIW ill lollot

lt was found that Moralss. who si-abbsd llllllll. WM

formerly employed in the odloe of the cbiaf of P°\l¢=s of Guatemala City, soils his accomplice. :fora was e meer- iir of the plies fares In the Qlha |157.

Knowing how completely the D°l¢9'fo|\g o_| Cillll'

mala ls tn the bands of tha president. the Iadesn suv

\lwHtias~had their own ideas ooooerniux is hills"-UU nf the ei-ima, bat, of ootu-so. nothing aould hs done about il.

lf- was- not long aftsr this that tha latinas: _sinister

2: Guatemala. lose Guupboa. wtthdrlw. bellow & lift

be in danger. lie lmdtaksn a prominent *D Us

hlgto laoslhahiamesol-\hsassa»ls\atl@whsrs

halonavg

Daily Qabrare has been levyi eaithy

citizens. and thay must pay. U on the streets or being salad lo

of the Presidsnt's Friends. _

In one instance, wiiera s walthy mea refused to bs

bled by the president. be Wls QPIIIII Dlilldlred.

against nineteen others who opposed the preaidsors

policy of rsisiug money there was brought s cast-sa of sonspiidng against Oabrarvs life, and they wane aes)- ieucod to be killed. _

do notoriously tereieel was the trial seonrdsd thsss

men that the secretary of the United Btatss' llglltli-lb.

Philip Brown, cabled the stats Department at Washing ton. asking permission to uae bla psraooei induenos wt the iluatomalan government for the lives M tha mlm

Not long sinoa a dispatch from the Glzy ¢ llsgleo

stated: *A complete list of the pasons who \sva bash oondamned to death or sentenced ki tenths U fllilrfsoiii- ment in Guatemala for alleged complicity In ln ness! attempt upon the life of President &hrC\ has had received hare.

"Nearly all tha persons are wealthy. their fortunes. ll

the sggregnta, amounting to more than l0»NX@. lt U said that President Cabrera ls now attempting so havi this wealth contiscnted by the government."

The opinion prevails in Central Ameriol that nail#

the United States or Mexioo shall soon tabs Gustomsip under proloctlun,`Prssident Cabrera may ba asked to banquet in a sort of palace of tba paopleis friend; sn: that it will be his isnt meaL

Personal Paragraphs of Well-

Known People "

HE king at Greece is a keen eyulisl, and up U Q

T few years ago he was a very speedy runner. Ol

several occasions hs took part ill athletic sports ld

Athens unknown to his subjects. and ha generally WOW His repeated successes led to considerable unpleasant- ness one day. Having rsaohsd the winning post a ion] way ahead of all his competitors, an angry crowd 0°# iaetsd round him, shouting that he was a professional

sprinter masquerading as an amateur. Though not 3 great danger. he was much Qostisd. and it was Ml with the assi-:mos or tha panes that hs was able ll best a retreat.

Madame Patti reaently ibero is the llaieet speck of nearly all/ayu ls, I look for it, VNV” heaven blue for me. I spend thins 1 ll

was sir, walking or driving in as apes eerriagol md

acoustam myself to hear the extremes of summer

wlniblt"

In his younger years Mr. James 91100. Hillish CID

bassador at Washington, was an anthusiastio _rnolihtiix ollmbsr. Ona of tho climbs that lntarsstsd him

was in Lhu summit of Mount Ararat.

wins on own vase... om. as-at essaaterux

the esar, was a week old \$.0iD.il® was ii\vU& lor when she is grown shs will be one of the wsaltbisl woman nf the world.

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The sultan of Turkey has seventy-one tides. among

time holes --about Hanna, me mnarnsiiy viotoi1ous." “.'l'lia Eternally Smiling.” "The Eterriaily iuviueibl" "tha Distributor ot Crowns to the Heroes Beated on the Thrones," and "'i‘be Shadow of God no Earth."

4 lb Henry Campbell-Bannsrman, premier of Great aritsin, has s spacisi pat or his own in a parrot vhiaii ba bought when a young bird in the streets of Loudon, shortly after be entered Parliament. Polly. who h aloss sposwvsanoiagalsssmsiigmybirdwttbans sail. Bhe talks a little, but Sir Henry has a great ophlq of hal- discretion.

The king of Danmark evinoss eueh an lnterestuz

politics that lu makes a point of attending every ll

of tba Danish Pariism peastbly een.

aut that he

Mr. Hall Caine tried savsrai vocations baton hs feud true sphere in lite. When very young bg was ag

schoqlmsster. than hs dltsrsd an sruhftssfl

a Journalist

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