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- 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
svii canes. ,
- 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
iaaio-is ofthemaihfnratanytirsslayofthammsy
dsvelopsuehpowarelsisadsrthat usasssn-
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lvsry ones is a while o
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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
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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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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
.'-:mr -1-_ &..\r its
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
against tbs snfdiss h fill! lilll
Gladstone an-i
qssrei pm-ssas eacmsthrssssr
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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