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Show Where the Olympian Games Were Held t By Elizabeth B. Custer g From Athens to Oiympia a long and Tedious Ride Scene of Former Grandeur a Mkss of Ruins Wonderful Statue and Sta-Temple That Still Remain urn Filled with Sand Rural Scenes Apparently Unchanged During 2.000 Years - Few Penetrate Oiympia's Solitudes. Eut the Trip is Well Worth While. by Joseph II. wih the games. The rietoni ex- - hibited their prizes public places and between the sculptured columns of this temple (here once stood the evidences of the conquests of young Greece. Imagine a whole street of such beautiful temples extending from the theater of Dionysos to the town, all holding the trophies of the trium-- ' pliant competitors. Hut Oh mpla soon lost its local celebrity in the days when the oracle of Delphi proclaimed the the favored one ol j the many centers for games, and It was h national festi- val that brought people from all over the world. Foot rac s, hurling the Uncus, wrestling and boxing were followed la time by chariot and horse rates In the conglomeration of debris we traced the foundations of the walls of the great buildings set aside for the ac commodation of those entered for the contests. lint a small portion of the great stadium has been redeemed from the mass of sand in which the river buried all of Oiympia by a change of its course. Etuwleaj Elisabeth Bacon Custer, widow of the hrii!c (Jen. George A. Cuater, who w.ut masmscred, with his command, In the Black hills hv the Bioux ;i i th.- battle-o- f the Little Big Horn In 1S76, Is well known Her hooks, "Boot" 4S a vigorous writer ami Saddles," "Tenting on the Plains" ami "Following the Guidon" have been widely read.) The stadium, unlike that at Athens, One does not reach the original scene of the athletic games which which has one circular end, thus inude Greece bo celebrated without doubling the distance of the run, had feet in a straight line. There tome hardships and great taxing of 630 patience, it is a long railway Journey were no tiers of seats such as we saw from Athens to l'atras. but not un- at the stadiums of Delphi, Epidauros comfortable. Then conies a night in a and Athens, but the gentle slopes of hotel that makes you shiver every the hills were sufficient for the spectalime you think of It afterward. Next tors. You approach through a long morning there is an early start on walk once lined with statues. A little such a railroad! The one daily train to the light of the entrance a portico Itopa at every vineyard and wine shop extended almost the entire width of apparently ami trails along so slowly the sacred precincts. Under this roof that it. takes one twice the time lor the the people strolled- - back and forth There awaiting the call of the herald to the journey that is necessary. never has been a town at Oiympia. Il arena. In front of this marvelotisly was a district sacred to temples, al- beautiful portico sacrifices to propititars, treasure houses, the palaces of ate the gods were burned on altars kings and to the celebration of the whose foundations are easily traced now. An archway on Hie left of the games. we had stadium was the entrance for the conAt the ruins at Delphi tree left. testants. One arch is still standing the only launl Keen and is far higher and larger than the Some of the photograph represents. i Mrs - walls of the long entrance remain, having resisted the pressure of the sand which settled there so long ago. After we had passed through this trench on the side of the hill we as cended the slope to sit down on the hill in the midst of the asphodels of the poets, near the low wall where the start was made. The same birds that sung 2.000 years ago were singing the same songs; the blossoms were putting up the very same lovely faces to the cloudless sky above; a shepherd boy was piping the unaltered notes of his ancestors with the reeds of his simple Instrument fashioned as of old; a woman In a Meld close by watched the herd, distaff In hand, and a farmer turned up furrows In the river valley near with a wooden plow of the clumsy make of archaic days. The hand of a Greek maiden was once the prize competed for, and yet only one woman, the Elelan priestess, was allowed to view the sports within the guarded precinct. We almost felt as we sat picturing the entrance of the superb youths through the vaulted archway that a trumpet would sound, (tearing the hill of the daring petticoats that had ventured to view the forbidden field. Even the palm was handed to the victor by an emperor and not a worn- flower-crowne- ml Jy TemDle of J Sj Lysicrates. where so many years before chaplels were woven to place on the brows of the winners of the names; so we knew that the laurel which is so rare now in Greece rew then under the patient care of those who had dedicated its leaves to the conqueror. The ruins of Oiympia are far more accessible than those at Delphi, Mv comic or Kpidaurus, for we escaped The sacred the steep climbs. were in the valley of the River AlpheiOS, and though it is far from our Ideas of what a river should he it still is a grateful sight to have a stream In the vicinity of any of the great ruins of Greece. Of course, before going to trace our way through the labyrinth of marble and rock we stopped at the museum The world will to see the Hermes. have to make pilgrimages to this marvelous statue, for in all the excavations carried on by the different societies schools and archaeological from every country the Greeks now Insist that .the great "finds" must be left In the museums on the grounds, and so the large Rums offered for the Hermes have no effect. II is to remain in the small isolated and unget-at-ablcorner of the world. The museum has accorded the statue a large space quite by itself, anil the hush of the tourist, the silence In this alcove, is like that about the Slstlne Madonna In the Dresden gallery, With the Madonna It Is not alone reverence for art which seems to have been Inspired, but for the woman and the mother; but before the Hermes one is silent from awe of what art has d e Of course we sought out the temple Where the Hermes once stood. The base of the Hereaon, the oldest temple in Greece, had a row of pedestals on where statues once stood. I'ausanius described the very place of the Hermes between the carved columns. Outside, on the wide walk leading to the Btadium. there are many pedestals of the money given for fines when the rules of the games were broken, for these contests went on for 1,1)00 ye ns and were of such Importance that her aids were sent over the country to and warlike proclaim to turbulent Greece that she must pledge herself to peace while the competition lasted a After three successes portrait statue could be erected In the Alt is b These date so far back the victor. that the first was wrought in wood Some of these figures are now In the There is an museum at Athens. archaic stele of Arlstoti. the first Olympian runner, which gHw HUM idea of the costume of the athlete sad He the development of the muscles is said to have run from the battle of Marathon to bring the news to the city and to have fallen dead at the porta! of the temple of Theselon. The spear he carries was doubtless a trophy won by his prowess There Is a beautiful little temple in the heart of Athens which I Visited over and ou r i 'i bre.mse il bad to either side still left, TOLD 3 I HIM THE TRUTH. TURKEY In sit d iCupyrlebt, do Entrance to Stadium. au, The prizes were only branches from the sacred olive tree. The whole scene unrolled Itself to us as we sat looking over the ground where the anxious or triumphant heart beats of the contestants could almost be heard after all the centuries in the now solitary spot. It Is dllllcult to Imagine any scene on earth more spirited than when the name and country of each competing youth was called out and heralds announced them with the clarion notes of the trumpets. And what a generous thought was It of the patriotic Greek to restore the stadium at Athens and make an object for the youth of today to undertake exactly the same games of the long AIM UNKNOWN HERO Jad's Indignation Got the Better His Judgment. There's main a hero goes without bis medal, even In these day of medThe whiz of the cannon ball al living may develop a hero, and so may the hz of the highball One such was recent h in New York city. He is a clerk for a large corporation downtown and puts In eight hours at his desk every working day, no matter what be may have put In the night before, for Johnson is a convivial man. and when the while lights gleam In the Tenderloin he may generally be found "holding up his end," as the saying goes. The session was more prolonged than usual one night last week, but by the help of the mysterious Providence that looks after inebriates he reached his own abode at some unholy hour in the morning. g A alarm clock Jarred him into consciousness about eight a. m. He had been In bed, or rather on the bed, for perhaps two hours. He had his clothes on. He turned over, gave one groan, shut his teeth down bard and arose. The sun beat In through the window, bringing out beads of perspiration on his face and He had no recollection of how-hneck. reached home, but he had a faint remembrance, as he expressed it, of "whooping it up with a gang of Indi ans" about four o'clock a. m. in the Tenderloin. The tortures of the day before him were not pleasant to but he had had his dance and was prepared to pay the fiddler. He stepped quickly to the bathroom and stuck his head under the cold water faucet. His head ached fearful ly and he regretted that he could not have It pulled. The thought of breakfast made his stomach shudder, so as a compromise he stopped In at the druggvst'B and had some kind of a noisy drink which left a white sediment on his mustache. As he. walked into the office he assumed the quick, elastic step of one who lias had his eight hours' sleep, a cold bath and a rubdown. "Well, old man, how do you open till?" was the cheerful greeting of the chief clerk, as Johnson plunged at once Into his work. "Never better," replied Johnson, wincing a little as his head gave an extra throb. "Nothing like a good night's rest and a cold tub in the morning to make a man feel like he's glad to be alive." He did not say that he had had these two good things, but his manner plainly indicated that he had. "Yes, and an early morning stroll," assented the chief clerk. "I was out at fire this morning for a walk in thej park and the air is delightful at that hour," he continued. "It is, Indeed," said Johnson. "I was up very early myself this morn-tug,and he chuckled away down Inside himself at his little joke. Then he became too busy to talk. All the long hours he worked while his head ached and his temples throbbed. The stimulants of the night before kept him fairly well braced up for a few hours, hut as the day wore on he felt that the greatest bliss in the world would be to go over to that hotel across the way, fie down on a big leather upholstered lounge and let an electric fan play on htm while he slept the sleep of the just. He fought the day out by sheer grit. He might have pleaded illness and gotten off for the day, but he was not that kind of a Johnson. He worked until the closing hour and five minutes over for good measure, and theu left the office with a clear conscience, if not a clear head. The chief clerk was waiting for him at the elevator. As Johnson approached he held out his band. "Johnson, you are all right," he said, with a slow, drawling accent on the "all " Why. er, how's that?" said Johnson, mechanically taking the outstretched hand and looking a little like one discovered. "Oh, nothing," responded the chief, "only happened to be passing your place on my early morning stroll and helped the cabman take you up to your room at six o'clock this morning. Any man who will get up and come to the office on time and put in a hard day's work after being the total wreck you were at six o'clock 'his take morning has my respect, and olT my hat to You haven't you. Stormed any forts or sunk an but If the medal man ever gets down this way I'll tell him we have the man he's looking for.'' nerve-wreckin- " 1 1 Mer-limac- ago! It would have been even more an event of the centuries had Oiympia been chosen, but Its distance and Isolation and the hardships to which the spectators would tunc been subjected were Insurmountable obstacles. One must he an enthusiast or an archaeological scholar to lslt Oiympia as It Bird's Nest in Audubon's Tombstone. John J. Audobon, the naturalist and bird lover, Is buried In, Trinity cemetery, on Washington Heights, near Broadway, says the New York Tribune. There has been erected over his grave an lona cross the arms of which are connected by a circular hand of now is. stone, making apertures of the Tour fn one Hut there are rewards awaiting corners at the intersection, every one who dees penetrate to the of these robins built a nest last month. The Interest Is In- This fell under the eye of a caretaker, Isolated ruins tense and no one need hesitate to go who got a pole and dislodged the one Is not an archaeological. nest. The birds flew about disconClassical or historical scholar. Enough solately for a time, then went away. can be acquired through the guidebook So far as any one knows, Audubon and a little study at the museum be dtil not turn over In bis grave, neithfore making the Journeys to give a er did any ot the oarred birds on the le ir Idea of those world renowned shaft cry out. centers of Greek scholars, artists and athletes. Pessimistic Girl. Tess "You'll be all right If you can You know the) s.iy the Lying Somewhere. only cook Not sure where "the future eontro. best way to reach a man's heart Is of the world lies." professor, but guess through his stomach." Jess -- Yes It the fellow who knows It all lies any- will Just be my luc k in reach It with where between here and the Antl heartburn or some other phase of pOdsa and back the other way. dyspepsia." ' of An old German farmer, who resided in one of the rural districts of the state of Iowa, was the father of a boy, whose lack of Intellect was the cause of no little anxiety and solicitude on the part of the pahtf'f-witte- ternal parent. "Dot Kiy Shou," he was heard to remark in the course of a conversation of like Teutonic with a neighbor origin, "he lss not ferry bright, aber I ton't vant you to tell him because I ton't vant him to know it." Meanwhile the young hopeful was driving through the barnyard with a load of hay, which in attempting to turn a sharp corner he unfortunately upset. The old man immediately became "Shou!" he bellowhighly indignant. ed in a voice of thunder, "you iss a a fool, plame fool, you always you always vlll pe a fool, you no! know noddlngs." Judge's Library. 3RUTALITY OF MEDICAL ETHICS. A Great Surgeon Barred from Membership in Medical Association. IFrom the Nation;;! Druggist for June, 1307.) Augustus Charles Bernays, who died a few days ago In St. Louis,' was, probably, the foremost surgeon in the His fame was coUnited States. extensive with the civilized world. He was not only an operator of the highest order, but a tireless and exhaustive worker in the field of original surgery. He performed the first successful Caesarian section in 1889 in St. Louis, and also the first successful coeliotomy for gunshot wound of the abdomen and the first gallstone operation in Missouri. A record held by Dr. Bernays has never been equaled:. out ot eighty-onsuccessive cases of appendicitis which necessitated in succession operations, seventy-onwen? with perfectly satisfactory results, the seventy-seconpatient failing of recovery, but the subsequent nine cases were successfully treated. And yet, with such a record, matchless as was his skill, varied and extensive as was his learning, wonderful as were his accomplishments, he was not considered, by the American Medical Association, as worthy of membership in that organization. No charges were ever brought against him which, in the remotest degree, reflected on his qualifications as' a surgeon; his moral character was never the subject of attack; he was never accused of having done anything unbecoming a man or a gentleman, "The head and front of his offending had this extent no more!" He dared to think! He( refused to mold his opinions and to govern his actions by the arbitrary rules which those whom he knew to be his inferiors had set up for his guidance! In other words, he could not regard the Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association as being inspired, or having any binding authority on him where his judgment told him it was wrong. And so, twenty years ago or more, on account of some trivial in fraction of this sacred "Code," a movement was started to expel him from the local association, which was only defeated by his hastily sending in his resignation. As membership in the A. M. A. is dependent upon membership in the local and State societies, his name was dropped by the national organization. And so, though he had saved thousands of lives; though other physicians had profited by his art; this brilliant surgeon; this great and able man, has. during all these years, been an outcast a medical "scab;" not recognized as "ethical" or worthy of fellowship by that body of physicians banded together in the American Medical Association! And this is the association which, under pretense of working for the public good, is. in reality, only seeking to control Congress and the State Legislatures In the interest of their own selfish schemes; which is trying to create a Cabinet position and to place one of Its members in that position; which iz endeavoring by law to exclude from the use of the mails, of medicines who all manufacturers do not Comply with the absurd re quirements that they choose to sel up; which. In short, is trying to pul upon the statute books of State and nation laws that will, in effect, estab lish a kind of medical priesthood, to which only their own members will be eligible with power and control over the health and lives of the peWe! God help the druggists, the drug manufacturers, physicians not mem hers of their guild, and the people generally, if this association ever sue If It does. ceeds in its undertaking. It will, after the fashion of the labor unions, dictate a "closed shop," and say to doctors who prefer to be Independent, "You must join our union or, failing to do so, compel them to get out of the business. It will say what medicines shall be taken, and how they shall be made. It will hedge the people about with a lot of petty regulations tinder pretensefof protecting the public health In fine, a medl cal bureaucracy will be established to tyrannize over the people. Let no man call this a false alarm If there are those who are Inclined to do so, let them read the journal of the A. M. A. I,et them scan the proceedings of the association, held always behind closed doors, and care fully edited, as they are, before tbtr are published in Its official organ. If they will do tiiis they will see that Wi are not trying to create a bugaboo to frighten tbel- - timid souls. 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Rhode Island stands for the best in turkey production. The last census shows less than 7,000.000 turkeys in the United States and only about 5,000 produced annually in Rhode Island, yet, according to a. turkey expert, if all the turkeys of the coun try were of such good quality as Rhode Island's, their total value would be doubled. According to the department of agriculture, the growing of turkeys has greatly improved during the last as a result of a determined effort on the part of producers of "standard bred" stock to demonstrate that it is much more profitable to use pure breeding stock than the smaller and less vigorous stock of times past. The wild tut key is also being used to instill further new vigorous blood into the bronze flocks. Inbreeding is the fatal defect among the practice of many turkey growers. 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