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OUR PLATFORM.—The Georgian
stand* for Athinin** owning Its own ga*
and electric light plautn. us It uow
owns It* waterworks. Other cities do
this and get gus as low a* 60 cents,
with a profit to thc.elt.v. This should
l*e done nt mire. The Georgian Its*
lleve* (hat If street railways eta he
operated stieeessfully hy K u r o p e a n
rltles. ns they arc. there Is no good
reason why they cannot ho so operated
here. Hut we do not believe this can
lie done now. and It may he some yeari
Itefaro tie are ready for so big so un
dertaking. Ktill Atin111a should set it*
face iu tint direction NOW.
As to Watson’s Magazine.
Elsewhere on tills page appears a
communication from Will T. Hale, the
delightful poet of Tennessee, to The
Nashville American.
In paying a deserved tribute to the
Life of Jefferson, Mr. Hale speaks of
the rumor that Tom Watson will pub
lish 111* magazine In Nashville.
As to this Mr. Hale is In error. Mr.
Watson's muKazlue will be published
front Atlnnta. whoro It will work out
Its destiny, and will be a distinct add!
tlon to the literature of the South.
French Family Life.
At n time when the escapades of
Count Bonl and other Jeuncsae dorec
of the Faubourg Saint Germain have
lieen furnishing u more than equitable
part of the news of the world, a lec
ture of .Prof. Barrett Wendell on
French Family l-lfe Is particularly ap
propriate.
America anil Americans havg se
cured a sadly erroneous Idea of the
character of the French ns u nation.
It Is a popular diellef that they are
Ciddy. frivolous, profligate, and almost
wholly lacking In lilealB of life or mor
ality.
Almost the exact converse Is true.
No uatlon ou earth is more economical
In domestic affairs or more sternly
honest nml virtuous than the French.
As Professor Wendell points out,
the socliil scheme of the Family dif
fers from that of life English ami the
American, nml therefore It la not un
derstood by ns. The ties of kindred.
Inevitable In the course of nature, ap
peal so strongly in the French mind
that, generally speaking, the objects
of prime affection In France are par
ent. and children. The authority and
dignity of parents uml the duties of
children are commonly mlmltted ami
observed there with remarkable cor
diality.
It Is this conception of the family
as the fundamental social fact which
underlies many phases of French
manners and law. frequently mlstm-
deratood hy foreigners. Of these, per
haps. the most, salient Is the dowry,
so often regarded as indispensable to
marriage. Though In complete control
of the husband, so long as the marriage
persist*. It Is really In bla hands not
os a personal possession but ns some
thing more like a trust, to be held and
freely administered for the benefit of
the family of which he Is the head.
The bold of the family In French af-
tpctlon Is implied III the depth of sen
timent gathered about the word "foy
er." Not, precisely equivalent to the
English v.urd "home," this Is equally
tender 111 its associations. It signifies
the center when that little social
group, the family, gathers together,
and where euch member of It has his
place and Ills duties.
It has at once 11 more highly devel
oped social character than t e English
or American home. and. so far as Indi
viduals arc concerned, a somewhat
less personally private. Each mem
ber of tin- family conceives the affairs
of the rest, so tar a* they concern oth
er people, in some degree his own.
This throws light on the French con
ception of marriage, which concerns
not oajy the happiness of the Individ-
itals Involved, hut also the readjust
ment of the foyer. Our common Im
pression that French marriages are
arranged without much regard to the*
inclination o! the par flea, la mistaken;
but this Inclination Is not held para
mo ml to the consent of parents,
which Indeed Is required by law.
The duties involved In marriage are
li-cugalzad In France with complete
feandor: the French, however, are dls-
■ -cd to regard domestic duty as of
-' i I importance with conjugal- The
Tonnrte femme," for example.
OUT OF THE NEWS OF THE WEEK—A SATURDAY EVENING.
In the news of the week—at beat, a sorry mixture of politics and crime
and scandal that Is likely to give one mental indigestion If he keep not
the real good and Joy of life always in bis mind's eye—there has figured
prominently a murder trial being conducted In the obscure little town of
Herkimer. X. V.
Dependent entirely upon the way one looks at It, It may be regarded
as a tawdry little tale of sin and It* wages—or It may be regarded aa a
tragedy of humanity.
Of this story, a friend of ours said, In rather temperlsb manner, the
other day:
"I don't see why the newspapers print such disgusting stuff.' It is
Just the same old story—telling of the worst there is In life; those who
figured In It were of the lower class of society—and what good can come
of veutllatlng that eort of thing?"
Our reply wfs that the Ideal of a newspaper Is, of course, to give In
formation; also. In the giving of Information, to reflect life as it Is.
Here Is the skeleton of the atory:
A young factory girl, good looking, but with hardly any education,
a farmer's daughter, was waiting at her father’s home for a man to come
and right the wrong—so far as .he might—he had done her. After a
loug time, he came. They went ostensibly for a day's outing on a lake.
Then some one heard a death cry ring out across the waters 7>f Big
Moose. The next day the girl's body was pulled up from the bottom of
the lake. The man, a sallow, anemic sort of fellow, somewhat above
the girl as to station In life, 1/now on trial for his life.
On one of the days of the trial this week the usual crowd of morbidly
Inquisitive people was packed In the dingy little courtroom. They were
ex|iectlng a “sensation."
In the coarse of the morning the prosecutor Introduced into the
trial, as evidence, letterf written by the dead girl, to the man now facing
the penalty of death.
As the Drat letter was read to the court, a quiet, unbroken except by
the-slow tones of the prosecutor, fell upon the people who, a moment ago,
were craning to get a look at the prisoner. All over the room handker
chiefs were at the faces of the women. Before he bad read two of them
the people had begun to realize that the depths of human love and suf
fering were being laid bare. Then the crowd who had come to satisfy a
banal curiosity, broke into sobs.
After the prosecutor had finished reading the first two or three, he
had to sit down to keep from crying, and the court was adjourned for five
minutes to allow the state's attorney to regain his composure.
Aa the court stenographer, a veteran who had been at a score of mur
der trials, took notes of the letters, the tears rolled down his cheeks. The
chief of police, who had for ten years been in direct contact with suf
fering, misery and aorrow, calloused and unemotional, putlod his hat
down over his eyes, left , the courtroom and went to his room.
As letter after letter, telling of her suffering and the forgiveness and
love which the girl gave to the young man, was read, men and women
got up, choked with sobs, and stole away.
Those letters showed that the love of the girl had transfigured her
aliame and sorrow Into one of the grandest expressions, of human emo
tion. The reading of them In the court room changed the vulgar cu
riosity of the crowd Into a feeling of surpassing pity and compassion for
one who had alnned, nml their feeling of Indifference toward the defend
ant into hate of one who had failed to do the man’s part in the drama.
The girl had had practically no education, and was of humble caste
In life. Bo humble was it that her lover always went secretly to Bee
her. Yet In all the literature of the world there Is not finer expression of
pure and surpassing love than In these twelve letters of the factory girl.
Thus, out of the degradation of slu comes an example of all tnat is
best in human nature—an example that must move all witnesses to rev
erence and pity and honor and compassion for the frailty and yet the
strength of a woman's lovo as shown In the case of Grace Brown.
As there Is no such thing In human nature as absolute good, so there
is no such thing as absolute aln.
And let ua from this case draw the conclusion that one who has
fallen may yet be purer and better and nobler than you and 1.
That Is the lesson of the little murder trial at Herkimer. It Is not
merely a tawdry little tale of sin and its wages.
Evelutten of Democracy in Denmark.
By JEPSEX BORGBJERG. Member of the Danish Parliament.
implies not only wifely devotion, but
filial and maternal as well, together
with scrupulous attention to house
hold duty; and tho Ideal of a hus
band's duty Is no less comprehensive
than that of a wife’s. Disregard of do
mestic rectitude Is ucordlngly held
ulmost as blameworthy at disregard
of conjugul. In sunt, the French re
gard themselves not primarily as In
dividuals, but us members of tbelr do
mestic social organism, which they
licrlsh with Intense affection.
The Ship Subsidy Steal.
The ship subsidy steal, passed by
the senate Iasi session, and which
will come up before tho house when It
convenes In a few days, Is beginning
to'he taximed hy Republicans and Re
publican organs.
In his speech delivered the other
day before the Trans-Mississippi Com
mercial* congress. Secretary of Btnte
Elllin Root made a strong plea for sup
port of this measure.
"The latest trade statistics," said the
secretary, "show exports from South
America to foreign countries of *745,.
r.so.ono. anil Imports of l4S9.8Sg.tOO.
Of the *.'00,000,000 of goods that
South Amqrlcu buys we sell them but
*63.2411.02#, or 12.6 pi* cent. Of the
$745,000,000 that South America sells
we buy *150,092,000, or 20.4 per cent,
nearly two and a half times as much
ns we sell.”
The chief of his suggestions ns to
measures to develop commerce be
tween the Americas was that of In
creasing—or as he said, establishing—
the American merchant muiluc.
The only way to do this. Mr. Root
argues. Is hy subsidizing the ships.
In short, he, as spokesman of the
Republican party, wants the American
shipbuilding trust to be made richer
nt the expense of the iieople. In re
turn tor which (^attributions the peo
pie get nothing.
There was once a powerful Ameri
can merchant marine. It dwindled
because of two things :
First—the protective tariff enables
the .American shipbuilders to charge
extortionate prices for their output—
prices far above those of the European
construction com|iaiiles.
Second—the law prevents the buy
ing of ships In other countries and
bringing them under the American
flag.
For these reasons our merchant ma
rine languished.
Now it Is proposed hy the Republi
can party, not to alter these condi
tion to enable America to compete
with European countries, but to take
from the pockets of the ixople enough
money, trf* be given gratuitously to
American shipping lines, to allow
them to expand their business.
ship-building trust, which Is charging
higher prices for Its product than the
European builder.
See the steal?
The subsidy Idea Is demonstrated to
he unsound ’by every hand-book on
economics. Sometimes there is Justifi
cation for it. In oxtraordlnary circum
stances, but In the present case It Is
nothing but an attempt at highway
robbery by the Republican party.
The only logical and equitable solu
tion of the merchant marine problem
(s’ to admit foreign-made ships to
American registry.
Bullets for Tillman.
Those eminent negrophlle* of the
Eaat, who, at a distance, discourse so
learnedly on the negro problem and
the errors and crimes of tho South in
handling it, would do well to address
their attention to the highly civilized
city of Chicago.
The negroes up there, inflated
doubtless by the reading of cards to
uewapaperB on the Brownsville affair,
are writing threatening letters, saying
they will do damage to the Hon. Ben
Tillman if he attempts to fulfill his
appointment to Rpeak at Orchestra
Hall next Tuesday for the benefit of
a hospital. Several of the letters,
written after a number of mass meet
Ing of the negroes, said Senator Till*
man would lie shot while on the stage
If he attempted to deliver an address.
Now, Isn’t that a fine si>ectac!c to
be seen Id the Halted States of Amer
ica? v
Isn’t that a tribute to the civiliza
tion of the negro?
Isn’t that a tribute to the civilizing
influence of Northern culture and phil
anthropy aa applied to the negro?
At the present time, when economical
conditions In America have become
such that a radical change of'system
seems an absolute necessity and proba
bly will be forthcoming In a very near
future, a few Jlnes allowing how the
people of Denmark have risen from
the utmost - poverty to one of the
wealthiest people In the world, may
not be without Interest, as evolution
In the United States will probably In
many, ways folloxv the same track.
After the disastrous war, with Aus
tria and Prussia In 1884. the people of
Denmark were financially crushed and
there seemed small prospect that they
would be able to recover within a few
years, as they actually did.
In the beginning of the seventies the
means of communications In Europe
suddenly developed In jumps and bounds
and shortened the distance betwen the
countries, and especially between
America and Europe and the former
began to supply Europe with grain;
thereby, seriously affecting the Danish
people, which, on the whole. Is depend
ing upon the prosperity of agriculture.
Farming property went down in price
to such an extent that In the middle of
the eighties they were worth only 50
per cent of their former value. It waa
then that the Danish farmer showed
the world the stuff he was made from.
He saw' that It was necessary to
change nil his methods, his whole sys
tem of farming, and he did it. From
being a grain producing nnd grain Im
porting country, Denmark became a
grain Importing country, importing corn
from the U. 8., barley from Russia,
etc. It began to export. Instead of
grain, meat, bacon, butter and eggs,
nnd rapidly made for itself a market,
where the superiority of its products
was immediately realized.
This whole ehungp took place simul
taneously, with the farmers forming
large co-operative concerns using ma
chinery and steAm power. In 1880 the
first separator was introduced and In
the beginning it was only a few enter
prising men who built co-operative
dairies and bought up the milk from
the smaller farmers, thereby making
fortunes in a very short time. It did
not take long, however, before the small
farmers discovered that they might
just as well have their own co-opera
tive dairies and keep the profit aa to nil
the pockets of others.
In 1882 the first real co-operative
dairy l was opened and soon waa fol
lowed by others all over the country,
until there Is now no longer In the
whole kingdom a peasant who does not
own one or more shares In a dairy and
who gets for his butter and cheese as
much as the owner of the best estate.
In the same way the farmers Join
ed hands to dispose of their eggs. All
over the country depots have been
made where farmers deliver their eggs,
which then will be shipped to England;
the value of tills export Is now over
sixty inlilion dollars a year.
All these co-operative concerns are
not socialistic—the right of a private
party to own real estate Is and always
has been the foundation, but they are
exceedingly democratic and In one re
spect very much different from stock
companies—you do not v/>te according
to the number of shares you hold, but
each shareholder has only one vote, no
matter whether he holds one or a
thousand shares. There nre a few
concerns where we say that the cows
vote, that Is to soy, you have as many
votes ns you have cows, but these con
cerns are very few, and altogether the
principle, one man one vote, is recog
nized.
It has never been the object or en
deavor of any Danish man to get ahead
of his fellow citizen, nnd it Is here
that we Danes are different from
Americans. In the United States It
has always been the wish of every am
bitious man to muke an enormous for
tune, even If he had to trample upon
his fellowmen to do so, but In Den
mark we have always thought it would
be better to have the profit divided
among as many as possible, the ob
ject has always been to get ahead
together with your fellow citizens nnd
comrades and this feeling of solidarity
is one of the traits in the natlonnl char
acter that we have the most reason to
be proud of.
This whole agricultural has,
course, also Its dnrk side*. People say
that the people living In the country
do not get us nourishing food us In
former days.
The good, sweet infik upon which the
children of the farmer and the farm
hands were fed, no longer exists; it Is
too expensive. Ah soon as milk has
been taken from the cow, it is imme
diately brought to the dairy and re
turns skimmed milk; a wholesome
drink but not ns nourishing or ns
pleasant to the taste ns the old-fash
ioned fresh milk. This has brought
the result that the children of the
fanners are less strong than in former
generations, and that they are subject
to sickness formerly unknown.
Physicians Insist that diseases like
catarrh of the stomach arc spreading
In the country, and it has been proven
by government statistics that the av
erage height .‘of children of farmers Is
smaller than It used to bp.
But In other respects there has been
good progress. The wages of the work-l . -
lng men In the farming communities - 1
kings, as known Ip the United States.
Rates for both passengers nnd freight
are low, still the railroads pay well.
Nearly all of our waterworks, gas
works and electric light work* ere
owned by the municipality and light
and water are supplied to the consumer
at a very reasqnable price. No private
monopoly is making fortunes by selling
these necessities of life, the people
of Denmark would never stand for
such extortion. Street ear* In Copen
hagen are still owned by a corpora
tion. which, however. Is under very
strict municipal control. Nobody has
made any fortune from street car
franchises as the caae Is In America,
and In another year all the rolling
stock, rails, etc., of the street car com
pany will pass Into the hands of the
municipality, the franchise granted to
the corporation having then expired.
tVe have municipal employment of
fices where any man may go and ask
for and find work.
And we have many other democratic
Institutions of which we are proud, and
upon which we bnlhl our hope of a
happy future.
We do not believe In the force of
arms, but In the growth of the univer
sal peace Idea, which should form part
of the program of the workingman’s
party all over the world. We have
seen how the people of Sweden last
year prevented war between Norway
and Sweden, and In Germany and
France It Is also the workingmen who
force the government to keep the
swords In the scabbard. Socialistic
workingmen In the German radlctfl
Reichstag advocate the cause
Schleswig, and If working men ever
get the power which they now have
In Denmark; we will have that past
which we were robbed of In 1864, re
turned to us by Germany.
We do not believe In the * famous
English statement that small nations
are doomed to disappear. We believe
that the International evolution Is the
protector of the small'natlons and that
In this we have our best advantages as
Norway had It In the Swedish Social
istic Democracy that did not want war.
During my stay in the United States
I have seen that we can learn much
from America, and shall do my best to
see that we shall take advantage of
this, but I have also seen that the peo
ple of America can learn much from
us, especially In regard to an evolution
of the true democratic Idea.
OUR THANKSGIVING
BREAKFAST SERIAL
DRARLING MIDDEEN.
A* Thaddy MncMurtafh 0'8b«ughurt#y
The otBer day was industriously mending
hi* brogue.
On a neat little hill that they call Drua*
•cusheen.
Hi* nolo and bis welt nnd bln cord were
so strong
That, noon waxing warm, be lilted z »ong,
He bellowed n* loud a* his lungs they
could -bawl.
Bad ce## to the tanners I'll lather them
all.
But I’ll first sing the praises of darllug
Niddeen.
On the face of this earth It's the most cu
rious place;
II swenr block nnd blue be the nose on my
fnce.
It's the fairest of any that ever was seen.
It's there you would see the hedge hog and
whole,
he latter eoutlnuaiiv napping ms tail
Just to raise up n breeze for the fowls of
the air.
A* the eagle, the Jackas/, and gosllug so
fair ,
All sing 'round the cabins of darling Nld
deon.
The latter small hardware they call it
potheen.
Hmulf blame to them keeping no lamps
there nt
Because of the
light.
You may talk of your lamps that are si)
Their geese go In pairs thnxigh the most of
the street,
Bendy roasted. Inviting the people they
meet
To cut. Isord uml squire, ealmgu# and
spalpeen.
Vrom the cow* they get whisky, tho gan
ders give milk.
Thctg best woolen blankets are nil made of
silk.
Their (tarty young girls, they never grow
old.
And the HtMi never set there last winter.
I'm told.
Rut stayed, lighting the pipes tor tlw
Itoys of Nlddccn.
An' If I were tAlkiug till this time uext
year.
Not n half of the beautiful beauties you’d
hear,
nmi the Hkelllg* down west to the greaj
Xorrlsbeeu,
Their great sea’s broad bottom Is covered
with grass
And maiiy's the mermnbl *een-wasb!ug her
glass.
The great elephant's teeth arc turned Into
the hogs.
8onie charmed luto sawdust, some cluing-
ed Into logs.
Or converted to toothpicks In d:irllug
Niddeen.
Loug life to the Marquis, I'm glad be'«
gone down
far sweeter village than Limerick
By WEX JONES.
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters,
Hiram Highslgn Is dragged from his
maple syrup farm by a passing balloon,
from which he Is dropped by the aero
nauts. He saves his Ufa by clutching
the left leg of a sparrow as he falls.
Chapter III. \
Having presented the sparrow with
three crumbs as a reward tor saving
his life, Hiram looked around him.
He was near a large farm house, and
from the sounds which came through
the open window he concluded that
the owner was beating his wife. In one
of the fields a man was shooting rab
bits. On the road a motorist was run
ning over a pig.
“Ah!” said Hiram. “I’m still within
the borders of civilization.”
On discovering a sign boosting apple
jack, Hiram was able to get a still more
accurate Idea of Ills whereabouts.
Greatly cheered that he was not In
Morocco or some other country where
the Illiterate foreigners did not apeak
English. Hiram advanced toward tho
farm house.
Then he paused.
A large dog was looking at him In a
deucedly Inquisitive way.
“Nice doggie," said Hiram.
Not a word said the dog.
"I only wan/ to knock at the door.”
said Hiram,
Not a word In reply.
Hiram advanced a foot. The dua
gripped him by the ankle-
Hiram yelled.
A woman came to the door. “What’s
the matter with you?’’ she asked.
“The dog! The dog!" gasped Hlratn.
"Never mind him.” said the woman,
“he won't hurt you.”
“Won’t hurt me!” shouted Hiram,
“he's got me by the leg!”
“Well, \lbll; that’s only In play.” said
the woman. “After a while he’ll let
you go.”
“Oh, he will, will he?” remarked HI
ram between groans. “I thought he
was going through life with me—like a
Siamese twin.”
“All right,” answered the ‘woman.
'Come In and make yourself at home,
when Carlo lets go.”
Two hours later Hiram entered the
kitchen of the house, closely followed
by Carlo.
“See, Carlo likes you now,” said the
woman, who had invited Hiram within.
“He's following you about like an old
friend.”
“Like an old friend, nothing,” re
sponded Hiram, with some heat. “He's
following me around until he gets
hungry again."
“But I’ll fix him.” he added, picking
up a pumpkin pie and quickly twisting
It Into a lasso.
As he twirled the lariat around his
head there was a terrific explosion.
(To be continued.)
i GOSSIP
Of * Literary Nature.
From The Nashville American.
1 note that in Sunday's Issue you
copy from The Christian Advocate
Henry D. McBroom’s poetical tribute to
Rev. Sam Jones. It Is sincere, for the
most part artistic, and wholly credita
ble. 1 wish that young Nashville stu
dent and recluae (too shy to seek ac
quaintance* who could help him In a
literary way. and too modest to believe
his gift I* anything more than Howell*
define* genius to be—hard work)—had
the encouragement one of his manhood
and aspiration deserves. He lias a
future before him If adverse circum
stances do not keep him down too long.
That declaration that men can always
make opportunities Is a lie.
The rumor that Tom Watson Is go
ing to Nashville to publish his maga-
sine reached me the other day. 1 have
never tried to understand what he be
lieves In the matter of politico, but I
know that he Is doing a good work for
the South In the literary things he ha*
undertaken. His "Life of Jefferson” Is
excellent. I know of no biography more
readable, and In It he ha* done wonder*
to *how up Southern history a* It Is.
A few such books will give the Great
Northern Glory Trust a less exalted
opinion of Its absorbing power. Where,
fore. I was pleased to hear of his con
templated removal, trusting the rumor
Is not false.
WILL T. HALE.
Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 20.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER..
New York, Nov. 24.—The first p uWte
view of the painting. "Christ Chiding
Martha." yesterday disclosed the fa.-t
that the artist haa been nt work „„
it for a half century and more. He u
Thomas Bali, and Is better known ns a
sculptor than a painter. At his h.ime
In Montclair during hla long rarer,
he has executed the statue of Daniel
Webster In Central park, and other
public sculptures, and it Is there that
he has Just completed “Christ chhlhJ
Martha."
Mr. Ball In 87 years old. and ti,„
painting was begun by him fifty.three
years ago. His work as a sculptor ha.
occupied much of his time and account,
for his long delay. In the picture th,.
Christ Is represented In the manner ,.t
the old masters, while Mary nml Mai
tlta are not shown with either the’He
brew or Italian type of face, bm with
the beauty of a more noteworthy c-lime*
No more popular win lias been scored
this week than on yesterday when
victory came to little Miss Allen Gray,
of Orange, Va„ after many disappoint.'
ments. The child has become one of
the features of the horse show because
of her youth, her beauty and the -klii.
ful way In which she handles her ex.
hlblt, Klnah. Mrs. Frank Hawlev sent
Miss Gray Into the ring yesterday to
show her pair of ponies. Brcsrnv Pin.
ford nnd Aberdeen of Plttsford'. When
the Judges conferred the blue ribbon
It was pinned upon Miss Gray's coat
Instead of upon the ponies. Hite dropped
the reins nnd clapped her hands with
delight, while the audience shouted
congratulations nt her.
George W. Vanderbilt, when In
North Carolina, Is a full-fiedged nur
seryman. Moreover, he gets paid in
advance for Ills stock. The Blltmore
park board this year made up u list
of the plants, shrubs, bulbs and other
things It felt Is needed for the adorn
ment next year of the parks ,-ind
squares, nnd then advertised for bid-
From various sections of the country
came applications, but when the board
of awards met tho only bid came from
the landscape department of tho Ullt-
more estate. He offered to furnish nil
the things needed by the park board
for $3,280.13, and as the bid was within
the estimated cost of the nursery stock,
the offer was promptly accepted.
GEORGIANS IN’ GOTHAM.
New York, Nov. 24.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
Atlanta—J. H. Avery.
Augusta—W. E. Bush.
BOYS ARE HURT
BY CIGARETTES
By PROF. CHARLES MOHR,
of Hahnomann College, Philadelphia.
Excessive use of tobacco, especially
in the form of cigarettes, dulls the In
tellect. impairs nutrition, seriously af
fects the eyes, causes functional and
organic heart (.Iseaite, «nd In other
waya contributes to physical and men
tal degeneracy.
Boys who smoke cigarettes much are
prodigious liars and thieves, have been
found unmanageable at home and nt
i schoot and judges of the juvenile
courts have declared that “of the In
corrigible and criminal class of boys,
not a boy has been found who did not
use cigarettes.” \
During the past decade the habit of
cigarette smoking. especially by boys
and young men before the age of ma
turity, has given rise to so many cases
of chronic tobacco poisoning as to
cause arid legislatures to enact laws
preventing their sale to the youthful.
Usually and unfortunately.
many
young adults who use tobacco exces-
Thls money will not stay with tbe1 lively also Indulge In alcohol, and these
owners of the shipping lines. The I «»<■»"■ °**n
most of It goes Immediately to the retina and other evils.
f.tlc nerve or
Ing men in the farming communities Boinloii, Pnmuiiir.vny «»• nallypmccn.
has Increased. llhHe It used to be I Long ||f<» to hi* he nor ti I after he’s dead,
three hundred crowns a year about j May nothin* that's leaning e'er rnu In h!«
thirty years ago. It is now between five ’ *
and six hundred crowns. To he sure,
this is not very much compared to
wages In the United States, hut it
should be remembered that everything
Is cheaper in Denmark and that a
crown will buy as much or nearly as
much ns a dollar.
Politically the Danish fanner Inis
risen from obscurity, and, as a Dane, I
am proud to say that a small farmer
hdlds a great privilege In the present
Danish cabinet: and that a man who
a few years ago was under arrest be
cause he refused to uuy taxes which
he insisted were levied without proper
authority. So quick has been the evo
lution of the Democratic idea In the
Kingdom of Denmark—It will proba
bly be many years before the people of
America get so far.
Government ownership of public fa
cilities has .also contributed considera
ble to the prosperity of the country.
The government has brought under
cultivation more than one hundred
Danish square miles of moorland, und
has thereby gained for the nation al
most as large a territory as that which
Germany took away from us after the
war In 1864.
A network of railroads has been
built all over the country, and these
railroads are government roads. We
have a few railroads owned by private
parties, but these are unimportant, dis
liked uml will shortly pass into th#
hands of the government. The gov
ernment has built railroads, steam fer
ries for transportation across the
sounds ami belts, nnd we are all well
satisfied with them: and, in fact, there
Is not a man who would care to see this
enterprise pass Into private hands. The
nation itself decides the type of these
railroad cars. It decide* the number
I bead.
May he give each teuiut a Ion* building
tense.
And their praties and butter am! pans*
tide# Increase.
I Until Dublin looks suintlcr than darling
A LITTLE NOVEL
OF THE EAST
The soft footfalls of a double-decker
camel rang out noisily on the desert
nlr.
on the camel was a man, a white
man. -Vt least he had once been white,
but years of life under a burning sun
had tanned his skin to the hue of
weathered oak. Life, by the way; un
der a burning sun must have some ad
vantages above Ilf? over a burning sun.
Where was this man going—thin man
who rode alone across the boundless
desert upon a camel which, unfortu
nately for hln comfort, was by no
means an boundless as the desert. No;
the camel bounded,' bounce.1. Jogged,
Joggled, bucked, bumped, swayed and
swlzxled like it motor boat In a gale.
The desert was in It* grimmest mood
To the scrutiny of the mysterious war
derer upon Its surface it told nothing
Each separate grain of sand seemed
possessed or the same stubborn spirit
They showed no expression: they said
nothing; they lay there In silent, grim,
sandy expectation. What did they ex
pect? -Ah, who knows the deep depths
of a grain of sand’s Imagination?
In the meantime the man rode on.
heeding not at all. From the steady
’nit of the camel one would have sntd
the rider was on his way somewhere.
Mile after mile was pavsed.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
Social oracles of Washington sav that
the next member of the upper house
who gets Into matrimonial difficulties
will have difficulty In retaining an "In.
troducer" to the inner circle*. When
an elderly man from New York mar
ried an attractive widow, with high
ambitions, he obtained the good offices
of Mrs. Chauncey Depew. Now Mrs.
Depew is deeply chagrined over the
termination of that matrimonial epi
sode. The elderly spouse of that
charming French-Amorlcnn gave a
great feast and It proved something
like the Biblical banquet.
All those first Invited had pressing
engagements and Airs. Depew was
compelled to resort to persuasion nnd
Inducement to get the number required
to grace her board. Some of thoso
over-persuaded express great Indigna
tion that they were so deceived. The
same Is true of another old and enor
mously rich senator, who married In
rather an unconventional way. He In
duced some of the senatorial women
whom he had lavishly entertained In
the days when he was supposed to be
a single man to be courteous to his
wife. But these women were so se-
versely censured by their colleagues
that they beat a retreat and refused to
sponsor the rich man> bride In her ef
forts for social recognition In Washing
ton.
The motoring world today la rubbing
Its eyes in wonder at the most sudden
and unexpected transformation ever
recorded In automobile clubdom, when
the New York Motor Club emerged
from a trade organization to a formid
able rival of the Automobile Club of
America as an aspirant far national
honors. In half an hour the entire
complexion nnd policy of the organlza.
tlon was altered.
Hamuel B. Stevens, a patron of In
ternational automobile racing, was
named for the presidency, and Robert
Lee Morrell, formerly chairman of the
Vanderbilt cup commission, was named
tor tliq first vice presidency.
Following their election the policy to
be pursued by them In the conduct of
the club was outlined. The new lead
ers are Inclined to follow the senti
ment prevailing among members of the
Automobile Club of America and the
Long Island Automobile Club, and may
cut adrift entirely from the American
Automobile Association. It Is planned
take a bold hold on matters affect
ing the Interests of automohlllng na
tionally rather than locally.
NOVEMBER 24.
I'M—Massacre by Indiana uf Moravian tuls
slonariea at Unndenhnctton, Pa.
17-t- Zachary Taylor, twelfth president of
the l ulled mates, born., Med ./ifly
S, 1850.
Hits— Richard Crober. former leader of Tutu-
ninny Ifpll. lairn.
18o7—klr Henry Havelock, hem of the In.
dlan ninthly, died. Horn U%.
IKZ-llmry Ward Bsechcr i-hoseu pros!,
dent of National Woman Kutfruge As
sociation,
.1893—John 4. Jacob, first Democratic gov
ernor of Weat Virginia, died. Horn
December *, 1829.
1898— British offh-lata at Ha ti Hit celebrated
American Thanksgiving.
1899- Kaiser Wlllo Ini visited tho Marllior.
onghs at Blenheim imlace. i
1902— f-niHir riots In Havana.
MODERN MILLER CROP REPORT.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 24.-—"The re- ’
cent rain and snow, which were quite I
general in the winter wheat belt, re- I
lieved drought conditions, with the ex- j
caption of Nebraska. That state ban!
been without moisture for a long time I
and reports from there say the cron I
Is not doing well In consequence."
of refrigerator cars to be built and Iti
decides u|cm the rates of freight, and j “Aft;” said the man.'
;r. v.av dependent u|»>n railroad It waa the first thing he ha,
said In
1.00# miles.
What had stirred this silent traveller
to such language? ,
Wall! Bee! he alight.. He •exam--'
lues an object on the ground.
It Is u strange object to find In the
mid,Ilf of the Sahara.
One might expect to find such thing*
In a city, perhaps; in a Junk shup; In a
bakery: even In an aquarium.
The man examines his strange dis
covery with great care. He evidcntly
fears some strange, evil Influence.
The object Is—a barret organ,
"Ah!" said the man. In a tone thul
was fuli of meaning. The monosyllable
said more than another man could
have expressed phonetically In a 3 day*
14 hours and to minutes.
"Ah!" repeated the man Insistently
aa he remounted the cainel with the,
aid of a pocket stepladder. :
His tone Implied that murder hud
been done.
Then he struck the camel a shnrr, i
blow with an empty tomato can, and!
ri de swiftly amy |
Whither?
• Inlv the .te.-rt knows, 1 j
THIS FELLOW
He’s enjoying hlmfel/.
He has a kodak. He
takes pictures during
spare moments through
the day, and then fin
ishes them up during
the long winter even*
ings.
You’ll never know tin*
fascination of picture-
taking until you try it
yourself.
Almost every day yoq
wish for n kodak t"
'snap a picture," and
you're missing a heap *»r
fun if you don’t get a
kodak right now.
We develop and finish
Pictures If you don’t
care to. but there's- a
regular mint of pleasure
in doing the whole thing
yourself.
Come in and see them.
From SI up to $35. We
Instruct you fully bow
to operate one, and they
are so simple
tun learn.
child
A. K. HAWKES CO.
14 Whitehall St.
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