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4 The Semi-Weekly Journal ratwwl at th* Atlant* Poatafflee as Mall Matter of ths Second Clara. The BemJ-Weekly Journal 1* publish ed on Mondays and Thursdays, and mat ed in time for all the twtee-a w*ek star route malts It contain*the n«ws from ail parts of the ”0™ brou«' t or«r a special leased wire Into The Journal office, it has a staff of dlatlaaulsbed contributor*, with stron* A*Ttcultura!. Veterinary. Juvenile. Home. Bcok and other depart men ts_ of special value to the home and farm. Ac«nt« wanted in every community tn tit* Booth. Resalttances may be made by P*"‘* money ord—. exprass mone> or der. re»Utered letter or check. yuior- who send postage stamp* ta payment for subscriptions are reeueet- StTrnnd the* of the 1-osat oer ehanced should give both th* o d an tfce mw pootofSc# iddr#wi !<rmCK TO TH* PUBLIC -Th. paly travsnng represent tire, of Ths Journal are C J O' Ferrell. J * Bryan and Jas ChUaway Any other srteo represents himself as connected 1* a fraud, and wo will bo "•J*’"*? 1 * only for money P*»d to the *>*»• named representative*. THURSDAY, DECEMBER It. ItOL To the Hon. Jo* HUI Hall: Requlezcat In Macon! The German reichsta* la having Its an nual crisis. Th* foolish turkey continue* to eat corn and grow fat. Th* country will be willing to tak* Ad miral Dewey s word for it. The Hon~Joe Hill Hall got an oration— but Atlanta gets that depot. Th* limit has been reached. A reformed Ssherman has gone to preaching. This Is the season of the year when w* pay printer prices for summer-laid egg*. The sublime faith of Mr*. BonJne s hus band ta equaled only by th* lady’s nerve. A whole week h*s passed by without a new emperor for China b«ng selected by Tai An. As Christmas gets nearer and nearer, this week's salary seems smaller and smaller. Notwithstanding th'* sort of weather. they continue to shear lambs in Wall ■tract. Now that th* annual Georgia talkfeat has adjourned we are ready to hear from These Joes make terrible watch dogs. Here is Unele Jo* Cannon still protecting the national treasury. Now that the Bonine trial has ended, Washington will have to look to con gress for Its scandals. A Praridence. R. 1., man is trying to get a corner on bean*. In Boston that would be considered sacrilege. George Gould declares he is an optim ist And It must be confessed George has •omething to be optimistic about. Os course it was an Irishman who ap plied for a position as lineman of ths Marconi Wireless Telegraph company. We should think Mr. Carnegie would haw his own opinion by this time of peo ple who look a gift hors* tn the mouth. With justice still withheld from the hero of Santiago the United States can no longer reproach France for that Dreyfus taiquity. Senator Hoar* thinks It would be suffl cient punishment for anarchists to put them on a body of land entirely surround ed by water. Captain Diamond, of the New York po lice force, has been dismissed for crook edness. Evidently a sort of black Dia mond, as it were. President Castro's attitude toward Ger many would seem to indicate that Vene zuela is rather inclined te presum* on th* Monroe doctrine. President Roosevelt has hit th* Fair banks boom below the belt, but in exalt ing Beveridge tn order to do so he has added insult to injury. When you come to think about it. It •_ seems strange that President Harper, of Chicago, didn’t make connection with that Sto.MO.OM of Mr. Carnegie'* A writer on household topics says the way to keep a cook is to treat her as your equal But the trouble with this plan is th«re are cooks that won't permit it. If you want to go up against a real game of chance, just bet your money on the kind of weather it wilt be tomorrow. It te tbe most uncertain thing going. Franc* is sending representatives to this country to study the trusts. Somebody Is evidently trying to corner either th* ab sinth* or frog-leg market across the pond. Like Schley. Admiral D*wey has been there, and h* knowa bow impossible It Is to obey th* Instruction* of roller-chair warriors to th* letter and get any re sult*. In a reoent speech at Boston Colonel Watterson exclaimed: “God forbid that I should ever be a candidate for president!” But tn case God doesn’t, *th* Democratic party will. In a recent speech Hon. Joseph Cham berlain said: “I might die tomorrow and this great empire of our fathers would still remain." It must be very consoling to the British public to be thus assured on this point. It remains to be seen whether or not this talk of electing Mr. Carnegie president of Columbia college to succeed Seth Low will have the desired effect of establish ing terminal facilities with the gentle man's pocketbook. No wonder it is difficult to pacify the Filipinos. Under the present tariff ar rangement it is right for Hawaiian sugar to come in free, but wrong for the Phil ippine article to be admitted without pay ing the full duty. It is stated that J. Pierpont Morgan Is now buying iron mines in Norway. There i* no us* of iron hiding out any longer: if there is any more of it in the world it Bay a* well come in and give Itself up to Mr. Morgan. There is a young lady tn Philadelphia who ha* never been able to laugh during her whole Ilf*. Somebody should send her a copy of one of these prohibitionist articles commending Governor Candler f*r his veto of the dispensary bill. Statistic* show that 312.000 arrests for drunkenness were made last year tn the 129 largest cities of .the country. In view of ther fact that this is only about one jag for every twenty citizens, we seem to be getting along fairly well, after all. While boring for oil water ha* been struck in the Desert of Death, which arid waste extend* from Oklahoma almost to California. And there are those, no doubt, who will claim that this is the direct re sult of President Roosevelt s irrigation message. AS TO CROWNINSHIELD. Whatever may be the public’s opinion a* to the general effect of the Schley ver dict, at least one point Is conclusive —that Schley is not a caitiff and coward, as charged by Maclay and indorsed by Crownlnshield and his co-conspirators. This charge, it will be borne in mind, was the basis for the court of inquiry wjiose finding has just been delivered and on which point Admiral Schley has been' completely vindicated by the unanimous verdict of the court. The fact that the charge was made by a person utterly unworthy of notice and i connected with the navy merely as an I employe prevents further official action against the author of the slander. But this does not end the matter by any means. By virtue of official rank, at least, there are those connected with this conspiracy who are deserving of official investigation, and the matter cannot be disposed of, it seems to us, until their case has been attended to. The fact that Admiral Crownlnshield read the proofs of Maclay’s slander and tacitly, at least, indorsed the charge that an admiral of the navy is a caitiff and coward would seem to clearly fix upon him equal responsibility for the charge— especially in view of Crowninshield's at titude toward Schley both before and af ter the celebrated engagement which brought forth all this discussion. Indeed, Crownlnshield appears to be the arch! con spirator in all this diabolical attempt to injure Schley and steal from him the glory of his victory at Santiago. Upon him more than upon any other man seems to rest the responsibility for this whole dis graceful scandal which has made the navy department a stench in the nostrils of the nation. But whether his responsibility goes any further or not, it must be admitted, in view of the unanimous verdict of the court of inquiry that he is equally guilty with Maclay in uttering the worst slan der that could be perpetrated against an officer of the United States navy, or as for that matter, against any man—that of being a caitiff and a coward. 1* it possible now. tn view of these things, that Crownlnshield will be allowed to go unrebuked while the man who, next to Dewey, has done more to shed lustre on the American navy than any man now living is held up to prurient criticism and even censured for alleged technical errors, even In the face of a victory that should have overshadowed even the grossest blunders? Is it possible that the arrogance of the naval clique will lead It to shield Crownin shield from the censure that a fair and impartial investigation of hl* conduct would compel? In the light of the de partment's past history we would not be surprised at it, but it will make all the more urgent the necessity for a complete reconstruction of this department. It should be scoured from top to bottom, and the good work should begin with Crownlnshield. Congress cannot allow this important arm of the nation’s service to be crippled by such scandals as have dis graced it since the Crownlnshield gang took charge. MR. CARNEGIE’S GIFT. That President Roosevelt has acted properly tn deciding not to accept Mr. Carnegie’s lender of 110.000.000 of steel trust bonds for the purpose of founding a national university will be generally agreed. While the offer in itself was none the less generous because of t*he character of the securities tendered (for. as is well known, Mr. Carnegie can easily convert these into cash), and is none the less to be appreciated, it goes without saying that Its accepting would place the government in an erabarassing position. No one will accuse Mr. Carnegie of in tending to bring about a relationship between the government and the steel trust that would prove as embarrass ing to the former as it would be beneficial to the latter, and yet it can not be denied that this might be the out come of the acceptance by the govern ment of the trust securities offered by Mr. Carnegie. At least this is the danger that President Roosevelt and his advisers foresee and frankly admit. And right here is an point. It is clear that the leading men of the country re alize that some check must sooner or later be placed upon the trusts. They foresee that the government will be compelled to deal with this vital qestion before long, and. therefore, they prefer to keep It out of any entangling alliances as it were. This is not only commendable, but it is encouraging. It is a definite official recognition of a condition which if not admittedly dangerous is. at least, guard ed with grave suspicion. In our opinion it te an evil which the government must cop* with at a very early day; at the same time, it te evident that the Repub lican party will not undertake the work until forced to do so. For the very simple reason that the men who draw trust dividneds are, for the most part, the financial backers of the Republican party—the ones who put up the campaign funds. The issue must be met. however, and if th* Republican party much longer Ignores it. then the people will entrust that task to the Democracy, which latter seems the most probable outcome. It te important, though, to secure such admissions from high Republican authorities as has been made in this instance. ABLEST DEMOCRAT IN SENATE. It 1s the opinion of the Boston Herald, that thoroughly non-partisan newspaper and one, by the way, which has always been eminently fair toward the south, that the Democratic party must look for some time to come to the southern sena tors for whatever Influence and strength the party te to have in the upper branch of congress; and, for this reason. The Herald thinks it important to weigh the relative ability of these southern states men. In doing this it comes to the conclusion that the ablest Democrat, practically speaking, now in the senate is Senator Bacon, of Georgia. But while he has the qualities of leadership, declares The Her ald. he needs more support than he is getting from the south at present If he is to take the control of that section against the astute Gormin, who seems to be Impending as a senator from Mary land. We believe this estimate of Senator Ba con will be generally accepted. While he undoubtedly lacks the experience of either Senators Morgan or Vest, he has the advantage of being younger by some years, therefore more vigorous and ac tive. He is also, beyond question, as pro found as either of these noted leaders and has few equals as a debater, and. more over, never attempts to discuss a subject until he has given It careful study. Geor gia can but feel proud that her senior Is thus recognized abroad as the real leader of the Democrats in that body. The Herald attributes the Democratic party's loss of northern senators to its suicidal connection with Bryanlsm, and it sees nothing for the party to look for- I THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1901. ward to In the immediate future, for the Republicans, it shows, are encroaching upon even the silver states themselves. They are preparing to capture the next Utah senator to be chosen, and they ao not despair of Colorado. Hence, It is to the south, and the south alone, that tne party must look for whatever influence It Is to have in the affairs of government. HE TALKS TOO LOUD. No one who is at all familiar with the career of President Roosevelt need be told that he is a loud talker. His is the strenuous nature. He prides himself on it. His robustness is a’part of his stock in trade. And he has turned it to good account in more ways than one. Since succeeding to the executive chair it has served him well in dealing with the politicians, who are the bane of the president’s life. Roosevelt's robust, stren uous nature prompts him to talk loudly. And this te what has disconcerted the pol iticians. ' As is well known, the professional poli tician prefers the confidential, undertone style of conversation. In the first place, it is more impressive, and in the second place it gives leas publicity to the object of one’s mission. For Instance, it Is less trying to present one's claims to office by taking the other fellow aside and in a plaintive, trusting voice broach the sub ject than it would be to have to walk up in a crowd and yell out what you want as if you were at a railroad eating room pie counter Instead of the political pie counter. And this Is Just where President Roose velt’s loud voice has disconcerted even the most hardened Washington politic ians. The stdry comes from the national capital that It Is simply impossible for a senator, member of the lower house or anyone else calling on the new president in regard to an appointment to get a strictly private conversation with him. The presidential reception room te said to be entirely too open. There are no whispered conversations. Anyone pres ent may hear what 1s going on. In fact, he can’t help hearing it. If the caller is inclined to be confidential and the presi dent thinks others present are in doubt as to what is transpiring, he invariably makes his answer sufficiently audible to remove the doubt A few days ago. It te said, a member of the United States supreme court called on the president, and, catching him by the sleeve, drew him aside to tell him in low tones the substance of his request. In a voice as loud as if he w’as shouting to a companion in a moose hunt the pres ident said: “I am sorry, but It cannot be done; all promition* must be by merit.” Other similar cases are report ed. All of which goes to show that the professional politician in Washington has fallen on evil days. A SOUTH CAROLINA MUDDLE. The South Carolina senators are man aging to get Into evidence often. Senator McLaurin, who at his own re quest, was taken off the roll of the Demo cratic caucus, popped up last Monday to protest against being ‘‘put out” of that organization. As Mr. McLaurin was “put out” on his own petition the natural way for him to get back in Is to ask to be reinstated in stead of flaring up about the doing of what he himself said he desired. His al lusion to the matter called forth more talk from Senator Tillman about resigning and leaving the people of South Carolina to settle the question. And then Senator Hoar went Into the squabble and declared that he has serious doubts whether both McLauftn and Till man are not already legally out of the senate. He suggested that the commit tee on privileges and elections look Into the matter. Senator Hoar Is Inclined to believe that Tillman and McLaurin ceas ed to be senators when they mailed their resignations to the governor of South Carolina and that they could not with draw them. A pretty question has thus been raised and the senate should decide it. Senator Hoar adduced a precedent that seems to be against the right of the South Carolina senators to hold their seats under their present commissions. Mr. Blaine, when speaker of the house, ruled in a case very much like this one that a resignation of a seat in congress once made to the proper authority can not be withdrawn. It may be that the inevitable trial of strength between the Tillman and Mc- Laurin forces will be brought on earlier than has been expected and we have an idea which will win. THE VALUE OF _ HYGIENE. The imperial health officers of Berlin, after long study of the subject, make the Important declaration that hygiene te the great preventive of tuberculosis. Cleanliness and order, they hold, are the first requisites in the whole system* of liv ing. The body should be washed daily with moderately cold water, or It should be rubbed rapidly with a rough, wet tow el. The hair, beard, teeth and mouth, as well as the nails, should be kept quite clean. Keep the mouth closed and breathe through the nose; this is the nat ural filter for impurities and injurious matter. If you are an employer remove causes of injury to health or limit them as much as possible (dust, smoke, etc.) Work time and rest should be arranged in appropriate proportion. Devote your leisure time to strengthen ing the body, especially those muscles which do not come into play in your ordi nary occupation. Take exercise beyond your place of residence. When In the opens air take frequent deep breathes, pressing your hands into your sides. Accustom yourself to inclement weather In the open. Change damp clothing and shoes. Go early to bed. Avoid excesses of every kind. They destroy In a little time what it has taken long to attain. Finally, avoid Intercourse with persons suffering from infectious diseases; if duty or calling involve such Intercourse, do not neglect the proper precaution*. If you , take a house which has been pre viously occupied by a tuberculous pa tient, first have the dwelling thoroughly disinfected. CONVICTS AND GOOD ROADS. The coming of the Southern Rallwuy’s Good Roads train has, we believe, dohe more to arouse interest In the subject of better highways than antyhlng that has ever been attempted along this line. It has not only afforded a valuable object lesson In the practical work of road building, tfut it has put the people to thinking on the problem of how to secure better roads. This thought has naturally turned to that class of labor which the state al ready owns and controls—lts convicts And the opinion seems to be forming that some rational, practical plan for utilizing this labor to this end is the one to be first considered. The Journal frankly admits that it has not as yet given the matter sufficient thought to be able to advance a definite idea as to what is best along this line, but it has been impressed with the sug gestion that to use the convicts to build a modern system of pubbllc highways is to be carefully considered, providing such a system can be made practically self-support’ng and at the same time be free from the objectionable features which are. obviously, involved in this public display of criminals in stripes. The first and foremost benefit to be de rived, it seems to us, is in removing the convicts from competition with honest, free labor; a condition while clearly eb jectionable, is no easy one to solve. Other states have tried to solve this problem In various ways, but so far with indifferent success. If, as claimed, to turn the whole system over to the yrork of building modern roadways is the solu tion of it, we take it that every one will welcome such an arrangement. The proposition to make the system self supporting by conducting a clothing, shoe and tool factory and a farm in connec tion with the system, where all long term, decrepit men and women convicts may be employed in producing supplies for the entire system, and for this purpose alone, seems, on the facq of It, to be one way of removing the convicts, as nearly as would ever be possible, from competition with free labor, and at the same time of making the system practically self-sup porting. At any rate the matter is one that is going to occupy the attention of our peo ple from now on, and it may even be made an issue(in future legislative elec tions, so that w# may reasonably expect to see the solution reached before very long. OPINIONS OF OTHERS. Fellow Feeling. Chicago News. The average man is always anxious to know the worst of his neighbor—probably because of the fact that misery loves company. Another Convert. Minneapolis Times. A member of the German Reichstag met a confiding young person in Detroit, and shortly afterward reported to the police that he hat! lo»t |<2o. When he gets borne there will bo another vote for a tariff to repel the American invasion. Encouraging Extravagance. Baltimore American. To preserve the harmony of the affair, Ad miral Schley might spend that 118.12 prize money in ride* on the loop-the-loop. Getting Stronger With Age. St. Loui* Globe-Democrat. It is confidently believed that the Nicaragua canal scheme is now tn a healthier and mor* hopeful condition than it has been at any tim* since it was first suggested, in the year 1800. Evidently Serious. Detroit Free Press. "Shot in His Home” is the Journal’s head line over a Port Huron dispatch. We infer that the bullet hit the man where he lived. *o to speak. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. New York Pres*. Wh»n you have it if* prosperity; when the other fallow has it It’s luck. Mott people feel they are generous when they do only their duty to others. Liberty 1* being able to do as you please with the rights of somebody else. Some people can never understand how a person who is natural can be interesting. About the time a man gets usied to being a husband he has to begin to get used to being a father. There are mighty few of us who do not question the judgment of engaged people in choosing as they did. Some women never Can convince them*elves that every man who is polite to them is not trying to marry them. It is not *o muds that there is pleasure when we do good deeds as that we do good deed* when it is a pleasure. The woman who knows how to broil a eteak doesn’t need to read magazine articles on how to make a happy home. The finest Christmas present ever put in a stocking is what prudish people won’t call by name without pretending to blush. FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST. The British Electric Traction Company has, during the past year, earned £600,000 in penny fare*. The Russian Minister 1 of Justice has decided to introduce trial by jury as a provisional measure. Stations on the Russian railway in Man churia are placed eighteen miles apart with out reference to the location of towns. A single brewery in Munich uses 118 rail way freight cars of its own, beside 28 belong ing to the state. Other breweries have 141, 90, 52, 80, 100, 86, etc. Ethnological investigation* recently made show that gesture language is still a recog nized medium of communication in certain sections of Australia. Out of the 88,000,000 Inhabitants of France 21 000,000 live in the town or village, in which they were born and 30,500,000 have not moved out of their native departments Only 1,500,000 have emigrated to France from colonies or foreign countries. In the Kew Gardens in London is a flower— a new kind of lily—presented by a Boer, named Melntjes, who received it from General Louis Both*. Melntjes asked that the illy should be named after Botha, but the author ities at Kew would not consent and they have named it after Mr. Melntjes. OF GENERAL INTEREST. The Chicago dry goods stores are complain ing of a shortage of young women attendants on account of the large demand there for mar riageable damsels. During the congressional recess oil was dis covered on land belonging to Senator Clark of Wyoming. «nd now there is said to be another millionaire in “the upper house” of the na tional legislature Amoe Rusle, who stopped making basket* *t 112 per week to become a professional baseball pitcher at 1150 a week during the season, is now earning 11.50 a clay by digging trenches for waterworks In Muncie. Ind. Miss Lillian A. Norton, of Texas, recently appointed chief of the finance division of the postoffice department, draws the largest salary of any woman in the service of the govern ment—l2,2so per annum. Miss Marie Corelli, lecturing at Edinburgh on. “Imagination," read an extract from a book on the Egyptian pyramids, published tn 1672, which described the use of wireless telegraphy by one Saurid, a high priest of Memphis. Professor Schaffer, an eminent German sur geon. complains that the lance is a harmless weapon, ft pierces a man without doing him any vital Injury, and the humane professor suggests that the lancehead be enlarged, so as to make it more murderous. Port Chester. N. Y., is without a receiver of taxes, and there 1* no present likelihood of anvone accepting the place. Six receiver* have died since the office was established, most Os them expiring suddenly, and everybody is of opinion that the position is “hoodooed.” The prince of Wales and his brother, the duke of Connaught; the duke of Fife, the mar quis of Lome and a lot of other titled people are stockholders in the Great Northern Rail way company. They were induced to invest by Lord Sirathbonc, the Canadian railroad mag nate. The marquis of Dufferin and Ava. who Is now 75 years of age, has done very little liter ary work since his ambassadorial retirement five years ago. The marquis' services to the state have covered the period from 1855 (when he was attached to Earl Russell’* special mis sion to Vienna) down to 1596. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, of Boston, was asked by a newspaper to write an article on how he keeps at work despite his age. He wrote the article and said it was because he had religious faith, and the article was re jected. This rejection is the subject of hl* text next Sunday. The Elks held a lodge of sorrow at Cumber land, Md., on the Ist of December, and Sen ator Wellington delivered a eulogy on a de parted member. In the course of his remarks he said with great emphasis that he would not eulogize anyone who in life had been a source of disgust and disappointment to his friends. This thinly veiled reference to the famous re mark of the senator regarding President Mc- Kinley was received with absolute silence. No Deferred Payments. Washington Star. “Is your daughter learning to play by note?” "Certainly not,” answered Mrs. Cumrox a little indignantly. "We pay cash for every lesson. The idea!” "Don’t you miss you husband very much now that he is away?” “Oh. no! At breakfast I Just stand his newspaper up in front of a plate, and half the time I really forget he isn’t there.”— Exchange. Talks and At ck(attonal Capital. Nothing has happened in a long time of such interest to politicians as the Jolt administered by President Roosevelt to Senator Charles K. Fairbanks, of Indi ana, says a Washington dispatch. The appointment of Francis E. Baker to the United States circuit court is so interpre ted. Baker was the very special friend of Beveridge. He was what might be called the original Beveridge man. There has been a hot fight over the judgeship in which the'various factions In the state took an active part. Beveridge came out in the first place for Baker. Fairbanks named no candidate, but concentrated all his forces In an effort to defeat Baker. The president appointed Baker despite Fairbanks' protests, and the result can only be looked upon as an overwhelming rout for the senior senator from Indiana. All of .which is taken to mean that Pres ident Roosevelt is determined to smash what was known <as the McKinley ma chine. Fairbanks has been a conspicuous lead er of that organization. He was tempo rary chairman of the original McKinley convention at St. Louis and chairman of tha committee on resolutions at Philadel phia. He was recognized as one of Presi dent McKinley's most intimate advisers. Fairbanks at first indorsed Judge Monks, but when he found that the pres ident would not appoint Monks he took up another candidate. Finally he announced his readiness to indorse any Republican other than Judge Baker, Beveridge s can didate. who might be considered by Presi dent Roosevelt worthy of so important an appointment. Judge Baker's appointment is a crush ing blow to Fairbanks’ prestige, and the effect of it, according to Indiana poli ticians, will be to create a schism, in the Indiana Republican organization which will not be closed for a long time to come. Another effect of the appoint ment is to place Judge Baker in a posi tion where he will have to review the Judicial decisions of his father, who is judge of the federal district court for the northern district of Indiana. Why Congressman Bartlett Quit. Says a Washington special to the New York Evening Telegram: "Representative Bartlett, of Georgia, who was a frequent visitor at the white house during the McKinley administra tion, and often came away with a frag ment from the ’political pie counter,’ does not fancy the Roosevelt style of doing business. One of his colleagues remarked to him today: “ ’Charlie, what are you doing for the good of the cause? I never see you at the white house or in the departments, where you ohce spent so much of your time.’ “ ’There Is nothing doing with me Just now,' replied the Georgia representative dolefully. ’lt is useless to go to the post office department to look after postal mat ters while the postmaster general is chasing around the country making after dinner speechs, and I do not care to go to the white house, because the president wants everybody to hear your business, so I have quit.’ ” Liberal Appropriation for Navy. Chairman Foss, of the house committee on naval affairs, is credited by a Wash ington dispatch with looking for a liberal appropriation by congress this year for the navy. He is prepared himself to take the initiative by adopting the entire building program suggested by Secretary Long, and, if anything, is inclined to go further than the recommendations of the secretary. “Secretary Long has asked for three bat tleships of rhe largest type, and two ar mored cruisers, as well as for a number of smaller vessels. The president was very strong for the navy in his message io con gress, declaring boldly for battleships and big cruisers.” Chairman Foss has no doubt that con gress will give all that Secretary Long has asked for, and would not be surprised if three armored cruisers instead of two were appropriated for. Six vessels of the battleship and armored cruiser type would cost between 135.000,000 and $40,000,- 000, and while numerically they may not make much of a showing, the money they carry is considerably more than the gen eral public realizes. “When the government appropriates foj- a ship we Include full armor and battery, and a battleship or an armored cruiser of modern type costs just about $5 000,000. So If congress provides for $35,000,000 worth of battleships and cruisers at this season it will be doing fairly well. Plans for the battleships have already been drawn by the navy depart ment, in compliance with the terms of the last naval appropriation bill, so that there will be no time lost In awarding the contracts. This will be done as soon as the bill becomes a law. vualrman Foss declines to discuss the prospects of legislation regarding subma rine torpedo boats, but It is easy to see that he does not look kindly upon it. Mr. Foss is equally non-committal in regard to Secretary Long’s bill to provide for four vice admirals to the navy. There are two other matters of naval legislation in which he is especially interested, and they are the scheme tor a national naval reserve and an Increase in the number of enlisted men. “I presume,” said the chairman, "that we will have to increase the number of enlisted men in the navy as it is apparent that with the constant addition of new vessel* to the active list we must have more men. The president and the secre tary both urge this, and congress will doubtless give 2.000 or 3.000 more sailors. I am now preparing a bln which I will introduce shortly, providing for a national naval reserve.” Nepotism In the Navy. An order issued by the navy department Is the result of the discovery that certain paymasters were getting their fathers ap pointed as their clerks. This order pro hibits the appointment as clerk to pay master of any near relative. The imme diate cause of the order was a case in which the paymaster appointed his father, who. it is said, was discovered to have the palsy and to be entirely incapable of performing the duties of the office. The order also provides for the physical and mental examination of candidates for the position of paymaster’s clerk. An eligible list is to be kept so that when ever a paymaster needs a clerk one can be furnished him from the eligible list. The candidates must be passed upon by some paymaster other than the one who nominates He Talked Too Freely. Commander Lucien Young has been re lieved as captain of the port of Havana. This action is the result of an interview with Commander Young in a Louisville paper In which he expressed his opinions about Cupban politics. Some time ago the party which sup ports Maso appealed to Secretary Root to prevent interference in the campaign. The secretary replied that the United States would not Interfere. The Maso party re plied that while it accepted Mr. Root’s assurance about the attitude of the gov ernment, it was a fact that some of the officers in Cuba were expressing their opinions about politics in the Island, and asked him to put a stop to it. Appropriations to Wait for New Year. Contrary to the general custom not an appropriation bill will be reported to the house before the Christmas Holidays, say* a Washington special to the Chicago Tribune. It is usually necessary to report and adopt promptly an urgency deficiency bill to relieve the pressing necessity of some of the departments. Chairman Can non said: “We will not take uj> any of the general appropriation bills until after the new year begins. It will not be nec essary to consider urgent appropriation bills, as none of the departments of the government is in urgent need of funds. Some of the sub-committees are already at work considering some of the general appropriation bills, but in my judgment they will not be considered by the house for two or thrpe weeks.” How Aggie Had Spells That the Home Remedies Could Not Touch BY GEO. ADE. Copyrighted, 1901, By Robert Howard Russell. A man and Wife had a peachy Daughter named Aggie. When she was 17 they put her into Training for her coming-out Party. Now that Aggie was a Young Lady, about to be Launched, her Parents were much relieved to know that she had been Brought Up so successfully. They thought that inasmuch as she ad passed through the Perils of Child hood and survived the Mumps, Meas els, Scarlet Rash, Cholera Infantum. Whooping Cough, etc., etc.,- she was safely out of the Woods. They had guided her through the Grammar and .. gh Schools and sent her to a Danc ing Academy and the Music Teacher came to the House twice a Week. Now that Aggie had theoretically arrived at the Age of Discretion and the final coat of Shellac had been put on her List of Accomplishments, they looked upon her as a Completed Job. But as Time passed on, they learned that there are many serious Ailments Chat may overtake a Girl after she flutters out of the Nursery. About the time that Aggie formed the Chocolate- Cream Habit and began to wear her Hair in the Anna Held Style, she caught the Matinee Fever, complicat ed with Actorltis and Photomania. She would go. to the Theatre as often as she could muster the Price and there she would sit in a pensive At titude and gaze yearningly at the pal* Leading Man with the Blaca Ringlets. After returning Home she would mope around in ..er blue Kimona and s\y that she didn’t care for any Dinner. Then Mother would give her some Camomile Tea and a hot Foot-Bath and tell her that she had caught Cold. When it came to Diagnosis. Mother was a Smne. While she was still subject to these recurring Attacks of Actorltis, anoth er Malady laid hold on her. One Day when Father came home he was met by Agg.e’s Mother, who was pale add worried. “Something terrible has happened," she said, “Aggie has Art on the Brain.” It was too True. She had attended a Studio Tea in a large smelly Place all done in passionate Red with paste board Armor on the Walls. There she had met an Artist. Any one could tell that he was the real Latin Quarter Article, for he wore the corn-silk Tas sels and never combed his Hair, and smoked a Pipe even when he had Call ers. He was made up in Velveteen and a Fauntleroy Collar and his Cravat would have done for a Sash. Aggie was pining for Bohemia. So she de cided that she would marry the Genius who never had been Shaved, and they could live together In the Paint-Shop and cook all their Meals In a Chafing- Dish. She began to comb her Hair down over her Ears and moved her Waist-Line up until it was stopped by her Arms, and she wore long clinging Raiment and tried to be exactly like the Slim Sisters that show up In a Burne-Jones Panel. All this made Father very Exhausted. Father was In the Pig-Iron Business and he didn't think {hat Art was such a Much. He said that a Man with silky Jo-Jo's . who painted Dying Sunsets that no one wanted to buy, was not his pick for a Son-In-Law. He wanted Aggie tp se lect a Practical Man—a Brewer, If pos sible. There Is no telling what would have happened If a new Disease had not at tacked Aggie. For one Day, as Father entered the Drawlnr-Room he heard a strange Thumping and Pounding over- Fight Whisky Until Hell Freezes Over And Then Fight On the Ice SAYS REV. SAM P. JONES. CARTERSVILLE, Ga., Dec. 10, 1901. The Journal of this afternoon carries glad news to Its thousands of readers because of the news given out that the senate had almost unanimously pass ed the bill which will erect a magnifi cent passenger station on the old de pot site In Atlanta- There was gen eral interest in .hat bill, and the mature, deliberate opinion of the thinking men of this state has been carried out by this act of the Geor gia legislature. Os course the gover nor will approve this bill and it will become a law. I have noticed with a great deal of interest the sayings and writing on the governor’s veto of the gen eral dispensary bill. I note tnat Mr. Wright Is quoted as say ing: The strongest pressure brought to bear on the governor to get him to veto that bill was brought by Bishop Candler and Frank Potts.” I am for Seab Wright first, last and always, because I believe Seab is a terror to the aquor gang and his heart is right on the liquor question; but I declare I was disturbed in mind about It. A friend of mine spoke to me yes terday saying: “Sam, I am glad you washed your hands of that uispensary bill; you could not Indorse a thing you couid not champion, and I do not oe lieve the day will ever come when £ou will take the stump and champion a dispensary in any county in this state. I know that if the governor Is In fa vor of the suppression of the liquor traffic he is placed in an awkward po sition because of his relation to other bills passed by the legislature Insti tuting and inaugurating dispensaries In dry counties by legislative enact ment. without even giving the dry county the privilege of voting upon the question. If such Is the case, that is a species of deviltry and infamy that ought not to be tolerated In a free country. No legislature has a right to pass a law putting any bad thing Into any county which that county don’t want. It is undemocratic and has the devil in it. If the governor has ap proved that sort of bills, then he Is no friends to prohibition, to say the least of It. I understand there Is now pending a till (whether passed or not I do not know), giving the citizens of Floyd county the right to vote on whether they will have dispensaries or saloons. Some have intimated that he would veto that bill. If he does, then he be longs to the whisky gang from snout to tall, and he cannot deny it. and his denial of that fact won’t weigh one hundrdth part of an ounce with think ing men. Seab Wright talks right out in meet ing, but I am candid when I say that not but one citizen of the scores who have spoken to me in reference to that general dispensary bill, but that has said to me: “I am glad you withdrew your championship of the dispensary hill.” I prefer dispensaries to saloons, lust as 1 had rather have smallpox than yellow fever, but God knows I want neither. But something has got to be done in Georgia generally on the whisky question. If the legislature of this state is to pass local laws Inaugu rating dispensaries in these dry coun ties, and they are to be approved by the governor of the state, then It will not be 24 months until the whole thing is'dispensarizea or saloonized. I wish I could cut a canal through old Floyd and Fulton counties and drain them, as dry as the desert of Sahara, and then they would cease to slop over on the decent dry counties around them head, which caused the whole Building to Vibrate. “Somebody Is tearing out the Second Story,” he said in Alarm. “No,” replied his Faithful Wife, “but the Worst has come. Daughter te having an Attack of Physical Cul ture.” They went up and looked through the Key-Hole. Aggie had on a scanty Suit of Blue Flannel and she was trying to beat the Shape out of a Punching- Bag. "Is there anything we can do?" asked her distracted Pop. “Nothing.” was the Reply. ”W* must let Nature take Its Course. .She will get over It in about Three Weeks. In the meantime we must watch her carefully or she may elope with some Weight-Lifter.” Truly enough, the Spasm of Muscu lar Development lasted only 21 Days, after which she took a good Rest and slowly regained her Health. Her Pa rents felt hopeful. The Violent Ex ercise seemed to have worked all 0e Art and Actorltis put of her System. Just as Father and Mother were be ginning to feel easy in their Minds an awful Thing came off. Aggie wan dered out one Afternoon and happened to stumble on a Club Meeting ax which an Authoress with Gold Spectacles did a Balancing Act on a high Pedestal. Aggie came home with the Literary Microbe biting her at every Step. She decided to write an Historical novel and she thought she had better hurry and get at it before she was too Old. So she began to wear her Clothes loos* and had Pencils stuck ta' hor BacK. Hair and Ink-Stains on her Finger*. She succeeded in getting acquainted with some of the Literati. Now and then she would bring them up to th* House and Feed them. Father couldn’t see them at all. Aggie said it was a great Privilege to meet People who Do Things. Father said that some of them ought to do Time. The Dealer in Pig- Iron was not very Bookish. Just about the time that Aggie was convalescing from the severe Case of Literature, she was seized with Social Reform. She discovered that she had * Mission. She was going out among th* Working Classes to show them how to be Intellectual. Mother suggested that she remain at Hom* and show Father how to be Intellectual. For nearly ten Days she was but uplifting th* Lower Classes. Then one day she bounc*d-4nto the house and said: “Mommer, I am going In for Photography." Mother groaned, but she was not greatly surprised. She was getting used to the Fads and Foibles. Aggie began to blow up the Hous* with Flash-Lights and she converted the Clothes-Press Into a Dark-Room. The Premises had a Chemical Odor. The Pictures would have been all right If the Light had been better, or if they had been given Time Exposure or the Camera hadn’t waggled, or Something. As It was, they were full of Fog and Moth-Balls. One afternoon Aggie was swiftly transformed from a Kodaker Into a Mentlculturlst She brought home a Book so Deep that Mother couldn’t make Head or Tail of IL Next Day a Young Man walked Into the Office and said to Aggie’s Father. “Sir, I should like to marry your Daughter.” “I don’t know who you are,” was th* Reply, “but you can have her.” MORAL: The Quick-Change Artist te too much for the Old-Style Parent. with their jugs and cases of liquor. These infernal old saloon keepers of these wet towns visiting the dry towns ai.d taking orders for whisky is an out rage on decency and right. But some folks will have whisky, yet in my judgment it is a mighty low down kind of folks that want IL If all the whisky drinkers in Georgia could be marched out into line and a fellow could look at them as they marched, and especially look at the tail end of the procession, if he had a spark of manhood or decency, It looks like he would forever quit the crowd that brought up such a rear procession as he is marching in, I used to march with the gang—l know them—but thank God, thirty years ago I quit that gang and have quit them for good. I am troubled in my mind about the condition of things in Georgia on the prohibition question. There Is the mutterings of trouble ahead. There is going to be thunder and lightning and storms and cyclones and tidal waves Jn my judgment in the next twelve months along this line. As the saying is, there are thousands of us fellows w'ho have an old grudge against liquor which is mlghtly easy to stir up, and when you do stir it up you stir some mighty hot blood on both sides. I don’t know what brother Walker Lewis is going to do now. lam afraid the governor's veto has put a quietus on him. I was counting on brother Lewis in the coming issues. The pro hibitionists of Georgia that requested Governor Candler to veto that dispen sary bill, and now lie dormant and quiet in coming issues, their request and their views and opinions amount to no more with me than a dog a barking. If there was a whisky man in Geor gia who fought that dispensary bill I have yet to hear from him, except Seab Wright's reference to the main pressure brought to bear upon the governor. There is one thing I do not like as quoted from Seaborn Wright, and that is, that he expects to retire to a quiet life on his farm. If he does, then two of strongest and most vig orous men, who stand on the right side of all questions, will have retired— Tom Watson and Seab Wright. Now, gentlemen, you can all fold your tents and take to the woods, but I am going to fight them until perdi tion freezes over and then fight tnem on the ice. I just ain’t built that way, boys! You can all take tQ the woods that want to, but I am by whisky like the Hon. Joe Hill Hall Is by rail roads—l am “agin” it on all occasions. I don’t care how the legislature goes nor how the governor goes nor how the supreme court goes (and if a ma jority of the supreme court Judges’ noses were as red as a beet they would not lean more unerringly to the liquor side of every question they have up before them Involving the over throw of liquor and the maintenance of prohibition in our state), nor how the world, the flesh and the devil goes, I propose to go with the women and children of this country and fight everything that makes a wife miser able, a mother unhappy or wrecks a home. This may be undemocratic. It may be unpreachercratlc, it may be unmethodistlc. It may be unblshop like. but them is my sentiments, gen tlemen, and by them I will stand. I leave tonight for a tour of Missis sippi, Louisiana and Texas, D. V., winding'up my tour in time to get home Christmas eve. A merry, happy, jugless, kegless, bottleless Christmas to all the people of America! Yours truly, SAM P. JONES.