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NATIONAL CAPITAL
IS FUUJJF KICKERS
People There Are in Washington Who Kick at
Crowin;: Roosters, Sneezing Men and
. oisy Trolley Carsand Then at
All Things in General.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Washington Dec. a.-There are
kickers in Washington There are kickers
everywhere But at the national capital
one can probably find a greater aggrega
tion of complainers than anywhere in this
broad and plenteous land. Not long ago
a woman complained to the police that
the crowing of a tiny bantam rooster in a
neighbor's yard awakened her in the morn
ing. thereby causing her great physical
injury and disturbing her peace of mind.
There is no great amount of commerce
In Washington and hence the streets are
very quiet.. A person who has been sleep
ing under the rumbling, wheezing and
roaring elevated trains in New York,
would find a perfect paradise in the death
like silence in the streets of Washington
at night One of the street car compa
nies for the convenience of its patrons
recently put on some very large and hand
some earn. But the nolee was a trifle loud
er than the ordinary cars and there wm a
complaint. As the company was put to
greater expense in instituting the new
service, it gladly sold the big cars.
But the palm has been awarded neither
to the kicker on bantam roosters, nor yet
to the s'treet car kicker. It Is being waved
in glorious triumph by the man. who
would have sneezing abolished among pas
« nengers on street cars. This Individual has
written a communication to a local news
paper in which he urges the press to com
mence a vigorous crusade against the "un
protected sneeze. ” He goes on‘to recite
that a German scientist stated that in
the aet of sneestr.g a person scatters the
resulting spray over a radius of 30 feet.
The writer charges that by sneezing the
germs of influenza are turned loose and
go rampant about the car on their death
dealing mission. They are caught in the
dainty nostrils of the spirituelle little girl
who studies her French lesson on the way
to school; they'sprint up the probosts of
the brutal-looking man. who is reading
an account of the prize fight in an extra
edition; they penetrate the nose of the
congressman who sits over in one corner
struggling with problems that may cause
the downfall of the nation.
On goes the germs; every one gets
them, but the motorman. who has the
first call on fresh air. Every one gets to
coughing. The whole air is full of in
fluenza and the people look as if they are
on their way to the hospital. The reform
of the sneezing habit has not yet been ta
ken up in Congress, but there is no tell
ing what may be done about it in the Dis
trict of Columbia. Time may come when
the street car conductor may take the
sneezer by the nose and lead him strug
gling to the platform. He will be told
to go and sneeze in the park and a
plague upon his microbes will be uttered
in unison among the rest of the passen
gers. The conductor will be given a gold
medal for his gallant services, the same
as if he had shivered and chewed grass
on San Juan hill when other people were
fighting. Thne may come when passen
gers on the cars will wear nose-protect
ors. But in the meantime stand back and
let the anti-sneezer wave his pennant.
A little incident happened In the cloak
room the other day. which goes to show
that Congressman Cooper, of Texas, la
not devoid of humor. Congressman Ben
ton. of Missouri, drew from his inside
pocket some cigars and passed them
around. "Take one.” he said to Cooper.
~I think you will find that something like
a cigar.’* Cooper took It. lit it, turned it
©Ver critically and said; "Yes. It does
taste something like a cigaj- what is It?**
Representative Otey. of Virginia, always
has something funny on hand and oc
casionally convulses the house with his
quaint sayings. He was asked by a cor
respondent the other day for an expres
sion on the Schley court verdict. He re
plied: "Sampson slew a thousand Philis
tines with the Jaw bone of an asa. but
Schley hasn't been killed by the Jaw bones
of a thousand asses." His reference to
the navy department is readily appreci
ated by the friends of Schley.
Congressman DeGraffenried. pf Texas,
who. by the way. is a Tennessean by
birth. Is proud of the fact that he is so
well known tn Washington. He is called
the "Black Edgle of the Piney Woods.”
His hair is not so Mack now. however, as
it used to be. Some thne ago one of his
constituents in Texas was remarking on
his popularity, which waa questioned by
a stranger. To settle the controversy
they made a bet. which was that a letter
be forwarded to Washington addressed
simply: "The Black Eagle. ..ashington.
D. C.“ The letter came and was at
once placed in DeGraffenrted's box. much
to his delight when he opened it. It con
tained a taa-doliar note, which he sent
back to the winner.
There seems to be an epidemic of crime
tn the District of Columbia Following
on the mysterious Bonlne case came the
■till more mysterious Dennis assault.
Samuel C. Pressley committed suicide in
the house next door to the Dennis home
and three squares away in one of the
public parks a woman was threatened
with assault. Several other murders fol
lowed in dose succession. Even the most
casual observer has noticed that crime
and suicides go in twos and three togeth
er. Taere appears to be something in
■uiclde which is suggested to people who
have been thinking of self-destruction
and who have been hanging on the brink,
needing only an example or a little en
couragement. It has been suggested by
some that Washington is not well policed,
but It would seem that there are police
men enough but perhaps some of them
are not as swift as the Naahv*.ie police
men who could not cateh a band*- who
was riding in an ice wagon. The explan
ation perhaps lies more In the fact that
when there is one murder or suicide sev
eral more are sure to follow.
"Members of congress do not dress as
well as they did some years ago,** observ
ed a well known F street tailor. "Ten or
twenty years back nearly every congress
man had his clothes made by a tslor, but
today I venture to say you will find that
the majority of them wear ready-made
■tore clothes. I cannot explain the change,
but I am tempted to believe that there
Is something tn its coincidence with the
decline of big men in the house and sen
ate. Where are the great men in the
■enate? You will find only a few that
stand out above the average senate, and
you will find fewer still in the house. Ten
years ago I had from forty to fifty con
gressional customers and today I have
•nly three or four."
The tailor’s observation tn regard to a
more negligence in dress is undoubtedly
true. In the senate there are proportion
ately more well dressed men than in the
house Borne of the house members look
as if they had stood at a distance and had
their clothes thrown at them. Ex-Sena
tor Walcott, of Colorado, was considered
the best dressed man on the floor of the
■enate. Senator Hale is particular about
his dress and Senator Platt, of New York,
la always dressed in deepest black and
Foremost In the South.
Dr Hathaway has Jeng been acknowledged
the leading specialist In the south, and has
cored more chronic diseases than any ten
ether physictars Write him about hla suc
eeooCßi system of home treatment. J. NKW
TON HATHAWAY, M. D.. M Inman Bldg.
Atlanta. 3a.
presents a neat appearance. Senator
Spooner, for instance, who la one of the
brainiest men in the senate, seems to Just
wear the first things that he happens to
pick up in his room in the morning.
Senator Hoar wears dinky little hats
and he hasn't much use for a hat brush.
In the house Representative Shattuc, of
Ohio, wears the noisiest waistcoat and
generally the same one session after ses
sion. Representative Loudenslager. of
New Jersey, looks neat all the time and
the red carnation is never missing from
his button hole. Representative Richard
son. of Tennessee, the floor leader of the
Democrats, known in Tennessee as the
"Tall Sycamore from Rutherford." wears
black always.
There are three events that happen in
the press gallery of the capitol with regu
larity every year. Ex-Governor Francis,
of Missouri, sends a box of cigars, another
friend of the boys sends oysters and the
Texas Midland railroad sends memoran
dum books. The Texas Midland is a short
road, but is considered perfect in every
way. The arrival of the books this year
recalled a story which Is told on Jay
Gould. Mr. Gould had a proposition from
the president of a line that was only 20
miles long to exchange annual passes with
him. Mr. Gould in reply said: “My
friend, my road is a thousand times long
er than yours, and I don’t think an ex
change would be exactly perfect recipro
city."
"But my road is Just as broad as
yours." returned the little railroad man.
There is a revival of the rumor that
typesetting machines will be placed in the
new government printing office when it is
completed. All the work in the printing
office is now done by hand, presumably
for the reason that more people can be
provided with jobs. There Is quite a stir
among the employes, for the installation
of typesetting* machines would mean the
discharge of some 300 or 400 employes. It
would seem that the machines should be
Introduced. The amount of work done in
the government printing office is some
thing wonderful. Especially during con
gress is there a great rush to get out ail
the ollls and voluminous reports that are
made. Then, too. the census office has
caused quite a volume of work for the
printers. The work could be done on ma
chines at a great reduction in expense,
but members of congress who have to
take care of constituents will be slow to
make the innovation.
TROLLETS COLLIDE
IN THE DENSE FOG
CHATTANOOGA MOTORMAN AND
TWO PASSENGERS SERIOUS
LY INJURED IN COLLISION.
CHATTANOOGA. Dec. 24—Last night
at 11:10 in a dense fog which covered this
whole territory two cars of the Chatta
nooga Electric Railway company, both
going at full speed, crashed into each
other badly injuring one of the motormen
and two passengers, and seriously bruis
ing a number of others.
The accident was caused by the inabil
ity of the motormen to stop their cars
when each saw the other, as it was Im
possible to see more than a few feet
ahead.
The cars themselves were rather badly
torn up and caused a great deal of
trouble. Physicians were hastily sum
moned to the scene and rendered the aid
in their power. The injured are
Bud Holmes, motorman.
W. D. McClusky.
Passenger, name unknown.
The extent of the injuries could not be
told. Holmes had his leg broken and is
seriously.injured about the head and may
die of he Injuries. The same is true of
McClusky. The other passenger will re
cover. A number of others were more or
less hurt, but none of them seriously. It
is thought.
WILI’DEYELOF
THE ZINC FIELDS
THE CHATTANOOGA CAPITALISTS
HOPE TO FIND RICH REWARD IN
KNOX CO. ZINC DEPOSITS.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 24 —J. W.
Adams, who is the principal owner in the
zinc fields recently acquired at Mascott,
in Knox county, said the company would
begin at once to develop the lands.
About ten years ago these gentlemen
purchased about 2,000 acres of mineral
lands, containing rich deposits of zinc.
Numerouz testa have been made and the
entire tract was found to be underlined
with zinc ore of a very superior quality,
which bids fair to rival tn quantity as well
as in quantity the output of the Joplin
mlnea On the tract recently purchased
by Mr. Adams and. associates there are
excellent water power facilities, which will
be utilized in connection with the mining
interests.
The gentlemen who are Interested tn the
company besides Mr. Adams are H. Clay
Evans, W. J. Boodman, Washington, D.
C.; Dudley Baldwin, Jr., Cleveland, O.;
F. I. Stone, of Atlanta.
FIREMAN
TWO ARE INJURED
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 24.-Flreman
Haden Cochran was killed; Fireman John
Colburn and Arthur Sandlin were badly
injured as the result of a falling wall in
the big fire district here Sunday morn
ing. It was about 7:30 o’clock when the
men were winding up the fight on one of
the most disastrous fires that has visited
this city since ISJd.
Shortly after 1 o’clock Sunday morn
ing. fire, the origin of which is yet un
known, was discovered in the rear of the
Alabama Implement company on Com
mercial Row. and before the Huntsville
fire department could get the flames un
der control a damage of 360.000 to build
ings and stocks of goods had been sus
tained.
'ihe Are was gotten under control about
4 o’clock, but the Are company wanted be
sure of their work and remained with the
ruins until nearly 8 o'clock. Fireman
Cochran, deceased, and Colburn and Sand
lin were standing within the door of a
few feet of a crumbling wall which fell
on them. Cochran was buried beneath the
debris, and it took over half an hour to
extricate hts remains. Colburn and Sand
lin were badly mashed, but were not se
riously injured. The remains of the brave
dead fireman were carried to New Hope,
Ala., his old home, today for interment.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 190 L
ON WELD TROLLY CAR
MOTORMAN DIES
’FRISCO TROLLEY TAKES PLUNGE
DOWN INCLINE TO DESTRUC-
TION BELOW.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 24.—One person
was killed and nine others Injured In a
peculiar accident on the Gillmore street
electric car line last night.
The dead are:
MRS. MART PHELAN, domestic, taken
to railroad hospital; died from fracture
of skull.
Injured:
Mrs. M. K. Mansle, wife of William
Mansle, foot crushed and scalp wounds,
will recover.
Mrs. Mary Kelly, domestic, contusions
and suffering from shock.
Robert Keller, sprain of right thumb
and contusions of knee.
Robert Rodgers, cut over eye and con
tusions.
Miss Josephine Flgley, contusion and
cut over forehead and bruises on back
of head.
Mr. Turner, contusions and shock.
Mrs. O'Connor, Injuries very slight.
A. J. Dautchman, motorman, slightly
hurt.
Roy Phelps, conductor, injuries very
slight.
For four blocks south of Union street
the grade Is so steep that the cars have
to be pulled up hill by special machinery.
As a car containing fifteen people had
neearly reached the top of the hill it
broke loose in some manner and rushed
down the grade with frightful speed. It
kept the track until Union street was
reached.
Here there stood an empty car wait
ing to be hauled to the summit. This
construction was crashed into and wreck
ed by the runaway car which then jump
ed the rails and was brought to a stand
still by a telegraph pole which it struck
with terrific force, completely demolish
ing the car and scattering its occupants
in all directions. >
Help was at hand and the Injured pas
sengers were given immediate care.
shdowTnlome
MAY ENO FATALLY
LANGDON BOWIE SHOOTS DUNK
LOCKLEAR IN ANCHOR
DUCK MILL.
1,1 ' ■■ A
ROME, Ga., Dec. 24.—Langdon Bowie
shot Dunk Locklear in the groin this
morning inflicting a serious wound. The
shooting occurred at the Anchor Duck
mills, near East Rome.
It is alleged that Locklear cursed and
assaulted Bowie with a plank and during
the quarrel Bowie secured a pistol and
shot Locklear. The wounded man's con
dition is grave, but not necessarily fa
tal.
Bowie holds an official position with the
Duck mills and belongs to one of the
leading families in Rome. He is 20 years
old.
Bowie is held in the sheriff's office on
the charge of assault with intent to mur
der. Bowie will give bond. Locklear is
a laborer in the mills. He is 30 years old
and married. Bowie is represented by
Hon. Seaborn Wright.
GAS CAUSES PANIC
IN CHURCH IN OHIO
COLUMBUS, Dec. 23.-The janitor at the
Second Baptist church, during the services
last evening, attempted to regulate one of
the natural gas heaters and turned the
damper the wrong way, sending the sur
plus of gas into that portion of the audi
torium occupied by the choir.
Mrs. Susan Jordan was the first to suc
cumb and almost immediately Mrs. Mar
tha Jones fainted. Before they could be
removed Miss Lena Moss, Miss Bertha
Davis and Miss Edna Payne were over
come. The five women were removed from
the building as soon as possible and the
congregation dismissed during great ex
citement. A panic was narrowly averted.
jennieltewart dies
AT TABERNACLE HOME
Jennie Stewart, who was recently tak
en to the Tabernacle Baptist Home for
Women and Children, died Sunday at
the Grady hospital from the effects of an
operation for dropsy.
She was first sent to the Home for
Incurables by the police, who had taken
her in charge, and later was sent to the
Tabernacle home.
A Christmas Dinner
With Wheeler's Cavalry
It waa Christmas, In 1863. that three
rebel cavalrymen stood around their
campfire, toasting themselves alternately
on one side and then on the other In a
vain effort to keep warm. They were,
as a rule, not given to growling, as they
had long since learned that it did no
good. But it had been cornbread and
cowpeas for breakfast, with no better
prospect for dinner, and they were cold
and tired as well as hungry.
"Now, if I was at home I would have
for dinner today”—but he got no further,
for he was met with a chorus of “Dry
up. Bill, we can’t stand such talk as
that,” and Bill subsided.
"I, for one, don’t like it,” said Dave.
"Well, what are you going to do about
it?” replied John.
The first ray of hope camo from John,
who said that he had heard some geese
In the direction of the creek, and thought
he would go and water his horse.
There were four in the mess—Dave,
and John and Lucius and Bill. There
had been five, but Jim had gone on his
last ride a few months ago. and we were
to see him no more this side of heaven.
He had been our boss forager, and we
felt that had he lived we would not have
been reduced to such straits as now con
fronted us.
By and by Jonn returned from watering
his horse, with something in a sack tied
to his saddle, and visions of roast goose
floated through our hungry brains. Had
any of us ever heard Sol Smith Rus
sell’s "goose with sage and Inguns” we
certainly would have sung it.
But alas, for human hopes, that must
have been the goose which saved the
Roman army. We cooked it for hours,
then put soda in the pot and cooked it
some more. Result: We could not stick
a fork in it much less eat it.
About this time Lucius came in from
a scout, tired and hungry, and when he
learned the prospects for dinner he was
mad.
Now, Lucius was a Christian (is a
Christian yet for that matter) and used
DEPOT COMMISSION
TO MEET JANUAfIY 6
GOVERNOR CANDLER AND G. V.
GRESS HELD A CONFERENCE
TUESDAY MORNING.
Governor Candler has leeued a eall for a
meeting of the depot commission to be
held In his office at the capitol on Janu
ary •. 1902.
G. V. Gress, a member of the commis
sion and author of the depot bill,, called
on the governor last Tuesday and dis
cussed the advisability of getting the com
mission together at an early date. It was
agreed between Governor Candler and Mr.
Gress that January 6 was the best date
that could be selected, and as a result of
the agreement Governor Candler has Is
sued the call.
John F. Holder. J. Ferris, Cann, of Sa
vannah, Byron B. Bower of Bainbridge.
Thomas Egleston, of Atlanta; W. A.
Knowles, of Rome, and G. V. Gress, of
Kramer, compose the commission. Gov
ernor Candler is ex-offldio chairman of the
committee. . •
Damages To Be Discussed.
The question of damages to the property
on Pryor street will be the first matter
discussed, and an effort will be made to
ascertain the amount of damages which
will accrub as a result of the closing of
the street. It is probable that the com
mission will be engaged In this work for
several days. When this work is com
pleted the railroads will be conferred with
regarding the acceptance of the terms of
the bill. While no definite announcement
has been made by the railroad men it is
generally believed that an of the railroads
will accept the terms of the bill. The bill
provides that the railroads .shall pay an
nualy six per cent of the eost of the
structure. This rental must be paid until
the lease of the N. C. and St. L. railroad
on the W. and A. railroad expires.
Closing of Pryor Street.
It has been suggested that Instead of
constructing only a, subway for foot pas
sengers that a sub-way for vehicles and
foot passengers both be constructed. The
commission, it is understood, will dis
cuss this. The bill provides that the com
mission shall have the power to. close the
street, and also gives it authority to pro
vide for the subway for foot passengers.
It is estimated that a subway for vehicles
as well as foot passengers will cost no
more than the subway for pedestrians,
and it IS probable that the commission
will decide to construct such a subway.
In this event it is very likely that there
would belittle or no damages asked. Gov
ernor Candler, is is understood, is in favor
of such a plan, and it may be that he will
recommend It to the copimlsslon.
Meeting an Important One.
The coming meeting of the Depot com
missioners is a very Important one. It la
likely that nearly all the leading railroad
men of the roads entering Atlanta will be
requested to attend first meeting of the
commission, and the sentiment of the rail
roads regarding the new structure can be
secured. Os course if the railroads do not
accept the terms of the bill there will be
no depot, but the. rental is regarded as
being so cheap, and there is hardly any
doubt but that the railroads will accept.
A prominent member of the commission Is
quoted as saying that he understands that
the railroads will come into the new sta
tion as soon as it Is completed,'and that
they will be glad to do so.
Every member of the commission will
be present at the meetihg next month.
Every member Is deeply Interested in the
question of the state having a new depot,
and each man has pledged himself to all
that is possible to £e|a new depot built.
During the time tfltP members of the
commission are engaged in the work on
the new station, they will receive the same
per diem paid them aS legislators, $4 per
day.
Work to Begin Soon.
Governor Candler had hoped that the bill
would pass the legislature of a year ago,
as he desires to help the state in getting
what he thinks will be a paying invest
ment. The governor, however, w..» be on
the commission for nearly a year and will
be of great assistance to the members of
the commission. He is an experienced
man in such work, as for a number of
years he was a contractor.
While the funds for the erection of a
new station are not available until 1903,
it is supposed that the work will begin at
once, as several welt known contractors
have expressed a willingness to begin
work on the structure and take the pay
ments whenever the state sees flt to
make them.
The idea of the commission Is to begin
the work as soon as possible, and It is
said that by the time the next legislature
meets a great deal of work will have been
done on the new station, and that within
a year from next July the station will be
ready for the railroads and the people.
Boss Croker Home Again.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23—Richard Croker
has returned from his brief visit to tho
farm owned by David Gideon, near West
Baden Springs, Ind. The train upon which
he traveled was several hours late In
reaching the city.
to preach to us about the sin of foraging,
but on this occasion his faith gave out,
and he offered to pilot us to where he
had passed some sheep grazing on a hill
side a few miles from camp.
There was no time to lose, as the day
was wellnlgh spent, and it looked as if
our Christmas dinner, if we got any,
would be at a too fashionably late hour
to suit our appetites. Lucius went
ahead to show the way, Bill came next
with the gun to act as executioner, and
Dave followed tc play butcher, a calling
he had followed at home; while John re
mained in camp to bile the goose some
more and see If he could not wheedle
Nat Wright, the teamster, out of some
salt—we having used up our scant sup
ply on the cast iron fowl in tne pot.
We soon found the sneep. Iney were
wild, but Bill brought one down at about
100 yards. We hamstrung It and hung
it on a lock of the fence. Dave pro
ceeded to skin it “down’ards,” and dressed
It to the queen's taste. We were soon
back in camp, not, however, without an
encounter with the outside guard, but we
"squared” him by promising to divide.
John had been successful in his quest
for salt, and by 9 o'clock we sat down to
a feast of fat mutton, cornbread and
cowpeas, with goose to look at, but not
to eat. Well, that was nearly forty years
ago, and since then I have eaten some
rare good meals—cooked by famous chefs
In splendid hostelrles. but never have I
eaten a meal that tasted as good, and I
can thoroughly sympathize with the
Georgia judge who said he would give
SSOO for a ginger cake that tasted to him
like It did when he was a boy.
We rolled ourselves in our blankets
and were soon sleeping the sleep of the
just, with consciences void of offense.
And when at early dawn the next morn
ing the bugle sounded, “Better saddle up,
better saddle up. better saddle up your
horses.” we mounted cheerfully, know
ing that with haversacks well tilled with
cold mutton we were fortified against the
hardships of the day.
(Private) W. C. DODSON.
| Thrilling Experiences of
An Amateur Truck Farmer
I met a man in the Kimball arcade last
night who had an especial interest for me.
He was—but never mind, he i» from Macon,
never mind the name. He is a good man at
heart and means well, and while I have for
given him. I can never forget that he was
the cause of my owning a truck farm once
upon a time—or rather of growing truck on *
farm which I already owned. That ie, if you
can call a thlrteen-acre suburban place, four
miles from Macon on the Vlneville road, a
farm. I will relate the story, anyway, as a
warning to others. •
He told me there was money in truck; even
went so far as to show me from his own
books what he was doing on ten acres. I
afterwards became morally convinced that
he padded the returns. Not to deceive me,
oh no; but to deceive himself—he hated to
admit that he was not making money out of
everything he touched. You have seen those
sort of fellows. He didn't tell me, of course,
to grow . truck. Perhaps he was Indulging
in a little vanity by merely showing me what
he could do without so much as trying. But
I fell a victim to the temptation, and I went
forth and sowed.
Such portion of my place as was not given
over to an amateur attempt at landscape
gardening, a tennis court and a site for a
lake—as soon as I got the money to arrange
for a water supply for it—was planted in
garden sass, every foot of it. I went on
the principle that If one dose would do good,
two would do more good. Instead of one
quarter acre in English peas, beans, cabbage,
etc., I planted from one-half to one acre. I
always had the natural instincts of a monop
olist and I wanted to do it all. I was going
to boa wholesaler In truck. The small fel
lows wouldn't be able to touch me in price
or in ability to supply the stuff'in quantities.
I must say the soli, climate, season were
all with me; they seemed to have entered
heartily Into the project. As the truck grew
and flourished I became more and more ex
huberant. I stayed out home until 9 or 10
o’clock almost every day to watch the truck
grow and see that’ the hands were keeping
things moving. Then I quit business early in
the afternoon to get back out home and see
If It was all there. I gave up theatres and
clubs and everything at night to read farm
journals and every kind of article on truck
ing that I could get my hands on. I got all
of the Georgia Experiment Station reports and
I fairly devoured them. I bought a book
called "la Ten Acres Enough?" In which
the answer, of course, was very much In the
affirmative, and showed why. The man in
the book made over SB,OOO a year on ten
acres, and simply sat around in the shade.
[Some day I intend to writs an answer to
'that book, the title of which will be "Ten
Acres Is Too D Much.” I believe there
is a field for such a book. It will not be a
work of fiction like the other book, but a
simple recital of things that have happened.]
Anyway, we all kept under full speed for
about three or four months, and then the
time caine to market the truck and harvest
the dollars. My wife had it figured out almost
to a cent how much the entire crop would
bring at the prevailing market prices. She
had, from time to time, been counting th*
things as they grew in the rows. It was
such a careful, piece of financiering that I
felt proud of her. But, then, women are
always more precise in their business meth
ods than men. She had figured out that ths
whole crop would bring something like $2,600,
I think it was. And then she added, "If you
sell It.” I looked at her sharply, but of
course I saw that couldn't have meant any
thing. It was a very natural remark, after
all. Though at times I had known her to be
slightly sarcastic. Still, there was noth
ing to be sarcastic about' here. Os course
we would sell It, and. after months of study,
I had figured out a plan for doing It that was
almost Napoleonic in its conception.
We got all hands apd all the family to
gether one Friday soon after dinner—l stayed
home all of that day to superintend tho
work—and began to pick and dress vegetables.
My wife and her mother and the children
and cooks attended to this latter work be
cause it had to be done just so. Everything
was fixed up as If it was intended for a vege
table show instead of for market. It looked
good enough to eat without cooking. The
stuff was sorted out and then tied up in
five and ten cent bunches and crates so as to
save the buyer trouble. It was a beautiful
sight to behold
We had determined to send our wagon to
the city market Saturday morning and give
the people a surprise—have It make a lasting
reputation for Itself, both on account of the
freshness and neatness of the vegetables, and
for the quality and llbeiallty displayed. We
put about as much again as was customary
to put in a five or ten cent bunch. We had
the wagon washed until it shined, and the
horse was slicked up more than ever, and we
even decided to use the buggy harness on
him for the occasion. The negro driver or
Let America Vindicate Him.
BY. WALKER LEWIS.
The majority finding in the Schley
court of Inquiry is not only a disap
pointment, but an outrage. The evi
dence before the court was also be
fore the people, and to the people it
was a sufficient vindication of the
great admiral from the mean and ma
lignant persecution that followed his
splendid services at Santiago. But in
the face of the evidence a damaging
opinion has been handed down to the
navy department.
"Handed down" is right. It is very
accurate in statement. The court was
not very high, it is true. If Admiral
Dewey were not in it it would not rise
high enough for respect. The judge
advocate from beginning to finish con
vinced the country of his bitter preju
dices and made a display of nothing
so unmistakably as of his capacity to
browbeat and calumniate. The two ad
mirals to whom he addressed his par
tisan epithets and unfair Inferences
may be men of ordinary fairness in
common matters, but their perfect
agreement in eleven out of twelve
counts raises a just suspicion against
their constitutional fitness to pass
upon this case. The advocate and the
admirals had an attack of flunkeyism,
and they did the job to their master's
satisfaction. They went to the Schley
inquiry to exculpate the navy depart
ment rather than to vindicate the appli
cant for justice. They "handed down"
an opinion! The navy department had
among its officials, in the opinion of
the people, a gang of conspirators who
intended to deny Schley the glory of his
great victory at Santiago and to de
grade him in the eyes and esteem of his
countrymen. In their approach to blind
FORTY-SEVEN MILES
IK THIRTY MINDIES
LONDON TRAIN TO BRIGHTON TO
BE ONE OF FASTEST IN
THE WORLD.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Faster even than
the train service between Philadelphia and
Atlantic City, N. J., will be that which it
is Intended to maintain on the proposed
electric railway from London to Brighton,
power to construct which will be applied
for next session in parliament, says the
London correspondent of The Herald.
The road will be forty-seven miles long
and the trains are to make the distance
in thirty minutes. Jt is proposed to run
a twenty-minute service each day from 8
o'clock in the morning until midnight. The
London terminus will be at Lupus street,
Westminster, and the trains on leaving
that station will cross the Thames by an
iron bridge and proceed on a trestleway to
Peddlngton. There the road enters a tun
nel for part of the nine miles to Red Hill.
The rest of the way Is principally In the
open to Brighton. The carriages are to be
of the Pullman type.
RESIGNATION OF GERST
HAS BEEN ACCEPTED
• BUFFALO. N. Y.. Dec. 24.—The board of
aidermen has accepted the resignation of City
Treasurer Philip Oerst, whose accounts are
now undergoing an investigation. Gerst has
publicly admitted that there was recently a
shortage in his accounts of over $50,000, but
claims It has been made good.
head salesman was told to put on hts Sunday
clothes next morning, and when he showed
up not looking quite well enough I gave him
ah old white vest and a hat. The vegetables
had been kept In tube with ice on top of them
all night, so the next morning they looked as
fresh as ever.
Wa were all up at 4 o'clock to eee them off.
They were placed In the wagon with as much
skill and cara as a florist could give to his
,how window. And that wagon was one huge
bouquet of beets and turnips, and cabbage
and lettuce* and onions and peas, and pota
toes, and the Lord only knows what all. Wo
gave the negro driver his last Instructions and
then waived him an adieu. We-stood on the
porch until we saw him pass safely out of ths
front gate and up the road In the early morn
ing light.
I got to thinking about It afterwards and
It occurred to me that that nigger seemed
to have a very bored look about him that
morning. He wasn't exactly sulking, but ho
seemed to feel a sort of conscious superiority.
I thought at the time that it was because he
was proud of his mission. Or maybe he didn’t
like It about being waked up so early. Or
maybe, again, the strain of responsibility was
telling on him. However, it didn't matter.
He was instructed to telephone us when he
got there and if he got a good position In
tho line of wagons so that we would know
everything was all. right, which he did, much
to our Increased joy. I went to town earlier
that morntng and drove by the market house
purposely to eee the wagon and If everything
waa going all right. There It was, almost at
the head of the line, the beat looking thing
there. As the negro waa waiting on a happy,
pleased looking customer at the time I drove
by without stopping. I noticed that the
wagon seemed to be still a little full, but that
was not surprising, as there was a heap In
it when It left home—about $26 worth In all,
according to an exact count made by my
wife; and she had recently learned the pre
vailing market price of everything.
I drove home later than usual that even
ing, and I didn't go by the market, because
the negro had been told to go straight homo
with the money as soon as he sold everything,
which we calculated would be before noen.
When I reached home my wife met me with
agonized face, and said Henry hadn't come
home yet
“That scoundrel has made off with the pro
ceeds of tho entire load, and left the horse
and wagon there,” I said. "We might have
known ft.”
Just then the telephone rang, and I went in
to answer. It was Henry.
"Boss, I thought I’d better ring yer up,” he
started out. I could tell by hla voice that
he was drunk.
"Yes, I guess you had; what tn thunder
have you done with that money?” I demanded.
"I got It; but I thought you was cornin' by
here befo’ you went home, so I better keep it
and give it to you.” he replied, with some
show of calmness. I began to feel a bit re
assured.
"But you were told to bring It home to my
wife as soon as you had sold out," I an
swered.
“Yes, sir; but dat’s it; I ain’t sol’ out yit."
and I thought I heard a low, sarcastic chuckle
come over the wire.
“You haven’t,” I shouted. "What In the
devil have you been doing?” And then it oc
curred to me that maybe the fool thought he
had to wait until he sold the last bunch of
onions, so I queried more calmly, "Well, how
many have you left?”
"Got 'most all ’em, I spec; but, boss, I bln
right hyar,” came the fatal words. I couldn't
ask anything more, but merely waited to hear
the worst. ’’l sold a dollar and seventy cents
wuth in all,” he went on, "and den de boss
en me hav* to hav’ dinner and dat was fifty
cents, so I ain't got but er dollar twenty lef.”
“The h— you haven’t,” I managed to speak
out coldly and reproachfully In utter defiance
of all the telephone company's rules.
"No, sir, boss; all dese niggers down here
seem to have dalr reg'lar customers *en dey
pass me by. Some womens say *dem vegter
buls look too clean *«n fixed up; must be
somethin' de matter wld ’em.”
I was dismayed and I eoudn't for the life
of me look my wife in the face, notwith
standing she kept asking, "What on earth
Is the matter, dear?” I determined to make
a temporary bluff at any rate.
“Well, take what you haven't sold, Henry,”
I answered In a kindlier tone, "and leave at
Mr. So and So's home, with my compli
ments,” I directed, naming every one of my
acquaintances In the city whom I thought
could possibly be In need of vegetables and
wouldn't be afraid of clean ones.
“All right, str; but, boss, ken I use de
dollar to git me a little Sad'dy night licker?”
came Henry's appealing voice.
"Yes," I replied In an even more kindly
tone than before, though I Intended to slight
ly tinge it* with sarcasm, "but be sure and
justice their voice wu the voice of
Jacob, although the hands they used
were surety the hands of Eaau.
Jacob got his brother’s birthright
and blessing by goat meat and lying,
and the whole concern here, court and
counsel, give evidence that they have
studied that historic transaction with
out abhorrence of its infatny. The
majority handed down an opinion from
the seat of justice they dishonored by
their presence. It was a travesty and a
disgrace, and another instance of how
man “can see the good but to the bad
incline.” Nothing more unjust, or
more disgraceful, has ever sprung out
of the American navy department.
Well, one Dewey outweighs the two
rear admirals. He dissents from their
opinion in every count, and not only
exonerates Schley but puts upon his
manly brow the crown of a hero and
victor. The country believes in
George Dewey, ana it believes in him
more than in Admirals Ramsay and
Benham. He knew something about
modern war ship fighting, something
about the difficulty of coaling, some
thing about the need of full bunkers,
something about the importance of
holding the squadron together, and
something about what is due a man
the importance of holding the squad
ron together, and something about
what is due a man that issent to sink
an enemy, and succeeds in the under
taking. How in common sense can a
common sense man reprove an officer
for succeeding? George Dewey can’t
do that. He does more. He says what
we all know and what the navy depart
ment dislikes Schley for knowing, that
he was in command at Santiago and
ft SMOOTH FORGER
WORKS CHATTANOOGA
CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 24.—The Citizens'
Bank and Trust Company is the victim of
a very smooth piece of forgery. Some time
Thursday a middle-aged white man of
rather heavy build and Intelligent appear
ance presented himself at the cashier's
window of the Citizens' Bank and Trust
Company and stated that he was M. W.
Parker, of Memphis, and was expecting a
certified check from the firm of Chism
Bros. Co., of that city for the amount of
3157.
A day before the bank had received the
following letter:
"MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 18, 1901.
"Citizens’ Bank and Trust Co.
“Gentlemen: Enclosed please find our
certified check for 3157, payable to M. W.
Parker, whose signature we enclose.
Please pay only to party whose signature
corresponds with the on enclosed, as you
may accept the signature as identification.
"CHISM BROS. CO.”
Relying upon the letter the money was
paid to Parker without hesitation. He has
not been seen here since. The check was
sent back to Memphis for payment and
Saturday the bank received a telegram
from the First National Bank of Memphis
saying that the check had been pronounc
ed a forgery. The case was immediately
reported to the chief of police who has
had at once a circular sent out offering; a
reward for the apprehension of the crim
inal. Chief Hill says this is about the
slickest Trick he has ever heard of. Par
ker’s method of mailing a letter as Iden
tification ahead enables him to work one
city after another.
OR
' “TEN ACRES TOO MUCH.*
BY
THOMAB W. LOYLESS.
bring the balance of the money home.” I
could hear Henry. chuckle over that 'phone
four miles away.
"But, boss, you ought to let me get a
little supper wld dat twenty cents if I got
to drive all night firin' dis load 'er truck
erway,” again spoke Henry.
"This was the last straw. I looked around
to see if my wife was still .listening, but she
had gone.
"Yes. Henry.” I replied with killing kind
ness, "but If you don't succeed in giving all
those vegetables away during the night,
kindly dump them into the Vlneville branch
on. your way home, for if you bring a fl
leaf of them back here I'll kill you, and
if you don't report to me first one when you
get hero I’ll kill you again.” ‘
Henry seemed to grasp the situation, so I
hung up the 'phone and went in to face my.
wife. She met mo with a plaintive, inquir
ing look.
"What happened to him, dear?” she asked
anxiously.- > ■ -
"Nothing at all,** I laughed—but it was a .
metallic sort of laugh—“except that the fool •,
thought he had to stay there forever If neces
sary In order to sell a few remaining bunches ’
of beets and a few heads of cabbage and
things . that had probably become bruised
while under the bottom of the load. It waa a
big load, you know, and this was to be ex
pected. I told him to go take them to a few
friends of ours and come on home,” and then
I laughed merrily and tried to seem pleased
with the world.
"Yes,” she replied, "but you gave him about
two dozen names to take them to, and. you
absurd thing, don't you know there won’t be
a cabbage leaf or a beet around if he tries to
distribute them among that crowd. Why
don’t you try to stop him somewhere, and tell
him to leave them all at one place?"
"But maybe they haven't -room for—l mean
maybe they don't like vegetables,” I stam
mered. "Anyway, better let It go as I fixed
It; maybe it will work itself out all right af
ter all. He's got all night in which to do It
In, and they'll all be repaid for being waked
up.” I went on heedlessly.
' ‘What, by being presented with a turnip
each or an Irish potato?" shouted my wife.
"They’ll all think you are drunk and— Say,
has Henry sold any vegetables at all?" de
manded the wife of my bosom In that cold,
haughty, superior sort of way that always
brings mo to her terms.
"Well, to tell you the truth, my dear," I
managed to say after a little time in which
to commune with myself. "I think he sold
all of them, and is simply trying to beat us
out of the money; that’s why I told him to
take what was left to so many different peo
ple. That's how I'll catch up with him. Now,
admit, a woman never could have thought of
that pleee of strategy, could she? Regular
Sherlock Holmes, ain't IF*
"I don’t know, but I rather expect *
Munchausen. However, I mean to have every
cent of that money,” demanded my wife in a
business-life fashion.
"Why, of course, my dear, that has been
my Idea all along, you know. And what’s
more, you shall have all of the truck on the
farm, sell It yourself and take every cent of
the proceeds.” I was half afraid she would
refuse it.
That seemed to appease her, and we dined
In peace, but with more or less doubt In
the minds of both of us. In hers as to wheth
er or not I had told her the truth, and in
mine as to whether or not she would- ever
find out.
Anyway, Henry got In shortly after mid
night. He had evidently Invested the dollar,
and In all probability the twenty cents, too.
in "Sad’dy night licker'* all right. But I
couldn't say that I blamed him. He had run
into somebody and broken a wagon wheel .
on the wsy out. But there was not going to
be any differences between Henry and me If
I could prevent it by diplomatic and even
liberal treatment.
“Yer sho oughtn't blame me. boss,’* was
the first thing he managed to blurt out.
"Blame you, h—,*' I snapped. “I congratu
late you for getting home with the horse and
wagon, even if one wheel is gone. But It's
all right; just don't you ever say a word to
anyone on earth about It If yon do I’ll kill
you .and if you don't I’ll increase your
wages.”
I think Henry grasped the situation. Least
wise he made the compact.
Then we made a mental calculation that
he had sold an Imaginary $24 50 worth of vege
tables and given away the other SI.BO worth,
so I went back into the house and settled up
with my wife on that basis. She took it, but
seemed to think it was careless management
that I didn't make him sell the other $1.50
worth.
However, she ran the truck farm after that
and kept the proceeds of all sales, while I
went back and settled down to newspaper
work again as of old, and tried to pay up
what I had lost on the truck farm.
deserves the glory the country accords
him for that splendid triumph! Well
done admiral! It is not strange that
you also were a hero at Manila, and
illustrated in that historic harbor the
prowess and glory of American sea
men.
Dewey's opinion is the real majority
opinion! He Is more than they all.
And behind his voice, pleading for
Schley and Justice, with the exception
of a few hoarse, croaking expressions,
will rise in wave after wave of popu
lar indignation, the disapproval and
condemnation of the court’s unfair
and iniquitous findings. He wIH carry
the case to the people! From an un
just court to a tribunal of highest Ju
risdiction and unerring arbitrament.
Schley has been wronged, and he will
be righted by his countrymen. Civil
courts and congress and the people
will answer the department and its
temporary triumph with such a rever
sal as shall not be forgotten in a gen
eration. The people will not consent
to see their greatest hero deprived of
his rights and then dishonored, and
they are not unlikely to stand by him •
to the full vindication that comes by
a call to the presidency. That court
of Inquiry is the Long contribution to
his nomination for the highest Ameri
can magistracy, and it will take tre
mendous work to defeat him if he is
put before the country for that honor.
The man who bravely walked the deek
of the Brooklyn during the battle
storm off Santiago when Shafter was
about to retreat, in spite of Wheeler's
opposition, may yet walk the portico
of the white house as a great presi
dent.
FIGHT ON CASTRO
CREATES ALARM
REVOLUTION TAKES VERY SE
RIOUS TURN IN VENE
ZUELA.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—The revolution
against the Castro government which has
broken out in Venezuela is a serious af
fair, according to the Fort de France,
Martinique, correspondent of The Herald,
The first leaders to rise against the
president were Generals Luciano Men
deze and Sedeno. General Mendoza is pres
ident of the state of Arazua and General
Cedeno Is director of customs at Puerto
Cabello.
General Mendoza is now marching upon
La Victoria, an important point in the
vicinity of Caracas .General Cedeno
wishes to rescue General Ramon Guerra,
formerly minister of war, who is a pris
oner in the fortress of Puertro QabeHo.
The insurrection has spread eastward to
ward Barquisimeto. in the state of Lara,
and toward the state of Falcon. The insur
gents are well armed and are about to
receive a further supply-of guns, rifles
and ammunition. The Venezuelan war
ship Postaurador has arrived here to
watch for and try to intercept the steamer
which is bringing these munitions of war
for the revolutionists. The warship Gres
po, which arrived here recently, left very
soon afterward, without disclosing her
destination.
General Natos. one of the revolutionary
leaders, has just reached here.
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