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frHE COUNTRY HOMES
• c, ° Women on the Farm
Conducted By Mrs. IV. H. Felton.
Tha Dispensary QuMtioen.
Now that th* legislature baa gone home
•ad whether for good or bad it Is tmpos
adble to her any more from them on this
vexed question for a year, X feel aa if I
caa trust myself to eey I am always
afraid od any sort of a plsw* where th*
la toxic ants is legalized. and where
a cloak of reapeetabUity ia put on th*
selling liquor. WhyT
Because strong drink, no matter where
It may be bought, steals away th* com
, man sense and the Judgment, the money
and two often th* decency of th* pur
chaser. if he drinks too much of it.
Th* opponents of saloons have run the
! dreadful buataes* behind blinds. and
? forced the vender to put over his door-
* NO MIN OKS ALLOWED HCTE " .
There ta no estimating the force of such
an inscription aa thls-thto warning to in
nocence. as an educator of public opinion.
I It adi WltiT- the laek of respectability tn
| ar' burin*** where boys of leas than 21
znu/t be kept away. No railroad conductor
Who makes a business of frequenting a
saloon can keep his place. He may not get
dfunk but he is not wanted on a first
eteas railroad. No engineer can buy a
bottle of liquor from any place where it
la sold, and' set it up on a shelf in his
engine He may not take a tea-spoonful
once a day. but the railroad men will pre
fer a total abstainer, and a bottle in his
••grip” would most likely lose him his
place, whether he drank or conveyed It to
another. _ ... _
No young man win be employed in a
bank wta tipples, after the bank people
discover hia appetite for intoxicants. He
will go out as certain as he drinks liquor,
whether he buys It behind blinda or from
• • dtqpensar j .
No liveryman will send out a valuable
team with a driver that drinks—either
black or wMie. The owner csmnot risk it,
there la too much money at stake.
Nobody desire* to employ a drunkard
for any service, domestic or public, be
cause the ir.toxicant gets Into the brain
and makes a tool of him. and he is incom
petent to do good work. In all discussions
concerning a state dispensary I see no
Check to be placed on minors, no provis
ion that an inebriate must not have the
’ ••fire water," no refusal to sell to those
who will lose position and reputation by
purchasing these Intoxicants.
Dress It up as you may. please, call it
What you like, chose the dispensaries
from the churches as you may. the fact
remains that a dispensary is nothing but
• liquor shop, first and last, and the quan
tity sold-represents the quantity drank,
and ft is the drink which makes the vend
ing of liquor fatal to the drunkard and
not ths name of the place where the per
son may buy It-
When its advocates rise up and tell you
It is a money-making affair for a town,
never forget that the consumption keeps
Step with the sale and the more strong
drink vended the more waste there is of
money, character and happiness for the
Individual, because ft is the liquor Itself
which destroys.
Th* Athens dispensary forbids a stu
dent of the university from purchasing a
tattle* but any scalawag, black or white,
can take the students’ dollar and buy it
for the student apd the work is done, and
done according to dispensary law.
My limits ia this article will not allow
• dlseossion at the atrocity of raising
public revenue by legalizing the sale of
potson tte the individual
It Is the one unanswerable argument in
fkvor of prohibition , ,
. •"Oh! but." says one, "people will have
it. will drink It, therefore regulate the
business for greater revenue."
The, habit, th* appetite is confessedly
affrong. but that gives no reason for sell
ing permission to the hquor dealer to de
stroy the consumer. As well might the
social evil be made to bear revenue to the
state or county. The same argument ap
pl!e« to both, and both are destructive to
habits and morals In general society.
Because liquor drinking is so common
that fget furnishes no argument for get
ting revenue from debauchery. Murder is
common. violent outbreaks are frequent,
but all the same ft is the state’s duty to
Check these evils not to regulate them for
revenue or condone them for money un
der tba name Os license. '
More than one hundred counties have
forbidden barrooms In the state of Geor
gia. This forbidding has saved millions
of money to the home and kept them from
the Htfuor dealers' pockets. When the
sale is authorized again under the title
of dispensary the barriers are broken
down and the toper has permission to
bankrupt himself in money and chartc-
-.dbovornor Candler acted wisely in his
veto of a general law (as I see It), which
Would reopen the question of the sale
<rf Intoxicants In every county In Geor
gia at .this time. It is granted that the
illicit Jug trade Is prevalent, but that is
not the fault of the law forbidding the
sale of liquor in dry counties, for it is
Aho fault of the men elected to carry out
and enforce the provisions of the local
pptlun _ law. which shuts out the bar-
r x±t have th* profoundest respect for Hon.
Seaborn Wright, the author of th* vetoed
bill. He is* an honorable gentleman, and
gjy affection for him Is like that of an
elder slrtsr for >i*r own brother, but I
do think he i» mistaken in the MU. so far
as itu practical workings are concerned.
He is too* honorable in his mind and me-,
fives tn urge -th* acceptance of anything
which Me thought would injure his native
■tale, and i£ I hajj a vote I d go that far
to ptsrt-e him' in congress of the United
States next y*r.
Ths Difficulties in Modern Education.
Any educalion that is furnished "by com
pulsory taxation means free education
te and whenever the right to to is granted
for free Odwnotlon it carries with it the
right Ip compel attendance or this taxa
tion becomes" tyranny.
AH free education must likewise be non
tanomtnational In tte workings, otherwise
the dominant religion will control the
methods of teaching and the principles
therein taught.
Thus we are brought face to face with
the religious and vice versa the irrelig
ious features of secular and free educa
tion. ■
With compulsory taxation for free ed
ucation there results the payment of ex
tra tuition tn and for denominational
schools. The Catholic, the Methodist, the
Baptist or any. Other sect with denomin
ational schools may honestiy differ as to
th* quality of the education vended or
in the free schools authorised
t ’by ths stale and supported by general tax
ation. but they feel obliged to patronize
their own schools where academic edu
. cation is wholesomely blended with reltg
tovs education.
The plea is mad* that the heart must
be educated as well as the mind, that
•ducauon of the mind without corres
ponding moral instruction is grossly de
fective. .It this is granted it would seem
that a free citizen should not fee obliged
to educate his neighbor's children at a
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Suffering Women.
Dr. Tucker can cur*
f you of that awful
L backache smothering
<mm pains around th* heart.
wi!*plac*m*nt. nervous
fears short breath, leu-
/SE*3oWt? eorrhoea bloating, in-
digestion and constlpa
tion Advice free. Dr.
-dkjcs/Tucker. Broad street,
Atlanta. Qa.
free school While hi* religious duty to his
family compels him to pay tuition at an
other school for conscience's sake.
If w* had an established religion In
Georgia as they have in England, the line
of duty might be plainer, but toe ma
jor».y of American school districts have a
very mixed patronage as to denomina
tional proclivities.
Th* history of fr** education in Geor
gia has uncovered many defects that are
crying aloud for reform. Free eduertton
has developed the Indifference of parents
and the evil of non-attendance where least
expected. While Very few tax-payers
would object to a reasonable rate to give
elementary education to all the children
of the country alike, there io growing
dtshae to * system which never relaxes
its demands for more money, while the In
tent of free education is really defeated
by the non-attendanee of the pupils of
school age.
These are a few of the differences of
our modern system of education, and it
is questioned whether we will ever be
able to adapt the present system to Geor
gia's necessities in this matter.
In Massachusetts and other states with
a system of compulsory taxation, there
is a system of compulsory attendance al
so. The two naturally go together. One
is based on the other.
In Georgia we must submit to compul
sory taxation, and yet be told that every
parent or guardian can send or not send
to school as he chooses. While there is
law enough to sell out every man with
taxable property who refuses to be taxed
for education, there is not power enough
in the whole state administration or the
militia to make a man send his child to
school if he does not care to do it.
This is a gross and glaring defect. Ob
ligation should be equalized and responsi
bility should be divided.
It is useless to repeat that* the masses
of the people are getting exceedingly tired
of this expensive business in view of the
poor results.
It is a subject that needs the clear
brain* and honest hearts of th* wisest
thinkers in the state.
Rural Mall Delivery la Approaching Us
As I stepped into our postofllce a few
days ago. our worthy postmaster said:
"Did you know you will get your mall
at your house before long?”
Then he told me that the chances were
good for our circuit to be established be
fore many moons shall and wane.
The benefit will be most acceptable to
our farming classes, and it is said that
rural delivery has Increased very largely
the postal receipts wherever a route has
been established.
It will also add much to the value of
farm lands, in every section where mail
facilities are first class.
For this event, I have waited long and
anxiously, because I have been so fre
quently tried in patience by delays, and
inability to post or receive a letter
promptly.
With a mall box at the front gate. I
shall be quite set up as to convenience
and satisfaction. My mail is considerable
tn quantity every day. and I must always
secure a trusty custodian to bring it to
me. as matters now stand.
When Uncle Sam’s messenger rides up
and hands it to me I shall feel like I am
getting- value received for a part of our
heavy state and federal taxation.
I expect I shall be impatient, until I
wee the messenger doing this needful
work, because I have been putting in a
good word at every opportunity for rural
delivery some years past. Now when we
have a good school house in sight, far'
my little grandson and ail the neighbors*
children to attend, with a good teacher in
side, I promise mysMf to be very grate
ul for the blessings of civil and religious
liberty, instead of feeling as I have have
long been obliged to feel, that we were
heavily burdened with taxation with noth
ing to show for the outlay.
Our country people must make up their
minds to be country people tn deed and
in truth, if they ever expect to prosper
and make the country home popular with
outsiders.
We hkre fallen in the habit too often
of running to totre for church privileges
as well as our politics and generally for
what we eat and everything we wear.
But now that the mall boy is ready to
hunt us up and say nice things when he
hands over the papers and letters, I shall
feel like a little part of the town is com
ing to the country places, and the move
ment is a token of promise because' it
is the first turn that way, which I have
noticed in a very long time. I hope I
shall not feet restless before I find the
messenger making his rounds on our road.
Georgia Farmers, Wake Up.
The following clipping from Th« Ameri
cus Herald will explain itself:
"The editor of Th* Herald is now, and
always has been, a strong advocate of ed
ucation, but is everlastingly opposed to
the missus* of state and national funds
appropriated for that purpose, and Is sur
prised that the farmers will allow their
children to be defrauded out of their
rights. It might jar you a little to state
that thousands of white children in Geor
gia are debarred from the public schools,
but It is a fact, and we will explain thet
matter.
"In towns, cities aijd villages, the coun
ty school commissioners, pay the local
school fund according to school census.
These local boards charge a tuition fee of
from fl 75 per month fpr the first grade up
to 82.50 per month for higher grades. On
account bf the poverty of many parents
their children are excluded. We know a
little town in the southern part of Dooly
county where not less than forty children
are debarred from school every year, and
this is only one Instance out of hundreds.
This is done in open violation of the law
and a specific decision of the supreme
court, which says that every child in
the’state of Georgia between the ages of
six and 18 years is entitled to the full free
term. The law is violated and white chil
dren are kept from school while the doors
of every negro school In Georgia are wide
open and not a cent of tuition is demand
ed. The state school commissioner knows
this to ,be a fact and he makes no effort
to correct It. Grand jurors in all the coun
ties don’t seem to know or care a cent
about this abuse of the school fund, at
least we never see anything about it in
their general presentments. It Is getting
about time for somebody to take an in
terest in the poor white boys ahd girls in
the rural districts of Georgia.”
These word* are worth heeding. As sure
m we live these methods must be changed
and that, speedily.
The taxpayers are getting awfully tired
of paying in taxes for free education and
yet pay heavy tuition when they send
their own children to school.
Nearly alt my neighbors are compelled
to wild to Cartersville school, if they
can reach a school at all. They never pay
less than a dollar a month per pupil.
When they get into the higher grades
they pay much more. This school business
is of prime importance to the state of
Georgia It Is a heavy burden to bear,
and in rural school* the failure is con
fessed in 90 cases out of every 100. Un
less this pay business is stopped in town
schools, quit calling th* thing free educa
tion any longer.
Placing Him.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"He doesn't amount to shucks." said the
girl from tbe Kansas corn belt.
"Pardon me," said the girl from Boston,
"but it seems to me that he really isn’t on
an equality with a hill of beans."
Americans have Increased their sales in Syd
ney. Australia, 100 per - cent each year for
seven years.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1901
“JENNY JUNE,” FOUNDER
OF SOROSIS, IS DEAD
Mrs. Jenny C. Croly, widely known by
her pen name, "Jenny June,” died Tues
day at noon at No. 128 West Forty-third
street of heart failure. She had never
fully recovered her health, however, af
ter the fall in which she broke her hip
two years ago, and last year a heart
trouble developed. Mrs. Croly returned
last spring from England, where she had
been in the hope of recovering her
strength.
Arrangements for the funeral have not
been completed. The burial will be at
Lakewood, N. J., where Mr. Croly is in
terred. Mrs. Croly's son and daughter
and daughter-in-law were wliu her when
she passed away.
Jenny Cunningham Croly was the
daughter of a Unitarian minister, and was
born in Market-Harborough, Leicester
shire England, on December 19, 1830. Her
family came to the United States when
she was nine years old, and most of her
life had been passed in this city. She
began to write at an early age. and had
been called the pioneer newspaper wo
man. Marrying a newspaper man, David
G. Croly, when extremely young, she
wrote for the papers with which he was
connected and for many others, as she
was an energetic worker. Over the signa
ture "Jenny June.” Mrs. Croly conducted
departments in several periodicals and
corresponded with others until within a
few years. She is sa-d to have introduced
the "syndicate” system and many other
newspaper novelties.
She has been termed "th* mother of
clubs," because Corosis, the pioneer wo
man's club, was founded by her, and the
Federation of Women’s clubs owes its ex
istence to her.
Sorosls was organized in 1868, and Mrs.
Croly was asked to be its president, but
refused on the ground that "a better
known name would be of more value to
the new enterprise,” in whose success she
foresaw a hew development of "woman’s
■ sphere." She accepted the vice presidency,
with Alice Cary as chief officer. Mrs. Cro-
Jy became the second president, however,
being elected by acclamation.
From that time until-the accident, two
year* ago, that -unfitted her for active
work, Mrs. Croly remained one of the
most energetic members of the club, and
was its president from 1874 to 1886.
The General Federation of Women’s
clubs was the offspring of her happy
thought to celebrate the 21st birthday of
Sorosls, in 1889, by a convention of wo
men's clubs, with the ultimate object of
Lind and Daniel Webster.
BY MRS. W. H. FELTON.
When the Swedish nightingale was to
sine her last night in Washington city,
after a season of splendid success, she
haa a house to almost suffoca
tion—to welcome and applaud.
When Mr. Webster entered the opera
house in his grandest manner—Jenny Lind
was even then on the stage, singing “The
Star Spangled Banner,” as en encore.
Mr. Webster became the observed of all
observers as he passed down the central
aisle of the bullying and the whole audi
ence was as if electrified by the song of
the great vocalist and also by the senti
ment of patriotism in the appearance of
the great defender of the constitution.
Mr. Webster himself was said to have
been transported with delight, for when
the song was finished he rose with infinite
grace, as if performing some grand offi
cial duty, and stepping out in a central
position between the audience and the
platform, he made her one of the most
elaborate and honoring bows of which this
past-master in official grace and dignity
was capable.
Secretary Root and General Miles.
BY MRS. W. H. FELTON.
In the earlier days of this republic no
cabinet officer would have dared to In
sult the commanding general of the army
as Secretary Root has insulted Gen. Nel
son A. Mlles for expressing satisfaction
over Admiral Dewey's complete vindica
tion of Admiral Schley before the late
court of inquiry.
The army and the navy are two sepa
rate and distinct organizations. If Gener
al Miles is harnessed and reined back in
to solemn silence by his connection with
the army 1 , he is still a citizen of the Unit
ed States disconnected from the naval af
fairs of the government. Surely he had
a right to express his pleasure over the
vindication of a brave American officer,
from what Is clearly shown to be the ma
licious spite and partisan methods of the
naval department.
It will be a sad day for this country
when one of a president's official family
can ply the lash like an overseer’s whip
over the s-ioulders of any reputable clt*.
Izen.
It augers dreadful symptoms for us
when a cabinet officer can publicly.in
sult and rebuke an army officer before
the country who has not violated his oath
of office as a soldier or committed any,
crime whatsoever as a citizen.
It Is true President Roosevelt made a
scene over the same matter, but he is not
the first national executive who has made, .
a serious mistake and afterwards regret
ted it, because the country is not ready
for czarlsm or an official lasso on free
speech.
General Mlles is hot a southern favorite
as we all know. As the officer who
shackled Jefferson Davis, the south has
never admired him, but he is a citizen of
this republic as well as commanding gen
eral of the United States army, and he
had the right to rejoice when Admiral
Schley was able to win words of hearty
CLEVELAND A PRISONER
BY GOUT FOR FIVE WEEKS
WIFE OF FORMER PRESIDENT, IN DEFENDING HIM FROM LETTER ;
WRITERS, TELLS DURATION OF ILLNESS, AND FRIENDS DI
VULGE NATURE OF AILMENT—SHE SAYS HE IS FAR FROM BE
ING A WELL MAN. ; •
NEW YORK, Dec. 27—Former President
Grover Cleveland has been ill with gout
for five weeks at his home in Princeton,
N. J. AU of this time he has been con
fined to his room. Mrs. Cleveland, in a
statement, fixed the duration of his ill
ness, while friends in this city divulged
the nature of his ailment.
In some way a report gained circulation
Wednesday that the former president had
suffered a relapse of the slight attack of
pneumonia he contracted by his hunting
trip south two months ago and was seri
ously ill. This was at once denied by Mrs.
Cleveland, who made the following state
ment:
“The reports that have been published In
regard to Mr. Cleveland’s improved physi
cal condition have apparently been con
strued as Indicating his entire recovery.
This is shown by a renewal of all sorts of
applications for all sorts of things, which
can hardly be even considered by a man
WELL PRESERVED RELICS
OF LONG AGO, THESE
VALDOSTA. Dec. 26.—Mr. Marion
Shaw, who lives on the line of Berten and
Lowndes counties, made quite an inter
esting find the other day. Way back in
the ekriy part of the last century there
was a little school house in that section
with • well nearby. For more than a
JENNY JUNE.
forming a federation, which was organiz
ed the year following. The presidency of
the general federation was urged upon
Mrs. Croly, but she positively refused it,
although she showed her interest by ac
cepting the office of recording secretary.
Mrs. Croly was most unfortunate dur
ing the last years of her Mfe. In addition
to her ill health and helplessness, the en
terprises in which her money was Invest
ed faited and her Income was greatly re
duced. A movement was started a few
months ago by Mrs. Ralph Trautman, of
the Woman’s Health Protective league, to
raise a fund for Mrs. Croly’s support,
which was to found a girls’ Industrial
school after her death as a memorial ,of
her. Sorosls then claimed the right to pro
vide (or Mrs. Croly, and had done so for
a short time.
Mrs. Croly leaves a sop, Herbert, and
two daughters, Mr*. Fred Sidney, now in
England, and Mrs. William Mathot.,
The songstress courtesied, and the audi
ence then vociferous in applause, were
delighted to have Mr. Webster give her
a second bow, with succeeding accompa
niments of the same port, and the mag
nificent singer courtesied again amid the
plaudits of the house when Mr. Webster
made his third bow, resolving not to be
outdone in courtesy, but the gentle lady
tripped off the stage in a perfect whirl
wind of cheers and stuUing, Mr. Webster
was able to take his seat once more.
The two performers, with the strains of
the ‘ Star Spangled Banner” as an accom
paniment, made a notable scene, one, per
haps that has never been equalled either
in concert or political life. Remembering
Mr. Webster’s greatness of soul and in
tellect and Jenny Lind's unparalled suc
cess up to that time as the finest singer
ever heard in America; such a scene
would be difficult to. re-enact in any coun
try or at any time by two personages,
neither of them royal by birth, and only
based on merit, superlative and surpass
ing in public esteem.
praise from Admiral Dewey, because it
was a triumph over a well-laid conspira
cy in the naval department of this coun
try.
It really begins to look as if Admiral
Dewey himself was not persona grata to
anybody in the president’s cabinet, and
that Messrs. Benham and Ramsay were
' selected and Instructed to make a report
that the cabinet wished for and designed
to compass from the beginning.
Perhaps he and Ardlral Schley are pay
ing the penalty of greatness, for having
become the two greatest sea-captains of
the nineteenth century, they are now
plagued and picked at by all the small
envious and malignant people who are dis
gruntled by their own insignificance in*
the engagements of Manila and Santiago.
Events are crowding one another with
startling rapidity in these later days. Four
years ago the Spanish-American war
would have been set down as an Impossi
bility if Santiago and Manila had been
prophesied. If we had been told that the
navy department of the United States
fired with envy, would have lent itself
to disgracing a successful army or navy
commander, the idea would have ueen pre
posterous to any American citizen of high*-
or low degree.
If we had been toljl that; an admiral
who was ten or more mites away and had
won the fight over another admiral whose
clothes were blood-spattered by the only'
man killed on our side in the sea-battle,
we would have said, “Go to, you crazy
loons!"
If another distinguished commander in
the army had been glad for this maligned
admiral's sake that the truth had appear
ed, who in creation would have expected
to see him lashed out of the white house
as General Miles has been treated? Truly,
we have entered upon a new era in tyr
anny!
in robust health. He has already received
severe epistolary chastisement at the
hands of those who are impatiently wait
ing for answers to letters which should
n*iver have been written. While Mr. Cleve
land's health Is such as to entirely relieve
his friends from any apprehension, he :s
yet far from well, and has hot been able
to leave his room for nearly five weeks."
Friends in this city also pronounced the
report untrue, and one of them added:
“The truth of the matter is that gout,
the oM time enemy of Mr. Cleveland, has
attacked him in an aggravated form.
Heretofore only one foot has been affect
ed. but the disease has now affected both
feet, and Mr. Cleveland suffers great pain
at times. His general health is fairly
good."
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Intend to go to
South Carolina soon after the holidays.
If Mr. Cleveland's health permits, where
they will be joined by a small party of
friends.
half century the place has been abandon
ed, the house torn away and the site left
to the weeds and shrubbery. One day this
week Mr. Shaw decided to dig down In
the well just to see what he would find,
at the same time hoping to find a good
wea of water. To his surprise he found
an old well bucket and gourd, both in a
perfect state of preservation, after having
remained there for more than sixty years.
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This is the first Christmas of th* new
century. No wonder the theme becomes
on* of inspiration. The poets have taken
it up, and are singing a strong high
note.
Henry Tyrrell is on* of these singers,
and here is his fine song:
The stars that glitter in yon sky
Os midnight hush and wintry cold.
Seems eager with the tidings told
To listening centuries gone by,—
To sing together, as they sang.
In sweet sidereal confidence,
Carols of hops for ages hence.
That first o'er Bethlehem's hillside rang.
O century that wakest now
To consciousness of love divine,
What rich Inheritance is thine!
What golden promise binds thy brow!
Promise of universal peace.
With wisdom arid the joy of life
Unsullied and unvexed by strife; •
And, from oppression, full surceas*i
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Promise of man’s unselfishness,
Os nation-friendship, large and Ital,
Os tributes to the common weal.
And kindness that strangers bless;
Os piety without disdain,
Duty that does not banish joy.
And gaiety without alloy
That gives no fellow creature palp;
Os grand achievement, glorious name,
Yet based -u honor firm and true,
So naught of evil may imbu*
The escutcheon of our country’s fame.
Stars! these your tidings, glad and good.—
Can be but, like the Magi, see
The Christ that was, that is to b*.
Present in higher humanhood I *
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"I* they really a Santy Claus?
“Your friend Jake."
This was the brief and pointed query re
cently received by th* Kansas City Star,
and that bright paper proceeded to answer
it. It recalled to "Jakie" that a famous
editor had already answered that ques
tion in the New York Sun. A littl* girl
had written the editor that she had never
seen Santa Claus, and that her father had
told her that nobody ever had; so, she had
begun to fear that there was no such de
lightful person. The editor wrote her not
to worry.
Nobody sees Santa Claus," he said,
"but that is no sign there is no* Santa
Claus. The most real things in the world
are those that neither children nor men
can see. No Santa Claus! Thank God he
lives and lives forever.”
Then The Star comments:
There is no question at all but that there
is a Santa Claus. The only wonder is that
the great editor had never seen him.
Plenty of other people have.
One of them has written about him tn
a poem that used to be in the school read
ers and maybe is still It began, " 'Twas
the night - before Christmas, when all
through the house. Not a creature was
stirring, not even a mouse."
He Is a sly old fellow, and isn’t easily
caught. ‘ Many and many a moy has hung
up his stocking and gone to bed deter
mined not to go to sleep until after Santa
Claus had come. But after listening a
long time for the bells of the reindeer and
the clatter of their hoofs on the roof, he
has fallen asleep to awaken to find his
stocking already full. But Santa must
have been there, else how could the pres
ent have come?
Fathers and mothers are often awake
when Santa Claus comes, but boys and
girls are generally unlucky about catching
a glimpse of him. Sometimes, to be sure,
he appears at a Christmas tree and hands
around the presents. But there are usual-,
ly doubts as to whether it is he or only a
"make believe.” The real Santa Claus is
the one that comes down the chimney with
the pack on his back. He is as real—as
real—as Jack Frost.
America has sent more than a million
dollars to Europe in Christmas gifts.
Christmas is indeed abroad.
The telling figures are as follows:
Three transatlantic steamers that left
New York for Europe last week carried
81,188,349,52 in money orders. The sepa
rate orders numbered 152.265, showing an
average value of about 811.62. These are
largely Christmas gifts from all over
the United States. Os the money, 8556,000
goes to Great Britain and Ireland, 8216,000
to Germany, SIIO,OOO to Sweden, $70,000 to
Italy, $42,000 to Russia, $38,000 to Hun
gary, $32,000 to Norway, $23,000 to Switz
erland, $19,000 to France, $16,000 to Den
mark, $8,500 to Belgium and the Nether
lands and $230 apiece to Egypt and Por
tugal. The Italian orders average high
est, namely, $25.68 each, and the Danish
and Dutch the least, $9.80. In the
year more than twelve million dollars'
has been sent to Europe by postal order.
The North German Lloyd steamship
Kaiser Wilhelm der Groose carried away
yesterday for Plymouth, Cherbourg and
Bremen, 1,172 sacks of mail, including
20,120 registered pieces, chiefly in enve
lopes. The Cunarder Lucania had aboard
1,002 sacks, in which wete 4,922 registered
pieces. The total is the largest two-day
accumulation of foreign Christmas mail
ever sent from New York.
•• • •
A lover of history and historic dates re
minds us that this Christmas of 1901 marks
the 125th anniversary of Washington’s
crossing the Delaware and of his subse
quent victory over the Hessians holding
Trenton. December 25th falls on the same
day of the week this year as it did then,
so the date is in every sense an annlver
sary.
Rollicking Germans and loyal Britons
held Trenton and made merry on that first
Christmas day, while the Continental eol
dlere, in their tattered uniforms, suffered
on the opposite shore from cold and hun
ger.
It is well to bring that famous victory
to the minds of the children today, and
to let some of the bombs and rockets be
in celebration of those brave men who by
their valor made'all the' future of this
great country brighter and better.
Dr. Alonzo Monk tells this story:
' a visitor to a certain house asked one
of the children, a boy four years of age,
which one of his parents he would rather
sell, his father or his mother.
“I don’t want to sell either one," said
the child. - '
"But suppose you were forced to sell
one, then what?"
"Why, I’d sell the one that brought the
most money,” answered the boy.
"He must have been a native Atlantlan,”
commented Dr. Monk.
• • •
Frank Stockton is as delightful a recon
teur as he Is novelist. Here is one of his
latest fish stories:
A gentleman encountering a boy out
fishing, began talking to him. The boy’s
responses were extremely indistinct.
"Why don’t you speak plainly?” asked
the man. "What have you 1n your
mouth?" .
“Wums, wums for bait,” answered the
boy.
That was the first Instance I ever really
knew, declared Mr. Stockton, where a
person actually spoke with balted-breath!
• • •
Telephones are treacheroua A woman
telephoned her husband, the other day,
to bring home with him some bromo
seltzer, and he came armed with bologna
sausage. Hts memory cells, doubtless,
took hold in an abnormal way of the
bologna sausage vibrations.
* j» a . •
"Papa, what is a plumber?”
A plumber, my child, is a man whose
plums all come in freezing weather."
Educational Field
Conducted By Hon. M. B. Dennis
BETTER THAN 10 CT. COTTON.
Priceless "New Year’s Gift” to the
Georgia Farmer —Latest Contribution
of the State University to the Cause
of Education —The "Short Winter
Course in Agriculture”—lts Advan
tages and Value —Chancellor Hill and ■
Prof. Starnes Talk Freely on Subject.
A topic of moment to all concerned in
educational matters, and of particular im
portance to our fanning interests, is the
approaching '‘Short Winter Course in Ag
riculture” at the state univeihiity; This
course, as announced in a recent supple
mentary bulletin, begins on January 6th
next, and terminates March 29th, compris
ing two terms of six weeks each.
Never before has the university been
able to extend such complete facilities for
the conduct of this course as now. Prepa
ration is advancing rapidly therefor, and
many facts of interest and value have
been gathered from a recent interview
with Chancellar W. B. HiU and Professor
H. N. Starnes.
“What," was asked, "sje the chief
points commending this course to the
public?”
"A dozen or more/’ replied the chancel
lor, “and each of prime importance.”
"For instance T’
“Well, for Instance, in the first place it
is inexpensive; there- are no fees or costs
of any kind attached; instruction is ab
solutely free.’,’ - . .
“What is the limitation regarding age?
May adults attend?” . . .• ■
"Without hesitancy. Any one over 15
may attend. Mature years will, prove
neither a bar nor an embarrassment. The
doors will be opened as freely as at a
'farmers* institute.’ Indeed, it may be con
sidered in many respects a ’farmers’ in
stitute* prolonged or extended from one
day to 72. It is Intended expressly to ben
efit'the ’settled’ farmer of middle age as
well as his son.” .:
"How about previous preparation for ad
mission, chancellor—entrance examina
tions and that sort of thing?”
"No entrance examination,” replied
Chancellor Hill, "will be required, nor
any educational qualification beyond the
primary grounding of the common schools.
If the applicant can read, writ* and figure
intelligently, he will be sufficiently pre
pared and will be admitted."
"What of the cost of living?”
"It may be reduced to a very low fig
ure,” said the chancellor. "Meals may
be obtained at from $7.50 to $8 per month
at the new students’ dining hall—good
board too, not • a mere makeshift. The
’old college’ dormitory provides rooms
free. At the ’ new dormitory—Candler
hall—there is a minimum charge of SI.OO
per month tor room rent."
"Regarding. the topics of the course. I
notice that agriculture is not the only
ground covered.”
"By no means,” returned the chancel
lor, "but on this point Professor Starnes
is probably In position to give you a closer
detail.”
"Why," answered Professor Starnes, "it
is true that agriculture and its subdivis
ions form the basis of the course, as its
name indicates, and that the course itself
has been shaped, primarily, for the bene
fit of the farming community. But there
is other fundamental knowledge (or in
formation) just as necessary for success
ful farming as technical instruction in
methods of cultivation. For this reason
iq addition to agriculture proper, short
courses are offered (supplementing the
main course) by other chairs of the uni
versity—English, mathematics and agri
cultural chemistry in the first term of six
weeks, beginning January 6th, and Eng
lish, mathematics and farm engineering
in the second term. Although the instruc
tion given by these schools will be quite
primary in character, yet, because of the
superior laboratory (and other) equipment
and facilities of the university, each topic
can be much more'satisfactorily presented
and emphasized than would be possible in
either tbe public or private schools of
the state.
"The course In mathematics includes (in
the first term), arithmetic, algebra and
plain geometry—thus preparing the stu
dent for farm accounting, mensuration,
surveying and other branches of farm en
gineering offered during the last six
weeks. These topics, however, are U> a
great extent elective or optional. Hence
anyone well, up, for instance, in English,
may, in place of this topic, concentrate
his time on farm engineering, should he
so prefer."
"What will be the compass of the in
struction in agriculture—its general char
acter or scope?”
"Necessarily the whole range of so com
prehensive a science as agriculture—its
entire theory and practice—could not be
covered, even In the. most superficial way,
in the brief space of a few weeks. Bpt,
by a careful selection and close condensa
tion of such practical information (with
its underlying principles simply demon
strated) as long experience has proved to
be most needed by the farnjer, the chief
points of value may be extricated, pre
sented and quije effectively impressed and
emphasized in even the limited .'me at.
our disposal." , . . .
"You should understand." continued
Professor Starnes, "thgt the study of ag
riculture is on a vastly different plan
or basis from that which it occupied
fifteen years ago, before tbe creation and
development of .the United States experl-,
ment station system in connection with
the work of the various agricultural col
leges throughout the country. During the
past decade, even, with- forty odd cen
ters of scientific investigation steadily
hammering- away- at the problem—each
day establishing new principles. or ex
ploding traditional superstitions—much
has been accomplished. Os the numerous
practical questions formerly, in doubt* or
dispute, but few remain unsolved or de
batable—and the number daily diminishes.
Through the excelllent system by which
the consolidated results of the investi
gations of these widely separated ex
perimenttai centers are disseminated, the
farming public may now be readily mar
marshalled into line correctly, yet briefly
Informed, regarding established methods
and practices and the principles under
lying them, by even so short a course
as that to which we are limited, and
when once in line taught to keep step
and march in the front rank, ■ abreast
with the most advanced ideas and pro
gressive practices." '
"Your couyse will then be informa
tional rather than educative!"
"In great* measure, yes. Acertain
amount of educative work or training
is necessarily inseparable from the proper
presentation of any topic; but we shall
seek, in the main, to present established
facts and results as such, and as many
of them as possible, though the basic
priclples underlying these facts will not
be ignored, but simply and dearly ex
plained. as far as may b*.”
"What class of students will most'
likely to benefit from the course offeree.'
Will it prove of greater value to those
altogether ignorant of scientific methods
of husbandry, or to the practically in
formed?”
"If lam permitted an ’lrishism.* I
should say ‘to both!’ To the uninformed
valuable information will be given under
every subdivision of the course, from
which he cannot fail to benefit. Yet our
already moderately proficient-in scientific
methode will be strengthened and fortified
(possibly corrected) in his theory and
practice. No one Is too ignorant to profit
by what he would succeed in assimilating
durlag the course, nor is any one likely <
i to prove so thoroughly grounded that he
would find nothing more to learn. Th* In
efficient farmer may digest therefrom
enough to render him proficient, while the
farmer already profiofent would unques
tionably become more so. This may sauna
egotistic, but is really not as conceited
as It sounds, for it should be noted that
the instructors engaged in the work of th*
short winter course are chiefly compiler*
of knowledge and information which they
have not themselves created, but collect*
ed. systematized and condensed, only
from the work of the original investigate
ors, and which they are now seeking to
present and disseminate in proper for®.”
“What textbooks will be used, Mr.
Chancellor, during the two courses?”
"The necessary outlay for text books is
very .little,” replied Chancellor HiU. "As
far as possible they have been discarded
and the instruction will be given by lec
tures, tn order to decrease the expense ac
count. The total cost of text books re
quired for the first term will be, for new
books, $3.95; for second hand books, $2.40.
Books for the second term (if those bought
for the first term’s work are retained) will
be only $1.50 (new). So the minimum ex
penditure for text books for both terms
may be s3'9o if second hand books are pur
chased for the first term. As tbe books
can be sold, if desired, at the close of th*
term for about half price, the necessary
outlay in this direction is merely nom- .
Inal.”
“What features of the agricultural di
vision of the course will be particularly
stressed?” > .. . i .
"I shall have to refer you again to thg .
professor of agriculture for details,", re
plied the chancellor.
“.And it will give me pleasure tu'supjfcy
them,” rejoined Professor Starnes. "The
entire course has been carefully , planned
to make it as simple and as practical as
possible. During the first term of six
weeks the general principles of agriculture
will be covered—beginning with the prov
ince and functions of the soil and the
basic principles underlying the routine of
farming—preparation, fertilisation, plant
ing, cultivation and harvesting—including
a discussion of each staple crop in detail
and Concluding with the topic of animal
nutrition or stock feeding and the stody
of forage plants, meadows and pasture*.
The university farm will be utilised tor
an ’object lesson’ (each week, on Satur
days), in the different processes.”
• "What of hqrticultureF’
“We are in excellent shape to furnish
practical instruction In this Im pert art
branch. The horticultural grounds on
the University farm are in fine condition
for illustrative work, and every process
will be thoroughly explained and venti
lated, Including the propagation of orchard
and small fruits, and there are few sub
jects of greater Importance to the ama
teur as well as to the professional grow
er. Many persons who consider them
selves well up in fruit culture may pos
sibly find here something to learn. For
Instance, a man may chanoe to prune his
vineyard correctly and successfully from
habit, and yet not be sure es the rea
son why he does it in that particular
way—of the principle underlying his work
—to the extent that should an emergency
arise, presenting abnormal conditions, he
would be able to meet it promptly.
"Then there is the matter of the dis
eases and maladies of plants; of Insect
enemies and fungous affections, with eom
battive remedies and methods. Including
the important topic of spraying, which
we expect to thoroughly cover during the
second terra. Another year the new
botanical garden, now in course of con
struction, will be sufficiently developed
to materially Improve the course; but it
is not yet far enough advanced to be
practically utilised this season.”
“And how about butter and cheese?"
. "We have been so fortunate as to se
cure the services of an expert in dairy and
veterinary work—Mr. J. M. Johnson—a
Cornell graduate, with several years’ ex
perience at the experiment stations of
West Virginia and North Carolina—who
will conduct during the second term—
from February 18th to March 29th—a
course in modern dairying, including but
ter And cheese making. The process wUI
be practically illustrated on the eampu*—
the lower floor of agricultural hall (even
tually intended for our agricultural mus
eum) having been temporarily equipped
for this purpose. The course in dairying
will be accompanied by a series of lec
tures on grading and judging cattie and
the diseases and maladies of live stock.”
“With no wish to depreciate the other
features of your course, you have appar
ently reserved the beet for the last."
“The most popular, at least, and cer
tainly of equal Importance if nothing
more. -It should Interest all classes and
conditions alike. There are 50,000 farmers
in Georgia able to undergo the expense
and to spare the time who would be bene
fited tenfold the cost of the entire course
by this one feature! We don’t expect to
be called on ■ to accommodate quite that
number, but constant inquiries are coming %•
in’to the chancellor from all parts of the .
state. The public seems to be waking up
to the' opportunity now presented, and It
will have itself only to blame for falling
to take wholesale advantage of It. Her*
is the instruction—ready to hand—along
the simplest and most practical lines—the
instruction for which the people have been
clamoring—here it Is fully equipped, wait
ing! All that is necessary is for the public
to come along and receive it—as free a*
water! And indeed I feel sure that-were
it once realized (outside of the other top
ics) how simply and profitably and at
what slight preparatory .outlay for ap
paratus every farm in the.state could pro
duce not only its own supply of sweet and >
wholesome cheese—but a marketable sur
plus also—we would be fairly overrwn<wtth
applicants for admission to the course be
fore the Christmas holidays.” » -
And the chancellor nodded vigorous and
emphatic ■ approval!
OA.STOMIA. .
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SHAW MAKES READY
TO ASSUME OFFICE
WASHINGTON. D«e. M_—lt f® no® •*•
pected that Governor Shaw, of lowa, will
be prepared to assume charge of the
treasury department about the middle of
January.' 1 . \ , , -g
His appointment will go to the senate
the day congress convenes, January 6th,
and should be confirmed within a day or
two. . '
Admiral Schley's friends say that he
•‘cannot be tempted to. enter the field of
polities unless every .other means of se
curing vindication is denied him.”
They insist he has absolutely no political
ambition and Is already chagrined that a
political phase should be given his case
and fears this political talk may interfere
with his “vindication,” because it tends
to dampen the enthusiasm of Republicans
in his cause and arouses some jealousy
among Democrats. "
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