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MONDAY, MARCH X 19UL
February’ has managed to furnish a
good deal of weather tor a abort month.
Perhaps Secretary Long Is merely wait
ing to retire until he can find a hole deep
enough.
The situation in Spain must be very
desperate Indeed, when it needs Don Car
los to come to its relief.
Still, there was no reason why the bal
ance of South Carolina should show any
Symptoms of Tillman is.
These royal visits do some good. Chica
go Is to clean up the streets over which
Prince Henry is to pass.
The world might forget aU about Spain
eventually if she didn't have a crisis on
her hands all the time.
Candidate Ouerry is said to $e booked
for another speech at Waycross. That
town s case must be desperate.
The Belle Mead farm has Just refused
IM.** 1 for a horse called the Commoner.
• Which again shows there is nothing in a
name.
New York club women are to entertain
their husbands at a banquet. The era of
good feeling seems to be extending every
where.
The severest punishment that could be
administered to Tillman would be to re
quire him to keep his mouth shut for
awhile. e
Spain has signed another treaty with
the United States, but. fortunately, we
don’t have to take any more islands
with it.
Whatever else it may conclude to do.
the senate ought to require that Tillman
take the Pasteur treatment before he is
reinstated.
So far none of the schemes for Demo
cratic harmony provide for a platform on
which Tillman and McLaurin might stand
Without biting. f
Bob Fitzsimmons. who was bitten by a
dog the other day. is said to have fully
recovered. But it is not stated how the
dog is getting along.
The Populist party was |n existence just
tsjsJve years. But that was long enough
for it to cause the Democratic party to
make a fool of itself.
The people who are putting up the price
of cotton seem to have satisfied them
selves that it is all out of the hands of
the farmers by this time.
If Captain Hobson can't prove his de
fective eyesight in any other way. he
might offer in evidence some of* the girls
he has allowed to kiss him.
The Savannah Press intimates that the
Macon prisoner who is sentenced to a term
In the Atlanta federal prison will feel that
the court is adding insult to injury.
The threat of the brewers of Milwaukee
to raise the price of beer unless the war
tax is reduced is the most flagrant at
tempt at coercion we have yet heard of.
It is stated that Prince Henry was vis
ibly nervous while visiting the senate
chamber the other day. He had evidently
read an account of the Saturday proceed
> Ings.
The Macon Telegraph frankly announces
that it will not endorse either of the three
gubernatorial candidates. This. then, will
give no two of them an advantage over the
other one.
The senate seems to be all split up over
the question whether or not a senator
shall be required to prove his charges
against another senator. This would cer
tainly be establishing a precedent.
The report that the Hon. Jim Smith
is waiting until he can dispose of 3.000
bales of cotton before entering the gu
bernatorial race has made quite a change
in opinion as to that gentleman's chances.
That Mil introduced by Senator Mason
“by request" the other day to create the
new cabinet office of “secretary of physi
cal culture” may appeal more seriously to
the senate after what occurred Saturday.
Booker Washington has been warning
the negroes to let politics alone. Those of
his race in Alabama, in view of that
state's new election law. may be excused
if they regard his remarks as being a
trifle sarcastic.
One New England railroad is said to
have given more than 849.C00 worth of free
passes to the legislators of one state last
year. But. perhaps, it may feel that even
this was better/than having to pay them
the money.
The question of raising the pay of con
gressmen is of very hale practical im
portance to the lately elected senator
from New Jersey, as he already has a
salary of IlWfrom his Insurance com
pany presidency.,
Robert P. Porter, who has been called
the "High Priest of Protection." has just
returned from Cuba a confirmed free
trader so far as that Island is concerned,
and an advocate of commercial union be
tween the two countries.
“It is curious, by the way,” says the
Louisville Courier-Journal, “to recall that
both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Da
vis were born in this state, not more than
100 miles apart, and with but about a
year's difference in time.”
The Washington Poet fears that the
American hens have conspired to make the
egg our standard of value. The egg has
long been not only the standard of value
but the circulating medium in a good
many southern communities.
When it comes to twisting the lion's tail
that United States customs collector at
Sitka. A’aska. who expelled Canada’s rep
resentatives from the country and estab
lished his own rules as to pelagic sealing,
s dearly entitled to the bakery.
A member of the Canadian parliament
named Gourley has been saying that Can
ada can whip the United States in six
months and annex it. Now. there might
be some excuse for some one calling that
statesman a liar right on the spot.
DID THE PRESIDENT INSULT SENATOR TILLMAN?
Senator Tillman, when his invitation was recalled to the president’s dinner at
the whitehouse to Prince Henry, of Prussia, gave out a statement to the effect
that the president had “insulted” him. His nephew. Lieutenant Governor Joe
Tillman, evidently takes the same view of the matter and has recalled an invita
tion to the president to present a sword to a gallant South Carolina soldier,
Major Jenkins, on account of the “insult” offered to hia uncle.
It must be remembered that the president's dinner to the prince was a pure
ly official function. Had it been otherwise, "the Tillman incident” would tnost
assuredly never have arisen, for it is not at all likely that Mr. Tillman would have
been selected by the president of the Uhlted States to meet a German prince at
a dinner where personalities were alone considered.
Mr. Tillman was invited solely because he was the ranking Democrat on the
senate committee on naval affairs, just as the few other Democrats and IJepub
licans in the house and senate were selected out of the great number, on ac
count of their official position.
When it developed that Mr. Tillman had been placed in contempt of the sen-
ate. and on the day of the dinner, not only had no official position but that his
name had been absolutely stricken from the roll of the senate, the president
was advised that to have him present at the dinner would not only be an affront
to the senate, but to the distinguished guest of the evening.
He then sought, according to the undenied story of the affair, to relieve him
self and Senator Tillman of the embarrassment which his presence would
create. He requested Senator Cockrell, a leading Democrat and personal friend of
Senator Tillman's, to lay before him the uncomfortable facts. This was done
and the South Carolina senator peremptorily refused to withdraw his accept
ance. Tfien the president cancelled the invitation.
In deciding whether or not the president “Insulted” the senator, the fact that
the senate afterwards, and we think properly, removed the "contempt,” matters
but little, for it is an undeniable fact that when the president requested Mr. Till
man to decline his invitation he was not in the official sanse a senator of the Uni
ted States qualified to perform any of the functions, social or otherwise, of a
member of that body. x
It would seem to the unbiased that w hen the president privately and courte
ously Informed Mr. Tillman, through a mutual friend, what official etiquette re- S'
quired him to do, that instead of seeking to “Insult” the senator he was really
striving to save him from public embarrassment.
Whether or not this was his motive, he was at least in Une with his duty
and what the proprieties demanded of him in his official position.
Mr. Tillman has often professed to speak for the people of this section on how
"southern gentlemen” aet under given circumstances. We may be wrong but we
think there are few gentlemen in this state or his own who would hesitate about
what self-/espect demanded. If it should be even intimated that their presence
was undesirable. . ‘
We think now as we did when we first commented upon the Tillman-McLaurin
affair, that it was a reproach to the senate and a disgrace to the state of South
Carolina, which we feel sure these two senators misrepresent.
But as we said then, we do not think these senators should be expelled from
the senate. While the senate is the sole judge of the conduct of its members and
can expel if*lt sees fit, the state of South Carolina is also entitled to its representa
tion in that body and to deprive it of its voice even temporarily would make a pre
cedent which partisanship might carry to the extreme of injustice.
The Republicans have already recognized the error of having stricken the
names of these senators from the roll.
It would be an even greater error to expel them for not only would a danger
ous precedent be set, but partisan politics, already invoked by the crafty
Tillman, would assuredly re-elect him. \
The senate should content itself with a stringent censure upon both Tillman
and McLaurin and let them remain until the sovereign state of South Carolina
wills it otherwise.
The gctlqn of Senator Tillman's nephew “Joe” in seeking "revenge” on the
president by withdrawing his invitation, is of course, the extreme of discourtesy
to Mr. Roosevelt personally and to the high office he holds. But the act is In
itself so childish and ludicrous that it is hardly worthy of serious comment.
The Tillmans, uncle and nephew, In receiving and giving "Insults” are the best
in the line of serio comics.
PRINCE HENRY’S VISIT.
The cordial and unaffected manner in
which the brother of the German emperor,
Prince Heinrich of Prussia, has been re
ceived by the president and by the people
of this country has apparently been sin
cerely appreciated by the sailor prince
himself and by the German emperor and
German people, judging from recent cable
dispatches from Berlin, have been pro
foundly touched.
The prince, by his democratic ways and
lack of ostentation, has charmed those
with whom he has come in contact, and it
is already apparent that the object of his
trip—the bringing together in closer terms
of friendship the United States and Ger
many—has been accomplished.
So far as we can observe there have
been no evidences of “flunkeyism” on the
part of this government or its representa
tives, and on the part of the prince there
has been no misunderstanding of the cu
riosity and the spontaneous enthusiasm
with which he has been greeted.
The fact that great honors have been
showered upon this prince and that great
crowds have gathered to greet him is a
manifestation simply of the innate hospi
tality that every American possesses, and
cannot and will not be construed as any
evidence of regard for monarchical insti
tutions.
The sentimental, not to say the poetic,
side of this visit of the prince is the con
ception of the emperor in selecting the
president’s young daughter to christen his
yacht and sending across the seas his
royal brother to help officiate. It was a
deftly conceived and brilliantly executed
compliment to the women of America,
and should take first rank -in those diplo
matic acts of friendship which count so
much in the relations of progressive and
aggressive nations like the United States
and Germany.
So far nothing has marred the visit of
this prince, whose message is peace and
good will. On every hand good taste has
gone hand in hand with hospitality, and
we feel that we speak for the people of
America In saying that it is their sincerest
wish that when the prince returns he will
carry to his royal brother a glowing ac
count of his own welcome. We feel sure
that the emperor will be. if he has not al
ready been, impressed with the greatness
and grandness of this country in its way
of receiving a royal messenger of peace
or its readiness and ability to receive, if
need be, a black messenger of war.
FIGHTS IN THE SENATE.
The unseemly fist fight. In which Sena
tors Tillman and McLaurin, of South Car
olina. participated last Saturday after
noon, during a session of the senate is
without precedent or parallel in the more
than hundred years of existence of that
august assemblage known as the United
State# senate, which is sometimes called
and ought of right to be “the greatest
deliberative body in the world.”
The nearest approach to a similar scene
was the encounter on May 22,1856, between
Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, a sen
ator, and Preston Smith Brooks, a rep
resentative from South Carolina. The
latter strangely enough, like Senator Till
man, hailed from the famous Edgefield
district of the Palmetto State.
The senate was not in session when this
sensational incident and Brooks,
as before stated, was not even a member
of that
Sumner was attacked immediately af
ter he had delivered a speech,, entitled,
“The Crime Against Kansas," which
greatly incensed all of the southern mem
bers and the members of the South Car
olina delegation in particular. Brooks is
said to have assaulted the senator with a
cane white the latter was seated at his
desk.
The passions of the north and south
were greatly inflamed at this time and
an effort was made to expel the South
Carolinian from the house of representa
tives. On the motion to expel the ayes
were 121 and the noes 96—lacking the
requisite two-thirds. Brpoks afterwards
resigned, but was unanimously re-elected
by his constituents. Throughout the north
the conduct of Brooks was greatly cen
sured and he was denounced in unmeasur
ed terms. In the south it was generally
upheld and numerous costly canes and
other testimonials were presented to him.
Another dramatic scene in the senate
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1902.
occurred In 1850. six years previous to the
assault upon Sumner by Brooks.
The participants in this row, which nar
rowly missed ending In a bloody tragedy,
were Senator Benton, of Missouri, and
Senator Foote, of Mississippi.
Benton, according to the story of the
affair, charged Foote with having ap
proved and revised a newspaper article
which seriously reflected upon him. In
the midst of Benton's remarks Foote,
with an angry retort, interrupted the for
mer and Benton started towards him.
The Missouri senator is described as be
ing leonine in appearance, with massive
head and frame, much larger physically
than Foote. The latter upon the ap
proach of Benton is said to have retreated
for a short distance, and then turning
pulled a Ave-chambered revolver from his
pocket, which he deliberately cocked and
aimed at the approaching Missourian.
Benton is said to have been unarmed
and at flrst did not see the weapon which
Foote had levelled at him. Senator Dodge,
of Wisconsin, caught hold of Benton as
he rushed towards Foote, pointed out the
drawn pistol and begged him for God's
sake to do nothing which would com
promise him with the senate. He broke
away from Dodge and rushed up to within
a few feet of Foote, threw back his arms
and cried dramatically:
‘T am unarmed!
“I have no pistol!
"I disdain to carry firearms!
"Let him Are!
“Stand out of the way and let the as
sassin fire!” ,
The excitement tn the staid ojd senate
can better be imagined than pictured.
There stood the determined Foote in front
of the president's desk with his pistol
pointed at Benton’s heart, while the gi
gantic Benton was towering above him In
a rage that would have made the gods
proud.
But Foote would not shoot his unarmed
antagonist. He wilted at so fine a sight
and sank in his chair, and while Senator
Dickinson, of New York, was taking his
pistol other senators gathered about Ben
ton and took him back to his seat.
A senate committee Investigated the af
fair. Neither of the belligerents was re
quired to apologise.
The report said: “The senators proba
bly felt badly enough and an apology was
not necessary." It urgently recommend
ed, however, that the practice of carry
ing concealed weapons in the chamber be
dispensed with. z X
Before and since that time there have
been acrimonious debates, and sensation
al incidents, but it remained for Messrs.
Tillman and McLaurin tobe the flrst td en
gage in actual hostltlitles, where blows
were given and taken and blood flowed.
OUR GERMAN CITIZENSHIP.
The coming of Prince Henry to America
serves to call attention to the part the
German people have played in the devel
opment of this country. "Mr. Dooley”
facetiously remarked the other day that
the Germans never leave Germany; that
he takes it with him. A statement as
true as It is witty. But to this very fact
is due some of our highest elements of
citizenship and most wholesome customs;
for there has been transplanted from the
“Faterland” that respect for govern
ment, that love of industry and of domes
tic pleasures, together with that prac
tical, conservative view of life, so Char
acteristic of the race; all of which have
become happily Interwoven in our com
posite nationality.
While it is true that as individuals they
are not as readily assimilated as the Irish,
for instance, retaining, as they do, their
customs and their language to a large ex
tent, it is also true that the Germans are
more law-abidinig and more thrifty than
most any other class of people transplan
ted to this country from a foreign soil.
Indeed, it is admitted, that there has been
less of the vicious in the German immi
gration to this country than in any other
class.
But to state these things is to state
wnat every citizen of this country well
knows. Everyone does not know, how
ever, what part, numerically, Germans
have played in the development of Ameri
ca. According to the New York Times,
the statistics show that over 5,000,000 Ger
man men, women and children have immi
grated to this country within the past
38 years, or since the government began
to keep accurate statistics. And it is safe
to say that practically all of these remain
ed and became a part of our body poli
tic, for it is a well known fact that the
German, once he has cast his lot with a
community, state or nation, is slow to
make a change.
The proportion of the whole German im
migration for the period referred to is
almost exactly 25 per cent of the total
immigration, and second only to that of
the combined immigration from Great
Britain and Ireland. It would probably
be safe to say that German blood flows,
in a greater or less degree, through the
veins of from one-fourth to one-third of
the population of this country.
Here are the figures of German immi
gration to the United States since 1820:
1821-50 593,8441
1851-60 951,667
1861-70 787,468
1871-80 718.182
1881-901,452,970
1891-1900 565,192
T0ta15,009,280
A whole nation in numbers, as The
Times aptly says, has come to us from
Germany.
THE PASSING OF TOLSTOI.
The continued reports from the bedside
of Count Leo Tolstoi make it evident that
the death of this great man is not far dis
tant. That event will end one of the most
interesting as well as useful careers, not
only- in the history of Russia, but of mod
,ern times.
For tbe past quarter of a century this
man has devoted himself assiduously and
with much sacrifice to studying the press
ing problems of life,* to remedying its
grievances and to befriending the un
friended poor. To that end he resigned all
social standing and privileges of rank and
lived the life of those whose condition he
sought to relieve. Besides devoting the
most of his wealth to charity, he has giv
en the best efforts of his great heart and
brain in trying to better the masses. The
finest products of his pen have been di
rected against the present form of gov
ernment in Russia and against home of
the doctrjnes of tiie Greek church, the
more recent and mere radical of which
have led to his banishment by one and
excommunication by the other. He is,
therefore, regarded as both a political and
religious martyr. Harsh measures, how
ever, have not silenced the great truths
which he uttered or expunged the mighty
principles for which he contended.
It is said that the fact that the czar,
whom Tolstoi had considered his warm
friend, sanctioned his excommunication
and banishment depressed the great nov
elist more than the acts themselves and
caused him to become low-spirited, and
feeble in health, leaving him an easy prey
to the attack of typhoid fever with which
he was recently seised and which is likely
to result in his death.
Count Leo Nikolalevitch Tolstoi was
born at Yasnaya, Poliana, in the govern
ment of Tula, on August 28, 1828. He was
educated privately at Moscow and on the
family estate till 1843-46, when he studied
at Kazan university. In 1851 he joined the
army pf the Caucasus on the Tenek, was
attached to the staff of Prince Gortscha
koff in Turkey in the first stage of the
Crimean war and was at the storming of
Sebastopol by the allies In 1855. Count
Tolstoi then retired from the army, and,
already famous as a poet and novelist,
spent a short time in the most brilliant
literary and speial circles of St. Peters
burg. He then traveled in Germany and
Italy. In 1862 he married and retired to
his estates near Moscow and dwelt among
the peasantry. About 1878 he announced,
to the consternation of his friends, that
he had finally resolved to renounce the*
career of poet and artist to devote himself
entirely to the work of ameliorating the
condition of the masses.
His conception of Christ's Christianity
was summed up in six canons: Do not
war, do not judge, do not commit adul
tery, do not swear, do not give way to
anger, do not oppose with force the evil
doer.
TRANSVAAL RESOURCES.
Wonderful as the development of the
gold deposits of the Transvaal has been
already many of the experts who have
studied the situation believe that this de
velopment has but fairly begun.
The war in that region has, of course,
had a paralyzing effect upon its mining
industries, but this must be considered as
only temporary. The full restoration of
order will undoubtedly cause an industrial
activity in South Africa beyond anything
that has yet been known there.
In fact this revival has already advanc
ed to a degree that is nothing less than
wonderful. The gold production in the
Rand district, which was only 39.075 for
last November jumped to 52,897 ounces in.
the next month. It was even larger in Jan
uary and is increasing every day.
Mining stocks in South Africa are
bounding up at an unprecedented rate and
capital for investment in such securities is
Inuring into country, though peace
has not been fully restored. The Boers
may continue their desultory warfare for
months to come, but there is no danger
that the well guarded mining districts
will be disttfrbed. Money is pouring into
that region and men are flocking to it
from all parts qf the world. The Transvaal
is likely to become one of the richest re
gions in the world in the early future
and its mines will contribute immensely to
the permanent wealth of the world.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
New York Press.
Idealists plan things: plain men do them.
Being a financier is letting somebody else
make money for you.
Dynamite can't blow a man in public life so
high as too much talking.
In the stock market a man speculates; in the
marriage market he gambles.
It Is as bad for a man's income to live down
to him as for him to live up to it.
There are any number of ways to get worse;
the only way to get better is to do it.
Matrimony in a small cottage is all right; it
is maternity there that makes the trouble.
The right kind of man doesn't wait for an
invitation to kiss a girl, he waits for a chance.
The family doctor has more secrets told him,
but the family dressmaker discovers just as
many.
You don't have to look at a girl to know if
she is pretty; look at the men who are looking
at her.
The white lie that a woman always forgives
you is when you tell her she is pretty and she
hopes she is, but suspects she isn’t.
To enjoy the sublime respect of his wife a
man must make her believe that the easiest
thing for him to do is to make money.
Six weeks after the first of every January
the biggest cast-off collection in the country
is made up of discarded New Year's resolutions.
You can never discourage a woman about
loving. If she can’t love her husband she
is content to love her children; if she hadn’t
any children she will manage to get along lov
ing her pets.
The Administration is Consistent.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
The decision of the federal administration
to furnish no more money for the light in the
statue of liberty . enlightening the world in
Ne< York harbor has a certain propriety It
would not have had a few years ago. We are
not enlightening the world in liberty as much
as we were.
The Philadelphia Press is inclined to the
opinion that the war among the Daughters
of the American Revolution will not be a
very serious affair, in view of the fact
that none of the ladies use explosive pow
der.
CHEERING SIGNS OF RETURNING SANITY.
BY BISHOP WARREN A. CANDLER.
There are evidences of returning san
ity In the collegiate world with refer
ence to what are called “intercollegiate
games.”
The colleges in Michigan seem inclined
to move in body in the direction of refor
mation. ,
A few weeks ago the presidents of some
of the most conspicuous insuiutlons in
New England expressed themselves de
cidedly in opposition to these games.
The\tokens thus given that the mania
Is beginning to pass must be gratifying
to sensible people who care for the wel
fare of the youth of the land and who
are Interested also in our institutions of
higher learning.
The main reasons given by some of
these college presidents for abandoning
“these sports that kill” Is scarcely so
gratifying, however. They intimgte that
It has been ascertained by experience that
success in the games does not Increase
the patronage of the colleges whose
"teams” are victorious, the inference
clearly being that If the long-standing
claim to the contrary had proved cor
rect the games ought to be encouraged.
A more pitiable confession was never made
by serious men charged with the manage
ment of great interests.
Is it a fact that the sons of worthy
parents have been galloped over the coun
try, arranged in grotesque costume and
exposed to all manner of perils, when
they ought to have been at their books,
and all as an advertising scheme for the
colleges represented by them? Were re
spectable students used for a service not
one whit better than that rendered by a
negro boy clad in the garb of a clown,
bearing a transparency and beating a
gong to advertise the wares of a fakir?
So it seems, and the revelation is most
humiliating indeed!
The work of colleges has been account
ed that of one of the learned professions.
The teacher has been supposed to rank
with the preacher, the lawyer and the
physician. Could a lawyer send his
clients out beating up patron
age for him by such methods and still re
tain his standing? Could a doctor secure
patients by such methods? What contempt
would fall upon a preacher who should
thus degrade himself? Alas! that the pro
fession of the teacher should be scandal
ized by such things. A college which re
sorts to or winks at such methods to ad
vertise Itself falls several, degrees below
"little Tommy Tucker," who "sang for
his supper.”
But there has been something worse than
unworthy and unprofessional advertising
in all this craze for Intercollegiate sports.
American colleges have made themselves
accessory to many homicides which have
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago News.
A goat has a great head for business.
No man can be selfish while he is in love.
Your life isn’t worth living unless you think
it to.
Love is one kind of praise and envy is an
other.
Switchmen are paid for sidetracking other
people.
Self-inspection is said to be a sure cure for
self-esteem.
A boy's headache is always worse Just about
school time.
Some men have brains and some seem to
have wheels.
The average man deceives himself oftener
than he does others.
The way of the transgressor is often rough
on the other fellow.
Men with narrow views are apt to be broad
in their conversation.
Woman does not enjoy a'funny story unless
there Is a man in it.
Probably the? flrst parasol war made from
the rib of an umbrella.
A woman never feels comfortable unless her
shoes are uncomfortable.
The better the physician the less respect an
undertaker has for him.
If a man says only what he thinks he is not
likely to be a great talker.
A man is always on time when he has an
appointment with a pretty girl.
Any man can learn to make mistakes with
out serving an apprenticeship.
There is something wrong with a pie if a
small boy refuses a second piece.
Many a man grows wealthy by acting con
trary to the advice of the majority.
Spring lamb fs one thing in the dictionary
and quite another on the bill of fare.
The man who is willing to lend you money
tomorrow always wants to borrow today.
Not infrequently the wedding ring is a cir
cle that squares the debts of a poor man.
A woman would rather other women would
talk disrepectfully about
After a girl who married for money becomes
a widow she is very likely to be married for her
money.
That student who lingers around the foot of
his class may eventually become a first-class
chiropodist.
It is not wisdom to tell everything you know,
but some people can’t avoid it if they tell any
thing at all.
An egotist is a man who Insists on telling
you the things abou. himself that you want to
tell him about yourself.
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.
Germany has imported as much as $10,000,000
worth of apples in one year and $2,500,000 worth
of pears.
Realty sales In the city of London during
1901 were £5,553,098, compared with £4,934,769
in 1900 and £6.290,314 in 1899.
The submarine cables to be commenced next
month between Vancouver and Fanning Island
(3,000 miles) will be the longest unbroken line
ever laid.
It is estimated that there are fewer than
10,000 wild elephants left in all the countries
on the globe, and that five of these will be
killed off when one is born.
With the completion of the Trans-Siberian
Railroad Russia makes her entry as a com
petitor in the European butter trade and is
carrying everything before her. «
A waterfall discovered ten years ago in
San Cuayaton Canyon, Durango, Mex., is said
to be at least 3.000 feet high. This would
make it the highest in the world.
The white convicts employed on the break
water at Cape Town pre sending a loyal ad
dress to King Edward, praying his clemency
on the occasion of the approaching coronation.
The Paris Bourse was to be enlarged a year
ago, but owing to the obstinacy of two pro
prietors of adjoining lavatories who refuse to
accept the compensation offered, the entire
work has been at a standstill for several
months. Business is interfered with, and
brokers and jobbers are loud in complaining.
In order that a patent may be obtained in
France, the three following conditions are
necessary: That the invention be absolutely
necessary; that it possess an industrial charac
ter; that it be not contrary to public order
or security, good morals, or the laws of the
country. An invention is -not considered new
when, previous to the date of filing of the
application, it has received sufficient publicity
in France or abroad to render it aasy of
imitation.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Only 50 per cent, of the 1,170,000 males over 21
in London are on the registrar of voters.
The estimated population of • Havana for
December last was 271,363, of whom 72,492 were
colored.
The largest sum ever spent in improving
one street was $14,300,000, on the Rue de Rivoli.
Paris. New Cannon street, London, cost
$2,950,000.
What Is said to be the largest motor in the
world is that being erected by a French doc
tor. in which he intends, with two students,
to make a trip arourra the world. It will
contain two sleeping apartments, a large work
room and four big tanks for storing oil.
Professor Seybold of Stuttgart has discov
ered in the Tuebingen University library an
Arabic manuscript 500 years old. which Is
probably the original of the “Arabian Nights."
He has also found manuscripts describing the
whole religious system of the Druses.
After many months, and even years, of dis
'cusslon, after receiving report after report,
the Paris Municipal Council has come., to a
decision on the question of the price of gas. . A
vote has been taken on the subject, and dating
from January 1 of this year the price charged
will be 20 centimes per cubic meter, this being
a reduction of a third.
One of the notabilities in the town of Mont
lucon. France, in the Department of Allier, is
a man named Coulon, aged 76, whose beard
measures 10 feet 10)* inches, and his mus
tache is over a yard and a half long. He
spends every Sdnday dressing his beard andi
when he exhibits his luxurious growth the
Inhabitants of the town come out to see him
go by.
occurred In the games—no Inconsiderable
number every year. Our civilized and
Christian sensibilities are shocked when
we read of the sin of King Solomon, who
first introduced into Israel the worship
of Moloch and the sacrifice of children to
that bloody god. But as a matter of fact
American colleges have sacrificed more
young Ilves on the altar of athleticism dur
ing the last ten years than were ever sac
rificed to Moloch in all Solomon's reign.
It is. a beastly record that has been
made!
But the evil did not stop with the bodily
wounds inflicted and the bodily deaths
brought to pass. Collegiate ideals have
been corrupted and degraded by raising
physical competitions to the place which
should be filled by moral and intellectual
contests alone. The muscular bully, with
his quilted breeches, muzzled phiz and un
shorn locks has been made the hero of
the campus to the depreciation of the
modest and dilligent stjjdent. This shift
ing of the center of gravity in college
life from an intellectual to a physical
ideal, from a lofty to a law conception of
manhood, has made a distinct inclination
in some institutions toward a bold, brave
paganism. Witness the proposal to revive
the Olympian games at Chicago and their
actual revival at Paris.
Well, intelligent people at least know
what that means. It may be doubted if
the collegians who propose it know
enough of history to understand what
they propose, or if they do understand it,
they may have reached a point of mental
and moral decay at which they really de
sire what they seem to wish. May the
words of Kipling in a recent poem, so
like the strong protest of an ancient poet
of Greece against the athleticism of his
times, have the-effect to open the eyes of
some at least to the final fruitage of the
athleticism of our times! It ministers not
to manly strength and courage, but to un
manly folly and brutal coarseness.
Os course. I am familiar with all the
cant about "a sane mind in a sound body”
and "body-building,” as these phrases are
invoked to give serious defense to an evil
for which no serious defense, which is also
sincere, can be justly made. Inter-colleg
iate games, confined as they are to only
a fraction of the student body, in the very
nature of the case can do next to nothing
for the physical development. Inter-col
legiate games are not and never were de
signed to develop, but to display, strength.
Moreover. If it were susceptible of proof
that the games used in intercollegiate con
tests, were well adapted to making sound
bodies for sane minds to dwell in, it does
not follow that the “intercollegiate” fea
ture must be retained in order to secure
benefits. The patronage of a college has
surely run very low when it has not stu
dents enough to get up a game of ball
among themselves.
Candidates For Governor
HAVE WIDELY DIFFERENT STYLES OF CAMPAIGNING.
TWO STATE OFFICIALS ARE TO HAVE OPPOSITION.
The campaign for governor runs merrily
along. The three announced candidates
are now in the field hustling for votes with
old time vigor and the presumption is that
the hustling will keep up until after the
primary is over.
Mr. Guerry started the fireworks first
and is keeping up his work with clocklike
regularity. He has adopted the “pitchin
toeverybody” style of campaign and is
waging war on most everything in sight
and suggesting various and sundry re
forms. He is always listened to with rapt
attention and Is applauded to the 'echo.
But does that style of campaigning win
votes? It is a question that remains to be
seen. Mr. Guerry outlines his platform
In a clear, concise way and cannot fail
to be understood. He makes some rough
charges against the legislature and other
things and gives some interesting facts
about railroad taxation.
Joe Terrell had adopted the “nevermen
tion the other candidate" style and makes
his speeches without saying anything
about the other fellows. Sometimes he
mentions the fact that he was never em
ployed by a railroad and was never dis
charged by one and the result is he is
neither prejudiced either for or against
the railway corporations. Mr. Terrell Is
down at work now, ana will cover all
the south Georgia tesritory before he
leaves for Atlanta.
Colonel Estill Is conducting what might
be termed a "nospeaking” style of cam
paign. He is going out Into the country
and is meeting all the voters. He has
heart to heart talks with the boys. He
says he thinks the other candidates are
good men, and if they were elected gov
ernor they would make good officials, but
he thinks he would make a good gov
ernor himself and is asking for votes.
' Colonel Estill is a much better politician
than people gave him credit for being, de
spite the fact that Mr. Guerry says he will
carry only Chatham and one other county.
Colonel Estill figured in politics
considerable during the reconstruction pe
riod, and although he looks "Innocent” he
knows a thing or two. His etyle of cam
paign is causing a great deal of comment
in Atlanta, and the politicians are in doubt
as to whether it Is a good style or a bad
one.
Although it has been reported time and
time again that the Hon. James M. Smith,
of Oglethorpe, would anonunce for gov
ernor that worthy gentleman has not
made known his views on the subject.
He is as silent as Joe Terrell was before
the campaign began. Charlie Webb, of
Athens, says that Mr. Smith said he would
run, and as soon as he could get his af
fairs in shape he would announce, but
the people are arriving at the conclusion
that Mr. Smith is taking an extra long
time to get his business wound up. And
If Mr. Smith does announce. It will be
startling to the three candidates who are
now In. They have long ago counted Mr.
Smith out, and are humping for them
selves that reminds the politicians' of
the days before there were daily newspa
pers that Would print five and six col
umns of speeches from the candidates. If
Mr. Smith runs he is contemplating set
ting up headquarters at the Kimball. It
is generally agreed among the knowing
ones and the members from the state at
large that Mr. Smith is rather late in
getting out. They take position that the
voters are pretty well lined up at pres
ent, and that it would be a hard matter
for a new candidate to get into the race,
and take away the votes which have
been practically pledged.
It looks as if a determined effort is on
foot to defeat State School Commissioner
G. R. Glenn. Besides A. J. Beck, of De-
Kalb, and W. B. Merritt, of Lowndes,
Mark Johnson, of Baldwin, is considering
why he should not enter the race. Dr.
Glenn has hundreds of friends over the
state, however, and he is receiving many
assurances of support. His friends de
clare that they feel more encouraged over
the situation than In any other campaign.
Dr. Glenn is at present in Chicago at
tending a meeting of the National Educa
tional association, but he will return Sat
urday, and it may be that he will make a
few addresses tn the various sections of
Georgia in his own interest. He is a great
speaker, commands great attention and
says things right to the point. He will no
doubt enlighten the people on the situa
tion. He is being criticised for the pres
ent school laws, but hi contends and his
friends contend that the school commis
sioner can make no laws, that power be
ing entirely with the legislature. Messrs.
Beck and Merritt are working hard in
their interest and their friends are work
ing with them.
Two more capitol officials are going to
Back of this “intercollegiate” feai
there is gambling, expensive rallr
fares, hotel bills, and "gate money”-
of which take hold of the passion of
man greed. This explains the hold t
“intercollegiate games” have secured
the specious pleas put forth for ti
maintenance “by many friends.”
For all the purposes of what is ca
"body-building” a well regulated gym
sium Is the best instrumentality. In s
an establishment every type and det
of physical defect and weakness can
an appropriate prescription for its ci
Football as seen in the intercollegi
matches, even when Its worst feature
slugging and gambling are most nei
excluded (they are never entirely abs
from such occasions) seems to have no
feet as "a body builder” beyond the nr
cles and hair of the small number
boys in the “team” and the vocal ap
ratus of the much larger number i
scream and scramble around the field.
Thece is another phase of this mal
which is of prime Importance in the son
In our southern country we have a mu
tude of poor boys who earnestly del
the advantages of a course in some fii
class college—not many rich boys (
for such advantages. If college terms
shortened and the vacations lengthe
as- much as possible, the expenses
these worthy, struggling young men
decreased and the period during wh
they can make something with which
defray their expenses are proportional
increased.
This means much to them—often
means that last inch of leather by wi
they are enabled to make buckle
tongue meet. Now it is obvious that
a considerable number of students
college are running over the country
days and weeks, and if both before
after the games they are in a state of
eitement unfavorable to study, the
leges they attend must either lengthen
time for work to accommodate these
sentees. or do poorer work. If the t<
is lengthened the poor boy is taxed for
accommodation of his gaming classmal
If the* work done is impaired to al
these demoralizing and distracting
sencep. he is robbed. In either case h
injured to make a holiday for his sport
associates. What can the colleges s
as an offset to such an Injury to the b
who most need and most appreciate w
colleges are supposed to exist in ordei
provide?
In view of these and other conslde
tlons, I am glad to see even the t
faint traces of returning sanity in the <
lege world. This fad, or rather mai
has already stayed over’lts time. It ou
to have perished, or "died aborting'
good many years ago, and doubtlesi
would have died thus early but for
money that has been in it
have opposition. W. J. Speer will opp
R. E. Park for state treasurer and R.
Nisbet is going to run against O. B. St
ens. It had been thought for quite awl
that neither Mr. Speer nor Mr. Nis
would be candidates, but Mr. Nisbet !
announced and Mr. Speer has told his
timate friends that he would get in
race. Mr. Nisbet in his circular let
which he is sending out criticises the
ministration of Mr. Stevens to some <
tent, saying that it is too extravaga
He gives some figures as to what hie f
mer administration cost. Mr. Speer 1
not made known his views on the tre
urershlp, and just what his platform v
be cannot be ascertained. The fact ti
both the men have held office before,
same office, in fact, for which they
now contending, will make the race
the more Interesting. Mr. Stevens a
Mr. Park, however, are leaving no stoi
unturned and are keeping fully posted
the situation.
Roland Ellis, of Bibb, has comment
an active campaign for the speakers!
Letters are flooding the state mak
known the fact that he is going to i
for the leading man In the house, p
vided he is elected to the house fn
Bibb. It is almost a certainty, howev
that he will be one of the hardest men
the race for the speakership to defe
Hon. Emerson H. George, of Morgan, w
was one of the strongest men in the li
house, is making an active campaign al
He has no opposition in Morgan and It
a certainty that he will be in the hou
Mr. George is very popular wherever
is known and is especially strong w
the members of the last house. He sa
he is receiving a groat deal of encoura
ment from all the counties, and thinks
chances of winning are splendid. 1
George also says that he will not col
come down from the race in favor of at
body. • • j
Prohibition will be one of the lead!
things to attract the attention of the n<
legislature. Strong efforts are being ma
by the prohibitionists to elect prohibit}
Ists to the legislature. It is very Ilk
that the house will go prohibition, but
gardlng the senate it is very doubt
whether the prohis will have Enough
pass a prohibition bill. A state prohibiti
bill will be fought for, but if one is int
duced, it is probable that some of the <
time filibustering which made the H<
Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb, famous wiU
seen in the house and in the senate.
The lease of the Georgia convicts w
also be another important question to
dealt with by the next legislature. An
fort will be made to prevent the sublet
ing of convicts by the lessees. G.
Gress, author of the Atlanta depot b
will lead the fight on subleasing, and it
likely that he will frame the new conv
law. The prison commission will pro!
bly make some recommendations on t
lease line, and it may be that these i
ommendatiqns will carry great welg
with the legislators. The convict questl
is a very important one, and while t
present system has been very satisfactp
there are many ways in which the 11
could be changed.
The announcement that Phil Lanier,
West Point, is a legislative candidate w
be received with great delight by I
many friends in Georgia. Already H
Lanier seems to be assured of e lectio
It will be his debut into politics if elect*
and there is no doubt that he will ma
an excellent legislator. Mr. Lanier is o
of the most popular young men in t
state and all of his friends would like ve
much to see him in the house of represei
atives. <
T. J. SIMMONS, JR
To Make Soap for Washing Blanket
Shave fine two pounds of good white so
and put into a saucepan with two quarts
boiling water. Keep on the fire until the so
is dissolved—stirring occasionally. Add so
ounces of borax, stir well and the soap
ready for use. Never use brown soap wh
washing woolen goods.—March Ladles' Ho*
Journal.
A German officer has been sent to prlw
for six years because he killed a clvilie
in a duel. This is quite an important 1
novation for Germany, where heretofo
it has been considered a sort of compl
ment to a civilian to be killed by a Ge
man officer.
Twenty per cent of Alabama's whi
voters disfranchised themselves by fallin
to pay their poll tax within the time limi
It seems difficult to enact a disfranchis
ment law that «doesn’t sometimes wor
both ways. _
Noah got along in the ark fairly well,
spite of the big crowd he had, because ft
mother-in-law wasn't there. t