About The sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1902)
U8TICE SHIRA8, of the supreme court, is reported to be contemplating • tendering his res ignation to the president. . Justice Shims desires to return to the prac tice of lsw at Pitts- burp, and would hare done so long aro if Mrs. Shlraa had' not intervened and caused him to. General Oliver O. Howard. In a remi niscent mood, says that of the twenty- seven commanders of union erwtfdi dur ing the civil war only two survive- ’Qtn- eral Schofield and himself. ♦ Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler egll he In stalled as president of Columbia eOHssc. Now York, at formal exercises on .April 18 and IS. and President Eliot, of Har vard, and. President Hadley,.of.Ydle^hhve accepted invitations to make addressed. George Res. a noted guide and path finder, is dying in a lone cabin on Snake river, Wyoming. Rea waa one of the EDITORIAL PAG* SUNNY SOUTH — PnOUhmd W—kt, b, Jjts/i/zy South Publifhing Co s ■ Bualnefs Offlew THE CONSTITUTION BUILDING ATLANTA, CEOKC1A Subfcrlptlon To mu: . Tw those who subscribe to As tunny loath only Months, 25c * One Year, 50c BM THAN A PENNY A WEEK MUIS.OMUI eeeend-elese wall matter •rlghtal formation am a the intention of relies la thofamt. v . any Sunny South Readers "ind Some Other Way T is well understood among literary folk that one of the best tests of con strictive and imaginative genius is supplied by requiring many different types of minds to complete coher ently a story of which they have but the-slimmest foundation plot,, and the characters of which are but. imperfectly developed. It is a con test of this peculiar nature of Skill which The Sunny South has brought about through the “Some Other- Way” serial contest which closed ato the 15th of last month. The editor of the contest has progressed in his task only to. discover the difficulties and unique problems, by which it is surrounded* A recapitulation of the facts will do much to 'give tbe reader and contestant* a hint of the arduous perplexities connected with his position. During November of 1901 The Sunny South be- . | gan the publication of a serial entitled “No Other Way,” by Sir Walter Besant, the famous English writer. A synopsis of the story which by no means covered the details, was submitted by the publishers. Satisfied with the showing made in the synopsic, the management was glad to secure the last literary work of so talented and popular aq author for its readers. The first three installments f W” story ran smoothly enough. Sir Walter peculiar vagary of English law, which be- - repeal allowed lifetime imprisonment for - any amount, as a background for his plot, heroine was the widow of an English gen- i refinement and position, but no wealth. L e which hffjfe; ‘ nt expenditti 1 % mee ow W>ns. was/^VtJK^ Will a “Merger'’ ’of Creeds Ever Be Effected ? HE irresistible, growing trend to ward combination today has set the wise as wett as the superficial man to thinking. The onset of "Sonsolida tion among our different industries has- been so slow and gradual as to be ’almost unnoted in the process, and now that we are confronted with the actual conditions, a dozen and one difficult problems-have thrust themselves, forward/ demanding speedy solution. The central princi ples of combination—economy, growth and expediency, together with lessening of friction and devel opment of Judicious cooperation—might be ap plied- partly to the religion of the twentieth cen tury, with evejry apparent prospect of benefit both . to creed and devotee. "The‘story 7 of how much effort and - money is wasted in attempting to spread and maintain re ligion when it is divided up into numberless com binations is an old one. All of the Christian churches profess to base their principles and arti cles of faith on one book—the Bible. We may say that practically all creeds profess to have as their motive two common principles—the improvement of present moral ethics and the preparation of man kind for an hereafter. We may then say, broadly, that all religious organizations are actuated by the same or approximately the same forces. But what widely different road they travel to the same desti nation! What is the meat of one denomination, is .the poison of the other. What appeals to one •class of people as eminently wise, logical or spir itual doctrine, seemS to the other the rankest of . follies or heresy. Yet all exist by reason of the fact that they are striving to bring the world into .closer touch with a Higher Power. ft is the very sentiment which we have outlined in. the foregoing, paragraph which is going to mili tate strongly against the adoption of any “merger* 1 between the various creeds. While all may hold in common the same vital principles, there is a mass of minor detail which each will insist on retaining in any joint religion which may be proposed. Hu man obstinacy will play a strong role in the effort to reconcile these differences, and honest diver gence of conscience will play another. But there are evidences that the day of harmonious agree ment is nearer than at any time in the world’s his tory. Religious tolerartce is daily growing more broad and generous. The denominations, learning from bitter experience, are allowing their members more' latitude in individual interpretations of the Scripture. There is less of bigptry and bitter claims of infallibility on the part of specific creeds. Think what the full fruitin'of this gradual alter ation means. The uniting 6f the world's strongest and purest minds in furthering the cause of jus tice and morality; tha combined spiritual force of a multitude of souls which defies enumeration ; the creation of a common ground between classes and Miss tan Y.-unieU L 00 Miss Lacy, being alo In me * r -*^~)iad mure neea or sunn Ludy to mother her and look alter he! than any of ner-brothers and sisters; ei;.' KrNamiyntui become -the Queen reir 0 / of the .ittie fiat which—caUcd iu<lt Oil trees *»vjs dileirt*. i of the h ..nffi”!/ 4 tradespeople**-* - akuiotfa1^^e* , London dress- 5ongs From Many Singers The Cathedral The waning fight sifts softly through th« pan*. art of ages, mellowing its bssm. martyr’d Christ with suffering eyes O Look up, Ah. That glory ot her -LILLA J. WBALON. Atlanta, Qa. . . The Last Visitor Enter, Death! I . have waited long for you; Wait now for me. until the cock shall crow, 'And timorous dawn, slow-trembling to the pane. Heralds a bustling day I shall not know. Put back your hood. I have so longed, so longed. To see your face, O Death, benignly grave. When I have felt you near, in the wind’s bush. Or overheard you in the ebbing wave. Inalienable peace is in your eyes, Who looks therein straightway are com forted.— Lonely no more, nor anxious, nor un wise,— Men call them dead. O happy, happy dead! The sands sink in the glass; hark! the cock’s crow! The tale is done—’twas long. Write here: The End. 80. Gently close the cover. Let qe go Down, the long, qidet way now, friend with friend. \ -LULU WHIDON MITCHELL. Evanston, Ills. By Faith Alamo ■ maker. The latter planned that the heroine should marry an inmate of the debtors’ prison, who, un der the law, could assume’ the debts of his wife. Thus the latter would be entirely free of all finan ce .1 obligation, the only disadvantage being the secret of an ignominious marriage. Should the scheme bfe successfully pushed through, the dress maker’s debt was to be discharged in full, while the other creditors would be left with the bag to hold. With much reluctance, the heroine agrees to ' this proposition, and together the women visit the prison. It develops that the scheming dressmaker has chosen as spouse for the lady an ill-starred young Irish barrister, incarcerated for some paltry debt. Touched by his brilliant talents, his sad his* tory and wretched plight, the lady declines to saddle the young man to the prison with her debts, promises to pay off his small indebtedness and set him free. Annoyed at this unexpected turn, the creditor who is engineering the unusual deal in forms heir of the last chance to secure immunity from her debts. She must marry a criminal con* demned to die within a week, who will assume her debts In exchange for sufficient money to buy rum until his death day. \ Thus far, the author managed splendidly. All \ the sympathies of the reader were enlisted with I - the unfortunate lady, and admiration for her self- ^ »icrifice in offering to liberate the young barrister. But all the possible turnings which must have ap pealed to him he seemed to reject for one so gro tesquely hideous, so repulsive and nightmare- breeding, at ieast to southern ideals, as to chal lenge appreciation. Sir Walter Besant forced the heroine, a beauti ful, pure-minded woman, with all the inherited charm and. peculiar strength of the Caucasian race, id many a negro murderer—twice a criminal, as He was atl$o a bigamist. And this monster was to . harass and make miserable, blur and blot the woman's life! There could be no position more Savagely! wounding to southern sentiment. It was| with the intention of avoiding the publi- , fation of this unnatural denouement, and of giv ing southern literary aspirants an opportunity to fiy their iskifl on a stoiy of length, and in this cru- manner* that the management of The Sunny ,£bath inaugurated a contest. A prize of $100 was v = ; offered to the person who, taking the plot and char- f ^acters of Besant, best finished the tale, in a manner * satisfactory to southern tastes. The results of the contest have far exceeded our expectations. One v , hundred and thirty-nine bright serials have been re ceived from the southern states, and so far as the editor has progressed in his task, he can pronounce them excellent as an average—from the point of literary style and construction. Now that the facts have been recounted, con testants and their friends will appreciate the in finite difficulty in deciding nice points of superior ity in the competing manuscripts. The reading is progressing .rapidly, however, and probably next week a revised list of contestants from among whom wjjl be selected the prize-winner will be pub- ^ lished. Announcement of the actual winner of (^^kJthe $10 prize will be made early in March. i vidual 1 she soon consumed in r^^.t last finding her- nations of diverae characteristics and tempera- »«o. woe f- “* 1 “ ■; the presenting of a solid front to sincere and lievers, who can now taunt Chris- rejigioRS with/wasting shot on e sante-hsffipiwy /Jtaiy. If religion is the sheet anchor e; if the home is the producer of indi- ipiness and the strong prop of successful and upright government, now great should be the hope that this at present somewhat remote “mer ger” may hasten its coming to vitalize the very life-blood of all that stands far happiness, develop ment, and the stability of our national and individ ual institutions. Ability As Valuable At 45 As At 25 N intelligent mechanic of Chicago has started a discussion as to the term of a man’s usefulness which has drawn forth comment from every section of the country, and all sorts and conditions of minds. The con tention of the Chicagoan is to the effect that after a man has reached the age of 45 years he should be dragged out and shot, having passed the; age of usefulness. “He is dead timber in the‘pathway of progress under modern industrial conditions." Certainly an astounding and painful confession to'make, and one which, .if it is held actually-true, would not reflect credit on the judg ment or kindness of those responsible for those conditions. People are struck more forcibly by events at their very doors. If then, we confine ourselves to the literal terms of the charge which our friend brings, let us see how far he is correct in our per sonal observation. Take the profession of mechanic, for instance—and it covers a very wide field. Peo ple who live in the city and country as well, must agree that elderly, almost old men, are about as plentiful in this occupation as the younger set. Provided a man keeps his health, the hand is steadier, the eye. surer, the judgment riper at 45 than at 25. Take the trades of carpentering and brick laying—elderly men are seen on every impor tant stricture in almost every capacity. The ma chine shops are full of them, they operate locomo tives on every railroad, they are in evidence in every direction in which we turn. In the professions purely mental, the percentage of men past youth’s first flush is even larger. Writers, thinkers, artists, architects, preachers, lawyers and doctors rarely reach the fullness bf their powers until they have invaded the shady side of the forties. To be sure, young men are pre ferred where they bring to bear greater ability and willingness to learn. All the same it is silliness to assert that employers of help shy at a man simply because his hair may bear a tinge'of-gray. The meat of the matter is a man keeping himself well- informed and posted, and if any one is being shelved, it is the short-sighted individual who be lieved that his education ended with his school days and who, having failed to adapt himself to chaneed and radically improved conditions, is essentially unav lilable. And then, there is the proviso of ill- health, which may incapacitate the most able of mechanics as w«»l! as the nimblest of brain-work ers; the youth of 21 or the^'lean and flippered pan taloon” of 55. Because I had the bleaaed gift. To humbly work Until the Master's My burden at the My Brother scoffed He cited other men. To whom success Fame’s golden Lias, his wprda all Burned deep Into my Until I cried, "It la To hope, and strive To make the railed Spin out my lab^e’j To weave It "For wait. ehould jibed me sore o’er and o er. and strong, watching .othe£ ^ id not -c* at thread length, gold and red, rttttWtk!" i Busy World N the near future Dowager Queen Margherlta is to make a tour of the United Staten incog nita. She la, in many respects, the most remarkable °i the royal woman of Europe. She le the only daughter of the late Prince Ferdi nand of Savoy, and i is nofr entering on Margherlta her fifty-second year, in’ her youth Margherlta waa Perhaps the most beautiful prin ces* in Italy, and waa regarded by good judges as one of the finest-look ing women in Europe. But' aside from Ibis her gentle disposition and her fine intellectuality would have distinguished any company of women in any of Christendom. The queen is versed ” in Latin and Greek', and speaks fluently many modem languages. She Write* well and' has published a few entertaining books that have had a wel come reception in Italy. While traveling in America she will He called the Countess Stupinigl. The exact time of her tour is not jet announced. ♦ R. J. eZ RUS- sell, a prominent Brooklyn physician, in order to prove .that vivisectors are not heartless, but investigate for the interest of the hu man race, has offer ed himself as a sub ject for vivisection. ‘Twill myself," he said, “wher\ able and competent, assist Jam Mdwla gammott my vivisectors by® such notes as may be of interest or value to them or me. The experiments can be conducted until I am top exhausted to be cf further value as a subject or until I succumb. "Should I revive at ’the end of a year of Observation and experiment, I stipulate that I may elect to be released from fur ther service should I so desire.” Dr. Russell is about 40 years old, of ath letic physique and in perfect health. He Las a wife and two children. His brother physicians have so emphatically negatived his proposition that its realization is im probable. > My Brother 'saked.*- “H<ff! did your boat Find seas sobroad Said fair?" I answered him from out my heart, "The gift God gave was good. To weave a patterri was my part In life, I understood. And though the threads were dull and gray The Master potloned me. His sweet voice called: "There’s work each day, • For you to do for Me! v Gp, gather thou. from life’s great store. What e’er you can of light. And color what was dark before. Make thou thy pattern bright!" This, did I, oft.with troubled eyes,.. That scanned the’lonely years. This, though above, oftimes the skies. Were dripping bitter tears. But finally there came a Voice, Which said, "Enough! Well dene! Brave soul, sail into port! Rejoice! By faith alone you’ve won!” —LOLLIE BELLE WYLIE. ♦ , The Sealint (fit Atlanta) . The violets -peep From tb$lr winter sleep As Pbyiils and I Wander by; And I call her my. Daffodil, Modest and shy, With her gold-gleaming hair And her violet ,eyel (Fascination!) '' The' bobolinks sing By the woodland spring And the summer grows drowsy and fair. I call her my wild rose So dainty and rare, With ‘her sweetly flushed cheeks And her sun-tinted hair! (Adoration!),. When the autumn is here With a sigh and a tear. And the leaves In the woods are aglow. Then I call her Chrysanthemum In her chapeau With its great pinnies’ atosS As the chilly' winds blow! (Ihfatuhtton!) ' But winter is here! My heart’s sad and drear! All our joys are unknown and forgot. No more do we lplter In sweet, hidden spot. I can call her no name But my coy Touch-Me-Not! (Vaccination!) ■ —BEULAH R. STEVENS. Atlanta, Ga. > ♦ ' Angelina When AQgeline expects her beau - She wears her hair done up just so; But when it’s Bees or’ only me. She .wears it as she does at tea. I’ll not complain lest worse befall— She might not wear her hair at alii -R. EMMETT CLOUD. Tuscumbla, Ala. # TV statue of Queen Victoria which is to be placed in front of the Ontario par liament buildings in Toronto is a replica of the one erected in Hong Kong,the work of Signor ReggL The pedestal will be of Canadian granite. There will be bronze panels on two sides representing scenes in the la(e queen’s life. One will represent her first council meeting. The other has not been definitely selected, hut win probably be the golden-jubilee ceremony ISS ACKERMAN, who Is a traveling missionary for the National Woman’s Christian Temper ance Union, and at present in Japan, has announced her engagement to a man who, she says, saved her life. In a letter Just re ceived at national headquarters of the JSokormaa union, in Evanston, kerman says she has been "cap- and hand by a Russian no- d that they are to be mar- as she finishes the tour she “-- 'name of the prospective given. Miss Ackerman, £>, while phewas urWTfl-RUsSlA a mob,* and would aa it not been for the nobleman. An attach- soon ripened Into love sprang up between the two at that time. have appea ment whic The justice is said to prefer the ment and the profits of private practice to she routine and hard grlnd-of an asso. elate justice of the .supreme court. The confinement of the work is not pleasing to him. It gives him very little leisure. When he is not devoting his time to writing opinions he is upon the circuit composed of the -states of- Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey perform ing dutieB which are exacting and oner ous. Justice Shtras has’ never been able to convince himself that the social aspects of the life of a justice of the supreme court constitute sufficient compensation for the sacrifices which a good lawyer must make to accept the position. HEODORE ROOSE- velt, Jr., the 9- year-old son of the president, is seri ously ill with pneu monia at Groton, Mass., where the bas been attending school. The iad was wont to indulge in long cross country runs with his play mates bareheaded. The bitter cold weather and con stant exposure, superinduced the at tack. The alarming condition of the pa tient prevented the president from ful filling his engagement at the Charleston exposition. Both he and Mrs. Roose velt are at Groton, so as to be within easy reach of their son, should devel opments necessitate their presence. Xhe hoy has been improving, but the. crisis of the disease has not yet been passed. It is probable that if he does not mend speedily Prince Henry will defer his visit to this country. The president Is in receipt of telegrams of inquiry and sympathy from almost every country in the world. T»m Koomovmlt Jr HE brother-in-law of the sultan, Mahmud, who was charged at the Turkish court with being a leader of the Young Turk party, an5 fled from Tur key two years ago, has been condemned to death, and will be executed if he returns to Turkey. Mahmud was one of MaSudPmtha the richest men in the sultan’s dominions and had been cabinet minister and - 'held other offices. He is now ^in Paris and threat® reprisal of! the sultan’s death - _ / __ thw lattei** modes oi jt has stc’od off the" his domain for so ISM. !ib slde- flrst men to explore Yellowstone park, and is often referred to as the Daniel Boone of Wyoming. ♦ The crown prince of Germany, at pres ent at school at Bons, plays the piano and sings well, and has inherited his father’s poetic talent, as is shown .In • little poem recently printed in Germany, entitled, “Spirit of. Evening." ’ Alderman Michael Zimmer, of has Introduced a resolution In asking his brother aldermen to from chewing tobacco during they may be better equipped to enforcement aga4nst spitting on walks. A French minister of juqjfee proposes to reform the obscure legffl phraseology, which Is even worse In’ France than In England, and substitute plain, straight forward sentences which even the most uncultured people will be able to under stand. ♦ W. C. Arnett, of Sissons, Cal., 18 trying to cure himself of gout by fasting. For thirty-one days he took no nourishment but that got from smoking a pipe, and reduced his weight foam 289 to 210 pounds. He has now added an orange to hli dally diet. -*■ A Tippecanoe monument will be erected in memory of General William Henry Harrison's defeat of his savage' adver sary, Tecumseh, November 11, 1811, at , the confluence of the Tippecanoe and Wabash rivers. In Indiana. Congress la to be asked to appropriate 150,600. - ■a John Cannaa, of WiUl&msport, Pa.. Is about to be placed on the pension list of the Reading railroad, after continuous service of fifty years, during wt>tpb time he has been off duty but twelve days. Even that was through illness, from which he suffered last year. ♦ Ex-Empress Eugenie recently visited the state library at Paris to inspect doc uments obtained from the TuUeries cgt the downfall of Napoleon III, and It' has led to the revival of the story that She is putting the finishing touches to hair me moirs. / ♦ / Lewis Nixon, the new Tammany leader, a hard worker himself, tells this story of Edison’s Industry: A fond parent, who was a great stickler for punctuality, took his son to visit the great, electrician. Alt before leaving he asked Mr. Edison to give Primeval Georgia, When Malls Were Snail-Like and Reputable Citizens Didn't Wear WbisKers By BJ Massey, M D the boy a word ■rift o'a! Inventor, r wivt _«/ tmas Daja t Cheltenham,! puddings; we it;all —la Westminster Abbey. N The Postmaster’s Ad vocate of last month is ai interesting announcement. It is In such striking con trast with anterailroad times when stage coaches, pranc ing bays and bugle blasts were the excitement of the day, I am sure that the reader will pardon my In troducing it in the present connection. It is this, that “an engineer of Jersey City announced to the postmaster i general that he has a method of carrying the mail which will rattle the world by means of electricity through under ground circuits, at the rate of 300 miles an hour, and from five to ten tons every minute.” For .many years the stage coach, loaded with four to eight passengers, and one to three hundred pounds of mail matter, including first, sec ond, and third class, drawn by six fiqe prancing horses, would start early every other morning from Decatur, the western end of the line, for Augusta, a distance of some ISO miles, which after six or eight relays of fresh horses. It would make next day by 6 p. m., thus making in thirty-six hours half the dis tance this Jersey man proposes to make in one hour, carrying one-ei^Jith' the quantity of mall that he proposes to send by his underground circuit. There was not. however, as great a necessity of carrying so much mall in those days. The exigencies of the times did not de mand It There was not many letters written and few newspapers printed. I refer to middle Georgia As oddly as it may seem, there was practically no correspondence between this part of the state and Savannah ~ and the country surrounding Savannah. The habits, taste, trade and interests of these two sections were foreign to each other; nothing in common. "There was no social connection between Savannah and the upcountry.” ■a The middle Georgian wrote but few letters, and got but few. When the farmer went t| town on business he seldom thought of going to the postoffice for a letter. At that time the postage was paid by the receiver of the letter. For a small distance the postage was Gulp («V4 cents). For a greater dis tance a seven pence (12H cents). For the greater distance. 1,000 miles or more, it was 25 cents. At resent the postage on twelve and one-half letters amounts to just what it would cost to carry one letter in 1835. I remember a curious circumstance occurring In middle Georgia when my father, who lived 5 miles from Madison, in the town one day and the post master asked him to tell one . of his neighbors that there was a letter in the office for him: had been tliere for a couple of weeks. To "bring 25 cents up and get Us letter,” Mg father told Urn. -The old gentleman did not have the money, and went to several neighbors none of them had the money. What did they want, with money in the middle of the year? They raised, everything oh the farm they needed. So he carried a bush, el of-wheat to town. At that time corn Was 1 worth 50- cents a bushel;' wheat, peas and oats always half what corn was/ He tried all over town and could not sell the wheat. Most of the citi zens j>f the town were well-to-do farm ers, and raised their own surplus, so they did not need to buy wheat or any thing’ else. So, late-- in the afternoon the postmaster (McKay was his name) bought" the wheat, paying him 25 cents for it In money. The farmer then paid him back the' 25 cents for Us letter. Some busybody (there Were Paul Prys even in those days) notified the depart ment at Washington, city that Postmaster McKay at Madison was selling postage for wheat. An inspector was at once sent out (there were no United States commis sioners as at present). It took the Inspec tor a week to come, one to return and one to Investigate the case, three weeks in all, just because old man Littleberry Jenldns or any of his neighbors did not have as much as 25 cents to pay postage on a letter which proved to be of no earthly use to him or anybody else. .There' were so many letters sent out by mail and not taken out by the person addressed because the receiver did not. care to pay the postage unless he knew the contents of the letter, and the name of the sender,'-Shat the department intro duced the useof stamps so that the party sending the letter could prepay the post age if he wished to do by buying a stamp and placing it on the letter. As aq. inducement to prepay, the stamps were reduced to 5 and 10 cents, so that for a while a letter would cost 5 or 10 cents if prepaid, or 6>4 cents, or 12% cents if not prepaid. This worked so well that Che department soon established the rule that all letters should be prepaid and stamped before sending. Nor were there any envelopes Air many years. There was much attention paid to the folding of the letter so as to present a neat package. This was also before the time of gum and mucilage. The letters were sealed by bright red wafers. The beaux and beilea often conveyed their sentiment in wafers with mottoes inscribed thereon. Nor were there any money orders by which to send money. Often a debtor owing 820 would get a 820 bank bill and cut it in half and remit one half; as soon as notified of the, receipt of this section of the bill he would” Temit the other half. Of course neither half could be used until the other half was receivedr Then the two would be fas tened together and the MU would be as good as at first. There were no dally newspapers. Ev ery man took a weekly. The poll tics’was whigs and democrats, and the prevailing religion was Baptist and Methodist. It g«1 *4 h?» Mr. keys, was' :et. In retu: gift he suggested "Here lies a man who knew bow around him men much cleverer than self.” ,' ♦ ' ’■" ‘ . Many of the admirers ’ of Mme. LUI Lehmann did not know that the singer Is a vegetarian until they learn* tbit the Vegetarian Society-of New Yo: had. arranged a banquet In her honor this month. Nonvegetarians have ' requested to subscribe "to- the but they must expect to he satisfied, a strictly vegetable *ipenu. .War. L11U Lehmann began her vegetable, dlejt, seven years ago for her health and-bas kept It gfeat iy/ Representative Befdler, of the Cleveland, Ohio, district, has a fad. Ho ib. interested in the falsing of tailless' boot After many experiments Mr. Beldier has now a fine litter of dogs which' hare no tails. They are odd-lookfhg little anlthals and bear the same relation ' ^o other! canlhes as a human being does »8 a monkey. Mr. Beldier.does not say what advantage is gained- by thus Improving u^on.’ jiaiure, being apparently satisfied ajth demon strating that tallies^ dogs are a possi bility. ♦ Mr. Pettus, the venerable United States senator from Alabama, is one of the beat poker players hi congress, but at tluea has extraordinary runs of bad luck. As attorney for some bondholders he . once earned a 875,000 fee and lost nearly all of It next winter playing poker In Montgom ery. Mr. Pettus is father of the remark / often heard in some form ait the poker ’ table: "Chips haven't any permanent habitation.” <- ♦ Congressman Lacey, of Iowa, feeently received from a constituent a request for some volumes containing memorial ad dresses on dead congressmen "There is nothing I read,” said the writer, "that I !Se so well ah these obituaries." Rep resentative Cushman, of Washington, shows a letter beginning: "Please send me six reindeer and don't cut off the horns, either. If you are coming home soon you better bring them With you." ♦ The board of trade of Springfield, Masa, was anxious to secure Chinee Minister Wu-Ting-fang as a speaker at its annual dinner in March, and Congressman F. H. Gillett, who was urging Min to accept thw invitation, was startled by the .ab rupt question: “Where is Springfield, anyway?” When told that It was the seat of the largest small arms plant in tbs world and the home of the dictionary- making in the United States, the Chinese diplomat said he would go. s ♦ Edward Tuck, of Paris, has promised to give Rockingham County, New Hsmp-. shire, for display in the court house in Exeter, • a portrait of Amos Tuck, his father, who was one of the first free-Soil representatives In congress. He was chosen from New Hampshire in 1841, af ter a hotly contested battle, and was „ twice reelected. President LineolA him naval officer of the port of : 180, and after bis retirement was easy to tell a man's religion and pol itics by going intoJW^iouse. There would | officers engaged in Urge ComUtur' Mthird page |
