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APRIL 8, I90i
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THE CONSTITUTION BUILDING
ATLANTA. GEORGIA
son, Maxim and Bell. Certain it is, that the dogma
of intensive cultivation can be applied to thel mind
as well as to the earth, and if it were pursued as
conscientiously in the first instance as it is In *the
last, little time would elapse before we proMuced
a race of such mental vigor as would eclipsl the
golden ages either outlined in history or bodi*? in
the fevered fancy of the romanticist. A
Genius is a sublime thjAg in its way, but hard l^id
intelligent work is hardlyless effectual in the loihg
run.
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Nature, the Mother, Sweet
heart and Friend
Genius and Hard Work
Necetsaiy to inventions
From The Chicago Tribune.
Eztored at the (Mulct Atlanta, Ga..ai teetaMut Mail matter
.March 13,1901
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tag Urn moot promising period In the past.
Some of the Lessons of
Genius
LSEWHERE»on this page The Sunny
£ South reproduces a most-interesting
article from The Chicago Tribune,
summarizing succinctly the manner
in which many of the most promi
nent inventors of this age made
their start in life. It would be com
paratively an easy task to present
other instances just as convincing
and entertaining, but for the pur
pose of illustrating our points the
ones given are ample, more especial
ly since they are typical of the
methods pursued by what may be
called commercial genius in contra
distinction to that of purely literary or artistic
trend. The four characteristics which stand out
with bas-relief effect in the success of Edison, Max
im and'Bell are: i. Never-sleeping energy. 2.
Ability to make the most out of the material at
hand. 3. Grasping of the slightest shade of an op
portunity. 4. A genuine devotion to the subject
pursued. In minor details these three men differ,
as might be expected of their diverse tempera
ments. but in the main the traits we have men
tioned apply to all of them. Allowance must be
made, of course, foi the equation of unusual abil
ity, but even with their superlative gifts they would
have accomplished little or practically nothing had
they not brought into play those characteristics
which are common to all men, by inheritance or
cultivation. Which brings us to the point we wish
broadly to stress; that since genius finds it neces
sary to employ the toqls, let us say even of medi
ocrity, that mediocrity, as well as the lower order
e# ability^ may gain much by reversing the pro
cedure and following in the footsteps of genius as
regards the steadfast application of those princi
ples which we all hold in common.
Among the men of this day, the tendency to at
tribute success to the possession of superlative in
telligence or luck is entirely too prevalent. Wf
see a man mount by what appears to be easy
: tages, to the top round of the ladder, and we airily
declaim that his dazzling achievements are due
either to genius or some other quality for which
lie is not personally entitled to credit. If we could
only get behind the scenes of that man’s life, we
would doubtless discover that aside from the brain
tpecially developed in one direction, that he is very-
like other mortals. Another and a more vital dis
covery would be that he has worked and studied
about five times as hard as the average man and
that he has encountered more than the individual
share of setbacks and disappointments.
How many men and women make the most of
the germs of ability with which they started life?
On the other hand, what percentage drift along in
the channels of the least resistance, happy if they
have accomplished a bare living, listless, easily dis
couraged, void of ideals or cherishing inferior ones
at the best? These are the factors which we be
lieve enter most frequently and disastrously into
the marring of prospects and the making of unhap
piness. Anyone may discourse glibly about luck,
unappreciative employers, adversity, ill-health, etc.,
and lay the responsibility for failure on these con
venient scape-goats. Oftener than otherwise the
fault lies within the failure himself, but his self-
love prevents him from making the acknowledg
ment. Some one has remarked sagely, that “for the
want of a little courage, much genius is lost to the
world.” We should like to amend that statement
by inserting that for the want of courage, energy,
application, and self-sacrifice, much genius and tal
ent has been lost to the world.
It is bewildering to consider how the respective
tecords of successes and failures would have been
radically altered and how much more marked
would have been the progress of humanity, had all
men and women employed to the utmost the com
monplace qualities so lavishly inanifested by Edi-
AGES and poets and orators' and ro
mancers have, for a good many cen
turies, concurred in conferring a
somewhat nebulous distinction on
Nature—that of the universal moth
er. In the abstract the idea is a
beautiful one and it carries an ap
preciable clement of verity. The ele
ments which play such radical roles
in natural phenomena are parts of
our bodies, and others similarly in-
terchangeabe perform the vital
function of sustaining our lives.
The farther away we get from Na
ture in our daily physical routine,
the more unhappy and dissatisfied and ineffectual
we become, as a rule, and the only thorough and
lasting cure- is found in a return to conditions near-
ly approaching the primeval. At the last, when the
animating infuence has left the body, the latter is
hidden in the earth and the vehicle with which we
lived, through whose co-operation we accomplished
joys and sins and triumphs and defeats* is disin
tegrated in order that its component parts may
once more be redistributed -to the universe to per
form their functions in perhaps some remote sense.
The common mold, of which we are all fashioned,
sets loose in us similar tastes, similar ambitions
and virtues and weaknesses and makes tfs brethren
in the larger meaning, more truly it sometimes hap
pens than those actually of the same blood. But
did it ever occur to you that Nature is more than a
mother. That her influence over our lives is by no
means confined to the maternal phase. Is it not
true that just as often she is sister, brother, hus
band, wife and sweetheart—the latter, probably,
more frequently than any of the preceding rela
tions ? -
Let the young man or the young woman go out
into the freshly tinted fields of spring, the air, im
pregnated with the very essence of new life and
strong, pulsing hope and the indefinable intoxica
tion of resurrection. Then let them ask themselves
honestly if the influence Nature exerts at this time,
is that of the placid, undisturbing loye and guardian,
ship of the mother. It is more analogous to the
clinging exuberant, strangely lulling and excit
ing relationship of that precious time of life, when
I^E development of tbe
faculty of “seeing that
which others overlook,”
which makes the success
ful" inventor, took a com
mercial direction with
Thomas Edison before it
did a mechanical one.
In his first venture
showed the unerring in
stinct for business, which
has given him the reputa
tion of being. »above
"werything else, a “com
mercial inventor.”
He was 14 when he started in business
for himself as a news vender on the
Grand Trunk road. This was during the
civil war. when excitement for news re
garding the battle of Pittsburg landing
was at its height. "Tom," as he was call
ed, persuaded the editor of The Detroit
Free Press to let him have a thousand
copies of the paper as stock in trade,
tc be paid for'on realization, and to
\be sold from the cars. He conceived the
ingenious plan of getting his news bul
letins printed on official blackboard along
the line prior to the arrival of the trains
bearing him and his papers.
Mr. Edison thus describes the success
of his first venture:
'AXl Utica, the first station out from
Detroit, I usually sold two papers for 5
cents each. As we approached the sta
tion on this day I put my head out of
the window and thought I saw an ex
cursion party. I had half a- dozen papers
in my hand, and seeing that the crowd
began to gesticulate ar.d shout when
they saw me, I guessed that it was pa
pers they wanted, and rushed back, grab
bed' an armful, and when I reached the
platform sold forty. Mount Clement was
the - next' station. When it' came in sight
I thought there was a riot. The plat
form was crowded with a howling mob,
and when the tpnes became intelligible
1 realized that they were after news of
Pittsburg Landing. I raised the price of
papers to iQ- cents and sold fifty where 1
had never before sold more than a dozen.
“As other stations were reached, these |
scenes were repeated, • but the climax
came when we got to "Port Huron. The.
station there was a mile from the town, i
"When the train stopped I shouldered my
bundle -and "started : for the city. When ;
I got less than half way I met a crowd!
hurrying toward the station. I thought j
1 knew -what they were after, so as I got
In front of a church, where a prayer i
meeting was being held, I raised the!
price;to 25 cents a copy, and commenced!
to take in-a young for me. In two min-j
utes the prayer meeting was adjourned
the.members came rushing out, and the
coin was produced-in a way that , indi
cated that, the beacons hadn’t passed the
plate before I came along. "
It was during this part of his life that
Edison savesra. child -from death tinder
the car wheels, and the father, who had
no money to reward? him,'offered to teach
him tcIegraWiy. BdfSon gladly accepted,
and he becamean operator when he was
Along' the Highway
By FRJWK. L. ST AN TO*
AT LOVE’S GATE.
I.
In the darkness at Love’s gate,
Stil for me, O dear one, wait!
Though afar my lips seem dumb,
O’er the world to thee I come!
Let mg see Love’s beacon-light
At Love’s gates, dear, in the night!
II.
In the darkness at Love's gate,
For Love’s lonely wanderer wait!
For the soul by tempest tossed
On the seas hwose stars are lost!
Dear, though still my lips seem
dumb,
O’er Love’s world to Love I come!
A BOY’S LONGING.
I.
Hear the school-bell just a-ringin’
’Crost the meadows green to me:
Wish I was that bird a-singin’
In the old mulberry tree!
II.
Pathway to the riven turnin’.
Where tbe wind-shook blossoms
fall:—
Got to study bard for learnin’,
When the mockin’bird knows all!
PROVERBS OF THE HIGHWAY.
Lofe’s all too short for sighin’,—but.
there’d be lots more growling if Prov-1
THE LONG WAY.
Way seems long.
An’ the tide polls strong;
But—time an’ tide to the mornln’
song!
An’ a dream of light
’Neath a heaven all bright,
’Till the restful shadows sigh, “Good
night! “
&/>e Busy W<
Mark Twain says he was “the first
one to use a typewriting machine.”
(Just as if Mark needed any more
fame than he has already!)
RURAL COMPASSION.
“How dare you cage that poor lit
tle mockingbird?” said the stem
partnt.
“Well, I just thought—”
“Take him out o’ that cage this
instant, sir, an’—see if you can’t sell
him to somebody for $10.”
SWEET DAY, REMAIN!
L
Sweet Day, remain!
Life hath so much of pitiless, sharp
pain—
Such bitter lees in all the cups we
drain—
Sweet Day, remain!
Scattering, but insignificant ei
Inents, between Russians and ,JM
in Manchuria have marked the pr
of the war for the last week. As
anticipation of a cessation of hoatM
the two armies have been doing Util
nothing. Togo's fleet is reported to
in the China sea, near the southern*
portion of the Philippine group. Roj-
vensky, commanding the Russian squ
ron, has, it is said, been commanded
tbe czar to proceed and give battle
the Japs. It appears that Nicholpa
centered on a naval victory as a rorjo.
hope, although the experts do not ho
out appreciable hope of a Russian t*
umph.
The alleged peace negotiations are ej
er hanging fire or progressing in trj
secret fashion. Little that Is deity
has been made public concerning thj
and the status appears to be unchan;
from that of last week, if indeed, j'
v A
not less forward now than then.
II.
idence deprived us of that luxury.
Looking for the hills of Happiness,
we forget that she has ten acres in
the valley.
Many of us who can pull with Sor
row can’t stand one rollicking hands-
round with Joy.
SOWING AND REAPING.
Like to be off yonder,
Whtre pleasant pathways lead;
But you cannot hope for harvest
If you never sow the seed.
The fields invite my labor,
While the winds would sing to
sleep;
The vleyard’s voice is calling:
“It’s the sower who shall reap!”
15 and an lnvehtor-sthen he was 17.
WINS BY FIRST INVENTION.
It seems khigular that a mere chiidd
should have detected the weak spot In
the system aspracticed in those days
the two sexes first waken fully to the significance
of that which lies before them. Even the high walls f nd with ^^ al , ‘ rainSns % “ per ?
and shut-in streets of the city cannot wholly bar
this oddly sweet influence, and few men and wo
men there are, with the slightest reminiscent flicker
of youth in them, iipmune from its subtle thrall.
Thus it happens that the tendency to write and ] tion to
stumbling block to its Extension- and
development of^tlie sys'texhv This was his
first great workjf the invention of a per
fect automatiiijfipeater, and its success
ful operafiowCHw. otlce attracted atten-
act and speak poetry* of the more erotic
parent almost universally at this seascM 0
But Nature has its other moods, just*
until he
So I leave the pleasant pathways
For the stern and rigged soil,
And find a rich rewarding
In the blessedness of toil!
Sweet Day, remain!
Wt dream so many life-dreams that
are vain—
From eyes, heaven-lifted, fall sad
tears, like rain—
Sweet Day, remain!
THE SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR.
“My new book has gone into the
tenth edition!”
“That’s good! You’re sure dt im
mortality.”
“No, no! What I’m after is-enough
cash to embark in the real estate
business of the present time!”
heo. p dam
''hoy has acc*J
he' chairmanshF
he new 1st Ml
anal commission
' Chicago nianp/
* believed ‘ by
rienda to be 1
est kind of
lan the presil
ould have sele<3
Ir. Shonts Is pf
lent of the CU
Leaf railroad, a
understood that?
Iheo. P. Shonts
made It a condition of acceptance thi
he should have a free hand in his wor
and this was Immediately consented '
by the president. Mr. Shonts was bo
in Crawford county. Pennsylvania, li
1855, and has been In the railroad bus>-
ness since 1881. He has been succe.,
sively general superintendent, general-
manager and president of the Toledo,
St. Louis and Western railroad. He is
a graduate of Monmouth college, Illi
nois and a brother In law of John
Drake.
LOG CABIN SAYINGS
The good die young; hut the gray
headed sinners are too scared to die
at all.
No matter how rough the road to
heaven is, you’ll feel all the more like ;
enjoying your rest when you get
there.
The bees make the honey; man
robs the bees, and then thanks God
he’s having such a sweet time of it!
DELCASSE, chief oi
he French foreig
■trice, is report
:d to have be* **
equested by Russia •
Southern Naoiin and Its
Rich Commercial Possibilities
IN TWO PARTS—PART II.
By HELEN HARCOURT.
Writon for CJbe fanny Soul h
| arrived at the top the load at sand thus
I borne by the chain Is dumped off. while
o act as mediator in
he peace negotia-
:ions with Japan.
Delcasse is said to
lave suggested the
-ooperation of Lord
Lansdowne of Eng
land as an essential
to success. From ^
M. Delcmsmo other sources the
statement is made that peace will bo
negotiated directly between the two
countries concerned, and that no media- t
tor will be used. President Roosevelt
has. It is said, indirectly signified his
willingness to exert his good offices
along the lines of peace, hut has receiv- v
ed no definite assurance that they would-" ~
be acceptable.
as tender, as wistful jks this one, but—infinitely more When he Wl
platonic. There are! times when we find ourselves
truly in communion with her more as with a
thoughtful, wiser brother or sister than in any
more intimate connection. There are times when
the soothing, confidential, sympathetic touch is
that of the older, experienced son or daughter of
a mutual mother, to whose superior knowledge and
understanding we may pour out our joys and ourj
griefs with a sure meed of reciprocal congratula
tion or solace.
Then, again, Nature comes to the thoughtful,
sensitive man or woman as that curious alter ego,
the other self, the complement to one’s own un
rounded disposition, bringing that restful complete
ness which, in human counterpart, finds its only
perfect parallel in the unruffled intimacy and un
faltering trust of the one man and the one woman.
At such a time the still voices of that mysterious
entity which abides everywhere and nowhere, seem
to recall the sacred,.immeasureable^alm qf conge
nial and well-mated spirits.
More versatile than this even is Nature in her
thousand and one manifestations. Go forth now
at this season when she is dressed in the fresh gar-
aC ' '
ments of the new yeaW follow her course on through
the maturing beauties of summer and later in the
auiumn when bud and bird alike prepare for the
valuable disco
of telegraphy i
York, arriving’
chrohlc state ef
a panic in -
lounged outside
ed that somet]
the teifeg
brought
tumult he sll
old reporting- j
was wrong wife
printer, . and
manager that
r
halary of '4
was key*
This
mediately
seething in hisj
- Ke had already made
in several branches
HE kaolin mines of the
south are simply won
derful in their extent,
even so far as known
and worked, and the
end is not yet, for new
deposits pf this beau-,
tiful white, clay are be-
constantjy dlscov
and Lake county
in particular. Several
years ago a company
• i.« i ft capitalists secured a large tract of
the latter eltv in his ■ and - on w hicli several deposits had been
“cuniosHv l^ere wasi ,0Cated ’ and «' the ka °«»
j ; tested, as related in our previous article.
in exchange he learn- } Those lands Iie in and around the pret-
iioH mn.*«nmir with i ty village of Yalaha, on the south-
had gone wrong with \ shores
communication and lndlans more euphoniouillj .' call ^ , t>
Lake Astatula. In many places dn these
a standstill. In the
ito the office of Law's
discovered what
•the stock quotation
led the astonished
Ticould put the machine
with the result that
by the company at
month, a sum which
[dest dreams,
to put into shape im-
ideas that had been
An opportunity for
selling his patents, among which was the
Edison stock pfinfer. soon offered itself
and the inventor decided that he might
take S5.000 for-Jhem. The Gold and Stock
Telegraph Com$fUD'> however, of which
he was now a‘ ipember, made him an of
fer of $40,000. 4 ,
“I believe',”. ttM! Mr. Edison in recall
ing this incident, ,! that I could have, been
knocked dow* with the traditional
feather, so astonished was I with the
sum. I concluded that there must be
some Wall street trickery about the
thing an4 that if I ever got a cent I
should be ludky.. After signing the agree
ment I received ’the check and proceeded
neriod of sie^e You will find that here is a friend j t0 the bank 'With it. In thirty days .1
& -1- —C K.r her! had fuHy ■'quipped a shop of my own, an
whose generous councils are only tnatched
wise secretiveness, a sympathy ever effec*
never officious and an inspiration constan 1
jcfficient. . . „
We do not mean to say that at all times and to all
temperaments Nature makes this wonderful va
riety of mute appeals; but to those who know how
to cultivate her friendship and who are willing to
strip themselves of the artificialities which sheath
our twentieth century personalities, she is a very
real and powerful entity.
MiRado Imposes Wise Ruljps On
* *
His Fighting Fanatics
country. If you do not observe courtesy
of behavior, if inferiors treat their su-
VERT Japanese soldier onj selves with social matters or political
his enlistment receives a j questions, but strictly to confine your-
summary of the soldier's 1 stives to the observance of your prtnCi-
duty drawn up by the em- j pal duty, which is loyalty, remembering
peror as a basis cf his; always that duty is heavier than a moun-
moral training. These five! tain (and so to be much regarded),!,while
articles, so remarkable
for their high ethical
spirit, are as follows:
I. The principal duty of
soldiers is loyalty to sov
ereign and country. It is
death is lighter than a feather (and
therefore to be despised). Never spoil Jour
good anme by a violation of good faith.
2. Soldiers must be polite in their be
havior and ways. In the army and navy
there are hierarchical ranks from the
marshal to the private or bluejacket.
not probable that anyone; which bind together the whole for pur-
investment which left me little money.”
MAXINLBE6INS HUMBLY.
Sir Hiram Maxim, who a few years
ago was knighted by Queen Victoria,
tells somethingiof the early life in Maine
which led to toito BrM inventions. “Dur
ing my boyhpoA'my attempts at me
chanics were Kfc&*IC prized by the neigh
bors. I was TAjRipklarly expert in mak
ing crossbows, boWs and arrows and so
forth. AIs6 little guns for shooting peas.
I also made «n Instrument for ascer
taining latitude^ .My first position was m
lands the pure white clay is forty or
more feet in depth, its upper strata be
ing only three or four feet below the
surface. This company erected several
plants, one at Yalaha. another four
miles distant, at Richmond, and anoth
er at a third point, this latter being es
pecially assigned to the making of kao
lin fireproof bricks.
Immense sums of money have been in
vested in these three plants, sums
mounting into the hundreds of thousands
of dollars. Each plant embraces several
buildings of great extent, and expensive
machinery. The main building at Yala
ha alone is one thousand feet in length
and seventy in breadth. The other build
ings would be thought very large If this
one were not larger and all of them
contain elaborate machinery and pumps,
for the kaolin undergoes a varied process
in preparing it for the potteries or brick
mills. It -must be pumped and washed
and squeezed and pressed into cakes and
dried before It can be used.
And now let us see how-all these things
are done. The plant at Yalaha was of
especial interest at the time of the writ
er's visit, as hexe the kaolin was being
taken from the very bosom of Lake
Harris, which, by the way. is a beauti
ful sheet of water with, for the most
part, high, bluff shores, and an extent
of twenty-four miles in length and from
five to eight in width. The kaolin com
pany has a strong wharf built out into
the lake until a depth of five feet of wa
ter is reached. Alongside of this wharf
lay a monster dredge boat. On board of
this boat were the machinery and boilers
that formed the mqtive ■ power for a
huge augur and a centrifugal pump. The
augur bored down into the kaolin be Is
the waste, with fhe kaolin In solution
runs off from the scraper and re-enters
the basin, to flow away at one side into
the long, shallow launders waiting to re
ceive It. .
The launders are ranged side by side
in pairs, only one end being-open at a
time. As the white milky Odrreht flows
down the long Course of the laundsr
hag • come part • wev <hack agalth
alt of th«,saud
shat remains Is disposed of
a revolving scjreen.
The oblique paddles in the inside gf
fJdlmir
rand DuW-UM
Mexandrovitch whom
Hie Russian terror
ists have threatened
to "remove,” and for
plotting whose death
a beautiful young
woman iggmber of .
Russli— 1 ’" '-*■ *
|
this screen or drum that are nearest the *t. Petersburg. He Is an unci* of the
trough or launder catch the falling being the eldest brother of the late
ter and keep the wheels in motion, while emperor and of the present duchess of
Abbott, in the -Carriage shop of Daniel !j ;he bottom of the lake and whirled
D. Flint, who made the greater part of j clay upward to a point where it
the machinery; of ' his works himself, j was mingled with water, and then led
much of wh(ch- was better than which into large iron plpe3. . Through these
obtains in mans: carriage shops today. | pipes the white kaolin wealth was forced
T went from, one mechanical position
to another until I entered the service of
Oliver P. Drake, of Boston, who was
also one of- the cleverest machinists I
have ever seen. From Boston I went to
triors with disrespect, or superiors their New York, where I received high pay
^feriors with harshness, if, in a word, as a-draftsman.. I lived economicaiiy
thf harmonious relation between super- and laid up money, but in the meantime
iers and inferiors be lost, you will be
not only playing havoc with the army,
but committing serious crimes against
t»e country.,
MUST HAVE TRUE BRAVERY.
3. It is incumbent upon soldiers to be
brave and courageous. These two virtues
have in'this country been always hel<) in
very high esteem, and are indeed indis
pensable to our nation; soldiers, whose
bom in this country will j poses of command, and there are also r, r ofessloa is to fight against the foe,
. . .. . . . .. . ., e tho 1 \ . - T c i (but
my father had taken ill and was un
able to work. The family being large,
it was necessary for me to put my shoul
der to the wheel and assist them. Dur
ing this tlmd: I conceived the idea, or
Tnaying a gun l|bat would load and fire
itself with fh&Cenergy derived from the
burning powdef.
-‘The idea occurred -to me when, after
the civil war W* America, I was trying
4 fire a Spririgfleld rifle. The effect was
year duty not to entalxaie irouv-‘ unite as one
L
In tbe service at tbs
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CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE.
riittlBiHl
to; have bean kicked into ine. There was
enjragh eneiuritt Oh 11 kick to Perform all
the, functions at hading and firing tne
weapon.”
The drawings of this gun were taken
be wanting in patriotism, but .for sol-1 the gradations of seniority within the! ghould n Jver for one instant forget that so great Gi^ the^ idea jmght^^be said
dlers this virtue is so essential that, un- ! 8:1 me rank - The junior must obey the| ttey must be brave. But there is a true J
. . j senior, the inferior must take orders bravery an d a false one, which is totally
less a man . , from y,e superior, who transmits to them i different, and the rough behavior of youth
Will be unfitted for hi* service. Disloyal our alrect command, and Inferior and not be called true bravery. A man
man are llks dolls, however expert and {. j Un j or officers and men must pay respect j ar ms must always act with reason
skilful they may be In their military art j to their superiors and seniors, even j an d makes his plans with sang froid
and science, and a tr°°P 1<r hich is well I though they be not their direct superiors i ar) d care. You must never despise even
trained and led. but lacks patriotism, is 1 aDd seniors. Superiors must never -be! a small body of the enemy: on the other
j*g a a band without a chief. The protec- ! proud or haughty toward those of a! hand, you must never be afraid of large
tion of a country and the maintenance of j lower rank., and severity of discipline! numbers; it is in the accomplishment of
Its prestige must rest upon our military ; must be reserved for exceptional cases, j duty that true bravery lies. Those who
and naval forces; their efficiency orde-jin all other cases superiors must treat thus appreciate true bravery iv U always
terioratlon must affect, for good or for [those beneath them with kindness and j b* have with moderation toward others
the -fate of our nation, and it is. j especial clemency, so that all men n»ay|
ashore by the big pump in a steady,
unbroken stream six inches in diame
ter. This stream landed • it in the sand
vats, each of which were seventy-five
feet long and thirty-six" feet wide.
PUMPING KAOLIN.
When the kaolin first reaches these’
vats, it is of course held in solution,
and the outpour from the pipes is a mix
ture of clay, sand and water. Time is
given the sand in the vats to settle to
the bottom after which the liquid kaolin
is drawn off by pumps that convey it to
tanks In another large building. From
these tanks still another pump carries
away the clay, water and sand—the wa
ter back into the lake, the sand, clear,
white and sparkling, to the big sand
heap, and the kaolin to the washer. The
washer is a shaft with a strong, sharp
iron bar projecting like the quiljs cf a
porcupine, but not so close together. This
the Water and kaolin pass out through
a part of the drum that is covered'with
fine wire netting. After the kaolin has
passed this stage of its arduous Journey-
In gs all the saijd and grit has been
washed out. and the clear kaolin alone
remains. In the water that still holds It
in suspension. Moving sluggishly now.
away from the drum, the Water carries
its burden to the receiving tanks. These
tanks are built of wood, water-tight,
broad, long and shallow. In these (he
white clay at last finds a temporary
rest.
It settles to the bottom and the water
that has hitherto imprisoned It in ns
midst now lies above It, clear and limpid,
blue as the sky. a miniature lake with
a bed of snow white purity. No one
who had not followed lip course through
its long journey could easily believe tha
this could be the same cloudy, milk
white water that had come up from the
depths of the lake, bearing Hs burden
of sand and clay. "It looks clear enough
to drink.” exclaimed one of our party-
And so it did, almost, only no one quite
cared to try It. But certainly, if not
drinkable, it la not useless, thte beauti
ful. springlike water, for presently, when
all the kaolin has settled below it, the
water is drawn off. and does further
duty in feeding the boilers and washers.
Out of these receiving tanks, t,h kaknu
is shoveled and scraped, and led to the
mouths of pipes connected with pumps
which force it along to the presses. The
press room is a long building ad j turfing
the engine room on one elde, the other
three sides being open to the air. On
the door are rows of heavy presses, into
which the kaolin is pumped bn lea'lngthe
receiving tanks. These presses are made
-for squeezing, and squeeze they do, in
deed. A main pipe runs the length of
the room. From it run other pipes at
right angles. Just above the rows of
presses, and connected with each press bj
a faucet, which permits the kaolin to
pass in from the main pipe. There L
a pressure gauge that regulates the
amount admitted .
In position to be filled, with the heaty
white cloths into which the kaolin passes,
neatly folded to receive it, the presses
stand on their edges, the faucets attached
to the cloths of each, making a solid,
compact row. 2 feet high. 6 feet wide
and 12 feet long. Each presa is smooth
ly fluted or grooved on each side.
* _ r __a M a«a la filled
leader of the
ctetujtlon-
Ouke otedlmtr arlea, and is- one of
the most outspoken of the war party at
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. His wife, • Marie
Pavlona. is a Mecklenburg duchess, and
has made her house the center OP
philanthropic endeavor for the soldiers
In Manchuria. Until the birth of the lit
tle czarovitch. Grand Duke Vladimir was
the heir presumptive to. the crown. He is
big and handsome, over six feet tali, and
As a soldier is said to be brave, and
Teckless. His sons. Cyril And Boris, are,
however, described as profligates and de
generates. The heads of th<e church are
much apposed to Grand Duke Vladimir's
wife, for the reason that she has never
abandoned the faith in which she was
born, and still maintains a Lutheran
chapel in her palace, which is one of
the finest of the many fine buildings In
the winter capital.
~teAR ADMIRAL
ROBLEY DUNGL1-
SON EVANS, who
■succeeds Admiral
darker - (retired). In
command of the
'north Atlantic- Sect.
.is one" of the famous
laval officere of the
Jnlted States. He
.vas born in Vlrgjriia.
m 1848, was grAdu '
a ted from the nava.
academy In 1883, and
at once assumed ac-
In both at\
soon as a row of presses is filled, the
faucets are detached, and the pipe raised
at Che farther end to check the flow of
kaolin Two experienced men. working
together, can handle about sixteen rows
of presses, each press being of 80 pounds
capacity. One man stands on either side
of the inneT end of the row, then, with
a quick movement, the first press is
thrown flat on the floor, the cloth quick
ly unfolded and the fluted contents, snow
white, comes Into view.
AT THE PRE88E8.
With a celerity and skill than can only
come of long practice, one man rolls the
end nearest to him. tbe kaolin being now
of the consistency of tough paste, and
then the other man catches the embryo
cylinder, completes It and tosses it on a
' with machinery?
washer chums the soft white mass as broad belt connected
though It were a lump butter, churns 1 that carries it away to be dried. The
it and turns it and tosses it about, and j moment a roll of kaolin
finally passes it to a basin opposite, j on its last trip,
thus started
its cloth is folded "back
“ ex! = the separating process, is, gto£ on! j pM*. «£J*
money 'Wfaui oStaindd lor the first ex
perimento. Froakthe first itatt^teda [ re8ts with one end in
great deS. of infcrert, though when the | ^ “ s , n P And here are wheel8 m „ g
announcement was made in the papers j rQund an% round> ea Ch steadily taiing
American engineer and j tht . burden of its jointed chain. «4eh
succeeded in produemg a dragR ing its iron scraper through
and fire jfaelf simply j the white contents of the Dig basin aud
! ON PAGE FOUR. J carrying its portion up the steep incline,
wooden Inclosure! divided lengtTw.se other press seiscd and thrown and thus
the work goes on with a marvelous celeri-
ty and exactness. When the kaolin iZ
sun dried, its is, stacked or spread out.
three or four days being required in
pleasant weather. Hot air drying, which
CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE.
Admiral Evans
tive service, participating
tacks on Fort Fisher, and being severely
wounded. ’During the period of strained
relations with Chile In 1881 he come
married the Yorklown at Valparaiso, and
at that time became known aa *‘Fighting
Bob ” In the Spanish war he command
ed the Iowa, which distinguished itsei'
when Cervera’s fleet waz destroyed a-
Santiago.
R. WASHINGTON
gladden, whom h.
H. Rogers takes to
task for his criticism
of John D. Rockefel
ler’s gift of 8100,900
to the American'
board of foreign mis
sions, Is pastor of
the First Congre
gational church. In
attacking his posi
tion regarding Stav
dard Oil Compaq s
rebates, Mr.AISgers
Dr. Gladden , .,
said Dr. Gladden would not tq, t the
deacons of his church with the Ten
Commandments for fear Xtry would
break them. Mr. Rogers also said re
bates were not wrong antfl the law
stamped them so. and amended the op
erations of the Standard m Company.
NEW RULES FOR A pit.”"
(From London F»ch.)
1. The table shall be flrmll clamped to
the ground, and the cards Jiaii be of
metal not less than one-fojrth tacit
thick, with rounded corners,
2. Any player who speaks in such an
audible voice that thi position oflW roof
is altered shall be forced to mAte the
damage good. \
3. No player shall use a mekaplufe or
speaking trumpet of any kind. \
4. Muffin-bells may only be
by players who have formed a "cor
amt desire to communicate this fact
other players.
If a player has called “corner.” and -
is found to have only eight similar cards
in his hand, tbe game shall be continued
without him. His remains may be re
moved at leisure.
e. "Progressive pit" with more than
fpur tables shall Only be played, la a
house with fn«t.irA (Me,.