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This Serum, Salvation of
the Lazy.
For in a world driven by the fierce energy of
this relentless drug, there would be no room for
poverty and while the bill collector and the thief,
would, alas! also be enabled td work overtime in
the ptying of their nefarious trades the compensa
tion would arrive in the fact that we would be bet
ter fitted to resist their joint inroads. We are al
ready under such deep obligation to science that
we will be puzzled to express our appreciation of
this latest boon in properly appreciative terms.
But. hold! The necessity has not as yet put
in its urgent appearance and, though we hesitate
to consider the jolt of di^ppointment after the
creation of this fair dream, we would warn our
readers not to ta'ke the asseverations of the learned
professors too seriously.
Not just now, at any rate.
Where the “Life Intense”
Is Mo Fallacy.
R. ROOSEVELT has been dealt
quite a deal of good-natured rail
lery of late over his parrot-like enun
ciation of the strenuous life. Peo
ple readily absorbed the idea that i the length of this continent. The migra
fir>,t a* emhodvirur the essential tions are usually accomplished at night,
iirst, as emooaying tuc essential, aml it ls really only by means of the cas-
principle of twentieth century! unities suffered by the migrating flocks
Marvelous Speed
and Endurance of Migra•
tory Feathered Flock
HE popular belief ih the un
failing indication of break
ing winter weather as seen
in the reappearance of mi
gratory birds doubtless has
a foundation in fact. When
the whole story of the mi
gration of birds is studied
the astonishing instincts
that guide their movements
in some of their flights
over the whole length of
the American cpntinent
compel even the most skep-
! tical to admit that they have mysterious
' guiding faculty. Many of the birds that
! breed in northern latitudes follow the
course 0'f spring, as exhibited by iso
therms just above the freezing point, as
they gradually' recede northward.
Phenomena of bird migration have al
ways been an interesting speculation, and
it is only in recent years that any au
thoritative -information on the subject has
been available. The apparent difiiculties
of tracing any individual or group of in
dividuals is discouraging, especially when
tlie enormous distances covered are con
sidered, the flocks sometimes traversing
a judicious
S IF the spring did not bring sut-
ficient troubles in its wake, we are
tL appalled by the announcement that
a brand new antitoxin has been dis
covered for that very pleasant mal
ady—laziness. The scientists, ever
indulgent where human weakness
is concerned, have pronounced that
physical exhaustion is the result of
the formation of a peculiar form of
poison in the system, and that the
only reliable means for its eradi-'
cation lies in the administration of a
drug designed to combat its lan
guorous effects. It is added that by
gradation of the doses, it is hoped to
make inertia an unknown complaint and to infuse
the electric current of unflagging energy into the
most hopeless ne’er-do-well that ever engaged in
the delightful task of gunning for time with uner
ring aim. Seriously, we object to any innovation
that threatens to deprive us of the leading prerog-
gative of spring—that somnolent, don’t-care, list
less sort of sensation which makes us view the up-
piled desk with abhorrence and lures us gently in
to the fields, to drowse in the newly-garbed mead
ows or to whip the trout stream . with deliciously
inattentive rod and line. We say, with sly em
phasis, that we are "all gone with that tired feel
ing” and that "we’d give anything to have spring
over with.” But secretly we rather nurse this in
disposition to exertion, retaining just a smattering
of that animal instinct which moves its owner to
bask in the sun and let the thoughts flow with
wanton freedom.
Why couldn't this industrious professor have
chosen some other season in which to introduce
his precious discovery? If he had waited until the
torrid suns of summer, when the starch is all t&kenj
out of the human specimen and life becomes indeed j ax lYis* watchfulness,
a burden, we would have welcomed his ingenuity
with open arms. Then it is that the lagging forces
of the most energetic man need a spur and when
even the prodigy of activity becomes a laggard,
under dint of circumstances. But in tlie present
instance, we are apt to resent the laziness antitoxin
as an infringement of our personal liberties, and,
if it gains an actual vogue, demean ourselves ac
cordingly.
There is another distinct phase of the dis
covery, however—one that opens up a vista of as
tounding possibilities. If we are to accept the
doctor’s statement that his serum will put energy
into the most hapless individual, may we not also
hazard the assertion that tinder its galvanizing in-
luence indolence will cease to be one of society’s
curses, with all that that statement conveys of a
wonderful revolution? Just make a ledger of all
the lazy men and women in your personal ac
quaintance, and you will have to confess yourself
astounded. Then make a second enumeration,
picking out those with really brilliant qualities,
who are day in and day out depriving themselves
and civilization of incalculable services by their in
born distaste for exertion. If, now, you can mus
ter a surprising number of such personages out of
your individual acquaintance, you may safely as
sume that collectively the world is losing a vast
amount of achievement through the inertia of ca
pable people.
Turn loose the famous laziness antitoxin
among this gentry, and, behold! the world would
become a veritable beehive of feverish and well-
directed endeavor. Nor would the benefaction be
restricted to any specific set. Plowman, ditch-
digger, farmer, lawyer, aesthete, business man,
doctor, all and singular, would profit bv the change
Tt is logical, moreover, to presume that a dilute
thut their trail is discernible.
The agents of the biological survey
have been accumulating data on this sub-
Make Me Thy Fool |
560 Busy World
Make me ihy fool agam-it is my p J-
Mine eyes grown wise hav ® ° J row „ of bliss
Finding what tinsel made mV ,, , miss ,
And filled my hands wtth naught, for at
But utter emptiness to be my s are.
Naught was there that my foby danger is,
Light-stepped, I walked the path where a
Glad-hearted, joyed in barren pr
Make me thy tool.
Nothing hath wisdom brought me but all care,
Give me the motley I was wont to wear.
The cap and bells-I ask no more than his,
Mock me with love, betray me with a kiss,
Too heavy this new knowledge that I bear-
Make me thy fool.
Events irl
meantime
out cruisers
rnerce.
The
| Theodosia Garrison, in Chicago Record He
activity, but recently they have ar
rived at the conclusion that the
Strenuous life is nothing new after ject for a number of years, which con
all and that, even if it were, it pos-j stUutes thu foundation for the wot id s
, , . I present knowledge, which, however, is
sesses disadvantages almost as tor- far from complete. The light house keop-
midable as are its advantages. Butjers along the coast have furnished a large
there is one field in which the “life I ^ount of supplementary data. They are
,, , T - . . j able to do this from the fact that their
intense, as the French phrase it, IS bright, steady lights appear to have the
111 real application every minute of those fractional j same fascination for birds that the bright :
r .• I • , ■ , , rays of street nrc lamps possess for in- I
portions of time which comprise the working day, 1
Sunday not excepted. We refer to the railroad
world. Not that which has to do with the ma
hogany lined offices of presidents and general
managers or their gliding palaces of private cars.
The true heroes, the real slaves of the railroad, are
found in mechanical capacities. The engineer, the
fireman, the conductor, the train hands—these men
all lead an existence which, in its fearful intensity,
outdoes the achievements of even the men who
administer these giant properties,
Naive Joke Caused Jfndretv
>)t Jackson’s First Duel
this two brothers were left ^‘TTiTved
month later, their widowed motll. r mou.
across the border into South Carolina,
_ nunr nnrrw 1 fLt .UlOin' I
By HELEN HARCOURT.
Writeri for C/te Sunny Soul H
HEN the father of Andrew
sects. In consequence the little migrants
become bewildered and fly straight at the
pitliless glass, dashing out their little
lives: It is interesting to note that a
flashing light, on the contrary, frightens
them so that they invariably avoid it.
A red light is similarly an object of aver
sion.
Just what determines the choice of the
route is very uncertain. Those selected
are rather erratic. Long sea flights are
undertaken when the desired points could
have been •,reached by shorter overland
an exacting -1 flights. Some Titty New England spe-
, ... . .. ,, , « . r , . .. **j cies that winter in South America take
task within itself. And how often do we, riding| the longer land route, flanking the coast,
safely and luxuriously in the cushioned Pullman and then passing by the island or main-
or well-upholstered day coach, analyze the racking land to South America. ultRr-s slrili ‘
routine which is their daily meed?
These servants of the rail are, many of them,
crude and primeval. At the same time they have
that infinitely delicate adjustment by which all the
nerves and senses are developed to their highest
perfection and made habitually subservient to that!.
and there .started a new nomv
point on the Wexhaw -reek, 20 mi •
north of the present Lancaster court
house. Very slender were tlie w ido . .
means Of support, and as soon a!
two older boys were old .enough,
sought and found employment to
ment the slender family income-
education •;!« they received, was derived
occasional attendance at a eoun-
their
Jackson, a canny Scotch-
Irishman, emigrated to the
United States, he little
thought that he was giving
to the great republic of his
adoption one of its most fa
mous generals and presi- j from an
dents. It is a curious study I try school,
to trace the descent and ori
gin of the sturdy independ
ence and republican spirit
that were so early shown j c j, er ished wish that this one of Her
by the budding warrior and i 3 j lou i d become a minister of the K<
the
they
upple-
Sueh
and the teaching of
mother.
Not so with the baby of tlie flock, how
ever. Andrew was dedicated by the fond
mother to a higher destiny. It was hei
the Far East have mark 1
tIIrt * for the last week. The Russ. .
1 8tl ij reported to be in the neigh-
flWt i of Kamranh bay, Cochln-Ch
bornoo. announced that Rojestven vy
Zn remam there until May .0, In the
* he is reported to be sending
to prey on Japanese con .
whereabouts of the Jap
enuadron are not known with certainty.
' Beyond sporadic skirmishes, notn.ng of
importance is reported from Manchut.
Toklo still maintains that it is the J
. mese intention to plant an apny of
million men before Harbin within tic
next few months, thus insuring Oyatr.u
line year's campaign.
I xo difficulty is anticipated in floating
'he Japanese domestic loan of S50.000.000
at Hve years-
HE birthday
versary of T . i, ,
Jefferson, found. ;
the democrat J
ty. was r-' • , ,
made the o .
for a numb' ;
banquets in
larger cities ■■;
north, at wl.i
tying and a
ing Int.ipr
were made o: ,i
son’s poll •
Thos Jefferson hi. probal
in politics of today. Below an
portant events in the life of J>
Born at Shailwell, Va., April 2
1743 Member of the Virginia aousi ;
Burgesses. 1769-75 and 1776-78
bvr of the continental congress, 1775
76 Drafted the Declaration ot i
pendence, 1776. Governor of Vug:-
1779 81 Member of the Lnin ,
congress, 1783 84 United Sta
ter to France. 1785-89. Seer,
state of the United States, 1790-93. V
president of the United Stat
1801. President of the United Kt..
terms). 1801-09 Founder Univ.
Virginia. 1825. Died at Monti
July 4, 1826.
mind of which we prate so often and understand
so little. Essentially, the railroad man is of heroic,
unusual mettle—he could not earn his bread in his
straight out to sea from Nova Scotia
with tlie only nearest land ahead 800
miles away in the Bermuda islands, tlie
next stop being at the Antilles, whence
they make a bee-line for the coast of
South America,
FLIGHT OF THE PLOVER.
As an example of tlie distances covered
i in their seasonal flights the case of the
plover may be cited in detail, and while
this is an exaggerated case, it is by no
means the only one that exhibits conti
nental flights. In the Iirst week of June
perilous occupation Otherwise. Time and again; the golden plover arrives at the breeding
grounds above the arctic circle, ‘pa -*ely
having actually found them I.OOo miles
beyond. Here they raise their little t'am-
niany an ordinary intelligent man has entered some
branch of the calling only to find that his nerves
and self-control and discretion were not equal to! Hy and by August have commenced their
the never-lagging tax levied on them. For the f ou t t . hern t IUarh f* Uhrador just
sailor there may be some moments when, the! berry, of which they are extravagantly
course laid .straight and hardly a single white-cap fond - After a ,Vw weeks of this feast-
« i • ,« , - , j ‘r , I ing the plover tifkes on a surplus of fat
flecking the placid bosom of the ocean, he may re-j th g t staads him in good stead during his
But from the moment of. wonderful night.
the signal which starts the train until it rolls to a^ Working down to Nova Scotia, they be-
standstill at its destination, not for the fraction of waste to the Antilles, flying night and
a second can the crew in charge of this speecding day. if the weather is bad they stop
house-on-wheels let their vigilance flag. at the B ™ das ; but if everything is
pws , x , ° ° propitious they sail straight on. It is not
1 o the trained ear any unusual sound from the to be understood, ho wever, that the plov-
rapidlv-traversed rail mav bode danger which I er has absolutely no rest during this
must be evaded; to the quick eye the merest un- mght ’ as the Wrd can easily swim and
usual flicker of sun or moonlight on a distant or
nearby object may speak a warning which will
not brook delay. Telegraphic orders which meet
the train at different points must he read with an* their migratory round, but shunning the
understanding eve, jealous to guard against an er-| AUantic coaat > s ° u i J throu F h Central
.or Oil tile part Ot the sometime fallible dispatcher,j about the beginning of March, following
or to catch the latter’s meaning so that there' may uie prairies of the Mississippi, just in
be no unexpected meetings between stations mid ume to reappear iu Jun0 at tneir breed
,, , ,' V , , , , . -mg grounds in the far frozen north. A
the sound of rending metal and the moans of dying
people. All these qualities, added to steely endur
ance, must be the equipment of the men to whom
you often or occasionally trust the safety of your
self. your wife, your daughter, your son or your* l *‘ ection to €nable them to complete these
sweetheart wonderful flights without losing their
Nor are these men machines or superior be
ings. They are human, like yourself, with the 'same
statesman. It was a clear case of hered
ity, for these qualities were his by -in
heritance. They were born of the perse
cution of his ancestors for generations,
and tempered like a Damascus blade, by
the constant heating in the furnace of
adversity, the constant beating of the
hammer of oppression.
The hardening process began in the
reign of King Henry the Eighth, when
that royal libertine assumed tlie title of
head of the Protestant church, calling
himself the “defender of the faith,” and
this because the pope of Rome had re
fused to sanction the sacrifice of the
king’s wife, in order to make clear the
road for another. Henry sought to force
his Irish subjects, who then, as now, were
a nation of Roman Catholics, to embrace
the liturgy of tlie Church of England.
He failed. His daughter Elizabeth fol
lowed in his footsteps, and with the like
want of success. After her. canto James
the First, and renewed and yet more
vigorous efforts to force the Irish peo
ple to accept the Protestant faith. It
was then at last the hardy men of the
north of Ireland rose tip in active rebel
lion in defense of their ancient religion.
Of course, they were crushed by the train
ed troops of the king. Result, many of
the noblest heads in Ireland lopped off,
With this end in view, she managed to
send him to the Waxhaw academy. Tin-
boy was successfully pursuing his pre
liminary studies, when the storm' of the
great revolution began to lower on tin-
horizon. Young Jackson heard the rum
blings of the distant thunder of Lexing
ton, Bunker Hill. Dorchester, and tin-
fierce spirit of his ancestry began to stir
within him. When the thunder peals
grew louder and louder, and caine closer,
echoing among the pine forests of the
southern seaboard, Andrew Jackson’s
young heart swelled with its inherited
love of freedom, its hatred of oppression.
Later still, when the royal troops In-! W as in 1850 that Mr
ON A LI) G M
ELL. better
by his pen no.
Marvel,” ce. i
his 83d bp
recently
Mitchell was t.
ber of a note.j
in Yale, whlct
graduated 64
ago. Of Oh a
only seven r..
are living. Ho
of whom us It
DGjuitchett Thomas ColT-
nell. of Philadelphia, who is 89,
youngest is Stephen C. Upson,
ens, Ga.. who is 79. It seems
realize that "Reveries of a Rachel
written fifty-five years ago, and
Mitchell, v
vaded the southland, and his elder broth- i
er joined the ranks of the patriots, the'
boy, although only 12 years old, grew I
restive as a hound held in the leash. And
at last, when the news came that bis]
brother had fallen at Charleston, and
Andrew witnessed his mother's grief, he
vowed vengeance on his country’s foe. •
His spirit could no longer be held under
restraint, and although but 13 years old at
this time, Andrew enlisted and fought his
first battle four months later. Of this
and other events in the life of one the !
south’s -greatest heroes, we shall have 1
more to say in the days to cohne.
FORSOOK THE MINISTRY.
The cherished hope of young Jackson's
been publishing anonymously th-
rette, a weekly paper devoted l -
natured criticisms of the fads a-
lies of New York society, deem
avert suspicion of 'nis connection
the Lorgnette by getting out the
ries.” It was, a« it purported
the fancies of a bachelor, for Mr
eil did not marry until 1853, w
was appointed by President Pierc-.
ed States consul at Venice.
mpkror wti.:
has called om
college chums rot
rides lightly and easily on the surface
of the water.
Parsing the winter tree from the en
grossing cares of family life, they take a
six months’ vacation and then resume
journey of 20.000 miles for the apparent
purpose of spending ten weeks on the
arctic, coast!
It would seem that birds must possess
some highly specialized faculty of dl-
way, just as they must have some intui
tive faculty which induces them to be
gin their long flights often just at the
r T . , . moment when the particular goods which
irailties, the SUIUC susceptibilities. If they meet Uiey most desire are to be had in great
est abundance.
But this would not account for the fa
cility with which they traverse great
bodies of water, such as the Gulf of
Mexico and Caribbean sea, where they
could not possibly see the land ahead.
So little averse are birds to ocean flights
that many make the trip from eastern
Texas to the southern coast of Mexico,
a distance of 400 miles, which, however,
hardly shortens their flight by an hour
and six counties confiscated, every acre | mother was destined never to be fui-
of them becoming the private property of I filled. When the patriots were victori-;
the king. j ous and h e returned from tlie war. all
Hoping yet to accomplish his will by j idea of the life of a minister had van-
more circuitous methods, the r^yal pro- j ished from his mind. Camp life had
prietor of these half million acres sent unfitted him for the more gentle oceu-
colonies of English and Scotch farmers to j pation his mother had selected for him j
people his six counties. The Scotch large
ly predominated, and the effects of their
sturdy nationality was speedily evident.
Prussian cab).. '
has Just ai -
Dr. Von Bet
Holweg to t. it
portant port:
Prussian min ;
the interior. v.
Baron Von Ha;::sr.*
stein, decoas
new minister
of the n -
wannest
and he decided to study for the law. Tins
was in 1784, when Jackson was but 17
years old. The attorney general of North. 1 Emperor William
becoming the loading characteristic in all! Carolina at this time was Colonel‘Wait, i fidends ' fiatln S from the days wii-
the colonies. The king, in sending these j stiU Avery. It was the custom of this - wt '- re students', together g.t the Ur.
Scotchman to Ireland, had a double mo- , gentleman to receive into his family such 01 Bonn - Tiiey were not onh-
tive. He desired not only to populate his students of law as studied In his office' ’ atud<lus ’ fraternity brothers
newly acquired property, hut to diminish, and allowing them to pay their tuition in ' H,embcrs of that historic and
in Scotland the number of dissenter*. i aw . by becoming in turn the t U to r ”of hZ
who. although Protestants, refused to j children. Finding that there '
come into the Church of England. By
scattering their members, James thought
cancy in this office
was
Young Jackson ap-
to weaken their influence, and bring them j ehned.^whlreat^e turalT boih
°o v u r r res,, r
character of his own -untrymen that he truth was that'one of Ave^daugh^
took a dislike to Jackson’s personal Jjtp-
flanger from some one else’s studipity or their own;
if they have to combat hoodlumism or boorishness;
or il, worn out by racking responsibility or pro
tracted toil, they are now and then found recreant
to time or trust—they keep a silent tongue and
brave face like true iron hearts. Yet, how often do
we think of these men in blue uniform and gold
braid or sooty jumpers as heroes? I
In the United States alone the domain of these ! or two - although it does avoid the hot
men is an enormous one. Growing from 14 miles tr f cless p ! ain f of southern Texas.
. o 1 \ • 0 * It IS difficult tn PctahTish anr t
in 1030, the American railroad systems have devel
oped until today the aggregate mileage exceeds a
quarter of a million miles and is rapidly reaching
out toward the half million mark. Think of the
solution could be applied to unwilling animals, widely varying panorama over which this immense
;;nd we can with little stretch of the imagination, ~ M ! - * ... -
picture the recalcitrant and ennui’d mule ripping
the plow through the furrow at a spine-wrenching
gait. In fact, the more we reflect on the possibili
ties of this marvelous elixir, the more the prob
ability is forced on us that we are face to face with
an entirely new and strange epoch in the world’s
history. icnturv cosmos.
Fiji Islanders Mystify Science *
HERE may be seen in the
national museum an ordi
nary. prosaic-looking stone
which probably escapes the
attention of most of the
visitors and yet which rep
resents the question as to
Whether there may not ex
ist in some quarters of the
world something like actu
al, bona fide witchcraft.
Professor Langley himself
brought thTs stone with
him after having witness
ed the marvelous spectacle of natives of
the Fiji islands walking barefoot over
white-hot stones and coming out of the
ordeal unscathed. The professor, in de
scribing this incident, said:'
“I saw the spectacle of fire-walking in
Tahiti. The essential question as to the
actual heat of the stones had not then
been satisfactorily answered, and after
the fourth passage I secured Papa Ita's
(
the top of the bucket and it was thrown
Into such violent ebulition that a great
deal of it boiled over and escaped weigh
ing. The stone was an exceedingly bad
conductor of heat, for it continued to
boil the water tor about 12 minutes,
when, the ebullition being nearly over, it
was removed to the ship.
’"The stone was found to weigh 65
pounds. I brought thfs piece of it to
Washington with me and determined Its
specific gravity to be 2 39, its specific
heat 0.19 and its conductivity. to be so
small that one end of a small fragment
could be held in the hand while the oth-
It is difficult to establish any definite
figures of the speed of migration, as this
may vary anywhere from 20 to 150 miles
a day. To take a single instance, the
black poll warbler that winters in north
central South America and summers in
Alaska. In April it makes its appearance
mileage is spread; the different people, with their! .“"a
odd customs and strange lives, yet bound verily to-! t« thirty-live miles a day. The balance
gether by human nature and the slender bands of|° f u , ie mght t ‘! rou s b the Mackenzie vai-
Steel. 1 hlJ> IS the world in which these slaves to the! many individuals making over 200 miles
rail Uve constantly. It has its compensations, you' a day during the hist half of the jour-
wiT! say, but it also has its exactions which differ-i __ _ _
entiate it from any other vocation in our twentieth i ?he ave® ° °S F 0 E f R fig.Tufon^o!^®'
species from New Orleans to southern
Minnesota is given in the government
year book as 23 miles a day. Sixteen
species maintain a daily average of 40
miles from southern Minnesota to Mani
toba, and from this point twelve spe
cies travel to Lake Athabaska at an
average speed of 72 miles a day, five
others to Great Slave Lake at I 16 miles
a day and five more at 150 miles a day.
Many mysteries remain to be cleared
up. and th^se can only be referred to in
the briefest manner possible. The chim-
neyswlft, one of the most abundant and
well known migratory birds of the east
ern part of the United States, makes its
way south to the Gulf of Mexico, where
it unites in enormous flocks, but then
disappears and no one knows what be
comes of it until during the last week of
March it reappears at the same spot.
Similarly the bank swallow can be
traced clearly from its arctic home until
It reaches the vicinity of Chesapeake
bay. when it also drops out of sight.
Another puzzle is to learn how the red-
eyed vlreo gets from northern Nebraska
to British Columbia, at which latter
point it appears one day after being
seen at the former. Such are some of
the problems that perplex yet fascinate
those who attempt to solve the mysteries
of bird migration.
(the principal performer) permission to | er end was heated indefinitely ir. the
remove from the middle of the pile one ! flame of a blowpipe. This partly defeat-
stone which, from Its size and position, ' ed the a, ’d of the experiment (to find the
every foot had rested upon in crossing, | temperature of the upper part of the
and which was undoubtedly at least as ! stone), since only the mean temperature
hot as any of the ofliers trodden on. It I w as found. This mean temperature of
was pulled out Tly assistants with dlffi- ! the hottest stone of the upper layer, as
culty. I had brought over the largest !deduced from .the data mentioned, was
wooden bucket which the ship had, and!about L 200 degrees Fahrenheit. The
which was half filled with water. The j temperature at which such stones begin
stone caused the water to rise nearly to ! to show dull red by daylight is approxi-
should have had. Tlie Scottish colonists
battled manfully, not only against the
Church of England, which sought to di
rect their religious beliefs, hut also
against the petty persecutions of their
Roman Catholic neighbors, whose own ex
perience should have taught them tolera
tion.
ALWAYS REPUBLICAN.
These sturdy colonists persisted in call
ing themselves Scotch, even after three
or four generations of their blood had
mingled with that of the Irish. Finally,
to distinguish them from the native
Scotch, and the native Irish, they ac
cepted the title that still clings to their
descendants, that of Scotch-Irish. They
were always republican in religious mat
ters, and upheld their beliefs through
many a fiery triat. But a time came
when patience ceased to be a virtue, and
the only marvel of it was, that it was
so long in coming. And then many of
these Seotch-Irlsh families gathered to
gether their household goods, and de
parted to seek a more peaceful home in
the wilds of the new world.
They sought refuge in North America,
and some of them settled in Pennsyl
vania, and others in the “great valley of
Virginia.” The great majority of these
Scotch emigrants. h<*wever, penetrated
pearance, and declared that s))« wmikt
refuse to he taught by him. Tlje youth
was more successful in an application to
Spruce iMcCay, a leading lawyer of 3aiis-
bury. N C., and in due tim e was admitted
to the bar
Time had by no means softened Jack-!
sons resentment at Colonel Avery's re
fusal to admit him in his office and
household. He was still the proud! Z \
headed boy. only 21 years of r. 1
chanced that at this time he and Colone I
Avery once more came in contact. x£y
were both imere*ed in a case being tried
at Jonesboro, Tenn. The newly Ldg d i
young lawyer was in the habit of carry |
ng in his saddlebags (men traveled J
those days mostly on horesback) a copy ’
of Bacons Abridgments." Jaekson nol
only studied this book when riding ",
the country roads or restimr L S ° ng
Inns, but frequently resorteef t! 6
during the progress of his case! , * Pag ° S
This precious volume was n OOUrt -
ly wrapped up in coarse brown™^ 111 ’
such as grocers use in these ri papor '
Place of the neat paper VS ' in
present. The slow b gs of tb e
much-valued ’ h ‘“
further south, and -made their home in the ' e ' ery lawyer who owned a
Carolina^, building their cabins in the I”'—! valued w °rk. ’---® a copy
beautiful and fertile regions of the Ca
tawba and Y'adkin rivers. They brought
with them, clear heads, warm hearts,
willing hands, and a spirit of upright
ness and independence that was fostered
natural pride as he'held" ft Mt
•or-h^r! 1 i very ’ aith ° p sh s ve ands -
from being
loved a joke
stance, hi
mately 1,300 to 1,400 degrees Fahren
heit.”
In other words, this performance of the
Fijians is every whJt as wonderful as if a
man put his naked feet upon white-hot
coals, let them remain there for a con
siderable period (for the fire walkers
promenade back and forth repeatedly on
the blazing stones) and showed not a
trace of the performance.
How account for this?
In fact ,the theories put forth by eye
witnesses of this modern miracle (a num-
CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE.
_ er Y far.
Pe.-hans ?' Sti “ ^rly
remaps also, i n this in- 1
by the free life of the wilderness. Bred I the^ coldness »f the ci'viliTy !
in the bone for generations of these Scotch advan!""^ ,awyer received his friZ v '!
Irish migrants wer e love of freedom and adVancts tow ard a fr|endl y!
hatred of oppression. For this reason
they were among the first to perceive the
iron hand concealed in the glove of Brit
ish protection of the American colonies i nr^oi w ~ wui Avcrv K i; nri ,
When the glove was at last removed, and J 01 !™ 16 . ° ut of its d the
elusive . ’‘edrps,’' the Borussia.
most qf the princes auri nobh
Germany have belonged m un;-
duj ys . The Kaisc^f, following t.
iiiKui which is supposed to rest :
cess ,of American, politicians, hat
"taken care ot his friends' since
came emperor. Dozens of them a_->
military, naval and civil offices
porta nee amd rich emoluments . I
delights to honor them- Dr. Y*»
martn-iiolweg is two years the *
senior, being 46 years old.
T. LOUIS, fie
-city In A !■■■-■
presented th •='
tounding - -
Sunday of be. ,
tlrely "dry .fi-1
woeful and
esque were ■ 0
scenes enact
tlie thirsty hi
tants. Phe re-,
sible party !s< L -
Stewart, the I -
comniistdoner '
C Stewart Louis who
lid on the town and then held it <- «#
t ghUy. IBs men were palnsuik g ^
their vigilance to see that no vlo- s
were attempted. They arrested a ^ r -
ber who had not finished a hair cut at
midnight Saturday, leaving the Cl
m barbarous condition. They p . - n-‘ J
a man known to Stave had a dr nk W
hnd out ho-v he got it,-an d a mob • Iiastu
Hie man for the same reason. Next «»
Governor Folk. Mr. Stewart was tie
popular man in St. Louts.
the Iron hand laid bare, these hardy men
were among the first and most determ
ined in resistance to its rule.
From such ancestors was Andrew Jack-
son descended, and knowing this the
■rugged vein in his character is easily U n
derstood. His father, also Andrew Jack-
son. was one of a colony of Scotch-Irish
who emigrated to America in the year
He was a descendant of one of the
I76fe
events, seeing his wav to a on ' At oil
•1oke, his love for such fun g °', >d pract ieal
of his discretion. While Jaok S<>t the better
addressing the court ^ 0 " *
precious vninm» very
f’fts buby
cover, and
? f . bac °n of
substituted for it
nearly the same siz ~ "T* OI b
Presently,
yer had occasion to quote hV J,ls ,aw '
authority. The ease before hbn faVOrite
too important a nature f nr v wa * ar
to his memory for the hln ) to trust
sired to make*^ He flefe qu , otatl °n he de-
hjs antagonists by readinj^: dlsmay
itself, still continulnT'nt “° m tht b
lifted the big bear JL ar «. un )ent.
°m the book
original Scotch colonists sent to * d the b ig bear skin iLZ V®* ent - be
^‘"reetTear 1 t n he th bori C e! nl U n Z^ ^
two Carolina, a o^riier^cotch j t-
emigrants had formed a settlement ’ I *'“* nis usual solemn o,'"*' 1,18 P a ~
5«~*-
he exiciain-„.-i r 1 tn e Package h» i—...
Jackson, senior.
. Purchased land and
built a rude but comfortable cabin This
cabin was within half a mile T W^x
haw creek, in what fe now MeckiJI
county. North Carolina M«*lenburg
Here, in this humble cabin two
later, the to-be distinguished
president of the United States
He came into the world to a ;
nounceSrthe^Udge 8 t^
WIIRAL DEW A 's
in command of
squadron of cruisers
which ls watca* n S
Rojestvens 4J *
movements. Som ’
his fast scouts p :t ”
ceded the Russia'
vessels through the
Malacca strait- H e
has been makltiy
headquarters 0 a
Hortsbur^^jght. 20
miles froE >■
P° r ,
were reported a
■Admiral Dewev
two of his cruisers
command ^ Ad ^ral Dewa'was
Togo at p° the first d i visi on under
out !hf emL A, ‘ thUr ' where he carr.ru
lovsk from ‘\ crnent of flagship Petrapa'-
8iiat vt. Ie barbor, which resulted in
S ST bCi ^ b, °^ up by a wine.
ing^ 1 Admiral m T** aH tends ’
VerestchTT Makaro « and the painter
SuTst !i ag T’ , who the admiral *
a| d the Petropavlovsk.
ANNO DOlfQa 2,000
, (From Life.)
the 0 J S Manager I am Instructed bv
«S)n 7t I” ? f th,S «"t*n>rise to place
less. price °* *200,000—not a cent
when !* er , 0f ^YuAicate—I think you will-
dicate Z that the bead of this syn-
“M . w °man.
deal Tt tlM.MJkwT ^ W * **
mnerr