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Temperament, and the
Will Power
FRIENDLY correspondent was kind
enough to express cordial commend-
ation over the editorial published in
these columns last week under the
caption, “Melancholy Has No Part
With Spring.” The compliment was,
however, diluted in that the writer
expressed the belief that cheerfulness
was largely a matter of temperament
as opposed to the advice given in
the editorial to cultivate it by means
of the will power. In a desire to
avoid verbosity in the original ed
itorial, we did not perhaps make our
meaning quite clear; and from this
ambiguity has risen the misapprehension existing
in the mind of the correspondent mentioned. The
subject is one of such large importance and such
vital human interest as to warrant a supplementary
editorial utterance. We quite agree with our kindly
critic that cheerfulness may be, and to a; great
extent is, a matter of temperament. When it is a
natural quality of a man or a woman, it is a
most valuable asset, bringing one friends in legion
and the beautiful ability to look at life always
from an iridescent angle. Rut—and we have ex
pressed this opinion previously in these columns—
the natural possession of such temperament, char
acteristics or whatever you choose to call it, is no
credit whatsoever to the possessor. He or she may
be well congratulated in that their.lives are hap
pily lightened by its perpetual presence; just as
we would congratulate a friend on hue mental
ability, good looks, good health, a good form, or
any other virtue coming straight from the hand of
Providence with little or no exertion on their part.
But to be sunny, when there is very little of
that quality in the natural disposition; to be hope
ful, when within one’s nature has been planted the
germs of despondency and melancholy; to be
cheerful, amiable and of a social disposition, when
the fundamental impulse is to be moody, nan-
communicative, churlish or self-centered—well,
that is an entirely different matter.
It is when a man or a woman succeeds in
overcoming this blight of heredity, environment, ill
health—you may name your own source—that we
believe they are entitled to infinite credit. In sim
ilar measure, we would shower praises and admira
tion on the individual who won education, cul'ture,
wealth, sweetness or virtue under terribly adverse
circumstances. The achievement would simply
mean a battle on their part; the worst sort of
battle, in that it would be a case of a house divided
against itself—the strongest resistance, the most
discouragement, would come from one’s self.
And we maintain that the thing can be done.
We have seen too many vivid instances to think
otherwise. We have seen men of the most hope
lessly morose disposition, cursed by a gloom that
repelled would-be friends and impaired seiiously
their worldly prospects, inch by inch, contending
at fearful odds, fight against the perversity of their
■natures and finally win the dav. We have seen the
same victory accomplished by women, under cir
cumstances just as notable.
The same rule, or something, very similar, may
be applied to the experience of every person of
any pretensions to self-government. Hardly one of
our readers but will recall a friend or an acquaint
ance who has accomplished radical alterations in
their disposition by this persistent, never-flagging
exertion of the will-power. It may be a tendency
toward arrogance; an inclination to overweening
conceit; the disagreeable faculty of constant fault-
tinding; indolenc.e; intolerance—any one of the
many-faced black brood which darkens the fair
prospect of human nature and makes for friction
and failure.
This much is undoubtedly true: The percentage
of persons who achieve a revolution within them
selves is comparatively small. Their natures are
simply , not equal to the. task. Try as they will,
here and there, at unguarded moments, perhaps,
some little stealthy, unbidden reminder of the old
traits will sidle to the surface, to bring disap
pointment and a momentary depression to the
owner.
The general proposition holds, however. If it
did not, and we were left as helpless slaves to our
tendencies and impulses, the world would record
little progress. We think that in this our corre
spondent will heartily agree, unless we have been
guilty of misinterpretation.
Leaves from an
Scrap Book
By A GEORGIA COLONEL.
Old
Necessity and an Inventive
Yankee
^HE palm for shrewdness has, hitherto,
been accorded the down-easter, re
siding in New England, where orig
inated the term “yankee.” It has
generally been considered that what
could not be accomplished by an
inhabitant of this section in the way
of quick and pertinent use of his
wits, was not worth attempting.
Hereafter, however, we think the dis
tinction should be transferred. It
Ought to be made resident in New
York state, and kept .there perma
nently, or until the citizen of some
other section of the country brings
forward convincing proof of a right to the title.
It is to be noted in this connection, that the
faculty of invention is brought prominently into
play in the incident about to be cited. In the
past, the New Englander’s claim to tactical great
ness has been presumed to confine itself simply
to the exercise of his gray matter, with little of
the . assistance of science; the accessories in the
traditional “yankee trick” have been supposed to
be of the simplest possible nature, the genius being
displayed in a startling and unprecedented appli
cation of arrangement of old and crude material.
In the following instance, however, it will be
seen that this wide-awake New Yorker absolutely
stepped out of bounds with his ingenuity, and in
that process he deserves to occupy a unique
pedestal in that gallery of fame erected to men
who have ever found necessity the mother of in
vention. Here it is, and The Hudson Register is
responsible for it:
A Stol’kport poultry farmer has had great trouble of
late because his hens were not producing the proper
number of eggs. A nearby neighbor has a fine flock of
hens which were working overtime to produce eggs.
While hanging over the back fence listening to the tn
umphant cackle of his neighbor’s hens an idea struck tht
luckless owner of hens. He went into the house and
brought out his phonograph, inserted a blank record and
succeeded in getting a fine imitation of the cackling of
the laying hens. He then installed the phona graph in
his own hen house and started it going. The first day
the hens were greatly amazed, but the second day they
got down to business and ground out an egg every time
the phonograph cackled. The hens have stopped cack
ling themselves, however, and when the phonograph stops
they stop laying and the originator of the idea has to sit
in his coop all day long to keep the phonograph going.
CORRESPONDENT of The
New York Times wrote that
" Grant made his second as
sault on Vicksb*irg to
gratify the press at the
north, which might have
charged him “timidity, if
not cowardice.’ The cor
respondent then said:
“Grant took the only
possible course left him to
forestall this senseless
clamor. He moved at once
upon the enemy's works,
and was repulsed; but as, from misun
derstanding. only a portion of his force
had participated in the attack, he knew
the country would not he aatisfled, and
so he tried it again. This time a column
20 miles in length and numbering thou
sands by the score, was precipitated
against the Gibraltar defenses before
them. As was .expected. It met with a
bloody and overwhelming repulse, and—
the country, after hearing this, and
learing that in the experiment twe lost
from three to five thousand men, without
in a single instance having made the
slightest impression upon the rebel
works, will he likely to allow the com
mander-in-chief to reduce Vicksburg in
his own way. Our heavy loss, after two
unsuccessful attempts to carry the rebel
works by storm, will convince people
that. If Vicksburg Is very weak in front,
It does not have that defect in the rear;
and, furthermore, that the r,ebel garrison
is neither weak, demoralized, nor starved,
and that its guns, instead of being
■Quakers,’ are veritable Parrots and Co-
lumbiads, at once commanding in posi
tion and numerous as to quantity, and
which at any moment are able to fill the
air with a tempest of death into which
no storming party can enter and live.
From this time onward the people will
be (Willing to wait with greater than usual
patience the ulow process of reducing this
place.
“The wounded, or many of them. at.
the killed of last Thursday, were i
brought off the field till the afternoon
of the succeeding Monday. It Is scarcely
necessary to add that when our parties
went over the field the proportion of the
living to dead was terribly small. In
this hot climate few men will lie under a
scorching sun, without food, water and
medical attendance, and survive
wound three days. For this reason, very
few of those found were alive; but few,
if any, will recover. Why they were not
brought away sooner I cannot tell. After
the first assault the rebels not only al
lowed our men to come upon the ground
and carry off the wounded, but they as
sisted by rendering in person many at
tentions to those who fell close to their
(works. After the second assault, how
ever, they refused to allow any one to
come upon the field. Surgeons, who ap
proached with white flags in their hands,
were flr.ed upon, until finally, the at
tempt hail to be abandoned. The rebels
cannot be blamed for this, nor firing
upon the surgeons who approached with
white flags, lor this reason—that during
these times our men did not cease their
belligerent operations, but kept uip con
stantly a fire from the batteries and
sharp shooters.”
We had previously heard of the use of the
phonograph in detecting crime, and in preaching
the funeral of some man who wanted to be sure
that he would not be slandered by a disinterested
parson. The foregoing wrinkle is, however, a new
one on us. It opens, too, such a wide field of
possibilities as to give ample exercise to the most
exuberant imagination.
If there should be an egg famine threatened
next winter, the country may be indebted to the
gentleman from Stockport for a simple and speedy
solution of the problem.
Next Week a New
Serial in
The SUNNY SOUTH
FATE’S
BEGGAR
MAID
TOM GALLON,
I Author of “TATTKRLY,’’
| ** DICKY MONTE ITU,”
••A ROGUE IN LOVE,"
Etc.
The novel is a thrilling recital of love,
intrigue, and crime in the world’s metrop
olis—London.
It is absorbing from the first line to the
end, introducing kaleidoscopic
assortment of the characters which
may only be found in that wonder
ful city.
Strong, teeming with plot
and counterplot, showing the
influence of love and of avarcie
on characters.
Don’t Miss the First Instalment in Next
Week’s SUNNY SOUTH.
ROSECRANS AT CHICAMAUGA.
Said The Savannah. Republican;
“The defeat of -Rosecrans at Chicka-
mauga, though we are dissatisfied on our
side with the inadequacy of the results,
has produced deep mortification in the
enemy’s country. A correspondent ot
The Cincinnati .Tazette thus inounrfully
describes what he saw:
“ ‘While I stood gazing upon this scene
from the summit of the ridge some rebel
skirmishers appeared in the skirts of the
woods opposite the gap I have mentioned,
and Hung perhaps a dozen musket balls
into the field. Instantly men, animals,
vehicles, became a mass of strugglin
shouting, frightened life. Everything and
everybody appeared to rush headlong for
the narrow gap. horses, mules, ambu
lances, baggage wagons, artillery car
riages and caissons were rolled and turn
bled together in a confused, inextricable
and finally motionless mass, completely
blocking up the mouth of the gaps. Near
ly all the booty subsequently fell into
the hands of the enemy. Sickened and
disgusted by the spectacle, I turned away
to watch the operation of General Thom
as’ move, upon which alone depended the
safety of the army.’ ”
SEARCHING WOMEN.
The following paragraph was taken
from The Richmond Dispatch:
“We have been shown a private letter
from a lady In Norfolk, giving an ac
count of tile arrest and search of three
ladies of that city by the federal authori
ties. The writer of the letter being one
of the victims to this .piece of yankee ma
lignity, rehearses her treatment with an
indignation characteristic of insulted
womanly virtue. The provost marshal, it
seems, shirked the responsibility of the
contemptible proceeding, and left the mat
ter In the hands of a set of unprincipled
clerks, who secured the services of i
woman as bankrupt in morals as them
selves to superintend the search. Against
only one of these ladies was there any
charge, and she was arrested upon in
formation furnished to the Nineteenth
Wisconsin regiment by a negro that she
intended to pass the lines with letters for
parties in the confederate army. When
she was taken before the provost mar
shal the other two ladies went to see
her, when all three were subjected to a
rigid examination in a room adjoining
the marshal’s office.”
BRIEF AND PITHY.
Said The Atlanta Confederacy in 1862:
“The following intercepted correspond
ence between the commanders of the
two yankee fleets at Vicksburg and Port
Hudson, though brief, is decidedly pithy:
“ ‘David Porter to David Farragut,
Flagship Uncle Sam, above Vicksburg,
December 28, 1862.—My Dear Dav: Why
don’t you come up? I have been waiting
here for you three days. Yours in ex
pectation, D. PORTER.’
“ ‘David Farragut to David Porter,
Flagship Richmond, below Vicksburg—
My Dear Dav: Why don’t you come
down? It’S so much easier to go with
than against the current. I know, for
I have tried the river on a run both
ways. Come down—don’t be afraid. Ever
yours, D. FARRAGUT, Admiral.’ ”
A “PIOUS FRAUD.”
Under the a.bove caption The Chatta
nooga Rebel published the following in
1863:
The following is an extract from a let
ter written by an Abolition Chaplain
connected with Lincoln’s army in Vir
ginia. to his friend and brother preach
er, located- at some other point. The
letter was captured along with other
mail matter, when Captain Enrich
"took” the United States mail between
Burlington and Williamsport the other
week. The letter is datef*
“Camp near Romney, Octorber II,
1863,—All quiet on to Potomac. Rose-
crans is all right. A very sanguinary
battle will come off at or near Chatta
nooga before Kong. Oh! for success. I
now believe we shall have it. And O
for a little more ‘Greek fire’ to be
rained upon Charleston, that sink of in-
The Whispering
There is a whisper in the trees
That, gaunt and bare,
Sway here and there
And time the songs the breezes bear—
The foreword of the birds and bees.
The trees that seemed as pulseless things
Now shift and shake
And are awake;
The swelling buds are fain to break
In answer to the whisperings.
They whisper, whisper, all the day
Of summer sun,
Of fancies spun
In twilight when the day is done
And sunset shadows come and play.
They murmur promises all sweet,
That we shall wade
Down through the shade
Their heavy, bending boughs have made
To soothe us in the drowsing heat.
They chant a haunting summer symn
Of skies all blue,
Of doves that coo,
Of nodding roses dipped in due,
Of white stars on the world’s wide rim.
They laugh all softly of the scent
Of apple bloom.
And of the boom
Of beetles buzzing in the gloom;
Of wondrous dawns that bring content.
They stand as eager sentinels
That hear the hum
Of bees that come
As armies at the rally-drum
Whose rousing roll the echo swells.
And so the trees bend to and fro
Against the gray
Old sky, and say
That summer hurries up the way-—
The mystic trees, they know; they know
W. D. Nesbit, in Chicago Tribune.
Glen Voliva.
A Cave Hotel, Ocean Springs and
^ Other Florida Freaks &
Continued on Ninth Pago.
By HELEN HARCOURT.
Written for The SUNNY SOUTH
HILE many of our southern
states can boast of a good
ly share of the curious
■workings and freaks in
•which Dame Nature -often
delights, there arc few, if
any, tha-t -can excel Flori
da in tills respect. In pre
vious -papers we have vis
ited some of these oddi
ties, amt tod-ay we purpose
to take a peep at still
others.
In a cave, which is lo
cated some 12 miles from the thriving
t-o-wn of Gainesville, Alachua county,
we see a spot tlia-t has ibeen locally fa
mous for more than fifty years. It is
one of the wonder “sights” of tihe coun
ty, and has -been visited -by hundreds of
tourists, many of whom, 'having heard
at a distance of the strange cave, wan
dered out of their route on purpose to
see it. For many years Warden's cave
has been a favorite for the people round
about, and yet they merely recognized it
a-s a -matter of local interest. The spot
lies neither on railroad nor water route,
and can be reached only by private con
veyance, carriage or horseback. But the
drive is a -beautiful one, over good roads,
and in many places through dense ham
mocks of -tropical luxuriance, under the
shadow of moss and vine decked live
oaks and magnolias. It was a tavorlte
■drive and picnic resort, and that was
all, so far as local interest was con
cerned.
Two or three years ago, howe-ver, one
of the northern men who visited the
cave, became deeply impressed with its
mysterious possibilities. He was an en
ergetic -man, one who knew when he
wanted a thing, and mean-t to have it.
He soon made up his mind tfhat he want
ed to own this cave, which, by the way,
as above mentioned, bears the name of
Warren’s cave, after the hunter who
first discovered it. To ascertain the
namo of the owner of the property on
which tlie cave was located and then
to purchase it were the next steps taken
(by the newcomer, and they were taken
so quickly as -to almost electrify the
easy going dwellers thereabouts.
A CAVE HOTEL.
The entrance to the cave had hitherto
been barely large enough -to admit an
adult, crawling on hands and- knees, and
required great caution even then, to
avoid a humped head and scraped back.
The first thing the new owner did was
to enlarge the natural opening until it
was of more comfortable dimensions, and
then to convert the rough, slippery de
scent into the cave, into a rude, but
sare stairway. U.p to this time the cave
had never been thoroughly explored, in
fact, no one bad ventured further than
few yards fro-m the entrance. Mr.
Sheppard, the new owner, -had gone much
further into its dark recesses than any
one else, and the discoveries he had al
ready made were -the cause of his de
termination to purchase the cave and
■make of it eventually a favorite resort
for tou-rists, his plans for the future in
cluding -a large hotel on the spot.
one ot tne cinier discoveries made by
Mr. Sheppard was that of a clear water
lake, a quarter of a mile from the en
trance. In this strange underground
lake were sporting both fish and water
fowl. The fiah no douJbt came to be
there -through the medium of -the subter
ranean stream that must feed the lake,
but how came the water fowl there?
Was it possible that they had scented
that water from afar and had just come
through the entrance, just like “folks?”
If -not, and that was hardly likely, how
did they reach the lake? This is a
•problem that some day may be solved,
but thus far remains a mystery. The
existence of -the limpid lake and of some
other strange features was not revealed
until the property had changed owner
ship. The road to the lake was not an
easy one. It lay over loose rocks andl
gullies and crevasses, but one day, un
der Mr. Sheppard’s guidance, several
Gainesville gentlemen managed to reach
it, and to prove the fact .that the sub-!*
terranean lake was ireally -well stocked
wMJh fish a -hook and line -was taken
along. It was but a short time after
the bait was cast in the water before it
was seized, and a large fish landed that
closely resembled a trout, and yet dif
fered in some respects.
The existence of the cave, and of its
mysteri.es, was reported to the depart
ment of geology at Washington, and it!
dispatched a detail of its scientists to I
make an exhaustive exploration. There j
were four in the party, and for more:
than a -week they delved into the bowels (
of the earth. For fully a mile they work- ■
ed their way into the cave, and still the'
end was not yet, nor any sign of it. |
Their progress was slow and difficult, for j
the floor of tile cave, - in itself very,
rough, was liberally strewn with bould-!
ers, mostly covered with green, slimy
fungus, and many of these lay in such
a position that they had to be climbed
over at the risk of slipping and breaking
a limb. Still othe.r rocks jutted out from
the walls and roof with a threat of fall
ing at th,e least touch or jar. The lake
was reached without much trouble in an
hour and a half, and here the (party halt
ed In their preliminary survey and re
traced their steps to the outjer world.
On the following day the work of ex
ploration began in earnest. Laden with
cooking utensils and a complete camping
outfit, the scientists plunged downward
again to penetrate the mysterious depths.
The moment the lake was passed the way
became increasingly difficult. Loose rocks
were strewn over a floor rendered slip
pery with slime and green fungus, yawn
ing holes, some big, some small, some
dry, some filled partly with water, and
yawning cracks here and there were en
countered at every step and necessitated
constant watchfulness.
THEIR PROGRESS BLOCKED.
Still, with the aid of shovels, picks and
plenty of determination, the exploring
(party pushed on, penetrating, as we have
noted, quite a mile into the depths of
the earth. At this distance further pro
gress was stopped by obstacles that they
had no means of overcoming, to say
nothing of the intense fatigue of their
strenuous exertions, which had crippled
and lamed two of the party.
The tents wer.e therefore pitched, ample
room being found in a lofty chamber, an
appetizing supper was prepared, after
which the weary explorers enjoyed
good night’s rest, wrapped up in heavy
blankets. It was a novel experience, this
sle,ep in the very bowels of the earth.
As an illustration of the real dangers
Incurred by the explorers, one incident
wti.ll suffice out of several. In many
places in that mile of dark mysteries
it was necessary to ascend and descend
deep crevasses by means of a rope. In
one of thes.e perilous descents of about
thirty feet one of the party was so un
fortunate as to lose his grasp on the
rope and fell headlong for fully half the
distance. Had <he fallen on the rough
rocks the consequences might well have
been fatal, but happily he landed in a
small lake at the base of the huge rock
he was descending. The rope fell with
him, but fortunately his companions had
an extra rope in reserve, and with this
rescued their unlucky friend. But he was
compelled to continue the arduous march,
drenched to the skin, but thankful to
have escaped so easily. An elaborate
report -was made by the explorers fo the
department of geology on their return to
Washington, a report that shows War
ren’s cave to be one of the most re
markable In the United States in many
respects.
Emerging into the senshlne from the
wonders of the subterranean world, let
us now turn our gaze upon what is
easily one of the most curious and In
teresting springs in the world. This is the
famous Wakulla spring, 15 miles from
Tallahassee, the capital of Florida, which
sends off a river from Its single out
burst. Whence comps this marvelous
flow, beyond the fact that it is from a
mysterious underground channel, no man
knows.
The water, -like -that of many of the
Florida springs, is impregnated with
lime, and is consequently wondrously
clear. The spring is ibu teetf deep, but
seems as hardly as many yards. Look
ing down into the transparent liquid one
sees a beautiful -mosaic of many shaded
greens and yellows, together with love
ly, delicate aquatic growths waving to
and fro on tihe rock strewn bottom.
Busy World
I LIBOR GLENN VA-
t-IVA has been elect
ed head of the Zion
City dogma and en
terprises inaugurated
by the renowned
Dowie, who, it will
be remembered, posed
as Elijah IL With
the absolute deposi
tion of Dowie conies
the desertion of hie
wife and son, Glad
stone, both of whom
have joined the rebel
lion against his religious and secular au
thority. Dowie is in Mexico, supposedly
in search of health. The crisis was pre
cipitated by his telegram deposing the
members of the sect who had passed
judgment on his actions. His telegram
was answered by a lengthy one, in wTilch
he was apprised of iris removal from
authority, and advised to quietly retire
to avoid “full exposure.”
RINCE HOHEXLO-
11E- LANGEN BURG,
who probably will be
made chancellor of
the German empire,
succeeding Count von
Buelow, was until a
year ago regent of
the duchy of Saxe-
Coburg and Gotha.
He was born Sep
tember 13, 1363, and
in 1896 married Prin
cess A 1 e x a n dra,
Prince Langenburg. daughter of the ia:e
Duke Alfred (duke of Edinburgh; of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and niece of King
Edward of England. In 1897 the prince
was honored with the -British decoration
of Knight Grand Cross of the Bath. His
full name and title are H’is Serene High
ness Ernest William Frederic Charlr-3
Maxmilian. hereditary -prince of Hohen-
lohe-Langenburg. The alleged diplomatic
failure of Count von Bueio>w In the Mo
roccan conference and tne miscarriage of
colonial affairs will, it is believed, lead
to his retirement.
SSOCIATE JUSTICE
JOHN MARSHALL
HARLAN, of the
United States su
preme court, -who
contradicts the re
port that he is to re
tire from the bench
to aid in the merger
plans of two Presby
terian churches of
Washintgon, D. C.,
has been a member
of the supreme court
Justice Harlan. since November 29,
1877, and in that time has handed down
some noted decisions, including that in
the Nebraska maximum freight rate case
and the Northern Securities case. He
was born in Boyle county, Kentucky, in
1833, was educated in Center college and
Transyvania university, and was a coun
ty judge at the age of 25. In the civil
war he was -colonel of a Kentucky regi
ment in tne union army, and later served
as attorney general of the Blue Grass
state. He was twice nominated for gov
ernor. A year ago Justice Harlan sug
gested the erection of a Presbyterian ca
thedral in this city.
HE earl of Onslow,
whose suggestion in
the house of lords
resulted In the an
nouncement that the
government w o uld
appoint a special
•ommittee to investi
gate American insur
ance eompaniee. with
x view to legislation
to protect British
policy holders, was
president of the
Lord Onslow. board of agriculture
in the Balfour cabinet, previously he had
been undersecretary for the colonies, par
liamentary secretary to the board of
trade, governor of New Zealand and un
dersecretary for India. Lord Onslow was
born in 1853, was educated at Oxford
and succeded to the title and estate in
1870. Jlis wife is a daughter of the third
Lord Gardner. He is provisional grand
master of Surrey Free Masons. Lord
Onslow farms on a large scale, and Is an
efficient member of the London county
council.
BORGIA N1A, LADY
DUDLEY, who Is to
be editor of a new
weekly, to be pub
lished exclusively for
circulation a m mg
the British nobilf:,
is the mother of the
second earl of Dud
ley. who under the
Balfour government
was lord lieutenant
of Ireland. She is a
sister of Sir Robert
Drummond M o n-
crleffe, and moves in select circles. It is
announced that the paper which Lady
Dudley is to edit will in no sense cater
for general (popularity. For the -'common
people” the price practically will be pro
hibitive—two shillings and sixpence a
number, about 60 cents in American
money.
Lady Dudley.
THOSE EXPLANATIONS.
(From The Chicago Inter Ocean.)
Senator Foraker, at a dinner in 'Wash
ington, quoted with a laugh an extrava
gant and incredible statement that be had
read in a magazine. When some one at
tempted to explain, he said:
“The thing is preposterous, and all the
explanations in the world won't alter its
preposterousness. These explainers. They
are never at a loss, are they? They re
mind me of old James Scarlett of Rains-
boro.
“There w-as nothing which James Scar
lett of Rainsboro could not explain.
“One winter night he was reading a
volume of the Seaside Library to his fam
ily gathered about the fireside. With his
spectacles on his nose he droned along
like this:
“ ‘Gwendolen de Vere Hastings lowered
her limpid blue eyes, and Lord Algernon
Mannering tok her slim white hands in
his. and crushed her to him in a passion
ate embrace.
‘At that moment, 5 minutes past !2
sounded from the castle belfry, and ’
' But here young Miss Scarlett inter
rupted.
, “ ‘ N ° clock could strike 5 minutes past
12,’ she said.
Certainly it could,’ James snorted. ‘It
was 5 minutes slow.’ ”
Continued on Ninth Page.
TEXlAdJlS IN TEXAS.
(From The Baltimore News.)
A native Texan is almost an anom
aly in Texas.” said F. B. Wilkes, at the
Lexington, yesterday afternoon. “That
seems a. strange statement to make,
but It is a very true one, nevertheless.
You know. Texas is 611 comparatively
new country, and mosk of the people
there are from north of that section.
It will be different in another genera
tion, but today the first thing one man
asks another on HWng introduced to him.
is ‘Where are you front, sir?’ It is
told of a certain preacher out there
that one Sunday when his church w^m
pretty full, he asked:
“ ‘How many native Texans are tnmw
In this congregation?’
“Seven men arose.
“ ‘How many men are thete here wl
are not living under their own names?'
“Not a man arose, but there was
awful period of suspense there f-
while, until the pastor gave out
closing hymn.”