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ERRORS OF HISTORY
FICTIONS THAT FOR CENTURIES HAVE
POSED AS FACTS.
Wkr the C*l<uu of Rkidca Cor.M
Mot Koto I panned the Harbor—Ti *
font of Leoaldai at Tktrmnpr.u.
Tkt WUIIaa Tall Hflh.
There bare been woven Into history
many Interesting stories that time ua.l
Investigation have proved myths, hut
la spite of the efforts of the Iconoclasts
these mistakes of history still pass
current with fnany people.
Probably one of the most affecting
acenes connected with the making of
literature la that described In the oft
repeated htory of the blind poet Milton
dictating ‘’Paradise Lost” to bis daugh
ters. Dr. Johnson, however, has been
quoted as denying It He said, further
more, that Milton never even permitted
his daugnters to learn to read and
write.
A. favorite “piece" with western and
southern schoolboys on recitation and
exhibition days was a set of verses tell
ing of the heroic stand of Leonidas and
his brave "300” at Thermopylae. The
Abbe Bartlielemy. who asserted that
be had luqulred minutely luto the sub
ject. wrote that, according to Diodorus.
Leonidas had T.Ouu men under him and
that I'ausun.as gave the number of Le
onidas' army as 12.000.
Did Caesar say to the pilot:
“Why do you fear? You have Csesar
on board.”
Many trustworthy historians declare
that Csesar never used the words
quoted.
The Inside of cigar box covers are
sometimes o.uamented with a picture
of the Colossus of Rhodes, with ships
In full sail passing between the out
stretched legs of the gigantic statue.
These pictures reflect the popular and
what for centuries was the historical
Idea of the Colossus, which was ac
counted one of the seven wonders of
the world. It may be Interesting to
know that all drawings of the statue
are purely Imaginary and. what Is
more, are modern, not ancient, efforts.
Tbe Colossus was erected In 305 B. C.
The most trustworthy of uuctent ac
counts of It la contained In a manu
script dating about 150 1>. C., In which
the height of the statue la given as 105
(Met The entrance to the harbor of
Rhodes la 800 feet across, so that It
waa manifestly Impossible that the lege
of the Colossus should span tbe en
trance to tho port or that ships should
■all beneath It
Aa a matter of fact tbe Colossus was
not built across tbe harbor, but on an
open apace of ground near It; but for
all that It waa a wonderful statue.
People whose sympathies are easily
aroused hare wept over the wrongs
of Bellaarlus. the conqueror of tbe
Vandals, who, many were taught
"begged bis bread at tbe city gates”
after having commanded victorious
armies and been of much service to
tbe state. The good old general waa
unquestionably an unfortunate and
much abused man. but there Is no
proof that he begged Ills living at the
city gates or elsewhere. Yet Van Dyke
engraved him rr.d David, the great
Frenchman, panted him. and trage
dies and re ms were written
around him In il.- -ellef that l.e did sit
at the city gates a forlorn and discon
solate object with palm outstretched
for alms.
The facts arc. a conspiracy against
the Emperor Justinian being discover
ed, two of Bellsarlua' ofllcers confessed
under torture that the old general was
In the plot. He was condemned with
out further hearing, his property se
questrated, aud he suffered Imprison
ment- for six months. His Innocence
being established, Bellsarlus was re
leased, and he died about a year later.
But that he ever was reduced to tbe
extremity of begging Is declared io be
absolutely uutrue.
The schoolbook tale of William Tell
shootlug nu apple from his sen's head
Is also without foundation In fact.
Tell's name doesn't even appear In the
chronicles of Zurich, and the most e.u-
vcleut writing In which the story is
mentioned bears date some 200 y >ari
after the event It pretends lo describe.
The story is a variation of an old Scan
dinavian saga. A similar bit of “his
tory" is related of William of Clouds-
ley In England In the twelfth century.
It is denied also that Emperor
Charles V. of Spain on Ids abdication
adopted the habit of a monk aud occu
pied himself lu the manufacture of
clocks. It Is declared that he never
ceased to he emperor de facto, aud he
never surrendered control of affairs of
state.
Coming down to later times, the peo
ple of three different countries claimed
three different uten as inventors of the
steam engine. In America there is a
popular belief to this day that Kobert
Fulton built the first successful engine
and steamboat. In Eugtand the Mar
quis of Worcester, who published an
account of a steam engine in 1003. has
received credit for the invention, tn
France Solomon de Caus U0151 was re-
guiiled as the genius who had given to
the world a new motive power. Rack
of them may have conceived uuV, work*
ed out the Idea of a steam engine with-
10 HE GOT OUT OF THE BALLOON
BV THE JUMP ROUTE.
’ And Then When He Told the da- |
| llahmea He Net What He Had Done j
I Thar Considerately Carried Him J
j OS to an laaane Aarloin.
“I went up In a balloon once, and l ;
• never want to make such a trip again.” j
! asid Colonel A. Noel Blakeman. "My |
’ experience aa an aeronaut was In Lon |
! don,” be continued, “and It would
( never have occurred but for a friend l
j chanced to meet there. He was going
to make aD ascent, and be persuaded
ms to accompany him.
‘The balloon waa a feature of some
Mg exhibition, and every day it was
Inflated and made an ascent, with fou*
or five passengers. In charge of an ex
perienced aeronaut. There were about
Eve In tbe perty tbe day I took the trip.
We got Into tbe baaket. which was
boxed In quite high, then let the rope
go. and we shot up about 3.000 feet. It
was Interesting to look down on tbe
world and bear the noises of London
streets coming from so far below. The
balloon salted along smoothly, and we
drifted for about eight miles.
“It was when we tried to dearer 1
that the trouble began, The mrh.. 1
was to throw out anchors as the hub ’
loon settled toward tbe earth. J
aeronaut said that when one of rhi-.-.j j
anchors caught firmly he wouid ha ! j
the balloon down to ’he tree In v.hi- i ,
the anchor waa expected to be- oi..e j
fastened. This would be done by wind- 1
tag In tbe rope on a winch In tbe .-a-:, j
We would he expected to climb cut • f j
the balloon luto the tree, he t ,
he would then take nold of the \... <- j
rope and. standing a safe 0....... -
away, open the valve, let the gar j
cape, and the big affair would colln;. e
fend sink. He Informed us that t->
must get clear of the sinking f... !•< rt-t .j
they would come down fast, an 1 if
they caught and covered us we v. I i
be tn an atmoapbere of most pois„
gas.
“All tbla was very Interesting, but
We did not aeem to be making very
much progress toward tbe point where
We would have to look out for the de
scending folds of tbe collapsing bat-
loon. Tbe anchors caught In a who.’*
Jot of trees, but tbay did not bold. One
would get tangled ta a tree, and then
tte balloon woald away far over, tilt
ing the baeket In which w* were until
It seemed that we would be spilled out.
Then the anchor would braak loose,
■fid we would (boot up again.
"I became very tired of this and told
tbe aeronaut that I thought It waa time
to bring tbe voyage to a conclusion.
He told, me If I did not like It 1 could
Jump out At first I thought he waa
■Imply resentful of my remark, but he
emld bo meant what be said.
” 'When tbe car tilts over again, you
climb out on the edge,’ he said, ‘and let
go. It will probably be a plowed field
underneath us. and you won’t get hurt.’
“Well, l did as be suggested. When
the anchor caught again, I climbed out
and bung to tbe edge of the car. When
I saw that the car was aa low as It was
likely to get, 1 let go. 1 dropped about
12 feet, anil, as be expected, a plowed
field was below us.
"As soon as I dropped out tbe bal
loon. relieved of my weight, shot up in
the air again and soared off. I walked
lo the nearest road and continued along
It until I came to an Inn.
“I asked the landlord how far It was
to London, and he told me It was eight
miles.. 1 ordered a carriage to take me
there, and while'I was waiting the !
landlord asked me where I had come j
from.
"I took him to tbe door of the inn, -
and. pointing to the balloon, which was j
then sailing along about a quarter of a
mile above the ground, 1 said, *1 Jump
ed out of that.’
“The man looked at me In alarmed ;
fashion, and after 1 had returned to the
sitting room 1 noticed that several peo- i
pie peered through the window at me. j
"Finally my four wheeler was ready, i
aud 1 set off for London. After we had
driven along for half un hour or so the
coachman suddenly turned the horse in
through a gate, and we drove Into a big
courtyard. I yelled to him aud asked
him what he meant, that 1 wanted to j
go straight to London, but he paid no
attention and slowly circled the court.
When he stopped on the other side, a
man wearing glasses stuck his head h.
the carriage, scrutinizing ine closely,
pulled back, said something to th6
coachman, and we drove on to London.
"Finally we reached my lodgings,
and when we did so tbe coachman
Jumped off the bos. ran up the steps
xnd as soon as his knock was answered
asked If Mr. Blakeman lived there.
The mold was just answering that 1
did when I reached the top of the step*
and cellared the fellow.
" 'What was that place you drove me
Into on our way to London?’ 1 asked
him.
“ ‘It was a hlnsane basylum, sir,’ he
replied. 'When you said you had Jump
ed out o' that balloon, we thought you
was crazy and, maybe you was a es
caped patient from the bawl urn.’
W*-sblngton Post.
When a man borrows a saddle, he al
ways changes the stirrups. Ever know
a man to put them back’-Atchison :
Globe, !
Boaster EeW.
Many of the Islands of the western
Pacific have in their streams and lakes
large numbers of eels of Immense size
which seldom are used ns food by the
natives, who seem to have a horror of
the snake like creatures. The eels of
Strong’s Island, one of the Caroline
group, are peculiar in that they hiber
nate regularly and seek for their place
of hibei nation the loftiest places which
they can find.
These eels sometimes will climb
mountains 2.000 feet high and select
the summit as the place for their win
ter’s rest They select or make a de-
Jruslon In the soft, moss covered soil
and fit themselves Into It anugly, re
maining for months at a time abso
lutely motionless and Inert. Sometimes
the eels are covered with moss or vege
table debris and at times they
are found exposed to view with their
broad, flht heads doubled back upon
their bodies. After their season ot
rest upon the mountain tops the eels
wriggle their way down to the val
leys and, plunging into the rivers and
lakes, begin to feed upon the craw
fish, for which crustacean they have a
fondness which Is shared by the na
tives. These eels are excellent eating.
ENLIGHTENED THE COURT.
A Story of Lord Norris’ Darias at
An Advocates
Lord Morris possessed an almost ta
exhaustible fund of humor, which. It
may be said, was not always appreciat
ed In the bouse of lords. The following
story Is perhaps Illustrative of hla dar
ing aa an advocate rather than his
qnalitlei aa a humorist: On one occa
sion an Irritable Judge Interrupted him
In the middle of a law argument by
saying testily, T don’t understand a
single word, sir, of your notice of mo
tion.”
“Not a single word?" said young
Morris. "That la very unfortunate, my
lord!. I must endeavor to explain.”
Tonng Morris then read deer the notice
of motion with exaggerated emphasis.
“Sir: Taka notice that on April 6, or on
the first opportunity thereafter, counsel
on behalf at tbe plaintiff win apply
to this honorable court for an order
that,” and so on. “Now, my lord, to
proceed with my explanation. ‘Sir.*
That, my lord. Is tbe monosyllabic
mode of address adopted by the solic
itor for the plaintiff to the solicitor for
the defendant It Is curt, my lord, and
Indicates that tbe parties are now at
but nothing will Induce the natives to arm’s length: but it is not discourteous,
touch themT alive or dead. “° r does It preclude the possibility of
friendly private relations between the
Relieved. solicitors. ‘Take notice.’ This, your
It was a long ride through n desolate lordship will observe, Is ta the nature
and dangerous country, and the politl . of a warning. The object Is that the
clan sought to relieve the monotony by solicitor shall be prepared for the ap
plication, and, above all, that he shall
have an opportunity to instruct and fee
counsel to resist the motion. ‘On April
6.' That day Is now past, my lord, anc
therefor, unavailable for the making
of this notion. ‘Or on the first oppor
tunity thereafter.’ That, my lord. Is
the present occasion. ‘Counsel on be
half of the plaintiff.’ That, my lord. Is
philosophic musings ou his recent vic
tory and embarrassments that even
success brings.
“Hold up your hands!”
The stagecoach gave a 1itc!i tr.ic
stopped. Tbe ray of light to. 1 tint In
to the vehicle turned the spattering
rain Into myriads of evanescent gems.
“What do you want?" asked the pol
itician, with n firmness that showed the humble Individual who appears be
J- Roone?
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West Broughton St —
First-class material poltofj
attentive Barbers.
Will F Ttiomtu,!
fore you. ’Will apply to thla honorable
1 court’ That Is the learned and cour
teous judge whom I have the honor to
address. ‘For an order.’ That, my
lord”-
But the judge had heard enough. “Go
on with your motion. Mr. Morris,” he
■aid, Joining In the general laughter.
T have learned my lesson.”—London
Law Times.
FLOWER AND TREE.
that he had fnrrd danger before.
"Tour money."
"Here It Is."
"Tour watth and diamond ring.”
"They ar*» yours."
"I must say you’re good natured any
how,” said one of the highwaymen.
"Not at oil. Are you sure that’s aD
you desire?"
"What in thunder did yon think we
wanted?"
“I waa afraid”—and tbe politician’s
voice trembled a little—“yon wanted
an office!”—Philadelphia North Ameri
can.
hint Pests la Brasil.
I should take a small gang of prac
tical coffee planters from Ceylon with
good digestions to be not afraid ot
chigoes, ticks and Berne flies, to as j
nothing of the dear little mosquito.
The writer bad extracted during fout
years In Brasil no less than 200 chig
oes from underneath every toe hail
of both feet.
Of all the vile Insects on earth the
Berne fly la the worst. She lays her
eggs Inside your flesh and hatch.*
three very ugly insects an Inch lee :
with three rings of bristles round
body and with sharp nippers. They
take about six weeks to develop un
der your skin, then commence to turn | manner that there will be no necessity
somersaults just when you want to for cutting off large limbs,
go to sleep after a bard day’s work in J Wood mold, provided it Is fine and
the sun. | free from roots and sticks, with the
The natives of Brazil adopt a novel addition of a little well rotted compost,
way of extracting the brute when full l makes a splendid soil for the pots or
grown. They tie on a piece of raw pork , boxes in which to grow the bouse
and the Berne comes out of your skin : plants ta winter,
and takes a header luto the piece of j Orchards generally produce full crops
pigskin-—Ceylon Observer. ! only every other year. This is because
1 the full crop of one year so exhausts
Ttn* rTri “ So0ven1 ';” j the fruit producing qualities of the
When LI Hung Chang was in Paris, Boll that lt ls not able to make a fulI
he went to visit the Credit Lyonnais crop the next year .
and showed lively Interest In Its halls, j
Its stairs. Its safes and the room wher
A single leaf of the orange tree care
fully planted will often take root and
grow.
Roeln and tallow In equal parte
make an excellent covering for wonnds
tn fruit trees.
"Belting” a tree—that to, killing it by
destroying the bark in a circle around
the trunk—Injures It for lumber.
In transplanting trees all roots that
have become bruited or broken should
be cut clean away behind tbe broken
port
A pan of water kept steaming In the
atove will keep tbe atmosphere In good
condition for the growth ot house
plants during the winter.
Trees should always be trimmed
when young and growing ta such
and
FOR GOOD SHAVING
For a good, easy shave, d»
oolite I arbei-s and sttarp
City Shaving;
Next door to Post Office
miss the way if you watch tl»|
M. P. PEaj
The Linseed Poultice.
A dispensary doctor ta the Emerald
Isle ls expected to dispense many
things besides drugs.
His life Is certainly not a bed of
roses. These people are woefully igno-
the bonds of the last city of Paris loan
are kept. He was first shown bonds
ot 500 francs and 1,000 francs and then
ot 5,000 francs. Taking them in his
hands, he scrutinized them, exclaiming
S?i nt 2;m°ta Tb oV e fln f Uy ! yet no Irishman likes to confess
thrust them In his nocket. savin*.! to want of adequate knowledge .
One day I ordered a linseed poultice
to be put on an old man’s chest The
next morning he was no better, and I
wns accused of Incompetency.
“I put the plaister to him, your hon-
them In bis pocket, saying,
"Souvenir de Paris!” The governor of
the Credit Lyonnais went to the min
ister of foreign affairs with a list of the
bonds aud asked what he was to do.
It was qgreed that It would not do to
ask LI to give them up, and the foreign
office refunded his “souvenir de Paris!”
,APPLICATION FOEC
GEORGIA— Decatur County.
To the Superior Court of 9all c
The petition of E. P. McBttnurJ
county, Ga„ T. C. Wairniun ?
county, tia., and H. c. Allen!«
county, Ga„ shows:
let. Petitioners desire for i
tlvelr associates, successors, i
he lncoporated as a body poll
ate under the name ot tbe -
OIL COMPANY," andbythsts
and be sued, transact all taili
after prayed, have asd use a e_
make contracts, borrow mooer, a
such evidences of debt ss tbe %,
may desire, and secure tbe uail
gage, deed, deed of trust, orotte J
upon its properly and francMmL
part thereof; to buy, lease or rati
sell real;estate and persons! wJ
every description; and to hire mi]
all such other powers as are ipse
laws of Georgia, and aa may be a
carry out the purposes of this Ik
2nd. The objects of said cel
the particular business to be <
to manufacture, buy and sell it j
and retHll from cotton seed,oil. llL
stuck feed and fertilizers of ernyl
t ou; to refine oil, buy and sell liar
and sell cotton seed and fertlllseral
generel to conduct the bnsinenafl
seed oil tnl’l, tmd ttu- nmncftittni I
of lultl.L.'lo u..d u.c.cnai,Uiw I
thereto
3rd. The principal office and n
lsness of said corporation shall
town of Balnbridge, in Decatntl
Georgia; but the petitioners desire!
to establish branch offices, factorial
of business, seed houses and scale J
other places as sftid corporation «i
4th. Tho caoitul stock of said (
actually paid in, ls $19,000.00,andp
ask the privilege of Increasing tbe ■
any time to any amount not eictedr
000.00. Petitioners ask that the I
ttony to the capital stock may be nil
kind of property that the corpMj
authorized to deal in, So atockWS
said company shall be bound in nil I
ual capacity for the contractor del
Company tfcyond the amount onrai
subscription to its capital stock. P
5th. Petitioners pray that they!
granted the right to make all props
constitution and by Iaws.aiiaaitenj
at pleasure; also thuc they have r
elect such directors, officers and ig
they see fit. The period of said con
shall he twenty years, with the pn,
renewal as Provided bv law.
nth. Wh crcforc, petitioners prejA
petition may be filed and recorded!
vlded by law, and when the sM*
published as provided by statme,
order may be passed incorporating L
ers under the name and style, and j
purposes und with the lowers n
set out. , JJplfiS
Attorney for I euni
Filed in office tills 15th day ™ ‘jj
* n inn® 0. W. "i*»"
Clerk Superior Court Decatur couot^
GEORGIA—DccaturJCounty.
The above ls a true ropy ot the m
Hon for phnrtJir tO BAI*. ,
VThy ulrl» Vnnnot Threw. *
A great deal of l'uu is poked at girls \
because they cannot throw a stone or a
snowball and hit the person or thing
they are aiming at. The general Idea i
as to why girls cannot throw as well ns
boys Is that they have not acquired the
knack by practice as their brothers
have. Another explanation ls given by
a medical man which tends to show
that girls could never learn the knack,
however much they tried.
When a boy throws a stone, he
crooks his elbow and reaches back
with his forearm, and in tbe act of
throwing he works every joint from !
shoulder to wrist. The girl throws
with her whole arm rigid, whereas the
boy’s arm is relaxed.
The reason of this difference is one
of anatomy. The feminine collar bone
is longer and Is set lower than in the 1
case of a male. The long, crooked,
awkward bone interferes with the free i
use of the arm. This is the reason that •
kirls cannot t hrow well.
or,” said his wife, “though he spit an’
spit like a big snail. But It ain’t done
no good! An’, docthor, honey, it was a
big dose!”
Then I realized Mrs. Moultan’Ssineth-
od of poulticing her good man’s chest.
She had applied the soft mass internal
ly!
Another time I compounded (we are
our own dispensers in the Isle of Des
tiny) a box of pills for “brown kitties.”
The result of grinding these with a big
stone and wearing the powder as a
charm was not satisfactory. My ver
dict as “c’rowner” certified “natural
causes.” It should have been given as
“crass Ignorance.”—Good Words.
COMPANY” as uppei
Tills 15th day of K-bi-
nary, 1-1 -
C.W-- 1
Clerk Superior Court L'ecaturcua^
The regular meeting mgu
According to Scale.
Mrs. Wunder—It seems to me that
that music teacher is always asking
for money.
Mr. Wunder—That’s perfectly natur
al. His scale, you know, begins and
ends with “dough.”—Baltimore Ameri
can.
Two View.
night*
4th Regimedt Band are
Wednesdays and fridays
members are requested to ““
Dean then, also tbe other
nights. «- C -
Chief Music
Positively I will not c « ?
to any one in the future- - -
rience since I have been (
is not to charge and >“
Bainbridge it means ^
not put to burst aud l g,
no one in the future,
ett. tf
A word to the «i- stl ' s
cient to get a fool into tro