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Small Boy Persisted In Hear¬
a Every Day.
ing It
nator Vest was making a buggy
len in southeast Missouri some
, Missouri official,
. ago’ 1 said a
driver was a small boy, who was
impressed with (lie importance
is distinguished visited passenger, by Vest the
t each town
hurried his team to a convenient
L bar n and then raced for the
'/house 1 or wherever and the perched ‘speakin’ bim- ’
to take place, the
with painful regularity on
seat He Invariably turned his
1 the senator and took in every
011 if his life
of the speech as very
tided on it.
iually the lad's continued consple-
1 presence among ids auditors an
] the senator, and he kindly but
reminded the boy that it was
v him to attend
necessary. for every
'"make the same speech often .each enough time, to
have heard it
, lt by rote, so just put in your
in the future looking after the
• he admonished his youthful
r. objection, the
spite the senator’s
was again in the front seat the
day and the following day. This
ed Vest, and he thundered:
7 hy do you persist in always oc
ng that front seat? Didn’t I tell
i make the same speech every
It's as old and stale to you as it
me. Why insist on hearing lt
and again?’
want to see what you're going to
hen you fergit it,’ answered the
Vest capitulated.”—St. Louis Re
HE ELEPHANT FLEET.
It Is Used by the British Gov¬
ernment In India.
elephant fleet is one of the strau
and most deadly departments
tallied by the British government
dia. It is a large fleet of coast
steamers specially built for the
port of elephants. India’s popu
is one-fifth that of the entire
All these people use elephants,
use them for draft work and for
hunting, and in the arenas of the
e states they even pit them
st one another and against wild
s. The elephant fleet transfers
nimals from Dacca, the trapping
raining headquarters, to the va
districts whence comes the de
get an elephant aboard ship is a
lt and dangerous task. The ani
ust wade through the surf to a
raft, and this unknown surf, so
and tumultuous, often terrifies
addens him. If in his fury he
liters a mahout or two he cannot
atly blamed. Once on the raft,
gs are tied to pegs, and the slow
o the ship is uneventful. But
a great band must be arranged
the elephant’s belly, and a crane
hoist him up some twenty or
feet to the deck. Here again
ephant cannot be set down as in
ble if, losing his head in that
cedented aerial jour:’" . lie mur
xmie more mahouts. pros
s, albeit stained a JLtle with ma
blood, the elephant fleet for
years has plied up and down the
coast, embarking and disem
>g its heavy, unmanageable
t. —New York Press.
The Appreciation of Music.
.re would appreciate music aright,
just remember that its beauty de
not upon the composer alone,
pon ourselves also. Deep calls
eep, and the harmony of sound,
li appealing primarily "to the out
jear, frorn must be answered by a har
within ourselves. The
culture we bring to the hearing
sic, the wider our sympathy, the
exquisite will be tlie echoes
it awakens in the soul. If we
understand the composer’s mes
we must co-operate with him.
ust reach out to him with all
eulties. if we do that, the reve
of music will ceaselessly renew
auty, ever turning unimagined
a to gladden us.—Itedfern Mason
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An Ugly Looking Lizard.
u g the lizards of Australia the
} devil” (Moloch horridus) is
Icfl in its ugliness. From the
Its nose to the end of its tall
Mid Is covered with tubercles
nes ’ ^ut in spite of its danger
I*pearance lt is quite harmless,
asures about seven inches In
1 has a flat body, a small
and Q , a cylindrical tail. It fre
sitndj places, feeds largely on
n< is more or less diurnal in
ts powerful limbs fur
V’ are
1 strong claws, which it
mgging . the sand, in which lt
wholly or partially buried.
Defined.
ls difference between
■“sSbJssr' o8k,Ki •
noble hlS Kallant reply.
haraeteristlc of women;
J a lamentable defect In
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lsn,t writing any
, ho
■mi y " to manage a
Uow m' V !er ~ No: she knoWa
ftecord S ,eS . Inarrie( l.—Philadel
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JAPANESE CADETS.
Military School Exercises Include
Hana to Hand Conflicts.
In the Japanese military school,
where I saw a Spartan system of edu¬
cation, the exei\ Des of the cadets with
pikes, tides and broidswords were not
approached l.y anything of the kind
that I hau witnessed in Europe. It
was fighting of (he tteri-e.it character.
At tlie end of the struggle there was
a hand to hand combat, which lasted
until the victors stood triumphant over
the bodies of the vanquished and tore
off their masks.
In these exercises, which were very
sex ere, the cadets struck one another
fiercely and with wild cries, but the
moment a prearranged signal was giv¬
en or the fight came to an end the
combatants drew themselves up in a
line, and their faces assumed an ex
piession of wooden composure.
In ail the public schools prominence
was given to military exercises, and
the scholars took part in them with
enthusiasm. Even in their walks they
practiced running, flanking and sud¬
den, unexpected attacks.
J lie history of Japan was every¬
where made a means of strengthening
the pupils’ patriotism and their belief
in Japan’s Invincibility. Particular
stress was laid upon the country’s suc¬
cessful wars, the heroes of them were
extolled, and the children were taught
that none of Japan’s military enter¬
prises had failed.—McClure’s Maga¬
zine.
A WA RSHIP’S RAM.
The Huge Steel Beak Is Capable of In¬
flicting Terrible Injury.
A modern ram is nothing more than
a huge steel beak, or sput, w’kieh is
fitted to the prow of the battleship for
the purpose of destroying an enemy’s
ship in time of war by the force of
collision. Indeed, should a vessel suc¬
ceed iu driving her ram against an¬
other warship the blow, if delivered
at full speed, would be sufficient to
crush in the ship’s side and sink her
immediately.
A battleship’s ram weighs about for¬
ty tons and is cast all in one piece.
It is of solid steel and capable of strik¬
ing a tremendous blow. Shell proof
a man-of-war may be made, but the
skill of the naval architect is unequal
to the task of designing a ship that
can resist the ram.
Great care must be exercised in fix¬
ing such a heavy piece of steel. The
method generally adopted is as fol¬
lows: The ram is suspended from a
strong derrick, the bottom end of
which is attached to the extreme end
of the vessel’s keel plates. The gap
between the ram and the uncompleted
part, or hull, is walled tight compart¬
ments. The weapon is so fixed that it
strikes just below the armored belt,
where resistance is weakest, while it
Is so shaped that the ramming vessel
can by reversing her engines easily
disentangle herself from the ship she
has struck.—Philadelphia Record.
The Word “Person.”
General Benjamin F. Butler, it is
said, once asserted that a woman was
not a “person,” and a London suf¬
fragette insists that the word “person”
In its legal sense includes woman. The
wmrd has had an interesting history.
Signifying by etymology something to
make a sound through, the Latin “per¬
sona” began by meaning an actor's
mask with its mouthpiece. Then lt
meant the character represented by
the player—“dramatis personae.” Then
lt came to mean the part or character
one sustains in real life, anu so the
“persona ecelesine,” the man who rep¬
resented the church, became known
as a “person” In a special sense and
was eventually spelled as “parson.”
On the other hand, “person” faded
away to mean just anybody. And so.
though a woman naturally resents be¬
ing referred to as a “person” in or¬
dinary talk, many women no less nat¬
urally desire to count as “persons” In
the eye of the franchise law.—Chicago
News.
Bishop Butler’s Generosity.
So many examples of episcopal cu¬
pidity have been cited of late that the
average reader may be excused for be¬
lieving the bishop of a century or so
ago to have been an Incarnation of
greed. But against the Luxmores, the
Watsons and the Porteouses may be
set the saintly Butler, whose “Analo¬
gy” Is still used as a text book for
clerical examinations. Butler kept
open bouse at Durham, where he dis¬
pensed hospitality with a lavish hand.
On one occasion a man called at the
palace soliciting a subscription for
some charitable object. “How much
money is there in the house?” asked
Butler of his secretary. The secretary
after Investigation replied that there
was £500. “Give It to him, then,” re¬
plied the philosopher bishop, “for it is
a shame that a bishop should have so
Biuch.”—London Chronicle.
His Occupation.
A big, brawny fellow in answer to a
question in a justice’s court as to what
he did for a living said:
“Well, sir, in the spring I ketches
an' sells young mockin’ birds, in the
summer I mostly sells rattlesnake but¬
tons for rattles fer the babies, but in
the winter 1 sometimes has to chop
wood.’’—Atlanta Constitution.
Enlarging th« Limit,
“You are very foolish, Alfred. That
Is your third cigar, and you know the
doctor limited you to one a day."
“Yes, denr, but I’ve consulted two
ether doctors, and each has allowed
me one cigar a day; total, three!"
Every person has two educations—
one which he receives from others and
one, more Important, which he give*
himself.—Gibbon.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
RACE ON ICE.
The Skates That Got Away and Those
That Were Recovered.
Thackeray once asked one of the
men who let out skates on the Ser¬
pentine whether he had ever lost a
pair through the omission to exact a
deposit, and he replied that he had
ne\ er done so, except on one occasion,
w-hen the circumstances made it al¬
most pardonable.
A well dressed young fellow w’as
having his second skate fastened on
when he suddenly broke away from
the man’s hands and dashed to the ice.
The next instant a thickset, powerful
man was clamoring for another pair.
He was a detective in pursuit of Ms
prey, and a very animating sight lt
was to watch the chase. He was, as
he had boasted, a first rate skater, and
It became presently obvious that he
was running down his man.
Then the young fellow determined to
run a desperate risk of liberty. The
Ice, as usual, under the bridge was
marked “Dangerous,” and he made for
lt at headlong speed. The ice bent be¬
neath his weight, but he got safely
through.
Ttie sheriff’s officer followed xvith
equal pluck, but, being a heavier man,
broke through and was drowned.
“His skates,” said ttie narrator of
the ineldent. “I got back after the in¬
quest, but those the young gentleman
had on I never saw again.”—London
Telegraph.
The Salt Sea Legend.
There is a legend in the Norse scalds
which explains why the sea is salt.
The “bountiful Frodi,” whose mythical
reign was a golden age indeed, pos¬
sessed a quern, or hand mill, which
ground out gold and peace, but which
would grind out stores of anything de¬
sired by its owner. Two giant maid¬
ens, ruled over by Frodi, were the
grinders. In an evil day a sea rover
came upon the scene, slew Frodi and
carried off the quern and the two
giant maidens who worked it. When
the sea rover’s vessel was right out at
sea he ordered the maidens to grind
salt. At midnight they asked if they
had not ground enough. The sea
rover, angry at being awakened from
his sleep, *ommaiided them to grind
until morning. Now, the giant maid¬
ens naturally enough worked very
quickly, so as they went on grinding
the load of salt grew so heavy that it
sank the ship, and now the sea w T ill
continue salt forever.
Looked Too Far.
There was an English farmer, a
Somersetshire man, who once owned
a telescope. The old man remarked
to a friend at a local race meeting that
the gentry nowadays had glasses for
both eyes and added that he "had had
one once for one eye, a right good one
lt was, but now it was no use at all—
no, not to nobody.”
“Why not?” asked the friend.
“Well,” he said, “it were a good one.
I could see miles wi’ en. I could see
plain the steeple of the church five
miles off. But missus’ son John, he
borrowed en, and he tried to see the
steeple of t’other church, ten miles
off—and tried and tried and couldn’t.
And that strained it, and it were nev¬
er of no use any more—no, not to no¬
body.”
_
A Troublesome Mirror.
“Mamma,” said Flossie, "this old
looking glass Isn’t any good.”
“Why, what’s the matter with lt,
dear?” asked her mother.
“Every time I try to look in lt,” ex¬
plained Flossie, “my face gets In the
way."
As a Corollary.
“Are marriages made in heaven?”
“As to that I can’t say, but I do
know this much.”
“What’s that, Peleg?”
“There’s lots of courting done iu
church.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Fat Singers—W ny 1
A medical gentleman, writing in
Comoedia, explains that the physical
massiveness of the majority of famous
singers comes mainly from abnormal
development of the lungs. We must
confess that we had been under the
Impression that it was due to a lauda¬
ble effort to make grand opera amus
ine.—Punch.
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How About Tbat New Spring Suit?
Getting time you were thinking about
it? So it is.
We’ve thought of you long ago. Just
drop in and let us show you, Bring a
friend or two if you like.
We are always glad to see you.
LEE BROTHERS, Covington, Georgia.
A Road Made of Ants.
Of the ants in Venezuela Professor
HilraniBingham says: “At one place on
the sandy trail the ants h id formed a
living causeway over the fine sand of
the path in order to facilitate the
great speed at which the majority
wished to travel. The causeway was
over two inches wide and from one
to three ants deep. So firmly did the
‘biSdgeites’ hold together, I lifted the
causeway four inches from the ground
by thrusting a stick underneath with¬
out breaking their formation.”
Overfeeding.
“Men drunk from liquor and men
drunk from overeating ire most sus¬
ceptible to pneumonia and die of it,”
said a Chicago health commissioner in
an address. “The majority of cases
of pneumonia are of patients who con¬
tracted the disease after a drunken de¬
bauch or who were drunk from over¬
feeding.” the commissioner continued.
“People drunk from overfeeding, I
think, are almost as Immoral as those
who stupefy themselves with liquors.
The effects of pneumonia in such pa¬
tients are much the same.”
Tact.
Harry—What in thunder did you ask
that fellow what time it was for when
you carry a watch that is always right
on the notch? Dick—I merely wauted
to give him an excuse to exhibit his
watch.—Boston Transcript.
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