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Art In Which the English Claim
to Be Supreme.
SNEER AT OTHER NATIONS.
Germany, France and America, Say the
Britona, Cannot Compere With Them
In Good Form at Meats—Use of the
Knife, Fork, Spoon and Napkin.
Let It be admitted that our army la
a fullure, has never won a victory and
never will; admitted that our navy
would have difficulty in sweeping six
combined great powers off the sea; ad¬
mitted that we cannot uct up to the
French standard or trade up to the
German or hustle up to the American
or cheat up to the Greek. But we cher¬
ish our little pride and prejudice. The
Englishman regards himself and is
generally regarded ns the best dressed
man in the world. He also plumes
himself on having the best table rnau
ners. To the Frenchman may be Con¬
ceded the supremacy to the prepara¬
tion of food, while the production of
It owing to the decay of our agricul¬
ture may be left to such outlying
places as Siberia and Chicago.
But when it comes to the eating of
food the Englishman asserts his suprem¬
acy, for if the highest art be t > eon
eeal art the highest etiquette of ealkig
should bo the triumphant prAmem tint
one Is not eating at all. Aud here the
Englishman wins, lie can cat his
way through a seven course meal
quite unobtrusively, it wo a not al¬
ways so.
Lord Chesterfield, as 1 have been re¬
minded by Mr. Phil’’.. W- " r’a edflGn
of the “Advice to Ills Son,” sk< •
the awkward maa who "holds id
knife, fork and spoon differently front
other people, eats with his knife to the
great danger of his mouth, picks bi>
teeth with ltis fork and puts his spoon,
which has been in Ids throat twenty
times, Into the dishes again. If he is to
carve, he never hits the Joint, but I 11
his vain efforts to cut. through the bone
scatters lb • sauce In everybody’s face.
He generally daubs himself with soup
and grease, though his napkin is com
manly stuck through a buttonhole.”
Tluit uupkln Is a test of table mttu
ners, and the nice conduct of the mtp
kin caught the attention recently of the
German emperor, who saw one of his
guests tucking tho napkin under a
chin. “Do you want to he shaved?"
was the Imperial question. England’s
supremacy—in the matter of soup—lies
In the spoon. An Englishman Is taught
to take soup from tho side of the spoon.
And he Is the only man on earth who
emerges from soup with the white shirt
front of a blameless dinner and with¬
out tho aid of a tucked napkin. He
lays the napkin across’ his knees and
uses It when necessary without osten¬
tation.
That discreet conduct of the knife D
the Englishman’s pride and prejudice
at table. There Is no nation which (In
its upper middle classes) reaches the
English standard of the nice conduct
of the knife, though we are assured
that in the highest circles—among
ameers, shahs, sultans, dukes aud mil¬
lionaires- there Is a beautiful uniform¬
ity of deportment. Our insular instinct
Is" to make tho knife as Inconspicuous
ns possible, for there Is some sugges¬
tion of brutality lu tho slicing of bits
of corpses that are doomed lo keep our
vile bodies alive.
No such feeling restrains the Ger¬
man enter, and the French diner is
scarcely loss sensitive. The German
who feeds in the average restaurant
will shovel his food into his gnouth
with Ihe blade of his knife and when
to a difficulty will cram It down with
the handle, nor has he the least scru¬
ple about depositing the rejected resi¬
due- upon the floor. Moreover, with
the- continental eater the knife enters
Into conversation. It is retained in the
gesticulating hand, It Is raised implor¬
ingly to tho celling, and—hen veil!-It Is
brought into strange circles of argu¬
ment. It is used to point the conclu¬
sion at the very breast of the follow
diner.
When you see a man waving his
knife at table, you may be sure he is
an alien. “We wear no swords here,”
as Sir Lucius O’Trlgger says, nor do
we argue with knives at table.
The English knife, with all its blood¬
thirsty suggestions, is reduced to the
lowest and least obtrusive office. It is
not even dug into the saltcellar, for
England has reached the delicacy of
salt spoons, and only In a Soho res¬
taurant will she give you the real savor
of the continent by providing saltcel¬
lars without spoons. You shove your
knife Into the salt and dream of Paris,
Bohemia, the gypsy life in " liieh "yon
dip your fingers in the pot,"
England has suppressed the knife at
table. The Englishman does not use It
for argument or menace or persuasion
or even for the taking of salt. His table
manners enjoin that the knife shall
never be raised. The properly con¬
ducted knife at table never reaches
forty-five degrees above the horizontal.
Unfortunately the American goes a
little too far in the desire to avoid the
obtrusive use of the knife and takes
refuge In obtrusive concealment. Many
Americans will slice their meat with
the knife, lay the knife by the side of
the plate and put the pieces into the
month with the fork held in the right
hand. Now, this is injustice to the
knife, which lias its modest function.-—
London Chronicle.
Ho Went.
Boreleigh (at 11:45)—Ah. Miss Critic,
you have such a sweet, retiring dispo¬
sition.
Miss Critic (yawning)—You flatter
me, Mr. Boreleigh, but I must confess
to a slight disposition to retire.- Puck.
SKEWER LANGUAGE.
Mcthod of Marking Meat In the Great
Beef Markets.
There are about fifty men in ihe me¬
tropolis, says the New York Him, who
know how to make meat skewers keep
a record of their business transactions.
These men are the representatives of
the Chicago packers, who sell thou¬
sands of quarters of beef every day to
butchers.
The work of these men , Is accom¬
plished with great rapidity. Frequent¬
ly they are milking sale to a dozen
butchers at the same time, and to re¬
cord these sales in a book would not
only consume a lot of time, but would
be diilieult, as all quarters of beef look
alike.
As soon as a sale is made the sales¬
man sticks skewers Into the quarter
selected by the butcher. The skewers
are placed in such a way that each
butcher's purchases are easily picked
out when the time comes for deliver¬
ing them.
As some of the salesmen have us
many as a hundred customers in a
day, it Is evident that as many combina¬
tions of the skewers have to tie form¬
ed. In no case are more than three
skewers used on a piece of beef.
in one big icebox there are twenty
rows of quarters, with forty quarters
in each row. In each piece of beef
were skewers, placed at various angles,
straight, up, two of them crossed and
in every conceivable combination.
“i know by these skewer* whom cacti
piece belongs to,” said the salesman.
‘'Every beef house salesman has his
own signs.
"Tills method of marking the meat
serves several purposes in addition to
1 hat of saving time. A salesman from
another house could not come in here
and find out what my customers have j
bought by looking at the skewers, j
which would be easy enough if the
meat had thair. tournee, on.
“Neither can one lmieher find out
what quality of b ‘cf another is buy¬
ing. i could make a thousand signs
without using more Until three skewers
on any one piece of moat.”
A GOOD SADDLE.
Except In the South and West, Moot
Ridors Take What lo Offered.
A well known horseman in speaking
of the sp irt of riding in the United
States recently said:
“Although there are a number of
good riders lu this country, very few
men, except in the west and south,
seem to know or cure much about the
saddle—that is, the way it is built
They simply take what their dealer
gives them. In England it is usual for
riders to have their saddles made to
order, and they generally know what
to order too.
“A good saddle fils both the horse
and tile man. It should be roomy ev¬
erywhere and especially so in the pan¬
els if you are heavy. The throat should
not bo so narrow as to cause pain or
so wide as to wabble. Plain flaps are
most comfortable and businesslike. A
felt pad or at least a good saddlecloth
should always he used, and to give u
trim appearance it should he cut to the
outlines of the saddle. It should be
frequently washed and sunned. Stir¬
rups should lie open, wide aud heavy,
so that the feet can bo readily freed In
case of a spill,
"A proper fitting saddle will stick
with very loose girths,- and you can
find where it fits by walking the horse
around a few minutes before mounting
with the girths unbuckled. The horse
will shift the saddle to the exact place
where it is most comfortable. When
through with your ride, remove tho
saddle at once and bathe the back with
cold water, following this, if possible,
with an alcohol shampoo.”—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
A Dangerous Precedent.
The best ease which I have seen of
law versus Justice ;md common sense
is one which Montaigne relates as hav¬
ing happened lu his own day. Some
men were condemned to death for
murder. The judges were then inform¬
ed by the officers of an inferior court
that certain persons in tlieir custody
hud confessed themselves guilty of the
murder lu question and had told so cir¬
cumstantial a tale that the fact was
placed beyond all doubt. Nevertheless,
It was deemed so bad a precedent to
revoke a sentence aud show that the
law could err, that the Innocent men
were delivered over to execution,—Lou¬
don Graphic.
Practical Patriotism.
In the early part of the war between
the states, when patriotic merchants
and manufacturers were sending their
clerks aud workmen to the field, with
a promise to provide for the wants of
their families, as well as to continue
their salaries during their absence, a
very enthusiastic landlady of New
York offered to allow her hoarders’
bills to run on as usual should any of
them desire to go for the defense of
tho nation.
A Fallacy.
“A woman has no sense of humor, '
remarked the acrid man.
“That is a fallacy," answered his
wife, “that has arisen from the fact
that most of them are not so stupid as
to laugh at their husbands’ efforts to
be clever.”—Washington Star.
Nothing Mean There.
“I say, Uncle Jack, I dreamed you
gave me half a crown last night."
“Did you. me boy? Well, you can
keep it.”—London Tatler.
The wise man should be prepared
for everything that does not lie within
his control.—Pythagoras.
--
Sameness is the mother of disgust;
varieiv the cure.—Petrarch.
THE MURRAY NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, HK>7
THE FIRST SYNDICATE.
How the French Word Was American¬
ized Amid Much Jesting.
Throughout the European negotia¬
tions in reference to the Northern I’a
Olfic railroad an interesting French
word recurred again and again—name¬
ly, “syudlcat”—■which Jay Cooke and
his partners soon converted into an
English word, syndicate. The newspa¬
per reporters rolled it under their
tongues. It was a find for punsters
and versifiers. The New York Tribune
received these lines from one of its
waggish contributors:
Pray what ia a syndicate
Intended to indicate?
1b questioned abroad and at home.
Say, is it a corner
Where Jay Cook-e Horner
Can puli out a very big plum?
In congress the word was under ex¬
amination. Some of “Sunset” Cox’s
constituents had written him, that
member declared, to ask if it were in
any way related to the Kuklux. “A
scholar learned in philology,” he con¬
tinued amid laughter, “says it comes
from the original Chinese and Is pro
nouneed ‘Ah Sindecat.’ from a well
known player of cards called the
‘heathen Chinee.’ A revenue reformer
writes me that it is an animal peculiar
to Pennsylvania, with a head of iron,
eyes of nickel, legs of copper and a
heart of stone. It consumes every
green thing outside its own state."
Cox went to Sir John Mandevilie's
“Travels In Far Cathay” and there
found an account of a “strange animal
of the lizard kind. lie was known in
anc-lento lo-ks as a chameleon. When
the sun did shine, he took various col¬
ors. Hou.eihues it wore a golden hue
and sometimes had a green back. I
caught him by moans of a steele mir¬
ror, which so bedazzled his eye that lie
was easily caught. 1 bring him home
as a strange beast. It is called by the
natives a seindicat.”
The syndicate’s task was to take in
the old (5 per cent bonds Issued during
the war, many of which had drifted to
Europe, whore they were held by the
thrifty peasantry, who had purchased
them at paper money prices, and to
sell the 0 per cent bonds lu their stead.
It warm complicated work, calling for
complete control of the markets at
home ami abroad. Though tho opera¬
tion had to run the gantlet of savage
attacks by opposition politicians and
editors, it was instantly successful.
Indeed, two syndicates were formed,
one lu London through the new house
of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co. and the
other by Jay Cooke's firms ia America.
The banker was warmly congratulated
on the successful management of the
syndicate by President Grant and his
friends of every rank, and it was be¬
lieved that the achievement would Im¬
mensely promote the success Aof the
Northern Pacific railroad, e&eeially
when it was announced that the
Cookes had made an alliance with the
Rothschilds for future funding opera¬
tions.—Dr. Oberholtzer in Century.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Wo are all happier for a lot of things
we don’t see.
Aid is never satisfactory. The best
way Is not to need It.
You probably expect more of a friend
than you are willing to give.
The worry of today is usually the re¬
sult of carelessness of yesterday.
Bravery isn’t much credit to a bull¬
dog. Ho hasn’t sense enough to be
afraid.
People would he less suspicious of
others if they didn’t know themselves
so well.
No storekeeper becomes so well ac¬
quainted with a customer that he likes
to have him go behind his counter.
Compliments are like wine—it only
takes u small dose to go to the heads
of some people, while others can stand
a good deal.—Atchison Globe.
Physical Strength and Degeneracy.
Never In the history of the human
race—not even in i'he gladiatorial days
of Greece aud Rome, when physical
strength was worshiped almost like a
fetich—has so much study been devot¬
ed to bodily development aud well be¬
ing. In spite of all this, however, we
cannot shut our eyes to the fact that
vide medical reports, while the stand¬
ard of health may be going up with a
section of the people, ft is steadily go¬
ing down with others—in a word, that
physical degeneracy is alarmingly on
the Increase.—Co-operative News.
The Wily Partridge.
Every creature has a wonderful fac¬
ulty for determining at what distance
a man or anything else is able to
strike, its capacities in this direction
being far more marked than many
care to acknowledge. For instance, as
firearms have been improved the keen¬
er 1ms become the watchfulness of par¬
tridges. They have not been slow to
recognize the advantages which the
modern chokebore affords the modern
gunner.—London Mail.
Particular About Her Company.
"What’s the matter? You look glum.”
"I made my estate over to my wife
to save it from the creditors,*’
“Well, what of that?”
“She’s sold it and gone abroad with
j the money, She says she can’t live
with a man who cheats his creditors.”
—Slowo.
still Worried.
! “It used to worry me when the bar
her Informed me that my hair was get
j ting a little thin on top.”
“But you got used to it, eh?”
“No. Now it worries me because he
doesn’t mention it. I must be getting
old.”—Philadelphia Press,
There is nothing so powerful as truth
and often nothing so strange.—Web
star,
GREAT BONUS FOR FARMERS
Their Harming Thousand Mil¬
lion Dollars More Than
Last Year.
New York, September 2.—The
American farmers’ earnings are
a thousand million dollars
greater this year than last ac
cording to a prelimi iary report
on crops which will he published
in the next issue of The ‘Amen
can Agriculturist, This big gain
will he entirely due to the in
creased prices of farm products,
as the production in general will
ten,",- i»
quantity than in .... lirub, which was
(-j )e bumper year,
“The farmer was never in
healthy position , he . today
a as is
financially, socially, politically,
mentally and spiritually,”
the report, “The increase in
♦he value of his real e>!ate
been prodigious. He oves
money than ever heh ' He ha
greater assets than t. . A
cnt. , f iarmer.. want, .. ar.Cr
He is in the market lor a 111* 1*1 j
and bitter breeding stock, faru '
implements, housshnl I gotui
and other meiehandise.”
Skirts
Advance Shipment of
Fall Skirts, Voiles, < 1 1 iHi>n.
Panamas, in browns, blacks and j
leu \«.
$10.00 down to ${J.iMi
See them.
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MASONIC CONVENTION TO
MEET AT STATESBORO
Forty-Two Lodges In Eleven j
Counties Will Send Del¬
egates—Deputy Saf
fold Presides.
Sw ft ins boro, Ga., Sept. 2,—
Hon. F. H. Saflold, of this city,
district deputy of first congres¬
sional district, lias called a con¬
vention to be held in Statesboro,
Ga., September 1th and nth, for
the purpose of perfecting a per¬
manent organization of a district
convention for this district, to
meet annually at some place in
the district. There tire forty
two delegates in these districts
which comprises eleven counties
—Burke, Emanuel, Tattnall,
Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham,
McIntosh, Liberty, Toombs and
Bryan—and each lodge has been
requested to send two delegates,
who, vvitii the masters of thesi
lodges, will make the member
ship of this convention. During
the session representatives from
lodges in other parts of the stale
are expected,,and these will re
ceive a hearty welcome and cor¬
dial greeting.
It is tho intention of those
who have the meeting in charge
to make it one of the most mem¬
orable and successful occassious
in tho annals of south Georgia
Masonry, ami it will lie the calls -
of .strengthening the older in tl i
section.
Extensive preparations have
been made, an elaborate program
has been arranged and every¬
thing necessary for the pleasure
and entertainment of those who
are fortunate enough to be pres
ent, will be done.
Colonel Saflold, who has re¬
cently been appointed by Grand
Master Meyerhardt to confer the
third degree, which is said to be
the most beautiful degree in the
order, at the coming session of
the grand lodge, has been dis¬
trict deputy for three years, dur¬
ing winch time he has rendered
splendid service for the cause of
Masonry, both in this capacity
and as chairman of the board of
deputies, he being the first
Mason south of Macon to have
this latter honor conferred upon
him.
DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch
Salve is good for bo b ;
burns, cuts, scalds snd skin di.
It especially good ,
cases. IS 10 ;
piles. Sold by S. H, Kelly.
JOHN G. FREYLACH y
Runs the best cleanest, up-to
date restaurant of anybody in Dalton.
Serves regular a meals for
DINNER aof? Sim
Also runs Lunch Counter m
COllliectlOn. Can serve hot lunches
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Cal! around and see us.
JOHN G. FREYLACH,
North Hamilton St., Dalton, Ga.
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There's Still Time
If You [lurry
to take advantage of our i ut-price bargain sale. There
are hundreds of bargains less than there were last week,
but we still have many to offer This is no ordinary oc¬
casion, and the prices are a great many notches below
normal.
Here are some of our best suits, sold all the season for
F]2.00, $13.50 am; St5.00, sound, handsome, well made
garments every one, convenient weights for wear two
thirds of the year.
ALL MARKED $10.00.
Here is also the remainder of the finest line of suits
sold in Dalton this year, 'This offering includes the pop
ular styles in Stein-Blotches and lle.xter Bros.’ nobby tivo
piece suits. Some of them were priced $17.50, $20.00 and
$22.50. All marked $i 5 .ot>.
Gome Early. Sale closes Sept IGtii.
NO GOODS CHARGED AT THESE PRICES.
A THE STORE OF LITTLE PRICES
While returning from hi
store at-midnight last Saturday
Oscar Bradly, a well known
Macon grocer, was the victim
an attack of two negroes who
tempted to rob him. He was
about to enter his gate when he
was struck from behind and fell
from the stunning blow. His
pockets were rifled and his as¬
sailants made good their escape.
He was taken to the hospital
where his wounds were dressed.
He believes one of the negroes
to be a porter who formerly
worked in his employ.
The Dainty Lady
Who is particular about the
quality and tit of her Shoes
is invited to come to our
store for the Bolton Shoe.
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Hilliard Culver, white, and
Roland Mahone, colored, met
death in a wreck on the A. B. &
A. railroad at Woodbury. All¬
negro was so badly crushed
that he cannot live. The engine
and tender with several hands
were backing out of town at a
rapid speed when they crashed
into some flat cars loaded with
crossties.
You Get
a good
selection of
Kitchen Furniture
and
Pretty Crockery.
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