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THE BROWNSVILLE INQUIRY.
The Committee on Military Affairs
of the Senate has taken a recess until
t ie Graves discussion • May 14, when It will begin the exam-
no >ga banquet. Mr. i inatlon of Brownsville civilians whom
Eryan spok. first and gave the second
thought twenty-four hours to soak in
stakably
did not
; plainly assert, the possibility df his as
Senator Foraker will have the pleasure
of cross-examining. As there is not a
great deal of direct evidence on which
to convict the negro soldiers of shoot
ing up the town at a late hour on a
C. R. PENDLETON, President
, sumlng the role, under some change of ; very dark night, the people who oaly
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THE THAW VERDICT.
The verdict of the Thaw Jury I*
moral victory against Harry Thaw.
The unalterable conviction of aeven of
th* Jurors that he 1* guilty of murde
1n the .first degree fixes the brand of
Cain Indelibly upon his brow. It Is
well. In the failure of his money, his
social connections and the false and
maudlin sentiment which has been cre
ated and thrown around him during
this unprecedented trial to bring about
his acquittal the country has been
saved from a distinct calamity. The
Telegraph Is not bloodthirsty. It la as
sensitive to the quality of mercjAis
any who may heap execration on the
head of White, the libertine, and praise
Thaw, the libertine, as fit company for
the angels and archangels, the cheru
bim and seraphim of the akles. But It
Is mors consistent.
The Telegraph cannot shut Its eyea
to the uses, the purposes and Intent of
the law that has been built up by the
wisdom of the ages to deter and to
punish crime, not In a spirit of ven
geance, but In order that society may
be protected from anarchy and civil
isation shall continue to be the anti
pode of barbarism and savagery. The
Telegraph cannot blind itself to tho
disastrous significance which would at
tend the event If popular sentiment
were permitted to storm the court
house with mob law and sweep the
Judiciary from tho bench—If 'dementia
Americana,” speaking In tho very
language of the foreign anarchists and
nihilists who have made such Inroads
upon our once pure democratic teach
ings, should be boldly proclaimed In
our temples of Justice without con
damnation or rebuke.
If Thaw hnd walked forth from the
New York court house, a conquering
hero, with shouting multitudes singing
hosannas to his name, what, an impe
tus would have been added to tho mur
dering mania already rampant In tho
country. There would have been no
gleam of hope left to the Intelligent pa
triot who reflects where all this may
tend.
But there stood the Judge and the
Jury to reckon with as the final break
water for the deluge which hung Im
pending, as It were, In the air, threat-
' enlng the country with the vast uni
versal Inundation of moral Immolation.
The Judge stated the law to the Jury
as It was written and the Jury consid
ered the evidence under the law as the
Judge stated It. What a relief after
the months of slush, slobbery and sen
timent tho country has witnessed.
Under the charge of the Judge leav
ing them at liberty to arrive at one
of four verdicts, only one of which
would rescue Thaw, and that only on
the ground of Insanity, the Jurors di
vided from the outset on the straight
question of murder or Insanity, eight
voting for murder In the first degree
and four for acquittal on the ground of
Insanity, on the first ballot. One of the
eight later was won over to the con
viction of Insanity.
How sane the Jury remained
throughout this stupendously insane
trial Is Indicated In the brief but com
prehensive report of the deliberations
In the jury room furnished by the As-
BOclated Press:
Wilbur F. Steele, Juror No. 9. said:
"The question which was considered
at unusual length was whether Thaw
was insane at the moment he shot
Stanford White, and whether at that
moment he was responsible for his ac
tions.”
"Juror Joseph Bolton said. ‘There
was no question of the unwritten law
or tho "dementia Americana” In our
deliberations. Wc considered the case
from a purely legal standpoint. We
were not swayed by emotion.’
“‘The Jury when considering the
case took no stock In brain storms,’
raid Juror George H. Fecke.
” 'We did not pay any undue amount
of attention to the testimony of alien
ists. either,’ Mr. Fecke added.
“It was after Mr. Donnee had read J
some of Thaw's letters that th
<!• elded that there was a rea
doubt as to Thaw's sanity. Dennee i
then joined the four mm who had stood |
for acquittal on the grounds of Insan
ity.”
That there were only four men on
the jury of twelve who rested under
the suspicion of having had their Judg
ments swept away in any degree under
the "brain storms” that have raged
! conditions, of a nominator of Roosevelt
for the Presidency In behalf of him
self and of the Democratic party. Mr.
Bryan was reported by the Associated
Press speaking as follows:
"As at present advised I shall not
present the name of Theodore
Roosevelt to the national Demo
cratic convention. Bear In mind I
say as at present advised.” But,
he continued, “if on maturer con
sideration and reflection and the
presentation of the arguments In
the case he should be convinced
that his duty lay in that direction,
he would present Mr. Roosevelt’s
name if it should be the last act of
his life.”
Twenty-four hours later Mr. Bryan
said at Norfolk, Va„ as reported by tho
Associated Press, speaking of the ban
quet In Chattanooga:
I then said: "As at present ad
vised, X cannot see that It is my
duty to nominate Mr. Roosevelt.”
In both of my campaigns I stated
that I would not be a candidate
for a second term. If elected, and
ns I have endeavored to secure a
constitutional amendment making
a President Ineligible for a second
term I could not conscientiously
urge the renomination of Mr.
Roosevelt for a second term, even
if there were no other reasons.”
The third term condition was as fix
ed . and unalterable when Mr. Bryan
spoke In Chattanooga as when he
spoke In Norfolk. Mr. Bryan in Nor
folk does not deny the correctness of
the report of his words In Chattanooga,
but he divides and attempts to minify
them. Ho even risks the charge of
want of candor In referring to his sug
gestion as of a "second term” when the
fact Is that Mr. Roosevelt Is now en
joying his second term, in fact, and
himself has avowed it his second term
In every sense of the word.
Can It be that the great Intellect of
Mr. Bryan Is threatened with paresis?
Has he overworked his great and ver
satile powers? Is he In need of a men
tal rest? "We ask these questions in
the Interest of the Democratic party as
well as of Mr. Bryan. Had he better
not see a physician? If Mr. (Bryan,
giving his whole time to matters poll
tlcal, forgot for the moment the ex
istence of the third term Issue wo feel
deeply that some of his closest friends
should Inquire into his condition. We
cannot quiet our fear3 with the sug
gestion that he was joking. The grav
ity of the great commoner Is too well
established to admit of this escape.
Anything In the nature of a joke has
never approached the solidity of Mr.
Bryan’s fame. Even tho Graves joke
never “touched” hipi. Wc will not be
lieve that he holds In so light esteem a
cardinal tenet and Interest of Demo
cracy such as the third term as to dis
sipate it with a breath.
What, then, are we to conclude?
That the great man In his good senses
flaunted and Insulted the party that
has honored and trusted him, without
so much as realizing the character of
his conduct until after It was called to
hl3 attention? We decline to accept
this explanation and we cannot make
his explanation In Norfolk, that he
could not "urge Mr. Roosevelt for a
second term,” (third In fact), because
lie had expressed himself formerly on
that subject, ngree with his studied
and careful effort In Chattanooga to
Impress his hearers and the country
with the view that under conditions
within the scope of the future to
create he would feel It his duty to
nominate Mr. Roosevelt. There is only
one theory on which wc can reconcile
the incident with reason. But this is to
Impeach somewhat Mr. Bryan’s perfect
candor. It is that Mr. Bryan j s play
ing shrewd personal politics and is
quite willing to have the avalanche of
Roosevelt's popularity slide down
his doorstep.
heard shots and looked out to see ob
scure forms running back Into the fort
(In the darkness), and very naturally
concluded that the black troopers had
been on the rampage, will doubtless
fare badly In Fotaker's hands.
The testimony of the army officers In
charge of the negro troops at Browns
ville. following that of the negro sol
diers themselves, during the two
months* investigation, has encouraged
the friends of the negro soldiers. MaJ.
Penrose’ has declared. In substance,
that, although at first forced to believe
that the negroes had shot up the town,
he had gradually reached th* conclusion
that they were Innocent. He doubts
the existence of any “conspiracy of
silence," being unable to believe that
men would suffer disgrace, when they
might save themselves by revealing the
identity of the guilty parties.
Tet the friends of the negro soldiers
have themselves, since the agitation
began, cited Instances where men have
even suffered death rather than expose
their comrades when an Intense feeling
of brotherhood, race partisanship, or
devotion to a common enuse, has been
aroused. It Is possible also that the
members of the negro battalion do not
feel the disgrace of discharge as keenly
as would MaJ. Penrose, who, more
over, can hardly take sufficient account
of the disposition among the negroes—
so well understood In the South—to
shield men of their color from the offi
cers of the (whit© man’s) law And It
may be that the "conspiracy of silence”
has been persisted In precisely with the
result in view that has In considera
ble measure been brought about, the
negro soldiers trusting, with good rea
son, that Republican politicians would
rally to their support
In any case It Is clear that the Re
publicans in the Senate would like to
reverse the Judgment of the President
In this matter because of the antago
nism against him personally which ex
ists thero In a discreetly quiet and sup
pressed manner and largely because It
would make capital for tho G. O. P. In
the doubtful States where negro voters
hold the balance of power. This wide
spread disposition among Republicans,
which amounts to serious pressure, has
doubtless had Us effect on those army
officers Who confess to a modification
of their earlier opinions.
The final result of the Senate Inves
tigation may be In favor of the negro
soldiers, but It is Inconceivable that
the people of Brownsville "shot up”
their own town.
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:: Caught on
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By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET.
Gold.
The reecnt death of Otto
schmldt, Jenny Bind's husband
gests the mention that the “Swedish
nightingale” was heard In Macon on
h*r Trans-Atlantic triumphant tour of
1S30-’51. The echoes of that wonder
ful voice sUll live In the hearts of the
few remaining persons here who were
so fortunate as to hear the marvelous
singer on her visit to this city. Her
trip through the South and "West was
a brilliant success. She came direct
from Castle Garden, the scene of her
earliest triumphs on this side of the
ocean. Jenny Lind reaped unexam
pled honors. * and bore herself with
such sweet simplicity and grace as to
win the esteem and admiration of the
whole country. She gave Americans
delightful glimpses into a beautiful
world of harmony. The vocalist came
to America in September. 1850, under
an engagement with P. T. Barnum to
give a series of 150 concerts. A pub
lished account says that her first con
cert In New York excited the wildest
enthusiasm. The tickets were put up
at auction, a hatter paid several
hundreds df dollars for the choice of
the best seat, and large sums were
given for other desirable places. Her
share In the proceeds of this concert,
amounting to about ten thousand dol
lars ($10 000), was bestowed upon lo
cal charities. A like excitement at
tended her appearance In other cities:
but In June. 1851, availing herself of
an article In the agreement, she term
inated the engagement with Barnum
after the ninety-fifth concert, and
gave thereafter a series of concerts on
her own account. At the close of her
splendid tour In the United States
Jenny Lind married Otto Goldschmidt
in Boston, on Februnrv 5 1S52. He
was an accomplished musical compos
er and conductor, and accompanied
the vocalist on her visit through this
country. They returned to Europe,
and resided in Dresden and In Lon
don. She refused to reappear upon
the stage, but gave several concerts
for the benefit of the poor, her last
appearance being at a charity concert
at Malvern July 23, 1883. The ex
quisite voice was silenced by death in
1SS7. Jenny Lind was sixty-six years
old when she died. Her husband re
cently passed away at the age of sev
enty-eight. They are Interred at Mal
vern. A writer says: “Jenny Lind’s
voice, a soprano, embracing a register
of two and a half octaves, was not less
remarkable for sweetness and purity
of tone than for Its sympathetic pow-
Her execution was equally re
markable. and in the Interpretation of
many varieties of music, from tho
oratorios of Handel to the rondos of
Rossini or Donizetti, or simple na
tional ballads, she was without a
rival.”
at a rapid speed. This was the first TOPICS OF THE TIMES
line In the world whose passenger cars
were drawn by a locomotive. In 1814 ,._ .
George Stephenson constructed his first If Jit fhiTr^-^n ™» d | n hJ " 1
locomotive, which traveled at the rate “ 6p; h T x/™V! * 1
of six miles an hour. The success of : turn ’—^ ashington Herald,
the Liverpool and Manchester Rail- ' As a humorist. Senator Penrose can
road led to the construction of other sUt up more trouble In a short time :
roads In England. ’ ! than Senator Tillman ever dared to.— j
Washington Post.
Printed records show that the first ; When she read Mr. Dalmas’ burning
railroad constructed in America was appeal to the Thaw Jury how Laura
projected by Grldlev BYyant, a civil • Jean Libbey must have'been torn by
ITEMS OF INTEREST
The
engineer. In 1825. and carried through
by himself and Col. T. H. Perkins In
1826. It was intended to carry granite
from the quarries of Quincy, Mass., to
the nearest tidewater, and is known as
the Quincy Railroad. It Is four miles
long. Including branches, and its first
cost was J50.0C0. The late Dr. Am
envy!—New York Pre3s.
George Gould has sold his polo po
ntes. This 2-cent-fare hill Is making
us all feel the pinch of poverty.—Phil
adelphia North American.
It never rains but it pours. The
stenographer peril has been added to
brose Baber, of Macon, visited tjie | the already burdensome woes of the
Quincy road soon after Its construe- I poor railroad presidents.—Washington
tion, and there conceived the Idea of i Herald.
That shrewd diplomat General Count
Splridoccltch, of SL Petersburg and
Moscow, one of the foreign guests
the dedication of the new Carnegie
lnstltue at Pittsburg, pronounced Mr
Roosevelt “one of the most remarkable
men of the age.” Bbt the famous
British editor, William T. Stead, after
a visit to tho White House the other
day, instead of saying the expected
thing to the clamoring reporters, qui
etly remarked that the President had
fine teeth but he thought he was too
, _ | thin-skinned, adding that Mr. Root
” latter
, , , Impressed him as “a big man.” Mr.
sonnbie I .
end had better hurry home after such
mistake as that. He should have
. said that Mr. Roosevelt is "the greatest
ruler that ever lived." as did one of our
Southern politicians the other day.
Was Thaw insane? r.ow takes Its
ace beside the question, was Hamlet
sane, which has vexed the critics
about them Is a
congratulation or
American people.
for hear:;'
ever since
the part of the worl 1 his
Shake
•eatest
oca re gave
creation.
to the
The Savannah Press says Dolma?
“preached the go*pel of forgiveness
rather thru the evangel of hate.” The
Press puts a strange interpretation on
the Californian’s picture of White, the
great architect, as a human ogre. His
characterization of Mrs. Holman, Eve
lyn’s Thaw’s mother, as worse than a
% beast was angelic In its sweetness an!
light. In the view of the Press, we pre
sume.
The
Chariesn’
Press says the
sounds ’’very like
it was “humped
EMBARRASSING PRAISE.
Mr. John Temple Graves says he is
not quite sure whether Mr. Roosevelt
became such a good Democrat by sit
ting at the feet of Bryan or by reading
the Hearst newspapers—(“whether wo
find the schoolmaster who has taught
him In the eloquent and Irresistible
evangels of Bryan” or “in the thunder
which has boomed persistently from
the eight great guns of the Indomitable
Hearst”)—but, whichever way It was,
he has become a Democrat par excel-
cellence, and is, In fact, such a mighty
warrior for Democracy that “he has
vindicated every principle * for which
Bryan has plead and Hearst has thun
dered."
Of course Mr. Rooosevelt ought to
feel flattered, but we venture the sus
picion that he Is as much embarrassed
by this exuberance of commendation
as a discerning man Is apt to be an
noyed by the faint praise which damns.
He knows, for example, that Mr. Bryan
has ’•plead" more earnestly for the un
limited coinage of silver than perhaps
for anything else, and the organs rep
resenting him (Roosevelt) have too
often asserted that the Hearst news-
; papers have "thundered” for anarchy,
these organs have too often accused
the said newspapers of responsibility
for the assassination of McKinley, to
permit him any very keen delight In
the announcement, even though meant
to be most flattering, that he has found
his Inspiration in Hearst.
Even if Mr. Roosevelt were heart
and soul with Bryan and Hearst In
every particular, that would not be an
Invincible reason why the Democrats
of 1908 should nominate him, for the
two leaders named have "plead” and
"thundered” for some things of which
even the majority of Democrats now
probably disapprove. On the other
hand, Mr. Roosevelt, although in some
respects a champion of popular rights,
is as complete an antithesis of the old-
time Democrat as it would be possible
to find, being unquestionably disposed
toward autocratic rule, toward a dan
gerous centralization of power at
Washington, and toward the virtual
obliteration of State lines.
The remarkable suggestion of Mr.
Graves will be taken seriously by no
one. and its only tangible result is to
be looked for in the additional capital
t will furnish the vociferating third-
term boomers.
Dr. L. G. Hardman, of Commerce,
has for several terms represented
Jackson County In the Legislature of
Georgia, and is one of six or seven
candidates for the presidency of tho
next State Senate. I hear that he has
presented to the town orf Jefferson
monument to be erected to the memory
of that great benefactor of the human
race Dr. Crawford W. Long, the dis
coverer of anaesthesia. In 1842 ho
made tho wonderful discovery when
using ether to Jeadcn pain while he
was performing a surgical operation
I think this occurred in Jackson Coun
ty. It has been said that the two
greatest boons conferred on mankind
were vaccination and anaesthesia. A
portrait of this great Georgia physi
cian was presented to the State some
years ago and was placed on the walls
of the capltol in Atlanta. Dr. Long
was horn In Danielsville, Madison
County, Georgia, on November 1, 1815
and died at the bedside of one of his
patlrnts In Athens on June 16 1878
aged about 63 years. He graduated
at the University of Georgia In 1835.
and later received the degree of M. D.
at the University of Pennsylvania. He
began the practice of his profession
at Jefferson, where the Hardman mon
ument will be erected in his honor, but
afterwards moved to Athens. And
speaking of anaesthesia reminds me
that other great benefits to mankind
originated in Georgia, for Instance:
The cotton gin was invented by Eli
Whitney in 1793, near Savannah, on
the plantation of Gen. Nathaniel
Greene, and I have heard It said that
to Mrs. Greene Is due much of the
credit of the Invention. Then again,
a Maconite, Rev. F. R. Goulding, au
thor of the "Young Marooners ” In
vented the first sowing machine.
Furthermore, I have read In a history
of Georgia that in the archives of this
State Is a letter that was written to
Gov. Telfair In 1793. by James Long-
street. father of A. B. Longstreet, au
thor of “Georgia Scenes,” asking his
assistance to equip the steamboat that
he had Invented. This was about
fourteen years before Robert Fulton
came into the limelight on the Hudson.
having a railroad built from Macon
to Savannah, now the Central. It is
further recorded that the second Amer
ican railroad was laid out In January,
1S27, from the coal mines of Mnuch
Chunk, Pa., to the Lehigh River. The
first locomotive actually put Into use
in America was brought from Europe
in 1829. and used on a road which
operated from the coal mines at Hones-
dale. Pa., to the terminal of tho Dela
ware and Hudson canal.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
was begun July 4, 1828, and was the
first road on this side of the Atlantic
to use a locomotive In the transporta
tion of passengers. This occurred In
1S30, between Baltimore and Elllcott’3
Mills, and what was more, the locomo
tive was American make. Operations
were begun In Smith Carolina In 1829
upon a railroad designed to connect
Charleston with the Savannah River.
Ix miles of which were completed
and opened In the same year. An en
gine run by a horse walking on an
endless platform, carried passengers
at the rate of 12 miles per hour. A
steam locomotive was put on the road
in the summer ot 1S35. This railroad
was the first'to use the Important ar
rangement of two four-wheeled trucks
or bogies for englnes^nnd- passenger
cars. In 1831 the Mohawk and Hud
son Railroad, from Albany to Schenec
tady, was carrying 387 passengers per
day. Various railroads in the Penn
sylvania coal region and the Baltimore
and Susquehanna Railroad were begun
in 1830. The railroad from Richmond
to the coal mines was finished In 1831.
and on April 16 of the same year the
New Orleans and Pontchartraln rail
road was opened. In 1832 It Is stated
that 67 railroads were In operation In
Pennsylvania alone; and in this year
several of the most Important railroads
in Massachusetts and New Jersey were
begun.
All the Senators who went to the
President’s office near the 'White
House in the last few days left by the
door and not by the window.—New
York Sun.
’ The Duko of Orleans will gain a
more substantial glory In heading an
Arctic expedition than In chasing the
phantom of a vanished divine right.—
New York World.
The Government Is Instructing fat | tho Imperial Theater, London
people how to get lean and the lean
how to get fat but Taft and Cannon
don’t seem to be using the system
much.—Philadelphia Ledger.
What would you call the club that
believes Roosevelt absolutely refuses a
renomination? Anyway, his bosom
friend, aeob RHs now belongs to it.—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Jacob RHs’ White House Interview
occupies small space. But Mr. RHs
never bad his veracity questioned or
sat as a guest at a “conspiracy” din
ner.—New York World.
Mrs. Foraker Is said to be desirous
of becoming head of the Daughters of
the American Revolution. Now this
looks like war so real that the cam
paign battles of her husband will pre
sent by contrast the peaceful and In
nocuous aspect of a series of quilting
bees—Philadelphia Ledger.
PROVERBS AND PHRASES
DR. W. H. ROBERTS,
OF GROVANIA, GA
When Alexander, the Great, con
quered Greece and came to Corinth, he
called together all the wise men of tho
city—the rulers, the magnates—and
addressing them said: "I do not pro
pose to interfere with your customs or
laws or home affairs. Matters shall
move on as before provided you accept
me as king, but should you got up
mutiny against mo after I depart, and
force me to return, you will then know
mo as conqueror.”
Diogones. whose fame for wisdom
had spread, was not present at the
assembly and Alexander went to see
him. and regretting tho absence of tho
famous philosopher, inquired what he
could do for him. Thanking Alexander
for his courteous interest. Diogones
replied: “I’m not in politics, and my
only desire is that the great king
would move a little to the right, as his
present position obstructs somewhat
the rays of the genial sunshine.”
Then Alexander, amused to find
man wanting nothing made the noted
reply: “Were I not Alexander I would
be Diogones.”
This old story is related not to show
how much more generous was the pa
gan . conqueror to the subjugated Gre
cian States than were those who over
came the South, but simply to say the
writer has never met but one content-’
od man. The only Diogones he ever
met is Dr. W. H. Roberts, of Crovania.
When Dr. Roberts feels like going a
fishing, he locks up his store and goes.
‘The other merchants get your trade
while your store is closed, do they
not?” “Ah, yes. but that is all right.
My loss is their gain and they may
need it,” replied the doctor, with as
much unconcern as did Diogones an
swer Alexander.
“In my younger days I was active In
my profession and accumulated enough |
to keep the wolf away, and for years
I have led a lessjtotlve life. The mak
ing of money just to have money is
no pleasure to me. I love books and
papers, and especially enjoy the Macon
Telegraph, so well edited and with aucb
sound views.
Dr. Roberts says the policy for Geor
gia is not only to raise cotton and get
a good price for the raw material, but
to expand her cotton mills and factories
and get the profit arising from the
manufacture of our own staple. We
have exhausted our native labor, and
If we intend to expand and get best
results from our cotton, the necessity
Is upon us to find labor for the ex
pansion and development of our mills.
A busybody Is always malevolent.—
Latin.
Remorse Is the echo of a lost virtue.
—Bulwer.
Respect a man. he will do the more.
—Italian.
The greatest burdens are not tho
gain-fullesL—French.
A guest and a fish after three days
are poison.—French.
Habit If not resisted soon becomes
necessity.—St. Augustine.
The bounty of nature is too little for
the greedy man.—Seneca.
Great expectations are better than a
poor possession.—Cervantes.
He does not live in the world who
can skin a grindstone.—Dutch.
First build your house and then
think of your furniture.—Cingalese.
Even Buddha was once a cart horse
and carried the loads of others.-
Hindoo.
Good repute is like the cypress: once
cut it never put3 forth leaf again.—
Italian.
Two brothers are one trunk: they
should mutually support each other.—
Modern Greek.
All things that are good and beauti
ful make us more religious.—Lord
Beaconsfield.
Grief Is the agony of an instant; its
Indulgence the blunder of a lifetime.—
Lord Beaconsfield.
Resolution Is Independent of great
age. but without it one lives a hun
dred years in vain.—Chinese.
To do a good trade wants nothing
but resolution; to do a large one, noth
ing but application.—Chinese.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
for
From the Chicago Nows.
Doctor’s fees are the reward
well doing.
There are numerous toll gates on tho
road to success.
It is easier to be a fictitious hero
than the real thing.
Bo careful; that’s the next best
thing to being good.
When a tall man Is broke that’s the
long and short of It
To begin a collego course Is usually
a hazy undertaking.
Study of theatrical stars has nothing
to do with astronomy.
It’s so much easier to tell a He than
It is to make people believe it
Some men consider not getting
caught a better policy than honesty.
Wise Is the man who realizes that It
is better to forgive than to be licked
His Satanic Majesty doesn’t worry
about the church that, has a quarrel
some choir.
, No, Cordelia, a man doesn’t neces
sarily have paint In his eyes when he
is color blind.
Thero is apt to be a rattling old
number of marriages In the Ger-
tnplrc in 1305 was 48S.9M.
Norway’s seaweed, used as fuel, vie! 13
a greater revenuo than Its fisheries.
B. W. Leader. R. A., considers that to
an artist clouds are the most difficult
of all studies.
The Grenoble district In France Is note.;
In the export trad© of that country for
two very different products—walnuts and
kid gloves.
The mon and women nurs-s In the Paris
hospitals have issued a notice demanding
better pay and treatment, and indenting
that they will strike If their demands aro
not met.
A physician in Portland. Ore., esti
mated that 2,048 tcaspjonfuls of tears, or
two gallons In all. were shed in one night
by the audience that beard Sav’agc's
"Butterfly” In that city recently.
The Canadian Immigration Department
expects 300.000 Immigrants this vear.
Over 200,000 arrived last year. Every
berth on the steamships scheduled to
leave England up to July 1 has been
taken.
Almon G. Merwln. the oldest school
teacher In New York City In point of
service, will retire from active work with
this year’s close of school and will take
his first vacation as teacher In 62 years.
A dramatic version of Bunyan's "Pil
grim’s Prom-ess” has been presented at
■■■■■■ ■■pBfijiM I The 10
scenes, which are said to have been finely
staged, were accompanied by old E'la’lsh
music, and tho whole production wag a
great success.
M. Bovot. the director of the postoffleo
at Lousanne. has addressed a circular
to the postal employes in tho town warn
ing them that in future toothache will not
be considered an excuse for absence from
work. They must get the tooth out or
get out themselves.
The use of coffee In England was first
known In 1657. The first public place In
London where It was sold wn* tons ad
vertised: Made and sold In St. Michael’s
alley In Cornhlll by Pasqua Rosce. at the
sign of his own head.”
It Is probable that within the course of
three years a traveler will be able to
make a trln by trolley along the New Jer
sey coast from Sandy Ilook to Cape May.
3 here are sceveral links in the line al
ready established. and the Short Fast *
Line has been organized for tho purpose
of building others.
An eminent Spanish scientist has made
the recent discovery that the sunflower
yields a splendid febrifuge that can bo
used as a substitute for quinine. Accord
ingly, tho sunflower should not only, by
K* growing, exert fever-dlspelllng effect,
but also yield a product which Is use.]
advantageously in all fevers
BACHELOR REFLECTIONS.
From the New York Press.
A widow with a fortune never has
to be.
Successful public service Is nine-
tenths noise.
"When’a man can hang on to his
money It’s a sign he Isn’t married.
To a girl spring means gauzy things
that a blind man could see throughL
There Is hardly anything so stupid
as an argument where nobody gets
mad.
A woman doesn’t worry a man half
as much If she is sly as If she Is
sour.
A woman will beliovo anything her
husband tells her, especially if no one
else will.
Anyway, husbands are useful so ns
not to have any scandal about the
babies.
It takes a woman, when she catches
her child in a lie, to convince herself
it wasn’t.
A man who likes to kiss his wife’s
relatives would be very successful on
the stage.
A very expensive thing Is to have so
few bad habits that you think you
can afford to get married.
A girl practices smiling to show her
teeth before a looking glass the way a
man does dumbbells in a gymnasium.
People can come nearer to believing
that good wishes will come true, when
they know they won't, at a wdding
than anywhere else In the world. ^
BRIEF POINTS.
I am In receipt of the following let
ter from a prominent gentleman In
Southwest Georgia:
"Some time since in your verv Inter
esting column you made the statement
that the Central Railroad was the first
railroad In Georgia. Somehow I have
gotten the impression that this is not , _ ... . . , , _ ,
correct. 'Have seen It stated some- f> out h under tpretence of helping Cal
where that the roads were as follows: ! ro _ rna ;,, ... . , ,
First built in the world, a small road So. this philosopher who never loses
In England at Manchester. Second, the I *} ,s se ' l onity of temper, would not en-
.and nbin whleh at first did I dorse Hon. Jno. Temple Graves’ sug
gestion for Bryan to unfurl Roosevelt’s
banner ns leader of the Democrats.
Evelyn win not belie
!o”d out for con vie tl:
vidence as sr.e gave it
men
the
Sti'.l laboring under the del-,
he is In the Grady class.
The Manatee is Increasing.
A. XV. Dimock in April Century.
A few years ago the manatee was
thought to be near extinction; now it Is
often seen, and is Increasing. I am
personally acquainted with about fifty
cpecirreng. a fair proportion of which
are calves. Their shyness protects
them from the rifle of the tourist. A
heavy penalty for the wanton destruc
tion of t;-.c manatee deter? sure, and
J j.-t a germ of public sentiment on the
coast restrains others from seeking to
kill them.
Baltimore and Ohio, which at first did
not use steam, but was a tram rond.
and need horse power, in 1S28. Thlh'd.
Charleston and Augusta, now the South
Carolina Railroad (second to use steam
engines). Fourth, the Georgia Rail
road. chartered to run from Augtfsta
to Athens, In 1S32 or 1833. This road
was built, so I have heard, as far as
Old 70.” now In Taliaferro County,
about 1836. and there stopped for a
while. This was Just 70 miles from
Augusta. I think you will find that
the Georgia was the fourth road In the
world. Will you please advise about
this? I think the public would be in
terested.”
My understanding Is that the Legis
lature of Georgia chartered the Cen
tral Railroad on December 10. 1833, !lid
the Georgia Railroad was given its
charter by the same authority on De
cember 31. 1S3S, the Central thus beibg
the first chartered railroad in Georgia.
The construction of the two roads com
menced at verv near the same time.
The Central, 192 miles In length, frejm
Savannah to Macon, was completed In
1843. and was then the longest railroad
In existence, constructed and owned by
one company. The Georgia Railroad.
171 miles from Augusta to Atlanta, was
finished In 1845, though a part of It
was operating in 1837. The Monroe
Railroad, from Macon to Forsyth, was
also chartered in 1S33. and the firs:
passenger train was run from Macon
to Forsyth on De-ember 10. 1838. wb.'rb
was the first passenger train ever out
of Macon.
ans.on ana aeveiopmem oi our n,„<, . « me 7 t hen , th< ; skeleton escapes
And said Dr. Roberts that pet bill of , from Its closet.
As a rule, a married man s sugar-
coated sweetness wears off with the
waning of the honeymoon.
Once In a great while wo meet a wo
man who Is as proud of her husband
gs she is of her husband’s wife.
If there is one thing a man would
rather not do than another It is to ac
company his wife on a shopping tour.
Every locality has Its "meanest
man." but the man who refuses to sup
port his poor old mother Is entitled to
the championship.
Roosevelt’s and Senator Lodge to cut
off our chances for extra labor was a
move in New England’s behalf to re
tard the mill movement in the South.
The President should not have been a
party to such a scheme against the
From tho Chicago Tribune.
It’s no use fiddling In a graveyard.
Cold feet often get Into hot water.
The saddest failure of all is not to
try.
Ho who sneers at men cannot see
God.
He gives nothing who gives only
gold.
Folks are always sure to come up to
your expectations.
The really good man always is bet
ter than ho knows.
The greatest hindrance of all Is to
meet with no opposition.
People who make a show on credit
seldom make a creditable showing.
You never can be more than a small
man until you believe In great things.
The man who never has been asham
ed of himself has nothing of which to
bo proud.
The man who cannot show his relig
ion in his business has no business
with his religion.
Many make the mistake of underes
timating their possibilities, and over
estimating their difficulties.
. I HOUSE.
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE
Dr. Roberts looks after his farm, runs
his store, has a pretty home, has or
chards and gardens and flowers, but is
the greatest philosopher In the State.
He never hurries, never frets. Is with- _ _ _ .. . .,
out covetousness—Indeed he is the 10th . George TY. Cable, at his Northampton
commandment in living form. He Is |
well read, full of Information, good
company, and wants nothing: from the
Alexanders of the world. The only
contented man In the State is Dr.
Roberts of Grovanla.
J. C.
Wooden rails were first used as early
as 167?. in EncrHnd, ot the collieries,
near Newcastie-unoft-Tyno. Iron rails
were first used at Whitehaven. En^ancl
in 1738. for coo liny purposes. Four-
wheeled c?r« wdrawn by horses.
The first railroad for carrving ri*sen-
was the StocVtnn and Darllnptor
rreland. opened ^** v ntembpr 27.. 1S?».
-.-c? p'-etf-.p-f r -T= w«re pulled by
hordes. In 1*26 the ftui’din^r of th 0
Liverpool and Manchester rond row-
rrerced. and opened September 15.
with the design of carrying passengers
Times-Union Philosopher
From the Jacksonville Times-Union.
The less a man really knows ahout
a proposition, the more anxious he Is to
discuss it.
Ridicule Is the force that most of
ten works to develop a real genius In
this world.
Heaven is not over-alluring to the
man who has everything he wants In
this world.
It takes a long spell of sunshine to
make a man really appreciate the bless- j would not be. Your Majesty, if he would
ing of rain. stand as straight as Your Majesty,” re-
A man can accomplish a whole lot In j P'Jed one of the boys,
this world if he himseir really believes ! MaJ. Francis P. Fremont, lately re-
thnt ho can. I lieved from his command in Cuba, is
, i to be court-martiaiod on the general
^? n „^i h j~ charge of conduct unbecoming an of-
o. {j cer The particulars have to do with
] his bankruptcy petition. History re-
The more evil a man has done in this , cords that his distinguished father, the
the local home culture clubs of which
he Is president, and expresses a wish
that some one would take his place.
The first public utterance made by
Sir Robert Ball, professor of astronomy
at Cambridge University, on arriving
In New York, was: "It is really here
In America now that all the great dis
coveries in astronomy are being made.”
Richard McBride, Premier of Brltsh
Columbia, whose Government has
emerged successfully from a general
election, is the youngest Prime Minister
in King Edward’s dominions. He Is
only 36, and he achieved the Premier
ship four years after having held a sub
ordinate office as Minister of Mines.
Charlemagne Tower, our Ambassa
dor to Germany, has three tall sons, one
of whom showed his tact at an Inter
view the boys had with the Kaiser.
"Why. they are taller than you are.
Mr. Tower,” said the Emperor. ’We
thin
nary
By Robert Browning.
Shall I sonnet-sing about myseir?
Do I live in a house you would like to
see?
Is It «<-ant of gear, has It sore of pelf?
"Unlock my heart with a sonnet-key?”
Invite the world as my betters have
done?
”Tak<’ notice; this building remains In
view.
Its suites of reception every one.
Its private apartments and bedroom,
tco:
‘For a ticket, apply to the Publisher.”
No: thanking the our ic. I must decline.
A nerp thro’ my window. If folk prefer:
But. ole*** you, no foot over thresliod
of mine!
I have roi-e ’ with a crowd and heard
free talk
In a fo- gn land where earthquake
chanced.
And a bouse stood gaping, naught to
halk
Man's eye wherever ho gazed or
glanced.
The whole of the frontage shaven sheer.
The Inside gaped: exposed to day.
Right ar.d wrong and common and otieer.
Bare as the palm of your hand. It lay.
The owner? Oh, he had been crushed, no
doubt!
“Odd tables and chairs for a man of
wealth!
1Yh.it a no reel of musty oTd books about!
Ho —no wonder be lost his
health!
"I doubt If he bathed before be dressed.
A brasle-*?—tho pagan, he burped per
fumes!
You s e It Is proved, what the neigh
bors guessed:
His wife and himself had separate
rooms.”
Friend-, the goodman of tho hen
at
life the more firmly he believes that
hell Is a myth.
It isn’t at all difficult for a really
great man to find greatness In an un
known contemporary.
The value of any man’s conscience
depends almost entirely upon the early
training it has had.
first Republean candidate for the Pres
iency, was not free from money cares.
Sofia Agnes Johnson, the 12-year-old
daughter of a Polish foreman in a steel
mill of Coatesville. Pa., is interpreter
for something like 1,000 men in the
works where her father is employed.
She speaks half a doz:-n languages—
English, Polish. Hungarian, Slav. Ger-
Fame is secured only when posterity ! man and Roumanian. On pay day
agr-es with the epitarh that your I i a great help to the mill authorities and
neighbors put on your tombstone. the men.
Kept bouse to himself till an earthquake
c-im":
’T!s t'"' 'oil of Its frontny permits you
Outside should suffice for evidence:
And whose ,’o-jres to penetrate
Deenn- must dive by the rrdrit-ser®?—
No optics llko yours, at any rate!
Holty toity! A street to cynlore.
Your hors- the exception! 'With l 1
seme key
Shakeo-en-e unlocked his heart,’ or.
DM Shakespeare?
Shakespeare he!
If so, the less
INDISTINCT PRINT