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THE Din TELEGRAPH BRYAN S SECOND THOUGHTS. Mr. Bryan bad a ■-e-ond thought coming to him when he uttered his sentiment* on at the Ohat PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING AND TWICE A WEEK BY THE MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISH ING COMPANY, 563 MULBERRY j or out. Mr. Bryan unm STREET, MACON. GA. j admitted or interred, if he 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 THE TELEGRAPH IN ATLANTA. The Telegraph can be found on sale •t the Kimball Houm and the Pied mont Hotel in Atlanta. 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. 11 1 1"1-1-H-I-1"1 1-I-l-M l 'H-1-M-W" :: Caught on | th© Wing •M-H-l-M-H l 'H"l-H"I-I-H-I-i-H-l-I"l- 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