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THEY STRUNG HIM UP
lvxcheii* then riddled evani
WITH BILLETS.
attempt at assassination
■WAS THE CHARGE MADE AGAINST
THE NEGRO.
yob at Norway, S. 0., Infnrtated by
the Attempt Made Loot Sunday
Night to Slay Mr. Phillip* and Hi*
Daughter, Overpowered the Guard
and Took the Snnpected Negro.
Short Work Was Mode of Him lu
the Wood* Near the Town—No
Hope Entertnined for Phillip*.
Columbia, S. C., July 1. —There was
a lynching in Norway last night.
Charlie Evans, a negro who was
charged with attempting to assassinate
Mr. Phillips and his daughter on Sun
day night, was hanged and his bodfr
riddled with bullets.
He and three other negroes had been
arrested and placed in the town guard
house, and a guard was stationed
around it. The men were overpowered
by a mob, said to have been composed
of "unknown parties,” and the four
were taken into the woods near the
town.
Pink Hartwell, U. S. Johnston and
John Felder, who had been arrested
with Evans, were released, it being
shown that they had nothing to do
with the crime. Evans was strung up
and afterwards shot.
Mr. Phillips was shot while sitting
down to supper, but he was not dead
this morning. Shots from the gun en
tered his shoulder and his lung, and
one penetrated his brain, and it is said
that there is absolutely no hope for
him. His daughter also received a
wound in the head, but it was not fa
tal.
Evans was a most desperate negro,
and the people were more infuriated
than they otherwise would have been
on account of his previous desperate
criminal acts.
LABORER WAS KIDDED.
Accident At Brunswick Dork*—B. &
B. Take* Over the Shop*.
Brunswick, Gtf., July 1. —Henry Wig
gins, a well-known colored laborer, was
killed on the bay early this afternoon
while at work loading lumber in a
vessel. Wiggins, it seems, was at work
in the hold of the vessel. The gang on
the wharf was pushing the large tim
ber in, and in some way a large piece
went sliding into the vessel and struck
the unfortunate negro in the head.
The Brunswick and Birmingham
Railroad took charge of the Atlantic
Coast Line shops in this city to-day,
and wiil be in charge of them here
after.
The contract for the lease of the
shops were signed several weeks ago
in New York by the presidents of the
Atlantic Coat Line and the Brunswick
and Birmingham, but the change has
been delayed several times. W. H.
Dyer, master mechanic of the Atlantic
Line shops at Waycross, was in
'the city to-day, and made the trans
fer on the part of his company.
In the contract it is agreed that the
Brunswick and Birmingham people,
arh to do the work of the Atlantic
Coast Line here. That is their rolling
stock will be kept in running order
at the shops. The lessees will at
once put a large force of machinists,
boiler makers, car builders, etc., at
work in the shops, and it is understood
that they will manufacture cars for
their own use.
JEFFREYS—PRESTON, FERNANDINA
Fernandina, Fla., July I.—At 8
o'clock last evening the wedding of
Miss Belle Preston to Mr. Ashley Jef
freys took place at St. Peter's Epis
copal Church. It was one of the
daintiest and prettiest mprriages that
has ever taken place in this city. The
lovely young bride was a picture of
girlish beauty as she walked up the
aisle leaning on the arm of her father.
Preceding her to the altar was her
eldest sister, Miss Mollie Preston, who
was maid of honor, becomingly gowned
in pure- white with white picture hat,
and at the chancel steps they were
mei by the groom and his best man,
Mr. Brandon McNair. At the chancel
rails, under an arch formed of two
magnificent palm trees, the impressive
ceremony was performed by the rector,
Mr. J. H. Brown. To the grand strains
of Lohengrin’s march the party re
formed and marched down the aisle,
Immediately repairing to the home of
the bride’s paints, where a reception
was held.
The groom is the eldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. O. Jeffreys and is a rising
young business man, and the bride
is the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. O. Preston, greatly endeared to all
of her friends by her unusually sweet
disposition. For the present they will
reside with the groom's parents until
their own home is completed.
THIRTEEN THOUSAND
HAVE QUIT THEIR JOBS.
Birmingham, Ala., July D—Thirteen
thousand miners, who are members
of the United Mine Workers of
America in this district, suspended
work to-day, the old wage contract
having expired last night and anew
contract not having been agreed upon.
No formal strike has been declared,
the situation being referred to as a
suspension.
Three smal Imining companies; em
ploying about 400 men, signed the
miners' scale, conditioned on adjust
ing themselves later to whatever
agreement is reached between the min
ers and the larger operators, and work
will be resumed at these mines.
OBITUARY.
Wtn. I**. Corbett.
Mr. William F. Corbett died last
night at his home. No. 11 West Broad
street, after an illness of over two
years from consumption. He was 37
years old and leaves a wife and three
children, two sons and a daughter. Mr.
Corbett returned a few days ago from
Colorado, where he went in the hope
of regaining his health. The disease
had progressed too far, however, and
hope was abandoned. His funeral will
take place from the residence to-mor
row morning at 9 o’clock. Services will
be held at St. Patrick's Church. The
interment will be in the Cathedral
Cemetery.
P. B. Hake*. Oca In, Fl*.
Ocala, Fla.. July I.—Mr. P. B. Dukes
Bled at the Marion County Hospital in
this citv last night. He was 43 years
old and a native of Cusseta, Ala. He
;im to Ocala about fifteen year* flflfo.
FIRE AT GREENVILLE
For a Time Defied All Effort* to
Control It.
Raleigh, N. C„ July 2.—Greenville,
• C., is on fire. The fiames started
at 12:45 o’clock, and the fire is now
under full headway. No correct esti
mate can be made of the losses, but
it is believed that they are already
about $200,000.
The fire started in a small restau
rant, and the buildings already con
sumed are the market house, Farm
ers warehouse, Gorman & Ewrlght’s
Tobacco Factory, Jordan’s tobacco
factory, residences of Mrs. Nellie Har
ris, Zeno Moore and several smaller
buildings.
The heat Is so Intense that the fire
department cannot cope with the
flames. There is, besides, no adequate
system of waterworks.
At this hour the Christian Church
and King's Hotel are threatened with
destruction.
Raleigh, N. C., July 2.—At 2:30 the
fire at Greenville is under control.
WON’T BE*BLUFFED.
President Roosevelt Will Send on
Jew** Petition.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., July I.—Action
by the United States government in
transmitting the petition of citizens of
this country of the Jewish and of other
religious faiths will not be affected
by the inspired pronouncement of the
Russian government given to the pub
lic to-day.*
It evidently is the Intention of the
administration to forward the petition
to the Russfan government as soon as
it is in readiness. This is rendered
certain by a statement made here to
night by authority, which says that
"The action of the administration in
reference to the outrages on the Hus
sion Jews would be wholly unaffected
by any newspapers publications pur
porting to eminate from the Russian
government or by any communication
not properly forwarded to the State
Department.
THEY WANT*HIS MONEY.
Children of Millionaire Contractor
Try to Break Hi* Will.
Chicago, July 1. —A bill to secure* a
decree declarig void the will of Jon
athan Clark, a millionaire contractor,
whose fortune at the time of his death
was estimated in the neighborhood of
$2,000,000, was filed in the Circuit Court
to-day.
The complainants in the suit are E.
M. Smith and Fred W. Clark of Chi
cago, Ejnaratta M. Kaufman of Park
ersburg, lowa, and Jonathan Yates
Clark of Fruitland Park, Fla., all of
whom are children of Jonathan Clark.
By the terms of the will the entire
fortune was left to Caroline Patter
son. The complainants declare that in
1880, while their father was engaged in
the construction of a house at Lake
Geneva, Wis., he became infatuated
with Caroline Patterson, at the home
of whose mother he boarded while
there.
RELIANCe'wINS AGAIN.
Continue* to Show Superiority Over
the Other Yacht*.
Newport, R. 1., July I.—The three
American cup defenders to-day raced
over a 30-mile windward and leeward
course, and once more the Reliance
demonstrated her superiority over the
Constitution and Columbia.
The 1903 boat defeated the Constitu
tion by 7 minutes and 30 seconds, and
the Columbia by 5 minutes, 49 seconds.
The latter was beaten 19 seconds by
Mr. 'Belmont's craft, but is an easy
winner over her on time allowance.
O’BRIEN SHOWED WELL
IN FIGHT WITH CARTER.
Philadelphia, July I.—Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien had the better of the sis
- bout to-night with Kid Carter
of Brooklyn at the Industrial Athletic
Club. The fight was a hard, clean and
fast one from start to finish. Both men
took punishment, but neither was bad
ly hurt.
O’Brien drew first blood. He cut
Carter over the eye in the first round
and later started his nose bleeding.
The Philadelphian received most of
Carter's blows on the body, at which
the "Kid” kept punching. The Brook
lyn man put up a vicious fight, but
the Philadelphia lad was able to avoid
Carter’s onslaughts by clever footwork.
O’Brien managed to dodge nearly a
dozen, any of which would probably
have ended the fight.
Mowatt Beat Cody.
New Orleans, July I.—Tommy Mowatt
and Tom Cody fought before the South
ern Athletic Club to-night. Cody
stayed the ten rounds, showing won
derful recuperative powers, but Mowatt
had the better of the going and was
given the decision.
—<3ot a Life Customer.—" You haven’t
charged me pearly as much for half
soling these shoes as I expected.” "No,
ma'am. We charge according to the
size ci shoe. —Chicago Tribune.
BIT HIM
If It Had Been a Bear.
Sometimes It is good to be in a posi
tion where you can turn around to
your shelves and take down food that
is a rebuilder and life saver. A prom
inent grocer of Murrysville, Pa. had
heard so many of his customers prais
ing the food Grape-Nuts that he final
ly gave it a trial himself. He says:
"For several years up to 16 months
ago I was hardly fit for bulsness from
indigestion which also i affected my
head. My brain was dull and I could
hardiy keep my berks.
"One day I heard one of my custom
ers praising the food Grape-Nuts so
highly that I wondered if It would fit
my case, so I took a package from
the shelf and said that I would use
it and even if it failed I would not be
much the loser. .
"But before I had finished that one
package such a change came over me
that I thought it wonderful and by the
time three packages had been eaten
1 had changed so you would not be
lieve it If I told you about it. My
head grew clear and my mind strong
and my memory was very much im
proved and I was well in every re
spect. I can only give you a taint idea
of all the good the food has done me.
It is all I eat for supper nowadays
and the rest of my family thinks as
much of it as I do. Truly it is a great
food and If it were not a great food
it would not have done me so much
good and have such a tremendous
sale in my store." Name given by
Postum Cos.. Battle Creek. Mich.
Send for particulars by mall of ex
tension of time on the $7,600.00 cooks
contest for 735 money prizes
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. JULY 2, 190**.
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Mr. Henry Murphy, of 684 Broadway,
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anxious to get rid of the trouble before
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For sale by all dealers. Price, 50
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Y., sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan's—and
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SPEAKING OF NAMES.
From the New York Press.
Philologists could find much to in
terest, amuse and instruct in exploit
ing the nomenclature of every depart
ment of American life. "Torn” Reed,
the czar, used to say that Maine could
furnish more statesmen, foxes, water,
deer and peculiar names than any oth
er state in the Union. One day at the
Shoreham, in Washington, when he
had an idle moment, he wrote down
this list: Ezek Smith, Hassasiah Jones,
Liberty Brown, Calvary Thomas,
Hopestill Waters, Bana Bullock, Kilah
Manley, Galon Kirk, Summer Allfiend,
•Generous Pascal, Uzza Felloweg, Zo
p'nan Harum, Diodamia Gilmore, Mes
bach Carson, Cotton Milliken, Piram
Sproull, Peluva Dickson and Barcil
iai Sawyer. These men were all per
sonally. kro*n to him.
Tedcastle is not an uncommon name
in England, but we seldom hear of it
‘n this country. Maj. Harry Tedcastle,
desiring to perpetuate and expand it
in a thoroughly original way, named
his first son, "Tedcastle No. 1." By
and by there was another son, whom
he called "Tedcastle No. 2.” The pro
cess continued until there were no leas
than thirteen sons in the family, each
with his numeral, and the last "Ted
castle No. 13." The name of ■’Payne”
belongs to every child of William C.
Whitney, hoys and girls alike. Just as
in the Stokes family all the offspring
are christened "Phelps.” There is a
tradition of one Col. Smith, who gave
to each of his ten children an initial
to be worn after the patronymic in
stead of a Christian name to go be
fore it, and he would address the nu
merous and beautiful posterity as fol
lows: "Smith H„ Smith W., Smith J„
Smith R.,” etc.
A delighted father named his first
born “Alpha.” He was just out of col
lege, and remembered his Greek. As
the years rolled on and his family mul
tiplied he forgot his Greek and turned
to his Latin. The fourteenth daugh
ter he labelled "Finis,” and voted a
pension to his wife. But, alas for hu
man foresight! There came a stork
with a fifteenth daughter. In sheer
desperation the father named her "Ad
dendum.” I wonder what he would
have called a sixteenth daughter? "Ap
pendix?” "Postscript?” "Ultimate?”
"Codicil?”
Seth Brown married Nota Bene
Joies, the prettiest girl in Joplin. There
were eleven children in his family
and twelve in hers, therefore it was
not unreasonable to suppose that the
stork would be kept busy in their new
establishment. So the first child was
named A. C. Brown, the initials stand
ing for “Avant Courier.” Singularly
enough, or strange to relate, no oth;r
child was born to this union, and the
“forerunner,” now 18 yeiars of age, feels
that he is the butt of a parental joke.
His companions call him “Av” for
short.
A Boston father named his first
baby "Serial," and when someone
wanted to know why he chose such an
odd and meaningless name replied, "to
be continued in our next.”
He signed his warmest love letters,
"Yours, Vashtf.” When the case was
aired in court and scores of epistles
were put In evidence the lawyer in
quired abruptly wWat was the meaning
of "Vashti.” The answer was, "Till
death us do part.” It seems that
“Vashtr is the title of a novel by Au
gusta Evans, and its sub-title is, "Till
Death Us Do Part.”
A DROOPING MOUTH.
From Medical Talk.
Don’t let your mouth droop. A
drooping mouth is responsible for many
a sickness. When you are not feeling
well, when you are tired or discouraged,
disappointed or depressed, the first in
dication will be the droop in the mouth.
When the mouth droops, then the men
tal activities droop, the bodily func
tions droop and the whole physical or
ganism gets out of repair, and you feel
droopy and you look droopy. A droopy
individual, like a droopy chicken, is
not a very charming or inspiring sight,
and, perhaps, like the droopy barnyard
fowl, should be isolated from his com
panions. There is nothing as doleful
as the company of a person with a
drooping mouth.
We are not talking to those who are
facing some awful calamity or pass
ing through some great sorrow. We
do not expect them to be merry—at
least not until time can soften the pain.
But to that great mass of people who
take fife too seriously, who allow trifles
to irritate them, petty obstacles to dis
courage them, little disappointments to
depress them; those people who mag
nify their troubles and retail their
woes- those people who imagine they
are to be pitied and with drooping
mouth pose for sympathy.
Cheer up! Get the droop out of your
mouth. Make the corners of your
mouth turn up instead of down. If no
other way. take your fingers and twist
the corners up. When you are feeling
irritated or depressed or discouraged
or tired watch your mouth. Don't let
the corners sag. Make the corners bow
upward, even if you have ‘o use the
linger exercise. Do this when you are
fwiin* your worst, and very soon the
sun will shine brighter, the sky will
take on a bluer tint, the weariness the
annoyance, the disappointment and de
gression will have vanished, and life
will be all rose-color again.
—Mrs Newed (as husband arrives
home from work)-”Oh. George! Our
new cook is a perfect gem! Why,she
already has the klt-hen looking like a
parlor ” Mr. Newed— “Humph. Ex
pecting company to-night, is she? •-
Town and Country
CAN THE TERM OF
LIFE BE EXTENDED?
Prof. M tchntkoff Talk* Ahont the
Fear of Death and the Instinct to
Live—Our Animal Ancestor*.
From the London Mail.
Prof. Elias Metchnikoff, the emi
nent Russian zoologist, who has late
ly been devoting himself to Independ
ent research, has fixed the minimum
limit of man’s natural life, so that at
last the fear and agony of death is
promised to be done away with for
those willing to live by the rules of
a scientific hygiene.
In an epoch-marking book of what
Prof. Metchnikoff describes as "op
timistic philosophy," and entitles
"Studies in Man’s Natural History.’’
fear of death is promised to become
desire for death when man, on reach
ing his one hundred and fortieth year,
shall begin to feel himself "full of
days.”
A Curious Theory.
At present man is the victim of his
great Intestine. This is the first thing
I learned from Prof .Metchnikoff. One
day, ages ago, the anthropoid ape gave
birth to her extraordinary child. By a
mere freak of nature—such as brought
into existence the "calculating boy"
Inaudi —his brain developed abnormal
powers. He had gifted children • * 1
and the race of man began brusque
ly, unprepared!
“A fine record for one monkey,” I
said.
"Yes." says Prof. Metchnikoff. “but
the organic disharmonies resulting
from the brusque change have made
themselves the more felt as men have
grown more intelligent and sensitive."
The vermiform appendix is a mortal
disharmony for whose useful existence
we must go back to herb-eating crea
tures like the rabbit—in whom it ful
fills a notable function in the digesting
of raw vegetable matter. In man it is
nothing but a death-trap, one Paris
hospital in five years having treated
443 cases of appendicitis, excluding in
fants, who are more subject to it than
adults.
"It is only natural that the digestive
organs should furnish so many dis
harmonies,” continued Prof. Metohni-
Uoff. “Our animal ancestors, forced to
live on roots, herbs, uncultivated vege
tables. and uncooked meat, had or
gans adapted to their assimilation. Not
having got rid of them, man must en
dure them. So, to be healthy, man
must always be a great eater of well
cooked vegetables, not so much for
their nutrition as to furnish this great
intestine with the large quantity of
waste matter it requires.”
Tle laatlnct of Dentil.
This brings us to the Pasteur Insti
tute’s great discovery of the cell com
monwealth of the human body and the
plebeian revolt which In due course
of time brings on senile decay before
man has lived long enough to develop
the "instinct of death,” which . Prof.
Metchnikoff affirms to lie in a poten
tial form in the depths of human na
ture.
“Pathological old age—the wrong
kind of old age—is distinguished by
a general hardening,” says the great
physiologist. “In the brain the nerve
cells—intellectual, sensitive, command
ing movements, etc.—give place to the
conjunctive tissue of the nervous cen
ters. In the liver the hepatic cells
are replaced by like framework. In the
kidneys the same tissue chokes the
tubes that are indispensable for ridding
us of a quantity of substances.”
"How does it come about?”
“All over our bodies are myriads of
independent cells, capable of moving
about, endowed with a kind of sense
of taste or smell, and capable of choice.
Ceaselessly they devour all Sorts of
solid substances. Hence they are call
ed ‘phagocytes.’ voracious cells. They
are our protectors against microbes,
with whom they fight terrible battles
in the most intimate recesses of our
organism. They heal wounds, and they
reabsorb blood effusions and other ele
ments out of place.”
They are the soldiers, the police, and
the house-cleaning servants of the
body; and if their story ended here,
the phagocytes would merit all the hon
ors due to veterans. Unhappily, as
Prof. Metchnikoff shows, they are sol
diers who cannot resist the opportun
ity to pillage when it comes. In time
they revolt against their brethren, the
higher cells, and ebt them! And as
the higher cells are eaten up, the con
junctive tissue takes their place.
“Have I not heard that some of
those microbes are useful?” I asked.
Pathological Old Age.
"The uselessness of this mlerobian
flora is shown by its distribution. The
great mass of it exists in our waste
basket intestine, the digestive parts of
the tube being almost free of it. Both
Mine. Metchnikoff and Prof. Nuttall
have raised newborn guinea pigs and
other creatures free from microbes.
Finally, the patients who have had
their great intestine cut out have lived
very well without the aid of its mi
crobes!”
“And they bring on what we know as
old age?”
"The mflss of them remain In the
intestine, so that our organism regu
larly triumphs over them; but their
soluble products can easily pass into
the lymph and the blood. Here are the
slow poisons capable of weakening our
higher cells and provoking the phenom
ena of senility!
"What is to, be done?" continues the
Pasteur Institute professor. "Man can
not wait for his great intestine to dis
appear in the course of ages.”
"It might be cut out?”
"Perhaps in a far-off future that will
be accomplished; but in spite of the
immense progress of surgery we can
not at present dream of thus relieving
each citizen. No, the rational course
is to fight the great Intestine's mass of
microbes!”
And now we come to the great active
remedy, the miracle of the twentieth
century!
”1 ought to warm you that the prob
lem is not solved for Immediate use,”
says Prof. Metchnikoff; “but its solu
tion has nothing Impossible about it.
The thing to do is to strengthen the
blood globules, the nerve, hepatic, and
renal cells, the muscular fiber of the
heart and others.”
“In order to enable these higher cells
to continue resisting the phagocytes
and so fight off old age?” I said, to
show that I understood.
The Great Itemed y,
“The task is facilitated by the dls-
A FACT
ABOUT THE “BLUES”
What is known as the “Blues'
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B. H. LEVY & BRO.
IOWA REPUBLICANS
NAME THEIR TICKET
Adopt a Protective Tariff Platform and Let
Trusts Down Very Lightly.
Des Moines, lowa, July I.—The
ticket:
A. D. Cummins, Governor, Des
Moines.
Lieutenant governor, John Harrott
of Stuart.
Supreme judge, Charles T. Bishop
of Des Moines.
Railroad commissioner, David J.
Palmer of Washington.
State superintendent of schools, F.
J. Riggs of Sigourney.
The Republican State Convention to
day nominated the foregoing ticket and
adopted a platform. All the candi
dates were renominated by acclama
tion, with one exception.
Harmony marked the proceedings of
the convention, but after the ticket
had been completed and the platform
adopted, speeches were made which
indicated that the Republican lead
ers of the state are not entirely agreed
us to the details of tariff policy.
The tariff plank adopted was pre
pared by Senator Allison, after con
ference with representative Republi
cans of the state. No objection was
made to It in the Committee on Reso
lutions, nor on its presentation to the
convention. Gov. Cummins, in his
speech accepting renomination, ap
proved the platform in its entirety,
but announced that hfc would con
tinue to hold all the views expressed
In his speeches within the past two
Ailison and Dolliver In
dorsed the platform as a correct state-
Smen,t of Republican principles, but
Congressmen Lacey and Cousins spoke
in opposition to tariff changes.
While the action of the convention
was entirely harmonious, both wings
of the party are claiming victory to
night. Gov. Cummins and his sup
porters say that to-day's tariff plank
contains, in substance, all that is found
in last year’s pfank, while the stand
patters” are congratulating themselves
on the elimination of the “shelter to
trusts” clause, which attracted so much
attention to the lowa platforms of 1901
and 1902. There were but two con
tests to-day, involving the questions
of relative strength in two wings of
the party, and these ended w ith honors
The “stand-patters” secured control
of the Committee on Resolutions by
a vote of 6 to 5, but In the Commit
tee on Permanent Organization, the
Cummins men controlled and elected
N E. Kendall of Albia permanent
chairman. Kendall received six votes
to five for Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson, who was put forward
by the "stand-patters” as a candidate
upon whom all should be able to agi ee.
covery of serums acting specifically on
the different elements. These are
Prof Metchnikoff’s own words: The
principle of the preparation of these
serums remains always the same.
Take the blood globules. Me Inject
the cell element Into an animal of a
different species. After a few such in
jections the serum of this animal be
comes a specific poison for the red
blood globules of the former spec es
of animal, while little doses of It (m
analogy with digitalis and other poi
sons) strengthen the specific elements
instead of killing or dissolving them.
So they are called cytotoxic serums
Since their discovery by J. Bordet of
the Pasteur Institute, they have been
studied and confirmed by scientists
all over the world, the latest publica
tion being that of Belonovsky, at St.
Petersburg. Here is the rational way
to strengthen the higher elements of
the human body and prevent it grow
ing ’old,’ as it does now, at sixty,
seventy and eighty* years of age.”
"What life will man have when you
get the serums to work on him?”
"It is written: 'My spirit shall not
always strive with man, for that he
also is flesh; yet his days shall be a
hundred and twenty years.
Prof Metchnikoff thinks that the de
velopment of the "instinct of natural
death" among so many pt the patri
archs may account for the small space
devoted in Old Testament wrltlns to
the idea of a future life.
"My own consciousness tells me that
such an instinct can never develop in
me,” I said. ... „ .
”Sn the normal healthy boy of ten
years win assure you he will always be
Indifferent to the girls!” And the great
physiologist can give other eases of
changing Instincts. "The aversion to
death, which persists in the dying phil
osopher even when he is intellectually
fortified against it, is doubtless the
msnlfestation of a deeply rooted In
stinct to live; but we must not forget
Congressman George D. Perkins of
SloUx City acted as temporary chair
man. Mr. Perkins, who was warmly
applauded on his appearance, spoke as
follows:
The tariff and trust planks of the
platform, as adopted, follow:
“We reiterate our faith in the his
toric principle of protection. Under
its influence our country, foremost in
the bounties of nature, has become
foremost in production. It has en
abled the laborer to successfully in
sist upon good wages and has Induced
capital to engage in production with
a reasonable hdpe of a fair reward,
its vindication is found in the history
of its success and the rapidity with
which our national resources have
been developed and our Industrial in
dependence secured, and we heartily
renew our pledge to maintain it.
"Tariff rates enacted to carry this
policy into effect should be Just, fair
and impartial, equally opposed to for
eign control and domestic monopoly,
to sectional discrimination and indi
vidual favoritism, and must from time
to time be changed to meet the vary
ing conditions incident to the progress
of our Industries and their changing
relations in our foreign and domestic
commerce. Duties that are too low
should be Increased and duties that
are too high should be reduced.
"We indorse the policy of reciproc
ity and the natural complement of
protection. Reciprocity between na
tions Is trade for mutual advantage,
and both sides must give and take.
Protection builds tip domestic Indus
try and trade and secures our own
markets for ourselves; reciprocity
builds up foreign trade and finds an
outlet for our surplus.
"M’e approve the treaty with Cuba
recently ratified as conferring substan
tial benefits' upon both countries, and
urge that the remaining steps neces
sary to make it effective be promptly
taken.
“We believe that the large corpora
tions commonly called ’Trusts’ should
be so regulated and supervised both ill
their organization and operation that
their evil tendency may be checked
and their evil practices prevented. In
many instances they are efficient in
dustrial instruments, and the natural
outcome of an inevitable process of
economic evolution. We do not desire
their destruction, but Insist that they
should be go regulated and controlled
us to prevent monopoly and promote
competition, and In the fullest measure
subserve and advance the public good.
“The patriotic and resolute course of
the President of the United States in
his recommendations to Congress upon
this subject and upon the related sub
ject of the further regulation of inter
state commerce commands our con
fidence and admiration, and recent leg
islation of Congress in harmony with
his recommendations meets our hearty
approval,"
that this latter develops only gradually
in the human infant, while children
are notoriously foolhardy and young
men take chances from w'hlch the mid
dle-aged recoil.”
“Then hurry and prepare the serums
for practical use In order that we may
all live to attain that serenity!” I ex
claimed.
"The task seems easy,” says Prof.
Metchnikoff. “We have only to inject
into horses (or other proper animals)
certain human organs, finely mashed—
such as the brain, heart, liver, kidneys,
and so forth—to obtain a few weeks
later serums acting on those organs in
man. In reality, however, the task Is
difficult. Where are we to get the hu
man organs?"
The question struck me like a blow.
A terrible vision of the future flitted
past my startled imagination, and I
,seemed to hear the old cry of the mob
once more repeated:
“It is expedient for us that one man
should die for the people, and that the
whole nation perish not!”
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'Money spent In continuous advertis
ing In the daily press draws Interest
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"A careful study of general adver
tising conditions, over a period of some
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ater programmes, circulars or any oth
er form of familiar publicity, rather
than by means ot the daily newspapers.
"The manager of a first-class food
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magazine advertising. After the work
was done and his money spent, he de
clared that he considered his entire ap
propriation thrown away, as he was
unable to trace a dollar in results from
the venture; and he Is now skeptical
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prietors of a well-known household ar
ticle, had a similar experience. They
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an American agency for the purpose of
advertising their goods in the maga
zines of this country; but, some time
after this form of publicity was start
ed, In a conference with the writer,
they Intimated that they were still
looking, though In vain, for an ade
quate return from their outlay. • • *
"Turning now to consideration of the
daily newspaper as an advertising me
dium, It Is held to be a safe assertion
that the publication having the larg
est, cleanest and best home circulation
In its city or community affords the
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liable advertising agents in New York
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vertising is especially valuable for the
Introduction of a product. Through the
newspaper, an advertiser can take up
one point at a time, draw a clrple
around his point, and say: “I will
place my soap on sale in twp-t'hlrds
of the stores In this circle. 7 will then
advertise, without any waste of cir
culation, to every consumer within this
circle. I can reach these consumers Im
mediately. I can tell them every day
about my soap. I can give them dally
soap news. I don't care for consumers
over in the next circle. I will make
this circle a revenue-maker, and then
I will go after the consumers In the
next circle.” Newspaper advertising re
duces any element of gambling In ad
vertising to a minimum. The response
is quicker. The results are known
quicker.’ ’’
—Rev. J. W. Cross of Lawrence.
Mass., the oldest living Harvard grad
uate, hns just celebrated his ninety
fifth birthday.
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