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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL
*‘O«t Busy.'*
The scriptural injunction. "By their
works shall ye know them." was so evi
dently inspired by the very term "works"
that it was then, and is yet. regarded
as the very highest privilege of man to
work. 'Xl*t busy," get down to con
stant. persistent work, and result* are
necessarily certain and successful. A’.l
men do not work with th-dr hands, but
«h*th*r by hand or lead. It Is a prime
essential to success that today must
produce better work than yesterday. 1
have just been reWting a most admirable
address from one of the m>>st strenuous
and successful workers on this conti
nent. Gage K. Tarbell, second vice presi
dent of the Equitable IJfe Assurance
Fodetjr, who by most persistent, ever
lasting and well-directed work, has risen
from the ranks to the management of
the iTgcney force of that gnat company
The address not only applies to those in
this peculiarly beneficial field, but is so
pertinent to all workers that I extract.
Vice Fn-sident Tarbell says:
“Did you ever stop to think of what
poor creature* w>* would be if we didn't
have to Work—if we didn't have to earn
a living—which makes us work? Ito you
think we could cultivate our intelligent
fa *ulties as we do? Wouldn't we settle
d--wn and '.siaiull nonentities—the most of
ns—if we were not constantly exercising
them? How much wtMl'd we accomplish
tn the world-good or bad? Would you
IHMI to think *f vour-df as a- d.ndid
pin e of n whinery built for producing
great results and then shoved off onto a
«M* track with no opportunity given you
ever to show what you coaid do?
Wouldn't the rust quickly gather and
non-use .piicklv kill your utility?
shouldn I we be a sorry 10l of incom
petent- »f wc never did anything—for It is
...ly by doing things that w* grew? So if
w-e »**• ho-w-t enough to admit that we
wouldn't work unless we were compelled
. ■. .. •?
how to be grateful enough for the very
cfr»-?imstnn«*es in life that compel us to
develop ourselves by working.
"It is an honor t® work, and n privi
leg- Have you ever known an invalid
that would not give all the wealth of the
I ~ - if he possessed them, for just your
»tr<ngth and your ability to work? My
•|e ir ~ir it Is glorious tin* power to work
| . m • sity of work
a •. . if. wan the great, st gift
t God ever IwatOWtd Upon man Take
ft from us and we would degenerate
Into nothingness. Can you reflect on
th*-s* things and not resolve to do inure
and mor.—to test your power* to the ut
most? It is so easy to make progress.
. tak ' right »<> it Is
onlv tn .!» this today and that tomorrow.
..mi another thing the next day-byt to
do them. No p itting off. and no excuses,
y g-ssl rule is to get ri*l of the un
yl.asnnt tasks first, for several reasons.
It teaches one to 'grasp the nettle,
and the next time i similar undertaking
will not be so hard, it saves time; for
It is ilwwi invariably the *-•»' that
when a man has something to .io that he
dreads lie doesn't do any tiling else for
thinking of that; and it cultivates cour
pg. to take hold of an unpleasant situa
,~n an <l straighten It out to your satis
fy. •j.-n. Don't shirk the things that look
difl tilt or unpleasant They help you
tn ’ar development infinitely m>c tliai.
the easy things"
Bnnr Hot W*athet Hints.
The Indies' Horne Journal: If you are
<4 of drinking see water and other iced
•irv is now is the time to break off this
perni ions habit Although hot <■•*«! is
cooled and « •'! f -~i i- h- i'«4 In th<4r
yv, swage to the Fl.mta.-h. n« vertheles*.
w n you tor drink anything cold you
v. .t only h**k the gastric ■- tart
\o.i also retard digestion until the rood
er irink 1* warm* 4 to the temiwrature
:h. stotaach led drinks and food
• ht'-d.-r th . x«Tetl..n of saliva an.l
* rfere with the digestion of starchy
j , Very cold starchy food*, such as
salad ami cold oatm-al porridge,
ar- hard digest for the same reason.
„ I .. .»>. d.l U- avol.bd by all who have
i.-e cream is oft. n mo*l grateful to
II a lids. and it quite nutritious. If it is
,t . . ..wly and allowed to melt in the
_ , ~|, al ,q t„ om* warm before it Is
pwa wed it »n do no harm
W. do i. ot n.r i as much beat in hot
w athcr a* * do in cold
Hot i«tth* mak* a p* rson cooler than
* K*. trie fan* give a grateful current of
air <ml make th* room more comfortable,
tan th- t mper.tiir.- is not lowered per-
u „ - .*•.*• thirsts verj armk ten
i« » ’ r ti. <i- • old w it. r. Oatmeal w.t
t.r either -kw ■ *k*d or made into a thin
p. _ nt-.re staining than ph.in wa
t-r. -i. l tr.-k. -• pleasant drink.
X« v« r take a !‘»ng walk and never do
a»c. h.rd w-wk before t«. akfast Vitality
«t i |.«w • bl. i i th-- early morning, and
it .Sway.- le-tt-r to take a . up of e.»f
--f-. t.- for- going out of doors wh.-n yon
1 rsi g. t «p Th. b>riy is not entirely able
V withstand fatigue and dlse.tpe until
br- skf-.st s -rnc sort has l»en t;«k< n.
Strength .< suppowtd to increaee as the
In tl.. m.'i-i ■■ of the forenoon or just l»- -
More sh* i> is ne -ssary in summer than
In . . I weatiwr.
I nrip friit is g.-n.-raliy indigestible,
a, .1-• n. kinds, such a* cherries and
P o-h«s tre quite harmful
It ;!’-rr» k agrees p.rti. ularly well
u , tl . • who . It ii.it easily digest fats
<T> m I* on.- of the m -H easily dig.-si-d
Th- iier-.ig- amount of water that
sh- 41- t k-n daib is from two to four
p- t- •- fr- n four to eight glasses. More
:■ nested m hot weather than in cold,
and in re when a person is working hard
and r ..th -4 ■ >ly than when making
no plv -leal ex.-rtion. By running hard in
h--t w-a:n--r you may lose e.-y.-ral pounds
thio>. »h Hie p rspiration that is thrown
off.
|U it ti. wh« 11 you «lrii.k R.-meni-e-r
t-.-.t 1 uc- h w.it--r sii .uld tie with
■teal*.
R-’Ui car’s of 1-e South.
Phil i.1.-'p‘>- v Post: Ev.-ryle.dy that
reads t o paper.- ki ws U. a general way
t .it th. south has made gn at strides
t- war.? prosp rity in th-- last few years,
and thit the financial condition of the
southern jw-ople n.» long.-r depends en
tirely on the cotton crop. Os southern
alm->«t unheard of 10-fore the war.
m-tltons of tons are now mined every
x.-ar. southern iron competes iu horn,
and foreign markets with that of mmy
northern mines and mills, th.* south is
utmost the onl> source of commercial
phosphate*, the demand for which In
crease* steadily, and southern fruits and
Vrgr-labies till northern markets through
a full half of every year. In th.- far
Southwest have been "stru. k" some of
tti- free st fiowii g petpileum deposit* of
the western hemisphere, and though
*->me fingers may be burned before
proper market and transportation facil
ities can be obtained for the product,
there can be no doubt that In time pe
troleum will bacowte a source of great
Wealth to the region In which it has
l». n found.
But the greatest promise of southern
pr -t- rity la f-und ta the re. -t l v.-.-y
rapid increase of railway construction.
On any American railway of a few years
ago tiie max** of black lines ended ab
ruptly at the Potomac and the Ohio;
farther south the hn*s were *o few a*
to seem lonesome. In later year*, how
ever. certain southern state* have out
done some energetic northern ones in
addition to p-llway systems and in con
structing new lines. North Carolina,
with a popiilat’nn about equal to that of
New Jersey, jet with very few manu
facturing interest* compared with those
of the older state, has suddenly acquired
new railways as a rate that has made
her total 60 I»er cent greater than that
of New Jersey. The greatest Increase
of railway building ?a the last year or
two was not in northern or western
states, but in Arkansas ami Georgia—two
states abounding In natural resources
that never could have been turned Into
money until new m< 11ns of transporta
tion w. re provided. Alabama, the “Iron
State" of the south, has but a quarter
as mmy inhabitants as New York, yet
she has about half as many miles of
railwav track as the Empire State. Ar
kansas has three times as much railway
mileage as Connecticut, and Georgia's
railways system is twice as long as that
of Masachusetts.
Solace for Smokers.
In a late number of The Literary Di
gest appears an article under the cap
tion: “Tobacco Made Harmless." com
bining full extracts translated expressly
for this popular w.-ekly. that Is of such
Interest to th., disciples of the weed that
! lift It bodily. Th.- 1.1t.-rary Digest
“A number of processes have been de
vised for removing from tobacco Its
harmful ingredients, especially the nico
tin; but the trouble is that the residue
Is generally not only harmless, but in
sipid Now. howov.-r, an experimenter
nam. d flerold. of Halle. Germany claims
to have suecee.l.-.i In neutralising the
injurious principles of tobacco wit*,
out taking from it the flavor so much
pris.-d by smokers. The following de
scription of Gerold's method and Its
results Is given In Cosmos (May 241:
'The 1.-aves are treated with a solu
tion of tannic acbl. which has the prop
erty of fixing alkaloids so that the ni< o
tln and the essence contained in the
plant, such as nicotianin. etc., are neu
tr.ilizid and r.-n.1.-r.vl inoffensive. It
would appear that this ofs-ration does
not cause the tobacco to lose Its flavor.
To ren.-w the perfume dear to the smok
er. which is injured by the tannin, the
tobacco |s th.-n soaked in a prepared
■le.-H tion of the plant origanum vulgare
1 wild marjoram). These cigars are now
fol.i in Am.-ri. a. Germany an.l Russia,
an.l are. it appo-irs. much liked by smok
ers. while they arc recommended by
phjsi.-tnns,*
“Careful experiment has shown, we
are told, that this mod* of preparation
removes all toxic priperties from the
tobacco. After smoking the prepared
cigars, the arterial pressure and th*
pulse remain precisely the same as be
fore. A solution of the treated tobacco
was even Injected Into th* veins of vari
ous animals without serious results. A
large number of the cigars have |»<*»-n
smok.-d by -M. Ilardet. who repoits on
then, jn follows:
" ’Th.- cigars retaim\l compl.-t. ly and
very agreeably the taste of tobacco; one
can barely detect a very slight differ
ence la-tween them and ordinary cigars
of the same quality. This surely gives
th.-m a great advantage over the so
called denicotiniz.sl tobacco*.*
“Wishing to make some eX|H-rim*ntr
on th* action of this tobaei-o. .M. Binlet
smoked between 10 a. m. and <> p. in. no
less than fifteen cigars of a grad* com
parable with our favorites at centimes
ft cent*). He did this with |*-rf.-et im
punity. although, the day before, he had
not Iwen able to exceed 3,- tenth cigar,
made of ordinary tobacco
“H’-r* is another experiment: M Bar
det gave a pnpar.sl cigar to a lio* of 16
years, who mor.- than once had been
made ill br trying to smoke an ordinary
t'aismil . igarotte. The youth felt no
•i.. agreeable sensation.
"Th* assertion of the Inventor that
he Isas left ail th* nicotin in the tobacco
and at th* same tiim r. ndered it harm
less is somewnat paradoxical; . . .
nevertheless there is nothing unri-lentillc
tn th- Idea that the alkaloid may lie
chemically fixed so as to make it non
volatile."
Items of Interest.
Th* street cab* of IJve?|iool have de
crvaseil in ten yoirs . out I” p-*r cent,
owing to cl* trie transit.
I.on«!->n has in.-r*-ased her population
fiv* f.d i in th.- Ia« century.
ft is supp-ise.l that not over seventy
• ggs of th* Great Auk are In existence
and the last one sold in London for
>!.?*».
It Is said that by a recently invent*!
machine st-tuary is accursitely dupli
cated.
A t'h:<aga health commissioner has
t.-*-t.s| and demonetrated that a rain or
snow storm purifies the atmosphere to
a remarkable degree, in that In a glv n
atmosphere the g* rm colonies were re
duced fr* m O) to Iff) !»*• a snowfill.
Tlie rem irk.iHe run of 126 miles in 12.1
minutes wis made by th S: I. »uis Ex
pres? on th*- Pennsj-lvania railroad last
month.
Th* “gushers" in the Beaumont oil
fields of Texas are subsiding, doubtless
owing to tii-- pressure of gas diminish
ing. but this does not indicate subsi
dence of oil II will now lx- necessary
to apply artifiei 1! pressure, which will
he advant tge-tus. as th* output can thus
lie controlled.
Th* Southern Pt. iti ■ - flroad d i-ing
M r l.<<t showed a saving of over $16.-
in fu»l by burning oil instead of •■-al
on thirty-nine locomotives.
Popular Mechanics.
This new weekly journal, publish'd in
f’hf ago. give* tn <a very reada'-?* and
• •mpreb* nsdve way the newest and most
int<r»-sting a«i-*utnts of th*- nvchanical
pr *gr--s.s of tl.*- world. Profusely illtis
tratiil. elegantly printed, it gives a week
ly digest that is a boon to the busy
man w iio.se inter* st s tire up to date, hut
who*** waking hour* are too alisorlu-d
In active affairs to devote much time to
delving after 4* tails Popular Mechanics
coans to Ills relief in a very agreeable
and instructive way. Illustrating the
scope of this popular Popular Mechanics
1 extract a f- w Items of the many:
How Paper Currency Is Made.
Manufacturing th** fiber paper for I'nit-
• d States currency is a car* fully guard* -
secret. Tne pajw-r is mad*- by a Mas
sa. Inisett* firm under government su-
P«-rvlsion. It is the introduction of th*
.-ilk tlir.- i.ls ln*ri the paper that count* r
feiters for n»iny years have tried in
vain to understand. It is ’lies* ttire.ids
that make imitation of tile pajH-r well
nigh impossible.
Frog Skins iu Demand.
Frogs *»f every kind an- now in comnur
cial value. There is a growing demand
for their skin*, which are useful in many
ways but principally In the mounting of
leivk.s wh- rc an exceptionally delicate
material for tine binding is required.
Wants American Machinery.
Prince Pra Ong Chow Sai Hanitwongnee,
of China, desires to establish a rice mill
for making |K»ddy to the amount of about
J3$.W9 pounds of white rice per day; the
machinery Is to lie operated by electricity.
He desires information from America as
to the cost and kirn! of machinery. Cor
resi>ond* ni-*- will reach him through Ham
ilton King. United States consul general
at Bangkok.
Maybe It Was Appropriate.
A Chinese cook, distinguish*-*! for mak
ing tine cakes, determined upon his mas
terpiece at a recent festive occasion at
which his San Francisco mistress was to
entertain a manlier of guests. He asked
her if it would not be proper to have a
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONi ATLANTA. GA., MONDAY, JULY 7.1902.
motto to ornament the top of the cake.
Smilingly she told him to finish the work
any way he might think suitable. When
the guests had assembled, these words
adorned th* hug* loaf of pastry. •'Pre
pare to Meet thy God."
Ancient English Chair Found.
An old oaken chair, which is said to be
tile most pi'rfect specimen of ancient Brit
ish carpentry extant, has been found by
Dr. James Johnson in the village church
at Stanford Bishop, England. It is be
lieved to have been used by St. Augustine
at the synods held between A. D. 590 and
©«. The chair is made entirely of wood
without any form of Iron work.
Eiffel Tower Swayed Four Inches.
The top of Eiffel tower swayed 4 inches
during a wind of 71 miles an hour, ac
cording to measurements made by an in
geniua method sugsvsteil by Its builder,
M. G. Eiffel. The general effect of the
wind was to make tile top of the tower
describe an ellipse.
Olaest Brick Plant in the World.
Tlie oldest brick plant in th*- world is
believed to lx- that al Nivaagaard, Den
mark. which celebrates its second century
anniversary this year. The plant, says
Brick, began op*-rations in 1701 for the
purpose of manufacturing brick and terra
cotta to be used in building a castle for
Queen Louis*-. The records show an out
put of only xlt»,***» 1.1 sin bricks in 2"0 years,
about half of which w*-n- produced In the
last twenty-five year*.
MARTINIQUE'S FUTURE.
The Reasons Why Speedy Recupera
tion Is Expected in France.
Paris Telegram: Th*- Temps discusses
the future of tin- island of Martinique. Its
evacuation is spok.-n of. and it examines
the question whether tlie island is ruined,
and its future irremediably compromised.
Only a tenth of the Island has been de
vastated. if the town of St. Pierre was
not included in the destrojed portion the
damage would be merely material and of
little importance. Unfortunately thous
ands of human lives hav«- been lost, and
the moral disaster is without a remedy.
The material losses. St. Pierre inchid* <i.
The Temps • stima.ies ala hundred mil
lions of francs. *A part of tills sum can,
this s*-ini-ollleial organ thinks, lie re
cuperated by the subscriptions raised, by
tii*- relief which parliament will certainly
vote, and by subsidies which the metro-
IHiiitiin government could annually accord
tii* Thanks to this momentary
help, tlie effects of tin- disaster may be
diminished, and Tlie Temps believes mat
before long the situation may he regard
ed aS reparable. • spe* tally as the econom
ic resources of th*- island have m/* been
touched.
Sugar growing ami refining constituted
at least S 5 per cent of th*- exports ol
Martiniqu*. ami Mi per cent ol tin- planta
tions ami factories are intact. The cocoa
plantations in the north of the island
have certainly dtsapp* ir*-d, but th*- ma
jority Ol th.- coffee mentations are un
injured. Though considerable quantities
of Martinique coffee ar*- placed on the
mark-t, this journal says that much <>t
it cam*- from lluat* multi, th*- Vessels
i-otiv* ying it to Europe merely touching
a port of Martinique 111 order to obtain a
certificate of origin. Til- chief elements
of prosp-rity in an agricultural island
lik* Martinique, says The T* nips, are a
good harbor ami solid elements of credit,
ii ..... 1. ...:i>i-r of St- Pierre has,
perhaps, become impracticable, but that
of Fort <l* France, which offered much
greater facilities, remains. As to the
banks. Th* T- nips says the situation of
the Hauk *>l >lartiniqu<- is excellent. Ex
chang*- is at par. ami the bank will come
out **f th*- disaster without loss, the
profits derived from Imrm-d bank notes
!>■■ ng sufficient to compensate it After
such a catastrophe The Temps con
cludes that th*- *■*-iiiiiimi*' situation of the
I ■: .-. a- can I-' ' K
pcit-il. Its future iii no way appears
mena*--*l. and the idea of abandoning
the colony, says this sclnl-otllcial organ,
should I>* * p*-rg,-tleally -1- nouni-ed.
Tl**- national committee for the relief
of the suffer* rs by the Martinique catas
trophe has ree>iv**l subscriptions
amounting to a total of 2.1M3.012 francs.
In addition te th*- unlimited credit it
has opened 1 > th*- colonial department
for tii* purchase of provisions, the com
mittee has sent I*h*.(**m francs to Fort de
Frane. . 5-*.df«l francs to Guadeloupe. 10,-
■ - to Guiana and 30.000 francs
to T:ini<li*l. to l»- .listribtit.-*1 among the
inhabitants *»f Martinique, or refugee*
from that island, in the neighboring col
onics.
- • ——
WHO GOES TO LAW?
One Englishman Out of Evety Ditoen
Brings a Lawsuit.
London M *il: Deep is the confidence
of tlie Briton iii the 1 :w. It settles his
quarr.-ls, and he s- ttles its charges, or
as much as he can defray.
A p.irllam-nt;iry return issu<-d yester
day, an*! de ding with the judicial work
of 130*1 shows that (hiring tin- year men
tioned there was coinpir*-*! with the pre
ceding y*Mr a slight increase in pnx-eed-
Ings begun. .
Compared with the average of tin- pre
ceding four years the total of ixises be
gun ami heard sh-iws an increase.
It appears tiiat of all tlie .uses begun
considerably- 1* ss than half com*- to -trial.
Tin- total of cases entered in all courts
was 1,3111.6X0, am! the numb r heard and
det.-rmimd li'.llx This means that one
«-a*«- w*s begun for every twenty-five
m -mri-rs of tii*- population, while one
for every seventy-live was hear*!. See
ing that tm-re are a piaintiu ami <ie
femiaiit in each case, it luliows that on
jm rs-*n out of every twelve and a half
m-gan a i.-gd action ami on*- in every
tii.: ty -seven and a halt wrought an ac
tion to trial.
Tiie juuieial committee h*-ar*i fifty ap
peals from India, thirty-tlire • from t*i •
colonies ami sixt *ll from Australia. Tae
average cost of these appeals is estitnat
eu al £2&U each
The average cost of an -appeal to tiie
house of lor,is is nearly twice as much,
senior counsel in tn<-«. cases receiving
front .I” t*> *5 guineas a day, ami their
Juniors two-thirds of l-h.-ir fees.
Os M<3 ■ iises in the court of app.xd no
fewer than 122 were cases umh-r the
workin* n's c*»m|H*nsati*»n a.its. The. aver
age cost to each party of these appeals
is put at £SO.
It is instructive as to th*- nature of
lawyers' ehirres to know that some bills
of costs of appeals before th* lords have
had as niu.-*n as 62 percent taxed off, ami
th,- av* rag*- reduction by taxation was
29.06. In one case the bill of costs was
V2.XN. but the hearing extended over
el*-ven days.
Tlie records show th it there is no de
cline in tin- public liking for trial by
iurv. and -that th* re is an Increasing
preference for sp*-* i:*l juries generally at
th.- n-quest of defendants.
<if actions enten-d in London ami Mid
dlesex ami on circuit. 92'i Were for p r
soti.d injuries. 6SS for slander and 163
for brea,-h of promise of marriage.
Limit.-d *ml other companies are re
sp.nsibl.- for more litigation thin individ
uals. Os 63s actions In January, 1901. 45
|ht cent were by compani- s.
Manv m-rsons will b*- surprised to learn
that divorce anil judicial separation cases,
while showing a .lecr.-ase for both coun
tries. are proportion* it- ly more numeorus
in Scotian.l thin England.
For tli«- three years ending 1!«t0 they
w- re. In S<- itl.mil. 4 16. 5.1 S and 4.52, re
spectively. for every hundred thousand <»f
th-- pomilatlon. In England the corre
sponding figure* were 2.39 ami 2.17. ■
Sent to Jnil and Fined.
Tr.-nton, N. J.. June 30.—Jonathan Os
borne. the ex-postmaster of Wist Sum
mit. N .1.. win* gave hlni.--»'f up nt Dan
ville. Va . after being a fugitive for two
years, charged with emb*-zzl*m*-nt of
postal funds, was sentenced in the I’nit
.<l States district court to six months In
th*- Union county jail and to pay ;« fin**
of 91.000.
Jeffersonville, Ind.. Jun*- 3u. Magis
trate John 11. Utilise, who for many
years was one of th* most unique charac
ters in southern Indiana, is dead. He
was 65 years of age ami during the ten
years In which h<- held the office of
magistrate in Jeffersonville he is said to
have married 6.non couples, the majority
of whom were elopers.
WILSON TALKS OF
THE PRIMARY IN
ALABAMA.
Says Opposition of Majority of Com
mittee Has Been Evident Since
Ineffectual Effort Was Made
To Get Public Declara-
tions from Them.
Montgomery, Ala.. July 5. (Special.)—
When the last of the state officials in
the person of Governor Jelks came over
to a primary about three weeks ago,
. there was a generaf feeling of relief and
a consensus of opinion that reasonable
harmony In the party had been thereby
insure*!. latterly there has grown up
an opinion that a primary is not so
certain as was suppose*!, and for the
moment political gossip and Interest
rather center around the question as to
what will be the result if a convention
or half hammered primary should be tho
outcome of th*- committee meeting next
week.
Hugh Wilson, of Th* Opelika Indus
trial News, who edited The Age-Herald
when it was the sp«>k* sman for former
Governor Johnston, who is now an ap
pointee of the ex-governor, and who has
kept In th*- lead of that faction of the
party all the while, was asked for his
opinion as to the prospect for a. pri
mary.
f "I don't think." h<- said, "tile eommtt-
* tee will order a state primary. I have
i never thought so. About the time Treas
j urer Smith declared so boldly for a dem-
I ocratie primary, the impression was al
' most universal that one would be or-
I dered Many now think otherwise. That
I a majority of the n< -rnbers of the com
mittee ar* opjiosed to a primary ha*
| been evident to rn\ mind since the in
| effectual effort was made to get public
declarations from them. Th*- strongest
! and most determined men on the com-
- mittee have shown in the past that thej
, have no fears when it comes to going
*up against the f*eoplc, and thej will, in
- my Judgment, stand boldly out for an
* ol*l-fashlone.l convention and have their
, way about it.”
The Effect of Refusal.
Asked as to what would be th* effect
I on the state administration if the com
j rnitfec refuses to aci-ed*- to their wishes
j for a primary. Mr. Wilson said:
“It will be pr-tty tough on the mem
i hers of the administration If they are
i turned down. You know It is claimed on
one side and conceded on the other
that tlie committee is friendly to the
administration, which means In Alabama
i that the committee acts in the interest
of the administration Hence if the com
mittee orders a convention the admin
istration could not in a decade convince
tlie people that It w is not blowing hot
for a primary, an.l quietly having Uie
committee to order a convention. All «of
us who keep up with polities know that
if th** administration really makes a de
mand on the committee for a primary
I one will be ordered "
Asked what he thought would follow
the ordering of a convention, he said:
“I think the people will promptly ap
peal from the machine to th*- democratic
i party, which if th,- gi'e-.t body of demo
cratic voters who live In Alabama. I
think a state primary will be had just
’ th*- same and that 9*i per cent of the
democratic voters of the state will take
part in It. and that a full ticket will
he nomin it,•*) in that primary for every
ofll, *• from governor down. A United
* States senator will also lie selected in
‘ that primary. Tiie tl ket thus noml-
I nated will be overwhelmingly elected. I
I s*-e no reason to suppose th,- people In
, my section should be different from those
'elsewhere, and seven-ighths of them
have d.\ib<rat.-ly mad, up their minds
I that this Is a good time and a good
' year to test the question as to whether
they or th*- machine control the situa
! tion. The machine *,-* ms to have lost
' sight of the fact that when the new
' constitution was pro*-!::Imed th*- cracker
of tlie party whip was cut off."
j Mr. Wilson's View that a convention
■ will be ordered is not shared by many
* politicians in this section. His opinion
i as to the disruption tiiat would follow
such action and that a primary will be
I called and held in any event is shared
* by almost every one.
THE BAR MEETING ADJOURNS.
Alabama Lawyers Hold Last Session
Amid Cooling Breezes.
Huntsviliq. Ala.. July s.—(Special.)-*
The sessions of the Alabama Bar As
sociation were 11*1,1 in Hot,-I Montesano
■ today amidst cooling breezes and in a
I t*tnp*-rature of 70 *l,-gr- *-s. Captain Dan
iel Coleman, of Huntsville, read an ex-
' cellent paper on “Jury Reform.” The
' n-port of the committee on history was
made bv W. I*. Clay, of this city. Cap
tain Milton Humes, chairman, read the
report of the committ* * on legislation.
Ex-Congressman John M. Allen, of
Mississippi, made a chamcteristic talk
and the dignified assemblage roan-d
with laughter until h»- co "cl“’ied. Colo
nel A. S Collier, of Nashville, made a
short address on “Andrew J ickson.
Colonel Sam Will.lohn'.- paper on "Two
Great Justices an<] Two Great iJiwyers
was read bv Sterling Woo*l.
At noon a barbecue was given the
visitors bv the members of the local ixir
association and a number ,if toasts were
responded to. In the aft-rnoon the an
no il el.-ction was h* 1.1 and officers were
Chosen as follows: I.awreuee “Cooper,
of Huntsville, president; !•• DeGraff <n
reid of Greensboro, first vice president,
Alex Trov. of Montgomery, secretary and
treasurer. The meeting has adjourned.
AGRICULTURE IN VIRGINIA.
Interesting Statistics Issued by tlie
Census Bureau, v
Washington. July 3 —The census bureau
today issued a report on agriculture In
Virginia in 1960, showing that th,-re are
16.756 farms in the Old Dominion state,
with a total valuation of 1271.575.20 V. Os
this value 74 per cent was inland and
all improvements other than buildings.
The value of farm iiruileniAits and ma
chinery was $9,911,040. and of live stock
$42,026,737.
The total value of farm proper; v In \ fr
ginia is given at $323,515,977. The total
■ value of farm products tor 1599 was $86.-
548,545, of which 68 per cent was in crops,
including for,-st products, cut or pro
duced, on farms. The total value of
farm products exceeds that for 1889 by
105 per cent. The gross farm income for
! IM‘9 was $73,545,735, and gross income upon
investment 23 per cent. During the last
decade the total value of farm property
lias increased $29,027,408, or 10 per cent;
tiiat of land, improvements and buildings
$17,087,600, or 6.7 per cent; that of imple-
I inents and machinery $3,317,352, or 50.3
tier cent, and that of live stock $.8,622,456.
or 25 8 per cent. The average size of
farms is 119 acres, and in three-fourths of
th*- counties the farms increased in value
during ih,- decade, the decreased values
being mainly in the southwestern coun
ties. Over 73 per cent of the farms of
the state are operated by white farmers,
and 27 per cent by colored farmers. Os
the white farmers 71 ]»er cent own ail
or a part of the farms they operate, and
59 per cent of the colored farmers have
a similar interest. The value of the farm
property of the colored farmers is $24,-
525.U16, over half the total number own-
ing the farms they operate. Over 32 per
cent of all tenants are cash tenants.
The value of animal* sold and animals
slaughtered on farms was $13,659,655, or
16 per cent of all farm products. Tobac
co was grown in 1899 by 44.872 farmers,
who obtained from 184,334 acres a yield
of 122,884,900 pounds, a gain of 67 per
cent over the crop area of 1889.
The total value of the crop was $7,-
210.195, an average of sl6l for each farm
operating. The average yield per acre
was 667 pounds.
EDUCATORS IN CONVENTION.
THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
IN CHATTANOOGA.
Large Attendance from Every State
in the South—Work of the
Convention.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July I.—The twelfth
annua) convention of the Southern Edu
cational Association was formally opened
tonight at the auditorium in this city for
a four days’ session. President . M.
Sheets, of Tallahassee, state superinten
dent of Florida, presiding. Five hun
dred delegates, representing all of the
southern states, w, re present at the ini
tial meeting and from 200 to 300 more are
expected tonight ami tomorrow morning.
The address of welcome to Tennessee
and to Chattanooga was then made by
Mayor A. W. Chambliss, of this city,
and Dr. J. H. Race, president of the
Grant university, of tills city, welcomed
the visitors on the part of this city s
schools.
Dr. J W. Nicholson, of the University
of Louisiana, at Baton Rouge, responded
for tiie association in an elo*|uent ad
dr,-ss in which he spoke of the growing
sentiment in the south for a more gener
al as well as a higher education.
At th* conclusion of }*rofessor Nichol
son’s address Stat,- School Commissioner
G. R. Glenn, of Georgia, addressed the
convention.
After adopting a resolution that each
state delegation meet tomorrow morning
to select a member of a committee on or
ganization. resolution and constitution
and to select a vice president and man
ager to represent the association in each
of tlie southern states the convention ad
journed.
They Have New Constituion.
Chattanooga. Tenn.. July 3.—At the
session of the Southern Educational As
sociation this morning the following of
ficers were elected by the unanimous
vote of the association:
President. Colonel J. W. Nicholson, of
tlie Louisiana State university; vice
president, W. N. Sheats, state superin
tendent of Florida; treasurer, M. M.
Ross, president of West Virginia State
Normal school: secretary, Frank M.
Smith, ex-state superintendent of public
instruction, state of Tennessee.
Educational Meet Ends.
Chattanooga. Tenn., July 4.—Th* an
nual convention of the Southern Educa
tional Association closed with this niorn
.ng's session, after spending four days in
this city discussng the friportar.t ques
tions pertaining to education In the south.
The officers of the association express
the greatest satisfaction with th* spirit
exhibit**! at th*- convention and the evi
dences of growth in strength. One draw
back has been the extremely and un
usually hot weather all over the south,
which kept th* attendance below the
number expected, but th* assurance* of
loyalty to the association rreeived at the
association were numerous and satisfac
tory.
Professor T. 11. Garrett, of Augusta,
Ga., read a pap. r on "The Public School
Teacher; His Rights and Duties."
Professor Jos,-ph S. Stewari. director
of the North Georgia Agr ieultiir il eol
-1,-g.. of Dahlonega. Ga.. delivered an ad
dress on “Library Work iu th-- Schools."
In this address lie brought out the fact
tiiat nine states of the south have no
pi, vision for libraries tinder their laws,
hut that others have recently made sum
provision and s-v, ral stat* s wen- aliout
to ,1,1 so He urged tile teachers to work
for wholesale laws In this respect upon
their return home.
Th,- selection of the next place of meet
ing was left to the executive committ,-*
with p>w*r to act. Invitations were ex
tended by representatives of Asheville.
N Monteagle, Tenn., and Birming
ham, Ala.
—"
SAMFORD INDORSES JELKS.
Says Governor Has Always Fought
for Party and Should Be Nominated.
Opelika. Ala.. July 3.—(Special)—Today
Captain T. D. Samford. one of the most
prominent young attorneys in east Ala
bama. chairman of the Lee county dem
ocratic executive committee and son of
the late lamented Governor William J.
Samford, in an interview said:
"1 do not know whether there will be
opposition iu Governor Jelks or not. 1
hope there will be none. I do not think
there ought to be. and I see no good
reason for it. His democracy cannot
lx- questioned, and he has always fought
the bat Mes of th*- party. He has admin
istered the affairs of the executive otliec
with care and economy, and with con
servatism and ability. So far as 1 can
learn, he has done nothing as governor
of this state to warrant a light being
mad, against him by the members of
his own party, and he has don* many
things to endear himself to them and
has earned the customary Indorsement.
The state has never been in better fix
in any one of its various departments,
and. in my judgment, there never was a
time in the life of the democratic party
of Alabama when the situation required
united effort and harmony more than
at the present The constitution having
already been adopted, those win* opposed
can hope to accomplish nothing by an
tagonizing Governor Jelks. except to sat
isfy some personal grievance or to ob
tain personal preferment; and Governor
.1,-lks Is certainly the natural and logical
candidate of those who favored tho
adoption of the constitution. He Is In
favor of pur*- elections, and has spoken
out candidly and boldly in favor of a
primary election, manifesting his willing
ness to abide th* will of the democrats
of the state. A tight against hita at this
time, unless the issue Is mad.- a purely
personal one, would seem to be nothing
more nor less than an assault on the
democratic party in this state, which ifc
represented by the democratic adminis
tration of which Governor Jelks is the
head.
"So far as I am personally concerned.
Governor Jelks has providentially be
come a part and parcel of an adminis
tration which I am bound by every con
sideration to uphold, in my humble way,
with whatever ability and influence I
may have—certainly so long as it con
tinues to merit the approval of the good
people of the state.
“There are other good reasons. In my
judgment, why Governor Jelks should be
nominated, ami why there should not be
any political wrangle this year. Rut I
am out of politics myself, have already
said more than I expected to say. and a
detailed discussion of tlie political situa
tion would be of little value in this con
nection.
“Yes. I believe the democrats of Hi*
state desire a state primary this fall,
and if they wish it, I think they ought to
have it. That Is all T care to say about
that."
FORTS CLOSED BY GOVERNMENT
Castro Admits Many Places Are Held
by Rebels.
Caracas, Jtine 30.—The official gazette,
in publishing the governmental decree
declaring dosed' to trade the ports of Li
Vela de Coro, Cano. Colorado, Guiria
and Ciudad Roliver and the Orinoco river,
a* being In possession of the revolu
tionists. adds that one month's time is
given to steamers and two months to
sailing vessels after the decree is com
municated to th* various European gov
ernments to reach their destination, and
that a fortnight is given to s>amers and
one month to sailing vessels coming
from the United States for the same
purpose.
OUR GLORIOUS FOURTH
"At least 500 young men who started
out Joyously thi* morning to celebrate
the Fourth will be dead before night!”
The speaker was Captain W- B- Burke,
who was watching the passing throng
yesterday in front of Miller's book store
on Marietta street.
“Yes,” was th# reply of a newspaper
man, “out of our population of 80,000,u0u
it is safe to say that hundreds of pleas
ure seekers will die today on land and
water. Some will be killed in drunken
quairelsf some will be the victims of ac
cident and others will die from intemper
ance, imprudent eating and exposure.
Then there will be fatalities caused by
fireworks, the tiring of salutes, explos
ions, etc."
“We Americans generally celebrate a
great anniversary at a fearful cost," re
marked an old timer. “The record of
crime on the Fourth is always a black
one. Here in Atlanta on that day. in iB,l.
there was a mysterious homicide which
was never explained. Mr. Finney, the
owner of a carriage factory, killed one
of his workmen in a back room. No wit
nesses were present. Finney claimed that
the killing was in self-defense, but he
was indicted for murder. He was never
triad.**
“Why?” asked a bystander.
“Because he received a pardon from
Governor Bullock before the ease could ba
heard in the superior court. Bullock was
tender-hearted and the statements made
by Finney convinced him that he was
innocent, but might have trouble in satis
fying a jury. So he pardoned him. and
Finney paid a large sum of money to
the family of the dead man."
“Was that pardon lawful?' was the
next question.
"Don't know. At that time precedents
were quoted on both sides when lawyers
discussed the subject. The weight of
opinion seemed to be against the pardon,
but the affair was in the turbulent recon
struction period and law did not cut mucn
ot a figure. Human life was cheap.’
Yesterday’s celebration had the two
main requisites—heat and noise But it
was comparatively a sober day in Atlanta.
Tills is the most temperate city of its
size in the union, and It has the best and
most sensible liquor regulations. Even
on days when the saloons are open they
are rarely ever crowded. On a big holiday
our people patronize the soda founts
and only a few Indulge in strong drink.
The programme for the day was ap
propriate and satisfactory. Dan Carey
read the Declaration of Independence in
capital style; Reuben Arnold's oration
was eloquent and patriotic; Lieutenant
Colonel Clifford Anderson and the Fifth
regimetit made a fine showing in the pa
rade and in the sham battle; the vet
erans of the gray and blue, firemen a
drum corps and other features of tho
procession were all that could be desired,
and Charles Haden's address before the
Daughters of the Revolution was an in
teresting contribution to our History.
Still, it was not a systematic, well-ar
ranged celebration and Atlanta has
never had one.
We spend money enough and have
spectators enough to make a splendid
siiow practicable, but we have never had
one on tlie Fourth.
Over twenty years ago we made a big
day of it, when John Milledge, the gal
lant and gifted descendant of a historic
line of ancestors, read tiie declaration to
assembled thousands under the car shed,
but we have had nothing equal to it
since.
Years ago. when I stood In old Inde
pendence hall In Philadelphia and viewed
the portrait* of the signers of the decla
ration and took a look at the cracked
Liberty Beil, 1 felt a thrill of patriotic
pride.
It is true that the signers of the char
ter of our liberty all looked like beefy
Englishmen, and, in point of fact, were
Englishmen under the law, but 1 have
always been glad to hall them as Arneri-
The declaration itself strikes most of us
as a grand piece of heroic prose, without
a flaw, but this impression Is mainly due
to our early training.
The late Dr. H. V. M. Miller, states
man. scholar and critic, used to tear this
document to tatters. He ridiculed its
tawdry rhetoric, its surplus verbiage and
its exaggerated statements.
The historian who gets his inspiration
from that famous paper will give his
readers about as much romance as re
ality.
In Virginia and North Carolina our In
dependence was asserted long before the
declaration was signed in Philadelphia.
The spirit of revolt was in the air
years before the Fourth of July, '76,
especially in our southern colonies, which,
according to Edmund Burke and Lord
Chatham, contained a larger proportion
of liberty loving people than the north.
In every early assertion of independence
south,-rn men took the lead- in the Vir
ginia legislature, at Mecklenburg, N. C.,
and at Philadelphia.
if these southerners did the most of
the talking and writing at that time they
also did most of the fighting. Every his
torical record containing the facts shows
that the south furnished more troops than
the north in the revolution. The north
was practically licked and was swarming
with tori**, when the battle of Guilford
Court House,, in North Carolina, turned
the tide in our favor, and led to the sur
render of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
The north has always had a set of ac
tive fellows, who were better at writing
history than in making it. The scrlbbleis
and artists up there have been busy for
generations magnifying the part their
section took in the revolution, and our
southern children are still studying their
text books and growing up in ignorance
of the fact that the men of the south
started the war, won its decisive battles,
saved th* colonies, established the union,
formed its constitution and mapped out
the policy which has made this the great
est and most powerful nation on the
globe.
And yet th* south had her share of
tories. Thousands of rich and well-to-uo
people, from the Potomac to the Florida
line, feared the confiscation of their
property. They did not believe that our
raw militia could successfully tight the
trained veterans of the king. They were
loyal to the crown to the last, and here
in Georgia they were so faithful that
just before the close of the war they
promised to save the state if two ad
ditional British regiments were sent to
aid them.
The surrender at Yorktown was a great
blow to the tories. They had to seek
refuge in Canada and in England, and
their estates were confiscated by the vic
tors. Those who were too poor to leave
were cruelly treated here, and as late as
a generation ago it was a common thing
in Tennessee and the Carolinas for po
litical speakers to taunt their opponents
with their alleged tory ancestry.
The British say that they never had in
this country at any on* time during the
revolution over 7.000 troops. They were
3,000 miles from their base of supplies
over the sea and they had to fight bush
whackers and guerrillas in a sparsely
settled territory of vast extent, with no
transportation facilities. Their historians
pretend that the war was a small affair
and they claim that they could have
crushed us if the game had been worth
the candle.
There were statesmen like Burke in tho
British parliament who stood up for our I
rights, but men of influence who had
lived among us. like Join Wesley, did us
great damage.
Wesley was active against the colonist*
after his return to England. He wrote
one pamphlet at least and some say a
second one against us and abused us in
bitter terms for our disloyalty.
Perhaps his persecution in the courts in
Savannah had something to do with his
course, but this does not alter the fact
that he was a great and a good man,
worthy of the love and respect of hi*
hosts of followers.
The south should take care of her his
tory before it is too late. Her part in the
revolution should be properly presented
to the world, and It is gratifying to know
that Tom Watson has taken hold of the
matter.
Such organizations as the Sons and
Daughters of the Revolution, the colonial
societies and our historical associations
can reader valuable help in this needed
work, and they deserve liberal encourage
ment.
Henceforth it is to be hoped that the
south will mak* t'n* Fourth of July what
it should be—her anniversary of inde
pendence —her own day in every sense.
WALLACE PUTNAM REED.
TEXAS.
Double Tragedy in Texas.
Fort Thomas, Tex.. July 2. —A double
tragedy occurred al Bowie, county seat
of Montague county, this afternoon, as
a result of which J. T. Kilgore and wife
are both dead.
Kilgore .shot his wife in the rear of
their dwelling, at the time that the
funeral of their family physician. Dr.
D. C. Mitchell, was going on across the
street. Tb< shots called a crowd to th-j
scene, and the body of the woman w.i*
found lying between two bales of cotton,
with a bullet hole through her head.
The body of the husband was lying
between a couple of box*-s. He had shot
himself in the mouth.
No cause can be assigned for the double
killing. Mr. Kilgore was formerly chief
of police of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Undertow Claims Three.
Gaiveston, Tex., July 4.—(Special. )
James N. Davis, night editor of The
Galveston News; A. D. Rust, his uncle,
and 11. ('handler, son in law of Mr. Rust,
became victims of the dangerous under
tow while bathing in th* gulf tonight.
Th* party were all good swimmers
and entered th* gulf from Murdock s
bathing pavilion about 6 o'clock. Al
though the surf was quite boisterous
and a strong current was running south
westwardly, they struck out beyond the
safety ropes seaward. Presently cries
of distress were heard and strong swim
mers went as rapidly as possible to their
rescue.
Socialists of Texas Meet.
Dallas, Tex., July 4.—The state con
vention of the socialist party of America
met in Dallas today for th* purpose of
nominating a state' ticket. 'About sixty
delegates were present.
IV. W. Freeman, of Del Rio, received
the nomination for governor, and A. F.
Martin, of Bonham, that of lieutenant
governor. A full ticket for minor offl< < s
was also selected.
An address to the people was given
out in which existing condition of
“slavery ' Is con*lemm <l and the corpo
rations and trusts attacked.
A Prohibition Governor.
Dallas. Tex., July 4.—The state prohibi
tion <-onvention met here today and n*m
inated G*orge W. Carroll, of Beaumont,
for governor, and Arthur A. Everts, of
Dallas, for lieutenant governor, with
Instructions to th* state ex* 'itive com
mittee to fill the other nominations. The
usual prohibition platform was adopted.
Th* session was devoted largely tv
speech making.
He Fields Ball Then Drops Dead.
Dalias. Tex.. July 5. -A dispatch from
Midlothian. Tex., says that Pitcher
Charles Harrington, who until recently
wins a member of the Dallas t*am of th*
Texas league, was killed hv a bant'd
ball here today.
According to th* repor' Harrington had
pitched a hall, which was hit back to
the pitcher, striking him In the stomach.
Harrington fielded the bill, made the
assist in putting the runner out. end
th*-n dropped dead.
Two Boys Scalded to Death.
Gainesville. Tex.. July s.—By- the ex
plosion of a traction engine near her*
today John Windom, aged 18. and James-
Carter. aged 10. were scald'd to death.
OREGONIAN IN NEW YORK.
His Interesting- Experiences in the
Eastern Metropolis.
Portland Oregonian: An old Portland
er. who has been traveling in the east
for several weeks, has returned. He
has concluded that New York city is too
rapid in every way for him.
He was returning fr *m a suburban re
sort to the city one day and saw a bad
tough knocked out by a lady. The con
temptible hound had snuggled up to one
lady so close that she left the train,
and he then crow,led up against another
lady and acted very rudely. She nulled
out one of her hatpins and jabbed it
clean through his leg above the knee.
He gave ak agonized yell and got out of
the car as quTckly as possible, and just
fell off the platform.
After reaching the city the Portlander
took the street car to go to his hotel.
An old man who sat near him signaled
to the conductor and got off the car
■ c sld<. A vast 11 ench had
b**n blasted oul in the center of the
street, in which a subway is to be con
structed. This trench is 30 feet in depth
and the old-man stepped from the car
down into It. He was picked up and
thrown Intoj a "bucket" in which rock
is hoisted out. the engine went “chu.
chu chu." and he was brought to th*
surface on a run; an ambulance drov*
up. he was thrown In and taken away
to a hospital, and the car preceded.
The Oregonian was perfectly satisfied
with his experience of life in New
York, and does not hanker for any more
of it.
Twin Sister.
New York Tribune: The peck of pickle-1
peppers and the roll of Robert Rowley
cam*? up for discussion, with innocent
intention:
"1 hear that the play at the Empire
theater is just lovely."
"The Sin Twister." he nodded.
“You can t say Tin Swister," she gig
gled gleefully.
He choked with laughter “You wanted
to say Swin Tister,” he began, but she
interrupted:
"I’d keep still if I.couldn’t say anything
but Tist Swinter. That is— What are
you laughing at. I'd like to know ?"
He roared: "You can't say Twist Sin
ter!"
She came back; “Swist Tinter! The
ideal"
"No; Swish Shinier!"
“Shwinshister! Ha. ha!"
"You can't say it! You can't say
Twisht windier !"
“I can!”
“You can't!"
"Neither can you!"
“Can't I? Chwinchwitter I mean
Chittchwinster. I should say—”
"Ha. ha! Chinchwister is what you
mean I"
"There! I knew you couldn't."
“I didl"
“You didn't!"
It broke up. She hurried to her room for
his letters, and he went home for the
neckties and cigars she had given him.
And now they do not speak; perhaps they
fear they can't.
*
Henderson Goes to New York.
Washington. July 2.—Speaket* Hender
son left here today for New York, where
he will meet his daughter on her ar
rival from Europe. I.ater he will go to
his home in lowa and take a rest pre
liminary to an extensive campaigning
trip in various parts of the country,
his purpose being to visit as many doubt
ful congressional districts as possible.