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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY IS. 1910.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
T. L. SEELY, Poblliher.
8. E. DAVIDSON. AlMCUts WblUMr.
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A COURT LADY.
Har hiir was tawny with gold, her aye* with
purpia wera dark,
Barer was lady of Milan nobltr in name and
in race;
Never wa* Ud7 of Italy fairer to aco in tha
face.
Never was lady ou earth more true at woman
and wife.
Larger in Judruuent and lnatinct, prouder in
manners and life.
She stood in the early morning, and laid to
her maiden*. “Bring
That alJhea robe made ready to woar at the
^ court of the king. ^ ^
Gorgeous she entered th^^tnlight which gath
ered her up in a flame.
In she went at the door, and gating from end
to end.
“Many and low art tho pallets, hat each la
lha nllA* of ■ frionit."
Ik, place of a friend.
Dp tha r-r-cd tkrn tha warda and atood at
-ana man’a bad:
v.nd an hi, brow and livid th,
ef bl, head.
<•£, i 1 Lombard, my broth,,? Happy
thon!" aba cried.
And amt.rd like Italy an Mm; ha draamtd
bar fac, and died.
Dawn aha flapped to a pall.t whore lay a
fact Ilka a girl's,
Yoon* and pathttte with dying-.* deep, Nnch
hola tn tha corla.
“Art thou from Tuacany, brothar? and aaaat
than, drumlm tn pain,
Thy meth.r aland In tha nlaaaa, aaarchln* tha
Uat of tha il*ln? f ’
Kind aa a msthat baraalf. aha touched hla
cheek, with her hand,;
“Bleared I. the who haa berna that, altke
aha ahenld weep a, aha atanda. ’
On aha ptaaed to a rranchman. M's arm car-
rtad off by a ball.
In*. “0. mora than my brotl
.hall I thank thee for nil?
“Each of the hereee eraund
far hla land and line.
But than heat fanght far n .trenger in hata
of a wrong not tklna.
“nappy are all fraa paaplta, too atrong to ba
dlapaaaoMed.
Faint with that attain of hurt aha mavad an
then to another.
Sttrn and atrong in hla death. And
than anger, my brothar?"
Back he fell while aha >paka. She reat to
bar feet with e eprln, -
"That waa a I-ledmentaae! and tkla U the
court of the king!”
-Elitebath Barrett Browning.
February- I* Ibe birth month of two
ti.it .-.I Americano—Washington and
Lincoln.
Atlanta I. Mill revolving bouquet*
over die roeult of last Tuesday's bond
election.
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> an-
nln
x the
A"
K!
Perhaps lha shabbiest thing In the
world. remarks an exchange. I" « worn-
out welcome.
If Dr. Took hit* really been discov
ered In «"hill, then he's aa neafi the
south pole at present aa he Wat tht
porth pole some time ago.
.The pope waa justified In refusing to
aae Mr. Fairbanks. bn-auie the mild
climate of Italy made It unwise for him
to risk such an exposure.
(!offee drinking In the United Htates
last year coat $8t,000,t00. Yet. who be
grudge* what he spent for this prime
old beverage?
The Men which some men have of
economy Is to spend 81 eab fare In the
rain to save five cent* worth of shoe
polish.
The choice of t?eren«> K. Payne to In
vest Urate the reasons for the high cost
of living, soys The t’ourler-Journal, is
like designating a mole to study tho
astral bodies.
The Washington Post thinks that few
persons will quarrel with the navy
department conclusion that It Is more
chivalrous to knock a man down than
to *Vuss film out” over the telephone.
Carrier pigeons are used by an
Ocean Spring* (Mass, t physician as an
adjunct to the practice of medicln»* In
rural districts. Having many calls in
the surrounding country, he uses the
birds to bring dally rep«»rt* from his
patients.
An apartment building which will
bear the Impress of the Individuality of
eight men Is to be erected on the fa
mous Lake Shore drive In Chicago.
The*** eight men are to be the tenants
and the owners of the structure. Each
will design Ids own apartment, deciding
on all details of number and arrange
ments of rooms, sty!-* of interior finish 1
and decoration. Th* budding Is to bo
nine stories high, and will cort more
than 8250.000. »*f which each of tin*
eight men will pay an equal proportion.
THE SECOND BATTLE OF CAIRO, ILL.
Whenever the finger scorn is pointed toward the South by Northern
critics who may venture to berate us hereafter for sentiments which
are supposed to l»e pec uliarly and typically Southern, the soft answer to
be returned In one brief cabalistic word is—
Cairo!
Twice within six months this little town of the Prairie State of Illi
nois has witnessed the reign of. mob violence.
And the preference which Judge Lynch Is beginning to show for the
cooler and calmer latitudes of our country is too obvious to escape com
ment.
It was not Jong ago that the trended mob gathered at the very tomb of
Abraham Lincoln and dtfnanded the forfeiture of the black man’s life at
the rope's end.
Surely one might Imagine that If any state In the Union should be
immune from lawless outbreaks of this kind It Is the state which holds
the dust'of the great emancipator.
Hut when asked ti\set an example lo the world of how the black man
should be treated, she Xashjons. a noose of hemp, snatches a musket and
planting her foot upon liberty!# very shrine, exclaims—
Thus!
In the state of Illinois there are comparatively few’ negroes, but suy-
pose there were fully as many black Aen In Illinois as there are in Geor
gia—what then? •
Another thing to be considered In connection with this latest outbreak
of mob violence In Mr. Lincoln's home state is the provocation which
called It forth.
In the Houth there is practically only one offense for which this swift
method of justice is invoked; but In Cairo, HI., it was purse snatching for
which the negroes’ blood was demanded.
And If the"censors have little patience with high-strung Southerners
for usurping the functions of the law when the greatest crime known to-
human depravity Is committed upon Anglo*8axon womanhood then what
excuse can he pleaded for this latest raid planned and executed by North
ern men In Mr. Lincoln’s state upon a negro who only tried to steal a
pocket book'.’ f
It is In no spirit of retaliation that The Georgian enters Into this dis
cussion of the news reports front Cairo, but to emphasise the fact that
the negro problem Is no longer sectional In character.
If there Is any difference in the degree of humanity with which the
negro is treated It Is In the Houth’s favor.
Hut .19 It not time to recognise the national proportions Into which
the negro problem has developed and own the essential oneness of Cau
casian blood, whether It flows In Northern or In Southern veins?
MR. HOWELL'S CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT,
it will he gratifying news to the countless friends of Hon. Clark How-,
ell, the distinguished editor of The Atlanta Constitution, to know thAt *he
has rallied from the operation ,which he underwent for appendicitis last
week, and that each day he registers substantial gains.
The Georgian entertains for Mr. How\dt the most cordial sentiments of
esteem.
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AMERICA: THE PARADISeTTf CRIMINALS.
Mince Ur. Anri row D. White, the noted diplomat and educator, several
day* ago called public attention to America’* leadet-ehlp in crime, the sul>-
Ject haa been receiving much thoughtful attention at the hands of stu
dent,. *
Mr. Hugh C. Weir, In The World Toclay, contributes some very dis
quieting figures to the discussion. For example, he estimates that crime
taxes the United States not lea, than *1,373,000,000 per annum, including,
of course, what It costs to maintain courts and Jails. He also calls at
tention to the fact that crime Is the foster-mother of poverty, and that
asylums for the Insane are Indirectly If not directly peopled by evil deeds
which In turn have produced mental aberrations.
Assuming Mr. Weir's figures to be correct, the cost of crime In this
country Is 3864,000,000 In excess of the national debt.
It duals the nation's entire wheat and coal production, with Wool
added.
Mr, Weir estimates the total number of arrests per annum ut 1
of which 350,000 are for drunkenness.
on’nn average 10.000 murders are committed every twelve months.
And Georgia alone—whether correctly or falsely—Is charged with more
murders than the whole British empire.
One reason for the saturnalia of crime which exist* In the United
States Is to he found in the fact.that the courts of Justice are not strictly
enforcing Hie penalties of notated law.
l.ess than two per cent of the murderers are punished.
And when men are permitted with Impunity to take human life there
Is little cause for wonder that In this lax condition of affairs they should
flnd warrant for other misdeeds.
England punishes 50 out of every 100 man slayers.
Even Spain nnd Italy shame u* when It comes to the vigorous man
ner In which they administer penalties.
Whisky has been at the bottom of most of ths criminal lawlessness
for which this country stands Indicted before the bar of the world, and
slate-wide prohibition lias eoine none loo soon. It now remains for the
wet lo follow the example of the dry states In outlawing liquor, and for the
courts of Justice rigidly nnd fearlessly to enforce the sovereign law of the
’land.
Growth and Progress of the New South'
The GrarfUn hem records eneh day
eome economic fact hi reference to
the onwerd progress of the Month.
• BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
The following list, authorised by The Tradesman, shown the more Important
new Industries established In the Month during the week ending February 16:
Alabama—Birmingham. $10,000 land company, l&.OW manufacturers of aerial
tramways, 820,0m) construction company. $9,000 realty company; Montgomery, $78,-
0*1 nil company, ITxtt.WM Insurance company; Tuskegee, tJD,WW realty rmnpauy.
Arkansas—Fort Miulth, 825.000 bridge company, fion.ono electric railway com
pany; Hickory Bridge. $20,M0 hank; Hatfield, $6,000 hank; Helena, $50.<W0 bank;
l.ltile Rock. $73,000 lumber company; McCrory, $10,000 realty company; Pocahontas,
$12,mo telephone company.
Florida—Coleman, $15,00) hank.
1 laorgia—Atlanta, $100,000 automobile factory, publishing company; Forsyth,
$5n,o*rf) bank; West Point. $500,000 cottou mill; Manatteld. 82S.WO bank.
Kentucky—t’arlisle. $5,000 bridge company: Wllmore, $10,000 realty company;
F«rt Thomas. $50,000 building and loan association; Islington. $£),000 oil nnd gns*
company, plumbing company; Carrollton, tobacco company; I*ouIsvllle, $15,000
really company.
tsoiilslana—DeBidder, $10.0)0 waterworks companj; Frankllnton. $25,000 realty
company; New Orleans, $50,000 office supply company; Dido, $10,000 naval stores
rompsti.i; Many. $10,000 saw mill,
M Issise ippl—Hoi ton, $15,000 hank.
North unroll tin—l*titul»erton, $15,0)0 building and loan association; Burlington,
$125,000 hosiery mill; uherryville, $P*j.u00 dumber company; Wlnstou-Malem. $50,-
«■) development company; Beaufort, $125.0JO hardware company; Rbxboro, $50,000
loan and trust company; aCnton, $9.W0 telephone company; Hickory, $25,801) con
struction company; Fast Bend, $3,000 manufacturers of tobacco bags; Apex, $25,000
bank.
1 tklabotus-Mspulpa, $180,000 cotton compress, $30.0t» bank; Hominy, $3.00) hard
ware company; Holdeuvllle, $&0,000 Ice and electric company; Moper, $5,0)0 lumber
company; Tulsa, $10,000 oil company, $150,000 bank;; Altus, 8,0» motor car com
pany; Hartlesvllfr, $2&fl.uoo oil and gss company; Grove, $10,000 oil, gas and tiiln-
ernJ company; Oklahoma uity, fiwno mill work and fixture company, $12,00) de
velopment company; Tesola. $15,000 bank
South Carolina—HI. Mtephena, $2&.»«o bank; Greenville. $100,000 electric railway
company, brick plant.
Tennessee—Memphis, $100,000 lumber company, $100,0)0 gnrngo company, $50,000
rice company, HlW.OO) stone and gravel company; Columbia, $10.o» mines; Knox
ville, SSO.ouo unto and garage company; Union City, $25,090 grain and feed company;
Uhntianoogu. $15,)») development company*.
Teias-I.ufkln, $8,000 wngmi company; Markham, $50,000 <>11 company; Houston
Heights. $25.0"0 Ice plant; West. 812.000 medicine company; Mexln. Ifci.nnn Ice plant;
Saratoga, flo.tJO oil rompAy; Kt Paa*>, $50,000 Itimlnr company; AbReue. $40,00*)
cracker and candy factory, $10,000 stove company; Amarillo, $20,000 furniture com
pany; Paris, $Ii>>s> furniture company; Houston, $K«M) taxlcsb company, $10,wh)
plumbing nnd electric company; Floresvilie. $6.ono telephone company; Eagle lake,*
$40.1*■> state bank; Paint Rock, 825,000 state bank; Fort Worth, 85.600 laud company,
$l>t.5*N) laud compauy; Trumbull. 8lO,ts» bank; Temple, $150,090 Investment company;
Victoria. 8200.iV>) bank.
Virginia—Altavista. 810,000 canning factory; Norfolk, $5,*sn) farming company,
transportation company; Kvlngton, lio.otxj mining com|iaiiys Fsrtnvlllc, $io,)0) cigar
factory; Nokesvllle, 85.000 bank; Bristol, $jn.o*») mines; Mtannton, $25,»M) publishing «
c*»mpsny; Amherst. $20.<*W bank; Appomattox, 850.00) warehouse company; Lynch
burg. $10.0)0 electric conq»any; Trnutville, $I5.0ix> bank; uilfton Forge, $2S.«rt) laun
dry.
West Virginia—Parkersburg, $3»M*W )*snk: Hswt. fioo.ojo mines; Uharteston. 850.-
nre) mines, 810,000 lumber company; Clarksbnrg. $Cfi^*,n's) mines; Welch, 828.000 fur-,
nlture coutpaoy; Webster Springs. IkW publishing •-ompanr; Morgnutown, lio.'vv)
oil ct.rnpany; Peter»t»*wn. $25,000 bank; Huntington. $>».**.*> lumber ronipany; llst-
ttefd. $5>»oo) mines; IVunshoro. f2T..'*on mannfacittrers «»mm| and metal prmlurts.
Daily Medical Chat
(By H. C, M. D.
NERVO THE MONK
Medical Puzzles
Medical science ban to Its credit the
aolution of many problems of Impor
tance to humanity. For Instance, the
conquest of pain, hydrophobia, small
pox, diphtheria, malaria and other
dread'disorders. Still there remain not
a few unsolved problems for the man
of medicine.
The cause of cancer Is one of these
problems. Some pathologists there are
who believe that cancer Is due to a*per
version of the development of the tls-
aues. Others hold that the dlseafo Is
of tnlcroblc origin. Still others dis
credit the evidence In support of either
theory. •
The cause of rheuma'tism Is equally
puxxling. But there are three theories
bearing on this point. One Is that
Theumutlsni Is due to c^emlc^l poisons,
such as Uric acid, tflrctilaffng In the
blood and tissues. Another Is that
rheumatism Is a germ disease. And a
Third theory holds that rheumatism Is
due to disorder of that part of the ner
vous system presiding over the nutri
tion of the tissues.
The causation of numerous diseases
is puxxling to the medical world. The
cause of dental carles—decay of teeth
—Is more or less of a mystery. And
there in much difference or opinion re
specting the etiology of that much dis
cussed malady, pellagra.
Hut perhaps even more urgent to be
solved are the problems of how to
treat the Incurable diseases. The liflt
of maladies which medical science Is
virtuali.v unable (o cure or prevent is
long and ghastly. To this list belong
rheumatism, advanced cancer, pneu
monia, Bright’s disease, pernicious an
aemia, pellagra, organic heart disease,
locomotor ataxia, leprosy and many
other diseases.
Of a more unique. If less serious, na
ture are the unsolved riddles of physi
ology. For instance, there has never
been a satisfactory answer to the old
question. Why d6es not the stomach di
gest Itself? Experiment haa shown
that the stomach of one animal Is ca
pable of digesting the live tissues of
another animal; as when a dog's
stomach Is perforated and the foot of
a live rabbit is passed Into It and fast
ened there for several hours.
Another question which has received
only facetious answers Is. What Ih the
function of the appendix? And to this
question might be added numerous
others of like kind. For Instance. What
Is the purpose of that curious portion
of the brain, once thought to be the
seat of the soul, called the pituitary
body? And, we might add. What causes
the clotting of blood? The highly fan
tastic explanation of this phenomenon
as at present given In our text-hooks
of physiology would tax the credulity
of an admirer of Jules Verne.
But Infinitely more profound and sig
nificant are those fundamental prob
lems of biology embodied In such ques
tions as—
What determines the sex of the un
born?
Why are not mutilations Inherited?
Why do animals die of old age?
And. finally, that master problem of
the ages, What Is life?
Army-Navy Orders
And Movements of Vessels
Washington, Feb. 1*.—The folloMng
orders hnve been issued:
Army Orders.
Captain Paul fl. Halfnran. medical
corps, upon arrival at Han Francisco to
Walter Heed general hospital, District
of Columbia, for duty.
First I.leutenant Hubert D. Goodwin.
Fourth Infantry, dctnlled as acting
Judge advocate, department of the VI-
sayas, relieving Captain Marr O'Con
nor, acting Judge ndvocale. who will
proceed lo Vancouver barracks as
Judge udvucate of that department.
Captain John J. Bradley, Fourteenth
Infantry, acting Judge advocate, to Join
his regiment.
Captain Charles C. Bllllngslea and
First I.leutenant William H. Richard
son. medical corps, upon arrival at 8an
Francisco to duty at general hospital,
presidio of San Francisco.
Th* following changes In stations of
quartermasters are ordered:
Captain Alexander M. Miller to Bos
ton. .Mass., relieving Captain Robert H.
Rolfe,
Captain Rolfe will assume charge of
quartermaster's office In Boston, reliev
ing Major Thomas Cruse.
Major cruse to Chicago as chief
quartermaster of that department.
I.leutenant Colonel Robinson will re
tain stntlon at Chicago until further or
ders.
First I.leutenant Hunter B. Porter,
coast artillery, retirement announced.
Captain Samuel T. Ans.ll, Eleventh
Infantry, from t’nited States military
academy to acting judge advocate of
department of Mindanao.
Movements of Naval Vessel*.
The Des Moines has arrived at Cris
tobal; Castlne and Caesar at Roston;
Smith at Key West, and Culgon at
Tompklnsvill*.
The Lamson has snlled from Newport
for Charleston, and Yankton from Port
Antonio for Guantanamo.
7 { HE*r You're in need -
THREE IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS
iFrom The Loafarllta Courier-Journal.)
The Uhiversity of Paris
Not only Is th# University of Paris
almost as big as that of Rtiinburgh,
but It Is Just ns cosmopolitan 111 re
gard to Its student#. They seem to
flock there as they did In the middle
ages, not only from aIPparis of Europe,
but today from all the divisions of the
vortd. There are now enrolled In the
Album" 116 students from Great Brit
ain. 107 from the United States. 165
from Egypt, 233 from Rumania, 231
from Germany. 13$ from Attstrla-Hun-
gnry. 1,356 from Russia. Other coun
tries represented are Bulgaria, Greece
Canada. Mexico, ranaina. Bueno
Ayres, Rio j]e Janeiro. China ami Ja
pan. In the case of the Turks, Hun
garians and Argentinians, these are
sent by their own governments. It !
not only Paris, we are told, that Is s
favored. Home of th# provincial seat
f learning have a good percentage •*
foreign students. Twenty years ng
Paris had on her books only 457 stu
dents. compared with 3,001) today.
London Globe.
Elk for Big Horn Mountains.
The Sheridan Rod and Gun club has
received notice from State Game War
den Nowlin that within a week he will
ihlp 33 young elk from St. Anthony.
Idaho, to the club here, and the club
must arrange to have the animate lib
erated In the Big Horn mountains,
lUthwest of Sheridan.
These elk were captured .in the Jack-
son Hole country, in accordance with
ati agreement between the Sheridan
rluh and the gam^ warden looking to
restocking of the Big Horn moun
tains with elk.—Sheridan t or. Denver
Republican.
Walter H. Page, editor of The World’s
Work, himself a Southerner, has writ
ten a suggestive article for a special
edition of The Atlanta Georgian, deal
Ing with three important movements.Jn
the South. The flrst of these Is the
campaign for the eradication of the
hookworm. This, he says, will be the
first effort made over a wide rural area
to teach all the people* to pay heed to
the most fundamental laws of sanlta
tion. In this connection $lr. Pag# paya
a high tribute to Dr. Charles W. Stiles,
the discoverer of the hookworm, whose
work he describes as patient, heroic
and self-sacrlflclng.
Another great piece of work to w’blch
Mr. Page refers is that directed by Dr.
. Knapp, of the department of agri
culture of the United States. Dr.
Knapp’s demonstrations are teaching
farmers to increase their crops and
their Income "from lft or 20 to 50 and
even 100 per cent."
The third movement to which Mr.
Page calls attention It the work *>f Dr.
1. H. Dillard, former dean of Tulane
mlverslty In New Orleans, Dr. Dil
lard's special task Is the Improve
ment of the elementary public schools
for negroes. His work. It Is explained,
happens to be with negro schools "be
cause the Jeanes board, of which he Is
president, has a small fund that w’as
given by a Quaker lady of Philadel
phia for this purpose." Mr. Page gives
an Idea of Dr. Dillard’s methods In the
following:
“Dr. Dillard has discovered that he o*n
ennse these schools—many of them the moat
ignorant excuses for schools perhaps In the
whole country—to wake up, and he doe* ids
grent servlc* by sending nrouuil to them
trained. Intelligent, enthusiastic traveling
teachers.
Such n teacher goe* to a poor neighbor
hood, sees the school, teaches It for a little
how to work, makes them sweep the bouse,
clean the yard, mend the desks, tuske use
ful things with pocket knives—anything,
no mutter what, to w-nko them «p end to
mske them discover whnt they run do well.
"Much a traveling tescher see* the l*sr-
entn of the children, gltes them the right
Ideas of n school, organlr.es them, perhaps
to visit the school—makes them Interested
and wnkcS them up."
Some of the Southern papers do not
regard the hookworm campaign of so
great Importance as doe* Mr. Page.
Whatever may be thought, however, of
the prevalence and extent of the dis
ease any campaign that makes for
thorough sanitation will he beneficial.
There la no question that the masses
of the South are sadly In need of edu
cation along sanitary lines. If the
activities of the hookworm warfare
should produce no greater result Dr.
Stiles' labors w’ould be amply Justified.
The efforts of’ Dr. Knapp toward
bringing about Improved farming
methods can not be too highly com
mended. If he can teach farmers how
to Increase their crops and their In
come all the way from 10 to 100 per
cent, he will thereby greatly Increase
the value of farms and will Incalcula
bly enhance the agricultural Impor
tance and prosperity of the South.
Relative to the labors of Mr. Dillard
In toning up the rural negro schools
Jr. Page makes the suggestion that
"the same kind of overhauling of the
country public school would show the
same big plan of efficiency applied to
country schools for any race and In any
part of the country." This Is no doubt
true, and the success attained in the
limited scope In which Dr. Dillard now
Is operating w’ould Indicate a wider
field for such valuable endeavor. The
rural schools, white and black, are
sorely in need of the enlivening pro
ves# as applied by Dr. Dillard and hts
•xperlenced educational evangelists.
©Jjotte
AROUND AND ABOUT GEORGIA
Hie Miitakt.
Our friend, I.ee Burnett, of Upp’r
Ynuiur Fane, wa* tn to *** u* Hatur
day.^and told u« that a few day* alnee
.he and Brie* Roger* killed two line
wild gobbler*. Th# only ml*take we
*ee I* that he did n#t notify u* Imme
diately. jo that we could have called
nround and helped enjoy the feaat. You
must do tht* next time, Lee.—Union
County Banner.
Gleb* Trotter*.
Dr. R. I» Hunter and Ed Wheeler,
who left taut week for a trip around
the world, have reached New Orleatu.
here they will tnke In "Mardl Hour
before returning. From the rapidity of
time, they tnu»t have "flew’’ over In
un airship.—Plcken* County Progress.
Br-r-rl What Wa* It?
Messrs. U. 8. Gunn and Paul t'orry
heard what seemed to tie n ghost on
tlie roof of Mr. Gunn'* store a few
night* ago. These two gentlemen
were In the store late on th* night
mentioned and they heard some one
Hiking on the roof. Mr. Gunn went
ut to Investigate and seeing no one.
> threw n rock up on the roof. He
nor Mr. Carry heard another sound of
footstep. Mr. Gunn went up In the
Bowen hotel, looked over on the roof,
but found no one there. tVhat w*» tt?
— Crawfordvllle Advocate-Democrat.
“Hot Air Arti,ts-“
The "hot air artists" are worth
something to a community—especially
ihe one* who always blow "hot" and
Paver blow "cold." The editors furnish
a good example—they are all poverty-
stricken. and yet they always feel
good, so far a* the public knows—and
put nothing but the best side fore
most.—Corriele Sentinel.
"Old Mary" Gone.
"Old Mary." the town mule that did
service on the streets for quite a num
ber of years, tiled one night last week.
As she had lived so she died, on the
street.—Donalsonvllle Enterprise.
Oh, That Cabbage Patchl
We planted a cabbage patch In the
vacant lot near the office las, year and
did raise some line cabbage. But we
swore then that we would never again
plant another vegetable within a mile
of an old hen. The worry in keeping
the chickens from eating the plants up
before they have time to grow and the
time you lo*e chasing them out of the
gnMen Is worth a great #J*al more
than the cabbage are worth. And
again, a fellow will let words slip some
time while chasing these deprecatory
rrom his greens patch that wouldn’t do
for ladies to hear.
The “Johnny’s" Dream.
'Twaa 1 who dreamt I dwelt in marbifl
halls.
And heard the golden chimes »f N->r|
inaml y.
Aa Rummer's voice which from th* >l!?f
tance calls
And offers pence and plenty unto in
’Twaa there I met n fair Bohemian fit
Her cheeks aglow with rosebuds •
tho dale,
But ah, the dlixy headache and th
whirl—
I’d had too much of brown ortoN
ale.
—St. Lou I? Star. |
1 iTJ*.
"la palmistry of nnv practical val i*
"Well." answered the girl addrrj*
"It’s a very good way to get your hw
held."—Washington Herald.
Excute. Not R«a*on.
Patience—"Whnt reason had i
marrying him?"
Patrice—"Why. he had mo
"That Is not a reasog; that Is an«|
cuse."—Gateway.
Costly Excuit.
The judge stared hard at the accuP
man.
"You are charged." ho “aid. ‘‘"I'
robbing a limhiirger cheese fif 'f
Have you anything to say?’’
"Judge!" the prisoner hoarsely n
piled, "I was driven to It by hunger.'
The Judge shook his head P ,rtrt |
toualy.
"Six months at hard labor mr
larceny and six months for tn n
cuffe," he growled. "Call ths r
case."—Cleveland Plain I>«nW-
Money No Object.
"I don't care anything about Itj
self, for I’m no Judge of ,sueh tmMJI
said Mr. Caswell, "but my wife « r
me to buy a r«r»* old violin, nnd
sn.vs they come high. Got any
certainly have," respond**
dealer. "Here’s one In this sh"« r
genuine Htradivarlus, that y»u rnnm J
for $3,000."
"8he said she thought they n
higher than that. Haven’t >“ u
thnt are a little—er—atraddyu»“ l
than this one?"—Chicago Tribune.
The Baggageman.
The baggageman Is tierce and * tr '
nn every train he goes
And when It stops at any tu " n
lie throw s out stuff he might
— Buffalo '
pr**-1
hi) n
When H# Do«»n't Knock
Monty—I knon n man
hammer out on all otvasf" ns
on*.
Johnny—What Is that “tie
Monty—When It Is time m put ■
th* vnrp*ts.—Rajtlmnr* Amerirta.
Usual Thing.
"Her*! Here!" reproachful .
claimed old Mrs. Klndlady
you menn by kicking ami slspl’, n
baby brother In that mane I
haa de done to—" w tr m
••Narthln’!” howled the II 'f J
brother. "Hut a hie hoc P"“"'' J
and I'm pounding little brother "v.
c*n go and hit the dog who
and the dog can whip
the eat ran kill n rat. an' 1
will be satisfied.”—Puck.
Be an Early Bird.
E»r)y to bed.
Anil early to rl -.
Oft save* the ned
Of telling U'^ tcn H .r»*|
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