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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1911.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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unle»a atamna are aant for tha purpose
years immediately, following en
gaged in many occupations. He
wits n deck band on a ferry
boat, a hostler, a waiter; a coach
man, a grave digger, and secre
tary of a board of immigrant re
lief.
In 1870 he became a reporter
on Tbe Westliohe Post, a Ger
man Republican newspaper, edit
ed by the famous Gcrraan-Amer-
ic.an, Carl Sehurz, and here it was
that he found his life work.
From reporter he rose to be city
editor, then managing editor and
then part owner. He founded
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch iu
1878, and in 1883 bought The
New York World. Tho in the
late eighties hid sight began to
fail and he Anally became en
tirely blind, he never relinquish
ed active supervision of his two
great newspaper properties, which
it ia said yielded him an an
nual income of $1,000,000.
His genius brought him sue
cess. The large effect of his ca
reer .was the enhancement of the
public good.. -Both journalism
and the nation are his debtors.
1 /S?
1 ,
l The Business Doctor
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RoeFblkenron
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\ TRADE MARK REGISTERED
•Vgitfcer ijoas Jt print wtoiskf or liquor •A*
AT THK GATES OF NIOHT.
There are two gatss that quard tha Night
The one where ahadowe creep,
And lullabies coma crooning low,
Full*throated, toft, and deep;
Where twilight reaches forth har arms
To all by Oay oppressed,
And lulls thsro Into happiness,
Serene upon her breaet.
And from that gats, oil dark and cool.
The night road stretches fsr.
By palaces of awsat contant,
where many draamlngs art;
Where blind may see, and dumb may
apeak,
And sad ones laugh and sing,
Where hungered ones may drink and sat,
And pauper bo a king.
All thru tha Night tha good road goat,
O’er valley, plain, and ateap;
Along Its sides, In grandeur, rite
The cItadels of sleep.
And many things there be that aootha
And comfort ui, and bless—
But best of all tha blossom fair
Of rich forgetfulness.
he other gate that guards the Night—
The one that ends the way—
Hat trumpeters that loudly call '
Us forth Into tho day.
And tho wo fear the foes of Oay *
With bitterness and dread,
We know that thru tho weary hours
The first gate (a ahead.
W. D. Nesblt, In Baltimore American
Joseph Pulitzer.
i the death of Joseph Pulit
zer there has passed one of the
great men of the nation and ono
f tbe most commanding Agures
i all American journalism.
His New York World is per-
linps the most widely rand, most
frequently quoted newspaper in
ie United States. It is in effect
national daily. More rnstrict-
1 in circulation hut hardly less
iifluciitial is his St. Louis Post-
iispateh.
By the adoption of original
and oft times startling and sensa-
ionnl methods, ho brought his
icwspapers up from positions of
mall, obscure journals to their
•resent high eminence. He wbs
tie pioneer in yellow journalism.
1c pushed it to its furthest lim-
ts and then abandoned it, re-
nining its best features and dis-
•arding for the most part its
worst. Tho residue was journal-
sin reborn—a combination of ac-
iirate and fearlesa printing of
he news and vigoroua fighting
against graft and corruption in
ublie life.
His career is the oft-repeated
nd ever-interesting story of the
ise of the poor boy—the self-
mdo insn—to wealth and fame
-a reaffirmation of America us
the land of opportunity.
Joseph Pulitzer was horn in
Budapest. Hungary, in 1847. At
he age of sixteen he came to
his country and fought on the
1'nion side during the last year
f the C'ivil war ns a member of
In- l irst New York cavalry.
At the close of the war he
rent to St. Louis, and. in the
More Sunny Jim
Conservation.
It will he remembered that
Vice President James >S. Sherman
recently did whnt few vice pres
idents have ever done—made him
self famous. It was by deliver
ing a speech on the somewhat
hackneyed and prosaic subject of
conservation. From this very
dull material he managed to con
struct a masterpiece. He said.
“Let this generation use up all
the natural resources it wants,
and let the next generation Hhift
for itself.”
Perhaps it- might he thought
that was fame enough for any
one inBn. But not so. Sunny
•Jim is to pull another one.
This time it is about wool
clothing and schedule K. In or
der that the insurgents and tariff
reformers might not pull any
wool over his eyes, Genial Jim
went in for a personal investiga
tion. He paid a visit to a New
Jersey woolen mill—the sort of
plaeu where schedule K is doing
its greatest good of its greatest
harm, according to tho point of
view.
He saw the raw wool unpacked
and sent thru various machines,
until it came out finished cloth.
The wool he watched and tho
cloth hr saw finished is now
being mnde into a suit of clothes,
in which he will 1 appear next
week, when he makes his groat
speech at Camden, N. J., on the
conservation of wool and tho sn
ored high protective principles of
the Republican party.
The burden of his remarks, ns
in the ease of conservation, will
undoubtedly bo: “Let us got all
we can while we are at it.”
It will unquestionably be nn
eloqueut speech, and the vice
president’s fame will be greatly
enhanced thereby; but there will
he one great drawback to it.
The protected interests of this
country have already squeezed
out of the buying public ail that
the public will stand. The public
can’t get a suit of clothes by
just standing and watching wool
go thru a mill. Herein is where
Sunny Jim’s speech will luck
pith and point.
"Panic acltea city of Tripoli." The
Inal time It we* the Ilallana.
It la sold that the greatest combina
tion of them all will fight back. Crowd
tlila monater too cloae and he la cer
tain to ahow hla teeth of atcel.
Succeaa can not alwaya be continu
ous. The Chlneae rebel* have suffered
their Bret defeat and the Italian army
at Tripoli has recently met with a
number of reveraea.
"Tea, my boy, I have watched you.” aald the Bualneaa Doctor to the
young salesman, "and I believe I can tell you where your greatest weak
ness lies. You hare made a good study of your stock here and, aa salesmen
go, are above the average, but your
one mistake Is that you do not vary
your manner, your argument or your
style of approach In dealing with dif
ferent people.
•'Como over here to the window,
(fiance at that row of stores on the
other aids of the street. That Indian
means a cigar store; that pair of spec
tacles means that an optician does
business there; that striped pole at
the head of those basement stairs
means a barber shop in the basement;
that lay flgure Just outside of that
door means u clothing store, and that
polar bear down by the corner meant
a furrier. You know all these signs so
well that you do not even aeem to be
Interested In my calling your attention
to them. If you were a salesman com
ing on this block with a line of cigars
to ’ell, would you go Into the store
where the bear stands rampant? Would
you waste any of your time In the store
where there Is a pair of spectacles on
the sign? Certainly notl You would go at once to the cigar store.
"Every man or woman qn this earth carries In his or her manner and
dress signs aa Infallible as those In front of the atore across the street. You
liavo given no heed to these signs. You have tried to sell your cigars In the
barber shop! The most successful s ilesman Is the man who makes a habit
of sizing up every customer at a glance and laying before him the article
most likely to suit him.
"Salesmanship In Its last analysis Is nothing but the ability to play upon
human weaknesses. There arc no necessities of life nave bread and-meat:
all other things are simply luxuries which have by great demand become
customary luxuries and Imitation n -ccSsitle*. To buy these Is a human
weakness and to successfully sell them one must bend all one's energies
to play upon that weakness.
“The successful salesman must anticipate hts customers' wishes, and
to do this he must study human nnture and read the signs hung out by the
customers themselves. A foolish story la told of a wild-eyed woman Who
rushed into a hardware store and asked for some carbolic arid. The sales
man replied: ‘Madam, the drug store Is next door, but we have a nice stock
of revolvers and ratorsl' The thougit I am trying to Impress, however, Is
there,
"Here lies a shepherd's plaid suit In big checks; you would hardly try
to sell that to a minister, nor would you try to sell that plain black frock
coat to a man with a red necktie and a big diamond ring. These, of course,
are absurd examples, but they contain the rudiments of salesmanship, and
to this feature you must put your time and attention. The salesman must be
all thing* to all people. He must anticipate their wants; he must be able to
show them that he Is Interested In them by showing them the kind of goods
they aro moat likely to desire.
“The only direct line he can get la to train his eye to read the. signs
which people unconsciously hang out to tell the world who and what they
are. A guide book to the city Is carried only by a visitor In the city to whom
made-to-order stuff con not be sold. There Is always something that be
trays a customer, which gives a line on his likes and dislikes. It may be
a prayer book In a woman's hand, an Elk's button on a man's cost lapel, a
theater program In a woman's hand or a St. Andres cross on a man’s lapel.
Rings, buttons, watch charms, clothes, gait, dress and even color of nose
will give a student of human nature an advantage of advance Information
In dealing with a customer, and the s ilesman who wine will study these tri
fles, for It Is the sum of a lot of trlflss which makes a perfect whole.
"Look for the signs, boy, and you will soon learn to read them!"
JESTS
In Picture
DAILY HEALTH CHAT
BY AN ATLANTA PHYSICIAN
THE DECREASE OF SANITY
'//// . . '
UP TO DATE.
Vllllan (ahoutlngl—Back to the mines I
Manager—No t Be more up to dats.
say 'Back to the hangars!' and show
you know something about an airship.
PUTTING HIM RIGHT.
"Say. weary, ain't youse one uv dem
fellers wot don't berllevc la doin' two
rings ter wunst?
"Two t'lngs? Why. I'm ons uv dem
chaps wot don't berlleve In doin' ons
ring at wunsL"
The admissions to asylums for the
Insane In Alabama Increased 45 per
cent during the last ten years, while the
population of Alabama Increased during
that period only 16 per cent.
Parallel statistics have corns In from
almost all other states and from moat
highly civilized countries; and while we
may not agree with the alarmists, who
have figured cut on paper Just how
long it will be before the whole civilized
world shall have gone mad, we must
admit that Insanity Is rapidly spread
ing and rapidly gaining ground among
UB.
The survival of tho unfit Is perhaps
the largest factor In the causation of
this Increase. In early barbaric times
natural selection and "survival of the
fittest" weeded out the weaklings, and
thus maintained the mental and physi
cal hardihood of the race. But along
with Increasing civilization our sym
pathies and altruistic feelings have sus
pended the operation of this weeding
out process so that the physically and
mentally unfit membera of society now
propagate freely and without restraint.
Neurologists tell us that eccentricity
alcoholism ami various forms of drug
addiction In parents may lead to aetmi
Insanity In the children. |
The role of alcohol and narcotic
drugs In the spread of Insanity is J
prominent one; hut In this connection
it IS difficult to distinguish cause from
effect. Eminent students of heredity
have recently delivered themselves „>
the opinion that alcoholism Is perhaps
more often the result of nervous Insta
bility than Is disease of the nervous
system the result of alcoholism- but
the two conditions are reciprocal each
aggravating the other and forming n
vicious circle which Is hard InderdM
break.
Perhaps our best hopes for the curb]
lng of Insanity and degeneration should
be placed In the science of eugenics
which sooner or later will regulate the
marriage of the physically and mental,
ly abnormal member* of society.
A more Immediate prospect for im
provement, however, may be seen In
the turning of the tide of the pop-ala-
tlon from congested city centers to-
ward the open country.
The Pioheers of Atlanta’s Water System
It Is said the trial of the government's
suit against the steel trust will lake
years. It Is a fact that steel daren't
dissolve rapidly, even tho the solvent
acid may be of considerable strength.
The government's suit charge* that
the steel trust magnates milled Presi
dent Roosevelt In that Tennessee foal
and Iron Company deal. Thin looks
like an attempt to bring Teddy Into
this business as a sort of co-respondent.
UNCLE WALT Vwlosopher
AMATEUR WEBSTERS OF AVIATION
J-rom Harper'* Weekly.
It does seem too bad that the growing
science of aeronautics should have such
a hard time In getting together a vocabu
lary fitted to ita needs. As In the case
of the allied acJenco of meteorology, or
that other modern branch of speclflo
knowledge, electric engineering, the pro
viding ft the necessary phraseology was
committed to educated technologists, and
expressions that carried real meaning did
not flount the dictates of plain common
sense or make a mock of their root der
ivation. But In the discussion of aero
nautical topics, apart from some of the
m j« composition of
a vocabulary that Is sometimes freakish,
sometimes foolish, but always without an>
systematic co-ordination. It may be. In
ns it were, without let or hindrance,
the same time, however, it Is not yet
too late to register a protest against
some of the more glaring misnomers that
unfortunately And their way Into print.
Beginning with "aeroplane,” that erlg-
Inated aa a compound of the French verb
E er.” meaning "to soar," or "to hover
producing a word that la both
reaque and poetic In. its own ver
of the "plane" or mathematics. Yet It Is
a certainty that no power-driven appa
ratus with plnne surface has thus far suc
ceeded In getting ofr the ground.
Home day, perhaps. If it should prove
to be In any way desirable, mankind will
mount into the blue empyrean with sup
porting appliances akin to those of the
humming hint, the butterfly, and other
flat-winged birds and Inspects, and so
high an authority aa Orville Wright has
eplgrammatlcally remarked that "the time
will come when men will fly with a pair
of shingles." But the advent of the
"ahlngleplane"—a veritable "plane"—la
far ofr. and the flying-machine gets ita
uplift, aa Prof. A. Isawrence Botch points
out, by compression, by attacking the
air vertically Instead of horizontally,
pressing downward with surfaces of
greater curvature than moat birds' wing*.
Hence, "aerocurve" was once used in
la justified of hla
preposterous definition la solely one of
convenience.
The compaot "aero" Is also frequently
requisitioned to denominate all kinds of
aerial apparatus, and, when adopted for
gas-borne appliances, can be made to
serve a useful purpose. It seems to "fall
down." however. If coupled with heavier-
than-alr contrivances. When Is a kite, a
flying fish, or a clam shell skittering over
the water an ’’aero," or. rather, an r *alr?"
How vlasHlfy Grannort's machine that
little more than a year ago made its first
and final appearance In public? Its In
ventor folded up Its single surface some
what after the fashion of a buggy-top.
‘ ‘ d. utilising
red
set his propdlor In motion, and.
his apparatus as a wind wagon, steel __
It thru the most crowded streets of Ber
lin, trundling from the Johannlsthal Held
to the Tegel drill ground. There, this
surface test being considered decisive. It
was Impounded by the military authori
ties, and will travel on long marches or
participate In military maneuvers, mov
ing along by Its own power, fully assem
bled snd ready for Immediate scout duty.
But suppose this wind wagon does not
make an ascension? Will It still rate aa,
an "aero?"
Or, to elucidate this Idea further, take
the huge "monoplane" Major von Parse-
vsl built sixteen months ago, when he
was scientifically demonstrating the limi
tations of that style of aircraft. By
means of the well-known and convenient
pontoon device, his mammoth model was
taking wing on* Lake Ptauen. Germany,
whenever required, or making trips over
the smooth surfaces of the water as s
catamaran, and. likewise, sliding down
nn Inclined track Into Its aqueous cradle
or trying its take-offs on the solid earth,
and vtulergoing these diverse tests as
nothing more than part of a day's work.
Was it an "aero," a "hydro," a "geo," or
all three combined? As s matter of fact,
the dynamically raised apparatus has now
become an appanage of two or three ele
ments, and getting Into the air, or stay
ing there for any length of time, may be
the most infrequent and least noticeable
of Ita functions.
It was to avoid such anticipated hotcli-
potch of meanings that the Aero Club of
th* sense of "aeroplane" of today, but
deservedly failed to get any extended |‘Me ^
any cur-
due to 1
_ — which j
than used to represent an object In mo- *'«“ '{om Ike I
tlon. Wherefore the ml.nomer. now cur-
rent will probably remain so for the time j {!?.»?,.« »hS n JSf
being, and may become permanently es- !SS n *JSiiJ8!H«ir S#**!
tshllshed. In fact, writer* to whom | ^ .. I" 1 *™'!'' 1 . , ,h .^
“aeroplane” and Its cognates arc highly .Ki
repugnant have been rorrsd to use them jS55SL ISf ifidK than 0 ale* ml’
to avoid tedious repetition. chin.. ivf.Chtv iff «chm?JV
On the other hand, there Is a chance, .MS? ,1'* JSSmStm
cnncededly a small one. that these Inec- }?' did n “ t . «
curacies will disappear from common M St l £Lv!fVSLi«hifu "«v5»f.>eI*'Se
In favor of something better. Ilko fast *J!T? n k or
droll abauNIty "aerodrome” ss an equlv- »*e.inrtemrdneTh* use
stent for "aerobkroe.” it Is -id 1»- some! B “‘ the sh2d
Investigators to be a coinage of Professor . [,!orrlnm*V' nJln» mntOln,- ths* society
Langley, snd by others that he merely JSlied eftentlon to TSSTthS abuaethe
tSSST.WjF j^usinjMmpwrttfwjg^wfjj^AMUi.
hsdrat Hylng-machfne that" was subse-
Edltor The Georgian:
I am In receipt of a clipping from
your paper of the 19th Inst., the con
tents of which I assure you I feel
very much Interested In. as It calls to
mind many plsasant associations In the
years that are gone.
It seems from the reading of this
article that there had been publish
ed In your paper some days previous,
an account of the death of William
HafTey, one of tho pioneer employees
of the old South river station of At
lanta’s waterworks, and was thought
to be the laet one of the old crew
that built and first operated Atlanta's
water system, which was an error,
which wee later corrected by a letter
from my friend, W. Green Middleton,
stating that Frank Smiley, he and my
self of the old operating crew are still
living.
Now, as I was a warm advocate and
took an active part In establishing u
city, a municipal *wned water plant
for Atlanta, and having been a mem
ber of the board of water commission
ers when the first or original plant was
constructed and put In operation, al
low me to give from memory, a brief
history of Its construction and opera
tion, and the men with whom l waa
associated during that time, all of
whom were prominent leading cltlsens
cf Atlanta of that day.
Major E. E. Rawson was president;
W. B. Cox. treasurer; Anthony Mur
phy. auditor; G. W. Adair, C. C. Han
cock nnd myself constituted the water
board, nil of whom, except myself, have
crossed over to the other shore.
Captain John A. Grant was cite
glneer; R. T. Snowden, consulting hy
draulic engineer, during the construc
tion of tho works.
The Holly system and machinery was
adopted anil a flve-mllllon set of pump,
lng machinery was put In operation In
August, 1875. I don't remember the
exact date. Fred Winn was put In
charge as superintendent; William u.
Richards, chief engineer, and John
Kershaw as assistant.
Some time later Kershaw resigned
and W. G. Middleton waa elected to li
the place made vacant by Kershaw
resignation.
In 1877, Fred Winn resigned, and
Chief Engineer Richards was promoted
to the superintendency, and W. a.
Middleton was majle chief, and I nnd
William Halfey were the Hrst and sec
ond assistant engineers.
In 1880, W. G. Middleton resigned
and the writer was. made chief, and
William HafTey and James B. Warren,
first and second assistant engineers.
On the 31st of March, 1885. I re
signed and was succeeded by Joseph H.
Travis as chief, and HafTey andl
Warren aa first and second assistant
engineers.
Blnce that time there have been many
changes In the peraonnel-of the board,
officers and employees of the works,
but being quite a distance away, have
not been able to keep up with the
changes. Yours truly,
GEORGE W. TERRY.
Tampa, Fla., Oct. 26, 1911.
CONVICTS CHEERING A CONVICT PLAY
HUBBY’S VIEWS.
"I think a trip to Europo would do
your wife good. However, I shall call In
another physician to tee If my diagno
sis Is correct." •
"I guess it's correct enough, doc. Bet
ter call in a dressmaker if you want to
hasten the wit"
j play of convict life, which on so many oc-
; casions has wormed the heartH of law-
abiding citizens of the land, 'was as much
of a thriller to nearly 2,000 prisoners at
the San Quentin prison. In California,
some two weeks ago. The prisoners, of
whom nine had been convicted to die,
cheered rampantly the exciting elements
of the play, and when at the end tho
hero's pardon is Anally secured, their J&
made Itself known for miles around. The
governor of California was himself an In
terested spectator, and, tho visibly affect •
ed by the scene, refused to make com
ment or to admit that he proposed par
donlng any of the condemned men. ; The
following account of this unique per
formance Is gleaned from The San Fran
cisco Evening Post of October 6. It re
counts that:
"Hitting with their heads bsred in the
sunlight of the prison yard, with ’con
demned row’ as the lobby of their open
air theater, 1,161 prisoners—nine of them
condemned to die—unfolded one of the
f reatest dramas of life today as ’Allas
Immy Valentine,’ the great convict plaj\
was enacted by the same company that
has been appearing before Ban Francisco
audiences.
"The production of the noted play,
which carries with It a mighty lesson to
all humanity, marked one of the most
remarkable Incidents In the history of
prisons. It was the first time In his
tory that a professional play, with all Ita
scenery and original cast, was ever given
Inside the walls of an Institution where
men snd women are denied the rlghta of
associating with persons of the outer
world because of their crimes against so
ciety.
"ft was the most unique audience that
ever gathered to witness a play and the
furnished a scene that has never before
been witnessed.
* "It was the drama of life revolving
about the drams of the stage, and as the
regeneration of the stageland burglar was
unrolded, the enthusiasm of the convicts
waxed warmer and warmer until It end
ed In a mighty cheer for the character
would have forgotten that he was In a
f Growth and Progress
X of the New South
V , i -urr, auoui ine pr.™,.
.* One of the largest and most v i the convicts made ready the stage set
prison. The convicts were not treated as
outcasts of society, but ks men of the
world. There were speeches, extolling the
virtues of the stageland burglar who
’turned good.'
"When the noon hour approached the
prisoners were taken to the prison yard,
where everything had been arranged for
the great show. They took their seats
even as you would take your seat in a
’flrst-come flrat-served’ theater. The pris
on band played the usual overture, and
then the curtain of canvas was raised and
’Allas Jimmy Valentine.’ with his message
of hope to the poor souls denied their
liberty, was theirs.
"The audience was composed of pris
oners, with the nine condemned men sit
ting clone by the fifteen women, who were
‘ ‘ Hoyle.
men and
RMMM—- lowed Inside the
walls.
"The plsy which dealt with a convict’s
struggles for reformation was presented
on a convlct-bullt stage, with part of
the scenery painted by convicts. A con
vict band furnished the music. The stage
was in a corner of tho prison yard and
the players' voices echoed back from the
windows of the death cell.
"When seemingly the last convict had
been seated on a slope looking over the
walls, nine cell doors clanked open and
as many men, condemned td death, clat
tered down the iron stairs snd lined up
at the foot, with George Figueroa, u
happy-faced boy, who fs to die for the
murder of his wife in Los Angeles, at
the head.
Mrs. Hlrom W, Johnson, wife of the
governor of California, with a member
of the state board of pardons and his
wife, were the only civilian guests j»rer
ent, altho high officials for three day
past interceded for themselves and their
friends to obtain admittance."
The first scene, we read, wss most
the i
•*T
prisoners com pared" ft * with their ow n
and that the experiment was a telling
one could be gathered from the expres
sions heard on all aides. All agreed that
the show was a good one. Home of the
men. prominent in the days before their
crime made them outcasts, reviewed the
show with the stoicism of the man of
the outer world.
"Others not so well groomed In the
advance of the drama talked of It as a
child with some new toy. They could
not review It with the same light that
the others had, hut Its moral sank all
the deeper, and for tha time they forgot
that they were looking and hearing only
the artificial life of tne stage and lost
themselves In Its story as tho they were
watching the game or life.
"From early morning there was muon
hurry and bustle about the prison, -
"Well, t live In hope now."
"What's happened?"
"Home of my rich relations have taken
up aeroplanlng.”
Washington newsp
What ls thV^sense of speaking
quentl)- proiryTto be'ell"thet. he clelmnl body’wouljfir ’Xvh , ,”*vofpt«ne." U wh» , n
for It. be thet n« tt mey. tho word. In wltlT lie .lion
the sense Indicated, had a short-lived and and Is coasting Klld'ng
vexatious existence before It was finally Jt SB? 1 "* * Uingt
abandoned by general consent.
The highwayman of oltion days wag wont to haunt the
lonely ways, upon hia prancing steed, and when a traveler
came by, the robber said, “Shell out or die, and show your
highest speed!” And hnving swiped the
THE MERRY MEN pilgrim’s roll, he galloped off, gay, jaunty
soul, some damsel fair to see;* a little
while he went hia way, and then upon some dismal day he
graced the gallows tree. The robber of these modern times
don’t ride the highway for his dimes, or flourish blunderhus;
ha haa a handsome, gilded lair and by his wiles entices there
■oine unsuspecting cuss. And then he sells the victim shares in
wireless fake and other snares, in moonlight and blue sky. For
him no gallows creaks and groans; he robs his victims of their
bones and winks the other eye. I tike the old-time robber best;
he had a bold heart in hia breast, his life was in his hand: and
even on the scaffold lie was finer than the crooks we see in this
knave-ridden land. WALT MASON.
Copyright. 1»11, by Gevrc, Matthew Adam,
t tcrlsatlon at present
! ahi;,." Time end Again one ran nee heart
line* like thin: "Airship Flies ISO Miles
j an Hour." or "Airship Fill!*; Avnli.tr Kill-
1 ed," when It to the weighty rtying-ma-
chine that to meant. If tne generic term
“aircraft" hnd been employed, there
would have been no atrucloua t assault
upon our language. But "airship" con
tains one letter tne lesc. and that means
much to the worried epttomlxer. Rated
according to alse. It would b« a* per-
mlaalbla to apeak of a yacht aa an ocean-
liner, nr a naphtha tender aa a yacht,
aa to rank the automobile of the air with
an airship Then, too, the latter to a
buoyant affair, floating by Ita own levity
and. If need be. sailing with wtn.1 minus
— — whereas the
eus-
by a
reverse process.
If this slipshod use of "airship,’ how
ever, to a banality when confined to need
less writers, what shall be said of the
law-making power of a sovereign state
that gives even qualified sanction to such
flagrant misprision of meaning? Yet that
to exactly What tha legislature and gov
ernor of the state of Connecticut have
done In a tow recently passed for the par
tial regulation of flying machines ami
other aircraft. The text of the offending
section declare*: "The term 'airship' tn
this act Includes ev.ry kind of vehicle
and, If need be. sailing with wind n
any other propelling force, whereat
heavier-than-alr apparatus gets Its
tatnlng power, aa already Indicated.
or drifting ns the birds do
At nil events, n stock of appropriate
aeronautical phraseology, useful to all
kinds of writers, has been lying at hand
for some time past, ready to pick amt
choose front, a valuable repository that
has been only occasionally called Into
eervlcq. It might atilt be made available
If there were an authoritative association
In this country, one that commanded gen
eral respect, to frame therefrom a ra
tlonal compendium, tnke up Its dissemi
nation. and push the crusade with tact
and determination.
Hard Hit.
From The Washington Btar.
“Did the recent drouth Hurt you
fanners much?"
"I should say It did." answered Mr.
t’omtosscl. "We used to make a heap
o’ money haulin’ out automobiles that
got stalled. While that drouth waa on
wc couldn’t afford to haul water to keep
up some of our best mudholea.”
A Delicate Compliment.
From The United Presbyterian.
"I got a great deal of water In my
ears,'' he aald, a* he cam* puffing out of
the surf.
"I thought th* ocean looked rather
low," replied hi* friend.
A 6TORM OP WORDS.
"Rain falls more frequently between
th* hour* of 8 end 8, o'clock In the mora
ine than at any other tlm*."
"I always get Into a storm when I
reach home between those hours"
+ now being undertaken In the Brts
tot, Va.-Tenn., section 1s that of 4*
. + the Champion Lumber Company. +
4* which some months ago acquired 4*
+ tile Pigeon River Lumber Compa- 4’
!+ ny. of Crestmont, N. C_ together 4"
• 4- with the.smalt bandmlll. railroad 4>
! •!’ and timber property. The com- +
j 4’ pany ls Installing a modern eight- 4*
• v foot bandmlll In the place of the
4" Pigeon River Company's mill, and
+ ls building a new line of railroad 4-
for the development of an area of 4-
‘ ‘ ' i +.
stage hand. Captain William G. I.eale.
of the steamer Caroline, and known as
the 'prisoners' triend,' carried extra
chalra and irenery from this city to the
Prison early In th* day. and the prisoners
hustled as they never did before to get
everything In place In time for the cur
tain to rise on time.
"When It won ttme for the play to be
gin. the prisoner^ gathered in the grounds
where a natural amphitheater Is formed
under the walla of the old aaah factory
No extra guards were employed, and the
convicts moved In an orderly manner, q
wns an event Indeed In their lives, and
to some It brought back th* ever-haunting
4* nearly 160,000 acres of virgin
4> hardwood timber land.
t T !’* ‘iiX!r p, »h 1 ' U .h b * r .K < ’ 0n, ? a ’ t!' 1 *"'"? «S ,I OtSltff ar/ tni different
♦ ny Is allied with the t hamplon 4" characters. One, the stage warden, l*
v Fiber Company, and the latter 4* nn unthinking, unsympathetic, uncouth
owns and operates at Canton. N. 4- P,™ 1 '- John Hoyle, warden of San Quen-
4. I’ the two largest wood duId 4- t,n - to a fair friend, kind and considerate
, .L, gn,ith These were a, - of erery man who wears the stripes. The
* Sit fi.i .LUrafieS liman that stalked the boards In that pris-
+ put Into operation last year. Boon + on yard was far different In his relait n
4- thereafter the owners of the 4 1
4- Champion Fiber Company formed 4-
+ the Champion Lumber Company, 4’
4* and It purchased the property of +
4* the Pigeon River Lumber Compa- 4*
4- ny, Including an area of 60.000
4* acre# of timber land. The cSmpa-
4> ny haa since acquired some i0,-
4> 000 acres more of timber land and
4- to now preparing to 'develop the
4> property on a large scale. The
+ dally rapacity of the sawmill will .
4> be 126,000 feet. In addition the +
on yard was far different In his - , l
to 'Allas Jimmy Valentine' than Warden
Hoyle appears In the eye* of the unfor
tunstes In the prison.
"Jimmy Valentine himself Ulustrale*
'honor among thlevee.' on the stage h"
to portrayed, by H. B. Warner, an Eng
lishman. and he captivates you from tlw
moment he mskes his first appearance
I till the curtain drops. He never -peaches
I on hla ‘pals.’ and III* hla very stesjtfs*:-
ness that wins for him hla reward In the
I end.”
• Nerq’e Proviso.
4- company will have modern dry+| From Tho Cleveland Plain Dealer.
4> kiln* and the most modern equip- 4* The committee had called to sugg>--<
4-ment for logging. The lumber will 4’j government by commission to Net".
+ be shipped out b)T way of New- + and that eminent ruler listened atten-
4- port Tenn- and a new line of rail- 4* [lively and smiled approvingly.
4* road Is now being built from Can--4>i "It looks good to me," he said: "pro-
4- ton. the site of th* pulp mills, -to +lvldlng. of courses, that I am the com-
4* Watervflle. 4-1 mission!" . .
* 1 Whereupon the committee laugh* •*
J diplomatically and withdrew.