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SKETCH OF THE CAREER OF WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN Without holding any official posi tion to lift him to public view, it is nevertheless a curious fact that the personality of William Jennings Bryan has prominently impressed it self on the country. To be great is easy for the man who succeeds. But here is the man who failed, and has grown great and more fy’eat. Only a ruler or a general has received more public attention than he. Princes and potentates have entertained him. Yet he is only an American private citizen. William Jenning3 Bryan is a na tive of Illinois, having been born in that State on March 19, 1860. He received his early educa 1 ion in the public schools and Whipple Academy. Was graduated in 18 81 at the Illinois College, Jacksonville, and was the valedictorian of his class; received the degree of A. M. from the same in ’ii’,'. rWILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. A 7'jfiu stitution in 1884, and from the Union College of Law at Chicago, in 1883. In October, 1884, Mr. Bryan was married to Miss Mary E. Baird, of Perry, 111. He practiced law at Jack sonville, 111., from 1883 to 1887, since which time he has practiced his pro fession at Lincoln, Neb., where lie Jias made his home. He was a memneroi Congress from the Lincoln (Neb.) district from 1891 to 1895. In 1893 Mr. Bryan received the Democratic vote for the United States Senatorship, and in 1894 he was nominated in the Nebraska State Democratic Convention for U. S. Sen ator, but w r as defeated by the Hon. John M. Thurston. During 189 4 to 1896 Mr. Bryan was editor of the Omaha World-Her ald. In 189 6 he was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Chicago; he wrote the “silver plank” in the platform, and after making a notable and stirring speech he was nominated for the Presidency. Dur ing the campaign he traveled over 18,000 miles, and made speeches at almost every stopping place; he re ceived 176 electoral votes against 271 for the late William McKinley. In 1897-8 he lectured on bimetal ism, and in May, 1898, he raised and organized the Third Regiment Ne braska Volunteers, infantry, for ser vice in the Spanish-American War, and became colonel of the regiment. In 1900 he was again nominated for President on the Democratic tick et, and also received the endorsement of the Populist and Silver Republi can conventions. Mr. Bryan made another active canvass, but was again defeated, this time receiving in the electoral college 155 votes as against 293 for Mr. McKinley. Soon after his last Presidential de feat Mr. Bryan established The Com moner, a weekly political journal, in which he has kept the public posted as to his views on political subjects. From this journal, lectures and books, “The First Battle,” and “Un der Other Flags,” and from his nu merous special articles written for other magazines and newspapers, Mr. Bryan has amassed a comfortable competency. Within the past two years Mr. Bryan has made a tour of the world, BIRTHPLACE OF W. J. BRYAN, AT SALEM, ILL. (On this site a library will be built to mark the spot in the future.) Jottings About Sports. J. F. Taylor won the open golf championship of France, defeating Massey, Braid and Vardon. EL J. Mills, with a fifteen foot rod, made the record cast of 140 feet in the annual flyand bait casting tourna ment at Harlem Mere, in Central New York. i !tfiss May Sutton, the champion '■woman tennis player, sends word tvbm Santa Barbara, Cal., that she Challenges to a match in singles Maurice McLaughlin, champion in singles for the Pacific Coast; and has had distinguished considera tion shown him in Japan, China, Rus sia. Continental Europe and England. At the request of King Edward he had an audience with that famous British ruler. The Lord Chancellor of England praised him before the Inter-parliamentary Conference; that distinguished assemblage cheered his speech and adopted his international peace resolution. Mr. Bryan lives in a substantial red-brick house four miles out of Lin coln, at a little settlement called Nor mal. The trolley will take you there, tall sunflowers brushing the car win dow as it passes through. In the little country church just at the edge of his own cornfield, he worships on Sunday. Sometimes he preaches there. His wife and daughter teach in the Sunday-school. It is a Meth odist church, but it is nearer than the Presbyterian church, where he and Mrs. Bryan hold their membership. She was brought up a Methodist any how, and when they moved to Nor mal she said, “Will, I’ve gone to your church ever since we were married. Now let’s go to mine.” So later the children, Grace and William, joined there. William J. Jr., is eighteen years old, and a freshman in Nebras ka State University. MRS. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. “Fairview” the Bryans call their place that covers two hundred acres. Land around there is worth from S2OO to SSOO an acre. So it can be figured that Mr. Bryan is comfortably well-to-do. Those that have less might call him a rich man. What he has, he has made from his lectures and his books and from The Com moner, published in a plain country newspaper office in Lincoln. Before the Bryans had as much as they have now, they lived in a little frame house on a muddy street in Lincoln, on his country lawyer’s in come of SIBOO a year. You just nat urally speak of them as “the Bryans,” for through all of the man’s career, the woman has kept step at his side. “We always do everything together, my wife and I,” he says with a pride that has never waned. Long ago, just after their marriage, she studied law and was admitted to the bar. She did it not to practice law, but to be able “to help Will,” She has read her way through all the political economy that he teaches. There is neither pomp nor cere monial at Fairview. By 7 o’clock every morning life is astir there. Half-past 7 is the breakfast hour. The Newsy Paragraphs. A Pacific torpedo fleet of three flo tillas has been organized. H. M. Flagler resigned as a vice president of the Standard Oil Com pany. Dr. Darlington expressed the belief that New York City’s decreased death rate indicated a return to normal living. It has been decided to hold the Goshen races, at Middletown, N. Y., this season, despite the enactment of the anti-race track gambling law. The purses will not be cut down. English breakfast custom prevails.: That is, the family does not breakfast together as a rule. Mrs. Bryan usual ly is the first to enter the dining room, which is handsomely furnished in heavy black manufac tured especially for het Neither she nor Mr. Bryan drinks coffee or tea N Nor do the children. Unless, there-! fore, there are guests in the house thej cook never prepares either of these Mr. Bryan and Hia Grandchildren, Ruth and Bryan Leavitt. beverages except for herself. Each member of the household orders ap propriate dishes demanded by the morning appetite. Guests do the same. Mr. Bryan seldom takes a walk around the estate before breakfast. A cold bath is indulged in as soon as he rises. Then he hastily prepares his toilet and descends to the base ment dining room for a hearty break fast of eggs, usually scrambled, beef steak or broiled chicken, hot corn cakes and milk fresh from his own dairy. After this he plunges into the work of the day. He receives his mail by rural free delivery. He goes over the first batch before Mrs. Bryan has put her household affairs in shape to join him in his workroom. Then he begins dictating to her. Mr. Bryan is a rapid talker, but his wife, al though knowing none of the estab lished stenographic systems, is able to keep pace with his dictation. She uses a method of abbreviations of her own contrivance. He also dictates to her most of his editorials for The Commoner. Mrs. Bryan understands the political situation in detail almost as well as her husband. For years she has been traveling with him, meeting the men who confer with him and taking part in the discussions. She now has a most capable private secretary and handles a heavier cor respondence tjian Mr. Bryan. She re ceives herself a great many letters and all set answers. She also an swers a great many letters of her husband’s. He indicates the answers and she dictates the replies. His editorials in The Commoner and much of his other literary work is dictated to her, and she writes on the typewriter instead of taking notes. She is a capable and experienced writer, and those who are familiar with this class of work can under-i stand the advantage of having an amanuensis who is always ready with a word, a phrase or an idea. In this respect the two are in perfect sympa thy and together perform an incred ible amount of work without apparent fatigue. They intersperse this with attention to visitors and other mat ters. Two interesting personages of the Bryan household are the grandchil dren, Ruth and Bryan Leavitt, aged four and three. They are the chil dren of Homer and Ruth Bryan Leavitt. Mr. Bryan has no office in the shop in Lincoln where The Commoner is published, but occasionally he drops in to see how the paper is getting along. This is a typical country news paper office. It smells of benzine and printer’s ink. Old piles of exchanges are in the corner, and the man who gets a chair with a whole bottom in it is fortunate. Cartoons and prints decorate the walls, and scraps of re print are pasted here and there. The flies feed on the flour paste and the inkwells clog up with ants. The smoking pipes of the printers are older than the town and stronger than the uplift movement in the office of a reform magazine. It is interesting to note that this is the headquarters of the whole Bryan movement. There are no smart head clerks and liveried mes senger boys. It is said that The Commoner pays its editor about $2 00 a month and others “get a good living.” It is a fairly prosperous . property, but no strain is made to pile up big profits. That is immediately plain to any experienced newspaper man who watches the way of doing things. Mr. Bryan is apparently content to have it disseminate his doctrines, to pay its own way ana support its workers, and give fair returp**^""^ JUDGE GEORGE GRAY, Of Delaware. Notes of the Diamond. Manager Jim McGuire has the Bos tons hustling until the last man is out. The Cleveland Club has reinstated pitcher Jake Thielman, who was re cently laid off without pay owing to lack of condition. Good old George Van Haltren is still in harness, and is guiding the destinies of the Oakland team in the Pacific Coast League. The leg he broke at Pittsburg when a Giant nev er bothers him, and he is hitting the ball with a vengeance. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE IN THE HOUSE. July 8. Besides the introduction of a num ber of new bills, the entire time of the house of representatives was occupied Wednesday morning with an instruc tive address from Honorable John H. Wallace, Jr., commissioner of game and fish for the state of Alabama, and a continuation of the discussion upon the bill of Mr. Alexander of DeKalb, for the extension of the Western and Atlantic railroad to the sea. Mr Alexander concluded his argu ment in favor of the bill, which lasted four hours, and at its conclusion he was given the hearty applause of his colleagues and many personal con gratulations for the able manner in which he had presented his side of his argument. Mr. Alexander w r as followed by Mr. Boyd of Spalding and Mr. Hall of Bibb both of whom spoke in opposition to the bill. A number of bills were put upon their second reading, several reports of house committees vvere submitted and the house adjourned at 1:10 o’clock until 9 o’clock Thursday morn ing. July 9. The house of representatives was accupied all of Thursday morning with a continuation of the discussion of the bill by Mr. Alexander of De- Kalb, providing for the extension of the Western and Atlantic railroad to the sea. During the session Messrs. Hall of Bibb (who completed his argument begun Wednesday), Chamlee of Floyd, Heard of Dooly and Ryals of Bibb, spoke in opposition to the bill while those in its favor were Messrs. Shaw r of Clay, Hill of Monroe, Slater of Bryan and Wright of Floyd, who had the floor at the hour of adjournment. July 10. Debate on the bill of Mr. Alexander of DeKalk providing for the exten sion of the state road, w r as cut short in the house Friday when Mr. Wright of Richmond introduced a resolution providing that the proposition be re ferred to a special committee compos ed of nine responsible men w'ho shall make a report of their investigations to the next general assembly. The substitute w'as adopted by a vote of 132 to 1. Mr. Tyson of Eman uel was the member voting against the substitute. By unanimous consent the house passed the bill by Mr. Butt of Fan nin to amend the charter of the city of Blue Ridge and adjourned. July 11. The house was in session but 42 minutes Saturday during which time the following bills w'ere passed: To incorporate towns of Williams ville, Center, Kingsland, Leon, Vi detee, Riverton and Chalybeate Springs; to amend charters of towns of Ochlocknee and Midville; to amend act incorporating Hoschton; to re peal act incorporating Fairmount and to establish new charter for Fair mount; to create board of health for Athens; to create boards of county commissioners for Glascock and Ap pling counties; to repeal act making roads in Terrell county twenty feet wide; to authorize election on bond issue in Cherokee county. Fourteen new' bills w r ere introduced. July 13. The Foster service pension bill wa| defeated in the house of representa tives Monday afternoon for lack of constitutional majority, after a morn ing of heated debate and an extension of time for its final disposition. The vote for the bill was 113 and the vote against it 24, the necessary two-thirds vote being 122. The bill was, there fore, lost. The bill provides that all confeder ate veterans who own property valued at less than $1,500 and all widows of veterans who married prior to 1870 shall receive pensions. Messrs. Heard of Dooly, Shaw of Clay, spoke in favor of the bill and Messrs. Barrett of Stephens, Candler of DeKalb and Wright of Floyd spoke in opposition to the measure. July 14. After a long discussion, the house passed a substitute to a bill previous ly introduced by Mr. Shaw of Clay county, which demands an immediate investigation of the charges which have been recently made against the state prison commission, its officers, employes, agents, the lessees of con victs, the conduct of wardens, and in fact an investigation of all matters pertaining to the handling by the com mission of the state’s convicts. The resolution calls for the appoint ment of a committee of five, of which number three are to be named by the speaker of the house from the mem bers of the house, and two are to be named by the president of the senate from the'members of the senate. The paper will be immediately sent to the senate for action, as it is of joint char acter and must be sanctioned by the higher body. Under the terms of the substitute adopted, the committee of five can be gin its work at once, but has leave, if desired, to sit in vacation. It has the right to summon j)efore it all wit nesses desired, and tq punish them for contempt as in courts of law. The substitute passed by the over whelming vote of 141 to 15. The following superintendents were elected: Chufjgh work, Mrs. J. J. Ans ley; enrollment, Miss H. Augusta Howard; literature and press, Mrs. DeLaey; and legislation and petition, Mrs. Jennie Hart Sibley. The Medical College of Georgia, lo cated at Augusta, is suing the United States of America, claiming damages to the extent of SIO,OOO for the occu pation of property belonging to that institution by Federal soldiers for a period of three years immediately after the Civil war. The following resolution was pass ed by the seventh congressional dis trict Farmers’ Union at Cartersville, Ga. “Resolved, That we urge our senators and congressmen to secure, if possible, the passage of the general and local parcels post bills as advo cated by our postoffice department. IN THE SENATE. July 8. The discussion of the house bill ap propriating $15,000 to the Georgia Normal and industrial college at Mil ledgeville, occupied a great part of the senate’s session on Wednesday. After a heated debate consuming about an hour of the senate’s session, Bill passed by vote of 35 to 6. Senator Deen’s bill to require all births of children to be reported to the ordinaries of the several counties, etc., was defeated by a vote of 25 to 15, but notice w r as given of a motion to reconsider. Two local bills which had been sent in from the house w r ere passed. The house bill introduced by Mr. Tift of Dougherty, knowm as the en gineers’ bill, prohibiting the employ ment of inexperienced persons as lo comotive engineers was then taken up and passed by unanimous vote. The resolution of Senator Hardman to memorialize congress to establish a national bureau of health, w r hich was read on Tuesday, was passed. July 9. The question of the establishment of new r counties came up before the senate on Thursday and occupied the attention of that body during practi cally all of the session. This was the only measure debated during the ses sion, and the discussion w r as heated and long draw'n out. Senators Felder, Henderson, Wilkes and Steed spoke in favor of the measure, while Senators Wright and Camp opposed it. Despite the voluminous argument offered on both sides of the question, the senate adjourned taking action on the bill. July 10. A message from the governor w r as announced at the opening of the sen ate Friday to be considered in ex ecutive session. It referred to ap pointments. Senator Whatley’s bill with refer ence of new counties was further dis cussed. A call for the previous ques tion w r as sustained and four amend ments offered by Senators Akin, Willi ford, Felder and Knight were de feated. 0 The amendment of Senator Farmer was unanimously passed. On the final vote the bill as amend ed was killed —ayes, 15; nays, 23. A bill by Senator Wilkes to amend an act to "establish the city court of Moultrie was passed. July 11. There w r as no session of the senate Saturday, that body having adjourned Friday until Monday. July 13. Senator Steed w'as in the chair when the senate convened Monday morning in the absence of President Flynt, who is still detained on account of the illness of his father. Senator Hardman moved that Sena tor Felder’s bill for withdrawing the appropriations for compiling the colo nial records, and which was favorably reported by the appropriations com mittee, be re-committed in order that ex-Governor Candler be given a hear ing on the matter, the ex-governor liv ing in his district. Senator Felder and Senator Knight opposed this action. However, the sen ate decided to give the ex-governor this hearing by a vote of 18 to 9. House resolution by Mr. Candler of DeKalb, looking to the University of Georgia taking part in the $10,000,000 foundation fund by Andrew Carnegie, w r as discussed in the senate. This resolution, favorably reported by the committee, was passed by the house and was concurred in by the senate. At 11:45 o'clock the senate adjourn ed to meet Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. July 14. A motion to investigate the news paper charges of misconduct and graft in the convict lease system was adopt ed by the senate Tuesday after a heat ed debate. The house bill appropriating $15,000 to the University of Georgia was pass ed by a vote of 25 to 8. Senator Knight gave notice that he w'ould move a reconsideration. The house bill introduced by Mr. Tift, of Dougherty, to require rail roads of the state to equip locomo tives w'ith electric headlights caused considerable discussion. A committee on this bill had reported favoring the passage of this bill. This report was disagreed to bv a vote of 19 to 11. As first business of Tuesday’s ses sion the house passed the following local bills: By Mr. Massengale of Warren —to extend the city court of By Mr. Donaldson of Decatur —To ex tend the time for beginning work on the Georgia Southwestern and Gulf railroad. By Mr. Sumner of Turner — To amend act creating city court of Ashburn. The Uncle Remus Memorial Associ ation has been organized in Atlanta, its object being the erection or pur chase of some suitable memorial to the memory of the late Joel Chandler Harris. The largest new-born babe on rec ord came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Thomas, near Senoia, a few days since. It measured 28 inches "in height, and weighed 28 pounds. Around the muscle of the arm meas ured 6 inches, and around its chest 18 inches. The baby was larger than many 3-year-old children. Anew rural route between Zoar and B'litch, in the northern part of Bulloch county, has been established. Another route will be established soon, making a total of seventeen in Bulloch county. John Runte, German, who has al ready faced two lunacy commissions, is again under arrest * at Savannah, and will be tried on the lunacy charge Runte came into prominence when he declared that he had found a way of purifying all the milk in the world, and that he had been promised $5,000,- 000 by the United States government for his invention, $1,000,000 of which was to be paid in advance. Syrup acts gently yet prompt ly on the bowels, cleanses the system ejjectuallv, assists one in overcomiuci habit uni constipation permanently. To get its beneficial effects buy the Genuine. Manufactured by the CALIFORNIA Fig Syrup Cos. SOLD BY LEADING DRUGGISTS-504f.BaTTil At Last. Bud Dozier was making his first ba! loon ascension. “Cast off!’’ he cried, and the balloon slow r ly left the earth. “Not rising very fast,” he remarked to his pilot. “No,” said the pilot, "throw out a sack of sand.” He did so, and some time later h the night he awoke and found his pi * low' on the floor. —St. Louis Despatch' TETTEBIXE-A RELIABLE CURE. Tettebine is a sure, safe and speedy for eczema, tetter, skin and scalp diseases and itching piles. Endorsed by physicians praised by thousands who have used i; Fragrant, soothing, antiseptic. 50 , at druggists or by mail from J. T. Shuptbine Dept. A, Savannah, Ga. Some men have money to burn be cause they don’t burn it. Hicks’ Capudlne Cures Headache, Whether from Cold, Heat, Stomach, 'or Mental Strain. Iso Acetanilid or dangerous drugs. _ It’s Liquid. Effects immediately. 10c., 25c., and 50c., at drug stores It is better to be born plucky than rich and unlucky. GEE! DON’T THAT CORN HURT! Stop the pain and get rid of the corn quickly and permanently. Abbott’s east In dian coun paint will remove any corn, bun ion or callous spot without cutting, burn ing, or ‘'eating” the flesh and leaves no soreness afterwards. Applied with a brush; mighty little trouble. 25c. at druggists .or by mail from The Abbott Cos., Savannah, Ga, BOOKS RETURNED AFTER YEARS. One Came Back to Philadelphia Library After a Century. With the best systems and most careful watching books go astray, but it is hard to write them off as entire ly “lost,” sanee they have a way of turning up that is only paralleled by the c.at of lyric fame. The other day at the desk of one of the oldest city institutions 'the Phila delphia library, at Locust and Juni per streets, there w'as returned by a fair borrower a book that bad been out a little over three years. For tunately for the borrower no fines w'ere exacted, and after she had gone the question as to whether the wom an had not established a record was asked. “>No, indeed,” said the librarian. “We have in this library several volumes that were held ten, fifteen and twenty years, and one book that was returned to us after being gone for over a century! It is one 0: a valuable set of the classics, and ait"" succeeding in hiding itself so long finally turned up in Holland, where dts label declared its lawful place 0- abode and the honest finder lost no .time in forwarding it to Philadelphia. Yes, sir, w r e have hooks out stnl longer and I have not the least doum that some of them will yet find w 1 way back to our shelves.” Pinlade phia Record. DIFFERENT NOW. Athlete Finds Better Training Food. It was formerly the belief that to become strong, athletes must ca. plenty of ‘meat. This is all out of date now, ana many trainers feed athletes on well-known food, Grape-Nuts, niat*c of wheat and barley, and cut the me a down to a small portion, once a day. “Three years ago,” writes a Mien man, “having become interested - athletics, I found I would have to - eating pastry and some other k .- of food. . , “I got some Grape-Nuts ana soon eating the food at. every w a • for I found that when I went on track, I felt more lively and ac 1 • _ “Later, I began also to art > Postum In place of coffee and t - * ■ I gained muscle and strength on diet was certainly jreat. On t e of a field meet in June I weighed - pounds. On the opening of tne 1 ball season in Sept., I weighei - I attributed my fine condition ‘ good work to the discontinuation improper food and coffee, an using of Grape-Nuts and Postum, principal diet during training being Grape-Nuts. r “Before I used Grape-Nuts I r * felt right in the morning a ' kind of ‘out of sorts’ with my b ach. But now when I rise I feel go and after a breakfast large*. of Grape-Nuts and cream, and a >1 Postum, I feel like a Dt “There’s a Reason.” Rattlo Name given by Postum Co -* t 0 Creek, Mich. Read “The Road Wellville,” in pkgs. ne * Ever read the above letter *. one appears from time j“^ bun ,a are genuine, true, and tu Interest.