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~ ENGLISH IN MEXICO.
Professional and Basinets Men Adopting
It For Commercial Purposes*
The growing use of English in
Mexico is a sign of the times. The
robust and businesslike tongue of
the Anglo-Saxon has pushed French
back into second place among for
eign languages spoken here. A
email army of teachers find a good
living in imparting knowledge of
English, and the government has
made English a part of its educa
tional course in schools of the higher
grade. Not to have some acquaint
ance with English is to argue oneself
behind the times.
The locomotive was the pioneer
of the linguistic revolution. It
brought new ways, exactitude, punc
tuality, modern styles of dress,
Yankee furniture, watches and type
writers and the great gift of the
cosmopolitan, English speech, which
makes the man possessing it a citi
zen of the world.
A man might live always in the
City of Mexico and get on very well
with nothing but English. lie can
order his clothes, hire a room in a
hotel or boarding house, all in Eng
lish. Waiters and barbers pick up a
little of the current linguistic coin
so as to improve their positions.
Hundreds of Mexican lads employed
in the railway offices and in mer
cantile and banking concerns have
learned English well and speak it
fluently. Even the newsboys can
call out“ English paper!’’or sell you
"matches.” A very large number
of people read English well, al
though speaking it little or not at
all. All the great and successful
lawyers know something of English.
A famous lawyer said to me ten
years ago, "I have learned English
because I see that it is necessary and
will give mo many new clients from
your country.” He was then a man
of small means. Today he is rich
because of his American corporation
connections, all gained through
knowing English. Yesterday I lis
tened with pleasure to the lucid ex
planation of a complicated matter
by a young Mexican lawyer, couched
in clear and concise English. He
had to make a subject clear to a
client .n a case involving much
money, and he did it perfectly. This
lawyer reads English half his leisure
time. But he has little opportunity
for reading, except late at night
and on the tram cars.
All over the City of Mexico one
sees English signs, often duplicating
Spanish announcements—as, for ex
ample, "Pension de ca hallos, ”
"Boarding stable“Dentista Amer
icano, ” "American dentist;” "Can
tina, ” "Barroom;” "Calzado de 1
das clases,” "Boots and shoes.”
English is taught in many of the
great public and private schools and
in all families where private tutors
are charged with the education of
the children. Many parents who
know no English insist on its being
thoroughly taught to their children,
considering it an essential of modern
education.
American and English business
men here mostly acquire a working
knowledge of Spanish for commer
cial purposes, and, vice versa, Mex
ican professional men do the same
for business reasons.
In all the large shops hero English
is spoken as a matter of course. It
has become necessary. In many cul
tivated Mexican families English
has become general and is used in
talking at table before the servants,
so they may not "catch on” to the
topic under treatment. It has usurp
ed the place of French as not only
an elegant but a useful accomplish
ment.—City of Mexico Cor. Boston
Herald.
Thia Age.
The twentieth century promises
to be full of interesting novelties.
We can look on the canvas and see a
whole regiment go through its drill
or the toreador and bull in deadly
conflict. We can hear Paderewski
at the piano and Calvo behind the
footlights in "Carmen. ” With the
microphone we can listen to the pat
ter of a fly's feet on the window pane,
and the telephone reproduces the
voice of a speaker who is a thousand
miles away. These, however, are
only stepping stones to higher
things, and though they are marvels
there are still greater things to come
which will make such achievements
small and insignificant. Mr. Tesla
tells us, through the New York Her
ald, that it may be possible to see
the face as well as hear the voice of
the speaker who is a thousand miles
away. There are difficulties in the
path, but the scientific imagination
predicts success, and Tesla declares
that he has hope.
What Labor Does.
In order to illustrate the enhance
•aent of values by labor Thomas
Morris lately told the Staffordshire
(England) iron and steel managers
that he had in his possession drawn
wire worth $4.33 a jxiund, or more
than SB, 600 per ton. Pinion wire he
priced at $43,200 per ton. Hair
spring wire is worth $400,000 per
ton, and the barbed wire used by
dentists in tooth nerve extraction
$2,150,000 per ton. The basic ma
terial of all is ordinary cheap ore.
SHE WAS TOO BRAVE. "
And Had Mistaken Her Man When She
Chased a Burglar Out of the House.
"Lock here,” said the girl in
blue, "I want to know what is the
matter at your house. I hear”—
"Don’t,” said the girl in gray.
“It makes me feel sick. I’ve given
up athletics forever, given my gym
nasium suit to a beggar, and now
I’m reducing the size of my waist
and learning to scream if anybody
says ‘Mouse!’ ”
"Good gracious! What on earth
is the matter? Are you losing your
mind, or are you engaged to a po
et?”
"Neither, dear. But I’ve decided
that feminine bravery is not appre
ciated in this world. You know I
wrote you that my brother Tom bad
asked me to come to town and keep
house for him for a week?”
"Yes, but you didn’t tell me why
you had suddenly become such a
good sister that you would leave Del
avan just when it was gayest in or
der to soothe your brother’s loneli
ness. ”
“Didn’t I? Well, Tom wrote me
that his friend Fred Innit was cn
his way to the Pacific slope and in
tended to stop over with him for a
few days; also that the house look
ed like a residence in one of the bur
ied cities we read of. I temporized
until he offered me that lovely ruby
pin of his - then I agreed to come.”
"I should think so, especially since
you have been dying to meet Fred
Innit ever since his rich uncle died
and”—
"Mhm! But Tom didn’t know
that. Tom writes an awful hand,
but I made out that Mr. Innit would
arrive on'Thursday, so came to town
Tuesday to set the house in order,
going straight there without stop
ping at Tom’s office. ”
“Oh, well, he expeetd you.”
"I hadn’t said when I’d come,
but I had a latchkey, so it was all
right. I wish you could have seen
the house. It was worse than I ever
dreamed. The woman had not yet
come to clean, but I hunted up an
old wrapper, tied my hair in a towel
and started to get things ready for
her. As I passed Tom’s room, the
door was ajar, and I glanced in.
There stood a man in front of the
bureau, evidently just about to rifle
it of its contents.”
"My goodness! What did”—
"I turned cold all over, for I
thought of the ruby pin, and I knew’
that Tom was just mean enough not
to buy me a new one if that was
stolen. ”
"And did you scream?”
“No. I just stepped into the next
room and got Jim’s revolver, and
then I marched into Tom’s room,
and before the burglar knew I was
there I had him covered. Then I
ordered him to throw up bis hands. ”
“Goodness me! Did”—
“He did. He had taken off his coat,
evidently meaning to dress in Tom’s
clothes and take everything ho could
lay his hands on. ”
“And what did ho”—
“He said coolly: “My good wom
an, you are quite mistaken. I am
not a burglar. 1’ ”
"He thought you were the woman
who had come in to clean, and he
would pretend to be a member of
the family. I've often read”—
“So have I. I was all ready for
him, and with that revolver pointed
at his head 1 made him march out
of that room, down the stairs and
out of the front door, protesting at
every step. ”
“Evidently a hardened profes
sional. Ho”—
"Yes. Then I didn't knowhow
many more there might be in the
house, so I sat on the bottom step
of the stairs waiting for Tom. He
rushed in in about half an hour.”
"And wasn't he proud of your
bravery?”
"He was not. The fact was that
it was not a burglar, but Fred Innit
himself. I had mistaken the day of
his arrival, Tom had left him home
to rest a bit while he went down to
the office, and I had driven him, hat
less and coatloss, out of the house
at the point of a revolver.’’—Chica
go Times-Herald.
Pratt and the Law Student.
Justice Pratt often said that there
were too many lawbooks. Meeting
a yoiing law student who had just
offered himself for the admission ex
amination, Justice Pratt asked him
what he had read in preparation for
the ordeal. The youthful limb of
the law named about all the ele
mentary treatises from Blackstone’s
“Commentaries” to date. Besides
these, he had studied the codes, read
Woolsey’s "Political Science, ” Lie
er's “Code on Poliflcal Ethics” and,
he said, "all the leading cases cited. ’’
"My heavens, boy!” exclaimed Jus
tice Pratt, "you've read enough to
ruin your chances as a lawyer for
life.”
A Safe Bet.
“Is your mamma in?”
."What’s your name?”
"I'm Mr. Whiteband, the new
minister.”
“Then, I think mam ma’s expectin
you--’cause she said she’d bet a
shillin you'd be sure to come on
washin day!’’-—London Fun.
THE TIPPING NUISANCE.
He Who Would Break It Up Would Ben
efit the Public.
Classified according to their atti
tude toward tips, the Americans
who trav el may be roughly divided
into three groups—those who are
rich, careless and liberal; those who
are of tough fiber and will give noth
ing that they do not feel is really
due, and those who either cannot
afford tips, or, being able to do so,
are annoyed with the sense that they
are paying what they do not owe
and are making it hard for those
who cannot pay or should not and
yet who cannot get the service they
are entitled to without it. To the
first and second classes the matter
is of little consequence. To the third
; it is sometimes a source of serious
j disturbance of mind or of still more
■ serious disturbance of the personal
lor family budget. To these the no-
I cessity of giving tips may be cither
a persistent and obtrusive nuisance
or a grave restriction on hard earn
ed enjoyment or -recreation.
Very few are blind to the pleas
ures of tipping. Even the poor man
who indulges in it with full knowl
edge of the sacrifice he is imposing
on himself or family and whoso in
dulgence is paid fur by a substantial
shortening of the outing he would
otherwise have is sensitive to the
gratification of occupying for a few
moments the position of a superior
person and is tickled by the flavor
of servility in the service he gets.
But in the sober reflection that
comes with the reckoning he may
see that the practice is substantially
an imposition and quite unjustified.
On railways and steamboats, in ho
tels and boarding houses, wherever
a regular charge is made for a well
defined equivalent, the rights of all
are the same, and common fairness
requires that these should be re
spected without favor or discrimi
nation. In the case of common car
riers and in the larger houses this
rule ought to bo observed with
strictness and can bo enforced per
fectly if those in authority choose so
to have it.
The entire feasibility of such a
system is shown in our social clubs,
where all tipping is strictly for
bidden. It is shown, too, in a few
rare instances of hotels and restau
rants, whose proprietors have found
it as profitable as it is decent to
make it known that they and they
alone will pay their employees. It
is not a question of what can bo
done, but of what employers are
willing ta do. And as to that there
is unfortunately very little room
for doubt. They will, as a rule, do
nothing. They will prefer the sav
ing, whatever it is, that they can
make in wages to the profit they
might make in increasing their cus
tom by a fair and impartial system
and to the satisfaction they might
find in such a system. Yet it is
; probable that if, say, the two great
. parlor car companies of the country
should unite in abolishing tips and
in enforcing faithful and courteous
service from those they employ
they could do much toward break
ing up the practice throughout the
land and without cost to them
selves. It would be as practical and
sensible a step as the adoption of a
better lubricant for the machinery.
It would reduce friction and make
travel more attractive, more gen
eral and in that ratio more profita
ble. The railroad magnate who
should in earnest establish such a
reform would do as good work as
he who founds a college.—New
York Times.
War Averted.
“If you put that umbrella in my
I eye again, as you have done twice
already, ” said the man in the brown
coat fiercely, “you’ll get a broken
bead.”
"It was as much your fault as
mine, ” retorted the man in the gray
coat. “If you want to kick up any
fuss about it, I'm ready for you.
I’m insured for SI,OOO a week in the
Self Protective Mutual association,
i and I'm craving for a broken head.”
The man in the brown coat looked
fixedly at the other. Evidences of a
severe mental conflict were visible
in bis face. At last he spoke.
“You're safe, ” he said. "I’jb an
agent for that company.”—Pear
son's Weekly.
Carelessness of Experts.
The remarkable thing about most
of the accidents that happen to bi
cyclists is that the injured is not a
novice on the wheel, but generally
an experienced if not an expert rid
er. The novices seem to have sense
enough to keep out of danger’s way.
But as soon as one becomes accus
tomed to the wheel he begins to
overestimate his ability to dodge
ianger when he gets into its path.
Witness the foolhardiness of the
Chicago youths who make a practice
of riding through the tunnels be
tween the cable cars.—Chicago Trib
une.
Its Meat.
“Paw,” asked Tommy, "what is
a bicycle meet?”
"Most any old pedestrian is likely
to be bicycle meat if ha can't look
two ways at once,” said Mr. Figg.—
Indianapolis Journal.
Burglary In Rome.
Rome, Oct, 29.—Burglars enter
ed the brokerage office of Cothran
& Co., last night’and took $15,000
in notes snd other papers from the
safe. The safe was not locked ind '
private drawers were pried open
with an iron bar.
The burglars entered by a win
d w. No money was secured.
Cothran &Co , are located in
the Armstrong hotel in the centre
of the city.
How to Cure a Severe Cold.
A few weeks ago the editor was
taken with a very severe cold that
< aused him to be in a most misera
ble condition It was undoubtedly
a bad case of la grippe and rc cg
nizhig it as dangerous he took im
mediate steps to bring about a
speeds’ cure. From the advertise -
input of Chamberlain’s CiUgh
Remedy and the many good recom
mendations included therein, we
concluded to make a first trial of
the medicine. To say that it was
satisfactory in its results, is put
ting it very mildly, indeed. It
acted like magic and the result was
a speedy and permanent cure .
The Banner of Liberty, Liberty
town, Maryland. The 25 and 50
cent sizes for sale by H. H. Arring
ton.
The English Mint.
Tho study of Hellenic art is a
realm of enchantment. We may
turn with wonder, not unmixed
with dismay, to our own modern
money. It is not a gratifying com
parison. Surely never were coins so
soulless, tamo or uninspired. We
have not a single piece comparable
—wo will not say to these Greek
marvels—but to mediaeval Italian
medal work. A Victorian shilling is
neither beautiful art nor good por
traiture. The exchange of the world
is negotiated with the meanest of
counters 1
Ten years ago the queen sat to
the late Mr. J. E. Boehm, R. A.,
and a new series of coins was issued.
Even prosaic Lombard street could
not tolerate the result. Mr. Thomas
Brock, R. A., and Mr. E. J. Poynter,
R. A., were called upon to furnish
new designs. There is perhaps no
living artist more sensitive to the
classic ideal or with a subtler quali
ty of genius, nor is there any more
consummate draftsman than Mr.
Poynter. But an ill fa to seems to
brood over our English mint. Who
will say that the muffled vacuity of
tho last attempt gives us any hope
for future English numismatics?
Oh, for the drill and burin of Evame
tus or of Kimon, or of the Terina
mint!—Good Words.
Posted.
Sunday School Teacher Now,
what little boy can repeat the short
est commandment? It has only four
words. I
Pupil—l can, miss.
Teacher—Well, what is it?
Pupil—Keep off the grass.—Bos
ton Courier.
Explained at East.
The ostrich when pursued in the
desert runs his head in the sand and
thinks he is hidden. This is because
there is more sand in the desert
than there is in the ostrich.—Boston
Transcript.
Ludwig IV of Germany and Otto
111 of the same country were each
designated the Infant. The first as
cended the throne at the age of 7,
the second at the age of 3.
Artificial legs and arms were in use
in Egypt as early as 700 B. C. They
were made by the priests, who were
the physicians of that early time.
A cross section of a grain of wheat,
examined under the microscope, |
show's three layers of cells, the out
ermost the longest.
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Local Schedule,
Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus railroad.
Eug’ene E. Jones, Receiver.
Passenger Schedule in effect May 3, 1896.
souTHßOtNri Stations. northround.
Sunday only Daily No 2. Daily No. 1. Sunday only.
C I’. M. A. M. p. M.
4-00 7.25 Chattanooga 640 950
4 05 7 30 Shops 6 35 9 50
4 27 7 57 Battletiield 6 11 9 22
436 801 ....Chickamauga 6 04... ....9 16
505 831 ....LaFayette 034 ....8 48
5 34 9 01 Trion 5 04 '. 8 17
5 44 9 11....Summerville 4 54 ...8 04
5 53 6 19.... Raccoon 4 46 \.. . 7 54
6 02 9 28 Lyerly 4 37 ....7 46
7 00 10 26 Rome 3 39 6 45
7 45 11 13 Cedartown ..,,252 6 00
H 45 Felton •• • -2 20
12 02 Buchanan 2 03
12 20 Bremen 1 45
12 50 Carrolton. 1 15
Connections are made at Cliattanoogs, Rome, Cedartown, Bremen and Ca
rolton with other lines at the epoints, Trains 3 and 4, Sunday only, off
splendid opportunity forthose desiringto visit Chickamruga and the'p t/oa
Military Park, or to spend the day at Chattanooga or Lookout Poii t, yy"” —-h
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