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The Miller County Liberal.
VOL. X.
MANYARE MANGLED
In Frightful Wreck of Train
on Outskirts of New York.
VICTIMS ROSILY WOMEN
t w,. Loaded With Theater Ma-
tinee Party a„a Was Go)rlg Bix . 9
ty Miles an Hour whrn |f
Left the Rails.
Twenty dead, two fatally hurt and
145 others more or less seriously in
jured, is the result of the wreck of
an electric express train on the New
York Central railroad at 205th street
and Webster avenue, New Y’ork
City, Saturday night. Os the large
number of injured, fifty, according to
the hospital and police reports, are
seriously hurt and the death list may
be increased. .Most of the others are
suffering from lacerations or shock
and will recover.
The train was filled with matinee
crowds and commuters, and was
made up of two electric motors, a
combination baggage and smoking car
and four passenger coaches. It left
the Grand Central station at 6:15
o’clock with the first scheduled stop
at White Plains. It was running at
high speed, probably 60 miles an
hour, when it reached Woodlawn
. road, where there is a sharp curve.
The motors and the second car took
the curve safely, but the following
coaches were derailed and tumbling
on their sides, were dragged 100
yards before the coupling gave way
and the four cars piled together in
ruins at the foot of a low embank
ment.
A sheet of electric flame enveloped
the rear car, and for a moment threat
ened to roast the victims pinioned
in the debris. The flames did not,
however, spread, and the horror of a
holocaust was avoided. As the cars
fell they smashed the third rail,
brtaking the current and ending th»
danger from this source. In the crash
which followed, there vyas death for
many, while practically every one in
the four coaches received injuries ot
some sort.
Many were ground to pieces, and
for hours identification was almost
hopeless. As the cars went over many
. ' ~.e pass. were thrown into
or through the windows, and so cut
and maimed.
Os those instantly killed, by far
lhe greater number were women.
Many were mangled beyond recogni
tion. Ambulances and surgeons from
every hospital in Bronx borough, and
from Bellevue in Manhattan, respond
ed to hurry calls, as did the two
fire engine companies and the police
reserves from many stations.
Many of the injured were quickly
extricated from the wreckage, while
others were so pinioned that they
could not be taken out for some time.
Those most seriously injured were
hurried to hospitals, while coroners
took charge of the dead as fast as
the bodies were recovered.
Fire started in the overturned cars,
but the flames were quickly extin
guished, and the firemen lent their
aid to the injured.
The cause of the wreck has not
been officially determined. At the
Grand Central station there was an
inclination to blame the accident to
the spreading of rails, but later it
was said that it was believed that
the axle of the first passenger coach
broke, throwing the cars from the
track.
DELEGATES PASS THE LIE.
Strenuous Encounter Enlivens Okla
homa Constitutional Convention.
The lie was passed between Dele
gates Baker and Haskell, and a per
sona' encounter between the two
numbers enlivened the proceedings of
the Oklahoma constitutional conven
tion Saturday. In the debate over
the adoption of the railroad report,
Delegate Baker acused Delegate Has
kell of being a railroad representa
tive, which was resented.
BLOUNT WANTS A SHARE.
Alabama Man Seeks to Estop Pay
ment of Note for $66,666.66.
A petition was filed Wednesday
with the clerk of the superior court
by William H. Blount of Union
Springs, Ala., plaintiff to prevent the
I'u.'uent to Allen W. Jones of the
proceed o f a note for $66,666.66,
which wa- given by John Skelton Wil
liams and oi.ers to Mr. Jones in part
purchase of the Augusta and Florida
railroad.
It is alleged that Jones had not
the right to sell, inasmuch as half
interest in the Augusta and Florida
belonged to the plaintiff, Taunt.
LEGISLATURE TAKES ACTION.
As Result of Steamship Disaster.
List of Passengers Must Be Filed.
As a result of the Larchmont dis
aster the Massachusetts legislature
Thursday received a lull providing
that steamers sailing from Massachu
setts ports shall file duplicate lists
of passengers at their offices in the
ports of departure.
NO PROBING INTENDED.
Report That Cotton Associations
Would Re Put on Rack is De
nied by Garfield.
A Washington special says: The
latest move in the campaign of the
cotton exchanges to obstruct the pro
gress ot the investigation which is
being made by the bureau of cor
porations by direction of a congres
sional resolution is the report which
has been industriously circulated by
friends ot the New York cotton ex
'bange that the Southern Cotton As
sociative w p] a i S o come under the
probe of tg' e department of com
merce and labor. The story was pub
lished throughout the. country Sat
urday that such an investigation was
contemplated and that it would be
shown that the combinations of south
ern farmers to boom the price of
the south’s staple was inimical to
the interests of the producing sec
tions ot’ the, country and in defiance
of law.
Commissioner Garfield, of the bu
reau of corporations, was seen at his
office and denied that any such steps
had been taken. He also denied that
they even contemplated an investi
gation of cotton associations. Knott
Smith, the assistant commissioner,
also expressed ignorance of any such
movement; though he said the bu
reau was not necessarily confined in
the scope of 'its investigations-. It
is true that the bureau of corpora
tions might under authority of law.
investigate the organization, conduct
and management of any corporation
or combination of corporations en
gaged in interstate commerce, except,
of course, railroads, which come un
der the provisions of the interstate
commerce clause.
The department might even invest!
gate the southern cotton associations
in conformity with their authority to
gather and publish useful information
concerning corporations engaged in in
terstate commerce on the ground that
such combinations affect interstate
commerce. The main point at pres
ent is that no such investigation has
bee*, undertaken. No such investiga
tion was contemplated in the Liv
ingston-Burleson resolution directing
an Investigation into , he uotton ex .
changes of the country, a„a Colonel
Livingston was informed that
was at present contemplated.
When the LivinestL-BurU. .
lotion was pending Representative
Levering, of Massachusetts, declared
it should provide also for an investi
gation into the southern cotton asso
ciations of cotton farmers, but no at
tempt was made to provide for this
in any resolution passed by the sen
ate
ALL DISPENSARIES CLOSED.
South Carolina Has Several Days of
Total Prohibition.
The South Carolina house of rep
resentatives, Saturday, by a vote ot
78 to 28, adopted the report of the
conference committee, which for 36
hours had been working on defects
in the local option bill. The report
also was adopted by the senate by
a vote of 25 to. 10, and the act was
signed by Governor Ansell at once,
the state dispensary thus passing
out of existence with Saturday.
Governor Ansel, late Sunday night,
issued a proclamation instructing all
dispensaries to close their doors Mon
day and remain closed until the
county boards are appointed and take
charge of the dispensaries.
This means that the dispensaries
will not open their doors at all again
until the counties have taken charge.
It is likely that the state will have
complete prohibition for several days.
KELSEY DEFIES GOV. HUGHES.
York State Insurance Inspector Re
fuses to Resign.
A dispatch from Albany, N. Y.,
says: Otto Kels°y, superintendent of
insurance for the state of New York,
in a letter to Governor Hughes, has
declined to accede to the governor’s
t equest that he resign his office, to
which he was appointed in May of
last year by Governor Higgins.
A
PULAJANES BURN TOWNS.
Six Members of Constabular Killed
and Two Americans Missing.
A Manila special saf’s: Pulajanes
attacked and burned two towns in
the province of Occidental Negros on
Wednesday and killed six members
of the Constabulary Two American
teachers, V,'. J. Bassettei and Walter
J. Lilt-, are reported to be missing.
No cause is known for the sudden
uprising. Raids were made within
a radius of ten miles and schools
were first attacked and burned in
both instances.
SHIPP CASE DRAGS.
So Far No Positive Proof Has Seen
Brought Against Sheriff.
The third day’s bearing by Special
Commissioner Maher of the case of
She ’if Shipp at Chattanooga, charg
ed with contempt of the United
States court, brought no positive
proof against him or the other 26
'defendants.
COLQUITT. GA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1907.
SURPRISE SPRUNG
Cotton Associations Will Also
Be Investigated.
SPINNERS DECLARE WAR
Commissioner Garfield Construes Res
olution for Probing txenanges to
Include Cotton Association
and Farmers' union.
A Washington dispatch says: Cor
poration Commissioner Garfield has
construed the Livingston-Burleson cot
ton resolution, that recently passed
the house, to provide uot only for
the investigation of the cotton ex
changes dealing in futures, but also
for an investigation of the methods
of the great cotton and cotton seed
associations of the south.
He accordingly proposes to direct
an Inquiry into the methods of the
Farmers’ National Union, the South
ern Cotton Association, the National
Ginners’ Association and other or
ganizations of similar character.
The views of the corporation com
missioner are not as yet generally
known among the southern congress
men, but the few that have heard
ot his intention express great sur
prise. When the attitude of the de
partment becomes generally known,
it is bound to create a sensation, and
will no doubt, meet with resentment
in the south among the members ot
the associations to be affected by the
inquiry.
Representative William C. Lovering
of Massachusetts, the member of the
Interstate commerce committee, who
reported the demanded resolution, is
authority for the statement that the
corporation commissioner will inves
tigate the associations of the south
in connection with the cotton ex
changes. He himself Is a member ot
the New York cotton exchange, at
which the original resolution was di
rected.
Mr. Lovering was also responsible
for the amendments that were tacked
onto the original resolution, and he
Dow- verv c-ilml' ass-oHs "at it wns
ms purpose at Lie time to incorpo
rate all of the associations of the
south.
“Why have a one-sided investiga
tion?" he asked when seen Friday.
“Certainly the corporation commis
sioner will investigate the Farmers’
Union, the Southern Cotton Associa
tion, the National Ginners, etc. He
can do nothing else under the pro
visions of the’ resolution as it pass
ed the house, it was our purpose to
have a thorough investigation.’’
Representative Lovering continued
by saying that, in his opinion, the
associations of the south were or
ganized to advance the price of cot
ton, etc. He said these associations
are as much responsible for the fluc
tuations as is the New York cotton
exchange, ot which he is a member,
Mr. Lovering is a New- England spin
ner, and as such he insists that thq
spinners are entitled to know wily
and how the price of cotton is ’ ad
vanced as much so as the" farmers
of the sotith are to know why and
how it is beaten down.
“The associations of the south are
combinations to bolster the price of
cotton,” continued Mr. Lovering, “and
I can assure you that the corpora
tion commissioner will be given tes
timony to bear out this statement.”
It now develops that Mr. Lovering
has been careful to have the amend
ed resolution so worded that the or
ganizations were included. He was
wise enough to say not a word about
this and as no one else suspected
as much at the time the resolution
was unanimously passed.
While.it is known that the South
ern Cotton Association, the Farmers’
(inion, etc., are legitimate organiza
tion along co-operative lines and
should have nothing to fear from an
investigation, it is known that cer
tain interests are anxious to -destroy
their usefulness if possible.
Representative Livingston express
ed surprise when informed of the
new turn the matter has taken. He
insisted there must be a mistake, and
claimed that the corporation commis
sioner had no right to investigate the
cotton associations under the terms
of the resolution
“It specifically provides for an in
vestigation of cotton exchanges and
makes no mention of the associations
of the south,” he said, "but Mr. Lov
ering quotes the resolution as it pass
ed the house and as he says the cor
poration commissioner understands
it,"
A COMPULSORY PASS BILL
Adopted by Oregon Legislature and !
Sent to Governor for Signature.
The Oregon state legislature has
passed a compulsory pass bill which
makes it obligatory on the part of
the railroads to furnish free trans
portation to state and district officers
and to county judges and sheriffs.
The bill has gone to the governor
for signature.
t
BARRY GOES T CUBA.
To Succeed Gen. Windw le Uuvall,
of the Department oft' ■ wuit, is
Sent to wasting; >n.
A Washington speca: savs: Be
cause of physical di s Uy, Briga
dier General Theodor Wint, in
command of the army <bar paci
fication, has asked f< md been :
granted three months! ~-a.e ot ab
sence. Brigadier Geneal T’omas 11.
Barry, assistant chief of -'aff will
at once leave for Cb: o relieve
him.
General Barry 's orde s v e com
mand in Cuba, which h ill obey,
created an important ia . arcy in the
at my general staff w‘|ich the presi
dent has filled by the i 'ointment, ot
Brigadier General W Hi .i> P. Duvall,
in command of the Dea ment ot the
Gulf, who conYteqiiem I >ecomes the
principal assistant to) -.jor General
Bell, chief of general alt. General
Duvall will be succeeck ia command
ot the Department o he Gulf by
Brigadier Bdgerly.
Tlte fact that Brigadiit leneral Wil
liam P. Duvall will >e assigned to
duty in Washington ind will have
to leave Atlanta will >e a matter oi
real regret, for since its assignment
to Atlanta, General! Duvall has,
through his upiform curtesy, as well
as h's recognized abiliv an officer,
alsor made a host of v uita friends
and admirers. In the d partment ot
the gulf, of which heli he head, he
is revered and respetie oy his asso
ciates, officers and tile nlisted men
as scarcely any otlie commander
since the opening ot th department.
Lately General Duv; has been
proininent as the heat of board
of the United States a jV recommend
ing the 'purchase of F large amount
of land, over 32,000 icres, adjoining
the Fort Oglethorpe reservation, for
the purpose of incr&si’ig this from
a regimental to a bigade post amt
also providing for i big maneuver
grounds in connectio! with the Fort
Oglethorpe reservattp end Chicka
mauga Park. This itirchase recom
mended was approvi lby Secretary ot
War Taft, and is n<k availing the
action of congress.
Several officers wire Interviewed
regarding General Eckirly, who will
head the department-‘£jhe gulf.Thesa
stated that he ne ‘ u 8 st enviable
- ■-
with a charm f", tlal.hy such
as had won him Velmany friends,
both in military and c 1 life.
BRUTES GET THE DESERTS.
Two White Men Hur in Kentucky
for Criminally Assting Girl.
W. JI Fletcher anrjuy H. Lyon
were hanged in Russ'ille, Ky., at
sunrise Friday morn .for criminal,
assault committed orjry E. Glad /
May 22, 1905. 1 /
The necks of botwere b-men
by the drop Each t ' long talks I
on the gallows, den' their guilt I
and declaring that ir lives had ’
been sworn away by'se witnesses. ;
Lyon attempted sde Thursday
night by opening a od vessel in
his left arm with a ’spoon, which
had • been sharpened nysicians in
jccterf nearly a gal of artificial I
blood- into the man,-fitch revived !
him, but he was so w'Friday morn
ing that he had to supported to •
the scaffold.
Jim Lyon, a broth of Guy Lyon, i
and J. H. Sacra werndicted joint '
ly, and when taken, Russellville ■
foi trial a mob at.ted the jail,
and Sacra, in the coision, escaped,
but was shot and serely wounded,
and for this reasoa t was granted
a new trial.
Jim Lyon turned te's evidence
and was sentenced ttwenty years'
imprisonment. The 6ult on Mary
Glader was conreittenear Russell
ville, where the’,Vl|d her father,
an old German, had opped for the I
night.
The men forced tlgirl’s father to i
drink a lot of whisk and during a I
drunken stupor th girl was as- |
saulted
J -
EXPERT SAFEBLOjRS AT WORK
Alabama County Trq rer's Vault is
Looted of La Sum.
The vault in the <: sty treasurer s i
office at Hamilton, -rion county, I
Ala., was blown opj Friday morn- j
ing about 3 o'clock I looted of be
tween six thousand d eight thou
sand dollars. Sever, thousand dob
lars were left behim
It is supposed that pert safebiow
ers did the work. A ward of SSOO
is offered for the a t of the rob
be rs.
KAVANAUGH CA 5 MEETING
At Which Schedule Baseball Sea
son of 1907 Will e Adopted.
President William 'I. Kavanaugh
at Little Rock, Wet -:day, issued a
call for the spring eating of the
Southern Associatioi of baseball
clubs in Atlanta Firuary 22. The
only business to be considered w ill
be the adoption of a -hedulc for the
1907 season.
I X
Four officers of the general staff of
the German army have started for
Japan for two years’ service in the
Japanese army In order to study meth
ods of training, strategy and other
matters These officers have been
making especial preparations for this
service and among other things they
have taken a course in Japanese.
An Art Sale
Two young artists were talking the
other day of th® state of the market
for their wares and the temptations
whio’a beset them to forsake their
high ideals and hopes for the sak®
of making money. Both came to the
conclusion that the. prosperous year
1 just closed had done very Utile in tit®
' way of encouraging art.
T haven’t painted a pot-boiler this
year,” said one. "Into everything
I’ve done I've put my best efforts and
my most conscientious work, and I»
■haven’t sold a thing.”
The other considered for a while
1 and then said
I “Well, it’s pretty bad. but it might
be worse You know Jones never
I paints anything but his best, and 1
1 hear he made a good sale during the
j holidays.”
■ Just then Jones happened to come
• ! in.
> I “Jones." said the first speaker, did
> 1 you sell anything during the holl
[ ; days?”
Jones's hesitation was manifest.
I "Yes," he said at last, ”1 sold my
! ! overcoat and my crush hat.”—-PbUr
adelnhia Record.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
bylocal applications as th sy cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only ono
; wavtocuredeafness, and that is by consti
tutional remedies. D.’afncss ia caused by an
i inflamed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tubeis in
I flumed you have a rumbling sound crimper
; foot hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, mid unlees the inflair,
million can be taken out and this tube re
stored to its normal condition, bearing will
: be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten
are causeci by cat arrh which is notbingVu tan
inflamed condition ot it- mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hunurad Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused bycatarrh) that can
not be curodby Hall's Catarrh Cnre. Seudfor
circulars free.' F. J Cwtssv & Co.,Tdledo.O.
Sold bv Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A Progressive Hog Raiser.
Chester Thomas, of Waterville, in
I probably one of the most progressive
I hog breeders of Kansas. He believes
in keeping his stock up to the high
est standard and In appropriately
housing the animals he raises. He
i has just completed a cement hog
house, Which cost him SBOO One of ,
i the features of this house is a dipping I
i tdiiA’ „•I'o •» nn-. oHv Instead *0
1 dipping ' ie animal at a time, he has
I [, n |] t . tinge dipping tank and ar
| ran’-'- an elevator which works in
i sl d , le tank. He loads this elevator
ful’of hogs, and then lowers It tin-
i trail the hogs are Immersed, when
t> platform is raised and, after the
: j gs are allowed to drip for a min-
J te or two, the gates are opened and
j he hogs released as the elevator Is
being again filled. By this method he
can dip more hogs in a minute than
can be done in an hour by the old
system.—Kansas City Journal.
Cardinals and Nationality.
■ At the present time the College of ,
, Cardinals at Rome has fifty-six mem- ;
; bers. of whom thirty-five, almost two- |
I thirds, are Italians. And yet Italy ;
' constitutes only one-sixth of the whole I
Catholic world. The complete college ,
; consists of seventy cardinals, and pro- |
I portionately Italy should have only ]
I eleven. There are til'the United States,
as per Cathollb reports, about .14,-
I 000,000 Catholics, of whom about 10,-
000.000 are communicants, with 0,500.-
000 in the Philippines and 1,000,000
fn Porto Rico, Hawaii and Guam, a
total of 21.500,000. There are also
1,900,000 in Cuba. On the estimate
of population there should be eight
cardinals for the United States and
Its dependencies. There is only one
I —Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore
Australia, with only 1,500,000 Cath
olle population, has one—Newark AA
verttser.
DREADED TO EAT
A Quaker Couple’s Experience.
How many persons dread to eat
I their meals, although actually hun-
I gry nearly all the time!
; Nature never Intended this should
I be so, for we are given a thing called
i appetite that should guide us as to
' what the system needs at any time
' and can digest.
But we get in a hurry, swallow our
| food very much as we shovel coal
Into the furnace, and our sense of
| appetite becomes unnatural and per
verted Then we eat the wrong kind
I of food or eat too much, and there
i you are —indigestion and its accom-
I panying miseries.
I A Pbila. lady said the other day:
“My husband and I have been sick
; and nervous for 15 or 20 years from
j drinking coffee feverish, indiges-
■ tlon, totally unfit, a good pan of the
i time, for work or pleasure. We act
j ually dreaded to eat our meals.
'“We tried doctors and patent med
icines that counted up into hundreds
' of dollars’, with little if any benefit.
I “Accidentally, a small package of
Postum came into my hands. I made
'• some according to directions, with
I surprising results. We both liked it
and have not used any coffee since.
I “The dull feeling after meals has
i left us and we feel better every way.
i We are so well satisfied with Postum
1 ! that we recommend it to our friends
who have been made sick and nervous
1 and miserable by coffee. Name giv-
■ en by Postum Co.,Battle Creek, Mich.
1 i Read the little book. “The Road to
s Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s a Rea
son.”
Carrabelle, Tallahassee <Sc Georgia
Railroad.
Passenger Train Schedules Corrected tc June 22, 1906
NORTHBOUND
Ex Ex.
D’ly Sun Sun D'ly June 22 1906. D’l- Sur. Sun D’lv
AMI P.M. AM. AM. P.M. P.M. A.M F .1
7:00 Lv Apalachicola . ,Ar 5:35
6:00 8:00 11:35 . Carrabelle . . . 2:36 :: 40 to:l.‘
6:45 B’2o 11.50 , . Lanark . . . . 2 28 3:20 io-
7:21 9:14 12:22 .... Sopchoppy .... 1:58 2:36 '
7:45 9:53 12:45 . . Arran 1:36 1:55 O '."
8:40 11:00 1:35 Ar Tallahassee I.v 12.51 12 30 ’
6:40 8:50 3:25 Lv Tallahassee . Ar 12:46 8 x:
7:17 9:25 4:05 Ar . . Havana . . Lv 12:02 ” 8:.
6:25 3:00 Lv . Quincy ... Ar 1:15 9.00 jo
7:10 3:45 Ar Havana . . Lv 12:30 8:15 9:25
Note See Below.
7:17 9:80 4:05 Lv . Havana . . Ar 12:02 7:. S: I
8:25 10:25 513 . . Bainbridge . . . 11’00 6:: 7: 0
9:23 6:10 . . . Colquitt .... 9 59 m
10:16 7:20 . . . Arlington .... 9:10 i> I>’
10:45 7:46 ... Edison . ...
11:35 8:30 Ar Cuthbert . Lv 7:5C 4:05
Through Connection' fsllabhassee.
. AM P.M. P.M. AM. P.M . .H.
7 . 40 ~ A -—~ . Lv 'iYoo
11:15 i 10:50 . Pcnse . . 5:00
A.M. A.M Via Ba nbri
9:40 9:40 9:40 Ar Savanna: . Lv 0:45 6:4' 9 ’0
6-15 8:05 8:06 Montgomery . . 6:15 6:15 6:
P.M. PM. Via Cuthbert. I. ’.
1:00 9:49 Ar . Smithville .LT 6:33 ? .10
4:10 12 50 . . . Macon . 8:3? 11:35
7:65 7:10 . Atlanta . . 1201 8:00
P.M. A.M AM AM,
NOT® —Additional trains, daily
Lv Havana 7:85a -.1 Quiuey 8:20a
Lv Quincy 11:00a Ar Havana 11 45a
J. H. WILLIAMS. G. P. A.
American I
Sy E. P, Powell, Editor and Author.
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“r'-sssra — DMITTI.XG Oklahoma ami Indian Territory, and New w-
A'' ico and Arizona into two single states under the titles of
Oklahoma and Arizona is a notably good movement in the’
way of nomenclature, which will be welcomed by every ra-
tional American. It is lamentable that our great Empire
J state must forever wear th-- name of an English nobleman
who bears no relation Io American bister - , -nd the con.-
t. 1— monwealth boasting of Trenton and Valley Forge must
carry down through time the name of an island chiefly fam
ous for its cows. Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin Michigan, Alabama, Mississippi,
Vermont, Massachusetts, and Oregon are net only pleasant to the car, but
they are also to the manner born. Kansas, Montana. lowa and Kentucky
are good Illustrations ot what we can do.
But wherever the naming of states and towns has fallen into the hands
of learned committees, the result has been provoking tautology Besides he
Clintons in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and a dozen other state ..
there are In New York state alone 17 Clintons in various shades and fmms.
i There is no reason why, in our affection for George Clinton and De T it t.
I honorable governors and great leaders in their day. New York state miou.i
j tolerate this sprinkling of their names over its postoffices and its towns.t.?s
i There is a commercial side to the question, for bushels of letters are c- y u
I astray every year. Those who suppose that Hastings-on-Hudson is a'”
| affectation, will find that there is in lhe same state a Hastings .-nd .
I Ings Center to be taken account of in mailing their letters. Not a y'
the Union but is suffering from this wretched lack of oversight on the
of our postoffice department.
One of the worst illustrations of absurd and unmeaning naming ,?t
occurred in New York, when th- classical dictionary was pome.. -1' ,
the central part of the state; dropping around the Oriskany llths, the
hawk Flats, and the Niagara and Ontario Valley, such un-Arnei-teat ■>• -
as Utica, Syracuse, Rome, Homer, Claudius, Virgil. Manlius, Cicero, cyt.yy
to say nothing of Poland. Russia, Mexico, and other foreign title P- 1
ing sonorous Indian names and ignoring others either descriptive or ■'<
memoratlve. West Virginia should have been Kanawha, as was pioy.-
I at the time of its admission, and the noble name of Dakota shonm iiaie y a
j spared a prefix adjective giving the equally noble name of 1 he’C-iiu. n cn
ored place on our roll of states. —Collier's Weekly.
/. To Keep Young .'. 1
By O. S. Mar den.
i . EVER retire from active life if yo.. can possibly ay d it
Nl keep "in the swim;" keep the mind active; never refer t<?
your advancing years or say "at my age.”
To preserve youth, you must have a variety of expori
: — ==x == cnee. The country woman at 40. although breathing a
purer air and living on a more healthful diet than the city
'F woman, often looks 50, while the lai ter at the same age
does not look more than 30 But her mind is more active
I than that of her country sister; that is the secret of her
I more youthful appearance.
Nothing else ages one more rapidly than monoton” —a dead level exist
ence without change of scene or experience. The mind must be kept fresh
or it will age. and the body cannot, be younger than the mind.
Few minds are strong enough to overcome the aging influence of the
monotonus life which rules in the average country home. City people have
infinitely greater variety of life They enjoy themselves a great deal more
than country people. They work hard when at work, but, when they are
through, they drop everything and have a good time. There is no doubt that
the theatre, in spite of its many evils, has done a great deal toward erasing
the marks of age. People who laugh much retain their youth longer.—
Success.
Speech Costs $20,000.
The French Chamber has recently
ordered two Ministerial speeches to
be placarded throughout the country.
The cost of this will be $20,000 for I
each speech, which will come out of
the pockets of (he taxpayers. Is
the time well chosen for such an ex
; pense?—La Petit Journal of Paris.
The secretary bird is so-called be
cause it has upon its head feathers
> which suggest a pen behind the ear.
- Indigenous to South Africa, it is a
British subject now, and Is represent
ed in the London zoo.
yo. 2’. 1
Keeping Healthy.
Lord Bacon (all wisdom was h
tortel said: “A man's own observa
l tion. v hat he finds good of and what
: he finds hurt of. is the best physic to
■ preserve Health." But alas: how tew
of us stop to think whether this, that
or the other food or drink is going to
be to our advantage In the great ma
i jority the appetite controls, not the
judgment. To eternity with the con
| sequences, is the cry. "I’ll eat thi-> if
; it kills me!”—New York Press.
! Some Paris cabs now bear the i
I scriptiou, "English spoken."