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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-07-27
LOCAL.
What is selling al 10 cents.

Wheat is selling at 20 cents.
Tomatoes are getting plentifully,
Alb Thornton started for Texas Sun
day,
w S. Pryor, Of Jasper was in town
Sunday.
Circuit court meets Aug. 2, under the
new law
An ad in the News will bring results
II you don't believe it try it.
W. S. Pryor went up the valley on
official business Thursday night.
The first installment Of baskets for
the grape harvest arrived SATURDAY.
The heavy rains OF late have done
some damage to the mountain road.
Rev. 7. II. Conner filled his regular
appointment at Looneys Creek Sunday.
A family named Carleton have moved
into the VIM. Owen house on Tennessee
Avenue.
Jasper Fultz, Esq, Of the mountain,
was visiting bis brother, Newton Fultz,
last week
Country grown watermelons are now
on the market at prices ranging from
lOc to 25c.
Dennis Harris is teaching a fine
school numbering over so scholars at
Peck's school house.
Misses Lula and Nellie Rollins, Of
Pikeville, were visiting Mrs. Isham
Hammock last week.
Rev. T. H. Conner will teach writ
ing school at Whitwell at the conclus-
ion of his present class here.
Reuben Warren remembers us this
week and he will receive the Farm
Journal for almost five years.
Miles Merritt, or Victoria, brought to
town Thursday morning the frat load
of watermelons OF the season.
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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16

Railroads that started 1t a year ago
are now provided for its univers II adop-
ton. The advantages of the system are
not restricted to the local freight off,
GERS. but in the auditors, general freight
agents and claim agents Offices and by
every man through whose hands these
waybills pass. Their great leglbility re-
duccs errors to a minimum, save one
half the time in handling and econ
mizc the stationary. 1t is believed by
those best In position to judge that
radical action will be taken by the
National Freight Agents Association
during their present session and that
another year Will see n universal move
ment for the adoption Of n standard
typewriter way-bill.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16

and Charlotte Bronte gives us. with
rigorous minutenesS, all the moments.
or rather half-hours, of talk in which
this passion makes any progress. 1t is
really amusing to note how chary she
is of taking any important love pas
saces for granted.
"Oh. sir." says Jane TO Rochester
she always uses the "sir" when adj
dressing her previously grim" lord and
master-"oh. sir! Never mind Jewels
! don't like to hear them spoken OF
Jewels for Jane Eyre sounds unnatural
and strange. L would rather not have
them"
II will myself" says Rochester, put
the diamond chain around your neck
and the circlet on your forehead, which
it will become; for nature. Il, least, has
stamped her patent of nobility on this
brow. Jane. and l will clasp the brace
lets on these wrists and load these
fairy!ike fingers with rings"
No, no, sir! think of other subjects
and speak of other things and In an
other STRAIN" replies Jane. And the
reader sympathizes with the petition.
Too much. far too much. is there In
Jane Eyre" OF this priggish elaborate
love dialoguing. In general, too. the
story lacks humor and is too relentless
~ iugubrious in tone, and this lack will
reDel an experimental reader who is
used to all our modern light hearted
ironical comment in fiction on the
maay-co,ored drama Of everyday life
Later such reader may come to adj
iNirc the fine restraint OF style ana tho
burning sincerity which IN point Of
fact keep this high wrought emotional
story from lapsing into gush or false
sentiment or sensational melodrama.
Bu, certainly on a careless reading he
VIII be apt TO regret and resent the
monochromatic intensity ~ tone AS
for the hero and the heroine. the
chances are that the supcrnciaily mind
cd reader will find n good many grains
of amusement mixing in his sympathy
with the ugliness of one and The plain
ness of the other Rochester with his
"ebon eyebrows" his "colorless olive
face" his malignant scowls" and ma
niacal RACES" belongs pretty obviously
in the category OF romantic despcra-
does. And If cxternnl charms is the
first great law for woman, Jane is
also an outlaw from the regions OF
conventional correctness. for she is
confessedly little" pale" and has
features that are very irregular" and
marked" Charlotte Bronte makes a
flourish Of these evil traits in her hero
and her heroine and swaggers a trifle
in her devotion to the unconventional
and the lawless. And this bravado OF
hers--a sign. by the way. or her kin
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16
POPULAR STUDIES IN Ii rERATURE.

these minor points of interest. however,
THE Professor" has little new to re-
commend it. and does not deserve for a
moment to be placed side by side with
Charlotte Bronte's three great stories
"Janc Eyre" is still a great name in
literature. The modern novel reader
who retains but n faint recollection of
an early reading may perhaps ask him
self as he turns anew to its pages
whether the fame OF the story Isl not
something of a superstition and wheth-
er the book really has quality to dis
tinEuish 1t from the hundreds OF gay
or sensational or commonplace novels
which our so-called lady novelists" are
nowadays Offering TO an impressible
public. An experimental reader Of this
sort who brings with him later-day pre-
judlces will nd at once certain grotes-
que mannerisms and droll shortcomings
in Charlotte Bronte's great story. First
and foremost in the list of grievances
he will urge the long drawn out and
sempiternally solemn lovemakins.
Rochester and Jane take their passion
for each other with superb seriousness.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16

The small charge Of the New York
Clearing House for collecting out of
town checkJ Is said 10 have n great
effect in divertins depositors to Bos-
ton, Baltimore and Philadelphia. where
the banks make no charge to their de-
positors for such collections a Balti-
more banker estimates that already
from this cause New York Banks have
lost at least s75,oOo,OOO in deposits, Of
which Baltimore gets fair share with
Its profits. The New York bankers very
likely do not care, as they have been
complaining for some time OF the pie
.thora of idle money in that city.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16

Hanna and Mckinley believe, delud
ed mortals. that they have everything
and everybody in sling for 1900 as
they had them in 1896. But there are
others: even in Ohio there are others:
and very respectable Republicans, too.
Besides. there are others in the A
other States. and they are tired of the
Hanna political monopoly and party
trust. In 1900 it may be discovered by
the great party which Lincoln founded
that there are other States besides
Ohio; other leaders besides Hanna: and
other men competent for President be-
sides Mr.. McKinley-the tin Napoleon
who smiles at Waterloos. Wcllingtons,
Butchers. Forakcrs and the vicissitudcs
of politics and fate.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16
XV.-cHARLoTTE eaoMrE
BY LEWIS L. GATES, A. NJ.
(Harvard University

Charlotte Bronte's novels unite in eX-
ccptional degree an almost lyric in
tensity and fervor of mood and imagi-
nation with sanity of thought and in
Senuity and surencSs in execution. One
is sometimes tempted TO describe her
peculiar power as the result of her re-
fusal to be victimlZed by morbid tenn
permanent ana pretcrnaturally vivid
romantic imagination. by nature ana
environment she seemed doomed to
write a companion novel 10 "Wuther-
ing Heights" or The Tenant of Wild
fell Hall"romances of occasional
beauty and power. but wildly erratic
and Enthusiastically oveScharged with
emotion. Yet In point OF fact, despite
her constitutional lack of hope" de-
spite her home between an overpopu-
lous graveyard and the dreary vast
ness of the interminaLle Yorkshire
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16
PRIZE FIGHTING ALLOWED IN
NEW YORK.

Fitzsimmons was knocked out Of the
istic championship Of he world at the
prize fight in New York between him
and Jeffries. OF California Superin-
tendent of Police Devery presided Mt
the match. What has caused tins re-
malta bic change OF attitude in the OFF,
GERS of the law toward these lights?
The law Is unchanged and public opin-
ion is divided as usual on line CT
morality and taste that never favored
nor allowed these brutal exhibitions TO
raise money and please the worst elc-
ments.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16

moors. despite her lonely life and her
uncanny surroundings, Charlotte Bronte
wrote Shirley" a novel breathing
courage and hope and essentially loyal
to the common interests and the nor
NAL values of life. Jane Eyre"
though more overweight III mood and
eXtravagant in incident. shows the
same fine self-control as Shirley" in
style and execution; and "Villette," the
last OF her novels, written after she
had seen more OF the great world and
of socicty,is , curiously enough, the one
in which there is Offences; dscernibie
some slight Observation-Disclosures of phrase
and n straining after literary effect. In
"Vllctte" the author is often trying to
write; at times she seems aiming to
make up for waning Imagination
through recourse to conscious rhetoric.
Charlotte Bronte published four nov
els during her life;imc-'Jane Eyre" in
1917; Shirley" in lSi9. and "Vllette."
in 1853; fourth novel. THE Professor"
was published in 1857. two years after
her death. This fourth novel may now
published last. it was the earliest writ
ten, and much of its material was used
more skillfully in "Villctte." 1t deals
with the love of an English professor in
a girls boarding school in Brussel5 sor
Il day pupil In the school who was part
from tho mans point ~ view. ard theI :.
is something inherently rrotcsque in
the professors rather hystericai anne
tations on the course of his passion
Many OF the same facts wien coiorcd
with the girls changing moods and IN
terwoven deity with The pathetic de
tails CT her yearning pursuit or happi-
ness, become IN "Viilctte' genuinely
fascinating. And indeed the student OF
method in fiction will ind 1t worth
while to compare The Professor" and
"Vn!ette" very closely and note how
the same incidents change In quality
and color and charm when presented
from different points OF view. AS for
The Professor the story must also
he admitted 20 contain several admir-
able sketches of minor charactcr-no-
;ably those Of York Hunsden. the &C.
centric Yorkshire landowner and manu-
facturer and NJ. Pellet. the intriguing
French schoolmaster. 1t also illus
trates some OF Charlotte Bronte's per-
sis,ent prejudices and tricks of manner
her fondness for ugly and despotic he
roes. her predictions for Yorkshire and
Brussels. the only regions which she
had studied with passionate oloseness
of observation. and her delight In 1T
tie herolnes with dull exteriors and I'M
canny audacity of spirit. Except for
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16

This age omits nothing that can in
anywise contribute to the spectacular
and dramatic. The most unlikely
themes and events are put on the stage,
with effective appliances and acces-
series. and draw applauding crowds.
There is now running at the Crystal
Palace, London. u presentation of
somebody's Almanac" How hopeless
4 subject. apparently! Yet it is said to
be very attractive In Its panorama of a
years events to come, its predictions.
&c, alternately drama i2ed or spectacu-
larized by ingenious managers and ar
lists. At any rate, now that this AL
manac' has proved a success we may
expect to be overrun with all sorts OF
curious exhibitions, that promise moth
ing and Yield big returns.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16
TWELVE PAGES
FRIDAY. JUNE 1s. 1899.
THE LAW OF PERSONAL LIBERTY.

1t Is a cruel and insane judgment
which holds that government shall not
restrain competition nor impose mon
opoly. but that private individuals may
do both; and 1t is idiocy combined with
madness that has an acute method in
1t, which urges that law and govern
ment by the Constitution, as well as
by natural right, are forbidden to in
terfere with this private action TO re-
strain competition and impose monopo-
ly: for 1t is urged this Is to Interfere in
the s"Hred rights and privileges of per-
sonai erty, which bears the holy and
eternal injunction "Noli me tangere"-
don't touch met"
A few greedy and cunning fellows
may thus get ahead Of government and
people, so as to abolish competition and
establish monopoly in everything for
their own exclusive benefit, TO the op-
preston and extor,ion OF all others
That is a comfortable doctrine for the
sharp few. and much may be made OF
it-much is made OF 1t, in cash. too
But common-scnse and common-right
are the supreme rules. as they are
both man and God do unto others as
You would have others do unto YOU"
says the Divine law: and the human
law is like unto 1t: NO mans right
shall extend to the injury of another,
or to the destruction OF common rights
and interests" That is the law.
A great benefactor of mankind will
be he who by war or diplomacy shall
"mediatize." consolidate. or otherwise
unity the smaller States of South and
Central America into one nation. and
thereby decrease the causes and fac
tors of conflict and the parties to dis
sension. AS 1t now is every two per-
sons in those regions, not confined to
the soil by labor. represent probably
different and independent sovcrelgniies,
and their private collisions are ut once
made national quarrels. The smaller
his State. the greater and more sensi-
tive Is every mans political and civil
dignity.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16

The Republicans get on the street
corners -alia- house ;ops-afatll- shout:
We Republicans are all dying for the
Democrats TO renominate Bryan for
President next year: but German, of
Maryland. a Southerner. is the man
that will unite the Democrats. dispense
the Republicans and carry things with
Il rush"
Thank YOU. Mr. Republican. for your
unsolicited and very disinterested (?)
advice,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16
THE TYPEWRITER IN RAILROAD
WORK.

The typewriter way-billing PROPOSE
tIon is a new departure in railroad
work. For thirty-five years freight has
been billed by hand because no better
way was known. 1t is not surprising
that the revolution created by the type
writer did not occur 10 or 10 years ago,
as visible writing machines were not
Till recently known.
Railroad work Is composed largely
OF figures and unerring accuracy and
certainty is thereby imperiled Mis-
faKes must not creep In, or at least they
must be reduced TO minimum. With
the ordinary invisible machine" this is
impossible, but with the visible writ
Ing machine" errors are as inexcusable
as though the pen were used. The OBJ
1ections to the handwritten way bills
are already well known 10 every rail
road man. and particularly to the
freight agents and auditors. as the
handwriting Is often inegibie, copies are
uncertain and generally Unsatisfactory.
II has been tolerated because nothing
was known to take It's ulace. This
movement for the typewriter waybilD
has been given grea, deal Of attention
by railroad men during the past wear.
Starting with the combined objection
Of almost every employe 1t has won its
way by sheer merit, so that its most
pronounced obstructionists of a year
ago are now its most ardent supporters.
In no railroad Offices where the system
( has been tried has 1t proved a failure.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16
TIE WAR Up 70 DATE.

The censored DISPATCHES every day
bring us news OF American victories IN
the Philippines. ana in a general way
ii is true that wherever the Fi!ip!ncs
make stand they are defeated and
routed. We drive them. hold Temporal
rily the places they have occupied, and
then. not having sufficient troops. fan
back and the Filipino comes in and
again takes possession of ms old stamp
ing ground. Practically we do not see
that we are any nearer eubduing the
natives than we were at the start.
They fight and fall back and come
again. No people has ever so tested the
old saw about he VINO fights and runs
away. etc. But the American suffer.
A mail letter a month back states that
40 per cent of every company of the
Tenth was down with malarial illness
because OF the effects of the recen,
campaign north of Manila. Tropical
heat in daytime and the chill of MAS
matte swamps at night are hard on the
boys; worse, in fact. than anything that
the Filiplnos are capable OF doing. But
what have we accomplished2
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16

We are greatly pleased that the pref
ty lecturer on hygiene. Miss Lindley.
Indignantly denies that she has char
acterized kissing as an abomination. 1t
it promiscous OSCILLATION that she OPP
poses, and she holds that the kissing of
women by each other is "unwhole-
some" We infer that. as Miss Lindley
is not ugly. she viii allow that the
kissing Of pretty young woman by n
handsome young man is decidedly
wholesome. We are glad OF this. for it
is also our opinion. Let the kissing
proceed.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16

The Venezuela Boundary dispute with
England is stlll unsettled-the interview
ton of President Cleveland having only
prevented England from settling it in
her own way, without regard 10 the
of the English commissioners of arbi-
tration, is 10 open the proceedings at
Paris in speech that it is estimated
will occupy no less than sixteen days.
If this does not settle 1t, Venezuela
must resort to arms to save her COM
missioners from being talked to death.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16

Will Hanna renominate Mckinley for
President in 1900: or will the Republi-
can party remember its rights, powers
and duties In this regard, and relieve
the Ohio boss of his self-assumed job,
and break the Buckeye monopoly? We
shall see next year, unless blindness
strike us all.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16

OF course. if Hanna nominate and
elect the man next year. our next
President will be the same old fraud
of 1886: but if the people OF 1900 nomi-
nate and elect. as they did In $500 Ga
century ago. Mckinley will join Cleve-
land and go a-fishing.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16

The N. Y. Sun is still s.trmptng to
nullify or revoke the verdict OF tho
army and people against Alger and HIS
cmbalmcd beef. The sun forgets that
the longer 1t keeps this meat in such
weather as this the worse 1t will smell.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16
is MONEY PLENTYf

The people have never denied the
prosperity of mlllionaircs. nor the plcn
~ of the purveyors who handle tho
fruits OF the earth. Ii is no secret that
millcrs' hogs are always fat. The COM
plant Of the people Is that prosperity
is monopoly from which they and
competition are excluded, and that
plenty is provision for those only who
have upper seats at the table where
every seat is reserved. The full man
says hunger is lie. and want-a sheer
delusion.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16

Where money Is scarce everything is
scarce. The contraction OF money con-
tracts all supplies. whether the con-
traction be for the State, or the COM
munity, or the pocket of the individual.
Remember the poor" enjons the
highest and best authority. ASK and
yc shall receive" 1t is only the laws
of mean and stinsy men that forbid
begging. Lazarus. in the highest court,
was more esteemed than the rich man.
Make money plenty. in fact; so that
labor and production shall be prospect
Gus. and even the rich will have SO
much they will care less for it than
their souls.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16
EXAMINATIONS AND C
GATES
CERTIFI-

GATES.
At the end OF the term OF seventeen
weeks. n series of questions on each
course. prepared by Professor Seymour
Eaton. will be published in the V!r-
ginian- Pilot and blanks containing tho
questions will be furnished every sub
scriber making application for same.
Two weeks will be allowed after the
courses close, for the receipt OF exami-
nation papers containing answers
These papers will be referred to
Board of Examiners. who will assist
Professor Eaton. and as soon rs the
work of examination Is complete. the
result will be reported. and certificates
issued to the students entitled 10 them.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16

1t is said that Hanna had "a miracu-
lous escape" at Cleveland. o., the other
day. from being run over by one of his
own street cars. Everybody knows that
1t not so; for. whatever the escape was.
it could not possibly have been mir
aculous. as miracles are not wrought in
behalf of such persons. and the powers
that take care of them. The devil
takes care of his own" is an old say
Ing. and every time. as experience has
shown.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-16

Note-This story will be concluded
Monday, June 90.
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