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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-04-20
"Ex.CONFEDERATE ROT"

Under this caption The Commonwealth takes Governor
Longino to task-to put very mildyfor certain offend
ing uerances in connection with the proposal to lay the
capitol stone Mr. Davis birthday. The language
attributed to the governor follows: II can't what
Jefferson Davis has to do with this state house, and
I'm getting tired of this ex Confederate rot anyway.
1t is difficult to conceive that any prominent enough
to be honored with high official station in the South could
become beref of common and due regard
for his political fortunes give expression to any
such sentiments, if sufficiently untrue to the cause
its chief exempar and those who defended it, which is
ever dear the heart OF every serespectng Southern
man. to entertain them The TINES, therefore, loath
believe that the governor made of the words quoted
above If he did, then the stories current concerning his
political aspirations must be without foundation for he
certainly could not expect the further support of the
Confederate soldier. The politician who feels and admits
contempt for Mr. Davis and the cause for which he and
Southern and suffered, performs for himself
the function discharged for james G. Blaine by Dr. Bur-
chard, with his sRum, Romanism and Rebellion" He
digs for himself the grave in which his political hopes
most certainly and deservedly will he inferred.
If he has been msquoted then the fact should be esab
lished should he deem beneath his dignity to vim
dictate himself from such charge In such case, some
thing than silence is not unreasonaby demanded by
those who feel aggreved
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-04-20

of life into the minds of their fellow men by
summing up for them in their creative intensity the
creeds of vital import to their own age creeds reemoouy
ing human truths of all the ages These rare great
writers transfgure the life of man by Dreaming
into it a new spirit Such is the great writer S
funcon-by his own attitude be in himself revelation,
an Interpretation, deep-searching criticism, OF the
spirit of his epoch" This marking out OF Iolstoys
function" IS probably done with absolute fidelity to
truth- is assuredy in keeping with the general tone OF
its subjects utterances, in harmony with his submaed
and utterly impossible ideals 1t will doubtless be hailed
with delight by the Tostoy school in America each par
cuar member of which, of course both understands and
appreciates it.
But what of Tostoys message to the American peo-
plel" Here it IS 81 should like to thank them'-the
Americans the great help have received from their
writer's who ourshed about the 6fes. would mention
Garrison Parker, Emerson, Baou and Thoreau, not as
the greatest but those who think specially influenced
me. And should like to ask the American
people why they do not pay more attention to THESE
voices hardly to be replaced by those of financial and In
dusria mcnaires successful generals and admiras
and continue the good work in which they made such
hopeful progress"
Were anything needed to convince the ordinary mortal
of the chimerical tone of Tolstoys note this message
would furnish it, He represents for Russian philosophy
that school of of which Emerson the
bright particular American star while his teachings
bear the relation to the material affairs of that
pe that the utterances of Exeter and Fanue halls do
the practical politics of England and America.
Meantime de White, with cold fxedness of purpose,
proceeds with the slow but certain development of his
practical plans for the practical relief of the Russian
peasant conscious that the ultimate bettermen of
material welfare OF these people will the future prosperity
of his empire rest while the world knows that such
improvement if indeed it is to come, must be real
lied through this nsrumentaty rather than through the
medium of attempted application of the ethical
principles of the golden rule to the affairs of Rus
sian life. Meantime ALSO the students in st. Petersburg
saturated with Tolstoys teachings stand in mute
resistance they trampled under foot by Russian
mounted soldierY
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
PERSONAL AND MpERSoNAl.

It is said that the New Englander
makes the best mill hand.
AS proof that Queen Victoria has:
rare methodical habits, the fact is
made known that she has used the
same ivory paper knife for over e5
years.
The late Mr.. James L. Bowes, who
acted for many years as Japanese
consul at Liverpool, left wonderful
collection representing Japanese arts
and industries, the fruits of 30 years
of study and expenditure.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier of Can.
ada, is noted for the unstinted manner
in which he dlspenses private char
ity. He has been known to leave his
comfortable home on cold night and
himself carry supply of warm food
to some person in whom he took an
interest. Lady Laurier's benefactions
are equally numerous.
Congressman Frank Eddy, of Min
nesota, is undoubtedly the most shab-
billy dressed member of the national
legislature. According to his own
story, he was walking along Pennsyl-
vania avenue when a ragged tramp
huskily, asked him for the price of
meal. Mr.. Eddy gave him a quarter,
saying solemnly it was the last cent
he had. The tramp looked him over,
handed back the coin and said: ''Well,
it you're on the bum yourself, keep it;
I'll hustle some guy on de next
block
Chess players particularly will be in
terested in the fact that J. H. Black
burne, who is a native of Manchester,
England, celebrated his fifty-eighth
birthday recently. Mr.. Blackburne is
best known as blindfold player, but
he has during his 3S years of chess
taken part in many great tourna-
ments. In matches he was beaten
twice by Steinitz and once by Lasker,
but in four annual cable matches with
America he has scored two wins and
two draws against Pillsbury, Ameri-
cas- champion.
The duke of Westminster, England's
wealthiest peer, is a junior officer in
the guards, and it was therefore nec-
essary for him to obtain permission
to wed. He applied to his colonel,
Lord Bagot, who told him fatty that
junior officers in his regiment were
not allowed to marry. The duke ap-
pealed to the war office, and Lord
Bagot's decision was overruled. The
colonel threatened to resign, but the
dukes comrades petitioned the COM
mander to remain, at the same time
giving emphatic expression to their
opinions regarding favoritism.
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WOMAN ROUTS A BURGLAR.
Miss Grimth Makes a Robber Drop
His PlundeF and Run for
His Life.

Jennie Griffith, who held up q
burglar at the point of revolver in
her home at Trenton, N. j., made him
disgorge and then run for his life,
will receive big sum of money from
her father as a reward for her brav-
cry. Mr.. Griffith is very much
tickled man by his daughters pluck.
my, how that man did rum" re-
marked Miss Griffith, in telling of her
adventure. II heard him going
through the drawers as hard as he
could. He pulled everything out onto
the floor. Had he worked quietly
might not have heard him, as the door
between my room and the room he
was in was closed.
when heard the racket, got q
revolver and quietly walked over to
where he stood. He did not hear mo
until I was almost beside him. Then
up went the gun and I said: Drop
those things and get out just as soon
as you cam
''You should have seen him go. As
he went out the door fired over his
head to see how fast he could run.
That man is wasting his time as a
burglar. He should be a track
eprinter."
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25

But the blow stunned Sumner, and hs
fell back on his chair and seemed to
be almost dying. The word passed
quickly about the capitol, and was
one of the first to rush into the cham
ber. Brooks had gone, and picked
up the shattered cane. Nobody ever
called for it; and, as I said, cut Il
up and smoked pieces of it with the
boys. That is what became of the
shattered cane which would now be
historic thing, if it were in exist
ence.
"As matter of fact the blow which
Brooks delivered was harder than he
intended it to be, and it lacerated Sum-
uer's scalp, and put him to bed. But
I know very well that it did not frac-
ture his skull, as reports have said, and
it caused him inconvenience only for q
few days. The difficulty was not, as
the newspapers and historians have
said, a murderous assault Brooks
was not a man to commit murder, ad-
though he would fight duel with any
body.
"But that episode helped to inflame
the differences between the northern
and southern states, and it had more
to do with bringing on the civil war
than any other one thing, except Mrs.
Stoves novel, "Uncle Toms Cabin"
That story alone would be interesting.
I was here when that book was pub
lished. I heard many representatives
from southern states saw that the book
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25

was dangerous and likely to produce
harm, and some of them thought it
ought to be suppressed.
well all of those handsome men
have gone to their long home, and I am
still here. Breckenridge was the kind
est man of the quartette. He remem-
bered the names of the little page boys.
He gave them little bits of change for
their services. There were no cigar
cites then, but we had other ways of
getting rid of our extra money. He al
ways spoke to us in kindly manner.
Consequently the boys all believed in
him and loved him.
"Mr. Morrill, went to the senate and
was the foremost man in that body dur
ing the civil war. He framed the war
tariff bill of 1868; and remember that
while he was engaged in that great
work went to the senate one day with
an official document to deliver to the
secretary of the senate, and Senator
Morrill, called me to him, gave me sill
yer quarter, and told me that he re-
membered me as good boy over in the
house.
Brooks was never very considerate
of the boys, and we did not like him
particularly we'll. Mr.. Sumner was also
Indifferent to u.s. Consequently, when
Brooks attacked Sumner we page boys
had no ground of sympathy on either
side. We didn't care particularly for
either Brooks or Sumner. Hence, you
will see, that it was not then nor is
not now matter of prejudice when I
say that the sentiment at that time was
not against Brooks, for nobody believed
that he intended to hurt Sumner as
much as he did when he struck him
with that rattan cane.
"When the civil war came on those
big men divided on geographical lines.
Brooks and Breckenridge went into
the confederacy, while Sumner and
Morrill, remained with the government.
Morrill, had no aspirations other than
for the general welfare, but Sumner
was candidate for the presidency as
long as he lived. He would have been
great president; but, like Douglas.
and many other great men that have
known, his ambitions in that direction
were not gratified. It was not so writ
ten, and Sumner died as unhappy a
man as Blaine did, covered with honors
and fame, but without the one partic.
ular honor which he most desired.
"All of these little details concern.
ing those men may be interesting to
you and your readers, but the thing
which stands out in my memory most
prominently and which you cannot
comprehend is the fact that those four
men were the biggest men physically
that have ever come together at any
one time in any congress-; and that they
all proved to be intellectual as well as
physical giants have seen many con-
crosses and many aggregations OF
great men, but believe that the four
greatest and most distinguished-look-
ing men that ever came together here
in the national capital were Sumner,
of Massachusetts; Morrill,, of Vermont: j:
Brooks, of South Carolina, and Breck-
enridge, of Kentucky, in the Thirty.
fourth congress-"
SMITH D. FRY.
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slavery and denouncing southern
states because they upheld that in
stitution. Being but little more than
child, did not understand his great
purpose as do now.
II was still here after Sumner went
to the senate, and I remember we'll
when Brooks attacked him in that
chamber. That story has never been
truthfully told in print. At any rate,
I have never seen it truthfully told
The current story is that Brooks
struck Sumner with heavy cane, and
that he almost killed him while he
was at his desk in the senate, after
an adjournment. That is absolutely
false. was in the senate chamber
few minutes after the occurrence.
and picked up the shattered cane
which Brooks used in his attack upon
Sumner. If I had known that it would
become of historic value I would have
kept it. But I didn't, and so smoked
it,"
. In reply to inquiry concerning this
peculiar statement, the old man said:
'The boys in those days used to smoke
fibrous wood called rattan. It would
burn like cigar. 1t was full of pores,
and the smoke easily ran through it.
Brooks carried a rattan cane with an
ornamental silver handle. It was very
light and in no sense a murderous
weapon. I do not remember the cause
of the trouble, but Brooks felt per-
sonally aggrieved and went to Sum-
ner in the senate chamber and de-
manded an apology for something
which Sumner had said in debate.
Sumner looked up and said he had
nothing to apologize for, and Brooks
struck him over the head with his
light cane, shattering the cane.
= "Now, was very sure at that tir- ,
that Brooks simply intended to pro-
woke the giant from Massachusetts,
into a personal fight or q duel, and
that has always since been my i'm
preston. believe he expected Sum
9 ner to arise and grapple with him in
personal fight. Or to resort to duel
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
New Chemical Products.

Messrs. Moissan and Stocks, the
original discoverers of carborundum,
a mineral hard enough to cut dia-
monds, have recently announced two
new chemical products which may
also be of use in the arts. They are
compounds of boron, which is best
known in the salt which is called
borax, and silicon, which in combina-
ton with oxygen forms quartz, the
scientific name of which is silicic acid.
Both boron and silicon are nonmetal.
lie chemical elements. The two com.
pounds just discovered are in the form
Of crystals, having an adamantine
luster, and are SO hard that they
scratch the hardest ruby with ease.-
Scientific American.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
CONCERNING TATTOOING.
Some of the Methods That Are in
Vogue for Marking ON
the Skin.

II. Ling Roth, as reported by the
London Times, read a paper at the
Bradford meeting of the Association
for the Advancement of Science, on
Permanent Skin Marks, Such as Tat
tooing and Scarifcation," in which he
observed thnt, whatever may have
been the original ideas, the ultimate
objects of tattooing became manifold,
including signs of prowess, beauty,
the married or marriageable state,
high birth, protective influence from
evil spirits, enemies killed, and tribal
marks. Mr.. Roth described four sys-
TENS or methods of tattooing. The
Tahitian method of ''tattaow'' was
performed by pricking or tapping
with pigment, and produced the
smooth result such as was seen in our
soldiers and sailors. The Maoris of
New Zealand adopted this pricking
method, and also cutting method
performed with sharp, adze-like edge
like very narrow chisel. This pro-
duced slight but permanent grooves
in the skin.
in West Africa, and was similar to
the second, but the grooves produced
were deeper and wider, and generally
no pigment was used. Lastly, there
were the curious raised marks of the
Tasmanians, Australians and Mela-
nesians generally, and the Central
African tribes. In this case the cuts
were made with sharp-edged stones,
and were continually reopened or ir-
ritated by the insertion of vegetable
juices or sand. Hence was produced
an abnormal amount of reparative ac-
tion, and the wound did not heal
naturally as healthy concave scars,
but developed into nodulous growths
of sometimes considerable size. A pho
tograph was shown on the screen of a
native whose back was covered with
more than 30 of these raised scars,
produced by terrible pain and suffer-
ing.
DR.. Haddon observed that the true
Malays did not practice tattooing, nor
did the Sea Dayaks originally, but
had gradually adopted it from the in
land tribes. The settled interior
tribes in Borneo tattooed the back of
the hands only after having been on
the war path and taken head. Some
tribes tattooed only on the forearm,
shoulder and top of the foot; never
on the face. The custom OF some form
of tattooing had recently crept in
among the Papuans. The reason
which the women of these tribes in
Borneo, the Malay peninsula and the
Solomon isles gave for tattooing was
that it gave them light when they
Travelled into the next world.
Mr.. Crooke made few remarks on
tattooing in Indian villages. During
the process, he observed, some form of
narcotic was given to the patient
not opium, however, but generally
bung, narcotic preparation from
hemp. Though the origin of the idea
may have been some form of totem
ism, or tribal mark, it was now mere
1y decorative, or, in some cases, re-
ligious. The process was entirely in
the hands of gypsy tribe called
Nuts.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
WE'RE BORN TO LEAD
Historic Quartette Of Giants In the
Thirty-Fourth Congress. ;
S1mner, Morrill,, Brooks and Dreck-
enridge Were, Physically and
Mentally, the Greatest Men
of Their Day.
Especial Washington Letter.1


I(T TOLD you all about the fires
days when I was fireman" "
in Washington in the early
said Calhoun Clark, the retired vet
eran fire-fghter. AT the same time I
promised to tell you about my ex-
periences as a little page boy in the
old house of representatives. Tonight
I am in a humor to fulfill that prom
ise.
1T was in 1855 that was appoint
ed, and I guess you and your readers
were babes in arms then; mean the
eldest of your readers, as well as your
self. I was lively little lad then,
and these gray whiskers were not even
sprouting, while this bald head was
covered with a thick growth of dark
brown hair. was only one of about
dozen page boys, but was very
observant of everything about me, be-
cause I had been told that I must
study the men, and know how to an
ticipate the desires and wishes of all
of the statesmen, If would make my
self popular and keep my position.
my vivid recollection of that time
and MISUNDERSTANDING men in the
house were the four giants-Morrill,
of Vermont; Sumner, of Massachu-
setts; Breckenridge, of Kentucky, and
Brooks, of South Carolina. Two of
them were from the north and two of
them from the south. I do not be-
lieve that at any time in the history
of congress four men of such magnifi-
cent physique and intellect have ap-
peared in the house OF representa-
tives.
Brooks, of South Carolina, was
about six feet tall, and as perfectly
formed man as ever lived. Morrill,,
life until he passed away about two
years ago, was by far the handsomest
man of them all, but not quite so ro-
bust physically as the others. He
had a classic face and his power of
utterance was marvellous. Brecken-
ridge, of Kentucky, was about Nor
rill's height, but heavier. The biggest
man of the quartette was Sumner. He
was about six feet five inches tall,
and must have weighed about 200
pounds. There was no fat about him.
He was all big bone and muscle.
He dressed we'll, too. He was the
best dressed man in congress. He
dressed to show off his physical pro-
portions. He was an athlete, and kept
little gymnasium in his apartments.
He swung dumb-bells and Indian
clubs every morning, and he took long
walks every day.
II can see Sumner now, walking
down Pennsylvania avenue to the cap
itol, in creased trousers, with cutaway
coat and white vest. He always wore
a white vest. They call it waistcoat
nowadays, but it was vest then, and
it would make a dress coat for a man
of ordinary size. I have seen prize
fighters in recent years, and believe,
as told you before, that if Sumner
lived to-day, and were scientific
boxer, he could take Jeffries, and Cor
bett, and Sharkey, and bump their
heads together He used to walk
down Pennsylvania avenue alone, and
everybody looked at him as physical
wonder. It was not very long until
they were also pointing at him as an
Intellectual prodigy. AS a southern
boy, I did not like him, because he
was always hammering away at
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25

Father-Why did you let him kiss
you?
Daughter-Well, >he was so nice, he
asked me-"
Father-But haven't told you you
must learn to say "No?"
Daughter-That's what did say. He
asked me if I'd be very angry if he
kissed me.-Tit-Bits.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
Flats at Railway Stations.

It is the intention of the London Gen.
trail Railway company to erect handsome
mansions over its stations, to be let
out as residential flats. At some sta.
tions attractive business premises will
be added. The company hopes in this
way to get back some of the money in.
vested for station sites. The station
buildings are now ~oly one story in
height, although occupying some Of
the most valuable ground in London.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
The Only Tender Part.

"Although was late," said the new
boarder, Il found the landlady had
saved for me the tenderest part of the
chicken"
''What was that?" asked the star
boarder, jealousy.
"Some of the soup."-Indianapolis
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
Just NerVOusneAs,

Yeast-I thought you told me your
wife didn't know what fear was?
Crimsonbeak-So I did.
'Well, my wife heard her scream
when she saw a mouse the other day."
''Oh, well, that wasn't fear; it was
nervousness.'- Statesman.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
Victim OF Homesickness.

At the battle of the Modder river an
officer observed an Irishman taking
shelter from the enemy's fire after the
engagement. The officer, thinking TO
take Pat down peg, said:
"Well, Pat, how did you feel during
the engagement"
'Feel!" said Pat. II felt as if every
hair of my head was band of music,
and they were all playing Home, Sweet
Home!'" '"-Et-Bits
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
He Saw 1t.

Wife (at the theater)-The pro-
gramme says this play has a moral,
but fail to see it.
Husband (who paid three dollars for
eats)-Oh, the morals there, all right.
Wife-I'd like to know what it is.
Husband-"A fool and his money are
soon parted" ."-Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
Evident.

She-I wonder if there ever was
such person as the foolkiller?
He-Don't ask such nonsensical
questions. How do you suppose I
know?
She (sweetly)-Of course, dear,
know you never met him.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
EXQUISITE Revenge,

Hingso-Henpeck had q great time
yesterday.
Jingso-How?
Hingso-He invited all his friends to
see his wife fire the cook.-Syracuse
Herald,
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
Lucky Circumstance.

The Major-Sorry, old boy; but I
learned to-day that her mother objects
to you!
The Captain-Good! From what I
know of human nature, that will preju-
dice both the girl and her father in my
favor. I'm lucky dog!-Tit-Bits.
Contrast.
The public's strange ways often sadly
amaze
The man who to congress has gone.
1t will throw you bouquets in the earlier
days,
And, alas! throw you down later on.
washington Star.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
Emancipated.

She was mannerly ere
She was won as his wife;
Now when no one Is there,
But her husband to stare,
Why, she just doesn't care,
And eats pie With her knife.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
His Fate In Her Hands.

Midwood-I overheard Miss Port
land say she could read me like
book.
Dykerheights-Well, as girls always
look at the end of a book first that
is equivalent to saying that she can
see your fnish.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
Sufficient.

"How did Eleanor announce her en-
gagement to the family?"
"she just waggled the finger that
had on the diamond ring" - N. Y.
World.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
A Fortunate Fact.

Hewitt-The girl in the print dress
is poem.
Jewett - She differs from most
poems.
Hewitt-How's that?
Jewett-Most poems don't get into
print.-Brooklyn Life.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
Would Have Been q Virtuos>

Would Have Been q Virtu0so.
Bacon-Samson was noted for his
strength and his long hair, I believe?
Egbert-Yes; too bad they didn't
have pianos in those days.-Yonkers
Statesman.