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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
BY
J. c. A5ERNATHN
BY

work out an education for himself The
college man without practical training
can get the practical training by proper
effort. But the young fellow who has been
allowed by his parents TO grow up in
sort of respectable idleness and who at
20 or q years begins to realize that HIS
parents cannot keep him always Is IN a
truly deplorable position. Et
''It used to be that parents were won't
to neglect the education of their children:
now they neglect their practical training.
The one neglect is as injurious as the.
other. The only proper equipment Of
youth for any life work Is an equal
amount of practical experience and school
training. For the. making OF a living Il
either Is to be curtailed, it had best be
the schooling.
1.-The development of practical skill
brings resources into development Il Is
the few who have both knowledge and
skill that make the work for the others.
If all youth were required by their par
ents to serve some apprenticeship II would
conduee immensely to the Development of
home resources and to the making OF
abundant and profitable occupation at
home" - ~
a conversation. few days ago. with =
New York business man-one who Is con-
nected with one Of the largest concerns OF
its kind in the countryr-developed exact
~ the same idea of opportunity as re-
CARDS the metropolis. There are said
he, perhaps more idle people in every line
of work in New York than any other.
American city, and there is a constant
stream of immigration to that centsr from,
all over the country, and yet the door OF
opportunity to the competent man there.
is wide open. There are great many peo-'
pie In the metropolis who are today hold
ing good paying positions which they are
not competent TO fill. AS soon as a fully
equipped man IN any line Of business
shows up IN New York he has no trouble
in finding a place; there ideally a,4s-
mand for him, and as said before, while
there is probably a greater surplusage Of
men In every calling IN the metropolis
than anywhere else in the United States,
there is yet a greater scarcity of ccmpe-,
tent men. They are wanted all the time.
and man who is thoroughly up TO his
work can always find employment in New
York. IL you want to live in the metrop-!
oils and are able to do something better
than the general run OF those now en-
ployed, you need have no hesitation about
going there" q 50 ra s q
These are the opinions OF business men,,
men who know what they are taking
about, and 1t certainly appears from what
they have to say that the thing for a.
young man to do these days is TO perfect
himself in some one line Of business; Il
makes not so much difference what thaA
Is just so he can do ii well. s
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
or GENERAL INTEREST.

Nearly the whole OF the Central American in
digo crop Is gathered IL. san Salvador
The emigration from Germany. which for
some time used ts average 22o.000 year, sank
last year I'd. q, 0O0 81 rs 4t +-.i--
q The Vlsland- Bolmen railway In Sweden has
made a satisfactory test OF dried peat as
fuel for loeomotiyes,s si.j aa .- s9 ffis
The German law forbds teachers in the
school 10 pull the ears Of their pupils Many
cases Of DEAFNESS have been shown to have
resulted from such punishment. ~ --
A ateam pillow Weighing $1,000 pounds and
owned in san BernardihO county, California is
supposed to be the largest pow in the world.
Last year Missouri produced more manufac-
tured tobacco than any other state In. the
union, over 7S,0e0.e00 pounds passing through its
factories s.---.. 5. s-.
Creaigowan which is hereafter to become the
highland residence Of THE prince and princess
Of wales. has been for many years the home
of the royal commissioner. f7@ -is
Es One OF the American Innovations IN the city
Of Ponce. Porto Rica, is a spciety for the pre-
vention Of cruelty TO animals which relentless
ly prosecutes all violators Of the law.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
NO. LACK OF PROSPERITY.

OF artificial trading. with expectations ara
sentiment as leading forces-has passed
through series OF unsettling reverses
since the Northern Pacific episode. Only
one OF. these reverses has had any bear
ing on the movements of actual business.
Public confidence has been so acutely sha-
ken by the losses sustained on account OF
rank manipulation that the great outside
element Is touching the speculative mar
ket very gingerly at present That Is
why business Is so fat In that quarter.
The chief adverse factor in actual trade.
which also Affects the speculative, was the
corn shortage The high price, however.
to which the cereal has since attained has
more than counter balanced the shortage
In crop. The buying power of the farming
class has. consequently. not been crippled.
Moreover the shaky Industrial conditions
in Germany, which at one time menaced
the volume OF our foreign business. have
wonderfully improved, so that even that
particular obstacle to our progress is re-
moved. on top Of these intangible evi-
dences comes the more practical showing
Of our railroad reports and our weekly
bank clearances. They continue TO show
increases over the phenomenal record OF
last year Railroad companies cannot End
cars enough to move their trafic and
the bank clearings IN all sections Of the
country are disclosing a splendid expau-
sion in the present evolution OF business.
All this testimony in favor OF continued
prosperity Is entirely too overwhelming
to be Offset by more speculative depres-
sion. Even the latter depression is ex-
pected to enjoy a transient respite after
January ].
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Dec. "a had an
Interesting talk with a leading southern
manufacturer recently regarding the
young. mans chances" which. are so
freely discussed these days, and he gave
some facts which .are interesting.
Recently I had an application from a
young man in small town not far from
Charlotte for a place in my works, said
the manufactures. "As we do not take
IN any but those who give. promise Of do
ing something for themselves and the es-
tablishment, / wrote to- a citizen OF the
young mans town with whom was Wen
acquainted and asked him II there was
anything in the fellow If he was worth
trying; did his record at home show that
he was really desirous OF learning some
thing and making a mechanic of himself,
or was he merely hunting job? ea
Il received in reply quite lengthy let
ter, and It impressed me, for the reason
that to a considerable extent 1t showed
some of the reasons why young men in
the south today are in many cases not
what they might be. The young fellow
about whom inquired was on a par with
about a dozen In that town. and for that
matter every other town in his section. He
said that any one of them, would work in
a store or anything. of that kind for sal
aries which would allow them to wear
fairly stylish clothes and move in 'so-
but that as for getting down to learning
a trade. that with them was a doubtful
problem. + III they really want to learn a
trade said my correspondent, why there
is the best opening that could be wished
for them right here in this town, We
haven't a competent carpenter, nor a
brfcl1ayer who can do 1rst-ciass work.
Fine wages would be paid man IN al
most any trade, and II good workmen
were here they could get plenty Of work.
AS it is now, when citizen Of this town
wants a. building erected after anything
like the fashion of the day he must send
off some distance to secure the woFRmen,
and this fact idiscourages new enterprises
Just as the presence of good workmen
would encourage the upbuilding of the
commRnitys Bilt coming back to the
young man you inquire about, ] cannot
say that there Is any reason why you
should give him a trial-certainly no more
than that all those OF his special class
should be provided for. and of course /
would not recommend the whole lot to
any business man ,sfE .tss gfIR
LAS. a result of this letter tine young
man who applied for place is, so far
as / know. still waiting for an opp0r-
tuntty to learn a trade. and the chances
are that he will always be ready to
take up any job that comes along. for
he will not have perfected himself in
any particular line of business. and
ordinary laborers are not hard to get
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
An 1RRsPREssrHuE conEueT.

B
Il Wifi be remembered that the general
federation OF women's clubs which met
at..MhT asaxee zlast year had a long and
not altogether good natured discussion
over the color line. -..-.....
A Grub composed entirely or negro wo-
men applied fer membership in the feder-
alton ard over the question OF its admis-
sion the trouble arose. All the southern
clubs and some in bther sections protest
ed against an assertion o.. social equality
while many 6f the northern ana western
clubs insisted that negro clubs should be
No mai decisloq or abs. question was
reached at Milwaukee and Il was left
for the consideration OF the biennia!
Bsetugzte be held; 4nzLos Apgeies next
year, sss,ss mas ts.a-s.
The clubs Will discuss the matter before
they send delegates TO that convention
so as 10 have them. represent fully and
correctly the ssntlnent of their fellow
members 'i.a. 5
Recently a meeting 81 ,he beard Of 81
rscters OF the general federation was held
in New York and among other things i
considered rssplutions adopted by various
clubs on the admission OF negro clubs.
one OF these resolutions went from the
executive board Of the Massachusetts fed
Grafton and another from the executive
board or the Georgia federation. a.
These two Represented the directly CON
hieting views en7the. question under con-
eiderstton. gar7al -7a
The general board took no action and
made no accommodation further than to
propose that the Msssacfruse It's and Geor-
gia declarations should appoint a joint
committee whose duty It shall he to de-
wise, If possible, some form OF amend
ment to the bylaws which shall harmon
.Hze the differences on the colerrline and
preservs the integrity Of the general fed
Grafton. f
The Georgia and Masss ehusetts fedora
lions have a very difficult task before
them and we do pot see how they can
ever-eome to an agreement on Il.
The Chicago Chronicle believes that Mrs.
Lowe, OF Atlanta. the president OF the
general, federation has the ability and
tact to make a peaceful solution of the
matter pOssibis. 1t says:
-fThe federation is fortunate in this cri-
sis 10 have as president a southern wo-
man who IS as energetic as he is TACT
fsl. While sympathiEing with the pseu-
liar sentiment existing in the south she
is broadly Intelligent enough to recog-
nize the honest conviction which prevails
in most Of the northern states
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
THE OLD STORY.

The hope that the present, Christmas
season would not be disturbed ana dis
graced BY the disorders and crimes that
have become the frequent attendants OF
such time has been disappointed. -'1
Reports from all parts Of the country
show that the last twe-or three days have
made a deplerable record of brutality and
crime. AS usual many men have IN
duiged in sensual excuses and demon
strations OF passion instead Of observing
the real spirit OF Christmas. These re-
voting exhibitions have net been confined
to any one part Of the country; they have
been appsllingly widespread. Even the
metropolis of the country was disgraced
yesterday by a pitched battle between
mobs OF, whites and negroes. And We
read that IN many usually peaceful viii
Iaees and IN rural districts men whose
blood was fred by mean whisky have
dyed their hands in human blood.
II appears that the habit Of making
Christmas a season for the rule of the
lower passions of human nature has a
firm hold upon many of our people, and
that the carnival OF crime which has been
B Witnessed every Christmas for years past
is to continue its. annual recurrence.
The average citizen Of the United States
is a peaceable and law-abiding citizen.
Why. in the name of ell thet is good
and DECENT is it that at the time Of all
others when good conduct should pre-
vail the lack of It is most conspicuous?
The most deplorable feature OF the
wretehed business is that the authors OF
Christmas ideyiltrys as asrule, are notruf-
fans. -trt- r--E . t@1 Er!ltuif-r
on the contrary many. IL not the major
ity Of them are persons who hate borne
good regulations and enjoyed the esteem
and respect of their neighbors. -ar ~
1t is a sad subject and Indicates in a
lamentable manner the pitiful weakness
of human nature l.f -ElrN#T hitt @.fE
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
NANCY HART AGAIN.

Atlanta Journal:
1 have been much interested at the va
rious accounts given OF Aunt Nancy Hart
by people who have known so much in re-
gard to this truly patriotic woman. 7
have desired to write you before now. but
was anxious that all the discussion would
be over before I should write. because
wished that others more competent than
myself would record the few facts that I
know IN regard to this matter of history.
What I here relate has been told over and
over to me By my father, and I know II
to be as true as truth itself.
NV fathers name was Samuel Meredith.
He died in 1885 in hts s6th year. lie Yves
related to the Morgans Of South Carolina
and to Nancy Hart When be was a boy
about or 8 years of age he went with his
father TO Brunswick Ca and called to
zee Aunt Nancy. She took quite a fancy
to him and was struck by his great love
Of hearing her relate her adventures. She
was then very old and took a great delight
in telling Of her past life. She was 90
struck with my fathers eagerness to hear
oil she told and knew that she gave my
father the identical conch shell that she
claimed to have blown during the revolu-
tfonarv war There was a bullet hole In
II filled with beeswax. Ny grandfather
and father were ever proud Of this horn
1t has been an heirloom in our family
ever since. have IL now. Notning ceuid
induce me TO part with II, although am
a poor man and have many children de-
pendent upon me. look at the old shell
occasionally, and it brings to my mind
my dear old father and grandfather on
their trip, with the long train of freight
wagons and their many voyages from
Brunswick to middle Georgia. love this
old shell and I show II to my children
with eagerness and solemnfty. 1t is all ]
have now TO connect me with the great
past and OF my relationship with This
great woman. Respectfully,
V. o. MEREDITH
Americus Ga
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oysters for the King.

Il. New York Press. . E ~ o..
). Somebody s. sending a barrel OF Chesapeax Ike
Bay oysters TO King Edward let as hope
they are Lynnhaven BAYS and large enough
to cause him 10 forget the eleven-inch mon
ster from Ceylon he tried to eat several years
ago The. native. British oyster Is said % be
small and taste1ess but that is Joke. Those
young oysters Saported from France and HolT
fand and fattened on British culture-beds are
really fine. still. We think, and rightly that
American oysters beat the world. We are
selling about 81 100000 worth year to Eng
land but II Is being kept as quiet as possible
by those In the trade because prices are very
high, and II too many get in the game all
may suffer SEINE years ago London consunled
800, 900, COO oysters 4 year but TO-DAY the whole
about SO. 600. 00Qs The consumption in Paris Is
100 900, 900 a year costing about sseo.OpAt Fifty
years ago the same quantity. cost $3.50, COO.
The price Of the ablvaive In London has in
creased in a few years from cent. Ia. cents;
In Paris In half a century 1t has increased
from rs Of Aaeent 70 $40 Of cent. -
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eEN. cAAEFEEss EYEs oPENEp.

We have had several military com
manders in the philippines but General
Chaffee seems to understand the situa-
ton better than any Of his predecessors.
/ The main fault with them wss that they
underestimated the task they had In hand.
Their rosy views of the case with which
they could meet and master it misleda ana
disappointed the osdntry AMI caused dis
astsrs. 10 our ;treops that would have been
averted by more thorough knowledge OF
the conditions with which they had to
deal. General -Chaffee realizes that the
complete subsection and-,paehlesdon OF
the Filipinos 10 going to be very difheht
and must necessarily be slow. lie has
studied the nature OF that people and re-
Allies that the OVERWHELMING majority Of
them are bitterly opposed to our govern
ment and. would be delighted to throw it
on He tells US of these convictions
frankly and is TO be commended for doing
so.
The Malay races are both brave and
crafty. They are, Ingenious treaeherous
and intensely patriotic. There is no rear
soA to doubt that they will resist the au-
tfority Of the United States for a. long
time TO come by every means In their
power and VIII seize every opportunity
TO strike our soldiers, They are keeping
up a desultory, but ever watehful war
fare which requires the most sleepless
vigilance on our part as several recent
and successful surprises OF careless com
msnds have demonstrated, The message
received this morning from General Da-
Wis, commenting the department of MINI
danoa.r indicates that General Chaftee has
given timely counsel It has. been stated
repeatedly that Mlndanao Is co1npletely
pacihed AID loyal, hut General Davis de-
clares that. It is necessary to. place It un-
DER military occupation and control again.
1t would be worse than foolish to dis
regard this warning.
The country grew sick and tired Of mes
sages from Otis and Macarthur that
everything looked lovely in the Phillip
pines. assurances that were followed all
most invariably by fresh outbreaks. 1t
Is fortunate that the army in those is
lands is at last in command Of an eaicer
who knows what he has to contend: with,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
aEcRETARY SHAW.

Falling to, induce Governor. Crane, OF
Massachusetts. to accept. the treasury
portfolio laid down by Secretary Gage.
President Roosevelt has found a successor
for that able and admirable ofiiciai In
Governor shaw. OF Iowa. -. 49,.
The country knows comparatively little
of that gentleman, beyond the fact that
he has for some years enjoyed a high
degree Of popularity in his own state, and
has recently been chosen as It's chief ex-
-ecutive for a second term.
He Is presumably man of ability. for
President Roosevelt must have known
much in HIS favor to entrust him with
one. Of. the most important Offices in the
federal administration. Sz.t ta Ea-'r-'
1t was generally expected that the new
secretary Of the treasury would come
from the east, but the west. has furnished
some Of the most famously. successful
men who have filled that office -rs.-.
. Salmon p. Chase is remembered better
as secretary of the treasury than as chief
justice. rT 81 ~ ir' fa 'a5 --a ~
John Sherman won more fame in that
office than in any other that he ever filled.
John g. Carlisle is recognized as one
Of the ablest men who ever held It and
Lyman Gage has distinguished himself
there very greatly. N x
Western statesmen have won abundant
laurels as directors OF our national
finances. .-,..-. 4.-,,-.,... f...-. ..t t,..s
What special training. If any. Governor
Shaw has had for such service we do not
know, but those who Il! ow him express
strong confidence IN his ability to meet
the requirements Of the ONCE and the
whole country INDUCES the hope that
this estimate of his capacity and htness
may prove TO be correct. s~ta rrsi..-
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Western Fear d ths chIness.

There are thousands of people on the
Atlantic slope who know less of the Chi-
neso than they do OF the Hottentot. They
cannot understand the impulse TO exclude
him. because they do not know what tree
dom Of ingress implies. They do not
stop to think. as is the solemn and de-
pressing truth, that were the Chinese
permitted to come they would overrun
this coast, or they do not have care for
the welfare of this coast. Perhaps their
theory Is that the Chinese would stop this
side of the Rocky mountains. But he
would not. He would in brief time poss-
ess the land from Eea to sea, and white
labor would be reduced to beggary
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
DECEMBER.
Mt. Airy, Ga

When the feud of hot and cold
Leaves the autumn woodlands bare;
When the year is getting old,
And the flowers are dead and keen the air
When the crow mas new concern.
And early sounds his raucous note;
And-where the late. witch-hazels burn
The squirrel from a chuckling throat
Tells, that one larder's space Is filled,
And Tits upon a towering tree;
And, valiant. quick and keenly thrilled
Upstairs the tiny chickadee;
When the suns still shortening arc
Too soon nights shadows dun and gray
Brings on, and fields drear and dark,
And summer birds have flown away
I feel the years slow beating heart,
The sky's chill prophecy / know,
And welcome the consummate art
Which weaves this spotless shroud Of snow
Joel Benton.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
chicago News.

Chicago News.
Many a man has good appetite and moth
ing to eat. while others have plenty to eat
but no Jappetiie, - ..-r.tst--
II woung man owns real estate in large
city 1t IS an easy matter for him to find a girl
willing to share his lot. ifFr Fa asarsH-,
The average man has such a good memory
that he finds 1t impossible 10 forget the things
ne doesn't want TO remember, .fr ~
Many a man puts his hest foot forward so
FAR that his other foot becomes discou~eg ed
in attempting to catch up with Il. '
where one lawyer In a small village would
starve two can make a good living There is
q great big moral. eoncealed IN this. - ~.
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FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

OF an money transactions in England 81
per cent are transacted by checks, only 3
per cent. by notes and gold. -
A. church in London still possesses an in
come originally given TO il for the purpose
of buying faggots for burning hereucs.
The census returns for Algeria show that
in less than fifty years the native popuia-
ton Of the colony. Arab and Ksbyle, has al
most doubled. having risen from 2.307 900 in
Geo go Tra o.. sSc present tire.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
80 YorI, 80

-, New York Press. - --..
Some cheeks are as red as others are painted.
/ Money makes the mare go and women make
the money 60 +. I. t..t....,,- -. s.4
The hsppiest marriages are the ones which
haven't come of yet. ~ ~. Is
IT may be just an accident, but usually soft
hearts go with soft wits, - 49,. a.. ~. -
Maybe some men don't tell lies because they
know nobody would bellows them under any
circumstances, .....4 ..-.- -.-
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Uncle SANS PaIadfns.

Minneapolis Tribune. -sr . q, &
The account OF Funstons capture Of Aguif
naido might be a leaf tern out of the ad-
ventures. OF the. twelve peers Of Charlenagner
who were called paladins, and those who
stand as the paragons OF kuighthood. And
~ we are locking for paladins we might ma
them in the humble ranks of privates or
the United States army, among the men who
fought their way out of the ambush OF the
bolOmen in Samar, after the officers of COM
pany c, Ninth Infantry. had been rnassacred
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Arbitration and Strikes.

FniI1ueIQDIa IleubtIi !. n :. ~.
a strike is really q war measure. ana II de-
tcrrsires The matter In dispute. hot BY reason
but by the endurance Of the contestants Labor
or CAPITAL IS starved or buiiied into an ac-
-ceptance OF terms OF settlement. Nothing Is
proved BY the settlement reached as to lne
original right of the matter. But settle
nient reached By arbitration or agreement be
fore a strike Is fnaugurated would presumably
be z settlement According with justice and
fairness to both contestants, IS. t-.-- it"-t