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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26

of people, there Is not, outside OF rev
towns. a mile of road over which wheels
can pass; ancient highways, bridges,
aoueducts crumble beneath the jungle
The towns are ulcers Of uncleanness; tie
forests are the home of serpent worship,
tho sacrifice of children, cannibalism and
kindred unutterable denominations. In
beetle governments rise and fall in pre-
tense of rule over a population living IN
actual anarchy the ordinances of ciyili-
cation are forgotten; life is of 10 value;
property has no sacredness; men and wo'
men herd like beasts in indescrlbabie III
deceney. Squalid universal poverty; ig-
norance benighted and inconcelVaole,
paleolithie, simian, Illuminated by mt
macy only with the most primitive con-
Germs of the human mind; an all but COM
plete atavism; these are features of the
most abtect, the most hideous and APP
palling human spectacle upon which tire
sun looks down in any land which civili-
cation has ever touched-an offense to the
conscience of the world and reproacn
to the white neighboring nations which
have allowed a race to sink into TINS
Indebtedness.
The otner day a young American negro,
student at Yale University, won lit
erary prize at that institution. The fact
was so gratifying to friends of his race
and the essay itself of such interest that
| it has been widely talked of an ex-
President of the United States wrote to
the young man asking the privilege OF
reading his production. 1t was plea
that Hayti be taken again under white
| control
| Mr.. Fisher must argue most impress
sively for negro segregation in order TO
convince public opinion, when the most
advanced representatives OF the black
race are moved to declare that the
great experiment in black self-govern-
ment is so disastrous a failure that hu-
| name considerations demand the reas-
sertion of white influence over it. Would
it not be the most contemplate inhu-
mainly for us to attempt to free ourselves
| from the burdensome necessity of deal
ing patiently with a grave problem by
expelling the negroes and condemninf
| them to certain degeneration? The in
terests of neither white nor black would
be served by such a solution; it would
be a policy of cowardice. and blundel
more fatal than any of the complications
certain to develop, but in patience ant
faith certain to be met, as the problem
of the existence, side by side, of the two
races progresses to its solution.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
TOO RICH TO SUCCEED.

Twenty-Five years ago the New York
Ledger was the most prosperous weekly
published in the United States. Robert
Bonner its owner made it a great tnan-
cial success and when he died it was
paying handsomely and upon his earn
ings he left his family a large estate
embracing one Of the finest collections
of fast horses in America.
The fate of the Ledger after his death
shows that it takes genius and industry
of a high order to continue a paper pros
perously even when it is going along
smoothly. Mr.. Bonners sons were too
rich and had been reared in too much
luxury to be as industrious and as re-
sourceful as their father. They changed
the old New York Ledger, a weekly sto-
ry paper, into The Ledger Monthly which
has now gone into the hands of a re-
ceiver. The young men found that the
advertising space in the Ledger was very
valuable and gradually they crowded out
the literary and story features until the
concern petered out and is now bank
rupt
The Ledger, under the older Bonner,
never assumed to rank with the great
literary magazines, but it published a
variety of thrilling stories that gave it's
Older readers of this paper will remem-
Der how, In the days when continued
stories were more popular than now, they
would haunt the postoffce waiting for the
Ledger to get the next installment of
Mrs. Z. d. E. n. Southworths most inter
csting story. that versatile novelist hav-
at the most interesting part of the story.
The fatal words Ito be continued left
you in a state of mental suspense and
sometimes hard anguish. The Ledger
also brought out E. 7. Roe. whose pop
ular novels had a large run and other
novelists who were not of the first class,
but whose works were very popular.
Mr.. Bonner was the first American pub
Usher to startle the American public by
paying $4,000 cash down for continued
story When Mr.. Beecher first came
into prominence, Mr. Bonner called TO
see him one day and offered him $4,000
in cash for continued story to run
through the Ledger several months Mr.
Beecher had never written a novel al
that time. but the inducement OF $4,000
was so great that he undertook it, pro-
ducing Norwood, a charming story OF
New England life and character. it
made a great hit in its day, though i,
is now rarely called for.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
AGE OF CONSENT LEGISLATION.

Elsewhere in today's paper we publish
the full text of a wonderfully strong and
clear speech on Age of Consent Leg
islation," delivered in Asheville some
years ago by Mr.. J. D. Eggleston, Jr..
the gifted superintendent of the city
school. A recent occurrence in Raleigh.
which shocked the city and the State,
has aroused the moral sentiment of the
state to begin an agitation to abolish the
barbaric law in North Carolina which
denies to young girls protection which
every civilized community should throw
around them Though this address was
made in 1896 before the White Cross So
ciety in Asheville it is particularly time
ly today. and seems to have been writ
ten to meet the conditions following the
horrible crime in Raleigh two weeks ago
"a crime that goes unpublished because
of barbaric statute upon our law books.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
New Position as to Divorces.
Chicago Record Herald,)

St Louis, March 19.-Hereafter children
will not be allowed to hear the testimony
OF their parents in divorce cases which
come up for trial in my court"
Judge Taylor, of the Circuit court.
made this announcement after the suit
of Minnie Gutherel against William e.
Gutherel had been heard and dismissed.
The two children of the parties in the
suit were called as witnesses, but the
Judge prevented Laura, aged II, from
hearing any of the testimony.
ut is better for society that children
should believe that their parents are
good. even if they are evil. and no child
should be brought directly in contact
with that which would tend to dim the
fire on the altar of the home" said the
Judge Children will earn enough OF the
worlds deprayity in the natural course
of their lives, and it would have the worst
possible influence on their characters If
they learned it from the lips of par
ents."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26

The last issue of Life had a picture of
q Sunday school class with young Rookie
Teller as the teacher. In the class was
Baer, Carnegie, Havemeyer, Hanna and
other trust magnates. One had a cate
chism on which was printed, I'm Beef
We Trust" Havemeyer had a jar of
Sugar Plums," Carnegie had library
drawings, and othere were similarly en-
ployed. Below followed the article:
Topic: Giving Up. Golden Thought
Give and Make Others Give.
Leader: You will notice that our topic
this morning is Giving Up. which, we
infer from the Scripture lesson, means
that we must give up something in life.
First. let me suggest that we need not
worry with the argument of the Ma
zarene, that it is easier for a camel to
pass through the eye of a needle than it
is for a rich man to enter the kingdom
of heaven; the comparison is not well
drawn, for all depends upon the size of
the needle and the camel.
He also mentions that we should give
all we have to the poor. but we know
that it would be simply folly to consider
that literally. The Nazarene was I'M
doubtedly a wise person, but He never
managed a coal trust, uOI dl Oll trust,
nor beef trust. II He lived today and
should happen to be president of an oil
company, and should attempt to do bust
ness on those lines, He would soon go
to the wall. Unanimous assent from the
class.
These injunctions must be taken prac-
tically. We naturally desire few
shares of the future life, therefore we
know that it Is business to give up some
thing that will extend our influence with
the Creator of all natural produets-the
one who made a universe of trusts, each
of which He holds in the hollow of His
hand. The question Is What will be
| the easiest service for us? Giving!
Now we come to the underlying thought
| The command to give is virtually COM
mand to get, for we cannot give unless
we first get something to give. How
shall we get it to give? From the peo-
pie! This will be twofold work: When
we get it from other people that we mas
give it up, we will be making them give
up too, and they unconsciously will be
saving their souls.
l should like to have an expression
from a member of the class as to how we
can arrange to give up something &C.
cording to these principles. AS for my
self, I have advanced the price of oil
two cents on the gallon, and at the end
of the year I not only will have made
others give up, but will have gotten
enough extra profit to enable me to give
few hundred thousands to university
Coal Operator: can easily cut min
ers' wages and clear enough to endow
charities to help the poor buy fuel
Head of Beef Trust I can fix the
prices OF beef and other meats and raise
sum to establish friendly inns and
soup houses for those who cannot get
enough work to live.
Steel Trust Magnate: I can manage to
clear the price of few free libraries
where people can read and forget their
| miseries.
Head of Sugar Trust: I can make peo-
ole give up enough extra for sugar to
defray the expenses of a hundred or Sc
missionaries IN Cuba and the Philippines
Leader This is what I cali prac'
teal Christian spirit BY our works we
shall be known!
James Ravenscroft.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
Average tax per mile

Average tax per mile. :. :. 80 261
/ The discrepancy here displayed is lit
tie short of grotesque, ranging as the
rates do from s1,366 in Massachusetts
to s11 in Indian Territory
The trouble is that American methods
of taxation are in the last degree crude
and unscientitic. When a State wants
more revenue the finance committee of
it's Legislature proceeds to she'll the
bush and anything hit is gathered and
what is missed goes in peace.
OF course there Is a sound reason For
the rates of taxation of railway vary
ing in the several States because the
earnings and operating expenses per mile
Of line vary greatly, but in States so
similar as Tennessee. Virginia and North
Carolina there is no apparent reason why
the rates should be 2S2194 and ia re-
spectively.
Taxation lies at the very base Of all
government and yet seems to be largely
a matter of haphazard, so much so that
it can be said that practically justice as
no place in the tax methods of a State.
Some citizens are r-taXed some I'M
dertaxed and some are not taxed at all.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
WHERE TAX ON GROSS INCOMES
Is JUST.

Our new possession, Porto Rico, seems
to have profited by Americas mistaken
policy with reference to franchises to
public utilities. In that country no fran
chise is granted except by requiring the
parties taking the franchise to pay the
government a fixed per cent on the gross
receipts. One traction company pays into
the treasury four per cent of its gross
receipts and telephone company pays
1917 per cent No concession is granted
for longer than forty years and most
of them run for a much shorter pc
riod.
If this policy is rigidly adhered to that
aflicts almost every American city which
gave away its franchises instead Of re-
curing the persons to whom they were
issued to pay proper amount for the
same. The value of franchise for rail
road or street or telephone or telegraph
companies, or other quasi public corpora
lions depends almost enllreiy upon inc
srowth of the population and the growth
of business 1t is therefore a right that
the city ought to receive an income
graded upon the gross receipts OF those
companies where municipal ownership
does not prevail. Ultimately all these
public utilities will be owned by the
cities, but where that is not done, there
ought to be a tax upon the gross in
Genes in every instance,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
Snuff Caused Split in Church.
{ Wilmington starr

There is more in pinch Of snuff some
times than one might think. One oil the
members Of congregation in New Castie'
Pa. saw the pastor take pinch. he OF
she objected, others sided with MIN OF
her. and then others sided with the
pastor, who they thought should be per
mitted to indulge in a little luxury IKE
that The result was q split and the anu
snuffers went off and started church
for themselves, in which snuff VIII De
outlawed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26

It. Money and brains together plus
industry, executive ability and the real
journalistic genius were necessary. Mr..
Hearst possessed all in large measure,
and they have given him the proud posi-
ton he has won in American journalism.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
A MORNING TONIC.
Henry Van DYke.l

Religion and patriotism have much in
common. Both adhere to the noble, gen.
erous impulses in the human heart. Our
devoutest ritual is love and alteration of
our God and our country Poor is the
man who does rot know this. He is
grabbed and confined The man without
q country is nonentity here and man
without a God is an orphan in eternity
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26

Barter-W Women are such queer things.
Wittle-Think I've heard something
like that before.
Barter-It's true just the same. When
told Miss Millet l loved her she said
she didn't believe a word | said; and the
next thing l knew she threatened me
with breach OF promise suit.-Boston
Transcript.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
RAILWAY RATES OF TAXATION.
Norfolk Virginian- Pilot.

The table of statistics issued by the
Interstate Commerce Commission show
ing the taxation of railways per mile
of line in the several States for the year
1901 is an interesting study in taxation.
The table follows:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
Spirit of the Press.

POWER AND INFLUENCE INCREASED.
Charity and Children.
A good number of our North Carolina
newspapers took high ground on the tenn
perance question during the session of
the Legislature, but no secular paper
bore so conspicuous part or made a
manlier fight than the Raleigh News and
Observer. 1t power and influence ought
TO be. an6 NE have no doubt will be,
greatly increased by its strong position
on this vital issue.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26

What is the difference. Mr.. Spencer
asked the pretty girl. II expect to change
tho johnson part of 1t some day. Chi
cago Tribune.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26

This paper is not supporting Mr.. Hearst
for the presidential nomination. We are
glad. however, to print this warm praise
Of Mr.. Hearst, because, while it comes
from an enthusiastic supporter, it will
serve to remove the false impression that
has been put in circulation about tie
virile young journalist. He is man Of
unquestioned ability, of rare courage and
policies that he believes will make foc
the betterment OF the condition Of the
misses, and an earnest student and
thinker. The man who puts young Mr..
Hearst down as a mere sensationalist will
have to revise his estimate of the man.
If he had been an ordinary man, he would
have initiated the example of the sons of
most millionaires and wasted his patri-
mony in girding the world or dissipat-
ing at European watering places. In
stead. he has worked az hard as the poor
est young man in America, setting an ex-
ample to young men of wealth that is
worthy OF emulation. He chose a calling
that demands the hardest work and
greatest risk He has achieved the high
est measure OF success. In this day OF
fierce competition in metropolitan jour
nalism, no ordinary young man
could take losing and IN
known paper and built it up
in few years until it has the largest
circulation of any journal in America
and in these years crowded with labor
MIR. Hearst has also established a great
journal in Chicago and his San Fran
cisco paper is going forward by leaps and
bounds. Money alone could not have
made Mr. Hearst's enterprise succeed,
Brains alone could not have undertaken
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
THE MILLIONAIRE SUNDAY
SCHOOL CLASS

+ TOPIC: Giving Up.
+ GOLDEN RULE: Give and make
Z others give.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-24
ITO Be Continued.
NAPOLEON'S LAST BATTLE.
Woman Still Living Who Saw the
Great General Leave the Field
of Waterloo.

lie Gaulois gives an interesting ac-
count of a conversation with one of
the very few surviving spectators of
the battle of Waterloo, a widow
named Givron, the Tooth anniversary
of whose birth is about to be celebra-
ted in the little village of Viesville,
Hainault. She relates that on the
morning of the day of the great bat
tie she ran away from her parents
and made her way through the
woods, being curious to see what was
going on. She was close to HougO-
mont when the place was attacked
by the French troops, and remained
in hiding for hours, not daring to
move. The cannonade having dimin-
ished,- she yentured toward the farm,
but fled horror stricken at the sight,
the ground, as she expressed it, being
red mud, SO drenched was it with
blood. She ran across the fields and
reached the Bots de Plancenoit, where
she fell asleep, worn out by fatigue
and excitement. At dusk she was
awakened by the noise of horses
hoofs, and saw troop of cavalry,
headed by man Of short stature
mounted on a curvetting gray horse.
He was riding slowly on, as if in a
dream, looking straight ahead and
paying no heed to what went on
about him. The girl learned on the
same evening from her relatives,
when she finally reached home, that
the rider was Napoleon. Nine. Givron
is remarkably active, and is partic-
ularly proud of her eyesight, which,
she declares. is as good as it was rs
years ago. When her daughter, Mar
ceEne, who, as she says, is only ~,
sits down to sew, her mother threads
her needles for her. The old woman
had seven children and her descend
ants number 90.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-24

deliberation. 81 have decided to en-
period. You are to take a we'll
earned vacation at the expense and
under the management of your hum
bic servant, the owner of the ocean
going steam yacht, the Shark
What mad jest is this, Walter!"
exclaimed Sidney Hammond, as he
advanced in half threatening man.
ner towards Hestor. Capt Waters
also stepped forward. Mr.. Morton
and his associates were speechless in
amazement. "Put the boat about at
once, and do not mar by your i'll
timed jokes, an occasion which has
been so thoroughly enjoyed by all
your guests" Hammond's eyes
flashed in anger.
This is no merry jest or joke"
said Hestor, who though slightly
pale, was cool and collected. eve
are not going back to New York to-
night nor for many days to come I
nave determined to ascertain whether
or not the universe will continue to
run without the aid of you gentle
men, and have adopted this pleasant
method OF making the test. Of
course there are bound to be some
trifling annoyances and some worry
occasloned, but with your aid these
can be reduced to a minimum
with the exception of Mr.. Kent,
the guests had arisen from their
chairs. Their faces were a study for
an artist. Mr.. Rockwell was in a
rage, and nervously grasped a heavy
decanter, as if to use it as a weapon.
If you are in earnest. this is an
outrage for which you shall suffer-"
ne. shouted in a voice hoarse with
passion. He dropped the decanter in
his excitement and it smashed in
fragments on the floor. eff you are
sane, this is a crime. If it is a Joke.
1T is an intolerable outrage If you
are crazy, you should be taken care
of by your friends. l am sure,' he
continued, lowering his voice and
speaking with more calmness, ''that
Capt. Waters and his crew will pay
no attention to your orders. Surely
he will not detain gentlemen of our
standing against our will"
Mr.. Kent arose deliberately and
paced up and down the dining-room,
smoking his cigar with the air of a
spectator who was but slightly inter
eSted in the matter at issue Mr..
Pence was in an agony of terror.
This is awful" he groaned. "Speak
to him, Mr.. Carmody. Speak to the
captain!"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-24
WAS CHARMING HOSTESS.
Mrs. Harriet Lane JOhnsto who Was
White House Mistress Under
President Buchanan.

The recent serious illness of Mrs.
Harriet Lane Johnston, and the an
nouncement that she will this sum-
mer visit various American resorts
IN an effort to regain her health, has
again brought into the public eye
one of the most interesting feminine
figures in American history. SO quiz
city has the famous niece of Presi-
dent James Buchanan lived in Wash
1ngton during recent years that the
general reading public has had oppor-
tunity to realize that place is yet
occupied in the social life at the
capital by a woman who was the
most noted of antibellum days, and
the greatest of all the bellies of the
white house.
Mrs. Johnston has, since the ascen-
sion of President Roosevelt to the ma
tons highest position, been several
times prevailed upon to assist in the
of hospitality. at ths
white house, and there is a particn-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-24

like the bed of a mountain stream,
and the winds made umbrellas a sar
casm. She enjoyed every step of the
of laughter and high spirits. 1t is this
abundant vitality, this capacity for
getting fun out of things which annoy
or bore most people that give COM
polling charm to her art, and rare,
sweet vivacity to her personality.
For a time Miss Marlowe had a house
of her own in New York city, but this
she has now given up. Her only home
is her country place in the western part
of the Catskill mountains. This she
called "Highmount," and from the
windows of the house there is a glori-
Gus view of dozen mountain peaks.
The house is large one of colonial
architecture, part of which, the brick
terrace, the theater-going public saw
reproduced on the stage without know
ing the fact, for the first tenta tive re-
hearsal of when Knighthood Was in
Flower" was given on the brick terrace
on to which the main iving-room of
her house opens. This terrace was so
effective for grouping and for exits and
entrances that the architecture of it
WAS copied in the reproduction of a
Tudor brick terrace which forms
part of the stage setting in the first
ao1 of the play.
Her estate consists of 400 acres, and
only the smaller part of her large es-
tate is laid out in lawn, garden and
driveways. That portion of her pos
sessions which she has with admira BILE
taste allowed to remain wholly sunim-
proved" is by far the greater part of
the estate. Still in it's original wild
ness, it is criscrossed by mountain
streams, cleft by deep ravines, and
overgrown with network of vines
and forest trees that have never known
the woodlands ak. Here the.happiest
hours Of Julia Marlowe's life are spent.
and thither she goes Immediately her
professional work ends for the season.
which is usually toward the end of
May, and there she remains until the
end of September.