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The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05

Its ancestry dates back some thous-
and years-its greatest grandfather
being the Celtic Dumfarline. which
means tho watchtower upon the
stream. Once the castle was the
home of the soverelgns OF Scotland
among them being Malcolm III. and
Queen Margaret. Roberts /. and H.,
Davids l. and H., James W., Queen
Mary and Anne Of Denmark. It was
at Dunfermline that Edward /. OF
England, In 1891. lmperiously called
persons of all ranks-earls. barons
and burgesses-to sign the rolls OF
fealty.
To-day only the southwest wall and
a small portion of the eastern end re
main. The wall which overlooks the
glen is 205 feet In length and sixty in
height. being supported by eight but
tresses. At the western end tradi-
ton still points out a high window.
now completely covered with ivy, and
the chimney. nearly entire. OF the
room in which Charles I. was born in
1900. This also was the natal place of
his sister Elizabeth, Queen OF Bohe-
mia, from whom Edward the Seventh
is descended.
Should ghosts ever promenade dur
ing the witching hour at Dunfermiine.
they would make n royal company.
Besides Malcolm III. and Margaret.
there are inferred in the castle burial
ground the following royal and dis
tinguished personages:
Edward, eldest son of Malcolm III.
King Edgar.
Alexander I.
David |.
Malcolm w.
Malcolm. Earl OF Athole and his
Countess. in the reign OF William the
Lionhearted.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05

The Patent Office statlsticians In
form US that Britons are the most In
ventive of all foreigners: that for the
year 1901 the patents issued to British
inventors numbered 999. while the
Germans, in spite of the advantages
OF cheaper uring and quieter surround
ings. came forward with only 743.
It is granted, we believe. that the
Yankees are the leading inventors;
and naturally our cousins on the other
side are next in line. But we remem-
ber that the Connecticut people are
supposed to be the most inventive
Yankees, whereas Benjamin Franklin
was a Bostonlan. and Samuel F. b.
Morse and Elias Howe were New
Workers tas were the less well known
but equally interesting inventors of
the Cardiff GianD; George NJ. Pull
man lived in Cook county. ILL.,, the
Maxims are Maine men. Thomas A.
Edison comes from Ohio, and the
world-frighting Gatling opened his
eyes in Dixie.
Patents tell only part OF the story,
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05
LEGISLATION IN THE OLD DAYS.
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Two True Stories Showing Secured Iinss
Those Whom They Represented.
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Dave" Lane. an old-tlme Pennsyl-
vania politician. was In Washington
the other day watching Congress work.
They used to do things better In
the old days in the Pennsylvania lcgis-
lature," he said. II remember once
when Bob Mackey was boss in Penn
sylvania he walked into the senate
chamber and found one OF his hench-
men. who was n senator. in the midst
of terrific assault on some bill. The
senator was making mince-meat of the
bill. He advanced argument after ar
gument showing why It was iniquitous
and should not be passed.
"Mackey asked OF another senator.
What bill's that?' When he was told he
exclaimed: Good heavensi That's my
bill Mackey walked down the aisle
and as he passed the speaker he said
to him, in hoarse whisper: That's
my BILL The senator never winled.
He finished his sentence, paused. took
drink OF water. and then resumed:
These, gentlemen. are the argu-
ments the opponents of this bill will
advance. These are the miserable sub
terfuges by which the opposition VIII
endeavor to stifie the will of the peo-
pie. have given them in detail so
that you may know how weak their
case is and will now proceed to show
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05
Had Lived lin three centuries,

One of the oldest women in the
state of Iowa and probably in the Uni
ted States, died recently at Dubuque,
Iowa, at the age OF los years. She
was Mrs. Mary Morgan and died of
old age.
The dead woman retained the full
possession of her faculties. and her
mind remained clear and her memory
uidmpaired until the end. Her ILL
ness was of short duration and her
death was peaceful
For the last fifty-four years Mrs.
Morgan had been resident of this
city, having emigrated to this country
in her early youth from Ireland.
where she was born. She was mar
riad in 1918, three years after the bat
tie of Waterloo. She had lived in three
centuries
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05
SOME OF THE WORLDS GREAT INVENTORS
Not All the Thinkers We're From
Connecticut a Shining Light
O~@>~~N

They have nothing to say about those
wonderful airships tour foremost
theorist on air sailing is Bustonian.
Samuel Plcrpont langley that
always go to smash just before whirl-
ing around the vast empyrean, or
about the still more wonderful per-
petual motion machines, or aoout the
yet uninterrupted deslderatum tgreat-
est of all, perhaps)--a machine to
rock and sing the baby to sleep. The
world is yet at the mercy Of infants
and nurses. Nor do patents tell of the
inventors of gods and goddesses in
the East, or of the inventors OF ro-
mances that publishers will not take a
chance with.
AS for Connecticut's reputation,
however, 1t viii endure forever and
brilliantly. II for no other reason than
that the prince of Yankee inventors,
the Hon. Phineas T. Barnum. author
of "The Humbugs of the World" hail
ed from Bethel and lived to be mayor
OF Bridgeport and the head OF the
Greatest Show on Earth"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05
HENRY CLAY AND TIE GOAT.
Incident Which Must Have Rued Dignity the Statesman
Saved by Boys Advice,
S~~~~~O
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A story of an amusing encounter be-
tween Henry Clay and a Washington
goat is told by a general of the army.
The story shows that even a great
statesman may sometimes find him
self in a position in which advice from
the humblest source may be accept
able.
Il was a boy at the time says the
general. CLAY and party of Con-
gressmen were walking down Pennsyl-
vania avenue on their way from the
Capitol. In those days Congress gem
orally adjourned about O'Clock in the
afternoon, much earlier than 1t does
now. We boys were playing with a
goat owned by Goldman Nailor. the
father of the Nailor brothers.
"Mr. Clay came along In the most
dignified fashion. but there was evil
IDENTIFY something about him which at
tracted the goats attention. With a
bound the goat made for Mr.. Clay, who
saw him coming. and appreciated the
danger. We yelled. Look OUT but
that was unnecessary. for Mr.. Clay
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05
Curious Parliamentary Document.

A very curious document has been
issued from the parliamentary printing
office. 1t is the bill which has passed
the commons, entitled AN act to re-
peal certain statutes which are sleep
ing and not in USE" and 1t is made
singular by the fact that in it are re-
capitulated numerous samples of an
cestral wisdom.
One of the statutes provides that
no man shall ride in harness within
the realm nor with launcegays." An
other says: THE rates of laborers'
wages shall be assessed and pro-
claimed by the Justice of the peace.
and they shall assess the gains of vic
tuallers, who shall make horse bread.
and the weight and price thereof" A
third defines what sort of Irishmen
only may come and dwell in England"
(this has been sleeping for very long
time). and a fourth is to prevent
butcher from Staying any manner of
beasts within the walls of Londor-
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05

seized the goat by both horns. and
held him
That was a comparatively easy
matter. but It was a question whether
Mr. Clay had the goat or the goat had
him. AS long as Mr.. Clay held on
he was safe enough, but he knew
enough about goats to know that the
moment he let go he would be butted.
There were various suggestions
made by the Congressman present, but
none of them seemed to suit the exig-
encles of the occasion. Finally Mr..
Clay appealed to the boys. One little
urchin stepped forward and said in a
sharp. shrill voice:
Mr.. Clay, turn his head to the
right and run like blazes!'
Mr. Clay obeyed the instruction.
ard an instant later was safe in a
shop. The goat went bounding down
the avenue. When Mr.. Clay came out
OF the shop he called the urchln up to
him. patted him on the head and said:
My son. that was the best advice
ever had"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05

you why this bin should have the vote
OF every patriotic man in the cham
ber.
And he did. He made the hottest
kind OF speech for the bill and
passed it
Those we're the days when they ac-
complished things. There was an i'm
portant bill up in the senate. 1t af-
fected some big corporation. and nat
urally The corporation did not want II
to become law. A representative OF
that corporation went to the president
OF the senate after the bill was passed.
and awaiting his signature. and asked
him II something could not be done to
hold 1t up
Not thing. the president OF the
senate replied. II is impossible. The
people demand this bill. Furthermore
| want to say to you that am going
away this afternoon to be gone until
next Monday. and during that time
that bin will be safely locked up In
my desk where no one can get IT,.
The president of the senate went
away" Lane continued. and would
you believe that when he returned he
found that his desk had been opened
ana the bill taken? 1, never did get
the signature required TO make 1t a
law."-New York World.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05

terday. Mr.. Rockefeller will find 1t
beside his breakfast plate tomorrow
morning. 1t win not give him enough
access of appetite TO make him eat
more than his usual sparse. carefully
weighed modicum OF crackers and
milk
The 100000 check is Mr.. Rookie
feller's share of the Standard Oil COM
pany's dividend for the last quarter
of this year. The National City bank,
which acts for the Oil Trust, sent out
yesterday checks amounting to s10,-
100000. They are all payable to-mor-
row. The dividend on Standard Oil
stock this year is only 45 per cent.
falling off of 2 per cent from the dlyi-
dend Of 1901.
But even with this reduction Mr..
Rookefeller's income from oil this year
will amount to $4,000. O.0O0.-New York
World.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05

worked together in such way that
they are readable upside down or
downslde up. Another curious feature
of the sea is a pair of serpents in a
circle with their tails in each others
mouths-the Egyptian sign of eternity.
The watchwords of the organization.
which is made up of all the magicians
in the country, and holds Its meetings
on the first Saturday evening of each
month at 493 Sixth avenue. New York.
are, -Unity-Might-" The first
letters of the three words are an
acrostic spelling num-" which is the
spirit of the association. the purpose
of the club being to prevent the ex-
posure of their secret methods and the
betraying of the mechanical means of
the magician to arrive at his surpris-
ing ends.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05

Alexander III and Margaret, his hrst
queen.
David and Alexander, his sons.
Robert and Queen Elizabeth.
Mathildis, their daughter.
Annabella Drummond. queen OF
Robert III and mother of James l.
Constantine and William Ramsey.
Earls Of Fife.
Thomas Randolph. Earl OF Murray.
nephew OF Robert l.. Regent of Scot.
land.
Robert, Duke OF Albany. and Earl OF
Fife and Monteith. Governor of Scot
land.
This assemblagc Is regal enough
surely to satisfy even tho American
merchant prince and philanthropist.
On Sept. l 9there was born at Dun
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05
The Land Sailor.

Come. I'LL my sails. you wastrei WING.
And wait me DER the fields;
The golden fields rich harvest lined
with all that red earth yields
Come, blow me down the valley way
Between the crimson hills.
Where hardwoods mako the landscape
gay
And Natures glad heart thrills.
Blow, blow my craft where yellow leaves
Swirl vnrrant through the air.
And blow me where the rustling sheaves
Dot fields OF stubble bare.
For would sail the autumn land
While glow its radiant hues:
with boat and breeze at my command.
Down an Its wales I'll cruise.
Prank Harrington in Lippincotts.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05
p9gsaat@EI g|I 20! !!D' bD'aIEIR

commodities and provides for an army
of ants, to check the depredations OF
terocious, ieaf-cutting ants. The
branches bear yellow thorns, whore
the ant garrison lives and rears Its
young. The plant supplies not only
lodgings. but board as well. in the
farm OF special honey. which makes
the garrison good breakfast, and.
more wonderful still. solid food in the
form of little. yellow. fruit-like bodies.
which are developed on the leaflets
and do for dinner. When an enemy
and supports an army.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05
Iraps Laid by Plants.

The pitcher-plant attracts animal
life by a sweet liquid. The insect
crawls down the pitcher. but cannot
return. for the passage is barred by
recurved hooks. AS wonderful as any
is the American Venus fly-trap." The
leaves are hinged at the center and
close rapidly enough to entrap an in
sect They remain closed while the
insect struggles, but when 1t becomes
exhausted they open to catch other
unwary prey.
Occasionally plants make allies of
their enemies. A tropical acacia.
known as the "bull's-horn thorn." ac-
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05
MICROBES THRIVE IN COLD.
Experiments Show That Some Live
Longer at Freezing Point.

Experiments Snow mat soma Live
Longer at Freezing Point.
1t is popularity believed that cold
has the effect of destroying those
microbes and disease germs which
are the greatest enemies of life and
health. This belief has lately been
demonstrated to be entirely mistaken.
As matter Of fact, cold acts as a
preservative of some disease germs.
1t keeps them inactive for time. but
alive and ready for activity at some
future favorable opportunity. 1t saves
them from the natural death they
might die n exposed to an ordinary
temperature.
The London Lancet. the leading
English medical journal, calls atten-
tion to this fact, and many prominent
scientists are engaged in studying the
subject As a general rule a marked
degree of cold, somewhere in the
neighborhood OF the freezing point,
renders microbes inactive, but does
not kill them.
In a few cases the air is a degree
slightly below freezing point will kill
them, but, on the other hand, there
are many deadly microbes which con-
tinue to live at an extraordinarily low
temperature. such as that of liquid
air and other substances, which can
only be produced by chemical action.
Experiments conducted by the scien-
tists prove that 1t is useless to seek
in low temperature methods of ster-
ilization as distinguished from preser-
walton.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05
How Ships Are Named.

French ships are usually named
after French provinces or towns. VIC
tories. ideas or sentiments. but no
French names. excepting those of
great men in their history, are made
use of. German ships bear the names
of German rivers, ports, poets. states
and characters in German literature.
Spanish ships are almost invariably
named after their cities or great com
manders.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05

fermlne the Princess Elizabeth. She
was baptized In the Abbey In the pres
ence OF the English Ambassadors two
months later. No great triumph was
used. but there was prodlgal good
cheer. because Il was the winter sea-
son and Incorporate weather.
In 1851 Cromwell passed with great
part OF his army from Lothian to
Fyfe in July preparatory to the battle
OF Pitroavie in Dunfermllne parish. Ho
stopped night in the castle after de-
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05
A MaoicIan's Seal.

Mystic and unique is the seal. right
in line with the mysterious character
of the organization that bears the
monogram of the Society of American
Magicians, of New York. 1t is usual
ly printed in red and white. and is re
markable for the initials IS. A. NJ"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05
Hour Glass.

Before the invention of clocks use
was made of hour glasses and sand
clocks. glasses filled with sand or with
powdered egg shells dried in ovens.
These hour glasses were invented
about $50 or 200 years before the
Christian era. They were much used
in churches. and in some old European
churches they may still be seen fast
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05
Andrew Carnegie to
Have a Royal Homo
Great Millionaire Has Decided Restore the Clores of the
Ancient Scotch Castle of DunfcrnIne Estimated That
the Work VIII Cost Five Millions.
tspecIaI correspondencel
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HE magnificent and
historic castle and tri-
butary estate which n
cable dispatch announc-
es has been purchased
by Andrew Carnegie
gives n name to the
town Nesting in Its
shadow where the mil
lion aire ironmaster.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05
RockefeIIer,s Modest Check.

Somewhere between the general
postofiice and the home of John d.
Rockefeller there is lying small.
plain envelope containing check for
100000. The check was mailed yes
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05
students to BID Pardoned.

By order OF the czar. all the Russian
students recently sent to Siberia for
participating in college riots are to be
allowed TO return home.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05

feating the English royal army and
the Scotch loyalists.
A year before the arrival Of Crom-
well and his Ironsides the castle was
vacated by Charles II and since then
has not been tenanted by royalty. So
far as can be traced back the castle
was first built In 100. and is one Of
the Oldest in Scotland Before the in
vention OF firearms II was considered
impregnable and withstood more than
fifty prolonged sieges.
The present interior ground floor OF
the palace is covered with mass OF
rubbish on which large trees are
growing. The roof of the main hall
fell in two hundred years ago. since
which time the castle has fallen into
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-05

Part Of Abbey Restored.
hopeless decay. workmen will at
once begin clearing away tho rubbish
preparatory to erecting an entirely
new edifice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-25
RUSSIA IS MASS|NG
 TROOPS IN FAR FAST
Soldiers Transported Toward
 Gorea in Large Numbers
TOTAL OF 17,OOO ARRIVED
Achievements at Liao Yang Take Up Winter Quarters In Chinese Tenn ples and Mercantile Houses,
 Greatly Annoying Ceestials.

Victoria, B. C., December 24-Advices were brought by the steamer Olympia of increasing endorsements arriving in Manchuria from Russia. Correspondents at Mukden tell of the transporting of troops to the southern borders toward the Korean frontier at the rate of twenty to twenty-eght railway carriages twice a day. The total number transported to- ward the beginning of December was It, GOO. all of whom had newly arrived from Europe.
 disbursements which had arrived at Liao Yang has arbitrarily taken up win ter quarters in Chinese temples and mer- cantile houses, causing great indignation and considerable suffering from the Chi nese. Orders also have been sent to hurry the Russian fleet now coming from Russia to Port Arthur and conslting of the battieship oslabya, cruisers Aurora, Bimtry, Doukoya, Alwaz, several destroy CTS, and ten torpedo boats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-25
.CEN. WOOD FIRES
 HIS FIRST JUN Tells of His Relations With
 Edgar G' BeIIairs SAYS REPORTS ARE SILLY
Was Not on Intimate Terms With the Newspaper Man and Showed Him No Partiality in Havana or
 In the Philippines.

New York. December 2d.-The conner- cial Advertiser prints a letter today sign ed by General Wood and addressed to Dr Horace Fletcher of Yale university. In which the writer tells of his acquaintance with Edgar G. Bellairs In the letter, which was written at Cairo, on May 12 last, General Wood, referring to Bellairs, said:
 In the spring of 1899 he was promoted to Havana from Santiago not at my re- quest or suggestion, direct or indirect, as 1 remember it. He asked absolutely no favors of me, or, so far as I know, from any one.
 After my transfer to Havana as gov ernor of the whole island in December. lS99 Bellair continued on duty, I should say about five months and was then sent to China and the Philippines. not at my suggestion or request, directly or indirect ly. l was sorry to have him go as liked him and found him reliable. In the Phil ippines Bellairs was a believer in military government instead of civil and apparent ly wrote accordingly, and of course trou- ble with the civil government in the way of loss of friendly relations followed.
 After Bellairs left Havana ugly rumors about him began to be circulated They came almost entirely from number of men who did not like him and on investi- gation nothing was found l heard from him very seldom. Finally some one pub llshed what purports to be a story of Bel lairs' past and points out that he was my particular friend and that I sent him to China and that his attitude toward the civil government was at my suggestion and that I was working to relieve Taft, etc., etc. conclusions as false as they are childish and silly. Who started the thing? No one knows; But doubtless some of the people had to handle without gloves dur ing my stay in Cuba. It was far fetched and dishonest and intended to create trou- ble. This is the whole story. Bellairs. was in no way especially intimate with me or my family-that is to say I don't think that in all his Cuban service he was at my table more than three, or at the most, four times.
 T saw him daily. as I did the Sun man, and gave them such news as I could. They were treated exactly alike"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-25
MARINES FIND NO
 COLOMBIAN TROOPS
SCOUTING PARTIES SENT OUT FAIL TO DISCOVER REPORTED INVADERS OF PANAMA TERRI TORY, AND ALL IS QUIET.

Washington, December 24-Rear Ad- miral Glass, writing to the navy depart ment from Panama under date of Decem- Der 13, reports that with the view of in- vestigating the movement of Colombian troops, he sent a scouting party from the Boston to Real Santa Maria and Yaviza to communicate with the inhabitants and investigate the 'rumors of an invasion of the isthmus by the Colombian forces and to obtain information as to the practlca- bility of such an invasion. The scouting party reported all quiet in the district visited and that they could get no knowl- edge of any movements of Colombian troops.
 Admiral Glass reports that while an in- vasion Is possible the progress of any con- siderable force must be slow, as roads would have to be cut and facilities for transporting large bodies of men by the rivers are inadequate.
 Reporting on scouting trip or the AL lanta, Admiral Coghlan says that a trail was found by which small parties can go from San Bias to Colon, but that the party neither heard nor saw anything of any Colombian troops having been in that vicinity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-25
EXCESSIVE SUMS
 PAID OUT, SAYS ROSE
ACCOUNTANT RESUMES THE STAND IN INVESTIGATION OF BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPLAINTS FINANCES.

New York December A.-Alfred Rose, the accountant who made the investiga- tion of the financial status of the Beth lehem Steel company for the receiver ship, resumed the stand at the shipbuiid- ing hearing today. continuing his testi- mony about the result of his investiga- tions
 The construction and repair accounts of Bethlehem were the first subjects of inquiry by Consul Untermyer. his object being to find if excessive expenditures were made under these headings in order to withhold dividends on the Bethlehem stock held by the shipbuildlng company. MT. Rose answered that the construction account of $l33 163 for the year ending May 1, 1902, was increased according to the auditors statement. during the fol- had been charged to this amount during May. June and July of this year, this expenditure being at the rate of over s600,0OO per year
 In regard to net earnings Mir. Roses figures showed that the earnings for the six months ending October 31, 1903 amounted to s1,010.662, the monthly earn ings in July having suddenly jumped to s494,9 9D. from an average of less than $55, 600 during the preceding two months. The value of material on hand, as shown by inventory of July 3l, 1903. was s4s79.- 779 higher than any previous inventory in the history of the company, and by October 31, had still further increased to s4997,5 ,530.