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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

The German cmpcror's new motor
car has been built by an-English firm
on exactly the same lines as King Ed
wards omnibus car. says the London
Express. The body is painted in ivory.
blue and gold lined. like the colors of
the imperial train. and the inside is
upholstered 10 crimson leather ana
looks very smart.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

If last survivors" of the famous
charge of Balaklava keep coming to
light it will be possible to get fair es.
innate of the full proportions of the
famous light brigade. According to the
returns thus far filed, it would appear
TO have been about the size Of a full
army corps.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

WIN both the Firms and the po,es
ready TO take advantage of any Rus.
siah defeat to raise a revolt at home
'he cars government may have some.
.nihg else to think of besides embroi,
ing other European powers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

Poet Laureate Austin complains bit
terly because poetry is no longer read.
There is no apparent reason why he
should especially concern himself about
the matter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

The fact that a London firm of con.
tractors has captured the biggest part
of the building Of the PENNSYLVANIA
railroads tunnels under New York sue.
gests something in the way of reciproc.
ity for Yankee work in this line in
London,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

The Japanese have proverb which
says. at is easier to find a thousand
recruits than one general" 1t is ap.
parent that the Japs have never heard
Of Santo Domingo.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08
EDWIN kRkCL1 5 WAY
How the British Author Helped
a Young Writer.
INCIDENT OF HIS PEDAsoeUE DAYS
what the Author of "The Light Of
Asia Did to Abolish the Use of the
stick Mt a Birmingham Scholastic
~ Of His Marriage 10 n japanese
Lady-Tribute 10 His Daughter.

Although a newspaper man by pro
fession the late Sir Edwin Arnold. au-
thor OF "The Light Of Asia" and other
poems, declined TO be interviewed 10y
newspaper men when he was in New
York. He was uniformly courteous to
the fraternity and gracefully excused
himself from talking about himself on
the plea Of modesty or lack Of time.
saws the New York Herald. A young
literary man who was doing his best
to earn a livelihood by that uncertain
means known 10 the newspaper bust
ness as free lancing" called on Sir
Edwin Arnold one day and asked for
an interview about Japan, saying that
it would mean money to him, and that
his circumstances just then were not
as prosperous as they might be.
Il cannot break through my infiex-
ible rule about interviews" replied Sir
Edwin, 'but cannot send you away
empty handed. Here are few verses
l have just written. Make whatever
use of them you please"
Thereupon the author Of THE Light
of Asia" handed his visitor short
manuscript poem on a religious subject
which the free lance promptly sold
to a religious weekly for $50.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

Inc project to build a deep water
way across Cape Cod has its objec-
tons, 1t might prove short cut for
the next Spanish feet that threatens
Boston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

Hundreds Of applications for emplo!
hent in the Panama canal work ha'o
been received by Admiral Walker Ou'
1t is noted that most of the applicants
want a position rather than JOB.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

The British government is finding
the war in the east an excellent sub
stitute for argument for extravagant
military estimates.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

A Missourian, who apparently con-
templates counting the muses., has writ.
ten to the license commissioners of St.
Louis asking the price and conditions
Of poetic license"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

1t would seem that some sort Oh III
Interstate commerce law is needed "
cover the sending of poisoned calo'
from one part Of the country to ap'
other.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

Captain Algernon Sartoris. whose
mother was not quite happy with her
English husband, doubtless reasons
that it is safer for an American man to
marry foreign woman than it is for
an American girl to marry a foreign
husband.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

Elder Dowie Of the Illinois Zion be.
lieves in early marriages, but he diff.
fers from Elder Smith of the Utah
Zion, who believes in marrying early
and often.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

"hiie we are guying those funny
RUSSIAN names do we ever stop to
'hlnk now aoutlandish some of the ia
miliar names on the map of the Unit.
Ell States may. appear rs foreigners ?
iake' for instance, Massachusetts and
Mississippi, Poughkeepsie, Schenecta.
ay' Kalamazoo and some of those
Maine lakes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

A London friend sent me quite a
pretty story anent the daughter of Sir
Edwin Arnold, says a writer in the
Philadelphia Times. She was her IA
Tiers secretary and his companion in
most OF his journeys round the world.
During her stay in Japan her majesty's
China squadron ships and the Ameri-
can Pacific fleet We're in the harbor of
Yokohama at the same time. Sir Ed
win and his daughter entertained the
admirals of both fleets at luncheon and
In return We're naturally invited on
board the ships. The American fleet
was first visited, and on leaving the
gallant American admiral presented
Miss Arnold with beautiful bououet
hed with ribbons of the ship, as to-
ken of the respect of himself and his
officers.
This American courtesy came to the
ears OF the English commander, and.
not to be outdone by his American
brother, he presented Miss Arnold with
larger bouquet and doubled the num-
Der or ribbons. Then the American
admiral sent Miss Arnold a few verses
or his own composition. This was 60
ing little further than the English
ofncer was capable of, but he had some
verses written to Miss Arnold and dis.
patched them to her three days after
ward. The daughter then told her fs.
Their, and she Immediately found
thlru contestant. That same afternoon
brought her another beautiful bououet
and attached was card bearing the
following lines.
TO MY DAUGHTER.
On happy maid. whom two great flags
conspire
10 honor. blending rich melodious po-
when admirals rhyme, the muse unstrinss
her Tyre
Up bind in pride their Mayfiowers and
eieir roses. EDWIN ARNOLD
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

Protiting by their experience, the
fire insurance companies are advancing
the rates on absolutely fireproof'
buildings
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

The governor of Ohio might get some
pointers on the way to prevent lynch.
ing by comforting with the governor of
Mississippi.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

Inc harmless necessary hen is get
ting busy again, but eggs are not vet
80 cheap as to justify keeping them in
.he refrigerator instead of the safe
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

A glance at Admiral Makaroff's pic
ture shows that 1t is the man behind
the whiskers whom the japanese have
to fear.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

1t Is announced that the Louisiana
Purchase exposition is now ready for
exhibits, and the formal opening will
be on time.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

III Is satisfying to learn that Bob
Evans has preserved his neutrality up
to date.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

1t may be observed that the mem
bers of neither house Of congress
threaten to resign if their wages are
not raised
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

IL may be observed that the law abid.
ing citizen never gets chance to take
advantage of a technically.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

commandments are very expensive
particularly to the nation that has "
pay for the ammunition,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

Now that Ewes grave has been IL.
Gated her descendants can do no less
than chip in and buy her monument
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08
THEORY OF A FILIPINO
He Tells Why Americans e.
not Understand His Peor,.
WILL NEVER KNOW THEN. HEm7,

Between the Nations Their.
which Cannot lie Defined. a.
ser,s-More Than DIaer.p..
Color or Even Civilization 4. -.
Between the Races-IIaIm. ~
Can Never Assimiiate.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

lhe war has sent the price of cam.
phor so high that only the rich can nj.
ford to have the headache
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

Now that Sully is out perhaps the
boil weevil will feel that it has a
chance to do something in cotton.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

There are some romantic stories told
concerning Sir Edwin Arnold's mar
riage TO Japanese lady. One of them
is that he first met his wife in Yoke
hama in 1891. when he visited Japan
with his daughter Edith, says the
Boston Herald One morning Miss
Edith went TO the British legation in
great distress. She said that her
father had gone crazy. He claimed
to have married the pretty widow of
Colonel Watanaba of the japanese
army, but as far as she could discover
no ceremony had been performed,
which shocked her European ideas
greatly.
Minister Swift called on Arnold, who
introduced him to his bride and ex-
planned that they had married by the
easy japanese method of drinking a
cup of tea together. 1T is the custom
of the country, and will be as binding
on me as would a pompous ceremony
in cathedral" said the poet, whereat
his daughter and friends had to be
satisfied. When Sir Edwin returned
to England he found that his Japanese
wife was recognized as such neither by
the law nor society. 1t was frequently
reported that he was about to marry
her under the British law, but even
his friends doubted If he would do this,
as he declared that he would never
bow to conventional prejudice.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

With all those icons at the front.
Russia is likely to find that japan is
something of an iconoclast.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

Many years ago Sir Edwin Arnold
was plain Mr. Arnold, pedagogue at
King Edwards school. Birmingham,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In
those days there used to be placed on
the masters desk an inkstand, roll
book and a stick. The story tells how
the future poet and journalist abolish
ed the stick. 1t was sweltering day,
and the subject Of the lesson was DE
Amicitia." With an inattentive pupil
the master lost his temper. The stick
descended. and he struck hard.
The culprit protested that it was the
unprovoked assault of next door
neighbor which had caused his
thoughts to stray. The next door
neighbor confessed and the victims
assailant was chilled with remorse.
Calling the boy out, he handed him the
stick and ordered the boy to strike
him, tue master Imperatively COM
manded, the boy obeyed, and the stick
was never more used thenceforward.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-08

PENSION Commissioner Eugene Ware
recently lied TO the south TO take a
ll'cn needed rest. Before going he
wrote the president short note in lead
pencil characters that ran as follows
says the Washington Times:
take this piece Of plumbopo
10 tell you have the lumboco.
| shall HE Inc away
For week and day
FOR feel like very bum daco
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-04
WHAT Mr.. WHITNEY DID.

The late William C. Whitney married
a very rich woman, he amassed large
fortune, he wcs leader in manly sports
as we'll as in finance, he was successful
master of political organization, and he
was a gentleman of versatile talent and
high character.
Two things in his life will be remem-
bered, for these two things illustrated
his character: In his young manhood
when Samuel J.. Tilden was the leader Of
the Democratic forces that were engaged
in the patriotic work of destroying the
Tweed ring, Mr.. Whitney was one of his
ablest, most useful, and most enthusiastic
lieutenants. He had the civic virtue TO
quit making money for a time to give
a clean government and putting an end
to the earliest gigantic government OF
graft that has since become all too COM
mon. Again, when he was Secretary OF
the Navy under Cleveland, Mr.. Whitney
had the foresight and the practical states
manship to see that it was in the interest
of peace and national power for the
United States to have a great navy. He
is the father of the present modern
American navy and in his brief term did
more for the navy than every other man
who has held that cabinet portfolio in
a decade.
His friends and party associates will re-
member him for other things, and the
world of commerce will honor him for his
financial sagacity, but all America will
remember him for his vigorous civic vir-
tue and his practical craftsmanship.
These are the two qualities in his LIE
that will live.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-04
RACE WAR In THE BERKSHlRES

Race prejudice is confined to no sec
ton. Before there were any negroes IN
Massachusetts,, the white people of that
State had no sympathy with the feeling.
in the South. There has come a change
in their attitude that would make bot.
Charles Sumner and Robert Toombs
turn over in their graves. There are no
separate schools for the negroes, dosig
mated as such, in Massachusetts, bit they
are coming In fact, in substance, they
have already come. Golfers Weekly
sums up in short space the story of the
recent race war In the Berkshires that
shows the true feeling in the Bay State.
We quote:
1.-THE little town of Sheffield, in the
Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts, is the
seat of race difficulty which must at
tract wide attention by reason of its 10
cation. The town has about two thou
sand whites and three hundred blacks.
The negroes live in backroad section,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-04
THE RIGHT SPIRIT.

The sudden large increase in the price
of cotton has brought embarrassment to
many cotton mills. Most of the mills sell
their product ahead based upon the then
prevailing prices of cotton. Some mills
in the summer sold their product ahead,
based upon cotton at not more than. ten
cents. Those mills are now having hard
time. Other mills that did not sell ahead,
which failed to buy cotton early IN the
fall, have been embarrassed because the
price of their product did not keep pace
with the rise in raw cotton. After all the
cheap cotton is manufactured and the
demand increases for the product OF cot
and cotton mills will probably make
better percentage than heretofore. Pend
ing this adjustment quite a number of
cotton mills have found it necessary to
temporarily curtail production, or to in
cur loss. In notifying their employees
of a reduction to four days in the week,
the Smitherman Cotton Mills at Troy, in
a notice posted in their mills, said:
1--WE have been considering the situa-
ton from many standpoints and have
viewed it as much from our employees
standpoint as from our own, and in order
TO be amply fair with our help, wish to
ask them to cooperate with us IN trying
TO meet the situation as best we can, hav-
ing decided to run on two-thirds time,
or four days week, until further notice,
beginning with today
These gentlemen give expression to the
right spirit. No mill will reduce it's run
ming time or curtail unless it deems it ne
cessary. In the reductions the mills
which have decided to run on less time
are trying to arrange the curtailment so
as to work the least hardship to mill en-
ployes, as we'll as to mill owners. This is
the right spirit and We are glad to see it
prevailing in North Carolina. May it ever
continue!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-04
LONG TAILED CONDUCTORS AND
I SHORT TAILED PREACHERS.

Carlyle wrote that all social distinctions
were based on clothes, and that If nc
body wore clothes there would be no such
thing as classes and caste. But, in cold
weather, mankind would be one mass of
shivering mortals, and distinctions would
be based upon the amount OF shivering
done. Those who could bear the COLI
with least complaint would regard them.
selves as superior to those who could not
help crying because of the cold And so
Carlyle's theory would work only in a
warm climate.
The question of clothes has troubled
men and women, from the day Eve sdis-
cussed whether fig leaves should be GU.
bias, down to the present hour. The
latest discussion about what to wear does
not come however, from women who are
supposed to think most about wearing ap-
parel, but it comes from railroad conduc.
tors who wish to have some say in the
sort of clothes they wear. 1t all grow
out of an order of the Southern Railway
that all conductors shall wear Prince
Alberts with no pockets on the outside,
and that the coats must strike the wear
ers below the knees. The conductors didn t
like the order and appointed a committee
to go to Washington to register a mighty
kick They made enough impression TO
secure a modification of the order, o."
rather a postponement of the time when
it will go into effect. Next November is
the time when the long tail coats Will
make their appearance unless the conduc-
tors can get a modification Of the order,
which they hope to do.
A little while ago some church meet
ing in Pennsylvania resolved that it was
not in keeping with the dignity of min
listers of the gospel for them to wear
short-tail coats, and since then tendency
has been noted among clergymen to aid
to the length of their coat-tails. And now
comes the railroads Directing to conduc-
tors wearing short-tail coats and order
ing them to lengthen their coat-tails so
as to make them strike the wearer be-
low the knees.
Can it be possible that clerical bodies
and railroad authorities are in ''cahoot"
with the makers of cloth and are resolved
to increase the demand by lengthening
the coat-tal? If not, why this crusade
against short-tail coats?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-04

| facetlously called New Guinea and have
been sending their children to the town
| school Recently, however, the school
committee and the superintendent opened
| a new school-for the convenience of the
people of the back-road district, they sad
! which school was about as far ,>way
| in one direction from the district as the
town school is In the other A negro
teacher was installed. A few white chill
dren live in that neighborhood and were
| directed to go to the new school.
"The parents of the white children re-
| fused to send them to a negro teacher.
and at length she was discharged. Mean
while the negroes would not send ,..aIr
children to the new school, put one DAY
started them to the old school. 1ne
towns truant officer elected them, buL
when he went away they returned with
their mammies. Bedlam and chalkthrow
ing ensued ali day. The next day they
were elected again, and the WGr went
on. AS there is compulsory school at
tendance law in Massachusetts, three OF
the negro parents were arrested. Their
defence was that they We're sending their
children to the nearest and best school.
Meantime for lack of pupils the new
school was closed. The case of the men
arrested went to the District Court and
the judge decided against the negroes,
sustaining the right OF the school commit
tee to send the children OF the district
where it pleased. The night after this
decision was known the New Guinea
school was burned, undoubtedly by an in
cendiary. Another school house in at
neghborhood was opened by the commit
tee, but so far the negro children are
NOT sent
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-04

riches. His course shows how much
smarter he is than his brother in swirl
ding. Whitaker Wright The latter made
the mistake of doing his swindling in
England, where thieves are treated as
thieves He should have taken leaf
out of Morgan's book, and done his
swindling in this country, where, as our
Raleigh contemporary so truly says,
''instead Of sentencing them (the swim
dlers) to the penitentiary, we give din
ners in their honor and laud them to the
skies calling them 'Napoleons of Fin
ance.' "
All of which is a fresh reminder c.
the disgraceful state to which this country
has been brought by the efforts of M3r-
gan's friend, Cleveland, and his band Of
'reorganizers, who defeated Democra :
cy's candidate, Bryan, and secured the
election of the Republican candidates,
Mckinley and Roosevelt. The result has
been the turning loose Of the food gates
OF corruption, for the victory of Morgan,
Cleveland, Mckinley and Roosevelt over
the antitrust candidate of the Dcmocra-
cy was naturally accepted by all the
pirates of finance as the nation approx
al of their methods.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-04
"WARNED BY BLACK PERIL.

The people of the North are beginning
to understand the truth of the negro
problem. The Philadelphia Press prints
extracts from a sermon preached in that
rector of the Protestant Episcopal church
of the Advent, which the Press says
sounded note of emphatic warning to
the people of Philadelphia last night. Mr..
Tyler has made a\study of the negro prob
lem and handled the subject 'eloQuentiy
and without gloves" Here is a portion
of what the rector said:
"Thc negro problem, serious as it is
must soon be fairly met by the people of
the North, especially the people in Phila-
delphia I can say that the question has
grown to be a most alarming one.
philadelphia today has a negro popu-
lation of S0,000 and there are from five
to six thousand negroes coming to this
city from the South every year. And
those negroes belong to the very worst
classes in the Southern States. Nov,
what are you going to do about it?
Il am thoroughly in accord with the
views of our judges who give these
Southern thieves and burglars the maxi
mum punishment for that it what they
deserve.
You cannot transgress the laws of God
unless you suffer the mental anguish and
physical pain which must necessarily fol-
low. There is no Communication of this
punishment and there should be no com
mutation or sympathy offered to these
vile wretches-animals-w attack our
dear ones on public highway and steal
and murder.
THE people of the North have, there
fore, tremendous task before them.
They have made serious mistake in say
ing that the negro is the equal of the
white man. He is not the equal of the
white man and he has found this out in
Alabama and Georgia and other Southern
States. In those States the people have
shown the negro his place and he has to
do what he is told. 1t is when he doesn't
like the restrictions placed upon him
there that he comes UP here and traus-
crosses our laws
1t is bad day for the negro when he
leaves the South. Here are his best
friends and here he has the best chance
and the kindest treatment. The Southern
people understand the negro, make allow
ances for his limitations, and give him a
chance to live and get home for him
self Those who go North nearly always
huddle in great cities, many of them de
teriorate, and become what the Philadel
phia preacher calls "black peril