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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-24
CUSTOM OF PARLIAMENT.
How Strangers Sometime Wander
Within Sacred Precincts.

The stranger within the parliamen-
tary gate Cat Westminster) continues
periodically to excite a good deal OF
interest.
The elective chamber resembles Vir-
gil's Avernus in that there are many
easy and different approaches to it,
and that night and days its portals,
at least, are open to the crowd. IN
authorized entrants may, therefore,
now and then elude the most sphynx-
eyed of doorkeepers. Never in my
time has the casual invader actually
voted in a division.
| have repeatedly seen strangers
from Westminster hall, mixed up IN
a little group of M. P.'s, pass unchal-
lenged through the lobby, then in
PRODUCING themselves to the interior,
find sitting-room below the gangway
for time The moment Of detec-
ton and election, sooner or later, in
variably comes.
In 1876 two st-ayed jewellers from
the licensed victualers dinner table
walked in unnoticed, perhaps even
not quite conscious, and sat down not
far from the sergeant-at-arms, within
three feet of so sympathetic neigh
Dor as the great teetotaler, Sir Wilfrid
Lawson himself; they remained there
nearly half an hour
They might have stayed longer had
not one of them caused his companion
to laugh Immediately by the sugges-
tion that he should call on Mr. Speak
er for a song.
In the summer of 1873, during the
debate on the calling of Indian troops
to Europe, a deeply Interested visitor,
not hearing quite well from his proper
place below the gallery, moved sew
eral yards up, so as to be quite close
to the member. on his legs, who hap
pened to be Sir George Campbell.
He only reached the place of new
members waiting to be sworn; Of
these there were several Only an in
discreet exhibition of interest in the
debate disclosed the intruder who
just as he waited an opportunity of
getting nearer to the Speaker, found
himself a prisoner and in course of
removal by the ergeant-at-arms.
Very often these experiences at His
Majesty's theatre royal of st. Steph-
ems passed from the purely comic in
to the broadly farcial In the old days
the visitor unfinished with a mem
ber's card could generally get into
the gallery by giving a silver coin
to the custodian. Hence, of course,
many more or less authentic stories
OF droll mistakes,
Toward the close Of the last century
the sergeant-at-arms amused his guests
in 'Gossett's room by telling how a
successful applicant for admission
showed his gratitude by pressing half
a crown into the terrible of1cialspalm.
Similarly Disraeli's atorney-general,
politely giving an order" to some
one he overheard asking for the absent
Sir John Cross, received sixpence. For
an exactly similar service an eloquent
Irish member, A. M Sullivan, was re-
warded with twice that sum- The
third Marquis of Salisbury, prime min
lister till 1902, once showed himself
equally obliging, but was less lavish
ly recompensed; the stranger whom
he had helped out of some small diff
ficulty could only put in his hand
some cOppers to get glass of beer
T. H. S. Escott, in Chambers Journal
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-24
WHERE SILENCE IS GOLDEN.

J. Arson Bond-Would you have
loved me had l been poor?
She-Certainly, my love; but "a
have kept yo. in blissful ignorance
of the fact.-Smart Set.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-24

FITS permanently cured. No ftsornervous-
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer, $2trial bottle and treatisefr free
Dr. r. H KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-24

The population OF London has increased
eleven per cent. in fourteen years.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-24

All Austrian officers possessing mo
tor cars have been ordered by the min
lister Of war to report themselves for
service, bringing their machines.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-24
NoTIoE 10 TEACHERs.

To advertise the best bookkeeping business
training and shorthand while attending SUMMER
SCHOOL OF THE SOUTH, June q to Aug. 6,
Teachers will be given tuition and supplies Tor rive
again. McALLEN'S BUSIN ESS COLL EGG r.,
Corner Gay & Church Streets, Knoxville Tenn.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-24
Or. Biggers' HuCkIeberry Cordial

The Great Southern Remedy cures all
stomach and bowel troubles. children
teething Made from
The Little HuckIeberry
that grows alongside our hills and noun
tains, contains an active principle that has
els 1t enters largely in DR.. Biggers'
Huckleberry Cordial the great stomach
and bowel remedy for Dysentery Diar-
rhoea and Bloody FluX.
Sold by all druggists, rs and SOC bot
tie.
AN EX-CHlEF JUSTICES OPINION.
Judge o. &. Lochrane, Of Georgia, In a
never suffers himself to be without a bot
tie Of Dr. Blggers Huckeberry Cordial
during the summer time, for the relief
Of ali stomach and bowel troubles, Dys-
entery, Dlarrhoea, Flux etc.
Sold by all druggists, IS and SOC bottles.
TIWANGER-T TAYLOR DRUG CO.,
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Taylor's Cherokee Remedy Of Sweet
Gum and Mullen will cure Coughs, Group
and Consumption. Price 25cand$ 81 a bottle
Give the name of this paper when
writing to advertisers-(At26 04)
Observation-Disclosures sPsSsg oP9th9 atBsa
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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-24

Give the name of this paper when
writing to advertisers-(At26 04)
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-24

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy Of Sweet
Gum and Mullen will cure Coughs Group
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03
A LONDON FIRST NIGHT.

A London first night is far more or an event
than a first night in New-Gork. As much OF the
world OF fashion is there can be got to come
and the world Of playwrEhts turns out almost
10 a man one can watch the face OF MT flhefu
or Mr. Jones and gather from il. perhaps, the
judgment on fellow craftsman Mir. r Aistey
Guthrie is there, and you wonder whether ne Is
rneditating a theatrical skit for Punch or
another Man from Blankleys." MI Anthony
Hone masses round between the acts 10 eN-
change a cordial word with his friends. who
seem to be legion. (The most rigorous COM
mon sense will not restrain you from guessing
which is Dolly and imagining the dialogue with
herD Mr. Barrie's inscTutable, chldllke smile
convinces YOU outright that he is none other
than Sentimental Tommy
1t is not. of course, the first nighter, but the
subsequent nighter, who determines the fate OF
the English drama. He may be a successful
f:trrister. a Member of Parliament, country
gentleman a peer Of the realm; but he is FAR
more likely to he merchant VINO has risen from
"A commercial traveller successful broker, an
adventurer from Africa or Australia-not the
exponent Of English life and feeling, but the
outsider who is eager to catch its point OF view
and make a way into IL.
After the play. IL is off for supper-to st
James's if you have q rowing eye on the neither
world or TO the Carlton. If you are more mildly
bohemian. But you have to sup hurriedly, for
at 12.Sp O'Clock the triumphant arm or re-
ef.ectabiIity reaches out through the law and de-
crees that the public house be closed At
Ji-2lmy's Uhe title Of Saint is appropriately
dropped in parlanceD the reveller and his Bella
Eoba as Justice Shallow would say. are herded
out upon the sidewalk. where no less than four
stately Boobies most politely make way Tor
him and his lady to the cab if he is orderly. or
handle him without gloves II he IS not-tJohh
Corbin, in Scribners-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03
THE FIRST PONY EXPRESS.

From St Joe, Mo. to Sacramqnbo. Cal, IN
twenty-One days! That sounds archaic, but
until the spring OF 1861 the fastest overland
mail had been able to do no better To remedy
this tntolerabie condition, Senator Quinn, of
California, proposed his pet scheme of the Pony
Express. Failing OF government support he
succeeded in interesting Colonel Russell, of the
great firm OF Russell, Majors & Waddell, over
land traders and government contractors. In
the face Of certain financial loss, these gentle
men determined to do their share toward weld
ing East and West To their unselish patriot
ism we owe the existence OF the Pony Express.
The arrangements were all made and the rid
ers were ready to mount by noon OF April =.
1850. The people OF Sacramento rang bells and
fired n salute as Harry Rolf gallOped away with
the precious mail on the road to Placerville.
Here Boston" Smith took up the burden And
so on. The mail sped eastward under the sad
dies OF Sam Hamilton, Pony Bob Hasam,
Jock Fisher and the rest Of that brave band
Meanwhile, in far off St Joe, enthusiasts had
plucked the last souvenir hair from the tail OF
the fiery pony, and the Western mail was
its way.
The first express took ten days eleven of the
record at the first clpl Later on, weekly and
semi-weekly trips of eight and nine days rem
dered n service almost equal to that of the
earlier trains. The Pony Mail that carried
President Lncoln's first inaugural address took
just seven days and seventeen hours The fast
est limited of to-day will carry you from Mis-
souri, to the Pacific in three and one-half days,
which is only trifle less than half the time
made by these hardy little ponies The iron
horse is more powerful and perhaps more depend
able; but the Pony Express, with its wiry little
carriers and its brave riders, was far moro
humanity picturesque.-(Outing-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03
WOMAN AND LITERATURE

There is at least difference OF opinion in
regard TO the alleged distaste OF women for
severe and systematic reading one critic in
The National Review" asserts that neither for
pleasure principle do they study books
which would cultivate their minds and give
them broad and stable views OF life. Another
makes the comforting statement that the good,
or, as they are called, the solid" books taken
by women from English circulating Libraries are
in the proportion of two to fvc-a very credit
able average. NJ Ernest Quentin Bauchart has
many and beautiful volumes were for two
centuries collected and treasured by French
ladies. from Margaret Of Nalois to Marie An
toinette. How far the pleasures OF a collector
merge into the pleasures of n student is always
delicate point TO decide but Mr.. Andrew Lang
is of the opinion that some OF these ladies loved
their Libraries. even TO the reading point. Books
and art" he says with happy tolerance, were
probably more to Mime. de Pompadour's liking
than the diversions by which she beguiled the
tedium Of Louis XIV; and many time she would
rather have been quiet with her plays and novels
than engaged in COnscieGtiouSly conducted but
distasteful reVes." La DuChcsSe de Montpen-
scr-"La GTande MJdemuisee''-liked only Sc
roCs and scholarly books The frivolous ones
she used to say, wcaricd and plagued her. La
Grande Madenoiselle WAS by no means the
wisest of women; but the choice does credit to
her taste for amusement. The rumances of her
age were shade less diycrting than mathe-
matics.-(Agncs lteppiier. in Harper's Bazaar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03
IN THE sIcnIAN HIGHLANDS

There IS except from Mount Etna or from
che Comb OF the Cammarata, from the great roCh
above CastroEloyaIrl, or rom me vans "a "a
Centuripe TTOiua, or rom me Deech MoOus
~ MANAGE al the summit Of the Sierra DEL Ike,
no view in Sicily comparable in magnlhcenl
range with thai from La Generosa, as FolIzA Is
y1-naned This small town, once a Norman
ax-in Of Count Eoger-hiS mountain whip Tor
the Saracens-etands on an extraordinary rock
or precipice at an elevation Of over three thou-
sand feet sheer from the surrounding noun
air region In the Middle Ages PoliZZi was one
Of the most prosperous inland towns OF the 81
Gillian Highlands. though how il could ever nave
been so NAV wei puzzle the traveller OF To-Day,
who looks UP 10 its crag-set height either IN the
blaze OF the uerCiless heat beating with q Iur-
race-winC against the arid rock. or with The
sleety rain and tempestuous cloud OF the ira
montana or greEale in the dreaded StagIone O.
TempOrale-the Season OF Tempest.
But none VIE grudge the ascent There IS,
too tolerable locanda, not to Ut up at, but
at which TO rest awhile and ENJOY, perhaps .
garlicSy omelet or stiu more highly saNoTeo
frittura- and some strong and CrJce, but otlef-
wise creGi-able red VII The immense pan
Drama Of the view extends over much OF central
Scly-f-0m the last spurs Of the Maoonlan
Range on the north, above CefalQ and me
Tyrrhene Sea. to the height Of Emma in the
south, from the MOntemagElOre and CaIninaTalt
mountain ranges OF the west TO the sleeps OF
Nicosia and Troiua and TO the SHOWS OF sky
reaching Etna on the east Far below, IN me
rocky valley foam the torrents which become
the Fiu.ue SalsO (he Iimera Meridlonalls) and
the Plume Grande Ohe Himera Superintendent
Near by are the PERCEPTIONS neighboring noun
tain towns OF Castellana and Petralla ana, Que
south. Alimena. on the TANKS Of Monte Balza-
the site, il is believed, OF the ancient lmacha
And even in the little town itself there are
things OF interest to be seen-in particular soTnt
fine carving and other scUlptural adornment N
the Duomo, Chesa Matrice, as the cathedral
church is always called in Sicily, and in the
church OF Sta. Maria deCli Angel a really hn'
archaic triptych brought here no one seems L
know when by whom, but obviously painted
by a disciple Of Memlinc, If not by the Erea
Fleming hinIself-CWiliam Sharp in The AT
anil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03

among us are young men. The thing is said
conventonally, If there were some moral
virtue in being young: if, too, the greatest
tragedy in American history not the death
some forty years ago of half million men in
the prime of life, which deprived our generations
Of its wisest counselOrs. Experience is the only
school which gives degree honored Of all men,
and n man of three score, with the vigor of life
still in him, should be the most useful citizen OF
community.
The awful catastrophe at Baltimore furnished
a splendid instance. The ConfiaGration had been
raging for twelve hours. Chief Horton, Of the
Fire Department, had been disabled by live
wire. The fighters without head. Then
William G. McAfee, veteran fire chief, retired for
age and accounted an old man, offered his Ser
vices to the Mayor. They were accepted. Don
ming his oilskius and grabbing his trumpet tho
old chief went into action. At once the men
knew they had leader. They needed one. The
fire roaring down to the river bank where
were some great rosin works filed with turpen-
tine. And they went must go East Balu-
more.
There viii be HI to pay II the fire gete into
that rosin" yelled McAfee through his trumpet
II enough of you men will follow me, Wen 80
in there and dump the whole outfit into the
bayr
They followed the leader and the saved East
Baltimore.-(F Frank Leslies MONTH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03
BIZARRERIE-

Dear love I dreamed dream OF you last night;
l dreamed with pangs OF pain that you had
died.
And that your beauteous ghost came wander
ing white
Near The black Stygian tide.
old Charon. with grim face like knotted wood.
Padding his CunDrOus bark at Fate's COM
maud,
Paused by the murky margin where you stood,
And toward you stretched his hand.
Then presto, ere the obolus he sought
Was paid for fcrriage through those cavern1
dim,
The delirious magic you have wrought
On me you wrought on him!
And Charon. by its mystic spells possessed
In place OF that weird bargeman swift becarno
The comeliest gallant and the COurtliest
That ever danced with dame!
Then straightway all the dismal dusk withdrew,
And DER the old rotted bark 1 watched unfurl
Wide peunOned sails. OF purple or damask hue,
With decks like polished pearl
And you twain along n gltterinE stream
Were waited by springtidcs amorous
breath
And this was how. In my fantastic dream.
i Love conquer Death!
Edgar Fawcett, In Lppincotta
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03
THE LOVE OF NATURE.

The more man has become engaged In this
conflicts of civilization, in intellectual disap-
pOintment. the more he has felt the uselessness
OF knowledge, the more he has turned to Ger
tain expressions OF art an escape. He has
addressed poems to Nature, has painted land
scape more and more, has shown in every way
that such an escape was a dream / do not
mean that such records OF art have begun late.
only that the more complex FORMS especially
such those that paintings give, are
evident TO Art has existed from the very
beginning. even before the first man suffered
out his naming of the animals and expressed
their character by the sound of their name.
The dances OF savages. we call them, that it
TO say, OF people OF earlier forms Of civilization,
invented before the arts of design, record in n
poetic way what they do. and the seasons OF
such doing. and even the appearance OF nature
the storm, the rain, the clouds blowing across
the sky the lashnS of the sea against the shore.
In Fiji they have dance where the women
spread out their arms like the wave lines OF the
surf, and the children. springing up behind
them, represent the foam of the wave crests-
From these beginnings. We know that tragedy
and comedy, as We call them, have grown
Then. as all these disappear In fact, they are
recorded in the art of painting. And as man
more and more leaves behind him life OF out
OF doors, in so much does he desire to admire 1t
John La Fargo, in McClures-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03
THE HALLETT GLACIER

The history of the discovery of this glacier
is an interesting one. An old bear hunter
Glanced upon the field on Mummy Mount, which
he called "the largest field in the Rockies"
Before his DEATH which occurred shortly after,
he mentioned this discovery TO a gentleman then
living in Denver who devoted much time to the
exploration of mountains and strange To-
calities in and about this neighborhood.
In 1882 this gentleman, a Mr.. II allett visited
the spot entirely alone In trying to ascend the
north side Of the ice field he suddenly broke
through the bridge of hidden crevaSse, but
by extending his elbows he managed to extricate
himself from his perious position, and returned
in safety to his camp. This incident finally led
him to wonder whether this might not be a
glacier In 1856 and 1887 Mr. Hallett in COM
pany with experienced mountaineer, who
was as familiar with the Alps rs with the
Rockies twice revisited the spot. Upon the
first of these expeditions, after a careful exam
ination, the true nature of this vast eXpanse Of
snow and ice for the first time positively
determined Here, in the heart Of Colorado,
existed a true glacier, showing crevasses. mo-
raines-n short, all the characteristics OF the
well known Alpine glaciers OF Switzerland. To
this was given the name il now bears, "Hallett
Glacier" in honor of the man who, in such a
startling way, made the first real discovery
l5t Mich OlaS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03
SUBATOAIIC ENERGY.

The disiuteCration Of a gram Of uranium, or
thoriUru. or Tadiuu, sets free at least a million
times as much energy as that which Is repre-
scented in any known chemical change taking
place within gram weight of any known com
pound substance. The experiments Of the last
eight years have then marked 4 rcnar kahle adj
vance in science, in that they have proved the
existence Of an immense store Of sULatomic Ell
ergy. Il seems highly improbable however,
that this energy can ever toe utilized on the
earth TO serve mans economic needs, for thus
far We know Of hut three substances which are
diseuga giug il, and these are changing 50 slowly
that the rate Of evolution Of energy is almost
iufufteSimal RaGium may possibly prove TO be
Of some practical value in the cure OF disease
although il is too early yet TO assert even this
with certainty But even If practical APP
ulication Of these discoveries should lee found,
radio-aCtivity will nevertheless have served one
# the most useful OF all ends. namely, that OF
. charging mans knowledge of the ways OF
nature and Of deepening his insight into the con-
gtitution Of matter professor T. A Millikan.
F il Popular Science Monthly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03
JAPAN-THE HOPE OF ASIA.


JAPAN-THE HOPE OF ASIA.
Japan is making the last stand of Asia. II It
fails, Asia ceases to toe separate integer IN
human Development and becomes an appanaSe
Of Europe. II Japan wins, 1t has wrestltd Wen
and overthrow more than its enemies. 1t VIII
become the teacher, first Of China and then OF
wider Asia. japanese education wisely retains
Chinese as its classic tongue, playing the part
in the training which Greek and Latin play or
did play. in our own scheme Of liberal study.
It's administrators and officers are alone IN
knowing both Chinese classics and modern SCI
cuCe. They are ready for their task They
have already begun il. The prestige Of victory
Viii give them authority ana acceptance IN re-
modelling China Japan. after all IS alone IN
raising au Asiatc state to free self-government
Its institutions are less like ours than they seem
the surface. Prescription plays the pro-
GiE!OUs part il always has In ASIauc society
The sense OF personal loyalty to the Emperor is
strong TO degree no European, much less an
American, can appreciate or understand. mat
singular attitude of mind which permits what 10
Us seems abasement in attitude. ceremony ana
action. and Yet preserves complete self-re-
spegt. is retained 10y tn japanese. They vote
they have parties, they practise an amazing
freedom al speech in Japan; but at the hnal
limit political action IS bounded and controlled
by Influences and principles unknown and alien
to the West. but perfectly comprehensive 10
the Asiafic. who never forgets that the state
and its supreme head Is greater than hliHse'l
his party or hiS policy. japan has the secret Of
using European science without ceasinE 10 be
Asi,tic Ii is a shallow view If the japanese
nation which regards II EuroTeauiZed. II re
mains at the core As.atc. What il has bor-
roW,d Is small - the sid" OF what IL has re-
tanned. The prospect. strong twenty years ago
that its upper and intelligent classes would
adopt Christianity has vanished. There has
come instead a renaissance Of Shuto faith n re
Vival Of Buddhism-Just as Islam grows stronger
in every MosIem coUutry-aud a widespread de
sire TO preserve the japanese attitude in faith.
in morals and in social lie. The japanese sol
der and sailOr-iu arms, armament uniform
organization. discipline and drills European
but he addresses himself to his task with a
reel less disregard of life, secrecy. subordi-
nation and a freedom from personal ambition
which recall Asiatic rather than European ira
dition.- (Talcott Williams, in The BoOkloyers.