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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

In the debate in the House on whether
Mr.. Cleveland invited a Kansas negro to
dine at the White House, thus setting a
precedent for Mr.. Roosevelt inviting
Booker Washington, brought out glow
ing eulogy of Booker by a Kansas Con-
gresham, Mr.. Scott, who quoted Bassetts
estimate of the Alabama teacher IN sup
port of his words of praise. Hon. Claude
Kitchin took a hand in the debate at
that point, and thus undertook to defend
the trustees of Trinity College.
81 would like to say to the gentleman in
justice to my colleague that the faculty
did rebuke this professor for making the
utterance but did say that he had right
to it as enjoying the liberty of free
speech
1t seems that Mr.. Scott was ready with
an answer-the answer that the Boston
Transcript and other apologists for the
action of the trustees of Trinity College
have made in the North, for Mr.. Scott
quickly retorted:
.'They rebuked him for making the ut
terance, but they did not attempt to say
the utterance was not true. They rebuked
him because they WERE FORCED TO
DO so BY THE PUBLIC SENTIMENT
ROUND ABOUT"
Who was right-Mr. Scott or Mr.. Kit
chin? The North Carolina Congressman
did the best he could, but Bassetts utter
ance and the action of the trustees was
one that he would not defend. 1t comes
up to plague North Carolina people when
ever they stand for the true Southern
sentiment 1t is alien to North Carolina
and yet it was uttered in North Carolina
institution, and therefore continues to do
the State harm.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
DON'T GET EXCITED.
(Rhamkatte Roaster.)

Don't get excited. Keep cool. Why
make all this fuss about tax on tea
and taxation without representation? The
world will not come to an end if you
are taxed without representation. Be
calm Such was the advice to the Tories
when the Patriots were organizing under
Washington to demand their rights.
The same sort of apologists for in
justice and usurpation now say: Don't
get excited about a little matter like
Federal Judge putting property worth
81, 500, 900 in the hands or a receiver,
over the protest of four-ffths of its own
ers. They'll not steal all the cross-ties,
and if they do. the road is not paying
a dividend anyhow, though the cash value
of it's stock increased rs per cent in five
years under present management. All this
talk about the rights of the State and the
right of owners of property is fudge. The
best man to control railroad property is a
Federal Judge who knows nothing about
it except what dealer in liquid air, who
wishes a job for his confederate, tells
him. Suppose the costs of receivership
do impose a heavy burden on its own
ers, do you dare to criticize a Federal
Judge and doubt that he is infalibe
The right of the State to control cor
porations charted by it? Why that has
played out. The State and the private
stockholders, owning four-ifths of the
property, have no rights if the seller OF
liquid air and wireless telegraphy, claim
ing to own some stock, does not agree
with them. But-s-h- don't say word
against the divine right Of Federal Judges
or Dispensers of Liquid Air while the
owners of property are denied any voice
in its control Property owners and
States have no rights superior to the vii
of d Federal Judge.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

There are more heroes in the railway
service than we know. Timothy Quin-
ian, switchman, save Up his life last
Saturday at Cleveland TO save others.
lie saw that only by quick action could
a collision between an engine and a
swiftly moving passenger train be avcrted.
The switch had to be turned and there
was no time 70 unlock it. Quinlan threw
his body violently against tho lever, the
weight releasing the appliance from the
catch, and the switch was turned. But
Quinan was dead. The same force he
had exercised upon the lever had hurled
hi1n in front of the train.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

THE Mayor and the Lawyers to Fight
Corruption" are the headlines of a lead
ing article in the Philadelphia Public
Ledger. That is combination, plus the
people, that will win. When Mr. Tilden,
who made millions practising law, organ
lied his fight against the Tweed ring, he
depended mainly upon a band of honest
lawyers of whom William Collins Whitney
was a leader. What a power the bar has
for good! Most of the evils in legislation,
in courts. in government can be removed
by brave and incorruptible bar leading
the fight Too often the ablest lawyers
are retained by the Tweeds, however.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

Wall street is looking eagerly forward
for the Northern Securities decision.
James j. Hill predicts that the courts
will stand with the trust, but the general
sentiment is otherwise. 1t is always best
not to predict what decision the Supreme
Court will render, what verdict a jury
will give, or what answer a woman Will
make
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

Porto Ricans took seriously the court
decision that they were citizens and have
asked to be admittedto the Union with the
rights of citizens. 1t greatly grieved. the
imrerialists that these pet wards should
desire the right to govern themselves. Is
colonialism in Porto Rico a failure?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
QUESTIONABLE PIECE OF BUSINESS
Kinston Free Press

1t seems to be pretty clear that some
body is trying to put up a job on the
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
Various parties of late have been en-
deavoring to secure control of the road
but all without success.
The most recent of these assaults was
headed by Captain McBee, an experienced
railroad man who is supposed to know
a good thing in his line OF business when
he sees it. Captain McBee set his heart
on securing the cold Mullet." a1d we DO
not blame him for coveting the property.
But we do think it a questionable piece
of business when he takes a Raleigh at
torney, goes to Norfolk ana upon allega-
tons of mismanagement, has himself APP
pointed receiver for a road that Is aow in
a flourishng condition with 4 bright fu-
ture before it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

Three trust magnates dined with Roose-
welt last week. Root and Aldrlch have
lassoed them and brought them back into
camp. They only talked against Roose'
welt to- scare the leaders and demand
concessions. They'll get most all they
want.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

Will they stay convicted? Many papers
still insist that Machen. Croft and the
others will escape stripes. The opinion
is widespread that no man with pull
can be. convicted of graft. The convic-
tion in Judge Pritchard's court to the
postoffice frauds, has gone far to restore
faith in the courts-if it sticks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
SOMETHING ROTTEN IN DENMARK
Asheville News Gazette.


Asheville News Gazette.
Not a single other stakeholder knew
anything about the move of Stakeholder
Finch, with his forty-five shares, to have
the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
put into the hands of receiver, and the
private stockholders are said to be tight
ing the receivership along with the State.
That smells like something was rotten IN
the State of Denmark Judge Simonton
of Charleston, has promised to hear a
motion to set aside the receivership, and
Governor Aycock predicts that this will
certainly be done. There seems to be a
pretty game being played by some OF the
big roads to gobble up the Atlantic and
North Carolina. The Southern, it is said
will get it if the receivership Is made
permanent. The Seaboard IS also anxious
for it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
Former Sheriff E. A. Gupton Dies.
Especial to News and Observer

Louisburg, N c., March 1.--Mr. E. A.
Gupton, who was for a number of years
sheriff Of this county, died at his resi-
dence in Sandy Creek township, after 9
long and painful illness from cancer. He
vas nearly eighty years old. He was a
good man and highly respected by all
who knew him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

New Jersey pays its chaplain SO for each
prayer and there is complaint that the
price is too high for the quality of the
prayers. Judging by the quality OF Jersey
legislation, the prayers do not do much
good
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

Some of the Chicago University folks
say the trouble with Prof Triegs was
"lc had a faculty for getting into the
newspapers" That faculty did not secure
for him the grand bounce" until he
talked on socialism. If he had rushed
into the papers in defense of the Stand
ard Oil Trust his salary would have
been increased.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

The Georgia Democrats have named a
uniform date for all counties for the
primary 20 nominate officials and elect
delegates TO the State Convention. The
unformi date idea is a good one and If
all the county conventions in North Car
DINA could meet on the same date it
would be a good idea.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

The Memphis Commercial Appeal esti-
mates that the Panama Canal will be fin
isned. at the earliest, within twelve years,
and that the project will destroy between
$4,000 and 100000 men. because it will
be carried out in the most deadly climate,
perhaps, in the world. Begin to dig!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

That Chicago bank that has announced
il will retain no employee who marries on
less than 81 900 a year has evidently de-
ciaed not to subject its employees to
temptation Better than discharging them
would be raising the salary to $1,000
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
1T MEANS A DEMOCRAT.
Washington Post.

Mr.. Addicks declares that the next Sen
ator from Delaware will be himself or
Democrat, and there are no indications
that his chances are any better now than
they have been during all the years he
has been trying to secure the toga.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
"sEEN IT'S DUTY AND DONE IT
Charlotte News.

In the matter of the union depot the
Corporation Commission evidently has seen
its duty and done it. The Fuller law
will perhaps have test in the courts
this time.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
BURNING IN EFFIGY A GREAT MIS-
TAKE.
Norfolk Landmark.

Norfolk Landmark.
Notwithstanding the fact that MI Whit
NOV, has been careless and unfair in his
references to Southern athletics, 1t is
impossible to uphold the attitude of the
prou,n students in this affair. Burning
an editor in effigy is a. great mistake, as
the students of Trinity College III Win
Carolina recently discovered. III oppo9ino
professionalism in college Sports WI.
Whitney is entirely right. That Is no, no1
saving that his off-hand way OF SetViihe'
questions without proper lnvestlsatlon =
not exceedingly irritating when ne li@AeS
mistakes. as he often does.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

Nearly all the 'reorganizers" stand in
with the Republicans on every public
issue, and wish to make the Democracy
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
AN OUTRAGE UPON THE STATE

KlnstOn Free Press.
That Atlantic and North Carohlla re-
ownership is an outrage upon the cover,
nor and the State. Such unoer-iidliueu
means of getting hold of the propttey'
even temporarily is to be condeinhtu p..el
erty is worth and in holding all bidders
to q minimum, rental he is but acting in
business-Lko manner in the interests
of the majority stakeholder '''''e
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

The "ysllerist'' thing about the Morn
irg Post is the color of the gold poured
into its treasury by trusts and corpora
tons which dominate its policy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

Measurements were taken yesterday to
obtain the exact distance between the
postoffice ard the Union depot, this being
done to calculate the time necessary for
carrying the mail.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
Postmaster at GreenyiIIe.

(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, March 1.-THE Senate to-
day confirmed the following nomination:
North Carolina-ROy C. Flanagan,
Greenville.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
Therein lies the secret of Tammanys ac-
NOBODY ELSE TO GO TO
Greensboro Telegram.

The States counsel in the A. and N. c.
receivership matter doubtless appealed to
Judge Slmonton for the want of somebody
else more convenient fer ne is not a man
likely to set himself against the system
of which he is a part
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

"They say" that some of the guberna-
torial candidates want an early conven-
ton. The convenience of the voters
should be first consulted. Isn't June
convention early enough?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

If you didn't order your jug before yes
terday, you'll have to buy at the dis
pensary or do without.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
WHY TAMMANY TALKS CLEVELAND.

Tammany recognizes that Judge Parker
has little too much independence Of
character to be held IN Seoui1'y ~,
hehest of the organization; anu ane IS Ell al.
sequence is that Murphy ana eoiil - ~ 'l ls
rest of the Tigers family ar ena, 49,. =.
the judge. They would prelsl "ea 1919,
and more plant man. II IN nbt - bopr
the pressure that is being bronsne ao - oetr
to instruct for Parker, they C e CJeYels s -
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
A MORNING TONIC.

(Steele.)
Wisdom without goodness is craft and
tleachery.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
Since the Eldest Was q
Baby

am proud to recommend
CheneyS Expectorant as a
cure tor coughs and Colds. |
nave used it with my children
SINCE The Oldest was a baby,
ana ! |; nave lever known it 10
MRS SARAH L. MORROW
hopkins Ferry, Miss.
rof Sale by W. H. King Drug
Company.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-03
stature and Illness.

According to a paper read by DIT.
khrubsan before the British associa-
ion. sufferers from tonsilitis, rheuma-
ism and heart disease are Of higher
Etature. and sufferers from tuberculo-
lis. nervous and malignant diseases OF
lower stature than healthy individ-
halls.
It appears that blond sufferers from
pulmonary tuberculosis respond to
treatment better than brunettes, while
n diseases Of the heart the positions
are reversed. 1t is believed that in
successive generations of city life stat
hlre shows progressive diminution and
that there is an increase in brunette
traits with each generation passing
from rural to urban life. With In
creasing length Of residence there Il
an increase of morbidity among th'
different classes of Londoners.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-03
Where Stanley Worked as q Boy.

He sometimes, but not often, spoke
to me of his life as a boy. 1 remem-
Der in 1890, when we were staying in
Cincinnati together, his asking me one
afternoon to go for walk with him.
He took me through obscure back
streets and down dirty alleys until we
reached a wharf on the banks of the
Ohio river He stopped at the bot
tom of a street which ran steeply
down to the river and pointed out
lad who was rolling a large cask OF
tallow from a cellar down to the
wharf. He said: II have brought you
here because l wanted to show you
this place. I was doing exactly the
same work as that lad, and, If mis-
take not, that is the same cellar IN
which l worked" -'Reminiscences OF
Sir Henry Stanley" In Scribners.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-03
ANIMAL TAILS.
Some That Are Quite Useful as Well
as Ornamental.

The tail, or, more strictly speaking,
the caudal fin, of a fish is, says Pro
fessor Seeley, ''the great organ of mo-
ton" and among the mammalia we
find several useful tails.
The most remarkable is, perhaps,
that common to most American mon
keys, which is as good as fifth hand,
owing to it's prehensile powers. The
yellow tailed bowler, if it is shot
when hanging by the tail, will remain
suspended for some hours, so tight is
the grip. Humboldt noted in South
America how spider monkeys form
themselves into clusters by means OF
their limbs and tails, the whole group
being suspended from a bough by the
tail of the strongest.
The long, thick tail of the kangaroo
which serves as a balance against the
heavy hind quarters, especially when
the animal leans forward to browse
and also aids in supporting it when IL
it's characteristic upright position, Is
also a most valuable appendage.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-03
This Topsy Turvy World.

This is a topsy turvy world. One
man is struggling for justice, and an
other is fleeing from it. One man is
saving to build house, and another is
irving to sell his for less than it cost. J."
One man is spending all the money he
can make in taking a girl to an enter
tainment and sending her flowers in
the hope eventually of making her his
wife, while his neighbor is spending
the gold he has got to get divorce.
One man escapes all the diseases man
is heir to and gets killed on the rail
way. Another goes everywhere with
out being hurt and dies with whooping
cough. Such is Ife!-EXchange
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-03
CHANGED His Mind.

A man of VIGOROUSLY bad character,
residing in a village, wished to emil
CRATE. To obtain assistance from the
emigration commissioners one must
have q character, and the man accord
iugly asked one from his neighbors.
Everybody was anxious be should CO.
any everybody therefore testified to
his excellent reputation. No one was
more astonisned at this result than
the man himself and after looking at
his certificate, with its long list OF
signatures. Well" said he, Il had
no idea I.was so much esteemed II
the neighborhood. 1 think l shai
stay."-London Tit-Bits.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-03
ACADEMY OF BRAN.
A Celebrated Italian Literary Insu-
tuition and It's Aims.


The Academy of Bran was the most
celebrated of Italian literary acade-
mics, and IT'S title was borrowed from
a previous literary society at Perugla'
the Academia degli Scossi, or the
Academy of the Well Shaken. Inc
device of the earlier society was
sieve, and its motto I'll piu bel flor ne
coglie" ct collects the finest -FOUR.
The principal object of the Bran
society, the Academia della Crusca'
was the publication of the ltahah
language, in order to effect which, IN
the spirit of pedantry common to the
age, 1t reintroduced many obsolete
words which had been replaced oy
more effective derivative forms or
foreign adaptations.
Its greatest work was the NochDu-
lario della Crusca, the Vocabulary or
the Bran, published in 1913 Inc
whole tone of this work was archaic.
It affected to regard the fourteenth
| century as the Augustan age OF
| Italian literature and endeavored to
make the standard Of that period a
standard for all time The Academia
della Crusca is now incorporated with
two older societies, the Apatici, or I'm
partials, and the FlOrentine academy
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-03
Senator Vests Pledge.

Just before his first election to the
United States senate the late Senator
Vest went to caucus of Missourians
who were members Of the general as
sembly. Following a competitor who
had talked three mortal hours, Vest
spoke for three minutes, concluding
with these words: LAS for myself, l
have to say, with the full knowledge
that the pledge 1 now make will inhu,
ence your votes tomorrow, that if am
elected to the United States senate dur
ing my entire term l shall draw my
pay regularly like gentleman ana
spend it like thoroughbred" He was
elected and served the state for TWEEN
ty-four years-Kansas City Star.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-03
THE WRANGLERS.
NV cambridge University Honor
Men Are SO Designated.


In the middle ages when learning
~-os elevated to responsibility In Eu-
mean colleges exercises consisted
largely of disputations, and those who
ENGAGED in them were called disputants
- wrangIers. One candidate was pit
tod against another or against college
don to thrash a question out. Wrangle
g very suitable word, for the process
econ consisted Of a battle royal, car
-iad on by twisting an opponents
words so as utterly to battle or CONFUSE
him.
In the University of Cambridge in
tho Afteenth century an ould bache
lour" as representative Of the univer-
atty had to sit on a three legged stool
bence the word tripos) before Mr..
proctours" to test the abilities Of the
candidates for degrees by arguing with
che eldest son" Of them.
If these trials turned out satisfac-
+oriIv the moderator would compliment
the candidates by saying to each, Sam
mo ingenii acumine disputastf' you
have wrangled excellently) to the fore
most or "optime quidem" or "optime'
only to what are still called senior and
iunfor optimes. Not till 1853 was the
word wrangler used of the highest hon
Ors class.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-03
SOUTH AMERICAN ANTS.
The Most Dangerous and Trouble
some Enemies of the Hunter.


some Enemies of the Hunter.
What are the most dangerous and
troublesome beasts you ever encoun-
teredY' a famous big game hunter
was asked, after he had finished tell
Ing a string of yarns about his al
ventures in South America.
Ants" he replied. They are far
worse than bears, jaguars, alligators
or any other eeasts about whom half
raising stories are told. They give the
hunter in tropical and subtroplcai
countries more trouble than anything
else.
"Once 1 rested my gun against a
tree to take aim at a deer. There was
an ants nest in that tree. AS soon
as l fred the ants tumbled out IN
swarms and fell all over my guide anu
myself.
I'VE wers nearly stung to deatn
and had 10 tear our clothes OIL anu
wallow up to our necfs in the muu
of a nearby swamp before we could
get any relief.
Another time l climbed a tree u
wait for mountain lions. did not
notice that there was an ants nest III
the trunk, for the ants We're all III
doors WREN l climbed up.
l shot a mountain lion and starteu
to climb down, but the ants had been
disturbed by the firing and they
swarmed all around that tree trunk
by millions. l had to slide over them
and didn't forget it for a week"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-03
cold Homeo Thoughts.

Don't let your heart be troubled by
the man who comes back and tells
what wonderful success he has had as
a result of leaving his home town. 1t
is we'll enough for the sake of polite
ness to listen to his stories of immense
business deals or fabulous salaries or
wonderful offers which he was COM
PEELED to refuse because he was offered
still more by some one else, but don't
swallow the tales. The men who go
away and succeed do not need to tell
of their success. You hear Of their sue
cess. 1t speaks for itself. You are do
ing better than the cheap monkeys
that have to megaphOne their success.
Attempt to follow their example, and
you will meet with disaster.-Atchison
! Globe