Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-13
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ducing very high quality of fllumlnat-
ing gas free from smoke and tar.
1t also is reported that the strusgle
waged by the bureau OF laporatorles
against rinderpest. which threatened TO
sweep the islands of draft animals. was
eminently successful, and the Veterlnarl-
ans now have herd of about seventy
five animals in their rinderpest serum
herd for the purpose of furnishing
serum with which to inOculate non-im-
mune herds. The demand for vaccine
virus has also been very great 1t Is re-
ported, for until the advent of the Amer
leans no systematic efforts had ever beer
made to vaccinate the people of the archi-
pelago. The islands now are declared to
be practically free from the plague. as
result it is said, of the intelligent en-
pioyment of a plague prophylatic fur
nished the board of health in sufficient
quantities. The biological laboratory also
is investigating human diseases and has
in preparation work on a method of
protective incubation against Asiatic
cholera.
"Out in Alexandria county the other
day said a local attorney, II saw rather
amusing thing in the office of a justice of
the peace. I was just loafing around the
office of the squire with couple of ac-
quaintances. but had not been there long
when negro couple came ina short.
dumpy man. with lean. lank woman, who
seemed to be about twice the height of the
man. The man spoke to the squire. He
pulled paper out of his pocket and handed
it to the magistrate. We wants ter git
married. jedge.' he said in timid sort of
way. The squire told him all right and
began to make arrangements. Of course,
we all wanted to watch the performance
But the negro pulled back little. He hes
itated for few seconds and then called
the justice of the peace to one side.
>o1 ,-,, inl.r tie 4; !,
I amt wantin' no witnesses ter dis trans
action
why, what's the matter with the wit
nesses" asked the squire
The negro hesitated. Directly he said:
Tell yu. jedge. hits like dis. De las
time | gifts married some meddln' coon dun
took and tol my Of lady all about me, and
y'u knows what dat means
THE magistrate figured it out that it
just about as good luck as any to
marry the couple, so in few minutes he
had tied the knot, the dusky bride had been
kissed and 1t was all over. And the groom
had his way. There were no more wit
nesses than the law allows
* x X x X
The difficulties of leadership when the
people want to go in a direction contrary
to that the leader maps out was recently
shown in the ninth Tennessee congressional
district. While the campaign for the
nomination was on in that district recently
John Sharpe Williams, leader of the House,
received a letter from his old friend, Rice
A. Pierce. who has represented that dis
trict for twenty years and is the ranking
member on the democratic side, asking an
of his candidacy.
Mr. Williams knew practically nothing
about the district and the intense fight that
was being made on Mr.. Pierce by the
tWenty-seven-year-ol candidate, Garrett.
So he sat down and wrote the desired in
dorsement promptly. He supposed it was
a ammunition in the hands of his friend
against his minority critics. The letter
from Williams was heralded trump
for the veteran member of the House. 1t
was a days sensation, but there was a
strong current of popular sentiment for
the young man, and CARROTS friends SIM
ply got mad and went to work.
There was no community in the entire
country in which the dictum of Williams
on democratic principles had more respect
than in the ninth Tennessee district His
followers there We're legion, but in this
case he advised something they did not
W ant to do. He proposed leading them
down lane the while they wanted to
make a journey in another direction. and
they threw aside his words of wisdom and
defeated the man he told them to nomi-
nate.
But that did not end the troublesome in
cidcnt. After they nominated Garrett they
sent Mr. Williams a round robin, in which
they suggested that the next time he had
any advice to give them it would be we'll
for him to learn whether not they want
I'd it Now M. Williams will remember to
find the destination of people he is to lead
before he attempts 20 lead them