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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-06-30

THE pessimist is the man who realizes
that it is hard going uphill, and there.
fore he nuts ON the hraE as IT
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-06-30

No; but it may come in handy
to keep from from making a mastery
retreat, should occasion warrant its use.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-06-30

And the optimist sometimes forgets
he has brakes and rushes to perdition.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-06-30

Yor cannot lead a man with club
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-04

Chaplain Edward Everett Hale made
the opening prayer, He referred briefly
to the months since the senate had been
in session and to the work before the
members. He closedlby asking the SEN
at to join with him in tn Lords prayer.
Sixty-eight senators responded to
the roll call and the vice president an
nounced that the senate was ready to
New Senators Sworn. 49,,
Senators Knox. and Aldrich, who
have recently been. elected = to new
terms, took the oath Of office. Senator
Stone presented the credentials Of Sen
ator-elect Warner Of Missouri, and Sen
ator German, in the absence Of Senator
Carmack, presented. the credentials of
Senator Frazier, of Tennessee, and
the new members were sworn in. The
credentials of Senator Taliaferro were
presented by Senator Mallory.
Senators Allison and Morgan were
appointed as a ,coInpittee to.sWait upon
the president together with a, similar
committee fro lnthe house. iisse..t - : ii
Senator Bulkeleys pnotifed the senate
offciallybof the death of Senator PHI att
of Connecticut. Resolutions in memory
of theflate senator Were adopted, afte1
which the. senate adjourned as a f ur
Their mark of respect. At, tomorrow ,!
session, the president IS message will b
received and read. T. 49, u, :,
For an hour preceding the opening
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-04

of congress there were scenes of in
creasing animation on the floor and in
the galleries Of the house of representa-
tives. Legislative veterans: exchanged
cordial greetings and D.. newly elected
members made acquaintance. i.&
, sAn index}to the business of the ses-
sion was the industry of members in
introducing bills. AS many as one hun
dred public bills had been placed in
the basket on the clerk s desk before IL
o o'clock, these measures of legislation
affecting the general government.
Speaker Cannon arrived in his office
early and for an hour and half be-
fore the session began, he held an en-
thusiastic reception in his office adj
Joining the hall of the house. Mem
bers Of both political parties went to
see him and extend congratulations
Half an hour before noon there was
not an empty seat in the galleries, and
long lines had formed in the corridors
d House Called to Order.
Exactly at noon. Major Alexander
Nc DoWell, clerk Of the house, called
/ that body, to, order and ANNOUNCED
splayer by thet chaplain, Rev. DR.. Hen
ry L. Couden. The Invocation conlpre
hended a review of the peaceful anC
prosperous condition of the national, :
plea for patriotic and wise Legislation
and concluded with a repetition Of the
Lord rs prayer. .... +. .-.- t.. e.,
AT the end Of the rollcall, Clerk Nc
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-04

is involved. in the minds of many thou
sands Of good people all over the land,
and the pressure upon the senate to
unseat him will be as great as it was
upon the house to unseat Brigham Rob
erts, altho, Of course, the two cases
are not parallel. Roberts was openly
polygamist, and brought Mrs. Roberts
No. 5 to Washington with him. Smoot
has but the one wife, =
Congress will find enough to do to
keep it busy all winter and spring, and
perhaps a part Of the summer. The
questions. for the most part, are Of I'm:
usual Importance. and call for the exer-
else of higher and broader statesman
ship than has of late been typical Of
the American congress as whole.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-04

Dowell announced 264 members pres
emit, quorum of the ffty-ninth con
gress.
Unanimous consent was objected to
at this stage in the proceedings to
place the name. of Representative Mar
shall On. d. on the roll. Speaker Can
non was placed - in nomination for
speaker by Mr.. Hepburn (Iowa), and
lowed. Mr.. Williams (Miss.) was nom
mated on behalf of the minority by
Mr.: Henry (Texas), provoking demo
cratic applause. y
Neither made nominating speeches,
and the roll call for election Of speak
er at once proceeded. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-04
This Will Interest MANY,

er, says that il anyone afaisfeds. With
will send their address to him at S04-
38 Carney building, Boston, Mass, he
will direct them to a perfect cure. He
has nothing to: sell or give, only tells
you how he was cured after years of
search for relief. Hundreds have tested
it with success, -.. - - .E.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-04
THE FIRST SESSIONS
Fairbanks Called Senate to Order,
Clerk Mcdowell, the House.

Clerk mcdowell, the House.
Washington, Dec. At was a famil.
lar sight at II o'clock today when Vice
President Fairbanks called tho senate
to order. There were few changes. in
the membership, Death had taken away
Senators Date .of Tennessee and Platt
of Connecticut. There were no changes
among the senate officials.
The first arrival on the. floor was
Senator Sutherland of Utah. He came
in about IL O'Clock and few moments
later Senator Hepburn appeared. From
that time on there were receptions in
every part Of the chamber, the marble
room and the cloak rooms. 49,
The hum of voices ceased when the
vice president s gavel sounded anC
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-04

If you are nervous or dyspeptic try
Carter's Little Nerve Pills. Dyspepsia
makes you nervous, and nervousness
makes you 'dyspeptic; either one ren
ders you miserable. and these little pills
cure both. ",E =. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-04
'sWorth Its Weight in Gold.'

DR.. RADWAY & CO., New York:
Gentlemen-I send enclosed NJ. O., for which
you will please send me- one dozen Railways
Ready Relief and one dozen Railways Pills
Your Ready Relief is considered hereabouts to
be worth Its weight in gold. That is why I am
induced to handle IT.. I have handled - Oh
for some time, but consider the r. R. R., far
superior to this as it gives better satisfaction
J. n ALEXANDER, Hoxban, I. T.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20
1 Punctured Pas Tires.

couldn't tell the difference, and they
fixed pa up with blowed up clothes
of flesh colored rubber, and but for
his chin ;vhiskers you couldn't tell
him from the fat woman. He said he
wouldn't cut off his whiskers for any
bodys circus, SO they fixed veil to
cover part of his face and put the fat
woman's dress on pa, and put him up
beside the skeleton, the midget and
the giant.
Pa said he didn't want to do it,
cause it seemed too much like fraud
but they told him the fate of the show
dependened on cur all being willing
to take any part assigned to us, and SO
pa sat down and be gan to fan himself.
and tried to look flirty like woman.
The other freaks never noticed but
what it was the fat woman until the
show was half over. 1t was too much
for me and / just Iaffed at pa. ! got
up behind him and told him in whiS-
per that / wanted a dollar to play the
slot machine, and he told me to go to
thunder, and get out OF there. l
couldn't stand it to be insulted by my
own father, SO | took a hat pin out of
the hat of the bearded lady and pun
ched it in pas blowed up rubber shirt,
and pa began to sis, like a soda foun-
tain. and the wind struck the living
skeleton and blew him over like a
cyclone, and by that time pa was
blowing off wind in a dozen places
that L had punctured and he was
scared for fear there wouldn't be any
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20

ushers, at the afternoon performance,
told an old colonel that he must move
along quicker, when the colonel began
to talk back, and say, who is you
talkin' to sab, 2" And the usher stood
it as long as he could, when he took
the colonel by the collar and sat him
down so quick he didn't come to for a
couple of minutes, and when the col
onel got his senses, he found that the
usher had ushered him into seat be-
tween two gaily decorated coiored
women the trouble began. The col
onel never forgot that he was a gen.
tleman, for he rose up, took off mis-
hat to the colored women, and said:
"You must excuse me. ladies, but [
shall have to go and kill the scoundrel
who sat me down with niggers," and
he got down off the seats and struck
the usher with his cane, and the usher
yelled: Hey, Ruben' and all the cir
Gus people made a rush for the col
onel. The colonel said, Men of Ken
lucky to the rescue and before
could crawl under the seats. the air
was full of baggage, seats, bent pins
and white hats, guns were fired, and
blood flowed, and the police pulled
everybody, and the evening perform
ance was given up.
got wen on his head as big as a foot
ball from being struck by handle of
a revolver, and the colonel who started
the row was knocked silly by a tray of
red lemonade which the butcher
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20
RULED WITH FIRM HAND.
The Great Rural Teacher and The
Great College Professors.

George ". Reid. of Iredell county,
was one of the last of the old-tlme
country school teachers, dying in the
early eighties. An old-time gentleman
he was, living on his farm By the
South Yadkin river and teaching
subscription school at Chestnut
Grove" school house during the fall
and winter months. He was man en-
dowed by nature for firm and gentle
command. His erect carriage, the
firm set jaws, clean shaved and well
closed lips, the aquiline nose, the
butting brow over eyes in which stern
ness and gentleness We're faultlessly
blended marked him royal spirit. Ee
was not . college man but had ac-
1uired accurate knowledge. / think
he was a student of Peter s. Ney. He
ruled With a firm hand which knew
how to b. tender as wei as strong,
but the wrong-doer who stood in his
presence was subdued as before the
Judgment seat. We felt and honored
authority No bell called us in from
the play ground and from the woods
the master standing in the door, ana
his stern Come to books" served the
purpose Wa.
Some Of the books he used had
been long out of date, such as Kirk
hams Grammar and Pixies Arithme-
TIC. but MS metnOQ WIS lIllt Oh the
true teacher which has no date. He
taught without books. AT odd times he
would turn upon the school and ask
questions and give information that
could not we'll be forgotten. Like all
great teachers he had the ability 20
discover what there was in his pupil.
ind cali It forth. / have sat at the
FEET of some of the famous teachers.
and / now go back to write this man
down as a great teacher. He was a
great teacher because he was more
than q teacher. What he was stood
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20

above and commanded what he said
and did, In his character he stood as
moral king in the midst of his
school. AS ali elder in the old Bethany
Presbyterian church he lived life of
unquestioned piety. His prayer al
ways offered at the close of the days
work aWed us into a reverence that
we never cared to forget. Though his
name was scarcely known beyond the
boundary of his own township, /, with
out apology, bring him into this COM
pany and offer this faint tribute to
one of the nations builderS-the
country school teacher.
w. b. Royal, ID. D., Prof of Greek
at Wake Forest College, is a man who
does not often appear in the papers or
on the public platform. To write of
his modest worth and gentleneSs of
character would call for many pages.
shall write of him simply as l knew
him before his class. He is an example
of the teacher who is not strenuous in
the claSS-room-doeS not need to be-
does not need to make himself into
jumping jack in order to get and hold
the attention of his class. But the
students, who went with him on his
interesting excursions through the
Greek, found themselves strongly in
love with the language and so in SYM
pathy with it's finer forms of express
sion, that it became joy forever. DIR.
Broadus, always recognized, with
many expressions of praise, the fine
quality of his work as shown in his
students who came to the Seminary.
When l hear the word Education" de-
fined, l think of Prof. Royals method
of teaching Greek. He led you forth
with delicate care, and never carried
you on to things for which you were
not prepared. He never unloaded his
knowledge upon you. He did not talk
a thing clear and then proceed to talk
it back muddy again. When it
emerged into clear view he stopped
without another word. He had the
wonderful faculty for keeping up with
the individual student. If he lacked
at some special point. he seemed never
to forget that point of need, and would
again and again, for weeks hold it in
mind and bring it around to him in
such delicate way as to leave it with
the student as permanent possession.
His style of teaching was that of the
dentist putting in gold filling. He
would put in little gold leaf and
pack it away skillfully and patiently,
put in little more and pack and
pack, little more and on till it was
filled and smoothed over and polished
but it was a gold filling.
There you saw experienced educa-
ton in its finer process. Many a stu
dent has passed through that class
room without realizing that he had so
great a teacher. The perfection of
his art was SO simple that 1t lured
him away from seeing it's greatness.
nave written of him i'm the past.
for it is the past to me. But Prof.
Royal is still doing his work, never
realizing how great it is. May he re-
main to round up his long days work!
M. L. KESLER.
Morganton, N. G..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20
MISS JULIA RULED.
General Fender a Pupil of a Pcda-
gogue Who Became Governor
of Alabama.

IL true greatness is to be measured
by untility, adaptibility, then Miss
Julia is entitled to first niche in the
columns of North Cardinals famous
teachers. She was Virginia bred, and
had she been of the other sex, then
the Harrison family would have
scored its No. on the list of ex-Presi-
dents in lieu of only two.
She was born to command, to gov
ern. She has a head on her and will
power; Napoleon would have found
in her no mean mate.
Didn't she lord it over us: "You take
that book and get that lesson or I'll
use it to knock you into the middle
of next week." and that lesson was
tie log cabin, in Cardinals pine woods
that l received my Introduction under
her tutilage into the mysteries of
"Webster's Blue Back Speller,"
learned my A, B, C's, Abs. Eds, lbs,
around my mul-ti-pli-c
Smiths Grammar, The English
Reader, Pixies Arithmetic, Geography
followed in their usual course. Writ
ing too with the goose quill, was
the use of a pen knife-but didn't she
know how to use a chinquapin sprout!
Order may or may not be nature S
first law, but it was law in her schooi
season, not a whisper escapes her keen
hearing move her quick eye-it
was business and only business of the
strenuous kind that went on in that
room. And the eight hour day then
was an unknown quantity; they
seemed often to be double Fights, as
the sun poured his ray, while the
July fly sang his evening lullaby, and
not a watt of wind penetrates that
forest thicket
Wouldn't l like to pen down some of
the happenings in that school-allude
to the Ounce stool, it uses, etc.. refer to
the later course of Miss Julia. But
you request l only write a short ar
ticle, and since l wish to give just
line to my teacher No. 2, Scotchman
who afterwards graced the executive
chair of Alabama, Lindsay by name,
must bid Miss Julia a long good
bye.
Mr.. Lindsay taught the boys OF
Tarboro Male Academy, the late Cen
eral Dorsey Pender was pupil under
him when he received his appointment
to West Point, he also had several
say and never did / hear such exul-
pupils who had just returned from the
Mexican Wharf.-The war spirit obtained
in that school room. Lindsay welded
the ferule. but the boy pounded Lind
tation--it was a righteous licking ne.
got.
M. j. BATTLE.
Whitakers, N. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20

KatZenjammer, and their hair was SO
sore it was murder and suicide COM
bined to comb it.
The way pa escaped injury was
cause he had to take the place of the
fat woman on the platform with the
freaks, as the fat woman was over
come with the heat and had to stay in
the car.
The way they fixed pa up to resem-
BILE the fat woman was ScandalOuS.
They have some rubber things in the
wardrobe tnet that you can blow up
and make a big arm, and a big leg,
and a big stummick, SO everybody
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20

This has been an eventful week with
the show. We have had heat prostra-
tions in Kentucky, nearly the whole
show got drunk on 16-year-old whis--
key, and if hadn't been for the ami
mails keeping sober this show would
have been pulled for disorderly con-
duct.
Nobody knows how the row started,
but pa says every man in Kentucky
carries q blue gun and bottle of red
Ticker, and they wear white hats, so
the red, white and blue business is all
right, only it is a combination that is
death on a circus. 1 think one of the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20

thing left of him, and the giant saw
that Tat woman slowly fading away,
and the coward had heart failure and
lay down on the platform Somebody
shouted that the fat woman was all
melting away, and fellow who was
watering the camel out of q bucket
came to the rescue and threw the
bucket of dirty water all over pa, and
then | thought / better go away in
bother tent and see the fight. but pa
wastaken tor the dressing room and
rescued from the shrinking rubber
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20

mashed him with, and the colonel
cried because the lemonade was all
water, and he was afraid it would
coax into him and cause him to warp.
When the Bcmonade butcher apollo
@izeu. and thle usher told him it was
al mistake his being seated with the
aiggers, thej colonel wept on their
-,ecks and Invited the whole crowd to
20 to his .dhstiiie4y and help them
SELVES
When wei got TO the next town every
nan in thel show ha d crouch and a
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20

game, before they would let me go to
bed.
Dad says this circus life is making
me pretty tough.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20
Back to The Old Home.

And it is back to this old home the
Robesonians over the world are invl-
ted this week, back to the old, old
home with all it's smeet memories. "A
welcome warm awaits you and here
is what Editor Branch of the Red
SPRINGS Citizen, speaking for the peo-
pie of all of Robson says to you:
"To return to the old home at some
time is a natural yearning implanted
in the heart of every man, to come
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11
Dispute Over House Causes Murder.
IGreenville News.1

luTeenVllle news.
Because they could not both possess
the Same house, j. b. Waldrop shot and
killed Samuel Maddox on Dave Donald's q
place, near Bessie, in the lower part of
this county, about O'Clock Saturday
morning. Accompanied by j. II. Slatten,
neighbor, Waldrop came to Greenville
few hours later, surrendered to Sheriff
Gilreath and was Immediately locked in
the county Jail.
Mr.. Slatten says.that Waldrop came,
without any resistance, and delivered
himself to Sheriff Gilreath. When he
examined Waldrop's pistol he found two
empty cartridges in it. He did not know
whether there were eye-wtnesses or not.
but rather thought the members of Wal
drops family, as well as several negroes,
saw the shooting.
The trouble between tho two men
seems to have resulted from dispute as
to who should have possession of the
house, which is the property of Don
aid. 1t is said that both men had papers
emitting them to possession, through
some oversight, or mistake, on the part
of the owner. Maddox went to the
house early in the morning to take
possession, or place several tenants in
possession. He found Wadrop there
already. Words followed and then the
shooting.
Waldrop is 30 years of age. He has a
wife and two children. Maddox was a
constable and prosperous young farmer.
lie was well known in the city and coun-
ty. He was unmarried.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11
Trying to Free a Murderer.

Columbia, December 3I.-Governor
Hayward has received petition from
Spartanburg, through Stanyarne Will
son, that will open an interesting case
Sam Stages was convicted about three
years ago of killing John Chapman, in
that county. He was sentenced to life
Imprisonment and the mass of affidavits
submitted, together with the papers, in
dicate that the conviction was largely
based upon the evidence of Eugene Nor
man. From the affidavits the statement
is made that Norman has stated TO va
rious people that he lied about the affair.
and that he testified falsely because he
was told that, as he and Stages were the
only two present at the killing, unless he
testified as he did that there was likeli-
hood of his being implicated and that
the testimony was a result of this fear.
The twelve jurors in the case all sign the
application for the pardon, and state th at
the conviction was largely based upon
the testimony of Eugene Norman. Gov
ernor Hayward is anxious to have the
fullest publicity in the case and would
like to hear from all Interested.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11
Treasury Report Show. . Large Deficit.

Washington, December 80. The treas
ury department TO. day issued review OF
the treasury operations for the calendar
year 1904 The receipts for the year
were s55o,OoO,0o0 and the expenditures,
including Panama, $3.50, 200, 900, making
the deficit for the year $10,OO0,OOO.
AS compared with previous years re-
ceipts show falling off of $4,000, 900 and
the expenditures an increase of $50, ,O00,-
600. The decrease in customs receipts
we're s9,0O0,0O0, civil and miscellaneous
expenditures increased $4,000, 900, the
war department s9,O00,OOO, the navy de-
partment $23, 3,oOo,O 600, pensions $4,000, 600
and the interest 81, 100000.