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Stick to Your Speciality.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
That all men are not born equal is fact
which daily observance convincingly and
incontroyertibly attests. All have equal
rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness but the divergence of endow-
ment is extreme. and it is because this d-
vergence, being exhibited in all the pro-
cesseS of nature, must be accounted a feat
ure of the universal law that the socialistic
dream of common level seems unlikely
ever TO be fulfilled.
So long men and women differ so wide
~ from each other in all the elements,
mental, neral and physical which make for
success, the inequalities which there is at
The present time so strong a disposition to
condemn are likely TO continue. The race
being to the swift the battle being to the
strong, those who are the most swift and
the most strong will always be the winners
That is as certain the conclusion of a
mathematical formula or the proposit lion
that two and two make four, and 1t Is the
part of wisdom 10 accept with equanimity
the condition which it expresses, and in
stead of railing against a state of things
which often violates our sense of justice, to
do what can and all we can to conform
our conduct to its necessities. To only a
few of us has the full sum of ten talents
been accorded. and those who may be dis
posed to complain of this should remember
that responsibility is proportioned 10 eniow-
ment and that from whom much has been
given much will be required.
Yet every one has at least one talent OF
opportunity committed 10 his care for whose
employment he will be held accountable,
and unlike the man in the parable who hid
his money in napkin and left it unem-
ployed from his resentment that il was not
more, it is the duty of each of us 10 make
the most for himself and others of what
ever capacity he possesses, that when he
is called upon TO give account of his
stewa rdShip he may be in a position to
make good report. To this end II is essen
tlal that he determine in what direction his
capacity extends, so that he may know
how his energies may most effectively be
exercised.
i is hardly too much to say that there Is
no man or woman who cannot do some
things better than others, and IL is large
part of the success of life, a great part of
its happiness, for each individual to devote
MIN or herself to the doing of the work for
which he she Is the best qualified. This
is an ideal whose attainment would mean
little less than the realization of an earthly
millennium. II is the ideal toward which
the progress of civilization is steadily tend
ing and 1t is the chief glory Of this republic
that to reach II is less difficult in this coun-
try than it is in any other.
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with meteorological organizations and
periodicals than for any service to geo
graphical science: yet repeatedly in the
last two years he has discussed the matter
In print. In the Geographical Journal for
July Mr.. Mil suggested that # be taken up
by an International geographical congress.
since there Is at. present no authority to
turn to when a doubtful point of nomen-
phia champion of Wilkes. Mr. Balch. frank
ly censures Sir Clements Markham to
whom he imputes IAN uncompromisng hos
tiiity to American antarctic explorers" but
ne does not entirely approve the plan pro-
posed by Mr.. Mill. Mr.. Balch fears that
any committee to which the question IN 'ght
be referred would be obliged to act in
hurry and to make compromises. since
there are several minor disputes to be ad
5usted besides this one He thinks il would
be wiser, therefore. Ito let things FIX them
selves"
The situation is certainly an unfortunate
one. Something more than national pride
is hurt by the slight put on Wilkes. His
torical truth Is strangely overlooked by
those who are responsible for II. Besides
some map makers merely copy the last ons
published by another, instead of going to
original sources for their information. ana
there Is always a chance that an inaccu-
racy will be perpetuated endiessly in this
manner after Ii once develops. Neyerthe-
less, we incline to the belief that Mr.. Batch
is right The agitation started by Mr.. Mill
shows that the alteration to which he re-
fers has not met with universal sanction in
Great Byifain. II Sir Clements Markham
Is really to blame for the substitution his
high position and large service TO science
justify little forbearance for the present;
and time may serve to adjust the diHeuity
without friction. II he isn't to blame, then
the error will be rectiied all the sooner. 1t
cannot do much harm to wait until the
English sense of right has had a fair
chance to assert itself.
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No One to Take Dogs Place.
rom the Youths Companion


A traveller was once passing on horseba ok
through a backwoods region where the in
habitants were notcriously shiftless. Arriv-
ing at a dlapidated shanty at the noon
hour, he inquired what were the prospects
for getting dinner.
The head of the family. who had been alb
sorbed in resting on log in front of his
dwelling, replied that he guessed mad hev
suthin onto the table putty soon"
Thus encouraged, the traveller dismounted.
But to his chagrin, he found the food to be
such that'h he could not force himself 10 par
take of 1t. Making such excuses as he could
for lack Of appetite, he happily bethought
himself of kind of nourishment that he
might venture to take there. He asked for
some milk.
1--WE don't hev milk any more" drawled
the head of the house. 1.-The dogs dead
died week afore last.
'The dogr' cried the traveller But what
has that got to do with IT."
WELL" explained the host meditatively.
1.-THE critters don't seem ter know 'nough
ter en- up ter be MIXED themselves. The
dog he used ter go n fetch 'em up
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Popcorn.

From Report of the Kansas Board of Agriculture.
/ believe there are more rascals handling
popcorn than in any other line OF business.
When find an honest man l stick to him
like a brother / have shipped carloads
of popcorn that hardly paid me the freight,
not on account of the corn being damaged
but on account of the man who received it
being dishonest
The town of Odebolt Ia, sends more
popcorn to market than any other town in
the United States. The average consump-
ton of popcorn for the last five years has
been about 800 carloads for the United
States A great many people ask me what
becomes OF all this corn that Is grown here
and when j tell them that 1t is all popped
and consumed they will hardly believe me.
great many people have the idea II is
manufactured into some kind of break-
fast food or used as an adulteration OF
-four. This Is not SO. In the first place,
popcorn is too expensive to admit of its
being used for this purpose.
All through the mountain regions there
are little towns that are quite large con-
sumers Of popcorn. In the south there is
but very little corn grown, and this is an
other very good market. The largest con-
sumers of popcorn are the New England
states. Probably three-fourths of all the
popcorn grown is consumed east of the
mississippi river although there is hardly
town in the United States of 10000 popu-
latfon but that will consume one TO three
carloads a year.
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Antarctic Nomenclature.

From the New York Tribune
In the last bulletin of the American Geo
graphic Society Edwin Swift Balch of
Philadelphia comments on the disposition
recently manifested abroad to ignore work
done under the auspices of the United
States In the antarctic regions sixty wears
or more ago. Lieut.. Wilkes, who had pre-
yfously shown a passion for cartography,
was sent out by the Navy Department on a
voyage of exploration in 1888, and was en-
gagged In that special service for about
four years. During that time he made sur
veys of islands and continental outlines in
the South Pacific, but he also pushed on to
the southweStward of Australia. At a
number of points between the 154th and
108th meridians of longitude, east from
Greenwich. and in close proximity to the
antarctic circle, he noted evidences of land.
though floating lee prevented close APP
proach to 1t: These observations were made
in 1889. and we're virtually duplicated by
D'urville few months later. For long
time that part of the great south polar
continent which they skirted was desig-
mated wilkes Land on practically ali
charts Latterly, on some English mans,
Victoria Quadrant" las been substituted
for the older name. The adoption OF four
such titles for different sections OF antarc-
tica was openly proposed not long ago by
Sir Clements Markham. who has Just re-
tired from the presidency OF the Royal Geo
graphical Society. but just how much he
had to do with the abandonment of the
earlier appellation It Is impossible to say.
s Curioueiy enough. one OF the hrst and
most earnest protests against this injustice
came from British source. Hugh NoheFt
NH ~ better known Ter his connectfon
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Elementary Education First.

From the Newsrk Advertiser
Mayor Doremus touched a vital spot In
our public educational system when he said
in his annual message to the common coun-
ell, II appreciate the fact that we are
forcing too many of our children into the
already overcrowded professions and neg
lecting, in a degree. the children who are
best fitted for the field of skilled labor.
where artisans are always in demand and
where wages are constantly increasing"
The great majority of the children in our
public schools acquire only an elementary
education. 1t Is required of them to en-
gage in some employment early in order
to contribute to the support of their par
ents, as well as to learn some occupation
for their future livelihood The elementary
schools should. therefore. be the special
care of educational authorities: they should
have ample accommodations and be equip
ped with the most capable teachers.
1t would be glorious to give every child
a scholastic education, but 1t would mani
testify be impra cticable Children are diff
ferently qualified and circumstanced Some
sions, but the greater number are built
of time and effort and material to spoil a
good mechanic by trying to make "a poor
scholar.
And 1t is most unjust to the great ma
jority OF pupils to starve the elementary
schools for the sake Of the higher educa-
ton for the comparative few. Let US main
tain that educa ton to the best of our abb
ity, but not at the expense OF elementary
training.
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Boy Shot a Mountain Lion.
Los Angeles Time;

From the Los Angeles Times.
Arthur Gookins, fifteen-year- boy,
whose home is in Antelope Valley killed q
large mountain lion Wednesday under pecu-
liar circumstances.
Gookins lives with his mother and sister
on a ranch at Neenach where he has a
fine herd of Angora goats. The family has
been troubled of late by coyotes, and in
order to catch the wolves Gookius set sew
eral traps. Wednesday on making the round
of the traps, accompanied by his sister, the
lad saw that one had been disturbed and
following the marks in the sand traced the
trap to the bed of a small ravine.
Looking over into the gully young Gookins
was amazed to see splendid full-grown
mountain lion caught by the front foot in
the trap, which had become entangled in
the bushes. AS soon as the wounded lion
saw the lad, the big cat made a spring for
the side of the gully. Gookins is good
shot and quickly aimed and fired. ne ball
ploughed through the lions brain and the
beast fell dead
Ranchers in the valley had been ANNOYED
by the beast for several weeks Hogs,
goats and young calves had been killed.
The lion measured feet inches from tip
to tip.
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Big Scandal vanishes.
I'M the Philadelphia Telegraph.

From the Phfladeiphla Ielegfaph.
The late Jed Spalding of Michigan. who
weighed $50 pounds and stood six feet five
in his socks, was one OF the best jokers In
the state. He had brother-in-law in poll
tics, whom he did not like very well, and
once very vigorously opposed his candidacy
for mayor of Port Huron. Mich One day,
while the ministers Of the city held meet
ing to decide which candidate to support,
Jed happened to meet one of the pastors
on the way to the meeting. This preacher
was an aged Scotchman and somewhat
hard of hearing. He told 6palding that he
would do all he could to prevent the broth
er-in-law's Endorsement. and asked for a
pointer or two for speech. Spalding, ever
ready for asjolfe, saw his chance, and. pull
ing the pastor aside, shouted In his ear:
MY brother-in-law is living with another
mans sister,
you don't tell mel the pastor said, and
he hurried off to tie meeting to spread the
news among the min SterS. He got the
platform Immediately and said:
1.-THE democratic candidate Is a most
wicked wretch He IL living with another
mans sister have the word of his BROTH
er-in-law, Jed SpsIding. for IT.
Immediately the meeting was in an up
roar. The mention OF Jed Spalding was
enough. The laughter became tumultuous,
but the pastor didn't notice the mtHtake he
ilad made until told that Jed Gpald1n8 him.
Belf Was tho other man 3
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OFFICERS

Clerk of the House-Ale xander Mcdowell, The
Dewey.
Sergeant a t. Arms-Henry Casson. IS ST. NV.
Doorkeeper of the House,. B. Lyon.
Postmaster of the Hcuse-Joseph c. McElroy 214
ST.
Chaplain of the House-Henry N. Ccuden. 1910
Columbia road.
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Time Lost by Spectacle wearers.

Mishawaks Cor. Indianapolis News.
DR.. Abraham Huntsinger. the pioneer
professional man and veteran statisticlan
OF this county, has just given out table
relative to the time lost by persons wearing
glasses. He says It's mostly time wasted.
and costly time to some. DR.. Huntsinger
bases his figure on the study of mankind
for years. He says the people who wear
spectacles remove them and put them on
again at least five times u day, and figures
that twenty seconds are required for each
such operation. The man or woman who
carries glasses for a period of twenty-five
years (the period being placed low by the
doctor) will lose thirty-two days of eight
hours each a. result OF the habit to take
on ana reolace Eyeglasses.
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Yerkes' Engaging Personality.

81 am rot surprised that Chas. r Yerkes
was favorite with the ladies' said a man
who had seen good deal of him, in speak,
ing of the dead magnate to Star reporter
He was in the first place one of the two
handsomest men ! have ever seen. He was
not what you would call a pretty man.
Deliver us from that brand. But Yerkes
was not that sort. His good looks were
rot the kind you would be afraid of spoil
Ing with five-ounce gloves. Understand
what L mean? His face was dark and
clean cut, one of the most attractive and
forceful l have ever seen. His mustache
was white. straight and not too prominent
and his white hair. slightly wavy. grew
just little back from his forehead I
guess his eyes were his most attractive
feature. He always looked a you while he
was talking and he seemed to have at COM
mand an unfailing fund OF quiet humor that
dill not waste time or interfere with big
business affairs, but that was always there
to oil the waves. no matter what he was
talking about In that regard he was the
direct opposite of Pierpont Morgan and he
beat Morgan at the financial game in Lon
don largely for that very reason. He was
SO much more pleasant a man to deal
with.
"All this | suppose was part of his sys-
tenn. He was smooth as a skating rink in
every particular and ii was never the sort
OF smoothness that obtruded itself or made
you think OF It TIL later you got away. II
he had not been millionaire he would
have been the most successful con man
extant. He was the veritable prototype Of
that saying that he was so smooth he had
TO wear sandpaper pajamas to keep from
sliding out OF bed
''The men who worked under him liked
and respected him. and that is pretty
good test of a mans personality He was
fond of picking young men and good ones
for responsible positions. He knew when a
man was giving him good return for his
salary just as well as the man did, and he
was the sort of q man an employee works
hard for without being watched. or course
he had hts faults. ] guess there are few
men who acquire millions ana do not have
them. But he was good man In num-
Der of ways and one Of the most pleasant
men TO deal with that have ever met
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Information has been received In Meridian
MISS, of the killing of colored mail car
rler In kemper county. The matter for
some reason appears to have been kept
very quiet. The boy, who was less than
twenty years old, carried the mail on a star
route between Dekalb and small country
office about fifteen miles distant, called
Peton
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FINANCIAL.

REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF the
COMMERCIAL NATIONAL
BANK,
At Washington. In the District of Columbia at The
close OF business January %. l.o6.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF the
UNION TRUST COMPANY OF
THE DISTRICT FCOLUMBIA
At Washington, in the District of Columbia st Tho
close of business January 20. 1906
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BISINItT OF NtI.IMBIA, IS:
!, HOWARD S RESIDE, Treasurer OF the above-
named trust company. do soemnly swear that the
above statement is TO the hest of nv knuwl-
edge and belief. HOWARD S. RESIDE
Treasurer.
subscribed and sworn 10 before this 9th dap
of February, 1906. DAVID RITTENH0I'SE.
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
C. ]. BELL,
WARD TIIORON,
HENRY II. BIOUNr
WM. J. FATHER.
II Directora.
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The plant Of the Southern Oil Company at
Cordele, Ga, was practically destroyed by
fire yesterday. Loss, $50O00. The seed and
boiler rooms were save4
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-07-19
MILLIONAIRES GO PACE THAT KILLS

sprang up between Mr.. Phipps and his
wife The breach gradually widened,
and Mr.. Phipps brought suit for d.
vorce, naming Hart Mckee as CO.
respondent Pittsburg society was
disrupted by the news. and the Nc
kee and Phipps factions waxed bitter
in their denunciations
Kidnapped His Children.
Following the return of Mrs. Phipps
te this country, her two little children
were forcibly taken from the Waldorf
Astoria by Mr.. Phipps and hurried
away to Denver, where he had resided
for some time. 1t was openly stated
that when the divorce proceedings
were over Mrs. Phipps would marry
Hart Mckee, but in the meantime that
eccentric young man had become en-
thralled with Mrs. Hugh Tevis, who
few years previous had been wed
and widowed within six weeks.
Mrs. Tevis and Mr.. Mckee sailed
away to Europe on the same steamer.
and shortly afterward were married
Things were rather dull in the Pitts
burg colony for awhile until Mrs
Phipps went out to Denver. where the
divorce case was brewing.
Mrs. Phipps began a contest for the
possession of the children, but event
ually terms were reached under which
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-07-19

ness. He was known as a cigarette
fiend. heavy absinthe drinker, an ad-
mirer of chorus girls and a reckless
spendthrift. He gave dinners costing
tens of thousands of dollars. and like
the general run of Pittsburg million
aires he always had one or more "af-
fairs" on hand with women of the foot
lights.
1t is strange fact that chorus girls
and actresses seem to appeal to the
Pittsburg millionaire past all power of
resistance. Four them who have
made New York their home during the
past few years. and whose wealth
amounts to $50,000,000 in the aggre-
gate, have become infatuated with stage
beauties more or less widely known
throughout the country, according to
the World of that city.
Three of them have married ac-
tresses, and the infatuation of the
fourth for beauty of the footlight is
being used against him in divorce pro-
ceedings. Although Harry Thaw was
probably the widest among the Pitts
burg high rollers who have sowed in
the wild winds of the Tenderloin,
young Hart Mckee was almost as well
known, but in different way
Forgot Marital Obligations.
His father. E. Sellers Mckee, a null
ti-millionaire glass manufacturer of
Pittsburg, supplied him with practical
1y limitless funds. with which the
young man proceeded to cut a wide
swath. He was handsome, dapper and
fastidious, with the red and white COM
plexion of a healthy girl. Soon after
leaving college he married Miss SUIT
ton, from whom he separated a year
or two afterward. giving her 100000
outright in lieu of alimony.
In Mrs. McKee's allegations against
her husband she testified that he was
not with her much during the tive
years of their married life, and that he
became more neglectful as time pro-
ceeded. Finally Mrs. Mckee left him.
lowing to mis- entire neglect" She
made affidavit that he cut of her per-
sonal allowance and household allow
ance and put at the head of the house
hold butler. who was Objectionable
and very insolent, and over whom she
had no control. He was given the
money to pay the servants. and was
empowered to hire and discharge them.
Mrs. Mckee protested, but was told
that she had no power to discharge
him
Mckee became acquainted with Mrs.
Genevieve Phipps. the wife of Law
renee Phipps, another Pittsburg mil
lionaire, then living in Denver Nc
Kee and Mrs. Phipps were frequently
seen together. and an estrangement
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-07-19

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory II the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness. it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness. which not only destroys the
appearance. but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trouble
can be entirely overcome by using De-
fiance Starch, as 1t can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-07-19

orally provided. The walters wore
colonial costumes with powdered wigs,
and the souvenirs were silver card
cases. Previous to this, however, Mr..
Corey had emulated other Pittsburg
rich men by figuring in a swimming
party of which Miss Maybelle Gilman,
an actress, was member The party
took place at the Pittsbnrg natatorium.
There were hot birds and cold bottles
and some very pretty exhibitions OF
plain and fancy swimming.
At this party an infatuation for Miss
Gilman is said to have sprung up on
the part OF the millionaire. An es-
arrangement took place between Mr..
and Mrs. Corey supposedly on account
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-07-19

the millionaire oil producer, of Pitts
burg. distinguished himself by COM
mitting a burglary.
The suicide of young r. o'C. Jones.
the only son of the millionaire steel
man of Pittsburg. few weeks ago, fit
tingly rounds out the record OF the
young Smoky City high rollers. He
had lost his mind because of his love
for his first cousin, charming Pitts
burg girl. He killed himself when she
married another.
This almost exhausts the crop of
Pittsburg's gilded youths. but there is
a new crowd growing up. They are as
yet In knickerbockers.