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Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-01-24
Settled at Last.
reason.

The fathers of the republic debated
in extenso the burning question as to
how the chief magistrate of the re-
public should be addressed. Many
titles of varying length and degrees of
magnificence We're suggested. There
was much of heart burning and bitter
ness manifested in the debates, letters,
conversations and essays on the sub
ject for it must never be forgotten in
writing, thinking or speaking of the
fathers that in opinions they ranged
from high flying federalists," as JEFF
ferson termed them. such as Alexan-
der Hamilton and Gouverneur Norris,
who at heart were monarchists, to un-
washed democrats whose ideas of lib
erty were much the same as those of
the sans culottes of revolutionary
France. 1t is recorded by more or
less veracious chronicler that old John
Adams was in high dudgeon because
no title was given to the president and
vice president Truth to tell, old
John was much enamored of forms
and ceremonies and dearly loved the
pomp of European courts. The ungod-
i. democrats pained him sorely, and
Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-01-24
Human Nature Crops Out.

Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not
in the streets of Askelon," but. never
theless and Notwithstanding, it is prop
er to state that lynching bee has
just been pulled off in Iowa, not only
with neatness and dispatch, but with
great eclat. Had this thing happened
in Mississippi or South Carolina-in
fact. anywhere down in Dixie-we
would soon be surfeited with solemn
lectures by the northern press on
southern brutality. Had it happened
in Idaho or New Mexico, our lives
would soon be made miserable by lee
lures in the eastern press as to west
ern barbarities; but. now that it has
happened in Iowa, an old settled north
ern Republican state, with every state
Office, both United States senatorships.
eleven seats in the federal house of
representatives. two cabinet portfolios
and nine-tenths of the district. county
and township Offices held by Repub-
licans, what will the northern and
eastern writer's the holier than thou
writers do now. poor things? VIII
they come out and honestly say. in the
language Of the most famous Amer,
b.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-01-24
Ollie M. James.

Blessed are the peacemakers" are
Scriptural words which are peculiarly
applicable to Ollie NJ James, repre-
sentative in congress from the Gibral-
tar of Democracy in Kentucky. To my
certain knowledge he has prevented at
least two fights on the floor of the
house Isn't that strange thing for
Kentuckian to be doing-that is, the
Kentuckian as he is generally pic
tured2 The popular belief is that the
typical Kentuckian goes constantly
armed to the teeth and is ready to fight
at the drop of a hat and if needs be
drop the hat himself Yet here is this
Kentuekian. who comes as near being
typical as any other Kentuckian that
| wot of, the greatest peacemaker in
Washington, bar none. There is no
doubt whatever that he would fight
himself with the proyerbial courage of
his race if there was any necessity for
so doing, but he seems to be most hap
PLY constituted for preserving the con-
gressional peace He is giant in stat
ure and strength. His modus operandi
is simplicity personifed. When mem
Der gets hot i'll the collar and starts to-
ward a fellow member for the purpose
of disfguring his physiognomy Ollie
picks the aggressive one up and car
ries. him out Of the hall to cool off, or,
IL he thinks that unnecessary, he CON
tents himself by holding him on the
floor. When he clutches the would be
fighter that's the end Of that row, for
he could easily fake two average mem
bers and knock their heads together.
How he happens to be always in the
right place at the right time / do not
know, but such is the fact This bril-
liant young Kentuckian has large.
shapely head, with a bushel of brains
in it, He is one of the crack orators
of Kentucky, a close personal and po-
litical friend of William J Bryan, rep
resentative from the strongest Demo
cratic district in Kentucky, a prime
favorite with all who know him, with
a splendid future. Withal he is modest,
amiable and true as steel ia every re-
lation of life. Plain as an old shoe,
honest as the day, he speaks out in
meeting and is not afraid to let people
know what he believes
Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-01-24
Impeachment a Failure.

There is still another subject which
the name of John Tyler suggests, and
that is impeachment. Everybody knows
that Andrew Johnson was impeached.
and only one vote was lacking to con-
vict him. 1t required two-thirds of the
senators voting to convict. The vote
stood 35 to 10. 1t is not so generally
known that articles of impeachment
against John Tyler were prepared
though never introduced, and it will
surprise most people to learn that Jo-
siah Quincy the first did actually intro
duce articles of impeachment against
Thomas Jefferson, which received one
vote in the house Josiah Quincys.
Consequently the articles never reach
ed the senate and perhaps had no
other result than to make I. J. hate
J. @. more intensely than before. The
papers say that President Roosevelt
has declared that he will risk impeach-
ment before he will yield an inch in
the Brownsville matter-not much OF
a risk, after all, for impeachment has
proved a rank failure in practice, how
ever beautiful it may appear in theory
When Judge Chase was acquitted in
his impeachment trial, though the inn
peaching forces were led by the vitri
olic and brilliant John Randolph OF
Roanoke, backed heartily by Jeffer-
sons whole administration, it was
clear to all men that there was little
danger to officeholders in the impeach-
ment process. Really only one federal
official has ever been ousted by i'm
parchment proceedings, Judge Picker
ing of New Hampshire, and he was
crazy When the war between the
states began Judge Humphrey of Ten
nessee went with his state into the
Confederacy without resigning and
was impeached and convicted by the
federal senate, but his case doesn't
count
Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-01-24
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
courages and lessons ambition; beauty. vigoE
Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-01-24


AfSM resentative in congress and
" w mayor of Cleveland, was de.
feated for governor Of Ohio
some years ago by an overwhelming
majority his enemies declared with
ghouIish glee that at last he was done
for. They counted him as a dead one"
for sure But there were some men
who did not believe any such stuff,
for the all sufficient reason that they
are acquainted with Tom Johnson,
ienow his splendid capacity. compre-
hend his patriotic purposes and admire
his unquailing courage. So they be-
lieved that he would rise again, and
they were correct. Since his defeat for
governor he has been reelected mayor,
has won great victory in the courts
in favor of his plan for three cent
fare on street cars, and the last news
from Buckeyedom is that he will again
run for governor simply to accomplish
certain reforms which he deems i'm
portant Having accomplished these,
So Tue QiSedttutS Ssty, Ac pun pOoCo "
resign the goyernorship and return to
the mayoralty, for which he has a
most decided penchant and ability of
high order Men who cannot under
stand how anybody can be completely
welded to an idea are dumfounded
by such programme. Tom and the
great city of Cleveland appear to un
derstand each other thoroughly, and as
its candidate for mayor he is invinci
BILE. Even when Senator Marcus A..
Hanna was in his palmy days and was
carrying Republican Ohio around in
his vest pocket he could not oust Tom
from the mayors chair. From that
coign of vantage he defied Senator
Hanna to do his worst. A year or two
ago he published letter or interview
in which he stated that it seemed to
him that the proper subject for his
political endeavor was municipal re-
form, and to that he appears to have
dedicated his talents and his energies
His success has caused Cleveland to
be regarded as the best governed city
in the world So his old congressional
confreres wish him happiness, pros
perity and length of days
Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-01-24

la,.s good sense and courage denvine
three and one-half years Of his soiourn
in the white Honse. he would have
signed documents vTheodore Roosevelt.
vice President Acting President, or
something equally ludicrous. SO that
in common Justice when Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt publishes q revis-
ed edition Of his works for the benefit
of posterity he should revise his esti-
Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-01-24
a Pertinent SUGGESTION.

Ex-Jnited States Senator and ex-
Secretary of the Navy William b.
Chandler of New Hampshire is Re
publican statesman of high degree and
is now holding a good fat Office by ap-
pointment of President Roosevelt as
member of the Spanish claims commits
sion. He is at all times an interesting
character-most interesting to Demo-
Gratis when he is prodding his Repub-
Hcan brethren, performance from
which he never shrinks when the spirit
moves him. Heaven knows they need
it frequently, and if he prodded all
who deserve it he would have time for
nothing else Recently he took his pen
in hand and wrote the Washington
Herald a letter which is calculated to
stir up the animals somewhat and to
set many people to thinking. / would
quote his letter entire but for its
length. He states the amount of mon
ey spent to elect Hon. Charles Evans
Hughes governor of New York, with
the list of contributors, as sworn to by
those whose duty IL is under the stat
utes Of New York to make affidavit
in such cases He finds that the sworn
amount is somewhat in excess of $685.
600. Then he proceeds to state the
fact, known of all men. that Mr..
Hughes was elected as a reform gov
ernor. Among the subscribers are ].
Pierpont Morgan, $4,000; John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., $4,000; Charles NJ.
Schwab. w. E. Corey and other trust
magnates for smaller sums. The char
acter of several of the subscribers and
their occupations attracted the atten-
tion of Mr.. Chandler, and he wants to
know If Governor Hughes can rise su-
perior to the claims by such men
which by reason of their generous con-
tributions they may feel authorized to
prefer. On that point Mr. G. is sorely
puzzled and greatly grieved. The ca
reer of Governor Hughes will be his
only answer No mans promise in
that connection will answer.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-01-24

urine scalds the flesh or if. when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause Of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due TO diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists. in fifty EA
cent and one dollar 1sss:.:E:sa .:Es:saa
sizes. You may have ss:IIlE;s ss:ss
sample bottle by mail SsasssA4s ss - ~
free. also pamphlet tell Home Of Swamp Root
ing all about it. including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co.. Binghamton. N. r.. be sure and
mention this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name, Swamp Root, DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton,
N. Y. on every bottle.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-01-24

Three more members Of the house
have Just been translated to the senate
Dixon Of Montana. Charlie Curtis of
Kansas and William Alden Smith of
Michigan. These are all Republicans.
and only one, Dixon. succeeds a Demo-
Graf. William 4. Clark, one Of the rich
est men in America. All three are
bright young men, Curtis and Dixon
being plain, sensible speakers and hard
workers, while William Alden Smith IS
M. orator of great fervor and power.
Tne good wishes of the house will fol-
Sow them to the senate
Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-01-24
LsneeIal washlngton Letter.l

YHEN Tom 4. johnson, ex-rep-
u resentative in congress and
mayor of Cleveland, was de.
fnnfad for unvarnnr of Ohin
Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-01-24


and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that 1t IS notuncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. If the child urin-
ates too nften If the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-09
GIRLS CRY SCARES
RAT INTO SUICIDE
TRAPPED IN BATHROOM, RODENT
ENDS TENSE SITUATION BY
LEAPING INTO TUB.

A big gray rat and pretty girl
found themselves locked together In
the bathroom of an uptown apart
ment Yesterday, and the embarrassing
situation which developed was re-
lieved by the gallant suicide OF the
rat.
The rat has made his home under
the tub for some time, but he has been
careful to get away each morning be-
fore the members of the household
put in an appearance. On Sunday
night Mr.. Rat stayed late at his CLUB
and consequently oversight yesterday
This fact. combined with Miss Welps
early spring, surprised him in his bed
under the tub.
Terrified, he waited for an oppor-
tunity to escape. He saw kimona
drop to the floor and heard splash
Then he took a chance and dashed
for the door. He found it locked and
lost his head, racing wildly about the
room.
Miss Well caught glimpse of the
big gray rat and released cry Tor
help which aroused two bell boys and
janitor from peaceful slumber IN
the basement, three floors below.
The ianitor armed himself with a
fire extinguisher and a big red axe
He mounted the stairs an3 smashed
in the door Of Miss Wells apartment
The excited cries led him to the door
of the bathroom.
open the door and | will save you,
he cried
who are your" the girl inquired.
"Bill, the janitor,' was the bold re-
ply. "Tll save you with my axe.
mo. no, go away. You're a man
and he's only rat.
The rat had stopped to listen
Crashing the situation. he plunged in
to the tub just as Miss Well vacated
! It,
The girl was carried to her room Dy
women neighbors, suffering from hys
steria and shock.-New York Amerl
can.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-09
DEATH FROM
DROWNING
(From Blackwood.)

Drowning is a quicker death than
most people suppose, msensiplllty
is said to begin in about one minute
and fatal Inconsistencies generally
supervenes in the neighborhood Oh
two. Even practiced divers cannot re-
main under the water more tnan a
minute and half, and it is almost ia
tai to remain beneath the surface
longer than that.
All Navarino, where there are many
sxDert divers who plunge into the
sea after srongcs, not one was found
n could rela.l under water for
wo minutes. In the Red Sea the
Arab divers gene rally y main dow
one and a quarter minutes, while at
Ceylon the pearl fishers can seldom
stav below for even one minute. There
is case on record at Falmouth, Eng
land. where a diver had descended
eighty feet and on giving the slgnal
was drawn up slowly, so it was two
minutes before he reached the SURF
ace. Blood ran from his ears and
nose, and he was insensible. He dleo
without speaking.
Insensibility, however. does not al
ways involve death, for in many cases
person may be .resuscitated by the
use of energetic measures. Inc
bringing to of people who have been
under water for Ave consecutive min
utes, however, is considered duobtfuI
by physicians. There have been ex
traordinary cases related, neverthe
less, where persons have been SUD
merged for fifteen or twenty minutes
but it is probable that they have come
to the surface again and again during
that time.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-09
CRIME RAMPANT
IN new YORK
MAY Sc NECESSARY TO EsTA5
LISA FOUR NIGHT COURTS
INSTEAD or ONE.

NEW YORK. Aug. There Is SO
much crime in New York after dark
that 4 probably will be necessary TO
establish four night courts instead
OF the one. which is to be formally
opened in Jefferson Market this even
ing. The suggestion was made at
meeting Of the Board q Magistrates
yesterday after II had been stated
that every prisoner arrested between
o'clock in the afternoon and z
O. clock in the morning in the entire
forty-two precincts of Manhattan
would have to be arraigned in one
court. and that in the first seven days
Of July the number of arrests in these
hours had made an average of 81 a
day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-09
FUNSTON HAD TROUBLE
OVER IN Fl. SMITH

Gen. Fred Funston might have peen
a lannon's editor but for an incident
that happened quite a number OF
years ago at Fort Smith, Ark. he
was IL wears old when he got JOB as
reporter on the Fort Smith Tribune
and was chock full of ambition. There
was lust one fly in his ointment. Inc
Tribune was rampant Democratic
organ. and Funston had Republican
leanings. He felt that II someho"
COMPROMISED his honor to work on
Democratic sheet, but he bided MS
time and waited his opportunity
Time and opportunity came wnen
the editor was called out OF town ana
Funston was left in charge. Tribune
readers were Mortified when the paper
came ont next day. The leading edi'
torial raked the Democratic party fore
and aft and lauded everything he
publican to the skies.
The editor was notified by tele'
graph. He returned on the next Tram
and on the following train Funston
left town.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-09
THAW SELECTS
CHIEF COUNSEL
n. W. LITTLEToN, NATIVE OF
TENNESSEE. TO DEFEND
SECOND TRIAL.

NEW YORK. Aug Martin w.
Littleton, former President OF the
borough OF Brooklyn. lawyer and an
orator Of wide reputation and a native
OF Tennessee, will be chief counsel
for Harry X Thaw when the wealthy
young Pittsburger again faces jury
TO answer to the charge OF killing
Stanford White. Thaw announced
the selection of Mr. Littleton today
after conference with his mother
and his wife Il is said that Mr.. Lit
tletons fee will be $4,000
AS chief counsel for Thaw, Mr.. Lit
Teton will succeed Dolphin NJ. Del
mas, the San Francisco lawyer, who
assumed charge of the defense soon
after the opening of Thaw's first trial.
which resulted in a disagreement OF
the jury.
He is regarded as an able trial law
yer.
1t was Littleton who made the
speech in the last National Democrat
ic Convention at St. Louis which NOM
mated Alton B. Parker for President.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-09
MEN GLE FASTER
THAN WOMEN
STARTLING FACTS IN CHICAGO
sTATtsTIcS-MANNER
OF LIVING.

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-The strenuous
life is killing the men of Chicago at a
tremendous rate. while the women OF
the city are increasing their longevity
by the simple life.
In the official health bulletin yester-
day Health Commissioners Evans de
clares that a few centuries will see
Chicago an Adamless Eden. Commits
sioner Evans draws his conclusions
from the death rate in Chicago for
twenty years, when five members OF
the stronger sex died for every two OF
the fairer
DR.. Evans makes the startling state
ments that during the last seven
months of 1907 in Chicago about H.
900 men succumbed, as compared TO
5000 women.
He says that in the last year the
ratio of difference in the death rate
between men and women has been
thirty. as against less than ten per
cent twenty years ago.
The cause of this is attributed by
the physician to the strenuous life.
Contributory causes are the quick
lunch. constant exposure and careless
ness.
THE men, he says, ARE living at a
rate that is 80 per cent. faster than
that of the women. They work hard
err. They take less care of them
selves than of their wives and daugn-
tiers. They court danger. They DIS
sipate more. They exhibit a carless-
ness begotten of familiarity with dan
ger"
The remedy, according to an emf
nent physician, lies in the return TO
the simple life.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-09
CROOKED,
PROFITABLY so

William Knoepfel, of st. Louis. has
invented and hopes to patent secret
blowing method for the cure of bald
ness.
"A genuine cure for badness" said
Mr.. Knoepfel the other day, should
make a man very rich. Why, men
grow rich ON fake cures. II is amaz-
ing, it really is, what fakes some of
these cures are. Yet there's money
in them"
Mr.. Knoepfel gave loud, scornful
laugh
In their profitable crookedness
they remin me" he said, of the third
son of the old eccentric. Perhaps you
have heard the story?
We'll, an old eccentric died and left
his fortune equally to his three sons.
But the will contained a strange pro-
vision. Each heir was to place $500
in the coffin Immediately before the
interment.
"A few days after the interment the
three young men met and discussed
the queer proviso and its execution.
Well, said the Oldest son, my
conscience is clear, | put my hundred
in the coffin in clean new notes.
my conscience is clear, too" SAID
the second son, | put my hundred in
gold
~. too, have nothing to reproach
myself with said the third son. l
had no cash at the time, though, so
wrote out check for three hundred
in moor. dear fathers name, placed 1t
in the coffin and took in change the
two hundred in currency that | found
there" ~.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-09
HUNTING
MAHOGoNY TREES
HOW THE TROPICAL WooDsMAN
DOES HIS WORK.

Mahogany trees do not grow in clus
tiers. but are scattered throughout the
tropicaI forest and hidden in a dense
growth of underbrush. vines and
creepers, and require a skillful ana
experienced woodsman to find them
He seeks the highest ground in the
forest. climbs to the top of the tallest
tree and surveys the surrounding
country. The mahogany has pecu-
liar foliage and his practiced eye soon
detects the trees within sight.
The axmen follow the hunter, and
then come the sawyers and hewers, a
large mahogany taking two men a tuil
day to fell it. The tree has large
spurs. This leaves a stump ten or
fifteen feet high. which is sheer waste,
as the stump really contains the best
timber.
The hunter has nothing to do with
the work of cutting or removing the
tree, his duty being simply TO locate
II. If he is clever and energetic MS
remuneration may amount to $500 or
81 900 a month, but he may travel
weeks at time without detecting a
tree. and as he is generally paid oy
the results his earnings are rather
precarious.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-09
SENDING SHIPS
TO The PACIFIC
CHINA AND NOT JAPAN CAUSE OF
ACTION or THE UNITED
STATES.

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-A special to
the Reeord-Herald from Washington
says:
II is China and not even remotely
Japan that caused the Washington au-
thorities to choose the Pacific as the
next practice ground for a big battle
ship squadron. according to the deduc-
lions of some students of affairs in
the Far East.
China as an entity il is believed in
certain circles, is in condition as
precarious as the health of the Dow
ager Empress. and that when the fail
ing health of the latter leads to its
inevitable end, the empire will face
a crisis that will make it wise for
the United States to have a represen-
tative naval force within easy sailing
distance.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-09
COURAGE.
facture.

Three tired citizens-a lawyer, a
doctor and a newspaper man-sat III
back room recently in the gray light
Of the early dawn, says the Phlladei-
phia Ledger On the table were many
empty bottles and a pack OF cards
AS they sat in silence, a rat scurried
across the hearth into the darkness
beyond. The three men shifted their
feet and looked at each other uneasi-
". After a long pause the lawyer
spoke:
81 know what you fellows are think
ing /. he said: you think I thought l
saw rat. but didn't.