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The independent., 1907-03-21
Twentieth Year.
A NATIONAL PROBLEM

Georgia has just taken hold of the
question of how to curb railroad greed
and how to put its managers out OF
political control Strange as 1t may
have been much the same as in Ne
braska and Iowa and Kansas. Rates
have been high and based on nothing
tangible except caprice, determinations
of the rankest sort between points IN
the state have existed; politics nave
been manipulated by passes and pald
agents and money, and all the various
familiar devices employed to AVOID
paying. a just share Of taxes
The recent speech of Governor -Hoke
Smith demonstrates that the people OK
the south are waking up to the dangers
of railroad bossism just as we OF the
north have become enlightened. Gov
ernor Smith says it is easy to place
ones finger upon the root OF the evil,
81 far as the conduct Of the transporta-
ton companies is concerned Iney
have issued enormous quantities ~
watered stocks and watered bonds.
They are straining their properties 10
pay dividends on these excessive poho
and stock issue. The PUBIC S
charged unreasonable rates that the
money may be made to pay DIVIDENDS
on these. stocks and bonds, and net
earnings which should have been USED
TO equip the properties have been PAID
out on excessive bond and stock issues.
The long hours of work and the low
pay to employees have not been required
to make legitimate dividends on leglti-
mate stocks, but these burdens, aiso'
have been placed in the interest OF ex-
cessive bond and stock issue Market
values have been created for the ex-
cessive bond and stock issues by dlVl-
dends paid on them. The officers hlgh
IN in authority have reaped their mil
lions in profits, while the rights OF the
tinuing Governor Smith pointed out
some facts that careless observers have
neglected to fully learn in order to uh-
derstand this question. To quote his
language:
corporations owned and organized
to build railroads differ entirely from
ordinary private corporations, such as
banks and manufacturing companies.
puhlfc have been disregarded. Con-
,,hev are given special privileges ana
assume special duties. A company
owning bank or manufactory can
only ACQUIRE property by the consent
az those with whom it trades.
"A railroad company exercises the
states power OF eminent domain to
take private property for its use even
vithout the owners consent. This
mower is exercised upon the theory
that the public viii be benefited. and
n railroad company is allowed to use
n because a railroad company Is a
corporation public In it's nature with
fixed public duties.
while the state permits the money
of private individuals TO be used for
the construction of a railroad. the OBJ
legations OF the railroad TO the public
nre none the less clear The stock
holders os a railroad company are en-
titled 10 fair return upon their
money. hut no more Tho public Is
entitled 70 voice In the charges
which are uiade by the railroad COM
pany FOR carrying passengers ana
freight. These charges must always
+. reasonable ana free from dlaeFimi-
nations
"a ruirnad company by reason of
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13

THE DREAD OF RABIES
Out of All Proportion to the Fsc-
cuency Of the Disease.

cuency of the Disease.
Few accidents are more terrifying to
the sufferer than to be bitten by a dog
supposed to be mad, and there are few
conditions in which prompt and intelEl-
gent action on the part of the bystan1-
ers is more desirable.
Although nearly al warm bloodes2
animals are susceptible to rabies, il -
most commonly seen in dogs There
are two forms-the furious and the
dumb" In the furious type after Il
period of melancholy or depression the
animal becomes restless and irritable
with a tendency to run away and snap
at everything in sight, finally becoming
subdued and sullen and dying "a
paralysis and exhaustion In dumns
rabies the stage of irritabiIity is ab-
sent. The dog prowls about in list
less way, with his head down and lower
jaw dropped. At the same time there
is difficulty 10 swallowing.
Ii is often impossible to tell from e.
dogs actions whether it is rabid or not-
But if instead of killing the animal rs
quickly as possible, as is often unwfse-
ly done, the owner captures it REaz
keeps il for few days under lock S1slE
key the question answers itself q
rabid dog always dies in from four to-
eight days, so that if the animal re-
covers the bitten persons may be Sure
that they are not going to develop by
drophobia.
In GEy suspicious case the Wountz
should Immediately be squeezed under
hot water and # deep be incised freely,
so ;hai cauterization with either a hoe
iroa or with strong nitric acid mot with
lunar caustic) may be thoroughly done
At the same time the dog should Ese
kept under observation, or if already
killed the head and neck should bEs
packed in ice and preserved for med
ical examination. u
Even il il seems certain that the anf-
mai was rabid the patient should nor
despair for il is estimated that only Ia
per cent OF those bitten by rabid AMI
mails actually develop the disease aR0
if the Pasteur preventive inocuIati0ns
are promptly begun recovery is almost
certain
The popular dread of rabies is cur Of
all proportion 10 the relative frequerG.Fsg
of the disease, and the length to whdesai'
it may go is shown by the instances ia
which people lave developed and even
died of false hydrophobia, nervous
condition due 70 fright and Stimulating
10 some extent the real malady- -
Youths Companion.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13

worth much. But we do not count on
taking out the religious element. In
deed it is the most important of all the
many phases of the child's education.
lt IS the basis of all morality. Elimi-
nate the moral teaching from our edu-
catlonal system. and the result would
be little better than ignorance. Sec
tarlanism is forbidden in our schools
as 1t should be, but "pure and undefl-
ed religion" is not prohibited and new
er will be in any christian nation.
1t has been said that to the ignorant,
truth and falsehnod are all the
same. But learn the truth and the
truth will make you free; and if free,
then happy. The happiness that edu-
cation has brought to the world in
general way is incalculable. To illus
trait: With all the learning of ancient
Greece and all heather nations, for
that matter, they were bound by super
stltlon. They interpreted the thunder
as the voice of an angry God, the light
ming as mark of His displeasure and
warning of His punishment. Every
sudden change in the natural elements
caused them to quake and shudder and
cover IN their secret hiding places.
An earth quake, volcanic eruption, the
appearance of a meteor or any phenom-
ena out of the ordinary, caused them
great mental suffering and many to
commit suicide, and why? Because
OF ignorance. Ignorance in this coun-
try effects people in a different way:
they learn, in a meager way the mean
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13

/ y is not more learning abundant "
worth seeking after? Our observations
has led US to believe that the great ma
jority of pupils in Paris not attending
school, are the class that have just n
| little learning" They have attend
ed school a fewS years and now are
idling their time away or working for
very small wages while time and op-
portnnity that come once, and onkE
once, to every boy and girl to imprape
the mind are rapidly slipping away
and leaving them unprepared for life
with its varied and strenuous tasks
How sad to think OF such grievous mis-
takes Preparing to enjoy life? No sbut-
forcing sad regrets upon themselves
and poSterity for the remainder Of theiK
earthly. and perhaps, future existence
He who has learned TO read. and un-
derstand and to love good literature
need never feel lonely. he can infUse
his life with the thoughts of the witty,
and wise of the centuries; he can in
fuse his life not only with the life Of
the present generation but the life OF
all humanity; he can add to HIMSELF
Shakespeare and Emerson, Plato and.
Paul and thus by sweet commuters
with great and good souls. continue
to grow and enjoy. As Holmes says.
where man stands does not natter
much, but the direction he is going Is
the important thing.
The public schools do not aim to teach
only the essentials Of educaticn. Yet
with this important duty they purpose
to create "hungering and thirsting
to know more and be more so that az
ter leaving school the students will cor
tinue to read and improve as long AZ
they live. This is one Of the greaf
purposes of the schools. May it be
fully realized here.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13

ing ofsuch things as those that used
to send CONSERVATION to the hearts of
the ancient Greeks; but they lose en-
joyment In a thousand ways.
Nature is full of beautiful and inter-
esting things but the eyes and ears of
the uneducted nave not been opened to
see and hear.
They have not learned, ITO find
tongues in trees, books in running
brooks. sermons in stones, and good in
every thing.
Then they do not understand the sys-
tenn of government under which they
live, they are suspicious, imagine cal
amltous happenings. They have a
vocabulary composed of so few words
that they often fail to understand con-
versations, lectures, sermons and
other addresses that would give them
real pleasure to understand. Their
world is exceedingly small. Just think
of all one knows of this great earth
and what it contains being bounded by
a circle Of actual, personal acquaint-
ance, whose radius is but few miles
Such a life must be meager indeed.
his existence is exceedingly small.
Yet how many such have we in Ken
lucky? Some one has said" A little
learning is a dangerous thing" We
are, however. inclined to take the 9th
er side of the question and say that
even little learning''is better than
none. And if little learning mere
ability to read sand write is so valu-
able, (and all who have it prize it high
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13
BURNING THE YULE LOG.
A Survival From the Alteration Or1g {
Offered to the Sun.

Offered to the Sun.
In some parts Of Germany the YuIe.
log is placed on the hearth on Christ
mas eve and if possible kept burning
for two or three days. Then piece ct
it is laid aside for the purpose OF hghs-
ing the next years log and of guarding
the household from harm: Pieces Of
fir wood charred but not quite burned
out in the Christmas fire are also
placed under the family bed in some
German villages to avert the dreaded
lightning stroke, which appears in t1az
relation to be the type of fire in N<s
evil aspect, in contradistinctionl frcxn
the solar orb, the representative. ct
benefcent light and warmth The eus-
tom of burning a Yule log for. three
days and nights in each homestead IS
almost certainly a survival from the
alteration once offered to the sun at
the winter solstice.
Three centuries after the Christians
era sun worship was still maintalne1
in Brittany, and in Normandy not more
than 100 years ago the household fire.
was extinguished on Dec II and the
Christmas log was ignited by the AID o.
a fame procured from the lamp bnrrs-
ing in the neighboring church. TIz<E
fact affords a curious instance az zss~
probable transference of resDe2t znc2
reverence from the sacred are OF 81
purely heather creed to the ecclesia9s
teal lights of Catholicism Whea the
pagan rites for procuring unsuilied nkse
were forbidden or fell into desuatgEkae
the ideas to which they owed thez1-
origin and development, instead OF 0er~
ishing, continued to exist more or 49,
perfectly by attaching themselves faD
usages and ceremonies having no d.
rect association with them.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13
ARTICLE VI.
&C. w. ChaDman.l

Besides preparing one to make mon
ey. education fits him to enjoy. 1t is
the mind that feels. that knows, that
loves, that hates, that enjoys. Edu-
cation develops this mind, increases
its powers, broadens its views and
makes the Individual larger and more
capable to enjoy the world and all it
contains.
To enjoy, one must know, must I'M
derstand. The unframed mind knows
little sand can only enjoy in proportion
to what it knows. The world is seking
and some another. but few in the right
way. The preacher will tell you to
seek happiness IN religion and he is
right. Eliminate the religious element
from our education and it will not be
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13
EDUCATION.

The Trained Mind Increases The In
diyidualS Capacity to Enjoy All
The World COREaiRS-The Hap
DineSS Due to Education IaCaICu-
liable Improvement The Great
Purpose of The School.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-16

In the cost Of materials, since the cement
II the expensive part Of the wall. ccr.
tain experiments ALREADY made have
tended TO show that concrete 70 mixed
has both greater strength and greater
impcrmeability. 10 determine whether
or not this Ii trie, some three on four
hundred tests win be made. extending
through the year. with varying definite
amounts Of electrolytic agents added.
Each sample will be submitted to q
water pressure test Of from 40 TO 100
pounds 70 the square inch. In addition
to the regular compression tests. The
department Of chemistry Il cooperating.
and the most thorough work possible
win be done. @. A. McClain and ]. w.
Of The department Of engi.
neering. will have charge Of the tests.
Since tho university has At present
no money available for the carrying on
Of such work. The expenses win bs
borne by the men In charge.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-16
Calmly Gave Directions and
Chattsd Freely With
Relatives.
ESTATE VALUED At MILLIONS
Was Restored 10 Consciousness and Gave
Minute Directions a. to Disposition ot
Estate After Which Submitted to Un-
successful Operation.

NEW YORK. Nov. is. - Mortally
wounded by his own hand. Charles 7.
Barney summoned his family and
lawyers 10 his bedside and after calmly
reviewing his life and private affairs,
and giving minute expression OF mis-
wishes in certain matters dictated and
signed a viii In which his wife is the
principal beneficiary. This matter dis
posed OF he submitted with resignation
to the operation through which his ply
sicians had hoped TO save his life. Half
an hour after the lawyers withdrew the
former head Of the Knickerbocker Trust
Company was dead. This became pubic
today and explains the presence Of the
lawyers at the house when the coroner
arrived. 1t appears that after Barney
shot himself and was found senseless
In bed he was restored to consciousness
about 1880 and remain conscious until
l:30 when the surgeons administered an
anaesthetic and probed unsuccessfully
for the bullet. Barney made will two
years ago which was practically the same
as the one made yesterday. At that
time his fortune was valued between
sT,000000 and So.0O0,000. Shrinkage in
value to about $2,500,0OD made certain
changes necessary. While the attorneys
were engaged in their work 1t is said
Barney chatted freely with Others in the
room. His mind seemed clear and his
judgment as deliberate as in the days
when for him the disposition of millions
was part Of the days work
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-16
President is Principal Speaker
At the Howard College
installation.
DWELL AMONG THEIR PEOPLE
Roosevelt Advises Negro Professional
Men Not to Stay Around Cities But
to % to the Homes Of the Negro and
Assist il Uplifting the Race.

WASHINGTON, D. G.. Nov. Is. =
President Roosevelt James Bryce, Brit
ish Ambassador, and Andrew Carnegis
delivered addresses rejecting pronounced
optimism as to the future Of the negrc
race here today. The occasion was the
installation of the Rev. w. P. Thirkoild
rs president OF Howard University, and
the celebration OF the 40th anniversary
Of that institution which Is devoted
primarily to the higher education for the
negro. President Roosevelt admitted that
sorrow and hardship has come to men Of
the colored race. but he called attention
to the fact that within 40 years past the
colored institutions OF the United States
have accumulated property worth $780,
100000 and own more than 100000
homes. "When the men and women come
to own their own homes" declared the
President. ''it was proof positive that
they have made long strides along the
path of good citizenship. Material basis
is not everything he said, "but upon
material basis il built the structure of
the higher life He said the 800 grad
uates which the institution has turned
out have a great burden upon their
shoulders. He spoke especially regard
ing the large percentage Of students in
the institution who were studying medi-
cine. To these he expressed the hope
that after graduation they would not
stay around Washington, would not
seek government positions. that they
would not even 90 to the cities, but that
they would 60 out and dwell among
their fellow citizens of their own color
in their homes. Those OF the negro pro-
fessional men whom the president had
met in the south, he said. were held in
high esteem by their neighbors.
Concluding, the President said: 1T is
from this institution that are being
graduated those who will lead and teach
their less fortunate fellows. Upon their
learning and teaching much depends for
their race and for their country
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-16
OUT OF SIGHT.
Conductor and Orchestra Will be Invis-
ible to Audience.

NEW YORK, Nov. l5.--Walter Dam
rosch, the conductor, announces that in
the near future he will have the New
York Symphony Society give concert
in Carnegie Hall with the leader and
the musicians invisible. Mr.. Damrosch's
experiment will apply the Wagnerian
theory OF the invisible orchestra to con-
certs, as it has been applied to opera.
Musicians await the experiment with in
terest. Alfred Berts of the Metropolitan
Opera House. in speaking Of II. said:
i heard concrete in Heidelberg un-
der these conditions. Many persons like
to see the conductor in action, and when
they cannot see whence the music comes.
perhaps there is feeling that the whole
thing Is automatic. merely piece Of un-
intelligent mechanism. ! know felt de-
pressed at Heidelberg when couldt see
the source Of the melodies. However.
the experiment is very interesting"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-16
TESTIMONY WEAK.
Witnesses for Steve Adams Make Bad
Impression on Jury.

SPOKANE. Nov. l5.--A special to til,
Spokesman.Rev from Rathdrnm
Idaho. states that the alibi Of Stevs
Adams began to be nnfolded today. II
was the first OF the defense and Alvin
W. Mason and wife and Myrtle Mason
his daughter, were on the stand The
Masons were brought to Rathdrum that
they might testify that Adams and
Simpkins were in their home attending
the Masons' birthday party at such time
In August that it would have been i'm
possible for them to have been in the
Marble Creek district at the time Tyler
was killed. Partially they were success
full. Their testimony might have had
more weight had they been more famil-
lar with the testimony they gave at the
first trial Of Adams, but they seemed to
have given it scant investigation. The
state was consequently enabled to es-
tablish sufficient discrepancy regarding
their dates as to have some effect on
the jury. Myrtle Mason when 1t came
to dates took refuge behind Don't re-
member" She made this answer to
practically every question asked her by
counsel for the government. The de-
Tense will probably take four more days
to introduce their testimony and the
arguments will require three or four
days. The last Of next week, therefore
should see the end of the case.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-16
Transfer Department cfRaIlroad
Companies Work Day
and Night
SUMS FROM 500 70 $4,000
Bankers Welcome Small Iassstor a.
His Appearance Bstoksns That Savings
Are Bring Withdrawn From Hoarding
Places and Safety Deposit Vaults.

NEW YORK. Nov. ls.--Neyer In the
history Of Wall stree. has taere been
such an enormous purchase OF securities
by investors In ordered lots. and the
transfer books ot the railroad and In
dustEial companies show today record
breaking number Of new shareholders.
The present low market values Of stand.
ard securities 10 responsible. New York
Central and several other companies re-.
port that the number Of their share.
holders have nearly doubled In the last
year. The transfer departments are
working day and night to keep up with
their work. Whore the transfer of
stock 10 unusually effected In two days,
delays Of n week are now not uncom.
mon, Distribution Of stock TO people OF
moderate means fowtells certain relief
for the monetary situation. for broker
age houses state today that these pnr.
chases are made outright. with cash
withdrawn from safety deposit vaults
or with certified checks. These sums
ranging in amounts from 800 to sl0,
900 In the aggregate total many mil
lions Of dollars. Bankers welcome the
small investor for his appearance be.
tokens firm conviction that the coun.
try's Industrial web being win be main.
tained.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-16
"FENG sHU" BARRED.
Chinese Don't Take Kindly to Foreign
Concessions on Public Works.

WASHINGTON. Nov, 10. - Foreign
governments and corporations which have
obtained concessions from the Chinese
government for the construction Of rail-
roads and other public works are ex.
perienelng more or less trouble in the
prosecution Of their enterprises, accord
Ing to advices which have reached this
government from official and unofficial
sources. aThe opposition to the foreign
ers and TO the work being done by them
Is said to extend alike to the Germans.
English and especially TO the Japanese,
American interests In China are being
watched careful by our representatives
there and any alleged violations Of their
rights are promptly reported 70 the
State Department.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-16
Want Increase. In Wages and
Reinstatement.
CARS LOADED WITH POLICE
Five Hundred Strikebreakers Arrive from
Other Cities and Are Escorted by the
Police - Disorderly Element Puts In
Appearance--Mob Hoots Police.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Nov. 10. - The
union men employed by the Louisville
Street Railway Company went out on
strike this morning for an increase in
wages and the reinstatement OF several
discharged men. The company employs
about 100 men. OF which number 900
are members Of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation Of Street Railway Employees
Few cars were run up TO $3.50 a. m,
and these were loaded with police. This
IL the second car strike Louisville has
experienced In few months
The few cars that were running up
to II o'clock were protected by a heavy
wire netting and guarded by police.
Practically no passengers were carried.
Five hundred strikebreakers from Chi.
cago and Indianapolis arrived during
the morning. and were escorted by the
police to various car barns. Three arrests
were made for throwing stones, but
there was no further disorder.
The disorderly element, however, was
in evidence shortly after noon. At Sec.
ond and Chestnut streets sewer caps
were placed on the rails and another bar.
ricadc composed Of stones, tree boxes
and logs was built across the street at
Floyd and Walnut. A mob Of 200 per.
sons hooted the police who were called
upon to remove the distractions. Six
teen arrests had been made at noon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-16
MAKING TESTS.
Endeavor to Find Way to Make Water
Proof Cement at Less Cost.

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Nov. l5.---The department Of engineering
Of the University Of Oregon has begun
series Of exhaustive tests on the
strength and impermeability Of concrete
for building purposes and for the con.
struction of dams and reservoirs. The
ordinary waterproof concrete Is mixed
in the proportion Of one part Of cement
to two parts Of sand and four Of stone,
II through electrolytic action, induced by
the addition OF q small percentage Of
clay, alum, or other agents, the approxi'
mate proportion can be changed to the
ratio Of one to three to six, 1t can easily
be seen that large saving can be made