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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-10
Motoring Over the SimpIon.

The Swiss passes are gradually be-
ing opened to motor traffic. The latest
to abandon prejudiced ways is the
Simplon, but coupled with this con-
cession to progress the authorities of
the Wallis Conton make certain stip-
ulations, including the by no means
agreeable one that when meeting pc
destrians, cattle or horse-drawn ve-
hicles the man at the wheel must
steer toward the outer edge of the
road away from the protection of the
inner curve toward the usually un-
protected side bordering on the preci-
pice.
Considering the dangerous nature Of
mountain motoring at it's best, one
may we'll be excused If this rule does
not tend to alacrity in taking this way
into Italy, more especially as non
observance of this regulation is pun
ishable by the infliction of fines vary
ing from so to 500 francs on first con-
viction and double that amount
afterward. The permit of five francs
thrifty SWISS can be obtained at the
gendarmerie at Brig and Grondo, on
either side of the pass.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-10

Clinch, and what, believe me, is most
important. the habit of victory"
Men like the heads of the Stand
ard Oil company are no accidents"
said a sharp observer. They were
tried out in a hundred ways before
they came to control. 1t was the many.
sidedness of H. H. Rogers that made
his uprise a necessity in that remark
able group headed by John d. Rookie
feIler don't know any of the quail
ties they possess that is not common
in the business world of America.
They are no better and no worse than
the thousands of men engaged in the
conduct of the higher business of the
country, but each one has had some
quality notably in excess of the aver
age. Their combination has been ir-
rcsistible, because it's action has been
continuous. Its steady business pres.
sure, its suave method, its CONNER
cial reliability have been due, | have
no doubt, to John D. Rockefeller, but
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cannot marry you; at least not now"
"Why can't your" he asked, very
tenderly.
"Oh, can't tell you," and she burst
into a fresh flood of tears.
For long time he coaxed and urged
her to impart her fatal secret, and for
a long time she resisted all his impor.
tunities. At last she yielded.
You will not put me out of your
heart entirely if tell you, will your
she pleaded
Certainly not, my darling" was his
brave reply, for men under such cir.
circumstances are not always in a
hurry to take risks even if they do
love.
ut is this, darling" she said, hiding
her face on his manly bosom: .'vou
are the thirteenth man who has nro
posed to me, and I am afraid to accent
you with that unlucky numbers bale
full influence hanging over u.s."
With ringing laugh, in which there
was only sunshine and Joy and happi
ness, he kissed her eighteen times and
folded her in his strong arms. That's
all right, my own,~ he almost shouted
you are the thirteenth girl / have pro
posed to, and that makes 1t quits"
And they lived happily ever after.
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EVENED UP THE SCORE.
Fatal Number Was Mixed in the Love
Affairs of Both.

It was a plain, everyday case OF
mutual admiration. He admired the
girl and she admired him. 1t was much
more than admiration-they were in
love with each other. OF course, one
was more so than the other, for it can
not be otherwise, seeing that Cupid is
born with one leg shorter than the
other, but that is not an insuperable
obstacle to matrimony. If it were, the
marriage license clerk would be COM
PEELED to retire from business. So it
came to pass that he proposed to her.
That seemed natural enough, but
when she burst into tears, he was
greatly disturbed.
MY darling" he exclaimed, as she
came to his arms, what is the mat
ter"
Il am so superstitious," she sobbed.
What has that got to do with your
loving me, as love your" he asked,
wonderingly.
Nothing, DEAR" she wept.
"And you do love me, don't your"
More than all the world: but i
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that time as much as they are now,
The machine shops within reach were
full, so I had to look in another direc-
ton. l wanted to be at work and ]
found work. I was proud to get three
dollars week to begin.
My father said to me, Make your
hand able to support your head, and
maybe your head will learn in time to
support your hand 1t was worth
whole volume of maxims to me. l
never forgot it, and for the II years
following l worked with my hands.
No doubt l was born with a mechani-
cal bent, but when, in 1868, entered
the oil refining business in Brooklyn
| had an equipment of mechanical
knowledge and experience that gave
me special value, and I may say
that l exacted money return for it.
My mechanical knowledge and apti-
tude were of great advantage to me
with my young competitors in the
business, and, indeed, with many, if
not most, of the older ones.
Great Opportunities To-day.
What, l am asked, is the young
high school boys chance now as COM
pared with so years ago? The cry is
general that it is much less than it
was then. Is that so? 1t is emphati-
cally not so. The chances for the
high school boy now are many times
greater than they were then. People
count too much by the conditions they
find in their immediate surroundings.
They don't look at it in broad
enough way. Remember that in 1856
| seemed to find closed to me trade
that has since grown with the coun-
trys growth, in proportion far
greater than the increase in popula-
tion. Think of the number of ma
chine shops in the country now COM
pared with then. Not only that, but
think of the increased average of out
put or the total of machinery Of the
United States to-day compared with
so years ago.
"We are truly in the way of having
the whole world as our market. Our
cotton, wheat and corn, our coal, iron
and copper, our gold and silver, our
oil and all its by-products, not to
speak of all the manufactures that
arise out of these and which call for
more and more millions of workers
these are the great fields open for the
effort of the young men just out Of
school, And these United States alone
will some day be the home of 5O0,0OO,-
900. In this great opportunity of to-
day, and this multiplying prospect of
tomorrow, the high school boy may
surely find all that any age has pre-
sented, or ever will present"
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New York.-When a man like
Henry H. Rogers drops out of the ac-
tive business world wherein he made
so striking a figure, his friends are
prone to become anecdotic about him.
Hence stories that take on romantic
tinge in bank pariors and directors
rooms, and in the chatty corners OF
the exchange, not to speak OF the
shipping offices near the water front.
If Mr.. Rogers feels like resuming the
ways of Bowling Green in a few
months or so he will find a recon
structed Rogers looking at him from
every corner, and whom he may have
some little difficulty in recognizing.
The tall, erect figure of a we'll
dressed man with whitening hair and
white moustache, who somehow re-
f1ected in his ripe age of 67 the graces
that he cultivated quarter of cen
tury back, is, however. the figure that
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have no doubt, either, that its tre-
courage have been greatly due to the
imaginative side of the temperament
of Henry H. Rogers. He has inherited
the pioneer spirit"
His Domestic Life.
A man always happy in his domes-
tic relations and devoted to his fam
lily, Mr.. Rogers has been accommodating
the patriarchal with the regularity of
his increase in other wealth. He has
been twice married, and his son,
Henry H. Rogers, Jr., and his three
surviving daughters, Mrs. Urban H.
Broughton, Mrs. w. r. Coe, and Mrs.
w. E. Benjamin, have already pro-
vided him with nine grandchildren.
And he is proud of them in a way
usual to grandparents, and one may
find their pictures making cheerful
his roomy Office at 26 Broadway.
From this lovable domestic side
one travels easily to his general So
cial outlook. That can best be de-
scribed as frankly American. He is
too sensible of the value of his posi-
ton as a man of wealth to underes-
innate its possibilities. He mixes
easily in society, entertains on gen.
erous scale, with an eye to the ele-
gancies so easily within his reach, but
he enjoys most the company of the
gifted the genial and the witty, for he
rather leans to saying good things
himself and is never happier than
when he applauds smart saying or a
good story. A quiet game of cards
for the love of the game in congenial
company is his occasional pastime.
He has never developed the fondness
for field games that pleased him in
his youth. He has taken easily to the
automobile, but, like all good sons of
the saltwater, his liking for the sea
has grown with the years.
At Home on His Yacht.
Nowhere is he perhaps more genial
ly at home than on his yacht. No
hurry that sends men to express
trains is allowed to interfere with his
! yachting runs to Fairhaven. Hence
the Kanawha is about as well known
as Mr.. Morgan's Corsair around the
waters of New York. But 1t is in
Fairhaven itself that he fairly revels
in life as he thinks he would like to
live it. There he was born and
reared, and his affection for the town
and the bay and the country road is
extravagant in its manifestations.
There, in his frequent visitings, it is
his delight to move about and chat
with all and sundry old cronies of half
century gone, who call him Hen; "
sons and daughters of old friends who
are middIe-aged men and women
salute him as Mr. Rogers, and third
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-10
The Canteen Question.

AS the question of the canteen in
the United States army is likely to be
resurrected during the coming win
ter, the clear, unbiased presentation
of the problem by as distinguished
military leader as Brig Gen. A. 8.
Daggett, is opportune. Gen. Daggett
is soldier Of wide experience, having
fought in the civil war, the Spanish
American war and in the Philippines.
His long intimacy with soldier life
fits him to speak authoritatively on
this subject, and the pamphlet which
the Hartford reform bureau purpose
publishing under his signature win
be a valuable aid in the campaign
against the reinstatement of the can
teen.
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They also have a phraseology and
@ vocabulary all their own, but what
they say never for a moment leaves
any doubt in your mind as to what
they mean.
l once went into the cabin Of poor
woman where death had entered, and,
not seeing any means or methods of
burial, asked: What will be done?"
and the woman replied: why, Mr.
Crfzer has always undertook in our
family, and always done it we'll"
Old Uncle Billie. who was always
regarded as "last court of appeal"
in matters meteorological, was once
asked what he supposed was the cause
Of some peculiarly disagreeable
weather, and his explanation was:
THE heavy respections of the at
mosphere make the elements dismal"
Which really sounded so exactly as
If It had been promulgated by the
weather bureau that we almost hoped
to secure "Old Billie" a position in
the signal service on the strength
of IT.
In the "Cowardin Cap" of the ALLIE.
phany mountains, at little settle
ment bearing the classic name of
Shake-Rag, stands colored church,
Of what denomination I never have
been able to discover, and to be there
when there is either a wedding in the
church or a baptizing in the Jackson
river near by, to see the bucolic trav-
esties upon the prevailing modes, es-
pecially in the matter of chignons and
pompadours. is liberal education. A
windows mourning, If one happens to
be there. is something fearful and
wonderful to behold.
At baptzing in the Jackson river
on one occasion / saw and heard
hundreds OF the faithful singing and
shouting:
Now every one of you that thirst.
Step down into the water
And freely drink and squench that
thirst,
Like lions son and daughter"
At recent wedding in the church
at shake-Rag the preacher. who
seemed to have heard rumors of the
matrimonial snares and pitfalls of the
outer world, made charge to the
contracting parties-as laundress and
waiter from the Warm Springs ho-
tel-and concluded by saying: And
may you live together forever in un-
avetdable infidelity and may you
never suppurate.'
II Ia nrnllainn also To gee what ra re
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his friends will recognize. His photo
graphs have done him the doubtful
service of giving him proud, rather
naughty, air, as of one who marshals
hosts of facts and figures and who is
always bent on hard achievement. 1t
is the familiar trick of the camera to
pick out in the self-conscious moment
that one stands before it the traits
that are at the root of character rather
than those that are familiar to every
hDdV
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Drink Taxation In Great Britain.

According to recent statement Of
the chancellor of the exchequer, the
average taxation per head in Great
Britain for alcoholic drink and licenses
is approximately 17s I'd on an esti-
mated population Of 4S,64S,OO. The al
coholic strength Of beer and wine
varies considerably and there are no
statistics, at present, of the Quanti-
ties at each degree of strength which
would admit of the number Of gallons
Of proof spirit being given with aO-
curacy. F 'f
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The Habit of Victory.

Take all great men of business"
said a banker, III. H. loved affairs
better than anything else. 1t was not
the struggle for the sake of the fight,
but for the end in view. AS soon as
he won he passed on without halt
to try another tilt, and he had what
is important, the grit for a long
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-10
In Fat Berth,

Towne-No; Grafton doesn't work
at all now.
Browne-He doesn't? Why, when ]
knew him he Sseemed to be young
man with considerable push.
\ Towne-All that's changed now.
He's a young man with considerable
pull and doesn't have to work.
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generation little ones, who regard him
open-eyed as the local representative
of magnificent providence. Said
newspaper man recently: Il couldn't
find anybody there who would say
anything but kindness of H. H. Rog.
ers"
Generous to FairhaVen.
He surely has been good to Fair
haven, which picturesque village looks
across Buzzard's Bay to New Bedford,
ancient home Of whalers and all the
romance and business that came of
their seafaring There he built :
great mansion for himself amid beau
tiful grounds, and there he loves most
to live when away from work. But
he alone was not to be the only Fair
havenite who was finely housed. He
built and presented to the citizens a
handsome town hall and Masonic
hall.
On the death Of Millicent, a be-
loved daughter, he built beautiful
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Copyright. by Joseph B. BOwles)

(Mrs. Frederick Mcclure is the wife of
the president of the board of directors of
the Corcoran art gallery. Of Washington,
D. c., and is conspicuous in society and
art circles of the national capital.)
On the top of the Allegheny noun
tains, in the very heart of the "Old
Dominion" lies the most perfect mod
ern reproduction of that real old Ar
cadia so beloved by the poets. Nor
is it such very modern reproduc-
tion, either, because the happy val
ley" of which am speaking has been
visited by succeeding generations OF
devoted pilgrims since the early days
Of our young republic, and among the
many names found on the register OF
the quaint little hotel there can be
seen those of Washington and Jeffer-
son and many others which are also
inscribed upon the roll Of fame.
In this Warm Springs valley OF
which l am speaking not only does
the sunshine seem of a different char
acter, its rays coming to earth soft
ened and yelled by a mist, which,
though golden during the day, turns
to purple toward evening, but the
song of the bird becomes more melo-
dious, the bee huns more drowsily,
the streams ripple more musically,
the leaves rustic more soothingly; but
our fellow beings whom we meet
there are of different order from any
whom I have met elsewhere, and are
possessed of a quaint and humorous
turn of mind and have an originality
exclusively their own.
Of course it must be explained that
I am speaking now only of the col
ored race. The first time l entered
this happy valley" more than 20
years ago, said to an old negro, who
looked as if he had grown old with
the mountains: rs the train on time
this morning?" and he responded:
"Oh, no, indeed, honey, dat train
amt on time" Then | asked: How
much is it behind time?" and he said:
"Fo' hours" was appalled,, and
asked: HAS 1t ever been as much as
four hours late before?" and he an
swered: Yes, indeed, honey; one day
las week de train never come at all" :"
But little circumstance like that did
not seem to have the power to over
throw the eQuipoise of that calm COM
munity.
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combinations of Christian humanity
and worldly pride one frequently en-
counters in that peaceful valley. ]
once attempted to adjust a difficulty
which had arisen between two old
female colored autocrats living in that
mountain gap, and finally one of them
said to me: The trouble is in this
here Gap that these niggers will
sneak mistruths which amt outright,
and make it hard for Sister Jane"
oh" said !, ''if you are James SIS
ter, | can soon settle the whole diff
Guilty"
She placed her arms akimbo, cast
a baleful and rebuking eye upon me,
and replied: sister in de Lord,
honey, and de First Baptist church.
colored."
She fiouted the idea of their being
of the same family or blood.
At the sweet little old Warm
Springs hotel near by, presided over
by two sisters. high-born, high-bred
Carolina gentlewomen, one. meets all
the true aristocracy of the southern
states, and there the rude world never
seems to enter. there being nothing
to attract the flashy element On
the contrary. high-bred distinction
seems to characterize the place, and
it is neither impressed by the pres
ence or depressed by the absence OF
the smart set"
A woman at the north once wrote
to friend at the Warm Springs that
she was not able to join her there,
and gave as one reason that she had
not been able to provide a summer
wardrobe that season. The friend
at the Warm Springs responded, say
ing: Here one needs no new ward
robe nor any large bank account, but
one does require a family tree; SO
if you have ancestors, bring them, as
here every one is the granddaughter
of a dead president, or, at least, OF
Patrick Henry"
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Colored GentiHtv
in the Happy
Valley
By Emily MeGuire

A Southern Woman Tells Quaint
Anecdotes About Some Colored
Folk She Met in Old Virginia.
Secluded Abode on the Top Of
the Alleghanies Which Has Been
Visited by Many Noted Persons.
Including Washington and Jeffer-
son, Whose Names May Now
Be Seen There on the Hotel
Register.
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stoned them to build and equip the
finest high school ever, and as it
went up he watched it and nursed 1t
as a mother might a growing child.
And now, with its wonderful fittings,
its gymnasium, its class rooms, its Of
fees, it is at once the most luxurious
and practical building of the kind in
the world.
What is at the bottom of all this
home love and passion for local adorn-
ment?" a friend of his was asked.
1T is his Americanism," was the
answer. He loves his people and
would see them second to none in the
world"
Taking Life Easy.
Mr.. Rogers is taking life easy now,
and obeys the behests of his doctor
with smiling acquiescence that con-
ceals whatever impatience he may
feel at unwonted restraint. You no.
ticed the other day that he had Mark
cruise Well, that was not the first
time they had foregathered in the
cabin after a day of steaming in the
open. Men like Mr.. Clemens and the
late Tom Reed are the type he most
prizes for companions-they should
be bright and brainy both. OF win
ter evening when he lives in town he
may spend few hours at one of his
clubs-the Metropolitan, say. There
he would be apt to gather a group of
bright people and smoke a single
cigar while good things went around.
heard him once tell of meeting a
whaling captain whom he had known
as lad 40 years before. He took his
old comrade about the town and the
countryside, Identifying old land
marks together The captain had
been away six years from home and
was to sail on a new voyage the next
day. I'm going aboard now, Hen"
he remarked. And won't you go
home first and tell your wife good
by?" | asked. "Blazes, no" replied
the whaler, I'm only to be gone two
years." That seemed, he said, the
most extraordinary utterance he had
ever heard. He saw the humor of it,
but to a home.lover it seemed sacri-
lege.
When the new high school was
about to be opened | spent an after
noon with him, and our talk turned
quite naturally on education. What
he said then is about as good key
to the man and his opinions as any
thing l can think Of, and this is the
drift of it:
High School Best Outfit.
"For the boy starting out in life
who is anxious to succeed in business
believe that the ordinary high school
education is the best outfit.
He is master Of the ordinary i'm
plements of business life, whether it
be mechanical or commercial-that is,
he can read, write, spell and figure.
He has at least a foundation of gen.
eral knowledge. Our American high
| schools. too. cultivate a sense of the
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he accorded to human nature alone
The grand and beautiful scenery must
be spoken of to those who have not
had the good fortune to see for them
selves.
Nothing in nature can be as beau
tiful as to see the spring come up in
the Warm Springs valley. The whole
face of the level country is white with
the bloom of the locust and the dog
wood and OF the fruit blossoms, es.
pecially the apple, for which that re-
gion of the country is celebrated
Then there is a native thorn, which
when in full bloom, looks as if snow
had fallen upon 1t, and in passing any
cottage or farmhouse the atmosphere
is heavy with the fragrance of Ii.
lacs and lilies Of the valley, while the
fields are heavenly blue with myriads
of waving Roman hyacinths.
No pen can adequately describe the
mountain sides at this season. They
are literally ablaZe with laurel, rhod-
odendron and the wild mountain aza-
lea in pink, orange and pale yellow.
In all seasons of the year nature is
at her best here but the beauty. charm
and enchantment of the spring are be-
yond anything l have seen in the
world elsewhere. Upon a clear, exqui-
site day these lines insensibly glide
into the mind:
Blue isles of heaven laugh between
And far in forest depths unseen,
The topmost elm trees gather green
From draughts of balmy air"
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The NEW BABY.

It Is amusing, also. to see what rare