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THE souTH,s GREAT NEED.
Hnrynrd's Income Greater Thnn Thnt
of All Southern Colleges.

of All Southern COilc&cs'
The Rev. Or. Lee, OF Atlanta, SAID
in a late address that the South is
tho richest twenty-four millions of hu-
man beings under the sun In the ele-
ments that go to make wealth. re
reclted at length the great array or
figures which prove that stateme ~,
figures which have appeared IN inc
News repeatedly and which have been
employed to remind other sections
OF tho United States that the South
has not only magnificent future
but has an equally imposing present
But DR.. Leo faces another TACT "nlcn
he says Is not of less Importance, but
rather OF more than the facts OF ma
terlal greatness which arc within the
grasp of the South, On the side or
education he insists that the South IS
so poor that the bones are almost
breaking through the skin. Harvard
University has a larger annual g1ncoNIe
than the total revenue of all the. coi-
put together, But ten millions OF dol
lars In benefits alone have gone to
colleges In that part Of the Union az
the same time that hundreds of NIL,
lions have gone into Northern and
Western institutions OF learning.
The South according TO George
given for education IN the United
States in#the last fifteen years. 1T Is
the problfm Of the South as pr. Lee
maintainf, to devote larger share
than formerly OF its energy and In
come TO the education OF the Whole
people, white and black alike. 4Ie
holds that the 100000 colored peo-
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TAG DAY.
Boston Editor Dcplorcs EVIL Tendon

The institution Of Tag Day." which
has been employed in Philadelphia and
some other cities to raise money for
public purposes, worthy in themselves.
is one that we hope VIII be short
lived, though it is proposed to intro
duce 1t In Springfield next month. un-
der. the somewhat more dignitied title
Of Charity Day" The method pecu-
liar to it is to pin upon the wayfarer
a tag representing the amount for
which he is held ZIP and assessed. The
Philadelphia Ledger, after the expert
ence in that city. hopes that nothing
Ike It viii ever DO tried again It Is
like the importantly at a church fair,
With the difference that in the former
only those who voluntarily put them
selves within range are victinizel,
while Tag Day levies on the general
public indiscriminately 1t Is an an
noyance 90 those waylaid and it is Il
questionable service in which to enlist
young women who are the preferred
agents in this business. The freedom
with strangers whichit successful eN-
ploitation necessitates has q demoraliz-
ing tendency. The organization which
proposes TO try 1t OH Springfield prom
ises to conduct it's solicitations In a
disnitied and not unduly forward man
ner, but the zeal OF It's agents cannot
he controlled. 1t is a false principle OF
appeal and It's abuse is inevitable
Boston Transcript,
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rAFT on GRANT.
Numbering aud Unpnlntablc Part Of
crctary's Grafton.

'CSAGh@hS'H
1t was true. said Secretary Taft. that
Grant was educated at West Point
but certainly nothing was developed
In him to Indicate his fitness or ability
Tor great responsibilities. He did we'll
tenants But in 1854 he resigned from
the army because he had to- IIe had
yielded TO the weakness of q taste for
strong drink. and rather than be court
turned to his family without money.
without property. a disl,eartened man.
He worked at farming, but gave 1t
up because, Of III health. He falled
clerk in his fathers store at Galena,
and then worked at st. Louis. During
these seven years, though everything
looked dark he overcame in great
measure his weakness for strong drink.
But he was so constituted that it
seemed impossible for him to earn a
livelihood even when lie had given hos
tases to fortune in the shape OF a wife
and four Children"
Perhaps this is all true; and 1t is
possible only to presume that Mr. TAFT
supposed that by bringing 1t afresh
to public attention-it Is not in the
books, and has been unknown gener-
might by the contrast make Grants
later glory the more impressive But
the. language as coming from the Sec
prstng for it's inexpediency. for its
questionable taste. II nothing else.
Through all history, the worlds illus
trious men have had their weaknesses,
no doubt. but the world has been con-
tent to let their failngs be obscured
by the brlllancy of their achievements
General Grant was the nations first
soldier in It's time of direst need. He
was twice Its elected President. His
grateful country can we'll afford to for
get what may in his life have been
unworthy Of him. while remembering
his inestimable services-Buffalo Cour.
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something more than ave times what
the Chinese have now.
!, :, There arc Indications that the de
, nin rao, upon the, ,ls farms Will Change II
tarans within lie es space % Of e. niiiset,
years. they, probably will each much
titan tia. they now consume. Medical sci.
ence and economy Will unite to brlna
Ipout changed conditions on this line
every bit ut OF anln,al food eaten en- there ere
L. Vegetable counterpart vegetu
a ian races have q capacity for endur.
a .m which equals, IL 1t does not eur.
economist viii urge that the "fost mo- no.
ION" expended IN growing cattle 70,
1000 be conserved.
We cat porterhouse stcnks at "A
Deans at 4 cents. pound, and there
Is more nutrition In the pound OF beam.
t ,n In tho pound OF beef. II requires
steer ons scit i,,s to grow single good beet
aLllohs y requires the products OF sin
acres ,.Ss OF land for onr summer to make
r nam M re az for tI,e block; When pre-
nlsh q single meal for about 1900
persons; The same six acres Of ground
would hive grown enough beans to
,,eed 10000 people one meal. And the
oean- cutters would have derived more
strength and nourishment from their
food tGan tlie beef. eaters.
The mathematical theories Of tn.
T1 tsn ms are never yer, realized IN actuai
no dnubt that the American people In
the comirt ninety years Will learn Ia
save much that now goes to waste
The housewives of the American farm.
throw away more cooked food each
year tlip:, is consumed by their sis.
ters Of Russia. Who has not sat al
tho board of farmer. upon which
pany II soldiers Such wanton vast.
as that will be stopped.
another great saving that Is com.
Ing VIII be brought about by better
knowledge OF the science. OF cooking.
ti,c century will prepare her meals or
an c.eotrlc rangc-wood is 100 yalua.
bic to burn-and she Will prepare only
TIL. food Will be better prepared. thar
| IL Is nowadays In the average home,
and its wholesomeness will make more
better than much poorly-cookcd food
The girls of the next I'm de- steele pc.
Iriod VIII be taught to cook scientin.
/ cally. and they Will be taught how not
4 to waste.
! Long before the year 1000 rolls around
1.-THE farmer Will have reached po-
sition o. social and economic dignity
i which will have stopped the eager
race from the farm TO the city winch
lis now the curse OF 80 many thou.
sands OF young men. In that day the
| colleges ond universities will devote
more ,rtention to training the essen.
/ tlal agriculturist than to turning out
4 the noncssential lawyer. With 81 good
! education: with the word brought to
This dooryard through the agency Of
/ Electricity. with his command. OF this
financial situation through his CO.
ioperation with his fellowship farmet
iof the year 1000 will be the foremost
man in our tull-grown republic.
! Copyright, 1908, by Frederic j. Has.
/ KIND
4 To-morrow--when America Is Grown.
Manufactures.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC nyE.
s"pcr-tltion That .,e.lun Hold j

Superstition THAT l,ctiun Hold Inst
Seen Image.
If The grossest stlperstltions die lust
as hard rs those Which have some
iiher points to- smooth over their grip
upon the human mind In an Illinois
town the authorities propose to take
a picture of u murdered young woman's
eye in the belief that the portrait of
the murderer will pc found on the
rctina Tho age Of this superstition
is uncertain. but 1t has lived long
time. Belief In it is not SO wide
spread as j. once WAS. however. but
that mon OF supposed intelligence in
tend to act upon It Is not a wreath
upon their intellectual progress.
The picture upaI the retina of IL dead
come from the fact that pictures may
be made employing the eye for n
lens. but this is scarcely probable TO
men who still believe that the pic
human eye before It's owner expires, the
mystery Of chemistry ana photography
is as deep to-day as before its work.
Ing formulne were made known by the
early investigators. i is nothing to
thorlties chat the eye Is simply lens
itself which only transmits light They
would never dream OF trying to get Il
picture on any other lens, one made
of glass. for instance. for they know
that the picture is not made upon the
Ions. But bowling their knees to su.
perstition, they publicly declare they
expect to find Il picture OF this young
womnn's murderer visible upon the
retina of her eyes.
1t is when reading such feats as this
hat one is most inclined to admit that
the need of technical education Is in
deed great.-Pittsburs Leader.
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Rhymes for To-Day
NH, 8. a. as.

liymned In the old familiar way.
Any reader WHO will put us next to u
new method OF treating this theme
VIII receive for his trouble Il first
class return ticket to Barton Heights.1
- rr,pr a ~, .,,a,, r,,,, ,,rod.
ii Iisis CON-, CONE me sweet CRY gray
i i ,r,,.,,1,,,, ni,,,, w,,t 81, otr
ripp'ns a'o''s WIN '''e''
~. ,,,,,,, =, da,,.,,.,o,v
90 80, = - Z
then ,,o,a,,a.,
Amt they adorable pcaches
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WEARY OF PLATT.
Movement to Get Supcrfluous Actor on

Stage.
There is q growing agitation in New
York State designed to persuade or
compel Thomas c. Plat to resign his
seat in the United States Senate.
In 1881 this same Thomas C. Platt
WAS 81 member of the United States
Senate and resigned, as Me-Too to
Roscoe Ccnkling. In the midst of the
ensuing, and while the two
men were moving heaven and earth
TO obtain a "vindication" in the shape
in the story, along with locked doors.
transom windows. spies. detectives and
bellboys. Plat failed OF election that
time. but he got it afterward. The
People CT New York knew all about
MIN then The Mae Wood of 1881 was
ilEjE as conspicuous as the Mae Wood
OF zoos. II such scandals are SO dis
tasteful tt New Workers., why didn't
they send tho man about his business
once for all2 Instead. they let him
slirk hack and again disgrace himself
and the State.
We liear much Of the power OF the
boss. bu. no boss is powerful enough
tn get the better OF a people deter
mined to be politically we'll served,
and awake to their own community
interest and reputation. Plat will
probably not ffumor the New Workers.
by gratifying their modest wishes. He
got all he wanted in the way of res
isnatio.. III 1SS1.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
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MERELY JOKING.

Avoiding Talk
she: III VIC appear together so much
people will talk about us - -
He: well. suppose we disappear
gether."-P!ck- Me- Up.
Pats Little Error.
Hogan: "phwat became ,s,a av ,, patIn IN
auto horn fer u whistle and shtopped
wtirrlt crossing the strate.'--Puck
M Discrimination.
Rustic oo conductors: Which end OF
the car do l get off?
Conductor tpeltely}, W VIII Nontr end
Star.
Making Record.
81 know a young very ambitious.
who is anxious TO make record FOR NM
self. Could YOU suggest q way?.
Sure. Why doesn't lie set JOB with
r. phonosraph company.'-Detroit Free
Press.
Surplus Paper.
Have you not sold enough poems this
week 10 paper our parlor, dear?" asked the
poets wife.
mo. dear" was the reply. but I've had
enough manuscripts returned to do II cas-
lily enough!'--Yonkers Statesman.
Wonan's Way.
Eva treadns novel;: she riveted her
eyes"
Dick: "You don't say?'
Evn:"And then she dropped them''-----
Dick: .My! Ny! Just like woman.
She can never nail rivet anything Sc
curely."-Chicago News
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SATURDAY. JUNE 6, 1905.
THE CANDIDATES AT CHICAGO.

The allies are doing all they pos
sibly can to prevent the conclusions Of
the National Republican Convention
from being determined before it meets.
Other candidates besides Mr.. Taft have
opened headquarters in Chicago, with
the design Of capturing all. and more
than all. that is coming to them.
However slight the chances of any
one of them may be to secure the nom-
nation against the prepondering
strength of Mr.. Taft, there is a prom
Use held out that the proceedings this
year will have decidedly more interest
two Republican conventions. At the
first OF these. in 1900, no one was con-
sidered but Mckinley; at the second,
in 1904, no one but Roosevelt In each
instance the nomination was by ac-
clamation.
Since 1904 differences have devel-
oped among Republicans which go far
deeper than mere preferences for par
ticular candidates. The radical nature
OF the policies advocated and even put
in practice by Mr.. Roosevelt Is the
! chief cause OF these differences. or
such doubtful benefit in their operation
seem some OF Mr.. Roosevelts recon-
| mendations; so marked is their de-
| parture from what has been held the
proper limits of Federal authority; so
far-reaching may be their effect on
our business and institutions, that
! many of the leading men in the party
tihave become alarmed and refuse to
follow.
Roughly speaking, it may be said
ehat this sentiment is represented by
abe "allies," while the exponent of the
s,rogressives is Mr.. Taft. Both the
arospects and the feelings OF the reac-
s,onaries are best summed up in the
reply of Mr.. Cannon to an inquiry In
regard to his own candidacy: You
IAN go further and fare worse, and, bS
God! you will"
This Is terse and only partly true
'rhe convention will "go further; pu
that it will fare worse" than In nomi
mating Mr. Cannon is apparently tn
opinion Of only the Illinois delegation
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SUCCESS OF PROBATION.
Hon,tsh idea of PurEatory Justified
Manhattan Expcriencc


The success Of the system of releas-
ing, flrst Offenders in charge OF pro-
patton officers had a brilliant dem
onstration the other night in Manhat-
Judge Rosalsky, of the General Ses-
sions there, has an annual reception
t OF the ,h pronationers, held at night. 50
east iheoe at work can come With
these annual reunions ESQ probationers
appeared cut of 2a7 who had been
released during two years. OF the
sent explanations which satisfied the
probation officers; their whereab outs
is known. That leaves twelve prison
ers out of 297 who have drifted back
into criminal living in two years. What
would have happened had there been
no probation system? II all these
young, men and women had been SEN
fenced to the penitentiarry or prison,
ton with older and more hardened
criminals is inevitable, how many OF
them could have found work on the
expiration of their sentences, and how
many could have held their jobs had
| they found them?
1t is we'll known that about the hard
est thing II the world is to find work
the papers almost every week OF men
| who have lost place after place when
| their prison record has become known.
Even where employers; give work , to
story Of the prison service not infre-
quently drives the man from his po-
| sition. because those with whom he
| is called upon to have relations dis
! trust him or make his life unbearablc.
There seems to be little difficulty In
| securing work for first Offenders re-
leased on probation. and several em-
| ployers came to court with their
| charges to bear witness to their good
| conduct Some of the young women
probationers have been married to men
| who knew the facts and who came 70
court with them to certify to their
| reformation.
or these o97 first Offenders less than
] per cent. have become criminals. More
than o5 per cent. have returned to
| self-supporting and self-respecttng cit
i izenshlp, About one-siNth OF the COM
| pany were discharged by. the Judge
i on their records from the duty, of f,'r;
i Their reporting. That means clean oll
/ OF health and return to normal living
1 for those who have stood IN the shad0W
Of prison and of criminal career. 'fhe
/ real problem Is not the punishment,
] of criminals. but the prevention o.
. crime Nothing ever devised shuts on
4 so much crime as it's source or does
SO much to keep people out OF jail as
Il this system OF probation. It's success I, y
so we'll assured that t Will be IN
u possible to displace 1t from our GRIM
Il inal laws.-Brooklyn Eagle.
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rERsoNAL AND GENERAL.

Tnsmiths in New Zealand are among the
best paid mechanics. They receive f9 los
week.
Extremes meet. A house in st. Augustine,
built in 1865. has been turned into gar
use-Boston Transcript.
According to statistics qunted by Con-
gresham Cooper. the fatality in Pennsyl-
vonia's mines rose from GIL in 1905 to l.5li
ir 1905.
Tho campaign against rats at the London
and India docks, Tlbury. has already re-
suited. dock officials estimate. in the de-
struction Of nearly 10000 rodents.
Rea.r-A Admiral Joseph Philibert. the
French commander in Moroccan waters has
been promoted to the grade OF vice-admirnl.
Rear Admiral Berryer succeeds him in
command of the Moroccan divisions
Okuma, leader OF the Progressive party.
$4,000 for the fund of the Waseda univer-
sity, in recognition Of his services in tho
interest OF national education.
Young Cornelius Vanderbilt declares !.
THE happlest time in my life was when
l was wearing oreralls In the Baldwin
locomotive Works in Philadelphia one hot
summer few years ago studying loco
motive construction"
After several weeks illness, Captain
James f. Cox eighty-two wears old, vcte-
! ran of, the Confederate Army. died as a
result OF snngrene poisoning caused by
thinning his toe nail His ma .ernal grand :
mother was q daughter of Daniel Boone.
Countess Tolstoi is in Moscow supervising
the organization of n museum In honor OF
her Industrious husband. THE museum will
contain u great mass OF letters received by
the count many of them being from
America.
AS the celebrated British thirst dlmin-
ishes the British sweet tooth becomes more
eXacting. Fifty years ago the annual per
capita consumption of sugar In the United
! Kingdom was twenty-nine and a halt
pounds: now It is nearly 100 pounds.
Criminal records kept In New York
county for the last six years show that a
! trfle more than one-halt OF the persons
charged with crimes are found guilty. while
expert opinion is agreed that not two ont OF
| 100 are innocent,
| The production OF lumber. lath and shin
ses in me United States in 1906 was 81,
| 4aCo67 NJ fact, board measure, against 80,
lt0296l In 1906 and 3+.l27,l65 In 1904. Tht
figures cover returns from 21.077 mills IL
1906 1866 In 1905, and 1927 in 1904.
Secretary Root has decided on the per.
sonnet or the commission to represent tn,
United States at the Tokyo Exposition u
! 1912, The commissioners general Will b,
/ Francis b. Loomis, former Assistant Socrc
tary OF State Frederick j. V. Skiff, dtrec
tor OF the Field Museum in chicago, ant
| Francis d. Mlllet, tho well-known artist
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4 nR1DGE TO MANCHESTER.

Mr.. Joseph Sadler's questions deserve
more than debate, for they imply IN
very definite and tangible way the IN
adequacy OF the means OF intercom-
smunicatfon between Richmond and
Manchester The present Free Bridge
may not be dangerously weak, but 1t
is certainly far from satisfactory, else
why are horses prevented from troi-
ting, why are guards stationed along
the bridge. and why are cars only al
lowed to pass each other over the
piers?
The Times Dispatch docs not desire
extravaganza or reckless expenditure
by the city government, but there may
very well be an economy that is sui
cidal. To all intents and purposes
Richmond and Manchester are one city.
They should have every possible ia
cility for dealing with each other. Man
chester affords great opportunities for
manufacturing and home sites, and
Richmond would not be able to main
tain Its bank clearings or general busi-
ness il Manchester We're to suffer.
e IL it were a question OF adding
10000 to our population, there could be
no doubt as TO the interest that would
be a.wakeoed. This question of suit
able bridge, however, is far more
definite. and, therefore, more import
ant. for it means the maintenance and
the protection Of the avenues between
this city and 10000 inhabitants With
out proper bridges between Richmond
and Manchester the cities can never
develop as they should. With them
tbs growth and prosperity Of each
city will be greatly increased
1t would be hard to imagine more
useful endeavor on the part OF the
Council than TO improve the bridges
between Richmond and Manchester
and we trust that Mr.. Sadler's ques,
tons will not prove fruitless.
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RELYING TO OURS.

John J. McGu1NNEss publishes a me-
| mortal poem in the Richmond Times
y Dispatch. 1t seems that the prefix Nc
doesn't prevent him from having an attach
ment for cemeteries..Hous,o Post.
Where is the lonesomest place on
earth?" asks the Richmond Times Dis
patch. .JIncle Joe" Cannon's band wagon
is one of the lonesomest.-Washingto
Herald.
Don't be too hard on the trusts" pleads
the Richmond Times Dispatch Maybe
they never had a mother" But they had
and they have. Everybody knows the tariff
is the mother of trusts.-Scwport News
Times Herald.
It may become necessary to r,s up a
special band wagon for the chaTlsston
rispatch and the Nashville American
Houston Post
Speaking of Governor Johnson's political
beliefs and expression, the Richmond
Times Dispatch predicts that when this
sort OF Democracy comes before the people
again they will give 1t the same welcome
that Grover Cleveland received in 1884 and
Don't be too hard on the trusts" pleads
the Richmond Times Dispatch. Maybe
they never had a mother" But they had
Dingley. and she has spoiled EN- to death.
Norfolk NirGinian-Pilot.
The Richmond Times Dispatch Is shocked
that the Lynchburs News should be root
ing in its editorial columns for its ball
team. This shows how contracted are the
views OF the Richmond paper; paper that
will not root for its ball team. editorially
poor stick. The Times Dispatch is away
behind the timcs.--C;reensboro Record
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Slow Count,

It will be a long time at tho pres
cnt rate of progress before it Is de-
cicled whether Mcclellan or Hearst was
legally Mayor of NewNYork. We have
always had the very highest regard for
Mayor Mcclellan, but his ATTEMPT to
retain his office. regardless Of tho
verdict of the ballots, has caused us
to wonder what kind OF honesty con-
trolls him. While William. r. Hearst
is not fitted to be Mayor, IL he had
II plurality OF the votes he ought TO
be seated The few boxes that have
been opened show gross Irregularities,
and il these continue it is easily pos
sible that Hearst was elected, hut
counted out,-Sprlngield Union,
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pic In tile soutl, Will continue to be
Il source Of Irritation and friction in
proportion to the number of illltcratc,
willie people IN the population. He
says that tile educated classes owned
tile negro before the war and are still
Ills best friends Just as they were be-
fore. The negro understands thu cdu-
Gated white, and the educated willie
understands the negro, and tile solu-
ton OF the so-cnlled negro problem
IS education of tile white people first
Buffalo News y = - =
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I,undoncrs' Delight.

One Is sometimes tempted to envy
Londoners, With all their urban de-
lights, they are so near other joys, too,
cuckoo and see the first swallow so
near Charing Cross as Kew Gardens,
yet that was my experience this year,
and. passing by clump OF fine trees,
sticks WAS n stork, placidly sitting on
her eggs and locking quite at holne.-
Manchester Guardian,