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The Venezuelan Affairs
washington Post.)

0WaShingtOn Post)
The administration, having waited
in vain for the Senate to act upon
the Venezuelan question has now sew
cred diplomatic relations with Vene-
zuela, and there is a mild suggestion
that a serious situation may develop
if President Castro does not take the
hint and comply with American de-
mands 1t is reported that Venezuela
is also in trouble with Holland, and
that Castro is rapidly drifting into
complications which threaten both
war and revolution.
We do not think the administration
will go so far as to make a display
of force against Venezuela. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has been exceedingly
deliberate in the matter of the claims
against that government He has
apparently regarded them as lacking
in merit somewhere or as being in
yolved in such doubt as to make it
impolitic to press Castro to the wall
There has been no sign of Roosevelt
ian energy in the prosecution of the
case, and this fact is good reason for
believing that the President will
not now make these claims the basis
of forcible action. Secretary Roots
last note to Venezuela was vigorously
worded it is true; but there was
no hint in it that the United States
would go beyond the bounds of dip
lomatic endeayor in pressing it's de-
mand
There is not discernable any sign
that the American public favors a
demonstration against Venezuela On
the contrary, it seems probable that
any steps tending toward the use
of force would be unpopular The
merits of the American claims are
not understood by the public, and
there is a tendency to quote the
maxim "Cayeat emptor," even grant
irg that the claims are meritorious.
The Amer iCdGs who invested money in
Venezuela were bound % abide by the
decisions of the Venezuelan c,s5-.'.ts
Now if these courts rendered iniqui-
tous judgments at Castro's order. as
is alleged, it is evident that the United
States cannot enforce collection of
the claims without making the most
serious allegations against the Vene-
zuelan~ government and its courts.
President Castro could not be expect
ed to acknowledge that the govern
ment and courts are corrupt He
does, in fact, make vehement denial
of the allegation. His presentation
of his cause does not lack force or
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company All that the public
naon and within its ability
completion With this
unnecessarily crtc
certainly be hoped that this will the
recently will
ing plant they want the
have been called for
DO not expect all Of these things day
continued of
within reasonable time We
The gentlemen interested the
erd the contract will be completed the
generally
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WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT

The
ed with
Americas will repetition
the i a depends
tendency
the
it n possible
spirit by
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-30

Next to having money, the most
important thing is how to take care
of it-how best to invest it.
A Banking Institution of this kind
cannot only care for your financial
interests in a careful, conservative
way-giving you abundant banking
facilities in every department of fin
ance-bUt can also give you valuable
aid and advice about investments and
securities. Open an account with
the Bank of South Western Georgias
Savings Department and enjoy the
advantages that accrue
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-30
FIREWORKS THAT TALK
ARE FRENCH INVENTION

Paris, June Fireworks which
not only please the eye, but also are
canable of reproducing patriotic SEN
timents, Was ts11}c. subject. ef q al,ccy;seei
communication read today before the
French Academy of Science.
Inventors of vocal fireworks, Geor-
ges and Ginetave Laudet, who have
been working on the system three
years, by the arrangement of differ
ent explosives, are able now to pro-
duce both vowels and consonants.
A railroad cartride of their design
will be able to cry "Stop!" and set
piece for July IA, to cry give la Re
publique"
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plausibility, and jt'lias had some
weight in this country
of the Venezuelan case to say that
the American government Is not quite
sure that it is right If this be true,
it is hardly likely that It will go
aheaA' At any rate much more in
formation would be demanded by the
people before they would approve any
warlike steps The American people
have never gone into q war without
feeling sure they were right they
would probably hesitate before ap-
proving even a righteous war which
might leave another large semiciyili.
zed region on their hands.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-30

Tom Hardwick is going to have
plenty of fun in his district in the
next congressional race. Two candi.
dates are already in the field. If the
people really studied the interests
of the district, of the state and of the
country, they would begin to serious
ly consider the advisability of re
turning Fleming to his old seat in
the House.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-30

Tax paying for others should stop.
1t is prolific source of corruption
This is one reform that all citizens
interested in the political welfare of
the state might well unite. on. The
man, white or black. who allows
others to pay his taxes puts himself
in the hands of the payees when cleo
ton day comes and that is the real
reason for which his taxes are paid.
There is no use in beating the devil
around the stump. Poll tax paying
simply means vote buying. Let's get
rid of it and reduce corruption to
1T extent at least.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-30

A slur is cast upon John Temple
Graves and his knowledge of Georgia
politics, by the Rome Herald
when that paper says: John Tenn
pie Graves has written delightful
editorial on the Georgia watermelon
That is something he knows more
about than Georgia politics."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-30

A correspondent disturbs the Geor-
gian with the question: What is an
unselfish politician One who con
sents to accept an office only after
being repeatedly importuned by his
friends of course The variety
abounds and can be distinguished
without the use of a microscope.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-30

The making of new counties seems
to be without end. Six more are pro-
posed. This simply means six more
sets of politicians to have jobs and be
fed out OF the public crib A little To-
cal vanity is a costly luxury under
such conditions Georgia has enough
counties now. There is no use in
reducing them to the peanut size tc
make places for men yearning fol-
political Offices.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-30

When a congressional funeral party
made a trip in the good old times it
was said that it was easy to trace its
route by the bottles along the line of
railroad As much will not be said of
the Georgia legislative trip to Chatta-
nooga-unless it be on the return
trim
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-30

Sumter is rejoicing in her peach
crop and has no envy Of the Long
Island farmers who are tickIed over
a record Irish potato harvest. Sum
ter county is some on 'taters her
self, it might be mentioned.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-30

The more the people think about
it the more they wonder why the G
o. P nominated Sherman for vice
president. He isn't a drawing card of
any especial agnitude,-unless he
draws on the pocketbooks of the
trusts. ct al
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The whole legislature expects to
get in the same class with Mr. Bette
man on Friday By the way, how are
we going to get immigrants now that
the Betjeman pass is a thing of the
past?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-30

A New Jersey preacher advised the
men of his congregation to let their
wives have the last word Any mar
ried man could tell him that such adj
vice is absolutely unnecessary.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-30

The Jacksonville Times-Union says
Hearst is the most persistent and I'M
reasonable wilmer in the whole long
list of defeated politicians.
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Americas, Ga, June 80, 1908.

When the directoire gown hits
Georgia cities it will not be necessary
to go to Tybee to watch the fair bath
erS.
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1t is reported that Bryan said he
would not run with Johnson on sec
ond base. Hooray! Lets confirm the
report, and insist on Johnson.
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The Sultan has conferred the or
der of Chefkat on Mrs. Roosevelt
Women object to being called an old
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6:lO p. he legislators hit Chattanoo-
" the brewery will be a
aness. We trust that
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-26

I'VE was goin' south at pretty
lively gait. for US. The Nancy WASH
so overly swift, but OF Shadrac was a
master sailor, an he could push that
boat along about as fast as the next
one, an when it come to dodgin' there
wasn't anybody could beat him. DOdg-
in was always his long suit. Well, as
was sayin', we was maxim for the
Horn as spry as we could, when, one
day, a big bunch o. canvas come into
sight behind us. An it was comm
some. 1t wasn't long until we could
see it was a brig, an it carried a
Union Jack. Captain Jim wasn't feel
in sociable. and he put on all sail to
set out o the big fellows way; but she
was faster than we was, an pretty
soon she fired a gun an commenced
maxim signals. The skipper was 'nad
as a wet hen. He didn't want to have
any conversation just then, and he
wouldn't even take the glass to look
at the signals. If they'd a-had an hour
or two more time they'd have over
hauled us right there, 1 guess, but it
came dark pretty soon, an then the
captain made up his mind to get away
from 'em before mOrnin'.
1T so happened that just then we
was off the western entrance to the
Magellians, an as soon as the big Ship
was hid by the darkness the skipper
headed straight for that hole in the
wall. When daylight COME we was in
sight o. the entrance. an the brig
wasn't to be seen. Still oil Shadrach
knew they'd be on our track before
long. so without hesitatin' a bit he
stuck the Nancy's nose into tho chan
mel an started through. All day long
we sailed an at night we hove to, for
you've got TO have daylight In that
strip o. water. 1t amt safe for even
a steamer TO run through there in the
dark. Next mornin' we went on an
we was beginnin' to think we'd given
the brig the shake for sure, when along
about six bells in the mornin' watch
we sighted her turnin' a corner about
twenty knots in our wake.
"Then there was somethin' doin' on
the Nancy. Also some cussWords from
the skipper An the brig was shakin'
out flags and shootin' off guns like she
was celebratin the Fourth 90 Julv.
They certainly wanted US bad. We
twisted around a bend an lost sight Of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-26
CHASE THROUGH STRAITS

to want to catch us pretty bad. You
see. we was knOckin' aroun' them wa
tiers in a little 300-tOn schooner, picki.l'
up a cargo wherever we could an TAX
in 1t wherever it was wanted an no
questions asked. Jim Shadrach was
the skipper, and the boat was his own.
When il was at home at Gloucester il
was known as the Nancy Bell but ev-
cry once in a while when it was below
the line Jim would give it new name.
Just at that time he was calm it Ell
PTintO, which means pretty soon. we
slipped into a little port down below
Valparaiso one night and took or a
lot o barrels O stuff which we was to
carry round to the other side an land
somewhere in the Argentine. 1t was
supposed to be sugar, but it wasn't. I
never did really know what it was, for
Captain Jim wasn't in the habit of
talkin' out loud. But that didn't make
any difference to the crew. We was
mostly young fellows-that was a long
time ago, you understand-and we
wasn't interested in details o. that kind
so long as there was plenty O. grub an
excitement.
After We got loaded the fellow who
was shippin' the sugar came ABOARD
with man who looked like he had one
foot in the grave, and made arrange
ments with Captain Jim to take the
sick man around to Buenos said he
had just time to get there, and he had
private reasons for not Nantin' to
travel on the regular lines Captain
Jim didn't want to be bothered with a
sick passenger. or any kind of a pas
senger. for that matter, when he was
on a ticklish expedition, but somehow
the fellow persuaded him, and we
struck out for the Horn, with this
stranger, who was called Hardy, in the
cabin.
You know, sailin' vessels, as a rule
don't go through the Magellans. It's a
long ways around the Horn, and it's a
nasty trip in the best weather: but, at
that. it's safer than the straits for
there's all kinds of cross currents in
the channel, and in some places it's SO
narrow a sailin' vessel has hard time
to manOOVer. Then the winds that
come through that channel is some
thin fierce. Still, you can go through
there with sails. or Magellan himself.
you remember, didn't have any steam
with him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-26

her, but before We could reach another
turn she was on the same stretch a.
signalin' again. Captain Jim wOuldn {
pay no attention to the signals.
Wouldn't look to 'em, an he wouIdn' t
answer him. Just kept buzzin' along,
taCkin' just as little as possible an
getting over water as fast as he could.
We had little more advantage in the
channel for, bein' smaller, we had
more elbow room than they did, but
still the brig was faster than we was,
an if it hadn't been that Captain Jim
was such a dodger, they'd a caught
us sure that day. 1t was about the
eScitinest bit o sailin' I ever expert
we was goin' on the rocks on one side
or the other. or Shadrach didn't have
no notion o surrenderin', though. 1t
was a mighty serious thing for him to
be caught. At least he thought 1t was.
An he pushed the Nancy along for all
she'd stand.
That night he didn't stop when
dark come. 1t was a desperate chance,
but he took it. An it wasn't so des-
perate, either, as we thought it was,
for he knew what he was about an
we didn't. There's all kinds O. inlets
and bays in the Magellans, and Shad-
TdCn Knew jill OF EN- ike Il DOCK. III
the dark that night he swung into a
little pocket on the north side an
come to anchor. 1t wasn't much big
ger than mill pond, and the noun
tafns rose up all around, but we was
out O. sight o. the main channel, an
there we stayed for three whole days.
I'VE thought he'd slip out take the
back track and double the horn, as
he'd intended to do first. But, no, ne
wouldn't. He'd come through the worst
part o the channel already, an. by
jinks, he was goin' the rest o. the way,
OF.go to the bottom. An that's what
we did. No, didn't go to the bottom
We sneaked out O. that hole and mate
for the east side, just feelin' our way,
eXpectin every minute to run mo that
trig or the rocks. But we didn't see
anything of her. We slipped past
Arenas in a rain that hid us from
shore-the straits wide there you
know, an the next day we rounded
Cape Virgin and sailed out into the At
lantic. Still no brig. Captain Jim was
nightly pleased with himself then, you
bet.
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Captains Guilty Conscience Led
to Fast Trip in Dangerous Waters.

But Just then storm struck US. It
was a regular ring-tail tWiSter. 1t car
RED off all the canvas, snapped our
nasts like they was matches, Lrrke
our rudder and got four of orr men.
We was helpless as q cork, ali for
four days we CavOrted around that
ocean just hOldin' on to whatever
seemed nailed down tightest. Then all
OF a sudden the rain stopped the wind
died down. the sun came out, an it's a
mighty hard thing to believe, but it's a
fact, there, not over mile away, was
that didswizzled brig. lookin' as fr-sh
an clipper as if she'd just been takia'
her morning bath. They spied us; as
soon as we saw them, an they made
for us. We couldn't get away frcm
EN- this time. We had to wait and
take our medicine, an it wasn't long
cCmin'. In about half an hour one OF
their officers came alongside in a boat
an boarded us.
rs this the Pronto?' he says, frs
thing.
1T was said Captain Jim, broken
hearted.
Have you got a passenger named
Hardy?' he says.
Say, we'd clean forgot about that
fellow. He hadn't stuck his nose out %
the cabin since we started
1--WE have says Captain Jim. What
do you want with him.
well said the officer of the brig
you're a fine lot o. sailors, YOU arr
Here we've been chasin' you all over
the southern hemisphere Just to deliver
a message. We've been signalin' at YOU
and shOOtin' at you an runnin' after
you from ocean to ocean, just to let
your passenger know his uncle's dead
an that he's the Baron of Boomtarara
or somethin' or other. an they want
him to come home. It seems 10 me
sir. he says to Captain Jim, that you
got Il mighty mean disposition or 2
mighty guilty conscience
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-26
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch.)


This little trip O. Bob Evans fleet
down one side and up the other is goin'
to learn us Americans a lot o. geogra-
ply, if it don't do anything else" said
the passenger from Kankakee, after
the party in the smoking compartment
had settled all the technical and tao
teal questions involved in the great
voyage.
Now l always had an idea." went
on the man from Kankakee, that Rio
what-you-may-ca down there ia
Brazil, was about the size Of Peoria.
Ill. and about two centuries behind
jefferson City, Mo. Now, by jinks, /
find out that she's got a million o.
people, an don't stand back even for
Chicago, when 1t comes to bein' Up to
date"
Yes, and | always supposed you
could fit through the Straits of Ma
geIlan in a rowboat in half daJ,
said the red-headed man, in the corner.
That's the way it looks on the map.
But I've lust learned that the passage
is 400 miles long. Just think Of it! AL
most as far as from Pittsburg to st.
Louis. Why, if anybody had told me
that six months ago | wouldn't have
believed it, Now, I'll swallow any
thing
There's a heap o things in this
world that people who stay at home
don't know anythin' about" remarked
a grizzled old chap. who had taken no
part in the previous conversation. "A
man can learn from books. but it's
mighty hard 10 get things in the right
proportion until he sees en- with his
own eyes. Now, there hasn't been any =
thin, surprisin' to me about this trip
everybody's talkin' so much about. for
I've been over the line myself. / went
through that blame corkscrew channel
once; went through II lickitysplit, with
out stoppin' anywhere for receptions;
an there was times when | thought
we'd never get TO the other end of Il
alive. unless we got out and walked. "
why were you in such a hurry
inquired the red-headed man in the
corner. just to draw the glizzly out.
We'll" said the old fellow, as he
knocked the ashes from his pipe and
refilied. I'VE had to be. There was an
other ship a-chasin US, an they seemed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-26

quick run down the stairs, or 90 off
an leave him to dislocate his neck try
in to see the small of his back in the
mirror; when in comes Pinckney, with
that little sparkle in his eyes that I've
come to know means any kind of sport
you're a mind to name.
Hello" says he, givin' the Baron a
hand. You found him, Ell? Hello
Shorty. Got it all fixed, have your"
Say" says I, puIlin' Pinckney over
by the window, did you put this up on
me?"
He said he didn't, honest
Then take your fat friend by the
hand" says l, ''and lead him off where
things amt liable to happen to him.
why, what's up. Shortly" says he.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-26
AS THINGS LOOK TO THEM.

Chicago RecordHerald.)
Pa says that things look very dark,
But ma keeps hopeful right along;
She says there's no use feelin' blue,
For right will triumph over wrong.
Mas got q lot of fine new clos,
And ali her words are full of cheer;
l guess that pa will have to wear
The spring suit which he got last ye
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-26

Well. he did, and a lot more. 1t seems
that the Baron was a ringer fin the set
where Sadie and PinCkney had been do
in the weekend house party act. He'd
been travelin' on that handle of his,
maxim some broad jumps and quick
shifts, until he'd worked himself up,
from a visitors card at d secOnd-rate
downtown club, to the kind of folks
that quit New York at Easter and
don't come back until the snow flies
again. They don't squint too close az
title in that crowd, you know.
First thing the Baron hears, of course,
is about the DTOWsy Drop dollars and
the girl that's got EN-. He don't lose
any time after that in maxim up to
Sadie. He freezes to her like a Park
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-26

Haven't you given him your blessing,
and told him to go in and VIM"
! Switch off,. says ]. I've heard
enough of that from the Baron to last
me a year. What's it all about, any,
way? Suppose he has laid his plans
to miznerize Sadie; what's he want to
/ come hollerin' about it TO me for? I'm
no matrimonial referee, am -"
! | knew sOmethin' was ticklin Finck-
ney inside; but he put up front like
a special sessions judge. Baron" says
he, calm over to PatchOuli, Il forgot
to mention that our friend, the pro-
fessor, doesn't understand the Euro
pean system of conducting such af-
fairs as this. If you'll pardon me- I'll
make it clear to him.