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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-07-29

: uo uuC discuss the weather, the pros
poets for crop and the political stu
alton. [ happened to be one of that
number, I am sorry to say, but it
gave me many an opportunity to hear
a good story. One day we were seat
ed in front of the store whiting on
Thompson's goods boxes, talking of
everything and everybody that we
could think of and, incidentally, tell
ing few stories just by way of keep
ing things lively. One of the boys
had just finished telling an absolutely
impossible bear story, when old man
Thompson came out of the store and
seated himself on a pickle barrel.
the old man had something on his
mind, so settling ourselves in the
most comfortable position possible
we waited patiently for the story we
felt sure was coming. Presently he
cleared his throat several times, as
was his habit before speaking. Said
y
We wus tellin' about a bear an hit
reminded me of a little fracus I got
into once, in my young days. [ wus
goin' to see a little girl that lived
four or five miles from where [ did
an I most always arranged things
SOS I could go over to her house
ever Sunday an kind O. hang around
till 10 or II o'clock at night an then
walk back home, arrivin' there long
about 12 or 1 o'clock. I had been
goin' to see her some time an had
got to where I liked her so we'll that
I begun to dress up considerable SO
as to win her favor by my good looks,
you know. I bought me a billed shirt
an standin' collar an turkey red
necktie an a long-tailed coat. She
said I looked awful dignified an
handsome in my new rags. Of course
I thanked her as polite as I could an
told her that was sure I didn't look
mOre'n half as good as she did. /
guess she took that as a compliment.
Wall things wus progressin' as nice
as could be expected, so one Sunday
night [ decided that the time had
come fer me to speak I stayed till
midnight a tryin' to get up courage
enough to pop the question, so the
said question failin' to pop I decided
that it would be best fer me to wait
an tell her of my great love fer her
the next time [ seen her when I could
have more time. So takin' my hat
I bowed my way to the door AS [
wus a goin down the steps she says:
4 hope you'll get home without any
thing a happenin' to ye. I says,
What happen to me?' She says,
oh, nothin', only pap said that some
body seed a bear in the swamp a
day or two ago. Good night. An,
with that she shut the door. Now [
had to go right through the swamp
she wus talkin' about to git home,
but never thought much more about
the bear till later on. When l got to
the swamp the moon had done gone
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reason L didn't run no Eastern [ did
wus jist cause I couldn't. I never
have been able to run that fast any
more. Somehow that night my feet
Wus kind O. Embossed, as the Teller
says, an all I lacked O. flynn wus jist
havin' wings. All the time that pant
in sound kept right up behind me.
[ didn't have time to look back, but
with my minds eye I could see that
bear two or three feet behind me
with his eyes a blazin', his mouth
open a disclosin' his monstrous teeth
an his tongue hangin' out as he wus
a pantin fer breath. On I flew like
the wind, as the Teller says, but al
ways that pantin' sound wus rite be-
hind me. Run fast as I might an l
couldn't Outrun it. I KEEP a thinkin'
that the bear would surely get tired
out an stop, but it KEEP right on about
the same distance behind me-
reached up to get my hat, but it wus
right straight up an I couldn't make
it lie down. All the time that darn
ed old bear wus pantin' steady be-
hind me. I tried to increase my
speed but it wouldn't increase none,
an perty soon [ could tell that in
place of increasin' it wus a decreas-
in. 1t seemed that the BEARS speed
wus a decreasin', too, which wus
lucky fer me, fer he didn't seem to
gain on me a bit All the time
KEEP a lookin' fer him to grab me by
my coat tails an lOvinly place his
paw around me an squeeze the Twin
life out O. me, while he proceeded to
eat his hard earned breakfast. But
an tireder he seemed to get. Finally
[ got so blamed tired an tuckered
out, as the Teller says, that [ jist
didn't see how I could go any further.
[ seen that I wus might near home,
but 7 wus that give out that I seen
couldn't go any further, so reachin
in my pocket I got out my jackknife
an openin' it I suddenly stopped an
turned around. Wall, sir, I felt as
though I could crawl through the eye
of a extra small needle, fer there
wasn't a thing to be seen anywhere.
[ begun to look all around fer bear
tracks, but there wasn't none to be
found. 1t wus plum clear to my
mind that I had been runnin' fer
nothin' I kind O. eased my feelins
by sayin' a few gentle words that
never learned at Sunday school.
After my spell had sort O. wore off
begun to look around fer the thing
that caused that pantin' noise. An
what do you reckon it was? Wall,
sir, I found out that it was them
gosh darned old coat tails rubin
an f1oppin' agin' my wet pantaloOns.
[ never went to see that girl any
more I wus so grieved. She said it
nearly broke her heart when I quit
goin' to see her, but perry soon she
married another Teller. What did 1
do? I sold that blamed old long
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-07-29
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LID MAN THOMPSON'S gro
Gerry store was a favorite
gathering place for all the
men of the little village of
The Washington herald., 1909-04-01
Sassafras and the Tariff.

We regret 10 note that the Payne tariff
hin is silent in respect or sassafras. that
great friend OF the common people
and reputed dispeIer Of that tired feel
ing inevitably Incident to the subtle eyo-
luton Of the glad and gleesome spring
time.
Ssssafrss ought 20 be on the free list
specifically. emphaticaUy. and unequivo-
cally Il should be there not alone be-
cause Of The proposed tax on tea. but
very much for that reason. nevertheless.
Besides the vast quantity grown in this
country. IT fourishes bountifully in Aus
trala, New Zealand. Brazil. and Chile.
Each variety has its own peculiar quail
fcations as something from which NAV
be concoc.ed q wholesome. healthful. pal
atable drink and its widespread use
would tend, therefore. to make US happie-
and more nearly at peace with mankind
in general
There are wise physicians in this dav
and tire who hoot at the humble sassa-
fras in so far as concerns its alleged tonic
and Alternative attributes. Il may be that
they are right, and that sassafras has
no particularly logical or sensible stand.
ing in the materia medica But none Of
them attach any harmful effects to its
assimilation in the form Of beverage
save. perhaps. such as might result from
imbibing an unsnillful brew. So the ben
eft Of every doubt may be given sassa-
fras. no matter whether we accept the
germ theory Of disease. or bark back 10
more ancient ideas. and see in sassafras
a highly potent and valuable drug. II
no specific physical benefit follows its
use. nothing by way OF harm is ever
attendant in it's train. And that after
all, is probably more than one may say
OF tea or coffee.
Wherefore. delighting as we do to raise
a voice. even as one crying in the viii
derness. in behalf OF the downtrodden
consumer now and then, We demand, in
The Washington herald., 1909-04-01
Pneumonia and March 4.

From the Springfield Uniou-
The National Capital is reapiuE the e.
fects of Inauguration day weather in a
large number Of pneumonia cases. the
deaths from this cause in a recent week
being 80 per cent in excess Of the normal
rate II the statistics could be gathered
from all over the country there is little
doubt that the showing would be so ap-
palling az 70 produce an immediate popu-
lar demand for she change IN the date
OF Inauguration. so often urged I'm a
sporadic way. but without success.
Eventually this change undoubtedly VIII
come. II II were not for the lie and
suffering that can be saved. the fixing Of
later date for this important event
would be well worth while for the pur-
pose of enabling the throngs Of visitors
to see the Capital city when il is look
ing its best.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-01
HUMORs OF THE TARIFF.
How Consumer l. Deceived In Al
legged Reductions.

legged Reductions.
Frum the Chicago Tribune.
There are in the Payne tarin bin "a Few
illustrations Of the INGENIOUS way in
which a duty can be raised. while the
artless consumer is made 10 believe that
IL has been lowered.
Take, for instance. Enoleum. an article
of common use among those who are not
particularly well 10 do. Under the pres
ent law there is a duty of cents a
square yard and Is per cent al vaIorem
on all under twelve feet in width On
all over that width the duty IS % cents
a yard and % per cent Id vsiorem. The
Ways and Means Committee in its sum
mary OF reductions says "LinoIeum
above nine feet from 20 cents a square
yard and 80 per cent ad valorem % =
cents and - per cent ad valorem~
This IS an Increase. not a decrease
There were imported a year ago about
$4,000 square yards Of UnoIeum above
twelve feet in width and 4.S7t.o00 square
Yards under that width Probably three
tourths % the goods paying the lower
duty ranged in width from over nine feet
20 nearly twelve feet So what really is
proposed is that the bulk of the fmDorta-
uons shall pay q cents more o square
yard than ar present.
Here is "a display Of ingenuity nor oT a
praisewoTthy kind The consumers nav
not be able 20 See any FUN in the joke.
The Pennsylvan4a manufactures who
asked for and got the higher duty do see
the fun or H.
ln The case Of cast polished plate glass
an attempt IS made % make an increase
in a duty seem harmless by coupling with
it nominal decrease. The duties on AN
sizes under 20 square inches are raised
Thar covers the sizes employed for fu-ni-
ture purposes The duties on the larger
sizes are lowered. Taking the 1917 im-
portations as q basis this would mean
higher duties ou about $4,000 pounds az
glass and a decrease on 1S098f The
American manufacture can stand that
trifing cut. Tor he has a protection oE
l55 per cent on the larger sizes.
The farmer and the working1lan would
be profoundly grateful 20 Congress for
legislation giving them cheaper window
glass. They Tejoiced. doubtless. VIXEN
they saw that mentioned among the arsi-
. cles on which duties were 20 le reduced
The laugh IS on them, not on the mann
facturers The duty Pc reduced a little
on cylinder. crown, and common Wuraovr
glass above 24X20 lncmhes. but not on tra
lower sizes TIE in1porta-i0ns under tha;
size amount 90 31.o9oe70 pounds. and those
above it 10 about l.6uooo
One gIass manufacture WAS honest
enough 10 write 20 the Wavs ana Means
Committee that his industry could Stand
a cut Of - per cent So 10 can. The diff
/ ference between the cost OF production
OF "a SQUARE foot of polished plate glass
IN Belgium and the United States IS a
little over cents The prese-t tariff
gives as much protection as II the diff
i ference were Z cents The consumer ~
This article of universal use is paving TOO
much for il now The Committee or
+ Ways and Means should have made gen
Uine instead OF sham reductions. Prob
+ ably IL reckoned that consumers would
{ Pc too dull 10 see that they were being
humbugged.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-01
THREE WINS OUT OF FIVE.
Wall street Conditions All Favor
the Insiders

John Fau. in Ereubody's Magazine.
There is nothing more sordid in Wall
street than the use that is made IN the
stock market by Insiders directors. bank
ers, and their Ike Of information acces-
sible only 20 themselves. They have the
first Information of changes in earnings:
they are able TO anticipate dividend
changes months ahead, they know what
financial transactions are impending. as.
for instance, an increase Of stock. II they
made use OF their knowledge in direct
way as buying on favorable develop
ments or selling on those Of an unfayor-
able nature, that would be bad enough.
But when. being m possession OF favor
able knowledge, they begin by manipulst-
ing the stock down To induce others 10
sell that they may buy more easily, or.
on unfavOrahle knowledge. pursue the or
posite tactics il is indefensible
This sort OF thing. however. is so much
taken for granted that professional stock
exchange traders habitually sell a stock
on any favorable announcement which
the insiders must have known was COM
ing. Why2 Because the insiders have
probably loaded up with stock al lower
prices and VIII now be willing 70 sell.
Hence the axiom: Sell on good news.
the insiders have discounted H. Buy on
bad news, and for the same reason.
To be right the odd time IN fve IS All
that any experienced speculator hopes
for. The margin between profit and loss
is very slender. No less an authority
than James r. Eeene has said: with
all the money I spend for Information
and with all the experience / have. the
best that I can do Is TO be right four
times IN seven. II I could be right three
times In five. l would have more money
than I should know what 10 90 with.
The difference between four times IN
seven, his average. and three times in
Eve, which was more than he could ex-
pect, is once in thirty-five times
Ponder this well. We who wonder why
you lose money IN Wall street. What
chance have you for the odd time in I'VE.
which satisfies the professional against
men who command the machinery Of ma
nipu,ation. have all the information first,
and a great deal OF the time control the
news that makes prices 40 up and down.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-01
DESERTION AND DIVORCE.
Significance OF the Principal Cause
Of Legal Separations.

From The Bastou Herald
Tt is significant that by Tar the most
frequent cause Of divorce IS desertion.
DEGREES on this ground are not neces-
riiy. not always an evil from the secu-
lar point OF view. There are in every
community many diss0lute. improvident
husbands who depend for living on the
hard toll OF their wives. In time most
OF them are thrown OUT or driven away
10 look out for themselves. 4 divorce IN
such a case leaves the wife free 10 devote
her earnings 20 the benefit OF her chill
dren without annoyance. There are other
husbands who. IN periods Of business de-
preston especially. tire OF the burden Of
maintaining a family. and quietly disap-
pear. cruelty abandoning those whose
support is their first duty Doubtless the
prolonged hard times following the panic
~ 1873 had much % do with the dismal
divorce statistics or 5000. 4 Chicago
charity Official declares that there are
more than 5000 deserted wives IN that
community. So frequent IS desertion thar
i- has been made a penal onense IN
nearly every State. SO that the deserters
may be extradited wherever found.
Divorces on the grounds Of nonsupport
and desertion thus make I'd the largest
part of the statistics. and something may
be said IN defense or the wife who pro-
teCts herself and her children from the
abuse Of a worthless husband by means
% tie courts However grave the record
may be. IL does not warrant the opinion
that The divorce evil has invaded the So
clety of respectable and representative
americans The statement Is official that
the marriage rate is higher In this coun-
Try than In any other and that the Illegal
unions are fewer This is not consistent
with the idea Of @ common divorce evil
The Washington herald., 1909-04-01

From the Ner Tcrk Nau
There was less than o401 different
surnames i'm the country in 1-s0, OF which
almost half appeared but once. Here are
The leading family names Of that time
with the number OF individuals respond
ing 10 each- smith. SS.2i5, Brown. 1910:
Davis. 1880; Jones. 1EaH. johnson. IA
0oi; Clark. 1876. Williams. lo.a-- Miller.
l2694; Wilson. 9757. These nine names
represented about & per cent Of the total
white population in 1880 The English
stock composed S5.5 per cent or an TIE
white population in 1870. and II the
Scotch and Irish. be added. the British
stock composed more than o. Ter cent
the Germans contributed less than 8 Der
cent and the Dutch pr cent In 1870
the white population was about evenly
divided between the descendants OF per-
sons enumerated in 1870 and the descend
ants OF later arrivals
The Washington herald., 1909-04-01
A DAY OF FOOLS.

If all the fools would only play their silly lot Of tricks to-day,
and ther pretend that they Until All Fools Day
brick would Oolhly repne when stumbling Ger henpen
that testers stretched walk to make folks fall
around the block. would take quite 50 hard that am
packing round card inviting people to kick and do oft
and do quick The eworn Jokes might well begule April
hour and smile there only ronclad rules prohib
ing buoyant fools from spreading folly through the year
that's asking far too much fear. WALT Mason
tCoyrrght by Gerss Adausj
The Washington herald., 1909-04-01
Mr.. Taft's Offer to DR.. Eliot.

President Taft has done a popular and
a eommendable thing in Offering to
Charles W. Eliot the post of Ambassador
TO Great Britain. There has been a grow
ing feeling throughout the country that
our representatives abroad should stand
for something more than social position
or vast wealth: that they should be dis
tinguished for other qualities than those
Of the showy entertainer with plenty OF
cash at his back. The issue which was
successfully fought out az Berlin needs
20 be met in London also. BY sending
Dr. Eliot thither we should be returning
10 the loftier traditions Of an earlier day.
when our ENJOYS TO the Court Of ST.
James were the best products Of our civ
ilizaiOn. exempllfying our Intellectual
life and our democracy and true Ameri-
years held a commanding position in
American life His influence has been
felt from one end Of the land to the
other, and it has always been exercised
for the higher things of our civilization.
Moreover, he is a true interpreter of the
American genius and a firm believer in
American Institutions. He would be rep
resentative Of our best character and
purpose.
All that mars this happy selection IS
the meager provision the United States
makes for the support and emoiument OF
its ambassadors. DR.. Eliot, Ike every
other man Of his stamp. must wrestle
with the question whether he can afford
to live IN London as American Anlbassa-
dor. We hope he may be able to answer
il in the affirmative. But # is a question
which Congress should not compel men
OF small means and great abilities 10 con-
slider. One OF the extraordinary mean
nesses Of Congressional economy is this
very matter OF ambassadorisI salaries
and perqulsites. II has resulted. as has
been shown over and over again. in
throwing the diplomatic service into the
hands Of wealthy aspirants for social
distinction. or in parceling out diplomatic
posts 10 heavy contributors to party
funds. Yet Congress has repeatedly re-
fused to apply the simple remedy OF pro-
viding a sufficient salary. not necessarily
an extravagant one. and reasonably
commodious establishment.
To assure Dr. ElioTs acceptance OF
the London post. some enthusiastic Har-
ward men are said to have proposed the
raising OF a fund to exc out the ambas-
sadorial salary The mere suggestion
should put Congress 10 shame. Our am
bassadors should not be dependent on
their own funds or the funds OF others.
They should be provided for by the gov
ernment which sends them abroad, and
Harvard men could do no better service
TO the country than 10 insist that Con-
gress adjust ambassadorial emolument 20
proper standard. In view of the pres
ent New England aseendeney in that
body particularly in the Senate. we
should judge this a good time TO press
a very necessary reform.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-01

From the Philadeiphia Pres.
Congress must decide IN the end. The
national legislature votes the money.
But definite budget which has the
weight OF the administration behind f..
cut. pruned. and adjusted TO suit reve-
nnes, VIII have an authority and re-
sponsibility never enjoyed by the ran
dom Independent estimates OF depart
ments- II Congress Increases on such
a careful budget OF expenses. Congress.
and Congress alone, viii be responsible
The need Of the day is economy in ad-
ministration. and President Tafrs plan
IS the true path TO intelligent economy
The Washington herald., 1909-04-01

From the Baltimore sun
Several years ago Congress passed a
law to conserve the beauty Of Niagara
Falls by prescribing the quantity Of water
that might be taken out of the river
above the falls for power plants. The
law was 70 expire by limitation June 80
next. the idea being that by that time a
pending treaty with Canada. dealing with
the matter. would be ratified. But the
treaty has not been ratified, and in the
last days of the Congress preceding the
present one a resolution having a like
object in view-the conservation OF the
falls-was rushed through both Houses Of
Congress. The period within which an
arrangement may be made with Canada
is extended for two years For two years
longer. accordingly. bridal couples on
their honeymoon may cuddle up 10 the
falls. assured that their murmurs OF un-
dying love and labial smacks win not be
heard
The Washington herald., 1909-04-01

ence TO the Guayana boundary dispute
and, Indirectly. for President Cleveland's 3
famous message on that subject which
caused so much CONSERVATION in England.
These Nenezuelans have reason 70 be
grateful 10 the Americans-and until CAS-
tro's time they were, a fact that made
Il. generally speaking. easier and pleas
anter for this country's envoy 10 Cara
cas-. but IN many ways increased his re-
sponsibility.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-01
Rear Admiral Converse.

Rear Admiral George A. Converse. L.
s. n, retired. who died at hls home in
this city on Monday night failed OF the
fame which makes a name a household
word He had none OF the inclinations
which would ever have made him a spec
tacular leader. His modesty OF bearing.
his unwillingness 10 pose. his determins-
ton to make service interests more con-
spicuous than his individual opinions.
contributed 10 this lack OF what so many
men in public life regard as a reward OF
virtue-popular applause
But he was no less a hero by all the
standards which justify public recogni-
ton Of that type. He served the country
IN many important and responsible POSI-
tions. on shore and at sea. His active
career extended to the very day OF his
death. and since he reached the retiring
age he had been especially valuable in an
advisory capacity as president Of the
naval board Of construction. He was one
Of the abIest Of ordnance officers. having
~
and was an independent. conscientious
chief OF the Bureau OF Navigation. dis
charging the perplexing duties Of that
office with impartiality which operated in
the face Of political interference. Rear
Admiral Converse was the type OF naval
officer who reflected great credit upon the
service. His unfalterfng adherence TO
what he believed 10 be right. his deter
minaton 10 stand by the best interests Of
the service as he recognized those inter
ests. and his exalted standard of personal
character marked Rear Admiral Converse
as a man whose life might well be taken
as an incentive TO the younger members
OF the naval profession and as worthy
example of American citizenship. Rear
Admiral Converse was the sort Of man
n whom public tribute may be unhesi-
tatingly and unreservedly given.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-01
THE NEW TARIFF.

They've fixed the tariff suTo enough
IN Mans own bEnrliug way.
They've raised the rate ON WCmCn's stuff.
80 lot us 70 the fray.
FuTs feathers glove. pcrfl mcTy
Tis thus the list begins:
Thev' We also raised the tax on tea
and ornamental pins
Who wants free hides ana IRON orc;
Who called Tor croton oii2
Whatever basic Stag may be.
J hope tho stuff VII spoil.
The free list teens with terms like these.
And 70 their other sins
They add that awful tax on tea
And ornamental pins
4 "necessity'' is cofce-
Men drink Il everywhere;
Brt why Is tea a luxury.
Like Manufactured hair!
They lower he rate on hutchers knives
on timber. drugs ard tins.
But what 4 fancy coats and tea
And Ornamental pins2
Sister Women. rise with me:
I Pledge my faith 20 you
In stesaiing caps n fragrant tea
Il matters not what brew.
Fight till you sec that tea is free;
The valiant fighter wins:
Than feht Tor free perfuniery
Ard ornamental pins.
-Clarice w. Rilcy. IN the Philadelphia Public
cdgG.