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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-02
1t Concerns Y0u All

You may think that we give too much space
to affairs in Georgia, but we don't. Those
things that we are exposing and combating in
this State, need exposure and opposition in all
the states Throughout this Union, private
companies of capitalists are besieging legisla-
lures for chartered rights to grab private and
public property
These ravenous syndicates harp tunefully
about bringing in foreign capital to develop
local resources They sing like altruists, and
the very perspiration of their sleek and indie
fatigable lobbyists smells like the essence Of
philanthropy and patriotic civism.
But everywhere the spirit of these marau-
ders is the same. Whether wolfshly Selling
upon water-powers in Montana, or stealthily
steering Eminent Domain bills in Georgia,
the purpose is identical. To take away from
the people that which ought never be exploit
ed by private dollar chasers; to snatch from
private citizens that which they wish to keep;
to enthrone the corporation in such way
that future generations will be powerless to
escape the payment of perpetual tribute
these are the sordid motives that actuate each
and all of the franchise grabbing syndicates.
They are as busy as bees IN every state.
Therefore, what we print about corporation
encroachments, in Georgia. IS of national CON-
sequence.
See how it is in Texas! Did not Attorney
General r. V. Davidson win national APP
plause by the splendid fight that he made
against the devouring syndicates?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-02
Paragraph Philosobhy

The wit is often the sage. In one sentence,
Rochefoncauld condenses the wisdom which
another would spread over page. With
single line, Josh Billings often stated great
truth which would set the whole country
thinking and laughing.
In John j. Ottingger the Washington ID.
o. Post has Photographer who is endowed
with the same wonderful gift.
Here is a sentence, taken at random from
current issue of his paper:
High prices make it very hard to live up to
what other people think we ought to spend'
The Duke of Rochefoucauld himself never
packed more truth and humor in one line.
If you will subject yourself to a rigid cross
examination, for the purpose of finding out
how much you spend because of the opinions
and the standards established by others, you
will be astonished to learn how little your cost
of living is controlled by your individual and
independent preferences in the matter.
Your wife, your children, your neighbor,
your friend, your enemy, your rival in bust
ness or In society, the standards fixed by peo-
pie who are dead, the charity broker, the pas
tor, the editor, these are the people who de-
eide what you ought to spend. To have any
peace at all, you shell out
You likewise tip the waiter, the bell-boy,
the porter, the cabman, and the janitor
Selah.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-02
PAGE THIRTEEN

In Missouri, did not Attorneys General
Folk and Hadley do the same thing?
In Florida, Claude L'Engle made as gallant
a struggle as anybody, anywhere, has made
against the Northern trusts which have mas
tered that peninsula though he lost, the
struggle is not ended.
So, in Arkansas and Mississippi, the states
are graphing with the syndicates. In every
state the war is on. You see it in the prosecu-
ton OF the notorious corruptionist Pat Cal
houn, in California. You see it in the at
tempts to punish the venal Judge who in the
State of Washington, accepted the written
opinion of James j. Hills lawyer, and made
it the Judgment of the court.
You see it in the desperate efforts Los An
geles is making to prevent Hartman from
stealing Pearl Harbor.
You see it in the magnificent battle Pinchot
is waging to thwart the plot of Ballinger and
the Power Trust, in the matter of bouncing
upon power-sites
In fact, you see it everywhere No state in
the Union is safe from the inordinate greed of
corporate capital, Therefore, read and CON
slider what we say about affairs in Georgia 5
and then see if it doesn't apply to your state,
too
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-02

was Governor or some other public officer,
and ne sent circulars through the mails Of
ferlng reward to whoever would k5d,aup ex-
Governor Taylor, and run him back into Ken
lucky.
OF course Fred knew that this offer of q re-
aO0rd to commit q crime, would get him into
trouble. But that was Just what Fred was
looking for. The Stunenburg murderers had
been turned loose, people were forgetting all
about 1t, and Fred was losing subscribers
new sensation was needed to keep his pa
per going. He got it. The fool Federal au-
thorltles played into Fred's hands beautifully.
They arrested him, for offering that reward,
and then didn't seem to know very we'll what
to do with him. Fred was in glory. The
hmel1ght never found more receptive hero
Fred's paper went into ecstacies, Mysteries,
quotations, dervish dances, commissions, de-
hrlum tremens, collie spasms, and epileptic
fits
Fred employed Clarence barrow, of
course; and Clarence made the speech of his
life, of course; and the Judge who tried the
case is a disgrace to humanity, of course and
the jury which found Fred guilty are twelve
of the worst rascals that ever went unhung,
of course; and this capitalistic Government
ought to be blown up with dynamite, of
course, and so on.
There's a good deal more of it, but that
will do for this time.
In the meanwhile, Fred's paper is on
boom-going faster than a scared wolf or
jack rabbit. And Fred is happy. Posing as
prosecuted martyr chased by ''the hell
hounds of capitalism, Frederick is raking in
the shelzels and listing new subs by the thou
sand.
Go it, Fred!
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-02
5be 5effersonian

have to lean entirely on the system a0hich
breeds the Trust
And the Democratic party, If homor-6ou,od
to anything, is honor bound to the Income
Tax.
Come out on the peoples side, Mr. Hohe
Smalth! Help us create public sentiment in
favor of this righteous tax upon the q0eazth
Of the country The backs and bellies of the
poor need some relief.
Will you help, Mister Smith?
Your paper ohided Azabana for promptly
redeemaing her Democratic pledge IN favor Of
the Income Taw.
That was wrong, Mister Smith. Get ON the
peoples side, and do 1t quic7tzy, Mister Hohe.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-02
The Presbyterian and Elsie SigeI

A friend sends an editorial clipped from
the Presbyterian, in which it is denied that
Elsie Sigel was missionary worker among
the Chinese.
We do not know what to make of some of
the religious papers, these days. For instance,
The Wesleyan Ch25stion AdUocate declared
edltorlally that Mr. Watson had said that, out
of every 500 paid in for missions, only $50
reached the heather.
Mr.. Watson had never said anything of the
kind, but even after he had corrected the Id
oOcate, it did not set him right. It's readers,
so far as we know, still believe that he made
that statement.
And now comes the Presbyterian, acting
even more cul pably. To escape the force Of
the Watson editorial on ''What We Mission
aries Concealed, it asserts that Elsie Sigel
was not a missionary at all.
The facts are known to all who read the pa
pers, and the editor of the Presbyterian must
be one of these, else he would not know what
the Elsie Sigel case was.
The father of the girl is living in New
York, and has father was Gen Franz Sigel, of
Civil War fame. Surely he ought to know
about his own daughter.
A statement given out to all the papers,
after the poor victims body had been found
in the trunk, was that he, the father of Elsie,
l!du OlCl6Ily OpPOSeu nef ueSlFe 10 d0NOCe nef
life to this Chinese mission work. but that the
girl and her mother had gone against him.
The girl said that she felt that duty called
her to that field, and her mother took sides
with Elsie. The mother herself corroborated
the statement of her husband.
The statement of Elsies uncle was also in
the papers, to the effect that he so strongly
disapproved of the decision of Elsie and her
mother, that he practically severed his rela-
lions with his brothers family.
Elsie worked at the "Mission', as one Of the
regular missionaries. She made "converts'' of
Chinese young men, and two of these appear
to have made love to her. In the bedroom of
one of these slant-eyed hypocrites and hell
ians, she was found dead and packed in
trunk; and another of the Converts to
Christ" afterwards chuckled and grinned like
a yellow devil, as he described how the white
girl lay on Icons bed, family struggling, as
Leon frightened the grip on her throat that
was choking the life out of the girl he had
ruined ruined body and soul.
The Presbyterian shoulders an awful re-
sponsibility when it denies notorious facts
10 L e
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-02
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The Income Ta1, Clark and Hoke

"IT WILL BE RA7IFIED BY SUCH 4
MAJORITY As WILL LEAVE NO
DOUBT AS TO GEORGIA'S ATTITUDE
TOWARD THIS RECOGNIZED JUST
Il ND REASONABLE DEMOCRATIC
PRINCIPLE.
"Only ignorance or Interior motive can
write Georgia in the column of those states
opposing the income tax.
IF made an issue, it is scarcely to be credit
ed that there is county in the State which
would give a ma ority against it."
The above is taken from the Atlanta CON-
st5tut50n, Of last Sunday taken with avidity,
rapture, enthusiasm, delight and pleasure
And satisfaction.
BULLY FOR CLARK HOWELL!
Now, will Mr. Hoke Smith qa1it KNITTING the
Income Tam, in his Atlanta Journal?
Will Mister Hoke come out like man. and
tahe has stand for this righteous taSc?
1t is the only Federal tax that can reach the
abnormal fortunes of the East and North.
1t is the only way to make New England
millionaires pay little something for what
they pile up under the internal Tariff.
Other taxes confscate portion of the m5Ik;
the Income Tax confscates but a small per-
centage of the cream.
1t is the only tax which, by offering sub
stitute revenue, paves the way for substan-
tial reduction of the Tariff
Madison and Hamilton both said that it
would be an outrage upon the agricultural
states to raise all the governmental revenues
by custom-house duties, which protect the
manufacturers from foreign competition.
Hamilton even said (see The Federuzist)
that full revenue tariff, with it's incidental
protection to manufacturers would be gross
I'M Justice to the agricultural states.
But the Government must be supported.
;c Ct1o a
must retain the Tariff.
By enacting the Income Tax, we furnish
Uncle Sam another crutch. He will not then
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-02

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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
KNEW HIS BUSINESS.
The Little Boy Mas Thoroughly Posted
on the Elevator.

The Little Boy Mas Thoroughly Posted
on the Elevator.
Little boy" exclaimed the portly
lady, you ought to be at school in
stead Of trying to work a lift"
I'm not trying to work it." was the
answer. II am working it, and If you
wish to ride l shall be happy to &C.
commodate you. So far as any obliga-
ton to be at school is concerned, allow
me to remind you that this is a legal
holiday. and I am exempt from at
tendance at an institution where. l am
pleased to say. l am at the head Of my
class"
You have no business trying to
work that lift, anyhow"
"For what reasonY'
Because you are too young to know
anything about it."
MADAM, allow me to reassure you.
This lift is worked by hydraulic pres
sure, the principle relied on being that
water exerts pressure in proportion
to the height Of a column rather than
in proportion to the diameter. In max
ing use Of this characteristic water is
admitted into a cylinder, the pressure
being regulated by the use Of valves
and a stable equilibrium being made
possible by an ingenious system Of
counterpoises. I could go further into
the minutiae Of this particular ma
chine, which Of course has its varia-
tons from other MODELS" he added as
she gasped in establishment, "but l
doubt If you could follow the technical
terms whose use an accurate descrip.
ton would necessitate, but I wish to
assure you that If, after what I have
said, you think you know more about
This lift than I do you are at perfect
liberty to step in and take its manage
ment out of my hands.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
The Arm Of the Law.

In a certain Canadian city a lady
was defending an action for a large
sum of money which she felt she was
not morally entitled to pay. When 1t
looked as ii the case would go against
her she sold all her real estate and put
the proceeds, some $4,000 or more, in
her pocketbook-which in her case, al
is the custom with some women, was
her stocking. The Judgment was given
against her, and because she would not
pay nor tell where the money was she
was sent to Jail for a year. Her coun-
sci tried to get her released. The fol-
lowing conversation formed part of
the proceedings:
"You admit" said the judge. "that
this m had property to the value
Of $4,000"
Eyes. your honor" said the counsel.
"And you admit that she sold the
property and put the money In her
stocking"
Eyes. my lord"
"And do you mean to tell me that
the arm Of the law is not long enough
to reach it,"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
How Mandarins Rank.

Mandarins in China may be distin-
guished by the birds which decorate
their uniforms as we'll as by their but
tons. Mandarins Of the first rank have
a bird known as the flung embroidered
on their clothes. Mandarins Of the e c
ond rank have their robes adorned by
the figure of a cock. Mandarins Of the
third rank have a peacock. Mandarins
Of the fourth rank are adorned with a
pelican. Those Of the fifth rank are
easily distinguished by the silver
pheasant. those Of the sixth rank are
favored by a stork. mandarins Of the
seventh rank have a partridge, man
darins Of the eighth rank quail and
mandarins OF the ninth rank the hum
BILE sparrow.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
STOPPED THE NOISE.
A Chemists Suggestion to a Maker Of
Prussian Blue.

A Chemists Suggestion to a Maker Of
Prussian Blue.
The great German chemist Liebig,
related that when he was a young
man q manufacturer of prussian blue
who was showing him through the
works drew his attention to the deaf
ening noise made by certain commit
nuting and mixing machines. These
machines consisted Of large iron NOR
tars in which iron pestles were actu'
nted by machinery. The pestles pound
ed the materials to a fine condition
and mixed them. On Liebig's suggest
ing that some means ought to be de-
vised to prevent the terrible din made
by the machines the manufacturer
told him that it was a singular fact
that the more noise the pestles made
the better was the blue produced. 1t
happens that in making prussian blue
iron is a necessary constituent of the
mixture, a fact that did not seem to be
thoroughly appreciated by the manu-
facturer. He was therefore much sur
prised when Liebig told him that the
iron which was necessary to produce
the color was rubbed off his machin-
cry, the most e~xtravagant way to sup
ply it. He understood for the first
time, moreover, why it was that the
greater the noise from the friction of
the pestles in the mortars the better
the blue produced. He thus learned in
an expensive way that it was better
manufacturing to put iron into the
mixture than to grind it off high priced
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ]. Maywald IL
| American Industries.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Pins.

Queen Catherine obtained pins from
France, and in 1913 an act was passed
'That no person shall put to sale any
pinnes but only such as shall be double
headed and have the heads soldered
fast to the shank Of the pinnes, well
smoothed, the shank we'll shapen, the
points we'll round filed, cauted and
sharpened."
At this time most pins were made OF
brass, but many were also made OF
iron, with a brass surface. France
sent a large number Of pins to Eng
land until about the year 1926. In this
year one John Tilsby started pinmak-
ing in Worcestershire. So successful
was his venture that he soon had
1900 persons working. These pins
made at Stroud were held in high re-
pute. In 1886 pinmakers combined and
founded a corporation. The industry
was carried on at Bristol and Bir'
mingham, the latter becoming the CHIEF
center.-London Standard.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Complimentary.

Intending to visit a small village in
Scotland, Archbishop TAFT arranged to
have his letters addressed to the local
postof1ice, which happened to be also
the hamlet's general store. On the day
of his arrival the prelate entered the
shop and made inquiry If there was
anything for the archbishop Of Canter-
bury.
maybe you'll be that purrsen yer
self" the storekeeper suggested, with.
out replying to the archbishop's ques.
ton.
"Quite right" said DR.. TAFT; II am
"Weel," added the tradesman, 81
have a son in a shop in London, and
he told me he aimee gaed to st. Paul's
cathedral to hear ye preach, and he
was vera weel satisfied wi YEP
London Home Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
An Enolish View.

The slang Of New York has its orr
gin, of course, in the climate. 1t is the
climate that has produced the terrible
doctrine and practice Of "hustle," and
for people living in a wild chaos Of
competition, always in a binding hur
~ and in the midst Of a deafening din.
language has to be pitched up high to
cope with the circumstances. There is
no time to pause nor any place In
which an ordinary quiet phrase would
be able to reach your ear. Language
to produce any effect at all must be as
quick and as violent as all else. A
phrase that has not the properties Of
dynamite goes unheeded.-Max Beer
bohm in London Saturday Gazette.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
His Important Service.

An unusually ingenious plea for n
tip was that of a small Hibernian,
mentioned by Mr.. John Augustus
O'Shea in Roundabout Reductions"
The author was travelling in Ireland.
l drove down to the station on the
faint chance of catching the train to
Dublin. When l got out Of the cab at
the station a bright faced boy accosted
me.
"Ah, sure, sir, you've just missed the
train," he said.
1t was true. l booked my luggage
and ascertained when the next train
would leave. While l was waiting the
lad came up to me and asked me for a
tip.
what fOr?" l asked.
"Sure, sir, l told you that you were
too late" he unblushingly responded.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
AN UNCERTAIN RIVER,
The indus Has a Bad Habit Of Chang
ina Its Channel,

The Indus Has a Bad Habit Of Chang
ing It's Channel.
The river Indus in width during the
year may vary by miles. Traffic for
long distances cannot be guaranteed
because the ever shifting channel
throws up mud flats and sand banks
here and overwhelms good land there
in a manner which defeats the wis.,
dom of the ancient boatmen.
With the Indus, too, it is not merely
a question of land or water. There is
always a gamble Is to the kind Of
land which the river will recede from.
In one place 1t will leave magnificent
soil ready at ono to take a splendid
crop Of wheat even If the winter rains,
as is too often the case, amount to
nothing. In another the greater mois-
ture will only allow leguminous plants
Of country peas and pulses. In the
dampest ooze Of depressions a plant
caller shamuka Is produced, Of little
value save as fodder, but beautiful
with its bright green color and excel
lent to the sportsman as an attraction
to focks Of gray and bar headed
geese. Other lands again viii grow
nothing but long reeds and low tama-
risk scrub. These, If properly placed In
the neighborhood Of fields. have their
value as preserves for black par
tridges and hare, but for unitarian
purposes car only provide materials
for hunting or ut best give employ
ment to the makers of fan handles;
but. alas, there is the possibility that
in the place Of soil-good, bad or indif-
ferent-sand only may be thrown up,
and the Indus has a bad reputation for
the amount Of sand it carries. Native
lore gives the river the title Of "flle
de joie."-Allahabad Pioneer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
THE STUPID GOAT.
Why His Picture Was Appreciated at
the College Lecture.

the College Lecture.
"It's more fun than a circus" said
the lecturer, Ito talk to a crowd of
college boys, but you don't always
know where the fun is until after your
lecture is over. One night l delivered
q lecture to the senior class Of a New
England college. The subject of my
talk was wild animals, and l illustrat-
ed it with a large number Of lantern
slides. One Of these pictures was a
photograph Of a Rocky mountain goat.
When this ~gentleman's portrait was
thrown on the screen l said, giving his
NAME, The goat is a very stupid ami
mall
INSTANTLY I vas interrupted by wild
shrieks and yells Of Joyous applause
cheers, clapping. stamping fellows
grinning at each other and slapping
each other on the back and yelling,
That's so.' and Correct until it was
impossible for me to go ON, and the
professors had to restore order. This
they finally succeeded in doing, but as
l went on trying to talk about the
goat pandemonium broke loose again
and again.
"Of course I did not know where
the fun was. I tried to think If I had
said anything backward OF made some
unconscious blunder. for l am rather
absentminded, but I gould not recall
anything that l had done wrong. SO l
could only grin feebly and wait each
time until the professors had obtained
quiet and then 60 on with my talk.
As soon as the lecture was over I
asked the president where the fun
was. He smiled joyously as he ex-
planned:
""The freshmen in this college are
called goats. That's ALL"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
THE FIRST STEAMSHIPS.
Screw PropeIIers Did Not Come Into
Use Until 1850.


1--WE are prone to smile at the
archaic prototypes Of our modern
steamships" writes Gustav II. Schwab
in Harper's Weekly, "at their diminu-
tive size. their clumsy build, their
huge paddle boxes and their single
slender smoke pipe, but we do not stop
to think of the few brave men Of
those days who, undaunted by the op-
position and ridicule Of most of their
fellows, persisted in their efforts to
supplant sail by steam and who finally
by sheer pluck and perseverance uc-
ceeded in these efforts"
The Savannah, which crossed the
Atlantic in 1919, was a full rugged
packet ship to which had been added
a small one cylinder steam engine
turning two paddle wheels, which were
set in motion in smooth water when
way across the Savannah depended
solely upon her sails. In 1888 the
Royal William made the passage in
twenty-five days, under steam the
whole way. In 1887 the Great West
ern was constructed, but her unusual
length Of 23O feet gave rise to many
apprehensions as to her safety. The
first screw steamship was built ir
1850, and eight years later the Bremen
made the passage in fifteen days. In
1862 the Scotia cut down the time
from Queenstown to less than nine
1.- N~..~ 4.ok Ai-,o ~ %ho vooorE
has been gradually reduced.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Family Secrets.

There is a most amiable woman in
Louisville who is noted among her
friends for her habit Of Saying things
without thinking" Her daughter was
entertaining a young man on the front
porch, and the mother was standing
at the fence talking to the neighbors
next door. In the yard Of the latter
was a baby a little over a year ole,
and It was trying to walk.
"You shouldn't let 1t walk SO young
advised the thoughtless matron. "Wait
until it's a little older. let my
daughter walk when she was about
that age, and 1t made her awfully bow
legged"
The young man began to talk ener
retically about the weather.