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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
Scarcity of Common Sense.

The only thing that has never be-
come common is common sense. 1t
remains rare when all other qualities
can be picked up by the wayside. Half
the dictionaries do not attempt to de-
fine il, so elusive is the trait. Persons
hazily say: Common sense is horse
sense and vaguely feel that they
have somehow failed to state fully it's
exact characteristics. A number of
instances can be cited where common
sense was displayed. and quite a lot of
persons claim distant relatives who
were generally supposed to possess
the quality. But this is about as near
to IL as il is possible TO get. Geniuses
are all over everything; one is obliged
TO step carefully to avoid treading on
them. Poets. politicians. reformers.
men OF remarkably block traffic;
and as for playwrights and novelists
and singers, II is as much as one can
do TO breathe. they so clog the at
mosphere. Only common sense is
unusual. and by it's skittishness
prompts us to find il.
IL may have been killed out in the
large centers OF the reigning passion
for phraseology. A certain homeli-
ness and succinctness is necessary
accompaniment of common sense: a
home truth crudely-a little rudely-
expressed. with crumbs of subsoil
clinging TO il. A touch OF nature
DlunliN appileO TO aTllnclal cOnpllCa-
tons, sending them hurrying about
their business. This type of speech
which is 10 say type of mind. perhaps
exists in the quiet corners of earth
parts nasally calculate. mo tom
foolishness around here" Yet com
mon sense is not a mental dialect. II
is a rudimentary mode Of thought. a
simple vision. and we in the big cities
are barely acquainted with IL because
we find simplicity wofully dull. To
speak simply, one must have some
thing TO say; and If one depends upor
the matter there are apt to be tire.
some long pauses between talks. Con
seQuently we console ourselves with
method, and though we have nothing
to say we make a point of saying &
excessively well. We adorn it unit
one cannot be quite sure that it doe.
not under its charm of phrase NEAR
something. At any rate, the form i.
too good to ever break IL and brutallN
search its kernel. So common sens,
retains its rarity, and though on,
knows so little about it one has
strong feeling that there is yer,
slight possibility of its ever becoming
really common.-New York Evening
Sun.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
COLONEL ROOSEVELT WHEN
CHARGED BY A Lion

The lion stopped and lay down BE-
hlnd bush; Jumping on l took a shS4
AT him at zoo yards, but only WOun6ea
him slightly in one paw; and after \
moments Sullen EeSita ton of he went
E lashins his tail: We mounted osT
lost sight OF him. but marked hinz
lying down behind low grassy ant
hill Again we dismOunted at a dis
lance OF 200 yards: TarIton telling me
that now he was sure to charge IL
all East Africa there is no man. not
would rather Nave by me than TarI-
ton, IL in difficulties with a charging
non on this occasion. however. 1 an
Slad 10 say that his rifle was badly
sighted, and shot altogether too low
Again 1 knelt and fired; but the
mass OF hair on the lion made me think
he was nearer than he was, and 1 IN
derShoI INJECTING a flesh wound that
was neither Gripping nor fatal BE
was already grunting savageiy and
tossing his tail erect. with his head
held low; and at the shot the great
speed or a greyhound. Tarlton thens
very properly, fired. for lion huzfinE(
Is no childs play, and it IS not sO06
10 run Risks. Ordinarily il is n very
mean thing to experience joy NJ a
friends miss; but this was not an Or
binary Sc. and / felt keen deRfsxfe
rifle missed, striking the ground FstznT
yards short. l was sighting careful -.
from my knee, and l knew 1 had TIA
lion all right; for though he gau0ped
at q great pace, he came on stsa0lIy-
ears laid back. and uttering terFffbc
coughing grunts-and there was now
no question OF making allowance fer
distance, nor, as he was out Isl TIE
open, for the fact that he had r8f he
fore been distinctly visible. The bead
Of my foresight was exactly on Gszs
center of his chest as I presSeS tfla
trigger. and the bullet went as true zz
. II the place had been plotted vita 81
viderS. The blow brought him 40 All
standing. and he fell forward on hEs
head. The sOft-nOsed Winchester bGI-
let had gone straight through the chest
cavity, smashing the lungs and the 0fS
blood vessels of the heart. Painfully
ne recovered his feet. and tried To c0Eze
on, his ferOciOuS cOura &c holding cut
TO the laSt.-FrOm African Came
Trails by Theodore Roosevelt. In the
April Scribner.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
Romance i'm Crete.

II has been said that such a work
as c. II. and Harriet Halves Crete.
the Forerunner of Greece" just pub
lished i'm Harper's Library of Living
Thought" seriously affects the Home
rio problem in showing that much Of
what was long accounted fable has
been established as fact 1t would APP
pear that the statements of Herodo-
tus and Thucydides, which were SO
ingeniously explained away by Grote
and Curtius, were not SO very wrong.
after all, " King Minos veritably lived
in a veritable palace at Cnossus. The
recent excavations on various sites
along the island and the collections
i'm the Museum of Gambia have pro-
Vided perfect evidence OF the early
contributions of Crete TO civilization
Egean, GreCian and European. In
many OF these explorations the au-
thors of this book took part-and. il
may be interesting to know. united
their lives and fortunes in the course
of them.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
WOMAN, LIBERTY AND
COCKTAILS A BAD MIX

POUGHKEEPSIE. Special. The Rev
:. Parkes Cadman, pastor OF the Cen
trail Congressional Church, OF Brook
Ign, TOOK slam at the cocktail habit
among New York women in a speech
before the New York Methodist EpiS-
copal Conference today.
We hear much about the liberty Of
women in our day" he said we re-
loice that In this country she has more
liberty than she could have anywhere
else, and il will bless her il she ne =
enough good sense 10 make proper use
of it, But II spending time in the daz-
zltng hotels or New York, drin'. sng
cocktails seeing plays fished up from
Paris seWers-I say II that be the way
she chooses TO use her liberty. better
that she never had liberty al all"
Taking up the political situation. Nr.
Cadman said.
Il am sure that decent men can dis
Germ little ia sight of which TO be
proud. There is no surer sign OF .deca-
dence Of our democracy than this con-
slant cry for a strong man some
where. BE strong man where YOU
are.
1t is not in the White House that
the strong man is needed who has
backbone instead of wishbone. All this
cry that the state be saved, the nation
be conserved, the Government be made
secure by some imperial figure Is Ger
tain evidence of decay. Get up, for
Gods sake, and play your own game >"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
MAD POLICEMAN
FIRES INTO CAR
New Work Ofiieer, Charged With Bad
Liquor, Causes Panic on ~L1
Train.

NEW YORK Special. After re-
peatedly cursing and threatening pas
sengers on northbound Third Ave
nue. L train Sunday afternoon Po-
hceman Thomas J. Hearn, Of the East
Twenty-secOnd Street Station, sudden
ly drew his revolver and fred point
blank into one Of the cars, Just as
the train stopped at the One hundred
and SiXty-siXth Street Station
The bullet struck Charles Gorfen-
berg, twenty-five years old, q halter
OF 8 Avenue A. AS he fell to the floor
men, women and children surged to-
ward the exits. many smashing win
dows and scrambling through them 10
the platform in the extremity of their
terror.
Hearn got on the train at One Hun
dred and Fifty-siXth Street. obviously
the worse for liquor, accordin TO wit
nesses- Standing against the gate, he
shouted abuse at Michael AIrCSarry
the guard, and at passengers within
hearing distance. Near One Hundred
and SiXty-first Street he partly pulled
out his revolver with dire threats Of
what a policeman might DO If he
chose. Many passengers, frightened,
left the train at One Hundred and
Sixty-first Street, but Hearn kept up
his abuse and profanity At One Hum
dred and SiXty-sixth street. stung to
Jury because Goldenberg pushed
against him in endeavoring to leave
the car, Hearn shot the man.
Goldenberg fell, but picked himself
up and dashed through the car with
the rest of panic-stricken passenEers
Close at his heels came the maddened
70 the police force September 16. 1908
and lives at 2O47 Washington Avenue
Bronx. His record has been good
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
ThrcnoIowicnI Irnctr.

An employer who wishes TO select an
indoor business man needs n person
who has the vital tempera ment, one
who has the following faculties largely
represented. Casualty, comparison,
human nature. order, calculation, con-
scienuousncss, Venerauon and secret
iFeneSs.
The hea6 az an indoor business man
will consequently be broad IN the up
per part OF the forehead, and will give
him capacity 10 think out original plans
and solve complex problems in his
works, analytical capacity and quick
realization OF the motives ana charac-
teriStics OF others; broad on the outer
angle of the brow, which Will give him
method in the arrangement of many
details and great calculating powers.
broad on the poSteriOr lateral and mid
die parts OF the cOrOnal region. TO give
him honesty in all his dealings and re-
spect for has superiors, and full in the
middle Iat'ral portion OF the brain, TO
give him tactfulneSs and reserve in
speech and action.
The general appearance of an indoor
business man VIII be somewhat short.
stout and plump compared with the
outside business man. Ills head will be
well developed anteriOrly, round rather
than long or broad, and high In the
front. His COuntenance Will be rudd y.
animated ana enthusiastic rather than
serious, calm and d!gnihed.-PhrenoI-
ogiEal journal
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
MIR. Howelis Counting out Cities.

William Dean HoWells comes in for
an indulgent. Enthusiastically British
protest from the Spectator on the
point of the title of his latest vol
anne of travel. We do not see" the
Spectator observes mildly. how Mr.
HOwells makes out his Seven English
Cities; an English city cannot be
without a bishop. Liverpool, there
fore. Manchester. York and Durham
are qualified beyond doubt for the
title; Sheffield. as giving a title 10
Sutfragan, may pass. though we are
not sure that il also gives him a
cathedra; but here we have to stop
Boston cannot be allowed the dignity
even though il is the mother Of the
American Athens and DOncaSt is
also disqualified. Mr. HOweliS himself
cannot have reClsOned AherNstwNth
and LlandudnO. the two Welsh water
ing places, whose Salubrities and
amenities he amply repaYs with APP
DreciatiNe notices. Tt matters moth
ng; he may give our towns what IL
les he pteases so long as he makes
yhen texts of such pleasant dis
courses.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
DIVORCED FOUR HUSBANDS
SHE NOW SUES FIFTH

NEW YORK Special. Mrs FAR
ME Rosen, Of 215 Monroe Street. has
not been precisely fortunate in hex
matrimonial ventures. Yesterday IA
the Supreme Court she began suiL
for separation from her fifth hus-
band, Harry Rosen, who lives at lis
BrOOme Street. Mr.. and Mrs. RCssn
are each tifty-five years old and have
been married a little over a year.
The husband is represented by Aaron
j. Levy, and Miss Frieda Thomas.
wen known AS the Little Mother OF
the East Side has undertaken the
case for Mrs. ROsen.
-Four separate times my client waa
married in Russia" Miss Thomas
said. land was later compelled TO set
a divorce because of i'll treatment
on the part of her husbands. Thsy
simply had gone through the cere-
mony expecting to get hold OF her
little savings. Then if she objected
they were cruel to her. II they sue
ceeded in getting it they deserted hex
Finally, heart-weary and disguised
she came to America, where some SG
her children had preceded her
she went 20 work here. saved uS,
about $500, and married again"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
WOULD Be RID
OF RICH HUSBAND
MRS. GRACE W. HOAGLAND, FOR
MERLY AN ACTRESS, DEMANDS
AN ABSOLUTE DIVORCE.

NEW YORK. Special. - Mrs.
Grace w. Hoagland. who as Miss
, Grace L. Weir was a popular choir
Singer in Holy Trinity Church. Brook
Ign, and who eloped with John A
Hoagland to London in 1904, has sued
in the Supreme Court for an absolute
divorce. This was learned Tuesday
from counsel in the case. but beyond
admitting the suit had been started
they would not discuss the case.
That young Hoagland, who is
wealthy, intends to contest the suit
was shown by the fact that he has re-
tanned Bergen & Prendergast as coun-
sci, ana has served an answer in
which he denies all charges his wife
makes. The lawyers for Hoagland
guarded the facts in the-salit as close
ly as did Welin4an. Couch q Smythe.
counsel for Mrs. Hoagland.
The Hoaglands have been separated
4 a year. Until their falling out they
lived in the Wyoming, at Seventh
Avenue and Fifty-fifth Street. One
day in the latter part of February
1909, Mrs. Hoagland packed her be-
lOngings and moved to the st. Regis
Both denied at the time that a di-
vorce action had been started or that
one might result. Hoagland asked his
interViewers to for get the incident.
that everything would come around
ali right probably.
Their many friends at once began
efforts to effect a reconciliation. and
1t was reported once that Mrs. Hoag-
land was going back to live with her
husband. Now there seems to be no
turning back and that their romance
of six years Will be ended in a law
court
The defendant is the son of Joseph
G. Foagland, who made millions in
the -four industry. on his father
death us share of the estate amount
ed to 100000. and he started out
to spend it. He fitted up luxurious
bachelor apartments in the BeVer-
wick, Al West Twenty-seVenth Street.
and entertained friends there lavish
ly. He spent $150,000 for paintings
and other works of art to fit up his
domicile.
Once Friend of 'Pink Paiama Girl
At the time of his marriage to Miss
Weir it was supposed by Hoagland's
friends he was engaged to Miss Paul
inc Chase. the Pink Pajama Girl"
She was in his company a great deal
until Hoagland tried to have her mar
ried to his close friend, George @
Cannon. The wedding was planned
learned of the plot and spoiled it
Next day she took her daughter
abroad with her. snubbing HoaglanC
and Cannon when they went to the
dock to see the girl off.
Soon after that Hoagland and Miss
Weir, who was a Hartford girl anC
whose beauty finally drew her from
the Brooklyn choir to the stage, wen
to London. September 80. 1904, Hoag.
land cabled to his mother that he anC
Miss Weir were married. Though she
had never seen her daughter-in-l law
she cabled her blessing, and soon af
terward Hoagland brought his wife
back to this city.
The fact that Mrs. Hoagland ha,
not made a motion in the Suprem,
Court for temporary alimony durins
her suit led her friends to believe sh,
is receiving an ample allowance un
der a secret agreement with her hus
band.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
LETTERsV PRINCE
READ IN BARNES TRIAL

NEW YORK Special. Excerpts
from letters that passed between
Count Ferdinand Won HOchberg, who
was disinherited by his father in Ger
many because he married a Berlin
shopgirl, and the German Crown
Prince. were put in evidence at the
trial OF Noah T.. Barnes in the Su-
preme Court Tuesday.
Barnes is accused OF converting TO
his own use $4,000 belonging 70 the
Cottonwood Creek Copper Company
OF which he was president. While
Barnes was exploiting his company he
engaged Count Won Hochberg 10 sell
stock 70 the German nobility. The no.
bility bought about $4,000 worth.
The letters which the Kaiser's son
wrote were signed Caesar" 1t ap-
pears that the Prince was a friend
of Hochberg and did not like his go
ing to work in the mining business.
In one letter he characterized Barnes
engagement Of Hochberg as genuine
~ theatrical and American"
One letter ran:
The other day I spent two hours
with Buelow- Papa. too. is now very
kind to me, and we have approached
one another quite a good deal"
Another excerpt dealt with Won
Hochberg's marriage to the shopgirl
title. 1t said:
But, nevertheless, you cannot
switch around your written declara-
ton upon honor If I had written
that in case of my marriage with j.
Z. would change my noble name"
Then were put in several letters
which the Count sent to the Crown
Prince in replv. Hochberg told CT his
struggles in America TO support his
wife and child until he met Barnes.
The Crown Prince replied that the
Count was valuable servant for
Barnes.
1t was brought out that Barnes
bought all the letters that Hochberg
had received from the Crown Prince
for lone dollar and other valuable
considerations" Just what the mate
riality of the letters is has not been
disclosed.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14

10 the Pho coast as were given
PkttsburS -Snalo. etc. and the At
lantic hrd. IL was to the inter-
est OF the roads extending from the
Middle wet TO grant their demands
When a MANUFACTURER or 1obber In
Pittsburg shipped goods ali-rail 10 the
Pacific coasr the roads west OF Chi
cago got all bf the rates Consequent
ly. IN 1905 the rates to the Pacific
coast were 'lblanketed"-that Is. made
the samelJfrom all points in the
United STATES east of the Missouri
River.
Corresponding changes seldom have
or the Middle West to points in the
Western Interior. The rates to these
1sBH 9ul yuoIJ s93BI Gun W spBW u99q
places are not directly affected by
water competition, and therefore on
traffic mds'ing to them the Eastern
lines comfAonly exact their usual To-
cal rates 4 the ends OF their rails,
and the Western roads commonly ex-
act their usual rates from there on.
The distance to Seattle, Wash, from
st. Paul, MIMI is 1900 miles; from
Chicago, 1900 miles, and from New
York. $500 miles. But the first-class
rate to Seattle, whether from St. Paul.
Chicago or New York. Is SO per 100
pounds. The distance to Spokane,
Wash. from st. Paul is $500: from
Chicago, 1900 miles, and from New
York, $500 miles; but the first-class
rate from st. Paul to Slsokane is SO;
from Chicago, $3.50, aid from New
York, $4.35.-ScribnerS
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
EARLY SETTLEMENT
OF MINERS STRIKE

CHICAGO, ILL. - Special - With
the coal miners and operators CON
troVersy. the interest of the ~ublic and
the manufacturers has materially les
sened.
Some disposition to get together is
being manifested in Iowa, Indiana and
Western Kentucky.
While other points may settle their
differences speedily it looks on the
surface as though the Illinois wage
question would not be settled at once
because of the questions involved. The
operators in many instances insist they
are unable to meet the demand for
also the additional demand that they
pay the shot frers. This makes it
necessary for a great deal of argu-
ment and oratory.
Each side insists that the shot
firers shall be paid by the other, and
believed. can be adjusted without
much difficulty.
THE strike will never be settled
until the operators agree to pay the
shot-firers." said Duncan Mcdonald
of the Illinois Mine Workers.
''Then the strike will never he Get
tied" said r. r. Dent. secretary
treasurer of the Illinois Coal opera
tors Association.
Both sides agree that il will take
the scale committee three weeks tC
reach conclusion, and that this
would have TO be reported to a joint
convention of miners and Operators
at Springfield for ratification. With
all this Formally to be gone through
il is not possible that work in the
Illinois mines will be resumed unit
May LIST.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
MADE SHORT WORK
OF The BIGAMIST
EAuL xARL Won MILLER. AC-
CUsHD on MANY MARRIAGES.,
n FOUND GUILTY.

NEW YORK. - Special. - In not
nuch greater time than IL took for
Aim to contract one OF his marriages
Bmil Karl Won Muller. or Miller, doc
tor OF Jurisprudence and of medi-
der. an officer OF the German Army.
= count. was convicted in the Court of
Special Sessions. Jersey City. Tuesday
S8igamy.
s the word guilty" was pro-
aUpced by Judge Blair Won Miller
gethSr and submitted to the clasp of
the jail warden's steel bracelet. Then
he crossed the courtyard to the Jail 60
awair sentence. The maximum pun
ishm&nt is ten years imprisonment.
After his conviction Won Muller re-
ekived a reporter and talked to him.
~ Jam no heartbreaker. am not a
l4dies' man." he said. Il am a SOL
And will take my medicine like a
Ehan, with my hand up. 1 married
Regina Veilhelmann and I married
Pearl Wood Power in Los Angeles,
but 1 did not marry Anna Jacobs.
only lived with her. l left Regina
Veihelmann because we were not hap
by together. A lawyer told me that
my marriage to her was not legal, so
I married the woman in Los Angeles.
'If they had left me alone in Cali
fornfa 1 would have stuck to my wife
cut there.
TT was all a game. Why didn't
they put me on the stand? / have
STUDIED law eighteen years. and 1
know that you cannot prove bigamy
unless you put two women on the
stand. Why didn't they call Anna ia
eobs as a witness? But they convict
me on some little slips Of paper. A
church book They didn't produce
enc marriage license"
Won Miller said he would appeal
his case and that he was confident he
would win in the end.
The trial took less than two hours.
The defense called not a single wit
ness and submitted not a shred of evil
dence. Lawyer Noonan did not even
resort to cross xamination in the
case OF most of the witnesses called
by the State, but made frequent OBJ
troduced on the ground that il was
incompetent and immaterial.
Regina Veihelmann testified to her
marriage to the defendant on October
IS. 1898, by the Rev. John Rudolph.
pastor OF the German Evangelical
Church in Hoboken. Pastor Rudolph
told Of having performed the cerc-
mOny.
Then came testimony to show that
Won Miller had married Anna Jacobs
of 214 West Ninety-second Street
According to Assistant Prosecutor
Vickers. Anna Jacobs herself had re-
fused to come.
The record OF the second marriage
was offered in evidence.
Won Miller gave his name to the
police as Count Vonderhagen. OF Mu-
MICH" In Los Angeles ne passed un-
der the name Of Emil Karl Won Ha-
gen"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
HARRIS TRIAL
is POSTPONED
MURDER CASE mas BEsFcx T,xxsrr
TO MANASSAS By GLANCE
OF VENUE

MANASSAS. VA. - SpecizJ- - Tkn
trial OF Professor ]. ID. Harris. 81
Warrenton, Va. charged villa -
murder OF w. A. Thompson ar.DcSnGa
editor OF the WarrentOn VirEtuzzIz. N
the streets Of WarrentOn hx4 MY.
was called for triaI and porEDsUsd
Monday until April 25th. The Eosf-
pOnemeat was by agreement ~ ss9h
sides.
The case. which, upon spuEszzfsoa
for a change of venue, was remEvx&
from Warrenton TO this cOuRfE- 49,
attracted widespread attentio0- sNta<
TO the prominence OF the editor and
his accused slayer. who was prfaclpaz
Of the Warrenton High Schc1L An
unusually large number or spectators
was on hand when the doors OF GsEs
court room were opened yesterday
morning.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14

Sunday school Organization" what
q Sunday school Teacher Should
Teaching.'
Mr.. X. A Justis. Manchester, Va.
Subject: How 20 Organize and Con
duct q Country Sunday School"
Rev. John Sommerlatte, home depart
ment superintendent, Maryland Sunday
School Association. Baltimore. Nd. Sub
tect: The Why and How Of the Home
Department" "Cobwebs on the Book OF
Books"
In addition TO the above. there were
series OF subjects considered in the
convention institute each morning
from s:35 to 10:45-L e.: Home De-
partment Work" THE Country Sunday
school" "Superintendents' Conferences"
Missionary Work in the Sunday
School," "The intermediate Depart
ment," organized Adult Bible Class
Elementary Depart
ment: Special Conferences" Teacher
Department" House TO
House Visitation" ORGANIZED Sunday
School work" Special Conferences as
Necessary.