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The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

Rochester IN. H. Courier: The
Boston Globe has timely editorial on
the deficiency of modern school pupils
in spelling, and suggests that the old
time spelling matches might be re-
vived with good result Any person
who cannot spell fairly well and read
aloud with good effect comes pretty
near being illiterate, says the Globe.
Amen, and loud one! Give the school
pupil a thorough drill in reading. SPELL
ing, writing, arithmetic, geography and
such fundamentals and let him learn
the fol-de-rols afterwards. If he wants
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

Prof. Worthington told London au-
dience that in order to obtain pictures
of what happened when a drop of wa
ter fell into vessel containing water
he had taken photographs by an cleo
tric spark of the duration Of three
millionths of second. Some day,
perhaps, Prof. Worthington will be
able to take photograph Of the drug
store soda-fountain wink.
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

That collision between a steamship
in the merchant service and United
States armored cruiser in the harbor
Of Honolulu, IN which the cruiser was
so badly damaged as to necessitate i'm
mediate retirement for repairs. while
the merchant ship steamed of appa-
rently uninjured. might be cited as H.
iustrating Npling's assertion to the
effect that the weaker vessel" is the
deadlier Of the two.
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19
FAITHFUL WORK.

The expression, Faithful work 10,
always Of the same size." appeared In
a recently published article. 1t opens
q world of thought to those who pause
long enough to consider such matteEA
besides Offering q generous share a
comfort and encouragement to those
who sometimes grow disheartened st
the apparent result OF their enorn4
1t is true that the world is not alwaya
az appreciative as 1t might be. bni;
then while the world has big heart
and. as rule, kindly disposition. Il
does not always show Its appreciation
at the moment. says the Charleston
News and Courier. It is just this APP
parent lack Of encouragement that
makes us lose heart at times and won
der whether after all 1t is worth while
to do our best. The big things In life
seem to take up SO much room In tho
public eye that the smaller and just
as worthy matters are crowded out,
At least that is the impression which
many persons form who see the ef-
fects Of large efforts, whether they be
along constructive, or charitable or ed
ucational lines. In a. way these ef-
fects are spectacular: indeed there fs
a large proportion of mankind who re-
quire brilliant effects to make them
display interest in passing events. The
quiet, unobtrusive worker intent upon
results he accomplishes more than up
looked many times, and after while
the want of attention given him and
the lack of encouragement offered him
find expression in his attitude of grow,
ing discomfort towards life.
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19
PLAN NOVEL DEATH.
q fg- II .t-l'aff. ti !..afg
Russian Newspaper Describes
Suicide League Meeting.
Members Proposed to End Lives En-
Masse, Purpose 10 to Drink Cyan.
tde Of Potassium Ia Cham.
payne At Cafe.

st. Petersburg.-A contributor to
the Vechernaya Vremya describes one
OF the meetings of the friends of
DEATH" suicide league which is said
to have large membership in st.
Petersburg.
The meeting, which was held in
house In the heart of the city, began
early In the evening, in order not to
excite the attention of the police, and
for the same reason the members ar
rived singly, many by the back en-
trance. The attendance included men
and women, young and old. Several
Of the men were in uniform.
The large meeting room was thick
ly carpeted, and heavy curtains
masked the windows. Over the door
was the inscription, "All hope aban.
don, ye who enter here" On the door
two crossed scythes were shown on a
flaming red background
Portraits of Schopenhauer, Hart.
man and other apostles of pessimism
were hung ON the walls; also large
picture portraying the legendary dis.
pute between Life and Death. A few
candles gave the only light by which
the proceedings were conducted: The
president and other committeeman sat
at long table covered with a black
cloth, on which was an urn in which
the suicidal lots were cast.
Three dull knocks from a hammer
enveloped In black cloth intimated
that the meeting was open. The pres.
ident began by expressing his sym
pathy with the member OF the league,
woman, who had recently attempted
suicide. but as yet without fatal re-
suit. He added the fervent hope that
she would meet the death she desired.
By way of indorsing his words all pres
ent rose In silence.
Another member said that happily
the wound received by the woman
was dangerous, and there was no hope
of her recovery.
The greater part of the subsequent
discussion turned on the question o.
devising original methods of suicide.
1t came out that nine of the membe,'"
on whom the lot had fallen had prev
ously sworn not to take their lives i'll
commonplace conditions.
Various suggestions were made, but
the one most favorably received was
that a considerable number of the
members should commit suicide Ell
masse, it being calculated that the
sensation thereby produced would at
tract any number of recruits to the
league.
It was proposed that dinner be ar
ranged at a fashionable restaurant
and that the diners swallow cyanide
of potassium out of champagne glass
es. Their funerals would be organ
ICED with great pomp in order to af.
feet the impressionable people.
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

A young man in Newark killed him
self because, Of dependency. He had
been promoted and was afraid he
would not be able to keep up to the
work. This kind Of suicide is most
unusual, and will have few imttators.
The average American young man IL
not amicted with such fatal modesty.
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

There sis much feeling in New York
concerning the sentence Of man who
10 alleged to have stolen two dia-
mond stickpins to imprisonment for
thirty years. II he had looted bank
and ruined hundreds Of poor deposi-
tors nve or six would have been the
limit. 4 i4' .5s'
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

A Kansas dentist; is reported to have
discovered how to cause new teeth to
grow IL the Jaws of people who have
lost the. ones with which nature fur
nished them. Let those who have
swallowed their false teeth hope on.
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

Coal to the value Of 3ss7, ,ooo, 900 It
the place Of production was mined II
the United States last year. The val
ue Of the countrys coal product ct the
place OF consumption would be consaA
erably moro stupendous still. 3
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

The coasting accidents are making
gruesolns record for the present
year: Unfortunately Il seems impossi-
BILE for prudence to have any part in
ja sport where speed is the main fac
tor q enjoyment. and risk is disresard-
"a II the general spirit Of hilarity.
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

The Supreme Court Of the United
States has decided that one Chinama1
is laundry, but that one white wash
erwoman is only a washerwoman.
Which shows that even the most
solemn tribunal of the land 10 not with
out its sense of native American hu-
NOR.
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

Professor Muensterberg's demonstra-
tion Of the fact that man 10 betrayed
in lying by the acceleration Of his
pulse does not cover the grouDl.
Many . man has palpitation Of tAs
heart every time he thinks q bin co..
lector ID coming around the corner.
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

AZ last tho idea has dawnsd upou
some Intellectual giant that the NJ!
son butter 10 90 high Il that there ~
not enough COWS at work !,
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

aNo man has the right to marry on
81 ! week. says Kansas Judge. This
blasts the hopes Of some Of the devot-
ed army Of lady boarding house keep
ers. 81 .5e, .,sl. b:
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19
old |. D PENAL COLONY
How Australian Settlements
Have Been Transformed.
Crimes Carnival Ended d-peseendan&s
Of English Malefaetors Thrifty
and la~t-AbIdlno and Their
Origin Forgotten.

gaming In the world, particularly
Nince their federation on the plan Of
a9Ae United States, has attracted the
attehtion of the world to them and re,
called the singular and striking fact
Lat great penal colonies, where at
Sne time disorder and crime prevailed.
have become orderly and strictly self
governing communities.
The story of the penal settlements
OF Australia and Tasmania, and the
carnival OF cruelty and of crime that
attended the convict system, is most
remarkable in the light of subsequent
events. The crimes for. which. con-
victs were sent from England to
Botany bay and Van Diemen's land
were in great part abominable, and
the expiation was certainly terrible.
The convicts were put at work in
the broiling Australian sun. Often
they worked In chains, and the chains
were not counted as diminishing their
capacity for hard labor. Even the
best conducted of them were let out
to farmers and the proprietors OF
sheep ranges. II these farmers hap
pened to be humane, the convict might
be reasonably happy. But in many
cases the farmer regarded his con-
vict helper as slave, as indeed he
was, and beast Of burden, to be used
as cruelty as possible.
The result was that as many of the
convicts as could do SO escaped to the
woods and became "bushrangers" or
bandits. They preyed on the natives
and on the settlers, committing rob
berries that We're not infrequently at.
tended with murder
They became such terror to the
peaceful settlers that when Mike
Howe proposed peace, in which he
was to be treated as a gentleman"
they were very glad to make the ar
rangement. But the governor-general
at Sydney refused to give his sane
ton to the pact, and Howe took to the
bush again. He was pursued By
troops, and in a dreadful hand to
hand conflict was overcome and be.
headed by gigantic soldier known as
big Bill.''
Howe's followers continued the war.
relentlessly, but at last there came a
change. The convicts tired of bush
ranging and little by little settled
down to good conduct. The system OF
penal settlements was abolished. No
more convicts came out from England.
Some of the convicts became the
most Industrious farmers and the most
thrifty and law-abiding merchants In
the country Their children gave the
lie to the law of heredity by becom.
ing veritable gentlemen. Then 1t was
that the people of the former col.
onies performed surprising act Of
grace and confidence by decreeing the
destruction Of all the records Of con.
vict Punishment and all the SEN
teuces and orders applying to the
members of the convict community.
The descendants Of the convicts are
now merged. and lost In the Australia,
sian population. They are prominent
in the affairs Of the colonies, and hold
omces Of distinction. II their origin
is known no one staunts them with it.
The osing ofsthe worst criminals
of Great. Britain treated thus with full
confideaass have.not tainted the blood
OF Australasia, but have really
proved an element Of strength.
q 1/ & ~
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

Tailors announce that they wilt
make the 1913 man look slim. n
many cases. however. they viii limlt
themselves to the more announSs-
ment.
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

sss i svast qnantity u jppsat q n ying fidlsf
III thisI counts md H wiIill lisS Sin thatl
scosdition vhils gossi coal laMsta M \ h s SsS
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

on 81 cold morning tho motor truck
nlsvsrS ~ ~ = frosted ~ Thrust into a.
ilent :s 5ss: Y sS
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

a German aeronaut says he thinks
. transatlantic flight possible. There
is no danger n thinking 90 provided
he connnes himself to thinking.
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

Nobody ever seems TO think Il worth
while to ny ANYTHING about ths o.
IpearancD of the arst bluejay.
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

u sun doE is = sort q ffossn ral.
bow. Ycu don't Ike that dsnnif3eaG
Thsn mals ons q suit yourself
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19

a barber may mt % - artist -
many d thsm ars csftainly linguisl
The Washburn leader., 1912-04-19
ENGLISH SPEECH FOR CHINA.

As nobody knows even approximate
" the number of inhabitants in the
vast Chinese domain, So perhaps. no
body can say definitely aud positively
how many distinct dialects are spoken
by the peoples Of the different pro-
vinces. A recent authority puts the
number at "over hundred" So wide
ly differing in many respects are many
of these dialects that they constitute
practically distinct languages. To en-
deavor to group. combine and stan
darize these languages into one COM
mon speech for the whole empire
would be a work of many years and of
immense difficulties. In fact, it would
seem to be an undertaking involving
greater difficulties than the introduc-
tfon OF complete new tongue. And
it must be remembered that the Of
fetal and educated classes are familiar
already with English. The language
is taught in the universities and many
of the schools. 1t is the commoa me-
dium of official communication with
other governments. At the same time,
the leaders OF the new movement are
enthusiastic friends of our country. II
the republican movemeNt shall sue
coed, that success may be followed by
the Transformation of the Chinese into
an English-speaking people.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-13
Potato Slips
Cabbage Plants, etc.

From May 10Th, on throughout
the seasons, will furnish you
Nancy Hall Potato Slips at $500
Per Thousand
Cabbage Plants E For Ea,I at $1.5O
Per Thousand
Tomato Plants, per | 900, $500
Strawberry +" /" $3.50
CASH WITH ORDER
Nothing shipped c. O. D. Remit by post Office
or express money order. Don't wait until the
very day you need your plants to send in your
orders, but let them come NOW and avoid being
disappointed. guarantee all goods delivered in
good condition. Address
THE CURET0N NURSERIES Dept so, AusteIl, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-13

They do say that the Angels are
not SO startled at the entrance OF
aviators to the Realms Above, as
they used to be; the Aviators' Cor
ner is becoming crowded.
Secretary Root needn't feel so
stuck-up over RooseVelt's calling
him ''the ablest man among living
statesmen" Look at what T. r.
called Taft, last year, and now.
listen!
The bullet seems to be still the
most popular argument fer hus-
bands whose wives won't live with
them, lovers whose sweethearts
won't love them, and others suffer
ing from that peculiar malady
known as "unrequited affection
Senator Borah, of Idaho, has been
quite obstreperous in the pre-con-
vention Of the G.. o. P, and he hints
loudly at "gag rule" and steam
roller" methods, whereby the con-
vention committee seems to have at
tended to all convention matters be-
forehand.
Those Supreme Court decisions
are worth a Lotto the Trusts the
decisions are against" Since John
d. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Com
pany was dissolved" it added the
nice, tidy sum of $1OO,00O,00O to
the rest of John D. IS dollars.
With Taft and Roosevelt still call
ing each other names, all the New
York walters and cooks on strike,
Mexico sopping up blood of patriots
and others, New Jersey rioters
"biting the dust makes us feel
there's quite some hlraisin" in this
old world right now.
=
The trouble in Cuba, according to
various editorial minds is, as Silas
WeggJ would say, various
the real trouble rs giving a half en-
lightened people the sudden bless
ings of a civilization and a freedom
which they we're unaccustomed to
and unprepared for.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-13

~ W " V Y ' y V ' ~ v v -S%%T&
Cuba is now ready to take the
place of Mexico, in the moving pic
.ture commercial world.
Boston may be long on culture at
ordinary times, but clubs are trumps
when strikes are on, as the police
courts testify
Coming events cast their shadows
before: the G. O. p officials have
asked for police protection at the
convention.
Dead men tell no tales" and the
dead captain of the Titanic is
blamed for the loss of all those lives
and his ship.
Six dollars per each for Senatorial
baths does look rather steep-but
dear suds, look what it costs to
Whitewash 'em.
Chicago has been able to stand
for almost anything that can hap
pen, so the G. o. P. Convention
won't phase her any.
Mr.. Rosewater, despite his name,
fails to have soothing influence on
the anti-Reosevelt faction who are
scrapping about seats.
It's a safe bet that T. R. wishes
Cousin M'riar had been on board the
Titanic, and that all the Hfe-boatg
were full when she tried to get off.
Z. R. says he does not think it
necessary that he go to the G. o. P.
convention. Cant somebody tip this
off to Bryan, with a suggestion?
Fashions change-former Presi-
dental candidates used to bank
largely on their dignity for nomina-
tion-now they trust to their brass.
It's to be hoped those steam
rollers which are so popular a part
of all conventions, State and Ma
tlonal, are provided with anti-skid
ding fixtures.
1t isn't to be wondered at that
the Alaskan volcanoes have become
active: this political hot-air had to
get off somewhere.
Man named Buzzard founded a
new religious" cult in Pittsburgh
and when the police raided the
temple" they found the mans
name just fitted him.
u. S, statistics show II cos+sE roo,.o
to live in June than any other
year. Yep-wedding presents cost
lot, and the June crop of brides is
a heavy one.
The Buffalo IN. W News para
grapher argues thusly: Pouring
dried peas in balky horses ear,
cured the horse, and the paragrapher
urges some one to hold Mr.. Taft
While the treatment is tried on him.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-13

If you want real enjoyment. send
ten cents for a copy OF Humorist.
Address Publisher Humorist, st.
Louis, Mo. In ordering your read
ing matter, don't fail to include the
Humorist.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-13


college product seemed to forget
more and more the cunning of her
new accomplishments, and the finale
came after the long vacation"
When teachers and pupils gathered
again, the female Moses had slid far
back in the ranks, the frying pan,
plenty of lard, white meat" and
good OF co'n-bread" were conspicu-
Gus features of the kitchen in the
school.
And everyone, excepting the
preacher and the teachers, was
healthier and happier
In contrast to this example, you
may take that Of the average family
whose members, excepting perhaps
the mother, are wage-earners.
Canned vegetables, canned fruits,
canned meats and canned milk form
the staples, and when this is
changed, the Undertakers' Trust will
declare fewer and smaller dividends.
The value Of dried fruits has
never been fully grasped by the av-
erage American householder.
While dried vegetables are COM
paratively scarce, there are varieties
of peas and beans, always available,
and are decidedly more economical
than the canned variety. Preparing
them takes time, and this is the
cause Of so much illness and the
high mortality rate in cities.
Usually the monday meal is a
hurried one, consisting largely of
hurriedly-prepared things from cans
things the hurried mother may
serve without preparation of any
sort, or which require but few
minutes at most
Dinner will be a repetition, with
maybe some hastily-cooked meat
added to the canned vegetables
and there is neither nutriment nor
sustenance in the average meal,
served to the average working-man
Or woman.
If we could have a deal less of
theoretical culinary education in our
scientiflcally-taught future house
keepers; if the simple truths of
clean, boiled water, well boiled
milk, thoroughly cooked vegetables,
wellcooked meats would be taught
in simple, practicable manner,
isn't it certainty that the death
rate during the summer months
would decrease amazingly?
And it's up to our people to have
the change made. Our National
public school system is a mockery.
We have graduated every year,
more boys and girls with less prac-
tical knowledge inside their heads,
than any other civilized nation on
the globe.
The open season for shotgun &C
cidents has opened up well-for the
undertakers.
Baltimore Sun says: Paint JTp7
and all the summer girls wiz take
the advice.
Chas. w. Morse got back in good
time to control the ice-market in his
part of the country if he cares to.
The really womanly woman will
be interested in ballots when rebates
or trading stamps are issued with
them.
The Archibald case has entered
the Marathon class with the Lorimer
case, and seems to be in good run
ming order.
Chief Justice Hughes, of New
York, is closely resembling Br'er
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-13

f~1VERY man and woman who
depends upon the contents of
III a wage-envelope for their liv-
ing, is keenly interested in
the never-ending discussion on 'tthe
higher cost of living"
In argument, the charges have
been many, beginning with 1.-The
Trusts" and ending with the short
producing more,
Every summer, the cities are pre-
pared to have the table of mortality
run the gamut from "the lowest" to
''the highest in many years" Every
congested centre of population has
the same tale to tell.
The babies go first, and it's
enough to make Heaven itself weep
at the rapidity with which they go.
Old people and young children
figure next largest on the mortality
tablets-but as each hot season sees
almost a repetition of the season be-
fore, it doesn't appear that we have
learned any lesson from past expert
ences
Every one who reads magazines
and ''the Sunday newspapers" has
become thoroughly familiar with
the words hygiene" and diet
We have looked at dozens of
more or less pretty girls and young
women in frilly caps and cunning
aprons, surrounded by kitchenware
that must have cost a small fortune,
and cooking things whose scientific
names make most Of us rush for a
dictionary
These young women are, for the
of large cities, where theoretic
the drawing, music and physical
culture exercises
And, as the Yankee sailor would
say, by an large, ones just about
as betty as 'tother," in the life
which the girls live afterward
Once, in a Southern town where
much Yankee money was available
for the uplift education and general
spoilation of the Colored Brother
(and Sister, a church was started
at the head Of which was young
Irishman; his assistants, in the
school attached to the church, were
white women from the North, and
their plan Of salvation for the COY
ored Brother included a total di-
vorce from hoe-cake, bacon and the
frying-pan.
One of the brightest" g. e. mu-
lattO) girls was singled out for spe-
cial favOrs, and as her forte was to
be domestic SCIENCE" she was sent
to a Northern college for all the
latest frills in that line
She staid two years; came back
with about four square feet of di-
ploma tied with white ribbon, a
Bible that weighed about fifty
pounds, and which represented the
heavyweight prize in the Scientific
department of House Lore; some lit
tie caps, ditto aprons, and an amaz-
ing Yankee accent with a lot Of
white folks" airs.
The preacher and the teachers
were in rapture.
This was to be the female Moses
who was to lead this chosen few
from their dark culinary ways-and
nobly did the female Moses set to
work.
She demanded tablecloths and
tableware of sorts--and as there
was plenty of Yankee money on
hand, she got EN-.
Her bills-Of-fare can be duplicated
by any Of the recent copies of wo-
mems magazines where menus for
the week" are gigen.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-13
SOME OF THE REASONS FOR ILL.,
HEALTH AMONG WORKING
PEOPLE.

- VERY man and woman who
b depends upon the contents of
a wage-envelope for their liv-
ing, is keenly interested in