Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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S e 111 i n o 1 J o ii r n a S. Published Weekly. uioKTirvQ son-Hi runni.iYA 80 far there are no fat aeronauts. By the way. Is It possible to play golf la Esperanto? An American had the latest word regarding tho best aviator. It takes a pretty clever man to get ahead of a meter of any kind. As yet the English language 1b not the least bit Jealous of Esperanto. Wireless has proven (hat It can create Just as much excitement as au aeroplane. When an automobile strikes a rail iwaii iram, tne victims are those in the machine. Another way to attain greatness la to be made president of a liay-fever sufferers' society. Paris is lo.iug her cab horses, but no noticeable decrease in tlie price of meats is reported. It is easier to muzzle the canines than it. is to keep firearms out of the hands of possible assassins. Don't think it's by accident that a woriKui hits the object directly behind her. She merely finesses her aim. Keeping cool would be ciisicr if the follows who have advice to give on the subject would keep quiet. /\ seisinograpn is a very useful instrument. It seems to keep all earthquakes at least 2,000 miles away. Boston now attains notice as a port of entry for smuggled Chinamen. You simply cannot keep a Rood town down. Another sleepwalker lias walked out of a third-story window. Slumber pedestrians should sleep in tho basement. Bbston boasts that it has the oldest shop p;irl in the world. She should be ready presently for musical comedy ^ hnrMQ u'ni-l/ Those Now Yorkers who spend ?fi,000 a year on dross must bo big men in order to find room lo haug all the garments. "Powder and cream are a necessity to protection for girls who fear sun- | burn," says a headline. \Vo suggest living in the cellar. Princess Mary of England has learned how to run a typewriter. Now 1f some of the dukes and lords would only take up honest toll! And now the peace advocates will find that the now gun which shoots 10,000 times a minute is the thing that 1b really going to stop warfare. The university professor who thinks mathematics and pot try are alike has probably never tried mathematics on a romantic girl in the moonlight. A Maine man tells a story of a frightened deer jumping Into his lap while he u as out driving in a buggy. in Iho gentleman sure that hi.; sj;< !l ins is correct? According to a learned professor, the typewrifer is the poe'rv of motion. I'resum ably lie intended to add that the motion must he supplied by tho right young woman operator. An ! * 11 k 1 is 11 woman is preparing to j fly across the KngPxh < harm ;ui<I i back. Her manager should s- < to i( I that on tho French side she does not ro as far as tho shops in Paris. That new gun will ho f??i? an additional argument for the agitators for 1 a universal peace, also a weapon in the hands of some poor nation that does not believe in that order of things. While the airship is still in its experimental stage and ambitious aero mints arc mooting with accidents repeatedly. It I;, still evident that aerial navigation has become a permanent feature of travel. In Knropo |<rpparations continue to lie made for regular traveling schedules in airshi|>9, not wlthstandfng the disasters thai have happened to some of these craft A Now Jersey man has discovered that, mosquitoes eat plants. This Is an Important natural discovery It has hitherto heen supposed, and with a good deal of circumstantial evident support the supposition, that the mosquito whs strictly carnivorous In its diet nnd exclusively nocturnal in Its meal hours. Any hope to the con trary will be thankfully received by a bitten, angry and sleepy world of humans. Push rart peddlers have formed a national organization. Perhaps th<-y have discovered that the banana is one of the necessities of lifo and are going to do the regulation thing to celebrate the discovery. A man found senseless on thn fltroet with his pockets turned Insldo out was locked up by (he Philadelphia police as u witness, It Is difficult to Imagine the Injury to the inflexible purse of justice If thin person should escape from the duty of testifying that tvo did not know what hit him. ^DELIGfl >?NATION, CAPITAL 4 WHEN you take In the city of Washington what the unregenerate call a "rubber-neck wagon" your courso is bound to lead by the Cosmos club. Until the Metropolitan club f built its new quarters, its building was situated near that which houses the Cosmos members. It was tho great delight of the information giver on the sightseeing automobile to declare to tho passengers that the Metropolitan club, "which you see on your right, is the home of the l.obs, and the Cosmos club, which you see on your left, is the home of the cranks." Presumably scientists have become accustomed to bein? dubbed cranks by the unthinking. Tf lino I 1-. .i r-? -v on u.sb1' ?'* *iiiiua tor pome scientists to ge t recognition from the world. The Cosmos club lias a membership which In IIII ; '"?j I ::V CQHrtsvr/cl/r avcwus -iooh/hgyvt. eludes some of (lie greatest scientists of tho United States, t.nd, in its nonresident membership. some of the greatest scientists of the world. There are botanists, astronomers, ornitholo. gists, and, in fact, scientists of all kinds and de? crlptlons, to be found nightly in tho great, weeping parlors of the club's quarters. There is Just ns much hospitality and jollity In the club m are to be four. I In the rooms of any social organization in the world and learning besides there, also. In order to be a member of tho Cosmos club you must have something besides money and social standing. It Is probable that there are many members of other organizations fei Washington, who would be willing to throw their memberships Into the (loop sea, if the art trouM buy for them admittance Into tin* club of thefo scientists. The headquarters of the Cosmos club are in the old "Dolly Madison" residence. It was them that the widow of President Madison 11 v? <1 and held social sway for years after the d"ath of her husband. During the Civil war, for a time. Admiral Wlli<es lived in the Madison 1h?usc. It was Wilkes who took Mason and Slide!! from the British steamer "Trent" and thereby nearly brought on v.ar between the Cnited States and (!reat IJrltaln at n time when ; ueli a w;:i tni*_*lit havo lUMiroil ultimate vidorj to the Confederate arms. Th.. ItinWifiil ..... . .1 -.f 1 . 1 o government lias lost t!u s? rviei ; i.\ I?r c. Hurt JMerrlnni, who for years was the surve\ s chief, nnd who In tlie early days worked u lu.nl to make theserviro what lie succeeded i;\ u ..iking it, om1 of the mosi useful d? pai triient' of K"v< r:v meat. i>r .Merriam lias, accepted tlx direction of | the Hcrriinon Foundation for Zoological lie- ] arch. Mth. I larriman, the widow of K II. liar liuiau, the per cut linanolor and railroad num. has curried out the wishes of her husband, and has ] aside a large sum i f money to lie used lor purposes of zoological study. Acting un?|uestion* < ably In line with her husband's wishes, Mrs. liarrlman requested I;r. Men-iani to take charge of < the work. It is probable that the former chief of the biological survey is the foremost authority in the i United States In matters pertaining to certain lines of natural history work It was I)r. Mer* riam, inor< than any other man, to whom Tlieo- , dore Roosevelt went for advice' about tlie scopo of IiIh expected work in Africa The doc tor and ( the colonel have been friends since biyhood; ( when in New York Mate both were pursuing bird , studies and exchanging letters on general Hub- , Jeets of natural hlstoi> These words about I>r Merriam and th" liarrlman Zoological Foundatien lead one to (ell a Btory about tho late financier, which perhaps will throw some light on a side of his life eoncorning w'nieh most people probably know little One year ago last wintei I went south In hi Washington, bound for Augusta fia? with a friend. K II llarriman's private ear was at tached tr> tin- train at one of tf;? 'at Ions on the way. It happened Hint my friend was a clove per sonal acquaintance of Mr. llairiman. and ho was Invited to dine with the financli i on his private car. and was toil to liiinpr hi friend with lilrn, provided the friend would like to come There were wv ral men of law affairs at that MM'- dinner |ti(y, one of the greats being tho president of ' ie of the greatest railroad 8ysto.ni!' In tho wild. The eonver: alion, naturally, was about big affairs of the finai.< ial world, eonier'dng which I Knew very little and I nm froo to confess, oar- d much less. After hearing a good deal about, pertain thlnr concerning which tho discussion was more or 1- < unintelligible to nr. 1 ventured to'break into the eonvirk:i(Win niifl to loll Mi llarrlmnn l .? I liiwl wiwli of (lie Journals r?f tho "Ilnrrlman Alaska Rxpedl* tlon" ns already had boon publislnd, and moreover, that I had road tin in. For the next two hours I had amplo evldenco that K. II. Harrhnan cared for something besides railroads. Ten or twelve years beforo he had ITS GU/ mmD B> n,ADIL^ ^ COPYRIGHT BY W A PATr?/?30/1 4> y1'^ ' : ^} v. ^ n' " ? * 4 ft * , 11 '/-vv^vy'V.^ < ry*'-?*}/.,r-\: ~*. -v' ' ' ; * W' * . ' '?'_? ? * - - ?. i " v% .g?P?t: s*' ! J 3 ~ . \!k , h * 11 IJ * mm? lfy& -' .' <' I lJffiM 'fj* 't'; y ' -', V? J d! /Lvyy^y/ 1//7/W /J^"AZ//~ -LOOU/NG D?PARTM?fiT Ilk. :. 11 I'l.-llhllH- of ,<> I nr..I U I o (.. A I....1 .... 4..... . i iitn in mini iw /\ r\ <l > > tiim ;.s liis guests. lie- had had a delightful ti with tin* scientists and they had profited mi in a liin wit (!>;< way hy tIk* trip to eomparativ new fields I found that Mr. Harriman was ke ly Iiit?rested in birds, trees, shells, flow< stones and in iiniiials, and that ho knew and predated nattin in ;ill its forms That was only time I ever saw K If. Harriman, but fr what he said during the two hours anil a I spent in hi: ear that winter night I was not nil suri.ris'd when I fonnii #.nt ii...? t<.. . vidod a fiin.l for zoological research. Across Lafayette square, duo west from f'osmos club, is tho vacant Decatur inansi Tliis house- was built by Commodore Stephen atur in tin- yt ar 181!', and it was from its | lain that he went forth one year later to meet death at the hand of .lames Hanoi), also a na rifflcer, who had challenged Decatur to a duel, is American history and the circumstances known to all, but ft might Ii!' aid that it > Barron who was in command of tho t'ni States ship Chesapeake at the time it was o\ hauled l.y the Hrltish ship Leopard and searcl for alleged deserters from the llriiisii n:n v Ilooks have been written about Lafnyc ; -quaro, hut tho stories that are told about men whose statues are in the square, and ah the men who live.I in the houses surrounding are endless, and not all of them, perhaps, h found their w;,\ ii.to print. Tiie statue <d' Lai rite was eroded at one corner of the square U>iik after th< statue of 'Andrew Jackson 1 been put in plate in the eenter of the sqiu lil'fivided !i Kritmri. r>nn In ut.l.i t,. i.afa>elle \ iiJ? < 1 America in 1X2.1. and ?.*%? n <i21 > one hoars oo< ,:s|onally of some living per who remembers his visit. Not long ago there died in Chicago, at hoii;<' on IjJIm street, the aged Mrs. David? Sh< was born in ( harle.ston, S. C. Her mni name was Am rum; she was a granddaughter Col. William Washington, a first cousin of Geo Washington. It was William Washington > .it the hnHle of thn Cow pens fought a hand li.'Ulil fiL'lit Willi Colonel TnrU.#. ?? - i._i. * %?*# ! W| IIIIJ fill! i ircfs. Colonel Washington succeeded In cut! off tho thumb <>' Tarleton's sworil hand, then there was Interference which separated combatants. Lafayetco was a strong personal friend of y ' , / ^ ^ : _ ^ I '"M,,,i??uiu^ I I 0i v CL.. / ^ s>|* Kf;?rjglM.lljl 1 / I i / i.'un r it Ik liain Washington, ami when ho visited Charleston nio In tho year ho was a guest at Hie Ancrura ich residence, Mrs. Ancruni, tho mother of Mrs. Dnely vlilson, bring a daughter 01 Colonel Washington, en- Mrs. Davidson, then a child six or eight years rs, old. reinenibered tho visit perfectly and Uopft ap- until she died a present which l^afayette hu4 tho given to her, the grandchild of his old friend an# om comrade in arms. |il11 There is no statue of Washington In I.afayett? at square, though one day there may be, for It U> >ro* sold to be possible that Andrew Jackson may be put elsewhere and George Washington may take the bis place. The nearest physical approach, bo to on. speak, that one gets to the first president, In LaI)e? fayette square. Is In the White House, which >or fronts It. It may not be generally known that tho his White Mouse was completed before Washington val died. It was only a few days before his death. It as Washington tradition lias It. that floors !in.i arc* Martha Washington walked through the recently van completed White House, to fclve their approval ted < r disapproval, as it may be, of the arrangement .' r of th<- rooms. It is possible that that visit to Ik >1 the capital was the last otic which the Father of Ills Country made, for it was only a short timo t t afterward that he died at Ids coup try veat, Mount ttio Vernon. out Reference to Mount Vernon brings to mind it, the fact that there is living la Washington today nvo nn aged man named John l,nne. who Ik ?h? rmiu ay- 1 iv111?' person who over saw (ieorge Washington, not Now, iiia.sinuch as the Father of his country died had 111 years ago, this may seem to be something ire, pretty el;>Ro to a false statement on Its ic?.ce, but ter. It i;; tho truth nevertheless. to* Whon John Lane was a small boy the driver son of a stage that ran between Washington and Mount Vernon asked the lad If he wanted a rldo, her and the answer was a hasty climbing up to tho ion. seat of honor by the driver. Tho boy made tho f. i.. '.ti " - ..... ...,. ..ii .ii.j mi; m .>nni!ii vcrnon and arrived of there Just aft they worn removing the; body of rgo Washington from the old tomb to the new one. vho In order to inako certain that the remains had I to- not been tampered with by ghouls who not long tish before had broken Into tho o!d tomb, the codln ing was opened and John I .arc. apod ton, was lifted mul tip lo look on the face of the Father of his Conntho try. Mr. Lane today Is the only person who survives of the little company which was present A'II- at the transfer of the body. 4 ImOmuotqekI \w M W1BURp NEPBITI ? C7fc> n # } Mix' Itanklnson, she lives nox' door An' sootii to think I keep a Htoro. Why, dear me khz! She borrlos stuff? Seems-HUi' <<lw? li?iu <.n<mnrl> ()' Hour, or siicar, salt or ton. An so she borrlcs thorn o' me. Not tlint I want to criticise. For nebbors all should nobborize. MIz' 1 lanklnson?well, T won't sa> How many times she comes each day For .lost a cup i>' tills or that, Ono tnno she borrled Uzzle's hat Fer lior Alvlra I.ou to wear To see a show, an' wo was thereYou should or soon how fine she dressed An' lizzie in her second best! Not that I'm try In' to complain? Hut when she borrled our door chain Hocauee her man was out o* town Why, 1 think thai was olieok, don't you? lmposln' on Kond nature, too. 'Most ovcry tnnrnln', like not, She hurries our best loltoc pot. One day T lauifhod all to mynolf? I's <lo;inln' out my pantry shelf An' sho <01110, borryln' a pic! Will, I .lost thouKht that I would dlo A-lauKhiu'! They'd tho proaohor In? An' all bor ploa arc bard an' thin. An', huy, sho mado out to him. too, That pie's baked by Alvlra l.ou! Hilt host of all was .lost last wook Hho bail brownklttln- couldn't spoak Out loud, an' when tho doctor come ? Ho Jost out with it. KrulY and Rrum: "You nood sumo vontllatlon hero!" .am men sin- on, my lawzy <l?iu'!? Klie Oh, liltt tills Is simply flnel? Bent over lioro to Ixirry nilnt*! "S. P." and His Dare. Wo are in receipt of a poem from "S. 1'." who inforniH us that he is "another Hoosier and a member of the Indiana Society in Rood standing." It. is in reply to some utterly innocent lines in this column not long ago, which lines meekly inquired why aman wanted to wear a silk hat. "S. 1'." says: "I dare you to print it." It being axiomatic that a man who will * take a darn would Bteal slicop, we bop leave to print. l'oor man No wonder you're wrinkled' and uray If vein let fashions disturb your minil. You hurt Dunlap and Knox with what! you nay. And others may think your words aro not kind. Who'd fvi r think that an Kvanston swell Willi his hiKh-toned airs and i'r,mo < 'la n?. Would maki' use of spare to holler like > will Roiim* SIoiix, whon you wear a Mack' Sombrero. Now. my donr frlonil, of pool lent Hint. . Nothing you'vo seen will c\< r look ?iuocror Ami xlrulKhtwiiy I think you'll buy a silk hat If von no homo ninl look In a mirror. I Wo aro not oi>i>ospi| to tlu* silk hat. j If an anti silk hat soc iety wore organj l/.oil wo hIiomM be the first to (Jocllm* memtiorsnip. Our Rood friends Dunlap an?l Knox will bear witness to the fact that In times past we haveadorned onrself with their productions. Confidentially, we think tho' ulllr lint If .. J rr.? t,.... ..... ira a piurtnj J".*- I 111! ITOUIMO with us Is that wlitn wo put ono oni we want to run for office. Man anybody a word to say for 'ho uncombed' plush hat especially the wot maltesu sort ? Tho othor day wo printed a couple stanzas having to do with tho pronunciation of "(Joetho," whon mentioned hy stroot car conductors 011 approaching tho thoroughfare of that name. From tho responses sent in we culV , theso: M.ui rides upon the'tr.dley ear And Ids location f(Ul?Uly Knowelh Wli'-n the 1 -iidntc r. r ;!u* Jar A fill rtitnl'l" . Inc.. s< ly Kliouteth) "(JOdllif!" I Htond on flt?' our fit mlrinlKhl Ami I intirmiirr.l "Ifolf y-lolty!" Wlicn thf eriiilltr foiuliiciiir Htoppi'il tin- i .ir and Hliontr-il: "(!oi-the!" Self Defense. ' Hut why do you wear hunting toga, whi n you cannot sit a horse?" "Ho.cauKo none of these tirenomrt Rtory toilers have tho ncrvo to start ono of their bear stories when theyf see mo in thin costume." The Lost Column. Ho IokI hlx heart rlfcht at the Htait, The clrl lie wished to wed; llf mooned and stared till folk declared That h?s had loot tils head. Although lie nlanmd to win her hand Me never wont 10 lle hastened on. his nerve was Rone, He'd lost his backbone, too.