i Decadence <
_i fuf . a Sydney
HERE Is perhaps no n
COIlimtinn In an m a n \
ate rial prosperity sudt
voted to plain living
spirit of materialism
love of science and ki
tingulshed the ante-b?
many's high, austere,
been replaced by a b
Germans are no longer the greatest rear
to be in some danger of developing to
English contempt That intellectual c<
of the most admirable and seductive i
with the dazzling succession of autbc
were Its embodiment and the nnworldl
uated it A new luxury, restlessness,
vaded all classes. The Germany of tod
American ardor, has cultivated with ai
amenities and what Burke called "the
come more polished, more ceremonlot
niceties and embellishments of social ir
losing, the old simplicity and purity of
Crimes aicainst nronertv ?nrf m?r?i
last thirty years with an appalling rap
pace with them. Berlin is the most c
European cities, and flaunts a coarsen
equalled anywhere. The Germans hav
When they are losing; their spiritual fail
Influence of the Socialist temper is not
indoctrinated at least a third part of tl
the crudest materialism. The great cit;
was little more than & placid village s
exuberant architecture, its restauranti
, gaiety, the .vastness of the distance wt
generation. Unity, prosperity, and imp
Ible change in the character and socia
nographlc literature of the most rcvoltl
greater evil in Germany than it ever wi
the higher classes grows later and lat<
of a marriageable age?estimated at cc
great increase in divorces emphasize
neas; and the many scandals of recen
Is always and in all countries the first
iruiui w su uiiuiisuiKKUie lowering OI ll
per's Weekly.
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I 'Romance o
* By Henry
WISE motorist is not
II I the time, the place, tl
I I inspired choice on w
yV I knows when to brave
1 I hills or tunels of gre<
I V W S that would soon toss
I I M. I on grass-grown lanes
InrVffl waysides of jagged ti
[color; and quenching
Mnger in long cadences of stream and 1
All this, however, he can do perfe
* For in motoring, as In love, one man's i
cleansing joy another's pool of infam:
shares can the motor-sage share his ]
depends for you on the blindness of sp
' suffice you. If your thirst is for shy
with some motoring painter may slake
and for whom does it not wait??like a
he street as in the desert, in the throb
:y as in the openness of a woman's mc
eurs will be an abomination, acquaint
welcome only as he loosens your too fir
our fingers to the levers controlling
our engine, and with a word or two
)ide you on your first long run.?Atl
is >i
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Va ...
? Work and
By Dr. L.
Vfl "l HERE a re conditions f
I do the most and the I
Vlfl I tain those conditions
fc* j It Is useless for
1 I tlgrued man to try to 1
J matlc, even-tempered
which the two men p
V * oal. The man who
> nerlod of wnrmlnnr-iin
y-ot at it, as long as he can kee
2^ real economy for him. On th?
fcjV when he works by Bpurts, and
-^Ait to feel that he is doing wro
JeJvorkman. System and contlnu<
Both men can do high-grad<
nan ought to discover the s|
o make such conditions for
I* * waste somewhere. ]
-fcin- .ne to run everybody throu
r/
rkf fh
^ uy if i
! ECZ \ ?
v fjr Brandmr
y N "
i -IETHER any one of
f?v oeptance as the secbi
I highly desirable worl
i jQz~ cation, can be decided
reil of the fotnre. Bo
aohlere this cHatlnctl
that tongue is moat
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of Germany ^
f Brooks. ^
atlon that haa altered within a single
r essential qualities as Germany. Ma
lenly descending upon a country deand
high thinking, has brought the
in Its train. The idealism and the
tow ledge tor their own sakes that dla- j
ilium generation, and constituted Gerand
distinctive claim to honor, have
aid and repellent utilitarianism. The
lers in the world. They seem, indeed,
ir books and book-learning an almost
ismopolitanlsm which used to be one
of German traits has vanished along
>rs. scientists, and philosophers who
y professors who fostered and perpetdiscontent.
and chauvinism have inay,
pursuing wealth with a more than
isiduity, and not without success, the
solemn plausibilities" of life, has bets.
more preoccupied with the small
ttercourse; but has lost, or is rapidly
manners.
Ity have multiplied in Germany in the
idity. Financial juggleries have kept
cosmopolitan and the most corrupt of
ess of depravity that is not, I think,
e rushed into city life Just at a time
:h in theories of moral restraint. The
to be sought in politics alone; it has
tie German nation with the religion of
y on the Spree which a generation ago
uuwb in lis siyie 01 me, iu rents, us
i and hotels, its strident round of
lich Germany has traveled in the last
erialism have wrought a deep and visI
outlook of the German people. Porng
and debasing quality is becoming a
is in France. The marriage age among
sr. The number of unmarried women
mslderably over two millions?and the
a growing social and moral unsoundt
years among the aristocracy, which
class to show the taint of corruption,
he standards of national morals.?Hari
?
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7P :
f Motoring f
C Greene. ?
merely exempt from mania; he knows
tie way; he has the skill to make each
hich poetic motoring depends. He
wind and sun, when to seek sheltering
sn. Leaving the allurements of a road
like the English Channel, he comes,
, to the ease of green-winged locusts;
iwdriness he lets pass in one flare of
; a burst of speed, he makes beauty
willow.
ctly, not for you, but for himself only,
loem is another man's prose, one man's
f. Only with spirits whose nature he
romance. If, then, romantic motoring
eed, a chauffeur's bought wisdom must
lights on ocean or hillside, friendship
it. But if all reality waits for you?
goddess scarcely veiled; if it lurks in
bing of machinery as in silence, in the
St Intimntp amilo thon fnr uah oKo..f
tances inept, and even a close friend
m grasp on the steering wheel, guides
throttle and electric spark, "cranks"
of technical reminder, takes the seat
antic.
> M
I 4k
Efficiency f
Gulick J?
Wlr
or each individual under which he can
jest work. It is his business to ascerand
to comply with them,
the nervous, high-strung, quickly failve
by the same program as his pblegneighbor.
The conditions under
roduce the best results are not identican't
work at his best until after a
, ought to stick to his job, when once
p up to the high-grade level. That is
: other hand, the man who accomplishtakes
intervals of play between times,
ng when he gives up imitating the
ous driving decrease, not increase, his
e work, but not under the same coudipeclal
conditions of his own best work,
himself?in so far as he can. OtherNothing
is gained and mnoh u i~??
gh the same mold.?Prom the World's
i m
?
ie -vS
ie Future 1
Matthews- ^
the living tongues is ever to win ac- I
ad language of educated men, as the j
d-language of International communi- I
only by time, and no man can lift the I
it If any one of the Urlng tongues la to I
an and to Mm this useful purpose,
Ihely to be tinglisb. We who speak
to help la bringing this about and to
aa do little or nothing. Those who
i to present the spread of oar speech;
It if It should come to pass, this will
E d ' '' '.
.. 'v - - V. ' DOINGS
OfCTNCTESS
Turn Daj to Day.
abort lagialativa aaaaion of tba
Sonata devotad to tba tnmaiHon of
roatina morning hnrim* wag brought
to an abrupt eloaa Wadnaaday by a
motion to go into ozacatiwa aeaaiou to
woiucr in uuiaaiio wiwrwiys
treaty. Senator* desiring to consider
various pending sow res resisted the
wish of the naajoriay to dispose of
this treaty, and a yea and nay vote
was required to close the doors for
executive business.
The treaty was not disponed of.
A variety of subjects occupied tbe
attention of the Houre of Representatives
Wednesday. Tbe proceedings
began with the adoption of tbe special
committee report recommending
the expunging from The Record of
the recent speech of Mr. Willett. of
New York, denunciatory of President
Roosevelt.
The UOStolBee tnnmnriltinn Kili
was amended in several particulars,
the most important being the transferring
of 500 assistant superintendents.
clerks, etc., of stations from
the $1,000 to the $1,100 elass. while
the provision for the payment of
necessary expenses of division superintendents,
railway mail clerks, and
others, while away from headquarters
was stricken out. As amended the
bill was passed, carrying an appropriation
of over $234,000,000.
The omnibus claims bill was before
the Senate during almost all of
the session Thursday. Various amendments
were offered to the measure
and acted upon, the vote on an amendment
to repeal the Tucker act under
which war claims are sent to the
court of claims being postponed until
Friday.
Senator Foraker gave notice that
Friday he would again call up his
bill for the reinstatement of the soldiers
of the Twentv-fifth Reriment I
who were discharged without honor
on account of the Brownsville. Tex.,
"shooting up" August 13th-14th,
1900.
Almost the entire session of the
House of Representatives was taken
up with a discussion of the conference
report on the bill providing for
the taking of the next census. A
lively debate ensued over a provision
granting to the Director of the Census
the right to have the printing of
the reports done by private concerns
in case such action should be deemed
advisable, with the result that the
supporters of the proposition were
successful and the report was agreed
to.
The army appropriation bill was
called up and had been but briefly
discussed when the House adjourned.
The omnibus ?-.lr.ims bill, carrying
an appropriation of about $3,000,000,
which has been favorably acted upon
by the House of Representatives, was
passed by the Senate Friday, with an
amendment repealing the law allowing
the reference of Southern war
claims to the court of calims by the
Seua;t' or House of R'p.'sentati/os.
A substijuto bill for all pending
measures relating to the re-enlistment
of ihe soldiers of t!?-_ J"*venty-tiiM?
Regiment, who were discharged with
out honor lolowing the Brownsville,
Tex., "shooting up," was introduced
by Senator Aldrich, and accepted
by Senator Foraker and other Republican
Senators who had proposed legislation
for the same purpose. It provides
for a court of inqury to pass
upon the qualifications of the discharged
men for re-enlistment.
Viporoup denials both by Charles
P. Taft oxd William Nelson Cromwell
of the charges made in the recent
speech of Mr. Rainey, of Iillionis. on
Panama canal 'affairs, were read *.n
the House of Representatives. The
conrnunication from Mr. Taft was in
me snaps or a caDiegram irom Havana
to Mr. Rainev while Mr. Cromwell's
rejoinder was addressed to Mr.
Lovering of Massachusetts.
There was an animated discussion
of the subject. Then the army appropriation
bill again was laid before the
House. The bill was not considered,
however, the time being taken up in
general debate. Mr. Clark, of Florida.
argued for jury trials in lunacy
proceedings in the District of Columbia.
Mr. Jenkins, of Wisconsin, presented
views holding to be unconstitutional
the acts of the last session
of Congress in relation to the issu
anee of restraining orders, injunctions
and cofttcmpts of courts; Mr. Perkins
of New York, favored a lowering of
the tariff; Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee,
attacked the so-called powder trust
and Mr. Reeder, of Kansas, spoke in
defense of the forest service.
The judiciary committee continued
its hearing in the case of Judge Hundley,
of Alabama, in the Senate on
Saturday.
Further testimony was given out in
the case of the inquiry into the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railway t-mpany
merger.
The Senate Democrats arc planning
a filibuster to prevent a vote in the
Brownsville case.
By voting an appropriation of
$500,000, the house of representatives
Saturday made liberal provision far
farther experiments by the army,
with balloons and airships for use in
warfare.
The subject gave to a soi
hat?, which continue^
points, bat the eh sir in elaborate opinions
overruled these, snd thus naved
the Way Tor the incorporation of tho
provision in the army appropriation
bill.
Previous to taking up the army bill,
the consideration of which was not
oompleted, the house passed a number
of miscellaneous bill* of more or less
public interest.
At 4:46 p. m., the house adjourned
until Sunday, when it will meet in
special session to hear eulogies on the
life of and character of Representative
Powers, of Maine, who died during
the recess.
IELECTRICITYFROM WAVES
William Suss Finds Way to Oatch
Power From Wind and Wares.
Washington, Special.?Within the
next few days Atlantic City is to witness
a practical demonstration of a
new invention that will litili**
limitless force of-the ocean tides and
waves in the production of power,
light, and heat. The inventor claims
that he has mastered the problem in
a manner that makes its application
both economic and practical.
Engineers who have tested the wave
motors invented by William Snee, of
Pitsburg, state that these motors will
do the work for which they are intended.
The mo'or. or rather the revolving
portion of the motor, resembles in
construction, and is. in effect, a turbine.
It is the only turbine wheel
ever invented for generating power
from wave and tide motion. The
motor revolves within the stationary
shield that is equipped with reflectors
and guide blades set at such an
angle as to harmonize all outside
conflicting forces of the water, so
that no matter from what direction
the water is jetted into the interior,
the motor always turns in one direction.
Models of various sizes have been
made, and the experiments have
Droved such an unnnnlifipd succpcr
that two 61-ton motors have been
installed at the end of Young's pier
at Atlantic City, and the power obtained
will be utilized to make the
pier and beach s bluze of light.
The wave motors works as well on
land as it does in the water. This
feature was tested recently at Pittsburg,
the motor proving itself to be
twenty per cent more sensitive to the
currents of the air than the anemometer,
and the same principle that
harmonizes the outside wheel performs
the same service in harmonizing
conflicting forces of wind.
This discovery naturally suggests
the idea of using both the wind and
wave motors in government lighthouses,
and the inventor at once
brought the matter to the attention of
the government officials.
Nine Jurors Found,
Nashville, Special.?When the sec
unu venire 01 ouu tniesmen was exhausted
without the completion of the
jury to try Col. Duncan Cooper, Robin
Cooper and John D. Sharp for the
slaying of former Senator Edward W.
Carmack. Judge Hart announced thathe
would devote Wednesday to the
hearing of charges against Jurors
Leigh and Jackson. Meantime he
drew another venire of 500 names and
the sheriff is summoning them for service
at 0 a. m. Friday.
Just before court adjourned the
State filed charges against Juror H.
C. Jackson, claiming that he was incompetent
because he was an habitual
drunkard Thn StntA Iw, linon tn'inff
since last week to pet a hearing on
the charges against Juror J. S. Leigh
and its witnesses were summoned to
appear Wednesday, when both cases
will be gone into.
There are now nine mer in the box
with charges against two of them.
The failure of counsel to complete the
jury from the first thousand talesmen
together with the fact that the number
already selected may be reduced
by the court makes it extremely improbable
that the twelve men will be
sworn in before some time next week.
Cleveland Womun Leaves Money to
Negro 8c boo Lb.
Cleveland, O., Sneeial.?Mrs. Samuel
Mather, sister of Mrs. John Hay,
who died a few days ago, left an esJ
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Laic vaiutm Ul ^,UUU,UUU. UI THIS
$250,000 is set aside for charitable
purposes. Among these bequests are
$15,000 for superannuated minister's
of the Presbvterian Church; $5,000
for Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.,
and $1,000 for Tuskegee Institute,.
Tuskegee, Ala.
No Election Tet in Illinois.
Springfield, 111., Special.?Senator
Albert J. Hopkins, Republican primary
choice for Senator, with 90 votes
came within nine votes of re-election
on Wednesday's first ballot, the 13th
joint ballot taken since the senatorial
deadlock began. The 90 receded
to 85 on the 17th ballot. None of the
other candidates made consequential
gains and the election of a Senator
doeg not seem to be in sight.
Root Bids Goodbye to the Cabinet.
Washington, Special. ? Secretary
Root attended his last Cabinet meeting
Tuesday and his colleagues in the
official family gave him a farewell
such as be will long remember. The
understanding is that Robert Bacon
will be_jcottfljy" '" Wednesday as See
rjH at once take
^ it ' ?, It 8001
/ ' i Wednesday
Ml , ,
COLD. ICY BLIZZARD
Afl.Sections of the Courtry in
Grasp of Sleet and Snow.
TRAINS BURIED UNDER SNOW.
Wins Art Proctr&t?d la rations
Ottos Which Btotdily Swejt From
Wsst to ths Sail With Oral Dsmt(t
in Thsir TraiL
.J
Chicago, Special.?Four dead, many
injured, much suffering and an unknown
property loos is the bll paid
by Chieago to the storm that iwooped
down upon this eity Frida* noon.
Early on Saturday the sno* ceased
falling, the temperature droped not
much above tLe zero mark:
The dead: Thomas Clancy, lelivery
wagon driver, killed when n automobile
crashed into his tear under
cover of blinding snow. Patrick
Crane, 35 years old, killed b being
blown from stairway. Morris Iaberle,
70 years old, dropped dead fnm over
exertion, while shoveling snc.v from
bis side walk during the lizzard.
Patrick Higgins, 35 years ol, dropped
dead overcome by colt, while
waiting for a street car.
Train Lost in the Sno*.
xne train on the South Mnnesota
division of the Chicago, Mlvraukec
and St. Paul, lost in the snov drifts
some time Thursday night is still
unlocated. The train was -eported
lost in a snow drift west of Fackson,
Minn. It was last reported at Kinbrae,
Minn., 345 miles west of LaCrosse.
The train is now upposed
to be buried between Kin ae and
Sibley. Communication betwen these
two points is obstructed. In he train
there are two day coaches and a
combination mail, baggage and express
car. No food was nbnrd the
train. Railroad officials brieve the
passengers were given shlter at
Kinbrae or at farm houses long the
line. The overland train, du Friday,
became stalled somewhere a Iowa,
and for 24 hours it has beei battling
with the blizzard. Intense suffering
was experienced by many pssengers
On train*-. mViinK -1 - J ?*iL
w?. iiivii Itcic lill |'l UVIICH Willi
sleeping and eating aceomo ations.
Florida Weather Coldest n Years.
Pensacola. Fla., Special?Following
a wind Avhich attained i A'elocity
of 15 miles an hour and Thich had
been blowing steadily fc tAveh'e
hours at o\Ter thirty mile, came a
drop in temperature Satur.ny morning
of 5 degrees and this section of
Florida is experiencing tl? clodest
weather of the past two sasons. It
is feared that the fruits and vegetable
crops may be seriouly injured
by the cold weather due t- the warm
weather of the past feAV ?eeks causing
them to bud and spoi:.
Entire East in Storm \ Grasp.
W ashington, Special.-Clale-swept
coasts, a freeze in the f*uit belt of
Florida, temperatures 2( to 30 degrees
below the seasontl average,
snow in many sections ad cold snaps
everywhere north of he Mexican
Gulf and east of the lockics were
the features that marled Saturday
night's weather map. The storm,
with its trail of cold /ave and accompaniment
of high wnds, is off the
New England coast, pasing off to sea,
wrecking craft along tie Atlantic as
an earnest of its force
Anniston, Ala., Speial.?A fierce
blizzard prevailed here the first snow
of the season falling Saturday morning.
There have beer five fires since
the blizzard began.
Columbus, Ga., Speial.?With the
mercury several degees below freezing
point and steacily falling, Columbus
on Saturday night was in the
grasp of the severert blizzard of the
winter.
Wireless Saves Tvo More Vessels.
Norfolk, Va.t Sfccial.?The inestimable
value of wireless telegraphy
was again demonftrated Saturday in
Hampton Roads when a message
flashed through trie air telling of the
collision of the Old Dominion liner
Hamilton with a car barge of the New
York, Philadelfhia & Norfolk Railroad,
and eating for assistance.
Kills Wife and Self.
Wilmington N. C., Special.?Evidently
enraged toward her because
she would not consent to return with
him to Atlanta, Ga., or surrender to
him their 17-month-old child, Edward
A. Mizer, a young white man living
here for ths past six weeks, Sunday
at Second and Nun streets, in a prom
inent resi-ience section, intercepted
his young wife, a daughter of John H.
Land, a well-known carpenter here, as
she was on her way to the First Baptist
Sunday school; shot her twice,
resulting in her death an hour later
at the hospital; then turned the pistol
upon himself.
Town Devastated by Fire.
v.. a :-1 wi
iva u.f oiicciai.?lflf
town of Nowata, across the line from
here in Oklahoma, was almost wiped
off the map Saturday by a Are tha:
destroyed 13 business houses, two
banks and the county court house,
whieh held all the records of that
ill" a? ALUI TL.
mm v4 vmlaumilft. 1DD lOH ]|
estimated at 9200,000.
???
A Grin u
W ,jf)L
e? a grave m^^H| jBS
tions in the ;]2
pearance a
to medical acient^^^^H .'
For several rentjF v
known to h^1
rcedit for i
C. H. Lavy.v $?"'
and marine h
a ?- mtim
lagra" is a
eating of spoiled *^-^^Hftft| ,4ft
duces in persons .
sort of intoxication. x?? Jft"' * ft
erally occurs amon|\\' md -ft
classes of the rural p<?,
subsist largely or exclusi^"
corn most usually prepared bF (| a
corn meal in salt water call^
jentia" in Italy. Dr. Lavin^ft^ 3
that in pallagrous countries' JK .
is often of r poor quality,
before maturity and not *: ft
cured nnd stored, so that pT"ft JHj
more easily develop upon it. t<ft H
"The disease usually beginJ|
gastro-intestinal disturbances," jft
Assistant Surgeon Lavinder, "foi.ft
ed shortly by the erythema of ft
skin, and in a brief while there
more or less involvement of the nft 1
vous system. It is slowly advancift
toxemia, the brunt of which, in tft
end, is borne by the nervous svsteftL^ft
and each annual recurrence leaves B|
deeper and more indelible mark
the mental and nervous condition
t 1h> sufferer." The great graviftft
lies in the number of people affecte^B^Q
and in its immediate nnrl rmom.
sequences not onlv to individuals, bu*
to the race?intellectual feebleness,
lessened resistance, economic loss,
physical deterioration of the race, B
etc." , 1
Concerning the etiology of the dieease,
it is said to he an intoxication .
due to using as food Indian corn ^
(maize), which under the influence * 1
of unidentified parasitic growths -I
(fungi), has undergone certain ^*4
changes with the production of one r *
or more toxic substances of a chemical
natures. Within the past two qr ^ *4
three years, for some reason or rea- <<
sons unknown, this disease lias rapidly
increased in numbers and ex- ^
tent of territory afTeetd. "Pllagra" ^ ^
hpflrfi .1 nlpco roc/?mklrt?-A * ? * i- ~ ?
? V.v?v * Vicviuumiicc IU Mil* acfont
to territory effected. "Pellagra" ^4
it occurs in the old world, though differing
in some particulars, and the ^ *'
acute cases greatly preponderate and
the mortality is high. "Since it is K
of n serious nature, and epidemic in
character," declares Dr. Lavinder, *
"knowledge concerning it is becoming
of much importance to the Amer- ^ *
iean physician and especially to the
practitioner in the Southern States." g*
Roosevelt and Fairbanks Guests at
Dinner of Gridiron.
Washington, Special.?Farewell to ^
President Roosevelt and Vice-Preai- ^
dent in their official capacity only,
was saia 10 mem Saturday night by C
the famous Gridiron club of Washington
newspaper men. 4
The occasion was the annual winter
dinner of that club. In all there were 4
nearly 200 guests, and. as is always
the case, the roll included many that <
figure conspiciously in the hall of
fame. Ambassndors. justices of the
supreme court of the United States,
cabinet officials, senators, representatives.
editors, publishers and men of
affairs generally, were in this gathering
of guests of the newspaper men.
It was far from a sad affair,
though the occasion was of a farewell
nature, Gridiron dinners never are
sad. As the president and vice-president
were the guests of honor, go
they came in for equal prominence
in the fun of the evening.
Water Wagon a Feature.
The temperance movement that has
swept over the country showed its
effect on the club. As, the souvenir
of the dinner, the guests were given
"H-2-0," illustrated Grid-Iron almanacs,
published by the "Grid-Iron
Water Wagon Press." Between ita
covers there was no remedy given
for the ills of 'statesmen, journalists,
real newspaper men, molly coddles,
malefactors of great wealth" other
than plain "H-2-0" In this nlau|AQft
the "Teddy Bear" formed the orotre
of the Zodiac, while the entire
pronucuon was marked as forwarded
to congress as "soecial message No.
232323232323."
"A Total Eclipse."
The quests observed particularly
that a total eclipse of the vear is
doe "early in March," and "will be
viewed with interest by the United
States, Canada, Africa and Oyster
Bay."
Glass Works Resume.
Grafton,, W. Va., Special.?The
operation of the Wells window-glasa
plant, at Sistersville, was resumed
Friday by co-operative concern composed
entirely of Morganton workmen,
who have formed the Independent
Glass Company. By this mothol
I the company will be able to sign the
national scale.