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RACE SUICIDE
AND HAPPINESS
,
,
Pmr * 8- Au *' Id-—That race suicide
'" iyB big dividends In human happl
ess and material prosperity is capa
ole of abundant proof, according
the officials and leaders of the Mai
Prance 1« 3ald to Hava Qrown to Be
Richest Country In the World
By Practicaa.
öoclety of France, which met
1ft annual convention in Paris today.
Fiance, with the lowest birth-rate of
ftny civilized nation, is
been for years, It Is asserted, the rich
•■t country of the world in propor
to
and has
now
tlcm to population.
Some interesting statistics are pro
▼Med by Edmond Therv, the noted
polltlca] economist, on this subject !
In 1848 the total of the combined pri- i
▼ate fortunes of France wa s $12,800,
•00,000. Now it Is $57,456,400,000, and
the gain in wealth has been far ahead 1
Of the increase In population If the
BrtTate wealth of the republic were
distributed, each of the 39,278,000 tn
habitants, men, women and children,
buld have (1,462 worth of property.
»unting four to a family, this would
re each French family a fortune of
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.528
409
.393
COTTON STATES LEAGUE.
Won Loot Pet.
Vicksburg .
Hattiesburg
Tazoo City
Jackson
Meridian ..
Greenwood
69 37 .651
58 49
56 50
52 56 .481
65
45
42 65
Results Yesterday.
Jackson 2; Greenwood 2. (10 in
Kings; darkness.)
Yazoo Clty-Hattleshurg; rain.
Mei idian-Vicksburg: rain.
Game- Today.
Yazoo City at Hattiesburg.
Jackson at Greenwood.
Vicksburg at Meridian.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Won Lost Pet.
64 40
.616
t
New Orleans*
Birmingham .
Montgomery .
Nashville ....
Chattanooga .
Memphis ....
Mobile .
Atlanta .
.664
62
48
56 46 !549
.514
.495
.454
.443
.370
64
61
54
55
....:. 49
59
v 47
59
40 6S
Games Today.
Montgomery at Memphis
New Orleans at Atlanta.
Mobile at Chattanooga.
Birmingham a* Nashville.
Yesterday'« Result».
Montgomery 5, Memph
Atlanta 3-2, New Orleans 0-0.
Chattanooga 4, Mobile 3.
Nashville 6; Birmingham 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
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Won Lozt Pet.
62 37 .626
64 41 .610
61 41 .598
58 46 .558
57 47 .548
46 56 .451
Chicago ...
Pittsburg ..
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis ..
Cincinnati
Brooklyn ..
Boston ....
64 ^379
.238
39
Won Lost Pet.
69 38 .645
42 .615
.... 57 53 .618 i
_ 56 53 .514
. 54 53 .505
.... 55 55 .500
. 44 66 .400
.306
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j^Psware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury.
NB mercury ■will surely destroy the
i»nse of smell and completely derange
Such
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
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|r Ȏtroit .
ew York . .
>ston .
Chicago .
Cleveland .
ifjjMasliington ...
Si Louis .
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the whole system when entering It
'• through the mucous surface». ~ "
atti; 'e» should never be used except
♦A prescriptions from reputable physi
j as the damage they will do Is
4$Hn fold to the good you can possibly
IfStoive from them. Hall's Catarrh
l^fore. manufactured by F. J. Cheney
* Co., Toledo, O.. contains no mer- '
cur.v. an# Is taiken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mdcous
In buying
surfaces Of the system.
Kalif s Catarrh Cure be sure you get
!.. tonulne. It Is taken Internally and
'müde m Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney
à Co Testimonials free.
Take Hall's Family PlBs fer const!- j
<uld by Druggist». Price, T6c per
Nttle * ' ' ...
.
(6,848. No other nation
these figures, nor Is there any
country In which wealth Is an evenly
Swollen for
can ailin' a
Ct.l
divided as In France,
tunes are few In the French republic,
and extreme poverty prevails to a les
ser extent than In any other land. The
disciples of Mai thus attribute all this
to the limitation of population urged
by the great English economist.
, Confined to No Class.
Until recently, race suicide was con
fined principally to the middle classes.
, but within the last decade the work
Ingmen become converted to the doc
trine, and, unlike the proletariat of
Ptber countries, a s a rule have only
th b last -ixteen years the national
Be
from one to three children.
In
met wealttl of France has increased at the
ra * e $554,000.000 yearly. When it
of considered that the population re
does not go into the coffers of
a few, as in America, but is equally
distributed, the material advantages
of race suicide may be realized.
to
has malns almost stationary, and that this
pro
Wdl,e birth rate has rapidly do
! creased during the last decade, gov
pri- i ernment statistics prove that the rate j
of infant mortality has more than cor-.
Illiteracy
and
1 has become practically non-existent
the ,n France ' 30 that - while fewer chil
were dren are born ' U ls aIso ,rue that few
tn
of
respondingly decreased.
er die in Infancy and that those that
survive are better cared for and re
ceive better educations.
Originally the Malthusian doctrines
regarding the limitation of population
were preached and practiced exclus
ively by freethinkers, but many
^ churchmen, despite the ban of the
^ authorities, are now Interesting them
selves in the movement.
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Private Wealth.
According to the figures of Thery,
an even distribution of the private
wealth- of France, giving each individ
ual $1,462 worth of property, would
be thus divided: Unimproved real
.542 estate, $384; improved real estate,
.528 (2.95; agriculture and stock, $41; com
mercial and Industrial capital. $48:
409 French stocks and bonds, $338; for
.393 e te n stocks and bonds, $193; cash,
(gold) $33; cash, (silver) $11; per
sonal property, $108: automobiles.
Pet.
.651
.481
in- horses and carirages. $11.
The large amount Invested in
stocks and bonds. $531 per capita, or
more than a third of the per capita
wealth, ls indicative of the wealthy as
in other countries. In France the
shopgirl, the ragpicker and the char
woman often have hundreds of dollars
put away In dividend paying stocks
and bonds. It Is the ambition of ev
ery man, woman and child to save
enough money to
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lnvest In a few
.616 shares of bonds, and few indeed fail
.664 to realize their ambition.
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AS CANADA SEES IT.
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We have been so absorbed in om 1
own views of reciprocity and the filial
fate of the bill in congress that we
have failed to
remember the old -
"It takes two to make a bar
The possibility of Canada's
refusing the treaty has not occurred
to the average reader; the only ele
ment, of doubt in his mind has been
adage:
gain."
The pictures
j of President Taft signing the bill, af
ter its stormy pasage through con
?ress, were, to the general public, like
"finis" at the ned of a novel, or the
"amen" that closes a prayer. There
did not seem to be any possibilities
of other snags or shipwreck.
But these calculations did not take ]
into account the attitude of the other
as to the senate vote.
party to the contract. Canada has not
vet agreed to the proposition, and ai
though her assent is probable, her dis
sent is by no means impossible. In
fact, there is a very decided opposi
tion to the measure; so very decided
that it has been made the issue in
i the pending elections.
Last week the Canadian parliament
came to an end, and before another |
convenes there is an election. This
election is set for a date In Septem
ber, and the party known as the Con
servatives has set itself in direct op
j position to any reciprocity agreement [
with the United Stales. The cam
paign has been opened by candidates
for parliament in a fierce attack on
'he proposed treaty and those who
The Canadian hustings
are beginning to ring with oratorical
Behind this
advocate it.
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denunciation of the pact.
bill the Conservatives see. or pretend
to see, annexation to the United Slat
eg. They declare that we are rov
etous of them; that it is our ultimate
aim to have a United States that
' stretches from the northern hound
aries of British America to where the j
canal zone draws Its line across the
Isthmus of Panama.
Boogie Man to Win. Votes.
This is the scare-head they are hold
ing up to the people; the boogie-man
'hey are using to win votes.
Opposed to these is the gçvernmem
licaded by the premier, SirWltfred
j Laurier, who will next week take the i
he Conservatives and I
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p i ea d the cause of reciprocity with
T
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the people. Public sentiment Just
now seems to be with him and his
plans. He and his co-workers ridicule
the annexation idea and play up the
trade possibilities for all they are
measure have it in their favor—and
they are making good use of the fact
—that Sir John McDonald, hero-states
worth.
Also these advocates of the
servatives, wag during his life a be
never in and in advocate of the princi
j pies of reciprocity.
The September victory will in all
human probability go to Sir Wilfred
man and a former leader of the Con
an( j his party, but there is always a
degree of uncertainty about an elec
,lon
It is possible, of course, that
the next parliament may show a ma
jority of Conservatives, and in that
ease reciprocity will go to the dis
card, and all of our long congressional
fight for it will have been wasted
time and the Taft "victory'' will be
void of fruit.
This is, however, only a maybe situ
ation, of which there seems no direct
probability. But the surrounding cir
cumstances will give a touch of keen
interest to the opening Canadian cam
paign.—Memphis-Commercial Appeal.
REUNION OF MORGAN'S MEN.
Carlisle, Ky„ Aug. 16,—Confederate
veterans who were proud of the fact
that they fought under General John
Morgan rounded up for their annual
reunion yesterday at Parks Hill, this
county.
from distant points to renew acquain
tance with their old comrades and to
exchange reminiscences of the stirring
times of fifty years ago. The reunion
will continue over tomorrow.
Many of the veterans came
BLOODHOUNDS FIND BODIES.
Dogs Aid Searchers In Debris Of Fort
Whyne Wreck.
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Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug 16.—Blood
hounds yesterday led searchers to the
bodies of Engineer Ira Burger and
Fireman J. F. Wilson in the debris of
the two locomotives of the Chicago
the body of Burger yesterday and that
of Wilson in the afternoon.
New York flyer on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, wrecked last Sunday night.
Following the excited dogs the
workers in the wreckage came upon
FLEET HAS BUT ONE SHIP.
- Washington. Aug. 16.—In the opin
ion of the experts of the Navy depart
nient, an admiral is not needed to
command a fleet of onp vessel, and in
consequence Rear-Admiral Sidney A.
Staunton has been detached from
com
maud of the fifth division of the At
lantie fleet and assigned to duty
the general board, the order going
into effect today.
have become scattered all over the At
lantie on special duty until finally Ad
under his direct orders.
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The vessels of the fifth division
mirai Staunton had only one ship left
DR. W. A. CHARRING
Optician and Optometrltt
Graduate New York. Chicago. Atlant*
Office Carter Bldg.
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* JOHN HIGGS' CRUCIFIXION.
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One day Slander pulled on her boots
»»d went out and killed
The man who was murdered wa3
the Rev. John Higgs of Harvey, III.
Six years ago the Rev. Mr. Higgs
went to the village direct from the
seminary, zealous to serve his genera
tion. Being a brilliant preacher, his
rise to popularity was rapid. In a
year or so he had added 400 persons
and Boatoa.
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a man.
to his congregation .
He constantly ministered to the j
needy, the ailing and the despairing 1
He accepted a small salary that the
church funds might go to the poor, j
He visited the police station and
wherever he could find the fallen.
But—
slander monger distilled its poison
The Forked Tongue of Slander.
The forked tongue of the church
and ruined the influence of the sacrl
flctng preacher. Discouraged and
broken hearted, he resigned his mln
istrf.
He left Harvey.
Proving to Iowa, lie took anothe
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church. The bitter story, now known
to be false, followed him. Again he
moved. Slander followed.
In desperation Mr. Higgs left the
He went
ministry broken in spirit,
to work as a common laborer.
Discouraged, half insane from his
troubles, he resorted to liquor,
ing a man of fine sensibilities and
delicate temperament, the drink was
his quick undoing.
.Tust what the poor creature had in
mind is not known, but somehow he
' in
Be
wandered hack to Harvey, the scene
; of his success. The shadow of his
cross was on his soul.
And then—
In the police station where he ap
plied for a night s lodging, he regis
tered as "John Higgs, laborer," and
unknown. In the police station where
bq had often exhorted the fallen he
hanged himself to the door of the
cell.
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And the community?
When the suicide's identity was re
vealed the community reaped its
heart wrenching harvest of remorse.
It seemed to the people whom he
had served that John Higgs, despised
and rejected of men, might have
chosen this ignominious death to say
to them:
"Ye slew me!"
John Higgs has saved others; him
self he could not save from the pois
oned tongue of slander.
be
all
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An Englishman, in Harpers Week
i
bankruptcy i s
seems welcome as an escape from the , a
horrors of a Pullman,
travel by day with two or three score
of people at least one of whom is cer- j
tain be a squalling infant and an- i
other a ubiquitous youngster with
ly:
Yes I confess even
here
you
to
lungs and legs in an equal state of
activity; where you have to rouse
yourself every few minutes to resist
the car-boy's pestiferous attentions,
and where the buzz of an incessant
movement and conversation makes
reading and dozing alike impossible.
But even that pales before the trials
A Pull
that await one at bed-time.
at night is the most uncivi
man car
lized thing on the American continent,
and one of the most indecent.
it
I sit
quite fascinates my blushes,
enthralled as the darkey porter strews
ings holds a pillow case in his teeth
and squeezes the pillow Into It, and
hurls sheets anil mattresses about and
sliding doors and ,
seat with other people's belong
the
of
my
pulls at chains and
levers and curtains,
bp more enchanting than to hear hus
And what can
vife discussing how they
band and
the
j shall dispose of themselves for the
night, whether they shall share the
lower berth or whether he shall be
And
banished to the nest above?
what pleasanter than to be made con
scious by the wrlthings and hearings
and vigorous protruberances of the
curtains that just across the
some good lady is engaged in the fear
some struggle to undress ?
To walk the length of a Pullman
at about 10:30 p. m., when most
of the berths are made up, and when
the curtained contortions of those
to
in
A.
aisle
car
At
At
Ad
who are In agony of retiring are at
their worst, and when you butt. Into
strange projections of humanity and
shoes and dressing
stumble over
cases, and try not to stop and watch
one scaling the heights of an
left
some
upper berth, is on the whole the most
délirons experience T have ever en
countered.
MAY CHANGE CAPITAL.
Rome, Italy, Aug. 16.—Pope
was allowed to receive callers toda>
PRESIDENT CANNOT
Macon, Giu Aug. 10.—A movement
for changing the state capital from
Atlanta to Ihis cilv is winning adher
ents all o'
committee on
ments has approved the bill, anil n
hot campaign for putting it into ef
fect is in prospect.
The hous I
ver the state.
constitutional amend
POPE RECEIVED CALLERS.
PlUP
was
for the first time since his ill
leHh' .
His condition is prac
caused anxiety,
tically unchanged.
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1 Washington. Aug.
Taft today declined the invitation o'
j Gov. Noel to attend the Mississippi
good roads congress at Jackson, Oct.
27, saying he has an engagement to
go to Pittsburg on that date.
VISIT JACKSON
16.—President
TROOPS SENT TO FRONTIER.
Washington, Aug. 16.—Because of
threatened trouble in Lower Califor
nia, incident to the Mexican troubles,
troops of the United States cavalry
will be ordered to the frontier today
to patrol the border from Yuma tc
Sandlego.j
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WARRANTS ISSUER
FOR MEMBERS MOB
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(By Associated Press.)
Coatesville, Penn., Aug. 16.—Nine
additional warrants were issued today
in connection with the burning last
Sunday night of Zach Walker, the ne- 1
gro who killed a policeman. The war- I
rants are said to be based on informa
I
tlon glven hy llneme n under arrest. !
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FRISCO BRIBE CASES.
Writ of Mandamus To Compel Dis- 1
missal of Indictments.
:
San Francisco, Aug. 16.—The Dis
I trict Court of Appeals of the First
District issued a preemptory writ of
mandamus today to compel Superior
I Judge Lawler to dismiss indictments
I pending against Patrick Calhoun, j
! Thornwell Mullally, Tlrey L. Ford and
William M. Abbott, charged with |
bribing the Ruef-Sclnnitz supervisors i
in connection with the United Rail
ways trolley franchise.
THE MARKETS.
(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans, Aug. 16.—Cotton
dosed steady, 12 to 13 points under
yesterday's close.
Chicago, Aug. 16.—Wheat closed
3,eadv ' 3 ' 8 to ha,f a cent h| S her - Pro '
visions steady, pork 7 1-2 up.
BLOWN UP BY GASOLINE.
Cincinnati, O.. Aug. 15. Mistaking
i gasoline for the coal oil with which
i s h e intended to start a fire to prepare
, a meal, Mrs. Kate Gobrecht was so
Ion that she died early today.
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i SKELETON OF TRAPPER
badly injured in the resulting explos
FOUND IN FORREST.
(By Associated Press.)
Reddiug. Cal.. Aug. 15.—Gold teeth
In the mouth of a skeleton found yes- ■
terday in the forest twenty miles
from Sliingletown led to Its Identifica
tion as that of E. M. Carpenter, a trap
per. who disappeared in January two j
years ago.
HOTTEST SINCE 1848.
Berlin, Germany, August 15.—Ger
many's hot wave has claimed many
victims. Yesterday was the hottest
A "S» s t U 3 '"<= 3 the establishment of
tha waa ' b er bureau in 1848. The
shade temperature In the streets here
, was 97 degrees and thirty-four cases
of sunstroke, four of them fatal, were
reported. Several fires due to spon
taneous combustion have occurred.
established ist2
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