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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
BATCH DAT. JUNE ». JWR
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Personals of Georgians.
THE HONEST PENDLETON—The
Macon Telegraph, which la not always
flattering, but which Is always brave
and honest, expresses wonder nt the
littleness and evident malice ot Bpmc
ot the specials which have When racing
over the wires from the capital city of
Georgia seeking to reflect upon a con
temporary oven at the expense ot s
president.
CHARLES T. HOPKINS—The ele
ments ot law and order In this com
munity are scarcely under greater ob
ligations to any cltlsen than to Colo
nel Charles Hopkins, ot tho Civic
League.
We earnestly commend to Colonel
Hopkins the conditions Illustrated by
the last negro excursion on the Atlan
ta and West Point railroad, and urge
upon his attention the possibility ot
service either In an effort to suppress
future negro excursions or to find a
way to dlapoasesi the attending ne
groes ot their weapons and their
whisky.
ANDERSON OP CHATHAM—Few
men Who have been to tho legislature
In recent years have left a better nud
more wholesome Impress than the ac
complished gentleman whn was Chat
ham'* admirable representative. The
Georgian Is reminded of Mr. Anderson
by a casual reading of tho comptrol
ler'! report, which reveala an Inter
esting fact. Under the rules ot the
legislature every member Is entitled
not only to his sslary but (o 10 cents
a mile on hli passage to and from his
home during the session. Mr. Ander
sen lives In Savnnnah. nenrly three
hundred miles away, and hI a mileage
would have been an Item ot considera
ble moment to which he was fully en
titled under the taw.
Rut with that high sense of public
and private honor which won him so
many frtendi and admirers, the rep
resentative from Chatham, bnvlug a
pass In his pocket as bis fellow mem
ber* did, quietly refrained from col
lecting one dollar of the money which
the state provided for tho payment of
bis traveling expenses.
We believe that In this respect An-
deraon, of Chatham, stood almost
alone among Ms fellows, and tho best
of It la that ho never boasted of this
Instance of public virtue, which comes
to The Georgian through an Incidental
reading of the comptroller's report.
TEXAS CORRUPTING THE CARO-
LINAS.—The effect of evil association
has rarely had a more lamentable II-
Instntton than In the case of The
News and Courier. A few months of
boastful controversy with Tho Hous
ton Post, joined to a dally swatfest ot
basaball, has demoralized the staid
and Tollable leading paper of South
Carolina Into the most arrant claim
agent of the journalistic flcld. Its par
ticular tine of greed consists In the
desire to claim for Carolina every
prominent man who Is before the
public In the surrounding states, and
not only men but even cities are gath
ered Into the rapacious maw of The
New* and Courier’s state pride. When
The Charlotte Observer, which Is as
*t an amateur In this line, modestly
vaunts the advantage ot that commer
cial town, our Brother Hemphill
promptly claims the men who make
it. Including the Tompkinses, the Lat-
las, the Springses, the Heaths and a
regiment of others, as coming from
Soqth Carolina.
And not content with this, our
Charleston contemporary, whose eyee
are larger than ltt capacity to assim
ilate, even presumes to point to our
own beautiful Augusta on this side of
the Savannah with the remark: "It
rightfully belongs to South Carolina.”
Verily, The Houston Ptflt has much
to answer tor, and a revival of modes
ty Is In order to begin at the head
quarters of a noted Texas Bsyou.
THE VOICE OF A REVOLUTION.
Beginning and ending his great Inaugural with an invocation to Al
mighty God, Hoke Smith assumed the reins of authority as tho governor
of Georgia today.
In words simple, clear and unaffected, but resonant with strength
and vibrating with purpose and courage, the governor marshals Into
speech the militant Issues of his triumphant campaign and sets In order
the legislation for which tho people declared In the might of a magnifi
cent majority.
Tho massive figure of the governor formed a majestic frame for bis
lofty speech, but the courage and the purpose that pulsed It were better
than any material thing, because they spelled that high resolve which
could never stop this side of execution,
Tho Inaugural speech appears In full In our columns today and no
thoughtful citizen of Georgia will fall to read and ponder It
Ono Is struck In tho beginning with tho absence of ultra-radicalism
In the new governor's opening announcement.
Firm and definite as are the reforms for which he stands,
clear and distinct as are tho demands for the regulation of corporate
wealth, unflinching as tho call for the establishment of racial superiority
and vigorous as the demsnd for the purity of elections and the reform of
politics, they are yet voiced In a conservatism which does not Ignore the
Just claims of cither corporations, races or existing systems.
To suppress lobbying, to destroy free passes, to put money out of pol
itics and chicanery out of elections, to fix the franchise standard to the
permanent rule of tho white man, to regulate the primaries by law, to reg
ulate railroads and public service companies, to amend the railroad com
missions law and to Increase the power of the commission, to establish a
legal control of rates of freight and transportation, to.purify educational
boards of politics, and to establish education upon a sound and lofty basis,
to oncourago agriculture, and to train the children of Georgia to meet
tho responsibilities of life, asking the help of God In the discharge of his
own solemn, high responsibilities—these make up In outline the measure
of a noble end statesmanlike Inaugural, whoso separate phases w# shall
later In detail and In deliberation consider.
There Is something more In the great scene of today than a mere
change of state administration.
It was Act IV, Scene I in the drama of Revolution.
Act I was the announcement of a strong, brave man for office on high
lines of vital reform. Act II was canvass and campaign herolo and ag
gressive. Act lit was the storm of ballots that won for the people.
Tho curtain rises today upon Act IV, which Is set to legislation and
to establishment In wisdom,'In Justice and moderation.
Tomorrow comes Act V, and last, In which a strong man, clothed with
authority, stands for fulfillment and execution.
When the curtain rings down upon the last scene of the flfth act,
there will have been wrought In Georgia a revolution—economic, political,
moral and social—by which we believe the people will be bettered, and
their entire system of politics Improved.
There Is a quarter of a century of mistaken drift behind the current
turned Into a new and nobler channel today. It Is neither true nor kind
to Bay that the politics behind us havo been all bad, or that the public
men thnt moved them have been all mistaken or corrupt There are great
names and great men and good measures shining In the twonty years of
history thnt stands behind today. There Is honesty of purpose, fervor of
patriotism, and judgment In construction.
Slowly nnd almost Imperceptibly, however, there have grown out of
theso constructive and progressive decades, drifts that have been dan
gerous, customs thnt havo been undemocratic, policies that havo been
forgetful of the people, and Influences that have been selfish and oppres
sive.
Slow are the people to anger and difficult to arouse out ot apathy. Con
fiding nnd easily contented, they wait long' before they rise to protest
But when thoy rise they come like a whirlwind, a* In tho ballots of Au
gust. ,
The whole economic and personal theory of our politics Is In recon
struction under the hands ot this strong, new governor, and the strong,
clear men who surround him. The people art their tnuttfs and their
watchword Is Popular Rights.
tf, then, work he done ns wisely and as firmly as we expect It, there
will bo a now Georgia and a now people when the commission of today Is
laid down In time.
The times domand the strongman. Honesty and force are the re
quirements of tho economic crisis In which wo movo. Courago and brains
are the qunlltles to win the battle ot the people. The clear head, the fear
less heart, the honest purposo and the strong hand are the qualities
which loom In a day like this.
Who shall say that the rrovldence which watches over Georgia has
not sent her the man for the hour?
THE COMMON SENSE OF DEMOORAOY.
In tho common sense ot the cltlsen ot tha South, tha argument runs
this way:
What Is n Democrat?
By etymology, a Democrat Is one who believes In tha rule of tho
people.
Practically and historically speaking, a Democrat Is a voter who hns
adopted the principles enunciated and the organisation founded by Thom
as Jefferson upon the central Idea of securing equal rights to all and spe
cial privileges to none. It was an organisation established upon the
idea of conserving tho greatest good of the greatest number, of protesting
against the domination of the masses by tha aristocratic ctaaaes, and
standing for such laws and such legislation as would dovelop the great
body of the people and make them both prosperous and happy.
So far ns our simple intelligence has been able to understand It, the
Democratic party was never Intended to set up a worship ot names or an
Idolntry of Individuals. It was never Intended to perpetuate office In the
hands of a few Individuals, nud wo ore qulto sure that It was not In the
heart or the brain of Its founders to adhere to Ita organisation any longer
than that organization was the best equipped and the most faithful to ac
complish the purpose ot Its founding and the ends ot Its existence.
This view Is either truo or untrue. If It Is not true all that we have
to say Is unnecessary nnd Illogical. If It la true, we can afford to follow
tho reflection a little further.
Stripped ot all pretense, separated from all partisanship, cut off from
temporizing conditions, every man knows without a definition that the
whole puritoso of Democracy In government Is to make the government
an Instrument In tho hands of the whole people to carry out their will
nnd to establish their liberty, their equality and their prosperity.
Now then, there are times when certain Issues carry this principle
more comprehensively nnd more urgently than other Issues. There have
been periods in our party history when tho doctrine of states' rights
transcended every other Issue. At tho present time It Is not so, since we
havo iho leader of our party, Mr. Ilryan, In favor of carrying federal reg
ulation and Intervention much further than many Republicans would do.
There have been times when the tariff was tho supreme Issue which di
vided the two parties. At this tlmo there are high tnrlff Democrats and
low tariff Democrats. There are Republican revisionists like tho presi
dent, and tariff stand-patters like Fairbanks and Foraker. There was a
time not long ago when the money question was the transcendent Issue,
but at this time no man could put hls Anger upon the vital difference be
tween the two parties upon this question of finance.
Whatever may have been Imminent and pressing at other times, It Is
a fact which no honest man can or will deny that the supreme and tran
scendent Issue which concerns the people at this tlmo Is the regulation ot
predatory wealth, the control of tho railroads and other corporation! and
the compulsion of tho rich to bear tbelr duo share In the burdens of a
government by whose privileges and under whose protection they are en
riched.
Just now this Is the Issue In which the people are supremely con
cerned. It la the people's Issue. Therefore, by etymology and by the spirit
of tho founders It ts the Democratic Issue. There Is no Issue to Demo
cratic, there la no test which may be so truly applied to the followers
of the party of Jefferson, the party of Jackson and the party of Calhoun.
So, then, logically and fearlessly tho test of real Democracy today Is
fidelity to the people’s side of this great Issue. The real Democrat la tho
mat who In this great emergency Is the truest to the rule, the rights and
tho Interests of the people.
No matter what be has been called, no matter what he may be call
ed, the man who Is now a Democrat and the greatest Democrat Is'the man
who Is the most loyal to the people's side of this great Issue and best
qualified to carry the people's side to a triumphant issue at the polls In
the legislative halls and In tbs executive office. .
Now, then, apply this test, fearlessly, honestly and fairly. WhoTs the
man of all the men now living and moving and controlling In America
who is not only loyal to the people's side of this great question, but best
qualified to carry the people's Interest to triumphant legislation and to
effective execution? If Democracy consists In seeking to make the gov
ernment an instrument In the hands ot the people to carry out their will,
we simply challenge American fairness and American common sense to
answer whether President Roosevelt and Governor Hughes are not by
the record as good Democrats as any who are breathing and moving and
fighting at the present time. Let us firmly agree than they are no bet?
ter. Let ns concede frankly that Roosevelt and Governor Hughes nev
er eaw the time or the day In their lives when they were more loyal to
the people than Bryan and Hearst In this emergency or more anxious to
see the people's rights established in fairness and In equality without
anarchy and without Injustice, - '
Then comes tho great question of practical bearing to us all. There
are Democratic Republicans and Republican Democrats who are moving
fearlessly, earnestly and honestly to this great end ot regulating predatory
wealth and of controlling railroads and other corporations.
Who Is approximately as well equipped to fight this cause and to
win this battte as tho president of the United States?
Let us grant' that there are men of equal courage, equal loyalty, equal
ability and equal executive force In tho Democratic rank and In the Re
publican rank. But with this granted, Is there any man who can add to
theso qualtles the Incomparable advantage of position, of knowledge of
the machinery of government, of experience In the fight, with the pres
tige of success behind him, and with tho enemy on the run?
We simply challenge the Intelligence and honesty of the American
voter, whether Democratic or Republican, with this question.
Is there upon the horizon of American politics any man, Democratic or
Republican, who combines In himself all the qualities of patriotism, loyalty,
courage, ability, executive force, experience In government, grasp of af
faire, familiarity with the machinery ot government, the prestige of success
and the-enemy-on-the-run—save one man—and thnt man tho Invincible and
Successful general who as chief executive of this republic, established In
the White House and bulwarked In power, Is fighting and winning this
Armageddon of popular liberty?
Here, then. Is the situation In a nutshell.
It Is not disloyalty, but the highest and most Intelligent loyalty to
the Democratic party, to Democratic ideals and to Democratic principles
to secure their triumph through this man who Is best equipped to lead
them on to victory.
We believe that this sentiment, far from weakening, will grow. We
believe ihat It will be stronger In December than It was In April. We
believe that with the dawning of another year the Democratic party and
the Republican party will be found as divided, as Incoherent, as faction
al and as indifferent by division as they are today.
If so, what will there he left to a great and Intelligent people, but to
realise that the terms Democrat nnd Republican havo now nothing fixed
or tangible about them? They are but outworn symbols and those who
use them use them without a clear apprehension of what they denote to
day or what they ceased to denote many years ago. The logic and trend
of the times point to the “Era of Good Feeling" and to the merging of
parties as the policy of common sense nnd the highest patriotism. It Is
the thing to do, the sensible thing, the brave thing, the patriotic thing
and the Democratic V 4 T
For us In Georgia our duty Is clear until that tlmo. Let us stand by
our great governor who Is the definite and militant reformer of the Demo
cratic South. Let us hold up hls hands. Let us help him to put Into
statutes and to prove In execution the will of the people as expressed In
hls election. And when this day of "Good Feeling” dawns we may be
sure that he who has said no word and made no motion to seek any per
sonal preferment from Its drift, will be turned to by both parties and by
all sections as the man ot all men In force, In character, In record, to
stand side by Bide with the president of tho whole peoplo as hls asso
ciate, hls second and hls co-operative Inspiration.
This Is not the suggestion of Governor Smith. It Is our own sugges
tion. But It has force and frankness and common sense to the brim ot It
for a people who need ns much and hope as much and deserve as much
as wo do.
Let (is stand by tho governor ot Georgia and by the things for which
he stands, and the future In Its fulness and In Its reward will Justify our
faith.
PEACE SCRAP BOOK WITH TWO MILES OF CLIPPINGS.
A sidelight on the Immense Interest taken by tho American press In
tho question of International pcaco and The Hague conference Is being
thrown on that movement by tho compilation of a scrap-book of monu
mental proportions,
Work on this book is now being pushed forward In New York city.
Tho scrap-book Is the result of a collection of clippings nindo by Burrelle,
of New York, on order from Hayne Davis, secretary of the American
Branch of tho Association for International Conciliation. These clip
pings covor tho events leading up to and during the recent peace con
ference held in Carneglo hall. Now York, and show an Immense Interest,
In all parts of tho United States, In the universal peace question.
When the order for tho clippings was given, Andrew D. White and
Andrew Carnegie, the honorary presidents, and Nicholas Murray Butler,
president of Columbia University, who was the presiding officer at the
New York conference, did not anticipate anywhere near the general In
terest which was shown, and when Secretary Davis reported that tho or
der bad resulted In thirty-two thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven
clippings, the officials were greatly astonished at the vast volume ot news
paper notice. *
After the conference the question of preserving the clippings be
came a matter of paramount lmimrtanco. The excerpts were of doubtful
value In separated form, and It was decided that the only and proper way
to give them perpetuity was to place them In a large scrap-book. This
book, It was decided, should bo sent to The Hague conference and ar
rangements were made for Its preparation, compilation, binding and trans
mission later to The Hague, where It will be received by the officers of
the American branch, and presented with due ceremony to the confer
ence Itself. The book will find a final resting-place In tho new marblfl
palace of peace, nnd will prove not only a souvenir of transcendent In
terest, but a store house of Information for future workers In tho cause
of the pacification of the world.
The book Is now being mado at the rooms of the American society at
No. 042 Fifth avenue. There several rooms are given up to a corps of
workers, nearly all of them young girls expert In this kind of work.
The book will be the largest scrap-book of Its kind In tho world when
completed. It will weigh about 250 pounds and contain nearly two miles
of newspaper reading matter. The only other book which approximates
it In size Is the now famous Dewey Album, which has found a permanent
home in the Smithsonian Institute at Washington. The Dewey Album was
prepared by tbo same clipping expert, Burrelle, and has heretofore been
considered qulto tho most remarkable scrap-book ever put together.
Mr. Davis Is now In The Hague attending the sessions of tho imams
congress, and will recclvo tho book on or before July 15th.
The peace editorials of The Georgian have a place In this great com
pendium of comment upon what Is perhaps the noblest movement of the
world.
SON OF POLICEMAN
MYSTERIOUSLY MISSING.
Special to’ The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., June 29.—There have
been no new developments In the
wsrch for Hickman Jessup, non of Po
liceman J. J. Jessup, who hns not been
heard of since Sunday last.
On last Sunday young Jessup. In
company with several other boys, left
Macon for Tpbee. The other boy* re
turned home, but Jessup either missed
hls train or has met with an accident
of »orne kind.
Policeman J. J. Jessup ha* Junt re-*
turned from Savannah, where he wUft
the assistance of several .Savannah ot-
ncer*. trie dto locate the ml*slng boy,
but no trace of him could be found.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
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INTEREST A T FOUR PER CENT
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ISN'T THERE DANGER OF MAKING
GREATER ATLANTA TOO LARGE?
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I hud hoped that the report of the corn
niltteo of ten would Dftvc taken a wider
scope In th* 'discus *
mlttee of forty-two. .
slon and more than half of that period
consumed by the subcommittee gnvo the
thirty-two members very little time for dis
cussion. I (ink space In your columns to
give a few facts which 1 think hnve bear
ing on the subject.
The question should tie disrobed of nil
sentimentalism. To do so, because other
cities ore doing or will do. Is poor policy,
Three-fourths of the mortgage* ou tht
home* of Atlanta today were onu*ed by
‘lit* self-Mm ‘ “
rlth some on
o run the «... ....
"My neighbor bn* n fine house; I must
ebulld." , *lf * *“ ‘ ‘
. must get c.._.
announce Mr. has borrowed from
so many thousand dollars!
This extension should lie n business prob
lem, pure nnd simple, nnd the question Is.
Will the parties at Interest lose thereby?
And, If so, nre they able to sustnln the
loss? To «ny thnt the new territory will be
self-sustaining can not be shown by the
facts.
There nre embraced In the report of the
committee of ten six iminlclpnllti
itlnr 1 — — —
mlttee, the taxes fbnt won!
these six municipalities would only amount
to 162,800, not sufficient to pny for the
mnr schools nnd Are protection—to
grstni
nothl
Ing of the Increased expenses In the
two Items nlone. from whence lire we to
secure funds With which to pure streets,
lay sidewalks, furnish lights, Imlld sewers,
extend wnter mains, giro sanitary service—
In these outlying sections the |8 snnltnry
tux will not pny one-third the nctunl ex-
ise. We sre told these Improvements nre
— 1* made In Are years—five times 162.500
equals $312,500. The school and Are com
pany houses nlone will cost fully thnt
amount. Not only this, but several of these
Xilltles have Indebtedness hanging
».»grr Miein which has to be taken care of.
•Inking fuuds provided snd annual Interest
accounts met.
Hnve we wnter sufficient to divide with
..lem? This Is n very sertons question. The
present city conld not Ik* deprived of water
even for one dny without serious loss and
privation.
Now, since the amount thnt would ronie
Incident to their taking In, how
sum lie supplemented? Hnve we one dob
lnr to give them? I say, no!
Sixty year* ngo Atlanta received from the
legislature her charter. In sixty years we
have been ahle to pave not yet two-thirds
of our afreets, have no wnter or sowers on
at least one-fourth of them. And yet, ] be
lieve tho city councils have been n* liberal
In theso respects as the Income of the city
would warrant.
No committee In conned la so carefully
selected as tha finance committee, nnd
none la so earnest and painstaking In their
work. I believe they make n dollar go an
fnr ns It will expand, for seven yenra I
have seen them wrestlo with theso Inter
nal Improvement problems, and I know
they have been earnest nud faithful.
. No, the funds will not stretch sufficient
to cover mtr present ft tea; snd when you
Increase tho ares 300 per cent nnd the in
come lest* than 33 per cent how can ws
Improve the situation.
home one may suggest to Issue bonds.
New York and Baltimore, who have had
snd etperlencen along this line, nnd who
nre now suffering most seriously therafroiu.
would advise ns to go slow on bond Issues.
It takes this year to meet tho sinking
fund demands and pay the accruing Interest
on bonds already issued $220,000, not far
from 10 per cent of our total income spent
before collected.
Whits I think the next generation should
bear In part the burdens of permanent Ira*
provfuiouti. the Idea should not go so fur
as to impoverish our children.
In Issuing iNinds, you do not carry the
final payment beyond the lives of our own
children. In fact, the burdens even begin
to fall upon us, for the slnklug fund and
Interest accounts start nt their very Incep
tion! Almost like n lonn made to be paid
Irnek In monthly payments.
Better Increase taxes nnd let bond issues
stop whore they are.
As to extension. I think We should lop off
East Point—letting the city boundary be the
Hue between land lots 135 nud 136, 121 nud
122, and let the county line on the east
be the limit. In other respects, let the
plan n* suggested by the Committee of tea
be adopted.
Prior to 1920, the west half of DeKalb
county should bo annexed to Fulton, and
then Incorporate Into the elty limits
entire county of Fulton. Now la the time
to put tho world ou hotloe that this will
be done—nnd then no one will l»e able to
say. "Wo havo boon taken bv surprise."
This much hns been written because of
my Interest In Atlanta ns nti offleer nnd a
taxpayer. I hnve seen the city grow from
- lunge of less than 3,000 people to
much In the winio old way.
If wo were able, I would be enthusiasti
cally In favor of taking Into our limits East
Point, Edgewood, Kirkwood and Decatur—
their people nre among tho best. In Deca
tur, my father and mother Were married
more than sixty-nre years ago, and there
began life’s Journey together. There my
•o older brothers were born. Of course,
would bo delighted to see It become a
part of Atlnntn, but now Is not tho time.
The promise made on Tuesday nt tho
meeting of tho committee of forty-two wns
that ench member of Wild committee
served th<
feature
came up _ _ _ _ _ ......
to an appropriate committee for considers
tlon. It now soeinn to lie thp desire of some
to engineer It through council on n fast
schedule. Tht* Is not fair, I am certain n
large vote would have lieen recorded
ngnlnst tho report In the committee of for-
ty-two If our action had been ns a court
of Inst resort—possibly a majority.
The committee should have held the mat*
olonel Whin until
t the committee of
-.jne to study th*
questions Involved. The report should bt
referred by council to n special commit-
tcc before whom all Interested may l*e
S enrd. The question Is too serious for
aste. Very respectfully,
II. b. eoLLIBR.
Commissioner of Public Works.
Atlanta, Gn., June 23.
en memiier or snm committee re-
the privilege of objecting to any
of the report when said report
p before council and was referred
McCLURE’S STOP
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Now York, Juno 29.—It wn* an-
nounced'today"that the Ellen Ttrry au
tobiography, of which installments ap
peared In the June and July numbers
of McClure’s Magazine, hns been dis
continued on tho ground that a groat
deal of tho matter appearing In the
autobiography wa* contributed by Miss
Terry In exactly the same words to tho
New Hsvlow, an English monthly. In
1891.
the Kaiser’s Losses at Law.
In Germany the scale* of justice know no
knlser. Four times In recent years hns Wil
helm gone to law with subjects nnd ten
ants. For tho fourth time. Just now, he
has been adjudged at the losing cud of a
suit.
For such Imperial ill-fortune In court there
It precedent In the Fntherland, Including
the case of Frederick the Great, whose tin-
successful attempt to oust a plucky miller
of* Potsdam has earned n place In all pop-
ARMY=NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
of the court to permit
ent through hls mn* "
Cadtneu and estnbl
there.
There Is no talk of mnjestnetsbeleldlguhg
public station
knlser has appeared na
sin, nothing more. The
■TimIt nf "mv" firm* 11
cltlsen of Pros
lord who can
army must bow to "our'
speak of
courts. The circumstances nre Instreutlve
and not unworthy of the pride with which
they^jirs regarded In Germany.—New York
In Thsir Little Nest Agrst.
ftowdoinbnm (Me.) cats nre noted for their
sageelty, according to n report, but It re-
mains for the Intelligent tabby owned by
Mrs. Rnmuel Donnell, of that town, to take
tha prise ribbon. "Our eat has taken a
strange place to rear her last kittens." Mrs.
Donnell says. "Her children were born In
s hew'a nest and ever slue© she hns persist
■gB ... a pee!
tens, who nre too smnll to resent It, and If
he mother fa near she pushes them gently
rom the nest. Just ns soon os the hen
ins Uhl her egg, the cat grabs the kit
tens and puts them In the nest again, nnd
It Is no unusual thing for cat. kittens, eggs
and hen to he all together In one glorious
mix-up."—Exchange.
Apple Pries* by the Dozen,
Buying apples by the dozen, $1 or more
for twelve of them, is a commonplace to
day. Twenty years ago It wa* a proceed-
Ing seldom heard of, nnd even ten years
ngo It was considered a transact I on In
finance so high that only tboee who found
their ueceKsItles among the luxuries thought
of being u purchaser at such terms. And It
Is not one kind, nlone thnt has this price
mt upon If. There are many- seven, or
mssibly more—thnt bring till* figure, which
a uo lohgci considered fancy, nu«l the sup
ply of them creating n demand, there are
plenty of buyers to take them home. The
case Invites speculation ns to whether nn or
chard for tie**© apples of gold alone f*
not « Ifetter paying proposition, after all,
than a hen farm.—Boston Transcript.
Guadalajara has probably one of the most
unique * social organisations In the new
1. It is called ’The Insomnia ClnU.'*
t ...r *!* *?. <r s! lot * Gihdcwsitlod nuctent
building In the heart of the Tnpnthtii capi
tal. Then* are at present forty-six mem
bers. and an they ran but seldom sleep,
they pass the nights, perfumed as the noc
turnal atmosphere there always 1* with
Jasmin nnd axnhnr. In ngreentde diversion*
Mlllitnl., rartla nil,I Imtrllmr.
Washington, June 29.—Tho following
orders have been Issued:
Army Ordtrs.
First Lieutenant John P. Tern’ll,
coast artillery corps, to charge of con
struction work at Fort Washington
and Fort Hunt, relieving First Lieu
tenant Ralph E. Herring, coatff artil
lery corps.
Captain George H. Cameron, Fourth
cavalry, detnllcd secretary school nf
application for cavalry—md 'field artil
lery, Fort Riley, relieving Captain Wil
liam J. Snow, Sixth field artillery, who
has been appointed adjutant of his
regiment; Lieutenant Colonel Smith F.
I-each, corps of engineers, relieved as
member general staff corps, to office
chief of engineers: Lieutenant Colonel
Alfred C. Sharp, Thirtieth Infantry, de
tailed member general staff corps; Ma
jor William D. Crosby, surgeon, to
army medical school, Washington, ns
Instructor, vice Major William C. Bor
den, surgeon.
Nsvy Orders,
Gunner M. Monsen, to New York
navy yard, July 1; Gunner G, C. Layer,
detached navy yard, Now York, to navy
yard, Boston.
Movements of Vosssls.
ARRIVED—June 29, Michigan at Ca
vite, Potomac at New York; June Jo
Ajax and Brutus at Tompklnsvlllo.
HAILED—June 19, Nanshan from
Chcfoo for Cavite; Jjjne 26, Potomac
from Hampton Roads for Norfolk; Juno
27, Talbot ami Mnnly from Poughkeep
sie for New York city: June 28, Olym
pia. Arkansas, Florida and Nevada
from North River, N, Y„ for New Lou
don, Supply from Cavite for Guam.
THREE KILLED
BY EXPLOSION'
Schenectady, N. Y„ June 19.—Three
men are reported killed and many oth
ers Injured by an explosion at the plant
of the Schenectady Sandstone Brick
Company.
STAINLESS FLAG
ADDRESS SUNDAY
Dr, G. W. Yount, “of Louisville, Ky.»
assistant superintendent of the Na
tional Anti-Saloon League, will spf’a.K
on "The Stainless Flag" at the Wes
ley Memorial church Sunday afternoon
at 3:30 o’clock.
Dr. Young will dlecuas the whisky
question and will, no doubt, touch upon
the prohibition bill now pending befor*
the legislature. A special invitation
Issued to the members of the general
assembly.
By actual Inspection of a big, fat tnajl J
stomach It was found to contain fewer
than fifty large grapevine worm*, fifty ®'*
potato bugs, sixty sow bugs, forty angle*
worms, un.l thirty cabbage worm?*.
by the way of s^noctilng. ninner*** nw*
and moMiuitm*. Now multiply this.
think yon will npprcclatc tne value of JJ
army of toads ou jour premise*. «r •>».
numlier required, according to the
That may reasonably b, ,*p*cted from