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1'HE ATJjANTA UEUKUIAiV AMI JSJJJWB.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
T. B. GOODWIN, Gen’l Mgr.
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lag Its own gaa and electric light
plants, aa It now owns Its water
works. Other cities do this and get
gas as low aa 40 cents,, with a profit
to ths cite. This should be done at
ones. THfe GEORGIAN AND NEWS
believes that If street railways can bo
operated sucresefully by. European
cities, aa they are. there Is no good
reason avhy they can not he so oner,
area here. Rut we do not believe ibis
can be done now, and It may be some
years before we are ready for so big
Sn undertaking. Still Atlanta should
sat Its face In that direction NOW.
Hitchcock lias come home, but Miss
Maloney Is still out of town.
Eddie Foy 1b going to play Hamlet,
He will probably be as funny ns ever.
if money again
lis ship cornea
There will he plenty
for Uncle Sam when
in.
Chancellor Day hgs written a Imok.
From a stormy bay ho h$s been trims
formed Into a dull Day. •'
Salt Lake City elect lob a seem to
have gone anti-Mormon, even If there
la no woman suffrage vote there.
It la announced that a second Peter
Pan company la going on the road.
That'a n mistake; there's only one.
If Mr. Carnegie had been sincere In
his dtslre to die poor he wouldn't
hare stayed away from Wall street
last week.
Since John D. has begun to pone as
a public benefactor, (icrhaps there will
be a let-up on the |ioor Standard Oil
Company.
The Chicago woman who wnnts
$5,000 for a broken jaw may get It If
her husband Is able to pay what It's
worth to hint.
The Dutch artist who says all
Americans are bcglnulng to look nlike
most be looking through the eyes of
•Charles Dana Gibson.
A New York woman sought the nld
of the police In getting rid of a post
af fleas In her apartment. She re
quired the services of a fly cop.
Governor Ruchtel. In a Chicago lec
ture, boasts that even the Colorado
bears know the president. Yes, but
they're probably against him.
In a few weeks there will be an
other flight of gas bags toward Wash
ington, remarks an exchange. Full of
hot air and with little ballast aboard.
too.
It la understood that In the new
coins of St. Gaudlns’ design the words
"In God We Trust" will be omitted.
It la understood further that all men
tion as to whom we now trust will lie
omitted.
Why Ha Misstd tha Race.
The late < ’nlonel Will S. Hays had
an ample store of humor within him.
Some two years ago f was walking
down the street with him and the con
versation turned to horse racing. "The
home racing of today don't c-ompare
with the old days," said t’olonel Hays.
"I remember one great race here be
tween Red Cloud and War Eagle. I
wan a boy, and with several others had
gotten a good knot-hole In the fence,
and I was glued to that hole. The
horses were trying to get started and
everything was excitement, I pressed
closer to my knot-hole, when sudden!-
I felt a terrible kick from behind, and
I went up that fence so fast that It
peeled the akin off my nose, and I
heard a familiar voice say. 'Darn you.
give me that knot-hole!' I looked and
saw that It was my father who had
my knot-hole—I didn't wait to see the
race."—Our Country.
Why the Moon Looks Yollow.
It Is the atmosphere that makes the
sky blue and the moon yellow. It we
could ascend to an elevation of fifty
miles above the earth's surface, we
should see that the moon is a brilliant
white, while the sky is black with tha
stars shining as brightly In the day
time as at night, though some would he
green, others red. stilt
violet.—Our Country.
ers blue
REMOVING THE TARIFF FROM POLITICS.
Lieutenant Governor Chanler of New York made a strong plea at our
Georgia State Fair for taking the tariff out of politics.- And It, waa well
and heartily received by the great Georgia audience that heard him.
The Idea la growing apace.
The chief of the Bureau of Manufactures, of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, Major John M. Carson, in discussing the tariff
question with a representative of American Industries, calls attention to
the various corps of tariff experts maintained by Germany, Great Brit
ain and France which really have the functions of a tariff commission.
"In either the foreign offices or In mi) of their departments, usually
called a 'Bureau of Intelligence,' ” says Major Caraon, "there Is engaged,
hard at work during every month of the year, a corp* of experts upon
tariffs. These are mon engaged because of their specialized knowledge
of particular Industries, as well as because of their acquaintance with
the customs duties of other countries. It Is their business to make
themselves acquainted with- the effect upon export and Import trade of
every change In customs duties and all proposed changes, In their own
parliaments or In others. For example, you may wonder why Great
Britain, a free trade country, should employ a whole staff of experts on
tariff. The reason is while the British government cllnga to the policy
of free trade, It has every reason In the greator part of all the world to
know precisely what duties and customs regulations are to be Imposed
In various countries upon Its exports. Upon the other hand. France,
Germany and Belgium have every reason to know precisely how any
proposed change In their customs duties may affect Imports and what ef
fect they may have upon exports.
"This work can not lie done by any' temporary commission nor can
It be done by any committee of any legislative body that ever existed.
It Is a task that must he accomplished by men trained In the details of
the various Industries In which each country Is especially Interested, In
which most of Its capital Is Invested, In which most of Its labor Is em
ployed, nnd in which most of Its revenue, If It be a tariff-levying country,
Is most Interested.
"It seems to me a very reasonable pro|Kisltlon that the government
of the United Slates, whose export trade has Increased ao enormously
within the last decade, and which contains possibilities of production
far exceeding tt\e prospects of domestic consumption, and, therefore, de
manding foreign markets, should create such a bureau of experts,
thoroughly qualified to advise committees of congress or the executive
as to the effect of any proposed changes In customs schedules. It may
not be possible to calculate theso exactly, even with experts; at least
a scientific approximation can lie made, which would have Its weight In
the consideration of any tariff legislation and which would certainly
have a strong bearing u|Kin any decision by such a seml-judldal board,
of tariff commissioners, corresponding in some degree to the Interstato
commerce commission, as Is proposed by the National Association of
Manufacturers."
and make ono sorrowful and at unrest until they have had their answer.
This Is tne mountain of discontent which confronts the editor of The
Georgian In the closing hours of his connection with the desk which has
been his citadel and his refuge for these later years. . There are no mere
words that can answer the kindliness, the greeting and the inspiration
of these hundreds of’letters which have piled high upon the editorial
desk. In breaking up a home that has been built through fifteen years
of accumulation and In settling oneself In a new home In which every
condition la absorbing. It Is utterly Impossible that these letters can be
answered in the time allotted by courtesy and inspired by grateful ap
preciation.
Utterly unable to answer the rolling flood cf personal correspond
ence we reit upon the knowledge of anr friends that wo are grateful and,
remember.
May we ask once more our friends to receive through these col
umns the expressions of heart-felt appreciation which most necessarily
be too long delayed In actual acknowledgment. Gratefully nnd cordial
ly we ihank the writers and have laid aside these charming and helpful
messages for the cotqfort and solace of later and perhaps less active
years. We send back to each and every one of them who have speeded
us on our way with so much of Inspiration, the sincere and unfeigned ac
knowledgments of a gratitude that will endure. '
JAPAN HAS STUDIED OU$ NAVY AND TALKS OF LASTING
PEACE.
And now cornea from the Far East the statement that Japan wants
a lasting iieace with America.
Even so let It be. •
America wishes peace with nil nations and ontangllng alliances
with none.
But let It not be forgotten that the aspiration that has come for
peace between these two countries, America and the over-praised little
empire of Japan, comes from the sight of the big ships of' the republic
and of the big guns that man their decks.
It la all very well to fling the charge of "jingoism" at those who
speak of the possibilities of war. It Is one of the pet expressions of an
ultra-conservatiam to protest' any discussion of war with a foreign
country. And wc are quite sure that no people In America desire a war
with n foreign country now or at any other tlmo. But every man who
knows and realizes that Japan has been arrogant and nagging In the ex-
tremo toward the United States so long as Its Pacific coasti were un
guarded by a great and puissant floet, and any man who ‘reads must real
ize that sluce the American squadron has been headed for the Pacific
seas, and since the might and the force of Its ships has been- blazoned to
tho world, there has been a complete revolution In the attitude and In the
public expressions of Japan.
The president of the United States has not In alt his great career
done a wiser thing than In throttling this spirit of aggression and this
talk of strife between America and Japan by the cruise of the Atlantic
squadron In tho Pacific seas. There waa not a threat expressed or veiled,
but It was simply a democratic and diplomatic demonstration of the na
val piajesty of this great republic, and Japan, which must never be
charged with anything less than discretion aqd good sense, has been In
telligent enough to appreciate the meaning nnd the possibilities of such
a cruise.
Hnhson, of Alabama, must be credited, too. In part with this vigor
ous policy which has hushed the war notes In tho East. Hobson has
been roundly rated as a jingo, but he has told the truth from tho coudl-
linns which, as an accomplished sailor and naval officer, he saw and
understood, and the truth which has come to him from a knowledge of
the conditions about tho state department at Washington.
Hobson ns an agitator his dnne as much as any other force to In
spire Roosevelt ns an executive to the magnificent naval demonstration
which has sent to Its holes the war party In Japan, and which now in
duces the Jnpanese minister Haynshl to speak for his country tho aspira
tion toward a lasting peace.
Jingoism has Us uses as well as conservatism, that t* if jingoism
consists of a timely and fearless agitation of Impending danger, and the
jingoism of llobsun and of Roosevelt has been richly vindicated In the
tranquil note which has fallen upon the foreign expressions and foreign
policies of the empire of Japan.
TOM JOHNSON ONE OF THEM.
Our busy friends among the paragraphers take so much delight In
twisting every favorable comment made by Tho Georgian upon public
men into a nomination for tho presidency, that It Is with almost timid
hesitation that we refer once more to the splendid victory of Tom John
son In Ohio.
Certainly no man In this changing era of public life has held his
grip upon publle confidence more strongly than the atnlwart Kentuckian,
who has mode his homo In the chief city of Ohio. •
But there ts no doubt thnt Tuesday's elections project Tom Johnson
in very large and wholesome lines upon the Democratic horlxon. Wo
do not hold it to be likely that 'he will be the Democratic nominee for
president. But there can bo no doubt that the prestige of a fourth very
remarkable success joined to the strong and masterful qualities which
he has always Illustrated, make him a very Interesting figure and a
very proper subject for discussion and consideration among the possi
bilities of the next natloual convention.
The big mayor of Cleveland would be n second “etrong man In the
White House" beyond a doubt If he could get there.. And there would
tic no doubt or uncertainty as to hts policies and no lack of courage and
definiteness In the execution of popular reforms. He has always had
convictions ami the courage of them, and withal he bears himself with
much wholesome vigor, with such breezy individuality and with such
splendid good humor amid all the details of llfo that we can not fall to
see how his presidential qualities might pass from the desirable Into
the ideal.
As the matter stands, a gentleman who Uvea In Lincoln, Nebr..
seems to have a strangle hold upon the next nomination of bli party,
but In case he should voluntarily or Involuntarily relax this grip. It la
lierfectly plain to see that there are a multitude of good strong whole
some figures fn the Democratic ranks and that Tom Johnson of Cleve
land Is unquestionably one of then.
UNANSWERED LETTERS.
Among [he disturbing elements In the life of au absorbed and busy
man nothing strikes inward with deeper discontent and a keener men
tal protest than a pile of unanswered letters.
Be they from business men touching upon business matters of mu
tual Interest, or If they come bearing inquiries upon matters In which
the writer rather than the receiver fa Interested, and more than all, it
they come from friends bearing messages of good will and of godspeed
and of Inspiration, they tower in appealing piles upon the editorial desk
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here record* each day
eome economic fitet tn reference to
the ouxrord progress of the Mouth.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
The Renfro Coal ami Coke (>mpnny of Renfro. Tenu., Incorjionuu.il with f«it»!*nl
stock tit $100,(mo, |* the successor of the Wilson Coal Coinnany, having nnrehaaed nil
of that company'* properties Throw land* comprise 1,000 acre* on the Southern
mil way III Ciimlierlninl county, Tennc**ce t and the mine* now have n da Ilf output
of I0i) ton* «f *te«ni, dnuimtlc ami cooking coal. Iletwcca $40,0» and* 160,030 has
far been expended for development.
The Pioneer Coni Company linn been organised at Stevenson, Ala., with a capi
tal stock of $100,000 to develop about 4.000 acres of coal lands in Dry Cove, u few
mile* from H!rron«on. The property I* said foeoiitnln a vein of dome*tic and
■team cynl which measure* over four feet In thick we*.
Plspntelie* from Temple. Texas, state that I. \V. Culp, of that city, and other
Texn* parties have purchased for $000,003 a tract of 120.000 cere* of coal nnd timber
land in Morgan and Retail counties, Kentucky. The Intention of the purchaser*
Is understood to be to arrange at once for the development of Hie property.
. It Is stated that the Southern Power Company of Charlotte. N. C.. I* prepar
ing plans nnd specification* for It* steam power electric plant to be located near
Spartanburg, s. C. Till* plant t* to have u capacity of 50,030 liorss power, and
will lie built In sections a* needed, construction to begin next year. It will be
equipped with 10.000-horsc power turbine*, nnd will 1k» used to augment during low-*
water periods the various electric idnuts which the company I* building In North
and South Carolina. Probably $2,103,000 will ho«thc cost of this steam plant irhep
completed an planned. Tin* company's varlou* water power electric plant* have
liecn detailed previously by the Manufacturers* Record. They will eventually dis
tribute over 200,000 horse |*>wer to tnnhufncturlug Industrie*, especially cottdu
mills. Two plants are now operating nnd furnish 40,000 horse power, two under
construction win furnish 60.W3 horse power.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00
Commercial Accounts Invited.
4 cr1 Interest, compounded twice a year, is
/O paid in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
IIMMIMIIIMOHlWHHMHIfUiHHMIimiltUIIIHIIOMHIIIIilM
Ithoughts of love
j AND OTHER SUBJECTS j
AMBITION.
A Mill'
By LANOON CARTER.
MRITION, If accompanied by good
‘ Ifntent. Is perhaps the most valun
trol, become proportionately dnngerw
bltlon prompted by courageous and high
moral aspirations Is a component part of *o
many thing* that It may pcrbnp* be wiser
to particularise. For Instance, no man, If
slothful, can lw genuinely it gentleman, for
the fortune of good birth, although great.
them n corresponding sphere mentally, mor
ally, socially and physically in life, and by
the lack of proper ambition are they
dered equally Insignificant. Ambition
phaslr.es the children'* standing In school
and designate* for them the most suitable
future vocation*.
cry desirable form of knowledge 1* a
Just appreciation of one's abilities, but there
Is no greater hindrance to selMmpmrcineut
than nn cxnggarntcd Idea of perionnl Im
portance. As greatly to lie feared, how
ever, la tho great lack of self-confidence,
for It Is unquestionable that too great a
consciousness of one's frailties undermine*
that active heroism which buttles against
the wrong.
Youth Is not In Itself particularly hope
ful. Childish griefs seem more Serious nnd
more final, because there are no inctnorlcH
of outlived sorrow to overcome disappoint-
HAZING.
properly cnconrag
aging
..._ 9 cultivate*
aiul stimulates ambitions for the future.
Ambition In one's dally duties I* ns need
ful ns worship: for God, after hnvlng given
us great possibilities, help* us with our
minus. ns well ns with our lienrt* and soul*.
Purely excellence encourage* ope nbotie life
generally; It shows the spiritual wealth of
the world. Ambition also create* great
f lea sure In work, which is In Itself n higher
orm of recompense than ipntcrlnl compen
sation. for the innn who merely draw* a sal
ary for rendering stipulated service to Ids
employer nnd then nvolds slid shirks every
other responsibility Is hardly to be envied,
for eveii the mill wheel will go on turning n
bit nfter the water I* cut off,
The truly, fcontstly ambitious man con
siders a problem from every |Nis*lble stnm
by attributing to Jt merely selfish motive*
for personal prominence, whereas to all
broad-minded men, such ns the heroes of
the past ami present, the welfare of their
eountry and Its people must Imre been their
superlative ambition, otherwise their suv
cesses could not have Ihvii so general.
It Is true that "nothing succeeds like
success." nnd with each victory the hero
most justly receives certain credit nnd
C lse. Ilnd his aspirations and efforts
n of a less meritorious nature ho would
have been proportionately censured. I.lke
the diamond, true merit will shine, no mut
ter how adversely criticised.
It may have been wise to charge Crom
well to "fling away ambition," but when
accenting this advice In a wholesome
nor to be applied to life j
snrily malms the gran
known to man,
Ambition, like all characteristics, may lie-
come distorted; but when this Is the case
It Is humanity and not ambition that should
be corrected.
r one necos-
A Real ‘'Mother Goose.'*
Did you know that "Mother Goose"
waa once a real, live woman? Her
maiden name wa* Elisabeth Footer and
she waa bom In Charleston, Mass.,
April 5, 1665. She was goodly to look
upon and had many admirers, among
whom was one Isaac Vergooee or
Goose, a widower of twice her oge. with
ten children. Love laughed at tills
houseful, and Elisabeth married Isaac
In 1692. To this union were born six
more children. You can Imagine the
many ways that a good-natured woman
like Elisabeth must have devised to on-
Thou Shalt Net 8teal.
While we take the highest and
brightest outlook upon the conditions
of our country', we are fully awake ts
the necessities of certain fundamental
reforms. Among them we ask for a
sweeping and drastic repeal of the
amendments to the old law, "Thou
shalt not steal." Note that In the
original form It is brief and definite.
It makes no distinction between steal
ing that which belongs to one other
person And that which belongs to the
public. It has no cognisance of the de.
velopment of the corporate Idea. It
does not say one shall not steal, or a
corporation shall not steal; or stealing
may not be done except for a good
purpose from one careless of or Indif
ferent to or Ignorant of, the existence
of property. It does not except steal
ing done by agents or with the ap
proval of human law. It simply say*
"Thou shalt not steal." Ono has no
use for a lawyer to Interpret It. It is
all there and It has no double mean
ing.—Our Country*.
By MR8. JOHN A. LOGAN,
(Copyright. 1907. by W. It. tlesrst.)
T llh itriu.v anil navy school.* nnd the
many college* nnd mi Ivor*] ties of
this country have been afflicted with
tin* spirit of basing to such mi ex
tent nt different times thnt these Institu
tion* have Ihmmi threatened with emtcirrn**-
nicnt op account of It. More than once the
barbarous custom tin* been carried so far
that death lma overtaken the victims of
this mad spirit. Jt Is « ct'innion thing for
•wys and young men to lm maimed for life
by the treatment they received nt the
hand* of their school-fellow*. The brute
that Is in all mankind often manifest* It
self la a genuinely brutal innnner.
In most cases one class of Imys have in
finitely the advantage of the other In ago.
numbers nnd physical strength, and they
call it manly to persecute a weaker nnd
younger boy, claiming they are only testiug
the courage 1 ami powers of endurance of
tho younger Imys, or. In other words, to
»ec If they are "gritty" nnd If they are
calculated to become courageous men—Ig
noring their own cowardice aiul cruelty In
such Inhumane perseeptlou of their younger
and weaker victims;
At West Point and Annapolis In thuo
past the tipper clause* have carried hazing
*p far that suits have liecn brought against
tl>«» perpetrator* of bodily Injuries on plelx'S.
Ihing government institutions, the aid of
<*oiigrp** has l»eeii solicited to stop the sav
age custom. The action of congress toward
both schools ha* had a wholesome effect,
resulting In the suppression of the custom
to n groat extent. It would have saved
permanent Injuries to cadet* and midship
men If drastic measure* had been adopted
years ago that would have stopped hazing
altogether.
In all the colleges nnd unlversltle* the
system bn* been carried rurther than In the
schools of the government. I remember
that year* ngo General M. D. Leggett's son,
M. !». Leggett, Jr., was hazed nt a college
and while blindfolded fell and broke hi*
neck. Ill* mother never recovered from
the horror of the erenf. and followed her
Idolised son to the grave soon afterward.
Any number of tragedies could be traced
to tpc malicious mischluf of tinxer* tying
j*oy* to railroad rail* and allowing them to
*; killed, or placing them in a position
which jeopardized their lire* aiul where
nothing short of n miracle could save them.
It seems when bov* or men get together
mi mischief bent, thnt their minds are very
"mceivlng means of torturo of
their fellow*.
It I* elalm-d Hint the Whole people arc
making great progress In civilization, and
yet we are confronted by the fact thnt In
many respect* the natural brutality lurking
•n all uien break* out with great savuge-
iicks now nnd again where It I* least ex
pected. There I* much complaint this year
against the dlsjmslttou hi the pupils In the
iilffh sehiHd* to haze olio nmillier, the upper
iiuse* perpetrating nil kinds of cruelties
upou the member* of the first-year classes.
The matter. It I* claimed, has assumed so
very serjoua a phase In tho Washington
schools thnt Buperintrnileiit t'haurellor felt
t naressnry to rail tint nitration tho
hoitri! of eduratlon to tho tnnilffc. It tin,
been nttrlloitoil to vnrloit, muses. among
otUor. to tbo .xlntmra of fraternities In
tho sehools. triil'Ii, it |, charged. created „
"P'Ht of rlnnnl.limmt on llm part of tho
member, of tho fraternities t„ domineer
over the tiou-ntemlierM.
This r!urge I, liidlgiMittly dental bv the
frnt., n they term lltein,oIve». Titer
Insist that they help each other In very
nmny way, by evening n hsneltrinl Inflnoiiee
‘.'n'f .t hp memtier. of the froternltle.. In
that ' sympathlsr trlllt thaw aim have
'll (Held tie, "nil mlafortnilee, mol enrounige
the diffident or unfortmmte iinnlle some
time. to Rtleh tin extent tlutt those who
woiihl not otherwise have loo.nil examina
tion. nre aide In do m through the help
from brother or el,ter members. Tin y dim
elalnt any pgrtldpgtlun In tint hoxltig of
nny of the high sehnol |||];>II>. They de-
elnro thnt there Is nothing which ran take
the Ware of fraternities sad linnerlabahle
frleinlHlilp, that will lie of Inratlmnbl*
value through life.
However It may end. It goes to prove
that, notwithstanding this I, nn age of
EEJfW there in always, under the most
civilizing condition*, some chance for a
manifestation of evil propcusltie*.
Discovory of tho 8eaf.
It was the explorer Behring, who,
on his last nnd fatal trip In 1741, dis
covered the seal herds of the north
Pacific; shipwrecked, he died on the
group of islands since named after
him. V*«rlous Russian adventurers fol
lowed Behring, rich merchants of Mos
cow* furnishing the ships and money.
Sea otter was what they sought in
these early days, and It was not till
these were practically exterminated
that the less lucrative fur seals were
hunted.—Our Country.
If I* generally known that there Is n
room In the BrltiMi Museum *ct apart ex
clusively for forgeries. In the time the
museum ha* l**en In existence many spn-
rions articles have come Into its possession.
In some esses the object ha* been on view
lor some tlrao before the forgery wns dis
covered The nuldlc Is not fiilnilitMl In the
room In which the articles are kept.
by strange currents from nil sides nnd dis
til uee*. nnd lit this It resembles wireless
telegraphy.
"For this reason disharmonious relations
between man and wife sire the greatest
suffering In existence. Unfaithfulness is a
cosmic crime which places ono of the par
ties in perverse relations to bis or her own
exposed to terrible nltornute currents—and
she at times hate* nnd at other times loves
the woman who Is her rival. Very often
sin* may become the friend of her husband’*
affinity, but still ofteuer she becomes her
enemy.
"And whoever steps In between two lov
ittg persons does not do *o unpunished. The
hatred
1 all •
into solltndc to purify his soul by giv
ing up the pleasure of this world may at
Inst be endowed with such higher meutal
nnd spiritual qualities thnt his power be
comes dangerous td the lower divinities.
"To delay the spiritual development of
the penitent Indra sent nn Apsarn, a kl *
of divine bajndere. to disturb the peace
mind of the penitent and to seduce him.
"How, then, should the seduced hare a
feeling of guilt? How should he be able to
regret that which has happened without
any fault of his?
"Vow. the poet Is in some respects dif
ferent from tho penitent, and to be able to
describe life Ifl all Its phases and terrors
he must have lived himself.
"What would Sbnkespearu have been as
a |»oet If he lind lived the Ilf© of a good
liny—If he had carried on Ills father’s hon
est trade nnd In Ills hours of leisure had
written only of the little things he would
then have seen?
A walk through the British Museum and
close examination of the ped.nl extremities
of ancient art there shows they nr«> all lind
about the feet. "The IHsk Thrower," a cel
ebrated aneHmea, ha* p.nrtlmlerly bad ex
amples of incipient bunion Joint*. If the
foot of the Fnrnem* Apollo, used as a model
in most art schools, represents the foot of
the average Greek, corns and bunions must
imv« been common tu that classical country.
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
After several months* work In the
Atlunta office of the Seaboard Air Line,
helping to take care of the heavy
Jamestown Exposition travel. Travel
ing Passenger Agent Fred Gelsler, of
Memphis, has returned to that city.
Few passenger men nre better known
than Fred Gelsler. He Is the best sort
of a mixer and he knows somebody In
every town along the lino of the Sea
board. From now on he will continue
making Memphis his headquarters and
will circulate around that city getting
business for his road. He was former
ly stationed In Atlanta and has a multi,
tude of friends here.
J. <3. Cantrell, general Western agent
for the Heaboard. nnd William Mc
Donald. commercial agent for the same
road In Birmingham, were In Atlanta
Friday on business for the road, and
nt the same time circulating among
their friends. Mr. Cantrell makes his
headquarter* In St. Louis, and Is one
of the best known railroad men In the
middle West.
Because of ill health necessitating a
position In the west, Chief Clerk John
E. Daughtry, of the auditor’s depart
ment of the Atlanta, Birmingham &
Atlantic railroad, has resigned and has
accepted a position with a road In
Texas. As a token of esteem in which
he is held by hls associate* in Atlanta,
Mr. Boughtry was presented with a
handsome watch fob. Mr. Doughtry
has a multitude of friends In Atlanta
who hope that the change to Texas may
benefit his health.
Dr. Erich Zoepffei-Queircnsteln. Ger
man consul with headquarters In At
lanta, will go to Charleston next Tues
day and act as the personal representa
tive of Kaiser Wilhelm II In presenting
a gift from hls sovereign to Charles O.
Witte. Mr, Witte Is going to retire
from the German diplomatic service In
Charleston nfter thirty years’ work.
While lie is In Charleston Dr. ZoeplYol.
Quellenstein will participate / In ths
celebration of Emil Jahns's installa
tion as temporary consul. It Is be
lieved that Mr. Jahnx will later be
commissioned permanent consul.
Captain W. J. Preston, of (be Fifth regi
ment, tintlonal guard of tjcorgln. bn* been
(‘ommlzMioiieil major to suivecil Major V.
II. phe.irer, who was recently elected to the
position of lieutenant colonel. Captain Pres-
formerly commanded Company M.
Friday night Geueral Clifford L. Ander
son will Is the guest of the officers of the
regiment at a bosquet to lie given at
the Etowah cafe. Oh Saturday. Major E. E.
Pomeruy will Ih» elected to suceeed Gen
eral Anderson as colonel of the Fifth regi
ment.
During the coming Confederate Veterans*
reunion, which will bo held In Augusta on
November 12 and 13, there will !»e a special
reunion of the survivors of Cobh** I^Mflon,
tjie famous command led by General Thom-
as R. R. Cobb until be was killed In n
desperate charge at Fredericksburg in
December. 1842.
The survivor* n? the legion nre scattered
throughout several states nnd effort* nre
Mng made to got as tunny of thorn togetk-
A. L Hull, of Atbeng, the three daughters
of the famous gem-rnl.
In the office of the sheriff Thursday two
gallant heroes of t’<w Civil war, who
fought on opposing side*, met eaeh other
amt shook hands for the first time slucc
the roar of the famous conflict died away.
These * were t 'olnnel L. P. Thomas, of
Attains, who led the Forty-second Georgia
In many n bloody charge during the fight
ing around Atlanta, nnd Colonel Gilbert
Dwight Munson, who commanded the Rev-
"Even If we do not know much of ths •
great English poet we ran see from hls
writings what a stormy life he must have ,
fivwl. There I* hardly a misfortune which
lie has uot known, hardly a passion which i
he has not felt. Hatred add love, paaalon j
aud revenge, murder nnd arson—nil ho '
(teems to have lived through as a poet. -i
"A true poet should, and must, sacrifice
Ills own Individuality for hit work. There
fore. when I think of a suitable monument
to Shakespeare I see It like this: Hercnles .
lighting hls own pyro on Mount Oeta, sec- 1
rlficlng hls own fife ns an offering to hu
manity.
"To hear that Is delight. Isn’t It?"
And the scholar replied: "Foraooth, you
can untie nnd you can tie—novf you have
untied me!"
Spoke the teacher; "Ufa Is difficult to ,
live nnd the fates of men appear to be very |
different. Some have days full of sun- I
light, others hopelessly dark and dreary \
nights only. Therefore, If Is hard to know i
bow to act In life, what to believe In, what
to have faith In, and what party to serve.
"This fate Is not the Inevitably blind ;
fate, but the task which Is given to every I
man—the pensum which be must go !
through.
"The Tbeosophlsts call It Karma and be- 1
eve that It Is connected with a past !
which we remember only Indistinctly, who* I
ever discovers hls fate early, and lives ac
cordingly without comparing hls lot In Ilfs
with that of others, without envying others
who seem to be better off—that person has
discovered himself and It will be easier
become llko that of the more fortunate ones.
"From this arise alt fllsharinonles and alt
frictions. Until thej are very old, many
people
bellevli
try to strugglo against their fate
ig that they can Improvo It"
Asked the scholar: "If this be so why
re we then not told our Karma from tho
beginning?**
Replied the teacher: "From pure charity, .
No man would be able to go through life i
If he knew bis fato In advance, and be
sides there must be left to him a,certain •
freedom without which he wouM be nothing
bnt a plaything. Furthermore, the sages
think l*at the great voyago of discovery
In search of fate teaches men many things/'
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Army Order,.
WnnUlngtoo, Nor. S.-C»puln Rtt,h S.
Well,, from Eighth to Fourteenth cavalry.
Cnptnfu Demon Latrobe, Jr., from Four
teenth to Eighth cavalry; Lieutenant
t'harlei A. Varnum, retired, detained with
organized militia of Idaho; Captain William
.1 I-ardec Twelfth Infaatrr: Captain Wil-
Ham M. \V right, Second Infantry, and Cap*
tain Andre nrew.ter.Mnth Infantry; Klrat
I.t,utennnt Waller B. McCuaky, Twenty,
flrat Infantry; Ftrat Lieutenant Frank It.
lAng, Ninth Infantry, nnd Klrat Lieutenant
O. II. Dockery, Jr.. Third Infantry; Second
Lieutenant O. V. tleldt, Twenty-Hub Infan
try; Second Lieutenant Samuel J. Suther
land. Thirteenth Infantry, and Second Lieu
tenant Edmund 11. Inglehart. Third Infan
try, to Fort Leavenworth, for examination
for promotion.'
Major Henry W. Hotvey, Twenty-fourth
Infantry, haring been found by retiring
board lueaparjtnted for active iervlee on ac
count of disability Incident thereto, re
tired.
Navy Order,.
Lieutenant T. L. Oaburri, commluloned;
Commander V. S. XcIhoii. detached navy de
partment, to eoiiimnnd Panther.
Movement, of Vee.ale.
whieb the two vetctitn* eonintaiided then
came In uncomfortably cloee touch v-'flb
each other frequently.
Colonel Mnnxon. who I, a prominent lew*
yer of l-o. Auzeien. U on a trip Hontb took*
lug over the old liatlle Held, oil wllleh ho
fiotKOt. nod *»oeo he leucAvd tun! Colorod
Thouiaa also eotmnnuded a regiment tn the
Atlanta Halit he railed to renew the mem
ories of more than forty“yeara ago.
The rleheat woman In Great Britain l«
Mia, Emily Charlotte Taltiot. who owna
two magnifieeat estate. v-bU’li -be Inher
ited from her father, worth almoi W.MO.dW.
Another rich woman Is MU* Alice 'I- Hetbs-
chlld. who L very charitable end ban ,
great botihy for gardening.
Couldn’t Blow Out the Light
An electric light globe secure!}' stow,
ed away In the grip of a pretty High
land Park co>ed almost caused pun-
detnonlum In her rooming house Tues
day night and badly scorched her
clothing. Tho girl, who had Just come'
to the college from her country home,
did not know the workings of an In
terior electric system.
With her roommate away, she pre
pared for bed alone with the light
burning. The glare disturbed her rest
and ahe decided to hide Ita usefulness.
It would neither blow out nor go out by
any exterior arrangements that she
could see. Finally despairing of her
efforts for darkness, she placed her
grip on a stand and placed the string
ing light In It and closed the sections
together. When her roommate Joined
her for the night she discovered the
odor of burned clothing and lt» cause.
Because of the danger of students
blowing out the gna the college au
thorities have placed hanging electrlo
llghte In all the rooms. The switches
are on a door sill securely concealed
from view.—Dee Molnea Register.
Rare and Peculiar Druge.
A writer In Wlesen fuer Alls throws
some interesting light on rare and pe
culiar drugs. Saffron, he point, out,
would strike an ordinary observer as
decidedly expensive at 113 a pound (to
change marks Into our coinage), until
told that It Is composed of the central
email portions only of the flower, of
the crocus, 70.00# of which It takes to
make a pound. Attar of roses eells
at 3112 odd per pound, and It takes
10,000 pounds, or nearly live tona, of
roses to obtain one pound of the oil.
Aconite, extracted from the root of
monkshood, Is said to be the very
strongest poison extant, the dose be
ing one-six hundredth of a grain. It
Is sold nt ths rate of 1108 per ounce.
Turning from the vegetable to the
animal world In search of rare drugs,
the writer refers to the musk of the
Astatic deer, which at $24 to 310 an
ounce must be a prtxe to the wily hunt,
er. In some of the tropical seas, a
floating, sweet-smelling mass of am
bergris is met with worth at present
330 per ounce, or $480 per pound fn
the market. The ambergris Is said to
he lhe diseased biliary product of the
whale.
Another peculiar product In use aa a
drug in n solution of the pure venom
of the rattlesnake, given occasionally
In malignant scarlet fever; while less
strong, If perhaps hardly less repul
sive. Is. powdered cockroach, which. In
six-grain dotes, ban been prescribed,
with good effect, It In said, for dropsy.
—Philadelphia Record.
An enterprising nvissora grinder of last
Ansete.. C«L. ban monnted hi. grinder on
an nntowid'lle, tiring the car*, power also