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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. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 25 West Alaluma St„ Atlanta, Os Subscription Rates: odo Tear M -g fine Month •’? By Cartier. I’er Weeh - 10 Telephones connecting all depart ments Icing distance terminals. Smith tc Thompaon, advertising.rep- rcsentstlTes for all territory outside of Uoorgla. Chicago Office .... Tribune Bnlld ng. New York Office .... Brun.trick Bldg. If yon hare any trouble getting Till. GEOTtOlAS AST* MEWS, telephone the eironlatints department and hare Sttbacrlhers dealring THE OKOIt■ a IAN ASH NEWS dTaeontlnued moat notify thin office on the date of expira tion; othern-lam It will he continued at the regular auliacriptlou rate* until notice to atop Is received. It la desirable that all communica tions Intended for publication In THh GEORGIAN ASH SP.WH ho limited to sao words In length. It la Imperative that they lie algned. aa an evidence of good faith.. Rejected inannarrlpta will not be returned unless stamps are sent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAS AND NEWS prints no unclean, or objretlonahle fdvertls. lag. Neither does It print whisky or any liquor ads. .JEWS stands for Atlanta's n»n- 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