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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor.
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Entered ns second-cfsfa matter April 26, 19)9. at the
Atlanta. Ua.. under set of rottgrtmfl of March
pofitooricc at
X 1979.
Joy la a partnership,
Grief weeps alone;
* Many quests had Cana,
Gethsemane had one.
—Frederick Lawrence Knowles.
tneir principle* and platform*, and remember only the “history" writing He owe* It to the world to make thl«
schemes of politicians or the dlstrlbfitlon of spoils. It In retraction, but It Is he and he alone who will be bene-
not only the right, but the absolute duty of any brave j filed by this tardy act of Justice. JefTerson Davis' mem-
and honest citizen who has nothing to fear, and nothing ory does not need absolution and redemption at the
to ask for himself In the selfish scramble, to stand by the hands of any ope.
“Independents” and “Nondescripts.”
Mr. J. W. Jordan of No. 427 Piedmont avenue ad'
dn'Miad The Georgian aome time ago a polite Inquiry
as to the meaning In preaent day poUUca of the worda
• nondescript" and "independent."
Mr. Jordan's letter waa delayed, much to our regret,
noil reached onr attention through another source.
. la not too late, however, to give' to Mr: Jordan's Inquiry
V ilint inllte and thoughtful attention which the writer and
w tin- subject demand.
Mr. Jordan la entitled to a serious and laspectful
anawce. not couched In flippant frivolity, nor In rank
I'HrdaaaaWp, but written with th« desire to furnish
frank and honest Information to a frank and honest In
quirer.
For the word "nondescript" we have not much fo
t-.iy. "Non" means not. and "nondescript'' means “not
described," therefore we shall not attempt to describe
H other than to say that In the general acceptation n
nondescript in politics la one whose views and align
nientg can neither be prophesied nor understood. The
terra la disrespectful and the implication that It conteya
of apathy and Indifference adds nothing to the dignity
and repute of the object to which It la applied.
The word "Independent" Is a much higher and a
much nobler term. The prefix "In" In this connection
■1*o means “not." and “independent" means "not de-
pendant," which means also free, but by no means
abandoned.
An Independent In politics. In the .best and general
P' ' -e of the term. Is one who la not willing for cabala
and cauouses and combinations to dictate either his
alignment or to proscribe the limit of hla loyalty to tho
convictions which he entertains. An independent may be
a better Democrat or a better Republican than a regular
muons slave who blindly votes what the cliques and
murine* declare it Is his duty to vote. An Independent
Is a man who thinks for himself and acts for himself, and
In moat cases the Independent In our present day politics
In that man who chooses to decide for himself whether
orgunUatlana are true or untrue to the people and to the
prlndpler which they profess to advocate.
A Democrat, for Instance, who by study and Inhert
(mire has Imbibed an Indeatructlblo belief In tho prln
clplee of the Democratic party ae-lald down by Thomas
Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, or n Republican who, by
tbr same process, has become a fixed believer In the
Plena which descended from Alexander Hamilton and
Abraham Lincoln lo the Republican party, may find upon
■x cnslons that selfish cliques and rings, covetous only of
ixiwer, and not of principle, seeking self preferment In'
"Parti of the triumph of principles, reaching after per-
bibi.iI fame and profi' rather than the establishment of
the groat principles which,concern popular rights and
liberties, offend the horesty and the Individuality of In
dependent men eren through the ranks of tne separata
■ orgiiniaatlons to which they belong.
Thoso men of proven loyalty to the great principles
of jK.litlral parties, and scorning the spurious loyalty
of spoils, sometimes find It necessary to rebuke the self-
lidtpesa and corruption of the cliques and cahalf of their
own organisations, and to stand like brave men and
true men for principle! and great policies, rather than
for expediency and for selfish men.
Such Independents deserve to be ranked among tho
grentest and the noblest figures of $e political history
of this country.
Such a man waa John O. Calhoun, the South's in-
comparable statesman, to whom priyplple was always
transcendent over men, and who followed consistently
the prtnclplea of his creed, even If they led counter to
the schemes and organised treason of selflih repreaenta-
tlves. If there la any man In this garish age of selfish
potttles who would Impugn tbo Integrity or tho civic use
fulness of John C. Calhoun because he was an Indepen
dent, the opportunity la open to him hero. * 1 ,
Alexander Stephens waa such a man, when In the de-
fenad of hla consistency and Integrity, he flung Into the
face of the ruling forces of thg Eighth congressional
district of Georgia, the- statement that ho wka able to
• loir hla own aklllet," and challenging faction to a teat
of strength from which It shrank, demonstrated as he
always did that he did not hesitate to dare the preju
dices of a people whose dearest Interests he defended.
Such a man waa William J. Bryan, who time and
again In Nebraska followed hla party principles when
it led against hla party leaden, and who Uvea today
in the respect and confidence of the Democratic party
above all the trickatera and ftme-aervers of the genera
tion about him.
It waa men tyke these who In the stormy elecllop^of
I'M. rose above the claims of faction, and in the Interest
of patriotism and the public welfare, rebuked the Iniqui
ties of the Republican party as represented by James G.
Blaine, and reenthroned by their Independent votes the
Democracy under the first admlnlstrattoa of ■ Orover
Clc -land, of New York.
* These were the men, who in the loot election ex
pressed their disapproval or the barter and sale of Dem
ocratic principles to mess expediency and the hope of
Mjecesa as represented by Alton Parker, and out of re
buke to the disloyalty of leaders, elected Theodore Rooso-
'elt by over a million majority to Uw presidency of the
l ulled States.
\\- ,ay to Mr.'Jordan that parties «*n necessary for
ir,< i:i >mph of prtnclplea in this republic. Without or
ganu.-'l effort and co-operation. principles and policies
cannot be carried to success, and In the main we believe
tbht no light and trivial consideration should move men
n> separata themselves from theli ties and tbs politi
cal organisations to which tbsy belong.
Hut we do not hesitate on the other hand to express
here the view that the chief mission of parties Is to se-
i ure the triumph of principles, not to establish the cue-
< e.s of individuals or the distribution of-spoils ’•
irtles were framed for this purpose. Political or-
itlons were created tor this cause alone, and when-
political parties or political organisations forget
principles to which he committed his loyalty and to re
buke the men whose apostasy to principle Is treasonable
bpth to party and to people.
W| believe In parties, and doubtless Mr. Jordan does
too, but we feel sure that Mr- Jordan. If he Js the honest
citizen we take him to be, will agree that no honest and
fearless citizen who believes In certain principles, and
j has Joined himself to certain organizations or parties to
< Btabllnh them. Is bound to sustain these organizations
when they forgot dr betray the principles and. policies
upon which they were founded. To let this spirit he
J known In tho way to hold political organizations to their
faith. .
Tho name Independent is growing In dignity and re
spect throughout the republic. It rtever had greater cur
rency and greater weight than it has today. It Is the
spirit that Is shedulng the light of publicity upon the rot
tenness and corruption of the age. It Is tho spirit that
Is bolding parties to. a stern accountability for loyalty
and consistency to their professions, and It is the only
spirit hy which, in the midst of the seething and selfish
politics of tbls # age, the* integrity of parties cau he re
stored and the‘righto and liberties of the people be re
established, .
If Mr. Jordan does not like this definition and will
give *tis his reasons for dissent, we shall be glad to dls
cuts the matter further and courteously with him.
Occasions such as these, however, while keeping
alive the recollection of the r!vi! conflict and its leaders,
are not Intended to embitter the section* which are once
more living In peace and harmony, working out their
common destiny In fraternal good will. Their {jurpose
is to teach the youth of the rising generation something
of the heroism and self-sacrifice ol+the Southern people
during the four years of bitter trial through which they
passer!, and thus to Inspire them to heroic courage In
the cause of all the people should a sinister fortune
evei plunge us Into war again.
After.the accident King Alfonso exclaimed: “I thank
God for having protected me and my family.” Hopeful'.
If the Atlanta team keeps up this epidemic oPsuc
cess we will soon have something to brag about.
The more the meat Is “doctored” the sicker the per
pie become.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
i Tho Baltimore 8un »ar» the sweet girl graduate Is
‘as sweet ai her mother.” That‘1 about as strong as
you could put It.
The Death of Senator Gorman.
The death of Arthur Pue Gorman removes from
the stage of public affairs onu of the most conspicuous
figures In the Democratic party.
For, a quarter of a century, with tho exception of
three years spent'In private life, be has been a member
of the United States senate and has always been look
ed upon as one of the most vigorous and conspicuous
members of that august body.
Individually he may well be regarded as a conspicu
ous example of the self-made man. He began Ilfo as a
page In the senate, when he was but 13 years of ago,
and discharged the duties of that position until long after
he had attained hi* majority. After serving In ths
upper and lower bouse of the Maryland legislature, ho
was sent to the Federal senate In 1881, and for twenty-
five years continued' as the leader of tho Democraflc
party In his native state.
Now that he has gone to his last reward thoro
will no doubt be many conflicting opinions as to tyls
character and work. That he waa a man of extraordinary
ability there can be no question. But ho was, after all,
a politician rather than a statesman, and be held, per
haps, too strictly to % tbe Idea that "only fools and dead
men never change their opinions.” Thoro wns a cor
tain amount of Instability In his character which dis
counted all his better achievements. ' ■'
But he possessed a personal magnetism which made
for him warm and lasting friends, while his genius for
political organisation wrs universally recognized. ,
His death Is too recent for tho world to see him In
tho true perspective, perhaps, but his determined and
heroic opposition to tho force hill la 1889 will long be
accepted as covering a multitude of sins. He made a
gallant stand In behalf of the rights of the South at a
time when they seemed to bo seriously Imperiled and
bayonets behind the ballots" became almost an accom
plfshed fact.
His great abilities directed along the loftier linos
of statesmanship, Instead of tho arta of the political boss,
would have secured to him n more tasting fame, but
he wns a man of many excellent qualities of mind and
heart, and his death Is sincerely mourned.
.Some of the methods employed by the beef trust In
nfnking "country snusago" would make a nice, clean
link of "riot dog" far preferable.^
Jefferson Davis’ Birtbday.
Sunday wbb the 98th nnnlvcrsary.of the birth of Jef-
fqrsoo Davis and throughout the Southern states appro
priate ceremonies are being held In honor of his memocy.
At,the state capitol Hon. Hooper Alexander deliver
cd an address on the life and character of the great
chieftain which was marked by the eloquence and forco
which always characterise his uttorsnccs, and a number
of crosses of honor were delivered to deserving vete
rans by the Daughters of the Confederacy.
There Is no man In the civil or military history of
the Confederacy who holds a warmer place In the hearts
of the Southern people than Jefferson Davis. It has
never been contended that In well rounded character and
Intellectual force he was the equal of Robert E. Lee.
This stainless knight of the civil war stands out -In the
memory of the people of eve-y country as so perfect lit
every aspect of hi* nature that even at this period after
his death ha appeara to belong more to the paladins of
Godfrey end Richard or to the Round Tatde companions
of Arthur rather-than to the history of modern times or
ths heroes of recent conflicts.
But a peculiar pathos attaches to the life and suf
ferings of Jefferaon Davis. That be, too, was a high-
minded patriot who dedicated the best efforts of his
mind and heart to the cau8e of the Confederacy there
can be no doubt.
Hut over and beyond this ht linger* In the recollec
tion of the people a« V- 3 Incarnation of the "storm-
cradjed nation that fell," snd In the persecutions to
which he was subjected he was In *a large measure a
vicarious sacrifice for the whole 8oulh. both civil and
military. ^ ^
It would have bean enough for a man of his deli
cate sensibilities that he should be taunted as s traitor
when, as all the unbiased world realizes today, he was
but contending for a theory of government which had.
found foUowera North and South ever since the founds-’
tIon of the republic.
But the persecution did pot stop at any such ab
straction as taunts and sneers. . . v
It win always remain aa a blot, upon the civiliza
tion of our common country that an old man. bowed
with the weight of years and sorrow*. should hare
been manacled by the upstart Miles. History Is cpmlng
to do him justice as time goes by. la a recent encyclo
pedia, published by one of the largest Onus In the North,
and general In tta circulation, we read that he was "sub
jected to ty>e needle** degradation of manacles." and the
beat thought throughout the North fully realises that fact
now.
It matters but little whether Theodore Roosevelt
to the feeble end fast falling widow of the
dead chieftain for the strictures passed apod him while
the youthfur author was making his first flight, into
H.V Private Leased wire.
New Vork, June 4. —Here are some
of ttie visit.,r» In New York today;
ATLANTA—E. T. Ulbbs, Miss
ttlhbs, Miss M 1. Gresham, W. H
lluhbar,!. it. j. Merritt, W. M. Rose
W. E. .Saunders. H. A. Htlgen, J. T
Hush, H. Q. Kletcher, K. K. Kelly.
AUQl’BTA—C. it. Is-wB,
MACON—F. E. ltuesh.
THIS DATE IN III8T0BY.
JUNE 4.
1561—Ht. Paul's church, . Londop,
burned.
1663—William Juxon. archbishop of
Canterbury, djed.
1738—Kin* George III born.
1752—John K. Howiud, first governor
Maryland, died. Born Octo
ber yj
1827
1763 Indian massacre at Fort Mack!
nnw, Michigan.
1790 Independence declared by Bel
gluri province*.
1802—Charles Emanuel IV of Sardinia
abdicated In favor of his broth
er, Victor Knuinuel.
1805—Treaty of peace between United
State* and Tripoli.
1819—First lodge <*f odd Fellow* in
United States organized at Ball
tiraora. HI
1849—Marguerite Cohntess of Bless
• Ington. novelist, died.
1859 -Flench and Italian* defeated
Austrians at battle of Magenta.
1862—Fort Pillow evacuated by (Jen
oral Beauregard.
1887—William A. W lw ' l-i, ex-vhe
president of United States, died.
1898-Captain Charles V. Uridley, U. a
N., died, age 53.
1902—Sir .Michael Herbert. British mm
bassador to United States, died.
The Mecklenburg Declaration.
Editor, The Atlanta Georgian:
thank you for your kind s letter Just
received. Your very valuable dally I
iend with much Interest and great ben
efit. Nothing more can be said in Its
praise *thnn bn* been said. 1 have
bound copies of The Savannah Geor
gian for 1838 and 1829 complete In
two volume*.
Sunday, May 20, was the one hun
dred and thirty-first anniversary of
the Mecklenburg Declaration of In
dependence. What thoughts arise at
the mention >>f thl* name, our city
has many tiHeful and valuable men
who claim the old North State a*
their nativity, and I exhibited on Sun
day, May 30, the fnc simile copy of
the original document. What a lofty
pride should fill the mind* of the de
scendants of the*e signers. What
brave heads and heart* and hand* they
possessed. I can'almost picture their
hopes, their fear*, their Buffering*, and
how we nil rejoice In the triumph
which crowned their tteary labor*, and
gave us a lofty rank amidst the em
pires of the world. Thl* document,
with the original agreement made by
Ezekiel Alexander, chairman • of a
committee to make contract® for ball
and cannon, neat* Charlotte, In 1776,
one of the original signer*. I will have
on exhibition In the educatlonnl de-
pnrtmont of the state fair In October,
1906, D. V. The autograph* of thene
*lgnor* are. eagerly sought by relic
hunter*, but they are very scarce.
But thl* was not her first net of re
belllon against oppression. As early
ns 1677, the northern part of Carolina
rtlUttd the tax on tobacco. Georgia
territory waa embraced in Carolina at
that time. The tax wns two-pence
on each pound sold to any one who did
not ship to the mother country. This
unconstitutional tax upon American
subjects was resisted by John Culpep
per and his friends, who seised Miller,
the collector* and took all the moneys
received In his office and used It to
preserve the peace, ltd, of hie lit
tie state of Albemarle. Mossachu-
sets*, Maryland and Virginia / clam
ored loudly that they should also be
relieved of taxation, but were compell
ed t.» pa\. Gul|.. pp»*r went to Eng
land in the interest of his people; was
arrested and {jailed, but never atrted.
He was a man of ability, and rich In
argument. With tho assistance of Lord
Shnftsbury, he waa .discharged without
any pumatiment. This occurred a half
« ••litin\ b. for#* Gnrollna whs divided
Into two state*, and a century before
the general American revolution.
All tmivr t•» the old N«*rth State.
W. B. BUUKOUCIHS. M.D.
Brunswick, Ga., May 28, 1906.
Gunday Observance.
Editor The Georgian:
The attitude of the “Goddess of Jus
tice" Is represented as that of bllnd-
-of indiscrimination toward the
Individual or corporation of Individual*.
No Reasonable person will deny the
equltaoleness of such construction. To
the ixli'iii tb.1t a people depait from
this sound basis, from thl* fundamental
principle, to *that degree they provoke
their national downfall.
a particular sovereign state, a
component part of a boasted republic,
tbflr Matut.»j\ law h wen* *■• written
that the citizenship of said st&to were
satisfied. One class of citizens were al
lowed to run their business every hour
through the whole twenty-four of the
acre.l Sabbath day, working their em
ployees the same as any other day,
i.irrxlng p.i-*rnger*. mat! etc \n-
other class of citizens were allowed to
publish and circulate rhliMMM and
scores of thousands of newspapers—
circulate them, not only through the
malls. but through the Innocent, un
sophisticated hands of poverty-en
slaved boy*. whose Sunday conscience
and Sabbath reverence I* thus trngh -
a! 1 > ami »11mIn.ill\ destroy**.1 wn tha t
class nre allowed to ply their trade, not
only church-going hottffr but worlt
their employees from early dawn to 10
p. m. In the trolley business; still an
other < lx** of cttlxeae can do a thriv
ing b iflnes* under the auspices f
•amus'-.uervis,” reckless and Irrever
ent though they be. But when a mem
ber oC u certain other . Iasi* of citi
zens Is found “repairing a Imby car-
nag. • n-.? a big steaming engine) ..n
the “holy Sabbath.” ho l» made to feel
all the humiliation snd mortification of
being dragged Into a criminal court
am! made to suffer a penalty besides.
When we read the account of the
tr ig. d\ •? m« ■>nsl*ten«\v again-: thl*
minimum \|.»iat»r of God’s h<<>\ dav.
while the maximum violator* swept on
untr.immWed through the tragedy ot
special legislation, through the llv^nee
of "special privileges,” I saw In my
mind's eye Che courageous .shade* of
Impartial Nathan, wrapped In the man
tle of Just indignation. Imploring God
to hold In terrible responsibility that
nationality, '.hat stated and that city
w hose law -makers and courts of Justice
"pervert" their functions by "special
privileges*' and partial administration.
And then I said to myself: “Our na
tional life I* fast drifting Into an un
written but sadly destructive nobility,
which poisoned and killed the Roman,
as well as every other government that
has Internally brought on Its own de
struction.”
If the inamnThn-bllnd element, the
nobility element, that can lobby the
making and administration of laws
to suit their own aggrandizement, con
venience and indulgence, had never
existed In this world, what a higher
record of history would have been w rit
ten. They are not the class who rever
ence the Sabbath; they are not the
class who love Justice and mercy: they
are not the class, as The, Georgian
tersely pointed out recently,-who help
‘'struggling enterprise*/' but they nre
the class who love to reap all the ben
efit*.
\ conclusion: Tho element ot true
manhood that still exist* in our na
tion should see to It that the millions
of employees, the hilples* little new*
bsy* not r excepted, shall have their
righteous freedom and rest on Sun
day. Wage slavery on the Sabbath
discounts the chattel slavery of the
week that follows It.
We should see to It that neither the
expression of our statutory laws nor
their interpretation or administration
shall concede any rights or privileges
to the better-to-do or wealthy not
Vouch-safed to those without property
—the violations of the rich class must
not be simply winked at while there Is
punishment for the humble and grind
ing for “the faces of the poor.”
■ Very respectfully,
J. DAN AVOODALL, SR.
Barncsvllle, Ga., Box 4.
BAYARD TAYLOR.
An Appreciation.
Bayard Taylor first saw' the light In
182;
Improve the Sanitary Conditions.
Editor The Georgian:
It Is summer time, with hot weather,
decayed fruits and bad sanitary condi-
dltlons that usually cause alarm when
mim»rous deaths and a large amount
of sickness before effort Is made
to check It. Would you not confer a
great favor by requesting the people all
over the state, and.especially the In
habitants of tho various towns to see
to It at once that all sanitary condi
tion* are compiled with gnd rfglldly
enforced from now until frost. Ijjvery
town should have a board of health
guided by advice of one or more physi
cian* to prevent sickness. Every well
that drinking water Is used from should
be ventilated at the top and all the
water drawn out and mud, etc., taken
out at least every sixty or ninety days
to prevent fever, etc. Every pond of
stagnant water ought to have kerosene
oil poured Into It more or less in pro
portion to Its size, and If In danger of
giving away from a big ^downpour of
rains during the summer the dam
should be strengthened now or the wa
ter allowed to run out, for the giving
way of dams and water running out In
summer, leaving (he mud and muck ex
posed* to hot sun causes a death-breed
ing mfazma to be strenuously avoided
H. H. JACKSON.
Simplify the Laws.
Editor The Georgian:
Much has been said regarding the de
lay of the courts as an excuse for
lynch and mob law. The courts are
powerless aa the laws now exist and
the legislative power Is Alone to blame.
The legislators meet and pass numer
ous laws each time and the various
technicalities are taken advantage of
by the lawyer* whenever n case Is car
ried into the courts. The numerous
laws are a menace to Justice and n
burden of expenso that Is Increased to
an alarming extent. The lawmakers
should repeal and modify the laws of
every character and simplify them and
then the courts will not be delayed and
Justice can be given, criminals punish
ed and expenses cut In all departments.
This would affect the attorneys, for the
longer they can keen a cane In first
one court and another and relatives
and friends of criminals can put up
money tho more they get, while the
state Is put to more expense for prose
cuting. Yet, the public Is always con
demning the courts and feel Justified In
taking the law In hand, and, In so do
ing. cautfe trouble* and a growing ten
dency to disregard law. If the laws
were simple and easily understood by
criminals beforehand, freed from num
erou* technicalities and speedy trials
were not had and quick punishment,
then there would be less cause and ex
cuse. Less law, better law: less court
expense to taxpayers Is In big demand
and on this line It Is hoped the rtey
session of the Georgia legislature will
set an example to the Southern states.
If not the entire country, and If this
can’t be done. let them frame a law
electing a body of aged, experienced law
yers, such, for example, ns Judge Hop
kins, Hlllyer and other well known at
torneys In the state, whose reputation
Is Well known, and by reason of the
honorable positions and services to the
people In the pest, their chances for
observing the need* of the times, pre
pare laws to be enacted that will en
able quick trials an*! speedy exeeu
tions. The Increase of various courts
and court expenses and cases piling up
In lower courts and supreme court and
Increase of court judge* only Increase
rime, knowing If punished It will be
ttor* beforehand and various chances
of escape, a* witnesses die out and
facts are forgotten. Decrease and sim
plify law or a big Increase of mob and
lynch law will result. This Is the only
solution of the present grave question
which affects every citizen, male and
female, white and black, for worse
conditions than those which are now at
hand H. M. JACKSON.
GO. LOVELY ROSE.
That
When
lloir street and fair she
Tell ber that’s young.
Ami shuns to hare her graces i
That had’st thou tpraug
Id de»ertrf vhere no mm abldr.
Thou mart have unruintnci. led died
Smill In the north
nr U'fliin from the light retired:
DM her came forth.
H'l/Ter herself to l»e de»lred.
Ami nut Mueit so to be admired.
Th»n die! that idie
lit. mm) fat*
Mat rvn.l 4n ih.n*
>f all things rare
Chester county. Pa., In the y<
It Is said that hi* mother, with lov
ing Intuition, felt the longing* of her
gifted boy, and, In order to give him
freedom from toll and tlmo to read his
books, she let him tend the baby mem
bers of the family. And It 1* good to
know that the mother's loving heart
das richly repaid for her efforts.
At the age of 19 Bayard Taylor be
gan his travels and writings. From the
beginning he was successful
A few years later he married Mary
Agnew, the sweetheart of his boyhodd.
But, alas; the sweet companionnhip
did not last long. Mary, “the pale
sweet flower,” lmd consumption, and
soon passed Into another life. Under
the shadow of this great sorrow the
poet wrote some of his most beauti
ful poems.
And who can read "The Winter Sol
stice" or “Autumnal Vespers*' without
feeling a response to the heart-beats
In these exquisite poems. *
“The light is dying out o*er all the
land,
And In my heart the light Is dying. She
My life's beat life, 1* fading silently
From earth, from me, and from tho
dreams wo planned
Since first love led ua with hlz beam
ing hand
From hope to hope, yet kept his
crown In store.
The light I* dying out o'er nil the land:
To rpo it comes no more.”
*T never knew the autumnal eves could
wear.
With all their pomp, so drear a hue of
death;
I never knew their still and solemn
breath*
Could rob the breaking heart of
strength to bear.
Feeding the blind submission of de
spair.
Yet peace, sad soull reproach and pity
shine
Suffused through tears; bend thou in
prayer.
Rebued by Love divine.'*
Later Jie wrote “The Phantom” and
"The Mystery,” two beautiful poems
that hold the sadness of earth blended
with the sweet faith of heaven. From
■The Mystery” we get these lines:
"But thou had*t gone,—gone from the
dreary land,
Gone from the storms let loose on
every' hill,
Lured by the sweet persuasion of a
hand
• Which leads thee somewhere in the
distance still.
9 • • • • •
'Where e’er thou art, I know thou
wearest yet #
The same bewildering beauty, sanc-
Ufltd
By calmer Joys, and touched with Boft
regret % *
For him who seeks, but cannot
reach thy side.”
After the death of bis wife, Taylor
again began his travels. And it 1* said
"pen In hand he traveled and wrote.”
He delivered course after course of
lectures in the brief nightly pauses of
his long winter Journeys; he wrote
novels, he wrote editorials, criticisms,
letters and miscellaneous article* for
the magazines and newspapers. "He
tolled as few men hove tolled at any
profession or for any end."
In ”A’ Wayside Dream,” the poet
takes the render Into the silence of his
heart, and tells him something of the
thoughts a that come to him while he
Journeys* far from the homo of his
boyhood.
It was In Florence, 186L when he
was recovering from a fever that he
wn-ic “(’tisa (Suldl Windows.” In this
old paluco Mrs. Browning had lived
while In Florence, and It warms one’s
heart to read his tender appreciation of
this great woman, whose spirit he
fancied hovered near him and banished
the pain from his aching body.
OCT OF. THK ORDINARY.
\\ lr«*s w«*re down «»n the
near Vl.-torla Fulls the other d:i? A 1,7 !
of giraffes lui.l got their i.eeks ., !
Ill the Wires lit Itun.lhhi ni.d pullM i. 7 ’
II mile ..f Mi.-m.
Til- Ml.I Hurr-r C..!f riul. h..
fnrMddrti lt» im-ml- rii t- |.lnj- ?
■■ " ,h “‘ Uh,r * ! f Ml,
M" r ».. ,1," !o ItlBf.
n m palace In Kjf»Y
York. The tout value ;}
e“"VooScSo W,U
“Interfered with i
The
llXJril
Irtnl
iiHHessinent. The
who had his :i-***es
garden.
of Ei
In the
The
oplrnl i
4. 1>
Igwtth. In I
Wits .laid July
the tlr*4t Tntil
12. 1M1. 21 ye
the Tn id many Society
terti L>odon -rt
h- rlsor ,, f , Mp
v raHajLL-B
r fraui.' lu hi, I-,”
th-m i- rrltorj #f
r meridian, ant. The
e pointy due north rim!
’ the prom** Tammany
nth street. Sew Yorfc
V- „ , 1 "* <*«n*rntone
building wns li.i i
Foi
onths
Its ending with Jm , rf
— Imported 2.453,669 buii.l;./.
Weight of cheese, of whirl) the I'ljpA
States supplied only 164.»'62 hundredwHriht
While t'nnndn supplied 1.873.K* bund™:
weight In the aaoie wav Canada siipt>i!*|
more than tw ice ns mueli of the Inn* m,
of butter ns did the Faffed States. ^
IX LIGHTER VEIN.
Little Willie—Sny, pa. what wns ths
first talking nmrlifiir mode out of?
Father—well, mv l»oy. the firzt one was
inndo.otit of a rib New York Times
"What do you mean by our ‘nnuilrif
expenses being ’too heavy* 1" drainnded
Mrs. (ii.yboy.
. “Er— rnee horses." reluetnntly cxnlsltied
Mr. (Jayboy.—Chiengo Tribune/ V
He—I see ladles seldom rise In Kpnln to
reeelve a male visitor, and they rarely
accompany him to the door.
She—Snnie way over here. Pnpn gen*
Vally aces him out.—Yonkers Ktatcsmnu.
“If tile poet were nllve today I think
he'd write It a little differently." * >
"What would he sayT*
• " 'Where every prospectus pleases nnd
only man Is vile.’ Louisville Courier*
Journal.
Tommy—Pop. what (s the different.• t*.
tween a bachelor girl nnd iiu old mnld?
nmy’s Pop—The only difference, my
is whether we nre tnlkliia nlmut her
behind her back or to her foce^— Phils,
deiphla Record. ,
“The old-fashioned Idea of aerenndlng hn»
gone completely out of date,” said the r»>*
mntitle jouth.
"Yes, nnsw .
doesn’t rare to bear l
automobile horn will cause her to take no*
tlee.—Washington Star.
'Chart*!', dear, said young Mrs. T»r*
is. "you were playing cards last night?"
'Wliat makes you think so?"
'•Because 1 heard Home friends of yours
Hiking this monia| *"*■
tIon any mimes, hi
’Yes, he is the won.,
knew.’ Washington
. Sandy I’lke—Yes, poor old Dusty borrowed
“ leucll nu’ said he Is going to make tie
•rt of hi* life to Ik* a literary i
Sandy Pikes—^Why, he read aomewhers
tint great literary men like Mark Tivnltt
do delr writing while lying down.— Calcsf*
MEN AND WOMEN.
"Who could forget those features, hav
Ing known?
Whose memory do his kindling rever
ence \\r««ng
That heard the soft Ionian flute, whose
t<.nc
Changed with the silver trumpet of
her song?
No sweeter airs from woman's lips
were blown."
♦ • • •
"And life, new lighted, with a lark-
111(0 glee
Through Casa Guldl Windows halls
the sun.
Thrown from the .rest her spirit gave
to me.”
But to know the soul of Bayard Tay
lor one must read hla poems. He ap
peals to us In all his moods. Sonic of
his poems, “The Bedohln Song," for
Instance. Is, full of spirit and Are.
Then In "Articulo Mortlo" he gives us
the sob of a broken and bleeding heart,
and that most solemn thing, forglve-
i tn death. To him the gift of song
was a thing divine—something to be
used only for a noble and beautiful
purpose. His life was a perfect blend
ing of strength and tenderness of soul.
Sorrows he hail, but these could not
destroy his childlike faith and Joyous
ness of heart. . Through the shadows
he always feJt the glow of the sun.
He did hot die as he had wished.
Former Foreign Minister Tbeophlle I>rt*
ensse. of France, will pny a rltlt to the
United State* In September.
Senator Cjirmnck, of Tennessee, will de
liver. the commencement address at Wash*
Ington nml I^>e University at the Juns
commencement.
tberar ...
t" meet. lie taken a keen Interest la
everybody’s work, nnd Is full of helpful
suggestions.
. Ml .risen A. Aldrich, of
Rhode Islauil.
Professor J. w. Rucklinm. of the Paclfle
Thi’Inglnil Seminary. Berkeley, Pal., Is nd*
dreeing iiiectlngM in tin* East on the pros*
•ilH'uf the sufferers lu Callt’oru—
serving, but arc hampered by poverty.
He bars theological students from psr*
tlelpntlug lit the benefits of the fund.
David Itnnken. Jr., of Tsrkls, Mo., will
found an Industrial school In 8t. I«®tns*
to be miMbdod nftrr the Massachusetts
stltutc of Technology, nml will lie one of
tho finest Industrial schools In the country.
Mis* Nina Ilornady, president of thf
Daughters of the War of 1912. for Georgia,
has discovered lu Oresn Park. Cal.. PaB»el
Turutr. who. she cbilms. Is 4he only sur
vivor of the war of 1812. IJe Is a full*
bb •nidi Cherukrc Indian, horn In Georgia,
nnd fought ngnlnst the British during tut
battle "f Nett i U b :i li - ■
xperlinVnting as to the effc t *»•
eyesight »i u great height In s I*)* 00 *
nd anas his sight Intensely sente and out
f all proportions to the normal, which ••
a a men sure .lu.. to the decreased pressur*
of the Mir on the cyelisUs. which Increase'
the HcindtlveticMx or the optic nerve.
A Different Vi*w.
From The Boston Herald. ..
Dob powers, one of Maine'* leading
yers. was at one time .b*fending .some hi**®
who had been charged with ssanult and bat*
tery. The esse wns being tried before Judge
Peters In ltangor. .
The strength “f Mr. Powers' argument
as so great that, although the sccu*m
were thought guilty by nearly every on*
present, the Jury returned a verdict of not
'■ M tbr nrnnlttnt of tkr torn tkr Ju.!«*.
hiul Ihcii 'inipn-iwtl br Ibo .r,iiui'' ,ir *
H* dlrd In the library at Berlin,
18TC And Longfellntr. in Ms tender
tribute, tells us how he was found:
"Lytnj deed among hU books. ' ’
The peace of God In all his looks."
1TALT HEMPERLY.
ELEGY.
! SoetrVtf stray In Iteenty's
her drooping hind
r that tear* are t
!i.*ed* nor hears
rh 114 to eoinpln
forget.
rd *!U
said
think did It?
there fs no doubt «• !«
beating, trot who d" J 09
r.” replied Mr. /towers, yl
it toy clients did until *■*
didn't.*' •
Family Complications. .
“How much like you your little gin
M - Brown." remarked at .
ance who met them on tht strtet »*ne
afternoon. -
"How odd that you should think - •
(•plied Mrs. Brown. “.She’s tny
band's child by Ills first wife!
"Indeed: A-a-at all events. ! £
think Pm wrong In saying
boy ts the Image of Mr. BroWttI
"lie’s my ?...n by rn* first hush®-^
Mr. Green*"
"Ah. yes Good afternoon.
Brown."—Ladles’ Home Journal.
A Future Orator.
recited .me stanza of
I.lfe," to the delight of
ima and amid the plaudit* <*
e tnen aliry mlndu*
Weaken .naka Liza B!in *\
Andy Parting I.cc H Hindus
Footbrln Johnny Sand?
—Ladles' H-*m«
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