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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN .-■■■ ; ; -, v -—* ■ • The Atlanta Georgian. Kafhoroil ay nlsht. rha mb< JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. of commerce lost Wed liorimchlv Impreiwod and | convinced by the great engineer of the superior claims of the lock canal. If a motion had bec-n made In that meeting at that time, there la no man who doubts that i It would have been carried unanimously and enthuslas- would be easy to reduce the names to that of the car-1 glory and prosperity of this splendid commonwealth, penter, the sawyer, the smith—save the mark!—or some land no one phase In the history of these Georgla-Care of the Twelve A|>ostIes. i llnans has beeo more quickened through loyalty, t.ot lees Since the people themselves are to be translated, j t0 the commonwealth of their residence than to the com- why not their names? It would afford Infinite relief to j m0 nwealth of their nativity, than these annua! festival a long suffering public, so we go on record In f» v or ; pc^giong | n which the glories of both states are magnl- I tlcnlly and by a rising vote to endorse the type of canal | of Congressman Burke's bill and endorse Champ Clark's fled an( j r ei>eate<I for the respect and honor of the present Subscription Rates: I One Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 I Three Months ..... 1.25 I By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. tt 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. = <gg£h> L rd as second-class matter April S. 1*04, at tbt rostnlflr. at Itlaata, Oa„ oadsr set of eoasrsaa of March I. 1ST*. Unless thou find eecaalon, hold thy tongue; Thyself or others careless talk may wrong. —Sir John Denham. r Let Us Stand by Shonts and Roosevelt. From muttering* already heard at Washington and mom particularly voiced by Senator Halo In the aenate, qulto evident that there will be precipitated at an early day a fierce contest, over tho type and nature of Panama canal. 1’pon one aide of this question standi the official and repr---putative engineer, who hai the matter In charge, and whose fame and repute must rest upon the successful and effective construction of this mighty water way. k i pun the other sldo stands s motley company, aomo ^ of whom may be sincerely canght by the superficial i "sea level canal" Into advocating that type upon Imsls of a supposed simplicity and effectiveness. Joined to this Is another company of protcstanta, w hose motives are, at least, open'to the widest suspicion. Neither we nor our representatives In congress can af ford to blind ourselves for a moment to the fact that there nro vast corporate interests In this republic whose prosiwlty will bff Impaired by the canal. With trans continental freights taking from nine to thirteen days to cross the continent by rail from San Francisco to New York, and with fast sailing vessels making the trip through the Panama canal In a little over 14 days, one can see that the enormous savings In freight by the water route will Inevitably force down the rates of trans-contl- ncntal freight, and diminish the volume of the shipments mrnbi by rail. This furnishes a motive for opposition, which In this material age la the most vigilant, the most tire- l< ss, the most unscrupulous and the most effective In all the channels of legislation and irawer which deal with p: cat enterprises and with popular rights. It may be simply set down as a certainty that the tnms-contlnental railways, through their vast and pow erful lobby, will bring to bear every agency of Influence in their power, either to thwart the completion of the ennui or to give It to the world ao handicapped and In cffcctlre that Its power for service and for reduction of freights and of tlmo will be greatly curtailed. Theodore P. Shonts, who Is the official chairman of tbo Isthmian Canal Commission! and himself one of the fitst engineers of tho world, and his staff of subordinate engineers, are all agreed that the lock canal Is both quicker In construction, more durable In type, more ef fective In use. and will admit of greater speed and larger tonnage In Us vessels than the sea level canal. Mr. Bhonts and his coadjutors demonstrated conclu cicely In his Atlanta speech that the sea leval canal i> not nearly what the world understands it to be; that It Ik not as Is popularly thought, a straight, open and un tun erupted channel through which shlpa can freely pass from ocean to ocean, but Is, In the first place, equipped with a largo tidal lock, the most objscttonsble and dan- gt-urns lock from the operating standpoint In use, while the Ken level cans! Itself I* a deep, narrow, tortuous gorge which ships cannot navigate, even according to the estimate of the men who recommend that type of canal, at a greater speed than four miles an hour. Mr. Shonts unhesitatingly predicts that If the sea- level canal waa finished, within thirty days after lis com pletion congress would be celled on for an appropriation to begin tho Indispensable work of enlarging If. He showed clearly, first, that the lock canal could bo com pleted for about halt the cost and in about halt the time of the sea-level. Second, that It would be adequate .for all commerca which can be reasonably expected to seek that route dur ing tho next one hundred and fifty years. Third, That It tt should be necessary the lock canal could be more cheaply and more quickly enlarged than the sea level canal. Fourth, because from the operating viewpoint, the fast largo ships could be put through more safely and more quickly than through the sea-level canal. And last, that the eslmated cost of operation will save to tho government every year In the lock canal $2,- 340,000. Now, It will be realised that Mr. Shonts has no pos sible Interest in the lock canal beyond the tame and rep utation which he le to hand down td posterity In this great achievement. There can he no possible graft to hint In advocating the cheaper of the two canals, and he is rich enough with his millions of money to be be yond tho reach of bribes or grafts, even It be were capa ble of being tempted In that direction. Further than i this he Makea bis professional Judgment and that of hie jemini-m and capable subordinates upon the superior de- : suability In every way of the lock canal, and In this view be hat th* thorough indorsement and the hearty co-ni-erstlon of the fearless and honest, even If eome- tlmcx mistaken, president of the United Bute*. Now. In this Serce light which Is Impending over the type of canal, we have what seems to be a very distinct balance of the contending factions. Upon one side the pr.-Hdont, the professional engineer and his subordinate engineers, with their official and professional assur ance of the superiority, economy and efficiency of the lock canal, and with no possible motive behind It except to hand down to history at the earliest time the achieve- ment of a great work which will fix the substantial ra il in- of Its builders In future generations- ' On the other side, a mistaken conception of the na ture and structure of th* sea level canat, and the exis tin' « of s vast and powerful corporate lobby, who have a iii-tlnct and clearly understood Interest In delaying, If not in actually crippling the entire schema of the Isth mian canal. From general principles and from past experiences t. . re Inclined to distrust and oppose that legislation w blch la favored by the transcontinental lobby and the »< viators who usually vote with It Under these circumstances,-what would seem more natural than that representative newspapers of the South, an-: i. iresentaUve public men of the South should stand >■> Shonts and the president In the light for the lock caul serosa the Isthmus of Panama. 'll.ere was not a man among the several hundred going and unusually representative Georgians proposed by the president and his great engineer. Tho Georgian sincerely trusts that our representa tives In the senate and In congress will give to these matters the same fearless and disinterested considera tion which they are accustomed to do. and wo confi dently believe that In this view of it. unless there be some genuine and convincing reason not yet made man ifest, they will give their votes and their voices to the lock canal of Shonts and Roosevelt. The Need for Parks. Nothing that- has recently been suggested lias met with more general Indorsement than the communication from Mr. J. G. Ross man recently published In The Geor gian In favor of tho purchsse of a small pork nrea in the central portion of the city, as a breathing place for the general public, for public conveniences, and other pur poses not met by the larger pleasure grounds like Grant Park and Ponce DeLeon. It Is agreed that s suitable site for such a park In the central section of the city would cost a eonalderablo amount of money, but It must be borne In mind that fire or ten year* from now the same sit* will cost consider ably more money, and the time to prepare for the future Is before values have advanced any further. This Is not any spasmodic effort on the part of At lanta alone, but there Is r. general movement all over the country In favor of amall parks scattered throughout the large cities. St. Louis Is now In the midst of an agi tation in fgvor of Issuing $670,000 In .rands for the pur pose of Increasing the number of these parks and the proimsltlon Is receiving cordial support. In advocating this movement It Is pointed out that New York has 43 small parks and squares and municipal playgrounds, and Is equipping all of her school buildings with playgrounds surrounding the building or on the roof.' New York has spent $10,000,000 In the past ten years for these recrea tion places. Chicago oas 36 small parks and square*, already con structed and equipped, and 32 planned or In process of construction, and 11 municipal playgrounds. Chicago has spent within the past ten years $2,600,000 for these recreation places. Boston has IS small parks and squares, IS public playgrounds and four bathing beaches. Boston has a playground within a half mile of every child-In the crowded portion of th^ city. Cleveland has nine small parks and squares and eight municipal playgrounds. Bt- Louis has ten small parks and squares and one municipal playground. The enormous cost of small park areas in London, New York and Chicago I* sufficient evidence that At lanta aboutd secure them now before real estate values increase to almost prohibitive prices. ^ The San Francisco disaster proved the value of small parks and oiien spaces In checking the spread of Are nnd In furnishing a refngo for the homeless thou sands. Atlanta needs these open spaces In the crowded districts. Small parks and playgrounds In the crowded dis tricts decrease Juvenile crime; decreaso the death rate, especially ambng the children; aupply light and air to all the community; furnish dally recreation and pleas ure to the people, and aid powerfully In the develop ment of a wholesome aod healthy cltlienshlp. They are the safety valvoa for social discontent, because they supply to the people those opportunities for recreation which rightfully belong to them. The city of Atlanta could not make any better Invest ment than to purchase one or more sites for small parks In the congested section of the city before It Is too late. Kjier-rh, oven before he delivers IL Burton's successor In the senate Is a farmer, garden seed appropriation will sit up and take notice. Qttoen Victoria will not even wear a bombasine dress now. Americanize the Hard Names. King Chrononhotonthologoa was not tha only man who ever had a hard name. In a moment of aberration we might remark that Wood and 8tone, and the like, are equally hard. But In the sens* of the difficulty of spelling and pro nouncing them they are to be reformed If a measure which has been introduced In the house of representa tives by Congressman Burke, of Pittsburg, becomes a law. He has prtpared an amendment to the naturalisa tion bill which provides that foreigners with unpronounce able names will have to adopt some good old Ameri can patronymic If they wish to be taken under -he pro tecting wing of tho United Btates government. Champ Clark, wo are told, will make one of bis characteristic speeches on the subject and others no less gifted will push along the work of reform. This Is as It should be. The names which we are sometimes called upon to pronounce can, In point of fact, only be pronounced abominable, and It Is time to call for a new daal. v It Is pointed out as s practical tact that the work of amalgamation will be greatly facilitated If our natural ised cltlxens, and particularly those who are exchanging the autocratic rule of the Romanoffs for the freedom of the United Btates, w^l only take up with aome ( good old name which our experience with subecrlptlop lls'n and open aaoount* and high dlvea and stolan Jewels has made familiar. There Is a practical bearing to this sort of thing. Some of the subjects of the Caar, when they come ovei hero and get Into trouble, make it almoet Impossible for the newspapers to gtvo them a square deal, and In thr event that they wander off to some other country and get Imprisoned they are liable to be taken ouL tried and executed before we can ever get their names properly transmuted to the constituted authorities In a protest against their punishment. This placet a well meaning government In a very embarrassing predicament and la liable at any time to Involve us In diplomatic compiles- a. Volumes of eloquence could not bars been more ef fective than the ruse adopted by Congressman Burke, when he sent a Ust of these Jaw-breaking names to the clerk's desk to be read, preparatory to his discussion of the measure be has Introduced. It wsa an obvious Imposition on the reading clerk. It sounded like the death list of the engagement around Mukden or a call of the roll of the downs. We have no doubt that the house looked tike a rustic Sabbath with a bust saw whirring stridently In aolltude In the middle distance. In nine case# out of tan It la possible to translate these names literally and make them Into very Intelli gible English. M they would cure themselves or the Ucbes" and the "koffs," which seem to afflict them, It Two Typical Young Atlantans. The most Interesting thing In all Atlanta Is the peo ple of Atlanta, and no subject of editorial comment can be more timely and proper than the people who make or help to make this twentieth century city. Among these, and among the most vital of them, are the two young men who have Just consummated In the real estate business, that large and Important transac tion recorded In our columns on Monday. Forrest and George Adair have Invested on thjlr own part, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars Id the purchase of two pieces of property on Whitehall and Peachtree afreets, which at one stroke brings them Into the list of Atlanta's large real estato owners, as they hnve long been perhaps the oldest and largest real estate firm In the city. The lesson that this transaction carries Is. a two fold one. It Is a lesson of method, and a lesson of Telth. Forrest and George Adair inherited nothing from their distinguished and popular father but the real es tate business which they now control. Outsldo of this legacy, every dollar of his fortune went to the mother of his children. With rare Judgment and fidelity, these young men have concentrated their entire time and at tention upon the business which came to them by In heritance. They have absolutely and studiously avoided a con nection with any other busir.es*. They have refused to be directors In any other cor poration except one of a purely social nature. They hare refused to lend themselves tolnvestment They have refused to lend themselves to Investment In any other form of making money. And they have, by mutual agreement, cut themselvos off from any posstblo contact with personal |<olltlcs or from tho holding of any office, city, county or state. They have simply single shotted tho real estate bus iness In Atlanta. They do nothing else, they depend upon nothing else, and they are connected with nothing else. They have not a dollar of money which they have not made themselves. They have not a dollar of money which they have not made In the real estate business. They have not a dollar of money which they hare not made In the real estate business In Atlanta. And on Saturday they Invested s quarter of'a million dollars In their own names In the real estate of Atlanta. The lessons derived from this transaction relate first to the value of concentrated, consistent effort along a cer tain line of business. They carry a further Impression of an absolute and unvarying faith in the real estate of the city in which they live. And they demonstrate conclusively that that faith was well founded In a city like Atlanta, and that any man who plants his business upon this confidence and holds to It as steadily, as loyally, and as lnt$Illgently as Forrest, and George Adair have done, will reap tho logical and Inevitable rewards which have come to them. Now there can be no lesson to young men growing In business, In trade, or in the professions in Atlanta, more wholesome than the history of these men ns ex pressed In the paragraphs which we have written above. Faith, constancy, Integrity and Intelligence, Joined to la bor, conquer all things, and Forrest and George Adair have already conquered not only the question of a worldly competency at an early age, but they bave conquered as well the respect and confidence of their fellow men, and deserve to rank among the first and most useful forces In the progress pf the twentieth cen tury city of the South. ( generation. J The South Carolina Society Is not peculiarly an The institution of Atlanta. Let that be clearly understood It is the "South Carolina Society of Georgia." and its scope Includes those native sons of the Palmetto state who. In every portion of tho state, Join their unlm- poached loyalty to Georgia to a tender and reverent memory tor their native South Carolina. New York now has an excellent outlet for her spoiled meat. She can feed It to the Dew python. Ho doesn't know any better. The South Carolina Georgians. The South Carolina Society of Georgia, whose ban quet on tie twenty-eighth of last June was Justly reck oned among the most brilliant events In Atlanta's social history, has announced another grand banquet on the evening of June 28, 1906. Governor Heyward, Senator Latimer, Hon. Mllledge Bonham and other prominent South Carollnans will bo guests of the society, and Its annual celebration prom ise* to rank henceforward among the leading social events of the South. Georgia Is rich In the element which South Caro lina has contributed to Ita cltlienshlp. The name* once linked with the Palmetto state are now a pari of the “Samanthy Bjllins.” Miss Georgia Elizabeth Duncan, of Atlanta, has given to the’ world through the Mutual Publishing Company of this city, a very charming little volume entitled “Samantha Blllins of Ilangln-Dog." and the volume has met with a cordial reception by the critics and liter ary folk of the state. Miss Duncan has been for some years well known as a popular figure of Atlanta society, and as a delineator of tho cracker dialect in Its best and purest form. Sho has been a striking and much desired feature at tho amateur theatricals and entertainments given by tho soci ety folk of the city, and her advent Into literature will undoubtedly be applauded by a large and admiring circle of admirers. We can offer upon our own part upon “Samanthy Blllins of Hangln-Dog" nothing that will be so pertinent and so Impressive as that which comes from Mrs. Lundy H. Harris, that brilliant and now famous literary woman, of Georgia, residing for the time In Nashville, Tonn. Mrs. Harris says of the book:. v "Samanthy Blllins of Hangln-Dog" Is the most de lightful book I have read In many a day. I have Just had time to read IL which accounts for my delay In making comment upon It. I rejoice In and for my Geor gia friend. Miss Duncan. Her book Is the sincere ex pression of the heartiest and simple sympathetic Inter pretation of one of the most admirable types of human nature In Gils world to me. The Illusion Miss Duncan produces Is so perfect that It Is tho sweet, quaint reality, and her vocabulary Is delightful. I envy her In that be cause it Is so much better than my own, when I have tried to Interpret the samo kind of dialect character. “I thoroughly admire and cordially commend to Southern readers the delightful quality of 'Samanthy Blllins/ ” This Is comment from one of the highest .critical authorities of the South. The Georgian adds Us own endorsement for the naturalness, the kind humor and the sweet sincerity of this little volume, which ought to add materially to the prosperity and to the fame of Us author. The current Issue pf Harvle Jordan's Cotton Jour nal has for Us outside page, the handsome face, and the handsomer record of John D. Walker, of Sparta, who raised $10,000 from Southern banks for the South ern Cotton Association. Mr. Walker's years, though ftw, have been the record of -constant and progressive achievement He Is not only one of the strongest forces In the Industrial and so cial life of middle Georgia, but he Is at the age of 28— President First Natonal bank, Sparta, Ga. President Bank of Wblto Plains, White Plains, Ga. President Jones County Bank. Haddock, Ga. President Bishop Banking Company, Bishop, Ga. President Bank of Harlem, Harlem, Ga. President Farmers and Citizens' Bank, WatklnsvUIe. President Bank of Gray, Gray, Ga. Vice President Merchants and Farmer*' Bank, Da- vlsboro, Ga. President Sparta Oil Mill, Sparta, Ga. President Union Store, Sparta, Ga. Water main* on the big streets of New York have been exuding striped bass of late. The health depart ment must have been making a noise like a worm. The Canine* war between gringoes and greasers Is at an end- Colonel Greece's martial experiences with Lawson stood him In good stead. President Cassatt and Senator Depew are ready to testify that these “Don’t Worry Clubs" sre all right—In theory. The Tampa Tribune la calling the bride Queen Eliz abeth. We thought “Good Queen Bess" turned down the King of Spain. It Isn't a minute too soon to begin the crusade on the toy pistol, If the Glorious Fourth Is a month off. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 4.—Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—F. M. Psxton, E. R. Robert*. W. H. Smith, C. Daniel, J. W. English, Jr.. C. W. Moody. Mrs. M. V. Walker. C. Balt Mrs. C- Daniel, Mrs. M. C. Harden, J. W. Smith. MACON—J. 8. Budd, C. E. Hsrter, B. F. Roushe, Mtsses Halt. “Th* Brilliant Georgian-" To th* Editor of The Oeorglan: Though I am a lady, I am an ardent admirer of your delightful Georgian. I congratulate you most heartily on so perfect s paper In evety reaped. It la. Indeed, a pleas ure and light In our household. In the evenings papa and the boys hare a perfect wrestle over Its newsy pages. Long Hf* and prosperity to th* dear Georgian and Its brilliant and he roic editor. Since rely. MRS. ED C. SMITH. Jskln. On., Jdne 1 1904. TAPI* AND TARB. ™ of Hooks. May S.) Ishrd hr the samo of >me Is Tape, forthwith and with a fentsl r*i... _ Request that Tahb be changed to Tspp. And Justly, too: If one to- Tspp. It Is Indeed s grave mlshspp. all should (SM> and Idabb ... BT tho protest; also grsbh stylos keen, and ask. nuuhapp. That he, ss Tahb, bo not rallrJ Tapp. 'Ware sharp then, every .rUI.-rti.-ipp. And mix not so these Tnbh ami Tnpp; To wsrd off safely senipp aud atabh Keep UM tm Tspp nnd labh on Tuldx -Emma Carlrtou it, New V.-rk rim.*. Sen Albany, lad* May S> tad. AUGUSTA POST,\ T P. A., THANKS THE GEORGIAN To the Editor of The Oeorglan: It affords us great pleasure to hand you a copy of the following reso lutions which war* unanimously adopted at the regular meeting of Post E, Travelers' Protective Association. Augusta, Os* June 2, 1904: "Whereas, th* Georgia state division of the Travelers' Protective Asso ciation, In convention assembled at Albany, on the Jd and 4th of May 19*4. passed resolutions asking the rallrneds of the state of Georgia to grant them a S,Mn interchangeable mileage book, also to make the present I,0#4 mileage book Interchangeable; and. “Whereas, the Hon. John Temple Graves, through the editorial col umns of The Atlanta Georgia. May 29, 1904, has so ably and forcibly sst forth our causa In this matter; be It resolved: "1. That Post E. Travelers' Protective Association, Augusta, Ga* In regular meeting assembled, do offer a vote of thanks to The Georgian and Its talented editor for their kind and timely assistance In a Just cause. “3. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to The Georgian. "3. That a copy of these resolutions be spread on our minutes.” The resolutions were offered by T. F. Bergeron, member of Poet E. and were seconded by H. D. Calhoun, ex-state president. Augusta, Ga* June s. Jack London as a Musician. Jack London, the author, waa Intro duced one day to a musician. "L too, am a musician In a small way," London said. “My musical tal ent was once th* means of saving my lifa“ “How was that?” the musician asked. "Thera was a great flood In our town n ray boyhood,” replied London. When the water struck our bouse, my father got on a bed and floated with the stream until he was rescued.” ■And you?” said the musician. “Well,- said London, “I accompanied him on th* piano."—Ladles' Home Journal. The belief I* fast gaining ground that Governor Warfield, of Maryland. a candidate for the United States senate to succeed Senator Gorman, and with that end In view that he wtli be In the field for a renomlnatlon for the governorship. CURIOUS FACT8. Lord 6 weed month, first lord of tbs British admiralty. Is so assiduous collector of oM chin*. The name California first appear,-,I lu an asoaysssa* Spanish romance published In W0. It toM of an A mason queen, Cnlsfia. whose realm was relied Californio. Koenig Invented IhTTiestn printing press. Ills partner. Hensley, chested him. Koenig. * weehf UOr work!If foe about a JarqnsM. the Investor of the fsmoos invention to the garsnusest nnd all he got la rstsrs was s pesshra of SLOOO s f t ^Vlwah,m n |!i1 , »oA^, , n5i T tly*h5l5J| W.^tlsgtew ftjrrai'frara tho Ijidtan raoldra's"**'tor LnirtUb bn*t«n<I. TVrr U to be a ••Pom- h 1 nta * .•* th* JiiEitow nnwltlii. wbe® the todel* will hold 0m |4«co. ’ I O0Q0OOOOOO0OOOOOOOO O POLITICS AND POLITICIANS, o 0OO0OOOO00OOQ OOcoc g General Horace Porter, recently am ha.«Karlor to France, Ik -aid to be , h ‘ choice of Chairman B. B, Odell for the Republican candidate for governor of New York. O. H. Truman, whom the Democrats of the Seventh Kansas district havl nominated for rnnerc, | s an oMaln _ ed minuter of the Christian ehu7rh' He was ordained In 1S74, and has h«<5 Ncdira-ki" Kan!m! '' Missouri *53 11res for next state to . "A ‘he million, the United State* senate. Senator Patterson, whoso term expires next March, has an. nounce.l that he will not run again The millionaires who will probably en ter the race for Senator Patterson's seat nre Thomas E. Walsh, the mining klmr: Dave Moffatt, the railroad mag nate. ami Mr. Guggenheim, th* head of .a- * • " .Refining the American Smelting nnd Company. The outlook Is that ihers will be lively times at the next slon of the Colorado leglsalture. The success of the "Insurgent" Re- publican faction In South Dakota means that Representative Eben W Martin, the author of the houa* reso lution under which the beef trust waa Investigated by the commissioner of corporations, and Representative Chari** H. Burke, who was recently made chairman of the executive com mit: ih>- Republican ■ - , . campaign committee, will be retired to private life. The Oregon election this week Is th* last state election to be held until .September, In which month state elec tions will be held In Arkansas, Ver mont and Maine. Indlnnn Democrats are to assembla In Indianapolis tomorrow to name can didates for tho state ofllces to be filled at the fall election. Another convention to te held shortly Is that of the Minnesota Re publicans, who meet In Duluth next week to name a full state ticket. Lively contests are on for several places OB th* ticket, and the convention pormlses to be of more than ordinary Interest. Republicans of th* Ninth Missouri district meet at Warrenton today to name a candidate to make the race against Congressman Champ Clark this folk THIS DATE IN HISTORY. JUNE 6. 1481—Execution of conspirators to as. sasslnnte Lorenzo D1 Medici. 1533—Ludvlco G. Ariosto, Italian posh died. 1599—Diego Velasquez, Spanish artist, born. 1606—Pierre Corneille, French dra matist, born. • 1645—Christina voluntarily abdicated throne of Sweden. 1660—Treaty of Copenhagen. 1710—Duchess De La Valllere, mistress of Louis XIV, died. 1742—General Nathaniel Greene, Amer ican revolutionary leader, born. 1765—James Otis proposed an Amer ican congress In Mosaschusett* assembly. 1799—Patrick Henry, American orator and statesman, died. Born May 2$, 1736. 1808—Joseph Bonaparte made king of Spain. 1829—Major General Henry Dearborn died. 1855—Bombardment of Sebastopol re- opened. 1861— Count Cavotri Italian statesman, died. Born 1810. 1862— Memphis, Tenn., taken by th* Fedemls. 1867—Alexander of Russia narrowly es- cupel u.-.-nsKlnnti>>n In I' I 1878—Pope apponled to the powers to protect Catholics In Turkey. 1880—Mount Vesuvius railway formal ly opened. 1889—Great fire In Seattle, Wash. 1891—Cornerstone of new city hall at SL Louis laid. 1893— The Infanta Eulalia of Spain arrived In Chicago. 1894— Lord Rosebery’s colt Ladas won ths derby. THE 8MILE8 OF TODAY. ■Ip ones im For the king. If he lose hi* scepter. Is ths sport of the lioor and rlowo. If tbe world In Its goings nnd comings In tbe heat of approval saute Never think It la ...lid nnd Insting; It la but for a little wbllc. Are tbo lines of the net and s psrt of thr play. When tbs smites sre all gone snd tbe roeel sre dead Hold It np through-th* scorn, never town your bead. For the birds come again nnd breese* sra warm , . In tbe Iraves of tbe oak that baa weathered tbe storm. Crash chance If yonr chance woold cmat 8m^e°fate If your fat* should frown. For the road to tbe crown snd ucepter Is tbe rood that Is beaten down Ry the feet of the men who hured i the din of the bottle thetr bosom*: 'Tin tbe road of tbe men who dared. H “ TI* B HUIJ 10*111 Jr . . skaff Though the profit bo small do tbs best thsl When"the'smiles are all gone and tbe roan I-sbor on through their scors, sever lowei For fbc*blrda^klof a^sln and t* *>r***«• •r» warm Is the leaves of the oak that hat weathered the *^___-C_H_B«x>ey. A WI8H FOR MY FRIEND. (By M. T. Singleton.) Aa light aa the dew on the rlolat Aa Tight aa the foam on a Aa light as the mist o’er the rlolet ereepJJJ May tha caret of thla life erer reft upoi the*. Aa aoft aa the lots to tbe aephyra lepjrjjjf * Aa soft aa tbe ham of the hooey-tooec At toft 'as the huah when toe May Vll'.- dln of life's battle e'er "P* thee. As Hght aa tbe blush of thrf brightest <4 As 'brig&t a* thy face. In It* I***'*' As bright as tbe west when daylight re Be tke future tvhb h FortuBU I* P* l “ ,l,, for thee. Aa true aa the oak to the Tint **** ** twlaee It. ^ An true as tha atnrs to th* aallor Aa true at tbe uhmjii to the aim that shines It. May th.* heart which erer to the thou trastrsl *<