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BATT’RPAY, JUNE 23. iyw.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIA'S.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
world of work. He has given to his profesrlon his time,
his energy nml Ills talents In consecrated Measure, and
It Is a noble and Inspiring Ies?on_tg the young teachers
of the state to have had him advance from the ranks
by steadfast devotion and unquestioned merit.to the head
of the Institution which be has mightily helped to make
the foremost of Its class in the South.
The Georgian rejoices In the triumph of principles
which It baa advocated, but for which it has no right to
claim either credit or originality. The principle Is as
old as public aervlce, and as old as government in both
the military and the civil life of men.
We feel sure that these two selections, made by the
trustees of these Institutions at this time, will give a dis
tinct and noble Impulse , to the spirit and pride of the
Georgia teacher* In their great and noble calling. • They
have lifted a banner of hope above the young men
and the young women who have given their live* and
talents to thla noblest service of the state.
And we are thankful for the action and hopeful of
the splendid results which are to follow from It" through
all the teaching ranks.
“It la Indeed a desirable thing to be well de
scended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.”
—Plutarch.
Saturday Evening.
It Is an established fact that In India, where ele
phants are employed for carrying heavy timbers, and In
other work of construction, these knowing beasta realize
ful well when the seventh day of the week arrives and no
force or' persuasion can Induce them to labor on that
day. . / . •
The necessity and desire for rest and recreation at
that stated Interval which the Hebrews called the Sab
bath have existed ever since the Drat .week after the
Almighty's flat brought order out of chaos and established
the limitations.of the land and sea. So we can do no bet
ter at this end of the strenuous week, which has meant
so much lot. our national and International life, than to
dwell for a few momenta upon the blessings of rest.
There are those, we are willing to concede, who
want the Irish job "where you work from twelve till one,
with an hour for dinner,” but this la by no means char
acteristic of the American people. We hear continual
complaints that the people of the United States live In a
fever of unrest which saps their vital energies and desic
cates their minds and heatts at a period In life when they
should be In their prime, and soon—"Out, out brief can
dle!"—It la .all over.
There nre moralists enough who wilt preach the. vir
tue of Industry and diligence—who will quote for us the
copybook maxims of "Palma non slue pulvero" and "La
bor omnia vlnclt," and a few other platitudes In as many
tongues and key*.
B^ut It should not be forgotten, at least by those who
have the natural disposition to labor and achieve, that
thero is ar world of wisdom Involved In the art of resting,
and particularly In knowing how to rest.
To rest is not to rust. Variety and diversion con
stitute the most efficient system of rest of which we have
any knowledge, for the active mind which has nothing
elao to feed upon must feed upon Itself. We need not be
come "as Idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean” In
order to recuperate the flagging faculties.
But rest we must and should have, whatever may be
Its nature and: variety. “Give the boys ‘a holiday,” said
the dying Anaxagaros, and the true philosopher, ever
since, has been saylnq, "Give the boys a holiday.” The
changes have been rung .upon it In a dozen proverbs and
tha world has confirmed the wisdom of them.
This Is peculiarly the season of the year when the ex
hausted mind and body cry aloud for rest and recreation.
Thu bracing air of winter sends the blood bounding
through' the veins and Idleness becomes a burden. But
when the sun rides In the warmer constellations and the
earth pants wjth meridian heat, the heart turns to the
woods and fields, to the monntalns and the sea, and In
voluntarily we sigh for the balm In the Gilead of rest
Nothing could be more alluring than these soft sum
mer days when the lasy clouds are drifting across the
aituro skies, like golden argosies laden with Indolent
t! reams—when the butterflies float like winged flowors
among the old-fashioned gardens and'even the morning
note of the nervous lark Is a trifle more faint and tar
away than In the earlier spring. Now, Indeed, there sre
bookz In tho running brooks and we flt)d ourselves
"Most too weak for wishln'
And most too tired to nod.”
7* think of poor Tom Hood and of his opinion that
whoever "early would be stirring surely Is a spoon.” We
think of lotus-eaters upon the banks of the Nile and of
tho enchanted country where It "seemed always after
noon."
To rest does not necessarily mean a junket to the
feverish and fashionable resorts, where the tedious round
Is In fact exhausting, paid for, perhaps, at the expense of
unpaid obligations left behind. A cool veranda under the
trelllslng vines with the Ice and the syphon In easy
reach, remind us that
“The Persian's heaven la easy made;
Tli but blacjt eyea and lemonade"—
And that almost as easily we can provide a miniature
paradise of heavenly rest
We may well commend the diligence of those who,
pnttlng their hand to the plow, look not back, but when
tho day or the week or the appropriate season of labor
Is ended we may justly clslm and conscientiously enjoy
the relnvlgoratlng guerdon of rest.
An Inspiration to Teachers.
One policy, at least. In our educational system for
which the editor of The Georgian has stoutly contended
for the last two years has triumphed splendidly In the
recent sessions of the boards of trustees ot our two high*
est state Institutions.
The principle of promotion In educational position*
has enlisted our ardent and consistent advocacy from
the beginning. The Inspiration to the young teacher In
the belief that faithful and effective aervlce In the lower
ranks entitles him to hope for ultimate promotion and the,
highest .raifk. Is the very core and essence of that hon
orable ambition which betters tho teacher and uplifts
the school.
The election ot David C. Barrow to the chancellor
ship ot the University ot Georgia, followed fast by the
election of K. G. Matheson to the presidency ot the
Technological school, both vindicated this principle In the
highest and happiest degree. Both of these men have
been teachers daring their entire active lives
David C. Barrow left the class room at the university
to become a tutor In that institution, and for nearly
thirty diligent, faithful years he has grown step by step
In effectiveness and In noble usefulness to the Institu
tion, from whose ranks he has been advanced by legltt
mate and steady promotion to be the honored and be-
loved head.
Kenneth G. Matheson has been himself .a teacher
from bis formal entrance Into the business and active
There Is a little breeze blowing In New York city
whlci. tnrows a side light on what might be If municipal
ownership openly prevailed.—Chicago Chronicle.
Gee! But wouldn't a "breeze” that can "throw a side
light” be worth going miles to see!
Mr. Fleming and Free Speech.
We are not In sympathy with the criticisms which
have been made upon the Hon. William H: Fleming for
the speech delivered at the University commencement.
We think he had a perfect right to make the speech
at the time and place he did. We do not recognize
any Impropriety In hi* choice of a theme, and his
Impersonal treatment of it certainly destroys any possible
basis of legitimate criticism aa to the good taste and
tact of the performance.
Tho fact that William H. Fleming made the speech
Is In Itself a guarantee that It was within the ethical
boundary of university discussion. There Is no man of
higher and clearer ethics In the public life of Oeorgia.
The fact that Walter B. Hill, lamented and honored
among Georgians, knew and Indorsed the purpose and
theme of the speaker, completes the personal argument
as to Its full propriety. What Walter Hill and William
Fleming In the tranquil deliberation • of a non-partisan
hoAr agreed upon as proper, will be likely to stand un
condemned against the prQtest of eager advocates and
fiery politicians.
We are at variance with Mr. Fleming's views a* ex
pressed at Athens. We are consistently and firmly upon
the other side ot the question. We are heart and soul
enlisted In the advocac/ of negro disfranchisement as Il
lustrated ,in the approval and successful operation ot the
laws In Mississippi, Alabama and the Carolina*. We ante
date in this advocacy every man now engaged In the dis
cussion. We were fighting far In the forefront of this
battle line when all of these later warriors were apa
thetic or asleep. We oppose Mr. Fleming’s conclusions. We
protest his final argument, and because we look further
and see deeper into this groat question than any mere
constitutional qulbbler, or shallow opportunist ot present
day politics, we are hoping and trusting that Georgia
voters will be wise enough and great enough to follow
their sister commonwealths and to establish In their sov
ereign ballots the legal and eternal supremacy ot the
Caucasian race while the mighty question is at Issue In
this state.
But for all this we are glad that William H. Fleming
expressed his honest sentiments at Athens.
The university rostrum Is or ought to be one of the
great free platforms ot the state. Whatever Is of Interest
to the people of Georgia ought to be discussed with, abso
lute freedom and frankness there by her distinguished
sons so long as the discussion steers clear ot personal al
lusions or partlann alignment as this discussion ran. The
speech cannot be Judged by the excerpts carefully col
lated by a local and partisan paper. It must be Judged
In Its entirety, and upon this basin we are sure It will
stand the test of all propriety.
There bas been all too little of fair and philosophic
discussion of this mighty issue In this campaign. Mr.
Smith, Indeed, givei It clear comment and earnest
exposition In his canvass, but It Is all too sadly true that
the greatest of all our present Issues Is clouded In the
prejudices and passions of a personal campaign. If ever
the people ot Georgia had need for dispassionate argu
ment and clear counsel upon a transcendent theme It la la
this Issue of the races In the South. Because we believe
Mr. Fleming to be able, and because we know him to be
sincere, we are glad that his honest views, which are op-
pollte to our own, found expression upon a great and Im
partial platform. We are only sorry that some other
statesman did not bethink himself to discuss upon the
same or another platform the opposite view of the same
great question. We would have given much for the priv
ilege of answering that line argument upon the following
day. We trust that some advoento of our side may an
swer yet the objections which Mr. Fleming has pro
posed. They can be answered—all of them.
But In the name of all fair discussion, do not let us
close In this too partisan age the few great platforms on
which honest men may submit their honest and opposing
views to the honeet Judgment ot a people whose vital
Interests hang upon their wise and Intelligent decision
at the polls.
The longer we live and the more wo realise the preju
dice and passion and demagogy which becloud our public
Issues, the more we are convinced that the crying need
of these great time* la platforms of honest thought and
speech whereon men may stand, with no candidate to
elect, with no scheme to carry, with no purpose to sub
serve, with no object but the truth, and with no plan but
to tear every great question wide open and let the light
shine through It
May God and >our better cltlsena multiply such men
and such platforms In our greater Georgia of today.
Bryan’s Bugle Note.
That was a clear, strong note which William J. Bryan
sounds from distant Norway oa the vital question of the
trusts.
It will do much to clear the atmosphere which hat
been thick with the rumor of the too great conservatism
of the Nebraska statesman.
Mr. Bryan Is very wise sad very timely In the ut
terance which he has sent to us across the sea. There
have been muttering* not a few over the eagerness of
the ultra conservatives-and the Democratic allies of the
ltrusts In behalf of the people’* candidate of two great
campaigns, and It sounds wholesome and cheerful to
bear the man whose name Is Just now on every Demo
crats lip speak the assurance that his hope and his poli
cy are not to' be wasted upon the vain expectation of
regulating and controlling Individual monopoly, but that
hit brain and bit strong right arm are to be consecrated
to the work of their absolute destruction.
This sounds dear and definite. It strand* like Hcarat
and Is what the people are waiting to hear. The process
by resolution will doubtless now go
For Bryan has undoubtedly blown a bugle note across
the deep blue sea.
General Rufus N> Rhodes, of The Birmingham Eve-*
nlng News, tho dean and the shilling ornament of after
noon Journalism in the South, Is a guest of Atlanta to- equally certain that The Atlanta Constitution
day. General Rhodes Is the most vital figure In the
Journalism of our sister state. He Is perennially young,
Indomitably purposeful, exhaust.ess In resources and Ir
resistible In his charm of manner and of speech. Atlanta
Is always delighted to welcome him as her honored guest
The Crusade for Small Parks.
The present range of the thermometer lends a flew
stimulus and Interest to the proposition to purchase
"breathing spaces” -for the people throughout the city
ana dedicate them In perpetuity to the people.
This question has become more and more Inter-
esUng as It has been discussed during tho past few weeks.
Many of the leading citizens of Atlanta have been spoken
to about the matter and they give their unqualified sup
port to the undertaking They realize that the value of
real estate, in Atlanta Is advancing rapidly and that the
city Itself is growing with tremendous strides. Unless
some of the desirable locations for a park are secured
within a short time the price will have advanced to pro
hibitive prices and all the available sites will be built
up to such an extent with large and permanent buildings
that It will be Impossible to secure the small parks we
need for the benefit of the people.
We believe that the creation of a special commission
by the legislature, to acquire and preserve these parks,
will inspire confidence on the part ot the people that
these breathing spaces will never be alienated by the
city—'which would then be Impossible—and will be an
Inducement to public spirited citizens to moke donations
of land or endowments for park purposes.
We have no disposition to criticise the city authori
ties, but the following extract from The New York Jour
nal of yesterday throws some light upon the fate of. park
sites which are-left under the direct control of the city:
"Four solid blocks of vile tenements, acquired by the
city for park purposes, are being rented out to the poor
of the west side In flagrant violation of the law, by the
city authorities, according to charges made public last
night by the Citizens’ Union.
“The buildings are located on Ninth and Tenth ave
nues and Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth streets
and were purchased as a part of the site for the proposed
Chelsea park. The tenement house department permit
ted tho former owners to run them regardless of the life
and health of tjie poor occupants and since their acquisi
tion by tho city, the finance department has been doing
just what the previous owners did, rent them for all they
would bring.
"An Inspection revealed an average of sixteen vio
lations of the tenement law In each structure. It Is In
ferred from this condition that a large portion of the
neighboring tenements are also immune from the law.”
It Is only human nature that when necessities arise
and opportunities present themselves for disposing of
city property at a good price, this should be done and
all projects for preserving park sites are set aside for
tho time being.
It is not only true In Atlanta; It Is true, as we have
seen, in New York, and it Is true In all other cities ot
the country. The only certain way to prevent this Is
to secure the establishment ot a chartered commission,
holding lta power and authority directly from the st^te,
which shall have these parks In lta keeping for alt time
to come. •; t ' .if .'
We trust that all those who are in favor of the small
park system or of any part of the plan outlined, will fill
out the blanks published In another column of the paper
and send them to the "Park Editor" of The Georgian.
Dr. Young J. Allen, who preaches at Trinity church
tomorrow, la worthy ot a dozen editorials: At this late
hour we have not space to give him even'one. He la per
haps the most famous of all American missionaries. His
life Is a romance of high achievement and of great use
fulness. He Is one of the distinctly great Americans of
this generation. He la also a mandarin of the Chinese
empire, and those who have not heard him preach would
find it a matter of lqttfost and ot profit to be among
his congregation on the morrow.
A Useless Debate.
There Is no logical basis of expectation for mnch of In
terest or any definite result from the Joint debate being
hold In Rome today.
There Is really nothing to be accomplished by It,
and both parties to the performance will enter Into It
with the full conception of Its futility and folly.
There will doubtless be a careful distribution of ad
mission tickets oetween the friends of either candidate.
They will line up on separate sides of the hall In which
the speaking Is done. They will each yell like demons
for every point or erery climax scored by their respec
tive candidates, and when It Is all over the mad parti
sans of either will waste their breath In proving how
well each man sustained himself and how completely he
demolished tbe other.
| There are tew Impartial forces in politics, although
The Georgian at thla time la one of them, and It Is not
likely that any partisan on either aide will be converted
by today's debate. If there be any fair and balanced
men, and there are many such In Floyd, who go to listen
and to learn, there may he votes turned one way or the
other by tho meeting of the candidates.
There Is only one thing of which we nmy be perfect
ly sure—that Tho Journal on tomorrow will assert most
positively that Hoke Smith has once more wiped Clark
Howell from the face of the political map. and It Is
111 con
fidently proclaim that Clark Howell has routed Hoke
Smith, bag and baggage. In this new encounter.
SHAME ON THE YOUNG MEN.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
My Dear Sir: I read with a great deal of pleasure
your editorial today of the standing ladles and the sit
ting gentlemen. If we must call the latter by that name.
If you will take a trip In any crowded car. especially cars
running to tho parks on Sundays, and watch the gen
tlemen who keep their seats while ladies nre standing
you will find that 99 per cent of them are young men
from 12 to 20 years old. The old gray-halred fellows, nq
matter bow old and feeble, are the first ones to get up
for a lady, as soon os one enters the car that has no
vacant seats. The younger generation (a great many
of them) are devoid of the proper respect for gray hairs
and tli.- fi-mali- >ex. Whose fault Is It'.' Sonic- of It.
belongs to the mothers and fathers of the present gener
ation. “Hit ’em again.” Yours truly.
G. M. MTUNNON.
Atlanta, June 22, 1906.
IN DEFENSE OF MISS WRIGHT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
For the first time I noticed this morning the arraign
ment of Miss Wright at the Sheltering Arms for whip
ping a little child under her care. I have been a con
stant Visitor at the Sheltering Arms for some time, fre
quently till hour at a time and several times quite a half
day,-Iralng Interested In a little boy nader Miss Wrlgbt’s
care, and I want to say In her behalf that for nobleness
of purpose, gentle patience and motherly devotion and
grace I have seldom It ever seen her equal. In several
instances I have seen her patience tried beyond reason,
but with sweet, gentle forbearance she ruled them with
out even a harsh word. In one case the child was unusu
ally stubborn and persistent, and I thought needed a
"good spanking," and I told her so. With a bright smile
she salt}: “Oh It takes a whole lot of love to go through
with it, but be will come to me In a little while for a
kiss and be reaf sorry.” Parents or guardians leaving
their children at this Institution scarcely realize or appre
ciate the favor they are receiving, or the great care and
responsibility resting on those In charge. Think of six
teen babies to look after and care for. I have seen Miss
Wright under the most trying circumstances. Her assis
tant being out for the afternoon, leaving her own baby
to Miss Wright's care, and. ahe performed all the duties
of this mother who should have been In In time to put
her child to bed and help with the others. But Miss
Wright bathed each little baby, giving a loving pat and
a goodnight kiss to the little lips raised to receive it. If
sho were harsh, thes'e little fellows would Boon disclose
the fact by their actions.
That tbe child In question got the bruises on its little
body by falling I haven't a doubt, as there Is a stairway
leading from the porch where the little ones play and
one afternoon I happened to be there, one of the little
ones climbed upon the gate placed to bar the step and
keep them from falling. I took him down three times
myself while Miss Wright was in the nursery attending
to a sick baby and frequently the older children from tho
ward below came up tbe steps leaving the gate unfasten
ed. It Is a matter almozt Impossible to keep It fastened.
Miss Wright Is only one woman and cannot be in two
or three places at one time. I am comparatively a stranger
In the city and I apeak from simple justice and from my
convictions. That Miss Wright's nature is anything else
but cruel as the accusations would Imply. Her position Is
certainly one of self-sacrifice for anyone, and few would
be able to fill it aa satisfactorily in every way.
June 20, 1906. A VISITOR.
MR WHATLEY WILL AID MR. STOVALL.
To the Editor ot The Georgian:
In your editorial commenting on my “Open Letter
to the People ot Georgia,” resenting certain unjust re
flections cast against the city ot Savannah, growing out
of the recent primary election here, you seem to misun
derstand cleariy the motive ot my letter. The purpose
in view was to show that Savannah was being made tbe
“scapegoat,” as it were, through which certain defeated
soreheads .here sought to vent their spleen by sending
out exaggerated reports of vote buying and selling.
These reports were telegraphed broadcast throughout
the. state, and your paper, like many others throughout
the stato, In the best of good- faith, handled what you
had been led to bellevo was one of the most unprece
dented ot outrages, In no mistaken terms. This
brought forth my letter, and my sole purpose wns to set
before the people the plain facts, and let them Judgo for
themselves. It was not my purpose to do Injustice) to
nny one. I repeat It, and I wish to emphastzo It, that
thero was never In tho history, of Savannah, so far ns
I have known it, for the last quarter of a century, a
more orderly election. Everybody wns calm and quiet
to a degree. I was about the polls tho most of the en
tire day. and I never saw a ballot bought or sold. It
was simply nn uprising of the people—a quiet and blood
less one, too—the laboring man standing side by side
with his so-called “kid glove" neighbor. In a united
determination to "put out that gang.” In an election of
this kind money plays a very amall part, and this Is the
general opinion of every good citizen In this city today
except the defeated Citizens Club. If you could have
seen the ten thousand jubilant men, women and children
assembled In the Park Extension last night to celebrate
this great victory, you would have been fully satisfied,
without any argument from my pen, that it was the free
and uncontaminated will of the people, whose vote was
cast without money and without price, that carried this
election to such a glorious consummation. Everybody
in Savannah and throughout this great state who knows
me. knows that I have always stood for a free and un
sullied balloL and as suggested In your editorial. I am
ready to stand side by side with Mr. Stovall and every
good man in Georgia to carry to a sure consummation a
law that will give us a pure ballot, the sale or purchase
of which shall be punished as a felony.
G. B. WHATLEY.
Savannah, Ga., June 22, 1906.
FOLLOW ME.
The Fourth of July United State* Is
not the only republic In the universe.
The William Tell mountaineers of
Switzerland have maintained a repub
lic for 700 years.
Away back In the dark ages when
the feudal lorde were masters of Eu
rope, much of the Swiss mountains
belonged to Austria. Man Imbibes
strength of character from the God-
reaching-mountains and the spirit of
liberty, like the American eagle, la al
ways calling for independence. The
Swiss peasants ware feeling the
strength of the eternal hills, were feel
ing the divine summons to be men—
Independent men—were warming the
inner fires that centuries later burned
Into sublime courage In the farmer
hearts at Islington. They were aroiai-
ed and were having secret nltsit meet
ings In the clefts and rock caves and
they might have sung:
Rock of Ages deft for me.
Let me gain my strength from Thee."
The feudal lords .add such brag
gart upstarts must be stopped and the
contemptuous peasants taught a les
son of carnage.
But, unafraid. Liberty replied In
many cantons, gathering In a public
meeting. Oppression tried to scare by
sending In one day forty-.five declara
tions of war front forty-five feudal
lords.
But liberty scares forward and not
backward. Liberty counts not In num
bers. but In God's right arm. Soon tho
dreadful Austrian army cornea 5,000
trained, armor-clad knights, aafl what
band of peasants could stand against
them, who had an able general at tbetr
head, long spears at each side and
sharp swords in each mailed band.
The Swiss peasants numbered only 120
O, men. not one trained to fight and
with no armor, spear nor sword. They
only had the halbert, a wooden stick
about four feet long with Iron spikes
like nails in the head. They bravely
charged, but the long Austrian spears
stopped them, killed many while their
short halberts had not reached a sin
gle Iron clad knight. They had to re
treat up the mountain or all be killed.
The cause of light was hopeless. What
shall be do.ne?
God was calling for a hero. One
man heard It, who became liberty In
carnate, who, like Patrick Henry, said,
"Give me liberty or give me death," not
In oratory's ringing words, but In the
higher grandeur of action. Arnold
Welnklefreld eald: "Men. take care of
wife and children and follow me." He
rushed at the center ot tho Austrian
line. Every spear that could reach
him was buried In his aide, and, fall
ing, dead, pulled them down. Over his
body rushed his comrades, broke the
Austrian lines, and, like frenzied gods
of courage, they mowed them down till
hardly an Austrian was left to tell the
tale of utter defeat; and 700 years of
liberty and the beet government now-
under tbe sun is the fruit of one man's
courage.
Two thousand years ago the heart
less Roman sword ruled the world. Bnt
there was a poor man. If man we call
Incarnate love, who on the defeated
cross said, "Follow me," not to ambi
tion's glory, not to Roman throne, bnt
to die with the spear In Hts elds, to
prove It Is more glorious to die for
right than to Uve In the palace of
wrong. To die. to break the ranks of
■In, to ovsrthrow the temple of soul
less creed, to prove every mao a chl'd
of God and find in every human a
brother and to prove to a hopeless
world that those who die for right will
rise again.
Love's heroic brother has broken the
ranks, let us follow Him; follow Him
till hate aqd greed and discord are
swept from our Eden-created world.
ANDREW M. M'CONNELL.
IN THE BEST OF IIUMOR.
"Why do girls wear engagement ringer'
"On the same principle that s person ties
s string sround hla finger—so they won't
forget they’re engaged.”—Answers.
"Did yon say that she' la s professional
nurse?"
"I think no. Anyway, she's going to
marry him just SB noon ns he can sit up."—
Mllsranhee Sentinel.
lie—Orerlous! DM you notlee tbe terrl-
Hr ttstestoraotll. marie that went
by. a little white ago?
w ‘* Peeling onions tor
diftuer then.—\ookers Statesman.
" WaRe*. bring me s Jangle sandwich,
"Ali right, sir." (Going to a speaking
lobe): --Konst beef sandwich Savored with
llmburger cheese."—Chicago News.
Kooh-Do yos know. old chap, I don't
■■.msc^moocy nos u HU before
k wornotr—Ilew's that?
1 ' ** “ ,0 *"*-<*■
Optimist—A greet deal Is written aowa.
d*ys, npon the orivtsaMUty of always look-
lug en tbs bright stde of things.
Pens!mtat—Tas, hat confound It: Sonunr
gn don’t bare any bright std*.-
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People.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 23.—The Waldorf.
Astoria Is getting to be a strenuous
place these warm summer days. There
wns a great scatteratlon last night In
the big hostelry when those two dis
tinguished exponents of wild western
life as It was a score of years ago.
Colonel llat Masterson. once sheriff of
Fort Dodge, and Colonel Dick Plunkltt
former sheriff of Tombstone, came to
gether.
Everybody expected that gqns would
be busy and blood would flow In rivu
lets. nt least, but so far as known not
a drop of the ruby Is missing. Plun-
kltt was seated at a table with an
other man, who Is said to bo a Texas
editor named Dlnklespeets.
According to reports, Plunkltt had
been expressing doubts about Master-
son’s killing proclivities when Master-
son arrived on tho scene. Masterson
Is alleged to have remarked to the
colonel that he had thought he was a
friend, but after tbs line of talk he had
heard Plunkltt was giving, he wanted
to give Plunkltt a wide berth. Ths
story goes that warm words were ex
changed. and that the Texas editor
butted In, aiming a blow at Masterson,
but only knocking the glasses from
the table.
Masterson, It Is asserted, stepped
back, shot Ills fist out and the Texas
editor .went to the floor. Then Master,
son stepped over the overturned table
anil pressed against Plunkltt. He was
watching the right hand 6f Plunkltt.
nnd some say they saw Masteraon’s
hand go to his coat pocket. Somebody
yelled at this point that Masterson was
about to pull hla cannon, and with vis
ions of bullets flying through the
air, there was a triad scramble to reach
the outside.
Joseph Smith, house detective, who
Is not familiar with western ways,
went to Masterson and Induced him to
leave quietly. Plunkltt, It Is asserted,
had felt something hard In Masterson*
pocket pressing against him, and re
mained. quiet.
In the exodus even the palm room
had been deserted, and men left their
hata behind. When quiet was restored,
the Texas editor revived and began to
talk loud, but he wns quickly quieted
and placed In a cab. Masterson
avoided Interviewers after the affair,
and an effort to find him this morn
ing was unsuccessful..
I regret to learn that Mr*. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Jr., is 111 at her home In
Newport. Society can lll-afford to
spare Mrs. Vanderbilt at the beginning
of a strenuous season.
A double veil combination has be
come a fad. At the Suburban, the
other day, many of the smart »st wore
two) veils, nnd thick ones, at that. The
combination of ribbon nnd lace veils,
or plain and fancy veils, of any kind,
makes the wearer's features Indistin
guishable except under scrutiny. One
man, who has been bowing blindly all
morning to these mysterious visions of
hidden beauty, finally said: "By Jove!
They must see out of thoze ecreene
better than we caivsee in, for Til b*
blamed if I can place one’of them.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
Paying so sUsjUmm to tbe howling lu
natics la the grandstand, he climbed aboard
the omnibus aa* r*4e dm.Ma-Oto*i
By Private I.ensed Wire.
Now York, Juno >23.—Here arc some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—F. B. Chapman, F. H.
Coolidge, J. B. Daniel, J. V. Gresham
and wife. J. H. Jennings, A. C. Langs
ton, G. Warren, F. S. Wllner, A.
Graves. _ _
AUGUSTA—W. F. Roowe, C. B-
Hammond.
-MACON—T. C. Parker.
SAVANNAH—J. Hull.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 23.
.1757—Lord Clive, with 3.000 mtn. de- .
tented 60,000 at Plassey. making
England mistress of India.
1760—Battle of Landshut.
1810—Slllstria taken by Rueslans.
1825—Trlpolltza taken by Ibraham
Pasha.
1839—Lady Hester Stanhope died In
Syria: bom 1776.
1849—The Prussians defeated the Ba
den Insurgents and entered Hei
delberg.
1864—Fugitive slave law repealed.
1863—Matthew Vasaar, founder of
Vasear College, died: born April
28, 1792.
1881—Silas C. Herring, snfq Inventor,
died; born September 7, 180J.
1892—Grover Cleveland nominated for
president
1894—Prince Edward of Wales, heir
presumptive to British throns.
bora.
1897—Great naval review at Ports
mouth In honor of Queen » lc *
torta's jubilee. '
1899—Henry B. Plant steamship own
er and financier, died; born Oc
tober 27. 1818.
1904—Roosevelt and Fairbanks nomi
nated.
VIEW8 OF ONE.
By Wax Jones. ,
The man who. after tf'cnty T*aJJ «*
dumbness, suddenly asked: "In R *«■
enough for youri nude so Infamous •
if his reeovered speech that nature “'f
lustly condemn him to eternal imnumny
[rom deafness when tbe weather Is really
warm.
Mr. Jerome nnpesrs to think t*e**°rt
to remote him for malfeasance In nfft.e «
pretty good Jobe. If It fall let him
prosecuted for Indecent exposure of
kuw of humor.
The Vnssnr glrU' contuwllonn treym<£j
of the Usekwnr of n*rodacnnnotl“- tc
S fried with patience. Will nobody s™
cm but the Mufti ot Moosh?
Washington's chief of imx4Im advocate'il
imtlonnt bnresn for IdenttflenUoo of cruui
ns Is. That Is n good notion no torns
little offenders nre concerned, hot it ■
thJT/'fare” *
bureau for booting them on sight.
Baron Takakb of ^rjnpaneee arar. I" •
battleships. That ought to be a good s -x
j£££$
any^Amerb-sn^Iwitrtms'are left Seto*-'
fhnn« «‘ to rank to irtory or thr '
when then* I* a n*ai*..t.AbIe pru*p«tt of »or*
glory le-*« «rave.