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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO 1!
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE || fiK
“i*
•cended
Iz Indeed a deilrabte thing to be well de
but th, glory belong, to our ancestor,."
—Plutarch.
IU faculty to any collets aouth of John* Hopkloa at
Baltimore.
With two acre* of ground directly fronting tbe Orady
Hospital, with a faculty of thirty or more of tbe foremost
phyalciam and surgeona of Atlanta, and with tbe splendid
environment of nearly four hundred pupils, with a chem
leal, physiological, pathological and bacteriological lab
oratory of the best quality annexed, this Institution Is
worth.a visit to anyone who wishes to he Impressed
with tbe splendid development of Atlanta along the high
lines of the modern aft of surgery and healing.
Saturday Evening.
Tho bloody eclipse of a brilliant life. In which one
upon whom Fortune bad lavished her most splendid gifts
became tbe shutUecock of her Irony and went down to
dusty death In the midst of mirth and revelry, baa ab
sorbed the Interest of two hemispheres during the week
now drawing to a dose.
We have already Indicated that there are no lessons
to be learned from this Iliad of tears which time and ex
perience have not taught with tedious reiteration ever
since the melancholy hour
"When Eve had led her lord away
And Cain had killed his brother."
We can only repeat that this Is true. And yet, at
an hour when the moral sensibilities of the world are
more deeply stirred than they have been for years—at an
hour when even the flippant worldlings pause to meditate
upon the heart-ache that Is twin-born to selflsh pleasures,
there Is an Inspiration to reflect upon at least one aspect
of tho death-crowned saturnalia.
Out of the tangled woof and web of clewa one fact
seems clearly to appear: That a man, endowed with more
than moderate wealth, possessing In superior degree the
talent, tho magnetism, tbe nameless charm by which
men cast a subtle spell over those who come within the
circle of tbelr Influence, employed these rich endow
ments to accomplish' the overthrow of Innocence and
honor.
For purposes of these reflections It matters little
w hether his Insidious artifice pursued the object of his
former passion beyond tbe altar and the ring or rested
with the Ineradicable canker Implanted In the years gone
by, one who follows the tragic ’story as Its tear-stained
leaves unfold can hear. In Imagination, the heart-broken
wall of that earlier bride In the scriptural allegory: "The
keepers of the walls took away my veil from-me.”
The opulence of the Orient could furnish forth no
more Impressive phrase to express tho bitter depths
of desolation and of shame. The manners and tho cus
toms of the times required that no unsullied wife or
daughter In tha Hebrew commonwealth should go un
veiled. The nicety of honor prescribed that the eye
of the -stranger should not aee her face—a custom of
tho Orient so deeply rooted that It still prevails today.
And the keepers of tbe walls—they were the watch
men, tbe guardians, the civic’towers of strength. They
were the Incarnation of law and order, the refuge of the
weak, the defense of helpless Innocence. If this pro
tection was withdrawn, whither could they fly In hours of
danger? How hopeless and helpless they were Indeed
whose face was sacrilegiously revealed to every vulgar
eyo and made the target of every Insulting leer!
There was a pathos which the occidental mind can
hut dimply comprehend In that piercing wall which
breaks through the Song of Songs: "The keepers of the
walls took away my vell from me."
It Is not alone In allegory, not alone In far Judea
that this walling cry risea above th« mirth and laughter
of the world. Out of the languorous light and perfume
of an Inebriating atmosphere where liner sensibilities are
steeped In rosy dreams and the sentinels or conscience
are lulled to sleep with lutes and lotuses—out of this
Adonis-garden of a night, conjured up by minds that are
’masterful and meamerie—there comes with sickening
frequency and clearness the stricken cry: ’’The keepers
of the walls hare taken away my veil from me!"
And then the fierce light of the garish day—the face
that fain would hide Its beauty from the gloating eye of
levity or the chilling stare of scorn. Her happier sisters
pass her—veiled. The daughter, wife and mother—veiled,
veiled, veiled! The very casements of uncontaminated
homes, curtained and secure, seem to echo with withering
mockery, "veiled, veiled, veiled!"—while In her own
bitter and blighted heart murmura the same melancholy
monotone, ’’The keepers of the walls’’—not the beggars
at the gate nor tbe outlawed thieves on the highway to
Jericho, but the guardians of social honor and civic
Jaw, the keepers of the walls—"have taken away my veil
from me!”
How long la the glamour of wealth an eminence to
dazzle tbe eye of justice? How long Is vice to flaunt
Itself In tbe livery of virtue, because the texture of
its mantle Is cloth of gold? Are the unspeakable orgies
which go on In tapestried eyries above a glittering pleaa-
tye garden to escape the avenging thunderbolts while
Mott street coulee are harried from their burrows by the
sleepless beagles of the law? Is vice to continue less vi
cious bcause It flaunts Itself on a splendid scale?
The stricken daughter of Jerusalem Is not alone In
her agonising cry: "The watchmen that went about the
city found me, they amote me, they wounded me; the
ketpers of the wells took away my veil from me."
Lincoln, Watterson, and History.
Col. Henry Watterson la now engaged In tbe philan
thropic work of defending Abraham Lincoln from the
charge of Illegitimacy—before northern audiences, of
course.
Col. Watterson Is alwsys Interesting, but. rarely re
liable or Important- Tbe trouble with the Kentucky
editor Is his persistent bid for notoriety and appIUUge
from the clubs and gatherings that furnish applause—
and gate fees in tbe North.
A few years ago. and after Jefferson'IMvts died—
the Colonel asserted before an applauding audience—In
Chicago—that sixty days before the collapse of the Con
federacy Jefferson Davis and his cabinet refused from
Abraham Lincoln and bis cabinet terms of ’ surrender
which every suggestion of prudence and of stateamansbip
should have moved them to accept. In the absence of
any other defender the editor of Tbe Georgian, entered
the lists of controversy against Henry Watterson upon
this proposition. We put upon tho wltflehr stand In
complete refutation every member of the Confederate
cabinet living nnd dead, and every member of the- Con
federate commissioners living and dead. The contro
versy lasted two years. At tho end of. that tlmo Colonel
Watterson was compelled to surrender, and this he, did,
not to the man who had proven bls’Jnaccurate reflections
upon the Confederate government, but to'John 11. Rea
gan, of Texas, postmaster general-of the. Confederacy,
who had written a letter Indoftlng 'tie' pOiinoa 'whlch
tho editor of this paper had assumed.
Two or three years later iHonklnson Smith asserted
In New England that “Uncle Twh’a Cabin” was doing
damage to the fraternal spirit of the country, and ought 1
to be condemned. Henry Watterson, ’ speaking' again’to
and for the applause of some Northern gathering, rushed
to the defense of Mrs. Stowe's hook, and declared tfiat
It was a faithful picture of Southern life and the author
a great wom«n and benefactor. The editor of this paper
Joined Issue again with the foolish utterance, and
proved Mr. Watterson's maudlin error from the records
and from history. The controversy had no direct result
upon the colonel's expressed'opinion,, but the best proof
of the strength and truth fit our contention was found In
the fact that at the close of the controversy Colonel Wat
terson's own state of Kentucky passed an act through
Its legislature forbidding the presentation of "Uncle
Tom'a Cabin” upon any stage or platrorm In that com
monwealth.
And so It has come to be well understood that Col.
Watterson’s history Is always largely colored by tho
audience and occasion before which he speaks and that
hla facts are always to be accepted with the proper and
prudent amount of salt.
It Is a very generous and a very popular thing to
argue before a Northern or a Southern audience the
question of Lincoln's legitimacy. Wo, love and honor
Lincoln In the South ns much as they do In the North,
and at jealously gpard hts fame. But the truth of history
something that will come out, and tbe evidence to
support Lincoln's Illegitimacy is much clearer and strong
er than that whleh goes to prove the regularity of his
birth- Of course the public desire and tendency Is to
believe the better thing.
Llnooln's paternity has boon credited to various n»
of greater or less repute. There never was a scintilla
of fact to support the suggestion which The Macbn
Telegraph revives that linked him with John C. Cal
houn. That was a mere rumor born of the romantic
design to link a great man to a great ancestor. It Is of
part with the gossip that made him the half brother
of Jefferson Davis. Richard Owsley, of Kentucky, was a
nearer and better based suggestion.
But tho Jtrongeit evidence pro or con In this famous
case, made Lincoln the don of a neighbor In Hardin
county. Kentucky. Upon this line General James Wil
son, of the Federal army, who was the captor of Macon
and of Jefferson Davis In our civil war, and who was later
advanced to high command In Cuba under the McKinley
administration, told the editor of The Georgian that
he had spent an entire winter In southern Indiana and
Kentucky In vigorous and exhaustive Investigation Into
this matter, and that Lincoln's Illegitimacy was as well
attested as any fact In history. ,
But whnt does It matter In the record of the great
war president? Lincoln was n great, good man—one of
the greatest and broadest and kindest In the world's
roster of great men. lle has passed Into an Immortality
upon which tbe roses of Georgia and Carolina fall as
softly ns the roses of Kentucky and Illinois,
He Is not the first great man who has lived under
this sad and melancholy shadow of birth.
Alexander Hamilton was an Illegitimate, by the tes
timony of his most ardent biographers. Thrt-e are wise
men and strong men In the editorial sanctums of north
ern New ,’ork who will tell you from the records that
Martin Van Buren was tbe son of Aaron Burr, and that
Burr In turn was tho putative father of 8amuel J. Tllden.
The grant brain and the great soul rises above all
adverse conditions and the world acclaims tho man and
the hero that lived and forgets tbe Irresponsible child
that suffered In another's sin.
The Atlanta College of Physicians and
Surgeons.
The advertisement of tbe Atlanta College of Physi
cians and Surgeons In today’s Georgian marks a very
-large and progressive step In Southern medicine.
The consolidation of the Atlanta Medical College and
the Southern Medical College tuok place In 1898. Since
that time the Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons
has marked a steadily progressive career. The new build
ing, 150x80 feet, now rapidly jiearlng completion on the
site of the old Atlanta -Medical College, is one of the
handsomest and In all respects one of the* completes!
buildings consecrated to medicine In the South.
Tbe completion of this building. Joined to the othitr
large and ample buildings on the splendid tract of ground
which comprises the college property, makes the AUanta
Cottage of Physicians atid Surgeons In literal tact tbe
foil equal In equipment and the easy equal in the merit of
umn or ^bre than that rarely reaches the eyes of more
than a pitifully small number of readers.
We love to bear from our friends. We surrender
to them dal|y our space with cheerfulness and suppress
editorials and news matter to give room to tbelr opin
ions, but we will have to announce definitely and finally
that we cannot, except In rare Instances, publish com
munications (bat are as much as a column In length.
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“Home, Sweet Home” for the Home
Comers.
That Is a charming and timely suggestion which
Mr. Jatnos I.. j-’or*. of Anu-rlcas. ■ makes through The
Georgian today to those, whq harp In charge the arrange-
nient foy.our. hodie'.coming CelebraUdh In.October,
What could be sweeter arid what more beautiful to
our exiled, sons-and (Daughters-who are living In other
commonwealths than to have their return to this dear
old native'stale, circle, and ceiitet ’ about the’Immortal
song writtair by John Howard Payne; who, although born
Jn'rfeW York/clty,.lived(.In. Ocprgla and wrote In this
state tbe song that has gone around the world?
Surely thls furnishes a suggestion wfalch-our- Home
Comers committee could utilise wlih great profit'and ad
vertise with Immense effectiveness throughout - tho
length and breadth of the territory which our former
Georgians have Inhabited and developed. Tbe song
should ran like a'silver current Of loyalty through 1 every
day of tho celebration, and If we should make also the
occasion to erect here at tbft time.a. monument for the
Immortal singer. It would make a distinct and definite
center for this Home Comers week.-* — * - ■' *
We commend the suggestion right heartily to those
who have this matter In charge, and If they should not
deem It appropriate to honor Payne. then we thfght, as
Mr. Fort suggests,’ transfer the central thought of the
Home Comers Week to the unveiling of Oglethorpe's
monument'at 'Savannah.’ “As he wai the . founder,'If
would seem like a father calling his children botne.
Thlk approaching' occasion Is* III' Itself * full of the
tendqrest suggestions, and of the. noblest sentiments that
stir the human heart. Left to Itself nnd to'the. mere
loys‘ot reunion, and of fellowships and.’of sight seeing,
aiqld scraps familiar, and those- metamorphosed'Into'su
perb development, there would be abundance of,Joy
and happiness In,onf Home Comers Wpok ! But If there
breathed to Georgia’s returning children in every noto
of the band and In every stroke of this violin, In'every
^-qpturops burst of . the orchestra, and In ■ every tender
finger that touched the piano's chords during that week,
the beauty, the pqthos and. the radiant reminiscence of
Payne’s Immortal song, the Georgia homo comers would
carry back with-them memories that would last them as
long as life should last.
And so, we suggest “Home, Sweet Home" as the sen
timent of every greeting, and we suggest that some noble
and tlmoly memorial to tbe Immortal bard should form
the central and beautiful incident of this period to
which every Georgian at home and abroad Is looking with
brightening eyes and glowing hearts against the Octo
ber day to come. *
Be Brief, Dear Friends.
Once more we must appeal to our friends and cor
respondents to have conilderatlon for the crowded state
of our columns, and to make their communication! brief.
It Is just ntterly impossible for us to print all of the
opinions which our friends send to us at the length In
which they are presented. The pile of communications
upon our desk Is so targe that they would consume two
solid Issues ot this paper at thta moment to dlapose of
them, and It we published one-third of them every day,
there would be little room left for news or for editorial
opinion of our own. r
The communications which we publish today are
nearly all condensed and abbreviated In this oOce by
necessity. We have taken tbe liberty of doing thta, be
cause we cannot possibly publish them In tbelr original
length.
Once more we would Impress upon our friends and
correspondents' that nobody reads long-winded communi
cations. except from men particularly prominent In tho
public eye,’ am) even then, there are few who read com
munications that are as much as a column In length.
We earnestly counsel our friends that If they would be
heard upon any subject to apeak briefly.
One-fourth of a column Is the best length for a Com
munication.' a half column Is the next best, .three-
fourths the next' best, and anything that reaches a col-
The Reunion at Brandy Station.
Arrangements are being perfected for the reunion of
the Federal and Confederate forces which participated’ In
the battle of Brandy 8tatlon on tbe anniversary of (pat
bloody event, August 9 next, and considerable Interest,' Is
being manifested In the approaching occasion.
Phillips' Legion and Cobb’s Legion, made up pf Geor
gia men, participated In this great battle, and it it desired
tha^ as- large an attendance as possible shall be secured.
Jeff riavls Legion was also a participant In the battle,
and It Is hoped that 'the survivors of that command will
also be present.
Dr. C. F. D'Alvtgney, of this city, has been In corre
spondence with Adjutant W. P. Hill, of A. P. Hill Camp
No. 2, of Culpeper, Va.. who announces that one of the
objects of the reunion will'be to Identify and mark the
locations of special Interest on tbe’battlefield and thus
preserve their historical status.
The Southern raUroad will give special rates for
the occasion and accommodations at a low rate, will be
provided at Culpeper,' as welt aa at Brandy. Station,
which Is now a toiyn of considerable Importance. It Is
desired to know as early as .possible Just how many
veterans will attend.
Phillips' Legion was composed of Infantry and cav
alry, and was commanded y>- Colonel William Phillips, of
Cobb county.
The lieutenant colonel was Seaborn Jones, of Polk
county; John B. Wilcox son, of Coweta county, was the
major, and James H. Lawrence, ot Floyd county, was the
adjutant. The legion consisted of ten companies and were
mustered Into service on the 11th of June, 18(1.
They were prepared for active service at Camp Mc
Donald at Big Shanty. From there they were ordered to
Lynchburg, Va. In January, 1862, the legion was sent to
the coSst of South Caroline. While there the legion
formed! part of the brigade'of General T. F. Drayton.
While the legion was In 8out(i Carolina there was a
change of Its Held officers, occasioned by the resignation
of Lieutenant Colonel Jones and Major Wllcoxson.
Captain W. W. Rich, of Cass (now Rartow) county,
was promoted to the position of lieutenant colonel, and
was assigned to the command 6f the cavalry companies
of tbe legion.
There were two companies of cavalry added to them,
making six, which entitled them to a lieutenant colons!
and a major, forming a battalion of cavalry. Captain
William R. C. Puckett, of Cherokee county, was promoted
to the pozltloh of major In September, 1862. In July
1862. General Drayton received orders to proceed with
his brigade to Virginia, and report to General R. E. Lee
for duty.
From that time the Infantry and cavalry ot the legion
were separated, and a later order from the secretary of
war created them aa separate and distinct organisations,
so far as each other was concerned.
The cavalry under Major .Puckett arrived In Shep-
herdatown In time to engage In *-£ • battle of Sharpsburg.
The cavalry battalion participated In all tbe light! In
which General Wade Hampton’s brigade was engaged In
Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania
Rev. W. E. Jones, ot this city now, was the chaplain
of the battalion.
The captains were James H. Nichols, Thomas O.
Wilkes, Ell p. Hardin. R. L. Y. Long, A. F. Hunter and
W. K. Thomas. ' "
Tbe Cobb Legion was an organisation similar to
Phillips’ Legion. It was Organised In 1861 by Thomas R.
R. Cobb, a distinguished lawyer of Georgia. In tbe organ
isation of his legion the Fulton Dragoons had n place.
Several or tbe survivors of the old company. Fulton
Dragoons, are now living In this city. Major Z. A. Rice,
who died here last year, was one of them. Dr. Charles
D’Alvtgney Is now living here, and la a prominent and
Influential citlsen.
Cobb’s’ Legion was one of the distinguished and
famous commands of the Southern army. It was com
posed of some of the best of our Southern people.
The legion being organised, went to Richmond and
was mustered into service j
eral Magruder at Yorktown.
After some service about Yorktown. General Johnston
ordered Its evacuation, and the Cobb Legion returned to
Richmond. In tbe course of events. Colonel Cj>bb vuas
promoted to the position of brigadier general' Major
Pierce M. B. Young was promoted to colonel of Cobb's
Legion In 1862; was appointed brigadier general of cav
alry In November, 1864,' and- In 'December ot the same
year he was promoted'to major general of cavalry for
bis brave and gallant action In battle.
After the< battle of Cold -Harbor General Cobb was
ordered to hold tbe main road leading from. Cold Harbor
to tbe white house. In the afternoon of that day General
Jackson sent Major Fltzhugh to General’Cobb-for a
squadron of cavalry to support a battery on General D. H.
Hill’s left flank.
General Cobb ordered squadron B to report to Major
Fltzhugh. Squadron B consisted of two cavalry companies
of Cobb's Legion, and tbe designated squadron was the
Fulton Dragoons.
They had to pass through and under heavy shelling
from the federal guns and their duty was to support a
battery of the famous Washington Artillery, which was
in danger of being flanked by federal cavalry. The
Squadron B remained there until the last gun was fired,
and then, with General Stuart, they followed the retreat
ing enemy. <
Major Fltzhugh, some time after- that, remarked to
Captain Z. A. Rice, of the Fulton Dragoons: "Do you
know that General Jackson paid your squadron a high
compliment at the battle of Cold Harbor? He saw your
Squadron as you were passing through that storm of Iron
haH, and be remarked that your squadron would do to
trust.”
The Home for Old Women.
In another column of The Georgian appears this
afternoon a brief survey of the history of the Home for
Old* Women, conducted by the Gordon Circle of King's
Daughters. t
This noble Institution is now In Its second year, and
during that time has cared for twenty-six Inmates, fif
teen .of-whom tre still wards of the Gordon Circle.
Particular attention Is directed to the fact that tho
period of one year, for which the house now occupied
by the Home was granted rent free by the owner,
will explre on August 1, and It wilt be necessary before
that time to make other arrangements. The circle has
ion hand about $1,800 and pledges of $985 more as a
nucleus of a building fund.
The women in charge of this noblo work are mak
ing heroic efforts to raise a sufficient amount of money
to warrant them In erecting a permanent and adequate
home for old women. Ten yer cent of the proceeds of
the Nathan bakery, at 75 PeSchtree, on the opening day
next Thursday, will be devoted to this cause. Similar
entertainments are given from time to time to meet the
operating expenses of the home and to ralSe funds for the
proposed building.
There Is no worthier charity than this Old Woman's
Home In all Atlanta and It deserves the cordial support
of the people of this community. It Is tnklng care of the
feeble and destitute who have no one else In the evening
of life to care for them, and surely this should appeal to
the deepest sympathies and best Impulses ot our people.
But one short month remains In which to make the
necessary arrangements for the future. The Gordon Cir
cle already has large: obligations on Its shoulders in cap
tug for the fifteen Inmates of the home, and provision
must be made, not only for thqse but for the larger num
ber who are seeking admission.
The Georgian commends the movement to the people
of Atlanta and hopes that It will soon be carried to a
successful Issue.
A CHARMING SUGGESTION FOR HOMECOMERS.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
The great success of the Kentucky home-coming and
the honor shown to the Old Kentucky Home's author
suggests that Georgia can more appropriately celebrate
a home-coming this fall at the state fair. John Howard
Payne, the author of Home,’ Sweet Home, was a Georgian
and Is entitled to a monument for this grand old song.
Georgia has many distinguished sons dispersed through
out the unlfln and It would be very appropriate for our
state to have' a great home-coming of all the sons of
Georgia to do honor to the memory of the author of
Home, 8weet Home.” By all means let us erect a suit
able monument to him In Atlanta and It could be un-
ycllcd some time during the state fair next fait with suit
able ceremonies. It would draw an Immense crowd to
the fair and do much to promote enterprise and patriot
ism. I hope your paper will take this matter up and
make a success of it. Very truly yours.
JAMES L. FORT.
THE GEORGIAN STANDS FOR MORALITY.
To the Editor ot The Georgian:
The publishers of The Atlanta Georgian are to be
congratulated for the Important step they have taken for
the cause of morality and sobriety In that they refuae
to publish liquor advertisements.
This noble example set by The Georgian should be
followed by all newspaper men who recognize whisky
as a great evil and all who profess to be against Its sale.
Every editor before accepting an advertisement from a
liquor dealer should ask himself this question: Is It
right to sell liquor? Does the person who accepts the
terms of this advertisement receive the value of his
money? Could I sell Hquor aud still have a good con
science? Would tbe meek and lowly Nazarene handle
liquor In any way If be teas upon the earth?
If deep down In your heart, your answers to these
questions are yes, then you can consistently publish
liquor "ads," but If your conscience and reasoning pow
ers answer In the negative then you cannot do so It yon
place any value on the merits of your paper aa an ad
vertising medium.
If you did not thlqk you would enable the liquor
dealer to Increaae the sales ot the damnable stuff that
wrecks more homes, causes more crimes and destroys
more happiness than every other influence put together,
you would b<* acting dishonest, for in that case you would
accept his money and give nothing of value In return.
If on the other hand yon Increase the sales of the bar
keeper, the blood spilled on account of the increase of
sales made possible by the advertisement In a newspa
per Is upon the skirt of the publishers of the paper as
well as upon the skirts ot the saloon keeper.
We are glad to see the sentiment against the liquor
traffic growing stronger each day and hope to see the
time soon come when all respectable newspapers will
refuse to aid the liquor dealers In their unholy traffic by
publishing their alluring advertisements. We believe
the temperance people ot tbe state should show their
appreciation of the noble stand’they have taken at con
siderable financial Ioas by giving The Georgian ihelr
hearty support and patronage.
Statham. Ga WILLIE S. LAMER.
THEN AND NOW.
To the Editor ot The Georgian:
Referring to Constitution editorial of today on Mr.
Bryan:
Should Mr. Bryan visit this city again soon what In
your opinion would be tbe difference In tbe personnel of
the rostrum from what It was on the occasion of bis
last visit, when he wss forced to have a grocery-man at
tempt to introduce him and The Constitution and Tbe
Journal gave him only small recognition?
A BRYANIST.
Dy Frlrste Leased Wire.
New York, June JO.—June Is going
out Uke a furnace, so far as New York
Is concerned. The thermometer is
climbing, so high that It Is too much
of an effort for wjlted humanity to
keep-track of-It. Already the list of
casualties has begun to grow. The
early morning record was:
Four persons rendered Insane, many
prostrated and. thousands seeking re
lief in the parks and on the beaches.
So pitiful were the conditions on the
lower East Side, where hundreds of
mothers and babes were crowded to
gether In each tenement house, that the
police anbandoned sit regulations con
cerning eleeplng In the parks and per
mitted any one so desiring to spend the
night tn every public play ground.
Many tenement house dwellers slept
on lire escapes and one man, tossing
about restlessly In hts almost unbear
able surroundings, fell from the Iron
structure and sustained serious Inju
ries.
Now It fs a-dairy trust forming, and
the prlcee of chickens, eggs butter,
cheese and milk will, so far as the East
Is concerned, be at the mercy of the
$20,000,000 American Farm Products
Company, which Is being formed.
Among the score of capitalists Inter
ested are Levi P. Morton, Thomas F.
Ryan, Harry Payne Whitney, Anthony
Brady, E. J. Berwlnd, Kuhn, Loeb A
Co., and several other banking houses
and Individual capitalists In tne East.
Headquarters have been opened at No.
52 Broadway.
Polo continues to claim Its victims.
The latest devotee of this strenuous to
require the services of a surgeon Is
Raymond Belmont, second son of Au
gust Belmont, who Is suffering painful
Injuries aa the result of being struck
In the face by hts polo pony while the
latter was struggling to rise after fall- .
Ing on the ground.
There has been no slackening of tha
library business so far as Andrew Car
negie Is concerned. Reports 'read at
the American Library Association show
that Andrew Carnegie In 1905 made 311
gifts of libraries of a value aggregating
more than $3,000,000, and still the work
goes on.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 30.—Here are acme
of the visitors In New York today: At
lanta, C. E. Adams, J. E. Beldren, O.
C. Spencer, O. VYHffate, M. E. Turner,
D. Qllfallan, T. H. Martin, J. L. Mell
arid wife.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 30.
1520—Montezuma, emperqr of Mexico,
died.
1685—Archibald Campbell, earl of Ar-
gyle, beheaded at Edinburgh.
1797—Richard Parker, head of the na
val mutiny at the Nore, hanged. -
1815—United Statez brig Peacock cap
tured British cruiser Nautilus In
straits of Sunda.
1831—United States treay with Black
Hawk, chief of Sacs and Fox,!.
1837—Act of British parliament to dis
continue use of pillory for pun
ishment.
1845—Maynooth Colelge Incorporated
and endowed.
1857—Ship Montreal tost near Quebec;
250 persons perished.
1862—Lee defeated McClellan at Glen
dale, Va.
1864—Salmon P. Chase, secretary of
the treasury, resigned.
1879—Great tornado In Iowa, Minne
sota and Wisconsin.
1882—Charles Gulteau hanged at
Washington for murder of Presi
dent Garfield.
1889—Chicago grand Jury returned In
dictments for murder of Dr.
Cronin.
1891—Pike’s Peak, Colorado, reached
by first railroad passenger train.
1894—The Tower bridge, London, for
mally opened by prince of Wales,
1899— Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth.
novelist, died.
1900— Great Hoboken dock fire.
1904—Prohtbtlontste nominated Dr. Si
las C. Swallow for president.
UNANSWERED PRAYERS.’
By KLI.A WHEELER WILCOX.
Like hour* schoolmaster, kind In tiefng
stern. •
Who hMra the children crying o’er their
••Help me, matter!” yet belpa.
■■ alienee nnd refuwil
Their self-development, to Ood
rnhccOlnif ninny prayers. He In am aewx
To any cry aent np from carucnt heart*:
He heart aud strengthens when He wait
... secs’u* weeping over llfe*t hard sum-.
Bnt should He give the key mid dry our
tears— _ . .
Whnt would It profit un when school were
done
And not one lessen mastered 7
Whnt a world
Were this If sll our prayers were answered.
In famed Pandora's l*>x were such vast Ula
Kaos would result!
In my fierce youth
sighed out brenth enough to move n fleet,
ntoing wild prayers to heaven for fancied
Which were denied: nnd that denial bends
My knee to prayers of .gratitude each day
Of my maturer years, let from those pray*
. row always regirded for the atrife
And conscious of new strength. Pray on,
sad heart.
Who supplicate Hod’s graco are lifted, them .
Thou sbalt find help to bear thy dally lot
Which Is not elsewhere found.
JUNE WEDDINGS.
fW. J. L. In New York World.)*
There's a swell of stately innate.
There's a chancel full of bloom.
There's a crowd of well-gowned women.
There's a churchful of perfume. .
There's s bunch of orange blossoms.
There's a shy nnd shrinking smlla,
There's s swish of veil nnd chiffon.
There's s rtbliou down the aisle.
There's a sweetly solemn pastor.
There’s a whisper now ami then.
There's a ring upon a finger.
There’s a Joyous Amen. «
here's a rush of raw
With s diction that's
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