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fl TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. monpat. jri.r 9. i>w. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rates: Published Every Afternoon) Except Sundiy by THE GEORGIAN CO. it 25 W. AUbimi Street, | Atlinti, Gl. oterr-1 M second-cists matter April S. MM. at the Postofflra it Attoota. ca.. under act of eonsress of March S. IT*. One Tear 54.50 Six Months....... 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c THE GEORGIAN COMES TO GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE "Porteus, then li a proverb thou ihouldit read: ‘When flitteren meet, the Devil goes to dinner.” —Peter Pindar. Mr. Seely’s Return. After ilx weeks of sbsence and aetioui Illness, Mr. Fred L. Seely, pmldent and publliher of The Georgian, returned to tho offlee for the flret time on Saturday eve ning. The universal expressions of pleasure and of affec tion lavished upon him by every employee In the offlee, greet and amall, waa the beat proof of the aolld and no ble baala upon which Mr. Seely Is building hla bualneaa career. To be loved by those who are neareat to us and know ua best, Is. after all, the beat of tribute* to a man's life and a man's moUvea. And menmred by this high standard, tha president of Tho Georgian Company has unusual reason to feel happy and satisfied with the foundation he has laid. Ci A Freak of the Record. Those who came Into poeseaslon of a certain copy of Tha Congressional Record recently printed In and limed from the government bureau, sat up and rubbed their eyes hard and wondered What they could have been doing tho night before. In a conspicuous place In Its pages there appeared tho most marvelous speech that ever adorned that In- tcroatlng periodical. It dealt with the present admlnla t ration and tha work of the first session of tho Fifty- ninth congreis, but It was the mopt amaxlng commentary on that work over read by the people who devour The Record with more or leas avidity. It set forth that this was tha moat economical ad mlnlstraUon and the most thrifty session of congress the country has known In years. The numbers of the house and senate had handled the money of the people ns If It bad been their own. Rnssell Bage could not have been more prudent and cautious In his expenditures than the appropriation committee had been. At tho same time It waa pointed out In the same apcech that congress had been spending money like a drunken sailor. The member* of the houao and senate had been digging Into the publlo treasury and throwing tho contents thereof at the very bird*. Jimmy Hasen Hyde couldn't have been more prodigal of hla wealth at a chorus girl dinner than the representatives of the people liad been, and the flrat sesilon of the fifty-ninth congress would stand out as a monument of extravagance. With these adjustable views expressed In the same apcech act forth In The Congressional Record In all due form. It Is not to be wondered at that those who peruse Its piquant columns every day were wondering what had happened and to whom It had happened. It would be unnecessary to keep our own readsra In ausponae, for they would never guess It It Is known of all men that at the end of a session of congress the chairman of the appropriations committee— who, of course. Is a member of the party In power— makes out a case for that party In a little speech where in he shows that the greatest wisdom and economy have been exercised In disposing of the people's money, while tho ranking mam her of the opposition—a Democrat, of course. In this administration—shows that tha party In powor has been reckless In Its extravagance. In the session Just closed It wss Chairman Tawney who mndo the hallelujah speech, and our own Lon Liv ingston wlyi gave out the Jeremiad. Now, by some freak of the printer the two speeches got Into The Congressional Record as being one and the came, and thousands of copies of The Record were print ed and mailed before the blunder was discovered. Then there wae a rattling In the valley of dry bone*. We are not Informed which of the two gentlemen was given credit for making this bl-partlsan speech, for onr copy was not one ot the number which succeeded In getting through the mails before the error was discov ered. But we can well Imagine what must have been tho feelings of either Mr. Tawney cr Mr. Livingston when he saw such contradictory sentiments attributed to him by tho official record. It would have been worth tho price of admission to study the expression ot countenance on the face of either one of them when he came across that number of The Record. But some sleuth finally caught the mischievous blun der, If not tha mischievous blunderer, and the dual mind ed Record was suppressed. The County Patrol Bill. We are on record hero as In favor of the county pa trol blit Introduced by Repreeentatlve Blackburn, of Ful ton. The merits of such a bill scarcely need to be ar gued. The conditions of society In tbs rural and agri cultural regions of the state are sufficiently welt known to all Intelligent people to make manifest the reasons for an enlargement of police protection In the country districts of Georgia. We suppoee that It any members of the state legisla ture have an objection to this bill It must be based upon rssaoisble grounds, and we feel sure that the author and the friends ot the bill ought to be able to meet this ob jection with equal reason and logic, and to make any amendment* and corrections which may be rendered nec essary by constitutional criticism or objection. It would seem to be likely that one of the results ot this heated and unfortunate state campaign would be in even greater unrest and uncertainty among the ne groes of the rural regions than we have bad before, and In this view It would seem to be entirely clear that n wise and prudent legislature should prepare In advance for the protection and guardianship of our fellow cltlsens In the Interior all the safeguards which wisdom and generosity can lay around this element of our population. The Forces That Have Fought For the Children. In dlstrlbuUng congratulations on Saturday among tha factors who had been effective In the promised final triumph of the child labor bill, we did not propose at one Ume to compass the enUre list of the valiant and useful friends of that great reform. On Bsturday onr felicitations were extended to those who took pert In the active battle of the last legislature and were moat prominent In the spectacular debate which enlivened both houses upon this question. The Georgian realizes, however, that back of this fight were the earlier and the more strenaoas battles which made the present victory possible. The vital and Insistent attack upon public opinion on this question began long ago in Georgia, and It la only fair to say that perhaps tha earlfast and moat stalwart friends of this child labor bill have been found among the representa tives ot the Federation of Labor and of organized labor In general. No man has aver fought harder or done more In this cause than Mr. C. T. Ladaon. the attorney of the FederaUon of Labor. Time waa, and there were many times, whan this forlorn leader of a forlorn hope march ed to the capltot at.the head of hla helpless but heroic followers to 'present the cause and to advocate the claims of the children In the workshops. For nine years the organlzaUons of labor In Georgia have been. In season nod out of season, the persistent friend* and tireles* advocates of this cause. They have fought its battles when Its friends were few, and no ele ment of our Georgia population has a better or larger right to rejoice In the triumph of the measure than the sons of toll, who have never wavered In their allegiance to the principle jvhlcb It carries. There are some good women, too, of the Georgia Fed eration of Women’s Clubs and of other organisations, who havs done heroic and effective work In building up the public opinion which will triumph in the final pas sage of this measure. The agencies are numerous and multiplied that have had a heart and a hand In thla gbod work, and It I* the desire of The OeorgUn to rejoice with them all In tha trinmph of a righteous measure which marks the higher civilization and the higher hu manity of this great state. To all of these, and to all others who are working In good causes, we send the message ot cheer which the history ot thla .reform hat written. The thing that Is right must ultimately triumph, the principle that Is Just must win If It takes years to accomplish It, and the dy namic fodcc ot a good and noble Idea will ultimately de stroy all opposition and break down all barrier* to 'It* trinmph and establishment. Dreyfus’ Moral Grandeur. This morning the Judges of the supreme court of France began their dellberaUona on the case of Captain Dreyfus, who, through his counsel, has asked that the verdict of the Rennes court martial, confirming the pre vious verdict of guilt, ahohld be merely quashed without a retrial. The Indications are that the decision of the Judgea will be banded down by the middle of the, week. Thus the closing scene of this most remarkable case, which has been going on for thirteen years, Is rapidly approaching, and the distinguished military officer, who baa been the victim of the moat atrocious plot ot modern times, Is about to be restored to his rank and honors. This closing scene Is worthy of the splendid courage and patience of the victim, for he rises to a height of moral grandeur which few men In a similar sltuaUon would assume. He has absolutely refused to accept any pecuniary damagos for the Injuatloe he haa suffered or to be n party to any prosecution ot those who have wronged him. He contends that all he wants or will aocept Is the restoration of his rank and titles, and from this determination hla counsel cannot persuade him, It la a foregone conclusion that ho will be acquitted. As pointed out In these column* tome time ago. It comes as a surprise to the general public, perhaps, that Captain Dreyfus has never boon acquitted. In spite of the overwhelming evidence of fraud, forgery and conspir acy, entered Into by hla enemies, the verdict ot the Rsnnea court martial was ‘‘guilty,” and he escaped fur ther punishment only by n pardon. But he has not been satisfied with a pardon. Noth ing but n verdict ot acquittal would serve hla purpose, and he haa been laboring to that end for sis years. The confession of Count Esterhasy that he forged the bor dereau on which Dreyfus waa convicted should have set at rest all controversy, but the army was not willing to assume the odium ot having to far violated every princi ple of Justice aa to connive at fraud and forgery and to aave Itself It repeated Its verdict ot guilty. Great mischief has been wrought at best. The French army stands condemned before thq civilised world as It Is, and the finger of scorn Is pointed at It from all over tho world. But Dreyfus himself was not willing to force the army to Incriminate Itself by another court martial, re versing Its previous verdicts, and merely asked that the civil oonrt should quash the Rennes verdict. He haa done more, It aeema. Few men would be willing to pass over the damages and the prosecution ot the enemies who wrecked hi* life. But this Is the mors* ground on which he has planted himself, and the Indication: aro that tho quashing ot the verdict and the consequent acquittal of the Injured man will end the great drama which at one time convulsed alt Europe. He has had his revengo In great measure, for many ot those who testified against him are In a suicide's grave and others are In disgrace. It will be a long Uuie before the French army will recover from the odlnm It has brought upon Itself, but when the history of this great event Is written Dreyfus himself will stand out not only as tho most unjustly persecuted man of the century, but will occupy a posh tlon of honor and dignity and self restraint which will give him an abiding place In the world's great hall of honorable fame. ullets cenprally d|<j their full duty In 1S96. Did the chairman of the national Democratic party do his? Did ho lire tip to hl« agreement? If he did not Is It not possi ble that he Is the one to blame? Next ho goes for Hoke and Watson on account of Hoke's record. It appears to mo that Hoke made a great deal of that record, some years ago Inside the dear old party amid the plaudits of all good organised moss- back Democrats, and It waa all O. K. and Hoke waa a great man until lie got on the people's side. Now Is it not true that If anybody would be justified In kicking at Hoke's record that It would be the Populists? I am Inclined to think that good old moss-backs who ap proved of Hoko's acts at the time should be estopped from attacking him at thla late day. However, It appears to me that Mr. Carswell has taken up considerable space and possibly considerable time, and when you come to the gist ot the article It could be expressed In about two sentences: First, he Is an enemy of Tom Watson; second, he Is a friend and supporter of Clark Howell and as a matter of course he has a very unpleasant Job on both sides. For In stance, when be attacks Watson, the only charges he can bring are that he defeated Bryan and caused the nomination of Parker In 1904. Even the most kinky- headed negro In Georgia knows that there Is no founds-' tlon In fact In his charges against Watson. But when be undertakes the pleasant Job of defending his friend, Clark Howell, no doubt he finds it almost as difficult to say anything good of Clark as It was to say anything bad of Tom. I shall not undertake to defend Mr. Wat son, as ho has a record back of him of which any citizen U'l'-I till- sti.is arid *r!; • lulclit he justly proud; h- has already carved his name high up In the sacred halls of fame. Ho has so deeply Impressed his life and actions upon tho hearts of his countrymen that gen erations cannot efface it. Mr. Carswell will pass away In common with the rest of us, but Watson's name and fame will lire on as long ns time lasts.. SETH W. EVANS. Thomson, On., July 5, 190®. NOT TEACHING CHILDREN TO HATE GOD. To tho Editor of The Georgian: In the morning edition of Tho Georgian of July 3 wo find an article from the pen of J. C. C. Carlton under the caption "Teaching Children to Hato God.” In said nrtlclo the writer takes George A- Beattie to task for teaching In the Sunday school lesson that there Is a place or condition In the future world known as hell. He says all those who teach and believe such a doctrine are “deluded, blinded, Ignorant, misrep resenting God as a cruel, fiendish monster so repulsive to the nature of a child as to make them shudder and turn In horror nwny from said 'monster' rather than tarn to Him and embrace Him aa a loving heavenly Fa ther.” Mr. Carlton doesn't believe there is a place or condition ot eternal retribution, therefore he seems to conclude that some of the wisest heads of any age have missed the mark by far when they differ with him and goes so far ns to use those strong adjectives. We feel sure he wrote hastily. He seems to know all about the Greek words and how they were translated. The great demand ot the people today Is plain English. But It 1* ARGUMENT AGAINST EXCHANGES. REPLY TO MR. CARSWELL. To the Editor ot The Georgian: I note In The Georgian of the 4th Instant an article over the signature ot one P. W. Carswell, and It li In reply to that article that I desire to make a few com ments. Mr. Carswell says that he thinks that Mr. Watson waa partly responsible for Bryan's defeat In hla race* for president and gives as ground for hla opinion that McDuffie and several other counties where Wation'i in fluence controlled went for McKinley. To me the above reason U the moat far-fetched statement for any one to base an honest opinion on that has ever come under my observation. Did not Watson work day and ntghL and apeak through the Booth and West until he almost wrecked hla constitution In the Interest of Bryan's can didacy? Did not Watson, together with the other Pop ulist leaders, pledge the support ot the Populist party to Bryan? Did not Bryan receive over one million Populist votes In ISM? Did not Bryan develop consid erably more strength in 18V< when Watson gave him his support than be did In 1M0? Did McDuffie and several other counties go for McKinley when' Bryan ran lust? According to the logic of Mr. Carswell Mr. Bryan should by all means have been elected In 1M0 when the counties In which* Watson controlled went for Bryan. Tha truth of the matter la that Watson and the Pop- To the Editor of The Georgian: There are so few people who know the reel character of the buelneee done on the New York Cotton and Stock Ex changee that It le not eurprlelng that you ahould be deceived Into giving edi torial eanctlon to them as "legitimate exchangee.” It le true that In a sense the gamb ling In futures on margin le “legiti mate,” In that It le allowed by law, but It la to render Illegitimate, so far aa the people of Georgia are concerned, the rambling done In these places that the eglelature and the business men are now at work. A few years ago it was "legitimate'' In this country to do busi ness with the Louisiana Lottery, but ascertainment of the truth, Mr. Editor, will lead you to boldly declare that all the lotteries, faro banks, poker joints and horse races pale Into Insignificance before these two Institutions which yon have unwittingly In your editorial* In- dorsed. - You sesk to draw a distinction be tween these “exchanges” and bucket shops. The exchanges are big bucket shops, while the bucket shop* are little bucket shops, and this Is the first dif ference—a difference without distinc tion. This Is not however, exactly cor rect, for a bucket shop Is honest with you, and you do stand soma show for your money, while, with your so-called exchange house, you have none at all. Let ue see how this Is: You make a bet with a bucket shop that the price of cotton will go up or down, according to the figures that will be ground out by the New York Cotton Exchange machine; you ar* both on the outside; neither one of you have anything to do with the making ot the figure on which you bet, and at this game you stand about as good a show at the guess as he does; but suppose you bet with the exchange Itself and eee how you come out. In that rase you put your money Into the hands of the exchange; It knows Just how much you have up and the machinery In operation on the Inside proceeds to make tta quotations so as to fit your pile and scoop It In. If you ever did play In a game where the cards were marked and stacked against you, you are In It with mar gins up on the New York Cotton or Stock Exchange. With a bucket shop you are dealing at arm's length; the shop le honest with you; tha man who runs It ts after your money and telle you so. But the exchange member you look_upon as your agent, he represents himself aa such, but procedt* to play the cards against you. To illustrate: Broker A has bought for fifty of his lambs Scat tered over the country ten thousand bales of cotton at 10:50. Brokers B. C and D have each done the same thing. They all get together and figure out that an average decline of 40 points will clean up the margins of these cus tomer*. and so down goes cotton to 10:10, the slate has been wlpqd off and they proceed to work the example over again. Of course this le all against those very ''strict and stringent” rules of these so-called “legitimate ex changee.” The public would never tol erate a game that didn't have rules. We wouldn't go Into a game that didn't have a rule against marked cards or loaded dice. But you say these exchangee must exist In order that the manufacturer of cotton may protect himself against fluctuations of the market. That la very much like saying that a man -who had become addicted to morphine must continue to use it In order to keep stive. It speculation on margins on the exchanges te wiped out, then wild fluctuation will end and the manufac turer will have no need in this way to protect himself. Now. do the facts ahow that anything but gambling le carried on on your “legitimate ex changes?” Take our crop of cotton, which last year amounted to about elevn million bales: turn to the records ot the New York Cotton Exchange alone and you will And that durlug the past year about two hundred million bales were bought on margins. Now, how many of these bales were bought on thla so-called “legitimate exchange” With the remotest Idea In a single In stance of ever taking a single bate of this cotton? I do not believe that there are t per cent of the people In Georgia who have made trades In the past ten years on margins on the New York Cotton Exchange who will rise up and say that they expected at the time of making the trade to take a single bale or the cotton. It would be Interesting for your so-called "legitims” ex change" to explain on any basis pf legitamacy how It te at this time that July options on the New Orleans Cot ton Exchange are quoted a cent a pound higher than the same July cp- sometimes necessary to go hack to the original tongue. J. C. C. C. can do away with Gehenna and eheol all right. Gehenna was a garbage valley, be says, and this Is what onr Saviour meant In Matthew 10:18 where He say* “Fear Him who Is able to destroy both soul and body In Gehenna.” hell. If hell was this garbage vajley. and had only a transient duration then you make Jesus Christ a liar. Indeed there might have been such a thing as this garbage valley at one time, but Is It there now? We don't think It Is. In Mark 9:43 you hear these words coming from the lips of Jeans himself: "If thy hand offend thee, cut It off; It Is better for thee to enter Into life maimed, than having two bands to go Into hell. In to tho fire that never shall be quenched.” Yon ought to read on from the forty-third to the forty- eighth verses. You won’t find this to n.-an a gat base valley. When He says Are which never shall bo quench ed, He means it won't be quenched at all. but will burn all the time—eternally. “Never” means a continuation, nothing transitory. In Revelations It Is referred to as the ' lake of fire.” How some people can take God's Word and add to it and diminish from It, accept Its teaching^ of heaven and refuse Its teachings of hell. Is more than f can un derstand. Such knowledge and practice I* too wonderful for me; It is low; I cannot descend unto 1L It Is past finding out. Mr. Carlton doesn't want tho children frightened. He Is a most unselfish man. bnt I feel sure he doesn't want his own peace and ease disturbed. Christ says "If you love me, you will keep my com mandments.” and this Is what God requires at our hands. If we do this we will escape eternal perdition. If we keep God's law as a rule and guide for our faith and practice In this present world. In the world to come our lota will bo peace, ease, comfort, pleasure, luxury, bliss, joy ami Impptm-s* ami it shall 1 ti-rnal. but If w<- at- defiant and rebellious toward Ood, hard-hearted and stiff necked, walking not after tho ordinances of God, but following the dictates of the world, the flesh and the devil, then our part will be In the "fire that never shall in- qin-nclicd," or the • lake of fir.-," and thin means r-tcr mil. If I am obedient God will save me from this terri ble eternal punishment; If I am disobedient be will damn my soul In an eternal helL So also Is It with Mr. Carlton and everybody else. Selah. CHESTER E- JOHNSON. Bonlfsy, Fla., Jnly 4, 1908. AN APPRECIATIVE LETTER. To the Editor of The Georgian; I hive reed your editorial today In reply to the ques tion by Tho Macon Telegraph and The Columbia, 8. C., State, t have taken The Georgian since Its beginning. I was not going to vote for you for tho senate, not be cause I had any objection to you. but that I had always voted for Senator Bacon, and was satisfied with what ho hail done. And now, since I ant taking your paper, I M that It would have been a distinct loss to tho people of Georgia had you been electee? senator, not that you would have fallen short of the measure of your position, but that Journalism would havo lost one of It* ablest and cleanest writers, and the people lost, In a field where he could best serve them, a fearless and able champion. Respectfully, T, M. McINTOSH. change. Again, It would be Interesting for them to show what per cent of these two hundred million bales of last year's crop bought on the New York Cotton Exchange on margins were ac tually delivered^ and then some fact In support of the legitimacy ot these transactions will begin to find Its way to light. . Let me say In conclusion that there would be no need, so far as a few peo ple are concerned, for a law In Georgia against carrying pistols, shooting craps, playing poker, or rambling In futures; but laws are mad* for th* good and protection of the greatest number. If the legislature of Georgia-will go to the root of the matter and strike down margin trading on the so-called "legiti mate exchanges" and every other state will get In line the bucket shops that do nothing more than feed upon the crumbs that fall from their master’s table will make their own exit. Wall street Itself will go to pieces snd In s country like ours there will be no occa sion In the future for hard times, no •queesee In the money market and no need for Thomas W. Lawson to fur nish the country with any other remedy for “Frensled Finance." L. 8, PHILISTINE AND PHARI8EE. From The New York Globe. Naturally Elbert Uubhsrd. writing eon .trains e little journey to Concord, N. ft., the shrine of Eddytoin, drops Into some- tnlg like fennlno admiration. Uay not one pose admire May not the n °ltt amateur “gtycet" look tip to the finished "yessmsnV’ May not Philistinism, with s food hank account, see the good quail- ... . ...— ■— with one Infinitely •t hear the suspire- ... arts of Fra Albert no. In hie anxiety to work one side of the “it, did bo not also uverlook the greater t that welted to be garnered »u the other? lie has harvested somewhat from hlallttle cult, but what, after ell, la East Aurora to Concord? What ts the Income derived from Osbby hook covora compared to the steady return from Science sad Health-copyrighted, tnrsrti In on* respect, however, K r. llnbbsrd's prowling sboet. its news vtlne. Mrs. Eddy lives. saw her; was so near her that dismissed Is to be th* theory that * lay IIsure, with waxen features modelled end colored to Imitate the departed urlrlusl, ts paraded shout In s earrings to Tool the faithful pilgrims He beheld a creature of fleet end blood step Into the welting hsroachr, to bo driven off by the coachman who shares to the extent of MO e week In the good buslnri* hie mletreae haa built up. The eyes were undlmmed, the face un- wrlnkled, the farm that ot Berabardt; the dress wee of white eetln, such aa e girl wears when going to * hall; the bet e milliner's dream; * richly emhrolderM, white rloek (coat MOO, the profit on belt ■ay copies) tree esrrlesely on one In the bands e big spray of apple ms and os the face the half-smile of satisfaction—the smile of Pens Leo XIII. Th* prleeteee, however she may disbelieve In the materiality of the body, believe* In th* materiality of pretty thlur* —the woman haa triumphed ovar tho ropheteaa, vanity hat held her r' pit* the oneleugnt of philosophy. Serene, her mind unruffled by thought 1 th* three husbands that were Item deed nd one divorced). Mrs. Mary Raker Glover- Mudd-Eddy he* conquered peer*-sweetly supported by the eootelooeneas that aha owns aa beautiful a monopoly au tho world has ever teen; that bualneaa wot never better: that never ware there eo many answers .to her inessase, ‘.'Come Onto m*| foe lit y trotted answers to her meatsge, "Come ui •II je that are heavy laden, and five you a book bound In doth calf, 15, and levant* U; with nta ftvtnt Inatrnetlona at the rata of per courae to all inio ~ “ wf thdir aMl," perfect their aoela." wish fntjtbei r to WESLEY AND EVOLUTION. To th* Edltoe of Th* Georgia*: The rommnnlretles of th* Rev. W. lee to The Georgian of gun* SO tram Its title, -John Wesley Held Theory of Evo lution Long Before Darwin Wat Born.” and from Its enheeqoent eltsaioo* to Wee- ley’s views apon the phenomena of life, tends to prod nee the Imprest! on that Wet- ley forecast the theory promulgated by Darwin, and In tame oberare way It titled to the credit of priority. It ran not be that the reverend doctor Mlberately chargee the foander ot Meth odism with entertaining views la accord with Darwin's conclusions drawn from tyatrmatltutlon of the vast store of facta collected under the title, -Origin of Spe ctra," or that he la prepared to ay that Darwin's l '— bratlona on phytlral metamorphosis ta-l the like! And yet he isp " Darwin wet horn. yet he tags, somewhat with as lease or of trtamidi. “John Wes- a book In two volume* on the thirty foor year* before L ana etghty-fonr years before Darwin pnhllshed kit celebrated work on -The Origin of Rperlra!'" It la not quite evident wkat good parpen* to to lie achieved I* enotraatTag the nat ural philosophy of Wesley and Darwin, or In seeking to establish an s priori rata- tloashlp between them. That John Wee- ley beM to t theory of evolution would avan-ely shake the haM ef Darwin on the srlentlhe world, neither woald It he eope- clally gratifying or pleasant for Methodists to reflect that Wesley was h Darwinian In In* th* term In ill broad sens* of unroll ing or unfolding as applied to both Inor ganic and organic bodies) readily discovers that the theory of descent to a very an cient onr. Its conception la aeld to ' originated with Empedocles, and this ... centloa waa elaborated by Artototle (II, C. forma, end who believed In heredity, mu tilations and nverslona. .Saint Augustine (A. D. 350 and Thonuu Aquinas (1328) held that th* creation of thlur ■— series of cause*. Lelbnft* i In the connection or ape... beings and the continuity waa the author of the form farlt oaltura. Button (1707-17M), the arcs soologlst, held that animals were derive- from s single type, observed the effects of uae and dtouts and recognised changes due to climate, environment and food. These references, though by no means exhausting the list, may suffice to demon strate that some conceptions on tbn sub ject of th* origin of specie* were enter tained long before the time of Wealey. and that, therefore, Ids mantle of priority over Darwin moat fall from the shoulder* of Wesley, to bo lost In the solitude of the 1 Tetley was doubtlssa Influenced by the writings ot .Bonnet,, whose works, "Con- teinpletlon de la Nature knit I'ailngene- ' rhlloaophtqoe on 1-lees onr I'etot posse et Hnr L'Etat dea Etros Vlrants. He- cherches Pbllqeophlqoet enr tes^rreuves Ue referred te quite i ,hh- —* -men epenevr -- ,vi<—., Evolution to an Integration of mstter and s concomitant dissipation of motion, during which the matter payees from * relatively Incoherent homogeneity to a rela tively definite coherent heterogeneity, and during which tbs retained motion (energy) undergoes a parallel transformation." In other words, than to In the ori world s continual change from the b geneoua to the heterogeneous or from th* S nerallsed to tha speclslltsd. Bonnet's rro erolutlou had reference to successive unfolding (#. out—volvere, to roll) of pre formed germs, the metamorphosis ' ' and butterflies, and to quite dtotl that defined by Herbert Spencer. The evolutionary tree to the wi genealogical tree of Lamtrck (1744-MS), the founder of organic evolution and of Inverte brate paleontology, and It may or may not bars been hnown to Wrslrr. That Wesley was the founder of th# Methodist church to sufficient to fig hto name and fame forever, hut that he was the forerunner of Darwin, or that the crude platitude* quoted from hto -Philosophy- may b* Interpreted as In any sens* com promising the magnificent resnlta of Dar win, or of famishing working material for M apoch-maklng contributions to modsra ence Is. to say the lean, overstating the css*. I am, your* sincerely, BERNARD WOLFF. Atlanta, Ga„ Jnly 5. FAVOR8 A PERMANENT PARK COMMISSION with the one Inclosed. No donbt my list lot wss the on* yon bad rrfreue* to a few days ago, snd I admit -being on th* wrong ride,” after reading all articles care fully. Converted, I drop th* "muulelpsl ownsrahlp" Mss, snd remain yours truly, Atlanta, Ga., July B, INC ** LEVI80& THIS DATE IN HISTORY. JULY 9. 1553—The Elector Maurics killed at bsttls of 8lsverahsusen. 1578—Ferdinand II of Germany born, Died February 15. 15*7. 1686—League of Augsburg formed against Franc*. 1734—Dantalc surrendered to the Rus sian*. 1755—General Braddock’s expedition against the French In Canada defeated. 1782—Peter III of Russia deposed and succeeded by Catherine II. 1797—Edmund Burke, Irleh orator, died. Boro January 7, 1710. 1119—Ellas Howe, inventor of the saw ing machine, born. Died Octo ber S, 15*7. 1*34—Earl Gray' and Lord Althorp re signed. 1850—Zachary Taylor, twelfth presi dent of United States, died. Born November 24, 1714. 19*0—Prince of Wales sailed for - America 1998—General Total offered to surren der Santiago if his troops were allowed to march out with their arms. 1904—Alton B. Parker nominated for president by Democratic con vention at 8L Louis. Rev. J. R. Most, of Mouessen. Pa., bss - ■reu som. *11 of them clergymen, five dif ferent denomlnuttooe Mug represented smMg the young men. Nos* of theta has evsr heard any of the others presell. They sm sister, who Is surrtod to a By Prirste Leased Wire. New York, July 9.—Waldorf Aitor Is a British subject and while he will oc casionally honor thla country with hto presence, he has no Intention of giving up hto citizenship In the adopted land of hto father. The young man and hi* bride, who tvas Mrs. Nannie Langhorne-Shaw, one of the Virginia sisters famous for their beauty, stopped In New York after landing Just long enough to breakfast at the Holland House. Then they took a train for Isteboro. Maine, where today they occupy the Charles Dana Gibson cottage. They expect to remain there several weeks Before leaving this city Mrs. Astor remarked to a friend that sh* waa very happy. 'I really didn't Intend marrying again," ah* said, "until I met Waldorf. He is a very nice young man.” The young heir to William Waldorf Aster's great estates In England and Manhattan was asked: '‘What are your plana during your stay In this country?" I don’t think my plans ar* of suf ficient Importance to Interest the pub lic,” he answered, still smiling. "W* shall go to Maine, and then to Vir ginia, wherd w* shall visit Mrs. Astor'* relatives. I don't know whether th* place Is near Richmond or noL I havs never been there.” "Will you visit Newport?” "No, we are not going to Newport, f don't know how long w* shall be In this country." "Are you. to take charge of your father's affairs In this country?" “That doesn't Interest the public,” h* said. ”1 shall be back and* forth.” ”Mr. Astor, are you an American citizen?* h* was asked. “I believe not," he replied, laughing. T live In England and have no Inten tion of returning to this country to live at any time.” The young man said that he and Mrs, Astor had met Congressman and Mrs. Longworth once before they left England. Frank J. Gould, who waa hurt In an automobile accident at Norwich, haa been brought to hto home in‘this city. He has a fractured rib. Tbs automo bile was upset by'the chauffeur In or der to avert a collision with a wagon which bad been driven directly across the road. The purchase by Lyman J. Gage, for mer secretary of the treasury, of th* Prospect Cotege, adjoining the prop erty on which stands the temple pre sided over by Mrs. Katherine Ttngley, the “purple mother” of theosophy, at Point Lomax, coupled with the fact that he haa resigned the presidency of the United States Trust Company, Is taken by Mr. Gage's friends here at proof that he has permanently given up the prominent position be held In the business world, and will devote hto life to the study of the mystic phil osophy of the followers of Mms. Blav- ataxy. A long course In th* occult studies that Is declared to have been handed from the earliest philosopher awaits the former banker bofore he can con sider that he has mastered even th* fundamental principles of the theory. A business career would be Incom patible with hto work, and the tenets ot th* system ot thought that he Is about to absorb do not leave room for active dealings with the work-a-day world. The former cabinet officer to the greatest convert that th* mystic cult has ever received from the publlo life of this country, A marriage of unusual romance has Just been disclosed, when It was known that Wellington Corlet, a son or Mrs, John N. Tisdale, of 52 West Thirty- second street, had sloped with and married Mis* Loretta Jefferson, ol Bustards Bay. the favorite grand daughter of Joseph Jefferson. Th* young man, who was graduated from Harvard on June 22, thought that a marriage llcena* was of more Im portance than a "ahespsklo." and to yrove tt he quietly slipped away from ila alma mater, and from hto own mater for that matter, and married the B glrl on June 8 In Bustards Bay, en daya before he waa gredu- atsd. . . _ Nobody but a college chum and a minister witnessed the simple cere mony. but the marriage waa approved of by friends ot both families as soon as the news reached them of the event John Are. 82 years old, who says he fought under General Robert E. Lee, ts at Bellevue Hospital, where he was sent In a starving condition. He haa applied at the municipal lodgltut house He said he had ridden on freight trains and walked from Wilmington, N. C.. ts New York In search of work. He to I* serious condition. Even the Adirondack deer have de clared war against th* automobile speeder. William E. Snyder, a trat- ellng man, tells a remarkable stoiy of an attack mads upon an automobile l" which b* waa riding by a giant burn deer. The rear lamps and on* of in* tire* were demolished, h* says. •*» deer got away. Because a woman neighbor. Just for - Joke, told Mr*. Irene Duff, of Veet Thirty-fifth street, that the lat- tor’s husband had died. Mra. Duff 1* In Bsllsvu* hospital today with» **?5 across her throat which she lnfili'''^ upon hsreslf with a butcher knife. Hb” scarcely had finished her ”} suicide when her husband reached horns. She went Into hysterica *n<l became uncontrollable. 31 hsn Mdtea to Bedevil* It was necessary to restrain her. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. 3 By Private Leased Wire. , New York. July *.—HAe sre some -t th* visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—T. H. Brannsn. B. Dil lingham and wife. J. 8. Hamilton. M. N Roberts, Miss Stephens, Mrs. N. St**- art. Miss L. Street Miss M. B. "h"' aids, A. D. Jones. E. L. Morris. E ». Robinson and wife. MACON—S. B. FIsIdlns.B- B. 4ng, Jr.. M. Hnpp and wife, J. Morris, SAVANNAH—j! W. Schley. A. D«« bsllmont, T. McCarthy. Hick*—What do you think of th*| llveralty making Dumlsy a doctor Wicks—Oh. well, the universities d> very rrasy things sometimes. , Hick#—Ye*, and yst thsyfir* »'* *” supposed to b* In possession of ine “ faculties.—Catholic Standard.