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/ 6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATURDAY, jri.T It The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rites: One Ycir........ $4.50 Six Month* 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. st 25 \P. Alibimi Street, Atlsnts, Gs. Entered second-class mutter April 3. MO*. at the Poctofflee St Atlanta. Ga.. under act of concreaa of March S, 1*7*. «x THE GEORGIAN COMES TO TO GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE TO Envy, to whloh th’ Ignoble mind's a slave It emulation In tbs learned or brave, —POPE. Saturday Evening. We have no IntenUon ot clouding the serenity of these week-end meditations by the Injection or poliUcal considerations, but the passage by the house of repre sentatives of an excellent measure looking to the purity of the ballot and the restraint of corruption at least affords a text for profitable consideration. It Is Indeed deplorable that It should be necessary In this land of free and representative Institutions to adopt drastic measures for tho preservation of our untrammeled franchise, but we have to take the world as wa find It, and where men will not conduct themselves high and honorable lines, they must. In the interest of the better element, be ooerced Into such a course. When we look abroad at the people who are strug gling under conditions of government so much leas hap py than oura we wonder that any man can find It In his heart to pervert the functions for which the fathers of the republic have fought and died. Tyranny Ip* not yet perished from the earth, it does not yet abide mere ly In the musty volumes of theorists and doctrinaires. It Is a living and aggressive fact There are gov ernments all over thfe old world In which the divine right of kings and autocrats Is vigorously and even bru tally maintained. A conspicuous example ever ready to mind la the Russian empire, but It la by no means the only one. Injustice and oppression under the forms of law, or at leaat of government, still fill the world with blood and tears. The contemplation of these conditions should Inspire us with a higher appreciation of the blesslngi we enjoy In having at our dtapoial at leaat the machinery by which every man may exercise hts right as a sovereign In his own name and person. If lsws aro unjust or those who administer them are dishonest, the mean* by which they may be set aside or modified are In our own hands. And yet how few of us there are who give any thought to the great questions Involved In the duties of cttlienshlp. We fritter away our energies In the dis cussion ot the passion* and prejudices which revolve around rival candidates and are led sway from the con templation ot great underlying principles. We are con- tent that other* should do our thinking for us, accept lng their Ipso dtxlt with a sublime and chlld-like faith. Blackstone said that "A competent knowledge ot the law was the proper ornament of a gentleman." There was a time In the history of England whon lVitn was practically recognised, and every man who undertook to plead hts own case need not have been regarded as haring a fool for a client. But this Is changed over there, while In America there have besn few Instances where men have taken a course In law merely as an accom plishment. Nor do they pay the due consideration to the vital questions which more Immediately affect their own wel fare- They neglect the exercise of the franchise while people less fortunate are speeding their live* In fruitless efforts to secure this priceless privilege. Only a amall percentage of our clttxen* apparently realise the Impor tance of keeping Informed on the great questions which arise and thon casting their ballots in accordance with their convictions. They shrink from the toll and the tur moil of elections and leave these questions to the pro fessional politicians. The warning Is often given, but It cannot be too often repeated that the highest cltlxenahlp calls for the par ticipation of high and low, ot the men ot all conditions in life, in political contests and discussions and the conse quent exercise of the franchise by those who are beet qualified to express an opinion on any given matter. It this were true, and the blessings of the ballot were more deeply recognised, there would be small need for coercive measure to preserve the purity ot the ballot our complex life than that of the taw. It la the science by which life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are protected and Insured. It has engaged the talent and skill of some of the ablest and loftiest characters In all time, from Joseph of Aramathea to our own good day. The standard of ethics which prevails for the most part la the profession reflects tho highest honor and credit on the members of the bar, and It will be found that no one ta more anxious to protect this standard everywhere and at all times than these worthy members. When a man Is conspicuous for hts ability he is all the . more called upon to maintain the very hlgheat de gree of professional ethics. The laxity of divorce proceedings has become pro verbial. It ha* been the subject of the gravest dellber atlons by students of our social conditions for many years. It Is a dlfilcult matter, however, to find any rem edy unless the members of the bar will themselves lend lr Influence to the effort. tn thla Inatance there seema to be a well determined duct, to punish him to the limit of the law. A year and a half has elapsed since the first proceedings were tak en, and thore seems to have been no very good reason for the delay, but the colls are gradually tightening and the final Issue will soon be decided. We feel safe In assuming that John D. Rockefeller will come out even oh hla book, though be should have to publish It at his own axpense. Hummel’s Disbarment. The well known New York lawyer, Abraham H. Hummel, has been suspended from further practice at the bar by a decision of the appellate division of the su preme court, pending the final determination ot an ap peal taken tn hla case to the court of appeals. Hummel’s case date* back to January IT, 1905, when he was first indicted In connection with the Dodge-Morse divorce case for conspiracy and subornation ot perjury- The charges against Hummel were based on an af fidavit made by Dodge in October, 1903, In which he swore he had never been served with- a aummoni In hla wife's divorce proceedings against him, afterward admit ting that he bad. Messrs Hummel and Stelnhardt were alleged to have Induced Dodge to make the affidavit. Mr. Hummel pleaded not guilty to the perjury charge through hla counsel. Delancer Nlcoll, and a long wrangle subse quently took place In the courts. In which the trial was delayed. During the legal proceedings District Attorney Jerome, on May 19. 1905, caused accusations to be filed against Hr. Hummel In the bsr association. New con spiracy charges and Indictment* were found against Mr. Hummel by the grand Jury on June 25, 1905. and a mo tion for a change of venue made by the accused lawyer was denied. Mr. Hummel’s trial began on December 16, and last ed five days, when he was found gpllty ot conspiracy and sentenced to the penalty of one year In prison and a 9500 fine. He was locked up in the Tombs for five hours afterward, but finally secured releaae on $10,000 bail. Hla release on ball was granted because of an application for a certificate of reasonable donbt which he made be fore the appellate division pf the supreme court On December £7, 1905, Hummel was arrested again In a teat case tn relerence to-the conspiracy charges. This Is cow also pending. We hare no desire to anticipate the final judgment of this court, bat tt the chargee made against Hummel are sustained be should not only be disbarred, but fur ther and more vigorous punishment should be meted out to him. There Is no nobler and worthier profession In all Is a “Holy War” Threatened ? The English secretary of state for foreign affairs, Sir Edward Qrey, made the civilized world alt up and take qptlce a few days ago when he warned the bouse of commons that Egypt was on the verge of a Mohammedan uprising and that there were sign* of a Jehad, or reli gious war, on the part of the Mohammedans ot the world. He was very solemn In bis warning to the opposl- tlon In parliament that unleta the ministry was sus tained In all the steps it had taken to maintain peace In the land over which Lord Cromer presides there would be complications and developments which would bring untold grief In their train. The Inception of all this was the fact that five Mohammedans were recently shot tn* Egypt in punishment for the murder of five English' men. Since that time there has been restlessness on the part of the native population In Egypt, and varioua ru mors are rife to the effect that tn other Mohammedan countries there la a possibility of an uprising. John Dillon was not deterred from denouncing the government's policy In Egypt In unmeasured terms, the more conservative members standing aghast at the man ner In which he was flying In the face of fate. It is Impossible to say juat bow serious the situation Is, or bow strong la the possibility that there will be an uprising, but It la certain that It any such event were to occur It would be one of the bloodiest and most disas trous In the hiitory of modern times. The danger lies In the fact that these uprisings are fomented with all the alienee and secrecy which now prevail. Th* fact that nothing definite la known does not argue that there is nothing in the air. Such was the situation In 1822 when the pretty little island of Sclo was practically depopulated and laid waste by the fanat ical subjects of the sultan. This tight little Island was the personal property of the sultana. Its revenues were hers alone. Its Inhabitants were among the most happy, peaceful and contented In the Orient They Jiad literally taken no part In the war between Turkey and Greece. They wanted peace and nothing more. But on a sudden a Turkish fleet landed at the Island, the Moslem Inhabitants arose and literally scourged the Island as If another Atttla.had come to life. Twenty thousand women and children were put to the sword and ten thousand of the most beautiful of the women— the most perfect remnants ot the old Greek type—were sold .as slaves In the market places ot the east. The handsome college buildings and other Imposing struc tures were destroyed by fire and the Island of Bclo was made a wilderness and sown with salt. This was but ono ot the many instances In which Turkish, or Mohammedan, treachery has nursed its wrath and concealed Its Intentions until the fateful hour st rived, only to swoop down upon an unauspectlng people and wipe them from the earth. The Jehad la a religious war. It la the Call to arms iaiued by the Father of the Faithful, and it (a a point of religious doctrine that every believer shall join it Such an uprising of the hosts of Islam would be a calamity Indeed. But Islam Itself is divided in Us loyalty these days and there la a strong possibility that there will b* no Jehad. It la by no means Improbable, however, that there may be some minor uprising, In Egypt, for Instance, and that the warning Issued by Sir Edward Grey is entirely Umely and wise. THE CHILD LABOR BILL. The following paper wae reed by Mra. J. H. L. Oer- dlno, on th* subject of tho child labor bill, before the tenth annual convention ot King’s Daughters and Sona at Waycross tn May last: God baa given to woman the custody ot childhood, and for that mission has endowed her with patience, tenderness, intuition of lurking perils, and a courage to defend with her life If need be the security of that defenseless legacy. She not only socks the good of her own, but all children, therefore no ono ao fitting ly champions the rights of childhood ns woman. Tho King’s Daughters, organized to lmttlo for the right against the wrong, can In no better way honor Him and bring glory to Hla name than to oppose the em ployment of children of tender age in the mills of our state. The child labor question, like the cause of tem perance. ha* pasted the sentimental stage, accom plished Ita work of agitation, and now appeals to the reason, Judgment and common sense of the people. When that la fully accomplished. It will crystallize into law, for it la the only way to make effective all sentiment, reason and Judgment. We must not stop short of a compulsory educational bill, for all wrong calls for a remedy, and even parents sometimes will not be willing to surrender the small earnings of their children, when they have learned to depend on them.- Perhaps alt of you do not know that Georgia Is the only state In the Union that has not passed a child labor bill, and she now standi conspicuously, the only power In the civilised' world that grinds the life of its children Into dollars. Who Is to blame for this? Evidently the people who failed to elect the proper men to the senate, to carry the measure. The bill failed by six vote*. Let's find out the names of the twenty-three who voted against the bill and brand them aa traitors to a sacred trust, as men who have a price, ready to be bought by heartless corporations. It Is true that Northern capitalists are rushing to Georgia to build factories, so they can get rich divi dends from the cheap labor of Georgia'* helpless little children. Their own section It too civilised to use up th* minds and bodies ot Its future cltlsens. Look on this picture, then on that. In 1900 there were 200.000 negro children enrolled In school* In the state of Georgia, and not one to be found In the factories. They are growing up strong In body and mind, ting ing and playing on their way to achool, while thou sands of 11UI* white children droop and pin* In worse than prison cells, amid foul air and ceaseless toll, twelve hours a day; and in some Instances they work at night The North Is appropriating more money for the higher education of the negro than the en dowment* of all the Southern colleges put together, while tho Southern people are taxed for the free ed ucation of the negro children as well as the white, and we allow many of the white children to be dented »'jch privilege*. What a shame! God will punish such bllndne**. There never can be even an ap proach to social equality between tho races, yet edu cation counts In the race of life. In.the battles for re sponsible employment. • Tho other picture with the true light turned on Is this: Thero are 1,450.000 whlto'chlldren In tho United States employed In mills and mines who ought to be In school. I don’t know exactly what per cent are In tho South, and particularly In Georgia, but sta tistics show that four times as many children (ac cording to population) are employed In the South than In the North. They are Ignorant, dwarfed tn mind and body, furnishing recruit* for the great army of tramps, beggars and criminals- Oh the mute ap peals of these little tollers for strong friends to lib erate them and restore to them the right to play In fresh nir, and grow In mental vigor! They are sad- eyed, pale and stooped; they know not why. Their work Is constant repetition, and never stimulates a thought, so by the time they are grown, habit Is so • fixed they are Incapable of being trained In skilled labor, and "have the emptiness of ages In their faces." England with shame and regret acknowledges her wrongB to children, years ago, and Is now wrest ling with the problem of the unemployed who want work, but are Incompetent, and the tramp who will not work. She has tried to turn them Into Jier army and navy, but recent Investigations show that out of 1,000 men who were examined not 100 passed the physical examinations. They are the finished product of outraged childhood without sufficient In telligence to keep from the drink and cigarette habit. God did not make children capable of defending them* selves from oppression, because He trusted parents and Christian friends to do that. Have we been *rue to that trust? The cry comes ringing down the ages from an offended God, where fs thy brother? and the vaulted skleB reverberate with the selfish evasive query. Am I my brother's keeper? God's controversy with Cain did not end there, neither can It In this in stance. Today tbg voice of God Is heard In every en- Ilghted conscience—Thy brother's blood crleth unto me from the ground and If not heeded, punishment greater than can be borne will be the result. At the close of Mrs. Gerdlne's remarks a motion was passed directing the state secretary to appoint a com mittee to draft resolutions In favor of a bill and to see to it that the resolutions are read at the next meeting of the legislature. AS TQ IMPARTIALITY. To tho Editor of Tho Georgian: "Probably two-fifths of the rot# repre- •entod belonged to Mr. Howell. It wae •tated In Albany that Colonel Kstlll bed a atrong following In that sectloa of the state, and that at the last thta would ho turned toward Clark llowelt. • • • "The difference between the two candi dates was marked is they sat a few feet apart on tha platform. Ifoke Smith's glint frame filled fits chair aa be surveyed his audience. He seemed Intensely Interested In the crowd, snd every cheer from either fsctlun jroa traced to Its source by hla gb Ugh ly consplctione, end wooRThave been pick ed from tho pnrty around Mm aa a lead er. He wan entirely at his ease. almost roughly dressea, n»s- — — - .h-nced cniupnlgner. Howell, attired In well-cut garments, looked the as matt. A .. I nee. Nelth er bora a tract of the demagogue."—Ex cerpta from The Georgian's account of • debate between Hoke Smith I am a subscriber to The Georgian and strong admirer of lie editor, therefore, t Is with the friendliest spirit of hornl ess criticism that 1 present the above Ittte Incident to your notice. Occasion ly yon Indirectly compare the Impartial ndilng yf the present campaign news by The Georgian with that of the other At lanta papers. ltend the above clipping from your pa E ar on the Albany debate, and explain ow your reporter can say, In a black leadline, "Smith Supporters In the Major- ty," and that two-tlftha of the sudleace was for Howell, and that Eatlll had a strong following In that section. There fore, yonr readers would most retsonably suppose that Eatlll, J. Smith and Hits- sell had about one-fifth of the audience, which would leaTe Hoke Smith only twn- flfths—Jnst the same number your report- the debate equal. Thus your readers lose the moat substantial,and Interaatlng fea tures of the debate. While trying to be ‘Impartial." that re nter left the Impression that he wns la iring under a heavy atraln. But candor compels mo to admit that he did well under the circumstances. HUH, wo must continue to read the partisan accounts by The Jourunl and The Constitution and Draw our own conclusions on the result. Mr. Editor, 1 believe you under- we all know that both debates were prac tically the same. Impartiality does not mean a strong stand on ooe aide against the other; neither does It mean for any ono to strain nt gnats In order to maka both aides ap- 1 "pubm/ttcii with best wishes and tn good- humored criticism. _ , .i 8. F. STRICKLAND, Alpharetta, Ga., July IS, 1906. TAINTED MONEY AND JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER To tho Editor of The Georgian: Judgo l.lndsny, president of the National Juvenile Reform Association, baa recently refused the offer of 15,000,000 by John D. Rockefeller for the use of the association, on the ground of Ita being "tainted mou- ey." The liar. Dr. Gladden, of tha Pres byterian church north, obtained some no toriety of late by a similar refusal. The actions of these distinguished gentleinen have no justification, either In the realm of common sense, morals or good religion, I know of no system of casuistry, political economy or moral philosophy widen sepa rates money, per ae. Into tainted and purl money. When does money cease to be rnor-S ally tainted and becomt morally pure? Home day, tha riches of Mr. Rockefel ler will peas Into other hands. supposition that It Is now "tal It then cease to tie tainted? offered Heard on the Corner dishonest hands. God owns all _ and bad, though llo does not possess the latter, as well ae the gold mid- silver and I cattla on a thousand hills," and all ... made to subserve h.a i' millions In the hands of Mr. ‘ if lima, belong tr and la nothing < for'the’good oMnanklnd.^or'ia ft*to be ab liked to subserve only the growth and wretchedness of the Derive kingdom? To aak la to answer a question of such wick- ^The 1 rapnted answer of 8am Jones to a whisky dealer la pertinent. Jones had de nounced In his Incisive way the liquor traf- Be. A saloon man remarked that he waa confident Mr. Jones would receive money, gotton by the sale of liquor, and. that ha would prov# It. On nieetlug Mr. Jones, he -Bored him 96, saying he got It from the ale of whisky. Ham took It promptly, say- ing: "1 thank you. my friend; the devil has aaed thla money long enough, and I this saloon man. In lha kind- ... i of hla heart, entenit home of poevrty and anffertng. It la midwinter and a pour widow, with a half doaen children, are suffering from cold tad hunger, lie. In K nnlne aympathy. gives her JIM to relievo it suffering, Should this money he re futed beeanee It le “tainted money," and la thla kind art of the man to he discounted hecanae of Me business? Jnst aa IJtr from It aa the act la far from justifying hla traf fic. Either the baaevoleut act of thla man la an emanation from the devil qr from God. If from God, then there Is good In man. though fallen and wit of tha church. may l>e, which wo should honor, and -hlrh God does honor, and the good act makes the financial medium of Its render ing good. God taken even tha wrath of man and cauaea It to praise him. and why not His own money. In the hands of men. end, canoe It to praise him? JVe must learn to appreciate the Iron and good wherever found and however revealed, within and without the church, for In either caae It It an emanation alike from God. and to condemn the mean nnd low, within and without the churrb. for both alike are cmaaatlona from the devil. Let ua credit to Mr. Rockefeller a kind heart In the gift and offer of hla udllloue, or, rath er. God's, for the good of the world, and allow thla only way of making restitu tion for bla Ill-gotten gain. If atieb he true. If be had served the devil In gathering tie million* for tnitaanlty'e sake, lei Mui serve God In spending these millions. I*t ns. with George Eliot, "believe In the final good of aR things." While good morals nnd good religion never Justify wrongdoing In man. It la raws of gratification that a gnat amt good God can overrule It for blgheet good. Hurb la tbe fallacy of the view held by Judge Umtsay and the Iter. Mr. Gladdea that I .am constrained, re luctantly, to core-lode that It Is from Ihe absence at brand culture. a Pharisaical Judge Fred Foator, of Madison, waa In hla element tho other night. In ono corner of.the Kimball rotunda he had a crowd about him which listened with glee aa Judge Fred proceeded to devil the life out of a atrangar who had In advertently admitted that ha waa from Arkansas. The Judge called attention to the ell mate of Arkansas, the water, the alow trains, and the general cussedness of tbe state aa a whole. While admitting that there were little dabs of good land In Arkansas, he upheld the supremacy of Georgia against the world, the flesh ana the devil. Then somebody called on Judge Foster to tell his story about Buck Young's baptisin'. Tho Judge demurred at flrat. coy as a girl pianist at a musicals. But ne was persuaded. It would have done you good to hear Judge Foster tell that story. He de scribed localities as though they were at hla door. . He pictured tho Georgia creek* and the cool shady della. lie dropped Into tho soft drawl of the Cracker, Imitated the voices of the "brethren and slstren" at the baptizing. When ho had finished the crowd filled half the rotunds. "HJI1 McGill told me about It," said the judge. "I've been fishing with Bill a thousand times. He and Buck and* Jim Young used to do nothing but flnh and smoke. One day I missed Buck and Inquired about him. 'I have beared as how Buck done religion over at Piney Ford,’ sa|d McGill. ‘Leastways he got took In the church In the mawnln’ and put out In the evenin'. Hit 'pears Buck’s brand of religion wa’nt made to atan’ wsail in'. ‘Soma of them women come over from the big camp meetln' at Piney and they persuade Buck to Jlne' tbe church. Hit was Sunday mawnln' when they took him down to Tom WllUtfa boss branch to baptize him. '■ 'Jes' as the preacher waa about to put him under, some feller on the bank hollered out: “ • "Brothers, I object to takln' Buck Ynung lnt-i tliH churoh lessen he ewenr* he won't fleh no mo' on Sunday." ' ‘Buck heard him and pondered a minute or two. The water In Wlllltt's branch «a.« as clear a.- a gins* an' the maple leaves waa floatin' down as pur- tv a* V.'U ever sc-c. lilt inns' have strained llnck a little, but he 'lowed a* bow he’d gone this fur an'/ might an well play out the game. So he prom ised, and the preacher took him under the water. '“When the preacher come up, he come alone. Somebody begin* to hol ler that Buck was drowned. Jim Young was settln' on the bank whittlin’ stick. , "' "Buck ain't drowned,” he yells, lie kin swim like er otter. Jes' look at thepi blubbers." ‘■•Tha bubbles was a-rlsln' down the creek towards the mill dam. Every body was a-watchln'. Flint tiling j"-l know, out popped Buck, mud In his hair an' a ten-pound inud-cat wavin' In his hand. "I’ve got him, damn him, I’ve got him," sings Buck, an' that wa* the last chance of Buck Young's glttln’ in tho church/ " ETERNAL DAMNATION. BREATH FROM THE MOUNTAINS. On the crest of Ihe Bint Ridge Moun tains tbe scanary la so picturesque and tbe work of the Creator ao manifest, that wa are lost In admiration and feel onr Inability to describe tbe peace and tran quillity of tha aeane. One range rises on another until only a faint bine outline le dlecernlble In tbe dletince. We look down Into velleye cov ered by e denee growth of trees, over which thin vapor bangs suspended, covering tbe whole with a halo of glory! "Bo still and know thnt I am God!'’ We _ I tbe God of tbe Universe la tbe veet ttlllneee eromid ne. Here end there n great tree etsnde oat alone, overlooking Some precipice. It baa stood there through agee awaiting Its final decay, when It will form again a part of Mother Eartb. It wilt return "unto tbe duit" end new roe* will stretch forth their arms toward tbe enn, but tbe mountains will endure end generations will 'look unto the Mile from whence cometh their help!" Underfoot le i carpet of oak leaves browned nnd twisted. The denliene of the forest flee et >ur approach. A bell of soft ' reran far epyvara for e moment end le tain laurel and fern! nit now wo are winding down tha moun tain and have reached the valley. Here ■ the mill where the fresh smelling meal • ground, and the fields hold golden stalks of wheat! . Thera la a spring bubbling somewhere near and Ita watara are cold and clear aa crystal! A whole mountain side la fertile with corn, and In tha distance cow* are graalug In cool retreats, completing the scene for an artlat'a canvas! More blessed la ha who goeth forth with the breath of tbe mountalha In hie nostrils Quite recently there seems to be a revival of discussion of the doctrine of eternal damnation: It is attracting more than usual attention, and much Is being written both for snd against It. This question may never be settled to the entire pntisfm tlon of uny on< this side ot the grave, and It seems to me that whether there Is or le not an over- lasting hell 1* of little consequeaoo to any one who le honestly nnd earnestly seeking to make the best possible of till.* life, unlntlueneef] by the fear or dread of hell, exercising freely and fully all the powers and faculties with lthlch one la endowed. I nm not unmindful of the fart thnt mere opinion does not carry any weight of argument, but I am fully persuaded In my own mind, reasoning from the self-evident proposition that God can not be I*sa Just than man. that God cannot damn an honest man. On all matters of which absolute knowledge Is essential that knowledge has been given beyond question, und - other questions men may and trill dif fer, perhaps ae long ae men continue to think. In matters of which we know not poeltlrely, It seems to me thnt the surest nnd safest way of arriving at the truth Is through the appli- .ltlon of the principles that hold good In ma terial matters, to the spiritual or oc cult. For Instance, the penalty pre scribed by man for tho violation of any civil law depend* not merely on the fact that the law ha* been broken, but In proportion to the Injury that viola tion may work to the Individual affect ed, and to the community at large. I can conceive of no method of rea. sonlng by which man can arrive at the conclusion that he who lias kept all the' laws save one la to be dumped Into hell along with the great moss of those who have committed every crime In the whole decalogue; and yet, this Is ex. aclly what we are asked and expected to accept and believe. Destroy this Idea and you deetroy hell. Can any sano man offer a single sensible, logi cal reason why such a condition should exist’.' Why God created man without the man's consent and then placed around him such conditions anil en vironments us H-ould absolutely Insure hla eternal ruin? In all that I have read on this subject I have failed to find a single lota of argument based upon reason, justice and common sense In advocacy of eternal damnation for a single creature, the creation of the mind and power of a God of Infinite love, justice and mercy. If man Is not Immortal, then the Idea of eternal suffering la an utter Impos sibility. He must he Immortal if he Is tn suffer eternally, and If he Is Im mortal, then tell me, la not that Im mortality a very part of the great God that created him, endowed with every attribute of God hlmeelf, and this be ing true, does not this doctrine of eternal hell necossarlly Imply self destruction, self-punishment? But we are told that the Bible teaches eternal damnation. Not many days ago we wero treated to a long list of quota tion* from the Bible (through the col umns of The Atlanta Georgian. I be lieve It was), teaching In language that could not he misunderstood this horri ble doctrine. My answer to that Is thla (and no reasonable man who has read the Bible will deny It): By taking disconnected passages from th* Bible you may prove that God commanded, or countenanced, qvery crime known to man. This doctrine lia* done more to de moralise and degrade the human race than any other one thing that can.be mentioned. It had Its origin In the brain of the savage; It la the offspring of fear and superstition. It hai not a tingle elevating and ennobling princi ple In It, and as men are advancing, rlalng superior to Ignorance and su perstition, farther away from the bar barian, thla abominable doctrine la juat as rapidly losing Its hold upon their minds, their lives actuated by higher and holler and nobler motives than fear. This le not simply assertion, or the matter of opinion, but the state ment of facta that are amply borne out by history. J. E. LOVELESS. FULLY IN6URED. From The Argonaut. A Pike county girl married * guide, end th* dey after the wedding the guide took end ao on. Unfortunately, the young gold* wee bitten by a rattlesnake one morning, and a few days afterwards be died. The widow notified her family and friends of hli death In a note tbat said: "Bill pant away yletldy. Loss tally cot- erad by Insurance. Rockefeller. Are th* men of par* money coming up tad willing to do the good being done by some of the “tainted money" or Mr. Rockefeller? If the moral taint or purity of money la conditioned by the moral taint or parity of Its poaeeinor. 1 stupect antae very dirty "filthy lucre” mores complacently down th* aisle* of same of onr churches on Sun day, and may go to save the poor heathen or hrlp feed the preacher and family on Monday. How many of onr rharehes or preacher* refuse the gifts of onr rich and prominent brothers. Smith and Joaea, be cause It might Im "tainted money?” C. N. DONALDSON. THE CYNIC’S WORD BOOK. By AMBROSE BIERCE.' P ROVIDENTIAL, ndj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the parson ao describing It. PRUDE, n. A lady In biding behind the back of her demeanor. In PUSIf, n. One of the two things mainly eonducire to aueceaa. especially in politics. The other to pull. PTUIUTONIBVI, n. An ancient philoso phy. named for Ita Inventor. It conflat ed of an absolute disbelief In everything but Pyrrhonism. Its modern professors hare added that. QUEEN, n. A woman br whom the realm la ruled when there “ — whom it to ruled hot By Private LeaaAl Wire. New York, July 14.—President Room- veil ha* been handed s lemon. Archie did It, and It was all because the Row. velt family had a family picnic o. Friday, the 13th. After lunch the athletlo sport began, and the president was t|ie star per- former. A great game of “one old cat" had been-planned, but the sad die- covery was made that Archie had for- gotten the ball and bat. The president saved the day, emulating the flrat great act of George Washington and with a rusty hatchet fashioned s sapling Inte a bat. The lemonade paraphernalia was pilfered to provide a ball. The president won the toss and, gripping hi* home-made bat, stepped confidently to the plate. 9 Archie wo* In the box, but his con- trol wni poor. The first pitched ban went wild, striking tho batter behind the left ear. In the word* of Hermit, thereby "handing papa a lemon.” ’ John D. Rockefeller's mllllon-dnllay house Ip the Pocantiro Hills la being bullded with the comfort of Mra. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., particularly in view and that lady is deeply interested In the progress of the builders. Like her mother-in-law, young Mrs. Rockefeller Is fond of society, and It la altogether probable that when the new palace Is ready for occupancy It will be Ihe scene of many splendid social functions. "Great wealth la s breeder of Insan ity,” says Dr. Hill, who has charge of Insane asylums in Baltimore. 'The dis sipations which wealth afford are a more fruitful source of Insanity than worry, care, overwork and the varloui other channels through which the brsln receive* the hurt that results In mad ness." Dr. Graeme Hammond, of this city, the great alienist, says that this is not so. “If any one will simply glance over the names of the men who have made vast fortunes—the Vanderbilts, the As ters. th* men who control the Standard Oil and other big trusts—he will see that wealth is not by any means a breeder of Insanity,” he eays. "The principal cause for all forms ot Insanity, generally speaking, le defec tive hereditary. Luxury, which Is In cidental to wealth, nnd the dissipation which often goos with It, may Indeed undermine the health nnd cause neru- resthenia, but never Insanity." Hose Mnrston. artist’s model and ac tress. friend of Evelyn Neeblt Thaw, comes to the defense of New York'e artists. She says: It's n shame to declare that all of the artists' studios In thl* city are In- Iqultlous, for such Is not the esse. They hnve been condemned simply be cause one man, who was not an artist, and never had any real studio, but sim ply a lounging place, happened to uss this niece to hold hla midnight revels. ''I nave been an attendant at all of the principal studios In this city since I was n mere child of 11 years, and 1 have yet tn any that I bars baen Insult ed. The artists In this city are gentle men, the equal of which aro not to be found anywhere. There is never the suggestion of a scandal about them and a model dally attending thelf studios as I have will never hear a word out of the way. "To poBe In ono of the studios Is hard work. And while they might make your life pleasant by talking, It Is nil a matter of business with them. They have so many hours set apart for their work and they never break In on it except for a feiv moments' rest or to change the canvass. "All of the prominent artists who engage models arc most respectful In their attitude nnd. attentions to them, nnd for a model who is given to frivol ity a study 1* no place. She will not find It there." "Theodore Roosevelt McNeely, Nicho ls* Longworth McNeely and Austin McNeely are doing very nicely today, thank you, and so Is Sirs. Austin Mc- Neely, of No. 40 Downing *«reet, th* mother of theso Interesting triplets. Papa McNeely Is receiving the con gratulations of his friends and a con stant stream of visitors Is admiring th* sturdy qualities of the Infanta. Young Longworth may readily be distinguish ed from the president’s name-sake of reason of the fact that he wests s fee ribbon on his arm, whereas little Theo dor* R. wears a white one. GEORGIANS IN' GOTHAM. ■moon by whom the realm re Is a king, oud through by a man when there Is ,953% a. An Implement of torture fielded by a goose aqd commonly wielded V an an. This use of the qnlll is now obsolete, but the. wlel.ler of ‘it, modem equivalent, tha steel pen, la still aa ass. QLTVER. n. A portable sheath la which the ancient atateamaa and tha aboriginal lawyaf carried their lighter arguments. lie extracted frtfln hla qutrer. Did this controversial Roman An argament well fitted To the guest Jon at taluuittej. Then addressed It to the llrer Of the unreasonable fneman. -OGLUM P. BOOMP. QUIXOTIC, adj. Abtatdly rhlralrie. like Don Quixote. An Insight Into the lieantr and excellence of this Incomparable a/ Jectlve I. unhappily dealed to hTi who ha, tbe tnlBfortuao to know that tbe gentle men'* name I, pronounced Ke-ho-ty. Wben^jjjnoranc* from oat onr Urea can Monotony, 'Us foUy to know Spanish. LEAD GOTHAM. . ly Prlrato Leased Wire. New York, July 14.—Here are soms of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA-J. B. Fishier, G. h- Lewie, S. L. Morris, T. H. Bice, J- jc Riley, W. T. Downing, C. Moore, n- Wellbiuise. „ . - r SAVANNAH—Mis* L. Harris J. L .rjW n dYo J i,n M g?W*GUe» IN PARIS. Paris, July 14.—Robert Leary. 5 "' and Mr*. John F. Klaer andM”',!* Simmons, of Atlanta, registered at »• office of the European edition ot New York Herald today. THIS DATE IN HISTORY JULY 1*. ... Ke W r«"ra D 0f bo^%. d A. re » sdfe? o°/ 1812-Uttle Turtle, famoua chief of Indiana, died. 1417—Mine, lie Htael, femorn French wns died. Bore April it L6J -j m 185*—Crystal Palace. New York, openeo President Pierce. . „» ,gt General Pop* took command or 18*3—Gent 1884—Con^sderatM ""defeated at Mias. Tupelo 1870-Congress 1874-11. J. Jewett elected president or n lSS:-Jnhn*u'rt*ht resigned his posttio* “ th* English cabinet. . u i, 1M—llenry M. Htaaley, Mantnnha In Central Africa. 1834—Prince Adalbert, third «e * «■ ^•ralkVtSW^ “ u»-ia.y i j™ IVHJMm cult of SHC wtraew - — Norton 8. Townaond, < nnlrcrsltjr* dtod. . ^ lflM—KarrrnUer of Santiago by ** tSB-Celchrated Campanile, or bell 1*6®—<N4meo* m*t ^revoked '* , I!i* B dle<l « w ^&Ji, rn nrB^ r oc&W