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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. HATriWAY. JT'T.Y It The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. P. L. SEELT, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rites: One Year $4.50 Six Month# 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Ctrvler, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THF. GEORGIAN CO. it 25 VP. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Gi. zr Catered aa aerond-otaa* matter April S, IMS, at the Postodcs at Atlanta. G«.. under act of eoncreaa ot Marrb A 1Z7P. THE GEORGIAN COMES TO GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE Envy, to which th' Ignoble mind’s a slave la emulation In the learned or brave. —POPE. Saturday Evening. We have no Intention ot cloudjng the serenity of these week-end meditations by the InJecUon of poilUcal considerations, but the paasago by the bouse of repre sentatives of an excellent measure looking to the purity ot the ballot and the restraint ot 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 the preservation of our untrammeled franchise, but ire have to take the world as we find It, and where men will not conduct themselves —mg high and honorable llnei, they must, In the Interest o( the better element, be coerced Into such a course. When we look abroad atithe people who are strug gling under condlUona ot government so much less hap py than ours we wonder that any man can find It In bis heart to pervert the functions for which the fathers of the republic have fought and died. Tyranny haa not yet perished from the earth. It does not yet abide mere ly in the musty volumes ot theorists and 'doctrinaires. It is a living and aggressive fact There are gov ernments all over the old world In which the divine right of kings and autocrats la vigorously and even bru tally maintained. A conspicuous example ever ready to mind la the Russian empire, but It la by no meana the only one. Injustice and opprssalon under tjie forms ot law, or at least of government, still Ml the world with blood and tears. The contemplation of theae conditions should Inspire us with a higher appreciation of the blessings we enjoy In having at our disposal at least the machinery by which every man may exercise his right aa a sovereign In bis own name and person. If laws are unjuat or those who administer them are dishonest, the means by which they may t)e set aside or modified are In our own ^ands And yet how few of us there are who give any thought to the great queatlons Involved In the duties of citizenship. We fritter away our energies In the dis cussion ot the passions and prejudices which revolve around rival candidates and nro led away from the con templation ot great underlying principles. We are con tent that others should do our thinking for us, accept ing their Ipae dixit with a sublime and chlld-llko faith. Blackstone said that "A competent knowledge ot the law was the proper ornament of a gentleman." There was a time In the history ot England when this was practically recognised, and every man who undertook to plead hla own case need not have been regarded as having a fool for a client. But this Is changed over there, whllo in America there have .been few Instances where men bavo taken a course In law merely aa an accom plishment. Nor do they pgy 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 spending their lives In fruitless efforts to secure this priceless privilege. Only a small percentago of our citizens apparently realize the Impor tance of keeping Informed on the great queatlons which ariso and then casting their ballots In accordance with their conviction*. They shrink from the toll and the tur moil of elections and leave these question* to the pro fessional politicians. The warning ta often given, but It cannot be too often repeated that the highest citizenship calls for the par ticipation of high and low, of the men ot all conditions tn Ufe, tn political contests and discussions and the conse quent exercise of the franchise by those who are best Qualified to express an opinion on any given matter. It this were true, and the bleaalnga of the ballot were more deeply recognised, there would be smalt need tor coercive measure to preserve the purity of the ballot. i " Hummel’s Disbarment. The well knowo New York lawyer, Abraham H. Hummel, has been suspended from further practice at the bar by a decision ot the appellate division ot the su preme court, pending the final determination ot an ap peal taken in hla case to the court of appeals. Hummel’s case dates back to January 17, IMS, when he was first Indicted tn connection with the Dodge-Morse divorce case for conspiracy and subornation ot perjury. The charges against Hummel were baaed on an af fidavit made by Dodge In October. ISOS, In which' he swore be had never been served with a summon* 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 his counsel. Delancey Ktcoll, and a long wrangle subse quently took place In tbe courts. In which the trial was delayed. During the legal proceedings District Attorney Jerome, on May 19. 1905, caused accusations to be filed against Mr. Hummel In the bar association. New con spiracy charge* and Indictments were found against Mr. Hummel by the grand Jury on June 26, 1905, and a mo tion for a change of venue made by the accused lawyer was denied. Mr. Hummel’s trial began on December 15, and last ed five days, when he was found guilty ot conspiracy and sentenced to th* penalty of one year In prison and a $500 fine. Ha was locked up tn the Tombs for five hours afterward, bnt finally secured release on $10,000 ball. Hla release on ball was granted because ot an application for a certificate of reasonable doubt which he made be fore tbe appellate division of the supreme court. On December 27, 1905, Hummel was arrbsted again In a teat case in reference to th* conspiracy charges. This Is now also pending. We have no desire to anticipate the final Judgment of this court, but if rite charges made against Hummel are sustained he should not only be disbarred, bnt fur ther and more vigorous punishment should be meted out to him. There Is no nobler and worthier profession In all our complex life than that of the law. It Is the science by which life, liberty and tbe pursuit of happiness are protected and Insured- It has engaged tbe talent and skill of some of the ablest and loftiest character* In all time, from Joseph of Aramathea to our own good 4»y. The standard of ethics which prevails for .the mostjpart the profession reflects the highest honor and credit on the mambers of the bar, and It will be found that no one It more anxloua to protect this standard everywhere and at all times than these worthy members. When a man Is conspicuous for his ability he I* all the more called upon to maintain tbe very highest de gree of professional ethics. The laxity of divorce proceeding* has become pro verbial. It has been the subject of the gravest deliber ations by student* of our social conditions for many years. It I* a difficult matter, however, to find any rem edy unless the members of the bar will themselves lend their Influence to the effort. In this Instance there seems to be a well determined effort to ascertain tbe truth and if the great divorce law yer of New York hat been guilty of unprofessional con duct, to punlah him to the limit of the law. A year and a half has elapsed since the first .proceedings were tak en, and there seem* to have been no very good reason for tbe delay, but the colls are gradually tightening and tbe final Issue will soon be decided. We feel safe tn assuming that John D. Rockefeller will come out even oh hla book, though ha should have to publish It at bis own txpense. Is a “Holy War” Threatened ? The English secretary of state for foreign affairs, Sir Edward Orey, made the civilized world alt up and take notice a few days ago when he warned tbe bouse of commons thst Egypt was on the verge of a Mohammedan uprising and that there were signs of a Jehad, or reli gious war, on the part of the Mohammedans of the world. He was very solemn in bis warning to the opposi tion In parliament that unless 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 la Egypt In punishment for the murder of five English men. Since thst time there has been restlessness on the part ot the native population In Egypt, and various ru mors are rife to the effect that In other Mohammedan countries there Is 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 just how serious the situation Is, or how strong Is the possibility that there will be an uprising, but it is certain that If any such event were to occur It would be one of the bloodiest and most disas trous in tbs history ot modern times. Tbe danger lies In the fact that these uprisings are fomented with all the silence and secrecy which now prevail. Ths fact that nothing definite Is known does not argue that there*Is nothing In the air. Such was the situation In 1822 when the pretty ltttlejsland of Sdo was practically depopulated and laid waste* by the fanat ical subjects of the sultan- This tight little Island was the personal property ot the sultana. Its revenues were hers alone. Its Inhabitants weje among the most happy, peaceful and contented In the Orient They had 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 anothor Atttla bad comb 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 of 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 ths Island ot Sdo was made a wilderness and sown with salt This was but one of the thany Instances In which Turkish, or Mohammedan, treachery has nursed Its wrath and concealed Its intentions until the fateful hour ar rived, only to swoop down uppn an unsuspecting people and wipe them from the earth. The Jehad le a religious war. It Is the call to arms Issued by the Father of the Faithful, and It Is a point ot religious doctrine that every believer shall Join It 8uch an uprising of the hosts' ot Islam would be a calamity Indeed. But Islam Itself Is divided tn Us loyalty these days and there Is a strong possibility that there will be no Jehad. It Is by no means Improbable, however, that there may be some minor upriztng, in Egypt, for Instance, and that the warning issued-by Sir Edward Grfey Is entirely timely and wise. THE CHILD LABOR BILL. The following paper was read by Mrs. J. H. L. Oer- dtne. on the aubject of the child labor bill, before tho tenth annual convention ot King’s Daughters and Soni at Waycross In May last: God haa given to woman the custody of childhood, and for that mission has endowed her with patience, tenderness, IntnlUon of lurking peril*, and a courage to defend with her life If need be the security of that defenseless legacy. Sh* not only teeka tho good ot her own, but all children, therefore no one so fitting ly champions the rights of childhood as woman. Tbe King s Daughters, organized to battle tor the right against the wrong, can In no better way honor Him and bring glory to HIs name than to oppose the em ployment of children of tender age In the mills ot our state. The child labor queaUon, like the cause of tem perance. haa passed the sentimental stage, accom plished lta work of agitation, and now appeal! to the reason, Judgment and common sense ot the people. When that Is fully accomplished. It will crystallize Into law, for It Is the only way to make effecUve 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 earning* ot thalr children, when they have learnod to depend on them. Perhapa all of yon do not know that Georgia Is tbe only state In the Union that has not passed a child labor bill, and she now stands conspicuously, the only power In the civilized world that grinds the Ufe of Us children Into dollars. Who Is to blame tor this? Evidently the people who felled to elect the proper men to tbe senate, to carry the measure. Ths bill failed by six votes. Let’s find out the names of the twenty-three who voted against the bill and brand them a* 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, to they can get rich divi dends from tbe cheap labor of Georgia’s helpless llttla children. Their own section Is too civilised to use up the minds and bodies of Its future citizens. Look on this picture, then on that In 1900 than were 200,000 negro Children enrolled In schools in the stats of Georgia, and not one to ba found In the factories. They are stowing np strong In body and mind, sing ing and playing on their way to school, while thou sands ot little whUe children droop and pine In worse than prison cell*, amid foul air and ctaaeles* 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 dowments 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 denied such privileges. Whnt a shame! God will punish such blindness There never can be even an ap proach to social equality between the 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: There are 1,150,000 white children 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 the 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 In mind and body, furnishing recruits for the great army of tramps, beggars and criminals- Oh the mute ap peals of these little toilers for strong friends to lib erate them and restore to them the right to play In fresh air, and grow In mental vigor! They are sad- e.ved. pale and stooped: they know not why. Their work ia constant repetition, and never stimulates a thought, so by tbe time they are grown, habit 1b so fixed they are incapable of being trained in skilled AS TO DIPARTIALITY. To tbo fall tor of Tbe Georgian: "Probablj tiro-fifth* of tbe rote repre sented l/ulonjj**«i to Mr. Howell. It wee eUted In Albany that Colonel Ketfll hed a* etrouff following in.thet eectlon of the etete, au«l thet et the leet thle would be turned toward- Clark “ ----- ‘^Tlie difference bet -have emptiness of ages In their labor, faces." England with shame and regret acknowledges her wrongs to children, years ago, and Is now wrest ling with the problem of the unemployed who want work, bur are incompetent, and tho tramp who will not work. She has -tried to turn them Into her 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 Is thy brother? and the vaulted skies reverberate with the selfish evasive query. Am I my brother’s keeper? God’s controversy with Cain did not end there, neither can it la thia in stance. Today the voice of God Is heard in every en- lighted 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 th- 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 thef next meeting of the legislature. Heard on the Corner dates was marked aa they sat a few feel apart on tb« platform. Iloke Smith's flam frame mini hla chair aa be surveyed bli audience. He seemed Intensely Interested In tbe cr— 3 - n the crowd, and erery cheer from, either faction was traced to Itt source by hla sweeping glance. “Clark Howell, though lighter and small- though lighter and smal , v— H— bis opponent, nr ly. conspicuous, and would have lx ound him ap at hla ease. ed the experienced* campaigner* Ilowefi. attired In well-cut garments, looked the type of ft down-to-date huslncaa man. / study of either inspired confidence. Keith er bore ft trace of thejlemagofue^’—Ex - nnd Clark I am a subscriber to Tbe Georgian and n strong admirer of Its editor, therefore, It la with the friendliest spirit of harm Jess criticism that 1 present tbe above little fiiddent to your notice. Occasion ally vou Indirectly compare the Impartial handling of tbe present campaign news by The Georgian with that of the other At- Head the cr,; above clipping from roar on th, Albany "debate, and" explain , about one-fifth of th, audience, which would leave Iloke Smith only two- fiftba-Juat the Mine number yoar report- another point that made tho remit . tho debate equal. Thu* your readere loo# the moet uubetentlel end Interoetliif fea ture* of tbe debate. While tryln* to lie "impartial," that re- K rter left the lmpre*«lon that he w«e l«- rln* under a heavy strain. But candor eon,pel* mo to admit that ha did well under the clrcnmeltnee*. Still, wa mnet continue to read the pertfean accounts b< The Journal and Tbt t.'oustttuUnn am draw onr own conclualona on tha remit, lint, Nr. Editor, I helleva you under K ind the meaning of the word ''Impartial" tier than your reporter. For Inatanco, compere your report of the Atlanta de bate with thl* Albany report. And yet, we all know that both debates were prac tically tha soma. Impartiality doea not mean t itron* stand oil ons aid* t**lnat the other; neither does It mean for any one to (train at *nate In order to make both eldea ap- ■nbalttad with beat wishes and In rood- humored criticism. S. P. STRICKLAND, Alpharetta, Ga., July 1Z, 1MK. TAINTED MONEY AND JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER To the Editor of Tha Qeorzlan: !,Indoor, president of t Reform Aeaoelstlon, haa recantl the offer of 15,000,000 by John l Rockefeller for th* oe* ot the aaeoclatlnn, on tho ground of lta being "tainted mon ey." Th* Rev. Dr. (Hadden, of th* Free- byterlan church north, obtained eome no toriety of late by a similar rafnml. Th* action* of these distinguished gentlemen have no Justification, either In the realm of common sense, morals or good religion. U now of no system of casuistry, political nomy or moral philosophy which sepa rates money, per se, Into tainted and pur* money. When does money ceaes to be mor ally tainted and become morally pure? tom* day. the rlcht-a of Mr. Rocksrel- #r will p*M Into othor hands. Upon the auppoaltlou that It Is now "tainted, will It then cease to be tainted? To reject money offered for worthy ends on the around that It has been obtained by wrong methods would ba to follow erory Uob it r through Itt history of circulation, to determine If It hie ever been owned by dishonest bands. Uod owps all men, goad and had, though lie does not possets the letter, as well «■ th* gold and stiver and "th* cattle on a thousand Milo." and nil era mad* to eubeerr# b t glory. Do th# million, in th# hand* of Mr TUcksfel cr for a brief time, belong to God or Ur. Rocke feller. and I* nothing of thl* mighty lev** of power to he need by It* rani owner for th* good of mankind, or le It to be al lowed to snbaerv* only tho growth nnd wretebadnaas of th* DavIt’s kingdom? To aik la to answer a question of such wick- e *The'reputed aaiwai of Ram Jones to a hlsky dealer It partlneut. Jones had tie- ooncod In hla IneMvt way th* liquor traf- _e. A saloon mas remarked that hr was enuddeut Mr. Jones woald raeelvs money, gotten by th* Ml* of liquor, sod thst he would prove It, On meeting Mr. Jones, h* offered him V. raying be got It from th# Ml* of whisky. Ham took it promptly, say- ug: ”1 thank you, my fri/nd; Ike devil has used this money long enough, and I will now put It to s better oae." Suppose thl* mIoob man, In the kind est Impulse of kl* heart. entere * home of poverty and-auffertng. It le midwinter and poor widow, with a half doxen children, a suffering from cold end hunger. He. tn nuts* sympathy, fire* her ZlW to relieve -at suffering. Bbould this mouejr be re- fused herause It Is “tainted Moosy." and Is this kind act of the man to be discounted because of hls business? Jnst as far from It a* tbe act la fsr from Justifying hls traf- Bc. Either the benevolent act of this man Is an emanation from tho devil or from God. If from (iod, then there le good In man. though fallen and out of the church, may be. which we should honor, — ug good. Uod takes even th* wrath of nun and cause* It to praise him. and why not Ills own money. In the hands of men, and ranee It to pralee him? We must learn to appreciate the true and good wherever found and however revealed, w thin and without the church, for In cither rase It Is an emanation sllke Dorn God. nnd to condemn the mean and low. within snd wlthont th* church. for both alike are emanations from th* devil. let credit to Mr. Rockefeller a kind heart In le gift sud offer of hls millions, or. rath- ■. Hod’s, for the good of the world, and this only way of making restttu- r hls Ill-gotten gain. If such he true. .. _ had served the devil lu gathering hla million* for humanity’* **ke, let him serve Uod In spending these million*. Lot os, with George Eliot, "believe In the final good of all things." Whim good morals and good religion never Justify wrongdoing In nun. It Is canoe of gratification that great and good God ran overrule It for highest good. Hnch Is the fallacy of tbe view held by Judge UudMy and the Rev. Mr. Gladden that I am constrained, re luctantly, to ronelnde that It Is from tbe - broad enltnre. a phs rasa leal Judge Fred Foetor, of Madison, was In hls element the other night. In one corner of the Kimball rotunda he had a crowd about him which listened with glee aa Judge Fred proceeded to devil th« life out of a stranger who had In advertantly .admitted that ha was from Arkahsai. The Judge callod attention to the ell mate of Arkansas, the water, tha slow trains, and the general cussednesa of th* state as a whole. While admitting that there ware little dabs of good land In Arkansas, he upheld the supremacy of Georgia against the world, tho flesh and the devil. Then somebody called on Judge Foster to tail hls bunt shout Buck Young's baptizin'. The Judge demurred at first, coy as a girl pianist at a musical*. But he w** persuaded. It would have dona you good to hear Judge Foster tell that story. He de scribed localities a* though they were at hls door. He pictured the Georgia creeks and the cool shady dolls. He dropped Into the soft drawl of the Cracker, Imitated the voice* of the "brethren and alstren” at tbe baptizing. When he had finished th* crowd filled half the rotunda. “Bill McGill told me about It,” said the Judge. “I’ve been flshlnr with Bill a thousand time*. Ha and Buck and Jim Young used to do nothing but fish and smoke. One day I missed Buck and Inquired about him. "1 have beared aa how Buck done ot religion over at Plney Ford,’ 'III 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 mad* to stan’ wattl in'. 'Some of them women com* over from the big cemp meetln' at Plney and they persuade Buck to Jlne tbe church. Hit warn Sunday mawnln' when they took him down to Tom WllUtt’a hose branch to baptize him. •”Je*' as the preacher wa* about to put him under, some feller on the bank hollered out: ” • "Brother*, I object to takln’ Buck Young Into the church lessen he swears he won’t fish no mo’ on Sunday." " Buck heard him and pondered minute or two. The water In WHIItt'a branch was as clear as a glass an’ the maple leaves was floatin' down as pur- ty as you ever see. Hit mus' have strained Buck a little, but he lowed as ho*- he’d gone this fur an' might aa well play out the game. So he prom ised, and the preacher took him under the water. "’When the preacher come up, he come akme. Somebody begin* to hol ler thet Buck wea drowned. Jim Young was eettln’ on the bank whittlin’ •tick. "‘"Buck ain't drowned.” ha yells, 'he kin ewlm like er otter. Jes’ look at them blubbera." ‘The bubbles was o-rtsln’ down the creek towards tho mill dam. Every body was a-watchtn’. Fust thing you know, out popped Buck, mud In hls hair an’ a ten-pound mud-cat wavin’ In hls hand. Tve got him, damn him, I've got him,” slnga Buck, an' that was the last chance of Buck Young’s glttln’ In the church.’" BREATH FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Oh tbe crest of the Bine Rlilge Moun tains the scenery le so picturesque snd tbe work of the CrestOr no manifest. that w* are lost In admiration end feel our Inability to describe the peace and tran qullllty of the scene. One ranz* rises on another nnllt only * faint bine outline It discernible tn the distance. We look down Into valleys cov. ered by a dense growth of trees, ov«r which thin vapor bangs suspended, covering the whole with a halo of glory! ”Be still and know tknt I am God!” W* feel the Uod of the Vnlverae In tbe vast stillness around u*. Here and there ; tree standa oat alone, or*riookl-_ precipice. It has stood there through age* awaiting lta final decay, when It will form again a part of Mother Earth, t will return "unto the dust" nnd new I will stretch forth their arm# toward snn, but the mountains WIU endnr* and generations will- "look nnto the bills from whence cotneth their help!" Underfoot le a carpet of oak leaves ...'owned and twisted. The denlsene of the forest Dee at our approach. A ball of soft brown fur appears for a moment and la “one. A bob white whistles to Its mat*. . atnre'a conservatory Is rich with moon tain laurel, nnd fern! »Ul now we are winding down the moun tain and hav* reached the valley. Here le the mill where th* .fresh smelling meal le grennd, and tbe fielda hold golden atnlke of wheat! There Is n spring bubbling somewhere near and lit waters are cola anil clear aa crystal! A whole mountain eld* la fertile with >rn, and In tha. distance cows are grating l cool retreat*, completing the seen* for an artist's .canvas: More blessed la h* who goeth forth with the breath of the mountains In hls uoatrils FULLY INSURED. Prom The Argonaut. A like county girl married a guide, and the day after the wedding the irulde took out n life policy for Zl.Son. Then, with hls wife, he started for Porter* lake with rty of sportsmen “ —* with dishes, the and to on. Vnfortnnati waa bitten by n rattlesnake one morning, and g few days afterwards he died. The widow notified her family nnd friend* of hls death In n note that Mid: "Rill pant away ylatldy. Loo* fully cor. end by Insurance. Rockefeller. Are the men of pare money coming np and willing to do the good being done by acme ot the "tainted money” ot Mr. Rockefeller? If the moral taint or purity of money I* conditioned by the moral taint or parity of lta possessor, f suspect some vary dirty “filthy lucre" moves complacently down the aisles of some of oar churches on Sun day, aad may so to save the poor heathen or help fee,! the prearher and family on Monday. How many of onr chorehee or preachers refuse the gift* of oar rich and prominent brother*. Smith snd Joe*#, be en.* I, might be ETERNAL DAMNATION. Quit* recently there seems to be revival of discussion of the doctrine of eternal damnation; It is attracting more than usual attention, and much Is being written both for and against It. This question may never be settled to the entire satisfaction of any one this side of the grave, nnd It seems to me that whether there Is or Is not an over- lasting hell Is of little consequence to any one who Is honestly nnd earnestly seeking to make the best posnlble of this life, uninfluenced by the fear or dread of hell, exercising freely and fully all the powers and faculties with which one Is endowed. I am not unmindful of the fact that mere opinion docs net 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 lesB Just than man. that God cannot damn an honest man. On all matters .if » hleh absolute knowledge Is essential that knowledge has been given beyond question, and on *1 other question* men may and will dlf far, perhaps as long as men ct to think. In matters of which w not positively. It seems to me that the surest and safest way of arriving at the truth Is through the application of the principles that hold good In ml terial matters, to the spiritual or oc cult. For Instance, the penalty pre scribed by man for the violation of any civil law depend* not merely on the fact that the law has been broken, but In proportion to the Injury- that viola tlon may work to the Individual affect ed, and to the community at large. I can conceive of no method of rea soning by which man can arrive at the conclusion that he who has kspt all the laws save one Is to be dumped Into hell along with the great mass of those who have committed every crime In the whole decalogue; and yet, this Is ex actly what we are asked and expected to accept and believe. Destroy this Idea and you destroy hell. Can any sane 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 condition* aad en vironments as would absolutely Insure hi* eternal ruin? In all that I bay* read on thl* aubject I have failed to find a single Iota 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 la not Immortal, then the Idea of eternal suffering Is nn utter Impos sibility. He must be Immortal If he Is to suffer eternally, and If he Is lm- mortal, then ttfi me, la not that lm. mortality a very part of the great God that created him, endowed with every attribute Of God himself, and this be ing true, does not this doctrine of eternal hell necessarily Imply sstf- destructlon, self-punishment? But we are toll? that the Bible teaches eternal damnation. Not many days ago we were treated to a long list ot quota tions from the Bible (through the col. umns of The Atlanta Georgian, I tra iler* It waa), teaching In language that could not be misunderstood this horri ble doctrine. My answer to that Is this (and no,reasonable man who ha* read the Bible will deny It): By taking dliconnected passages from th* Bible you may prove that God commanded, or countenanced, every crime known to man. ' This doctrine has done more to d*. moralize and degrade the human race than any other one thing that can be mentioned. It had It* origin In the brain of the savage; It 1* the offspring ot fear and superstition. It has not a ■Ingle elevating and ennobling prtncl pie in It, and as men are advancing, rising superior to Ignorance and su- raratltion, farther away from the bar- tartan, thl* abominable doctrine I* Just as rapidly losing Its hold upon their minds, their live* actuated by higher and holler and nobler motive* than fear. Thl*' I* not simply assertion, or tb* matter of .opinion, but the state ment of facta that are amply borne out by history. J. E. LOVELESS. THE CYNIC’S WORD BOOK. By AMBROSE BIERCE. P ROVIDENTIAL, sdj. Unexpectedly snd conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing It. PRUDE, n. A lady In biding behind the back of her demeauor. The negligible factor leg! PUBLISH, v. In literary affairs, to )>*. come the fundamental element In * con* ot critics. PUSH, n. On* of th* two thing* mainly rondnclve to auccem, especially In politics. Tbe other la pall. PYRRHONISM, n. An indent philoso phy. aimed for its Inventor. It consist. ed ot an absolute dlabellef la everything bnt Pyrrhonism. lta modern professors have added that. ‘ QUEEN, n. A woman by whom tbe realm Is ruled when there Is a king, and through whom It Is rated'by * man when there*a ridded by * goose and commonly wielded by »n ■«* Thl* nae of the quill le now obsolete. bnt the wlelder of It* modern equivalent, the steel pen. Is still an sea. the ancient ilnteeniaa and th#~*lwWnai lawyer carried their lighter arguments. le extracted from hla qnlvrr. Did this controversial Roman, An argument well fitted To the' question as submitted. Then adilresaed It to the liter Of the onreaeonsble foetnan. —OGLUM P. BOOUP. QUIXOTIC, adj. Aboard hr ehlvslrir. Ilka Don Qnlxote. An Insight Into tb* beaatr and excellence of this Incomparable *,(. Jectlve l* unhappily denied to him who has the misfortune ta know that the gentle, mth's name Is pronounced Ke ho ty. By Private I.cise.1 Wire. New York. July 14.—President Room- velt has been handed a lemon. Archie did It. and It was all because th* Rooae. velt family had a family picnic - on Friday, the lZth. After lunch the athletio sport began, and the president was the star p« r . former. A great game of "one old cat -- had been planned, but the sad dis covery was made that Archls had for gotten the ball and bat. The president saved the day, emulating the flret great act of Georxe Washington and with a rusty hatchet fashioned a sapling into bat. The lemonade paraphernalia was pilfered to provide a bail. Th* president won tho toss nnd, gripping hls home-made bat, stepped confidently to the plpte. Arrhie was In the box, but hls con trol was poor. The first pitched ball went wild, striking the batter behind the left ear. In the words of Kertmt, thereby "handing papa a lemon. - ' John D. Rockefellers mllllon-dotlar house In the Pocantlco Hills la being bullded with the comfort of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., particularly In view nnd that lady Is deeply Interested In the progress of the builders. Like her mother-in-law, young Mr*. Rockefeller Is fond of society, and It Is altogether probable that when the new palace la ready for occupancy It will be the scent of many splendid social functions. 'Great wealth Is n breeder of Insan ity,” aays Dr. Hill, who has charge of Insane asylums in Baltimore. "The dis sipations which wealth afford are * more fruitful soifcce of Insanity than worry, care, overwork and the various other channels through which the brain receive* the hurt that results In mad- nes*." Dr. Graeme Hamtpond, of thli city, the great alienist, says that this la not to. "If any one wilt simply glance over the names of the men who have mads vast fortunes—the Vanderbilt*, the As ton, the men who control the Standard Oil and other big trust*—he will se* that wealth Is not by -any means a breeder of Insanity,” he says. "The principal cause for all forms of Insanity, generally speaking, is defec tive hereditary. Luxary, which Is In cidental to wealth, and the dissipation which often goes with It, may indeed undermine the health and cause ncru- resthenla, but never Insanity.” Rose Marsten, artist'* model and ac tress, friend of Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, comes to the defense of New York's artists. She says: It's a shame to declare that all of the artist*’ studios In this city are In- Iquttlous, for such Is not the esse. They have 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 us* this place to hold hi* midnight revel*. "I have been an attendant at all of the principal studios In this city since I was a mere child of 11 years, and I have yet to say that I have been Ineult- ed. The artists In this city are gentle men, the equal of which are not to b* found anywhere- There I* never the suggestion of a scandal about them and a model dally attending their studios as I have will never hear a word out of. the way. "To -pose In one ot the studios I* hard work. And while they might make your life pleasant by talking, It la all 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 few moments’ reat or to change the canvass. "All of the prominent artists who engage models are most respectful In their attitude and attentions to them, and for a model who Is given to frivol ity a study Is no place. She will not find It there." Theodore Roosevelt McNeely, Nicho las Longworth McNeely and Austin McNeely are doing very nicely today, thank you, and so Is Mrs. Austin Mc Neely, of No. 40 Downing street, th* mother of these Interesting triplets. Papa McNeely Is receiving the con gratulations of hls friend* and a con stant stream of visitors Is admiring tn* sturdy qualities of the Infants. Young Longworth may readily be distinguish ed from the president's name-sake by reason of the fact that he wean a red ribbon on hls arm, where** little Theo dore R. wear* a whlta one. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. LEAD GOTHAM. . By Private Lcaied Wire. New York, July 14.—Here are *om* of the vtaltor* In New York today: ATLANTA—J. R. Flakier, O. N. Lbwls, S. L. Morris, T. H. Rice, J. L Riley, W. T. Downing, C. Moore, H. Wellhouse. . . i SAVANNAH—Mias L. Harris, J.* Harrington. J. J. McDonough. R. Palm er, Jr., L. O. Young, C. M. Gabbett and Wlf *' IN PARIS. Paris, July 14.—Robert Leary. Mr- and Mrs. John F. Kiser and Mra. R- Simmons, of Atlanta, registered at tn* office of the European edition of tb* New York Herald today. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. JULY 14- , ««ss£SBSr^srS Little Turtle, fatuous chief ot 1117—Mwe."rie*BtaeLfamotia French died. Bora April ZZ, IT** br lSM-Cryatal l’elare”New York, open*,! President Pl#rc*. _ . nf .he UIZ—General. Pop*, took command ct defeated at Topele. SSrwrin&EtsS Z ^asA.awvg-s Eri . 1Z74-H. J. Jewett elected president or fcn IS®—John*Bright resigned hi* po*h>»» '* lfSZ-ilrair nf M. SaaKf dlseorar* 4 uk * Hantunba In Outrnl Africa- ,, m . U*4—I’rtnce Adalbert, third »on J lf»l-Grerai ft!uri* ln Traln rempl» ,Hj fU ‘ university, died. . . n ,. ner *I -Surrender of Santiago by lZflfi—Uel.’.'bra ted Campanile, or bell towe*. 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