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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN- MONDAY. JULY ». HO*. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. • U I Connections. r ~~ — Subscription Rstes: One Yeir $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Csrrier, per week 10c Published Every Aflernoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta? Ga. 1 J Entered as •econd-cItM matter April S, ISOS, at tha Poatofflca at Atlanta. Ga*. under act of coniroaa of March 1 1179. II THE GEORGIAN COMES TO || GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE % A man may well bring a horse to the water. But he cannot make him drink without he will. —Heywood. Russia and the Holy Alliance. The great world drama which la being enacted upon the Rusalan stage has assumed a more critical aspect within the past few hours than at any time since the assembling of the representative douma. It Is given out that the czar has finally yielded to the persuasion of the reactionaries and has signed the decree dissolving the chamber. This means, of course, that the hope of a peaceful settlement of the great ques tions at Issue Is no longer possible and the reign of ter ror may be expected to begin at any time. The most startling of the new developments la the announcement that Germany and Austria have reached an agreement to Intervene In behalf of Russia In the event of a-great uprising of the people. It Is announced that they will occupy Poland and the Baltic provinces with the end In view of restoring order. This would be In effect a revival of that Infamous Instrument known as the Holy Alliance. It will be recalled that this hypocritical league and covenant for the support of absolutism In Europe was proposed by the Russian Emperor Alexander I, Imme diately after the fall of Napoleon. Alexander was at that time under the mystical Influence of tho notorious Madame Krudener, who attempted to atone for a hey day of shame by a middle age of pretended piety, and sug gested to the Infatuated czar a coalition of the Christian powers for mutual protection and the support theoretical ly of “Justice, Christian charity and peace." The rulers who signed It laughed in their sleeves at the fraud they were practicing on mankind In veiling so cunningly their common design to overthrow repre sentative government wherever It should show Its head, but Prince Metternlch found It useful In support of abso lutism, and he did not hesitate to avail himself of It. It was the effort to extend Its operation to the west ern hemisphere and relmpose upon the revolted states of South America tho yoke of Bpaln, which gave rise to the first specific enunciation of the Monroe doctrine, In 1833. President Monroe announced In his message of that year that we "could not view with complacency" this effort to extend European control to the countries of this hemisphere and thus was born the policy which has ever since borne bis name. But Its operation In Europe, so long as It lasted, was sutflctently dlastrous. There was little in the Holy Al- lanco to Justify Its name, and everything to confirm the fact that it was Instituted to put down representative government However thinly disguised, such Is In fact the purpose of the present agreement among the sovereigns of the same three countries which formulated It 90 years ago. It Is Intended to uphold the divine right of the autocrat of all the Russlas. But the world has progressed a long way since 1815. The spirit of democratic republicanism has been growing and expanding every year, and tho people of Russia are themselves fully awake to the perils of the hour. The douma may be dissolved, at the point of the bayonet, as now seems probablo from the concentra tion of troops In the capital, but the loyalty of the army Is gravely doubted, while the determination of the revo lutionists Is beyond all speculation. We are living In a momentous period. The map of the world Is quivering and oscillating. It needs no prophet or son of a prophet to teach us that tho next few weeks will be absorbing In the highest degree, with a strong probability that'the long anticipated reign of blood and terror has come at last. ^ The Fiscal Year’s Cotton Exports. Statistics aro at hand showing the marvelous growth of the cotton Industry during recent years, and particu larly for the last season. AS furnished by The Wnll Street Journal, the prelim inary figures aro at hand giving exports of cotton from the United States, by months, during the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1906. A total of 7,041,168 bales, weighing 3,* 698,378,110 pounds, valued at $400,426,967, was exported. During the month of December this movement reached the maximum for the year, when 1,094,503 bales were sent abroad. The month of minimum export was July, with Months. Bales. Pounds. Value. June, 1906 .... ... 325,845 166,023,412 $18,174,398 May ... 295.420 149.809,557 16,630,958 April .... 550,461 282,116,963 31,770,456 March .... 478,892 244.886,162 26.832,841 February .... 512,845 263,180,662 28,782,905 January ... 647.821 335,241,116 38,991,818 December, 1905 ...1,094,103 666,560,847 67,004,367 November .... 998,939 516.653,838 57,773,502 October ... 889,305 461,029,966 47,166,508 September .... ... 603,525 314,248,245 32,689,656 August .... 328.761 164,547,012 17,244,684 July .... 320.851 164,575,350 17,455,875 Total. 1905-06.. .7,041,168 3,628,973,110 $400,426,967 Total, 1904-05.. .8,333,801 4.302,747,286 379,743,454 Total, 1903-04.. .6,004,695 3,060,863,760 370,506,583 Total. 1902-03.. .6,932.110 3.639,906,913 316.897,568 The value of last year's exports of cotton was the largest In the history of the trade. No other crop added anything like $400,000,000 to the credit of the United States In foreign exchange. Of the principal domestic products exported raw cotton contributed 45 per cent In 1904. A German consular report, recently Issued, ts resiion- slble for the statement that half the total imports of King Menellk’s dominion of Abyssinia consists of cotton. We are told that the natives use hardly any other kind of cloth, and have It bleached or unbleached, ac cording to their means. Rough unbleached cotton cloth, the article which enjoys the largest demand. Is sold local ly under the name of "Abu-djedid." Owing to the low price at which they offer their goods the American mam ufacturers are practically controlling thin trade. They make their shipments via Aden and the annual badness Is estimated at over twenty millions of yards of cloth, repre senting a total value of about $1,094,000. The leadlgg markets are DJIbutl, Harrar, and Massouah. The un bleached goods arrive In pieces of thirty yards In length and one In wldth.'the ‘weight of each piece rarely ex ceeding about ten pounds. There Is a paper wrapper round every piece and 25 pieces go to the bale, which Is carefully packed and protected by canvas. Every piece of cloth has the trade-mark printed at the end and the na tives, as a rule, have their own particular fancies In this respect The brands most In demand are the "Gemal," Lion,” "Menellk," "Ferros," "D," and "Balatur," which average In price about $2.60 to $3.00 a piece. Abyssinia Is one of the most enlightened and pro gressive countries of Africa and tbe growing favor In which American cotton goods are held Is worthy of more than passing notice on the part of Southern spinners. The Passing of Sage. The death of Russell Sage brings to a close a long and eventful career. To say that he was successful will at once raise a controversy among people who entertain conflicting opinions as to what constitutes success. He began life as a clerk In a grocery store and by the time he was two score years of age he had acquired a fortune which was colossal In tbe days when half a million went much further and* was a more Infrequent accumulation than It Is today. He observed tbe laws of health to such an ex tent that he lengthened out the span of life almost to 90 { years. If to "put money In thy purse” be tbe only thing worth while In life, bis career was not only an abounding success but an example to the rising generation of every fhnd and time. As soon as he had acquired his fortune of half a million dollars he began those railroad opera tions which made him many times over a millionaire. That many of these operations were In the nature of what we now call high finance cannot be denied, and they must be Judged according to the standards of the various observers. But the eccentricities, and If one must be candid, the niggardly parsimony of the shrewd little man have done more to make him famous than all his millions. It has been cunningly whispered more than once that Russell Sage was, nfter all, ono of those who “do good by stealth” and would "blush to find It fame,” but If that were true ho was as secret about It as he was in the manipulation, of his schemes of finance. His benefactions did not become known. A certain amount of Interest therefore attaches to the reading of his will, to see whether his final bequests reveal a more generous man than he was reputed to be In life. The stories that will be printed during the next few weeks of his thrift amounting to actual meanness, will be abundant, and will constitute some very diverting reading. They are not apochryphal, for the most part, for nothing Is better established than that this man of mill ions dined on the cheapost lunch the down-town restau rants afforded, and that his ready made clothes were such as his humblest clork would have scorned to wear. There Is no need to sat anything 111 of the dead, but It would be worse than hypocritical to shed any maudlin tears over him. Ills second wife Is still living, and It goes without saying that she will miss him and perhaps mourn for him, but with that possible exception It Is no use to deny that be will not be mourned. Tbe per functory flowers on his grave will lack tho essential fra grance of spontaneous love and affection. He lived and died to himself, and In no senso can he be regarded as having been a benefnetor of society. ( Tho world Is little better for his having lived and the even tenor of tbe world will not be interrupted by his death. In Behalf of Small Parks. The movement In behalf of V:<AV.hlng spaces and playgrounds for the children should not bo allowed to languish for a moment. The experiment already made of open'ng up the Fair street school yard for tbe children of the vicinity has proven so much of a benefit and so entirely success ful from every point of view that the movement In favor of extending the system Is growing dally. This should In no way conflict with the plan for tho city to acquire somewhore comparatively In tho center of tho city a sufficient space of ground for a small park, to be set aside In perpetuity for the general public. \Ve candidly believe that an overwhelming majority of the citizens of Atlanta are In favor of such a step and would be glad to see deflnlto measures taken to that end at the earliest possible moment. TV. large cities aro taking to the plan very rapidly and wherever a new park Is opened It Is hailed with de light Tho Chicago Examiner of recent date snys that black-eyed children with solemn features danced and clappod their hands along tho crowded streets of Jeffer son and Union when It was told them that the city was to give them a park In which they could play. The sites for the small parks on the west side, pro vided for by the authorization of $1,000,000 bond Issue at the last election, wero selected Thursday by the west park board. Three parks aro to bo Immediately built In the most thickly settled portions of that side of tho city. One will be between Union and Jefferson streets, Barber street and Fourteenth place. This Is the very heart of the Jewish quarter. Tho Polish children will have n park between Chica go avenue and Cornell street. Noble and Chose streets. There Is no public playground anywhere In this crowded district. The Bohemian quarter will also have Its park, be tween Twentieth and Twenty-first streets, Fisk and May streets. This playground will occupy the only vacant property In a thickly settled area covering several miles, with many families crowded Into almost every building. The saute delight with similar propositions Is ex pressed In 8b I/tills, New York and everywhere that such steps are taken and Atlanta could not do better than to follow the example of these larger, cities. TIRED OF RECRIMINATION. To the Editor of The Georgian: If I, as an humble citizen, may be privileged to do so, I desire to make a suggestion In regard to the Hoke Smlth-Clark Howell affair which Is aired daily In two of our leading papers. It ts this: That we msy through some reliable source find out "who Is who.” The dally paper Is tbe only source of Information that tbe common peo ple have to rely on and dhat are we going to do when one day The Journal comes out with one statement and the next day The Constitution comes out and directly con tradicts It and vice versa. The affair Is getting to be almost ridiculous even among the younger class. And again It Is getting so that you cannot express your opinion without being criticised and almost Jumped on and claw ed for having your own "free-born American" opinion. 1 think thnt a committee ought to be appointed to Inves tigate this affair and see who Is In the right and who Is In the wrong. And If both men are grand scoundrels like the palters picture them, then I move that we start out another candidate and put these two In a bag together and let them fight it out and let our papers once more be respectable aud mannerly. Respectfully, A CITIZEN. The Largest Engines in the World Operated Here. In pursuance of the policy of presenting under this head from time to time Information concerning the growth and progress of the South, The Georgian calls attention to the fact that the Atlanta and West Point rail road has recently purchased and within the past thirty days has begun to use on Its system two of the largest locomotive engines In the world. Events of this kind occur from time to time, and totally escape the attention they deserve, but the present Instance deserves something more than passing comment. It la a notable circumstance, Indeed, when we con sider the number and extent of the rail road e of the world, that right here In Oeorgla a railroad has equipped Itself with two such monster engines, which easily carry off the palm. It Is also a matter worthy of comment that these engines were de signed by President Wlckereham and his subordinates of the road. Al though minor changes were suggested and carried out while the engines were In course of construction at the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the fun damental principles were unaltered, and It Is to these gentlemen alone that the credit Is due. Perhaps some Idea of the else of engines Nos. $3 and 15, one of which leaves Atlanta for Montgomery at 4:20 p. m. dally, while the other arrives at 11:35 p. m., may be gathered from the fact that each weighs 219,000 pounds, has six driving wheels of 6 1-3 feet In diameter, cylinders 21 by 36 Inches, with a steam pressure of 400 pounds to the square Inch. These engines cost $16,000 each, and carry 7,000 gallons of water. It would be almost Impossible to lay what speed they would be able to develop If they were put to the extreme test, for nothing Is more cer tain than that they would go a great deal faster than anybody wopld be willing to ride. It Is well -established that they can draw a train of twelve heavy coaches at the rate of <0 miles an hour, and can make the trip with such a train from Atlanta to Montgomery, a distance of 175 milts, In three hours, Including one necessary stop for water. In charge of Engineer flpurlark or Engineer Connor, two veterans, to whom the engines have been assigned, and carrying only enough coaches to steady them, they would go faster than any passenger would desire to travel—at least for the second time. i On a recent run to Atlanta seven miles were covered In eight minutes flat, on a 1 per cent up grade, carrying a heavy train of cars. These engines have been equipped with a new patent air brake. In vented by Engineer Hicks, which promises to work a revolution In this de partment of train euulpment. It possesses a number of advantages over the old system. Mr. Hicks |9 now In the North, tvhere he has gone to equip a number of engines on the Pennsylvania and'the New York Central rail roads with these brakes, which are giving complete satisfaction wherever they are operated, and his friends are confident that a large fortune awaits him In the development of his Invention. ' He Is manufacturing them himself, and has not yet taken any steps to dispose of his rights. It Is more than probable that a large plant in the near future will be erected here In Atlanta for the manufacture- of these brakes, with Atlanta men, Including Mr. Hicks, as the shareholders and- leadlng spirits In the enterprise. ' 1 Thus another clement In Southern development, of which the public at present does not realize the full Importance, will be added to our Industrial resources. It Is the purchase and operation of such engines as those to which we have called attention, and the Invention and exploitation of this new air brake, which Is already accepted as entirely practical, which go to make up the sum of our greatness along the tine of industrial growth and progress In the South. MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE. Ex-Oovernor Bradley, of Kentucky, In an address sevornl days ago In Louisville, Ky., advocated graft as a course In the schools of the country. George A. Gleason, of Colebrook, N, H„ ts probably the pioneer of all Hy ing singers In the choirs of the Gran ite State. For 59 years he has sung In the choir of the Congregational church at Colebrook, beginning when a boy of 16. Mme. Flammarlon, the distinguished wife of her equally distinguished hus band-astronomer, never allows anyone to cut her husband's hair but herself, and she uses the shorn locks for pil lows. Her home In Paris Is full of such pillows stuffed with cllpplns. Mrs. Sarah E. Whltin, of Whttlns vllle, Mass., Is the donor of a new residence In Wellesley to be occupied by the members of the observatory staff connected with Wellesley College. She has made many Important gifts to the college, Including the Whltln Observatory. Dr. Hugh de Vries, of the Univer sity of Amsterdam, who Is giving a course of lectures at the University of California on the "Biological Princi pies of Selections In Plants,'' has be come a close friend of Luther Burbank, and spends much time at the latter’i plant-breeding farm. The waist of Queen Maud of Nor way measures but 17 Inches, and she Is so ethereal In appearance that even In England, where the cult of thin ness has os worshippers practically all the women of the kingdom and most of the men, she is called rather too frail and delicate In appearance. General Luis Terrazas, whose wealth Is conservatively estimated at $200,- 000,000, celebrated the 75th anniversary of hts birth at his home In Chihuahua. Mexico, a few days ago. Terrazas Is said to be the largest Individual land- owner In the world, his eatafhs In western Mexico approximating more than 15,000,000 acres. PHILI8TINE AND PHARI8EE.' To the Editor of The Georgian: In a recent Issue of your paper you publish an article "Philistine and Pharisee,” taken from the New York Globe. This article Is unjust and un kind to Mrs. Eddy, whose life purpose Is to make the world better, healthier, and happier. In Concord, Mrs. Eddy's home, she Is regarded as a good citi zen—respected and honored as a good woman, and her beautiful Christian life Is such that she bas lived down the old proverb that "A prophet Is not without honor save In hts own coun try.” As to the sale of Science and Health, we quote from Mr. Alfred Farlow, C. 8. D., who has been In close touch with the Christian Sclencs movement for years. "We have no apology to offer for the enormous sale of Science and Health, nor for the fact that It brings to Mrs. Eddy a handsome profit, for the book Is well worth the price It bears and It Is well known to Chris tian Scientists that Mrs. Eddy spends her money In ways that are most ad vantageous to the cause of Christ and the general well being of mankind. The marked demand for the book Is occa sioned by Its unparralleled value as a key to the Scriptures. Moreover, the most of those who have purchased Science and Health and have practiced what It teaches, are ready to testlfy that aside from the extraordinary spir itual benefits which they have de rived therefrom. It has saved them a good many times Its value In dollars and cents by doing away with doctors bills. Yours truly, EDWARD H. CARMAN, State Pub. Com. ITEM8 OF INTERE8T. STICKABILITY VERSUS QUITABIL1TY By JOHN ANDER80N JAYNE. On the morning of May 1L 1654, General Grant was standing In front his tent talking to a congressman who had come from New York down into the "Wilderness” to see how the tide of battle was going. After a long conversation the congressman asked General Grant to give some message to tbe people of the North relative what he proposed doing. The great general hesitated, and then turned and wrote a message of two hundred more words, and said to the congress man as he handed It to him: "This all that I have to say.” Then aa the roar of the terrible bat tle of Spotsylvania was lifted higher and higher, General Grant turned his attention to the progress of the battle, while the conkressman, EL B. Wash burne, began his Journey to New York. There would be nothing remarkable In the episode were It not for the fact that In those brief two hundred words there was a short epigrammatic sen tence that afterwards became a house- bold word all over the country—a sen tence that expresses the unconquer able, Indomitable will of the man who came, as the months rolled by, to bear the name of “Unconditional Surrender" Grant. Those word* were these: "I propose to fight 15 out on this line If It takes all summer. Those words have the- right ring to them. They are like deep sounding bells erected on the spires of hope In the cathedral of the heart, spires of hope that are built on the Impregnable rock of an unwavering purpose, and Joined and mortised one to the other with the cement of a heroic resolu tlon. There are two words frequently used In our American life that as yej have found no place in our dictionaries. One Is the word stlckabllity. The other Is the word qultabillty. Stlckabllity Is that noble quality of ths soul that enables Its owner to hang right on to the work In hand though the heavens reel and the earih shakes. Qultabillty never forced a march, never won a victory, never saved a business enterprise from the rocks of failure. It Is continually on the look out for “the lion that may be In the way.” It satis no new seas, discovers no new continents, explores no untrav eled West and opens up no possible mines of Golcon - — and Is constantly ardlce .made from the skimmed and soured milk of Irresolution. •f Its vessels Stlckabllity, when one of Its vessels Is put to the bad. Immediately seizes The total value of Paraguayan ex ports for the first three months of 1906 waa 846,296 pesos, or $618,607 (Ameri- h - - fnn) nn incrMAA of 153 404 ovir #!$■• |GU Glory In ono hand und, pl&cln^ the canj, an increase 01 *03,*os ov.r int „ lher 0 n the rail of the linking ship. I Jumna Into a little cockle shell boat same period of 1905. A NICKNAME FOR OKLAHOMA. To the Editor of The Georgian: 1 have Just read your editorial sbout tbe trouble they were hiring getting s ulck- uniue for Oklahoma. Tell them to cslt It "The Twin mate." as there were two born at once. Yours. W. P. IlORNADY. Dawson, Ga.. July 21, 1906* Austria ts the only empire In the world which has never had colonies, or even transmarine possessions, In any quarter of the earth. Her ambition has hitherto been continental. In Russia an extensive domestic In dustry consists of the manufacture of wooden spoons, of which as many as 30,000,000 are made annually. They ara nearly all of birch wood. The Emperor of China rises at o'clock In the morning to study English and Manchu before breakfast*, which meal Is at 5. He makes up for this output of energy, however, by retiring at sunset. Consul J. B. Jackson, of Alexandra!- ts, writes that Antioch, formerly the flourishing capital of Syria and the cradle of the Christian faith, presents now the aspects of a poor city arising painfully from Its ruins. The "sport” of shooting live birds flung from traps has been made Illegal In New Jersey. The case made up to test the prohibitory law has beon confirmed by the court of errors and appeals. Humaneness does advance. Anzl Smith, superintendent of tho document room at the capltol, has a marvelous memory. He Is familiar with all the countless bills and docu ments for many sessions back and can get the desired one at any time with out consulting Indexes or file lists. M. Combanalre. the French explor er, recently was lost In the forests of Cambodia. He got separated from his party and wandered through the soil tude for eight days without any other nourishment than the water he could get from the marshes In the Jungle. -A London woman had a painting which she believed to be by Turner and offered It to several dealers, who said It was nothing like Turner's work and refused to buy tt. Later she found doc uments which proved It to be a gen uine Turner, and within a week she sold It for $12,250. A 8UN8TR0KE. Let all “sober-minded and self-re specting Republicans” seek the tall and sheltering timber. The New York Sun has spoken from Its depths, ominous. Inexorable. Hark to the Sibyl: "The Sun, • • • with all defer ence and respect, submits: 'The next governor of the state of New York will be a Democrat "The next governor of the state of New York will be the next president of the United States." This cruel, relentless revelation Is addressed "to the supreme powers at Oyster Bay, to Messrs. Platt and De pew: to the new and austere hetrarchy of Odell and associates; to Frank Way- land Higgins, ths putative governor of the etate of New York.” The Sun's sirocco breath blasts green hope and bronie determination everywhere, un less, perhaps, with superhuman effort, a flew scattered Republicans outside the sacred, devastated region of New York can flick up enough courage to keep the breath of life till 1808.—Chicago Post. OUT OF THE NIGHT THAT COVER8 ME Out of ths nlzht that covers me, Rlsrk as tbe pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever Rods may be For my unconquerable soul. > the fell rluteb of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chsnrs My head ts bloody, but unbowed. eyond this niece of wrath and tears Looms hut the horror of the shade, Anti yet the menace of the years Finds sod shall find me unafraid. It matters not bow strait the gate. How churned with punishment the scrolL I am the master of ray fate: l 1 am tbs caputs of my soul. —William Ernest Healey. and transfers Its courage to another ship and shouts: “I have Just begun to fight.” Stlckabllity haa the courage of Its own enthusiastic convictions poised to- watd the right. It paints on the side of Its desert wagons “Pike's Peak or Bust.” It sees a Messalia winning the race, and, darting across ,the trail of Its opponent, guides the horses round the dangerous turn, and wins ths race. It says with Martin Luther: “I'm go ing to Worms, though there are i thousand devils on the tiles of the roof tops.” History does not record the name of a single quitter, only In conjunction with a splendid sticker. No cathedrals are ever erected In honor of the quitter. No songs ever spread to future genera tions his glory; no bronze tablets ever emblazon hts triumphs, so alt may read. The world honors the sticker—never the quitter. And the sticker has Just as hard a time In life as the quitter. Hts line of life la no more smooth, hts conquests no more easy of attainment than life or possibility of conquests has been for the quitter. The sticker simply be gins, continues and hangs on, while the quitter lets go, drops and comes down with a thud. The cultivation of the grace of stlckabllity leads to the vic tory and the victor's reward., Qultn- blllty knows none of these things. It sees them afar off, *but never comes Into possession. In the midst of your struggles and battles say with Grant: ”1 propose to fight It out on this line If It takes all summer." It may take all winter, but If you're right and go ahead, you'll come out ahead. Don't quit—stick; and, sticking, win. ooooooooooooooooooo O o a POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. O O O ooooooooooooooooooo Upton Sinclair, author of "The Jun gle,” has consented to accept the con- f tresstonal nomination from the Social- ste of his district In New Jersey. There Is to be no fusion between the Democrats and the Populists In the Kansas elections this fall. The withdrawal of Colonel W. W. Lumpkin leaves a clear field for the re election of Senator Tillman, of South Carolina. Soelallsta of Michigan have .put full etate ticket In the field, headed by James Walker, of Muskegon, as candi date for governor. Winston Churchill, the author, has ehtered the race as a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of New Hampshire. The Socialists of North Dakota have nominated a state ticket, headed by L. F. Dow, of Grand Forks, for governor. This Is the date set for the Demo crats of Alaska to meet In convention at Juneau to name their first candidate for delegate In congress. Chairman John F. Rutherford has called the Democratic state committee of Arkansas to meet In Little Rock to morrow to dlaecusa plans for the com ing campaign. The Democratic state central com mittee of Washington meets In Seattle today to call a convention for the nom ination of four candidates for justice of the supreme court and three con gressional candidates. The convention will not be held until fall, probably about the middle of September. Republicans of Michigan are to meet In state convention in Detroit the last day of this month, and on the following day the O. O. P. of Iowa will hold forth In Des Moines. The Detroit gathering will be in the nature of a love feast but things will be different In tbe Hawkeye State. When the Perkins and Cummins supporters line up on the convention floor It will be the signal for one of the greatest political battles Iowa bas seen In years. GOSSIP About | People 1 Bj Private Leased Wire. New York. July 22 —Cardinal Gib. bons declares that “a young man born to great wealth Is handlcapepd In many Instances.” While this may be truo, there would be no lack of candidates for the handicap If It were a matter which ambition could affect The ore. late goes on to say: “It is probable that the temptations «“»ll * young man born to wealth wlU be stronger than they might have been under any other clrcum. stances, where his personal responst. bllltles were greater. But religious in. ■tructlon and careful training win overcome even the disadvantages of birth.” Cardinal Gibbons was 72 years old - week ago. Instead 6f being feeble as many reports have pictured him re- cently, he Is in the best of health. Senator W. A. Clark la hastening from Butte, Mont., to this city to sail for Paris, where Mrs. Clark has Just presented him with another daughter The senator, who had gone west to vis.' it his son and daughter-inlaw, started for New York as soon as the news reached him by telegraph. It Is said that Senator Clark In the autumn will organize a social campaign on behalf of himself and his wife. He expects to become an Important factor In the activities of the “400.” President Stuyvesant Fleh, of the Il linois Central railroad, has taken as much as four days off, which he spent at Newport. • Mr. Fish’s vacation was conducted along lines as strenuous as those on which he conducts hts business. K« rose early, took a dtp at Bally's beach watched the tennis at the Casino, took long walks and attendi social tunc- tlons with Mrs. Fish and his daugh ter Marion. He accepted with good grace, almost semlng to enjoy the Informal recep tions he was forced to undergo each time he walked down the avenue or attended the Casino, at which place he was a rival of Teddy himself In hand-shaking. The Vanderbllt-Bockefeller oil test Invoked by Commodore Willie Vander. blit has grown to be a fad among the cottagers. The other night, driven to despera tion by the duet In front of Marble House, Willie K., assisted by Mrs. Van derbilt, .who held the light, proceded to sprinkle the road In front of Marble House with kerosene. The use of two barrels successfully laid the dust. GEOBGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private Leased Wire. New York, July 23.—Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—J. C. Flint, H. S. Kealt- ofer and wife, A. Long, G. 81ms and wife, W. E. Green, R. 'A. Maglll, F, A. Noran, E. D. Richardson. AUGUSTA—W. B. Brigham, J. J, Bussey, Jr, IN WASHINGTON. By Private Leased Wire. Washington, July 23,—The following Southerners are registered at Washing ton hotels today: Georgia—A. M. Taylor, Atlanta, at the St. James. Florida—G. L. Tober, Glenn Saint Mary, at St. James; D. D. Robertson, Jacksonville, at Raleigh. South Carolina—Henry Thorn, Ports- vllle, at Shoreham; L. M. Dunton, Or angeburg, at Hlgga; Mrs. John F. Smouds and children, Charleston, at New Willard. Tennoaaeo—L. C. Brock, R. T. Bugg, Jr.„Nashvtlle, at St. James; T. N. Mur phy, Jr., D. EL Cazassa, Memphis, at talelgh. IN PARIS. By Trieste Leased Wire. Parts, July 23.—George C. A. and Ada Caldecott and Messrs. Henry H. Schaul and Harry Maw of Atlanta, Ga., registered at the office of the Eu ropean edition of the New York Her* aid today. WHY? From The London Academy. Why tlo most English writers giro n» honour.” hut Msesulny and Dickens "bos* r?” Why do most of us write “author and "labour," "actor" and "fervour? 'inf docs tbe Illble give us "Judgment snd the Prayer Book "Judgement?" Why do must of us sound the h In "who nnd whom, and slur It In "which" snd "where, sound the t in "oft" and alar It In "often ? » Jf do Milton and our Freueh cousins mtM ••colonel" three syllables sod every one *» two? Why do most of us pronounce 'mourn" and “morn" exactly "like, snd •surpass” and "trespass differently? Why have "propose" snd •'proposition, "one" nnd "only," different pronanelittlonsl Why do vest numbers of English s|ieskln* folk pronounce "girl" differently (mm "twirl" nnd swirl?" Why do we *1 pm; nouuce tho 1 In “wold" snd whMldf'., and decline to pronounce It Id woum and "should?" AN EARNE8T REQUE8T. Whereas, the wholesale liquor deal* —* and dispensaries In the cities of Georgia continue to flood the drycoun* with liquor, defeating the will <* people of'the dry counties to a great extent and doing great harm tu the people, all tn violation of the Draw ocratlc principles of local self *go'era ment; therefore be It . Resolved, That, as cltlienn of Geor gia, we appeal to the Democratic leg Islature to enact such laws as *“*9” the people In dry counties front le nefarious traffic. The above was unanimously sdopw by tbe Athena district conference si Rutledge, July iy»S«- HU0HES . A. J. SEARS. THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE INDORSE Whereas, the Anti-Saloon Ueague-4 federation of the churches and perance societies, for the il^^rgsn* the liquor traffic—Is being or **“ -d In Georgia, therefore be It Resolved, That we commend « league to the churches and bespeak for the representatives league the moral and financial .urP° The above was unanimously uf the Athens district conference Rutledge, July 12, 1904^ HUGHE a Lumps ’Em Together. (Savannah Press.) The Atlanta Georgian P u ™' n “ 0 , gossipy and Interesting column ( statesmen, and politician*, »_ doesn't distinguish tother from