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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVB6, Editor.
P. L. SEELY, President.
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kh of March *. U79*
Dr. McCandless and Pure Food.
Whether the pure food hill pauses or tiles of neglect
upon this (Inal day of legislative session, The Georgian
Is moved to nn expression of admiration for the earn-
•fitness, consecration and consistent energy with which
It has been advocated by Dr. .1. M. McCandless, of this
diy.
As a private citizen, with no Interest at stake, with
no object In view, and with no pentose but to serve
his day and generation, according to his lights, Dr. Mc
Candless has fought for this bill In season nnd out of sea
son. He has garnered Information, he tins marshalled
(Sets, he has presented briefs and with his brain and
his hand and hjs energies he has given his time nnd Ills
talents to a strong and legitimate effort to convince the
reason nnd the Interest of the legislature nnd of the
people of the necessity for this wholesome hill.
If It should triumph, why, of course. Its passage will
reflect directly upon the eloquence of the advocates
upon the floor. There will he no less of reflection In
Its triumph upon the patient and persistent devotion of
the brilliant chemist and citizen who was its Inspiration.
And If It falls and goes down to wait Its time before an
other body of law-makers In the state, Dr. McCandless
can feel that he at least has done his duty with a sin
gle mind and has spared no atom of his manifold equip
ment to carry bis convictions to a successful end.
ond fare from the travelers to Coney Island. But, puffed
up with their own Impudence and greed, and their long
Immunity from punishment gnd regulation, they defy
the courts and trample upon the rights m the people—
and the people themselves.
An application has been made to forfeit the charter
of the company, nnd the whole country would sympa
thise with such a movement. Nothing short of some
such radical action, It seems, will bring the Metropo!
Itnn Moloch to Its senses. It would furnish a whole
some lesson to coriioratlons all over the country who
abuse their franchises and over-ride the rights of the
people.
Kvery large city has an instance In point and we
ourselves would not have to go bo very far from home
to And one.
A Visit to Mars.
We know all about It now.
The president of the Society for Psychical Re
search, an organization inslltuted for the purpose of see
ing ghosts nnd explaining the whyncsB of the thus, hnH
Just taken a little trip to Mars. This 'blood-red patron
planet of war Is something like 141,000.000 miles away,but
a little thing like that did not disturb the adventurous
yplrlt of PresIdent'SackvIlle l.eyson. who disrobed him
self of his flesh and started out on hls aerial Journey
without so much ns a celestial llaedeker to guide hint.
He simply projected Ills astral body Into space and
within forty minutes he was there nnd back, after an
exhaustive study of the ethnic and commercial condi
tions on the planet, nnd was giving out hla experiences
to tho papers.
He tolls us that there are two races of men up
there, one so tall that he did not reach to their knees,
while the other race Is so small Hint the tiny specimen
did not reach to the visitor's knees. .
Just how far It Is between the knee-cap nnd the kibe
of Leyson'* astral shanks Is not stated.
The Martians, we are told, do not wear any clothes,
but are abundantly covered wllh hair. The larger
specimens have no nose, but hnvo two eyes, one In each
temple. The smaller specimens have a single eye,
which, like the curl of the celebrated little girl, was right
In tho middle of the forehead. The little fellows have
. web feet and glide along on the moss as If they were
skating. They live In holes In the ground, while the
big fellows make habitations of the rocks and seem to
be very happy.
It la n matter of regret 'that he did not bring us
some definite data about the rami Is which are, by com
mon consent, the most reniarkublo features of Mnrs. We
would like to know If they are owned and controlled by
the state, or by private capital, whether Chinese labor
was successfully employed In llielr construction, bow
sanitation Is preserved and a few other facts which
might have keen of value to our own canal commission.
But perhaps we should he sutlslled. The president
of the Society for Psyrhlcal llesesreh has given us a
great deal of Information.
Among other things, this thing of eating Ice cream
and shrimp after 12 o'clock at night Is hound to get In
Ita work. • <
The B. R. T. Aggressions.
It has been a long time since the American people
were treated to a more flagrant Instaueo of the high
banded Insolence of corporate power than that dis
played by the Brooklyn Rapid Trnnsll Com-, i,- on
Sunday and Monday, when fully a thousand pi v -re
bodlljl ejected from cars running to Coney Is! ipiy
because, in pursuance of a decision of the con. ...tnclod
down by Justice Oaynor, they refused to pay a double
fare for a single trip between the metropolis nnd the
celebrated searlde resort.
Not only were a thousand people thrown from the
cars, at the Imminent risk of life and limit, hut one
young girl was actually killed nu a direct result of this
treatment. Having been ejected from a car, although
she had paid the double fare, she was Imnledlately run
Qown and killed by a passing trolley on a bridge.
No effort whatever was made by the company to
Identify and hand over to justice the trainmen wliu
were resgionslhle for the death of the girl. This conduct
wail of a piece with the Impudence which the corpora
tion has shown throughout the entire light, and some
thing of the strength with which It lias entrenched Itself
may be gathered from the fact that on the second tiny
of the disorders the police no longer pretended to make
• son-partisan effort to preserve the peace hut openly
sided and abetted the railroad employees In throwing off
passengers who declined to pay a second fare.
The higher officials of the road make no show of re
pentance whatever. They blocked the roads with delay
ed trains and kept hundreds of people from returning
home until the late hours uf the night. They caused
troufcle and Inconvenience of every kind, and when the
facts were presented to them they went further than
Boss Tweed':, cynical query, "What are you going to do
about It?" and even intimated that they would make the
service leas satisfactory than It la at present.
All this, he It understood, because the patrons of
the road were acting upon a decision of the court and
were refusing to pay a second fare.
It has heon shown that the subway, whose passen
gers as a rule travel tor a long dlstanre, makes a profit
on 5 cents fans, Btnee the cost Is not more than 2 cents
each, it has been shown that the uniform fare of 5
cents for surface car travel makea n good net average
pioflt, end that there is no excuae for demanding a secs
The Transcendent Question of Saxon
Rule.
There appears iiism this page today a letter of un-
iiHtial fntereat addressed to Mr. William Riley Boyd by
a distinguished and thoughtful physician of Norwich,
Conn., upon the absorbing and vital question of tho ne
gro and bis relations to thu white race In the South
and In the country at large.
Mr. Boyd recently wrote a letter to The Indianapolis
Xuwb which has been widely commented upon through
out the country, and out of that contribution lias grown
this correspondence with Dr. Mann, of Connecticut.
The letter of Dr. Mann Is broadly and deeply slgnlft
cant and we commend ft to the careful consideration of
our readers today because of the light which It sheds
upon the sentiment and the sympathy of the Northern
people toward this vexed question of tho negro In tho
South.
The comment of Dr. Mann la upon an editorial which
recently appeared In The Georgian claiming that the
real friend of the negro and not hls enemy, was that
man who recognizing hfs limitations and the hopeless
ness of Ills position under the present environment, hu
manely sought to And for him another, homo and nnother
country in order that he might reach hls full develop
ment both ns a citizen and as a man.
To this theory Dr. Mnnn gives hla full Indorsement
nnd declnrcs that he goos even farther than the editor
of The Georgia i 'n hla indorsement of the principle In
volved. Dr. Mann states In underscored Italics that he
agreea absolutely with the editor of The Georgian that
the beat thing for the negro as well ns for the white
man Is that the relative Inferiority of the negro man
should ho recognized definitely and clearly In every
relation of life.
('poll this pro|H)sltlon The Georgian haH based Its
whole attitude toward the negro at the present time. Tho
Georgian Is not a partisan In the present Georgia cam
paign and doen not proiwse to he. The' mutter of per
sonalities has little to do with our attitude or our align
ment. We take no slock In the abuse of the prominent
Georgians who are candidates before the people because
we ure fully prepared to believe that each nnd everyone
of them In character, In record, and in capacity, 1% eqaal
to the resiKmslblllty of serving Georgia nnd of mnking
a good and acceptable governor of the stnte.
Tho things that concern thoughtful and Impartial
men. ns wo are, are the great vital Issues around which
this campaign Is wrapped, and among these Issues Tho
Georgian hns alwn.va recognized as the one trnnscendent
nnd overwhelming question the prudent and statesman
like consideration of the negro and hls relations to the
people of the South. It inny he said frankly that we rec
ognize as valid some of the objections to the methods of
disfranchisement proposed by statesmen u|ion the sldo
of complete disfranchisement In this cnmpntgn. We
have been Impressed by tho objections that have been
urgea nnd nre fully prepared to believe that there must
he a better way to handle this question and to legally
disfranchise and subordinate the negro in our general
civilization nnd In our political life.
IVe fully believe that with the wide nnd free dis
cussion of this question, the minds of thoughtful men
must have been and doubtless are Impressed by tho dtf-
flculty nnd the complexity of this proposition, but we arc
also fully prepared to believe that If tfie weight of this
responsibility should rest U|ion any one of theso can
didates for the high office of governor, the educatlvo
value of this discussion would move the successful ctm
dldate or the successful legislator to a duo and serious
consideration of those apprehensions and to the wisest,
most unprejudiced and most broad-minded search for bet
ter methods to perfect and to complete the dlsfrnn
chlsetuent and subordination of the negro race to tho
Anglo Saxon people who hnvo made and ruled this con
tinent.
Now with this much said we desire to say that we
deem It a matter of supreme and overshadowing Impor
tance that this election should not pnss without some
definite nnd clear-cut announcement made In thunder
tones at the ballot box Hint this Is a white man's
government, a white man's country and that the white
must rule It nnd will rule it to the end of time, and
that this election carries this announcement In definite
and legal form that the negro Is an inferior nnd that
Hie white man Is the superior, nnd that the superior must
nnd will rule and domlnntc the Inferior In society nnd
In polities In tills republic.
In the heat and plksslon of this furious canvass men
have bad little tittle to give to this question and to Its
perfect solution Hint line and deliberate consideration
which Ita ImiMirtanre and Its dangers demand. We must
confess that we ourselves have failed to reach any defi
nite and final conclusion as to the best and most effec
tive method of disfranchising the negro. But we have
absolute confidence In the patriotism. In tho integrity,
and in Hie Intelligence of Hie Anglo Saxon element that
is snuggling for supremacy In this campaign, and we ex
press the further and most profound nnd far-reaching
confidence that when this election Is settled, If It be
settled mam the lines of this policy, that the men who
win and the friends who stand behind them, lawyers,
legislators, statesmen, publicists nnd patriots, will unite
with one arrord to put tills decision nf thu ballot box
Into effect In the wisest, safest nnd most conservative
way which will stand the tests of the courts and the
trials of the coming years.
Meanwhile, let us remember that a defeat of Ihls
general proposition here and now carries encouragement
of untold weight nnd force to the negro race In the
prosecution of their laudable but dangerous ambition;
that It will Inevitably produce strife and friction In the
Increased aggression of tho lower raee and that tho
only safe thing to do, and the only wise Ihlng to do
now, since the Issue Is Joined anil the question at a
white heat of solution. Is to cx| ress In thunder tones at
tho ballot box the ultimatum of the Caucasian race, nnd
lo rely confidently upon the combined wisdom and pru
dence of the men who mnke the laws for this state and
for this section, to put this verdict into execution with
skill snd discretion and a comprehensive regard for lib
erty and for law.
We stnte this proposition upon our honor with a
high and sincere regard und symiaithy for the Inferior
race Joined to the supreme Instinct of self-preservation
which makea us consider the future Vnd the fortunes
of the superior race. There le no Malice and no unklnd-
nesa In us toward the aegro. The sooner hte status la
settled and be la removed ae the'bone of contention
from the factions of this Anglo Baxon republic, the
sooner will he drift Into peace, prosperity and develop
ment, and the sooner will the Anglo Baxon race react
Into an attitude of justice, a lore of liberty and consti
tutional law.
There is wisdom enough, there Is conscience enough,
and there Is Justice enough In these Southern states to
deal Justly and honorably with this Inferior race when
once we have written In Indisputable statutes the doc
trine of white supremacy and of negro Inferiority.
I^et us announce to the world and to our own people
by our coming ballots what we Intend to do, and then
let us rely upon an unfailing wisdom and the unbroken
history of these Southern Saxons to do the right and the
wisest thing for both raceB and for the great future of
this great and storm-tried people.
There Is no politics In this position. There Is no
partisanship nnd no deceit. The editor of The Georgian
has been the advocate of this policy for twenty years.
Before the contentions of this personal controversy were
brought forth, or time had formed a Hoke Smith, a Clark
Howell, a Journal or a Constitution as Ita evangels, the
editor of this paper, with a single motive and a clear
conception, was sowing In the -West and in the Bast and
In the militant North the seeds of that great doctrine
of Saxon rule whose fruits are evident In the liberal and
progressive letter of Dr. Mann, of Connecticut.
We register no change, we record no new Idea. We
write no change of front, but we simply stand now upon
the position which we assumed In 1593 at the great Chau
tauqua at Lexington, Ky., when we plead then In the
exact language that we use today for the absolute, the
evident and the Imperative neceaslty of establishing defi
nitely and by statute the relative positions of these op-
poslte and antagonistic races In the South.
We pr«y God that the people of Georgia, unbllnded
by faction And unVexed by prejudice, keeping their eyes
firmly fixed upon the great future of our people and our
children, will settle this question In tho spirit of patriot
ism, the spirit of statesmanship and in the spirit of tear
less truth. * ,
Growth and Progress of the New South
Tudor tbl> bend will nppenr from time to tliue Informntlon lllnntrntfng the
remnrknlile development of tbe South which deserves something more than pass*
lug attention.
The South Sells Engines to the East.
Nothing: which we have yet encountered Illustrates more completely
tho material growth and progress of the South than a recent article pub
lished In "Advance.'* of Birmingham, showing how a home concern of that
city I* manufacturing stationery engines and selling them to the East and
West. It Is pointed out that thin would not be very remarkable If the
engines were of some special type covered by patent*, but they are, on the
contrary, Corliss engines, which have been a standard type ever since the
centennial of 1876.
Mr. John Sparrow, of “Advance," had an Interesting interview with
W. I). Tynes, of tho Hardle-Tynes Company, which manufactures these en
gines, and was told that the chief superiority of hls engines consisted in
strength, weight and efficiency. Continuing he said:
"No, we do not find that our comparatively long distance from the
tho Northern and Eastern markets Is a drawback, nor are we conscious of
uny prejudice against us on account of our Southern location. Eastern
And Western people are keenly practical, and they have their share of the
American spirit of fair play. They know what they want, and they will,
pay for it, no matter where it comes from.
"Ye^g, our territory Is steadily widening. Some of our engines have
gone Into South American countries, and we have established a connec
tion In Japan, which promises well.”
“The road has not always been smooth?'* I said.
“Oh, no,*’ replied Mr. Tynes, “we have had our periods of discourage
ment, but there never was a time when we lost faith In ultimate results.
“The fire was a good thing for us. I might say It was the turning
point; Several years ago we were burned out, you know—total loss, plant,
patterns, everything. It was a hard blow. We had been making a good
engine, as we thought, and were booked away ahead. There was nothing
to do but to start over. So we determined to get the best talent In the
engineering profession to be had."
(Ah, I thought, this Is the key to the business—the genius which
snatches victory from defeat and turns disaster Into success.)
“We employed experts of high repute," continued Mr. Tynes, smiling—
my eye must have Hashed appreciation—“and with some suggestions from
us they gave us designs and patterns which embody the latest end most
approved Ideas of engine construction as applied to those modifications of
the Corliss to Which I referred when we began talking. Consequently we
have a distinct advantage over our competitors who have not kept pace
with the Improvements of more modern engineering construction.
"And our machine shops ond foundry, as rebuilt, are the most perfectly
adapted to their requirements of any In this country. There are plants
which may contain more brick and mortar, but none makes a better show
ing architecturally, or Is better equipped for the handling of raw materials
and the finished product in oqr Itfie of business* Quite frequently our plant
Is Inspected by machinists and founders In other portions of the country
who wish to duplicate it In whole or In part. We let them copy the plans
If they ask for that privilege. It's all for the good of the trade.**
“Are you a Southern man?" I asked.
“Both Mr. Hardle and myself are Southern men, but neither of us re
gards that ns a handicap,” he said humorously. “I see no reason why
Southern men should not succeed as manufacturers."
"The civil war proved that the men of the South were as Ingenious
nnd fertile In resources as the so-called Yankees,” I suggested.
"Probably you are correct," said Mr. Tynes, thoughtfully. “Now let us
look over the plant.”
THE NORTH WITH THE
80UTH ON THE NEGRO
Mr. William Riley Boyd, Atlanta, Gn.
My Denr Sir: Yours of Tuesday
last cninc duly. I am much pleased
with your letter and should thoroughly
enjoy meeting you and discussing this
subject at our leisure. We might not
agree In all points, but \yould be wise
enough to respect each other's opin
ions. I feel about Andersonvllle very
much as 1 do about the Black Hole of
Calcutta—that both have been dis
cussed enough. I>t us drop the sub
ject nnd forget It. That does not mean
that I shall forget It and the people
of the South keep pushing It to the
front again. Let us both forget It and
have peace on that subject,
There
tome large questions for
the world to solve still staring us in
the face and neither you nor I nre too
old to lend our Influence und advice to
the oncoming generation toward solv
ing them. The question of the per
petuation of the union and its cost
have gone Inti) history. It will require
a wait until about the year 1950 be
fore an unprejudiced, accurate history
of that civil war, which shall do Jus
tice to both sides, can be written. If
General Lee could have written hls own
memoirs, as did General Grant, the
two would have been a wonderful aid
to some future historian. Grant’s Is
singularly correct as far as It goes ami
so would General I^ee's, us was also
General Gordon's.
You sent me a pamphlet of selec-i
lions for schools for anniversary of
General Lee’s birth, which I have read
with great Interest, nnd say amen to
every sentiment therein expressed.
But of all your correspondence and In-
closures the most Ihterestlng is the
editorial from The Atlanta Georgian,
"Friend, Not Enemy to the Negro.”
There is a question worth the pro-
foundest study, sympathy and states
manship of the future. In the main I
agree with that editorial, and for y
have advocated leaving the negro to
inhabitants of the several states In
which he Is found for treatment as
each several states shall decide. The
worst blunder ever committed by the
United States within my remembrance
was what is known as the "carpet bag
government’’ Immediately following the
If Lincoln had lived that never
would have happened because wiser
counsels would have prevailed. If the
negro could be comparatively equally
dlstiibuteil among the whole forty-five
>r forty-six states the question of his
real status would he much qutekar de
rided. The majority the native
whites of the North cannot yet be
made to acknowledge that "the bast
thing for tho nogro at well at tho white
That editorial, as a whole, so '
conforms to my own freely expressed
opinions, that there Js little room for
discussion between you and I. It U
very well written; very well put.
I gn a little further In believing that
within a thousand or two years the
negro will be a thing of the past, or
the customs of the earth will take on
some entirely new phaso hnrdly yet
dreamed of. Life Is a very funny prop
osition or a very serious one, as one
happens or chooses to look out upon It.
I believe the Great Spirit that gov
erns the universe Is doing the best
possible with the material He has In
hand, and that finally perfection will
result. It is up to us to help Him In
every possible manner to the extent of
our ability and knowledge, and pot he
finding fault with our neighbor for not
doing hls work Just ns we fed like dic
tating sometimes. With best wishes,
Yours,
T. H. MANN.
Norwich, Conn., Aug. 9, 1906,
M A NOBLE TYPE OF
GOOD, HEROIC WOMANHOOD”
From Tlie Chicago Journal.
When Mneneims, In the Mhnkespenre play,
opined that Antony must leave Cleopatra
(ever; he will not;
can not wither her i;
Infinite variety.”
man is that the relative inferiority of
the negro man should bo rtcognized
definitely and clearly in every relation
in life,” or they are not ready to ac
knowledge It. They are backward, like
the Presbyterian church In revising Its
reed to correspond with present civ
ilisation.
The movers and formers of public
pinion here North are getting ready to
Indorse that underlined sentence from
the editorial In question.
Cnhappily, nowadays we hear too often
that men have left women by whom for
merly they were fiiHrlnntod. hut It Is still
true of every woman, as It was of Cleo
patra. that her variety Is infinite.
And the Itest part of It Is that It Is al
ways so totally uiiexp4M*t«M|. No matter how
long and intliiiafely yon may have known
a woman, yon eaii never predict what she
will do In any given set of clreiitnatuiico*.
There was Mrs. Itidiert Langley, of At
lanta. for example, hottert had lived with
her for severs! years, and yet he did not
have the remotest Idea of what was In store
for him when, upon hls return to hls bonrd-
log house the other evening, he negleeted
to liestow the customary marital salute
upon her. If he had. then, of course, he
might have behaved differently.
The svldence In ennrt showed that when
Robert In Med to prove hls nffeetton with
n kiss, Mrs. tangley attempted to force
hlui to kiss her. latitgley pushed her away
trom hlui In a playful way, whereupon
wlfey lovatittf angered. crying:
’t kiss tue. won’t you7” nnd
Jht always to kiss
of Ids bosom when he comes
t«me, even though he comes home not
w> much to see her os to get something
o eat.
As the jioet truly says:
•What will not woman, gentle woninu,
dare
When strong affection stirs her spirit
MR. JORDAN HA8 FULL
POWER TO ACT.
(The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh,
N. C.)
If we may Judge the temper of the
farmers of the South by that of those
in North and South Carolina, Mr. Rich
ard Cheatham, secretary of the South
ern Cotton Association, Is going to
prove a millstone about the neck of
the organisation until hls resignation
Is received and accepted—Instanter.
“We are not going to* be led by con
fessed gamblers," was the undertone
at the South Carolina Ferment* Insti
tute last week, and from Georgia a
similar cry was heard. Mr. Ilarvle
Jordan,Vwho acted so promptly in the
case of Vice President Peters last
year, is not expected to trifle with this
far more serious offence of a higher
and more trusted official of the associa
tion. And the hypocrisy of Mr. Cheat
ham makes hls primary offence even
more Insupportable. The chief owner
of The Cotton Journal, that paper has
been carrying on a campaign* against
cotton gambling and bucket shops,
whereupon a cotton gambler is quoted
as saying to Cheatham: “Why do you
let your paper do this? Don’t you
know It Is hurting us?” to yhlch this
“friend of the cotton growers" wink-
Ingly replied: “Oh, well, that's Just to
fpol the farmers, you know. And they
are biting, too, to beat the band: why,
Just this morning our stack of sub
scriptions received Is eight Inches
high!" It was Mr. Cheatham'
slickness which enabled him to catch
with the other cotton gamblers in
the department of agriculture last
year. There's nothing plainer than that
the Cotton Association .must be freed
from hls Influence If It Is to continue
to command that confidence of South
ern cotton growers to which Its pre
vious good work would entitle It. Mr.
Jordan should act.
Since The Progressive Farmer seeks
for Information It is our duty to say to
him that under the constitution of the
Cotton Growers’ Association Mr. Har-
vle Jordan has abundant power to take
final action at any time In the case of
Mr. Cheatham, hls secretary. If he
does not act, It Is because he does not
choose to exercise hls constitutional
authority.—Ed. Georgian.
Biennial Elections, But Perennial
Polities.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
We have biennial elections in Geor
gia. That Is to say, the governor holds
office for two years. Reformers favor
biennial elections—less politics, you
know.
But listen, ye ardent reformers who
would reform man from the outside*
and who think that laws can change
men as readily as men can change laws
—listen:
We have biennial elections, but we
have perennial politics. In those lucky
states that have annual elections a
campaign can not well last more than
one year. But, since our present cam
paign for governor began, this unfor
tunate state hns made nearly one and
r half revolutions around the sun. It
actually began before Governor Ter
rell was Inducted into office.
It seems to me that the chief prob
lem In this state Is not how to take
the black man out of politics, but how
to tuke the politics out of the white
man,
JAMES J. DOOLIXG.
Atlanta, Ga.
The Road to “Success.”
By WEX JONES.
I.et everything go
In the hustle for dough,
And never let up
For a IdlUan or so.
To Ilmho with youth
And friendship rind truth:
Get your mitts on the coin
Without scruple or ruth.
Expand your first million
Till It swells to a Idlllon;
Then moll day nnd night
To make it n trillion.
And then when your store
In n trillion nr o’er—
Why keep oi» a-hustling
And rustling for more.
Keep oil, never Stop;
Keep on till you drop.
Every dollar you tnl»s x
Home other will cop.
Keep on till you die—
And then from the sky
Von may watch your gay heirs
Make your dollar-birds fly.
WHEN THE TA8K 18 DONE.
By Private leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 15.—The last time
I saw Joaquin Miller, the - poet of th«
Sierras," was In hls nest among the
hills—"The Heights”—about ten miles
out of San Francisco. He wore high-
top . boots, buckskin breeches with *
fringe down the sides, a brown velvet
jacket and a red silk rap.
This morning Joaquin Miller sat on
the veranda of a Saratoga cottage in
the same red silk cap, with the same
flowing white beard and hair, but In a
spotless, natty and modern gray nun.
Hls eyes had the same kindly, shrewd
twinkle as he looked me over and
tried to recall meeting me. He said:
“I came here for the quiet and to
begin life all over again. I lost all
the plates of my boeks, all my auto
graphs of my beloved friends—Walter
Whitman and Tennyson among the rest
—that I had taken to the Bohemian
Club for safe-keeping—everything of
mine and the books given to me—but
I will start in again and grow with the
new and more magnificent 8an Fran
cisco. You know, we were a place
where the Insane and sick used to
come—where people came when they
wanted to commit suicide, and where
the rapid pace of living never slowed
down.
"All that |B gone now. There Is no
more high tension, no mors Insane, no
more Invalids and never a suicide. Mar
tial law enforced the drinking of water
and .people had to sleep In the open
air and everybody Is well and young
nnd ambitious."
"Was martial law disagreeable, or
did you feel It was a protection?"
"It was grand. Little Funston was
a wonder In hls management, und was
relieved from command only when he
was worn out. It was rather hard
aometimes that people were not al
lowed to go Into their own houses, hut
the soldiers hnd no wuy of discrimi
nating between owners and looters,
and had to enrry out orders.”
I asked him about Saratoga and
what he thqught of the ever return
ing convulsions about gambling. The
mildly shrewd look came Into hls eyes
again and he evaded a direct answer
by saying:
"Nothing can Impair beautiful, rest
ful Saratoga. I have been coming here
for forty years. It always Is the same,
only that tbe trees have grown larger
and the town more like a glorious
park.
"Races—the race—oh, yes, of course,
the races. Well, why not? They dis
turb the quiet some nnd mnke the
streets rattle with carriages and make
the hotels congealed and the songs of
the birds are loat In the noise, and
fashion gets In before all else, hut tho
races belong to thtf horses. Yes, I
think I will go to the races."
Then Joaquin Miller took off hls red
silk cap and nut on » broad-brimmed
soft blnck hat and walked with me
down to the corner. He will stay in
Saratoga for a long rest, working as
he feels Inclined.
Professor Willis, of Newport, who
modestly styles himself "the world's
S reatest palmist and clairvoyant," told
Ira. Fish something that happened to
come true, and on that statement nnd
from her press ngent's work he hns
acquired a reputation and amassed a
considerable fortune. The other morn
ing Mrs. Kish met him on the avenue.
Off came her glove and soon they both
were lost In tracing the tiny lines.
Suddenly Mrs. Fish caught sight nf
Harry Lehr hurrying toward the flor
ist's for hls morning gardenia.
"Harry, come here, I want you. I nm
not going away, Harry. Tho professor
says I must not."
The professor hastened to nssure her
that he could not impress too firmly
upon her inlnd The necessity for not
leaving Newport at present. Just wlmt
the seer predicted for Mrs. Fish that
came trite the mlsstress of Crossways
la telling no one. Mr«, Hegele Van
derbilt Joins Mrs. Fish In a realized
prediction.
Ilobert Fulton Ludlow, of Clnverack.
N. Y„ the grandson of Ilobert Fulton
and Charles L. Hnawell, of this city,
the only living mail who saw Fulton's
nlniimlmdl Ihfl "PIsi'HHint,"
•*terdny at tho
’he men were
brought together by Mr, Helnatand,
chairman of the Fulton Memorial As
sociation, which Is raising 1600,000 to
•put un a monument on Riverside drive.
Mr. Ludlow said the family would al
low Fulton's body to be moved to the
monument. Hns well, though 9i. "
take part In the dedication If he Is still
alive.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
So let
hen
IN PARIS.
Special to Tbe ilt*trglnn.
Fari*. A tig. 15.—Mrs. mid MImk Uufsc-u nml
Mrs. Murphy, of Atlanta, Un., registered at
The Ilerald office 10*1*7.
Whore part In tbe world bn* l>een dream™!
nnd done:
One that hnH fairly earned nnd spent
pride of heart end piMbtn?# fig (Knot!
_ ei; wugcti. Im» they cultured ban or goml.
A* T.lrne. the ohl tank-uiaarcr, waa moved
And hnv/ng Warred nnd suffered, nml pass-
Whereby fare* Innumerable have gone
Into the silent universe of the Uruvc.
-HENLEY.
Ntgroas Bound Ovor.
Hpeolal to The Georgian.
Rome, tin., Aug. 15.—Will Anderson
and Tom (Tnnkfleld, both colored, were
hound over to the city «%urt yesterday
by the recorder on 1250 bonds each,
charged with larceny.
First Naw Bal# of Cotton.
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, Oh., Aug. 15.—F. D. Moore
continues to hold the record for getting
the first bale of Richmond county cot
ton on the Augusta market, he bring
ing the first hale to Augusta yester
day, and placed It In the warehouse of
Spears A Pilcher. Tile bale was raised
within five miles of Augusta and was
ginned yesterday morning.
By Private I-cnsed Wire.
New York. Aug. 15.—Here nre some "t
Hie visitors lii New York today:
ATLANTA—!!- 1’. Arnold. Mrs. T. <•
Creosliaiv, W. B. Hudson, II. .toy. 51. .toy,
4. t* Murks. Mrs. N. !>. Powell. II. «•
Kronhelnier. Miss M. Mel'nnley, I.. Ill'" ;« •
ton, 51. C. King, J. A. Lowe, C. 55. Poll-
l,| Ai'cirsTA— A - Bbdnrd.
MAI'llN-H. It. Slela’iill. „
SAVANNAH—K. S. Nlieherger, 55. S.
55'ny. If. 55'eher, J. 5V. KltZgernld. P. 4.
ilognti. tl, 5V. Tledeinsn. Sllss I. risdenmn.
Mrs. A. Hornet. II. Ilonneman. I. Ilmiu»
man, ti. It. Polls, 8. M. Truuss.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
Ideil
AUGUST 16,
10SS—Ht. Stephen, first king of Hungary,
tiled.
1959—Philippa, uncoil of Edward III or
England, died.
less—Frederick William I of Prussia Imrn.
1759— Nntiolcotl Bouopnrte Isirn. Died 51:1 y
a. lfC?.
ITIl-SIr yVnlter Scott, novelist, horn.
Sept 1st a. HM.
tsne-FIrst slmie laid for the Are de Tri-
outpho, (.•lebriitliig flu* lucewi or «»-
Grand Army of Antterlltx.,
ISirr—Francois Jules tirevy. president nr
France. Imrn. Bled Hcpteniber .. »*»*•
1812— Detroit surrendered to the British-
lttx-Mra. John A. Lngitn born.
18(6— FI ret paper published In California !•*
— * t Monterey.
.. lie. English labor leader
„...! member of parliament, horn.
ISO—Kagoshima. Japan, destroyed by the
British fleet.
ttiW—Rthrt Barrymore, netre**, l«ern»
1MD—Adelaide Neilaou, winger, died.
1SSS—Convent of the Snored Heart, N>*
York, destroyed by fire.
1SW—Ifeeclvers appointed f*ir tbe Northern
I’; i rifle railroad.
1394—Explorer Wellman nml party arrive,
at Tromaoe. having abandoned at temp*
to reach the uorth pot*