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m/xvixxAii. The Atlanta Georgian, JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, Pretldent. Subscription Rstes: One.Yetr $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. st 25 V. Alsbsms Street, Atlsnts, Gs. Eaterad •• eseoad-class matter April ZS, ISM. at tba PoatoMea St Atlseta, Oa.. under act of congress of March A U1S. Saturday Evening. "But words sre things, and a small drop of ink, Falling Ilka dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." Such was the Judgment of one of the masters of our English tongue who knew how to clothe a burning thought In powerful and appropriate language. It Is a pity that we do not pause more frequently to reflect upon the tact that words are so carelessly used, In this hurrying work-a-day world, and attempt to profit by the reflection. It is not merely the beauty and strength of faultless rhetoric which demand this, though it would seem that started In the right direction It Is quite as easy to speak and write our native language correctly as It Is to use It Incorrectly. We become amusing when we say—to use one of the familiar Illustrations of a modern Llndley Murray—''! saw a man digging a well with a Roman nose," or "This monument was erected to John Smith who was murdered In 189— by his brother as a mark of affection." There Is a world of Interest and of beauty In the origin and development of words and In the study of the Structure of our language. The difference In style—the clear Anglo-8axon of Tennyson, for the most part, as dis tinguished from the heavy lattnlsm of Dr. Johnson, the sonorous grandeur of Gibbon as distinguished from the nervous Irregularity of Carlyle, all give us something of an Insight Into the variety and complexity of language and enable us to acquire a atyle of our own—and the French have a proverb that "the style Is the man.” But It Is not the niceties of speech alone which should lead us to reflect upon the fact that as a rule words sre used so carelessly. It Is the careless ex pres slon of thoughts and sentiments which Is really Impor tant after all. It was a hasty and unjust review with which a self-sufficient critic assailed John Keats, one of the rarest spirits that every Inhabited a tenement of clay and one of the most exquisite geniuses who ever came Into the world. But tho vitriol sank Into his sensitive soul, and although we may not accept It as literally true that be was "killed off by one critique,” It no doubt has tened his end. The careless reply of a peasant Is alleged to have changed the Issue of Waterloo. The confusion of a few simple words In an order vias responsible for the terrible charge In which the Light Brigade was mowed down at Balaklava. So there was a world of wisdom In the proverb of Solomon, “Words fitly spoken are like apples of gold set In pictures of silver.” Just as "Many a shaft at random sent Finds mark the nrcher little meant," 'so the words that are carelessly spoken, winged with casual bitterness, find lodgment In hearts tor which they were never Intended and bring on sorrow and suffering for the years to come. When the Apostle sought to Im press upon men the Importance of keeping watch and ward over their dally conduct ho charged them, as the epitome of It all. that they would be required to give ac count of every Idle word In the day of Judgment. The application of this lesson may be appropriately made every day of our lives. It may be applied to the purity and simplicity of speech which make for strength and beauty, and It may be equally applied to "the words of our mouth and tho meditations of our heart,” which make for eternal life. Tsi An’s Parliament. Tsl An has come Into the limelight again. It had beau at least a week or ten days since she had broken Into ttu newspapers, so It was necessary for her to get busy. She had probably heard the news that her good friend, the'shah of Persia, had granted hta people a con stitutional government, and was therefore and thereby winning golden opinions from all sorts of people, ao the constitutional Idea looked good to her. She went to the back door and called her ministers apd now there Is to be a conference on the proposition of establishing representative government In the flowery kingdom. This would be an Innovation Indeed. If there Is any thing further from representative government than the present system of China we don't know whnt It Is. The country Is ruled b; the emperor who In turn Is ruled by his shrewd old mother, the empress dowager, and she seems to be ruled by her own sweet will. An amusing old lady she Is. She dies about every three weeks. At least the cables say so, and there Is speculation among all civilised nations as to what will become of China, which, of course, Is to be broken up and partitioned among the powers and principalities of the earth. But about that time the empress dowager comes to life long enough to deny that she has ever been dead at all, ao that you could notice It. 8he Is the most perva sive and persistent force In China today. She takes the precaution of saying that of course ft will he a long time before tba people of China are ready for real constitutional government and that she Is merely starting a campaign of education. We all know what that means and so we are not expecting to hear of the establishment of a celestial douma for some time to come. But Tsl An Is none the less diverting while she tink ers with the new plan of government. The Taylor Ordinance Should Pass. On Tuesday afternoon the ordinance drawn up by Walter A. Taylor, chalrptan of the special committee of council appointed to Investigate the condlvton In AUanta slaughter houses, will be brought up for adoption by the municipal body. This measure provides that these slaughter houses be made to conform to jiuch sanitary regulations as will Insure absolute protection to the consumers In this city and put an end to the shameful conditions which now prevail In this community. The Oeorglan was first to call attenUon to the deplor ably unwholesome manner In which cattle were slaugh tered for consumption In Atlanta and the Investigation which followed showed that the situation was Infinitely worse than It had been painted. When the filth and cor ruption was such that a member of the Investigating com mittee literally became III from viewing the revolting spectacle It Is surely high time that some radical measure be adopted for the protection of the life and health of the people. The measure drawn up by Mr. Taylor will accom pllsh this end, and nothing should be allowed to stand In the way of Its prompt enactment Into law. There Is no higher claim on the paternal care of the city tethers than the absolute protection of the people from unsanita ry conditions of all kinds, and particularly from the Augean filth which surrounds the slaughtering of cattle and the placing of diseased meat on the market. The people of the community are already aroused. They know the situation thoroughly and they are not go ing to be satisfied with any half measures. No considerations of self Interest on the part of those directly concerned In the business should be al lowed to modify or delay this necessary reform, and nothing short of the prompt enactment of every provis ion of this ordinance will meet the exigencies of the oc casion. The criminal neglect which has allowed these unsan itary conditions to prevail so long Is bad enough to con template. We know not how many good citizen* have already been sacrlflced to this wanton disregard of the laws of sanitation. The smallest atonement we can make Is to put an end promptly and effectively to these condi tions and bring the slaughter houses of Atlanta up to the highest standard of cleanliness and health. The proposed ordinance should be pasbed by a unan imous vote. = — It Is suggested that at an early day the Hon. Richard Russell, of Winder, will deliver a lecture In this city. The Georgian feels reasonably safe In promising Plain Dick a. crowded house If he comes to our town. People of the capital city were anxious to bear him during the progress of the campaign. As they did not enjoy that privilege, wo think there still wraps around him enough of the glamor and prestige of his heroic canvass to draw a packed hourfe to hear what he has to say after the bat tle Is over. There Is no doubt of the fact that Plain Dick Is one of the most picturesque and attractive characters In our state politics today and we feel sure that the people of Atlanta will be glad to pay him back In the price of a lecture ticket a part of the campaign fund he eked out so superbly and heroically in his eloquent can vass. We trust that the Dick Russell lecture will mate rialize. wish him Godspeed In Ills best efforts to arouse every restraining force In the ranks of his own people to save the republic from the tragedy toward which It Is Inevita bly verging. There Is a couple In Washington city who will defy all the laws of III omen by getting married. Each Is 23 years of age, they took out the marriage license on Au gust 23, It was the thirteenth license Issued that day and there are thirteen lettera In the name of both bride and groom. Hon. J. W. Overstreet, who has been elected to fill the unexplred term of Col. Lester as congressman from the First district. Is one of the ablest and most popular young men In the state of Georgia, and the First district will no doubt hear from him, even during the short time for which he Is chosen to sit In congress. "And silence. Wounds of sound." like s poultice, comes to heal ths A Negro Editor’s Comment. The Georgian la In receipt of a letter from Editor B. J. Davis, of Tbe Atlanta Independent, expreaslng tbe be lief that this paper does' not wish to punish the Innocent along with tba guilty criminals of the negro race, and as suring ua of his full and hearty sympathy with our ef forts to suppress tbe criminal Instincts of the race. The letter and the clipping from the current Issue of The In dependent which Is Inclosed Is worthy of comment. Editor Davis Is perhaps tbe ablest negro editor In the 8outh. Since assuming charge of The Independent he haa demonstrated upon more than one occasion his brains, his discretion and his capacity to be Immensely useful to his race' and the civilization In which we live. He is right In thinking that no white man desires to punish the Innocent negro, but we take It to be true from the caliber of hla editorials that he has read enough of history to know that the mass must frequently suffer from tho continued and unchecked outrages of a few of Its rep resentatives. And, the point which we make to Editor Davis and to other negroes of the higher class to which he belongs, Is that tho Innocent must Join with all their hearts and hands with Ihe belter clement of the white race to terrorlzo and to Intimidate the criminals of the negro race. The extract from his paper which Editor Dnvla In closos Is headed "Lynching Does Not Prevent Rape,” and while he asserts fairly and earnestly and more than once his earnest condemnation of the raplat, we would suggest to him that hla editorial devotes by far tbe greater part of Its space to the denunciation of lyneb law. This may be but nntural with a negro editor, but we Insist upon It that It is not politic at this time and that It does not give to tbe civilisation of this dangerous perlsd that full and hearty co-operafon which It demands for the suppression of the crime. We give Editor Davla full credit for the strength of his expression against the rapist but we suggest to him that the time Is past when much space can be given lo a protest against lynching. We agree with him and with every other right thinking man, that lynching la deplorable and awful, but Editor Davla and tho real of his race may aa well understand what all the rest of the world Is learning, that lynching Is here to stay until rape la done away with. The best way for Editor Davla and all other strong an<J Influential negroes like him, to prevent and destroy lynch ing Is to consecrate their columns nnd their brains and their Influence to preaching hell and damnation to ntgro rapists In such thunder tones that It will penetrate to their ears In the country and to Ihclr understanding In the cities and will enlist the whole tremendous force of public opinion among the negro race to coerce and Intim idate the fiendish criminals who are bringing the whole race into disrepute. It Is uot an unworthy appeal for Editor Davis to ask If we with to punish the Innocent, and wo appreciate the thoroughly legitimate spirit In which his appeal la made. But the trouble with hint and with others who are equally sincere In their cooperation with the white man in the supremacy of law. Is that he forgets that the criminals of his race are punishing the Innocent and Incomparable women of the South with a retgn of terror which they have done nothing to deserve, and which the men who love them are sternly and unflinchingly determined that they shall not longer endure. * We commend Editor Davis and the proper spirit of his editorial, but would suggest to him that he make It stronger, that he suspend for a time his denunciation against lynching, until he and his fellows have Impressed upon bis whole race the tremendous and thrilling purpose which Is pulsing In the aroused and Indignant veins of Southern manhood today. There la yet time If he and his contemporaries are to do this, to avoid the catastrophe which is Imminent. But the time Is short and growing shorter, and we Georgia at Jamestown. With tha subsidence of the political storm there comes easily the revlral of Interest In all matters of In dustry and development Along this line there presses upon us now a large concern for the display which Georgia la to make of her history, her reaourcea and her splendid prospects at the Jamestown exposition of 1907, Tbe appropriation of Georgia while not lavish was cordially and heartfully given. And, Jn the prudent and patriotic hands of the commission In which It has been placed. It will doubtless be sufficient to make Georgia a splendid and Impressive figure In the dress parade of commonwealths at Jamestown. No single man In connection with this appropria tion has been more vital and more influential than Pres ident W. N. Mitchell, of the Georgia' commission, who Is himself a Virginian as well aa a Georgian, and whose ceaseless and optimistic labors have been an effective force In securing the appropriation, and will be equally effective In making the exhibit a comprehensive and con spicuous success. Mr. Mitchell has worked with Infinite tact and tireless patience, patriotism and courage, and commands the full confidence of the state and of the ex position. Associated with him as faithful co-laborers, have been the Hon. Martin Calvin, of Richmond, Commissioner Thomas Hudson, of the department of agriculture; State Geologist Yates and 8. R. Field, of Cordele. It was a very proper and appropriate compliment which his excellency, the governor, gave President Mitch ell when, after signing the bill making tbe appropriation a law, he turned and presented tbe silver Instrument of signature to Mr. Mitchell as an evidence of his own high appreciation of the commissioner’s admirable work. With the able co-operation of the commissioner of agriculture and the state geologist Joined with the ex cellent aid of Mr. Calvin and tbe general experience of Mr. Field, Mr. Mitchell wilt at once bogln to marshal and to put In array the exhibit* which Georgia la to present to the world at Jamestown. With the exhibits already In evidence from other exhibitions, and with the ex perience gathered from those great fairs, the commis sioners feel fully persuaded that Georgia's exhibit will not be overshadowed by that of other commonwealths lined upon Hampton Roads next summer. We feel sure that no appeal Is needed, for every re source In Georgia which can minister to this display Is going to give with heartiness and with zeal, not only and primarily for the glory of Georgia and Its good re pute among the nations, but because of our love of old Virginia and our desire to put on our best clothes when we go to see Its ancient but honorable celebration. The Georgian Is confident that with all the environ ment of sentiment, of loyalty, of history and of Inspira tion which wraps around the scene and location of the exposition of 1907, that It will be one of the most charm ing If not the most charming of all the great fairs that have been held within this generation. Alas, that Yaraab the goat cannot be here to share In the rejoicing! There are a number of people who have Just had time to realise that there are campaigns In other states this year. EDITOR LOYLESS OF AUGUSTA—Our right band to you. Col. Tom Loylata, of The Augusta Chron icle. Your gallant and generous telegram was entitled to a more generous answer. We do not wonder that It required five telegrams to explain It. Two years ago from under tho shadow of de feat we sent a telegram similar to yours and your answer came back straight from the heart of the manly and generous gentleman that you are. We recall you as one of the men who are not easily spoiled and made dictatorial by victory. GORDON INSTITUTE.—One of the oldest and most honored of the preparatory schools of the South Is Gordon Institute at Barncsville. It has reached the years of an adult, and they are indeed honorable years. Every one of them Is filled with service to the youth of Georgia and with a good record In tbe building of character and equipment for the future of the state. It la now among the largest and best preparatory schools In the South, and the marvel of It Is that Its growth has come without any other help than the patriotic support of the people of Bamesvllle. The battalloq of cadets Is said to be the largest In the South. It Is under the most excellent dis cipline and thoroughness Is ode of the things which has made It successful and famous. An At lanta man, Mr. B. F. Pickett, of the Unlveralty of Georgia, Is the new president, and the next term opens with a full and swelling enrollment and ra- - dlant promises of continued usefulness and pros perity. Located aa it Is In the center of tho state, In the beautiful and cultured city of Bamesvllle, Gordon Institute is one of the things of which Georgia is, and has a right to be, Justly proud. Some of the first and best men of the state are the alumni of this Institute, and there are few schools which retain /rod hold more affectionate confidence and regard among Its graduates and students than this useful and effective academy. The Georgian, which la a sentinel upon the watch tower of education, congratulates Gordon Institute upon Its past‘and present, and predicta a noble and successful future. THE GEORGIA MILITARY ACADEMY—Atlanta Is coming to be Justly and heartily proud of that splendid Boys' Academy which has grown to fame and to usefulness under the name of Tbe Georgia Military Academy. Instituted and established six years ago at College Park by Col. J. C. Woodward, the Georgia Military Academy baa become one of the highest ranking schools In the South. It Is known from Virginia to Texas, and Its roll of students In cludes representatives from twenty states. Col. Woodward la one of the moat Impressive figures In the Southern educational field today, and la destined to larger tame and usefulness In the future. Out of a single building he haa de veloped a college campus and an equipment that Is suggestive of a genuine unlveralty, and per haps no school In the South la batter known and more enthusiaatlcally pralied than this famous suburban academy of Atlanta. The new term open* under condition* of unprecedented pros perity, every vacancy being filled, with a score of boys on the waiting list. There Is a new fac ulty carefully selected, and an equipment both physical and Intellectual that Is unsurpassed In the South. Among the new teachers who will take their places at the opening session of the Georgia Mil itary Academy Is Miss Minnie McIntyre, formerly of Atlanta, but more recently of Waycross public schools, but who it remembered by the patrons of this famous sohool as one of tbe finest and most popular and Inspiring teachers that ever filled a place In the college faculty. The Georgia Military Academy la rapidly plucking the laurels from those great Virginia and North Carolina schools at Pantops and at Davidson, which have heretofore held thfi parnf among preparatory educational Institutions of tbe South. Growth and Progress of the New South Under this bead will apnaar from tlrast remarkaldn development of the South which • Ipg ettentlon. Our Pig Iron Production Doubles in Sixteen Years. The strongest sentiment that can stir the civic mind and heart Is pa triotism. and the man who believes and assert! that the land In which he lives Is the beat and brightest on the face of the earth goes a long way towards making that estimate true. We all known. In a general way, that this Is the most fertile and in viting section of the country or nny other country and that our people are prospering aa they never did before. But ft Is particularly gratifying when day after day the serious minded Investigator who takes the pains to grub Into the documentary evidence can produce so many solid and sub stantial facts to fortify and vindicate hie cttlxen pride. On yesterday It was shown that Atlanta's average growth In the mat ter of new buildings for the month of July, as compared with,July of last year, was more than twice as large as the average growth of the lead ing cities of the entire country. Today we present some facts as to the growth of the pig Iron Indus try In the entire South. It la a proverb that Iron Is "the barometer of trade,” nnd, according to that hypothesis, we are flourishing, Indeed. Haslng Its figures on the reports of the American Iron and Steel As sociation, The Manufucurers’ Record shows that during the first half of this year Southern furnaces produced 1,705,859 tons of pig Iron, un In crease over the same period In 1905 of 1(1,115 tone of 3,2<0 pounds each. Comparison by States for the two periods Is made In tha following table: AUGUST. August Is here with her roses. Dewe dsyvdntrne sod Celnsi.s, not* crimson with blushes. Billowy clouds sad psttvrliiit ruin, Awukenlns hods with Imr refrain. In depths of glossy bushes. ■locked by sepl • ~n quivers ow-throeted pelunlss SffJSt br , zephyrs In cradles green, qjdven In moonlight sheen, Ictlow.thro*tod petunias Wrasthe the gardens, desr little quisles A AmW°".!l l r n r? JEHUS' * u, "' wb " e '<*“• States. Alabama . t .. Georgia North Carolina Texas Kentucky -. .. Maryland .. .. Tennessee .. .. Virginia West Virginia . 190(. MU,040 28.753 83,798 166,334 195,767 340.(73 140,OK In the second half of 1(05 Southern furnaces produced 1,(76,802 tons nearly * per rent, more than the production of the first half of that year. 8hould a similar percentage of Increase be made between now and the end of the year the total production of pig Iron for the South In 100( will be about >.(((,000 tons, or more than double the output of the South In 1890. Continuing, The Manufacturers’ Record says; "Oratlfytng aa that prospect Is, comparison of the productions In the first six months of 1005 and 1906 In the South with those In the rest of the country Indicates that the South Is not maintaining Its potential pace ns an Iron producer, for tbe Increase In production In the South >vns from 1,643,871 tons to 1,708.856 tons, or by 1(1,985 tons, equal to 10.4 per cent, and In the rest of 'the country It was from 9,(19,804 tons to 10,897,045 tons, or by 1,377,741 tons, equal to IS.3 per cent. Ano'ther Indication of the South's not living up to Its possibilities In this connection Is the fact that of the sixteen furnaces In course of construction In the whole country on June 30, 1906, but two were In tbe South, and they In Alabama. There are Important moves under way tending to the larger development of the Iron and steel Interests of Alabama, but the time has come when the South should make far more progress In this Industry than It Is now doing.” Justice Phllllmnn Is the only Judge on the English bench who can boost of being’ ambidextrous, and It Is said to urlous to watch him taking notes In court, using hie pen first In ene and and then in the other. The Baronees Burdett-Coutts' recent celebration of her ninety-second birth day recalls the tact that as Miss An gela Burdett-Coutts she was one of Queen Victoria's bridesmaids. Queen victoria 3s years ago made her a bar oness. UeautlfuL bright so roseato tin urn: A"** »■. whiter. •ffiSaSSKS*- white si snow. *’"£ “lies ebsste as vestals grow. ..TOrtr Bower vigils keeping, rr.SI! CT nr . crimson-hearted, zmL-Jdzeett znd ardently parted- < hryaantbeinuiui era alseplng ,nfrl .V znnuner's side. ™ KJ*, swtunm Idooiu, regal In pride. And cheer the rose fortnrn. nl.l'.i'Tii'.flL bzlsnin lenves, —Augusta Wall, CARCASSONNE. ‘ I ," Jj™wlng Mat threescore year, In net or dry. In duet 4>r mire ' FuianS , . , r. , «r“® W c*” w ? n * Fulfilment of my heart s desire. 1 zee that hit,a la-low namJF?£s a Ji I" 111 ‘"■""I !“ none. Harvest nnd vintage mine nnd fo, I ve never gut to I'nrvaseoniier "IS, If In need at m nny a dny, Hut J 1 . f i rom >,M, 1 **P*ut*ln chain; "Si.» Mgwee It lien away. am V .h* there and Imc k again. A V' the vintage promised fair, ai.l*' ron ’* fll*** without nun, »? mslte them swell, I snail not get to i'nrcnssomie! "5®“'d think 'twee nlwnys Sunday lln-re, aSC ».. e ' * J*W. are folks he-fight, "-BJft'S, ,L bu I-ooigeofs wear. Their deniotsellrs walk out In white. T""" sennrsl* w /te rhflr stars you see, , A ! tut-lnwplag llabylou, A bishop, ton—sh, un-! sb, me: I ve never been lo Csrcnssonne! "YSSj ,r S! T 3 M 0,,r cure call .n5!» the bwwtilng sin of man; Ambition brought on Adam's fall. And son ring withes are my bane. Jet could I only steal sway ... fpzc the sinter bus begun, I il die contented any dny. If ones I'd lieen to Carcassonne! "Mon Iilen! men Hleu! forgive my prayer _! m b «t « poor tireaumiiiuons took J He bulls line rustles In the sir. "■JJtJZmy n* when new lireeehed st My wife with our arst-born. Algnan. .,'■«" evra Journeyed to .Vsrhonne, sir grandson hns seen Perpignan. I ve never la-eu to Carensionne!” Ho Sighed n peasant of I.lmonx. A worthy neighbor, bent ahd worn, y,?-.,(''end.'' quoth 1. "HI go with you. He it rally forth tomorrow morn." And. tree enough, nwsy we hied. Hut when our son I was almost won, Uod rest his sonlf rhe good man died— lie never gel to Carcassonne! -F roiu tbe French of Nidnnd In The West minster Gaxette. I GOSSIP] By CHOLLV KNICKERBOCKER By Private. leased wire. Netv York, Aug. 25 Mrs serf Goodyear, of us West 49th stra,! cham* 7w k ” 8,ewar ‘- 0 wealthy nieJ chant of Kansas city, is "90 proof "1 and r *Mr G0< £r r '* a w|d °» "nd „hi and Mr. Sfawart have been «i 1 friend, for some time. Recently i’ h '! iTa wait ™* " a,d ' beCame '»*«. * in a western woman and friend. . the widow said be did not tare for hi! any more. To prove thdr mi some one sent a telegram- 0 ihi i" ke - .as City man. telling hln ,h ut certain hour Mrs. Goodyea- wouM*' i her life by shooting. uld end Within an hour after tie went over the wires, the raiio? 1 ^ **• West 47th street station ,h * ?£..*?2 n L Chicago andTolfTo hunt e of Mr ( Goodci^ around to the home of Mr GoodeI ry to prevent her shooting h«Lf o*" rifled a. to the manne* T„"^' (ch M >*- Chlcago person would hear ,f „ .tom Ing n New York before th |„ ", “'.l' thorltfes. the police detcrmled m m' r& nd * d ’" c,,V8 z®ut to "Goodness no, she ain't (jot; laid •he, Just went automoblllng,” m, d ,.■ maid who met the officer at he dom? w « n Mrs. Goodyear was said: "Jack Is certainly 90 pm? ul certainly could not have got tl ioifj! I? “a* lon ,' lulcker H he had -V oJ Broadway.” r n un New York society Is eagerly d.. u „ ng a moat Interesting piece cl,* .' In connection with the receipts news that Mrs. Annie M. Stewa'has secured her South Dakota doiel from W. Rhinelander Stewart, t i, no lean than the intimation tha.h. fair divorcee soon will be led t«th. •Iter again by no less a person ,»a James Henry, better known as "S.nt James,” A. M. Smith, the He, bachelor In America. Mr. Smith's fortune la estimated., not leas than *6p,000.000 and Is lleved to he nearer double that flgu He has a magnificent palace here at for several years there has been mtn speculation as to who was to be t> mistress of It. The wise ones now s! certain that It will be Mr*. Stewart! It Is recalled that wh«n Mr. Smit purchased the old William Whltns mansion. Fifth avenue and (7tb street and began to play a prominent part H the doings of the “400," Mai. Stewart aided him In the many coqiv enter’ talnments he gave. She mamged hli dinners and dances, and Jus prior to the final separations of the Stewarts the millionaire bachelor and Ms. Slew- art were often together. The fact that not a single retrlcthm Is placed on either husband r wife places them both In position t« marry again If they an choose. There vos no mention of alimony In the decie and here It Is believed that the tnony set tlement was arranged before th pro- ccedlngs was begun. / Mark Twain has bought tl old Noah Sherwood home In West Jed ding and will reconstruct the iuae at a cost of 330,000. The hots i, surrounded by 110 acres. It wl be ready next June. Mrs. Alec B. P. Hamilton, a nlemf 'Tody” Hamilton, of circus fame, nd a relative of ex-PresIdents eleven,| and Harrison, will wed Goodwlno. Beattie next Saturday. The monument to Verdi, tbe Itebt composer, to be erected at Seven, second street and Tenth avenue, h arrived on the ateamer Sannlo. Civ. ettl, the sculptor, accompanied I. monument and will be present at b unveiling, October 11 Funds-for tl monument were raised' by Italians this country. i GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. j By Private Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 3(.—Here are some of the visitors In New York oday: ATLANTA—S. N. Erins, L R Pee bles, K. C. Robinson, R. Rofnson, J. H. Fltten, W. W. Hullburt. R Y. Mill- ley. AUGUSTA—C. n. Dews. MACON—W. P. Stevens, o. T. Wright. SAVANNAH—Dr. E. R. Carsi, J. a Maddock. IN PARI8. Special to Tbe Georgtnu. Paris, Aug. 25.—Joseph A. Mtglonl and Mrs. \V. C. Oasols. of Sav.nth, Ga- registered at the office of thEu- ropean edition of the New Yorkier- ald today. THIS DATE IN HISTORl AUGUST 25. 1270—t«oul» IX of France die*!. Horn 25, 12J5. H82— Mnrimrot of Anjon, queen of H« J i» VI of Knjrtiind. died. t770—'Thotnna i*battertnn # , RnglUIi I*" died. 1770— Imvltl Hume. Hrotrb blatorlau. «Hc» ■ Horn April 3*. 1711. 1789— Mary Waehlncton, mother of fieorg Wnehlnfftnii, died. 1W7— Kdwnru rreldr, American c4>mnnNlor«\ died. , , 1814—Washington, D. C„ evacimtwl l»7 llrltleli. . lS90~In*urre4’t|on of Belgians comnififed st Brussels. . 1854—Japanese announced new |»ollcy or ary 14. IT#- commercial Intercourse. Matthew J. Steffens, of Chicago, la the dean of Chilean consuls in the Lnlted States, having represented that country lor fourteen years. FAIL OB WIN AS YE MAY. • »»U Mirn IPn is* HUP ■ «»* ^ • . Vonr life was s song of lioustlngi my friend. And only a continent smile did ye wear. 'Tie well yon smiled yestenlsr. my For todny tbe clouds illd t»rl*» And now your life Is not a S4mg,il«*ar sir. For ilsra defeat Una covercil year b»»i>crui skies. Your heart Is tweaking today. r«ndl* date. For you have lost out In the rscet*4lny. But more souls thnu yours are ad. *'"*• dear sir. . . At the victory which hns l*enwn*<M away. But *tls the same old song, dear fried. To conqner or fall.ns ye mny: There's some one must low* if yc wfl O *ir. In every gome you play. Ro he cheerful nnd try mill. my *i: For if had won. think of rhe rlj*r» who Wfiuld he sad. „ „ Re cheerful o’er the »ee which ye dl run. And hear*In mind yonr defent made n^rv glad. -T- B. Mhldlebrou. Mrs. Joseph Drexel, of Phllail'IP» has presented a high altar to the » Church of tbe Sacred Heart, of Dr. den.