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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
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More Evidence of Corporate Negligence,
It would not be difficult to convince the peopje who
patronise the Marietta branch of the Georgia Railway and
Blectrlc Company that there li a grave necessity for the
regulation of the street railway company.
They have suffered In a great many forma from a
lack of those facilities to which they are reasonably en
titled. The fare Itself would appear to be quite out of
proportion to that which la charged on the other sq)>ur-
ban lines of tbe company, and what la of at least equal
moment la the tact that while the people of Marietta have
freely granted to the corporation the right to use tbe
•treeta of their city, tbe company has not seen fit to
provide any depot facilities whntever.
At this end ot the line the same condition prevails,
and while the Marietta cars stop directly in front of the
Oeorgta Railway and Electric Company's magnificent of
fices In which It would be easy, one would think, to es
tablish some kind of a waiting room, the fact Is that no
provision whatever Is made to shelter watting patrons
from the sun and the wind and the rain.
All this Is but part and parcel of the arbitrary and
selfish manner In which this autocratic monopoly admin
isters its affairs without regard to the conSkrt and pleas
ure of Its patrons. t
This new line la becoming one of the moat popular
and prosperous In tbe entire system. It la only fair that
all the auxiliary facilities which such a line requires
should be aupplled for tho patrons of the road. But fre
quent remonstrances seem to have mot‘with no substan
tial response, and those who live In Marietta nnd Atlanta
and along the connecting lines have too Jong suffered
from the greed and the selfishness of the Georgia Rail
way and Electric Company.
Perhaps this company thinks that It can go on In
definitely Ignoring the just demands ot the people, but we
verily believe that a public sentlniont Is being aroused
fn this community which would make It thd part of wis
dom for the company to make some concessions to the
people before they fatigue Indignation and drive the peo
ple to niako the Georgia Railway and Electric Company,
with all Its allied utilities, one of the paramount and
Sleepless Issues of the hour.
“AI” Adams Again.
Information comes from Now York that "Al" Adams,
tho notorious policy king and backer ot M. J. Sage *
CO., after having failed • few weeks since for some
thing like 12,000,000, is now making arrangements to
Open up his chain ot bucket shops again.
Of course It Is no part of hit purpose to return to
the defrauded and confiding customers the 12,000,000
which they trusted to him. Rut a life of commonplace
tranquillity Is unendurable to this high financier and hla
able lieutenants, so be Is making arrangements, accord
Ing to this rumor, to resurrect such of his old bucket
ehopa as were In chnrge of men on whom ho could rely
and ao will begin again an active campaign for fleecing
the public.
Wo do not know what measure of truth there may be
In this rumor, but wo do know that If It has any founda
tion and there Is any way In which the law could reach
auch a man as he, steps should be taken to prevent bin
further fleecing of the public.
It amnld seem. In all conscience, that the career that
"Al" Adams has led In the past and the term he has
served In the iienltemlary. would put the public on notice
against any enterprises In which he or Ills lieutenants
might engage. ^
If this were not sufficient to opon their eyos, then
his more recent escapade In high flnnnce, namely, this
failure for $2,000,000, should he sufficient to put the pub
lic on fair notice that they could not afford to touch any
enterprise with which his name was Identified.
It may bo dependod upon that If lie begins operations
again It will be but a rehearsal of the past, and that as
soon as a fitting opportunity presents Itself he will be
ready t<> swoop down upon the unsuspecting flock of
lalnbs and fiecce them to their very skin.
The full details of his proposed resumption of busi
ness have not yet heen given out. It Is hoped, for tho
sake of that class of people who Insist upon trading with
him and with any concern with which hi* nnme may bo
Identified, that he will find such obstacles tn the way of
hla resumption of business that he will not be able to
perfect the arrangements he contemplates.
The South has undoubtedly suffered Its share from
these various speculative affairs to which he lent mate
rial aid and comfort, and In the light of the further fact
that there cannot possibly be ahy basis for legitimate
business transactions with concerns of the character with
which he has been Identified, there should be no more
attempt to' play with the fickle goddess through the in
strumentality which he has placed nt the disposal of the
people. i
The world at large Is entirely sick and tired of "Al"
Adams and his speculation ventures, and It la to be
hoped he will be allowed at the present Juncture to "sink
to silence like a tavern brawl."
He has cut a wide swath tn his time.
Let us hope that It la permanently at an end.
The Georgian extends a cordial welcome to Dr. H. E.
Stockbrtdge. who haa recently assumed the duties of agri
cultural editor of The Southern Ruralltt, of this city. Dr.
Stockbrtdge comes well equipped for the duties of his
position and The Rurallst ts to be congratulated on Its
acquisition.
If this spelling controversy keeps np, Dan Chaucer Is
liable to get before the people.
Some Municipc! Ownership Examples.
The entire community has become thoroughly aroused
on the subject of municipal ownership of public utilities,
and every bit ot Information which can throw any light
upon this subject should be given to the people. We see
no reason why corporations owned largely by foreign cap
italists should mulct the people of Atlanta when by the
operation of these utilities tbe city could save hundreds
of thouianda of dollars a year to her citizens and give
them a better service In every respect.
The question ha* already been discussed from a great
many points of view. Surely none of them could be more
enlightening than to give concrete examples and Illustra
tions of the profit and efficiency derived from their oper
ation In other cities. 1
This, question of municipal ownership Is not a new
one. There are various cities throughout the world
which have found It practicable and profitable, and in
some of tbesc cities municipal ownership baa extended
not only to public utilities but to other lines of com
merce which hitherto had remained In the hands of pri
vate Individuals. *
Mr. William E. Curtis, the veteran correspondent of
The Chicago Record-Herald, who Is now traveling In Eu
rope. writes from Vienna of municipal ownership In that
beautiful capital of Austria. That tbe Viennese are a
happy and a prosperous people does not need to be ar
gued. Vienna itself ts one of the most splendid cities
In the world, and except in population compares favora
bly with Paris Itself.
And yet the city government of Vienna not only op
crates a street railway system but a brewery, a number
of flower stores, a storage warehouse, stone quarries and
other lines ot commercial and Industrial activities which
furnish commodities to the people more cheaply than they
were ever bought under private ownership. No one ts
contending for each a municipal ownership liTea for At-
Innta as prevails In Vlennn, and yet the success of her
street railway system will throw a direct light on the pub
lic utilities In which we are really Interested.
We are told that the city government owns all of
the street car lines and that they are welt managed and
kept In excellent condition. In point of fact, tho
Vienna, street car system Is one of the finest In the
world. A 2-cent fare ts charged before 8 o'clock In the
morning tn order that the working classes who are In
greatest need of cheap transportation can get to their
work at a nominal cost. The gross receipts of the com
pany have greatly Increased since the city took hold of
the linos, but It Is conceded that the expenses have In
creased more rapidly, so that the net profits are only
about one-third as large as they formerly were.
The burgomaster of the city, who la devoted to the
cause of municipal ownership, takes pride In this very
fact, and points out that the employees of the street
railway are the men who have largely received these
benefits through higher wgges and shorter hours while
at the same time Increasing the effectiveness of the ser
vice and allowing the people In general to participate In
tbe general benefits of cheaper fares and better facili
ties.
While, as wo have said before, no one Is contending
for the municipalization of anything except the recog
nized public utilities nt this time, It can do no harm to
add In passing that Vienna also owns a number of flow
or shops nnd soils flowers from the parks and cemeteries
at a handsome profit. Lovers of tho aesthetic do not need
to be told that this constant pruning and gathering of
the flowers with Intelligent discrimination not only must
keep the parks and cemeteries themselves muck moro
beautiful nnd abundant In their floral array, but that It
provides a means of furnishing the people with flowers
for various purposes at a nominal coat. Undertakers
nnd caterers are the largest customers and the city
makes enough money to pay all the gardeners In tbe em
ploy of the city and a portion ot the othor expenses for
maintaining the parks. The net profits last year were
about $17,000.
Buildings which remained standing -after the Inter
national exposition of 1873 were not ruthlessly destroyed,
ss In Chicago and St. Louis. They were used for per
manent purposes. The main building, which was of great
size, was converted Into a storage warehouse which Is
probably the largest In the world. H ts opernted by the
city, la divided Into sections fpr storing grain, wines and
household effects, and yields to the city an average no'
revenue of $00,000 a yenr.
A few miles froth the city thete Is n siono quarry
which Is owned and opernted by the municipality. It was
purchased more than 25 yenrs ago, when tho city was
undertaking a great system of public Improvements, nnd
millions of dollars worth ot stone have been taken from
It. While there Is comparatively little public construc
tion going on at this time, the overplus ot granite Is sold
to privats Individuals and corporations, and last year
this municipal quarry yielded a net profit of $19,000.
Thua we see that the three municipally. owned enter
prises outside ot the street rallwny yield to Vienna an
annual net profit of practically $100,000 n year.
Tho success of tbe street railway system under mu
nicipal ownership nnd tho possibility of furnishing ex
cellent facilities of travel, with good hours nnd good
wages to employees, nominal fares tor the laboring
classes nnd a snug profit over operating expenses, la the
point which we wish to bring out. It Is full ot enlighten
ment to tho people of Atlanta who are Interested In se
curing the best results from onr public utilities.
Growth and Progress of the New South
uontr mis bmh will appear from time to time Information illustrating me
remarkable development of the South which deserves something more than pass
ing attention^
A Glorious Future.
From time to time we have endeavored to furnish tn this column facts
and figures which show the Incomparable reeources of the South, Joined
with her salubrious climate and her ready access to the markets nt the
world. The latter will be even more notable when the Panama canal shall
have been completed.
But n-e could not poeslbly present all these facts more succlntly and
more Impressively than In the graphic phrase which recently appeared In
large letters on the cover of The Manufacturers' Record. They should be
clipped out and pasted In the hat of every patriotic Southern man and
read whenever the opportunity presents itself. Here they are:
"Give free rein to your Imagination and let It picture the future of a
section which hag one-half of the Iron ore- of the United States, nearly
three times as much coal as Great Britain, Germany and Pennsylvania com
bined, which holds a world monopoly on cotton production and la rapidly
becoming a great cotton manufacturing center, which dominates the phos
phate rock and sulphur trade of the world, which has much of the richest
oil territory known, which has one-half of the standing timber of the
country, which produces all the sugar, all the rice, most of the tobacco,
and adds to these 800,000,000 bushels a year of grain: and then think of-
Its water-powers. Its splendid rivers, Its great aeaeoast, Its expanding
commerce, and remember that Its cotton crop alone annually exceeds the
total gold and silver production of the world, and that every dollar of gold
annually mined on earth Is not enough to pay the South's bill against
Europe for cotton, and you will get Just a faint conception of the future."
i KOOKS AND CORNERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
A FORGOTTEN MATCH
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
“Poor old Spain!" It Is what nearly
all the world is saying to Itself these
days.
How easily did the great republic
utterly crush the Spaniard in the late
war over Cuba!
What a burlesque of a nation Spain
Is today—a mere dot on the map,
reminiscence rather than a fact,
shadow without any substance!
And yet one hundred and twenty-five
years, tho 2d of January, a Spanish
force Invaded our territory, marched,
unmolested, right across one of our
“sovereign states," accomplished Its
purpose and marched back again to Its
starting point with . drums a-beatlng
and banners a-flylng!
For some unaccountable reason
France, after being beaten by England
on the "Heights of Abraham." and just
before the treaty was ratified giving
England the fruits of her victory, se
cretly ceded to Spain everything west
of the Mississippi, as though she had
said tn herself, "The Briton has beaten
me between the Mississippi and the
Adleghanles, but he shall not have the
domain west of the great rlrer without
a fight with Spain."
The capital of "Upper Louisiana" at
the time was St. Louis, founded In
1764 by the French, and It was from
this point that the march In question
was made.
Starting from St. Louis, on the 2d
day of January, 1781, sixty-five Span
iards and Frenchmen and sixty Indians,
of the Sioux, Ottawa and Pottawat-
tomle tribes, commanded by Don Eu
genio Pourre, marched straight across
the state of Illinois to Fort St. Joseph,
at the mouth of the 81. Joseph river,
In the present state of Michigan.
At Fort St. Joseph the English gar
rison of a few score men was overpow
ered, the Spanish flag was raised above
the captured stronghold, and with the
British flag ns hit trophy Don Eugenio
Pourre. with his Spaniards, French
men and Indians, marched back to St.
Louis.
This march across the state of Illi
nois was no Utopian affair. It meant
business. There was a method tn It.
Aa tbe sequel will show, It was Inspired
at Madrid, and was a part of a deep-
laid plot to accomplish one of two
things—the recovery of Gibraltar from
England or the establishment of a great
Spanish domain upon the North Amer
ican continent.
Immediately upon Don Eugenio
Pourre's return to St. Louts, Don Fran-
elseo Cruvat. governor of Upper Lou
isiana, started a messenger to Madrid
with the news. It was a year before
the message was delivered and pub
lished In the Madrid Gaxette.
And then the fun began. John Jay,
our representative at Madrid, saw
through the businss at a glance, and
wrote Franklin, at Paris, to keep his
eyes open. Franklin had not been
sleeping. The news reached Franklin
soon after It did Spain, and Franklin,
with his great good sense, was not slow
the game.
In the meantime the treaty of Ver
sailles was on the carpet, and In Its
very first session It was revealed that
France and Spain were In a conspiracy
against us. Then appeared the true
cause for the Spanish march across the
state nt Illinois and the planting of the
Spanish flag on the stockade of Fort
St. Joseph., The Spaniards had already
established themselves at Baton Rouge
and Natchez, and with Fort St. Joseph
ndded to their triumph they were pre
pared to lay claim to the vast territory
between the Mississippi and the Alle-
ghanles!
And then the first card was played
with England. Spain would relinquish
her claim to the aforesaid domain If
England would give her back Gibral
tar.
But no! England would do no such
thing. If she had to she woutd give
up the colonies between the Alleghanlqs
and the sea, but by the Red Cross ol
St. George she would not vacate her
stronghold, at the gateway of the great
Blue sea.
Spain had played her first card and
lost.
And then she began the game wltb
the ambassadors of the United States.
At Paris Spain had her astute am
bassador, Count d’Aranda, whose part
It was to hold In tho diplomatic battle
her rights upon the eastern side of
the "Father of Waters."
But Franklin was there, and Adams
walk there, and not an Inch would they
budge from the proposition that Unrle
Sam's domain extended to the middle
of the Mississippi.
The Castilian coaxed and threaten-
I. Every device known to the diplo
matic art was tried by him, and tried
In vain. Our self-taught ambassadors
beat him at every turn, and when the
final terms were made with Great Brit
ain Gibraltar remained In the hands ot
England nnd over every Inch of soil
between the Allegiianles and the
Eternal River" It was decreed that
Old Glory" should float.
And thus ended the aftermath of the
Spanish march across the state of Illi
nois.
LAND OF WILLIAM THE SILENT
THE HAGUE, HOLLAND
A LITERARY FROG.
By CLARA MORRIS.
I cnl alcove* In a Twwitf
book store, to read the liook-bnoka.
when Mime one. mistaking me. wild, “I
really think you ought to route and help
me. Radio, for you know* whnt nn
bother It la to choose n novel for Jane,
She hud N|$okeu thua of her trouble to
ine a fall minute before abo illarovered I
was n xtranger, who had taken the place
of her companion. Apologies were waived
nalde In friendly spirit.
She proved a hopeful. laughing, minting
girl—pretty ns a flower nnd frank aa a
boy—who wna undertaking the ImtHWsihte;
trying to aeleot a hook to numoe the uit-
araunahle. Suddenly nho hnrat forth. “Now
ton aee. my roualn la quite apol
—•he liken Just to glance nt a m*W/book
aiul nhut It up In n single word.”
“Pleasant for the author." I ol>served.
“And for the eras hod giver. foo,“ she
answered. “Why, Juat let me ahow you
What It’* like.”
She caught tip it book to lllnstrnte with.
“If roualn open* her uew liook and flnda
the scene laid at the seashore, she chi pa It
shut, twists her Ups. nnd aava, ’Humph!
Shipwreck or llfe-snvlug?* If mills are
mentioned, she slaps the l»ook to with
fhe one word. ‘Strike!’ If mlne»_are
tea, she
nnd so did she, but rather
ruefully.
“Then does she never really rend a
hook?” I naked.
“Oh. she used to, but now she says they
nre all repetitious; nnd she Just Jumps
from front to l»nck. then once lu tho
middle: It’* nil Jimfp, Jump. Jump, like—’
“A sort of literary Jumping frog, I
“Oh!” she exclaimed. “I t]nn*t want tn
he tuenn to cousin, but I'll lfftre to tell
pnpn that Just to henr the windows shake
at his lough. You see cousin, therefore,
cuts you down to such small choice. She
says “ *- t -*- *“ * “
.. French l»ook Is immoral, n Scotch
one a sermon, nnd nn American one tame
to ennui. See what n pile of IhkiIcs I ve
l>een through! She can guess the formula
of every book extant!"
She groaned. .....
“No, she ran t," I asserted. “Look..here;
what about n hook that tans no villain?
(Her eyes widened.) A liook without a
crime of any kind to avenge? (She slfook
her head.) Without." I sternly ndded.
without nn adventures*—without. chnnge
f scene—no Inudscupe mania?"
•’Impossible! Impossible!" she gasped.
••Walt,’’ I said. “Now don t scream;
l>ook without n divorce?”
•‘But.’’ she charged, ’why, there s it
material left to make a liook of!
Yes. there Is."
'Well, no out* woyld care to rand It,
then." ' . . , .
“It holds you with a grin of steel.
There Is not a eotnmn ml men t broken, and
yet It Is strong enough to hold a fuau
reader." . 1AU . ,
She enme close to ine, nnd, with dancing
eyes, said
! GOSSIP
By CHOLl.Y KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Sept. 11—Friend* 0 f
lYillfam McKinley In this section ar«
concerned at the news from Ohio that
her health will not permit her to atiena
the unveiling of the statue of her ,u.
tingulehed husband. It has been know,
that Mrs. McKinley has been feeble t„.
some time, but It was not reallxed that
she was In such a.state that she would
not be able to attend this Important
function. Mrs. McKinley Is a typical
American-woman and much of her hu„,
band's success was due to her kln,ti»
sympathy and capacity to help. This i.
true of most all men. The good women
of America of the type of Mrs. McKln
ley may some day get part of the credit
due them In the making of our coua
The death of James A. Garland
South Hanover, Mass., brings to a defl
nlte end a strange romance. A m>al
stir tn society was caused When Mar,
Tuber Garland sued for a divorce after
four years of wedded life, during which
the couple had been blessed with f„n,
sons. Mrs. Garland obtained custod.
of the children. r
Garland was graduated from Harvard
nnd was a millionaire when he left col.
lege. He was a great sportsman H,
met Mary Tuder, of Brookline, .Ma»s
find fhflV U'f*l'P lll'.'IU’n tnonlhas L., .t, ., 1
“It Is very wicked to tall Has.
“Vary," I admitted, steadily. ,
“Anil you know where there Is a truly
...... ..here the
true bonk ilka that?"
Sho took my hands nnd cuddled I barn
under her cheek; she cooed a* If she had
been about four yenr* old. ,
“Make me bnnpy. happy! Help me to
plnv one on the It fern ry frog—for she could
lot* guess thnt. l’lense tell me—or ninybe
t hns no nnme, either?"
But. It bn a. nnd « very mid
‘Oh. whnt?"
I gave the name. I saw her scribble the
Initial*. *’!•—M." nnd then she clasped iuy
hand and *nld.
“Oh. you nre th>
happened to
And we 1»oth laughed nnd pnrtfc&
MEN AND WOMEN.
Lotts, the once favorite setres*. Is snlil
to l-o one of the biggest tnxpnjrcrs iilnnng
the women of Boston.
Thomas Bent, the prem'ev of Victoria.
Introduces wings In his speeches, hut never
sings the songs of the present tray.
The first deaf mnte In the ennntr.v to
ltecome n nun la Mias Mira Mile Holman,
who s-as recently received. Istq. the Do-
inhtlean order nt Hunts Point, N. Y.
Sir tiouglnss Fox. who hns le-cn com
missioned to pre|>orc the new plan* for
the long-talked-of English Channel runnel.
Is regarded by Hi" members of Ills profes
sion ns one of the greatest engineers of
III, time.
The favorite Itobby of the quern mother
f Spain Is collecting playing enrda. Her
majesty possesses, for Instance, the fit-
mous pack of Ivory cards which Prince
Eugene, the comrade
of Marlliorough. nt-
ways carried with him In nil ttiu cant-
polgus lu which he took part.
and they were drawn together bv iheb
love for outdoor life. The wedding w.,
celebrated In the church at Brooklin,
In 1898 and was a great society event
The happy couple went on a cruise to
the Mediterranean. On their return
they went to reside at Chestnut hllL
and later In Brookline.
In 1800 society was surprised to hear
that Mrs. Garland had sued for divorce
naming Mrs. Kimball, wife of a Yal.
athlete. Mrs. Garland obtained her dl.
vorce.
In 1904 Garland, who was crulslnc on
his palatial yacht Barracouta, was via.
Itcd by hla divorced wife ana n recon
ciliation took place. A trip was mads
to a minister and they again were made
husband and wife. 8lnce then they
have lived In happiness and no cloud
came to mar their second honeymoon
until Mr. Garland's fatal Illness.
Miss Corrlnne Violet, sister of At.
wood Violet, the cotton man, Is being
congratulated on having defeated Den.
nlson Hatch, Jr., In a swimming match
across the sound, from Throgg* Neck
to Great Neck, L. I. The race lasted
for two hours and a quarter. Miss
Violet won by two lengths.
Work on the New York, Westchester
and Boston Railway Company's viaduct
at Bronxdale and Hunt avenues, the
Bronx, hns heen tied up by Mrs. Fred
erick Hucryn, wife of a policeman. With
u big revolver she held fifty laborers at
bay. The Dueryos contend that they
own the middle of the street nnd that
until they are paid for the damage to
their property they will not let the
work proceed.
Another sensation Is sprung. The
Rev. A. D. Chandler, of the Bnptlet
tomple, who with other preachers haa
been protesting against the manage,
ment of the Bronx zoo for exhibiting
In the monkey cage, the little African
pigmy, Ota Bcngn, declares that the
"savage" Is neither a pigmy nor t
btishmnn. but Is merely a Kaffir boy.
Mrs. Bussell Race Is n descendant nf
Sides Mteiidlili. Her maiden nnme, lllhln,
was also tlmt of her parents) grand
mother, Olivia Xtundlah. Notwithstanding
Mrs. face's grear wealth snd Interest In
humanity, she has reached the nge of 76
,■ It limit ever having been abrtmd.
years
Emerson Hough.
..... the author. Is n grant
traveler, never contented to remain lu one
place very long. He woo the first imin
to eross Yellowstone park In the winter,
nnd some eleven years ago he s|ient moat
T
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
HE emblem of The Hague, tbe court
nn rill I Mr in UI i n»- I tn|uS| iu« iwun
city of Holland, 1* the atork. Bat,
third
heir
Repair the State Fair Buildings.
We nre Informed that tho finance committee of
council will moot on Saturday for tho purpose of consid
ering the suggestion that $2,500, or some such sum, bo
spent on tiio buildings at Piedmont park. In order thnt
they may he In proper condition when tho fair opens.
We believe that council would be acting wisely In
making thla appropriation, and we trust that the finance
committee will recommend it.
The state fair of last year brought 40,000 people to
Atlanta uml during their stay, considering the matter
purely from a business standpoint, they left a great deal
of money in the city. Council has frequently made ap
propriations for the entertainment of conventions, and It
Is pointed out that the fair will bring more people here
In two weeks than all the conventions within a decade.
Moreover, the property which council is asked to Improve
belongs to the dtv Itself and therefore has a special
claim on the attention of the city fathers.
Everybody is looking forward hopefully and buoy
antly to the state fair, which promises to be the most
successful in our history. It is highly necessary that the
buildings and grounds should be placed In good condi
tion, and that at nn early date, so let the appropriation
be made at once and let tho work of repairing and beau
tifying the buildings snd grounds go forward.
Ins her devoted land
to’the throne.
It *eem* to an observer thnt every wom
an In Holland, save the queen, I* the
mother of, St least, two or three chil
dren.
If no heir come* through Queen Wllhel-
mlnn then the throne goes to some distant
relative, some German princeling. It I*
whispered, nnd there nre bl^ck look* when
ever the wlitkper I* heat.. tor as tho purr
ing cat love* the aggressive dog, so Hol
land loves Germnny.
it Is no wonder the Hollander* adore
Queen IVIIlielniina and desire her to per
petuate the royal race.
She. |m the only one left to continue the
line which aprang from that glorious man,
“William the Rllent,” of HoUsud. to whom
the country owes It* freedom from Mpnln.
I wish every mother In America would
give her voung son* the story of thl* great
*ud good man to rend. It I* more excit
ing than any novel ever written, and moro
Inaplrtug. . .....
It can he fiiundf complete In Motley •
“History, of the I Milch UepaMIc.”
William the Silent (who, despite his tl
tie. was n great orator and most elo
quent when moved to speech). Urea In an
Ion ho was ready to extend freedom to
others to worship as they wool*]. No man
felt moro than bo that the persecuted re
former, who In torn became a bigot, was
doubly odious."
Ills firmness was ns great as his piety.
When ouly twenty-four years of ago ho
resolved to devote his Ufe to driving the
Inquisition from Holland and to establish
ing the liberty of his country. Ho arrived
nt hla goal, In the fnee of tho powerful
opposition of Spltln, then In the height ot
her glory. When he died “the little chil
dren wept In the streets.”
Ills direct line became extinct with hJs
grandson; hut Queen Wllholmlna Is the
last of hla blood, through her descent from
a cousin. Remote ns the relationship may
•eeiu to us In America, It ts one to he rev
erenced nnd to wish to perpetuate In Hoi-
■iml.
, imru «u ■iq-w.ir,
age of cruelty, greed nnd selfishness let
he wt* kind, i
A new school of theology, representing several de
nominations. hns heen successfully opened In connection
with Manchester University, England.
The Methodist Episcopal mission tn Japan Is erect
ing at Nagasaki a splendid brick structure for a college
building, capable of accommodating 400 students.
... ...... »
fur personal ml' nnv.ni.nf, v.t he rvfnnel
mlUoo and power, wlr™ “ —*■"“
i>.'n wise to nroept It,
He lived in »n sgo of monitron* l.l* ;
olry, when the_ torture raok v tho_ prlw>n n»d
.sited those oho dared tlilnk
he wa» a* broad a*
rhnrlty townrd other
nolnnrd to »t«l> nn enemy, yet ho wnn
deeply, almvrely nnd profonndly religious,
hiring- God with nil his henrt, nnd hi*
neighbor «* htiuself.
neltrhn
i him
Born of noble fnmtty. rrured In court.,
nnd accustomed to every luxury unit re-
------ f luxury .'the *lt»
tnement of that nge of luxury (the * M
tenth centum, he yet endured hardship,
poverty nnd discomfort foe yenr, lu order
io free hi* people from the nwfnl tyrnn-
ny «*f Bpalii. . _ . ,
'll** sqctMHNltHl In hi* herculean effort, nnd
was killed bv nn assassin. Just ns the free
dom of llnftnnd state* was assured.
There was much In the character of our
Lincoln that resembled the character of
William the Hlleut; and there was a simi
lar tragedy st n similar climax of the
two lives. Hut the Holland hero faced
far greater difficulties nnd was *r rw ut
terly alone tn hi* greatness of *ii...trcter
than Lincoln.
Motley says of hlnr. **Hls meet prowl
neat quality was his piety,
trust tn Hod he ever derived
The atorlc* of the unhappiness of the
queen In her marriage nre slwolutely denied
by every Hollander. The view secretary
of the American embassy also declared
utterly without foundation, to his
persona! knowledge.
There Is one curious thing
noticed In Holland iixl Belgium.- and for
would like an explanation.
tlonnl park nnd photographing buffalo.
One day recently
penker rnnnnn what
.jp main difference 1
hla youth nnd the present time.
answered I'ncle Joe, reflectively,
I was a youngster a young mail
laded to paddle his
adays
.... own conus, hut now
. »>r one thinks be hat a call to
ateer the ship of atate."
I*rofes*4>r Irving A. Find, of the United
Htntes fish commission, recently, nt Wood*
Hole, Mass., served to hi* scientific friends
nnd assoeintc* sample* of the sea food long
regarded ns unfit for eating, on which lie
hns been experimenting during the snminer.
Wood* Hole Is a place where biologists
from nil the lending universities of Amer
ica study during tbe summer.
In Race for Judgsthlp.
Hpeclnt to The Georgian.
Athens. Oa., Sept. 13.—Judge Fred
Poster, of Madison, la a candidate for
a position on tho bench of the new
court of appeals. He Is making an
active campaign for one of the offices.
which .
That U. the remarks hie frequency of
curvature of the spluo among the inhabi
tants. I hate counted ns many as six
humnod hscss in a single promenade, and
no day passes that I do not see, at least,
that number of these unfortunates. It
seems, too, more prevalent among meu than
l have wondered If the Terr early age at
which young hoys lwg?w smoking here can
•yeount for U. Hutnll boy*, not over
six or seven year* of age. ore constantly
seen tn these countries smoking not cignr-
The young mei
stature, which Is another result (so phvsl-
nhsUy.
dans fell us) of early smoking. Mentn...,
physically or morally, the boy who begins
smoking before he attains bis growth Is
Injure*!.
Meantime, there Is n noticeable absence
of eyeglasses lu Holland. In a company of
twenty, it I* unusual to nee two yonng
people wearing glasses, and t have seen
bn? three children lu my whole month
here so iMstlgured.
In fact, the only evhlence of conditions
which Influence physical maladies ol*ervn-
hie ti* a traveler In Holland. Is this large
percentage of t»coplp afflicted with spinal
curvature ol*senrnhle In the streets.
1 wish some Ntntlstiiirtii would give »•*.
set figures in this matter. It would he
Interesting to know If the luslsdy really
prevail* to the extent It seem* to ute, after
month’s observation, snd If so, why?
The Hague, Iioliaml.
Fraternity Rents Club Rooms.
Hpeclnl to The (.ettrgliin.
Athens, On., 8ept. 13.—Thl Psf fra
ternity 01“ the university have rented
the Mallory house on Prince avenue
for a club house the coming season.
The owner. Van Deadwyler. Is this
week putting the building in fine shape
and making of li a most delightful
place for club rooms.
A fortune teller was vindleated wh.n
Robert McKenxIe, a discharged cm.
ployee of. the Realty Trust Company,
was arraigned In the Richmond county
court on a charge of burglary.
“You will capture a tall, light young
man very soor.” the fortune teller had
said tn Miss Charlotte Squires, 18 yean
old, of Bay View, 8. I. Miss Squire*
thought she meant a husband, but It
did not happen that way.
The girl was sitting nn the porch of
her home when she saw a "tall lirht
young mnn" rip the boards off a cellar
window and enter the home of Roy
Holllngshend. nn actor, who Is on th,
road, and had closed up the House.
Miss Squires sent her little brother
for a policeman, nnd then she mounted
guard nt tho window. The Intruder
saw her nnd remained concealed In ttw
cellar until the police came and dragged
him out.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Sept. 18.—Here are *ome
nf the visitors In New-York today:
ATLANTA—J. Fisher, J. H. Rey
nolds, F. Spain, IV. H. Galloway, B. F.
Shumate. J. B. Wright.
IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, Sept. 13.—The follow
ing Georgians are registered at Wash.
Ington hotels:
GEORGIA—C. L. Dupre, of La-
Grange, at the National; Henry C.
Cunningham, of Savannah, at the Ra
leigh.
IN PARIS.
Paris, Sept. 13.—Jacob and Mr*-
Haas, of Atlanta, Oa., registered at
the office of the European edition of
The New York Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 13.
17S£—<}*u*ral Wolfe kMed lu assault
<^ueln*«\
KITTY OE COLERAINE.
As heauttfur Kitty out* morning was trip
With n pitcher of milk from tin* fair of
• oleralne.
When she saw me she stumbled, the pitch
the plain.
'<), whnt shall I do now?
’h n pitcher
’Tws* looking
i’ll ne’er meet
r . ‘‘J* Matrimonial ticket* are supplied by the
support In tlw [ (’n.-xsdtnn I’nclfir railway to settlors In the
5 _ r |^T i Nwthwsst Territory who wish to make a
ilsrkest hours, looked danger in the frv. i
with w constant smile smi endured ln«**s’-l journey tn order to'seetTre a wife. On pre
sent lattors siwl trials with a serenity more. muting the return couneti and the mar-
1 rlage rertUkxte the 8||rW Is eutltfai to
free tnuiaB*.‘*atlon form* bride.
Sure, sun 1
again,
”rwn*^| Hie pride of my dairy, o Barney
*' *u«'r*; sent’as a plague to the girls of
* " , chl!B r hsr ,W * U ^ h " r ' “ n ' 1 r,, "~ ,ly dM
T1»t„ suili^it mhfortu** thuuld give |,, r
A kls* I tli.'ii gar* her-Woe* | did lake.
her
She vowed for such ph^nstire she’d break
It again.
’Twos hay-umkliiK minion. I
reason.
Misfortunes will never route slugh
n’t tell the
plain. -.—mot’s
,9r tep gwon l H " >r Kitty’s illsns
The devil a pitcher was whole In foie-
rnlue.
1795—rnptnln Vancouver returned from lili
fonr years* voyage of discovery.
1*14—British attacked Fort Ilowyer.
1831—Alhiiny and Schenectady railroad, rtf* 1
In the state of New York, opened to
traffic.
1*47— Americans under General Scott de
feated the Mexicans at battle «»t
ISfi?—i 'on fillers tea opened fire on Harper*
Ferry, , ,
1S7I— Monument to General Lyon, killed nt
battle of Wilsons Creek, unveiled nt
St. land*.
lOOi-Aiirairnl Togo’s flagship destroyed by
explosion; fifc) llrew lost. „
Will Ba in tha Race.
Special to The CJeorglau.
Athens, Gs., Sept. 13.—It Is stated
on good authority that Hon. J
Holder, of the adjoining county or
Jnckson, will be In the race for con
gress two years hence In the Ninth 'ils-
trlct, and It Is presumed that the in
cumbent, Hon. Thomas M. Bell, "in
stand for re-election. Mr. Bell mad*
a remarkable race two years ago in tj*
primary against F. Carter Tate.
had held the seat for a long time, ana
beat hint, with some to spare.
Murder 8till la Myatary.
Hpeelsl to The Georgian.
Brunswick, Ga„ Sept. 13.—The kill-
Ing of two negroes In the outskirts
of this city last Sunday morning <*
still shrouded In mystery. The t»o
women arrested tn a house near '»•
places where the bodies were f" lin “-
still refuse to talk, although the ntfleerx
arc itatlHlled that they know a
—ANtt.MMols. Ideal about the matter.