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6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, TT'ESPAY, OFTOBEfl 9, lm. The Atlanta Georgian, JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES .... Editor. F.L. SEELY President. rvsitsHio mtr aftiahook (Except Bandar) By THE GEORGIAN CO., at 25 VP. Alsbsms St., Atlsnts, Ga. SUISOtlfTIOII KATIS. One Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By carrier, per week. . 10c Entered at the Atlanta Poetefflce as second, class mall matter. Telephones eonneetlnf all departments. Long distance terminals SMITH & THOMPSON, Advertising Representatives for all territory outside of Georgia. CHICAGO OFFICE TRIBUNE BUILDING NEW VORK OFFICE POTTER BUILDING If roo have anr trouble setting THE GEORGIAN, telephone the Circulation Department, ana have It promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell 4927 Male. Atlanta 4401. It Is desirable that oil cotnmnnlcatlons intended for publication In THE GEORGIAN limited to 400 words In bm»tb ; It la in- pemtlre that they he signed, as an evidence of good faith, though Uie names will be withheld If requested. Rejected manuscripts •rill sot be returned unless stamps are aeut for the purpose. The Georgian prints no unclesn or objectionsble ad vertising. Neither does it print whisky or any liquor advertisements. The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom. —MONTAIGNE. He Did Not Speak For Virginia, An each day pitta further behind ua the recollections of our civic tragedy and the comments of tho American press upon It, the fact remains that the moat malicious and vindictive personal abUBe which has come to Atlanta was written In The News Leader of Richmond, Va. The editor of that paper la fully entitled to the un enviable distinction of having surpassed all other enemies In the persona! venom and bitterness of hla denuncia tion. Tho compensation which comes to Georgia- and to Atlanta in this connection la In tho almost unanimous assurance that lias como from every Virginian within our sphere of communication against tho representative character of this utterance. Tho Virginia Society of Atlanta promptly met and denounced the expression of The News Leader as totally unworthy of tho spirit of Richmond and Virginia toward tho people of the South. Col. W. N. Mitchell, ex-prcsldont of the Virginia Society, gave a persona) Interview of Indignant protest against the comment. Polk Miller, one of the most popular Vir ginians, and the Idol of Richmond, heartily denounces the editor and declares that thero Is not a man In Vir ginia who will Indorse at any time the assault upon Georgia and Atlanta. Meanwhile, the rankling sting of that bitter and un worthy utterance might have been seriously damaging to the prospects of the Jamestown Exposition In tho present canvass of Its Georgia commission before the people of this city and this state; but for the fact of the«e broad and generous disclaimers, and hut for the representative consciousness of every Georlgan that no true Virginian would entertain or express such a feeling toward the capital of Georgia. And so, Georgia, In aplte of the utterance, and In scorn of the utterance, is going forward to send Its rep resentative products to the great Jamestown Exposition, and we ejtpect In the full fraternity of that splendid oc casion to forgot that an outsider from another state has abased the hospitality of a Virginia nowspapor to vont hla personal animus against the capital of a slater com monwealth. To Our Correspondents. Tho Georgian has a number of communications upon Its desk which have no signature. We call attention to the announcement made In tho beginning that we do not publish anonymous communications without being In possession of the names of the writers. We regret at all times to withhold or to defer tho publication of communications from our friends, but they lie today upon our desk in such overwhelming numbers that we must once again aBk tho patience of opr friends In getting to them In tho best way we can. Some of these communications discuss matters which are now so far behind that it may not be imsslblo to publish them at all. If so. we aak the consideration of our friends and trust they will write us aguln upon other nnd practical . themes. and whom Mr. Hill himself esteem, as among tho choicest ornaments of bis profession In the state. The prophet who la not without honor In hla own county may well rejoice In an expressed approval of hla Immediate fellow citizens which outweighs the offlee, and the dignity with which their preference clothes him. Taken all in all. It was a generous and gallant race, making no wounds, leaving no stings, and reflecting no shadows upon a great profession and a distinguished station. The Lesson of Jacksonville and Other Cities. Those Atlantans who have been advancing the idea of municipal ownership with conservative tentativeness can take unto themselves the assurance that the move ment has made a deep Impress upon citizens of all- classes and that day by day hundreds are becoming consciously allied to the definite ideals Involved In the crusade launched by The Georgian. Morally strong at Its Inception, the Municipal Owner ship League has gained remarkable numerical strength with each passing week, until It has become a formida ble organization which Is determined to accomplish for Atlanta the greatest service ever rendered the city. So encouraging has been the response to the an nouncement that there was being worked out a plan for the city betterment, that The Georgian no longer fears aggressive opposition, but desires to win over those who have manifested an Indolent disinclination to become In terested In civic affairs. The municipal leagues of most cities have been forced to convince many that the supplying of public utilities Is a proper function of a municipality. But this baa not been oo In Atlanta, where the city-owned waterworks sys tem, practicable and profitable, stands as an unanswera ble argument. it la generally known that almost all of the more Im portant European cities own apd control all of their public utilities. Zn England and continental Europe, the fur nishing of transportation, light, heat, power and water by the municipality la regarded aa necessary as the main taining of law and order. It la such an Important part of a city’s administration that It Is designated as "munlcl- pal trade," to nominally differentiate it from municipal government. But for examples we need not go to far-away coun tries, where, it rtay bo contended, greatly different condi tions obtain. Let ua glance at contiguous territory—Vir ginia, Kentucky and Florida. Tho history of municipal ownership In Richmond, Danville, Fredericksburg, Alexandria, Henderson and Jacksonville—the experlenco of these cities alone should be sufficient to dispel all doubts. On a basis of general, average It may be stated that tho cost of gas since those various municipalities acquired the gas plants, has been reduced from $3.60 to 87 cents per thousand, and the cost of electric lighting has been reduced about one-third. And In no Instance has the lessening of the cost of pro duction figured to any extent, as Is proven by the fact that the reductions wore made immediately upon the cities ac quiring the plants. Six and eight and twelve per cent dividends were not required. And advertisings and solic iting were dispensed with. Salaries were reduced In many instances and thero was eliminated the possi bility of costly strikes and lockouts. Jacksonville Is an Illuminating, but by no means ex ceptional city which la enjoying In full the benefits which accrue from municipal ownership. When the Florida city established Its electric light plant the private com panies were charging 2$ cents per kilowatt. The city plant at once reduced the charge to 7 cents per kilowatt and It has remained at that figure. For a 2,000 candle powor arc, burning all night, the companies charged $16 per month; the city fixed the rate at $7.60 per month. For midnight arcs tho old private rate was $13.60, and the new city rate $6.60. The old companies were forced to meet these rates and the price of gas was Incidentally reduced more than 100 per cent Formerly Jacksonville paid $8,000 per year for light ing Its streets. Now tho streets are lighted free; as are tho public buildings, tho Jails, fire stations, armoMes, hos pital and nil charitable Institutions. A sinking sum of considerable proportions Is bolng laid nsldo and tho busi ness la paying 6 per cent Interest on the investment. Tho nnnunl profits above operation and depreciation aro $24,000. It Is estimated by disinterested persons that the municipal plant saves the people (Individuals and firms) 26 per cent of the former cost of light with equal service. By the reduction of rotes alone, gas and electric lighting, tho people are saving each year an amount that approximates more than the entire coat of the municipal plant. And through It all not a breath of suspicion of political Jobbery haB been attached to the management. OUR PLATFORM—The Georgian stands for Atlanta's Owning its own gas and elec tric light plants, as it now owns its water works. Other cities do this and gel gas as low as 60 cents, With a profit to the city. This should be done at once. The Georgian believes that if street rail ways can be operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there is no good reason why they can not be so operated here. But we do not believe this can be done now, and it may be some years be fore we are ready for so big an undertaking. Slitt Atlanta should set its face in that direction NO IV THE HOME-COMING SONG By MYRTA LOCKETT AVARY. We’re corah 'he volleys g..„_ They’re colling us to come! The «fn upon the low coast plays. A-rlpplIng, “Come again!" The gray moss from the live oak sways To echo the refrain. From Nlckajack to Tybee Light, • 8t. Simon Hound to Rome. From lowly dell to Lookout heights. The steam cars whistle; “Home!" O Empire State, O Mother State, We’re coming, coming home, No land for us so dear, so great, We’re coming, coming home! rom where the And from the , From Great Lakes nnd Alaska snowa. We come at thy cotmuuud! We’re coming from the froxen North, We re coming, coming home! We're coming back to onr sunny South, were coming, coming home! From arctic tee, from tropic tire, We’re coming, coining home! To the dear land of our heart’s desire, We’re cooilug, coming home! The cowhoy comes, the snllnr comes. We’re coining, coming home! The soldier comes with n Iw-ntlng drum, We’re all a-coming home! Finance's, labor’s captains come, And scholars with degrees, And great men from the East nnd West, Anu men from over sens. And wide-flung Is the Mother's door, We're coming, coming home! With welcome for us, rich or poor. We’re coming, coming home! And from her chimneys 'gainst the blue Of heaven the gray smoke curls. Arising from the hearthstone true. The flag of home unfurls! The mocking-bird, how sweet he sings: ••Come home, come home, come home!" Bob White’s call In the forest rings A-bidding us come home! The mild winds in the Georgia pines They gently murmur “Cornel” The scuppernongs aud muscadines Hang on the vine# at home. Our children's children, come along! With us, come home, come home! A-filnglng glad the homing-song, We re coming, coming home! — “ 'possum nnd nota We’re coming, coming ] Some biggest watermelons wait. Of fruit she’s kept a store, She's garlanded the Southland's gate To welcome us once more! O land of cotton, hay nnd corn, The peach, the grape, the pear. The jasmine nnd the rose adorn Our Mother for her Fair! O land of rivers broad and strong. We're coining, coming home! O land of love nnd the poet’s song. We’re coming, coming home! The rushing Chattahoochee cries: “O Georgians, come ye home!” Ocmulgee sobs. Ocouee sighs: “Children, 'tis time to come!" The beauty of Toceon calls: We’re coming, coining home! The grandeur of Tallulah falls. All's calling us to .come! Old Yonnh storms: “We wait for you!*' Nacoochoe breathes, “We walt!' r And fair and goodly, grand ami true, Stands Mother at the gate. Where flowers bloom nnd wild birds sing, We’re coming, coming homo! Like homing birds we’re on the wing. We're coutlug, coming home! Nooks and Corners of American History By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. MR. BRANTLEY DID NOT SAY IT. To tho Editor of Tho Georgian: My attention has been called to your rather tart reply to an alleged Inter view with me in The Washington Post over a week ago. You ask in the head line, “Did Mr. Brantley Say It?” and you state In the body of the editorial hat “if he did, he was either misin formed or malicious.” I believe The Washington Post quoted me as saying that Mr. Graves, through The Geor gian, advocated the revival of the Ku Klux Klan for the suppression of the criminal negroes. The facta In the case are almply this: While in Washington, on my way to New York, the Sunday morning after the riot In Atlanta, I met a reporter for Tho Washington Post, who asked for an interview on the situation in At lanta. I told him that I knew nothing of the conditions In Atlanta and was not prepared to say what caused the trouble. He read me the«dl*patch and told me what had been received from Atlanta during tho morning in bulle tins. I then told him to wire Mr. John Temple Graves for a statement of tho case—that he was on the ground and understood the conditions there—that he had studied the negro question and had discussed It in lectures and in hts paper. He promised to do so. and I have since learned that he received a reply that Justified me In all that I had said of Mr. Graves. I trust your vanity will not be Jarred to know why The Washington Post asked for your "state ment.” During the same conversation, if I remember correctly, I told the reporter that I thought the afternoon papers in Atlanta hud had too much to say about the crimes which had led to the riot. I spoke of the proposition to organize a Ku Klux Klan thero to take up cases involving crimes against women, but that the matter was knocked out by the conservative element; that tho dis cussion, however, had had a bad effect and had left a seething volcano under the community only to break forth in fury at the first favorable moment. I did not say that Mr. Graves or The Georgian advocated the Ku Klux Klan, though I am willing to confess that I not aware that such was not the case. I remember very well a cartoon in The Georgian some time ago, in which a white woman was pictured ns stand ing with a gun In her hands, while the shadow of a kinky-headed, flat-nosed negro fell across her skirt. Under the picture was something about the white omen of the South defending them JUDGE KONTZ CLAIMS THE HONOR Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta, Ga. Dear Mr. Graves: 1 am glad to see such general unanimity touching the matter of building an armory and audi torium for Atlanta, and I have read with great Interest your editorial in which Tho Georgian makes a subscrip, tlon of twentj'-flve hundred (12,600) dollars for this purpose. For sake of accuracy, however, I beg to call your attention to the fact that I wrote a letter, which was published September 28, 1906, In which I sub scribed two hundred and fifty ($260) dollars. You can not, therefore, of course "start” the subscription, but I am glad to be backed up by such very pleasant company. With kindest regards, I beg to re main, Yours very truly, ERNEST C. KONTZ. October 8, 1906. Ben Hill’s Notable Race. It would bo almost a broach of local courtosy not to congratulate the Hon. Bon H. Hill upon his moat remark able race for a Justiceship of the new court of appeals. The most conspicuous of compliments Is paid Mr. Hill In the overwhelming majority by which he carried hts own county of nilton, and tho significance of this tribute la found In the fact that Mr. Hill's local competi tors is this race Included three of the most eminent, the most distinguished and the most popular jurists and gen tlemen of the county of Fulton. To have beaten three ordinary men by so decisive a majority would have been a compliment. But for any man to have been chosen above the good names and the lofty characters of Henry C. Peeples, W. R. Hammond and Howard Van Epps, In the county of Fulton, Is a mark of confidence and admiration which la worth more In son- tlment to Mr. Hill than the office Itself to which ho has been elected. Mr. Hill made no canvass of the state and has not been an active public figure In the political life of Georgia for many years, so that the alxe of hla vote outside of hla own city and county must have been a tribute to the gen eral and quiet estimate of merit which has been placed upon his professional career by ynwyers and reading Geor gians throughout the commonwealth. Atlanta's candidates In this generous field of contest were made up of characters and records so high and ad mirable that any one of them would have reflected great honor upon both the city and the state. The pleasure which hla multitude of friends feel In the phenomenal suc cess of Mr. HUI Is shadowed only by the recollection that It entails defeat upon three gentlemen of our own county whn merit so much of public confidence and udmlration, selves. To me, the Idea nt the South Municipal ownership is not the dream of an Idealist. " In ^2'J , f t L_ be .L n * Certainly It has morality on Its side, but It likewise makos Its' appeal to tho twentieth century utilitarian. Perhaps It has n greater foothold In gldor countries, but It Is an essentially American and democratic Institution. Without municipal ownership It la difficult for a city’s government to be conducted on a thoroughly business like basis. It Is Indispensable In any government which approaches near to perfection. For it benefits tho people. “The end of government Is the welfare of mankind," anid Locke, which BUmnmry wns characterized by Huxley as “tho noblest, and at the same time the fullest state ment of the purpose of government.” THE LABOR JOURNAL DECENNIAL.—Tho At lanta Journal of Labor celebrated Its tenth anniver sary on last Friday. And they have been vigorous nnd successful years by which this excellent weekly has mounted to |ta first decennial. The Journal has been conducted upon n high and dignified plane, treating all questions with conservatism and yet with a firm fidelity to the principles and Interests of the class which It represents. Mr. Jerome Jones, Its editor, has established himself In the respect and confidence of the people of Atlnnta, and the federated unions and labor men are to be congratulated upon a representative who combines excellent discretion with large ability. CONGRESSMAN ADAMSON.—In an Interview with The West Point Nowb Congressman Adamson of the Fourth district expresses hts cordial admira tion for the personnel of the Democratic state ticket Just elected, and rejoices also In the establishment of the court of appeals and the excellent Judges who will honor- Its bench. The West Point News speaks In terms of tho highest regard and admlrntton for Congressman Adamson, who enjoya In a large measure the regard and admiration of hla entire congressional district ent amasnns is a much sillier propo sition than tho reorganisation of the Ku Klux, because It carries with It the Intimation that tho Southern men nrc no longer willing or able to be their defenders, while the suggestion that gop* with the black shadow on the white skirt Is too horrible to even think So It will be seen that If X dropped a word during the conversation with The Post man that led him to become con fused In reporting exactly what I said, I was somew-hat justified by the cir cumstances In doing so. And tHe very fact that I told him to wire The Geor gian's editor for a "personal state ment” relieve* me of the charge of hav ing the slightest malice toward either Mr. Graves or that paper. Very respectfully, C. C. BRANTLEY, Editor The Valdosta Times. Valdosta, Ga., Oct. 2, 1906. Mr. Brantley's statement Is entirely satisfactory to The Georgian. We could not Imagine the basts for any 111 will on his part to this paper. Nor are we Jarred In any vein of “our vanity" by I his statement of why The Post telegraphed for the editor's views. The editor of The Oeorglan Is as well sc qualnted with the editor of The Post as Mr. Brantley was with the reporter. The Post's request to us was tiled be fore the hour of Mr. Brantley's conver sation with the reporter and was fol lowed by another request later on. And certainly The New York World and The Chicago Examiner did not have the benefit of Mr. Brantley's sug gestion. Mr. Brantley Is all right, and wo send him the assurance of our un changed regards.—Editor Oeorglan. Fire Department Called Out. Special to The Georgian. Waycrosa, Ga.. Oct. 9.—A defective llue was the cause of the Are depart ment being called to the residence of J. R. McDonald, on Tebeau street, yes terday morning. No damage was done. TEACH THE BOVS TO DO RIGHT. To the Editor of The Georgian: Your editorial in last Tuesday's edi tion, under the caption of “Suppress Our Own Lawless Element,” should be thoroughly digested by every citizen, as It contains the \’ery essence of the trou bles arising between the races. In it you say “any man, young old, boy or man who wantonly, with out provocation, attacks or injures a negro of any age or sex in this city, should be dealt with to thq full extent of the law and the full measure of his crime—by imprisonment if the negro Is seriously injured, and by the ex treme penalty of the law if the negro Is killed.” Here Is a case In point: The very day on which your article appeared, a lady informed me that she saw a group of four boys deriding a negro delivery man. One of the boys having a whip In hls band, struck the negro across tho back with the lash. The negro’s face looked very dangerous, but he could not, and dare not, retaliate, as he would Jeopardize his life, while the boys hoot ed at him us he mutteringly passed along. The contents of your article should be Impressed on the minds of the chil dren by the parents; In the ptiblic schools the teachers should Instruct nnd caution the children under their charge against annoying tho negro. The children are quick to understand the penalty opd will profit by It. Yours truly, GEORGE WILSON STEWART. OUR FIRST TRAITOR. On a closet door in an old mansion that stands at the corner of Brattle and Hawthorn streets, Boston, one may read this legend: *'B. CHURCH, JR." The name was cut Into the door with a penknife in the hand of a traitor compared with whom Benedict Arnold himself was as white as an angel 1 Dr. Benjamin Church came of ex cellent s(ock and was one from whom the patriots of ’76 expected - great things. Finely endowed by nature, a Harvard graduate, a fine physician and a surgeon of extraordinary-skill, gifted with eloquence and with true poetic fancy; of splendid sociat parts and pro fessedly a patriot of the true-blue stamp; hls friends figured on his mak ing for himself a fair name Jn his country’s annals. But it turned out that, like the “whited sepulchre," he was fair with out and foul within, a lover of hls country in hls pretensions, but a foul traitor In his heart. Benedict Arnold betrayed his coun try, but Benedict Arnold was surely tried; tried as but few men have been tried In this world. He was a traitor, and for his treachery he paid the ter rible price that he ought to have paid; but he was provoked to do what he did by the rankest injustice at the hands of those from whom he had the right to expect better things. But Benjamin Church was not pro voked, and It can not be said that any body had done him any wrong. He turned traitor from the lowest and basest motive that could possibly have actuated a man—the love of money. He had Just built himself an ele* gant country house near Boston, and it was to sustain this splendid estab lishment, it is believed, that he sold himself to the king’s cause. benedict Arnold was no hypocrite. Up to the awful moment when he re solved to go against hls country there was not In all the length and breadth of the colonies a stauncher patriot. Until his great provocation had trans formed him Into a devil, he loved hm country as ardently os afterwards he hated it; but Benjamin Church, up to the very hour of his detection, was masquerading as a friend of liberty’s cause. “In the Old South Meeting House,” to quote the words of the uu- thor of “Old New England Rooftrces, he delivered a stirring discourse, which has still power to thrill the reader, on the massacre the day celebrates, and the love of liberty which inspired the patriots' hearts upon that memorable occasion, and yet two years earlier, as we have since discovered from a let ter to Governor Hutchinson, he had been anonymously using hls venal pen in the service of the king.” It was through one of his students, who kept hJs books, that Church was exposed and brought to trial. By order of congress he was con demned to close confinement In Nor wich Jail, in Connecticut, and debarred from tho use of pen, ink nnd paper; but, hls health falling, he was allowed in 1776 to leave the country. He sailed for the, West Indies, and the I GOSSIP! By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York, Oct. 9.—There ahould h. a cup offered to be raced for by feurs and Mre. Oram, of Detroit’ Mich., wound Bland a first rate chan™ of eapturln* tt. Mrs. Grant Is , h . wife of one of the Michigan city’s rich men. Is prominent In society and i s “ most enthusiastic autolat. She has finished an auto trip from Detroit New York with her husband. In which records were made. She whisked her Thomas runabout along at the rate 60 miles an hour. Her husband atlll and let her have her own wav 11 For‘seven years Mrs. Grant hash™, handling motor cars.’ Year after v™? she has become more proficient. a „I finally she has acquired a know of the mechanism equal to that sensed hv tnnnv nf tha P )8» vessel that bore him away was never afterward# hoard from . NO MORE COWS; NO MORE FARMERS A IVOUDINO to #«»?«•. #n!»Mitfxta. I lie time ta coming when there will Im* no more farmers, been use there will Ik? no more limns. Ami there will he no more farms Itccnnse foot] will not he produced from the farm. It will all he msde artificially. M. Berthelot. the Freneh minister of foreign affairs, and also a cele- ••rated tf-lontlst, ta the man who ta pri marily responsible for thla statement. He has made sugar from two gases, which It I# claimed is letter than any sugar the world has hitherto tested, ami It eau he sold u n profit at 1 cent a pound. This the human me same way and relatively that all animal tissue Is ,• tu «- alr Inhaled, and not from food. The foot1 . - m e negative pole, the formed from the The Peachtrse Argument Unanswerable To the Editor of The Georgian: Your unanswerable editorial of the r»th Inst., opposing tho removal of elec tric cars from Peachtree street, voices tho opinion of a number of my friends and my own. In addition, permit mo to say tho re moval of the cars would ruin, for busi ness purposes, at least, that portion of the street between Cain and Baker streets. So that in addition to this prospective injury, our convenience would be sacrificed for tho benefit of automobile and cycle pests, which are already more dangerous and a greater nuisance than the electric cars, and If the hitter were removed, these pests would Infinitely multiply. You will doubtless have observed that most of those reported as in favor of removal, either do not Jive on the street nnd have no property Interests thereon, or else live beyond Fourteenth street, where the cars would, in any event, remain ns they now are. Doubtless, the street railway author ities would approve removal since they could serve their patrons by the use of parallel streets, and by so doing save their portion of the costs of repairing with asphalt, and throw the burden of the cost of the extra 11 feet on the property owners, who have already twice paid for the street paving. We trust you w ill continue to throw' the powerful weight of your Influence toward conserving our convenience and Interests. H. F. SCOTT. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 6, 1906. The Rabbit Welched. From Eveybody’s Magazine. One day Willie’s mother found her young hopeful holding hls pet rabbit by the ears. From time to time he. would give bunny a violent shake and demand sharply: “Two plus two? Two plus two?" or “Three plus three? Three plus three 0 ” “Why, Willie." asked his mother with deep concern, “what makes you treat your poor little bunny that way?” “Well,” replied Willie, greatly dis appointed, "teacher told us in school today that rabibta multiplied very fast, but thia dummy can’t even add.” simply servos _. <p , Mine n* does tho earth to plant nnd vego* •. It nlso furnishes tho Inorganic - ‘ workers thnt carry on tho choni* Istry or life nnd set free magnetism, heat nnd electric forces by disintegration nnd fermentation of tho organic portions of the food. Hut air. In passing through the very nvonuos and complex structures of tho human organism, condense*, change*, solid- Iflos, until it Is finally deposited ns flesh nnd hollo. 8o far so good. M. Berthelot proposes to reed the human race by putting Info practical use the nbore facts. He tells us thnt by constructing n set of ttilies, pumps, etc., resembling the circulatory system, ns well ns the lung cells, of the human mech- •rig the proper flavor, which may also ho obtained from the nlr. He believes thnt to eat food more nutritious nnd delicious thnn hag ever lieen tasted will be tho privilege of those who lire living when fids prophecy becomes a fact, and he nlso believes thnt clothing will lie produced In niuch the same way. Ills disciples lutll hts statement with enthusiasm. One of them explains; “The slaughtering of animals and the ratal tig of fruit, grain or vegetables leave no time for men mid women to enjoy themselves. But under this new wny of producing food nnd clothing, the millennium Is possible and proltnhle. And thus will the problem of subsistence | M > solved. No more corners on nature’s bounty. No more trusts snd syndicates to profit by tnan’a necessity; no more will tho people be ruled by the dollar Instead of reason. No more millionaires nnd uo more tramps. Then a man living a hundred years shall be reck* oned n babe." That man let hls Imngluntion ran away With him. When M. Berthelot’s theory becomes n universal fnet there will Ik* such a eoruer on nlr as wllUput the present cor* -—* **“ — J *~>rk utterly in the |h> syndicates the — — orld has never even dreamed of thus far. And there wilt ft*t certain localities where the nlr will bg more productive of food thnn others. Specula tors will rush to buy up those localities. The Oklahoma rush will appear by con trast like n Sunday afternoon saunter compared with the frenzied stampede which will occur when any special rood producing atmosphere Is discovered. For. of course, the bind will have to l*» occupied by the instruments unless they are tunnip* umted in airships. Well, no matter how the thing is ran. msde st night, over unllghted, tort!.? ou» roads, yet Mrs. Grant never Z', her nerve nnd not a single accident , , curred during the Journey, (f runnin. Into a foolish sheep that strayed on tS root}* near Buffalo be omitted. tS! sheep stood still. The car was whim zing around a turn nnd when the c„ disappeared In a cloud of dust therS was Just a little bit of the sheep i, ft * Mrs. Grant used the new 40-hor«» power Thomas, made In her homo , i7v" and she made It skim along at 65 nui., an hour—aa fast as her husband wont! run It, As a female Wagner w., Grant Is regarded by society as havhJ all her autolng sisters beaten un a date. John D. Rockefeller was an Interest. Ing figure at the registration booth yJ. terday. This Is one election when the oil king wants to make sure he can vote, and was so gratified that he had gotten hla name on the list that he nr, sented the registration board with a im gold piece. He also took the envelori went Into the booth and enrolled, so to vote In the next primary. These be times when It behooves men of V, Rockefeller’s class to exercise the f U |i prerogative of citizenship, and they w m do It. There was rather a remarkable crnim of children seen at the recent North- shore horse show. They got together purely by accident on the top nt the coach. They were the youngsters ot Harry Payne Whitney, E. O. Morgan and Thomas Hotchkiss, all tiny million, alres from the hour of their birth In some ways the lives of these little folk are fairy stories, for they have never lacked for anything because it was too expensive and no one ever said to them, "No, dear, \vc con not afford It.” When these children’s education be gins instructors will, visit them daily and their days will soon be ns busy as are those of their parents. Music les sons, dancing lessons, riding lessons, language lessons, recreation hours and walks crowd the hours. One little chap In a Fifth avenue mansion ran to the housekeeper one day and said, breathlessly: ’’Please, may I come Into your room snd play? I have just ten minutes to spare before my riding teacher comes." Cupid Is a regular attendant and a busy worker at the Baptist Temple In Brooklyn. There have been no less thnn six weddings among the choir members and Sunday school teachers of the church within the same number of weeks. There Is reason to believe the record will be kept. Superintend ent Sutherland, of the Sunday school, believes thoroughly In the Institutional church. "The club and social life for the city’s young people.” said the super intendent, "Is most beneficial. While I would not say that It was a necessity for church existence In a large city, t must say that It Is very helpful to our work In the church, and helpful as well to tho young.” He might have added It Is also very helpful to Dan Cupid. Ambassador and Mrs. Whltelnw Reid are expected from England In Decem ber and will remain In this country’ tor several months. There will be a great deal of entertaining In their honor. The wedding of Edward H. Bulkley, millionaire and clubman, and Miss Margaret Stewart, a pretty 21-year-old trained nurse, has been postponed, but only for a few days. Mr. Bulkley’i sisters, Mrs. Prescott Lawrence. .Mm. Reginald Rives and Mrs. Roland Red mond, all of whom favor the match, are at Newport for the ceremony. It wm last spring that Mr. Bulkley was in and the doctor advised him to have a trained nurse, and since Miss Stewart’, name was next on the list of those to go on outside work, she was sent to the Bulkley mansion. It was thus, by the merest chance, that the two met. She brought him back to health, but hls friends did not know until very recently thnt n’hlte-caped nurse had taken hls heart with her. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York, Oct. 9.—Here are some of the visitors in New York today: ATLANTA—H. W. Brown. H. Chip- ley, E. Park, Mrs. R. E. Park. THIS DATE IN HISTORY* others, or when thero will not Iw men aud women who fail to enjoy Ufa. dotting one’s food, and clothing from nlr Isn’t what i>lng to letter the cpmlltlon ot man- Competition ami greed ran not be stilled by any such temporal change. But think of n land without farm nnd fruit trees, nnd never n cow stntiding ready to OCTOBER 9. 1642—First commencement held nt Harrirt college. . 1760—City of Berlin taken by eomWws _ Haaslatt and Austrian force*. 17S1—Americans nttneked Yorktown. 1782—Is*wl# Cass. American statesman* h 01 ** Died fane 17. 1866. _ 1835—<’inutile 8nint-8nens, French eotnpo*** l»orn. . 1839—Winfield 8oott Schley, American ad miral, born. 1845— Mnrtlal taw proclaimed in rnpeimr#. 186J— Wheeler's famous Confederate with defeat at Fnrmtngto#* 1871—The great Chicago fire continued ts rage and destroy. . 1905—President Roosevelt conferred J*® leaders in college athletles with a view of Improving standards. A Boost foe Gotham. From The Indianapolis Star. Mark Twain’s reference to rw® heaven to New York" as encompa«JJ* all things recalls the story of the JR'; tie girl who spent a summer In hattan. Her father was pastor or* church Jn a small Interior city she missed the excitement of the me tropolta when a few weeks had elapa** after the return. _ One day she climbed on her mamma Ian and asked: _$ "Mother, la God here and nil arooS us?" “Yes, dearie.” "In school. In church, every«t> m around here?” she persisted. "Yes.” .... "Well. then, mother, let’s go to York, where God ain’t.”