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4 THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL KMared at th. Atlanta BmtofOe. M Mail Mattar of th. Second Clut. Th* 8«anl-We»kljr Journal hi pubHabod an Tuaadaya and Friday., and mailed tn time for all tea rwlee-a-weeh star route tnalla It ooutaiaa th. m»« from all part, the world brought over a .pedal leased wire la to Th. Journal oftlca. It has a staff of dlattn taiahM ooatribo'ora. with atron* Agricultural. Vewrlnary. Juvanile. Home, Book and other deparr.oenta of apodal vatu, to the home and farm. Agents wonted hi evary eooununity la th. South Remltuoce. may bo made by poocoMc. moery order, expree. money order. registered I Mb v BMk _ _ » _ . ... . . niinil who aeud paa*a*a stamp, tn payment for aubacripttona are requested to aand thoa. of th. t-oaat denomination Amounts larger than SO cents poatofßca order, express ardor, eheok or laalstwM <>l. ■' ■ Baboeritfarn who wish tbetr papers ehanged should give both th. old and the new ’’"ncTTICF PVm.TC.-The eetr traveling representatives of The Journal are C J OFa.-relt J. A. Bryan. Ja< Callaway and W. <5. McNell.y. Any other who rep revewta htmeetf a. eounoded with The Journal as a travelin* agent Is a fraud, and w. Will ba mis inalV antv for money paid to the above named ropraoentatlvea ATLANTA. GEORGIA. "" DAT SEPTEMBER l< WL BEGINNING ON WELLINGTON. George T. Wellington must be beginning to realise the public condemnation and oontempt which he has brought upon himself by his display of brutality in regard to the murderous attack upon the president. The press ta all parts of the United States, speaking the general sentiment, kas endorsed Tbe Journal’s proposition that he is unfit to hold a seat In the Unit ad States senate. Publie men and private citizens of all parties and in all sections have prised la this almost universal reprobation of Wellington. A man who had a contract for carrying the mail has had It summarily can celled hsrsn-T be uttered words similar to those that Wellington gave out in his Botortous interview. Thia action was taken on the ground that such a person is not worthy to be entrusted with the mails. That is a good and sufficient reason for throwing this man out of the govern- BMHfa employ. Three inmates of the National Soldiers’ Home, at Marlon, Ind., have been put ■ndar arrest for expressing sympathy with the would-be assassin. TM. to right, too. for such men have no right to receive the care and sup port of the government. Shall the United States senator who has proved his brutality and indicated his «yi"path? with the deadly assault upon the president and. through him, upon the government itself, be permitted to reematn in the highest legislative branch of the government? Less can be said in defense of Wellington than of any other person who has provoked the Indignation of the country by remarks concerning the crime of Cao Igoes The sen infs has a plain duty to perform in this matter. It owes it to the country and to itself to expel Wellington. He has convicted himself of being unworthy of taking part in national legisla tion. Let him be expelled It is a penalty which he richly merits. ' A LEMON FOR THE SOUTH. The great shortage of the western corn erop thii year and the present high price of bogs contain a lesson for the south that should be impressive and effective. The south should raise more corn and more meat—very much more Fortunately for us. the corn crop of this section has not suffered so severely as that of the west, the great com producing region, but it has been cut off seriously. The south will have to buy moae corn this year than it bought last and pay much higher prices for ft- usual the south will pay many million dollars to the west for meat and here again will feel the burden of higher prices There has been a great advance In the price of pork. A few days ago "top" hogs in Chicago touched * cents a pound. There is big profit to the breeders in thia figure or anything like It, but it means aa increased tax upon the people of th* south. This section should not depend to any thing like th* degree it does upon the west for meat and bread. Doing so has cost us a vast sum of money that we might have saved. To the many former lessons of the folly of not raising more provisions In the south another, and a very impressive one. has been added. We hope it will have its logical effect. A RECORD BREAKER. The Pan American exposition Is proving a magnificent success In every sense. The Paris exposition of last year sur passed all expectations. The Columbian ex position surprised the civilised world by Its extent and splendor. But all of these great enterprises will be surpassed by the Purchase exposition, to be held In Bt. Louis in 1903. It will cover more ground, cost more money and have a greater variety of attractions than any exposition that has yet been seen. The show in Philadelphia in Wf, in honor of our national centennial, was considered at the time an immense affair. It covered sixty-six acres. The St Louis exposition will be just eleven times as large, as it win cover six hundred and *txty-«tx acres. The construction cost of the last Parts exposition was 99,800.000; that of the Co lumbian exposition was J1R.300,000 and that of the Pan American exposition 910,000.000. The exposition at Bt Louis in 1903 will coat at least 00.000,000. including the fed eral. state and city appropriations and private Investments. Unprecedented won ders in the way of an exposition can be accomplished with a sum of money 92.000,- OW greater than the total expenses of construction for the Chicago and Buffalo expositions. Preparations for the grand celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Loublan* purchase are well under way and from now on to the opening day will bo pressed forward by an army of labor ers. directed by a large corps of archi tects and artists. The whole civilised world will be represented at Bt. Louis in 1903. No state of our union can afford not to put itself In evidence there. A VALUABLE SUGGESTION. The construction and ears of roads In Richmond county are largely under the control of Judge W. F. Eve. His study and experience for years in road work have taught this official some lessons which he has made very useful to his county, and his testimony as to road work is, therefore, valuable. In a recent letter to a South Carolina newspaper that asked bls ideas about road making Judge Eve report* that for 10 years ho has been claying the sand roads of Richmond county with the re sult of obtaining "very pleasant hard roads that last five years without rebuild ing." The plan which Judge Eve has followed is to put down six inches of clay with two inches of sand on top of it. The beat re sults are obtained when the clay is laid wet. Judge Eve says that if these proportions are used and the work is done carefully "a crust is formed which sheds the water and the road stays In a good condition." It is necessary, of course, that the road bed should be graded properly and raised in the middle so as to throw off the water to the drains. A road thus constructed is said to stand wet weather remarkably well and to be an ideal road in dry weath er. In many counties of Georgia sandy roads in dry weather become very heavy and re tard travel very much. According to Judge Eve, yho has had to deal with roads of both kinds, equally good results can be had by sanding clay roads. Georgia has large areas in which either sand or clay causes great trouble for the roads. A plan that will use one of these materials to neutralise the bad effects of the other should be of great benefit to the public. Road work has been done well in Rich mond county, and the logical result of im proved farm values has followed. Judge Eve says: "Before 1880 many acres of land for several miles along our roads were uncultivated. Now they are In a high state of cultivation, and land val ues have handsomely Increased.” The plan of road making tn both sandy and clay regions that has been so suc cessfully applied in Richmond county hau been used with fine results in several Booth Carolina counties, and there are many localities in Georgia where it could be very profitably adopted. THE COUNTRY’S CONFIDENCE. No less remarkable than the proofs of the Intense and enthusiastic patriotism that pervades our country was the demon stration of the high degree of business confidence that was called forth by the assault upon the life of the president. The manner in which the business centers withstood the shock is perhaps the high est Illustration of the country's commer cial strength and solidity ever yet given. There was a decline of stocks, it is true, but it was far slighter than the most conservative business men expected and at no time was there any symptom of a panic. The banks and the great captains of trade preserved a steady tone and gave assurances of support to the markets, which were of incalculable value to all interests. There was a remarkably quick recovery from the first shock and business affairs are now moving along as smoothly as they did on the day before the president was shot It is impossible to estimate the disaster and ruin that would have ensued had the business element not kept its head cool and its nerves steady. That it did so to such an admirable ex tent is due to the fact that the prosperity of the country and the solid foundation upon which it rests are so fully realised by our people. It demonstrates also an abiding faith tn our institutions, tn the patriotism of the masses of the people and their determina tion to uphold the government under all conditions. We do not believe that there is another nation that would have with stood a shock like that we received last Friday as did the people of the United States. WOMEN AT WORK. Almost every day we see evidences of the widening sphere of woman’s industrial and professional activity. Women by the thousand are engaged now in many occupations from which they were excluded only a few years ago. Their success and usefulness tn almost every line they have attempted is fast beating down the remnants of feudal prejudice against the employment of women, is enlarging the general estimate of woman’s capabilities and helping on the cause of equal compensation for women who do as much work and as good work as men and yet receive less for it. The Royal Trust Company, of Chicago, recently enlarged its business so that it required the services of thirteen more tellers and accountants In Its savings de partment. It has selected women to fill every one of these positions and had the sense of justice to pay them wages equal to those received by the men in its employ for like service. In banks which have large numbers of women depositors the num ber of women employes is Increasing steadily. Recently a New Tork newspaper pub- THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ">AY. SEPTEMBER 1901. Hshed a very interesting letter from Hol land which treated of the advance of women in that very conservative country. The way has been opened in Holland for the employment of women in manufac turing and mercantile occupations and even in the professions. Dutch women seem to be succeeding especially well in dentistry, a profession tn which many of them are engaged. A woman dentist would have been a curiosity in the United States a generation ago, but she excites no surprise now. We have become used to her and have jus tified her intrance into one of the most useful of ail professions. It is useless to oppose the progress of women in the pro fessions as well as In Industrial occupa tions. It is proceeding steadily and irresistibly and prejudice must stand aside before it or be run over by it. RESTRICTIVE LEGISLATION. It seems to be certain that the attempt to assassinate the president will provoke both national and state legislation against certain tendencies and habits that have been permitted to grow to a dangerous extent in this country. The establishment of additional bar riers against Immigration may be ex pected. During the last ten years the propor tion of arrivals from countries which send us the least worthy and most turbulent of all our Immigration has increased steadily, while the immigration from En gland, Ireland and Germany has de creased. The stream of population that flow* into our ports from all parts of the world must be more carefully analysed and every effort to purge it of its poison ous elements should be made. The proposition to exclude all anarch ists who come to our shores and to deport those who have taken up their residence here Is sound and salutary, but there are difficulties in the way that will be hard to overcome. How shall we be able to segregate the anarchists? Many of them are respectable in ap pearance and able to meet the require ments of anti-pauper regulations. Among them are highly educated persons and their organisations are formed and con ducted in profound secrecy. But much can be done •to reduce the danger and contamination of anarchist influences. Persons who have become notorious for their anarchistic principles and sym pathies can be excluded or excelled. An archist pow-wows can be broken up and those who participate in them prosecuted and punished. Anarchist organisations against w>uch conclusive evidence has been obtained can be scattered. The blatant anarchist who openly pro claims his infamous doctrines can be silenced. Tnere should be no squeamish ness about the right of free speech. There are limits to liberty of speech, as there are to the liberty of action. The man who endeavors to incite others to murder, arson or other crimes is prompt ly dealt with either by the law or out raged public sentiment. The anarchist who proclaims war upon government and society should be dealt with no less se verely. The difference between liberty and li cense should be kept constantly in view and wherever the former degenerates into the latter it should be crushed. The anarchist has been permitted to feel too much at home in this land. It is time not only to tell him in the most emphatic terms that he is not wanted and will not be tolerated here, but to make him feel mat this is true. If we can get the right sort of legisla tion there will be presented many oppor tunities for giving impressive object les sons that will have their effect even upon anarchists. A war upon anarchists can be carried on in away that will make them much scarcer here where they have had too free a swing and have become so bold and deflant. We believe that the ear.y future will see some wholesome and effective work toward the better control of these beasts. A WELL MEANING CONGRESS. Chile having Anally consented to take part In the Pan-American Congress, the representation in that body of every re public in this hemisphere is assured. The congress will And some matters of great importance to consider when It shall meet a few weeks hence in the City of Mexico. The general design of the inter national conference is to form some plan of adjusting differences that may occur between any of the governments con cerned in this movement, and to encour age more cordial political and commer cial relations between them. There are some matters of immediate importance awaiting the consideration of the con gress. The most urgent of these have been brought about by Chile, the most ambitious and aggressive of the South American nations. The schemes of Chile have offended and alarmed nearly all the neighboring gov ernments. Her boundary disputes with Peru and Bolivia have been standing for many months, and she has recently got ten into a quarrel with the Argentine Re public over territory contiguous to the Straits of Magellan. All of these contentions will be brought before the Pan-American Congress, but there is great doubt as to how far the contestants will agree to be bound by the decision of the arbitrators. In the opin ion of those who have studied the points in dispute and the temper of the claim ants. the prospect of a peaceful settle ment is not hopeful. It Is certain that the other govern ments will not consent to give Chile all she demands, and she may fight before she will accept less. An effort will be made by the congress to put an end to the war between Colom bia on the one hand and Venesuela and Ecuador on the other. Nicaragua is about to gel mixed up in this trouble also. It will be a hard task to bring these con flicting Interests into harmony, but one of the first efforts of the congress will be In that direction. vur government w..i take a prominent part in the congress and the hopes of sub- stantial results are based mainly upon its superior power and its impartiality. The congress may do much toward gov ernments more stable and peace more per manent In South America, but there is small reason for confidence In these rest less republics who have kept up an al most continuous agitation so long. A WONDROUS STORY. The fact that cotton manufacturing in creased in the north only 3 per cent dur ing the year ended September Ist, while it increased 30 per cent in the south, is one of the many proofs of the fact that the south is making more rapid industrial progress than any other section of the country. During the period referred to the number of cotton spindles In the north increased 400,000; the number in the south increased 1,279,320. The growth of the cotton spinning industry in the south since the first cotton exposition in Atlanta gave a powerful impulse to this Industry has been almost incredible. In 1880, the year before that exposi tion was held, there were in the whole south only IM cotton mills with a total of 661,360 spindles, and 12,329 looms. The south now has no less than 531 mills in operation and many more building. The total number of spindles m the south has Increased to 5,819,835, and the number of looms to 122,902. The consumption of cotton by southern mills has increased from 188,748 bales in 1880, to 1,607,012 bales in 1901. The number of spindles set up in the south during the last 12 months has been more than twice as great as the total number in the entire south in 1880. In the last ten years the number has Increased 230 per cent, and it has near ly doubled in five years. During the, next 12 months the south will make an im mense advance in the great industry for which Its manifold advantages are now admitted even in New England and this time next year we will be reading an other chapter in this story of wonderful ■ ■ • ”1 ' ■ - v progress. A PLEA FOR THE TEACHERS. In his recent annual report State School Commissioner Glenn makes a strong plea for the bestowal of long-delayed justice upon the public school teachers of the rural districts who are entirely dependent upon the state for their compensation. In the cities the teachers are paid promptly, but the great majority of the men and women who are engaged in edu cating the youth of the state have had to wait every year so long for their pay that they have been put to great Incon venience and serious loss. The Journal has pleaded the cause of these faithful public servants persistently and with Increasing Interest. Their pay is small, in most cases bare ly sufficient to suply their actual needs. And yet many of these teachers are com pelled every year to sell their school war rants at a heavy discount. It needs no argument to prove that the policy which Imposes thia hardship upon so many teachers is wrong. The Savah’nah WeW puts the matter In its true light when it says: "Is it not in the power of the legis lature to remedy this outrageous con dition at affairs? It certainly is, or the state school commissioner would not be continually urging that body to do some thing for the relief of the teachers. It is worthy of notice that the legislature Is careful to provide the means for pay ing its own members promptly, and, also, for paying the salaries of the state house officers. If money can be obtained for paying these officials it certainly can be found for paying the school teachers. If any of those who are dependent upon the state for their Incomes have to wait for their money it should be those who get large salaries. It certainly should not be those who get, on an average, only 1130 a year.” The injustice that the teachers have to endure under our present system has been impressed upon the public mind by the recent course of events. We trust that it has been so clearly set forth as to arouse the public conscience to the determination that it shall not continue. The legislature at its next session should provide the remedy. The people of the north, even the north ern press and pulpit, seem willing to ad mit at last that “there are some crlmess which would seem to justify lynching on the spot.” Such a crime they consider tne ruthless shooting of so noble a man as the nation’s chief executive. As re volting as it really is, can it be consid ered more so than the assault and murder of a pure woman by a black fiend? If the cowardly shooting of a president can so arouse people as to call forth senti ments in justification of lynching, what in the name of heaven must be the frenzy of the neighbors when they find some in nocent wife and tpother cold in death, with, perhaps, her helpless Infant lying beside her in a pool of its mother’s blood? As awful as is the punishment that so swiftly follows such crimes, how light does it seem in comparison with the crime itself I The Boston Transcript Is very properly of the opinion that the Pennsylvania Re publican platform of bluff, sneer and falsehood would insult the public intel ligence of any state except Pennsylvania. The Shanghai newspaper liar seems to have made a side trip to Japan recently. His latest is the story of a mountain that disappeared while the Inhabitants of a 'nearby town looked on in amazement. We do not desire to add fuel to the flame, but still we cannot help wondering what Colonel Guerry will say when he learns that there are 40.000 breweries In this country and only 90,000 grist mills. Emma Goldman, who Is opposed to all laws, is quick to take refuge behind the laws of Illinois ip her effort to secure her freedom. There ought to be an unwritten law for people who live without law. Mr. Harry Lehr, the ringmaster of New York society, says he Is at his wit’s end to find something new for the 400 to do. Why not let them try acting sensible for awhile, just as a novelty. The faet that the Hon. Pope Brown has engaged a private secretary for the gubernatorial campaign would indicate that he hi going to do more writing than talking. If the Sultan of Morocco has any sense of humor at all ha must have smiled— and been a villain still—when he heard that Spain might send her navy to threat en him. Twentieth Century Warfare. BY PASSIE FENTON OTTLEY. The materializing of the Twentieth century may be ranked among the world’s disappointments to be com pared only to those of the individual child who discovers that Alexander was not really '.’so high he’d reach the sky,” or who finds that he feels no bigger in his "teens” than out of them. It is hard to say just what the world child expected to be ushered in by 1900, but it seemed somehow certain that the wonders of social development which budded so rapidly In the latter part of the nineteenth cehtury would improve this most appropriate season for bursting into flower and that we should all sit around gazing in rapture at the acme of peace and plenty in a society dominated by mainsprings of co-operattbn and altruism somewhat as we witness the rare and joyous blossoming of the century plant. That nothing of the kind has hap pened has been a painful surprise, as has been evidenced by the comments of press and people. It Is so hard to realize that- social evolution proceeds by a process simi lar to that by which teeth are re newed. The old in manners, customs and standards, whether ethical, econ omic or social, being pushed out by the new growing up under it Hence both old and new are co-existent and (in the latter case) often operate at cross purposes, causing the chaos of a time of rapid social development like the present. Hence the jarring disap pointment .to many who, looking for advancement, find what they deem retrogression. To such there seems an absolute ferfeiture of good faith on the part of the century in what is termed the "world’s return to barbarism.” It does seem a bit hard that the period which was to float in under the aegis of white-bannered peace should in stead show us a return to war and carnage on the part of the two nations who have so long stood head in the world’s class In civilization. And yet, I think, an Incommensurate import ance has been attached to this return to war on the part of England and the United States incidents which are, in reality, more aramatic than signifi cant. In wondering at their unexpect ed appearance we are likely to miss the real signs of the times which less blatantly demand our attention. I venture to say that except as we have been hypnotized by the illustrated papers (which for months have given us nothing but "scenes before Bloem fontein, Cavite or Pekin,” which to the average observer are only distin guishable by reason of the pointed hats of the Chinamen) the wars of 1900 and 1901 have been and are the least inter esting and vital incident in the World’s progress at this time. Never again will wars of annihila tion or subjugation hold first place in the world’s story. Theta will be bat tles fiercer and more relentless than of old, but they will be constructive rather than destructive, and they will have for aim the saving of life and the promotion of conditions that bet ter and brighten it, not the taking of life or the forcible grabbing of terri tory. Never again will the standing up of rows of men to be shot at be a vital point In history and the existence of such a thing today is to the social organism just as the old tooth Is to the physical structure—an unimportant survival. Can anybody believe that the re turn of “Bobs” to England to receive a medal and half a million dollars for ending a conflict which i® still in full swing or the maneuvers at -vur troops In the small but expensive war which we bought from Spain are really mat ters of first Interest or of vital signi ficance in the day’s work of tbe world? Does one say that the loss of hu man life must give to war high rank in social Interest? Not at all. Far more lives are be ing lost dally all over the world in ways almost as avoidable if not so foolish. Furthermore there are worse things than losing one’s life. One of them is to have to live it under such conditions as robs it of joy or value. The real battles of the .twentieth century are being waged against the greater and more numerous social menaces which threaten the life and the well-being of the human race. Their battle ranges over a vast terri tory and in them lies our real Interest. Witness, for instance, the struggle of the two giants of organization. Labor and Capital. In its various ramifications it far surpasses tn in terest the battle of the "mouse and the elephant” In South Africa, or the frantic effort of Uncle Sam to secure a seat in the Philippines. A better life for all the people is the stake for which the real cohorts of the world are battling and the "ene my” is hydra-headed—ignorance, pov erty, sickness, sin. Those who lead the warfare against these great foes are the twentieth century generals, beside whom Funs ton and Roberts. Kitchener and Dew ey are back numbers. This warfare is being carried on by means of the most marvelous volun tary combination and organization of individuals. We have spoken of the combinations of labor and capital which are social wonders in their scope and effect. Equally as wonder- • A" ghontor j# <• 3 - wOlfiß DR. ROBERT KOCH. A Twentieth Century General. ful are the voluntary combinations in the educational, humanitarian and re ligious battles which are set against ignorance, poverty’ and sin. Let us look for a moment at the ex tent of the organized forces which are fighting the fight of the world against disease. The recent Tuberculosis congress In London an idea of the life-long work of thousands of specialists In the effort to diagnose this and other dis eases with a view to control. Such gatherings offer immense Impetus to investigations of all nations, which have, in time, taken up the work ini tiated by disinterested and truth-lov ing individual investigators. All governments devote some atten tion to research work in medicine, though only four or five maintain in stitutions for this purpose. St. Petersburg has one and the Pas- - J—) teur institute, in Paris, the British institute of Preventive Medicine and the Institute for Infectious Diseases, in Berlin, are the only European ones, while the United States is about to have one in the recently founded Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re search, in New York. Whatever may be the ultimate facts of the germ theory of disease there can be nd doubt that the study of bacteriology has worked wonders in reducing the death rate in surgery by a rigid antiseptic as well as by ren dering prevention possible In conta gious diseases which heretofore rav aged at wiU. Imperfect as is the knowl edge of tuberculosis, Jts cause and cure, the death rate from it, in New York city, has decreased 35 per cent since Koch’s discovery of It as an In fectious and preventable disease. Since ten thousand persons still die of it,, in New York, each year and one third of all deaths in France are dua to it, one may realise that the tuber culosis congress represents one of the most important divisions of the life saving army. There is no reckoning the value of that other great antl-dlsease move ment. the study of the mosquito as a poison vender and the struggle for his destruction. Nearly every civilized nation is join ing in this fight and experiments are being laboriously pushed in the West Indies. Italy, and Africa which have almost completely demonstrated the theory that malarial diseasea, yellow fever and other ills are due solely and entirely to the mosquito’s bill. In proving this wonderful theory, some have even laid down their lives, which will have been well lost if the deduc tion holds. Practical measures are be ing inaugurated, the world over, for the abolition of this potent plague and by drainage, the use of petroleum for .the destruction of the larvae and other means, not yet discovered. It is evident that the mosquito, like the Chinese, “must go.” Cleanliness is coming more and more in vogue. Largely as the result of it no deaths have been reported from yellow fever = WELLINGTON KICKED OUT OF UNION LEAGUE CL UB ' 1 2 ’ (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ~ < 4 > WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 12 —Senator Wellington of Maryland ha* < + received his first hard slap from an organization. He was expelled last i 4 night at Baltimore from the Union League, the most powerful political or- < 4 ganization In Maryland, by a unanimous vote. The resolution expelling < 4 him follows: ' 4 “Whereas, the people Os Maryland have learned with shame and < 4 loathing that George L. Wellington, a representative of this state in the < 4 senate of the United States, has countenanced the act of a traitor to < 4 his country and enemy of mankind by • repeated and public expressions of > 4 indifference to the act or its results; and, ' 4 “Whereas, the said George L. Wellington is a member of this organ -4 izatlon: now. t.ierefore. be it „ . , , „ 4 "Resolved by this board of governors of the Union League of Mary -4 land that we consider the conduct of George L. Wellington demonstrates 4 his unfitness to associate with loyal citizens or right hearted men; "Resolved, That George L. Wellington be, and he is hereby expelled 4 from membership tn the Union League of Maryland, and that his name 4 be stricken from its roster.” Min i »♦< m i »♦♦♦♦» 1 11 ii imi i i 1 1 1 1 iiniii ♦♦♦ 11 > Marietta Joins the Chorus :: In Praising The Journal ’’ MARIETTA, Ga., Sept. 10, 1901. 4 To The Atlanta Journal: . , 4 The people of this place are loud and outspoken in their praises of ♦ the manner in which The Journal furnished the news of the attempted as -4 sasstnation of the president, and this already deservedly popular paper 4 has added fresh laurels. Through The Journal extras and the telegrams 4 sent out by The Journal the people here kent in close touch with the 4 latest Information from the bedsl de of the president. r Rfc-U MUhKlb. ♦ nil 11111 MH <44444 444444444 11 >1 »♦»’! ~n nn F M II t t « I ! mt II 1 i I ♦♦♦♦♦■< ♦ • journal Comes to His House :: And He Is Glad of It ' J DEVEREUX, Hancock County, Ga. Sept. 12, 1901. ♦ To The^ S pirtt in condemning Wellington. Os course < X any true, patriotic American citizen can but let his deepest sympathy go ' X out in behalf Os our dear beloved president and family. The Journal comes 4to my home and lam glad of It. You will please believe to ♦ S. P. NORMAN. SIGHTS AT TALLULAH The beauty and grandeur of Georgia's beautiful scenery was appreciated many years ago by a writer for Gleason's Pic torial Magazine, who visited Tallulah Falls. In an issue of the magazine pub lished some time before the civil war is the following description of this beautiful Place: “The scenery of Georgia is among the finest in the world. The sketch given be low is that of the splendid Falls of Tal lulah, twelve miles from Clarkesville. They are formed by the Terrors, a small stream that rushes through an awful chasm in the Blue Ridge, rending it for several miles. “This ravine is a thousand feet in depth and of similar width. Its walls are gigan tic cliffs of dark, granite. The heavy masses, piled on each other in the ut most confusion, sometimes shoot out, overhanging the yawning gulf and threat ening to break from their seemingly frail tenure and throw themselves headlong in to the dark depths. "Along the rocay. uneven bed of this dark abyss, the infuriated Terrora—or in the beautiful and expressive language of the Indians, ‘The Terrible’—frets and foams with ever varying course. , The most familiar point of observation is from the pulpit, an immense cliff that in Havana this summer. A new serum cure for it is being in vestigated by many governmentz, our own among them. When we reflect that scarcely a gen eration ago, great cities were ravaged and laid waste by yellow fever, chol era. smaE pox, typhoid, scarlet fever and diphtheria we realize what stride* have been made in disease control. For instance, in 1892, 12 cases of Asi atic cholera, brought from shlpa, broke out in the tenement districts o( New York city. So perfect were the preventive meth ods employed that not a secondary case occurred after these 12 fell into the hands of the board of health. The anti-toxin treatment for diph theria has greatly reduced the mortal ity of that disease and oxygenation Is doing wonders for acute diseases like pneumonia and bronchitis. Science has its eye firmly fixed upon the bubonic plague which has so far defied research, perhaps because it has the advantage of raging among the filthy people of the globe. Smallpox is offering a fruitful field of scientific research and discussion, some special ists maintaining that vaccination is worse than useless while others cling to it in persistent assurance. The most novel of all the congresses against disease of which we have had notice is one which styles itself the “Ligue centre le mal-de-mer” and which recently convened at Ostend un der the “patronage of the municipal administration and under the high pro tection of the king of the Belgian Every means of preventing or de creasing that curse of water-travel, sea-sickness, was discussed under six different sec;__ tions dealt with naval architecture with a view to diminishing the move ment of ships. Another section dealt with the ven tilation and oxygenation of vessels. Still another discussed remedies pos sible to the individual and another de voted itself to the collection in all languages of the literature of sea sickness. When we add to all this study of human disease the perfection of vet erinary surgery and the exhaustive study of the diseases of plants, fruits and trees, we begin to feel that the pathological battle is indeed a great one. The United States has a magnificent department of research in this matter of vegetable pathology and in France, this autumn, two international con gresses will be held dealing with vine culture and kindred subjects. In their discussions bacteriology will be largely dealt with. And so the forces fighting for life are swelling. On the other hand if it be true that disease is a matter of the mind and to be battled with there by, never before has there been such an impetus to research along this line. The mental laws are more eagerly sought after than ever before and the fact that mind controls oody is being recognized and improved by practition ers of all schools as well as by count less individuals. Self-control is com ing more and more to be regarded as the key to all these good things for which we are fighting and more and more we are catching glimpses of tha significance of that mighty saying that "he that ruleth his spirit is greater than he that taketh a city.” projects far into the chasm. From this position the extent and depth of the fear ful ravine, and three of the most beautiful of its cataracts, is obtained. Deep and unutterable are the emotions of the be holder as he first gazes on the scene we are attempting to portray. He is filled with admiration as he ventures, clinging to some object for support, to approach the edge of the projecting crag, to fath om with half averted eye. the terrific chasm. A point some mstance up the stream commands another familiar view, and thence a somewhat dangerous path leands to the bottom of the chasm, and many ladies are induced by curios ity and love of novelty to make the de scent. The position gained affords the grandest conception of the extent and depth of the gulf." The Journal is Right. Philadelphia Press. •The Atlanta Journal calls for the expul sion of Senator Wellington, of Maryland, from tlie United States senate because of his statement, the correctness of which , he refuses to deny, that he was "indiffer ent” to the crime committed tn the at tempted assassination of the president. The Journal asserts that the course of the senator is that of giving encourage ment to anarchists and to murderers. That is the logic of the situation, and it is a fair question whether such a man to competent to sit as a lawmaker.