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"NOBLE OLD JOE" JOHNSTON
NEXT IN HONOR TO LEE
To the Kditor of The Journal:
In an article written for your paper not
long since the writer, speaking of the ar
my Os Tennessee, uses the expression.
“With never a commander in whom they
had entire confidence."
I hoped that some abler pen than mine
would be taken up in defense of our be
loved General Joseph E. Johnston. The
■kill displayed by Johnston in successful
ly falling back from one position to an
other between Dalton and Atlanta, wit It
an army against him more than twice as
large as his own. has been complimented
in every history written since the war. I
was with the army of Tennessee every day
of this campaign and if there was any
lack of confidence I do not remember hear
ing any expression of it. On the con
trary. we all felt that our commander
knew what he was doing, that he careful
ly looked after every detail, and 1t was a
favorite saying of the boys that -Joe
Johnston fell back from Dalton to Atlan
ta and never lobt a wagon spoke.”
No one of us can over forget that sad
day when the erder was read removing
Johnston and placing Hood in command.
Our president yielded to the clamor of
“ehlmney corner" generals and ' penny-a-
An Incident of First Manassas.
I have been much In tereated tn reading
your close call communications.
As I served three years In the Federal
army tn front of General Robert E. Lee it
will be conceded that I have personal
knowledge of many movements and con
flicts and am frequently amused at how
different things will appear from different
points of view.
I am prompted to write this from a few
lines tn last week's Journal by W. H.
Andrews. We both traanped on the same
ground at Antietam, or Sharpsburg, and I
think he tells a very straight story for
"only a priwate.”
Mr Andrews In his article says: "I saw
a wounded Federal sitting on the ground,
and leaning against a tree. I decided I
would approach him and when within 15
feet of him a shell burst between us. I
dodged and he laughed. He was shot in
the thigh and had ripped up his clothing
and was pouring water on the wound from
his canteen. He told me he was the color
hearer of the First Minnesota regiment
and had carried the .flag at the first Man
atees and up to the present time, but said
he: ‘Some of the boys were too sharp for
me this morning.* He gave me a newspa
per published in his own town. Should he
still be in the land of the living I would
be much pleased to hear from him.**
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I have enjoyed seeing so many of the
close calls of the old veterans, and I
thought I would write something about
the close call at Knoxville, Tenn, in 1863
or IMC
It was in the fall er winter of that year,
but I do not remember the exact date,
that I was there, but I remember the
town and the fort near there, and of
being in the charge on that fort by Gen
eral Kershaw's division. I belonged to
Company D. Phillips Legion, and that
legion led the assault on that fort that
was full of Yankee*.
We were formed in line at the foot of
the hill; to the fort we went, but be
fore we got there men fell right and
left, killed and wounded near the fort.
The Fed era Is had telegraph wires stretch
ed around stobe and stumps: the wires
being six or eight Inches from the ground,
and put there to trip our men up. They
served their purpose to a great extent,
but I saw them and stepped over them.
The Confederate officers tried to command
th» men to right and left flank of the
fort, but the men were confused and
could not be controlled. Some of them
went In the ditch, some lying down and
some standing near the ditch I got as
Close to the ground as I could. While
there two of our men fell on me. killed or
■rounded and filled my clothes with blood.
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A recent writer in The Journal said:
••General Williams, of Kentucky, pursued
General Stoneman when he made his
raid on Macon.”
This was a mistake. It was Brigadier
Genera! Iverson who pursued Stoneman.
The same writer says General Stoneman
made his escape and succeeded in reach
ing the Federal lines. This was also a
mistake General Stoneman was captured
with several hundred of his men by Gen
eral Iverson. 13 miles north of Macon, in
Jones county, near where now to located
the town of Round Oak. General Stone
man's raid would have been a complete
success but for the failure of another raid
which started out simultaneously with his
on Sherman's right. This latter raid
came to grief somewhere west of Griffin,
having been completely defeated and most
of the command captured. I am sorry I
eannot think of the Confederate officer
who defeated and captured this raid. Ths
two raids were to unite at Macon and
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liner" newspapers and made a change
which I have good reason to know came
very near to disbanding our army.
Who of us can forget the enthusiasm
which Joe Johnston’s presence aroused in
our hearts as we passed him sitting on his
horse near Bentonville. N. C., with head
uncovered, bowing to the small remnant
of the noble army which he had left only
a few months before? Although orders
had been given that no noise must be
made every soldier shouted as he passed
the grand old hero.
On the evening of the 19th of March. 1865.
the few who were left fought well against
the advance troops of General Sherman,
and could General Johnston have called
back this well organised army which he
had left in July before he would, no doubt,
have treated Sherman's victorious legions
to a genuins surprise.
We yield to no one in our admiration for
General Robert E. Lee. But the sur
vivors of the army of Tennessee will al
ways keep green the memory of "nobls
old Joe,” and insist that, as he was next
in rank, so should he be held always as
next in honor to General Lee.
C. C. GUNN,
Co. A. Sixth Fla. Reg.
I gladly reply to this and inform Mr.
Andrews that that wounded color bearer
was Samuel Bloomer. He is now living
and stumps about on a cork leg at Still
water, Minn.
I would like to witness a meeting be
tween Messrs. Andrews and Bloomer.
Perhaps modesty prevented Mr. Andrews
from telling the whole story.
The First Minnesota was the extreme
right regiment of Sumner's attack on the
morning of September 17. On the ground
of our extreme advance Sergeant Bloom
er was wounded. The Confederates broke
our line to our left, which enabled them
to flank our whole brigade. If not our di
vision. to the rear. The Confederates
then formed line upon the ground we had
occupied, and. as Mr. Andrews saye. soon
found it pretty hot. However hot it was,
the Georgia boys found time to give at
tention to the color bearer, wounded and
a prisoner. They built a little breastworks
to protect him from the bullets we were
firing at them.
I suspect that W. H. Andrews was one
of those boys. Don’t you believe Sam
would hug him?
Sergeant Bloomer and myself were mem
bers of the same company and I have this
story from him. JOHN B. STEVENS.
Co. B, First Minn. Infantry.
Fltsgerald, Ga.
The Tanks would poke their guns over the
fort and shoot, and it was said that they
threw their picks, shovels, axes, etc.,
over on our men.
I laid there for some time and after a
while two of our men jumped up and said,
"All of our men are gone; let us get
away from here boys.” I did not know
until then that the majority of our men
had retreated.
I don’t know whether those two men
got out or net; I remembered to have
heard that some of Burnside's men would
kill prisoners, so I concluded to get away
if I could. I started with my gun in hand,
down the hill, stooping over so as to ex
pose as little of my body as possible*
Soon after 1 started the Yanks «iw me
and began shooting. I thought I could
feel the wind of the bullets; I know I
could hear the noise -of it—seemed like
hundreds of them passed me—sip, zip,
sip!
But on down the hill I went as fast as
I could for about one hundred yards and
laid down behind a large red oak stump.
Just as I lay down a bullet came zip! and
cut my pants' leg below my knee. Some
of our sharp shooters were intrenched tn
a rifle pit behind a log and they said to
me. "You had better get away from
there.” and I joined them behind the log.
I think I had a close call, and I sup
pose the Yankees thought so, too, for they
told some of our men who were prison
ers afterwards about a little “Johnnie”
running and their Shooting at him so
many times and hts getting away from
them.
Seventeen of our boys were killed,
wounded and prisoners. .
W. T. STEDHAM.
then move on Andersonville and release
the Federal prisoners, about 40.000 in num
ber. General Stoneman reached the sub
urbs of Macon, and finding that the raid
which had been sent out to eo-operate
with him. had failed, he retraced hte steps.
Twenty miles northeast of Macon, In
Jones county, he encountered General
Iverson's advanced guard. The battle
opened at daylight and lasted until about
2 o'clock in the evening, when General
Stoneman ran up the white flag and sur
rendered, as has been before stated, sev
eral hundred of his men. Stoneman was
too brave a man to surrender his men and
then escape himself. He shared the fate
of the captives. A large portion of his
forces did escape capture, however. They
were carried out by a Kentucky colonel,
and after many trials and hardships suc
ceeded In again reaching Sherman's lines.
Colonel Crouse or Crews, of Cuthbert,
Ga., commanded the Confederate forces
on the field In this engagement; though
outnumbered two to one, he drove Stone
man back two miles and pressed him so
hard in front and on his right and left
flanks he (Stoneman) was compelled to
capitulate.
After the war General Stoneman became
governor of the state oj California, hav
ing been elected to that high office by the
Democratic party of that state. He was
always a Democrat. He told Colonel Beck,
of Jones county, while Beck was his pris
oner temporarily, that he was fighting
for the restoration of the union, that and
nothing else. After the war he opposed
the reconstruction policy of the Repub
licans. Very respectfully.
F. J. WALKER.
Hempstead. Ga., Aug. 26, 1901.
A HOUSE FOR JIM PARKER.
i Washington Starts a Movement to Re
ward Atlanta Negro. -
I WASHINGTON, Sept. 12-The colored
; people of Washington are audibly proud
I of their representative. James Parker, the
Atlanta negro who struck down President
McKinley's assailant at Buffalo. At a
large meeting at the African Metropolitan
Methodist church last night a movement
was started to raise a fund to buy him
a house here at the capital.
The Evening Star has started a fund
for him also. It is taken for granted
everwhere among the colored people that
Parker will be offered a suitable position
in the government service here, where so
many of his race are employed.
A Prophet at Home.
Perry Home Journal.
Pope Brown ha» demonstrated the value of
persistent energy and wise direction In farm
ing. and proved that money can be made in
that business. Whatever of success he has
achieved Is not due to any exceptional "good
luck.” nor to chance, but has come as it
will come to any other equally aenslblr and
energetic man who will use his efforts wisely
and earnestly. Above all things he has been
a farmer, though his ambition has led him
into politics. That ambition is laudable, and
its fruition will nerve Georgia as well as it
wiu heew aim. hi* friends and bls section.
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THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. DAY, SEPTEMBER 1901.
| LEADING MEN AND RELIABLE NEWSPAPERS
ECHO JOURNAL'S OPINION OF WELLINGTON |
NEW ORLEANS, September 10, 1901.
Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Ga.:
Gentlemen—The New Orleans Picayune takes pleasure in sending
you herein our leading editorial of today in reference to Senator
Wellington’s remarks regarding the Inhuman attack on President
McKinley, which you may use in answer to your request in your great
Georgia newspaper. t
. The Picayune is for law and order, for liberty and civiliza
tion, for the unlnterruption of government in its dignity and .
majesty, and it will work with you along that line.
Long may The Atlanta Journal live and print in behalf of the
same principles. Fraternally yours,
THE PICAYUNE.
The following is The Picayune's editorial in full: f - <
A SENATOR’S SHOCKING BRUTALITY.
The telegraph has reported that when United States Senator George L. Wellington, of Maryland, was informed of 1
the attempted assassination and grievous wounding of the president he gave expression to the following: • '•
"McKinley and I are enemies. He has been guilty of an unpardonable offense toward me. I cannot 8a ? anything good
for him, and Ido not think it just the time to say anything bad. I despise the man. I have no use for him, and there is
no reason for my saying anything. lam totally indifferent in the matter."
It is related that when his attention was called to his words, which filled with horror and astonishment those who
heard them, he declared that he had nothing more to say on the subject. i
Nothing could be more brutal and heartless than the utterance quoted above, and it is not so surprising that people
of ordinary sensibility are outraged by it, and it seems entirely just and proper that the Atlanta Journal should make
the subject the theme of indignant condemnation, and The Journal has telegraphed to The Picayune the announcement
that in its leading editorial yesterday it had declared that Mr. Wellington is unfit to be a member of the senate,-and that
his expulsion from that body is demanded by every consideration of public honor and decency. The senate is the sol® **
judge of the moral and legal qualifications of its members.
It should be remembered that the- senate of the United States was only estopped by his timely resignation from de
claring a decree of expulsion against a senator from Montana on the charge that he had obtained his seat by bribery
and corruption. In this case, where the chief magistrate has been made the victim of an assassin's blow, the manifes
tations of hostility on the part of the senator toward the president, whose life is hanging in the balance, with noth
ing but the prayers and love and sympathy of his countrymen in the way of human aid that can be given him, are
shocking, and it is monstrous that any human being not actually allied to the anarchists themselves could, under such
circumstances, deny to the helpless victim a single kind word or sentiment of pity.
In this part of the United States, and not alone here, brave men are accustomed to face each other in mortal com
bat and battle desperately for the supremacy: but, when one strikes down the other, pity and regret take the place of
rage and enmity and the kind word and sympathetic expression are not unusual from the victoq to the vanquished.
But here is a case where the chief magistrate of the republie is lying on the verge of death from a blow by the hand
of one of those miscreants who proclaim themselves the enemies of all human society, and who are really enemies of
the human race. Let us suppose that the wounded and helpless president, lying nigh unto death at the senator’s feet,
was the political opponent of the senator, is that an offense so deadly as that it extinguishes all human feeling in the
breast of the senator and leaves in his heart only the hate that is imputed to devils?
It is only the heart of a devil that can gloat over the desperate and. perhaps, deadly wounding of a foe under
such circumstances, and the contention made by the Atlanta Journal that Senator Wellington is unfit longer to sit in
the senate chamber of the United States seems founded in sound reason as well as in a noble and generous indignation
which is felt by every true and brave man, no matter what is his condition.
ALL MISSISSIPPI AGREES WITH THE JOURNAL.
JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 12.—The brave stand that The Atlanta Journal has taken in its advocacy of the proposition to
drive Senator Wellington out of the United States senate has been commented on in this city with considerable approval.
His remarks were brutal tn the extreme, and those who have passed criticism on him say that he deserves to be driven
from the senate and they are glad that a great Democratic newspaper like The Journal has the fearlessness to tackle the
subject. The Evening News, of this city, pays its respects to Mr. Wellington in the following vigorous editorial In
which the position of The Journal is indorsed: ;
THE WRETCH WELLINGTON.
The Atlanta Journal is out in a vigorous editorial calling on the senate of the United States to expel from Its mem
bership Senator Wellington, of Maryland. The senator is quoted as saying that he and McKinley were enemies and that
he could not say anything good and it-was not the time to say anything bad. He said that he despised tbs man and ths,t ,
he had no use for him and that his being shot had no interest for him at all. -
Any man who would utter such sentiment as that is not to be trusted. That one could be so brutal as to let political
differences obtain at a time like this is inconceivable. Men who are worthy foes, either personal or political, would be too
magnanimous to utter any such sentiment in the face of the dark shadow which hangs over the life of the president.
President McKinley is niore of a man than Wetllhgton will ever be. By hts frank brutalness he has shown the country that
he is not fit to occupy* a seat in the senate of the United States, and The Journal is quite right in calling on that body to
expel him. For pure, unadulterated cold bloodedness Wellington deserves 1 to rank along with the man who made the
deliberate attempt to take the life of the president.
Wellington is probably too cowardly to do anything Tike this, but hi his heart he is an assassin. The papers and
people of the south will indorse the effort irt The Journal to B*s this viper out of the United States senate.
. NORTH ALABAMA AGREES TO A MAN.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.. Sept. IX—Every public man in tftfs city who has been approached on the subject heartily in
dorses the proposition of The Atlanta Journal to expel Senator Wellington, of Maryland, as a rebuke of his allusions to the
wounded president of the- United States. Cruel, unpatriotic and contemptible was it in this senator, and the people in
this part of the south are more severe in their criticism of him than ha was of McKinley. The Atlanta Journal's proposi
tion on this subject, which has met the approval of every leading Journal In the south and has elicited comment
throughout the country, has the support of the north Alabama papers, public men and the best' citizens.
CABINET OFFICERS DISCUSS JOURNAL EDITORIAL.
BUFFALO. Sept. !>.—A special to The New York Tribune says: Members of President McKinley’s cabinet in this
city, to say nothing of his personal friends, are exceedingly indignant at Senator Wellington, who, on being told of
the shooting of the president, is reported as saying: "McKinley and I are enemies. I nave nothing good to say about
him, and under the circumstances do not care to say anything bad. 1 am indifferent to the whole matter."
The senator's utterance and the editorial, of The Atlanta Journal was the talk of the Buffalo club, w*here the cabi
net members meet every day. Unless tne Marylander disclaims tie Interview, ft is probable that he will be called to
account for it on the assembling of congress. The words “I am indifferent to the whole matter” are looked upon in
this city as almost treasonable. It Is thought that if Mr. Welington had no words of sympathy he at least might
have said nothing. - » • .
"I 'have reached one conclusion since reading Wellington's statement,” said General Charles H. Grosvenor, the
president’s intimate friend, to a Tribune reporter tonight at the Iroquois, ■ "and that is that Wellington ought to be
driven out of the United States senate. A man gutlty of the brutal and unwarranted language attributed to him is not
a fit associate for patriotic men.” I have no doubt that Wellington will be asked by his associates to make the proper
amends for his shocking insult, not only to the president himself, but to his own constituents and to the people of the
nation.” ' " . ’ * ’
WHAT EMMA GOLDMAN SAID
TO FIRE CZOLGOSZ'S BRAIN
A Cleveland, 0., special to yesterday’s
Chicago Tribune says:
An address delivered in this city on
May 6th by Emma’ Goldman, the an
archist, is believed largely responsible for
the attempt on the life of President Mc-
Kinley. . ’ t
Miss Goldman spoke here twice on that
date, and a copy of her address was
found Ln the pocket of Leon Czolgosz
when searched by the Buffalo police. In
the audience on that occasion was the
man who tried to kill the president, and
his associates now recall that he was one
of the most enthusiastic Ln his applause
of the utterances of Miss Goldman.
The hall In which the lecture was deliv
ered is at 170 Superior street, the same
hall in which the anarchists now meet
In this city.
In the course of her address of May 6th
Miss Goldman first outlined the principles
of anarchy and detailed the methods
whereby She hoped to accomplish the
ends of anarchy. Her talk was full of
forceful passages and some cases more
notable for their strength than their ele
gance. .
"Men under the present state of so
ciety,” she said, “are mere products of
circumstances. Under the galling yoke of
government, ecclesiasticlsm and a bond of
custom and prejudice, it Is impossible for
the individual to work out his own career
as he could wish. Anarchism alms at a
new and complete freedom. It strives to
bring about the freedom which is not only
the freedom from within but a freedom
from without, which will prevent any
man from having a desire to Interfere In
any way with his neighbor.
“Vanderbilt says, ’I am a free man
within myself, but the others be damned.’
This Is not the freedom we are striving
for. We mere’y desire complete individual
liberty, and this can never be obtained as
long as there is an existing government.
”We do not favor the socialistic Idea
of converting men and women into mere
producing machines under the eye of a
paternal government. We go to the op
posite extreme and demand the fullest and
most complete liberty for each and every
person to work out his own salvation upon
any line that he pleases. The degrading
notions of men and women as machines
is far from our Ideals of life.
"Anarchism has nothing to do with fu
ture governments or economic arrange
ments. We do not favor any particular
settlement in this line, but merely ask to
do away with the present evils. The fu
ture will provide thesy arrangements after
our work has been done. Anarchism deals
merely with social relations, and not
with economic arrangement."
The speaker then deprecated the idea
that all anarchists were in favor of vio
lence or bomb throwing. She declared that
nothing was further from the principles
they support. She went on, however, Into
a detailed explanation of the different
crimes committed by anarchists lately,
declaring that the' motive was good in
each case, and that these acts were
merely a matter of temperament.
..Some nun wepe so constituted, she said,
that they were unable to stand idly by
and see the wrong that was being endured
"by their fellow mortals. She herself did
net believe In these methods, but she did
not think they should be condemned In
view of the high and noble motives which
TT Tr’lT V FARM WHERE ABRA-
i uva x ham LINC oIn was
BORN TO BECOME TMFRPT A TFS
cAN ASYLUM FOR 1 DO
Chicago Tribune.'
Down In the blue grass region of Ken
tucky, on the same farm where Abraham
Lincoln was born and spent his boyhood
days, the St. Luke’s society of Chicago
Is to establish a home for the Inebriates
of the south. A large hotel small cot
tages and commodious dwellings will be
erected by the society, and, though the
land Is in the south, the negro will be
made as welcome as the white.
The Lincoln farm is In the town of
Hodgenville, fifty miles south of Louis
ville and consists of 110 acres of pasture
land. On It is a spring of mineral water,
the fame of which is great below the
Mason and Dixon line. It was owned
by some prominent Methodists of the
south, among them Rev. J. W. Bing
ham. Some time %go Its owners decided
to donate its use to charity, and they
chose the St. Luke’s society as the or
ganization best suited to carry out their
plans.
The farm will be turned into a sani
tarium, planned much after that now run
by the society at 1710 to 1718 Indiana ave
nue. On It will be taken only those who
are addicted to drugs, liquors or tobacco.
The treatment Is to be similar to that
given at the Chicago hospital.
While the officers of the society are
busy trying to get the Lincoln farm in
shape, they are also at work establishing
a branch within the Cook county jail.
There prisoners knpwn to be the victims
of the drug, liquor or tobacco habit are
given over to Dr. Miller and his asslst-
prompted their perpetration. She contin
ued: "Some believe we should first obtain
by force and let the Intelligence and edu
cation ccme afterwards.”
Miss Gohiman did not hesitate to put
forward a number of sentiments far more
radical and sensational than any ever
publicly advanced here. During Miss Gold
man’s lecture a strong detail of police
were In the hall to keep her from utter
ing sentiments which were regarded as
too radical. This accounts for the fact that
the speaker did not give free rein tb her
thoughts on this occasion. By reasons of
anarchistic uprisings elsewhere,, It was
thought best by the city officials to curb
the utterances of this woman.
•taanths The Kind You Haw
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ant. Dr. LaGrange. The latter devotes
all his time to them and lives In the same
quarters with them.
Yesterday afternoon some newly ar
rived prisoners were taken before Dr.
Miller and it was decided to try to cure
two notorious cases. One, a man of 39
years, has been addicted to morphine for
ten years. So bad is he that w<hlle undef
the influence of the drug he acts like a
wild man and is not held responsible by
the police for his actions. The other, a
youth of 24 years, is a total wreck.
"Our Abraham Lincoln farm and the
Cook county jail hospital,” said Dr. Mil
ler. "are but parts of our charitable work.
We run penny lunch counters and our
local hospital is largely charitable. On
the farm we will attempt to enlarge cur
work and make it the first of several
sudh extensions."
THOUGHT HE WAS “CALLED.”
ROME. Ga., Sept. 12.—8. G. Camp was
today found to be insane by a jury and
will be sent to the state sanitarium.
Camp stated the Lord appeared unto him
last week and told him to preach the gos
pel and warn the people that judgment
day is coming. It was charged that
Camp would go to various homes in the
dead hours of night and awaken the In
mates enjoining them to pray and beware
of judgment day.
Camp resides near Rome and Is 60 years
old.
Funny Little Fables By George Ade.
Copyright, 1901, By Robert Howard Russell.
The Modern Fable of the Foozle and
the Successful Approach.
On a Ship bound for Southampton were
two Americans who were taking their
Money to England
in order tt> offset the
Balance of Trade.
I They intended to
Igo to London and
I .hang around and
I look Wistful until
I the Nobility and
I Landed Gentry
■ would take some
B Notice of them.
I Each had a patent
p Scheme for securing
recognition.
The first chased
himself to Regent
I
Street and bought i
an entire Outfit of British Clothes. He
began to Lose the sound of A as in Father
and say Mean Things about the Boers.
He held his Hat in his Hand whenever
he ’ approached a Title. He went out of
his way to run down the vulgar Ameri-
Consequently be was walked upon (
and. despised as a Toady. |
The other Man allowed his Hair to grow
down over his Collar. He wore a Buck
Taylor Hat with a Leather Strap around
it and kept It at an angle of 45 degrees.
He refused the B. and S. and demanded
Cocktails. When he met an Englishman
he called him Pard and held out his Flip
per aqid said he’d be catawampously Jig
gered if he wasn’t all-fired Proud to meet
him. He plucked the Tall Feathers from
the gullarious Bird of Freedom and waved
them defiantly at the Lion and the Uni
corn. He said that the British Isles were
merely a Break-Water for the Continent
and wouldn’t make a Patch on the Land
of Liberty. *<
He was invited to all the Drawing
Rooms because it was a Pleasure to meet I
such a breezy and Typical American.
. MORAL: When, you are in Rome do as
the Romans expect you to do.
The Modern Fable of the Merited Re
buke to the Excursionists.
A Traveler at a rag-weed Junction up to
a Lunch Counter and negotiated for the
Sandwich of Com-
merce, sometimes
known as the Box
ing Glove. Then
he opened it cau
tiously to see if
there was a Prize
in every Package.
He found that he
had drawn a mi
croscopic hunk of
Ham. which he
missed twice when
he tried to apply
the Mustard.
He was of New
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English Stock, so he began to Roar.
"Is it-rlght to take Real Mopey for these
masquerade goods?” he demanded. "Do
you have, the Immortal Rind to say that
a galvanized Bun and one little Oasis of
Ham are worth 10 cents?”
"We -have no time in which to discuss
the Menu.” replied the Proprietor. "Ths
Train pauses here only three Minutes.”
"But wouldn’t there be a fair Profit for
you, even if you gave a fresh Roll and a
nice' slice of Ham?” persisted the Trav
eler.
“Once, just after I got Religion. I
started in to give the Public real Sand
wiches,” said the Proprietor. "Strange to
say, the Customers were Leery and
thought there was something wrong with
the Meat. Many asked me if I was not
Green at this Business. The Man who
rushed up to buy two would reduce his
Order to one, and then give me the
Laugh. I found that I could not stand
out against' Tradition, single-handed. So
I got back into Line.”
, MORAL: Order Pie.
The Modern Fable of the Girl Who
Could Compromise In a Pinch.
Once there was a sentimental Totty who
told the Girl Friends all about her kind of
Man. She said she
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would drop the Flag
on all Farmers. If
she couldn’t get
k some one In the
I Scratch Division she
I would do without.
I “The Man who
I wins my cardiacal
I Regard must be Tall
I and Dark. with
I Raven Hair tossed
5 back from a Brow
' of Alabaster White
ness,” she said, as
she reached for an
other Olive. "He
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must be Brave, yet Gentle. I would have
him a Chesterfield as to Manners and as
Bright as Winston Churchill. In Thought
and Speech he must be as pure and un
sullied as any Young Lady In Ocean
Grove, N. J. Withal, he Is to be Strong
and Manly. He who would hold down my
Rocking Chair must be a Chivalrous Gen-,
tieman, and don’t you forget it.
That evening a Red-Headed Boy wear
ing striped Flannels and smoking a Bun-
Dog Pipe came to the Front Gate and
Whistled. She upset four Flower Pots in
getting to him.
■ MORAL:. Nothing ever works out ac
cording to Specifications.
The Modern Fable of the Expansionist
Who Purchased More Wisely
Than He Knew.
Once there was a Man who was Land-
Hungry. He could not get too many quit
claim Deeds Into his
capacious Maw. He
wanted to .own all
the adjoining Prop
| erty.
I But every time
I that he dickered
I and got a new Tract
I hid frontage was
I thereby Increased.
ISo the more he
I bought, the more he
I had Adjoining and
N the more Intense
was his desire to
purchase.
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By the time that
he was Weil Off he had to starve himself
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ness Oil. You can Hf ZMKSI
rl lengthen its life— make it JW
la*t twieo a* long as it
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| Hamess Oil h
I makes a poor looking har- iSS
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Bold everywhere
tn cane—all eizea.
Made bj STANDARD OIL CO. wk
in order to meet the Payments. He stag
gered along under 17 Mortgages and got
Nervous Dyspepsia and walked the Floor
ut Night.
When he died the Preacher said that hs
had gone to the Promised Land. The
Mourners drew their own Conclusions.
His Daughter married a New Yorker
who surveyed the Estate and found that
he would have room for Golf Links and a
Polo Field.
MORAL: Be satisfied with all the Land
on two sides of you.
The Modern Fable of the Rooky Who
Believed the Lithographs.
A Country Boy rqfie into Town on a
Load of Oats and stopped to look at a
Picture in the Window of the Bee-Hive
Store. It was a col
ored representation
of a Hero leading a
Charge. He had a
| Starry Banner in
I one hand and a
j Sword with a Tas- ,•
| sei in the other. ■
[ The Air was full ’
| of Explosives but
I the gallant Lad in
I Blue was dodging
’ all of them and '
leading on to victo-
ry.
gw
x The Boy looked at
the Chromo and it
ra|her carry Old Glory over the Ramparts
than stay at Home, especially as the Sea
son for shucking Com was near at hand. .
Therefore he went and joined the Reg
ulars and served his Country by taking
care of the Colonel’s Horse. After he had ,
done this for about three Years, he began <
to lose faith in the Bee-Hive Picture. He
did not see much chance of getting into
the Papers.
One Day the Commanding Officer noticed
that he was Despondent and asked the
Reason, for it worries a West Point Man .
to see a Private wearing away undbr a
Secret Sorrow.
“I want to be a Hero, and get into the ,
School Histories,” said the military Hos
tler.
“They don’t get into the School Histo
ries,” was the Reply. "They get into the
Prisoners’ Dock. Fame has a kick-back to
it worse than old-style Musket. I know
of seven Heroes who will trade Jobs with
you.”
MORAL: Every Chromo has a Sequel.
The Modern Fable of the Third and
Last Call.
A PubUc Official presiding at a Marriage
License Counter put his Head through the
Window and shout
ed “Next!”
There sidled up a
well-seasoned Gir
lie who said she
would take a 32.00
Writ of Attach
ment * which she
might use in gag
ging and binding a
Helpmate.
"What is the Vic
tim’s Name?” ask
ed the Clerk.
"You can search
me," was the reply.
”1 wish to good-
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ness I knew. I’ve been waiting for him*
ever since the War. I can’t imagine what
keeps him.”
"What good is a License unless you
have your Prey already in the Stockade?”
asked the Official
"I want one with a Space left blank
so that I can use it in a quick Emergen
cy,” she replied. ”1 can’t afford to take
Chances. It is getting too late in the Af
ternoon. Eighteen Years ago I sent my
Heart’s Idol out for the Parchment that
would, legalise our undying Love, but ho
happened to get on a Green Car instead
of a Yellow one. He missed the Court
House two miles and caught a Train for
Los Angeles. I had to sit up for two
Nights picking the Initials out of iny
Trousseau. Another time I planted one in
a "Watting Room while I went after the
Permit. A Girl came in to dust the Room
and he had to move, so I haven’t seen
him since. Next time I get one In Chan
cery there will be immediate Doings. I will
simply say ‘You’re On.’ and flash the Doc
ument. And then, if he runs away he will
have to carry a lot of Weight.
MORAL: Never put off until Tomorrow
what should have been done early in the
Seventies.
A GOOD WATCH
And Semi-Weekly Journal Ona Year
for >2.00.
We have at last found a watch wbieM
we can deliver postpaid to the subscribers
for The Semi-Weekly Journal (in connec
tion with the paper one year) for 32.00.
Wo have a good guarantee tnat this
watch will keep correct time for one
year, provided it is not misused. If tt
does not, it can be returned at our ex
pense.
This ir the watch wo have long beta
looking for ana just found.
It is a rtem winder and stem settei*.
ts nickel plated and nandsoma. This
witch is offered only to direct subscrib
ers, as we tell at factory prices trons
which we buy by the thousand.
Bend your name and 32.00 and you will
get t splendid watch and the nest news
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> f) Atlanta. Ga.
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and is a book in itself. We will send The
World’s Work for three months, together
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price.
“SMASHER’’ IS NOT WANTED.
All contracts between the Interstate Fair
association and Mrs. Carrie Nation, the
Kansas "smasher,” have been cancelled
by the fair management This has been
done because of Mrs. Nation’s utterances
in reference to President McKinley and
the attempt made on his life at Buffalo
a few days since.
"I am glad it happened,” she is reported
to have said in an address to a large
crowd on Coney Island, New York,, "and
I hope that the president will die, because
he stands as one of the supporters of the
liquor traffic. He allows wines to be
served on the table at the white house
and in this way stands as an example
before the youth of the land.”
In view of these utterances, at which
there has been no attempt at denial, the
fair management cancelled the contract.
The intense feeling aroused all over the
country by the attempt upon the presi
dent’s life was felt here and there was a
lingering fear that a remark such as quot
ed from Mrs. Nation or any one else la
this city might lead to disorder.
