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6 I THE COUNTRY HOME f Women on the Farm ■ Conducted By Mrs. IV. H. Felton. 4 Cetre*pondenee on homo topic* or ♦ | + •object* of e«r octal Interest to wo- ♦ ♦ men is Invited. Inquiries or letter* ♦ ♦ should be brief and clearly written ♦ + in In* on on* aide of the aheet. ♦ ♦ Write direct to Mr*. W. H Fel- ♦ * ton. Editor Home Department Semi- ♦ * Weekly Journal. Certermrille. On. ♦ + No inquirie* anawered by mall ♦ w & UIIIIIHIIIIHHIIIIIII** AN OLD-FASHIONED WOMAN. No elerer. brilliant thinker »be. With college record and decree She has not known the path* ot tame. The world baa never beard her name She walks in old. long-trodden way*. The valley* of the yesterday*. Home Is her kingdom. love her dower— She seek* no other wand of power I Tto make home sweet, bring heaven near. To win a smile and wipe a tear. And do her duty day by day In her own quiet ptace and way. Around her childish heart* are twined As round some reverend saint enshrined. And following hers the childish feet Are led to ideal* true and sweet. And find aU purity and good Ir. her dlrinest motherhood. She keeps her faith unshadowed Mlll- Ood rule* the world in good and ill; Men in her creed are brave and true. And women pure as pearls of dew. And life for her is high and grand. • By work and glad endeavor spanned. This sad old earth's a brighter place Al! for the sunshine of her face; Her very smile a blessing throws. And hearts are happier where she goes, A gentle, clean-eyed messenger. To whisper love—thank God for her! —L. M. Montgomery in the Doctors and Wounded Presidents. When President Garfield died 20 years •go the country stood a maxed (and cer tainly disgusted) at the published claims of the doctor* who attended him In Washington City and at Elberon, on the New Jersey coast, where he breathed hl* last. He was shot by Gufteau on July 1 and lingered until September 1». According to the doctor* he was get ting well all the time, while be was sure ly dying for more than two month*. Dur ing all this agony he had high-priced physicians to diagnose and report upon hi* condition. Telegraph wires were kept hot transcribing and sending frequent bulletins from ocean to ocean. They had every appliance that money could buy and Ingenuity or science could suggest. Thev had all sorts of surgical instru ments within reach and all sorts of de vices to cure up the wound safely. They hunted for the bullet day after day and vowed by the eternal that they had located it. when lo! an autopsy and post mortem incision discovered it in a place never before designated. When the stomach was entered there was no bullet there, and it dropped out from the backbone muscle* accidentally into a basin placed underneath to hold the removed portion*, while the wise men were looking in another place where they assured the country they had located It beyond peradventure. Nevertheless they bad cheek enough to present a medical bill to congress which was monumental in sise and charlatan audacity. It would seem that nothing Is really learned by experience in some quarters, for President McKinley was wounded and died from a similarly undiscovered bullet, after the same style and fashion, only a .short 20 years elapsing. Perhaps it was Impossible to reach the bullet in either case, but it is preposter ous that the country should have been assured at both times that the wounded men were on the high road to recovery when they had a death warrant tn a fre quently examined part of their bodies, and yet where these doctors were incap able of locating IL Wai it Ignorance or were they only try ing to fool the ignorant? With a bullet passing through President McKinley's stomach in two places, they either failed to look beyond those two bole* or they concluded to guess at probable result* and trust to luck to sustain their guess. Having had sad experience with Mr. Garfield b wound and the false hopes created by unreliable bulletin*. It is as tonishing that the late doctors should have stumbled and blundered in exactly the same way in their decisions, bulletins and opinions tn treating Mr. McKinley. Perhaps the country may congratulate Itself that the late sufferer passed off without more time being given for false and meretricious pretense and with less opportunity for extravagant and imprac ticable protestation* of cure to disgust the country, where no possibility of cure can now be discovered in either Instance. The sole apology which can be accept ed is one of positive Inability to save life, but that apology does not harmonise with the loud sounding declarations, signed and sealed as a decree of infallible opin . ion. which pronounced the president per fectly safe (with no question about It) in lae minds of nearly a dozen doctors, se lected becausq of their well known skill and experience. Somebody is at fault when a former mistake or miscalculation went for naught in treating a case al most exactly alike and under similar con ditions to the first. Perhaps there will be little criticism of Mr. McKinley's doctors in print for drop ping into the same unfortunate manner of saying things that were not authorised and not relied upon, but certainly the medical profession Is carrying a burden that is surely felt if not complained of in the mistaken treatment of the late presi dent's wound by the notable physicians assembled at Bnffalo. Their failure is mortifying. Their bulletins smack of something that closely resembles charlatanism—ls it Is Dot the genuine article itself. When one great medical expert rose up. clapped his heels together and dismissed GIRLISH FIGURES HOW MARRIED WOMEN MAY RETAIN THEM. Betide*, comrfy to the extent of (wrotne**. <t*g *ad ey«Mnoery. flee Pwe tne«e power* when natnr period oi ce*t*Uoo Uapom upon thMS tta t ro perl y ■user- i i ■ , _ rtw xi, motherhood f > I* a *e<»on of / r . gs < nl—iint aotidpa* I Bon. Only in rire I . Ar ***** l« it mad* to /\i If however, withoot J artiScitl aid. A Uaiment for outaide use, it r' • > W preferable to A XV aoythin< elte. X W \ Mwthor** •X. \ r r i e n d. if • W j MedCirouch- ~i ' -t-.' '■ out t w mil re period of preraaacy. win eootha and relax th) tissue*, soften the mutciet, and m*ke elaatK ten- ThU°ce*e''rit^d i liniment remove* ttiffness and promote* expanaion of the fibre* when under at rain Your body l« a machine of flesh, mtuc’.a* and bones and Mother's Friend it usod tor the purpose of lubricatinr the part* taxed durinp ereanancy. It can work no injery to mother or child. It it ap plied externally to the abdominal »y*rion*. Jta affect it wonderful and worthy a trial. Os your tt *1 00 per bottle. You are stulcome to our book “Motherhood." THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA. GA. the waiting friends with such exultant declarations as “All danger passed! Go home and be easy! The president will be at his desk sound and well in six weeks' time!" etc., etc.. It taxes the patience a* well as the forbearance of a disgusted people to understand or forgive such dis astrous evasions of truth and fact This late exposition of medical inaccu racy ha* been lamentable for more rea sons than one. While the nation as well as the family of Mr. Kinley were hurled down from the joyful heights of confi dence and hope to the very depths of anxiety and grief there is obliged to be unspoken dread that these doctor* were from the start, either Incapable in prac tice or dishonest in their public declara tion* as to the president's condition dur ing the week he suffered and finally died under their treatment. It speaks loudly for the general indif ference of the taxpayers that incompe tence should be paid for services of this kind without public rebuke, and when the medical bill is presented, as it will be presented very soon, for settlement there should be a thorough going over, with examination of the misleading bulletins, and the bill should be scaled down ac cording to the value of services really given. It is time to call a halt on over grown medical fees in cases like those here reviewed. To prevent repetition the rebuke should be felt in pocket as well as pride. Nobody heard of gangrene until the au topsy, but the world knows that a bullet passing through vital parts was danger ous in the extreme, and since the doctors never did find the bullet, before or after death, a half-idiot might reasonably un derstand that the bullet did kill President McKinley, and so long as that bullet was imbedded inside his vital part* It could not be truthfully said he was out of dan ger. Comparing the optimistic reports with the reported temperature almost normal accompanied with a pulse beating 125 and 130 was sufficient for a person 1,000 miles away to know the president was unfor tunate in his doctors, aw well a* danger ous as to his real condition. Nothing but a miracle would have availed in such a crisis. President Garfield, with a consti tution like iron, battled with hl* wound and his doctor* for weeks and months, but President McKinley had no such stay ing power In hl* system. And although Mr. Edison sent his finest X-ray machine to the sufferer’s bedside, accompanied by his most expert operator, these extraordinary doctors put it all aside as unnecessary. To locate the fatal bullet, which was the one thing needful to preserve a valuable life at that time, was the office of the X-ray machine, but those confident M. D.’s impatiently dis missed the X-ray and preferred to leave the bullet undisturbed. If it was not so awfully tragic the conceit and obduracy of this corp* of doctor* would be irresist ibly comic. Quacks are not all dead yet. And the idea of allowing a lot of solid food to coagulate and ferment th a human stomach which had two hole* in it. caught together by frail stitches, was just an other symptom of defective modern medi cal practice, combined with dense igno rance. If the bullet had been located and lifted out this extraordinary diet might have defeated the struggle for the pa tient's life with the bullet’s Influence averted. Taking the case altogether our common average country doctors may take com fort in the thought that doctor* are born, not made, and judging by the effort* of swell practitioners in high life incompe tency Increases where the responsibility Is greatest. FOOD FOR INVALIDS. Delicate and Nourishing Dishes That Are Stimulating to Feeble Appetites. An Exchange. It is not uncommon for children and old people to be troubled in the early autumn months with what is known a* "summer complaint. *' which is not always the re sult of warm weather, but may easily arise from too free a use of uncooked ap ples. or other autumn fruits. After the doctor ha* done his work much depends upon the nursing and food the patient re ceives. Absolute repose of the body, gen tle amusement —so that the mind is direct ed from the trouble—and suitable nourish ment. is what Is needed. Generally such a disease produces a parching thirst, but water is very Injurious. A single sip of ice wate may be administered to satisfy the fretful demand, but no more should be allowed. If the thirst is exces sive either rice or toast water should be prepared. To make rice water put two ta blespoonfuls of clean, washed rice in a quart of boiling water, and let it simmer for two hour* until the rice is pretty thor oughly dissolved. Strain the whole through a fine wire strainer or a bit of coarse muslin, and flavor with a good pinch of salt. It can be drank either hot or cold, and if stimulant* are prescribed two tabespoonful* of sherry added to this make it very palatable. Toast water, which is a favorite drink in England with both sick and well, is made by toasting three or four slices of bread very brown and dry and breaking them In small pieces into a pint of cold water. After soaking an hour, pour through a napkin, squeezing the toast until all the liquid passes through. If this is not found palatable, and such additions are not for bidden by the doctor, a squeexe of lemon juice Improve* it greatly in flavor. A good food recommended for those re covering from this complaint is gum ara ble jelly. Put a half box of gelatine, a cup of sher ry, two cloves and an inch of cinnamon In to a double boiler, with a few table spoon fuls of cold water. Let It stand for half an hour, then add a cup of boiling water, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, one of pow dered gum arable and two of lemon juice. Stir thoroughly over the Are until the whole Is dissolved; then strain quickly, before It has time to thicken, and set away to cool. Such jelly is fed only by the tablespoonful and given to restore the strength of those who have been much depleted by the complaint. For those weak from nausea and vomit ing the best and most soothing foods are broths of clams or oyster*. Nothing, ap parently. aids more rapidly in recupera tion after any violent strain than the juice* of shell fish, and those faint from tne long starvation of violent seasickness find a magical quality in such broths, which must, however, be served as hot as the patient can take them, as the heat of the soup is one of Its most active re storative qualities and serves to revive the vital warmth lowered by the emptiness and spasms of the stomach. Sour Green Tomato Pickles. One peck of green sliced tomatoes, ten gaod-sised onions, add one teacupful of salt mixed well through them, press down with a weight, let stand for 34 hour*; drain off this brine and take two quarts vinegar, one quart water, and boil tomatoes in it about ten or fifteen min ute*. or until tender; add two table spoonsful of clnamon, clove*, ginger, mace and cayenne pepper. For sweet pickles make by the above recipe and add four pounds of sugar. Seal or cork well. Degrees. Judge. "How do you feel?” "Miserable. A* if my brain* had been taken out and given to some one else. And you?" „ . "Worse? A* If I had ’em.” THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 190 L Fl. ■ ~ ■ I j. -‘x 4 . ■■ x .. ; THE MOTHERLESS. Two of the Children st the Decatur Orphans’ Home as They Were Found Mothering Some Lost Chickens. The above picture is of two little or phans at Decatur just as they were found mothering a lot of orphan chickens. The picture and the thoughts It suggests be come an eloquent plea. Many people wonder how the orphans are fed. God feeds the birds through na ture and He feeds the orphans through human nature. The orphans at Decatur, as well as at other such orphans’ homes, have never gone without a meal. Last year the Decatur family went up to 159 orphans, and these had to be fed and clothed. Every expense was met. It takes fifty pounds of flour for breakfast, to say nothing of a half bushel or so of grits. Uncle Dan Is his name and he is one of the best known men In Cartersville. He is by-no means a. dude, but is a hard work ing man, whose ability to labor does not seem to lessen with age. I present him to the publie, not in his everyday garb, but in his Sunday-go-tormeetlng suit, for he absolutely refused to have his . picture taken unless he was dressed up. "Well, you had better gv> and get your hair cut, too,” I suggested. A look of alarm swept across his face as he replied: "No, sir. I had hit cut onct. Hit like ter kilt me. I wouldn’t cut dat hair no moah for fifty dollars; no, sir, dat I wouldn’t.” Uncle Dan Is remarkable for two things, his sterling integrity and his knowledge of the weather. He knows little about books and such things, but he can give Marbury pointers on the weather that would be a help to him. He Is my sexton. I found him In charge of)the church when I came to Cartersville. He is one of the most attentive listeners in my congregation and recently he came to me at the close of the service and said: "You flung some mighty heavy rocks ter day. I seed ’em a dodgin' all roun’. Yasser, I did. Some er dem rocks hit putty close roun' whar I wuz a settln’.” A year ago last June I announced from the pulpit one Sunday morning that we would begin a protracted meeting the next Sunday. When I was leaving the church at the conclusion ot the service Uncle Dan approached me and said: "You picked out a mighty bad time fer yx>" meetin’." “What's the matter with the time?” I asked in surprise. "Hit's gwl’ rain.” "How do you know?” "1 des knows, dat’s hew come I knows; yasser, hit gwl’ rain.” "Well. It won't rain all the time, I reck on. I expect the meeting to run for two weeks or more.” “Hit’s gwl rain mltey nigh all dis munt.” "I don’t believe you know any more than I know, and I know the weather man doesn’t give out any such news.” "Nummine! You wait an’ see. Hit gwl rain al] dis munt.’ The next Sunday It rained, and Dan had a satisfied look on his face. Monday It rained again, and Dan was contented. Tuesday It rained, and the old man was happy. Wednesday It rained again, and he was jubilant. Thursday It took a fresh start and rained some more, and Dan’s spirits were way up In G. Friday It rained again, and if It hadn't broken up the meeting Dan would, in all probability, have done some old-fashioned shouting. Saturday dawned clear and beautiful. I met Dan, and as I thought I had him, I said': "Well, what about the weather, Uncls Dan?" "Gwl rain,” he said, with a chuckle. “Rain, your foot!” I exclaimed with some Impatience. “Rain today! You don’t know what you are talking about.” "Nummine! You wait an’ see. Gwl rain •fore nite.” About 4 o’clock that afternoon the clouds arose, the rain fell, the winds blew and the storm beat in all its fury on the town. I began to have some faith In the old man’s prophesies, but I also looked upon him as an evil rain crow,' for not one night did I have a meeting that was not broken Into by the rain. "Well, the backbone of the bad spell Is broken at last," I thought to myself the next morning as I awoke and saw the sun shining. Not a cloud was in sight, the skies were soft and blue and the breeze was balmy as the breath of an angel. I had a fine congreatlon and was in good spirits. I appointed a children’s meeting at 4 o'clock that afternoon. Old Dan, it seemed to me, had a sar donic grin on his face, as he saw me coming toward him when the service was over. He tried to avoid me, but I stopped Mm and said: “Well, where’s your weath er now?” "Look like you dun seed It,” he re plied. "But It’s gone now.” "Don’t you fool youseff dat erway. Gwl rain some more.” "You're an old fraud," I cried, "the skies are clear and there’s no indication of rain.” "I can't hep dat, sir, hit gwl rain. Gwl rain fore nite.” I left him In disgust, as I had been long ing and praying for good weather and If you could see them eat you would think they were hollow down to the tips of their toes. The little girl-cooks pre pare enough for all. The food comes from kind hands of good people. So comes rhe 150 hats. 150 pairs of shoes, 150 sets ot clothing and everything else as they are needed. The buildings have come in the same way, just as they are needed, until there Is now quite a pretty village. Next Saturday has been appointed as t..e day in which to work for the orphans. Those In charge of the home earnestly plead for these little destitute children at Decatur. They are gathereu from all de | nominations and conditions of life, from I every section of North Georgia. The “UNCLE DAN’ <BY REV. ALEX BEALER UNCLE DAN. nothing but rain came and It seemed to me that the old man was responsible to some extent at least. At 4 o’clock the wind was blowing hard, but the sun was still shining and the indications were that the rain was over. “You’ve missed It this time, surely,” I said to Dan as I entered the church. "No rain yet.” “Nummine, you wait, nite aln t . come ylt.” < The meeting lasted one hour. Jusb be fore It closed I heard an ominous rumb ling. My heart sun)t. It was thunder. As I walked out I saw Dan standing In the street. His head was thrown back and he pointed his finger toward a cloud as black as ink that was rolling rapidly up from the west. He did not say a word, but the low chuckling laugh that fell from his lips and tne expression upon his face said plainer than words, "Vindicat ed." . After this experience I began to watch Dan closely. He often prophecled about the weather and seldom did he fail. One day I called him Into my study and asked him how he knew so much about the weather anyhow. "Well sir,” was Ms reply. "I’m gw! tell you some, but jiot all. De fust thing I takes de fust twelve days In Jlnuwerry an* rite dar you got de wedder fer de year. Sposen de fust day is bright long twill nine o’clock; den hit cloud up an’ rain twill two, an’ den it fair off. By dat I knows de fust er Jlnuwerry gwl be clear, de middle rainy an’ de last clear. Dem fust twelve days, dey sho does hole de wedder fer de year. I dun been a watchin' em fer nigh onto thirty years an’ MORPHINE Opium, Laudanum, Cocaine and Liquor habit* permanently and palnle«»ly cured at home No detention from business; no Inconven ience; action immediate; leaves svst*m of pa tient in natural, heathy condition without desire for drug*. Cr>« guaranteed for |lO. WRIT* FOR PARTICULARS. DR. LONG & COMPANY, ATLANTA. GA. Reference: Capital City Nat’l Bank, Atlanta. cripple*, the babies, the morally destitute, the pinched and starved children from the mountains, the farms, the slums. All interesiva In this beautiful work are earn estly requested to devote September 28th to work for the orphans at Decatur. Sunday School Day follows the great work-day, and the superintendents In the Methodis. schools will gather up the earnings of the work day and send them to the agent. Rev. H. L. Crumley, 200 Oak street, Atlanta. Twentieth century phllanthrophy says with Jacob Rus that every child has a right to a pair of motherly arms about It. Every child has a right to a fair chance for a useful, virtuous life. So please keep their work-day next Saturday. THE WEATHER PROPHET dey most Inglnerly all de time come out rite. , "But dat ain’t all I goes by. Lopk a dem eyes,” and as he spoke he held his head down and I saw a peculiarily about his eyes that I had noticed before. All around the pupil was a well defined ring, bluish white In color. "Dem rings in my eyes” continued the old man "shows up now, case hits de full moon, but when de moon’s in de dark you can’t see but des de little aldge er dem rings. When I wants ter know de wedde? I looks In de glass an’ I kin tell ,by de color er dem rings what it gwi be. "I gotter nuther sine, my knees; When a rite bad spell er weathers cornin’ dey gits so stiff I kin hardly walk. Some time you see me walkin’ wld a stick, an’ sometimes I aln’ got none. Wen a lite spell er wedder’s a cornin’ my ankle jlnts hurt an’ I bleeged ter have a stick. I got sup’n else, but I aln’ gwine tell you all. Den Vou'd know much as I does.” "But can you tell about windy weath er?” ' "Yasser. When you see de sky git red atter sundown, look out for win’. ” "And how about colij?” "I kin tell de cole by deshere,” and the old man put his hand on a large wen be tween his shoulders. "When a rite cole spell’s a cornin’ hit gits cole. I kin pile on all de kiver I got an It won’t git warm. Yasser, I knows de wedder. 1 kin feel it In mer bones.” For two years I have watched Uncle Dan and he has certainly made some re markable prophesies about the weather. He seldom falls and I would suggest to Uncle Sam that here is a chance for Mm to put money in his pocket. I’ve got nothing against Mr. Marbury and I wish him mighty well, but this Is a day of re forms and I am a taxpayer. I am satis fied that Uncle Dan could be persuaded to leave my church and take Mr. Mar bury’s job. I believe he’d be willing to work for $2 a day, and throw in Sundays provided he be allowed to attend a* many funerals as he wished to attend. There would be money saved in anoth er way, as he wouldn’t care to go off to conventions and leave hl* people at the mercy of the weather. Then the government could sell all the costly instruments except the great cup for measuring the rainfall, and that tape line Mr. Marbury keeps to use In measuring the velocity of the wind. Uncle Dan wouldn’t care a snap for those costly quarters, either, for he'd make his office under his hat. He’d need a sign writer, a telephone post and some flags. On these flags he Would have his prognostications written. If he gets the job here are some of the signs that will be nailed to the post: Uncle Dan’s knees are stiff this morn ing. Get out your umbrellas and over- Sh Uncle Dan Is walking with a stick this morning. Postpone your picnic. Uncle Dan’s wen was cold all night. Get out your overcoats and blankets and fill up the coal cellar. Uncle Dan's eyes are muddy this morn ing. Nail your shingles on tight and get your cyclone pit In order. I hope Mr. Marbury will not be offended at these suggestions I have thrown out tn the interest of economy. Uncle Sam will find that Uncle Dan is all right. He was born In Tennessee and before the war belonged to Major Camp bell Wallace and for a long time served him as office boy. He possessed the confi dence of the major and to him he owes his honesty of purpose. Uncle Dan is re spected by everybody and those who know him best will trust him under any and all circumstances. I know the old man well and I am anxious to see him get Into a position where he can show what he can do. If Uncle Sam decides to give him Mr. Mar bury's job he can just direct a letter to him in my care. If he thinks $2 a c xy 1* too much, I believe I can get him to take the place at an even 110 a week. If he can be allowed to come home every Sunday, get some clean clothes and ring my church bell. What Made Him Writhe. Minneapolis Journal. Cxolgosz Is said to have been tortured. Pos sibly some policeman pushed a cake of soap under the door of his cell. It is all over at Buffalo, all over at Washington, and all over at Canton. The calamity at the exposition, the catafalque at- the capitol, and the final catastrophe at the Ohio home. The requiem and the anthem dies; the captains and the kings depart. The curtain falls upon a great and noble career. It rises instantly upon a brave and strenuous life. "Le Roi est mort!" "Vive le Roi!” It Is not mine—not now—to add to the elegiac tributes to the dead Pres ident of the United States. I have read all the eulogies which have been written within the territory of my eye, and have heard all those that have been spoken within the au-» dltory of my ear. I think that Postmaster Edwards, of Macon wears the laurels which pen and tongue have plucked from the op portunities of the shadowed day. Hi* eulogy at the Macon memorial Is the best of all. In simplicity, In sincerity, In directness and In thoughtful power and classic beauty It is the gem plucked from the solemn mine. There has been no dearth of great ness and even of beauty In the utter ances evoked by the national tragedy. There was never a mobler oppor tunity for the orator, the poet and the singer. It is the unvarnished truth to say that the opportunity has not been fully met. Few of the ora tions have risen aboye the dead level of lamentation and eulogy. No great poem has been born of the crimson shadows;, and if the singer alone has swept the heart of the Republic, it is because the last sigh of the Martyred President started the familiar song. I do not readily And a reason why, in a nation of orators and poets, this vivid, thrilling, crimson incident, with a peacemaking hero of Arthurian type has been so haltingly embalmed In speech. There has been no dearth of adjectives and no lack of tears. But all the utterances have seemed want ing in depth. In dignity and In tran quility. The nation has been hysterical from the beginning and the newspapers, with their seething columns, and their swashing headlines, have intensified excitement. Horror, Flurry and Hys teria have either destroyed the repose which is the matrix of eloquence, or else the gross and growing material ism of the age has hampered the free and noble course of sentiment ex pressed In speech. I think tn all sincerity that Harry Edwards has risen more nearly to tly level of the occasion’s rim than any other man. Sifting the sentiment of the repub lic. after these two weeks of stress and storm. I seem to gather the Ideas That McKinley is the best Joved President who has occupied the white House since Washington. Better loved than Lincoln because there was no faction which failed to understand him, and better,loved than Jefferson, who was the target for the partisans whose theories he opposed and over threw. - That his greatness had the indis pensable requisite of goodness and that his sincerity was so clear that all men, whether for or against his theories, had respect for his convic tion*. That he filled the mission which our own Henry Grady begun of loving a nation Into Peace, and with the aure ole of Fraternity as his crown went swiftly into Immortality. That his death above every incident of the decade heralds the Republic’s unity, and solidifies the world’s auto nomies in definite action against the blood-red wrist of Anarchy. That again, Hl|e Grady, the luck of a fortunate life found Its crown and cli max in the hour and argument of his death and at the xenith of his power, at. the acme of Ms fame, at the very high tide of hl* universal popularity, with, not one leaf of his laurels staled by time or withered by circumstance, died as. the day dleth, .swathed In splendor, the Peacemaker of a Re public, and the foremost figure of the worlds I think that Henry Grady and Wil liam McKinley, President and pri vate cltixeh, linked in the noblest mission that moves the energies of men, were also the most fortunate of mortals in dying at a time and in away to emphasise and underscore for immortality all that was best and noblest ih their work and in their What a sorrowful thing it is for a public man to live too long! • < What a glorious thing It Is to die In perihelion, and be forever with the sun! The mission of McKinley was ended. He had finished his work and was worthy of his rest. The route to It was dramatic, but in the main pain less and swift, and the flowers among which he fell were not more fragrant than the memories which survive him. The mission of Roosevelt has just begun. He is a different man and he has a different mission. If one should seek to find In this tragic horror the meaning of that Providence "wMch moves In a mys terious way its wonders to perform,” there must be at least a significance in the characters of the men who fill the central space. The task of the Peacemaker Is end ed. The smooth, soft and kindly day of diplomacy is over. The work df the builder and the master begins. Roosevelt is the prophet and priest of "the strenuous life.” He Is a brave, outspoken man. He has never worn a collar, and ha* never recog nised a bos*. He 1* Incarnate action, and embodied courage. He 1* the genius of progress, and his fierce and resistless energy must be set by Prov idence to the "strenuous” period of the Republic's life. Who that forecasts the future does not see the need of a strong hand at the helm of state? Whether we will or no. and past all the protest of fac tion, the Republic Is sweeping out of isolation into a majestic competition with the powers of the world. It Is an age of commerce, and the seas are the highways of rivalry in trade. But the Lion and the Bear growl behind the gunwales of competition, and the time may come when the battleship shall be the escort, of the merchant marine. World-policies are forming; colonial governments are In process; the full grown battle for the markets of the world is at hand; and who shall not say that, in the strife and the stir of this eager, fierce and tempestuous era the masterful and strenuous hand of Roosevelt may be a more ef fective instrument of destiny than the kindlier way of his predecessor? The period of assertion demands a frank and positive man. And behold he is here. The period ot commercial aggression requires a fearless and aggressive man. And behold, he Is here! The pe riod of new Ideas, new conflicts, and the passage over fierce opposition of oolltlcal policies, require resolution, dominance? nerve. They are all em bodied here. Then, too, the spirit of the age and the growth of the Republic demands the destruction of the Boss. Who In the wide realm of politics, save Grover Cleveland, stands with such will and stomach for the work as Roosevelt? Who better than this Civil Service Hero can reduce to ranks the throned Iniquities of Hanna? Who better can deny the oily trick eries of Platt? Who more resolutely VALE! SALVE! BY JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. It' I \y - Hr X can frown upon the Infamous politics of Quay? and who, may It please you, can better denounce the machinations of Richard Croker? If disorders come from whose hand would mailed authority speak more plainly, and In the struggle with chaos and the assassin, where more firmly would the iron heel of power bruise and break the damned neck of An archy? God makes men for the eras that need them, and the sudden tragic elevation of the Rough Rider of San Juan Is an omen in our horoscope of ’’strenuotts" days to come v ... ... s ‘ - w* ¥ Roosevelt types the and trie ~ temper cf the times. He Is well nigh the typical American. With the blood of four races and of two section* In his vein*, with hl* modern ideas, hl* progressive policies, bls up-to-date alertness, with his resistless energy and his undaunted courage, he need* only steadiness and balance to make him the ideal head of the "strenuous'' Republic in its new career. And responsibility will perfect these great qualities in which he is not now lacking. He is sobered by the awful Incident of his elevation to conserva tism, and there Is no fear among thoss who know him that he will be rash or imprudent. The traditions of the Peacemaker abide with him also. The finest trib ute that ha* ever come across the line to the Confederate soldier and the Immortal chief who led him, come* from the new president of the United States. Two days before .he tragedy at Buffalo he made In Vermont a speech as broad, a* patriotic and as frater nal as the last beautiful message which McKinley sent to the nation* from the Pan-American platform. It the last public words of the dead President might be written as hit noble epitaph, so the last unofficial utterance of the new President may well be accepted as the inspiring shib boleth of his administration. And, so as we bury the old leader with love and sorrow and grateful memories, let us receive the new head of the nation with faith and trust and confident good will. We are all Americans, and the wel fare of the nation is the welfare of all. “God reigns and the government at Washington still Uvea” Va,e! Salve! ] CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought The Case of Wellington. Memphis Scimitar. "McKinley and I are enemies. He has been guilty of an unpardonable offense toward me. I cannot say anytMng good for him, and I do not think It is just the time to say anything bad. I despise the man. I have no use for him and there is no reason to say anytMng. I am totally Indifferent, in the matter.” These words were spoken by George L. Wellington, United States senator from! Maryland, upon being' informed that President McKinley had been shot. In consequence of this utterance he has been indicted by the American people for an unpardonable offense against public de cency and there is a general demand for his expulsion from the senate. According to the constitution each house of con gress is the sole judge of the qualifica tions of its members and may expel a member for any cause which it may deem sufficient The senate has exercised this right in four instances. William Blount, one of the first two senators from Tennessee, was expelled In 179", being charged with taking part in a conspiracy to deliver New Orleans,, then a Spanish city, to Great Britain. During the civil war pe riod three senators were put out, vlx: Johnson, for making a speech subsequent to hi* election, evincing a__aqjrit hostile to the government; Polk,"'of Missouri, for giving aid to the publication of a secession newspaper, and Bright, of In diana, for "disloyalty.” Bright's act, which construed as being disloyal was writing a letter to Jefferson Davl*, recommending a friend who had an Im provement In firearms. He explained that the letter had been written in March, 1861, before the war had begun, and that he wrote it merely to get rid .of 'the in ventor's Importunities. But he was ex pelled on the sth' day of February, 1862. It will be observed that all of these cases hinged upon the charge of treason or conspiracy. Neither would hold in the case of Wellington. But he could be expelled on the general ground of the outrage upon public decency which he has committed and which makes him un fit to hold the office of United States senator. There is any telling what the senate will do. A majority of its mem bers seem to take a certain degree of satisfaction In flouting public sentlmenL But there can be no question as to what the senate ought to do. Brunswick Gives to Monument Fund. BRUNSWICK, Ga., Sept. 23.-The citi zens of Brunswick are going.to assist The Journal in raising funds for the McKinley monument. Representative W. F. Symons having been named as treasurer of the local fund. 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