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Newspaper Page TextPSu diXou should^send your name and address on a postal card for • WINCHESTER $ Home Seekers’ Rates ( Oct. I Sth, Nov. Sth and l®th To Points In s UUIUt, MISSOURI, INDIAN INO OKUHOMA TERRITORIES i J. N. CORNATZAR. Qen’l Agt. Pass. Dept, Atlanta, Ga. T "Write fee Book* os the West.** GEORGIA STATE FAIR, SAVANNAH, GA. November 6-16th, 1901. Special Attractions—Racing a Specialty. Plant System will sell round trip tickets at one fare, plus 50 cents ad mission to the Fair Grounds. Tickets to be sold Novem ber sth to 15th inclusive, and for trains to arrive Savan nah prior to noon Nov. 16. Trains will be operated between Plant System depot at Savannah and the Fair Grounds every fifteen minutes. Fare five cents each way. B. W. WRENN, Passenger Traffic Manager. SICK MADE WELL. WEAK MADE STRONG Marvelous Elixir of Life Discovered by Famous Doctor-Scientist That Cures Every Known Ailment. 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His theory which he advances is one of reason and based on sound experience in a medical practice of many years. It costs nothing to try his remarkable “Elixir of Life,'** as he calls It, for he sends It free, to anyone wno is a sufferer, in sufficient quantities to convince of its ability to cure so there la absolutely no risk to run. Borne of the cures cited are very remarkable, and but soy reliable witnesses would hardly be credited. The lame have thrown away crutches and walked about after two or three trials of the remedy. The sick, given up by home doctors, have been re stored to their families and friends in per fect health. Rheumatism, neuralgia, stomach, heart, liver, kidney, blood and skin diseases and bladder troubles disap pear as by magic. Headaches, backaches, nervousness, fevers, consumption, coughs, colds, asthma, catarrh, bronchitis and all affections of the tnroat, lungs or any vital organs are easily overcome In a space of time that is simply marvelous. Partial paralysis, .locomotor ataxia, dropsy, gout, scrofula and piles are quick ly and permanently removed. It purifies the entire system, blood and tissues, re stores normal nerve power, circulation and a state of perfect health Is produced at once. To the doctor all systems are antce and equally affected by this great "Elixir of Life.” Send for the remedy to day. It is free to every sufferer. State what you want to be cured of and the sure remedy for It will be sent you free by return mail. Note premium list In this Issue, make your selection- and subscribe at once. ~BRIbAL~GiFTS.~ Suggestions as to Those Appropriate For the Season. London Spectator. October is one of the favorite wedding months, and the mention of weddings suggests gifts for the autumn bride. Al though the manufacturers, busy with ar rangements for the holiday trade, are said not to pay as much attention to the autumn bride as to her sister of the spring and early summer, the shops of fer a fine array of useful and ornamental articles from which to make selections that will delight the most fastidious young woman. There is silverware of all descriptions, which makes a showy as well as a useful gift, and china, crystal, bric-a-brac, fur niture, pictures, rugs and numerous pret ty trifles. For the relative or intimate friend who wishes to present a useful and acceptable gift tn silver there Is a tea service, spoons of every description, forks, salad and berry sets. In less ex pensive articles are found numerous odd little dishes for bon-bons, almonds and other dainties. In china there is a wide range for an acceptable choice, for fine china is always appreciated by the bride. As a general thing, the older folks pre sent the usual gifts and the young ones make the ornamental and more showy contributions. In art pottery and br|c-a-brac the va riety is practically endless, and a small sum or a large amount may be satisfac torily expended. Pictures are conspic uous in the wedding gifts of the day. and so, too, are rugs, the soft-toned oriental variety being particularly prized. Some men and women who are frequent ly called upon to make wedding presents decide on some special variety, such as silverware, fine ehtha, pictures or rugs, and make their selections accordingly. An old English custom, and one much approved of by the brides of today, is that only the relatives of the bridal couple shall present household furnishings, thus leaving the selection of ornamental gifts to the friends. For $1.40 we will send The Semi- Weekly one year and the Five Vaseline Toilet Articles and any one of the premium papers offered with The Semi-Weekly at SI.OO. Thia is the greatest offer ever made and you should take advantage of it without delay. Egypt as a Winter Resort. London Telegraph. Every indication Is forthcoming that the approaching season in Cairo and on the Nile will be a prosperous one. and visiters will probably exceed the record of last year, when so many English peo ple deserted the Riviera for Egypt. Ail the hotels promise to be full, and the newer health resorts will not lack for patronage. These now Include Helouan, within half an hour's railway ride of Cairo, which has sulphur baths, recom mended for rheumatism and several first class hotels and pensions, while furnished villas may be hired. Assouan, which is described as the driest accessible health resort in the world, has two large hotels and an En glish church, and is growing in popu larity year by year. • rivaling Luxor, so well known to invalids and others Who dare not face an English winter. At Luxor, also, hotel extensions have taken place, and no modern improvements are wanting. Assouan is the starting point for the further voyage to Wady-Halfa. Sportsmen in search of big game are making up parties for shooting buffalo, giraffe, rhinoceros, hippopotamus and elephant in the district lying between Khartoum and Fashoda. The regulations are now somewhat more stringent, owing to the Increase In the number of guns. Dahabeafas. steam and sailing, and mod ernized—tor the type of craft goes back to the days of the Pharaohs—provide the most luxuriously and necessarily costly means of conveyance, and the fleet avail able is always in keen demand for fam ilies making application a long time in ad vance. Cost of Traction. American Asphalt Journal. An Indiana engineer recently estimated that the coat to move one ton per mile by horse power over a dry, sandy road was 64 cents; over wet sand. 32 cents; over an earth road and ruts. 2« cents; over an earth road that is dry and hard. 18 cents; over a broken stone road in good condition, 8 cents; over a compact gravel road. 8.8 cents; over stone paving. 5.32 cents; over asphalt, 2.7 cents. •If wagon transportation could be carried on at a cost at 5 cents per mile per ton the result would be a saving of many millions of dollars, and would put in motion many millions of tons of merchandise that cannot now be han dled with profit. A young man in love can never see any thing In his rival that would attract a girl. A woman always has a secret liking for any man who makes a fool of himself over her. Lx>ve may be blind, but it is an expert at making spectacles. hcw~t6 subscribe <f you want The Semi-Weekly Jour ril go to your postmaster, buy a post office order for one dollar, send It with your name and postoffice to The At lanta Journal, Atlanta, Oa. Look over the paper, select any premiums you desire' and tell us in I your letter the cnc THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1901. NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS ACCEPT NEW DEAL TO ELIMINATE NEGRO VOTE CHARLOTTE, N. C., 16.—1 n an address before the Business Men’s Republican League of Louisburg, N. C„ last night. Senator Pritchard used words which may leave the Impression that his party ac cepts the new deal in North Carolina poli tics . which is intended to eliminate the negro from the ballot. A number of Re publicans were present and a good deal of Importance was attached to the occas ion by North Carolina Republicans. The senator said: •‘We were told by Governor Aycock in his campaign last summer that the adop tion of the constitutional amendment would mean freedom'of thought by which I presume he meant to say in the event of the adoption of the proposed amend ment to our constitution that the white people of Eastern Carolina would in the future be permitted to pass upon ques tions in accordance with reason and com mon sense. * » • Many of the white men of the south, and especially in East ern North Carolina have been in intellect ual slavery since 1868, and the approach ing election will be the first opportunity that has been afforded them to enjoy free dom of thought.” The senator made a strong plea for all classes of citizens to rally around the standard of the Republican party, paint ing a glowing picture of the great pros perity which had been brought about by the wise legislation of his party. Among other things he said: “The acquisition of the Philippines by our government will result in more sub stantial benefit to the south than all other sections of the country combined. The thing which the southern people need worse than all others is a market for their surplus cotton and cotton fabrics, and the orient is the only section whose peo ple are by climate and habits the natural customers of the cotton planters of the ■ w | REVIVAL OF FOXHUNTING IN GEORGIA | RECALLS SPORT OF ANTE-BELLUM DAYS | ft . BY ALBERT FOSTER. .. & Just as the first faint streaks of light tinted the eastern sky and heralded the approach of coming dawn on a crisp De cember morning some several years ago, the long deep mouthed baying of the hounds and the impatient stamping of restless horses proclaimed to all the waking woods in and around the little city of Madison that a fox hunt was up and that with the coming dawn reynard must trust to his heels to save his brush. At the stately old colonial house of Col. A. G. Foster were assembled a good ly number of stalwart men—typical rep resentatives of ante-bellun| chivalry, culture and hospitality. There were pres ent besides the genial host, his four sons, F. C., A. W., F. W. and L. H. Foster, the witty and fun-loving William H. Craw ford. familiarly called “Buck” by his as sociates whose fund of cheer and good spirits were as boundless as his heart was kind and generous; the irrepressible Lan der Harris; the polished and urbane Dr. Gazaway B. Knight, Colonel James N. Mann, a keen lover of the chase, and the dashing Robert Chaffee, who since lost his life in a street duel at Aiken, S. C., all citizens of Madison and Morgan coun ty, who had as their guests the lamented Rhoda Hill and Wilkes Ballard, of At lanta. , Messrs. Hill and Ballard had come down on the night express saying that they had never seen a pack of dogs fleet enough to run down a red fox, and had come to test the Madisonians’ proud boast that the red fox had never been whelped that could live beforq their noble and coura geous hounds. It is a fact well known by those who are acquainted with the wily habits and running proclivities of the vulpine tribe, that a gray fox is a comparatively "easy thing” to run down and kill, but when It comes to tackling his cousin In red its de cidedly a horse of another color. Among the pack were the celebrated brothers Buck and Blue, whose record for fleetness and sagacity are proverbial to this day among the fox hunters of Middle Georgia. Others deserving of special men tion were Sankey, Moody, Ball, Floyd, Dandy, Romp, Little Mab, Forrest, The Widow Potts and Fletcher—called the coal burner on account of his roaring mouth. While hot coffee, stuffed sausage and beaten biscuit were being served to this jolly and expectant coterie Mr. Hill was laying sundry wagers, which were prompt ly accepted, that no man could present him with a red fox brush when the morn ing’s sport was done. With the releasing of the impatient hounds from their captivity the hunters mounted their spirited steeds and gal loped away to the south of Madison, the Atlantians making various Inquiries as to the points and merits of the dogs as with head and tail up each went scampering by. Four miles out on the farm of William Hammond the first beams of the soft morning had begun to show Its warmth and cheer on wood and field, when hark! Far away in the river bottoms on the right was heard almost inavdlbly a sharp, vicious cry. Horses were checked and eager ears strained for its repetition. A look of intense interest settled upon every face. A moment of death-like silence and again, louder, longer, the cry reverberates and re-echoes on the still, keen morning air. •'Old Buck,” shouted Mr. Crawford. “A red fox for a thousand dollars.” Great long-legged, big-tailed hounds on winged feet went hurrying by, gathering at the old dog's summons, for his com panions had learned from long experience that when Buck gave tongue he was on the trail of the cunning red. Another quick, sharp and defiant bark tells the hunters that reynard made his night’s repose in an old ravine on the Perry plan tation, as the old dog has headed In that direction and set a hot pace to the run ning trail. The pack fall in and in concert move with storm-like rapidity to the jump. Horses and riders plunge madly forward over hill and dell, climbing steep preci pices, skirting or jumping yawning gul lies in their frantic endeavor to draw near to the grand battle of life and death, Mr. Hill on a superb bay and Mr. Ballard on a high-strung sorrel keeping well up with the leaders and both excited speechless. When the big oak woods on Rich hill is reached, without the warning crack of a twig or the rustle of a leaf a tawny shadow darts out of the timber and van ishes like a phantom down the ravine. "The fox! The fox!” cry a dozen voices and simultaneously the splendid pack of inored Birdsongs and Marylands roll over the summit of a neighboring eminence with every muscle strained to Its utmost and every mouth bellowing the dirge of the fleeing prey. • “Yelled on the view the opening pack, Rock, glen and cavern paid them back, To many a mingled sound at once The awakened mountain gave response." In all the realm of sport, pleasure and entertainment what stirs the blood with mere enthusiasm or makes the heart beat with a more fervid pulsation than the in cessant pandemonium of a well trained pack of courageous fox hounds mingled with the encouraging shouts' of excited huntsmen! The fox Is up and the race is on. Reyn ard Is bearing his course toward the Eatonton road, and down the pike the cavalcade hurry to see him cross. With eyes wildly dilated he clears the meadow , facility c,f an Alpine'cham- south. In the orient we can find a ready market for our surplus of raw cotton, as well as our cotton fabrics, and the south ern man who stands in the way of the extension of our trade in that direction is either short-sighted or willing to sac rifice the best interests of his section in order to be able to have a false political issue on which to ride into power. The southern people have a selfish issue in the policy which is being pursued by our government with respect to our trade in the orient. The late president used his best efforts in the field of diplomacy in order to secure an increased demand for the principal product which is grown south of Mason and Dixon’s line. The Republican party of the nation stands back of President Roosevelt in his efforts to carry out the policies inaugurated by the late president—policies which mean everything to the southern cotton planter and it remains to be seen whether south ern business men will in the future be in fluenced by the false teachings of those who have done the south so much Injury in the past. "The tactics of men like Senator Till man and their blind followers in South Carolina and elsewhere have done much to retard the progress which would other wise have been made throughout our southern section. It was only the other day that Mr. Tillman, in a public speech delivered in the state of South Carolina, threatened the cotton mill interests of that section in the event that those en gaged in that industry should Tindertake to exercise the prerogatives of American citizens by expressing themselves with respect to public questions which vitally affect their welfare as a class of people.” Discussing the tariff question the sen ator said that if the policy of free trade should ever come it would be the result of the combined efforts of southern Dem ocrats and certain New England manufac turers. The latter could be benfited by HE W® kfc« ois, and passes with the swiftness of which only a well developed red Is capa ble. Os the dogs. Blue, leading with his head poised like a reined standard bred and exerting his strong and sinewy limbs to their most powerful effort, is first to show his nose on the public highway. Following close in his wake is Billy and Little Mab, the rest scarcely a length be hind. Across the adjacent moorland, through the thick tangled underbrush of the river and over the distant hill they rush with one long, incessant roar, which gradually grows faiqter and fainter until far away like the-passing of the summer, wind amdng the Wfie tops It hushes into a deep silence, leaving horse and rider far behind. "I told you so," said Mr. Hill, "the fox has showed your vahnted pack his heels. A champagne supper to the crowd they don't catch him.” "My bet," said Mr. Crawford, eagerly extending his rig*ht hand to guarantee his earnestness. Scarcely had the words escaped his lips when far away In the distance was indis tinctly heard the deep stentorian voice of the “coal burner” which became more au dible as the moments passed and shortly the acute ears of tile sportsmen could, de tect the variegated mouths of the other dogs accompanying Fletcher’s roaring bass. This returning of the dogs was an unmistakable sigh of victory, for a red fox never takes recourse In a circling route unless he is hard pressed and fa tiguing. “Hark! to the dogs,” cried Mr. Harris, “they are running toward the Atkinson plantation. "Comp on, boys,” he said, as he buried his spurs in the lathered sides of his prancing gelding, "we may see the last struggle.” Riding furiously to the apex of a tali’ hill the huntsmen draw rein and await the on-coming padk. A second time the party catch a glimpse of poor reynard, but he is decidedly a dif ferent looking animal now than he was an hour ago. His long, lithe leaps have degenerated into a shambling trot; his tongue is hanging loose upon his nether jaw as he pants for breath and his hand somely feathered brush which a little while ago swung gracefully in the morn ing breeze, now hangs listlessly between his legs besmattered with mud and dirt. At the sight of the hunters he makes one last game rally, but it is of no avail for nearer and nearer can be heard the ap proach of the vicious and hot-breathed dogs. , And now they heave in sight Buck and Blue, the noble brothers—the Agamemnon and Achilles of the pack leading. Their bristles are up as with wild eyes they look for the prey. Reynard is seen and like a whirlwind they go at hint- So ter rific is their speed that they over-run him and Brutus, with a savage cry, falls upon him in full view of Mr. Hill, who is Danger in Soda. ■—l - • Serious Results Sometimes Follow Its Excessive Use, Common soda is all right in its place and indispensable in the kitchen and for cooking and washing purposes, but It was never in tended for a medicine, and people who use it as such will some day regret it. We refer to the common use of soda to re lieve heartburn or sour stomach, a habit which thousands of people practice almost dally, and one which is fraught with danger: moreover the soda only gives temporary relief and in the end the stomach trouble gets worse and worse. The soda acts as a mechanical irritant to the walls of the stomach and bowels and cases are on record where it accumulated in the intes tines, causing death by Inflammation or peri tonitis. Dr. Harlandson recommends as the safest and surest cure for sour stomach (acid dyspepsia) an excellent preparation sold by druggists un der the name of Stuart - s Dyspepsia Tablets. These tablets are large 20 grain lozenges very pleasant to taste and contain the natural acids, peptones and digestive elements .essential to good digestion, and when taken after meals they digest the food perfectly and promptly be fore it has time to ferment, sour and poison the blood and nervous system. Dr. Wuerth states that he Inevitably uses Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets In all cases of stomach derangements and finds them a cer tain cure not only for sour stomach, but by promptly digesting the food they create a heakhv appetite, increase flesh and strengthen the action ot the heart and liver. They are not a cathartic, but Intended only for stomach diseases and weakness and will be found re liable in any stomach trouble except cancer of the stomach. All druggists sell Stuart’s Dys pepsia Tablets at 50 ots. per package. A little book describing all forms of stomach weakness and their cure mailed free by ad dressing the Stuart Co., of Marshall, Mich. this policy, but not so with the sout'h. “Those who attempt to create the im pression that President McKinley advo cated free trade slander the memory of one whose life has been spent in honor able conflict with those who have sought to inaugurate an economic policy which he conceived to be detrimental to the wel fare of the people of this country.” Quoting from Mr. Roosevelt’s Minneapo lis speech the senator said we have fair notice that the new chief executive will give no encouragement to those who wish to inaugurate a policy of free trade. Discussing the Industrial expansion of the south, which he claimed had been greatly retarded by "efforts of Democra 1c representatives to discourage the in vestment of capital," the speaaer showed that we have done fairly well by quoting the following figures: In 1900 the south’s cotton mills repre sented a value of $150,000,000. against $61,- 000000 ten years earlier; cotton consumed in these mills in 1900 was 1,597,112 bales, against 546 894 bales in 1900. Six million two hundred thousand spindles are in operation, against 1.712.930 in 1890 . The railroad mileage in the south has increas ed in ten years from 42,825 to 53,000. Coal production has increased from 21,500,000 to 48,192,053 tons and iron from 1,953.459 to 2,- 604.671. In the same ten years agricultural products have increased from $312,021,008 to $1,200,000,000. and in value of exports from $315 021,008 to $530,317,545. Heat, Health uu< oin fort to Mother and Child. MRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP, for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays aK pain, and cures wind colic. Perfectly sale iu all cases We would say to every mother who has a suffering child: Do not let your prejudice, nor the prejudices of Others, stand between you and your suffer ing child aud the relief that will be sure—yes, absolutely sure—to follow the use of this medicine, if timely used. Price atk>. a bottle. shouting and yelling like mad. The fox soon succumbs to so unequal a combat and with one convulsive quiver quits forever his depredations on the fat pullets of the barnyards, and his spolia tion of the rural vineyards. Watches are examined and the time keepers announce that one hour and twenty-mlnutes have elapsed from the jump to the death. Ringing horns summon the straggling riders, the fox is tied to the pommel of Mr. Hill’s saddle and the company start ed back to Madison some seven miles dis tant. It was a great race. Messrs. Hill and Ballard declared it the most exciting ex perience of their lives. That night in the old hotel now long since burned, the merry companions gath ered around a sumptuous board and Mr. Hill paid the penalty of the morning wa ger. Over the coffee and cigars in the mel low humor of the hour the race was run again in retrospect. The day’s perform ance of each dog was criticized and com plimented, and with unanimous accord the laurel wreath was voted to Blue. The author faintly remembers him as a majestic dog, tall, deep chested and styl ish-just the shade of the blue smoke that rises from hickory wood in the still In dian summer. His face and legs were pale yellow, almost a cream. He combined su perb courage, matchless sagacity and un rivaled fleetness. The old pack have all passed into the happy hunting grounds. Eighty red fox tails in one winter and 74 the succeeding winter hung in Carter Eggleston’s barber shop attested their prowess and speed. Os the gallant men who followed the dogs that frosty and memorable Decem ber morning. Colonel A. G. Foster, his son, A. W., Lander Harris, Colonel Mann, Bob Chaffee, Rhode Hill and Wilkes Bal lard have crossed the mysterious river of life and are at "rest under the shade of the trees.” CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. 'he Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the /'jfl '.ignavuro of Women’s Rates at Hotels. Chicago Record. At the old-fashioned inns and restau rants in Sweden it is customary to charge less for women than for men, on the the ory that they do not eat as much. This amuses people, but it is not so absurd as the practice of charging half rates for children In our own country. Everybody who has had anything to do with healthy boys or girls knows that they usually eat twice as much as the average grown per son, ‘ and yet at many hotels they are taken at half price. At some hotels in Sweden a man and wife are charged as one and one-half persons If they occupy the same room. A husband and wife may travel as one and one-half persons by railway and also by the post routes, fur nishing their own carriage. On local trains on most of the railroads there is no first-class accommodation —only second and third class. This is said to be a po litical measure adopted by the dema gogues in parliament to emphasize the theory of equality among the people. On all through trains, however, there is at least one first-class carriage. The rail way system of Sweden covers nearly 6.000 miles. About half the roads are owned by the government, the remainder by pri vate corporations. The cars are comfort able and well kept, and upon one of the roads there is a dining car. it is noTonger EXECUTIVE MANSION. “White House” Substituted on the President’s Stationery. It is no longer correct to say "execu tive mansion,” says a Washington tele gram to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. This is a decision of the past week. All of the stationery of the white house has been changed and where the words "Ex ecutive Mansion" have been used "White House” has been substituted. One,of the United States senators who was invited to dinner at the White House during the week remarked incidentally to the president that his invitation had read "White House,” while previous invitations received during the life of President Me-. Kinley and read "Executive Mansion.” The president readily .admitted that he had ordered the change. He said he real ized there were 45 executive mansions In the different states of the United States and there was but one white house. He proposed that the name "White House” should distinguish the residence of the < chief executive of the United States from all other official residences in future. At the same dinner the senator was told that the president believed the present White House was large enough, comfort able enough, roomy enough and modern enough for the chief executive and he would not countenance any movement looking toward a change in the mansion. Neither did President Roosevelt believe that a residence should be bought for the president in a different part of the city and the'White House used exclusively for business. He thinks the memories of the old White House and the historical interest centering about it should prevent any changes being made. This information, direct from the presi dent, Is a complete refutation of the sto ries which have been printed to the effect that President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roose velt, with their large family, found the White House entirely too small for their use and would be forced to seek outside quarters. It Is understood that the presi dent may order the billiard room In the basement of the White House turned into a sleeping room for some of the servants. He has already had light partitions placed across the broad hallway in the private portion of the White House and this has given some needed sleeping rooms. NOT AGAINST RATIHCATION. Men Quoted as Against Constitution Declare They Will Support It. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 16.—The fight for ratification of the new constitution in Jefferson county, which is the largest in the state, has become a very interesting one. Henry B. Gray, chairman of the county campaign committee, is in receipt each day of letters from gentlemen, whose names appeared on the anti-ratification committee, in which the gentlemen state that their names appeared on the anti ratification committee without their au thority and that they are for ratification. Among these gentlemen are J. G. Greener, aiderman from the first ward; John B. Reed, a leading citizen ofOxmoore; Adam Stewart, a prominent worker among the laboring masses, and a number of others. Mr. Gray regards the activity of these gentlemen in stating that they have been wrongly classed as a superb Indication of the prospects of ratification in this county. Congressman A. A. Wiley has come across for ratification and numerous dates have been made for him. There is not an Alabama congressman who has thus far planted himself against ratification, while on the other hand, five of them are fight ing hard for the measure. These congress men have the aid and assistance of Sena tor Pettus, who is making a number of speeches for ratification. The campaign is rapidly assuming this aspect: The ratlflcationists state that they represent the Democratic party and they do as far as irwtructions from party or ganization is concerned. The opposition, although there are individual Democrats in it of the highest Democratic repute, has found it necessary to rely in a great measure upon the time-worn enemies of the party for sustenance and material. The ratlflcationists. In other words, have put themselves in the position of being the exponents of the will of the Demo cratic party and the anti-ratlficationists are having a hard time explaining to the people that they have any claim to Dem ocratic recognition. Whether this division of separation of ideas is just or not is one question, but that it exists as a mat ter of fact is another and a very telling factor In favor of ratification. macoTfaTr opens today. Big Carnival Will Draw Large Crowds to the Central City. MACON, Ga., Oct. 17.—The saw and the hammer are making merry music In the streets now, and booths and small houses to be used for the Elks fair next week are rising up in a hurry. The scenes next week will be lively and the indications are that Macon will have to entertain more people than she ever before had within her gates. Indeed, everybody seems to realize this except the restaurant and boarding house people. They have made so little extra preparation that it has been remarked upon by people not only in Macon, but by visitors who have pass ed through here. Bostock’s representative was here last night, and is today choosing the ground on which his big shows will be placed. Buffalo Bill’s hustling representative, John M. Burke, who Is known from Maine to California, has been through the town and left enthusiasm among the small boys who love Indian stories, as well as among the girls and the old people. The veterans' reunion will be a drawing card that would be hard to beat, for ev erybody will enjoy seeing the old sol diers parade and give the rebel yellA. The Sons of Veterans yesterday selected Miss Geraldine Dessau sponsor for their camp during the reunion, and Miss Dessau will today or tomorrow name her maids of honor, who will assist her in entertain ing and doing the honors for the visiting sponsors and maids of honor. Miss Des sau is the popular daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Washington Dessau, and Mr. Dessau has for years been one of the most val ued members of the Sons of Veterans’ camp. Following a Precedent. Chicago Tribune. Shortly after his wonderful campaign against Geronimo, General Miles was forced to travel a distance of twenty miles through a wild country in an old “prairie schooner.” The teamster who had been engaged to drive the wagon was not acquainted with either the name or fame of his passenger, and, like most teamsters, he was extremely careless of any one’s comfort saving his own. He seemed to intentionally alm the wheels of the wagon at every Mg boulder in the road, much to the annoyance of the gen eral, who was bouncing around amid the freight in the body of the "schooner” like a grain of popcorn in a "cracker.” Mlles, however, remained silent and watched for the big rocks as the wagon approach ed them and then waited for the shock, as the wheels would pound over their un even surfaces like a sail boat In a heavy sea. Finally one Immense boulder hove In sight: The general was ,ln a hurry, but he hoped down in his heart that it would take a wheel off the careless teamster’s wagon. Nearer and nearer they ap proached the obstruction in the road, and then, just as the driver dropped off to sleep—the wheels missed the rock by a sparse inch. Nothing could equal the general’s dis appointment. “Hey! Whoa!" he yetied. "What’s the matter?” exclaimed the frightened driver, starting up. “Indians?" “Never you mind what’s the matter," replied the general fiercely. 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It was in the very midst of a scene approaching something like party] fury—for the dying days of a session, with j their long hours and the heat and all the; rest, are always bad tempered—lt was in the midst of a scene of the usual kind ' that Mr. Herbert Gladstone walked up the floor of the house of commons. The Irish men were scowling at Mr. Balfour, and Mr. Flavin was hurling an epithet of de fiance at the young Tory bloods who were replying in kind, and Mr. Swift McNeill was in a condition of almost terrifying ebullition—and all of a sudden it all stop ped—and there rose from every part of the house a ringing cheer. It was ths greeting of every member to a colleague at an auspicious moment in his life. The unionists were even happier a few mo ments afterwards; for in the very first division which took place, Mr. Gladstone went into tfieir lobby. It was the first victory of the young lady that is to be Mr. Gladstone’s better half; for she been a consistent Primrose Dame all her days. Mr. Gladstone has always been a popu lar favorite. The men who are today his parliamentary colleagues, and who for the most part are his political opponents, remember him with affection when he and they were school boys at Eton. His nickname, by the way, wis “Tuppence”— his illustrious father had just added two pence to the income tax; and now and then, I daresay, he is called by that old affectionate name. This popularity is not due, I need scarcely say, to his great fa ther—schoolboys don’t care a brass far thing for the’ paternity of their fellows; are rather Inclined to snub and dislike the sons of great men. It was due to a thorough manliness of character—cour age. sweetness, high sense of honor—tit short, to manliness. Just a little below the middle height, with eyes and skin as dark as those of a gypsy. Mr. Herbert Gladstone has the physical strength, though he has not the height,of his father. He has the same great, width of shoulders; he has the sama fine muscular development; his walk slow, easy, firm—is that of an athlete, and I would pity most men, even twice his size, who had to face an encounter with him. There Is Immense force, both men tal and physical, behind the angelic, ever boyish and ever-handsome and gentle face. , . ' « Mr. Gladstone’s main recreation Is golf. He has In bls aevotion to the game built hfcnseif a house at Littlestone—the me tropolis in the south is Littlestone. He is also a great bicyclist. I am glad to say that in his excursions Into finance, which have been few and far between and main ly, If not entirely, because of the connec tion of his business brother—Mr. Glad stone has done well. He is largely In terested In one or two of the best oil companies la the Baku region. The blood of the splendid old business man wh6 laid the foundation of the fortune of the fam ily tn Liverpool tens even In the third generation. GOLD MINE NEAR ATLANTA, Ore Worth $162.38 Per Ton le Brought From Near Buckhead. It is said that gold has been discover ed about nine miles from Atlanta, out near Buckhead. Mr. M. Loyd, of the McCandless laboratory, has Issued a statement to the owner of the land where the gold is said to have been found, in which he certifies that he has made an examination of or® brought to him, and that It contains 7 80-100 per cent of gold per ton, or the equivalent of $162.38. It is said that for some time pieces of gold have beeen picked up on the land In question, and this, coupled with stories current to the effect that many years ago gold dust used to be panned In the stream near by and carried to Marietta, led to more careful examination. 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