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ATLANTA. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER f, 190 L
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INTEMPERANCE DECREASING AS BUSINESS INCREASES.
AH the available evidence points to the conclusion that the Intemperate use
e< elcohoiho drtaka la on the decline. A short time ago The Journal had occasion
e© quote M. Jules Cambon. the French ambMaador to this country, end Arch
toshop Ireland to the effect that their observation proved this statement to be
true so **r as this country Is concerned. And in commenting on the statements
of these two dltttngutehad observers The Journal took the position that this re
mit was being brought about in large measure by the knowledge on the part of
the young men of today that success In business or in the professions requires
eenstant sobriety. - ; *
Oto last Saturday the news columns of The Journal contained strong evidence
ut the truth of both of these propositions.
It appeared that the receipts hy the city of Atlanta from retail liquor li
censes for the first ten months es the present year were M 3.01.91. as against
JK Stff.4s for the first ten months of last year, showing a decrease of C. 234.54.
Al (be same time. license* from all other business establishments in this city
were 5114.477,45 for the first ten months of this year, as against 51C7.6W.83 for the
eerrospoadtng period of last year, showing an Increase of JB.JM.Si, cr 8.18 per cent.
The issue of The Journal showed, that the receipts of the Atlanta post
offlee had Increased for the first ten months of MM. as against the same period of
IM*. I<7 per ceaf. and that the bank clearings of the city haa increased over 17
per cent. That is. for the first ten months of MOO the total clearings were 574.209,-
m.M. and for the same period of the present year they were W. 852.063.84, being
an. increase of 512.442.158.85- r • » **
AU kinds of borines*. therefore. In the eity has increased from 8 to about 11
per eent. while the license* from retail liquor establishments have decreased over
is per cent. . ’. 4 ‘
That is to say. while the city ts increasing largely in population and in com
mercial Importance, and its general volume of business is growing rapidly, the
demand for the retail liquor establishment is decreasing greatly. The busier the
people are the less inclined they are to use alcoholic stimulants. x
Another cause that leads to this happy result la the fact that social recogni
tion Is obtained and held only by the temperate. Tne influence of the good wo
men of this country is having Its effect in this matter, and we may soon ex
ylf« t 0 t he fresh young man who feels called upon to keep his "whistle wet"
in order to make himself entertaining disappear trim the face of the earth.
THE WRONG TO SCHLEY.
The evidence in the Schley investigation
is ail hi and the argument has begun. It
to generally accepted as a foregone con
elaeioa that Admiral Schley will be com
pletely vindicated, because the public
cannot see how any other verdict could
be made up on the evidence that is before
the court Before one of his witnesses
was heard Admiral Schley had completely
refuted all the charges and insinuations
of his enemies out of the mouths of wit
nesses who were summoned tn testify
against him.
The evidence of hto own witnesses added
to what had gone before, completely
crushing every accusaticn that had been
brought against Admiral Schley.
The tjmntry confidently expects that the
court headed by Admiral Dewey will do
this heroic and greatly slandered officer
fuH justice : ‘
Bht a greet wrong has been don* Ad
miral Schley in malting if necessary tor
him to go to the trouble and expense of
tNh investigation.
It Is said that it will cost him at least
QMsn. and be to dependant entirely upon
hto Salary that will soon be reduced 25
per cent by retirement on account of age.
If Admiral Schley should be completely
vindicated, as he undoubtedly will be.
from charges which either originated or
were encouraged by the navy department,
ft would be nothing but fair for congress
to pay the expenses of his defense as well
as those of his prosecution, for it was
repfiy a prosecution and not an investiga
t iou. ' . ,
The country would heartily approve
rich action on the .part of congress Ad
miral Schley’s record makes the attempt !
. to Might hto reputation especially despic
able. He has seen more hard service than
any other living officer of our aavy. and
• wbtw ver tried has agpuitted himself
natty .
He had Just graduated when the civil
war begat. and in that struggle won high
distinction by his enterprise and courage.
In tfSV Immediately after the end of the
tivfl war, he took a conspicuous part in
thwaMppreesien of a coolie insurrection off
the coast of Thru, whither our govern
ment sent a 3eet to protect property and
Interest* pf some r>f Its cittxens. In IMS
he also curved in sn expedition to the
roast of San Salvador for a similar pur
pose.. in IST.' he woa fresh fame by heroic
deeds during the expedition to quell the
Corean insurrection against the treaty
powers
In toll h* accomplished the relief and I
regrwe of the shipwrecked crew of an ,
American seal vessel in the south seas.
In IM4 he commanded rhe relief ex ped I
tion which rescued Greely and his almost
perishing band of arctic explorers, and
through many hardships and partis
brought them through 1.400 miles of icy
seas back to dvtitoatton and Mfyty. His
career and achievements in the war with
Spain are well known to ail hto fellow
ciUaens and to the world. The recent In
vestigation has served to extend the
knowledge of them and of the great
w» -ngs done Admiral Schley
WB! it be honorable in our government
to permit gn pld and faithful officer to be
impoverished as the result of the machi
nations of his enttr.i't. some of whom are
In the country’s payl
Admiral Schley had either to live under
the attacks that be has so completely re
futed or incur the expense that will bur
dsn him the. rest of hto Ufa. ,
The government should pay the entire
expanses of the ffivesttgatlcn. ,
A DOOMED GOVERNMENT.
In-, the nature of things it to Unpossible
that the present Turkish government
should last much longer.
Any reform that would restore it to
health and vigor to clearly Impossible un
der the present sultan and to not to be
sxnected under any of his successors, as
• .no nation itself would never accommo
date itself to the radical reconstruction
without which its decay must. continue.
The trouble with France may hasten the
inevitable partition of Turkey. -J '
France is In earnest and resistance by
the sultan to her demands would be made
pt a flearful cost.
Time was when Great Britain used Tur
key as a buffer to the aggression of other
powers in the east, but she will not dare
take the sple reqpoosibillty of maintain
ing the dultaa’a dominion much longer.
Great Britain to’ncrw too firmly establish-
ed tn the Mediterranean, in Egypt and
the Soudsn to need Turksg** aid there as
she once did and by continuing to act the
part of his protector she would lose moral
force both at home and abroad.
The sultan is said to be so harrassed by
debt and a complication of uncertainties
that he is on the verge of desperation. He
may take rash action in his present deal
ings with France and thus precipitate the
destruction of his empire. But whatever
course he shall pursue that result is clear
ly predestined and he can do nothing be
yond delaying it a few year*. *
France will exact th* last farthing due
her citizens by Turkey on account-of the
Constantinople quays, but how the sultan
is to pay is a mystery. v "
Europe's J’Sick. Man” was never before
so friendless er in such strait* a* he And*
himself today. * e
FAREWELL TO WU TING FANG.
The very general regret tn thl* country
over the recall of Minister Wu-Ting-Fang
is natural.
Seldom has the representative of any
foreign nation at our capital made such
a pleasant impression or been more highr
ly respected.
This gifted and educated Chinaman ha*
made a deep impression upon a nation as
different from his own as it possibly could
be. He has proved himself to be one of
the most accomplished gentlemen that
has visited us In a long time as well as
one of the most skillful and judicious di
plomat*. _ Z ’
He had for two years past occupied a
very trying position and sustained him
self admirably. He became a decided
social favorite not only in cabinet circle*
but among the citlaens of this country
with many of whom he became acquain
ted:
Hl* knowledge of the United State*, its
history, institutions, tradition* and con
dition was »o Inrge and accurate as to
cause frequent surprise.
On several occasions he delivered pub
lie addresses on subjects relating espec
ially to our people and our government
that w*u'd have done credit to any of our
own public men.
He became famous also as one of the
happiest and wittiest of after-dinner
speakers.
Though Wu-Ting-Fang us from
the mo*t stolidly conservative people in
the world he displayed a modernness of
thought and sentiment in striking con
trast to our expectations. He has even
more advanced idras than Li Hung
Chang, whom we had long considered th*
most progressive of all Chinamen. Why
this remarkable and fatnoua minister has
been recalled by his government is a
mystery. It is probably the result of
some whim on the part of that govern
ment which seems to be controlled by su
peretltltion and prejudice almost to the
exclusion of reason.
It is announced that he has been ap
pointed to a subordinate >flk e in the gov
ernment at Pekin, and it 1* the irony of
fate that the brighest and one of the
mefet illustrious men of China, one too
who so far as we know has been conspic
uously loyal and useful to hi* govern
ment. ehouid be thua humiliated.
BRIEFER SPEECHES IN COURT.
Judge Shaw, presiding over Gullford,
North Carolina superior court test Friday
induced the four attorneys in a suit be
fore him to limit their speeches to fifteen
minutes each.
This action of Judge Bbaw has evoked
the high commendation cf reveral North
Carolina newspapers and has given rise to
a demand for the restoration of the for
mer North Carolina law that gave the pre
siding judge power tn limit debate.
* Undoubtedly a great deal of time is
wasted by lawyers in their speeches to ju
ries. Judges as a rule are too indulgent
in this matter. To allow unnecessarily*
long speeches In the trial of cases is to
Impose an unjust tax upon jurymen and
to increase the expenses of th* courts be
yond
. Many a lawyer doos himself injustice
by drawing out to attenuation arguments
that would hav* been far more effective
had they been presented th more com
pact and pointed form.
Juries are often wearied out by these
lengthy speeches.
Juries aad county treasurer* should be
protected against lawyer* who never
know when to stop speaking.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1901.
BETTER PROTECTION OF GAME.
Several southern states have recently
provided better protection for game; and
ft seems probable that this policy will be
carried still further.-
Georgia did a wise thing by reducing the
season during which quail may be killed,
and it could be cut down still further
with advantage. There is a strong de
mand in South Carolina for a very short
deer-hunting season.
' In spite of the reckless slaughter of
deer in that state. South Carolina still has
large numbers of those noble animals,
and as they breed rapidly there they
would become much more numerous in a
few years if they were given reasonable
protection.
The Charleston News and Courier ap
peals for stringent legislation on this
subject. It says: t *
' “There is no reason. It appears, why
deer should not be as numerous in South
Carolina as horses or mules and far more
so than sheep, if that condition is de
sirable. The experience of another of the
older states shows what can be done in
the matter.
"In Vermont the open season covers but
ten days, and in that time one person can
kill or possess but one deer, and no
•hornless deer’ may be harmed. The pen
alties for disobedience are very heavy,
and are rigidly enforced, and the severe
restrictions have resulted in filling the
state with the noble game In a few years.
It is fairly ‘overrun with deer,’ says the
Springfield Republican. They attained
large numbers during a ‘close season.’
which was maintained continuously for
several years, and the restrictions thrown
about the brief ten-day open season, al
lowed since 18H prevent much destruction
among them.”
The argument of The News and Courier
Applies to Georgia as well as to South
Carolina. Deer are becoming so scarce
In this state that the hunting of them ex
cept for a very brief period
should be prohibited, under heavy penal
ties. If that were done they would in
crease rapidly, and in a few years we
would have an abundance of them.
Our experience with the Abbreviated
quail season has given us an object lesson
of the wisdom and value of strict game
protection that should move us to further
action.
There is in th? south, not only a tendency
toward cl jeer restriction of the game sea
sons, bdt a closer watch for violators of
game laws and an Increasing determina
tion to enforce them.
It is now dangerous to shoot out of sea
son game that ts protected in Georgia, as
some persons who have defied our game
laws have learned to their sorrow.
The present legislature would do an ex
cellent thing if it should reduce the quail
season still further and establish a ten
day open deer season.
UNNECESSARY TAXATION.
The present immense And increasing
surplus is as much an evidence of unnec
essary and therefore unjust taxation as
tt is of the country’s prosperity. The re
port of the treasurer of the United States
shows that ths net ordinary revenues for
the fiscal year ended June 30 were $587.* ,
858.837. an increase of 820.444.485 over the
previous fiscal year, and the receipts for
that year were the highest up to date,
There was an increase in every source
of income, but it was largest in internal
revenue.
The total expenditures for the last fiscal
year were $590,967 362. An amount which
has been exceeded only four times, in 1863.
1364. and 1865 and in 1899 on account of
expenses Incurred in the war with Spain
and that in the Philippines. »
The surplde. outside of the $150,000,000
gold reserve amounted on June >0 to $77,-
717,984*
The surplus is now averaging ii,000.000
and will probably be carried to $150,000,000
by the end of tne present fiscal year.
President Gage is again purchasing
bonds tn order to prevent the accufapla
ticn of a surplus so large that tt will be
a standing temptation to extravagant ap
propriations and also to put more money
Into circulation. Two per cent bonds au
thorized by the act of March 14, MOO. have
been Issued to the amount of $445,940,750
and exchanged for bonds maturing in 1904.
114)7 and 1908 and on October Ist AH’but
$46 134.950 of these bonds had been deposit
ed as security for circulation.
During the last fiscal year the country’s
monetary stock Increased more than SBB.-
000,000 in gold. $37,000,000 in silver coin anil
about $16,000,000 in notes and certificates.
The active per capita circulation increased
from S2B to $38.50 on October Ist.
The condition of the treasury is a pow
erful argument for a reduction of taxes,
but the subsidy seekers and the backers
Os the other raids upon the surplus will
resist any movement toward Its reduction.
RAILROAD EXPENDITURES.
The railroads of the United States never
before had anything like as much business
as they have handled thia year, and they
have, perhaps, never made ho mueh
money.
The greater lines have found the de
mands upon them too heavy for their
transportation faculties, and they are all
increasing their motive power and rolling
stock very heavily in the confidence that
the country’s production wIU continue on
Its present immense scale, if it does not
actually increase.
It seem* likely that the present rush of
railroad traffic will cause some important
changes in the transportation facilities.
One of its effects has been to bring the
pressed steel car into rapidly increasing
use, because of its superior strength and
carrying capacity.
The Pennsylvania railroad has set apart
$15,000,000 for the purchase of 15,000 pressed
steel freight cars, ali of them to be cem
pleted and delivered within 12 mouths.
Orders of several thousand cars of this
style and of from thirty to fifty
locomotives have recently been put tn by
several other companies. The manufactur
ers of pressed steel cars find it impossible
to keep up with their orders, though they
are constantly increasing their capacity.
The steel car costs no more than tho
best styles of wooden csrs, but are more
durable and carry a great deal mere. A
full load for a steel car Is 110,000 pounds
of ore, or 104,000 pounds of coal, which Is
21,C00 pounds more than the capacity of
the best wooden • •.
Charles T. Schoen invented th* steel par
ten years ago, but fotind it hard to induce
the railroads even to try them.
Only 2,700 were sold as late as the year
1898. Last year 14,464 steel cars were sold,
and this year the number Wia be far
greater.
Steel passenger cars are a so made, but
they do not find anything like the favor
that Is accorded to the steel freight cars.
AN INEXCUSABLE BLUNDER.
Last Saturday there occurred in Fay
etteville, N. Cm one of those horrors at a
hanging which have become so frequent
and for which there Is no possible excuse.
In this case the torture of the - con
demned man was all the more revolting
because there was very serious doubt of
his guilt. In fact, the judge who presided
at the trial, the members es the junp.qnd
almost the eptlre.Jpcal bar had signed a
petition to Governor AyCock to commute
the death sentence to 15 years in the peni
tentiary.
, Nevertheless the man was and
it was done in a most disgusting manner.
When the trap was sprung the rope broke
and the **ml*oon*cious wretch fell to the
ground. Another rope was secured after a
delay of some minute*..and the half-dead
creature was dragged up to the scaffold
and dropped again. That time the rope
held and strangulation was soon effected.
It is the duty of every sheriff who has to
hang a man to provide a rope that cannot
possibly break with the weight of the vic
tim. It* is perfectly practicable for the
eherlff to make sure that it will not break
by trying it before he attempts tho exec
cuflon.
This North Carolina instance is the
third or fourth one ai Its kind that has
been reported recently.
The carelessness indicated has become
so frequent as to suggest the necessity of
some legal provision for tho better testing
of ropes to be used in executions.
WIVES MUST PAY.
The supreme court of Illinois has just
decided that a wife in that state is liable
for the debts of her husband.
The statute on whicX.thls decision is
based read* as follows:
"The expenses of the family and of the
education of -the children shall -be charge
able upon the property of both- husband
ahd wife, or either oTAhem. in favor of
the creditors thereof?' and tn relation
thereto they may Bte sued jointly or sepa
rately."
The court had, of course, to define the
meaning of the term' "family expenses.”
The case that was appealed to the high
est court of Illinois was one in which
suit had been brought for SIOO balance
on a tailor’s bill for a $l5O suit of clothe*
furnished the impecunious husband of a
woman of means.
’ The court held that the statute “ap
plies to the expenaeH of the family without
limitation or qualification as to the kind
or amount., and without regard to the
wealth, habits, or social position of the
party; that goods purchased by the hus
band for. his individual use and used by
him exclusively constitute a family ex
pense.*’
It frequently happens that’ a tnan is
Sued for his wife’s debts and in Georgia
he is Hable tor them unless he has ad
vertised his wife as “a free trader."
It is a new departure to make the wife
responsible for her husband's debts con
tracted for supplies to be used by him ex
clusively. Under the Illinois decision a
wife may be held responsible for her hus
band‘s cigar and liquor bills or any others
that he may make.
Wives In that state who are blessed
with money but afflicted with trifling and
extravagant husbands- will probably be
gin to adopt the plab of # publishing them
as “free traders.”.
EDITORIAL AFTERTHOUGHTS.
i What’s Nicaragua trying to do, anyhow
—bull the canal market?
Those Bulgarian brigands eheald next •
employ P*t Crowe to arrange terms for
their surrender. ,
The Philippine pacification and Boer
banishment programs seem to be getting
It neck and neck. ' ;• ■■•■=»
Nicaragua acts very much like a coun
try that haa been "seen” by the Panama
canal directors. ' n ..
We are beginning ta'th|nk thst, at any
rate* this Naqdy
ing a stern reality.
IS the legislative 'loihly-dimply trying to
defy Colonel Guerry. <rr is it because it
needs the money?' -"-f s ■
Hall Caine to dabbling a little in poli
tics. This is certain to bring forth a book
that is really not fit to print.
We sincerely hope Pjjter Dunne will be
considerate enough not to write what
happens at "Mr. Dooly’s” wake.
The cartoonists are having a wofui time
making the union depot look as bad as it
is. Twy should simp|y use a kodak.
In passing that Ellis I'esolution, perhaps
the senate merely felt resentful because
the house blew that cigarette bill in its
face.
If there is really n«' war in the Philip
pines it is all very wrong to hang Fili
pinos for giving aid to the "insurgent
army?’ •
Those peopl* who are demanding “Gor
man for 1904’’ appear to want victory at
any price. But can the party stand the
price. • •
We are probably safe In inferring that
Candidate Estill has decided to play close
tn the cushion in that child labor bill
game. . < . .i
There is’ another horrible thought about
it—suppose all the witnesses in .the Schley
case should begin to write for the maga
zines.
The rebuttal decision of the court of in
quiry will enable witness Potts, thinks
the Chicago Tribune, to re-butt into the
case. '
There's--one consolation- those recalci
trant legislators hav? to walk by the
union depot every day before they can
get a drink. ,
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It is at least encouraging to note that
President Roosevelt’s thanksgiving procla
mation does not demand that we take
only dark meet.
For the life cf us we can’t sec how a
white man Can look President Roosevelt
in the face and, with any confidence, ask
for a nigger’s job.
Strikes us this hero business is being
overworked. Somebody attempted to kill
the uowagcr. empress of China the other
day M'ith only a spear.
It has probably n»Or occurred to the
legislature that that flepot will have to
fall down some day. And then what is it
going to do about tt?
Again the automobile gets the hoss
laugh. One collided with a locomotive
engine near Chicago the other day—and
the locomotive arrived .on time.
There are 27 divorce suits on the dock
ets of the Kansas City courts. That
Episcopal divorce canon doesn’t seem to
have made even a dent on Kansas City.
, That optimistic rumor that the sultan
of Turkey was very ill appears to have
been without foundation. He was only
getting his consent to pay France’s little
Mil. '
We may at least tolerate this thing of
the government going into the. banking
business, but it is coming it rather heavy
for the banks to go into the government
b«siness.
Mrs. Wu Ting Fang says Chinese wo
men will let their feet grow in future.
And there. is certainly ptenty of room
for growth with the average Chinese wo
man’s foot. v
We don’t believe it. but wo have h«ard
it rumoredithat the Hon. Joe Hall is pre
paring a bill tq build a new union depot
out of. the net earnings of the state ex
periment farm.
1 There is a great deed of contention over
the oath .that Kin& Edward shall take,
and yet we always had *n idea that King
Ed was fully capable of doing his own
.swearing when he had id- -
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♦ OTHER PEOPLE’S VIEWS. ♦
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Artillery punch, says the August* Herald,
will figure as a conspicuous mate Hal for
changing the political wires next Wednesday
at th* stats fair.
The state farm, worked by p'enltentlary con
victs, will produce three hundred .bales ot
cotton this year, says the Talbotton New Era,
which will more than pay expenses.
Under the new census, Oeorgi* has the same
number of congressmen as under the preceding
one. This being the case, says the Sparta
Ishmaelite, there to no necessity whatever for
any reapportionment of the state. It would
be time and money
The sudden death of Hon. Porter King, of
Fulton county, removes one of the purest and
ablest men from the legislature, says the
Stillmore Budget. Had he lived, the-people
would have desired him in higher positions.
Atlanta appreciated and Georgia was learning
to regard him very highly.
The bill to exempt from the public schools
the children of all men who do not pay poll
tax, says the Twin City News, is a good one
and can work no injury to any one. If a man
is not able to pay poll tax he is not able to
raise children and they should bo placed in a
charitable institution.
Those Englishmen who are telling as how
to govern this country would do well to re
member that they have had their Inning at it,
says the Augusta Chronicle.
If the part taken by Americans in the naval
battle of Santiago requires a board Os inquiry
Spain ts right to drop the matter without a
word, says the Americus Tlmes-Recorder.;
The Dublin Courier-Dispatch saj-s the horses
in the gubernatorial race ate prancing around
the tracks at too lively a gait for the judges t»
determine just how many will be at the scratch
when the bell taps.
Th# governor In hts message recommends bi
ennial sessions -of the legislature. And they
ought to fall on off campaign years ao that
there Would be less attention given to politics
and more to legislative affairs, says the Ogle
thorpe Echo.
Admiral Schley has never uttered a word of
censure against any one who took part tn the
Santiago campaign, says the Lawrenceville
News-Herald, but insists that there was enough
glory for all. He will go out of the court of
Inquiry a greater hero than ever.
The ratification of the new constitution in
Alabama, says The West Point News, is a
certainty. The Roosevelt-Washington dinner
was the concluding rivet assuring Its suocees.
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The beauty Os Correspondent Graham’s tes
timony in the Schley case, says the Griffin
Evening Call, is that he has the articles writ
ten by him at the time to show that there is
no afterthought about hi* statements.
Atlanta is progressive enough to get low
railroad rates when they have a "singing bee
tn that City. Those fellows take advantage of
every opportunity offered to advertise Atlanta,
and that is what has made it the greatest city
|n the south, says the Macon Telegraph.
Grover Cleveland will speak for the Demo
cratic candidate for governor of New Jersey.
When things get in such shape that old Grover
ean talk for them they are coming around all
right, says The Valdosta Times,
Nothing has been heard of the Hardwick bill
to disfranchise the negro since the legislature
convened. Has it been lost in the hum of th*
Congressional bee? asks The Waynesboro News.
Those who are not acquainted with the stste’s
antiquated depot in Atlanta ought to brtve had
business in the Gate City’s jam during th*
past week, says The N* wnan Naws.
WISDOM FROM NEW BOOKS. v
Master Hawes spoke shrilly and H’P
for which he would have been admired had
It been affected, but for which he waa often
ridiculed because it was natural.'—Captain
Rav*nshaw.
Children ars like jam; *ll very, well in the
proper place, but you can t stand them all
over the shop.—The Woulabegodds.
■r ■ -
AU women fear and suspect irony when they
are able to recognise it.—The Serious Wooq><.
• "A man, Philpott*. I* never beaten, till h*
haa said in his heart, I »m beat**. -Sir
Christopher. ... t ;
The whole affair was eminently uns*ti*f*C
tory, yet so little might hav* made it p«rf**t;
hut that is the tragedy of many things.—A
woman Alone.
Dogs scent danger sooner than men, and
their fidelity. 4* more reliable.—The King *
Messenger.
One way or other, belief is a frightful, thing.
It assassinates everything except itself —Tem
ple House.
Life is a brittle loan;;
Who makes good usance of it doeth well,
But without craft and wit this cometh not.
—The Voyage of Ithobal.
Culture ts accessible to everyone, but there
are people who not only do not need ft, but
whom It is liable to spoil.—Foma Gordyeeff.
There rfever was a republic or a democracy
so elemental, *0 pure, as this one of letters.
It is always th* best man that wins, and he
wins or loses by his own acts.—American Au
thors and Their Homes.
The price of existence with some people must
be an eternal silence.——Two Men.
Yankees rush in where angels f*ar to tread.
►-Two Men.'
Nature shows us the beautiful while she
conceals the interior. We do not see Ike roots
of her roses and she hides from us her skele
tons.—The Morgesons.
Th* world’s a-dyln' o' clo’s. Perlitical am
bition. serciety ambition, this world’s fashion
—What is it all, I ask ye, but clo’s?—Flood-
Tide.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
? ■■
Chicago News.
An old fool is always more foolish than a
young fool.
< Long sermons are sometimes referred to as
Clerical errors.
When American meet* Greek the chance* ar*
he can’t read it.
Always do the beet you can and let other*
think a* they will.
The sWimmlng instructor is apt to be Irf
mersed in business.
Beauty is a delusion and a snare—especially
to women who lack it.
A hypocrite is like the letter p—the first in
pity and the last in help.
"NeVer give up.” is a good motto for people
who don't pay their debts. / ,
Love to blind. That is why so many women
marry men. to reform them.
Every man know* a lot of other men that
he would like to class as strangers. • •
Many a man's success ts due to th* fact
that he never attempts to do anything beyond
his ability.
A physician always asks a sick man whaj
ails him, and then proceeds to charge him
s'2 fer the information.
Some men get on in *e world rm the sam*
principle that gives a m»n With a paint pot
the right of way through a crowd.
NEWSPAPER WAIFS
An Inquiry.—Uncle Hiram—”l see the editor
of the Banner has a long article on the bu
bonic plague.” Uncle Silas—" That so? Is he
for or ag’in it?”—Puck.
Saving Time.—He (at a swell restaurant)—
"You may have anything on the blli-of-fare,
dearest. Shall I read it to you?” She—" No.
darling. Just read it to the waiter.”—Chicago
News.
Judson-" Carrie, sometlm*s I think you are
a ninny.” Mrs. Judson"—What, after living
with you so many years? It Can’t be possible;
I admit I might have been when I married
you.”—Boston Transcript.
Great Scott!—Bonus—“Naggus. I’m gettlns
out a little pamphlet descriptive of the gam.*
of skat. Give me a good name for it, will
you?" Naggus—"Well, call it ‘A Skit on Skat,
by a Skate.’ ’’—Chicago Tribune.
Kdvertisiufr- Novelist (desperately)—"Unless
my book succeeds at ernes. I shall starve to
death!” Publisher icordialjy)—"My dear, sir,
I commend votrr resolution. Nothing you could
do would better advertise your work, I think.—
Life. - • •
Ruin Ahead —Mamma—"No. dear, you can’t
go out this weather. Now. if you’ll only
promise not to ask me to let you play out
doors, I’ll get you any toy you want.” Tommy
—"All right, ma. get me a bow and arrow; '
Philadelphia Press.
Wherein it Failed.—" Why didn’t the tenor
sing tonight? "He has such a oympathetfc
voice.” "Well, the reason he didn't sing was
that his voice wasn’t sympathetic enough to
touch the manager for a week's salary over
due.”—Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Not of the Upper Ten.—Mrs. NeXtdoor—“l
have found out one thing about that Mrs.
Newcomer. Whoever she is, she has never
moved in good society.” Mr. Nextdoor—"How
do you know about that?” Mrs. Nextdoor—
"She shakes hands as if she meant it.”—
New York Weekly.
She—“Oh, dear! Just as I expected. That
stuck-up Mrs. Wagstaff's husband has got
£BOO damages out of the railway company,
and you didn’t get a farthing, although, you
were ih the same accident.” He—" But I was
not hurt at all, while Wagstaff has lost a
leg and an arm, and will never again be able
to work." She—" All the same, Mrs. Wag
staff will be flouting a new sealskin jacket ia
my f*6e next. Some people’arc born luckyi”—
Tit-Bits.
The Attenuated Attorney Who
Rang in the Associated Counsel
BY GEORGE ADE.
. J Copyrigtit 1901, by Robert Howard Russsll.
Once there was a sawed-off At
torney who had studied until he was
’ Bleary around the Eyes and as lean as
a Ragor-Bsck. He knew the Law from
Soup to Nuts, but much learning had
• put him a little bit to the Willies.
‘ And his Size was against him. He
lacked Bellows.
He was an inconspicuous little Runt.
When he stood up to Plead he came
a trifle higher than the Chair. Os the
90 pounds ho carried, about 45 were
Gray Matter. He bad Mental Mer
chandise to burn but no way of de-
• livering it.
When there was a Rally of some
other Gabfeat on the Bills, the Com
mittee never asked him to make an
Address. The Committee wanted a
Wind-Jammer who could move the
Leaves on a Tree 300 feet distant. The
I dried-up Lawyer could • write Great
■ Stuff that would charm a Bird out of a
- Tree, but he did not have the Tubes
to enable him to. Spout. When he got
up to Jtalk, it was all he could do
to hear himself. The Juries used to go
to sleep on him. He needed a Mega-
• phone, he had about as much
PersonalMagnetlsm as an undertak
er's Assistant.
The Runt lost many a Case because
he could not Bark at the Jury and
pound Holes in a Table. His Briefs
had been greatly admired by the Su
preme Court. Also it was known that
hb could draw up a copper-riveted
Contract that would hold Water, but
a* a Pleader he was a Pickerel.
At one time he had an Important
Suit on hand, and he was Worried,
fpr he was opposed by a couple of
living Gas Engine* who could rare up
and down in front of a yap 7ury for
further Orders.
"I have the Law on my Side, said
th* Runt. "Now, if I were only Six-
Feet-Two with a s6le-leather Thorax,
I could swing the Verdict.”
i , While he was repining, in came a
Friend 6t his Youth, named Jim.
This Jim was a Book-Agent. He was
as big as the Side of a House. He had
a Voice that sounded as if it came up
an Elevator Shaft. When he folded
his Arms and looked Solemn, he was
a colossal Picture of Power in Repose.
He wore a Plug Hat and a large Black
Coat. Nature Intended him for the
U. S. Senate, but used up all the Ma
terial early in the Job and failed to
stock the Brain Cavity.
Jim had always been at the Foot of
the Class in School. At the age of 40
.he with an Sh and sank
in a .Heap when he tried to add 8
and 7. But he was a tall Success as a
, Book Peddler, because he learned his
Piece and the 218 pounds of Dignified
superiority did the Rest.
Wherever he went, he commanded
Respect. He could go into a strange
Hot*l ahd sit down at the Breakfast
Table and say: "Please pas* the Syr
up” in a Tone that had all the majestic
Significance of an Official Utterance.
- He would sit there in silent Meditation.
4 Those who sized up that elephantine
Form and noted the Gravity of his
Countenance and the fluted Wrinkles
of ht* high Brow, imagined that he
was pondering on the Immortality of
the Soul. As a matter of fact. Jim was
•f wondering whether he would take
Ham or Bacon with his Eggs.
Jim ha* the Bulk and th* awe-in
spiring Front. As long as he preserved
out thS Bluff. Little Boys tip-toed
Unwritten Chapters in Georgia History. a
BY GEORGE G. SMITH, Vlneville, Macon, Georflia. ’,, v .
Not New England itself was a more
genuinely religious land than was col
onial Georgia in her earliest day.
Her patriotic men. her colonial laws.
- all attest her character, but at the end
of the revolution after the state was
formed the religious condition was
Awfully bad. There was only one
Episcopal ehurch left. The Lutherans
Sere scattered and their church-house
ad been used as a stable and there
was no pastor for the few who were
left. Mr. Battsford, Mr. Marshall, Mr.
Mercer the Baptist were exiled and
had not returned to the new country
above Augusta and the Presbyterians
and Methodists had not come. The
people in the new lands were as sheep
without a shepherd,but a few years af
terward things wore a brighter hue.
Mr. Marshall came back, then a corps
of useful Baptist preachers were at
work. The Presbyterians came and
organised Churches and a presbytery.
The Methodists had a conference and
. the Catholics organised their first con
gregation. The frontier population was
• not a wme one. They did not drink
wine as the printers made me say last
week, but they drank rum very free
ly when they could get It, and once,
Mr. Campbell says, when a congrega
tion met for worship In Burke coun
ty, some one came to the door and
said: “The rum Is come,’’ and the
whole congregation left the preacher
and went for the seductive beverage.
The crowds who came to the court
grounds found the rum. carts there.
The county fiddler was always on hand
and "BiHy in the low ground” drew
•the crowd. Then there was a quarter
race and then there was shooting for
a beef, and now. and thsn a gander
pulling and never a court broke up
without there was a fight in the ring.
There ujere few churches and few
preachers, but the Methodist and Bap
tist preachers of those days were light
artiltory. and they did brave work in
moving from one part of the field to
the other. > *'
Among leading men their work was
apparently in vain. I do not think
thers was a man among all the law
yers who made the slightest preten
sion to piety. Mr. Telfair and Mr.
Walton and Mr. Glascock had their
pews tn St. Paul s, and the Haber
shams. MUledges and Jacksons attend
ed still the church of their fathers in
Savannth, Most of them were like
Dooly and Crawford and Clark.
They drank, gambled, swore and
fought dugte. The Methodists began
well, but in 1800 there were only one
half as many members as there had
been in 1188. Preachers were few and
* those who were experienced and had
married were forced to give up their
cirenfhi and settle-on farms that they
might provide for their families.
The people came in a great flood and
while many of them had been relig
joufe in the older states now on this
frontier they fell into-- the habits of
the frontiersmen. With French infi
delity among the upper classes, and
the habits of wild dissipation among
the lower there was a sad state of
moral decadence. Dueling was con
sidered indispensable. A gentleman
must not lie nor steal nor cheat nor
be mean and he must be ready to re
sent any insult and to go on the field
of -onor at a moment’s notice. Mc-
Intosh fought a duel with Gwinnett
and killed him. Jackson fought
a duel with Governor Wells and kill
ed him- He fought with Gibbons, with
Watkins, with Seagrove. W*. H.
Crawford fought with Van Alien and
killed him. and with Clark and was
wounded by him.
Mitchell fought a duel and killed hto
opponent. Dooley went on the bench
with eyes bloodshot. from a night’s
wild revelry and spent night after
night at the gaming table.
In Augusta there were 4,000 people,
a theatre and a race course and one
small church poorly attended with per
haps twenty communicants of all
classes. Savannah was not much
- better; the gentlemen had a hunting
when they came near him. and Maid*
en Ladies sighed for an Introduction.
Nothing but a Post-Mortem Exami
nation would have shown Jim up in
hte Traa Light. Th* midget Lawyer
looked up in Envy at his mastodouic
Acquaintance and sighed.
"If I could combine my Intellect
with your Horse-Power I would be th*
largest Dandelion in the Legal Pas
ture,” he said.
Then a Happy Idea struck him amid
ships.
"Jim. I want you to be my Associate
Counsel," he said. "I understand, of
course, that you do not know the dif
ference between a Caveat and a Caviar
Sandwich, but as Jbng v as you keep
your Hair combed th* way it is now
and wear that Thoughtful Expression
you’re just as good as the whole
Choate Family. I will introduce you
as an Eminent Attorney from the
East. I will guard the Law Points and
you will sit there and Dismay th* Op
position by looking Wise."
So when the Case came up for Trial
the Runt led the august Jim int* th*
Court Room and introduced him a*
Associate Counsel. A Murmur of Ad
miration ran throughout the Assemb
lage when Jim shewed his Command
ing Figure, a Lahr Book under hi*
Arm *nd a look of Heavy Responsi
bility on his Face. Old Atlas, who
carries the Globe on his Shoulder*,
did not seem*.to be in it with thia
grand and gloomy Stranger.
For two hours Jim had been rehears
ing his Speech. He arose.
"Your honor,” he began.
At the Sojand of that Voice a sacred
Silence fell upon the Courtroom. It
was like the Lower Octane
“Your Honor,” said Jim. "w* ar*
readv for Trial.”
The musical Rumble filled th* Spa
cious Room and went echoing through
the Corridors. The Sound beat out
through th* Open Windows and check
ed Traffic in the Street. It sang
through the Telegraph Wire* and lift
ed every drooping Flag.
The Jurors turned Pale and began to
quiver. Opposing Counsel were as
white as a Sheet. Their mute and
frightened Faces seemed to ask, "What
are we up against?”
Jim sat down and the Trial got under
way.
Whenever Jim got his Cue h* aros*
and said, "Your Honor and Gentlemen
of the Jury, I quite agree with my
learned Colleague."
Then he would relapse and throw on
a Socrates Frown and the Other Side
would go all to Pieeea Every time Jim
cleared his Throat, you could h*ar a
Pin drop. There was no getting away
from the dominating Influence of the
Master Mind.
The Jury was out only 10 Minutes.
When the Verdict was rendered, th*
Runt, who had provided everything
except the Air Pressure, wa* nearly
trampled under foot in tho general
Rush to Congratulate the distinguished
Attorney from the East. The Littl*
Man gathered up hl* Book* and did th*
customary Slink, while the False
Alarm stood in awful Silence and per
mitted the Judg* and others to shake
him bv the Hand;
MORAL: An Associate Counsel
should weigh at least 300 Pounds.
club where they bad weekly rides with
the hounds and where there was a sup
ply of brandy, ale, porter and game,
and a roast of beef or a ham for lun
cheon. There was, however, a few
places where there was some religious
life left: In the newer counties the
Baptists.’ Methodists and Presbyterians
were at work. Daniel Marshall after a
life of wonderful saintliness was dead
and there was none like him but
there were a few earnest if not culti
vated men among the Baptists. The
Methodists had about covered the new
er counties with their circuits but
preaching was rare and matters were
gloomy enough when the new century
dawned. It was not only the case In -.
Georgia but in Tennessee aJid Ken
tucky which were like Georgia on the
frontier. The first settlers on the
prairies taen knowp as the Barrens
of Kentucky were Presbyterians and
they had annual communions like
those in Scotland. At toe one in 171*9
there was a wonderful mvakening and
the revival fire biased tor days. The
people came in wagons and camped
out.
And thus campmeetings began. They
were brought into Georgia and with
their coming came men wonderfully
capacitated for the work of conduct
ing them.. Baptists, Methodists and
Presbyterians at first united. Then
the Baptists had meetings of their own
and the Methodists and PresbyterlAng
met together. A grove was chosen, a
bnsh arbor was built, trees were cut
down and logs rolled In their places
for seats. A stand of split logs was J
provided for the preacher. Great pihe
knot fires were made to give light at
night. The people carte tn wagons and
carts and built booths. They brought
with them cooked* food and slept tn
their wagon bodies or on the ground.
They did not have night meetings,
but they had a dinner for everybody
and the people near by spread beds on
the floor tor all guests. '
The Methodists had their great camp
meetings; 5,000 people were sometimes
present. They had many local preach
ers and a few itinerants. The Presby
terians met with them. Some timed
there were five preachers at onee. A
sermon without a shout was pretty
much of a failure and if the sermon
did not melt the people the song did.
The leader of the Methodist hosts
was Steth Mead. He was a Virginia
gentleman, a kinsman no doubt of
Burk Meade. He was a great singer,
a warm, earnest preacher and had
mighty power over the people. He
built the first Methodist c’i”.reh la
Augusta and laid the foundation tor ’
the future of the church in the interior.
Among hto helpers there were men of
great power with the people. Hoke
Hull was one of these. Hq was a man
of large frame, great eloquence and ?■
mighty Influence. He was not a trav
elling preacher, but was local, but be
ing a man of means he went everywhere
preaching without fee or reward.* He
was one of the strong friends and on*
of the first trustees of the State uni
versity, but the oddest and most re
marked man of hto times was a down
easter. Lorenxo Dow. He wore hto hair
long, never shaved and never failed
to attack the Calvinist, whom he called
the all part people. He sent hto ap
pointments a year a head and always
met them. He was the free lanee of
those days, but claimed to be a Meth
odist. During this period Lovlck
Pierce and his brothers, Reddick,
James Rupell and many others who
were famous in aftertime, began to
preach. None of them were educated,
they could barely read,- but many of
them become famous.
This revival reached all classes out
of the cities and changed the face of
the country. All churches shared in it
and from this time the rural people of
Georgia began to be noted for their
substantial piety. It was Georgia’s
first great and in its es- •
sects perhaps the greatest the stats
has ever known.