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| SUGGESTIONS FROM | I OUR CORRESPONDENTS THE INEBRIATE HOSPITAL IDEA STRONGLY INDORSED Dr. W. B. Parks has received the fol lowing very strong indorsement of his plan for a state sanitarium for inebriates. It Is from Dr. H D. Allen, who has an Home" at MUiedgeville. at which he Ims been very successful in the treatment of nervous and m**rts* die- “MILEDGKVILLE. Ga. Nov. 27. I*4. -Dr W B Parks. Atlanta. Ga—Dear Doctor . I hope that you will not let the faet of the North Georgia conference not Inlorsing your efforts in trying to per suade the state to build an inebriate hos pital discoura«e you or cause you to give up the effort You must remember that religious bodies never lead, but the doc tors must, beside* it is poeeible that the conference hardly felt at liberty to ad vise the Georgia legislature. Tou and I realise more fully than most people the great importance of the state caring tor this very unfortunate class of people. They certainly need protection from socie ty as well as society needs protection from them, or as much as the Insane do. For every set of violence done by Insane peo ple. there is. in my opinion, at least ten done by people under the influence of al coholics or narcotics. A person suffering from intoxication is no more responsible for his sets than a person suffering from •uttMntoxieation Still we know that the law cannot thin fnet. for if tt did a person would only have to get drunk to commit any act of violence that a vicious nature might wish 1 have been treating the insane and those addicted to the drug and alcoholic habit for nearly 12 years. They belong to the same class, in nearly every ins ante. .I that is. they are suffering from and inher ited Neurosis or Psychosis “Every true Georgian io proud of the Georgia state sanitarium and prouder still of the humane treatment shown for this unfortunate class, and you can re*’ aeeur ed. doctor, that it is only a question of time before the state will recognise the Importance of protecting her inetriates. for society will demand tt. Tou are sim ply a little tn advance of the times, there fore you must continue to lead. I have been told that Mexico han no asylum for her I nee no this is proof to try mind that her civilisation is just that far behind our own. ...... The inebriate is an individual who has loot his aelf-controL If this is true, then in the name of all that Is reasonable, why should not the inebriate be controlled un til he Is able to control himself* The mon ey spent every year tn trying people for crimes committed while under the in fluence of alcoholics or narcotics will sup port an inebriate hospital and at the same tfmo prevent the crimes being committed in a great many instances. “If there is anything that I can do to »i 4 you in your noble undertaking you have only to command H. D- ALLEN. ’ CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST REPLIES TO DR. WRIGHT To the Editor of The Journal: Dr. A. R Wright, in giving his views on Christian Science, says tt Is a mis nomer; then define* science, which he says is knowledge systematised. This systematised knowledge, or human opin ion crystallised, becomes a law governing other people who choose to think along the same line. The moment a daring in tellect steps Into the arena of thought and discovers that these laws and opin ions are not true, but are erroneous be liefs. he is branded a crank, flighty, a fraud, his utterances "a misnomer.” by «n who have accepted ready-made opin ions without taking the trouble to think for themselves. But to accept the doc tor's definition of science, Christian Sci ence becomes knowledge (or as scientists say. understanding) of the Christ. Jesus proved by actual demonstrations that He understood God to be ever present power, love, spirit, that destroys pain and suffer ing. and Christian Scientists accept His declaration as true, when He said. 'The things that I do. ye shall do ahs© " And on the same basis that the r*al man is spiritual, the offspring of spirit or mind, they go to thia Infinite source of all good, tn faith and love, and prove the spiritual law to be operative today. Mrs Eddy says, page M 2. Science and Health. “If Christianity Is not scientific, and science | Something good tor Christinas I Daring the holiday geawm, when good cheer everywhere prevails, there is nothing nicer io have in the house |H than a little good whiskey, and besides, your physician will tell you it is excellent in many cases of sickness. But I E| you must have good whiskey, pure whiskey. You don’t want to drink poor whiskey yourself, much less offer it |pj M to your friends, while as a medicine, poor whiskey, adulterated whiskey, may do you decided harm. HAYNER WHISKEY goes to you direct from our own dis tilery, with all its original richness and flavor, M ■ and carries a UNITED STATES REGISTERED DISTILLER’S GUARANTEE of PURITY and AGE. Ej H Wher. yo j buy HAYNER WHISKEY you save the enormous profits of the dealers and have our guarantee that your IO BB mrmey will be promptly refunded if you are not satisfied with the whiskey after trying it. That’s fair, isn't it ? 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If you don’t want 4 quarts yourself, get a friend to join you. ?> «£ Orders tor Krlxotui. California, Colorado. Idaho. Montana, Nevada, New Mexteo, Oregon. TTUh._Washinjrt»t} or j , I be on the basis of 4 Quarts for 44.00 by Express Prepaid, or 90 Quarts for 014.45 by Freight Prepaid. I EBEE With each four quart order we will send free one gold-tipped whiskey glass and one corkscrew. If you Usj I » wish to send an order to a friend, as a Christmas present, we will enclose with the shipment an elegant gj M souvenir card, with both your names neatly printed thereon. I it Write our nearest office and do it NOW. m, sr“ THE HAYNER DISTILLING COMPANY •««» is not of God, then there is no Invariable rule and truth becomes an accident." The doctor says, “If Christian Science be Christian, will they explain the coming of Christ in the flesh, and His pain and suffering?" Jesus’ advent In the world. In the flesh, was to show mortals who believe life to be in and of matter (in the flesjj the way out of their aarkened hu man beliefs. The Christ antedated the human existence of Jesus when He said “Before Abraham was. I am;’’ thus recog nising His real selfhood as the offspring of spirit, created in God's image and like ness. with power and dominion over all materia) laws and conditions. He com manded his followers “To be ye perfect, as your Father tn heaven Is perfect." Mortals can never be perfect until they apprehend God. spirit, mind, as the Father of all, and hold to the perfect eptrttuel idea, the Christ truth, as the only reality. In Hebrews 3-14 we read. "For as much then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood. He also Himself likewise took part of the same, that through death He might destroy him thet had the power of death, that is. the devil." The doc tor wishes to know why Jesus cried out on the cross. Jesus appealed to God when on the cross from his human nature, not his Chrletliness; the hutnata was In its final struggle, tempting Him to believe that matter, flesh, had life, but the spiritual seme, clinging to God. its Father, its all-in-all. through the man, Jeans passed Into what the human sense calls death. The Christ, the spiritual truth, enabled him to conquer the last enemy, death. He came forth from His own grave, thp victor over all pain, suffering, and even death. His demonstrations were all in dividual. Like as a pioneer through the virgin forests. He biased away for ©there to follow in individual demonstration. Thus he proved the way, the life, to be Christ-linen ess. The doctor makes a point of brains be ing Intelligence. Recently a surgical op eration demonstrated this belief of mortal mind to be a misnomer, seven ounces of a man's brain being removed without dis turbing any of his faculties. The portion of the brain removed was supposed to control vision, and the muscular action of eno side of the body. The doctor says "everyone knows that poisonous drugs will kill if enough is put in the system." This should be a warning to the people against drugs. Jesus said, "If you be lieve in me. (spiritual sense), if ye drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt you." EDWARD H. CARMAN. A PLEA FOR BETTER COLLECTION LAWS ATLANTA. GA.. Dec. S. 1902. To the Editor of The Journal: In The Atlanta Journal for December 2, I see a statement that the Hon. Mayor Mime recommends a standard of weights and for the people of Georgia, for the purpose of keeping merchants and others from cheating and swindling. Ho says that It is awfully Important. I have often heard that the only sure way to cure a disease Is to go to the root of it with the knife or other instruments, so the way to get at the root of the mer chant’s swindling is to pass a good col lection law that will compel people to pay their honest debts. Thus you would re move the cause. Under the existing laws the people are in a position to beat the merchants out of their honest debts. If the merchant cheats and swindles, as Mayor Mima Bays, (with which statement I do not agree) it is simply to protect himself from being defrauded of all he makes. Use your best efforts, my dear mayor, to pass a good law to protect the mer chant, and there will be no cause to brand him as dishonest, for, taken as a whole, merchants are as honest a body of men as is in the state. JAS. MILMOW. WANTED—Two traveling salesmen in each state; permanent posl:ion; MO and expense*. Central Tobacco Works Co., Penicks. Vi. To the members of the “third house:" Boys, we don’t blame you for feeling a bit sore. It may look, on the face of ft, that you haven’t done your "duty,” eh? But The Journal is willing to acquit you of this charge. You did your best And that'* «U < n angel can do. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOJRNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1902. MADE DITE TO MARRY BUT HE HENIGGEO YOUNG NEBRASKA FARMER AN SWERS MATRIMONIAL AD., BUT FINDS TOWN FULL OF PRETTY GIRLS. CHARLOTTE. N. C., Dec. 12.—A special from Albemarle. N. C„ says: • 3otM time ago a young woman operative in one of the cotton mUls here got up a correspondence with a young Nebraska farmer through the medium of a matrimo nial paper published in Chicago. Photo graphs were exchanged and their letters assumed such an affectionate nature that they decided that they would unite their hearts and bands. Accordingly. <be man in the case made an appointment with his lady love, whom he bad never seen. He arrived hero last Friday but the marriage that was scheduled to take place did not occur. The man on arriving here saw so many girls that ho thought so much more likelier and handsomer than the one he had been corresponding with that he changed hie mind. And as yet no marriage has taken place. The would-be groom ia stopping at the boarding houae of the would-be bride and they have had several confidential talks, but it is given out as official that no marriage will occur. The man Is of good appearance and claims to own a farm about Id® miles from Lin coln. Neb. He is still here and as his ticket holds good until Christmas he says he expects to stay here until that time, viewing the country. He never saw a cot ton stalk or pine tree until ho came to North Carolina. WATCH THE LABEL ON YOUR SEMI-WEEKLY AND IF IT HAS THE MARK OF A BLUE PENCIL YOU MAY KNOW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION HAS EXPIRED AND THAT NOW IS. THE TIME TO RENEW. BUY A SI.OO MONEY ORDER OR SEND US 100 ONE-CENT STAMPS, SELECT YOUR PREMIUM AND GET VOUR READ ING MATTER FOR THE NEXT YEAR. BIRDSONG JUMPED FROM THE SEABOARD TRAIN MACON, Ga., Dec. Ik—The following communication has been received by Act ing Chief of Police Murphy relative to the death of J. H. Birdsong, who was killed on the Seaboard Air Lino near Jacksonville. It was signed by W. H Wright, claim agent for the Seaboard. “Your telegram just received. We have been endeavoring since 9 o’clock last even ing to locate the family of J. H. Birdsong, who unfortunately met his death as stated in my telegram to you this morning. He jumped from train No. 31, two miles north of Jacksonville, Fla., last night without any apparent reason. AT soon as discov ered by the conductor and the engineer, parties were sent back to the place at which he jumped, where the body was found, and carried to Jacksonville, Fla., and turned over to an undertaker, by whom the remains were prepared for bur ial. They will be shipped by express to Mr. J. H. Birdsong, per you, leaving Jack sonville tomorrow, reaching Macon Thurs day morning at 3 o’clock. Will you see that the remains are taken care for on ar rival?” The remains arrived accordingly this mcinlnj and will be nurled this afternoon. CHILD DIES FROMBURNS; SHE PLAYED TOO NEAR FIRE AMERICUS. Ga., Dec. 12.—Winnie, the 1«- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mr*. John Bragg, died Wednesday from burns received Tuesday because of her dress Igniting while standing in front of an open grate at the home of her parent* on Lee siresL Only her presence of mind saved her from instant death. When her dreee first eaught she threw a heavy blanket over her face and head, which prevented the flames from getting above her body, but when assistance came she was so badly burned that she died Wednesday after a day of in tense suffering. She had many friend* in Americus who deeply deplore her untimely and horrible death. Th* funeral occurred Wednes day afternoon and was conducted by Rev. R. E. Neighbor and R. L Birina of the First and Furlow Lawn Baptist churches. / TOM OCHILTREE UNRIVALED AS A STORY TELLER Philadelphia North American. As a story teller Colonel Thomas Por terhouse Ochiltree was unsurpassed. Much of the success of his stories was In the telling, and deprived of tae ©harm of his personality they lose much in repetition. Although Colonel Ochiltree emee indig nantly dented in court that he ever play ed poker, it has always gone ths rounds that the auburn-haired Texan liked to talcs a hand. He once acknowledged that in former days he was one of the best playsr“ that ever flipped a card, and he ssys that a calamity befell htfn only ones and that was during hie congressional term. He had had a phenomenal run of luck in Washington, but the tide of battle An ally turned, and he wont up against It with a party of southern representatives. In relating to sympathetic friends the next day the circumstances of the game, tbe Colonel admitted: "I lost just 35.000 last night. But the worst of it was that 35 of it was in cash." Colonel Ochiltree’s Dog Story. One day be was criticising tbe adminis tration of Mayor Strong. He said the may or bad shown poor judgment—" And his fault in this respect reminds me of Sena tor Jones’ dog story,” ho went on. “A follow out in Nevada, you know, had a deg—a bulldog, a flerce-looklng brute— which Me owner said was the greatest fighter in the state. One day a settler passed through the town. Under his prai rie wagon trotted a mangy cur. The bull dog saw him and started to eat him up. When the fight was over the cur was not much the worse for it, but the bulldog was a wreck. • " 1 thought your dog was a great fight er, Senator Jones?’ said the owner of the bulldog. “ ‘Well,’ was the reply, ‘he is a great fighter, but he’s a poor judge of dogs.’ ” Colonel Ochiltree's Intimates and most of the newspapers described him as a liar of colossal magnitude. One day when the colonel was returning from the Sheeps head Bay rede track two men came into the ear. One of them recognised the Tex an and said to his friend: "Come here. Bob, I want to Introduce you to the biggest liar in the United States. ” “Sir,” replied the ponderous Ochiltree, rising with great dignity from his seat, “I allow none but my moot intimate friends to refer to me in that manner, and I do not regard yeu as one of them.” The two mon sought the next car, squelched. Stood By the Poker Crowd. Colonel Ochiltree rolled into the Fifth Avenue hotel one day and began talking with Former Senator Wilbur F. Saunders, of Montana. "Ah, senator,” he raid, “I see my old friends in the senate are standing by their guns. What a horrible mistake the gold-bugs made when they counted on tiring out • the silver senators. Why, Ed Woleott an& Fanta Claus Stewart and Jones and the rest of them were never known to go to bed until I or 1 o’clock In the morning. I’ve played poker with them for twenty hours at a stretch, and then you had to -.eep your eyes peeled or they would freeze you out. I tell yeu when you try to put that crowd to sleep you have undertaken the biggest job a man ever had en hie hands. I'll bet on the poker crowd every trip." "I guess you’re right, colonel,” replied Senator Saunders, who knew a little about the game himself. "Woleott never sleeps. As for Jonea, I beiiev* he ean go a year without winking." Nearly Killed By Veninon. When Colons® Ochiltree waa taken with a previous Illness in New York his friend Clarence H. Meekay got a tenderloin of venieen, gave it to Qaear. of the Waldorf, to cock to a turn, and had It sent over to Colonel Ochiltree. The Texan hadn’t* eaten solid food for several days, but he couldn’t resist the cholee morsel. He had eaten about half of the venison, when he became very 111 and quickly lost con sciousness. Doctors were hurriedly sum- MUFfIES FROM KANSAS CITY . DEALERS THEY LIKED THEM FOR WAR PUR POSES AND NOW THEY WANT THEM FOR FARMS. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 12—When the Boer war ended and peace was declared, the Kansas City mule dealers thought they had sold their last mules in South Africa. They did not expect to see more British gold, except what the Indian government might leave here, until King Edward’s government got into new troubles. But they have been agreeably surprised. The Boers are now buying mules. During the three years that Great Brit ain was buying mules and shipping them to South Africa for war purposes the Boers were not asleep. Occasionally they would stampede the mules of a provieion train and It not In frequently happened that the train, as well as the mules, fell Into Boer hands. But for the habit the Boers had of taking the British mules the market in Kansas City would not have been so lively as it was. It is said that at one time there were as many Missouri mules in the hands of the Boers as the British had, though it was the British who paid for them. The Boers found the Missouri mule a good animal to deal with. He was sure footed. faithful, reliable enough when duly watched, a little obstinate, but tough as iron, and a ready feeder on supplies that a horse would starve on. He made his own way in the world and built up his own reputation, having gone into a new country, with money to vouch for him and under circumstances that were not calculated to make him popular. The Boers liked the Mieeouri mule. The British government will give the Boers $1»,«0.0® wi<h which to stock their farms. Now that there is no longer any chance to get mules by the old method they want to buy them. Accordingly a Boer speculator who had money came to the United States to buy things for hie countrymen. In New York he found a Yankee with the trading in stinct well developed, and one of the first things derided to do e-aa to eend a ship load at mules to the Transvaal. Th* Boer member of the flrm wanted to get them where the British had bought theirs, so they would be sure of getting the seme kind of mules. Accordingly, he came to Kansas City and recently bought I.o® mules. They were i>ersuaded to take better mutes than the British bought at somewhat higher prices. The mules have been sent south, pre paratory to shipment. “So we are still getting British gold." said the seller of this lot. "It always looked good to us, and we were glad o’ another chanee to send mules to South Africa. Still the market south is good. We refused $l7O a head for a bunch at 850 mules this week. “The cotton trade will open up In a few weeks, and then mule dealers will be busy all the time. We are getting ready for a moned, and were indignant at Colonel Ochiltree for his laek of self-denial. When he had been revived one of the physicians protested with the Texan. "Well, doctor,” said Colonel Tom between breaths, “it’s quite characteristic, my dying for a piece of venison.” Celonel Tom returned from Europe two years ago, at the. time Richard Croker was bring denounced by the newspapers and the then prince of Wales had turned his back on Ted Sloan, the jockey. Some one mentioned the fact that neither Crok er nor Sloan would be interviewed, and that they were both alike. "Oh, no,” Ochiltree replied. "There is this difference: On* I* denounced by the prints and the other is renounced by the prince." Outdid Chicago Liar. A Cuicago liar tried to outdo Colonel Ochiltree one day. H* said he had just re turned from the Carlsbad Springs, where h* had experienced a miraculous cure. “You d »n’t say,” said the colonel. ."Yes, indeed." rambled on the Chicago liar. •'You see I was suffering from liver complaint and after consulting the great est physicians in Amencss F decided to go to Carlsbad.” "Humph! I never supposed you took any stock in water,” said Ochiltree, scorn fully. “Neither I do, when it is plain. But I carried a flask cf fine old Bourbon In my Inside pocket and when I reached the famous springs I kinder diluted the water so as to disguise its taste, and, will you believe me, th* following morning I was entirely cured and when I woke up I found myself the possessor of a brand new liver ” “Bah! that’s nothing,” Colonel Tom ejaculated. “If you’ll believe me—” “Sure,” yelled half a dozen listeners. “If you’ll believe me.” continued the Texan, unperturbed, 'I had liver complaint the worst way and was a perfect martyr oefore 1 went to Texas to try to get cured. “While there I met a man who had a new brand ot pills known as the American Liver and Light Cure. Being a flrm be liever in American remedies. I purchased a single pill, took It, and almost instantly possessed a tin liver with electric light kidneys. Home industries! gentlemen, home industries”—but they led him away to the ease. Remodeled Father’s Son. Colonel Ochiltree for a time was his father's law partner in Texas. The elder Ochiltree wae a judge, and one day when he left home to preeide on th* bench in some neighboring county he told Thomas to have a new sign painted showing that he (the eon) was a member of the flrm. When the judge returned to hie office he found a sign over the door which read: “Thomas Ochiltree and Father.” Colonel Oehlltree had many friends in both houses of congress, and frequently spent weeks in Washington when con gress was in session. One night he was sitting in a hotel talking with several friends, including Senator Hearst, of Cal ifornia. Senator Hearst told a pathetic story of his overland trip to California in the day* long before the war. He said he and his companion* suffered many hardships, lacked food, and frequently were in distress from laek of water. One day when Mr. Hearst wae feeling that he would die unless he had a drink he with his party passed along a trail near a ranchhouse. A young red-haired boy run up to them with a tin pall of water. He handed tt to Mr. Hearst. “The water was ©old and freeh,” said Mr. Hearst in telling the story, “and I never had a draught that did me so much good and for which I was so grateful. Many and many a time have I thought of that red-haired boy and wished I could see him in order to tell him how grateful I was and reward him .I’d give him slo,o® if I could see him now," the senator ad ded earnestly. Colonel Ochiltree arose and bowed. "Sen ator," he said, "you have a chance to realize your dream and to show your gratitude. I was that red-haired boy.” big business at home, but if the Boers want any more of our mules we will sell them." The mule is a product of southern Eu rope and is not well known in the north. The Boers did not know mueh about them until the war with the British. EXHAUSTED CREW SAVED AFTER TERRIFIC VOYAGE GLOUCESTER, Maes., D»e. 13.—Captain R. H. Somerville and crew of eix men, of the schooner Belle Wooster, were brought here today by the hchooner Pat riot*, which picked them up egrly this morning. The Wooster was caught 1n a blizzard yesterday and lost nearly all her canvas. Her cargo of lumber shifted and the ves sel sprung a leak. The crew abandoned her and for hours drifted about in an open boat until 2 o'clock this morning, when the lights of a vessel, which proved to be the Patriota, was sighted. The sailors sighted her and were taken aboard. They were all frost bitten and exhausted by their sufferings. The Woos ter was bound from Stonington, Maine, for New York, with granite for the new East river bridge. OLD FOGY KNEW. Experience Teaches People. “My parents considered coffee simply a harmless beverage for old and young, so when a mere baby I commenced to drink tt, and when I reached womanhood, found myself troubled with nervousness, head ache and irritable temper and to ob tain relief, I drank mor* and more cof fee, thus adding fuel to the Are. I grew wore* until life was one black night of pain. My nerves were shattered, body wrecked with suffering, my stomach gave out and. utterly refused to digest the most simple foods, and Anally I lay for weeks starving and longing for food, but unable to eat more than just enough to keep me alive. ■While tn this state, my next door neigh bor brought in a fragrant cup that I sup posed waa some new grad* of coffee, and although I had suffered so terribly from it* effects, the temptation was too strong to resist, and I drank it with relish. I noticed it had a rteh agreeable taste and I drank it without 4la tree*. She repeated the kindness two or three mornings. I began to congratulate myself that it was not coffee that hurt me after all. I was assuring my friend of this one day when she astonished naq by saying that I was not drinking coffee, but a pure food drink called Poetum Food Coffee, made from nourishing gmin for building up th* wyvtem and nerve* instead of tearing them down. I then begun to drink Postum regularly, and to get well slowly but surely. Today I am a strong, hearty woman: my nerv ous system is entirely rebuilt and with a reserve force of strength In time of need: I sleep well and awake refreshed and feel bright for each day's task, with no in digestion or stomach trouble, and a good, strong active brain ready for any mental strain or toil. There is no doubt on earth that coffee nearly killed me. A friend of mine was obliged to resfarn her position as achoo. teaeh*r, because of extreme nervousness caused by coffee drlmring. 7 induc’d her to use Pestum in place of coffee, and at the end of four months began teaching again, her nervousness gone and feeling and looking ton years younger; her sallow compb xion having become a beautiful, healthy bloom.” Name given by Postum Co., Bat tle Creek, Mich. I A 42=Piece Cottage Dinner Set | I absolutely free. | 5 We have 100 beautifully decorated Dinner Sets, pur -5 chased for our subscribers and agents. Do you not want 5 ene? % | OUR OFFER, I We have reserved 50 to be given away free and the Jg remaining sets will be given with subscriptions to The Senrf-Weekly Jearaa! st >6.00. g | BOW TO EARN A SET WITHOUT COST TO YOU g Get sixteen of your friends to subscribe for The Semi- Weekly Jvornal at >I.OO per year, sending the names and J 16.00 to us, and we will send one of these beautifully decerated La Vraneaise Porcelain Forty-Tro Piece Dinner SF SHe. You cae earn oae in a day’s time. Any child can JJ* get the mi boo Fibers. £ 5m TTicee sets retail for SIO.OO, and .nothing is more suita- Ible for a Christmas present than a Dinner Sat. If you decide to earn one write us so we can reserve % it for yeu, as they will go rapidly. If you cannot get the 7 sixteen subscriber* at one time we will allow you to the Ist of January to wouie the elnb, apd when you have sent the sixteen eubecribers and $16.00 the set will be seat. Now £ is your opportunity to get subscribers and jnet what you bare desired, a Dinner Set without-coat. y* TBE REMAINING 50 SETS. S Ilf you cannot get the sixteen scribscribera send ug £ $5.00 and we will send the Semi-Weekly one year and the S Cottage Dinner Set, freight prepaid. Every set is securely jC packed in a box and we guarantee safe delivery. Start your club at once or eeod the $5.00 and «ecure JS one of these Dinner Seta. Address % The Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga. « Scientific Theorist Declares Mont Pelee an Electric Volcano St. Louis Republic. MANY theories are held by scien tists as to the exaet causes of the eruptions of Mont Pelee and Soufriere, devastating the beau tiful Islands of the West Indian group. Mr. Cope Whitehouse says that recent observations in Berlin support his theory regarding these appalling phenomena. As Mr. Whitehouse has achieved fame by his discovering that the depression in the Egyptian desert could be utilised for irrigation, and the fact that the great enterprise is now in the hands ot the Brit ish government, his view* may command attention. , Mr. Whitehouse is something of a Philis tine in science, and apparently takes pain ful pleasure tn presenting fact* contra dicting established theories in natural phenomena. Ho dieagreee with Newton, La Place, Lord Kevlln, Sir Norman Lockyer and other distinguished authorities. He denies that the flnite mind of man ean ever pleree the starry vault of heaven, or establish law* for comets and suna Without going into technical details, he defines his position and leads up to the subject of volcanoes as follows: "’TTie English scientists have partially reduced our solar system to a machine and as signed to Deity little else than the duty of squeezing heat from the sun or ‘stok ing’ it with aerolites. Such theories are made for sale and not for science. When Newton suggested that gravity might swing the moon as well as attract an apple to the ground, he knew nothing of electricity. He might have observed, however, that a comet never enters th* sun, and therefore could not have been attracted by it. •’A cornet ot almost inconceivable weight is assumed to have come from space. As it closely approaches its supposed goal it changes its direction and darts away again, tail foremost, tn a curved path, due to a resistance which is too feeble to ob struct the paeeag* of this small tail, oom posed of a gas lighter than anything known. "No allowsmae is made for the attraction of gravitation in wireless telegraphy, and the mpst superficial observation in ozol ogy, or the science of small, show that there is a ferce in odors which ignores gravitation. “We have no reason for supposing that gravitation is not a purely local affair or that heat and light do not emanate frem the sun. Heat comes from the earth and the light from the atmosphere, precisely ss the film in an incandescent lamp is heated by the resiatance it offers to the electric current and light 18 produced by the vibration of the hotes in the air. 'The only 'fact established beyond doubt regarding sun and planets is their revolu tion on their axes, and this is all that is needed to generate light and heat. They are are dynamos, and each in turn trans mits what it receives tc its neighbors on the circuit. We do not see the stars nor even the sun. MADE OF DUST. "The astronomer who claims that his eye penetrates space billions, trillions and even deefllions of miles stultifies hlm eelf in the next breath by declaring that worlds and solar systems are being formed of cosmic dust. “Was the polar star obscured by the interposition of a world in formation? Yet the film formed by the breath of the obscure Jupiter. Evidently, therefore, we no more see a star than we see a distant power-house that supplies electricity to trolley lines. We only eee the end of the st£lar or solar ray where it enters the bubble of which th* earth is the center. "It is strange that no astronomer has ever heretofore obeerved that tbe magni fying glass of a lens two inches in diame ter could have no appreciable effect on an object as remote as Saturn. Yet the ring and the satellites of this planet are thus made visible. “In short, there is a kind of screen which presents the Images of stars as a sheet between the observer and the magic /lantern at an exhibition. The Images ean be magnified, but their distance is per haps scarcely fifty Inches.” When asked what this had to do with the eruption of Mount Pelee, Mr. White house replied: “Within twenty miles of the earth there is a cold as Intense as liquid air. Differences of temperature can be converted Into an electric flash, as elec tricity can be converted into heat. “The so-called eruption of Mont Pelee waa purely electrical. The sympathetic eruption of La Stoufriere was partly due to an interrupted circuit and partly an induced current. The public mind has been confused by reports of what undoubtedly took place, but even the scientific observers have not discriminated between cause and effect. There was. es course, no flow of lava, but even without that, can any one imagine the crater dis charging what was said to have issued from It? “Professor Hill rightly insists that there should be a succinct and rigorously accu rate statement of the facts. When this is done it will be found that neither dust nor gas came from the volcano. Who saw the dust ascend? Really, only mud, hot water, smoke and bombs were ejected. The material descended as a thin cover ing of uniform thickness. And this blan ket was the dust precipitated by the elec trical vibration, still warm from crystal lisation. Had It been otherwise thera would have been about 100,000,000 tons of froxeu mud falling in the neighborhood of Pelbe. What Pere Mary saw was tha cloud of decomposed matter caused by the • electric discharges. “It la absurd to speak of all this com ing out of the volcano as it would be to. say that the smoke and stifling gases in a fire caused by an electric wire came from the power-house. As a fuse burned out to the circuit Pelee simply sparked. It set fire to everything between its summit the eea and the surface of the water Itself was made warm. MASTODONS BURIED IN ICE. “Now you see how mastodons are found, with hair and flesh intact, embedded In Si berian lee. If the uprush of an air cur rent would disturb the cold statum abovei a chimney what Would be the effect of the* upheaval of a mountain mass, with or without a volcano? It is unnecessary ta suppose that the axis of the earth has changed. “The ice crop of the Antarctic is much, larger than that of the North Pole, but the volcanoes of Erebus and Terror are In violent activity. There are scores of terrestrial and celestial phenomena, front the double tide to the cold moon, tha4| can be explained by my hypothesis. “It is high time that Americans, who have a well-deserved reputation for being the most easily bullied individuals in the world, whatever Uncle Sam may be to his collective capacity, should call a halt on the reckless dissemination of preposterous assumption, whether from this or the oth er side of the Atlantic." SHORTEFFuNIVERSiTY - TRUSTEES TO HOLD MEETING ROME, Ga., Dec. 11.—The trustees of Shorter university will hold their first ses sion in the parlors of the institution in this elty on December 19th. They are Colo-! ned D. B. Hamilton, Rome; Dr. W. W< Landrum, Atlanta; Dr. J. D. Jordan, Sai vannah; Judge E. H. 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