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EDITORIAL PAGE THE SUNNY SOUTH AUGUST 13, 1904 4 rv- 7 * 5»cSUNNY SOUTH Published. Weekly by Sunny South Pubti/hing Co Suslne/s Office THE CONSTITUTION BUILDING ATLANTA. GEORGIA Sub/criptlon Terms: To those who subscribe to Cis Sunny South only Six Months, 23c 'P One Year, 50c LESS THAN A PENNY A WEEK t Gn.'M arcsnil-rliia nail natter 13, 190.1 Entered at the pMIaflea Atlanta, Hlarch ' The Sunny South la tho old oat ap ookly papor of literature, Romance, fad and Fldtlon In the South ^ It la notv re* Jtored to the original ehapa and will be pmbllahed aa for* tnerty every week # Rounded In ,874 It grew until ,899, when, aa a monthly. Its form waa changed aa an expert* meat It now returna to Ita original formation aa a meekly with renewed vigor and the Intention of ecltpa* * n 8 li * moat promtalng period in the paat. Prophet Howie and the Heat Hevits LIJAII the Three-Time^ alias John Alexander Dowie, of Chicago, is his own press agent, and one of the best I in the country. When he is not hurl ing “stink-pots” at his enemies or de-. riders, he is invariably inventing some bizarre methods of bringing himself into the limelight and—in-^ cidentally—bloating the bank ac-l Opium Gaining Baneful Hold on England’s Poor UBLIC attention has recent ■ly been drawn to the drug habit toy cases In the courts. Some time ago a. man and woman were placed In the ■dock together. Their con dition of nervous distress was pitiable, and they Im plored the magistrate to allow them to have mor phine. Their sufferings were so acute that the re quest was • eventually granted and the immediate result was marvelous. Their misery and dejection appeared and for a time at least they seemed perfectly restored. More recently a man charged with dishonest dealing told the magistrate that he was a victim to cocaine and while under the Influences of t'he drug did not know what happened. Inquiries show that the vice Is much more common than Is generally Imagined. Naturally it Is Intended to be a secret sin, but the victim of the habit quickly becomes mentally and physically demoralized to an extent which renders ID VOU know that the good old ladv’s the ser \' ic<? of the doctor Imperative. _ i _ On this subject Or. Forbes Winslow water bewitched, the potat on ... . ’ * speaks with the authority of one who which she hospitably tenders you has mady a close study of the disease with a smile on her dear, wrinkled for many years. To a reporter he enter- , , r ,, , .. : ed into the matter at some length and old face with the assurance that it during the interview quoted from a num- will “cheer but not inebriate,” lias be.r of works which h e has written on the subject. "In my opinion," he said, “oiie of the chief causes of degeneration in the human race is indulgence in opium or the drug habit. In China there are up ward of 3,000,000 opium eaters and the numb r Is gradually Increasing.’• A PERNICIOUS HABIT. In one year t'he value of opium which v as sent Into England was over $2,000,- 000. One curious thing In reference to the drug Is that it takes hold of the indl- count of'T. A. D. His open and hit- mixture and probably use it lavishly—more of it! nlakes Ihm'nnit” !t Regenerates him and terest foes will not deny that he has, and better grades if you are wealthy—less quality duties of life. The first symptom are rare executive powers and a copious and more quantity if yoti cannot afford the genuine feelings of content and slight excitement, must rage throughout the winter for the same pur pose. Since they assail the just and the unujst with equal ferocity, we may be pardoned for asking the prophet wherein the advantage lies in being good? Peradventure he will shortly offer a panacea for suf ferers in blocks of stock in Zion, which, fully paid for in the most excellent coin of the republic, will exorcise the wicked little devils and enable the or dinary mortal to dispense with ice or crash clothes or the expansive palmetto fan. Arguing the matter out to its inevitable finality, is it not equally probable that the same course ob served in winter would drive the coal men out of business and empower young Mr. Hard-up to leave his raglan perpetually in the tender care of his old Uncle Three-Balls? Prithee, Prophet, offer us some such benign ar rangement ! It is the only manner in which we per ceive thou wilt ever be able to revolutionize the world. Tea Which Cheers and Gently Inebriates k_ Along' the Highway By FRJWK L. STANTOH .J of MORNING WITH THE MOCK'- BIRDS. The trees in autumn beauty seen Still give the world a glimpse green, And here and there the starlight shines Through fadeless morning glory vines. And sweeter far than human words Is morning with the mocking-birds! The thrilling music of their song Prom meadows where the daisies throng; In chill, dark nights, when in the sky, Shadowed and stil, the red stars die; But sweeter far than human words Is morning with the mocking-bird-• And will that melody of song Tnrill the rapt world the winter long, And to the graves and gardens bring The beauty of eternal spring? Oh, sweeter far than human words Is morning with the mocking-birds! - j A ROSE IN AN OLD VOLUME. Long years ago, and life has known 1 at Shanghai. Among sad changes— : says that tiaere are Life that holds Love in thrall; jwounded persons at Port And what of time, and distance that that the Russians are negotiating with estranges? I the Japanese to send the hospital ^hip This poor, dead rose is all! «wav full of the sick. S3*e Busy World The report sent out from Nagasika the fall of Port Arthur last Sunday has not been confirmed. The latest news from the beleagured city is from e c - respondent of The London Morning Post other things he 10,000 sick and Arthur, and Did she not dream the rose would die and, dying, Leave memories bitter-sweet? I do but smile to see the dead thing lying In ashes at my feet. It has com- been playing she and you and oth ers a trick for lo! these many years? Perhaps you would not dream of en tering a saloon and taking a glass of whisky or gin, and your animosity to the rum evil may even include banning it from your home alto gether. But you see no harm in the tradition-entrenched green and black ?s liie lives of several thousand people or hold other and more respectable names, there was almost happened lon '£ a s° present themselves in • ,• • i i , I all their originalitv and the ifn.ture mi ni line against the hurricane of abuse and as much and as injurious tippling among tea-lovers: pears bright. As the habit increases this ■ases feeling of exaltation is followed by de pression. At Hist the complexion and particularly the eyes, but afterwards the face becomes intensely pale and generally Insensibility supervenes.’’ Do these conditions apply also to those who are addicted to cocaine?" "Yes, entirely. When I was in New York some time ago I spent a good deal of time in the Chinese quarter and it was a most ordinary thing to 6ee Amer ican women there who had become fas- a label personal magnetism. Otherwise recently printed a thoughtful, well-balanced article i has fee ling of delight, while the temper- lie could not absolutely dominate as in which it pointed out that while we called it by! ature is increased. Circumstances which he jloe them ridicule turned loose on his doctrines and follow- as those who look “on the wine when it is red and crs. It :s a matter of recent history that his pres,-; moveth itself aright.” This statement is likely to tige received a sad jolt in New York. lie went ther e shock a good many people who are ardently devoted with the “host of Zion,” as he calls the faithful, on! to tea and who, rightly, look askance on the red- several special trains, leased Madison Square Gar--beaked citizen. It is very susceptible of proof, den and conducted a house-to-house canvass for however. The theory advanced by The Review, the purpose of saving New Yorkers against their and for the confirmation of which it points to Ire- wills. The matter-of-fact metropolitan press rid- land, is that tea is a powerful stimulant and that the died his massiymeetings and his lurid vituperation j average devotee consumes it in large quantities. with such merciless accuracy that Elijah was com-j Few tea drinkers but remember the time, far dis- cinated by the habit hanging out of the polled to return to Chicago, crestfallen and sore, tant now, when a single cup sufficed to put them j ” r,Ildo 'y s - lhe z llad become its victims willi no converts and a flabby pocketbook. J he in that pleasant evening-glow so promotive of social capable of leaving the quarter. Many of creditors of Zion, seizing the psychological mo- and intellectual pursuits. They will likewise re- ! them were ladies." ment, came down on him en masse for the purpose member, perhaps with astonishment, how the ef- ! COMMON AMONG WOMEN, of wiping his ideal city off the face of the map. j feet of this first cup grew less and less satisfying, Does the dri:g ’ habi ‘ assume aeri- Tliey did not know John Alexander, however. lie forcing the drinking of a second, in many cases, a 0 '!fx-^I 0 ^? r , t . l0ns . 1 . ere ln Ell8:I,a J :id7 developed the sharpest sort of legal instinct, and third draught. within a few days so adjusted his affairs as to en-; The Review goes on to say that this would be able him to leave Zion working on a smooth basis, bad enough were it not followed by even worse while he traipsed off on his tour of the world. features. The civilized notion of tea brewing is to The outcome of this latter venture is also pub-j boil the leaves, let them steep indefinitely, and serve lie property. In Australia and New Zealand and i a strongly astringent, powerfully stimulating bever- India the people haven’t the sense of humor possess- age, so flavored as to disguise the objectionable ed by Americans. Consequently, they took his | taste. In many cases, it is pointed out, tea-lovers epithets in earnest and led the prophet a hot chase even go so far as' to hold over the leaves from the up and down the streets of the principal cities, final- previous brewing and, adding fresh tea to them, ly forcing him to refugee in England. The London secure a double-distilled strength. In the course hotels were wary of accommodating such a prolific of time, this continued and violent prodding of the trouble-maker, however, and he set sail for Amer- energies produces jaded nerves, possibly diseased ica with a very small stock of dignity and a badly! organs—and the irritablej sleepless sufferer is at a imported into England, and if the m- collapsed bag of hopes. The manner in which the loss to account for his or her condition. duigence was measured by the standard passengers on the Gotbambound steamer “ragged” Of course, there is no denying that tea in mod- tlie decli “ e a,,d f£lU of the src’Li sys- him has been amply reported. But the wonderful eration is a delightful beverage—a soother and a ^"^vhat abou^t the e^ectsV^* 1 CtCd " ‘‘Well, there are many. As I have al ready stated, in the early stages the drug produces beautiful feelings and visions. The feelings of the enter are not F IT HAD BEEN. If it had been, dear heart, in life’s sweet ways I might have known your footsteps, ere snow Had blurred life’s summer and the rainbow-ravs Around the sweet skies of the long ago. I would hold heaven and all the joy therein, Q Dear heart, if it had been- If it had been, dear heart, these wrink led hands Had thrilled within the warm clasp of your own, Swift and obedient, to your sweet com mands, involuntary j Thrall to the service of your alone, They had not crimsoned in the clasp of sin. Dear heart, if it had been! If It had been! ... I count y weary years. So barren of all beauty and delight. And even as T.ove’s morning star ap pears Feel the lone shadows of enfolding night. Moaning to night and all the gloom therein, That grief: “If it had been!” the Japanese Mongolia away full reported that General Stoessel mitted suicide, and panic pl Port Arthur. Marquis Oyama has Pro ceeded north and expects to attack . • Y From A St. U Petersburg comes the report that Lieutenant General Lmevitcti ^ I do but smile as men may smile, fore- Marching with a laigc , ’ rc ’ , al lowing direction of Vladovostok to^create^ a ^^ That Death is at the woor, j version in the rea relieving Gen- And that the red thorns in life's gar- army with t e ° jec dens growing , eraI Ku 5° P ^ k i n 1°, t ' he news .that the Shall wound their brows no more. j F rom Mu f “ n ‘ , the ghanhaik- I Japanese are now using tne o ^ I smile even as the stormlwracked wang railroad for provisiom army and mobilizing troops .or an at tack on Simintun. about 30 miles ^est of Mukden. If this statement pw«« to be true it would indicate that e nese are landing troops Kwang, the southern terminus railroad, and transporting them mintun. The strategic importance of the possession of this railroad, v c .^ , ,, e Love that whispered of a sweet sought by the Russians euro and despairing Smile at the sea’s release, ’Whelmed in its depths, while dashed wreck is faring On, to the port of Peace. I smile—pale-facing every vain deavor— The hope, the fear, the trust; How the Shanhai- the Sin- forever Mourns idols in the dust. I Poor flower, whose not fulfilling—- Loved of the life that grieves; war, is apparent. ... Secretary Hay has defined the position United States in the matter or neutral vessels by the dan government and the ALONE WITH THE DREAM. Yellowed leaves and a dusty cover— Dim and gray with the dust of years. It was the gift of a long-lost forever— A gift of love and a gift of tears. A withered rose and a leaf of clove From the beautiful gardens far away- Is the dream of love so quickly over? , What does the heart of the woman j say? i of the promise time is the seizing of ships of the Rus; „ ..... ,, following is a summary of the lirm san ^ Is not some memorv of the Maytime taken by this government in the n ] at ' f I • thrilling j’Mh.- recognition in principle of tna Your dead—vour ruined leaves? treatment of coal and other fu <>.. 'raw cotton as absolutely contraband of Are there not phantoms in the near— war might ultimately lead to a total in- the far light— • hibition of the sale by neutrals to tho Ghost that will not depart? people of belligerent states of ail arti- Do you not feel beneath the summer, des which could lie finally con\erte< ] to military uses. Such a d starlight The flutter of her heart? Poor heart, forever in the dark years sighing For what may never be! A voice in deserts to the darkness crying— A ghost of Memory! Dreams—dreams! Where life with purpose grand is reaching To heights the stars above, What is a voice—though, tender and beseeching— What is a woman’s love? Life answers, “All!”—to the white stars replying; Glory and fame depart; Love’s flower imortal blooms when dust is lying Old the dreamless heart. “JEST FROM GEORGIA.” Did yon see them cows an' hosses .lest from Georgia? Did you look like gains utd losses—- Jest from Georgia? Did you see that cotton, white As the snowfall in the night? She hears the bells of the Mavtime | Did it look lige gloom an’ blight ringing: j Jest from Georgia? She sees the May with its blooms depart. These were songs of her lover’s sing ing, But the dust is over the lover’s - heart. He is vanished Don’t tho worl’ look spruce an’ prim Here in Georgia? Don’t the ’possbms erwod each limb Here in Georgia? Ain’t you thankful you’re a livin’ In a lan’ such rilhness givin’? Ain’t you mighty dost to heaven Here in Georgia? Her first sweet love . calling—calling Bade to the beautiful, _ past; HE WHISTLED ON THE WAY Tears on the time-worn pages falling? Hoods of fame i.ishrined The woman weeps o’er the dream at name last! I laurel-wreath or bay; [And yet he made ear.- happier; claration oZ the principle by treating coal and other fuel and raw cotton as absolutely con traband of war simply because they are shipped by a neutral to a non-blockaded port of a belligerent would not appear to be in accord with the reasonable and lawful rights of a neutral commerce." Premier Balfour, in reply to a ques tion, said England had not receded from its position on the sinking of the Knight Commander, and that Russia would oQ held strictly acountable for the bread? of international law. Roderick good- ale, the eminent artist, died at his home, Regent pmk, London, recently, at the age of S2 years lie was one Of tiia most popular of Eng lish painters, but. had been in retire-' ment for the past fourteen years, due- to advancing age.-; During a long andJ dnil very busy life Mr iron one of the English f appealed to the popular fact that cheap vorks are found all over the 1322, and at his first paint- Tn 1363 he his And effrontery of the man enabled him to enter New York with the same suave face, boastful words and Unmarred aplomb with which lie left it. He scurried across country to his stronghold, bracer for duties and pleasures. And it is equally true that the person who does not go to extremes is never troubled with the symptoms roughly refer red to. But how many families drink it in mod- merely pleasurable; ho experiences great where he settled all disputes in a jiffy and infused eration? i delight and brilliant fancies, winch new hope and ginger into the fading life of his pet The sensible Japanese who first cultivated tea ■ ' '^w'lt'iouT'dou'bt "'many pointers schemes. He has just come out with a new bid for and who know it from a to izzard, never abuse it in! have done fine work under the influence notoriety in a recent announcement from his Zion this wav. They do not believe in “steeping” or “boil- 1 of °i >Iurn - At first only a small quantity rostrum. Taking as a subject the heat which has mg it. \\ henever it is desired for the use ot the : hok1 of the victim the w i ze of the dose been decimating Chicagoans and inhabitants of household or for guests, boiling water is poured i is increased and among the most fre- other cities, he declares, in his “divine” capacity, over fresh leaves, allowed to remain for a very^ quent effRCts are hallucinations of hear- that it is nothing less than “little devils in the air,” few minutes, drawn off and served. The result is| ins ‘ an OLD HALLUCINATION, sent bv the Omnipotent to scourge mankind for a clear, fragrant fluid. It gives a perceptible lift to "The idea of being in communication their sins. lie says that these malignant spirits will, the spirits and a considerable quantity of it would with Satan is most continue their persecutions, until Christ rebukes; be required to produce the injurious effects of thei oases - them and sends them back to the place where they, concentrated tannin which America and England‘ comes annually force on their stomachs. was there other— A dearer love than the olden one? Kissing her lips, a child cries “Moth er! ” The book is closed, and the dream is done! originated—hell. The theory certainly has the merit of novelty if not of rationality. If the heat-devils are sent in summer to harass the sinners, then the ice-demons common in these But eventually the victim be- degruiled in mind, physically de moralized and mentally diseased. In l some asylums in America 33 per cent The Japs have learned much from US, but there: of the patients were opium eaters. There is an instance in which we could imitate them with profit. POLITICS in FICTION Splendidly Handled in TEN Short Stories Beginning in 15he Sunny South of August 20 The intense dramatic interest of the current presidential campaign makes these stories unusually timely. They will treat of all sorts of characters and situations in national and local politics. Their titles and the list of the authors follow* ing will win them an eager audience. The Promised Land The Real Issue .... In the Third House Dan McCarthy, Captain of Police . Conscience of Alderman McGinnis Deepwater Politics .... A Temperance Campaign Bud Leach ..... With His BacK to the Wall . A Woman Who Hesitated L. E. MacBrayne William JHlen White Walter Barr Lincoln Steffens Octave Thanet May McHenry G. K Turner .Augustus Miller J. M. Rogers Walter Barr THIS FEATURE, THE PRESENT ONES. AND OTHERS IN NEAR PROSPECT, MAKE THE SUNNY SOUTH DOUBLY WORTH YOUR WHILE. doubt also that It stimulates to crime. Frequently it happens that tiie victims of the drug will steal things when there is no inducement to do so. In Singapore 80 per cent of those con fined in the hous eof correction were opium smokers and the offenses of which they were guilty were nearly all a’gainst property." " ‘And the cure? v ” "The usual method taken by doctors Is to reduce the amount of the dose by a sliding scale. The victim deprived of the drug is often in a state of mania and without relief would frequently lose his reason. It Is a well-rocognized fact by all the leading authorities that inas much as inebriety can be dealt with bv suggestion, so the same applies to the drug habit. That is the only effective treatment for what is really an incurable disease.” “How do these people manage to get hold of the drugs?” “They make all sorts of excuses. Of course, they have to get a doctor’s order, but they reveal very great cunning and resourcefulness in securing their ends." never on earth an-; Hhe whistled on the way! When sorrow frowned and stars were drowned In stormy skies and Krav, He saw the light stream through the night: He whistled on the way! And even grief found sweet relief— Hope shed a bright ray. And hearts he knew not blessed him. For whistling on the way! Arid when from life’s dark bhadows He passed into the day They wrote above, this line of love: “He whistled on the way!” IN THE OLD FIELDS. Wish that. I was there today, Where the river sings away And the birds make holiday, Down there, in the blossoms. Where the world was bright, as May, And we went the blossom way. Where the world made holiday, Down there, in the blossoms! Canary=Breeding, Pleasure and Profit For IN FOUR PARTS—PART IV. By HELEN HARCOURT. WritU ■PU'A THE SUNNY SOUTH 50 CENTS A YEAR Uhe Sunny South Pub. Co., Atlanta, Ga. ' DAVIS IS A MUSICIAN. (From The New York Herald.) Richard Harding Davis, novelist, makes no pretense of being a piapist, but he does play the guitar and sing a bit. Not. long ago he composed a musical setting to a set of verses by a popu lar poet, picking it out in the secrecy of his apartments on a piano. The accompaniment t 0 his voice consisted of a few chprds, which, frofin frequent repetitions, he fixed in his memory. One ni?ht Mr. Davis was at a gath ering of musical folk, among whom .was a celebrated composer. An admirer beg ged the rovelist to play one of hts own eompositiens. He consented, walking up boldly t 0; the piano and straddling the i zlcd breeder hesitates between Scylla piano stqol with the assurance of a vir- i and Charybdis. The only thing that can But no sooner had he snread be done by way of relief for the too- ’of Z>hc- -v ay ET no one giippose that raising canaries is all fun and smooth sailing. That it is all play and no work. The business is like all others, Inasmuch as it has Its ups and downs, its suc cesses and its disappoint ments. Even when suc cessful. a s it will he if proper care is taken, there will crop out among the details, failures in the , * hens, failures in the eggs, and failures In the young birds. Some of the first .will not behave as they should some of the second will not hatch, and some of the third will get sick or die There Is a credit and loss account In every business, and you must not expect all profit and no loss In the canary busi- nes, any more than In any other. These little bothers and worries gen erally begin ln earnest soon after the first yellow balls come to town. When the babies are four or five davs old, and as fat as yellow lumps of butter, their too devoted mother sometimes begins to make trouble for them and their owner. Of course she does not mean to do it not at all. But she loves those open mouths with their Huffy attachment of down so very much, that she sits on them the whole time, and won’t leave them even for a minute. So the poor little things get sweated and almost suffocated. There is no real cure for this freak, for freak it is. If the mother is taken away, the babies will starve, and so the puz- tuoso. But no sooner had he spread his fingers upon the keys than he turned to the celebrated composer, who had fol lowed him to the instrument, evidently in great perplexity. “I say," he complained, “I can t find the starting note. I composed my tune on an S-W-Y and this is an E-D. Where rhould the note that is under the ’W’ on an S-W-Y be on an E-D?” much-loved balls of down is to take their father out of the caffe, as then the moth er is compelled to leave the nest at in tervals to feed herself and her babies. This gives them some relief, and in a few days the freak usually passes, and then the cock may be returned to his family. Sometimes one of the little ones will be found lying on the floor of the cage, dragged out by the mother in hopping out of tlie nest. Pick up the yello-w bail, breathe on it to warm it up a bit, and put it back in tlie nest. Then capture the mother and see if her claws do not need clipping. It is no uncommon thing for the lien to refuse to feed her little ones, or at least only half feed them, and this, too, only a day or two after she has coaxed them out into the world. In each case, you must watch closely, and if the babies seem hungry all the time, showing lhat they are not getting sufficient food, you will have to feed them yourself. The way to do this is to crumble a hard boiled egg, moisten It with saliva, scrape a little up on a tiny flat stick and feed It into their mouths. Do not think that water will do as well as saliva. The latter is what the moth er adds to it in swallowing and then disgorging it for the little ones, and na ture has decreed that their earlier food must be moistened in this way. It is a sort of predigestor. The father is a good provider, a faith ful feeder, and can always be depended on. But you see the trouble is just here. He feeds the mother, expecting her to do what nature does not allow him to do, and that is disgorge the food and give it to the babies. When she is good, she does so, but w’hen she is naughty or frivolous, she refuses to do her duty. And then what is the poor rattier to do? He has done all in his power in bringing the food to his wife for her to prepare for the little ones. So If she will not give it up to them, it is you who must supply her deficiencies as above directed. When the young ones are too weeks old, their plumaige will be in course of formation, and this, in the eyes of their mother, is evidence that they can do without her constant care. So she begins to buikl another nest, for which purpose materials should be furnished, and often this second nest is completed before the first brood is fully fledged. It is bet ter to let her make her new nest in another cage, allowing the mal e bird to visit her night and morning until the third egg is laid, an* then he can be put altogether in charge of the young CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR. Frede ricK- Go Gondall hail painters who taste, as evidenced by th< copies of His best known on the walls of people world. Tie was horn i the age of 17 exhibited ing at the Royal academy. wa s made a member of that institution. Among his works are “The Return frop^. Christening.” “The Tired Soldier’’ and "Tlie Flight into Egypt.” CCORDING to tho •a hie dispatches Tom St. Petersburg, tlie assassination of Minister von riehve last week was but part of a programme if the revolutionary ommittrv wnlch proposes to do away with other important personages. One of those marked for death is M. Pobedo- df Ppbedonfsizet nostzeff, procurator general of the holy synod. Pobedonost- zeff is extremely unpopular wiih iho masses. Tie is very close to the czar and has ever used liis influence to keep down the lowly. Devoutly patriotic, liis one aim is to see his country move along the lines he has laid down. Twice he lies blocked constitutionalism—once in 1881, when Loris Melikoff had a charter ready' for issuing, and again a. year or so later, when Ignatieff was moving toward parliamentary government. Pobedono.it- zeff s sole political ideal is autocraov — the supremacy of church and monarch, two in one—an altar throne at which all shall kneel. He has twice been shot at, but his views have suffered no change therefrom. According to the prevailing orinion in Russia, Pobedonnstzeff was re sponsible for the Kishinef outrages. ME “unkissed” yet nviting looking Wil iam Gladstone how- ” is to become a •ridegroom very ’■'on, and the S5.- 100.000 fortune of JLs Ruth TIofer. the ■ichest heiress m Switzerland, will be mured into reasury at Zio The Geneva corre* spondent of The Lon, WGDowiv don Daily Mail had the story from unimpeachable * Miss Ilofer’s beautiful chateau Constance Is for sale. The young iady has wound up all of her business affairs, and is living in the household of II,” awaiting the dai th$ sources^ a t Lake when she w’ill he- . of his son. The heiress came from Europe and his family last June come the bride ms son Tllc , Swls3 with Dowie _ „ . and the s,- crecy that was maintained regarding he ed to the report that she was engaged to the 'prophet’s" son. But the Dowi l denied this. At the same Rm/ the r ! most precaution wv>s maintained regard h! cm S ! 1C WaS k ° pt in room at the Fifth Avenue hotel. x 0 onp allowed to see her. Eve,, a relative who called was refused permission to see her In fact ’ the 8lrl was Practically a pris oner. Then as soon as Dowie could get away from New York he rushed to Zion where Miss Hofer has lived at his home 3 he marriage of the son of the -proplu c" vill be celebrated by a series of elabo rate ceremonies at Zion. Miss Hofer on the trip from Europe scribe her aa being a rather charming and pleasant-looking woman of about ES n m« Ve J ' ear t DuHn " ‘he trip sha had little or nothing to say to am per- fv m Dow?e d b ° f H the r> ° Wie Par ‘>-’ Reccnt- L has been lecturing his flock on the proper methods of courtship ‘No young woman," he said, "should go out " f al h kl “* after dark without the consent Se vo P tS ' The P,ace court is m f^ks ar? rT n ’ S h ° me ’ the old folks are handy and can be asked the question, if any young man wishes to first % r U " S woma " in Zion he must first ask her parents, unless he is a rob-