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f 1 EDITORIAL PAGE THE SUNNY SOUTH APRIL 7, 1906. Uf>e SUNNY SOUTH Published Weekly by Sunny South Publifhing Co Susine/i Office THE CONSTITUTION BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA Subscription Terms : To those who subscribe to CAm Sunny South only Six Months, 25c *9 One Year, 50c LESS THAN A PENNY A WEEK SaMred at the poatefllce Atlanta, Ga.,aa aecaad*clasa mall matter March 13, 11101 hr Sunny Smuth la the oldest arrMy rarer of Literature, Romance, Fa ft and FI A! on In the South It It new re* /tored to the original shape and will be published as for* merly every week & Founded In 1174 It grew until 1899, when, ae a monthly. Its form was changed us an expert* ment ^ It now returna to Its original formation aa a weekly with renewed vigor and the Intention of ecllpa* ing Ita moat promising period In the paat. Temperament, and the Will Power FRIENDLY correspondent was kind enough to express cordial commend- ation over the editorial published in these columns last week under the caption, “Melancholy Has No Part With Spring.” The compliment was, however, diluted in that the writer expressed the belief that cheerfulness was largely a matter of temperament as opposed to the advice given in the editorial to cultivate it by means of the will power. In a desire to avoid verbosity in the original ed itorial, we did not perhaps make our meaning quite clear; and from this ambiguity has risen the misapprehension existing in the mind of the correspondent mentioned. The subject is one of such large importance and such vital human interest as to warrant a supplementary editorial utterance. We quite agree with our kindly critic that cheerfulness may be, and to a; great extent is, a matter of temperament. When it is a natural quality of a man or a woman, it is a most valuable asset, bringing one friends in legion and the beautiful ability to look at life always from an iridescent angle. Rut—and we have ex pressed this opinion previously in these columns— the natural possession of such temperament, char acteristics or whatever you choose to call it, is no credit whatsoever to the possessor. He or she may be well congratulated in that their.lives are hap pily lightened by its perpetual presence; just as we would congratulate a friend on hue mental ability, good looks, good health, a good form, or any other virtue coming straight from the hand of Providence with little or no exertion on their part. But to be sunny, when there is very little of that quality in the natural disposition; to be hope ful, when within one’s nature has been planted the germs of despondency and melancholy; to be cheerful, amiable and of a social disposition, when the fundamental impulse is to be moody, nan- communicative, churlish or self-centered—well, that is an entirely different matter. It is when a man or a woman succeeds in overcoming this blight of heredity, environment, ill health—you may name your own source—that we believe they are entitled to infinite credit. In sim ilar measure, we would shower praises and admira tion on the individual who won education, cul'ture, wealth, sweetness or virtue under terribly adverse circumstances. The achievement would simply mean a battle on their part; the worst sort of battle, in that it would be a case of a house divided against itself—the strongest resistance, the most discouragement, would come from one’s self. And we maintain that the thing can be done. We have seen too many vivid instances to think otherwise. We have seen men of the most hope lessly morose disposition, cursed by a gloom that repelled would-be friends and impaired seiiously their worldly prospects, inch by inch, contending at fearful odds, fight against the perversity of their ■natures and finally win the dav. We have seen the same victory accomplished by women, under cir cumstances just as notable. The same rule, or something, very similar, may be applied to the experience of every person of any pretensions to self-government. Hardly one of our readers but will recall a friend or an acquaint ance who has accomplished radical alterations in their disposition by this persistent, never-flagging exertion of the will-power. It may be a tendency toward arrogance; an inclination to overweening conceit; the disagreeable faculty of constant fault- tinding; indolenc.e; intolerance—any one of the many-faced black brood which darkens the fair prospect of human nature and makes for friction and failure. This much is undoubtedly true: The percentage of persons who achieve a revolution within them selves is comparatively small. Their natures are simply , not equal to the. task. Try as they will, here and there, at unguarded moments, perhaps, some little stealthy, unbidden reminder of the old traits will sidle to the surface, to bring disap pointment and a momentary depression to the owner. The general proposition holds, however. If it did not, and we were left as helpless slaves to our tendencies and impulses, the world would record little progress. We think that in this our corre spondent will heartily agree, unless we have been guilty of misinterpretation. Leaves from an Scrap Book By A GEORGIA COLONEL. Old Necessity and an Inventive Yankee ^HE palm for shrewdness has, hitherto, been accorded the down-easter, re siding in New England, where orig inated the term “yankee.” It has generally been considered that what could not be accomplished by an inhabitant of this section in the way of quick and pertinent use of his wits, was not worth attempting. Hereafter, however, we think the dis tinction should be transferred. It Ought to be made resident in New York state, and kept .there perma nently, or until the citizen of some other section of the country brings forward convincing proof of a right to the title. It is to be noted in this connection, that the faculty of invention is brought prominently into play in the incident about to be cited. In the past, the New Englander’s claim to tactical great ness has been presumed to confine itself simply to the exercise of his gray matter, with little of the . assistance of science; the accessories in the traditional “yankee trick” have been supposed to be of the simplest possible nature, the genius being displayed in a startling and unprecedented appli cation of arrangement of old and crude material. In the following instance, however, it will be seen that this wide-awake New Yorker absolutely stepped out of bounds with his ingenuity, and in that process he deserves to occupy a unique pedestal in that gallery of fame erected to men who have ever found necessity the mother of in vention. Here it is, and The Hudson Register is responsible for it: A Stol’kport poultry farmer has had great trouble of late because his hens were not producing the proper number of eggs. A nearby neighbor has a fine flock of hens which were working overtime to produce eggs. While hanging over the back fence listening to the tn umphant cackle of his neighbor’s hens an idea struck tht luckless owner of hens. He went into the house and brought out his phonograph, inserted a blank record and succeeded in getting a fine imitation of the cackling of the laying hens. He then installed the phona graph in his own hen house and started it going. The first day the hens were greatly amazed, but the second day they got down to business and ground out an egg every time the phonograph cackled. The hens have stopped cack ling themselves, however, and when the phonograph stops they stop laying and the originator of the idea has to sit in his coop all day long to keep the phonograph going. CORRESPONDENT of The New York Times wrote that " Grant made his second as sault on Vicksb*irg to gratify the press at the north, which might have charged him “timidity, if not cowardice.’ The cor respondent then said: “Grant took the only possible course left him to forestall this senseless clamor. He moved at once upon the enemy's works, and was repulsed; but as, from misun derstanding. only a portion of his force had participated in the attack, he knew the country would not he aatisfled, and so he tried it again. This time a column 20 miles in length and numbering thou sands by the score, was precipitated against the Gibraltar defenses before them. As was .expected. It met with a bloody and overwhelming repulse, and— the country, after hearing this, and learing that in the experiment twe lost from three to five thousand men, without in a single instance having made the slightest impression upon the rebel works, will he likely to allow the com mander-in-chief to reduce Vicksburg in his own way. Our heavy loss, after two unsuccessful attempts to carry the rebel works by storm, will convince people that. If Vicksburg Is very weak in front, It does not have that defect in the rear; and, furthermore, that the r,ebel garrison is neither weak, demoralized, nor starved, and that its guns, instead of being ■Quakers,’ are veritable Parrots and Co- lumbiads, at once commanding in posi tion and numerous as to quantity, and which at any moment are able to fill the air with a tempest of death into which no storming party can enter and live. From this time onward the people will be (Willing to wait with greater than usual patience the ulow process of reducing this place. “The wounded, or many of them. at. the killed of last Thursday, were i brought off the field till the afternoon of the succeeding Monday. It Is scarcely necessary to add that when our parties went over the field the proportion of the living to dead was terribly small. In this hot climate few men will lie under a scorching sun, without food, water and medical attendance, and survive wound three days. For this reason, very few of those found were alive; but few, if any, will recover. Why they were not brought away sooner I cannot tell. After the first assault the rebels not only al lowed our men to come upon the ground and carry off the wounded, but they as sisted by rendering in person many at tentions to those who fell close to their (works. After the second assault, how ever, they refused to allow any one to come upon the field. Surgeons, who ap proached with white flags in their hands, were flr.ed upon, until finally, the at tempt hail to be abandoned. The rebels cannot be blamed for this, nor firing upon the surgeons who approached with white flags, lor this reason—that during these times our men did not cease their belligerent operations, but kept uip con stantly a fire from the batteries and sharp shooters.” We had previously heard of the use of the phonograph in detecting crime, and in preaching the funeral of some man who wanted to be sure that he would not be slandered by a disinterested parson. The foregoing wrinkle is, however, a new one on us. It opens, too, such a wide field of possibilities as to give ample exercise to the most exuberant imagination. If there should be an egg famine threatened next winter, the country may be indebted to the gentleman from Stockport for a simple and speedy solution of the problem. Next Week a New Serial in The SUNNY SOUTH FATE’S BEGGAR MAID TOM GALLON, I Author of “TATTKRLY,’’ | ** DICKY MONTE ITU,” ••A ROGUE IN LOVE," Etc. The novel is a thrilling recital of love, intrigue, and crime in the world’s metrop olis—London. It is absorbing from the first line to the end, introducing kaleidoscopic assortment of the characters which may only be found in that wonder ful city. Strong, teeming with plot and counterplot, showing the influence of love and of avarcie on characters. Don’t Miss the First Instalment in Next Week’s SUNNY SOUTH. ROSECRANS AT CHICAMAUGA. Said The Savannah. Republican; “The defeat of -Rosecrans at Chicka- mauga, though we are dissatisfied on our side with the inadequacy of the results, has produced deep mortification in the enemy’s country. A correspondent ot The Cincinnati .Tazette thus inounrfully describes what he saw: “ ‘While I stood gazing upon this scene from the summit of the ridge some rebel skirmishers appeared in the skirts of the woods opposite the gap I have mentioned, and Hung perhaps a dozen musket balls into the field. Instantly men, animals, vehicles, became a mass of strugglin shouting, frightened life. Everything and everybody appeared to rush headlong for the narrow gap. horses, mules, ambu lances, baggage wagons, artillery car riages and caissons were rolled and turn bled together in a confused, inextricable and finally motionless mass, completely blocking up the mouth of the gaps. Near ly all the booty subsequently fell into the hands of the enemy. Sickened and disgusted by the spectacle, I turned away to watch the operation of General Thom as’ move, upon which alone depended the safety of the army.’ ” SEARCHING WOMEN. The following paragraph was taken from The Richmond Dispatch: “We have been shown a private letter from a lady In Norfolk, giving an ac count of tile arrest and search of three ladies of that city by the federal authori ties. The writer of the letter being one of the victims to this .piece of yankee ma lignity, rehearses her treatment with an indignation characteristic of insulted womanly virtue. The provost marshal, it seems, shirked the responsibility of the contemptible proceeding, and left the mat ter In the hands of a set of unprincipled clerks, who secured the services of i woman as bankrupt in morals as them selves to superintend the search. Against only one of these ladies was there any charge, and she was arrested upon in formation furnished to the Nineteenth Wisconsin regiment by a negro that she intended to pass the lines with letters for parties in the confederate army. When she was taken before the provost mar shal the other two ladies went to see her, when all three were subjected to a rigid examination in a room adjoining the marshal’s office.” BRIEF AND PITHY. Said The Atlanta Confederacy in 1862: “The following intercepted correspond ence between the commanders of the two yankee fleets at Vicksburg and Port Hudson, though brief, is decidedly pithy: “ ‘David Porter to David Farragut, Flagship Uncle Sam, above Vicksburg, December 28, 1862.—My Dear Dav: Why don’t you come up? I have been waiting here for you three days. Yours in ex pectation, D. PORTER.’ “ ‘David Farragut to David Porter, Flagship Richmond, below Vicksburg— My Dear Dav: Why don’t you come down? It’S so much easier to go with than against the current. I know, for I have tried the river on a run both ways. Come down—don’t be afraid. Ever yours, D. FARRAGUT, Admiral.’ ” A “PIOUS FRAUD.” Under the a.bove caption The Chatta nooga Rebel published the following in 1863: The following is an extract from a let ter written by an Abolition Chaplain connected with Lincoln’s army in Vir ginia. to his friend and brother preach er, located- at some other point. The letter was captured along with other mail matter, when Captain Enrich "took” the United States mail between Burlington and Williamsport the other week. The letter is datef* “Camp near Romney, Octorber II, 1863,—All quiet on to Potomac. Rose- crans is all right. A very sanguinary battle will come off at or near Chatta nooga before Kong. Oh! for success. I now believe we shall have it. And O for a little more ‘Greek fire’ to be rained upon Charleston, that sink of in- The Whispering There is a whisper in the trees That, gaunt and bare, Sway here and there And time the songs the breezes bear— The foreword of the birds and bees. The trees that seemed as pulseless things Now shift and shake And are awake; The swelling buds are fain to break In answer to the whisperings. They whisper, whisper, all the day Of summer sun, Of fancies spun In twilight when the day is done And sunset shadows come and play. They murmur promises all sweet, That we shall wade Down through the shade Their heavy, bending boughs have made To soothe us in the drowsing heat. They chant a haunting summer symn Of skies all blue, Of doves that coo, Of nodding roses dipped in due, Of white stars on the world’s wide rim. They laugh all softly of the scent Of apple bloom. And of the boom Of beetles buzzing in the gloom; Of wondrous dawns that bring content. They stand as eager sentinels That hear the hum Of bees that come As armies at the rally-drum Whose rousing roll the echo swells. And so the trees bend to and fro Against the gray Old sky, and say That summer hurries up the way-— The mystic trees, they know; they know W. D. Nesbit, in Chicago Tribune. Glen Voliva. A Cave Hotel, Ocean Springs and ^ Other Florida Freaks & Continued on Ninth Pago. By HELEN HARCOURT. Written for The SUNNY SOUTH HILE many of our southern states can boast of a good ly share of the curious ■workings and freaks in •which Dame Nature -often delights, there arc few, if any, tha-t -can excel Flori da in tills respect. In pre vious -papers we have vis ited some of these oddi ties, amt tod-ay we purpose to take a peep at still others. In a cave, which is lo cated some 12 miles from the thriving t-o-wn of Gainesville, Alachua county, we see a spot tlia-t has ibeen locally fa mous for more than fifty years. It is one of the wonder “sights” of tihe coun ty, and has -been visited -by hundreds of tourists, many of whom, 'having heard at a distance of the strange cave, wan dered out of their route on purpose to see it. For many years Warden's cave has been a favorite for the people round about, and yet they merely recognized it a-s a -matter of local interest. The spot lies neither on railroad nor water route, and can be reached only by private con veyance, carriage or horseback. But the drive is a -beautiful one, over good roads, and in many places through dense ham mocks of -tropical luxuriance, under the shadow of moss and vine decked live oaks and magnolias. It was a tavorlte ■drive and picnic resort, and that was all, so far as local interest was con cerned. Two or three years ago, howe-ver, one of the northern men who visited the cave, became deeply impressed with its mysterious possibilities. He was an en ergetic -man, one who knew when he wanted a thing, and mean-t to have it. He soon made up his mind tfhat he want ed to own this cave, which, by the way, as above mentioned, bears the name of Warren’s cave, after the hunter who first discovered it. To ascertain the namo of the owner of the property on which tlie cave was located and then to purchase it were the next steps taken (by the newcomer, and they were taken so quickly as -to almost electrify the easy going dwellers thereabouts. A CAVE HOTEL. The entrance to the cave had hitherto been barely large enough -to admit an adult, crawling on hands and- knees, and required great caution even then, to avoid a humped head and scraped back. The first thing the new owner did was to enlarge the natural opening until it was of more comfortable dimensions, and then to convert the rough, slippery de scent into the cave, into a rude, but sare stairway. U.p to this time the cave had never been thoroughly explored, in fact, no one bad ventured further than few yards fro-m the entrance. Mr. Sheppard, the new owner, -had gone much further into its dark recesses than any one else, and the discoveries he had al ready made were -the cause of his de termination to purchase the cave and ■make of it eventually a favorite resort for tou-rists, his plans for the future in cluding -a large hotel on the spot. one ot tne cinier discoveries made by Mr. Sheppard was that of a clear water lake, a quarter of a mile from the en trance. In this strange underground lake were sporting both fish and water fowl. The fiah no douJbt came to be there -through the medium of -the subter ranean stream that must feed the lake, but how came the water fowl there? Was it possible that they had scented that water from afar and had just come through the entrance, just like “folks?” If -not, and that was hardly likely, how did they reach the lake? This is a •problem that some day may be solved, but thus far remains a mystery. The existence of -the limpid lake and of some other strange features was not revealed until the property had changed owner ship. The road to the lake was not an easy one. It lay over loose rocks andl gullies and crevasses, but one day, un der Mr. Sheppard’s guidance, several Gainesville gentlemen managed to reach it, and to prove the fact .that the sub-!* terranean lake was ireally -well stocked wMJh fish a -hook and line -was taken along. It was but a short time after the bait was cast in the water before it was seized, and a large fish landed that closely resembled a trout, and yet dif fered in some respects. The existence of the cave, and of its mysteri.es, was reported to the depart ment of geology at Washington, and it! dispatched a detail of its scientists to I make an exhaustive exploration. There j were four in the party, and for more: than a -week they delved into the bowels ( of the earth. For fully a mile they work- ■ ed their way into the cave, and still the' end was not yet, nor any sign of it. | Their progress was slow and difficult, for j the floor of tile cave, - in itself very, rough, was liberally strewn with bould-! ers, mostly covered with green, slimy fungus, and many of these lay in such a position that they had to be climbed over at the risk of slipping and breaking a limb. Still othe.r rocks jutted out from the walls and roof with a threat of fall ing at th,e least touch or jar. The lake was reached without much trouble in an hour and a half, and here the (party halt ed In their preliminary survey and re traced their steps to the outjer world. On the following day the work of ex ploration began in earnest. Laden with cooking utensils and a complete camping outfit, the scientists plunged downward again to penetrate the mysterious depths. The moment the lake was passed the way became increasingly difficult. Loose rocks were strewn over a floor rendered slip pery with slime and green fungus, yawn ing holes, some big, some small, some dry, some filled partly with water, and yawning cracks here and there were en countered at every step and necessitated constant watchfulness. THEIR PROGRESS BLOCKED. Still, with the aid of shovels, picks and plenty of determination, the exploring (party pushed on, penetrating, as we have noted, quite a mile into the depths of the earth. At this distance further pro gress was stopped by obstacles that they had no means of overcoming, to say nothing of the intense fatigue of their strenuous exertions, which had crippled and lamed two of the party. The tents wer.e therefore pitched, ample room being found in a lofty chamber, an appetizing supper was prepared, after which the weary explorers enjoyed good night’s rest, wrapped up in heavy blankets. It was a novel experience, this sle,ep in the very bowels of the earth. As an illustration of the real dangers Incurred by the explorers, one incident wti.ll suffice out of several. In many places in that mile of dark mysteries it was necessary to ascend and descend deep crevasses by means of a rope. In one of thes.e perilous descents of about thirty feet one of the party was so un fortunate as to lose his grasp on the rope and fell headlong for fully half the distance. Had <he fallen on the rough rocks the consequences might well have been fatal, but happily he landed in a small lake at the base of the huge rock he was descending. The rope fell with him, but fortunately his companions had an extra rope in reserve, and with this rescued their unlucky friend. But he was compelled to continue the arduous march, drenched to the skin, but thankful to have escaped so easily. An elaborate report -was made by the explorers fo the department of geology on their return to Washington, a report that shows War ren’s cave to be one of the most re markable In the United States in many respects. Emerging into the senshlne from the wonders of the subterranean world, let us now turn our gaze upon what is easily one of the most curious and In teresting springs in the world. This is the famous Wakulla spring, 15 miles from Tallahassee, the capital of Florida, which sends off a river from Its single out burst. Whence comps this marvelous flow, beyond the fact that it is from a mysterious underground channel, no man knows. The water, -like -that of many of the Florida springs, is impregnated with lime, and is consequently wondrously clear. The spring is ibu teetf deep, but seems as hardly as many yards. Look ing down into the transparent liquid one sees a beautiful -mosaic of many shaded greens and yellows, together with love ly, delicate aquatic growths waving to and fro on tihe rock strewn bottom. Busy World I LIBOR GLENN VA- t-IVA has been elect ed head of the Zion City dogma and en terprises inaugurated by the renowned Dowie, who, it will be remembered, posed as Elijah IL With the absolute deposi tion of Dowie conies the desertion of hie wife and son, Glad stone, both of whom have joined the rebel lion against his religious and secular au thority. Dowie is in Mexico, supposedly in search of health. The crisis was pre cipitated by his telegram deposing the members of the sect who had passed judgment on his actions. His telegram was answered by a lengthy one, in wTilch he was apprised of iris removal from authority, and advised to quietly retire to avoid “full exposure.” RINCE HOHEXLO- 11E- LANGEN BURG, who probably will be made chancellor of the German empire, succeeding Count von Buelow, was until a year ago regent of the duchy of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha. He was born Sep tember 13, 1363, and in 1896 married Prin cess A 1 e x a n dra, Prince Langenburg. daughter of the ia:e Duke Alfred (duke of Edinburgh; of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and niece of King Edward of England. In 1897 the prince was honored with the -British decoration of Knight Grand Cross of the Bath. His full name and title are H’is Serene High ness Ernest William Frederic Charlr-3 Maxmilian. hereditary -prince of Hohen- lohe-Langenburg. The alleged diplomatic failure of Count von Bueio>w In the Mo roccan conference and tne miscarriage of colonial affairs will, it is believed, lead to his retirement. SSOCIATE JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN, of the United States su preme court, -who contradicts the re port that he is to re tire from the bench to aid in the merger plans of two Presby terian churches of Washintgon, D. C., has been a member of the supreme court Justice Harlan. since November 29, 1877, and in that time has handed down some noted decisions, including that in the Nebraska maximum freight rate case and the Northern Securities case. He was born in Boyle county, Kentucky, in 1833, was educated in Center college and Transyvania university, and was a coun ty judge at the age of 25. In the civil war he was -colonel of a Kentucky regi ment in tne union army, and later served as attorney general of the Blue Grass state. He was twice nominated for gov ernor. A year ago Justice Harlan sug gested the erection of a Presbyterian ca thedral in this city. HE earl of Onslow, whose suggestion in the house of lords resulted In the an nouncement that the government w o uld appoint a special •ommittee to investi gate American insur ance eompaniee. with x view to legislation to protect British policy holders, was president of the Lord Onslow. board of agriculture in the Balfour cabinet, previously he had been undersecretary for the colonies, par liamentary secretary to the board of trade, governor of New Zealand and un dersecretary for India. Lord Onslow was born in 1853, was educated at Oxford and succeded to the title and estate in 1870. Jlis wife is a daughter of the third Lord Gardner. He is provisional grand master of Surrey Free Masons. Lord Onslow farms on a large scale, and Is an efficient member of the London county council. BORGIA N1A, LADY DUDLEY, who Is to be editor of a new weekly, to be pub lished exclusively for circulation a m mg the British nobilf:, is the mother of the second earl of Dud ley. who under the Balfour government was lord lieutenant of Ireland. She is a sister of Sir Robert Drummond M o n- crleffe, and moves in select circles. It is announced that the paper which Lady Dudley is to edit will in no sense cater for general (popularity. For the -'common people” the price practically will be pro hibitive—two shillings and sixpence a number, about 60 cents in American money. Lady Dudley. THOSE EXPLANATIONS. (From The Chicago Inter Ocean.) Senator Foraker, at a dinner in 'Wash ington, quoted with a laugh an extrava gant and incredible statement that be had read in a magazine. When some one at tempted to explain, he said: “The thing is preposterous, and all the explanations in the world won't alter its preposterousness. These explainers. They are never at a loss, are they? They re mind me of old James Scarlett of Rains- boro. “There w-as nothing which James Scar lett of Rainsboro could not explain. “One winter night he was reading a volume of the Seaside Library to his fam ily gathered about the fireside. With his spectacles on his nose he droned along like this: “ ‘Gwendolen de Vere Hastings lowered her limpid blue eyes, and Lord Algernon Mannering tok her slim white hands in his. and crushed her to him in a passion ate embrace. ‘At that moment, 5 minutes past !2 sounded from the castle belfry, and ’ ' But here young Miss Scarlett inter rupted. , “ ‘ N ° clock could strike 5 minutes past 12,’ she said. Certainly it could,’ James snorted. ‘It was 5 minutes slow.’ ” Continued on Ninth Page. TEXlAdJlS IN TEXAS. (From The Baltimore News.) A native Texan is almost an anom aly in Texas.” said F. B. Wilkes, at the Lexington, yesterday afternoon. “That seems a. strange statement to make, but It is a very true one, nevertheless. You know. Texas is 611 comparatively new country, and mosk of the people there are from north of that section. It will be different in another genera tion, but today the first thing one man asks another on HWng introduced to him. is ‘Where are you front, sir?’ It is told of a certain preacher out there that one Sunday when his church w^m pretty full, he asked: “ ‘How many native Texans are tnmw In this congregation?’ “Seven men arose. “ ‘How many men are thete here wl are not living under their own names?' “Not a man arose, but there was awful period of suspense there f- while, until the pastor gave out closing hymn.”