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THE VALIANT.
Not for the star-orownf'd lirroeH, the men that conquer and slay.
Hut a song for those that bore them, the mothers braver than they!
With never a blare of trumpets, with never a surge of cheers.
They march to the unseen hazard —pale, patient volunteers;
No hate In tlie.tr hearts to steel them —with love for a circling shield,
To the mercy of merciless nature their fragile selves they yield.
Now God look down in pity, and temper Thy sternest law;
From the field of dread and peril bid Fain his troops withdraw!
Then unto her peace triumphant let each spent victor win.
Though her life be bruised and trembling—yet. lit from a llame within
Is the wan sweet smile of conquest, gained without war’s alarms,
The woman’s smile of victory for the new life safe in her arms.
So not for the star-crowned heroes, the men that conquer and slay.
Hut a song tor those that bore them, the mothers braver than they!
M. A. Do Wolfe Howe, from Woman’s Home Companion.
Physician and the Pirates
By Laurence J. Yates.
One morning in September, 190 —,
there came tP the office of Dr. Fred
eric Curtin, a young English physician
in Hongkong, a native junkman from
the Chinese city of Swatow, about
two hundred miles northeast of the
English city. The junkman brought
a letter to the doctor from an old
acquaintance, the Ilev. James Burren,
a missionary in the vicinity of Swa
tow; and the letter begged Curtin to
come and attend the missionary's
young son, who was suffering from a
puzzling and lingering illness.
As none of his patients in Hong
kong demanded his immediate at
tention, Curtin was free to respond
to the call. The Silver Moon, the
trading junk that had brought the
letter of appeal, was to leave on the
return voyage the next day at noon;
and as this junk offered the only
means of reaching Swatow for several
days, Curtin engaged passage on the
slow-sailing, clumsy vessel.
There had been much activity that
summer among the native pirates that
infest the coast waters of the China
Sen; and although the doctor did not
expect to encounter any of these gen
try, ho took the precaution of placing
in his valise two heavy navy revolvers
and n quantity of cartridges.
The Silver Moon sailed on the mor
row at midday, as scheduled, and
driven by a wide spread of canvas,
slipped through the deep blue, lapping
water of this Eastern sea at a much
better speed than the doctor expected.
That evening a nearly full moon float
ed in the clear sky, and gave a glory
to the ocean that Curtin had never
seen surpassed. He sat on deck until
late, and when he did go down to his
cramped berth in the cabin below,
be dropped into a sleep so profound
tbnt his first intimation of danger was
when he was awakened by fierce, wild
cries and the scurrying and trampling
of many feet on the deck overhead.
He sprang to get his revolvers. But
while he fumbled with the catches of
the case, there was n ruslj of foot
steps down the passageway outside;
and the next moment the frail door
burst in. with a crush before the attack
of half a dozen nearly naked China
men, who had American revolvers and
short curved swords. The Silver
Moon had fallen prey to pirates, and
Curtin calmly submitted himself to the
invaders.
He was allowed to dress. In the
meantime the pirates rummaged
through hjs baggage, including the
rather portly black leather case in
which he carried his medicines and
surgical instruments. When he was
hustled on deck a few moments later
he found lying alongside the Silver
Moon a huge junk, and swarming over
the captured vessel a motley hjjrde
of evil-looking barbarians. The crew
of the Silver Moon, awed and cling
ing, was huddled forward under guard.
But Curtin was not placed with
the other captives. At a word from !
the thin, wiry man who appeared to
be the leader, two of the pirates
marched the doctor straight aboard
the strange junk, where they proceed
ed to hind his arms and legs with
ropes, and left him near the fore
mast to sprawl or sit on the hard
deck, as he chose. As soon as every
thing of value on the Silver Muon had
been transferred to the robber junk,
the crew returned to their own ves
sel, and cast off, leaving their coun
trymen to go their way in peace. The
pirate junk now headed to the north- j
east, following the coast.
Curtin, sprawling on ihe bare deck j
in his bonds, could only conjecture j
what was to be his fate. He knew ;
that the native pirates often made a |
practice of holding prisoners for ran
som, and he fancied that his captors j
intended to do so in his case, other- i
wise they would not have singled him !
out from all those on the captured
junk. It did not reassure him to re- i
fleet that his bank-account in Hong
kong was an extremely modest one. j
and that he had few friends In the
city who could place any large sum at
his disposal.
A hour the middle of the forenoon
his attention was attracted to one of
the pirate crew—a big man who* was
restlessly pacing up and down the
sun-scorched deck not far away, ap
parently iu intense agony. On observ
ing the fellow closely, the doctor saw
that there was an angry, unhealed
wound in the muscles of his bare left
forearm, and noted that the arm it
self was swollen to nearly twice its
normal size.
At once Curtin’s professional in
stinct was stirred. - On the impulse of
the moment he stood up awkwardly
on his pinioned legs, and said in Chi
nese:
“That is a bad wound you have in
your arm. I am an English doctor
of Hongkong. Perhaps if you will let
me see your arm I can relieve the
pain.”
The big Chinaman stoped his un
easy striding to stand and look doubt
fully at the speaker. The pirate lead
er happened to be near, heard what
Curtin said, and, the wounded sailor
continuing to hesitate, signed to him
to allow the doctor to examine his
arm.
The sufferer obeyed stolidly, and
one glance at the inflamed wound,
which evidently had been made by a
sword thrust, was enough to tell Cur
tin that he had to deal with a case of
threatened blood-poisoning. But he
thought that if the arm was immediate
ly lanced the Chinaman would have
a good chance for speedy recovery.
This lie told the pirate captain, who
had come over to stand beside his
fellow cutthroat. He said that if the
black case that had been seized among
his other baggage that morning was
brought, and his arms were released,
lie would at once treat the wound, al
though he would not guarantee to cure
the man.
To the doctor's surprise, the cap
tain answered that lie had in
Hongkong, and knew of the skill of
the English doctors, and that he would
be much gratified if Curtin could save
the sailor, as the fellow was one of
his best men.
The medicine-case was quickly pro
duced, and the doctor's hands were
untied. First ascertaining that the
contents of the case were undisturbed,
he prepared the wounded arm by
pouring a little alcohol upon it. Then
ho took out his instruments and quick
ly performed the opec"*ion.
The look of reli-/ Pvr.ame into
the sufferer’s face was */'ifjparent, but
neither the captain nor th° other mem
bers of the pirate crew, who had gath
ered round to watch, made any com
ment. Curtin carefully dressed and
bandaged the wound, and as soon as
ho had finished, his hands were re
bound. His patient moved away
without a word of thanks or apprecia
tion, yet the doctor did not neglect
to say that as often as was necessary
lie would attend the arm again. He
was anxious to make a friend of this
Chinaman; for a friend, he felt, would
not be a bad tiling to have among
that barbarous crew.
Shortly after sunset that evening
the junk reached the mouth of a nar
row river, and a quarter of a mile from
the entrance to this stream the sails
were lowered and anchor was dropped.
Curtin gathered from the talk of some
of the crew who stood near him that
the junk was to be taken up this riv
er to an outlaw retreat, but that they
would not enter the narrow channel
until the high tide of the next morn
ing.
Not long after the evening meal
was over the pirates began to turn in
for the night. Most of them merely
threw themselves down on the hard
deck. By nine o’clock all were asleep,
with the exception of a single watch
man, whom Curtin could see strolling
back and forth across the after-deck.
Hours passed, and ns the doctor lay
outstretched on the bare deck, he tried
to work his hands out of the hempen
cord that bound them together behind
his back. He thought that if he could
free himself from his bonds, the
watchman might nap, and thus give
him opportunity to slip over the side
of the vessel into the sea and swim
ashore. But he was unable to release
his hands.
Not long after this, the watchman
came forward and silently passed close
to Curtin, and he was rather surprised
to see that the lone guard was no
other than the man whose arm he had
lanced that morning. He wondered
idly if the fellow had been chosen
for the post of watchman for the
reason that suffering had rendered
him .sleepless.
Then suddenly, as he looked up at
the big yellow’ man, anew idea for
escape germinated, grew to a hazy
i outline, and in a moment took definite
shape in Curtain’s mind.
In his medicine-case was a vial con
taining a quantity of a certain very
powerful anesthetic. He had told the
pirate that he would dress the wound
again when necessary. If on this ex
cuse he could get his hands freed and
the case in his possession, why would
it not be easy to administer a few
drops of the drug by a hypodermic in
jection, and almost immediately send
the watchman into a coma that would
last for hours —render him uncon
scious before he could rebind his cap
tive’s hands or think to make outcry?
Curtin fully realized the danger at
tendant upon so audacious a scheme.
But he felt that as long as lie was
in the hands of these ruthless and
merciless men his life was not safe
from one hour to the next.
Immediately he hailed the watchman
and asked him about his arm. The
tall pirate paused and replied that
it still pained him considerably. Cur
tin suggested that he bring the medi
cine-case and have his arm treated
there in the bright moonlight.
The watchman was slow in answer
ing. Curtin began to think that the
natural craftiness of his race had coun
seled him against the proposition,
when with a gesture of consent he
went to the companionway and disap
peared. In a few moments he came
back, carrying the familiar case in his
hand. Then the doctor’s heart gave a
joyous leap.
As soon as hiis hands were loos
ened, he quickly opened the case and
took out the vial he needed and the
hypodermic syringe. He poured into
the syringe a few drops of the color
less fluid from the vial. Next, with
hands that trembled with eagerness,
he unwound the bandage from the
wounded belt.
However, ’the doctor did not hesi
tate. He resolutely grasped the prof
fered arm, and carefully inserted the
needle-point of the instrument into
the flesh so far above the wound that
the powerful drug could have but little
harmful effect upon the irritated re
gion. Then, with even pressure upon
the plunger, h£ completely emptied the
vial.
1-Ie -withdrew the syringe, and keep
ing a strong grip upon his victim’s
arm, began to replace the bondage.
He worked slowly, methodically, oc
cupying as much time as possible in
each step of the operation. The China
man soon began to show signs of a
strange, unnatural drowsiness. His
head nodded on his broad shoulders,
his eyes were half closed, and he
opened them with difficulty. All an
once the doctor’s vigilant eye saw a
startled, apprehensive look flit across
the countenance of the pirate. The
next instant, the man gave a half in
articulate cry and snatched out his
sword.
Curtin threw’ up his hand to arrest
the fall of the blade, but suddenly, in
the twinkling of an eye, the Chinaman
wavered, the uplifted arm dropped
nerveless, the sword fell clattering to
the deck from the grasp of the relaxed
fingers. As the watchman toppled over
under the influence of the drug, the
doctor caifght him in his arms and
lowered him to the deck.
Then Curtin snatched up the sword,
and with one slash of the keen blade,
severed the ropes that bound his
ankles loosely together. He listened
just a moment. All was still on the
junk. He stooped down and finished
adjusting the bandage to the sense
less outlaw’s wounded arm.
But he did not linger long on the
pirate craft. Throwing a rope over
the side of the junk, he slid down in
to the w’ater and swam away. No
mishap came to him in the water, and
soon he was following the sands of
the beach to the northeast.
At daybreak he came upon a Brit
ish gunboat lying a little way off the
shore, and in response to his signals,
a boat put out and took him aboard.
That evening he was landed in Swa
tow. He found the missionary’s son
very ill with a stubborn fever; but
Curtin took up the battle just in
time, and at the end of a week had
brought about the boy’s recovery.—
Youth’s Companion.
Senator Ingalls’ Sons.
Kansas’ great senator, the late J.
J. Ingalls, left one son who gives prom
ise of figuring conspicuously in the
affairs of his state. Sheffield Ingalls
was a member of the last Kansas leg
islature, and took high rank in that
body among its ablest men. His home
is at Atchison, where he began the
practice of law not long ago, and now
that he has plunged into polities it is
predicted that he will advance rapidly
to the front. He is already slated for
congress, although the district in
which he lives has only recently elect
ed as its representative the son of
another famous Kansan, in the person
of young "Dan Anthony. Senator
Ingalls' other son, Ralph, is practicing
law’ In Kansas City, Mo., and for that
reason docs not participate in Kansas
affairs. The widow and daughter live
in the old family homestead at Atchi
son. —Washington Herald.
Eight years ago Norway began to
put away a certain percentage of the
profits coming to the state from liquor
selling for an old-age pension fund.
This now amounts to ?2,500,000.
Georgia Callings
Curtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Rev. C. H. Turner Exonerated.
At the meeting of the Atlanta dis
trict conference of the Methodist
church, in Atlanta the past week, Rev.,
G. H. Turner was declared by a com
mittee to be clear of' charges of im
mocal conduct preferred against him
while he was in charge of the Biairs
ville mission. The investigation was
made at Rev. Mr. Turner's own re
quest.
* * *
Confession Saves Negro.
Steps will be immediately taken to
release Will Branan, the negro who
has forty years hanging over him for
the alleged attempted assault of Mis
ses Ethel and Mabel Lawrence, at
Atlanta, last September. Solicitor Hill
made the statement, after he had lis
tened attentively to the graphic recital
of Will Johnson’s confession, told him
by Sheriff Nelms. Johnson made the
confession before being hung in the
Atlanta jail.
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A 801 l Weevil Scare.
Members of the Georgia Seed
Crushers’ Association have notified
the Georgia department of agriculture,
at the state capitol, that cotton seed
hulls from those sections of Texas
affected with the dread boll weevil
are being shipped into the state in
violation of the Georgia state. law on
this subject. Asa result of this infor
mation a conference has been'called
te meet in the office of the commis
sioner of agriculture, at which time
these charges -will be investigated.
* * *
Must Pay Back Illegal Fees.
Asa result of a decision of the su
preme court reversing the decision of
Franklin superior court in the case of
Franklin county vs. J. T. Crow’, former
ordinary of the county, Judge Crew
will be required to refund about sl,-
740 which he collected during his
term as ordinary for drawing war
rants on the county treasury. Judge
Crow declares that he w T as legally en
titled to the fees, but the supreme
court holds to the contrary and has
ordered the amount refunded. ,
•k ’f
Tybee Railroad Case.
The railroad commission has call
ed on the Cen;ral of Georgia Railway
company to show cause before it on
June 27 as to why rule 1, the cofltin
ucus mileage rule, has not been ap
plied to the Central of Georgia, and
the Savannah and Tybee railroad, the
latter being owned and operated by
the former. Instead of charging the
continuous mileage rates, it appears
the Central has put a switching
charge of $2 a car in freight shipped
over the Tybee road. This the commis
sion will investigate.
.:= * * •
Everybody is Invited.
The Fulton County Hoke Smith club,
at a meeting in Atlanta the pas: week,
adopted resolutions inciting every cit
izen of Georgia to visit Atlanta on
the 29th, upGn the occasion of Mr.
Smith’s inauguration as governor. The
Invitation applies not only to the hun
dred thousand men who voted for
the “people’s candidate,” but to their
wives, children and sweethearts, to
say nothing of the citizens who shar
ed contrary political views and sup
ported one of the four unsuccessful
candidate^.
♦ * *
Reunion of 42d Georgia Regiment.
The forty-second Georgia regiment,
U. C. V., will hold its annual reunion
in Logansville, Gwinnett county, cn
July 20. The regiment has generally
held its reunions on July 22, so as to
commemorate the date of the battle
of Atlanta, bn: the 22d this year falls
on Monday, and it was decided to
hold it the latter part of the pre
ceding week so as to allow more time
for preparations.
The thirty-fifth regimeht has also
been invited to take pSrt in the
reunion, it having fought in many bat
tles arcund Atlanta. /
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Must Register or Be IFined.
Secretary of State Phil Cook has
put all the corporations df the state
on no:ice that they must\register at
his office in accordance v.jith the re
quirements of the act of iffo6, or pre
pare to pay a fine of SSO, J which the
act authorizes him to impose in the
event of refusal or failure toy register.
This act applies to all corporations
doing business in the s;ate, 1 whether
under Georgia charters or /charters
from other states. The booths for reg
istration are now open, ani those de-
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city.
2Fj3 FOURTH ST., MACON. G<L,
Mrs. A. L. Zettler, Proprietress,
siring blanks for the purpose of regis
tering may secure them by writing
the secretary of state.
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Lyle Case Goes to Higher Court.
The motion for anew trial for Har
ry E. Lyle, who was convicted in Ware
superior court recently of murdering
his wife and baby, and who was sen
tenced to be hung on June 21, came
up for a hearing before Judge Parker
at Waycross Saturday.
After hearing the arguments of at
torneys Judge Parker overruled the
motion, and the case will now go to
the supreme court. Lyle has applied
for membership in the First Baptist
church in Waycross.
Lyle professed religion some weeks
ago, and since that time has been al
ways daily leading religious services
in the Ware county jail.
When Lyle’s petition for member
ship in the Baptist church was an
nounced at the conclusion of a recent
services Judge Parker made a state
ment, in' which he requested that a
committee be appointed to examine
Lyle to determine whether his con
version as genuine. Judge Parker’s
suggestion was adopted.
* *
Fake Report Exploded.
Governor Terrell has sent a tele
gram ’to President Roosevelt assur
ing him there was no foundation for
the report sent out in a press dis
patch from Oyster Bay to the efect
that President W. N. Mitchell of the
Georgia commission and himself felt
aggrieved over the curtailing of the
Georgia day program at the exposition
or that they in any way attributed the
necessity for it to him.
Governor Terrell assured President
Roosevelt that he considered Georgia
day a great success, all of which he
attributed to the presence of the na
tion’s chief executive.
Seven Bishops in Atlanta.
The entire Episcopal college of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South,
was monopolized by Atlanta Sunday,,
the occasion of the presence of the
seven bishops of the church being the
launching of the Wesley Memorial en
terprises.
Eishops Charles B. Galloway, H. C.
Morrison, Seth Ward, James Atkins,
E. R. Hendrix, Warren A. Candler, and
Bishop J. S. Key, were the chief pul
pit attractions of the day in the vari
ous city churches.
In the afternoon a great rally was
held in Wesley Memorial Tabernacle,
at which all the bishops were present
and took part.
Just to show what they could do
for the cause of Christ and humanity,
and to demonstrate their wiliingness
to pour out their money liberally where
the cause was worthy, the Methodist
Episcopal churches of Atlanta went
on record as donating $201,000 towards
the erecting of the great Wesley Me
morial Institutional church.
The height of enthusiasm was
reached when it was announced th it
Asa G. Car.dler, who had offered $50,-
000 on condition that $150,000 addi
tional could be raised, had decided to
increase his subscription to $i 5,000.
The Wesley Memorial enterprises
represent a great institutional church
work, the first in the south. In addi
tion to a great auditorium and church
centrally located on the present site
of the Wesley Memorial Tabernacle,
the building, or group of buildings,will
include a hospital, nurses’ home,
boarding house for young women, an
other for young men, reading rooms,
the editorial offices of the Wesleyan
Advocate, a gymnasium and baths, a
roof garden for the holding of enter
tainments under the proper surround
ings and environment.
PRESS YIELDS MIGETY POWER
Declaration of Worth Carolina Governor
Speech to Assembled Editors. \
‘•Rounding it all up and without
ing to flatter you, I deliberately as*
sert that chare is no power in this
country equal to the power of the
press, save and exempt the religion
of Jesus Christ, and without sacri
lege I say that even this wonderful
religion has a great deal of its
strength in the press.”
Thus Governor Glenn cf Worth Car
olina glorified the press in an ad
dress before the National Editorial As
sociation in convention at the James
town Exposition.