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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. ** * v 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. / * 4 * i 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- STOP AT THE ZETTLER HOUSE. The best SI.OO a day house in the 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. * * # 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.