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EVELYN HOPE.
Beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead!
Sit and watch by her side an hour.
That is her book-shelf, this her bed;
She plucked that piece of geranium
flower,
Beginning to die. too. in the glass.
Uttle has ye.t b*--n changed, I think
The sliutiers me shut, no light may pass
Save two long rays thro’ the hinge s
chink.
Bixtcrn years old when she died!
ter haps she had scarcely heard my
name— .
It was not her time to love; beside
Her life had many a hope and aim,
Duties enough, and little cares.
And now was quiet, now astir —
Till God's hand beckoned unawares.
And the sweet white brow Is a.l of her.
Is It too late then, Evelyn l f or>e?
Wlut. your soul was pu'O and true,
The good stars inet in your horoscope,
Made you of spirit. flr<- and dew--
And just because 1 was thrice es oiu,
•And our paths In the world diverged so
wide, . . . „
Each was naught !J each, must 1 n
told? , .
Wc were fellow-mortals, naught beside.
No, Indeed, for God above
Is great to grant, as mighty to
And creates the love to reward the love,
1 claim you still for my own love s sane.
Delayed It may be for more lives yet.
Through worlds I shall traverse, not a
few—
Much Is to learn and much to forget
Ere the time he come for taking y
But the tl-.e will come.—at last It will.
When, Evelyn Hope, what meant, i
shall say, ,
In the lower earth, in the years long s ,‘ •
That body and soul so pure and gay-
Why your hair was umber, 1 shall m
vine
And your mouth of your own geranium s
red— , - .
And what you would do with me. In nn ,
In the new life come In the old ones
stead.
I have lived, I shall say, so much since
then,
Given up myself so many times.
Gained me the gains of various
Ransacked the ages, spoiled the climes.
Tet one thing, one, In my souls tun
scope, ,
Either I missed or Itself missed mo—
And I want and tlnd you, Evelyn Hope.
What Is the Issue? let us see!
I loved you. Evelyn, all the while;
My heart seemed full as It could I'°'”
There was place and to spare for tn
frank young smile .
And the red young mouth and the nair s
80, hush." K I K w?li give you this leaf to
Bee, J PP shut It Inside the sweet cold
hand. .
There, that is our secret! go to sleep,
You wlii wake, and remember, and un
derstand. „
Robert Browning.
Tshe
Trail of the Poppy
It had been a hard day. Excitement
had run high on the Stock Exchange,
fortunes had been made and lost, and
now, as he leaned wearily back In his
chair and tried to find comfort In his
after-dinner cigar, every overstrained
nerve pulsed with fatigue and clamored
loudly, insistently for relief. A
thousand little imps seemed to be
pounding with heated hammers on
his temples, and with a sigh of des
peration he threw his half-smoked cig
ar in the grate, and rang the bell
sharply for his valet.
“Johnson,” he said curtly, as that
“If any one calls to see me tonight,
say 1 am not at home.”
He waited impatiently while John
son bowed and closed the door, then
glancing around furtively, suspicious-
ly, opened a drawer In his desk and
drew forth a tiny hypodermic syringe.
He looked at it thoughtfully, curious
ly, and muttered, “I wonder if I’m get
ting to depend too much on this
treacherous thing. Anyway I must
have relief tonight, no matter what
the price may be.”
He frowned, hesitated, and then
baring his strong, white arm, touched
It gently with the needle, and throw
ing himself on the couch waited rest
lessly for the effect. Gradually the
throbbing pulses quieted down. The
little imps stopped their hammering,
and the lines of pain and fatigue were
erased from his face under the magic
lingers of the drug. He stretched his
tired limbs luxuriously; already he
felt himself anew man. The cares
and anxieties of the day seemed mere
child's play. What a fool he had been
to get so worked up. Everything was
all right.
Why was he moping in that dull
room by himself? The night with all
its attractions was still young. He
would go and take Eiein to hear Melba
In the famous "Jewel Song;” he was
a fool not to have thought of it be
fore. Klein always rested him, .any
way. with her gentle, soothing ways.
Poor little girl, he had neglected her
shamefully for that wretched deal lie
had been trying to make. Never mind!
In a few weeks she would be his w ife,
and then he would make it up to her
a thousandfold. He seized his coat and
hat aud hurried from the house.
The chill night air smote him
pleasantly, and he drew- long breaths
of enjoyment. The sounds from the
streets struck on his cars like delic
ious music. His feet hardly seemed
to touch the sidewalk, so light, so
buoyant did ho feel. What an un
speakable gift life was! How lull of
hope and delightful expectancy! It
was only a fool or a coward who could
find a dark shadow to cower in. Eiein
would bo glad to sec hint: he had
sent word not to expect him that
evening, so the surprise would he
W doubly pleasant.
He sprang lightly up the stairs of
her house aud rang the hell. The maid
; seemed to hesitate to admit him, hut
he pushed a coin into her not unwill
ing hand, and putting her gently aside,
darted laughingly up the stairs. He
well knew the way to her boudoir..
He knocked and called softly:
“Elein! Klein! It is I.” There was no
answer, and, pushing the door open,
he peered into the room.
Ah! there she was asleep by the
fire. Well! He would kiss her into
wakefulness. Her back was turned
toward him. One slender arm hung
limp and nerveless at her side. He
tiptoed quietly across the room, and,
smiling happily, leaned over the
chair. She was breathing heavily; her
beautiful unbound hair fell in a dis
heveled mass over her disordered gown
and strayed across her white bosom.
Her large dark eyes were half opened,
and staring straight ahead. The deli
cate, sensitive lips hung loose and
purpled. The whole figure was ex
pressive of total abandonment to some
evil, blighting influence.
The smile slowly faded from his face
and a look of horror, disgust and
loathing took its place. Was this sod
den, insensate thing the woman he
had placed above all others? Had
chosen for his life companion? His
practiced eye had caught the mean
ing of those tiny scars on the naked
arrn. Shee, too! It was horrible.
He stumbled blindly from the room.
The elation of an hour ago fell from
him like a warm garment and left his
naked soul bare to a thousand name
less fears and terrors. He shivered
as ihe night air blew sharply on his
heated face, and turned up his coat
collar in a vain endeavor to protect
himself.
The noises of the night were mad
dening. The imps were beginning to
pound on his temples again. What a
course life was; thrust as it was on one
without any option of their own. It
was not to be endured. There was no
truth or happiness to be found any
where; everything was useless, hope
less, horrible. He would end it all.
He stumbled heavily along; each
foot seemed a weight more than he
could lift. His brain was In a whirl
of confusion. One idea alone stood out
prominently, and that was to find
somewhere oblivion, relief from con
sciousness. He turned his bewildered
steps toward the river. Its low, sul
len murmur seemed to lull and soothe
him, as he hung fascinated over its
dark depths, too inert and nerveless
to make a final effort. Then exerting
all his strength he plunged forward.
He felt himself falling, falling, and as
he struck the icy water with a half
suppressed scream he opened his eyes.
Johnson, with an expression full of
anxiety, was dashing cold water on
his face. The sun streamed warmly
into the room, and through the closed
window penetrated the shrill, cheery
cry of “Mornin’ papes.” The dear old
everyday world was making into life
again. He looked around bewildered,
and then the blessed truth rushed up
on him. “Thank God! Thank God!"
he whispered brokenly. “It was only
a dream horn of that narcotic fiend.”
There was still time tor redemption.
Life, love, hope, were still within his
grasp.—Marie Budd in Boston oPst.
WARNS AGAINST RAW MILK.
Anti-Tuberculosis League at Atlantic
City Tells of Dangers in Its Use.
Startling warnings against the
drinking of raw milk, because of the
presence of tubercle bacilli therein,
were issued by the Americon Anti-
Tuberculosis League at its annual
congress in Atlantic City.
Dr. E. C. Schroeder, the federal ex
pert, wrote that "milk infected with
tuberculosis bacilli is a danger sec
ond to none,” and pointed out: "It
may be interesting and instructive,
that Schlossmann lias joined hands
with Von Behring in the belief that
all tuberculosis, at whatever age it
makes its appearance, is due to tuber
cle bacilli introduced into the body
through the intestines during the
milk-drinking period of life.”
Nathan Straus said: “With the de
struction of the tubercle bacilli in the
milk it can be safely declared that
New York's tuberculosis record would
he impossible. In the past five years,
in that city, there were 87,767 new
cases of tuberculosis of the lungs, and
tuberculosis of all kinds caused 47,-
831 deaths, which was over 13 percent
of the total deaths from all causes,
and 2S per cent, of these victims were
under 25 years of age.
"But this slaughter will go on until
every mother knows that It is a crime
to give her child raw milk, and until
the health authorities recognize that
their first duty is to prevent the peo
ple, practically all of whom use raw
milk, trying to subsist upon a diet of
consumption germs.”
The Ignoramus.
Brander Matthews was giving his
English literature class a brief dis
sertation on a certain living author
whose works he does not greatly ad
mire. "He may have taken a four
year course in ignorance,” said Pro
fessor Matthews, "but he must have
been born very ignorant, too. For
1 at his early age he could not possibly
have acquired all the ignorance he pos
sesses.'’ —Argonaut.
In Paris last year 45,000 horses were
sold for food.
With Our
Lawmakers
That the transfer of the control of
the Central of Georgia railway from
the holding committee, which acted in
the interest of the Southern railway,
to Marsden J. Perry and Oakleigh
Thorne means the dominance of the
Rock Island system in the Georgia
property, and that the new holders of
this control are planning to freeze out
the holders of income bonds, in which
$3,000,000 of Georgia capital is said
to be invested, is the fear expressed
in an address to the governor and
general assembly issued by a commit
tee of bondholders Friday. This ad
dress was brought to the attention of
the senate Friday by the introduction
of a bill by Senators Horne and Over
street to give the bondholders a share
in the control of this property in order
that they may protect their interests.
The announcement that the payment
on interest income bonds which is
due the second Monday in August is
to be passed in order that the income
from the property may be used to im
prove the roadbed and purchase new
rolling stock has caused the holders of
Central bonds to get busy. There
are outstanding fifteen millions of
Central of Georgia five per cent
income bonds, of which three millions
are said to be held in Georgia, and it
is to give these Georgia bondholders a
share in the control of the property
in order that they may prevent what
they fear is an effort to depreciate the
securities they hold, that the bill was
introduced.
When the senate met Friday morn
ing notice was given by Senator Fel
der, by request, that an effort would
be made to have the Candler railroad
commission bill reconsidered. It is
thought that an additional effort will
be made to increase the commission to
five and also to relieve the commission
so that their entire time will not have
to be devoted t.o the business of the
commission. The senate went into ex
ecutive session and confirmed the nom
ination of Judge W. D. Ellis for the
superior court of Fulton county. The
committee on public schools and edu
cation submitted a report recommend
ing favorably the bill of Senator Wil
liford to authorize the election of
the county school commissioners from
the residents of different counties, and
reported unfavorably the bill of Sen
ator Sted in reference to electing the
county school commissioners by the
people.
Beyond the passage of a few unim
portant measures, and the introduction
of new matter, the session of Friday
of the house of representaAves was
uneventful. The house passed a bill
which will do much toward the preser
vation of shad, that variety of the
finny tribe found at its best in the
streams of Georgia By an almost unan
imous vote, the house passed the bill
of Mr. Fraser of Liberty prohibiting
the use of "drft-nets" in catching shad
in the streams of the state. The only
objection raised to the bill was that
of Representative Rogers, the negro
representative of Mclntosh county,
one of the seacoast counties of the
state. He stated that hundreds of the
people of his county made their living
by ca ching shad, aud that they could
not catch them without the use of the
"drift-net;” that the mayor of Darien
made his living catching shad.
With the obvious intention of pre
venting any posibility of a filibuster
growing out of future legislation, Mr.
Burwell of Hancock introduced a reso
lution in the house Saturday morning
changing the rules and holding the
house right down to "the main ques
tion.” Rules 31, 65 and 69, which
have to do with the order of house
debate, are so amended as to pre
vent the continuous calling for the aye
and nay vote, and the consequential
explanation of the voters.
If the bill by Mr. Barrow of Chat
ham, introduced in the house Satur
day morning during the session which
lasted just an hour, becomes a law
all veterans of the Spanish-AmeriCan
war. the Philippines insureciion and the
Boxer uprising living in Georgia will
be added to the pension list of the
state. This bill was read the first time
and created considerable comment
among the representatives who were
present. Owing to the absence of the
Western and Atlantic committee and
their friends on a tour of inspection of
the state road's property between At-
STOP AT THE
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The best SI.OO a dsy house in the
city.
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Mrs. A. L. Zeltler, Proprietress.
lanta and the terminus at Chattanooga,
there was a very slim attendance,
and only bills of a local nature were
passed and a few general bills read
for the first time.
The removal of the experiment sta
tion from Griffin to Athens has been
decided upon by the general agricul
tural committee of the house. A large
majority of the committee voted, after
extended debate, that the bill of Mr.
Price of Oconee, providing or the re
moval of the station to Athens on
January 1, 1909, be reported with the
recommendation that it pass. The bill
will be vigorously fought on the floor
of the house by Mr. Boyd of Spalding
and the members of the surrounding
counties as well as others who favor
the present central location of the
station. Under the terms of the bill,
the $30,000 fund annually appropriated
by the United States government for
the support of the experiment station
will be transferred to the new SIOO,-
000 agricultural college, a branch of
the University ’of Georgia. The com
mittee also favorably reported the bill
of Chairman Martin of Elbert, increas
ing the price of fertilizer tags from
10 to 25 cents per ton, the revenue
thus derived —which is estimated at
$150,000 —to be appropriated for the
maintenance of the eleven congres
sional district agricultural schools.
What promises to revolutionize the
system of examining and checking up
banks in Georgia will be effected in
this state when the bill to create a
bureau of banking, as passed by the
house Monday, is enacted into a law.
This bill is the evolution of an ex
haustive study by the leading bankers
of the state and was especially recom
mended by the legislative committee
of the Georgia Bankers’ Association.
By a vote of seventeen to sixteen
the senate Monday refused to reconsid
er its action in passing the Candler-
Overstreet railroad commission bill,
so amended as not to increase the
membership to five instead of three
as at present.
With only one dissenting vote, the
house committee on railroads recom
mended the passage of the Candler
bill. J. Hill Hall cf Bibb cast the only
dissenting vote against the faverab.e
report on the bill. He will lead the
fight in the house on that provision of
ihe bill increasing the number of com
missioners from three to five members.
HAYWOOD’S FATE IN BALANCE.
Arguments in Case Brought to a Close
in Boise Court.
The arguments in the case of the
state of Idaho against Wi:llam D.
Haywood, charged with the murder of
Frank Steunenberg, a former governor
of the state, closed at Boise Thursday
night.
Clarence Darrow, after speaking for
eifcven hours, concluded the final plea
for Haywood's life at 4:20 p. m., and
at 7 o’clock p. m. United States Sen
ator Borah began the closing argu
ment or the prosecution
CHARGES NOT UNREASONABLE.
Commerce Commission Renders Decision in
Cotton Goods Case.
In an opinion handed down at Wash
ington Monday by Commissioner Clem
ents. the inters.ate commerce com
mission decided that the present rate
of 41 cents per hundred pounds on
cotton goods by the sea and by rail
from Augusta, Ga., to New York is
not unreasonable.
The case was brought against the
Southern Railway company and others.
INDICTMENTS AGAINST GREEKS.
Grand Jury at Roanoke, Va., Making it
Lively for Rioters.
The special grand jury, appointed
by Judge Woods, of the corporation
court, to investigate the riot in Roa
noke, Va., when all the Greek restau
rants in town were wrecked by a mob,
returned eight more indic;menr.s on
Wednesday, including time against
Greeks, who were connected wi:h the
Belmont restaurant, where the trouble
originated. The Greeks indicted have
left town.
BOND ALLOWED MOYER.
Haywood’s Partner Freed Under $25,000
Bail—Some Comments on Verdict
Rendered at Boise.
Judge Wood, in the district court
at Boise, Monday afternoon, ordered
Charles H. Moyer, president of the
Federation of Miners, admitted to bail
in the sum of $25,000.
The trial of George A. Pettibone,.
one of the alleged conspirators, was
set for Tuesday, Oc:ober 1. No appli
cation for bond was made in behalf
of Pettibone, the conference of coun
sel having been fruitless in this re
spect. Haywood expects to leave for
Denver at once. Moyer will leave when
bail proceedings are arranged.
A New York dispatch says: Presi
dent Roosevelt, not William D. Hay
wood, is now the “undesirable citi
zen,’’ said Alexander Jones, socialist
leader and editor of the Volks Zei
tung, when asked how he regarded
the result of the trial in Idaho. His
reply was perhaps the most pronounc
ed of many opinions by local special
ists and organized labor leaders. Mo
ses Oppenheimer, the organizer of the
Moyer-Haywood conference, in speak
ing at the meeting of the Central La
bor Union, in which socialist and non
socialist unions are represented, said:
“I have been a great many years in
the labor movement and in al! my
memory this is the first time the work
ing class has exerted itself in the same
way it has done for these men,’’ mean
ing Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone.
Efforts will be made to persuade
Kaywood to visit New York to attend
a socialist parade and mass meeting in
his honor to be held in Madison Square
Garden. It is said that 50,000 persons
will be in the parade. The New York
socialists claim io have been the first
to come to the financial assistance of
Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone. They
contributed $25,000 of the fund of
SIOO,OOO raised for the defense,
William Jennings Bryan is quoted
on the verdict at Boise, Idaho, as fol
lows:
“I am glad to learn of the verdict
and that It was not guilty. I watched
the trial and did not see how any one
could be found guilty on Orchard s tes
timony. Every crime he charged was
one he himself suggested, and it was
shown he was in communication with
the mine owners and attempting to in
duce the defendant to engage in crime.
“The manner in which the prisoners
were taken from Colorado was hardly
in keeping with a fair trial.”
Without comment President Roose
velt made public the fo.lowing tele
gram received by him Monday, refer
ring to the verdict in the Haywood
murder trial at Boise, Idaho:
“New York, July 25, 1907—Presi
dent Roosevelt: Undesirable citizens
victorious. Rejoice.
“Emma Goldman, Alexander Berk
man, Hippolyto Havel.”
both for jew and gentile.
Sabbath is Sunday for Legal Purposes
Says St. Paul Judge.
Judge Hand of the municipal court at
St. Paul, Minn., has decided that for
legal purposes the SabbaJi day is
Sunday. The decision came in con
nection with the arrest of Joseph Birn
berg, a grocer, accused of selling gro
ceries on the Sabbath. Birn’oerg is a
Hebrew and made the po:nt that he
observed Saturday as the Sabbath and
that he had therefore not violated the
law.
BETRAYER OF RUNYAN INDICTED.
Woman Who Exposed Thieving Bank Tel
ler Also Gets Into Trouble.
Julia M. Carter, the woman who be
trayed Chester Runyan, the paying
teller of the Windsor Trust company
at Now York, who stole $96,000, has
been indicted for receiving stolen goods.
Runyan says he gave her $15,000 of
the SBO,OOO in cash, ar.d she took $lO,-
000 when he was not looking.
SCHMITZ IS DENIED BAIL.
Imprisoned Mayor is Also Barred From
Visiting His Attorneys.
Judge Dunne at San Francisco refus
ed to admit Mayor Schmitz to ball and
denied him the privilege of visiting bis
attorneys. Schmitz appeared In court
Wednesday to ask for bail and to an
swer the Indictments charging him
with accepting bribes from the gas
company and the United Railroads.
In the first he failed. The second was
a formality and was carried through
without incident.