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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 ZETTLER HOUSE. The best SI.OO a dsy house in the city. 253 FOURTH ST., MACON. G<v„ 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.