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A 80NO cl THE ROAD. I lift my cap to Beauty, I lift my cap to Mve; I bow before mV Duty, And know that God’s above! My heart through shining arches Or leaf and blossom goes; My soul, triumphant, marches Through life to life’s repose. And I. through all this glory Nor know nor fear my fate—- The. great things are so elmp le . The simple are so great! •—lTred O. Bowles, In Littell's Living Age. HOW A BLOCKADE RUNNER GOT THROUGH. Stray Dog that Foilowad ths Captain of the Laughing Lass on Board Ulilizad to Save the Situation. Capt. Harry Itockhill, who recently died in London, spent the greater part of his life in search of sport. Every corner of the earth was visited h> him in the course of his 70 years, and the story of his adventures would AH volumes. It was purely his love of adventure that prompted him to be come a blockade runner during the civil war, and he often declared that this occupation had furnished the greatest sport he ever experienced. “I suppose it was the novelty of the thing,” he remarked; “a sort of changing places with the game be coming the hunted instead of the hunt er. I fought Malay pirates one whole summer, but it was not nearly so in teresting as slipping in and out of Charleston barber through the feder al guard ships.” While Capt. Rockhill owned nnd commanded his ship, the Laughing Lass, he never derived a cent of profli from his blockade running. He would take on a cargo of medicine and oth er supplies purchased in England by a confederate agent, and land them In confederate territory without charging anything for the service, and there can be little doubt that he was the means of saving many lives that would otherwise huve been sacrificed for lack of proper medicines. The Laughing l.ass was a handsome ly appointed and very swift schooner yacht, and in all her career no Unit ed States ship ever saw more of her than her topsails as they faded away In the distance, although on one occa sion she must have passed within 50 feet of a steam warship, when there was scarcely enough wind to give steerageway. This occurred off Charleston, when the schooner was coming out, after having landed a cargo. The Laughing I*iss had lain with loosened sails behind the confederate batteries for ton days before an op portunity presented itself for her es cape from the iron-ringed harbor, but on the night of Feb. 17. 1864 —the same night that the submarine Hun ley went out to her tragic but glorious fate —a heavy fog rolled up from the south, and it was decided to make the attempt. Every precaution was taken against the occurrence of the slightest noise aboard the schooner; every rope-end was secured, and the crew was sup plied with felt-soled shoes. The hull of the vessel had been painted a lead gray, very similar to the war paint of the United States vessels of the pres ent day, and her sails, instead of be ing white canvas, were of a brownish shade. Not a light of any kind was shown, and the schooner slipped off through the fog like some spirit ship. The wind had shifted to the west, and the blockade turners knew that it would not he a great while before the fog bank was blown out to sea. and they intended if possible to go with it. It seemed very likely that this would be the case until the schooner was some ten miles out from the harbor, at which distance ahe was likely to encounter one of the blockading ships at any moment, and then the wind failed almost entirely. Occasionally a sail would flap, and there was a hardly audible ripple un der her forefoot. Suddenly, sounding with startling distinctness in the deathlike silence which prevailed, there came to the straining ears of those aboard the schooner the sound of oars, and a moment later a hail. “Boat ahoy!" came the voice out of the fog. and then the sound of feet upon a ship’s deck. "Ahoy! Is this the Housatonlc?*’ came the answer, as the small boat evidently rested upon its oars. “Yes. What boat is that?" "Beat from the flagship,” was the response, and the oars again began their regular beat. A moment later those upon the schooner could near the steamboat bump into the man-of war, and the noise of a man scramb ling up a ladvier. "She is on the port quarter," Cap;. * Rockhill whispered. l;is mouth within an inch of his pilot's car. ”No; ou the starboard,” the pilot muttered, straining his eyes t* pierce the cloud that enveloped them. A catspaw of a breeze stirred the fog, the schooner heeled over, and a boom creaked. “Did you hear that, sir?” a voice ex claimed excitedly upon the guard ship. “There is a ship very close—l can hear the movement of her through the water!” The men aboard the Laughing Lass scarcely dared to breathe. In the very air was a strain of intense light ening. A sail flapped and drew tight with a short snap. “You were right, lieutenant —there is!" another voice said hurriedly. ‘‘Get the men to their stations —and make no noise.” Capt. Rockhill realized that in a few minutes more an alarm would be sounded, and the whole fleet know that a blockade runner or a confederate cruiser was trying to slip through the cordon. He touched his chief officer on the shoulder. “Get the long boat over, as quick as you can, anti without a sound,” he whispered. There was not the slight est splash to announce when this had been done. “Get that dog that followed me on board the other day,” was Capt. Rock hill’s next command. “Put him in the boat, with a fresh beef bone, and cut the boat loose.” Three minutes later this had been done. The dog had been carefully muz zled when the Laughing Lass slipped her cable, but now the muzzle was re moved, and he was left gnawing con tentedly upon the bone. The breeze, though still light, was now steady, and the schooner was gliding silently for ward at a rate of perhaps three knots an hour. From the slight sounds heard the man-of-war was now evi dently astern, a little on the port. “Load with grape—double charges,” was order distinctly audible, followed by the sound of gunners working about their artillery. The dog, which had been cut adrift in the longboat and which was now several hundred yards astern, had, as Capt. Rockhill expected, been gnaw ing contentedly upon his bone for sev eral minutes before he realized that he was alone. Then the loneliness of the fog-shrouded waters struck Into his heart, and he howled mournfully, again and again. “They aru right alongside! Ship ahoy! Heave to or we will sink you!” an officer on the guardship shouted. The only reply was the delighted yelping of the dog at the sound of a human voice. “Answer or we fire!” was the next shout. The next instant there was the roar of a gun, and a flash of flame glimmered ‘faintly in the fog. Anoth er and another gun crashed, all the shots being directed toward the sound of the dog’s howls, far to the stern of the Laughing Lass. From the next guardship a rocket sped upward, then from the next and the next, and then the sea was faint ly illuminated by a light being turned by the ship which the schooner had so narrowly missed. The light must have disclosed to them the longboat, empty save for dog, for the firing ceased. Instead there came the sound of her engines as she got under way. The wind was now blowing stiffly, and every sail aboard the Laughing Lass was drawing as she sped away toward the open sea. When the gray dawn broke and the fog had been dis sipated by the rising sun not even a trail of smoke was to be seen upon the horizon. The blockade runner had slipped safely through.—New York Times. SILO SURPRISES SWISS. Our Method of Wintering Stock a Revelation to European Agri cultuists. Tn describing the introduction of American silos into Switzerland, Con sul F. B. Keene writes from Geneva; Just outside of Geneva there is a small but model American farm, the property of an American who has long resided in this city. To a mod el dairy and equally up-to-date quar ters for fowls and swine, the owner last autumn added two seventy-five ton American silos. While twelve acres of fine American corn were be ing ground and packed into these, farmers came In from the country round about to see what was to them a curiosity and a revelation. There were as many as fifteen or twenty in a day. These silos were, as far as i know, the first to be set up in Switzerland. During the past win ter they have fed thirty head of fine cattle. The practical Illustration of wintering thirty head of stock on the twelve acre crop of corn has re sulted in inquiries for seed corn and in orders for three silos by farmers who came, saw and were corivinced. Each of these three silos will be a new advertisement for the system, which is bound to spread. The American model farmer in question grinds his ensilage by electric pow er. It may be that, in a country abounding In water power, the spread of silos will create a demand for elec • io motors, in which our American akers may find it t9 £eek their share. Georgia Callings Curtailed Items of Interest Gathered at Random. Ex-Coroner Acquitted of Murder. W. S. Green, former coroner of Richland county, charged with the murder of Mose Tucker, a negro hack man, of Columbus, about six months ago, was acquitted of the charge by a jury. Green, who is well connect ed, has been in jail since the killing of Tucker, having been twice refused bail. * * • New Laws Confuse Druggists. Druggists over the state have con fused the provisions of the anti-nar cotic law with the prohibition act, in that many of them think it is neces sary to file all narcotic prescriptions with the county ordinaries. No such provision is incorporated in the anti narcotic act. The druggist is only required to keep all such prescriptions on file. * * * Agricultural Text Books. A list of the text books to be stud ied in the eleven district agricultural schools of Georgia has just been is sued. The course of study includes in addition to agriculture and its allied branches, English, mathematics, his tory, geography, spelling, manual training, cookery, needle work, gov ernment in the state and the nation and industrial drawing. Fertilizer Bulletin Interesting. There has been delivered to the de partment of agriculture at the state capitol 25,000 copies of the fertilizer bulletin, which is the most exhaust ive and instructive yet issued by this important branch of the state gov ernment. Containing 196 pages, it is replete with interest from cover to cover, and will prove instructive to all classes and conditions of citizens. The bulletin begins with a reproduc tion of the fertilizer law as it now stands on the statute books, and this is followed by a number of rulings made by the commission of agricul ture in interpreting this law. * * * Recruits for Atlanta Pen. Word has been received at the fed eral prison, near Atlanta, to the effect that 125 United States prisoners from the federal penitentiaries at Mounds ville, W. Va., and Columbus, Ohio, would probably he transferred to the Atlanta institution. There are already 528 prisoners there, and accommoda tions are ready for 700. The additional force will come for the purpose of helping to do the great building work which is going on. It is seen that it will take quite a long time, and the officials have decided to push it as rapidly as possible, and for this rea son more help will be sent from the north and east. * * * Tech Opens on Twenty-Fifth. President Matheson of the Georgia School of Technology has returned from a visit to his old home in In diana, and is getting everything in readiness for the opening of the school on Wednesday, September 25th. It is announced that the matriculation will be the largest in the history of the institution, and that the school will be taxed to its fullest capacity. Applications .have been received in considerable numbers from Cuba and Mexico, as well as from all parts of the United States. Several have come from even more distant lands, and two have been received from In dia. Since the close of the last ses sion. a number of improvements have been made on the campus, and practi cally all of the buildings have been placed in prime condition. * * * Bryan Coming to Georgia. William Jennings Bryan, twice a candidate for president of the United States, and a possible leader of the democratic party at the next national election, will visit Atlanta Saturday, October 19. when he will be a guest of the Atlanta fair association and will speak at noon. “The Atlanta fair this year will be better than ever before,’’ is the state ment made by President J. J. Con nor of the State Agricultural Society and the Georgia Fair Association. "I expect it to be the greatest agri cultural demonstration that the state has ever seen and many of the most prosperous counties will take part. The exhibits this year will be bigger and better than ever. The crops are all fine and the display will be more elaborate than ever.” The fair has offered generous prizes of SIXOO7SI,OOO and SBOO for the first three premium-winning exhibits. Purs es of S2OO will be offered for the next six. * * * Will Donate Exhibit to State. President J. J. Conner of the State Agricultural Society of Georgip and head of the State Fair Association, has perfected a plan for novel exhibits to be located in the state museum at the capitol. They are to be composed of articles of all descriptions ana products of all kinds, manufactured in the state of Georgia. He has been at work getting up this exhibit for some time and now states that it is a sure success. They are to be shown first at the state fair and after the fair is over the manufacturers are going to donate their exhibits to the state. “We want Georgia for Georgians, and we want the people to see that this is not only an agricultural state, but a manufacturing center as well. It is my purpose to have located here all sorts of articles made in the state, especial attention being given to tex tiles and feedstuffs. Georgia is noted throughout the United States for her fine grade of cloths and we propose to have a sample of each. “There is another branch of the great southern staple which will have our attention. This is the cotton seed. We farmers know that cotton seed meal and cotton seed hulks make the best possible cattle feed. We pro pose to have an exhibit of feedstuffs with these two playing prominent parts. Then that other cotton seed product, cotton seed oil, is to come in for an exhibit. Cotton seed oil, as you know, is a good cooking oil, a fine condiment and now it is to he used as a medicine in cotton seed emulsion. “Every article made in Georgia that we can secure will have a place in this exhibit if we can get it.” ATLANTA TEAM WINS. Captures Baseball Pennant in Southern League By Close Margin From Memphis. The Crackers, Atlanta s chesty basebal Iteam, won the pennant of the Southern League Friday afternoon, when it had come to pass that the Crackers took the second from Little Rock —9 to 3 —Montgomery harpooned Memphis—2 to I—thus1 —thus shoving the Crackers 26 points to the good and assuring them of the bunting, no mat ter what betided. For the first time since 1886 has Atlanta copped a rag. It was a goodly proportioned bunch that saw the Crackers punch their way to victory at Ponce de Leon park and it was a joyful crew that left the grounds after Atlanta had won out. Everyone knew that Bill Smith had controlled a good team when the Crackers reported in the spring, and while it looked like a pennant win ner, there are so many slips between cup and lip that the fans just waited un-til they copped it. No one was sure of the dope, but it came true. Atlanta has never been lower than second place, and it does not matter now how long they remained in that position, as they finish at the head of the procession. This is the fourth piece of hunting Bill Smith has raked in. His first was with the Lynchburg team in 1597, two with Macon in 1903 and 1904 and now with Atlanta in 1907. Bill has been managing teams since 1595 and during that time he has won four pen nants and never finished lower than fobrth place. The team will be given a present of $2,500 by the directors for winning the pennant and it’s a reward they richly deserve. CONVENTION OF ODD FELLOWS, Sovereign Grand Ledge Holds Annua! Meet ing in St. Paul, Minnes r j‘a. The opening ceremonies of the sov ereign grand ledge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was held in Central Presbyterian church at St. Paul, Minn., Monday. F. A. Day, sec retary to Governor Johnson, and May or Smith made brief ardresses of wel come. These were responded to bj George W. Scherer, grand master oi the Minnesota lodge; D. S. White more, grand patriarch, and Miss Rose Whiting, president of the Rebekah assembly of Minnesota. WOMAN FALLS FROM CLOUDS. Dashed to Death From a Balloon Two Thousand Feet in the Air. Mrs. Carrie Meyers, 33 years old, of Springfield, Mass., a professional balloonist, fell from a parachute 2,- 000 feet above the fair grounds at Glean, X. Y., Saturday, and was dash ed to death in view of 8,000 persons. CENTRAL ROAD ON A NEW TACK Seeks to Have Governor Smith Made Party to Rate Suit. FILES AN AMENDMENT interesting Case is Called in United State* District Court at Atlanta and Post poned to October 7th for Hearing. The suit of the Central of Georgia railway in the district court of the United States, at Atlanta, for a man datory injunction against the state railroad commission, the attorney general and the special attorney to the commission, was called before Judge William T. Newman Monday morning. The plaintiffs filed an amendment to their original petition, seeking to make Governor Hoke Smith a party to the suit. The commission, Attorney General Hart and Special Attorney Hines filed demurrers to the original petition, setting up that they cannot legally be made defendants to the proceeding. The railroad contends that its amend ment will meet the objection. After hearing arguments on all of the legal points involved, Judge New man withheld his decisions, and post poned the further hearing of the case until Monday, October 7, when he will rerfder a decision on the demurrers filed by the state and decide upon the admission of the railroad's amend ment. Judge Newman’s order is as follows; “In the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of Georgia—Central of Georgia Railway Company vs. S. G. McLendon, H. War ner Hill, et al., railroad commission ers; the Railroad Commission of Georgia, John C. Hart, Attorney Gen eral of Georgia, and J. K. Hines, Spe cial Attorney to Railroad Commission of Georgia—ln Equity; “This cause came on this day, on a rule to show cause why injunction pendente lite should not issue against the defendants to the original bill as therein prayed for. The complainants presented two amendments to their bill, and the defendants presented a demurrer. It is; “Ordered, That the hearing be post poned until Monday, October 7, 1907, at 10 o'clock a. m„ at which time the court will determine whether or not Hon. Hoke Smith, governor of Geor gia, can and should be made a party defendant to this cause, and whether or not injunction pendente lite shall issue aaginst him and the other de fendants as prayed in the bill. “In open court, this 16th day o£ September, 1907. “W. T. NEWMAN, U. S. Judge.” The action of the Central in at tempting to make the governor a par ty to the suit caused surprise, as it' has heretofore been believed that the governor cf a state could not be sued. The eleventh amendment to tse- fed ral constitution provides that no state can be sued, and the United States supreme court has frequently held that a governor in his official capac ity cannot be made a party to a suit. HOUNDED BY MONEY LENDERS Chicago Clerk Seeks Vengeance By At- I tempting to Kill and Rob Eroker. John W. Miller, a railroad clerk, I held in Chicago, on the charge of at- I tempting to kill and rob Edgar C. I Crumb, a diamond broker, has coa- I fessed the crime. I Desperation, caused by the hound- 1 ing of a horde of loan sharks, was ■ given by Miller as the reason for I the crime, for which he may hang. 1 In his statement he tells of the man- I ner in which he lured Crumb in the I flat for the deliberate purpose of at- ■ tacking and robbing him. Crumb was ■ badly beaten up and may die- H GAYNOR IS DUE AN APOLOGY. Notorious Federal Prisoner is Offended at I Fake News Report. John F. Gaynor and his attending I officers, who returned to the Macon I, jail Thursday morning from Indian ■ Spring, entered a protest against H news report that Gaynor had a R for a sea trip in addition to the a M erties already extended him bj United States court of appeals. T ANARUS“ B officers and the prisoner are all ‘ B fended and were emphatic *n denial. B