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THE MM TELEGRAPH PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING AND TWICE A WEEK BY THE MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISH ING COMPANY. 668 MULBERRY STREET, MACON. GA. 0. E. PENDLETON, President THE TELEGRAPH IN ATLANTA. Tht Talagraph can ba found on salo at tha Kimball Houaa and tha Pied- mant Hotal In Atlanta. FACTS ABOUT FOURTH O' JULY. It will doubtless surprise many who regard themselves as fairly Informed students of history to be told that the ’ net of Congress which separated this country from Great Britain was passed m July 8, 1776, and not on July 4 of that year; that the original resolution was penned by Richard Henry Lee, of Virginia, and not by Thomas Jef ferson; that the Immortal document known as tha Declaration of Independ ence. which was adopted and promul- f gated on July 4, 1776, explaining and declaring to the world the act of sepa ration of July 2, 1776, was not signed nn July 4, 1776, the assertions of Ben jamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson to the contrary not withstanding: nor was the rough draft or printed document signed by the fifty-six delegates on July 4 or at any other time; that on August 2, 1776, the Declaration, engrossed on parchment, was laid befor# Congress and signed by those present; and that not all of those who eventually signed It were actually members of the Congress on July 2 and 4 when >the acts were passed. Such, however, sre a few of the facts said to he established In "The Decla ration of Independence: Its History,” by John H. Hazelton, Just published. "Ths purpose of Mr. Hazelton’s book,” we are told by John Boyd Thacher, In a review of It In the North American Review for January, "Is not to discuss the sentiments of the Immortal docu ment, but to give a history of Its me chanlcal construction and promulga tion." It appears that on June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee, a delegate from Virginia, offered a set of three reso lutions, the holograph original of which Is still preserved In the Library of Congress and a photograph of which Is exhibited In Independence Hall at Philadelphia. The first of these reso lutions Is as follows: will doubtless afford some enjoyment to the advocates of the Mecklenburg Declaration, which was discredited be cause It expressed too accurately the timents uttered in the Declaration” j FORAKER NOT ALONE TO BLAME. and "of the forms of expression era- ! According to an El Reno, Oklahoma, ployed by Jefferson," an inquiry which j dispatch. it is believed at Fort Reno that there is a conspiracy among the negro troops to murder every white officer at the Fort, beginning with Capt. Edgar A. Macklin, as a result patriotic sentiment of the times to be of the Brownsville affair, the discharge over the same period last genuine, as the doubters and scoffers of the negro battalion, and the bitter claimed. , j feeling that has resulted. The "be ginning” was made Just before Christ mas when a negro sought to kill Capt. | Macklin by shooting at him under re ~ j cover of the darkness. Mackiin’s as sassination was attempted, it is said, xatlon speech has brought out some ! , , y because it was reported that he was curiously interesting utterances. The , , , t „ ! the only officer concerned who believed Portland. Oregonian, for example, sub- I .. . . I the discharged soldiers were guilty and THE OLD THIRTEEN AND THE OTHERS. The continent-wide discussion suiting from Secretary Root's central!- j mits that our central Government never was really a Government of del- ! egated powers, except in its relation j to the original thirteen States, and 1 | goes on to say: "It is absurd to contend that any States admitted since the Union was formed has delegated pow ers to the Federal Government. Not one of them had any powers to delegate. Not one of them was ever a sovereign State. What ever power they possess came from the Federal Government. Their very existence came from it. Be fore they were made States the Government owned and exercised absolute authority over them. Whatever authority they now have they derived from Washington. What fallacy can be more patent than to say that these States have delegated powers to Congress? Not to be irreverent, one might as well say that man had delegated power to his maker. The fathers knew of the original thirteen States and no others. The powers which they reserved to the States were reserved to these thirteen. They could not have been reserved to others, for no others existed.” THE COTTON MOVEMENT. In his report for January 4 Col. Henry G. Hester, secretary of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, shows that the amount of cotton brought into sight during 126 days of the present season was 8.300.T30 bales, an increase year of 1,108.933 bales; the exports were 4,- 325,103 bales, an increase of 795,6S5 bales; the takings were, by Northern spinners, 1,271,933 bales, a decrease of 4,928: by Southern spinners. 1,043.134 bales, an increase of 38.576 bales. Dur ing the first four months of the season the amount brought Into sight was S.023.073 bales, an increase of 951,446 bales: the exports were 4.180,111 bales, an increase of 674,307 bales; the tak ings were, by Northern spinners, 1.200.12,S bales, a decrease of 37,773; by- Southern spinners. 1.0 n 2.S93 bales, an increase of 34,585 bales. | Caught on the Wing t -H-t-I-H- ■■t.-l-I-.'.-fr-I.-K-M I 1 H-I-l-M-h By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET. 'Can storied urn, or animated bust. Resolved, That (these United Col onies are and of right ought to be free and independent States, that they are absolved from all alle giance to the British Crown, and that all political connection be tween them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, to tally dissolved- It Is interesting .to recall that the anti-secessionists of Georgia, who won In the great fight of 1851 and "throt tled disunion,” as they expressed it, argued along the same lines—so far, at least, as the righit of secession was concerned. The original thirteen States existed prior to the central Gov ernment which they formed, and it was easier to demonstrate itheir complete sovereignty than that of the new States which were admitted later by act of Congress. Thus we find the old Macon Journal and Messenger, of Feb ruary 19, 1851, then strongly opposed •to the disunion movement, quoting with approval from a legislative mem ber on "the absurdity of secession” as follows: "Louisiana was purchased of France and paid for by the United States, but by the right of seces sion the State of Louisiana could go out of the Union -the next day after she had been purchased for the express benefit of the Union. She could establish an independent Government and tax all the pro duce of the United States passing down the Mississippi river.” deserved their punishment. Whether there is any such wholesale conspiracy at Fort Reno or not, the attempted assassination of Capt. Macklin by a negro trooper speaks for i.self. President Roosevelt is said to have pointed to it as a direct result of Senator Foraker's firebrand speech at tacking the dismissal of the negro com panies implicated in the murderous outbreak at Brownsville. No doubt a crop of trouble wiii grow j The Quest of the Querulous. out of Foraker's pernicious agitation I "We grow old when we stop play ing," says Col. Henry Watterson. But how is a fellow to . sit in the game after he goes broke, Colonel? In his own selfish Interests. But the real source of the present troubles and those to come is to be looked for in the fact that the Republican party is de pendent on the negroes not merely for .support but under ordinary conditions, even for success. Therefore, the ne groes in the doubtful Northern States have been led by white politicians to believe that they are of more import ance than mere white men and have a superior claim op Khe Government as managed by the Republican party. Under the circumstances it is hardly fair to put the whole blame on a single demagogue such as Fnraker. Wallace Irwin in Success Magazine. It was midnight, that was certain; and the king, behind his curtain. Lay enwrapped in snorous slumbers—• doubt, of Christmas Back to its mansion call the fleet ing breath? an honor's voice provoke the silent dust, • Or flatt'rv soothe the dull cold ear of > before him. death?" Since the establishment of Rose Hill cemetery, in 1840, sixty-seven years ago, the bodies of about 17.000 per sons have been buried there. The first interment was that of Mrs. Caro line Wilson, February, 1S40. Her re mains rest on a lot on the right hand side of Central avenue as you enter the cemetery and about an hun dred yards from the main entrance gate. The grave is of brick, and built above the ground. Rose Hill was given to the city of Macon by the la'te Simri Rose for the purposes of a burial ground But the strength of Mohina failed her in a perilous moment, and had not the Toung Eagle snatched her to his fast beating heart, the raging enemy had made sure of their fate. He rushed onward up the narrow defile before him. It led he forgot whither. In a few moments he stood on the verge of this fearful height. Wildly the maiden clung to him. and even then, in that strange moment of life, his heart throbbed proudly beneath his burden. The bold future was alone before him; there was no return. Already the breath of one of the pursuers, a hated rival, came quick upon his cheek, and the bright-gleaming tomahawk shone Or.e moment he gazed upon him, and triumph flashed in tin- eyes of the young Coweta chief, and I then without a shudder he sprang into • the seething waters below. Still the ] young maiden clung to him, nor yet diu ! the death-struggle part them. The ; waters engulfed them, and their wail ^ was a fitting requiem to their depart ing spirits. The horror-stricken v.ur- i riors gazed wildly into the river, then dashed with reckless hast? down the declivity, to bear rhe sad tidings to the old chief of the Cussetas. He heard their tale in silence. But sorrow was on his spirit, and it was broken. Hence forth his seat was unfilled by the coun cil fire, and its red light gleamed fit fully upon his grave. man. a soldier and a Christian. Brave ly he fought and well, and with feet to the foe and face to the sun. When the battle was fought and victory won the Christian warrior fell.” Col. C. M. Wiley was with Col. Smith when he was wounded at the same time. One of the most historic, and im posing monuments in the cemetery is that to Isaac Holmes, born June 30. 1SI2. died September 6, 1846. The court of arms of Georgia and a sword j appear on the monument. On one side j of the monument is this inscription: 1 "B rn in Liberty Counity, moved to i Macon in youth. 1st sergeant of the : Macon Volunteers. In the Florida war. i and as commander of the Macon j Guards, of Georgia Regulars, in the ; Mexican war. he died in camp near ! Monterey, Mexico.” On another side Of the menu ttent is his inscription: 1 "T no State of Georg la erects this - mo ".cut in honor of hi s services to I his Cfl iintrv: the city an 1 citizen s of 1 M;i con . the 51 aeon Volunti ors and Ma- son ic fraterni ios uniting in this t ?sti- mo nfT On still a no' het side of the mo 111! tent ar< the last words of f apt. Ho me s. ■ * M \ trust is in God. an 1 to my T eavenly Father I commit my family Mr. Thacher In his review of Hazelton’s book says: Mr. This resolution In its exaot form was adopted on July 2', 1776. It constituted the real Act of Inde pendence. It was the formal de cree of separation. The words "declare” or "Declaration” do not appear In this resolution. The an nouncement or declaration of this act was passed on July 4, 1776, and It Is this Declaration and not the Act of Independence of which we here have rhe detailed history. If no formal declaration had been adopted the political connec tion between the colonies and the state of Great -Britain would really have stood dissolved. Yet no one seems Interested in Richard Henry Lee’s resolution of separation. No one Inquires when or where he wrote *t. That the delegates them selves understood the significance of Lee's resolution Is apparent from the letter John Adams wrote his wife and dated July S, 1776. say ing: "Yesterday the greatest ques tion was decided which ever was debated In America, and a greater perhaps never was or will be de cided among men. . The second day of July. 1776, will be the most memorable epocha In the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival.” It Is true, nevertheless, that the orlg Inal thirteen States desired, and the central Government consented, that all the powers be granted the new States that were claimed by the old States as reserved to themselves. Thus It may be said that (the thirteen old States acted for the new States of all future time as well as for themselves when they delegated powers to the Federal Government at Washington. Replying to -the Oregonian’s remarks, the Washington Post pointedly states the true conditions as follows: "As everybody knows, the States are, one and all. In possession of equal powers. It Is true that thirty-two States have come Into the Union under acts of Congress, but all of those acts were passed In pursuance of the fundamen tal law created by the original States. In the admission of a State Congress has no authority to impose upon It any condition Impairing Its reserved pow ers. If in the organic act Congress puts any such restriction on a State, It has no binding force and may be re pudiated with Impunity. It Is not claimed that the States which have been admitted Into the republic since It was created by the fathers ‘have delegated powers to Congress,' but it is claimed, and it Is a fact that has A “LOOKER-ON” IN WASHINGTON. The Editor of the Savannah Press is a newspaper man first, last and all the time. He wont to Washington with the Savannah delegation to work for his city In the matter of the sub treasury, but while he doubtless did his full duty in that respect, he kept his eyes open and saw many things of Interest la the "Show City of the World," as he dub» 'i, and some of h Impressions he has committed to print He found time to look in upon Con gress at work and (tarried in the Senate Chamber while the Lodge-Foraker de bate on the Brownsville affair was on His pen picture of the scene is inter esting. He says: O'er l lie On all. town the ull ?al antiqu now lay whitely, and ;d politely athedrnl and an ltlC tstle ’Twas the psychologic moment for the warlocks of the devil To be practicing the mischief of their darkest medi-evil. Suddenly from out the seething of the monarch’s measured breathing There arose at first a chuckle, then a most pronounced guffaw. Then the giggles, rippling thicker, boiled and burbled to a snicker. Then a whooping, "Well! I never heard the like of that—haw! haw!" Till the Lord of the Bedchamber and a dozen oriflammers Rushed into the royal presence in their dimity pajammers. In and re ceived its name from the generous do- | nor who was one of Macon's most The beautiful little flower "forget- pub'lie spirited citizens and estab- rne-not” does not bloom to any extent lished the newspaper known as the i in this climate, I believe. It is said Messenger which was afterwards con- j that now and then one is seen bloom- solidated with The Tplegraph. Mr. ' ing in the open air. It is stated, how- Rose died in 1S69 aged seventy years. | ever, that one grows on the grave of a His remains repose in a beautifully lo- j certain young woman in Rose Hill cated lot in the CKy of the Dead which ! around whose death was woven a ro ars his honored name, on an eleva- | mantic story. On her tomb is mscrib- tion overlooking the Ocmulgee river, ed this epitaph by Dry-den: the low murmur of whose whispering I Sleep soft in dust, wait the Almightv s waters mingling- with the gentle sigh- I will, ing of the trees that stand lonely sen- I always been recognized by all depart The words of the resolution quoted ments of the Government, that those above as being originally written by plates have come In under the provis- Rlehard Henry Lee really constitute * on created by the original Constitu- the operative clause In (the Declaration I Uon - Tlle success of the secession of Independence as afterwards elabo rated and amplified by Thomas Jeffer son’s "facile pen.” It Is Interesting to not* Incidentally, that they are similar also to phrases in the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, which caused Thomas Jefferson to denounce that document as "spurious" and a pla giarism. Yet here we have proof pos itive that these phrases were not orig inal with Thomas Jefferson, and it may fairly be doubted if they were original with Richard Henry Lee. The agna tion for liberty was in that day such a widespread and all-absorbing topic that It Is probable that certain apt phrases became crystallized by popular use and were necessarily tf not uncon sciously employed by the framers of declarations on the subject when it ' later became necessary to formulate them. Mr. Thacher In Ms review says: The scope and space of this arti cle do not permit an inquiry into the originality of the senti ments uttered in the Declaration or of the forms of expression em ployed by Jefferson. Both were of an elevated kind, but not entirely unfamllar. There never has been a time, no matter what freedom he has enjoyed, when man has not talked of liberty. The conscious ness and Immediateness of political wrongs have produced the most lofty tones of complaint. Before Jefferson spoke others had talked of princes who were tyrants and of rights which were Inalienable. We Infer from this that Mr. Hazelton In hit book does make some in quiry “Into the originality of the sen- j archy. movement could not have been more fatal to the Union than would be the adoption of the theory of the Ore gonian that we have two distinct classes of States, (thirteen of which are under the Constitution, and the rest are, like the Philippine Islands, under the control of Congress outside of the Constitution.” A new life of Gen. Lee by Walter H. Taylor tells, among other diverting an ecdotes. of how Gen. Wise once ordered a lieutenant tn command of a section of artillery ito open fire with his guns. | The young office pointed out that a dense forest prevented him seeing the enemy, and if he were to open fire he i would “do no execution.” To this Wise retorted: "D—n the execution, sir; it’s <he noise we want.” The great debate on the Browns ville riot filled the Senate gallery and packed the lobbies. A large number of colored people crowded into the gallery doors and seemed to be immensely interested as if it were their personal fight. Wash ington City contains one hundred thousand negroes. So (the place most interested in this discussion, outside of Brownsville itself, is Washington City. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, a dapper, schol arly little man, who was Col. Roosevelt’s colaborator in political biography, and who is his compan ion on morning rides, spoke as the champion of the President. He recalls the late Washington Des sau in size and in voice. His speech was scholarly, strong and logical. He had his notes on his desk before him, but rarely con sulted them and did not use eye glasses during his hour's address. His argument was that if the Pres ident did not have the power to dismiss the “black battalions.” then he was not in reality the com mander-in-chief of the army. Sen ator Lodge had hardly concluded before Senator Foraker leaped to his feet and began a tirade of spe cial pleading. He is a sharp law yer and his argument consisted largely in legal technicalities. He defined the President’s Constitu tional rights and his legal rights and exclaimed, with vehemence, that "eveA the President” was “not above the law.” During this phil ippic Senator Lodge went over on the Democratic side and sat next (to Senator Culberson, of Texas, who is his coadjutor on this ques tion. Culberson is one lawyer in the Senate who can measure swords with Foraker. John W. Daniel, of Virginia, has added his eloquence to the defense of the President, and Senator Steve Clay, of Georgia, is going <to take the floor in support of the proposi tion that no negro soldier should be intrusted with a Krag. The picture Is a pleasing one as a picture, although to call the above a great debate’ seems to be a misnomer when one (thinks of the days v-hen there were giants in the Senate and they contested really great issues. The anecdote told in the New York World's lobby gossip of (the criticisms passed by Lodge and Foraker, respectively, on each other’s speech seems nearer the mark. "Foraker did not answer a sin gle point I made.” Lodge is made to say. "Lodge did not make a single point during his speech," said Foraker. And there you are. his bed the king lay choking In an agony of joking. While the sympathie courtiers watch ed him chuckle, gasp and stut ter. They despaired of his condition,,so they called the Court Physician. Who prescribed a strong sedative, till at last the King could splutter. "On my crown! that was dee-licious! How the joke of it doth thrill me— I have dreamed a dream so funny that I think it's going to kill me! “And before X die of chuckles good Lord Chamberlain. Guy Buckles, Pray draw near and let me whisper in your ear this little story.” So the Chamberlain, expedient, leaned and listened ouite obedient. With a look of deepened sadness on the features grave and hoarv, And with sighs that rent his bosom, to his gravity attesting, He observed. “Indeed. Your Majesty, it’s very—in-ter-esting!" No reception could be cooler. “In-ter- est-ing!” roared the ruler; "Don’t you know a funny story when you hear it. you old gloomer? Soldier, drag this varlet rusty to the dungeons dark and musty— Put the thumb screws on his crazy- bone to touch his sense of humor!" So the Chamberlain was packed away. with prisoners the meanest. And received the prompt attention of a talented machinist. One week passed in nervous tension. And, in passing, I might mention Seven Dukes, a Cook, a Butler, who were all decapitated. And within hig palace roomy, sat the King, in poses gloomy. Munching o’er that funny story, still quite unappreciated. Now and then he told it sadly to some wretched mute clodhopper Who, in lieu of timely laughter., laid his neck across the chopper. Then full armed for war and pillage, rode a herald through the village. And before him strode a Sandwich-man, this lettered placard bearing: Tf ye long fo r Wealth and Glory, hear your good King’s funny story. Which he’ll tell to Anybody with the Proper Sense of Daring. He who fails to Laugh dike Others) will be taken to the Slaughter; He who Laughs shall be Rewarded—he may wed the Monarch’s daughter.” Hungry for substantial pottage, In his neatly mortgaged cottage Lay the little peasant Johnnie Jones, close by his widowed mother; No provisions, save potatoes, seven beans and three tomatoes. (It was not tomato season—but these rylimes are such a bother!) Never mind.” the brave boy murmured, "we shall yet be great”—when, presto! Floating through a broken window came the Monarch’s manifesto. tinels near the grave forever sing a requiem for -the departed. * Rose Hill cemetery is naturally one of the most artistic, beautiful and pic turesque burial grounds in the South. The following description of the place was written by Mr. Rose himself; "It is situated about half a mile above the city, on the banks of the Ocmulgee river, mostly on elevated ground, the highest point being 142 feet above its bed. Its entrance Is through a lofty arched gate, construct ed after the Doric order of architec ture. The area of ground comprised within the enclosure is about fifty acres. Another spot could scarcely be found in any section of our country so much diversified and comprising so many distinct objects and combina tions going 'to form a perfect picture of- rural beauty. Many who have vis ited the cemeteries of the North and Then rise unchanged, and be an angel still.” Do you know the origin of the name of the flower “forget-me-not?” Mills, in his work upon chivalry, mentions that the forget-me-not was known in England as early as the time of Ed ward TV.; and, in a note, he gives the following pretty incident in explanation of the same: "Two lovers were loiter ing on the margin of a lake, on a fine summer’s evening, when the lady dis covered some flowers of the myosotis growing on the water, close to the bank of an island at some distance from the shore. She expressed a desire to pos- I xho sight-seeing visitor always sess them, when her knight, in the true j seeks out the lot which con- spirit of chivalry, plunged into the wa- , tains the graves of the nine members ter, and swimming to the spot, cropped ; of t jj e Wool folk family that were mur- the wished-for plant; but his strength j flprCll j, y t h e ir son and brother, Tom A marble slab of Interest to visi tors is that over the grave of little Mary “Marsh. She was burned to death on January 27. 1359. while per- j forming on the stage of the old Rals- | ton hall. She was the only daughter of Robert and Jane C. Guerineau, of Troy, N. Y. She was horn March 4. 1S47, and therefore was only twelve years of age when she met her tragic end in 'this city. On the stone that marks her last resting place are these words: “Pause ye. and mourn. That spirit Is now breathing an atmosphere of love divinely pure: oh. why should kindred hearts on earth be grieving, since God has sent his angels to re move this pearl, made bri’Fv; through suffering: no decay, nor time, nor change, can steal her youth away, mourn then ye winds: not for the, freed from pain, but, that the sighs 1 of love could wish her back again— ■Winds of the winter, as ye widely sweep across the grave where perished beauty lies, pause for a moment: There are eyes that weep the lost to earth, bu>t blessed in paradise.” | was unable to fulfill the object of his I achievement, and feeling that he would I not regain the shore, although very near it, he threw the flowers upon the bank, and casting a last affectionate the far-famed Mount Auburn, think j look upon his lady-love, he said “For- them far inferior in natural beauty and location to Rose Hill. A prominent feature in its scenery is the Ocmulgee river, along which it extends nearly half of a mile. The banks are from thirty to sixty feet high, and generally rocky and precipitous, and form an impenetrable barrier to Its approaches. The higher parts of the ground are nearly level, and laid -out as places of interment:* other places have been selected by many in the wildest parts, almost overhanging the valleys. From the river, deep and narrow dells pene trate the ground from fifty to two hundred yards: one of them divides it entirely near its center, through which a rivulet murmurs over a steep and rocky bed to the river. This is sup plied by four springs, one at the head, outside the grounds, and three within it. The water of one is reputed to be the purest in this vicinity. It is most beautifully located, and is the most attractive spot for visitors. The banks around it are high and steep, and thickly wooded. Above It tower giant poplars and the. shady beech, I and the sun can scarcely penetrate a ! beam to lighten this. quiet and sol- | emn solitude. Seats are provided here for visitors, as well as in many other parts of the ground. Two rustic bridges of rock and earth cross this valley; and in it a pond -of about eighty yards in length, by twenty in breadth, has been evacuated, supplied by pure water from 'the springs, and its banks neatly sodded with grass. Around it are several cypresses and weeping willows, and one rises fl-om a mound in its center. A variety of fine roses is also near it, and in perpetual bloom. These are also get-me-not,” and was water.” buried in the Among the places of special interest in Rose Hill to visitors is Chrystal Spring and Zeigler's vault. Chrystal I Spring is a cave in a high bank in which is an ever flowing spring of coo! water, but visitors are now warned against entering the place as there is some danger of the dirt roof falling in. Zeigler's vault is built in the side of a hill. Inside of the vault rests a me tallic case containing the embalmed body of William Zeigler, born Novem ber 18th, 1799, died June 11, 1855. For many years in the center of the mar ble door of the vault was a glass through which one could look into the vault and see the casket and its con tents. During the last Civil War. after the capture of Macon. Yankee soldiers, it is said, broke out the glass and en tered through the aperture into the vault in search of treasures which were supposed to be concealed therein. Un til recently the opening in the door re mained and so accustomed had people become to going into the vault that it was deemed proper by interested par ties to seal up the aperture with a piece of stone, and now no view of the inside of the vault can be obtained. Woolfolk, about twenty years ago. The graves are of brick, five are in one row and four in another. There are no names >to tell who lie buried there. In a specially consecrated place 603 Confederate soldiers lie in “the graves of their glorious deeds.” They will live forever in memory, and in song. And there is Stranger’s Row! What a melancholy tale this tells! Death far from home and kindred! Con- si srned to the grave "unwept, unhon- ored. and unsung." No one to look down upon It with fond regrets and tender recollections. None to weave chaplets of flowers, and no voice of af fection to speak of the memory of joys that are gone. No tombstone with the loving inscription: “Remem ber me.” All is silent and desolate! So Into the presence royal limped the peasant, pale and loyal. And to him the Monarch thundered In a graveyard voice immense. Stay, rnsli boy! Such kincrly pleasantry befitteth not the peasantry. Behold the line of rotting heads along yon picket fence!” But the little Hero answered. “Honest, Sire. I got to do it— It’s a case of desperation—want and hunger driv me to it.” An Atlanta dispatch says: "Mrs. Russell Sage has given' $25 to the as sociated charities in Atlanta. She says she will give away more of her mil lions through such organizations.” She should rest awhile, after this effort, however, and not Incur the charge of being too precipitate In her charity. The charge of youth and being a lady’s man will not greaitly detract from Judge Plain Dick Russell’s popu larity. | No one will take Mark Twain se riously even when he says the United States will eventually become a raon- A Mexican who could neither under stand or speak English shot himself because he understood the St. Louis girl with whom he was in love had re jected him. The girl alleges that if he proposed to her she never knew it. What’s wrong with the'St. Louis girls? Assistant Attorney-Genera] Purdy must have gotten new ammunition for the President as a result of his visit to Brownsville, since the President is go ing to let fly another special message at the Senate Monday on the negro assassins. Atlanta has gotten her name on Mrs. Russell Sage’s charity list and Mrs. Sage has gotten a double front page picture and story in the Atlanta papers—all for a $25 check. Then the King—and nol unkindly—told the story—told it blindly; With a flourish born of practice every word of it lie said, Till Our Hero, of a sudden, gulped and choked, began to redden. Turned a tip-top circus flip-flop, whooped and stood upon his head. Sputtered, wept, convulsed, exploded in a very rage of laughter. Turning cartwheels down the tilings with the Court all roaring after. So he traveled till they caught him. To The royal throne thev brought him. ‘Bless you. bless you!” cried the King, “you’ll be rewarded as you ough- ter. You shall quit my Palace never—to me arms, me hoy—forever! Warder, fetch tills lad a crown and then lead forth our "Lovely Daugh ter.” So the lad became a bridegroom, his prosperity unending. And the King gave Johnnie’s mother all the count’s official mending. BACHELOR REFLECTIONS. From the New York Press. It s mighty reckless of a girl to wear pins when she is engaged. A woman would rather have you not love her and say you did than reallv to love hear, but not say it. The devil, with all the business he does, must be a great administrator, never to have needed any partners or superintendents. Even when you try to save money by going to live on your relatives a while your railroad fare costs more than your board. There is hardly anything a woman can forgive in a man less than his be ing able to have a good time when he is not at home to worry for fear the baby should get sick. In Rose Hill Cemetery repose the dust of former Governors, United States Senators, Congressmen, jurists, generals, sages and other men once prominent in the public eye and distin guished in various walks of life. There are many exceedingly beautiful and costly monuments, the handsomest, and perhaps, what is the handsomest pri vate monument in the South, being the scattered over the , one erected in memory of Joseph Bond, ground, and along the walks and , born Januarv 11. 1815, died March 12, roads, in great profusion. The ridges | 1859. This stately pile was built of between the dells are steep and'gen- | Italian marble at a reputed cost ernlly terminate abruptly in rocky cliffs at or near the river. On their summits are most beautiful sites for burial lots,, most of which are occu pied. A broad avenue from the gate terminates ofl a rocky bluff at the river. Carriageways are laid out wherever necessary. One makes the entire circuit of the ground, another winds along the heads of the valleys and presents most picturesque views. the j Italian marble at a reputed ■ $40,000. On the four corners monument and on the top are massive figures of angels representing Faith. Hope, Charity. Mercy and Love. I will not attempt in the limited space of this article to mention the many beautiful monuments that stand in Rose Hill, but will only make passing reference to some of them which mark the graves of persons of more or less historic character, and tell the names of a few The entire length of the road and foot- i with whose life or death there was “Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return.” Sixty-seven years ago Rose Hill cemetery was opened for the reception of the dead. Sixty-sev en years lienee, but few persons, now twenty-one years old, will be alive. Most serious and solemn thought! “.'las, what lofty devotion—what bliss ful recollections—what high hope=— what unsullied love—what pure affec tion—what ardent patriotism, has been swallowed up by thee, thou unrelent ing past!” STATE PRESS VIEWS walks is about five miles. Many of them have been constructed with great labor, being cut in the steep sides, of the river banks and hills. winding through every place that presents any object of attraction.” some special incident. POINTED PARAGRAPHS If Mr. 'William E. Corey was dis posed to be half way decent he would have that ceremony performed and remove his matrimonial muddle from the public eye. From the Chicago News. Love keeps the family jars empty. Heated arguments are apt to come home to roost. There is something wrong with the woman who can’t blush. An aggressive man soon acquires a reputation as a knocker. "If a woman’s "No” means “Yes,” what does her "I don’t know” mean? It doesn’t pay to hurry. Take your time—but don’t take other people’s, i Death may love a shining mark, but that need not worry the easy mark. There runs through the center of the cemetery, as its names suggests. Central avenue, from the main ent rance to the river whpre it terminates on a mass of rock, a bluff overlooking the Ocmulgee. This place is called "Lover’s Leap.” From here a beauti ful view is obtained up and down the river. The water at this point is very deep. The following is a pant of the legend of the "Lover’s Leap” as has been told by another: In the early part of the nineteenth century, this region was inhabited by two powerful tribes of Indians. Ri vals were they, and, with numbers equal, and alike proud names, well they vied wi’th each other. There was no tribe, among all, the powerful nation of the Creeks, who boasted of their prowess before a Cus«eta or a Coweta. Yet they were not friends: for who of those proud red men would bend before the acknowledged superiority of the others? It mav have been a small matter from which their jealousy sprung, but the tiny thing had been j cherished, till a serpent-like hatred hissed- at the sound of the other’s i name. The proud chief of the Cus- j solas was now become an old man, j and much was he venerated by all who rallied at bis battle cry. The old man I ha.d outlived his own sons. Yet be .was not alone. The youngest of his ; children, the dark-eyed Mohina. was j still sheltered in his bosom, and all his love for the beautiful In life was bestowed upon her:—ah. and rightly too, for the young maiden rivalled in grace the bounding fawn, and the voung warriors said of her that the smile of the Great Spirit was not so beautiful. "While vet a child, she was ’letrrdbed to the Young Eagle of the Gowetas. the proud scion of their war rior chief. Mohira no longer dared to meet the young chief openlv, and death raced them when they sat in a lone, wild trvsting-nl°ce. ’neath the sitarrv blazonry of midnight’s dark robe. Still thev were undaunted, for pure love dwelt in their hearts. And now it was toid bv some who had peered through the tangled under wood and matted foliage of those dim woods, that the Goweta had pressed the Cusseta maiden to his heart in those lone places, and that strange words and passionate were even now breathed by him to her ear. Then the hunters of the Cussetas sprang from "heir couches, and made earnest haste to the dark glen. With savage yell and impetuous rush thev bounded before the lovers. They fled, and love and terror added wings to their flight. For awhile they distanced their pursuers, j i Two of the most distinguished dead ; I buried in Rose Hill were George W. j | Towns and Alfred Holt Colquitt. They | were Governors of Georgia, and the j I former was also a Congressman for i several terms, and the latter was a j j Senator in the Senate of the United I j States. Their bodies rest in adjoining lots, and around each lot is an iron i fence. No stone marks the grave of (George W. Towns, and about the" place j | there is no name to tell that beneath I the row of bricks lies the remains of i one who was once a brilliant lawyer. 1 I an elegant gentleman and prominent j in State and national affairs. Mr. Towns was born in Wilkes County, May 4, 1802, died in Macon, in 1854, at the age of fifty-four years. A mod est monument has been erected over the grave of Gov. Colquitt. The in scription thereon shows that he was born April 20, 1S24, died March 26, 1894. On the stone is this line: "The memory of the just is blessed.” The grave of Gov. Colquitt rests under a tall magnolia, and that of Gov. Towns under a cedar. Within a few feet of tha lots of Towns and Colquitt stands a monument with this inscription: "Sacred to the memory of Charles Bullock; first Sen ator in the State Legislature from Bibb County. Georgia. Died Sept. 10, 1829, aged forty-five years.” Now that eggs have dropped In price, everybody’s hens are laying.—Sparta Ishmaelite. At any rate, the negro troops bad better be kept out of the South.—Way- cross Herald. Well, how much did you get soaked for in the recent exchange of presents? —Jones County News. Who would have ever thought that South Carolina would ever rush to the defense, of President Roosevelt?—Co lumbus Enquirer-Sun. The whipping post should be set up in every county jail for men who beat their wives and unmercifully beat horses.—Hazlehurst News. The income from Thomasville’s po lice court last year was nearly $4,000. That is what yoti call "fine” work.—. Thomasville Times-Eenterprise. It is to he hoped that when the Dem ocratic flag is unfurled for the next Presidential campaign it will bear the time-honored slogan of "States’ rights.”—Blakely Reporter. Ben Tillman seems so stuck on the negro troon= that President Roosevelt kicked out of the army, he should be put in command of the animals.— Americus Times-Recorder. The War Department has ordered all the negro troops to the Philippines. They can "shoot up” the country out there as much as they like, and even Foraker won’t object.—Dublin Times. Why not let Barnesviile go after the sub-treasury, over which Atlanta, Ma con and Savannah are scrapping at Washington? Barnesviile could take care of it all right if she could only get it.—Barnesviile News-Gazette. PROVERBS AND PHRASES There is the monument of Col. John B. Lamar, who while serving in th/ army of the Confederate States was mortally wounded at the battle of Crampton’s Camp Maryland, Sunday, Sept. 14. 1862, and died the following dav. He was fifty years old. Near by is the monument to Dr. Ambrose Baber, one of the most emi nent physicians Georgia ever had. He was born in September. 1792. died in Macon, In 1846. The monument over his grave was erected by Macoji Lodge No. 6, of Free and Accepted Masons and Constantine Chapter, No. 4. to their deceased brother and companion who was for many years their presid ing officer, also Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia. He was min ister to the court of Sardinia in the early forties. Gen. Phil. Conk. ex-Congressman and Secretary of State, rests under a striking monument. He was born in Twiggs County. July 31, 1817. died in Atlanta May 21, 1894. Among the inscriptions on his monument are these words: "A good name is better than great riches.” A monument that attracts consider able attention is that to Col. Robert A. Smith, of the Forty-fourth Roru'sr Georgia Volunteers. “Fell while lead ing his command in a charge on the enemy’s works at El!i«on’s Mill. n°ar Richmond, June 26, 1862. in the thirty- seventh year of his age. A gentle- Good right needs no help.—Dutch. All our sweetest hours fly fastest.— Virgil. He who sings drives away sorrow.— ¥ Italian. Housekeeping has a wide mouth.— German. He is not rich who Is not satisfied. —German. A husband’s wrath spoils the best broth.—Danish. A great repast ought to begin with hunger.—French. Sloth, that destructive siren, is ever to be avoided.-—Horace. Hospitality grows best where it is most needed.—Hugh Miller. Hunting, hawking and love, for one joy have a thousand griefs.—Italian. Keep yourself from opportunities and God will keep you from sin.— Italian. He who rides on the giant’s shoulder sees farther than he who carries him. —French. The vindication of WIrz. From the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Times-Dispatch has taken a deep interest in the proposal to erect a monu ment to Capt. Henry Wirz, commander of Andersonville prison. Wi* have shown from, the record that he was innocent of the 'infamous charges brought against him. and that he was murdered to gratify the spite of his ene mies. Now we learn from the New Orleans Times-Dernocrat that a former enemy of the executed soldier, and a prisoner at Andersonville under Wirz’s administra tion. intends to write what he knows of Wirz as a prison keeper, and to do such justice as he may to the memory of tha ir.'in. He declares that Wirz did his best with the scant means at his command to alleviate the .sufferings of the troops confined in that prison. He denies that Wirz ever refused reasonable requests made by prisoners. If in his power J to comply. Wirz does not need any vindication, for the record is sufficient; but it is gratify*- ing to know that at least one Northern men has th« courage and the righteous ness to come forward even at this l#to day in defense o' a brave soldier who was so cruelly slandered and slain. INDISTINCT PRINT