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THE “OPEN DOOR" TEA SALOON IN NEW YORK I 1 % ijfA 11 Hi m bh ife . i um m t If ■ < i i l m m KB k 0 1 ifSm i» .. ill, in. ,ii» M £ ft 1 mmm 1 J§ m w® r# v I m i % ;! Wmm r-v 1 mk > I ■ ' / ■JK m S ■ \ iii ■ lV i 3M§ m i Mi 'Y I S'OK m m ! Am \ A mil mm I m S m m % ! ft !i Art A U S T 1 riDUte ' L L i to n UGWGV. 0 ftramn in Resign n:ui Vitvcxi -itJit!; Side Openings. In the triumphal arch and colonnade which is to be erected at Madison Square for the Dewey celebration, New York City is to have a work which, in the opinion of the National Sculpture Society, will surpass any¬ thing that has before been realized for such a purpose in sculpture dec¬ oration. In geueral plau the arch will re¬ semble the Arch of Titus. The Ro¬ man design is altered, however, to fit it for location at the intersection of four streets by having the main pier3 pierced on the east and west axis of the arch by smaller opeuings, as i3 done in the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. This leaves really four piers to the arch, for the decoration of which a series of bas reliefs and groups is sug¬ gested, depicting the call to arms, the battle, the return of the soldiers and peace. At the sides of these groups may be placed heroic figures of great American naval officers. Secretary Long, at the request of the society, suggested for representation m those places the name of Paul Jones, Decatur, Hull, Perry, McDonough, Farragut, Porter and Cushing. Over the maiu entrance will be bas reliefs symbolizing the commercial importance of New York. For the group surmounting the arch has been suggested a ship with a figure of Victory in the bow drawn by four sea-horses. The plans include also a reviewing-stand which shall be a part of the general scheme of decoration for Madison Square. It is planned to have it decorated with groups symbolic of Greater New York aud the five boroughs, and with flags to make it contrast in color with the masonry and sculpture effects of the arch. The work on the part of the artists which will be involved in carrying C (ft @5s» 1 If '< n-'-'-n pf iii f, ( r \ l.\ V 5 j ! J \ ■ 1 ■SS'N & m If ! 7 fL ! i & ELI in IE? 0 it m DEWEY TRIUMPHAL ARCH AND ARCADE. out these plans is offered to the city free of charge. At a meeting of the society called to consider the means of doing the work in the short time remaining, the roll was called for pledges of work and co-operatiou, Every member who was present at the meeting pledged himself without re¬ serve to the work. It is said that the artists iu carrying out the plan will give to the city professional service amounting in value to $150,000 or *W00. Arm* of the Shamrock’s Owner. 0f course, it wouldn’t have been t1je thin 3 for Sir Thomas Lipton, tea merchant, Cap challenger and recent *y appointed Baronet, to come over l.ere on the Shamrock without a coat of-arms. He might as well arrive without a yachting cap. So he has had a coat-of-avms made, and, honestly, he deserves great credit for the dem¬ ocratic and unassuming way in which he has complied the emblem. For the crest he has designed two horny bauds of labor, one bearing the flowers of the tea plant the other that of the coffee plant. These betoken his •I. 1 1 : 1 ill Mi® .f. a MM Ji '////, //> m,. A' V % SIR THOMAS LIPTOJf’S COAT-OF-ARMS. humble origin and his means of suc¬ cess in the world. Fidelity to his native country induces him to place upon the s hield the Shamrock of Ire¬ land, as well as the Thistle of Scot¬ land, the country in which he made his first money. At the bottom of the shield is the horn of plenty, and his motto, “Labor Conquers All Things.” It is truly a fitting autobiography in While passing Whitehall the other day a stranger to Loudon asked h policeman if he could point out the window through which King Charles passed out to execution. The police¬ man asked: “Who was he?” “Kina of England, of course,” was the an swer. “But when was that?” “Over two hundred years ago.” “Ah, ahl that was long before my time, sir. I only entered the force in 1862,” was the’policeman’s reply. ’"'Sorry I dfjtt’t ‘ tell you.” NOVEL RIVAL TO THE Practical help to the poor, the ig¬ norant, and the sinning, this is the watchword of the day. The latest evidence of its workiug in the East Side of New York is the establishment of a tea-saloon at 76 Allen street. The Church Army is sponsor for the new undertaking, which is managed by Colonel H. H. Hadley, an enthusias¬ tic Avorker in humanitarian affairs. Colonel Hadley has many sympa¬ thizers in his belief that hundreds of people drink beer because it is the drink most easily obtainable, and that if other liquids were as cheap and as easy to get, the consumption of intox¬ icating drinks would be greatly re¬ duced. This is the experiment being tried at The Open Door, which is the name of the new temperance venture. The house taken for the mission was one of the worst homes of vice in the crowded neighborhood. It was used to conceal so many kinds of law-break¬ ing that jts frequenters had to be pro¬ tected from visits of the police by a system of private alarms. In addition to this they had secret means of egress, so that escape was possible in case of a raid. Colonel Hadley secured a three years’ lease of this disrepu¬ table building, cleared it of its old tenants, freshly painted the dingy in¬ terior, and wrought a material as well as a moral transformation. The first floor of the building was altered from a bar of the lowest order, where crime and hatred were nursed, into the hu¬ manitarian substitute, the tea-saloon. The effect of a bar is still retained,bul over the shining counter no moie del¬ eterious drink than well-made tea ever passes. The equipments which rest on the counter as accessories to the drinks are bowls of sugar, pitchers of cream, and saucers of sliced lemon. Tea is served either hot oi cold, to suit the desire of the patron, and it is also supplemented with a sandwich or a piece of pie or cake. The prices charged for these enjoy¬ ments range from one cent for plain tea to five cents for tea with solids, aud the price is the same whether the beverage is hot or iced. As it is the custom in the neighborhood where the tea-saloon is established for families to use the “growler” for bringing drink from the saloon to the home, Colonel Hadley has tea on draught to sell by the quart for outside consump¬ tion. He has even planned an im¬ proved can for carrying it,#itk a central compartment for tea aud an outside oue for ice, with faucets arranged for drawing off either tea or ice water. In the back of the tea-saloon is ar¬ ranged an assembly-ioom, where it is the custom to hold mission meetings every evening, consisting largely of attractive music, and into these meet¬ ings the patrons wander in increasing numbers. Upstairs the house is divi¬ ded into twelve rooms, all of which are furnished, and are rented to de¬ sirable applicants at one dollar a week. The tea-saloon is opeu from 6 a. m. to midnight; its patrons are increas¬ ing daily; aud it is expected that it will be a formidable rival to the liquor saloon, and will prove the strongest weapon against alcoholism that phi¬ lanthropy has ever wielded in defence of the weak and ignorant.—Harper’s. Bazar, A P active mau walks about 297, to 00 miles—-more than ten times the earth’s circumference—in his eighty-four years, just trotting about house and office. Of HU NEWS Happenings In the State of Inter¬ esting Import, Morcer Win* at Grantville The great debate between all comers and the three brilliant sons of Mercer university, which took place at the Grantville tabernacle the past week, was a big success. Mercer was award¬ ed the decision. Oeorglani Honored. An Associated Press dispatch from Washington announces the appoint¬ ment of Major W. J. Kendrick, of At¬ lanta, to a captaincy in one of the new regiments that will be organized un¬ der the recent call of Secretary Root for a campaign in the Philippines. The other Georgians given places in the new regiments are as follows: Major, D. A. Frederick, of Georgia; second lieutenant, W. O. Thornton, of Georgia. Besides the Georgians, the following southerners received appointments: Majors, Joseph F. Armfield, North Carolina; A. A. Wiley, Alabama. Obtain, Claude E. Sawyer, South Carolina; Noel Gaines, George D. Lee, W. H. Collier, Kentucky. First Lieutenants, Silas J.McGaugh riu, Fred Mobley, Lewis A. Griffith, Clarences S. Nettle*, South Carolina; T. Br Seigle, North Carolin; John B. Gallagher, Fred L. Wilson and Oscar Bishop, Kentucky,Richard K.Cravens, Indian Territory; William J. Watson, Vernon L. Everett aud Clyde B. Par¬ ker, Kansas. Second Lieutenants, Charles H. Morrow, Walter T. Slack, William A. Haycraft and Lewis W. Dillon, Ken ruckv. Lucas Found Guilty of Nnrdor The jury impaneled in the case of the state against Will Lucas, the ne¬ gro farm hand indicted for the murder of Robert Davis, a respected citizen of DeKa.b county, rendered a verdict, in the trial at Decatur, of guilty, but with a recommendation for life im¬ prisonment. As soor. as the verdict was read the attorneys for the defense gave notice of a motion for a new trial. The crime of which Lucas is ac¬ cused is one of midnight assassina¬ tion, and the victim was one of the most prominent citizens of the county. On the night of May 12tli, last, Rob¬ ert F. Davis, hearing a noise in a room across the hall from his sleeping apart¬ ment, arose and walked into the room, holding a lighted match in his hand. Some on the outside fired through the window, and the bullet lodged in Davis’ side. Neighbors, hearing the shot and the screams of the women in the house, hurried to the scene of the shooting and found Davis in a dying condition. After lingering for several hours he died the next morning. Suspicion rested on Will Lucas, a hand formerly employed by Davis on his farm and was arrested. Athens Talks Railroad. The people of Athens are very much interested in the talk that is now going the rounds concerning the new rail¬ road that is to be built by the Seaboard Air-Line. The mere building of a railroad from Athens to Augusta will work no material benefit to Athens, but the con¬ struction of a line either to Chatta¬ nooga or B’rmingham will be of great benefit to the commercial and manu¬ facturing interests of the Classic City. Improvements at Cartersville. Cartersville now seems to be on the eve of an extraordinary active season in building and industrial lines, from the number of enterprises and ira- 1 provements on foot and ij contempla¬ tion. A new courthouse is within the list of possibilities, the grand jury having recommended the building of one. It is now certain the people of the county will have a chance to vote on bonds to -the amount of #30,000 ! Cartersville industries are again looking up. While iron and manga¬ nese matters are temporarily rather dormant, the ochre business, which has been a thrifty one, is now being pushed more extensively lhau ever be¬ fore. With those running and pro¬ jected, there will be five mills in oper¬ ation within a radius of five miles. Carrying; Concealed Weapons. Judge Gaudier iu his charge to the grand jury of the DeKalb superior court laid stress upon the lawlessness of carrying concealed weapons. Since then the grand jury has indicted a number for this offense. The court said that vigorous means would be adopted to break up the car¬ rying of concealed weapons of all kinds and that heavy fines would be the rule in the event of such cases. Will Goodyear’* Work. M. L. Marindin, of the United States coast and geodetic survey, will begin at once to make arrangements to survey the new Goodyear dynamite work on the Brunswick ocean bar. The survey is for the purpose of de¬ ciding whether, through recent work. Colonel Goodyear has secured the re¬ quisite depths aud widths to entitle him to the balance of the $90,000 that the United States government is to al¬ low him on the contract he now has with it for deepening this bar. The survey must show a twenty-five-foot, depth, two hundred wide and a twen ty-flve-foot depth one hundred wide. There is every reason to believe the depths have been secured and that Colonel Goodyear will get his money. * * * YluBignon Elected By Trustee*. A call meeting of the board of trus¬ tees of the Georgin Normal aud Indus¬ trial school was held in the office of the state librarian at the capitol a day or two ago to elect a chairman of the board to fill the vacancy caused by the death of ex-Governor Atkinson. The name of Hon. F. G. duBignon of Sa¬ vannah, was proposed at once and without opposition Mr. duBignon was elected unanimously. The choice of Hon. F. G. DuBignon as chairman of the board of trustees is regarded as a highly fitting one, since from the time the Milledgeville school was authorized by act of the legisla¬ ture, he has been one of its strongest friends. At the time of the introduc¬ tion of the measure in the house of representatives by ex-Governor Atkin¬ son, Mr. DuBignon, who was then president of the senate, left his sent and warmly espoused the appropria¬ tion. His support of the bill at that time, it is said, probably saved the measure aud ho was warmly congratu¬ lated upon his success by those who urged the introduction of the bill. Bibb County’* Tax Return*. Bibb county’s tax returns for 1899 show an increase over those of last year. The tax receiver has completed the work on the books and the increase was a substantial one. It is over $600,000, as will bo seen by the following table: 1898 $15,447,364 1899 16,055,455 Increase $ 608,091 The Willingham cotton mill and the Payne cotton mill, the Taylor & Peek Drug Company, the street railtvays, electric light, telephone aud express and gas companies are not included in the returns, and the last four named make their returns to Comptroller General Wright. Had these been in¬ cluded in the returns they would no doubt have shown a greater increase. Georgia Second In Line. The battalion of the Fifth Georgia infantry at Atlanta has been notified by the officers in charge of the cele¬ bration to be had in New York that places in liue would be assigned to the troops of the different states ac¬ cording to the rank the states held among the officers on board the Olym¬ pia. Under this arrangement Georgia will have the excellent position of second in the line of march on ac¬ count of Flag Lieutenant Brumby being next in. command to Admiral Dewey. Vermont will head the pro¬ cession, since Admiral Dewey is a native of that state. This is regarded by the officers of the battalion as an additional induce¬ ment why Georgia should have repre¬ sentation second alone to that of New York. ___________________ __ THESE >ELUDES CUMMEXDEl). Judge Take* Occasion to Compliment Them For Capturing Burglar. While sentencing Simon Bell, a ne¬ gro, for burglary, Judge John S. Can¬ dler, in the DeKalb county, Ga., su¬ perior court, Thursday morning took occasion to commend the conduct of two other negroes who effected the prisoner’s capture. Bell entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to twelve months in the chaingarg. The negro, it appears, during a re¬ cent session of the Rock Chapel camp¬ meeting, entered the house of Mr. E. J. Baily, who with his family were at¬ tending the meeting. The negroes, Will Johnson and Grant Sims, who were passing the horn;** nl tha timo, gaw the negro as he was preparing to enter. The two concealed themselves. After the man got in they surrounded the house aud captured him. EMPLOYES WERE SURPRISED. Atlanta Railway and Power Company Raise* Wage* Twenty Per Cent. The directors of the Atlanta, Ga., Railway and Power Company have de¬ clared an increase of 20 per cent in the wages of conductors and motormeu both in the employ of the Atlanta Railway and Power Company and the Atlanta Railway Company. Thaiincrease in wages, it is under¬ stood from the employees of the two lines, was unsolicited by the men aud came in the nature of a surprise to many, if not to all of them. DROWNED AT FERRY. Carriage Containing Six Persons Dr p* Into a River In Indiana. A carriage containing six persons, two women and four children, was precipitated into White river at Wash¬ ington, Ind., Thursday night as it was being driven aboard a ferryboat and all were drowned. The horse had just stepped aboard the ferryboat when the hawser parted and the boat swung out, dropping the carriage into the river.