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6 THE CONSTITUTION CLARK HOWELL Editor ' ROBY ROBINSON Business Manager leterealat the Atlanta P»»toffir» a• Wecaa4 < la*> Mail Matter. S«r. 11. 1573. TH® WEEKLY CONSTITUTION 1 , only Si per annum. Clubs of five. $1 *ach; Hubs of ten, S * each and a copy to getter-up of cl«b. V» E WANT TOT7- Th* Consttturfon wants an 1 agent at every p<»stoffice In America. Agent’s . outfit free and good terms. If you are not | bi a club, we want you to act as agent at ■ ’•our office. Write ne. CJJANGC OF AI‘Dl/1 S.< - When ordering ».<’ , of • - rr japer ch. nge.l always give the old as v 'll ae the new address. Always give J btoirice. county and state. If your paper | '« u t re. r’v-d regular!; notify us and we *>’l straighten the matter. 1 T ’ YOU SEND I S AN ORDER for new sub | ka. hers, p’.ue allow us a week to get the names on the at and paper started before ♦ »u write a > o.plaint, a* woaie very much > »en ded now. • NO,’ FORGET t nuk* your renewals in Watch your direction tig and ee* when youi subscription expires. Th* next •x month wid be full of interest, and you *■ >' 1 rot miss a single cop of The Con- k .tutlor ►. ni v i cders a’ least & week i advance tj make sure. It may not rake a 'wk in <-->.• . ha we nte the g’ej diiig-.nce t get them on our mail m’T list. Ail Indicative Southern View. One of the most conservative and j r presentative south" journals of ; Dixie is The Nev Orleans Picayune. Speaking- of the Panama transforma tion act. it says: wno has cfi. lishcl the firo-- ..f hiig ;n. ! Ameri.-a a iii. snip .-.iii.it 'e.l .1 1,1. J . m-- -i. i.tiiun. ilia- 1 The Constitution has endeav I to show, without passion or partisanship, that what has been done dots not rise, .pon prc.-eiii -id', ice.*-, to the dignity <>i "a most bigh-ktindt d ami wholly un authorized proceeding " As to its high-handedness it was a prompt re-, ;>!y to an urgent appeal by Hie repre sentatives of a people vJm had re-, tolled < n ma, e and proclaimed that ' they’ had si'v ‘,’ed ihe political bands which had tini’e ( them to another" puwer. they ■'<!(! ■■ I lip ;i dp facto government, ait -r the Latin-American t.i.-hion, under .•>. provisional junta, just as th south tup a provisional gov ernment jn Montgomery before any election by tim p- ople could have been , held. Was it highhanded to recog mze the a< t.i.. . -t of rhe . xi:-T ace of ' that condition? At the time the recognition was Hide there wet, i, , Colombian t.ft’i • la’s, soldiers or symbols of authority anyvvh, r< oh ; ie is: hmm;. It Colombia had lost ■ mir y completely it: fact. was •;■ im nml-. m io treat with her on th, basis of r paper title to it. which was all that remained to Tiles- are -''ither fine or coarse points ot iliuioma' y. as you choose to toe’; at rii-.-m. hut the g’-aver and de-, termini ng .nan r v a.- the existence on H:e isthmu- ro our light to guard and ; c.-n inttie; aceably the transit across the isthmus. and. more imporl ant s’i't, our interest in our priority :'g'i , as to t!:•' intcroc'-anic canal. ays that, with them' interests in mind, "it is doubtful it tie o' I a man in the democratic south * that will I 1 is a rev.' -s -m io the axiom. "Vox poppli. vox ;. Iho dog in Hip tv.ur- ger i- always in jeopardy of being I’.ieked throng.': ; he hay window Co ’ombia's lime to go through the trajec tory of th-- £;•<;■:<> bourne had come. Site was doubly warned and only stif ■.‘l'd >■ Diplomacy gate her a ami Panama : \ on her r ■ t.’ - m;o ' u ' . ■ ■ ■ on of it Now th;o I’miama is Imlepfiident, that Colm, si.< is suing io be let into th itesii'Ht .nisiti amt canal can h, , r-e on ' <-tti>r terms tm-om'd I-, bei'o'.-e The Picayune has , 1,. on the head when It str.'s ’ho ; ■ -tple of the south, even mote an li— of any other section, will r< ; - i ’he situation and say to A Pi-i s Bstral Mail Catriers. Ne.essariiy the inaugurtoion of the • • ji *!• <• :i\'» i'V iiiu.il service? v.us tp,o ; >-j ■ and Hie pos':il department' - justfii I in establishing regtila- 1 ■ ~! f •>,: • -ihi not make the experi- tinaniii o 1 r ichhovo i iiseo’ to t'ne nc.-ds ami ; ,<Hsoi :cm of the poop’ -. a;i d u.,p.!i i:v-m is avalanch deep .:i I- from every part of ;■ men:. the postal authorities and • p- I’tcr ■ ~rs: e r ,sio!ial committees rfect th .(eat public sow . > as promptly and \ foremost fact to b > deait with is sation of the men - im brave all th- . loments and suffer many hardships in p. rformitig this par ticular serve They a;'e m.w com polled to form thm: own horses, ’ con th. tn it' strong ard well-shodden , .ndition. rblo or drive from twenty -i fori v iirb’s n." day. and all for a ..age that is out of al! proportion to •pe pav given to city carriers. Cer linlv th> )a'!''r an- not overpaid and ;.n actuary of 'ml.’-ur valuations would , i 'tt their wages by a. farthing. Uy the , same rules, the consulting actuary would advise a sham advance in rural t, e delivery salaries, certainly to ai sis of equity with the salaries paid •o city carriers. The rural free delivery service is one • s' the h< st t onveniences ami civilizing ; so, . Ho::- op-eraled by 'lm govern- : f-mnt fi s efficiency ami popularity depend upon the fidelity, promptness j intelligence of i’.-' carriers. The j ■ a no of such men is worthy to be fair- , elven to ti:em and it is very desira- ' the pc st al and congressional I rnilhoritl 1 ciuichly realize the tact and . lie justice the case demands. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. Since The Constitution sounded a strong, clear note of insistence that jn next year's national democratic convention the platform should have paramount precedence over men, it has been demanded by newspapers of the east, west and south to give some specific indications of the kind of platform we would favor in advance of finding men who could stand upon it before the American people with full personal guaranty that, they would represent it and do consistently all in their power to execute it. The Constitution values the strong indorsements that have been given to its suggestion in the direction indicated. It is an encouraging sign of the times among democrats that they so promptly approve the idea of determining first, what the party will stand for and then nominating the men most, representative of the policies adopted. In urging this log ical plan f l'he Constitution has been governed by th? same sentiment that was expressed by that eminent loyalist. Kentucky democrat, Hon. John W. Leathers, who, in 1864, wrote from bis military prison cell in Louis ville to the democratic convention at Chicago, to which he had been named as a delegate, that ' the platform must secure everything—individ uals secure nothing!" The Constitution firmly believes that in the light of the recent past of American politics and the future that now is opening to the democracy that same rule of action is demanded by plain common sense and the manifest spirit, of the people Jr becomes us to say that The Constitution prefers no claim of being an expert party shipbuilder and is not over-confident of its ability to point out with unerring judgment the sound and sufficient planks of its platform. We can say that we do not like platforms that argue and harangue. Platforms that reaffirm cardinal principles of democracy as distinguished from other political cults and, as to imminent and unsel tled questions, declare withoul the weakness of many words the demo cratic position concerning them, suit ns best of all. Our pleasure in the national demo, ratio platform would be complete if it could be shortened to the length of the Tea Commandments with the one “'Thou shall not steal printed in warning black letters. Hut iuce The Constitution has been so generally asked to saj what Hunks the platform of 1904 might, properly contain, we do not shrink .' ■ uni a presumption Hint Is apparent only—certainly, not real —when we ••)> .. ibai our suggestions to the eminent men who will make the pl»t u>r:i! woti’ i follow along these lines, in ideas, if not in the exact verbi age. viz: li Hu. .' s , -i( l:i eonM’Uti'Ui a ss.'inclfd, de l« • e . ;•!• .igv .i.twlV'S .itit A to the constitutional doctrines and traditions ■ ■ ".uiy Au ■r.i.ied tin? t-icbiny? and exampie of a long s .it--inc'ij and patriots who beloved In a government of the people. . tn- -,i 'pli> ..nd : u the peopi. guaranteeing equal rights to all men and spe ia: privileges io none. 2. <•• -pc-a ion to - "inializalion and tha dangerous spirit, of en< roac'.iment • ■ l;niitati"ii9 the national constitution which tends to consolidate the ■ ■Weis u; all the departments of the government in some one of its three ;>and tlius to ■ reate anywhere under American authority a form of < • mr.i'nt i. s'-'iibling a real despotism. 3 N-.i oppressive national sumptuary laws; separation of church and stale ■ go -1 ■ -.i s omniou schools f<- ail the people fostered and «n- 4 Home j- .. Mate-, t ;Hto: ie.s and depi.-ndencies; Segregation of the ..s i trib’ J . ditio . of reservations, alliztrnenf of homesteads, mid the release of the Indians from control as wards of the nation to the control ot the stales and territories they inhabit. 5. Tlonest money, consisting of gold and silver, and paper currency a.uthor- i t'. ( , g"',i ■ ■iier;t. and convertible into coin on demand. We oppose all rep .bii-an b gi-lation, in operation or proposed for enactment, which aims to - r.-i the wvr“i?-i right of the n ational government to issue all money, wl.’t - r coir, or paju-r. .a I we demand the retirement of the national bank i-olf's as rnyidlv as government l-gal lenil&r notes and coin certificates van be substituted for them, 6. \V<* favor a thorough and non-partisan reform of the civil service, on ; : o -Jpi'.-s favoring nermanein y of tenure to faithful public employees. ' Tiie : _ ijof s lYrage i- a right preservative of all rights of a. ilemoc- . , ..'.-I rn -t and shall maintained in every part of the United State*, state regulations that do not violate t.-.e terms of the constitution of the 8. Free ships iii.ih ■■■ j natiaation laws, unsubsldized from Hie national • and full » \ -ctitiV' pow.-rs to the iutet state commerce commission to ,-.te -t the pu F- .'"oui n.i.i'ivi transportation rates and the destruction of rail way trirlYic competition 9 Wc favor the strict "iiforcemeni of the Chinese exclusion law. except ir ita I. i-iiucation and foreign commerce, and that even carefully guarded, .■.nd fI- law ma<l ! t-> apply to the immigrant or contract labor (lasses of ail it'. Tl.i v-e "f ■'.tic mir.oy and pubhe 'icdit for public purposes solely; ’ ~ -c rlct in.- )ii>.-'.: .in of pool; lands to actual settlers 11 -■ demo-: .itL : arty Is the friend of labor and the Laboring man and Ictig. < as.-If to j.rote, t him against the • ormorants of this country and the ini- ; rl'-d skilled or I'liup'i labor of other lands. 12 . favor liberal pensions to invalid soldiers and sailors of our national . . a; d lin-ir dcp'-iul'. t.i-: that Hie fact of enlistment and service shall ba l:-:ve rcid-.ui.e ag.l ust, prior disease and disability; and that the pension y hr- m idt? i separate and non -partisan agency of the government, ad iii-i • !<-:•> d by thr ;•> commlsslouvrs, appointed to serve during good behavior, of w- !in tHvili i'r- i rep'jblivan, one a demixrat and one proposed bi the Craud Army of the Republic. 13. We insist on the strict mainleuaii'e of me Muni .>e doctrine in all its ..■-grity r , tt-n j’d -pit it., a, i.x ■■ -ssar.v prevent the extension of Etiru ; -.i ! authority on this continent and to affirm mir national mtpi*m.acy m xtri' ii an affairs. 14. We 'ondemn the Diugu-y taritY law .- a 1- i t and monopol’. breeding . i--.,'- used to give to a. A-w extraordinary favors which they do not justly ds -'-rve and to place upon tin many burdens wlji-.-h they should not bear. We • -.in:..-.-..1 a • 'i - : -if H " -liedales o'- the tariff which create and shelter irv- ie and monopolies, and the enforcement of proper laws to detect and pun i amuiiiuti'ins tn limit production, destroy competition in trade and transpor tation. o> '.'xact extortion from home co nsumers. 15. We lavor ilns policy of re. iprocity treaties with all countries wherein en uc'-d market.-’ for Am-;ieaii products may be obtained in exchange for nec- .--..iri' -of raw material products of the soil and manufactures not adequately m-iidt: -a ■ our own .'intry: and especially do we u.'gv JibenU reciprocity ••at: - with. (■' ada a -I Cub:’. We s.ami committed to the policy of Jeffer who a.d: ' I‘eaee, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; en .mgling aidinces with mine.' At the same time we declare in favor of free i.onni'r ■< n-.-twe'.-ri tiie home country and all our dependent possessions. 16. VV. f -r s:: a legislation as* will secure the election of I'nited States < ■ -t'.oi- li ir' - vote of the people of the several states. 17. We ii-he'. ' , .-tier requires tne immediate admission o' the territories .■ \ N'-w Mexiac, Oklahoma and Indian Territory as states in the 18 We ' and Impartial extension of i-.e rura- free delivery . . . - -i . -. and : ' si; practicable the red iction of half-ounce letter I■ image to I cent per letter. 10 \\ ,- ... " ;u favor of an a mend inent t° i-hft constitution permitting fha yi-a<lun.ted taxation of incomes and inheritances; and the reduction and re i„ c.l of th' taxes increased, nr created by the Cuban war. so as to restore the rates previously existing j 20 W ci.-noui e the extta.t -.gan.-ies of recent republican administrations, ,< , >n ,v ”t i xaii-m of great surplus colli ctlous of money fipm the pen -1,., , ( |.'| th" temptations to such bare-faced frauds and conspiracies for plunder . . e un irili-- I i-i tiic postal, interior and war departments, and whose -■ re's ue yet enjoying immunity from punishment. W» believe in ofTl -. c.ii'oi: to the commandment; ' Thon shn.lt not steal." i'm above propositions may not include all the issues that could be made with Hu republican administration, but they seem to us to cover la irelj the matters of most vital interest to the voters of the nation. We pi. s'-iii them without extravagance of expression or adornment of red light ti'-.iHin< iation. They embody a compact policy which we think will t-verywhere meet deniociatic approval, bar none who are genuine rlemo -rais from their support and would attract many independent voters who believ. the country will lie benefited by the return of a loyal and uiithful democratic control of the general government. It is our earnest desire to see harmony reign in the party ranks. )mi desirable harmony and faultless cooperation will be possible when we (. use to contest over dead or somnolent issues and lace the living present and the emergent Issues of Hie approaching future. Nearly every proposition we have advanced above is a vibrant and li.'iiatable issue between the democratic and republican parties. They in ■-.i e thought and compel a decisive opinion from every reasoning voter. They thrcateti no legitimate interest of the national honor. They prom ise no crusade against the legal rights of individuals or corporations. They promise reforms which have won approval by men of all partiesand there is no reason why in 1904 patriotic democrats should not support them as one man and disappointed independent and republican voters give them the indorsement of their ballots. THE WEEKLY <X)NSTITUTIOK» ATLANTA, GA-. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1903. THE CONSTITUTION’S COLOMBIAN-ISTHMIAN COMMISSIONER. The Constitution j s always ready Io do whatever ,'s necessary to give its readers first and reliable information on themes of great national ot international interest. The gravity of the subject to be handled, and not the expense of dealing with it, determines our action. Saturday The Constitution dispatched its own special representative to the isthmus of Panama and Colombia for the purpose of giving to out readers full, fair and quick information concerning conditions in that disturbed district, especially as to all matters relating Io the Panama canal. Mr. Clifford Smyiig who is sent on this mission, was for nearly five years the United States consul at Cartagena, the principal port of Co lombia, was correspondent of The Constitution for some years and since his return and residence in Atlanta has been a regular contributor to the columns of this paper. Mr. Smyth speaks the Spanish language is thoroughly ac quainted with public men and affairs in Colombia and Panama, and will carry with him strong letters of commendation to the government at Bo gota and the authorities of the provisional government in Panama. Being thus admirably equipped, and wielding a facile pen, backed by excellent judgment, he will give to the readers of The Constitution as accurate and valuable information as will be sent from the isthmus to i any newspaper in America. He is not sent, as a. partisan, but as a newsgatherer, io give the • esis ol! present conditions and to keep track of the movement yet to be made. He will hold an impartial balance as to the contentions both of Colombia and the isthmian people, and determine on the ground the reasons and results of any actions taken by them and by the United States government He sails from New York on Saturday and will be board from by our !• .iders as soon as he can reach Cartagena. In all this 'rhe « (institution is following its past policy. Our readers will recall that when the Chinese-Japanese war began The ('(institution promptly sent its then Washington correspondent, Mr. Edward W. Barrett, r<> the scene of war and that he wasr the first of the war correspondents r. get on the ground and give the American people an understanding ot Hie whole affair as an American only could view it and explain it. In our war with Spain The Constitution had several of its correspoud ents in service whe; ver the active operations were in progress and many newspapers, an well as a hundred thousand people, relied upon thr-ir reports to The institution for the earliest news. When our rela'Ans with the insurgents in The Philippine Islands were at their worst '! He Constitution sent its able Washington correspond ent. Mr. Jos: K. Ohl to Manila and the disturbed provinces to give to our readers and Hie people at large the fine and accurate letters be sent from that far and turbulent field. In like manner i• cognizing the tremendous importance, now and here after, of passing events in Colombia and the isthmus of Panama, the 1 eagerness of the i.'pie for a reliable review of the things doing and to lie accomplished. Th Constitution is sending a bright, ably equipped and experienced Atlanta newspaper man to supply the needs in that respect. We know ir. advance that our readers will be glad of the announce ment and will look eagerly for the reports. The Recurrence o Jiminez. The republic of San Domingo is just now taking anothei her annual baths of blood. We have had no fan in the endur ance of President Wo Gil, even for one presidential term cause we long ago gave up hope th San Domingo will ever enjoy a ni< ■ -rate term of peace until Genere] .11 in-z is given a permanent seat in celestial case among the angels ft must have been over fifty years now since utian Isidro Jin- nez got. ft. into bis headpiece th-’ he was born to lie the whole tiling n the Dominican republic. Several times h has push ed Hi' 1 ' president de facto otf his perch ami proceeded to o< - upy H position hinmeir. By a sleight art • arranging the suffrage to his notion he has ob tained quasi eonstiti; Iona: lections to A STRICTLY BUSINESS, AND NOTA POLITICAL, MATTER! The right of revolittiou, in the American code, is an inalienable right, of misgoverned hi inanity. In our country it is tint right ot revolution by the ballots of a free people- unfortunately, oi most or tin. South and Central American coun tries it is the revoiiiiio’i of force. By that right .v< a nation, tills day live and move and have our being. To deny i to ethers situated now as we were then, is to take away the justification. l < Ute framers of the Declaration of fudependoni e and all that has i inn: ’o us from its signing to the present hour. The people of Ban ma saw all their vital inn rests being sacrificed by the parent go' run nt in the interests ot' a gang of legislative thieves and politocastros. Th revolted and in four days had expelled the Co lombian governmental >rees. established a provisional independent gov ernment junta, shin n a drop of blood and set the standard of an inde pendent people ft' n " to side of the isthmus. Answering th’ ir appeal to our government as the guarantor of re publican governm nt. on the western hemisphere. President Roosevelt gave them reeognltio. Whaf else and whom else could he recognize? Certainly not the (< ii bian government, that had not, lifter the departure of its officials and ’roops, a symbol of authority Hying or a living soul with whom any: o could treat. The recession w complete; the people were rejoicing in It. accepta ble men were ordering the creation of a free government for an accom- i plished free repub, < The president recognizes the powers that lie iu th* republic of Pat > He is commended by the acquiescence in his act of the European proy ro who could assume an interest in the situation. Whether, under Ire t ■ existing, he might have as properly acted other wise than he has dm <■ :s a polemical and academic question only. The United States has never bound herself by any treaty not to give due and full recognition to any American republic succesfully estab lished. If she has. now is the best time to declare any such treaty nuli and stand by her original genius. So far as wha in. been done affects the Isthmian canal question, the effect is a fact, adjudicated. I; determines the building of the canal by the Panama route. To secure that wa the compelling reasoning for the creation of the new nation. Our right to trade with, that new nation is absolute and be- ’ yond the control • right- of protest of any other nation. The Constitm >i- only recently urged the president, to abandon dick ering with Colon i.. and turn to the Nicaragua alternative nominated In the Spooner a-1. But now tiie mui ' of events brings the Panama route into easy’, eer tain and conclusive roach. We stand, tl -n, i-’V the prompt a< quirement from the republic, of Panama ot the t ie.-sions we need and thereupon (lie immediate prose- i ( ution of the cat j construction. The people of the country want the canal. The people (>’' the south want it and want ii as quickly as it can lie ■ bnilt. A bundl'd industries and prosperities of the south wait upon its ! completion. The canal matter is not a partisan issue Both parlies have pledged that it. shall be i-nili. Republicans and democrats have divided both ways as to routes. But now that the bourse of events gives ns th; approved route under better conditions of control that we ever demanded, the time is arrived when partisanship should keep hands off the proceedings. Every patriot should stand by the status as it is and proceed to back tip the government a one man. Especially are the southern people vitally concerned in seeing tin' canal cause go through as it is now pointing. Give us the canal- After that there will be plenty of politics on hand to satisfy the most ' eager of its devotees. I the office, but, we believe, in every -- case he has been compelled, sooner or later, to chase himself off the island ' and find refuge in New York, Porto ; Rico or Cuba. i To an American with cautions risi- i ; bits there is nothing more diverting ■ tha.n to sit opposite the voluble .Jimi nez in los altos of the Hotel Inglaterra, in San Juan. Porto Rico, or with him at. a table in El Pasaje, in Havana, a bottle bi:iwec;i, and listen to his stir ring talcs of how often he has rescued, : redeemed and regenerated "that dear - ■ San Domingo.” Now that he is once more on the top I of the heap in el capital let us hope j i ho will remain there, reform itis ras- ; I calities and rule in peace until the holy I tapers around his bier die in their ; sockets and his insurrecto frame is ; finally laid where the revolutionary , rabies never do business. “Songs of the Soil” By FRANK L. STANTON A Thanksgiving Song. IL's .-.linin' on—Thanksgivin'. in th* ful ness <>' the Fall: If we're thankful w<='re a livin',- well, that's jest a-sayin' all! If that much we can say— A-journeyin' on the. way, It. means that Life's bad something like I a glad Thanksgivin' Day: |lt s cornin' on -Tlianksgiviii'.—or tlie i time lev givin' thai ks : \\ . i" somewbei" on tin snnnj . ide ol i Jordan's stormy banks! I If licit mm b we can say Where Winter mourns th" M ' . I' means that l/te s had s an-thing DA- a , glad Thanksgivin' Day: | It's cornin’ on—Thanksgivin .- I.if* bad | I sorrows—Life had sighs, I Rut still we read our titles to them man- I sions in the skies! j If that much wo can say I Neath bloomy skies or gray, ~.. I ; It means that Life's had sonnibi'-'g like j ti glad Thanksgivin’ Day! *** « • The Wishful Brother. i Dey ain't no uro in sighin' k.'iz* y<>-‘ went i de way er sin, ■ A'it you wish it. hadn t been- Oii, yon wish it hadn’t bee:;' Dey wuz nuthin’ on dat highway da: w :z , wuth de work ter win Oli, you wish it hadn't been - Hadn't been! / .''ey .dn't no use in sighin' kaze ole ■’ l , 1 took, you in, I Yit you wisli it had i‘t been— i Oh, you wish it hadn't been! I Dey warii’t a prize he give you dat w :z j w itii a chance t'-r win j Oli, you wish it hadn't beet)-- Hadn't been! ■ But. brighten up yc' armor— ihougli yo | Chance Is mighty thin! S'-ne-- you wish it hadn't been— Sente you wisli it. hadn't been, li ini-l'b'- dat you'll make it, eji de 1 Dawd II take yon in, j Senee you wish it hadn't Iro-n - Hadn't ber-ri! Nuggets from Georgia. I We eiin't all be millionaires, bat we i j can be happier than lots of ’em. i If it wasn't for Sorrow w. wouldn't j j know Joy when we ran against him. j Don’t look too high for Happiness—it's | : frequently a lowly violet in a dusty road I Some bilks gather so much sunshine ! ! in till? old vorld tl’.ut when night (Ornes i i tli'-'. don’t haV'- tn light candles. ♦ ♦ ♦ • « On the Way. h ain «.i fur ter de br- akin *r d» da • | lie winter time is dreamin’—des a-dream- ■ in' or de May! F7n de good time cornin’ Is a-biazin.' er de | Kopp up yo’ courage, believers! i Oh, do road took rough, '-n de win' a-blowin' col'. But you all keeps warm wld de glory in yo' sonl; l It'll soon be tlm* for d* '-ailin' er de r< .11— ID ■■ .< MI- ' er.s! The Hope of It. * Way » n't a-lookii'.' 'I; brlghios:- D-m't roe much light tn the ski- -. , Bu I: - -1a long, W" in whistle a song. An' a feller can hope till he dies: Life ain't a garden of ’oses: , Burly miii-ii mix"d up with sigh-. But--v.-iiatev.-r the-- give ] i Wo’vo still got to live it. An' a teller - an hope till he di'-s! Morn and Night. i Sa- : a li i tb.- iimo it is ; i-'.ir sowing and sot reaping! ' Hopes and fears in dying ye..!s The laughter and the weeping! V gl'-a.m of light, and then- <1 i • night'- - .... ! The Voice Mournful It is not un echo From tVinter's ro.do ’d.i- 1 The wind spirits moauing Where dead leaves are '-asi . - But the Thanksgivin Turke.v A-giibiilin’ his last' j The Li'l' One. . No in i i'-r f'-r de trouble- De sharp thorns in d-- v.s i 1 I.a wd'li kei p you, li 1 You'll git P i joy some day ' Uk : storrn-Woweil birds, you 11 fin' -’ I i n, ' st ' i : Bn hear de win. sing' roi'g- er rest. No matter fer d( Eroiir,' dem eyes so brigi'.t; i De I.awil II had you, ti l' one Safe ter de Mawnin’ light! Un den you’ll hear de Mawnir' st>y: "V' .i rnakis i -.wecte.-'t time rr day" | His View of It. \V .-it trouble come on ever’ tian’, I N’i> use ter stop far ruin' it; It ain't so fur ter de happy Jan' Es von knowed <b s whar ter fir:' i- ! ! De wori' keep luroiii’ roiir; 1 en roi'.n', En de sunshim siop de rainin'; , Eu do Goodness knows dey ain't a ri-.-;-' ! In de. whole lan’ what's complaiuin ! So. w’en trouble come on ever’ han , Don't stop y.?' task ter min' tt; It ain't so fur ter de happy lan'— Es you knowed des whar ter fin’ it! , Not in the Prescription. "What you want to do," said the. di .:g ' gist, .'is lie hnnded the old darkey the j medii-iro, "is to take a dose of this aft' i ! each meal. "Yes, sub. was the rpl "an' now. wiil you plea.-e, sun, tell me oii.ir I'm i 1 gw ii>" t'-r git de m- -:. " ' The Experienced Singer. T wind blows soft and sweet As if blue violets did its kisses gr. But still it luirnis not his experien.-ed i , 111-- orders coal! * j Surely the sunlight warm Is trom no realms of i . a: I Ari tie i 1 storm? Nay’ Nay! bill till it ■ annof quite eon- j sole - He orders coal! • ” " » A Dissatisfied Brother. ; 1 Wen de rain don’t fall. De blizzard blow. En he sling de sleet, Eil pelt de snow; En dey ain't no hope On de airth below, En 1 gwine home, tn de rnawnin’! c i Wen de blizzard done— q Den de -big, roun’ sun. He Shlno so hot Dat. lie make me run, ’ En I won't find peace Twel my day is dour. j I En I gwine home in de niawnln’’ |a Plunkett's Leiter TI IE- sweetest words that were ever write ai-; the sweet words, "my motlier;" but the sweetest song i« i b Ji-d to agree upon. Anyhow, during of the war our regt ! ment was ordcied away trom Virginia, and when it became known that we were i Io come over and help the Tennessee i army at Chi. i-mmatiga the boys raised r I song, and a lliousnnd voices joined and i a thousand hearts b'-at time to Hie time land s irimenL That song went thu.-ly. i "We n- Off to Georgia arly in the I morning. , . , 1 Off to (Ic'H'gi.: 'fore tic bre-ik of days ; Give my respe 1: to all "old Virginia ■ i--.,,- v%’ro' off io G "D > 'fot. the br. ak of day.” I Soldiers took sueli songs and suited ! tii-nn to the occasion, and I doubt if ! there was ever a swecror sung or a in"’* I thrilling sentimen’ than this "< »IT to I Georgia” to the men who hud been n j Virginia for years. I But it was not th* soldiers of t!i<- -on I federacy or the days of ib*. war that i started my mind in such a trend. ,1 '.ay* I just read a letter from ;- Georgia boy in j Canada, and in that letter and in y | line von could i ad Hie f* : ic K of th* ; heart which as good as s-nid. "Oh, for old i Georgia one* again!" ! I should never have w; Hen about this ’• "Georgia boy in Canada'' save t> r th* | effect it ni.V' have upon boys who ar-- I vet In Georgia, and some of them smar - ing under th* delusion that better places I are far away and long to leave to -*• s their f”’tunes there. I know the young ; man tha: writes from Canada. I know 1 th.-J ti* is far above the average in < a . , ny II- ’ steel -!-arpen.-.r;" and readily obtained t 2.50 per day here in ! DeKalb at the quaries; but he was re--’ ’ ,<-ss, rod like many another boy !-* : thought that opportunities lay In th* j distance. There is no harm, 1 tliuk, ’* ’ < ’iving' th* ram* (-f this “Georgia, boy in i Canada ” and, perhaps, ’ho story would be mor," lmpressiv( when i’. is known th h I this boy is non* other than Jo* R'' ' ■ ’ or. to be. ni(>"* r-xpiicro Jos.ah Jona-t1... • j Ititeh. I Bui we know him .s simply 'Joe, ro < lie has touched our Iv uiss b*re by wy a- ! ing. "(di, for old Georgia on** again. iVrt in another sentence lie says. 1 snowing now, it hrs b"en snowing for d-ivs mil snow is everywhere till it chilis ! my heart and makes me long for homo i a lid for Georgia." ■ In another senten-• he say s. 'H 1 could i only he at home and watch father as lie I saunters up the road and see ‘ Jack i frisking and romping along as he goes, it i would be a pleasure that no travel can I supply and no money could ever pm ! chase." I "See father saunter tip the road and i watch Jack frisk and frolic by his .-Ti*. " ) This is a sentiment that boys at home | will fall to appreciate till they, to, !ik* 'this young mai, mi." wandered off ’ I far away "Jack" is nothing but a dog. 1 and an old man sauntering up the road or I across the fields is nothing to the bo. who is yet at home, but wait, boys, wait till' you g'*t far away and then these small things will be t'ne dearest things on earth. When our mothers used to slip la and tuck the cover to keep out the cold, we hardly gave the thing a. thought, but as ago comes In, when that mother is . lost to us forever, then we remember that g-’utlc toii-'h and would give all that • hav*. whatever we ml?y be, to have that touch again. liver, one of us can remember these ; rsina.il -things- they are a part of every lit'.-. In old flinc.-; we swung upon the wagon coupling at corn gathering and the delight -.I Being jolt'd remains with us a sw t "memory Keeping the "gap asi t to boa horror, but what would we . give to keep that "gap" again? Gather ing hickory nuts was a .-mall thing, but ’he best scholar, perhaps, of our coun -1; . Mr Bill, has quit ev.-rytlZr.g am! ip" s out gathering these nuts, sends them ii'-rth and makes more than h* ■roiilii make raising cotton at even IC cents a pound. V.T used to gather eliin I, clicstnn’s. m i "jili. 4 and so h u < thought nothii.g of it then, but w liat would wo give to once again go with tin girls, have them stick briars in their I fingers .rod thi-n st.m i to have us pi k | these briars out. Holding a girl s hand ; 'o pi 1; a briar from her finger is a. sm.Hl thing and some might think it a painful . icing, but what girl would not like o hav* throe l.riai in L- r finger. ■? an I more and what boy who would nor tak* ‘i'-light in holding her iiand and picking Bu ’ these letters Iron' *-. i; bo - s i t a -:i-'..'.C", til.Ll i tiie nu- Ii ,-,il ■ - boys war from home could know just t!:c f**ling that a leti*r cte.'it, ■ tbey letter from this "Georgia boy in tainada.” read it. aloud to the old nither. I watched the changes of hi-- fa -e ,n I ~.-1 read. When the old an-1 snow w.,- n . tioned t'ne oid man shivered i > sure that he. tong- ; for !,is l>" ' * back in Georgia. His oi l dim ’ i i with tears and he stroked "Jack ' with a tend*r stroke, while ’lie dog' st-enied o b 'ir and understand. Tin re is something sadly sweet Io old folks in every oia / I.:-. - litter's. Tiby :•■"] them or a., ro them r*.id over and over again. A|emer,e will up and they live over again Hie da s when the boy toddled by the .id' An ol i man is sure to feel and remroiher the days when it took persuad'-n; ro i scolding to keep the boy from followin:', to wheresoever the father went, it . < one of the. sad things of life that faHii Spend a good part of their life to 1; p the . liildren -it li’itne and f rom trouldi.ic • to long in after years to have the.-a dren with them. We know t'c.i, i- ■ must go out in t'ne world, and .v,- a that a great many of them u.iv . cii.-r ‘i.-ii to try than to spend too much the* writing to old folks, but if they imdro stood just the feeling that still remains tor them in the home th".v left there "oui-1 hav to he some mighty nressinr business to keep .hem from writing. Tilis "Geor-.ia boy in Canada" is oi.iv "lie of .housar.iis of boys who bate left <:torg-.< to better their conditions and many another one of them have gone to 1-rods whore snow and cold abound --. < -ri thi. November day the sun sliin< - li. e -' day lit May down here m (R „■ . Even now I see the father of tliL hov in I'ati.rl.i strolling r. r , the fi ,1.-; , « siiiit slee-v'.s. II- will return pretty - . .. with a. s.i.-k of locust. He ha. aln-a . . g'athered tile persimmons, -m,| n..-'v put in the locust and a little boilo-i , >r,i -nd in a : w days w. will drink ti; i persimmon beer just as tins boy u.-e-l io di ink. As We drink we will think of •I" and may he lie spar.-d from the snows ot <'.:n;id; t to return agußi t tro: sunny skies o’ Georgia, wlv-r, 'simmons -..ec-r and ginger ik. s and ’possums and potatoes still remain and are his only lw his coming. _ SARGE PLUNKETT. No Equal South. 11 01,1 'i’tie Griffin News.) 1 ii" Atlanta Constitution shows its ac customed enterprise and liberality in send ing a special correspondent to Panama i id ( olombia to keen up with the d‘. ve ; opments there. \\ hen jt comes to tlm matter ol news, there is no newspaper In the south that equals The Constitution. It is this that has given It its prestiga, and this it is always alert to maint’Ua.