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n 1HI'- ATLANTA (tKOKGJAN AND NEWS!. rlMDAT. APItH. 5, l!*r. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) ,'OHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon, (Except Rands?) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At * West Alabama 8t.. Atlanta. Os. Subscription Rates: One Tear SJ-J® Mr Months r-K Three Months L-® H.r Carrier, Per Week M Telephones eonneetlnx all depart- lents. Long distaace terminals Smith k Thompson, adrertlslnn rep- resentatlres for all territory outside of ChJeZlo office Tribune Rufidjsg Maw York office rotter BulldlDf If you hare any trouble setting THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS telephone the elrculetlon department end hare It promptly remedied. Telephone#: Hell ita main, Atlanta 4401. It la deelrahle that all eommnnlM- Ilona Intended for publication In THE GEORGIAN AM) NEWS he limited to .WO words In length. It la Imneratlre the! they be signed, as an evidence good faith. Rejected maouaerlpts will not be returnod unless sumps are sent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no unclean or objectionable ad vertising. Neither dees It print whisky or any liquor ads. Ol’R PLATFORM: The Georgian and News stands for Atlanta's owning IU own gas and eleetrle light plants. It now owns Its water worke. Other weye can be operated euccessfully by Kuro[iesD cities, as they are, there Is no send reason why they can not lie in operated lure. Rut we do not lielleve this can be done now, end It may he some reare before w# are ready for so Ids'an undertaking. RHII Atlanta Should eat IU fare In that direction NOW. Mew Orleans Wins Our Gratitude When Atlanta begina to agitate the trouble and expenae of making aanltn ry school homes and itreeta, let It look toward New Orleans. The Crescent City within the last five years has done In this respect a colossal work. Neither time nor pnlns nor money haa been considered uni If New Orleans ever haa another epidemic of yellow fever It will not be the fault of Ha sanitary conditions or tbo Indlfforence of Its people. Latest of all cornea from New Or leans the proposition to get rid of all mosquitoes, and this New Orleans pro poses to do at once. The Tlmea-Dem ocrat Informs us that efforts already made have practically eliminated the stegomyla fly. which la the most dsn serous of all mosquitoes, and has nearly eliminated the anophlles, which come second In the amount of damage which they cause. Incidentally It may be remarked that what New Orleans does not know about mosquitoes Is not In the books written or unwritten In the realm of science. And now New Orleans proposes to go to the very bottom of the matter and get rid of all mosquitoes, and public newapapera declare that this can bo done at a comparatively Insig nificant cost. First among the remedial efforts la to drain a large, low tract of wet ground over which the rails of the Illinois Central railroad come Into the city and which The Tlmes-Oemocrat calls the last cltldel of tho mosquito In New Orleans. The city proposes to auk the Illinois Central to drain this swamp. It It does not do so willingly, to proceed through the board of health to compel the railroad to protect the city In this sanitary line. If New Orleans had done nothing else within Ha brilliant commercial years that would entitle It to the grat itude of other Southern communities, it would have won Its right to the title of n municipal benefactor In the dem onstration of the fact that It ta possi ble and practicable to eliminate mos quitoes from any part or place In Ha civilization. Now If some other Southern city will only show the rest of us the way to get rid of the house fly, we have another laurel chaplet waiting for Ha brow. Attention Needed on Mitchell St. Since the establishment of the New Terminal station Mitchell street baa become one of the great avenues of the city. It la the passage way of most of the people who enter this great termi nal to Whitehall street, the shopping renter of the town, and for this reason the city quthorltlea should take great pains to make Mitchell street an ac ceptable and alwaya passable thor oughfare. The people who come Into Atlanta front alt over the South on shopping tours hare made some complaint of the obstacles on tne sidewalk of Mitchell street and of the untidiness with which the thoroughfare la kept. The Georgian feels confident that It la only necessary to direct the atten tion of the civil authorities to this condition of affaire to effect its speedy remedy. The present administration Is show ing commendable activity In all mat ters reletlng to the public’s thorough fares, end. of course, It would not un der any circumstances neglect that short avenue which leads from the • ' nter of the state's travel to the | rrtsl shopping thoroughfare of the dial city. I "PEONAGE” OR "PROSPERITY” THE FAULT? The case against the Coles, of Newna., charged with "peonage” In the federal court, la a most Interesting one and gives rise to some reflec tions both reminiscent and prophetic. Mindful of the proprieties, we have no desire whatever to discuss the merits of the case at Issue, beyond the statement that the Coles a‘. * Newnan are among the soundest and moat representative citizens and manufacturers of the entire 8outh, and with a record behind them of fifty years of usefulness and of unspottedlntegrity they are not likely to lose anything either of prestige or of public confidence In any result of the trial. The attorneys for the defenae assert their capacity to make pl|)la the fact that these foreigners who are the supposed plaintiffs In the suit for peonage, were simply adventurous foreigners'who took advantage of a liberal offer to see and observe the South at the ezpenae of tbe Cole Manufacturing Company,.and the company applied to them the Georgia law against receiving money under false pretenses. But this la not the basil of our comment. The frequent recurrence of these charge! of "peonage" against cer tain Individuals of the South la coming to he significant, and this signifi cance la greatly heightened by the fact that the proiecutlona 'oome through the federal courts, and seem to be Inspired by a public senti ment which haa lta capital and circumference in the manufacturing cen ters of New England and the East. Which leads us to remember that In the agitation from 1850 to 1861 over the abolition of slavery the violent diatribes of Wendell Phillips and Lloyd Garrison had at first little effect upon the moral sentiment or the ab stract philanthropy of New England, where both Phillips and Garrlion were frequently given the "rough house”'and were almost mobbed at times by hostile audiences In Boston and New York. Finally, however, the evangels of abolition touched a chord that rang resiionalve their needs when they began to paint the prosperity of the princely planters of the 8outh—when they pictured the feudal splendor and power of the Southern planter and the proud and confident air with which he trod the halls of contrail nnjl society—then the astute commercial mind of tbe manufacturing East received an Impetus which no real phllanthopy had failed to give, and the war of the rebellion was perhsps due more to the jealousy of New England against the growing agriculture and the commer cial importance of the South than It was to any sincere and impassioned sympathy with the down-trodden (lave. Is the history of the Eastern manufacturer 'trying to repeat itself In theae constantly recurring charges of peonage In the South, and In tbe Vigor and Intensity with which they aro being prosecuted by federsl offi cials from that sectional environment? The conditions of 1850 are being repeated In a different phase, but In the same degree. The South la prospering marvelously. The won derful development of Ha manufacturers Is challenging the apprehension of New England. And one of the highest officials of one of the greatest mllla at Manchester has openly confessed that the time la rapidly coming when the manufacture of cotton In the fields of production would atop tha wheels of scorea of factories In New’ England and reduce that prodi giously rich and prosperous section to the ranks which tha 8outh has felt In poverty for so many years. The Idea has gone abroad and grown general that the need of South ern manufacturers Ilea In the foreign element, and that both our agricul ture and our manufacturers are being enriched by the Incoming tide of for eign laborers who have heretofore dispersed themselves exclusive ly through the Eastern and Western states. la it possible that that keen and far-seeing commercial greed which swept the South into war In order to check Ha material progress and Its Individual wealth. Is seeking now once more to cripple the marvelous Industrial development of thla region by prejudicing the minds of for eigners against the Southern manufacturer and the Southern farmer? There are Indications all too numerous of tbo spirit of more than ordi nary eagerness which pulses theae prosecutions and of the unfailing cus tom of giving them all possible publicity In the public prints of the North and the 'Eaat. Ii It unreasonable to suppose that these extracts furnish convincing material for a strenuous war on the part of Northern Immigration and labor agents against the tide that la setting toward the South? 1 , There ta nothing colder or more remorseless than commercial greed, and when the growth of one great section of the country Is treading so dangerously upon the pre-eminence of another section, It la nothing more than natural that we should recall the history of four decades backward and keep an eya upon the emissaries of Eastern and New England man ufacturers as they grow officious In their meddling with the growth and development of the Industrial South. ROOSEVELT AND THE RAILROADS. The views expreasod In a recent letter by President Roosevelt relating to the railroads has in a marked degree met with cordial opproyal, and the president haa become entrenched In a position ao strong before the people that no argument of the railroad financier and manipulator can shatter It. The president In every line of his argument shows that he Is acting aa the prealdent of all the people, guarding tbe interests alike of the corporations and the public. He Justly recognizes that any fanatical In fluence brought to bear upon state legislatures causing unwise, unjnat and Inimical legislation against the railroads Is Injudicious and would be wldekpread In dangerous effect. Not only la such legislation Injurious to the rallroada, but tn many cases acts greatly to the detriment of the Interstate shipper. The highest consideration should be given to bis Idea that the In terstate Commerce Commission should be strengthened, its jurisdiction extended, and a wider charge given them over the rallroada. Again the president’s Idea Is eminently Just and correct that this ex tended jurlxdlctlon of the Interstate Commerce Commission should be had over the railroads to protect the people. Ai the railroads owe their birth to the chartered rights given by thp people for their benefit, then the rail roads, to a large extent, are for the people, and are thereby in tbe peo ple ap a public utility, and a rigid investigation Into tha finances of the roads ta Justified by the government that the people’s rights may be pro tected. Thousands of small Investors place their money in stock of the rail roads as a business Investment. With the financiers that manipulate the securities of the road these small atoekholdera have no influence, and are at the mercy ot any financial trickster, and many a widow and orphan retires at night In the security of supposedly safe Investments to wake in the morning to realize that over-night at a desk in Wall street, dishon est manipulation has wiped their all out of existence. It la to protect thts class that the president desires a rigid Investi gation In the manipulated finances of the road. The road that la being honestly administered both in its management and Ha finances will not fear Investigation. The management of a railroad that does fear Investi gation should be rigidly Investigated. There has recently been heralded In the papers the suggestion of a Wall street panic. 8toeks have touched bottom prices and below. Rallroada bearing 6 per cent dividends, honest ly earned, legitimately paid, with a surplus to their credit, tn splendid financial condition, have been beaten down to below par; yet the divldeud haa not been affected, the traffle on the road haa not been affected, which Is proof conclusive that the panic ta not a country’s panic, but a Wall street gambling panic. No price of commodities has fallen, no wages have fallen, no legiti mate Incomes have been affected, nothing but marginal and fictitious In comes. based upon gambling, have been touched, and tbe president In declining not to utter anything further on the railroad question Just nor deserves the commendation of the entire country. To the average man It la safer to take hla money, with a half dozen friend*, and play inker than to take the same money and Invest In atockr In the money market tn the one case tbe man knows that the cardc are not stocked by hla friends, In the other he does not know whethc? tbe legitimately earned dividend stock of the railroad he bays with a surplus back of It will be Harrimanlzed during the .night, the security ruined and the surplus wiped out to permit another Illegitimate scheme, while the financial promoter pockets his stolen profits. The president with hi* usual courage and directness la going to the tout of tbe matter. PRESIDENTS ATTITUDE TOWARD RAILROADS To the Editor of The Georgian: Are dUalmulAtlon. Intrigue and temporla- Ing the watch word* of American liberty? One would surely think »o from reading tbe pre*» reports of recent requests made the president by the railroad mag nates. The attitude of these men Is so consummately selfish and regardless of the general good as to lie almost nauseating to those who hnre tbe leant spark of true patriotism’. They would hare the president restore public confidence, an they call It, by declaring officially that lie will not fa- ▼or making n valuation of the raHroads which will interfere with present fiiarket rallies of securities by squeezing out' any water that may be In them. In short, they care little or nothing lor the larger, major ity of the public, Just so long nn tbelr In geniously Inflated securities shall not be Interfered with. This la the boldest and most bare faced proposition that has yet beeu bgoached or attempted by any king, or set of kings, of high finance, and only shows to what lengths the people may expect these men to go If tbelr past and present policies are permitted to continue. In the first place, the public confidence is not shaken and need not be so long as the reserve fund In the treasury remains Intact and Iwhlnd each paper dollar Issued Is an equivalent value In gold nod silver coin deposited In the vaults of the United States for Its re demption. A SELFISH CLAMOR. In addition to this, the truth, and. get ting upon a true basis, never can and never will hurt the honest and Industrious. Only those who make their living by their wlta are ever bean! to cry out against the truth. This Is precisely now what is the difficulty with these railroad manipulators who, to further their own ends, are clam oring for the president of the people to restore what they call “public confide In the first place, as they well know, there Is no loss, or occasion for loss, of public confidence to be restored, but they seek to create, by thslr dissimulating. Intima tions and Insinuations, n loss of confident** to further tbelr own financial ends In manner so brasen and shocking aa to lie truly repulsive to every true and brave American heart oud to call for the severest censure of the entire public. Let tbe peo ple beware that they lie not <hus de ceived, and in losing faith, without cause, so of a state legislating within its own borders for the reasonable protection of Its citizens, especially when, as in the present case, the cause of such damage would In all probability. If the true situation were known, be attributable direct to the self ish wrongdoings of the parties complainant Instead of any Inherent evil In such laws. Hucb a doctrine as tbe railroads wish to establish Is contrary to nil tbe settled prin ciples of Jurisprudence from the remotest times, and Is no less than nnother attempt on the part of a body of meu who have suc ceeded by tbelr Intrigues In stifling the life of trade and killing competition for their own private gain, to now, for tbe same benefit, throttle the legislature nud Juris prudence of the country. The beautiful lines of the late Hon. John Hay. secretary of state, may well In this present crlslt be the prayer of tbe people- liberal sun. Oh, Lord, be there! Thine arm made bare. Thy righteous will be done.” F. 8. KBY SMITH. Washington, D. C. ”TK3 HARMONY BELL.” That lx a fine Idea of tf|o "Harmor." Bell" which 1b growlnc out of tbe commltte-j of tho Confederate camps and the.Blue and Gray in At lanta. It is based upon the theory that wc oueKl to have in thl-j republic a companion for the Liberty Bel! which hangs In the great hall of Indepen dence In the City of Brotherly Love. The Liberty Bell Is cracked and hac rung for more than 100 years the proclamation of independence and freedom which our fathers gave to the world Ir. 1776. And now the patriotic camps of the Blue and the Gray In this phoenix city ot tbe civil war have, conceived the Idea that another bell should be built st Washington—"The Harmony Bell,” which, on the Fourth of July, should ring out from the capital the glad tidings that the republic Is st peace, that harmony prevails throughout the land.and that we are a uni ted and a happy people. The first ringing of tbe harmony bell Is to be in a grand gathering of the veterans of both .armies and of patriotic citizens In the city of Wash ington. Committees from the Confederate and Federal camps have sent out n ringing appeal to the camps of the Grand Army across the line and to the camps of the Confederate veterans In Dixie. The appeals were first sent to the Grand Army camps and the responses have been swllt and hearty, indicating the largest and most catholic spirit of fraternity toward the South and tbelr willingness to contribute the small sum asked of each Individual for the Harmony Bell. The Federal soldier and his friends have rallied promptly and Instantly to the Atlanta proposition. Appeals have gone and are going to the Confederate camps, and it Is to be hoped that every section of tho South will speed this wholesome and happy Idea and will urge upon every camp In every section to send their contribution of from 25c to the extreme limit of $1.00 as their con tribution to this cause. ana And If there be those among tbe Confederate camps who are not able to make this material contribution, each camp be sure at least to send an expression ot its deepest sympathy with this splendid memo rial of a forgotten strife and of a common and glorious destiny. We trust that no Confederate camp will be less patriotic than Jhe vet erans of the Grand Army, who have come so eagerly to tbe Indorsement of this plan. r \ The war with Spain demonstrated that the South leads the republic In patriotism. Let us Illustrate further how hearty Is the Individual loyalty which Confederate soldiers feel toward the reunited country which our better times hare brought us. Are You Prepared for an Emergency? Don’t depend on your salary alone—that is only a temporary means of support and Is liable to stop at any time. Start an account tn our Savings Department today—It will not only be a protection to you, but is the best assurance of a comfortable old age. One Dollar will open an account We pay Interest from the date deposit Is made at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, compounded semi-annually. Army-Navy Ordersj —and— MOVEMENT OF VESSELS. nntl taxes (tint iiintliemntice doe* not tie. Ion la an exset science. Ileed not the vain vaporlnsa of tola# prophet,, my eoun- tryinen, who would lead you to your own ruin hr ehsltlng your conOdenee In affairs snd taking advantage ot your fright to aeeure thereby legislation amt policies at your expenae I* aggrandize themselves. lUtnember once and for all time, that plae- Inx a true and proper valuation on any commodity or property can never operate In tbe Ion* run to work nn Injuatlee, hut will aurely I* for the welfare of the whole and brtn* order out oftebaoe. Here the prealdent to accede to the ilealree of theae railroad mafuatea and make the pub lic Ittterancee they would have him make, no doubt be would quiet their tempettuoua feellogs. and If thla be to restore public confidence, he would undoubtedly scrota- pi lab It. ' PATRIOTS WOULD BE NEEDED. The day would come, however, and la the very neer future, were auch the cuee, when the public confidence would be shak en. end Justly eo. Then It would re quire something more than one. or even a doaen public utterances hy auy one to restore It. Much u crisis, terrible in the extreme, would require the combined el forte ot noble and unselfish patriots wll 1 In* to make any sacrifice for the *ood of their country, regardless of personal eo*. A firm stand at iweaent against these relied threats and Intrigues, th. dlulmu latlon of corporate greed, must be the ant ration of the country. Nothing abort of this will enswer. There must he no feni iwrlslug. The people mutt win tu thla fight, Which the president haa ao manfully atari ed. and thereby restore the country to lta one time equilibrium, serenity nml 'happi- ursa or the iintlon Is "loomed. Another thing which la aa certain aa there n heaven above, ta that no person or of person# need ever request a second from the president nay utterances. S e or olberwlao. which In tnitb Is raleu- to benefit the whole people. The railroads know thla. \jtt them come out In the open, vesting off the cloak of illsafniutatfon. nud request anything which really for the good of tbe people nud only Will la- prealdent of that people hut tbe people themaelvee willingly accede to It. The claim made by the railroads, as recently stated In the press, that the laws of certain hoot hern states peeaed with a view of expediting the delivery of freight within their borders are In mnfilrt with the conatUnthm of the l ulled Rtntes In In terferlng with the Interstate commerce tie cause the railroads. In i W I**- laws, here-to neglect too absurd to deserve serious roneldrratton. Wall Settled Rule of Law. It te a well-settled rule of taw that a per- eon In the exercise of a lawful right can net cause Injury to nnother. being what the law calls damnnin nhsqur tie lltlarla. which When each new morn cornea with lta wealth of light To flood the earth with rlelons fresh and bright And self awaking from night’s Imndnge— free. In aweeteat lore, O Lord, my heart goes out to Thee. When la the heat and tumult of high day My worn heart wearlea with ceaseless fray And Ion** for rest to come, at peare to he. In yearning lore. O !,ord, my thought goes forth to Thee. When shadows fall and the tliy’e task la done And all my life aeema lost, the prlxc un won. Tbe sorrows ranleh and the dnrk doubts When kindly slumber rails the world of aense My soil) It mil, my will no longer tense. Thy dear warm presence hovers over me And with lore’s nrma, n Lord, my dreams THE DICTIONARY OF MISINFORMATION. Wax Jonas, Lexicographer. JVICE—Telling some one e<^ in do something we dont want to do^TTaalrea. CLUB—A place where n men goea to wish be wee at home again. LOOT—The other fellow's perquisites. PIG—Unrip* bacon. POSTAL CARD—A blooming nnlsnncc. ROLLING-TIN—An Instrument for Bat tening out (Miatry and husbands. SNUFF—Emotional tobacco. Army Order*. Washington, April B.—The following orders have been Issued: First Lieutenant Michael H. Barry, artillery corps, assume chart* con struction work at Fort DeSoto. reliev ing Second Lieutenant Albert T. Bishop, artillery corps: Captain Carter P. Johnson, quartermaster, from fur ther duty In connection with Ute In dians; Private Robert E. Krange, hos pital corps to recruit depot, Fort Slo cum: Second Lieutenant Stephen M. Barlow from Twenty-sixth to Eleventh Infantry; Second Lieutenant Philip J. Golden from Eleventh to Twenty-sixth infantry; Captain Fox Conner, artillery corps, detailed member general staff corps, report to chief of staff. Washing ton: Recruit Frank W. Haller, general service, recruit depot, Columbus bar racks. transferred to hospital corps a's private. First Lieutenant Craig R. Snyder, assistant surgeon, .from Philippines, June 1, to Snn Francisco; First Lieu tenant Joseph Brady, Fourth Infantry, from recruit depot, Columbus barracks, to his regiment. May 1; Second Lieu tenant Andrew W. Jackson, artillery corps, having been examined for pro motion by board and found physically disqualified for first lieutenant of ar tillery by reason of disability Incident to the service, his retirement from active service ns a first lieutenant of artillery Is announced. Corporal James Riley, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Company, coaat ar tillery, from Fort Monroe to Fort Ter ry; Sergeant (first-class) Francis J. Elseman from Philippines, report to the adjutant general, Washington; First Lieutenant William C. Fitzpatrick, sig nal corps (Infantry), having been found by retiring board Incapacitated for ac tive service on account of disability Incident thereto, hla retirement Is an nounced. Naval Orders. Captain H. Osterhous. detached board of Inspection and survey, Washington, to command Connecticut; Captain W. Swift, detached Connecticut, lo home Lieutenant J. M. Enochs, to navy yard, League Island, for duty In connection with fitting out of Kansas: Lieutenant R. E. Pope, detached Connecticut, to Denver; Ensign B. B. Strasaburger, de tached Connecticut to Cleveland; Gun ner L. S. Walker, from naval hospital, New York lo home, await orders; Pay- master's Clerk G. Q. Lanelng, appoint ed to naval station, Guantanama. Movements of Vessels. ARRIVED—Worden at Key West, Chicago and Princeton at Amapala; April 3, Abarenda from Guantanamo for Hampton Roada, Worden from Guantanamo for Key West; March 31. Scorpion from San Pedro de Macons for Sanchez, Saturn from Magdalena Bay for San Diego, Boaton from Mag dalena Bay for Acapulco and ifm- Julia, Mayflower from Colon for Ha vana, April 3. SO-CALLED UNWRITTEN LAW. THE FATE OF THE RUBBERNECK WAGON. By James Montague. »A hill has been Introduced at Albany to aboliflb **set>injt New York” wagons.) From Oshkosh. Kennebec, I>et Moines, Tucson nud Krcrgiadi*. Came MunriuK of eager folk to Jolu The rubberneck parade. Ou pndded flight* of ntalra on wheels They henrkeurd to the tone Of learned and Instructive iqiiela Propelled by megaphone. And nh! their buugry hearts would thrill When past the Tombs they rode, Or rumbled over Cherry Hill— Mold’ Kastman's late abode. Qr when their guide with unction spoke: “In thla here part of town We’ll mnv lie met them famous folk, John Smith and Henry Brown.” A radiant but wholesome Joy Full harmlen* pleasuring thla aeemr. (loth innocent mol lawful. And yet the Ixcgiiilafure de*‘iu« That It In iMmietliint; awful. By J.. L. D. Hillyer. It I* not unwritten In Georgia anti the Thaw trial shows that It Is prac tically the same thing In New York. In the 8am Hill case It was held that the plea of Justification made oy the defendant wa* not aufilcltnt. be- cauae he had allowed a sufficient time tn elapie between hi* hearing of the crime against hla home and the killing of his victim, for him to have cooled off; In other words, he had had time enough to allow the “brain atom)” to subside. He therefore committed the crime In cold blood and it waa murder. fn this ruling of the court It Is dis tinctly ndmltled (hat the plea of justi fication would have been aufflclent If the killing had followed the knowledge of the wrong more cloeely. The legislature took up the matter afterward* *r.d provided th*t In eatl- matlng the value of such pleas the jury should determine whether cooling time had passed and not the Judge on the bench. That ruling of our iuprtme court supplemented by that act of the legislature makes the plea an appeal to written and not to unwritten law In this state. Besides that, the vcrdicta of a hun dred Juries have gone on record ac quitting men who had defended their home, against that Invasion by a horn Irlde. It has always been the law In Georgia that a man had the right protect hla home against a burglar, an Incendiary or. an assassin or hla stables against a horse thief, ami If In these cases It was necessary to kill the In vader he was Justifiable, provided the Jury agreed with nlm that the killing of the Invader wae the best that could be done. That principle long ago was applied by Georgia prior to those cases w have men have defended their homes against the Invasion of a libertine. How Is It In New York? The law is a little complicated by the "brain storm." According to the law and facts brought out In the Thaw trial every killing done by a person of sound mind and discretion In the peace of the state Is the reeult of "brain storm.” The question as to whether the "bralu storm” was justifiable Is left to the Jury. That Is the law In Georgia, and it seems to be the law In New York. The average Georgia Jury’ would ac quit Thaw on the evidence as pub lished In this country. We shall sec what a New York Jury will do. Carnegie on Orink. The first and most seductive peril, and the destroyer cf most young men. Is the drinking of liquor. I am no tem perance lecturer In disguise, but a man wh< knows and telle you what obser vation has proven to him; ami I say tu you that you are more likely tn fall lo your careei from acquiring the hsbll if drinking liquor than from any or nil of the other temptations likely to as sail you.—Andrew Carnegie, Novelty in Autos. The xenith of luxury has almost been reached tn automobiles. The newest of all In the auto line In which luxury crowds luxury Is an attachment to a magnificent limoslnc car which a prominent society belle received as a wedding ptesent from her father. Apartment would be a more appro priate word than attachment, for the novelty Is a tiny boudoir, a boudolrette, a, the makers call tt, built Into the body of the car. Tho little apartment i« really a dressing room. It can b* shut off from the rest of the tonneau by sliding panels and It has barely space for the fair owner and her maid to squeeze Inside. Small ns the room Is wonders can be accomplished there in. The owner, when touring, can be greatly refreshed from the effects of a long spin by retiring to her boudolrette and submitting herself to the skilful hands of her maid. A fine dressing case swings from the wall, a minia ture lavatory occupies it corner, mir rors line the whole Interior and the boudolrette is lighted with softly-shad. ed Incandescent bulbs. The auto haa all the other conveniences known to the wildest flight of the gasoline wag on-maker’s art—a buffet, a kitchenette and even a smoking room. What a pity they can’t put a shower bath lit an auto and bowling alleys on the ocean greyhounds!—New York Letter. Only Two’ 8*aeon(. One winter when Thaddeus Stevens had come back to his Vermont home ha was the victim ot a severe cold and could not leave the house for 'many weeks. One of his callers was Lewis Clark, a man of short stature, who In earlier days had been a playmate of the “Old Commoner" and was a near neighbor of the Stevens family In tbelr Feacham home. Vermonters had Just begun to wear buffalo costa and Mr. Clark arrived at the Stevens home al most lost In a coat which reached to the ground. His upturned collar com pleted the disguise. "Is that you, Lewis ?’’ asked Mr. Ste vens fn an Incredulous tor.e. "Yes, Thad,” he replied. "Well, skin yourself and sit down,” exclaimed the other. During the Interesting conversation which followed Mr. Clark asked Ste vens If he wouldn't come back ta his Vermont home to life. "No," replied Stevens. "You have but two seasons hero—winter and late In the fail.”—Harper’s Weekly. Splendid Isolation. A number of military men In a Washington hotel were giving an ac count of an Incident of the Civil War. A quiet man who stood by at last saldt "Gentlemen, I happened to be thsre, and might be able to refresh your memory ns to what took place In ref erence to the event Juat narrated." The hotel keeper said to him: "Sir, what might have been your rank?" "I was a private.'* Next day the quiet man, as he wts about to depart, asked for hla bill. "Not a cent, sir; not a c«nt,” an swered the proprietor, "You are the very first private I ever met.”—Phila delphia Ledger. English and Squash. I think you will enjoy the following from our English cousins. We have laughed ourselves weak over It. A barrel was sent to London at Christ mas containing apples, a Hubbanl squash, some cranberries and sweet potatoes. This Is from the reply: "The apples were fine, but tha pota toes, alas! had gone quite bad and yellow. The cranberries are very hand some, but seem somewhat acid to our taste. The squash wits a novelty, and 1 dare say we didn't, know exactly how to deal with It. We put It on the table for dessert, but James found It ex tremely difficult to cut. Later I stewed It with lemon and sugar, and wt all de clared It delicious!”—Boston Trans cript. Man of Quiek Action. The quickest action ever noted by a Cincinnati newspaper writer was Il lustrated when he reported a murder case In which one of the witnesses was a negro porter in the hotel that was the scene of the killing. The negro was asked how many shots he heard. "Two shots, suh,” ho replied. "How far apart were they?” “’Bout like dlsaaway,” explained tho negro, clapping his hands twice with an Interval of about a second between. "Where were you when the first shot was fired?" "Shinin' a geinmsn's shoes In duh basement of duh hotel." "Where were you when the second shot was fired?” "Ah was a-passln* duh Big Fo’ Depot.”—Philadelphia Record. The Carpenter’s Speech. The village carpenter had given so generously of his services and sound advice toward rebuilding the little me morial chapel that when Jt was com pleted all the summer. people agreed that he should be asked to speak after the luncheon which was to follow the dedication exercises. The day and the carpenter's turn came duly. "Ladles and genjlemen—dear,friends " he began, his good, brown fare very red, indeed. "I am si good deal better fitted fur the scaffold than for public speaking.-" Then he realised what he had said nd set down amid roars of laughter.— Youth's Companion. In Dreamy Samoa. In a letter from Samoa to the Chi cago Dally News R. C. Givlna *•>* that the natives toll little and spin only when their clothes are worn out. for the wonderful trees produce all the food they require. Breadfruit, cocoa- nuts, pineapples and numerous berries, together with an unlimited supply "? good fish, make It possible for them ■-> exist without much labor. (They trou ble thcmselvee very little about poll- lies, and thus America's new -found iklitei cliixens du-am their laxy lives nwny under the shades of the old palms withoui the slightest worry about frvu* xltd finance.