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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY. AUGUST 10, im.
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SEW COURT HOUSE
LOOKS FEASIBLE 10
expertjrchitect
J£ust Tear Away Present
Buildings and Build
New Structure.
p Thornton Marye. the architect who
as employed to Investigate the feas
ibility of erecting a city hall-court
house on the site of the present -court
house has made his report, and the
thancea for the new structure are much
brighter than before.
Mr. Marye submitted Mb report to
Mayor Joyner and to Colonel Clifford
l. Anderson, chairman of the board of
commissioners, and a meeting
Jr the council committee and the board
Srobably will be called at an early date.
J. which. with the Information fur
nished by Mr. Marye, some definite ac-
"sVllarye reports that It Is feasible
te build such a joint structure as Is
proposed; that It could be built on the
St/of the present court house wljh Its
“'Sexes; that the building could easily
II made Into a solid symmetrical
aructure and have the sections occu-
lird hv the.city and by the county sep.
Irate »nd distinct, and that such u
landing as he has In view could be
.reeled for $881,303,
He reports that with furnishings,
irehitcct's fees and the like, the total
cost of the sttv.-ture would probably be
.bout $1,000,00(1. This Is the amount
that had been figured on, and the re
port IS therefore In accordance w-lth
the views and hopes of the mayor, the
council committee and the county
^Mr' Marye plans a six-story struct
are with floor space of 142,452 square
feet as against 11,634 square feet, the
Boor space of the city hall and court
House as they now are. This means
tl, a t there would be twice as much
room In the new building. As planned,
seme of the departments would havi
four and five times as much space,
while others would have just twice as
much 03 now and others less than twice
11 Mayor Joyner nnd C.olonel Anderson
were very much pleased with the re
port and both say that the chances for
building the new structure as proposed
are exceedingly bright. The archltec.
tlans th« removal not only of the court
house, but ot alt Its annexes holding
that nono could be well Included In the
tiw building.
TWO COMPANIES OF UNIVERSITY CADETS
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF COMPANY C, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA CADET CORPS.
ACCEPT
IN CHURCH CASE
“Loyalists” Will Not Build
New Cumberland
Church.’
SENATE TO BEGIN
y NEW BILLS
Steed Drug Bill Passes By
Unanimous
Vote.
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF COMPANY D^ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA CADET CORPS.
YOUNG BANKERS INVENT
PRINTING PRESS WHICH
SOLVES AN OLD PROBLEM
Years of Work and
Thought End in.
Success.
the decision of the supreme court
Friday' reversing Judge Pendleton In
the Cumberland Presbyterian church
caae will probably end the litigation,
according to those conversant with the
matter.
Dr. R. R. Ktme, while not a member
of tho church. Is still chairman of tho
board of trustees and was Interested
In the matter. He says the matter la
evidently at hn end and he Is not in
clined to believe that the "loyalists”
will split from the "unionists'* and
buna a church of their own.
This proposition Is conceded by
many of the "loyalist*” to be a diffi
cult undertaking and one that the
"unionists" will not probably care to
shoulder.
"It la ended so far as I am con
cerned,” said Dr. Kimc. "I withdrew
from the church sometime ago, al
though I continued as chairman of the
board of trustees. The • decision of
the court probably ends the matter."
MAN BATTLED
WITH ROBBERS
Chicago, Aug. • 10.—Fatally wounded
In a battle with two armed robbers who
attacked him In his store early today,
O. L. Seeberger. a dry goods merchant,
D dying at the Washington Park hos
pital. One of the robbers probably fa-
Jally slashed by a knife, used by See-
"hwr. was captured by a neighboring
•torekeeper.
THIRTY
TELEGRAPH
OPERATORS WANTED
great opportunity for young
men and women to
LEARN TELEGRAPHY.
r-ason of the fset that thousands of
- f now railroad sre now Iwln* com-
„„!? I "" 1 congress baring passed s bill re-
railroad companies not to work tele-
F«Ph "norater, more than eight houre a
SAr*. *■ will neceealute making throe
11,1,",.,.." "very twenty-four boure-alwut
11 Mill THOUSAND more telegraph op-
MW’ limn eon be ■ocuroil will be needed
tow months. ttalsries bnve been In-
Fjwwil. ami the ohnnees for promotion for
iwgM|.h iH«-rn‘m were never lietter.
I'HAI'IIHON OBTff BL’BY.
I rtunh,Ill's 1'ntrtlrnl llusfuoss College
«Xv""‘y has liven indnevd by rallriuri of-
aotnl. to establish Telegraph Departments
oral of Its colleges. Itnllrond wires
mg rut Into these eolleges hr rrtllroni!
IV I. " giving students nmln lln ■ proe-
- - i rm-Hegl telegraph operators of many
FT, exgerteiii-e have le-en employed us
' kiovial liidtieement Is being made
,*'vbn enter for Telegraphy NOW.
, *oklet en Telegraphy ami Itullroad-
t-loM.'i"® t'-nsons why yon alinuld leani
tn- ," ( "*• show lag grt-ii t oppornmltira for
jgLWrainph operator, giving rates of till-
LESS- £*>• nn “v address I Iranghon s
hid Ituotiiess College. Athlllto. 122
- r ™ street, i'ledwout Hotel block.
It's a long jump from a banker to a
printing press Inventor, but that Is the
jump that an Atlanta man has made
and It now promises to be the making
of his fortune.
He Is J. M.. Thomas, prominently
connected with the Fourth National
bank, and he has Just perfected, after
three years’ work, a printing press that
Is something country editors have been
| wanting for years.
It comes In between the old Wash
ington hand press nnd the cylinder
press, In the price, but It does tho work
thnt the $1,000 cylinder presses do.
The plan Is so simple thnt one won
ders why It was never thought of be
fore. But simple ns Is the plan. It
required many nights pf study and
worry before It was completely per
fected. Now a company has been or
ganized and ten country newspapers
are anxiously waiting for the ten
presses that aro nearing completion.
Several are already In operation
throughout the country and the people
using them are loud In their praises of
the Atlanta banker who thought out
the scheme.
Beats the Old Style,
A country editor, os a rule, doesn't
want a Washington hand press because
It Is too slow. The price suits him
but tho amount of work It turns out
doesn't. Two hundred papers an hour
Is good work. A cylinder press will
turn out the quantity he wants but It
costs from $800 to $1,000.
Tho press which Mr. Thomas .has
perfected by working at nights will do
all that the thousand dollar press will
do and do It as welt and yet It strikes
the country editor’s pocketbook Ju*t
right.
The reason of this Is not because It
Is a cheap press hut because It Is so
simple It can be built for less money
than the more complicated cylinder
press.
The cylinder over which the paper ts
taken to be printed, on the moving bed
underneath Is only about six Inches In
diameter and when the bed with tho
type on It Is not under It ready
print, the cylinder Is stationary. At
tho proper moment it begins revolv
ing, the paper being carried hround
by the aid of tapes, and Is printed. As
soon as It Is printed, the cylinder raises
from the type bed and become* sta
tionary until the next sheet of paper
Is ready to go through.
The result Is that It Is much sim
plified and yet the press Is guaranteed
to print 1,000 papers an hour. It can
print 1,500 but It Is guaranteed to turn
out 1,000.
By a clever contrivance of multiply
ing leverage by the aid of gears, the
bed containing the type travels the en
tire distance necessary to print the pa
per with only 'a lever movement of
one-quarter the distance. This Inven
tion makes the press possible.
A Thought at Midnight
Another Invention Is a simple con
trivance for feeding In the paper and
which keeps It straight and prevents It
from tearing. This was the last fea
ture perfected and was thought of by-
Mr. Thomas In the middle of the night
when he lay awake trying to remedy
the defect.
This midnight thought made the
press perfect.
Mr. Thomas Is well known In the
banking world, and ever since he was
a lad he has been Interested In mechan
ics. Ho conceived the Idea with a
friend of his several years ago, but It
required three years of experimenting
and study before the press was made
perfect.
It is a radical departure In the print
ing press world and promises to revo
lutionize the small newspaper plant.
Interested with Mr. Thomas in tile
company' now manufacturing the press
are B. E. Thomas and W. T. Pcrkerson.
avsistnnt cashier of the Fourth Na-
HE SEEKS PLACE
ON PRISON BOARD
CAPT. WILEY WILLIAMS.
Prominent Columbus man who
has opened a vigorous campaign for
the office of state prison commis
sioner.
PROF. W. M. SLATON
RETURNS TO CITY
Professor W. M. Slaton, superintend
ent of schools, and Mrs. Slaton have
returned from a visit to Cleveland, p.,
and the great lakes., While In Cleve
land, they visited the famljy of Mrs.'
Henry S. Blossom, and afterward
made a trip to ,8anduaky. Professor
Slaton paid a visit to the Cleveland
public schools. He Is now back at his
desk and preparing for the opening of
the Atlanta session.
STOPPED BATE WAR
TO PRESERVE ORDER
Thompson Issues Open Let
ter To the People of
Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala.. Aug. 10.—Clearly
seeking to allay public feeling and re
establish a cordial relation with the
people of Alabama, J. S. B. Thompson,
assistant to Jho president of the South
ern railway, appears In an open letter
addressed to‘the people of Alabama, In
tho state newspapers today saying that
the action of the Southern In making
concessions to Governor ’ Comer and
thereby securing reinstatement of Its
revoked state llcense.-vvhlle not yielding
any legal point, was In the Interest of
peace to preserve order and In line with
prior action In-North Carolina and Vir
ginia. .' Jr i
The Southern’s license has been rein,
slated. . It has never, ceased to run
trains and no Inconvenience, has been
or will be suffered.
FARMERS’ UNION
AT STATE FAIR
PRESIDENT BARRETT HA8
SYMPTOMS OF TYPHOID
Special to The Georgian.
Ltttlo Rock, Ark., Aug. 9.—C. S. Bar-,
rett, Of Atwater, Go., president of the
Farmers’ National Union, who. Is at
Conway, Is very III and has symptoms
o( typhoid fever. Arrangements have
been made to bring him to d hospital
In this city.
President R. F. Duckworth, of the
Georgia division of the Farmers' Union,
has held a consultation with Secretary
Frank Weldon, -of the State Fair, apd
as a result Wednesday, October 15, was
decided upon as Farmers' Union Day.
As was the coso lost year, the day
this year will probably be tha big
gest of the show, A program will be
prepared and It will havo among Its
features speeches by prominent mom
bers of the union and others.
It Is possible that an exhibit will
bo arranged by tho union of agricul
tural Implements manufactured at the
factory owned by tne union at Fair
burn.
: »
KENNEDY SHOWS
STRONG VITALITY
assistant cashier of the
tlonal Ijank.
Several times during the experiment
ing on the press .luring the past four
years, the hopes of the young men
son and Mr. Thomas would lock the
machine over at night when they fin
ished their work, and then Mr. Thomas
would lock himself up in hl * room and
think over the problem until he arrived
a solution.
It v-a* In thla manner the last dim-
tulty was overcome and It was such a perfect.
MRS. P. W. HUTCHINSON.
Cox College announces with pleasure
.the addition of airs. Pauline'Wither
spoon Hutchinson to Its conservatory
faculty, Mrs, Hutchinson is one of
the best trained teachers cf the South,
having studied with Brlennlng, of New
York, and Lyman Wheeler, of Boston.
The latter says of her: "1 cheerfully
and with entire confidence recommend
her as being fully competent to teach
D. W. Kennedy, the saloonkeeper
who attempted to commit suicide in
his room at the Aragon hotel Friday,
probably will recover. At the sanitar
ium It was said Saturday afternoon
that he waa doing remarkably well,
and had exhibited wonderful vitality
for a man who had sufTered the loss
so much blood. Mr. Kennedy's
brother, Dr. W. C. Kennedy, of Bel
mont, Go., arrived In Atlanta Friday
night, and la now with him.
PLAN TO ASSASSINATE
TOBACCO GROWERS.
Guthrie, Ky„ Aug. »0.—At a meeting
of the Dark Tobacco Association yea
terday It developed that a few days
ago there was an attempt to nssassl
Mate Dr. I. F. Sory, a prominent mem
ber of the association; that Charles II.
Fort, president of the association,, hud
received an anonymous' letter, giving
him ten day* in which to resign his po
sition and get out of the association
nnd threatening him should he disre
gard the warning; that "night riders”
had attempted Kory’s life and that had
this been successful, It was the plan to
go to Fort’s home, call him to the door
and cut his throat.
ITALIAN MARBLE WORKER
DIES OF INDIGESTION.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus. (Ja., Aug. 10.—Matt Bur-
tinl, an Italian marble worker employed
at the Carnegie library, died suddenly
In the city hospital yesterday after
noon of acute Indigestion. He had a
wife and child living near Ponce De-
I.eon springs. Atlanta. The body was
shipped to Atlanta today.
At First Baptist.
liar I tire UCIIIPI »un; Isa •
English and Italian singing, -also cul- Rev, W. I,. Pickard, D. D., who was
tlvatlon of the voice. Mrs. Hutehtn- j heard by such large congregations last
son's voire Is a high soprano of delight- j Sunday, will preach again Sunday
fu! quality and her chaste style of sing- ] morning and evening.
Ing cannot fall to give unalloyed pleas-1 Dr. Pickard Is an orator equal to the
y re." - I foremost In the pulpjt today. He hue
- . ja magnificent pulpit presence, end Is
I very dramatic *n delivery. His subject
simple remedy that It only required Sunday Is "Love."
about 10 cents worth of material andj Mr. O'Donnelly, musical director of
about a half hour’s time. Yet 14 was I the church, has prepared a program of
the final touch that made the press 1 especial Interest for both services, the
> < utonilng and evening.
mmt
The first afternoon session ot the
state senate this, session will be held
Saturday afternoon, beginning at
o'clock, the specific purpose being the
reading of the general tax act for
the first time.
The Steed bill to check the drug
habit paAed the senate by a unanimous
vote Saturday morning, but the Hays
bill, giving water privileges to a Co
lumbus company, met with unexpected
opposition and was tabled.
All of the earlier part of the session
waa devoted to reading house and sen
ate bills for a first and second time. A
brief executive session waa held to
confirm the appointment of Colonel Al
bert Foster as solicitor of the county
court of Morgan.
Fight on Haya Bill.
When the bill of Senator Hays, glv
Ing electric power companies the right
to condemn property to secure addi
tional water facilities, was called up
for action In the senate Saturday morn.
Ing, It met with unexpected opposition.
Senator Hays explained that the pur.
pose of the bill was simply to allow a
Columbus company to take water from
the Chattahoochee through pipes to be
used In generating steam. It woe stal
ed that only 2 per cent of the water
would go into steam, and thtft the bal
ance would go back into the stream.
Tho bill only gave the right to lay pipes
under ground.
Senators Williford, Wilkes and Over-
street opposed it on the ground that It
gave too much power In eminent do
main over waterways.
On t|te aye and nay call the vote was
21 to 19. but before the result could be
declared Senator Hays moved to table
the bill, which was done. It requires
23 votes to pass a bill.
Bill to Check Drug Habit.
Senator Steed’s bill to guard against
the evils arising from the sale ot cer
tain narcotic drugs was next placed on
Its passage.
It prohibits the sale or giving away
of cocaine, alpha and beta eucalne,
opium, morphine or chloral hydrate ex
cept on the .written order or prescrip
tion of a physician. Exception is made
to preparations containing two grains
of opium, one grain of morphine. 1-8
of a grain of alpha and beta eucalne,
or 20 grains of chloral hydrate.
As originally drafted the bill also ex
cepted preparations containing one-
eighth of a grain of cocaine, but an
amendment offered by Senator Felder,
striking this exception, was adopted.
The amended bill waa then passed by
a vote of 39 to 0. It was immediately
transmitted to the house.
One Senate Bill Pissed.
The following senate bill was passed;
By Senator Knight—To change the
time of holding Tift euperlor court
House Bills Pasted.
The following house bill*- wero
passed.
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and
Bell, of Fulton—To amend the charter
of Hapevllle.
By Mr. Jonei, of Mitchell—To fix the
liquor llcenso In Mitchell county at
$30,000.
By Mr. Ryals, of Bibb—To provide for
holding four terms of Bibb superior
court.
By Mr. Boyd, of Spalding—To au
thorize tho commissioners of roads and
revenues to use certain fund* for road
improvements.
By Mr. Duggan, of Washington—To
amend act Incorporating Sandertvllle.
By Mr. Duggan, of .Washington—To
amend act creating the city court of
Sanders vllle.
By Mr. Mays, of Butt—To establish
the city court of Flovllla.
By Mr. Dormlny, of Irwin—To pre
scribe the duties of county commis
sioners for Ben Hill county.
By Mr. Hill, of Monroe—To extend
the corporate limits of Forsyth.
By Mr. Brown, of Carroll—To au
thortxe Temple to establish a system
of public school*.
By Mr. Chamlee, of Floyd—To create
a new charter for Rome.
By Mr. Flanders, of Johnson—To
amend act incorporating school dis
trict of Wrlghtsvllle.
By Mr. Flanders, of Johnson—To
amend act Incorporating Wrlghtsvlllo.
By Mr. Flanders, of Johnson—To
regulate operators of automobile* In
Johnson county.
By Mr. Kendall, of Paulding—To
amend charter of Dallas.
By Messrs. Tyson and Rountree, of
Emanuel—To Incorporate tho town of
Morristown.
By Messrs. Tyson and Rountree, of
Emanuel—To amend act establishing
the city court of Swalnsboro.
By Mr. Johnson, of Jasper—To
amend act Incorporating Hlllsbopo.
By Mr. Clifton, of Toombs—To In
corporate the town of Ohoopee.
By Mr. Boyd, of Spalding—To amend
the chafer of Griffin.
By Mr. Walker, of -Washington—To
create a new charter for Harrison.
By Mr. Clifton, of Toombs—To give
additional authority to the county com
missioners of Toombs.
By Mr. White, of Madison—To
amend act Incorporating the town of
Hall.
By Messrs. Candler and Alexander,
of DeKsIb—To amend act Incorporat
ing the Lithonla school district.
By Mr. Guyton, of Effingham—To
change the time for holding superior
court of Elfingerhsm county.
By Messrs. Brown and Watkins, of
Carroll—To amend act Incorporating
Whltesburg.
By Mr. Edmundaon, of Chattooga—
To Incorporate the Chelsea school die
trlct.
By Mr. Atwater, of Upton—To au
thorlze the city of Thomson to Issue
bonds.
By Messrs. Barksdale and Wooten, of
Wllkee—To amend act Incorporating
Floklln.
The house then adjourned until 4
o’clock Saturday afternoon for the
special purpose of reading the general
tax act for the firs', time.
Columba* Surrey, the
favorite for fumlly
use.
Where to find everything in
Vehicles and Harness,
HOHSE FURNISHINGS,
Stable Accessories, Etc.
Frntlcr carta lend—
others follow.
Our “Cuatoin” liar-
neag la matlu right
ami fits'correctly.
If you aspire
to style this
kind will help
you on.
Just suits the
exclusive so
ciety folk.
Bolster Spring*
lighten load and
gave track.
Csrrlnga Lamps.
Variety of patterns
sad prices to please.
Remember this Parable:
“It Pays to Deal With"
E. D. CRANE & CO.
FRONT NEW TERMINAL.
i
This steel Axle Jack
lifts and lasts.
ROOSEVELT IS SORRY
FOR STANDARD OIL TRUST
New York, Aug. 10.—Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte stopped over In New
York yesterday after his visit to Saga
more Hill to see the president on mat
ters pertaining to the Standard Oil fine
and other subjects.
Mr. Bonaparte was asked If there
would be any prosecution ot Individuals
and he replied:
Caee Pushed to Limit.
"The case will be pushed to tho limit.
So far ns the smaller fry are concerned
I do not think there la any usd In going
after them. I reff r to the men who are
at present holding positions In the com
panies.”
"Will the Standard Oil Company of
Indiana bo forced to pay the fine If its
appeal falls?" he was asked.
"That Is a question the answer to
which can only be found In the future,"
said Mr. Bonaparte, smiling. “The
president .-uni I talk, ,1 <iv«r the nmount
of the fine imposed by the courts and
we both sympathized very much with
the company," added tho attorney gen
eral, and his smile broadened.
Will Collect Fine.
“How can the Standard Oil Company
of Indiana pay a fine of over $29,000,000
on a capitalization of only $1,000,000?”
he was asked.
“If the decision just obtained fa af
firmed by the court of appeals then we
will go after our money and get It in
eome way," answered Mr. Bonaparte.
"It is true that a stone has nd blood,”
he added, "but a stone may be ground
tip.' This one csso against one com
pany of the Standard Oil does not In
sure Immunity for the other branches.
In all probability other cases will be
taken up by the department- of Jus
tice."
LEATMliCH
English Woman Killed By
Excessive Indulgence
in Beverage.
By RICHARD ABERCORN
Loudon, Auk. 10.—I'nwti broking l* one* of
he new profession* for women that urn
prfhging up every day. Although no titled
hi ‘
Jgn of the three brim* hnll*, n*
S hare freely entered the millinery mid
Itko elegant bn.slne.iH, there are *ev*
-_j; ..
lowed sentiment to oat weigh window.”
With tho doling of tho Corent Garden
grand opera aesnou at tho end of July the
Yeondon neuHon of 1907 dies a natural death.
Society generally deierti London for Cowe*.
where tne famous regatta Is held, nnd later
for tho grouio moors and for tho
Dental summer reiorti. .
Tho lennon of 1907 ha* been only moder
ately brilliant. What eclat It baa had bn>
been Imported by Anfericana and foreign
royalties. Record numbers of both theao
nuxlUnrle* hate come to London tht* year
and have aaved tho season from absolute
(Inline**.
ASLEEP IN EURNACE
French Fertilizer Oven the
Scene of Ghastly
Death.
the
■urn like elegant business, mere sre sev
eral women of lower degree who hold pawn
brokers' lleeuses.
Mint of them sre widows of pawn bro
kers, nnd their shops are In the poorer dis
tricts of Ismilnu. Usually they run the
business with the assistance of male elerks,
hilt ouo woman Is a saceeftful pawn bro
ker with only her daughter's help.
Male pawn brokers do not fenr the com-
petition of women. They soy thnt It Is nn
exceptionally clever woman who Is success
ful In the business, Itecnuse "women un
consciously bring sentiment to hear upon
their hnrgslns. Though there sre some eg.
tretncly efficient women pawn brokers,
there sre few, If any. who con say that at
some time or soother they hare not nl- has declined to give any further par-
By RAOUL DE SAINT RENE.
Paris, Aug. 10.—A gift of $200,000 haa
been refused by the Assistance Pub-
llque, the department which controls
French hospitals, under curious cir
cumstances.
The donation Was offered by M. Boi
ler, a millionaire, who holds strong
views, about hospital management, be
lieving that patients are used by hos
pitals for experimental purposes. Ho
offered the $200,000 on condition that
the hospitals were placed under the
management of scientists, who are not
medical men.
The Assistance Publlquo would not
accept the money unless M. Boiler
further explained his conditions. He
Tsft's Mother III.
Mllbury,. Mass., Aug. 10.—Physicians
are constantly attending Mrs. Louise
M. Taft, Becretary Taft's mother, and
It Is tuild the aged woman’s condition Is
extremely critical. She has been III
several days.
At Westminster Church.
Rev. B. F. Gullle has returned to the
city after conducting a very successful
revival *nt Bethany. In Newton county,
and will fill his pulpit at both services
■a Sunday.
■
without the Influx of American women who
eniiio every year to take the lead Is all so
cial functions. Indeed. It Is only women
who sre responsible for keeping to the old
tradition packing s year's gsyety Into three
months. Most men hare ceased to toko nn
Interest In, tho "Besson,” and few can 1st
persuaded to attend the nightly halts end
'Twhiter season will gradually Im dcvel-
oped upon the nucleus of the "little sea
son” nTready existing. May nnd June will
•till lie Important months In the social
rear, hut the season will be spread over a
longer period.
Excessive tea drinking, which la s com-
„tou habit In Knglnnd, where the runaiimii
tlou of ten Is enormous, caused the dcntl
of a Mnncbestcr woman, who drank n gal
Ion of ton every dty.
the post-mortem examination her stem
waa round to be bard and leathery, bar
lug been actually tanned by the tuunln In
the tea. which has the same ehemlrel prin
ciple ns oak hark nseit In tanning leather.
Thla effect Is often produced In tea drink-
.m In the poorer class, who use Inferior
tea, containing much tannin, and allow It to
brew Indefinitely. Thus the poison Isdrawu
out, and the Interior of the drinker. If she
Indulges to excess. Is gradually turned Into
leather.
dance," now that the matron has returned
to social favor. The credit of Introducing
thla novelty belongs to two well known so
ciety leaders, Viscountess Cotebrooke and
the Hon. Mrs. Georg* Koppel.
The latter, who is the wittiest woman In
London, It known is "the king's female
J ester," because she Is always Invited to
loose parties where the king Is a guest, to
keep his majesty amused.
The matrons' dance, of which Mrs. Koppel
was Joint hostess, waa a distinct snet-esa.
It was held at the gorgeous new Itlta Hotel,
and was preceded by a dinner.
About 150 guests sat down to dinner, but
a great many more came on afterwards
from a mnsleale given the same evening by
Mrs. Bradley Martin.
The automobile for pfcrk driving and vis
iting la going out of favor with fashionable
I-ondou women, who are revlvlug the horse-
arid-carriage cult. The decline of the elec
tric landau Is alto shown by a revival of
the carriage dog—also known as tho Dalma
tian. Talbot or plum pmldlng dng-whleh Is
seen, sometimes In pairs, running under
some of the smartest equl|Mges In the
psrk. but which could never of course run
under nn automobile.
At North Avenue Church.
Rev. Richard Orme Fllnn haa re*
turned t» Atlanta from a short trip,
and will fill his pulpit at North Avenue
Presbyterian church ut both service*
Uunday.
Ilculars, unless his donatlgn Is pro
vltlonnlly accepted, so that it Is likely,
•"that the hospitals will not get the
money at all.
An atrocious death has- Just been met
by an unfortunate workman named;
Munce, at St Quen. close to Paris. I
Munce was employed at tho Mcldrum I
manure works, and after the midday |
meal he was occupied In cleaning at!
the far end of one of the largo rufnse |
ovens, which are used to reduce the
refuse to fertilizer.
It Is not known whether he fell,
asleep In the place or whether he was so
much occupied at the far end ns not to .
know what was going on, but tho other i
men, who were unaware that tholr!
comrade was In the oven, closed the
door and lighted tho furnace, setting
It at full blast.
It was not until three-quarters of.
an hour later that tho foreman noticed
the absence of Munce, and then, with
an Inkling of the gostly truth, a rush
was made to the furnace. The fire was
extinguished, and as soon os It was pos.
slble for the oven to bo entered, the
Iron door was opened.
Close to the entrance lay a heap ot
charred remalne, with an iron pick and
shovel beside them. Munce hod evi
dently made frantic efforts to save
himself, for he had dug a hole for sev
eral Inches In the brick under the
door, but had then been overcome by
the fearful heat. As It takes half an
hour to get the oven to a proper heat,
his agony must have been frightful,
unless he speedily fainted.
A curious case has Just come before
the Paris courts. This was first tired be
fore the courts at Fontainebleau, which
had to declare itself Incompetent to
deal with such an extraordinary case.
In March, 1005, a rural postman was
traversing the railway line at Moret In
the forest of Fontainebleau, when he
was caught by an express train and
hurled to a distance of about fifty
yarde. In this unexpected flight the
postman. In his turn, knocked down a
passing peddler and broke his leg.
The peddler now claims damages
from the railway company for the In
jury done Indirectly through them. In
Ite turn the Parle court declared Its in
ability to deal with the case and so It
was dismissed.
The unfortunate postman was cross.
Ing the line at his own risk, and the
fact that he acted as a sort of human
bullet and Injured the peddler could
not possibly be the fault of the railway
company, and therefore no action ought
to have been brought.
The highest and widest tunnel In the
world will be that which will be built
by the city of Marseilles for the Rhode-
Marsellles canal. It will contain, be
side the canal wide enough for two
barges to pass, a track for nn elec
tric railroad on either side. Tho total
width of the tunnel will be seventy
feet, and Its height forty-three feet.
Throughout its length of four and a
half tnlles. It will be brilliantly lighted
by elcctrlcItK.