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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Wednesday. octoheb is, hoi.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
T. B. COODWIN, Gcn'l Mgr.
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OUR M.ATFOItM; TUB OBOKOIAN
AND NEWS stauds for Atlnuta’s own-
In^ Its owu gas and electric light
plants, as It uow own*. Its water
works. Other cities do this and get
Sis as low ss M cents, with a proflt
to the city. This sht.f.d be don# «t
puce. TIIK OEOROU.4 AND NEWS
bellcret that If #tre*t railways can be
operated aiiemafnlly by European
cities, as they ere. there le uo good
reason why they can not h# *o oper
ated hers. But we Jo not believe this
can be done now. and It may be soroe
years Ixjfore we are ready for ao big
Tho Lusitania la the whliterd of
the deep.
Major Hanson Is sometimes a lit
tle careless with his tongue.
- This Is evidently to be an "off year”
nrith parties In Georgia and else-
a-here.
Mrs. Hetty Green, by reason of
t ears and accumulation, may ' be
known as "the long green."
Mobile- U'ln< doubt as to whether
»he should-reetrtot the‘‘speed of elec
tric motor carriages. Yes, you cer
tainly auto-Mobile. i
Upon request tt gives us genuine
pleasure to add the name of John TV.
Kern, of Indiana, to the list of possi
ble Democratic nominations for 1908.
Do we understand that the boom of
Senator Culberson for 1908 has died
In tho offlee of The Houston Post?
llow sad!
.The Horae hit his master;
llow came It ]tn pass?
Ho heard the good preacher say.
“All flesh Is grass." ,
The Houston Post has been fully as
responsive as we expected It to be on
tho proposed nomination of our
"South Carollua gentleman" for tho
presidency. Thanks.
There Is no need for the president
in hunt tor hear outside his mother's
state. Are not the canebrakes of the
Okofenokee as gameful as the swamps
of Louisiana?
Major D. A. Tompkins, of Char
lotte, owns nearly as many newg-
i.apers as he does cotton mills. Now
If tho Major would buy a few woolen
■sills he might spin "yarns" on the
eomblnatlon plan.
Lillian Russell has become the only
open American advocate of divorce.
And Lillian Is at least consistent in
tbat she accompanies her faith with
works. She has been married some
thing less than a doxen times, and
the present bolder of the title may
look out.
Colonel Thomas Loylesa seems to
be the center of an arch conspiracy
to bring about an estrangement be
tween Governor Hoke Smith and Tom
Watson. Will he succeed? The
Journal and The Jeffersonian are al
ready showing some distressing
symptoms of non-agreement.
When Divers Get Angry.
(Stout The Sew York Prrs*.)
“One of the ettense effect, th»t tilting
b,» upon thou- who practice It," uiltl ■
veteran direr, "It the levnrieble bed tern-
i er felt while worhlng el the bottom; end
e, thl, irritability paw, away a, won
a, the surface le reached esein. It It only
reasonable to tappets that it le ceased by
the ueueuel preetare of etr laable the drese
effecting the lung, end probably through
them tbs brain. My experience he, been
that while below one may fly Into e vie-
.lit ptaelon at the merrex trine; for In-
.tenet, the life line mny be held too tight
or too alnck; too ntneh nlr or too little, or
eoine Imaginary wrongdoing on the pert
or the tender, or the men nbov* will often
ciure the temper to rite.
"I lure sometimes liecome no angry in
> rlmller wny that I hire given the el*
► ■■ii nt the .nrf.ee wee neared end the
weight of sir deereased. my feeling, here
inxlully undergone n change for the
better until by the time I reached the
Udder end bed the face glsae unscrewed
1 hod forgotten entirely whet I came up
for.''
‘‘THE REDUCED RATES.”
Quite in line with our way of thinking Is what The Atlanta
Georgian has to say upon the question of the two-cent railroad
rate which has been so much discussed In that state.
As our contemporary says, the reduced rate is either right
or It Is wrong; It Is either a very great Injustice to the rallroadB
or It Is a piece of tardy Justice to the traveling public. And as
our contemporary further says, the only way the matter can be
determined la by a painstaking and thorough examination Into
the affairs of the roads to see Just what they do make and how-
much It costs them to make It.—Greensboro, N. C., News.
The only thing that The Georgian has not been able to understand
In the consideration of this great question Is tho apparent lack of weight
which experiment In other states has had upon the view of our own com
mission upon the question of lower rates.
We have shown from the official reports of other states not only In
the populous E*Bt, but In the more thinly,settled West, that the reduction
In the rate, so far from bringing damage and ruin to the railroads, has
actually resulted In proflt of a most substantial nature. Are we wrong
In the theory that the effect of the lower rate In states similar to Geor
gia would surely be followed by the same effect In Georgia If adopted
here? If Missouri, and more especially Kansas, can prosper under tho
2-cent rate, wo see no reason why Georgia, with equal population at
least to Kansas, should not do likewise.
As our North Carolina contemporary very properly observes, the
basic principle Involved Is not any particular rate of freight or passen
ger faro, but the principle of so adjusting those fares that on the one
hand the railroads will be allowed to make a fair return upon their ln-
veetments, and on the other hand, the traveling and shipping public will
not be obliged to pay extortionate charges. What Is right and Just In
one state may be neither right nor Just in another state, owing to pecu
liar conditions, such as the density of population, the cost of mainte
nance due to the character of the country, and half a doxen other ele
ments which may well enter Into tho equation.
Thore. Is one principle that must be admitted at the outset—and
that Is the principle that the state has the Inherent right to flx rates.
This admitted, the fixing of any particular rate becomes not the asser
tion of a great principle, hut simply the administration of a principle,
which administration should he alike Just to both sides.
But the great trouble Is that It seems that In all these rate contro
versies there Is a great stir and turmoil that accomplishes no good what
ever, but simply serves to muddy the waters.
THE FIVE-CENT RIVER RATE.
The concession by the Georgia Railway and Electric Company of a
flve-cent fare on the River line, leads Councilman Hancock to say that
he had "never yet found President Arkwright unwilling to hear or to
heed the Just wishes of tho people."
This Is high praise for a corporation official from a public officer,
and It Is not undeserved. We have had occasions from time to time to
criticise certain policies of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company,
but we do not hesitate to aay that Mr. Arkwright and his colleagues
■have done many broad and liberal things within the past twelve months
which have greatly commended them to the confidence of tho people,
ivSjrwjilch will surely stand them In good stead In future differences
whlcti may arise.
t'-. icesslon of the flve-cent rate on the River line has long been
desired by tho residents of that section of the city, and Its foil and kind
ly concession Is much appreciated.
Only let a corporation get It once into people's heads that they are
really willing and anxious to be reasonable and accommodating, and
the people are thereafter slow to anger or suspicion.
it Is the best of policies In President Arkwright to have done this
thing.
NO, THE QEOROIAN NEVER CLAIMED IT.
The Atlanta Georgian. Colonel John Temple Graves. Is now
taking all the credit for the Georgia prohibition law. But The
Georgian will need help In enforcing tho law.—Raleigh Dally
1 whjMffiotftd a IffhsIMe ma'n who can read, write ff statement like
this?
There Is not In existence a line of written or spoken utterance
wliloh Justifies such a paragraph.
The, Georgian has never remotely or directly claimed, or intimated
th«1t'deserved the credit for tho Georgia prohibition iaw. On the con
trary, It has named repeatedly the forces of energy In the present era
and In past campaigns whose brave, faithful and tireless advocncy has
bttllded the sentiment that grew Into state prohibition with the recent
legislature. We have paid tribute to men. women, newspapers and or
ganisations by name tbat have laid the foundations for this majestic
moral day. and If wc have been proud to publish In these columns some
of the many grateful commendation! of our own earnest part In the
final battle, It «U In the spirit of rejoicing that wo were born In time
to pht-d6r‘sboilfler with othel- shoulders agalnat the mighty wheel of
progress which revolved to the great end.
Yes,.'Indeed, The Georgian will need help In enforcing the law.
Which means that The Georgian will help In enforcing the lnw. We
eland ready to act with and for the great body of the earnest people
who voted this moral law Into existence. The help that we need la the
same kind of help that we expect to give. ,
And working In harness with the great majority of the people of
Georgia, we shall help to bring the mighty force of public opinion to
bear upon the enforcement of a righteous law.
Meanwhile we commend our esteemed contemporary of The TlmeB
to a more careful reading of the flies of The Georgian for Its attitude on
public Issues.
THE WANING OF WOOD.
The question of woods tor building and commercial purposes Is In
Georgia and elsewhere one of the great problem! of the future.
Our great timber forests are passing rapidly away under the enor-
'mous demands of modern development, and we must plant new forests
and pending their development, we must develop or discover new ma
terials to do the work of the world.
Although the demand for hardwood lumber is greater than ever be
fore, the annual cut today Is a Milton feet leas than It was seven yoars
ago. In this time the wholesale price of the different classes of hard
wood lumber advanced from 25 to 65 per cent. The cut of oak. which
In 1899 was more than half the total cut of hardwoods, has fallen off 36
Iter cent. Yellow poplar, which waa formerly second In point of output,
has fallen off 38 per cent, and elm has fallen off one-half.
The cut of softwoods Is over four times that of hardwoods, yet tt is
doubtful If a shortage In the former would cause dismay In so many In
dustries. The cooperage, furniture, and vehicle Industrie! depend upon
hardwood timber, and the railroads, telephone and telegraph companies,
agricultural Implement manufacturer* and builders use It extensively.
This leads to the question. Where Is the future supply of hardwoods
to be found? The cut In Ohio and Indiana, which, seTen years ago. led
all other states, has fallen off one-half. Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michi
gan. Minnesota, Missouri. New Jersey, Tennessee. Texas, WeaJ Virginia
and Wisconsin have also declined In hardwood production. The chief
centers of production now lie In the Lake states, the lower Mississippi
valley, and the Appalachian Mountains. Yet In the Lake states the
presence of hardwoods Is an almost certain Indication of rich agricul
tural land, and when the hardwoods are cat the land Is turned perma
nently to agricultural use. In Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi the
production of hardwoods Is clearly at Ha extreme height, and In Missou
ri and Texas It has already begun to decline.
The answer to the question, therefore, would seem to He In our Ap-
imlachlan Mountains. They contain the largest body of hardwood tim
ber left in the United States. On them grow the greatest variety ot tree
species anywhere to be found. Protected from Arc and reckless cutting,
they produce the best kinds of timber, since their soil and climate com
bine to make heavy stands and rapid growth. Yet much ot the Appa
lachian forest has been so damaged In the past that It will be years be
fore tt will again reach * high state of productiveness. Twenty billion
feet of hardwoods would be a conservative estimate of the annual pro
ductive capacity of the "3,000,000 acres ot forest lands In the Appalach
ians If they were rightly managed. Until they are we can expect a
shortage In hardwood timber.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 0HANLER COMES.
Atlanta with fine and appropriate hospitality will entertain Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanter, lieutenant governor of New York.
. It la a gallant gentleman who comes to us from the Empire State of
the Republtc. He come* with high character, gracious manner and a
very large and practically attested iwpularlty. He comes frankly avow
ing a very high and honorable ambition to stand os the candidate of a
party to which hfe has ever been loyal, for the loftiest public station In
the government. It Is the right of every reputable citizen to aspire, and
It Is commendable os well. -.
With political spurs fairly won in a campaign In which he outran
Ills party by many thousand votes, end with a personal and party loyalty
that outweighed the personal considerations of his success, Lieutenant
Governor Chanler represents unusual strength and popularity In his na
tive atate, and carrying the favor of Tammany In his candidacy, will
surely be a figure of force In the next national convention.
He will be cordially welcomed to Atlanta and. by all the records, will
win friends by the score In the city and In the commonwealth.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here records each day
some economic fact In reference to
the ontrflrd progress of the South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index says In Its Issue for this week:
“No longer la It true In this part of the country that the dead man Is shroud
ed In n robe made In Massachusetts, placed In a coffin manufactured In Ohio and
lowered Irtto n grave dug with it pick fashioned In Pennsylvania, In solid marble
which Is put to uo other use. Georgia and Alalmina are beginning to make these
thing* at home, and ni» Infinitely greater variety of article* for the lirlng, while
the marble Is being used In Increasing quantity in the construction of building*.
The wide range In character of manufacturing in Georgia and Alabama la Illus
trated pointedly In industries definitely projected during tho past seven days as
reported by The Index. A company ha* been organized ot waycross, G*„ with
capital atock of 1100,000, to sink oil wells In a south Georgia section. In Atlanta,
a company has been formed with capital stock of $150,000 to engage In mining In
north Georgia. A company has been organised nt Birmingham, with capital stock
of $50,000, to manufacture hot pot* for conveying slog and refuse away from fur
nace*. A coal brinuettlug plant will bo established, at Birmingham. At Way-
cross. On., n $100,000 company will establish a saw mill, crate factory and furni
ture factory. A large lumber plant will be established lu the mldit of an extensive
timber tract near Brunswick, Gs. Among other Industrial plants to be establish
ed a* reported by The Index are sand-lime brick plant, Bn Inbridge, On.; canning
factory. Huntsville, Ala.; ice factory, llfdmont. Ala.; and ice factory enlarge
ment. Waycross, Gs.; laundry, Dalton, Ga.: mining, Sumter county and Polk coun
ty. Georgia; street railway system. B*lnbrldge, Ga.. with line to Amsterdam, On.;
$100,000 railway terminal shops, Balnbrtdft. Ga.; refrigerating plant, Savannah, Ga.;
plant for manufacturing street •weeper*. Atlanta; syrup refinery. Columbus, Ga.
“Construction news contain# Items of much Interest, the following being some
of'those reported: One-story bank building, to be constructed of marble nt a
coat of $65,000, Dothan, Ala.; four business buildings. Bessemer, Ala.; thirteen res
idences, Itoauoke, Ala.; thirty-four residences, Gadsden, Ala.; two libraries, four
churches, three-story hotel, Athens, Ga.; five school buildings. Pythian castle,
Kwalnsboro, Ga.; numerous residences. Including one to cost $10,000, at Anniston,
Ala.; $13,000 chapter house, Birmingham, Ain.; theater to be built by company
capitalized at 140,000, Gadsden, Ala., and slaughter house, Savannah, Gn. Madi
son, Ga.. has voted a $50,000 bond Issue for building sewera and water works and
enlarging lighting plant; Covlngtou, (In., has voted 160,000 of bonds for couatructtug
sewers and water works.
“Land company has purchaaed over $00 acre* of land at Itoanoke, Ala., and
will place building Iota upon the market. Building lota will be offered nt public
sale nt Blakely, Ga.; Eastman. Ga., and Milieu, Gn.
“Five banks to be established and eighteen new corporation* with aggregate
minimum capital atock of $1,006,500 are reported."
DOCTOR ON CHRISTIAN 6CIENCE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Recently I waa called by the Chris
tian Science healers to diagnose a case
of organic heart disease In an other
wise healthy young woman thirteen
days before she died. I explained to
the healers In charge of her case and
afterwards to Immediate relatives, the
patient’s condition and that she had a
chance to regain comfortable health
under proper professional care.
I was called back to treat her the
day before she died. It was too late.
The best that could be done for her
failed. I do not know under Just what
unction and guise of Christian Scien
tific philosophy the healers console
themselves at such a sad and unneces
sary hour, except It be that such dis
astrous failures are caused by. the great
current of thought In the general com
mon mind opposed to their truth. I
hadn't the discourtesy to dispute It
when I heard one member aay all had
been done that could be done. It was
wretchedly untrue. The healer to whom
I earlier diagnosed her disease(?) as
heart disease, sought to enlighten me
with the observation that the latest
most scientific medical work on the
heart taught that the heart was of sec
ondary Imporance to tho pituitary
bodies of the brain. So, with the dan
ger that a little learning gives, he was,
unwittingly perhaps, giving consider
ation to a material body rather than
their spiritual view of the case.
He also stated that he would not
have undertaken.to treat a certain oth
er cose which he knew of me treating
previously, and which was simple dys
entery that another Christian Scientist
healer had let almost die.
Again In thl* expression he betrayed
his utter Ignorance as to the Impor
tance of each case and as to which one
he might be able # to cure or as to
which one would Just get weir without
apy treatment, as happens approxi
mately when the Christian Scientist
credits himself or herself with any cure
of physical disease. I’m not saying
the smallest bit against the Christian
Scientists' religious practices, for I re
vere them ns being the' most refined
and spiritualised and sweet tempered
of any Christian soct In the loving
kindness of their thoughts and lives.
I know It’s very disappointing to
them when they so woefully fall to
cure “all manner of disease" as divine
history credits the first apostles with
doing. I've often thought that it did
seem such a power might be given to
the devout soul In the twentieth cen
tury as well as In the first century, who
could get close enough to the great
loving heart of God. But I'm willing
that there Is much we can’t under
stand. "He who knows won't tell, and
he who tells doesn’t know.’’ The mind
of the Christian Scientist that there
la no sin, except the sin of thinking so,
among men here below, creates In them
a very high altitude of Christian char
acter. Thoughts are father# to deed#
and lives and destinies.
It’s a very lmppy soaring of imagina.
tlon above thl« mundane sphere, but
putting off our wings and bidding the
guardian spirit of our nerlal Improvis
ing* depart and coming down from
Mother Spirit to Mother Earth we
take a sobes thought. Now' the vision
Is “seen through a glass darkly." We
hear but a "still small voice" from out
of the great depth of distance. We
grope through tho darkness and reach
out with effort to touch but the hem
of His garment that virtue may come
Into us. We remember now that we
are trammeled about by a "tenement of
clay that doth so easily beaet us." \\ e
are In this part, mortal as well as Im
mortal, finite as well as Infinite; "this
corruption shall put on Inoorruptlon.
This body is bruised and broken and
pained and diseased till our reason and
mind are dethroned In the delirium of a
sick bed or within the walls of an In
sane asylum; for those diseased In
mind were first diseased In body, quite
always. Every doctor know* the mind
may Influence the body very greatly.
With >1* average intelligence and mul
tiplied experience In psycho-therapy he
knows best the philosophy of "laugh
and grow fat" and that ugly natures or
minds create lean and lank dyspeptics.
But the fact has not hypnotised him or
eclipsed every other vision of his hor
izon.
1 suspect the body Influences the
mind more than the mind Influences the
body. 1 do know it seems that those
who have suffered most from "thorns
In the flesh" seem to develop the no
blest spirits and natflres. This seems
so much the rule of fact that we have
become accustomed to the saying, "The
ARMMAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Orders.
Washington, Oct. 16.—Brigadier-General
Charles W. Harrnh, Michigan National
Guard, to garrison school, Fort Wayne.
First Lieutenant Ivan McKay, First In
fantry, Nebraska National Guard, to garri
son school. Fort Crook.
Second Lieutenant Joseph-A. Atkina. Six
teenth Infantry, In addition to other duties,
nssume charge construction work nt Fort
Logan H. Boots, relieving First Lieutenant
Frank It. Lang, Ninth Infantry.
Navy Orders.
Commander F. R. Stubb*. detached naval
station, Charleston, to navy yard, New'
York.
Movement of Vessels.
ArrlYed-reOctobpr 11: ltockat at Norfolk.
Charleston, St Louis I’erry and Preble at
Magdalena Bay. October 12: Abarenda at
Lamberts Point, Louisiana at Hnprod Bay,
Arethusa and Vesuvius nt Boston, West Vir
ginia and Pennsylvania nt Mare Island.
Maryland at San Francisco. Florida nnd
Arkansas at Baltimore. October 1$: Prairie
nt Norfolk, Minnesota at Newport, Connec
ticut nt navy yard, New York; Wasp at
Mnmnroneck. ,
Sailed—October 12: Tennessee and Wash
ington, from Ilamptou Hoads for Trinidad;
Aretbasa, from Cape Cod Bay for Boston;
Saturn, from Marc Island for Magdalena
Bay; West Virginia and Pennsylvania, from
Kan Francisco; Florida nnd Arkansas, from
Annni>olln for Baltimore; • Prairie, from
League Island for Norfolk, thence to Balti
more: Minnesota, from Newport for Ilnmp*
tou Bonds; Connecticut, from New Loudon
for navy yard, New York; Wasp, from
York: Marietta, from navy yard, Norfolk,
for Puerto forte,, Honduras.
Itatetgh placed out of rotmnlsalon, navy
yard, Mare island, October 12.
Lord loveth whom He chaateneth.”
The Christian Scientists In denying
the actuality of matter may be scien
tifically up to date In discarding the
old "atomic theory" of the material
atom and accepting that all the differ
ent material evidences are varied con
ditions of one force, the unit of which
Is the Ion and not the atom. In mate
rial science or God In Christian Science.
Let It be true. If we shall claim to
know, that all Is spirit. Then It was
the spirit of the morphine which the
fond mother heart thought was calo
mel that took the spirit of the only
baby child to the. spirit world. The
doctor. In hla honest Ignorance, says:
"Morphine killed the baby.” The re
sult la always the same to the mother’s
now lonely heart, by whatever name
or explanation. The reason why Chris
tian Scientist* have records of cures
they make Is the same reason why Pe-
runa and every patent medicine, divine
healer, "new thought" healer, magnetic
healer, conjuror, buckeye or other tails,
man cures. Doctors also get credit
sometimes for much, the greater part
of which nature did for hi* patient. In
deed, "vis medlcatrlx naturae" Is ax
iomatic with the doctor.
Some of my best friends, and among
the most charming people I know, are
Christian . Scientist,. Their purity of
spirit and the loftiness of their Ideal,
Is very winning. They are eo spirit
ualized that they are ethereallaed, hyp
notized. They are closer to the Chrlet
life, ae a body, than any people I know.
Christ dispensed His love, truth and
heSMng without money or price. Chris
tian Scientist healers charge a price,
and take the money of the deluded
victim whom they can not heal of hi*
bodily disease. They heel themselves.
Doctors fall. They recognize their
humanity and Inadequacy. They often
find it proper to disabuse patients’
minds of the traditional belief In medl.
cine fur every little ailment, which
may adjust Itself or need some correc
tion In hygiene, diet, exerclee, frequent,
ly psycho-therapy. I’ve heard chrla-
tlan Scientists say that no medicine
ever had any effect on patients' dis
eases, except as the patient had con-
fidence In the medicine or the doctor.
Wc accept the fractional truth In the
statement. But we challenge that there
Is not a Christian Scientist In the state
who has faith enough In such a claim
to put It to the test against the hypo
dermic medicine case, which every
doctor carries In hie Inner pocket, and
In which he carries morphine, a sur
cease for pain; atropla. that dilate,
the eye pupil and renders dry the
throat nnd mouthr pilocarpine, that
does the reverse; apomorpbia. that
makes one have presentment, of cross
ing the English channel upon a choppy
sea; strychnine, that can stimulate
your heart and other muscles, even
unto a spasm.
1 view Mrs.-.Eddy as one of the
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
T F you are thinking of opening a bank account,
or of changing the location of your present one,
we would invite you to look into the facilities of
fered by this institution. We are confident that we
can help you. Consult our officers.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Georgia continues her upward course
In the sisterhood of states. It Is pleas
ant to contemplate the onward sweep
In the realm of morals. I have ob
served her victories from afar through
the International press. The recent
state victory for state prohibition
causes one to fling to the winds the
nice decorum and stereotyped ecclesi
astical English formalities and Join the
orthodox in a tvholeeouled “hallelu
jah!”
I congratulate my friend, Dr. L. G.
Hardman, on piloting so successfully
such a worthy bill through the sen
ate. I congratulate the voters of that
commonwealth on their manifest moral
stamina, and The Georgian on Its de
cided stand In the magnificent edito
rial. parts of which I have seen in sev
eral English papers. I have nn Idea
ot the agencies at work In achieving*
such a victory since I have helped to
light several local battles, the last be
ing at Rome. I have ever stood an
uncompromising enemy of King Alco
hol, but my residence, travel and ex-
f ierlenccs In merry old England have
ncreased my opposition a hundred
fold. England may fcc honey-combed
with a wealth of history and be a
treasure house of rare antiquities; her
magnificent cathedrals may bear aloft
unparalleled lessons In Christian hero
ism; her great naval fleets may be
marshaled for public Inspection to the
manifest discomfiture of other powers
In the world's competition for suprem
acy on the high seas; she may chal
lenge the attention, adinlratlqn and
Jealousy of nations In the rapid trans-
Atlantic service of her floating palaces;
the Marltnnln, 790 feet long. 88 feet
wide, with 43,000 tons displacement,
may soon break all previous records on
her maiden trip by crossing In less
than five days from Queenstown to
New York; but all Is not peace along
the Thames, nor sunshlno In the affairs
of state. The continuous general
financial depression, the Increasing
army of the unemployed, the concen
tration of population Into congested
centers, the alarming statistics on race
suicide, the - startling aspects of the
vast slum dlve&, constitute a few side
lights on the seamy side of English
life; but that which overwhelms the
conscientious observer Is tho drink
curse. To my mind, there Is no place
In America that will compare In this
respect with conditions here. There Is
a saloon on nearly every corner, and
In every village and hamlet. Wo have
seen the greater part of London. Liv
erpool and several provincial towns,
also much of the country and village
life. Our first vacation was passed on
Purbeck Island, In Dorsetshire. A re
cent vacation was spent on the Isle of
Wight. There are to be found villages
undisturbed by modern modes of trans
portation and characteristically Dick
ensian In their leading traits today; but
wherever there are evidences of life,
there are notices of wines and spirits
for sale. I have seen out-of-the-way
places, where a store of any kind
could not be found, but a little
Inn with "lunches, teas and spirits."
The worst side of the curse here Is
that women and children go to the
saloons and drink. It Is common to see
women at certain hours, In large num
bers. going to the saloon with pitchers
for beer and hot gin. Mr. G. ft. Sims
wrote a series of articles to The Tri
bune of London In which he tells of
the prevalence of this awful practice
in Lohdon. I may give readers of The
Georgian the gist of Mr. Sims’ start
ling revelations nt another time. Eng
land’s greatest curse Is drink, and If a
change Is not wrought, Ichabod must
sooner or later bo written In largo
letters at the entrance of this wonderful
mother country.
ERNEST C. MOBLEY,
Pastor Church of Chi 1st, Southampton,
England.
From Death to Life
By RENE VAILLANT
Under the golden roofs of tho Imperial
pnlace ot Seoul, the capital of Korea, there
Is great sorrow, nnd aobhlng la heard every
where. Damon-Kou, the favorite daugh
ter of the emperor. Is dying. No sickness
has attacked her beautiful young body, but
she Is dying from sorrow at being help
lessly disgraced In her own eyes, ns wall ns
in those of everybody Inside the palace.
Tho hands of n slave have touched her,
nnd the god* do not nllow n Korean prin
cess to survive such n disgrace.
Still, It happened during the night, when
f*rt °J. ,he took fire, and the hands
that disgraced her were those that saved
her from perishing In the flames. But this
clrcnmstauee does not turn away the wrath
on ff, r / . She ought to have
killed herself, but did not find strength to
do so In the face of her mother's sorrow.
But the gods were waiting for her death,
The flowers that were placed near her bed
withered suddenly, ns If touched by n pot-
sonous breath, nnd the birds that wefe
brought to her that their song might make
her forget her sorrow fell dead In their
“IS death wo, the only thing that could
. lacat* t? * — -
thin won „ __
her bountiful body.
Tho empress boil made her bed lie moved
into the open square that the guidon ray,
or tho iuu might ehecr her up. but hardly
hod tho golden lied lieen moved outride
when dark cloud, pothered and obscured
ttrabrtgtfi nun, and the nlr grew damp and
Not even the nim would look nt Damon-
Kou. Thou the beautiful girl sighed, her
head fell beck on the pillow, n pallor over-
•proad her face and nhc breathed no longer.
The emnre.s gave n ery of deapalr, cov
ered her bond nnd threw beraetf upon the
ground. Her deareat child waa dead.
The wlio palace phyaiclana came, looked
at the frail body and pronounced Damon-
Kou dead.
The aun came oat again, the bird, began
singing nnd the withered flower, rattle
bnck to new life. Damon-Kou had paid the
penalty with her life and the god, were nu
longer angry.
With Imperial aptemlor Damon-Kou'a fu
neral took place. She waa placed In a caa-
ket of pnrn gold, which waa carried through
the streets of Seoul to the grove where
stood the family tomb of tbo emperor',
nnceators.
But the coatly golden raaket gave rlae
to evil thoughts In the hearts of wicked
men. A few nights Inter they sneaked to
the grove. Dreed hail drlveu away all othor
thoughts. They wanted to break open tho
golden casket, throw out tho Imdy of tho
young prlm-esa and floe with tho gold to a
far-away place, to Japan, where they eould
aelt It for money.
They begun thrlr work. The hand of dno
of the scoundrels held n Ignlern, wbk-b-shed
a dim light Ih tho room -where Damon-Kou
wna sleeping her last sleep In her bed of
gold.
They broke- open the cover with a Jlinmv
and. cluttering, the mass of gold fell to the
ground.
Then something terrible happened.
By the light of the Inntern tho deseenton
of the tomb saw arlee from the open coffin
a figure clad In white that stretelied ont Ite
arms ni If to aelse them and they did not
doubt that It wna the ghost of the dead
girl coming bark to punish them for their
duatnrilly crime. With crlen of torror tliev
dropped Inntern nnd toole and rushed out
of the tomb Into the darkness of tho night.
Their cries, however*, alarmed others, and
the news that an attempt had lieeu made to
rob tlie Imperial tomb spread like wildfire
until It reached the palace.
The emperor himeelf. surrounded by hie
bodyguard, came rushing to the tomb nnd
by the light of scores of flaming torrhra
he saw hie dead child brought back to life
once more.
She wna carried Into the pnlace and the
physicians said that she would not live,
that the gode had allowed her to return
only to drive away the rnbhere, but morning
enme nnd Damon-Kou still lived. The sun
rose nnd sent Its golden rays Into her
chamber, n bird came through the open
window, alighted on her hend nnd began to
slug and tho flower. In the palace gardens
filled the air with sweeter fragrance then
ever.
Then It was elenr to every one tbat
Dainou-Kon had really returned to life. She
had been dead nnd burled and had thus
atoned for the dlegrnre that had rested
upon her. TheTtoils iltd not want a second
sacrifice, nnd heforo the resurrected Damon-
Kou was n life of Joy and bapplnrsa.
devoutest aouls who has lived. I be
lieve Alexander Dowle was pious, hon
est, sincere. I believe the artist who
put away his wife and mother of his
child for his affinity was honest with
himself perhaps, but I believe the
Ghrlstlan Science healer is the most
deluded personage among men, and
that his premises carried to their le
gitimate conclusion would make us an
gels with astral bodies and without
need of food and material necessities
for our material bodies.
Yours for "mens sana In corpora
sano,” MEDICU8.
THE PROPOSED CANAL.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Ideal conditions commercially and
defensively can only be secured by the
utmost Improvement of our waterways,
their connection by canals of national
importance.- The Atlantic coast Is con
nected with Chicago by the Great Lakes
and the Erie canal by canalization le to
be connected with the gulf via Be. Louis
and New Orleans. The Raritan and
Delaware, the Delaware nnd Chesa
peake, the Dismal Swamp, the approved
canal and canalization through North
Carolina to Beaufort Inlet, thence canal
and Improvements to St. Marys. Ga.,
thence up tho St. Marys river through
the Okefeqpkee Swamp, down the Su-
wanee to the gulf, will, when completed,
give for military purpose* and protect
ed passage nearly 4,000 miles In length
for the safe shipment of military sup
plies, for the quick reinforcement by
torpedo and submarine boats of any
threatened point. The completion of
the James river and Knnahwa. the con.
structlon of the Atlantic nnd Great
Western canals would give with the
St. Marys and Suwanee canal and the
Erie canal and Great Lakes four water
connections of the Atlantic ocean with
the Weat. The Improvement of ull of
our riven-:, the opening of these canals,
connection thereby of every portion of
our country east of the Rocky Moun
tains with every other portion, will cost
large money, but many hundred mil
lions of dollars less than France, with
far less than one-third of our popula
tion. less than one-tenth of our mileage
of rivers, has expended, and as judged
by results, wisely expended.
We are a great country; It Is difficult
for us to realize how great our internal
commerce exceeds twenty-six billions
of dollars pet- year. Our foreign com
merce exceeds three billion dollars
yearly, has doubled in loss than ten
years. Our Internal commerce Is In- * 1
creasing nt the rate of about two bil
lion dollars a year, with about one-
eighteenth of the world’s total popula
tion. \Ye handle about one-eighth of
the world’s foreign commerce. From
a debtor we have become a creditor
nation. We are rapidly narrowing the
desert areas of the West by irrigation
and cultivation. We shall ateadlly
narrow the area of swamp lands by
drainage and reclamation. We shall
toon extend qur dominion over the
oceans In a great revival of a great
merchant marine, In which wo were
once proudly pre-eminent. This will
turn our wonderful ports Into vast ship
yards. Great as Is our growth, we are
In our youth as a nation; ore upon the
threshold of still more marvelous
achievement. If we extend nur trans
portation facilities as rapidly as we
are increasing freights, there Is no limit
the Imagination may aet to our future
development. ,
The canal to unite the Mississippi
river, the entire Weat and Northwest,
with the Georgia seacoast, Is not only
a vital link In the great chain of water
way Improvement, It Is an Immediate
necessity.
There Is a reason for the construc
tion of this canal, uniting the West and
East, other than defensive or com
mercial reasons; namely, a geographi
cal reason.
The North and South railroads, th#
facility of Intercourse thus created have
done more to establish friendly and
fraternal sentiment between the North
and the South than forty-two years of
fraternal oratory.
Each great transportation chain be
tween the West and East binds th*
West and East more closely together.
C. P. GOODYEAR.
The harvest festival was being held
In Old Windsor Parish church, Eng
land. and a verse In the Psalm. "Thou
makest darkness and It Is night," hsd
Just been reached, when all the electrio
lights went out. A number of candles
were borrowed from neighboring
houses, and these were fixed upon th*
pews so that the service might be con
cluded.