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The three q
brothers. Lewis.
William, u Robert
The RohebyHerd
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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Fill DAT, OCTOBF.U 3. 1K7.
THE CHANTERS AND THEIR FINE ANCESTRAL HOME
from a Journey that be does not vl*lt
cbat with her.
her buaband
Then* »h« hn
CHANLER, RING SMASHER;
ONE OF AN OLD FAMILY
OF FAMOUS FIGHTERS
His Country Home, “Rokeby,” in New York
State, Resembles Feudal Castle in
Political Campaigns.
Flft, mlli'ii from tbs state capitol »t
Albany, Where Lewis Stuyvesant chanler,
*?? licuioeratlc lieutenant governor, pro-
•l'le.1 uver a Itepnbltron aeuale laat wlu-
!' r . la IlnkeliT, wbieh la bin home, aa It
,*** beea the heme of the Aatora and Chau-
■'■m for aerrral generation*. It la a large
oel-fn.hjoneil house. modernised to eomo
rjtent, and nrertooklng tho lordly Hud anil,
f! "hone winding course It commanda a
'l;’«- north and aoutb for numy miles.
"riginelljr It waa the country aeat of Oen-
»ml John Armetroog, who waa a dlatln-
ciitabed aoldler In the Revolutionary army.
f,f‘|,«5Sr further djithfetton 'in* pubffe JK
2 I ennaylranla and In thla atate. Jeffer-
*»« aent him aa tnlnlaler to France and
"pain, and 5In.ll,on aelected him lo be bla
•erretary of war. John Jacob Aator'a sou
fh'l partner. William Ilnchhaua Aator.
lainsht Hie eatale, after marrying the gener-
* * da lighter, sail, being a gentleman of
tn.tivation and literary a tlal amenta, b»
ffo-eeiled to make of It a maenlflcent
a'mimer home. It heera today the Imprints
•J da refined taste. For yeera It waa one
•J h. dlttlngulabed featnrea of the Hudson
and aa It baa norar been neglected In
•II these y Mr a It eontlnnea to be a algbt
J! '!:** looking upon.
At tlmea It may anggeat a garrisoned re-
"Ml. for there are meaaebgera doing and
•oanlng at top speed. ami ajuada of yeo-
nanry bjtttUng and out, sud^eoq arils
Bjfj* bafil on the plaaan or on the lawn.
5*5 'here warlike enggeetlona are more ap
than real. Htiek tlmea are merely
(“rlode of political activity, whet) the lieu-
2»»m lorernor ami-bla loot here, ex-Coe-
P'wman William Aator Chattier of New
’"d Bhevllf Kobort W. Chanler «
in, ica, eouttty. aro counting noeee and
Wtg thelr plana for another attack upon
}r*2 foe, the Republican county machine,,
Il" 1 * r 'r one of the beat In Sew Vortt
bat now tomewbat battered by their
* tacka. though "atlll In the riag '-end
'b. ring la atlll In It." aa maJJelou* par-
“*>ns put |t
“Id fietieral Arraatrong neverpUnoed
dashing rampalru, than bis tbrea
f'MtgranUcblMren, when seated together
I," .V* l awn tralcblng Iho Ilokehy herd
S <•>», dlatance, ami, lietwoan thouehte.
JJMnaalng the crop proapocia. and whigtrer
»P ‘be life of the progrejB.vc
“tmer. Perhaps the back lot la In need of
being trimmed out, In which event It la In
llmatod to Lewis that be get bla eg In
readiness. l'erbapa It Is the new fang ed
rules of the New Tork board of hea’.b
which hint at the nee of glovoo for tho
milking, and electric fens for auppremdug
the festive lly and ‘b\ •»l«blng of the
cows tails at early morn and dewy eve.
Then Brother Dob may Insist on their go
ing to the cow Item to see how spick and
span everything la for band!Ing the daUy
shipment of milk to the big city a hundred
miles eway.
“Chanter Boys Raise Devil."
•Those Chanter loir* will raise Jbe dtvll
In thla enemy." predicted the leader of
the Republican,, the late Congressmen John
II. Ketchum. and they .cent to have yrl;
fled the prediction. Uat full Brother Rob
waa elected sheriff, although the connty lo
normally heavily Republican. The fall be
fore Brother Lewie S. waa *•»'««• aopar-
^u* I ?Lr. , .?,, h e“^r;f,cS l ,T;, r eVv p o
••ring amaaher," after bla three years' work
oa the tempi of supervisor*.
“And I expect to tie your candidate
supervisor again.” the llenteaiat gove
TutfsPills
will save the dyapeptfc from many
day* ot misery, niul enable Mm to cat
whatever he wishes. They prevent
SICK HEADACHE,
cause the food toaaslmllatenndnour.
lah the body, give keen appetite,
DEVELOP FLESH
and solid muscle. Elegantly sugar
coated. ' ■—■**»
Take No Substitute.
WitK did Mrs ^ulliv&tk’s family
ther day when
and howled for him as the
aeat I»emocratl<r president.
There la politics In every breath of air
In Ilia upper Hudson vollay. lwrhcss boa
produced great Republican nolltlrlnns, Just
as Columbia, which adjoins It on the north,
hae put forth great Democratic politicians.
Forty mllta fmm ltoheliy aa lbs crow nice,
Martin Van Buren was born aid lived. at
such times thet he waa not bidding the of-
tlco of president of the J nlted Htatea
nnd nnmeroue snbordlnate offices at t\aah-
Ington aud Albaujr. 'Tha wily fog of Kla-
derbook." they ealle.1 him. and he aeems to
hare merited the title. Ten miles Ivyoml
hla home waa tha birthplace and home of
Samuel J. Ttlden. whom Democrats atlll
thin, waa once elected to the aarae high
olitre Into which Andrew Jackeon, nuahe.1
Van Buren. A lot of “high rollers In pol-
litre have been bred lu thU .valley, and
It |a natural that Robrl.y should become a
sort of roosting allot far the [mlltlcally In-
dined. There 7■ Ihls to be said about the
fhaniern' polltlra—they play a straight
game, and the remit of their recnrtng pre
ferment In !meltons hna Invariably been that
a “ring” of some sort has been (mashed
and tha rlngsterei held up to MbUe {coni.
Their father before them Indulged his lore
for the game by going to the assembly at
Albany and the congress In Washington,
frum on* of the east aldi» olitnrti of
New York dtj. Then there l> Captain
sWftSk^iSfflW!
tic In their hablla nnd tastes na In ilielr
They nre »o unlike moat eon* of
ramllle* trffh dl*flmnii»bod *»ee»tor* and
plenty of meana n* to l« almoet onlqne In
the atate of New Tork.
Thair Father's Nature.
The father. John Wlnthrop Chenier, would
fight at the drop of tin; hat. Tha Ifon. John
Democ^tFc 1 aub!’ , te!la' , tbla 0r cb5raeterlatfc
story Of him: Having been ruddy treated
by a fellow.contrreMinan Iti one of the com-
mlttee mm Mr. Cbealer nroinplly broke
hi* umbrella orer hl* heau. Tkvjr wart
a* not
til fight, a dnet' , wlSi
on Congreaaman Fox
Ms was an ngr
parted Iwfore further demage . had
fid.?
hi* min
Raatr
!?ng*
J fire-eater hlmaelf down In the old
word. New York, where be had found
■if pitted ngafuat Roe* Tweed and all
Imlnton*. He railed In some Kentucky
tlemeii. however, yrho knew more than
about three little matter*, am! after n
... MB at Mat
h«»vere«l aliontt he poatofTlee for a
oping for a challenge, which, bow-
•rtr. never came.
The CUanler lioya poanea* a almllar spirit.
They come naturally enough by It, on both
aides of the hon*e. The war aenetary**
record I* gooil, nnd that of hi* father per
haps even more brilliant. The Utter wa*
and he commanded the Pennsylvania mill
tin at Momuouth nnd Brandywine. The
politician* *ay that the combination of the
Irl»h with the Herman stock of the origi
nal Aator make* **a perfect American
flanging In Itokehy library I* a framed
cablegram received by the lieutenant-gover
nor Just after bla election hint fall, of
which he 1* quite prond, and wblc|) runs as
follow*:
•tfu*t heard of your election. Heartiest
congratulation* from Irish Parliamentary
party. Redmond."
ft wa* * recognition of hi* four years of
eampnlitidiig In Ireland with Redmond and
MrTtanlerj^jouraelnheartllj^stip^t^
satisfied with the ]»«
filetetl. fie wauled
him. and insisted upon . ,
lielng hi* second. TbJ* was an agreeable
enough duty for Fo». for ht was somewhat
Ing the reforma urged by Governor
Hughe*
a obdu-
■HHPHH.- cordial approval
from leading Democrats In other states,
particularly In the ftinth. Ills election *>
lieutenant-governor when the head of the
Deu - • -
Democratic ticket.
Uandolph
1m* uisde
the 'Democratic
This is the Season of New Books
For these long evenings what is.
more delightful than a good story?
ALL of the following titles are GOOD
Car of Destiny,
him n marked figure
party of his state.
Reside* knowing hi* political book, Mr.
Chattier I* a good fanner and an excellent
lawyer. II* U*s practiced « down year* In
the criminal court* of New York city, and
he hna defended ao many clients without
charge that they named him "the philan
thropic millionaire. M In figure
thin, and not unlike Abe Lincoln
appearance, and he posseaaea characteristic!
which endeared the great commoner to the
in see*.
Any reference to Rokeh/ would be Incom
plete without the etory of probably the old
est woman In the state. Mrs. Mary Hulllrnn,
of whom Mr. Chanter fa very fond. She
lives on the estate with her eight grand
children and her son. John I*. Hnulvnn. and
bis wife. John and Lewi* Mtuyve*snt were
bor* together, and Imrefootcd most of the
time at that In the summer month*. Jobti
hn* risen after thirty years' service to be
Love of Life,
by Jack London.
Alice tor Short,
by William D* Morgan.
Shepherd of the Htlle»
by H. B. Wright,
The Shuttle,
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Empire Builders,
by Francis Lynde.
Mrs.
tnlne all her faculties utid
-her memory that
(early Ufejr
tenacious Is
by C. N. and A. M. Williamson.
Light-fingered Gentry,
by David Graham Phillips.
Satan S^nderaon,
by Hallle Ermlnte Hives.
The Best Man,
By Harold Macgrath.
The Daughter of Anderson Crow,
by George Barr McCutcheon.
John M. Miller Co.
39 Marietta St., Atlanta, Ga.
In her native village of Kerry.
8he knew Daniel O Connell, the
Morris 1
i, alt hot
- _ m all c
lions In pure Gaelic, a tongue w'blch
»on end grandchildren also speak flu
ently. the latter having been taught »* by
their grandmother.
Chanler in Ireland.
When Lieutenant-Governor Chanler waa
In Ireland stumping for the Irish Parll*
Mr*. Hulllvjtn'a recollections of her voy
age to America are especially vivid. It waa
In 1140, and It lasted six week*. The vessel
began to leuk tiefore she was out «>f night of
the Irish coast, nnd Imth pnMengcrs nnd
crew were kept at the pumps. fc»be struck
a rock while trying to make the harbor of
Halifax, and In? •nine a wrfek. By a miracle,
aa It seetned to the passengers, they were
•II saved, nnd when they finally reached
Halifax a mass of thanksgiving was held la
commemoration of their providential deliv
erance.
...... _ WJ1Jr Mm
t Barry town, where
f .loyment at Itokehy.
■he has IIveil erer since. Their oldest
son, "Con,” was for thirty years butler for
the master of Itokehy, the late Willtuia
Ilackhaus Aster, the great grandfather of
the lieutenant-governor, ao the Sullivan* are
old retaltiera of tha Astor-Cbanler family,
•nd the cordial rotations between them have
cemented by generations of loyal iwrv-
Mrs. Rulllvan Is passing the evening of
her life, peaeefnily telling her beads and
praying for blessings to descend upon her
devoted friend's family. 8be Is visited fre
quently by good Father Hcamean, her pn*-
tor, and Is happy that she can receive the
ministration of the religion which hna al
ways been her comfort and guide.
her
return
nnd delighted to boar him addresa ...
| her own tongue, nnd thereafter he was au
{even more welcome visitor. If that were
I poMlhlo, for he had Imnm her favorite from
childhood, lie never returns to “
SO SOOTHING
Its Influence Hss Been Felt by 8*
Many Atlants Readers.
The soothing Influence of relief
After suffering from Itching Piles,
From Bcxema or any Itchlnexs of th#
skin. V '
Makes one feel grateful to the reme.
8y-
Doan's Ointment has eoothed hun
dreds.
Here's what one Atlanta citizen sayas
George Willi*, sewing machine sale*,
man, of 91 Ormond street, Atlanta,
Ga.. says: “Doan's Ointment Is cer
tainly a line remedy for rex.-ma. I
had It all over my lega and I wa* al-
mo»t worried to death with It. When
I took off my clothes at night It Irri
tated the apot eo that I wa* unable
to aleep and wa* continually acratch-
t and rubbing It and uilng every-
ng I could get hold of to curs It,
but It seemed to grow \vor»o all tho
time. I waa In this predicament for
two or three year*. Finally *oiuebod>-
tohl tne about Doan's Ointment, and I
went to Brannen A Anthony’s stores.
ICS Whitehall street, SO Marietta street,
ind got a box. I applied It on one leg
to see If it would do any good. Tho
Itching »oon atopp. 1. and the next
lay I applied It to all the affected area.
I used three boxes of It and entirely
cured myself.”
For sale by ail dealers. Price 90
•ents. Foster-MUburn Co.. Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for tho United
State*. . ,n' ■'-*■■■ *
Rememlter the name—Doan’s—and
Uokabjr take a* other.