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THE ATLANTA GEOBOIAN AND NEWS.
u;u.\E8DAT. NQVBMBBB 6.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
T. B. GOODWIN, Gen’l Mgr.
Published Every Afternoon,
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OUR PLATFORM :AtIK GEORGIAN
AND NEtVB atande for Atlanta's ndo
ing Its or, 11 (a« and electric light
Manta, an It new owne Ite water
wort*. Other oltlee do tbla and get
gaa ns lew as W cents, with a proflt
bellerea that If atreet rnllwava ran ba
.prrated auccaaafally by European
Itlea. na they ara, theta It no flood
why they can not be *o oper-
re. Bill we do not beUote this
rl#«.
'••0» 'tl
*ted here.
an under’vklni?. Still Atlanta shonh
•et It* lac# In that direction NOW. ■
The eari? frost that overtook the
Hoot boom; $i«Bl?t lb Have b*en fatal.
. Tbs Baton public baths laat year
loat SI,000 towels. “Aye. there's the
rub."
A circus trust bas been formed.
Hut the public will be let In on this
deal.
London was a winner thin woek.
She held tbreo queens and a pair of
kings.
Chili allows symptoms of a panic,
llcttcr send for Cortolyou or J. P.
Morgan at oacc.
The death rate In Chicago Is the
lowest In America. Folks leave thero
as soon as they're able.
The popularity of hrldgo whist In
about to be usurped by a card game
called “Qult. v It's tlmo to.
The L’tes Lave been canqiimd nnd
Carlisle overcome. Indian warriors
are not the valiant lighters they used
to be.
. The German royal family is wrought
up over a ease of chicken-pox in their
midst. At the Russian Court such a
mild eruption wouldn't cause a Jar.
5 There has arlien n dispute ns (o
whether or not Gledys Vanderbilt’s
title of co'.mtesu will be of any ac
count, but there is uono about her
.count's.
J The riding Ins; for army officers It
.to be omitted In some Instances. It
appears that borne of the offloera had
other duties than taking part In the
■parade.
J Statistics show that the French
people spent *10,000,000 tor amuse
ments laat year. With Count Ilonl's
share deducted this year's total
should be considerably less.
Tbe English Liberal party thinks
that the House of Lords needs some
brains and therefore favors the crea
tion of some new peers. The Liberals
appear to size up the present peerage
about like we do.
The British museum contains books
written on oyster shells, bricks, tile,
lead, bones, sbeepsklu, iron and palm
leaves. But the book shops over here
have volumes written on nothing of
Importance.
One Adachl Klnmasuka. writing In
Tho Review of Reviews, complains
i hat the Koreans do not properly ap
preciate what Japan has done for
ike®, Kowever, they do appreciate
that Japan has done them.
W
And now John Banyan's will has
been found. If It disposes of tbe roy
alties on tbe sale of tho “Pilgrim's
Progress,” his heirs Will be able to
i rebate Cincinnati from George
ashlngton’s descendants.
WHAT WE GET OUT OP THE ELECTIONS.
The richest result which Democracy plucks from tho elections of
Tuesday Is the . fourth consecutive triumph of Tom Johnson as the mayor
of Cleveland.
The whole Democratic country will rejoice in the re-eleotloa of tho
stalwart old reformer of Ohio, who defeated the full strength of the Re
publican party, municipal, staid and national. In tho city of Cleveland.
Tbe election of Tom Johnson for a fourth term puts him distinctly
In the list of presidential possibilities, and he has much to commend him
to the favor of the definite Democracy of the times in which we live.
Tom Johnson, too, Is a man who "docs things," like Roosevelt . and
Hearst. Tom Johnson, too, bas demonstrated "executive ability" of a very
high order. And there would be no very greet difficulty In creating a
very general enthusiasm among the rank and file of the Democratic party
for the bravo and honest old Kentucky reformer who has revolutionised
tbe richest and most aristocratic city of Ohio.
In New York the Independence League has demonstrated a remark
able strength for an organization so young in the political world. It will
be remembered that Lewis 8. Chenier carried New York fpr the Demo
cratic party under the auspices of Tammany Hall by over 90,000 ma
jority.
And yet Moxlmilllsn Ihmsen of the Independence I*eague reduces this
majority to something less than 25,000 and thereby Illustrates the re
markable sad significant strength of the new movement led by Mr,
Hearst.
If there Is anything slgnlflcant In the elections of Tuesday, it Is the
fact that the reform element of modem politics Is stronger than party
spirit everywhere. Ip aplte of the sneers and scoffs of men who started
out with the reform movement and later out-Iierodod Herod In their vig
orous denunciation of the corporations, but more recently have given nvi-
dence of an all-too-lntlmate acquaintance with the rallied forces of (he
trusts, the result of Tuesday Indicates that the heart of the people Is still
set toward reform and (till determined upon regulation of the conditions
which have distressed the country*.
THE OVERWORKED AND TIRED TEACHERS.
Once inure The Georgian without hesitation records Its regret that/
tho board of education has turned down the request of tho teachers to be
excused from tho long and wearlcomo normal work which the authori
ties deem necessary In our educational system.
The Georgian with tho profoundest respect for tho good motives and
for the good sense which the board has always shown and with the high
est Individual respect for Its several members, most unhesitatingly ex
presses Its dissent and disapproval of the rejection of this petition.
There Is not In our civilization a harder Worked and more seriously
taxed body of laborers In a great cause than the teachers of the country.
It Is a work that Is taxing to the last degree upon the nerves and brain,
and no lean an authority than Solomon In the wlseat chapter of bis book
of proverbs has declared' that much study is a weariness to tbe flesh.
It Is our honeet belief, tho board of education to the contrary, that
these teachers would do better work and fresher work and more effective
work among tho children of this city if thay themselves were allowed
more time tn sweep the cobwebs of the dally troad mill out of tbolr
brulnS anil to Invigorate their bodies ami their blood with more ozone of
the air and with the refreshment of additional exercise and recuperation.
No amount of study, no detailed knowledge of hooks, cgn compensate for
the tired braih'and tbe l&ggard bodies that refuse to furnish the vigor
nnd Inspiration which children especially need in the direction of their
work. We have children of our own and we would rather see them
taught by (eachera who have shown themselves In tho beginning iios-
nested of a sufficient schotsrshlp to bo elected by tho board than to have
them led along the way by a tired and bloodless company' of Intellectual
tollers whose veins are languid with overwork and Whoso brains are
clogged by tho long continued air of the achool rooms.
We have no desire to bo dlsrespeoiful toward tbe board of education
In this matter, but we firmly believe that we apeak the sentiment of more
than two-thirds of the parents of this city and of. tho children themselves
when we plead'for a furthor nnd a wiser .and more humane consideration
of the request and needs of the teachera who do this noble work.
There has Dover been any complaint of the capacity or fltneaa of the
Atlanta teachera under tbe old system. The demands are not greater
upon them now than, they have been la the past, and we should doploro
must of an the lapse of life and vitality whlah makes education Inspiring
to the young.
No argument that has been put forth by tbe board of education In
Justification of this added work satisfies either the parents, the ohtldren,
tbe patrons or the teachers of our schools. '
We respectfully ask for a reconsideration of the rule.
THE WORLD’S FIGHT AGAINST THE WORLD’S PLAQUE.
The great steles of Trttas and New York arc loading in the mighty
work of jiteventlon and remedy, for the tuberculosis plaguo.
it Is worthy of note that these great commonwealths scent to he
stirred from their centers to their circumferences by tho necessity for
active ami vigorous battle against this plague of tbe contnry. And It Is
encouraging to the last degree to uote the vigor, the intelligence and the
generous expenditure of brains and money which are being lent In this
great battle, from which wc will all In the course of time be batter
equipped to flgbt the battle as It roaches within our own local environ-
incut.
Thle light is Indeed the world’e fight. Since President Loubet retired
from the chief executive chair of France, bo bas largely been dovotlng
bis life as president of an antt-tuboreulosls longue tb battle against tbs
plague In France, an occupation fitting and worthy of an ex-president
of a great country. A few days ago The Georgian illustrated the vigor
of the effort being put forth by the scientific societies of Philadelphia In
which a cart-end crusade was being carried on among tbe poorer daises
by the soiontlflc students and philanthropists who spend their noon hour
In flvo or ten minute talks to the working people upon the prevention
and cure of tuberculosis. Nothing morn notable In this line hat been
done than the recent meeting of t(ie American Antl-Tabercufosls League
at Atlantic City, N. J. It set on foot the grantor agitation of pure food
laws, government Inspection and the auxiliary efforts of woman's clubs.
This league is largely the creation of an Atlanta physician, and while we
ara violating a confidence to say It, The Georgian can not forbear to pay
grateful tribute to tho ceaseless vigor and to the unparalleled generosity
with which Dr. Georgo Brown has spent the bulk of his yearly profes
sional earnings In tho horolc and. unselfish work of this organisation.
The Atlantlo City convention enlisted some et the greatest physicians
and experts of tbe country. The reaulti of the convention demonstrated
conclusively that consumption must be fought primarily at the dairy farm
and in tbe milk supplies. Nathan Straus, the great billionaire philan
thropist of Now York, rnado a great demonstration of the value and ne-
cesalty of pasteurising milk. Rut the most notable and most hopeful re
sult of the convention was the statement seut out with confidence that
consumption Is a preventable dlseeae and that the bulk of the suffering
caused by this plague can be removed by sanitation and care In the milk
supplies. And now comes another large and strategic movement set on
foot among scientists and philanthropists in which cbtinent scientists
and great women of this country are engaged In this battle against the
disease of tbe century. Mrs. Marshall Field, of New York, has been ap
pointed by tbe mayor of Chicago on the health and consulting board of
that city, with an especial environment to the observation of and pre
vention of tuberculosis. Many of the great and active women of Ameri
ca have enlisted enthusiastically under tho banner. Mrs. J. R. Briggs,
of Dallas, Texas, was elected president* of tbe Woman's Auxiliary
League, and In her opening addreta showed that more than six hundred
thousand cases of tuberculosis ara now existent In the United States,
with 150,000 dying each year from that cause, or one death in every
seven and one-half traeeable to consumption.
Mrs. Avis Boyce, of Atlanta, a vies president of the Anti Tuberculosis
League, showed In her address that more persona died from tuberculosis
during tbe last ten years In tha United State* than were killed on both
sides during the Civil war.
And so tha great work goes on. Tbe Georgian never feels that its
space is wasted when It calls attention to this mighty cause. No time
and no space Is too greet to give to the awakening of tbe people and to
their study In the methods of prevention and relief. It Is the plague of
tbe century, it i« more Important t ban state fain, or horse shows, or the
building of armories, or the securing of conventions, or the regulation of
railroads, or any other question that Concerns this people.
And from time to time we propose to consecrate these columns ns
we have always dono to Inform the people of tho great danger with
which the health of this generation is menaced from this direction and
in appealing to energy nnd common sense to Join In this great battle for
Its prevention and cure. Every humanitarian, every economist, every,
head of a home, and every Intelligent man and woman, should, lend a
hand In this mighty nnd majestic work.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Th# Georgian here record* each Qej
some economic fart in reference to
toe onward progreis of tho South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial- Index say* In Its Issue of thl* week: With
seven putt-hnse* of farm and tlmlier land* for amount* aggregating $6;>s.000. ten
new- corporation* of total minimum capital stock of $:U f *0.0Oo,* the lN-glnnlng of the
•wa'ISPiRw 0 * A P*** plr< \ trlr r*MJ*’*y system hr Alabama upon which nmirojdmnteljr
•VrSf/vi '•** ‘Upended, the formation uf j» company with a paid-in capital cf
ir’ilf »..*/? Pn 9*B* manufacturing. tile rontmeneetnent Of work upouri fUD.Oor
note/ building, flm definite projection of mjim'reua Industrial Limit* or varied cliar-
ueter and mitbiterruptcf', efniMtnietlon In tonera! lines—wltlr these ns hit 'eating
nmi more Impofutqt exhibit* of activity and nehlerement* within Uielr Imrdersdur-
ing the week cmtlng todriY. Georgia ttltd AJahr.mil ufe dettmuAtruilng most convinc
ingly thiit their prosperity li*e it ■»u!**titnthrfowu»1otkm of noil value uud yUli re-
source* and tImt (hi* pros,ufiLjr. bn* not been disturbed by -financial coiulltlnu*
which have prevailed cltiMe here, l*p6n such fact* ns there, upon the knowledge
that vast amonntN of »i are cotitiminlly being invented In Georgia and Ala
bama Met upon the multitudinous mid indisputable <>r!deuce* of* nn abiding pros-
pcrlty, the people nf tfin two state* Iwtse nu unshakable. confidence 4n bushier* condi
tions nml the prospect* for tlm Immediate future.
Tho value of land* In Georgia ami Alabama I* Illustrated strikingly by traus-
tbe week. Jti south Alabama a tract of lO.OOn acres was. purchased for
vZiC.OW. In n south Georgia county three tracts were sold for a total of $21a*0CO.
In Isiurons rountjr. Georgia, V-O acres sold for $109,009, nnd twenty acre* |n
Mn. (Is.; brought $30,000, Home of the farming tract* purchased will In* d!
vliled Into tunnll farms nnd sold. Near Hnluhririge. t|a„ rn offer of $199,000 c**!i for
1.400 sore* of tobacco land vai refused. Two Conipnnie* with total capital of $490.ayi
were organised Jn ln*cnnir eouttt/j Georgia, to grow rohoerr. A suburban trnrt
wn* purchased at Florence, At*., and will bo developed, A realty and build
ing company wa* organised at Mobile. Ala.
Judex lids week,
factory at t'olum-
laundry
Among Industrial plants to be established, reported |»y Tin
*: Hrick plants at Golutnbtaunn, AIs*. and Nawtiatt. tin..'candy
hns, Ga.. fertIHser factory at Amerb u*. Ga.. Ice factory at ritrotielte. Ain., latini
Atlanta, Ga.. mattre** factory at t'niumbu*. Go., railway appliance plant
Montgomery, Ala., furniture factory at Tmcon, (jit.. *tove plant at KicfrieTd. Air
t-onarnh county. Ala,, has rnfed an Issue of $109,000 of bmid* for the improve
ment of public mail*. At Uon*Unu<l, Ain., nu election lui* been called upon a pro-
nosed bond fasti* for the construction of n waterworks system nnd uu electric
Hfiht Plant. During the month election* will be held In n iiuntlicr of cities upon
the Issnniice of municipal Improvement bonds. About $2V<00 will be expended In
remodeling a hotel at Savannah. Ga.. nml n library building will be erected nt
Hpnrtii. G«. At WayeronS iin.. nn investor will build sis residency* nt an average
cost of $4,000 each, and an almost similar Investment will lie made nt Vidnlhi,
Ga. Numerous business buildings nnd residence* to be erected In utlior cities are
reported.
An Anniston. Ala., firm of tun
cars for the Tinaum railroad.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00
Commercial Accounts Invited.
Interest, compounded twice a year, is
paid in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
4%
THE HAVANA CIGAR
Otto Brrn I* first .Itertwiant tn the Dan
ish Bodyguard. He I* handsome, niid he
knows It, The Indie* have uftui told him
so with their eye*, nr even tbelr lips lu
confident in! moments.
Otto Brim has lieeii married since May.
He t* happy, for he has married a woman
lie loves. He Is doubly happy, for he baa
hapiom i to fall lu love wiTh n girl with
PUBLISHERS AND THE TRUSTS
Pr*,id«nt Herman Riddar, of th, American Newspaper Publiiher,’ Association,
delivered cn sddre,, before the National Conference on Trust, and Com
bination,, held in Chleago October 24. Hi, (ubject ws, "Newspaper,.
Their Relation, to the Paper Trust and the Labor Trust.”
"They ar« nppi’oaeblng that limit
"'here their necessities tnay force them
to stop further concession,. They wish
to emphasise the 'fact that they have
no objection* to unions.
"Howorer, they have a right to com.
plain of those unions which set up n
selfish guild for Individual profit and
without regard for the rights of other
._a ,I,.,- ..null .vorioiitiir. f.o- lubor - The unions lutvo fallen Into the
ilf,.; P habit of expecting more from a news
paper than any union could hope to
According to government reports.
Mr. Bidder said, the nowspapers and
periodicals of the country represent an
Invested capital of - $2(9,000,000, of
arhlch nearly <100,000,000 Is In the form
of machinery and tools. These publi
cations pay to 1 <0,000 employees wages
and salaries amounting to 1106.000,00 a
print paper Is (58iflOO,ooo.
"Yet.” continued Mr. Bidder, “si
scrupulous are they In the subordlnu
tlon of their own Immediate Interests
to those of the varying constituencies
which they represent that they submit
without material protest to exactions
and oppressions which uo other Inter
est would tolerate.
"The newspapers that reached the
minimum In price had Increased their
average else from u 7-10 pages In 1(90
to $ (-10 pages In 1905. Thoy Improved
their products and extended their scope
until the circulation nf the daily news
paper averages one copy a day to every
four of tho entlr. population of the
country.
“But all the benefits arising from the
Introduction of type-setting machines,
tha perfection of the printing press and
the cheapening of the cost of white pa
per by the use of mechanically ground
wood and the Improvement of fast,
running paper-mnking machinery, are
given tn the public.
"In New York, for instance, 90 per
cent of the total newspaper circulation
le on the l,cem basis, and this per
centage will npply In many parts of the
Country'."
Employe:, Profit,
Competition amonjt newspapers am]
Increase* In output havo been main
tained. Mr. Rlddcr said, to the ad
vantage, at the employee, not of the
employer. The publishing Industry, he
added. Is 'loaded with burdens arising
from the protection of every Interest It
deals with. The tariff makes paper and
machinery high. In some cities prac
tically tho entire output of morning
obtain from any other employer. A
newspaper, to exist, must vun all the
time. It can not wait to contest strikes
or to resist demands."
The Paper Combine.
But the labor trust, bud as It Is, does
not compare with tho paper combine.
Mr. Bidder Insisted, In objectionable
features. While the publishing and
printing business as a whole turns over
It, capital In nbout ten months, the
Internationa) Paper Company. Mr. Rid.
der said, requires three years to turn
over Its capital of $60,000,000. Tho
speaker continued:
••The company can not earn more
money unless It can do more business,
because It lias not the money with
which to do so. It Is producing less
newsprint paper today than it turned
out Immediately after Its organization.
“Tho available funds at Its com
mand, which should have been used for
new paper machines, have gone to
ward the acquirement of ,’,597 square
miles of timber limits registered In one
of the four land offices In the province
of Quebec, Canada. To maintain that
concern and Us allied combinations,
with their oppressive weight of over-
capitalisation, and to provide a pre
text for prntertlng the labor of l.I.OOO
paper mill employees, receiving less
than $9,nno.0ft« a year, the ■ publishing
business has bscn subject to r series of
deliberately planned schemes of ex
tortion.
“The newspapers Insist that the pa
per manufacturers who Induced con-
papers Is sold to a combination, the . . _
American News Company. Display typo * r ** . 10 P r, *Ject them against competl-
ts'bought of a combination of founder* *°n from abroad are under obligations
' i ,i_i »» at tn nrnvlfl* tnv tlift t-rPHont mi* irnit.
Labor Union Exactions.
Coming to the labor organization*
Mi. Rlrider nays:
H I$ hae been calculated that In New
TorW alone the newspapers pay $1,600*.
000 a year ns their tribute to the
closed shop nnd to organixed labor.
\Vlth each new concession to the un*
Ions, the publishers oak how far this
payment may be carried. There are
limits beyond which they can not go,
even though they are well wishers of
organised labor.
to provide for the present and pros-
jxictlve demands of consumers in this
country. To repress manufactures, or
to starve the market so that the paper
maker Is In position to create a famine
end to stop the supply to any publish
er, should rank as s crime.
•Many newspaper proprietors are
unable to obtain any quotations for
I»ap#r next year and do not Know
where to obtain a supply. In all the
history of crime charged against com
binations and trusts such a situation
Is unj>recedented. It demands Imme
diate remedy."
rmtrr, b»* unst wait until tomorrow, mneli
hough hr Is lending tn got dil* kiss of
hank* and f«»ei her nmis ;iround III* m*<*k.
Hr itrows luipn!lent ns be think* of hav
ing to writ. Why not fllriue tbe Joy on two
days. Why not give bur the ring tonight,
tbe bracelet tomorrow.
He »mltcs at his happy ld**i and lcirrlcs
homeward. He rush** through “dtroeget.
down ••Jlredgade" nnd up the slntrs In hi*
home In ••MarmorpIndBeii.”
Hr Inserts hi* key In Hi** lock and enters
the ball, lie »t*p*Jit surprise. The serv
ant come* out t$# see who It Is. He takes
off bis overcoat nml opens the dour to the
stttlmr room. IIIh wife Is In the middle of
the floor. She U doing nothing, hut she m
coreriMl with Mushes. The exprewluu in
her fnee Is one be ha* never se«n before.
He los’is arouud nnd sc*t»ius to perceive
it slight disorder In the room, though he enn
not say wherein It consists. Ills wife ap
pears constrained and nervous.
A suspicion awoken* lit him. he cross*
ie floor, throw* the portiere aside nnd
goes Into the dining room, lie smiles for
n 'lambent, but for a moment only; then
ho goes luto the bed room—nnd returns u
moment after. 'Hien Into his own library,
through the sitting room and feverishly
into tho boudoir. Ill* wife’s eye* follow
him. Now. ns she see* him sit dowu, she
goes Into the kitchen.
Otto Bruu is nlHHtt to follow her. Then
he suddenly discover* some thing under ouo
of the easy chair*. He throws himself flat
ou the floor and pull* It out. A cigar!
He sits long, turuiug It between bis fin
gers. It is not use of JUs own. It I*
fight colored, thin nnd spotted with green.
It hns a peculiar nronm. It Is it Hnvntm
cigar. Who of his friends smokes Havana
cigars? Peter Focus. No; ho Is too poor
for thnt. and betides he Is anything but
gfM*l looking, t'hristlan Krsbbe? Ire has
only been married n few months. Erik
Gran? Yes; he always smokes Havana
elgsrs. nnd Is the Adonis of the regiment,
who I* foml of speskiug of his liaisons with
married woman. t .
Otto Bruu is about to cruah the cigar be
tween his lingers—then be hear* his wife
coming and puts It Into Ills vest pocket.
She stands lu the door, looking uunaturally
Innocent. , -
••How Is It you are home so early to*
'^Ani I too early, perhaps?"
“Bat. Otto, how ran you’ —
“I* It so very* arrange for a man to feel
like spending a little time In his own
home?
“No; but I thought you were In the army
club.”
“Who said soV’
“You said so yourself.”
“J? Never!”
“Yon asked me yesterday if I would ob-,
Oy CARL MUNSMAN
Joet If you went over to drink a glass of
wine wftb Focus nnd Gran, as you always
lifted to oa tho Inst day of the year.”
“With Graft? Erik Grna?. I no not feel
like having anything to do with that dude.”
“Dude? Why, Otto, how ran you say
sm*h a thing? lie Is (he most amiable
and pleasant fellow.**
“Do you think ao‘/'
Otto Bruu stands up. He has made up
his mind. He Is going to the nnny club
now, Immediately. Tomorrow It may be too
late.
“I think you »re right,” lie says, calmly.
“I guess I will go over and have a chat
with tbe boys.”
In a corner of the grill room of the army
club frieuds are gathered. They greet
him cordially, but he in mute. Erik Gram
I* not there. , ...
At Inst he conics, lie looks lmppy. Jubi
lant. excited.
“Why are you so bite; - *
“Oh. a little fllrtatlou.” lie replies non
chalantly and shakes hand* with Otto, who
needs all his self-control to accept the band-
Hhake. A little while later he says with nn
effort:
“Give me a olg
Erik throw* UlL ......
are ordinary cigars for the street, mild and
strong, cigarettes, evidently for ladles, and
Havana cigars.
“May I have one of thaseT
“Why, certainly, old cb«p.”
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scores of times. Thou he lay* It down dis
gusted—slxe. color, sluipo and aroma ara
Identical with the other.
lie returns home furious. “He Is not
happy, poor boy,” Is the comment of the
friends.
i.
remark which
The next day he trie* to oppear In better
humor at horn*, but Is not very successful,
and his wife Is not very cheerful as she
hands him n small parcel. There are tear*
* ?r eyes as *-- -
aybe you ]
I cigar "rase.' withhls monogrtbi
your own lauit iuni ino nixio is war. pe
cans** you came home and Interrupted roe
yesterday.”
Otto Jinn takes the cigar from hts pocket.
He has carried It all day. He knows It. It
Is was An cherny. now It la a friend, and
ho puts It Into the case.
In a bound he Is up from his chair. !!•
kisses his wife, who Is surprised, and rushes
to Ida desk. He puts the ring on her finger
and locks the bracelet around her slcnrwr
wrist, while be kisses her hands.
blic looks up at bitn. and there Is happi
ness In her eyes as she says: “You must
try oue of the cigars. Erik Grsa bought
them for me.”
“Erik Is a splendid fellow.”
She sits down on bis lap. saying, “How
funny you men are. You are not quits
happy If yon do not get your smoke. Really
n womnn might get jealous of such a cigar/*
“A ninu sometimes, too,” be replies with
a smile.
Hhe does not understand him, bat the
doe* not care. Bhe only knows that now
•be Is again perfectly happy.
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOBSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
THE NURSERY NATURE FAKER.
By James J. Montagus.
_ »h d. ,
He says that butterflies are kites* that
fairies sail nil day.
With silken spiders* threads for strings, sc
they'll not Ur away;
And when* the fairies wt
tbe spider* spin
Tbe threads arpund their dozen Jegs and
klt‘* ***“- *“
weary of the aport
then the kites conic in.
He say. that once n inner .tirtirlseil a lei
of fatry liltix*
Am) util he'd rat tjiim up unlcM tbry
Of conrar, they hnd to prnml*. them, bat
►i he couldn't (nil
The little hint, up In their nest, iu.de tb,
CURIOUS FOREIGN FACTS.
When Entfllih capitalist, were tryln,
to establish Angora goat raising In
South Africa they paid a, much a, $$.-
600 apiece for goat,, tn Induce the
Turkish owner, of fine flock, to rUk
the severe penalties of the sultan’s law,
forbidding the exportation of Angora,.
An acre of rich land tn the part, of
Central America suitable for growing
that fruit will ylsld about 16.000 ban
ana, In a year.
There Is s factory in Amsterdam.
Holland, which cuts anil polish,, too,-
000 diamond, nnnually. About twenty
women do most of the actual rutting of
the *ton*«,
Germany export, more than three
billion lead pencils every twelve month,.
They are ,hlrpod to foreign countries
St the rate of over 10,000,000 a day,
counting six day, to tha week.
For the last three month, the tropical
Island of Jamaica, surrounded by n ||„ lb .n oner n f«lrr <inmi uililald
W»rm ,»o. whore th, exaporatlon I, *
great, ha, suffered from a drouth a»
sever* as any which visit, inland des
erts. far from any large body of water.
Recently It took eight month, for
some stylogrsphlc pen, to go hy ex
press from America to a port on the
Black flea.
Last year llie Transvaal provided
over (0 per cent of the world’s output
of gold, $119,797,191) out of $397.6$J,$72.
On account nt agitators in India cir
culating a false report that alt sugars
manufactured in Europe nr* refined
by the aid of bones, the Import, of thl,
commodity into India have been great-
ly affected.
Berlin', notion that Nicholas Long-
Worth I, to be the next American am
bassador la the kaiser', capital may
have substance to It. The kqlaer ha,
long had a diplomatic fondness for Mrs.
uronndrel
And all the hat, tiiat fly niiotit wheu dunk
I trellis in fall
Are mice with wings, tmt never
them can see nt nil.
leaked everywhere.
She called In nil the bugs that fly nml gave
eneh one a light
hey'd
HkutlEIHffilffiH
The fireflies that ni busily
amend
Are looking for thnt fairy prim
hurrying
lint he's
nerer been ionttd.
tnitnht him nit the
knows.
iisnct l toil, such
I never knew who
wonders thnt hr
P.tmenow I haven't *
miracles tho-e;
Anil though I more thnu hntf .import that
seme of them nren't *—*■
tb thnt fond iteiief In
hi. lifetime through.
Bobby's Reason.
Little Bobby wn. snylug hi. prayer, nt
mother’, knee, bat »o mphlly tb.it Ur
fished him why be did nut sttenk more
slowly.
Hecttnee. Volt know," he replied,
ion* nnu m diplomatic lumtue.e .ui on e. "Itrvattee. you know." he replied. "II
Longwofth. who christened hi* yacht would keep nil the other children welilug.'
for him some year, ago. -September Upplnrott'e.
Jt wa, In the Piedmont lobby that
these queries were propounded by one
traveling man to another:
"Why I* It that no matter how sym
pathetic, considerable and kind-hearted
a man may be. he will always laugh at
the policeman, who. protects our live,
nnd our property, when that policeman
fall, down, or is outrun or bested by
some crook?
Why Is It thot the crowd at a ball
game wilt laugh when the umpire get,
accldentnly hit, regardless of how hard
he is hit. or how good an umpire he
may be? Why Is It that the audience
at a theater will laugh, no matter how
serious the play, when some unfortu
nate property man. for one reason or
another, appears on the etage?"
It’s Just the perversity of human
nature," wn, the answer, and. although
they figured for some time, they could
not arrive at a more satisfactory solu
tion.
As was to be expected, the negroes
did not take very kindly to the plan
of paying them off with clearing house
certificates Instead of currency.
"I donn want none er dem soap wrap
pers, Boss," stated n waiter In a well-
known restaurant Saturday night when
ho fouml one with Ilia pay.
"Dote," asked another, ‘'please doan
gl' me none er dem things. My
daddy top mo w'en I lef 'ome not to
take no wooden money. DIs sho' look
lak wooden money's fust cousin."
In contrast to this Is the action taken
by a prominent Peachtree street mer
chant, who advertises that lie will give
5 per cent off on nil goods bought at
his store when paid for In certificates.
W. A. Gore, superintendent of the
third division of the Seaboard Air Line,
with headquarters at Abbeville. S.
wns in Atlanta Wednesday. Superin
tendent Gore Is a young man and Is one
of the most bustling and enterprising
officials on the road.
C. 51. Whitney, a Now York million
aire, nnd a party of twelve friends,
passed through Atlanta Tuesday night
over the Southern In the private Pull
man car ''Baltimore." The car arrived
from New York nt $:(# o’clock and wns
put on the Southern’s limited for Xetv
Orleans.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Army Ordara.
Washlujjton, Nor. 6.—Major General A. W #
Greeley, from department of tlio Colombia,
to eoiflmand department of Dakota; Second
Lieutenant* Itcx Vandencorput, Janie* M.
Thomas, John Kohnsfod and Lawrence M.
Condon, coast artillery corps, to Fort Mon-
roc, for mmilnntloii for promotion.
Captain James M. Far loir, from Elev
enth Infantry to. Fourth infantry. Flrat
Lieutenant Daniel W. Darnell, Third Infan
try, Michigan rmtloiml guard, to garrison
•cliool, Fort Brady.
Following assignments first lieutenants of
Infantry ordered:
George Brady, to Thirtieth; Itobert L.
Weeks, to Tenth; U. O. Goodwin, to Fif
teenth; Charles A. Hunter to Heveatb and
Leo H. Dannciutller to Eleventh.
First Lieutenant Uohert M. Culler, as
sistant surgeon, detailed member examining
board. Fort Monroe, vice First Lieutenant
Loynll L. Hmith, assistant surgeon,
Second Lieutenant Philip 4. Golden. Twen
ty-tilth Infantry, to Washington bnrra* k*
for examination for. retirement; Captain
Keusie W. Walker, Fifteenth cavalry, de
tailed pay department, vice George W.
Mooes, paymaster, to Fifteenth cavalry,
(.’amp Walker to Cuba December 1.
Movements of Vessels.
Arrived—November 1. Marietta at Puerto
Cortes; November 4. Helena, Villalobos anil
Nunnhan nt Hhnnglial.
*»lon. Han Snlrndor. for SnUtiu Crux, Mex
ico. Xovrmber 3. Chleago from Acajutln.
Han Salvador, for Aculpo, Mexico: llocket
front Norfolk for Washington; Culgon nr
sighed to Atlantic fleet.
little farm and be content. Lordy. 1 am
happy that tbe time Is near for It, too.”
And ns lie thought of the flnrm. the wife
nml babies and the care free life awaiting
him, lie whistled happily.
Probably no story on a railroad man was
ever told nml retd of so many times ns one
told on James Freemen, now district pas
senger agent for the Houtliern In Atlanta.
He alway* had the reptitoJlon for lieln.g
wise above the average, so when he was
trimmed by a film flainwer, the story wa*
all the more Interesting.
One ilny a ntrangcr rnum to the ticket of
fice lu Mncou and wanted n ticket to At
lanta. But lie confessed ho was broke. Ho
ws* n traveling man, he said, ami lunl
blown In Ills expense money. But he still
had some of his sample fountain pens left
and he showed them. They were gold
mounted nnd wen* worth IS or each.
Any one could nee they were worth the
uicuey. he rnilil. and Mr. Freeman could
examine them himself.
Mr. Freeman old nml tlier looked good.
The stranger hnd $iult bis Job mid he hnd
no use for the few pens be lmd left, flo
lie would gladly give them to Mr. Free-
lunn for a ticket to Atlanta. Mr, Freeman
badly needed n fountain pen or two, so In*
told the city ticket agent to give tb-*
John \V. Hlount, district passenger
agent for the Central of Georgia, with
headquarter* In Macon, was In Atlanta
Wednesday on butlne?* fer the road.
While here he held a conference, with ir\ir
General Passenger Agent Halle, of the j jrreemau. The R tranger got 8m ticket and
same road. (left,
— ; In n diijr or two Mr. Freeman remember*
It's me for the farm.’* said the young i od the pens nml took them to n Jeweler
street rar conductor wearily, ns Ik* stood friend for examination. Tbe Jeweler louk-
* ' * ed them over carefully ‘ “
-d unbosomed himself to th<
a bite ear.
I got ft Into my head that farming wn*
* * * *1 came down here am!
lu the aisle
passenger
got 1
hard work.
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wife mid babies half the night, don't suit
me. Hay. yon Just want to travel up and
down.one of these ear lines to learu bow
tfrnry, onery, Inc,msfderat<* arid little a
in of people really are.
fm not saying thnt there are not plenty
of nice people ou my run—(icople who gnu
*ee that even a slree, $*$vr e«mdiieit<r !•
human ami has certain rights. But you
nighty soon learn the real myopic from the
v ould lies. I've had my fllug at •:Ity life,
iewever, and now I ran go l*aek to the several wee*-
and then*
-- ...py could be bought
Broadway for n dolmr n dozen. The
story of Mr. Freeman nnd Ida phoney
fountain pens traveled nil over the coun
try nml be had It nihlie.l In on him when
General rn**cnger Agent W. If. Tnylee. lu
\Yn*hlnrto:i. sent him a newspaper clip
ping with a letter linking to Imy oue of the
pen*. You couldn't sell Mr. Freeman a
m r . ___ . 4
fountain pen today at half price, lacked h.r
turn gtt— — ** — — —
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