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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: Tl'ESDAV. APRIL 13. 1900.
THE ATLANfA GEORGIAN
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. MOTHERHOOD.
The night tb.robi on, hut let me pray, dear
Lord!
Brush off hit name a moment from my month.
To Thee my eyes would turn, but they go
hack.
Back to my arm heeldt me where he lay—
So little. Lord, so little and xo warm I
I can not think that Thou hadat need of him)
Ho la so little, Lord, he can not ting,
Ho can not praise thpe; all hla llpa had
learned
Was to hold fast my Males In the night.
(Mrs him to me—he Is not happy there!
He had not felt hla lift; Ms lorely eyas
Joat knew me for Ms mother, and he died.
Has thou an angel thira to mother him?
. I aay ha loyee me beat—If he forgets,
If Thou allow It that my child forgets
And rocs not out to meet me when I
. What ate my curies to Thee? Thon hast
heard
. Thu curie of Abel's mother, and elnce then
Wo hare not ceased to threaten at thy throne,
To threat and pray Thee that Thou hold
them itill
In memory of us.
lot Thon tend Mm will.
Thou God of all the mothire! If he lack
One or Ms Main—ah. my heart, my heart,
Do angels kiss In heaven? Otve him back!
Yorglvo me. Lord, hut I am tick with grief,
And tired to tears and cold to comforting.
Thon art wist I know, and tender, aye, and
good.
Thou hut lost my child and ho lo safe In
Thee, ' I
And I Relieve—
Ah, God, my child than go
Orphaned among the angela! All alone,
•o little and alone! He knows not thee.
He only knows Ms mother—give Mm back.
•^JOSEPHINE DODOS DA8KAM.
According to ths latest advices. Sen*
ator Hopkins Is still unable to get
Into bis toga.
Ths poet worth a million who re
cently died In Denmark mutt have
made something on the side.
I The Augusta Herald doesn’t think
that because Senator Bacon favors the
high thrift ho miKht to be called a
blockhead.
. Whenever we hear the expression,
Iff'sQence Is golden," nowadays It sug-
|gwet* to us how well paid some people
' aiwtor keeping quiet
King Leopold, ot Belgium, otters a
. prise ot $5,000 for the best essay on
aeronautics. This seems to be potting
: A premium on airy nothing*.
. Ot course the rumor that former
IfWoe-ProsIdent Fairbanks Is going to
1 Africa Is untrue. Icebergs stand no
chance in crossing the equator.
With party lines dissolving in the
heat of tariff-making, Mr. Elkins, of
West Virginia, In the opinion of The
_ . a, Ta ’
Springfield Republican, is looming up
as the leading Southern senator. At
• least, he does most of the fist-shaking
at New England.
At Cleveland. 0., Mrs. John C. Hem-
meter petitioned the common pleas
court for a divorce. "He used to wake
me up In the eight,” she Informed the
judge, "to tell me how hie first wife
-committed suicide. He would say; 'One
wife Is dead and another on the way,
but the old general lives.’ ” lira. Hem-
meter got her decree.
>
The International Typographical
Union has In operation an old age pen
sion scheme which is netting better
results in actual practice than It prom
ised In the original estimates. It was
adopted by ref^endum vote In 1907,
the vote standing 17,177 tor and 9,194
against; sod It went into effect about
one year ago; members were assessed
one-halt of one per cent upon what
they earned; and It was estimated that
this assessment would yield $108,000 a
year while expenditures would reach
$104,000. Ten months of trial have
brought In $160,000; and $39,800 has
been expended. In so brief a lime It
18 of course impossible to test the
system, but the plan la evidently work
ing, and If It succeeds there are other
organisations, which are ready to
adopt It. Pensions amount to $4, and
are paid on a 30-year limit to mem
bers In good standing who at the age
of sixty are Incapacitated for work.
Something like (00 members are now
on the pension roll of the order, with
ages ranging from sixty to ninety-
three years.
Trees as Natural Reservoirs.
The champions of the movement for the preservation of our forest
lands, especially along the great Appalachian and Rocky ranges, are point
ing out some of the dangers to which the country Is exposed In the wanton
destructlbn of the wooded areas.
In the first place, the statement Is made that cyclones have become not
only more frequent but also more destructive* by reason of the fact that
the greet tracts ot forest which once.obstructed the path of tho storm
king have been laid waate by the axe, giving bis ruthless majesty an un
disputed right-of-way.
It Is also shown that floods In tjie various river bottoms have In
creased both In destructive sweep and In number for the simple reason
that the absorbent character of the soil In the high altitudes has been
completely modified by forest devastation;, and-the rain water. Instead of
.percolating gently Into the.soil to feed the mountain springs, comes rush
ing down upon the valley lands with an Impetus which produces death and
destruction. ' • • j • ' ,
The root# of the trees form natural reservblrs to hold the rain water
in suspense for gradual distribution according to natural laws.
And such has been the effect of forest devastation In drylng'up natural
fountain springs that In northern Indiana and Illinois,, where the Inroads
of the axe have been quite marked In recent years, people have been com-,
pelted to dig twelve feet deeper to strike well water than was necessary
twenty, years ago. , ^ .
' ' Moat of us seem to be under the childish Impression that the .pur
pose of the forest Is to yield fuel and lufiiber. Big this Is not /so. The
forest exist# for the protection of the human family against floods and cy
clones and other disasters; and if men in extending the belt of civilization
fail to make the proper amends to tbfe forest they must reap the conse
quences.
We can multiply the population of thl* continent an hundred fold with
out exhausting the resources of the forest for yielding us ample protection
If we are only prudent In observing the laws of nature and are honest In
returning what we borrow.
The germs of unnumbered forests of osk exist In every harvest of
acorns; and for every tree which we fell with the! axe a sprout should
be plsnted to become In time another hillside monarch.
There Is something more than sentiment Involved In the observance
of Arbor Day. It embodies one ot the wisest precautions of this practical
age. We are discreet In many things; but we have grown up with the idea
thatjjur forest expanse.Is Infinite, and we forget How rapidly the tides
of immigration are pouring Into this country from foreign shores,
Sir Walter Scott was well called the wizard of the north because lie
was far-sighted; and we need to master the philosophy which he put
Into the mouth of the old Highland laird In “The Heart of Medlothlan/'
“Jack, when ye hat nothing else to do ye-may be, aye slicking* In a
tree; It will be growing, Jack, when ye are sleeping.”
Congratulations to Judge Douglas.
The appointment of Hon. Hamilton Douglas, of this city, to the su
preme bench of the Fraternal Order of Knights of Pythias is more than
gratifying to the many friends of this distinguished member of the Atlanta
bar. While It emphasizes the prominence to which he has attained In the
couocils of the brotherhood, It alio bestows recognition upon his sound
legal qualifications; and especially (s this true In view of the fact that In
pnakipg the appointment It was necessary to waive the strict geographi
cal distribution In order to secure the services of one who was so emi
nently well fitted for the place. He succeeds Hon. J. M. Alexander, of
Leesburg, Va„ who was on the bench for more than twenty years; and
this Interesting announcement will heighten the estimate of an honor which
has come, unsought and unexpected, to' the popular dean of the Atlanta
Law School. s
Dr. Ilawthorne’s Visit.
The vlait to Atlanta of the eminent Baptist divine, Rev. J. B. Haw
thorne, D.D., of Richmond, Va„ Is an event of more than ordinary Interest to
the countless admirers ot this great preacher.
Despite the years which have silvered his 1bcks, since he was easily
the foremost'minister of the gospel in this city,'he still towers like a pine
on the slopes of the Blue Ridge—his tall frame unbent, hts forehead
steeped In the sunshine and his message of optimism, like his beautiful life
itself, suggestive of the sweet air of the mountains. j
It puts no tax upon the memory to recall the time when the clarion
voice ot Dr. Hawthorne was raised upon the side of prohibition In Atlanta,
far back In the eighties. (
Nor does It detract from the credit which Is due others for the splen
did victory which was won In this state for temperance two years ago to
say that much of the sentiment which made It possible was kindled by tho
eloquent appeals of this strong man ot God.
He was not satisfied to hurl the challenge from his pulpit; but he
went upon the platform and made speech after speech, never wearying in
his crusade until tho ballot was cast and the vote was counted.
We recall this thrilling chapter In Atlanta's history because another
generation has come upon the scene.
In this feverish ago of commercialism we are prone to forget the men
who havo tolled and sacrificed In former times; but we can not afford to
forget Dr. Hawthorne.
It was Inspiring to hear this scarfed old warrior of the cross In the
grand Easter sermon which he preached at the First Baptist church on
Sunday last v
If he lacked the physical strength which 'he once possessed, there
were glints of the old fire In his eyes and suggestions of the old music In
his voice which carried the mind back to the wonderful keynotes which he
once registered.
Tho crowd which sat spellbound under his great discourse completely
filled the spacious auditorium; but It was nothing unusual for Dr. Haw
thorne to address an Immense throng In Atlanta. His eye seldom rested
upon an empty bench tn the old First Baptist church.
The’Georgian extends the heartiest ot greetings to this eloquent pa
triarch of the pulpit, with the added wish that time may long spare tho
erect figure around which the forces of moral reform have so often ral
lied.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here records each day
tome economic fact In reference to
the onward progress of tbs Booth.
BY
J08EPH B. LIVELY
Tbe present effort to establish s great national forest In the Appalachian moun
tain* lift pita In’ drawn attention to ths gorernnieut report on the gold nml tin $le*
posits of the southern part of the region by L. C. Graton and Wsldemar Lludgreu,
which was published by the United (Rates Urological Survey as bulletin 293.
Mining tn this general region dates back to the beginning of the history of
America, for ths early Spanish and English records contain accounts of the discov
ery and recovery of metals. The principal mineral resource Is gold. When the
early Spanish explorers came to America they were shown by the Indians rtety nug
gets and ornaments of gold from the southern Appalachian region, some of which
Is supposed to have come from the area covered by this report. The Spaniards
mined gold In Georgia tn the seventeenth century. From 1325 to the present time
production has been continuous. Unfortunately, no reliable statistics of tbs pro
duction are to be had, but to judge from all available data It teems probable that
tbe total value of tbe gold mined has been about 110,00,000. • A considerable hat un
known proportion of tbte amount has been derived from placer deposits, but much
the larger part has been won by hard-rock mining. Iron has been mined In the
southern Appalachians, andi within recent years the monaslte Industry has at*
anui with
tslned some Importance In tne Carolines. Copper, lead, manginese, pyrlte, mica,
and worked.
barite, corundum, clay, llmeatone and grnntte have also btien found
Besides these minerals tin ores occur In this region.
Tbe world’s use of tin la steadily Increasing and the demand for It la coustant-
ly growing. New deposits are discovered from time to time, and certain districts
already known are Increasing their output, bat tbe production of some of the Im
portant tin mining regions of tbe world la declining nnd that of others can not
long be maintained. Tbe reserve stocks held In* various parts of tbe world are ac
cordingly being, greatly depleted and the price of tin la gradually becoming hlfber.
For tbeee reasons the discovery of new deposits of tin ore la of greet Interest
to mining -men and to many who are connected with tbe metal Industry, as well as
to Investors. Tbe United States consume* over 40 |ier cent of the world’s output
of tin. but contributes an Inappreciable amount, ao that any Information regard*
tng deposits of tin ore In tbla country la of especial Interest. Tbe eouthern Appa
lachian region baa not yet afforded tin ores In commercial quantities, but shows
promise of containing them.—Chattanooga Tradesman.
Around the Clock
w
It's Fine For The
Appetite.
Brown aetonlxhe<l hi, entire home-
hold the other morning by arlalns
shortly after daylight and attacking hi,
beck yard with a spade. A few min
ute, after he appeared In the yard hi,
wife came out on the porch to watch
the operations.
"Get the rake arid come out,” Brown
called to her. "This • la .,Imply fine.
Come and get up an appetite for break
fast.”
"Ia that’what you are after, an ap-
SH sired,
petite?" hla wife Inquired, sarcastically/
“Sureat thing, you know," replied the
amateur gardener, “no more of your
little nibbling breakfast, for me. Tell
II k In |,llt ‘HI .11, extra | HU uf liN-
cult, and scramble half a dozen egg,.
Gee. I’m getting hungry already.”
Shortly after hla wife disappeared
thru the door Brown dug up a big block
spider. Ho hit It a vicious blow with
the spade and then stooped over to ex-
- ■ - -y ‘
amine the remains. Evidently he didn’t
like the look, of It,‘ for he quickly
turned It under with a shovelful of
earth. A moment later he turned up a
long red worm, whieb Instantly met a
similar fate, and a similar Inspection.
After Interring the remain, of the
LAST WEEK IN COTTON
By JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
LAST WEEK’S COTTON MOVEMENT.
Following Is Fecretary Hester's Weekly cotton exchn
the movement of cofton for the week ending April 9, issu
noon, having been delayed by the Easter holidays:
Movement Into sight:
; 1909. .
For the week 139,569
Since" September 1
. Visible supply:
Total all kind,
Of which American
Great Britain and Continental Europe
Egypt .'. •
India
United States
World's spinners' takings:
For the w eek ...
Since September 1
* Distributed as follows:
'Northern mills and Canada,
- Southern spinners ...*,..
Foreign spinners .. -
Foreign exjrorts:
Fop the week
Since September 1 7,125,346
..12,052,217
10.004.871
12,255,156
. . 4,772,628
4,169,0s?
5,225,863
. 3.727,538
2.960,213
3,749.863
held In—
... 2.852.000
2.347000
3,048.000
. .. 267,000
225,000
187,000
.. 463,000
606.000
744.000
.. 1,200,000
091.000
1,247.000
.. 186.000
201.000
290,000
.. 9,319,000
8,489.000
9,420,000
.. 2,234,000
1.391,000
3,223,000
.. 1.774,000
1.665.000
1,768,000
... 6,311,000
5,433.000
6,429,000
79,790'
93.612
6.410.244
army-navy orders
looked longingly at the back door, while
ooHr j*®
a wide, pale streak efffet slowly up his
ntek and spread out behind his ears.
He (dunged again into his task of dig
ging, however, only to uncover a few
minutes later the carcass of a deceased
rat which the fox terrier had put away
for future reference several days pre
vlous.
When Brown staggereif Into the
house a few minutes later,.the cook
was Juit placing tho breakfast things
on the table. He glared at the con}:
as tho she had offered him an afTront,
and when his wife railed to him that
breajtfast was ready. Brown 'seemed to
Jake It as a personal Insult. ,
"Darn It,. I don’t want any break
fast,” he yelled doqrn stairs; "can’t you
ifll
Around Georgia
Busy Tims, Ahead.
Some persons who have been Idle in
these parts for several-months will now
soon find employment—lighting flies
‘ anertpen mosqul-
and gnats until night
toes. Thui
and night.-
toes. Thus they will be employed day
' —Blakely Reporter.
Supply and Demand.
"Dalton, G*., Is the only town In the
United States that Is absolutely sur
rounded by-mountains.” say, The Rome
Trlbune-Heqald. From which we In
fer that mbuntaln dew can be found
on all sides.—Elberton Star.
Quite a lot of It here, but not any
more than there |s a demand for.—
North Georgia Citizen (printed in small
town. Dalton, In .Whltfleld county,
Georgia).
Next To Atlanta.
How do people get an Idea that more
than one paper In a town, the else of
Cordelc, hurts a town? If conducted
can boost a town better than one. At
lapta probnbly has forty or more, and
Cordele Is next tn -Atlanta, don’t you
know?—Cordele Sentinel.
An Ancient Criin.
Virgil Bearden, of High Shoals dis
trict, nothern part of Dawson county,
recently found a penny coin Bearing the
date of 1189, making the coin 630 years
old—303 years before the discovery of
America. The penny Is about the ilse
of a 60-cent silver coin.—Dawson
County Advertiser.
Unole Joe’s Feeling Spry,
Jne Elrod, who was In town
Uncle
Inst Tuesday, says that he can plow
some, notwithstanding he Is 85 years
old, and wants to marry, judging from
the way he talked.—Dahlonega Nugget.
TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO SAVE
Editor The Georgian:
»A concerted movement should be
made among the school children of,
not only Atlanta, but the entire State
of Georgia, to encourage the saving
spirit nmong them. This should be a
pari of the 'curriculum as well as ar
ithmetic: In fact, arithmetic arid the
savlnge spirit are parallel.
I have heard of a plnn along this
line by which the teachers sell the
children stamps of small denomina
tions until the sum amounts to 31 or
more, when a deposit account In the
name of the child Is opened lu one of
the banks In the savings department.
The banks should greatly encourage
thle plan arid co-operate heartily with
the same.
There Is a valuable lesson taught In
this; confidence In the teacher Is
strengthened In the heart of the child;
a bond of friendship Is made between
the child and the bank, and an edu
cational process Is-started which la In
valuable. Of course care should be
taken not to carry this plan to the ex
tent of penurlousnees.
The health of the child would also
be greatly Improved under this system,
by reason of the fact that It would
mean going without a number of child
ish frivolities in spending their money
for candles, cakes, red lemonade, etc.
The work of charitable Institutions
now looking toward the protection of
poverty-stricken and wayward chil
dren would be . greatly lessened by
reason of the thrift encouraged by this
savings spirit. All of this can be ac
complished without teaching the child
that money-getting Is the only object.
Statistics ahow that /rom 30 to 39
years old Is the egotistical period of
young people—they know more than
their fathers and mothers; It Is the
age of wild oats, everything to gain
and nothing to lose.
From 30 to 36 years old their mind
begins to change—they begin to con
clude that they are qot so smart as
they once thought. They now consider
the judgment ot their parents fair.
From 36 to 40 years old they begin
to realise that life Is a reality, and
father was a man of master mind.
From 40 to 45 years old 9? per cent
of the men meet with reverses and
lose their entire accumulations. The
age of 46 Is the danger line.
From 46 to 60 yean 07 have lost
all.
From 60 to 00 years old only one
man In 6.000 can recover their finan
cial footing—this Is the age of cau
tion; security Is sought and not large
earnings.
At 60 years old 96 per cent of men
are dependent upon their children for
hese statistics can be changed by
an entirely new record which will have
to be obtained showing a great Im
provement If this saving* spirit is
properly promulgated. Yours truly,
W. D. MANLEY.
Atlanta, Go., April 8. 1909.
Washington, April 13.—The following
orders have been Issued:
Army Orders. .1
Major Daniel E. MoCarthy, quarter
master. frorn department of the -Mis
souri to. Jeffersonville, Ind., relieving
Colonel George Ruhlen. assistant quar
termaster-general, who will report to
the quartermaster-general for duty In
his ofllce: First Lieutenants Lucian L.
Apwood, Charles El Freeman and Henry
B. McIntyre, of medical corps, to San
E'ranclsco for examination for promo
tion. • .
, Captain Edgar Ridenour.-Sixteenth
Infantry, to Scrantoh. Pa:.'for recruit
ing duty, relieving First Lieutenant Leo
A. Dewey, Twelfth Infantry, ordered to
his station.
ETrst Lieutenant Channlng E. Delap-
lane, Eleventh Infantry, tp AlcatVaz
Island, relieving First Lieutenant Arch
ibald G. Hutchinson, Third' Infantry,
who will join his regiment.
Second Lieutenant George A. Nata
lie, Twenty-fourth Infantry, from gen
eral hospltnl, Washington barracks, to
his station. Major Richard McA. Scho
field. quartermaster, from New London
Jewell, quarlermaster. from quarter
master-general’s ofllce to Fort Hamll-
foot, coast artillery.
Major John Cotter, Ninth Infantry,
retired after more than thirty-two
years' service: First Lieutenant Clar
ence M. Crete, medical reserve corps,
from Fort Bliss to the Philippines divi
sion; Eli'st Lieutenant Charles L. Wil
liams, coast artillery, from Fifty-sixth
company to Ninety-first .company.
Navy Orders.
Captain C. E. Vreelapd. from com
mand of the Kansas to home. Ensign
H. L. Irwin, to the Wolverine.
Movements of Naval Vessels.
The battleship Maryland has arrived
at Amapala; the gunboat Helena ut
Shanghai: the battleship Maine at St.
Thomas; the cruiser Chattanooga at
Nimrod Sound, and the battleship Mis
sissippi at Guantnnamo.
The collier Saturn has sailed from
Magdalenq Bav for Mare Island, and
the tug Cheyenne from San Pedro on a
cruise.
The Busy Little Wasp.
Well, as hoped for, we had recovered
from our late attack of the grip suffi
ciently to be able to whistle a tune
and sing a song on March 30, the first
day of spring, feeling good over It, but
that night when we went to retire a
wasp, which had taken jpossesxlon of
our bed, made It known to us In .a very
painful manner that It did not wish to
be erdwded, and for a few moments
our actions would have been very In
teresting to an audience. The old say--
Ing that every sweet has Its bitter Is
found to be true by- us.—Dahlonega
Nugget. I
EOjpottJecJ
339DS
Why Paw It Restless,
When paw takes on that restless loot
An' gits as cross as cross kjn be *
An' won't sit quiet with his book'
Ner trot me any on his knee:
When he won't do a thing but fret.
An' acts so awful, awful queer
An’ starts to dlggln' worms, you bet
Trout flshln' season’s glttln' pear
—Los Angeles Express,
Glassy.
And yet If all those who lived In
glass houses refrained from throwing
stones there would be practically no
social conversation.—Puck.
Ealy!
Or gardening-the city men
Oft little understands,
Y"i never falls to raise a e r ..p
Of blisters on his hands.
—Kansas City Times.
Sure.
If you want to corner fame.
There's a way:
If you want to play the game.
There's a way,
If you want to travel fast.
With It gait that can not last.
With your flag at center mast,
There's a way.
-Boaton Herald.
Sweetly 8ol*mn Thought.
The realization that our moat trou
blesome troubles may bo dramatized
falls like a benedlqtlon on the peeved
and panting heart.—Cleveland News
1
jbamtfeioM
JPOWDJER. I
Thousands of millions
of cans of Royal Bakins
Powder have been, used
in making bread, biscuit
and cake in this country,
and every housekeeper
using it has rested in perfect confi
dence that her food would be light,
sweet, and perfectly wholesome; Royal is asafe-
gainst theche
guard against the cheap alum powders which are
tne greatest menacers to healthof thepiesent day.'
ROYAL IS THE ONLY BAKING POWDER
MADE FROM ROYAL GRAPE CREAM OF TARTAR
i
’TWAS BUT A DREAM