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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: MONDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1011.
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"medled. Both phonaa MOO.
aoT?JSL M S?.con";""d* muat no.lfr ihl.
euratlve measures flinn by pun
ishment.
Thin the probation system at
tempts to do. A drunkard led
hank to the path of sobriety, or a
family-deserter reunited with his
wife dnd ehildren is worth much
more to the community than a
hardened member of the chain-
gang or convict camp.
The organization of a volun
teer corps of assistants, each of
whom will be charged with tho
duty of looking after some pro
bationer, his conduct and prog
ress, ia designed to exert regen
erative influences as far removed
from the stigma of prison and
prison compulsion as possible.
The Georgian notea with pleas
ure the perfecting of Officer
Coogler’s plan, and commends it
to the citizens of Atlanta for
their cordial support.
DAILY HEALTH CHAT
BY AN ATLANTA PHYSICIAN
STRABISMUS
JESTS
In Picture
Ktrablamui la not a drug, but a squint.
It la 4ha technical term designating
either croaa-eyoa or divergent ayes. The
normal eye la a globe about the aixe of a
golf ball, and la rotated In any desired
direction by the action of aix muscles at
tached to tt by one end nod by the other
to the aolld bony wall of the eyesocket.
One of these muscles, atwut two Inches
long and the site of a quarter-inch rub
ber band, raises ft-om the bark of the
eyeeocket straight forward to the outer
side of the eyeball; when this muscle con-
"arm - • ,rri* 11 .• #•> <* ..inward. A sdn i
lar mur * ' *
socket
In ordering a change of address. jtfeaM
civ# the old as well as the new addrees.
It la desirable that an communication*
tendril for publication In The Oeorin»n
end Newt be limited to **> —i’vl
a?
Jccted manuscripts wWI not be r*turTia<i
nlebs sump* are sent for the purpoee.
Jan end New* print* £®aVP‘
„ ^yctloneble idvertlalnc matta.
either dote It print wblaky or liquor ada
A LOVE 80N0.
Lonely from my home I eome, #
To cast myself upon your tomb
And to wesp.
Lonely from my loneeomt home,
My lonesome house of grief end gloom,
While I keep
vigil often ell night long.
For your doer, doar sake,
Praying many a prayer, so wrong,
That my hsart would break.
Gladly. O my blighted flower,
Sw«et apple of my bosom's tree!
Would I now
Stretch mo In your dark doath-bowor,
Beside your corpse, end lovingly
Kiss your brow.
But we'll meet ere many a day
Never more to pert.
For even now I feel the clay
Gathering round my heart.
i my soul doth darkness dwell,
And thru Its weary, winding cavee
Ever flows.
Ever flows with moaning swell.
On# obblsss flood of many waves
Which are woes.
Death, love hae me In Ita lures;
But that grlevea not me,
So my ghost may meet with youra
On yon moon-loved lee.
When the neighbors near my cot
Believe me sunk In eUimber deep,
I arise
For, oh, *tls e weary lot,
This watching, aye, and wooing sleep
with hot eyes);
ari««, and seek your grave.
And pour forth my tears
Whli# the wlndo that nightly rave
Whistle In mine ears«
—.Tames Clarence Mengan.
The Volunteer Probation
Officers.
Thirty of the one hundred ns-
Mstant probation officer? con
templated in the plan of Special
Officer S. J. Coogler for enlarg
ing and perfecting the eity’a
adult probation avateni have
boon selected.
The citizens so chosen, who
are from the leaders in Atlanta
business and professional life,
mot last week nnd formed them-
>'"1voh into an organization for
better carrying on the work
they have undertaken.
Practically every eitiz.en so
far approached by Officer Coog-
r ami Secretary R. B. McCord,
of the Prison Association of
Georgia, has given willing as-
ent to participation in tho task,
nmddrnag. as they do, that it is
nn opportunity for philanthropic
sod humanitarian endeavor hard
ly surpassed anywhere.
When the other seventy volun
teers have formally enrolled
themselves—which it is thought
will take plaep without delay—
Atlanta will find itself in posses
sion of a probation system sec
ond to that of no city in the
United -States.
Drunkenness, desertion of fam
ily and similar offenses, while
they may he technically known
as crimes, are more truly classi
fied as social diseases and are
therefore to he treated rnther by
Southern Farming and
Improved Machinery.
It it a pleasure to note the
multiplying evidences that the
South,is the busiest, moat pros
perous section of the Union.
The increase of bonk clearings,
postal receipts, population and
the value of farm lands and farm
products has been mentioned be
fore, as well as the fact that the
South now occupies first place
in the volume of good roads con
struction.
Comes now another evidence in
the form of a statement from
Secretary James Wilson, of the
United States department of ag-
rieulture—a statement that dia-
closes not only the fact of South
ern prosperity, but the further
fact that this prosperity is based
on a foundation that will permit
of infinite future growth.
“The moat striking feature of
our reports.” says Mr. Wilson,
“is that they show that the sales
of modern, up-to-date farm ma
chinery to Southern farmers have
been enormous—greater than in
any other section of the conntry.
In Louisiana, for instance, there
has been little less than a revo
lution in the purchase nnd use
of improved implements nnd
farm machinery during tho past
three years. Similar reports
come from most of the Southern
states.”
The use of improved farm m«-
chinery by Southern farmers
means a great deal more than the
mere fact of their ability to buy
it. It mentis that thov are solv
ing tho problem both of the
scarcity of farm labor and of
incompetent and shiftless labor.
It means, too, that they have
gone In for intensified farming
and the restoration of the soil’s
fertility. The use of expensive
machinery on poor lands is an
absurdity like the storing of old
wine in now bottles.
It means also in increasing de-
gree the farmer who owns and
works hi* own farm. The use of
intricate farm machinery can not
he delegated to the ordinary'
farm laborer, except at tho risk
of its early destruction.
Hence it comes about thnt the
ihcreaaed uac of farm machinery
in the South spells for this sec
tion the great fundamentals of
enduring prosperity.
"Manchu* at war among themaslvaa."
Whan membera »f th- nobility tall out
the common# set their dues.
"Taft la loaned by Governor Haw
ley.” Everybody's doing that since th#
prealdent’# speech-making tour.
A newa dt.patch from the McNamara
trial at Lo* America. Cal., aaya (hat
•even Juror# are in altht. Hut It haa
coma to ba In thla trial that one Juror
In tho box It worth a whola venire on
the aummona Hat.
Roosevelt hae revived the aqua re deal
and wanta it applied to the truata
It waa thought that the truata (ot all
the aquars deal that waa coming to
them In the eupremo court'# reading
the rule of reason Into tho Sherman
antl-truet law.
Tho Aviator Calbralth Rodger# tailed
lo complete Ills roast-to-coaat night,
h- ha* nevertheless been able to make
announcement of a wonderful discov
ery. He says that In the upper air
pockets Is something that, acting Ilk*
ether,, renders aviators unconscious
while they ai« In midflight. This some-
.thing ho names “aerial eoiunlpathy."
Not a bull stunt that, even for an avia
tor to pull off.
the eye upward: and another pass!; _
under the eyeball which turns the eye
downward. Tho two remaining muscle-
are placed obliquely one above nnd one
below the eyeball, and they serve to ro
tate the eye around the axis of the pupil.
The condition of cross-eyes, or Internal
slrahlsmus. may be due either to ex
cessive action or the muscle which turn#
the eye Inward, or to weakness ot the
; opposing muscle which la used to turn
tne eye outward. When the eye look#
straight ahead there Is balance between
the several tnusclee attached to It, and
abnormally directed.
Is of course due to exactly opposite con
ditions lo those responsible for Internal
squint, or cross-eyes. When the eye Is
cocked outward either the muscle on the I
outer side Is acting too strongly or else .
the opposing muscle on the Inner atde 1
has heroine too weal: to counterbalance
the usual pull of the outer muscle.
About twsnty years ago a Parisian oc
ullst conceived the Idea of correcting
crooked eyes by taking up the slack In
weak muscles, or by lengthening out tin- j
duly strong muscles. The success or his
operation was Immediate and brilliant, t
If a muscle was pulling the eye too
strongly Inward he simply propped the
lids open, dropped a little cocaine Into,
the eye and clipped the too powerful:
muscle from the eyeball and sewed It on l
nguln a fraction of an Inch farther back,
thus allowing the eye to assume a more
natural alignment. If this procedure did :
not euffice. then It became necessary to .
shorten the external muscle by detaching
It from the eyeball and reattaching It;
farther forward. It Is said that the orlal* 1
nntor of this operation became so enthu- •
elastic over It.that l*e rode thnt the j
streets of Paris and pounced upon all
croased-eyed Individuals he ntet and all
but dragged them to hla operating table. ;
Thla report, however, may he as Mark .
Twain said of hla prematurely reported ,
death, "grosaly exaggerated." .
In the hand# of experts the straighten.
Ing of crooked eyes has been brought to a
high degree of perfection, and there le
no longer any excuse for allowing chll
rireh to grow up disfigured and debill- .
tated by the strain of unbalanced eyes.
(Stl The Business Doctor
& bu
Ml
Roe Fulkerson
NATURALIZING HIM.
"This man doesn't ac*em to know much
about tho Constitution."
"But he didn't mlas a ball gam# last
aeaaon. judge."
"Then I fucis he's aaalmilated.
LETTERS TO THE GEORGIAN
DRUNKARDS SHOULD BE PUT
IN INEBRIATE A8YLUMS
Editor ot The Georgian:
ft-icriing to communication of
“Homo" in yesterday's number, a
drunken man Is a craxy man and the
n.it" .mea It to the public, including
the man and his family, to confine all
craxy men where they ran't harm them
selves or other#. Every man convicted
of being drunk should be sent to an
Inebriate nsylum and placed under a
rhyslclan who would compel him to
take the beat prescription known for
tho whisky habit until the physician
pronounced him cured. Then let him
be paroled during good behavior.
Very truly.
A CITIZEN
Griffin, Ga.. Nov. 17, 1411.
PRIMITIVE BAPTISTS NOT
FOR LOCAL OPTION
To the Editor of The Georgian.
My attention has just bean called to an
article In a. recent isiun of The Atlanta
Journal, wherein the Primitive Rapttats
of Georgia are dossed as local optlnnlsta
and supporter# of Dick Husselt. This Is
divided and wa era now known aa
gresaiva" and Won-Progressive." The
points over which we divided were the
— ' 4
and corrupt methods they ml
back In eome places.
Be sure of one fact, that rs no prohlbl
erasem law and try to perfect It and see
that It la enforced. They have struggle,!
for It. fought for It and bled for It tor 19
> 'are
Jr*
on the question. lie even
the executive committee to drag It Into
the present gubernatorial primary, he
was so anxious to have a vote on It. Tile
wanting to vote on It cornea from the
antis, not the prohls.
8o_whnt - » the difference—Joe Brown
That was majority rule and Democratic
rule. That waa Just and right and good
for all the people. The crowd In these
big cities who once favored barrooms and
opposed local option now favor local op
tion and oppose prohibition, and It looks
Ilka Utile Joe and Dick are trying hard
to accommodate them. In view or these
facta It does look like every prohibition-
, 1st In Georgia would see the great neces
sity of standing together as one man In
ran stand with the Progressives. It Is
likely that Ituasell will have the support wrong thla tl
of many of tho Non-Progressives, as they) groat and nt
are for local option, hat It la quite dlf- C. T. U.'a of
_PL_ JMM
ferent with
close touch
rlth them und of all theli
UNCLE WALT * PhULOSOPHER
I an heartily In faror of J. Pope Brown.
1 l curve blm to be a man of upright
moral and Chriatlan character, fully oa*
piible to All tho office to which ho as
pire*. and he ia not afraid to plant him-
aelf squarely nralnjit the return of tho
open a&loon. He la entitled to tho aup-
port of every person who favore tho sup
pression of the whleky traffic.
WILLIAM H. C
draymont. Ga.
CROU8K.
I SAME THING
a chance to vote whisky back. The
•TP
tow
astray from the fold. Surely they are
** * i time. At least they leave that
noble band of white ribbon W.
of Georgia. They leave Dr. Belk
nnd the thousands of other ministers and
laymen of all the churches who are going
to stand together to try to prevent thla
drat effort to assassinate tbe prohibition
law.
There le Joy In heaven over one sinner
that repentrth and I trust these good men
. JPtnp iww _ ,
in the hearts of those that lova you and
honor you here.
barrooms or no bar
rooms, then let It come separate and
alone, clear of all politics, a straight Issue
of that question stripped of everything
i lse and prohlbitlonlats will shoulder their
fighting arms and whip the fight.
V am. yours truly
i truly,
r. DA Vi
TILTING AT FAKES AND FALLACIES
From The MUwaukoa Wisconsin. .mother la the biggest delusion of tha tot.
Bake, and sham, do n.t appeal »■ 'Vo.” "Sroby
ilnally negligent." —
Woods Ilutchlnion much, anyway. If ha
haa a folding bed In hla house, we'll
wager that he doesn't disguise It as a
piano during tha daytime. Hla plain,
aa roast, bhrat advice Is usually to bo ac
cepted. Rut tba gentle Iconoclast never
commands our sdmlretlon raora than
when he rails Into "the good old times.'
Ho ran etHp the gold Igaf ott those
"golden day#" In leas time than It takas
to shake a latnb'a tall, with tha lamb
mors than half willing. Re ran peel tha
tinsel off these days, divest them of their
glamor, and hold them up for Juet what
they were—rather foggy, almost unen
durable. and atmont wholly rough-neck
History has "got tha number" of the
knights of old. the t’oeur DsLIon. the
Brae ReFer and tke Tata oesu. Bras
PeFer had tha name that struck nearest
tha real characteristics of hla times, fla
waa a strong arm man. Well, the 'Moo"
la doing some advanced historical work on
tha romantic Ufa of Borvlllt. together
with other bygone Institutions, "
ere sometimes raise the wf
Army-Navy Orders
And Movements of Vessels
For years I talked, day out. day in. of triumiilia that I
planned to win. I hung about the market place and (toured
through my elastic face a flood of visionary
TALKING seheines and ftitile plans and bughouse dreams.
I'd win distinction aa a cook: I’d write an epoch
AND DOING making hook; I’d twang a lyre in nohtc ragn; I’d
go and elevate the stage. A hundred schemes did
I invent, and now I sit. without a cent, an gloomy an an itchy
owl. while wolves around my doorway howl. And friends of
mine who talked much lew have hewn a pathway to atteeem: I
see them in their motor ears, with fuzzy hats and real cigars.
Their wives are wearing* gepts and fiiru. while mine in wear-'
ing coeklebnrs. Too late l see where 1‘ wa* wrong: when I
was young and brisk and strong. I should have had for work
desire—dreams are for old men bv the fire.
WALT MASON.
Copyright, 1*U, by George Matthew Adams.
Washington, Ncv. 20c—The following
orders have been Issued:
Army Orders.
Major Sunjuet Raber, signal corps
to ordnance board.
Major' Herbert H. Haigom. fourth
cavalry, retired from active service.
Colonel Frank Ranter, ordnance de,
purtment. to t’arpenter Fteamshlp
('omqpny, Reading. 1’a.
First Lieutenant K.lvln Hunt, infan-
| try. from Dover. Del., to Wilmington,
aa Instiector Instructor ot tha organlxed
military of Delaware.
Lieutenant Colonel Mason At. Pat
rick, corps ot engineers, front Havana.
Cuba, to Norfolk. Va.. and relieve
Lieutenant William C. Lanfltt. corps ot
engineers.
Navy Orders.
Commander F. Hughes, detached
board ot Inspection and survey, navy
department, to duty command Bir
mingham.
Paymaster J. W. Morse to duty navy
yard Boston. Maas.
Movements of Veraalt.
Arrived: Utah and Patterson at Boa-
ton: Vicksburg at Mare Island; Ore
gon. California and Mary land at Tlbu-
run: South Dakota at Ban Francisco.
Sailed* Qulroe from Amoy to Shang
hai; West Virginia. Colorado and
Glacier from Han Diego to Ran Fran
cisco.
criminally negligent."
"We hear
FROM EXPERIENCE,
Mr. New Wed—A wife la a gift fro re
heaven. We get the auntlght and tha
gentle rain from heaven.
Mr. Old Wed- -And aleo tha thunder
storms.
TRADE MARK REOUTERER
"My dear sir," said the Business Doctor, "I have been employed by the
butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker nnd all the other fellows who
buy and sell for gain. and. Ilk- you. they are nil pessimistic about their
own particular line. Some maker of
aphorisms has said that u pessimist Is
a man who of two evils chooses both
but you merchants, all with one accord’
insist that you are In the very worst
line there Is on earth.
"This very fact establishes that von
knew your own business and know lit
tle or nothing of other lines. y,„,
have learned the handicaps, the pitfalls
and the chances you arc taking In vom-
own line, but do not bear In mind "that
every’ business haa these same dangers
only being on the outside you do not
realize them. This Is the reason that of
late years It la unusual to sec sons
succeed tha father In the same busi
ness. Losing sight of these thing-,
fathers are trying to educate their sonr
In some other line than thut In wM,
they themselves have made aureess.
"Tills whole theory Is wrong, \o
man uhould cvnr let setbacks und di>-
couragentanta lessen Ills enthusiasm.
Just because conditions In
tlcular line seem u little hard lie d not condemn the business, it Is onlv
natural, for the reasons I have Just given you. for any man to consider his
own business the •worst ever:’ and yet to a man yvho analyzes conditions
with a view to improvement, who studies the needs of his trade that he
may better assort hla btock, who hna before him an ideal and strives tn
reach It. who puts his well earned knowledge to work for him. bus a busy
and prosperous condition confronting him.
"No real busy man Is ever discouraged. It Is only when a man get-
idle. ‘lays down on the Job,’ that be loses heart and is Inclined to com
plain. If things seem dull, put these discouragements aside and devuts
your mind and time to some scheme and plan whereby you may discount]
■raging conditions. Don't think of Jr
line, for the alh
these discouraging conditions. Don't think of Jumping Into some other
line, for tha allurement there Is simply the attraction of the unknown. If
you can not overcome tha difficulties which block the path In a business,
every detail of which you know*, there Is little hope nt your overcoming
those which lie In the path of a business the details of which are strange to
you.
"There Is no business on earth In which some man Is not getting rich.
Thla la true of your line, and true of every other line of human endeavor.
If you are not doing It In thla line, aome other fellow Is. If soma other feb
low Is, and you are not, then the Inference Is obvious that the fault lies
with you and not with the business; so. Instead of thinking of getting Into
something else. It Is the part of wlsddm for you to try to elxe up the differ
ence between the method* you employ and the methods employed by the
successful man and alter your plans to make them conform to those of the
winner.
"Try some new plan of procedure. Don't depend on the same old meth
od# when you see they are not the winning comblnatlpn. Service is the
keynote to success In nine business houses out of ten, and If you are not
winning out In the fight for supremacy In your particular line, put a micro
scope to your eye and carefully Inspect your whole system, and see where
the service can be Improved, and you will find the occupation will take your
mind oft of your troubles In the first place, and moat likely dlapel them in
the second.
"In every business which Is making poor success there Is some reason
for the failure, and the man who can not analyse it for himself had better
spend X11)0 on some expert accountant and have him come In and go over
the affairs of the house and see where the difficulty lies.
"Tour lino Is no better and no worse than others. Tile fault lies In
you If you are not making good, and once you find the trouble the remedy
will be quickly seen."
WOODROW WILSON
THE EMBODIMENT OF SAFETY AND SANITY.
FEMININE
T am angel'd lo
lawyer."
"Dear m'l la ha trying that bard ta
gat * way 7"
From The Charleston (W. Va.) Press:
New Jersey's great governor Is safe
In every tense. Safe of nomination,
safe of election and will bo a safe preslx
dent when elected.
This In reply to those who. fulling of
other argument, try to create the Im-
preaaloh that Woodrow Wilson 1* a
“doctrinaire," whose theories. If put In
practice, might endanger the buslnesa
welfare of the republic.
If they are bonest In this belief, they
can easily be convinced by a study of
his record that Governor Wilson Is dm-
Inently "safe" In the word's beat mean
ing—became, combining erudition with
R reat common sense, he knows how to
old the scales of Justice In even bal
ance between capital and labor, be
tween “big business" and tho publlc
nclfure. Ha baa shown the unfair "In
terests " that he ts not afraid of all the
powers of evil, and being least of nil a
demagogue, he lias declined to truckle
to the labor element when In the wrong.
Thus he has commanded the confl
dosre and respect of all these dlvergen
elements, with tho result of bringing
amicable solution to more than om
controversy where tho great econonih
forces which should be working hand
In hand were divided Into hostlk
camps.
In doctrlpe Woodrow Wilson Is essen
tially a Democrat, who, while huldlns
fast to the fundamental tenets of tho:
great party, yet advocates tho prlm-lpls.
"In essentials unity. In non-otscnUnl*
liberty and'charity!”
For this reason, while latter-dar con
ditions In Ills Judgment demand teglsln-
tlon along tho linen of the referendum
and recall, direct nominations, etc., he
will make paramount In the batik
against the Infamous Republlrun tariff
law*, from which the whole country-H
excepting a favored fow—now suffer-
the eternal principles of Democracy
"Equal rights to all, special privilege^
to none."
great daal ot twaddle about the reil-
enoeked, sturdy country boy nnd girl who
walk five miles to school thru the snow.
'**■ and probably they sleep In rooms
with windows nailed tight, and eat salt
pork and pie every day. Th* sturdiest
children In lha world can b* found play-
Ing In Riverside park." That’* true. too.
Right there th* doctor awing* th# ax on
two rare hlrde at once-the conventional
ideture of the country hoy, and
ET
Oil--.
children.
re or the country boy. and th#
Ing thought that th* rich are not
happy, and that If mad* unhappy tn no
other way. thay are punished thru IHalr
Trouble Ahiad.
to Lb*
asked Mre. Cleveland
t°lift*l pho " e '
«lon'
■ nn e nine girt was
er once telephoned
from Chicago and
to bring the child
praaalon change from bewilderment
wonder, anti then to faar. It was surely •
her father'* voice.-yet she looked at the'
.Phon. | K »'
\fter MAnitnlni *
NlVMwr.
nc th« tiny opening In
[tl# girl burnt Into toa:
l," aha *ohb#d. "how
THE STORY OF THE LINCOLN CONSPIRATORS
wa aver gat papa out of that ilttle hole
as
HHII-fllllMIHIHMINII
♦ +
I Growth and Progress T.
I of the New South a
Kansas City, Mo.—'The Kansas %
+ City Cotton mills are now operat- +
•h Ing on a full-time schedule,
i' Libtrty, S. C.—The Liberty Cot-
4* ton mills are now running again.
4- after having been closed down
+ since last May.
4- Covington, Ga.—The Covington
4* Cotton mill*. N. 8. Turner, preal-
4- dent, have completed improve-
4- menta In progress for aotne time,
4' the cost amounting to approxl-
4- mately 1*0.000. and Including addl-
4- (tonal building construction and
+ the Installation of new machinery,
•I- increasing the plant’* capacity
1 about :it per cent, the monthly
' output having been about 20.000
' pound* of print cloth. The com-
' pany has added a lOOxMl-foot
- two-story structure to Its spinning
1 room, all or brick, mill construe-
> tton. with concrete foundation.
' The new machinery Includes 4,000
spindles. 128 looms, *tc„ while th*
- moistening system has been rein-
1 stalled and carbon electric lamp*
' are being discarded for tungsten
1 globes. Th* Lowell tMasa.) mi-
* chine shop furnished tbe spindles,
1 and the Draper company, of Hope-
1 dale. Mass., furnished the looms. '
' Having previously had 10,000 spin- '
- diet; and 4S0 loom a the company •
■ now ha* 72.000 spindles and S7t 1
looms. About 240 operatives will <
+ now be employe?!, an Increase of •
4- about 40 workers.
K+H
JUVENILE LOGIC.
"Do you belong to a brass band, Mrs.
Blow?"
"No. <Jiar. What put that Idea Into
your hMd?*’
'•Well, mamma rakt you wer# always
blowing your own born, ta I tbongat
yon must belong to a brass hand.'
From The World Today.
The real story of tha most grewsome
incident of the Civil Wer period has been
kept,* carefully guarded secret for forty-
six years. Lieutenant Colonet Christian
Rath, th* official executioner of the Lin
coin conspirators, took an oath not to tell
arltat he knew or the conspirators until
permitted te 'do so by the war depart
ment. He haa been canalateatly reticent,
but recent publications having to do with
the subject have Incited him to give an
Interview. In McClure's Magazine for
October he tells the story sa he romem
hero It.
t'aptaln Rath sketches in • most graph
ic manner th* personalities of the four
conspirators and describes In detail their
prleon days Immediately before the execu
tion. Lewis Payne, who attempted to
kill Seward, "was a great big fellow nnd
as brave aa a lion. He had a grim
sense of humor also.
"One day w# ware discussing our nerve,
and afterward 1 threw myself on tbe bed
for a ltttt* sleep. Suddenly I awakened
rnllpg aa If an Icy hand h i.I srlppcl
i heart. Thar* waa Payne looking down at
■in# with an ugly expression on hla lace.
, I wondered how he had gotten out of his
.Utxitaa
laughing.
_ fotttn ....
cell, and lust than saw Lieutenant Colo-
I nal McCan In a corner laughing. Payna
, laughed, and 1 anew thay war* only try-
Ing my nerva. I wa* not afraid, tho
jwaa a tamed for a time."
Hpangter. who had been on the stag*
: with Booth when he shot Llnco'
' "harmless fellow, a big coward,
- fond of earing."
i Th* order tor the execution of the
prisoners, after many delays. Anally ar
rived on July 7, 1444. At about 2 o’clock,
, "all In readmass, the march to the gal
lows began."
' These who were in the yard new a lit-
! tl* gate behind tke scaffold opened, anti
I th* soldiers stand at attention end at
order arm*. The Aaga were run up be
fore each company, and the civilians
hared their heads In Ihe fierce sun. First
■wine th* woman, walking between two
•haven priests. She was dressed and
vailed In black, and her fare could not he
seen. But her carriage showed her agi
tation. aa ah* staggered first against one
priest and then against the other. The
priests carried crosses In their hands and
were reading the service of the dead. A
quartet of soldiers came after, with guns
at shoulder*, followed by Lieutenant Oalo-
net Mvt'.tU.
"Behind them cam* AtsarodL guarded
by eoldlara and accompanied by a Lu
theran minister. The man shambled un
steadily. shrinking from the eight of th*
dangling nooses. He had chains upon hla
ankles, and the** clanked an ho walked.
THOU GHTFUL P.WNTER
"I sa* you are paying th* hospital ex
penses of that painter who fell off the
reef."
"Tea: nr* loo aood a man to taae. as
ha went down be touched up two er
three places which would hate been eery
hard to reach "
I lie had a long white cap on his head,
which gave him an uncanny look. An
armed quartet of soldier* billowed him
also. -
"Next came llarnM. who had been
Booth's attendant on the night of hla
crossing the Potomac. He waa a mere
hoy, foil of fear and cringing like a cow-
. anl. He was attended by a minister, and
; followed by a guard of four soldiers, ilk*
those who preceded him.
"faint of all earn* Payne. It* walked
i Ilk* a king about to he crowned, hla fear-
I laaa blue eyes roving carelessly over tha
scaffold and hla yellow hair shining Ilka
la golden halo in the sun. Ha, too. was
attended by a minis!
I wer* tbe other*. Tha t
up the stops to tba gallows, and werr
seated- In arm chairs behind the drop.
Ih# dangling nooaes swaying before their
eyes. I wanted to give Mrs. Hurratt anyl
honor I could, so I seated her nn the
right, Payne next, then IferoW. toil tlm
German fourth. The warrant- and find
ings were read to the four by- General
Hartraaft in • luw voice, on umbrella
being held over his head by an atien.innt
during the reading. Another was held
over Mre. Hurratt."
No time wa* lost after the arrival at
the gallows:
"Payne wn* dressed In hi* lrou*er»
and a close-fitting Jersey shin, open at
the throat and showing his powerful neck
When th# nooaes had been adjuated and
the caps pulled over the head* of the
condemned, before I gave ihe alanat to
tne man below tb knock Ihe poets from
under the drop, 1 stepped tilt to Payne,
lightened tho noose around Ills peril un
know best, captain,
word he ever spoke.
"When Hancocy railed to put In *n
—.pearance. 1 waa sure Mrs. Rurratt would
b* saved. But at last he came, and,
turning to me. said: 'All Is ready, con
tain; proceed.' 1 said to him: 'Her.
toor ’Tea. he said, 'she can not be
saved.’ I gave the signal, the two dror»
fell with a sickening thud. and. a* one.
tha four bodies shot downward and buns
in midair. After twenty minute* Major
Porter pronounced them- dead, but I 1«|
them hang tan minutes longer. Then i
ordered them cut down, put Tn the boxr*.
nnd burled. 1 took charge of Mr*. Hor*
rail myself, not being willing that any
hand should daaacmte hor. 1 lifted b»r
tenderly la my arms, her limp body Item..
Ing as ( held It. I removed th# non** from
hn#rb. anal with mv nan ttH-t
containing th# named tn each of the cor*
fins, and In an hour the terrible work of
Ihe day wa* at an end."
Undoubtedly Genuine.
From Housekeeper.
The mlstieps observed one mortilns
thnt her dusky butler was wearing J
ring with a netting nltnost large enousb.
for St beacon light. If It had posses—--
the proper brilliancy. Idler In the
day sbe chanced to hear a conversation
between the butler and the maid.
"Am dat a genuine dlmont yo' u
sportin’, Jake?" the mnld asked, sus-
f ilclon and hope about equally balanced
n her tone. _
“Ain die a dlmont?" reproachfully
Does yo' 'spoxe I'd buy anything else
fo’ a 'gagement ring? Huh! dla am a
dlAont an’ It am gold what it acts In.
"Ef yo' maun yo’ bought It fo' rn-'
yo' will have to tell the price 'fo' 1
believe bit'* a dlmont. I wu* fooled
once wld a brass ring, an' I don't ntcon
to be rauglit again."
"Dose bit's a dlmont. Lucy. Hit cost
12.50."
"Well, gimme here. Long a* hit »»
a genuine dlmont I’ll V-epI It fo' a '***• •
mept ring."