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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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And apoll, like bale* unopened to the aun.
—Edward Young.
We Know the Commercial Traveler.
A correspondent among the traveling men writes to
tlie editor of The aeorglan personally His thanks and ap-
j"relation for what he la pleased to term the ablest and
most conclusive editorial argument which has yet been
EE toado In favor of the demands of the T. P. A. for the
l orchangeahle mileage book good on all the railroads
of the state.
^ We are pleased to receive this comment and we
nAiiio haste to esplaln that tbe one reason we understand
this situation better than other people, and why we are
more deeply In' sympathy with the demand of the travel-
ri i than any other business outside their own. Is because
tli'i writer of that editorial haa spent thirteen years
of hla life side by aide with tbe commercial, travelers
upon the railroads of the country. POr each of these
thirteen years the editor of The Georgian ns a lecturer,
i voted thirty-live thousand miles every year, and dur
ing this time his comrades, companions and friends of
•vary Journey were the traveling men of the country.
North and 8outh. We know the trials and the diffi
culties which beaet this splendid and Indispensable call-
I k. We know tbe discomforts and tbe irregularities
which harass the lives of these faithful and diligent
evangels of trade. We realize the Impositions which are
i ictlced ti|>oti them by .carelessness and Ignorance, and
sometimes by tyranny and Indlffcrenco. We know, too,
I" iter than moat men, from personal contact, tbe splen
did average of character. Intelligence and patriotism
which permeates the rank of the traveling men of
America, North and South.
And because wo know theee thlnge, and because
!•* we know what public opinion and reasonnblo consid
eration on tho part of tbe corporations has given them
in other aectlone of the country, ought to be thelra by
rlsht and by Justice In tho South. - | I
Every demand of tbe Georgia traveling men Is rea
sonable, founded upon good policy, und la abundantly
Justified by the splendid patronage which they give.
Wo feel sure that, when the great coriioratlona,
whom we decline to believe either altogether selfish or
indifferent, will consider the nature of the memorialists
and the Justice of the appeal, the demand of tho travelers
wilt be freely and cordially granted, to the prollt of
all the parties concerned.
"Whoever heard of any one dying of eating bad
m. at?" asks one of the devIMIshea of tho beef trust. Why,
aeveral friends of the Borgia family went that way. and
it might even be possible to And more recent examples.
New Blood fn the Exposition.
Tho reinforced exiioslllon committee of fifty hold an
Inspiring and vigorous meeting on Thursday afternoon.
The new men of the committee came In with a life
end vitality that simply warmed the feet and stiffened
tin* backbones of the old warworn committee of twenty
ft in. and the atmosphere was speedily charged with life,
hope and promlso for the exposition.
Reinforcements have always been a Joyous event
nn army under fire. If Btoeascl could have had rein'
fine omenta nt Port Arthur that fortress might yet have
brlnngcd to Russia. The coming of Blucher saved tho
army of Wellington and tamed tbe scalo of battle at
Waterloo. • >
And the twenty-live vital Atlantans who trooped on
i ; day Into the exposition committee have charged
the' whole atmosphere of uncertainty Into one of life
and militant hope. As one of the now members aptly
i"i' It. the exposition will succeed when we go at It as
tl" 1 iiollticlans go at tbelr canvass, by listing every
available man, ascertaining bis feelings pro and con to-
ward the exposition, and canvaaalng every available
I"" 'l#t that has not yst contributed to thla splendid
.ausc.
r This Is Just what the new committee will do in co
-operation with the scarred and faithful veterans of the
old committee. With Walter Cooper of'tbe old commit-
t< i and Tom Martin of the new, with Ed Ansley and Har-
i > Sllrerman, and Kelly, of Kelly Brothers, and Krelg-
ahaijer and J. J. Goodrum. nnd Clarence Blosser snd
oilier members of the reinforcing troop bringing a flood
of enihuslaam, and confidence, and tireless Industry to
i lie work, there Is every reason to bellevo that the next
ililrty days will do mighty things for the completion of
Hie necessary guarantee and the starting of the exposi
tion.
Certainly It Is true that every man who was present
iii tlio mealing of yesterday left the hall with an In
creased confidence and added Inspiration, and the new
murage born of the vigorous and enthusiastic coopera
tion which had Just come in.
inferior Intellect, and was helpless to catch the bem of
fortune's garment
He died a broken-hearted man.
But one would think that when time and death bad
placed hie life and work in proper perspective—when hIs
faults had been forgotten and hla merlta were more fully
recognized, the people of hi* ztate would render a tardy
Justice to hie memory In some fitting manner.
The late Joe Manley ordered a bust of Blaine from
a distinguished sculptor. Blaine’s son says It waa not a
good likeness, bat the great statesman’s next-door neigh
bor says that It waa excellent. At nny rate tbe legislature
never made the appropriation to pay the sculptor for bis
work, and the other day be claimed It It waa taken
from Ita hiding place, where it bad been for eight years,
and sent back to him. so the last chance of having
fitting memorial of James G. Blaine in the state capitol
seems to be lost.
We of the South need not concern ourselves about
the matter very particularly. Blaine was a Repub
lican at a time when the South felt particularly unkind
toward the mea of that political persuasion. But there Is
no discounting the fact that he was a man of splendid
intellect , and that his policy of reciprocity,. If carried
to the extent he contemplated, would hare been an
epochal event In the history of tbe United States.
Certainly he deserves some sort of recognition from
his native state, and the fate which has befallen hint Is
not much of an Inspiration to tbe rising generation of the
Pine Tree State. ,
No Bust of Blaine in Maine.
The people of Maine are probably reflecting that
“The Caesar’s pageant, shorn af Itriitd* bust.
Did but of Rome's best ion ivmlnd ber more.”
■ At any rate some such sentiment In about the inly
consolation they have tor the fact that there I* nowhere
in the state a monument to her most Illustrious son.
lames O. Blaine, and that on the walls, of the state capi
tol. which Is lined with portraits of so many of her dis
tinguished men, there Is not even a steel engraving of the
plumed knight.
Few men in the history of American politics ex
perienced the irony of fortune more keenly than James
O. Blaine. To have been defeated for the presidency by
a single untimely phrase—“rum, Romanism and rebel-
LRoa"—as was undoubtedly true, and on other occasions
to have come so near the' coveted goal without being
to enter In, was gall and wormwood to his ambl-
heart.
The policy of reciprocity which he Inaugurated
only limited recognition during his lifo-tlme.
Be saw himself outstripped at every turn by men of
The first appearance of the sea serpent It liable to
pass unnoticed while everybody Is watching Upton Sin
clalr and the Spanish spooners.
The Interrupted Festivities.
It Is well for the credit of mankind and for the fu.
ture of civilisation that the attempt made on yesterday
to assassinate the newly married king and queen of
Spain was not successful.
A wave of horror would have swept over tbe world
If In the hour of their exultation tbe young bride and
groom had fallen a victim to the bomb of an anarchist.
Reformers everywhere are watching with Interest
the struggles of the oppressed to supersede the rule of
monarchy with the wiser and more enlightened policy
of republicanism. This Is particularly true of Russia,
but there, too, we find the most conclusive illustration
of the folly 'of attempting to temper despotism with
sasslnatlon. There can be no doubt that It is Inconsistent
for the douma to expect absolute amnesty for political
prisoners when every day bring* a ,now Instance of as
sassination; and until the people suspend thla method
of argument they cannot reasonably hope that any ruler,
much less tbe autocrat of all the Russian, should feel In
* mood to grant political absolution.
The success of the anarchist plot on the young king
and queen of Spain would have set back tho progress
of reform by twenty years, not to mention the Inhuman
ity and horror of the crime, per se.
The fact that the young bride bears the name of
Quoen Victoria recalls the coincidence that the great
English queen, her grandmother, was six times the in-
tended victim of madmen and fanatics who either sought
to actually take her life or gain spectacular notoriety by
pretending so to do.
On Juno 10, 1840, Just four months after her mar
riage to Prince Albert, as she was riding down Constitu
tion Hill, a youth by the name of Edward Oxford fired
twice at thevroyal pair with a pistol, though both shots
went wild.
Less than two years later, on ths same spot, John
Francis made a similar attempt
Tho doath sentence originally imposed upon him waa
commuted to transportation and ths next day a bunch,
back by the name of Beau presented a pistol In the face
of tho queen, but the weapon was wrested from him be
fore he could fire.
Again on Constitution Hill—for which her majesty
must have felt aome aversion by this time—a bricklayer
by tho name of Hamilton fired point blank at tbe queen,
but It was afterwards discovered that tbe pistol was
loaded only with powder.
Twelve months later Robert Pate, n former lleuten
ant of Hussars, struck the queen In the face with a stick
as she was leaving the residence of the Duke of Cam
bridge; and finally, on February 29, X872, a lad of 17,
named Arthur O'Connor, presented a pistol 'at the queen
ns sho was entering Buckingham palace after a drive.
He was evidently anothor notoriety seeker, as It was
discovered thatv the weapon was loaded with nothing
more formidable than a greasy rag.
It Is hoped that the Queen Victoria of our day will
not he subjected to any such series of attempts to take
her life. Her distinguished grandmother lived to the
ripe old age of 82. nnd It Is proverbially true that the
threatened live long.
The Vermont defendant In divorce proceedings Is
charged with kissing the hired help to “the strawberry
patch, the Icc-house, and even In the cow shed." But
that's nothing. Wasn't there once an old woman who
went so far as to kiss the cow?
Mr. Wu's Retirement.
Announcement Is mado that that picturesque Celes
tial, Wu Ting-fang, who was for so long a time the
representative of the Chinese empire In this country,
has definitely decided to abandon hit efforts to reform
his country and will retire to private life.
Wu haa been In the public eye considerably of late.
He wrote to some friends on this sldo a few weeks since
to say that ne bad been converted to the simple life by
the teachings of Mrs. J. B. Henderson, of Washington,
nnd that henceforth and forever he would confine his
beverage to weak tea and his diet to vegetables.
This was by no means In keeping with the record of
the versatile diplomat who could bent Americans at their
own bibulous game, but at the same time It gave no In
dication of the more surprising announcement that was
to come.
Wu liked the lime-light. He never declined Invita
tions to make speeches or to appear In public If It waa
possible for him to attend, and in point of fact he was a
good fellow when he got there. He was highly educated,
spoke faultless English and this, with hts keen sense of
humor, made him popular wherever he went.
The Americans liked him. Down here In Georgia,
where he came to make a speech, he made a distinct
hit. True, he would ask embarrassing questions. Just as
old LI Hung Chang and all the rest of his race used to
do. but that was a small matter, nnd he pessed current
everywhere. ' "
He remained In this country quite long enough to
lenrn a great deal about our manners and customs- He
went home determined to reform bis country, particu
larly In the matter of Judicial procedure. He advocated
our Jury system.
But the Empress Dowager, who Is the whole thing In
China, couldn’t quite see the point, and tbe prosperous
citizens who only saw In the Jury system the necessity
ut bribing twelve men when they bad (rtviouzly had to
bribe only the magistrate, could not see the point either.
Wu argued the matter as only be could have done It,
but It did no good, and now we are told he has given
up in disgust and will retire to private life.
He Im moved to take tbit course chiefly by bit wife,
who is a very accomplished woman. She urged that the
wise man ought to know when to retire aa well as when
to take tbe tide of fortune at lta flood, and pointed out
that he had worked long enough to entitle him to a
good rest.
Wu finally came to agree with ber, and as a con
tequence he writes his American friend* that he to going
out to hi* country place, where he can meditate and lis
ten to tho birds sing and watch the flowers bloom.
All this is very unfortunate. We had hoped that the
time would come when China would see fit to send
him back to us. We mJss him every day, and It to
hoped that he may yet change his mind about leaving
the trade of statesmanship forever.
That’s a fact; what has become of Perry Heath?
A Memorial on King’s Mountain.
Renewed attention to belag called to tbe propriety of
erecting a suitable monument on King's mountain to cele
brate tbe decisive and crucial battle won there by the
American forces In October 1780.
An Impetus has been given to this movement by the
recent celebration In Charlotte of the Mecklenburg Decla
ration. Experts will perhaps never be able to agree con
clusively whether tbe Mecklenburg Declaration wak a
bona fide Instrument, antedating the document drawn up
by Thomas Jefferson, but there can be no possible ques
tion of the momentous importance of the battle of King’s
mountain and tbe effect it had upon the disheartened
continentals.
As the Rev. Dr. Gregory points out In an able article
which we reproduce In another column today, the four
years of lighting had won but little for the cause of
American Independence. Those were days of gloom
and depression. Cornwallis had won bis great victory
Tins DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 1.
1205—Henry Dandolo, Doge of Venice,
died.
1418—Jerome of Prague burnt at Con
etance.
1880—Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury,
minister to Elisabeth and James
L born.
1593—Christopher Marlowe, dramatist
and poet, died.
1660—Execution of Mary Dyer,
Quakeress, on Boston Common.
1769—Edward Holyoke, president of
Harvard College, died.
1792—Kentucky admitted to the Union.
1794—Lord Howe defeated and almost
destroyed the French fleet. ,
1796—Tennessee admitted to the Union.
1801—Embargo of Great Britain re.
moved.
1813—Battle between Shannon and
Cheaapeake off Massachusetts
bay.
1831—Redfleld Proctor, U. 8. senator
from Vermont, born.
1846—Pope Gregory XVI died.
1864—Grant repulsed by Lee at battle
of Cold Harbor, Vn.
1868—James Buchanan, fifteenth presi
dent of United States, died; born
April 23, 1791.
1876—Steamship Vicksburg sunk by an
tceburg off Cape Race; 66 lives
lost.
1879—Prince Loots Napoleon killed by
Zulus In Africa.
1885—Victor Hugo burled In the Pan
theon at Parle.
1887—Island of Cyprus ceded to Eng.
' land.
1890—Francis Lowethrop, Inventor of
railroad turn table, died.
1906—Lewie nnd Clark Exposition
opened In Portland, Ore.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 1.—Here are some of
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—Mrs. O. Hamilton.
AUGUSTA—L. C. Brown, J. F. Eck-
aoff.
MACON—C. H. Fuller.
In Paris.
By Private Leased Wire.
Parle, France, June 1.—Nicholson
Moore, of Savannah, Go., registered at
the office of European edition of The
New York Herald today.
The Georgian Best of All.
To The Editor of The Georgian;
After being a subscriber to another
Atlanta paper for the past twelve or
fifteen years, I have had to discontinue
It on account of its being Ailed with
politics on every page. Its brag, bluff
and bluster Is simply disgusting to the
average reader. 1 have been a sub
scriber to your paper from nearly the
first Issue, nnd I must any It Is re
freshing In these days of bulldozing
politics to see n newspaper as clean
and as full of news as an egg Is of
meat; Its editorials are clear, whole
some and elevating and not tilled with
abuse of other papers or persons If
they happen not to agree with them,
as some papers we know of. May you
not only continue to give us the nicest,
cleanest and best newspaper In the
state, but that tt may be In even' home
In our fair, happy and prosperous
country, and may Indeed cover the
land "like the sunshine."
Yours, etc..
8. C. CHARPNG.
Barnesvllle, Ga.. May 30, 1906.
"Gtorgiant and Torrtys Needed."
Editor John Temple Graves, The At
lanta Georgian; Allow me space In
your columns, first, to congratulate you
and your splendid paper. oYur edi
torials are worth more than the price
wc pay for the paper, if we had a
Torrey nnd Alexander In every etty
and town In the world for thirty days,
Satan, with hla Satanic majesty and
power, would be swept from hie strong
hold like a cyclone, and he and hte
followers w ould be put out of business.
With best wishes and success to your
valuable paper. Yours respectfully.
A. J. ADKINS.
Si Houston Street.
Atlanta. Ga.. May 16, 1906.
EPITOMIZED.
As Isds our yutiag snd tender brains
Must properly lie Froele-llswl:
tu’ii In our studies we shew rains
If by due iitelhuda gnlrnnlsnl.
In htislnenn wr may aaereed. .
And then nur tine Is Mor*nnl/ed.
IV be res l the chance* are. Indee.1.
That we win - -hi he Meffenatsed.
t thla stare we mist take a rtas;
We way full snoa he TarbeMaed.
Or thnmeh exposures blunt and brisk
Be finite completely Lawan itzed.
over Gales at Camden, S. C-, and was beginning to cast
covetous eyes toward North Carolina. Ho sent Major
Ferguson on ahead to lpy out tbe land before sending
tbe main body of bis army Into the enemy’s country.
Ferguson and bit torcet entrenched them selves on
the top of King's mountain, which was accessible on
but three sides. He thought he was secure. But the
embattled farmers, who rallied almost without leader
ship, were determined to do or die, and when they be
gan making their ascent of the mountain on all three
accessible aides at once, picking off the British soldiers
whenever ono came In sight, they went at tbelr work
with a vigor and deliberateness which nothing could
withstand.
It was one of the most complete victories in the his
tory of American Independence and did. much to turn
the tide. It made easier the crowning victory oxfir
Cornwallis st Yorktown, and In a large measure Insured
oar Independence.
It to entirely fitting that an appropriate monument
should be erected on the mountain to commemorate this
notable victory on the part of the unorganized conti
nentals of the Carollnas. It should be msde one of the
patriotic shrines of our common country—an enduring
tribute to the valor of the American patriot in the days
which Indeed tried men's souls.
Heard on the Corner
The Mail Carriers’ Vacation.
We congratulate the mail carriers upon the well
deserved holiday granted them by the postal depart
ment
The concession U well won by their faithful service,
and will doubtless be vindicated In the greater vigor and
freshness which these excellent public servants- bring to
their work when vacation merges again Into duty.
Every-human being to better for a little rest, and
every class of workers Is refreshed by recreation. "A1I
work and no play makes Jock a dull boy," and we are
sure that all classes of our population will be glad for
any pleasure or benefit that comes to this faithful and
amiable band of government employees.
Nooks and Cerncrs of American History
THE BATTLE OF KING’S MOUNTAIN
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
I N the struggle for our American
Independence of Orest Britain
there was no darker period than
the eummer and fall of the year 1780.
it was a season of disaster and
gloom, of utter weariness and depres-
slon.
After more than four years of hard
fighting the hope of victory seemed
less than ever.
The British arms had triumphed In
South Carolina and Qoorsta and the
prospects for the Independence of the
colonies looked slim Indeed.
There was no strong general gov-
ernment. Where such government
should have been there was a some
thing that seemed to work nothing but
chaos and confusion.
The finances were In a deplorable
state. “Not worth a continental,” was
the way the patriots expressed the ut
ter worthlessness of the money of con
gress.
The army waa small, III fed, poorly
armed and clothed, and wise heads
knew perfectly well that of such badly
equipped and dispirited Instrument
great results were not In the nature of
things to'be expected.
"We have the Americans at our
feet!” said Horace Walpole to the
courtiers about tbe throne; and even
old King Georgs was seen to chuckle
as he heard of the desperate straits to
which the Americans were reduced.
Right on the back of this wide
spread depression came ths detection
and treachery of Benedict Arnold,
which made the people feel that even
their high officers were not to be
trusted, and that, Washington aside,
there was no one In whom they could
place Implicit confidence.
This terrible gloom was lifted by the
battle of King’s Mountain.
Cornwallis, after hts great victory
over Gates at Camden, 8. C„ cast hts
eyes over toward North Carolina. Be
fore starting out for that state with
his main army, he sent Major Fergu
son on ahead with two hundred regu
lars and one thousand well-drilled Tory
militia.
Ferguson had no sooner crossed the
North Carolina border when he found
out that hts march through the Tar
Heel state was going to be anything
but a picnic.
The new* of the British Invasion
spread far and wide and the patriotic
backwoodsmen began to assemble from
every point of the compass.
From Virginia, from Tennessee, from
North Carolina the farmers, hunters
and trappers gathered to harass the
lieutenant of the hated Cornwallis.
Pretty soon Ferguson made up hts
...Ind that Instead of conquering North
Carolina he would be mighty lucky If
he got back to Cornwallis alive.
Hard pressed by the patriots, who,
without order or suggestion from any
source, had gathered for the light, Fer
guson threw his force of 1,200 men
upon the top of King’s Mountain, a
ridge about half a mile long, ap
proached on three sides by rising
ground, the other being an unbroken
precipice, too steep for ascent.
Finding himself fairly fixed upon
this mountain stronghold, the British
commander cried out In great glee to
his men, “Boys! there ain’t rebels
enough outside of hell to drive us from
this place!”
In the meantime the rebels were
preparing to do what he said they
could not do.
It was about 3 o’clock of the after,
noon of October 7, 1780, when the
Americans reached the ravine below
the mountoiif. Tying their horses and
dividing their force of one thousand
men Into three equal parts, they began
ascending the three sides of the moun
tain simultaneously.
There was no shouting or yelling. It
was a quiet, resolute, determined band
that waa marching up those rocky
slopes. They were there not to make a
great noise, but to kill Britishers—so
soon as they-should get tbe sight of
them.
And presently they did get sight of
them—and the rifles, of the patriot
hunters and farmers seldom cracked In
vain!
The British charged'again and again,
but tbe backwoodsmen took to the
trunks of the trees until tbs enemy’s
ranks were broken by the Irregularities
of tho ground, when they would begin
’ting them off sgsln.
I red on from all sides, by msn who
seldom fired amiss, thslr leader killed,
their discipline of no svstl against the
strange tactics of the rebels, the Brit
ish hoisted the white flag.
Of the British, 389 were killed or
wounded and the remaining 716 sur
rendered, with 1,600 stand of arms.
The American loss waa only 28 killed
and 60 wounded.
This battle, of which far too little
mention Is made In our histories, was
the beginning of the end of British
misrule In America.
It Inspired patriots everywhere with
the spirit of cbnfidence and paved the
way for the series of victories thst led
to the crowning triumph at York
town.
The whole nation should Join ...
building a mighty monument upon the
granite summit of the Csrolina moun
tains, for there, on that brown October
day, one Imitured and twenty-six years
ago, the Southern farmers won the vic
tory without which the United States
might never have existed.
SUM SPENT BY BRITISH ROYALTY
MAY BE CUT BY PARLIAMENT;
KING’S “PAY” AMOUNTS TO $555,000
Amt alamt every day we're
That sow we must tie Oak
By PAUL LAMBETH.
Special Cable—Copyright.
London. June 1. The exact annual
coat of the royal family to England Is
rarely definitely known. It haa been
estimated ordinarily to be 67,600,000—
a sum which, as an American diplomat
once said. Is not excessive, considering
the fact that the average American
nultl-mUllonalre, aided by hts lawyers,
succeeds In swindling the’ public treas
ury out of that much each year.
The present radical parliament Is go
ing to study the appropriations for the
maintenance of royalty more closely
than the preceding Tory parliament,
it Is quite possible the radicals will
Insist that the expense of the main
tenance of royalty, direct or Indirect,
should be kept In a separate account,
ao that the public may be able to tell
at a glance precisely what It is.
Monsy Span! by King.
It is said the ktng’a private purae,
which la really the majesty'a salary. >■
6665,000 a year nut of which hla ma
jesty allows the queen 6105,000. Thla
salary, however. It got all hla majesty
derives from tha English people.
The following annual revenue of the
king Is admitted by pubUc officials:
Privy purse. <566,000.’
King's personal staff, 152.600.
Lord steward's department, 8600,000.
Lord Chamberlain's deportment,
6647.(00.
Master of home department, 6370,-
000.
Transfer for vote for royal palaces,
650.000,
Royal bounty, 646,000.
Alma and charities, 622,000.
Unappropriated, 640,050.
Total. 12.395,700. .
Rutsr Gets Hugs Rentals.
Ths king also derives huge rentals
from hla various estates. From the
Duchy of Lancaster he gets 1300,000;
the Sandringham estate yields 636,000:
London rente amount to 51,110,000 and
63.445 from the new foreat. Various
other sums sue drawn from the treas
ury for the royal palace and parka and
salaries for numerous royal appoint-
ments. The Item of 6636.000 appeared
In the latest list for tha new royal
yacht.
The following members of the royal
family draw salaries amounting to
1895,000:
Prtnce of Walea, 1100,000; Duchy of
Cornwall revenue tto Prince of Wales).
6300,000.
Princess of Wales. 650,000; king's
three daughters, 690.000; Duke of Con-
■“gK. *125,000; Princess Christian,
630^000; Duchess of Argyle, 630,000.
.Jr rl E5*“ Henr V. of Battenberg. 630.-
000: Ducheas of Albany, 630,000: Duke
of Cambridge. 660,000; Duchess of
Uaektonborg-atre.lte. 616,000. Total.
With various other Items, such
11 plus 12 equal 23.
A moonlight night on Peachtree street.
A roomy porch, a swinging seat' ’ s
Two forms behind the ‘suckle vine
An arm that ‘round a waist did twine-
'Tie late, the night sounds murmur low
Yet still the voices onward go, ’
With bass profound and silvery glzei*
While up above the seat chains wlggi*'
Swift fly the hours on love's youne
wings. ‘
Time bothers not these sweet youns
things.
On love and bliss, on hug and kiu
intent.
“O daughter dear,” a voice came down-
(It seemd at though the voice did
frown)
"It's 13 o’clock right now. you know
“I think to bed you ought to go."
Then fcrowled the youth with nerve
sublime.
"It’s only 'leven by my time."
Eftsoons, swift from the seat he flew
Impelled by father’s footless shoe.
Cried pa, "That sounds quite late to
me.
"Eleven and twelve are ‘twenty
three!'"
"Heraus for you! Vamoose! Sklddo!”
HE WENT.
—W. W. Mack.
Hell on Fits.
Aa the patient's condition waa seri
ous and no .reputable' physician was
immediately available, the family sent
for a quack in the neighborhood.
Looking very knowingly the quark
gated upon the suffering one for a long
time before giving hts opinion. Then
It was:
"F'om what 1 c’n see. this feller’s
In a bad fix. The thing fqr me to do
Is to throw the patient into a fit."
“A fit!" exclaimed the horrified fam
ily. "why should you want to do that?"
“Well," was the reply, "I ain't much
on other diseases, but 1 am hell on
fits.”
Stage Fright.
Very few persona acquit themselves
nobly in their first speech. At a wed
ding feast recently, says a writer In
The Philadelphia Public Ledger, the
bridegroom was called upon, as usual,
to respond to the given toast, In spite
of the fact that be had previously
pleaded to be excused.
Blushing to the roots of hts hair, he
rose to hts feet. He Intended to Imply
that he was unprepared for speech-
making, but he unfortunately placed
hts hand upon the bride's shoulder, and
looking down at her aa he stammered
out hit opening and concluding word*;
•This—er—thing has been forced
upon me.”
Object of Curiosity.
A stranger from Griffin was stand
ing on the corner of Houston ami
Peachtree streets watching a crowd o(
msn and boys running hurrjedly up the
street toward the Aragon.
“What are alt these people running
about? Is there a fire or riot some
where, or have they at last got Clark
Howell and Hoke Smith together In a
Joint debate?"
"No, lt'a merely Rube Zellar, the
pitcher' on Atlanta's baseball team,
waiting In front of the hotel for a
street car,” replied the hardened At
lantan.
A Shocking 8tory.
The other day a change was made
in one of the Whitehall street soda
fountains, some of the old parapher
nalia being replaced by new. In the
work an electric wire was left ex
posed.
, Aa soon as things were put In shapa
the soda jerker reached «Verito turn
on a little strawberry, and as ha
touched the spigot he gave a yell and
dropped the glass.
'• 'Lectrlc shock,” he explained to the
astounded customer.
Then he reached down under the
counter to get another glass, touched
the brass work, gave another yell,
which was mingled with the crash of
breaking gloss.
Before he could get another glass
somebody paid a nickel and the jerker
turned to put It In the cash register.
When he touched the key he again
bowled and dropped the nickel.
Then he put on his eoat and quit his
Job.
To Please the Girls.
If you would pleaso a girl, obey
This law: Whatever else you do,
Listen to all that the may say,
Say nothing she must listen to.
—Life.
That’s Talking Some.
A well-known Atlanta minister tells
an amusing story of an Atlantan who
has a wife with a sharp tongue.
“Jones” had come home about two la
the morning, rather the worse for a few
highballs. As soon as he opened the
door his wife, who was walling for him
In the accustomed place at the top of
the stairs, where she could watch hls
uncertain ascent, started upbraiding
him for hls conduct.
Jones went to bed, and when he was
almost asleep could hear her still scold
ing him unmercifully. He dropped off
to sleep and awoke after a couple of
hours, only to hear hla wife remark:
"1 hope all the women don't have to
put up with such conduct as this.”
"Annie,” said Jonesi "are you talking
again or yet?”
He Mst the Girl.
A medical student told this one:
"I had an engagement with a young
lady to take In Ponce DeLeon Wed
nesday night, and was detained at the
Grady hospital until quite late, assist
ing In an operation. I waa Just leav
ing the operating room when the house
physician called to me and Informed me
that he hod another operation to per-
form before I could go. I went to the
telephone to notify the young lady that
I would be late. ' I could not get the
connection, so returned to the operat
ing room, where the patl-mt had been
given an anesthetic. As I walkel ln‘0
the room the physltlan removed the
cone and—revealed the face of
young woman with whom I had in*
engagement. She had t>een suddenb
stricken with appendicitis. The shi i k
was great, but th« opjratlon was a
success."
Crack Shots.
Three old hunters were speaking or
the distance-shooting of modern rifles
In the hotel lobby Thursday night,
when they brought up recollectionsi ct
the old guns they used to have when
they were boys. ,
The first man told how he bad often
broken the old school house windows
from the creek a halt mite away whl s
the second told of shooting duck fro"*
one county to another. Calmly tipple*
hls favorite beverage, the last man mid
how, up In Tennessee, he had rubbed
salt on top of the bullets to preserve
the game untjl he reached It The first
two men gave in.
Kind Words Will Nevtr Die-
Some one In the crowd mentionedI *
name, and the lawyer threw up his
hands with a gesture of mingled dis
gust and repugnance: .
"That wart on tho face of nature.
> sputtered. "B-r-r-r! Hl» voles
Would make Rameses rise out of hls
homitM m.vnei. " Qlllu "(ohc tUUnCKI flBw Dili *
craatPand wbu.*~V. S S5?.J[? ya ! pomt tomb - » nd become a hysterical woman-
Srtefn2J d ioi?i t *•**•*• the as- He la the highest class flee In the uni
certalned total of tha public money verse."
lh * vcry And Kto voice trailed off Into InartK-
modareta on* of 66JS7.lt* uiate Imprecations from sheer feeto*
