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.HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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Hast thou no friend to set thy mind abroach?
Good sense will stagnate. Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil, like bales unopened to the sun.
—Edward Young.
We Know the Commercial Traveler.
A correspondent among the traveling men writes to
[ editor of The Georgian personally his thanks and ap-
datlon for what he la pleased to term the ablest and
conclusive editorial argument which has yet been
niinle In favor of the demand! of the T. P. A. for the
interchangeable mileage book good on all the railroads
*>- of the state.
jk We are pleased to receive this comment and we
r ake hast# to explain that the one reason wo understand
tills situation better than other people, and why we are
more deeply In sympathy with the demand of ths travel-
e: s than any other business outside their own, IS because
the writer of that editorial has spent thirteen years
of his lifo side by aids with the commercial, travelers
iiimn the railroads of the country. For each of these
thirteen years the editor of The Georgian as a lecturer,
titveled thirty-five thousand miles every year, and dur-
Ing this time his comrades, companions and friends of
every Journey were the traveling men of the country,
North sad South. We kndw thn trials and the diffi
culties which beast this splendid and Indispensable call-
lng. We know the discomforts and the Irregularities
v.hlrh harass the lives of these faithful and diligent
< t angels of trade. We realise the Impositions which are
11 practiced upon them by carelessness and Ignorance, and
rn'inutlmea by tyranny and indifference. We know, too,
I better than most men, from personal contact, the splen-
■ did average of character, Intelligence and patriotism
t which jiermsates tbs rank of the traveling men of
America, North and South.
And heesuae we know these-things, and because
■ we know what public opinion and reasonable consid
eration on the part of tho corporations hat given them
lu other sections of tho country, ought to be theirs by
rluht and by Justice In the South.
Every demand of ths Georgia traveling men la res-
amiable, founded upon good policy, and Is abundantly
justified by the splendid patronage which they give.
We feel sure that, when the great corporations,
whom we dscllnw to believe either altogether selflih or
Imllfrercnt, will conaldor the nature of the memorialists
and the Justice of the appeal, the demand of the travelers,
will be freely and cordially granted, to the profit of
nil the parties concerned.
"Whoever heard of any one dying of eating bad
meat?" asks one of tho devll-flahei of tho beef trust. Why,
stveral friends of the Burgla tamll; want that way, and
it might even be possible to find more recent examples.
New Blood in the Exposition.
The reinforced exposition committee of fifty held an
inspiring and vigorous meeting on Thursday afternoon.
S The now men of tho committee came In with a life
and vitality that simply warmed the feet and stiffened
tin- backbones of the old warworn committee of twenty-
flu', and the atmosphere eras speedily charged with life,
linpi' and promise for tho exposition.
Reinforcements have always been s Joyous event
t<> an army under fire. It Stoessel could have had rein-
fun ementd at Port Arthur that -fortress might yet hsvo
In-lunged to Russia. The coming of Blucher saved the
army of Wellington and turned the scale of battle at
Waterloo.
And the twenty-five vital Atlantans who trooped on
Thin affay into the exposition committee have charged
-t he w hole Atmosphere of uncertainty Into one of life
{.ml militant hope. Aa one of the new members aptly
put P. the exposition will succeed when we gd at It aa
the politicians go at their canvass, by listing every
available man. ascertaining his feelings pro and con to
wn ul the exposition, and canvassing every avaliablo
pocket Hint has not yet contributed to this splendid
This la Just what the new committee will do In co-
operatioa with the icnrrod and faithful veterans of the
old e<.nmiittee. With Walter Cooper of the old commit
tee ai.d Toni Martin of the new, with Bd Anslsy and Har
ry Silverman, and Kelly, of Kelly Brothers, and Kretg-
shatter and J, J. Goodrum, and Clarence Btosser and
other members of the reinforcing troop bringing a flood
of enthusiasm, and confidence, and tireless Industry to
the work, there Is every reason to believe that the next
thlttv days will do mighty things for the completion'of
tin necessary guarantee and the starting of the exposi
tion.
Certainly It Is true that every man who was present
■t tho meeting of yesterday left the hall with an In-
irt ua. il confidence and added Inspiration, and the new
courage born of the vigorous and enthusiastic coopera
tion which had Just come In.
No Bust of Blaine in Maine.
i The people of Maine are probably reflecting that
, "The Caesar's pageant, shorn of Brutus' bust.
Did but of Rome's best ion remind her more."
At any rate some such sentiment la about the only
(toon eolation they have for the fact thut there Is nowhere
in tho state a monument to her most Illustrious son,
.Ihiiios O. Blaine, and that oa the walla of the state cspl-
tei which Is lined with portraits of so many of her dls-
Ungulshed men, there Is not even a steel engraving of the
plupied knight.
Few men In the history of American politics ex
perienced the Irony of fortune more keenly than James
G. lilslne. To hav« been defeated for the prealdency by
ii Ingle untimely phrase—“rum, Romanism and rebel
lion"—as was undoubtedly true, and on other occasions
"i have come so near the coveted goal without being
{able to eater In, was gall and wormwood to his smbl-
i). is heart.
The policy of reciprocity which ho Inaugurated
only limited recognition during his lllc-tlme.
i saw himself outstripped at every turn by men of
Inferior Intellect, and
fortune's garment.
He died a broken-hearted man.
But one would think that when time and death bad
placad hla life and work In proper perspective—when his
faults had been forgotten and bis merits were moro fully
recognised, the people of bis state would render a tardy
Justice to bis memory In some fitting manner.
The late Joe Manley ordered a bust of Blaine from
a distinguished sculptor. Blaine's son »ay» It was not a
good likeness, but the greet statesman's next-door neigh'
bor says that It was excsllent. At any rate the legislature
never made the appropriation to pay the sculptor for his
work, and the other day he claimed It It was taken
from Ita biding plsce, where It bad been for eight years,
and sept back to him, so the last chance of having a
fitting memorial of James G. Blaine In the state capital
seems to be tost.
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 men 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 have been an
epochal event In the history of the United States.
Certainly he deserves some sort of recognition from
bis native state, and the fete which baa befallen him 1*
not much of an Inspiration to the rising generation of the
Pine Tree State.*
The first appearance of the sea serpent Is liable to
pass unnoticed while everybody Is watching Upton Sin
clair and the Spanish tpooner*.
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 the world
ir In the hour of their exultation the young bride and
groom had fallen a victim' to the bomb of an anarchlat
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 conduslvo Illustration
of the folly of attempting to temper despotism with as
sassination. There can be no doubt that It Is Inconsistent
for the douma to expect absolute amnesty for political
prisoners when every day brings a new Instance of as
sassination; and until the people suspend this method
of argument they cannot reasonably hope that any ruler,
much less the autocrat of all the Russian, should feel In
a mood to grant political absolution.
The success of the anarchist plot on the young king
and queen of Bpaln would have set back the progress
of reform by twenty years, not to mention tbe Inhuman
Ity and horror of the crime, per se.
The fact that the young bride bean the name of
Queen Victoria recalls tho colfiddence 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 June 10, 1840, Just four months after her mar
riage to Prince Albert, ns she was riding down Constitu
tion 1IIII, a youth by tbe name of Edward Oxford fired
twice at tho royal pair with a pistol, though both shots
went wild.
Less than two years later, on the same spot, John
Francis made a similar attempt
Tho death sentence originally Imposed upon him was
commuted to transportation and the next day a hunch
back by the name of Bean presented s pistol In the face
of the queen, but the weapon was wrested from him be
fore be could fire.
Again on Constitution Hill—for which her majesty
must have felt some aversion by this time—a bricklayer
by the. name of Hamilton fired point blank at tho queen,
but It was afterwards discovered that the pistol was
loaded only with powder.
Twelve months later Robert Pate, a former lieuten
ant of Hussars, struck tbe queen In the face with a stick
os she was leaving the residence of the Duke of Cam
bridge; and finally, on February 29, 1872, a lad of 17,
named Arthur O'Connor, presented a pistol at the queen
as she was entering Buckingham palace after a drive.
He was evidently'another notoriety seeker, as It was
discovered that the weapon was loaded with nothing
more formidable than a greasy rag.
It Is hoped that ths Queen Victoria of our day will
not be subjected to any such series of attempts to take
her life, tier distinguished grandmother lived to the
ripe old age or 82, and It Is proverbially true that the
threatened live long.
The Vermont defendant In divorce proceedings Is
charged with kissing the hired help In "the strawberry
patch, the Ice-house, and even In the cow shed." But
that's nothing. Wasn't there once an old woman who
went so far ns to kiss the cow?
Mr. Wu’s Retirement.
Announcement Is made that that picturesque Celes
tial, Wu Ting-fang, who waa for so long a time the
representative of the Chinese empire In this country,
has definitely decided to abandon his efforts to reform
his country and will retire to private life.
Wu has been In the public eye considerably of late.
He wroto to some friends on this side a few weeks since
to ssy that ne bad been converted to the simple life by
the teachings of Mrs. J. B. Henderson, of Washington,
and 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 beat 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 ltme-llght. He never declined Invita
tions to make speeches or to appear In public If It wai
possible for him to attend, and in point of fact be was a
good fellow when he got there. He was highly educated,
spoke faultless English and this, with bis 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 aa
old LI Hung Chang and all the. rest of his race used to
do, but that was a small matter, and he passed current
everywhere.
He remained In this country quite long enough to
tears a great deal about our manners and customs- He
weut 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 tbe whole thing In
China, couldn't quite see the point, and the prosperous
cttisena who only saw In the Jury system the necessity
of bribing twelve men where they had previously hod to
bribe only thn magistrate, could not nee the point either.
Wu argued the matter as only ho could have dono it,
but It did no good, and now we are told he has given
up In disgust and will retire to private life.
Ho Is moved to take this course chiefly by his wife,
who Is a very accomplished woman. She urged that the
wise man ought to know when to retire os well as when
to take tho ttdo of fortune at' Its flood, and pointed out
that he had worked long enough to entitle him to a
good rest.
Wit Anally came to agree with her, and as a con-
icquence ho writes his American friends that he is going
out to his country place, where he can meditate and lis
ten to the 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 miss him every day, and It Is
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 It being called to the propriety of
erecting a suitable monument on King's mountain to cele
brate the decisive and crucial battle won there by the
Amorlcan forces In October 1780. -
An Impetus has been given to this movement by the
recent celebration In Charlotte of tbe Mecklenburg Decla
ration. Expert! will perhaps never be able to agree con
clusively whether tbe Mecklenburg Declaration was a
bona flde instrument, antedating tbe document drawn up
by Thomas Jefferson, but there can be no possible ques
tion of tbe momentous Importance of tbe battle of King's
mountain and tho effect It had upon tbe disheartened
continentals. /
As the Rev. Dr. Gregory points out In an able article
which we reproduce In another column today, the four
year* of fighting bad won but little for tbe cause of
American Independence. Those were days of gloom
and depression. Cornwallis had won his great victory
over Gates at Camden, S. C., and was beginning to cast
covetous eyes toward North Carolina. He sent Major
Ferguson on ahead to spy out the land before sending
the main body of his army Into the enemy's country.
Ferguson and his forces entrenched themselves 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 ranking their ascent of the mountain on all three
accessible sides at once, picking off the British soldiers
whenever one came In sight, they went at their work
with a vigor and deliberateness which nothing could
withstand.
It was one of tbe most complete victories In the his
tory of American Independence nnd did much to turn
the tide. It made easier the crowning victory over
Cornwallis at Yorktown, and In a large measure Insurqd
our Independence.
It is 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 Carolines. It should be made one of tbe
patriotic shrinea of our common country—an enduring
tribute to tbe valor of the American patriot in the days
which Indeed tried men's souls. •
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 1.
1205—Hertry Dandolo, Doge of Venice,
* died.
1416—Jerome of Prague burnt at Con
stance.
186&—Robert Cecil, earl of Ballsbtfty,
minister to Elisabeth and James
I, born.
1593—Christopher Marlow* dramatist
and poet, died.
1850—Execution of Mary Dyer, a
Quakeress, on Boston Common.
1789—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—Bnttle between Shannon and
Chesapeake off Massachusetts
bay.
1831—Redfleld Proctor, U. S. senator
from Vermont, bom.
1848—Pope Gregory XVI died.
1864—Grant repulsed by Lee at battle
of Cold Harbor, Va.
1868—James Buchanan, fifteenth presi
dent of United Statea, died; born
April 23, 1791.
1875—Steamship Vicksburg sunk by an
Iceburg off Cape Race; 65 lives
loat.
1879—Prince Louie Napoleon killed by
Zulus In Africa.
1885—Victor Hugo buried In the Pan
theon at Faria.
1887—Island of Cyprus csdsd to Eng
land.
1890—Francis Lowethrop, Inventor of
railroad turn table, died.
1905—Lewie and 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. Q. Hamilton.
AUGUSTA—L. C. Brown, J. F. Eck-
aoff.
MACON—C. H. Fuller.
In Paris.
By Private Leased Wire.
Parle, France, June I.—Nlcholeon
Moore, of Savannah, Oa.. 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
flfteen years, I have had to discontinue
It >m account of Its being filled 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 say It is re
freshing In these days of bulldnxlng
politics to ace a newspaper as clean
and ns full of news as an egg la of
meat: Ita editorials are clear, whole-
some and elevating and not filled with
abuao 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 It may be In every borne
In our fair, happy and prosperous
country, and may indeed cover the
land "like the sunshine."
Yours, etc.,
S. C. CHARPNG.
Barnesvllle, Ga.. May 10, 1906.
"Georgians and Torreys Needed."
Editor John Temple Graves, The At
lanta (Usarglan: Allow me apace In
your columns, first, to congratulate you
and your splendid paper. oYur edi
torials are worth more than the price
we pay for the paper. If we had a
Torrey and Alexander In ever}- city
and town In the world for thirty days,
Satan, with his Satanic majesty and
power, wuuld be swept from his strong
hold like a cyclone, and he and hla
followers would be put out of business.
With best wishes and success to your
valuable paper. Yours respectfully.
A. J. ADKINS.
*2 Houston Street.
Atlanta. Oa.. May 15. 1904.
epitomized.
The Mail Carriers’ Vacation.'
We congratulate tho mall carriers upon the well
deserved holiday granted them by the postal depart
ment
Tho conceaalon Is well won by their faithful service,
and will doubtless be vindicated In the greater rigor and
freshness which those excellent public servants bring to
their work when vacation merges again Into duty.
Every human being Is better for a little rest, and
every class of workers Is refreshed by recreation. "All
work and no play makes Jack 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.
Heard on the Corner
Nooks and Corners of American History
THE BATTLE OF KING’S MOUNTAIN
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
r N the struggle for our American
I Independence of Great Britain
‘ there was no darker period than
the summer and fall of tho year 1710.
It waa a season of disaster and
gloom, of utter weariness and depres
sion.
After more than four yeara of hard
lighting the hope of victory seemed
less than ever.
The British arms had triumphed In
South Carolina and Georgia and ths
prospects tor 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
tar worthlessness of the money of con
gress.
The army was small. Ill 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 bs expected.
"We have the Americans at our
feet!" said Horace Walpole to the
courtiers about tbs throne; and even
old King George was seen to chuckle
os he heard of the disparate straits to
which the Americans were reduced.
Right on the bock of this wide
spread depression come the defection
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 waa no one In whom they could
place Implicit confidence.
This terrible gloom was lifted by the
battle of King's Mountain.
Cornwallis, after his great victory
over Gates at Camden, R. C., cast his
eyes over toward North Carolina. Be
fore starting out for that stats 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 ths
North Carolina border when he found
out that his march through the Tar
Heel state was going to be anything
but a picnic.
The news of the Brltleh Invasion
spread far and wide and the patriotic
backwoodsmen began to assemble from
every point of the compass.
From Virginia, frojp Tennessee, from
North Carolina the farmers, hunters
and trappers gathered to harass the
lieutenant of the hated Cornwallis.
Pretty soon Ferguson made up his
mind 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 fight, 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
hla men, “Boys! there ain't rebels
enough outside of hell to drive ua 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, 1750, when the
Americans reached the ravine below
the mountain. .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 was marching up those rocky
slopes. They were there not to make a
great noise, but to kill Britishers—so
soon as they should get the sight of
thsm.
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 the backwoodsmen took to the
trunk* of the trees until tbe enemy's
ranks were broken by the Irregularities
of the ground, when they would begin
picking them off again.
Fired on from all sides, by men who
seldom fired amiss, their leader killed,
their discipline of no avail against the
strange tactics of ths .rebels, the Brit
ish hoisted the white flag.
Of the British, 389 were killed or
wounded and the remaining 718 sur
rendered, with 1,500 stand of arms.
The American loss was only 28 killed
and 10 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 confidence and paved the
way for the eerlee of victories that led
to the crowning triumph at York
town.
The whole nation should Join In
building a mighty monument upon the
granite summit of the Carolina moun
tains, for there, on that brown October
day, one hundred and twenty-six years
ego, the Southern farmers won the vic
tory without which the United States
might never have existed.
>■ the mlllt . ...mma .
Must thoroughly •» Pasteurised:
And If from fond we teota to shrink
Oar fare must then be ;te,»«dted.
Aw lads our young sad tender brains
Must properly lx* nsMM:
Then lu "itr simile* we shew tains
If l.y dnw methods galvanised.
Is Imalneas we may sueeeed.
And then onr line Is Morgnnl/ed.
Whereat the chsucew are. Indeed.
That we will soou he Hteffeuslsed.
»[ lose ■ nw;
lie Tsrlieltlud.
e* tduut nnd brt
completely law so.ii.-rd.
cannot he disguised.
And almost every day we're t.dd
That new we mast I- 0«Vdi -4.
W. D. Ncsidt Iw Life.
V
SUM SPENT BY BRITISH ROYALTY
MAY BE CUT BY PARLIAMENT;
KING’S “PAY” AMOUNTS TO $?55,000
By PAUL LAMBETH.
Special Cable—Copyright.
London, June 1. The exact annual
cost of the royal family to England Is
rarely definitely known. It has been
estimated ordinarily to be 87,(00,000—
a sum which, as an American diplomat
once said. Is not excessive, considering
the fact that the average American
multl-mllllonaire, aided by hla lawyer*
succeeds In swindling the public treas
ury out of that much each year.
The present radical parliament la go
ing to study the appropriations for the
maintenance of royalty more closely
than the preceding Tory parliament.
It la quite possible the radicals will
Insist that ths expense of the main
tenance of royalty, direct or Indirect,
should be kept In a separate account,
so that the public may be able to tell
at a glance precisely whst It Is.
Monsy Spent by King.
It Is said the king's private purse,
which Is really the majesty's salary. Is
8555,000 a year, out of which his ma
jesty allows the queen 8145,000. This
salary, however, is not all his majsuty
derives from the English peoplt.
The following annual revenue of the
king la admitted by public officials:
Privy purso, 8(55,000.
King's personal staff, 8(8,500.
Lord steward's department, 1(90,000.
Lord Chamberlain's department,
8(47,(00.
Master of horse department, 3370.-
0*0.
Transfer tor vote tor royal palace*
850,000.
Mistress of robes department, 338,-
8(0,
Royal bounty, 345,000,
Alms and charities, 322,009.
Unappropriated, 340,050.
Total. 32.815.700.
Ruler Gets Hugo Rsntst*
The king also derives huge rentals
from bis various estate* From the
Duchy of Lancaster he gets 8300.000:
the Sandringham estate yields 338,000;
London rents amount to 81,110,000 and
32,055 from the new forest. Various
other sums are drawn from the treas
ury for the royal palace end parks and
salaries for numerous royal appoint
ments. The Item of 3(35,000 appeared
In the latest list for the new royal
yacht.
-The following members of the royal
family draw salaries amounting to
3895,000; '
Prince of Wales, 3100,000; Duchy of
Cornwall revenue (to Prince of Wales).
8300.000.
Princess of Wales, 350,000; king's
three daughter* 390,*00; Duke of Con
naught. 3125,000; Princess Christian.
(30.000: Duchoss of Argyl* 330, coo
Princess Henry, of Battenberg, 330,-
000: Duchess of Albany, 330,000; Duke
of Cambridge, 840,000; Duchess of
UecMemburg-Strellts, 313,000. Total,
With various other Item* such oa
homage money. 33,075 and royal post
groat* end white rent* (11,100. the as
certained total of the public money
spent on royalty yearly Is tha very
. one Qt
11 plus 12 equal 23.
A moonlight night on Peachtree street
A roomy pwh. a swinging seat; '
Two forms behind the 'suckle vine
An arm that 'round n waist did twine-
'TIs late, the night sounds murmur low
ivt -tin ths vetoes onward go, '
With bass profound and silvery gixele
While up above the scat chains wise]*'
SwIR fly the hours on love's young
Time bothers not these sweet young
things, •
On love and bliss, on hug and kiss
Intent.
“O daughter dear," a voice came down-
(It seetnd as though the voice did
frown)
"It’s 13 o'clock right now, you know
"I think to bed you ought to go."
Then growled 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! Sklddol*
HE WENT.
—W. w. Mack.
Hell on Fits.
As the patient's condition was seri
ous and no reputable physicist? was
Imrpedlately available, th* family sent
for a quack In the neighborhood.
Looking very knowingly the quack
gazed upon the suffering one for a long
tlmo before giving his opinion. Then
It was:
"Fom what I c'n toe, this teller’s
In a bad fix. The thing for 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 tho reply, "I ain't much
on other diseases, but I am hell on
tits."
Stage Fright
Very few persons acquit themselves
nobly In their first spesch. At a wed
ding feast recently, says a writer in
The Philadelphia Public Ledger, ths
bridegroom was called upon, as usual,
to respond to the given toast, In spite
of tho fact that ho had previously
pleaded to be excused.
Blushing to the roots of his hair, ho
rose to his feet. He Intended to Imply
that ha waa unprepared for speech-
making, but he unfortunately placed
his hand upon the bride's shoulder, nnd
looking down at her as he stammered
out hla opening and concluding words:
"This—er—thing has been forced
upon me."
Object of Curiosity.
A stranger from Griffin was stand
ing on the corner of Houston and
Peachtree streets watching a crowd of
men and boys running hurriedly up the
street toward the Aragon.
"What- are all these people running
about? Is there a Are or riot some
where, or have they at last got dark
Howell and Hoke Smith together in a
Joint debater
“No, It's merely Rube Zellar, the
pitcher on Atlanta's baseball team,
waiting In front of the hotel for a
street car," replied th* hardened At
lantan.
A Shocking 8tory.
The other day a change was made
In one of the Whitehall street soda
fountain* tome of the old parapher
nalia being replaced by new. In the
work an electric wire was left ex
posed.
Aa soon ay things were.put In shape
the soda Jerker reached over to .tom
on a little strawberry, arid as he
touched the spixel he gave a yell and
dropped the glass.
" 'Lectrlc shock," he explained to lb#
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. craeh ot
breaking glass. -
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
howled and dropped the nickel.
Then he put on his coat and quit his
Job.
To Please th* Girls.
. would please a
This law: Whatever
Listen to all that sha may say,
Say nothing she must listen t*
That's Talking Some.
A well-known Atlanta minister tell*
an amusing story of an Atlantan who
has a wife with a sharp tongue.
"Jones” had come home about two In
the morning, rather the worse for a few
highballs. As soon as ht opened the
door his wife, who was waiting for him
In the accustomed place at the top of
the stairs, where she could watch nis
uncertain ascent, started upbraiding
him tor hla conduct.
Jonea 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
hour* only to hear hla wife remark:
"I hope all the women don t have to
put up tvllh such conduct as this.
"Annie," eald Jones, "are you talking
again or yet?"
He Met the Girl.
A medical student told this one:
"I had an engagement with a youn«
lady to take In Ponce DeLeon Wed
nesday night, and waa detained at the
Grady hospital until quite late, bs*I»i-
Ing In an operation. I wo* Just lea' -
Ing the operating room when the house
physician called to me and Informed me
that he had another operation to per
form before I could go. I went to th*
telephone to notify the young lady that
I would be late. I could not get the
connection, so returned to the op-rat-
Ing room, where the patient hxJ b«e»
given an anesthetic. Aa I walkel I" ®
the room the physician removed the
cone and—revealed the face ot J' 1 "
young woman with whom I ban JJJ
engagement. She hal l*en auiHrtily
stricken with appendicitis. The sh*'k
waa great, but the opwatlou » u *
success."
Crack Shot*
Three old hunters were speaking
the distance-shooting of modern rotes
in the hotel lobby Thursday niff ,
when they brought up recollections °r
the old gun* they used to have »nen
they were boys. _ , H
The first man told how he had often
broken the old school house window*
from the creek a half mile away.
the second told of shooting duck from
one county to another. Calmly • , PFJ55
his favorite beverage, th# last man tod
how, up In Tennessee, he had rubbed
salt on top of the bullet* to presci"'
the game until he reached IL The firs'
two men gave In.
Kind Words Will Never Di*
Some on# in the crowd mentioned a
name, and tha lawyer threw up
hands with a gesture of mingled dt«
gust and repugnance: . .«
"That wart on the face of nature
ne sputtered. "B-r-r-r! Ht» ?°' c *
would make Rameoes rise out of mj
tomb, and become a hysterical woman.
He Is the highest class lice In the uni
Ami his voice trailed off Into Inert]®*
date Imnre, att ins from sheer feeling.
