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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
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Giving Wings to Our Immortals.
It la too ranch the tendency of tbla commercial ace
to magnify material thine* and to aubordlnate the arta
and the expressions of genlua.
There la no tendency agalnat which thoughtful and
cultured men and women In a great metropolla should
more diligently protest than this. After all, the glory
of n nation la not In Its wealth, or Ita temples, or Its
trade, but In Its monuments. Its sculptors, Its artists. Its
painters. Its poets and Its eloquence and songs.
Wo of the South more particularly have at stake
Issues of surpassing moment We are a land of sentt
mr-nt or • land at least In which sentiment was once
tho ruling force. The beauty of our women, the elo-
onco of our sons, the charms of our poets and the
kIob of our sentiments fill the world. The war swept
us trim our moorings of ancestral tradition and forced
us into the stern and narrow channel of necessary
trade Within this line we have prospered mightily.
Oiii • ■ ilfers are bulging, our fields are white or gold with
emu r harvest, and our fullness goes through the valleys
rejoicing like a song.
llut Ichabod will be written above our civilisation It
wi- forget the glories of the Immortal mind and of the
Ira mortal soul. Music, art, painting and eloqufence are
tb> crowning glories that encompass a people's life, and
whenever and wherever In our municipal struggles the
forces so eager and so strenuous are baited by a siren
strain of music or a silver chime of eloquence or a ra
diant touch of color, It Is at once an Instinct and a duty
to halt and reflect upon the real glories of a people and
uix,r. the high privllegei of wealth.
Tho best power of money Is to foeter genlua and to
cm. mirage art The noblest Impulse of wealth Is to de
velop and to reach down Into the ranks of tho strug
gling and with Its strong arm to lift up the singers, the
painters, the sculptors shd the speakers 'whose works
and worda and sounds are to delight tho world.
This duty rests with Atlanta as with other cities, and
wc are rich enough and great enough now to speed our
struggling Immortals to their predentlned goal. In the
musical circles of this city there has been found a boy
with the stamp of genius on his brow and the touch of
genius on his fingers on the violin, and Herbert Dlttler
norms to be at the present moment, Atlanta's best and
newest hope of an artist of International fame.
Herbert Dlttler, violinist, has met and mastered all
the lessons that could ooma to him from great artists In
this city and on this side of the water. Masters of the
violin In Atlanta and In Now York have told him that they
have taught him nil they know, and these same masters
havo counseled him to cross the ocean to the serenor
nuil statelier masters of the old world's music to furnish
his fingers with that consummate skill and to touch hta
Mini with that more ancient fire that has made the mas
ter violinists of the world.
And so some friends of Herbert Dlttler In this goodly
city of Atlanta are now preparing to give him a benefit
i erfonnsnee at which the appreciation of the city for the
genius of Its eons will not only be expreaeed In clapping
bunds and waving bandkorchlofs, but alio In that larger
way in which money pours Into the pocket of the artist
to equip him for that higher and final study In which
Ini genius shall roach Its best expression and lu which
lli ibert Dlttler shall bring home International laurels to
Atlanta, tho city of his birth.
There Is a rehearsal of the critics tonight over the
m.-tits and graces of this brilliant child of genius. When
their verdict Is rendored It will be given to tho people,
■ ml then Atlanta will Ira asked to rally In. thronging and
enthusiastic numbers to give the aid that shall waft Her
bert Dlttler to the more porfect school of musle where he
i-hull seek the akill and the Inspiration which shall light
him to enduring fame.
We trust that tbe people of this goodly city will keep
thi ir eyes and ears Intent that when this occasion la an
nounced tho hall of hearing will be thronged with the
spirit of culture and the spirit of philanthropy which will
help budding genlua to simply help Itself.
Mrs. Bums At Court.
That was a notable occasion at tbe court of 8L
James the other day when John Burns, tbe labor leader
In iho House of Commons, together with his wife, were
presented to the king and queen.
It was, as the cables expressed It, probably the only
time In tbe history of that august court, that a woman
w li.) swept her own floors and cooked the meals, of ber
husband and herself, was accorded such an honor, and
the fact that the was that presented marked a distinct
ejK»ch In the progress of democracy and labor In Ear
hmd.
Not since the days of Chartism, sixty years ago. has
there been anything like a violent agitation In favor of
the amelioration of the conditions of labor, and it is
pn.bAla that there will never be any repetition of that
revolm unary period, but tbe leaven of labor has been
working steadily and strongly and when the recent
upheaval came, hnrllng the Conservatives from power
nn<l restoring the liberals. It was found that the labor
party had fifty representatives In the lower house.
John Burns was made the leader of this party, or
( Uon. Only a few years ago he was working on the
Imtdon docks as a common laborer and all hit life has
h 1 to eat his bread In the sweat of his brow.
Bnt he studied and Improved his mind and at the
Fame time he devoted his tremendous energies to tbe
■ muse of the working man. He became a strong factor
hi the agitation for better conditions for the working
classes and when the Udal wave of liberalism swept over
the country he was chosen for a seat In the house of
• otamons and for a portfolio In the cabinet of the new
government
The butterflies of fashion—the duchesses and other
ladyships of all degrees—together with the unUtled no
bility of England—stared at tbe daughter of the people
who, by a strange turn of tbe whirligig of time, bad
f'. md herself in the limelight Bnt In that brilliant
aggregation there was no one of them all who conducted
Lvrselt with greater poise sod decorum. In the midst of
flashing Jewels and lirllllnnt gowns «he wore no jewels
whatever and otherwise was quietly and becomingly
atUred. The king and queen made It a point to be par
ticularly gracious to Mrs. Burns and the Impression she
created was entirely favorable.
Tho democratic tendencies of tbe king are well
known, but strictly as a mater of policy It was well
thst he was gracious to Mrs. Burnt. The labor move
ment In England la gathering force with each succeed
ing year. It came as a surprise to tho entire coulitry
that fifty representatives of that movement should havo
been chosen to a seat In parliament, and tbe whole atti
tude of tbe country has been altered.
The good sense shown by the woman who can cook
her husband's meala and yet conduct herself with punc
tilious propriety in the drawing room of 8L James will
go a long way toward giving prestige to tho labor
movement In Great Britain.
and animals, but Mr Truitt Is absolutely sincere and I He has almost completed his circuit of the world. He has
consistent In his opposition to every form of cruelt:
the lower orders of life, and If wc had a Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals we should unhesi
tatingly nominate Mr. Truitt as Ita honored and useful
president.
Ex-Governor Northen has received a letter from Rev.
Wilbur Chapman, the celebrated revivalist who did
such excellent work In Atlanta some time ago, an
nouncing that he has recovered from his recent severe
Illness. Mr. Chapman was one of tbe ablest speakers
and most lovable men Atlanta baa ever had the honor
of entertaining and the news of bis Illness carried genu
ine regret to the hearts of his many friends here. It Is
very gratifying Indeed to know, therefore, that he Is
well again and will soon continue the noble work In
which he Is engaged.
A Charmed Life.
That the man who la born to be hanged will never
be drowned la undoubtedly true, and that some men are
destined to escaped all accidents by land and sea seems
equally certain.
flt. Louis boasts of a man who has had more hair
breadth escapes than any character In fiction. At re
lated In a recent telegram to The New York Herald he
was driving In Penrose street, near Obear, when the
horses became frightened and ran away. Rets was
burled under the horse*' feet. Horses and wagon passed
over him and he escaped with a bruised right shoulder.
Misguided hts wheel In riding the chutes at Grand
avenue and Herbert street, In 1896, and was hurled to
the ground while bicycle was making a speed of forty-
five miles an hour. Left arm broken.
In diving from a one hundred foot pedestal at tbe
Lagoon, In Cincinnati, in 1865, he misjudged the tank
below and hi* body was hurled violently agalnat the side
of the receptacle. Ills body fell In the tank and ho was
dragged out unconscious. Left shoulder bruised, other
wise not Injured.
In an attempt to ride backward down the chutes at
Grand avenue and Herbert street his wheel reared
to the side and He was thrown to the ground. His right
arm and one rib was broken.
While riding a bicycle in Casa avenue, near Jeffer
son avenue, In 1899, ho was unable to atop his wheel
and ran headlong Into a westbound Cass avenue car.
His right wrist was sprained and his face bruised.
While riding a wheel with great speed on Grand
avenue, near North Market street, he sighted a street
ear, but was unable to stop. He plunged forward, hit
wheel rolling over the fender of the car. Reis was not
scratched.
In a street fight Reis was shot at close range, but
tho bullet only grated tbe lobe of tbe right ear.
Aa a member of the Morgan-Wright bicycle team In-
1865, he figured In over twenty "spllla," but escaped
without serious Injury. On one occasion, at Louisville,
he was guiding a squad in a ton-mile handicap on the
three lap track at Fountain Ferry Park. On the last
turn Reis was unable to guide the machine around the
bend and the quadracycle, making a speed of nearly a
mile a minute, dashed over a twenty-foot embankment
and sailed In the air for a distance of fifty feet None
of the riders was Injured.
In 1908 Reis attempted to loop the loop at Suburban
Park. Ills wheel left the mark and the rider was hurled
In the air several feet. He was picked up unconscious
and hardly reeognlsabls. His face and body were bruised
and eut and seventy-two bones were found to be broken.
Ho was taken to the Missouri hospital and recovered,
■fter lying In bed eighteen weeks. More than two hun
dred stitches were taken by tbe surgeons In tbelr efforts
to save his life.
In lighting a gas machine In hla howling alley, No.
2600 Casa avenue, a year ago, he Ignited four gallons
of gasoline, which exploded with such great force that
bultdlnga for blocks around felt the shock. Although
Reis stood within a few feet of-the explosion, only the
hair on the back of hla head was scorched.' Tbe build
ing In which the explosion occurred was wrecked.
It will be Interesting to watch ths subsequent career
of Mr. Reis. It Is presumed llut he still wears his ver
miform appendix, so he has not yet patted the ordeal
of having that removed. He has been a principal and
not an "Innocent bystander" In all the accidents which
have oome to him. He has never been caught rocking
the boat. Ho does not presumably dally with ths toy
pistol and thereby court tetanus.
There are many untried avenues of death and the
manner of his fins) taking off will Ira well worth chron
icling.
Bryan “Not Known” in Dresden.
A noble lord, addicted to poetry, ha* declared that
fame "la but to have one's name misspelled In the ga
zettes."
But tho friends of Mr. Bryan have received even a
greater shock In learning how Insularly Ignorant are the
people of continental Europe of the distinguished Ne
braskan who has recently been In their midst.
On Saturday The New York World sent a cablegram
to Mr. Bryan, at Dresden. Informing him that several
state conventions had recently endorsed him as a candi
date for tho presidency In 1908. The cablegram was re
turned to The World with the formal notice from the
cable company: "Your cablegram addressed to Wllllsm
Jennings Bryan, Dresden, not delivered. Psrty not
known."
The smug citizens of the tidy little center of com
merce were too busy making chlnaware and admiring
their old masters to pay attention to tbe fact tbfl one
of the leading figures In Gie political movements of the
day was cither present with them or speeding- toward
them. They were content to smoke tbelr pipes and sip
their beer or stroll along the Buhl terrace of an after
noon to give heed to the fact tttit a man who may yet
become tho chief of 90,000,000 peqpte was lingering for
awhile on the soil of Sazony.
"Party not known!"
What In the estlihatfon of Dresden, Is essentlit to
make a man known? Mr. Bryan*la an orator and a
statesman. He has been In the public view for fifteen
years. He Is singular!y free from the petty vices which
so frequently contaminate public men. He. Is a ‘scholar
and a gentleman. Recently he has become a traveler.
broadened and dee[iened aa a result of hla experiences.
Ho Is more than ever entitled to the respect and admira
tion of mankind. And yet—
"Party not known!”
Even If be were not known, the Dresden operator
might have taken It for granted that a man who was
being prominently spoken of as a probable candidate for
the chief magistracy of this great country was something
more than an ordinary citizen.
Was It courteous to refer to him as a "partjp"
A man once referred to Grover Cleveland as a “per
son" and Mr. Cleveland never forgave him.
What must bo Mr. Bryan'S feelings toward tho Dres
den telegraph office?
A New L.L.D.
Our esteemed friend, tho Hon. W. L. Scruggs, ex-
Minister to Venezuela, has Just received from Furman
University at Greenville, S. C., the distinguished and
well-merited honor of the degree of L.L. D. Colonel
Scruggs Is eminently Worthy of the distinction confer-
red upon him by this famous and well-reputed Institu
tion of learning- He Is a scholar in politics, studious,
careful, thoughtful, a master In International law, an
expert In the difficult and delicate questions which con
cern tho relation of nations with ono another. Too
many of these college degrees are carelessly and Im
properly conferred—sometimes for political, and. at oth
er times, for personal reasons. Bat In this case tbe com
pliment of the university falls upon a gentleman who
through long years of effort and endeavor along high
line* has fitly won and will wear worthily the honor
conferred by an Institution of dlgDlty and repute. Furman
University was named for the revolutionary hero Rich
ard Furman. No college In South Carolina has grown
more rapidly In merit, equipment and financial strength
within these recent years than this splendid school of
the Carolina mountains.
| We congratulate Dr. Scruggs upon the well-deserved
honor which has come to him.
SOME GOOD LOSERS.
‘ A Synonym.
It Is Indeed a mad world, my masters; ,
And the mad men are oft the masters.
We once heard that tbe gallant Stoeatel, who fought
oven unto the last ditch at Port Arthur, was to dl* for
dereliction, and now comet word that Rojeatvenaky
may be executed for failure to win In the great naval
battle of the sea of Japan. Other officers are under In
dictment, and ao It merrily goes. m
Scapegoats are necessary for lax bnresuerats at the
helm of state, and If the people demand cauae of failure
of properly equipping army and navy—why not lay blame
upon the valiant men who bore the brunt of battle.
With the douma Yecalcltrant, the peasantry In revolt,
the harried landowners refusing to he further taxed,
mutiny on land and sea, anarchism everywhere active,
and a deep dlsaatlsfactlon throughout the esar’s domin
ion—
Russia and revolution are synonymous.
In point of fact the Yeomen of the Guard hart
always resented being called “Beef-eaters.’'
The Pennsylvania clerk who "saved" $100,000 out of
a salary of $1,600 n year doesn't need any lessons In
thrift from Mr. Rockefeller or Mr. Anybody else.
Our eeteemed and always humanitarian friend, Al
fred Truitt, who moved so vigorously during the last
session of tbe Legislature for a prohibition against the
"nicking" of the horse's tall and the overchecking of his
rein. Is now concerned to prevent chicken peddlers from
tying chickens In bunches and carrying them wljh their
beads downward. This last Item may appear to be going
somewhat Into detail In the matter of cruelty to fowls
“The lamentations of a German
butcher In one of the markets who put
a bet on my old horse, Paid Clifford,
one of those days at the
Bennlng meeting when Paul forgot to
bring the kale home, eaused a lot of
fun to the people who overheard the
aad-aouled Teuton," sajd John Pan-
trie, the Washington owner of thor
nughbreda, at Baltimore-recently,
days ago.
“The German butcher was standing
close to me, at the end of the eland,
on that day. When the horses finished,
I noticed that he ground the huge
knuckles of his right hand Into his
right eye, and began to moan guttu-
ratly. Then he pulled a big bandan
na from hie coat pocket and started In
to weep bitterly.
“ I blay dot Baul Clifford mlt
swancy-fim tollar, all vat I malg In a
veeg out of my mead shob, und he
ged read a plock, no?' he eald, and
then he rocked to and fro and blub
bered.
Aw, give him a cookie,' the hunch
who were listening to his lamentations
lesred at him, but he was past feeling
the etlng of any Jeering, and went right
on weeping disconsolately.
“That was the first case of ths waeps
thst Fd seen on a race track In a dog's
age, and the Inclileht started me to
thinking of kow gamely most big play
ers of ths horses take thglr losses when
the big wallop* come their way.
“I happened to be present at the
breaking of a Kentuckian who had
owned a half Interest In one of the
finest thoroughbred farms In the blue-
grsss country, and imd for several
rears raced a big string of good
lores* of hla own and hla partner's
breeding. He was too keen to bet on
hts horses, though, and thst was what
splksd him, os it spikes all of 'em In
tun*.
"First, he had to sell out hts Inter
est In the thoroughbred farm to his
conservative non-betting partner.
Then alt of the big horses of the string
reverted In the earn* direction, and
finally he got to playing the horse*
from the ground with-a few thousands
thst hs had saved from the wreck.
On the day that the great but erratic
May Hempstead vena beaten by Rush,
when May was st 1 to 8 In ths bet
ting, my friend, the Kentuckian, had
hi* whole faggot, a pat 98.000, on
the May girl. Ho thought that Miss
Hempstead would Just watt* home.
“I was leaning on the fence alongside
of him when Rush cantered home,
kicking mud In May Hempstead's re
proachful eyes. 1 knew that he was all
In financially, and I suppose that I had
a conslderable-stsed frog of sympathy
In my throat for him.
" 'Oh, welt,' I «*td to him, with a grin
that I felt looked like something enam
eled, ‘the peach blossoms are out, any
how, and there'll be fruit pretty soon
for ths asking.'
"He looked perfectly perky and
cheerful: and It wasn't any upstage
Imitation work either with him. He
pulled three |10 gold pieces from his
pocket and studtsd them humorously.
'"Well, I know what I'm going to
do,' he said to me, as he Jingled the
gold coins: 'I'm going to buy a couple
of nanny goats and sell the milk to
Invalids, rve got to be In the stock-
raising business In some old way.'
"There wasn't any slow-muslc busi
ness In that kind of a finish, because
he wasn't any slow-muslc kind* of a
man, and two years later hts color*
were flashing again on the southern
tracks, with hts own good hors** to
carry the boy* wearing them. You
can't keep a beaver up a tree,, you
"Eddie McAvoy, the runt of a lad
from Elkhart, Ind- who, when he w*s
something under eighteen, ran a bean-
bag up to lll.ooo at the Hawthorne
track in Chicago In 11*7, went broke
aa gamely as any trick I ever saw for
hla age, or nny other ag*. as far as
that's concernsd.
"Eddie began on ths Hawthorne
track as a newsboy and gum seller,
and on* day he put over a IW-to-l
shot, with a four-bit piece that he
had deposited with a handbook man
outside the gate. Then Eddie spiraled
right along, to the cone without a mis
take, aa they say In Joplin. He didn't
take anybody’s picks, tips, handicaps
or suggestions, but Just clung unto
the running animals doped out and
figured as winners by one E. McAvoy,
Esq. The result was that Just three
weeks sfter he'd slid hi* 900-to-l thing
over he'd combed the pile up to I1S.-
000.
“Then, of course, hi* minute to
make a mistake heaved along, as It
nearly always does. He thought that
Mary was a good horse. Macy may
have been a good hone In spots, but he
was a polka-dottrr. and the spots were
hard to pick. Eddie McAvoy an* day
put hts whole 111,SO* on Mary to beat
the great old msr* Imp, and Macy felt
before thht race was over as It the
lady mare had Just gone away and
hid from him out of pure hide-and-seek
devilment.
“1 was standing does to Eddie Mc
Avoy when Mary failed to connect.
Tb* qutet youngster spat reflectively at
the grass, and then he trotted over to
the stand of the boss gum man.
“‘Gimme a couple o' boxes o* gum
on tick,' said Eddie to the boas gum
man, and then he began to circulate
among the throngs, polltsly Inviting
them to purchase pepetn gum from him
at the uniform rate of 5 cent* the
package. I guess that wasn't the
spirit of the men who are now going
to rebuild San Francleco!
• • • • *
'Then I well remember the curious
case or a man who only thought he
was broke—Frank Boland, the Montana
plunger.- Boland was broke a good
many times during his career against
the faro bank and the horses, but he
was always so unctuous about It that
you'd have thought that he really en
joyed going broke, and he wasn't Just
throwing on the dog In the matter,
either.
“This time, when he thought he got
a big bump at St. Louis, was a sure-
enough entertaining Incident. Frank
had started In at the old fair grounds'
track In St. Louis with a 9100,060 wad
that he'd hoed out of the Hot Springs
pool rooms during the winter.
“But the fair grounds' game whang
ed him good. He got the croea-cut and
the whipsaw from the running of the
Inaugural handicap, and every time for
the high thousands—Boland didn't
know how to spell the word 'piker.'
The boys on the high chairs had Bo
land rocking long before the meeting
began to draw to a doe*, but Frank
went right ahead with the grin that
oouldn’t be erased. On* day the
bookies noticed that Boland wasn't
playing 'em at all, and they Joshed him
about it. Hs didn't play on the next
day, either, nor for the next five days.
He Just strolled around with his hands
In hts pockets and permitted the Josh
ing bookmakers to offer him the loan
of a chew of tobacco or the price of
a bottle of pop. On the sixth day, Mr.
Boland became suddenly busy. There
was a good old campaigner In one of
the races, named Siva, and 8Iva was
an even-money thing. Boland had
twenty 91,000 bills os the remainder of
Ms package, and he'd been waiting for
the race and for Siva. He traipsed
around ths ring and got ths svsn-
money price against Siva for 990,000.
Then he loaned against a stanchion,
shucked peanuts and watched the race.
Siva ran second. The bookies crowded
around Boland with hoarse hoots of
merriment—hla personality mad* him a
favorite all over the West—but he
broke through the gibbering cordon
and raced like a deer for the gate.
There happened to be a truck-garden
er’s cart passing Just at Boland got
outside.
“ 'How about a ride Into town, mate?*
Boland said to the driver, and when
the startled driver of ths truck cart,
noticing Boland's fins raiment, nodded.
Frank jumped Into the cart and took a
seat alongside ths driver, The scene
wse visible from the back of the
grand-stand, and a roar went up from
the men In the stand who were Bo
land's friends.
Hey, watt a few minutes. Frank,'
one of them yelled to the Montana
plunger, 'and I'll carry you to town In
my. trap.'
"Tve done been trapped,' Boland
called hack, and then tho truck cart,
piled Mgh with cabbages anil things,
turned a corner, with Boland In good-
natured and Interested conversation
with ths driver.
“Boland didn't find out tut he reach
ed n St. Louis ticker that. Instead of
being broke, ho was worth Just *40,-
000, for tho horse that best 8lva—a
thing called Cangaltop—was disqual
ified on account of the rider’s rough
riding and Boland's pick was placed
first. He got back at the books from
then on and chased some of them aa
far a* the Arkansas river and be
yond.''—Washington Star.
Tins DATE IN niSTORY.
JUNE 12.
1481—James III of Scotland died.
1665—New Tork city Incorporated.
1689—London deprived of Ita charter
by Charles II.
1720—Treaty between Denmark and
Sweden.
1734—James, duke of Berwick, killed
before Phllllpeburg.
1776—Declaration of Rights adopted by
the Virginia convention.
1788—Treaty of Hopewell with ths
CMckasaws.
1806—John A. Roebitng, builder of the
Brooklyn bridge, bom. Died July
99, 111*.
1816—General Pierre Augsresu, Due de
CastlgUonl, died.
1846—St. Johns, Newfoundland, burned.
1848—Louis Napoleon elected deputy to
French National Assembly.
1861—Paper duty In Orest Britain
atolUhed.
1864—Battle of Cynthiana, Ky.
1878—William Cullen Bryant died. Born
November 1. 1T»4.
1885- James H. Rutter, president of
New York Central railroad, died.
1891—Csar of Bunts presented mineral
collection to Lsland Stanford
University.
1897—Disastrous earthquakes In Cen
tral India.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, June 19.—Here are some
of the vtsltors tn New York today:
ATLANTA—A. F. Alford, M. C. Far
rar, J. W. Hoyt, L. S. Collier, W. M.
Timmons and wife, W. R. C. Smith, M.
1L Sullivan and wife, O. Wiedemann.
MACON—it. Waterman.
SAVANNAH—W. J. Derrime, Mies
A. Derrime, W. W. Derrime, D. B. Hull,
N. E. Solomon.
Lightly Viewed From Washington.
From The Washington Post
Those deluded souls who have cher
ished the notion that either Hoke Smith
or Clark Howell would be the next
governor of Georgia have another guess
coming, according to authentic Infor
mation from that glorious common
wealth. “Plain Dick" Russell Is coming
to the front like an ambulance wagon,
bringing his remedies with htm. "Farm
er Jim” Smith, of Oglethorpe, forces a
sob of sympathy from <vsry farmer
In the state. Colonel EaUll's myste
rious Fabian policy pussies and af
frights his more ahowy antagonists. So
the plutocrats of Peachtree have mu
tual foes to fight, In addition to the
agreeable task of wiping each other off
ths earth.
It would be highly agreeable to re
count the reasons why Farmer Jim. of
Oglethorpe, la popular with his compa
triots, and the recital of Colonel Es-
tni's campaign plans would be delecta-
ble to the world; for the present, the
candidacy of Plain Dick Russell en
gages our attention. On the authority
of our esteemed contemporary, Tho
Tgccoa Record, tt Is declared that every
word of Plain Dick's “cornu fresh from
*.*1®?* heart whose pulsations are
with love for the common people of his
beloved state.” He goes fearlessly from
county to county, “meeting the peuole
face to face, Impressing them elngly
and co lectlvely with hla eternal faith
In the Integrity and virtue of the peo
ple." Nothing daunts htm.
“Plain Dick has kept everlastingly, at
It, going before tbe people day after
day and week after week, undaunted
by weather or vituperation by the big
papers, and with no help but his own
strong arm. • • • He did It with a
smllo on his strong bronzed face; no
fear, no fawning, no hesitating there,
but, like the cavalier that he Is, he
charged the forts made of paper
money.**
The first battle cry of Plain Dick
^? qu * r * De * 1 and * Full
Meal!" This swept the red hills like
a prairie fire. Then .he challenged
Hoke Smith and Clark Howell to mor
tal wit combat. Howell artfully alde-
ateppsd. Hoke fell Into the trap. They
wrestled at Montloello, and the result
was a dogfall. They clinched at Dah-
Inncga, and Hokt counted time. The
death struggle ensued st McDonough's
gory field, where Plain Dick dapped
his wings and crew, while Hoke was
withdrawn for repairs. Hoke’s friends
refused to permit him to go up against
Plain Dick at Toccoa. and thenceforth
Plain Dick was forced to face the peo
ple all alone, but still unterrlfied.
An Impassioned Georgia poet has
Immortalised Plain Dick In verse, ut-
ting forth a part of hU platform. No
form of verse yet Invented can sm-
blason this platform In Its entirety, of
course. But an Inkling of the good
things In store tor Georgia when Plain
Dick Is elected is conveyed by the
laureate. He begins:
Two-cent-a-mll* passenger far* he
advocates.
Others deal in generalities in railroad
rates."
And continue*:
'He advocates removing a tax burden
thst stings
By exempting three hundred dollars
of household things."
And ends:
“You see hla platform deals with ques
tions much bigger.
While others devote all their time to
the nigger."
Let Hokt’s friends shout and Howell's
henchmen return the cry; they cannot
any longer deceive the country. The
peaches i* Georgia do not all grow tn
Peachtree street Plain Dick RusselL
Ms square deal and square meal, hla
eternal love of the people, and the
poetry he has Inspired must all bo
reckoned with. <
Heard on the Corner
Treat’* Treatment
Ai ,r °[)' , H of the presence | n Atlanta
of Mr. Treat, the following story told
by The New York WorkM, tou”
omplalata came pouring in
I'harle.s II. Treat, treasurer of the
hlted States, that ono of hi. negro
wn* no cross and ugly that
nobody could get along with him >5
was all aged to Mr. Treat that this me.
fencer snapped ut everybody
spoke to him. and that his treatment
of people who bad business in ,?'
treasurer s office was scandalous h
•■Treat called the messenger in
Here, he said, 'ivhat Is all this I
hear about you being so cross
uglj ; t h«; nr ;l'0'ly can get along w*hh
you? \\ hat a the matter, with you j
Don t you know that It is your bust,
ness to bo poltte to everybody-"
—Yas sir, Mr. Treat.’ said the mes,
aenger, 'I suttlnly does know dat b'it
crMly cnln'^ 0 " 1 ' n ° h ° W - 1 Jbt n ^'
;;;whatl* the matter with you?'^H
... 1. * ** w mi you;
Ic'f' “ 1 lnt ”* pI * a * ant Wlf tny-
" ‘Indigestion? Why don't you da
something for Itr y 00
'"I spends all I kin afford on med.
iclne, hut tbfcy ain't nothin' that
reaches It. You see, Mr. Treat, I amt
got no teef an' I caln't chew noth-
In. '
^‘Haven't got any teeth? Let me
"The messenger opened a cavernous
mouth. There were but two stumne
of teeth In It. ”
" ‘Here,’ said the treasurer, pulling
out n nice new 910 bill with his name
on It, 'take this and yet yourself a set
of teeth mode. I don’t blame you, but
tt has got to be stopped.’ “
Pursued tn An Auto.
A young couple from Marietta, who
had Juat been married, left for the
east on the noon tram recently, and
while at the terminal station their
friends, who had preceded them, made
their wait for tho delayed train any-
thing but pleasant Tha •'send-off''
lasted from the end of the Marietta car
line on Marietta street until the couple
reached the station. It seems that
tho couple, after being married, had
endeavored to elude their friends by
coming to this city on the electrlo
car, but four of their friends secured
an automobile and arrived ahead of
them. The young bride and groom
entered a cab, which was awaiting
them at this end of the Journey, and
that was where their troubles began.
Old sh'oes, rubbers, rice and other mis.
slles followed the happy couple tn ths
station. The coachman received many
of the missiles on the starboard ear,
but he didn’t seem to mind It a lit
tle bit. driving his precious charges
through the streets with a good-na
tured grin which showed his appre
ciation of the circumstances.
MEN AND WOMEN.
Frofeaaor Rlnnldo Lothron IVrklni, on* of
tb* most scholarly men of lloaton, nt tho
ago of 80, lives a slmnle life Id a unuill
attic room, surrounded by bis books.
Asa Dekluge, who has been chosen chief
of tbe Apache Indians to succeed Gcronhno,
s ft graduate of the Indian school at Car
lisle and has great Influence with bis tribe.
his one hundred and
than 1,00 persons attended
given In hie honor.
General J. C. Jamison, * Missourian of
the old school, the greatest bird lover In
oklahomn. Ids present home, Is advocating
the adoption of till' study of birds and
tbelr protection la the pub
on* ofthsorgaatsers of the Medical college,
Hon. Thornes W. Buekncll. of Providence,
R. I.. Is known ns the "chemploD monument
raiser," hnvlng started more monument
funds and assured at more monument dedi
cations than any other man In too eoontry.
Clsnds Kemper, whose father Is t rice
sdmlrsl of the British .navy, hss enlisted
In the United States Marine corps unit It
now stationed at the Norfolk navy yard.
To It * year, old and aw hard terries
s the Boer wsr.
Sir Pardon Clerk*, director of the Met*
ro do titan Unseam, will Mil for Europe tie
day and whlta abroad wlU make arranr-
menu to got copies of certain masterpieces
which the museum rosy never hop* to 0>
teln possession of.
It ,
HS
to «r
SMi
Is reported from Japan thst jjw
f or bis derided to seed hie highness
see Usln.ee special esroy to A"**™
show Imperial concern for the dtastnuM
n Krisrfsco earthquake. He will sav
- this country June *•
REFLECTION.
tBy Ell* Anglin Vented
Can one of Earth's mortals afford to be
WhETEife's best endowments obtain?
Ah. reJYowr tomorrow may hold but s
Vainglory can toon torn to pals!
Just ^keep the heart gentle with radiant
And eternally brer this la mind.
Thst on Earth—qsltc as sure as s Hearts
shore-
There's t Heaven Is Just being kind:
THE PROTEST.
(By Ells Wheeler WI led.)
ild the great machine of Iron •"d" 00 *
U>, I sm n erretnre mrent for *«»•.
5i MtteS^d
^ Wh5re»’!e ta « , rS. r u, , h , i’n tb.
If owned by the many—Instead of the on*
“If owned by the people the whole wlds
Sbosdd Irero my purpose and hnow ml
I wn:iMVlose the chtsm thst yswne In out
•TwUt unesrned riches ssd lU-psJd tolk
No men should hunger, end no mso Utwi
To fill the pare* of an Mlo neighbor.
Ami «»ch man should know when wor»
W*re*I shared bj the Mnny—not owoed M
on®.
"I sm forced by the few, with their gt*e<
To forg!‘ I 'for .ke.many‘new fetters sfjsjjj
Y*t this la my purpose, » nd ever win -w
Ss^wWoreriorM^
S rt bfe Si u u«S,
And hall me friend In *n opnlrut lind.
IF YOU LOVE ME, DARUNO,
TELL ME WITH YOUR EYES
Thro' the gloaming ehfily
Falls the silent snow.
Like n sbhttered My
Drifting to and fro:
Yet beside oar Ingle
Summer dreams ariae-
If yon love me, darling.
Tell me with year eyes.
,J .W
name* thst rush sed rto«.
. Mc«»a to a.ties go;
Up. that mm ret .
A lien they love, sre wise.
There sr* none tol 1steo.
IVi'.-n’ILJtglances **lSre^
Need n6 low replies.
If tow lore see. itarilns.
Tell me with your eyes.
