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THE ATLANTA OEOKOIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, Pretldent. J Telephone Connections. Subtcription Retec One Year $4.50 Six Months 2.80 Three Month*..... 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c I Published Every Afternoon Fxcept Sundiy by THE GEORGIAN CO. it 25 V. Alibimi Street, AtUnti, G*. 1 J at s«coq4*c1«m matter April 28. 1908. at tb# Poatoiflc# at AtliDtft. (in., un<W *rt »t .••■dc'-pm * f 1. 1*79. %\ THE GEORGIAN COMES TO GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE V Envy, fo which th’ Ignoble mind'* a (lava la emulation In the learned or brave. —POPE. * Saturday Evening. We have no intention of clouding the lerenitjr of these week-end meditation* by the Injection of political consideration*, but the pmage by the home of repre sentative* of an excellent meaiure looking to th« purity of the ballot and the restraint of corrupUon at least afford* a text for profitable consideration. It Is Indeed deplorable that It should be necessary In this land of fre* and representative Institutions to adopt drastic measures for the preservation of our untrammsled franchise, but we have to take the world as we find It, and where men will not conduct themselves along high and honorable lines, they must. In the Interest of tho belief element, he coerced Into such a course. When we look abroad at the people who are strug gling under condiUons of government so much lets hap py than ours we wonder that any man can find It In bis heart to pervert the functions for which the fathers of the republic have fought and died. Tyranny has not yet perished from the earth. It does not yet abide mere ly In the musty volumes of theorists and doctrinaires. It Is a living and aggressive fact. There are gov ernments all over the old world In which the divine right of kjnga and autocrats Is vigorously and even bru tally maintained. A conspicuous example ever ready to mind is the Russian empire, but It Is by no means the only one. Injustice and oppression under the forms of law, or at least of government, still fill the world with blood and tears. The contemplation of these conditions should Inspire us with a higher appreciation of th* blessings we enjoy In having at our disposal at least the machinery by which every man may exercise his right as a sovereign In his own name and person. It laws are unjust or those who administer them are dishonest, the means by which they may be set aside or modified are In our own hands. And yet how few of us there are who give any thought to the great questions Involved In the duties of citizenship. Wo fritter away our energies In the dis cussion of the passions and prejudices which revolve around rival candidates and are led away from the con templation of great underlying principles. We are con tent that others should do our thinking for us, accept ing thetr Ipbo dixit with a sublime and chlld-llke faith. Illackstono said that "A competent knowledge of the Inw was tho proper ornament of a gentleman." There was a time In tho history of England whon this was practically recognized, and every man who undertook to plead his own case need not hare been regarded as having a fool for a client. But this is changed over there, while In America there have been few Instances whore men have taken a course In law merely a* an accom plishment. Nor do they pay the due consideration to the vital questions which more Immediately affect their own wel fare. They neglect the exercise of the franchise while people less fortunate are spending tbelr lives In fruitless efforts to secure this priceless privilege. Only a small percentage of our citizens apparently realize th* Impor tance of keeping Informed on the great questions which arise and then casting their ballots In accordance with their convictions. They shrink from the toll and the tur moil of elections and leave these questions to the pro fessional politicians. The warning Is often given, but It cannot be too often repeated that the highest citizenship calls for the par ticlpation of high and low, of the men of all conditions In life, In political contests and- discussions and the conse quent exercise of the franchise by those who are best qualified to express an opinion on any given matter. If this were true, and the blessings of the ballot were more deeply recognised, there would be small need for coercive measure to preserve the purity of the ballot. ► Hummers Disbarment. The well known New York lawyer, Abraham H. Hummel, has been suspended from further practice at the bar by a decision of th* appellate division of the su preme court, pending the final determination of an ap peal taken In bis case to the court of appeals. Hummel's case dates back to January 17, 1105, when he was first indicted In connection with the Dodge-Morse divorce case for conspiracy and subornation of perjury. The charges against Hummel were based on an af fidavit made by Dodge In October, 1901, In which be swore he had never been served with a summon* in his wife's divorce proceedings against him, afterward admit ting that he had. Messrs Hummel and Stelnhardt were alleged to have Induced Dodge to make the affidavit. Mr. Hummel pleaded not guilty to the perjury charge through his counsel, Delancey Nlcoll, and a long wrangle subse quently took place hi the courts, In whldh the trial was delayed. During the legal proceedings District Attorney Jerome, on May 19, 1905, caused accusations to be filed against Mr. Hummel in the bar association. New con spiracy chargee and Indictments were found against Mr. Hummel by th* grand Jury on June 26, 1905, and a mo tion for a change of venue made by the accused lawyer was denied. Mr. Hummel’s trial began on December 16, and last ed five days, when he was found guilty of conspiracy and sentenced to th* penalty of one year In prison and a 1500 fine. He was locked up In the Tombs for five hours afterward, but finally secured release on 110,000 ball. His release on ball was granted because of an application for a certificate of reaaonable doubt which be made be fore the appellate division of the supreme court On December Z7, 1906, Hummel was arrested again In a test case In reference to the conspiracy charge*. This I* now also pending. Wo have no desire to anticipate the final judgment of this court, but If the charges made against Hummel are sustained be should not only be disbarred, but fur ther and more vigorous punishment should be meted out to him. There Is no nobler and worthier profession In all our complex life than that of the law. It Is the science by which life, liberty and tho pursuit of happiness are protected and Inaured It has engaged the talent and skill of some of the ablest and loftiest characters In all time, from Joseph of Aramathca to our own good day. The standard of ethics which prevails for the most part In the profeaslon reflects the highest honor and credit on the members of the bar, and It will be found that no one Is more anxloue to protect this standard everywhere and at all times than these worthy members. When a man Is conspicuous for his ability he Is all tha moro called upon to maintain the very highest de gree of professional ethics. The laxity of divorce proceeding! baa become pro verbial. It has been the subject of the gravest deliber ation! by students of our social conditions for many years. It la a difficult matter, however, to find any rem edy unlest the members of the bar will tbemselvaa lend their Influence to the effort. In this instance there seems to be a well determined effort to ascertain the truth and If the great divorce law yer of New York has been guilty of unprofessional con duct, to punish him to the limit of th* law. A year pnd a half has elapsed (luce the first proceedings were tak en, and there seems to have been no very good reason for the delay, but the colls are gradually tightening and tha final latue will toon be decided. We feel safe In aisumlng that John D. Rockefeller will come out even on hi* book, though he should have to publish It at his own expense. Is a “Holy War” Threatened ? The English secretary of atate for foreign affairs, Sir Edward Orey, made the civilized world sit up and take notice a few days ago when he warned the house of commons that Egypt was on the verge of a Mohammedan uprising and that there were signs of a Jehad, or reli gious war, on the part of the Mohammedans of the world. , He was vsry solemn In bis warning to the opposi tion In parliament that unless the ministry was sus tained In all the steps It had taken to maintain peace In the land over which Lord Cromer prealdea there -would be complications and developments which would bring untold grief In their train, liie Inception of all this waa the fact that five Mohammedans were recently shot In Egypt In punishment for the' murder of five English men. Since that time there haa been restlessnesa on the part of the native population In Egypt, and various ru mors are rife to the effect that In other Mohammedan countries there Is a possibility of an uprising. John Dillon waa not deterred from denouncing tha government's policy in Egypt In unmeasured terms, the more conservative members standing aghast at tho man ner in which he waa flying In the face of fate. It Is Impossible to say just how serious the situation Is, or how strong is the possibility that there will be an uprising, but It Is certain that If any such event were to occur It would be one of the bloodiest and most disas trous In the history of modern times. The danger lies in the fact that these uprisings are fomented with all the silence and secrecy which now prevail. The fast {hat nothing definite Is known does not argue that there Is nothing In tho air. Such was the situation lu 1|2J when the pretty little Island of Sclo was practically depopulated and laid waste by the fanat ical aubjecta of tho sultan- This tight little Island was the personal property of tho sultana. Its revenues were hers alone.. Its Inhabitants wero among the moat happy, peaceful and contented in the Orient They had literally taken no part In the war between Turkey and Greece. They wanted peace and nothing more. tiut on a sudden a Turkish fleet lauded at the Island, the Moslem Inhabitants arose and literally scourged the Island as If another Attlla had come to life. Twenty thousand women and children were put to the (word and ten thousand of the most beautiful of the women— the most perfect remnsnts of the old Greek type—were sold as slaves In the market places of the east. The handsome college buildings and other Imposing struc tures were destroyed by fire and the Island of Sclo was mads a wilderness and sown with salt This was but one of the many Instances In which Turkish, or Mohammedan, treachery haa nursed its wrath and concealed Us Intentions until th* fateful hour ar rived, only to swoop down upon an unsuspecting people and wipe then) from the earth. The Jehad la a religious war. It 1* the call to arm* Issued by the Father of the Faithful, and It la a point of religious doctrine that every believer shall join It Buch an uprising of the hoits of lelam would be a calamity Indeed. But Islam itself I* divided in its loyalty these days and there 1* a strong possibility that there will be no Jehad. It Is by no means Improbable, however, that there may be some minor uprising, In Egypt, for Instance, and that the warning Issued by Sir Edward Grey Is entirely timely and wise. THE CHILD LABOR BILL. The following paper was read by Mrs. J. H. L. Gor din o, on the subject of the child labor bill, before the tenth annual convention of King's Daughter* and Sous at Waycross in 6tay last: God haa given to woman the custody of childhood, and for that mission has endowed her with patience, tenderness. Intuition of lurking perils, and a courage to dtfend with her Ilf* tf need be the security of that defenseless legacy. She not only seeks the good of her own, but all. children, therefore no one so fitting ly chtmplone the rights of childhood a* woman. The King's Daughters, organised to battle for the right against the wrong, ran In no better way honor Him and bring glory to His name than to oppose the em ployment of children of tender age tn the mills of our state- The child labor question, like the cause of tem perance, has passed the sentimental stage, accom plished Its work of agitation, and now appeals to the reason, Judgment and common sense of the people. When that is fully accomplished, It will crystallize Into law, for It Is the only way to make effective all sentiment, reason and Judgment. We must not stop short of a compulsory educational bill, for all wrong calls for a remedy, and even parents sometimes will not be willing to surrender the small earnlngi of their children, when they have-learned to depend on them. Perhaps all of you do not know that Georgia la the only state In the Union that haa not passed a child labor bill, and ahe now stands conspicuously, the only power In the civilised world that grind* the life of Ita children Into dollars. Who Is to blame for this? Evidently the people who failed to elect the proper men to the senate, to carry the measure. The bill failed by alx votes. Let's find out the names of the twenty-three who voted against the bill and brand them as traitors to a sacred trust, a* men who have a price, ready to be bought by heartless corporations. It Is true that Northern capitalists are rushing to Georgia to build factories, so they can get rich divi dends from the cheap labor of Georgia's helpless little children. Their own section Is loo civilized to use up the minds and bodies of Ha future citizens. Look on this picture, then on that. In 1900 there were 200,000 negro children enrolled In schools In the state of Georgia, and not one to.be found tn the factories. They are growing up strong lo body and mind, sing ing aAd plsytng on their way to school, while thou sands of little white children droop and pine tn-worse than prison cells, amid foul air and ceaseless toll, twelve hours a day; and in some instance* they work at night. The .Vorth Is appropriating more money for the higher education of the negro than the en dowments of all tbc Southern collegi a put together, while the Southern people are taxed for the free ed ucation of the negro children aa well an the white, and we allow many of the white children to be denied such privileges. What a shame! God will punish pitch blindness. There never can be even an ap proach to social equality between the races, yet edu cation counts In tin- race "t life. In the battles for re sponsible employment The other picture with the true light turned on Is this: There are l.<50,000 white children In the United States employed In mills and mines who ought to bo In school. I don’t know exactly what per cent are In the South, and particularly In Georgia, but sta tistics show that four times as many children (ac cording to population) are employed In the South than In the North. They are Ignorant, dwarfed In mind and body, furnishing recruits for the great army of tramps, beggars and criminals- Oh the mute ap peals of those little tollers for atrong friends to lib erate them and restore to them the right to play In ‘fresh air, and grow In mqntal vigor! They are sad eyed, pale and stooped: they know not why. Their work Is constant repetition, and never stimulates a' thought, so by the time they are grown, hnblt Is so fixed they are Incapable of being trained In skilled AS TO IMPARTIALITY. To the Editor of The Georgian: "Probably two-Oftba of the vote repre sented belonged to Mr. Howell. It wsa tinted lu Albany that Colonel Ks'tlll hod a strong following lo thnt section of the etate, end thnt nt the Innt thin would bo tamed toward Clerk Howell. • » • -rile difference between the two cnndl frame flUei! aeffieeea. tsMBHOTBBMBMPEHHMHB In the crowd, end every eheer'froni either faction waa triced to He source by his abor, "have the emptiness of ages In their England with shame'and regret acknowledges her wrongs to children, years ago. and Is now wrest ling with thp problem of the unemployed who want work, but are Incompetent, and the tramp who will not work. She has tried to turn them Into her afmy and navy, but recent Investigations show that out of 1,000 men who were examined not 100 passed the physical examinations. They are the finished product of outraged childhood without sufficient In telligence to keep from the drink and cigarette habit. God did not make children capable of defending them selves from oppression, because He trusted parents and CbrlBtlau friends to do that. Have -we been •rue to thnt trust? The cry comes ringing down the ages from an offended God. where is thy brother? and the vaulted skies reverberate with the selfish evasive query. Am I my brother's keeper? God's controversy with Cain did not end there, neither can It In this In stance. Today the voice of God Is heard In every en- Ilghted conscience—Thy brother’s blood cricth unto me from the ground and If not heeded, punishment greater than can bo borne will be tho result. At the close of Mr*. Gerdlne's remarks a motion was passed directing tbc atate secretary to appoint a com mittee to draft resolutions in favor of a bill and to see to It that the resolutions are read at the next meeting of the legislature. Heard on the Corner Chirk Howell, though lighter and small or from* than hla upi 'i conspicuous, and wou from the party inuMHHHI |He waa entirely at hla eaaa. Smith] — — — intlrely , carelaaaly and almoat roughly dressed, look *1 tho experienced campaigner. Howell, attired In well-cut garments, looked the *— if a down-to-date bualaeat men. A , of either Iniplrcd confluence. Nellb or tiore e trace of the domagogne."—Kl- eerpts from Tha Georglan-e account of ‘ between Uoge Smith I em t eubeeriber to The Georgian end _ etrunr ... — - — t Is w _ e« criticism that I present the above little Incident to yonr notice. Uccaston- elly you Indirectly compare the Impartial handling of the preient campaign newe by The Georgian with that of tha other At lanta papers. Rend tha above clipping from yonr pa- E ar on the Albany debate, and espials onr your reporter can say. In a black leadline, "Smith Supporter* In the .Major- tty," and that two-tlfthe of the audience wee for Howell, end that Eotllt bad a •trong following In that aactlon. There fore, yonr readers would moat reteooably -hat Eatlll, J. Smith and Rue- about oneflfth of the audience, which would leave Hoke Kmlth only two- flfthe-Just tlie same number yonr report ergave r Thus It Impartial. , for those little features In the two debaters that will compare moat nearly .alike. He will not say wherein one debater gained n point over the other, unless he Can atatr another point that made the result - the debate equal. Tbua your reader* ' tba most substantial and-Interesting fea tures of the debate. While trying to be , porter left the Impression _ boring under a heavy etralu. llut candor rompela me to admit that he did well under the circumstances. Still, we must continue to reed the partisan nrcounta by Th* Journal and The Constitution nml ons on. the result. . , _ believe you under. Itand th* meaning of the word “Impartial" witter then your reporter. For lustnnro, compare your report of the Atlanta de bate with tula Albany report, w* all know that both tic-ally the seme. Impartiality does not mean n strong stand on one Bide ngalnat the other; neither does It mean for any on* to strain at gnat* In order to make both aides ap- ^gubmutad with beat wishes and In good- humored crmci.m. 8 p STRICKLAND, Alpharetta, G*., July IS, 190*. TAINTED MONEY AND JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER To the Editor of The Georgian Judge !.Inds.tr, president of th* National .aveitlif refused — — . — Rockefeller for the ua* of the association, on the ground of Its being "tainted mon ey." Th* Rev. Dr. Gladden, of the Pren* hyterlsu church north, obtained some no toriety of late by n similar refusal. The actions of these distinguished gentlemen have no Juitlllratlon. either In the .real of common sense, morals or good re Halt: 1 know of no system of casuistry, politic economy or moral philosophy which Sep rate* money, per se. Into tainted and pur* mouey. When doe* money cease to be mor ally tainted and become morally pure? Home dsy, tha riche* of Ur. Rockefel ler will pass 1*1" othae hands. Upon the supposition that It la now "tainted," will It then cease to be tainted? To reject money offered tor worthy end* on the ground that It has been obtained by u methods would be to follow every lar through Its history of circulation, to determine If It haa ever been owned by dishonest hands. God owns all men. good and bad. though He does not possess the latter, ae well aa th* gold and silver end the rattle on a thousand hills, and all are mad* to subserve b.« glory., Do the million* la th* bend* of Mr.Ttlekefoler for * brief time, belong to God or Mr. Rocke feller, and I* nothing of this mighty lever of power to be used by Its reel owner for the good of mankind, or le It to be al lowed to subserve only the > growth and wretchedness of th* Devil'* kingdom? To ask le to answer a question of such wlck- "Vbe'reputed answer of Bern Joni whisky dealer la pertinent. Jooeu • incisive way the Ran nan remarked that __ .... _.. Joare would receive money, cotton by the sal* of liquor, end that he would prove It. Ou meeting Mr. Jones, he offered him IS, saying he got It from the •ale of whisky. Uamtook promptly, ey ing: "I thank roe, my friend; th* devil hee used this money long enough, t and I will now pot It to a better mre." • Huppoee this saloon man. In the kind est Impulse of hi* heart, enter* a. home of It I* poevrty and Buffering. midwinter end poor widow, with a half dozen children, * Buffering from cold end hunger. He. In -nuln* sympathy, give* her Uw to relieve this money he re- Klther Ih# benevolent — . an emanation from the devil or from Oral. If from God. then there la good In man. thongh fallen and o*t of th* church. II may he, which we should honor, and which God does honor, and the good act makes the Unsocial medium of Ha render ing goal. God taken even the wrath of man and causes It to iwalae him, and why not Hla own money. In the hand* of men. and cause It to praise him? We must learn to appreciate the true and good wherever found and however revealed, within and without the church, for la either case It la an emanation alike from God. and to condemn the mean and low, within and without the church, for both alike are emaaatloo* from rhe ilavll. Let ua credit to Ur. Rockefeller a kind heart la the sift and offer of bis millions, or. rath er. Ural's, for the graid of the world, and allow this only way of making restitu tion for his Ill-gotten geln. If euch bo trae. If be had served the devil In gathering bit tnUllone for humanity's sake, let him •err* God In apemllng these millions. Let us. with George Kllot, "believe I* the Anal good of all thing*. White good morals and good religion nerer jnatlfv wrongdoing In man. It Is raise of gratification that a great and good God can overrule It for highest good. Much la the fallacy of the lew held by Judge I.ludaay end the Rev. Hr. Gladden that I am constrained, rr- netnntly, to conclude that It Is from th* absence ef broad culture, * pharaaairal Judge Fred Foster, of Madison, waa In his element the other night. In ons corner of tho Kimball rotunda he had a crowd about him which listened with glee oa judge Fred proceeded to devil the life out of a stranger who had In advertantly admitted that he was from Arkansas. The judge called attention to the ell mate of Arkansas, the water, the slow trains, and the general cussedness of the state aa a whole. While admitting that there were little dabB of good land lit Arkansas, ho upheld the supremacy of Georgia ngalnst the world, the flesh and the devil. Then somebody called on Judge Foster to tell his story about Buck Young's baptizin'. The judge demurred at first, coy as a girl pianist at a musical#. But he was persuaded. It would have done you good to hear Judge Foster tell that story. He de- sorlbed localities as though they were at hla door. Ho pictured the Georgia creeka and the cool shady dells. Its dropped Into the soft drawl of the Cracker, Imitated tho voices of the "brethren and slstren" at the baptizing. When he had finished the crowd filled half the rotunda. "Bill McGill told me about It," said the Judge. -Tve been Ashing with Bill a thousand times. He and Buck and Jim Young used to do nothing but flBh and smoke. Ons day I missed Buck and Inquired about him. ‘ 'I have beared as how Buck done got religion over at Plney Ford,' said Bill McGill. 'Leastways he got took In the church In the mawnln' and put out In the evenin'. Hlt 'penrs Buck's brand of religion wa'nt made to stan' tvash- to\ " 'Some of them women come over from the big camp meettn' at Plney and they persuade Buck to Jlno the church. Hit was Sunday mawnln' when they took him down to Tom Wlllltt's hoes branch to baptize him. " 'Jen' as the preacher was about to put him under, some feller oif the bank hollered out: * "Brothers, I objset to takln’ Buck Young Into the church lessen he swears ho won't fleh no mo' on Sunday." " ‘Buck heard him and pondered a minute or two. The water In WlUItt's brim.-h \vn-< cle.-ir a gloss an' 111" maple leaves was floatin' down os pur- ty as you ever see. Hit mus' have strained Murk n little, hut he 'lowed us how he'd gone this fur an’ might ns well play out the game. So he prom ised, and the preacher took him under the water. •“ 'When the preacher com* up, ho oome alone. Somebody begins to hol- ler that Buck was drowned. Jim Young was settin' on th* bank whittlin' stick. ‘"Buck ain't drowned," he yells, "he kin swlnt like or otter. Jes' look at them blubbers." ‘The bubbles was a-rtsln* down the creek towards the mill dam. Every body waa a-watchln‘. Fust thing you know, out popped Buck, mud In his hair an' a ten-pound mud-cat warin' In hla hand. ',‘'Tve got him, damn him, I'vo got him,” sings Buck, an' that was the last chance of Buck Young's gtttln' in the church.’” BREATH FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Oa tbe crest of the Blue Ridge Moun tains the scenery I* *o picturesque end tbe work,of the Creator *o 'manifest, that w* era lost IB admiration and feel our Inability to describe tbe peace Sad tran quillity of the ecene. One ranse rise* on another until oyly a faint blue outline le discernible In tbe distance. Wo look down Into valleys cov ered by a denes growth of trees, over which thin vapor binge snspended, covering i wbol* with a halo of glory! Be still and know that I am God!” We feel th* God of the llnlrerse In tbs vest etlUneaa around ns. Here end there a great tree stands ont alone, overlooking some precipice. It has stood there through age* awaiting lu Unal decay, when It will form again a part of Mother Karth. It will return "unto the dust” end new tree* will stretch forth their arms toward the snn, bnt th* monnula* will endure end generations will "look nnto th* hills from whence cometk their help!" Underfoot le a carpet of osk lesree browned and twlatad. The denizens of the oreet Bee at onr approach. A ball of soft brown far appear* for * moment end la cone. A bob white whistles to Ita mate. Nature's conservatory Is rich with moun tain laurel end fern! •ut now we are winding down the moan tela end hare reached the valley. Here * the mill where th* fresh smelling meal I* ground, and th* Helds hold golden etalks of wheat! There Is a spring bubbling somewhere near and Ita water* are cold end clear aa rryaUII A whole mountain aide la fertile .with corn, aud In th* distance cow* are grating In cool retreats, completing the scene for an artist's canvas! More Ideated Is ho who gaeth forth with the breath of th* mountain* In hla nostrils than he who swelters In a city: IIK8BIB DENTON YVHITTLE8EY. 117 East Georgia Avenue, Atlanta. FULLY INSURED. ETERXAL DAMNATION. Quite recently there seems to be a revival of discussion of the doctrine of eternal damnation; It la attracting moro than usual attention, and much Is being written both for and'against It. This question may never be settled to tho entire satisfaction of any one this side ot the grave, and It seems to me that whether there Is or Is not an ever lasting hpll Is of little consequent ■ ■ 1 .y "no who Is honestly end t-nni-cl'. seeking to mAke the best possible of this life, uninfluenced by tho fear or dread of hell, exercising freely and fully all the powers and faculties with which on" Is endowed. I am not unmindful of tho fact thnt mere opinion does not carry any weight of argument, but I am fully persuaded In my own mind, reasoning from tho self-evident proposition that Ood can not be less Just than man, that God cannot damn an honest man. On all matters of which absolute knowledge ts essential that knowledge has been given beyond quest Ion, and on other questions men may and will dif fer, perhaps as long as men continue to think. In matters of which we know not positively, It seems to me that the surest and safest way of arriving at the truth Is through the application of the principle! that hold good In ma terial matters, to the eplrltual or oc cult. For Instance, the penalty pre scribed by man for the violation of any civil law depends not merely on the fact that the law has been broken, but In proportion to the Injury that viola tion may w ork to the Individual affect ed. and to th* community at large. I can conceive of no method of rea soning by which man can arrive at the conclusion that ho who has kept all the laws save one Is to be dumped Into hell along with-the great mass of those who have committed every crime In the whole decalogue; and yet, thla Is ex actly what we are asked and expected to accept and believe. Destroy this Idea and you destroy hell. Can any sane man offer a single sensible, logi cal reason why such a condition should exist? Why God created man without tho man's consont and then placed around him such conditions and en vironments as would absolutely Insure his eternal ruin? In all that I have read on thla subject I have failed to find a single lota of argument based upon reason, justice and common sense la advocacy of eternal damnation for * single creature, tbe creation of the mind and power of a God of loflnlte love. Justice and mercy. If man is not Immortal, then the Idea -If "Teriutl suffering Ih an utter Impos sibility. Ho must be Immortal If he Is to suffer eternally, and It he Is Im mortal, then tell me, Is not that Im mortality a very part of the great God that created him, endowed with every attribute of God himself, and this be ing true, does not thla doctrine of eternal hell necessarily Imply self- destructlon, self-punishment? But we are told that,the Bible teaches eternal damnation. Not many days ago we were treated to a long list of quota tions from the Bible (through the col umns of The Atlanta Georgian, I be lieve It was), teaching In language thnt could not be misunderstood this horri ble doctrine. My answer to that Is thla (and no reasonable man who has read the Bible will deny It): By taking disconnected passages from the Bible you may prove that God commanded, or countenanced, every crime knon-n to man. This doctrine haa done more to de moralise and degrade the human race than any other one thing that can be mentioned. It had Its origin In the brain of the savage; It Is the offspring of f*ar and superstition. It haa not a single elevating and ennobling prlncl pie In It, and aa men are advancing, rising superior to Ignorance and su- K ratltlon, farther away from the bar- rian, this abominable doctrine Is Just as rapidly losing Its hold upon their minds, their live* actuated by higher and holler and nobler motives than fear. This I* not simply assertion, or the matter of opinion, but the state ment of facts that art amply borne out by history. J. E. LOVELESS. From The Argonaut. A l'lki out a ’life peltry for ll.too. Then, with hie wife, be elarted for I’orter* lake with a, the wife to rook min to clean flab, and no on. Unfortunately, the youns guide we* bitten by n rattlesnake one morning, and n few data afterward* he died. The endow notified her family and friend* of hie death In n not* that raid: "Rill pa rat away ylatldy. I-oea fully cor- ered by Insnraare. Rockefeller. Are tbe urn of pore money coming up and willing lo do the good lining done by aome of the “tainted money" or Mr. Rockefeller? It the moral Mint or purity of money la conditioned by the moral taint or purity of Ita poaaraaor, 1 anapect BOOM vary dirty "fllthr Inert" more* romnlarently down the alalee of aoae of onr churehr* on Sun day, and may go to aar* th* poor heathen or help feed the preacher and family oa Monday. How many of onr ehnrrhet or preacher* refute tbe gllta of our rich and prominent brother*, Kmlth and Jane*, he cenee It might be "tainted money j" C N. DONALDSON. THE CYNIC’S WORD BOOK. By AMBROSE BIERCE. P ROVIDENTIAL adj. Unespeetedly end eoneplenonsly beneficial to the peraon to describing It. TRUDK, n. A lady In hiding behind the beck of her demeanor. PUBLISH, v. In HtrraFy affair*. to tie- come the fundamental element la n cone of critics. PUSH, n. On* of th* (wo thlnga mainly ¥M.*r 'll pp,, “~ PYRRHONISM, n. An ancient philoso phy. named for It* laaentor. It roualat e<l of an nbaolqte disbelief In everythin* hut l’yrThpnlsm. Ita modem professor* hhva added that. QUEEN, n. A woman by whom tbe realm Is ruled when there Is n king, and through whom It Is rated by a nun when there It not. .QUILL a. As Implement of torture yielded by a route and commonly wielded ojr an its. Thla in of th# qnlll ta bow obsolete, but the winder of'it. modera equivalent, th* atael pen. Is still an tee. QIIVER, n. A portable eheetb I* which the ancleut statesmen and th* aboriginal lawyer carried tbelr lighter argument*. He extracted from' hla . qalrer, _ Did thla controversial Roman, An argument well Sited _ To the qneellou a* submitted. Then addressed It to the liver ■ Of th* unreeeonahte forms n. —OGLl'M P. BOOMP. QUIXOTIC, edj. Absurdly rhlrnlrie. Ilk# Don Quixote. An Insight Into the beauty and azeellenee of thla Incomparable .-(- jectlv* I* unhappily denied tahto, who ha. the ml.fortnae to know that the gent” man * mum I* pronounced Ke-ho ty. Monotony, 'tie folly to know Spanish. ily Private l-ensed Wire. New York. July 14.—President Boos*, veil has been banded a lemon. Archl* did It, and It wan alt because the Roos*. volt family had a family picnic on Friday, the llth. After lunch the athletic sport began, and the prceldent waa the star per former. A great game of “one old cat” bad bern planned, but the sad dis covery waa made that Archie had for gotten the ball and bat. The president eared the day, emulating the first great act of George Washington and with a rusty hatchet fashioned a sapling Into a hat. The lemonade paraphernalia #•>< pilfered to provide a ball. The president won the toe* and, gripping Ills home-made bat, stepped confidently to the plate. Archie was In the box, but hie con trol was poor. The first pitched ball went wild, striking the batter behind the left ear, In the words of KermlL thereby "handing papa a lemon." John D. Rockefeller’* mllllon-dollar house In the Pocantlco Hills I* being bullded with the comfort of Mr*. John Ii. RotkeMlar, Jr., particularly in view and that lady ta deeply Interested In the progress of the builder*. Like her mother-in-law, young Mr*. Rockefeller ta fond of society, and It I* altogether probable that when the new palace I* ready for occupancy It will be the scene of many splendid social functions. 'Great wealth I* a breeder of Insan ity,” aay* Dr. Hill, who ha* charge of Insane asylum* In Baltimore. "The dis sipations which wealth afford are a more fruitful aource of Insanity than worry, care, overwork and the vartou* other channels through which the brain receives the hurt that results In mad ness.” Dr. Graeme Hammond, of this city, the great alienist, says that this is not so. Tf any one will simply glance over the names of the men who have made vast fortunes—the Vanderhllts. the As ton, the men who control the Standard Oil and other big trusts—he wilt see that wealth Ip not by any means a breeder of Insanity," he says. “Tbe principal cause for all forms of Insanity, generally speaking, ta defec tive hereditary. Luxury, which Is In cidental to wealth, and the dissipation which often goes with It, may Indeed undermine the health and cause neru- resthenlo, but never Insanity." Rose Marsten, artist's model and ac tress, friend - of Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, comes to the defense of New York's artists. She says: It's a shame to declare that all of the artists' studios In this city are In- Iqultlous, for auch Is not the case. They have been condemned simply be cause one man, who was not an artist, and never had any real studio, but sim ply a lounging place, happened to use this place to hold hta midnight revels. "I have been an attendant at all of the principal studios/In this city since I waa a mere child of 11 years, nml I have yet to aay that I have been Insult ed. The artists In this city are gentle- men, the equal of which are not to be found anywhere. There to never the suggestion of a scandal about them and a model dally attending their studios as I have will never hear a word out of tho way. "To pose In one of the studios Is hard work. And while they might make your life pleasant by talking, It le all a matter of business with them. They have so many hours set opart for their work and they never break In on It except for a few momenta’ rest or ta change the canvass. "All of tho prominent artists who engage models are most respectful In their attitude and attentions to them, and for a model who Is given to frivol ity a study ta no place. She will not find It there." Theodore Rooeevelt McNeely. Nlcho. las Longworth McNeely and Austin McNeely ore doing very nicely today, thank you, and so ta Mrs. Austin Me- Neely, of No. 40 Downing street, the mother of these Interesting triplets. Papa McNeely ta receiving the con gratulations of hla friends and n con stant stream of visitors ta admiring tn* sturdy qualities of the Infants. Young Longworth may readily be distinguish ed from the president's name-sake by reason of the fact that he wears s red ribbon on hta arm, whereas little Theo- dore R. wear* a white one. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM D LEAD GOTHAM. By Private I-cased Wire. New York, July 14.—Here arc eom* of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—J. B, Flakier. O. -V Lewis, 8. L Morris, T. H. Rice, J- L Riley, YV. T. Downing, C. Moore, a. Wellhouse. ‘ , , . SAVANNAH—Mins L. Harris. J J- Harrington. J. J. McDonough. R. Pa™: er, Jr., L. G. Young, C. M. Oabbett and IN PARI8. Paris, July 14—Robert Leary. Mr. and Mr*. John F. Kiser and Mix* Simmons, of Atlanta, registered at n* office of the European edition of ta* New York Herald today. THIS DATE IN HISTORY ] JULY 14. „ . 1223—Philip Augustus of France died. 1003— Cardinal Maearfu born. Died 51 1771—Mlaatoa of Ban Antonio. Cat.. foandeA Ins-lMame of Paris taken and dyijjgjjj M12—Little Tortle, famous chief of Indians, died. h _ r tt«, 1817—Mine. De Htael, famous French truer, died. Bora April S3, 174A j b* 1863—Crystal Palace. New York, opened J President Pierce. . t be 18*2—General Pope took command or Army of Vfrglnln. , -,..-1- -Confederates defeated at Tm*" 1 1870—Congress granted pension of to" w i* r annum to Mr*. Abraham I 'neo l( . 1873- Don Curios entered B *“5i*nM earned commend of bl*P* eh* 1874- 11. J. Jewett elected president ef *• 18SS—Joha^Brisht resigned hit po*l»n“ 11 the English eaWner. , u *e 1883- Henry M. Btanley ffiewrered Mnntnnbn In Central Africa- 1884— I*rluee Adalbert, third eon of peror William of .t White -Whltelaw Bald'* residence at 18ll-<ieocgeT , rancl* ,, Trtln rempleb" 1 clf ' cult of the world I* C days. g(It , 1896—Hr. Norton H. Towntend, of Ohio unlmvltj, tlifd. , . _ ( ' I( .cfrt! Surrender of Bantlago by WK—Cefrbmted Cnmpnnllc, or bell W"* tam-O-it^Tct 'revoked In Irelsn'l , „