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Newspaper Page TextThe Atlanta Georgian. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TUEBDAT, JULY 17. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Subscription Rites: Published Every Afternoon One Year $4.50 Except Sunday by Six Months 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. Three Months 1.25 at 25 IP. Alabama Street, By Carrier, per week 10c Atlanta, Ga. jr I'r.t cr-<1 a, secooR-cfosi matter April 3. 190®, at the rostofflc* St Atlanta. Ga.. under act of ro a areal of March Z. 1879. THE GEORGIAN COMES TO ! GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE Tie wisdom to beware And better shun the bait than struggle In the snare. —DRYDEN. Protection for the Children. Tho whole state rejoices In the tact that the BeJ! child labor bill has been passed by the bouse and It Is now certain that It will become a law. This bill, which Is one of the most vital with which the general assembly has had to deal at the present ses sion, has been so framed by its author as to be Identical with a measure Introduced in the senate Jointly by 23 members. It was therefore a foregone conclusion that if the house could be Induced to pass it without amend ment It would be accepted by the senate and would soon become a law. The author of the bill and his lieu tenants, by good generalship, succeeded In atoerlpg It through the house without alteration, and It has now gone to the upper house where It will be promptly adopted. A sigh of relief goes up all over tho state at the realization that this long, hard light Is over at last Tho straggle In behalf of tbo children of Georgia has been one of the most persistent In the history of legislation. All the forces that could be brought to bear against the onactment of ffiich a measure have been arrayed against It year by year and at times It seemed that protection for tho children of tender years would bo Impossible. But the determined men wbo have had charge of tbeso various measures have never lost heart and hope, and now. In the adoption of tho Bell child labor bill, that hopo has been vindicated. Under tho provisions of this measure no child under ten years of ago can work In a mill or manuafcturlng plant under any circumstances. No child under twelve years of ago can work there except to,contribute to tho support of a widowed motbor or disabled father, the or dinary of the county certifying to the facts In the case each year. It provides that no child under 14 years of age can be employed or allowed to labor In a factory or manufacturing establishment at night, or shall be per mitted to work there at all unless he or sho can rend and write bis or her name and slmplo Bontcncos. The child must attend school three months each year until he or she has passed public school ago, six weeks of which time shall have been consecutive. No child shall be employed by Buch manufacturing concern without an affidavit setting forth the facts in the case signed by tbo parent, guardian or some one who stands In loco parentis. Such parent, guardian or next friend who shall make any false statement In this connection, or any person hiring a child In violation of these provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and the affidavits setting forth the required facts shall be open to Inspection by the grand Jury. Some of the amendments offered on yesterdky were regarded as being acceptable In themselves, but It was tho desire of jlio friends of the bill to do nothing which would Imperil Its passago by the senate, which was a! ready committed to such a measure as was then under consideration. It was the part of wlpdom to adopt Jt as It stood and secure the passage of a certain measure of relief for tho poor children of Georgia. Tho present bill, It will be seen, goes a long way toward affording the doalred relief. A foundation has been laid on which subsequent reforms may be based. Georgia hna already been shamefully slow In passing somo measure for the relict of the children of the state. Millions of money are poured lpto Georgia every year for the education of negro children, In addition to the sum raised by taxation and distributed. Impartially among white and black. The consequence Is that thou- sands of negroes are receiving the ben elite not only of common school, but of higher education, while the chil dren of white parents are forced to till the fields which havo boon depopulated of negro labor or else drift Into the cotton mill cities to earn the living whlph Impover ished families cannot make on the farm. They are grow- lng up in Ignorance at the same time that they are stunt- lng their bodies by long hours of work while yet In their tender years. There has been but little question, except on the part of those whose opinions are governed by self Interest, that a stringent law should be enacted, but It has not been nn easy matter to overcome all the forces of oppo sition. Yesterday’s vote decided the matter, and from now on It Is hoped that the tendency will be steadily upward and that In the end we will have a measure which throws nround the growing child. In the formative period .of mind and body, the strong arm of adequate protection and the Incentives of a higher life. American makes them at times amusing—Mr. Bryan looked upon as a “pretender* to the presidency and Is trying to defraud Longworth of bis rightful heritage. Nicholas himself has given no encouragement to the Idea that he was'"the heir apparent” to the presidency, and he even Indulged the hope that when Mr. Bryan came to England public attention would be diverted from himself, at least so far as any presidential possibilities were concerned. Instead of this, however, the British public Insisted upon regarding Mr. Bryan as an Inter loper, or “protender,” and not a few hints of this char acter, Intended as sympathy fqr his cause, were ex pressed to Mr. Longworth. All of tbld Is very amusing, but It Is entirely in keep ing with the Ignorance of that British public which thinks It Is still possible to bunt buffalo In Central Park, and thnt a run over to Ban Francisco Is a Journey of few hours. In the meantime Mrs. Longworth and her husband havo gone to Paris, where It Is hoped people have clearer and more definite Ideas about a democratic republic. The Lady Hooligans., The suffragettes of England—otherwise known as the lady hooligans, and by the Irreverent as “foollgans' >re not only coming to grief In Individual Instances, but they are undoubtedly bringing shame and reproach upon the cause of woman’s suffrage. The scene when a body of tbeso women, whose thews and sinews are strong, assembled aronnd the house of Mr. Asquith and made both night and day hideous Is still remembered very feelingly. It wa*s but one of many Instances of outrage. Bitting In the visit ors' gallery of the house of commons they have more than once made demonstrations which were distinctly unseemly, and they havo succeeded In awakening the resentment of the people at large, regardless of the principles for which they contend. They have broken up a great many meetings, but on Sunday at Manchester they were treated to a dose of their own medicine. One of the most aggressive of the suffragettes was to make a speech, and was backed up by a member of parliament who had won an unsavory notoriety by championing the cause of tbe Zulus as against tho 8outh African colonists. For a while tbe crowd which assembled as lookers on were content with good natured chaffing of the meet ing, but the pleasantry grew Into ridicule and Anally Into open hostility as tbe bitterness of tho speakers In creased, and Anally the suffragettes bad to run for their lives. That Is to say, tbe surrounding crowd was about to crush them to death by mere force of numbers. Tbo bellicose membor of parliament had a hard time In rescuing tho lady hooligans. One of the latter, how ever, lived up to her reputation and to that of her as sociates by knocking one man down with hpr bare list and another with her deadly umbrella'. On the whole It was a disgraceful sort of proceed ing and served to bring still further Into disrepute the cause for which tbe suffragettes were contending. The conservatism and common sense of England has arrived at tho conclusion that if the mere advocacy of wo man's suffrage Is to be marked by such unfemlnlne scenes as these the cause Itself had better be postponed lndeDnltely, Cockney Views of Longworth. While the people of this country are speculating as to who will be the next president of the United States, the people of England—Including “the three tailors of Tooley street"—have settled the matter to their own 'satlsfac; tlon, and take It as a foregone conclusion that it will be Hon. Nicholas Longworth. The London cockney cannot get It out of his head that the presidency of the United States Is an hereditary office, Just like that of king. He looks upon Longworth as a man who will come into the office of chief executive of the United States by reason of his marriage to the president's 'daughter, very much after the fashion that some nobleman would come Into a dukedom from the distaff side. People wbo really ought to know a great deal better Insist on calling him a senator. They cannot get Into their heads that there Is any such thing In this country as a “representative,” although their own house of com mons corresponds to it exactly. A number of the leading papers In tbe kingdom have been constantly referring to him as a'‘‘senhtor." To cap the climax, some of the special correspond ents Inform us that among tbe unlettered multitude—or at least those whose insular ignorance of everything The Weekly Editors. Today tbe members of the Weekly Press Associa tion of the state of Georgia ara asBombled at Hartwell In their annual state convention. From Nlcknjack to Ty- bee Light, from the farthest cornor of Dado to the marshes of the OkeAnokee, these worthy members of the Fourth Estate are gathered for their annual outing whldh has become a part of their lives. The Georgian trusts that the enjoyment they appa rently experienced while th^y were assembling In this city will be continued during tbe session, compounded of pleasure and profit, which Is now going forward In our sister city. Itjs Impossible to speak In extravagant terms of the wisdom, the optimism and the general usefulness of the members of t(ils organisation,- It was Edmund Burke who, standing In the house of commons, said: "Around me alt the three estates of the realm: the lords spiritual, the lords temporal and tbe commons; but In that gal lery," pointing toward the corner set aside for the press, “there sits a fourth estate, more powerful and more Important than all these.” The verdict of the world has conffrmed this estimate of the InAuenco of the press. No wonder that Napoleon should have said that he “feared four newspapers more than the bayonets of a battalion.” No wonder that Thomas Jefferson should have said that It he had to choose between a government without newspapers and newspapers without a government, he would not hesitate to select the latter. In this day and time when the collection apd distribution of tbe news of the world has arrived at Its existing high state of perfection, the news paper as an Institution Is more powerful than ever before In Its history. Tho men who crystallize In editorial ut terances the sentiment of the people, are disposed to be more thoughtful and to realize the gravity of their call ing more keenly perhaps than ever before. " But whatever measure of InAuenco and vitality may attach to the editorial function in general terms. It be longs In a peculiar degree to the editor of the country weekly. He lives close to the people. He knows how the great heart of the masses pulses with life and aspi ration. He is akin to the sun and the soli which bring forth fruits of every character In abundance. As life Is made up of an infinitude of small events which shape the destiny of man and tbe course of nations, he knows these minutiae by actual and continuous contact The householder, the unit of citizenship, Is his friend and neighbor, and all the events and episodes which occur within that magic circle to contribute to the weal or woe of the Individual, are known to him and exercise a deep and determining Influence In shaping his opinions and Inspiring his utterances. The former and the latter rains, the drought, the weevil, the rust—all the cycle of phenomena which make or mar the yield of the harvest Held, are the objects of hts dally concern; and In his community he Is a man of relatively greater Importance than the editor of the most ambitious of metropolitan newspapers. His opinions are more In accord with the sentiments and convictions of his constituents because he Is In more Intimate touch with them, and. In reality, merely reflects a consensus which Is all about him. He Is chastened with trials. It Is not given to him In many instances to acquire wealth by conducting a weekly newspaper, The standing Jest that his subscrip tions are paid in romanlte apples and yellow yams Is not entirely A fanciful creature of tbe brain. But, through It all hope shines like a guiding star and a sunny opti mism aureoles everything about him. He has wel comed tbe little stranger and dropped a sympathetic tear on passing age which has lived out tbe Psalmist’s span. He has sounded in his adaptable columns a mar riage hymn more musical than Tanhauser or “the voice that breathed o’er Eden." He has thrown the mantle of charity over the weaknesses and errors of mankind. And all these have contributed to the sum of human sympa- Ithln his heart with perennial fresh-i comes to him at this happy noontide of the year when he foregathers with his brothers and sisters of the Faber guild and gives himself up to a season of unalloyed de light The Georgian extends Its heartiest greetings to the Weekly Press Association and trusts that theirs may be a full measure of happiness and sweet content Little wonder that he knows human nature, that he knows the wants and the wishes of bis fellow men and Is tbe best Interpreter of their social and political aspirations and convictions. • Ho Is more than entitled to the annual outing which FORMER ATLANTAN MAKES MOST PERILOUS TOUR EVER ATTEMPTED IN A BALLOON A New York merchant writes to The Press, calling attention to the help lessness of San Francisco so long as Insurance payments ere withheld, and pointing out the concern other cltlds should feel in. this matter, for, he says, “we cannot tell when our time may come, and one dork day we may be ap- dealing to other cities to help us en ures Justice from the Insurance com- >anles to whom we have for years past >een paying premiums sufficiently re munerative for the acquisition of huge surpluses, presumably set aside for Just such emergencies os the present.” As “Merchant" says, the people of San Francisco are tied hand and foot from beginning the rebuilding of their city and the re-gstabllshment of their production and trade until the Insur ance funds 'which are due them are paid by the companies, "The coun try," he says, “responded magnificent ly to San Francisco's cry for help, but the work will be complete only when effective pressure' Is brought to bear on the Insurance companies which are trying to welch. When San Francisco needed food and raiment the country mured them forth with open hands, low she needs money, and wants only her own.” • The suggestion which the New York business man makes Is that the com mercial Interests of the country should show the companies that they cannot welch without being boycotted every where In the United States. Now is the time, therefore, for trompt. and vigorous action to be taken >y New York, Boston, Chicago and other great communities with tne view’' of compelling these defaulting compa nies to disgorge the assets which the merchants of the country have built up for them, and so give San Francisco a chance to go ahead.” • • » • That no Injustice should be done to the conscientious companies, this work of investigation and reporting should be performed by some responsible body of the nature of a chamber of com-- merce. The newspapers, of course, will give wide currency to any official report showing Injustice and virtual fraud. And the result would undoubt edly be to put out of buelness such companies as had practiced the unfair and cruel methods, while Increasing the patronage of those which had given “square deal.’’—New York Press. 0000000000000000000 o POLITICS AND POLITICIANS, 0 O 000O0OO00O00 OOO00OO FOLITIC8 AND POLITICIANS Colonel W. W. Lumpkin his entered the campaign for the United States senate against Senator Tillman, of South Carolina. Judge Frank Dale, of Guthrie, has announced himself a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the first S overnor of Oklahoma. Judge Dale’s rother was the Democratic nominee against Governor Hoch, of Kansas, two years ago. Democrats of Michigan will hold their state convention at Detroit Au gust 2. A primary election bill, containing a provision which Is Intended to restrict ho voting of negroes at 4 he primaries, has Just been passed by the Louisiana senate. Ex-Senalor Wellington, of Maryland, appears to be making a play again for the Republican party leadership In his stale. Wellington has been In ••ilnivn an.l mil" ole■■ elnpa hie T _ the down and out" class since his retire ment from the senate three years ago. movement has been launched In Denver to bring both of the great na tional political conventions to that city two years hence. It Is said the action of Chairman J. Holloway, of the slate executive committee. In calling a state conven tion of Populists to be betd In Atlanta, Ga., this week la not favored by Thom as E. Watson and other leading Popu lists, who declare the gathering will not a significant one. It Is expected that both Secretary Taft and Postmaster General Cortsl- ou will attend the opening of the Jorth Carolina Republican state con vention at Greensboro next week. The state campaign has been started In South Carolina. Dispensary Is the main Issue. It Is reported that Governor Gooding hss agreed to keep “hands oft” In the senatorial contest In Idaho. >At the top Is a picture showing Dr. Julian P. Thomas and Roy Knabenshue In the basket of bal loon Just before they started on the mast perilous trip ever undertaken on this side of the Atlantic. Be low Is a photograph of the barrel which was taken along as tbe sea anchor to be used In case the bal loon was carried out over the ocean. BERNHARDT’S BIRTHPLACE. Editor of The Georgian: I noticed an editorial In your paper about Sarah Bernhardt being bom In Rochester, Iowa. I have jiome Infor mation which will possibly be of some Interest to you. I am a theatrical man, at present touring Georgia with the Heyer Comedy Company. In the sum mer of 1*02 I was with a small com pany that spent a week In the little town of Rochester, Iowa. Ws boarded with a family by the name of Flnefleld, Mr. Flnefleld, the heed of the house, tells the following story concerning Sarah Bernhardt. Bernhardt’s mother and Mr. Flnefleld’s mother were els ter*. Sarah’s mother died when Sarah was an Infant, and consequently Sarah came to live with the Flneflelds. When she was about II years old a little show came to Rochester and Sarah ran away with it. I don’t think It was an “Uncle Tom” show, as at that tlms the people were not so burdened with such nuis ances. Sarah had always been a “queer child,” as thty described It, and had always "play-Scted" since she could talk. They never heard from her until about three years, later, when her cousin, Mr. Flnefleld, was In San Fran ctaco, and recognised her on the stage at one of the theaters. He went up and spoke to her and she. refused to recognise him, until he reminded her of a little toy cradle that he hod made for her, which she had always prized very highly. .Then she broke down and wept, and begged him not to tell where she was. She went to Paris and was never heard of again until she became famous. One day two handsomely dredsed la dle# drove up to the Flnefleld home and asked them to direct them to the cemetery. He went with them over to the graveyard, which was only a short distance away. He was astonished to hear one of the ladles, who was heav ily veiled, ask him for the grave of his aunt. Ho asked the lady why she wanted to see that particular grave, and she told him It was the grave of her mother. She laid some flowers on the grave and took one of the small stones, which lay on the grave, and a little twig from a rose bush near by. Both ladles spoke In French and evi dently could not apeak or understand English. Upon Inquiries being made, he found that Sarah Bernhardt was playing in a near-by city. Of course they naturally surmised that the hand somely gowned French lady was no other than the little Sarah who used to run barefoot on the sandbars of tbs Cedar river, rock her dolls in hand made wooden cradles, and who had run away with a show, gons to Francs, and forgot h4r native language. How ever. all her people are French, as Rochester Is a French settlement. I have a photo of the town In my pos session. which I had taken as a souve nir of the birthplace of the Divine Sarah. Yours very truly. F. JACK DeCASTILLO. Blloam. Os. JADED PALATE.3. From Tke London Sketch. ' . Nothing now to ent hss been dlsrorored for several eontnrles past. The monotony .. not mors so, felt at tuneb sn<l —_ There ara dUrrarofnlly few animals fit to est. oad the nkapt. which seemed sent sperimests of him known two of those era stuffed. The Founder of Georgia The stnto of Georgia was never more prosperous. Will not her legislators moke an appropriation this session for n monu ment to our nolile founder, and thus re deem the past neglect, n neglect for which the face of every Georgian should blush? Listen to the words I been! January 10, 1S80, In Augusts, Ga., from ths lips of Geor gia’s devoted son, the late Charles Wallace Howard, ne he spoke before the Young Men’s Christian Association: “The Ilfs of Oglethorpe was. In meny re spects, a remarkable one.' He lived for nearly s century, and died * childless old man. He has left no remnant of himself In Georgia. Ths houts In which he lived, on St. Simons Island, was destroyed by fire. The oiks which shaded It bars been ruth lessly eut down. “Ths line mansion of.Grantham Ball, In England, where the great nnd good and tbe learned assembled around bis hospita ble board, waa also consumed by the llnines, aud with It every gmr ‘ ” It Is a sad and nol close of his Ilfs presents. "Many years since, as I stood In tho ■mall chapel which contains his remains, a train of painful emotions were awakened In my mlnu. “The Inscription upon his tomb before me “ — nl of a similar character was ths only record. I In the Whom realm, of whuse reiunrkahlt . . . contmnpor*nrou» men he had been moat remark] tliifulahtd for virtu®,"iulnS or public serv lea, had been honored after death with burial In Westminster abbaj, and thus their memory haa two perpetuated oa long ns Inscriptions shall endure, yet he, who wan ders among ‘those shrines of ths mighty ffMtfjHumr of a state. While the names “Nor was ths sadtfesa of tbs as re relieved by allowing the mind to wander acrosa the ocean to Georgia, the aceue of hla philanthropic labors. From the Savan nah to the Chattahoochee, from the At- lanttc to oar terminal mountains of the north, w •* the city' of Oglethorpe haa erected tasteful and costly monuments to Its defenders, though none to Ita founders, the sole evl dence appealing to tbs eja of our remem branre of Oglethorpe Is s portrait — *-. *n capttol at UlUedtevlUe. is the posthumous reward of heroic, unostentatious philanthropy. An epitaph In a parish church on one side of the Xt- the stats, is a stain upon tha escutcheon of Georgia." Georgians, these words were spoken near ly a holt ctmturjr ago, and yet they ore still trne! The patriotic societies of our stats havs lain tbe foundation of a monument to Ogle thorpe. Will not tbe legislature place In their hands a sum of money to complete their design of a monument worthy or our * ..* - * - - ar L BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES. By Wex Jon,s. CRUSOE. ROBINHON-Fsmous __ ... only man who didn’t five ■ whoop for gas companies les companies, street ear companies, or any but human company, S rusoe - lived on the only Island not r~ srvd Inaccessible by ferries and free ft real citato agsuti and bathing benches. Clubs—Oak, Hickory, Ash. Fsvnrlls Amusement—Thinking. KIPLING. RUDYARD—An snthor v ..takes prose appear liks rare* and re— like prose. He Is an enthusiastic motorist ■nd melerlst, and stratus his solo license almost as much as bis poetic llcenee. ^Clube—Gore and Croasbones, Naval and Fnrorlte Amassment—Preaching. NICHOLAS—As the esar of Russia, Nlch- oUt has a Ilfs Job-thst Is. It's s life Job provided none of his friends soccesd In making It S death Job. The eut Is of s retiring disposition, bat unfortunately for the hapnlneea of hla people, he wants ths other fellows to do all the retiring. 'odk*. Let It Dodging 'em. pot agras’lbtgs&J Favorite Amusement—Dodg ROJE8TVENSKY. ADMIRAL—A Russlsn admiral court-martialed for doing bis best. juriStF 1 * >WB *“ J 0 " , ■ Favorite Amusement—None. ALIENIST—A min wbo sticks * pin la oa to see If you'll Jamp. NIMROD-A mlghtv hunter, before ths days of repra>lng rides sod migraine ar- §&hk1z?vai KTartflEyS! ST? S&t“Kn& '* Dot » *— WALTON, IEAAK—Waltoa was so ami- tbit angler who •om*tlme« forgot bis bait, bat never his ale. lie was one of tbe tart to discover that tbe fish, though silent hlgUMrilf, Is a great cause of speech. In Clahe—Hook and u#. Flvorits Amusemeat-8plnnlng them. Cholly Knickerbocker's GOSSIP By Private Leased WIr_ New York, July 17.—Andrew Came, gle still harps on the coming, unity of the English speaking race and Its dominating Influence In the affairs of the world. In London the giver of ||. brarlea and apostle of peace declares' "During the lifetime of many now living 300,000,000 English speaking p«,. pie, members of one race, are to dwell on the other aide of the Atlantic. rh* tain with, nay 60.000,non, wifi turn r» and probably merge with them, and they with each other upon Internationa! questions, and then our race will f u i fill Its destiny, which Is decisively Influence world affairs for the good n, the world." 1 When It comes to traveling. th» Pittsburg millionaire lias little on a great race horse. The luxury' In which Rocksand, the derby winner and thor. oughbred of high degree, traveled, might be equalled, but could not hs excelled for money. Rocksand was recently purchased from the estate of Sir James Miller foe *125,000 by August Belmont. ThI aristocratic stallion almost had to be dragged on to American soil. For an hour the hostlers labored with Rocksand to get him tp walk down the steamship gang plank, but the delicate animal would not so much a* put his foot on the narrow way. Mr Belmont helped to urge his new pur.' chase to leave the steamship, but with, out success until John O'Keefe, * roundsman In the traffic squad, solved the problem. He watched the attempt to get the racer .oft the vessel from the dock. He led his own horse up ths steep Incline and then led him down again. Rocksand followed the horse to the entrance of the plank, and then, after a moment’s Indecision, started down. Once started, he waa led and half dragged to the dock below. Why should surprise be felt that Kaiser Wilhelm has determined to boss his little grandson, Wilhelm the Ltt- tlest? If there Is anything In ths German empire, big or little, he doesn't boss he woftld be grateful to anybody who will point It out. The kaiser’s subjects are more frank with themselves In the matter of what they eat than we are. A dispatch from Hamburg says: "Beef and mutton Is ao scarce that the Increased demand for horse flesh and dog flesh has forced up the prices of these; 'The former has risen 10 pfgs. a pound and now sella for about 40 pfgs, no cents) U pound and more. L flesh brings about the same price, but dog sausage, which is more savory than horse, la 60 pfgs. (15 cents) a pound.”. We do not quote horse and dog meat In the market reports, but there Is a general impression that, like the skip per's ault of clothes, they are there. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private Leased Wire. New York. July 17.—Here are aoms of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—J. M. Horn. Jr. Carhart, R. H. Fisher, T. C: Lauren and wife, R. J. Perriman, D. A. Quark", H. E. Dodd. R. D. Fltigerald, M. H. Kinney. C. L. Morris, J. E. Reeves, J. C. Rigsby, M. Rosa, H. B. Thompson, A. E. Woodall and wife, R. A. Cunning ham, H. C. Erwin, Dr. C. G. Glddlngi. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. JULY 17. 1429—Coronation of Charles VII at ■ Rhelma. 1537—Janet, Lady Giannis, burned as a witch on Caatle Hill, Edinburgh. 1676—Adrian Reland, author, bom. 1744— Elbrldgo Gerry, Mfth \i-- dent of the United States, born. Died November 23, 1114. 1762—Peter III of Russia died. Born February 21, 1728. 1793^-Charlotte Corday, assassin of Marat, guillotined. 1841—First number of Punch appeared. 1845—Charles, Lord Grey, prime minis ter to William IV, died. Born March IS. 1764. 1861—Payment of foreign debt su»- pended by Mexico. 1863— Draft riots quelled In New York. 1864— General Hood superseded Gen eral Johnston of Confederate forces. 1879—General Bolsrond-Canal resigned as president of HaytL 1884—Survivors of Greely expedition reached St. Johns, Newfound land. 1886— Oovomor West of Iowa Isaued a proclamation against the Mor- mono. * , 1887— Cyclone nearly destroyed town of Waupaca, WIs. 1891—Niagara Falls crossed on a wire cable By D. J. Dixon. , , 1894—President Cleveland signed art , admitting Utali to statehood. 1898—General Toral formally •“''ren dered Santiago to General Shat- 1901—General Daniel Butterfield died. Bom October 31, 1811. , ... 1903—P. M. Arthur, grand chief of «• Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers. died In Winnipeg. Bo™ 1831. THE END OP THE LEAGUE. By Wex Jones. , The Asphalt League Is busted! disrupt" shattered: smashed! _ ! players ami the umpires are new en. bruised, and gashed. . „ Since the tapstaa and the Terrors tried ts hare each other’s blood. , And lied Patsy copDed the Tops!" th" Slid squashed hit’ll la OsWJ. ...s, And the game became a riot, and »“«• and stones and brteks . , „ And feet and flits and dobs were uses In one mad, whirling mix. Ths Terrors were a ms behind, the I"" 10 * Kray'smnebed a hot ora out. end nret-hM'tSMU step OU,.Me - German baker’s door— , „srf And when he whirled by second It Bot ss fie**naJe*a°abont for third, the I** And ftWdoVn^ hi. patch, a-- down mighty hard! A walling wagon was that third-It nuts* be touched, of coarse— roo0 And just ss Patsy rams la tearh a icpw Ths umpire gives**?!!.' eaptaln oot; • Tef ' Ths teams sad 'sfl rteir Wribnrs'' 4 '' And They^eut Mter off .hri* ™ Asphalt Lraga* la boat.