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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
F Ilf PAY. ATV.T-RT 17.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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the fact that the typhoid months are upon us. should
be a sufficient Incentive to our people to take those pre.
cautionary measures which are certain to reduce the
number of cases to the minimum. The fall of the year
Is a very beautiful season, with Its flaunting banners of
crimson leaves, but It Is the season of decaying vegeta
tion, and therein Ilea the danger.
Clean up
Entered as secoml-rlasa matter April J5, isos, at the roetogtee at
Atlanta. Ga.. uniter act of conffreaa of March L lift.
Georgia’s Tardy Remembrance of
Oglethorpe.
Surely Georgia has done a tardy but appropriate
thing In setting aside 115,000 to preaerve the memory of
James Oglethorpe In bronse.
It would be scarcely a pardonable thing If Georgia at
this advanced period of Its civilisation. Its greatness and
the most prosperous time It has ever seen In Its long
and illustrious history, should hesitate for one moment
to expend Its money In an enduring tribute to the states
man. soldier and philanthropist who founded the com
monwealth and gave It Ita Impetus toward the great
history which it hns recorded.
The age la material, hut the age will become Igno
ble when 1t mocks at aentlment, at the traditions of the
commonwealth, nnd at men worthy either of glory or of
prosperity: when It forgets Its noble and heartful obli
gations to those who have done the moat for Its life
and for Its history.
It was a noble nnd a gallant thing to remember the
chlvnlrlc Gordon of our Inter days, and the hearts of
Georgians rejoice at the appropriation nnd npplnud the
legislature which set npnrt this money for hla name. Rut
' It Is still a more timely aniL appropriate thing Hint
Georgia should reward Hint Immortnl Englishman, that
first Georgian, greater than Gordon and more memora
ble than any Georgian of modern times, who founded upon
the banks of the Savannah (he commonwealth which has
grown to be the empire state of the South.
It Is a fact, not generally known that outside of a
modest shnft at Frederica, there Is no monument to Ogle
thorpe In the state of Georgia. And this Indeed Is
shameful fact. It la a comment most damaging to the
patriotism and the aentlment of the state that our found-
• er and our benefactor and the very greatest man In our
history should have been left unknown to bronze and
unembalmed In memory through all these years.
Georgia la tardy beyond expresalon In not having
erected long ago a monument to James Oglethorpe. It la
time yet to redeem the serious and most criminal omis
sion, and we are sure that tho state will he glad, and
that the governor will rejoice to affix hla algpature
to the bill passed by the legislature. If the editor of The
Georgian stood In the governor's shoes nnd held the ex
ecutive pen In his hand, he would write beneath his sig
nature to the hill making the appropriation the words:
"This appropriation should have been doubled or
trebled by the body that made It."
The statue of Oglethorpe to he erected by the $15,000
given by the state, and the $10,000 guaranteed by the
city of Savannah, will stand as the property of Geor
gia.
It I* not generally known that every public square
In Savannah belongs, not to the city, but to the state.
When the city was laid off these squares were establish
ed by Oglethorpe, not for places of recreation, hut for
places of defense from the enemies In South Carolina
and the Spaniards In Florida. The outlying townships
were given the same names as tho squares so that the
townsblpa' inhabitants In time of danger might flock to
the forts In the squares whose names they bore. Uy
the act of 1750 It was decreed that these public squares
might be used by the lot-holders ndjolnlng for plnces of
recreation. But a subsequent act of the courts declared
some thirty years ago that those squares still belonged
to the etate under the orlglnnl net and purpose of Jamda
Oglethorpe.
Tho James Oglethorpe statue will be placed In Chip
pewa Rqttsre Just opposite the opera house nnd In
the center of the city of Snvnnnah. When It Is com
pleted I Kith tho square and the atatue will he tho prop
erty of the state of Georgia, and will stand ns a tardy
hut noble exprenalon of the /ratltude nnd appreciation of
• great people toward the soldier, the statesman and
the philanthropist to whom they .owe their highest obliga
tions and their most loyal and grateful memorlen.
Thf Typhoid Season.
The season of the year haa arrived when tho mor
tality from typhoid fever and malaria Is highest.
We have in mind no specific violations of the city
health regulations, either on the part of officials or tho
ettieens tn general, hut the months of August, Septem
ber end October so distinctly lead nil other months of
the year In the mortality from these diseases that we are
impelled to sound a timely note of wnrntng and urge
upon the people of Atlanta to put their premises In the
beat possible sanitary condition. There Is no contin
gency tn life where the proverbial ounce of prevention Is
so well worth the pound of cure as In the matter of san
itation, and this Is especially true at this season of the
year.
In order that the dnngeru of this and the two suc
ceeding months may be fully realised. In this respect,
we draw from the mortality statistics of the Census Bu
reau, Just Issued tor the live year period ending with
1004. No one will accuse us of lack of patriotism It we
make it known, lu the Interest of the general welfare,
that while the mortality In the United States from all
diseases It the smallest In the world, with the excep
tion of Norway nnd SwMen, the mortality from typhoid
fever Is higher here than In any European country ex
cept Italy. As the director of the census well iioluta out
"there Is room for a great Improvement In the applica
tion of well known measure* for the prevention of this
disease."
The smallest number of deaths from typhoid fevif
is In the month of June, and .the mortality la not great
In July, but with the coming of August tho deaths be
gin In earnest.
The tables from which we quote show that out of
ever/ 1,000 deaths from typhoid fever 53.7 occur In June.
$9.5 occur In July, while 103.7 occur In August, 119.6
in Septemoor and 118.0 In October, after which lime the
average begins to decrease again.
At a matter of fact, Atlanta has been showing a
steady decrease In the number of deaths from typhoid
fever during the last four years of the five year pe
riod reported, the proportion falling from 77 |ior 100.000
of population In 1901 to 69 In 1902. 60 tn 1903 nnd 60.8
In 1904. So It is
fgse to already on the decrease here. At the same time,
Mr. Brantley’s Interesting Views.
To The Georgian the race question is the profoundest
Issue In our Southern civilization, and wherever it occura
It enlists the dee|>est Interest and concern of this news
paper. .
Its nppearance In the present campaign la compar
atively Incidental and Is to a large extent unfortunate.
It Is to he regretted that this mighty question which
demands the freest, fairest and most unbiased Judgment
of our people should be complicated and handicapped
with the bitterness nnd the partisanship of a factional
campaign.
Wherever the ISBiie occurs, The Gcorglap can do no
less than declare Its whole heart for any movement that
seeks to establish either In whole or In part one of the
great principles ilium which our minds are aettled and
Hxed U|um the race problem. We desire supremely as an
act of far-seeing statesmanship, as a sedative to present
conditions, and aa a preliminary to any Anal settlement,
that the relative status of the races shall be fixed In this
Southern country by statute and Uy public opinion.
Wherever any phnae of this question Is presented to
the people of Georgia It should he answered freely and
fully and definitely along the lines of this proposition.
We cannot afford to go backward. The difficulties are
too great shout us. The dangers are too menacing, the
future hangs too much In the balance of any public de
cision or pronouncement which we may make. We sim
ply cannot afford to take any backward step now or at
any time in the solution of this great matter.
The lisucs of the present campaign are subordinate
and the personalities of the present campaign- are com
pletely overshadowed by the transcendent weight and
significance of this mightiest and most vital of all our
problems.
The Georgian has been much interested In the
recent comments of Congressman Brantley, of the
Eleventh district. We have much respfcct for Mr. Brant
ley. We esteem him to bo a gentleman of ability, of char
acter and of personal dignity. We have been struck with
the fact aa reported in the dally papers that Congressman
Brantley declares himself heartily nnd unhesitatingly In
favor of disfranchisement, although he fiercely opposes
the candldatu running upon that platform, and explains
the Inconsistency upon the theory that he doea not be.
Ileve the method of dlsfranchlaement proposed by that
candidate Is either constitutional or effective.
We accept this statement at Its face value and note it
with respect. The Inconsistency from our point of view
consists in the fact that Mr. Brantley Is himself a law
yer and realizes that verdicts are rendered by weight of
evidence from reputable witnesses. And we submit to
Mr. Bruutley's Impartial consideration the fact that the
vast weight and preponderance of evidence in thla case
resta with those active and distinguished cltlsons of Ala
bama, Mlailsalppl, Virginia, l-oulslnna nnd the Carolines
who declare that the dsfranchisement laws of thoae
states have worked beneficently to the purification of pol
itics and to tho safe establishment of white supremacy.
There are, Indeed, some single citizens of a private
station, and one or two men of public station in thoae
states who have taken an opiioBlte view. But we are
quite sure that Congressman Brantley will not deny that
the great hulk of the testimony from public men who are
In a position to know and to understand, rests with those
who point to these states as object lessons of the le
gality and effectiveness of the disfranchisement law now
advocated In Georgia. If ten men In any state have criti
cised the law or questioned Its operation, a hundred ine.-i
In better poaltlon to know havo Indorsed the law In all
Its workings nnd have declared that these states would
protest by a two-thirds or a three-fourths vote, any prop-
osltlnn to change these statutes without the substitution
of a better one.
We submit to Mr. Brantley's consideration that the
wholo weight nnd preponderance of evidence la In favor
of the disfranchisement laws In operation In our alster
sla'es, and that the objections to It are sporadic and,
coni|uirutlvely speaking, unrepresentative.
For the rest, we take Mr. Brantley at his word, nnd
bellovlng him to he, ns ho says he Is, an ardent and un
qualified advocate of dlsfranchlaement, wo submit to him
thnt It would ho wise and statesmnnllke for Georgia to
pans now definitely and emphatically upon this general
question while It Is so clear,nil issue, and to trust to him
and to other statesmen of the state to perfect In the
framing nnd execution of this law whatever methods we
may derive from our own thought nnd study and from any
defects which exist In tho laws of our sister states.
The great Issue la to let Georgia apeak definitely and
decisively upon this Inaue. I.et the state and tho people
put themselves.upon record. Let us put this Issue once
and for nil behind us nnd trust to the wisdom, the sa
gacity and tho patriotism of the state and Its statesmen
to execute It hi wlidom, Justice nnd moderation.
Alt other questions and all other personalities sink
Into insignificance beside this transcendent issue.
Ity as that In question should be encouraged, where these
lltUe children are kept on the (treeti singing nnd beg
ging when they ought to be at home in bed.
At any rate the matter haa .now been brought defi
nitely tb the attention of the people and of the officials
of the -city. The altnaUon, It Is agreed. Is one which
calls for prompt snd efficient attention, and thla we be
lieve It will receive.
The Atlanta Georgian has. rendered the farmer*
of the South a distinct service In stirring up that
Cotton Association crookedness—Rome Trioune.
Our honest motive was to serve, snd It pleases us to
hare The Tribune, one of the very staunchest of all the
friends of the Cotton Association, to say that we have
served this great body well.
Four Days More.
Twenty-seven columns In The Constitution about
Clark and Hoke.
Twenty-six columns In The Journal- about Hoke and
Clark.
And these be dog days!
Sirius, the dog star, biases in thelaultry skies, and
pped places with the
type of public life. They are men of honor, of unusual
culture, elegant manners and of unlmpeachcd Integrity
upon public and private questions. They have reflected
great honor upon their constituents, and have represent
ed their great city and county with Its vast interests of
commerce and of civilization with distinguished dignity
and with equally distinguished ability. The state of Geor
gia has lost In these gentlemen two of Its most capable'
and patriotic public servants, and, although the exigen
cies of the current condition of Chatham politics have re-
Ured Messrs. Stovall and Anderson from the present
arena, we cannot forbear to say to them In parting not
goodbye, but “au revolr."
The Atlanta Georgian wants the lobbyists curbed,
but advises fairness to vested Interests. That sounds
very much like the East Tennessee politician who
wanted a dog law that would protect sheep and at
the asms tints safeguard the Inalienable right of a
voter to own a dog.—Chattanooga News.
Well, why not? A man has as much right to own a
dog as another man .to own a sheep. It the doge begin,
to kill the sheep the dogs should be muxzled—that's all.
The state does not want honest legislation affected by
the pernicious activity of the lobby. But no honest state
would care to turn over the Interests of vast properties to
prejudice and demagogy. When the lobby to offensive
curb It by statute and restraint. But do not oppress
Mara, the narttal planet, ha* awapi
tranquil earth.
F ° ur > _ of P°l ,u ^ and^than oomea the property In answer to faction or demagogy. The detsruc-
” * J "’ * * lion of the lobby lays upon legislators an added obligation,
calm that follows after strife, and the wounds that are
the aftermath of battle.
I^t ua all brace ourselves and bear It as best we can.
And let ua all highly and herollcally resolve that If
ever a lot of candidates come before us again with
such tactics and with such a spirit, that we will as a
people spew them out of our civic mouths and scour the
woods for dark horse* to receive the honors of our Indig
nant peoplo. /-
It will lie time enough to fix the responsibility for
thi- campaign of billingsgate when the battle Is over.
But soon or late. It ought to be fixed and remembered—
and forgottea.
Hon. John Temple Graves, "as a member In good
standing of the Red Cross Society of Georgia Poli
tics,’' Is standing on the Great Highway and seeks
to pour oil on the seething waters of Journalistic de
bate which have been dnshed Into a perfect fury of
late by the Hon. Tom Watson and the Hon. C. R,
Pendleton, He would have these "noble Georgians''
restored to "friendly relntlons” w th each other. Why
does the Hon. John Temp, go so far from home to
attempt pacification? He is having a rough house
of tha moat variegated variety right under hla very
nose In Atlanta. If he can do something toward sup-
iweislng the Hon. Hokosmltba and Clarkhowells and
retainers he will then have a right to start some
thing modest in the way of restoring Tom Watson
and Editor Pendleton to fellowship.—Spartanburg,
S. C„ Herald.
We are simply practicing peacemaker on Pendleton
and Watson. Thl* to a business that requires Infinite
skill and experience. When we get up nearer to the
standard of th* expert we will go out after Clark and
Hoke.
The Street Orphans.
The entire community will sustain the mayor and
the officers of the benevolent institutions of the city In
putting a stop to the unseemly nnd demoralising spectacle
of a score of Iota singing and begging on the streets dur
ing those hours of the night when they ought to he safely
tn bed.
It Is regarded as unfortunate thut there appears to be
no law directly covering tho case at thla time, to the full
est extent, but It certainly lies In the power of the mayor
to see to It thnt these children are taken off tho streets.
Investigation showed that these children were being
cared for In a self-styled orphanage, where. It was dis
covered. there was not enough food for tho children, much
less for the able-bodied care-takers, that there was no
adequate system of religious Instruction, as had been
claimed, and thnt the total regular Income for the sup
port of the children and the adults In charge of them,
outside of street begging, was six dollars n month nnd a
few iSoituiiuna of provisions.
In short, the alleged orphanage has no regular and
recognised status, nnd at the same time Is felt that a
great wrong Is being done these children of tender years
by bringing (hem out nightly on the streets to sing nnd
beg.
As City Warden Evans points out, Atlanta spends
large sums every year for the care of orphans In organ
ised homes, outside of the nld given by the ctkunty, and
some arrangement should be made for prn|>erly provid
ing for these children through the homes supimrtcd
by these funds.
Atlanta Is a great and prosperous community. Her
heart has always been In the right place, and she hns
matter of gratification that the din- jalways responded to every worthy appeal for charily. Wo
do not believe that it is wise or beneficial Hint such char-
Stovall and Anderson.—Members of the present leg
islature have expressed a very general regret over the
retirement of Representatives Stovall nnd Anderson, of
the county of Chatham. Few members of the present
lower house of tho general assembly hnvo been so uni
versally popular and respected as these distinguished gen
tlemen.
Messrs. Stovall and Anderson represent tho highest
to be fair to vested interests.
Isn't that clear?
The Atlanta Georgian, whose preference. If it has
any. In th* gubernatorial contest In Georgia, we do
not know, haa a cartoon "In the Stretch—The Finish
in-the Georgia Gubernatorial Stakes as It Looks."
This shows Hon. Hoke Smith to* he considerably In
the lead, with Editor Clark Howell second and the
three or four other aspirants. Including the ever-pos-
slbte dark horse, bringing up the rear like the steam
ealllopo In the clraus parade. Mr. Smith has nil
along appeared to be in the lead, but this statement
Is not near so Important as the assertion that the
contest la soon to end.—Charlotte Observer.
We aro seeking to be cheerful, brother, Vnd nothing
that we can say to this people in this campaign gives
them so much comfort as the assurance that it will soon
be over. :
The August number of The World Today reproduces
Artist Brewerton'j rate bill cartoon, "It's a Wise Father
That Knows His Own Child,” as among the moat nota
ble brought out during the dlscunton. Mr. Brewerton's
work la receiving a great deal of admiration all over
the country.
Some folks will say now that they know where the
funds came from to start The Georgian. It Is about
time- for Colonel John* Temple Graves to be putting
In his denial.—Wilmington, N. C„ Messenger.
No, we will make no denial. Wo (till brasenly confess
that the funds came from Mr. Fred L. Seely.
x Editor John Temple Graves picked a mighty good
time to start hla new Atlanta paper.—Nashville
tTonn.) Banner.
Any time Is a good time to start a good paper.
Word from Bombay tells us the Jam of Navanagar Is
der . Ho - as a ll preserved old man.
The day after the primary la August 23.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Money in Truck. Farming.
Ths Columbia State recently called attention to the enterprise of a
Charleston man, who planted 32 acres of ground In Colleton county In po
tatoes, from which he realized «i net profit of $14,000.
This led The Charleston News and Courier to' dilate on the product
iveness of the coast section of that state nnd gave nn instance where one
farmer Inst year cleared $30,000 from his crop of cabbages, which he raised
near Charleston and shipped to Northern markets.
The Tradesmari says that If these Instances were not stated on such
reliable authority they would be deemed Incredible, but there are evidences
on every hand of the great profits thnt nre derived from truck farming.
From one shipping point In southwest Texas there was realised during the
present season $350,000 from Berumda onions.
An Italian renter In the Mississippi delta cleared $L*,00Q last year by
raising pepper, which he shipped to the great packing firms In Chicago.
The strawberry crop around Chattanooga this year netted the raisers
over $300,000.
Cullman county, Alabama, was settled in the ’70’s by a colony of air
mans, and It was then the poorest portion of the state, while today It Is one
of the most flourishing counties In Alabama—nnd all accomplished through
truck farming nnd fruit raising.
Rut such Is the soil and climate, of the South generally that vegetables of
ail kinds are easily raised, and these contribute ho much to the economy
of life that the wonder Is there should be so pmny who flock to our towns
and cities, only to eke out a miserable existence wherf they could live In
comfort on a very small tract of land In the South.
The Tradesman wishes to see concert of action among those who con
trol public sentiment In the South for a movement back to the farm, as a
policy of development for this section. It Is a fact easily demonstrated,
and clearly shown from the few Instances given above, that there is money
to be made In truck farming, and as thls # does not require very much of
nn outlay to begin with, few there are who need go hungry in the South
when such means of earning a livelihood exist all around them.
Here, says The Tradesman, Is a field for the thrifty Immigrant that Is
not equaled elsew'here, and here Is a field for our own sons that should be
kept before them In Its true attractiveness, until a more thorough apprecia
tion Is created for the advantages of a farm life, and more of our native
population become wedded thereto. ,
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Who,
Neiv York, Au«. 17.—Hsr* are soma
of the visitors tn New York today:
ATLANTA—R. H. Hart. B.
Moody, J. R. Pearce, H. M. Retd, L. El
Floyd, A. B. Glnudter, \V. L, Harman,
\V. H. Moore, Miss Myrlck, Mias M.
Wig**, M. Harland, H. A. McAfee.
MACON—L. L. Dempsey, G. IV. Hur.
Icy, L. N. Juhnn, Miss R. Meyer, G. S.
Shipp, H. M. Smith.
SAVANNAH—F. S. B. Gillespie, M.
E. Klrachbaum, O. Zller.
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgina.
Parts, Aug. 17.—Mr. nnd Mrs. Nicho
las Itner nnd Mias Jeun Itner, of At
lanta, Ga., registered the office of the
European edition of The New York
Herald today.
GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
By Private Leased Wire,
New York. AUg. 17.—Senator Chaun-
cey M. Depew might not be able t„
give,George Hackenachmldt much of
an argument on the ,.iat,' but he Is de
veloping Into a pretty fair wrestler
at that. It has been asserted that he
was under the care of William Mul-
doon, tho noted trainee, but the truth
came out when the senator's chauffeur
wae a treated In Yonkers for fast driv
ing.
A'hen hla Improved health was com.
monted upon. Senator Depew admitted
with something of his old-time laual
that It was due to the poundings ne
had received at the hands of Wrestler
Muldoon. The senator went to Mul-
doon's place last December after s
complete breakdown and Muldoon, who
taught President Roosevelt ^me n,-w
tricks In boxing, has had him In hand
ever since.
It Is said the senator has had to use
ring machines, punch the bag and learn
to box. He has had to walk every day
In the open air, to take long breaths
tn the morning and eut and drink only
what the wrestling teacher ordered
The senator does not live at White
Plains, but goes there, every day f„r
his exercise..
Of course we all know that the Gaek-
tvar of Baroda wo* simply expressing
his Ignorance of the truly beautiful
when he said the American woman was
not pretty. It Is nevertheless gratify.
Ing to have another distinguished ori
ental visitor point nut the Indian ruler's
lack of taste. Kang Yo Wet, president
of the Chinese Reform Association, be
fore he sailed for Europe, said:
“The Gaektvnr Is all wrong. The
American type of womanhood Is the
finest In the world. 1 hope some day
reformed and awakened China may
have women llkp American women. In
form and In the face ns well, as the
American women seem like—what you
call angels."
Mr. and Mr*. Trash, abandoning their
beautiful country residence on which
more than $1,000,000 has been spent In
fitting It with everything that luxuri
ous taste could suggest, will spend the
summer In a canvas tent on a Utils
Island on Lake Georg*. Mrs. Trask
was attacked by an affection of the
heart and physicians advised the open
air cure. Tents were erected In tho
grounds of Yeddo, where Mrs. Trask
could spend the day In the air.
The results were so favorable that It
was decided Mrs. Trask could live out
doors entirely this summer, and one of
the little Islands In Luke George has
been selected.
Another startling departure hns been
taken by the I-nag Branch •'summer
girls"—that Is, those of them who are
troud of their limbs. The new wrinkle
s to go In the surf not with half hose
or socks, but with no covering from
the knee down. Of course, sandals
nre worn, because the sand and shells
don't respect even the daintiest of feet
or the pinkest of toes.
The stockingless bathing girl has
created a sensation, and may he held
responsible for the lookers at the
beech. Of course, the- more conserva
tive bather* are shocked by the depart
ure, and are accused of feurlng com
parison.
REGRET. -
DINKELSPIEL ON THE HORSE TRADER
By GEORGE V. HOBART.
(Copyright, 1906, by Amerlcnn-Joumal-
Kxa miner.)
Saratoga, Yesterday.
Mein Lleber l«ooey—l vaa sitting on
der porch of tier hotel here Inst night,
using up my listeners on der beautiful
strains of inooslc vtch floated ncross
der moonlight, ven who dtt you dink
haired himself near by. me und began
uonvei rationing?
It was Leopold Schmals!
You haf often heard me specify Leo
pold Schmals, der olt horse tradei ftv:n
Rochester—sure you haf. Looey!
lie vms a great character, dls Li
poid Schmals, und many a time 1 haf
laughed myself Immovable al sonic of
his horse trading |$ecullarisms.
He Is here to see der races, und meb-
be pick up u horse or two, If der mo
ment vas precipitous.
DM I efer told you, Looey, should
der time Leopold sold der olt sorrel
to a chentlemans by der name of T*ea-
dcre Bendlx?
’ T’eadorc vas n mooelcker by his pro
fession. but he vas In Rochester for a
few veeks und he vlshed to buy a horse,
somebody sent him to Leopold
Schmals.
Leopold hat at dls time a olt sorrel
horse vioh vould nefer trafel ofer a
half mile mltould balking.
Now, Looey, dis olt sorrel horse vas
formerly a person mlt Its tall docked
off short, but Leopold t'ought he could
better sell der horse If It hat a long
tall, so he glued on a tall vich he kept
In der barn for dls purpose, alretty.
Vun of der pccullarlzlng features
abould dis olt sorrel horse vas der
fact dot yust before he vould begin to
balk und stop dead In his tracks der
right eat vould fly back und stay dare,
t’nd yust before he intended to start
up again der left ear vould fly back und
choln der right ear. Den ns der olt
sorrel vent choyously on his vay vunce
m.ue, both ears vou’d stand ould
straight und all vould be veil.
Der olt sorrel nlvays made dese sig
nals, rain or shine.
t’nd, moroofer, vunce dot olt sorrel’s
nose vas pointed for borne he nefer
Kt4>pped, but vent like der vlnd—ven It
aln’d blowing very hard.
Veil, anyhow, T'eadore Kendlx goes
to Leopold 8chnialz to Inkvlre abould
a horse, und Leopold hitches up der olt
sorrel.
Vile hitching Leopold starts in to
eggnplalnntlon vot a smart Idea dls
sorrel Is. und by der time dev got
started ould of der bum In der buggy
T’eadore has an Idea he is riding be
hind Sysonby’a step-brother.
Ven dey got ould abould half i mile,
bock goes der sorrel's right esr und
Leopold says, qvlck. M Vo, vo, boy. Vo!”
Of course der olt sorrel tntentioned
to vo anyway, but T’eodnre doan'd
know It.
Den Leopold vould point at der
scenery ml^hls vlp und description It.
all der time vatchfng der old sorrel's
left ear for der starting signal.
Bltneby back vould go der left ear
und den Leopold vould stop descalp-
tinning der scenery und mlt n loud
’’Oed-dap!” der olt sorrel vould start
off vunce more.
At der end of anudder half mile back
vould go der sorrel's right ear, Leo
pold vould yell “Vo!” und den he vould
soy. "Here on der right I vpuld like to
point ould to you der Methodist Or
phan Asylum, and ofer dare Is Ctyise
A Pendleton's celebrated sash factory.
Ofer here on der left” but yust den
der sorrel s left ear vould fly bock und
Leopold vould haf to say "Ged-dap!"
right In dsr midst of his scenery de
script toning.
Dls vas kept up abould four times
und ven all of a sudden T’eadore lot
ould a roar.
"For der tuff of. hlmmelt” yelled
Teadore, "doan'd you know dot I came
ould here to see dls horse go, und nor
to listen at your lectures on dls bum
scenery. Vy, man, I haf been by Ro.
Chester many limes und often before,
und l know all aboulil der sash fac
tories und der orphan asylums, und
now f vould t'ank you kindly to point
der reins at dls horse und make him
commence!"
"Ach, oxcooa! oxcoos!" set Leopold:
"you vlsh to sec him trafel. Is It? go!
I show you!"
Den Leopold turned der olt animal
around, |>olnted his nose at der oats In
der barn, und .dot Worrel nefer stop
ped running till dey vas back home
T’esdore bought der horse on der
strength of dot return trip.
Dot nfternonn T'endore took der sor
rel ould for a leedle eggserclse Pret
ty soon It began to rain, der glue
melted, und ven T’endore sew hU
horse's tall drop off he nearly fell ould
of der vagon.
Four bouts later Leopold was silting
In his barn door ven he saw a man
running tovards him vlrh looked sume-
dlng like T'endore und somedlng like a
wtgllance committee.
Der man hat a buggy vlp In vun
hand und a horse's tall In der udder
und a bonfire In both eyre
Leopold took vun poet, at him: d»n
he fell backyards ould of der bnrn vln-
dow und hid for four days In his cel-
But I doan'd link Teadore und Leo-
pold efer met, because both of dem vas
still alive and uninjured.
Yours mlt luff.
D. DINKELSPIEL,
P*r George V. Hobart.
By PROFE88OR WILLIAM HENRY
WADDELL, of the University of
Gsorgia.
To the Bflltor of The Georgina:
In 1868. Wlillnnt Henry Waddell, n sifted
professor In the University "f Georgia,
wrote a |mem entitled "Urgrrt. which wni
printed In n local paper nod greatly ml.
mired. It was at the time rend lur few
p<»rson». nntl hns now fallen entirely nut
of public knowlcdgt*.
It In. however, no iMWtitlful. nml worthy
of preservnflon. flint I take the liberty er
nnpemtlm; hereto n copy of the same, wily
the nNiiunt flint you republish It nn a mut
ter of interest to the vast number of ! nl-
verulty of tleoruln student* who knew
Professor Wiulilefi nnd h»vet|. him. it ml to
nennltlve nm! appreciative men nml women
everywhere. , .
It will In* noted the iloep undertone «'f
HAdnenR nnd disappointment lu the Ihm*
In ntrongl.v suggestive of Ityr$m n word*:
"'•* dnyn nre In the yellow leaf,
flowern nml frultn of love
worm, th
Aro mine alt
By WILLIAM HENRY WADDELL.
Oil! Current of Life.
With thy wnrrlng nnd strife.
Thy liiiukM wen* once curtained with «irap-
ory bright:
lit the ntren
itn$4 forsaken me . w
Anil wnmiern nlone through the bint**
noun of night.
Oh! Hlver of Yefim,
Font flowing with team.
The xephyrn of Kdeit once $mi
Now the winter wind roiiru
On thy desolate shore*.
While tUjr nhnrtowjr depth* nm
less graven.
To the Nimhm* rot rents of Eternity
Where the woven of the deep
Their ilnrk vigils keep.
And murmur no more ou the ht:ul
THIS DATE IX HISTORY.
1657-Admiral Rolwrt Wake died.
1786— Frederick the Urent of Prussia
1831—Mtonmer Uothsay <’untie lout; one Hun
dred |M*ri«4MiM (icrluhed. .
1850—Denmark ceded posnesnhms «m "' ,! * 1
const of Africa to Great Britain.
1863—Mlnnimtiipl river declared »>|h*» r " r
trade. , «
1876—Alexnnder 1 of Herrin Imm.
nn ted done 10, 1!>VJ.
183S—IVrroMim .tVovere*. In IJonmnnlM.
1894—Mtenmshlp t’nmpunln 4*stnhII*n**d ij‘‘
record between Duocnstuwn nmi ?"'w
York. Time, five days nine* m*
nnd twenty-seven minutes.
1806—Ttrltleh yacht/Valkyrie III arrive 1 it
%’ew York to content for the AuierfJ
Married By Probats Judge.
Special to The Georgian.
VDecntur, Ain., Aug. 17.—Ml»* I."ttl«
Patterson nnd William Teague, b«»th "j
Fnlkvllle, were quietly married here
today In the office of Probate Ju«lgJ
William E. Skeggs In the county
houne. Rev. Jeff Wtllhlght, of Fal«-
vllle. officiated. Mr. Idle and a slrter
of the bride accompanied the bri« «**
party to Decatur.
Ntw Prison Rules Adopted.
Hpeclnl ti* The Oeorghm.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 17.—The b* ,nrd
of control ‘
after
and n. u .„v. w. •
during the year. Any person desiring
In .-I-U a — —... -1 — — - - .ll^noS llltlfl til '
ill#
kson. Miss., Aug. 17.—Tne
>ntrol ban passed an order heie-
prohlbltlng the visit by friend*
•elatlve* of a convict except tw u
to visit a convict any oftener thim th
shall flrst obtain permission fr«
governor.