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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F, L. SEELY, President.
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CaterrO aa aarond-vlaaa matter April 31. ISIS, at the PoafoPIea si
Atlanta. Ga.. under act of conaresa of March A ISIS.
Georgia’s Tardy Remembrance of
Oglethorpe.
• Surely Georgia ha* done a tardy but appropriate
thing In setting aside $15,000 to preserve the memory of
James Oglethorpe in bronze.
It would be scarcely n pardonable thing If Georgia at
this advanced period of It* civilization. Its greatness slid
the most prosperous time It hns 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 has recorded.
The age la material, but the age will become Igno
ble when It mocks at sentiment, at the tradition* of the
commonwealth, and at men worthy either of glory or of
prosperity; wlipn If forgets Its noble and heartful obli
gations to those who have done the most for It* life
and for Its history.
It was a noble and a gallant thing to remember the
chlvalrfc Gordon of our later days, and the hearts of
Georgians rejoice at the appropriation and applaud the
legislature which sei apart this money for his name. But
It Is still a more timely and appropriate thing that j
Georgia should reward that Immortal 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 the commonwealth which has
grown to lie the empire state of the South.
It Is a fact not generally known that outside of a
modest shaft at Frederica, there Is no monument to Ogle
thorpe In the state of Georgia. Amt this Indeed Is a
shameful fact. It Is a comment most damaging to the
patriotism and the sentiment 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
unemhalmed In memory through ail these years.
Georgia Is tardy beyond expression In not having
erected long ago a monument to .lames Oglethorpe, ft Is
time yet to redeem the serious and most rrlmlnnl omis
sion, and we are sure that the state will be glad, and
that Ihe governed will rejoice to affix his signature
to Ihe bill passed by tile legislature. If (be editor of The
Georgian stood In the governor's shoes nml belli the ex
ecutive pen In his hand, he would write beneath Ids sig
nature to the bill 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 slate, attd the $10,000 guaranteed by the
city of Savannah, will stand ns the property of Geor
gia.
It li not generally known that every putillo square
In Savannuh belongs, not to the city, but to the state.
When the city was laid off these squares were establish
cd by Oglethorpe, not for pluces of recreation, but for
places of defense from tho enemies In South Carolina
and the Spautards In Florida. The outlying townships
were given the same names ns the squares so that the
townships' Inhabitants In time ol danger might flock to
the forts In the squares whose names they bore. By
the act of 1760 It was decreed that these public squares
might be used by the lot-holder* adjoining for plares of
recreation. But a subsequent net of the courts declared
tome thirty years ago that these squares still belonged
to the state under Ihe original act and puriiose of James
Oglethorpe.
The James Oglethorpe alntue will he placed In Chip
pewa Bqunrc just opposite the o|>ern house and In
the center of the city of Snvnntmli. When It la com
pleted both the square and the statue will he tho prop
erty of the stnte of Georgia, and will stand hs a tardy
but noble expression of the grutftudo and appreciation of
a great people toward the soldier, the statesman and
lb* philanthropist to whom they owe their highest obliga
tions and their moat loyal and grateful memories.
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, wlth lts flaunting banners ol
crimson leaves, but It Is the season of decaying vegeta
tion. and therein lies the danger.
Clean up.
Mr. Brantley’s Interesting Views.
• To The Georgian the race question Is the profoundest
Issue in our Southern civilization, and wherever It occurs
It enlists the deepest interest and concern of thU news-
The Typhoid Season.
The season of the year has nrrlved 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
cltliens In general, hu^ the months of August, Septem
ber and October so distinctly lend all other months of
the year In the mortality from those diseases that wo are
Impelled to sound a timely note of warning and urge
upon the peoplo of Atlnntu to put their premises In tke
best possible sanitary condition. There Is no contin
gency In life where the proverbial ounce of prevention Is
no well worth the iiotind of cure ns In the matter of san
itation, and this is especially true at this season of the
year.
In order that the dangers of this and the two suc
ceeding months may lie fully realized, In this re*|iect,
we draw from the mortality statistics of the Census Bu
reau. Just Issued for the five year period ending with
1904- No one will accuse ns of lack of patriotism If we
make If known. In the Interest of the- general welfare,
that while the mortality In the United gtutes from all
diseases Is the smallest In the World, with tho excels
'.Ion of Norway and Sweden, the mortality from typhoid
fever Is higher here than In any European country ex
cept Italy. As the director of the census well |>olut* out
' "there Is room for a great Improvement In the applica
tion of well known measures for the prevention of this
disease.”
The smallest number of deaths from typhoid fever
is In the’month of June, and the mortality ts not great
In July, but with the coming of August the denths be
gin In earnest.
• The tables from which we quote show thnt out of
every 1,000 deaths from typhoid fever 63.7 occur In June,
69.6 occur In July, while 103.7 occur In August, 119.6
In Septemoer and 118.6 In October, after which time tho
average begins to decrease again.
As 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 per 100.000
of population In 1901 to 69 In 1902, 66 la 1901 and 60.9
in 1904. So It ts a matter of gratification that the dls-
mt Is already on the decrease here. At the same time,
Its appearance In the present campaign la compar
atively incidental and la to a large extent unfortunate.
It la 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 and the partisanship of a factional
campaign.
Wherever the Isbiic occurs. The Georgian can do no
less than declare Its whole heart for any movement $hat
seeks-to establish either In whole or in part one of the
great principles upon which our minds are settled and
fixed upon the race problem. We desire supremely as an
act of far-seeing statesmanship, ns a sedative to present
conditions, nnd as a preliminary to any final settlement,
that the relative status of the races shall be fixed In this
Southern country by statute and by public opinion.
Wherever any phases>f this question Is presented to
the people of Georgia It should be answered freely and
fully nnd definitely along the lines of this proposition.
We ennnot afford to go backward. The difficulties are
too great about us. The dangers are too menacing, the
future hangs too much In Ihe balance of any-public de
cision or pronoun.ement 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 Issues 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 respect for Mr, Brant
ley. We esteem him to be a gentleman of ability, of char
acter and pf personal dlgulty. We havo been struck with
the fact as reported In the dally papera that Congressman
Brantley declnres himself heartily nnd unhesitatingly In
favor of disfranchisement, although he fiercely opposes
the candidate running upon that platform, and explains
Ihe inconsistency upon the theory that he does not be
lieve the method of disfranchisement proposed by that
candidate Is either constitutional or effective.
We accept this statement at Ita face value and note It
with respect. The Inconsistency from our point of view
consists In tho fact that Mr. Brantley Is himself a law
yer and realizes that verdlcta are rendered by weight of
evidence from reputable witnesses. And we submit to
Mr. Brantloy's Impartial consideration the fact that the
vnst weight and preponderance of evidence In this case
rests with those active aim distinguished citizens of Ala
bama, Mlaalsalppl, Virginia, Ixmlslana and the Carolines
who declare thnt the dslranchlsement laws of those
states jinvc worked beneficently to tho purification of pol
itics nnd to the safe establishment of white supremacy.
There are, Indeed, some single citizens of a private
station, nml one or two men of public station In those
slates who have taken an opposite view. But we are
quite anre that Congressman Brantley will not deny that
the great hulk of the testimony (rum public men who are
In n position to know anil to understand, rests with those
who |iolnt 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 critl
clscd the law or questioned Its operation, a hundred mop
In better position to know hnve Indorsed the law In all
Ita workings nnd have declared that these states would
protest by a two-thtrds or a three-fourths vote, any prop
osition to change these statutes without the substitution
of a better one. .
We 'julmiit to Mr. Brantley'a consideration that the
whole weight and preponderance of evidence la In favor
of the disfranchisement laws In operaflon In our slater
states, and thnt the objections to It are sporadic and,
comparatively speaking, unrepresentative.
For tho rest, we take Mr. Brantley nt his word, nnd
hollevlng him to he, ns he says he la, an ardent nnd un
qualified advocate of disfranchisement, we submit to him
thnt It would he wise nnd statesmanlike for Georgln to
pass now definitely nnd emphatically upon this general
question while It Is so clear an 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 derlvo from onr own thought and study and from any
defects which exist In the laws of our sister states.
The grant Issue Is to let Georgia speak definitely nnd
derisively upon this Issue. Let the state nnd the people
put themselves upon record. Let us put this Issue once
ami for all behind us and trust to the wisdom, the sa
gacity nnd tho patriotism of the stato and Its statesmen
to execute It In wh.doin. Justice nnd moderation.
All other questions nml all other personalities sink
Into Insignificance beside this transcendent Issue.
ity as that In question should be encouraged, where these
little children are kept on the streets singing and beg
ging when they ought to be at home'In bed.
At any rate the matter has now been brought defi
nitely to the attention of the people and of the officials
of the city. The situation, It Is agreed. Is one which
calls for prompt and efficient attention, and this we be
lieve It will receive.
The Atlanta Georgian has rendered the farmers
of the South a distinct service In stirring up that
Cotton Association crookedness—Rome Trloune.
Our honest motive was to serve, and it pleases us to
havo The Tribune, one of tho 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, blazes In the sultry skies, and
Mars, the martial planet, has swapped places with the
tranquil earth,
type of public life. They arc men of honor, of unusual
culture, elegant manners and of unimpeached 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 ablHty. 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
tired Messrs. Stovall and Anderson from the present
arena, we cannot forbear to day to them In parting not
goodbye, but "an revolr.”
The Atlanta Georgian wants, the lobbyists curbed,
' but advises fairness to vested Interests. That sounds
very much like tho East Tennessee politician who
wanted a dog law that would protect aheep and at'
the same time 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. If the dogs begin
to kill the sheep the dogs should bo muzxled—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 la offensive
curb it by statute and restraint. But do not oppress
[GOSSIP!
Four days of strenuous politics and then comes the proper ty i„ answer to faction or demagogy. The detsruc-
calm that follows after strife, and the wounds that are
the aftermath of battle.
Let us all brace ourselves and bear It as best we can.
And let us all highly and herdiicatly resolve that If
ever a lot of candidates come before us again with
such tactics and with snch a spirit, that we will as a
people spew .them out of our civic mouths and scour the
woods for dark horses to receive the honors of our Indig
nant people.
It will be time enough to fix the responsibility for
thl. campaign of billingsgate when the battle Is over.
But soon or late. It ought to be fixed and remembered—
and forgotten.
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 |K>ur olf on the seething waters of journalistic de
bate which have been dashed Into a perfect fury of
late by the Hon. Tom Watson nnd the Hon. C. R.
Pendleton.- He would have these "noble Georgians”
restored to "friendly relations" w th each other. Why
does the Hon. John Tomp. go so far from home to
attempt pacification? He Is having a rough house
of the roost variagated variety right under bis very
nose in Atlanta, ft he can do something toward sup
pressing the Hon. Hokesmlths 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,
8. C.. Herald.
We are simply practicing peacemaker on Pendleton
and WatsAn. This Is a business that requires Infinite
skill and experience. When we get up nearer to the
standard of the expert we will go out after Clark and
Hoke.
The Sfreet Orphans.
The ontlre community will sustain the mayor and
the officers of the benevolent Institutions of the city in
putting a stop to the unseemly nnd demoralizing siiectacle
of a score of tots singing nml begging on-the streets dur
ing those hours of the night when they ought to he safely
In bed.
If Is regarded as unfortunate thnt there nppeara to he
no law directly covering the case at this time, to the full
est extent, hut It-certainly lies In tire power of the mayor
to see to Jt that -these children are taken off the streets,
Invest igntlon showed that these children were being
cared for ill a self-styled orphanage, where, It was dis
covered. there was not enough food for the 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 nnd the adults In chnrge of them,
outside of street begging, was alx dollars n month and a
few dotintions of provisions.
In short, the alleged orphanage has no regular nnd
recognised status, nnd at the same time V. Is felt thnt a
great wrong Is belt** done these ehlldren of tender years
by bringing them out nightly on tho streets to sing and
beg.
As City Warden Evans |sdnts out, Atlanta s|>ends
large sum* every year for the care of orphans In organ
ized homes, outside of the aid given by the county, and
some arrangement should be made for properly provid
ing for these children through the homes supisirted
by thesp funds.
Atlanta Is a great and prosperous community. Her
heart has always been In the right place, and she has
ninny* re*|H>nded to every worthy appeal for charity. We
do not believe that It is wise or bcqcflrial that such char-
8tovall and Anderson.—Members of the present leg
islature have expressed a very general regret over the
retirement of Representatives Stovall and Anderson, of
the county of Chatham. Few members of the present
lower house of the general assembly havo been so uni
versally populat and respected as these distinguished gen
tlemen.
Messrs. Stovall and Anderson represent the highest
tion of the lobby lays upon legislators an added obligation
to be fair to vested Interests.
Isn’t that clear?
The Atlanta Georgian, whose preference, If It has
any. In the gubernatorial contest In Georgia, we do
not fcnow, has a cartoon “In the Stretch—The Finish
In the Georgia Gubernatorial Stakes as It- Looks.”
This shows Hon. Hoke Smith to be considerably In
the lead, with Editor Clark Howell second and the
three or four other aspirants, Including the ever-pos-
slhle dark horse, bringing up the rear like the steam
calliope In the circus parade. Mr. Smith has all
along appeared to be In the lead, but this statement
Is not near so Important aa the assertion that the
contest ts soon to end.—Charlotte Observer.
We are seeking to be cheerful, brother, and 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 W'orld Today reproduces
Artist Brewerton’s rate bill cartoon, "It’s a Wise Father
That Knows His Own Child,” as among the most nota
ble brought out during the discussion. Mr. Brewerton’s
work Is 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 la about
rime for Colonel John Temple Graves to be putting
In bts denial.—Wilmington, N. C., Messenger.
No, we will make no denial. We still brasenly confess
that the funds came from Mr'. Fred L. Seely.
Editor John Temple Graves picked a mighty good
time to stnrt his new Atlanta paper.—Nashville
(Tenn.) Banner.
Any time Is a good time to start a good paper.
Word from Bombay tells us the Jam of Navanagar la
dor . He ..'as a il preserved old man.
The day after the primary la August 23..
Growth and Progress of the New South
lug Munition.
Money in Truck Farming.
The Columbia State recently called attention td the enterprlae of •
Charleston man, who planted 32 acres of ground In Colleton county In po-
tatoen, from which he realised n net profit of $14,000.
Thin led The Charleston News nnd Courier to dilate on the produet-
IveneMH of the count section that mat© nnd gave an Instance where one
fnrmer last yenr cleared $30,000 from hls crop of cabbaged, which he raised
neur Charleston and shipped to Northern markets*.
The Tradesman Mya that If these Instances were not stated on such
reliable authority they would be deemed incredible, but thgre are evldencea
on every hand of the great profit* that are derived from truck farming.'
From one nhtpplng point In southwest Texas there wan realized during the
present Henson $250,000 from Berumda onions.
An Italian renter In the Mississippi delta cleared $15,000 last year by
raining pepper, which he ahlpped to the great packing firm* in Chicago.
The strawberry crop around Chattanooga thla year netted the raisers
over $300,000.
Cullmnn county, Afabnma, was settled In the '70’s by a colony of Ger
mans. nnd It waa then the poorest portion of the state, while today It la one
of the moat flourishing counties In Alabama—and all accomplished through
truck farming nnd fruit mining.
Hut such 1h the soil and climate of the South generally that vegetables of
nil kinds are easily raised, and these contribute so much to the economy
of life that the wonder la there should be so many who flock to our towns
nnd cities, 'only to eke out a miserable existence when they could live In
comfort on a very email tract of land In the South.
The TradeHman wishes to see concert of actlpn 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 la money
to be made In truck farming, and as thla does not require very much of
an 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 held for the thrifty Immigrant that Is
not equaled elsewhere, nnd 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 CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER,
By Private Leased Wire.
New York. Aug. 17—Senator
cey M. Depen- might not be able to
give George Hackenachmidt much „f
an argument on the mat, but he is he
veloplng Into a pretty fair wreatler
at that. It has been asserted thnt he
was under the care of William Mul.
doon, the noted - trainer, but the t rut h
came out when the senator's chauffeur
was arrested In Yonkers for fust driv.
.Vhen hls Improved health was corn
mented upon. Senator Depcn- admit ,t
with something of hls old-time | u
that It was due to the pounding,,
had received at the hands of Wre.tier
Muldoon. Tlie senator went to Mul
doon’s place last. December after .
complete breakdown and Muldoon «
taught President Roosevelt sonte’ new
tricks In boxing, has had him In hand
ever since. • u
It 1* said the senator has hnd t„ use
ring machines, punch the bag and i eam
to box. He haa had to walk evert- day
In the open air, to take long breaths
In the morning and eat and drink only
what the wrestling teacher ordered
The senator does not live at White
Plains, but goes there every day f.,»
hls exercise.
Of course we all know that the Gaek-
war of Baroda was simply expression
hls Ignorance of the truly beautiful
when he said the American woman
not pretty. It is nevertheless gratify.
Ing to have another distinguished orl-
entnl visitor point out the Indian ruler's
lack of taste. Kang Yo Wei, president
of the Chinese Reform Association, be
fore he sailed.for Europe, said:
"The Gaekwar Is all wrong. The
Amerlcai) type of womanhood Is the
finest In the world. I hojie some day
reformed nnd awakened China may-
have \yomen like American women, In
form nnd In the face os well, as the
American women seem like—what you
call nngels.”
Mr. and Mrs..Trask, abandoning their
beautiful country renldence on which
more than $1,000,000 has been spent In
fitting it with everything that luxurl.
ous taste could suggest, will spend the
summer In a canvas tent on n little
Island on Lake George. Mrs. Trask
was attacked by an affection of ihe
heart and physicians advised the open
air cure. Tents Were erected In the
grounds of Yeddo, where Mrs. Trask
could spend the day In the air.
The results were so favorable that It
wns decided Mrs. Trask could lire ms-
doors entirely this summer, nnd one of
the little Islands In Lake George has
been selected.
Another startling departure hns been
taken by the Long Branch "summer
girls”—that is, those of them who are
proud of their limbs. The new wrinkle
la to go In the surf not with half hose
or socks, but with no covering from
the knee down. Of course, sandals
are worn, because the sand and shells
don’t respect even the daintiest of feet
or the pinkest of toes.
The stocklhgless bathing girl has
created a sensation, and may be held
responsible for the lookers at ihe
beech. Of course, the more conserva
tive bathers are shocked by the depart
ure, and are accused of fearing com
parison.
• REGRET."”
By I’rlvnte I.eased Wire.
New York, Aug. 17.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—R. H. Hart. B. N.
Moody, J. R. Pearce, H. M. Reid, I* E.
Floyd. A. 8. Glaudler, W. L. Harman
W. H. Moore, Miss Myrlck, Miss M
Wlggs, M. Harland, H. A. McAfee.
MACON—L. L. Dempsey, G. IV. Hur
ley, L, N. Julian, Miss R. Meyer, O. 8,
Shipp, H. M. Smith.
SAVANNAH—F. R B. Gillespie, M.
E. Klrschbaum, O. Eller.
IN PARIS.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris, Aug. 17.—Mr. and Mrs, Nicho
las Itner and Miss Jenn Itner, of At
lanta, Ga., registered the office of the
European Edition of The New. York
Herald today-.
DINKELSPIEL ON THE HORSE TRADER
By GEORGE V. HOBART.
(Copyright, 1906, by Amerlcan-Journnl
Examiner.)
Saratoga, Yesterday.
Mein Lleber Looey—l vas sitting on
der porch of der, hotel here last night,
using up my listeners on der beautiful
strains of moosic vlch flouted across
der m4M>n)ight, ven who dlt you dink
chaired himself near by me und begun
onveisatlonlng?
It was Leopold Schmala!
You huf often heard me specify Leo
pold Schmnl*. der olt horse trader from
Roches ter—au re you huf, Looey!
lie vas a great character, ills Leo-
p-.fid Schmnlz, und many a time I haf
laughed myself immovable nt some of
hls horse trading pecultarlsms.
He I** here to see der races, und meb-
be pick up a horse or two, If der mo
ment vas precipitous.
Did 1 efer told you. Looey, abould
der time Leopold sold der olt sorrel
to a chentlemans by der name of T’ea-
doro Hendlx?
T’eadore vas a mooslcker by hls pro
fession, but he vas In Rochester for n
few veeks und he vlshed1 to buy a horse,
»m> somebody sent him to I«eopold
Hchmalz.
Leopold hat at dls time a olt sorrel
horse vlch voutd nefer trafcl ofer a
half mile mttoutd balking.
Now, Looey, dls ole sorrel horse vas
formerly a person mlt Its tail 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 vlch he kept
In d*r barn for dls purpose, alretty.
Vun of der pecultarizirTg features
abould dls olt sorrel horse vas der
fact dot yust before he vould begin to
balk und stop dead in hls tracks der
right ear vould fly back und stay dare.
Und yust before he Intended to start
up again der left epr vould fly back und
choln der *lght ear. Den ns der olt
sorrel vent choyously on his vay vunce
more, both ears vould stand ould
straight und nil vould be veil.
Der olt sorrel alvnys made dese sig
nals, rain or shine.
Und, rnorcofer, vunce dot olt sorrel's
nose vas pointed for home he nefer
stopped, but vent like der vlnd—ven It
aln d blowing very hard.
Veil, Anyhow, T’eadore Hendlx goes
to Leopold Schmalx ti> Inkvlre abould
a horse, und Leopold hitches up der olt
sorrel.
Vile hitching Leopold starts In to
eggsplAlnatlon vot a smart Idea dls
sorrel is, und by der time dey got
started ould of der bam In der buggy
T’eadore has an Idea he is riding be
hind Sysonby’s step-brother.
Ven dey got iMild abould half a mile,
back goes der *4»rrel*e right ear und
Leopold says, qvlck. “Vo, vo. boy, vo!"
Of course der olt sorrel Intent lined
to vo anyway, but T’eodore doan’d
know It.
Den Leopold vould point at der
scenery mlt hls v»p und description it,
all der time vatchlng der old sorrel’s
left ear for der starting signal.
Bimeby back vould go der left ear
und den Leopold vould stop dfescrfp-
tlonlng der scenery und mlt a loud
“Ged-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
say, ''Here on der right l vould like to
point ould to you der Methodist Or
phan Asylum, and ofer dare Is Cfrise
* Pendleton’s celebrated sash factory.
Ofer here on der left” but yust den
der sorrel’s left ear vould fly back und
Leopold vould huf to say "Ged-dap!"
right In der midst of hls scenery de-
scrlpt Inning.
Dls vas kept up abould four times
und ven all of a sudden T’eadore let
ould a roar.
“For der luff of hlmmel!” yelled
T eadore, "doun’d you know' dot 1 came
ould here to see dls horse go, und not
to listen at your lectures on dls bum
scenery. Vy, man, 1 haf been by Ro
chester many limes und often before,
und I knmv nil abould iler sash fac
tories und der ornhnn asylums, und
now I vould t’ank you kindly to point
der reins nt dls horse und make him
commence!”
”Aeh, oxroos! oxcooa!" set Leopold:
•you vlsh to see him trafel. Is It? So!
I show you!”
Pen Leopold turned der olt animal
around, pointed hls nose at der oats In
der bam, und dot sorrel nefer stop
ped running till dey vas back home.
T’eadore bought der horse on der
strength of dot return trip.
Dot afternoon T’eadore took der sor
rel ould for a teedle eggsercis*. Pret
ty so4)H It began to rain, der glue
melted, und ven T'eadore saw his
horse's tall drop off he nearly fell ould
of der vagon.
Four hours later Leopold was sitting
in hls barn door ven he saw a man
running tovAfti* him vlch linked some-
ding like T’eadore und somedlng lik» a
wlgltanco committee.
Der man hat a buggy vIp in vun
hand und a horse’s tall In der udder
und a bonfire In both ey?s.
Leopold took vun peep at him; den
he fell backyards ould of der barn vln-
dow und hid for four days in his cel
lar.
But I donn’il tlnk T’eadore und Lei»-
pold efer met, because both of dem vaa
still alive and uninjured.
Yours mlt luff.
D. DINKELSPIEL,
pci George V. Hobart.
By PR0FE880R WILLIAM HENRY
WADDELL, of tho Univoriity of
Georgia.
To the Editor of The CSeorglnn:
In 1E68, William Henry Waddell, n gift*!
professor In the I’nlverslty of
wrote n poem entitled ”lh*gret. which wns
printed In n local paper and giystljr ml-
ml red. It wns nt the time rend bv f**'c
persons, nnd hns now fallen entirely out
of public knowledge. _ , ,
It Is, however, so beautiful, nnd worthy
of preservation, that 1 take the liber—
you republish It i
, with
ter of Interest to the vnst number of I ul
verslty of (ttMirghi students who knew
Professor Wnddell nnd loved him. nml ti
sensitive and appreciative lueu and woiuea
everywhere
Ill In* noted the deep undertone of
wildness nnd disappointment In tin* lines
is strongly suggestive of Ilyroti s words:
••My days nre In the yellow leaf,
I lowers nnd fruits of love are g»ne:
’ J the grief
HOWARD VAN KITS.
Atlanta, Ga., August 16, 1906.
REGRET.
By WILLIAM HENRY WADDELL
mill lujr wnmiiR nn«
Thy bauka were once curtained with drap
ery bright;
But the stream of my hours
Huh forsaken the flowers.
And wanders nlone through the blncz-
ness of night.
Oh! River of Years,
Fast flowing with fears. .
The zephyrs of Eden ©nee sang to tuy
waves;
Now the winter wind roars
On thy desolate shores,
To the sunless retreats i»f Eternity’*
When* the waves t»f the deep
Their dark vigils keep. .
And murmur no tuorv on the land *»»
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
august 17.
1657-Admiral Itol»ert Rlnke filed. .
17*6—Prederfek the (Jrmt «»f Prussia dijj
1831—81earner Rothsay t’nsilc lost; one lota
ilred (lenmiut perished. .
1850— JV11murk ceded jNWsessbm* "ii
coast of Africa to Great Ilrltniu.
1863—Mississippi river declared open r,r
trade.
1876-Alexander I of flerrl* born. •'>•*•
tinted June 10, 1903.
1883— IVtro^'UUi $!*i$covoreu In lb , !l ,l i nI , 1
194—SteauMblp rampants
^ established
ivroni between ’Qneeuslown «
York. Time, live day* »•**"
mid t wen ry-ser©n minutes.
,1 NV<
niRi inrui.i’wrrii iiji . ,
1*16—British yurlit V.lkyrie III «rrM
New York to commit for the AmerW
Married By Probata Judge.
Hp$*clnl ft* The Georgian.
Decatur, Ala., Aug. 17.—MIhs
Patterson and William Teague, both m
Falkville, were quietly married •ij'je
today In the office of Probate Jddg-
Wllllam E, Skeggs In the county
house. Rev. Jeff Wtllhlght, of
vllle, officiated. Mr. Llle and a sister
of the bride accompanied the b.t«u
putty to Decatur.
New Prison Rule* Adopted.
HjmkMiiI to The tteorglnn.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 17.—The b' ^ra
of control has passed an order neie-
after prohibiting the vlalt by frbn'is
and relatives of a convict except
during the year. Any person desiring
to visit a convict any oftener than *
shall first obtain permission from
governor.