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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEF.LY, President.
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Georgia’s Tardy Remembrance of
Oglethorpe.
8urely GeorRla lms done a tardy but' appropriate
thing In setting aside $15,000 to preserve the memory of
James Oglethorpe in bronze.
It would he scarcely a pardonable thing If Georgia at
this advanced period of Its civilization. Its greatness and
the most prositerons 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 stntes-
mnn. soldier and philanthropist who founded the com
monwealth and gave It Its Impetus toward the great
history which It has recorded.
The age Is material, but the age will become Igno
ble when It ntoeks at sentiment, at the traditions of the
commonwealth, and at men worthy either of glory or of
prosperity; when II lorgets Its noble and henrtfu! obli
gations to those who have done the most for its life
and for Its history.
It was n noble and a gallant thing lo remember the
chlvalrlc Gordon of our later days, and the hearts of
Georgians rejoice nl the appropriation and applnud the
legislature which sel apart this money for his name. But
It Is still a more timely and appropriate thing that
Georgia should reward that Immortal Englishman, that
first Georgian, greater Ihun Gordon and more memora
ble than any Georgian of modern limes, who founded upon
the hanks of the Savannah the commonwealth which has
grown lo he the empire stale of the Bonth.
It Is a fact not generally known that outside of a
modest shaft at Frederica, there Is no monument to Ogle
thorpe In the stale of Georgia. And this Indeed Is a
shameful fact. It Is a comment most dnmaglng to the
patriotism and the sentiment of the state that our found
er and our benefactor and the very greatest man In onr
history should havn. been left unknown to bronze and
tinemhalmed In memory through all these years.
Georgia Is tardy beyond expression In not having
erected long ago a monument to James Oglethorpe. It Is
. time yet to redeem the serious and most criminal omis
sion, and wo are sure that the state will be glad, and
that the governor will rejoice to affix his signature
to the bill passed by the legislature. If thfe editor of The
Georgian stood In the governor's shoes and held (he ex
ecutive pen In his hntid, lie would write beneath Ills sig
nature to the hill milking the appropriation the words:
"This appropriation should have Iteeti doubled or
trebled by the body that made It."
The statue of Oglethor|ie to lie 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 Is not generally known that every public square
In Savannah belongs, not to the city, hut to the stale.
When the city was laid off theso squares were establish
ed by OgIethor|ie, not for places of recreation, hut for
places of defense from (ho enemies In South Carolina
and the Spaniards In Florldn. The outlying townships
were given the same nnmes as tho squares ao that the
townships’ Inhabitants In time of danger might flock to
the forts In tho squares whose nnmes they bore. By
the net of 1760 It was decreed Hint these public squares
might be used by the lot-holders adjoining for places of
recreation. But a subsequent act of tho courts declared
some thirty years ago that these squares still belonged
to the stale under the original art and purpose of .lumen
Oglethorpe.
The lames Oglethorpe stnliie will he placed In Chip
pewa Square Just opposite the opera house and In
the center of the dly of Savannah. When It Is com
pleted both the square and the statue will be tho prop
erty of tho state of Gcorgtn. and will stand us a tardy
but noble expression of tho gratitude and appreciation of
a great iieoplc toward the soldier, the stutekmnn and
the philanthropist to whom they owe their highest obliga
tions and their most 'loyal and grateful memories.
The Typhoid Season.
The season of the year has arrived when the mor
tality from typhoid fever and malaria Is highest.
We have in mlml no »|ieelllc violations of tho city
health regulations, either on the part of oflielnis or tho
citizens In general, lint the months of August, Septem
ber and October so distinctly lend all other months of
Jhe year In the mortality from these diseases that we are
Impelled to sound n timely nolo of warning and urge
Upon the people of Atlanta lo put their premise* In the
best possible sanitary condition. There Is no contin
gency In life whero 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 seadon of the
year.
In order that the dangers of this and tho two suc
ceeding months may be fully realized, In this respect,
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 us of lack of patriotism If we
make It known, In the Interest of the general welfare,
that while the mortality In the Grilled Slates from all
diseases is the smallest In the .world, with the excep-
‘Jtlh of Norway and Sweden, the mortality from typhoid
fever Is higher here thnu lu any European country ex
cept Italy. Aa the director of the census well point* out
"there Is room for u 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 Is not great
in July, hut with the coming of August the deaths be
gin In earnest.
The tables from which wc quote show that out of
every 1,000 deaths from typhoid fever 53.7 occur in June,
69.6 occur In July, while 103.7 occur In August. 119.6
In September and 1 is.fi In October, after which lime the
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 1903, 66 In 1903 and #<*.)>
the fact Jhat Urn 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 tho 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 thla new*
I Jtaper.
Its appearance In the present campaign Is compar
atively Incidental and Is lo a large extent unfortunate.
It Is to be 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 Issue occurs, The Georgian can do no
less than declare Its whole heart for any movement that
seeks to establish either lit whole or in part one of the
great principles upon which our mlnda are aettled and
fixed u|am the race problem. We desire supremely aa an
act of far-seeing statesmanship, as p sedative to present
conditions, and ns a preliminary to any final settlement,
that tho relative status of the races shnll be fixed In this
Southern country by statute and by public opinion.
Wherever any phase of this question Is presented to
the people of Georgia It should be answered freely and
fully and definitely along the Hues of this proposition.
We cannot afTord to go backward. The difficulties are
loo great about us. The dangers are too menacing, the
future hangB too much in the balance of any public de
cision or pronouncement which we may make. We sim
ply cannot afTord lo lake any backward step now or at
any time In the solution of this great matter.
The Issues of the present campaign nre subordinate
and tho 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 havo much respect for Mr. Brant
ley. Wejsiteem him to be a gentleman of ability, of chat-
acter and of personal dignity. We hnvo been struck with
the fact as rei«orted In tho dally pnpers that Congressman
Brantley declares himself heartily and unhesitatingly In
favor of disfranchisement, although he fiercely opposes
the eantlldatv- running upon that platform, and explains
the Inconsistency main the theory that he does not be
lieve Hie method of disfranchisement proposed by that
randldate Is either constitutional or offectlve.
We accept this statement at Its face value and note It
with respect. The Inconsistency from onr point of view
consists In the fact Hint Mr. Brantley Is hlmBelf a law
yer and realizes that verdlrts are rendered by weight of
evidence from reputable witnesses. And wo submit to
Mr. Brantley's Impartin! consideration the fact that the
vast weight and preponderance of evidence In this rase
rests with those active anu distinguished citizens of Ala
bama, Mississippi, Virginia, lanilslana and tho Carollnas
who declare Hint the dsfranchlseinent laws of those
states have worked beneficently to the purification of pol
ItlcH nnd to the snfe establishment of white supremacy.
There are. Indeed, some single citizens of u private
station, nnd one or two inen of public station In those
states who have tnken ati opposite view. But wc nre
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 ns object lessons of the le
gality and effectiveness of tho disfranchisement law now
advocated In Georgia. If ten men In any stato have criti
cised the law'or questioned Its operation, a hundred man
in belter position lo know have Indorsed the law In all
Its workings and have declared that these states would
protest by a two-thirds or a tliree-fourths vote, any prop
osition to clinugo these statutes without the substitution
of a heller one. '
Wo submit to Mr. Brantley's consideration that the
whole weight and preponderance of evldenco Is In favor
of the disfranchisement laws In operation In our sister
stales, nnd that (he objections to It are sporadic and,
comparatively speaking, unrepresentative.
For the rest, we lake Mr. Brantley at hla word, and
believing him to be, ns he says he Is, nn ardent and un
qualified advocate of disfranchisement, we submit to him
that It would lie wise and statesmanlike for Georgia to
pass hob- definitely and emphatically upon this general
question while It Ih so clear an Issue, and to trust to him
and lo other statesmen of the state to perfect in the
framing and execution of this Inw whatever methods we
may derive from our own thought and study and from any
defects which exist In the laws of our stster states.
The great Issue Is to let Georgia speak definitely nnd
decisively upon this Issue. Let the state and the people
put themselves upon record. Let us put this Issue once
and for all behind us and trust to the wisdom, the
parity and the patriotism of the state and Its statesmen
to execute ft In wlidom, Justice and moderation.
-VII other questions and all other personalities sink
Inlo Insignificance beside this transcendent Issue.
«ty
as that In question should bo 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 hes rendered the farmere
of the South a distinct service In stirring up that
Cotton Association crookedness—Rome Trioune.
Our honest motive was to serve, and It pleases us to
have The Tribune, one of the very staunchest of alt the
friends of the Cotton Association, to say that we have
served this great body well.
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 tbelr constituents, and bare represent
ed their great cltf and county with ita 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
tired Messrs. Stovall and Anderson from the present
arena, we cannot forbear to say to them In parting not
goodbye, but “au revolr."
Four Days More.
Twenty-seven columns In The Constitution about
Cltrk 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 i prejudice and demagogy. When the lobby Is offensive
tranquil earth. I curb It by statute and restraint. But do not oppress
Fo . ur of strenuous politics and then comes the proP erty In answer to faction or demagogy. The detsruc-
tion of the lobby lays upon legislators an added obligation
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 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 be muzzled—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
[gossip!
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 herollcally resolve that If
ever a lot of candidates come before us again with
such tactics and with such a spirit, that we will a* a
people spew them out of our civic mouths and scour the
woods for dark hofeea 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 bo 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 pour oil on the seething waters of Journalistic de
bate which have been dashed Into a perfect fury of
late by tho Hon. Tom Watson and the Hon. C. R.
Pendleton. He would have these “noblo Georgians"
restored lo "friendly relations" w th oach other. Why
does the Hon. John Temp, go so far from home to
attempt pacification? He Is having a rough house
of the most varingnted variety right under his very
nose In Atlanta, if ho 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
nnd Editor Pendleton to fellowship.—Spartanburg,
S. C„ Herald.
We are simply practicing peacemaker on Pendleton
and Watson. This is a business that requires Infinite
skill nnd experience. When we get up nearer to the
standard of the expert we will go out after Clark and
Hoke.
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 know, has a cartoon "In the Stretch—The Finish
In the Georgia Gubernatorial Stakes as It I-ooka."
This Rhows Hon. Hoke Smith to be considerably In
the lead, with Editor Clark Howell second and the
three or four other aspirants. Including tho ever-pos-
slble 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 as the asserfion that the
contest Is 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 World Today reproduces
Artist Brewcrton's rato bill cartoori, "It's a Wise Father
That Knows His Own Child,” as among the most nota
ble brought out during the discussion. Mr. Brewcrton's
work Is receiving a great deal of admiration all over
the country.
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 and demoralizing spectacle
of a score of tots singing nnd begging on the streets dur
ing those hours of the night when they ought to be safely
In bed,
It.ls regarded as unfortunate that there appears to bo
no law directly covering the case at this lime, to the full
est extent, lint It certainly lies In the power of tho mayor
to see to It that these children are taken off the 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 the children, much
loss for tho able-bodied care-takers, that there was no
adequate system of religious Instruction, as had been
claimed, and that (he total regular Income for the sup
port of (he children and the adults In eharge of them,
outside of street begging, was six dollars a month and a
few donations of provisions.
In short, the alleged ^orphanage has no regular and
recognized stains, nnd at the same time !t Is fell Hint a
flreat w rong Is helm ilono theso children of tender years
by bringing them out nightly on the streets to Ring and
beg.
’ As City Warden Evans |iolnts out, Atlanta spends
large sums every year for the enre of orphans In organ
ized homes, outside of the aid given by the county, and
some arrangement should be made fix' properly provid
ing for those children throngh the homes aupiHirtcd
by these funds.
Atlanta Is a great nnd prosperous community. Her
heart has always boon In the right place,'and she has
in 1904. So it is a matter of gratification that the dls-1 always responded to every worthy appeal for charity. We
Is already ou iho decrease here. At the same time, * do not believe that it is wise or beneficial that such char*
Stovall and Anderson—Members of tho 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 have been so uni
versally itopular and respected as these distinguished gen
tlemen.
Messrs. Stovall and Anderson represent the highest
Some tolks will say now that they know where the
funds come 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; We still brazenly confess
that the funds came from Mr. Fred L. Seely.
Editor John Temple Graves picked a mighty good
time to start 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 is
dec. .. He ..'as a il preserved old man.
The day after the primary Is August 23.
Growth and Progress of the New South
from time to time Information Illustrating ths
Money in Truck Farming.
The Columbia State recently called attention to the enterprise of a
Charleston man, who planted 32 acres of ground In Colleton oounty In po
tatoes, from which he realized a net profit of $14,000.
Thla led The Charleston News and Courier to dilate on the product
iveness of the coast section of that state and gave an Instance where one
farmer hint year cleared $50,000 from his crop of cabbage*, which he raised
near Churlenton and shipped to Northern market*.
The Tradesman »ay* that If these Instance* were not stated on such
reliable authority they would be deemed Incredible, but there are evidences
on every hand of the great profit* that are derived from truck farming.
From one shipping point In southwest Texas there was realized during the
present season $250,000 from Berumda onions.
An ltnllnn renter In the Mississippi delta cleared $15,000 last year by
raising pepper, which he shipped to* the great packing Arms In Chicago.
The strawberry crop around Chattanooga this year netted the raisers
over $3oo,ooo.
Cullman county, Alabama, was settled In the '70’s by a colony of Ger
mans, nnd It was then the poorest portion of the state, while today It Is one
of the most flourishing counties In Alabama—and all accomplished through
truck farming and fruit raising.
But such Is the soil and climate of the South generally that vegetables of
all kinds nre easily raised, and these contribute so much to the economy
of life that the wonder Is 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 small tract of land In the Houth.
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,
nnd e|purly shown from the few Instances given above, that there la money
to be made In truck farming, nnd as this 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, 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 1'rivals tanned Wire.
New York. Au*. 17.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York todny:
ATLANTA—R. H. Hart. B. N.
Moody, J. R. Pearce, H. M. Reid, L. E.
Floyd. A. 8. Glaudler, IV. L. Harman,
W. H. Moore, Mis* Myrlok, Miss M.
WIs«s, M. Harland, H. A. McAfee.
MACON—L. L. Dempsey, G. IV. Hur.
ley, L. N, Julian, Miss R. Meyer, G. S.
Shipp, H. M. Smith.
SAVANNAH—F. S. B. Gillespie, M.
E. Klrschbaum, O. JCIIcr.
IN PARI8.
Special to Tho (leorielnn.
Paris, Ausr. 17.—.Mr, and Mrs. Nlcho
las liner nnd Miss Jean liner," of At
lanta, Ga., registered the office of the
European edition of The New. York
Herald today.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York. Aug. 17.—Senator I’hnun.
cey M. Depew might not be alii.. t „
give George Hackenschmidt much ,,f
an argument on the mat. but he is d«.
veloping Into a pretty fair wrestle,
at that. It has been asserted that h.
was under the care of William Mul-
doon, the noted trainer, but the truth
came out when the>senator‘s chauffeur
was arrested In Yonkers for fayt _d nv .
Ing.
>Vhen his Improved health was cam
mented upon, Senator Depew admitted
with something of his old-time lauv-i,
that it was due to the poiufdinas r«
had received at the hands o7 Wrestler
Muldoon. The senator w#ht to Mm
doon’s place laat December after .
complete breakdown and Ifuldnnn uho
Uiught President Itooscvelt some’ new
tricks In boxing, has katMilm in hand
ever since. %
It Is said the senator has had to use
ring machines, punch thfc bag and learn
to box. He has bad to tvnlk every day
in the .open air, to taka long brruths
in the morning and eat and drink only
what the wrestling teacher ordered
The senator does not live ut White
Plains, but goes, there every day for
his exercise.
Of course we all know that the
war -of Haroda was simply expressing
his ignorance of jthe truly beautiful
when he said the American woman u;u
not pretty. I| Is nevertheless gratlfv-
Ing to have another distinguished ..rj.
ental visitor point out the Indian ruler’s
lack of taste. Kang Yo Wei, president
of the Chinese Reform Association, lie-
fore he sailed for Europe, said:
•’The Gaekwar Is all wrong. The
American type of womanhood Is the
finest In the worjd. 1 hope some flay
reformed nnd awakened (’hfna may
have wotben like American women, in
form and In the face os well, as the
American women seem like—what you
call angels/'
Mr. and Mrs. Trask, abandoning their
beautiful country residence on which
more than $1,000,000 has been spent in
ntting It with everything that luxuri
ous taste could nuggeut, will spend the
summer In a canvas tent on a little
Island on Lake George. Mrs. Trank
was attacked by an affection of the
heart and physicians udvlsed the open
air cure. Tents were erected in the
grounds of Yeddo, where Mrs. Tra.sk
could spend the day In the air.
The results were so favornble that It
was decided Mrs. Trask could live out
doors entirely this summer, and one
the little Islands In Luke George has
been selected.
Another startling departure has been
taken by the Long Branch “summer
girls”—that Is, those of them who are
proud of their limbs. The new wrinkle
Is to go In the surf not with half h«»*e
or socks, but with no covering from
the knee down. Of course, snndats
are worn, because the sand and shells
don't respect even the daintiest of feet
or the pinkest of toes.
The stocklngless bathing girl ha*
created a sensation, and may bo held
responsible for the lookers at the
beech. Of course, the more conserva
tive bathers are shocked by the depart
ure. and are accused of fearing com
parison.
REGRET.”
By PR0FE880R WILLIAM HENRY
WADDELL, of tho Unlvortity of
Osorgls.
Ill IflO", H IHIilHI sit-lllj »» •••
professor In the I’nlvcrslty of
wrote a poem eutltled "Regret, w...
printed In a local inipor Slid greatly ml
'* —ir nt the time rend bv few
has now fallen eiitlrely out
of public knowledge.
It Is. however, $»o beautiful, nnd worthy
of preservation, that 1 take the liberty of
•ndlng hereto a copy of the same, with
request Unit yon repnldlsh It ns » mut
ter of Interest to the vast number of I nl-
versify of Uoorgln students who knew
Professor Waddell nnd loved him. nnd to
sensitive ami appreciative men and wotueo
ry where.
D1NKELSPIEL ON THE HORSE TRADER
By JEORGE V, HOBART.
(Copyright, 1006, by American-Journal -
Examiner.)
Saratoga, Yesterday.
Mein Lfeber Looey—i vas sitting on
tier porch of tier hotel here last night,
using up my listeners on Uer beautiful
strains of moosic vich flouted across
»ler moonlight, ven who dlt you dink
haired himself near by me und began
onvematlonlng?
jt whs Leopold Scbmalz!
You huf often heard me specify Leo
pold Schmnlx, der olt horse trader from
Rochester—cure you haf. Looey!
He vas * great character, dls Leo
pold Rchmnlx, und many a time 1 haf
laughed myself Immovable at some of
his horse trading peculiarlsms.
He Is here to see der races, und meb-
be pick up a horse or two. If der mo
ment vas precipitous.
Did I cfet- told you. Looey, abould
der time Leopold sold der olt sorrel
to a chentlemana by der name of T’ea-
dore Bendlx?
T eadore vas a m»mslcker by his pro
fession, but be vas In Rochester for a
few veeks und he vlshed te buy a horse,
somebody sent hint. to Leopold
Schmnlx.
Leopold hat at dls time a olt sorrel
horse vlch vould nefer trafel ofer a
half mile inltoutd balking.
Now. Looey, dia oit 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
tail, so he glued on u tali vlch he kept
In der barn Tor dls purpose, alretty.
Vun of der pectiflurlxfng features
abould dls olt sorrel horse vas der
fact dot yust before he vould begin to
balk und stop dead In his tracks der
right ear vould fly back und stay dare.
I/nd yust before he Intended to start
up again der left ear Vould fly back und
chain der right ear. Dep ns der olt
sorrel vent choynusly on his vay vunce
more, both ears vou!d stand ould
straight und all vould be veil.
Der olt sorrel alvnys made dese Big-,
nale. rain or shine.
t’nd, moreofer, vunce dot olt sorrel’s
nose vas pointed for home he nefer
stopped, but vent like der vfnd—ven It
oln’d blowing very hard.
9 Veil, anyhow, T’eadore Hendlx goes
to Leopold Schtnalz to 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 barn In der buggy
T’eadore has an Idea be Is riding be
hind Sysonby’s step-brother.
Ven dey got ould abould half a mile,
back goes der sorrel's right ear und
Leopold says, qvlck, "Vo, vo, boy, vo!**
uf course der olt sorrel (mentioned
to vo anyway, but T’eodore doan'd
know* It.
Den Leopold vould point nt der
scenery mlt his vIp und description It,
nil der time vatching der old sorrel'*
left ear for der starting signal.
Blmebj' back vould go der left ear
und den Leopold vould stop descrip-
tlonlng der ncenery und mil a loud
’•Qed-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 I 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 haf to say “Ged-dap!'
right In der midst of hla scenery de-
script Inning.
DIhjyuh kept up abould four times
und ven nil of a sudden T’eadore let
ould a roar.
"For der lufT of hlmmei!” yelled
T’eadore, "doan'd you know dot 1 came
ould here to see dls horse go, und not
to listen at your lectures on dls bum
scene rj’. Vy, rnnn, I haf been by Ro
chester many times und often before,
und I know nU nboubl der snsh fac
tories und der orphan asylums, und
now I vould t’ank you kindly to point
der reins nt dls horse und make him
commence! ’’
"Ach, itxcoos! oxcoos!” set Leopold:
"you vish to sec him trafel. Is It? So!
I show you!”
Den Leopold turned der olt animal
around, pointed his nose at der oats In
der barn, 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 Teadore took der sor
rel ould for a leedle eggserefrg. Pret
ty son* U 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 his. barn door ven he saw a man
running tovards him vlch looked some-
ding like T’eadore und soinedtng like a
wigllance committee.
Der man hat a buggy vIp In vun
hand und a horse's tall In der udder,
und a bonfire In both eyes.
Leopold took vun peep at him; den
he fell backyards ould of der barn vln-
dow und hid, for four days In hla cel-
lar.
But t doan’d tfnk T'endnre und Leo
pold e.fer met, because both of dem vas
still alive and uninjured.
Yours mlt luff.
D. DINKKL8PIEL,
per George V. Hobart.
smlness nnd disappointment In the line
Is strongly suggestive of Ilyron » words:
"Mjr days are.In the yellow leaf.
The flowers and fruits of I ore nrr gone
The worm, the canker, nnd the grief
Ar, min, XAS
Attnutn, (!«., August IS, 1908.
By WILLIAM HENRY WADDELL.
Oh! Current «f Life,
With thy wnrrlng and strife.
Thy banks wore once curtained with drap
ery bright;
Rut the stream of my hours
lias forsaken the flowers.
And wanders nlone through tb**
ness of night.
Oh! River of Years,
Fnst flowing with tears.
The zephyrs of Eden once
black-
snug to tby
Still—on, over on.
Thy waters roll down .
To the sunless retreats of Eternity
Where tin* waves of the deep
Their dnrk vigils keep.
And murmur no more on the hind <
lea.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
1657—A.lnilriil Rtilmrt Blnku ill.nl. , „ ,
17Wt-Fnitortck th, tlrwit of 1'riiMta '
um-XlonnuT Itothauy Cimtl, lout; ou, lorn-
ilred persons |terUhed. f
1850—Denmark »*«*ded possessions ;*u «>■«
const of Afrlen to Great Britain.
1860—Mississippi river declared open r<»r
trade. , .
1876— Alexander I of Hervls ImMTII.
tinted June 10.
1888—l*etro*'Uin I'Voveref. In lloumnidn.
18M—Rteuuishlp ('iimptinhi esttiullaneij ne
rveurti Itetween Queenstown III"',
York. Time, Are days nine hours
nnd twenty-seven minutes. , #
18K-Rrltfstl yacht Valkyrie III arrived nt
!iew York ft* coptest for the Ainern*
cup.
Marritd By Probate Judge.
Mperlal to The fJeonrlnit.
Decatur, Ala., .Vug. If*—Miss Lottie
Patterson and William Teague, both or
Fnlkville, were quietly married her
today In the office of Probate Judge
William K. Hkeggs In the county
house. Rev. Jeif Wtllhlght, of »/»'«;
vllle, officiated. Mr. LUe and a alster
vf the bride accompanied the brtu-n
party to Decatur.
Nsw Prison Rulss Adopted.
gfHN-lnl to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 17.—The board
of control has passed an order here
after prohibiting the visit by fncH"-
and relatives of a convict except t«'<
during the year. Any person desiring
to visit a convict any oftener than tm
shall first obtain permission from tu
governor.