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The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEF.LY, President. Subscription Rttes: One Tesr $4.50 Six Months....... 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Csrrler, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. Entered as refund-rf... matter Ap-ll 25. l!rid. at the foatoftee at Atlanta, tit., under net of congress of March S. 1171. 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.