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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TJTrnPDjIT. AUGUST 23. J9«i The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. £ Subscription Rites: One,Year S4.50 Six Months....... 2.SO Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week IOc Published Every Afternoon 1 Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alibima Street, Atlanta; Ga. v —JT Entered as second duns matter April 25, 1305. at the Potto flics at Atlanta. On., under act of congress of March M. 1179. under her own rule and It would be n pity to create In the mind of the world In general that the Latin races are con stitutionally Incapable of self-government. We have practically pledged our faith that this was not true, and we will see to It that the Cuban people have a fair opportunity to govern themselves before we annex them to the United States, though this should ul timately be the fate of the Island republic. Congratulations to Mayor Joyner. We congratulate "Cap" Joyner most heartily upon his nomination to be the next Democratic mayor of the city or Atlanta. Nothing could be more appropriate than this culmination of the splendid career of fidelity and devotion which this able and popular citizen has given to the city of his birth and adoption. The nature and de gree of the service which "Cap" Joyner has rendered to Atlanta through Its famous Are department, can scarcely be appreciated by those who give merely a casual thought to the work he has done. It Is only those who are closest to him that realize the danger, the exposure, the labor, the sacrifice and the eternal vigilance which have made such a service possible. Mayor Joyner will enter upon his official duties not only with a full confidence but with the loyal affection of his friends and fellow citizens. We expect of him a clean, clear-cut and patriotic administration and feersure that he will give ft to us. He will begin work with less friction, with less suspicion than any mayor that Atlanta has had In years, nnd his way should be smooth during an administration which ought to be memorable in the history of Atlanta. The race of Mr. T. H. Goodwin was simply amaz ing, running as he did against the confessedly roost pop- , ular citizen of Atlanta. With a comparatively brief ex perience In the city council and without the enlistment of many powerful -agencies In his behalf, Mr. Ooodwln’s race was In all respects a remarkable one and must re main as n tribute to his energy, to his tact and to his personal popularity. It will also be well for the thoughtful minded cltl- sen to Inquire' whether Mr. Goodwin's remarkable race was not due to another element which we will hear from •gain In a subsequent campaign. It cannot well he passed over In the minds of thoughtful men that one of the chief planks In Mr- Good win's platform was that of municipal ownership of pub lic franchises! . , The Georgian’s Great News Feat. The Georgian may fairly nnd without Immodesty claim the laurels of pre-eminence In the presentation and dis tribution of the Important and thrilling news of Wednes day's election. The people all over the state turned to The Georgian for reliable Information because of the reputation which this paper has made and maintained for falmesB and Im partial truth In the treatment of public affairs. Early In the morning telegrams began to come In from South Geor gia to the telegraph offices and to private correspondents saying, "send us The Georgian's estimate; send us The Georgian's report." And these inquiries marked the happiest personal Incident of the day to this paper which rejoices In the ex pression of confidence Implied. Between the hour of noon and the hour of midnight The Georgian Issued ten extras which were placed on the Streets and sold like hot cakes, and almost above every other paper up to the hour of midnight. The reports contained In those extras as received by telegraph, by telephone and by mall, were not changed by any later advice and stand as a tribute to the accuracy and pains taking care of our correspondents. In the local display of the news In Atlanta The Geor gian was far ahead of every other city newspaper. An esteemed contemporary gave able and frequent reports upon the wall directly across the narrow street from Its office. But neither the publicity of the location nor the space allowed for the peoplo permitted any such crowd as that which gathered at the Intersection of Peachtree, Marietta and Decatur streets to witness the news flashed on the big wall to the multitude of people gathered to see It It Is doubttul It there were at any time more than 3,000 people in front of the Broad street display, while there were many times more than 15,000, nnd at one time as many as 20,000 people shouting and cheering the re turns displayed by The Georgian In this great central lo cation. Equipped with an especially leased telegraph wire and long distance telephone extensions running direct to the big stereoptlcon placed In the rooms, The Georgian was able to throw the returns Into the eyes of the people within 16 minutes after they were announced, even from the most romo.; sections of the state. It was a genuine pleasure to this paper to be able to •tford such a service to a people who were eagerly anx ious to hear the most reliable news, and The Georgian was richly rewarded for Its expenditure of money and energy, by the enthusiastic and hearty appreciation of the thousands who surrounded Its great bulletin board •up to a late hour in the night. The Cuban Revolution. The .underlying causes of the Cuban revolution, yrhlch Is now claiming space in the newspapers and bringing back to our recollection the familiar names of the cities and provinces whteh were the theater of con flict nearly a decade ago, are not clear. There are Intimations that a certain class of people who will never be satisfied until Cuba is annexed to the United States are really behind the movement, but a more plausible explanation lies In the suggestion that It Is largely due to the desire of the ouU to get In. The Cuban people have not become quite familiar with the Idea of representative government They have not yet learned to capture the spoils by capturing the machine or stuffing the ballot box, so their mercurial na ture Impels them to make an appeal to arms and stir up u "revolution." There is no danger that this little shindy will ever attain to any such Importance as the revolutions which distracted the Island In the years gone by. The real grievances which gave a substantial inspiration to those earlier contests are distinctly lacking and the whole thing will terminate In a few Inglorious arrests of the leading ••generals," with the possible Intervention of the strong arm of the United States. This latter contingency. In .the opinion of many, is what a certain class of the revolutionists want—and will j part of the Democratic party of New York to nominate a not be happy unUI they get it. But Cuba has prospered * man like William Travers Jerome, who has never d» HoXe Smith—Governor-Elect. White Supremacy! Rate Regulation ! Restraint of Corporations! ' Disfranchisement of the Negro! Theee are the magic words that wrought the revolu- tlon. This Is the shibboleth under which the Jtattle was fought and won. This is the platform that swept the state In the political tidal wave of all Its history: A great platform and a great candidate. A great potlcy and a great man. But the platform was greater than the candidate. The policy was more potential than the man. Any man upon this platform would have swept tljjs state at this time. It Is no reflection upon Hoke Smith's magnificent campaign to say this, because he himself has said frankly and generously a hundred times that It was not himself but hla platform that appealed to the people. We make bold to say that If Hoke Smith, with all bis power of brains and personality, had championed an opposite platform, and If any man of courage and hon esty, even If less able, had preached white supremacy and railway regulation persistently and exclusively, he would have won even as Hoke Smith has won. The aty of the republic Is permeated with the spirit of reform, and a strong man has only to breathe It and exhale It to sweep the hustings' and the ballot boxes in this year of grace and liberty. But In this campaign a great man and a great plat form met. Perhaps no man among the splendid publi cists of our present Georgia could have brought to this reform crusade a personality so powerful and Inspiring as Hoke Smith. His great frame, his powerful voice, his lion courage, and bis great aggressive record aa a law yer and a public leader, carried In every tone of his ceaseless advocacy the conviction to the mind and judg ment of the* people, that here was a great big man—a giant of controversy and used to battle, who knew how and would dare to execute the people's will. No person al presence and record In Georgia would have carried such assurance of execution as Hoke 8mlth’s has done. And this was his personal power with the people. Here was the point at which his personality caught and held them. Here was the man who could, do It—If any body could—what the people wanted done. Mr. Smith's mental and physical endurance was pro digious. To have made 225 speeches In a single campaign —to have spoken In 144 counties of the state and to have sustained In every speech an even average of power, clearness and convincing eloquence, was a feat almost unparalleled In politics. It explains In a personal way the phenomenal fact that this one,man running against four of the strongest men In the state, beat not any two of them combined, or any three of them combined, but all four of them combined, with all the agencies of politics and machinery and experience and position. It la from Drat to lost the record-breaking campaign and the record-breaking victory In Georgia's history. And now what of the future? Hoke Smith has won. He goes into office pledged to two of the mightiest re forms that ever concerned the commercial and the so cial life of a people. If anybody can carry these re forms Into effect, he can do so. He knows law and he knows government, and he knows the people and he knows no fear. It he can execute to the letter the pledges of his campaign Hoke Smith becomes the central and foremost figure of the South. He knows this, ntul this knowledge Is the pledge and guarantee of his faith ful effort to fulfill. It he were not a sincere aud hon est man, as we earnestly believe him to be, then this full knowledge of his great opportunity would be In itself n compelling Inducement to make this effort. That .Governor Smith will do his mighty beat along this line we do not for one moment doubt. The nearer duty Is for the people who have placed him In power to hold up hla hands with one accord In executiou. With the full and active support of nil the people whose ballots have clothed him with rosimnslblllty Oovernor Smith may hope to project his great reforms far Into the realm of actual accomplishment. In his great work he shall have The Georgian's full support. His platform has been our platform, aud his victory la our victory in the largest civic sense of the word. Steadily, consistently, and yet without passion or bitterness we hnvo championed the principles which have won the new governor his chair of elate. Not as a fierce and eager partisan of the man, and not In furious headlines, but from time to time when the Issue was ever In doubt, we have given our faith and the reasons for Its existence. And there are almost as many who have been reached by the calmer statement as by the more eager and excited advocacy. And now, when the real and serious battle of the new governor's career Is Just begun we give him the calm but sincere assurance that along the lines of the mutual beliefs in which we have triumphed, lie shall have no more steadfast friends and co-laborers than The Geor gian and Its staff. dared allegiance to Ha principles and has never been consistent with the ante-election pledges which he has made. They are moving heaven and earth and the powers of the air and the powers under the earth—principally the latter—In New York, to defeat the nomination of William R. Hearst. His name has been for a decade the one name to strike terror to the trusts and to the syndicates and to the corporate powers that plunder and bleed and oppress the people In that great metropolis. And the republic may be sure that no amount ot money or debauchery ot the people will be Bpared to defeat the nomination of this man. This Is the people's year, and In William R. Hearst the people have a candidate who can neither be Intimi dated by violence nor bribed by power. He has bad the good sense to surround himself with an armament ot publicity as powerful as the forces that oppose him. And he has never hesitated to put his convictions and his political creeds In the balance of the ballot without apprehension and without fear either of victory or of defeat. It will be strange Indeed nnd unworthy of the great spirit of these stirring times If a political her maphrodite like Jerome should be successfully used as an obstacle In the triumphant path of the best and bravest Democrat of our modern Democracy. We will wait to see. ! GOSSIP! Clark Howell’s Card. The Georgian congratulates the Hon. Clark Howell upon the strong and dignified announcement In which he accepts In Thursday's Constitution the results of the bal lot of Wednesday and tbe assured nomination ot bis great competitor. ■ Nothing that Mr. Howell has written or spoken during his long and vigorous campaign has been stronger, clear er and more dignified than Ms final statement to the pub lic. He asserts, ns he has a right to do. tie Integrity of bis political position during the campaign, and gives clearly and powerfully the reasons' for the position he has assumed and defended upon the hustings. (Better than this, Mr. Howell, without a suggestion of bltternesi, frankly and fully accepts the verdict of tbo primaries and pledges his allegiance to the Democratic party under Its new leadership and to the policies Its new leader main tains. J Such a statement strips defeat of Its sting and Is in Itself a gallant victory won from the heart of disaster. Growth and Progress of the New South Under this bead will m f emarkable development of nf attention. Atlanta Doubles the County’s Average Growth. There Is not an angle from which we can view tbe commerce of the South, there Is no combination of figures for purposes of comparison, which do not shed a flood ot light on the marvelous growth and prog ress of this section., If we take the South as a whole we find that tbe amount of capital Invested hero Increases 65 per cent In five years, while in the country as a whole these investments Increase only 42 per cent. If we consider the state of Georgia we find a still more gratifying condition, for the Increase In the amount of capital Invested for five years la 70 per- cent, or 5 per cent greater than for tbe fjoutb as a whole. And then we have the further fact that from present Indications tho tax digest ot this grand old commonwealth will show an Increase of something like $50,000,000 as compared with laat year. Finally when we come down to Atlanta alone the same pre-emi nence la shown. Take .the bank clearings or the building permits by the month, or the wee’: or tbe year and the same steady progress, as compared with corresponding periods ot previous years, js shown. Below we present the figures for the monjh of July as to the amount of new \>ulld!ngs erected In 57 cities as , compared with the same month last year. These ngures were officially sent to The American Contrac tor, of Chicago, and furnish some gratifying information as to Atlanta and her comparative standing among the leading cities of the United States. These figures show that Atlanta’s growth last month, as compared with July of last year. Is twice as great as that of the general average of the 57 leading cities. Her Increase was 66 per cent while the average of all the cities was only 31 per cent With a few exceptions, the cities which failed to discount their last year's record are of the minor class, and were not expected to ex ceed the totals of the prosperous month ot July, 1905. The percentage of gain, as compared with the same month of the past year, are: Atlanta 65, Baltimore 50, Birmingham 166, Bridgeport 92, Buffalo 87, Chicago 28, Denver 31, Dnluth 61, Grand Rapid* 88, Jersey City 120, Little Rock 100, Louisville 138, Los Angeles 37, Minneapolis 81, Memphis 36, Mobile 76, Newark 38, New Orleans 18, Philadelphia 45, Pittsburg. 16, Portland, bre., 166, Rochester 88, St. Louis 41, St. Paul 11, San Antonio 80, Scranton 47, Seatle 27, Spokane 32, Salt Lake City 138, Topeka 161, Tacoma 74, Worcester 77. The reaction In Greater New York amounts to 30 per cent, although the borough of Brooklyn made a galu of 16 per cent dur ing this time, and tbe aggregate gain of 67 cities Is 31 per cent. The loesee are mostly confined to smaller cities,. as shown In the table of statistics: Hearst and Jerome. It la not at all astonishing that Mr. Wlllt&m Travers Jerome, of New York, should virulently abuse Mr. Wil liam Randolph Hearst, of New York. Mr. Jerome wants to be governor. He is willing to accept the nomination from any party that will choose him. He it flirting with the Republicans and coquetting with the Democrats, nnd he is plastic and pliable In his opinions to them both. He is the friend and comrade of every ultra-conservative Democrat who flourishes upon the trusts or fattens upon the syndicates of the metrop olis. In the way of his ambitions stands that invincible man of the people who, as editor of The New York Amer ican and eight other Democratic newspapers, has been straightforward, fear less and absolutely consistent in his light for the people since he came into public life. Mr. Hearst has exposed at every stage of the game Jerome's record of an unbroken series of election pledges. He has shown that while on the stump the district attorney was a terror to the ballot stulfers. to the insurance fiends and to the ice combines, but that as soon as he came into ofllce he ignored election thugs, let Perkins go tin- whipped of justice and winked at the ice trust. He has declared that .all the talk about trusts is equally non sense, and that he is not and never has been a mem ber of any political organization. It would be evidence of political prostitution on the July, July, July, July, 1906. 1905. 1906. 1905. City. Cost. Cost. City. Cost. Cost. Atlanta .$ 472,686 $ 284,198 Manhattan. $ 8,349,600 ' $16,430,600 Baltimore .. . . 1,060,000 705,000 Alterations . 1,274,715 1,367,407 Birmingham . . 432,500 169.000 Brooklyn .. . 8,006,723 6,872,832 Bridgeport. . .. 201.157 104,380 Bronx . 3,089,950 5,022,960 Buffalo .. .. .. 1,038,500 553,584 Alterations. 34,455 47,870 Chicago .. .. 4,849,960 3,778,390 New York . 20,756,443 1 29,741,659 Chattanooga . . 100,575 120,693 Omaha .... . 352,850 1,045,650 Cincinnati . . . 645,340 777,225 Philadelphia 4,065,410 2,790,165 Dallas. .. . . 234,886 217,674 Paterson .. 102,608 Denver . . . .. 432,310 356,438 Pittsburg... . 1,686,283 1,866,794 Detroit . . . .. 1,062,000 974,200 Pueblo 19,820 24,144 Duluth . . . . 183,715 113,855 Portland ... . 741,476 277,735 Evansville . . 61,633 149,633 Rochester . . 591,205 314,410 Grand Rapids .. 308,857 163,862 St. Louis .. . 3,538,779 2,374,395 Harrisburg . .. 192,950 ■ 232,185 St. Paul ... . 510,370 456.910 Hartford . . .. 379.616 611,557 San Antonio . 102.325 66,721 Jersey City . . ..441,068 199,772 Scranton ... 203,040 Kansas City . . 880,555 874,570 Seattle . 1,502,663 1.177.114 Knoxville . . 41,390 207,600 Spokane ... 295,800 Little Rock. .. 218,123 108,042 South Bend . 593,655 676,152 Louisville . . . 937,575 408,805 Syracuse ... 616,360 Los Angeles.. . 1,783,628 1,304,108 Salt Lake City 142,500 59,795 Manchester . .. 67,000 81,120 Topeka .... . 171,950 65,700 Milwaukee . . . 709,164 714.961 Toledo . 248,591 376,562 MlnneajHdls . . 1,600,820 881,975 Terre Haute . 83,795 97,076 Memphis .... . 411,995 302,773 Tncoma — . 283.090 162,352 Mobile 42,921 Washington. .. 988,451 1,271,279 Nashville .... .. 156,818 274,939 Worcester . . 321,768 182,845 S'ew Haven .. ., 220,847 163,663 Wilkes bar re. . 175,808 205,565 Newark . 1,281,228 892.663 New Orleans . 405,617 343,835 Total $78,515,830 >"69,954.941 iN LIGHTER VEIN. Knlckcr—Taks care of tbo pennies— Hooker—And tbe dollars will take care of the ostnpslcn fund.—New York Son. Jack Huggarri—Shall I tsk your father? Miss Innlt-Xo; Just tell hlnv-you’re so M* ami strong you don’t need to ask.— Critic. Pstlence—When I wn* young I hod, at least, titty offers for my hand. , . Practice—Those were what you might coll your palmy days, I suppose.—Tit Hits. "Pa,” said little Willie, looking up from bis iKJok, "irhat are •gastronomies* ^ 5 Oh-er letnnie see, suld pn. "Oh, they’re these country Jays that blow out the gas."—Philadelphia Ledger. flbe-Whr did Vrotnmor ffebuJcker stop playing at Mrs. laird's musical? He—lie sold he bed to l*cAtu» the ran. vernation wns not pitched in the same key os his uiusle— Harper’s Weekly. "I wonder what mode her get a red one?"—Modern Society. Married, ore you?’* laughed Ids friend. _ thought yon were a confirmed old harh." thought so, too." replied the doctor, I struck • patient with a l«il ease of heart trouble, and the only way | could core her was by proponing.’’—De troit Free Press. for the tenth Gobble? Wolt until we’re through talk Ing." "Hut, ms, I wnnt to say this today."— Philadelphia Press. "Ray, Holton, what Is the name of that new poker dub you are going to Join?" "Why. The Office.’ " “ ’The Office!’ Isn't .that a rather odd he said, standing off nnd ndmlrlng It. "I am no such fool n« Pygmalion wns." Struck by n sudden tenr, however, that Anthony Comstock might Ih» lingering somewhere lu the neighborhood, he has tened to throw n sheet over It.—Chicago Tribune. TOBACCO, "NATIONAL FLOWER.** From the New Orlenni Picayune. If the great republic must have a flower, why not adopt tbe totaicco plant tXleo- tlaun tubnemu)? It* Is a native of this vouutry, and wns first found iu Ytrgfida. There la nothing sectional or local siIhhu the plant, t»ecnn*c today It Is grown In most of the states from Florida nmt IxOiilsIniM to Connecticut, and is now used Iii every nation on tbe globe, civilised and hnrt'it^nii. If It Is possible to obtain It. It Is not commonly known that the lolm.vo plant lienrs a very jwetty pink blossom, which might come Into the dower gardens but for Its rank and dlmt green Me odor. The Indian corn, or inalse. Is abotber plant Indigenous to the United States, nnd wns found iu use as foist by the Indians from Virginia and Massachusetts. But If we most have a flower that la es teemed as such without regard to any eennomfe considerations or utilitarian nun!- Pies, why not adopt the laurel (Lanru* intl- foltat, mountain laurel or bruad-leaf laurel? THE SEA. (From "Child, Harold.’’) There la n pleasure In the intthleM woods. There I. a rapture mi the lonely .Imre, There Is society where none intrudes By the deep sen, nnd music In its rotr: I Jove not nun the Urn*. Iwt tut tore more, From these our interviews, lu which I steal From nil I may be, or Imve lieen before, To mingle with the universe, nnd feel' What 1 can ne or express, yet ean not all conceal. Boll • thou deep and dork blue Oceau- roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee In vain; Man marks the earth with ruin—his control Stops with the shore;—upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth re main A shadow of mnn’s ravage, save his When, for n moment, like it drop of rain, He sinks Into thy depths with bubbltug groan, Without n grave, unknelled, uncofflned nod unknown, Ills steys are not upon thy paths—thy Are not a spoil for him—thou dost arise And shake him from thee; tbe vile strength he wields For earth’s destructlou thou dost nil de- •pise, Spurning him from thy bosom to th« skies. And send’st him, shlrsrlng In thy playful spray And^ howling, to his gods, whera haply His petty hope In some near port or bay Aud dashest him ognlu to earth:—there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls rock-buflt cities, bidding nations quake — And monarchs tremble In their capitals, TM? oak leviathans, whose huge ribs flake. They melt Into thy >e«st of waves, which Alike the Annad&’s pride or spoils of Traf nlgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all Bare thro; Assyria, Groce, Rome, Carthhge, what nro they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores ol>oy The stranger, slave or savnge; their decay as dried up realms to deserts; not so thou: Unchangeable save to thy wild waves piny. Time writes tio wrinkles on thine asure brow; Such ns creation's dawn beheld, thoa roll- est now. ...ng tn. _—, .. .. Dark-heaving; boundless, endless and sub lime. Tbe lmnge of Eternity—tbs throne Of the Invisible! even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my Joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to Ik? Borne, like thy bubbles, onward; from a l$oy I wantoned with thy breaker*—they to me Were a delight; and If the freshening And laid my baud upon thy inane—ns I do here. —LORD BYRON. ODE ON A GRECIAN URN. * By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. By Private Leased Wire. Nou- York, Aug. 28.—The new, that came up from the Lone Star State lait week that E. H. a Oroen, son ot th* enormously wealthy Hetty Green has been nominated by the Republicans f„ r governor of Texas has created a litti, ripple here, where politics, like every, thing else, is as dull as ditch wate^ during these August dog'days. Young Green—he Is still tn his thirties-!, known only by reputation here. But he has been active In politics doWn | n Texas for quite a long time, consider ing his age, and the politicians In that section .have long regarded him a» . "comer,” It la pointed out by thost acquainted with nis career that “Ne<r ®** n , w" “hlis Part In practical p 0 |. Itk* long before this present-day ful arose tor rich young men to seek office. He has been In Texas about fifteen years, anil always has been in terested In the politics of the state S. served three terms as chairman of th! state committee and was delegate thenatlonalTonventlon. •^° otu ' thinks ,for a moment that there Is any chance for a Republican t,, be elected governor of Texas at the present time. Tile Republican party tseif Is badly split In the stale. wJ J two tickets in the field. Green Is the nominee of what Is termed the "reor ganized" faction, which Is making war on the element of which Cecil 1. on I, the recognized leader. But whether or not young Green has a ghost of a show of winning out his candidacy Is bound to give ginger to the Texas campaign this fall. If money Is needed to put the political machin ery In good running order, Hettv (Been will furnish any amount. "Ned " as she fondly calls him. Is tile Idol of her heart. No matter how close she may be In business affairs or how penu rious shtymay be In regard to her per sonal expenditures, “the richest wom an In America" Is liberal to the ex treme where her son Is concerned It la believed that Hetty Green would cheerfully give up millions to make Ned" governor of Texas If she thought he really wanted it 'and that money would get It. The Damon and Pythias friendship existing between Miss Norma .viunro and Mrs. Leslie Carter-Payne could not stand the strain of the actreu- manager. The nominal cause of the trouble was an unpaid rent bill, but it Is suapected the new husband is really what Is the matter. In any event, th, once Inseparables are no longer to- gether, and the courts have been called In to settle differences. Thus ends the friendship that has been heralded far apd wide as the feminine prototype of Damon and Pythias, and Incontro vertible proof that women can enter tain an unselfish and faithful affectloa for each other. , Next to a good winner the American public of all grades likes a good loser. Hence It was not strange that the sum mer residents of Newport turned out Id large numbers on the grounds of Lands End, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. It. Livingstone Beektnan. whera an Informal reception was given to Miss May Sutton, former woman lawn tennis champion of America, who made so hard a fight to retain the champion ship In England and who frankly said when she failed that she was beaten by a better player. Tho proprietor of one of the leading gambling houses at Saratoga realizes today that he made a mistake when he "lifted the lid.” He thought ho would take a chance and Invited a few to visit his place and try their luck. The game was faro and the limit tho highest, because he wanted to get th, money quickly. At the end of three hours three men, famed In the sporting world, rolled up Into snug bundles 842,000 tn the aggregate. Then the gamester decided to close up for good. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. Thou still unravlshed bride of quietness! mi foster-child of Rllcnrc nnd slow Time Sylvan historian. who ennst thus express * flowery tale mere aTTeetly than .otu iht tut*: When* li-'f-fringed legend haunts altout thy shape Of la ... __ .... - Wlmt men or gods ore these? Wlmt nutld ens loath? What mail pursuit? What struggles to rape? Heard melodic* are sweet, hut those un heard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, piny on; Not to the sensual ear. hut, more on deared, Pipe to the spirit dl'tlcs of no tone. Fulr youth Ix-iientli tho trees, thou cans! not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees I* bare. Bold lover, never, never canst thou kiss. Though winning near the gom—yet do not grieve: She can not fade, though tliou hast not thy Idlss; Forever wilt thou love, and she Ik? fair! .vnu nappy ineiotiisi, unwearieti. Forever piping songs forever new; More happy love! more happy, happy love! Forever warm nnd still to lw» enjoyed. Forever panting and forever young; All breathing human passion far n1*ove. That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloyed, iMiriilng forehead, and a parching tongue. Who are these coming to the sacrifice? J To what green altar. O mysterious priest, I^*ad’st thou that heifer lowing at the skies. By Private f«ensod Wire. New York, Aug. 23.—Here arc some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—Mrs. H. L. Campbell, T. N. Forbes, O. Haugh, W. F. Manry. Jr.. W. B. Huston, Dr. W. Kendrick. AUGUSTA—A., II. Alston. MACON—II. M. McKay. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. Ami all her sllkeu flanks with garinuds ilgest? What little town by river or seashore, >r moiiut.iln-bnllt with |HHceful citadel. Is emptied of Its folk, this pious morn? A***b little town, thy streets forevermore Will silent Ih\ and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate eati e’er return. O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede u***n and maidens overwrought, With forest branches and the troddcu Thou, slient form! dost tense us out of thought As doth eternity, fold Pastoral! When old age shall this generation waste, Tbou shall remain. |*j midst of other woe Than oars, a friend to man, to whom thou 'sayst. "Bene*.* U truth, truth beauty"—that Is AUGU8T 23. 1306-Hlr William Wallace ozeente.1 ai Hiuitbtlehl. .,, , # i*-n. 1532—W111 hull Wnrhnm, archbishop of « «n turbary, riled. „ , ... ,# 163>—t ’iHJft of assistant* tlrrat held « Clutrlestuwii, Mass, titlt—lamia XVI of France Imca. 1MC—t'omeletIon of the Northern * ■* railroad to tho 1‘aelSe con.l. ... lm-Prcalilent iTrrrlniul opened tin- wi" neapoljs InduRtlrn! exposlMu oj ' 1890—f:ritwon'* remain, removed trimX'* York to Sweden with griwt , 1892—Mar,bill l>. do I'olincoil, nr.I |ire«ur»* of ltrnzll, died. 1894—Jnpwieae mluleler to luren o'*" - ISOS—"rttUb battle.hip l'rlaee Heorge »•» launched, MEN AND WOMEN. Underhill Cottage, the former home of the tate Fanny Forrester, the glBea authoress of "Alderhrook Tales other volumes, located near Eaton, . * Y., la now used as a henhouse. 'The Mystery ot Sleep, h** translated Into Rmelan. This m the third translation, the book *\ a '‘"f previously appeared In Frencn German. Congressman Cyrus A. Sujto* a >'^ New Hampshire, has a well-dor reputation aa being the champ*”® * fittest wobbler of the dsy. stumped tho state a* Republics". Greenbacker and Democrat Henry ’Wolf Islhe foremost fivj"* wood engraver In America- 11 ‘ born In Aleace In J8B2. and fin' 1 (f eral times served on the l l, ri ( . awards at the Paris and other I tlons, nnd a fist of hta medals and er honor* would fill a toy paragraph Revolting against being any considered an Infant prodigy Elman, the boy violinist, ha* lj- ha , on discarding the sailor suit n P( j been wont t<ynppear tn and hns / 1 " trousers. He Is now 14 end fc»ls «»« It I* about time he began to »e regulation masculine attire. The rapidly falling health «» festor Amos E. Dolbcar, the fa'>"“ head of the physics department Tufts College nnd original In' era •rune college ana origins. both the telephone and wdreles. ' . ■u graph. Is becoming a matter of*™ Ye snow on enrlb, and sit ye mast to concern to many of hi* ««*• ’ unot know. ' who are aware of the real conditio* —JOAN HEATH. ( who are aware of the grand old man.