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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN-
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2s.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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are Inclosed for the purpose. Our correspondents are
urgently requested to abbreviate their letters aa much
aa possible. A half a column will be read, whereas a
full column will- b* passed over by the majority of
readers.
A Word Personal and Otherwise.
Several of the newspapers of tho country have been
disposed to credit some psrt of the recent riot to the
theory of separation of the races which the editor of The
Georgian has so long proclaimed.
Some others, and Judging from the clipping! on our
table, a much larger number have been disposed to credit
this lawless affair to the campaign for disfranchisement
recently waged by Hoke Smith, and to the multiplied ed
itorials written by The Atlanta Journal on that subject.
Others In more definite fashion have been disposed
to charge the whole thing to a littlo newspaper In this
city' which publicly and editorially applauded some
lynching! In South. Carolina, and which one Northern
newspaper charges with having offered $1,000 reward
for a similar occurrence In Atlanta.
With tho last of thcao allegations wo have nothing
either now or In the future to do or to say.
Under the first two charges wc do not propose to
rest. We propose to defend ourselves calmly In good
temper against this charge, and with equal frankness
and earnestness to defend our neighbor, The Journal.
The editor of The Georgian has advocated for many
years both In the North and In the South the theory of
separation as the only possible euro for the race prob
lem. He has debated It' with itnte legislatures In
strongly Republican states In which there were men
who were members of the negro race, and upon plat
forms of great universities In which many of the atti-
dents were of the negro race and look part fn those
discussions. There has never been any unpleasantness
or any disturbance accompanying these deliverances, be-
cause the ealtor of The Georgian has always voiced his
opinions with dignity and decorum and yet with the
same absolute freedom In the North aa In the South and
In the editorial columns of his paper.
This theory of aepsrntlon hns tho spoken and writ
ten Indorsement of Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Webster,
Henry Clay, James Madison, Abraham Lincoln and Hen
ry Grady, if tho theory of raco separation Is an Insane,
Impractical nnd riot producing theory, then Thomas
Jefferson was Insnne, Impractical and a rioter; then
Daniel Webster was Insane; then Edward Everett and
James Madison were Insane; then Henry Clay and Henry
Grady were Insane.
If the Idea Is Insane, then Abraham Lincoln was
distinctly insane, nnd If It Is an Impractical and riot-
producing Idea, tnen Henry Grady was Insane, Impracti
cal and unsound.
In the light of these examples, wc appeal from the
Judgment of the thoughtful newsiwpers across the bor
der and from tho hnsty words of the curbstone politi
cians and the back counter statesmen of Atlanta, and
are content to take our stand with the illustrious list of
the Insane and Impractical, of which Jefferson, Clny,
Webster, Everett. Madison and Monroe, nnd Lincoln and
Grady are examples.
In the matter of Mr. Hoke Smith and The Journal,
we are equally confident that there Is absolutely no
foundation for the foolish nnd childish charge of their
responsibility for this lawless outbreak In Atlanta. Mr.
Smith conducted hla campaign U|xm tho highest lines of
discussion. He abused nobody, he expressed no hatred
and no denunciation. The Atlanta Journal In Its edito
rials. so far aa we know, followed the same line. They
advocated a principle which was already well ostabllsh-
ed and for many years under active execution In many
of our surrounding states. If Mr. Smith and The Journal
were sensational and revolutionary, then was South Car
olina senastlonal and revolutionary; and so was Alabama,
and so was Louisiana, and ao was Mississippi, and so
were North Carolina and Virginia.
It Is very foolish and very useless for a lot of care
less and empty observers either a thousand miles away
or nearer home to lay their heads together and seek to
fasten upou some local object or representative that bur
den of responsibility for a condition to which we have all
perhaps contributed, and which has had Its expression In
other cities and In other states.
That It la lamentable, we all confess; that it la de
plorable, we have already said; that It la lawless and
damnable, we have written In resolutions which hare
gone throughout the country. But It la a foolish thing
and a useless thing for anybody to be looking for a
scape-goat In an occurrence which was bom, not so much
of anybody's fault, as of the provocation which pro
duced It and of the hot blood of youth Joined to the bad
blood of riot and of reckless and lawless Individuals.
We have made no charges and no effort to foist up
on any Individual or any contemporary the responsibility
In this affair. It wo are pressed, however, by aoy ungen
erous contemporaries or continuation of any untruthful
rumors on their part, The Georgian will simply proceed
to photograph In full the headlines of the extras which
appeared on Saturday evening and submit them without
comment to an Intelligent |>eople to determine who was
primarily responsible for the tragic erents of that event
ful night
OUR PLATFORM—-The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s Owning ils own gas and elec
tric light plants, as it now owns its water works. Other cities do this and gel gas as low as 60 cents,
with a profit to the city. This should be done at once. The Georgian believes that if street rail
ways can be operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there is no good reason why they
can not be so operated here. But we do not believe this can be done now, and it may be some years be
fore we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set its face In that direction NO W
The People Can Prevail
The people who believe In municipal ownership of
public utilities are more than they that be agalntt It—
far more.
The truth la today that the sentiment and opinion
In favor of the proposition is numerically overwhelming.
The only thing standing In the way of adopting such a
policy is the fact that the advocates of the proposal are
Ignorant of their own strength and of the ease, and
simplicity of Its possible attainment.
The people are always unorganised—their strength
and power unrecognized even by themselves. All great
abuses and wrongs gather strength by alow accretions
and the compact organization of their beneficiaries, all
aided and sanctified by the Innate conservatism of tbo
masses of the people.
The beneficiaries of privileges are naturally the more
alert, Intelligent and aggressive part of the population.
Inch by Inch they pile up their power till they themselves
come to regard privilege aa natural right, and the artifi
cial Institutions of the law as the fundamental and Inher
ent rights of Individuals.
Fortifying and stimulating their purposes, Is the fact
that their* personal Interests are Involved, their for
tunes at stake. By this craft they have their living. All
their time and energies are devoted to building up their
power and Increasing their advantages. They are an
organized band whose business It Is to pursue privilege
calling. To them the public le simply a quarry
which It Is both their business and their recreation to
hunt down.
Tho people at large, on the other hand, are all occu
pied In other matters, each concerned with the pressing
needs of his own affairs and the Insistent pressure of his
own peculiar business. Vaguely and without any clear
or definite perception of the nature of the wrongs to be
remedied, the great masses of the people feel that some
how there Is need for reform, but none has the time or
Inclination to tako the lead
And so It runs along, the public suffering and grum
bling In scattered and disorganized weakness, unconscious
even of tho potential weight of Its own numbers, but con
scious of wrong and oppression and unwisdom In It all;
the hosts of privilege astute, compact and capable, stren
uous nnd aggressive. Wrongs pile up, dissatisfaction
grows. The privileged Increase In power and so Increasing
Increaso also In greed.
Then the public sense of wrong takes form In what
men call prejudice, that manifests Itself In many ways,
ways that In themselves are Illogical and seemingly un
wise, but which at last are but the gathering power of.
public resentment against Intolerable conditions. Such,
for Instance, is the explanation of the sentiment, so
much complained of, that la reflected In the verdicts of
tho juries. \
Atter a while a strong man cornea up aa a leader.
He not-only see* and comprehends tho .nature of the
wrahg. but has tho meant, the strength and the courage to
combat It.
Dazed, and doubting, the people -elowly rally to hli
standard. At first uncertain of hla motives and distrust
ful of hla wisdom, long accustomed to believe in the
claims of privilege, that all power and right and wisdom
belong to It, they gather slowly, but they always gather
surely to the cause of right
Atlanta la ripe today for thla reform. Wo have elec
tric and gas utilities and street car franchises and
many minor forma of privilege that are perhaps better
ndmlnlstorod and more liberal than most of., such con
cerns. Considering the fact that these groat necessities
are In private hands, they nro fairly well administered.
Compared with neighboring cities wo are perhaps treated
rather well.
But because they are more lust and llboral, they
make money, as nil of them would do If they were all
wise onough to he liberal and just. They nre piling up
princely fortunos out of wealth that really belongs to-
all the people. The resultant Inequality demoralises so
ciety and undermines the foundations of democracy.
call the slumbering conservatism of the people into Im
mediate action.
There arq dead lines drawn across the moral map
of the republic, .beyond which no man or set of men can
dare to go without disturbing the equilibrium of the en
tire nation. A step across these lines arouses that pro
tecting conservatism which Is the Immovable rock upon
which the hope of the country Is bulldod. t> ,
Riots may occur; mobs, for a brief season, may hold n
at bay the forces of law and order; the moat despicable
crimes may arouae the righteous fury of an outraged
people; the brutality and treachery of an Inferior race
may endanger the safety and honor of Southern homes,
but whatever the exciting cause, or pending Issue, the
final outcome la ever and always one and the same.
The splendid moral strength and moral courage of
the average American cltlxen are asserted at the crucial
moment. Out of chaos and confusion comes the inevit
able calm—born of reason, Judgment and a matchless
moral courage. Ecach recurring crisis in municipal, state
or national history accentuates anew the glory and the
regulating power of American conservatism.
Destrdy or eliminate this splendid national charac
teristic and wreck and ruin would be Immediate and In
evitable.
And yet conservatism Itself has extremes In which
It become* sometimes a fault, and sometimes a danger.
But of this another time.
Another Courteous Appeal.
And now while the necessity for It Is so evident,
and while the object lesson which Impressea It so
Is so recent, The Georgian once more, not rudely and
unkindly, but courteously and conilderately, urges upon
President Arkwright and the officials of the Georgia
Railway and Electric "Company to relieve the tension of
our suburban travel and to prevent the danger of dis
turbances between the races by putting "trailers" upon
his cars In the busy hours from 5 to 7 In the morning
and In the evening, or to give ua five minute schedules
within that time.
If It la urged that these "trailers" are too-'long to
turn at curves, It ought to be a matter of simple, com
mon sense to see that all of the cars now running In
Atlanta are provided with separate trolleys and sepa
rate batteries, and they could be run Immediately be
hind each other until they had passed the corves when
they could be coupled together for the distances that
were straight and proper.
President Arkwright has not seen fit In the past to
pay the slightest attention to our thoroughly courteous
request. We do not know that he will-notice thla, but
we do know that we are voicing a reasonable request In
a thoroughly courteous and considerate way, and that
this request carries very much of the convenience and
Safety of the thousands of suburban people who patron;
Ize these lines.
BEATRICE FAIRFAX
She Points Out the Danger of Slaug and Urges American
Girls to Pattern Their Voices After Those
of English Women.
We say they treat ua better here than In other cities.
But we glvo them more. Compared with other public
plunderers they do well. Compared with what we are
entitled to they treat us 111.
There Is one remedy. The public must own and op
erate all public utilities. They want to do ao. They
have both the will and the power to do ao. When they
realise their own strength they will abolish privilege
and monopoly and establish Justice.
The Majesty of American Conservatism.
Every crisis In American history emphasises the
majesty and dominant power of American conservatism.
Periods of national and sectional unrest, and times
of bitterest political turmoil have ofttlmei obscured tern-
partly this redeeming quality of American citizenship.
The consuming fires of passion and resentment have
ever and nlwayi been quenched by that greater force
which men call reason and Judgment. No one familiar
with the Inspiring atory of the republic can ever lose
faith In the final adjustment and adjudication of all mo
mentous questions, arising for settlement, at the hands
of the American people. In the stress and strain of tre
mendous political upheavals, when the very foundations
of the national government seem to tremble from the im
pact of the struggle of contending factions, men some
times lose heart, and prophesy hopelessly of the future.
But the thunders cease, the clouds pass away, men
take up the calmer duties of life, and lo! all thlngt
are as they were aforetime, save that those who fought
each other fiercely and viciously, find themselves uncon
sciously on a higher plane. .
Some dominant principle baa been won, and become
permanent, which makes for the welfare of the masses.
Every memorable conflict between Americans, political,
financial or otherwise, has resulted In a forward, up
grade movement for the nation at large. Every serious
contention has developed In greater or lesser degree the
better qualities of American character, as a final out
come.
When any clast of citizenship teems mad In Ita quest
of gold, or In It* greed for political preferment, and the
nobler Instincts of the people are apparently warped and
blunted by the consuming thirst for personal aggrandise
ment, there Invariably arises at the critical moment the
voice of one, who crying aloud, through the press, In
the pulpit, or on the rostrum, awakens as with a trumpet
The other evening I sat near a group
of women who were playing bridge.
Among them was a woman of about
forty-five. Bhe was a handsome, well-
dressed woman, with an endless flow
of conversation.
She looked charming, hut the minute
she opened her mouth the charm fled.
Not only was her voice high-pitched
and nasal to a degree, but the amount
of slang sho used was astonishing.
"You're a beaut,” "Not on your life,”
"Bet your boot*” were a few of the
equally or more objectionable.
The effect produced by the slang
phrases falling from the llpe of that
dignified, elderly woman was unpleas
ant In the extreme.
Slang In any form Is objectionable,
but It certainly sounds worse coming
from nn old person than from a young.
However, if you contract the habit
while young It Is pretty sure to stick
to you, for there Is no habit harder to
cure one's-self of than the slang habit.
Surely there are enough words In
the English language to supply the or
dinary vocabulary,
So many words arc considered slang
now-a-days that It Is almost Impossi
ble to eliminate It entirely from con
versation, but there Is no use In going
nut of the way to bring It In at every
turn.
It Is not at all unusual to henrathq
words "bully" nnd "rottefi" • fall from
the lips of a pretty, refined-looking girl.
Did you aver hear of the bewitched
fairy princess from whose lips toads
and vipers dropped every time ahe
spoke?
The slang that falls from the Ups of
somo of our girls of today might al
most be compared to the - toads and
vipers of the princess.
And there Is also much to be reme
died where many of the voices are con
cerned.
The English, who are noted the world
over- for their soft, well-modulated
voices, say that all Americans speak
through their noses.
That, of course. Is an exaggeration,
but we.can not but allow that there Is a
good deal of truth In It.
A soft voice Is spoken at as "that
most excellent thing In woman.”
It Is a quality that can be cultivated
If you only have the strength of mind
to keep at It.
To begin with, bring your voice down
from the top of your head and speak
softly.
Don't cultivate affectation, but do try
and make your voice melodious by
softness and purity of pronunciation.
One fault of many Americans Is
oft a syllable from almost every
Learn -to speak distinctly and In a clear,
low-pitched voice.
There Is no reason why the girls of
New York should not have extremely
musical voices, for the sea air Is sup
posed to soften much harshness of the
vocal cords.
Do not 1st your English cousins get
ahead of yoq In the yqlce question.
So often-’yoq hear foreigners aa;
when speaking of an American girl
"Yea, she Is pretty and charming, but
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0 NOTES BY THE WAY. O
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G By C. B. Thomas.
OO0OOOO00O0O000CHJO OOOO00OO
Never provoke the Icebox. If It gets
hot «bout anything Its usefulness Is
gone.
Cultivate the habit of quotation. Hen-
much It adds to conversation to bring
In the well-chosen words of some mas-
ter mind of literature. For Instance:
Smith says he has a hard Job. You
instantly, declaim with fitting gestures:
"Life is real, life Is earnest.
And a snap is not Its goal,"
or Jones hopes the weather will be tine
tomorrow. You charm every one pres
ent by reciting '* "Ostler Joe."
Society’s Convaraatlon.
The subjects of talk sanctioned by
the smart world of London today are
as follows: Racing, stocks and shares,
politics (In small quantities), chiffons,
bridge, motoring—and now ballooning
—with current gossip on the mar
riages, deaths, debts and divorces of
our dearest friends and acquaintances.
—M. A. P.
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G NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 0
By Wax Jones.
CKhJGOOOGGOGGGGOOOOOGGCHJGOD
The mole Is a foolish animal. He
spends his life In constructing subways,
Instead of having the city build them
vAXor him. Tho. mole's middle name Is
If not Belmont.
! GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Sept. -2S.—Society, or at
least that section of It which has Its
habitation on Long Island, and this It
no Inconsiderable section, by the way.
I* deeply Interested In prise pumpkins,
home-made pies, patchwork quilts and
the like. It Is all on account of the
county fair which Is being held at
Mlneola, L. I.
Mr*. Clarence Mockay, the Vander
bilt* and the other millionaires who
play at farming, not only have exhib
its at the fair, but many of them are In
dally attendance. They can talk over
the fruits of Jersey farms, or a Jer
sey or Hereford cow qr ducks with the
best of those who depend on agri
culture for a living, and are altogeth
er having the time of their lives. The
Meadowbrook hunting set are said to
be out of sympathy with the fair be
cause "there were nqr prises offered
either for real foxes or a bag of game.
The New York board of education
Is quivering with rage, astonishment
and resentment. Seventy-four young
women who teach In the public schools
had the shocking "nerve" to get married
during the recent vacation. Now
they'll be punished. The board of ed
ucation sat on the subject yesterday
and cruelly moved that the names of
the offenders be printed in the minutes.
Section 43, sub-dlylsion 15, of the
board's by-laws prohibits the marriage
of school teachers.
Emerson Palmer, secretary of the
board, yesterday yawned a little and
said:
"Section 43, subdivision 16 provides
that, etc., etc. Seventy-four teachers
have violated this by-law, etc, etc."
One somnolent gentleman suggested:
"Put their names In the minutes. I
move."
"Second the motion," drowsed an
other.
And so the names of the daring
teachers were Inscribed. Maybe they
have been punished enough thus, and
punished more; time
maybe they’ll be
will tell.
But the brides don't care.
The American colony In London Is to
be started for an early season by the
marriage of bliss Mary Cavendish
Bentlnck to John Ford, of this city.
Mist Bentlnck Is the daughter of Mrs.
George Cavendish Bentlnck, she who
was Miss Elizabeth Livingston, Mrs.
Ogden Mills' twin, and John Ford Is
the son of tho late Sir Francis Claire
Ford, whb died while British ambassa
dor at Rome.
Mrs. Maturln Livingston, who was
known a generation ago as the mother
of the "Livingston twins," hot returned
to America. "The Livingston twins'*
are now respectively Mrs. Cavendish
Bentlnck, mother of the bride to be,
and Mrs. Ogden Mills, mother of the
Mills twins, famous as "the smartest
little dressers."
Aid you ever hear such a voice?"
Now, girls, It Is your duty to correct
that Impression: get to work and make
vour voices as pretty as your faces.
TEACHER PLUM OF GOOZLEUM
4
By WEX JONES
WANTED—TENDF,R TEACHERS TO IN
struct the young Ides of Uooseleum. Ap
ply lo II. R. Highness, the Jam of Goose*
Lucinda I’lum retd this ad In her morn
lug (isper.
"I must go lo Goozelenm," she said. "It's
our duty to enlighten those poor uncivilised
people that don't know where the Knw
rises, nnd Imre never eaten a pie, and have
nn fashions lo speak of.
Ho Lucinda Plan set out for (looseleum,
much to the chagrin of Hiram Hopltte,
jngly remarked Hint Lucinda wna less s
plum thnn a pencil.
At Gooxeleum Lucinda met the Amerlcnn
consul, whose peaceful existence was Inter
rupted only hr tho preparation of reports
nn the trade of Gooseleuin with tho United
Htatce. Ae there was none, the consul r
_ aupposc yon know," hp sold, "thnt tho
Jam occasionally Imrliecne* hla tenebera?"
I don't." said Mias I'luni. "nnd, nnywny,
duly lo educate three poor, half-
chid uva'seeT Think of a country In 'which
not Olio wuiunn know* him- to uw the icw
Ins machine or tb<* plsnoi*.”
•"Very well,” saM the conaul. "Go nhend
teleum girl. Tue consul took It for »
shield at first, and, to soothe tho tench
er’s fooling*, ho bad to ost hslf of It, nftor
which ho wroto n very pessimistic report
on tho pros poets of an Incttaseil trodo bo*
tween uooseleam and tho United States.
> imliu
i lenf.
message
w __ JH n gli-_ - s -
mnch uselessness ? that already (t took six
wives, Instead of throe, as formerly, to
support a man. In consequence of the time
they wasted tn clothes making nnd fashion
Poor Lucinda Plum trembled next day
ss she played ”1 Htole That l’le to Feed
My Starving Sister” on tho pianola. But
she need not trouble. Just ss tho war
riors approach the school house Illrsm Hop-
llte appears,
••Jam the Jam.” erleil ||o*?ltte.
... s I repre
sent universal manliootl, and the man who
would strike a teacher with a spiked club
Is unworthy of the luime.”
(('beers from the nalm tops.)
Slowly the hafTled villains retreated.
”Ob, lllrnm,” said I.nrlnds, “you swore.”
"No, my peach," sold Hiram, “you are
mistook.” .. •
"Htieh grammar. HI.
"Owneat.”
“Dearest—hut I'll reform your grammar
when we’re married."
Tell me. I.nclnda, are there any carpet
Mnsra In (InocelptimV*
PROSPEROUS WEST GEORGIA.
To the Editor of The-Oeorglam
A recent trip on the railroad down
to Harrle City, Hamilton and LaGrange
reveals the prosperity of the country In
this section. The trains were more or
less crowded with beautiful healthy
girls going to college. The sweet kies
of good bye to mamma and papa, and
tho wave of friendship to the asso
ciates was refreshing and carried me
back to boyhood days when true love
was stronger than It seems to be In
old age.
The fields along the route were white
with cotton on the stalks, and no one
hardly seemed to be picking. It was
rather damp, probably, to be picked,
but the current report Is that It Is hard
to get help. The towns seemed to be
prosperous and tho hotels crowded.
Several of us hail to go to Greenville
to get hotel accommodations, there be
ing no room at Harris City and we
found some trouble In getting places to
stop at In Greenville—all overrun.
While there Is more stir In the coun
try placee than there used to be, atlll
there le a quiet Industry and genial
good humor about the country merch
ant and his neighbors that makes us
almost sigh for quietude of the forest
and the village. The Central of Geor
gia Railroad from Columbus to Green
ville will perhaps be running through
with broad gauge Instead of the nar
row gauge tn Newnan by January next.
This le the estimate formed on common
rumor. It Is graded from Greenville
toward Newnan about 3 miles, and
from Newnan toward Greenville about
8 miles, leaving a gap of about 8 more
miles to be graded. This will open up
more directly the travel to Columbus
and Intermediate points. The construc
tion of the road and the depot and aid
ing conveniences would seem to Indi
cate the expectation of a heavy traffic.
At Hamilton the condemnation of long
strips of land In addition to the road
proper on the sides of the main road
eaves the Hamiltonians to wild con
jecture ae to wtigt le In store fdr them.
Hamilton Is situated near the foot of
Pine mountain In Harris county, and
Is the county seat. It Is an old town,
and. while there has always been a
good, steady business done, the popula
tion has not Increased as rapidly by
accessions as tome other Georgia
towns, but the era of prosperity seems
hovering around about her now. Therp
Is more demand for houses there now,
and the outlook le good for more busi
ness and general prosperity. The old
court house Is to be torn away and a
new one built In the next twelve
months—that Is the understanding.
Hamilton la bound to take her place
with the other prosperous towns of
Georgia. HOPEFUL.
•weeper* In Unoselemu
• N.,1 one. HI."
••Whst s chance for trade."
lllrnm branched the matter to the consul,
-itt there’s not * carpet In the country,”
said the official.
"Never mind." anld lllram. "they'll 1*
just the thins* for dusting elephant* with."
And they were. The con*ul'* report* from
tktoaeleum «re now read ny every nmnufse-
turer of carpet aweeper* In the United
State*, and the balance of trade between
the taro eonntrle* Is highly favorable to
uw
So Mr. and Mrs. Maputo, as they clip
jHr co “ —
and hla
By
Tlie Rosary.
ROBERT CAMERON ROGERS.
The lioitra I spent with thee, dear heart.
Are aa a string of pearl* to nit;
I count them ever, every one apart.
My rotary.
Earh hour t pearl, each pearl a prayer.
To atlll a heart In sbaenee wrung;
* " " there
Elephnnts arc regarded with great
favor by authors, because they all have
trunks (the elephants hare). Thus
great scope Is afforded for jokes about
the elephant leaving his trunk aa se
curity for his board bill. The elephant
Is a pachyderm—that Is, he doesn't
care what names you call him.
The .great auk la extinct, and for
that reason makes an excellent cage
bird. This bird Is the aubjcct of a
beautiful poem by Shelley:
The silver squawk
Of the bounding auk.
Ah, me! how It stlrreth the soul!
Oh, lands! Oh, lawk!
How that bird can talk.
How Its honeyed accents roll.
But when you beg
For a tingle rgg,
In tone* as If glasses clinked.
The hopping suk
I* sure to balk
And murmur, "I can’t; I’m extinct,"
Care should be taken In approaching
the octopus. By patting It gently and
saying In a soothing tone, ‘'There's a
good little octopusey,” one may touch
It with Impunity, but It Is very dan
gerous when provoked with mentions
of rebates or rate bills. The octopus
Is as widely distributed as the con
stitution, and by some classes Is wor
shiped as the fetish of prosperity.
One of the most useful of domestic
nnlmals Is the potato, which Is very
little trouble to keep, as It lives In Its
burrow most of the time. Ae a draught
animal It Is not so useful as the horse,
and ft le but little uae os a mother
to chickens, yet Its cute ways anil ex
treme watchfulness at night endear It
to the farmer.
The swallow Is a warm weather bird,
and Is usually found In soda fountains,
where one docs not make a drink. The
young swallow Is called a "sip," and
the full-grown specimen Is sometimes
called the "gulp."
While a big crowd at Sixth avenue
and Twenty-third street applauded,
Miss Helen Miller, a pretty milliner,
taught a lesson In street etiquette to a
person who tried to flirt with her last
night.
Miss Miller Wns walking slowly up
Sixth avenue when she saw the man
following her. He lifted hit hat and
Asked her permission to sec her home. I
Mias Miller shot out her flft and land
ed on the man's Jaw. It sent him reel
ing nnd his lop hat fell Into the street
Quickly, Miss Miller landed two.moro
stunning blows upon the man's face.
A large crowd encouraged her.
"Put one over his eye," cried one
man. nnd Miss Miller promptly did so. j
A cheer broke from the crowd aa the
man fell Into the gutter.
Patrolman Hams took both to the
police station, where the girl told her
story.
"You did Just right” saW the ser
geant.
The Camden, N. J„ police today are
looking for two tramps who stopped a
New York express train a mile outside
the city to borrow a dime. When the
engineer saw the danger signal he
lammed the brakes down, throwing the
passengers from their seats.
When the train stopepd the engineer
asked the tramps If anything wa*
wrong with the tracks.
"No," was the reply, "we are thirsty
And stopped the train to borrow •
dime.”
Ob! memories that lilfM—and bur*!
oh! barren galn-nnd biller Ium!
t kl»x each bead, and strive at last lo
learn
To kls* the erase,
Xweefliesrf,
To kite the cross.
REPLY TO SCOTCH-IRISHMAN.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
If your Scotch-Irishman In hie "Ap
peal to Scripture to Justify Lynch
La,w" had continued reading the same
book ho quotes from, I. e. Judges, he
would have found In the teat, or 31st
chapter and 35th verse, these words:
"In those days there was no king
In Israel; every man did that which
was right In hts own eyes.”
This Is not a complete answer to all
old Scripture on this subject, but suf
fices for title particular one.
The morel teaching of the Scriptures
are like the Creator Himself, eternal
nnd unchangeable, but the methods for
leading up to those truths are as varia
ble as that of science which leads up
to higher knowledge through what Is
only apparent truth. The sun appears
to rise, children In astronomy could
at first receive no higher knowledge,
but afterwards they learn that we. or
the earth, rises Instead of the sun.
Apply this method God used In train
ing His "peculiar people." for the Inter
pretation of Scripture, and It la easy
to see why the "eye for sn eye and
tooth for tooth" teaching which was
once necessary, must now give way
to that "resist not evil" in the sense
that every man Is really a murderer
who allows the spirit of revenge tn
enter Into any transaction for the re-
paying or righting of any real or sup
posed wron * a * aln,t Individual or
I thank Ood for freedom of your col
umns and such valiant lighters for
truth In Christ Jesus, as Is Dr. J E
white, of the Second Baptist church
WILLIAM R. HANLEITER.
orinln, Giw
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Sept. 38.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—L. C. Gregg, F. C. 8teln-
ham. Mm. W. W. Stewart, C. H. Jd)m-
•on.
SAVANNAH—B. H. Baker, W. J.
Brown, G. A. Gordon. Mrs. M. B. Lane,
Mr*. M. N. Moore, A. E. Gregory, B.
Mortencen, Mrs. A. Rellley, F. L How-
den, O. W. Jackson.
IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, Sept, 38.—Here are
some of the visitors In Washington to-
GEORGIA—M. N. Collier and wife,
of Athena; Dr. R. E Hlnman, J. M.
Speer, of Atlanta, at the St. James;
John DeSauisure, of Atlanta, at the
National.
THIS DATE IN IHSTORY.
SEPTEMBER 28.
MM—William the Conqueror reached lbs
coast of Englnml on bis memorable to*
, rnalon.
MS7—Venetians under Moroalnl bombnrded
Athena.
173&— (tin Act riots In London suppressed.
1777—Uenernl Anthony \Ynyne surprised au
defeated by the British.
ThitniftM Imr. nnthnr"^aiuU
n Jnn
I aud
Merton," died. Horn I
104—United Htatca sloop of wnr Albany
railed from Aspluwall, and wst never
more beard of.
1844—Confederate* under General Price In-
vailed Missouri.
1898—Thomas F. Rsyanl, seeretsry of shite,
died. Horn October 23, 1121.
1903—Rioting st Rmilt ate. Merle by dis
charged employee* of the Cooed Id* ted
lake Hnperior Company.
HISTORIC FACT8.
By Wex Jones.
Columbus was the last man to cross
the Atlantic without saying, "This Is
nothing to the time I crossed In the
Hlgsllc—"
Although Henry VIII had alx wives
he never learned how to button a
blouse up Che back, showing that he
was never thoroughly domesticated.
Henry was the pioneer of spelling re
form, and usually when he wished to
divorce another wife wrote briefly to
his executloner-ln-ordlnary:
"Fetch the acke. HEN.
Henry Hudson’s ship was named the
Half Moon because he feared the comic
E opera would have something to say If
e called her the Full Moon.