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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN- FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2s. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. JC. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rstes: One. Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta,* Ga. Entered as second-clan matter April H, ISOS, at the Pottoflos ad Atlanta. On., under act of conareaa nf March S. 1I7S. Subaoribara failing to racslvs THE GEORGIAN promptly and regularly, and readera who can not purchase the paper where THE GEORGIAN should be on sale, are requested to communloats with tho Circulation Manager without delay, and the oom- plaint will receive prompt attention. Telephonae: Bell 4927 Maim Atlanta 4401. SMITH A THOMPSON. ADVERTISING REPRESENTA TIVES FOR TERRITORY OUTSIDE OF (1 B O It O I A. Eastern Offices: Western Offlree: Potter Hldif., New York. Tribune Rldg.. Clilcaxo. The Georgian calla tho attention of Ita multitude of corroapondonte to theaa facta: That all communication* must bo algned. No anonymoua communication will be printed. No manuacrlpta will bo returned unless stamps 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 CHJG0<KXH3CH70<K1CK3CKIGGCKKHJ<KM a g 0 NOTES BY THE WAY. O G O 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. 00000000000000000000000000 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.