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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1», IS"*.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES .... Editor.
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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, fyt 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 NOW
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—LOWELL.
Hoke Smith May Go Higher.
Some of our contemporaries across the line have been
dlacusalng the governor-elect of Georgia aa a possibility
tor the next national candidate or the Democratic party.
The Oeorglan aeea no reaaon why this la not a natural
and legitimate topic of dlacuaalon. The governor-elect of
Georgia is easily recognised by well-informed public men
and newapapers throughout the republic as one of the
essentially strong and forceful Americans of this genera
tion. Hla great force, hla enormous vitality, his strenu
ous courage and hla splendid abilities have stamped him
as a figure of high expectancy In the politics of the future.
There can be no question of the fact that Mr. Hoke
Smith, of Georgia. I* amply equipped with the ability
and the experience to make a strong and vigorous chief
executive of the United States. He has already demon
strated In his really wonderful conduct of the department
of the Interior, under'Mr. Cleveland, that grasp of affairs
aapnod jo png (pnep jo /jetsam eaisaeqajdmoa iaqj poa
than whisk the presidency would lay no higher tax upon
hla abilities.
• The time la near at band, if not already here, when a
Southern man artll be Just aa eligible for the presidency
aa any citizen of any section of the republic. The editor
of The Georgian has been persuaded for these past
several years that the people of this great country are
simply waiting for an opportunity to give the finishing
blow to sectionalism In the election of a Southern states
man to one or the other of the chief places of the
republic. We think that Democratic conventions, In
which the South ought always to dominate, so long as she
continues to furnish the vast majority of the vojes, have
been too .timid and time-serving In paat days upon this
vital matter. It. la a question of where—
"We either fear our fate too much,
Or trust It not at all.
Who fear to put It to Che touch,
to win or lose It all."
The Democratic convention, which, looking Into the face
of this broad and fraternal age, will take fro pi these roy-
ally and magnificently growing states of the South
statesman worthy In character and ability of presidential
honors, and project him as Its candidate, will reap the
reward of Its courage In the response of the American
people.
80 far as Mr. Bmlth Is concerned, It would doubtless
be a very oaiy thing, If hla friends would organise to
that end, to make him the second figure upon the next
national Democratic ticket. We seriously question
whether Mr. Smith would accept or could afford to accept
this position. We fully believe that there la set for him
In fals present station a mission of higher service and of
•van greater fame than the nominal position aa president
of the senate and aucceiaor In an emergency to the
president of the United Btates. '
At any rate, It la not untimely to discuss a Southern
man to lead the Democratic party in the next campaign.
The Issue* of the treat battle of 1*08 are not yet mado
up, nor Its oandldatea chosen. The age Is advancing,
history Is making along economic and commercial lines
every day that we life, and t four speculative friends In the
Northern and Central atatea are disposed to revolve their
prophecies around the person of the governor-elect of
Georgia, wo do not hesitate to Inform them that be la In
typo and in capacity fully worthy of their profound and,
cordial consideration, and la likely either as a personal
leadar, or as a strong personal Influence, to be recognized
and felt In thg next nations! platform and candidate of
the Democratic party.
The Fallen Jerome.
Few men in national politics hare risen so swiftly and
fallen so fast as Mr. william Travers Jerome.
Two years ago, at tba conclusion of the New York
municipal election, when. In bold defiance of party lines
and of personal graft, he announced hla fearless Independ
ent candidacy for the district attorneyship, he was the
distinct political Idolqpf New York, and was the toast of
brave and honest politics throughout the country.
Mr. Jerome's tenure of office, however, demonstrated
so large a difference between promleo and fulfillment, and
upon the lips of bis critics came such a well-iuatalned
charge of betrayal of pledges made prior to hla election,
that he lost caste and the confidence of the people, and
In hla present lowly state la a very different, man from
the unique and triumphant publicist of two years ago.
In the lait election Mr. Jerome was an eager aspirant
for a nomination for the governorship by any party
that would accept him. He was an outspoken applicant
for the Republican nomination or the Democratic nomina
tion, aa the case might be. and wax. above all things, a
furious and frantic opponent of Mr. Hearat, whom he now
opposea with whatever feeble might la left him.
But Mr. Jerome la so far discredited that even the
Republican party, with all Ha frantic eagernosa to defeat
Mr. Hearat for the governorship, has seen fit to frankly
decline the services of Mr. Jerome as a speaker In behalf
of Hughes on the Republican slfle of the campaign.
80 that, rejected aa a nominee by both parties, debarred
from any affiliation with the Democratic nominee and the
Independence League nominee by hla violent diatribe,
he le now discredited as an Influence by the Republican
machine and seems to bo without a iwrty and without a
welcome anywhere. .
The brief But meteoric career of Mr. Jerome Is a very
The President. Mrs. Davis and Georgia
How swiftly and yet bow softly the asperities of politics
and the Impulsive expressions of youthful prejudice'are
modified In the lapse of years, or melted finally In the
little acts of kindness which always move the world.
There is no rank or station that kindness does not
touch, and no bosom however filled with mighty caree that
does not answer back, swiftly reciprocal to the sugges
tion of a magnanimous and friendly spirit.
And the people—God bless them!—love and applaud the
little yilngs that breathe of grace and graciouaness and
greatness and a noble mind In one man or la many men
The world lovee a generous deed and the doer of It.
Here are three Incidents that will' please this finer
spirit of the times. *
Norwood Mitchell, a Virginian, and president of 1 the
Georgia commission for the Jamestown Exposition, con
ceived In his chlvalric mind that Georgia would do a
handsome and a proper thing by choosing for the Georgia
House at Jamestown that old historic mansion at Ros
well In which was born and married the mother of the
president of the United States, who at this time, and per
haps for all time, will be reckoned the most Illustrious
grandson of the commonwealth of Georgia. The sugges
tion took Instant root In enthusiastic sol), for while there
were many men In Georgia who took Issue with some
views of our great president, there were none who qnea-
tloned his fearless public honesty, and there were many
who followed In the faith of hie recent public policies and
other thousands of us, men and women, who find It eaey
to forget the strenuous president, 16 the chlvalric and
tender gentleman who centered his visit to Georgia
around an act of knightly and nobla reverence to the
gentle woman who gave him birth. If all the world loves
a lover, It loves that lover not the less when his mother
Is the object of his tenderness, and we In Georgia, more
fortunate than our fellows, have seen In Theodore Roose
velt the loving and loyal son, where others have wel
corned only the statesman and,the president.
And so the thought was gallant and filial that con
celved the Idea of touching the tendereat side of thb
great man's nature by this joint tribute to hla' mother
and himself.
Did It reach the president's appreciation? Instantly.
No man ever yet has failed to reach Theodore Roose
velt who touched that tenderer and nobler side of him.
On the day that the Georgia papers and President
Mitchell's letter reached the White House with the an
nouncement of Georgia's Jamestown home, the president
eat down within the hour and penned this cordial nota
which rings true In every line:
The White House, Washington. Oct. 16. 1906.
My Dear Mr. Mitchell: I need hardly say how
much touched and pleased I was by the proposition
to reproduce my mother's old home at Jamestown.
Naturally there was nothing that could have appealed
to tne more. Whatever the decision In the matter
may finally be, allow me to thank you most warmly
for your suggestion. With great regard,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
W. N. Mitchell, Esq., President Georgia Commission
to Jamestown Exposition, Atlanta, Ga.
On the same day there lay In quiet state In a New
York hotel the mortal remains of a noble woman, who
was known and honored In her lifetime as the “Mother of
the Dead Confederacy.” Between her chieftain husband
and Theodore Roosevelt's Impetuous 'youth there had
widened a difference expressed In warm and Impatient
words. Years had softened and stilled the lucldent and
many a time the president had said that In maturer
years he would not have written aa warmly aa he did,
and that If he was In private station hs would say this
to the world.
And within the same hour that sped the telegram
thanking Georgia for the tribute to hi* mother, the presi
dent sent this brief but sufficient message to New York:
“The White House, Washington, Oct. 17.—Mrs. J.
Addison Hsyes, Hotel Majestic. New York City: Pray
accept the moat sincere sympathy of Mrs. Roosevelt
and myself. THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
And the flowers of the White House, the rarest and
moat fragrant, went that day from President and Mrs.
Roosevelt to take their place among the world-wide
tributes to the dead wile of Jefferson Davis, the dead
Mother of the Dead Confederacy!
Is there any one who does not know that the measage
from Georgia to Washington, made a little ewlfter and a
little softer the message from Washington to New York?
Without the fhessage from Georgia that message would
doubtless have gone from the Gentleman of the White
House to the last survivor of the Gentleman of tho Con
federacy.
But the heart of the gallant republic prefers to be
lieve that the tribute of Georgia to the one mother
quickened by a noble heart beat the tribute to the other
from the great president of the United States.
Union. It Is a campaign practically of politics without
regard to party. Neither Hearat nor Hughes care to
have national Issues or a strict party alignment brought
Into the campaign. Mr. Hearst's campaign Is pitched
upon the proposition to restore the American system
of government to the country and, to abolish bosses and
to do away with cqj;po ration control or the government
To accomplish this be Is appealing jointly to Jefferson
Democrats and Lincoln Republicans. Upon practically
the tame Issue In the last municipal campaign, 40 per
cent of all hla votes was composed of bonest'Republlcans
of the city. In this state campaign he expects 40 per
cent of his support to come from the Lincoln Republicans
of the atate. For this reason Mr. Hears! does not care
to have party lines drawn, and for this reaaon be finds It
good policy not to Invite the most eloquent living Dem
ocrat or any other national Democrat to speak for him
upon strict party lines In the New York election.
It Is for exactly the same reason that President
Roosevelt Is not taking a personal part or making any
personal speeches In the New York campaign of Candi
date'Hughes. Mr. Hughes has pitched his campaign
upon the theory that the Issue is one of decent govern
ment and la as eager as Mr. Hearat to obliterate strict
party lines trom the struggle because of his belief that
many Democrats will follow the lead of bolters under
McClellan, or McCarren and Jerome.
It may be said that when Mr. Hughes takes his stand
upon the principle of decent government, that Mr. Hearst
does not by any means accept that aa the issue of the
campaign or offer to meet him as the champion of the
other kind of government. On the other hand when Mr.
Hearat says that the supreme Issue Is the destruction of
corporate rule, Mr. Hughes does not place himself as
the defendant of corporate rule.
But there can be no doubt that the Issue which each
has made is the Issue upon which the campaign is be
ing fought and followed on either side.
Mr. Hughes' diligent attempt to establish himself as
the representative of decent government Is not likely to
Impress very profoundly the great mass of the New York
voters who have seen only great reforms and honest
elections come from the work of Mr. Hearst On tho oth
er hand, Mr. Hesrst's contention that the Issue of the
hour is the destruction of corporate rule and the aboli
tion of bosses, will doubtless appeal to the Judgment and
experience of the great mass' of the voters In the city
and throughout the state. I
Upon a comparison of Issues, no man will deny that
by. the record and by observation, that Mr. Hearst has
all the best of it. And any man ,wbo will read tho
speeches of the two candidates made In New York will
not fall to recognize the greater clarity and force of
the Democratic candidate with the people.
But the conditions given above In which politics Is
being played jrlthout party, will furnish an ample expla
nation of why Bryan is not speaking for Hearst. and
why Roosevelt Is not speaking for Charles E. Hughes.
The issues are beyond party and, in point of fact, above
party.
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PLEA FOP COTTON FIELDS;
ATLANTAN TO BANKERS
TELLS OF GEORGIA’SNEED\
Special to The Georgian.
St. Loula, Mo., Oct. 11.—A plea for
the cotton fields waa the subject of
Charles J. Naden's speech at the
bankers’ convention here, today.
Mr. Haden said In part: “The cot
ton fields of the South need a larger
volume of currency at the harvest sea
son. Cotton at that season so nearly
absorbs our whole banking capital
that other ilnee of traffic are made to
suffer. I am here to ask your distin
guished body to throw the weight of
Ite great influence In favor of eome
plan that will relieve the yearly con
gestion.”
Mr. Haden then spoke of the value
of cotton to the world at large and
produced figures of the paat to back
up his statements.
SAM JONES' WORK A 7 HOME;
CARTERSVILLE TABERNACLE
WAS BUILT BY HIS EFFORTS
Sam Jones was one of the most pub
lic-spirited men in Cartersvllle. He
was always Idtntlfled with every move
ment for the upbuilding and better
ment of his home town.
His first move was to raise money
tor the cohstructlon of the building
known as the Sam Jones Tabernacle, n
structure with a seating capacity of
over 6,000. His meetings were always
held In this building, and every large
gathering of a religious nature took
place here. It cost several thousand
dollars, and the money was raised by
eubsrrlptlon.
Mr. Jones' other movement was the
one which resulted In the erection of a
building to be known as the Sam Jonea
Female College. The evangelist was
to donate a certain amount of money
toward Its construction, while the bal
ance waa to be raised by the citizens
of the community.
For some reason the batande of the
money was never-raised and the build
ing was never used for the purpose for
which It waa originally Intended. It Is
now used as the Cartersvllle High
School.
The building Is a two-story brick
structure with a basement and cost
nearly 616,000. The bullfling of a school
for the education of poor girls was a
project which was cloy to the evange
list's heart. He spent'a great deal of
time and labored earnestly and faith
fully toward thla end, but his efforts
were never crowned with success and
the building was turned over to Car
tersvllle without cost to the city.
Nooks and Corners
of American History
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
■ ■a
ACT OF CHARITY MARKED
LAST HOURS OF SAM JONES
Why Bryan Is Not Speaking For Hearst.
It has perhaps been an occasion of some wonder, after
what ha* been said and published, that Mr. Bryar. Is not
at this time speaking in New York atate In behalf of Mr.
Hearat, the Democratic candidate for governor of that
atate.
When Mr. Bryan landed in New York Mr. Hearst oc
cupied a box at his Garden reception and afterwards
called upon him at the Victoria hotel. Mr. Hearst alto
refuted lo express In speech or In print his difference
with Mr. Bryan upon the question of government own
ership of railroads because he was unwilling to be placed
In the attitude of criticising Mr. Bryan's attitude.
When 11 r. Bryan was In Atlanta he authorized the e<y-
(or of The Georgian to proffer his services to Mr..-Hearst
for several speeches In the New York campaign as soon
as the Buffalo convention bad completed Its work.
Mr. Hearst received the message with every evidence
of great appreciation and there Is no doubt but that the
■Dost cordial personal relations exist between the two
greatest Democrats of this generation.
Why, then, since Mr. Bryan hat offered and since
Mr. Hearst so appreciates the offer, la not the New York
campaign being enlivened and Inspired by the eloquence
of the great Nebraskan and Its Democracy solidified by
the object lesson of Bryan and Hearst working In har
mony for Democratic success?
The answer to this question offers the fullest and
completest explanation of the situation In New York.
There never was such a campaign aa that which la
being waged at present In the Empire State of the'
Special to The Georgian,
Cartersvllle. Ga., Oct. II.—The last
act of 8am Jones was one of charity.
On his way from Oklahoma City to
Memphis his attention had been called
to a woman In one of the roachee. She
was weeping and appeared to be In a
distressed condlton. She was accom
panied by an Invalid husband, and
were without money or ticket to com
plete their Journey. Both were sup-
plied by the evangellet.
The story le told by Rev. French E.
Oliver, of Chicago, who has been ss-
■Istlng Mr. Jones In the West, and
who accompanied the body and mem
bers of the family to Carterevllle.
"Coming on the train over here,”
said Rev. Oliver, "his daughter called
her father's attention to a lady In the
day conch. She went over and, after
asking a few questions, found that the
poor woman was \rlthqut money and
could not reach her destination, and
that her husband was very sick.
"Mr. Jones went to the Pullman con
ductor Immediately and made arrange
ments for a berth for the tick man.
He sat down with the two. He told
them that he loved them: that he was
sorry for them, and would do what he
could. He gave them money enough
to get them through.
"The woman then asked who the
kind man was, and she was told that
he was 8am Jones, the evangelist.
"The woman burst Into tears of grat
itude and she could hardly expreaa her
thanks.
"Through her tears she said that she
had loved 8am Jonea all her life, or
since she was a child.
" T didn't dream.' said she, 'that Sam
Jones would be the man to help us
out In our present condition.’
"The country Is waking up to the
fact.” continued Rev. Oliver, "that a
mighty prince has fallen In Israel. He
waa, without question In my mind, the
greatest preacher America has ever
produced.
"That says It all. because the old
country le forced to send over here to
get evangelists who can move their
people.
"He had the biggest heart for the
unlovable and those who needed sym
pathy of any man In this generation.
"I believe undoubtedly that he was
as truly a prophet of God as was
Moses or Isaiah. His fenrteasness,
coupled with his characteristic address,
stimulated more preachers to activity
than any one man since the days of
Apostle Paul. Fearless ns he was,
his heart was as tender as that of
woman."
CHARLES WATERTON.
Probably not one person In a thou
sand in this country has read "Water-
ton's Wanderings,” and yet It Is one of
the dearest and most delightful books
In the world. •
No one can read the quaint old
volume without falling In love with it,
and, what Is better still, without being
In every noble way benefited by It.
It was In the course of his review of
the "Wanderings" of the grand old
English "Squire" that Sydney Smith,
commenting on certain of Waterton'a
statements, got off his ever-famous
remark about the Sloth who "Moves
suspended, rests suspended, sleep* sus
pended and possess his whole life h
suspense, like a young clergyman dis
tantly related to a bishop.” Also of
the Boa, who swallows the Box Tor
toise, and "consumes him slowly In
the Interior, as the court of chancery
does a large estate."
Charles Waterton, representative of
one of the most ancient untitled aristo
cratic families of England, waa born
in 1782 and died In 1866, at the ven
erable age of 83.
No kinder, truer or more honorable
man.ever breathed the breath of life,
und it the spirit that dominated his
life and that lives In every page "at
his charming book was universal
among us the earth would be a differ
ent thing from what It la.
Waterton’s chief wanderings were In
South America, but In 1820 the grand
old man took It Into his head to visit
Canada and the United States.
Of the city of New York he wrote
"Ere long It will b* on the coast of
North America what Tyre once was on
that of Syria. In her port are th*
ships of all nations, and In her streets
Is displayed merchandise from all
parts of the world. Broadway le the
principal street. It Is three miles and
a half long. I am at a loss to know
where to look for a street, in any part
of the world, which has to many at
tractions as this!”
What would the dear old man have
to say of the Broadway of today were
he permitted to see It?
A perfect gentleman. Indeed a moat
chivalrous and gallant knight In the
aentlments of his soul. It Is not sur-
HEW HOSPITAL PLANS
FOR SOLDIERS' HOME
At the regular quarterly meeting
of the trustees of the Soldiers' Home
Wednesday a committee was appointed
to advertise for plans and bids for the
new hospital.
The following compoee this commit
tee: H. W. Bell, W. H. Thompeon, C, D.
Phillips, L. C. Brewer, W. H. Harrison
and Dr. Amos Fox. At the laet ses
sion of the legielature an appropriation
of 67.500 was made for the erection of
this hospital. The committee Is em
powered to (elect a alte for the build
Ing.
The home was thoroughly Inspected
by the trustee* during the meeting, and
they reported that everything wae In a
satisfactory condition. The secretary,
the superintendent and the surgeon
made their quarterly reports.
The number of veterans now tn the
home Is 110. 8even were admitted
during the past quarter. Five died la
that time.
PEONAGE CHARGED
AGAINST BIBB MAN
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga.. Oct. II.—Charged with
peonage In trie shape of holding Mem-
ford Klzsy, a negro, against his will
for four years because of n I6S debt,
M. McCrary, a white man from Jet-
out
the
of 1600 to await tne action of the
Federal grand Jury. In order that he
might be found when wanted for a wit
ness, Klzsy was held under a 1200
bond. The case was the result of quiet
work on the part of Special Officer
Hoyt, of the government secret service
department, tt Is charged that when
ever the negro would leave Twiggs
county to work elsewhere McCrary
would get a warrant for Klzsy, and aft
er getting him back tn the county, put
th* warrant on the shelf.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
OCTOBER 1ft
1310-King John of England died.
1*63—Eugene of savoy born, tiled April
-Continental congress adopted tho pine
Tree Has.
1786—American congress voted to lUatiaiid
the Herolutlouarj army on .\orem-
Iter 2.
1812— French military forces abandoned Mos
cow.
1813— Bonaparte defeated nt I. rips to
1824— last lottery sanctfoucd by the Friz
llsh government belli.
1831—Emperor Frederick III or Germany
born. Died June IS. 1888. '
M2—The Confederate. General Morgan.
occluded Lexington. Kr.
l'SS-Kpsnlth evacuation of rorto Rico of-
bristly completed.
-Arthur T. Hadley assumed the pres
bleney of Ynle university.
1802—Typhoon "ti *n*at of Spain; 51,000
liminco destroyed.
1846— President honsevett detmrted from
Washington on a tour of tho South
ora state*.
ng: "Nothing can surpass the
appearance of the American ladles
when they take their morning walk
from 12 to 3 In Broadway."
And tho men—what pinks of pro
priety they were! "Everybody -teemed
to walk at hie ease.” wrote the genla
old squire of tValton Hall. “I couk
see no Inclination for Jostling; no Im
pertinent stnrlng at you, nor attempts
to create a row In order to pick your
pocket. 1 would stand for an hour In
Broadway to observe the passing mul
titude. There ts certainly a genilcness
In these people to be both admired anti
Imitated."
Fortunate old man. that you were
permitted to depart before the evli
days of the “Bridge rush" and the. big
times at th* "Garden!"
"He Ik very Inquisitive," says our
author of the AmcpWtn; "but It la
quite wrong on that account to tax
him with being of an Impertinent turn,
He merely Interrogates you tor In
formation, and when you have sails-
lied him on that score, only ask nlm
In your turn for an account of what
Is going on In hie own country, and
he will tell you everything about it.
with great good humor, and in excel
lent language. He has certainly hit
upon the way of speaking a much pur
er English than that which Is in gen
eral spoken upon the parent soil."
Modern Britishers, who mnke a poor
living by (lings at us Americans,
should have coine over with Waterton
In 1820!
Speaking of the mighty strides of
the young giant of the Wgat, Water-
ton wrote: “His advancement as a
nation has been rapid beyond all cal
culation: and young as he Is, It may
be remarked without any Impropriety,
that he is now- actually reading a salu
tary lesson to the rest of the civilised
world."
And that was long before the dsv of
the "Monroe Doctrine" ana Eiihu
Root! •
Dear old Charles Waterton knew a
good thing when he saw It, hence the
following'deliverance: "Politicians ol
other countries Imagine that Intestine
feuds will cause a division In this
commonwealth; at present there np-
S irs to be no reason for such con-
ture. Heaven forbid that it should
jpen! The world at large would
suffer by It. For ages - yet to com*
may thli great commonwealth con
tinue to be the United States of Amer
ica."
"Uncle Tom's Cabin” nnd "Bleeding
Kansas,” together' with the dread se
quel, were yet to come; but It Is good
to recall the fact that on the May
morning of th# year 1865.-when Water-
ton breathed his last. It had already
been revealed to him that "God
reigned, anil that the government nt
Washington sttll lived."
Elwln Palmer.
Elwin H. Palmer, the ll-months-old
child of Mr. and Mrs. 1.. H. Palmer,
died Tuesday at 19 o'clock at the fara-
BY CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Oct. 18.—A queer Chinees
custom, little known. I believe, cropped
up today in connection with the an-
nouncement yesterday of the death In
China of the mother of Sir Chentung
Liang Cheng, minister to the United
States.
Sir Chentung telegraphed hie reslg.
nation to bis government in Pekin, but
the- latter promptly ordered him to
remain at his poet. Tha resignation
was caused by the receipt of the news
of the minister's bereavement, and ac.
cording to Chinese custom, the son un-
der such circumstances must retire
from public life for three years. *
I learn that Barrie Is not satisfied
even with witching, beautiful "Peter
Pan" and that he Is to make some ad
ditions In the way of comedy to that
masterpiece. * “
When the curtain now goes up on
the pirate ship! one of the pirates it
seen buelly operating a sewing machine
of Improved pattern. While Pook, the
chieftain, drones out his melancholy
monologue, the undersized cut-throat
on the starboard side of the deck plays
"The Song of the Shirt" on hi* ma-
chine, and the effect Is sold to be ex
tremely ludicrous.
The deportation of a painting sup-
posed to have been the work of an
Italian master, because the custom au-
thorttles valued It at 6200, and the Im
porter had arranged to dispose of It
for from 650,000 to 676,000, will open
the eyes of prospective purchasers of
old works of art. No one seems to
know the owner of the painting or th*
person with whom he was negotiating
for its purchase. Connoisseurs are
looking for more paintings said to be
from the same brush.
Experts say It Is say to attribute
paintings to old muter*, and that many
Americans are deceived In this wav.
When It It argued that the price asked
Is excessive, the dealer calls attention
to the high duties paid through the
appraisers' stores to prove a painting's
authenticity. A duty of 610.000 would
be paid on a painting Invoiced at 650,-
000.
The oldest actress Is dead. Not many
of us remember her and many more
never even heard the name of Caroline
Lovell, for she had not been on the
stage since 1867.
Mrs. Lovell died at her home In En
glewood, N. J. She waa 89 years of
age. Mrs. Lovell was on the stage 25
years, but since 1867 had led a secluded
life. She played at the Park theater.
New York city, with Edwin Forrest,
the elder Booth,-father of Edwin Booth,
Mr*. Henry Hunt, who afterwards be
came Mrs. John Drew, Sr„ Charlotte
Cuehman, Tom Hamblin and other no
tables. >
She had been ailing for the last few
weeks with heart disease and her death
was a peaceful one. The house Is fit
ted with old-time furniture, engravings
anp pictures of old actors and writers.
Her first husband was James W.
Pritchard, who waa killed In the West
by an accident. Her second husband
was Henry V. Lovell, and she played
under the name of Caroline Lovell.
Coney Island Is nearly drowned to
day. The great bulkhead at the foot
of Ocean Parkway was battered, but
without sufficient force to. destroy It.
The waves swept over it hind Inundated
the roadways, bicycle paths, th* tracks
of th* Brighton Beach railroad and th*
grounds of Hotel Rlccadonna. Tha
water line reached almost to Sheeps-
head Bay road. It was one of the
tide* that
place.
Donald Burnt, keeper of the bird
house in Central park, has discovered
that for th* last twenty years a snake's
fang had betn circulating through his
system. Mr. Burns was slightly rus
tled when he yanked the fang from
his right thumb, for he did not then
remember ever having been bitten by a
snake.
It’s certainly a snake tedth,” said
the snake artlat from Uie park soo,
"and to have It tucked / away In your
thumb, you must have been bitten by
a snake." ,
Burn* then recalled that In. the '80s
when he ran a bird store he had been
bitten by a boa constrictor, but he was
sure he had been bitten on the left
thumb. Moreover, he showed the scar
on his left thumb.
From time to time Burns would ferl
a pricking sensation In various parts of
his body. One year It would be felt In
the shoulder and another year further
down th* back. Finally, he felt It In
hla right thumb, and a little mass of
hard matter formed there. While at
his work he squeesed this mass of mat
ter and the hidden tooth bit him so
sharply that he made an Incision In
the thumb and Investigated. He pulled
out the tooth. —
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York. Oct. 18.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—W. H. Chase, S. O. Ha
ney, Mrs. J. Van Renssalaer, C. E.
Harman. F. Milts, E. Oberdorfer, G.
B. Sickles.
Ily residence, 162 Pulliam street. Th*
funeral was held ^Wednesday after
noon at the residence and the Inter
ment waa at Weatvlew.
The AtJanta Georgian
Is On Sale Regularly at the Fol
lowing Hotels and Newa Stands.
BUFFALO. V. Y.—Iroqnots Hotel. ,
IIAI.TIMOUK. Ub.-Tte New Holland.
Belt Merc Hotel. f
BOSTON, MASS.—B a r k f r Rout*.
You tie’* Hotel. SnmmnniM Hotel.
ClllCAUO, ILLS.-Oreat Sorthrru
Hotel, r. O. Now* Co., Palmer Houae. Fe
ll. Clark. 112 Dearborn 8t.; Auditorium
Hotel, Joe llerrou, Jackson and Dear-
Itorn nt recta.
CINCINNATI. OHIO.—Glbaon llouee.
Gr*n l llotd, Itotnce Hotel.
DKNVBU, COLO.—J. Black. II. H
Smith.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.-Englitb Houae.
Orantl flofel.
NBW YOUK, N. Y.-Hotcl Aitor. Ho
tel Imperial.
BATTLE. WASH,—A. M. Kay.
r, tons. MO.-Hofei Laclede, South-
lintel. I’lnutera Hotel.
WASHINGTON. D. f.-Hotel WlllitrU.
McKinney flou**, llaJelgb IJunoc.