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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1», IS"*. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES .... Editor. F. L. SEELY - President. rUBUSMD EVERY IFTtRKOOH • Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN CO., if 25 W. Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. SVISMlfffO* tuts. One Year $4.50 Six Alontht 2.50. Three Month* 1.25 By cirrler, per week.. 10c KnterM at thu Atlanta roatofftn aa swood- ctau mall mailer. Telephone* connecting all daparlmeola. Loop distance terminal. SMITH ft THOMPSON, Advertising Repreaentatlve* for all territory outside of Georgia. Chicago omen tbibuhk niii.niso KBW T011K OFFICE POTTEtl BUILDING OUR PL A TFORMThe Georgian stands fot Atlanta’s Owning its own gas and elec tric light plants, as it now owns its Water Dorks- 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, 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 emphatic lesson upon the value of consistency In public life and upon the folly Of yielding to violent hatred and bitter denunciation In political campaigns. If you have any Ironhle getting THB GEOBOIAN. telephone fhe Circulation Department, non hnrc.lt promptly remedied. Telephone*: Bell 49*7 Main. Atlanta 4401. It I* (leelralile that all rommunlcallnas Intended for pobtleatlon In THE GEORGIAN he limited to 400 word, In length. It{• pernflra that they lie signed. ns an evidence of goodI faith..though (he mime* will he withheld If requested. Rsleetsdtnsnnsertpts •rill not ba returne<l nnleaa atampa are *ent for the purpoa*. The Georgian prints no unclean or objectionable ad vertising. Neither does it print whiaky or any liquor advertlaemenfa. Alt thought* that mould the age begin Deep down within the primitive tout. —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. * i gossip! .! 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. 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