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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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MIRANDY ON THE DOMINATION OF AN IDEA—BY DOROTHY DIX
E greatest thine in die world,**
declared Mlrandy with convic
tion. "la to know when you are
"cl! off, an* be able to recognize yo*
blmtltfa at sight, Instld of mlstakln*
Jem for tribulations.
"Yessum, half de time when wt'M a-
moanln* an* a-groanln' over our xor-
rera we ought to be a-crackln* our heel*
togedder. an* cuttln* de pigeon wing
, wid Joy beeaxe of our good luck.
“Now, dere'a Most* Hoskins, what
qomet* to my house las’ night a-tearln*
his hair an’ wid his |»ocketa bulgin'
wid razors becaze his wife, Blanche
Violet, had done skedaddled off wid
annoder man, u-leavln* Alose wid flve
little chlllen an' do bog to hold.
“ i'se a wronged man, Sis Mlrandy,*
says Mose. 'an* when I finds dat man
an' dat woman I shoiy is swine to
cyarve 'em up. Vasaum, I'se a-gwine to
wash my hands in deli* gore,' he goes
on, n-rollln* his eyes an* a-flurlshln”de
razors.
*• ‘Shoo*, spons I. mighty ca’m lak,
Td give 'em my blessln’ an' a weddln'
present, ef hit *os me.'
"‘Why for?' axes he.
"'Wei!,' says I, ‘I think dat a man
ought to be mighty grateful to tie odder
man* dat takes dat kind of a jh»V
principled, connatural hussy dneri
on-
fen his
hands. Her husband Is well rid of
her, an* hit looks to me jak de only
feelln' dat he ought to have towards de
man dat's got her Is one of gratitude
an* sympathy.
"i suttlngly wouldn’t muss myself
up wid de blood of a woman dat would
run off an’ leave her little baby a-cryln*
in de cradle, an’ her odder chlllen u-
runnin' ’round de neighborhood lak
skeered chickens wid no ole hen to
mudder 'em. She ain't worth hit, an*
n man has got mighty little gumption
datil go an* git hisself Into a light, un'
be run Into de calloboose on account of
her.
instld of complainin' dat de hand
of de Lawd is laid heavy on you, you
ought to be n-glvln* thanks dat your
Guardeen Angel is see fit to rescue yo*
from dot kind of a wife.'
“ 'But I loved her, 81s Mlrandy/ says
Mose, In a solemncholy tone.
CONDITION OF THE POOR
IS TO BE IMPROVED
By MR8. JOHN A. LOGAN.
1 "‘Maybe you did,* feponz J, 'but hit
looks lak to me dat hit wouldn't be
much trouble to fall out of love wid a
woman dat was a-carryln’ on behind
yo',back wid ■odder men, an* n-draggin*
her name through de streets. Seems
lak to me dat when a man's wife runs
off wid annoder man dat hit would wuk
one of dese heah instantaneous cures
lak de patent medicine advertisement
tells /bout.
" ‘Darefore, ef I was yo*. Instead of
glttin' run In by de cops for assauld
un* battery on Blanche Violet an* her
beat), an* havin’ to pay $25 fine for de
fun t»f hammerin' dem up. I’d take dat
money an* buy me a new suit to go
courtin' will.* Dere’s dee as good fish
In de sea as ever was caught, on’ dey
rises to do same bait, an' flat's what
makes hit plumb foolishness to worry
'bout losln’ a triflin', no account hus
band .or wife.
“‘Yo’ couldn’t do wuss, an' yo* are
liable to do better/is my inotter in what
Brer Jenkins calls onhappy affairs of
de heart—which Is mos'Jy affairs of de
vanity, ef yo' tells de truth.'
f “But Mose wouldn't listen to me, aa*
he went away a-hnntin’ for mo’ trou
ble on Blache Violet's account, an' X
reckon he found hit, caze dls mawnin’
befo' we.got up A boy was a-hammer
in’ on de do’ a say in’ dat Hrer Mose
Hoskins war in de lockup on account
of bein' In a fight, an’ he called on Ike
as a brudder in de lodge to come an’
K.. II -
‘An’ oil de years dat dey were mar-
! lied de very fust kind, good act dat he
(ever done to her was when ho up an'
i rlpsprfnil hpp nn* vnn' know* rinf
ball him'nut.
"Vasarnn, dat's de way hit goes, an'
hit sho’ly Is cutis, when yn' com, to
think 'bout hit. 1 reckon I Is shed a
barrel of tears a-weepin' tvld women
over de loss of husbands dat hit tvas
God's mercy to 'em to be lid of.
"I mind when Calllne Smith's man
took his foot In hla hand .one night no'
lit for parts unknown. Calllne, she’d
been takln' In washln' an’ supportin’
him ever sence de day dey were mar-
mied, an' dat wouldn't n-been so bad
ceptln' he’d lift de wash money dat
she'd save up to buy vfCJes for'her
chlllen, an' pay rent, an' h 'd spend hit
Tor llckcr, an’ den lie'll cwne home an’
bus' up de furnltme, an' give her a
black eye.
j deserted her, an' yet you' know dat
woman didn't have sense enough to ap
preciate her blessln'?
"Xawni. she des walled on* wept on-
tell yo' could hear her for to* blocks,
an* ahe say dat her heart Is broke, an'
the ain’t got nothin' to live for notv,
when de facts In de case waa dot hit
was de only time sence she's -been mar
ried dat she wouldn't havt jbeen lijclty
to bu dead.
"An’ dere'a Henrietta Jenkins wli.it
used to be a great, big, (the, strappln'
gal, but dat Is de* pined nway to. a
shudder sence htr inti triage to Abra
ham Lincoln Tho flips Jefferson .lack-
son was busted, upon account of. him
not shmvln' up on <ie weddln’ day, an'
subsequently tyln' up wid anodder lady.
You would thimr than jvrj’-trme dat
Henrietta tt ent by , de . tumble-doe t,
shack wbar Ahrulmm Lincoln Thomas
Jefferson Jackson txjr-sellln' In de sun
do', a-doln' nothin’,- whilst Ills wife Is
j totin' him tittles from de while folks'
j house whar she cooks, dat she'll feel
I lak a-i-iotn*' up In de player nttetin*
I nh' glvln’ testimony when Brer Jqpklns
I calls for dein what de Lawd has vouch
safed special miracles of grace to.
"But she dpn’t. She has spiled her
life, an’ got pecked an' bony, nn* raspy
In de temtemper a-honln’ after dat man
dat ain't liltin' to be touched with
nothin' but i(e tongs.
''An* m-n ain't got no mo' sense dan
w omen’ll*,. Vse seed men run delr legs
off afti i women dat wouldn't Imvc 'em,
an' stJena delr good money on item dat
woulil always 1.1 kr, an' never given
even a civil word back, an’ I'se seed
husbands worry dcirselfs Into de grave
over wives dat didn't ' have no mo*
warmth In delr hearts dan a day befo'
ylsterdayV biscuit, an’ no inn' feelln'
In tlelr bodies dan a saw-dust ilolt, an'
rsc Untwveil mo' dun one man dat has
killed anodder man for de sake of de
honor of .a woman dat didn't have u
rag of honor or common decency to her
back. • '
(Copyright, 160*. by Amerlcan-Jour
nal-Kxaminer.)
Washington's citizens, always vain
glorious of their city, have been deeply
humiliated by the discoveries that have
been made recently by Inspectors au
thorised by lew.
Within two or three blocks of the
Capitol building there are slums, where
human' beings, old and young, exist In
great numbers in habitations so small
and vile as to stagger belief. It has
been stated that these buildings are
worse and more overcrowded than any
to be found In New York or Chicago.
Since the agitation of the question of
housing the poor. It baa been found
that the old army barracks, which did
duty away bock In 1861, '6J, '41. '04
and ‘61, have been constantly occupied
by hordes of tha colored population.
Without any sanitary provision what
ever, It Is needless to argue that such
sections of the Capital City are hot
beds for the breeding of pestilential
disease and moral depravity.
Washington's poor may be fewer In
number than the more populous cities
of 4he United State*, but they are more
neglected and more to be pitted be
cause of the dearth or opportunity for
employment In a city without commer
cial or manufacturing Interests. They
are, for the most part, the energy
less and unthrifty whites and help
less, dependent blacks from the South
who came to Washington ns a Mecca
(luring ana Immediately after the civil
war. The march of the Union army
southward necessitated migration to
die poor, especially the colored people,
who In their chlldli
... ...... Jlsh dependence upon
others were Illy fitted to be self-sup-
iwrtlng or find habitations. The freed-
men'H bureau attracted them: but Its
benefactions ceased years ago, and left
dll too many of them In the District
' of Columbia, where Industrial resources
nre few. In all the ytara sines, they
have hud n mere existence, never able
to i««y rent or supply themselves with
more than the absolute necessities of
life.
Tlie majority of them have not yet
learned to adapt themselves to modern
methods and sanitary requirements for
the preservation iff life and health.
hMi inivfirnpil rlfv In thn wnrhl"
••The best governed city In the world'
—as thn boastful declare Washington
to be—has i>ald no attention to this
unfortunate class. They have been al
lowed to follow their own sweet wills
In the multiplication of their kind,
without being compelled to comply
with any of the regulations of the com
missioners, which have been rigidly
enforced upon the better and mate In
dustrious . class of cltlsens, until they
have become a menace to the moral
and physical health of the city.
In the aristocratic West End, within
a stone's throw of the palaces which
line- the avenues of that section, In
spectators have found “alley shacks” in
which girls, white nnd colored, are
growing up In the midst of disease, filth
and dilapidation which are Indescriba
ble as American homes."
It has'also b«n discovered that with
in the city's limits girls and boys have
grown up In Illiteracy and without any
training whatever to fit them for good
citizenship or ability to he self-sup
porting.
It Is well that there has been an
awakening to these conditions, and that
laws have been passed which authorize
the destruction of dens of Infamy and
degradation In the nation's capital. The
work has already been begun by the
cleaning out of the alleys, and the re
moval of the tottering domiciles, mis
called houses. Their present occupants
are to be scattered In different direc
tions, and helped to secure sanitary
abodes In localities better stilted to
their spheres In life. Decrease In the
mortality list, diminution In the dis
semination or disease and healthier
conditions will surely follow the move
ment, which should have been begun
long ago.
The commissioners nre now armed
with authority by law, and It Is not
likely that they will bo dilatory under
the pressure by the press for Immediate
action. Therefore, doubtless the days
of ''CJueenia Court," "Chinch How."
"Navo's How” and "O Street Alleys"
are numbered.
, ''Washington's civic evils, no aom-
pulsnry school attendance and 10,000
children last year not attending school:
no Inwa against children's work: no
ipeclai Juvenile court: no nll-the-yenr-
round play grounds; no adequate holla
ing laws,, but slum conditions as had
as those of Chicago and New York,
without the excuse of being a great
Industrial center or being crammed be-
s een rivers, ai enumerated by the na
tional publication committee," will
suredly be speedily co
corrected.
THE LADY WITH THE FAN
By ANATOLE FRANCE.
Officers
State 8ooisty.
Macon.
First Vice-Pres.: I
Dr. A. H. Ifotderby,!
SOCIOLOGICAL
Officers
Atlanta Society.
Atlanta.
Second Vlce-Preaf
Ur. E. C. Peete,
Macon.
Secretary -Treasurer:
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE—Rev. C! B. Wilder, J; [£*
: !•:. m. fm;
• • Srcri’tni'V-Trpdunrpr;
J Djf. E. C. Cartlnlgr.
" r ' Atumtaf 0 ""' : D. Cleatou, E. Marvin Underwood, Dr. R, R. Kirae.
Annual Meeting Inf
May, 1307, at Macon. |
M**tlus *>u
Tbtir»la)r
JJlAt ,0f Each
igii i .i.i* u
; Month at* Carnegie
“An' I says dat dey u an a 55 '
man or‘2* "*
ain't worth a sensible pussoif's ".T.'Jf 1 *
demselves l„ trouble for. «- he „
gone, hit's a good riddance to
"You wouldn't catch m, ,,
myself ’bout a husband dm -wT*
enough down dog to dessert me
be mo’ welcome outside niv diet Hta
hit. Xuther would I lose any
•bout losln' de affection of a pL,
got tired of me becazc I got ole mJ J 11
tor I'd Jest lak to see any 'S'
coukl git tired quicker dan I k n "iS 1
Imvc to be a sooner, sho"
“De trouble wMT depi folks dat ,
tvocpln an a-gnaahln' dele teeth iA
tlelr los loves Is dat dey done ,*
Idee dat dere Is des one man w t ' *
In lie world. Dat's a mistake Vwf!
a good many hundred million .*1,1,7.
an dey. irnosiy belter lookin' £
pearter dan de one we'so got ... "
derc ain't no use In cryln' over »miiM
milk—which was mos'ly water *
way, an' ain't worth soppln' ui. .
could." 1 ' ■ "i
i ON A SHIP OfTpaCE 1
THE WORLD OP TWO COLORED SUNS
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.
ATLANTA'8 OPPORTUNITIES.
By DR. R. R. KIME.
Atlanta Is In danger by apathy and
Inaction, due to reaction after a storm
of riot and excitement. Bholl we profit
by the unpleasant experiences that left
a blot on the fair name of our city, or
will we, by Indifference and Inaction,
drift along and ultimately back Into the
same condition as before?
Much has been written In regard to
the causes that led to the riot, and Its
serious results, and yet but little hus
really been done to eliminate the real
causes that brought It about.
No permanent organized action nor
systematic scientific study lias been In-
atltuted to prevent a repetition of such
or something worse In the future.
ICach city Is Just what Its citizens
make It, and If we desire Atlanta to be
it model city, we must make It so.
He who builds well builds on a solid
foundation, and so must a city be built
If it is to he permanent nnd sustain a
high standard of citizenship. For ul
timate good and equal rights to all. It
must be built nn upright, honorable,
moral basis. There should be put one
motto In all actions that pertuln to
the development of the city, and that
motto should be: "Is it right? Is It
Just?"
Evil powers and Influence* are ever
pre/ent with us as Individuals anil ns
a city, and are very Insidious In their
uetlons. If they exist, ns certain os the
night follows the day their results will
be felt. Whether In high life or low
life, in the white or colored race.
Atlunta was only reaping iw she had
smvq, anti so she will reup In the fu
ture. If We expect the future to bn
better,tliun the past we must make It
so. We should meet this subject, fairly
ami squarely us brave men. und do
our duty as citizens of a great city. If
wo liavo evils we must eradicate them,
or suffer the consequences. It matters
nut if those evils are In high life or
low life, If they exist that Is sufficient.
Cun we Iw honorable, Just and equita
ble and prohibit one and permit nn-
other to do'the saute thing? If a thing
Is evil, It 1* not Just: It Is not light:
tnoral city can afford to do. It Is not
a question of dollars and cents; we
cannot afford as individuals nor as a
city Jo do evil at any price. It Is a
slander on the fair name of Atlanta to
say she cannot get along without the
money from licensing evil to run her
city government. It Is a disgrace to
her civilization, schools, churches and
business Interests to say she needs
blood money, bought with price of pre
cious souls, to run her city government.
I say It without fear of successful con.
tradictlon t>»: for every dollar received
from licensing evil we pny for It ten
fold In dollars, not to consider the
moral aspect and physical suffering.
The sooner we learn evil licensed at
any price ts a costly Investment, the
better It will be for us as a city.
There Is also a moral phase to this
question which we should not lose
sight of—when we, llcefise nit evil that
causes death or results in murder we
are Indirectly responsible.-
It Is not enough to say wc need the
money, the highway robber could say
the same und he gives his .subject a
lighting chance. We license nn evil for
money that makes slaves of Innocent
children, yea, even worse, many are
destined to lives of misery, disease and
mental degeneracy before they are
born.
Tchouang-Tsen, who wak of the
country of Soung, waa a man whose
wisdom had taught him detachment
, from all things of this world, and be
Ing a good Chinaman he did not be
lieve In tillage eternal. Hence, for hlin
the only poeelble 'road to content wae
to eecape from thoee etna which all
men are bound - to commit while In
breatbleee pursuit of useless wealth
and vain honors. Now, It mutt have
come to pats that this sage found great
satisfaction In following out his own
theory, for after his death he woe
honored as one of the elect and
thought worthy of envy. During thoee
days which he passed upon thle earth
—and which geniuses who have been
misunderstood believed he lived In
some unknown ahrube and willows and
tall bamboos—he waa accustomed to
walk about and dream of countries
wherein he lived without knowing why
nor bow.
Now, It so happened ‘that one bright
morning he was sauntering along the
flowery elopes of the mountain called
Nan-Hoa, and he came to«a cemetery,
where, according to the usage of the
country, the dead sleep under little
mounds of earth. When he saw these
tombs, which extended as far as the
eye could reach, the philosopher be
gan to meditate upon .the ultimate
destiny of man.
"Alas!" he said, “here la the cross
roads, where all putha terminate. When
one has taken Ills place among the
dead he never returns." I
But It must be admitted that this
idea was not very original, but,' after
alt, It sums up the philosophy of
Tchouang-Tsen, uml that of the Chi
nese In general. These people know
but one life, and that Is the one in
niilch you can look upon the sun shin
ing upon the peonies. The equality
of all the mortals after death consoles
them or drives them to desperation.-
person Is who lies within the toniB,
and why you take so much trouble t<f
fan the earth which has been heaped
upon him 7 I am n philosopher. I am
always looking for cause and effect,
and I cannot understand the reason fur
your strange actions."
The young lady continued to move
her fan to and fro. Hhe blushed,
bowed her head and murmured some
words which the sage could not hear.
He asked the question several times,
but could get no answer. The young
woman seemed to pay no uttentlon to
him, und It wnB us If all the strength
of hor soul were concentrated In the
hand which was moving the fan slow
ly hut Incessantly to and fro.
Tchouang-Tsen withdrew regretful
ly. While he knew that all Is vanity
111 this world, his philosophic mind in
clined him to seek out the reasons for
human actions und especially reasons
for those of women: for this class of
humanity Inspired him with u deep,
nialevotont curiosity. He walked slow
ly away, turning back now snd then In
spite of himself, to natch the fan
which never stopped, and looked like
the wing of a huge butterfly. /
Suddenly there appeared before him
an old woman whose presence he hail
nut hitherto remarked, und she made
sign to him to follow her. He did so.
and when they came within the shade
of u tomb that was higher than the
others she said to him:
I heard you ask my mistress u
question which she did not answer.
Hut I will satisfy your curiosity, Ih>-
and If allowed to exist evil results will
follow. In the ptist we have allowed
"low dives" anil "high dives"—lewd
pictures and gambling In both, ob
scene pictures posted to public gaze,
blood und thunder stories, yelluw-back
dime novels for sale, obscene and vul
gar theuters, with young Isiys In the
peanut galleries, and, of course, we
must reap the results. If we desire
a model, moral city, we must supnly
a moral atmosphere. To do this we
must renovate the city, clean up and
keep clean morally.
We rannot do this and let sueh
things, as the ubove exist In our midst,
neither can we license evil of whatso
ever character. We as a city have no
moral right to license evil, ami when
we do so we vloiald a principle of Jus
tice and light and must suffer the con.
sequences. If we license un evil we
participate In the business, which no
And jet wie call ourselves un en
lightened Christian people.
Let jus awake to olir duty and re
sponsibility as a city tintl - free our
selves* of. the. evil* that bind using
shackles uml make AMitmti a model
city on a high moral (dune, 'then-wo'
need have no fear of tile future.
These urc moral OteoMrans that con
cern us all und not qn —thins of ..re
ligion to be discussed by the church
members and preachers alone.
The riot nnd the relation of the races
are moral questions and heed sclentlflc
study and Investigation us well aa the
Influence of- religion to solve them.
Bpnsmodlc efforts and occasional re
vivals of religion are not sufficient to
cope with these momentous questions.
The majority of negroes hnve plenty
of religion of the kind, hut It needs
moral backbone. Their religion should
teach them higher Ideals of-honesty,
truthfulness, virtue and to respect the
tights of others.
In passing we might say that a great
mun.v white people might Inject k lit-
He of this moral lenven Into thclt res
lil^on wjili considerable advantage to
themselves anil the community In
which they live.
To Inculcate these moral principles
Into the colored race will require time
anil systematic organized effort not
only of the colored teachers und
preachers, but of tho white people us
well. As-king as they remain with us
ami it part of our citizenry we must
look lo their education, moral. Intel
lectual and religious, tie Is here with
out his consent nnd a citizen by mis
take, which constitutes a condition and
not a theory which must be met.
If he Is to remain he should be made
the best citizen possible and dealt with
on an honorable. Just btptls and devel
oped along the lines that will best lit
and qualify him for the position and
station In life which nature has adapt
ed him to fill. ' ’ .
To elimlnata the evil and elerelbp'thc
good trill require the combined effopt
of both races.
While the negro Is making a study
and Investigation tlf Ids race we should
also do the same.
By all means let us have a commis
sion appointed and sustained by the
state to study and Investigate from a
practical sclentlflc standpoint, crime,
pauperism and Insanity In regard to
the colored race.
The Atlanta Sociological Society at
Its monthly meeting, November 8. dis
cussed the alcohol question from the
educative standpoint.
Rev. C. E. Dowman very forcibly
presented the legal, economic and moral
phases of the question.
D. W. ,B. Parks gave an able paper
on tho educative method dealing with
the effects of alcohol from a physical
standpoint, urging that everyone should
be Instructed ns to the poisonous ef
fects of nlcohol when taken Into Hie
human body.
These papers were freely discussed
and many points of Interest and value
brought out.
It was especially emphasized that the
public must be educated along these
lines If prohibition Is ever made ef
fective.
That simple elimination of the sa
loons Is not of Itself sufficient. A nigr
al atmosphere In the home, the city,
community and state must be devel
oped.
The use of alcohol and many patent
riiedlrlne* containing alcoholics should
be discontinued by the medical pro
fession, ministers, teachers and the
public generally. -f
• Its use should b« discarded.from the
home, In tho family, by the church,
members and all. ns its effects are evil
directly and Indirectly.
The consensus of opinion of many of
the best medical authorities Is tliut It
is not necessary ns a medicine, is In
jurious to the physical economy nnd
should be eliminated from general use
by the laity ns such.
It was also argued that the public
should bo protected from the evil ef
fects of drinking, that policemen should
not be allowed to drink ou or off, duty,
that conductor^ ahd mqtormen on
street cars should ribt drihk lit tiny
time, that conductors, englnee;*, flte-
ineii and railway operatives should
have a clean record front the use of al
coholics at tiny nnd nil times as a pro
tection to the lives of the passengers
und the general public.
At the next meeting It will he dem
onstrated what the saloons cost At
lanta as on object lesson nnd to show
the utter fallacy of such Investments
from a business standpoint.
The members of council, business
men nnd public 'ave Invited to uttend
the next meeting and participate In tho
•dlscutfslnn.
This society Is organized for'the good
of the city, everybody invited and
urged to uttend Its meetings and help
us In our efforts tit Improve the city of
Atlantn.
|
would live ut least flve yearn before I
would inurry another/
“But Tao said to her: 'My lady, do
not swear that. Swear that you will
be faithful to’ my memory an Ions n8
the eurth upon my tomb has not
dried.'
"Thereupon Lady Lu swore a solemn
oath, and the good Tao closed his eyes
forever.
The sorrow pf the widow* was be
yond words to describe. Her eyes were
reddened by teal’s. She scratched her
pink and white cheeks with her sharp
little nails. But everything'- passed
uwuy. Her torrent of tears grew
smaller and smaller. Three days after
the death of Lord Tao she began to
. . »i notice. She heard that a young
cause I am naturally obliging, and. disciple of her husband desired to
also In the hope that you will give me I t«»ii her how much he sympathized with
,nn "* v ,n h,, ‘’ ,h " her. In common decency she could not
enough money to buy from the priest
a magic paper which will prolong my
Mfe."
Tchouang-Tsen took front his purse
n coin nnd bunded It to the old woman. |
anil thereupon she apoke as follows: .
“Twhom you saw by the | £“55* i“,rd ' t7o
tomb Is Lady Lu, n widow of n writer
who was called Tao. and wlm died
some fifteen days ago. after a long
refuse to receive him.
“Min* sighed deeply as he came In.
The young man was very fashionably
d uml was likewise very good
He spoke very little about
nnd very
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giants of Algol, the Captain askn:
"Shall we look next at a world with
h double sun?"
. “O, yes; please take us to see one
of those Worlds," replies the Only
IVomnn, "and let It be one that has
suns of different colon. That will bo
so delightful."
‘it Is easily done,” the Captain re
sponds. "The universe contains more
worlds lighted In that Way than our
astronomers ever supposed. Variety of
color Is characteristic of the stars,
even when they are coupled In pairs.
With our telescopes we used to notice
only the more deeply colored stars of
this kind, und a slight difference of
tint hardly attracted our attention. But
for the planets that circle around them
such differences are of great Impor
tance, and when a world happens Lo
belong to a sun of some decided hue,
like Aldebaran, and, at the same time,
has near at hand another sun, of a
strikingly contrasted color, the com
bination of effects Is extraordinary. I
shall take you to visit a double star,
one of whose component suns Is bright
red and the other clear green, and
you will sec how remarkably these
contrasted lights play together, upon
the worlds that they Illuminate.”'
While the Cuptaln turns the crystal
car In search of the colored double
that he has described our party fa.HA
to discussing the double stars that we
used to know In the, heavens. We re
call the pleasure that we derived from
looking with powerful telescopes at the
beautiful Alblreo, otherwise known as
Beta of the Swan (Beta Cygnl), where
the larger atar Is white tinged with
gold, and the smaller one a deep bril
liant blue, us fine and pure as the most
costly sapphire. The Professor avert
that Alblreo was the most beautiful
object that he had ever seen In the
heavens before our Journey began, but
the Only Woman declares that her
choice was the star Cor Caroll, under
the handle of tho Great Dipper. And
another member of the party pro
nounces In favor of Mlrar, the wonder
ful colored double In Bootes.
While we are talking of these things
all eyes gradually become fixed upon a
star which has visibly spilt In two In
tho last few minutes. Before the di
vision occurred It waa a white star:
now we percylve that It Is made up of
one red und one green star. But while
they yet seemed blen'ded together, their
light was combined, producing the ef
fect of uffilte. The suparntlon reveals
the difference of color.
Of course, the separation Is the re
sult of our swift approach; the lessen
ing of the distance has the same ef
fect as the magnlffcatlon produced by a
telescope. All the double stars are sin
gle to the naked eye. and If they hap
pen to have complementary colors, they
appear simply Its a white star, until the
telescope Is turned upon .them. This
apparently throws them 'apart, and
shows each In its color. The effect la
ns If the observer had suddenly ap
proached so near that the two stars
no longer blended together In the eye.
Thus the telescope Is, In a certain
sense, n magical car which seemingly
transports the observer millions of
leagues into space.
But we are able Inffnltely to tran-
M-enil the powor of the mightiest tel
escope In this respect, since there Is
proach, and aa we continue to draw
near the colored double which the riZ
tain has chosen as the object of our
visit we see Its two suns moving nrutrt
like two Illuminated toy balloons, timu
at loot they actually occupy np,,„ s | t ,
quarters of the sky. This means that
we have moved Into a ponitlon hot ween
them, and now they hana blazing one
on either hand—this red as a burninc
ruby; the other pouring out tho most
blindingly brilliant rays of gre-i '
"Wo must approach one or the other
of them,” lays the Captain, "In order
to And Its worlds. Which shall It be’"
"The red.”
And ao we turn toward the red star
and as its light brightens with our
approach, we arc reminded of Alde
baran. But here there Is some differ,
ence In the quality of tho light which
causes a different impression upon the
senses. Soon we are able to select
from among this star's planets one
upon which to effect a landing. It la
Inhabited, but I shall not undertake tn
describe It, or Its people, except so far
as they are affected by the contrasted
lights that fall upon them. For, do not
forget that although we have drawn
much nearer to the red atar than to
Its green companion, yet tho latter la
sufficiently close to funilsh a great
amount of light. The consequence Is
that the world on which we have notv
landed has two kinds of daylight. Ro
tating on Its axis, like our own earth.
It turns all aides In succession toward
Its rsd sun, and Its proper daylight may
be said to be red. But when any patt
of the planet Is turned away from Its
sun. It faces In the opposite quarter of
the heavens the green compenlon. ami
this serves as a secondary orb of day.
shedding a green daylight In place of
the nlgnt that would otherwise pre
vail.
We learn from some of the Inhabi
tants that they are so organized that
the aucoeaston of red and. groan xervn
thn same purpose for them- that that
of light and darkness does for uz. Thui
their groen day Is In reality their night,
during which they slumber, nnd most
of their activities cease. But In ot/r
eyes the results of the contrasting day
lights, and the prevalence of one mono
chromatic light In succession to th«
other Is most strange and disconcert- -
Ing. The monotony of color affects tn
somewhat aa It did In the Alderbsra*
world that we visited, but most dli-
treeling Is the arrival of the green
light, when. the whole world assume"
a ghastly hue, and the few wakeful In
habitants, stumbling about In what !■
gloom to their eyes, look like rentier"
ghosts, pursued by tear of the mcnac-
ng emerald orb, which rises huge,
glowering, portentous, casting its tall*
manic spell over the whole face of na
ture. But particularly Impressive to ui
are the ecenes at the moment of sun
set—that Is the going down of the red
sun, to be followed Immediately by the
rising of tho green one above the op
posite horizon. Then the eye l»
amazed to see the sky on one side all
fiercely, bloodily red, nnd on the other
eide steeped with vivid, .defiant green,
while the cloude, floating at various el
evations, reflect these oppoelng hue*,
and seem, aa they slowly move about,
to array themselvea like hosts prepar
ing for a stupendous battle, each wear
ing the distinctive color of an Irrecon-
liable leader.
i liiNt tiro jwir* in lunttcrN of roform lulior* fur reform wort? not ent I roly <lin-
mu* can tint fool tliut vory meb Un* i IntoronttM. One mu only hopo Hint the
boon accotnplinhoil lu tho ourrooilun of ! shitting of rcHponi«lt»llltioM may fnrllitnto a
the luetboilN of inaurunot? oumpnulo*. rail- * rapid os term I nation of evil mid evildoer*,
road*. Parkers and managers of trusts; to; i t |, evident/that n great ware of moral
•ay nothing of what ha* l«-eu -lone to •w-l- .
t-ri the riot of criminality of the lower F"■ronnaiion is swmpiug orer me country
clnMoo*. If tho nnino porkl*toncy I* oh
•errwl in the future by tho*? in authority
there will ronie n time when tin* claim
the stiuorlcuii nutlou to MUperlority over nil
nthera In moral Integrity, courage and prin
ciple may have real foundntlon.
Too much credit can not Ihj given to men
iu private life, official* nud agent* of the
law. who have nt«H*| up *u bravely ami have
exposed the wrongdoing of thooo who were
previously eoiuildcrail above suspicion.
The plea im* been made by |H>r*oiia guil
ty of crookinilien tliut the unlvernni expo*.
nnd that every one Will Ik* molt*!
In the future In hi* dealing* with other*.
11V are too apt to low eight of the fpet
that ti'imt 1* a great factor In nil luiumii
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIES
The following hint* op hoazebold econo* | poured off and uied again when required
nile* are the outcome of a practical house* | JJ|J7 lte§t ^ JotM for roxattbg; for bolUnf
wife'* experience* and they will. If followed | Rn ,| „towing the highest priced Joint* neel
out, enable tunny another to make her i not be bought, but each should be sultaW**
hoind’keeplug money go n* far as pomdhlc: | for It* purpose. Long stewing will
, j the toughen meat tender.
Do not luive n hodsc too large for your
requirement*. If you do you Increase your 1 ‘TEH '
rent Slid your work. j bo ' 1 " 1 lhe ,toelt
—— All odds snd ends of meet should he n*" 1
Ilsvo year House ui-ar i-nouxb In your Inis- j n p. made Into rissolss, potted most. |>l*
Hones from tin- Joint may be crackol
ut ihsiii snd have nil uu-tils nt home. This
, -, , -- ■• , - . -|ls often Imp-aulbh- In New York snd other Buy vcgctsblcs fresh (except potatoes t»
““ilfbu/tmumiu/sb-.'nM "Vl/ni ""I™. where It I- Me It will
iii the discharge of every duty niul ublfgu- 1,0 faaml that all the hotiHehold will fare «>$ taking a quantity, and will zeep».
Ifon licit cornea from cmitldemv repoaed I letter at less ez|M*UM*. ~T _~.ii 112«.
In him. IVr remember that during the! Vegetable refuse, suchlei[Potato peslinpv
4 Iclt war II once «»»»«*:i4*d but lor the Do not eat new hnud; It Is wasteful and ‘’abbafe leave*, should In* burnt at ba»w
•4>nflt1encv In General Frauria !•;. Ppluner,' Indigestible. Dat one loaf lH*f4»re you cut | kltrheti Are; they hum wall and **vo « «> a ^
about the lady herself: und he con- .
fensed that he loved her, anil ahe did , „ „ __
not aeem to object very much. In the j mitterialy eml«rras*eii: 'tin
„ , , . . mOdlldc. Eat one loaf before y«»» ent k»u*u*h nn 1 , mey ouru weu ■»o*
the hci.I .If cMeiirilve cn* ^ 1 another; thou you leave 110 eruntu Jo get it J™ **«»’e fowls liofl the peelings Slid »»l«
i-rprl-s-s would tl-rlolisi,-'. rippi,- Amrrtrau i mf.-'romI-nT‘fI5'‘th.-ihS I »'nlr aqil hnrd. When using .-run hrend ; with barley me*l: they will nrnke.n p"d
cutumoivinl int.-reat*. and that the produce f tlou .if the ituloii would fail, a* then* wa* v «*l stuffing, cot the loaf *0 that the morning meal for them.
•tuuraer 4>r the*e pn*luct* w.mld l*e j no kiicIi thing u* g-riug security f.ir the ! cruet may ii.it Im* wasted. [
fulthlitl |H»rforuianee of hi* dittie*. I . —
Fortunately, we nn* far from ntir *mh 1 When making cake. Iieat your eggs ibor*
calamity a* want of faith In imtuMtid. Not* | nugldy. and mix hi the last thing before
w*l he \'*mq—Ib’d tu pny f.,r tin- very | ! Nklug. line wrll-ls-at. n egg will gn n. fur
badly lieu tell
i'fr .r; r \?! i !
It,owl, knowing that death wu upon I £ ‘^’’eSrtb'witll'h!“/(tor"* I P '. ! .m»hfg"«.!reu» U ‘n!‘ pfu/^whhTT I ^SSu!z"v.. may umhu^dSuL ! Hi “ , ,' a "‘"i
him. Tao rouid not be .-nntent to leave ; when the^ old wont in hml Am. hart woeM l» cotui-lh-d to pay for th.- very ! .2". !h~i. ! Nklug. ilia- wcl
l forsa he 'her* ta ST&V | ' ™oua„..T*e„ «XSTlSSL* .!!?'- R- «•« '« * »'j| •*> - ^ ^
According to whether they arc by tem- youth and beauty was Insupportable h m-ii k of d
perament disposed to be serene or t to him. He resigned himself, however, j youll g m#n alK]
inclined to melancholia. Besides, In ! 1 a t e ne\ t.r c, or e was a man. j.,]jt must he acwioo,.... Lamy ; ...ii....n-, „
this life, they have a lot of little rod I Knrwthatb/ iou«hou to lt/decre'- ! i' 11 '■ ? n llon «i l «'<»nan. who will «>t M . „r inmiemy mat unruituiJBrm ,,r indlri.
and green gods to amuse them, who of fate. Weeping at the bedside ! ^ul d'w.ad/be a very goo.1 example 1 n “" fropb- and It h« 1»J found : w'r'Ir'.^iioli. to' “‘Tbire’hii 1 J'"’ ,klu "'“ M, ,lw w *‘' r *"
sometimes resurrect the dead and play ! Tao, whom she hud not left a moment , e ,,r oor Rarara-aus practic'd frsnd an,I adtilternilnns ' ' n ‘ e h *" HI " r ""*
other amusing tricks. But Tchounng-I during his illness, Lady Lu .-oiled the i ," r " Ur Ku | Won,cn ,n |t« sreai an extent a* ih-y bare l«-eu LT.'.!
_ ... - .....1 ^ i. ilnose oil., .......1.1 ....1 I »'*ll**»*
SPLENDID OFFER MADE
1*1 ha* caused
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Tsen, who belonged lo tho proud da*.* j K°* ! * to witness that she would not 1
MkiiA. e».*x 1 survive him, that she wott/d Mhare hi;?,
of phllozophers, ne\ei brat the knee j . H i, e k,.,* shared hi* bed.
cofltn as ahe hud shared hi* bed.
there porcelain dragons. | -Hut Tao said to her: My lady
.\8 he wandered about the tomb*, lost not ewenr that.'
In thought, he met a young womun ! ** 'At least,’ she sobbed. *lf I must
who wan c
ay, she
Reflections of • Bachelor.
do,,.. In th!» coiiutry. and lb.it lu (timing "jJ “ tlu* Sou oter*
.may fr-nu Hu- pradprls -ur .-oenlry ex- nJi«“»“iVr ",
1C fact that the business methods or their 1 in.v^loHyieiVti lu 1 the
(*cpl« needed lnv,'-tlguilou and reforaui*' urrt 1 been 6 tried hzvr
sen » dm,, in the hUrnrv of lhe liortll b * VttU 0r mwlt **“• ,wl,ei1 ■ ,loU, ' l l,e -
h,s, Wlck-Hlnre. -fid dlSSierty 'werTSit S'"* ,or . W* «aperflaoiu f„
The Georgian does not Intend that
.if evil have tram Joint* may I... melted (while sweet) (t* aubeciibern shall ml** anythii.s-
he.iuln-rily sn-l snbjept to: mil ke|H f-r fi-ylng purpe«.» Afler Is-lng conrciiucntly. It ha, obtained subscrli •
the tend. Of legal author!* j used Ike fat left lu the frying pan may 1st to ten prominent magazines and
clothed In mourning, tlini iu min lve you. It l urn condemned l»y i hlz taxe** hasn’t any to pay.
e hud on a long white, oeum- the avll spirit* to continue to see the t \ woman need* a fur op*
_# — *-*—- 1 light of day after your eyes hove dosed
to it. Know that I will never consent
to become the wife of another and
that 1 will have but one husband as 1
have but one umil.”
“But Tao said to her: ’.My lady, do
j nqt swear that.
Ieoh dreaz of coarse cotton. Heated by
a grave, she had moved her fan t«>
and fro over the recently upturned
earth.
Curious to know vbat wa* her mo
tive In thus fanning a newly made
Tchouang-Tsen, . bowing
ourteouxiy to the young lady,' " Oh! My I.#»il T;..*. my Lord Ta ..
"Might I ask, madamc, who the Penult me at ic U »i to swear ilutt I
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man who Is xWlliing to pay all) “‘Xi.
• The hills for pure fo4*|
opera cloak lion by the government
whether there Is any opera or not. *nlu«*il a victory after
When a woman buys a hut she seems ta,,t and _
t.i In- afraid It might look like one.' , watcUwwtl lit- nrubablliH-. are ttat the, th «f rail anil i
Ii's 1,111 v f iL .innirimr to est „ n . I ranmem far Sf-umhi) will * be specdliy r»‘* I agent* as the Mate hfl* beei),. j
v U l< ’ hm t Jr »ii«.vcl. Tim* P*dlilr« luiz Im.f »UB«*h toj m the fnfure. ‘ '
un<n t,uU hat >o*t: gj,, | U the cn*nt!(»u of twb widespread ex*. *lhe jiaqer of yrnarf flul the tcwptathxnt
. , , , j‘ftwnent there la bo dlapatlng. Tin* candL i It tvv» throw n i« the way of the true f mill
W hen u man gets di»wn the wliw.e i ,i,*:c> for flc,Uou cutigreM* of Mr. Kin* the !*•** Im* ihuw if* work, met hnsigbi ft*
world turns Its hack on him. unless its'cf.-tlr. th-* unili»r ’The Juagb*/* l»y the nsm t «*ousci|Ucim'«* to Its victims, who bnvi*
a woman. - Sui'lalUti with whom he as*o**l.’tti“l while siu'raie^ red »h*.-ir m.iuhiMKl nmt nyif n**|»*ct
will Ih.-
1° lhc >' ear * except Sunday, together with
no dli.’ *»y on® of the following magazines y»u
Ilslolug uml less ImiNiltciici
hnnihg tin* throne »»f ndillonair*'* who. ai
rnst-u/xurt Bvsri^r/'im'ntp'tT ‘f ife may. select: Judge’s Qua’r^y. AnatJ;
maMM. They hart- not f-m-l p-j.-e titi.1 t ’ ttn -Vlagazlne, American Boy. “
guu-l repnti- ihrvaali lhcir |tuSM-ssluu, noil Housekeeping.
■raVilll,. , r ..... McCall’s Magazine-
iH*ot>lc arc (sgluuiuj) to ruaipn-hniii that j Popular Magazine, Houthern Cultlvat"^
s»tv»alvr wealth does not alwav* hrlug Imp- Woman’s Home Companion. O ft rJra
Magaxlne. C ixmopolltar-
plnets.
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