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—. r THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WKDNE8DAT. JANUARY J. ISO THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN tii Tttffii eimt («<• I. 1. 'HIT. NW.N. Published Evofy Aftsrnoon Eir.pl 8ao0*|) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 8 WhI AkMu SI.. Atlsote. Os. Subscription Rates. Tesr ...94 58 ... !M Three llosth's.... Ilf Carrier, Per Week ",.n Bst.nwl .t Ik. Otl.ots pwtofflre *« KMi»l-cliH msll nsll.r. - Smith A Tlinmr»in. sitr.rtl.in, rrp. tnnllll'H I or all l.rrllorf oulilaa of MMrgtt. (."Mesa* Office Trthoo# JIM« Va« Vttffc PattMT UlllJL- If rmi mr trouble fitting THIS GEORGIAN. telephone the OwlltlM ppfiartuiPiit nml barn It proinptly edled Telephone* ««♦!* Mata. Atlanta 4401. It la deslratde that all rorntnonlca Hens Intended for nnhllratlnn In TIIB fieoRtilAN t»e limited 10 400 words la lesgtb. It la Imperative that they ha signed. aa an rtMwirp of good faltb. though the iiam«*a will la withheld If a ui>ilnl. Ilrlrrtrd inannsrrlpt* will he rat it mail unlaaa atatupa ara teat for the purpoee.' THE GKOItoiAN print* no uoalaao ar objartlonahla advertising Neither does It print whisky or aoy liquor ada. OUR PLATFORM.—Tbs Georgtso stands for Atlanta* owning Ita own gaa and oloctrlc light planta. at It now owna ita waterworks. Otbar alt Ira do tbla nod gat gaa aa low aa CO ranta. with a profit to tba city. Tbla aboiHd. Iw dona at onra. Tba Gaorglan tie- bora: - Bui' wa do not believe tbla aao ha dona now. nod It may ha aoma yaora ioforp ready fur ao Jdg an un- . •tartaking tittti Atlanta should aat Ita far# lu tbit direction NOW. With nil of tin* nhontlim In Kent tick v not n colonel hits betqt lont' Persia him a fount It nt Ion. Wlilrli b mtnrthim;- tttttrr—than tit* nhtili-- bm», Since hi* is a mighty kirk man. Th«* Now York World han an t*ii rial on honest crimes. Must In* kind In which the aherUTii grip eluded. Mayor Dunne, of Chicago. I* con atantly appreciating In IiIh own cntl mate. The latent evidence. of thin Ih hla proposition to the city council to make hla salary $25,000 n year. I)r. Madison Deters savs the pulpit la "A Cownrd*n Castle." so he resigned hla charge and will preach In it then ;ter. Probably he also thinks he can '#•1- better audiences. A scientist says w will have no btowlx ltt year*. No use to worry yet. Resides the art of mnmtfactttr Ing peroxide is not likely to Im-coiiic a lost one. • If Curtis Jett ill the Keutllek) Jail maintains his Streak of I»eii!leiie«> he la likely to confess to half of the mur- tiers that*,have stained Kentucky for fifty yearn. A New York physician prescribed a porous plaster for an Italian without directions as to Its use. The Italian promptly ate the plaster, am) It is needless to say that* he will stick to the remedy. At a banquet In tlcrlln one of the speakers said: The future belongs to Germany' and the I’nlted States." We trust that this paragraph will meet the eye and approbation of public men In Great Britain und Japan. Society women of Ausoula. Conn.. have resolved to try the "Silence Cure" and are expecting marvelous results. /\tlnntu is full of fads, but If there Is any movement to establish this nuo ta«rt\ i lu'iv will !»■ no public or private protest that we Know of. The Now York Kyenlng Post, refer rlliK to a complaint lij an American correspondent of I.omlon Notes nml Queries to the effect That American newtpapera. seUlom quoted the a|» IlieRtiis of K>lro|ieaii rulers, remarks; "l*erha|>s It Is InTause they have no room alter prtuttiiK the words of wls dom—40.000 a week—of their own ml •r." \Vlieretl|H)n The \Yashlngtuii Post read* a Inna and scrhais lecture to The New York Post uikiii the use of the word "ruler" by the New York pa per. Senator Philander Knot, of Penn •ylvanla, whom President Itmsevclt denominated as the greatest lawyer In the republle. stated a few days aao that of all the arauments made In COnaress on the trusts and related themes, those presented !>v the lute Senator Georae, ttf Mississippi, were the atronaesl, the most lucid and the most enllahlonltiR. "Senator ’Georae." •aid he, "mult have h^en a lawyer of •xeeptlonal ahllity and Industry." tiro »er Cleveland once declared that Sen ator Georae was the arestest const 1 tutlonal lawyer the republic ever pro duccd. Hai Mississippi shrined this groat publicist In a form to carry his and esample to her younger ? tutlot duccd great IF' JUST “STAND PAT.” No dramatic, Incident of the council chamber should bo pcrmltttd to obacurt the burning Issue of ooundpollcy and aafo conduct In overrid ing the mayor*# veto of tho liquor llctnioa.' • Alderman Key hss called hla honor a "liar" and a "corporate flunkey" and the mayor hee retorted "you are another." v Alderman Key hee charged, from the recorde, just aa Colonel Clif ford Andereon charged, that Mayer Woodward holding tho office of may or wee yet In the pay and under the. domination of a corporation aiklng favor* of tho city. Mayor Woodward has also dtnlad these allegations, end the air is so thick with rumors and strong language that the very least that can be said It that the mayor retiree from hie office In a storm, and without the approval of tho majority of hio fallow eltlzone. But all these personalities are minor mittera aa compared with the proposition that the council should sustain Its own overwhelming' vote, end aeve the city a eerloue and bitter wrangle, by the more rigid liquor regulation which tho community demands. Neither Mayor Woodward nor Colonel Kay weigh In the scale against this public and frosting necessity of this proposition. We have argued to the council clearly and wt trust convincingly that the individual integrity, lelf-retpect and consistency of each of that majority of seventeen, demands that this vote should bo repeated un changed aa a tidal wave to overwhelm the mayor’e veto. The public be lieves this. The friends of the seventeen councilman believe It. There is not e fair-thinking men In Atlanta who does not know that any eoun- oilman who changea hla vote now. after all this discussion, and In the face of thil aroused public opinion, will be suspected by the public, and there fore stained to e greater or smeller degree by the political somersault. Once more we aek the council to consider thle. We ask the council further to consider the conditions which make thr thinking public of Atlanta 10 aager to have thle liquor question set tled now. We are fronting e new and peaceful year, after, e long' and •tormy period of wrangle and division. "This ie the only shadow that rests upon the peaceful prospect of the proeperout year.- It has been settled by a splendid and all-sufficient majority of the council- It requires no further wrangle. It need Involve no more debate. It requires only a moment of time. The public does not ask the council to do anything. It only aika the body to sustain what It has already done. It does not aek the council to enact any leglalAtion or add any amendments. It only oaks the council to “stand pat" on the righteous ballot It hot already cast. If tha seventeen councilman will only vindicate themeelvee, the city will rejoice, and the peace belle may ring prophetic over the opening year of 1»07. -HO. JAPAN DOBS NOT WANT TO FIGHT US. Tin- forward looking |**oplt* of thr t'lillril Kiai-a nml loir no sleep over the apprehension nf u war with Japan. To hi'Kln with. Jaimn la now In debt over a billion Uollurs with no place lo borfiiw more money, and Is not" III n position to ro to war with anyhod) Jupan’a navy, when you nnalyte It. Is not, nearly so good or so strong as the American navy. And the proposition of Japan's hrlnalua a futeo of. i.l r„ to rto-ain-parUcutar damage 7,U0t>-mllm la so grotesque an apprehension llini ll dis-s not need to be answered. If Jaitaii should,seise a |sirt either iiiani the Alaskan or the Pacific coast, the l ulled Slates would speedily Ret II liaeK again and the experi ment would cost Japan as many lives as she has to ttpare. It is also a preiaisteroiiH Idea "that Knglaud would assist Japan In an assault o|hiii the fulled States. Knaland, It Is true, has uii under standing with Japan on inatlera relating to the Pacific ocean and the Par Hast, hut Knsland's friendship with America is a thing of blood und history, and stretches hark more years than we have known Japan. If such a thing were possible, neither Knglaud nor Japan could make uu> Impression upon the real isirta of the flitted States, and If they sbuiild, and should bottle up our commerce for a time hv Knglaiid s au- la-rlor navy. Knglund would ut the same time cut off from herself a very- large piujsnlInn of her own food supplies. . And the flitted States In that contingency could easily maintain a placid existence with a siege oa Its own coasts because ll Is sufficient unto Itself and produces within Itself everything that It needs lu the wide world of trade or comfort. Then. !<s>. the fulled States could lit short order run nit army Into Canada and take possession of the choicest bit of property that Eng land has outside of Its own "light little Isle." Japan to thoughtful men docs not present the nppearance of tielna anxious to light anybody Just now. Ih r pphltc debt Is almost If not quite as large as that of the United Stales and her basic territory Is about ns Idg as the state of California. It Is nil very Interesting for newspaper men to gossip over possibili ties like these, hut nobody in this generation Is likely to see a war be tween America und Japan. If It docs rouie Japan will have serious and terrible cause to re gret It. TWO PROPHETS OF PESSIMISM. In the dispatches of Hceeiiiltet T2. John I). Rockefeller, the foremost financial II git re of the world. Is quoted as follows: "\\'e are regardless of the present, blind tn the fn tore, nml disaster will he the check rein unless a temiierale spirit replaces llte prodigal Impulses now prevailing In the nntlouul life. "Wo are nalttg tip the resourcea nt a tremendous rate, hut that Is inti our chief dung, r now. Our peril lies, tn our parting with the resources we hate, and we are likely to find ourselves In need In the future fur litis very reason. In my opinion we aie lieatleil toward a panic of vast proportions." Singularly enough, In I ho dispatches of tho sumo day, the Ihm. I.esllo M. Slmw. secretary of the treasury. Is quoted In tho KtjWlug lugubrious atrntn: "Secretary of "the Treasury I a* si It* M Shaw, who receuilt sung hla 'swan souk' as a member of llte cabinet, In a speech before a gathering of rich manufacturers el Washington, tb- I-hired that wo should pray heaven to sate the nation frotil Its prosperity, and Him complete disaster can only follow a run tliniunce of the present uitparallolod conditions.” Now to- casual mid ordinary thinkers these remarks would seem to furnish a conclusive ground for apprehension of a speedy financial col lapse. Here Is the great financial nulmli of tho world upon the (Me hand, master of affairs, monarch ttf husltieess, a person of "Infallible" Judgment anti of the most comprehensive sources of Information, predicting great disaster. And here on tho. other hand Is the secretary of the t'nited States treasury, the ottlclal head of the finances ttf the country, with the reports of llte government In Ills hands- with vast and varied sources of tutor- ntalhni. practically repeating the cry. Surely It would he difficult lo find lwo more authentic nml Impressive prophets of disaster than these. And yet there are one or two considerations which ..erve to- lessen any violent apprehension which these expressloits utlgl.i create. The dispatches a few- days previous to the utterances of the secretary nf the treasury announced that main his retirement from.,the eshlnet of President Roosevelt, the lion I.esllo Shaw would assume tin tnuior- tant and profitable financial arrangement with the Standard Oil Com pany. This fart gains some additional significance from another fact that several of the preceding aeeretarhis of the treasury have been duly and regularly taken care of by the Standard Oil Company at the expira tion of their tefuts of nfflrv Now then let us note nuother fact: The Standard Oil Company and Mr. Hockefelh-r have Ismalit up pretty nearly all the property they can secure tt anything like reasonable prices In the country und have In vested millions of dollars in stocks at the present time, ll Is (tflflrrrtt"tn~- thls iterlod of prosperity for them to buy any m-ito stocks or prnpcrtlea because of the high llaurejLat which these stocks and properties ire held. Hut let us suppose that a panic should *val’.y come—that a cata clysm of finance should Involve the republle und that money .hould be- ciynu- dear and glow dearer every day. In such a period ns this stocks would tumble, shares would fall from the skies to the bottom of the sea, and properties would shrink in " values In the starving point L’ndct these conditions the vast revenues of she Standard Oil Com- 1-auy might Dud It easy lo reach uut tutu tho shaking and tottering wmId of trmde and scoop In aucb additional propertlea ajd "ouch added ebarea cad aucb desirable clock* aa they might wish to Join to their Hat In c-r- dor to compute the power and pre-eminence which la just now almost but not quite perfect. We would not be so Impolite a* to charge upon Air. Rockefeller and Secretary Shaw aucb a monstrous motive ■■ to precipitate a panic In order to secure a wide and splendid opportunity to manipulate and pur chase some desirable slocks, bonds and properties. Hut we do not deem It any violation either of elblcs or of the proprieties to remark. Inciden tally, of course, that perhaps no two people In tbe world could iiroeper more upon a panic or bare a larger Interest In precipitating one, than the coloeaua of finance who la at the bead of the Standard Oil Company, and the present secretary of the treasury, who by tbot Unto would be his lieutenant and co-operator. So, that, taken altogether, wt- do not hesitate to sprinkle s grain of salt upon tbe lugubrious statement of Croesus Rockefeller and Ms prospective lieutenant. I/eslle M. Sltaw. Sound business men who have no baneful Interests at stake, fall to see upon tbe horixpn any signs of any great disaster or collapse, or to have any (ear of the Imminent wan ing of tbe splendid prosperity of the present day. , , One of the few ways In wlilrli a panic could be precipitated would !»- by prophesying Its Imminence from high sources, and lu preparing the people to expect It, and to help It along by destroying In part the splendid confidence whtchj-ulea the realm of trade. It Is a safer and more wholesome thjng to liellave and to say that “,7n prosperity' Is" based upon larg- ainr"whble«onir foundartomr-and-le- likely lo continue, and In this cheerful note of hopefulness and of con fidence to per|ietiiate the conditions tinder whlr'i we are nil prospering In thla golden era of otir life. We refuse to be frightened by Hie cry ral ted by the Standard Oil t'umpany and the Federal treasury,and we Insist upon living In the sun- shine and resting ii|srn the solid hnindallons o[ this hapoy day. Georgia and Alabama Develop ment. I'lugla and Alabama begin llte New Year with the moat promising proN|a-ets of unprecedented Industrial development and' upbuilding, accord Ing lo the Georgia and Alabama In dtiKlrlu! Index, which says In Ita reg ular weekly Issue: ' The reotgnlllon of the possl- • bilitles of the vast and varied re- sources of the favored states of Georgia and Alabama, resulting In industrial Investment and de velopment, has not reached Its high tide by far. but the begin ning of 1907 finds It stronger and more substantial than ever be- h-tt* tn the- hist,my -of—the—two— stales. I.arge undertakings in volving the outlay of great strata ami smaller enterprises arc lu prospect for the first part of the New Year, lo north Georgia a water power property was sold last week, to lie followed Imme diately by the generation of elec trical energy which will he fur nished to manufacturing plants. In Aliiltamn a section Is to he de veloped by the building of a rail road extension, lo be abont fifty miles In length. lu Montgomery there has been furnished au ex ample of what Is In prospect In construction progress by the awarding of a contract for a mod ern. 13-atory office building and the iwrfectlng of arrangements .for erecting a Dstory business building. "In Georgia work la soon to begin upon the erection of buildings for eleven state agricul tural colleges. In tho (wo states about a score of Federal litilldlnga arc to he erected, the uccetary appropriations having been made. "Among other things The Ihdex reporta tills week: A $200,000 na val stores, mining and lumber company, concrete block plant, furniture factory, ginnery" $75,000 Ice plant extension, "saw mills, "marble yard, two churchea. $10,- 000 and $l.*,000, respectively, ho tel. $30,000 Masonic temple. $17.- 000 school auditorium, theater, courthouse, river steel bridges and eight new corporations." MAGDALEN. Take her by the hand, my brothers; I.lft Iter front the dust; Hpeak to Iter to loving klndm-ss Words of hope anil trust. In the night of stn no longer l.et her footsteps roam. To the tight of love und virtue I.ead Iter gently home. Bee her tn her woman's anguish. Kite,-ling humbly there— Every glattee n cry for mercy— Every tear a prayer— And If manly hearts are tn you. Noble, loyal, brave. With the shield of your protection" Guard her now and stive Ye with mothers, wives and sisters True ami pure amt good. Spurn her not—though Stajned, yet holy Is Iter womanhood. Smite Iter not with your reproaches! S|ieuk hot of her shame' Hot from scorn of men defend her, lit the Savior's name. Tenderly an erring sister Hill K to V It tile guide Holler work your hands ton do not lit tills tinIstittastlde. Tutu Iter from the lost tv of sorrow She tins darkly trial. Amt In mercy lend the wanderer Home to peace trail God. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION REPLIE8 TO E. A. 8ILVA REGARDING C. E. LOOMIS. To the Kill tor of The Georgian: In yeNterday'H Und* of. The Georgian there appeared a card from K. A. Bllva, an Inmate of the Boldiern* Home, In ref erence to the treatment of Mr. <\ K. Loomis, who committed suicide Satur day night. .Mr, Hllva aakti the qUeetlon it the management of the home ktnd'.y treated thla old veteran who fought for the Confederacy. Ah to that we do not deidre to enter any comment. Rut <n hla card he maken use of the following language: "HomelcNw, moneyieiw, friendIohk (you may say beyond humanity's reach), the old man ww hin beet chance wan to take chancen In the realm of futurity, "Like Chrlat, the old veteran didn't have a place to lay Iifx head, and con eluded that he would cron» over th< dver and rent under the-elia«le^»f-4)ie- tree#, and. truMlng In the boundles* mercy of God, hla noul from Itn clod fled to Ita God, who gave, and reeuim It he must." Thin part of the inter Is what we taki* exception* to. Of enurae we real ise the fact that .Mr. Silva wn* going >n the Idea that the Soldlera' Home wun the only friend that Mr. Lonmin had Rut in thl* he I* mlHtnken. Mr. Loom I« wa* one of the moat respected member* <»f Atlanta Typographical Union, and that union hnM been pent Inning Mr. Lonmin for practically three yearn, giv ing him money each month to provide gome of the necennltleH of Itfq thnt were not permitted hltn at the home. Since his dlemlBsul from the home, our union bad been allowing him money suffi cient to keep him well provided for each day, and hud It not been for hi* untimely end would have continued t* do eo. After hi* death the union pre pared the body for burial and had the remulnn nhlpped to hla brother, In Aiken, 8. aa requested by him. Even If the grand old ntate of Georgia had turned thl* old hero of the nlxties mt-of-ber -home for <m- Infraction rbw rule* (and tre do not mean to criti- ■Inc the management of- the home for enforcing discipline), jrv think It only ju*t that the public ehmild'-know thnt the Atlanta Typographical Union atuck by him to the lant, and, regnrdle*H of hln fault* (If faultM they bo), haw to It that he was well provided for. and after death given a proper burial. MARK P. HARDING, President Atlanta Typographical Union. KARLK E. GRIGGS, Chairman Relief Committee, Atlanta Typographical Union. COST OF DENATURED ALCOHOL. At present we munt look to molaaHe*. potatoes and corn. In the order named, ah the producer of cheap alcohol. Al- »hol produced flint cost at 15 centH a gallon will prove u sharp competitor of ganollne and kenmone. Thu govern ment Mamin all cost of nupervlMlon; therefore, the only burdens that de natured alcohol will rnrry Into the mar ket will bed he cost of flu* ethyl alcohol, the labor Incident to dcnaturatlon and the cost of the denaturing agent. The denaturing agents will be efficient both as denaturants and In the use to which the alcohol In put; therefore the cost if dcnaturatlon will be reduced to u mini mum. The tlrst cost of denatured alco hol with ethyl alcohol at 15 cents a gallon will be about 2»t cents u gallon. Adding 5 cents a gallon ;»«* profit for the distiller and the middleman, the best that can lie expected with ethyl alcohol at 15 cents a gallon first cost will be 25 cents a gallon. Actual ex- pertinent has shown that ethyl alcohol as a producer of light has. twice the value of kerosene. Denatured alcohol at 25 cents a gallon 'could therefore compete with kerosene as a producer of light ut 12 1-2 cent* a gallon |», t . Id A. Gates. In The World Today, f..r THE DICTIONARY OP MISINFORMATION By WEX JONES, Lexicographer. APPLE—The fruit for which man kind exchanged Eden, and the only fruit that could have made the ex change fair. Pippin—(1) A .variety of gpple; (I) . JuJu or pearherlna. Applejack—The eaeence of the or chard and the inspiration of New Jer- ••y. CRITIC—A person who tells a sharp shooter whether he's hit or missed the target. Critic—That was a rotten book of yours, old chap. Author—It sold. Critic—Well, you know what the public Is—made up of fools. Author—Uut I wrote the book to •ell. and It's selling. Critic—Well, It’s punk; the public buys only punk. Author—And If I write a good one— Critic—The public won't buy It. Author—Thanks, but I've too big an appetite to do anything but write things that will be read. GIFT—Something one person gives -rrf-hbi g-“Mlntsii tn atiiM* 1 ** 1 ' <»lft, Christ mas—Hornet hlng'oibrprn- ?on exchanges with another. 'How* did you come out on Christmas gifts?” "About even; I gave twenty-four caning sets and was given twenty- ."—Dialogues of the Day. cktuil the rJunuury. MI8TM2TOE-A bashful. A little plere of mistletoe; A very little light; A little pouting mouth And eyes ns bright as bright— That’s Jill beneath the mistletoe. She doesn't know It's there— (of course not!) Jack has kltsed her, And what does either care! —Washington Roosevelt Irving. PSALM OF LIFE—A poem by Hen- Wad Longfellow. Many versions have been printed of the "Psalm," but Mr. Isongfellow has specially authorised the following for the Dictionary; I»o not stand there like a mummy. Hut get out upon the Job; Do not let your clothes get slummy. No one wants to hire n slob. Don't repine because your wages Ain't ns big as Hilly Wood’*; • You'll c atch up In rapid stages By delivering the goods. GOSSIP By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York, Jan. I.—Mrs. Pott., Palmer's residence, at 100 Lake Bhur, drive, Chicago, will be put to a new qse January 12, when Its doors will open for a unique conference on th* labor question. Mrs. Palmer heard several days ago that the Notional Civic Federation pro. posed to hold an Industrial conform.« In the city. She understood that labw leaders as well aa employers were to t.« Invited to participate. Accordingly ah, sent word to August Belmont, president of the body, In New York, offering ih« use of her home for the purposes of the meeting. on tnc condition that Mrs, pstm.f hot self should art as hostess and tent, porary chairman of the gathering Mr Iteimont promptly accepted the Invita tion. He received tho Idea aa a happy ■one. • : —c- "Where the Oeurtria Delegation Live in Washington. SENATOR3. Augustus O. Bacon. 175? Ofegon ave nue. A. 8. Clay, the Normandie. CONGRESSMEN. W. C. Adamson, the Oxford^' , u. L. Bartlett, the Hhoreham. Thomax M. Bell, the Iroquois. W. O. Brantley* the Chapin. T. W. Hardwick, the Shoreham. W. M. Howard, the Bancroft. Gordon I^ee. the Hnurehnm. E II. leewis. the Metropolitan. J. W. Overstreet, tbe Metropolitan. L. F. Livingston. 1916 Blltmore street J. M. Grlgga, the Metropolitan. .corking. like fun— When you're blazes— _AYliun A’dU-UUlL voiLil_KflJVTi Let the boss see nothing fates, Nothing halts you till you're done. Fill your job for nil that’s In you— When you come to lie h boss You won't want tbe nien tlmt skin y Ho get In and dig. old boss. ENFORCE VAGRANCY LAWS. There has been much told about en forcing vagrancy laws in the South as a remedy for the Idle negroes who Infest our towns and cities, but the time has come for less talk and more nothin In the matter. There Is no work that the Southern Immigration and Industrial Association under Its new regime can perform that 4t#ar$t more directly on the welfare of the South than to Mecure concert ut m tlon on this subject. As preliminary t bringing in larger numbers of imml grants It Is essential that these Idle ne groes should’be put to work or made to get nut. They are bringing reproach the good negroes, and we wish to d criminate between the goml and the bad since there are good anil bad In both races. Ho It Is distinctly a benefit tn the-well-disposed negroee--to--have THIS DATE IN HISTORY. JANUARY 2. k, of state. IW—Equestrian slnfue of George TV set is Trnfnlirnr Ho wire, Liudon 1MJ1- Frederick William IV, of PruMl*. died. lUirn October 15, 1796. 1888-Governor Flanders, of IriMilsIsnn. re. signed, nnd JoNbun Baker fip|Mdnted hit 1878— Ifeiumsl of Temple Bar, oue of tb4 four city gate* of Lindon. begun «lcnemt Tom Thumb, fntnons dwnrf 18*8-Wagner's "Die Metsterslncer? sung for first time lu Amerlen nt Mft C<*t M *111<• ti opera bouse liftli Avenue theater, X* strayed by tire. 1892- Women admitted to dlploms York.' da* at th# Itrlttidi Roynl College of Nurgeot 1KM— Massacre of CntboTles by Cossack sol •Hers ut Kr»*chc. Itussln. J!*»-Secretary Hay ntinouiie.il success o| "open door" |wllcy In Chinn. Sb)I—1.nrd Rol»erts made Knight of the Cnr ter by tpiPC4/ Victoria. CHIEF OF THE SECRET 8ERVICE Ther* Is nothing In the manner nr appearance of John £. Wilkie, chief o! tbe United State* secret service. In the J«*nst_degree suggentlve of the detec- ihe-HiS* onpVpuV tn while it ttst-l Dilia lhat ol the quiet ders conditions more favorable for lin- migrants and removes the apprehen sion regarding race troubles which bns operated as u barrier to Immigration to the Rnuth Viewed In any light that we may take It, there I* much to gain nml nothing to lose front n atria and generul enforce ment of vagrancy laws In the South It is not an extravagant statement to say thnt there lire it million Idle negr In tills section who live on some « Ise’s labor, and If thnt number can made producers to any extent Instead of consumers ns at present, there will be such a gain In the productive ca parity of tbe South as will make Itself felt In every department of Industry, but more especially In that of ngrtcul tyre where the deficiency Is now tin greatest. It should lie Inline in inlml. however, that this general movement for the en* rcement of vagrancy laws should be comtutnieil by new policies as to treatment and remuneration to negroes If the benefits ure to be made perma nent from thnt movement. The Trades man has pidnted nut repentedl}' th.lt the exodus of negroes from the farms to the towns and cities was only a natural one. as they found by expe rience that they could work less and get more in tbe urban Mian In tin* rural life, besides better living accommoda tion*. We believe H "square deal" will make the negro more satisfied to re main on the farm, but that he must have If his condition as n laborer Is to be Improved and bis efficiency In* reaaed. It would be well to have all hese things In mind when the South ern immigration anil industrial Asso ciation begins Us campaign for u gen eral enforcement of vagrancy laws — The Tradesman. MTKHARY NOTES.- POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. A BIT O’ NEW YEAR SENTIMENT. I Kt seems t* be titer custom ! «>f th* folks *t sit erbout, on New Year’s eve, to watch the chick j And see the old year out, To make merry of bis go’ln l An«l never heave a sigh, i As outsacrost the shadder Unv, They see the old year die. I An* maybe there’s nothin' In it. It,, NVw York Birrs I.l t. ssthurilg fJ, « u * " J tit*- statement Mini t*euntor Thomas c. Like some old friend had headed Visit Is to teslgu soim) after the . ini .»f the For his eternlt\; 'I*"’" >™stfiW M3 0IU1 lourliln 1 mmiiMo** Is liny. In tu m>nnIoii a lively i-outest j In the partin’ with the vear. for th* senator s sent will rusttr If It I" Although a new ..ne t ikei’hu lHH.tps.toil until lifter tbe lecuirtture In- Hit I ne , Mimed then Governor lloabet will make The old one was mi dear, the upiHiutuietit. ll*a had its ups and downs, lt*s true, Like the others gone before; Disappointments, loss and pain, tv Niiii'oaeor of Hensior J. Frank Alien l»l Home tsars been shed, some heart- gtir.letl ns vertnlu. J been tore; m will be turned toward Au-iiiijVet tho#e et bulk with lifted eyes i«- IMnwsre fc.Minlortat iltuntiou In- do I 11 self to Aiieh $$N extent flint tin* elee «*f .India* Jnmea pennon 111. of |htv< airh the tWvelnpn the Toxm« sewn torts I contest, when Bn I ley will hsve the tight of hln I lire le ole, tlon lie will proh tu tho end. Slid if lie <|«n>n lie tlmt the exposure •ndutldr win •« tlintik i rein it,. lloyomt fh." strife th. 0b.v» hnvc amt. Will skim th. J.iy from sorrow a broth Anil bl.sa th. great Umnlpotrnt. Another stale when* lively fltfht for N In Ml. hlmiti. The til Hint Ntate today wtill-the gt.niilard oil crowd did not come '"V’IL’i ."'J'’, ,,,,,, h, »iKlllaiSw fit fur another term , | !l(lg , h ^ vhamdtig t j t« Niicce*i| Mr. • Ml rhul^Krevwire^ Yw-K «r th. mum.rn hod b^n' TrtihrelSd i'ivin JL T^SSTSIS'oSlJSr M. Paiterwni lu tbe l ulted state* Mbate. uu$u WU.Um Akleu Hiuitb lead tbe running, away. Afterwards I typewrit# "hn haur.” * ■ qukrtar ot ai tueeti ... ! haa the ch«v4M»lug of a t'nited Static seuutn. j to Niii*esti| Mr. Alger. Hcveral ;t-plrttnl- Frnndscarts are llmllng quite as much fact as fiction In Geraldine Bon ner’s new novel, "Rich Men’s Uhlldren," and are viewing, some with umusement. home with consternation, the non- • haiant manner In which she pries open the closets of Nob Hill mansions and rallies the skeleton bones. Into cold type goes the damaging statement tlmt the wealthiest woman In t’.ilifornlu rnb«a»dub»dubbed the shiits of Neva da miners In early poverty-stricken davs. though now she In mistress of a magnificent palace and a leader of to tal aristocracy. In cfld type, too, t* the assertion that the wife of another bonanza king had In her girlhood been the prettiest waitress In tbe Yuba ho tel at Marysville, when her under ground miner husband married her. For all this plucking of the gilt from UallfornlH gingerbread,- Miss Itonner shows with remarkable force the qual. Itles of power which made these same bonanza kings And their wives real leader* among men and wotpen. Harold MucUrath. whose new story. "Haif a Rogue," |* being very generally rend, gives thv following description *of the way he writes his novels: "I map out the first two or three chapter* In my mind and then the ending of the story', I don’t bother with what I* in between until l get to work on the story Iteelf. I write it out first In lead fienclt on cheap pn|>er— any old wav. While I am nt work on the story I make notes about it on backs of envelopes that I happen to have In my pockets. 1 tried carrying around a formal not# book orwe. but found that by the lime I got that out and ready to use ray precious thought GEORGIANS IN OOTIIAM. New York. 4*n. 2.—lien* nn* some of tli« visitors In New York today: —ATLANTA—!L N. Herat, ii, U. M. Miller, G. W. Itowley. W. H. TVll tin tu. C. 4*. Bowl ing. K. \lnlo*$e. \V. F. Redw«md. AUGUNTA—Dr. w. C. C leek lor. MAfON-W. J. Jiljinn. self-contained business man. practicu and prosaic. He discourages theatri cal display and fiction of all sorts. Tho headquarters office Is commonplace the casual eye. Nothing In sight could possibly raise a suspicion of the sensa tional and dramatic records locked away In the cabinets. Visitors, with nn awesome preconception of mystery and melodrama, tiptoe Into the .room* expectant of thrilling experience, nn 1 depart perplexed and disappointed; for the police station of a petty precinct affords more satisfaction to the chance sensation-seeker than the headquarter.* of the secret service of the (Tnlttd States.—V. H. Forbes*Lindsay, In Tin- World Today, for January. MICE STRIKE MATCHES AND BURN WARDROBE* Hpes'lsl t$> The Georgian. .Macon, Go., Jun. 2.—While the fam ily were all ut supper yesterday even ing tire broke out on the sfcoild Hour of the Turpin residence, at the corner of Second and Oak streets. The fire had originated-In a ward robe filled with clothing, which wn* destroyed. The only way the fire can be Accounted for Is that It was cause.! by mice striking mutches which were In the pockets of s,mie of the articles of clotfilng. it a i iiit«- rouml %V valuing. Mui re vv GanN" All'll in n viirr Idg crowd, most vv tilting for sum rider to fall brake Ills neck, but nobody fell III the r. bin Join of |w|iiil fell for the race, the tint i'. in|\i day race huh when Ad; trying to git nuuy frotu K $ dlN4 ovcr«il, In her hand wa* n ap|»et <•« ••moil or miiin such fruit A she wanted linnd It to our iNt father, thnt noal»d man In wlmse likeness vve are tiinde. 4 long da.VN A nllcN mIic that scil At Inst I have von ii nlic handed fitui M" i nr whatever It wan .V A tinnllv idle tty club It. the great It h f Sll perfill i ' dn •e of t hem Mill liven n In the ■cp ahead In Ne folk* • • Itubhel . • linker - iy ■ ie I'andlentlek Mnker. I’u kinqiN ahead prltty Well iH-ckaul s vary fast runner, with sum *d . epul my I’n Uent having n «i day race at all, lie Is 8 mlxi luniitliH ubeud. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. MMirlfy high Ntriuigt • lUled v 1 string Isn’t to keep cool w Arc* • s tiling of hennty. but fault. llfTleIII! f, he In lietween tvv Truth Isn't nlwit It Isn’t th«* truth'. nliudow «f nunidehm often teiullf from the ow*tIng of rent *Himo*. When isdltlenl grafters fall out, hoiieni newn|Ni|»«>r men get n lot of nitty. The girl who I* chummy with her fstliei nml brothern hasn't nnieh to fear fmii other men. Rad weather often proves n lilennlug lo ilfagiilni* l>y nfronllug itaople something tc talk about.—Uhhago News. manuscript ami correct It some more I find that I cannot do as well by let ting some one else copy It on the ma chine as by doing It myself, becaus* so many new Ideas come to me durlnf that part of the work. With "Hal a ifogue" it wait entirely tmpomilbit for a time to do any typewriting, am some of my manuscript must hsv*
