The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-01
AN IDLE HOUR
WHICH sETFRAL SUBJECTS ARE
DISCOURsED ABOUT.
DIR. w. +. Thrilled Writes from an Alpine
Pension-He Portrays Westminster Ao-
bey-A Stroll i'm the Poets Corner

President Stauffer. of the New Orleans
Wholesale GrOcers' Association. is an earn
est advocate OF protection to the sugar IA
dustry OF his state. because OF the immense
market which the other states OF the uhioh
md in louisiana
Would you believe it, says he, that al
most SSc.OOGOOo OF supplies are importer li'to
louisiana, some Of it coming from aillos.
every safe in the union. We get from
PENNSYLVANIA and Alabama N.-v0vo oA
coal: from Kentucky. Tennessee. 4hui'iHa
and Missouri Ss.iO1e0 worth oil hofses anu
mules: nom Minnesota, Missouri anu nan
sas SIalae9 i'm breadsJuffs. from ohio' IL
Irois Kansas. Nebraska and Texas NJ
s-o 80 in meats: from Kansas. Missouri, IL
liz ois and Iowa SI.Sd0.cD0 in hay, oats corn
etc: from Ohio and Michigan Sl--N"o III
.oouerage: from the Carolinas. Georsla anu
Tennessee S5l0000 in COW peas etc rom
PENNSYLVANIA. Ohio and Alabama Soo,vO IN
oils pafnts and lime: from Missouri. Penn
syIvania. New York and Illinois Ss,e0,Vo Oh
machinery. etc; from Massachusetts. Mis-
souri, and Illinois SI.S1.e0 in boots ana
shoes: from New York. Illinois and Missou-
ri s. flJuo1 in clothing. and in sundries from
other parts of the union Sl.JSvn rake
away these consumers and these other
sections will find their trade cut of that
amount IL is not alone necessary that the
farmer should have good crops. He must
have consumers TO whom TO sell his pro-
duce- The people OF Cuba and Java do not
purchase our farm supplies. nor Is any
kind Of reciprocity with them possible"
In must be confessed that the new tariff
bill. though the work Of southern men, ana
plssei into law by the political party whicn
owes its existence TO southern votes, mas
struck the great port city OF the sou'h
harder than any other commercial COM
nuraa
hCme market OF the American sugar indus
Try which has been set back TO the al
vantage OF Cuba, Java and the Hawaiian
islands. New orleans is also the greatest
humber market OF the south, and that ar
tiCle has been placed on the free list, 10 liie
advantage OF the Canadian lUmbermen-
The lumber output of the southern states,
which in 1880. was valued at S9s-Sei'' hau
increased in 1893 TO S33.4s3.6SI or 3si per cent
Il may be stated here that the output IN
Gscrzia had increased from $500 10 80
5tSgs.- The 5.1Si southern lumber nllls e''l-
pIoyei Il $50 men and the total value OF
rr,fr products was SSE6G7.c92- The rice crop
also tributary TO New Orleans, anu yIsiaihs
15Aesl barrels OF rough rice, also fares
badly under the new tariff bill The blll
admits uncleanei rice at = low rate OF uutS'
10 the disadvantage Of the government .ls
well as the American growers VINO wa
have to witness the Importation OF tlat
10 the manipulation OF few importers VINO
will rush in their cleaned rice through
little balsheeSh given TO customs officers.
II i the combination of all these ills that
makes the community OF interest between
the sugar planters and the business men Oh
New Orleans
am in receipt OF letter from Rev VII
bur T. Thirkeld. dean Of Cannon school
OF Theology much Of which Will be read
with interest To his friends in Georgia. The
doctor wrote from Zermotte. Switzerland.
II Is in speaking about Westminster abbey
that he touches an interest which VIII be
deeply felt "a visit TO Westminster alb
bev U.s." writes DR.. ThiTkield, lat any time,
OF absorbing and inspiring interest me
abbey is I'll once boln poem and history.
We cannot forget how this stately and
splendid eji,lce stirred the Imagination OF
our own Irving. and 10 walk through its
alsIes. charels. Transcripts, cloisters with
Dean Stanley was To read over in archi-
trave and column. iu STORED monument or
simple slab or i'm marble bust. the history
OF church and state in England Tor a thou
sand wears Here lies cnshriued much
that IS W8rrhilst AMI some that IS meanest
ln tire annals of the mighty little island.
'.If 10 walk through this historic abbey
beneath ills lofty. VauItei roof. through ITS
R5SIeS aud among its memorials. when all
Is empty ami still. is a memorable eXpe-
Renee. what must il be when
the nave and choir are crowded
with WorShipers. ana the mighty organ
sends f1rrh its pealing notes. filling the
great spaces. and when the supplied choir
~ many men and boys. and the clergymen,
Canons and dean. with their yestments, file
in through the aisles into their places? 1t
Is certainly most impressive even 60 one
unaccuStomad 90 an elaborate ritual or
stately ceremonial in public worship. As
he hears the responsive chanting Of the
psalms taken Up bv singers on opposite
sides ~ the choir his mind sweeps back
over the centuries 10 the great temple at
Jerusalem. when thus in antiphOnal form
these inspired songs first found voice in the
public worship OF God.
1T was at an afternoon service in July
that ArchIeac0n Farrar was announced TO
preach in Westminster. In visiting the
great c1th=drais i'm tine north and east OF
Eu-'aui tae seats were generally found
empty. though the fun service was rem
der-el with fine music ami elaborate cere-
mou.al. But knowing that voice was
to sound forth in the abbey and not merely
the echo Of song and ritual L knew that the
people would be there. and 50, 10 get
favorable seat. / went early. Ny seat,
near the pulpit. was under the great tower,
that, resting on mighty fiuted pillars.
sweeps ON up and beyond the lofty spaces
of the v8UltgI roof. Before me was the
superb rose window with its fine tracery,
Iiuminei by painted glass emblazoning in
living color scenes OF scripture Below
this were the twelve Iong-pointed windows.
all ahiaze with color Illuminating with
historic views the massive wall of the
traus-suI- The eye followed the great pill
lars With lowered capitals and the gothic
arches that led up TO the closed story OF
carved stone above-ail opened into the
choristory with its great windows that let
fu fools of light.
'No one sits waiting for the service TO
begin his eye falls on the poets corner