The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-08

human hands. nut lhe 81
looked at these defiant ramparts
md in = night tumbled the costly works
into the Pacific. IIarbor building Is the re-
served right of the heavens. Gates OF pat
aces and gates OF fnrtresseS may D. tu'iei
olt frori the earthly foundries. or pouad ii
together by hammers Of human mcchal'7 ii''
hut an ocean gate like that near Whlch
am now seated needs omnisciencc anu ~
unity to plan and construct it,
No on7 but the f:-nrnal knows where such
a cate is needed. He sees the history OF
continent before il Is populated ana ne oHiF
can decide where its front door oushe "
b. hoist q and swung. Bes'ue tl"t ="
gate must correspond with the SIZE am,
greatness Of 80 manipulating. The door OF
Tho Madden, church would be absurd nj the
front Of "a Quaker meeting house. EroH"s
and cold would make an inappropriate
entrance in a rookcry. SUCH an ehl'dh'' !"
Australia ms Sydney h1rboT would DC SOM
thin,. fog al time and eternity 10 Jeer AZ u
tho country thus entered were not Soui'-
thin,, Unreasonable for wealth. resource anu
grand opportunity. Hau / known hoth'h5
of the history Of Australia what saw pe-
tween the doorposts of this harpor anu
the wharf Of our Decentralization would haFc
convinced me OF the present ana coh'is
opuIcncc of this fifth continent OF the wot"i'
with such an ocean gaze, am not SUI
prised that Australia is fourteen times as
large as France AMI thrty-three times ~
large as England Scotland and Wales II
has been estimated capable OF suppoit-
ling io0.0ooooo people. All wealth oil MINING
and agriculture and commerce ana ART
and scenery are here. caves larger th""
the mammoth cave of Kentucky.
Lakes Ike Como. I.ucerne and GENEVA
A botany so rich IN flowers that Captain
Cook called one of the entrances botahy
Ray." whole Pennsy lvanas OF coai hl' NJ
discovered by shipwrecked sailor III i''.'
-Fa+Rva= Af
20 take one-haIf Of their treasures ana nav
ine enough material to warm contiheh,
and teep acIow the steamship furnaces "a
an ocean. Enough sheep pasture IN the
Wales and on the hills TO clothe win t'cit
wool whole nations. These sheep kilcu anu
frozen in refrigeratois here, are TRANSFERRED
an carts which are refriSeratofs INTO ship7
which arr, refrigerators and carried across
IN, sens 90 the rcfrgerators OF Europe anu
Asia so thar wmlc I write TINS ltt'er al
mos. within sound of 'Hc heating h"rh9 -
this ep-raisinE country, the ieSS o. rus
traliau mutton hang in London iii"lh''S "i'
tbc inhabitants OF India are hreakiaS''hG
ON LIANT chops brought from the banks OF
sydney harbor. One s1cep paddoch OF near
Is two hundred miles square
=, much % these colonies IS in the tropics
that they will have a capacity, Wheh l"iis
davelopcd 10 yield sugar enough % SN'stt"
t,c bsveragas of the earth. and raise tea
enough TO SOblNt Alit nv N'"' 49,
the conversation OF the social groups OF an
zones. and produce enough cotton 10 clothe
b.unfsnheres Enough iron 10 he brought
nm from the cellar of these colonies 70 ran
track the planet Copper and lead silN'I
ana gold. waiting for resurrection. sap
paires and rubics, topaz and chrysooeryiS
ready to fash on the bosom Of the Woriu
beauty. Copes creek yieideu III ONo '"'
5000 diamonds.
Do YOU say thaf vast regions are not ara
bIa hut 4 desert? Yes but boring under
meath the sand and rock discovered water
which is only waiting to be called up 10 II
rlgate the surface. What irrigation has
done for Egypt and China, and is doing LOT
the American desert, viii be done LOT the
idle acreage OF Australia. 1t has been
demonstrated again and again that better
than rainfall it is To have waters gathered
in reservoirs; ana so droughts and fresh
cts are avoided, and when you want water
YOU turn it on, and when you want IL 70
| stop. YOU turn it Off. II you say there are
| not enough hills in Australia to pour down
| the water upon the lands, / reply by asking
| where is the power of machinery! Science
and enterprise viii invent a pump that
| could spout up the subterraneous and MD
| den rivers, lakes and oceans Of Australia
| IRRIGATION Will vet abolish the American
| desert the Arabian desert, the great Saha-
| IA desert and the Australian desert All
| hail to the agriculture and mining ana
! merchandise and manufacture and art ana
| opulence and religion of the coming genera
| tions of Australia. After while Ameri-
| ca. the focus of immigration from all lands,
| will be occupied. and then, II not before
| Australia Will call the millions OF the EARN
| who want more room and better chahce
| AID easier livelihood 10 pass through the
| same ocean gate that opened for us Few
| DAYS ago. and 10 feel the welcome bloom
| ing from the same skies and reaching out
from the same Hawkesbury sandstone and
| breathing In the balsanic atmosphere, ana
flashing from the depths Of the same match>
| less harbor.
While debating the letter 10 n steroEra-
phcr in Sydney. and looking OF upon IT'S
harbor. / hear the chimes of the bells from
the tower of the postoilicc. II is the Only
postoiHce that l have ever known TO De
,.raccd by such a charm OF harmonics. But
| how Appropriate! for the postoiiice Of every
| City rings out more music or tolls more
sadness than any other building. There are
the piles of letters with joyful udInSs ana
hilarious surprises and marriage ennounce-
ments, aud every IoStotlce ought 10 have
a chime OF weddiEs bells. BCt every post
office has piles OF letters with stories OF
sadness and bereavement and loss aud
death and burial, and, therefore such a
building ought To have bells TO sound The
iupu and bells 60 toll the grief. lGnS ON,
va bells Of sidney pAStOtttcc and sound over
yoadcr haIbor your mcrimcnt or sadness
-Four tuncs every hour that tower showers
its chimes, at each quarter hour the AIR Is
stirred with It's melodies, hut at the close
of each full hour the effect Is very peculiar.
Tinkle ana Clael and jingle and roll 10 the
sweet metallic voices as much as TO say
Re cherry while the moments go hy. Move
as brisEly as you can and let the passing
moments keep step with the sounding joy
But while You are listening suddenly there
comes in the mighty stroke Of the post
office clock in deepest and most reVcrberat-
ing tone, letting you know that one more
hour of time is forever past, and IL sounds
solemn and tremendous as though At every
stroke il said OF the hour Just departed,
Gone, Gone, Cone! The deep bass of that
last sound oNcrpOWcring the merry so
prInoS that preceded ii. 50 the gladuesses
| and solemnities commnSle. But. perhaps
! may have misin;crpreted the utterances of
that heavy and mighty clock in the post
office tower 1t seemed like the death kncll
of the hour and seemed % say, Gone
Gomez but now that l think il over. that
bell might have been in different mood
from what / thought, Tor bells have moods
and they wccp ANA they laugh ami they
dance and they Groan. II may be that the
reSounding and oVerpowiuU strul<" m that
tower might have been one Of invita-
tion. and that because this harbur is the
ocean gate of an almost iuiinitude of cppor-
tuuity. and the mines are waiting for more
CroWb1rs. and the pa$turage = waiting for
more nocNs and the hillaidcs are waiting
for more cities. and the picturesque is wait
inE for more artists. and the fields are
waiting fer more plOwS, and the printing