The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-11-18

with his paper His brother is dead anc
his sister only his good old Christian
mother remains of that family. Il seems 70
me that old Father Time ought 10 take us
by our ages and let the. youns live on
Eugene Field was not even sick nor fore
warned. This heart failure IS getting alarm
ing. 1t IS good text Tor Moody Aor no
body is safe nowadays.
There is another Of that trio-1irddy. t1et1
and Joel Chandler Harcis, all about ,le
same age. Two shall he taken ana me
other left. May the good Lord spare him
till he sees his fhree-score years and EN-
YES till the red locks turn 10 gray 1t is "A
deeper grief for these 10 die VINO are "a
the prime Of life and usefulness \ young
mother died here the other day VINO all neI
life had been well and strong, good
daughter. "a loving wife, and our hearts IuH
of sympathy went out To the bereaved ones
Only = year married and full Of hope ana
joy and love. The child is there and the
fathers tears fall on r. Sor1etim.s, bis
what is home without mother? After all
that We say about each other the world IS
full OF sympathy and one rOucn of nature
makes us all akin. Trc sweetest poems
that We're ever written We're founded upon
LoNt.. "i,u Ia p, ~ ~,
Field. His Little Boy Blue is love ltSelis
and even his prose was full Of il. That
sweet little story Of The Old Man Wiz
bring welcome tears f~1m eyes unused
10 the melting mood. The poems that have
lasted the longest and still live in our
hearts are not the stately measures ~
are from Leigh Hunt and Coleridge ana
Goldsmith and Tom Hood and Burns and
lHEFiNN- 1
mans Prayer" aloud the other night anu
had 10 stop before I got through FOR the
little six year old granGchiid filled up
and began TO sob like her heart would
break ! learned the Hermit when I was
young and J love TO repeat it now. Hal
Iack and Bryant arc grand. LOngfeliow
is beautiful and Holmes is delightful, buc
they don't touch deep down like those
I have named GencVieve and the Hermit
ter's Saturday Night viii live as long as
our language. good heart loves
10 weep sometimes. a man VINO
can't shed Il tear over poor Rip Van
g %, 'ol 'Vav '-r ven. WaIt-~ Scott
saws that the only time he ever saw
Burns was in "a room where there was p
paiuting of "A young mother with "A BABE iu
her arms who had JUST found her husband
dead on a battlefield. and underneath the
picture We're these lines
''Beu. Ger her babe. her eye dissolved in
dew.
The 6e drops miugiing with the milk ne
Gave the sad story Of his future years
90. $. h - e -ere btrugta e .err.-
Scott says that Burns could not conceal
his emotion. but wept like child AhA
of q great battle with all It's blood anu
car sa-r ami misery A. q Slt"@it t.t-'.
$te.Eo Tor one. y is nov ~ the 'eil ~
park gallery m New Eor'G The ONE tna-
Burns went over ought To- Zoe right under
10 as q con LraSt-dn object lesson
= Buu We arr calm aud serene ~
D.
war nor pestilenca NOR aat great calamity.
m, land IS nIl.d with plenty ami ] reckon
orr people ar4 thankful. The sao4 book
saws. when 20 W@u ways please tHe
Lord. He maketh even his enemies % ha
at pts.ce with him lg docs look IKE our
enemies are bdrmOnizing Of i-ta more
than al any time since tie var There IS
nobody breathing out thredtenn&s aHA
slaughter against as now except ole ma1
Hoar and h. is almost dead. There was
comfort in what Mr.. LOOMS. OF Wilkes
barre. Pa. said " hon he get back home
''Thp south has never had chance sine.
thu war. Stripped bare as hoHe-n"
money, no annuity. no pensiouS-it is pas
reason how she has come TO the 'front.'
Think OF III, The government has since tae
war paid out In pensions alone Sl,ahut'-1Ji
that staid iu the north. Cf this vast sum
the south had To- pay her part ~ taxes ana
got nothing. Just give her sluo,WHltF4 as q
starter and IN tea years rne north would
howl at nrr progress. And we are
compelled 10 look to the south Tor trua
American patriotism They are all Ameri-
cans down there With their blood pure
through century of American pJrenta-c.
II is refreshing TO run up against a whole
community Of pure Americans
How is that for q manly confession from
leading business man in northern re-
publican city. J wish that he ana All Sucn
would come down here and domicile with
AS. They can bring their pensions with
them ana scatter the money around So it
CirCulates i'm our naborno0d fl IS AN right.
May the Lord Keep us humble and happy.
BILL ARP