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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
THE ALABAMA COAL STRIKE.

There are grave apprehensions OF
scarcity Of coal in this region at an early
day. based on the strike now in progress
in the Alabama coal fields and the posi-
bility OF its extension TO other sources Of
the main coal supply OF the south.
There are now about 5000 idle coal min
ers in Alabama and consequently very
little coal Is being taken out at present
I'm that state. which has the greatest
stores OF bituminous coal.
II seems TO is chat the Alabama strike
has nothing like sufficient justification.
II is not based on a demand for better
wages, or any other reason. so far as
we have been able TO discover. that the
mine operators could be expected to con-
slider.
II appears that the great majority OF
the mine workers in the Birmingham dis
trict agreed 70 contribute to the support
OF the anthracite strikers.
Some OF them. however. refused TO agree
that part OF their wages should go to
this generous object. The coal compa-
mics were requested by the miners organ
ization TO take out from the wages OF
these DIRECTORS their proportionate part
OF the proposed relief fund for the Penn
sylvania miners.
The coal companies declined TO do any
such thing. for the sufficient reason that
they have no right to say what their
employees shall do with their money. This
was the provocation OF the strike, and
very insufficient one It seems to US.
We do not believe that public opinion
viii endorse a strike that has no better
Justification than this one.
The Alabama miners have made a mis-
take and they cannot afford to persist in
the untenable position they have as
sumed.
They have demanded OF their employers
something which their employers have
no right to do and which they could be
restrained by law FROM doing.
We cannot believe that a strike on
such a fiimsy foundation will continue
long.
While some Of the largest dealers and
consumers Of coal in this part Of the
country fear that we may have a coal
famine before long most OF them do not
take such a gloomy view Of the, pros
pect.
b There has been no decided advance In
the price of soft coal in this section and
the supply on hand is quite as large as
usual.
We would. OF course, all feel more COM
Portable If the, Alabama strikers would
go back to work. It seems that they
must soon realize that they have acted
on entirely insufficient provocation.
II would be more proper to say on no
real provocation at all.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
REFLECTIONS CT A BACHELOR.
New York Press.

Love is a flower that easily fades.
The early burglar catches the police.
The flavor Of widows is that Of sweet
pickles.
It takes two to make up a quarrel ana then
they hate each other.
The man who can govern himself can be
governed by his wife.
Pidseon-toed women aren't as lucky as when
they bOw-legged.
The strongest passion of every mother is jeal-
ousy OF every other mothers children.
The way for a man to manage his wife is
to get himself absolutely under her control.
II is the feline strain Of femininity which
makes II claw what It loves and caress what
IL hates.
company who could insure a man against
poor relations would coin more money than
the government mint.
1t takes a good woman to wonder how
chorus girl at $50 week can AFFORD to wear
$780, COO worth Of jewels.
The man who likes to get up early in the
morning has an idea that the reason he isn't
rich is because he is too honest
The average man who spends $500 in fix
ing over his furnace and kitchen range to
save $50 in his coal bill thinks he is genius.
woman's idea of the greatest wrong her
husband can do her Is for him to hear some
scandal about a neighbor and forget to tell
her.
When women get together to plan what ac-
ton they should take at coming church con-
ference they begin by asking each other what
they are going to wear that day. and If IL
wouldn't be nice idea to have a long hour
recess 50 they can all go somewhere for
lunch
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
BY MRS. w. n. FELTON,.

of mine away back in the fifties. when
a bill Of fare was a new arrangement and
not always understood by those who Oc-
casionally quartered at hotels In those
DAYS. My friend watched our good neigh
Dor as he called for every dish on the bill
Of fare until he heard him say: BLESS
God, I can get what want now reck-
on"
AS the order was "raisins'' (Which the
good farmer called "reasons'), my friend
inquired: why didn't you get them soon
err why, didn't think I could get
'em until eat down to en-
A question in such an emergency might
have saved something 10 the mans diges-
ton as we'll as the hotels expense and
perhaps the world is now growing wiser.
and IL is considered good form to ask all
sorts OF questions and genius has wider
play when the questioner is known to be
a great man In church or state like the
German emperor. An exchange tells us
of a visit made to the German emperor
some weeks ago by brilliant French
man, which visit the London Punch news
paper satirizes in clever way. The en-
peror is a w1de-awake man, but not as
universally beloved in England as either
hts father or mother, the latter having
been Queen Victoria's Oldest daughter.
He is so keen and smart that a COMPARE
son makes other people appear dull and
uninteresting but Englishmen are severe
critics despite the royal kinship with EN-
peror William. The account is as fol-
lows:
mot long ago. a Frenchman. NJ. Menier.
had some talk with the emperor. He
engaged" said the Frenchman. Gin a
long conversation on a thousand things.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13

TT is generally, perhaps universally
conceded that the two persons who
have attracted greater world-interest
as individuals during the last two
years have been the German emperor and
Prince WI, who affixed Ting Fang to his
official name when he was Chinese plen-
ipotentiary and minister to these United
States.
Whenever Prince WI went anywhere
he deluged everybody with his questions.
Nothing deferred his inquisitiveness. And
1t must not be forgotten that Ii Hung
Chang was equally gifted when he made
his notable trip to the United States in
question asking business. II may be in
herent in C.--nese nobility.
1t used to be considered bad form to
inquire about anything In polite company.
Children were told to be seen and not
heard. and St. Paul tells the women ''to
inquire of their husbands at home" II
has always had its comical side to my
mind, this asking Of husbands at home,
I mean, because the answers have been
50 comical occasionally, when st. Pauls
advice was literally followed.
But It was set down as particular bad
manners to be asking questions in COM
pany when I was being tutored how to
behave myself as a child in my early
days, and no matter how little 1 knew
about the various dishes on the company
table, I was expected to taste If could
not eat with a relish, meanwhile keeping
a silent tongue until I reached home on
such matters.
never. shall forget. however, a coun-
tryman who went to Macon with friend
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
A STRIKING CONTRAST.

The conduct OF their respective repre-
sentatives in the conference with Presi-
dent Roosevelt presented a contrast that
has elevated organized labor in the respect
and regard Of the people of this country.
The picture then presented is described
with truth and accuracy by the chicago
Inter-Ocean in these words:
Next, there was John Mitchell, the IL
linois mine boy risen from the ranks to be
the leader of his fellow-workers, frankly
and sincerely responding to the president
appeal. fully recognizing the responsibility
resting upon him, squarely meeting that
responsibility with an unconditionl ofrer 10
submit the entire case of his 15O.OOO asso-
ciates to the decision of whatever tribunal
the president might appoint ana 10 accept
it's award without question.
"Then came the six representatives OF
the hard-coai monopoly, after consultation
over the telephone with their cher In New
York city, breathing little but resentment
and arrogance, profuse in accusations, vol
uble in insulting limitations.
'They actually stood up before the presi-
dent of the United States in the house
where s0OO0O00 people have placed him,
told him he was asking them ito deal with
a set of outlaws" demanded that he per
form the duties vested" in him, told him
the people could get coal III the functions
of government were efficiently diseharg-
ed called his guest, with whom he mad
asked them to confer, an instigator OF
riot, arson and murder, and by direct inti-
milton referred to the government or the
United States under Theodore Roosevelt
as "a contemplate failure"
rhe men who thus demeaned them
selves. be 1t remembered, are not wrecks
on life's sea, crazed by consciousness or
their own failure into impotent raVing
against the universe. No; they are most
successful and most respectable citizens
full not only of their own riches ana pow
err but also the trusted agents OF man
so powerful that he had just taken ma
tional industry by the throat and by open
threats had wrung from 1t $lO,OOO'OOO as the
price of peace"
And vet the men who thus DETAINED the
government of the United States and in
suited its president have the unparalleled
impudence to pose as the trustees OF
Providence
They have done more to arouse class
feeling and to create class antipathy in the
United States in the last six weeks than
all the socialist agitators and newspapers
had done in the preceding ten years.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
FRAUDULENT DIVORCES.

The Episcopal church has been taking
more and more advanced ground for years
past in opposition TO divorce.
One of the most effective methods it has
adopted for the encouragement of this
evil is the adoption OF a rule which pro-
hibits any clergyman of the Episcopal
church to officiate at the marriage of a
divorced person. unless he or she were the
innocent party to the suit and had Sc
cured divorce on statutory grounds"
Bishop Morrison. of Iowa, has issued a
circular letter TO the clergy and laity
Of the Episcopal church in that state
which contains an intirnation Of the whole
sale practice Of fraud in the procurement
of divorces.
Bishop Morrison is convinced that there
has been much evasion of the Episcopal
law on this subject. Ii is said that in
many instances divorced persons have
imposed upon Episcopal ministers by go
ing back Of the records and producing
evidence Of inhdelity. OF other statutory
grounds, which was not offered in court
In most such cases divorce was procured
by collision. The parties were not willing
to give publicity to the statutory reasons
that may have existed for divorce and
agreed to base their divorce proceedings
on less odious grounds.
It appears that the church is asked in
not a few instances to condone a fraud
and to exercise a doubtful latitude in de-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13

them.
But now that am in France. where
the press is serious. take the opportuni-
ty Of declaring that all that the American
papers said about me is pure invention q
fake Of the most extraordinary kind"
The grand duke was silent an instant
and then he resumed: IT have not the
same opinion in regard to the American
people. The progress they make is ter
Tifying. 1t Is all activity, fever of work
and uninterrupted production. There are
no useless people over there. Everybody
works. everybody Is occupied-miIllonalres
and sons OF millionaires like the rest.
They have their bureaus, their workshops
and their factories, where one finds them
from morning to evening.
For instance, Mr.. Vanderbilt, Corne-
Illus Vanderbilt, son Of the rich American.
is an engineer. He is well known as an
inventor, and his inventions are in use
in many places. 1 could cite you a hun
dred other names"
did you meet Mr.. Roosevelt, monsig-
neur?" asked the reporter.
Yes; the day after his accident. Our
interview was most cordial He is a man
Of great energy.
81 passed six weeks in America Wis
tied San Francisco, Chicago. the falls OF
Niagara and New York. and took up my
residence at Newport. 1t is an extraor-
binary place. One walks on gold. There
is nothing but sumptuous palaces. dis
playing the fabulous wealth Of a collec-
ton OF millionaires."
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
Americans Aroused Grand Duke Boris;
Says Newspapers Misrepresented His Acts

The grand duke rectified the expression
at once ''No, no; not an error-fancy,
pure fancy. They are extraordinary, the
American journalists / did not receive
them. All right! Next morning read in
some journal an extraordinary and side
splitting interview.
''Then decided to accord a short inter-
view to them, and In endless series OF
columns I was represented as making
long speeches and INDUCING in remarks
which greatly astonished me-"
His imperial highness continued: "Ah,
American journalists are not easily en-
barrassed. They know how to write a
story It is very simple. Whether you
see them or not, whether you speak to
them or not, journalists affirm in their
papers that they met you, that they ques-
toned you, and that naturally you had
made most sensational declarations TO
them. They sell many copies Of their pa
pers, and everybody is content"
You take the AFFAIR gayly," observed
the reporter.
why, IL had tried to rectify things,
all my aids-de-camp would not have sur-
feed for the task. Look at this!'
The grand duke held out an illustrated
paper in which he was represented with
a crown on his head drinking champagne
out Of little boot.
That's how It was. A number OF jour
nails declared that at Chicago 1 only
drank champagne out of the shoes of SOU
brettes. It is funny, Is it not2 I do not
get annoyed about II, since II arnuses
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
Zola's Rise From Extreme Poverty
His Early Life Was One of Hardships

sensation, and. perhaps more than any,
thing, caused the tremendous upheavaI
of conscience which compelled the French
authorities to order a new trial Of the
much prosecuted officer For his heroic
exertions on behalf Of Captain Dreyfuss
he was rewarded by being for a time
exiled and held to public ignom.ny by
the anti-Semitic fanatics. HIS life was
at one moment probably irnperiled through
his courage. On the closing of the "af-
fair" and the moral condemnation Of
the anti-Dreyfus party he returned to-
France, where until his death at HIS home
in the Due de Brusselles. he had been
engaged in literature.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13

grim, powerful drama, IS perhaps the
most noteworthy of his plays. His com
edy, lie Bouton de Rose was pro-
duced at the Palais Royal, where 1t fail
ed.
Of late years lola was known through
out the civilized world by his gallant
and unselflsh advocacy Of the cause of
the Martyr of DEVILS Island" the un-
happy Dreyfus. With NJ. Labor. NJ.
Clemenceau. Colo. Picquart and others
he clamored bravely for a revision OF
the ubiquitous sentence which had de-
graded Dreyfus and sent him to living
death. His article. beginning with the
memorable words "Jaccuse" made
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
DESTRUCTION OF WOODLANDS.

One bad effect of the coal famine that
has already come in a great part or the
country as a result of the coal strike, ana
is likely to become much worse than II
Is now. is to be seen in the accelerated
destruction Of woodlands.
The scarcity Of coal in the great cities
has advanced the price of wood far be-
yond what it was a year ago, or even
month ago.
Forest and Stream in its latest issue
states that the price Of wood has gone
in a short time from $1.75 cord to al
most 81 a cord. This is for wood cut
and piled on the wood lots, before it has
been transported to the railroad stations
or TO towns. The result of these prices
is naturally to induce the farmers to cut
as much green wood as they can to obtain
the high prices that now rule. In localities
that come within the easy reach OF a mar
ket oak and pitch pine are being chopped
into cord wood as fast as hands can be
hired to do the chopping.
Forest and Stream notes with deep re-
gret that in many cases even fine shade
trees are being cut down in order to fur
nish fuel where the coal supply has failed.
The only comfort that the intelligent
citizen can take from this situation is
that it may prove a blessing in disguise
by arousing the people to the wisdom
and necessity of planting new forests and
giving better protection to the old ones.
There is in the situation also hint of the
possible profits that may accrue from tree
planting where conditions like those we
now endure may arise in the future.
There are more reasons for general tree
planting in all parts of the country than
ever existed before and we may expect
that they will be needed to very great
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
THE FRIARs AND THEIR WORK.

The discussion of the Philippine friar
question and the negotiations that have
been going on between our government
and the vatican give special interest to
an article in the current number of The
North American Review by Mr.. Stephen
Bonsal. who has had much experience In
the Philippines.
Mr.. BOnsal is a Catholic, but does not
directly urge that the frlars be retained
in the Philippines. He does practically the
same thing, however. by setting forth in
an impressive manner Sthe worthy work
they have done their and giving his views
as TO the bad effects that would result
from their removal.
He insists that whatever civilization ex-
fists IN the Philippines was taken there
by the friars. It is due TO them that there
are six or seven millions Of Christians in
the islands out Of a population Of less
than ten million. The friars designed the
bridges. constructed the roads, estab-
IIshed the schools and founded the towns
In fact they led the Filiplnos as far as
they have gone on the road to civilization.
They have been the religious. commercial
and political guardians OF the people
Don Jose dc la Granda. when captain gen.
eral Of the Philippines, said of the friars
''The members OF the religious orders
are the most efficient and powerful instru-
ments of government at the disposal. Of
the governor general In ordinary time and
at all times. In the day Of danger and
emergency they are absolutely indispen-
sable. Government would be impossible
we're il not for the friars. Their influence
is great because OF the reverence which
their sacred Office inspires because their
residence is permanent and because thew
are thoroughly acquainted with the Ian
guages. the customs and the history of the
people they seek 70 upllft. Today ii may be
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
PARIS dispatch to the New York
Herald says:



~ Grand Duke Boris. who
4 ~ reached Havre on the Lorraine
yesterday morning. arrived in
Paris in the evening, and took up his res
idence at the Hotel Continental.
Here HIS imperial highness was inter
viewed by a reporter of the Matin. He
did not in any way beat about the bush,
but plunged at once in medals res.
''And what do people say about all that
here?" was his first question.
"An that" was the stories recounted in
America. The reporter explained that the
French papers had simply reproduced ac-
counts published in American journals.
'Tt was stated" continued the reporter,
that you brusquely quilted the table OF
a lady because her butler served her be-
fore you, and that you were absolutely
adamant in regard to etiquette"
The grand duke, on hearing this, burst
into a hearty fit of laughter.
"Oh, it is enough to make one die OF
laughing" he said. 'Tn all that there is
not a single word OF truth. The lady in
question, who belongs to the highest So
ciety in America, is a charming woman.
I received a most cordial welcome from
her, and assure you that neither during
nor after the dinner was there even the
shadow of an incident of any kind"
IAN error on the part of our American
confreres?" suggested the reporter of the
Matin.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
FAci ) AND FIGURES.

The Caspian sea has only eleven pounds Of
salt to the ton of water; the English channel
has seventy-two pounds and the Dead sea lsl
pounds.
Prempeh's mother. now a prisoner with the
deposed king of Ashantee at Elmira, has had
fifty husbands. all of whom, with one excep-
ton, were put to death by her orders.
Some 1900 horses are slaughtered annually
in a private establishment in Berlin and the
meat Is sold chiefly to the poorer classes, who
are unable to pay the very high price now de-
manded in Berlin for ordinary butchers meat,
which is sd per pound. Horse flesh is also COM
ing W. In the world as dainty. Ihere are
$50 butchers in Paris who sport the gilded
horses head on the shop front, indicative OF
the wares within; 10000 noble steeds annually
end their career in the stewpot Of some poor
Kitchen.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13

London Punch took poetic text fron2
this and said:
He talked about the Balkan States,
OF Rhodes's influence on Greats.
OF pictures, photographs and busts.
The Car of Russia and the Trusts
The plays Of Marlowe and Of Greena
The future Of the submarine.
OF women's rights, Of motor fans,
OF bicycles and HooHgans,
OF graduated income tax,
And horizontal paraIlax.
Ny brain viii treasure till 1t rots
His theory of solar spots;
Nor shall easily forget
His ode in Turkish to De Wet.
His singing of The Minstrel Boy"
His water-color sketch of Troy.
His knowledge of the tribes Of Gaui,
His criticisms on St. Paul,
His sympathy with Cuba's wrongs
His passion for Provincial songs
All these. and more. / trust I may
Remember to my dying day.
We do not forget that he invited our
Millionaire, Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan, tol
eat dinner or supper with him. Most
likely he has become an expert on finance
since the memorable feast. He has had
some of our American military to visit
him, and he is therefore now well In
formed as to our ways Of fighting on sea
and land. He questions ad nbitum.
As the world moves so fast now-a-days,
we may be obliged to ask questions to
get an understanding of the panorama
that is Keeling of its sights and scenes
before us, and these really great men Of
the world have likely reached the heights
of notoriety mainly through their inQuis-
itiveness-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13

termining questions that have not been
passed upon by the courts.
Bishop Morrison reminds the clergy
men in his diocese that they cannot exer-
else judicial functions, and that they are
liable to err If they attempt to do so.
1t is their duty to require proofs taken
from the court records when they are re-
quested to ofhciate at a marriage where
either of the parties is a divorced person
When they fail to do this they violate
the law of their church and are liable to
be called to account for doing so.
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