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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
New York Press.

New York Press.
The more children the un-merrier.
Some bustles are the real thing.
Silence is the counterfeit Of wisdom.
A creased pole is easy to staying in public
life.
The primal instinct OF woman is to be
one.
1t takes nine tailors to make q man and
one woman to break him.
A man is as good as he has to be AID a
woman bad as she dares to be.
Most people only talk when they should act
and act when they should only talk
Some girls try to be so modest that the
very word sleep makes them blush
II gray hairs were a sign Of wisdom not
one man in a million would have any.
Little girls begin to look at little boys the
same time they begin TO look into mirrors.
The man who rocks the boat is a merciful
angel compared to the man who runs the auto
mobile.
Women are lucky in being able to wear
bowlegs without making it a matter Of public
notoriety.
Maternity is made up OF equal parts Of
melting tenderness, consuming Jealousy, tor
turing fear and sublime hope.
You can never make a woman see that II
she had chance to get ton OF hard coal
at $12 and took a ton of soft at S11.95 she
didn't get a marked down bargain
When a man has won a quarter because
the other fellow was fool enough to believe
another mans statement and bet on 1t, he
tions It as his reason for opening wine that
day.
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included, were put by his kindness. under
special obligations to Mr.. G. ~. Dearborn,
of the Record Publishing company. On
our return from Florida we ware given
a special train to Savannah by the Ma
con, Dublin and Savannah railway. 1his
trip was just as delightful as the one to
Florida The most notable feature OF our
entertainment at Savannah was the ex-
cursion down the river to the ocean, with
a banquet aboard.
at am particularly grateful for the trip
to Savannah, because 1t gave me opportu-
nifty to meet again my old friend, Major
d. ]. Purse, president of the Savannah
board of trade. The congress met at Sa-
vannah ten years ago and we were most
delightfully."- entertained at that time. Be-
fore that Major Purse had been elected
first vice president Of the congress and for
two years he acted as president While
he was acting president and was acting
as secretary the congress passed a strong
resolution in favor OF harbor improve
ments at Savannah, being the first nation
al organization to pass such resolution.
and Savannah has not forgotten that &C
ton. During our recent stay in that city
Major Purse and Mr.. Saussiere, the chair
man Of the committee on entertainment,
did all men could do to make our visit fun
of pleasure, and they succeeded most adj
mirably.
ct first visited Atlanta in 1889. The Illi-
nois delegation to the meeting Of the con-
gress at Montgomery, Ala, that year
went by way of your city. I remember
very distinctly the fiattering notices given
the delegation by The Journal on that oc-
casion. 1t risked it's popularity by print
ing my portrait, as 1 headed the delega-
ton, and my friend Turner can tell you
a very funny story about the subsequent
use of that portrait. My last visit to At
lanta was five years ago. find 1t improv-
ing very fast indeed. You have buildings
of which New York or Chicago might well
be proud. I fell in love with Atlanta the
first time saw it, and my feeling for It
has not changed, but deepened.
Let me have this occasion to return
my hearty thanks. on behalf Of the con-
gress and myself for many favors, to Hon.
George A. Smith, president of the Ma
con board of trade; to The Macon Tele-
graph, and Major Ketchun, of that pa
per. to Major w. L. Glessner. land and
immigration agent of the Georgia South
srn railway; to Hon. Dudley NJ. Hughes.
vice president of the Macon, Dublin and
Savannah railway; to Capt. G. B. Wal
worth, A G.. P. A. Of the Seaboard Air
Line. and to Major Purse and Mr.. Saus-
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sierre OF Savannah.
AS result of Mr.. Stahfs visit here, and
conference with Mr.. Turner. the two gen.
tlemen will at once take steps to secure
land for one OF the largest peach orchards
In Georgia, to be owned by them and two
or three Of their friends. Mr.. Stahl is
one OF the large land owners Of Illinois,
and before long his Georgia holdings may
be considerable. Speaking of this he
said:
II may be q Georgian some day before
long. I am not joking. You do not real
lze the real wealth and advantages Of your
state. For 20 years I have published at
Quincy, If. the Farmers Call, weekly
paper Of 20 or more pages. / have list
that shows that during the past four
months my subscribers have paid more
than one million dollars for land in the
Dakotas. Minnesota and the Saskatche-
wan Valley in Assiniboia They buy land
there because it is advertised, boldly. with
confidence. The legislature Of Georgia
should, il il has the power to DO so. ap-
propriate 100000 to advertise the state
In the northern farm papers"
Mr.. Stahrs present term as secretary
OF the congress win expire next year. and
he will not be a candidate for reelection.
He spoke very highly of Mr.. Callahan. Of
New York, as his probable successor. The
present president of the congress, Mr..
Flanders, is also from New York, and he
viii probably be reelected next year, as
it has been the custom of the congress to
give its president two terms. large
number Of delegates we're in the city Sat
urday, and the sentiment among them
seemed to be unanimous that Mr.. Stahl
should be reelected next year. as he
would probably not decline If elected, and
his experience as secretary was too valu-
able TO the congress to be lost; that Mr..
Callahan should be continued in his pres
emit position of first assistant secretary for
another term and be elected secretary in
1905; and that Mr.. Stahl should be elected
president in that year. However, he
spoke OF Mr.. Harvey Jordan. of Georgia.
as the man to succeed Mr.. Flanders in
1905. The sentiment among the delegates
was for the retention Of the present
treasurer, DR.. Reynolds, of Michigan;
Hon. Harvey Jordan as first vice presi-
dent; Col. B. Cameron. of North Carolina,
as second vice president; Col. B. F. Clay
ton, of Iowa, as chairman of the executive
committee. and Of Mr.. Ames. of Wiscon-
sin, and Colonel Mickey, of Mississippi,
as the other members of that COMMITTEES
1t was said that the next meeting would
be at either Rock Island. H., or Rich
mond, Va.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-23
ITH my co-workers, Rev.
George Stuart and Oscar
Seagle, have Deen conduct
ing a series of evangelistic


meetings in Paducah for the past ten
days. The pastors and churches have
rented a large tobacco warehouse,
furnishing ample room for 5000 or g.
600 people. The attendance has tested
the capacity of the building at night
and good audiences in the day time.
We had anything but a dull time here
with 70 saloons and all the other ac-
compartments on the one hand, and
lax officials on the other hand. The
devil certainly has the right-of-way
in Paducah. This city is a typical
Kentucky river town Of 1900 popula-
ton. splendid commercial interests
with many features to commend, while
there are many to condemn. When
ever whisky is on the throne, God Is
dethroned; whenever the saloons are
doing a good business the churches are
doing a small business.
The pastors have taken the census.
they tell me, on beautiful Sunday
mornings and found from 1900 to 1,5Oo
people in all the churches, leaving
of course more than 10000 Of the 1900
population somewhere else other than
the churches. / said to the pastors:
You have got to do sometF '1g you
have not been doing or you will have
to get out of business, for when the
devil has 10000 of the population at
II o'clock on Sunday morning and
the preachers have less than 1000, the
record for that town for piety does
not show up very we'll. We close our
meeting here tomorrow morning. l
wish my physical strength and other
conditions would allow me to remain
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Chicago News.
The older a man gets tina less cynical he ig.
Silence may be golden but the golden eagle
talks.
It is better to have a turn-up nose than .
cabbage head.
An obedent wife is the real power behind the
domestic throne.
Some wire-puilers are telegraph linemen and
some are politicians,
jeweler says pearls are like women-they
require a lot Of attention.
Fortunate is the man whose tastes are SINH
lar to the tastes OF his cook.
man may be color blind, but he can always
tell greenback when he sees it,
Art is long and time is fleeting-and some
artists time is valueless as their art.
It is difficult to persuade yourself that man
is a liar when he says nice things about you
After Gaping climax one should drive a
nail in II to prevent some other fellow
from uncapping It,
Faith cure physicians are wise guys. They
expect their patients to furnish the faith and
cure themselves.
Many a man who believes in giving his satan
&c majesty his due leaves his other creditors
to hold the empty bag.
A tramp can't understand why the Sabbath
is called a day Of rest he can't rest any
more on Sunday than on weekdays
A moral coward is man who stops to beg
the worlds pardon every time he sets his
foot over the edge Of the narrow path
ton box. as the IS gold piece-and much more
frequently.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-23
PERSONAL NOTES.

David E. Thompson, of Lincoln, Neb., who
has been named by the president as the next
minister to Brazil, started new evening paper
called The Star in his home city this month.
Mrs Walter Ferrier Of Orange, N j., has
been appointed president Of the division Of
Illinois of the International Sunshine Society
and will shortly go to Chicago TO assume her
duties.
Robert n. Andrews, of Hamilton. Ohio has
been elected pastor of the Universalist church
at KanHas City, No, the FIRST woman pastor
the city has ever had.
Judge c. M. Tompkins is the oldest pension
office clerk in Washington. He was appointed
in 1851 and the department grow from
little bureau to one of the largest and most
influential branches OF the government
The new theological institution founded by
the Methodist Episcopal church in Foo-Chow
China, is TO be called the Baldwin Theological
school, in honor Of the late Rev. DR.. Samuel
L. Baldwin, who for twenty years was a mis-
sionary In Foo-ChoE.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-23
A WONDERFUL COUNTRY.

The productive capacity of France has
been exhibited magniicently many times
IN her history. Perhaps no other nation
could have paid so readily war debt as
enormous as that which Germany put
upon France in 1871. One thousand mil
lion dollars was then harder to raise than
II is now, because money was then less
abundant. France not only met its OBJ
legations promptly, but actually paid the
greater part OF It before it was due. She
poured money into the German Golfers so
fast that this sudden wealth caused an
era of extravaganza and speculation that
brought about severe financial distress in
Germany. Within FIVE years from the
time that the enormous war indemnity
was levied upon France she was lending
Germany money and French capital is
now very largely invested in German Sc
curities.
But France herself has of late been
hard pressed for money.
The government has been driven to the
expedient Of charging the list of tax
able articles.
The people have submitted to these
new taxes with heroic cheerfulness,
though they are very heavy.
Upon the recent reassembling Of the
Chamber OF Deputies. NJ. Rouvier, the
minister of finance. presented a budget
designed to meet an accumulation of de-
feits. lie stated that in order to restore
the equilibrium it had been necessary to
create new taxation TO the amount of SAL
100000. This means that hereafter that
sum must be paid by the French people
In addition to what they have been giving
to the support of their government.
The revenue required by the French
governments estimates is now S7l5,O00NO
a year, which is in excess of the income
OF Inc United States.
The revenue Of our government in 1901
amounted to only S5s7. 6S5. SSs exclusive of
postal receipts. and. including these,
amounted to $500. S1s.5s1.
France with a population of 100000 re-
quires a revenue greater than that of
the United States with 76.OOOOOO people.
In the matter Of wealth also there is a
great disparity, which tells against
France. Recent estimates put the total
value OF the private property in the coun-
try at about 50 billions Of dollars. The
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-23

here ten days longer, but am work
ing out all right.
There have been hundreds Of CONVEX
tions and no doubt there will be an
ingathering to the churches. I have
simply given the plain facts of Padu-
cab, not that she is worse than any
other city, but this mirror is held up
other cities may see themselves. II
Atlanta officials should ever be as lax
as officials here, then this would be
the drift of things in Atlanta. Let
law be enforced, and order maintained,
and to evil influence draw a line, thus
far thou shalt come and no farther.
This is what they call a wide-open
town. The secretary of the 7. NJ. c.
A. furnished me with the following
data which is enough to make the
angels weep:
Number of young men in Paducah.
1000: members OF the Y. M. G. A, 302;
average attendance at Sunday after
noon meetings, 43; daily attendance,
SO; the churches open five hours a
week; Y. NJ c. A. open SO hours a
week; saloons open 133 hours a week.
have been doing my best to influence
the parents OF this city that such
state of things tended toward ruin
as truly as that the old Ohio river
which winded about the city was going
to the gulf. 1t is a question in all
cities in these days OF material pros
perity whether it's best to hold up
our boys and let commercial interest
go down or hold Up the commercial
interest and let the boys go down.
This is the 18th day of. October. I
awoke this beautiful morning to find
myself IS years of age. If live I
will soon be a patriot, I feel in my
blood and bones that do not feel as
young as l used to feel. For more
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-23
GIN CHARMED
REPUBLICAN.
Bryan's commoner.

Bryan's Commoner.
- RECENTLY had an interesting con-
versation with a well-to-do RepubIi-
can and the substance Of it is. repro
duced because it illustrates what is
going on in the minds of many who have
been so busily engaged in business that.
they have neglected their civic duties.
The Republican referred to introduced
himself on a railroad train and asked if
he might submit question.-Of course. he
was invited to ask as many questions as
he liked. He began by explaining that he
had grown up in a Republican family and
had voted the Republican ticket regularly
down to and including 1900, but he said
that since that time he had been thinking,
and that he had come to the conclusion
that some men were accommodating such
large fortunes that they were acquiring
dangerous influence over the country
among such he mentioned Morgan and
Rockefeller.
To assure me that he was himself in no
danger Of want he remarked that for a
number of years his income had ranged
from 10 to 30 Thousand dollars per year.
After enumerating the evils of concentrate
ed wealth he stated his conclusion, name
ly, that he could see but three possiDie
remedies; first the reform Of monopolists
so that they would cease 20 tyrannize over
their fellows; second, restraining legisla-
ton, and, third, revolution. He did not
have much faith in the reformation of the
nonopolists and di0 not like TO think Of
the possibility OF revolution, and he was
almost convinced that the Republican par
ty would not enact effective restraining
legislation.
He asked me II could think of any 9TH
er remedies. and I told him that he had
covered the ground. 1 agreed with him
that while an appeal to the conscience
of the monopolist is proper and desirable,
II would not be fair to make the people
rely for their safety Jon the success OF
such an appeal. assured him that revo-
luton was not to be thought Of; that those
who would not protect their rights by the
ballot need never expect to have them pro-
tected by force, and had no difficulty IN
agreeing with him tina. the Republican
party is impotent to supply remedy.
Not only does the Republican party re-
fuse to yield TO me reasonable demands Of
its better members. but II goes on building
the dam higher and higher. unmindful Of
the fact that each new plank increases
the danger Of a food, for public opinion.
now restrained, will some day sweep all
obstacles away and mock the efforts Of
those who attempt to stop the progress OF
civilization and check the development OF
human liberty.
Ny caller informed me that he knew 50
Repu licans among his personal acquaint-
ances who were thinking seriously on eco
nomic and political conditions and who
were reaching lie same .eoncluaiou that
he had
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-23
A HOPEFUL EXPERIMENT.

Though the anthracite coal strike in
Pennsylvania and the soft coal strike
I'm Alabama are practically over and we
may not have any more trouble of that
kind soon the efforts to find or invent sub
stitutes for coal will not cease. There
is a Worldwide desire to OBTAIN relief
from the tyranny of King Coal and a de-
termination to do as much in that direc-
ton as possible. Attempts and expert
ments designed to produce practical and
cheap substitutes for the commercial coal
upon which we depend so largely now are
being made in all parts of the civilized
world with more OF less encouraging
prospects.
Probably the largest measure of sue
cess so far has been achieved in Ger
many.
Mr.. Frank H. Mason. United States
consul general at Frankfort. has given
in a recent report to the state depart
ment some very interesting information
on this subject.
There is now being made in Germany
on quite a large scale briquettes COM
posed of peat, the dust and waste of coal
mines.
These have proved so acceptable and
so economical that they have become the
principal domestic fuel of Berlin and 9TH
er German cities.
Briquettes of the character referred to
have come into very extensive use for
locomotives and other steam firing. They
are also employed for heating in various
processes of manufacture.
Mr.. Mason in enumerating the advan-
tages Of this fuel says 1t is clean and very
convenient to handle. lights easily and
burns with clear intense fame makes
hardly any smoke and is cheaper for
most purposes than any other form OF
fire.
Some idea Of the magnitude to which
the briquette has already attained in
Germany may be gathered from the fact
that the total output of briquettes in
that country last year was no less than
L556, 1855 tons. In the manufacture OF
this supply of fuel 1855 tons of mineral
pitch was used at a cost of S1O.25 per ton
delivered. The average price OF
briquettes per ton last year was 1915
which was an advance of 81 over the
prevailing pIACC III AoQos AA1 ONoAAN09 AAeA~
gotten largely under the control of syn
dicates and this accounts for the in
crease Of cost to the consumer.
Mr.. Mason also alludes to the economy
in fuel that has been effected in Germany
by the use of coke. in which every ele-
ment of the bituminous coal is saved
either in smokeless coke or gas, and adds;
'If the American municipalities beyond
the economic range Of anthracite are
ever emancipated from their present vas
salage to the smoke nuisance it will be
through the enforced use of one or more
of three forms of prepared fuel, viz.
coke and fuel gas made in closed ovens
from bituminous coal, and briquettes
made from Ignite, peat and otner infe-
rior materials. tested and proven to be
efficient by the other and more economi-
cal countries Of Europe"
1t seems very evident that we might
learn a very valuable lesson from Ger
many in the matter of fuel.
The briquette is sure to be introduced
in the United States and to become pop
ular here.
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true valuation of property in the United
States was given as $65, OS7, 100000 in 1880,
and there had been an increase of nearly
so per cent in the preceding decade.
Taking into the account our superiority
in population and wealth we should be
able to raise double as much revenue as
France with the same degree Of effort.
France is undoubtedly extravagant, but
her people seem to like the pace the
government is keeping.
They are industrious, thrifty and re-
markably productive, and pay without
much complaint the tremendous bills that
the government presents to them.
France is a great country and the
French are a wonderful people.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-23
ONE IN TWENTY ATTENDS CHURCH
IN PADUCAH, KY, SAYS SAM JONES.

than thirty years have fought with
all my might all over this country
every evil that blights and blasts the
character, and championed everything
that makes home happy, and our
country decent, and I am going on to
the end fighting the same things and
walking by the same rule.
The sad news came to me of the
sad death of two of my fellow towns
men of Gainesville, Judge j. w. Har-
ris and Mr.. Westerfelt. How sad
their deaths. and they fell like q pall
OF gloom and despair upon the homes
of which they were the husbands and
fathers. May God temper the wind to
the shorn lambs.
A few days ago I greeted them both
upon the streets and little did I think
they would be called so soon. My CO.
worker, Bro. Stuart, was summoned
home last Tuesday by telegram on
account of the serious illness of his
brother-in-law, DR.. Smith. OF Cleve-
land, Tenn. He wired me next day.
saying that IL was a hopeless case. and
that he was sinking gradually. On!
the troubles and griefs of this world.
Sometime 1 rejoice that I have pass
ed as many OF the mile-posts as have.
on my journey to the other world.
and I am one fellow that don't want
to go back and try 1t over again.
1 have been reading with eager in
terest the efforts made by the presi-
dent and Pennsylvanians and New
York officials in their endeavor to set
tie the coal strike. It viii take mas
teTful stroke of genius. wisdom and
prudence to carry that thing through.
In any event, labor has had its best
hearing and capital its most humiliat-
ing experiences.
SAM P. JONES.
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A Texas murderer waived his right 70
the thirty days allowed him by law. and
was hanged on the day he was sentenced
The nearest approach 20 this in courtesy
Is the case Of the tramp who was allowed
an hour IN which 20 le9ve town. and
promptly offered TO give the court a re-
hate OF 50 minutes
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