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New-York tribune., 1902-08-05
DEATH or A DUTCH ARTIST.


Amsterdam, Aug. 4.-Henri Willem Mesdag an
artist who painted chiefly scenes is dead
New-York tribune., 1902-08-05
MARCOyI SYSTEM IN ITALY.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS IT'S ADOPTION on WAR
SHIPS.
Rome Aug 4-The government has ordered that
the Marconi wireless telegraph apparatus be estah-
ushed on all Italian warships-
New-York tribune., 1902-08-05

The six hours cycle race at the Crystal Palace
resulted in win for the holder, G. A. Olley,
who. riding finely made new records for four
hours. the distance covered being 151 miles, LOS
yards. The previous best record was 151 miles
20 wards. l. n. r.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-01
poetorIna Burns.

To keen ones presence of mind is
great gift in emergencies. and IL is rarely
ever more valuable than in the case OF
fire. When ones clothes take fire, II is Its
tendency to leap upward; therefore, II one
keeps their senses Il viii always be well
10 lie down promptly. This changes the
direction Of the flames and protects the
mouth and nostrils from inhaling the up
ward flames as nothing else will do. To
breathe a flame Is deadly.
Then common sense teaches the smoth-
ering out of the fire by wrapping rugs or
woolen garments about the sunerer. Oh
course, II water Is at hand, water thrown
on plentifully will be best Of all. but fall
ing TO reach water or rugs, roll the pa
tient over on the earth or floor to smother
out the blaze.
So long as burns are superficial there is
no danger Of death, but If the skin is de-
stroyed the chances are poor for recovery.
The excruciating pain from burns de-
mands prompt relief. A remedy much APP
proved reads thus: Cover the surface
with a thick layer Of cotton. or compress
Of cloth II you have no batted cotton, and
saturate IL with alcohol and water, equal
parts. until the agony is relieved. Some
times Il prevents the blister formation.
Exclude the air always. and II the
clothing sticks TO the burn cut on the
pieces. do not tear them away. After a
erything loosens or softens away.
s'Then use what is known as carron oil.
made Of equal parts OF lime water and
olive OIL Sponge the burns with this prep
aration. lightly touching the raw spots.
Lay soft rags OF lint soaked In this car
ron oil on the burns and then cover with
absorbant cotton before bandaging with
a wrapping"
A very deep burn should be dressed ev-
cry day. Otherwise do not dress too aften,
as the new skin should be given time to
form without disturbance.
II there are blisters. open with needle
on the lowest edge that the water may
escape thoroughly.
Some people cover burns with -four, 9TH
ers use turpentine instead of alcohol to
Kill the fire"
Where the pain is exceedingly severe
sedatives should be given and sometimes
a tiny stream of water viii sOothe the
agony, poured on slowly.
There should be in every household a
stock of lint and burn remedies, because
there is nothing, no accident more liable
10 happen than a burn, and no torture Is
greater for the time being.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-01

Whether we believe in doctors or not
we generally send for them when we are
III: nevertheless physic is manifestly over
done like some other things. One Of the
great French Majendie-once
told his students at the college Of France
that medicine is a humbug. When was
head physician at the Hotel Diem divid-
ed my patients into three classes. To one
I gave the regulation medicines in the
regulation way, 10 another 1 gave bread
and milk and colored water and to the
third 1 gave nothing at all. Well, gen.
tIemen. all in the third section got well.
Nature favorably came to the rescue"
Perhaps there was some Joke well S
some truth in the great mans confession.
but there is much truth mixed up with
the Jest. The doctor is many times super
fiuous, occasionally harmful and once in
awhile fatal to over anxious patients.
There is always some sort of theory as
to what ails the sick person. II the theo-
~ is pretty strong. the medicine is applied
according 10 the theory, and experiment.
ing goes on apace.
After awhile you hear about change
OF treatment"
Then you hear again OF change of air"
or climate. Perhaps the sick person needed
to be let alone or rigidly dieted TO get well.
do honestly believe the time is coming
when our ignorance in making our stom-
acn apOtnecary shops VIII De luOlCIOuSly
apparent. II you call in a doctor every
time you feel badly you generally must
take some sort OF medicine or treatment
to get your moneys worth. II you get in
the habit Of opiates you must have OPT
ates to sleep. II tonics are in anywise
stimulating you must have tonics or II
something stronger is prescribed, the
patient will feel the need Of a strong teddy
and miss 1t II 1t fails 10 appear. Doctors
are remarkably helpful where an illness is
getting ahead of the patients strength
and mental forces, or when an accident
occurs or where heroic remedies must be
applied TO save life; but the fact remains
that nature and the doctors do not always
work in the same harness. The dose re-
quires another dose, and nature gets dull
and inactive under so much dosing.
Doctors and drug stores work very well
together and nature with quiet abstinence
generally are harmonious.
Quit eating when your stomach gets
out of sorts: quit reading or writing
when you are threatened with nervous
prostration, but IL is always proper to
take advice with pneumonia, bronchitis,
incipIent cancer, etc. in the early begin
ming.
These remarks are inapplicable to dis
eases which need heroic treatment, but
are brought forward TO persuade the ma
jority OF our people to try nature as
doctor unless the suffering or the danger
calls for professional assistance.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-01
Legal Status
Of Birds.

There are many interesting things about
birds being published these days none
fuller of interest than the bulletin on
Legislation for the Protection of Birds,
by DR.. Theodore Palmer, of the United
States Agricultural department.
When we seel what an immense amount
OF scientific information 1t takes to ham
die this subject we wonder that the laity
dares to have an opinion on 1t.
The agricultural department spends
thousands Of dollars in the work, employ
ing the first talent. Surely the people
should gladly make any laws that can
come to it's aid
The following extracts from the bulle-
tin gives many facts about birds inter-
esting and worth knowing:
/. Who owns the birds of the air? Says
the Bulletin: THE Supreme Court of the
United States has declared that the pow
er of the state to control and regulate the
taking of game can not be questioned.
The necessity of restricting the slaugh-
ter of useful birds began to be recognized
in the last century If not before. In 1871
New York enacted a law protecting the
heath hen. partridge quail, and woodcock,
from April to October 5, on Long Is
land and in the city and county of New
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-01

York
1.-The legislation Of 1901 marks a notable
advance in birds protection over that Of
any previous year. Systematic, and in
most cases successful, efforts were made
by the Audubon societies, the Committee
on Bird Protection of the American Orni-
biologists Union, and bird lovers in many
states. to secure adequate protection for
the birds which do not properly belong in
the category of game. In all, twelve
states and territories Including the Dis
trict OF Columbia) enacted comprehensive
new laws during the year. In spite OF all
that has been accomplished in, recent
years in the way of enacting statutes for
the protection of birds. much still remains
to be done before the degree of uniformity
essential for the preservation of our
migratory birds will be attained through
out the United States"
We must protect our little visitors in
winter, if their own states take care Of
them in summer.
Under some circumstances enormous
quantities OF weed seed are devoured, as
shown by the crop OF dove killed in a
rye field at Warner. Tenn, which con-
taihed $500 seeds of yellow sorrel (Oxalis
stricta). As a weed destroyer the dove
much more than compensates for the
grain which 1t occasionally consumes, and
the value of it's services is certainly
greater than the few cents which its body
brings in market"
"F1ickers are more terrestrial than
other woodpeckers, and a large part OF
their animal food consists of ants, which
constitute nearly half the food Of the year.
Several stomachs contained little else,
and at least two contained more than 5000
each of the insects. Beetles stand next
to ants in Importance, forming about 10
per cent of the food, and including chiefly
May-beetles. a few swapping beetles, and
carabids, or predaceous ground-beetles.
Grass hoppers also are eaten at certain
times, as shown by several stomachs( col
lected in June. 1865. in Dixon county,
Nebr), which contained from Is to As
grasshoppers each. A bird with such
record is far too valuable to be killed for
food. and is entitled to all the protection
ordinarily accorded insectIvorous species"
There is an enormous demand for
plume birds by the millinery trade in
years when they are in fashion, and the
localities where the birds breed are
secured by hunters, who find ready
market for the skins at prices varying
from IL to 80 cents apiece. AS these birds
all nest in colonies, it is a simple matter
to destroy large numbers on the breeding
grounds; and so thoroughly is the work
done that some of the species, particular
ly the egrets and terms, have been almost
exterminated along the southern and
eastern coasts of the United States.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-01
A Three Year Old Pianist.

Little Annie Laurie Cox. aged three and
a half years, is the youngest pianist in the
city, and for that matter, is possibly. the
youngest in the country. She is plump
and rosy. with large. soulful brown eyes.
and the chubbiest little hands in the
world. She Sits erect on the tall stool, and
with total absorption in what she is doing
plays duets with her mother. She uses the
three middle fingers of each hand, and
uses them with ease and strength. 1t is
rather quaint repertoire that she gives
you. and might have come out of the ark,
but that somehow seems to suit her. Go
Tell Aunt Tabby, Leaning on the Ever
lasting Arm My Country 'Tis of Thee"
run, Niger, Run" Nellie Gray" and
others which recommended themselves to
her mother because of their simple tech
nique. The strange part about her play
ing is that she knows each piece by heart,
and when 1t is called for will dash into it
without mistake.
She is the daughter of Mrs. Maggie AL
len Cox, of 142 Crew street, and is the
center of a circle Of adoring aunts and
uncles. One of her aunts CHANGED to give
her. last Christmas. a toy piano. and on
this she learned to pick out tunes she had
heard her mother play or sing. She didn't
care for the big piano." because she
couldn't carry it around with her. to the
back porch. the back yard or any other
place she CHANGED to favor, and couldn't
sit on it when she grew tired
She had never shown any disposition
to touch my piano." said her mother,
land I didn't know she cared for music
at all. She has my permission now to play
on the big piano. but she cares nothing
for IT. She first learns everything on her
little old one-octave top piano, and / as
sure you it is in very crippled condition
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-01
MAPJ.

OF the State of Georgia and Of
the United States. This is the map
we are offering with years sub
scriptIon to our semI.WeekIy
for only s1.oo. The Georgia
Map has all the cities and towns and
you can locate any of them without
trouble. The railroads are all on
and in travelling you know what road Z
you go over.
The population Of every county and
town is given. 1t is printed In
five eoIors. On the reverse side Of the
Georgia map is the map Of the United
States and all Of our foreign
possessions printed In seven coIOrs.
It gives the population Of every
state and country for the census Of
1900. A list Of more than 400
Of the principal cities Of the United ?
States is given with the population 70
the census years of 1870, 1880, 1890
and Of 1900.
The population Of each state Is
printed in red ink across the face Of
the state. No family should be without
this map, and now lie the time to
get one, subscribe or renew your sub
seription. The semI-weekIy Journal
one year with one Of these maps post
paid for only 500. Don't
you want one7
Address,
THE sEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
ATLANTA, GA.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-01

and I passed a sleepless night OF II. We
al. expected to hear Of the woman's death
that night. as some of the slugs passed
entirely through her body.
Next day we found she had rested COM
fortably and was soon out Of danger-got
well. The doctor said; "She has no
Imagination. She simply lives to eat and
sleep and she wastes no nerve force what
ever. II that had been you (speaking TO
MYSELF you would have died from the
shock but she will get well because she
exists like an animal and has no magma
ton" 49,.
This Imagination, or more properly, this
sensIbility, wears and tears the human
frame, without a doubt, and the very
nervous person must sleep a great deal to
balance conditions. and refrain as much as
possible from exciting causes, TO prolong
life
II Is remarkable how quickly our presi-
dents die OF. after they leave the white
house. Ex-President Cleveland is the only
ex-president still alive, and his health Is
somewhat precarious. II is the strenuous
life followed by ''innocuous desuetude,
that cuts them of so quickly.
This statistical genius who regards the
farmers claim on long life TO be the
surest chance, also thinks politics is
healthy atmosphere for longevity, but the
records are at variance with this assump-
ton.
IL might obtain in country like England,
where vast wealth is able TO insure sue
cess without risk. but the average Ameri-
can politician is too much Of a rainbow
chaser TO be either long-lived or happy.
have In days gone by looked down on
the house OF representatives and wondered
II the life was really desirable when It
meant such unceasing warfare Of mind,
body and pocketbook, first 10 get in and
then TO stay ina struggle that Is without
intermission and never more uncertain
than when most alluring to its possessor
Longevity and lack Of imagination may
work together.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-01
HE sENrwEEKLY JOURNAL 1909
HAS GEORGIA A. DIAMOND FIELD?

trademarks as a guarantee that sucn
stones as may change in color will be ex-
changed for others. New Mexico is the
chief source of the turquoise supply.
The finding of one diamond in Lee
county, Georgia, is of interest as coming
from a new region.
"Epidote crystals, magnificent as re-
CARDS size and capitalization, have been
found in Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.
"Emeralds have increased greatly IL
public favor.
THE diamond importation has been
greater than in any previous year, and at
no period have more fine and more very
large stones been imported.
THE presentation by Mr.. Max Braver-
man of his collection of gems and miner
ais to the Golden Gate Museum, San
Francisco. California. Is worthy of note.
within the last few years, more atten-
ton than ever has been paid to the quaint
and fanciful cutting of all precious stones,
the diamond included; and whereas, ten
years ago. scarcely any other forms than
the brilliant and the rose in diamonds
were used, during the last year there has
been a great demand for stones. that are
'pear-shaped,' 'marquise.' 'briolette;" also
for table-cut stones In all forms-triangu-
lar, circular. hexagonal, and in the double
rose form also; and a modification of the
last form has been patented.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-01

Now that the warm weather is at hand.
the housewife Is preparing 10 put away
the juicy hams and wen cured side meat
that have been taking on a brownish tint
and absorbing an appetiZing flavor in the
smokenouse- There are various ways rec
commended. such as rubbing with pepper
and covering with papers or cloth bags.
painting with preparations for that pur-
pose and numerous other methods, all OF
which require considerable work. but the
easiest method. as well as the most eff
fecttve. IS 70 wipe every part OF the meat
with a damp cloth. then dust thoroughly
with powdered borax- Be sure that the
meat Is damp enough 20 make the borax
adhere and rub Il in well around the
bones. Let the meat lay short time 10
become perfectly dry. then put away as
desired. The borax viii keep all insects.
and especially flies. away from the meat.
IL can be packed away or left hanging
without harm
r. Z. MERRYAIAN.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-01

yards of the villains, who hid themselves
behind houses and fences. eight thousand
strong, against our little regiment Of five
hundred and forty, who held their ground.
until ordered TO retreat, or rather fall
back a small distance so as to allow 9TH
ers to come up to our aid. 1t was then
that Barlow coming up with the 9TH Geor-
gia regiment, who were fresh and eager
for the fight, grasped their banner and led
the regiment in the splendid charge that
proved so fatal to him. And now by all
that is good and holy, should our company
ever have another chance, will vouch
that his death will be avenged"
/ have already said that mother with
her children, one an infant, left home just
before the Union army was expected.
On account of the blockaded roads 1t was
some time before the soldiers got down as
far as our place. They burned our house
and took away or destroyed everything.
They killed the stock and told the ne
groes they could go with the army or
stay, but they would leave nothing for
them to eat They did not burn the negro
houses Grandmother lost everything,
too. 1 have now an old mahogany bureau
which they left in her yard, after taking
away or destroying the large mirror,
breaking the marble top and two drawers.
There were only two mails week at
RoseviIIe The postoffice was seven miles
away. and was presided over by an old
lady. well known in the country. She
must have had some trouble the first year
of the war about making change, for she
made a rule that the exact change must
be sent for letters. The soldiers did not
prepay postage. She would not make
change, so If there were four letters and
YOU sent a fifty cent shin-plaster, she
would tell the messenger to go home ana
tell how many letters there were and 70
bring back four ten-cent pieces and get
the letters. Imagine the vexatious disap-
pointments. Although Confederate money
was very plentiful, as we all know, II was
impossible to keep a supply of the requir-
ed change Mymother' sbrother-in-law,wh who
was treasurer of the Central Railroad and
Banking company, sent her large roll OF
new money of the required denomnation'
which lasted until the close Of the war.
I'm closing, I shall describe 'Roseville
In the words of dear golden-hearted judge
Richard H. Clark, included in a short
sketch Of my fathers life which he wrote
soon after the war: The home was q
type of so many in our desolate land,
where beauty reigned without and happi-
ness within. There were in reality the
bowers Of roses. the .trellised vines, ana
the murmuring brook of which we so OF
ten read, while the majestic forest OAKS
cast their mantle of shade over all. Inc
adjacent woods abounded in game. the
waters with fish, and everything was
there to contribute to the happiness OF
one whose nature had pure and simple
yet cultivated tasts.,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-01
What Calling or Pursuit Tends to Lon.
cevity7

.
A late collector OF statistics has decided
that farmers have the best chance for
long life because the conditions are more
favorable 20 outdoor existence and regu-
lar exercise: and that rich. idle people are
actually the early victims OF worry and in
action and doomed TO early decease.
That may be so. but an overworked man
or woman. no matter where they may toll
and exist. has a poor chance for long life.
Continuous muscular strain Is provocative
Of rheumatism and win tell on the human
frame
There IS scarcely an active worker in
any business where the hands and arms
are applied constantly but Is sooner or
later subject Of rheumatism
II is true that rheumatism Is not a fatal
aiIment. like typhoid fever. pneumonia.
or scarlet fever. but all the same. Il Gre
ates suffering and affects the general
the weather he Is quite as apt 10 be laid
up with various ailments as in any other
vocation.
A strenuous life Is obliged TO be wearing,
and dull animal life is the opposite. be-
cause we know that a great lot OF folks
are afflicted with exciting imaginations
and their opposites are not affected with
either sensations or constituencies TO dis
turb them
Once had been very on. and when con-
valescent the family was aroused one
night BY a gun shot down at the negro
quarter. The attending physician. who
happened 10 be in the house, went TO the
scene OF the shooting and found a colored
woman had been fired on by a concealed
assassin. and the doctor extracted several
buckshot and slugs from her back and a
quantity OF frazzled wood also. for the
shot and slugs passed through a part OF
the chair. as she sat in Il before these
fragments were driven into her body.
The excitement told on my feeble frame
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-01
Feast of The Howers'' in MEXICO.
BY MARY HoRNADY.

cake, a little chopped onion was added,
a generous supply of Chill sauce poured
over, and the cake rolled up turnover
fashion and dropped in hot lard until
brown and crisp.
The tortillis are made from corn that
has been soaked in lye, which is then
crushed fine, the cakes fattened to the
thinness of a wafer, and baked on a
smooth stone which has been heated in
the embers. The cooking was carried on
in the open. the women serenely indiffer-
ent to the gaze OF the curious.
Pulque flowed freely at every refresh
ment stand, and before we left the place
1t was already beginning to get in its
work.
Engaging two stout Indians to row us
back, we seated ourselves in fiat bot
toned boat as clean as 'scrubbing could
make it. and were soon Swimming along
over the water.
The bottom of the boat was covered
with pelate, with seats on either side. An
awning of mating and green garlands
made ii quite festive. Our oarsmen prov
ed to be very skilled in the art Of rowing.
for the Indian takes instinctively to the
paddle, and we hoated down the stream
weaving in and out among the feet Of
canoes with no thought of danger. These
Indians speak the same language used in
Cortez time. and carefully preserve the
traditions of their ancestors. They are
certainly picturesque figures in their white
blouses and trousers, with curiously
wrought sandals strapped on their feet.
The Viga canal "Mexico's Venice" Is
a part of the drainage system OF the city
The total length of the waterway is near
ly thirty-seven miles long. A tunnel six
miles extending through the mountains.
connects with the esnal and forms a per-
feet system OF drainage for the city. It
cost s20,000'000 and may be justly said to
take rank with the great achievements OF
modern engineering
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-01
our OWN.

II had known in the morning
How YEARLY all the day,
The words unkind
Would trouble my mind
said when you went away,
/ had been more careful darling,
Nor given you needless pain;
But we vex "our own
With looks and tone
We might never take back again.
For though in the quiet evening
You may give the kiss Of peace,
Yet we'll It might be
That never for me
The pain Of heart should cease.
How many go forth in the morning
Who never come home at night;
And hearts have broken
From harsh words spoken,
That sorrow can ne'er set right.
We have careful thought for the stranger,
And smiles for the sometime guest,
But oft for ''our own
The bitter tone,
Though we love our own the best.
Ali lips with the curve impatient;
All! brow with the look OF scorn,
Twas a cruel fate
Were the night too late
To undo the work Of morn.
Margaret e. Sanger