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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
The Reward of Colonel GOrgas

The nomination of Colonel Gorgas be Surgeon General
tha Army fitting appreciation of great man. proper
ward of an epochmarkng achievement
1t is detraction of Colonel Gorgas great the
Ihmu of Panama that he merely gave practical
the discovery made long before that mosquito
of yellow fever and maaa contagon infected sufferer
to healthy people in the neighborhood
Brave risked their lives and in least one instance
met DEATH in fixing this theory demonstrated fact The
first opportunity make their discovery practically useful to
mankind vouchsafed to Gorgas and he fully avaed him
self of his opportunity.
To make and keep the canal yellow fever
and practically free from malaria Colonel Gorgas to under
take che work Of sanitation and prevention that
amazed those who held the purse
He will spend FIVE dollars to kill mosquito said one
Congressman but the that mosquito might kill
$4,000 and start 100000 epidemic At that Colonel
Gorgas had to fight for appropriation department.
AS is not too much give Colonel Goethas credit for
building the canal it no exaggeraon say Colonel Cor
gas made its building possible
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
The Beauty and the Butcher

JAMES J. MoNTAGUE-
Id ECAUSE he was butchers boy
LID Steve Stuffing's love for Graycie Grady
Served only greatly to annoy
That fair, fastidious young lady.
In vain he told her that his work
In such sphere was uncongeniaI
She said. You're just butchers clerk
low, meat-mutilating mental"
"TLL win your hand" he said, cor bust.
You naughty, zero-hearted charmer
Some day I'm going to own trust
beef trust-like j. Ogden Armour"
Reluctant as, of course. l am"
49, Said she, your purpose to disparage
The horrid hand that handles ham
Can never clasp my hand in marriager
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
Famous Retreat of
Sir John Moore
BY REV. THOS. B. GREGORY.

TT was one hundred and FIVE
years ago-January 16, 1909
that Sir John Moore fell
MORALLY wounded at Corunna, to
be buried that night by his grief
stricken comrades and cleft alone
with his glory"
As has been well said, Sir John
holds a unique place in English
military history, being the "only
British general who has gained
everlasting fame by the conduct
Of a retreat"
In November 1908, Moore was
ordered to Spain, to help stem the
tide of French success in that
country, and the 18th Of the
month found him concentrated at
Salamanca, where he was forced
to remain inactive, watching the
triumphant successes of Napo-
con and his marshals. About
the middle of December, Moore
began his famous retreat" from
Salamanca to Corunna. To know
what that retreat was. and why
1t was that it made Moore's name
immortal in British annals, one
needs but to read the account of
1t in Napler's Peninsula War"
which account has been called the
finest piece of military history
in the English language"
But the account could not have
been so fine unless the retreat
itself had been fine. For nearly
a month Moore was fighting
every day with the largely supe-
rior numbers of the French. who
pressed upon him. and never
once did he lose either his cour-
age or his head. AS often as he
was attacked he beat back the
enemy. and finally reached Co
runna, where he hoped to CON
meet with the fleet. But the fleet
was not there, and Sir John. right
after his exhaustive march with
Its constant lighting. was obliged
10 Join battle with Soult. The
determined assault of the French
marshal was handsomely re-
pulsed. and N the midst of the
victory Moore received the wound
that killed him
a finer piece of manhood than
Sir John Moore the annals of the
race can not show.
No better advice could possibly
be given TO a young man than to
say TO him: Read and study,
and try hard 10 initiate the life
and conduct OF Sir John Moore"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24

"Higgledy- piggleby," also said
of things which had become
mixed, which were "all SKIES and
sevens," goes back to the con.
tents of a peddler's basket
heaped up in most admired con.
fusion. "Higgle" is a weak form
of the verb 'hag gle"-that IS. to
chatter about prices. A peddler
was a higher" because nobody
would dream of giving him the
price he first asked. "Piggledy"
the learned trace back to tho
newborn family Of a female pis
and to the confused heap of in.
FAINT grunters called a litter" For
myself, 1 remain skeptical about
the etymology. I am inclined 10
think that we owe "piggledy" to
the inveterate habit of rhyming
demon strated in the folk lore of
every nation. "Higgledy" quite
naturally calls for "piggledy."
The "inveterate habit of rhym-
ing' is clearly responsible for
"mugger" in "hugger-mugger"
dear to my grandmother and dear.
also, it will be remembered, 10
Shakespeare's self. I'VE have
done but greenly in hugger-
ger to inter him." says the guilty
king of the hasty, secret burial of
Polonius. The first meaning is
secretly" and only afterward
does it mean something done in
slovenly fashion. 1t Is older than
Shakespeare, though in Sir
Thomas More it appears as
"hucker-mucker," and so hides its
origin. 1t is Danish and is ap-
propriately introduced by Shakes
peare into his Danish play Of
Hamlet" It is related to Snug
from which we get "smuggle"-
to bring into the country secretly
"Ludlams dog" was another. A
boy who loved play better than
work was las lazy as Ludlams
dog" Inquiry into the history
Of this creature brought to light
the fact that he leaned his head
against the wall to bark" His
tory can tell all about the Sur
rey witch named Ludlam and her
dog, noted for his laziness. But
the explanation seems to need
a something that Is missing to
explain It.
"A Saucy Mommet."
And the best of all was "a
saucy mommet," yes, that was
best of all. One of the girls was
"a saucy mommet,' and we
youngsters screamed our delight
We clamored for an explanation,
but the old lady stalked off in
high dudgeon, scorning to define.
Il was many years before light
dawned. In Romeo and Juliet
the fair daughter of the Capulets
Is described by her father as "a
whining mammet," and "mom-
met" is clearly the equivalent OF
Shakespeare's "mammet." And
Shakespeare is right, not grand
mother. For a "mammet" was
dol and a whining mammet
was a cry-baby, a girl as childish
as her own doll.
Curiously enough. the word IS
from "Mahomet!" And 1t does
black injustice to the great
prophet of Arabia. For his re-
ligion took its rise in a protest
against the veneration of Idols
yet "mammetry." corruption
of "Mahometry." appears in early
English authors for "idolatry
a "mammet" was a religious I'M
age-and afterward a doll
These tales of a grandmother
might go on forever. They have
led us back to Mahomet and 10
Mecca. And-that is far enough
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE.

SAW person hurry in a shining limousine
With hundred thousand dollars loan to Hetty Green
Il beg your pardon, sir" said, you movie actor
Or have you been in business aqueduc
NOT SO! ne said some time ago John ID. a cent,
And wisely invested it till grew opulent"
GENTLEMAN informed me that he had a plan in view
To buy ffteen-acre farm along Fifth avenue.
"YOu must be Mr.. Villa, sir" said; "may inquire
When getting fast what to retire."
You're wrong he said 81 didn't get my pile from Mexco
John d. gave a penny and I've simply let it grow"
FOUND a ragged fellow sitting lonely in park
And biting bits of concrete under cover of the dark
took him to nearby stand and purchased him fruit
And asked him how he came to be very destitute.
Il used to DIN me livn'" he explained "but long ago
Chon d. give me a penny, an it pauperized me- Boz"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
By REV. CHARLES F. AKED, ID.

CIR WALTER SCOTT wrote
the Tales of GRANDPA
Their" Somebody ought to
write the Tales of a Grand
mother before it is too late. Re-
cent excursions into american
isms" and Criticisms" have
brought to mind quaint phrases
which are neither American nor
British. They belong to the COM
mon stock from which our Eng
fish speech has grown. Grand
mother used them in her day. and
did not know that she was saying
something strange.
Whose grandmother? Yours, to
be sure, and mine, and the grand
mother of anybody you like to
name. Most of us have had a
dmother-one, if not more
than one. Mine was host in
herself Let her stand for the
grandmother of all men and wom-
en- everywhere who love the flavor
of homely English speech and are
not willing to let is pass from hu-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
Richard s Hatband.


She was a fine outstanding fig
ure of a woman, my grandmother.
She lived to be 9S. and it was the
disappointment of her life that
she died before she was 100 She
had a healthy contempt for per-
sons who could not sit bolt up
right or stand erect Like a cat
in pattens" was her description of
the stumbling, shuffiing walk of
person awkward upon his feet
A patten was wooden clog
raised several inches from the
ground by an ir-n framework I'M
derneath the wooden sole. The
housewife wore a pair of pat
tens" when she was ''swilling" the
yard or washing the kitchen floor,
or after she had washed 1t and
before she flung the sand upon it
lin the first instance SO as not
to wet her feet, in the second so
as not to leave the marks OF a
dirty shoe.
AS queer as Dicks hatband'
was common on her lips, though l
am bound to say that l never
heard the description of the
aforesaid hatband which a learned
writer gives. He says that the
popularity of it was that at went
round nine times and would not
tie at last"
The reference is to the nine
days protectorate of Richard
Cromwell son of the great Oliver,
uncrowned king of men. 1t is
the fashion to regard Richard as
a futile person and his nine days
reign" as ridiculous thing; but
two men of letters, Frenchman,
Scribe, and an Englishman, Bull
wer Lytton, have taken very diff
ferent views. l confess to a weak
ness for Lytton's generous ap-
praisal of Richard Cromwell, and
in a day when the doctrine Of
"spoils" is revived I am inclined
to wish that some other politi-
clans would act in such a way as
to give to the world an exam
pie as fine as that of Dick and
his hatband.
How Phrase Started.
Grandmother used to call a
thing that was confused "all skies
and sevens." When we were sent
out to buy pound of tallow can
dies we were told to ask for
short skies" or long SKIES" the
short ones being stout and the
long ones thin, and in any case
running six candles to the pound.
1t is possible that at an earlier
day some ran seven to the pound;
and so things that were mixed
were all skies and sevens."
The Washington herald., 1914-10-08
Business Spies in New York.

Near at home, we are told, phase of the war
which has not attracted general attention has proved
source of annoyance to American shippers and pro-
ducers and has caused them to take precautions which
under other conditions would not be considered neces
sary There is ample evidence, in the minds of num-
Der of business houses that every large nation engaged
in the great war has organized system of espionage
in New York City and other ports for the purpose
of keeping the beligerent governments informed as
to character and quality of materials bought for
abroad how they shipped, what is their destna-
ton and other details which may be interesting.
Under cover, there is being bought in the United
States thousands of tons of steel thousands of
of wire, cargoes of foodstuffs and other material
which may be absolute conditional contraband de-
stined for either by the armies at war or by the
peoples affected.
1t is stated that the character of the stevedore
the docks has undergone remarkable change during
the past two months, and that men who were for
erly engaged in collecting evidence relating to di-
yerce cases are endeavorng to obtain data re-
latng to shipments of everything from steel and iron
to potatoes dry goods, and notions.
Business houses have been visited by individuals,
more or less plausible, offering to sell, offering to
buy representing alleged and trade papers ask
ing queer questions and altogether revealing that the
nations of Europe consider the United States large
factor among neutrals.
Of course shippers are becoming extremely cau-
tious They do not care to expose their sales to
possible seizure outside of the three-mile limit at
the same time they extracting considerable
uent from the situation and entirely neutral in
their treatment of those suspected of being spies
New York Commercial
The Washington herald., 1914-10-08
The 500, 1000, 900 Gold Fund.

The gold fund committee, in charge of the $780,
100000 contributed by banks all over the United
States, under the auspices of the Federal Reserve
Board TO relieve the foreign exchange market, will
begin to sell exchange on London in New York today
The need for this unusual action may not be gen
orally understood 1t devised and carried through
as a patriotic movement to steady and clarity the
chaotic conditions prevalent in foreign exchange AS
the New York Evening Post explains:
Our Immediately maturing Indebtedness at Lon
don was larger than the accruing supply of COM
mercial drafts on London could meet. The bank OF
England had consented to accept, a cash payment
in London, gold shipped from here to Ottawa:
Canada and deposited there in trust. But some of
our banks unwilling to give up gold at all for
export under existing circumstances, others were
willing to do their part in such process, but OBJ
jected to bearing the whole burden, while other
banks refused to touch their gold reserve. As
a consequence, Europe got the impression that our
market had virtually suspended gold payments on
international account
This action by American bankers will not only
remove that false impression, but will satisfy credi-
tors abroad until the shipment of wheat cotton, and
other products to Europe shall more fully readJust
our relations This credit arrangement will elim-
nate the necessity of shipping gold that is liable to
be seized as contraband of war in transit Such an
understanding between nancers of the United States
and the Bank of England will not only assist our
trade with Europe but with South American coun-
tries as we'll 1t offers such substantial evidence
of good faith as the word divide monetary disturb
ance called for-Sprngfeld Republican
The Washington herald., 1914-10-08
Some Discredited Prophets.

In time of peace it is the habit of political
wiseacres, especially those who have a taste for
military affairs, to indulge in pessimistic auguries
concerning the internal dissensons which might be
expected to arise whenever some particular govern
ment engaged in war with an alien power. 1t has
often been predicted for instance by these selfap-
pointed oracles that if England ever went to war,
the moment of her entry into the field would be
marked by quick uprising within her borders of
one or more of the races which make up her COM
posite empire. The hope that Ireland would grasp
such opportunity to secure home rule was fore
stalled, in at least by the recent parlia-
mentary action to that end. At the earliest prospect
that England would become involved in the present
European conflict all Irish opposition to the govern.
ment's idea of home rule came abruptly to an end
and the loyal disputants focked to the support of
the existing powers.
1t has long been a favorte assumption of these
farseeing prognosticators that India would be
prompt to strike for home rule should an oppor-
tunity ever present itself The Indian troops now
the battle line in France furnish striking refu-
tation of this argument The knowledge that their
conquerors were in arms against such mighty
engine of destruction as the Kaiser's war machine
failed utterly to TO rebellion the Skhs, the
Ghurkas, and the Mahrattas of the native Indian
contingent.
This force of British East Indians is not large in
numbers, but it is second to no other army in the
world in military efficiency. According to the mf-
tary record, the native Indian army numbers but
100000 men, to which may be added 10000 reserves
and 10000 soldiers attached to the courts of the
tive princes. Under the present arrangement, an
Indian field division is made up of mixed units
aggregatng 37oS British troops and o6S natives 1t
is not made clear by the official records how many
of these transplanted fighters are now on European
SOIL but it has long been understood in well-nform-
ed military circles that large standing army is not
required to maintain British ascendency in India
native rivalry and caste distinctions are even more
potent than arms.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-08

to come here to prepare herself for her
trade conquests. One British order IS
for 100000 worth of machinery which
ordinarily Germany would have supplied.
These are elements Of prosperity due
directly or indirectly to the war. but
there are sections Of the country
which. in a business sense, are not
aware that there is a war. Out In ST.
Paul they are expecting the best times
they have ever known. They are not
asking anything from Washington. and
do not depend for their good times upon
anybody going to Jail. Even the Mime
sofa railways are prosperous. the Inter
state Commerce Commission 10 the con-
trary Notwithstanding. They are lavinS
OF no hands thereabOut. and are going
to raise bigger crops next year. Incl
dentalIy il may be remarked that the
Produce Exchanges are open and the
Cotton Exchanges are closed. 1t may be
a mere coincidence that the grain mar
kets are booming and that the cotton
trade does not know where it is at
for lack OF a professional market. the
substitute provided by philanthropic am
ateurs not meeting the case.
These are not dreams. They are thu
real thing. as IS proved by the New
York Custom House statement Just pub
lished. In the week before the war
H4Ooo,0oO worth Of goods were exported
from New York. After the war began
the exports from New York dropped to
something over SS,OOO,O0O. For the last
week Of September the exports from
this district wene S20.CS2, ,lS2. or more
than 100000 above the same week
last year. Those millions OF goods come
from everywhere, and go everywhere
1t is proof that there Is business for
those who want to do 1t. II only their
goods and their prices are rlght-New
York Times.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-08
The Gallo Temperament.

Hereafter, those speakers and writers who have
occasion to refer to the Gallo temperament will find
it necessary to adopt a new phraseology Something
has happened to the traditional brand something has
brought about radical change in the relative pro-
portion of blood phlegm, choler and melancholy
which, according the ancient recipe, produced what
is known as temperament.
Until the outbreak of the present war, the ad-
jectves most frequently associated with France and
her people, especially the citizens of Paris were those
which suggested an of emotional activity So
sweeping an accusation that of national hysteria
has been made not infrequently against the French
people and at times it has seemed not to be snap
judgment. To the average Briton the temperament
of his overthe-channel neighbor has been of piece
with his delectable product champagne-froth and
sparkle, sparkle and froth" That has been the Brit
ish verdict from time immemorial and the whole
The Washington herald., 1914-10-08
EnsIish-spealns world has accepted il without much

Enslish-speaking world has accepted ii without much
protest
However justihable this opinion may have been
in the past IT is evident that it so no longer The
admirab and reserve exhibited by the French
people since the beginning of this war which affects
them so vitally have both amazed and convinced the
outside world There has been not the faintest ind-
cation that anybody in France from President down
to the humblest reservist has fallen victim to the
national hysteria" which was believed to. be ineyi-
table IN crisis like the present Either the Gallo
Temperament has been maligned or it has been meta
morphosed into national mental control which is so
Spartanlke in its insistence that the nations wonder
and applaud
The Washington herald., 1914-10-08
PRoSPERITY'S PROGRESS.
Rush of Foreign Buying Starts Mills
on Full Time.

There could hardly be better reading
for those looking ahead than the order
yesterday for 10000 barrels OF -four. II
is for foreign use, and is the largest
ever placed, but 4 far from being the
only one OF the kind. Galveston has
Just shipped its first cargo of wheat to
Greece, being the beginning Of a cam
paign Of buying here by that govern
ment. The order is smaller, but is more
important than the other. That stands
by itself. and is ordinary except in re-
spect to its size. The Greek order Is
distinctly part OF our new prosperity,
wherein American goods are 10 be sold
for American dollars, and the shipment,
like the payment, is to be direct be-
tween the United States and abroad. -
For this purpose Greece has sent here
her Consul General, and has opened
credits with three banks OF this city 4.
which are to correspond directly with
the National Bank of Greece. Mr.. Vas
sardakis associates this movement by
his government with the establishment
Of our Federal Reserve systems facili-
ties for foreign trade, OF which Greece
wishes to avail itself for the purpose
Of making that country the intermed-
iary between the United States and the
Balkans and the Orient War supplies
are the smaller part OF this beginning
q
disc Is being taken by the cargo. for
the simple reason that the goods are
not obtainable elsewhere while the lead
ing commercial nations OF the world are
preoccupied with their duarrels.
According to the journal Of Com
merce, 1,5OO.O0O blankets could be sold
for December delivery, II they could be
made. There Is one order for 10000
blankets for soldiers and another for
5000 mules This foreign buying
here comes on top Of the cancellation OF
foreign purchases by American buyers.
American mills which had been on part
time for months have been ordered on
full time and overtime to supply the
deficiency in our imports Of these goods
Within the past day or two the Car
negie Company has taken an order for
1900 ton OF steel for Australia which
could not be bought abroad. and the
Bethlehem Company is distributing for
eign orders which exceed its large facil-
tiles for prompt delivery. England Is as
keen for capturing German trade as
German ships or soldiers, but she has
The Washington herald., 1914-10-08
sN1pER AND AVIATOR.

II citizen shoots at soldier he has
violated the laws OF war. may be ex-
ecuted without trial. have his property
destroyed and bring upon the city or
village where he lives wholesale burning
and destruction. But-a aviator in the
military service may drop bombs from
a safe height upon a city. kill men,
women and children and destroy private
property, even when II is miles from
any fertilization. and no military purpose
can be served by the act
II does not seem quite just, quite civ
ilized.-Buffalo Express.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-08

Representative Campbell of Kansas, talked to the
Columbia Heights Citizens Association on Tuesday
night about the District of Columbia, being thorough,
ly familiar with his subject because he was for years
a member of the House District Committee. He is
one of the best friends the District has in Con-
gresss 1t would be good plan for all the citizens
associations TO invite statesmen who are not so
friendly to their meetings, to talk but to be talked
to about the Capital and its needs.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-08

A Rustem Bey, before sailing for Naples yester-
day. told newspaper that he stood BY the original
interview granted in Washington and added Il am
still the Ambassador from Turkey to the United
States. am going to Constantinople for several
weeks on business, and will then return to Wash
ingtou" Probably he viii return to Washington, but
not as Turkish Ambassador. His criticism of con-
ditons in this country were altogether unealed for
and undplomatic and have rendered him persona non
grata.