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WEDNESDAY, DEO. 7. 1870.
ZEB. VANCE.
Oar dispatches from Haleigh show that
Zcbulon T$. Vance is elected to the United
States Senate as a Democrat. Zcb's coureo
lias been a tortuous one. First, ho was an
Old Line Whig ; then aUnlon man ; then
a rampant rebel, swearing "ho would fight
the Yankees until h 11 froeo oTer, ami
then light them on tho ice." Now wc
have him in the role of a Democratic Uni
ted States Senator, when he is admitted.
He entered political life as a Whig member
of the North Carolina Legislature, and in
1S7 beat Col. Avery, late of the Confede
rate army, for Congress. He went Into
the Confederate service in 1S61, as Colonel
of tho Mth North Carolina Volunteers.
In 1602, he was elected Governor, and dis
tinguished himself by his classic expres
sions in regard to his own soldiers, as well
as Yankees, ono of which was, " that the
Confederate soldiers would charge h 11
with n barlow knife for a haversack, if
thore was anything in it." He held up
his head throughout the war, making moro
noise than any man iu the South ; but
wince having " lit, bled and died in the last
ditch," has been docile as a Iamb until re
cently, when he has set his mind on the
.Sonatorship. Ho is a fit exponent of the
"Young Democraoy " of the South.
EDUCATE THE PEOPLE.
So say wc. So say all reasonable men,
who believe that a Republican Govern
menta government of the people and by
the people is made stronger and more
permanent by tho intelligence of the peo
ple. Wc rcjoico to see an interest mani
festing itself in tho cause of education.
The party in power iu this Stat lias man
ifested its opiKsition to popular education
by repealing the only school law that we
have ever had that was wortli a cent, and
not enacting any other in its stead. But a
number of tho progressive journals of that
party arc coming out on tho subject and
demanding action. Our neighbor, the
Whig and Register came square out on
the question yesterday morning, and talks
in the right spirit. We see light breaking.
Let tho subject of free schools be thor
oughly agitated, and our law-makers will
be forced to act. Let us know if they be
lieve a people can be better governed in a
state of ignorance than to be educated.
In this connection wo call attention to
the communication of "Amicus," in an
other column, on the subject of city free
jjchools. His idea is a good one. We
would liko very much to nee the experi
ment made. It would bo very easy to as
certain what Buch schools would cost u.
Some of our teachers might enlighten u
on the subject. Put the matter in a tangi
ble shape. Let the people know what
would be required to support such a sys
tem of schools, and wc belicvo they would
readily agree to it.
THE rami CEOP.
There has perhaps never been a more
bountiful fruit orop in this country than
that of the present year. In portions of
New York the yield of orchards has been
ho great that one-half of the crop hna been
paid for gathering the other half. Apples
are said to be so plenty in New England
that it is impossible to procuro barrels in
which to ship them. A farmer near
Springfield, Ohio, haa gathered four hun
dred bushels of cranberries oft of three
acres of greund, which yielded a net in
come of. $1,020. Hero, in East Tennessee,
we have an abundant yield of applos,
which, if properly managed, will bring
the fruit-growers a fair profit. We have
long believed that, with proper care, more
money could bo made in East Tennessee,
and mado easier, by growing fruit thau by
almost any other avocation. We could,
by cultivation, very much improve tho
quality of our fruit, and render tho crop
certain, A great many persons have been
turning their attention to canning and
preserving fruit, and we dare say that tho
quantity of canned fruits shipped here
from other States is not as largo by half as
it was five years ago. There is no necessi
ty for us bringing any more from abroad.
In fact, it is no credit to our industry and
enterprise if we allow it. We can raiso
just as good fruit, and can put it up for
preserving just as well as it can bo done in
New Jersey, or any of the Eastern States,
if wo will only do it.
And while on this subject, we would
drop a word to our farmers, and the city
population as well. There is much of the
vile stuff we buy for vinegar that is abso
lutely poisonous, and unfit to be tuken in
to tho human system. If our fanners
would only supply thornr-elves with bar
rel", and put up cider, from which we
could have pure apple vinegar, they would
-tt a fair price for applos which would oth
t itvjo rot, and at the same I'.ux confer a
' r .iL'fiton tin oonimuuity
KNOXVILLE WEEKLY
WIDENING PBINCE STREET.
Now thut the new Custom House and
Postofllco is an assured fact, so much go
that even political domogogues have ceased
to publicly throw doubts upon Its comple
tion, and as tho assurance of Mr. Mullet
that it is to bo built In tho most substan
tial manner, and in tho most modern stylo
is generally satisfactory, wo suggest that
the proposition to widen Prince street bo
soriouly considered and adopted. That tho
project to widen it at least from tho river
to Market Square is entirely practicable
admits of no doubt. There aro but half
dozen buildings that would require mov
ing, aud Ihoy can all bo removed with lit
tlo trouble or expense. Tho street is, with
the exception of its width, one of tho best
in the city, and when tho improvements
in the Holaton river aro mado so as to glvo
us navigation all the year, tho street will
become ono of tho most important in the
city. We regard tho improvements in tho
Holstou as certain to bo made at no distant
day, and as Prince street must bo the
avenuo through which tho freights from
the river will be transported, its improve
ments is a question of great interest.
The completion of tho Custom Houac,
and the location of tho two churches at
tho corner of Prince and Church streets,
will always make that locality a point of
attraction. That other buildings of the
same clasd and style will eventually be
constructed in the same neighborhood, is
entirely probable. It Is desirable, there
fore, not only by reason of tho improve
ment it would mako in the general appear
anco of that part of the city, hut also for
tho moro practical and substantial reasons
already named, that the street should bo
widened.
Tho time is opportune. Tho prospects
aro that tho Government will inoreaeo ma
terially the size of tiio lot upon which the
cuotom house is being built and place the
building homo twenty feet further back
from Princo street. If tho city will widen
the street the house would probably bo fetill
further retired, thereby adding much to
the appearance of tho building and to tho
improvement of tho street. If tho project
i to bo successful, it is therefore desirable
that it should bo speedily determined.
The street is now too narrow, as all will
admit. It would improve it, and tho value
of every foot of property fronting on or ad
jacent to it, if it wan widened. It can be
done at a trifling expense, and, if the pro
per efibrt aro made, can be done at once.
We arc glad the city authorities have act
ed in tho matter, and we hopo the effort
will bo encouraged by every citizen. We
ought to take a greater interest in these
mattem, for every step we take towards
improving tho beauty or practical advan
tagen of our city is an investment for tho
S future from which wc will all speedily
reap material advantage-..
WHO ABE INTERESTED IN FBEE SCHOOLS
The establishmentof free schools in Ten
ncasee would bo one of tho most powerful
inducements we could offer to immigrants
The better class of laboring men in the
United States fully appreciate the advan
tages of a liberal education, and they are
determined that, as farasin them lies, they
will give their children a good education
and thereby place them in a position where
they make a fair race in life with the chil
dreu of more wealthy parents. In Amer
ica a man is juat what ho makes himself.
Wealth and social position are very desir
able and powerful aids in the conflict, but
integrity, education and perseverance aro
of more worth. All tho latter are in the
reach of every youth in the land. The
abionce of free bchools bears moro onerous
ly upon the poor, for without education
they must always labor under great dlsad
vantages as compared with tho rich
There are n certain class of rich men who
appreciate this, and therefore- oppose gen
eral education. They feel thut when
schools are free and open to all, their sons
loie their present vantage ground. It is
thereforo more to tho interest of the labor
iug men thun to any other class that this
great question should be agitated, and it is
in their behalf we plead.
3
DEMOCRACY.
The Memphis Sun defines Democracy
thus :
"ThiiL. Democracy. .Simple, choap, honwt
government. .ijopaircoiiiroi oi local allairf.
I'rotoetionto'fdlf prbflcgi to none, above his
Just to. The simple Democraoy was ex
hibited in the Administration of Frank
Pierce.
James Buchanan and his Adrainislra
tion, in tho light of facts brought out by
tho Covodo Investigation, exemplifies tho
"cheap, honest government."
Local control of local affairs means
States' Rights. Protection to all who vote
the Democratic tlckot and swear that Loo
was a greater man than Thomas. Privi
leges to none who believe that there is any
honesty or virtue outside of the party
This is glorious Democracy! Who wouldn't
be a Domoerat?
Thu New York livening J'ort says of an
old English custom thut for four hundred
and seventeen years have the chief magis
trates m jjonuon neon accusiomeu logo iy
water to Westminister Hall to bo sworn in.
This year, however, the Lord Mayor was
(o proeood by tho splondid new Thames
embankment, which may almost lx iiid
to bo thu greatest improvement made to
i.onuon in an tuai longtime
CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY,
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF EDU
CATION.
Gen. Jno. Eaton is now Commissioner
of Education for the United States, and
ha recently mado a report, which is re
ceiving tho encomiums of the press all over
the country. Tho New York Herald pays
the report this high compliment :
Tho annual report of the Commissioner of
Education is an earnest of tho intelligent and
thorough mnnnor in which it may bo expected
that the work of tho Bureau of Education will
bo nono under tho supervision of ono of tho
most competont living writers on tho subject of
education.
Tho report trivw tho most complete view of
tho subject which lias ever been presontcd.
Gen. Eaton way Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction in this State, whilo wo had
a frco school system, and if ho had receiv
ed tho support and encouragement that
should have been given him, wo would
havo had free hchools equal to any in the
Union. Bat, actuated by a blind partisan
zeal, the Democrats firat elected an utterly
incompetent Superintendent, for tho pur
pose of bringing tho office into desreputo,
and then abolished tho office, and repealed
the school law.
A 3H0XIT SESSION.
The MemphisiSiin urges upon tho Legis
lature the importanco of a short session, it
being the third session since their election,
and there being no reason why the work
they have to do should not be put through
at once. After pointing out what ought
to be dono, the Sun closes with this unkind
cut :
Wha Governor Brown is Inaugurated, ho
will be prepared to recommend somo dennito
State policy, and his friends in tho Logislaturo
will carry it out. But both Sonter and his Gen
eral Assembly havo bean tried, and it mnv bo
only a waste of timo to require their longer ser
vice in regard of matters wherein thoy have so
signally failed. Wo repeat, then, that this Gen
eral AscemDiy ongni to do wnatevor may dc es
sential immediately, and go home.
The idea of ordering the S0I0113 homo is
proposterou. Why Hornbcrger will re
quire at least two weeka for tho evapora
tion of gas, accumulated during tho vaca
tion. How theso mighty intellects must
chafe under the nieddleeorao spirit of their
frionds, demanding that they shaV go
home.
t 4V
PROTECTION.
The Nashvlllo Banner fakes us to task
for our position on tho subject of protect
ing homo industry. It Bays tho growth of
manufacturing enterpri.-es in Tennessee is
only to be attributed to the "growth of
time," and that tho growth would have
been much more extensive, but for too
much protection elsewhere. Now wc aro
unablo to eco why protection elsewhere is
not protection also for Tennessee. The
Banner entertains the idea that but for a
protective tariff tho manufacturers of the
North would long sirfee have transferred
thoir machinery to our iron and coal fields,
where they could manufacture articles
cheaper, and lie able to compete with for
eign producers. Wc do not believo a word
of this. If that wore true, they w'ould do
so, tariff or no tariff. If with the tariff
thoy can mako money in Now England
and Pennsylvania, they could mako some
hero, according to the Banner's theory,
and. being men of common sense, would
como at once. Capitalists will go where
thoy can make most money, and if thoy
can do it iu Tennessee, they will como
hero in preference to staying clsowhere
Tho Banner furthor says :
"Considered nurelvaiamattarofsolf-interest.
tho iron and ooal rcgiom of tho South, it seems
to ui. havo nothing to loso and everything to
fain by thejabolition of high protective tariff
lis the opinion oftho best informed iron men in
this State, that tho result wonld increase ton-
torn us manufacturing entorpnso."
Now, if we could see the matter in that
light, wc would at once como out in favor
of frco trade. Wc would like to know who
some of " tho best informod Iron mon in
State" aro, who believe that tho abolition
of the tariff would increase manufacturing
enterprise in a ten-fold proportion. If we
believed this, wo confess that our mind
would be materially modified on the tariff
question. Wo desiro to sco tho manufac
turing ontorprlee of the State increase
"ten-fold," and would favor any policy
that would do it, hut tho mere assertion of
men fails to convince us that the abolition
of tariff duties would do it.
A yea it ago, Mi's. E. A. Pollard, wife of
Lost-Causo Pollard, was the lessee of the
St. Cloud Hotel, in Washington, which
slio kopt on the EuroiKJau plan. She, not
being altogether void of fascinating quail
ties, naturally had her admirer.-, ono of
whom was a certain steamboat captain
It having been promulgated in and about
Washington that she was guilty of iin
proper intimacies with this steamboat cap
tain, she became insane, and was sent t(
an insane asylum. She has recently been
released, and now charge that her insani
ty was the result of drugs administered by
tho owner of the hotel of which she was
the lessee, with the design of getting her
out of the way and securing control of the
property. She had employed eminent
counsel, and will bring suit against tho
owner of tho hotel for heavy dumages, al
leging false imprisonment and assault an
battory. It ia also naid that she has writ
ten to her husband in New York, consult
ing hi 111 ulxiut tho matter, and i-ooldng a
reconciliation.
Tun cruulost Joko on Pomeroy is that
Tuniniuiiy ha bought his Democrat for
$2),0 K for tiir purpose of Mint tine him
up
DECEMBER 7, 1870.
OEN. SHERMAN'S REMARKS BEFORE THE
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
The re-union of tho Army of the Cum
berland at Cloveland last week, was a
grand success. Tho closing oxercisca con
sisted of a banquet, at which toaata wore
proposed and spceohoa made. Tho twelfth
toast was : "From Chattanooga to Atlan
ta," which was responded to by General
Sherman. Wc glvo his remarks, which
will bo highly interesting to a largo por
tion of our readers who participated In tho
movemont referred to:
From Chattaaooca to Atlanta, ono hundred
days under Are. It was my good fortuno to
command you when yon woro already goodsol-
diors, ana 1 nati out mua to do. ino war was
then Doing carried on in Virginia and Georgia.
I having the latter command with Thomas and
SchoSold. How well I recall tho day when tho
order came to advance, on a bright May morn
ing, and nt goon bore down upon Joo Johnson.
Tho battle then lasted one hundred and nine
teen days, and night and day tho firing of guns
camo to our ears. Wo only awolco when the
guns wero silenced tho soldiors being aocua
tomod to their sound could sloop always when
thcro was no lull.
1 wish I had timo to follow theno armies. My
first purpoeo was to destroy that army at ono
blow, and whilo you were pouring down hero
and thoro. I waited for Mol'herson. Whon he
came, and tho music of his gunB came to me,
sweeter than any you havo hoard lo-nightt I
know Johnson was my victim. IIo escaped, with
only Ato minutes' timo to got into Kesaca.
Then Schofield and Hookor woro 6ont in two
different directions, and wo eaw Unrdeo, who
was retreating slowly. I havo it from John
son's own lipa that ho intonded to fight in tho
rear f Cnasvillo. They took suppsr, Ilardco.
II. ,1 a:, j Johnson together, whon thoy all said
tl nr. . l worocmiladod. uardeoanu noocisaiu
tlmy disliked to go into a battlo whon their men
wor" (satisfied ; they wero afraid, and tho next
J v,;h surprised to sco tno inn lops vacaicu
ai ' v.c :rmy gone.
r venrs aco 1 visited tno country fis a
simp . utcnant 01 Ariuiory, ana onroiurning
again Utli my armyl was astonished that John
son diil i.ot givo us battlo there. There was no
ooiicr ,11 ico 111 11m Hurui.
We ;n-hod on, bearing to tho loft until we
reacu' a .uu ruiiruau xuu mu nui. ui
when, the war became intorostlng. You could
thorn wntch Mcl'horson and hoar tho boominc
of Schofleld's cannon. Thoro was a big telescope
near my camp, aim mrougn u x saw a mur
mUhor crocp up Konesaw, saw him rise, wavo
Ins hand, anu 1 could fairly hear him, four
miles away 1 As ho waved his hand. 1 saw
skirmishor after skirmisher riso and follow him,
and orders woro criyon to Dush on to tho Ohat-
tahoochc. I honed to crush Johnson then. Ho
was too wilov. however. He cleaned : wo celc
brated our 1'ourth of July there, and then
rrnwded on.
Ono day a tpy was brought to me bringing
mo a paper coiunining a uiauii.-ani ui tiuiuieuii
and the acceeeion of Hond to tho command. I
dMired then to learn Hood's character. I called
Schofield into my tont nnd talked with him on
thoMibicct. i icarnou ni3 cnaracwr ana luon
know wo wouid naro somengnting. ino enemy
uncovered Hid unu anu jiuaiuzi tuv uun'in us.
Thu charactar oftho countrv nrevontod us from
moving rapidly, but wo gradually worked to
tno ricnt, wnero nooa anacacu us. iio iook
an echelon nlacod boforo him dosicnodly and
he lost si thousand men. Then wo turned to
tho right. I consulted with Thomas, who
was very cautious, out unany consented 10 raio
the siacrc of Atlanta. Wo loft Williams' corns
to guard our trains and wo went away losing
but ono man and moving toward Jonosoorough
where wo fonnd a parapet, as usual. It was
commanded bv Hardee. We honed to crush
nis army, but tno woods loneu us. At nisi ua
vis' command moved on nnd I saw him light tho
enemy in a soldierly mannor. Daring U10 whole
timo thore was not an hour's cessation of firing.
A goncral booming along tho lino for b.xtoen
milos was heard day and night, and that cam
paign, which may bo called a battle, 'was ovor.
The troons who backed me woro Americans-
all brave men, never making complaints, but
r .V . , . . v 1 : 1. . 1
nlwnva re.idv to do or die.
When wo think of tho stake of what was
thoro at risk, you must feel that wo owe a daDt
of gratitude to that army, nnd whonovcr I can
I always wish to pay my tribute Thoro wero
turco armies tnero, mat ot tne uum norland
in the center, composed of mon liko Thomas,
who woro always cautious and cure. When I
left them in a position I bad no fears, for I was
suro to find them thero on my roturn. Tho
Army of tho Cumberland ought to ask no high
er praise than that recorded by history that it
was true, sure ana laitmui.
That man was J. M. King of the Cth
Tennesseo Infantry, and a- citizen of this
county. He enlisted in tho Spring of 1S02,
and was as gallant a soldier as ever bora a
musket. Ho waa killed by a sharp-shoot
er, jiwt ad he was relieved from tho ad
vance skirmish lino to join hla regiment,
in tho movement on Joncsborough.
THE PEOOBESS OF THE WAR.
The position of tho German armies is
more favorable now than at any timo since
tho invasion began. The forces about
Paris aro strongly entrenched and in
strength sufficient to repol any sortie tho
French attempt, as tho events of tho past
few days demonstrate. Their whole forces
aro as well in hand as they have ever been
The advances mado by tho Frcnoh armies
organized in tho south of Franco can bo
cheeked whenever they como within strik
ing distance of tho armies co-operating in
the siege of Paris. Our dispatches this
morning hhow that tho Frencli army of
the Loire was disposed of very summarily
when its advance threatened tho success
ful prosecution of the siege. Wo believe
the French armies aro in better discipline
and better officered than thoy havo been
since the terrible 'opening battles of tho
war; but however well handled or effi
cient, there cau be no hopo for them to
-overcome the terrible odds tho signal vic
tories at Metz, Sedan and Stasburg gave
to the Germans. Temixmiry suceesscH
they may have, hut that their final defeat
and overthrow can Imj averted, unless by
intervention of other Powers, it is almost
madnoM to believe.
Wiiii.k Nevada and Massachusetts sjicnd
$10.17 and $10.45, rcwjieotively, per head of
the school j6pulaUon for educational fa
cilities TcmicHteu spends 0!5 and Kentucky
73 cents per head. Thto aro tho figures
givon by Profewor iUrnard, in tho Ameri
can Journal of Education, ami show our
State iu a very unfavorable light. Huch
figures do us more damage unions desira
ble lmmlj'i-HiiK than many aHrciattoiiH
for itrMii .ii'-n .in ii us '01 1
OTTB OHEAT WANT.
Every nine out of ten men who want to
como to Tennessee to live, will ask among
tho first questions as to tho inclucemcntu
tho State offers in respect to its education
al system. This is a point which ia of espe
cial Importanco to hoads of families. What
concerns them is, what additional expense
must they incur in leaving tho free school
system of most other States to como to
Tennessee. Suppose wc take a family con
taining fivo children, coming to this city
for a home, aa a basis for" a calculation-
Tho avcrago tuition for each child, is eaf
three dollars per month. To a father of
five children, this extra expense amounts
to tho burdon&omo tax of fifteen dollore
per month, or, at ten montha' schooling in
a year, to ono hundred and fifty dollars
per annum. This is what wo call a bur
densomo tax to any working man. It Is a
tax which ho will pay, of course, rather
than seo hia children grow up in igno
rance ; but it is a burden imposed upon
him by tho iniquitous legislation of thh
State, which ho ought not to bear. The
highest and first duty every State owes to
its people is education education a free
and thorough as money and zeal can fur
nish. It is tho best investment made by
any people, and tho State that ia so blind
to its own interests as not to provide for it.
will pay tho penalty in a thousand ways
Wo believe Tennessee Ls paying tills penal
ty to-day in hor failure to catch even r
small part of tho ceaseless tide of cmigra
tion that is ao fast enriching and populat
ing tho wiser States of the Northwest
Wc havo recently had the opportunity 0
realizing how great a disadvantage tho fcfc
senco of a free school system is to Tennes
sec, and wo wish wo could bo ahlo to make
others feel it.
It ia tho great want of our State, aud we
cannot longer afford to do without it. Sim
plojusticoto tho thousands of poor chil
dren who aro this day without the means
or opportunities for making of themselves
men and women in tho true sense, and aw
God intended them to lie, domands such
a system, whilo it is unmistakably to our
interest as to those wo hopo to attract to
our lands, that we should bo able to offc"
to them as ono of our chief attractions
schools, frco and good.
Let every man tako this question home
to his own door and see how much it
would profit him to have such a system of
education. We have organization and co
operation in every business undertaking
in life, and tho experience of the shrewd
est and most successful men of business is
favorable to such a system. If co-operation
and organization aro good iu business
why not in education ? By a good system
of schools, a thousand children can be edu
cated in thla city for tho money now spent
in educating a few hundred. This is a
question which is of great intcsest to every
citizen, and ia particularly worthy of at
tention now when so muoh interest ia
manifested in immigration.
Givo usgood schools, and together with
tho other unsurpassed inducements nature
enables us to offer, wo can attract hithor
tho best and most acceptable class of immi
grants. THE PRESIDENT'S ME6SAGE,
Tee President's Message, a synopsis of
which we print this morning, is clear and
pointed upon all tho questions of public
interest. It is practical, and takes hold
vigorously of tho Alabama claims, San
Domingo, Bevonuo Reform and Canada
Fishery question. On this point hia Mes
sage will be satisfactory to the border citi
zens. Wo havo not been able, at tho lato
hour it reaches ns, to do more than hastily
look over it, and will reserve further com
ments after a moro deliberate reading.
We can't comprehend how a man 'a
happiness can be complete without a good,
readable, reliable newspaper. With the
man who has a comfortable home, owes
nobody anything, lias plenty to livo iiikjij
has a loving wifo and pretty children,
nothing is needed to complete tho picture
of bliss, but tho newspaper. This is espe
cially so, in tho long winter evenings
when all aro gathered around the cheerful
blazing hearthstone, while tho wintei
winds aro howling without, and the pelt
ing rain nnd snow aro rendering cheerless
tho outsido world. Tho newspaper, with
its lato news, gossip, short stories and gen
eral information, occupiea niche ina man's
social enjoyment that nothing else can
supply. Then be suro and take a newspa
per. Wk live in a fast ago an ago of progress
an ago of railroads of steam of elec
tricity. Tho world moves, and he who
stands still must not be surprised if ho is
left far behind. Once stage-coaohes were
a favorite mode of travel. Days and weeks
of tedious travel were required for a jour
ney which Is now performed iu a magnifi
cent palace ina few hours. Our commerce
was transported over miserably bad roads,
hundreds of miles, In heavy wagons; now
It Is brought us by tho iron horse with dis
patch and safety.
This being a progressive age, and the
people having tasted of tho bonefits of pro
gress, the man who would hold on to the
things of 11 half-century ago is a wooden
man in society no benefit to himself or
his neighbor. Ho who opposes schools
because thcro wero nono whon ho was a
boy, who would seo no roads improved be
cuiibo he hud traveled through life iu the
old, beaten paths, who would ford the
stream rather than crows a bridge, or travel
a hundred mill's on horseback rather than
by tall, because his "daddy" had no sui ii
advantage), is entirely out of his Hplu re
with tho living, moving, progressive mci
.vi 'i com tl aTalrs in th" present H'-o
