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; ■ OTTRSHLVES A\p THE TIMES. '
Under^a: caption,' in , which .'lt*. take_s
• . broad liberties with Paul's Second Eplsf;
'■■ '-■■:'; tlvC. to 1 ;. tlie /Corinthians— garbles the in-";
•v^': Junction of ; the Apostle: as it. sometimes:
if / docs tlie language of . its contemporaries
- In order to make it fit; its . argument— the
; liifinmond Tlmesj cf^yesterday essays to
l-ply ,to the Dispatch's article of the
:■•:•-:■ i*yj before touching- ; the latter's relation
. ; loth* Democratic party. '
lit we had hot had previous experience
. jrithlits^methods. ; it woSld be amazing
b us how. so > pious ; a contemporary as
:■■';.' I }n% . Tlraes would appear to be. can over
;i V>j>>c . oV ; ignore a ' f a ct. when \it is to '_ its
; 6 dvsri tags," or serves its purpose .to do
. ; to . .The • Times : says It did not prbvoke
■' / '.•■'" J.lio discussion .now on between, itself and
:\ ' th»: Dispatch. -That. Is distinctly not so.
'■■' As ; everybody ■. knows, the Dispatch was
'■}' -'■] quietly go.ing about . its own business.
. ♦without a : thought of -the : Times, when. the
■ * '. latter, ? ' a without s ./a 1 "provocative 1 ; word from :
: J ' ias. sought ' to injure the 'Dispatch" by
' : rtlriving to put us in" a: false \ .light je
■; ■ v* -''epecting-'tbe '^publication of the Wise let
i, ten We submit it to our- professional
- brethren throuehout* the land" if that is
■'•: ■ not a bad :.'case "of "peanut journaiism."
''--'" The Times's object could not* have been
- other than to hurt the bispatoh—that,
- loo,' when the two ; papers were at peace
■ with 'each: other— that; too, "although the
Times always has, at band ar scriptural
;. ; : text— even though it. may' be misquoted,
' :os in' this Instance^-with'.whicii, to attempt
■;-"•■•■■ to Justify its various and" sundry . policies.
•-"' ■}\rofes6ions.; and performances.^
"*■." For -the \ rest, the Times' begs the" ques-
It seeks refu£e-. : hi; interrogatories
:' designed J.o con fuse ..the public. Here it. re*
*orts ; to insinuations;. /there it' travels far
Into 'the future, and wouid have, us coni
< rait- ourselves on /propositions ■ that are
" : ; : purely" hypothetical as ; yet, and whose
■practical materialization" would seem ,ut
,/ terly * discredited. These tacUcs are amus
■s ■■"'■ Jng to us. The Times. , in its "unsopuis
'■:-~\_ ticatftdness",'' would try. to' make the pub
i. ',:';■ Jico /believ©=. that we - are as lacking In.
r.!.;...'c6xnnione serise as it is . wanting in fair
necE. .' V ■.;"::■ -
,: - First, our contemporary wants to kaow
/. "if the/ present owners of tlie Dispatch
■%. 7;/ -'did i not. in 1£95 also refuse . to support
-: - Bryan" and free silver, if, indeed, one of
: 1 hem did: not, in 1 a signed letter, after
/ w-afds made public,. declare that he would
vote for, McKinlejv and advise lils Demo
i' -cratic ; friends; to do likewise.". - '-.'■;'■
That question Is ■ put with the Times's
usual" Its purpose Is
■-"■■■ cleaxly ; to . mislead, vas ■■ do ; obvious to
'■■ any uiscriminating person. The Dispatch
is a: stock company, and has a number
:.■' of stockholflc-rs (owners). "V\'e, who ■control'
the paper's- ed|torial columns are hot res
j»onslble for their opinions; nor are they
for ours.' /-■ , ; . "" / , : / ' .■ ;
.- Nest the Times asks: "If In the, year
3904 the KaUonal Democratic party should
:■ again i declare "in favorof free and unlim
• Jted coinage of silver .at' the; ratio of .16
to" 1. and nominate William J. Bryan
c s ..the candidate, _would the Dispatch do
' as^it did In IS3G and.in.lSOO;. and give that
I: ■:-.■ platform r and candidate"' its cordial and
&? ■■] \ tinb/ualififed r support?" "'Also, the Times
r ■;;'»«. ■.■ anxious ' -to be toforrned whether
'.bo Dispatch would v-i favor govorn-.
f - men ownership « and V- operation ■ of
the anthracite coal^mih'es'.Vshould the Xa
/ Mohai'; Democratic platform declare lor
i '. Itiat "policy, as did. the Kew York" State Dem-'
. . ♦craiic platfona. The; Times j knows as
well' as we do that- Mr. Bryan has xc
"•■.--.:•"• heatedly announced himself out of tho
Taco t for the / nomination, and that the
'■Democratic party, has* taken- him at his
;■■-■■ ■■■:> vcrd.'- It- is as fully aware as. we are
:" ; --; *.hat the free-silver/ issue is , dead , "and
', "that" that fact is>/&cccptediby the; oyeiv
|\v&lmtogl :■-' maj6rity>'of /, the : ' Democratic )
partyw/ It /knows -/aa ;W"cll- as^we d<^ that
the . coal>hxlne • ownership declara
tion ;Jn the .JTew.^.ibrk platform
was _: a piece ; of: demxgogic bun
combe, whJch ; was ' denouncodv by .' almost
every Deniocratici. paper \ta . the' country.
; 6^t lai i'inuchj chance :
of its. being incorporated' in the national,
(»la tf orm ■as . there q is that the party^ will^
favor a union of £ Church and ; State
l|p|£ndjthe; repudlaUon of thoDeclaratton^f
";/ :.-: : . Tn^iendehce.^: :Itj would y bo ;■■ equally^'. rea^ ;
"ionablo for us to," ask' the question
\vTbether,i in the", atoos t; impossible - contin
o(^'e^; j^w^nr«^p|th^|Smes f^reuTdi
£«BOunce Mr. Bryan; tho platform, and
/.. Mj£; majority of the: party,. a e it did<ij;
-ai v ,:. ti»: campaign >:ot f IB9s,^ or; remain sUent
.«♦ It did in the tucoteciinff campaign, and
|^ti»w«d»ivorJ/tOi;l^4|wiU»JU}Blhare 'aha;
the case ««: former- discussions;. with'.; us,
gpJfKuiat we aro|tex^^U^^satoe ;
stick as Itself. Thit?ts£tf£ra3^t^£
are amenable to other Influeac*s[thM :^e|
good of the DemocraUc party, and would
"change our allegiance at any lime, and
1 ;or ■' any treason 'tlUi.t imi^lcuggest* itself;
as prbbablyf pfbmotivo'sof Helf-interest. ;
Jtts : purpose-<i ■■ purpose Ul-con -.
Cealed under a vaunting of Its own inde
pendence and other virtues— is to shake,
ifVposslble,;tnfc confidence 'of the Virginia;
people In this paper's 'loyalty to; Deai oo ;
faey^whetiifir in ;the]ho^e' of supplanting
the Dispatch t thttri^^b^o^erOt^li^^f^
velous* acrobatic^ "political exploits; We
know no t But its % labor . will . ■ prove ;■ In
■ .vain; There"; is in; the) Di^tch's •
record that does not rebuke and condemn
and bring into ridicule all efforts to weak-
I en the paper's : : stajridlns ■'■ with r- the ; party,-:
33 Its faithful cfcamplbn , aad (sale'ad
viser. The '! future V holds sthej proipect of
no conditions under w hich we- will not
bear : the". same?: relations; to the^ party;
that we do to-day. As j we ; stated -in ■ bur;
article of Friday: ."The ; Dispatch :hopes.:
purposes, and expects .to continue /this
(its P 3 - 8 * .and present) ; policy. We '' ;caa -
.riot 'say •- what the future .will be, foriit
would be foolish for ' any man ' or : news
paper to ; give an unalterable - pledge! for
j a hereafter unknown- and r Impossible to
forecast." Our contemporary;, says that
this Is the first time. It has ever seen in
the editorial columns of the Dispatch any
doubt r expressed as to Its future political
course. If that "expression of doubt" af
fords our neighbor, any consolation it; is
welcome to - it. -;.The - : -' Times < has '■:. the
•'honor;* of being the first newspaper that
ever made the absurd ■ proposition jr that
the Dispatch should; commit itself ; re
garding ■ the unknowable. While" the; Times
'may be happy ox ; er- our ; ''expression of
doubt" the intelligent public wilK think
ali; the more of iis.-and the party, will
look to us more confidently for. guidance,
because of our: declination to yoke:our-r
selves unqualifiedly tb^thatwhich "is" be
yond the ken of any man.
NEW YORK'S DEAD.
The New .York papers cbngratulate the
people of that city on it 3 fayorable death'
report • for 1902. The death rate was 18.74
per 1,600,' which is considerably.; the lowest
ever reported there. : The total number of
deaths was 63,082, as compared with 70,803,
and a death rate of 20.02 per 1,000. in 1901. ; .
We suppose the question of providing
suitable burial ground for about 70,000
bodies yearly must ; be J a .; matter . of \ im-'
portance. Many of "the cemeteries to
which these thousands go ■ are' at - con
siderable distance" from the city," and can
only be reached by steam railroad .trains
or, stoamboats. The consequence ;is that
but few of the mourners accompany the
dead to their graves. • V7e cannot say this
change is altogether bad, but ,it: is not
the system most families would - have. .
They would see their dead buried and;
the grave's mounded, and they would hke
to v visit the graves at frequent ; inter
vals. - ' "" - '■ '.'_-. '-. ■ ;--.'T """-
In not a few, of ;the .great European
cities, where rural cemeteries are not so
much in vogue as they are about New
York, the dead are burled underground
In what are called; vaults, but which are
little more than shelves ono over another.
Thus the space of an ordinary sized grave
may be' made to contain; four or five
bodies. ' -■■ ■ .""- ■ ; : ;;- ;
Aiiother expedient adopted.^ and which
Is perforce accepted by many poor fariii
lies. is to limit the occupation of a grave,"
say, for ten years. At the expiration of
that time, : the body, is taken up and re
moved to a country cemetery and placed
in a .common grave— tlie repository, of
thousands of bodies. .. •
In this country cremation Is gaining
converts, though slowly; and some of the
great cemeteries have established crema
tories of their own. That is the case with :
Mount Auburn, near Boston. There the
body riot only is reduced to -ashes; but j
the ashes,, if desired, are taken care of i
for the distressed families, •■v-- ■*■' ',
As; we" have' said,; cremation is Increas
ing, but the present outlook is that it will '
never be adopted as tlie prevailing custom,
of the country!. „ . ; .""."•:
• Coming back to the New York health
report, we learn that it puts consump
tion'under th 6 head [of infectious diseases,
and it says there were 582 "deaths less in;
.1302. than"! in 1901 .Tlie decrease is asaibed
to .scientific . measures— "the ■ control of
the white plague.". • -.- .
.There was a . slight increase in the
'deaths frorii : typhoid, f fever,: for.:; this- year,;
but' a decrease of 100 deaths from ■ small-
I pox evened things. .More than 800,000 per
sons .were vaccinated by the .Board of
I Health physicians alone. In scarlet fever
[there . was : a slight increase in the num
ber of deaths, but in diphtheria there
I was a decrease. of 35 per cent. y
I-■ 1 A ■ more cheerful . side of the report is
that there were 4,907 more births and- 2,053
more marriages in 1903 than there were Jn ?
•the year previous.-:; ;: •> , ; ;: ■;;-• - - )*
; Judge Anthony M.Keiley, now-a resi
dent; of London, is : still a reader/ of the
■. Dispatch , arid a ; bookish man."" 7 He l will
•be eaEily identified in a brief = letter un
der tli e signature A". "M. X. , that we print
this morning. ; wherein he corrects an
r «Tor inione of the •coriimurii
cations of "Our Philosophical . Friend.'' r
LAW BREAKING LOCALITIES. ;
The police authorities are clamoring -for
a larger police force than we now have
and - no ■ doubt ; ari \ increase s is i needed^^but
can't - they., get sorao relief by havirig.Uhe
number, of bar-rooms In lawless neigh
borhoods reduced?
If : they will : take a bold stand in tills
matter they will p'e "supported by, an over
whelijlng ; public ■ ■.; sentiment ; : : ' UieVrcourt
will see" -to it that: fewer licenses ; are
granted, and : then there wiU be ; less \\ jorlme
committed and fewer crimiaals to be pur-
SUed< J . , , •„., -' :
' \Vo ', submit ; that this Is a . sensible ; and
feasible plan, \ which | we propose as ; sup-"
plementary. ;; to, ;,■; not ; &;, substitute '.^fpfv
some increase -ot -riumbefs; of ;the : - torcoi";':
, A .. monkey trust iis tho ' latest, and the
funniest,, of , course. . - " ; :
v '•Lucky I.?1 '.? Baldwin ?;&6ems £ iirif ortunately
to have-l ost something at least of < what
gave hmv his ' cognomeh':- He Is being ■■ treat
"ed^or cancer. - '
The New^ork.. Press says:
1 VLater returns ■^ndicatafihat^Platt
|^^^pnli^«|.Pr^d4nyaU"ob^siep^'assal
pS^ttorlalfsupplicantfbe^
; pjitrbn£^^ttif he |is "dragged irito"^tho
obscurity, of doddering senility." i <£■££%•^
; . He made • his mistake when ■he i thought
SUNDAY nonSE-nACIKG.
- ; „ . \
i"v Richmond ? isn't; going Ito permit Sunday^ !
horse "rccing to he fastened upon her by
ordlnance.- If ti-o present City Council
passes', any ' such' law.' it ? will I be - repealed
by the next <Council^Sf not sooner " killed
IBy^StatellawsSonttho subject. It^isfa 1 !
question that could be-very easi!y. : brought;
into our -municipal primaries and such.
a contest' once begr--' there might. cauSe
gpfwdQjpffl^^;r^-i _. - "- '-^m
-"ITje borse racing which Is eo;r.plalbed
loflxtPw^and which a Council .Committee
i^ppPpes|(ln|a^ crodely,^
•; nance) -to - legalize i occurs ; on . Sunday
on 3 the '; speedway"/ trapkrat^tho.
New Reservoir. ' That ■ track Is there,
rprejßumably, ; -"that "owners of *a?t . horses
imay have. 'all- tho -fun they choosa six
days" in" the week.'"Tet : it is, being used
on v Sunday, .when,'; - Indeed, most : ; people
vgasier;v gasier; ; ' andiwhen ~>_. mdst^fast % hbrsesj^are
brought out. Then^ the'' drivers of trot
terejigV{to";;racing^ated r the"j multitude
whoops and cheers "the winner-; and % guys
fthel ibser.^. It;;sbmetlriies;:bccurs ith'at'one
horsa Is: driven' by a white; man -and the
other by ■a -: negro ; then Q the - crowd ■■•. of
whites cheer the man of their color
arid . the negroes the . one i of "their color. 1 .. ■
,- It Is ■:■ ali ;!very ; animating arid exciting
and *: Parislan r like,' but ?It - is : "too ,. muchV
for Richmond^ just "yet . ; ; V ;~ ;. ■•■"-■■■'
We would- not have, the speedway; closed
oh ■ Sunday ; no, , riot* if a. ; reasonable r arid
conservative .set'of regulations can be en
forced there; but if that cannot be_ done
and ,1 'racing" stopped with a moderate
police"; force, , then we ■ predict.that it; will
boAclosed altogether .Sundays. Let the
i-.rlp-roaring racing take 'place , on ..some
I .other day; than ; Sunday, and let ; the track
I ; be used that day -. by people ; who are will-
Ing: to "drive- around It in; a" quiet and or
derly; manner. ; /i ;'.';^; '•*-''; .
We -are told by some that the flatter
scheme : is irriposslble; that the speed:per
mitted • will- gradually be increased and
that when two teams get side, by side
a. race is certain. We do: riot see why
theplanVahould be riecessarily hopeless,
but if lit; is, we doubt not that the pub
lic will demand the closing of the speed
wayrori Sundays. ; And that's all there is
■|in-.it;.BO "' far; as 'we can see. ;
A; TIOK|BITE IK LITIGATION.
Those 'who delve*- in "legal lore, not to
mention a large class of vulnerable thin
skinned' laymen: who feel a deep Inter- (
est in the subject, will ; regret to learn, ,
that the ;■ famous "tick : bite" case, which
.was peridihg^in a Federal Court at.Mem
phis, has been compromised. - ;■■■.* -.. . \
The facts Involved in" this ; litigation- are ",
so important ■ that the general public ~ will (
lament the absence -of fuir judicial light. :
on ; the subject. . The plaintiff , in the .case.;
was' the widow of Joel 6. j Webb', an uri-
fortunate" citizen who was bitten by a
'tiek'i in Arkansas and : died ■ from -the con- . :
'sequent [ injuries inflicted. "I;:. BlrsC. Webb •
BuedV r tWo accident insurance 'companies
for $5,000 each. The defendant corpora
tions, refused to pay the- policies on the ■
ground that one should " not '"consider him- .
self the victim of an accident when • bit
ten vby a- tick. -To emphasize their posi
tion they sought to prove— arid possibly
did prove--that ■ the' unhappy Joel had- '
.'really/- succumbed to ■■•blood; -.poisoning,'. -
which at best \ was , only. the. indirect .'
result of; the; nip given ; the decedent by
the' energetic -little Insect alluded; to.
That the insurance companies felt .the
inherent ; weakness -of ' their '■ case ■ Is evi
denced by the fact that they- compro
mised' '< the ' suit ; by ■ jointly '■ giving Mrs.-
Webb- 56.000.- As. .'before' intimated, . this
is to bo : regretted. The world— or at
least; that unhappy, portion of - it - who
ha\ ; e ' - been bitten by ticks— would ' like
to know what the judiciary .think of., these
interesting little parasites and the ad
vances'they; make tdwardsVhumanity. .It
•is true ; that there" is an old .maxim which
says; that • "Of trifles . the law takes .no
notice"; and- it is also .-true that, the dic
tionary, designates a tick.as a "parasitic
mite." 'But "one 'on whom . a ;tlck' has
fastened his fangs is. riot apt to regard
the inject as; a mite nor is he inclined to
deslgnato" the ' parasite :■ by '; endearing
diminutives. 'On: the contrary the victim
of these ' : woodland ■ buccaneers, as soon
. as ; the tick ; makes .' itself thoroughly" at
'■ home, is . apt to regard . Its proportions
as " about the - same . as -those-of . an ; ele
phant, arid; its ferocity as'- like unto* that
rof ''r a royal '-Bengal tiger. . Moreover,
tick's, like; misfortunes, never come sing
ly. .If the •-■ lamented - r >. -at .well-insured
Joel G. .Webb ■, was really bitten -by only
one .of the -"pesky critters." -he should,
have] considered himself fortunate.. ■■:'■■.
... The •^newspapers ;' Inform us thatv the
decedent", met his death-^br- more speci-
S^liy .bis' tick'--iri Arkansas.;; That fact
may- slightly ,. alter :the,-case.;\lt: the, -case.; \ lt may..- be
that, one Arkansas tick can do- what.i t
take's i\ soo ' Virginia ticks - to accomplish,
;but we' are "loath to;-' think ■''. it. -Indeed, .
we should- gravely hesitate to -belittle the-
Individual^ efforts; of . : '/'any'-;; tick we have
; ever met. .While ' the . Old Dominion insect
is ';• gregarious, it ; is ' riot the less" voracious
I arid "moves in all; circles of 'society. ; .
■ '; At any" fate, no fair-minded person can
j question, the fact. that Mrs.- Webb is en
r'titledto all the insurance money she.'got
arid more besides. ".'As ; for the late Joei;
we can- but drop tear .-'on
his sepulchre for -the awful/; "accident"
which befel him. ;■.." . .■ ' . .; .'■" ,
Amelie Rives's, name , has «. riot ofter'.ap
peared , of among: the contributors to
magazine.; articles,; 'but .in --the -current
, number of i Harper's Magazine - ; the J second
and'last': part of her,' story, : "The Mocking
of the' Gods," ■ is concluded.-:;" :.:'•;
"* It; is ;7 a story;; of ■..fascinating, . interest
wKere : a '■. sculptor . goes ..blind, and;. etays
;l>ilnd";: fifteen ;years.vi)urin;j all. that time"
tho ■ husband thinks of •: his wife and talks
: of ! : . her .; and describes : ; her ;: as she i was in
her "beautiful -girlhood. - >■■'-'■
JAri'.: oculist ; offersvvtb^give ; him . back : his
sight again./, She does:;not wish ; her husK
:bari"dVto;see;her : aarsheJs.^She' hesitates
''andUnterferes,; 'but at^astvherv better self
conquers. -The- ;; operation via ; performed
; arid^is all Uhat: was ;hoped '? for. i^The ; first
;. person upon f whom v his restored \ision ;
festsjls :';'h"is_vwtfe^; 'He^doesrnot'iirecogrilzd
t€r^JVb^t].heJsald was :ji:OH;y Aunt >Ruth^
where is Ruth?"
AISTRIA-ittUXGARY. ' . l
- ■ - .■ . '
v^lt oat;: over- the; cables -:- that;- toe;
prime ministrra of -Austria and Hungary
T%orc brought at tho last moment- to"; aii
agreement- regarding the Ausgleich, which
fixessthetfinanclal'; relations t'of^thei? dual!
' monarchy. 1 : bjr- a) _threat ;of"Epiperor : Franz"i
(^Q9Vti to abdicate. Th'b, we ore told, af
fords auotbe-r evicercc of the Immense
pcrsonar popularity of the Empefor,'
.--.V-
itrengthenstbe- contention : that his per-
J*.r.r«.s»-; ■•..■-••-. ,•-•=■•■■ -...-?< ■■-■■/?*. *j*»:i.f~ , „ - I \
a6O»l Influence Os, a most potenUal. agency;
ittSholdinff ,V together hid polyglot tfind!
poiyethnic^ domaln9.-jana suggests
■ . ' . ■■ '■.■■■■ ■.■-.. .■»■■ ■■■.■■...»■ ...... : ■....!■■ ■■ . .. .i. -:..■;■ .^. , r .... . , .:■■■,
tha .What ) will happen to -them 1 .
tlrely i separate account. ; will Bohtmte, ,
incorgFaSonpJfftttat division of^ttg
Empire? That, or. a breaking up some
what • similar has long been* predicted » by.
f^butjinl;this conn|cj|onj^
contetopdrary reminds us o( TalleyrtijLdV'
would- be -necessary to" invent her."
Under' the rtrssent and immediately pros
pective condlfions In tha rest of Europe,
'tHe^ri'ecessity^ for' the existence of Austria^
"as a factor ; in preserving . the ■ balance" rof-.
power;- can be readily,.- understood,-^ and? as-
Austria cannot , exist without Hun
gary— the bulwark ; ; against' " Russiap,: .en- ;
croachment upon- several^ parts , of aer
domain— it -would "appear more ; than pro-,
bable that after Franz Josef shall ,■ have
been .gathered •to his fathers the old
; order '„- will *be mainta.ined---f or i ; a.
at: least. : : .'; : '-^%iy "'^/. >~
; ; ,Tie/James river.; fuir again, and so soon
to the new-year, too! , . _ 1 ,
: The -price -of -meat •<'-, may-; have '<j fallen,
as; stated, but if it has -the; householder
has not 'yet been ; impressed with ; the
fact.
' '-, ■■*- ■■■-"•■. A " JfeTv ;: Year |Fnnctlon. -■..,.;;:
• -Have : you ' commenced the ' New; Year by ;
swearing off on : any of your , bad habits?
Yes; I've sworn off on swearing off.
;A ."Welcome Visitation.
...Gouger.'-; is coming around to see you
to-night"; Ho says ; he's going ■ to . ha^ul you
over the coals. ,■...;;
'Hooray; for" him! I'll run fright down and
open the coal chute" for: him.- ;. ■.;.-. ; . v ;.
-.Wliy He Wai, UnJiappy. . ; ; J
'. Mrs. Crabbe (as her ' husband ; seats him
self; at the : breakfast table^ and Tooks crit
icaily over the viands) :l Well,: sir!: What
Is - there to complain of tills ; morning? " .
■- Mr^;Crabbe:~ Nothing.VMadanx.;"; ■■.'■-,
-Mrs! Crabbe! I was wondering what
made you look even more discontented
than usual.-. : ;.\. ; , ; ;; - •
A Welcome Opportiinlty. ..
Brimmer: Say, Rounder! I was ~in your
cafe just riow'and; l overheard a couple
of toughs talking of breaking into your
house to-nightl •;■;:' . :
Good! I'll lurk around in am
bush' and se how ; they do it; t it's a' prob
lem that has baffled me too \ often ; to be
enjoyable. . . " ■'■ "*._,' .
, - ComfortlngTi
TOung Author: j I've been feeling ; so"
miserable of late that" I : had- to consult a
physician. He tells me .that .It Is impera
tive that I should^ give .my brain rest. ■;
Critic: Yes; of course you can go on
with your writing^ just the same? j
' ' In a Street-Car. ;
Surly Passenger (who has just been in
dulging "■• in . a ' tirade . against ' public -. cbri-
Veyances): Say. conductor! How is this,
car. heated, anyway?; . , '. ' \S{
Conductor:' Mostly by the comments of
the passengers. '■'■' '/>..!.
- • . ; .-- Vi " " Caustic." '■ ..'■ ■
Giddiman: It isthe part of wisdom
iii this. life to be prepared for, the worst..
>.Miss Pointer: Ah, yes! But no matter
how well we' may be prepared; for It, we
can't help "having it thrust- upon us once
in a while. ;■.",;- , ; " ; /, '■■ : ; i ".o
; . '•■■' \ .An ; Exception. -..-■■...■■,.:•■■:.,■■...■.:,
Caller : Has the doctor given j'ou any
encouragement?;
Sick Han: No, * but I ; reckon* he's given
me about everything else. "'■■« '■'' '
In h our relative estimate of tradesmen's
merits we ": are " bound to concede . the
crowning qualities of the hatter. :, - .
; Much of .man's reserve power is dor
mant until he gets in jail. Then, if ever,
he is roused to "let himself out."
In ;th©-line of elopements the marriage
tie is probably a slip noose. ■ ; _ . '
.-■ ;"•:•.-.,:■•"■.■.:. '.Rich aiul ■ Poor,' . :.-:"• .- -•-■-.
:.' (Written ■ for the Dispatch.) -?■
They .'called him poor. \ A squalid cot , : '"'■•. ;
And scant appointments were his lot;": .; ."
: . Plain fare- . , ■
,",',. • . And wear, . •■ ."
Whose texture' time. had favored riot v ,;
To-day I saw him in a ditch,
A pick. in hand; with: lusty. pitch -.' ■'■
- \/ \Of song, _ - ;. ; '"''.'
'■. ■ ■■ : -\ ■"■■.:■ ..And;, strong . '
Good-will ho worked ; I thought him' rich.
One they called rich. He'd castle grand
And luxuries, from ;eyery land: . . ;
;„ ..- ' Much' gold," . : : -
. '-.. '■, v: ":; : .And fold -
Whose . tilth? unnumbered acres spanned.
Just now he passed me by; bent head^ <:
I Wan; cheeks, seared brow,- and faltering
! ..-■:.•..■; tread; , . ' ; - ,
i '- . ■ -.■'-.-'• : His face: y - - •
: i "■••' * No trace ---" : ;■:•- . .- ■-
[ Of hope revealed. , "Poor man!" I- said.
- r : •' " ' WADE WHIPPLE. '"--
, 1
I Tilings as They Are.
(Observations of a Philosophical Friend
.-.' ■'•''■'•'•'l- . '.- '■ • '-—of Ours.) - -^ ■' • -f' -1
"Creeping men, most oft, . so near the
v --"bottoiri; run*-'- ■-. ■'■ -.i. '■-■::■■ .-■ ..-■■• v•:
By/their" own f ear and sloth-'V';;V;*;,:"
—Tempest.
"An ' unbuttoned vest bespeaks ari un»"
buttoned mind."— Don'; Quixote.- ; T -Xy;
}-- : oid , Doctor : McGuff ey? used to r-tell ; his
class .that : ; the ; most ii desirable ) thing » f of.
v the Irish ; . people ; was ;tb'at they should l. b&»;
come discontented. ;■ It was a , woeful '■ thing
that they should be willing to live ." in
miserable huts, and feed ;on Irish • pota- ;.
toes with -.; occasional; smell ■. of ; .,' meat. >>;-;;-
A contented spirit is a divine thing;; but
i'tp'beTsatlsfiediwitlr ;.fil&^andUo'wn^s;'aHdj
\ know-nothing: of better and \ higher 'things
is no life; it's happiness that of the dead
. The precept of the highest human phil
;6sop'her.tnat the world has ever know-Is:",
.Covet. earnestly the best glim. THt order
fof ; divine manhood *' Is : "■:. Be ye, '.' therefore, "
; perfect,- as , your in -Heaven I Is - per- <
5 f ect^-at ijthe \ same > time i, the i belovedf dis^i
s.ciplesaysrxf any say that he,hathinot
5 slnned.*the Is— not:to mince;ma,tters4a llEr^l
... ... .
|And l he knows It Although, the world has
TflFgrhot mariy.e7;ce!l&ni people In it, it has
mplsaiiits iust yet .
~ : TheiwarVout^ ; Of. a' ;lbw/and i hopeless' coh^
'diUori r isith'e;'dream(6f;idealii:^.Clcerprwy*:
Itga^fthTO^^^ad^K^l^f^lp*
. cc^niuCly-Jtoiplnjt b*for» him jOmi -rapt.
I Thought? ; I
S We have a SPLENDID |[
f im^upright v ;-piano * -, tiuLt^aLm
ft cost, when new, $400; will g
-;" :.' JP-. :■'■':■ ■":.--.lk'r'?l K^Jp:*^.' -,? ■ '? :HJ» .w
3 . • _ *:•-■;■
F: jg This piano was^taten iac|»^
I ;3 -i exchange as • ; part payment jj £ y :
' - ' ;Sg
JJ^' It is not a cheap, shoddy Jr
kJW ASairj- but a- first-^class in- 3v:
' T^g ; strument of a reputable • : « ; , ~ j
v,« Guaranteed for 5 years, j §s; j
".C Stool and Scarf free. - «f^
:~§ 431 E: Broad St. . «C. ■
high estd standards^ arid ; Shake
peareTmakes;drie "of . his heroes • .say: * 'I
shall be ; glad to hear of noble ; men. It is
not comfortable ; to] be, all ; the time, f eel-
Jrig our'ilriperfectioris; but; that- Is the -wa-y
to get. rid- of , them. The .way to get -rid
of v old I sores land Juicers'' ls "to cauterize
th em: It" is r ? ay high style of the; heroic
remedy to;^ study thei'.'excellen
cies of /those above-us^ -It' is a? vne'.wealc^
Vess'tb envy, them.'> It Is diabolic to' com
fort ourselves, by dragging them" down^ to
our level. It :is : a =. public offence %to pro^
claim the.; gobdriess;':an(i : sufficiency- of
.'.'things as T they_ are,"'and N air;efforti "at
improvements frauds. ; : And yet the devil—,
dlabolus-^the slariderer. " has -his .- minions
and ministers, riiale ."and feriiale, f whose
business Is to degrade, and. whose.comfort
is : to see -men slower than themselves.;. : .
-Ambition- is, ;nbt^the love" of
things," but : the : love of high ; place, above
or better than some one else. "The love of
really ■■ excellent ., tilings, of high ; idealsi i of
truth, -j of f manhood ; : and
their highest'manifestxitlori.'Js.'ridt" ambi
tion. ; ; It.is. akin to _ worship;; the homage
that /the" Four ; and ; Eldersl render-,
to' the . Almighty.'^ They. : do ?ri6t stand ; for
archbishops- or-- ecclesiastical ■ dignitaries
brJ kings. 1 ?; They] stand merely : for all man
kind/; in the; highest conditions -of-man
kind/. And ; thoir ; business is , not .! making
speeches arid walking In . processions, : but
on their faces: giving glory to the • Su
preme., ,/ ' "'..'. «' : • - *-'
It Is; not modesty; It Is not honorable"
lowliness.", to be contents with. mean ; and
common^ things; That is ; sloth* and 1 " sloy r
enliriess;.;that> is carelessness: t the curse
of the devil is: DiiSt shall, be* the Ser
pent's rneat,- and- on- thy. belly -'shaltthou
go. The; promise to honorable ; manhood
Is: Thy .pastures slftll "bo "in.: all' Talgh*
places. ;•;;..;'■' '■■■: \ -•■..,.-- .
SPIRIT OP STATE' PRESS:
WonW Hare Good ■ Roads At Any
7\ . '\ - • c . oti i' . '■ -'"" .'. •
' Shenandoah" Herald: We .-. favor good
roads ; to- bev built atj_th,ec.'pcesent rate, of
taxation. -If -we cannot build ,t -.them. at.
the ■ present rate, .let us have an *lncreaae
of; taxes.";. Under any circumstancesV-'-let
us: stop wasting .money on'^mud "roads
andhave good roads.- .;-.'.-' "> - ;
Mahassas;. Journal:, But .science-is mov
ing'on. The achievements of Koch,; Pas
teur, .and Lorenz are worth ;inflinitely.
more ,' to , : the ; whole ' human race ' tha iv 'all \
.the armed, monsters that •■ever, paraded
in, tho pomp and business of war. - -
I . Staunton :' News:, -The", Monroe doctrine
■ seems. to. us to remain Just as : ilonroe i left
It—no . broader, .and r no •narrower—arid -
j strange to" say, = notwithstanding tho. eighty '
i odd ' intervening ; years, no statesman : has
l ever beeri able;-, to define ; the •- principle
i more clearly, than,. Mr. Monroe,, himself
| defined ; it.-.. ' .,•' ■
Portsmbuth Star: The prime, object of
the public ..'schools; must be to teach" the- ;
pupil > how to : begin ;. to • be';. what ambition
inspires.. It;' ls not ' intended;? to' turno ut
an orator or a mechanic, but 1 to .give 'a
start.'ifor anything aria. : every thing ,'i In
reading, ''.'-. writing, . arid ; : ari thine tic. v When"
otherV things "are 'attempted;/, except^.; in
par ticular ; instances, " those : - essentials, are
neglected. ? They- should -come ; first,; and
with absolute certainty. Embroidery fol
iows the weaving of - the cloth: . ■
;Chariottesville '-■■ Progress: These allied
powers .have :..' been forced . by. ; the 'calm ;■
councils >of Mr. ; ; Roosevelt and his Seer
retary .-; of? Stated as well as the ■sentiment
of the : civilized world, to calJ -a haltiiri
their . arbitrary course and submit I their
grievaricesito arbitration: This could have
be'eh'-y accomplished t : without ;^ the ; sending,
on the part of ; either of them; 'of a single.
warship into; the Y ene^ v ?' a ? wate rs. - I
■■ V^'- :%','-'- '*■.'' >;!-\. ,'"'/- "' /-^'- -.■-• '-: - -
;;■-■■'■ '- ;; .- v »' Adrcamin'. -; ' t
-.- . (Written for the Dispatch.)
Last night I sat adreanriln'.fdreaminV ;.'
Adreainiri' you were^nlgh— : ;. ; •;
Of . r young. years, > old years, . " . -; .'
Now j loins "passed by..;; . .;;= ;
We eat where I; am sitting now,
;TheV year twas '■■ ' " - ' ' '
And so ;Were you ';• arid I,
For ; we sat adreamin', dreaiiilnV
Adreamin' by.. the firs. ',\
Last night I .sat ; adreamin'.': dreamln*, f<
Adreamin*?,,- Yes.'but see, :;i. .' •
All ; the v years /are "old' years," "^^ : . -.i ' ,'_ : ;-.-; :
And Jyou- are. gone; from .riio. , "
1 heard ;Hhe>bells^arlngln*-^ ' '_ .
Tried to think ijie; year was young, :.:/.:- ;.
;As ; yourig,";dear,Vas^you^d -I, (;;;:""-";;■-.;
vWheri" we sat adrearain', . dreamia'-; .
A'dreaininV by^thelfireV'; ■".' ; ' v; ;,; ; .";•; ■
ELIZABETH MARSHALI*. j
■': 'v '■ :'-■■-■ '.•-'' "' : ~---' *,-" '"■*/" — — — — :'.; ': .;■ :.:-."'
; . .'■.;;'. •\;.; ;; -S6tTHEB>;-:-S^XTIMEisT.: i ; •>';•-■-,.'^-'V.
Comment, of : tbe V Press . On?^Various
Subjects.
f The lemon'curff for ; typhoid; fever Is c«r
tainly a ; leinon'iaid^Knosvillel Se'ntlneL r . •;"
Jtheirj moneys providing /the i higher; educa-|*
: tlori" f 6iy the ; cornfield ; negroes | are; thVow» \
;lngrjit ; at]the. birds^Meniphis •Comraerclal-'
Appeal- . '
>'*THe '(e^'eHence-pf.'ttjßTprese'rit '.'seasoiT.h'as";
-brought'homejtofinanclersjnibreithan^^yer,;
before ; : the rpresslnslpecessity j £ brTcurrehr •
[cyVfef 6rm£^and \ there} Is? now/af stronsi in%
tdic^U6nyithat'|m^eye^m<en|dre}.ln?cloSerj
\ "accord |asi tb| tUetcharacteVlof^ithe } ref orms:
1 needed.— -New Orleans Picayune.
ttvgggj- _: — \ • 'iW&m
Th||Mpnroe|lDoctrln« .;■■ makes ■■: for|]th&]
, peacejof g the continent, ;-; Editors i affected \
j.with;{a | 'nightmare se<j m It - "Gorgohs 1
iHydras ar.d Chimeras dire," only^ba-^
jcause^bf -X thelr,i; lack ; of f arriillarity/Cwith !
|£ts|orlsin ? and fitolh Istory\|Ut|has|j^^fd I
J riiariyj conflicts; ;.' It ; baa ■; caused : ; oo't*l"o^^S
*. do ori^ijiai ■; .ir^iriiisjr.i roais ;-^ is ibtcorolii^
so numerous, that he may control ths con-.
An ounce at prev«nt!on t» worth- a
iP^unfl-; at, cure ;jj|n.d j^gtt|lpj|treigs|g|jitail
at one« i I 'Uke'.'titeßß. to enf occi : tiir de*Jln»,
r^mMMtel?of^Waai-Ssttee>^thei.betterjitJ
'iS^wSStlrtfeitsla. preparing a scheme..
I -■ which Tall fof i Its ;l©,OOaj employees] may ; ;
|[pecb£eliiobkholdirsTandithus',plutoprats-i
IfrcaplttimridllaDbrttou> ? getitogether^on:
!theTcoWunity^^lriterestipla^^ha^p^
ib"ecb£sgbf Si the^;country A an^^|dema^ ;
"ipgues^Ralsigh Post^
§SScipat!on in the ' jroflti of produc
favtrenterp^sei,by:thbselwhbsejabor.con
/tSte^the:makin Slofithj>'prpSts^S lofithj>'prpSts^
%rinciple ; bfrspcialism:;as:nowito:bejnau-,
ftTneidsrbnlylto-be extended 5 t0,- reach the,
f s ociaUist'sildeal: ; V^islreflMtlpn^eads^to;
] theK of t-repeated ? observatlon^ithat the .
forces ;6f"the^reserit^day-;making£mosti
for socialism ::are : the frusta land
aombinatibns: are^ leading^thei way."?.
ibUndlyvarid?uriiritenti6nally, but.they^are
Ue¥dhig^tb>^rd3^the v goal ot ?soclal^--r.;
; Columbia State. "7
"The Monroe Doctrine, jas It far, Is all
"right. : There • Is elbow-room • enough { : In
it for" Uncle Sam to marioeuvre' as) occa-:
"sion - may ! require. Us ; a \valid < and; rec- ■
.bsri.ized ''trespass notice",-. against ; the
jcls-AtlariUciforays^of; European smonaj>;:
■chles.;.or pther powers." arid -the .election:
; to'say when and 'where it fapplies •Is - with :
lis. for the pre'seri t. r "-■ Itwill.be tiriie . enough :
"toj- revise : it .when "allv creation" ; shall;
haye 1 made '-■ it necessary to do ' so^ by ,1 hav-'
Ing; whipped iis but of our ; lnterpretation
~'6t ; lU : brAmade v it ■ plain ithat -jthey \ will -do
:so'lf we" do" not accept their. contention's
\ to what' it means— Atlanta : Constltutloii.;
tEachXand ' every ■■•"■■"community, thas .Its
would-be Four Hundred. Must we sbe
'cbrfdemried if,; in V general.; way, we hold
uptthe y aegis; bf/the-Republlcan^ldea-Of
: the^.home-^of the fireside—the aegis of any,
■old- > ldiea. so; It ; be ; Arnerlcan-^to '^remind
lthemlof;bur;comiriori)birthright pupitWe- ;
deed ito the simple, horn espuri 1 ; origin ;of
-the'; whole ship's crew of us^-better =-'tban
thefcrowns of Kings arid - the ; diadems jof
Dukes and ; Princes, when spotless
.thrice .honorable . and Kblessed:V r though
; scourged and Sanctified : by ;. poverty ; and
drags'; -: by. cbmpariaoh wi th ,the crowns ■ arid
'{diadems ; worn a3 ; those modern :; titled
"witlings wear them— shall we, riiust ,we
be'made -the subject' v bf '.raillery. In shdf £
because we seek. '-'with', humility,, to recall
"Sscidty " fo" a sense ; of Its obligations "■ to
-morality and God,'- to remind men of their
manhood,*! particularly// to ' ;frighten and
'drive ? back wqineri from the awful preci
; pice-pf ",tbe \ knowledge of evil, to i which^
■ flrst/ic the vanity, and . curiosity of sex
invites theim.; arid. last, over which ; the
viclbusness of wealth arid ; luxury would
fling them? Must we? Shall we?— Loui
sville ;Courier-Jbufrial. "
' ~-'tiT\ie. Devil Did Griri^'!
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
.; In ; your issue of December Bth, which,
I" received this morning. I and a commu
nication from ;"A PhilosophJcal Friend"
which' 'ascribes to a printer's"
mistake,; probably for "Shelley— these
"lines: ..\ ' -, ... -. J* '; . ■ " ' - .
.'.'The Devil did grin for his darling sin
is pride that ; apes humility." . : .
These; lines occur in the sixth stanza
of -Coleridge's "The Devil's Thoughts.'*
of 1 which .Coleridge said that ; the first
three "were dictated by "his friend,
"gouthey, *•■',.; ..-■.; ".-:•" r " ; :.' *-.f
luls remarkable that . though Coleridge
does ' - 7 not \ credit Sou they with '■ the | sixth
stanza, but by .implication claims It^ as
nls'dwh," it 1 Is'alrhdst literally copied froria
a-poem of Southey'a^ called "Tha DevilJ
Walk," which reads: V .' , . ;;
-''And he owned with a grin."
•" "That 'his 'favorite- sin
Is pride that apes humility."
But I never biard It attributed to Shel
ley. 4 , A slip of'the pen, probably. : >
.;;■;.;■; .-■";;■.;:;; ■ '■; ;: ■ ■; ; ; ;- : :, . : 'A.; M.^K. -
London, December/ 17, : ; 1002. '
A TRAVBIiNG
I An-". Adopted Rlchiuonder Moralizes
I"--;;. On tJicScrv Year. •■;... ..[M-b'i
To the Editor of the Dispatch: ; '
I - The qld r ycar Is dead— all hall the "new! : .;
m: Nineteen huridred;and two "died game."
I If one 1 can; judge ;by th» noise arid com
motion he must have died "with his boots
■on. w: ;; Vi : 'f ""' ; \, . -". : T);.'Z
I airi told that at his bedsider-or. rather;
at i his death, for. he could not be kept in
bed— were -; assembled: ;his children, the
twelve calendar months, and his grand
children, the - fifty'- two ? weeks, that were
born . during ; his earthly ijcbursel;.-.. - 3 I ;
An' ; eye-witness of the scene reports.the
dylriglyear as wonderfully calm and philo
sophical to" the very last; /:. ; ';.
TbHhe assembled; family and' friends ihTe"
spoke; words of: inspiration arid benedic-'
tiO7i; ; ;'; ;."■';-: : -.'' ; : . : , ' ' ~, " '-"
.He recounted tlie events of his remark
able {career arid seemed , tb .be .as reaay, ! v to^
off er . i thanks : for ; his trials and ; ; reverses
:as for his successes and : pleasures.- ::C^I.J
f HeTsald : / ; "Reiriember, my" children, that
very -often trial 3 and reverses .prepare": the
way ;for. the most satisfactory results." j. r
: ; JOur • ; failures may.; be stepping-stones
to higher.;^attainments." •'
v iThus did '^the closing year . discourse,
sound v/lsdoni: and philosophy. /
."'J When » the : end approached jho reached
the -(climax;, of "sound * doctrine", by ex-
: claiming: ■;; ■ : ; ' _'....; : ;,. -.; ; '~;*.-i..
"jf yield uncomplainingly to the inevita
ble>?Joy: be . ii'nto you a 11, and may/ nine- :
teeii >i hundre d • and ; ; thr e e ; be ; even ; ; more
blessed : ;ln his life than > I have been. : And
at; the end may hs be as ready to try. the
Great' Unknown as I am now."- ■-' :•-■■.:
■:S6; : closes ;the /old year. The new one"
has -an^auspicious opening, and we cry.
All hail! ; : :!-. -■ ", ;- *. •, .; .'- '•-•.-'/
'It;lsVthe : ;flr3t; New; Tear's Day I ever
passed ; in Washington. : and ) I pronounced
tboth place and '"day ideal. . ■"'",'.
:}}■ The v. weather has • been superb ; ' - the
streets fas: dry; arid clean as , In summer, 1 .
arid Ithe; order.: perfect.. The' people .have'
:.thV6nged._th'e'ayenue,rdressed.ui".their''yery':
best.; I .am glad to say "I have not-seen'
, a drunken • man : [to- day.' '■ Congress - (as ' you
know)] is ; not ; here,; arid some i one • has just
exclalmsd, - "Thank Uhe- Lord ifor, that-"^ : :
; However the Presiderit Is I here,' and ; has
' the ;i usual reception/ The : :herb ;worshlp
;ptog;America;is t crowdlng.lnto'th"e White
House to" ./'hail theChisf,'*; ".;'; " *
:.|: .| I.ihaveri't, ,lnimy} make-up, .a /single,
flber^of; the .hero worshipping,^ arid so I
;am^not?KbingV::;-.-v;-^';;-;i-';.---.::; am^not?KbingV::;-.-v;-^';;-;i-';.---.: : ; ;.;";;,;''. j"-vj;',
hI j dire ;say, that. In^tha: rush; Teddy ■will |
not ;"ri6tlce:-iny;; absence. ; -'■ .":^;{- '*<?. :-'^<: ■
igTheJWashlngton/Post, In itsjeditoHal^j
congratulateg 1 the Jcouritry on- the outlook i
the' year fpperis. jlt -can ; see ribthingjbut I
:brilUan^: promisa "; vi ;all jlines.-VJ h;
: ,- I ' aria ; riot; a pessimist— l farri ■ sangruinevlb \f\
nature;^ arid ; incline \l to I Pptlmfsm; > but. in
• myv heart, ? I 'J t eel
.- ";? xWcVare ■ prosperous; Tevery;: sign "seems
to < be': favorable, sive ;• one. 'i The "^ people
: "afe7 suffering jforlrcoalv arid -havVUb Jpay.
: high! for food. " j "* - • , "
Jtiis^a most lamentabie^"c6ndition-; of ;
; ;th!css^ r andfoughyito"fmako'"the'fe6"nsW^
nrate^'paus&lfor^thoaght.'* '^- -/ -•■"-„ '
l motlbelcpVrited Ton io Zalways/;shbir .Viox-i
\ ibearanceiandllonsf-suffefing. :
I Prosperity Jworttr explbitixiplp
I [on«^thatsembrac^^the^masseg, $ aslw^lli
] ; classes?|l|i^'no^
1 iCiah jarid ; I 'do 1 1 not^findj in relth'er' partylthft 1 '
i ipr^iPle^lt^fily^eept^b^ilfamlaal
I f Amejrican^prpud [of j my/cburi try^antf f«£t il
J ii J 9«?^° Eec the rrs lted .States In-realityl
! «SW«'l as in name. ,; the "most ;prdspeiouai
till tnc pzapts can ha v*. coal arid: tooitzt]
-. irVpjsou:tsk. me how?. l anrvrer. At your,
|Pj^^atMk|:pt|st*t^eo^<»?«&o^
I \tqfajin n«>bl©;tb-iolT«^th«;pirob^^
; ;; ;:GHILD^WEAKNiESS. ; «
Succeed in.aoing it a. fractica l-:-..
of In* i :i 'A
doses of Scott'j I I
Emulsion. ?. ' J
• The cure of child weakness ' "'" '
is not the matter of a day but f «
of steady common-sense treat- :
ment " . :.. .
Children like Scott's Emu) fill
sion and thrive on it *
Perfectly harmless yet pc^vei SJ|
ftil for good." ||l
■■-.■■■■-•■:■•*■■. Send' for Tree Saiapli . ' r:v
RO3TT a BOWNE. Ciemist* «oq Psarl St k .V. y ' - .
UDIES!TSQd.REWABD^; I
of obstinate suppression, any cau3e In p.;!i. >•-,-
oIokt; our montbly regulator fails t« re:ierj . ..
safer harmless ; mail bow long suppressed - \
Dr7JackMn^ ? Cto.i:l63l>eartora^t., CMca^ Mm
-■■• •"" ••■• •;•".' " ~ ""■-"■'•"■ '■- |p^
In the affairs of ; the universe— stay at :
home— and: see to the warming and i^d- s. 4>|:
Ins of pur, own people.*', .'■'■'. .- £$&
I .despise". that man ~i: who neslact3 hl» •
, own; family (to 'send; his substances to ths
heathen' in foreign ; lands. ■ '-';■■ < ..
So I have " little .respect;. for. a r.at!ea - .
that Is "ambitious to be V^-; world power."
while her own people are suffering f:»
fueljand food. r. ~ > 'Vf.-W ':-•%■.- &';*'|
' May -nineteen hundred and three teart l
us that principle of true wisdom. "Charity fe J
.Ibegiris at home." ' ■ :;i . 1. ; ;. , *m§
\ ■ ,-.■:'■... -TRIDXAN H.KIHPTOX -r
Washington^ D.C.. January 3, 1303.
■:■■ ; r - '-: -Old-Time Bellsrlon.
■• . '(Written for: tha Dispatch.) . \
Give ■me the pld-tiino • religiori— ;
The .brie.. that Tour.; fathers knew— * '■;
Free" from- the"lsurpliced choir,. "• WM
;Arid; style ;in^thej ministry, too; " ,■'
Free from all pomp' andi all fashion; iS
-.With ;air the >';ahmen*s", "left put: ;i^
In^a church; with^an '•■"amen-'c wrier." mm
"^Where a penitent sinner, can shoutt •; .
..'.•;.. v ■ .-; .-- .;...;■; .-: ■ ■ . ; ■ . ' -. _
Give me the old- time preacher,
; On his cob with hls.paddlebass. '-'-'I
Who valued not . more a broadcloti ecul :;> /,
: ; Than one in a habit of r*S*i M I
Who humbly along. his huiribla way ; 1
Was ever content to 1 plod, ;
.With .-no other wish than to preach th» *1
.truth. ','■ v . t . C :-\: -\
And no other master,. but God. •■— ,
HOWEI/1. COLSTON FEATHEE3TON. ' v
. ■ ::. .- - - : - ■»■■"'. ■ ■ - ' :
. Xongylty In' Jforth Carolina.
The New": Tork Times* gives Senatof £'-j
Pritchard , credit for -the. following s:ory: ■ ;
The ; Senator^ "'.while' telling how wealthy.-:, |||
his ssctiori of North : Carolina Is, reraariC' Wk
ed, "ik-'mciSntalrieer. aged 92,* and his wife. j
aged ,90. were returning from ?tha funeral
(of their oldest" child. -who had died at j§J
the age of 71. ■'■ They r'we're" both daspt ijZ
grlc -cd. As they were- discussing ■ t'neir ; a
lot the wife said. .'1 always told you. John, :\
.that we would -never 'raise that: child.'" ;
■' '"";". — "V. " • . .' ' . . .■..'" i -; ] '"'".'''•'* ■ :Wi
To J. P. Blalrl o« Scottartlle. \
(Written for the Dispatch.) :.-■;■• t%
/• '• - : ■-■■ : '■:. . '-■"-■■ ■ ---- ■ '". : "". ' ." . -'.tm
•Twas '"With delight, I read -last; night ||
Your "Christmas foVde' war;'* \
I recall so well.- what j you there tell. ||
. The- sceriesr -I of ten saw. :;■ ■"•■ .; : ||
Those days of yore, they stand ■:. before '|>i
Me clear In mern'r/s eye:..' , : ; ' '»
Those /"good old times" told, -in you? g
; rh>-mes, ' : ;....:.;" ~. ' M
Brought' forth a' sad, ; sad slgh^ |g|
For scenes lons past, coms> thick and'.'^j
'" fast, - : ' . '■; ■'-■■ ' ' " p
Around [my lonely heart:, v "; ||
As I thought of him. my eyes grew dim, p
Who gladly played his part. ?:"' ; ||
With kindly word, ;sb; often ||
Ha tried. to;s6othe'all ; woes;,';" ; p
With, princely grace, and beamins fact |?
. He captured ; friend and ; ;foes.. -
Those Christmas times and . marry" chimes. ; V
; Ahj '/gllin'rlns ; gone," are they ; ,
! No more 'they call at ; J4 6ld Massa's hail" s,i
: Those darkies of 'former day./ ||
! Butlet us hope; with; the- famoufe Pope, ||
:;; ; ''.'*W^t;is. i ls' i f6r."the'-best;'*J^i ■ ■ %
' We'll do all we can— for benight*! man. "' ||
I And leave to God the rest. ; } M
, Richmond, "Va. " , 1 ; |
.>" ■ — J • ""-■ |
MODBRX COJULEGE COtTmSE.
It Has Failed To Keep Abreat ot .£
> : ■ \ ; Edacatioaal Progxessi if,
(President Butler In Re\'lew of E avlews) }[
The growth of the public high schools. g|
and ' the upward extension 'of thti !r wor'^ ; :
into the field formerly .occupied by tfia |
. early, years ./ of . th n f; college, -. seemi to ffl-J ;
to be an : unmixed public blessing! | Thss* |
schools have '_. brought' educational oppor- y
tunitiesjof an -kind'; to - tens of |
thousands, of -students who'couldi navtf c
have left home, or; have ..entered flip on cai- |
lege residence In order to obtaic thea- |
I' accepts this- change, "therefore, ; is not %
orilylne^table.but benenclal.i ire :osp.l:* %
the ability /of. :the 6est ; secondary scbooU |
todo notonly.as well as.i&ut cv 2r. 6st- i
ter, than the colleges have -beert in tt* I
habit; of doing, the "work of "manj of ths --I
studies of : the freshman . arid r soji homor» |
years. v; I bclle've it to be tridf spiital !? thlt |
many ; secondary schools ; provide" .bs f .«^ I
equipment. and better. lnstriictlohi \s."i?- I
Hsh ;.hlstory, physicsi and^ch«mJstry \t r " |
fio{any ; but very :few;colleges.vV;Collr. ;%
teaching lias at this, point. failed: to 1> , '■%
pace ; with 5 the tremendous adyarice; a |
the l>ist ; generation; -whilo ■ the j secorja - 1
schools have*; availed taemselves Q& 9 . i
ne'w.s : tendencies - and 'opportunities .'her ;|
'utmost.',. '~/---: : j: ''_■'.: .-;-. ■.:. ;.\: "■■•;',W .-".;'-^ -a. *' -•'•I
. Onithe other hand.l do not belleWk- |
the displacement oC^therenJalader. or* |
col lego course" by professional - and tird |
.;■ cal> studies is either.; accessary, wise 1
rdeslrable^-:r deslrable^-: One- ; objeot. which >l ihaves *%
vlewtls to 'check theifurther ; progr« v*u * *|
this^inyaslon^^and v to keep. some iV 3 " '-I
of .jcollsge-; residence; solely for;;that r 3^ ' [
of ;the~ liberal arts and ' scleuces k\v ">y
mean? 50 much.' V" ; - : ' -.;" ; ; '- ":— ■-' '•'* .',
; Sq^far as ' Columbia is. coricernec^
proposals would— If /ever ;'pu't "-' Intd 7^
, tion-r reatsl t : ln ; marking off; ?deflnl teller
.Workiof^thejcollegc- from;that :'afitl'nto' : .
lOndap*--: schools on tbe one hand.,*
from .< that; of , the technical- arid- pro.
sional schools; on ;th«.-otliij?.-and we
:'^*.^^«i*^^€€s.-lai'wtV.fOT.;c^ese. : wV
arid : for ,"■ college work { "alone."' -Therse.
f greea % are Jnow Jglyen^ bo th ?at 3 Co* I fc
; and 'I elsewhere. ; for i^wbrk-, which -. h u3t
. relation"! to , Uie '; groxtp'of studies', on rr 1"*1 "* .
- thel art 3? degrees '? haye^ tnwlitiuaally^ l3 '
-basedJ -Many [see no obj«cticn"iri-thi^*
,R e .Y*?S : thatlohe object ; of «tiidy Utaa Jr
a»;anotheK;;X dissent :fromthat;.vieTt.^
AnothAi" pohit^ls;;thatiboth >co!l*se .
'flcereVand';prpf<^lo&al;sch'QqlTofflcdrs.;b^".'.
' ject jto^the division Jof .tlba : UroeariaHctf 1
:est^bf.ithe;fstudent':^whJch/r«uitsyff' : . ■
',eU^iJ^'insih&^V3-i»n4Uttdan^da^* : - ; • ;■.-■; ■.-■
college at tho same -period that :
sWhqHy;;4ovbUns:hi3.;Unie tp;tha;^ >
of .technical studies under striotlj^f^" >|j
' -il-"i 1 -" . - _ .* _. • •». ' . :■;
Wom*nT»iiC*crwnlnir Glory l«i 1
Hair.
Dr. M. M." -Harris make* un e^hibit!^-' -
t.u»-Tro H:i*r Wash; also hiy prcr-*-"^
to, cnttr chappy hatsas and fa c <*.
. zimo, a.suarant*e<l cut* for :'
Bloom of You^aitUwuelfdti^
jKin. Wtth^ji^on^tdlrtctiont^ ' ' '
