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Odie Times-Dispatch. jPobHshed Daily nnd Weekly nt No. 4 North Tenth Street, Richmond, Va. Entered January 27, 1003, at Richmond, Va., as Bocond Clas9 Matter, under Act of Congress of March 8, 1879. - The DAILY TIMES-DISPATCH is 'Tfcold at 2 cents n. copv. I The SUNDAY TIMES-DISPATCH is tsolc? ni fi cents a copy. DAILY TIMES-DISPATCH by mail? CO cents n month! $5.00 a year, $2.50 for six month*?' $l.i*0 for three months. SUNDAY TIMES-DISPATCH by mail "?2.n0 a ve.-ir. The DAILY TIMES-DISPATCH, in? cluding Stmdny. by Currier, 12 cents per week, or f>0 cents per month. The SUNDAY TIMES-DISPATCH, by Carrier, fi cents per week. The WEEKLY TIMES-DISPATCH, ?1.00 vc.-ir. All Unsicned Communications will be icicctcd. ? Rejected Communications will not bo (?jrehirncd unless accompanied by stumps. ? Uptown Oiliec nt T. A. Miller's. No. fell) East Broad Street. ) SUNDAY', MAY 31, 1003. I ?Beginning -with the first of June, the .price of The Tlnies-Dlspntch, within tho ?V?orporato limits of lilchiiioud and Man? chester, and their suburbs, whoro de? livered by carrier, will bo 12 cents per 'fc?i'oek, or GO cents per calendar month. , Persona leaving tho city for tho summer IfehOuld order The Times-Dispatch mailed ,4b ?them. Prlco 00 cents per month. NQTHING TO RETRACT. ; ' Several days ugo we received a com ?nunlc?tlon from Mr. C. A. ileerninns, ibipmber of tho Houso of Delegates from ?Ciiristiansbur**;, in which ho took The trimes-Dlspatch, Dr. J. William Jones and ?others to task for saying that they wore Inot glud Unit the Confederate cause (Culietl. At our request Dr. Jones hns wrlt 'jteii the reply. , The communication of Mr. Heermans Und the reply of Mr. Jones follow: JEdltur of The -Times-Dispatch: Sir,-?I wrlto as a Con federa to soldier, bno who served from April'10, ?SG1, to the ?t)i of April, 3R05, and one who bus no apologies to make, having acted from u (patriotic sense of duty, with the lights then before inc. I yield to no man a ?greater admiration for Lee, Jackson, Stu? art and tho grand host that followed thorn when wo fought for what wo be? lieved to bo right.' But I desire to" enter my solemn, pro tost against th'j doctrine of J. William Jones, George L .Christian and a few others that wo were right and that it Would have been better hud the Confed tracy succeeded und the Union divided, fro me the sentiment is horrible and bodes no good to the nation and to our people. Had the right of secession prevailed, It Is certain two nations would have been the result, and probably twenty. The miserable spectacle "f the South und Central American States, will? their peri? odical revolutions and wars, would have been re-cnueted In North Am?rica. We ?\vould he the prey of Europe and even Asia. South America to-day would be chopped Into principalities for offete roy? ally, as was uttemptod In Mexico by Mnxmilllah. but for tho firm establish? ment of the American nation and our ability ta? enforce the Monroe doctrine. When ex-Governor Cameron, Gcin-ral Eppa H un ton and General Fltz. Lee, aida-d by the press, can publicly coun? tenance such sentiments, It Is, time some of the old soldiers protest, and to ask why Uils agitation? Was secession Wrong? was ?i question. The sections dif? fered on that subject, 1 do not.question the honesty or patriotism of either side, The question was submitted to tho high? est earthly tribunal, onu from which there is no appeal?the arbitrament of ?war. It was fought to a finish, and fr light as ina-ii never fought before, and fought as men only fight who light bo ?fievlrig they are right. Secession lost, and ??the Union lived. We accepted tho result lut final, and so declared, and returned *lo our father's house. Now, forty yearn Vifer, gentlemen would resurrect tho .floiid. Ami hi I ask, for what good? bo these people want to tight tho war ?ver ?igtiln'',,_N?iy, vorljyl They would re? pudiate t)i.it...,j'o.r t'h'ut would i>n treason. Why preach "discontent when there is no m?content? Is there any other nation on this earth that would permit its citizens to rally annuel camp Urea of n lost cause mid nl low its leaders to Instill In tint body poll* tl??doctrinen conaldored treasonable? Sup? pose the Spaniards In'Cuba and the olll cers tun! men who fought In the royal service wore t?a organize, and with their old Spanish battle lings parade tho t-treot, oiid at bnnquotB their orators roiionrs-* their supposed wrongs, und instill into the hearts of the pobplo tin? grant wrong to them of tho United ?States shllng- with rebellion and driving them from u power hol? for four hundred years? Sir, tho thunders of Dewey's guns would rut tie errors that bland amid tha- plaudits of ?every American, Wo are nroiio t,-? rehearse the cruelties rif the Fodernls In the war and to weep ?over the Imaginary horrors of recon? struction, yol ilia- world never witnessed Buch a spectacle us the historical fact that In 1S78. about t-.-v.-n years after the close of the war, tho Unltod States House of Representatives, tin- pttrso strtni- of the nation, was In tho ban.is aaf Confed? erate brigadiers, with the Vieo-Prealdont of the- Confederacy, Alexander Hi Ste? phens, floor leader, if tho doctrines taught by these people rutitlini?.. where tho reconciliation s" much proncbod und prayed fur lay nil Uborty-lovlng Auia-rl pana? T?-|i me that, Mr. Kdltor, I burled tli?.* star:? and bars In tin? tomb of the Confederacy and waterod Its grave with m;,- tears, i have turned from a Ulead past to a living futur.-, anal am Keep? ing step to the music pf WlO l'ni"n; and ru?t only I, hut thousands of as truo Con faderntes un .-ver drew binde or leva-leal jnuskei fa.r what wo deemed a Just cause, yours fnr the Star Spangled Banner, C. A, HK.KUMA.NS, Chrlstlonshurg. Va.. May 93, um:?. Jude.,' Geo ige 1. Christian, ox-Covi-mnr Cameron, General I'ppu Iluntoii, Gonerul Pit: I.',-, the i?..-? of the State, and "a few i tiu-i?:..?? ?gainst whom this "pro lost" Is made, aro amply able to tubo care >;f themselves, especially a? tho prer. whelming sentiment pf "ur Con federate veterans Ih with them. Fiul we must expr?s? our surprise that and any eld Confederate soldier should ut? ter tho sentiments expressed by Mr jfeerinunn "Tho rl?ht <.f secession1' ?wiV jii..?.; hubmltted to "the arbitrament of w.-ir." 'I'll- >'"it'n ;ik well ns (he South believed In it! from tho adoption of hor bill of rl'fhlH down to t!?- breaking ou( of the war between the Btates, Massachu netts. so f:ir us her legislation ?h pop, cerned, has an unbroken h.rd In-favor of Boc?->slon and even iiulllrTcatli n. Horii'.-o Oreelcy, the Ni v Vori? Herald, t)i0 Cincinnati CommeruJal, nnd other, leading Roimbllcaiis (it tho North advo..? tated ibc rights <>t secession wen nftci most of tho Southern f?tatfca had socefl?d ?;nd B'liiui of thO "blest men nt tb>- North to-duy do hot hed?ate lo say that the Southern ?tutes; under tho Constitution bul a perfect right t" secede, Hut "th?. Tight Of l?-e<-:: ,-,1," V.I.S no) illfcel..., by ?. ????> win. yr )tg result. Urutc force ?uu never determine the right or wrong Breit principles. Tho Into honored Blsl Joseph K. H. Wllmcr put this very cle ly when on n visit to some of his friends In Philadelphia, whore ho -v rector whon tho war broke out, twit him by Baying' "Wo told yon that t South was wrong, and urged you not go South. Now you see that wo w right, ns shown by the glorious trlum of the Union over the rebellion." "I sco tho result of the war very pin ly," replied the bishop, "but I ?o i eoo that this proves that tho North ti Hght nnd tho South wrong In the gr? ptrtiKKlo. Bupposo that wo should becoi engaged In some theological iTlscussI? and wo should so far forget ourselves to become angry, nnd words should le to blows. Now you are a much strong man physically than I am, but suppr you should call to your aid a big Dutc mun, a burly Irishman, and a strappi negro fellow, and all four of you shou Biiccccd In overpowering mo, would th pren-o that you were right and I wroi on tho points nt Issue In tho dlscusslo-, Now In this great struggle, tho Nor numbered twenty million whites, and tl South only five millions, nnd yet they e listed In thrtr armies men or every n Humility, Including our negroes, and hnv after a four years' war, succeeded pVerpbwerlng us. Does that prove th they wero right and we wrong? Th. l?ohert H. Loo and Sidney Johnston nt Stonewall Jackson, the rest of our lender our soldiers nnd our people wore rebel and traitors, nnd Sherman and Sherldr aild Hen Butler and their colleagues ni followers patriots? I Insist that It do not?that the result of the war does n decido the principles Involved, but on prove that the North, with the wor to buck her, wag stronger than tl South." Tho bishop clearly had tho orgumer And so we Insist that when tho Nor With tho twenty million peoplo and wl tho world for Its recruiting ground, 1 granary, Its store houso nnd Its armor denied the South rights clenrly guarai teed In the Constitution, nnd liwnded In soil, nnd made upon her a most unjustli nble and Iniquitous war, that tho fin. result was tho triumph of brute fore ("overwhelming numbers and resources, Genernl Lue sold In his farewell nfldres! over Justice, nnd truth, nnd did not tone the question of tho right or wrong c the groat principles Involved. General Lee said to Wado Hampton 1 1809, speaking of the wnr and Its re suits: "I could have pursued no otbo 'courso save with dishonor, and If It wer all to bo done over again I should no In precisely the same way." We must bu excused If wo follow Hoher Edward Lee, rather than Mr. Ileermnn? Hut It Is. in view of this correspondent a monstrous fallacy to say that "wo ar not glad Hint the Confederacy fulled,' und ho draws a dreadful picturo of ou country divided into "twenty nations,' and tho "miserable spectacle of peri?dica revolutions und wars," which would hay, been the result of our success. He for gots that southern statesmanship formet this Union?that from Washington ti Grant, a period of eighty years, southern born men 1111 ed the presidency for fifty noven years, and northern-burn men foi only twenty-three years, while southorr men filled the office of Chief Justice o: the Supreme Court for sixty-three years ;lnd Wo'rd always loaders In tho Senate tho House, tho Cabinet, as foreign minis? ters, and In every position "of honor nnc responsibility. It may be added that dur lug all of these years thero was no stair upon any of those southern men. nnc no scandal connected with tho adminis? tration of any one of them. Could nol these men. their sons, und their pupils Ipi'i'c successfully administered tho gov? ernment of tho Confederate States ol America under a Constitution modeled after tho Old Constitution of their fathers, Was It better that "our great struggle fot constitutional freedom" (as General Let always called it) should have failed, nnd that the "republic of republics," which our fathers formed, should bayo been converted Into tho military despotism which made our States "districts" under some shoulder-strapped satrap, destroyed our currency, robbed us of millions worth Of property, nnd fustened upon us "scala? wags," carpetbaggers" and negro rule with nil tholr attendant horrors? Air. lleermnns thinks It was best, and that wo should novar cease to praiso the leniency of tho government and tl?o kind? ness of the conquerors, that wi should rejoice In tho prlvllego of being per? mitted to "Bond the pregnant binges of tho UneD That hrlft muy follow fawning.' Well! lot him think so. but w-o beg leave respectfully to differ with him. G( course, what he says about raising an? other rebellion," nndhavlng another wnr is all stuff. Thu bent citizens in tho coun? try since Ui!5 hon'o been Confodomto vot eruns, and they and their" nous will con? tinue to bo, and will work in the future, as in tho past, to make our common country tho most prosperous, the hap? piest and tho freest that the sun shines upon, ' Hut that 1b a very different thing from cringing and crawling and eating dirt, and saying thut "wo aro glad that wo failed." The closing rhetoric of Mr. Hoorrhahs reminds us of an Incident sonio years ago. A very prominent publie man, who bad been u leading secessionist, In a public meeting; sneered at the "unrecon? structed element," ils he was pleased to call them, and said, among other things; "I,,do not carry around my neck'the dead corpse of tho Confederacy. Hut my fane Is turnad to the rising sun," An old Confederate who was not an original secessionist, but who, when Vir? ginia seceded, shouldered his musket nnd served through tho war, replied io'-fbls distinguished gentleman; "I do not carry around my nock, cither, tho dead body of the Confederacy, I burled my dond out of my sight at Appomnttox, nnd since then l linvi- watered Its grave with my tears, ?and decked It with llowers, Rut If the time ever comes when 1 can siK-er at what I mice loved so dearly that 1 would glad? ly have laid down my life for it; if I over BO forget myself ns to make light of the great principles of constitutional freedom for which I^-e fought and Jack? son died, I hope that my old comrade?, will hustle nu? nut of tholr ranks to the tune of 'the rogue's march!'" This senti? ment was greeted with thunders of up PlausOj and raised tho "old Confederate yell" in the largo crowd of veterans pres? ent. ?WOUNDED" STATUES. In connection with Injuries that ilouilon's statuai of Washington has suf fored fi'uiii timo to time, roforonc? has In-ill liiado to the chipping off of a piece of the tassel attaa-hed to Washing? ton's cano by a bullet tired from an editor'? pistol; but tho liamos of the editors engaged in that rencounter wore not given. The parties to the dilllculty wore Henry Blv'-'S Pollard, thu paast-bellum editor of the JUcliuioiaal Kxauilnitr, and Nat Tyler anil W. 1). Coif-mini of the lOnqulrer. The trouble arose from a newspaper publica? tion, Tliu ball from Pi'llard'B pistol clipped a fragment from the tassel of the marblo cane, but tho .mutilation was ro-, palrfd to ?-"mo extent. "Amputation" was nol i.eceaaary. . lu th.! c-iaaia of Henry Clay's stutuo In our Cajltol K-jr.uri*, son.o of the fingers on' one build having bien broken toy iMoiieu thrown ,J-' boys, tliu hand was I-Sawed <?lf at the wrist and u nuw one I?ut In 1U place. The tcul'dor'u 'model 1 W|_| luUUd ill thu UtUdi'J ho aiUd oa. .-ail.ii-d always, or <dso In nom? other ecci plnce, and was easily dupllcatod. Our rooollcctlon Js that tho Jolnl of tho now hand to tho original a was done by Mr. John T. lingers, lc a famous marble worker hero, but wo i not sure. Wo know that to him was ? trusted tho work of taking do? Houdon's statue and rebuilding the foi dation, which had been thought to weak, nnd was made very strong. 'Messrs. Pollard, Coleman and Tyl were brought before the Legislature f contempt, for shooting pistols so ne to the solons as to disturb their pi ceedlngs, but they were released aft proper explanations nnd apologies. Mr. Brooks, who was then tho corre Pondent of tho Now York Times In Hie mond, wrote a sensational account tho shooting affair to that paper, d Bcrlblng Pollard us "bushwhacking In tl Capitol rotunda," whereupon Pollard co sldered himself greatly nggrlcved, in wrote a letter to Mr. Raymond, editor > the Times, holding him responsible, ni challenging him to nducl. Pollard propose that they should meet at Hlndeiisburg ?u: fight It out. Raymond declined, but wro a loiter expressing bis regret nt tho pul llc.-itlon, and thero the matter ended. Tl affair between th0 three Richmond ed tors seems newer to have been rcsumei A thing that surprises sonslblo mc Is that tho Legislature of Virginia pei mils Houdon's stntuo to remain whet It Is?exposed to ruin at tho hands of an crank or sanely malicious person. From tho fact that this statue wn mado by the most distinguished Frene sculptor of his ago, from casts take from Washington's own person. It Is thing of Inestlmublo artistic value An a hundred years hence, If well preserve? It will possess also a vast comniercln value. By that timo It will bo worth- I: tho market hundredg of thousands of do! lnrs, if our country continues to prospet and tho minds of men aro not changci with respect to what Is great in histor; and art. MISSOURI'S SHAME. Tho St. Louis grand Jury, which hat been taking eviilcnco concerning legisla tlvo boodling In tho State of Missouri, has mado Its final report, in which It says that tho testimony has shown n stato of affairs most amazing. "We havo listened," says the report, "to the confessions of Stato Senators, and were wo at liberty to make known all wo have heard, tho recltnl would appall the citl zcn3 of this Stato. Tho venality exist? ing among tho makers of our Stato law3 Is alarming to those who bellevo In free government. Our Investigations have gnno back for twelve years, nnd during that timo tho evidence shows that cor? ruption has been the usual and accepted thing in the Stnto legislation, and that, too, without Interference or hindrance. Tho tendency has been to hldo or Ignore rather than to expose .and punish this ln fumous crime." But It In comforting and reassuring that at last an Investigation has been made, and some, at least, of the guilty parties brought to Justice. That is tho | only way to prevent a recurrence oC the corrupt pr?cticos. Whenever thero Is a suspicion, certainly whenever there Is a charge, thero should bo a prompt Inves? tigation, and all tho facts brought out. To cover up and to conceal Is but to en? courage tho boodlers and corruptlonists to keep at It. Tho St. Louis grand Jury recommends that laws be enacted making It unlawful for lobbyists to "ply their profession In tho manner that, somo of them now ope? rate, and providing for the forfelturo of franchises procured by corrupt methods." That is well enough as far as It goos. The corruptlonists should bo prohibited as fur as possible from tampering with tho law-makers. Hut If wo would havo honest laws, wo must have honest law? makers, -who are Incorruptible and proof against tho machinations of lobbyists. There Is ono other rccomipendutlon, however, which we commend to tho law? makers of Virginia. Tho report says tliat some indictments for bribory havo boon found, and that there would be many moro wore It not for the statuto of limi? tations, and It is recommended that this should bo extended to seven years from the date of tho crime. Tills question has recently been brought to tho attention of tho peoplu of Richmond, .as thero is rea? son to bellevo that the statuto of limita? tions will sorvo to shield some boodlers In this community. SO AIE OF THE FINEST. lUclunoiidors who wont to New Orleans by tlio Southern Hallway under tho escort of Captain C. W, Wostbury foil very much In lovo with that courteous and efficient railroad man, and at tho regular mooting of Leo Camp night before last a resolu? tion was adopted fairly showering him with compliments. Richmond is lucky In having such a fine lot of men In chargo of hor rullroad atlalrs. Taylor, of tho Richmond, Fred? erl?ksbltr'tf and Potomac; Wurtlton, of tho Cliesapeako and Ohio; Smith, of tho Sea? board; Campbell, of tho Coast Line; Wug nor, of the Norfolk und Western, and Went bury, of tho Bouthorn, will measure man for -nun In intellect, In efllolehey. In hustling qualities, in courtesy uu'd In all other respects with uny llko number of railroad men In tliu land. It Is a good thing for Richmond to have inuu llko these as citizens and representatives of tho railroads. They como In contact with largo numbers of visitors, and they mako a ilno Impression for the city. They uro pabilo benefactors, and tho recording on gol credits them from your te your with many un act of genuine charity. Muy their life's Journey be mudo on comfort? able schedules and without accident, and may their lust run bring them In peueo and Joy to tho resort of the blest. THE WORLD GROWING. BET? TER. In reply to tho statement often -lindo liy* pessimists that the world is growing worse, each yeur, tho Redlurd lieinocrat well says that this erroneous Idea grows ?nit of tho fact that In this day of tele? graph und telephone and newspapers tljero Is a much wldor dlsseiuinutloii of hows than, over before, Ono of tho dis? tinguishing characteristic-?, of this ago tH publicity, In tho dark ages they kept .their 0Vll doings durk; in this day wo expose crime whuiowr It Is found, in exposing It we mako nn ugly ploturo on produce the Impression that the woito I growing worse, but In point of fact iiior Is no ono human egonty tliat la doin, so much to ?nut down evil doings, eepc clally political corruption, oa oxposur. through the public print. Bad mea fea: exposure worue than thoy ?fear the law and that to-day la tho great power of th< press. Tho world Is not growing worse. Thos Who think bo should read history am make comparisons. ??P?NT?COST." (Selected for Tho TImes-Dlspntch.) "And they worn all filled with tho Hoi Ghost and begun to speuit as tho splrl gavo them utterance." ? ? ? Acts 11:4 It Is In tho presenco of the Holy Olios that wo find the truo union of tho chnroh Thoro Is one faith, though thoro bo man* creeds; thero Is ono 'baptism, thougl there bo many forms of It, Ono Lord though Ho shines in a thousand differon-l lights. Unity is not in tho form, but In some? thing so Hiibtlo ofttlmes that It cannol bo oxpressed hi Imago or In words. Out of tho twolvo hundred million of men now on tho face of tho globo, who can find two absolutely nlllto In nil things? Does it over occur to you to ask whether the.su belong to a common stock? You do not doubt the unity of tho humanity, In splto of tho wldo dif? ference in color, language and creeds. Bo It Is in tho Christian church. Tho church Is split up Into a scoro of sects, but down In tho center of Its heart thero lies tho common organic nerve which unitos all Christendom in its worship and Its hope. Christians are one, tho whole world over. Touch tho crosH, and tho church with unanimous lovo and loyalty rushes to Its support and defense Anil what animates and propels the whole body? Tho spirit of God, tho Holy Ghost, tho Lord and Giver of life. Have wo received tho Holy Ghost? Tho ques? tion does not admit of any hesitation ns to its nnswor. No man can mistake tho sun, when ho has soon It, In all Its glorious splendor. The sun needs no In? troduction nor vindication. Tho shadows know it and fleo away, tho (lowers know it and open their hearts to Its blessing and all tho hills and valleys know It and quiver anew with Joy. Wo may have tho form and not tho spirit Herein Is a mistake often mado. You toll mo that the great thing for a man is to do grood. That Is correct In part. Hero stands a train. Of what uno Is It, unless in motion? How can It go if not attached to tho engine? It Is useless. Remembor that. The engine cannot go without flro and tho train cannot go un? less attaohed to tho englno, but togeth? er tho engine and train move, vibrato, fly, under tho power of light. That light which was scaled up In the earth thou? sands of years ago is driving your great locomotives to-day. Whon, therefore, you say that a man must do good, bo kind, and noblo and forgiving and excellent, It Is well, but you omit tho Vltnl truth that man can only do thcse.?tl?jngs aa ho Is Inspired by tho Indwelling of tho spirit of God. When the Holy Ghost falls upon us, wo shall Btlll bo ourselves, but enlarged, on noblod and developed. Whatever your power Is now, tho Incoming of tho Holy Ghost will but carry It up to a higher expression and significance. And thon each Individual shall willingly offer him? self at tho Lord's altar to holp with all his powers in the Lord's service. For wo aro at our best only when under His In? spiration. The resources of tho Church will bo multiplied In proportion as tho Church onjoys the presenco and power of the Holy Ghost. Nothing has boon added to tho earth; only new powers havo boen given to those who havo sought her se? crets. Tho electric light wus (us to its possibilities) In Eden, as surely as it is hero In our midst to-day. Tho locomotive la only a new combination and application of on old principle. Tho locomotivo was lying beside tho four rivers that llowed through Paradise, It is even no with tho Blblo. No now Ihlilo will bo written, but now readers will como. No man may add ono word to wliat Is written in that book. But the "Lion, of the tribo of Judah." will open It nnd read it as it hus never been read before. Wo await the baptism of tho Holy tGhost. Holy spirit, baptizo us as with llrol Como to ua and teach us what to speak! Hx-CongrcKs-man White, of North Caro? lina, contrary to what his name might imply, is a colored man and Ida head is kinky, but that head Is filled with ideas. Ile Is not now an otllceholdor, and tho principal buslnesg In which ho Is onguged Is that of solving tho negro problem. To that end ho is going about making speeches to large audiences of colored peoplo. To ono of thoso lurgo audiences, before which he appeared a few days ago, ox-Congressmnn White said: "Own your own railroads, Buy stock in railroad linesi obtain controlling Interests, and make tho policy of thoso roads to suit yourselves. In accordance with your own views." Now that Is good. No ono can deny that as soon as tho negroes buy up all tho railroads In the South und get well In tho work of running them to suit themselves, tho race problem will bo settled, but in the meantime what Is going tu become of Piorpont Morgan, George Gould". QaniueJ Spencqr, John Skelton Williams and tho poor Vuudcr bllts? Surely tho ox-Congressman does not mean to turn them out to dio In the barren fields. The Southern Biiiiwuy la to be double tracked from Washington to Atlanta, but Hie work Is to bo dono very gradu? ally,-attention being first given to thoso localities where the prossuru of trnlih; and travel is the greatest. The Chesa? peake und Ohio Company 1ms been pur? suing this plan for some years, und has made fino headway. Tho Frederleksburg mud is proceeding'with ltB VVorK mueh moro.cxpcilltlously, and will bo the first double, tracked road completed In Vir? ginia. The Coast Lino has also double tracked'a i>urt of Its road, und Is making progress every day. Fortune tellers are stilt in vogue In Now | York. Sumo o? Uiviu aro said to be lit leaguo with a, gang of desperados?, who kldnnp ?Iris nnd hold them for ransom. Tho distressed parents of tho girls go to tho fortuno tellers to consult thorn, and those neuto old women protend to cast a hor?scopo, which "reveals" tho Infor? mation sought Then negotiations are opened, nnd If tho money demanded Is produced, tho mlBshis girl Is sent home. This notorious mothod of earning money Is not approved by the public authorities, and the police are now engaged In bTfcftlt lng up tho band of conspirators, male and female. Holding court In Jackson, Ky., must bo a plcturosquo affair, Artillery and Infan? try aro camped near tho courthouse. Hotchklss and Gatllng guns command tho publlo roads. Cavalrymen aro scouting tho country. Nowspapor men send their dispatches to tho telegraph otllco by n inossengor who has a military escort, and a Jury from another county Is to bo brought In to try Jott nnd Whlto, who aro charged fwith shbotlng down tho latest victim In tho feud, which disgraces and depopulates that country, Chairman Ellyson enys tho Stato prl mury election system should bo glvon a fair trial. So It ought It la dlftlcuH to sco why It cunnot bo mudo a success hero, as It Is In otbor Southern States whero It has been tried. Atlanta's effort to get tho earth has met with two setbacks. Tho genoral olllces of tho Southern Railway will ro? main In Washington nnd tho shops of tho Seaboard Air Lino In Portsmouth. Tom Watson, of Georgia, who claims to bo tho parent of tho rural free de? livery system, disclaims parentugo of the scandals that have followed in Its wake. Nolther Hill, Gorman, Clovoland nor Roosevelt engineered tho waters that overflowed tho Commoner ofllco and tho balanco of tho State of Nebraska. Tho world changes and overythlng changes with It, except tho college and school commencements. They aro Just a? they wero fifty years ago. Tho statuto of limitation ha? closed the door of tho penitentiary against many a fit subject, and history keeps on re? peating Itself. =zr-;==:=::====:=:-3 Everybody must admire Mr, Hanna's agility In handling the back podal whon tho emergency comes, Among tho many things to bo thankful for to-day Is tho fact that wo do not llvo In Nebmska. Tho eBtoemed Commoner gets flooded with something besides subscribers some? time?water, for instance. With no Ohio candidate to go before It, tho next National Republican Conven? tion will bo a tamo affulr. If Marconi or somebody olso will Invent voiceless speech, shy lovers will arise and call him blessed. Coney Tsland is greatly enjoying Bos tock's press agent, tho boss feature of the show. Tho regular salutation In th? rural dis? tricts of Virginia la ?"Good morning; have you been urged to run for anything?" There has not been so very much rain so far, but Is has come in such an ac? commodating way for tho farmer. Your last yeur'e Panama will do If yon can't stand this year's price, and can smooth out tho creases. Sonator Tfllmun, of South Carolina, has also gone fishing. At least he is keeping unusually quiet this season. From the Church Papers. Wo love tho hills, they are so aspiring. It is not only that thoy have forms of boldness and lines GLORIOUS HILLS, of beauty, or that tho coloring Is so pleasing to tho eye, tho green that shades off on It asconda Into tho blue that Is forever above; but that they stretch up from the world of man's toll and pain, of sin and tears, and do over reach up after the thliiga that nro above. ?"There Is tho wider view, and tho cloarer vision; thoro Is the relief from weariness, un?I thorost and peaco of solitude. Thoro Is tho companionship with tho blue Bky, and with stars and all things hewt'enwanJ.? Central Presbyterian. It would bo a calamity to havo ul! your prayers answered; and If God die not lovo you, UNANSWERED PRAYERS. Ho could al? ways send t? you that for which" you pray. Bui whllo Ho hears all your prayers, as o loving Fathor, Ho answers only thost that will bo host for you. Would you take tho matter out of His hands? You do not know whut Is bost for your Ufo; you cannot see a step beyond the pres? ent, so thick are your tears and so little do you know of what lies beyond, Bui God Is Infinite In knowledge and Infinito In His lovo. Therefore, while you pray for that which you most deslro, fall not to add, "If It bo Thy will." God loves you. Whatever olso you forgot, still r?*, incinbor this. You uro precious In III? sight. You are His child, ond that which Is best for you Ho will (lo, and hero you muy rest your soul,?Southern Church man. Not what we are, but what wo would bo, Is our measuro in God's sight. W-? muy not bo responsible AIMING 1IIOH. for our failure to roach a high uttalnniont, but wo are responsible If wo fall to strive toward that attainment. One who take? as his pattern tho Perfect Lifo, Is likely to do bettor than ono who only wants to bo as good as tho un'orugo. It Is In view of this truth thut Lowell says, '-'Not fall tiro, hut low aim, Is crime."?Sunday School Timos. u No man hns a right to assume that his conduct will exert no lnfluenco upon others. Ho cannot Uve te INFLUENCE, himself If ho would. His llfo will touch other lives fur gond or 111, and for tlvHnfluonco thus exerted ho will bo hold accountable In tho great day when all ?hen ahull bo Judged 'according to tho deeds done In Uto body.?ThQ Examiner. , Nor should uny one think of tho flesh. life and the Spirit life as referring respec? tively, to tho life THF SPIRIT LIFE, hero and tho llfo hereafter. This la not tho apostle's contrast. Life In the flesh means a life that moves within the I'i'ului of self, self-interest and Indnluonce. with a present world motivo; while the life ,of tho Spirit la ono spent with the Christ unitivo and within the sphoro of .the Chrlstly. It Is here and now, "Speak to hlni, then, for ho hears. AS Spirit with spirit miiv meet. Clo-er is lui than breathing, And uuurcr than hunds or feet,"' THE REAL JEW. ?r EDWARD LEE PELL, D. D. The Jew has h?d a placo in the world's consciousness slnco Abraham's day, but only within the memory of mon now living has ho begun to ilnd a placo In tho world's conscience. I say begun, for while JusUce to the Jow fcfts grown In our day from a timid whisper to an audi blo cry. It is not yet ouch a cry as may bo heard In tho streets. "Think," says Esther, in ZangwIU'H "Gruhdchildron of tile Ghotto"?"think of tho part which the Jew has played?Mosos giving tho world lte mortality; Jesus, Its religion; lBnltib, Its millennial visions; Spinoza, Its cosmic philosophy; RteurUo, Its political econo? my, Kuri Murx and La Salle, Us social? ism; Helno, Its lovollest pootry; Aleudols sc-hn, Its most restful music; Kaehaql, Its Bltpreme acting?und then think of tho stock Jew of tho American comlu papers. Thero lies tho real comedy, too deep for laughter,'7 Yet tho Jews themselves havo caught a gllmpso of tho Coming dawn, "Walt!" says tho Jew, in tliu "Rebel Queen;" "this Is but a beginning. Walt Some fifty years. Then tho reign of the Jews will begin. First In Western Eu ropo. then in America.For, us wo havo been brought so low hi a day of humiliation; wo shall bo exalted so high In tho hour of triumph." Tho hate which tho world has always chorlshod against tho Jew?for that hato does not dato at tho cross, as Is popu? larly supposed?--Is only leus romarka? ble than tho race Itself. "The Jow," says Sianator Vaneo, In ids address on "The. Scattered Nation," "Is beyond doubt the most romurknblo man of thin world?past or present. Of all tho stories of tho sons of mon there Ib nono so wdld, so wonder? ful, so full of oxtremo mutation, so re? pleto with Hufforlng and horror, so abounding In extraordinary providences, so overflowing with secuto romance. There Is no man who approaches him In tho extent and character of the Influence which ho has exorcised over the human family. His history is tho history of our civilization and progress In this world, and our faith and hopo In that which Is to come. From him wo derived tho form and pattern of all that is excel? lent on earth or in hoaven. If, a? Do Oulncoy says, tho Roman emperors, us the groat accountants for tho happiness of moro men and women, more cultivated than over before, were Intrusted to tho motions of a singlo will, ltnd a special, singular and mysterious relation to tho uccrot councils of heaven, thrice truly may It bo said of tho Jow. Palestine, his homo, was tho central chamber of God's ad? ministration. Ho was at once tho grand usher to these glorious courts, the re? pository of the councils of tho Almighty, and tho envoy of tho divino mandatos to tho consciousness of men. Ho was tho priest and faith-giver to mankind, and an such. In ?pito of tho Jlbo and Jeer, ho must ever *bo considered us occupying a peculiar and sacred relation to all other people of this world. Even now, though tho Jews have long since ceased to exist us a consolidated nation, Inhabiting a common country, and for eighteen hun? dred years have boon scattered far und near over the wide earth, thnlr strange customs, their distinct features, personal peculiarities and their scuu<*ro.l unltv, muke tlitm still a wonder und un astonish? ment." Tho Jew is not without his faults, but It Is a little remarkublo that very few speclllo charge? havo over been brought against him. Nobody ever accused him of being a disturber of tho peace; nobody over called him a loafor or a sot or a quarrelsoino fellow; nobody over wrote him down In tho criminal class; noboaly has accused him of lack of benevolence. Tho world has been content to hato him for what he is. perhaps, rather than for anything that ho has done. But no; this sentence will not pass. Thero Is ono thing for which he Is hated, and that is his lovo of money. Yet when wo como to examine our hearts on this matter wo aro not suro whether it Is his lovo of money that Is so exusperutlng, or tho fact that ho Is constantly getting In the way of our lovo of money. Not a few thought? ful men havo come to liollovo that this arter all is the secret of tho world's ago long prejudice iigalnst tho Jew. From Jacob's day, wherever the Israelite has gone, he has mado money faster than IiIh neighbors, and for this ho has never been forgiven. As for tho modern Jew's lovo of money. It Is a most natural fail? ing. As a famous Anglo-Jewish physi? cian once said: "It should not be forgot? ten that all other means of distinction have been denied tho Jow. He must riso by wealth or not riso at all; and If, as ho woll knows, to Insuro wealth bo to Insure rank, respect and attention hi so? ciety, does the blumo rest with him who endeavors to acquire wealth for tho dis? tinction which it will purchase, or with that society which so readily bows down at tho shrine of Mninmon?" Tho Jow Is often tho most benevolent man among- us. "Tho Jewish beggar," says Mr. Clemens, "Is not Impossible, per? haps; such ,-i thing may exist, but thoro uro few men who can say they have seen that spectacle. Tho Jow has been staged In many uncomplimentary forum, but so fa?* as I know no dramatist haa done him tho Injustice to stago him in? a beggar. Whenever a Jow has a real need to beg his people snvo him from tho necessity of doing It. Tho charitable Institutions of tho Jows aro supported by Jowlsh money, and amply. The Jews nuke no noise about It; It Is dono cjulot l.v; they do not nag and "pester and harass us for contributions; they glvo us peucu and sot us an example?an ox amplo which we have not. found our? selves able to follow." It Is eald that tho Jows of New York contrlbutii moro than seven hundred thou? sand dollarH a year to their own chari? table institutions in that city; nnd If an appeal for charity has aver boon mado in Richmond without Unding a responso among our Jewish citizens I have nuvor heard of It, What names shine moro con? spicuously In charity than-SIr Moses Mon? tonero and Baron nnd Baroness do Hirsch? With all their lovo for "the earth" no people are capablo of higher or nobler aspiration than tho Jows. "May wo not dream nobler dreams then than political independence?" asks Btrelltskl, In "Tho Grandchildren of tho Ghotto." "For all poliUcal tndopendonco Is only a moans to an end; not an end In Itself, as it might easily bocomo and as It appears to other nations. . . , Tho restoration of Palestino or tho acquisition of a nation? al center may bo a political soluUon, but It Is not tho spiritual Idea. Our dispersal has saved Judaism, and It may yet savo the world; for I prefer tho dream that wo are divinely dispersed to biess it, wind-sown seods to fortlllzo Its waste places; to bo a nation without a fatherland, yot with a mother-toiigne? Hebrew. ? Thero Is tho spiritual originali? ty, tho miracle of history." Ono of tho most serious charges that has been brought against tho Jow Is that ho is not patriotic. It has boon claimed that It Is Impossible for him in the hature of things to ho a patriot. In reply to this charge Mr. Peters has shown .that oven In countries where He brows havo been utterly despised thu.v have never fallad to respond to tho call to arms, Jt Is well known that during thu Revolution a lurgu proportion of tho sinews of war wero provided by patriotic Jows. Iliivno Solomon, of Philadelphia, ?avo six hundred thousand dollars for tills purpose, not one penny of which hns ever been repaid to his heirs, Uenlaniln Levy, of Philadelphia, and Bonjumln Jacobs, of New York, were iiinoug Ihu signets of tho bills of credit for the Continental Congress in 177H, while Sam? uel Lyon, of Now York, another patriotic Jew, signed similar hills itt 1770. Ihiiiiu Mosoh and Herman Ixtvy, of Philadelphia, ?Inu Jew. Manuel Mordecnl Noah, served ns an ottlcor on Washington's stuff und favo ono hundred thousand dollars for he support of tho army. In an unpub? lished letter of Jarod Sparks tho story. Is told that at tho outbreak of tho Revo? lution Mr. Gomez, a Jow of New York city, proposed toy organize a company of soldiers for servico. A nicmbor of the Continental Congress to whom ho un? folded his plan remonstrated with him. on account of his age, ho being then sixty-eight; but tho old man coolly replied that he could stop a ballot as woll as a younger mun, and went his way. As Mr. Peter? says, tho part which tho Jows took In tho Into war between tho Btates was uu conspicuous that It would bo dllll cult to piek laut tho most prominent men lu Uu? conflict, oithor on tho Federal or tho Confed?ralo nido. In his uvery-dny llfo tho Jew Is re inurkablo for his law-abiding spirit. Ho Is never a disturber against tho existing order of tho land. Tho prison hardly knows of his existence. Governor Vaneo, of North Carolina, when pardoning tho only Hebrew in tho North Carolina pon? Ilenlhiry, who was serving a teii-yoaru' lienteiiiro for manslaughter, Indorsed on ,thu document thoso words: "I take pious uro in saying that I sign tho purdou in contributed lurgu Hums for tho suppor of the army In the Held. A. South Caro part as recognition of the good and law? abiding character of our Jewish cltl ftuis, this being tho first ?erlous cas? brought to my notlco on tho part of that people." Judgo Briggs, of Philadelphia, Jn sen? tencing a Jew to prison for burglary, snldj You aro the first Israolito I have ever seen convicted of crime." No Jew wag convicted of murder In tho United States during tho first century of tho nation'? existence. When Mordccnl Noah, on his accession to the olllco of Sheriff of New York, wa? taunted with tho remark; "Pity Chris? tians luivo to bo hung by a Jowl" ho promptly replied: "rift* Christians re Sf nV-i?.'1'?? L1K $Krtt'A In the statistic? ?,c""" H-'-Ys Mr. Clemens, "his pres r u lB,,V0,"Hl>l'-'"oiisly raro~In nil coun? tries. With murdor and other crimes of v elenco ho has little to do; jnc.Is a sinniger to tho hangman, In tlio police court.,' dally long ro I of 'assaults' and drunken disorderlies' Ills namo seldom ap ?Aiul all this, Mr. Clemens might have 111 "'','? . " ,H,,lt0, oi t,", rouffh handling which tho Jew has received at tho hand? of the world. I may add that nowhere Is tho Jew a cumuerer ?f tho ground. Ho Is in every or ?elenco In which tho Jew Is not In the front rank. Two thousand years of oppression luivo left no mark upon his ??ilirhty spirit. H?, BtCPS from the lowest depths, whero ail thor ?rid fl n*s mud upon iilin, straight to tho front, aim he ?land? ,',ire'r ] olxddl'ho says, 'thus, and thu2 hivu I done. Give me, toc?no a plue? among tho Immortalsl' " v events of the ?)eek Under ?rief Review* EVBNTS OF WWKK..W A..Oq Possibly the Punnsylvanla-Pennypackei libel law, which makes criminals of car? toonlsts and Independent editors, espo? dally tho cartoonists, was modeled uftel tho laws that prevail In Germany. Ovei there a cartoonist is llublo at any Urn? to get In Jail. Lust week a criminal proB. ecutlon was entered against tho note?! German caricaturist Heine, because ol what ls\declarcd to bo u. grossly offensive cartoon of his make, In which ho repre? sented Cancellor von Billow Instructing Buron Speck von Sternburg, the German representative at Washington, In the art of servile adulation of tho Stars anil Stripes. Speaking of tho odious Pennsylvania, law, tho Plttsburg Dispatch, ono of th? ablest papers in the State, ^nd ono that does not hesitate to epuuk out when need bo, In ono of its issues of tho past week tells something new ubout It. The Dis? patch gives tho origin of tho law. It Bays: "If the Republican press of the State Is to put tho responsibility whero It be? longs," say? tho pnper, "It must bo laid on tho heads and dictators of tho Stute organization. Quay, Penrose and Dur? ham, two of them, actively, tho other by passive consent and approval, secured th? passage of this law. Moreover, it wa? the system they have carefully created which reduces legislators to tho grade of puppets that makes such legislation possi? ble. Tho Senators, Representatives und Governor aro but incidents of this sys? tem." The fact that General Joseph Wheeler created some talk at New Orleans by wearing his U. S. army uniform while at? tending the Confederate reunion Is getting for him much more ndvorso criticism In the North thun In the South. Tho South? ern papers are simply saying that the General ought not to have dono It. not be? ing required to wear his uniform, and they aro letting It go at that, while tho Northern papers of the past week bavo been devoting much spneo to the Incident The general Idea seems to be that the. noted little cavalryman rather overdid tho effort to show how tremendously re? constructed ho luis become. In Springfield, Mass., a very Interesting "labor question" awaits solution, and tho eyes of u goodly part of tho country will be turned In that direction for a whllo to come. The very strong und wealthy eon c? rn of pistol mnkers. known as Smith nnd Wesson, consisting of D. B. Wesson and his sons, has determined that no member of any union shrill have employment In their "works. They have been doing bus? iness for nearly half a century and have never had a strike. During tho past year "unlnnlnm" has been making headway among their employes, and when they found thut several hundred of their work? men wero about to organizo in thut way, thoy discharged all their men. with a notlco that those who do not belong to a union will be ro-employed. Tho high price to which cotton has snared la still having Its effect upon tho cotton Industries of the country, and tho indications now are thut many cotton mill operatives In various parts of tho coun? try will have to spend nn Idle summer, which will be bad, not only for them, but for ninny other people engaged In other lines of business, Last week tho Granito ville Manufacturing Company, o'f South Carolina, sold Its stock of raw cotton, nniountlng to 8,000 bales. Tho munugora figure that by selling the cotton and clos? ing the mills until next full they will clear "?70,000, whereas to continuo to run under present conditions the figures would all have to bo mado on the other side of tho ledger. An attempt Is to bo made to reopen tho closed Lowell mills this week, and If It Is not successful, us seems prob? able, tho mill companies will throw their stucks of raw muterlul on the market and lut their mills remain idle tho bulanco of tho year. Dr, K. Benjamin Andrews, thon prosl? dent of Brown University, was one of tho noted men who In 1SSH1 went to tho free silver Idea. He was then and In 1000 as firmly In favor of sliver as Mr. Bryan himself. Dr, Andrews la now tho chan? cellor of thu University of Nnbruska, nnd lives In Brvan's own State, but tho other ?lay ho renounced free sliver ut tho 10 to i ratio and announced his conversion to the gold standard theory. Ho makes a clean breast of It till, admits his error and completely goes buck on his friend, Colonel Bryun. Among other things. Dr. Andrews says: "From tho advice of tho groatost geol? ogists, both In this country und In Hu rope, and tho opinions of tho practical miners of Colorado, whom I saw when I was in Colorado In 1S93, I believed tho greatest outputs of gold worn past. I nm willing to admit that it was an ustoundlu? mistake and thut I w.-ia in great and in? excusable error. I now believe tho pres? ent enormous output of gold will con? tinue." The most Interesting event In Virginia during tho past week waa tho coming of the storm clouds nnd the falling of the ruins. There has been a plenty of rnlu, and tho hopes of the furmera;ha>?'0 been removed from zero to a high notch. How over, much damage that cannot be re? paired by work had been dono before tho ruina carao, Aa au exchange Pujfi, "When tho number of cloudless day? und nights comea to bo counted up for April and May of tho year 1903, and the number of days without ruin, In this part of the country, a record will bo establish? ed, wo guess, to e?iual which tho mem? ory of the oldest Inhabitants will be taked In ii'iiln. It bus ?been. A phenomenal ex? perience In tho weather line, und It? costs to. the agrlc-ulturo of the yeur ucfyot to be determined. v, p. W,