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VOi . XV|
NO. 51.
BILL AUP ON
II KATHEN MYTHOLOGIES
He Draws Morals From Ancient
.Stories His <. (inclusion in Lat
ter Day Style
Atlanta Constitution.
I o all ng( h mankind I.a- felt the
need of a God. Thero is a feeling of
helplessness in our nature and if man
can't liml a (Si d lie will make one. it
i> curious liow strangely sinnl.tr uro all
tin- lieathen hitihnlogios lo the llihlo
religion. St. John .-a>?, uAhd there
w;i- war in heaven and Micha? 1 and Iiis
an.'? Is t???i-_;111 a^.iiind Ilm dragon ami
Ins angels mi l hurled thein down.
Thai "id dragon, which is the doyil,
was cast down unto the earth." .lust
so in (Jul ian ami Itomtui and Scandi
navian mythology ; lucre wan war in
their heavi a ami the u<>?>d deities pre
Vailed and the evil WOIO Clisl OUl, hilt
not destroyed. Jupiter hud war with
ih< Tilun and dethroned thetn. Odon,
or Woih n. as he was called, had win
witli |,oki und i elUroned him nud gnve
htm lieht, or Hell, for his kingdom.
The Seui.dinavi ms had a serpent to
ligurc in the d i\vn of their creation,
ami that serpent wua ? vor gnawing at
the roots of the ireoof life?a tree that
grew by n spring and was kept in pei
putual bloom by the water of the
spring. This ?pruig was nl one end of
tin- rainbow ami the homo of SVodcn
and tin- gods was at the other end,
ami a- oft is tin1 rainbow appeared
Wodi n and his relilltie mad-- use of it
as beautiful bridge over which they
passed lo the spring i" drink und rc?
new their youth nud hold their high
cuiitt and sit in judgment upon offen
ders, .lust so our religion tolls us of
the tue of life and li e water of life
and the leaves of U)" tree which are
for tin- In tiling el' the nations.
This Scandinavian mythology was a
beautiful ami fascinating ieligiou and
the Norsemen, including the Danes
and Swedes, believed in ii as piously
as we bclii ve in nut lliblc and Chris
tianity. Indeed it i-ok centuries to
overthrow it und plant Christianity
there. Kor ? enluries it held sway ovoi
nil Cicrniuny and even to this day nil
Chiislcndoiu uses the names of the
i nys < i the week thai came down from
the Norsemen, f"i- Wednesday was
Wodensday and Thursday was Thors
day. Thor was Woden's son nud was
the god <d' tin- clouds, When he wish
ed in make it thunder and shake the
rain out o! the heavens he took two
greu! niointuins, one in each had,
and el ipped them iog< thcr. Friday
was t'rygn day. I'Yygu was Woden's
wife, .lust SO WO -jot the names of the
months from the Roman mythology
ami we got the constellations in the
heavens rrom the Kgyplinu mythology
and it remains uttch mged to this day.
lint 1 wish the young people to know
and romcmbi r that in all mythologies
their religion was rounded upon a faith
that truth and justice and virtue must
prevail over evil. The good were rc
warded and the evil wen- punished,
not i uly in tliis world, hut in the world
to come. Tin- difference is that out
religion is founded upon love and mer
cy rath: r than justice and we have hut
one (Jod instead of a hundred.
Now it si i ms that llipitcr and his
brothers, I'luto and Neptuno, after
they bad whipped the t'itati-, proceed
ed al once to divide their groal domain.
Jupiter was the eldest and smartest
and s-.i he gave the seas to Neptune
and bade-, to I'luto and kept heaven
,ror himself. Smart, win n't bo I (Indes
WtlS UOl In II a' that lime. The .spirits
of the dead, h.>t!) good and had, min
gled together in hades until Pluto con
cluded to separate the unrepentnntaud
incurable ones for ie.tr Ihcy would
usurp hi- kingdom, ami so he estab
lished a hell and called it TurlatUS ami
shut up all Ihe hardest ensos therein.
Now i'luto married a daughter of
('if. - and -he had a son named I'Lulus.
He was ihe god of wealth and that is
when- tin: word plutocracy CUI11C from.
Our millionaires belong to it. So it
seems that Ihe god of money is brother
in-law io the god id' lu.il. 1'iotly close
kin and dangerous, but it is according
lo Script ore. I'm it eaya that ulll0 love
of money is the root of all evil," und
"it is easier tor a camel to go through
the eye of a needle than lor a rich man
to gOtO heaven." N-W this I'llltlis
bcgail to -_;ive his rich, s to the gOO(l
only, but Jupiter didn't like that and
Struck him blind 80 thill he couldn't
tell one man from anoiliei an I-so ho
oiopis his wav about slowly till he
finds a man. Then be giV08 him a pile
ot im.ia v ami suddenly opens his
Wings and Ihcs away.
Thai, too, is symbolic of what S rip
litre 811}S, ' Kiche -. take Wil1g8 and ll\
away."
The love of money socms to have
been ICCtirSCd ill all ngC9. The. WCdgO
of gold not only cursed Achnn, bin
nfllieted all Israel. Milton sns that
Mammoll was one of heaven's godfi
"one of the apuits that fell. His looks
and thoughts were always downward
bent, while he admired the goldon
pavements in heaven's streets and
never looked up lo aught divine. Then
let no one. wonder that riches grow in
bell. It i^ Ihe -oil that best deserves
the precious banc.'"
N'> wonder, then, thai Mr. Carnegie
became iilaiimd and hurried to <li
gorgo. Wlinl a world of enre ho is
now going through n distributing Iiis
Wealth. II?' fCCOivOS thousands: of?
pleading letters, I know, for many
have ? a nt to me lo be forwarded
to him iiuioy piteous appeals for a
little; chaiity. 01 course i forward
them and that is ihe last of it. Thoy
are perhaps read :<\ proxy and then
destroyed. Dr. Samuel Johnson w rote,
truly when he said, "Riches fortify a
man against but one of the ills of lift;,
and that is poverty," UruMUS had no
mOUtimont. I know of one that was
ereeted to a very I'ich had man an old
bachelor- ?and ins oxocul >r, n man of
unflinching Iningrlty, had .chiseled in
the mnrblu those words: "He bogan
the world a poor bO> and died a citizen
of large estate. This is his bosl eu
logy."'
He might an well have never lived
and doubtless would he heiter off1 now.
How many of the rieh dcHervo a aiini
lar eulogy on their lomh?tonc8. Old
Amur's prayer was a safe one?"(Jive
roe neither poverty nor rohes." These
;/r? at accumulations impoverisli some
body. Thoy gonorully come from the
sweat and tod of lllO poor. Carnegie,
tlnj .\< w Vork Herald soya, was worth
not less than $500,000,000, mid no
doubt Is the richest man living or that
ever lived. According to human laws
and liUUinu morals his wealth was lu.ii
estly earned, more houestly than that
of most millionaires, but in the sight
of hoavci) he wrouged bis fellow men.
No good Christian man can ever he
.coine a millionaire except by inhcrit
llllcc. II?' can t eain it ami comply
with the Scripture which saj8 "Do
justly, love morcy und obey the Lord
thy (Jod."
Hut the poets and preachers and
philosophers have from time iiumotno<
rial written and spoken enough on this
s ihjecl to 0UCOllrage the liberal and
alarm the greedy, and vet most all of
<>ur rich men are struggling tor more.
L'he I'eabodys and 1' tor Coopers are
rar? exceptions in philauthopy.
Veslcrday 1 received rrotu a friend
a late copy of the New Volk Sun, in
which a whole page was devoted to a
review ol "Maclay's History of the
United States Navy," which has just
I i en published in three volumes bv the
Applvioiis. 1 read with deep interest
ail ai> ut the destruction of the Maine
and the light at Santiago, when Bad
doii.j I enmo upon a mercilnss, scath
ing criticism <?r Coiumodoro Schley,
whirh made nie hot and fatigued my
indignation. I had thought that whole
controversy was Bellied and partially
hurmoni/.cd, hut this will cause it to
break oul afresh, for The Sun lavishly
endorses all thai Maclay writes. [Io
til's wind Admiral Philip told him
about Sehley's disgraceful conduct
(Philip is dead n> w), and that he actu
ally turned laii ami ran awa from the
light, aud that Iiis contribution to na
val strategy throughout the campaign
was "Avoid your enemy a-* long as
possible, and it he makes for you,
run!" Ilobson is ml mentioned in
I hi - review. Who is this Maehiy, any
how ? Km to-day I aai comforted, for
I have been eagerly perusing Dr. Cur
ry's last and liest book, "The Civil
History of the Confederate states,"
published by 1!. P. Johnson A: Co.,
Richmond. It is a small hook ; a calm,
cousidi rate revlow of the past ami full
? ?I his pci sonnl reminiscences his con
tact ami communion with our noble
men?Davis, Toombs, Stephens, Men
Hill, Howell Col.h. r.ongstreot, Judah
lion jamin and o'hers. li is almost an
autobiography. It docs not stein to
he a school hook, but I wish that every
young man in the land would lead it.
It would take but a lew bouts and
would establish him in the faith?the
true faith?the faith of our fathers.
Dr. Curry is now almost ahme. All
his couicmpornric8 who figured in the
? i. ties he has tun rated are dead. All
but one -Judgo Cnbell still lives. How
fortunate wo uro that the good doctor
lived to write this h<?,k, for what he.
w rites is respected at home and abroad,
lie has long moved in an atmosphere
far above envy til malice or distraction.
Long may he yet liv e. UlLI. Alii',
Not So Vkky Uahd ?An old army
surgeon who was fond of a joke, if not
perpetrated at his own expense, was
one day at a mess when a wai; remark
ed to the doctor, who had been some
what ever? in Ins remarks on the lite
rary delinquencies of some of the ofll
ccrs appointed from civil lifo: "Doctor,
arc \ ou acquainted with Captain G??"
' Yes, 1 know him well," replied the
(loci i >r. " I hit what of him !"
"Nothing in particular," replied the
Olllci r. "J have just received a letter
Iroiu him, and I Wttgor you that you
can no) tell in live guesses how h?
spells cat."
? Done," said the docior; -'it's a
wagt r."
?Well, commence guessingsaid
the ofllcer.
"K-a-doublc-t."
"No."
"C-nt e "
"No, try again."
"K-a-t-O."
'?No, you've; missed it again."
"Well, then," returned the doctor,
"c*a-doublc?t."
"No, that's not the way ; try once
more, it's, your last guess."
"C-a-g-t."
"No," said the wag, "that's not Ihe
way ; you've lost the bet."
"Well," said the doctor, willi some
petulance of manner, "bow does he
spoil it ?"
"Why, he spells it C a-l," replied
the wag with the utmost gravity, amid
the roars of the mess ? and, almost
choking with tage, the doctor Bprang
to his feel, ex.'ainiing :
"Gontlemon, I am too old to he tri
lled with in this manner."
u Farmers' meetings arc always pro*
litablc, and it any individual fall* to
secure his portion of the total accretion,
i* is Ins own fault. This applies to in
dividual discussions among neighbors
at oucll other's homes on Sunday afler
noons ; lo gatherings of half n do/en at
the market town ; the. smallest organi
Kation foi mutual hencllt ; to well pat
ronized county or district societies ; to
regulativ organized Farmers' Insti
tutes, ami to State and National repre
sentative hodics of farmers. Farmers
cannot ruh against each other without
deriving some benefit from the, attri
ti ii." -Texas Farm and Uaneh,
You will iiolico ttint tho heaviest
charges of electricity nro on the edges
of thunder clouds. Tho approach of a
cloud as well u? its passing away arc
the dangerous periods. Sometimes
when the air is full of clectricly the ex
plosions continue when the rain is
pouring down Some believe that the
descending rain drops tho electricity to
the earth so gradually that there is do
explosion. It 111113' DO Ihnt the clouds
are magnets with the polos on, at the
edges where the current is broken. It
is the end ol the charged wiro that
j gives off the sparks.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Boars tho
Signature ftf
FRAGMENTS OF
OUR HISTORY.
Some CuriOUS Facts of Confederate
Days That Are Almost Forgot
ten.
The following article was printed in
l the reunion 18SU0 ol l'll? Stale oil the
I Kill of May, 11)01, und it deserves to
: lie road by every mail, woman and
I child in South Carolina, as it duals
with facta 11 at arc not generally known:
Tho history of South Carolina dur
I l?g the "war between the Stales'"
should be written and the sacrifices <>l
our people should be made known.
The glorious c mim t ol our own sol
diers in the great battles has been re
corded in a meagre way, but other
I rials and sufferings have UOl been
heard of. Ilriif mention of a few facts
that should be included ill the history
of our State is proper and tiinelv.
On December 14, 1803, Ibo Semite
concurred In Ibo following resolution:
"Resolved, That the Geneinl Asaem
bly do lender to Maj tlon. Wade
Hampton tlie rovolviug cunnou n >\\ in
iis po.-.scssion, satislied that ii cannot
bo placed in more worthy hands, and
'..hoy protest against his proposition to
ieplaee it by another."
"Resolved, Thal Iho other revolv
ing camion, us ihcy arc completed,
In; disposed of l?y tho Governor in the
way he may deem best.''
How many in South Carolina over
heard ol' this revolving cannon? An
article from Clou. Hampton, about it
tvou'd certainly bo read with interest
and might lend to au improvement in
artillery just as the Stevens Floating
battery suggested ironclad vessels of
war. The Stevens battery was used ill
Charleston harbor and was the design
of ono of South Carolina's sons. Hi
idea was adopted and the Mciriinac
was built and clad with iron. The
battle between the Mcriiuiac and the
Monitor revolutionized tin methods of
naval warfare
When lbe war begat) the 10 was a
student in Ivskine College named ?I.
I', (t. Lnniodo. lie was a Frenchman
and when he camo about Due West be
lirst worked at the luiruess-makiug
trade with Col. D. o. Hawthorn, lb
was ambitious and determined to se
cure an education, paying lor it by bis
own work. He went into Co. C, Sev
enth S. C. V., when the war broke
out. He invented a double barrelled
cannon. He had a brass model. Roth
barrels wore to be loaded at once, the
halls to he held together h\ a strong
chain. W hen lired the double load
Would do fearful work, lor the balls
would stretch the chain at full length
and it would cut down ovorything in
front of its full length. This inven
tion did not meet with favor and that
such a cannon was ever thought of has
long ago passed out of the memory of
mosi poisons.
(>n Deccmbor 'J, 18011, the Senate
concurred in the following resolution
of Hie House:
"Resolved, That the Stale aSSUIUOS,
with piido and gratification, the cus
tody of the banner committed to her
care by the gallant Thirteenth; and
will keep it carefully as another valued
emblem of the devotion and patriotism
of her cherished sons.''
"K08OlVCd, That the Mag he com
mitted to the custody of his excellency
the Governor."
The Thirteenth s. C. V. belonged
to Gregg's, afterwards Met Jow tin's, bri
gade, and was not id for its gallant ser
vices. How many know that its Hag
was given to the State for safe-keeping
as early as December, 1803? The gal
lan', Thirteenth carried the batllcllag
after ihm until Appomatlox,
The names of many of the noblest
sons of South Carolina w ho fell ill that
groat struggle have almost boon for
gotten or people have no knowledge ol
llOW or where they fell. Who knows
of Col. .1. Foster Marshall except, that
he died ;it Second Manassas? lie was
a captain of the Palmetto regiment in
the Mexican war, and one of the most
public spirited citizens of Abbeville.
He was Senator, and when Col.
Thomas Thomson announced his death
he. paid the following tribute to the
memory of Ins predecessor on Novem
ber 24th, 1802:
"Lending Iiis rill einen Into the bnp?
(ism and blood ol a buttle on tin
Chickahominy, with n patriot's lire
glowing in liia heart, he addressed to
bis soldiers, ut the moment of the
charge, these memorable words: ?lie*
member the Stato you are from, I'ul
your trust in God. Acquit yourselves
like men and follow me.' Well was
this appeal answered by that rcgimoili
of heroes. In the harvest of death
ibat ensued, one-half tell killed and
wounded, their noble leader himsolt
passing through the battle unhurt
l>ul on the blood-stained and glorious
Held of Mauassas, so fatal to many of
South Carolina's loading sons, he gave
his life an offering to ins country's
cause. He died as a brave man would
wish to die, at the head of the regi
ment be had led ho long and loved so
well, their steady and onward irillUp
around '..in, and their earthquake
sh nits of vietoiy ringing in bis ears.
He fell a soldier of his country; he
rose, I hope, a soldier of the cross."
Wo might not lo let die such an ex
ample of heroism and patriotism.
It is impossible for the present gon?
oration to appreciate what difficulties |
our people met in conducting the war ,
It was a task to supply powder, hi I I
the authorities hit upon a SChi me that
was now and unxpic. In the cites
ovcry morning wagons were st ut
around to all the resldonccs to colli el
chambor lye, which was hauled a v ty
in barrels. From this liquid was c. -
traded nit *ato of potash, an important
ingredient in the manufacture of pow
der. In lliis way men, women and
children contributed to the defense ot
our homes and the cause of constitu
tional liberty.
A chronicle of such factH would be
invaluable. It is due to tin; memory
of those who endured Buffering hi those
d.i v of trial and heroism that a last
ing record should be made,
Rodert h. ii rmpitill.
Abbeville, s. <;.
OABTOXIIA.
Be*? the j0 M>e Kind You Have Always Bought
TlIIv NJv?UO NOT DYING OUT
The Facts Shown by the Census
Statistics About to be Made
Public
TllO New York livening
tho labulntiou of population by sex,
nativity and color, uudor tho eotisua <I
1000, has uuw proceeded far uuougli
to show thai tlio negro is numerically
holding his own. Those who predicted
that bceatiae of essential inferiority the
negro would the out as a race bud no
support in the returns of 1000. The
liogro is running along so closely with
the white, whom r tho liirurcs have
been tubulated, to indicate that, for
bettor 01 for worse, ho has gained a
linn foothold on Him continent, and
one from which he is not likely to be
soon dislodged.
From the ligurus at hand it scums
probable thai the negro population ol
the Uuilcd Suites in 1000 was between
'.?,0(1(1,11(10 and 0,000,000. The ratio
that tho negro bears to the total ill tho
Slates already counted, il applied lo
llio winde country, would give i?.<?_'.i,
nun, excluding Indian Territory, whore
perhaps i lie to uro l?,U00 more, li
iltal estimate be admilled as valid it
will make the llOglO COUslilUtC U..S
per cent, of the tola I population of the
country, as against I l.U a decade ago,
'the. lo?s being dm lo the greulor growth
of lite Northern State? und no! to any
hss proportion of negroes in the South.
The only Weakness Ol such an esti
mate comes rrom the fact that no
wholly typical border State has yet
been analyzed, and il is in the bonier
Stales lhat the pceuliai developments
of colored population are most in evi
dence. Ten years ago thu negro ap
peared to be leaving thu burd r Slates
io go in both directions towards the
cotton llelds of the far South audio
the large cities ol the North. Ken
lucky, for example, actually lost in ne
o-o population between I St 10 and H)0U.
There were only four other Stales ol
?Vilich this was true -Maine, New
Hampshire, Vurmoiil and Wisconsin
ami in euch of these the colored popu
lation was so small as to make any de
ductions from the llgures concerning it
oi little meaning. Ilm mall thu bor?
der Man- region the negro seemed to
ho losing his hold ; the cltlUUtU dorn
iini suit tho Ihoroiigb-going Airman so
woll as that furlhor South. Thou iIn
social ostracism which exist- where I ho
negroes nunihui fewer than a fourth of
ihr population, as in the border Stales,
is rather more galling than whore they
exist in such overwhelming numbers
as to be Bllllicicul unto themselves.
Tho antagonism *>? labor unions i*
more felt in the border Stales, since
I rail cs unionism has, as yet, no real
foothold in the far South. At all
events, while the Until conclusions as
to the exact numerical status til the n< -
gro will have to await the analysis of
border returns, it is safe to say thai in
the main be is fully holding Ins own.
Mow completely the neuro is count
ed is alway- an interesting statistical
question. Ten years ago Congress or
dered a record made ol the degree of
negro blood, whether mulatto, quad
roon or octoroon, but the information
furnished on this point, or rather the
enumerators' um-si s, were essentially
worthless. There is a constant uslufi?
iug off" from the black race going on
among its lightest colored meint? rs,
usually accomplished by means of a
change of residence. A colored man
in this city, ol unquestioned voracity,
relates an interesting incident which is
doubtless typical ol much that is going
on all over tin country. This man is
so nearly while himself that unless
seen with eoloted people he would
hardly In: taken lor a negro. lie had
a cousin several lints lighter, who, re
lying on that fact, decided to branch
out for himself and become a white
man. lie accordingly went to Canada,
married an unsuspecting Angl i-Saxon
and lived unchallenged among his
neighbors as a while man. At the
lime of the World's Fair the Washing
ton man, moved by curiosity, made a
return trip through the part of Canada
when-, his cousin lived, and, not lo em
barrass him, went lo Ins house lo see
hmi by night. He did not know wheth
er lie would he received or ruthlessly
ignored. lint the Canadian threw his
arms around his cousin's neck and Web
coined him. Hi reported that not the
slightest inconvenience had ever at
tended his translation to the white
race.
One in ed not travel long in the
South without learning of cases of this
sort, ami seeing man} families whoso
appearance is so on iho boidcr-hiie
I that it is Impossible i?? loll lo which
race they belong. It is among such
people, that the task of contvus enumer
ation Is very (HlhvUll. UlllcSS the Ollll
moralor, from his neighborhood ac
quaintance, knows a family and its his
lory, and records them in accordance
with lhat knowledge, he might have to
ask the question of race, and it per
chance ho pul H to a while family hit
hasty rot real Irom the room might ho
oood nccossary. It is thought that lid*1
perhaps intorforcd with iho full negro
count ton years ago, ?I > n all these de
grees wi re required, It was so much
casim lor an i numerator in doubt lo
enter "whi't . which re |ttlrc<l no
qualilientioii li.ni lo outer "negro,"
and thee .-. gin questioning as to Iho
do^'.vos, lll i Hie in in fit of the doubt
?lay liavo Inn i ? u in more cases
than was (lesoi v< d,
Dookor VVnshingiou lias said that the
llCgro is hi/tying on the farms ami has
always advised him lo continue lo do
so. As a mailer of fact, from this ren
alis, il appears that the n gro i-i going
to the eilies just as fnst as the whib
rare. (^mi? as lar.:e a percentage >?
the negro population of any Stale as
I? r the white is found in towns of m ire
tili n -,?">(?(? people.
Tin introduction in iho Mont.ma
House -I' a rcsolulh n t"i the appoint*
niont 01 two mure womon an clerks
gave Ilse to nn interesting discussion
the other day( it was pointed out thai
I there were i Iready twonty*flvo womon
olorks, who, iccordlng lo one member,
<lid liulo hut ill around the committee
rooms iii liny, reading novols or doing
fan \ WOlk, and drawing ?.*> a day.
Another member lold of the struggle
he had 10 persuade one out of a bevy of
ill i e i ol theso clei k.i lo do a little woik
tor him on a tvnewritas*. ..
RHEUMATISM and CATARRH CURED
-BY
Johnston's
Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
A. Whole Faintly Oared.
Mrs. C. H. Kingsbury, who keeps a
millinery und fancy ^oods storo at St.
Louis, liratiot Co., Mich., and who is
well known throughout the country,
Bays:
*? 1 was badly troubled with rhouma
tism, catarrh and neuralgia. 1 had
liver complaint and was very bilious. I
was in a bad conditions every day I be
gun to fear that 1 should uevor bo a
Well woman! that I should have to
settle down iuto a chronic invalid, and
live in the shadow of death. I had
JOHNSTON'S SAUSAPARILLA rec
ommended to nie. I TOOK FOUR
BOTTLES AND IT OURED ME, and
cured my family both. 1 am very glad
that I heard of it. 1 would cheerfully
recommend It to evory one. I have
taken many other kinds of mcdlolne.
1 prefer JOHNSTON'S to all of them."
MICHIGAN IIUl U CO., Detroit, Mtoh.
For Sula bj th Liurcna Drug Com
pany, Lauren-. S. C.
THE PAST AND TIIF, FUTURE.
A Graphic Description of Robert IS.
Leo's Appearance Before the Vir
ginia Secession Convention.
The- Richmond Chamber of Com
merce gave iui excursion ou the lames
liver a few days aim t?> members of
die Virginia Constitutional Conven
tion, of which Hon. John (Joodo is the
president, Mr. Goodc was culled upon
for ;i speech, and ho paid a glowing
tribute lo tin- Richmond of to-day, tin;
result of untiring industry, pluck and
energy, und then bo continued : "Hut,
uctillcmcii, my mind reverts to the
liichmoud of other days. Grand, old
historic Richmond I How kind and
hospitable her people have always been
io mo ! Well do | remember my first
coming in 1852, when but a boy, and
the friendships formed here even then
that lasted to the graves of so many
heron- souls. Well do 1 remember
when as a member of the convention
of l -i')l I not only enjoyed Richmond's
hospitality, bul enjoyed the fellowship
anil -han d the labor- of Virginia's his
toric band, only live ol whom now
w.ilk above the so. . Weil do I lctncin
l)( i it was the liisi lime I beheld thu
groat, the grand, Iho immortal Robert
K Lee. (Great applause). After se
ceding from Iho Union and before join
lug the. Confederacy. Virginia was an
Independent nation, und 1! H. Leo was
made commander-in-chief of Iho forces
of the (lonnnonwealth.
??Weil do 1 remember Iiis giand
physique us bo came into the (Jon von -
lion Hall, where wc here have lefl to
day, leaning upon lite arm of Judge
Munsoti, and Blood before iho presi
dent of thai convention, who sat where
I have the honor lo sit each day now.
Well do I remember the salute he gave
when the president addressed him,
saying that 'in the days when the re
public was created all eyes turned to
old Westmoreland, in Virginia, for in
spiration ami guidnucc, and called her
son to first preside over the destinies
of that republic, so now, when wc have
lo again adopt heroic measures to pre
serve the blessings of independence,
all eyes again turn to old Westmore
land, made ever glorious by a Wash
ingti n and Light-IIorso Harry Leo,
and yon, her >on, our dear beloved, wo
greet to-day and invest you with our
power.' Mr. Lee modestly replied Hint
he was profoundly impressed by the.
solemnity of the occasion and the grave
duties ho assumed with the honor ac
cepted. 'I accept it' he said,'with a
prayer to Almighty God that 1 shall be
given grace to please Him and strength
10 ei vc you, in whose behalf alone I
shall overdraw my sword again/ And,
oh ! w hat a poci'lcss captain he was !
'Peace hath her victories m> less re*
nowneil (linn war,' ami when that glo
rious chieftain accepted the atbitra
incut of the sword, and as president of
Washington and Lee University de
voted the rest of his lifo h< the educa
tion of the sou - of Virginia, ho crown
ed an already illustrious name with a
sweet and imperishable glory. H is
good lo think of old historic Richmond
ami Loo together.
"Old Richmond! My frionds, I re
cur lo the tlays when Mr. Liiicoin told
the peace commissioners to 'go back
?Hid tell your pooph to take off the
gray, lay down their arms and I will
s( c what can be done for you.' When
Stephens came hack with his message
to old Richmond a teat mooting was
called in the old AlnctUl Church, and
a monster gntheiiug took place that
lllled the .slice's a block away.
??Ii seems if yosi onlay when I saw
ilic proai .I'.ulali I', lienjamiu ami Jof?
forson Davis (grunt anplau-o) walk
down Iho aisle of I lie old church, and
lioard Iho thuii'ic log applause Ihnl
shook iho vi rv i afters, Ii is imp s-i
|)le lo descrilio llio speech Ihn! Jiffor?
sun Davis made Demosthenes' most
celebrated phihipic never equaled it,
and no! a citizen of glorious <'lil Rich
mond wen; lo sleep Hint night without
a vow lo pr?'sorvo with life's Ideal, if
neeti in-, (do honor ol iho Common
wealth. \ ;il I remember old Rich
it mill a I. w yoars lap r in the grandi in
of bor ruins. Heroic, unstained, ox<
.?opt with patriots' blood, to (be last.
Uolu Id her Iben, cast down bill not
dismayed. See her to-day, a represent
ative of die twentieth century prog
ress,
I) nr old Virginia I God bless her I
T? in ;. of us hero have you placed
In r ? i ?lini?-" !->r Hit! future. I think I
can promise \ n thai Ihoy are safe in
nur hand", v ? * iM?hin?o)
"The pil?l ii Im In I us, ami ils glo
riefl vi I endure so long an our blue
mountains If', ihcii su limits to the
oVorlnfliiuu -i-v.
"Your UoiiBtituilonnl Convention in j
I llichmond, let me assure you, lias its
eye set on the. morning of a new exist
ence ; n morning bright with sunbeams
and sweet with dew upon the (lowers.
A morning also that betokens, a day of
strenuous, life, industrial achievement,
political rout, commercial gientncss,
peace and prosperity now and for
Vw*v w. . .., ,,
Tillv county
s u riv kin tf. n d i; n rs.
They Iliive Organized for the Pur
pose of" lieing Instructed in Su
pervision.
At the suggestion ol Mr. K. I). Wnl
Inco, superintendent of education for
Itichlaud County, the county t-upui in
louden Is uttending tin- Stale summer
Bcliool forleiiehers, held n uieutins?und
organized themselves iu'.o .1 hody to bo
known us The < lounty Supcriuh i .dents'
Department ol the Stute summer
school. Subsequently another meeting
was bold, u Constitution was adopted,
and olllccrs elected. (>n Monday, iho
Sth lust. U third nutting was In id On
this occasion Supt. McMahau, I'rof. It.
Menus l>;i\ is, Mr. Hand ami I'rot. I'at
tcrson Wnrdlaw delivered addresses,
commendatory of the purpose ol tin
department, and laudatory of those
county superintendents who had made
it then business lo attend the State
summer school, and exert themselves
to become III suporx Isors. The met t
ing was a great success, and all patties
felt that the presence of so progn t uve
ti spirit among the count) biipetintend
cuts foretells heller thing-- I'oi our ru
nd schools.
The addresses, however, were not
the feature of this uncling. The real
put pose of the organization i- lo obtain
more oxpcil supervision in Ihe coun
ties by having the prc-cnt superintend
ents lo perfect their work of supervis
ion. '1'? this end, regular attendance
at t he sumnn r school under instructors
leaching supi rvision is deemed advis
able.
When Iho other superintendents
catch stop with the onward stride of
these, here alttiulillg, there Will SUfCl)
he hotter times in ihe schools ol South
Carolina, ami then there may In- round
within the limits of the respective
counties, supervisors oxperl enough to
heconio Iho educational leaders ol their
communities.
The following resolutions, the plat
form of the more progressive county
supemilcudcnts, will show clearly iln
spirit :
Whereas, we, the members of the
County Superintendents' department
ol thu State slimmer school, desire t<>
submit our vn-ws to a candid public in
order to create a sentiment sustaining!
our logical position, believing, ns we
do. that the solution of the rural school
problem is our peculiar pron native,
and desiring lo measure up lo the de
mands of the crisis ;
Ami. whereas,though not detracting
one whit from the able leadership of
state Superintendent McMohan, in the
matter of his broad and uiasleily or
ganizations, wo believe ihuioui sphere
must be occupied ami accentuated lo
secure results in hanumy with the
genius of our peculiar form ol Stale
education, which is inn a reih x of our
unique form of g ?veriuuenl ;
And, whorons, the count} being the
unit of government, and the essence of
roprc8enlaliou,government la. ingcliisc
nossof tom b between ruler-ami ruled,
il follows as a logical deductii n that
the county suporillleudoul is a vital
head of '.he county school, he being in
the closest touch with the cdueulh mil
conditions of his own county ;
And, whereas, thero is a conslaiilly
increasing demand for specialization,
a demand which calls for profession
ally trained coniiI) superintendent?
bupcrinteudouts, who, placed by tin ir
OlllfO above CVOI'y toaclll i in their bOV
era! counties, shall bein reality what
they me in position, mi n capable of
moulding a good school system and
creating the atmosphere that organizes
and sustains good si hools ;
And, WhOI'Cas, we believe (hat, as is
the suporiulcmh nt so are tho sehoi Is ;
that separati in ss of cffoit is a calam
ity ; that school- can get inspiration
from the county supcrinli i d< nts ..lone;
ami that only by becoming educational
exper'.s, ami by exorcising the func
tions of the export supervision cm Iho
county sunorintondciil solve the gieal
problem of tho rural schools, There
fore, be it resolved,
first. That WO U?'gc every county
Superintendent of education, ami every
oilier member of the count} boariU ol
education to exert himself to present
lo the public the chataclcr ol work
I bill should be. demanded from the.
eoti ity superintendent of education.
Sec uid, Th i - ? recommend that
e i :< only tij 11 undent adopt a.id
ci.to im .1 sei oi mies along the linos
Worked mil by the following, which
arc in < t iii ?ti in Itichlniid County :
1st. v r. ft d I.k Indicating the nd
Valici i... in i Oacll pllpil, to be kept by
the turn 1 i r
2d. r .\ i.e. .-, - ! .hip by each leach
CI* of lOM-b i ks i| ud III Ills school.
:;d. Id quin muni thai every teacher
attend -.Mi ner schools and teachers'
associati il-.
?Ith, r u:,iv Rtipoiiiilcndonls shall
kiM |> a p'ivjiir record of the oHIciciicy
of endi s< If" I .:i Iii ir several Counties.
,*>th. Ih quucmrni ,tint each school
shall Ii.ire up In il.ii? i cpiipni nls.
Ulli. Requirement (I) that lenchcra
shall ftdopl in.'! iflU lOXI books ami ad
liel?1 to I) i n III , . Ul < S Of bllUly. ('-)
l'l .i i \ yIi ill s. - ii c ami picsci'\o
m 11 < ?! nirioiin iga ami regular*
i,\ h.i In ,ni:i - et npi liitlg ami closing
?ehoul. {.',) Thal each Ii acln i shall
in!??1 .ii least one cilucalioiial pnpor.
Unsolved, furl her, Thai wo respeel
In ly roqu - ?;ipt, ?lohn I. MeMuhtin
to eo opi nn i wiih us by recognizing
(his orc\iiiiz li 11 i pelinaiieiii lia
in , n| ihe i.i n mer school am!
pf.iviiliiu iis wiih i .pcii prolcs8urs
? h ? ? hall ho. I is.i s, round tables,
Ott-., ioi Olli Iii i.i 111 .
Resolved, further, Thai Iho news
papers ho supplied with copies of these
resolutions nnd asked to publish them.
The monuments of the famous Ma
son and Dixon ltno hclwcen I'ciinsyl
vania and Maryland have 8ufferc(i scv
orely from the attacks of vandals, and
thoy wdl soon ho replaced with casl
iron markors, Rapid progress is now
being made on tlto relocation of the
line. The eastern part of the line was
originally marked by stone monuments
at equal dlStatlCOS of one mile.
OA8TOniA.
Royal ?
v Absolutely pure
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
_HO-Al BAKINQ POWPfW CO.. VOSK.
A TR IP 1,15 ROMANCE IN 1,1 FE
A Dressmaker Raised Her Second
Husband Who Saved Her Life.
N-.w York World.
When Mrs. Virginia Rowland, of
New VurF. lay (lying six years ago Bho
gave her two sons into the hands ol
her dressmaker, Mrs, Carrie Armer, of
Newai k.
Take good care of them," sue s.iid
" especially of lit'le Clifford, for ItO is
my baby."
And I it t lo Clifford, now twotily-lwo,
und Mrs. Armer are married and are
expected lo arrive lids week in Bloom
fluid, N. .1.
Mrs. Armer is a bright little woman
oi fortylwo, vvilb Hashing black eyes
and ;i very youthful appearance. When
till llowhllld brothers hist their own
mother she was a mother lo them (ill
ihey got through school. Their father,
a \iw York banker, had died years
before.
?? We were all surprised when we
heard that Carrie had married a man
twenty years youngei than she,''said
young Rowland's aunt, Mrs. Man
Perry, of Reason street. Rloorulleld.
yesterday. Tin y weio married Juno
(?tli at Flushing. Hut, bloss you, every
one has known that the hoy was wildly
in love with her. I think they will ho
happy in -pile of the difference in their
ages."
i here i- a little romance hack of this
extraordinary marriage. Mrs. Armer
wa- divorced years ago. Afterwards
?he hough) an interest in a Fifth ave
nue. Mow Vork, dressmaking estab
lishment, and also had an establish
no. m in Newark. She only worked for
rich people.
She Was highly educated in he youth
and had expected to inherit a large
property. The shipwreck of her lirst
matrimonial venture broke up her lifo.
V >r years she lived among her friends
as a sort of private seamstress. It wa
in that capacity that she met the How
lauds, the proprietors ol the Howlaml
bouse a! Long llrauch.
After si.cccssfulry launching the two
Mowlam' boys in tin- world she return
ed tod OS-making. Two years ago at
Ni wa k bay she was one of a party ol
;>iea ore seekers upset hi a sailboat.
Vo'.Ug I lowland saw the accident and
swam out to save her. He swam hall
a mile with heron his back. Two men
in tin- boat were drowned. Tin: other
women wore saved by fishcrmcu.
Vom g llowland began the study ol
dentistry, hut a cold that he had con
tracted in the water at the time of the
rise tic can sid an ear trouble. He re
covered partially, and believing his.
happiness depended upon his winning
the band of Mrs. Armer, proposed {>?
her. She refused him and advised him
to travel, thinking if he would goto
Ftii'opc for a year he might meet some
girl bis own ago and win her.
!!<? ret used logo. To euro him oil
his passion she wen', to Ft)rope her-:
self. Though she loved the boy sin
did not want him to hurl his prospects,
b) marrying him. llowland followed
her, but not knowing where she had1
gone, missed her. lie was taken ill
again with the trouble in his car. From,
Carlstadl, (iermauy, physicians wired'
thai he could live hut a few (lays.)
Friends here cabled to Mrs. Armer, I
who was then in France. She hurried/
!o Carlstadl and found bun at death's1
door. From the moment of her ar
rival he began to rally, and in a week
was able to recognize her. The illness
gave Wily lo her tender nursing and
nicy re tinned to America together.
llowland w;is doing well at the I'm '
versity of Pennsylvania dental school,
but refused lo return there inless he
had the promise of Mr. Armer thai
-he would marry him. Their natures
are much alike. Holl) are retiring and
(piii t, fond of books am! art. The dif
ferences in their ages was the only bar
to tin ir happiness.
The young man won the favor of Ins
relatives ami friends to ihn marriage
before she actually promised to he bis
wile. Hussell llowland, his brother,
gave his full consent, und Mrs. Itussell
ilowlntxl was a witness to the cere
mony ai the parsonage at the Flush
ing IhlptlSt Church. It Wn8 decided
I" keep iho wedding a secret for iwo
weeks,
Tho happy couple wenl i<> Wesl 1 *<?ir.t
for thi'honeymoon. I'hoy will re?
lui'ii to IlloomUold in a low days and
will occupy tho beautiful house of Dr.
Urouj'h on ibis 'tinnier. Next fall
they will live ii' Philhdelphia, whore
the bridegroom will continue his
illldi s. lie has :in independent in.
come.
The death of l'rof. .lohn Kisko al
the early age of llfty-ninc yours takes
aw i\ one oi ihe brightest scholars,
lie >-l enteil tuning lee in reis, ami charm,
ing writers ihal America ever produc
ed, A yoltthlul prodiv'V, he boon III o n
man of amazing erudition, ami a think
or ot no common force. Kh m appear.
iio/ before iho public as an Interpreter
oi I lei het i Spencer, he later drew
away from I he teachings of that great
milhor toward a more spiritual philo
fophy. Ii Isasn liislorian thai he will
he bust known. Ilia " Beginnings of
Now K. land," "Old Virginia and
lit i' N< Miors," "Critical Period,"
and other Miniiiar volumes have had a
very wide reading, and no wondor,
Thoy arc not merely nccurnto in tho
statement ni facts, but also possess
over) quality of good style.
The managers of oightv-oight mills
[Hi (.teoruia have voluntarily signed an
agrcoiuenl not Ott any condition to em
ploy children under 10 years of age
aflor September 1, and not to employ
children under 12 at night. These
mill men defeated in the Legislature,
a hill enacting these among other pro
visions, but have vohin'urily surron
IN A HUMOROUS \RIN.
Mrs. Newly wed?-"Am I the most
wasteful thing you ever saw, dear ?"
Mr. Newlywed- -"Of course not, pet.
1 have seen the I'auama canal and a
billiou-dollar Congress." Judge.
"My !" he exclniuiod admiringly,
"you look like a poach." "Well, real
ly," she replied, noticing a restaurant
in the middle distance ; "I do feel liko
something to oat."
"Did you know that Richard Le Gal
lic.) lie, poel and novelist, is also an
eminent oculist
?'Well, I knew that some of his po
ems were eye-openers." Cleveland
I'lain Denier.
Crawford - "Come around to the
house and have dinner, old hoy ?"
Crahshaw "No; on your life. 1
brought von home when you were
drunk, the other night, ami your wife
got a good look at me." Town Topics.
Tom "Mary, did 1 understand you
that VOlir attack of rheumatism was
cured by Christian Science, so-called?"
Mary?"No, sir. The attack of
Christian Science was cur d by an at
tack of rheumatism." Buffalo News.
Poetic Bridegroom?"1 could ail
hero forever, gn/.iug into your oyo and
listening to the wash of the ocean."
Practical Bride?"Oh, that reminds
me, darling ; we have not paid our
laundry hid yet.'' Brooklyn Life.
Toss ???Young Mr. Saphcad tells mo
his li:st name is Noah. What do you
think of that ?"
.less "Sounds runny, doesn't it ?"
TcSS ???Funny? It's ridiculous.
Noah had sense enough to go in when
it raiucd."- -Philadelphia I'ress.
"Why do you waii'.lor aimlessly from
place to place?" inquired the philan
thropist.
"Well," answered Moaildoriug Mike,
"eight hours' sleep a day is enough for
anybody ; an' we've golOl" do some
t'illg wit' do other lb hours,ain't we?"
Washington Star.
"The storm did a groat deal of dam
ago in our neighborhood. Blimber's
house was struck by lightning and set
on lire, and Jim Holt's barn was burn
ed, with two valuable horses."
"Yes, and wo had two quarts of
fresh milk soured by the lliumler."?
("ovcland Plain I lealer.
Junior Partner -"J received a note
from our book-keeper this morning
saying that ho wouldn't bo able 10 come
down for several days."
Senior Partner "What's the matter
with the man ?"
Junior Partner "His wife has been
cutting his hair." -Town Topics.
The Whhsolt, Cht., Courier bus this
marriage notice in its social column :
'?Uncle Kbono/.or sprawls, aged 02,
was married to Susanna Lloight, aged
yt), on Tuesday last. The happy couple
left oil the noon train for their honey
moon. We wish them a long life of
wedded bliss. No cards although we
olTorcd to print some for them, cheap."
l'apa "Where's my umbrella? I'm
sure I put it in the hallslnild with the
others lasi evening."
Willie- "I gUCSS Mabel's beau took
it when he went home last night."
Mabel "Why, Willie I The idea I"
vVillh "Well, when he was sayin'
good-night to you I heard him say,
?I'm going to steal just one.'" Phila
delphia I'ress.
Mr. Suburban "I was called on by
a committee to-day, who wanted mo to
contribute something toward the build
ing of a now fence around the old cem
etery."
Mrs. Suh'iiban ? "And how much
did you ltIVO them, dear ?"
\ir. Suburban "I '.rave them noth
ing, siiupiy because 1 do not sec tho
necessity for building a fence Those
who are In the cemetery can't get out,
and I dotl'l believe there is anyone,
very anxious to gel in." -Baltimore
I Sun.
"My doar," said the fair girl s fath
or, "I li8touod to your graduation essay
with n great deal <>f interest."
"Did yon V" she rejoined coolly.
"Yes ; and I want to say that I have
been doing von an injustice and (hat I
am sorry foi it. I used 10 think you
were Worrying about what Susie Simp*
kins was going to wear, or whether
( hat lie. ('bumpkins was going to call,
when all tills tune, you were pondering
on the 'Ultimate Destiny of the Hu
man liacc.'"
"Klhcl," lie said, in that soft, coo?
iu! tone, which sounds so foolish to
the disinterested bystander, "I think
that there is no treasure to equal a
(rue woman's affection "
"And I," she answered. "believe
that 110 riches can compare to the love
? f an honest man."
With all his sentiment he was a man
of business, and without hesitation he
rejoined :
"Miss Snnlhers, doos il not occur to
you I lull WO have enough capital at our
disposal lo organize a trust ?" Wash*
ington star.
Mot roll ?"Ah, there is no denying
that the way of tho transgressor is
hard."
Worrell--"I don't know about that.
Nearly every transgrossor 1 ever mot
had a way with lion that was deei ledly
'free and easy.' "-- -Philadelphia I'ress.
Although on tho gold basis, the cur
roncy ol llntish India continues to call
for a large coinage of silver, winch the
gold bugs in charge of the government
do not hesitate to import. In the livo
months of 1001 ending May 31 tho
driiish ES ist Indies imported 5fl7,<r>lO,
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