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i TIP-TOWN OFFICE, BROAD-STREET
PHARMACY, NO.' 519 EASTVBRPAD
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TUESDAY . . M A Y 29, 1900.
AN EXPOSITION IX 1!M»7.
Here is a Kutei which we wish ail" Yi:--.
nnlaiip, and especially all Richmond and
Manchester people, would road- and re
»olve to act upon:
the .Editor of the' Dispatch:
' three hundredth anniversary of the
founding of Jamestown— lhe liist pter
majient English colony in America— will
be an event/of : significance,; aiicl ought; to.
be lilly observed. Atiomion would thus
lie -called to iJife*"lieKinnliigs;'pf our civilizu
liun and State-building on this" Continent.
:If this anniversary (.in 3iK3T) is to be sig
nalized, it is eminently appropriate that
the observance take place iii Richmond.
Ino capital of Virginia, the Mother oi
States, i
; Could hot such an event be best niaik
cd by jui exposition in which should be
Rathercfl the memorials of our past, the
evidences -of our progress in acriculture,
manufactures, and art; and illustration
nf'tlw condiiion ol "such actiyiiies in all
parts of the world? If, the -Virginia pr«i»sj".
and if ;he Riclimond . Chambtr uf C«>m
morce. and' the' ■ Association for the Pre
servation of -'Virginia. Antiquities see fit
to take hold of such .in tntornrise for
me year 1907. it is believed noi-oiiiy Jhat
the State ;ind .National govcrjjinents
cotiM be cnlisi-tl. but also, that foreign
countries would be represent*-'!. For :by,
reason of its unrivalleil historic imprest,
the date thus' to be cqrnmemdrated: ap
peals t.o the heart and iiaagiivuioii of tiie
world, and especially of a!! English-spealcT
ing peoples.;-" Shall lite energy am! pub
lic £j>irit of Virginia. 1 ' take tin? initia
tive iii cclebratinc the three hundredth
aiiiiiyei'sury of the." plihiting of English
civilization and po!hir;n ideas in America?
S. C. MITCHELL. -r;
Richmond College.
It seems to us that some suggestion
ol this kind was advanced in the coiiiinns
of the Dispatch sonic years ago; but no
inaiter whether -it was or not ihis is an
opportune time to press the subject, upon
public attention.
The landing at .lamestown antedated
that on Plymouth Rock by thirteen years.
_Does any one suppose that if ihote, dates
■were reversed our energetic New :Enij
- land friends would let slip the - oppor- i
Ltunity to secure national; .State, and mu
nicipal aid, and organize a= individuals
in: order to have a proper celebration?
'No. indeed! Nor should we,' holding the
"point of vantage that we do.
■It strikes us that an international, or,
at least, a national, exposition would be
a very good way, indeed; .to celehrate
the event. The appropriateness of Rich-
JBpnd 3s3 s the Place for the .celebration
will occur to all who arc ' familiar with
the- history of the event in question;
; Jamestown being no longer a city 'or
town— only a* farm.
■.;:■■ Friends, think the matter over, ar.il re
solve to act, which you may do without
harm lo any prospective streot fair, and,
'"we. presume, in harmony v,ith that (.r
■ ganization.
"A STAVK OKF."
„:,■ It is not probable that any but: the
Biost unsophisticated", take -. seriously '" Mr.'
Payne's resolution authorizing the Com-
Sjnittee of Ways ana Means to sit during
• rece.-s. Tliat is lo say, ntine'but ihc- most
;iinsophJsHc4tvd imagine that the c-^m
~rmUtee proposes lo consider .seriously th«
the resolution cm'iiowojs it io con
■ s!der, and which is. the- reduction of war
' raxes. The consensus olimeJligeiH opinion
■I'ilsi thai -the. piMjpositioh iscimply "a. little
£j game. of. "stavo on"V— a trick fo enable
■the administration to doOae meeting the
. demand; ol the mas.-:es for. relief !u. tho
; : ;l direction,. in question. .
. ' The argument that it is.importam.that
the committee should " collect. in foi mat ion
r before making ncommi-ndatJoh; .if. Con
ggfess. and 'thit'tline wilKbe retiu!r«»dvfor
is thin to the. la-t d^tee! ShVui-:i
!; the. committee sk ton j.ais it would :b<>
.jujt '"wh<-re it is now. lar asis con
?;■ cerxjr-d the informs) lion iicotssa ry a^ a'
.basis. t>f. recounni;iidations.-_ :AiJ' that" 5^
e^hi'iJtiai: for .thfr foimutimonlor a- rc-i.ou
i= at hand, np.3 !v prxiciic^Hy comin.jri
A? has b^n- periled, ou:.- the
r ■'lisuit-s' Showing ihc '■co^tVot'iu'nHijVifi'tVrK
kyvvinm-iit ..'.:e i-:i>l\y rif-ressiblei - and
liavo b?(-n for nvji.tlr*; th.V yk-silliiKs" <if
S^ieyarlbus'Srncans a:' obtaining 'revenue
Pi£Jait\as- enKily, obtninoii; J.lh'^.jatr.ount'
th^PujrxiUj^ji.k^rtvvii.and tht::rate;at ;
i'<» it is 3»i!;tjK v;, hus b,. e n d.-t. (miiiod.
\' } £ ' he> " tim ' " l r ' •"" *-^ ■ : A y a » t <'d the war
'. 1-ixct reduced, the woik c.ju'u] be "«j,. cd"- ;
i .My iK-compliv-h. d. But tn.,t i d , jj n-tn -t wlua
'upon succt^'lliur iiitns^lf.and' is ROlrt?-', to
take no chances oir.nothavlr.R : a..«»if
ncioncy of r«- v*n\><; for "our
mission" -'■'ot;. f 'b'«jn<«yolrnt?3"i<*!mjla'-uyn" in.
thV'PhlMppiiK-s nVxli 'oarryitjg out.hl^Smre-"
si.a lutfiry. Woi.? Conpivss ; . «f>mnoi'fd to
'•onsid«»r ; t he " issu^v now. it could not. on tho:
f'lce-tif ;tho oxhibH s, avoid i giving "-the tax
'pnyorr. rt-liff. Xo. satlsfciciory excuse
rouKl !>•} offered ['for riot, reducing some
of t he w:ir taxes and abolishing others.
Mi.T MoKinVoy wants u> l>e. in position
to>wcnt si::ih>' rea-ss«?mbling. of Of*-'
j»rvs*;'an excuse'f'i or continuing" to soueoze
Jh..:. jx-ople. if':'tH:iflt*> n/'d'ftssary.. for xhf*.
ron:-:i:itm;ition of his policy. Mr. .PaS'riO.'
chairman of ih<? Ways' "and. MMns'-.Coni:
inflict/ <"•■"" : ''e j-f-iffl upotj to cook, up the
€-\''.us<i to; orfier-.f'.: Ho is. putty in ihc hanclr
of., the adm)nist'r::tioT!. n:? wiuiess" how
obliging ho Wiis-in f«»spp'ct : : of the Port>V
Kionii 'tariff. Tii<?. cyld-'and patent : fffcv
is that, the . country mhy.as well settle
down to the conviction: thra the w.ir,
tiix<:s will be perpf-.tunted until imporial
ism sliall have been. kill< ; <l . ".; .-;.»i;> pulls,
by.' the sweeping -of the Repi:nHcan party
from power.
TIIIC IJIJST AXD ,THI3- IVISI3ST.'. 1
I:i an "article rejoicing over the victory
of Tltursday, -and which is headed' "Tier
deirij.'tion Drawetri Nigh,"- the. Lynchbnrg
Xnws says: - • ... ■.-.:
"Tlie result should bring joy and hope
to.ihe heart of every true son of Virginia,
whmher. at homo or abroad: The old Com
inonwfjilth has 'already"', languished too
long, bound hand and foot .by .the Consti
tution framed by. .her.. enemies ; and im
posed- upon her in her .^helplessness by
alien power. The time of holding i he con
vention and -the time and manner of elect
ing delegates remain to be., det'efmined,
but these .are mailers of minor "considera
tion. The one point of supreme :mpor-.
tance is that Virginia has decided' to. call
a "convention to be composed of true Vir
ginian.-, for the purpose of framing v new
constitution. Vov this let. us be"th«nkfu!."
It is needless -for us to say that we
share ij; ! he fullest in ourcoiitemporaiy'.s
exultation.' Moreover, we" fully" agree with
the X.;-ws in tin- declaratipri that when
the ihne eomos for choosing delegates to
tl;o • convenilon we should; /'select our
ablest men. to perform the duty fraught
with consequences andpossibnities so im
p'ortrtht'for/the. fuiure Progi-ess and wel
fare of the Commonwealth."' ■ "
And just here we would state that
doubtless this will be, as.: it should )x\
iiisi.st<--d upon by the Democratic press
throughout Virginia;-: From the very
initiative of the movement for^a consti
tutional convention many of our contem
poraries shoved "to the fore the conten
tion that if the- movement succeeded j the
paity should so'e that; its ablest and
v.ise.<: im-n be intrusted with framing the
-new .organic -law. a:id;-siiu'-e the conven
tion proposition has carried that conten
tion has been emphasized by a number of
liapers. -.".-.. . • . ...".'■
The Xew York Tribune says that its
detailed; statement; showing the .'number
of Americans, of Cubans, "and of. persona
of all other nativities, who now hold of
fice under the. provisional" government in
Cuba, is a suflioient and very effective
answer to the charge that the Ameri
cans -had taken most of the places for
themselves.
Well. yes. But it appears that the
Americans more than; "evened up" after
all. .While they- did not. take most of
;he. places, in some~ instances they, took
all-'ihe'-funds they could, lay their hands
on. .- r ' .' ' ~"'
That, was an.''ihte'reisting letter, of Amos
.T. Cumrr.ings's,; published in the Dispatch
oh Sunday, on the subject of American
birds. Among oilier of our.- native birds
said- to" have disappeared almost,. he men
tions the parakeet— a small parrot. The
oarly colonists, found the parakeet in Vir
ginia. Has any man now living ever seen
a parakeet in Virginia? We should like
to know.
Ten thousand Socialists paraded in Paris
Sunday in commemoration of the fall of
the Commune, twenty-nine years ago.
There was some disorder, and the gen
darmes used their clubs to some extent,
but there was no serious friction. The
msin efforts of the police were directed
towards preventing an unfurling of the
red flag, which, it had been oflicially.de
clared, would be seditious, and in this
they were successful.
"Bryan and Dc-wey" is tho Democratic
ticket predicted by Hanna. it appears.
But it is the Republican party for 'which
Hanna make, tickets: not the Democratic.
Uncle Sam seems disposed to take a
hand against tho VBoxers.v. Will h e
knock thorn out? .
i^nltimore is still a good deal in the
as regards -jtij-HBhung arrange-
■ The oclipse of the sun wa^strictly up
to-date, andjbi ought pr-pple to time*
/Wcj trust the man in,the moon didn't ob
ject to being stared at. LOO
■ Xow look out for the eclipse of Radical
ism in Xovember.- 1 ■•■■
The^ heavenly twins werolovely yester
day morning. . -J<--ier-
Iliil^ibl
;"':.- -r,V c lk -- l, d d : .it
•Louisville. Ky. . who took as his 'text
Philip, ians, i., 20. . To-ni^hf the second
concert wa., given •ln:';SehHn ; ary;lhdn"?
and to-morrow morning the dl^S '
m P'ize, and the awar^g rf^ £S
dip omaswill be"made, The alumnat "affi."
ciatiou has - been in session . and /refeffi
that the fund being raised to • erect !
mompnalto.the-late. Mary Julia-Sd^
such S!^fe' i: r ° UnaOr: ls v »^u»lns
handsome. proportions that the met
liS^^"- nbe ThegS
of Vhi-- , "-T" orected - /The memorial
?l : }*%, '"t? Al -'"us • McClung, who gave . a
?»;«•«»»». valuable life .as.'asslstant prihcl-'
pal. is noarins /completion; J t is. a hand
.»ome tv.o-s'.ory Milwaukee brick buiidin
r:o'\ti!Hs i ho crest of Seminary Ridge, atrt
if", p Ki'm "f: architecture. .Nevt auMimn
.his bi,n..ii«« -win-be o-dic : u;,i:Vi,vL;S
•hlft Cf tvirm.i v. Tho: pasr session "shows the
;i;nK^tuti<-n<!ance,,in;;the;;seminary:s'his
tory fMiv? \V C i, lv . r has ea-rj^a^out: the
qriKii.al plan adopted by Miss J Baidwln'
■-r^. 1)0 not gripe nor irritate the:alimen
■ ; ; tary, ■ canal. >.'■ They^v act •
Sold by all dru B g.lit3?r£s cents.
tmmumMßmumummmMimm
fashioned ji f i er the curriculum ; of ? the
University .'r'or>V.trg»nla, adding thereto
suchi: new t pa tlires." '•».>«.- ! th<?' : present : clay
and^hour/ don-uinfi = -.■"■ ■ •■".■■■■■ J --.. :
"> : This i is. th^sr:i(Jiißting*class:of /;
: ; \ Jn I versl t'y GGrad at es—M iss ' Ma r y : Ran
dolphi 1 -'; Berkeley"."' i Virginia; : Miss --Mary,
:Holme^;Mcllwatne.ijVirginia: -Mts3 ilsa-;
bella.Hin^Seott. 1 Alabama; :MiHS-.Mary
Sharp ■ ? ,Winiams, I v Mi3slsHlppL- Academic;
'Graduates'— Miss ■; Sarah-; Manly ToddiVVir-
gift ia: In st rii mon ta i Music—Mi?? "Em ma
Brew; Virßin'.n; MiPs^LliHanAinslee-.Carr, 1 !
West Vhglnia^-fAlipp. Mai y.i, Virginia
Texas; i Miss ;^Baer
Liggett/ 'Virginia; tMiss; 1 : Nina; : Hob
lizett llaver.stiqtt; Pennsylvania. Vocal
M UKic-Miss .'Bessie ; Christian '-Baker,
-Vircfinia :". ,Miss . Emma ;; Brew.. Vtr-
Texan. Klooutiori— Mis? Perfnete Crawford;
Wtma,' "and Miss Mary Virgtnia, -Finks.
KlHotu Virginiti; Miss Brew received the.
slar medal in vocal "music
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' THE lilbiDICK TRIAIi. ■
CJrbat lntor«-st-I« Will Commenoc
: ■.:.■.'■■ . To-Ilay. •- " \ '■■..''- .
LAWREXCEVILLJ-:,-. VA.', -May ?»•—
(SPeeia I.)— To-day is t he first day,: of the
May- term- of -the -County, Court, and the
day before -t In; trial of the Rev. J. E. R.
Riddick.' for the murder of Dr. .William
H. Temple! The attendance is small,, but
the keenest- interest is •manifested, in the
case. It was reported this morning that
Mr. P.. B. Davis, the leading attorney for
t he defence, was ill with fever in Peters
burg, but the 'report proved untrue, j. He, ■
accompanied by.Mrs. Riddiek. wife. of ,the
Prisoner; her mother/ Mrs. :Shephard?"on;
Dr.. RiCdirk. Mr. E. C Gooile. and- Mr.
and 'Mrs. W. S: Poage, arrived on the
midday train. Hon.lE: \V. Saunders.who
will assist Mr. E..-P.' P.uford in the prose-,
cutioi:. Is" expected here to-night. After
diniioV the Indies were driven to the' jail
to .os II on" the' prisoner. ~ Jtwas the iirst
meeting of husl.and and. wife since the
tragfily of. March llth. and was. perhaps,
Xh'i most pathetic scene ever, witnessed- in
the : county 'jaiJ.--.' -'.The visitors stayed for
some time, and were then' taken directly
10 ihftSr rooms, at the 3vnterpri.se Hotel.
The little "infant, which was born on that
fatal Sunday .morning, is strikingly, like
its. mother, who. is quite a handsome wo
man. It-is now thought the trial 'will': cer
tainly '-begin to-morrow morning- at 10
o'clock. The jury/which was summoned
from the northern portion of the, 1 county,
is snid to be composedof :the most.intel
lectual.and best men of that section. --'
. , - : j * ALBEHMARLE.
Oft" for. the Confederate Reunion—
A Fatal Full.
CHARL.OTTESVILLB, . May 20.-(Spe
cjal.)—The following- gentlemen have gone
from here to Louisville to. attend the Con
federate Reunion: R. C. Vandegrift, W.
H. Leathers. Wilbur Keblinger, llason
Gordon. A. C. Rueker, James Brown, W.
N. Wood, T.J. Williams, Colonel :C.C.
Wertenbaker, L. W. Cox, K. G. Clifton,
W. C.Payne, George Minor, W. T. Jones,
.1 ames Perley, General . Thomas L.. Ros'ser.
C. H. Walker, R. W. Duke. Captain
Micajah Woods and Miss -Mary 'Watts
Woods were to leave this evening. Miss
Woods is maid of. honor in attendance on
Miss Hayes.
Miss L. Hazel. Eolton, daughter of Ma
jor Charming Bolton. of "Branchland,"
this county, has -been appointed sponsor
for the Second Brigade in the Virginia
Division of Confederate Veterans by
Micajah Woods, the brigadier-general of
that brigade. •
Miss Bolton is one of the most attrac
tive debutantes among Virginia girls and
will grace the Virginia' column in the
Parade of veterans in Louisville. She is
now in Louisville, a guest of Miss Bur
bank. ,- ' . -.•'■■
• Mr.. John H. Ballou. of Medium's River
fell down the stairs at his home last night
and sustained injuries from which he
died.- His funeral will take place to-mor
row from his residence. .
AVAR REX COIiXTY.
Delegaie.s to tin? Con^rcs.s!oiuil Con
.-volition; Elecileil.
.FRONT ROYAL," VA., 25.-(Spe
cial.)—The Democrats or Warren county,
this evening held; primaries for the pur
pose of electing- delegates to the Con
irress-fonal Convention which mc-els in
Harrisonbu.'-g-. in July. The twenty-four
delegates , elec-ted -were. -instructed for ihe
Hon. James. Hay, for the House of .Repre
sentatives from this? (the ' Sevenths district.
Tho official vote of Warren- county with
rererence to the constitutional conven
tion-wa5,.311 for and 40 against the con
vention.
. :. : lEmiioriii Mentions.
EMPORI A, VA., May 28.— (Special.)—
Cards are out for the marriage of Miss
Carrie B.Gunter, of Alabama, and Mr.
George M. Cooke,a prominent citizen of
this county. The marriage will take
Place June 6th at Letohatehie, the home
of the bride.
Miss Gunter' is well known here and
has many friends. . Mr. Cook'e is a scion
of one' of the oldest families in this coun
ty.-and-is popular in. .both business and
social circles. . - -
Another marriage, in which much in
terest is felt here, is that of Mr. W. W.
Robertson,- a> prominent druggist, here,
and Miss Lucy Clare, of Richmond. Miss
Clare lived here several, years ago, and
has- many friends who will welcome her
return. Mr. Robertson is originally from
Amherst county, but has been en
gaged, in the drug" business here for sev
eralyears, and has v.-on for himself an
.firiviable position .-among the citizens of
Emporia. The event will take place on
tho.nni.of.June at St: .James church Rich
mond. '■:'■ • ' .
A Graiul Yindieation.
-SMITHVILLE, VA:, May.2B.-(Special.)-
Fridoy-nisht, in.the court-house. Hon. B.
K. Munford delivered before H. A.:'Car
lington'Camp, Confederate Veterans "one
of the ablest addresses on the causes'-that
led up to secession ever listened tob y
our people. His. indication of- Virginia
was grand and convincing. This lecture
deserves . high rank as a' constitutional
argument, and should . be ' placed within
the reach, of all. the rising generation of
the. South...-" ■ .:: ■ .. -.
Itelilnß Piles— No Cure. X o Pay.
Your" druggist, will refund your mAney
if Pazo, Ointment fails to cure you Fifty
cents. ■ ' ■,- v " ■ .-.-■".. . . . " ■ --
Candidates for Alnisliuuse Positions
Mr. Wr P.; Leamah..'of" Jackson' Ward, :
wilf.be a candidate for Assistant Superiri-'
tendent of 'the. almshoiise' against Mr. .R.
_V.i ..t>,,,,i i Tt i s : reported that Mr. 'rho'mas
is. Kenaier isa '■ candidate for the position'
al " St Assislanl Superintendent of the
Saratoga^
Taken in the morning acts as a bracer—
wxth meals ns a digestive agent, at night
enroo nervoasneßß mid : makes you Bleep.
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Heads.; Note-Heads., Circular^ HaiidbiUs '
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Company -at. low prices. -Will/give you
good work at the same prices -you pay
for inferior \v..rk S0!h1S 0 !h1 uV your or.' a . r ,
and w- will-. guarantee satisfaction in
evc-rv nartieular.
fitioiß-'" m• i « _. ■ ' • ■• f *^ir^^
GOLDEN AGES OF LITERATURE.
" .-*-. . (Copyright, 19C0 r by Seymour lOati n.)
THE .-'■ RICHMOND : > DISPATCH'S Z HOME STUDY r CrRGLE:' DIRECTED BY:FRO
\. :": :■ • -•-;.■:. '■ :-y\: :^PESSOR?SEYMOUR^EATON. ""
XXII.— G OLDEX AGTE \ OF - ENGLISH
' : ' ; : ; -"; ; ■■-■• poetry. '■'■i}!':':£
(Concluded.) - • •--■;;;;;:'
Dy Tlionias. Mnrc, ParKOtt, Ph. D. ;
"The power- of -;Byron's personality,"
is has been said, "'.'lies, in his and
imperishable excellence' of ; and
strength." .. This .is an admirable app're-;
' elation', land >■ yet >it v has been
To. imany;;: Byron's .greatest : fault as \ a
poet seems a lack of, sincerity,. shown by
his fondness.'for a : pose otl.. mysterious
gloom and a too' public parade .'of his
bleeding heart! His strength as well .as'
•his' sincerity has been denied, and hostile
critics point put' his lack "of .^self-control;
his jealousy,, his inability to i accomplish
any. one. great work. ;>-13ut such criticisms,
after all. are one-sided, -fixing upon" the
defects and overlooking the better part.,
.That there;- was "much 'of affectation '-. in
Byron's character and work is not to be
denied. - The ; circumstances of his birth,
and training,, the. corruption of the. social
.atmosphere' in which he moved, 'made this
inevitable. . It was . not; indeed,' till" the
blow fell upon him which broke off his
relations-with a society, that first .pam
pered and: then pelted him "that 'his gen
uine nature .appeared. -'.There -is., hardly
a handful, of.' sincere verses" in . his work
.before the' "Domestic Pieces" of 1816, : and
we have only to compare the slater with
the earlier; cantos of "Childe- Harold" -.'to
fcce what, an immense gain has been made
by. discarding the stagey ' .figure 'of the
nominal' hero and fallowing the poet to
speak for, himself. .From this . time on
his imperishable. excellence of sincerity
revealed itself ymore and more clearly.
Byron was sincere in. his love for nature
especially-in : her. wilder and stormier as
pects; he: was sincere in his love ; for
•i berry, . and even:, more, sincere "• in /his
natred of the oppression in the name of
order and religion which was then all
powerful in 'Kurope. ' And he hated with
a. nery personal hatred the' sham and
cant that spread a thin' veneer of' o- m
.raiity over the deep corruption of Eng
.^•VY > - ety - ' Ana -'. the last cantos' -of
Xhilde. Harold" and "Mantred," the
Prisoner. of Chillon". and the "Vision
of .Judgment" and "Don Juan", are ever
lasting memorials of. the sincerity of his
love and of his hatred. - ;'; ' " .'..'- ; ■
■Byron's strength was intermittent, but
£ was none, the- less real. He was in
capable of or steady " effort'
only to apt to sink, into- a cynical pes
simism but always capable of rallying
to noble action. Perhaps the source of
ins weakness and his strength alike, is
tound in that superb egotism-Titan;<=m
Arnold calls it-whieh'led him.to pit him
self against the world. It is not- a little
man nor a weak one who can play • the
part of Manfred and utter, without be
coming ridiculous such a burst a* the
famous apostrophe— ' . :.'
"Oh, Rome! my country! city of the
soul!" . "
To Byron, the ruins of his own life were
quite as much a matter for concern as
the. ruins of the/Eternal City, and so
great is the power of his expression 'that
as we read we share his conviction.
And the strength of Byron expresses
itself in the .simplest passions and with
the greatest simplicity, and directness of
utterance: There is "nothing": Meal; or su
per-subtle in the work of this great earth
born Titan, nothing of the peculiar
"heightening eeet of style" in his .verse.
Air the more on this account do his out
bursts seem-to come 1 from. -"and speak to
the heart. The cry of Manfred
"Astarte! my beloved; speak, to me,"
the lines which served as a motto and
an inspiration for one of Shelley's noblest
odes. - ■ . • • •■.;'; •
"Yet Freedom, yet, thy banner torn but
flying.- .-
Streams like a thunder-storm against the
wind," . li
the summons to Greece to rise for liberty
and the call to his own heart to shake
off its unworthy shackles^ and seek an
honorable end— all these move us. with the
grand force of an utterance of nature.
Since his death Byron's fame has been
greater upon the Continent than in Eng
land. This is partly because his excel
lencies are. universal, and his defects in
diction and metre such as only a native
would detect. But there is a.more potent
cause than this. Byron is identified with
the cause of revolution and 1 the struggle
for national liberty. At the darkest hour
of the cause he flung his splendid per
sonality into the scales, and'it was worth
an army of lesser men. He -was deep in
the councils of the revolutionists in Italy;
he gave his life for the liberation of
Greece. The poets of revolution for fifty
years to come- — -Leopardi, : Heine, .Push
kin, Hugo— looked up to him as their mas
ter. Byron is in no sense one of the pecu
liar glories of English literature; he is in
a Very real . sense one of the makers of
the modern world. .
yTX. fj^p
Princeton University."
Just as, Torwaldsen's famous Lucerne
lion is cut in the side, of a rocky cliff 'and
is surrounded by. a grotto of natural, rock,
out of which . it . seems ' to have sprung be
fore :■•. the mighty, javelin; laid.' it low in
death, so Wordsworth must ever be asso
ciated with the environment of his native
lakes and hills. They are his natural'back
ground. 'They, supply .the. form, color,
and sound, as "it' were, to. his' verse;- in-.'
deed, they interpret in., the infinite -va
riety of their manifestations the .Workings
of a heart and mind in; perfect harmony
with them. Every poem .written, every
story told, .has' its proper background—
the setting is as essential to the thought
as the scene to the dramatic aeiion-^but
to every, ; mood' and thought -of "Words
worth, in truth to his. very : life, the lake
district seems- to be essential. But never
for a- moment must it be -fancied that
Wordsworth, issued his surroundings as
Scott impressed the scenery of the neigh^
boring country into his service." nor as,
Byrcn selected the choice. places ; of the
world for his dramatic -/situations. : If
you wish to . test this: statement: try ; . to
reeonsruc the landscape rafter a . descrip
tive passage" from Wordsworth. . He never
describes for mere description.'; - It would
be counted strange, if nature .equldibe
caught grouping "itself .for ; picturesque;
effect. and : - such .is ': the .naturalness of
Wordsworth's;w6rkrnanship .that., the. poet
can never.be said to have.arrariged' things:
Nature - herself : I at Y.- : times : T "seems ■-! to
: take "the, peri, out .of ; -. his ;'. hand, - as .'■ Ar
noldiSays.^arid; to deprive' himof -lils-s tyle:
Yet the likeness 1 of -Wordsworth: seems to
be reflected -in every .mountain- tarn 'and!
the 1. very :hills.;ro-echo" -the magic music
of the : streams ;unheard : by" day: . : ';:':r:P:? :
"While -in "sweet 'cadence, : rising small
' ; and ;still,' .-. : ; ■ " " * , ;•
The far-off; minstrels, of. the : haunted -hill.'
As" the last "bleating", of -I the.; fold , expires;-
Tune,- in the " mountain i dells their '■ watery/
lyres.'*
: . How /different* the: associations of ; Goethe
and;;Schillerj^with*f>Weimar';^.ahd.Uhe?su"r-1
rounding '■-'. country! -.Here; jit in "'/-the'.
palace,iparki-anil libraryithat.oherlihgersi
;to ■,recall;the; ; visiuns;/of'-the; pust:v;Frbnv
..Rydal Amount -the '^■influence 3; of j^Vords^
Jwortrp diffuses : i itself / over \ the j.wliole;dis-:
strict. -
the local ;enyironnientjOf{,W.ordsT
'worth's averse;/ • there;-: is'-;-- nothing »to sug-- ;
fgestiv;iimitgionVit(K_.thc iliyht '- bf||tlf&
poet's imagination. An acre of
;lake region would have suflicedrjtojfpgog
vvide - the mists, en": srenp, ]^eedfulgic£||iie;
sST^r,' *"'"" —''"l and temper. The
.-■•...,'
spiritual eye.' sees •* visions: in ;the -water:
drop." ;"' It:, -would- of ten ?Vseeni"J that -Words
worth ■ : valued : : ':-his-^ mountains ymore-; for.
■the^ seclusion, and r retirement "jbffef'ed ; " by
themjthan for^thcir; beauty. :This^utter
ance v may : seeni . : heresy. .. Bu 1 1 a (tramp
through 7 the" -English lake! district will re
veal ;;beauties;: still J unnamed, 'y Such': color
effects :; as are;, to ' be ,' seen .' on 1 the sheeny:
mountain slopes -of slaty gneiss,;: resplen
dent.'with a"; fiery bath.! or -sunrise.* arid
sunset. .do i "not/reappear in the : de
scriptions., And how. little: of .the: romance
of ; t h !s varying \ region of lake "arid : niouri
tain did. Wordsworth-impart ; to us.. Here
was a Scott' wanting. Air the world, then,
would-hiive known the "mysteries of Ciurn
and fell. The, background ; -would ;have
become 1 as .familiar to us- as the. land of
-Burn.* and Scott. :AVith - those' writers
theseiold '.hillsYof slate; arid porphyry, from
Skiddaw to Scafell; these mountain lakes,
heaven-reflecting; . from .- Derwentwater
to . Windermere. would have served as
scenes '^before; which tha loves and hates'
of. man; from^the agone -days, of ancient:
Britons-to the^modern lake-dweller might :
have, been '.enacted.: /-But; Wordsworth
round, ;his poetic- inspiration' in "nature
rather than, in man.- and he' pre f erred (to \
let us ssliare in this joy rather, than in
poetic romance-? a bout "man. "■ . - '
C. F. McCLUMPHA. v
University of Minnesota. '■-■ ' ' : .
To the Pujblie.
.In view .of the fact that the Richmond
fraction Company, has been so repeatedly
charged with a" systematic • endeavor to
impede the efforts of the Richmond Pas-"
senger.-_:and Power Company, to get the
..holders of the bonds of the Richmond
Railway and Electric - Company, to- ex
change them" for the bonds of the new
company, we ask attention to the follow
ing letter and endorsements thereon •
• - ■.-EVERETT: WADDEY :
Secretary Richmond Traction Company.
Office of Richmond Traction Company,
*.; ' . Richmond, Va., May. IS, ILtOO.'
Mr. A. B.Fergusson: .
My Dear Sir,— ln my conversation '-with
you yesterday, you asked me the question
How many, bonds of -the old company':
(Richmond Railway and Electric .Com
pany) - does your company hold?'* and
when I denied that they held or controlled
any, you further asked, "Do . you
mean to say ; that neither , the Traction
Company nor' any one interested in it
has -purchased any of the bonds of the
old company for the purpose of retarding
them ..in- carrying out the plan of reor
ganization of , the Richmond Passenger
and , Power Company?" I wish now to
aod to my denial then' given you the fol
io wing, statements :
1. That the Traction Company, neither
as a company nor through the officers or
directors as individuals, own at this time
one dollar of the- bonds of the old com
pany.'
2. -That.no individual or firm of bank
ers.or brokers,' either in this "city or else
where, acting by the request -of, or with
the knowledge or encouragement of the
management of the Traction Company
has bought at any time any of the bonds
of the Richmond Railway and Electric
Company. . *
3. That in the regular course of busi
ness the firm of John L. . Williams & Son's
acting -for clients, have sold sbme(not
more, than fifteen thousand), of these
bonds, and to parties acting in sympathy
wnh the Power and. Passenger Company
and that this is the full extent of their
dealings in •'. these. 1 bonds during. the last
six months. . '.. . : :■ i
4. That offers have been made to "bank
ers and brokers in this city who are
friendly to us, or interested in our com
pany,' of bonds of the old company in lots'
of from five to twenty-five thousand dbl
lars-enough to have aggregated possibly
twp hundred thousand dollars .or more—
and -we have in every instance dis
couraged any purchase by friends of our
company for any purpose. \ .
am impelled to write you this letter
by reason of the statement madefy you
in our, conversation that the friends of
the Richmond Passenger and- Power Com
pany^ had charged the management of
the; Traction Company with, everything
which I have .; above denied, and also by
the information , I have received -from
other sources .that one councilman has
declared that his course in. the Council
as well as that of several other members'
had been influenced by these charges
which, remained undented, by us. ;I-ami
therefore, .anxious that the denial, shall
be as sweeping as language can make it
and that it. may receive as wide -publicity
as has the charge. Very respectfully
£ r-y .-.-'-EVERETT WADDEy'
secretary Richmond Traction Company. ■'
I heartily concur in the statements made
above. by Mr. Waddey.
„ -".; ' ' - - .. -E.-L.-BEMISS, •
Presidentn t Richmond Traction Company. '■■-
We endorse the statements i, liv , . "
Mr.. " Waddey. in : the. above, letter as being
entirely correct. : ". ■ ' - .
■J JOHN L; WILLIAMS & SONS. "
Aslilaml aiemorial-Uay. .
■ (Correspondence of the Dispatch ) !
ASHLAND; VA., May ? 23.-Memo
rial " services," were .held this after
noon ,atWoo l dland. Cemetery under the
auspices; of the. : Ladies' Confederate Me
morial : Association. The -'exercises we're
opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Chestnut,
of the' Christian church;-' America was
sung by : the; Raridolph-Macon Collese
.quartette, "accompanied 'by a chorus of
children.. H'Colohel: Richard Irby, ■- com
mander of W.;B. Newton Camp, C.V..
delivored a short but beautiful aiid-im
.pre'ssiye : address on the -Confederate so!-"
dier. ".-' ; , 4 .'The Bonnie Blue Flag" was then
sung-- by the whole, assemblage. Mr. IS;
■G.\Crutchfield,". of Richmond, in; a gen
tle, touching manner declaimed a beauti
ful war selection/'."! Am Dreaming.'.' His~
grate, and. ease, together with .his power
of delivery, were/most beautiful.- -Tears
were brought to the eyes of all. • -"Nearer,
■My: God.tOjThce".- was then: sung,. and <a
benediction by Rev. J.W. Wall; closed the
exercises., i / .■-.-.-.• - ...
; -The". gathering- was- very large". The"
■beautiful granite shaft which the associa^
tion erected in . 188S : was covered .with
.flowers: .It marks 'the. graves of . over 400
unknown 1 Confederates. ,; The ' little ceme
tery never ..looked more beautiful -i .
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