HOW TRAINS ARE GUIDED Interestlng Story Told by a Traln blspatcher. A MYSTERY IS EXPLAINED Somothing About This Most Important Branch of Railroad Work, Which Is a Sealed Book to the General Public. Several rocont appalllng railroad wrocks have turnou publlo attentlon to the oituiner of handllng tralns, and tho ques? tlon of the responslhlllty for the loss of Ixinocent llves has often of late been dls oussed. ' Mr. W. M. Btckers, a traln despatclur erlln, Lon? don and Ronie, wherice the ropresenla liveD of those powers at Washington were Instrueted to present a united front and prtvont tho recurreiico of the puhllcatlon of nows oC tho natura of whlch ho had complained. Beyoricl somo comparntlvely sllght de liberations over the wording of tho pro? tocols, no further trouble ls expected here. Where tho ralsing of tho blockade will be regarded with almost as much rolief as It wlll In Venezuela. POLK MILLER IN NEW YORK Southern Society ls Charmed with His Southern Negro Songs and Stories. (Speclal to Tho Tlmen-Dlspntcb.) NRW YORK, February 7.?A rounlon of the Southern Soclety of New York was held ut Sherry's to/night. Tho vpeakbrs wero Scnator MoLaurln, of South Carolina; Colonel Tolllvar, formerly of Virglniu, and Mr. Polk Mlllor, of Rk-h uioiul. Tho featuro of tho evenlng was tho entertalnment glven tho soclety i>y ilr. MJUer, llls negro dlalcct tstoriea woro iniinltablc. llo began by saying thnt it was necessary to "got together." every hoart must bcut as ono If tho fuJl enjoymont of tho occaslon was to bo had, and roquosted every ono prosont to joln with hlm ln Hlnglng "Way Down Upon tho Kuwanoe Hlver." After that tha audionco was with lilm. Hls songs with liaiiju acconipunlinoiit wero applauded tn tlio oehu. llo .spoke In tho fondosi ti-rins or tho Soutliern negro, and sald hls grealmst rogrot was tliat tho bond of aynipathy botween whltea and blncku lu tho South liad been soviired. Mr. Augiibtiiri Viin Wyek, tlio prosl deiit of tho Southern Soclety, hiiIiI tho best friend tho negro ovor had wim tlio white man of tlio South, und tlio re latlon would e-xist, ho liopud, ln spito of efforts mndo to arouao tho black muti agalnst tho whltes. Aftor the apeech-miiltlng, tlio doors of the dlnlng-rooin were thrown open und a royal buiHiiict was Bcrvml. Tho regulnr muiiml banquet nf tho Hnuthorn Society wlll be )mld oll l'"ol>rii nry 21st and wlll he tlio most hupoi-tant over held by tho eooicty. Oiden Pays Qrought ?ack by Jhe Crenshaw Snlertainment. With ime and boauteous settlng, with oasy and graolous hospttallty that ls tOio blrthrlght of tholr peoplo, tiho" host ?nd hostoss of last Thursday ovcnlng gave to tholr many frlends a nlght of pleos uro that wlll romaln a dollghtful nnd unlquo memory. Thero vas the mualc of an olden tlmo, with s^ateJy stopplng theiroto and tho thrlll of tho too much neglooted dancos of yesterday, lt was a reorudesoenco of former pleosurcs, nnd doubtless somo who wore present went swlnglng down the line ln tho old Vlr? glnln recl lh sweet obodience to a rocol lectlon of what has been, as well as ln full enjoymont ,of Uie pleasurable mo ment. There woro ateps that como back from tlio past, that dellolous hool and too polka, that held ln tonder tlirall feet that had not so moved for many a day. Thero wns one?all of \is know hlm and hls Inlmltable grace?who seein ed flt to havodono a mlnuet, or havo trod a tneasuro with a ladye of tlio splondld relgn of Uie fniry quoen. Some of us whose lmaglnatlon was ln play, fain had soon hlm and hls falr partner lend ln somo such step os thoy know who wore the old brocndes and danced with blades at thelr sldes, Tlie hoat and hls noblo lady led in the Joy of it all, and all woro one ln the fullness of thelr Joy. Back ln old Kcntuoky thoy do thlngs well, no less thnn ln Virginia. It was an oxqulslto blcndlng of tho llnencss of two people who are yet ono. lt ls a Blngularly splondld and lnd'lvldual rnco that holds proud sway from the Cliat tarawas to tho Tenn-essoo. It Is a natlon wlthln our natlon, Tholr hlstory ls a leeson of purpose and Indomltable wlll. They fougtht a grcnt flght nlmost alono decades ago before thoy wore mado sure of thelr great hlgWay by tho Ixiuisiana purahnso. Thoro are mlghty numea thero that wo hero aro apt to forgot. But those havo a way of pcrslstlng' In the fore ln publlo affiUrs. It was thls story of Kontucky and hor vlvld llfe what kept Itself beforo tlvo mlnds of some of us as the foast begnn wlth tho tonder melody of tha "Old Kentuoky Homo." From Kontucky, from her best, frotn hor foremost carao the lady of the feast. Leadors hor peoplo havo ever beon, and aro to-day. The story ot our nation ls tli* story of hor people. Ajid lt eeenicd most right that when she and ' her groclous husbnnd bado thelr frlends make morry wlth them lt should Ufe aftor tho mannor of a tlmo hlstorlo anu unlque, after tho ways that seem to lot lh a great abundahoe of Joy, and wlth a klndly nnd courtoous blond lng of cordlal welcome with statoly sur roundlngs all rcdolont of tho raro days of IUchmond's anafemt hospltnllty. It was Kentuoky and Virglnia, alike though widely varlant. Enc.h ls yet to play apraln a flne part In tho llfe of our peo? plo. From Kontucky of lato years went forth great leadors, men of mlghty power. Together these two States trod a noble metasuro on Thursday nlght. To KOthor thoy wlll trend other measuros ns tho days go by to the maftlal muslc of n natlon'o progress, leadlng ln the march on tho way that goes to the upbulldlng of tho nation. To such a rnce we can well wlsh, ln tho stately spoech of the classlea: "Homque prolcmquo et decus omno." WEDNESDAY CLUB'S TENTH ANNIVERSARY Spring Festival In April Takes Form of Celebration?Mr, Mercer Again Manager. A meotlng of tho Board of Governors of tho Wednesday Club wns held at tho Commonwealth Club lost nlght and lra portant steps taken looklng to tlio com pletion of the arrongements for tho fes? tival to be held April 27th and 28th next. The flrst actlon of the board was to clect Mr. WaJtor C. Mercer general man ager of the fostlval thla year. Announce mont was made that the Academy of Musle had been engaged for tho three concerts and that tho price of seats would be the somo as last year. Anoth? er elcctlon included Mr. Emll Mollen hauscr, conductor of the Boston Festival Orehestra, who wlll have dlrection of the evenlng concerts. ? Mr. Mercor, tho general manager, will open hcadquarters at somo central lo cation as soon os practlcable, where sub scriptions for tho festival wlll bo ro celved. The board declded to mako the com Ing festival the celebration of the tenth annlversary, and last nlght issued an invltatlon to al! former members to como ln and particlpnto in tho obsor vanco. The invltatlon roads: Rlchmond, Va., Fobruary 7, 1303. Tho Board of Governors, at its meet? ing held a few days ago, most enthu slastlcally approved tho suggestlon that the noxt annual festival (April 27-28> shall be mado a celebration of the club's tenth annlversary. That tlie nmsic bo of a mtscellaneous rnid popular charocter, nnd, as far as possible, be particlpatxsd ln by nll those who havo ovor been members slnce its organlzatlon. The suggestldn seems cmlnently appro prlate, and Uie club heartlly coneurs. Aa this nlmost completely changes tho char actor of tho programmes, and the chor uses to be lr-arned are gems of popular musle, nlready partly fnmlllnr, thoso who hnve not attendcd thls season's rehear sals aro put upon tho uarne footlng with those who have. The club, therefore, extends a hearty Invltatlon to all Its former members to come In and partlcipate ln the tenth an? nlversary. Please bo present at the rchearsal next Tivsday nlght, 8:15, at tho. T. M. C. A. Hall. Respectfully. HENRY T. MFJLONETT, Presldent. Eugene Jones, Secretary. : -"-? IT MAY BRING ON TROUBLE IN EUROPE Possibility of Some Trouble Occurring Between Rus sia and Turkey. (By Assoclated Press.) PARIS, February 7.?Offlclal advices have been recelved 'horo conflrmlng tho report that tho Sultan of Turkey has prdered tlio immediato moblllzacion of 210,000 troops for a mllltary demonstration ln Macedonia. Tho step lukon is regarded with appre henslon by tho French olllcials as belng llkcly to Involve complications between Turkey, Russlu nnd Austrla. It Is sald that tlio Kusslnn nnd Austrian Qovornmbnts have agreed on a flrm note to tho Sultan, whlcli wlll bo prosonted wlthln tho next few days, Insistlng ou ad niliilstrative und otllcial refoims ln Mace? donia. Although Frarice.will not bo a party to tho note, sho wlll apprnve of lt. It ls con sldered that tlio Sultan's mobillzatlon of such a vast army is clearly an effort to fnrestall tho prosoptatlon of thls noto. Tho rribbllUatlon of so many troops is ro gnrded here ns utiwtsc and duuurrous, cspcclally as lt Is snld that tho soldlors who aro to bo brought Into Macedonia from Aslatlc Turkey aro seml-barbarous lovles and aro hostlle to Cliiistlans, whlch wlll tond to Inaugurato another sorles of mnsBivcres. II Is undorstood tho Powers nre ex ohatiging vlcws ns to tlio course to be pur sued towards the mobillzatlon of Turklsh li-oops. Personal and General. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Wlnston, of Bt. Pnul, Mlnn., are the guosts of Mr. and Mrs. A. II, Roblns, No, 203 East Mar? shall Streot, Mlss Annio O, CottrulU, of /No. fi00 Kuulli Reservolf- Stroet, hua returned from a pleasant vlslt of two weeka to Nor? folk. Mlss Orn 13. I'emberton, of AVcst Mar Hliull Streot. luis just returned from a plAiiHitnt trlp to Mr. Spot. McWhlrt's, Washington, P, C. Visitlng In Rlchmonti, Miss Mamle Whlle, of Ilorryvlllo, Va,, ^.vlaltlnK.MrB. ISdward McGulre, JUDGE WADDILL IS TO DECIDE He Will Pass Upon Shafer Bullding Matter on Next Tuesday, Judgo "Waddlll wlll next Tuosday declde whether the Shafer bullding shall be con? demned by a Jury or by a commlsslon. He heard angument yesterday by counsel rcpresontlng all the varlous Interests. Judgo L. I* Lewls wns there as dlstrlct attornoy to look out for tho government. Hon. S. S. P. Patteson was counsel for Mr. James A. Moncure, the agent for tho Shafor ostate, Certaln tenants ln the bullding wero reprosented by Messrs. Wll 11s B. Smlth, E. Randolph Willlams, Rob? ert H. Talley and J. W. Anderson. Judge "Waddlll, slttlng ln tho United States Clrcult Court, heard arguments brietly presented. Tho whole matter will be declded by the Judge on next Tuosday. Mrs. Charles E. VVhltlock came ln by oounscl and was made a party to tlio ault, she claimlng a dower's Interest In _,the ground rent. Hor counsel was Mr. W.'w. Gordon. j Judge "Waddlll wlll havo three Important' questlons to declde, as follows: Flrst?Whether or not tho notlce that the property was golng to bo condemned should havo been served upon the ten? ants or upon tho agent of the Shafer e3 tnte. Second^-Whether the property Bhall be condemned by a Jury, or Thlrd?Whether lt shall be condemned by a commlsslon. In the event that the Judge shall de? clde that notlce was Improperly sorved, there wlll bo a delay, as a new notlco wlll havo to be sont out. It Is thought that the matter wlll be finally settled on Tuesday. The tenants want a commlsslon, under the State statutes, to condemn tho bulld Ing, while the Federal Government ls worklng for a Jury, under tlio Federal statutes. HOflE-SICKNESS By a 14 Year Old Girl.'Offln a Mountain Boarding School. Tho tlme drags on so slowly here That each day seems a long, long, year. A yoar of pain too deep for teors; A year that not one brlght hopo cheers. A time whon my lnmost soul Is shaken Wlth a black dlspalr; and thoughts nwaken, That lill my heart wlth a torturlng paln. Wlll I ever be happy on earth agaln? I am so tlred, oh, so tlred! of thls mi3ora ble llfe, I Wlth its heart-breaklng sorrows, Its liatrod nnd strlfe. From thn brightness of dawn to the sombre twillght; And worse, oh far worso! ln tho black ness of nlght. My lieart's cry ls thls: "Wlll thls paln ever oease? Shall I over agaln be calm and at peace?" E. B. Arkansas Labor Day. (B>* ABsoclutefl rre!,B. i UTTLB UOCK. ARK., February 7 ? Govemor Davls has slgned the blll ma'k Ing flrst Monday ln Septcmber of each year "Labor Day." -? ? A SURPRISE PARTY FOR THE FIREMEN Was Tendered to Engiiie Com? pany No 5 on Thursday Evenlng. Tho memhers of, Englno Compnny, No. B, located at Brook Avonue and Mar'shall Street, wore tendered a surprlse party and soclal at tholr quarters on Thursday nlght. Tho trent wns Indoed a surprlse to tho flrenioii und one whlch was much en Joycd. Shorlly nfter 8 o'clock, whllo tho usual games of cheokers nnd domlnoos wore belng playod, the surprlse crowd inurcliod lnto tho house to tho Btralns of musio from n doKon Instrumonts. The party was Introduced und Invlted to tho reception room of iho rhombers. For sovoral hours vpeal nnd Instrumental muslc, mlngled wlth speeches, hold sway. To tho surprlso of tlio ilnmion a table was called for, nnd lu a fow mlnutes lt was laden wlth tlin dellcaclos of tho seanon ln iibuiiaftneo. After recoverlng from the shock ihe col lullon wus dqne aniple Justlco. Tho pnrty was composed of Mr. and Mrs. A. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Georgo c, Moriran, Mlssos "Wiilio and Nolllo Taylor, Miss Lurndor Morgan, Mrs. Aioort Doilge, Mrs. L. R, Itogera, Mesdamcs JameB Ker. soy, w, ji, Lucas and Messrs, C. A, Charles, C. O. Deermont nnd J, E, Wnl tei'H. Tho members of tho company deslrd* to cxpresH thelr thanks to tholr vlsltors, nnd extond them a cordlal Invitatlon to rencat tholr vlalU (TRIGG CREDITORS TO SETTLE ON PLAN Failure of Rlehmond Contin gent to Agree Delays Re organlzation. The satlsfactlon of tho Rlehmond credl? tors of the Trlgg Company ls belleved to bo tho last stop before the plan of the reorganlzatlon of the company ls announced and the tlme set for resump tlon of work. A plan has olready been suggested, cie oordlng to reports, that ls, that the oredl tors are to be pald one-thlrd In cash and tho remalnder In stock to tho new com? pany, but lt ls bolleved that this has not met wlth the support hoped for lt. At all events, Recopvor Lllburn T. Myers has oalled a meetlng of tho Jtlchmond contlngont of credltors for to-morrow at 11 o'clock at tho ofllco of the oompany. Mr. Myers sald last nlght that the spo clflo objoct of tho meetlng was to do vlse some plan for settlonient whlch wlll be satisfnetory to all. When asked lf tho result of thls meet? lng could stand ln tho wny of reorganlza? tlon, he replled thnt the rehabllltatloli of Iho company wns hot dopendent upon lt. Tho cnll ls slgned liy Messrs. S. H. Hawes, Jnmes N. Boyd, A. B. Gulgon and J. Jordon Leako. Rlehmond credltors number about 12S persons?banks nnd manutactorles. PASTORAL PLAY FOR THE SOLDIERS The Hoosler" to Be Given at the Academy of Music on February 16th. Tho productlon of "The Hoosler" at the Academy on the IGth lnstant wlll provo an ovent ln theatrlcal circles. The undertak lng ls a mararaotli one, and It wlll dlBclose tho wonderful stago effects lncldental to tbe rural drama. In these days of llve stock. growng trees, real duck ponds and hay mows and reallstlc snow storms. somethlng ls prom lsed In this productlon that wlll ecllpse all. Theatre-goers are famlllar wlth "The Old Homestead," "Shore Acres" and '"Way Down East." "The Hoosler" em braces all that has gono to mako these pastoral plays household words. and wlth tho east that will be dlsclosed on thls occaston "The Hoosler" wlll at once Jump lnto tho popularlty that has already been gnlned by the other weakor plays. Nothlng in theatrlcals has pleased the popular fancy as much as tho rural dra nia, wlth Its rustlc surroundlngrs, its prct? ty country maldcns and Its vtllage wlt. All theso are embraced In "The Hoosler." The beauty about tho productlon Is the fact that lt Is to be glven for the benellt of the encampmont fund of tho Sevontloth Reglment, and all the soldier boys are worklng for Its suecess, so far as cr&wded houso Is concerned. An nrtlstlc and sumptuous productlon Is already as aured. Increase of Capital. (By Assoclated Press.) NEW YORK, February 7.?It ls scml ofllclally stated that the proposcd .n creaso of capital of tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company will be from $235,000,000 the present capitalization, to f-iOO.OOO.OW. The increase wlll be made from time to time, aa circumstanccs may require. Thero belng about 28,000 sharohoiders, and tho Pennsylvania laws requlrlng a ma Jorlty vote of tlio outstandlng shares, the managemont Is now sollcltlng proxles for the necessary majority. Cornell in the South. (By Assoclated Press.) ITHACA, N, Y., February *7.?Cornell's bose-ball schedule, announced to-day, In cludes the followlng games: April Sth, Unlverslty of Virginia, at-Charlottesville; April Sth, Trlnity College. at Durham. ? The Negroes With Hayes. Editor The Times-Dispatch: Sir,?I notlco ln to-day's Tlmes-Dlspatch that a colored preacher, who Talls to sign his name, says that the negroes of Virginia are not In sympathy with Hayes. Now It ls no uso for tlie negroes to try to fool- the whlle folks; they know that tho negroes are with Jlm Hayes. I am pastor of ono of the largest Bap? tlst Churches in the Valley of Virginia and Moderator of a Baptist Association' and a general olllcer ot tho State organl? zatlon cf tlie Baptlst. And I havo an opportunlty, and do meet tho negroes in all sectlons of the State, I have ralsed somo money for Hayes myseif, and every where I hxva gono the negroes have been ln sympathy with tho movement to test the Constltutlon. Some negroes havo not taken an active part becnuse they belleved it to be a hopeless llght. Others have had nothlng to do with It for fear of tho 111-will of tho whlto folks ln tholr immediato neighborhoods. Tho only negroes that I ha-vo seen who aro truly agalnst Hayes are thoso ne groos who want to get away from the raco and get whlte. But thoso negroes who believo in the posslbllltles of the raco and deslre to be negroes nll through tho ages aro with Jlm Hayes. Those row negroes who oppose Jlm Hayes can't hold a publlc meeting of any consequeneo; lndeed, they aro afrald almost to let tho negroes know who thoy aro, becnuse Southern negroes bo lleve in tho raclal idea flrst, last and all the time, Now tho thlng that surprlsos nnd nn noya me Is that some of our Southorn whlto folks nre always trylng to make It appear that wo are scoking to force ourselves upon them soelally ln tlio fuce of tho fact that wo havo voluntarlly como out nt tholr churclios aud' openly ada-ocatod separato scIioqIh and raclul en terprisea. The tiue Southern mnn knows that tho negro does not deslre to bt swallowed by the whlte raco, and 1 thltrfc that you all aro doing a great deal more hartn stlrrlng up raco prujudlce than Jlm Hayes and hls crowd ovor would or could do. Now Jlm Hayes may havo sald some thlngs In Washington that ho aljould not have sald; somo thlngs taken out of thelr rolation could bo caslly iniscarrlod and made to convoy wrong Inipnisslons, but our Southern pupers ouglit nnt to bo the one to put us in tho wrong llght, \ve have got to Ik'o horo together und we Just as well be falr and frank toward oobh other. We are the ones to suffer (whllo nnd black) on nccount of the mls understandlng, brought about by the dls cusBlon of thls porplexed raco problem und we have got to stop belng so sensl . tlve, I know Jlm Hayos, and Rlchmond knows hlm, !He ls a llno looklng black (negro, who would not he whlte for any With Pegashlus. (Written for the Sunday Tlmes-DIspatch.) Courteous Render; Wo havo beon asked to wrlte for thls papor, and wo shall do so. To prevent any mlsunderstandlng, we Bubmlt to yoii our platform hcrewlth. Wo trust It mny meet wlth your hpproval: lf you're tlrod, or you're worrlod, Or feel you're full of bllo, If wo can cheor you up a blt And sometlmos make you srnlle? Woll, thafs Just what. wo'rc aimlng at, For wo fool It'a worth our wlille. Touchlng on nnd concenilng lnfant prodlglcs, the followlng Is ln order. Wo glvo It to you as lt was told to us: Mary wns her Chrlstlan nomon, And she was of tcndcr youth, But she'd one uli-Chrlstlan falling, Nnmcly, could not tell tho truth; Only thls; but every ono Cannot be a Washlngton. Ono day flying home qulte breathlcss In tho evenlng, Just at dark, Crled "Mama, a llon chosed me All along through Monroo Purk!" And tho mother's poor hcurt, racklng, Knew that truth was sudly locklng. "Come here. daughter." sald the motlicr; "You have told another whoppcr, And that llon was some blg dog; Just you wait whllo I cail Popper." O'er tho land there fell a hush Whllo Mama reached for the brusb. "Knee! to Hcavon." sald the mother, "And your wlckodnoss unfold; Askt lmplore your Heavenly Father To forglve what you havo told." All was sllcnce In the room, Mary prayed llke ltingdom come. ? froscntly sho crlcd, "Oh, Mother, IIo says 'Ycs. It was a Uog"; But It looked Just llke a llon Out thero In the evenlng fog." Tho rosemblancc wns so true, Ho says that It fooled Hlm. too." "All the world loves a lovcr," nnd the fourteenth of thls month is espcclally reserved for Love's young dreamcrs. Here's a sllght effort on the subject, en tltlcd "The Nlght of Salnt Valentlno." There's snow on the walla and the rneadowB, And leo on tho holly and pltie; But I'm happy, my heart Is a-slnglng, On tho nlght of Salnt ViUentlnc. Little Cupld's tho god of tho Heart Lands, And now as I knoel at hls shrlne, I acknowledge hlm as my true maBtor, The nlght ot Salnt Valentlne. My Sweetheart?the dalntiest. falrest? And Cupld has made her dlvlne, And 1 asked her the questlon of questlons The nlght of Salnt Valentlno. My heart? For yeora lt haa been hora, And she? At lost she la mlne; She gnve mo her anowor so shyly Tho nlght of Saint Valentlne. I feel llke a klng In my triumph, * And I drank of llfo's sweeteet wlno, As I lioard lier sweot llps, love confesslnfc The nlght of Saint Valentlne. There'a a ruatlo of sllk on the stalrway, Tho sound of a volce, aoft, dlvlnej Good-bye to tlio world nnd all trouble The nlght of Saint Valentlne. The best thlngs abou^ wlnter are the long evenlngs bcalde the flre. Whlle we are toastlng our footlotB, the tobacco smoke curls above our head, and we pre tend we ore thlnklng great thlngs. Hen aro a handful of thoughts about lt: When tho raln ls howllng outside, And the raln falls plt-a-pat, And you como home wet and tlrcd, Foollng llke a half-drowned rat; Co, get your easy Bllppers, Llght your plpa und watch it glow, And slt there In your easy cholr, Whllo the llro's burnlng low. ?' r You'll n?c plctures ln the flre, lf you'll watcii, whllo sittlng ^ore; You.cnn dream of days that now tN passed, Or bulld castles In tho alr: And If thore's somo falr lady, You w(ll dream of her. I know As you're sittlng there a-thinklng, Whllo the flre's burnlng low, Pcrhaps you're fond of readlng; Well, Just take a book and start Pick up some hnmble wrlter Who's a-singlng from hls heart; You'll feel hlm talklng to you, As the sliadows come and go; It'll sort of warm and chcer you, Whlle tho flre's burnlng low. If you hate the wlnter weather. You can dream of days of spring. When tho flowers flrst begln to come, And hlrds bogin to slng; You can wnnder In the hay flelds, When the reapers start to rnow; You can fc-el a breath of aumrnor, Whllo the llic's burnlng low. If therc's some fcllow-partner, Who's done you a mean trlck, Who you know ls sure a rascal, Aml who thlnks hlmself so ?llck; If you'll think of hlm thls evenlng, And forget the grudge you owe, I thlnk you may forglve hlm, Whlle the flre's burnlng low. I Well, lt's bnd-time: Who'd a-thought Ut How the evenlngs passed so soon, And I feel content and happy, And my heart seems all a-tune; I have never found it fall me, In these days of raln and snow, But these day dreanis make mo better, Whlle the flre's burnlng low. Yours tlll next time, PEGASHTUS. thlng you could glvo hlm. Jlm Hayos ls not dreamlng of any soclal equallty? the klnd of soclal equallty which you all fear, and every man In Vlrglnlu who kn'ows Jlm Ilayes, knows thls to be a fact; and those who know him, know that he is not trylng to Inclto tho ne groes to 'Vlolcnce, and even lf he were trylng to do It the negroes ln the South who belleve ln hlm have too much sense and too much love for the South und Southern peoplo to do anything of the klnd. I know some of you don't belleve that we llke the Southern folks because wo have to nbuse them soirietlmes, but we do, and God knows it. Now no senslblo negroes are golng to cail any meetlngs to condemn Jlm llaycs, because tho soul of what he ls trylng to do ls right. Ho ls dolng Just what you would do were you ln hls place; doluy what any manly man ought to do. He, may say somo thlngs from tlme to tlme that he ought not to say, just as any publlc man wlll do, but we are not golng to cruelfy hlm for lt. and our frlends ln the South ought not to ask us to do It. \ I haive not heard of any pubic meet? lngs belng called to condemn Senator Tlllman and Mr. Dixon, although the whole South admits that they have- gone too far. Jlm Hayes ls not ln thelr elass. You all ought not to expect ten mll llons of us to do everythlng you tcll us. No matter who you are, Northern or South?rn white folks, frlends or foes, you aro not'always right any more than we are. In some thlngs wo are golng to t'ollow our deeper lnstlncts, the prompt Ing of a hlgher power than man. I want to thank you for puttlng ln that loiter of explanatlon from Jlm Hayes. I be? lleve lf the Southern people would hear our slde of the questlon patlently, as expresscd by tho leadlng negroes, bo they right or wrong, it would onable them to do a great deal more tow'ard brlnging about a better feeling between tlie races and enable tho whlto peopln of the South to help rctlfy the wronu Idens whlch wo are sald to entortahr. It does not help the sltuatlon for arls tocratic Southern orgnnlzatlons Uko tlie Collseum Club of New Orleans to publlsh threats whenevcr a negro may say some thlng whlch they do not llke; a negro ought to bo just as freo ln tho South as anywhero on God's i oarth. and our Southern nowspapers ought to help to mnko It so. The South wlll novor he able to do Its best wlth us untll. It ceases attempting to nag nnd Intlmidato us. The negroes overywhoro are boglnnlng to reallzo that they havo to work thls thlng out wlth tho Southern white folks, and lt Is no uso for us to plny the hypo crlte and prelend that wo llke a thlng when we do not llke It. And you all ought to henr us and stop placlng wrong constructlons on our motlves. If we aro wrong, wo certalnly mean right. And it you hear us patlently and polnt out to us our wrongs in tho iproper Hplrlt, wo wlll gladly accept your ad vlco. I any In tho propor splrlt becauso lt ls mlghty hard for us to thlnk you meun woll whon you contlnually stato your case ln such a manncr as to show us that you haivo no respect for our slde of tho South to help rectlfy tho wrong prompts us to tako that sldo. We aro wllllng to stand by the right thlng. Wo aro not golng to accopt ovory thlng whlch peoplo say is right. The major iportlon of tho negroes of Virglnia aro wlth Jlm Hayos in his ef fort to ,test the Constltutlon. If ho wlns out wo rejolco; lf ruled out, wo'U make tho moBt of It. Wo are not exclted nor dlscouragod; wo nro not golng to buni any bnrns nor klll any whlto folks; wo nrn golng to keep on shiglng, treatlng whlto folks right, and trylng to voto and hold all tlio -govornmeut oiTlcos we ofcu got. W. 31. MOSES. Staunton, Ya., Fobruary 3a. FAMOUSQUARTETTE OF AMERICAN GIRLS One .of Them Performs Suc? cessful Operation Upon Her Own Daughter in Paris. (Speclal Cablc to the Tlmes-Dlspatch.) PARIS, February 7.?Madame Klumpito Dejertn, a member of Uie quartetto of San Franclsco glrls who have achicved fiimo In Paris, has Just performed a sur glcal operation upon her own daughter. The chlld was sufferlng from appendlcl tls. Her eonditlon was such that hor father, Dr. Dejerln. professor In tho fac ul!y of Medlclne of Paris. abandaned hope. The wife insisted on an operation nnd performed It herself. To the adml rajon of tho Paris physicinn, she saved his daughter's llfe. Madarne Dejerln ls one of the most dls tlngulshed physiclans and wrlters ln Paris. The quartette of Klumpke's sls ters achicved fame In varlous professlons. In Madame Dejerln as a physiclan, Anna Klumpkc as a paintcr. DoroUi'y Klumplio 'as a world-famous astronomer. and the youngost slster as an accompllslied, pso fesslonal vlollnlst, Paris acknowlcdges that San Franclsco eoiitrtbUted 'gencr ously to French sclence nnd art by giv? lng the Klumpe quartetto. Soon to be Marrled. (Sm-elnl to The Tlmos-Dlspnlch.) GOLDSBOHO, N. C. February 7.?Mr. and Mrs. Jostfph Edwards,' of thls city, havo issueel liaiidsornely cngraved Invlta tlotis to tho marrlago of thelr eldest daughter, Miss Byrdie Edwards, and Mr. RudoIphSluilow.sk:, of Augustn, Ga, next Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at Ohof Sholoni Tomplo. A bridal dlnner wlll bo served nt the Hotel Kennon to ln