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SUNDAY. MAI- 17, 190.1.
SOA\E PARALLELS IN HISTORY.
In the report of tbo anthracite strike
commission this declaration of rights was
made;
"The right to remain at work where
others h ?uve ceased to work, or to en?
gage anew In work which others have
abandoned. Is part of the personal liberty
.' of a citizen that can ncvT? be'surrender?
ed, and every Infringement thereof
merits, and should receive tbo stern de?
nouncement of the law."
There is nothing now In this principle.
It was declared more than a hundred
years ago by Louis XVI, who received It ?
from the lips of Turgot, bis Comptroller
' General of Finance. "God, when be made
mnn with wants," said'ho, "nnd render- I
<d labor an Indispensable resource, made j
the right ot work the property of every I
Individual In tho world and this property
is tbe first, the most sacred, and'the j
most imprescriptible of all kinds of prop?
erty. He regarded It as one of our first
duties, an act worthy of nil benevolence
to free our subjects from every Infraction
of that Inalienable right of humanity."
It was right nnd proper and necessary
in those days that such principles should
?tbo declared nnd maintained and enforced
for It was the day in France of tyranny
in tho commercial world, tyranny of the
labor guilds and tyranny of corporations
"In nearly every town in France,"
says the historian, "the work In the dir?
feront trades and arte was conducted by
a few master workmen, Incorporated Inlc
guilds, und who monopolized the produc?
tion and salo of the articles belonging tc
their particular Industry. No citizen could
exercise a trade or calling without hav?
ing obtained the consent of these corpo?
rations. Citizens were deprived, not only
of the freo choi?e of disposing of theh
11 own labor, but of utilizing the labor ol
others. The guild was ninster. saying
who should work, what should bo made
how much produced, and the price to be
paid. It often happened thnt a simple
pieci! of work had to go through the
bands of artisans ot several different
corporations, each of which levied Its
tributo upon the customer. Thus there
was a tyranny In the labor world as
there was oppression in the realm ol
?capital?and organized lob'or was quite
as cruel In shutting out the Individual
; (workman ns combined capital was In
dealing with Its competitor. A few
laborers In the cities enjoyed the ad?
vantages of good work at high wages;
while the muss of the wage earners, will?
ing to work, able to work, ?nd demanded
by tbe work, were shut oft from the priv?
ileges."
Is not*, that strikingly like the situa?
tion In the? United States to-day? The
labor situation In New York has come
to such a pass that tbe employers lia ve
been compelled to organizo In order to
'protect themselves from tbe demands ol
the labor unions. Some of these demands
are contained In the following extract
from the news columns of tho Herald:
"Stonecutters want all their helpers and
the drivers who carry their material to be ]
linlien inert.
"Painters insist that all the employee
of shops from which their materials are
supplied mum be union men.
'?'Architectural Iron workers want all
shops to employ union men, and they
nnd tlie structural Iron workers say they
will handle no material not delivered by
union teamHters.
"Masons demand that tho brick and
mortar supplied to thorn shall be made
by union men.
('Bricklayers want the prWIlego of hav?
ing tholr foreman named ley the union.
"Carpenters are fighting among them?
selves, each of thu two rival unions
striving to crusli out the other.
"Plumbers and gasfittera tiro at war,
the former saying that work which they
should do Is done, by Die other.
?'Plasterers desire that all plaster and
Inortar used by them shall be made by
union men."
The situation In Now York In not unlike?
the situation In some other Cities of the
land. In many Instances tho lubpr unions
demand that none but members of their
organi?uilon be employed, and when
Others are? employed they refuso to work
With them. On two occasions recently,
according to reports which wo bava seien
In the newspapers, hackinou In a funeral
procession ?truck while tho procession
was on its way to the cemetery and re?
fiuiiil to eirlvo farther because ono of the
drivers wag a non-union man.
But this is not all. The: oppression is
by no means all on the sido of the labor
union. Corporations i(,r' often show the
samo disposition t" cruel) t'Ut all compe?
tition, to fore? tholr patrons to deal with
them exclusively, and sometimes there
!? ? dispu'ltion to tako luborer* by the
throat.
Becently' Mr. Joseph Ramsay, Jr., presi?
dent Of tho Wahash Hallway' Company,
contributed an article to thu Now York
Coinruferctuy on the labor situation, in
which ho said th?U if the railroad wa*
l.elii under legal construction to certain
performances In Hie publia Interwt in
lieu of ils charter us a common e terrier,
tbo i-mj'lu>e tef th? railroad oui;ht u, U
hu?a. Va certain performances hi lieu ol
his connection with the railroad. ? "It
seems to mf," he added, "thnt the rail?
road employe may very Justly bo com?
pelled by law to gl.-e thirty days* notice
of Intention to quit the railroad's em?
ploy."
This Is equivalent to saying thnt rail?
road employes should be compelled b/
law to work when tho terms do not suit
them. Such ? proposition is as monstrous
as the proposition that a man may be
prevented from working when the terms
do suit him. Of course, there is no refer?
ence here to contrnct. When ? man has
entered Into a contract to work for an?
other man for a given length of time upon
terms agreed, he Is in honor bound, and
legally bound to carry out his contract.
But to hold that when there is no defi?
nite contract a man must continue tc
work for thirty days or for one hour
when he desires to quit, and that he
shall be denied the right to quit. Is an
outrar-eous oad Indefensible Infringement
of personnl liberty.
What are we coming to? With labor
unions nn the one hand contending that
this man shall not work when he wnnts
to work, nnd with corporations on the
other hand, that that man shall work
when he wants to quit!
It is a distressing situation It Is an
alarming situation, and well may Ameri?
can people bo brought to reflection. It
Is well onough to remember thnt the sit?
uation In Prance which Is above de?
scribed wns tho prelude to tho French
Revolution, and there Is a warning In
the presont situation In America to tbe
American public. It Is true that wc
nro not Frenchmen, but Americans, and
herein lies our hope. Thus far we have
shown that we have the capacity as a
pooplo of self-government, which means
thnt as Individuals each knows how to
govern himself. If wo are true to our-,
selves and true to our principles we shall
escapo.
Hut If wo adopt the ways of France
under Louis XVI, we may reasonably
oxpect the same result. Wo cannot be
saved by mere legislation. We must be
saved by our own will, by our own
character, by our own righteousness.
JOHN WESLEY'S WORK.
To-dny the Methodists of Rlohmoiid will
begin the celebration ot the bl-centenary
of Methodism, this being the two hun?
d? edth yenr of John Wesley's birth. It Is
an event of Intorest and Importance, not
to Methodists only, but to all Christian
denominations and to the whole Christian
world.
John Wesley was tbe man for the crisis
?if his time. He was raised up for a great
work, for a necessary reform; he realized
the divine nature of his call, and with
?ho, courage and heroism of Baul of Tar?
ins he went manfully and fearlessly and
lovoutly to tho task, and accomplished
the work that was set before him.
Tho church had become In his day a
??rent machine, and Its one object seemed
o be to exploit Itself and to make a strong
uganlzatlon, largely regardless ot the re?
ligious needs of Its membership. John
vVesley, with the true spirit of democracy
nid the true spirit.of-,Christianity In his
heart, saw that ' th? true aim of the
church Rhould bo to exploit the Individ?
ual, to promoto Individual piety, and that
'ho church wos worse than useless when
Its activities were turned In any other
direction.
The little society which ho organized
within the church of England was founded
?ipon this principle, upon the principle of
lersonal piety. It was a small beginning;
;t was like the bit of leaven which a wo?
man hid In three measures of meal, but
it was the leaven of righteousness, and
it once It began to work, nor did It
ease until tho lump had expanded In all
HrcctionS and until It was entirely loav
ened.
The whole Christian world caught the
?pirlt of Wesleyanism, and to-day there
is no church worthy ot the name In all
"hrlstendom which has not his missionary
? pirlt, which does not exert Itself for tho
?iromotlon of personal religion among Its
members.
John Wesley Is remembored and glorified
tnd beloved by tho Christian world when
men more famous than ho have been fOr
-.jot, because he loved much and devoted
ids life and his talent and his groat heart
io tho cause of humanity. It Is meet nnd
right that tho Methodists of the world
should celebrate the glorious achieve?
ments of this glorious man, and it Is meet
and right that Christians of all denomina?
tions should join with them In this nota?
ble religious festival.
THE RUSSIAN HORROR.
It seems almost Incredible that at this
period In tho world's history there could
havo been perpetrated such a horror as
we are Informed took place recently In
Rischinoli, the chief city of Bessarabia,
a governmental province of Russia, Last
month tho celebration of Easter was made
tbo occasion of a ferocious assault upon
the Jews by their fellow Busslan towns?
men. Tho violence and rioting lasted un
e'hot'ked for two days. The unfortunate
victims woro given no means of defense,
and tho officials In charge, tho soldiers,
priests and pollco wero In evident con?
nivance? with the mob. By a pollco edict
two days before the outbreak tho Jews
were relieved of all weapons. Tho Gover?
nor shut himself up In his palace and ro
fui-ed to see any ono while tho outrage
went ?n. Men, women and children wero
handled without the least token of hit?
rminity. Women were outruged, Infants
hail their heads dashed to pieces on thn
itone? eif tho pavements, the bodies of
tho wounded and dead were trampled un?
der the feet nf tho mob Into shapeless
niasses, were mutilated with hntaheu and
sharp stones, their heads cut off und ?tar?
ried OP poles. Tho police and Ilia soldiery
stood by and lifted no linger to Bave. At
least, such Is thu report by eye-witnesses.
Tbe Russian lioveriimeut at llrst attempt?
ed to Binoolh the matter over, declaring
nothing bad been done, even misleading
tho United State* ambassador, tho limi
lt. S. McCormlck, to cabllng'that no dem
oiibtration bad taken place. But the fuels
leaked out, and the. Minister of the Inte?
rior gives out now th? ofliclal statement
that forty-tlvo persons bad been killed,
-ui wounded and 1,3W home? und siliops
looted and wrecked.
And what wus the causo of It all? The
Old and thoroughly disproved accusation
Una the Jews bad killed a Christian child
for the use Of its blood in the Puhkovui
nervio?? This assertion h1??? never hud u
?.-.lutilla. o? uvkUiioe lu It* fa-vor. Jt, U m
thought thoroughly abhorrent to Jewish
sentiment nnd disposition. It has been
disproved every time it has been raised,
and none but the IghOrftht Hnsslan peas?
antry, under tho leadership of their crafty
priesthood, could entertain It.
When, during the Chinese War. Russia
engaged In a wholesale massacre of tlie
Chinese, It pleaded that It was the neces?
sity of warfare. The plea was arrnnt
hypocrisy. It Is proven by tho present in
stnnce. Russia hns no humanity whon
It seeks to advance Its Interests. "Scratch
a Bussimi and you have a Cossack." said
Napoleon, and he was right. Russian civ?
ilization Is tho thinnest kind of a veneer
ooverlng a most brutal savagery. Tho
Russian Government csn stay these out?
rages If It wishes to do so. That It does
not is evidence that It does not wish to.
it stands convicted of a mo*t horrible
outrage upon humanity, and It should bo
nado to know and feel how It hns violated
every sentiment and every moral Instinct
of humanity. The Christian nations of
tho world should mnko known to Russia
their displeasure, their horror at Its con?
duct. Thoy hold the unspeakable Turk
In check. The Turk Is an Inoffensive lamb
compared to tho Russian Rear.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The General Assembly has suspended
work for the time and tho,members go
home for a much needed rest. It has been
a.biisy session and much valuable work
has been done.
Statutes necessary to carry Into effect
tho suffrage provisions of tho new Con?
stitution were enacted, and a hill prohibi?
ting the use of money In elections was
passed. No bill legalizing primary elec?
tions was passed, and If the bill ogrecd
upon In committee Is tho best that the
General Assembly Is going to do, nothing
has been lost by this delinquency. The
provision In this bill for State and con?
gressional primaries Is a mere make?
shift, nnd In some respects Is worse than
the present convention plan, which the
bill seeks to proservo In all Its essential
features. But of that later, we hope tlis
members will think better of It before
they' return to work.
Legislation needful to put the Corpora?
tion Commission In active operation was
enacted and the commission's machinery
ls now complete.
One of the most radical measures of
this session Is the Mann law to regulate
the sale of liquor, which practically gives
prohibition to the rural districts. The
bill was passed In responso to a com?
pelling temperance sentiment throughout
Virginia.
Several Important appropriations were
made, the largest being *?00,000 for the
Jamestown Exposition Company, and
'$50,000 for tho St. Louis Exposition. An
additional appropriation of J15.000 was
made to the Farmvllle Normal and an
equal sum was added to the ????-oprIa
tlon to the Polytechnic Institute at
Blacksburg. The Petersburg Normal for
colored pupils also camo In for an extra
of $5,000. These In responso to an im?
proved educational sentiment.
The Committee on Revision will now go
to work and "shape up" the work of
tho General Assembly and perfect It and
bo ready to.Teport .when the body ls re?
convened In November. '
POPULISM AND REPUBLICAN?
ISM.
A special to the Washington Post from
Kansas .City says that Former State
Senator Edwin Taylor, one of the lead?
ers of Populism In Kansas and the West,
will support Theodore Roosevelt for Pres?
ident, and declares that It Is his observa?
tion that there will be a stampede of
Populists and Socialists In that direction
next campaign.
We are not surprised to hear it. Mr.
Roosevelt has undoubtedly beon catering,
whether Intentionally or not, to Populists
and Socrlaltsts, and ho has given them
good reason to support him. For our
part, we hope that this Kansas Populist
Is right In his -forecast. We hope that
tho Populists and Socialists will In tho
next campaign cut loose from the Dem?
ocratic party and associate themselves
with the Republican party. Moreover, It
seems to us fit and logical that this
change should tako place. There Is noth?
ing In common between Populism and
true Democracy; there is much in com?
mon between Populism and Republican?
ism.
LAWLESSNESS BEGETS
LAWLESSNESS.
Several days ago a party of men at
Wilson, N. C, killed T. Percy Jones, who
had made himself offensive to the commu?
nity and who had refused to leave on
notice.
We shall not undertake to discuss Jones'
provocation, but he was killed In vlola
.tlon of law, and the persons committing
the crime were lodged lu Jail and Indicted.
Tlio result was to sot tlio whole town in
un uproar, and as It was feared that an
effort on the part of tho prisoners' friends
would be made to rescue them, the sheriff
usked tho Governor for permission to call
out troops, which was readily given.
Tills shows bow lawlessness begets law?
less. It Is bad enough for an Individual
to break the law, but when a number of
citizens of any community band them?
selves together and commit a lawless act
they doal a Idow at law and order which
affects more or Itsa the whole community
and from which It does not soon recover.
The Wilson Incident has its lesson, which
.ill good citizens should heed.
AN EXPLANATION.
In saying the other day thut wo had
been requested by a sorreapondent to re?
view the career of Judge Campbell, we
did not mean that this suggestion had
como from Mr. V- J. llurrls, our regular
correspondent ut Amherst, who sends us
tho news from that point. Wo hui/o hud
no such request, or any hint of such a
tiling from Mr. Harris.
A LIFE OF SERVICE
(Selected for Tho Times-J rispa teh.)
. "I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by
the m*rcles of God, that ? pr?*ejit your
bodies, a living uacrll.ee, wholly acceptable
unt? God, which Is your reasonublo ser?
vile." Rom., 'xlt: 1.
When the apostle says "bodied" In thl?
connection be means benitos-flesh and
bones, the outward, lower, iiieuner, self.
But ii.ilnt Puul would have u? live so
that in.? only shall tbo temuti be a h? 10,
but bis Houso a sanctuary.
Lay tbe? le.-uuhauls upon til?. WiffJ
"bodies"; the flesh must be broken down,
subdued, overruled, refined, purified. This
I* not to bo done by mutilation, nor by
the barbarous customs In ancient times
of putting the knife into tini Jugular vein
and causing? the body to die.
It le to be a living sacrifice, every mem?
ber completo, yet each member doing Its
work simply, lovingly, obediently. The
whole body alive, but controlled, discip?
lined and turned to the ufo of its high?
est powers. This Is the differente between
the Old Testament sacrifices and the sac?
rifice required under the gospel.
It Is easy to kill a bullock; easy to offer
a thousand rams, but we are called to
the spiritali sacrifico of being dead, yet
living, pf passing through our own death
Into the upper mystery?the broader mys?
tery of spiritual resurrection.
Hence the' tolly of mono.-itlclems and
mutilation nnd Inccrntlon, and those stnrv
Itigs and contempt with which the body Is
visited by tnoroly mechanical disciplinari?
ans. -,
Wo aro not to stop iho oar, lest we
hear mtislc. We are to open tho ear and
say, Let mo hear you; I can Judgo you
now. Are your tones pure? Is your mean?
ing sacred?' Play on, sing on, 1 can dis?
criminate. I can, and will, reject the sug?
gestions of evil, but will also respond to
the tone of purity and harmony.
We are not to hide ourselves away
from the recreations and nmusoments and
Joys of life. But we nro to say, what
are you? What can you do? What is your
power? What scope and aim have you?
Once wo rodo on a level with you and
wore dragged as by cart ropes behind
you; but now we-are above you. Wo can
take you up and set your down, mako a
convenience of you, or use you for
blessing, but it Is impossible for you so
to besiege us by vicious importunity as
to mako any conquest over us. Wo ore
living sacrifices, not dead, but living
bodies, every drop of blood Intact and a
drop of fire; and yet we live and pray;
To this vocation ate we callod.
We are not any longer amputated men,
depleted or disabled men. We aro full,
complete, crowned men, and liave thnt
highest of all sovereignty?the sovereignty
of ourselves.
St. Paul's theology: Hell brings us. to
practical overy-day conduct. Apostolic
metaphysics must end in human good be?
havior. Theology Is not a quibble In
words; It is an attainment in character.
We are not to rest until "we nil come in
tho unity of the faith and of tho knowl?
edge of the Son of God unto tho perfect
man; unto the measure of the stature
ot the fulness:of Christ."
This sacrifice Is to be "wholly aceptable |
unto God, which Is your reasonable ser?
vice"?the service of your reason,?; ? ? oth?
er words. Thero Is an act of reason' in It,
for It is the soul that here presents the
body.
Our God must bo served in the spirit '<
and with the understanding. Tho more
we know of Him and our duty, the more
reasonable it will appoar. God does not
Impose on us anything hard or unreason?
able.
The word ot. God does not leave out
the body In holy worship. That Is a rea?
sonable service which we are able to un?
derstand and render ourselves. God deals
with us as with rational creatures, and
he'll have us so deal with Him. Thus
must tbe body be presented to God, heart,
soul and spirit.
Our reason must be sanctlOed. Reason
should be a worshiper nt tbot throne.
Reason should take off the covering from
Its lofty head and bow before the cross
In reverent obeisance.
Nothing can be more consistent with
rea*?n than that the work of God should
glorify Its author. Wo are not our own.
Mnde by Ills power and kept nllye by I
His spirit, we are doubly tho property j
of the Lord by the right of our creation
and redemption. It would be as unrea?
sonable as It would be wicked not to live
to His glory and in strict obedience to
His will.
In the Jewish worship, Irrational crea- |
tures, such aa lambs, bulls and goats j
wero offered In sacrifice. Tho Christian
worship is tbe more rational, because
performed according to the true Intent
and meaning of the highest law?the
heart, rnlnd and soul being engaged In
that service.
He lives the life of a madman, who
continues In open rebellion against His
Maker and HIb God, for in thus sinning
he wrongs bis own eoul, chooses death
and rewards evil to himself.
North Carolina has Issued $300,000 ten
year, 4 per cent., tho proceeds to be used
for popular education. There haa beon
a general awakening throughout the
State on this subject, and tho people
demand more money for the public
schools.
Tho bonds are offered by n Baltimore
tirm at 1011-1 and accrued interost, and
In spite of the fact that money for such
investments Is scarce it is probable that
the whole issue will be readily disposed
of at that price. This shows that the
credit of tho Old North State, like the
credit of tho Old Dominion, is AL Not
many years ago both Statos were groan?
ing under a heavy debt, and the credit of
both was Impaired, But time has wrought
it wondrous change,
Tho census figures for 11)00, which are
gradually coming out, are in many re?
spects unreliable. TWs is doubtless par?
ticularly true In those figures which pur?
port to give the number of persons In
Ulis country Who are over one hundred
years of age. Tho total number Is put
down at 3,??. Nearly three-fourth8 of
these alleged centenarians are negroes,
who, as wo all know, are generally with?
out any ncourats or Tollable information
as to the time of their birth. It might
woll bo questioned how umong the ne?
groes, who are but 11 per cont. of our
total population, should u*i found near?
ly 75 por cent, of the centenarians. Our
figuro? too aro out of all i>roportlon of
thoso of othor countries. Out of a popu?
lation of over 85,000,000 Germany claims
only 778 persons a hundred and over In
age; England with a population of 32,
000,000 only HO, and Frunce with .0,000,000
only '.'l!i. \Ve do not believe there are
over 3,000 people in the United Btate?
who uro a hundred jwd wer.
In spe?ikbig""o7*ti.e7 Baule Abbey, the
?a??? monument ?'id tlie Stuart ?nonu?
meint soon to be erected In Rlchtnona,
the. Baltimore Bun says:
"A? Um capita? o? tho Confederacy an4
the objective point of the most extensive
Foderai campaign*, Richmond Is natural?
ly tbo Mecca of ex-Confederates. And it
Is accumulating ? series of statues ami
museums t?iat will mnJtelt notable among
tho 'monumentili cities' of tho world.
Don't forget. In this connectlim, that
Richmond must have a great confederate
rally when all '??-?? memorials shall have
been completed
There will be 186 names on the monu?
ment to bo erected to tbo momory of the
Confederate dend of Louisa county,
cloven of them being officers and the oth?
ers privates who lost their lives In the
battles tho Confederate soldiers fought In
defense of the right. Old Louisa suffic?
ed as but few counties Buffered In those
dark, yet glorloue dnys.
Thoro Is a man in Mllwauki?? who
thinks General Miles will be tho next
President of the United States, At least
he was In Milwaukee until the sheriff
took him to the lunatic asjiAin for safe?
keeping, /
The good city of Charlotte, down in
North Carolina, Is threatened with
cloudburst of dally newspapers, which
may prove more disastrous than thd
water ono which descended upon Jack?
sonville.
That Is a pretty light Indianapolis and
St. Liiuls have started In upon for the
two National Conventions of next year. It
would bo Just like Oblongo to run In be?
tween them and tako both plums.
St. Louis Ib getting a sight of cussing
out before the big fair begins, which Is
perhaps not a patching to what sho will
get when It In over.
Most of those who take an Interest In
such matters want to see Jeffries licked,
but few of tlicm think James Corbett
Is the main who can do It.
Tho President has dedloatod a tree In
California, but It will not grow as rapidly
as that other thing, lie dedicated In St.
Louis.
That wuB a sad experience of Dr.
Crum's, to br?ale In the door of hop?
only to find that there wns no warm pie
on the counter.
The Newport News carpenters and
pudnters have resumed business after a
nice llttlo resting spell, otherwise called
a strike.
Governor Stone bay? Clovolnnd "put
himself above his party," For a fact
the old man Is considerably above the
Governor Stone-Missouri element of tt.
The Hon. James K. Jones has not been
hoard from ajiemt this new Cleveland
presidential talk. Come to the front of
the stage. Brother James 1C
In the meantime Mr. Arthur Pue Gor?
man, of Uic good State ot Maryland, Is
making as few remarks as though he too
were a good fisherman.
Somebody Js going to got mighty badly
hurt in this May cotton freshet beforo It
Is done with.
Norfolk's coroner is lost, strayed or
stolen and. three, nbl? statesmen aro look?
ing for his official shoes.
Much rain is reported in Texas. The oil
holes dug In that Stale In the last few
years will hold much water,
The gold-brick man is loose in Indiana
and ho is doing a prosperity brand of
business too.
Jacksonville manages to extract a good
deal of fun out of Its waterspout dis?
aster.
The monitor Arkansas Is eandbanked,
not sandbagged In the raging Mississippi.
North Carolina Sentiment.
The Greenville Reflector remarks:
In sending a check to aid In the erec?
tion of a monument In Richmond to Gen?
eral J. ?. B. Stuart, tho famoue cav?
alry leader of tlio Confederacy, Grover
Cleveland said "the country is now again
one, and all sections can Join heartily
and conscientiously in honoring tho mem?
ory of an American hero, no matter
whether he belonged to the North, South,
East or West," Tlio country Is one In
lettor, but not yet In spirit, though auch
utterances from men like Cleveland will
help to bring It about.
Tho Scotland Neck Commonwealth has
beon keeping tab on street carnivals, and
says:
The opinion of a majority of the clear?
est headed men in every town where such
street exhibitions ure held is, that the
towns which have them onco nro satis
fled with tho experience and wish it no
moro.
The Charlotte News says:
The people may be lying awake nights
figuring on who tbo next presidential
nom?neos will bo. but It will require
"confirmation strong as proofs of Holy
Writ" to make us bollovo It,
Tho Durham Herald comes right out
and says:
If tho Democratic party will stop to
think It cannot expect the public to Tnave
confidence In a party that will change
front every three or four years in the
hope of winning.
A Few Foreign Facts.
The now turbine steamer, the Queen,
which wnsrecontly launched at Dum?
barton, will "cross the English Channel
from Dover to Calais In forty-five min?
utes.
Tlio Countess of Warwick, one of Eng?
land's most eiiergetlo women, lias added
the management of a licensed public
house to her other activities In the In?
torosts of tlio working people about her
Essex country house. Thu Countess will
sell only soft drinks.
The American tobacco trust Is keeping
?the Gorman cigar manufacturers and
dealors busy. "While the manufacturers
are preparing to fight the trust In court
on various technical points, -the dealers
have formed a union for the purpose of
preserving tholr Independence from any
combination.
Ovo?*.,10,000 persons witnessed at Zurich
the curious Swiss custom of burning
out the winter In the simpo of a guy
aud welooiiihiR the spring with a carni?
val procosslon.
Older is now so cheap In Oerman Swit?
zerland tlwt It is being supplied in un?
limited ?luiiutlUes In many caf?s at so
much per hour, the consumer drinking
"at discretion," ??
It is estimated that the Journey be?
tween Ixmilon and Paris will be short?
ened by twenty minutes by tlio use of
cratee for pussengerb' luggcigo, experi?
ments with which were made recently at
Calai?, . u->U.uj-u.?.i-?.u^. -? ?
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? Zrend of U/iou#At j
f ffn <Dtxte Xand \
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Louisville Courier Journnl: "Among
other things," walls a St. Louis contem?
porary?, "the special session of Congress
should regulare the sliio of sandwiches
nnd tho limit of back faros during tho
period of the World's Fair." And yet the
World's Fair Is In celebration of tho act
of a statesman who all his life taught
the folly of this blind faith in tho omni?
potence of legislation.
Florida Times? Union: The talk of war
In Uio far East Is not now?wo only re?
gret that It has more of a personal In?
terest for tra than It once did. Give us
a Democratic President who will keep the
other fellows oft our toe? and leavo us
froo to grow wliilo they fight It out.
Galveston News: Wlso fanners of Tex?
as have both Indian and Kaffir corn
planted, or thoy will plant tho latter later.
Which goes to show that they have learn?
ed tho secret of raising a corn crop of
some kind every year. The valuo of tho
knowledge will bo seon later on, when
Texas will be tho greatest hoe-raising
Slate In tho Union.
Birmingham News: Tho Panama Canal
and the Postonico Department must feel
quite congenial a? a couple of suspicious
characters,
Personal and General.
Governor Odell has signed Hie bill ap?
propriating IS,000 for a statilo to Major?
General George Sears Greene, at Gettys?
burg, Pa.
Fred. W. Atkinson, too formen- niipor
I ? tendon t of education In tho Philippines,
has just been olectod superintendent of
schools at Newton, Mass,
Poter Stansloy, of Upper Sandusky, O.,
who was considered tho oldest man In
Ohio, died on May 13th. Ilo la survived
by a widow of one hundred and six
years, to whom he had been married
elglily-flvo years.
Henry Dcnhnrt, of Washington, 111.,
hxs offered to givo $ 14.1,000 to Carthago
College, providing a like amount can l>?
secured by tho trustees.
Frank D. Underwood, president of the
Erie Railroad Company, began his career
as a deckhand on a ferryboat on tho Po
tomao River, where he received a salary
of JIO a month.
It Is said that SOnntor S. B. Elklns, of
West Virginia, cleared out of his many
nnd varied Interests last year between
?7.OO0.O0O nnd tS.000,000, and his entire for?
tuno Is put at $50.000,000.
With a Comment or Two.
Blchmond ls evidently nt a loss to un?
derstand why ?6 000 a night should be
paid to hear Patti, when Colonel Frank
Cunningham, tho City Collector, Is ready
to obligo merely for the asking.?Newport
News Press.
The Colonel, we have with us always.
The Blchmond Tlmes-Dlspateh, din
cussing Mr. Cleveland In connection with
a third term in tbe presidency, observes
that If he "had been President during
tho past eight years and should aspire
to another term, making threo consecu?
tivo terms, there might bo something In
the objection noted, but ns the case
stands to-day, he ls before the American
people as though he hnd nover been
President." Whate-ver valid objections
there may be to the nomination'and elec?
tion of Mr. Cleveland as President next
year, the fact that ho has served al
|ready two terms In the presidential office
Is not among them.?Charlotte Observer.
We don't blame Mr. Cleveland for not
saying whether he Is a candidate or not.
That's his business, and ho would be a
chump to give it away.?Greenvlllo CN. C.)
Reflector.
He will not be a chump, certainly not
until the fish lot up biting.
From the Church Papers.
Is Jesus alive with you? Is He alive
with your loved ones? If bo, why Is not
the link complete?
LOOKING BEYOND, why need death
separato you from
any who know both Christ and you? If
wo could spend ono hour with God and
know his wisdom and lovo as our friends
In Heaven know It, how the cloud would
lift from our life and h'ow Imptlclty we
would trust in the Father's tender care
and never-falling love; but It Is hard for
us to seo beyond the lonely hearthstone
and tho vacant chair.?Southern Church?
man.
There Is no dead Uno this side of death
Itself. But a man may so persistently re?
ject tho offers of mercy
NO DEAD LINE, and resist tho Influ?
ences of the Spirit as
to bring about a stato of moral obdurncy
that totally disinclines blm to any earnest
effort after salivation. This Is purely his
own act. In which God has no part. If at
any time lie relents and seeks God, he
will be accepted. Any other vloiv reflecte
upon both the Justice and benevolence
of Doily and arbitrarily abridges the term
of man's trial and salvablllty.?Richmond
Christian Advocate.
What we have sought at alltlmos to quick?
en our remembrance of God's proridential
kindness, and especially
WILL PBOPER- ought we to feel, whon
TY TO GOD, .we come to the point
that our possessions can
serve us no longer, that wo wJH use our
property to express our gratitude for
the uso ot these things while w- lived.
It Is a pitiable thing, a shame that we
can stand faco to face with death, see
our possessions passing Into other hands,
and yet feel no Impulse to commemorate
tho loving kindness of Geld by a cheerful
and generous bequest.?Religious Herald,
When tho first man was Innocent of
?any sin, and had only holy, and loving
thoughts of his
IN THE GARDEN. Maker, a garden wns
hlil appropriate dwel?
ling place, and Adam wns "the grand
old gardener." Life was simple without
care, or envy, or any ovcr-rofhiemoiu.
Thero wns no falso pride and no selfish?
ness, and the garden In Eden ivas the
homo of love and piety. The redemption
which Is In Christ should surely "bring us
back to simplicity and gratitude and lovo,
Even In this world! our Lord would come
Into his church, ns Into a garden, and
"eat tho pleasant fruits." In the new para?
dise ho will find the first gardener and
many othor gardeners, and commune with
them under the tree of Ufo.?Contrai Pr?s?
byterlan.
God enjoys flattery as little as men do.
The Psalmist laid that truth on our
hearts when ha
SINCEBH WITH GOD, said "Sing ye
praises with un?
derstanding." We despiso folks who ?re
smooth and pleasant to our faca and then
say bitter things behind our back. We
dislike their praise even, because It it
Insincere. But what else Is It when \e
praise God loudly In tha church, and are
grumblers In our home or business? It Is
good to make a Joyfpl noise unto the
Lord; but it is necessary, If we do that,
that wo also Uve a joyful life? before the
1 J.ord.-Sunday School Times, '
i &nnts of the Meek
? Under Brief fian lew. t
Mr. Allee, the long term United State?
Senator from Delaware, who was -a re?
sult of the compromiso wind-up of th?*
long drawn-out Addlcks fight, has been
but little beard of since his election to
tbo upper house of Congress. But. the
other ?lay ho came out of biding long
enough to submit to an Interview, In
which he Rays he lias the strongest kind
of confidence that the next Legislature
of that Hiato will elect Addlcks to buo
ceed Senator Hall. He declares that
what are known as tbo "Union Republi?
cans," otherwise the faction back of
Addlcks, aro constantly gaining recruits
and will have at least thirty membor?
In the Legislature. This will give then
the balatico of power, and will Inauro
the triumph of Adlcks.
Most people In thoso parts were of the
opinion that the great Madison Square
??nrden In New York was ? money-mak?
ing Institution, and so th0 statement
made during the past week thnt it paid
expenses tho past fiscal year for th*
first timo In its existence will come In
Ilio naturo of a surprise. It will also
hi? good now*, for along with the other
statement comes another to the effect
that thero has boon much talk In the
past few years of allowing the property
to bo converted for privata use on ac?
count of the fnllure of tlio stockholders
to recolvo dividends on tholr Investment.
In tho course of a few years Uioy may
bo well rewnrded for their public spirit
In carrying their financial burden so
patiently.
Judgo Charles Swayne, of the United
Slates District Court for the Northern
District of Florida, ngalnst whom the
Legislature of Florida I? waging such
a bitter wnr, Is a warm personal friend
?>r Senator Quay; In fact, thoy are chume.
Swayne Is a Pennsylvnnlnn, and was a
neighbor ?nd schoolmate of Quay's. He
was iipiMiInt???! to tbo Federal bench In
1N8!) by President Harrison, when he had
been a citizen of Florida only a few
months. It la likely that tho Influence
of Quay will be sufficient, ns it has been
before, to prevent Congress from bak?
ing any notice of the charges which th*
Florida. Legislature lias brought against
the Judge.
Governor Penny packer's new llbol law
went into effect In the State of Penn?
sylvania lust week, and tho ncwspapori
of that State, especially thoso In Phlla?
delphla, are having a lot of fun over It.
So far no effort has been made by th?
State to enforce the gastric provisions
of the law, although the papers have
laid the ban? down very low, for every
day since the Governor signed the bill
that passed the Legislature and made It
law the papers havo taken unusual de?
light In running cartoons of the Gover?
nor and his crowd, the very thing that
Is expressly forbidden. Ono Philadelphie,
editor predicts that "within two weeks
Goycrnor Prmnypacker will wish that
h, could bury himself In a swamp, where
not even a ?mosquito could nee him.
The fun the press will have with him
will be a caution." The Philadelphia
Preise has a enrtoon showing the Gov?
ernor In the role of Don Quixote, while
? the North American rcpubllshes (with
Improvoments) the cartoon of whloh thn
Governor complained In his defense ot
tho bill, and the editor says: "The law
doesn't amount to the pnpor It Is -writ?
ten on. We are going to express our
??elves Just n s freely as ever, with even
moro vigor If possible, Inetcad ot being
deterred by this. Ours Is an anil-Quay
paper. The law was aimed at us, but
we mean to continuo exposing thlovea
and nailing thugs as wo havo in th?
past."
Tbe? Legislature of New Hampabiro
adopted a back-acting local option law*,
similar to tbo bill that Mr. Sebrell, of
Norfolk, offered In the Virginia. Legisla?
ture ns a substitute for the Mann bill,
but which was promptly voted down.
Tho Sebrell bill, like tho New Hampshire
lew, proposed to make the Stato prohibi?
tion, and then provided that tha people
of any district, town, county, or citi
might havo saloons by simply voting ai
the polls to license them. New Hump
shlro lias Just had Its first "saloon?
?election" under the new law, and every,
body In the State seems to be well
Pleased with tho . results, which were,
briefly, "that tho cities voted to have
saloons and a majority of the towns
and all the country districts ?tuck to
prohibition. This seems to be tho most
reasonable system yet evolved, aa tho
ucople who want saloons have them and
those who don't, havo them r.M, nnd
perhaps It la a pity that old Virginia
lid not adopt the system when she had
the opportunity.
The beautiful city of Jacksonville, tn
Florida, has a great deal of bad luck. W?
all remember that but a short while ago,
comparatively (?peaking, It was almost to?
tnlly dostroyed by lire, from which it ha?
not yet entirely? recovered, The heavy
ruins that deluged the Baptists at their
great convention in Savannah became.a
veritable cloudburst when thoy readied
Jacksonville, and that city suffered to the
extent of nearly ? half a million dollars.
In twenty-four hours tho rainfall was
S.41 Inches, and In many cases the water
reached the level of first story windows,
Stores, warehouses, depots and residence?
were flooded, and altogether Jacksonville
liad a very wet and scary timo,
X Washington correspondent has been
getting some ?.ntercstlng figures from th?
Congressional Records and fllee, frort
which It Is shown that tho last Congres,
created 11,316 "now offices and employ?
ments," whllo but 1,816 offices were dis?
continued, so that the net Increase wa.
0,601, The annual pay of these tliousandf
of now place-holders Is close to sevei
millions of dollars. The postal servici
was enlarged by 8,351 now appointments,
while the naval Increase was 6.016, includ?
ing 3,000 seamen and MBB midshipmen,
Our Federal Government forces seem te
bo expanding at tbo rate of about B,00t
persons each year. The total appropria?
tions ot money by the last Congress ag?
gregate fl.663;CS3,O03.
The first negro that was ever ?Plantea
to a postofllce in the State of Maryland
wa? a Virginia negro, who moved to ?ml
Stato less than a year ago, and since he
thus became a Marylander he lias suo
ce ?led in getting ???&? Soln?
nrneter at a small ottico In Somerset
county. The office Is not large enough
Ir the matter of business or of pay to
make It worth much of a fight, but there
is a principle involved, and tho Republi?
can Congressman from that district, th?
Hon. W. H. Jackson, Is right after that
Virginia negro's scalp. Mr. Jackson l?
terribly "worked up" over the matter, and
does not hesitate to say that the Repub?
Hear party of Maryland Is a white man'?
party, and putting negroes In the post
offices of that State will bring about the
death, beyond resurrection, of the G. O,
I?. Who would have thought It?
The average office-holder about Wash?
ington is tpilck to appreciate and utilizi
a "snap" when one bobs up in hie official
path. One that bobbed up In connection
with the rural free delivery buslnese, n?
conducted at tho Capitol, was the collec?
tion by Bomobody in the department ?of
'lints of names of persons supplied with
innll on these routes, These, when handed
> by tho rural carriers, are said to have
>en' sold to mall order houses, depart?
ment stores, etc., In the large cities, of
tullirse to the dlsadavuntnge of the local
merchants. Of course, the defense will be
mndo that the mall order houses wero
bound to got the lists In any event, and
that the thrifty men at the head of tha
service In Washington might as well havo
this money ns ?anybody else, and besides)
It was calculated to help the free deliv?
ery business.
v, ?. yr.