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SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1903.
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WHAT AFFECTS PRICES, i
?In considering tho question of prices wo
liLst always G?'s????? .with the natural
l?lvs' of trHdo. Under normal conditions
a given artlclo will sell for the cost of
production, with a fair profit added. Un?
der extraordinary conditions, prices may
be forced considerably abovo or consider?
ably below the cost of production, but
by and by, when normal conditions are
restored, prlcoe will fall or rise, as tho
caso may be, to the normal.
Sometimos tho price of cotton, for ex
umple, la below tho cost, of production,
and sometimes ogntn, ns at present, it
? lurgoly In exCeseTof such cost. Tho
high price of cotton to-day fs duo to tho
eearclty of that staple Thoro lias been
during tho past several years an extra?
ordinary demnnd for cotton, and the sup?
ply hns not kept up with It; heneo the
extraordinary riso. In othor years tho
supply has oxceedcel the demand, and tho
price haa correspondingly fallen.
It sometimos happens also thnt pro?
ducers, by combining, nro enabled for
the time holng to manipulate prices. But
l?rcuO are the exceptions. Tho rulo ls as
tve have stated it. Prices us a rulo aro
regulated by tho natural law of demand
and supply. Timo and ngnin tho attempt
\ins been mndo by organized effort to put
prices of manufactured articles higher
?han the natural laws of trado Justify.
Hut Invariably the law has ovontually
lsserted Itself. When tlio price 1b so
'manipulated othor concerns are suro In
the long run to spring up out of tho con?
dition and put the prices down to the
ncrufnl. Manufacturing companies hnve
learned this lesson, nnd ho even tho trusts
ir? compcllod to keep their prices down
In order to 'prevent competition, and In
order to procuro a healthy demand for
their goods. They havo found that large
Mies ut small profits aro better than
small sales at largo profits, especially ns
jt Is always good business for any con?
cern which deals with the mosses to bo
on good terms with Its customers, and
nothliij* will koep a concern on good
terms '*? with/.' Its customers short
of s'upp'lylng a good artlclo at a fair
prices.
.Tlio Damo rule applleB In the matter of
labor, Tlio mnn who sells bis lnbor ls
verj' muoh In tho samo position of the
manufacturer who sells an article of
commerce. Thero Is a mnrket prlco for
lnbor, as there Is a murket prlco for
other commodities. It la a mistake to
suppose that any concern absolutely fixes
the ciimponsntlon of Its employes. There
ls always more or less of a contest be?
tween employer and employes. Thoro is
little sentiment In business. Tlio em?
ployer nooks to get his \vork done as
Cheaply us possible.?, and tlio employe en?
deavors to get as much pay as possitelo
for the work that ho does, Tho contesi
goes on, and a compromiso on both sides
is the result, There is somewhere a
"happy medium" between the effort of
the employer io Ueep the prlco of labor
dewn aii'l the effort of tin; employe to
put the prlco of labor up, and this "happy
medium" ls tlio market prie?., ,,f labor.
Put there? ls competition among employ?
ers and competition ?????"?>? employe?, mn*
this competition ulieo bus Us influence In
determining tlie price. linei empi?,ver
ilinis that ho Is obJo to pay so inue-h for
labor, and rather than shut up lite, estui*;
llblinient he will pay as much as i,??, can
afford, This forces other employers In
competition to meet the? price. On the
.other hand, eme laboring man is willing
to work al a certain wage, nnd, nil things
else being eijual, he win procuro employ?
ment ovi r hla fellow who dornands a high?
er Vige li la true that laboring men
may,-by organisation, more ?t loes rey?
Ulat? ? .r Iftbor, but If they put
? .? ; : ; 111 ? ?? ni condition* Justify,
pn< or the .i:.. r .,i uve, things will hap?
pen. They v.ni either nave competition
iie.i'.i ? ' . ? ? ? : . uhi. ?!., ?.,,? bel?,p?;
t" t!??? ' ' u I. itli . and those who offer
U) - ?? ? i I???"n ? ?'..?, ali thlnV* pise
bei??!?-? ' gel lho Job; or, If ih.-y
put "?? ?? ? ? rt tliiH all tlio laborer? In
that parti : rani h of Industry or
?fade, and : nt competition in their
e.-.vi, craft, l: y will ? ',?.?,? u.o employer
tu ?hut (SOWII.
There Is nule ?Antimi ? ? |n bui liiees. It
If not v..:.;:.:.? , wori,j ,?
eay ih-t s m&n quglu .?, ? imene io >??
"'?'? I '?? ?'? *??'"* *"-'???' " ? *?? : " ?'"'le iiiiil
: -'ii a Y.'..ik If (?notliai ?.. . equally a**
compete nt will take the ; ? ..? ?, ? ,v,w
? r|ce, th-) lilgher prh e ** III not in
iVe ?rt not, arguing y , .? timi nial
? ,;?-?!.,?. IVo nie t.ta?iiri ?:... ?old ,,,,.,?
\vliii;li both eiriiuoyer ui.d f-raploye must
? e-i j; ?u v.ilh.
GORDON??* ?CHARMED LIFE."
At the recent Confederalo reunion In
New Orleans the hearts of tho old soldiers
were paddencd by the stntcmcnt of their
comrade. General John B. Gordon, that
his health was falliti*? and that ho was
about to wind up his career.
The -wonderful part of It nil Is that
he has survived until this flay. It Is al?
most miraculous that he should have
passed ttmiugh such nn orrtonl during
the war betweon tho States nnd come out
with his Ufe. In the June number of
Scrlbner's Mngafclne, General Gordon hns
nn nrtlclo on' "AntlntAm nnd Chancellors
vllle," In which he recalls tho notable
fact that In tho former battle he was
wounded no less than five times.
General Gordon's troops held the most
ftdvanned position on thnt part of th?
field where they were stationed, nnd
there was no supporting line behind them.
He soon saw that a most desperate at?
tempt would be mado by the Federals
to break tho line nt that point, and that
It was to bo through sheer force. It was
General Gordon's business to prevent
this, and so he gave orders that his men
wero not to fire until ho should givo the
signal. The Federals cnmo forward with
unloaded guns, their purpose being to
chiirgo with bayonets, and through their
superior numbers break through. In spite
of tho Impatience of his men General
Gordon -waited until "they should ?Tee the
whites of the enemies' eyes." When the
Federals wero almost upon him ho order?
ed his men to flro, and their rifles flamed
nnd ron red In tho face of the Tankees
llko a binding blaze of lightning-, accom
companled by tho quick and deadly thun?
derbolt." It was Impossible for? any body
of mon to withstand this flro and the
Federals withdrew, but only to renew
tho attack again and again in tho same
way, and thus tho battio waged furiously
until sundown.
During this cngng?ment General Gordon
wn-s shot f.vo different times, twlco
through tho leg, once flirough tho arm,
once through the Bhoulder, and finally
through the faoe. In spite of four wounds,
from nil of which ho was Buffering and
Weeding, ho held his position at the
front, giving his oommands nnd rallying
his men. At tho last shot, however, he
fell forward and lay unconscious with his
fnco In his cap, and ho thinks that ho
would have beon smothered by tho bloqil
from this l.'rst wound "but for tho act of
some Yankee, who, as If to save my
life, had at a previous hour during? the bat?
tle shot a hole through my cap, as if to
lot tho blood out," Ho was borne to
tho roar in an unconscious condition, and
tho Burgeon despaired of his life. But
General Gordon declared that ho would
not dio, and a little later -when his de?
voted -wife arrived he greeted her in an
nffectlonato, Jocular way nnd assured
her that he would got woll. Thanks to Tier
faithful watching and nursing he did
get well, and was by and by, after seven
months, restored to his command.
It Is no wonder that Gordon's mon said
and beU?3vod that_lie .had.a~Jl!fi]iarmcd
life." It Is Inconceivable that a man
should have been shot ftVe times during
a single engagement and survived the
shock; It Is equally remarkable tliat a
man who suffered so terribly from tho
enemies' bullets should have preserved
his life and lived to a good old age.
CATHEDRAL SITES.
There nro sites that nature seems to
have fashioned for cathedrals and
churches; othors for fortresses and tow?
ers; others for the palaces of the rich,
nnd others yet for sweot cottages for
tho poor. There Is an obvious and fas?
cinating fitness nbout them.
Typical of tho first close, but where
naturo and art iire seen In combination,
la tho sito long ago chosen and now being
utilized for tho new Cathedral here. It
Is a convenient and tranquil spot, fronting
a beautiful park, and Is, as it were,
upon tho stem of a bunch of avenues
which branch out In overy direction of
tho plcturesue and prosperous West End.
No growth of Richmond now concelvn
blo could Impair tho value or lessen the
attractiveness of that site,
Bt. Peter's Cathedral, Grace and Eighth
Streets, was built as a church merely,
nnd was added to as years went by. It
was tho first Roman Catholic house of
worship hero, the members of that faith
having theretofore worshipped In a room
down on Main Street.
Associated with the old Cathedral, so
dear to Catholic hearts, aro tho names of
men great In the church, oach of whom
teems to have been called hero for a
speolal work, and endowed with special
gifts to do It. It Is no small tiling that
Bishop Von de Vyver ha? ?Igriallzed hla
administration hv the building of what
will be a truly grand Cathedral?a work
mail.: possible at this timo hy tho mimi?
li,? nt nift of Mr. Thomas F. Ryan.
Ht. Peter's Is to bo uupplantod as a
cathedral, but will remain as a parochial
church. Us deep toned bell calling wor?
shippers to Ha altar, us It has dona
through scores of years; Ha wulle still
to remain the stronghold of Catholla
Work on Grftc? Slr'.-.vt and beyond. Prob
il |y St. Peter's antedates any church
? n that street east of old St. John's, and
may Lavo helped determino tho choleo
of the name of tho street
?iii tint old map Grace Street wus Q
??i"? ', which, in the abandonment of that
.? ;. item ot nomenclature, was oalled
"Qrace" because of the number of
churches thereon. At h-iuit so we have
heard, l.ut however that may bo, St.
Petor's Is an old church. It was not
?.-dit nliofjteth?r, but ncb-nd-d from tlmu
tn 'thn.? towards Broad Street.
it I? ; : ull I? remember that while
Bt, Peter's ever luts been the homu of
?j?-vni'-ii chui :.?., they have prosecuted
their work there, and Humea, with pious
ztui, marked by such amiability and tact
as to maintain the best t?! feel In ? be?
tween themselves enfl their neighbors.
?Aa In the ??? CiUhedral, SO may It b?
n. the imiw; ;.s u was in Iba past ?enera*?
Uon, ito muy It he v.itn the present ?nd
1 day? ago our out?.-? mi ?j conten??
i'./?',, luti
i Hhlp
dn, 11
Viiiituj?t? of Ic'illon, and ?.aid ft If the
I-? "i>l<- of Tid'-walir h.i'l ?, :.?/ ???'liny to
ilnvt-t hereallcr In thu ?hl?> ?? . jLu-u lu
dustry thoy would not find It necessary
to go away from homo for a. profitable
Investment. We nsked our contempo
tviry If the Inrgo ship ynrd at Newport
News had proven to be a profitable In?
vestment to Its stockholders. In renply,
the Press snys It Is unable to answer
this question, but It knows that tho ship
ynrd hns never missed a pay day, nnd
hns gone ahead steadily improving And
expanding tho plnnt, and Increasing Its
force, until It now stands at the head of
tho ship building industry In America.
Wo do not disputo these statements.
Tho Newport News ship yard Is a splen?
did industry, and seems to have plenty
of money behind It. But the old estab?
lished yard of Crnmp ? Sons, In Philadel?
phia, also met Its pay-rolls and enlarged
Its plant, yet hy reason of the unfavor?
able conditions In this line of Industry
the company wns recently forcetl to bor?
row $r>.000,000 nnd to put Its affnlrs In
the hnnds of Its creditors.
The Fore Hiver Ship Building Company,
located at Qulncy, Muss,, has been com?
pelled to pass Its regular quarterly divi?
dend, nnd the Columbia Iron Works and
Dry Dock Company, of Baltimore, ro
cently had to reorganize. All theso con?
cerns \ere favorably located, but they
did not pay.
Tbo rpress says that tho Trtgg plant
might have failed even If it had been
located at Newport News, but that Its
chancee of succcsb would have beon
greater where the "limitations of naturo
ore less disconcerting." We doubt If tho
Trlgg ship yard would havo done ns well
at Newport News as it did at Richmond,
for It hnd hero nil tho water nocessnry
for the work It Bet out to do, and it had
advantages In other respects which It
would not have hnd at Newport News.
-Vlr. Trigg could Just as well have stinted
his Industry on tho seaboard, but ho had
reason to bellevo that the chances of buc
eess In Richmond were better, and If he
hnd lived, and If conditions had boen fav?
orable, he would probably, havo mudo
his ship yard a great success. We tell
our friends again that tho embarrass?
ment of tho William R. Trigs Ship Build?
ing Company was not' due-to Its geo?
graphical location.? Natural location
counts for something, to be eure, but
energy and enterprise counts for moro,
and hnd conditions otherwise boen fav?
orable tho Trigs ship yard would havo
been aa successful at Richmond as It
would havo been at t).;. mouth of the
James.
CIVIC RIGHTEOUSNESS.
At tho annual convention of the Pro?
testant Episcopal. Dlej??se of ' Delaware,
which began at ' Smyrna?, .on Thursday
last. Bishop Lcighton Coleman took occa?
sion to denounce bribery and corruptions
at elections. In the course of hla charge
to the clergy, ho declared that no pollti
cnl party In tho State oould claim free?
dom from the guilt of political corruption,
and he branded the corruptlonist as a
"hypocritical criminal," Ho said that)
bribery hnd become so cimraon and so
brazen-faced that to Ignoro It on the part
of tho church was to.expose her to the
chnrgo of cowardlco and .'collusion." "A
man must be made to feel," said the
bishop, "that what ho would be afraid
and ashamed to do In his own social
relation he ls to be equally ashamed to do
In politics."
This Is akin to the famous saying of the
lamented Dr. Hoge, of Rlohmond, that
"that which ls morally wrong cannot be
pllltlcally right." That la as sound as the
decalogue.
Tho bishop then went on to say that it
was the business' o'f 'tha'- church ' by her
emphatic condemnation^-of/ suoh,! ''cor
morantlo members" to aid the actually
honest and determined men of either
party to eliminato these dangerous and
disgraceful elements, and to make It
Impossible for them to regain the mas?
tery. By this he did not moan to say
that tbo church should go into politics,
but he did mean that It waa the duty of
every clergyman to preach civic righteous?
ness. And so It is.
"It ls said," ho concluded, "that wo
must acknowledge that Delawaro pre?
sents nn Inviting field for suoh exercise
of Christian endeavors In hor clvlo and
soclnl Ufo. I say Christian ondenvor, for
I am dealing with an nctually sinful con?
dition which can only be remedied by
the application of religious principles. Tho
evils that a Allot hor will not disappear
at tho bidding of merely foronslo lament
and condemnation. They aro too far down
In the every vitality of our communities
to bo eradicated save by resort to
methods of sturdy and steady heroism.
Such heroism ls demanded alike of the
glory of God, the honor of tho church
ami tlio welfare of the State.
"With such Incentives It Is only tho
menu man, the selfish man who cnn with?
hold his contribution to tlio purifying and
ennobling of the ago In which wo Uve,"
Thero Is but ono euro for national evils,
nnd that ls tho righteousness Of tho peo?
ple. Wu cannot euro unrighteousness by
law. If we would rout out evil wo must
go down to tho source. This govornmont
la no stronger and no bettor than Its In?
dividual citizens. Our national cluirncter
ts the sum tmnl of Individuili charac?
ter. If the people are good tho govern?
ment will bo good; if tho pooplo nre evil
tho government will bo corrupt, Of course,
corrupt men will sometimes get Into
oflicps in spilo of the vlgllanco of a good
constituency. But this ls the occasional
exception to prove tho ru\e. If tho voters
are right and righteous they nro almost
sure to elect right and righteous in?in to
represent them In government, but if
they f'.nd any representativo who Is faith?
less to his trust thoy will not ho slow
to run hlm out of ofllco, punish hlm us ho
deserves, and hold up hla oxumplo us a
winning to others. I-et US have civic
righteousness', let ua havo righteousness
In the.? heart? of tho voters, und wo shnll
havo righteous Jaw? and u pure govern?
mont.
BOOTH'S IDENTITY.
Tho Baltimora newspapers discredit the
Oklahoma ste.ry coining >vin Bt. Louis.
to the ?fftWii that III January last, there
died at Knid, in thnt Territory a ma**
wlio went under tho name of Dnvl-1 E?
f;?nii;e-, but who really ivas Jeeliii Wllkes
In. ,tb. Tl.ey any, u.j we did yesterday,
tiiiit Booth is buried in Baltimore! (in
i;i''.'i.ifiiiiiiit Cemetery) ?md that Infere
blu interment there ho was fully ldentl
lied by near relativa.
u a matter ot fact hoe,m was |-jefiti*.ed
utter dilati? by frlumla and enemies 'alike.
J'uruuers were h" |*m hi? um f.iom the
h" ?'in, hi? tra.il f.ix
moment that ho shot Lincoln, nnd though
he was lost sight, of for a whllo, his track
down tho country and across the Poto
mno Into Caroline county, Vn., was easily
followed, where ho and Herold wero found
In Mr. Carrette barn. Herold came out o?
the barn and surrendered. Booth could
mnko no terms for his own Ufo and wns
shot, rind dlod In two hours. He was
Identified then and there; ho was identi?
fied In Washington, where hundreds know
him, nnd he was Identified? In Baltimore,
when nt last his relatives wero permitted
to hnvo his body for burial.
Tho Tlmos-Dlspatch a few weeks ego
repulillshed a communication written by
Mr. Louthan, and which originally ap?
peared In the Confederato Veteran, show?
ing that so far from the Confederate
government approving any schome for
the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, Presi?
dent Davis positively disapproved of a
plan lnld beforo him In which It was
purposed to abduct the Federal President
No one nowadays derams of connecting
our President's name with Booth's Insane
folly, but It Is not so well.known as It
ought to bo that he went further and put
a stop to a project to kidnap him and,
run him across tho Potomac Into our lines,
Mr. Davis believed that Mr. Lincoln, how-'
ever sudenly surprised nnd taken, would
fight his captors and that the result might
be that ho would bo killed. Nor did ?Mr.
Davis concur In the opinion of thoso who
advanced this project that the capture
of Mr. Lincoln, If successfully carried
out, wouldJio beneficial to our cause.
Mr. Lincoln oame to Richmond within
a few days after the sifrrender of the
city to the Federal forces and seemed
to havo no fear for his Ufo while among
Us. The fact that neither Lincoln nor
Daii'is ever seemod to fear assassination.
Not until Wllkes Booth appeared, pistol
In hand, had tho crank or assassin begun
to make the life of a President dangerous.
Mr. Davis walked and rode about Blch
mond unattended, and for more than, four
?years Mr. Lincoln did tho same In Wash?
ington without apparent danger*. True, It
is said that a fruitless shot was fired at
Mr. Davis when he was horsehaolt on a
suburban road near Richmond, but It may
bo surmised that It was a chance shot
and not aimed at him. It remained for
Booth to set an atrocious example for
do boundless Injury to tha South, from
'whose people ho got no particle of
sympathy, except In so for as he was
believed to lie demented. But, all thutr
aslde, wo consider it absurd to raise any
question as to the Identity of. tho man
who was ldlled on Garrett's farm,, and ;
whose body lies burled under'the "name
of .lohn Wllkes Booth.
THE SEA OF GLASS.
(Selected for The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
"And before the throne there wne a
sea of glass, llko unto crystal; and In
tho midst of ?tho throno, and round about
Iho throno wero four beasts, full of eyes
before and behind. And tho four bensts
had each of them six wings ?xbout him;
and they woro full of eyes within, and
thoy rest not' day and night, saying,
'Holy, holy, holy, Lord -.God- Almighty,
which was, and is, and Is to - como.''??.
Rev., lv:5-S.
What Is this that Bt. John writes?
Something he could neither comprehend
nor describe, except as It were in fig?
ures, to help us to imagine, that great
and wonderful vision.
Ho "was In ?the spirit," ho tells us,
when he saw It, not with his bodily eyes,
but with his soul enllghtoned by tho Holy
Spirit. And this Is what he saw.
A throne In heaven, and One sitting
on It, -bright and pure os tho richest pro
clous stono. And around the'throne a ruin
bow like unto nn emerald, tho sign of
hope nnd faithfulness.
Near tho throno are elders crowned;
men llko ourselves, but who have fought
the good fight and conquered; pure, as
their whlto garments tell us; and victo?
rious, as tholr golden crowns denote.
From tho throno como thunderlngs nnd
lightnings and voices, signs of God's
powor as a lawgiver nnd an almighty
ruler.
Before tho throne wns a sen. of glnss?
tho sea of timo and space, the brlttlo and
dangerous soa of earthly life.
It seems to bo a great thing to us?timo
and space nnd the world?yet It looked so
small to St. John, as It lies thoro in
heaven beforo that throne, that ho passes
It by In a few brief words. For whait are
all suns and stars, and all ages and gene?
rations, and Aillltona nnd millions of
years compared with.eternity?
Thero Is one grent comfort for us In
this vision of Bt. John. Brlttlo and un?
certain and dangerous as Ufo may be,
and Is, yet It lies spread out beforo tho
throno of God, nt the feet of Christ. For
In God wo Ilvo and movo and havo our
bo.'ng.
Let us then bo content, hopo on, and
trust on; for God Is with us; and we
with God.
Bt. John saw still another wonder.
Pour beasts (or living creatures) wore
thoro, with six wings, and eyes before
and behind. Whatsoever those living
creatures may mean, It Is moro important
to know what .thoy do. They givo con?
tinual thanks, honor and glory to Him
who sits upon that throno.
Thoy thus confess that all power, all
wisdom, all prudence, nil success In
men or ungels, In earth or heaven, conies
from G-od, -.is His gift, of which Ho will
refluire a strict account on that last
groat day.
And who is Ho who sits upon that
linone? ?\'1?? but the Babe of Betitle-?
hem, tlio friend of publicans and sinners?
iho Lord Jesus Christ,
St. John could not mistake 'that blessed
face! llu had walked with Him for three
yoare or more, had loaned on His breast
Ut supper, ami Been Him dio In ugony
on tho cross! And now ho sous Him glori?
fied, radiant, on the throno, adored by
men nnrl angels, with ft name above all
other iiamea, in heaven or earth 1
Ohi blest disciple, to behold that sight!
-How It lingered ii) his heart and mem?
ory through all those long years of ex?
ile from hla master? --oW ll ?laa cheered
ami strengthened many of thu saints of
earth! How real and noar It brings us
tu h< aven and its glories to know that
Ho is thero, supremo, ?md yet our loving
Lord !
For the Son was sent to reveal the
Father and show* iis what llu Is, not
only In heaven, but on earth. Thu Sun
la merciful; therefore thu Father Ja mer-<
ciful. Thu Sou is. just; 'Uiere-Ore .tlio
Father Is Just. The Bon 1? faithful nnd
truo; therefore the [Fnthcr Is faithful and
true. Tho Son is almighty to ?avo;
therefore tho Father Is Almighty -to savo.
Lot that be enough for you and me, as
It was for St. John.
And tho Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit
Is proceeding forever, from the Father
and the Ron, going forth for ever, to
bring light and life, righteousness ?nd
love to nil worlds, nnd In all hearts that
will receive Him.
Ho is the ever-hlessod Holy Spirit The
Spirit of tho Holy Father and of the Holy
Son. Like them, otoriwU, Incomprehen?
sible, almighty; like them, all-wise, hil
Just, nil-loving, merciful, faithful and
true forever.
God grant to us all that, having passed
safely across tho sea of time up to that
puro and blessed land, wo shall worship
Him face to face; know Him?even ns we
aro known!* Wo will find Him, through
nil eternity, evon more wonderful, moro
I glorious, moro transcendant.
And then, with the augello host nnd
the souls of Just men, mndo perfect,
answering those mystl'o crenturcs, with
the voices of that muUltudo which no
man may number, may wo. Join Ih that
eternal hymn of prnlso?"Holy, Holy,
Holy. Lord God Almighty, which was,
and is, and Is to come."
Whether President Roosevelt's genius
Is for pokor or somo other game of cards,
wo do not know. Ho, however, seotnB to
bo very pat In using tho ex?
pression "a good square deal. This
ho says of a company of negro troops
who were employed to guard the tomb
of Lincoln at Springfield. The Presi?
dent thinks that the presence thoro of
negro troops was particularly appropri?
ato and praises them for their behavior
In the Santiago campaign.
That's all right, for It is said Roose
?velt wns Baved from slaughter In that
campaign by the negro troops.
He might have added to his Springfield
speech that Lincoln said that he" wa?
bent upon saving the tTnlon, and that
to. do It ho would either keep the negroes
In slavory or freo them?whichever cir?
cumstances required.
Colonel Ned Crump, whose ?Tenth we
have recorded, was a fino specimen of
| tho old ante-bellum Richmond printer,
but ho was not the oldest. That dis?
tinction, we suppoao, belongs to Mr. John
W. Fergusson, who could not be Judged
by his walk to bo an exceedingly old man,
yet must bo well advanced In years, since
ho was an appronUoo boy In tho ofllco of
the Southern Literary Messenger here
when Edgar A. Poo waa Its editor.
Tho Springfield Republican has been
keeping tab on the greatest speech-mak?
ing President the country has over had,
and vouches for the accuracy ' of Us
count of Mr. Roosevelt's speeches, which
down to and Inclusivo of June 4th, Is
this: Whole number of speech<;s on this
tour, 162; wholo number since Mr. Roose?
velt beoame President, 250.
There -will probably be no strike In the
anthracite coal regions, but all the samo
wo know what occurred last year, and
we know that everything Is not altogether
lovely at the mines, and wo know that
coal Is cheap enough in June and July
and there Is room In the cellar.
"For God's snke, keep on letting well
enough nlono" Is tho now campaign slo?
gan Invented by Mark Hanna. Somehow
It sounds as If the "well enoughers" feel
that they aro being run to the wall.
The. women folks are not disposed to put
up with any annoying delays when wo
como to' talk about the Jeff. Davis Mon?
ument.
The Chesterfield weather prophot de?
clines to ,givo an expert opinion of
Prophot Jefforson, ot Kast Franklin
Street.
If tho money won't hold out to build
nn arch according to specifications, let's
build something elso. So say tho women,
md tho women rulo.
Somo of the platform builders will
doubtless view with alarm too much Irri?
gation In the West without tho consent
of the Irrigated.
Tho weather mnn promised church?
goers a good day to-day, but tho clouds
aro mighty uncertain theso Sundays, and
often fool the prophets.
Tho beef combine is fixing to utilize the
floods In tho West to raise tho price of
steaks.
Wo may mako bold to prophecy that
Prophot Jefferson will prove to be no
prophet at nil.
Tho Hussion explanation of tho riot at
Kishinev Is ono of the kind that falls to
explain.
It was a mighty bold and dnrlng small
po.v microbe that took chnpees of a
scrap with Georgo Francis Train.
Yesterday tho President took a peep
at tho dirty linen hanging In tho back?
yard of the Postonico Department.
CoWressmnn Ball, of Texas, willl resign
his s<Vat In the fall, and Is nlreacly talked
nf usi the Democratic candidato ? lor Gov
The cablo hns reached Guam safely,
but finds very llttlo work to do.
Governor Pennypnckor's libel law Is
atlll doing the boomerang act.
Just thlnk_of it! Another' glorious
Fourth Is jess than a month uwaiy,
Thoro are thirty-two war oorros'.ondents
In Breathltt county, Ky. 1
?
Personal and (itinerari.
Christopher Stlnils, who has just died
in Newark, N. J., holped lo build the
yacht America, the Hist cup bout.
CoWressmnn Ball
Is seat In the fall,
f usi the Deinocrn
mor Un 1?KKI.
General Kdwnrd F. Jones, known ns
"Jones, of Blnghnmtnii, ?. ?.,'? Lieuteii
ont-Govarnor of his Slate undor* Governor
HIH. celebrated his beveuty-llfthj birthday
on ?inno 3d. )
Martin Fornes, who has succeeded tern
porn illy to the desk in tho PnsJUitlloo De?
partment at Washington vacattid by Ma?
c-lien, is n Norwei'iun by birth
John ??. Pannale?', a wealthy Chica
goail, is having u luxurious sti-urner built
for river navigation, and will shortly tako
a party of friends on ils tiret oiulsn down
th? Mississippi Hiver to Nev? -Orleans.
Major Luther B. Hare. Twelfth Cav?
alry, who, with ?Major liowz.;, ]<d iho
troops that chased Aguinaldo luto tho
mountains of Northern Luzon and nm?
cn'i?'il ?? rescuing Lieutenant Gihnoro
unit party, lias been Ordered before u re
ttriiiu* board at Sun Antonio, Tex., to bo
esaiuinud for retirement.
tH?? ???? H ?????-ffm-i
?events of the Week
Under Brief Review. X
U ? ? 4 t M ? +?+? ? t ? ?H H ? ?'f-Ht
(Wlth floods in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa
nnd Missouri, cyclones destructive of life
nnd property In the South, and a contin?
uing drought that Is drying up the crops
In Now England, and ndded to these
things a number of railway accidents In
vnrlous parts of the country, In which
people were killed and maimed, the past
woek may be said to have broken the rec?
ord an a week of horrors. The awful cy?
clone .at Gainesville, fin., by which more
than a hundred people lost their lives
nnd as mnny ns fifteen hundred were ren?
dered hoiislesf?, wns one of tha most hor
rlblo visitations ever known In Georgia.
If not the most borritilo. Tho destructivo
floods In the West havo caused lnstlng
dntnugo to crops, and will undoubtedly
mnko the corn crop nnd tho whc.it tlint
had been so promising fall far short of
expectation, and will, of course, keep tho
prloe of grain higher.
Tho much talked of Republican Stnte
Convention of Ohio was held last weok
nnd wns ? rut nnd dried affair. The cut?
ting and drying hnd been done by Mark
lluhna, am]., everything was carried out
according to his wishes. Ills man for
Govornor wns nominated, his cold-blooded,
strictly business 'platform, wherein good
crops, plensnnt weather, big and grow?
Ing ponplons and nil other blessings thnt
Ohio Republicans enjoy, were clnlmed ns
direct results of Republican rulo, was
adopted, and Ilnniin himself was nnnieil
ns the coiinventlon's choleo for United
Stntes Senator. In addition, Presldont
Roosevelt nnel his admtnlstrntlon were nn
dorsed, and Mr. Roosevelt named ? ? tho
cbolce of Ohio Republicans for President
for tho next tnrm. And this, too. wns
done by Henna's order. Everything that
was elono was according to Hanna's for?
mula, and wo fall to see how the Fornkor
people got nny comfort at all out of the
gathering or anything it did. Whatever
of comfort they did get wns allotted to
them by Hanna's order.
Thoro nre muttering? In the anthracite
coni regions, nnd the tlmlel everywhere
tiro greatly disturbe??] lest thero be anoth?
er strlko ami another year of high-priced
coal. We think there need be no concern
on that score. It Is true that iridino
lins arisen In the machinery provided by
the strlko commission for carrying the
nward Into nffiot, but It Is over a point
which should be susceptible of easy ad?
justment, provided that neither side de?
sires another strike. Ane] It Is linpe'sslblo
to believe that another strtko within nt
least five years can renlly be deslreel by
either tho operators or the workmen.
?The Inventory of tho oRtnte of the late
Thomns B. I?eed has Just been mnde pub?
lic, and It shows that he had mado
enough money?a half a million?to return
to politics without the fear of tho poor
hotlee to confront him, and thnt Is Just
what ho Intended to do. If a story we get
from the Springfield (Mass.) 'Republican
bo true, and we have no doubt that It ls.
That pnper says:
"A piece nf news I? found In the will,
for that Instrument shows that Mr. Reed
had nctually severed his connection with
his New York lnw firm prior to his last
Illness. The fact confirms the Impression,
which a few of Mr. Reed's friends hnel
received, that ho was about to retiro
from active practice and possibly re
enter .national politics In caso a favorable
opportunity should be presented. It Is
very possible thnt If Mr. Reed hnd llvcel
tho nntl-Roosevelt sentiment in the Re
publican party would have pushed hlm to
thn front as a candldnte against the Pre?
Idertt. Mr. Reed's sudden death, how?
ever, not only spoiled nny such plan, but
oven prevented It from becoming a. pos?
sibility In the public mind."
The great strlko of textile workers that
has been on in Philadelphia for several
weeks, and seems to bo no nearer an end
now thnn when It commenced, Is ono of
tho most complicated strikes on record.
If a certain lot of alleged facts that have
been tient out In circular form from Phil?
adelphia can be substantiated, It ls a
much mixed up strlko. It appears from
this stntement that, contrary to the com?
mon Impression, tho strike Is not for a
general Increase In wages, for only about
one-tenth of the strikers aro demanding
fewer hours with ns much pay ns at
present. There are thirty-nine classes of
artisans Involved.In the movement. Of
these, thirty-six, representing 90,000 work?
people, nsk a reduction of hours a week
from sixty to fifty-five, with a correspond?
ing reduction In pay, practically stclking
for a reduction In wages to gain Increased
opportunity for education and moro thnn
for domestic duties and recreation. Three
trades, representing 1(1,000 employes, nsl
for a similar reduction In hours, but ono
wants It without any doorenso In wngn
another, the Dyers' nnd Mercerizors'
Union, comprising 2,000 members, dc
mantis the five-hour reduction and an In?
crease In wages from $11 to J13 a week,
anil the third, the Ingrain Carpet Weav?
ers' Union, with a membership of 3.001,
demands tho shorter week and a wage In?
crease of ten per cent.
In 1S78 thero was a great and note?
worthy exodus of negroes from the cot
ton-rulelng States. Some fanatics starteli
the movement, and hundreds of negroes,
with their families, Joined the crowd, anil
thoy started away, they know not where.
They had nn Indefinito Idea that some?
where towards the Northwest there waa
a land that flowed with milk and honey,
and all they had to do wns to go up
?mil tuke possession. Numbers of them
died on tlie road, a great many became
disgusted before they had gono too far,
and turned back. Somo thus found their
way back to their old homes ami stayed
there. A large r.umbci of theso deluded
negroes finally reached Topeka, Kansas,
and for a good while thoy wem a burden
to the people. Thoy woro helped until
they could help themselves, and finally
nbout a thousand of them settled In
hovels Just on tho outskirts of Topeka.
That is tlio settlement known ns North
Topeka that figures so prominently In
tho news of the big overflow In liiinsiis.
This colony of negroes lias suffered
greatly by tho floods, und many of thorn
lost their lives.
Hero. Is a story thut came to us lust
weok well authenticateel, which hIiowb
what a curious thing a strlko sometimes
Is:
A mule driver In the mine of the Jlogle
Coal Company In Indiana bent his animal
Inhumanely, mid loft it without food for
several days In a deserted section of tho
mine. The company discharged tlio
driver, and 000 ?miners Immediately quit
work, demanding that tho cruel driver
bo reinstated. But when tho ' miners'
committee came to Investigate tho mat?
ter they reported In favor of the com?
pany, and told tho OOO strikers to so back
to work,
A study and comparison of the market
reports of this 'week and thoso of the
corresponding week of last your will re?
veal nome facts that probably would not
bo noticed by tho average render unill
intention la culled to them. It will be
fotinel thut (he AVeragq prices of all the
-asarles of life ?ira now considerably
less than * year ?-?0? A" -?1? news from
all the markets of tho country nnd tho
general tendency of things indicato that
we juay look for yet lowur prices for all
tho actual necessaries. Tills is eiicourug
infe to those who live on salaries.
Rear Admiral Bob l?vuns is of tlie
Opinion that thoro will ore long be hot
times In the Orient. He sends to the
irnmervt from his flagship In Aslatlo
waters tho request that,the? United Stales
marines now at Sublg Buy, In tlio Phil?
ippines, bo kept there until a now force
Shall bo sent out, because bo thinks thero ?
will soon bo plenty of work for Amurlemi
troooa to do in China.
s. ?. .w;
" To-days Advertising Talk."
THE COMAWNEST FACTS
about your business are
interesting to the pub?
lic and may bring you
excellent returns if told
in a convincing way
through the newspaper.
In one of the largest
cities of this country, a
department store made
a strong point in all of
its advertising that they
would refund the money
? on all purchases which
proved unsatisfactory to
the purchaser.
This fact made them
famous throughout the
community as the " Re
* liable Shop."
As a matter of fact many
other department stores
in the same city had
been doing the same
thing for years, but it
remained for this store
to make this an adver?
tising feature.
There are many facts
about your business that
would interest the pub?
lic and make it distinc?
tive.
Pick them out and run
them in the Times-Dis?
patch.'""
Make your business the
leader in its line.
From the Church Papers.
To confess that one. alms nt a high lde-al
Is hot to b-.avit. Somo Christiana .-?.re over
mtxlest nt this point. Tho songs wo uing
.,-,.. and the prayers wo utter often de
,TAJ?V, BC/??*0 ti'o t.ilntss we long for, not
HIGH, thoso wo have. "Not as though
I had already ^attained," said the
apostlo, "or were alr-raily iierfcct; but I
follow after."?Nashville Christian Advo
ctao.
Not what wo are. but what we Would
be, Is our measure In God's Blicht Wo may
not bo responsible for our failure to
reach a high attainment, but
??G10 wo are responsible If wo fall
PATTKR.N. to strive toward that attain?
ment. One who takes us hla
pattern tho Perfect Life la likely to do
better than one who only wants to b?as
good as tho average. It Ik In view of
thla truth that Lowell says, "Not fail?
ure, but low aim, Is crime."?Tho Sunday?,
School Times.
Thero Is In chemistry what Is known
as tho catalytic Influence of certain sub?
stances. Their .very presence aids in dis??
solving other substances Into
IN GOOD their elements, though they
COMPANY, themselves undergo no per?
ceptible change. The pres?
ence of a truly God-like man has a. won- "
derful Influence over other mon. Hla
presence will often dissolvo many ?a hard
and dllllcult siiuiitlon. Ten righteous men
In Sodom might havo saved it ns Paul's
presence saved tho crew of helpless, des?
pairing men who had been anight by tho
tempestuous breath of Eurapuilo. It pays
to bo with good people, especially when
tempests rage.?Religious Herald.
It Is a cross to many that they can
do so llttlo for the? world. They aro not
producers, and not workers, and can,
scarcely be givers. Slck
BEAL'TfPUL iicss, or altticiion, or old
11Y CHACE, ago havo come, and tho
hands can no longer toll to
win the bread or to help those about us.
But to shine with the peace that God
gives, to add contentment ?and cheerful,
noes to tho homo to show patience in an
impatient world, to pray and praise when
wo cannot work, this Is tho life mado
beautiful by the grace of God. It Is bet?
ter to bo a smiling buttercup than an
iron safe or a destructive warship.?Ceni
trai Presbyterian.
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North Carolina Sentiment.
Tha contented Kalelgh Post boastetW
as follows?.
Tho West Is a great country, and In
i/ome rspocts, wo may believe, ? super 01,
to North Carolina: but the West is sub.
lect to visitations of cyclones, floods,
bliK-frirda and grasshoppers, from all of
which we are happily exempt. Besides,
people who ?ire reasonably >lndustrlpua
here onjoy a mensuro of prosperity that
should ho conducive to contentment. It
has bfeen said that North Carolina Is a
good Stato to movo from. It is also u,
?toud Statu to stay In.
Tho Scotland Nock Commonwealth,
cornea right out on tho prohibition piati
form. It says: "
A largo majority of tho criminal pro?
ceodlnns In our courts aro tho result of
the llutior trafile, either dlruclly or In.
dlreoth". It dous seem that tho intelli?
gent citizenship of North Carolina would
seo tho arguments for suppressing thn
llciuor trafile from the standpoint of
economy In taxes lor the expense of crim?
inal courts, to say nothing -ubout the
mriral. social and civil reform it would
bring ubout.
The Charlotto Chronlclo la cheerful. ItJ
savs:
Meunwh*- tho situation of the Boutin
erti fanner has become a very attract
tlvi. one. This staple crop-cotton?hau
l?oiio to ? price whero It alono makes.
tarmine attractive. If tho other attrae,
tlon viz: Cash markets for perlshabla
products, bo added'to thla It may ba
seen thnt his opportunities have becomi
Immensely enlarged, , ,
The. Wilmington Star says:
tlon. unco uni. me imo ui iiiiiiugriuKii;
started in this direction and It would,
flow In steadily, almost of JU own voll,
tlon. But getting it started Js the trou-i
bio.
After much thought tho Durham Hen
eld concludes*.
It Is not absolutely certain that thos?
who supported Mr. Bryan have the coni
fidane? In Mr. Cleveland that some peOi
pie would havo us believe. . _.
?Week-end rates
?
Southern Railway..
Beginning with Junu Uth, 1903, and con?,
tinning until September I2tli. tho Southerij
Bullwfiy will sull on Saturday and Sum
day of each weok special tickets from
ltlctinioud to Chuso City, Clnrkev?le ?tin?!
iiitiirmeillute stations, also to West Point]
und Intermediate stations at ono fure fun
tho round trip, limited returning Monday)
following iluta of hale.
A special low rate of 80 cents for tin}
round trip, Wchmund to West? Point unii
return, Will apply,
. Ht"ii,l,tl,Q, ???'.??? 'reo-Pee Summer Out*
^???? ?fter In this Payi?r, -