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SONG OF THE REAPER
TELLS OF FULL SHEATHS
Wheat Crop of Virginia Is a
Good One.
THE FIRST BINDER BUILT
Rockbridge County Was the Homo of
Its Inventor?Monument May Rise
to Him There?Tho Epic of
Corn-Bread,
(Special from a Staff Correspondent.)
BliXINGTON, VA., Juno 20.?The crop of
wheat, which is,now harvested in tho
great wheat growing counties of the Val?
ley and Piedmont, is far better than tho
average. Within the past ton days ] have
boon through more thon a dozen of the
wheat counties ot Virginia, and have
talked with hundreds of formers. Almost
without exception they unito In saying
the crop is good; mnny of them have told
me that It Jias not been better In ten
year?. One of tho largest wheat growers
of Pago county told me he did not re?
member having had a finer crop "since
tho war." It would lio hard to find In this
country, I think, fields of Oler wheat
than thoso which havc Just been liar
?rested In tho vicinity of Luray. Tho
shocka dot the fields no thickly It looka
as though It would be difficult to drive a
wagon among them. The crop In Rock
ingham Is fine, but it appeared to me that
the appearance of the wheat in Augusta
county Indicated a better crop.
I was riding through Augusta the other
day with Hon. W. F. Rhea, former rep?
resentative from the Ninth District, and
Is tbo train slipped along through that
beautifully rolling county, with hundreds
of acres of yellow grain stretching away
Dii either hand, waving in tho gent?o
breeze and gloaming golden In the sum
mor sunshine, Mr. Rhea was enchanted.
"This Is God's country," ho exclaimed
lo me, and to another traveling compan?
ion, a resident of Norfolk. And wo
agreed with this ardent Southwest Vir?
ginia man that It did Indeed appear as
If tho Creator wero specially blessing the
great Valley this year.
Tho Rockbridge wheat Is excellent. The
Bcreage is thought to be larger than
usual, and the yield, according to a dozen
farmers, will be far above tho average.
Of course, there are somo farmers who
express the opinion that tho crop this
year is not so good aa many seem to
think, but I havo before had occasion
to mention In The Tlmes-Dlspatch that
working In tho soil seems to make grum?
blers of men. I do not believe the farmer
is really despondent and dissatisfied with
his crop, but there Is In hi-*? mind the
idea that modesty requires him to disa?
gree with the man who expresses the
opinion that It Is a fine one. otherwise
it would appear that he was encouraging
a compliment upon his own skill and In?
dustry.
IN PIEDMONT SECTION.
There Is a good wheat crop in Fauquler
and Loudoun this year. I have not seen
in any county much finer wheat than that
growing on the magnificent farm of Mr.
Bedford Glasscock, which extends from
Rcctortown nearly to Uppcrvllle. Thero
Is a fine crop also on tho celebrated
estate of the late Colonel Robert Beverly,
a few miles to tho east, nnd Colonel B. H.
Dulany has a splendid crop on his great
estate. The Loudoun crop is hardly so
good, it is said, as the crop in Fauquler.
Tho crop of Albemarlo county Is not up
to tbo average of other counties this vear,
according to appearances and the testi?
mony of farmers. Senator Martin usually
has a fine crop of wheat on his beautiful
farm, Scottlands, near Scottsvllle, but he
saya it Is ?very light this year. Culpeper
wheat is fine, and a farmer of that coun?
ty, whom I saw In Faiiquier the other
day, said ha thought the crop about as
good as that of the latter county.
But there can be no doubt that the
Shenandoah Valley is tho wheat-growing
section of Virginia, though tho counties
of tho Piedmont section and the South?
west bear off the palm far grass. Jt
must be said for the farmers of Pied?
mont that they combine tho cultivation of
crops und the raising of horses and cattle
to a fnr greater extent than do their
brethren over in tho Valley. I nm told
by/many Valley farmers, however, that
slockralsing Is becoming much more gen?
eral in that section in the past five
years.
The scarcity, of labor In the three sec?
tions named Is, perhaps, a more serious
problem than ln any other of the coun?
ties of the State. Thero were always
fewer blacks ln these counties than In
tho30 of Tidewater and Southsldo Vir?
ginia, and now a large percentage of tho
comparatively few negroes have gone to
the cities, or to the furnaces or coal
mines. Tho result is that as farm hands
are procured with such difficulty, much
of tho labor Is being dono by machinery. In
a drive of twelve miles through Rock
bridge I saw a dozen blndors at work>in
wheat fields, several of them on land over
which It would have been thought Im?
possible to operate a reaper a few yeor3
ago. But the Inventors and the manu?
facturers of farm machinery appear to
have been fully alive to the demand by
reason of tho scarcity of labor, and the
wheat Is now cut from the steep hill?
sides of the upper Vallov more easily than
by grain cradles in the old days.
THE FIRST REAPER.
It should not be forgotten that the first
reaper was built ln this county by a na?
tive of Rockhrldge, Cyrus McCormlck. ?
gentleman who resides near Lexington
remembers seeing it being hauled to a
farm nar Brownsburg for trial nnd has
several reminiscences of difficulties en?
countered by McCormlck ln perfecting
hla invention, He remembers hearing at
the time that the Inventor was at one
period utterly unable to devise a knife or
pickle for cutting the grain. Finally.
Schuyler Bradley, the blacksmith engaged
by McCormlck to aid In constructing the
machine, suggested the idea of the pres?
ent Bicklo?knives with tsvo edges instead
of one and tho problem was solved.
Rockbridge is celebrated for the num?
ber of scholars, divines, statosmon and
military leaders it has given the world,
but nothing is risked in saying Hint not
one of her sons hae left a broader mark
on civilization than Cyrus McCormlck.
Without thla Rockbrldge mnn'B reaper,
the groat wheatllelds of the AVest, of Ar?
gentine, of New Zealand and Australia
could not have been, Millions of people
who now Uve In cities would havo to be
on farms growing wheat for broad for the
nations were It not for tho reaper, which
does the work of many men, and puts it
In the power of two or three to produco
thousands of bushels. Some day there Is
going to-be a great monument to Mc?
Cormlck erected here or out ln that flold
a few miles away where the Tlrst reaper
was tested and proven a success, which
afterwards grew so great as to dazzle the
whole world.
One is struck by the fact that the num?
ber of flouring milla In this section is
decreasing. Wheat Is sent to distant
?markets and In many Instances flour
L ground ln those same cities is brought
k Back for family use. Many of tho mills
Hbelng operated grind little more than
?bnough flour to supply the family needs
Hof their patrons, I am at a loss to ex
I plain the decrease In the number of mills,
I except ? ? the ground that country-made
"?Ulour does not bring? as good a price us
that ground by large city mills, which
have brands wall known to the public.
As they receive bettor prices for their
1 flour, the proprietors of the city mills can,
of course, afford to pay the farmer more
for wheat.
CORN-BREAD EPIC.
But tho old burr mill has disappeared.
The country flouring mill of twenty years
ago has either been equipped? with ma?
chinery for making flour by tho modern
roller process, or it has been turned into
. a grift mill to .griui- uui-d _jur J-ttt) ?-,___
or's Ucead or his stock. Tho Valley peo?
ple ais not, ns a rule, so fond of corn
bread as aro tho people of Eastern Vir?
ginia, nor has the water-ground meal of
this country up boro such ? wide repu?
tation as that of tho low country. Tho
difference Is said to be due to a difference
in the naturo of the corn, consequent upon
tho dlfferenco In soil.
I did not Intend to write of corn-b?-ead
now. Tho ablest pen could not do It jus?
tice. Some day, In knocking nbout over
this world, I am going to Und a real poet?
a. genius?a man who can tell the world
In golden words of the violons ho seos
und of the dreams h6 dreams. And lam
ftolng to tako him down to Virginia and
ot him eat of corn-bread?"dodgers"?
baked by an old black mammy, who has
been baking it every day for forty years.
And to go with It I am going to make
her give him plenty of golden butter, Just,
from thc sprlnghotiso. and Instead of wine
there shall bo at. his hand a goblet of cold
milk, with tho yellow cream standing on
it. And ho w|U do the rest. And when
ho 1ms finished, ho will write a poom on
Virginia corn-bread that will make his
namo famous forever, and he In some
measure worthy of so noble a theme.
WALTER EDWARD HARRIS.
BOYS LOST IN SIGHT OF
ATLANTIC CITY LIGHTS
(Speclnl tn The Tlmi-S-Dlspatcli.)
ATLANTIC CITY, Juno 29.-Ha.rold and
George Vogler, sons of John G. Vosior,
mnrcnant and manufacturer of Philadel?
phia, wero lost in the meadows until af?
ter midnight Saturday and nearly perished
from exposure before thoy were found
this morning. They saw the light of At?
lantic City and stripped and made an ef?
fort to reach here by walking and swim?
ming. Thoy could make no headway
against the tide In tho Thoroughfare and
returned to their boat.
Their father started In a launch to look
for lliem. The boys wore found lying In
their littlo craft, which they had pulled
up on the meadows.
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NO PARK CONCERTS
Mayor Taylor's Order Holds Good for
the Time Being.
Until further notice thero will he no
park concerts. This order, given hy Mayor
Taylor, will be enforced this week, prob?
ably, if not longer. This order was is?
sued because of the strike.
Railway Changes Hands.
(By Associated Press.)
TIFTON, GA., June 29.?The Tifton and
Northeastern Railway, a line twenty-five
miles ???? from Tifton to Fitzgerald, has?
been sold to the Title Guarantee and
Trust Company. The cash price paid was
?243.7&0.
Beginning July 1st, the Tifton and
Northeastern will bo operated by the Tif?
ton. Thomasville and Gulf, that road as?
suming the management
Are Much Improved.
The condition of the Rev. Dr. ?. E.
Johnson, pastor of tho Laurel-Streot
Methodist Church, who was severely In?
jured in the wreck on the Norfolk and
Western a few days ago, Is much Im?
proved. It will he somo timo yet, how?
ever, before he can resume his pastoral
duties.
Conductor Echols. who was hurt In tho
same wreck, is resting quietly at the Vir?
ginia Hospital. He epent a very good
day yesterday.
Mr. Lee Doing Well.
Mr. A. S. Lee is getting along as well
as could bo expected. Many friends have
Inquired about him. He fell while at?
tempting to board a train at Buckroe
Beach, and his thigh was fractured. Dr.
L. B. Edwards Is attending him.
CAR CRASHED INTO
A FREIGHT TRAIN
Two Passengers Were In?
stantly Killed and Many
Were Injured.
(By As*oc!atcd Pre?.)
CHICAGO, June 29.-Crowded with
passengers an Archer Avenue trolley car
crashed Into a Belt Line freight at Archer
Avenue and Forty-seventh Street early
to-day. Two passengers were killed and
many were Injured,
Tho dead!
MINNIE MALSTROM,
Unknown man.
Tho injured:
Malachy McGregor had his bach hroken
and will die.
Miss Bessie Jordan was fatally hurt.
Witnesses to tho accident say the trol?
ley car brahes refused to work and the
car crashed into the freight train.
A woman worn-out, who never baa to
lift a band for herself, who does not
know the meaning of the word " worry? j
How can it be possible? That It is possi?
ble is proved by the experience of many
a woman who, because of sleeplessness,
nervousness, backache and other wom?
anly ills, becomes an utter physical
wreck.
Dr. Pierce'e Favorite Prescription givea
new life and new strength to weak, worn
out, run-down women. It establishes
regularity, dries unhealthy drains, beala
Inflammation and ulc?ration, and cures
female weakness. It makes weak women
strong and sick women well.
?I suffered for five years with Inflammation
which caused violent pala nud often torture so
bad ut times that I could uot be about to attend
of ilathroad. Kingston, uut. "tile was simply
misery to nie out! I did not know which way to
tura for relief. Had tried doctore but found
lU'y did not help me. My druggist advised me
to try Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription?eulo
glzirjg It in glowing terms. I decided to give it
? trial aud brought a bottle home. I am nappy
to say that alter the use of the first bottle I (eft
ec much Improved I decided to take another and
after that a third bottle. I have good reasons to
he pleated, for I aw to-day a well woman, work
U easy and the world looks bright. I have per?
fect health, thanks to your medicine."
Sick women are invited to consult Dr.
Pierce by letter, free. Address Dr. R. V.
Tierce, Buffalo, ?. Y.
"Favorite Prescription" makes weak
women strong, sick women well. Ac?
cept no substitute for the medicine which
works wonders for weak women.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should be
uetd with "Favorite Prescription? when?
ever ? la*ativc is required, /
AMERICA WILL
NOT BE SILENT
Will Let Voice Be Heard When
Injustice and Barbarity
Are Practiced.
(By Associated Press.)
DETROIT. MICH.. June 29.?The annual
meeting of the Central Conference of
American Rabbis, which was organized in
this city fourteen years ago, opened to?
night In Temple Beth El, with three
score rabbis from all parts of tha United
States present.
To-night's meeting was largely one of
welcome. Rabbi Joseph Sllvermnn, of
New York, tho president of the confer?
ence, ln his message, however, took up
the recent Jewish massacres In llussla
and reviewed tho protest of the B'Nal
B'RIth Society to President Roosevelt and
tho President's action In forwarding tho
society's protest to tho Czar. Rabbi Sll
verman said that In view of tho Presi?
dent's action It was wise to ceaso further
agitation for public meetings of protest,
and urged the adoption of resolutions
thanking the President and Informing the
public that the exigencies of the situation
at Klshlneff had been met, so far as pos?
sible. Such resolutions will be presented
and considered Wednesday morning. ,
In his address Rabbi Sllverrr.an said:
"This address has reverberated around
the globe, and has no doubt shown the
Russian, as well as tho other European
governments, that America will not bo
silent when Injustice and barbarity are
practiced in any part of the world."
BOY VIOLINIST
FROM OVER THE SEA
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
NEW YORK, Juno 20.?Kun Arpad,
who, although he Is only eight years old,
his already won fame as a violinist and
Is said to bo a protege of the Emperor
of Austria, arrived here several days
ago on the steamship Deutschland, with
his widowed mother.
The little fellow has letters of Intro?
duction from Jean and Edouard de
Reszke, who advised htm to try his for?
tune here.
Remarkable storie*? are told of the
talent of the little Hungarian boy, who
has been pronounced a genius by the
musical critics of ?Berlin, Leipsic and
Tarla. He was born at Buda-Pestti on
July 7th, 1894. and when only two years
old showed his talent for music by strum?
ming on the piano every air he heard.
He was taken to a musical conserva?
tory when only three years old, and at
the age of six" made his first public ap?
pearance. He will appear at "Venice
In New York." In Maldlson Square Gar?
den, on Thursday.
WEDDING AT FUNERAL
Capt. Burt Married So as to Continue
His Household.
(Special to TTtte Tlmee-Dlipatcb.)
HERK?MSTR, ?. Y., Juno 29.?Miss Ame?
lla Burt, eighty-one years old, and her
bachelor brother. Captain Wm. S. Burt,
seventy-one years old, lh'ed together for
years in tho village of Gray. With them
lived Miss Ruth Bly, who is sixty. She
did the housework and attended Misa
Burt, an Invalid.
Miss Burt died Wednesday and her fu?
neral was held Friday. When the neigh?
bors were all assembled for the funeral
Captain Burt announced that before the
services began there would be a marriage,
that of Miss Bly and himself, and the
Rev. S. Nelson would perform both cere?
monies. He explained that he and Miss
Bly had decided to be married In or?
der that thoy might continue the house?
hold.
This programme was carried ont, and
after a few minutes spent In' receiving the
congratulations of the guests the funeral
proceeded.
DR. HATCHER AT FORK UNION
Mr. Gray Withdraws from the Senato?
rial Race.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
FORK UNION, VA., June 23.-Dr. W. E.
Hatcher filled the Baptist pulpit here
yesterday. After tho service he stated
that It would require $2,500 to complete
the main building of the Fork Union
Academy, and that the people of this
community are expected to contribute
$1.000 of it In addition to the $3,003 al?
ready raised In the county.
Mr. E. A. Gray declines to become a
competitor for the Senatorial nomination
as reauested In numerously signed peti?
tions to do so.
Mr. Paul Pettltt has made public an?
nouncement of his candidacy for the po?
sition, nnd seems to be very popular in
this section.
Mr. Pettltt Is a lawyer, and son of the
Hon. W. B. Pettltt, of tho lato Constitu?
tional Convention.
WESLEY BI-CENTENNIAL
Celebration in the Methodist Churches
of Lynchburg,
(Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
LYNCHBURG. VA, June 20.-The bi?
centennial of the birth of John Wesley
waa celebrated In Lynchburg yesterday
with services held at the Methodist
Churohes In the morning and a union ser?
vice at Court-Street Methodist Church in
the evening
Addresses were made at night by Rev.
D. G. C. Butts, of Centenary; Rev. C. C,
Wertonbaker. of Trinity, and Dr. B. W.
Arnold, ofRandolph-Macon Woman's Col?
lege. An Immenso congregation was pres?
ent and special muslo was given by the
choir
SOCIAL CLUB REPORTED
Said to Have Allowed Soldiers and Cit?
izen to Get Drinks,
C. G. Lewis and A. R, eak will be In
the Police Court this morning to answer
the charge of selling liquor to soldiers
and citizens at the Marshall Club on
Twenty-ninth Street.
This club is chartered aa a social club,
designed for the accommodation of ita?
members only. It is charged by the First
District officers that the club was open
on Sunday to soldiers and others who
wished to got intoxicating drinks, ? num?
ber of military witnesses have been sum?
moned to appear.
DEATHS OF A DAY,
(By Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA. PA., June 29,-Rev.
Thomas A. Hoyt. D. D., pastor emeritus
of Chnmbers-Wylle Memorial Presbyte?
rian Church, of this city, well known
lu churoh circles throughout the coun?
try, died to-day at his residence' In Bryn
Maw from general debility after an ill?
ness evt'endlng over a period of two and
a half years. Dr, Hoyt was a native of
South Carolina, having been born at
Beech Island I 1828.
. . ' ?-? ? -?
WASIUNGTON.?Tbe Central of Geor?
gia and the Atlanta and West Point,
Georgia Southern and Florida, the Geor?
gia, and tho Western and Atlantic rail?
roads have filed answers with the Inter?
state Commerce Commission to tin com?
plaint of the Georgia Peach Growers' As?
sociation, alleging excessive and dlscrliul
natln-c tariffs.
CELEBRATE
WESLEY DAY
Three Branches of Methodism
in America.
TRIBUTES TO GREAT MAN
At the Celebration at Boston Letters
from President Theodore Roosevelt
and Former President Grover
Cleveland Were Read.
(Bj Associated Tress.)
BOSTON. MASS., Juno -?O.?A two days'
celebration of tho two hundredth anni?
versary of the birth of John Wesley by
tho Methodists of tho Now England Con?
ference was begun to-day. In proparlng
for tho event tho conference committee
planned to mako tho meetings significant
by bringing together representatives of
the 4hroe branches of tho Mothodlst
Church In North America, Including
those of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and the Methodist Church In Can?
ada. Tho efforts of tho commltteo wero
successful, nnd Bishop Charles II. Fowl?
er, of Buffalo, from the North; Bishop
Eugene K. Hendrix, of Kansas City, from
tho South, and Rev. A. Carman, from
Cenadn, wero among the leading speak?
ers.
HIGH TRIBUTES.
Among tho tributes to Wesley read to?
day wero tho following:
President Roosevelt: "Tho Methodist
Church has reached Its fullest develop?
ment In our country, and It Is eminently
fitting that wo should celebrate Wes?
ley's birth. It would be difficult -to over?
estimate the debt which this country
owes to Methodism, especially to those
hearty pioneer preachers who accom^
panled tho rest of tho pioneer folk In
their westward march across tho conti?
nent."
Grover Cleveland: "It Is exceedingly
fitting that among a Christian people
?tho two hundredth anniversary of the
birth of John Wesley should be cele?
brated. Such ? a celebration will reach
Its highest usefulness If It effectively
recalls to all those who preach religion
in this day and generation the sublime
sincerity, the unflagging zeal and the
aggressive advocacy which John Wesley
cheerfully gave to tho religion which he
preached ono hundred and fifty years
ago." ,
BEACH PARK TRIPS
Fairmount Methodist Sunday School to
Goto West Point.
The Beach Park Specials will not be
resumed for several days, owing to the
unsettled condition of things. The Bun
day schools, however, are taking advant?
age of the pretty resort and rrany people
are going on the trips for the salt baths
and the fine seafood dinners and supper.
Christ Church Sunday school *-pen*? a
happy day at West Point yesterday and
Fairmount Methodist Sunday i'chool will
go to Beach Park and West Point to-day.
Excursion Agent Joe Chadlck has ar?
ranged for a big excursion to Beach Park
from Petersburg on August llth. The
excursion promises, to bo the latgost out
ot Petersburg this summer.
NEGRO MASS MEETING
WAS NOT PERMITTED
(By Associated Press.)
WILMINGTON, DEL., June 29.-The
proposed mass meeting of colored resi?
dents of Wilmington to protest against
lynchlngs and to take steps to protect the
negro population of this vicinity, was no?
held to-night. Chief of Police Black made
a request of influential colored men to
use their Influence against the holding of
a meeting at this time, for the reason
that the holding might Incite further
trouble between the whlte3 and the
blacks.
TWO NEGRO MEN
? HAVE A DUEL
Ben Holmes Badly Hurt by
"Blue Dick"?The Lat
Benjamin Holmes, a negro, Is locked up
at the First Station for engaging In a
duello with Reuben Johnson, alias "Blue
Dick," under the Marshall Street viaduct
about 7:30 o'clock yesterday ? evening.
"Blue Dick". Is still at large, but the
police are after him.
Holmes was shot through the righe
cheek, near the temple, and the ball was
venftived by Dr. Sycla at tho First Sta?
tion, and the man locked up and made as
comfortable as possible under the oir
cumstances.
The row started over ten cents that
"Blue Dick" said Holmes had belonging
to him, and then they called each other
seme names.
They each are reported as having said
they would "fix" tho other, and they
went after their puns. "Blue Dick"
pawned a pair of pants so he could get
his gun.
Later they met under the viaduct and
exchanged shots. The police do not
know whether or not "Blue Dick" waa
struck.
'- Beauty breaks in
everywhere"
e, ... ?Emerson
Beauty is to be found in the
?lightest piece of
Gorham
Silver
as in the most elabo?
rate. The same atten?
tion is paid to the
design in either case.
Both have the same
high standard of work?
manship ; both are
sterling silver, as the
trade-mark testifies.
Jim Dumps' grandchild, sly little elf,
Cried, "Grandpa, on the lowest shelf
Please put tho food I like the best,
So 1 can reach It with the rost.
! just love 'Force,*" she said to him.
?"Force' you shall have," said "Sunny Jlm.H
lifted aliKe
by young and old.
Sho Likes It.
"I am ? little girl seven years old. We nee 'Forco* for
breakfast and llko it. Jasera Makqabet Richaadboi?."
^.r^u^a^i^nni.' rijTT^ir^^ wim^LY^^^!!,!^,!^! | iTIWn
OUR STRIFE
WITH OURSELVES
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
THERE WAS once a woman
came to mo for explanation,
counsel and comfort. Explana?
tion of God's seeming cruelty
_ to her and Indifference to hor
players?counsel upon her course of ac?
tion and comfort for her despair.
She was -well past tho half century
mark, worn, prematurely aged, bruised,
tired, discouraged. She had been a wo?
man of craving ambltione, mad for mate?
rial pleasures and benefits, for money,
place, power, prominence. AU of theaj
nhe had fought for, even at the sacrifice
of her higher convictions and In defiance
of the opinions of others.
She had obtained all the things she
sought, and each one had) proven to be
dead sea frVtlt, and turned to ashes on
her lips. It had all been long ago. For
years she had been seeking to Ilvo
quietly, peacefully and happily, and to
be nsoful and good. And with each
effort toward usefulness came disappoint?
ment. Obstacles rose in her path, dis?
cord destroyed harmony, chaos was given
where she hoped for order". .
And so-she was bitter toward God, and
believed He was cruel and spiteful, like
an Ignorant human being. Instead, it
waa tho debris of old desires lying Jum?
bled In her mind, tho tnharmony of her
thoughts, the absolute lock of concen?
tration, tho strife, the remorse, the sor?
row for herself and tho fretful discon?
tent with It all, which brought the re?
sults she deplore?!..
In place of sitting down In tho silence
and saying to her soul, "Wo have had
our schooling, tho lesson Is learned/ and
the higher truth has comr?? God Is Just,
and I thank Him for all . ? has taught
me, and peace Is mine,'' she stood with
tense nervee and defiant eyes and cried:
"I will have peace; I will bo let alono
hy Fate?and only a devil would try to
hinder me now In my old age."
When she did not hold this thought she
?was fretting about the past and wasting
her vitality In a useless regret for things
done. It was no wonder that she found
herself facing despair at every turn, and
that new battles awaited hor with each
new dawn. "Relax and be still," was my
counsel.
If a man puts his shoulder out of Joint
or fractures it, before he can resume
his duties he must Ilo quiet for a time
and let naturo romedy tho evil. So, it
he disorders his life by wrong ambitions
or desires and makes havoc of his happi?
ness, he must learn to keep still within
himself before ho can restore order.
To dash about gesticulating nnd crying
for aid will never mend the shoulder, or
tho life. The bone and the mentality
must knit In repose and silence. It is
folly to wish we had not done this or
that. Once done we cannot undo it, and
better conserve our forces to repair the
error by accepting its lesson and making
it a part of our wisdom of experience.
Let the past go. Men have been beg.
gars In purse, health and reputation at
fifty and havo lived to win fortune, vitali?
ty and respect.
Nothing is impossible to the soul that
?will wrap the mantle of silence about
Itself and wait and believe.
BATTLES.
Battles and ware and combats?man with
man.
Striving for place, supremacy and
power.
Not slncn tho first dim dawn of Ufa bo?
gan,
On this small sphere has peace reigned
for one hour,
Battles, forever battles.
Why should we marvelT In that heart of
thine,
Han peace been known to fold Its wings
and rest?
Ah, no! Two natures, human and divine,
Wage always war within tho mortal
breast,
Battlos, forever battles.
Wars, wars, unending. Not in open field.
Are fought the mighty conflicts of the
earth.
But In tho 6ecrot hearts of men, con?
cealed,
By lips and eyes, tricked out in smiling
mirti).
Battles, forever battles.
Strife, always strife. Wild passions day
?and night,
Uko billows, bruise the breast, and
surge and roll,
While that unending war of wrong and
right,
Peslro and aspiration woar the soul.
/ Battles, forever battLes.
_-s
! (Ml
The Children's Bay exercises took place
at Walnut Grove Baptist Church last
Sunday morning. Tho programme was
under tho care of Miss Bella Quarlos,
Miss Nannie Brontes. Mrs. Mattle Cosby,
und Miss Mattle Bowles.
Tl?5 occasion was greatly enjoyed. The
programme was as follows:
1. Doxology.
2. Scripture reading and prayer by tho
pastor, Or. Rylancl. ,
3. Song. j
4. Atldresnl of welcome by Miss Julia
Jctnr. J
6. Dialogue! "Wisdom's Treasures," by
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Pearl Talley. Mamie Puller, Eliso Talla
ierro, Ethel Brooks, Louis Cosby.
6. Son?.
7. Dialogue. "Honor Thy Father and
Thy Mother." by Howard Cosby and ?.
Frlstol Wilson.
8. Collection, by Julia Jeter, Pearl Tal?
ley, Blanche Poindexter, Mamie Puller.
fl. Dialogue, "Tho New Sunday-school,"
by Mary Wood. Mamie Brooks, Lena
Talley. Mary Smith.
10. Song.
11. Recitation, by Ltllle Belle Quarles.
12. Dialogue. "Tho Reward of an Ear?
nest Effort." by Alllne Quarles, Blanche
Poindexter, Ruby Bruce.
13. Recitation "valedictory," by Charlie
Poindexter.
14. Presentation of birthday cards by
Das tor.
15. Song, "Wo Will Never Bay Good?
bye in Heaven," by the choir.
10. Collection of barrels, amounting to
$32.75.
17. Benediction, by the pastor.
Everything passed off without a hitch
and the children were much compliment?
ed upon their success.
Miss Crutchficld, of Walnut Lane, la
visiting her niece, Mrs. A. Jeff Nel?
son.
Miss Elizabeth J. Sydnor, of Richmond,
and Dr. Arthur Jordon. of Washington,
D. C, aro cxpoctlng to spend a few
days at Wabaaso, the residence of Dr.
A. Jeff. Nelson.
Hereafter the Crawford Union (W. C.
T. U.) will meet on Wednesday after
the second Sunday in every month and
the Winn Union will meot on Monday
after the second Sunday in overy month.
The hour for each throughout the sum?
mer will be -i o'clock.
Mr. Robert Jenkins sustained injuries
while driving home from Richmond dur?
ing the p;iat "week. The vehicle was
upset by a wash-out ln tho road, throw?
ing him lo the ground. Dr. Nelson was
summoned to attend the broken limb.
Mr. Parker Martin, of Henrlco, spent
Sunday last with parents at Glymount,
tho old homestead.
Little Miss Mattie Kellum has returnod
homo, after a visit to her aunt, at the
Cliffs.
Mrs, James Bosher's little child is on
the road to recovery.
Mrs. James Jones Is out again, after
her long illness.
Climbing
Mountains
Is a fascinating and Invigorating pastime.
It develops not the body only, but the
mind. Tho Alpine Peaks of Switzerland
have their counterpart In our own coun?
try, In the Slerrns, tho Cascades, and
parts of tho Rockies.
Tho groatcat glacial peak of tho United
States Is Ml. Rainer ln Washington, more
than 15,500 feot high, This magnificent
mountain has 15 or moro giant glaciers
creeping down Its sides ano discharging
their glacial detritus Into the Columbia
River or Pugot Sound.
? climb to the summit of this peak la
a mountaineering feat worthy of any
mountaineer. For 25 centa Chas. S. Fee,
general passenger agent of the Northern
Pacino Railway, St. Paul, Minn., will send
to any address an illustrated booklet call?
ed "Climbing Ml. Rainer," describing a
climb over the glaciers to the top of the
mountain,
G. & 0.
J?LV?4TH?JULY
EXCURSIONS.
TRAINS. 3 TRAINS,
ROUND $1.00 TRIP
TO
NORFOLK, OLD POINT AND
$1,25 Cape Henry and Va, Beach.
Three fust trains leave Richmond?8,
8:30 and !) A. M.~for Newport News,
liuekroe, Old Point, Ocean View and
Norfolk, ?1.00 round trip. Capa Henry
und Virginia Bench, $1.-5 round trip, ite
turning, leavo Virginia Boach via new
electric line, every half hour until ?:30
P. M.; leave Norfolk every fifteen min?
utes until 8 P. M.? leavo Ocean View for
Old Point every liour until 0 P. M, pirat
train leaves Old Point 7:30, Newport News
8 P. M.; arrive Richmond 10 P. M. Second
train leaves Old Point 9:13 ?, M.; arrives
Richmond 11:45. This train will not stop
at Newport News.
A clear skin can bo cultivated and
plainest-*faces grow lovely using Batln
Skln Cream and Complexion Powder.
Miller & llhoada.
PERMANENT MUSCULAR strength
cannot exist whore there is not blood
strength. Youtic men eivlnir attention
to muscular development should bear this
In mind. Hood's BaisupaiilU gives blood
strength and build? up tho whole .._vs
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It so, send at onco for
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BIG PRICE PUT
ON LOGAN'S HEAD
Reward for His Capture Now
Amounts to More Than
Six Thousand Dollars.
(By Associated Press.)
KNOXVILLE. TENN., June 20.-?
Through United States Marshal Austin?
the Department of Justice to-day ?ddedj,
one hundred dollars to the reward
fered for Harvey Logan's capture,
brings the total to ?1,100, In addition
tho flvo thousand outstanding, for
arrest.
Tho government officials, by ordei
Judge Clark, began an Investigation li!
the escape. United States Marshal Aul
<!ln blames tho jail authorities. Two de*
toctives arrived to-day to take up th?
chase.
?F4&&$f?f&?f<^&&^
Things at Fair Oaks ??a,?? considerably
changed since 1S63- Thon mon woro camp?* '
ing under arms; to-day mer*, are camp? '
Ing beside the Musical Railway and art
elegant pavilion, which are rapVly near?
Ing completion. A now board ?oNIls ha*.,
also beon laid from the car tracks'to the
pavilion, which will be made a regulan
stopping place for cars. Forty-five men
are regularly employod in muklng Improve?
monts. Tho new cars for the Musical Rail?
way havo arrived. Scenery Js being paint?
ed for the tunnel, which Is the only
amusement of the kind anywhere in the
Stato, and will bo a most attractive feat?
tire, The purk will bo well lighted by
tho same kind of lights that are used in
the best Now England parks., Mr. D. G.
Fulton, of tho company, also expects to
erect a placo of residence for himself and,
family here In the near future.
Many property transfers have beert
mado in tho past week, and many housog
will bo ercoted as soon as material a|
labor can bo engaged for the purpose.
Many valuable relics have been uneart
ed here while excavating.
Several wells have been bored to furnia
water for the park. The water Is pu|
and sparkling.
Mrs. S. W. McIClnney spent ThursdgJ
with friends.
d
Visible Cotton Supply.
(By Associated I'rce?.)
NEW ORLEANS, LA-, June r.'.-SeeJJ
tarv Hester's statement of the world's? |
visible supply of cotton Issued to-dai
ehows the following:
The total visible is 2.295,132 bales agalli
2.871.599 bales last week, 2.5H.2?9 lif
year. Of tills the total of American cl
ton Is I.19*_'.433 against 1,810,699 last Wtf
and 1.657,259 last year, and ot all o?
kinds Including Egypt. Brasil, Indiale?
1,103,000 against 1,101,000 lust week
&57.t)00 last year.
The total world's visible supply of col
ton shows a decrease compared with lai
weck of 70.157 balee, and a decrease epa
pared with last .yea.p ?f 21S.S27.
Of tho orld's visible supply of cotta
thero Is now afloat and bald tn? "Gre!
Britain and Continental Europe 1,283,0
against 1 .foil. 000 last year, in Egypt 3,1,0
against 78,000,.In India 077,000 against fflA
0CO last year, and In the United StaJ?
302,000 against 45S,0uo last year.
Divorced Judge,
Thov had a novel Judicial proceed]
in Indianapolis the other duv, wheif
judpifi In uno room ?ranted a. divori??!
the wife of a Judge or th* same col
who was sitting on the bench lu unotj
room. Tlie divorced Judge
Leathers, and he put in no defe?
tho chargea of cruelty brought
wlfo.