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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, IMS.
THE CiTV DEBT.
On Januaryq 1, 1901, bonds of the.city of.
Richmond amounting to <W1.735 face value,
una bearing slx-per coni interest, will
fall due, and tho Council is trying to do
letmino which is the best of several plans
suggested for retiring them. If our sink?
ing fund, which was created not later
than 1S67. hud boon properly husbanded
nnd allowed to compound. It is estimated
that it would have been quite sufficient
to retire these bonds and other bonds
of the city as they fall duo from year to
year. City Accountant McCarthy esti?
mates that in 1S9S this fund should have
been 12,290,651; which' would have reduced
the city debt_to $4,906,050. whereas there
wore actunlly in the sinking fund only
$800 of tho city of Fredericksburg bonda.
and due bills of the city of Richmond
amounting to $70,000. Theso due bills, rep?
resenting that amount of money which
the city had borrowed from tho sinking
fund for current expenses. It is very
clear from tills that the sinking fund was
miserably mismanaged, but that is an er?
ror of the past, and need not here be dis?
cussed. In 1S97 Mr. McCarthy called at?
tention to the deplorable condition of the
.sinking fund, and the Council at once
-took steps to provide for the fund accord?
ing to law. Since that time the city has
regularly paid into the sinking fund one
per centum per annum, as required by the
charter, and the fund now amounts to
JfOO.000. The city Is under peculiar obli?
gations to Mr. McCarthy for the service
rendered in this connection. If he had
drne nothing else for the city during his
ttrm of office, he would not have served
lr vain.
For the retirement of the bonds which
will fall duo on January 1st, and from
time to time thereafter, two plans-are
now under consideration, the one known
us the Crenshaw plan and the other as
the McCarthy plan. Tho fundamental
difference between the two plans Is that
Mr. Crenshaw proposes to use a part of
the present sinking fund in retiring the
bonds falling due. while Mr. McCarthy
proposes to preserve the fund intact. Mr.
Crenshaw proposes an ordinance under
which the Auditor of the city is .In?
structed to issue not exceeding $550,000 of
registered bonds of the city of Richmond,
bearing Interest at the rate of four per
centum per annum, and maturing thirty
four years after date. He Is further in?
structed to sell so much of this issue as
shall. together'M'th th> premiums derived
from such iale". aggregate $o&3,:i$3. this
f-um being tho face value of the six per
cent, bonds maturing January 1, YAH, less
quota of sinking fund applicable thereto.
To provide for the redemption of tho new
bends thus issued, he proposes that the
linking fund quota shall commence, and
ttio first payment be made thereon by the
Auditor January 1, 1901, and shall be at
tlie rate of ono and a. half per contum per
annum, payable seml-ttnnually In ad
Vance for thirty-four yearn.
Mr. Crenshaw contends that n part of
the .--inking fund now on hand Is appli?
cable to tio- extinguishment of the ma?
turing bonds, and he ascertains this quota
to be $18,1S1. The bonds maturing between
January 1, 1904, arid January 1, 1911,
nmount to $2,932,057.60. After that lime
no bonds again mature until 1920. Tho
total bonded debt of tho city Is $7,227,3S2,<M,
Mr. Crenshaw shows that under his plan
the debt reduction In eleven years will be
J39!',025, and the sinking fund reduction
$:i21.857.77. But he shows that by accro
the total sinking fund at the end of
time will be $887,753.34. Uo also
vs a reduction in interest charges by
Itutlng low-priced bonds for hlgh
pr cod bonds of $$a),303.63, or to put it In
tabulated form:
1 he total reduction In the debt
is . $:i99,tj25 (id
Tho total amount used otil of
the linking fund for rederop
tlpn Is. 321 k.'.T
"i"n- total saved to the city in
Interest charge due to lower
up the. |.ilr el i'lUlcsl and
lo reducing the debt 1h. 830,898 63
Tin total amount added to the
Slinking lund in the eleven %
yean. sst,75;i 34
'IV which add balance of Mhk
Ing fund on bund In 1911 and
not touched . 471.776 19
Total sinking 'and in 1914.}1,353,529 53
Mr. Crenshaw adds:
This Is true with no calculation of in?
terest e.u lied b) tile sinking fund, and
represents onlj the contributions made by
8trie future i ouueiis on ttie hasla of per?
centage uti thu debt.
This plan provides an average annual
Increase or the sinking fund, over wlmt i?
now put into It, of J7.rjjJ.tT ?lanng the next
eleven years.
It provides ai. average annual saving or
S7-i.672.9U In Interest chaise. Reduction of
c>-pen>e to that amount.
It provides ?n average annual reduction
of W.29 In (fie public delit. li pays off
iiif debt gradually In easy Instalments,
It provides to maintain the sinking fund
requirements of the bonds Issued prior to
this year. nccortling to the charter of the
city viz: One per cent, per annum.
It provides a sinking fund for the h*w
bonds Hint will absolutely pay the bonds
when they fall due.
It provides, after 1914. for an annual
?living In Interest of $03,137.15, until 1020.
nnd after that, should tho Council see fit
to renew nil of the bonds maturing, a
still greater sitvlng will bo realized.
Wo now como to the McCarthy .plan.
Af already stated, tho sinking fond now
amounts to $800,000, and In Increasing, be?
sides interest, at tho rate of $72,000 per
annum, the total increase being: about
$114,000 per annum. Mr. McCarthy pro?
poses to increase tho sinking fund quota
to ono and one-quurter per cent, nor an?
num, which would yield $90,000 per nnnum.
11 r contends that the $800,000 now on hand
onght. to remain intact and grow by ac?
cretion of compound Interest until tho
year 1920, and ho asserts that If this fund
Is preserved from reduction, diversion or
dissipation/ nnd the- city continues to con?
tribute the annual quota for redemption
already suggested, in the meantime re?
funding all tho bonds which mature be?
tween now and 1911, tho city will bo able,
on and after January 1, 1920, to hand to
every bondholder, on tho maturity of his
bonds, a check for his money.
As already stated, from 1914 untlt 1920
there are no maturities, and any fund
which the city accumulates between-now
and 1914 will have six years' of growth
without any calis upon It for redemption.
He asserts that actual calculations, baaed
upon actuaries' tables and four per cemt.
Investments, demonstrate that when the
first maitutrtUes of 1920 nro presented
for paymont tho commissioners will bo
able to settle them by check, and con?
tinue to do so until the last bonds, matur?
ing In 1930. are wiped out. I
And he adds:
The bonds which we issue between this
date and 1914 for refunding purposes, hav?
ing thirty-four years to run, will begin to
mature In 193S, nnd will mature at Inter?
vals for fourteen years longer; but. tho
plan .wo hope to Inaugurate, which pro-|
vldes for all maturities from now until
1920, will also provide for tho payment
of the maturities from 1920 until 1920, and
will be ready and able-to take care of tho
redemption of the proposed Issues between
now and 1914 as thoy mature. The calcu?
lations, with tho aid of tables, are simple
and reliable, and cannot be questioned.
If tho plan now In contemplation Is adopt?
ed and adhered to. the payment of our
debt as it matures Is absolutely provided
for, redemption will commence In 1920 and
continue regularly and completely until
1920, when the present debt would' be an?
nihilated, and tho city able to Issue mil?
lions for improvements, or. if It has cho?
sen to do so. will have Issued, in lieu of
bonds redeemed, nnd will have used In
great improvements, millions correspond?
ing to the amo'unt of the redemptions that
have been made. And in addition to this,
tho sinking fund will be able to buy oveTy
bond (of the new Issues; not, of course,
tin- refunding issues) as tho city Issues
them, within the legal limit, and so can
hold up the market to any fair and rea?
sonable price.
His tabulated statement Is as follows:
On hand in sinking fund
January 1. 1904.$800,000
Interest at four per cent,
compounded for eleven
years.431.200
- $1,231,200
$90,000 annual sinking fund ac?
cretion for eleven years at four
per cent, compound Interest.1,262,340
Offset to debt at end of elevon
years ..'.$2,493,540
By the same calculation, based-on throe
and a half per cent. Instead off'four per
cent. Interest, he shows that the total off?
set would bo $2,392,180 In cloven years. He
further shows that by 1920 the total offset
would bo in round numbers $3,500,000,
which is about half tho debt, and that
tinder his plan the sinking fund will con?
tinue to pay the debt as It matures.
Such Is a simple. If not altogether sat?
isfactory, statement of the two plans.
We have not undertaken to verify the fig?
ures, but each gontlemiin claims that his
calculations are accurate. Tho City At?
torney has advised the Council that "the
charter requires, as to tho bonds which
mature January 1, 1904, whether they are
a part of what. Is called In section 6S 'the
present existing debt of the city," or a
part of the debt which was contracted
after July 11, 1S70, that such part of tho
present sinking fund which arose from or
was created by reason of the setting apart
of tho annual appropriations to that
Kind from the city's revenues on account
of. tho debt which matures January 1,
?1904, - must ' be applied to tho payment
of said debt which falls due at that date."
The City Attorney contends, on tho
other hand, not only that tho charter
does jiot require this, but that it would
be illegal for tho Council to use any part
of tho present sinking fund to meet the
maturities of January 1, 19u4. That is
a question of construction which we shall
not presume to decide. But It docs seem
to us that. If it may bo legally dono, It
would be wise and prudent to allow the
present sinking fund to remain intact and
to.create a new sinking fund from time
to time for tho new bonds that shall be
termed to retire the old, adding the accre?
tion from year to year to our "nest egg,"
and so lot tho sinking fund compound for
at least ten years to come?In point of
fact, for sixteen years?for after 1914
there will he no more maturities for six
years. If tlwit plan be adopted and scru?
pulously adhered to, our debt will be pro?
vided for beyond a peradventuro, and
without Imposing any additional burden
upon the tax-payers. If this plan had
been adhered to from 1867 until the pres?
ent lime, we could easily incot our obliga?
tions by drawing upon the sinking fund.
But by encroaching upon that fund from
time to time, It was, as wo have seen,
in 1897 nearly exhausted. ? Now that we
l.i.ve gotten In the right way, now that
W? are annually paying Into tho sinking
fund Its just dues, now that we have
come to regard It -as a sucred fund, It
v?oud bo a misfortune. In the opinion of
The Tlmea-DlBpatch, to take a dollar out
of It at this time for any purpose what?
ever.
THE CRATER REUNION.
Many Confederate veterans and not a
few volunteers of tho present day will
assemble at Petersburg on Friday next to
commemorate the battle or the "Crater"
or "Mine," as tho Federals, usually call
It. July tho 30ih was the mini versa ry
of that bloody ami unique conflict, hut
arrangements could not be made for Its
observance then, and another time was
accordingly fixed for It. The programme
outlined for the occasion is Interesting,
nnd tho proverbial hospitality of the
Cockado City may, bo confidently rolled
upon. So wo cannot but predict that both
old and young who attend will have a
day of enjoyment. > - -
The mine was exploded about 4:42 A. M.
on July 80, 1864. Loc wan then confronting
Grant before Richmond and' Petersburg.
Tho bettor .to serve his purpose Grant
had made formidable movements of
troops on tho north sldo of the James,
mid to offsot them, Leo had shifted many
of his brigades from Potorsbtirg to this
sldo of the James,. And so tho Confeder?
ates had only about 13,000 soldiers In and
around Petersburg on the day In question,
while 65,000 Federals were nt hand under
Meade and Burnsldo to be lined,- If needed,
In tho attack on Petersburg. It hap?
pened, however, that the greater num?
ber of them were not brought Into ac?
tion; the way not having been opened
for them by their charging columns, as
had been planned.
Tho mine was constructed under the Im?
mediate supervision of General Pleason
ton. Practically speaking, It was a tunnel
dug from the Federal to tho Confederate
line, and was oil feet in length. It was
so located that tho work upon It?neces?
sarily slow?could bo dono without the
knowledge of tho Confederates. The Con?
federates, however, had somo Inkling of
tho design of tho enemy, and accordingly
they countermined to some extent, but this
countermininjj was after a while discon?
tinued owing to the arduous services In the
trenches demanded of the Confederate
troops, and the lack of proper tools.
When finished tho mine or tunnel termi?
nated beneath what was called Elliott s sa?
lient, and deep down in tho ground were
placed 350 kegs-S.000'pounds of gunpow?
der?which, when fired, uplifted a great
mass of earth, nnd killed the sleeping gar?
rison, consisting of 27G men.
The explosion made an opening In the
earth where the salient had beoh, 135 feet
long. 97 feet broad ana from 25 to -30
feet deep', with', sloping sides. The shock
was so great that It was felt for miles
around. '
The Confederate lines for some distance
to the right and left were, of course,
thrown into confusion, and the charging
column of the Federals though in for?
mation in a ravino and ready to make
an advance, was.thrown Into such tumult
that It did not movo for ten minutes.
The*Federal plan was to follow up the
explosion by sending .forward through
the gap thus made in tho Confederate
linos, column aftor column of Infantry.
They believed they would have little
opposition and they schemed to rush for?
ward to Cemetery Hill and seize the city.
So far their plan had succeeded very
well. Now almost innumerable mortars
and pieces of artillery on tho Federal
side belched forth shot and shell on the
Confederate lines jn order to cover the
advance of their Infantry divisions. The
start across tho field <was made. The first
column might have easily passed through
our broken woyks.and.so",.Indeed, might
the second, but both went forward' with?
out spirit und hesitatingly and both
sought shelter In the-"Crater." They fear?
ed a hot reception should thoy go far?
ther. A tnirudlhe' passed beyond the Crater,
but the CbfietoiJeru'tes-.had by that time
rallied, and drove,'H back with severe
loss. Then, tho blacks of Forrero's divi?
sion were "rushed forward only to be
hurled back In disorder.
Meanwhile,.the- Crater?that horrid pit
hole In tho ground?was rammed and
crammed with thoso Federals who had
foolishly sbught shelter there. Into this
trap of their own setting, thousands met
their death. Flold pieces, mortars, rifle
shots, arid bayonets, all, were used upon
them. At last the Confederates' line hav?
ing been cleared of all tho enemy who
had advanced, an order was given to
coaso firing, and tho men in tho Crater
hoisted a white flag and surrendered.
There wa? much glory won that day
by Mahono's Brigade and by other troops
from Virginia and othor States. As a
consequonce, Mahone was promoted from
brigadier-general to major-genoral; Welsi
gcr. from colonel to brlgadior-genoral,
and Girardey, from cuptaln oa. Mahono's
staff to brigadier-general.
This victory greatly elated tho Confed?
erates, white the. Federals wore corres?
pondingly depressed by 1t. General Grant,
who had novor boen mucli In favor of It
characterised It as a miserable Federal
failure, and well he might, for ho lost
5,000 men thoro, including 1.100 prisoners.
Tho affair became the subject of a con
grcsional Investigation at Washington, In
which there was much crimination and
recrimination. General Laldlle, who was
lit command of tho first charging col?
umn was made the chief scapegoat of the
occasion, in-, conduct was described as
cowardly In tho extreme
Of all the many historic localities In or
noar Petersburg "the Crater" posseses
the most unfailing Interest. It Is the ob?
jective point of every tourlnt, for It
holds a unique place,'111 military annuls.
It is without u rival In Its cUtm No- won
dor, thon, the Cpnofedprato survivors of
that wonderful victory should wish to re?
assemble, upon that field and recount the
adventures of that day. They havo much
to bo proud of. Thero thoy Hhowod them?
selves proof against shock and surprise,
and unterrlflod though facing terrible
odds. There. Indood, thoy pluckod tho
flower safoty?safety for Potersburg
out or thu nettle danger.
COriMANDliR CHRISTIAN.
The Grand Camp, Confederate Veterans
of Virginia has honored Itself In electing
Judge GeorjfO L. Christian to the position
of grand commander., Judge christian is
a duvout Confederal!), lie quit fighting
when the war closed and ho Is loyal to the
flag of his country. But ho is iruo to his
old love, lie itiitertuliiH no sort of doubt
th.il the Coiiefedurute utilise, was right,
nnd ho has no regrets for thu part which
he took In tho struggle. Down In his
heart we fear lie regreth that the Houth
?lid not win. But that is his own private
affair.
Judge Christian has buen a must active
and a most useful mombor of the Grand
Camp. H|? labor on the History Com?
mittee has been untiring, and his manage?
ment has been'able and eminently suc?
cessful. Ills.report Is printed In to-day's
paper, and Is a\y,aluablo contribution to
Confederate literature.
As Grand Commander ho will servo the
camp as woll as-he has nerved In other
departments of tho organization, and tho
interests of-the veterans will'be safe in
his hands. /
A REAL RACE.
Sir Thomas Llpton has retired from
the leadership of the International yacht
race scheme In faVor of tho Emperor of
Germany/ Sir. Thomas has withdrawn his
offer of a cup, and loaves tho field?tho
ocean, rather-open'-to William. So much
haa bco-n agreed-upon; tho rest will bo
arranged between, the. Atlantic Yacht
Club or tho New York Yacht Club and tho
Emperor's representatives.
The turn things have taken should be
gratifying to peoplo on both sides of the
Atlantic. Sir Thomas could woll afford
to yield In favor of His Majesty. Though
a brave, generous, worthy Briton, ho can
'not bo regarded by the British as tholr
mascot. Ho may fit 'out a yacht and
enter the race, but the whole burden and
responsibility-will no longer bo upon him.
Nor will his purso be again taxed on this
occount so severely as it iios boon.
As we understand It, next year's raco
Is to. bo across tho ocean. Tho wish of
His Majesty >Y to develop a strong, sub?
stantial, serviceable, seagoing yacht?ono
that will be of' practical value. The
yachts which have appeared in late years
In the race's oft* Bandy Hook have been
adapted to racing in calm weather, and
to nothing.else. .They have not been sea?
worthy. This fact has been generally rec?
ognized, and-the result was that the pub?
lic on both sides of tho water were glad
when they heard that Sir Thomas had
offered a cup ? for a trans-Atlantic race.
Now Sir Thomas makes way for William,
and this he does under circumstances that
are creditable-, to both gentlemen. Con?
gratulations all around are In order.
THE WILLING VICTIM.
(Selected for The. Times-Dispatch-.)
"For their sakes I" sanctify 'myself,
that they also might be sanctified." John
17:19,
Hero are two sanctillcatlons spoken of,
very distinguishable from, yet intimate?
ly connected with each other?the sanctl
fication of Christ, and tho sanctlflcatlon
of Christians.- Let this exercise turn on
tho sanctlflcatlon. of Christ: "For,, their
sakes I sanctify .myself."
Here tho word to sanctify docs not
mean to renovate or.purify, but to con?
secrate or devote! Ho could not be sanc?
tified in the former sense, because his
nature was-' not' depraved or defiled by
sin. But, under the law, when persons or
things wore dedicated to God, they were
considered as hallowed or holy, and to
use them for any common purpose was' to
profane them! Thus the Sabbath "??wna
sanctified, and tho tabernacle. and the
temple, with the vessels thereof. Thus
Jesus devoted,.'himself, to .tho service.of
God in the salvorip?, of , sinners. "Lo.
said he, I come to do thy will, O'God. I
consecrate myself to bo ah atonement, to
make reconciliation for tho 'sins of the
peoplo. 1 will suffer, the Just for the un?
just, and bring them nigh, who ? were
once -far off, by 'my blood." Hero he
dlspJ4ys tho lexceedtag! Iriches ..of Mils)
grace in his kindness towards us.
For, ! observe tho voluntariness of tho
consecration. Ho does not say, I am sanc?
tified, but, "1 sanctify .myself." He was
not passive in thovbusinoss,- neither was
he compelled No man. says he, taketh
my life from mo; } iay It down of my?
self. He mado himself of no roputatlon.
It was, therofore, with- him a matter of
the freest choice and the fullest purpose.
A' man walking by tho side of a river
may see a fellow-creature in danger of
drowning, and may plunge In to save
him, and perish himself In tho attempt.
He may bo considered as falling a sac?
rifice to his kindness, ,but tho sa.crifleo
was only eventual, not designed. Nothing
was accidental In. the sufferings of
Christ; nothing was unforeseen; he. as?
sumed our nature- and entered our world
for this very end. ?The Son of man oame
not to bo ministered unto, but to minis?
ter and to give his life a'ransom for
many.
Observe, also, the relatlvoness of the
consecration: "For, tlielr sakes I sano
tlfy myself"; not his own. Ho had no
sin of his own to expiate. He was, there?
fore, out off. but not for himself. Ho was
stricken, smitten of God. and afflicted;
but ho was wounded for our transgres?
sions; ho was bruised for our Iniquities;
tho chastisement of our peace was.upon
him; and by his stripes wo aro healed.
And he suffered not only for our sakes.
but In our stead. "His death was not
only for our good, but for our redemp?
tion; and wo are expressly assured that
ho redeemed us from the ourso of the
law, bolng made it curse for us, He was
therefore a truo and proper sacrifice for
sin. As such he was typified by the sac?
rifices under tho law. Tho people.were
guilty. Tho high priest confessed their
sins, and laid Ills hands on tho head of
tho victim, and, having thus transferred
their guilt to the substitute, ho slew
the victim, and, taking .the blood In. a
biuiln, entered tho holiest of all. and
sprinkled tno mercy-seat,- and burned in?
cense, and tnen ca'tne' forth and blessed
tho absorvcd congregation. And tnua
onco In tlm ond of the world Chrlst~ap
poared to put away sin by tho sacrifice
of himself, and then ontdred tho holy
place, thero to appear in tho presence of
God for us; and tp thorn that.look for
him will bo come, forth and appear a
second time without sin unto salvation.
Nor must wo fprget tho oxponslvonoss
of tho dedication. This it Is not In our
powor to estimate!1 Wo must possess
the same fadings,* und hoar the same
load, botoro language or imiiginutiun,
however lively, can enable us to do any?
thing like Justice to tho suffering* ho
endured. The history Is not iudoert Hllont.
It tolls how h? was burn In, a. stablo and
laid In a mangerj hooamo a man of sor?
rows! hail not whore to lay his head;
ondurcil tho contradiction Qt wlimors
against himself; boro 6vory kind of ro
prouch, and hucamn obedient unto iloalh,
ovon the death of thu cross. But a veil
Is drawn over hlo Internal anguish.
What, before liitmnn troachory or Vio?
lence had yet adzed him,' made ^hlm to
ho sore-nmnsed, anil very heavy? What
led him to sii.y, "My soul in exceeding
sorrowful,.even,'unto death," while his
sweat- rtffts, as It wore, groat drops of
blood, falling to. the ground?. How woll,
blessed Jesus, mnyst thou soy, "Is It
nothing to yuu, all . ye' Hint pass by?
Behold, and see If over-thero was sor?
row Hko unto my sorrow, which is done,
unto .mo, whore with the fiord hath
afflicted mo In tho day of his flcrco
anger."
iFlnally. lot us kc?P In mind the un
worthiness and v.ilensss of the subjects
on whoso behalf lit thus devoted himself.
Wo read of benefactors; but how few of
them have . over, oxerclsed self.denial?
And when thoy havo made sacrifices,
for whom have thoy suffered? Men havo
hazarded tholr llvos In the field; they
havo beon wounded; thoy havo boon
slain.- But they bled and died for their
country, their friends, their families. But
"when we woro yet'without strength, In
duo tlmo Christ died for tho ungodly.
For scarcoly' for a righteous man will
ono dlo; yot poradventttro for a good
man some would oven "dare to dlo. But
God commondoth his love towards us,
in that, whllo wo were ye: sinners, Christ
died for us." ' Horn overy Christian Will
look at his character and his own Ufo;
ho will review his years of unregeneracy,
his omissions Of duty, his' aothai offohscs,
his heart docoitful above' all .things and
desperately wicked, his dopravod nature,
itself shapon in Iniquity and conceived
In sin; and can'he only glance at this,
nnd not exclaim, with self-abasement and
wonder:
"Wns It for crimes that I-had done,
He groaned upon tho tree?
Amazing pity, graco unknown.
And lovo beyond degree!"
It Is a good thing to keep up the \*otlng,
habit, and though tho opposition. to the
Democratic ticket In Richmond scorns In?
significant, patriotic citizens would dp
woll to make the majority for the Demo?
cratic nominees as lurge as possible next
Tuesday. If you exerclso your voting
privilege on small occasions, you will
never be caught napping on great occa?
sions. Ergo, you should vote on Tuesday
next.
Certain street car lines in Chicago find
tly.it flirting has become so'common be
Uveen the girls .and the conductors and
rr.otorraon, thoy have made a rule that
they, will hereafter employ no unmarried
men undor twenty-five years of age. This
Idea may bo a good one, but we have
doubt,, libout .whether tho age limit is
properly placed, It would be safer to
strike out "twonty-flvo" and Insert "sev?
enty-five."
Henrico is high up on the list. Election
returns from it will be awaited here In
Richmond next Tuesday night with as
much interest as those from tho State of
Maryland and tho city of New York.
With ?numerous peoplo hereabout Brauer.
and Todd' cut quite as great a figure as
Low and McClellan or Warfield and Wil?
liams. ?
Wo -shouldn't Wonder it the report of
the Virginia Confederate History Com?
mittee causes considerable firing all
along the line, and tho danger is that
when each Southern State gots down to
proving Its quota of troops wo may show
that the South was nearer the North's
numerical strength than wo have ever
before dreamed of.
Good cooks are very essential to a
successful session of a synod, conference
or general; association, at ileast Char?
lottesville thinks so, and the Charlottes?
ville head Is usually very level.
Tho aurora borealls ought not to have
slighted old Virginia ' this time, and
maybe It didn't; but coming In daylight,
we fulled to recognize It.
Mr. Mark Hanna is also pleased that
the festivities aro over, and this with?
out special reference to tho results which
are- to come on later?two days later.
Yes, George. There are' gome other men
running for some other offices In the
county of Henrico. Brauer and Todd
aro not the whole push.
Thoy called that thing which closed in
Now York last night a "hurricane cam?
paign." It was a cyclono In old Han
nerackcr.
Tho hunting season, according to law,
opens to-day, but Johnnie will bo a bad
boy if ho gets his gun on- the-Sabbath.
October was prolific ? In rainy , Satur?
days nnd Sundays: November, It is
hoped, will Improve the prospect.
Tho "cyclono" that was central In Hen?
rico Friday night -was hot the whole
storm. Thore wore others,
Dowle noods to bo.restored some him?
self. Ho claims he Is not tho. eon of
his father.
Newport Nows folks will bo lonesome
to-day, and no ' doubt. thoy will enjoy
it not a lltllo.
As a hoalev,. Prophet Dowle is not an
eminont succoss, although ho is pretty^
woll heoled himself.
T, Johnson's clrous aggregation will
winter-quarter In Cleveland, as usual.
Dowte'may got a bettor show In Gotham
now, that tho campaign is- ovor.
Woodward & Son,
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* lHf?M?MtM?MI?MM?tff
In some parts of the country tho, past
week has boon tnado exceedingly llvoly
In political circles. ..In, Virginia, we ato
?winding up a very dull and Insipid cam?
paign Tor the Legislature. The members
of tho General Assombly to bo elected
next Tuesday will take their .seats In
Jnnuary next. M Is. a foregono conclu?
sion that It will bo overwhelmingly Dem?
ocratic. ? In our sister State of Maryland
thoro is a close race, for Oovernor and
other State ofllces, with the chances at
tho close of the campaign decidedly In
favor of tho Democratlo nominees. In
diilo t#io Democrats aro molting aj ylg
orous fight to get control of the Legis?
lature, eo as to elect Mr. Clarke to.tho
United States Senate, thereby retiring
tho Hon. Mark Henna from active,.poli?
tics.' 'Thoy' nave a' fighting chttnee. "for
this, although they have no hopo of
electing Tom Johnson Governor of "the
buckeye State. Great interost Is. being
taken" In TTie conH.U In New York city,
where Tammany Is making a desperate
effort to regain control of the city gov?
ernment and elect George B. McClellan
Mayor In the place of Mayor Low.
However, the indications are that Low
will be ro-electod. v
Municipal corruption has reached vjr
tuous Iowa, tlnd tno grand Jury of Des
Moines spent all of last wtvk Investi?
gating and Indicting city officials. Six?
teen truo bills wero found against as
many members of the police department.
The bills charge them with "blackmail?
ing vice anff crime." Among the officers
Indicted Is a police magistrate, who has
been a leaded In church circles and a
liberal giver to church cntorprlses., It
la said that the testimony is dead against
him, and he" la almost, sure of comfor?
table quarters In the penitentiary*.
. A startling announcement from vVash
Ington is io the effoct that the servants
and attendants about the White Houso
will hereafter wear livery. However, it
la a modest livery, consisting of a blue
suit with nickel buttons; To people who
yet dote on the ancient Jeffersonian sim?
plicity'It Is'explained that they ought to
tolerate tne Innovation because some
sort of a livery or uniform Beems nec?
essary In order that strangers at the
White House" may And where th/// are
at by consulting men whoso business It
is to know.- ? ?
Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, who
made the opening prayer at tho last
Republican national convention, is said
to bo tho choice of Cardinal Gibbons
(whff w-as- -consulted' by Pope Plus X.)
to receive the red hat of a cardinal.
He was born.In Ireland In 1831, and was
coadjutor bishop of St. Louis before
going to Philadelphia as archbishop' In
USJ4. "However, there comes what pur?
port* to be a pretty well authenticated
report fro m Rome that the next Amer?
ican cardinal will not be. from . these
United States, but from Brazil. His
name, haa not yot.boen announced.
A St. Petersburg newsfiapcr, the "Novoo
Vermya," has prlntod.'.a lettor from . a
contributor, presumably a military con?
tributor, about the Japaneso army. Ho
gives the moral qualities of tho Mikado's
soldiers a very high rating, therein agree?
ing with all tho experts who saw them
in China. Physically they leave a good
deal to bo desired, ho says. The Infan?
try have, Indeed; shown wonderful en?
durance In summer hoat; winter cold will
be a very different proposition for them.
The weak spot in the Japanese army,
according to this Russian critic, is the
poorly.mounted and not very well trained
cavalry.
The registration of Rear Admiral
Francis T. Bowles from the navy causes
surprise, as he has been generally
regarded as being practically sure of
rotalnlng his present duty as chief con?
structor of the navy during the remain?
der' of his active career. This, would
have kept him at tho head of the bureau
of construction until October 7, 1920. as
ho was born in 1688. Mr. Bowles will
now becomo tho president and chief dl.
reotor of tho largo new shipbuilding
company, which takes its name from the.
Foro River in Qulncy, Mass., where Its
Works aro located. His salary, it is. said,
will bo more than double the JG.BO0 which
he received as a bureau chief of tho
navy.
For no other reason perhaps than that
thev have heard nothing to tho con?
trary, the diplomatists .continue to pre?
dict smooth things and a peaceful solu?
tion of the Russian-Japanese troubles.
But it Is reported that the Japanoso eld?
ers decided at their meeting rocentlyJ.held,
to press Russia for a definite conclu?
sion. . The matter of peace or war In the
far East Is. therefore, as open as It.was
two months ago,_ v
No Intelligent observer pretends to un?
derstand the ways of the copper, stocks.
One day last week on tho spread of tho
announcement that the Amalgamated
had shut down Its entire Montana works
that stock went up three.potntB or rooro
and the shut-down subsidiary compa-^
n'es shared In the advance, while out?
side companies, which aro still at work,
naturally also went up becRtiso they
were at work.
There was a curious and entirely un?
necessary commotion down in Mississippi
the other day. Mr. Dunbar Rowland, who
is tho director of the department of
archives, and as suoh has charge of MJS
slss'oprs hall of fame, called for a picture
of Thomas B. Reed to bo placed In the
sold hall of fame, which Is one room of
tho new and splendid Stats Caoltol. Im?
mediately a howl went up nil over the
State and the way the country newspa?
pers were pouring hot shot into the mom
ory of tho once famous Speaker of tho
National House of Representatives was a
caution, and'the way thoy were going
for Mr. Rowland for wanting to put his
picture in Mississippi's Caoltol was some?
thing torrlflo even for Missls?slpn| papers.
Mr. JRowland last week explained that
the Thomas B. Reed whoso picture was
Teallv wanted was born In Kentucky nut
practiced law in Natchez and Vlcksburg.
was Attorney-General In 1831 and United
States Senator from 1830 to 1839, whon ho
died. _
The current number of Pearson's Mag?
azine publishes an tntorest'ng- story of the
famous Tlldon-Hayes"electoral commis?
sion of 1877. written by David B. Barry, at
that time a page In the Semite. Tho
writer not only covers the story of the
commission nnd tho events loading up to
it, hut gives many interesting personal
recollections of tho men who played lead?
ing roles In the great political drama.
Mr Barry rocalls an Incident which was
ono of tho sensations of tho day. 'In
the Senate," Bays the writer, .".onlv one
Democrat voted 'no.* This was William
W. Baton, of Connecticut, a peppery .old
gentleman who generally did as ho
pleased, without being too particular to
lleteu to the. crack of the party whip.
Baton Baw. "In the proposed method of
Bottling tho disputed question of the pres?
idency, only a Republican scheme to de?
clare Hayes and Wheeler elected, and ha
said so |n no uncertain language. After?
ward, when the. bill had become u law
and the commission wns in session, Mr.
Baton was taunted with being tho only
Dovnoorafc In the Senate who had voted
against the bill. r.~ , ? ' ?_ ? '
,rrVes, and I thank God r did vote
ngainst.it,' shouted Uio^oltj mini, who
lived to bo congratulated by his partv
colleagues on his good sense and Judg?
ment,"
\UrendofVhought |!
I Sn jDixt'e jCanct | j
Memphis Commercial Appeal: The fact
that Mr, Roosevelt doos not want a con?
gressional (Investigation of the post of?
fice scandals is tho best possible reason
why, such un Investigation should be
made.
Chattanooga Times: Of course, there
was nothing wrong In Mr. Bryan being
a legateo under the Bennett will, but he
would certainly havo appeared to bottor
advantage Jf some other attorney had
drawn up tho document. Mr. Bennett,
however, had a right to give his money
to Mr. Bryan If he wantod to; but the
Issue, we believe, Is, did Mr. Bennett real?
ly want to do what ho did do?
Montgomery Advertiser: We suppose It
will be more palatable to Mr. Bryan to
view from afar the sure growth of Mr.
Cleveland s popularity than It would ho
to look on it from the comparatively near
clly of Lincoln.
i Birmingham News: Mr. Watterson's at?
tack, on tho smart set is something like
using a plledrivor to crush peanuts.
Atlanta Constitution: Senator Morgan
should not. hesitate to press the canal
matter_to the front In the Senate. Demo?
crats in tho Houso should assist to tho
same end and this administration should
be forced to begin the canal or discover
Itself, to tho country as the marplot of
tho anti-canal railway trust. Ball on,
Senator; tho people aro with you!
- . .
Prom the Church Papers;
Those members of the church who are
constantly bewailing tho coldness and
loose-end^ss of tho church In general
..r.,^.^,1.. may learn something val
.B?iRI,!,VA?' un0,? b* looking on thom
CROAKBKS. selves as members of the
domestic household and
constantly complaining that tho chimney
doesn't draw, the registers and stoves do
not heat, and the broken window-pane
does not prevent a draught. If such a
picture falls to generate a deep aonso
of present and personal duty In spiritual
affairs, the croaker Is lncorrlble.?Raleigh
Christian. Advocate.
This Is tho logical order: First, the
soul cries out with pain. Afterwards It
sings for Joy. There can certainly be
no great happiness In
FORGIVENESS forgiven sin. unlets
OF SIN. thero has been a deep
realization of Its awful
sinfulness. One reason there is lesa
snouting for Joy in modern conversions
Is.that thero has- been less humiliation
and pain at the sense of guilt. Johathnu
Jwi wards, the two hundredth anniver?
sary, of whoso birth was last week cele?
brated, should lie return to-day, could
hardly deliver his famous sermon, "Sin?
ners in the Hands of an Angry God."
with any* hopo of tho marvelous effect
he had the privilege of witnessing in hi*
day. For this reason wo may not ex?
pect the corresponding Joy In the feeling
of forgiveness, for sin must be acknowl
edeged and confessed before there' can
be happiness. "Ho that covereth his
sins shall not prosper." VHIs effort t>.?
tind. happiness Is vain. A drop of bitter?
ness mingles with every draught. Hi
does not grow in grace, His hopo Is
vain. He Is a stranger to peace.?Reli?
gious Herald.
And vet we know and are asssred that
our' bodies are not ourselvcB. They aro
the mortal coll enveloping the soul. Wo
aro tabernacles in
IHK FLESH AND tho flesh. We are
?THH SOUL. occupying houses
of clay, servile to
atmospheric Influences and perishable.
Tbe body Is but the vehicle in which
the soul passes through time to eternity.
We know that the flesh Is not tho soul.
We know that as wo magnify and en?
gross tho body we Imprison and imbruto
the stml; that as the soul rises and
triumphs we rejoice In our highest belli*
and are glorltled. The eoul craves the
light and life of God as positively and
unquestionably as the body craves the
light and life of the sun; the soul with
all Us hopes and fears and lorgings and
aspirations and loves, yearna for tho
love and life of the heavenly Father.?
Southern Churchman.
He who Seeks happiness for his own
Bako shall lose It. and ho who lose3 hap?
piness for another s
FOR ANOTHER'S sake shall tad- It.
SAKE. even In tho hour
when he thinks It Is
gorm from him forever, and Is intent
to have it s'i -Woman's Home Compalon.
?
October Passes &y!
The wood secnis for a pageant dressed;
What mean these, banners 'gainst the
sky
In gold' nnd red blown cast and west?
'Hie world receives a royal guest;
Behold! October passes by I
The splendid heathen princess, bold
In conscious beauty, through tha
world
Itlnkes gracious progress, be it told.
?-. Fling for Iter feet a cloth of gold,
Bo crimson banners wide unfurled.
Down with the churl whose graceless
tongue (
Is slow' tho royal gueat to greet
For sighing,' "Here green banners hung
"When April past, and, upward sprung
Anemones beneath her feet."
What though ! tho banners once wem
.? green,
That onco nnothors feet did press.
With lighter stop tho meadow's sheen J
Proclnim the glorious heathen queou,
''Acknowledging her graciousuess,
Huzza t. Long live our royal guestl
(Thou tongue-tied fool, repeat the
Acry I
I tell, theo, here hid on my breast
A palo anotunue is pressed).
Behold I Ootobor passes by I
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Chamberlain's Cough Remedy myself and
lu my, family and know that it will cer?
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