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The Timcs-Dispatch PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY AT THE TIMES-DISPATCH BUILDING. BUSINESS OFFICE, NO.916 EAST MAIN STREET. Entered January 27, 1903, at Richmond, Va., a? second-class matter, under Act of Congre** ot March 3, 1879._ Washlngton Bureau: No. 216 Colorado Buildlng, Fourtoonth and G Strcots, North west. Manchester Bureau: Carter* s Brug Store. No. lio. Hull Street, Petersburg Headquarters: J. Beverley Hnrrlson's. No. 109 North Sycamoro ?Ttrect. Tho DAIt.T TIMES-DISPATal ls sold nt 2 ccnls a copy. The St-NDAV TIMES-DISPATCH ls ?olil nt f> conts a copy. Tlu- DA?._ TIMBS-DlSPATCtl, Vi .iti .!__ Sunday, ln Illchmond and Man? chester. by carrlor. 12 cents_ jler weelt or 50 rents por month. THE TIMES-DISPATCH, Richmond. V? ' j One | Slx 'Threo* One BY MA1I.. |'y,,aI.. j Mos. | Mos. | Mo. ?Dally. wlth Sun...* $5.00 I $2.r,n j $1.25 j BOc Dally wlthout Sunj 3.oo| *,. in cdlllon only.j 2.00 | iVeeklv (Wed.)...| 1.00 | All Unslgned Communlntlons wlll bo ReJ.oted Communlcntlons wlll not returned unless accompanled by stnmps SU1NDAT, NOV-iroBR 20, 1901. Why Men Don't Go to Church. Mr. Edward Bok devotos a. whole pngo in his Ladies' "Homo Journal to a con .Ideration of the tptestlon why thore nro so many men outsldo of tho church. In the cour.o of his remarka ho says that "what has actually como to pass 19 that mon havo made more and more a dis tlnctlon.ln thelr splrltun.1 affalrs between Ohrlstlnnlty nnd Churclilfl.nlty; they nre chooslng to bellevc that the klngdom of God ls too great a thlng to be contalned ln tho churoh." Such men, nccordlns lo Mr. Bok, bellove tliat Indep&ndonce ln rellgious mattevs Is as -justinablo as indopendonco in poli tlcs. But such a vlew cannot bo loglcally ?mnJntained. A man may 'be. independent in polltlc-. and tbe number of such mon ls growlng. But a man cannot be inde? pendent in government. As a cltlzen he must obey the laws and uphold tbo laws of hls government. JIo must pay taxes. He must porform jury servic- and n.U other dutles of cltizen-hip, and in ,Ume of -war ho must tako up arms In defense of hls country. In short, he must affll 5ato wlth the organization, and if ho ls a j-rood and patrlotlc cltlzen hc wlll glvo a chesrful and aftectlonnte afflliatlon and perfect loyalty to the flag. Let us ."ce if tho samo prlnclples do not apply ln tho caso of a rlglrt-thlnking Chrlstlan. A Chrlstlan 1s a cltlzen of the klngdom of God, as Mr. Bok's men ad? mlt. and as such he ls under the same c-bligntlons that rest upon a cltlzen of Uio Unlted States. The church is the expres sioii nf God's government; and thoreforo a loyal blUzen of tho klngdom of God must put himself under its rellgious nu thbrily. obey nnd uphold its laws, pay lils dtios, dischargo all tho dutles that church momberfhlp Involves, nnd bo in affectionae afflliatlon. The man who docs not toelleve in God will. or course, pny no attention to church. But If bo does bolieve ln God; lf ho does belibve ln Chrlstianly, lt is inconcelv ablo to us lhat ho cnn consclontloiisly separate himself from thc church, glvo lt no support, tako no part ln lts work, and go forth as a sort of rellgious free-lance. Such a course is utterly lnconcelvablo and Irreooncllable wlth a Chrlstlan pro? fesslon. It 1? almost tronsonablo. Spontaneous Combustion. "Wo print el__Whero,_,nn Interestlng and instructlve ''corrVmunlcation from our frlend, "Rov. Dr. William B. Evans, "pn Spontaneoua Combustion. Recently a enrrespondent asked Qucrles and Answera it thero was any woll authentlcated in atance of spontaneous combustion, nnd ?we replled, "Certainly." Ut. Evans seems to think that the query had reference only to spontaneous combustion of tho human body. Wo dld* not so lntorpret the (juery, othfirwlso our reply would, of coureo, havo been much moro guarded. AVo understood tho correspondent slm ply to usk If thero was ln chomlstry such r phenomenon ns spontaneous combus? tion, and we answered ln a word. Hut spontaneous combustion of tho human body ls a very dlfferent proposltion. It was at ono tlmo believed, howevor, that mich a phenomenon was entlrely posslble, nnd many casos wero clted ln proof. Tho flrst of. these casos rests on tho authority of Lo Cat, a dlstlngulslicd phy slolan nf hls tlmo, and ls sald to have occurred ln 172G. Tho caso ls referred to ln detall by Dr. Evans. What takes placo in oombusUon gen? erally, says n wrlter on tho subject, hns only beon linown slnce tho tltue ot LavoJsler (about a century ago), nnd tho conditions whloh must be comblned ln . order thal a body should contlnue to liurn. havo only been known slnce the tlme of Davy, or for little moro thnn a cbnlury. From tho time whon tho case pjted by l-e 'al oocurrod to iho present day, BOinowliat over flfty supposed cases have bo.n recorded. From an analyss r.! all Ihe cases Oll record up to 1S51, l.i-b'g arrJvb. nt the concluslon that the ?!'?..( majority ngree ln the followlng points; 1. Thoy toolc place ln wlnter. 2. The victlnm wore brandy drlnkers ln o, Stato of lUtQ.li ation. S. Thoy happenetl' whe-re. the ropm. wero hented by fh-os ill open flreplaeoH, and by pans of glow ing c-iia.ix*oal, la England', France and Jtajy, ln .Germany and l.US.Itt, whero rooms are hcated by means of c)oso. i-tove., cases of dpatli ujJcrlbed to spou la'x-ous combuBtliju uie r-xeeeillugly rare. 4. It ls admltted that no ono has ever l-rr.-u present during tho c-oinhiibtlon. 5, None of iJie phys lelans wlio leoolb .;ifd l)ie oU-ef, or altoaipteil to ox plaln tii.in, bave eVOI' observed tho prpoess or aseer., laiii. d what pro< tedod tln: combattloil, C. Jt ia aUo unknown how "HUOli Him; h.iU ?lu__*eU from th*. comiiiLiicuiii.i.t of tho comv>u?<tion to the moment when tho con putneMl body wns i'ounrt. Out of forty-fivo cases collected by Br. Krnnk, of Rr-rlln, In 184S, thero nre only threo in regard ln whlch it ls ns stimeel thnt combustlon took plnco when no fire -wns in the tielghborhood; and Lleblg dcclnrcs thnt these threo solitary cases aro tolally unworthy of bellef, Thoso wrltor.* who hold to tho theory of spemtnneous combusllon malntnln thnt execes of fnt nnd the presence of brandy In the body Inducfi nn nbnormnl conditlon of easy combustlblllty; but Lleblg shows by numeroiis illuslratlons the utter fnllncy of this vlew, nnd adda iho fnct thnt hun? dreds of fat, woll fed brandy drlnkers do not burn when hy accldent or deslgn they como too nenr a fire. ln this connection we re.all nn amuslng story whlch wt> remember to have heard ln elilldhood. A southern man, whoso hody-servant wns much addlctod to drlnk. called the negro Into tho llhrnry ono evenlng nnd read to hlm an account from a newspnper of a drunknrtl whoso ?breath took flro when ho attompted to blow out a cnndlo, rosulllng lri'.tho com? plete. dwstructlon of hls body by flnmes. The slnve was duly Improssed, antl fnlllng down upon hls knens mado hls mnster a solemn promlso that nover ngaln would he nttompt to blow out a cnndle. Returning to tho writlngs of Lleblg, he declares thnt spontanoous combustlon ln a llvlng body ls absolutely Imposal ble. But notwithBtandlng the wldo pro mtilgation of hls vlews, the bellof ln lt dld not roadlly dlsnppowr. In 1847, n caso of supposed Bpontancous combus? tlon was noted In tho Gazotte Modlcalc. In the same year tlio Countcss of Goerlitz was found dead ln her bed-room ?wlth tho upper part of her body partly consumed hy fire. Tho 'physicinn Who was consulted could suggest no other oxplnnation than that the body must have taken fire spontaneously. On thls evldence she waa buried, but suspicion flnally pointed to the concluslon that sho had been murdered by her valet, anel that an attempt had been made to iburn the body aftor death. Tho man was trled and convicted, and subsequently confoss ed that ho had committed the murdor by 6-rangulatlon. Sluco that date, so far as tho books show, there has not been any caso of alleged spontaneous comtousr tion. lt ls a little slngular that so senslble a man as Charles Dlckcns should have belleved, ns hc contesses, that spon? taneous combustlon was entlrely posal ble, that men and women hnd actually been taken off ln that way, and that ho should havo rnade such a case tho basls ot one of his most turllllng narra tives. Tho descrlption ln Bleak Houso of tho death of krook by spontaneous combustlon Is a masterplece of reportlng and could' not have boen more reallstlc If ib had been a modern reportw's graphic descrlption of an actual occtir rence. Yet wlth all the horror of the descrlption, thero ls tho Inevttablo splce of humor. Poor Mrs. Snagby, who was tho victlm ot many a suspicion, was terribly do prcssetT by the death of Krook, and formed the idea that her husband, one of tho most amlaible of men, -was ln somo way assoclated wlth tho tragedy, Sltting wlth his wlfo one evenlng Snagsby said: "My llttle womnn, why do you look at me in that way. Pray don't do it." "I can't help my looks," says Mrs. Snagsby; "and lf 1 could I wouldn't." Mr. Snagsby, wlth hla cough of meok ness, rojolns?"Wouldn't you really, my dear?" and medltates. Then coughs his cough of troublo, and says: "Thls la a dreadful mystery, my love." stlll fear fully dlsconcerted by Mrs. Snagsby's eye. \ "lt is," roturns Mrs. Snagsby, shaklng her head, "a dreadful mystery." "My llttle woman," urgos Mr. Snagsby, in a plteous manner, "don't, for goodness sake, speak t0 mo wlth that bltter e.x presslon, and look at mo ln that soarch ing way! I beg and entreat of you not to do lt. Good Lord, you don't suppoao that I would go spontaneously combusting any person, my dear?" "I can't eay," returns Mra. Snagsby, American Thrift. It was stnted ln our Wnshlngton cor respondenco yesterday that accordlng to Intest ofllcial lnformation rcceivod by tho Dcpartment of Commerce and Labor through lts bureau of istaUstlca, the total deposits ln all the savlngs banks of the world amounted to over ten and one half btlllon dollars, contrlbuted by S2, G'0,000 doposltora. Of thla total, tho Unlted Statea ahows aggrogate deposits of J..0C0,179,000 credlted to 7,305,000 do? posltora. Aa tho flgures used ln arrlvlng at tho grand totala covcr about one-half of. tho population of lhe world, vlz., eiver 770,000,000, lt appears that tho Unlted States, wlth loss thnn nlno nnd one-half per cent. of tho total population con sldc'red, contrlbutCB over twenty-nlnc per cent. of the total imvlnga doposlt.i record? ed-. Of tho totnl nuniber of deposltors, or father doposlt accoutits, tho sliaro of tho Unlted States Is soinewhat loss thnn nine per cent., whllo tho averngo dopualt p#r aocount la more than four times/ nnd the averago savlngs por inhabltant moro than threo und one-half tlmos tho corres pondlng uveragos for tlie rest of tho world. Thero could be no bottor evldence thnn thls of tho thrift of the Amerlcan pooplo. Tho great majority of deposltors ln sav? lngs banks nro men and women in moderato circuiustuncea, and tbo fact thnt thero .aro so many aucli deposltors, nnd thut thn deposits aro ao large; proves that whllo tho rlch huvo been growing rlotier, Ihe poor have ?1bo beuu growing rlcher. Thoro nro many nillliotialres, but tliere aro also many woll to do persons in tho mlddlo cluss. Uereln llea the Klriiiigth of tho Amerlcun repulilit:?It is ln tho plaln peoplo, ns Mr. Bryan culls them. If thoy aro prospurous. mniily, ln dopendent, BClf-astertlng and ?elf-con iroiiiiB, thei whole country wlll lio pros? perous aud tho reipuT.lle; wlll fpo safe*. Wli_iu-.ve.-rwo hear It stated lhat the trusts iii'i- golng to ruln aml rule tlie country, we Uiko <e,mfoit from Iho fai't that .ln order tn do so they nui.t trluinph ovur tho riuirugi! anel inniilieiod aml iH-rolam nml Inii.pcuUe.'iici- and strpnctl' yf the miiivllu clnss, We not only tako courngo nnd e-omfort from thls fact, but we feel a positlvo asaurnnce thftt In such a con? test the people and not tlie trusts wlll trlumph. Zangwill's Mission. Tho Times-Dlspatch referred the other etay to the vlslt of Mr. Israel Znngw-131, hut we were mlsled by nn artlcle wo hnd read on Iho subject ns lo hls tnio mis? sion. If_ comes In tho Interest of a Jew? lsh colony whlch It Is preiposod to estnb llsr- 1ft Afrlca, but tho colony wo nre Inl'ormed Is for tho benefit of the op presscd Jews of Europe, und not for Iho Jews of Amerlcn, who enjoy all tho rlghts ol' other citlzens. At the end of the lnst century. when tho mn.wtrres nnd pcrsectitlons of Jews J|eaclied the clmax, men like llerzel, Nor dau, Znnywiil nnd mnny other cnthusl asts on the subject, took nn actlve pnrt Ih the so-cnJled Zlonlstlc movement. Owing- to uncontrollnblo clrcutnstnnces the purchase of lnnd ln tlie'Sultan's'do rnnln wns prnotloally Imposslble*, and n lnrge portlon of the. lendlng splrits woro almost on the verge ot nbnndonlng Iho movetiH'tU. when tho British Rovt-rnmcnt suggosted a tiact of lnnd In tho enstern part of Afiica, to colonlzo tho Jows of thosa ctmntrtejs where rellglous prejudlco was tinbeai-able. An lmmedlato remedy for tho poor and oppressed- Jews of va? rlous countrloc wns moro Important thnn the nntlonul nmbltlon of rcstorlng ti Jewlsh stnte. In ordei that tho Idea, ot colonlentlon In Afrlca should bo reallzed It wlll ncces sarlly rc-qulre uapllal nnd synipnthlzors to odd new life, vlgor anel nmbltlon to lhe entlrely now movement, nnd for thut purpose Karigwlll wlll como to ?Amerlcn. A Bishop's Good Advice. Bishop A. AV. AVIlaon in hls artmirabic address to tlio young proacbers ot the Methodlst Conferenco at Lynchburg told thom that they wero "put ln trust wlth tho gospel"; thnt "they were not chnrged with the clvic llfe nor with tbo schools"; that "their mission was to snvo mon not merely to Improvo their morals, but to go down to the completo reconstructton of tho lnner nature." Tho church Is strongest In Its intcg rity. Tho church ls strongest when it attends tojlts own affalrs nnd soeJts to promoto true religion, and tho ministers of the church aro etrongost and wlll do the greatest good when they make lt their chlef concern to install the prlncl? ples of religion Into the henrts ot tho people. Ministers of tho gospel should preach prlnclples rather thnn dellver long dlssertatlons on conduct. If a man's prlnclples be rlght hls conduct wlll reg ulate Itself. It is poor sort ot preach? ing that deals simply with conduct, and takes no thought of the princlple wlthln, or talk of lt, whlch detcrmlnes conduct. Interesting Confederate Data. AVlth next Sunday's issue The Tlmes Dlspatch wlll commence publlshlng, in connection -with lts "Confederate Col? umn," some of tho most valuable and in? teresting war hlstory it has ever yet been able to lny beforo lts readers. It wlll bo an alphabetlcal list of the Virginia companies thta went into tho Confederate service, glven by thelr local deslgnationa nnd by wlilch they -wero known when they flrst entorc*. the service. Thla interesting data has been gath ored and ls belng put in shape for publl? catlon and preservatdon by Major R. AV. Hunter, tho secretary of Virginia Mlll? tary Records. The orlglnal nahies -by whlch these companies wero known, somo of them unlquo and orlglnal, were dropped In the later days of tho war, when tho plan of organlzatlon of tho Confederate army necessltated tho lotterlng of the com? panies and the numbcrlng of the regl ments, but in or,,o way aml another they stuck to tho companies for a long tlme, and Major Hunter has done a good work In reaurrecttng them to put them on per manont record. The South and Pensions Recently we quoted Mr. J. M. Inman as saylng that through tho operatlon of the tarlff and Internal rovenue, lt ls es? tlmated that tho South pays thirty mll? llons a year for government penslon bllls, and thut thls sum Is transferred In tho maln to the Northern States, very little of lt flndlng lts way back Into tho South. AVo learn, however, from Mr. E. T. Ware, Commissloner oc l'enalons, that tho statement ls mlsleadlug. Mr. Ware says that ho lias knowleelgo' of tho amount pnld by the Southern States for pen? sions, but that tho records of hls Bureau show that durlng tho flscal year ended _"uno 30, 1901, thero was pniid to penslon ers ln tho Statea formerly tonnoel South? ern States the sum of $_.,_-5,'_-6:.4, Thls statement will no doubt bo ns surprlsliig to our roaders ns it ls to us, but tho buslness ot a nowspaper ls to state fnots, nnd there is no appeal from tho flgures whlch the pcuislon commlsslon don't foraot tho name "old Joo" whiskoy avmry good demler soils it the oonmummn wantm It thoro*m m reamom 11 have you trled It? dlstrlbmtofs bluthenthal & bickart atlanta The Association Course New York Glee Club. Dr. Thomas E. Green. Nellic Peck Saunders Concert Company. Campanari Concert Co. Dr. Charles Gray Shaw. New York Glee Club Opens * FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25th. - Signor Campanari & Co. Academy of Music, DECEMBER 20th. The Best of the Twelve Years. Radium. Liquid Air. Wireless Telegraphy. Pictorial Hiawatha. Royal Hungarian Orchcstra. Pictorial Samoa. SEASON TICKETS, Two Seats, $5.00, Now on Sale. Single Ratc, $13.50. First Rescrvation of Seats Next Monday Night at Central Y. M. C. A.. Main and Sixth Streets. cr .lias furnlshed. We nro gratlflid to know thftt-the South ls farlng so .veil. .President and Person. Some of the Northcrn nowspapers nro trylng lo omphaslze that lt wns Theodore Roosevelt, the man, and not Theodore Roosevelt, President of tho "Unlted States, who was tho nomlnee of tho Republican party. ln the late natlonal eiection, and that lt was the man and not tho Presi? dent who was crlticlsed by the Dem? ocracy. Mr. Roosevelt himself trled on ono notable occaslon to dlfCcrentlatc the man from the President, and make it appear that hls endeavors to settle tho coal strlke wero personal and not ofll clal. But it ls hard to make tho people of tho Unlted States draw this dlstlnctlon. ln splto ot our apparent irrovcrence, we as a people d*o have respect for the ofllco of President, and tho man who occuples that posltlon, if he ibo ln any way worthy of hls trust, becomes more 'or less a sacrcd personage, and harsh crltioism of him ls not popular. We are cloarly of opinlon that the harsh crltlcism of Presi? dent Roosevelt, especlally tho crltlcism of tho Southern nowspapers, alded rathor than hindcred Mr. Roosevelt's candldacy, and ha_ much to do wlth hls enormous plurality, --?-_-, "What Is Man?" (Selected for Tho Tlmes-Dlspatoh.) "When I conslder Thy heavens, tho work of Thy fingers, the moon and tho stars, whlch Thou hast ordalned, what ls man that Thou art mindful ot hlm, and the son of man, that Thou vlsltest hlmT" Psalm vlli: 3, 4. Tho cnrnal mInd*jB.e_ God ln nothlng, whereas to the spirltua'l vlslon He is seen in overythlng ln heaven and earth, nnd the least of all Hlfl creatures. "Hls glory shlnes forth ln tho heavens and wo stancPln awe, surrounded by the myr lads of radlant worlds, obedlent to lils word* and command." It is ln very truth a spectocle of tho hlghest Kolemnlty, when In tho stlllness of the nlght, tho stars, like a choir of shinlng worlds, arlse and1 descend, while our life, as it were, falls asundor into two separate parts. Tho one belonglng to the earth grow*- dumb amld tho sol emn sllenee. Tho other sonrs upward in lts splendor and majesty to Uio vory throiio of G'od. Could wc triuisport our-olvea above tho moon, could wo reaoh tho hlghest star above our hoads, we should Instantly dls ooyer now skles, new tstars, now s-uns, now systoms nnd, porhaps, stlll more magnificently ndorned.. Yet even then the vast domlnlon of our groat Creator would not end. "VV- would llnd to our bewllderment we ha_ but reaohed the 'liorderlunu of the realms of the Most Hlgh. At the fbe'st wo can Know but llttlo of Hla -works, but that little should toaoh us to be humlblo and adoro tho dlvlno powor. and goodness. How great must that bolng bb who produced these Inimeriso and radlant globes from nothlng, who gulcles them in thelr course, and whose mlghty hand stlll rcgulales and Biipports them nll! How wonderful are thoso celostlal bod? les! Ono is <Miohantod wlth thelr -eauty and daz zlcd by thelr splendor. Yot thls -ky, so tbeautlful, so riohly adornea, ls ' vold of intelUgence and a _tranger to its own beauty, whllo man is endowedi by lils Crcutor wlth senso and reason. Ho can eont.mplale tho wonder of those HhluliiB worlds ;y nay. more, ho Is already , lu a ineimiiro acquainted Wlth thelr dl? vlno author, nnd by falth ho cap detect aomo _mnU ray. of Hls transcendent glory. He alone of all croatures can adinlro and adoro. "What ls man?" A llttlo lord God has mado to rule over thla great world. Yet the lanst gnUu ot -and ls not so small ln comparlson to the wliolo earth as mun ls to h-avcu. AVhen 1 regard tho heavens, tho s*un, tho moon, tho stars of God, what ls' manV Who 'would tblnk thut Thou shouldst mako all these crea tiires for one, aml* tliat ono tho lea-st of all? Tho .prlco and vnluo ol' thlng- ronslst nol Ui ijuaiuity uloiiwj one. diumond Js worth moro thnn many; quarrlos of stone. All of God's breatlon hnth not moro won der ln It thnn one man. Other .creaturea Ho made by a simple command; man after dlvlno consultntlon; others at once; man Thoii dldst form ond then lnsplrc; ; others ln different shapcs, man after ' Thlno own Imnge; others for service, man for idomlnlon; manp had hls name from Thee, thoy thelr name from man. Man, in the prldo of hls heart, see-th no great matter in this, but tho liumble soul la fllicd wlth astoiilshment. Whnt alleth thee, oh my soul, that. thou art not moro aftectcd by tho lovlng klndncss of God?. Art thou dead, that thou canst not feel? Or bllnd, that thou canst not see thysclf oncompassed about with His love, unfathomablo and Inconcelvable? "What ls man?" The Ecrlpturcs glve us many answers. Ask Isalah, and he rc plles; "All flcsh Is grass." Ask Davld, aniel ho answers;. "Men of low degree are vanlty, and ot hlgh degree also." And agaln: "Thero Ls none that. doe*th good; nb, not ono." Ask Job, , and- ho.says: "Behold, I am' vlle. 1 abhor myself ln duat and ashes." Ask Petcr, and he cx clalms: "I am a sinful man, O Loru!" Man ls ever ready to flattcr himself and one man Lo flatter another, but God tclls us plainly what wo arc. It is an amazing wonder that God should vouchsafo even a graclous look upon such a crcaturo as man. Is ho not a clod of earth, a pieco of clay? A mero atom ln thls vast unlverse? Add to thls that he is sinful and unclcan, and we can bo far lost in tho mystony of grace. AVhy should God- magnlfy him? AVlll the !-ord put valuo upon dust and ashos or Ilx His approvlng eyo on an Impure thlng? AVhat is this rebollloua enemy to God that God should treat wlth hlm? AVlll a prlnco exalt a traltor or glve honor to one who attempts to take. away hls ilfe? Sin would lesson tho great God and even del'y Him, and yet God bears wlth, pardons nnd stlll loves tho slnner. , Oh, the grandeur and Ittloness, tho cxcellence nnd tho corruption, the majesty aiid rncanness of man! Oh, tho wonder anel goodnnss of God! How poor, how rlch, how abject, how august, how compll cated, how wonderful is man! How pass? ing wonder He who mado hlm such. Aji helr of glory, a -frall chlld of dust; helplcss, Inimortal; insoct, Inllnlte; a .. Satisfaction .. Quoen Quallty governs tho Klng dom of Fashion und ls Empross of tho world of good shoes, No slnglo ellBsatlslied wenrer! , , . BOOTS , . . $3.00 , . A Few 5peciah , , $3.50 ECONO/WY, 311 liroad. 1549 Main. worm, a God! I tremblo nt mysolf and ln mysolf am lost. It ls Bald that Mr. Schwab wlll convort hls United Statos Shlpbulldlng Company Into a concern for the manufacture of ordnance and armament, and mako it-tho rlval of JCrupp. All rlght. Thla tlmo the stock-buylng pitbllc wlll know the thlng ls loadcd. Tho executive commlttee of tho Blch rooud Educatlon Assoclation wlll appolnt twenty-flvc delegates to tha November meeting of tho Co-operatlvo Educatlon Commlsslon. Tho rallroads wlll sell round trlp tlckets for 13.00, and It Is hoped that there wlll b_ a largo attendance from Rlchmond. A special from Loulsvlllo says; "Andreew Carnegle who recently gave .250,000 to found a puhllc llbrary in Louls? vlllo, wlll bo asked thls week to mako hls contribution $000,000." Hero is a valuable hint to Richmond. ^Tudga Pnrkcr .tarts out well ns a Now York proctltloner. Ho has been made commissloner ln three cases, whlch gives hlm from that source alone an assured income of from Jf>,000 to $7,000 a year. "An archeologlst says that Noah was a mllllonaVe." He certalnly had a flne opportunlty to water hls stock.?News Leader. And the prudent old gentleman and hls boya wero tho only men ln tli. world who dld not go Into llquldation. There Is, strange to say, very llttle de siro on tho part of tho public' to study tho flnal ofllclnl concernlng a certaln elec? tion that was recently held In thls great and glorlous country. Thero ls golng to be some fun and no mlstako nbout lt, when the Presldent opens up tha "rascal turnlng out" busl? ness. down ln old Virginia, lf ho ever does. And now tho lndopcndent farmors are arranglng to hold thelr corn also for full valuo atid a proflt. Good for Uie formcrs. No mn.ttor how' tho caso goea, Nan Patterson is getting the advertlsement of her llfe, and nn acqulttnl means to her a fortune. Buslness has gotten rlght squarely back on tho track, and nobody in thesO parts now rememb.rs that there was an election cxcltcment. Tho touch of Manchurla wlnter that struck ?Vlrglnia n. weok. ago has htippliy nvnr.o way for somo moro Indlan summer, and tho coal man weeps. Russia puls tho end of tho war a long way off. Sho saysj the rumpus niuat go on untll Kuropatkin wlns a flght, Thero Is a plenty to bo thankful for, and tlie day should bo unlvorsally ob sorved next Thursday. Tho latest 'Boxor scaro lu Chlna doe'a not Bewn to frlghton to nny nlarrnlng extent. Cho Foo agnln has tho rlght of wny; and is aa unreliablo as of yoro. Personal and General, At the Synod of tha AVelsh Congroga tlon Churchos of Southwest Ohlo, Rev. T. C. Edwards, of Kltigston, Pa., ls tho guest of honor. Ho ls conaldortjd ono of tho grontast of Wels-h poets, and Is known as thelr Cynonfordd or poot lauroato. Bozn Klonlowska, a Pollsh countess, |s -a. student in tho lowa Stuto Collego studylng agronomy. Her onrly oducntlon wus no(|ulred ln a convont school at Breslnu, und qftor coming to A.morlca sho studlod for a tlmo at a school ln Gomiantown. The fnmlly of tho Lord Bishop, of Car? lisle, Englurul, Is nnted na a clcrlcal fam ,lly, Tho blshop's father, now'iloceased, was Rov. Jntnes Bardslov. Hla two bro? thers nnd seven sons wero ministers und tho ten wora all livlng and ln orders ut tho sttmo tline. He had also nine nephews who were clprgymeu. Thero Is much t>pecUlation as tp wlioth er tho most l?ov. .llonry Moollor, the now Aii-eliblshop of dlnclunatl, wlll go to Romo to rccelvo tho pullium from tho hands of Popo Plus X., or.i.colvo the iiislgnlti from un attncho of tho A'atlcnn, who will journey from Kuiuu lo Clu.ln natl 'for that purjioso, FROM THE RELIGIOUS CONTEMPORARIES "Hardness of God's Love." . Thero tecms none ot the wcakness o. human affoction In G'od. HVs nover In dulges Hls chlldren In thlngs that wlll da'mage thelr character. There ls no sen? tlment In lliz dcallng wlth Hls sons. Cry lng for It octs not get It. Ho Ib not tralnlng His chlldren to be mllksops and dudis. .Tu.l enough of candy, not a sur? plus to ruin the stomach, ls allowed. He lovts too Eincerely and wlsely to glvo away to our cxcesslve crnvlngs for tooth ujmc artlcles that turn to polson.? Klchmond Chrlstlan Advocato. Long String'. ?Tommoii Graco" ts the llfe-|ong strlv* Ing of God's Holy Splrlt with sinful men, warnlng them against sln and urglng them to repentance. It nccompanles Hls rovealed truth, and preserves multltudea of hls entmlei, liom sln and cilmo. It ls dlvip.b mercy lx.lralnlng Hls perslstent' and relentlesH crea.turca wlthln the boucda of worldly virtuo' and self-rospeot, aa ' long ns wlsoom permits it to be exerolsed. ?Central Presbyterlan. Bad Use of Money. A. poor man inay make a crimln&l u. a of monoy as well aa tho rlch. Ho niay use lt ln the purchasc of those thlng that perlsh wlth tho use. nnd tliat result ln no good to himself or hls famlly. Ha may spend It ln somo form of rlotous liv? ing or'tn tho lnsano attempt.to keep up appearances whlch aro not iegltlmaio.? Southern Churchman. Governor Montague on Lynching ?TVo used to lyncli for ono crlme," says Governor, Montague of Virginia, "now wo lynch for ten or fifteen orlmos." Thc.remark was made lu tho courso ol a sllrrlng speech mado by tho Governor yesterday before thn Baptlst General Assoclation of Vlrglnla, ln session at Petersburg. Tho subject hofore tho meet? ing wns a resolutlon calling upon p<iH tors and churches to "appeal to tho peo? ple to repress tho splrlt of lynchlng and uphold tho majesty and duo executloa of tho laws of Vlrglnla." All over the South thero has recently been ah awakenlng of the better class ot cltizcna to tlio true danger and horror of tho' lynchlng splrlt, and Governor Montague'.. strong speech wlll .>ear lts sharo In tho promotlon of tho movement against It. The thrcadbare excuso that thero Is only ono crlme that provokes tho mob to lynch? lng In the South no longor holds. Aa Govornor Montague states, nnd* ns haa been held all along by thoso wljfl would not compromise wllh mob law, nll sorta of crimes, or alleged crimes, aro sulll clont to sot tho niachlnory of lynch law in motlon, onco thn hablt has been ac fjulred. Nor does tho Govornor confhio himself to generalltles, Ho urgos that no ono should voto to put a man Into ofllco unless ho wlll uphold tho law., and he oloarly Indioatos hls own I'lton tlons ln case of emorgenoy whon ho de clares that tho sherlffs must know that lf necessary, tho wholo mlllTary force,. both Stato and Federnl, can bo callod out to vindlcato the law, It Is a long fight, tho fight against lynchlng, but lt wlll be won ut last.?Baltlmoro Nows. |? im '.m ? a a a* **'* Do you jfdmira ?eautiful Jemlsl We have a comprehonslve stock and wlll be glad to havo you see them.^bethor seelng ls prellruiuary to buy? ing or not. A few of those-extra flne white and perfect Soltalro Diaraond TJnga at $75 to .HUOO remaln. There will be no moro as fiae for tho. price, C. .Cumsden & Son. 731 Maln Street, _, m ar r r tr m