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Strange Story of Cathedral in
Japanese Capital and How It
Came There.''
OCCUPIES CHOICEST SPOT
Defies Ancient Sentiments of
People But They Do Not
7 Disturb If,
By Eleanor Franklin.
TOKIO, Juno 3.?Tho most con
?pkn-oiiH object In a panoramic vlow
o? broad grey-roofed Tokio Is tho
Russian cathedral. It dominates the
Oily with nn liit-olancc nhlcl*. should
lnnplrn thcflo proud llttlo people with
an Irresistible destro to march en masso
up tn tho heights where It stands und
tep.r It down stono from stone, but these
proud llttlo people uru far too temperate,
too sano to be betrayed Into any such ex?
hibition of wrath, however righteous It
might he.
This cathedral Is a great white
edifice of the regulation Russian style,
-with nn Imposing dome, which Is
'surmounted by "a gleaming golden cross.
It was built by a consecrated missionary
pHest, named Father Nicolai, and has
been tho eceno of a strange conglom?
erate religious life sinco it was dedicated
In 1901. Father Nicolai has always been
loved and respected by tho Japaneso and
It ia doubtful If through, any other for?
eigner In tho land they could ever have
been Induced to grant such a beautiful
?nd conspicuous site for a Christian,
church, Looking tip at Its proud heights
>irom tho narrow little streets which sur
rouhd It, one finds difficulty In believing
that less than fifty years ago ther? were
printed notices posted at all road corn?
ers and crossings In the empire warning
tho people against the heinous crime of
professing faith In the "wicked doctrines
?f tho evil sect called Christianity."
Visit to the Cathedral.
The building has already the look of
?fnvit ago nnd closing onc^s mind against
Its strange Oriental surroundings it Is
.easy- to bellevo one's self somewhere* In
the heart of Russia whero "faith .in the
wicked doctrines^' has been keenlyf alive
through a whole, mlllenlum. But the
aged look is duo to the dampness of tho
Japanese climate, or perhaps to the im?
perfection of some of the materials used
in the construction of the church, for
? is a? new thing, new as the revolu?
tion of manners and Ideas In this newest
of Empires and In face of present con?
ditions It Is one of the. strangest of new
things under the Japan sun. It is gen?
erally called "Nicoral" because the people
cannot disassociate It from It builder and
prlcsUy Father. They Bay "Nicoral" be
cuusc It ls almost Impossible for the
Japanese tongue to form the tetter L, and
everybody ,ln Tokio, from the lowest
coolie to tho highest prince," knows the
cathedral by this name.
,1 stepped in a ginrlksha over thc Glnza
tho other day <vnd said to this
kuramaya "NlcoralV and, he ^picked
up tho shafts and -whirled, mc
away without stopping for a single ques?
tion, which was a most unusual * experi?
ence. Honran swiftly through a devious
winding* way which I could never have
retraced alone; through tiny little streets
where only my rlkeha could comfortably
go; over many humpy llttlo canal bridges
from which I caught glimpses of oddly
Venetian scenes In which wistaria clad
houses hung in close clinging/ uneven
plcturesqueness above tho deep blue of
the water way In which long prowed
boats laden with strange merchandise
were being pushed along by tho lltho
llttlo boy? In bluo tunics with long bam?
boo poles which they thrust lazily to tho
bottom of the canal with -a graceful run?
ning motion along the side of the boat.
I wanted to linger along these' fasci?
nating ways but I had said to. my kura
'maya "Nicoral'' and he was running ht
top speed to get mo there. . I believe
ho anticipated some, interesting- advent?
ure with me up thorn on those forbidden
heights whero only soldier sentinels and
natty little policemen parade with self
conscious solemnity. We whirled up to
the high iron gate^and I stepped down
from my rlksha with my camera caso
and tripod full displayed. I knew I
should be challenged but I didn't expect
a whole regiment to mado Its appearance.
As a matter, of fact a whole regiment
didn't but a good many more than one
soldier stepped out from the guardhouse
Just within the gate and prevented me
from entering. I looked as innocent sae
?? American tourist "dolng"the city and'
said "may I go in?" Thoy looked at
each other and smiled. I couldn't
Imagine at what, but I smiled too. and
then one of them began to speak Japa?
nese at mo very rapidly,
Guards the Temple.
"Wakarl masen! Wakarl masen!" said
I, which means "I do not understand,"
and the poor little chaps looked very
helpless. Then one of thorn waved his
hands and shook his head wildly, for all
tho world llko an excited little French
gendarme, and said, "lkkl maesen, lkkl
masecn," which I know very well meant
"Yqu can do." But I smiled and stood
qiiI?Uy by to let thorn talk It over and
finally ono of thorn, with tho most de
llghtful embarrassment in the world, said
to me In quaint English, "Have yog name
?card? Who you aro?" I went .down into
tho depths of my coat pocket and pro?
duced my innocent llttlo calling card cupe
and. handed him a card.. I knew ho
couldn't read It so' I read It for him
and added "American traveller, live Hotol
Importai," and whllo he puzzled ovej? the
card I murmured "Chotto halken aozo,"
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which ls a sentence out of the guide
book and -means "Just one respectful
glance pleaite." I learned several of
thoso "useful sentences" a year agp but
that was the first timo I had over been
able to use one of them to advantage.
The little soldier si*nlled, nodded his head
to the other and said "Yoroshll, yoroshli,"
(all right, all right) and I was allowed
to pass.
It was the first time I ever had
to pass sentinels to get Into a Chris?
tian church and It made me think of
the day of judgment and tho golden
gate. They overlooked my camera for
which I was duly grateful, but Just as
I had It properly set up for a good in?
terior a little black robed.- Japanese,
Christian, monk came rushing Into the
church whispering excitedly "lkkl masen,
lkkl masen!" and .1 actually allowed him
to frighten mo. If Father Nicolai had
burn t'-nrr. j should probably have had
no difficulty; but when the war began
Exterior.
Interior.
SHOWING ALTAR RUSSIAN CATHEDRAL IN TOKIO.
he rave up the church because he said
he could not keep from praying for'hls
own country oven though it were light?
ing: against the brothers o( hit* adoption
and dear love and so he thought it was
right for him not to have any more
servlcos. He could hardly have done
a thing moro Japanese in ita refinement
of sentiment and it added worlds to the
.esteem ln which he Is held by tho people.
He did not leave Tokio, however, and
he I* the only Russian who did not, but
he lives In quiet seclusion trying doubt?
less to pray with equal earnestness for'
the sufferers of both .nations and hi.
Btory must always bo one of the most
oddly pathetic little incidents of this.great
war.
There, are Japanese priest?* in tho
cathedral as I learned to my displeasure
at the .moment and I am told on high
authority that there is grave doubt in
the minds of some officials as to tho per?
fect loyalty of some of these men who,
as Christians pray to the God of the
great enemy from a commanding height
which overlooks the palace of'the Tenehl,
the Heaven born himself. Tho,t Is the
very delicate point In the whole matter of
this Russian cathedral and a thing whloh
stirs most Japanese to bitter wrath. In
the old days, In fact, up to a very sUnrt
time ago, nobody ever was allowed to
look down upon the Emperor. When
ha passed "through the streets in his low
cart drawn by whlto oxen all second
story windows had to be closed 'and
barred ana all the people had to prostrate
themselves upon the earth. Tho palace
was built upon the highest ground avail?
able If there was a higher spot In the
capital not suitable for the exalted resi?
dence, It waa ? left vacant except for
beautifying trees and flowers. But In
the full blush of the revolution Father
Nocolal, through the Russian Ministry,
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the blood and as long as it ' ., ,. . ? ?
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?w? LaTL-hS?I ? im? the doctor told me ? would have running ?ores for
there and continue to grow llfe ^ that if they were closed up the remit
worse and more destructive. womd h? f?tal. Under this dltKouraging report I
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disputable evidence that the d?ct?r? intimated, I would be, neither have the
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without charge. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
applied for a grant of land upon which
to build a church.
Why It is Not Disturbed.
At lhat time there was none of
tho bitter feeling against Russia
which afterwards developed, nnd
Japan was struggling half shame-facodly
to escape from all her old feudal pecu?
liarities and practices. Tho Emperor has
shown himself to his peopla and all things
wero now, bo It was decided that the
Russians should have the high ground
Just over east of the palace gardens for
their cathedral. It was tho choicest
spot In the city and with great rejoicing
Father Nicolai and his band of converts
built thn Imposing structure which smiles
Insolently flown upon the city to-day.
Then came the revolution, within the revo?
lution which sought to reinstate old cus?
toms that are dear to the heart of tho
people, the revolution which refused for?
eign dress for tho women of the coun
try; which would have none of our in?
stitutions of amusement; none of our
laws and customs which touch the pri?
vate personal. intimato Ufo of the In?
dividual; none of our extravagances and
this revolution, which ?evelopied along
with the sentiment against Russian arro?
gance and encroachment, soon discovered
that this temple of a hated' people and
a more or less despised faith stood above
tho Emperor's abode in insolent defiance
of time-honored Japanese sentlmeni and
the nation was moved to deep resent?
ment. However, nothing has been done
and probably nothing ever will be, to
correct this unfortunate mistake, for I
think Japan would rather suffer the loss
of many time-honored sentiments than
to do anything which would not win
tlie applause of the world. ?
In most Inconsequent matters the coun.
try acts very much llko a matinee Idol
who has been spoiled by too much praise
and if I were a cartoonist I would draw
a picture of a little brown man, in the
Uk.ness of James K. Hackett taking a
curtain call before assembled nations,
with' very much the ' same bored aid of
self appreciation that that actor used to
display In his "Rudolf Rassendyl" days.
But Japan knows her role thoroughly and
she will allow, no small personal bitter?
ness to cause her to forget It. There
Is a story of two Japanese priests who
were caught ln "Nlcoral" preparing crim?
inal documents to be sent Into Russian
lines. They were arrested, but at that
point their story seems to end. It Is
whispered that they were shot and thoir
bodies refused burial In . Japaneso soil
but this seems uncertain, for I was told
very privately, that they are not dead
at all but would far hotter havo died
a hundrod deaths, which mado me think
unspeakable horrors and wonder if. there
were ever two such men.
But be, that as it "may the Russian
Cathedrul gleams white above Japan's
capital; many Japanese priests and
people pr<\v to the God of the mighty
enemy while Father Nicolai, In cloistered
seclusion prays for tho souls of slalu
Christians and pngans and a speedy con.
elusion of peace.
CHASE CITY, VA.
(Special to The Ttmaa-Dlepatch,)
CHASn CITY, VA? June 8,-Mre, George
Gibson, Jr., entertained the "Euchre Trust"
In a mo?t delightful manner on Thursday.
Th* room? wero beautifully decorated with
cream ?nd red roses, the two oolor schemes
being alio carried out ln the Icee and score
curde; the latter were most unique, each
containing a. veree written by the charm?
ing host??. Mr?. Vf. H. h. N-lms and
Colonel A. W. Archer wore the winner? of Uio
club pine,
In honor of Mrs, Robert C. Nelson, of
Richmond, Mr?. M. JS. Hardy entertained the
club on Tuesday evening. There were five
table*. Roman punch ?u served and the
pin? were won by Mr?, George Gibson, Jr.,
pud Mr, Fleming J, Jeffresa, of Uobortson
vllle, N, 0, There were flower? in profusion
and the evening* delightfully panini away,
Miu Jean C. Huston, of Toledo, Ohio, will
be married to Mr. Robert M. Rrlnkerlioff, also
of Toledo, on J'ino th? 8th, at tbo resldonce
of her grandfather, George A, Endly, of
.haie City, where Miai Houston I? now visiting.
Tha marriage will ba solemnized by Rov. _r.
Tho?. Prew, who ofriotatud at tlio marrlugo
of th? parent? and also at the baptism! uf
tho bride, Immediately after the wedding
the bride and groom will leave for a summer
In Europe, sailing, June 10th, on tlio Nordland,
Mis? Irma F. Jeffrie?, of Chose City, who
ha? been visiting her aunt, Mrs- John A.
Coke, of Richmond, during tho past month,
(returned hum-* _-__.
'S FANCY
FOR STRAMBE PETS
Lizards, Snakes, Beetles and
Other Queer Creatures Fon?
dled By Fair Owners.
Quaint Interest doubtless attaches to
tho juxtaposition, ot a beautiful woman
and a wild beast. Mme. Bernhardt and
her tame leopards were the sensation of
a couple of decades ago. Mrs. Arthur
Cadogan, Lord Cadogan's sister-in-law,
had a fane, for poisonous snakes. One
small snake she frequently wore on her
arm as a bracelet, but to the relief of
her friends, these strange pets died oft
one by one and have not been replaced.
More pleasant as a companion was the
tame otter which used* to follow Lord
Linllthgow's sisters, Lady Dorothea and
Lady Estella Hope, like a dog. This was
a really Intelligent and.lovable creature,
which has since beon replaced by a tame
hare, whose family name Is "Air. Jug?
gins." This Interesting little animal Is
much in request nt country house parties,
to which it Is often taken by Its mis?
tresses, for whom It ?as a great affec?
tion.
A mongoose or a monkey Is quite nn
ordinary domostlc animal just now, and
of the latter a pretty specimen is often
to be seen colled around tho neck of its
owner.
A well known AVest End tradesman
received a terrible shock one morning,
when this lady extended her patronage
to his shop. While settling for her pur?
chases, something looking like a fur boa
suddenly snatched up tho change and ex?
amined it with two bright little eyes,
ohattoring volubly the whllo. The poor
man wae heard appealing to the assist?
ants as to whether it was real.
?.. spooimen of tho -green Egyptian
beetle, which really seemed to know Its
owner, and never took flight when lot
loose to crawl about her hand, and se?
lected as a pet by another well known
lady.
Tho history of the creature reached the
court, and nn appointment, was made for
tho beetle and its owner to have audlonco
of tho queen, but a brutal friend, igno?
rant or thoughtless, flicked the poor
beastle oft Its mistress' hand, whero It
was taking a qulot walk, and thereby
administered a death blow-alike to the
beetle and the high hopes of tho lady.
Lndy Anglessey pos.sos.sos a marmoset
no bigger than a mouse, which she used
to carry about with her, but It lias not
beon seon of late, so somo evil has
doubtless befallen It. Lady Constance
Stuart-Richardson hns given up her
snakes. Another lady kept a hedgehog,
which followed her about with great in?
telligence, but It hnd Its drawbakes as a
companion.
Tho Rothschild gont was ? part of tho
decoration of Piccadilly at. once time,
but has never been replaced ? more's the
pity, as such touches add to the galty
of our London streets,
The African meerent ennw much into ;
favor during the war, nnd tho llttlo :
creatures are even now sometimes to
be encountred In the park, led about
llko a dog hy a string. They are pretty,
intelligent little beasts, and very affec?
tionate.
It? seems hard to get up a friendly
Interest In a lizard or a ohnmellon, but
each hns Its lover In the London world,
Gen. St. Leger's dnushtor,' Mr**. Holland,
has several chnmeleons, which spring
about like crickets, and know hor voice
Oulte well, coming nt her call. A tame
green ll.nrd, tied up with brlght-ha.d
ribbons, loves to croon to He mistress'
shoulder, where It clings for hours in
perfect contentment.?London Mall.
.?,
. Encouraged Young Taft.
Seeretnry Tnft Iuir always b<*en nn en
thuslaetlo admirer of tlio late Ju."tico La
mar, of Mississippi. Mr. Taft was assist?
ant Attorney-flonornl when Justlco La
mar was'on the United States supremo
bench. The first time the big Ohio man
appeared beforo thnt august tribunal ho
stumbled through a small study just ne
the Judges were about to relire. Ho was
much cmbai'i'SKp'i ?nd felt that ho Imd
not apponred at all to advantage. As
ho wns about to hurry away Juetloe I-n
mar camp over, threw his arm over hj
shouldei* and said In kindly tonca. "It's
nil right, my hov. Don't you bo afrnld
of those old fellows on the bench. Thoy
won't bite you. 13von If thoy wanted to,
their tooth aro too old and worn to do
much damage. If yPH.but know it, yours
aro twlcu as sharp." Tho secretary, In
?elllnir of this Incident, says: "from that
day to this I havo never cousod to thank
the lovable Mlssleslppian for making m?
,J__v_ tolti? In *__-._V*
MEIEJEFF.DHIS
LIfED li WROTE
Description of Beauvoir, Home
of Confederate President in
His Declining Years.
NOW HARBORS OLD SOLDIERS
Fronts On Gulf of Mexico and
Has Fine View of Rolling
Water.
BEAUVOIR, MISS., May 28.?Tho homCH
of eminent men havo been places of in?
terest from timo Immemorial; they are
also sources of Inspiration. What Vir?
ginian le not proud of Mount Vernon
and Montlcello, and who in,the Caro?
linas does not feel his patrlotlo ardor
grow warmer ns ho approaches tho
places where such mon as Davle and Cat
noun havo lived For this reason tho
residences of really great men ought to
bo kept Intact and open to the public
at tho expense of the State.
Mississippi has produced many mon of
power and influence?and ehe has such
men now living within her bordoni?but
sho hag ono name that will Ilvo on
as long ;ia the American union exists
and probably bo loved and respected
the more as the years go by and that
name Is Jefferson Davis. For courage,
strength of manly character and devo?
tion to his people and their causo through
good ns welt as Ul-roputo, Davis will
ever be justly admired. And more than
this, for after the causo for which ho
gave his very life failed entirely from
tho earth, he was long made the object
of persecution by the host3 of his eno
mles and at times his own people seemed
about to lay upon his shoulders the re?
sponsibility for its failure.
Beauvoir, Beautiful Seat.
These circumstances and many others
causo tho visitor to tread with rever?
ence tho portals of Beauvoir, tho home
of his declining years. Beauvoir Is an
estate of one thousand acres fronting
tlie Gulf of Mexico; It Is situated about
half way' between Mobile and New Or?
leans. A more beautiful place could not
have been found along the entire South?
ern coast. From Its front piazza one
sees far out over the waters of the
gently rolling gulf; , the breaking of
the waves against the sloping shore goes
on forever reminding ono of tho endless
work of nature and the brevity' of nil
that rann does or can do; a cool breeze
from tho southwest rendors the other?
wise scorching climate as .'delightful as
the neart could desire In summer, and
In winter its warm moist breath drives
away the chills of the North.
Mr. Davis was addicted all his life to
colds and neuralgia which mado a resi?
dence In northern climates almost un?
endurable; many,times when tho weight
of. the responsibility, of tho Confederate
cause rested heavily upon him he was
racked with pain. Ho was hardly free
from acute suffering a single day -when
ho was organizing the Confederate Gov?
ernment at Montgomery and in Rlohmond
whon tho Dally Examiner . and the
Charleston Mercury wore constantly
thundering, their disapproval of all his
acts against him he was suffering torture
from his seemingly Inourablo disease. It
was only when the war closed and after
?his two year* of shameless Imprisonment
that ho waa able to retiro to this friend?
ly shore of Southern Mississippi and find
some bodily comfort. Tho world Will
not Marno the ex-President for selecting
this far-off spot after such a stormy
life; nor begrudge htm the ease and com?
fort which he here for ? short span
of life enjoyed.
Beauvoir was given to Mr, Davis by
a kind and admiring lady friend and at
a timo when his fortunes woro so broken
as to make the gift doubly valua'Die.
though he never accepted the gift until
after tho lady's death, **?1??? his notes
for a purchase price, whloh he had In?-;
slsted on, woro returned. Ho improved
tho place somewhat, built an off ico In
the left corner of tho yard?a? every
old fashioned Southern gentleman would
havo dono?and in tho right front corner
he had a summer house orected for his
oldest daughter whose husband was af?
flicted with lung disease nnd who wns
compelled to spend his winters in the
South. With the remnants of his family
gathering about hlrn ho settled down here
about the year 1878, and retained hia resi?
dence hero until his death, In 18S9.
Where Davis Lived and Wrote.
The home is built high up on hrlck
pillars and ls surrounded by broad ve?
randas after tho fashion of anto-uellum
days; It contains only four large rooms,
two smaller ones and a basement. It
Is a singlo storied houso and much
smaller than homos of Washington or
Jofferson in Virginia; but If was largo
enough to be hospitable and its only
gueat chamber and wide halls were' sel?
dom empty. H?re Mrs, Davis enter?
tained her company, and the ex'-Frosldent
received tho admiring officers nnd friends
'of tho Confederate cause who camo to
talk over the stirring events of the great
Civil Wnr.
In this office Mr. Davis collected a
library of some thousand volumes most
of thom treating of American history;
others wore the memoirs and remini?
scence of tho men who have made Ameri?
ca and of those who had boon In tho
great fight ho had led. With thoso si?
lent monitors about him ho wrote his
famous "Rise and Fall of the Confodf-rat?
Government." One see's to-day tho desk
at. which ho wrote, the plain pine book
casos noar at hand, the very Ink spots
which he threw off his pen when the
sentences did not run to suit him.
Llko the study and bed-ohamber of tho
groat German poet, Gootho, the work?
room of Mr, Davis was scrupulously plain,
unadorned, except tho mini toi on which
his beloved Wlnnlo painted scenes from
thn rolling hills nnd plains of Virginia?
scenes which oould never fade from the
minds of the DavIs-?s. The simplicity
of tho placo marks tho greatness of the
montai Ufe of its owner. It Is a re?
buke, perhaps, to our own latter-day
lovo of tho gay and gaudy characterizing
so many of our homes,
About the houso in front as in rear are
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The/ also relievo Dis?
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Drowsiness, Dad Tasto
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Tongue, Pain in the Sloe,
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Cups and Saucers.
*J*Zr> for Screen Doors, with
* *?'?' hinges, knobs nnd hooks.
9c
10c ones.
a dozen for Thin Blown
Tumblers, tho 75c once.
Fancy Cake Plates? worth
10c.
1-_y for 85c large Glass
/ C Howls.
1|/ for .Vator Glasses, a
/^C Umlted quantity.
for Fireproof Bakers, large
size.
42c
4c
7c
OIL STOVES-NOTE THE PRICES.
Original price.75c 08c 91.25 91.40 92.50
Inventory price.58c 70c
05o 91.17 91.80
QAS STOVES AT THE SAME PROPORTION IN REDUCTIONS.
$2.19
$5.98
10
piecc Toilet Seta?
for our 910.00 and
912.00 Dinner Set-,
with soup tureens.
$4.39
$7.49 J
12
pleco Toilet Sets.
for our 914.50, 102-,
3-color Deco?
rated Dinner Set?.
North Star & Indiana Refrigerators
at special Seini-Annual Inventory Prices. No trouble to show them.
WEDDING GI_FT*5.
Ever)' piece of Bric-a-Brac, Cut Glass, Silverware and Fancy-Good?
at and below cost, Every item marked ln plain figures. ,;, ?
Come, and see us, and save money. : **
Mason Jars and Preserving Kettles at special prices.
Ico Cream Freezers below cost.
BROWNE & CONSTINE,
205 East Broad Street.
THE PEOPLE'S STORE FOB BARGAINS.
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GQRHAM. SILVER.
PUT ONE AND ONE
TOGETHER
The newspapers recently directed attention to the fact that
May, as well as June, is now the month of weddings.
Reference Was also made to the other fact that silver holds
Its place as the ideal wedding gift.
For upwards of half a century have wedding gifts of Gor ham
Silver been held, by donors as well as recipients, in the high?
est esteem. No others exhibit in equal degree artistic beauty
technical perfection and inherent value.
?For sale in Richmond by I
V..
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largo Ilvo oaks screening tho premisee
from too doso a vlow of tho curious
passer-by. Above tho water 'some fifty
pacos out from the front gate of Beau?
voir Is tho cool summer houso to which
tho family repaired In oppresslvoly hot
seasons and where tho soa-bnth was al?
ways to bo had at tho least possible
pains.
It ls here thon that tho retired ex
Presldent- spent thoso lust days which
every man would llko to enjoy In tho
soml-socluslon of country Ufo. After
his death, December ?, 1880, tuo Davis
family moved to New York, whore Mrs.
Davis still lives. Somo two years ago
tho Mississippi Daughters of the Con?
federacy purchasod thn placo und gavo
It to the Stato as a homo for Confederato
vei-otans. The Stato accepted me g-Kft,
voted the necessary appropriation for Its
maintenance nnd new some fifty aged
veterans find thero the samo solaco of
tht'lr last years which It gavo to tholr
former chieftain, Thoy aro faithful to
his memory, and love to tell of tho many
favorite spots whore Mr. Dnvls ftsed to
loiter, of his proud unaonqiiered spirit
and of his devotion to a causo to which
overy ono olso gives the name of "The
I-ost Causo." A moro fitting act than
that of thoso Miselis'.ppl ludios couM
hardly have boon dono; nor ls there a I
more appropriato placo for tha retiro- ,
ment of worn-out Confederato veterana
thon this beautiful gulf-ehore home?now :
famous In American history as the last
homo of ono of America's most gifted,
?ilgh-eplrHed sons. A visit to It is a
tonlo to patriotism, a tonlo which once
taken cannot but be long remembered.
The Passing of the Early Spanish
Civilization in the South.
Prom thla placo tho writer of these
lines rode leisurely along the shell-road^
which parallels the coas-t for about seven
miles buck to Oulfpvt, tlio iww ru'li-nad
town which Is growing great, we aro
told, us 11 result of tho Stundnrd Oil
King's Interest In It. As on? lingera h?re
or in the othor one-tlmo Spanish towns
such ns Ulloxl, Puss Clirlstlan and others
whloh line tho coast from Mobil?? to New
Orleans, ono is prono tt*. recall the Span?
ish civilisation whloh was planted here
a hundred years beforo Jamestown was
settlo*!;* but which, like tha: of Spain
Itself, has lagged bohlnd In the pressing
march of modem time?, Here came as
bold ?nd daring pioneers as doughty
?John Smith And tho famous Puritans)
of tho North,? but all that is loft of their
worlc u a s trun tr? accent ln tho language
of tho peoplo, a few neighborhoods of
Sjmnl.sli-. reiH'h-Iiullan populations, tho
right to build old fashion houses along
narrow streets paved with cobble stones,
and tho privilege of keeping their houses
unii premises ln the dirtiest possible con?
dition. Happily this latter Is being some?
what abridged of late by yankee notions
of one's duty, to ono's neighbor.
Tho tide of Virginia and Carolina
civilization ln the early years of the
nineteenth century overran this earlier
one the old lower South, with Its great
plantations, thousands of negro slaves.
It feudal system of society, its master
statesman superseded it and flourished
a short half hundred years. This, too, gave
way In tho early struggle of the sixties
to a nowor and more democratic life and
now one sees everywhere the leveling
process of democracy.
There Is no longer anything unique In
this country except In rarest Instance?,
The same style of'houses, tlio same noisy
streets, with bells and gongs going all
the time and everywhere, tha same
modos of travel and the same style of
dross. Prom Boston to Chicago, from
Richmond even to New Orleans thero Is
but one life, ono pepole, all rushing and
crowding the highways of the trade and
commerce. There is no longer any
character to the differoi\t sections of our
country. Our Yankee civilization hates
anything that is not useful and con?
venient. His towns must all be ' alike,
his streets must be rectangular and num?
bered, laid off like a checkerboard, his?
toric'names, poetic associations, tho cosy
nooks and comers, wh'?n he goc? ail the
way to Europe to see, he will not permit
to exist ln his own country. And
the South, the lower South, has
become "American;" even the au?
tomoblles rush through tho street? s?
they do In the greator town* of the
North, making the way of tho old
fashioned who still go-a-foot the more
uncertain,
The South hastens to Imitat, this
"olvllizatlon".
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SlTf5 TO ATLANTA. OA. AN ? RETURN
VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Tickets on sale June 1th and Sth, return
limit Ju..o 15th, account Master Plumbers'
Association. _. _ ?
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