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A GREAT SOLDI (en. Robert E. Lee, Commander. in-Chief of the CONTEDiRATE ARMY Last Scies of a Addrs Delivered bcetly by Dr. John A. Wyatt Be. fore the New York Saather Soclety. A Grand Tribute to a Grand Man. What of tbJs charge of veason and what kind of traitor was Lie? A dis tiagnshed soldiler and cit sea of Mss ashusetts, Charles Franols Adams. reard In the New Bgland school of politics, himself thriughout rlhe war IR the army that confronsed Lee, son of that Charles 'ranals Adams who as Unised States miniiter to England during the Cii war probably aid as much as any othe man to deear the uaus of the Confederacy, grandson of John Quincy Adams and great-grand son of that eider Adams whs snuosed ed Washington 4w presidena of the Unlted States, a man who so differed from Lee in his interpretation of the duty an American cltisen owes as be tween his States and the central gov ernment that he dedared be would gol against Massachusetts for the Union, has written tbls for histoay. "If Robert E. Lee was a traitor, so also and indisputably was George Washington. WaSington turnihes a precedent at every point. A Virgin ian, like Lee, he was also a British hj; he had fought under the Brit Is flag, as Lee had fought under that of the United States; wnen, in 1716, Virginia seceded from the Brirish m pire ne went with his State, jwn as Lee went 85 years later subsequently Washingtou commanded armies in the field designatea by those opposed to them as "the rebels of '76." much as Lee later commanded and at last sur rendered mucn lirger armies, also de signated "rebei" by those they con fronted. Except in their cutcome the cases were therefore, precisely alike; and logic is logic. It cons-quenti: appears to follow that if Lee was a traitor Washington was also." He furthur says: "In him there are exemplified thoe lofty elements of personal character which, typifying Virginia at her higa est, made Washington posibie. B3 sentially a sldier, Robert B. Lee was a many sided man. I might speak of him as a strateg.ist, Iut of this aapect of the man enougn nas perhapi been said. I might dilate on his restraint in victory; ais patient endurance in the face or adverse fortune, the sereoe dignity with which he in the end tri umphed over defast. Rut, passing over all these well worn taemes,P-shel confine myself toctat one attribute of his which, recogninsd in a soldier by an opponent, I cannot but regard as his surest and inf tiest titie to en during tame. I refer to his humanity in arms and his scrupulous regard for the most advanced rules of modern warfare." IDenying the contention that war must be made hell, holding up to exe cration the authors of the bloodiest deeds in history, this generous foe and great American said:. . "I rej'oice that no such hatred atr taches to the name of Lse. B-okless of life to attain the legitimate endis of war, he sought to mitigate its hor rors. Oppose to him at Gettysburg, I here, 40 years later, do him justice. No more creditable order ever issued from a commi.nding general than that formulated and signed at Chambers burg by Bobert E. Lee, as toward the close of June, 1863, he advanced-on a war of Invasion. 'No greater disgrace,' he then declared, 'oin befall the army, and thrt ugh is our whole people, than the perpetration of barbarous outrages upon the innocent and defercokss. Such proceedings not only digrace the perpetraters and all connected w-.h them, but are subversive of the dis cipline and efficiency cf the army, and destructive of the ends of cur move ment, It must be rememoered that we make war only on armed men.' 'In scope and spirit Lee's order was observed, and I doubt if a hostile forc ever advancd into an enemy's coun try or fell back from it in retreat leavin-g less cause of hate and bitter ness tha 4did the army of northern Virginia In tnat memorable casmpaign which culmInated at Gettysburg." In dwelling on this theme, in con trat to Lee's numanity, may not "the avenging pen or history" q10t6 from "Oio in the War" by the Hon. Whitelaw Reed, at this time amnbass ador of the United States at the Court of St. James's, who in speaking of the burning of Columbia wrote: "It was the most monstrous barbar Ity of this barbaroui march. Before his movement began Gen. Sherman begged permission to turn his~ army loose in So-uth Carolina and devastate it. He used this permission to the full. He protested that he did not wage war upon womenf and children. But, under the o-perations of his orders, the last morsel of food was taken from hundreds of destiture fam Ilies that his soldiers might feast In needless and riotous abucnane. Br: fore his eyes rose, day after day, ti-e mournful clouds of smoke on eve:y side that told of old people and their grandchIldren driven, in mid winter, from the only roofs there were to shelter them, by the fu~mes which the wantonness of his soldizrs had kindled Tet if a single soldier was putaeci for a single outrage cr theft dadovg tbat erntire moveme'-n we have kcuna no mention of it iu all the volnin ons records of the muarcQ." May not this avengmg> pen of hi. tory which Snmar invoked re-ord that order of Gen.- Hajeck, chief~ et staff and military advismro preideot Linc:.In, whien said~ to G-e-n. Sarm "Should you c :pture Charlesten I tnop. - that by ame accid:'n; the place ma be destroy ed, and if a hl teSalt should be sown upon its site It mray prevent the grow.~th of future co(ps rlf Duil. estion and sece-4itn," and Sh.-mer' reply in his dsach of Doccemoer 24, 1964, "I wil oe-r in m:ndl your his as to Charlesetoni, andC con't thirk sait will be nees-sary. When I move the Fifteenth Corps will be on tbe right of the right wiog, and their poslieo will bring them, raaturahly Into Catr leston fi-st; and if you have watched the history of that corps you will have. remarked that they generally do their work up pretty well. The truth iL the whole army is burning with an in satiable desire t.' wreak vengeance Ad Y it not transorbe upin its p e a that IVher (,rdcr to his M ient L-:uz. Buner: "He (G:&--) furtb say 'l: he wants ycur troops to es ou tVirginm.- clear and clen, as fzr as they go, so that crows dirisi over it for the balance of the season w.ll have to earr? their provender with them." Of Iae as a general, Frasident Roosevyt, in his life of Thomas H Ben'on, says: "The world ham ne;r seen better 1"r this ac-Mor Lee yiolasted both of the maxmns of Na0lon-nsver tC ii vide an army into two coinmns unabls o cor atvempt a juino .ion In teresence of a coneantraad enemy; but Lee knew his men. He violated the h-it &Ction of this mr.x im b:-uze he knew P_,)e, and the tirst because he knew JASOn. 1; Is rare Indeed that ru:h trategv suc c'eds. Hasdrubal ci'rid d from Han nibb.1 by ma.,ny miles and a Consuar army, fell back to the Matarus, and Rome was sav.d. Two tnonand yev later Priuce Fredcrok Charles, divl ded by a few marches and two Aus :rian a:-my corp! from the Crown P-rine, ligred s: long unoOn the Iser abat the supremacy of Prus-ia trem bled in the balance. Bua the charac ter of the VirginiLn soldier was of a .of ter type. It has been remarked that after Jackson's death Lee reve; again attempted those great turnin xov5mrnts whioh bad ahizeved hi most billiant victories. Never agait 'iid he divide his army to reunite it on the flald of battle. The reason is not far.to seek. There was no genoral in the Conf'.drate army to whom hs dared confile the charge of the de tsebed wiug, and in posessint one such general he had been more fortn nate than Napoleon. It is noteworthiy that Moitke onco, at Koniggraiz. c;rried out the opera tion referred to: Wcllington, twics a: Victoria and Toulouse: Napoleon, al :hough he aevaral tines attempzsd it never, except at Uhm, with complete success. In his "History of the American War," Lieut.-Col. Fletcher of Eng land says; "The armies of Grant an! Lee were still in the vicinity of Spotylvtuia ccurt house. The former not-ith standing his vastly prepoaderating strength, was a'saiting reenforce ments. The iatter, with only a small s.nd overworked army to rely on, wa expecding the arrival of troops f r-m .he Shenandoah. "It runz ever remain a marvel how this stall force, ill-supplikd, ovcr werked and Larassed by continai lghting and marchirg by night and by day, could bo:d its ground agains. the almost innumerable host in Grant's command. Tnat it did s, inflicting losscs far heavier than it sustained aud oreating a blIef in the mind of the enemy of numh*ra Pf r larger than it conMainsd, has bse A ready shown. "T wo of the three armies or Siel, Meade and Butler had been fortd t7, seek shelter behind f -rtifid lin:'s. the tnird had bren arcu7'-t to a halt t. await reenf:rc ments and the arsAris which suppiied life to the pita of the C:nfederacy had besn Pmr - ed." Of tihe movement to the North nna river In the Wildnness cam aign, he says; "Here Le by th.e exercise of cu'mmate genera~ip foi:ed his opponent." And of the 6:; j, end cf Grant's endeavor to crush Ls: in this campaign he says: "Afte~r many battlej and losses or which fe w wars can aford a parallel and which surpassed in number the whole strength of the enemy's ftroe. Gsn. Grant had brought his army to a po sition which Mc~%-.:Lan ns.d reaceed wlih far greater ease and far less ex. penditure of life two years previons ly.". From the history of the United Sntatei by t'ie distingujished writer, M.r. James M'ord Rhaoues of Bosten, I quote this concerning Lee. "The Confodorates had an advan tage in that Robert E. Lee espeused their ca-ute; to some extent appreeia ted at the time. thjs is reality was an advantage beyond computation. Had he followed the exampie of Sc-ott avd Thomas and remained in service un der the old flag in active osznmand ef the army of the Potomac, how diff:r ently might not events have rnedtu ou:. "Lee now 54 years old, his face cx hibiting the rudry glow of hele was phlysically and m'orally a splendid examnple of manbead. Abia to traea ims lineage far bnok into the mother country, the best blood of VErginia flowed in his vnins. Drawing from a knightly race all their vfrte;e, ho nad inherited none of thstr floss. Hesa Eincere, simple, inagnaeimous, for bearing, refiued, sourteous yet dig-ni fled and proud never sking silf oommand, he was ine all respeets a true man. Graduating from West Point his life had been exolusivaly that of a soilir, yet he had none or the soldiers bead kabits. Na ued neither liquor nor teesese and indul ged rarely In a soeial glaes of wine, a~nd cared nothioj for the pleasure af the table. Ha was a goed esnr ar~d under Gen. Seent kad won dit 2iction in Msxleo. Tao work thiat ha"d fallen to his let he had performed in a syst-ematie aamer tad wi-sn ecsa scientios cars. Duty 1s the sublA me't word in our langusaa,' he wro-.e to his son. S-zeerely religiouc, Pmovi deuce to him was a verley, a:.: r-ay be truly said he walke4 with G*'d. 'A seria'Ts man, he.s arnxl'ulr watc'hed from hit sata.ion lin:.e the progrets of events since L!Moln's election. Thinking slavery a;s an irstitution a moral and pchlieisl evil.' having e sob~lers :evoticn to his flyr anid a varmn stuaaent to Gen. 8eobt he icvad the Uniion and it was espac :ally dear to Laim as the fruit of the migzh-y labora uf Washing-ton. Al though htlisving that the Soh ha just griera".Czs du- to tba &agrOon of the nuth, he diid so- think itse evis grc.& encugh to rasr'rt to rh ramn dy etfrevukton and o him ee cession was notnig 1ess. ['Still.' he wrotee Janut-ry' 1861 , s ur.in that enn orJy be m~enad swrd od bamee 4s in whic strife and civil ear '-re to take ta pisos of ba:harly lett and ki-nu lis.s nocd farmn for me. I the U:i. ~isitptd and the go:vernmer, .d c'ay~lhall re'turn to my a-. I Stee and sh2are the mries of mn paople aid~ save in daf'oe etil dr ra my swor1 on none.' S:30::3 1Whiegten by his cif, Loe hy arrivedl tre a fey days before th: magrhno L..ncoln, and .Ile had 'x make the-' e: un aftrr the bom badetof Sumter and she presi d~nt's catI for troops whether he should serve the natiocal g'overnmnt or Virgioia- The act:v. camaud u IsIlers than those who fullitwd Lye, ard their leader Will r-oubte dlv rank as, witho-ut any sxep-i.n. m-~e very greatest of all ihe no -;as thatthaErgisaspeaking p*-cp e brought fort-i-and this, althoug: the himself cl'Am to stand as the Ull f q :ils of Marlborougn and Willing ton." From ro mo-e c.pable source could higher praiso be given. In tt- ' Srory of a S ldier. Life," Ficd Mahal V:scount Wol-seley. com-Candier-tu chidr of tbe. B:itish army, speaking of the Saven Days batble say?: "Gau McClellan's iSplendidly equip pra army had been driven from the Pxi insuls and Gen. P3pe had been mas r work of on the Rappahan nrek. Thiy were usable to cop* with Gen Lest artv tbough it was tar in. ferior in strarcgh. In fact, tba O federates had wil all aleeg the 112a, tnanska to the ably eMesived &ad wall calculted strattgv of the great Vir Znisn lead.r ad the briiJins tactiox of Stonewall Jackon and other eap oble soliOe-s and to the superior ftint ing qualties of ther splendid and Pa rioyc rank and 1e. Tuat campaign was a masterpise b'rth in oor.oeptin and ex.ousion and did high honor to the aoi'lcrlike spirit a.nd pstriotisn of the ill shed, over worked, badly clothed regimental of ficers and men of the Seuthern arm?. "According to my notion of milt i-vy history th;re ts as muaeh iaztruo tion botha in stra;egy and in tacties to Oe gl-nend from Gen. Lee's orerators Mf 1862 as there is to bo found in Na poie-n's rampaigns of 1796. Tbough nadly found in weapo-s, ammunition, military squipment-, ka., his army bad evertnelz as aonievea great tings. Eis men were so tadly shod (indeed, a considerable portion hAd Do boots or scaew) that at -the battle of Ant-letam Gen. Lee assured me he never bad m.are tian 35.000 men with him. The remainder of bis army, shoeless and fosore, were straggling along the roads in the rear tricg ifi vain to reach him in time for ite battle." Of this visit to Lae Gen. Wilseley says: "As I waite d ou*.sida of G-sn. Lna's tent while his aide d.--camp entered to tell him who I was and to deliver nim a letter from the Confederate secretary of war, I remarkedl it bad the aame of a c oe- of some law Jersey regiment printed upon it. Subsequent ly I referred to tae i?-ot in my cunver s:tien - him. He laugued and gaid; "You will find evory tent; gun. evea our lankets, accoutrements* ann all the milItary equipmzn: we poss-rs tamped wih the: Uaxed States lui tils." Erary incident in that vhie i.-. Indellt stampedi on my memory. All he said to ma then and durin sus.quan tly con versations is st-Ill frcsh in my recolloction. It is na'ural il soun: be so, for he was the abizst general and to me seemed t*,e grat est man I every conversed wih, and yet I have bad the prvilege of mee' ing Von Mzltke and Prince Bismark. ";Gen. Lee was one of the faw men who aver -eriou-ly impresad and awed me wi:h taeir inherent greatne+. Forc-y years Lrave co:ce and gane since out msetng and yet the mnjrsty of his manly bearh:g. the genia* winning Vr&co, the swese: us of his smile and the imprecsve dignity of his uid fasa oned )-;ie vf dress come bick to me .ong the most cberished of my rec ollctions. His greatness m.de me iu-b-e and I never felt my own in -igifiance mcre ktrly than I did in :ais presence. He was then about 60 years of age, with hair and beard ne-arly white. Tali, extremely band some and strongly built, very so:dier ike in bearing, fl8 looktd a rthorougn bred gentlemsn. Care nad, however, already wrinkled his brow and there came at moments a look of sadnes inco his c~ear, neuee~t and speahieg dark brown eyes tbab indicateti how much hIs overwhelming nadonal re sp nsibilities h4d already told upon bvm. He was indeed a bea~nuful ooaracter and of him it might trutn fully be written 'in righteousness did ne judze and mske wa ' " Linut.-Col. G. F. R. Henderson, proessor of milary art and history in the Staff college of the British army, in his life of Stone wall Jackson, says: "If the names of the great captains; soldiers and sailors be rcal3.led, it will be seen that it is to the breadth of their strateg!eel cor~oeptions rather than to their Lactictl skill tbat they owe their fame. We have the strate gist, a Hannibal, a Napoleon or s. Le, triumphtrg wit- In'erior num bers over alversarias who are tacal c~ans and nothing more." In speaking of Lee's audaelty in attacking whit a rorce inferior Ia numbers and equipment Mcillan's thorughly organized army In their :ntrnchments in the Seven Days' battle he says. "From Hannibal to Molteko there has been no great captain who has ngeted to study the character of als oppo;nent and wh3 did nob trade on the knowledge bhu- aequired, and :t was thia kowledge whisn jusifled Le's audacity. He was no nare orain d leader, but a profond thinker, folwn the highests princ ies of the military art. Thart he hstd weighed the di?concstting effect wheich tibs sudden appearance of the victorious Jsioksen, with an army of unknown strength would produce upon McCleli an goea without satymg," Again he writee: ' Lee, with bis extraord~inary in s1ht into coaracter. had played on Pps (at Sect.nd Maramas and his s:rate-gy was juntified by suaas. In th spane of toree we-she had oar rd toe war from ts .Tames to the Poccwae. Wito an wamy tha at an tloe exceeded 55.000, he had driven 80. 000 into ths f.ortificatious of Wssagcton. He had emptured 30 guns, 7,000 grisoraers and 20.000O rifkca. He had brlled or wound ed 13,500 JFed .als, desbroying supplies and mater ias of enormous va~ua and all tab Mih a loss to the opfederates of 10, 00 afflecs and men." If, as Mol;.e avera. the Juasti.m of t wo armies on trhe meliot batt4e is oo Nlghesi eche aet of minttry genic, the esopaign aas Pope a; nsldomi been siarpendr; and the ee- conter scake at Emia~ is sumfcnt In itss:f to mvke Lee's repn tton as a ra-cian. Trisa by thit es alo Lee std cut es one of the gsmec sol-Mm of sal times. Not eni-y g:-unst P'pe but spinst Me .-l.a. a G-e es' Mul, agns: Bu %-.Bt Feri-'kbarg er.d aginst Hi k b,ai. Chaeolllorsy;11e, he seeeed eni. e-r- zint the opaeratiion ef a? icha Moakn apn-.ka; andi et.ch case M- e result of surp~aing his cdvmry. N ine know beettr how to - p~ aet great pincple otitrat'gy, o tarch divided, but to fight concen the Federal army with the sneew3ien to the cais.f piace wasi .virtuair cit'er d to him but with his no~1on of Ste rights and his allegianee to Var ginia his decision, though It cerso hio pin to make it; could have n n ot.er than it was. ec cru d not leadI -n army of invasion into his baiv S ate and a rer the ordnance' - f se cession bad been pused bythe Virgin in cnvention e resignerd hisco~mmis sion acd accepted the command cf the Virginia forces. "Northern men may regret that Lee did not see his duty in the same light as did two other Virginian, Scott and Thomas, but censure's voice upon the action of such a noble soul is hushed. A areful survey of his character and life must lead the stu dent of men and a.girs to see that the course be took was from his point of view and judged by his inexorable and pure con.sclee the 3ath of duty to which a high sense of honor called him. Oould we share tha thoughtA of that high minded man ws he paced the broad pillared menda of his no ble Arlington house, hs eyes glane Ing asrus the river at the lag of his sountry, waving over the demo of the espitol ad than resting on the soil of hi native Virgta we should be willing now to reeanie in him one of the finest produou of American life. For surely as the years go on we shall see that sUh a lifa een be jud'ged by no partifta measure, and come to look upon him as the bglish of our day regard Waahington, whom little more than a century ago they aelightsO to call a rebel. Indeed in ai esential ohamtoristies Lee resem bed Washingtons and bad the great work of his life been crowned with success, or he bad ehosen the winning ;ide, the world would have acknoled ged that Virginia oculd in a century oroduce two men who were the em bodiment of public and private vir tue." "The avenging pen ef hstory" has placed the name of Lee side by side with Washington. No writes the m;torian of today and so will the future historian prolong the noble records. The fame of Robert Le is secure in that last appeal to: Time the beautifier of the dead, Time the corrector where our judg mentr err The test of trutb NAtLOW N.WPAF AWFUL PREDIOAMNT OFr A BOATING ON TA E SAVANNAR. For Two Hours They Were Suspend ed on a Snag in the River While Launch Filled. The Augusta ChronielO says sord ing o a riport made at the pollee barracks Tuesday night by Patrolman Newsome, a boating party given by Bertha Msigle In honor % f twO young ladles visiting her, oshaperned by her mcther, Mrs. A. H. Neigle, suffered a most harrowing experienes during the evening that all but proved fatal for the enrire party, as the rssult of the launch being punctured by a sg, the excursionists being resued from a ateTy grave by the heroic effortn of Mr. T. P. Hankinson and some ne groes, whom he called to his asss tance. "The merry group of young people, a dczsn or more in Dumber, were re turning from a delightful cruise of coveral miles down the river, which had been made in Mr. M2igle's beau tirul new launeb, the "Kittyhaw," and were galily steaming back to their destination without a thought of dan ger, when the jolly songs upon their lips were suddenly frozen into cries of horror when the brave little craft struck hard upon an uncharted wnag. A hole was torn In the bottom, and the cold water rushed through the breach, The gentlemen of the party resolutely set to work to bail the water out, but it took unceasirig ef f.rt on the part of the whole crew to keep the boat from settling beneath the tellow stream. The river is unutually wide at that point, and the basin is now full by reason of the high waters whish have prevaled recently. Tne accident cc c red at a considerable distance from shore, and none of the exhausted men, among whom there were no ex prt swimmers, were equal to the tak reaching the bank to secure For nearly an hour they fought the cruel water, while the ladies screamed for help, although some of them swooned from terror and the efforts of the others were needed to restore them All of the ladies were in hys terics, one was In a dead faint, one of the men, even, was bordering on hys tra, and the remainder were able to off:-? only feeble resistance to the gradutlly rising water when succor flually came. The attention of Mr 3. P. Hankin sn, who residas at 350 Bay street, just on the water front, was attract ed to their cries, and a short time beore midnight they were rescued and conveyed to their homes, being none the worse for the terrible ordeal save a severe fright and some badly shaken nerves. A negro woman, who lives sn his plce, knoeked at the door and asked i he did not hear some ne mreng. He had heard some grie, but their de~tresing fisure had not been ie pressed upon him. Now, howerer, he went out to make an investigation, and following the mound of the voices from the terrified occupants of the b~ats he soon located them and their trouble. He secured a couple of bat teaus and eiling to his assistanos some negro men, soon brought them all safely to lan d. The CoIldest of the Ossn The temperature scorad the lawest drop of the reason Saturday morning, reahing a, reading of about 29 do ~rees and cang the formation of ice waertver puddles or pane of water were erposed. It was one of the few timos this winter that frees ing te'mperature occurred. The reduction of the temperature was the result of the eastward move ment of the cold wave which now overs the eastern sotion of the Unied States. In N!ew Ingland and he Northern 8tates, the tempera ture registered vary lo . A reading of four degrees below sero, being a fall of 32 degrees was reported from Porlnd, and more temperatures was reorted from the lakes. Washing ton co-red stresding of four degrees n Naw~ York city six degrees. The reprr-indirted that' no damage had been done to grgopa. .Q'a'iek Time. Ruus Robinsog. the negro who was arresed in Baltimore about a fort olg-t agocharged with killing Miss Floree~Ali near Horriston, N. 3., on January 18, was placed on trial Tnursday, convifted of murder In the fiest degree Thursday night and- im mediately senienced to be hanged In two weeks. For Sumvflyoe-. A bill has been introdtioed in eon gess to apDropriate something like ive millions for the relief of the fami ii- s oif persons who lost their lives in rhe Gneral Siocum disaster on the Hudson river, in New York, on June 15 1904, when 1L030 perished by the TAKES HIS OWN LIFE. The Meteor:c Career of a Preacher Ends in Diegrace. At PAris, Ill., iv. Geo. H. Sim mons, pastor of the First Baptist shureh, president of the Interstate Uavings baak, and of the People's 3avings bank, and ressntly appointed manager of the Yates sanaterial mam paign in Peoria county, - -und dead in bed Wednesday. He has been under investgAtion by the $ats's attorney, tue two banks and his con gregation on the gravest enarges. The body was found by his wife when she called him w breakfasl. He remained down town until lIte TuceWay night, diseosing of some businesa matters. In a letter fouad beside him he said this was his la.$ night on earth, aind wanted to leave a message of undying love to all. In part It said: "Also no blame muSt attach to Cx Goy Yates or his associates. He simply gava me an opportunity which his opponents and my enemies have prevented my using." The last line, "time fails me should I attempt to write p7rsonal messages," iVdicates he was dying as he brought the letter to a close. Paysiolans belI!vr death was cauqed 'by cranide of potassium. The Peo ple's Savings bank did not open Wed asaday morning. Caeshier Look said the bank would remain closed until some plan of action could bo deter mined upon. Taere was a run on the bank Tuesday and Wednesday a large crowd surrounded the buildir.g. The Interstate Savings bank was also the obPet of runs. Cashier Anicker said they would 1e able to s'and the dra!n Dr. Simmons came to the First Baptist churc'.i five years ago from Terre Haute, Ind., and had been re markably successful. He secured na tional publioity two years ago by ad vocating a dramatization of rhe life of Carist. He became local manager of the senatorial campaign of former Gov. Yates a week ago, and shortly af t-r serious stories affecting bl' morals were circulated. State's At torney Sebolfs undertook an investi gation and secured some sensational CODfeastons from toys of his congrega. tion. Dr. Simmons was 40 years old and leaves a widow. He held charges in Taxas, in Jackson, Tenn., and in Luisville, Ky., before coming to Peoria. JABP1RS'S SWXETERT GRAVZ. Is Is on ithe Banks of the Santeo Biver. There ads en the Charleston Battery a monument to eommorate the galaeabry of Uergi. W,111am Jas per, the brave Irdnma who lesped over the parapet of Fort Moultrie and thaes repland she flag which bad been shos down by the Britian in the memnrable assault on Charleston, on June 28, 1776, reaping a similar performance later at the attack on Savannah. The Charleston Pist says the Sons of the R'volution of Georgia now propose to honor the memory of Sally St. Clair, the brave sweetheart of Jasper, by marking the grave of the girl, who followed Jasper to tue banks of the Santee, where she finalls met her death, receluing the bullet which had been intended for her gal lant fiancee. Aba meeting cf the cr ganisation in Savannah, the prelimi nary steps to marking the grave were taken a few days ago. The remains of this Molly Pitcher of the South are supposed to have been burled on the banks of the river Santee, after her death in one of the snguinary conflicts that disti'guish ed the warfare waged by Marion's men, with whom Salle St. Clair had cast her lot. The story of Sally St. Clair is that she was a beautiful, dark-eyed eresle girl, who lavished the whois treassure of her love on Sergt. Jasper, who on one oecasion had the fortune to save her life. The prospeet of separation when Jasper was ordered away eansed to make the determination to disoard her pretty ringlets and in male attire enlist in the sorps to which her hero blonged. -This resolution was car ried out and Sally St. Clair, unknown to her lover, served by his side on many a bloody field. In a night attack on the camp 'the girl was killed as she endeavered to turn away a lance aimed at Jasper's heart. After the victory of Marion's men the six and identity of the dead girl was discovered and she was burled by the corps in an humnble and hur riedly dug grave on the banks of the Santee. TIIID 01 LIE People Who Oemmitted Sujide For One Case and Another. .. Dr. R H. Hutcherson, a well known pysioian of Toccoa, Ga., committed' suilde with a pistol on Wednesday.. Bad health is tile a.legd ana. Rev. J. G. Norton, a.Baptist mn iter of Valdosta, Ga., committed. sieido on Tuesday by jumping int. his well. He was 80 years Old and was well to do and popular. Miss Bertha Maraden sommitted suiside at Selma, Ala., on Tuesday by taring chloroform because she was in. love with a young man who did not reciprocate. Miss Cnarlotte Ferrell, aged 20, of Roan sounty, W. Ya , esamtted suicide on Tuesday by hanging her self because her parents would not let her marry the young man she was in love with. Mrs. Lil'ourn McNair, aged 34, prominent in St. Louis society and cbampion golt player of the city, ommitted suicide at her home on Monday with a pistol. She was in bad health. Eugene Moore, aged 26, manager or a large cotton firm at Amerious, a., committed suielde on Wednesday by shooting himself the head with a relver. No cause is assigned. Rev. Justin G. Wade, paswse;of the first Congregational ohurch'of 57anu kegan. ill, was arrested by; the- poet. flee authorities on Wednesday. for sendng obseene matter through the als. Next day he committed( sul sde by throwing himself 'under a train. _ _ _ _ _ Cost 0f The Bell Weevil.' The annual report of Prof. B. T. alloway, ehief of the burua of plant ndustry, of the Departmefnt.of A gri utre, shows that the appropria~)ions for the burmu for the flacal year end d June 30, 1905. amouzited-to 5,906, 73.40, of which 8129,893.40 was spent for thie purpom of meeting the ravag es of the. cotton boll weavil. Review ing the work of the year, Dr. Ga11o a calls special attention to the in troduction, of EBgyptian' cotton, the pistachio nit, anfd many other new ad useful fodd and fiber plants and production of the citrange, and new hardy orange that will grow and bear fruit from 300 to 400 miles north of I UNGINKJD COTTON. The Much St.ught Figures Given Out to the Pablic. 3Seaker Cannon Friday made pub lis thbe ensus bureau figures on un ginnd otton mmAcuately after the heue was saled to o:der. Tae total amount of unginned coton shown by the report is 250.884 balts with 1,643 ginnories unheard froum. This publi atsen was in sesordance with the M1ma resolutien passed by the house requirlg I)iresor North of the en fs bareau to furnish to congrees all data so unginned coleon of the crop of 1905 colacted before Jan. 16 Aa off ari was made to have Speak er Owanon order the report read in Vs house, but he flatly refused to do tils, saying the docurnnt must pas through ordinary chaunels ard an nruncsd that he thougzbt the figures were misinformation, rather than in formation; that thev were based on partial returns and of little value. The rep--rt had not arrived at the house when t!e speaker r.pped for order. In response to inquiries from the department of commerce and la bor as to how the report should be I*andled he replied that be would turn tb cver to the j -.urnal clerk nd have it made public through the public do cument room in case It arrive;d bIf:)r the whole. OTherwIse, he said, it must wait until the hcuse came out of a commitee of the whole as he did not purpose deviating in the least from the ordinary procedure for the purpose of publishai figures of inter est chiefly to speculators. Offilala of the d;partment of cem mercs and labor hurried the report tc the capitol, as they did not wish !o be responsible for delay and it ar rived in time to be placed in tht speaker's charge before t.ie house tock up the dal's work. Under orders frem the speakir a clerk in the public dGe ument room read the figures for a larg3 group of membora of tne house a.nd newsptapor men who were eagerly awaiting the totals in the report. Southern members expr-ssed much dissatisfaction with the figures and s.id they were far from the truth. Members from the Northern cotbon mill districts were equally harsh in their criticism of the totals and de clared the ginneries unnerd from might make a radical difference in the figures. The report shows running b-.les, ex cluding linters and counting rourd as nalf bales. The report by States is as followh: Alabama.................... 11.343 Arkansas............... 28.533 Fiorla.................3 059 Georgia ..................... 17 373 In'ean Territory....... .... 14 113 I isiana.................. 15399 Musippi................43.281 Mscuri.................. 1.785 North Carolina. ............. 9 033 O'rlahoma................... 12,068 S~uth Oarolina............. 9 '760 T essee.................. 11.954 Ten ..................72.734 Virginia ..................396 Total....... ..........250,884 A WOED TO XOTHEES. They Snzould be Careful Who the Childre'n Aaeociate With. It Is an ancient [Greek proverb which ays, "Give yo-ir c'rlid to be educated by a slave and instead tf one slave you will hay,. two." Tue sgnifi -ance of these words will be carefully consid tred by mothera wh - tave their children'a highe:.st wefare at heart. Mjthers who allow their children to spend hours each day with nnoe employees upon the farm, are of ben horrified to find a precious little one using vulgar language or relating a stray bIt of gossip quite beyond his youthful years; influences of early Life upon character are strong, and true it is that even a mature person of a refined nature, coming In cantact with immrrnlity will imbibe some thing of the grossness. Strangers frequently are placed upon the farm to work, and t' e chill dren allowed to go with them where inlnation may les d; of ten this prove, highly injarious to the child; th mteis, indeed, worth..little If she has not su-ffcient wisdom to advisee control, to encourage and to point ous the dangers and difficulties that beset the paths and so gain a strong hold upon the children by daily compan ionhip; It Is not necssary to belong o a dozen clubs to impress us with the importance of intimate compan onship that should exist between mother and children. We do not need more club work but more well direcmed Individual effjrt. .During a child's very early yea~rs, hi'constantly in need of assistance frcam the mother, hence is closely a-s sciated with her. No one can gi ve he little attentions quite so satisfac torily as ths mother. It Is te moth er who can soothe the grief and re move the difficulties in such a pleas tg manner. It Is during these early years, when the mother Is a constant ticessy to the child, that she must ay the foundation. for the compan ishp for future years. The right of motherhood only, does not- confez osnfidence and respect of' children, but UQ properly -govern the children a (othe? must be all she wishes her :hildreft- to become.. .If she allows erselt taisplay fits of temper can she piibis~h-the children when they do the sais3e-.ing? Children gain false Idess by being allowed tW so closely ass elate with the transient help on the farm. othersfeliuld' not allow vulgar stories Jeeated in their children's presenc# I-: vas a wise mother that said to ' wcn..a whose -.it consist-ed n telli ~~stories: "Mrs. M. I must ask you not to repeat anch stories in the presente u{;thedhidgen, their lit tle minds are' occupied with their les sons, their games and mtsic and ~I m trying to keep them unsullied.Y' his mother was bending all her en ergies toward making the lives of her hildren pure and beautiful within ad without. When a woman be omes a mother she becomes a model whether she wills it or not. It is really a noble mother who can by ez mple teach her children patience heerfulness, hopefulness and studi, ous habits. Blow Opena safe.1 At Forsyth, Gi., the safe of the Trio Maufacturing company was blown open at 1.30 o'clock Wednesday orning. The town's night watchman as orerpowered, gagged and tied by bieo masked men and was found arly Thursd ay morning In a precari us condition. The burglars got about 1 100o In money, but it is impossible to stiate at this time the value of pa- I -r taken and destroyed. COLONIAL CTTON. THE SOUT I T4E ONLY COUN. TRY T-AT! CAN GROW COTTON The Cotton Growinc I ssociations of the United Kingd m, Germany and Frsnce 'ccomplishlit 1. The Cro: Rparter which is pub lished by authority .f the Secretary of Agriculture, gives us iome straight facts as to the efforts to grow cot:ou abroad, 'n comp .t tion with the South era SLaLet. Tae wnole thing is a dis mil fa:lure. Fom original and fccal scu cas of iz f rmation it is possible to coUmpile a staEement of one production 1 or commercial c-tton in the colnes of Eiropean countries and the bare statemenL of the facts shown how lit Lie there is to be expected from "coi on ial cotton" in new areas as a compe tiror of the upland cotton of the South era States for many years to come. O.d cotton areas such as the British Eatst Indies, French lndio Cuina, and tne Du:ci Ea;s. Iidies, are out of the problim, ainnough these r gions are includea in the acompanying tabular s'.atements. Excludirg te B.-tish East Inuies, tihe productioa of exports of cotton for ll Britlsa colonies, de pendencie:, and protecworate ('ot in c'u:iing Egyp') anou-;ed ia i9j to 7.670 bales of iat of 500 poun-as gross weight. This is most y comm.relitl cotton, and nearly hal( cf iTr came from western Afria, in tue Ng-rla :egion, The W..at Iudtes-and B":tish Guiana contributed 1 6 6 alcs, and C. prus a;d Molta, in tri frediteranean -ea, contriouted 1 463 bile-; from eastern Africa were exporied 609 bale: ; from central Africe and Ugan da, 642 bales; from suthern Africa. 3 bal L; and !rm Australlasia, 18 bale. The Bitish e loniai crp of 1904 mostly commercial, exc.uding British E azt Iadles, was three times the crop :t 1903. It the entire luercase in all Britisn colonie?, except the Eist Iu dies is to be accredited to efforts o1 the British cotton manufacturers to becume independent of the upland c~tton of twe Uaited S-ates, wh ca ib not to be as u.m d fully, the sum of the results of thbe ff t for one year (1904 amounts to 5 073 bales, and less 6..aan half of this cotn is at all like the upland cotton of this cour.try. A atatement for four years la -s been prepared for the cotton produciog and exporting colonies of Frai c . Fr m the totai of these it ii proper to exclude French Ido China, which is not at all implicated in the prob-em of pr' - duciog cotton in new colonial regi ns, and had a commarcial crop of 13 679 500-Cound bales in 1903. Most of tue..clonial grown cotton of France, outedide of Indo-Caina, is ex parted after ginning. Tue latest in formation obtainable is for 19t3, du: ing .hich year as many as 76 uales of 5*0 pounds gross weight were exported irom French colonies, and nearly all of this was exported from Tahiti. Mayottee exported a little ov:.r ene bale ard Sanegal a little over two bales. M dgascar has barely more than half a bale to its credit, and Guadle~oupe less than one bale. According to Dhe prospectuses of the German AssociatiL'n of Manufac turers to promote cotton growing in the colonies, wh cii haeve been wIdei.y published as accomplisned facts, tat: quantity of colonial grown cottou for comme.c'al pu:-poses might be exprc ed to exceed by far the actually re ported quantities. Tue st.a ements with regard to the German experiments in re gions I1. western Arrica are often exremely c.,fiictirng, alth uh- emenanting fromr professedly trustworthy sources. Tne ili.ial ,tatemrents are that In 19j4 German E ,st Africa exported 868 bales uf 500 pounds gross we'ght; Togo, 499 bales; or, these t wo colonies together, 1 367 bales. To tbs may beadded the German colony New Guinea, from wflich (Bismark Archipelagc) 240 bales were exported in 1903. Thus the catton exports cf German colonies amount to 1 607 Daler of lint reduced to the equ valent of 500 pounds gross wight. German experiments have been made ila Kamerun and in German Southwest Afnica, but their success in any degree is still in doubt. A few cotton growing experiments have been made in the lIa an E ist Africa colony of Somalia, but with no definite re sults. The Italian colony of Eritrea exported about eIght 500 pound bales in 1904. In the United Kingdom, Gzermany, and France there are associations of cotton manufacturers for the purpose of promoting the production of cot ton in new regions in the colonies to these countries, and the total evidenc e of their accomplishment in .1904 for the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy and, In 1903, for France, is as follows in gross weight bales of 500 pounds each: United Kingdom............ 7,670 France...................... 76 Germany.............. ... 1,607 Italy....... ................ 8 Total............. ..... 9,361 The above total would be far from making conspicuous a cotton-growring .uniy In Georgia. The average value per pound of the colonial exported cot ton at the ports of export Is 6 09 cents for France, 6.62 cents fur Germany and 5.27 cents for Italy. N, cotton Is produced In the West Indian possessions of the.Netherlands and of Denmark, nor in Spanish Af rica; nor, as far as appears, is any commercial cotton prodtcad In the Portugue:se colonial poss ssions. The South is the only country that can grow cotton. Au Bonest Taxpayer The Sti~te'')ys the treasurer of Cook contuty, Illipois, will reelive 820 000 in sommiions from the estate of the lane Manhar.] Field while u'n. der the inheritancr Mar law the State, will get moreS thau 81,000,000. In dath Maruhall Field remains the hampion honest axayer. Four Killed. A ruuaway Northern Pacidec freight ' rain crahed into a passenger train d~ ear Helena, M1ont., Wednesday, a wrecking it completely. Four per. b ons were killed with a probability g hat two more may have been burned n he wreck. Discharged.. The seven men arrested in Barnwell ~ounty lasit week on ~the charge of sarticpating In the lynching of Frankg nd .Tohn DeLoach, -colored, had aa relimnary hearing before Magisb rate Moody on Wednesday and were isharged for lack Cl evidence to bind ~hem over. SE IT matters little what the Legisla- It re dogs with the dispensary the ISt ~uestion will not be settled until the eople settle it In the primary ti WORLD'S OLDEST iNDUSTRY. Manufacture of Gun Flints-Still Used in Africa and Asia. Probably the oldest established busi ness in the world is at Brandon, in Suf folk, where the manufacture of gun Dints has been carried on as the suc cessor to the prehistoric manufacture of arrow heads from the same mate rial. It is estimated that for more thaa ten thousand years fLint working has been carried on at that spot; the only change made since those early days be ing in the introduction of metal tools for working the flints in place of the stone and horn of the average. Gun flints are still in use in various parts of Asia and Africa, where the Possession of prcussion cartridges is forbidden to the natives. The average' weekly production is still 150,000, though In the days when the fint lock was the universal arm millions were turned out weekly. since Brandon is noted as producing the best flints made. Gun flints are not the only product, however, for in Latin Europe the,, "strike-a-light" is still given the pref erence over matches, and of these about twenty thousand a week are manufac tured for the Italian and Spanish trade. During the Boer war 14,000 flints were Issued to the British troops and were found valuable in emergencies where the ordinary match would not have served. The strata of flint are In five layers on Liugheath Common, a mile south east of the village. Each miner works by himself, employing the same meth ods as were followed by the earlier workmen, the ground being uncovered In layers or "steps," that the dirt may be carried away without the use of windlass and buckets. The product is sold to the chippers, who work at their homes In the village. In spite of the fact that each blow of the hammer is from a different angle and is struck with various force, the workman Instinctively guides the chisel and the flakes fall Into the baskets in an almost continuous stream. They are shaped with a chisel-like hammer on a block of iron and are then packed' Into barrels containing from 5,000 to 20,000 each. Child Marriages in India. More than 250.000 girls in India, 9 years of age or less, were already mar ried when the last census was taken, and' of these necessarily many have become widows. Between 5 and 10 years the number of married girls was well over 2,000,000, between 10 and 15 years it had risen to nearly 7,000,000. Of course, to the girls in the first two categories marriage meant nothing more than a contract entered into for them by others, long before they them selves were capable of understanding It; many of them had been bound by engagements when thej were still chil dren in arms; some had even been b6 trothed before they were born. M6st of the widows of such tender years become so before they know what widowhood means. It is only as they grow out of infancy that they learn the sad life to which they are condemned, a life of misery which is inconceivable to people of western countries, yet Is enforced by Hindoo customs. It is a life of hardship, of unmerited shame, of rksome penances and of wearisome at tendance at religious functions. Though the English law In India would recognize the legality of a re marriage of these youthful widows, In exorable custom forbids It and Its oc currence is rare. There were in India in 1901 nearly 426,000 widows under 15 years of age, of which nearly 20,000 were less than 5 years old. Measuring Eye Jumps. We know that an eye, at ordinary reading distance, takes in aboum one Inch of a line at a time, and that in reading a line of an ordinary book the eye makes five or six (more or lees, according to the length of the line) dis tinct jumps. But how many know what direction the eye takes in making these jumps? And, as the movements are so very minute and rapid, how have they been studied? A very ingenious means has been employed, as follows: A beam of light is thrown upon the cornea of the eye under xaminatiOD and this beam Is reflected by the cor nea on to a photographic plate. As the eye moves in reading the reflected beam also moves, and upon developing the plate, which Is also kept moving, a zig zag line is found. A study of such photographic tracings shows that the eyes in turning back to pick up the next line have some difficulty in so do The longer the line of print the great er the effort, and for this reason we may conclude that a narrow line Is bet ter for an eye than a long one, and If the line be much wider than the ordi nary newspaper column there is great er effort involved.--.ewelers' Circular Weekly. Whale Meat instead of Beef. Newfoundland Is developing a new Industry, in the form of selling whale - meat in place of beef. One of the deal ers says that the new meat tastes more like venison than beef, and plans are already ceing made to ship some to England, where It Is expected that It will sell for at least 12 cents a pound. Longest Submarine Tunnel. The longest submarine tunnel in the world runs beneath the River Severn. The total length of It is-four miles six hundred and twenty-four yards, and of this two and a quarter miles lie from forty-five feet to one hunred feet, below the estuary of the rIver already named. A Shark's Human Prey. On cutting open a shark, 16 feet long, caught in the Bay of Naples, some fish ermen the othear day found inside. the monster's v.:orach the body or a boy of 8 years who had been missing from his home for some days.-London Chronicle. ~Women Tuo L-nient. "We 'want the women of this coun ry to set a higher standard of re ectabllty for men," declared Judge Willam K. McEwen in sa address isfore the Ohicago Woman's slub the thr day. "At prebens the wcman e too lenient toward and too forgir ug of bad conduet." Judge KEEwen ras disouuing the possibilitis of re using crime In the U~iited States, nd his suggesion that the men be ld to a stricter codb of morals was roted with applause by the club wo- - ien. "The crime we have most to bar," id the speaker, "come from iorbid conditions In men and boys 'ho have been depraved by drink, !e and drugs. We must try tochc iem by working among the younger meraton. Every father should make companion and a oonfidant of his y in order thaV the information you% the functions and duties of life hch he acquired shall not come from >lluted ources." To ere Is good hard nse In all that Judge McE wen says. the women would exact a higher andard of living on the part of the en it would not be long before there auld be a great change for the bet r.